New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-22
Indias Yroubles--Btate Eieeuon-Sehn a S
ljas- Mining - Agriculture In
W..,h.r ytems-The First Gold Discoverer-
Contra Costa-Mrs. Farnham-The fuos
Waserfall-TimbeF Trees.

weather Items-The First Gold Discovere.
Contra Costa-Mrs. Farnham-The Hnos
Waserfall-Timbef Trees
Couespondence Of TIE N Y Tribune .,,
sAsFRAscIscs, Thursday, Aug. 2i' 1871
The Indians give trouble in some quarters
and the work Of their determination Is sio"'
but surely going on. 1t is strange that ihu'a"9'
Mexicans, or Spaniards should fancy lhehiSei'.s
possessed of any rights IN this iand. i"'' US
10 have learned by this time that the "o'lu was
made for the Anglo-SaxOns alone, ana tha' IL Oe'
longs exclusively to them
In letter of Col Mckee, one OF the I o
Commissioners to treat with the hostile Indians
IN the Southern mines, there is shor' sentence
highly illustrative of the entire subject OF indiai,
relatsons-tneir atrocities. their treacheIy' anu
tbeir massacres of the whites. Inc 0o"h'i'-
slorer treated them kindly, gave them presents,
and secured to them the possession of srnail
tr.c, If land. He says " Some OF the Ola III
dams laughed outright; they SAID 'he' "eie
mad. crazy with Joy, that good "'i'e niS"
had come at last. who would agree 'hal 'he III
dams hare right 10 i,e some'etere!
In -be Southern region is a movement LOT 'he
division of the State, and the creation OF Stale
or Territorial Government for thatquarter. SOME
of our citizens in that section think they 90 ho'
receive their share of the State patronage bu'
the measure is not likely to succeed. 1t WILL
ho,vever. interfere somewhat with the elections
for State Legislature .,l =, tho
The most important question in'O'eu III nc
State election now pending, is the choice OF u
6 senator The Wings are dlVlded on lhls
question. one wing OF the party gong lot but
Ter King our present Collector Al the electioh
of delegates in this city few days ago. the
King party gained the ascendeEcy. HOW the
stungeie will end no one can guess. The wing
candidate for Governor, MAJOR Reading, is high
ly popular man, and the chances are IN his favor
This election will probably carry with 1t the
choice of a Wing Legislature. In this case, the
oppostion to Mr. King In his own party may de-
feat him. and lead TO the selection OF some other
Wing. For my own part, should have no re-
gret to find the Collector retained In his present
post, which he fills with credit and EMERGENCY
The Wing candidate for State Senate In one
OF the northern counties is John a. Collins.
Some envious MarplOt, named Bufum is treat
ing the public to a biographical sketch or MI
Collins, an which ne exposes his former opinions
on slavery, socialism, religion, and so forth. AS
il is a matter OF tremendous moment 10 many
people in what Primer their candidate hrst
learned his alphabet, and what opinion he once
.. L
ne eats his eggs boiled hard or soft, should not
be surprised If the awful disclosures OF }. Gould
BuNum, ESD. were to hurt the political pros
poets Of John A Collins.
There is no declenslon IN the mining interests
Every month the business assumes more hxed
and regular character. The best regions III the
State are yielding all average OF ten or Twelve
dollars day-the worst. three or four. Depo,
sits of great richness are frequently opened, and
the gross amount of gold taken every day from
the earth is immense, and the supply lneXhaust-
bile Gold continues to be found IN placeTs i0r-
merly beneath suspicion.
The beds of the aurlierous rivers are about 10
be explored by divers and submarine armor.
diving. bell will soon be III operation on the Iuo,
lumne, where there is proved to be much gold
in the middle of the bed
We have accounts, which appear TO he au-
thentic Of quartz machine having been found
in Suffers Creek, five feet below the surface OF
the earth The machine was similar 10 those
now in use, and contained broken quartz-irom
all which the inference is drawn that the gold
mines Of California were worked at some remote
period The sagacious reader will be apt to
conclude that the quartz machine is OF recent
| date, and has been buried by the washlngs OF
| the stream, during the rams OF a single winter
The population of the State is fast taking
| root in the soil An immense quantity OF land
| has been taken up and placed under culture.
| Men engaged in all departments of business,
| and who came here to skim off a fortune and
nun home with 1t, have become philosophers OF
| necessity, and resolved TO remain and send for
| their families. They think fortune gained IN
| ten years is safer than If made IN a month and
they will try the ten years system instead OF the
| other
| wear ago. when | landed in San Francisco,
| there were scarcely any vegetables III market,
| and the scanty supply commanded an exorbltant
price. Potatoes, mostly from abroad, sold at %
| TO 50 cents pound and the quality was very
| inferior. The market is ROW well stocked with
| home raised potatoes, unsurpassed IN size and
| quality by any part of the globe The garden
surrounding the City and at the Mission. the
| country beyond the Bay, aud the valleys of San
Jose Sonoma, Napa, &c, are pouring IN their
| "hlue noses" and "plpk eyes" with more than
| Irish exuberance many of them weigh pound
and upward, and yet they are not full grown.
But when they come from the pot to the table,
| you find every potato perfectly perfect without
| the slightest core or hollow, and ready to crum-
| bic at the touch. That this vegetable should
| grow so luxurlantly without irrigation and with.
| out culture, and without drop OF rain after
planting, Is a matter OF surprise tut such is the
| fact. The growth OF garden vegetables IN this
country, during the dry season, Is really extra.
| ordinary Even at this time, when no ram has
fallen since the middle OF May, the gardens on
| the outskirts OF the city look as green and fresh
as in the vernal season A potaso patch IN
! bloom is quite ornamental The flowers are In
prousion, and have a diversity OF colors such
| as have not noticed elsewhere.
In the Pacific Market there is now turnlp
which grew at the Mission, measuring upwards
| OF three feet n circumference, and weighing %
| pounds. Onions, beets and cabbages are plenty.
Watermelons are brought from Sacramento, and
YOU may buy one for dollar as large as child,
head. The climate in this neighborhood is I'M
favorable to their rrowth We have pears at
bit " az! sents) per pound, and fine oranges at
bit each. The weather continues almost g
uniform round of cloudy mornings, clearing away
delightfully."- towards noon, and then about one
O'Clock chilling, misty sea-wind, filling the ali
with dust, which subsidies INTO an evening breeze