New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-28

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o,..iS. the raies. 4 sp,nisrd named koirgaez,
= 10 kept -mall store, was found on The mornins
Of tho lllh. ly.re Murdered beneath the co.lteF -"
h.. .hoy and he place P.ll,sed Of The ltiie money
b.,.a, k,..n 10 have. Two Corthag.u'sus are
in ISL on .uspicion of having sonMitt"d Tue
deco and the evidence Of Their gum - sad % o.
v.,v strong. Fortunately, such events are very
,,r ,m.n, u.: there pl-nty OF cutting and stab
hing and more than enough II picking and steal
IN but such cp.s b. the s0OV- 'rIy seldom occur
Or Kip Van WiDkl- city aas wakened up fro
IL. usual .e harry by The anuoubcrnrnt ~ The dl-
c.yery IN The northern part 81 I'm. >ta'~, oil
rather novel description Of gold disglngs, s1d
,I,esd, SON. Of the n,t7l has ipuB1 lt- Wal dos
here Tor -ai- aBd more go-- on by thus steamer 10
Your CIV for The purpose Of having 10 yilu- a-c-r
toned. 10 the department OF thirqul, aud inie-'
through III Ill The interior Ot bs State AID IN Cen.
trsl America, exist vast M nbcrs Vi TIE 0un'L
places VI The lbdIsLs, known BY .he name oi
I" IIu-cs,;" they consist grDrfaiy, c' circle Of
stones 81 clus,ly together Ike p.v-lnrbt, 4bbot
six or seven ,e. IN diameter. and from two - iur
feet hah. beneath which, ii d-pth OF from az -
e,yht ,.,, the remains of the drce7-ed 7f- d-pJs
it'd In fh.se graves are al says found e.rtben
ware la,. yss.r &C., sud IN b few, golden Orns-
~. n,s bad be-. discovered, but i Dow app ,r- thai
they oil contain greater or less quantities. ~ the
precious metal, dep0sIt,d 10 a certain locality IN
regard 10 the position ~ the corpse. Already over
$1,000 worth has, UD the most reliable authority,
been obtained, con-l.tir Of wrought gold in various
forrs such ~ human 6sures. animals, zsrds,
frogs suns .cmp ions, &C.; these vary 10 siz- from
one H. FIVE iuch.s IN length at least .nch have
seem ado ia weight tIOm 80 10 ~ IN, ounces; the
workmanship of some exhibits very great skH',
bile Others are of the very rudest KIND. De
whole population Of the district WHERE the discov-
cry was made have tUfped out ~ the dlgglngs 'pe
ebtlr- country ia covered with millions Of these
graves ard If they al contain gold, there is work
crouch for large humber of persons for many
years Already two or three little cDastIDg ye.sris
have started with provisions, tools &c.. 10 the
locality, aud probably soue OF our IDLE residents
moy be tempted TO try their luck in these new
"plscers >.
Specimens Of these golden relics will he on exhi-
bion at M.ssrs Tiffany y Coz, as small sample
bas been forwarded To- That firm By Mr.. Joseph
Hswes. merchant. Of this city, who, with the en-
erey Of IN old californian, has put up vessel TOR
David, the capital OF the province The specimens
are we'll worthy of the attention Of the hutIqnary
AID arcta ,ol, pis' ,Dd deserve TO fad their way
into some DstloDal or private museum, insteai of
into the melting pot. While on this subject, l
may a. well give ynu extract. from tao private lei
iers published in The Star and Herah OF this city:
"The pIincipa event here il the discovery Of great
riches in The repuchres OF the original inhabitants of
Cbiiiqui. Al present over thOu-abd persoos are
working in the district OF Buqneron 81 the places called
Msn udo AID BUgsitai IN opening the huacss lInolan
grsv.s there and il il cacus'cd that at ea-t ~ ar
robas !2J pourd- If fine gold Of the best tt and OF
Iumb0gd have been extracted.
