New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-11

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pie has ever equaled that practiced on shipboard,
by masters and officers on their crews. 1t is the
only despotism known to our laws, in the North
ern States at least and almost every day IN Cal
ifornia is bringing to light some Of its evil and
bitter consequences. Our entire restitution OF
all means of redress only shows the case to be
still more deplorsbe. One effect Of the opening
of this country, will be found to have been thor
oBgh exposure ofbe abuses suffered By seaneR
Even the Navy has been compelled to abolish the
practice OF f0ggiHg.
The Cholera has, as was expected, been on the
increase in this place since the date OF my last
The first week after the rain began 70 fall, 1t was
sensiby checked in its ravages, and believe It
has renewed them in Sacramento City. With us
the alarm caused at first by It has subsidized, bat
the victims who have fallen before 1t are even
more conspicuously known than those who suffer
ed at first. The death Of Mayor Bigelow, In par.
ticular, is very sensibly felt He was man OF
decided ability and of much promise. In company
with some few others he had lust completed ar
rangements for a line Of Electric Telegraph from
this place to Sacramento City. viG San Jose and
Stockton His was q mind emlnently American
fertile in enterprises productive Of lasting results
He has fallen before foe in whose presence he
never auailed. Peace to his memory!
The accounts of the Indian wars with which
some of the papers are filed, as you will readily
perceive, are very much exaggerated. The In
dams now as last year, are given to various deeds
of petty hostility. They have always been &C
customed to that wherever they could. This has
been resented, and sometimes severely punished
by the whites. Ia consequence, the Indians IN
some parts of the Sierra, have sworn vengeance.
The whole extent Of territory from the Klamath
along the Snowy Mountain, ami down to the
mouth of the ella, is in nearly the same condl'
ton. The red man must retire, though sullenly,
before the white
Large amounts of money, as in Florida have
already been expended in these so called Indian
wars A single statement, although not yet
made public here which have from the best au-
thofity will convince you OF this fact.
Adit Gen Morehead, who was sent early in
June to quell disturbances caused by the Iumas,
an insignificant tribe at the mouth OF the Gala,
has already drawn upon the State Treasury TO
the extent Of 100000, in part for the expenses OF
his campaign not yet finished. Similar bills are
accruing in FL Dorado County, on the American
River and a large sum is said to be required for
the same purposes in the Klamath country to the
North.
Yesterday was thanksgiving, and to very
pleasing extent it was observed as such by our
citizens. The gambling saloons were generally
closed, and many attended service at the various
churches.
The mining interests are everywhere looking
improved. The few weeks before the rains had
elected large amounts of gold from the rivers, and
at present the gulches in every quarter are found
TO be far more than ever productive of the precious
metal Beside these, and what promises to be
the richest and most reliable sources the future
operations OF gOld-mining in this country are the
veins of auriferous quartz to be found throughout
the extent of the highest slopes of the Sierra.
rruressvr etIvPssS EDs...~.ly sc 49, IN~-lts' Of
Yale College, and Prof Mooney, late of the Boun-
Diary Survey Commission, and once of the Faculty
of Western Reserve College, both of them men
of eminent Scientific abilities, have by their ex-
porations within the past six months contributed
largely to the extent of our knowledge on this
subject. Rev. Walter Cotton with that happy
ssgacity which he possesses; and Mr.. Bayard
Taylo who saw the mines with very observant
eye, though in the worst possible circumstances,
have both made some admirable "guesses at the
truth which Profs. Shepard and Mooney have
demonstrated by actual experiment, to have been
correct
Still more, the prospects now are that nearly all
the large amounts of gold henceforth to be extract
ed will come from this source. The metal OF the
placer was from the rock and the rock has not as
yet given MP 1.-THE Of its rich product AS the
extent of the debris compared with the beetling
crags which overhang it, so appears the amount
of the wealth contained in each Veins of quartz
are scattered everywhere, and they are all rich
with gold Even the sands Of the coast, worn
down by the attrition OF ages from the mountains
above, all bear with them the precious dust"
Professor Spieker has made some very curious and
interesting experiments with the quartz and sand.
a account Of which send enclosed, as given by
morning paper The early miners described by
Cotton and Taylor will soon cease TO exist, and
their places be supplied by men who shall be pro-
perly so called
The accessions we have lately received from
France, are by no means such arace as have been
described as coming. They are plain, hardy
race, and afford every promise Of giving good ac-
count of themselves as citizens among as. Few if
any females have arrived who are not in all re-
spects properly related to those who attend them.
Yours, &c. C.M.B.