The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-18


welcome dspcnsaon The snoss have also fallen deeply
Ia the elevated regions For the last thres wears
there has been decided change In mining Interests IL
tins country Formerly all investments we're made In
ser operationshat IL in turning rivers and creeks from
their course Ia order ~ work their beds
Though The banks and lass OF the rivers have h,u
torn 10 pieces ana worked and revoked IL would be
ing too nIcn y declare that this kind of dxgngs
exhausted There Is however another spocies of mining
TO which attention has bsen paid OF years the uaQn
ade extent anu Importance ofwhich far above the old
fashioned river mining There pieces OF land situated
among the bills embracing from ty 10 one hundred acres
10 each and some even larger called flats which very
rich with gold.
aThe tops OF the high hjlls and the ode hills are he
subjects Of tnnneliing and other mining operations To
work the flats diehes mus, be water con-
yeyed to them OF the indomtabe energy OF our teole
constructing these works those who have rayersea dis
country only form idea Those who speak Of the
exhaustion Of gold IN this State do know what they
are talking OF Coald we have plenty Of rainand there
fair hope that the fountains OF our prosyity and the
miners our chief dependence after all Ia said will not
be dried M late seasonhere Is every believe
that our mining has but commented and that millions
upon millions will be added yearly to the already liberal
amount OF gold produced
From the same paper We copy the following:
:" The ridge OF mountains Immediately in the rear OF
Roses barwhieh ridge extends from Oneida bar ON the
luba, TO the Empire House, the Maysve and Nevada
road, distance Of four meshas recently tunneed
at different spots and the average reward Of the labor
been fifty dollars per day 10 the hand The gold depos
tied in stratum Of cement aud distance in from the
mouth of the tunnel the stratum increases from
twelve feet and siill continues TO increase 10 depth
At Suckers Flat near this place and the head of
the ridge, Messrs Murphy and Whaen have struck the
paying dirt at The distance of thryve feet the mouth
Of the tunnel They have fifteen feet of paving cement in
every handful Of which gold is distinctly visible The
drawback Of these dggngs the extravagant prices
demanded for water by tho companies Ten dollars per
day is asked for suiee head sufficient wash with We
are informed that laborer are paid 500 month at this
place, and some paid more
GoIse AneoAp.Thc steamship Atlantic sailed from New
York Wednesday last with two hundred and sixty pas
sengers and nearly two millions Of dollars in specie The
Express says;
Besides ex-President Fillmore, there FIVE members
of Congress board three Of them from State Is
rael Washburne, r Of the fifth district of Maine Hon. Ga
lusba A. Crow OF Pennsy lyania; Hon Benjamin Pringe
of the thirteenth district Of New York Hon L. b. Morgan
of the Cayuga district of New York and Hon Thomas T.
Flagler, also of New York
.There immense crowd TO see these passengers
of--anong them Commodore Perry and Archbishop
Hughes-and they filed her upper decks till
o'clock, up to which time she WAS detained account OF
the tide.
There hundred and sixty passenger In all and
every berth packed How many more would be going
TO Europe just now il hare ships to hold them
cannot say!n
is said that the above gentlemen will visit the Crimea
before they return home which they expect reach
weeks before the meeting of Congress
The Laws DELAYs--One Of the cases called up in the
circuit Monday at Fttsburr, by Judge Grcr was
that Of Sylvester Stokely Elizabeth Wise Ii be-
gun in the court in October ls33-twentytwo years
ago Judge Grier remarked that he put end to
the case and unless the parties present this morning
aoe prosegu win be entered and the plaintiff be ordsrd
pay the costs which, imagine, have by this time
mounted up to the altitude Of a small fortune
FLAT coNTRADIcrIoS,--The Richmond Dispatch states
that the story about Miss Beecher the sister OF Mrs. Stowe
being nsulted by the students of the University of vr-
~ st.u.ra z.
HARD ARKANsAs--The Arkansas river having
nearly dried up the Little Rock Arkansas Gazette SAYS
There not in Little Rock barrel Of four bushel
meal pound of coffee sugar for sale Flour would
go OFF readily here at SO barrel and corn meal at 81
bushel sugar and coffee would sell for any price There
the greatest scarcity Of every article Of provisions
family groceries. We do not know what our people will
do
DEATH MEncaANT.--W illiarn Jones esq
of the Oldest merchants of Portsmouth New HarnI-
shire died in that city Sunday evening in the seven
teth year Of his age The deceased widely known
mercantile circles and for many years has been regarded
as the most opulent person in the State Of New Hamp
shire.
REraRUrvE JpsrIcEBlackweli who choked the lady in
the and robbed her of girl has married
to Lucy Stone Justice ia sometimes slow, but always
sure.
FKA1rn OF Nh Foanrsr-The telegraph the other day
nearly killed off Mr. Forrest with attack of apopexy
@Mr. Forrest (says the New York Evening post) is
sick has he been sick assured by the pro-
pretor of the hotel which he is staying. He last
evening the Broadway Theatre looking we'll usuan
VERY REMARKABLR.--The Hagerstown Herald says
is perhaps known to bat few persons that for forty
consecutive rain has fallen between the 18th and 18th
Of May in this oountya gentleman of this having
kept account Of the fact upon whose authority
nounce it From present appearances TUESDAY l5th)
the succession is likely TO be interrupted
Dull rlMEs-A New York correspondent writes.
As incident illustrative Of the duness Of trade here
at present IL may be mentioned that many packages OF dry
goods imported las, fall have recently been rehipped
Liverpool by the coRsgnees here There is market for
them and Notwithstanding freight costs both ways
say nothing Of insurance commissions &C. the loss of
shipment 10 less than chat which wonld be incurred by
keeping them in store
LOCAL NEWS.
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