"There IL a tradition that in former times Spanish
sbip obliged to On. into one Of por-s from stress
Of weather foI repairs, brought off box Of earth
from the shore for the galley fireplace, ard tha on
arrival at bone On removing The box, thin CAKE oil
gold a, discovered a. tie bottom q! ~ the clrclm
,iarce gave rise To large emigration Ia the district
and he city OF La E-,rela was founded where the
richest mines bttwecn Cana and Sac Martin were for
nsry years worked but the depredaiions OF the MA
busters and the hostility Of the Indians Completed the
nhab,arts 70 abandon the spot aud they retired TO
Costa Rica where they founded the city oi CT'sso.
Notwithstanding many attempts made to discover the
site 81 the city ard IT. gold mines 1t ~ FIN unkno'h
but IL thought that these discoveries INDUCE fresh
explorations which may AZ least lead 10 The discover
les OF the rch aueIOus deposits known 10 exist IN te
province. The number OF huacsI throughout the
country IL very erea ard cray yield immense treasure
The other letter to which we alludc says:
" -a~ $i0U00 worth IN the hands ot one man alone
and there othcTe who have -tll more There are
nj lcr II these graves al, over tho country IN thi
province and al-o throughout Central America
enough 70 enpl,y thousands Of men for many year-
II i only three weeks since the diggirgs commenced
and The amount Of wrought god discovered Is enor-
NOUS"
deserted ard that provisions, liquors, cloihiog and
tools would iud good maj ket. The editor adds:
These accounts come from most reliable aud dis
interested sources and are worthy Of every credit.
Chnqa i- beautiful and heathy county, spa'sey
populated by 4 quiet and simple people. As tue
grayes are scattered over va-t extent ana iar loi
any settlements persons who toiDk OF trying tins novel
mode OF Il iii should go wei prepared, anu not trust
10 the preselt resources Of the county
From the INTERIOR of The Republc we lave no
bews of spy importance. Congress is not 10 ses-
son, ard NJ The Cass-lierran uca'y DID not reach
Bogota before ibe Houses adjourned, It's confirm
tion is deferred until neAtyear. The new =" OF
elections appears IL GIVE great dlss1tislactlpn
throughout the interior States, and probably ~Ill
lead 10 rome trouble; for, though toe press speaAs
only of moral" opposition, ever, Que conv.rsant
with SpsDish-American politics knows how 50 "a 1t
mer..s into open revolution. a law passed ny
Congress Oh The ~ of May, and just published,
place. oil criminal and civil suits connected with
The Is,bmus tran,it and all cases among passen-
gers in traDsit or on the Railroad CompaDy's hne,
under The immeoiate jurisdiction OF the National
Judge this n very valuable measure as 1t takes
the matter out OF the ha1ds ut our ignorant sud
partial local JUDGES, and affords much more pros
pect Of justice to all parties concerned.
We celebrated the Fourth here with all the hon
ors The Vapdalia aud ST. Marys fired the us1sl 80
luici. aid fire crackers were III demand among the
iuv-nil-s The two vessels above mentioned are
sull in port the latter ready 10 60 - sea soon
as Ter sailiug orders Drive Her Mrjesiy :
ship Havana Is as0 IN port, to sal in few days Tor
CollaO, eu route fer 1T gland; she Is one OF toe
cid. Il vessels IN the Briti.h navy, and Will prob,
bl, never be- commissioned sgan. The Ssrauac il
daily expected from Cail1o with Flag Officer Long
who has been inyaiided; the Merr,uiac i, ord -red
home, ard Las probably sailed rre this from Caao;
the Cysne il an the coast of Central America. We
have no Merchant vessels IN port: business l.
rather dull our weather for IN OF the year
Is remark big fne, AID l.stly, our railroad is IN
spensid working order, al dong u large aud rap
IDLY incr-s.IUg burIn..-