New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-01

Asuncisn July m Correspondence Of Dtarl5 Rio Jansirc
Mr. Christie, the British Minister, returned from
AsuHcioH On the night Of the 10Th, bis Exeellency
being unable to enter into any negotiation with tie
President Of that Republic.
IT. on the one hand. this dfpiomati5t had the mis-
fortune Of seeing the end Of bis voyage frustrated on
the other be gained by il point which none Of the
other negotatOrs-BraZilian, French English or Sar
diaian-tl how has been able to obtain
1t is notorious fact, known to many by expert
ence that Senior Lopez received the foreign ministers
seated and With bis head covered. he alleges as the
reason of this attitude that hs Presidential hat was
equivalent TO the crown Of sovereign, and that in
the same manner which monarchs presented them
selves with that distinctive sign OF royalty he az the
first authority of the Republic, kept bis hat on
When the English Minister presented himself in
Asuncfon, he demanded as a condition sine qua non
Of the presentation Of his credentials, the respect
due to the representative Of the Queen Of Crest
Britain.
Whatever may have been the repugnauce Of Senior
Lopez at first to yielding this demand, at last he had 70
yield when he learned that it was the resolution Of Mr.
Christie to retire il on the moment when be entered
the reception room be should see him seated with his
hat on.
In order to show that this act Of his vas volun-
tary one he Immediately sent Tor the French Consul
H. de Br9ssard, and received him in the manner the
British Minister had insisted upon and in the same
way Mr. Christie himself had occasion to deliver bis
credentials shortly afterwards.
The speech Of the English Minister, out Of regard
for Senior Lopez, not published in the Ssuaadrt0
The Truth ABOUT PlEE's PEAK M1NEs.-8lr. VIM.
B. Parsons, who had just returned from the gold
mines in Western Kansas, and who remained and
. prospectedf long enough 10 make himself pretty
well acquainted with the value Of the new discoveries
writes from Lawrence < T., under date Of tie 18th
inst, to the St Louis Democrat From his letter we
extract the following
No tcOrk has yet been done there no claims to any
extent have been made the time has Been spent in
prospecting with pans halliday here and fialEdav
there NO man has found piece weighing FtwentV-
three ounces ounce, or Ito my knowedoe)
one pennyteeigt. No man has made one hundred q
or fifty" or twenty dollars per day. To the
best Of my knowledge, information and belief no
man made sixteen dollars in one day. The men who
were there when l left were working with Dana,
carried their dirt from four to seventy rods and made
| from 81 so to s. per day.
| The better way for your readers to Judge Of tie
yield Of the mines, is to know the prospect Of the
PAN have seen 81 50 in single pan few times
40 70 so cents frequently and hardly ever less than
or 10 cents Calirornians will tell you that with
three cents to the painful they can make good wages
The Calfornians in our party say, that when they
get slaces arranged, they can make every dav they
work SIS. There, then, you have the whole story
Unless some new diggingsH have been discovered
since September 2Oth you can put down all reports
OF wages higher than SO as extaVagant and receive
them with q " Leette grain of allowance If your
readers are satisfied with any wages under that sum
let them go there and they will make it. There is
room enough for twenty thousand mining cIafHa
Inc gold Is all " wash gold. and is in the opin8u
ot cur wisest heads in the mountains but the begin.
| ming OF next years discoveries Every man there
that has had any experience in mining il satisfied
WITH the prospect for next season. aud some OF them
extremely enthusiastic.
Mr.. Parsons says that the persons who came back
and circulated discouraging accounts, became disap
pointed and left before they had time to learn any
thing about the mines.