The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-19

New Gold Excitement In San Francisco

The prns ipsI the excirensnt neitent to The
reported Of gold in tbs valleys u the ANA
zoI. The fever says the Herald pyrysQ % Ss~s.
tent IN Ss1 Fsacisco and sxs>a s throughout all por
Ncys % state Many OF ITS best and most adysata
cit painting for an opport iy 10 rensrst
those erous md mex plored ions, with veS e
the oesapan ent Of he mineral sesith Eheh - said =
abound there 10 ext, az almost fasaous Two exp ed
tons having tier h .ds Ia an Francisco ara nov a.
rg In the State the oest nation OF of which Ia
| Pew end the other Ecuador
The Peruvian pxny Is organizing unde. t1e auspices
OF the coDsul Of that country aud vi it, saac'on Of
thai government lDdp csu.uts in the firm Of lama
and mining pss bsla sut 10 the conpary, which
have proved sufficiently .trong 70 attract quite mum
Der OF citizens into the organization, although rupot
has no doubt greatly exaggerated those nun 'era The
sailing az the expect ion has rot 7st been liked ~ ANY
d. hnite period, but whsD does leave, is movements
viii be regarded with interest the pio~er OF tho On
tsrpr'se. or tia E,uadorian company mu,h lsss ~
known rs proc. edirgs hsys been in great measare
secret srd its designs sas TO be anything but fri snd
~ the exin g government Of that country II
4 rUmor that The o,ement Ia simply branch o. sn'
ther Flores expedition that the sgsnts Of that &c asra
in the city of San Franc aud have held on
the most bilisnt Inducements to adventurous young
join the expedition The design of Flores Is said
to be obtain suxary force Of two t. oasaud tho
the may be nabled 10 raise in Sou Amsrcs
bis against the existing Is arded
as certain t. such Aui. rics enlist undr his
ner The his he. positions the army, and should the
revolution prove successful IN the government sAi
bsve been tender ed well the ost unrestricted
lib rty in the r.~y discovered gold piDes. Such la
ducemelts are all powerful with population such
that OF which California Is composad and it will not be
III
the present movement Gen. Flores in Chls AZ the
latest acvices
The Remains of Generations Long Past.
The Echo az Pcctae contains highly Interesting let
remains found On the Stsniaus about two months
since. TIE writer his attention called 10 the
subject by the discovery of the pstrihed human skulls"
| We IRAN late the following from The letter
Besides tie body each grave contsinsa ltls ysss
made OF the bouders which pleuty ia the bed
Of the Stansaus a. of which Two distinct deposits are
on he pip VIII m
OF different forms ana different sizes. The
largest which saw, WAS about the sizs aud form Of an
osrichs egg; and the iuteJr had been finished with
such that its sides not than the teath OF
inch in thickness Ihsve now In my possession ons
The discovery important ind eating it does that
fsr different ON the present lrdiaDs OF California
dwelt the banks of the Stantsaus-a race with
different manners, customs aud religion. These
coulc have been made only BY means OF tools OF hard
metal
The position Of TIE boies aud the deposit Of the vses
avi6ence that they beeved in another life These
discoveries and those which will hsresfysr be made viii
aid TO throw considerable light upoa sges long past.
The phreno pcal examination OF lie -knli. viii show
srkeo diferer from Re pres emit race of Indians
Toward the emo OF 1852 Working the bsr af the
papy OF FIenchmen. wofk the right ids of the
river opposite Jscksss Gulcl had found number OF hu
bones l took the Opportunity to examine th
mains, found their consiton extremely IN erssting
Th- company worked large extent Of ground and
laid the rock perfectly bare snt in doing discovered
lxrgs number graves About three fet b,low
face the sReett found all being LAID with their
feet the Each grave contained bat son,
al bad been paved with slate. The body was laid
upon the back and n been covered Win charcoal and
that with cter pieces sf slate which sbouaos in the
naighboIhcd, ard this again was covered with about
of earth Some very old pine and oak trees grow
ing the graves gave then vcry
The Caiaveras Cave.
