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

The news from California has been an
tcipated by the Prome.heus, but we extract some in
terestpg articles from the papers subsequent to our
previous dates.
STATEMENT OF TRoOPs IN THE PACIFIC
DIVISION, AND THEIR Position, ON THE 1sr july,
1852 From official source we have received the
following inter esng and valuable statistics OF the Ia
OsTeoS-sseilaoooa Pagecs So,ad-Capt q. II Hill,
let Artillery, commanding, company L. st Atilery-5 Of
Co7um6la Bayyaeks, Fort Janoonrs,.-Brevet MAJOR J.
Hathaway, lss Artillery COMMANDING company NJ, ls'
F%t 6,fo,d E,orn0 HaJIor Port oxford list Lieut.. II.
w stanton, LET Dragons commanding company &, LIST
DTssoOns-5 cfieeIs, 81 men; 8,
Lieut. n HI DAVIS, "a Infantry, commanding, company r,
b.aslin 6S,yacS, 6eoe@a-Maior w seswe Cd 10.
isntry commanding company A. let Drag ons compsaies
6, + and C. ID Infanry-i8 officer, iSs men. g. n,
Bcaecia ArsenGi BeaeciG-Brevet Capt CT stone Ora.
nance comm aDding company OTdnance-l officer, 10
P,e,idio San Major c. s Merchant Sd Artil
Iery commanding company N, I'd Aery-S officers, %
Mc.te,ey Redout Moaterey-Capt II. s. Burton Sd Ar.
tery commanding, company f. 81 Artilley-1 officers, "A
M;,.ioa San D,so-Bt It. Col Magrussr let Artillery
eomm.ndns company l. lst Artillev-0 officers 81 mea
Fort Yamd, Colorado kter-Bt Ma, \. 2 Heintl-lmsn,
I'd Infantry commanding, companies d. and ID intant-
Raacho del Chrao, aear ca on Pass-Cspt c. Lowell,
I'd Infantry commanding company a. ID Infantry
EoJf Miller Tppsy San .loa4 iin-Bt Ms W. Pat
ten I'd Infantry commanding, companies acd ~ ID In
Ia route % ntnira, psy Transport Aada- Major +.
H. Fitzgerald lat Drseoops commanding, company r, id
Drsgoons-5 officers, 90 men
The 4,h R-si,neut of Intsntry shortly expected from
the Atlantic will probably be poiteo AS follows Head
susner and foar Companies at Columbia Barracks,
Vancouver sone Company At Sieilacoom Pogets SOUND
one Company at the "Dalies' of the Columbia Two
Companies on the Oregon Trs In the vicinity OF Rosa
River; one Company on Trinity aud hlanisthi Que
Company at Humboldt. Ten Companies
The three companies lst Dragons, serving IN the
division are 10 be employed, when the season VIII per
nit scouting along the Indian frontier NOV emeht
~ t~o OF companies from tors hes0lng on Gov
Creek will be made after the arrival vi breNe
Major Fitx1 orad with a company which has been on
service at lhe ella The urd company u nos engaged
In exploring q route from Pert Oxford 10 the Oregon
Trail The permanent station Of these companies Is 81
Beueeia Barracks.
Since the arl, In February last, Of i've hundred re-
cruts from the Atsnc States there have been lOl dc
sertions reported, up 10 the Isl lust
ENTIcING SEAMEN TO DESERT.-A
large ana respectable meeting Of merchants assembled
ON the 96ih of July In the Merchants Sch'nse oil san
Francisco TO take into consideration the OF toe
deserion Of crews from vessels arriving tnst port
and to devhs remedy Tax Ala CALIFORNIA o. tae ste
Save: Ii will be that our COMMERCIAL mea nave
taken hold Of this MISTER In the right sprt, ana the
highest hopes may re entertained OF sncr success"
TIE psltTy practices By which our shipping interest,"
has been solong hsmpsred aud Injured are very graph
icsly exposed In Ihe various speeches msde yesser
day. and II Is cOnclusvsy shown thar pohey snd
justice demand that some decided and practical sieps
should DO taken to bresk sp this system OF eNtofooh
aud wrong. which has already 80 deeply inquired o1I
commercial relatons and which 10 50 rapidly sro ~lns
into gigantic aud unblgsAigs fraud. The Committee
charged with the mssteT, vii report series of rs
solutions TO an adjourned meeting this afternoon and
from the intelligence respec..bin,y ana experiences Of
the men composing It, there 10 no douo, that such
plan 81 operations oil De suggested 40 will spe .dy
put a stop 10 the aboninabs practices which are no
% expensive veNaiops and unjGs. aud 90 urious 10
the reputation Of our city abroad Most heartily do We
wish the merchants success in their undertaking
QUARTZ GoLp.-Mr. Whigham. of the
Phtsbargh and Gold Run Company, al Nsyads, ex
heiied TO u yesterday quantity Of gold taken from
his works, which proves coue'usively thai quart
mining 10 xOt ali humbug The lot in question con.
sisted Of soi'd mass. ust frc. the cr~co,- weighing
something more than I'VE pounds he produc, o! one
days running Of eighteen stamps lUa'on.
HoRRIBLE ACCIDENT AND Loss or
lIyp-Ws learn from Mr. Jno. ;. Sldeer aud Mr. Lea.
IN Eofle lust Gown from Winso~ Bar on tbs N0rta
Fork of the Yubs River the melancholy inelseace 0.
the death OF four Chlnsmsn which occurred al Wiaslow
Bar on Saturday issl
II sppears shat ave Chinamsn were working In tue
hsnh al the river al point the foot log seross the
Yuba river and bad undermined the bank 10 consider
able dstsnce when the bank cavet In and Tour OF tns
Ave were engulphed by toe falling avalanche As.iss
asce vas Immediately rendered, but when me bodies
vers exhumed they were lneless being horribly msn'
sied and mutisted Their remains Sefe nse'ea oa vac
day following, Sunday Oy the fend' ana
Ine 6fsh mar only escaped provdsntislly having ef'
he Cpot where the others were engglpneo out MO
,,ent preyioas 10 the ed occurrence.
we smor>ce this occsson 70 Say that 700 meea care
cannot b taken By miners engage IN eAyoans Ana