The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-06-16
The following respecting Col Fremo"''s
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mines appears in the London Times:
Nouveau Monde Company has received let
irrs from Clement, their Superintendent, dated
1lth, and 24.h March, in which hr safes that
the agent Of Col Fremont had been unable to
put him in possession of any Of the mines or
lands in the Mariposa Estate, the same being
occupied by other parties " hom he 1.-THE agen')
had power t. eisposscss. Under these cir
cu'ns'ances Mr.. Clement had determined to
leave Maraposa, and either take up one Of the
REDUCTION establishments, at present working
in cffec,ually, (for want 81 proper knowltd re OF
the operation Of extracting the g"ld0 or else
fix upon station for the erection Of new works,
He says the people are well disposed. knowing
that the object If the company is not to inter
fere with their placer digangs, but 10 mine for
or purchase gold bearing qnarz, prrfrrnnce be,
ing given 10 the purchase; and he intmars that
although there has been exaggeratinn with re-
gard to the produce of gold, yet that the aver
aye is likely to be such as would yield good
profits on the working.
From the ndv:crs received bv the A qua Fri1
Company from their agent in California. it ap
pears that he had seen Messrs. Palmer, Cook 4
Co, relative to the contract entered into fo
the lease of the mines in the Aqua Fria district
hnt those gentleman had heard no accounts
from their partner, Mr.. Wright, who was il
London about the very date when the nbov.
d,spa ches were written Mrssrs. Palmer, Cool
& Co., however, acknowl, dyed the right O
| their partner to make contracts in respect t.
mining leases, which would be binding on tn,
firm, who have the management Of tile sam
and protested their readiness to abide by thos,
that had been made tn this company, and T.
proceed to carry them into effect immc deately
Although there were undoubtedly squat r.
| about the di tric', yet !. was not in the pnwe
Of any Of them to touch the quartz rock alott
ed t" the Company, it being impossible to worl
it without adequate machinery there woul,
| therefore be n, difficulty in buying up an,
claims that might possibly be made BY the fev
sqna,tcrs, which would Of course he done at tn
expense Of Messr. Palmer, Cook & Co., VIII
were naturally anxious to have The mine, state,
to be SO rich in gold, fully developed, they hav
! ing large share in the profits 1t seems +
| have been clearly ascertaned that the speci
mems Of gold ore or quartz brought over to thi
country by Mr. Wright, were actually takel
from The Aqua Fria district Mr. Atwood, tn
engineer Of the Company, who is to start il
a day or two with the remainder of the mnchin
| cry, will carry out full instructions resulting
| from the above advices.
~ The New York Herald is more than usu
ally happy in the following stake off of tn
whining Of the New York Tribune. on the lat
Wing defeat in Connecticut:
| "Connccticuta Rum State.-Highly importar
intelligence, of very melancholy character, ha
Just been received from the State of Conneeiicr
not by telegraph, not by stage-but throug
the spiritual medium OF the New York organ
all the sisms' Of the day. We are informed b
this wonderful organ, that the State Of Connec
ticut-hitherto considered strue blue in point {
morality and religion, and corrcctii everythin!
according to the Bible and Westminster Cate
chsm-hn made complete summerset in mo-
ais and piety, and now presents nothing b,
scenes Of immortality reelng drunkards, hurry
ing as fast as they can, some to the insane asy
ium, some to the aims. house, some to the Stat
prison, and others dying by inches by the roa,
side. The Governor of that unhappy State h;
been, according TO this announcement, 'waffe
TO his present d;shonorable elev alton on the tain
ed breath Of drunkards and by the money
rumsellers,' and snow sits in his PRESIDENT
chair, their purchased instrument. attornc y, m
tool In such stvle does the Tribune inveig
against the backslidings of what was once ii
land of steady habits-but now, alas, how chan!
ed the people ripening for the State prise
and the insane asylum, and its Governor takin
his stand with the SONS Of Belial,' Of whom
is the purchased tool!
Seriously, however, it would seem, to b
now a question whether the drunkenness Of {;
naticism that of rum s the worst species
madness When we see such balderdaeh, sue
rant, such nonsense, such vuIgarity, such a
most insanity, promulgated in daily journal
the city Of N. York, it is high time fer sens,b
people to see if Their. are any vacancies IN o,
insane asylums."