The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-17

sts bas to be procured Now 70 the purchase OF site
BY he United Ststes either CT tbs proposed buildings
exntng provisions ofsw have Oh
stsces.
The 7th rection OF the act OF Congress of May M 1920
l. in the following words -" Aud be /. further enacted,
That no land shall te purehasrd of the United
States except under law aulhorising such purchase
The iniuperable dfcues however to the purchase OF
sites for the proposed buildings would have been OF
consequences could there have been found suitable sites
on lands belonging to the United States Of which
sesson could have been procured and the title of the
United States to which undispued and undoubtei.
But so far from this being the the State is well
known through its legislative depart u,en has sec up
claim to- and exercised acts Of ownership over all the
lots within the limits OF the city situated below high
water mark-not even excepting the Government Re-
eetves;' while the city, through its Common Council,
has set up claim 20, and exercised acts OF owner,nip
all the lots within its limits lying above high water
mark-includpg the Government Reserves r--lesvpg
between them net single lot TO the United state,i
being the property the United States upon which TO
erect building. Add to this that the property known
Government Reserves upon portion of which II
has been proposed by the Commissioners to ersos ths
Marine Hoepital has actually been sold at sher ssle
as the property Of the city to satisfy certain judgments
obtained against It, As 10 tho Commissioners,
the simple question as a along bsen with thep wnetner
they wond violate tn. law and the Instructions Sfon
the Treasury Department founded on the law, whs-
have bad difficulty whatever in choosing the latter
alternative Not dollar Of the public money viii be
pended upon any site the title Of the United States to
which is not clear and unquestopabe Whether or not
ths United States have such tits TO any land within
the limits q this city will shortly be determined II 1t
sba be found that they have not Congress which is
N sts ion will doubtless authorize the purchase Of
suitable sea and make the necessary appropriations
theieior.
setaGHrs' ana Miners Conyenfio
settieIs and miners Convention assembiedia sSora
from DAY to day The members of tho convention have
passd resolutions in which they claim that the public
domain rhoud be donated to actual settlers IN parcels
Of IS0 that, in the settlement Of private land
claims "it is the duty OF government to give
vitality TO any concession or grant than it already pos
sesses' under the Mexican law and that latitude
should be given in the confirmation OF such grants that
The board CT land commissioners should not receive the
former customs OF California evidence IN the settle
ment Of titles that the owsmr and tu, lsnds should,
IN 10 instance, bs granted in large quantities
occupants should heve the right to at nominal
rates, In reference TO hs mines, resolution ,ets
forth rs general principles that priority Of claim should
be uniformly refpacted that in quarts mining claims
shall not exceed cro hundred and fty feet IA the dire.
ton Ct tho edssdouble ciaims being allowed to disco
verers; that in damning and numng, prior company
shan back upon the claim OF another for than
one sesson and not at all II the sub.cqusnt company
that the extent Of claims being governed by thar rich
ard Accessibility, system of laws can BE- made
uniformly applicable In si districts
Mining InteiiIgemcs.
The SaR Francisco Ercrins PicGp,,e the 2ist jan
saysQuartz mining .,li attracts the attention Of the
mining population although they beginning to fad
the difference between prospecting rich quart8 lead
and obtaining tho necessary machinery to work tbs
eame We believe only company ia this State has,
as 5et paid dividend and this honor is claimed by
the Gold Hil Quart Mining Company, Of Grass Valley
cent on their capital This company have been opera
ton about four months, and although they havs been
thus successful yet their works rude, and they
slider quartz mining 10 be yet in its infancyin o mea
sure an experiment. and one too, which has proved
very costly many witness the almost entire failure
OF several prominent companies in the southern mines
Tha PRESENT quartz operators nu s9r their
successors benefit No doubt remains in the minds
Of those acquainted with the subject that the gold besr
ing quartz viii from two TO three cents value Of
gold to The pound of natural quartz and when the pro-
Fer machinery and mode OF working it hit upon 1t
Will prove great and foushns interest ia California
The Stockton journal says that able bodied can Oh
tam employment any where In the southern mines
one hnnd-ed dollars per month, Gad board.
The FL Dndi, Ecus Informs it, readers that the rich
e lead yet said 10 be Of quartz discovered thrse
qnsr ers Of mills from Gold Springs Weber creek
81 eco worth OF specimens have acendy been taken
By yisiters which extracted from spot not
three feet square or the osEl is taken aad
be rs5st gupa expectations entertained Of
quick fortune By tae lucky holders.
The miners kept at work all the week and ove-run III,
tow1 SUNDAY. They prosperous exceedingly. At
Nsya6a great demand oT labor exists Quss2 lainors
md ready smplo. mebt ut from "a to per day board
included
Mrs Bowers IL shout establishing s.Soo ia Nevada
The Journal says .here children enough the place
10 fuIport 4.
Literary association hes been formed a. drass
Valley.
Deaths In California.
At San Francisco Jan Il, BUrlu Brown, aged ia
yssrs and months Mr.. B. native Of Tarrytown,
n. and we'll known popular hotel keeper in New
YORK city, Mobs, New Orleans and late ef this city.
At sancslito Dec 3lst. board the U. g. soop. Og.
war warren, John Carroll, Assistant Engineer u. &