The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-24
Our WasAington Correspondence

Our " 0Shington Correspondence
WAsHisGros, Feb. 20, 1856.
ca Frersont's Patsr& SisaedThe Trad Serenity Square
As,s-ls Localice-Ho,c to Get 7nere-7bcns Included
IN ne Grant-7he Gold-clima,e-History of the Pur
ehass-7Ae Ssa About the 7iae-Aaormey General Cash-
IN Chancellor Bib Immense Value Of the Property
-Hor II IL 20 b. Aandeed-P Palmer, Cook q Co-Cot
P.mont
Col Fremont has got his great Aarposas estate fully
confirmed him, his heirs and assigns at last The
patent Aligned BY the President yesterday and deli
vered by him q the White House to COL Fremont In per-
Patents are now generally signed by the Private
Secretary Of the President who is thsreunto authorized
by act Of Congress- but Gen. Pierce signed this
VII his own hsnd The instrument is engrosssd upon
pAl chm emit and twelve sheets, including on
large sheet Of parchment, finely executed map of Las
NA.iposss surveyed by the United States Surveyor
General
Tbs tract Is upwards Of seventy square miles In
tent II is situated about two hundred and twenty-five
miles rom San Francisco IN eastsrly direction. To
GO. there from San Francisco you take steamboat In
the afternoon, up the San joaquin TO Stockton-A dis
lance o. one hundred and twenty-five miles, who're you
arrive Ut syght the Lext morning. in to take
the stages which leave daily for Masposas This line of
stages is Of the finest in the world Seventy miles
OF the remaining distance-thst is, far the moua
taias-aIs travelled in the very best Troy coaches,
beautifully cushioned, and built In every respect
Superior to those generally used on this SIDE OF
the continent. They are drawn BY horses carried
principally iron the Eastern States. The road Ia
old and almost dead level and great speed is m.de
it, At the foot Of the mountains you take differ
carrsge with heavier running gear and tighter top
at Marposas at eyeninS II hours
less from San Francisco. The town Of Maripo
this tract contains three four thousand inha
bants. Tns grant embraces several other towns and
smoSe when are Smpsonsvile, Osas and Mount 0phir
in ths Great Bear valley Princeton, Upper Aqua FRO
Aqua Fro; Bridgeport Guadalupe, and Canton, in the
Guadaupe valley ana Ave Msria, Irenchtown ana MOI
mon Bar the valley Of the Mariposas There are pro-
baby between and fifteen thousand people now on the
estate.
Mount Bullion on the north the mountains Of the Cnau
ceas the east the Guadalupe range OF mountains ON
the south and The Great Bear mountains en- the west
thus being hemmed in on all slices by mountain
wall 1t Is spoken OF as great basin, and from
the summt Of the lofty mountains surrounding u has
that appearance, and looks almost level although 1T
c;n.slns within it's limits hills eight hundred
in height, The tract is traverseo BY veins Of
gold bearing rock running nearly northwest and south
east these veins are innumerabe, and to under
lie The whole basu In some places they prolect above
DRIFT The veins are most exposed near Of the
mountains The drift in portions is several hun.
dIed sst in depth there is large quantity Of ever
ard healthful
Col. Fremont bought this land on the 10th Of May.
1916 CT Alvarado of California to wnom 1t
had bee gran BY Michelierreno who succeeded Ava
Iaco as Governor Mexico Col Fremont paid three
Caiic clans laughed at it very extrav ant price
On % Of February 1913 nearly two years after this
purchase b. Col fremont treaty was entered into with
the republic Of Mex,so BY which California coded to
| the United States.
fishing Board of Commissioners ito ascertain and set
tie he private land claims in the State OF California
Before this besld Col filed his claim the .lt
OF sorary 1882 and by the Board fully confirmed
to him on the 9th Of December, IN the same year
On the It'll of January 1854 this decision q tue Com
Of the d ytrict ofCaorna. Col Fremont appeal
the The Supreme Court Of the United Statss
fully confirmed Col Fremont's tts the 2sth Of Feb
lrsy The Supreme Court ordered their decree to
and ii vas accordingly But in way and
from which to be involved in mystery,
the District Attorney in San francisco sgsn Appealed sne
Court at it's present term son,ewha. summary
the appeal employing the occasion style Of language
not very tften heard from that high quarter.
Great and particular attention WAS given to this caure
by the Judges only acco.nt Of it's own intrinsic
depended chiefly upon the decision Of this giving 1T
consequence Std more vast.
Fully the magnitude OF the cause, and the
imporian. consequences which TO Aow from its ad
INDICATIONS Mr. Attorney General Gushing has advocated
mses with Sertina fidelity, With zeal and With ali
the learning and talent for which he is justly distin-
guisbsd.
wood Esq Before the Court here the case was
%sn.g.d BY VIM Carey Jones' Esq the Hon John
Kentucky: and exsecreary of the Treasury Mr. Blob
the most interesting characters in Warrington
He x:aIs snor, breechesan eccensricty Of
dress which at this attracts attention Ills
eccentric his dressvvid sparkling
full OF originality and remarkably entertaining His per-
nal acquan has through nearly the whole
line Q! few ilustrious aDd many Distinguished men
ea sso".snd anesdoiss are told Of s% heard Mr.
which he made upon while he secretary of the
treasury. Mr.. Banks accompanied BY the late
mcst everybody engaged in writing his report which
bad to appear in few days But Mr. Rsntou Was par.
servant up with their names and message, and soon
the old gentleman came down. As he entered the room.
extending both hands cordially towards them and &c
which, in his conversation more like the alsoice
seasoning Of rich dish than the ordinary profanity
fiam the lips Of her men, be exclaimed: Gentlemen
cruel nierrup.ionp When he was invited BY Mr. Tyler
Gently s married young S. He wrote letter to the
Governor Of kentuciy resigning the Chaneelorship,
s1ns tia. the q was hshy
h nora BILE one but it would not make the pot boil
OF the value Ct COL Fremonts grant it is impossible
aim beyond calculation Messrs. Palmer, Cook Co.,
Bankers Of San Francisco own one undivided halt nte
H. and to assy sSs Of the suit
Col Fremont aloae owns the other halt and all those
best acquainted with the subject whom have heard
speak upon IT, in pronouncing him the richest man
on the iaee of the globe:
There il standard Of comparison TO enable one to
estimate with precision the immense value OF this
property The per centags Of the earth which has yet
been worked impcrfectly, disturbed Ut ALL Is
extremely small It is but minute beginning when com
pared with what remains In its virgin richness and yet
there data beli we'd to be reliable, which show that
about thirty millions OF dollars have are sdy been
| taken from this tract. The facilities for working
in this basin up to the present time have been
greatly deficient The chief want is WATER but that i,
everything. The springs in the mountains amount to
nothing that the whole basin may be said to be with
Q Drop Of water to wash its gold with, except what
L
the clouds. Cor sequenty, there considerable
operations in procuring gold at present during more
than about months third Of the year. Messrs
| Palmer Cook Co. have projected . canal TO bring
water TO Las Marposas f the San joaquin river about
Sc miles distant The route has been surveyed aud the
css is estimated by the engineer little Elk hun
dred thou sand dolars. The work viii be commenced