Washington telegraph., 1851-07-09

OF private letter from San Francisco.
tue New York Tribune tells the follow
ing story:
In the fire proof store Of Gregory s
Express Office, in San Francisco. lives a
gentleman named Hastings. who is large
ly interested in the quartz mines. In
one Of his claims on Carson's Creek, ten
miles aoove Stockton, his partners (for
| there are seven of them) have been
working for the last two or three mouths
with indifferent success. They leased
out the claim 70 some dozen Mexicans,
agreeing to divide the profits. Early ip
April they commenced drilling on the
opposite side of the mountain. where
there was not the least outward sign of
gold. After boring to the depth of seven
teet they blew out at one bias. $3.50. 600
worth of gold,
"This occurred ON the 18th. On the
18th one of the partners arrived by ex.
press with the news. On the 22d two of
the partners arrived with two boxes Of
the quartz. Gregory's Express office
was crowded for two or three hours with
the wealthy merchants and bankers OF
the city, who tiocked TO see the show
The boxes were afterwards taken TO
Mofat's Government Assay Office. On
the 25lh the result was given, which the
writer copied from MoHat's account, viz:
lO3 lbs OF quartz rock produced 26 one-
pound bars of pure gold. valued at SIT
Is per ounce. Each ounce of rock
yielded So 80 of gold. Total value S.
1872 10. Cost OF coming, $225.
"Severai merchants have tried tu pur-
chase shares, but they have been told
that $lOO, 900 would uot buy one. The
lead is represented to be 7 or teet from
the surface. and about 6 or inches wide.
The depth aud length are not yet as
certained. Over two tons of this valua.
BILE rock is said TO be in sight, and the es-
tmated value. according to present ap-
pearances, is $5,QOO.G00. $2.OOO,OOQ, II
is said, can be got out III month"
Tins may appear almost Incredible, but
our correspondent "Walrus" at Sacra-
menlo City. on whose statements we are
disposed to place implicit reliance, in his
lasi letter. (Which we published few
days ago. speaking of The unequivocai
evldeuce which the Ca.ltorhiails now
have of the richest and mos; exhaus,less
gold mines, afforded ample coroboration
}f the Trlbuue's story. He said;
"Ihe iacle of quarty rock mining prove
conclusively that the source Of gold has
been discovered aud that il is just as
houudless as the Navada ridges Of Cali
lornia. At first it was supposed that
these gold deposites or gold lodges be-
longed exclusively to the southern Of the
State But now there Is no more diff
Guilty TO discover magnificent veins of the
metal i'll the north than in the SOUTH
And companies are being constantly
formed tor the purpose of working this
k.nd OF mining region.
"Ihere have been some Of the most
astounding developments on Carson S
that you ever heard OF. First they made
blasts which yielded them several thou
sands OF dollars. and noa0 they haze ab-
s0tutely thr0a0n up Seve,uZ hundrel
thousund dollars ut a single blast: have
broken out rock which yielded SO richly
as to enable them to put twenty housand
dollars into box ten inches square and
six teen inches long"
"How we'll he plays for one so young
said Mrs. Partington. as the organ boy
and his monkey performed near her door,
sand how much his little brother looks
like him to be sure," and the old lady
looked on aud nlarvelled.
PERILous ADvENTpRE.-The. Captain
OF a whaler, says Cheever, gives the fol
lowing account Of an adventure which
came. very near being his last. In Civ
ing an account of the accident and es-
ca pc. he said that as soon as be discover.
ed that the line had caugh: in the bow
of the boat. he stopped to clear it, and
attempted to throw it out from the
"chock,' SO that it Iqight run free. In
doing this, he was caught by turn round
the left wrist, and felt himself drageed
overheard, He was perfectly conscious
while he was rushing down, down, with
unknown force aud swiflness, and it ap-
peared 70 him that his arm would be torn
from his body, so great was the resistance
of the water. He was well aware OF
his perilous condition, and that his only
chance of life was to Gu; the line. But
he could not remove his right arm from
his side, to which it was pressed by the
force of the element through which il
was drawn. When he first opened his
eyes, it appeared as if stream of fire
was passing before them, but as he de-
scended. it grew dark. aud he felt a ter.
rlble pressure on his brain. aud roaring
as OF thunder in his ears. Yet he was
conscious of his situation, and made sew.
eral efforts to reach his knife that was in
his belt. A: last. as he felt his strength
failing and his brain reeling. the line tol
an instant slackened, he reached MS