Washington telegraph., 1851-04-09

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fornIa news received by the Mexico.
| The Gold Bluff speculation turns out to be
considerable OF humbug A correspondent Of
the Alta California writes as follows concerning
the Bluffs:
The Bluffs are about thirty miles north Of
Trinidad. aud to reach them is a matter Of no
slight fatigue. High hills and deep guches are
quite relief after travelling twenty mics in beach
sand.
The Gold Bluffs present to the ocean perpen-
dicular front of from one to four hundred feet in
height, and extend distance of about six miles.
AT the base there s abundance of talcose slate,
mixed with quartz, and we were shown specimens
OF quartz gold, though in very small quantities
At times the ocean breaks against the bluffs,
ierlng travelling very hazardous matter, for
eral days together; but in ordinary weather the
beach at the foot Of the bluffs is from twenty TO
fifty yards in width. The beach is a mixture Of
gray and black sand. In some places the black
sand covers the surface to the depth Of an eighth
of an inch, and can be easily gathered, though We
must say that during our stay at the bluffs the
| hlbitions OF black saud in any great abundance
were 1t is found mixed with scales of gold,
very fine, so fine that it cannot be separated by
ordinary washing. The beach changes with every
tide, and occasionally black sand is to be seen
upon the surface.
In digging into the beach the same gray and
black sand found mixed together, the gray largely
predominant La the rilis which trickle down
the bluffs the gold is be found in quantities per-
haps greather than in the black sand.
l. probable that the gold has been washed
from the bluffs iutu the ocean, and is cast upon the
beach by the action OF the waves.
The scenery in the region Of the bluffs is really
magnificent. The stupeudous height oil the bluffs,
the cascades-the water rushing The top and
| the base, two hundred Ieet or mOre-l0rM scenes
| which AN artist might study with profit. The
hl,,tT. hrak UlI hes. n hp
Pacific Miuing Unmpany have located their log
houses and tents
The bluffs appear to be of a sandstone formation,
and exhibit many traces Of iron. The gray sand
is found in almost any desirable quantity along the
beach. Wse noticed men washing this gray sand,
iiand they succeeded in extracting quantity of
black sand, not more, .serhaps, than -One-tenth
part There is. undoubtedly. more or less OF The
black sand all along the beach, but in most places
the quantity is very minute.
The San jose Journal says that large deposites
of exceIlent coal have been discovered near that
place.
Quite f1ourIshipg town has grown up
Feather river, at place called Longs Bar. Que
hundred more frame houses have been put up.
Caiforna-paper says:
Whilst in the ordinary dry diggings al Nevada
the miners have heretofore had great scarcity
of water, those engaged in coyoting, in shafts sunk
from twenty to one hundred feet, have had too
much, compelling them either to suspend opera.
tons entirely, or TO Inconvenience them greatly
These 'gentieinen, with a true California spirit
have resolved to submit TO these obstacles no
| longer, and they are about tunneling the large hill
south oil the city, Tor the purpose oil drawing off
the water from their clam, underneath in the
earth They will dig subterrane outlets, and
thus clear themselves Of superabundance OF
water.
We learn that extensive preparations are being
,1. trft fI
Sugar Loaf Mountains OF that place. The object
is to strike rich cad in the range of good diggngs
All the dirt they dig will be washed, and after
proceeding into the bowels of the earth for some
distance, it is contemplated TO strike off at such
points they deem rich, and thus that whole
region of country may in short time be dug out
and washed. There to be twenty shares in
The company, held at 5000 each.
The Kent County Tragedy.-The
Chestertown (Md) News, of the 9th in-
slant, has the following further ;particu-
lars relative to this horrible massacre:
Since our last issue, no very new or
important Developments have been made,
in regard 10 the foulest and most barbar-
Gus murders on record, except the arrest
and committal to prison, on suspicion. OF
VIM. w. Webster, Jas. 2. Roberts, VIM
Shelton, and Thos. Drummond. Miss
Webster, who it was feared was mortally
wounded, died on Saturday night-the
negro woman it is thought will recover.
The negro boy to whom we alluded in
our last, had left home about a half hour
before the preparation of the deed-a
small negro girl. belonging to DR.. Fra
zier, was present and escaped to a small
negro hut, near by, The negro woman.
notwithstanding her wounds. aud bleed
ing as she was, was the first to give the
alarm to E. Crouch. Esq. 1t appears that
Mr.. Cosden had just finished his supper
and turned to the fire, when he was shot.
MRS. Cosden. who was indisposed, was
sitting on her bed in the same room, aud
Miss c. was at the table. After shooting
Miss Costlen, aud the escape of Mrs. Z.
into the yard, where she was shot, the
monster, who seemed to have knowl-
edge of the house, deliberately took
candle in his hand aud went up to Miss
Webster's room. The little daughter of
MIR. Cosden, aged years, after her moth
er had run, also run crying into Miss
Webster's room, who it is said, on hear
the firing below. jumped from her bed
aud secreted herself in closet, but the
cries OF the little girl for her aunt, induc-
ed her.to leave, fasten her door, and throw
herself into her bed. The demon burst
open her door, and OH entering demand
ed her lnoney-she implofed him TO spare
her life and lake all the money she had,
which was in her trunk-he took the
trunk into the passage and examined II.
taking out all her clo.hing. but her money,
(S4OO he missed, and then returning 20
lhe rooni set The quilt on hre, and shot
tour or five slugs into her arms and lungs.