New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-22
CALIFORNIA.
From California Minsrs Tskes % rvfsity
River q HumbsG.


cerrespcOdsaSs u Tss rrie9ns
Saw FsAsefscc Jan n. fsse
Ne EproR Ia the letter Of year correspond
eat B.rARD TAILos, Of Oct is.. end the ol
owing passage
Il lasly leurr iron q nsrses.s sn ssersr-scso
CIV rs psrneS N saz yrsneaseo "a Wiki ~ ssys-
There . soSd asws FROM Trtaity River, roi = VT
rs L~aSs Arvs s--f tA-s
The isahcisins IS mine sai that passage lets cat
the seese. o. 4 hanbag TIE NOD, rssea1y, sad as
the time the mos, successful oE szy hat ever
lei under my Dotioe. The merchants u Sara
mento, together with an interested psrty at Loo
sors Rsnche-thc terminus Of tie northern rcase
scnss Ire ooastry-sse tie guilty oaes IN tAis IN
position.
The facts are these. Gold having bsea disocv.
cred On Trinity River. sotns 0regonians coming
throagh with q lot OF Indians crossed over 20 that
uver in Jane and July and with the profits q thar
Indian abor accumulated q god deal OF sod
Wha; one white nsn had obtained with the lsbc
Of = dozen Indians vas reported Is the product o.
one man labor The Sacramento merchants took
up the story IN good earnest, and IN few weeks
common report had Il that the richest soi d. poses
yet discovered were On Trinity River, where any
man could dix slo0 per day and lrom that O. ooo.
To every man who could De CALLED BY this story,
some merchan, wOald sell two mules. provis'cns
for three months mining too,s. NC. &c Thousands
II emiSrants were coming N at Losson $, and here
the same game wss played uPon them with even
better success.
was on MY way e. Oregon when fret heard
these exaggerated reports turned aside. crosssd
the ccast range. and landed On TRINITY n tho iirN
part Q, September There were then not over hty
white men on the river. aud Of these ess Tran q
dozen were az work. The remainder were either
SICK or hooking IN vain lor place where they coaN
make 81 ounce day. Our party Of sin were ell
y. ~ -.
sold our provisions 10 the OregOnsns. the only
men who were making anything The "victms'
begsn % pour ia rapidly aud when we left there
were several hundred on the river Three toarths
Of them were sick. and the other fourth prospect.
iug and curs.ng Lesson Or the Sacramento msr.
chants who had deceived them. OF the Indiana Who
bad stolen their horses
To get to Trinity River from Sacramento CAY,
il ia necessary to travel up the Valley OF the Sscra
mento about 200 miles then cnoss the coast range
some 40 or 50 miles The trail across the noun
tam Is the worst ever travelled by any borss.
mule donkey o. camel Al least one pack mule In
ten Is boat in crossing by tumbl'ng down some pre-
cipicv. Out OF SIX our party lost two.
Eight miles nom the Sacramento River are Red.
diug . DIggings ,dry.l Here lev men did vel
asst Spring Fifty men might each probably avss.
age ar ounce day during the rainy season That
s the Nhole extent 0f these mines. aud o. BY the
success OF this humbuy, this mine with Trinity
RIVER have come a. De desiSnaisd 40 Ue OPp1
Mines. and all tho Old diggings as the "LowW
Mines The proportion OF the iotmer 10 the latter
IS about as one to a Thousand and Yet 10000 men
have gone up to Winter in the Upper Mines
sid with the anticip sson too. of making their Dr
tunes before Spring. We met in coming down,
355 teams between Reddng and the mouth OF the
Juba with from three TO eight men attached 10
each Many were induced 10 turn back by the re-
pre- sensations u those they met, and many others
were only going up to Readings to sell their pro-
visions.
That ss is a good country br robas entsS-
prisng man. who has nothing 10 bind him 10 home.
will rot deny. But by those exaggerated re
ports OF new and rich discoveries thousands are In
luced To come here who should have staid at home
and who are destined 10 most woiu dsspPo,ns
ment. The gold fever runs sufficiently high a
itself and can bat consider thoss lester.writors ~
exec edinsly culpabe. who are constantly uhsming
il by presenting the bright aud ottsn false. side
of he picture.
A suit has been decided before Judge Almonds
Court in which Mr.. A. O. Lawrence, who
was appointed Deputy Collector az Monterey.
was plaintiff. and James Collier. Edwin ID.
Collier and John A. Collier were defendants.
Mr.. James Collier 10 Collector OF Fan Fran.
cisco, and tho other defendants are his sons.
IL appeared from tho evidence that the parties
travelled across the plains together, and that While
sncamped triing slusion lod ~ the assault on
which this case was brought before thu Court. De
PENDANTS pleaded justification. The Jury save
verdict ia favor OF plaintiff for o. ,673.
Yours truly, ANDREW BRADBURY