The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-08


city scrip has been burned by our council.
Intslligencs from many points in the minss v
moro chesring than hitherto during tho winter.
to select the public lands to be donated BY General
Vallejo to tho State. sites for the public build
inRs, have attended to their duties, returned and
reported TO the Legislature, and now we supPose
the work OF erecting the various buudings ofhces.
&C.. at Vallejo, will commence.
The prospects Of this State, agriculturally, are.
We believe. very promising.
FsoA THE MINING DlsraIcrs.--The AIta CaI1or-
mia says that the news from the Gold Bluff II very
favorable. rich lead of gold had been discovered
thsrs. from which ono machine washed over thirty
two ounces of gold in one day. On another day
s 600 were taken out. The gold j. found upon
face. One bucket Of dirt yielded eight ounces !;
8l38 had BEEN taken from twenty three pounds Of
the surface sand-an average of six dollars TO the
pound. The Warren. which arrived from the To-
cAlity ut San FfAnoisco on the 26th OF March,
brought twenty thousand dollars in gold.
Tho repeal Of tho law taxing foreign miners. 1t
was supposed. would have material effect in in
s: Sd is d ssas q a ss 6.
able enactment going into effect, have now resumed
their operations At the mines, or arc ON their way to
them.
claim at Nevada city, known a. the "gold tunnel,
~ the richest deposit of the metal in California.
About fifty thousand dollars have been taken from
it. and the claim has been sold for $4,000. The
.
IL found thickly set throughout this whole vein,
which appears TO be inexhaustible in depth, and
from one 70 four feet in breadth
INDIAN ArrAIns appear to be in a more satisfac-
tory condition. a treaty had been concluded with
tho tribcso tho Tuolumne river.
DR.. Wozencrat, one Of the commissioners who
had visited San Francisco 10 purchase supplies, left
there on tho 29th Of March to be present At stalk"
which was to be held with the Indians tho lst OF
April Altar the treaty which was expected to be
the result was completed, the commissioners would
probably separate, and pursue the objects OF their
mission in different sections Of the country. Gen.
Smith had given orders for two companies At Be-
nicia and one At Camp Ear West, 70 bold them
selves in readiness to form with Captain Keys's
command three escorts, one to accompany COM
missioner to Los Angeles, one to the Frczno where
Captain Keys 10 at present. and one TO the Trinidad
and northern Indian country generally.
News had bsen received 1t San Trancisco of q
fight betwesn tho State troops and the Indians on
the San Joaquin.
The Indians, Apaches probably, had attacked
and taken possession Of Tucson tho last town In So
nora coming towards the Gila river. The inhabit-
ants. not being able 20 hold the place, abandoned it,
The mountains in sight Of San Francisco wero
white with snow on the 3lst Of March--an appear
aace which they had assumed but once before dur
ing the season.
devoted to tho subject of the dispute between T.
Butler King, the United States collector, and the
post Office authorities, of which mention was made
in Geographic despatch from New Orleans. In
matter
obtained information that Havana cigars hn d been
struggled through the mail bags on previous occa-
sions. and no wished TO put stop to such proceed
ings in future. His action 10 sufficiently indicated
in the following letter:
CvsToM MOUSE, SAN TRANcIsco. March ~, 1851.
Sin: In reply TO your note Of last evening, have
to state that received Information yesterday which
made to smuggle small valuable packages of mer-
chandise in the mail bags. For the purpose Of as.
certaining whether or not tho suspicion was well
founded, dirested MIR. Fellowship surveyor Of
this port-to proceed TO the wharf where tho mail
was to be landed, and to ascertain, If possible,
whether the bags contained packages which were
not mailablc matter Afer looking carefully at
them they were passed from the boat he reported
to me that some Of them evidently contained boxes
or packages of q suspicious appearance.
then directed him to proceed to the post Office
and present my compliments to you--to state his
Office and business, and request that the bags
tanning those packages might be opened in his
presence. He soon returned and represented to
mo that he had not been permitted to enter the
post Office, that he had been treated rudely by tho
person who received tho mail bags, and had not
been permitted an interview with yourself He
also stated that several packagcs had been handed
out Of the Office which did not appear 10 be malta
bio matter. ! then proceeded TO the post office
with Mr.. Fellows, with the intention of seeing you
on the subject. knocked at the door several min
utes without gaining admittance or being noticed
by any one. then directed Mr.. Fellows to pro-
Ceeu 10 tno Muu ste0meE anu examine tho OdgS on
board.
shall deem it my duty to make this statement
to the Postmaster General.
{S11 GSsSie ntS ss.v. Gai,.co
Mr.. CnARLKs Q. MooRE, Acting Postmaster, San
Francisco.
The contract about to be entered into by tho city
of San Francisco for supply of water il with Mr..
Mcrriheld. The water is to DO obtained from q
lake within four miles Of San Francisco, which
discharges twenty-five millions gallons per day.
The water il to be forced upward into a reservoir
several hundred feet above the city level by ma
chinery. The contract il to supply the corpora
ton with water for hydrants, fountains. &c for
fixed by the council, not less than one cent per
gallon. It 10 stated that Mr.. Merrificld is asso.
ciated with English capitalists, who will furnish
8800,000 toward the work, and that the aqueduct
will be completed in eighteen months.
cusToM-HousB sTATIsTIcs AT BAN rRANCIsco.
Bullion Cleared.
March 4, per barque Carib, for valpa-
raiso $40, 1927
6, per steamer California, for
Panama and New York. 1000, 600
Is, per steamer New Orleans, for
Panama and New York. .524 ,40i
Is, per steamer Antelope, for
Panama and New York. 10000
Is, per steamer Northerncr, for
Panama and New York. 4s4 ,72s
q, per barquc Adelaide, for Hong
Kong Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Total cleared. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S2,s59,656
Bullion Entered.
March %, per steamer Panama. $lO2.sss
%, per steamer Com. Preble,
from Trinidad % O00