New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-14

purified with scids TIC cid rags with which the goI
cCme- IN contact. are burned al the dust is carefully
gathered toge her and every PROBATION Is taken "
.atber up every little particle of gold which there
may be about tie building. Al this rubbish Is mixed
together, placed in barrels, and assayed by takug
samples irom various parts Of IT, and by keeping &C.
count Of what amount Of these sweeps come from each
department. and adding the amount 10 the bars and
| coins paid over, it il asceuained how much each
off Ger has returned OF the gold delivered to him In
The Philodephla Mint the meter and retiner at the
has no con) aud sweep-. &c, and hands over all AZ
once and does not receive any of It until the value Of
| the Whole has been ascertained HarasZthy did not
manage So but delivered various amounts at different
| tines. ard before he had made the last delivery
Treasurer Snyder returned to him of the bars
| handed over at the first one. Now, Hsrasztbv
might have remeltCd these bars, 80 as to mt
them in another shape and then delivered them to
Snyder again thus making believe that he had more
gold in his possession than he really had. By this
means, if there was drfalcatUn during the wear
araezthy could manage to hide i. temporarily
il to say, the settlement could be rendered settle
MT nj at all, 80 far az he Is concerned, and The Nom
ing CaH charged that this had been done. But if
Haraszthy bad remeted the gold he must have had
the nen in biz department to do the work but none
could be found at the trial who knew of any reetng
Tor ouch purpose. Treasurer Snyder proved that the
return of the gold made by him to Hsrsszhy was
made publicly by his clerks, and made at the es.
press request of the then Superintendent who said the
return was necessary TO assist in finishing the settle
ment within given tine. Although the return of the
goa 10
cation, it could not prevent discovery at the final
settlement made when man leaves his Office. All
the gold returned was charged, and all appeared
against him. Snyder is generally believed here to be
an honeet man; but The Morning Cal il popular
ard racy little paper there nothing to chow any
gross malice against Snyder aud the Jury prob
ably 10th II punish act which they were prone to
copsder a.. at worst an ndlscreet attempt to expose
men supposed to be engaged in punderng the public.
The lawsuit about the Now-Alnsden quicksilver
mine is still in progress before the United States Dis
tict Court. James Alexander Forbes, who
British Nco Consul in California from lSi3 TO 1851,
and member Of the Company holding the mine in
1919 and lSD has produced number of letters writ
ten in those ears by himself and the wealthy house of
Barron, Forbes Co. of Topic, Mexico. These let.
tiers show that the paper offered a. title for the mine
il forgery and was prepared after long consults-
ton between the parties in interest as to the best
method Of getting up. Among the persons who are
implicated in the fraud by the letters, are James Alex
ander Forbes Alexander Forbes, now OF London form
erly Of the house Of Barron Forbes Co., Don Ldro
de la Tore of the great Mexican banking house of eek
err Tore Co.. and VIM. i. Barron Of the firm of Boil
ton Barron & Co. of this city. James Alexander
Forbes the principal witness ria the discovery OF
tie faud placed upon the stand 5ainst his will,
and has refused 10 answer some Of the questions put
to him on the ground that the answer would expose
him Ia q criminal prosecution
The election OF Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
melt of thi. city was held the h inst, and result
ID in the reflection Of +. K. K. Whitney. The main
issue was sympathy with the Vigilance Committee,
and Of course lively interest felt in the result.
The New-York Comprehensive Empire. Manhattan
and MISUNDERSTANDING rather rowdyish IN general
character and strongly Ant-Eigllancc. They We're
assisted by tie Crescent, Company mostly from
New Orleans and by the PennsylysniaDS, Company
of Ihindclvhla who are mostly Vigilance men, but
went unanimously for J. l.. Mailman, the New-lork
Arti-Vglance candidate, oct of personal piaue against
his rival. The Bosonians Of the Howard and Nolun-
teer Companies the BGltimoreans of the Monumental
Company and the Frenchmen of the Lafayette Hook
and Ladder Company, were unanimous for Whitney,
Sir5eS W,tney had 100 yotc.; NuIt%an, s5
High ill-feclipg and much quaneing followed the
election, aud several t;mes it appeared very probable
that we should have come serious M RgScrd s ne
eates which must decide the question, stands IS for
huffman to II for Whitney.