The Echo du Pccifqse contains communication from
Mr. Albnc the ClAvsras cave, which he 10 company
with several others, discovered short time since The
groo situated among the mountains OF the StsAslsus
Columbia The discoveries intend to exhibit the curl
os ties found. We condenss and translate the commu
nieaion-
There have many discussions about this country
and its labitants We win exhibit for examination
fifty three broken and entire human heads petraed to
various degrees from simpe depoit of calcaveus mat
ter to the hardest stone To judge by the peculiar for
great size of these heads thsy must have be-
nothing in COMMON with the hsads o; Indians found in
ether parts of America The different deposits which
the bones indicate that they existed anterior to the
| Deluge.
These ohe,ts we're found short time since In grotto
among mount ina which, by their sridiy and aorapt
character appear TO defy the curiosity Of the nrs
pd explo Nevertheless, the writer Of this article,
With several If his friends resolved upon trip the
rage Ieahs ard throu the deep gullss In recon
pepse ey found At first repealed by the
prsni ing sppra snse OF yawnins guilt the propsc
tors ab Ut to retire but their curiosity excited
AID after enc Of the party descended the hole
by mems OF rope TIE descent Was perpendicllsr for
about thirty feet; then there ooque de cent of
forty feet then another descs nearly lieu
At the bottom small opening sideways after creep
ing through which bi. belly the advsntarer found
hin self large cave, plsiey invs Dis in the dark
ne,f AZ first and filed with thick ar which APP. AIRED
TO for bid the sjou'p Of The first adventu-sr after
discovering this much followed by his companion,
The des est ler ce regned in thu the only tenants
bats wbicb frightened from their resting
plscss huttered around, aud occasionally the wind
would cause q dull sound smoDg the rocks.
Having lit couple OF candies the party began TO exa
which saactites descended to the oor 10 p pre-
rentinx the appearance OF large curtain In ano har
Offering large clusters OF crystals; and At side
large plane surface ard the roof covered with
little fsstoons One of the crept in bstWe.n the
table and the Overlapping stalacttss wi candle in
hs and thus els, owe red an immense serpent living
cooled up Frightened a. the sight, he drew back, and
his ccmpanion went in like wise and satisfied them selves
After this they discovered nothug to int rfsre with
their researches At little distance from the table
they found . large number OF human bones, and
bones Of carniverous ANIMALS lying pell NELL but these
bones in their natural cosditiob, and left to
curs some heads viii h were less per fed Soma
Of these latter fxea the that the dis
verers could not get them unsroken Others however
they obtained entire, bsides plumber of bones. The
party filed several sacks with earth and made their way
| back 10 The opsn air.
The oesres to be excused for giving further
deta Is for i. their intention TO publish pamphlet de
scrpfon OF their adventure with accurate erRravngs
of VIA, they They thsir al .covsry the Cave
Of the Sepulchre, !" /" lie puits da tontcals"
Miscellaneous.
gEsAGK OF THE MAYOR SAN FRAycIsoo.The message
OF Mayor Gsrrson cent in to The Common Council the
1ih uit is spirited practical document replee with
vsr BILE information regarding the ua css Of the city
ard suggesting IMPORTS regulations for its i'm
Provement The total indie btsdoess funded an floating
on the 22i October last 81 990 49, As the
sale Of the city berds au h"rizsd BY the Common Coun
ell ard the people be effected the aoa ing debt
amounting TO s4e0l9 will be paid CT. and the entire
forciby urges the ecesity Of the cash
ter and fhow the ruinous the city peed to
pay for every thing while her warrants greatly de
peciated From an estimate of tbs revenues and ex.
penfes Of the city for the remainder OF the
fiscal year IL il b-lved there will be surplus Of 500 9ls
| in the treasury on the Is. II July, 1854
NEW PISS IN THE CoAsr RANGH--The Los An eIes Star
| CT the 18th November says
Ore tf the exploring parties detailed feom tie Paciac
railroad furreyi, expedition under Captain Williams
| arrived in tos Monday This party is under the
erection Of Mr.. Smifh, among its members DR.
Herman surgefn and pstursist w. P. Blake geologist
snd Koppsi, artit. They pre- engaged ia examining
the various pssee b-t~sen the TETON AMI be Jon and
fave succeeded 10 opening which they pfonous 90
far more feasible for passage aoy yet IL
this vicinity The pass was frat discovered bj capAin