New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-07

Tie RAINY season hAd DoL yets N az Cna5le7i
and the railroad will it is said, be finished 70
Georgia By the last OF July. if the weather con-
tinue1 good. Chagres vas healthy the inhibit
ats have established q regular police, and life
and property are mach more siis than heretofore
The passengers By the Georgia are generally
HEALTHY. only two cases Of illness having occurred
on tie voyage.
The principal features OF the California neFs
have already been received by Telegraph from
New Orleans. We find, however, IN oar ez'
changes, many interesting details, Whieh we have
here condensed and arranged for our readers
General summary.
TIE Rant MING ProWecfs-Qnlrt- hoo'-Lsy'''H'ts
ProceediHgs.
From the True Standard. April l.
The rsins-so long wished itr Ia valn-nave
come, when every one had surrendered Almost al
hope Of any during this season. onoray alIer me
departure Of the last mail, the clouds gathered,
ana at intervals ever since up 10 the present time,
have discharged cOpious and genial showers, Ter
tiljzipg the earth and furnishing plenseous sup
ply of water whereWiih 10 wash the dirt which
had been hesped up In the dry digslngs. Where
there has been rain on the coast and 10 the pans
there has also been snow on the mountains, and
every thing now betokens q more prosperous state
Of affairs than previously. The prospects now
are that the yield Of gold will be better than for
the twelve months back, and the effect must Do
felt here, though i: will be long time oelore
trade can recover from the influence OF the vast
influx Of merchandise which has been poured
upon US by expectation from all parts oil the
world
We continue to receive cheering accounts from
all portions Of the gold region. The Costumes,
Tuolumne. Calsyerss, Mokelumne, American,
Feather, SCOTS, Klamath, and other rivers 10
the gold mining country send favorable accounts.
III ha nj DleQO
renders il certain that valuable deposits Of the
golden mineral have been discovered there by
the Mezicans and reports from the adjacent por-
tions Of the State render it probable that the
mines there will be found much more productive
than has been supposed they would be
One of the dredging companies TO which We
have heretofore referred as preparing to operate,
has at last got to work. During the week Just
past the dredging Steamboat PhGnix was set TO
work for the purpose Of testing the capabilities OF
the machinery, and the richness Of the bed oil the
river ct that point and the results of the expert
ment were yield Of over one hundred dollars
per hour.
The quartz mining operations have also been
prosecuted with vigOr and success. Some OF the
veins are rich beyond all previous ca culsslons.
One of these veins at Nevada was sold Tor
$4,000 and the purchaser in few days there
after had taken out $4,000 and dirt ready for
washing which would yield $4,000 more. The
The rock in this vein Is so friabIe that in some
places it can be crushed by the fingers. The ma
chinery for crushing the quartz rock is OF course
very expensive and not nearly all OF those pos
sesaing quartz claims have the means wherewlth
to purchase it. consequently, the principle OF
division of labor commences to operate, and ia
the most favorable manner for the miner-that Is,
the miner gets out the rock from his claim, and
then cells II to the parties owning machinery, VINO
crush it and extract the gold.
In connection with the condition OF the gold
mines and miners must be taken the fact thattne
operations of the Assay Office, established here
by Congress, has already operated so iavoraoly
that the principal bankers, in order to obtain any
shsre in the gold dust trade at all, have been COM
PEELED 10 raise the price from sixteen dollars the
average rate beforethe establishment of the assay
Office, to seventeen dollars per ounce. This In
crease Of price is OF course benefit to the MINER
and the establishment OF u. S. Mint here would
further benefit the miner by giving him the fall
value Of his dust. The assay Office does not give
the full value Of the gold to the mlner, because
first il charges a commission upon all gold assay
ed and stamped, and the ingots which 1t stamps
not being considered legal tender, and being
only receivable at the Custom House in payment
of duties do not enter into general circulation, tue
bankers refusing to take them except as special
deposit. The miner must therefore suffer loss
on his gold until Congress establishes mint mere
Agricultural prospects have frightened consld-
eraby in consequence the refreshing and spring.
like showers with which We continue to be favored
and there are now no fears expressed Tor the re-
turn for the farmers lAbOu-it will doubtless be
abundant.
The Legislature has been more actively engaged
in forw srding the business OF the session since
the last mail. Three measures OF great impor-
lance, but of very different import, have become
laws since then
One of them is that repeating the Foreign
Miners Tax Law" Tns was law impolltc in
its conception, unpopular in its effects. The evil
influences II has had upon the prosperity and pros
pects of this State have been incalculable. 1t
drove out of the country not less than from TWEEN
ty to thirty thousand Mexcans, Chillans, &c, who
were adding much to the productiveness OF the
mines and consequent prosperity OF the State
Now that this evil law has been repealed, there
are strong hopes that numbers OF these miners
will return, They are industrious laborersr and
what they gain in the mines, they spend liberal
", encouraging trade and commerce wherever
they are successful
Another measure is that relative TO the Water
Lots in this city which have 10 long been source
Of inQuietude and the uncertainty OF the titles 20
which had been q cause of great depreciation in
their value, and check 10 the improvement OF the
city. This having become q law, places, so far as
the State can DO these titles on a firm foundation
Its effect has already been visible IN the city, and
has given an improved tone 70 business and 20 the
credit of the city
The third measure is one Familiarity known as
the changing law" Ii Afixes the penalty OF
death, in the discrimination Of the Jury, 70 the or
tense Of grand larceny which here consists IN
stealing property worth more than $50 The
adoption Of this Drsconisn policy is justified by
the representatives from the Mining Counties
who forced its passage by the argument that
horse stealing and other robberies so frequent
and prisons or places Of safe keeping so scarce
that the people had become exssPerAtei beyond
endurance by the impunily with which the Of
lenses were committed, and would now in6ict
death CT the perpetrators without Jaw sooner than
they should escape. They therefore wished that
if de th were 70 be inflicted it should be in pur-
susnce Of law, rather than in violation Of il. the
constant practice Of which would beget con.
tempt and disregard for al law.
Indian affairs ave a more satisfactory appear
3nce than heretofore. number Of the tribes
have consented 70 enter into tresty, and accept
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