New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-01
Gold by the Tun.

So regular and frequent are the arrivals
from California, with large amount, Of gold, that
the delay Of a single day beyond their allotted
time causes anxiety and inquiry
1t was reported in this City, by telegraph, on
Saturday morning. 2Sth, that the Falcon had ar
rived at New Orleans with two weeks later ac-
counts from California and that upward Of Trio
UiIiiOHs Of gold were "a route for Newly ork, "
which gave new life to many who were waiting
for the mails Of the fret Of August. But, IN conse
quence OF the storm, or other cause, the Ohio is
day or two behind her time, and the question is
eagerly asked, Anything from the Ohio " This
shows the Importance Of California, as well as
the necessity for a regular communication, upon
which we can safely rely without fearing the ac-
cidents incident to a navigation Of five thousand
miles. | mean Railroad.
BY the arrival Of the Prometheus yesterday,
We learned that the shipment of gold from San
Francisco on the 3lst of July, by the Oregon, was
$2,275, $50. Add TO this the amount in the hands
Of pass sDgers tshout300) a thousand dollars each,
which is about the average, $500 000 and the
same average for tse 200 passengers ~ the indie
pendence, 10000, and we get the extraordinary
smount OF $40, 500 Of gold dust leaving that
port FOR the Atlaatic States for the last fifteen
days Of July This is beyond the calculation.
Of the most ssDguine yet it will be exceeded By
~ succeeding shipments, for the ..ressonsthat the
most important dry diggngs," and the rich
nyer and slide digginss, had net been brought
into use early enough to add their rich streams to
those which had furnished the enormous ship
mehts Of the last eight months, when these
steamers lett but when the next shipments ar.
rive We shall begin to see and feel, not only their
influence, but also the cheering influence of the
numerous and improved Quay.- mills now in SIC.
cessiul operation as we'll as Of the labor Of the
forty thousand emigrants OF this year, which vii
probably swell the amount to very nearly. or
quite three millions, in addition 10 the large
amounts which are invested in canals in the gold
region, which pay from three TO ten per cent a
month and IN sew brick and IRE. proof buildings
in the cities. hch pay nearly as well.
AT 2,OOO.ibs. 70 the tun-as they sell coal in this
CIty-there were over stE tuns Of gold dust on
board the two steamers which left San Francisco
On the 3lst of July, and we NAV look for strea
faH' by those Of the 10Th INST, and an equa
amount on the lst and 18th Of each month unit
lst Of January next or the enormous amount o.
serehty fuHs Of gold for the fre months from LIST
August TO lst January.
\ correspondent Of the National Iateligescer
under date OF 18th August says that the amount
OF gold received at Melbourne and GeeIong from
the Australian mines, was, Tor the SIX months end.
ing 3lst March last, - tuns, , cwt. 70 fbs. and
ounces. This, however, does not include all the
mines IN that important and rapidly improving
country; yet with all its inducements to emigr..
ton' very lew Americans will go there, at least
from California, whsn the very stringent laws in
relation to the mines there are understood.
Should the supply Of gold continue at this rats
fora lie" years-and it Is the opinion Of intelligent
practical men, who have studied the resource. Of