Under the law of Congress requiring every holder of
land in California under Mexican grant, TO .uc the
United Statesor lose h- land, 81 suits brought;
and all these, with the exception OF PeIhaps - or ~
have been appealed 10 tho United States District
Courts In the Northern District, which includes rll
of the State north OF the 9th parallel OF north
latitude. thcre are l2G cases ON appcalmost Of them
nUpcalcd by the United states Law Agent. OF these
~ caaes, Isl have been confirmed, II rejected, 81
disn~scd, Withdrawn, and u arc yet "ndecldei.
OF those claims confined, every one has been ap-
realed TO the Supreme Coult. Tho Government liz
tei of protecting the property as II promised
To do scerns disposed to persccnte them and resist
the confirmation and settlement ut t.icr titles, ~ long
there is any hope Of success Ia log cases the up
p.ala taken to the United States Supreme Court by
The United States District. Attorney have been aban-
doned by the United States Mto'ney,oeneral, the
principles involved having been decided in previous
cases. Thee ljG claims cover ~, 100 acres giving
1904 acres IN nm average to each claimant.
Ii is reported mere that tho United States Attorney
General has determined to "vacate or abandon no
NOR. appeals but will leave every eppeal 10 take its
comse Of being heard before the United states >n
prenc Court. This determination viii work great
wrong and injury to the claimants: IL must o1 re-
memberrd that the Government hat PROMISED 10
- a, al .pa
The ~ 70 sue her tn get their own; That Judgment mas
been rendered against her in two Coufts IN b9th OF
which the Judges-such men hs tipeu- fsich, It.. ="
Thompson, Ogden Hoffman aEd Larry j. Ih0fh'on-
are men of undoubted honesty and OF competent
ability AMI learning that the expenses OF these SUITS
ore enormous; llst The delay vi Judgment cosby a'
Il j. elsewhere, j. enlJd 80 here; amt tlat "hch APP
y. ais arr taken by the Government she does ho1 pro-
yid. money to pay for making the Transcripts, AMI
thus the claimants compelled to pay the costs n
suits gained by themselves have Their cases put OH
for small eternity. There are few peculiar easTs
where great Interests are involved AMI where ifaud
i openly charged and attempted TO be proved sueh
a, Tie Simouton claim. These should be lett TO pe
tried Lut the ordinary cases, which have oeeh t~M.
con!ii ned should be dismissed ri once IL IL li "
of great importance to the whole state 10 nave wv
land titles settled. ,,,x
In Alameda County the tales have been :eted over
a tract about sixty mile long and ten ThIe-the NJ
productive AID beautiful portion oi the S-ate. te
sqratters occupied the laI fox ak years Wthohl pay
ing taxes and made themselves ia many WAYS P'Ht-
tcuary hateful to the ranch mner', and low lng ai
ter refuse TO sell them land. They say they VIII yen
no land save TO good ncsbbors. The consequence -
hat many of the squatteIs moving thence 70 'h9
TuleIe Valley. .n .bo,
Tbe Morm1ns of San Bernerd.no had not et' tnsI
place at our steet adyces, bit many Lad gore saC que
remainder were hastily prep ring 70 90 Inc .sai-a
for San Pedro-te port OF Los An7elel-sb9lt. tnd
I'd inst took down acme boxes which were o-s.n.y,a
f,r San BsmarJ;n0 aud were supposed by the people
of Los Angeles 10 contain arms and Ammunition. a
public meeting called on the sth, while Tue oS1t =,
Il. n-Gn Commit W