The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-30

taken out Of Golfer dam s22 900 the YN IN Company
numbering pine members $4,000 and & psst foa
weeks s30o00 dollars. all the miners are ~ ported a
doing well -Mn ysriM Herald -
meeting OF the citizens OF M8rysvie wa5t 5tpA nel
last evening for the purpose OF consdering thu prs
Of taking action on the subject of building raioak on
that city to Benicis.
The San Francisco Union rays there is now on exiish
ton at the banking house OF Mills Townsend l. Co
lump Of gold recently taken out at Downievile which
OF the largest and handsomest found Call.
fornia This splendid specimen Is nearly pure, anu
weighs two hundred and four and three dol.
lars The firm have also another lump perfectly
pure which weighs $500. dug the spot the
above.
The accounts from eyery portion of the mining region,
complaints of failure in I849 The same bars that
are now being funed then worked by thousands
dsDmDg them and in most without success. The
change would seem to be necessarily owrg to the present
improved methods OF working
AUSTRALIAN CODA beautiful lump of Australian
gold was exhibited to yesterday 1t received late
ly by one OF our shipping houses large trade is
number OF who leaving here to try their for
tunes in the mines of the latter is very arge-San Fran
cisco Herald
Col. Fremont's Claim before the Land Conn
mission.
From the Los Angeles Star, Sept Is
On Tuesday and Wednesday last the attention Of the
Board was directed to the argument Of A. Lock wood
Esq, one Of the counsel for Col Fremont claimant of
Las Mariposas tract Of land eleven square leagues
in extent in Morposa county Our limits restrict
merely bare sllu sion to this argument Among the
points which Mr. Lockwood urged are the following -
That the United States succeeded to the obligations Of
Mexico with regard to public land and subject all
the equities exittng against the Mexican government at
the time OF the cesson The question not whether the
claimant had a complete title when the sovereignty was
transferred, but whether he had equitable right
which would have bean valid but for the change of
government, and which Mexico would have respected
This grant was made by competent authority the grant
itself being proven to be genuine is pma acie evidence
OF this unless disayowed by the Mexican government
That presumption IL strengthened where the grant
purports to be made for public services MS well as
in pursuance of colonization laws. and the recital
OF such services concurrent motive of the
grant will render IL valid though 1t would have
been clearly void without such recital. The guam
tity is specifically ascertaned by the grant and
that alone Is sufficient without any precise local boun
dares and confer the right select the specified guam
full title severed the ten leagues from the public do
main without any survey especially the land in
tested by savaRes The right Of the grantee select
where he would locate the ten leagues within the speci
fed limits Is clearly proved snch right has been
cgnzed by Congress- and by the United States Supreme
Court The report Of the Commissioners of 1888 state
that only eighteen complete grants have to
their knowledge and yet they confirmed 345 grants that
had been rejected by the former Commissioners There
is complete proof that this grant is valid according to the
custom and utage of the former government The fact
that the land contained mineral does not affect the ques-
ton OF title to the land but the right to the mineral is
distinct question between the Of the land and the
The conditions annexed to the grant all subsequent
and there could be forfeiture for breach till udciouy
decreed Had the title been confirmed by the Depart
ment Assembly, no confirmation by this commission
would be necessary.
These of the principal points Of Mr. Lock-
woods argument. Mr.. Cooley the U. Law Agent will
commence his argument in reply Monday next.