The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-10

have been engaged for short time past In dedg
ing the bod Of the Yob. river The companies which own
thcy own-the Phosnix and the Lnda-and expected
DO very successful The result. Of the first efforts witch
were made were quite encou aging, and have induced
other parties enter into similar enterprises.
ssJT6ore have also been discovered mines in the
nexhSorSood Of Monterey Los Angeles and San Die 90,
which said 70 Dc very productive. Tbs accounts 70
ucuiars but merely say IN general terms thai they yield
II win be SEEN therefore that though the want OF rain
has been serious drawback the prosperity Of the
county, and The miners have lost several months labor in
digging earth which they wash the ill.,
yet ihere - good prospect opening before for he
msr. and Is TO be hoped that he bright antcpations
which arc formed may be realized"
The California News says:
Business dull The arrivals Of foreign ship
ping have fallen oil largely within the past fortnight The
during the coming season. We have as yer very lte
more favored In this respect"
The Placer Times says
We can give general idea of the of affairs in the
diggings for the from all quarters much
mInsrs are doing pretty 1eF In some places where ,hey
troubled with much water the yield is better this
winter than Where the has Jailed altogether.
the miners have OF course taken 10 the rivers and there
the water being low as, ., , .hem are doing very well
that win be lower this coming than
OF the rivers will be damned and it i. our fm
that gold will be taken out this summon than be
fore in California"
under date of February 90, says:
'News of au,,jerous nature is unnportant Miners
generally have been doing WE'LL but have had to work hard
dirt from five hundred yards Most OF the
lots in Sonora beng dug up, and Quantities OF
gold taken What extraordinary portion Of the
country this, Of which Sonora Is the cenre The plains
and guches TO be iHexhauslbe and through every
hill and mountain veins OF incacuabe wealth, lying
perduo unmoestel until the When legality oi
possession shall bring capital and machinery that viii lay
bare the mighty hidden treasures OF this wondrous land
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, which has hitherto been
very subordinate interest Ia our State, now bids far 10
its proper position in relation to wealthy and
prosperous community The high prices of agricultural
produce OF all kinds have induced large numbers to IN
dertake the cultivation OF the EARTH and the fertile lands
OF the river bottoms and valleys being rapidly settled
by industrious and energetic farmers. The prospects for
abundant yield OF every description of produce were
very excellent, until the long continued and unusual
drought has induced appreheHsons that the crops in
many parts will be total failure Serious fears
teainsd for the grazing oil the cattle, which, if there
should not be any rain, will be very scant. and
probably occasion immense loss OF stock Irrigation
extensive scale recommended and in instances
has been undertaken, remedy Tor the deficiency oil
rain. Altogether the prospects for the yield OF crops in
portions OF the recent agricultural settlements not
couaging, though there other portions where the
drought has not appearance effected much injury
As evidence OF the forwardness OF the season. the
beauty of the climate, and the fertility of the SOIL may
be mentioned that the first day of March there
thirty five of barley only lew miles distant from
San Francisco, which averaged tpp inches in height
New potatoes have also been dug and brought TO San
Francisco on the LIST of March.
San Francisco Standard.