The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-10

| The steamer North America arrived at New
York on Friday, Gas our readers were next
morning appraised by telegraph and the En-
pire City reached that port on Saturday morn
ing, having on board one hundred and sixty
passengers and $4,000 in gold Both Of
these steamers left Chagres on the 25ih Of
February, and together they bring about mil
lion and quarter of gold. BY these arrivals
we have dates to the LIST Of February. 1t APP
pears that the telegraph did exaggerate the
amount Of gold which arrived at Panama, the
newspaper accounts representing that the
steamers Republic and Panama had each a
million on board, making the aggregate two
millions. The Pacific Ns,cs says the amount
which went forward by the steamers of Feb
ruary lstwas, by the Panama, 1926 ,000 Repub-
| lie, S8l5, 0O0-total 81 gu 900; of which
| $500, 900 was under the care of Adams & Co.
| But, even after all these deductions, it is clear
that California is disgorging between three and
four millions month, if not more. 1t will be
perceived, too, that the Gold Bluff of Kla-
math has proved TO be not altogether a hum
bug, although nothing material has thus far
been realized from it. The ".4ha California
Extra, issued al 3 O'Clock, just as the steamer
was about to leave, contains the following, from
special reporter:
"GoLD ALONG THE SEAsHoRE.-- Herewith we give
the account of our reporter, whom we sent up on
the Chesapeake for the special purpose Of seeing
and reporting tho facts respecting that region
which has caused 30 much excitement lately. He
has no object in colorng his account, and had he,
we certain would not do This much We
say, having implicit faith in his statement of facts
in this, as in his previous reports.
"The steamer Chesapeake arrived from Gold
Bluffs this morning, with about fifty passengers.
The accounts through authentic sources, confirm
the previous reports Of the aurerous nature Of that
region.
idnd, and to reach them is matter Of no slight ia
tigue. High hills and doep gulches quite a
| lief after travelling twenty miles ankle-dccp in
beach sand
1.-THE bluffs present to the ocean perpendicular
front of from to four hundred feet in height,
and extend distance of about sixty miles. At the
base there is an abundance of talcose slate mixed
with quartz, and we were shown specimens OF
quartz gold, though in very small quantities. The
beach is mixture Of gray and black sand. In
some places the black sand covers the surface to
the depth of an eighth Of inch and can be easily
gathered, though must say that during
stay at the bluffs the exhibitions Of black sand in
great abundance were II is found mixed
with scales Of gold, very fine, fine that it cannot
be separated by ordinary washing The beach
sand is to be seen upon the surface In digging in
to the beach, the gray and black sand 10 found
mixed together, the gray largely predominating.
In the ris that trick down the bluffs the gold is to
be found in quantities perhaps greater than in the
black sand.
1.-The Chesapeake landed several tons of goods at
the bluffs, by means of lines extending from the
steamer to the shore, and by which the casks
tanning the goods were attached. The surf rem
dcred the landing in boats impracticable. The
steamer anchored nearly half mile from the
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test the quality of the bottom) several particles of
gold were drawn up.
"The black sand, as it is call. d. is principally
oxyde of iron, strongly magnetic, Several chem
lists who have examined the sand suppose that.
portion of it is oxydated gold and that but small
pootion Of the precious metal ia visible to the naked
eye:
largo portion of the beach, and have erected there
log cabins and laid in large store of provisions,
preparatory to working the bluffs on an extensive
scale. They have large number Of aborcrs on
the ground, and have employed chemist to ex
tract the gold from the sand, and are sangune in
the belief that their enterprise will yield them
| q handsome per centagc.
"Thc expense of reaching the Gold Bluffs ia
nearly or quite hundred dollars, and the cost
Of getting provisions there about fifty cents per
pound. Even suppose the success in getting large
quantities of the so-caled black sand, without
economical method of separating the gold, it will be
vaueless We cav men in the vicinity of the
bluffs, who had expended all their in reach
ing there, and are now unable to return.
'sThe schooner Capacity, with one hundred
and forty passengers, arrived at Trinidad on the
2Sth january, and proceeded next day to the Gold
Bluffs 10 land her passengers. The steamer Sea
Gull touched at Trinidad the 30tb, left few
passengers, and continued on her trip to Oregon.
The steamer Goliah was going into Trinidad as the
Chesapeake left, on the afternoon Of the 30th."
u. S. SrNAToR.-There had been no election of
United States Senator up to the 30th of January.
The house had adopted resolution to proceed to
the election on the I'd of February. This was
postponed by the Senate, for the alleged reason
that all the contested election cases had not been
decided. The House thereup,n passed another
resolution, naming February as the day, and on
this no action had yet been taken in the Senate.
Col Fremont's prospects for election eaid
to be improving
GENERAL SUMMARr.-The San Francisco Herald,
of February /, furnishes the following summary of
events since the departure Of the previous steamer
"The stagnation noticed in our circular of the
18th of January still continues in market and
but few changes can be made from our last quota
| tons. During the past week slight advance has
been made in some few articles, will be seen by
our detailed review, but there seems to be little
reason to expect any very material improvement
for some weeks.
"The unusual scarcity of rain up to this time has
very materially embarrassed the operations Of the
dry dggings' The miners have occupied them.
selves thus far, in throwing up dirt ready to take
advantage Of the first rain that visits them; and if
reliance can be placed on the reports of persons
who have visited that part of the country, few
| days. rain would enable them TO collect an i'm
mensely large amount of gold, which, being inn
| mcdiately thrown into the hands Of traders who
have given credit TO the miners for stores, would
have the effect of at rcviving business through
| out the country.
GA large number of men engaged with
great success in the country adjoining the Ka-
| math river, especially SCOTS and Salmon
creeks, its tributaries This portion of the mining
region has, yet, been but little explored in COM
parison with the moro southern parts of the State
and will doubtless be found to abound in sp!accrs'
| fully equal to any hitherto worked.
Wementioncd in our last circular the report of
very valuable discoveries of gold on the seacoast
near the mouth of the klamath river. Further in
ness Of the deposits, but also discover many serious
obstacles to rendering them available at the present
| time. The Gold Bluff is about thirty miles from
Trinidad the nearest safe point for vessels TO dis
che their Thc rQnd bet 10 Of nm