Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21
FROM CALIFORNIA.


Of the steamship Alabama, the Picayune has
dates from San Francisco to the lst ult. and
Panama dates to the 2lst ult.
The news from the mining districts is encourag-
| ing The heavy rains which had fallen had
cheered the Rhners and afforded them, what they
SO long needed, wherewith to wash their dry
diggngs
The agricultural prospects of the country are
extremely promising. The stock of goods on hand
In the towns and depots is represented to have
materially decreased, but the immense accumu-
iatlon OF merchandise, of all kinds, in San Fran
CISCO, will for a long time to come, prevent any
| great general improvement in prices
Inc richest mining section i'll all California is
now stated to be IN the ,neighborhood of the Yuba
and Feather rivers. The number of miners there
| Is rapidly increasing. New dist overies of rich
! placers are constantly being made Favorable
| accounts have been received from all the miners
from the Consumnes, the Tuoumne, Find Gold
Gulch, on the San Joaquin, The Stanislaus,
CalaVeras, MOckelumne, Scottss, klamath, &C.
One company OF hundred men intend this sum-
mer to drain the Tuoumne river for a whole mile
by means Of huge canal. During the few days
work they were allowed in the bed Of this river last
September. before the immense dam they had con-
structed was swept away by the reshet, they took
out an average of three pounds of pure gold. In
| every placer south of the Mockelumne, the indus
trous miner is reapng and ample recon-
Pehse LOT MS toll. Companies are forming to drain
the Merced, Slanisaus and Tuolumne rivers with
every prospect Of success. Al the diygings on
Longs Bar, in the Feather river, a few miles above
Ophir City, the miners average from TO three
ounces daily. Rich diggngs were accidentally
discovered by negro on this same river, mile
above Ophir He soon, however crowded
from his claim. Whenever the miners reach the
bed rock they are sure TO average one hundred dol
lars day. Deep digging is necessary, and after
sinking shaft, they mine on the principle Of coyot
ing. Some Of the claims sunk twelve feet be-
low the surface of the river; and when this depth
isreached the claims prove highly profitable.
Quartz veins have been discovered near the vii.
lage of Auburn which promises to be very rich in
gold. The quartz mining operations have every
where been prosecuted with vigor and success.
Some of the veins rich beyond all previous cal
culaticns. Que of these veins at Nevada sold
at $ l36, ,O0O and the purchaser in few days there
after had taken out $4,000, and dir: ready for
washing which would yield 100000 more. The
machinery is very expensive and these holding
rich claims, not possessing the means to purchase
it, get even by selling the rock to the machinery
owners. One of the dredging machines has been
put to work in one of the rivers, and yields one
hundred doers an hour.
he news from the mines in Lower California
have at length assumed tangible shape A COM
pany Of the citizens of San Diego, who went out
prospecting brought back reports and specimens
tained in that region without the miner incurring
the hardships of rigorous northern climate.
The price of gold dust in San Francisco has,
through the operations Of the u. ). Essay Office
there, been raised from SIG 10 SSl7 per ounce.
he office monopolizes all the dust and compefs the
principal bankers to come into The mark ct at $ IL.
The news from the Indians satisfactory A
number of the tribes have consented to make a
treaty and to accept permanent localities. A de-
trlbes who have positively refused to treat.
lhe Legislature has repealed the foreign miners |
tax, and has attached the penalty of death, in the
discrimination of the jury, to the crime of grand
larceny-whIch consists in stealing property worth |
over $50.
The committee Of the Legislature, to whom the |
subject was referred, have reported unanimously |
in favor impeachng Judge Parsons-who, it |
will be remembered, had ar ested and imprisoned |
Mr.. Walker. of the editors Of the Herald, for
an alleged contempt Of court.
Eight thousand iSonorians are at Los Angeles, i
and some 25,OOO are expected to follow. Great |
excitement took place at Sonora between party |
of gamblers and miners. Some seventy or eighty |
guns were fired; gambler was killed and one |
wounded, and three miners were wounded. "A
general meeting of the citizens of Sonora took |
place, in which the utmost order was observed |
Resolutions adopted, strongly condemnatory |
of the entire proceeding, and pledged the citizens
to keep order in the district for the future.
Capt. Elijah NJ. Jarvis, Of Texas, was murdered |
near San Francisco.
Extensive preparations were making to rebuild !
Nevada City, which was lately entirely destroyed |
by fire. The incendiary is disco. cred TO have been
a man by the name of Fitzpatrick, who has left !
for parts unknown. Rich mines OF bitumnous
coal and of slate have been discovered Be-
nica.
decision has been delivered in the U. S. Dis !
trict Court at Sacramento which sustains the va
lidity of Mr. Suffers title on all the land which
Sacramento City is located.
A party Of gentlemen had returned to San Fran
cisco from an exploring expedition into section
of country almost unknown, about fifty miles above
Bencia. They had been induced to make the trip
from the wonderful accOunts Of few hunters who
had visited that portion of the State lhe party
consisted of five, including an old hunter who was
acquainted with the country. They reached a
point within ten miles of she spot they desired to
explore without any difficulty, and then commenc-
ed to force their way over mountains and bills
through dense growth Of chaparral. When they
arrived within a short distance Of the mountain
towards which they had been making all day, they
heard tremendous roaring and Kissing, which. ON
examination, they found to proceed from steam
issuing from number of apertures in the noun
tans sides, and sounding like great number OF
steamboats, ''bowing off.
They were astonHhed at the geological forma-
ton of the country. In one spot spring bub-
bling up, the water of which was so hot as to scad
the hand; while not far vf, another discharged an
ice-cold stream. Mineral springs of al kinds
abounded-sulphur, alum, carbonatcd and chaly-
beate. A piece of wood placed in one was soon
seasoned and fast becoming petritied They found
also number of ignite. Minerals of many kinds
were picked up in the vicinity; the whole country
was covered with sulphur, aud they could see the
process of the formation Of limestone going on in
the mountain before their eyes. A mountain of
salt was not far off. They describe the whole
country aboundilg in game of all sorts-bear,
DEER elk, hares, ducks, quals, and in fact every
species OF wild animal. The very grass was worn