The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-13


AGRUULTuRE IN CAIIF0RttA-The Suis I'm
valley large extent of fertile country, has BEEN
and is being for the most part brought into Gull
tivstioR. The Transcript observes ;--"Rane hos
have been erected every half mile or 30, and al
ready the Wiley bears evidence of the result OF
the labor Of its inhabitants. Large tracts Of
land are broken up, preparatory to seeding; and
we hear of many who will plant from twenty to
forty acres Of potatoes alone, and as the crop
will pay largely at as low rate as three CENTS
per pound, We presume vast sums OF money will
be realized the coming season.,
The Transcript mentions one .faymer who, re-
allied $4,000 from a crop Of pbtatoes grown
Oh twenty acses of land. - =.
The COINAGE or GOLD AND INooTs At the
last session Of Congress- aa act WIS passed, au-
thorizing the manufacture of ingOts and bars of
gold, at the establishment Of .Moffat & Co., in
this city, to bear the United States stamp; and
gentleman Of integrity and experience, Angus
tus Humbert, esq, was duly appointed to exc
cute the trust Of supervising the coinage Of
these bars and ingots, and affixing the stamp
which should determine their genuineness. The
dies for this purpose were procured and the first
coin produced from them was shown us yester-
day. 1t il Of octagon form, has upon one side
a raised eagle, with scroll and breastplate, sur
rounded by the words, /" United States of Amer
ica" On the reverse side IL q radiating sun, the
edge being stamped with the name of the as
sayer and the date. Its value is $50, and the
piece in convenient form for pocket use or
transportation. Pacific News
CALIFORNIA SILVER MIREs-The Alisal silver
mine, about 40 miles from Monterey, is being
worked by company from San Francisco, who
have namber Of men at work ut remunerative
wages. correspondent of the Pacific News
looks forward to its soon producing most
favorable effect IN the business of Monterey."-I
is most favorabIy situated; indeed, the most so
in California, from its proximity to the sea, aud
an abundance of wood and water, which it COM
mands The ore taken from this mire is of
silver combined withlead, anthony and sulphur.
The ore is very easily worked, and the metal
can be extracted by fire, not requiring the use
of quicksilver. asi
INDIAN FIGHr AND MASSACRE OF WHTEs-
The California papers mention battle on the
9th of January, in the Mariposa country, between
400 Indians and 50 or go Americans, under Capt
James Burney. The Indians were defeated
with loss Of so killed and 20 wounded The
Americans had eight wounded; two of them
mortally. The latter were Lieut.. S. Keene and
MIR. Little. The same report mentions that
the Indians had attacked party of whites work
ing in gulch, and massacred u of them. The
particulars are not given, but subsequent ac-
counts contradict this massacre.
GREAT FREsHETs.-We learn from person
just from Red river, that great rise has taken
place above Shreveport. At Hurricanes Bluff,
the river was within Is inches of high water
mark, and still rising at the date of our inform
ants departure. The people, fearing a destruc-
tive inundation, and anxious to preserve their
property, were moving back to the hills, taking
with them all their stock and negroes. At
Shreveport on the 26th ult., the river was still
rising, and general overflow was anticipated.
We learn from the last number of the Cam
den (Ark) Herald that Ouachita river had risen
to great height, and had overhowed its banks
in many places.
We learn from the Granada (Nlss) Repub-
lican of the 30th ult., that at that time Yala-
busha river was higher than it had ever been
known, even within the memory of that venera-
Bile individual, "the oldest inhabitant"
The Ohio was high and still rising. The
Wabash and other tributaries were also pouring
out their floods, while it was thought that the
Mississippi above Memphis would soon be
higher than it has been for many years. The
prospects Of general overflow certainly look
more and more threatening. The rains during
the last three weeks seem to have been unusu
ally severe all through the country, and we fear
that we shall soon be called upon to record
long series of losses and dlsasters-Neo Or
leans Picayiane, End.
A NEW Discovery IN THE DAcuEKREoryE
ART is just announced by the Daguerrean Jour
nal of February, by which Impressions upon