The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-25

mines ard stiM meets With ooasidersbas success
In egss6inx tbis rsstasn sad S1pdeling psupeusity
In The mining population Tire press has leat IL
powerful rhue nee, and u sti striving TO keep alive
the eIeisusns by publishing tales Of ipmsass
It's nstursI POI persons in different lorsl,tis "a
desiis to see larke number Of miners estAersouud
then, expecting doubtiess TO profit BY them Fog
this purpose, an article Is manufacturee for che
press. setting forth some imaginary yields. The
story has is effect. In majority Of cases, disap.
poiDtnent meets the expectant
OF late the mining rews IL not 90 maOh for the
California public as il Il for the Atlantic States, for
the purpose Of inducing Immigration hitler. Ac-
custCmed q place reliance in the statements of the
press, transporting Of the unsorupuousness of most
Of the tales about the mites. many are intuced to
leave comfortable homes and certain business to
seek shores in anticipation Of realizing splen-
disappointment has been the result. This is attn
butable msinly TO the press.
From the first of June. 1865, to the first of June,
1854 the yield Of gold was probably larger than In
any previous year; yet With the immense amount
of gold taken the average would not be "a per day
to the man engaged in the mines. Out Of this sum
must be paid all the ordinary and extraordinary eK
peDses Of the miner.
Improbable asthis may seem at arst thought. the
actual facts would bring the figure stu lower. At
o low estimate there are 100000 meA engaged In
mining, and TO mako the average we allow, there
must be $40 600, 900 tai en- cut.
From the hints thrown out aboye, au estimate
can easily be made Of the amount Of benefits &C.
cuipg to tae majority o. the miners in this country.
Despite the gold In our soil, Califoruia has more
poor men than any other State In the Union.
We shall not OF tho present time discuss all the
would not admit Il even we've We % disposed. 1t
some future time we may feel inclined to take the
subject up and discuss it at length. In the mean
time our columns are open to articles on either side
Of the question.
The Stockton Tragedy.
The following are the details Of The tragedy which
took place nj Stockton, on tie ed Of June. About
haltpast eight o'clock in the morning. Mr. Mans
field and Tabor were both passing down Centre
street, within some twenty thirty yards of each
otter, the foIme. in advance. Upon reaching the
Levee, Mr.. Mansfield turnei back, and as he reach
ed the sidewalk in front Of the u 8. M. Stage ofce
met Mr.. Tabor face to face. He immediately ad-
dressed him by name, and remarked that he wished
to express his (Mane6eld's) opinion of him, in
very few words. Tabor msde no reply, but instant
I wouns ed man, utteriDg faint cry Of pain,
staggered forward step or two and fell heavily
upon the pavement. Deputy Sheriff Webster was
near by and witnessed the whole transaction, imme-
diatey hurried to the spot and took Tabor into
custody
Some parties say that Tabor fred the momens he
encountered Mansfield, and that the latter did not
utter s-single woro; while Others who assert they
ses5d and saw all that passed state that Mr.. Mans
buted TO him shove, and only them. Mr.. Mansfield
was carried to his hotel, where he was quickly at
tended By the best medical practitioners Of the city
Rest0ratiyes applied, and for some hours there
appeared fair promise that the wound would not
prove fatal. The patient experienced but little
pain, and conversed VITO his friends quite freely.
This favorable aspect Of the case continued until
about four o'clock last evening, when q sudden
change came over him, and in half an hour he was
corpse.
The greatest excitement prevailed during the day,
among all classes Of the citizens, and large bodyof
special policemen were enrolled to protect the jaf.
No serious demonstration Of mob violence, however,
occurred, and when the bost left last evening all
was comparatively quiet. Tabor remained securely
confined. He assumed an exterior Of resoiute calm.
ness, partially excudng his bloody dead BY the aver
ment that he supposed Mansdeld intended to strike
him.
The parties had not spoken to each other for six
months, and the feeling which existed between them
during that time, is said to have been, at least on
the part Of Tabor, Of very unfriendly character.
This feeling, which originated from business mat.
had Of late been much augmented by articles in the
respective journals to which the parties were at
tached, until yesterday, it terminated as we have
seen,