The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-04-10
Mr.. Kings Report on California.

MI. Kings Report on California.
Washington correspondent of the Journa,
Of Commerce writes March 25) as follows:
MIR. Thomas Butler Kings Report on Cali
fornia was read to the President and Cabinet to
day, and occupied two hours and half in read
ing: -.
twill ofcoursc be soon presented to Congress
The topics of which it treats are-The popula-
ton of the country; it's agricultural resources;
extent Of production of the mineral regon the
commerce and navi CATION Of California; the leg
slatlon necessary for the Territory and especial
ly in regard to the disposition of the gold-bear-
ing lands belonging to the United States
The population of the country is now about
10000. An accession to the population by
emigration, during the year beginning at the
next dry season-on the first of Mays cstima-
ted at 100000.
The agricultural capacities of the State are
vastly greater than has been heretofore repre-
scented. There is vast extent of pasture lands,
unsurpassed any where in the world, in vendure
and richness. The wild oats grow spontaneous
ly all over the plains, yielding an annual crop
at the rate of forty bushels per acre. ANY num-
Der Of cattle and sheep may be raised Two
hundred thousand head Of cattle must be
brought into the country during the next two
years.
The cattle were formerly killed for their hides.
were worth but $4 head; but now they are
WORTH 500 or $3.50 head
California is especially adapted to wool grow
ing; a gentleman was about to import ten thou
sand sheep from Mexico with view to 90 into
that business. The future value ofthe vineyards
is represented as very great
AS to the commerce of the country, he esti-
mates the value of imports needed in California
from the atlantic States, for the next year. at
f0r,r mi e al n ~. =
lumber, and two millions in other articles
AS to the article of lumber, its price is now
$50 per thousand and cannot lower, because
1t is below the cost of labor necessary for cuttng
and saving lumber in California. 1t can be car
ried to California for 1924 thousand; and sup
posing it to cost $50 here, it will continue to
pay:
The gold region is described as extending five
or six hundred miles from the South to the North
and from forty to sixty miles in width, from
East to West. 1t rises gradually in an inclined
plain, from the Sacramento Valley, to the ele-
vatlon OF 1000 feet at what are called the Foot
Hills. Between these hills and the Sierra Neva-
da, number of streams have their source, and
take their course through the Foot Hills, west
ward.
Mr. King examined twelve of these rivers,
and found them all very rich in gold.-The ter
rltory on the North is very rich in gold; and the
10 iHcVitdplc, from all Tie 11ctS, mat
the whole quartz plain, containing three thou
sand square miles, is full Of gold bedded in the
quartz, and some of which, disntegrated from
the quartz by the torrents, may be found in dust
and Jumps in the beds of the streams. rig,
The whole number of foreigners in the region,
who are gold hunters, is fifteen thousand There
have been but seven thousand American gold
hunters. The Chilians and the Sonora people
came IN crowds, and have carried off twenty
tive HI,o L.
teen millions. The Chilians arc expert Dig
gers. ao..,. ,r.,. ..,.. ........ ,,'-,.
The amount of gold already procured, is forty
mllllons But forty millions more will be pro-
cured during the coming dry scason-say from
May till November ," y
The regular mining operations in the solid
quartz rock will soon begin, and can be continu-
ed during the wet we'll as the dry season.
Mr.. King estimates the amount of gold which
will be procured from the LIST of May, 1851, till
the LIST Of November, 1862, at one hundred mil
lioxs. .r5,5h ii rr~.r5D IS, - ,u@ Hre- Ds5t - ~
lie recommends that the lands be retained as
public property forever-and as perpetual re-
source for the public exchequer. e ~ tFsla5
70 the workers and diggers Of gold he pro-
poses to grant permits at the rate of an ounce of
gold tor each pound, II, ta ga,.a o4 ..,.t.le.4gs
For the encouragement Of regular mining
operataons be proposes to grant leases of limit
'S1 ~ nIleS, W {sSiSoHS .GI companies,
at small per centage on the amount of gold pro-
cured s#i.Rs&l6 B'&.f&I'g Esf}E&e&
fAcIFIc RAMRo lD.-At an c3ection fot nine
Dneetafs otthe Pacific Railroad Company. held
yesterday at the Merchants Exchange, TIE fol-
sowing gehtlemen were duly elected TO serve for
the ensuing -Thos. Alien, John o Falop,
lanes "a Lucas, Louis A Labeaume, Edward
Walsh, James y. Yeatmaa, George Collier, Dan,
lei D.Page, and L. N. Kenaen-
.ARadonrneh meeting Of the Directors wis
take place 1Ris day, TUESDAY at4o,clock,r y. n.
at the office fthe St Louis Insurance Com.
pany, in the Exchange Binding. III ,55l5 M,
q SisGULAs REqvEsr foh made TO the Pre-
tstdf1t 9f q Rcpubic.--F austin, the colorded En-
peror of Hayti, {and who is far from handsome,
has requested President Napoleon not to permit
any carieatHres Of his eoiored majesty during the
carnival, and The request has been complied with.
The French police were instructed to arrest any
one bold enough to mock an Emperor, even tho
a black one beyoni the seas Several black
masks, git sceptre. crowns, and other royal toy
fell n Sayor, To, <,c he