New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-11
CALIFORNIA.
From Our Own Correspondent.

SAS FRANCISCO, Dec. lU, 100.
The weather during the last week has been unusually
cold for California, and it mas caused general CON-
paint-amo,t iIdignstiou-from S1asta to San Diego.
In Placer County there is fifteen inches deep; it
reaches two feet IN many Of the mining caDpsof Sierra
In this city the Thermometer has gone down to s-the
lowest figure since ls5l ard ice has been made
oua,ter Of an inch thick This would be called de-
lghtfol weather in New-York fer December but here
we expect something better. The pecuiarty about
this cold "spe has been that if held 80 long, and
wss accompanied ty strong north wind, Ihis
morning il rains but in few days We shall have
warm sun and gentle breeze. as is the rule with us,
after rain.
1t ia stated that rich gold quartz vein has been
discovered three nies south of this city on the ranch
known as the Potrero The vein or rather VEINS Tor
there are number Of them near together are four
inches wide ard rise 10 the surface of the earth IN
hard, gray rock. They have been traced distance
Of three miles. All the quartz which has yet oeen
taken out--several hundred pounds-is very rich,
lsyipg from $500 to 81 600 per tun. The discovery
was msde week ago, but has been kept secret until
this morning. when il appeared in The Alta, and we
have not yet hsd tine TO know whether there Is 10 pe
On excitement on the subject. Unfortunately the
rain, which commenced ste last night, will prevent
many from going TO examine the vein, who other WISE
would have started out early to-day. This 10 an ex-
citabe community, and may have San Fran
cisco fever. All our information about the vein rests
presebt the assertion Of or two persons and
it may ali be false. However, everybody here knows
that there auriferous quartz within the limits OF
the city. The bed rock beneath US is metamor-
plic sandstone which is injected in numerous places
with email veins Of quartz, varying in thickness from
hair lire To an ince. These veins may be seen at
almost any place where there rock. cuttings
our particularly Telegraph Hin. Again these
veins are in many places, auriferous, and not only
aureIous, but very rich In gold much richer than the
average OF the quartz rock worked in the quartz MUS
OF the Interior But the veins are so thin aud remote
from each other and irregular, that notwithstanding
their richness il would not pay or begin to pay, 10
wolk them, have seen some OF tie quartz SAID 10
from the Potrero vein and something like gold
is plainly visible in it. IL requires large organ OF
hope to enable a reasonable man To expect much from
such raw rumors as this gold discovery; but 1t would
be great relief to the monoony of lite in San Fran
cisco to have everybody running over the hlis and
taking cut quartz Veins.
Another of those horrible domestic tragedies which
are frequent OF late occurred In Sacramsnto night
before last. Mr.. ID. Wand, merchant Of that city,
seduced by A. H. Meloney State Controller, shot at
her. intending to ki her, and seei her fall and snp-
posing her 10 be mofaly wounded he placed tue
muzzle Of his pistol in his mouth and shot hinself
Mrs. w. wss not touched by tho bal, but fell only
through fright; and the surgeons say Mr. WIS wound
is not mortal
Another tragedy, of similar character took place in
Shasta OF the ngnt OF The ith Ipst. Mr.. Burns
CHRISTIAN name not given 10 the re rspapers-went TO
his house snj found M. kossel sth his wife. Rus
sell ordered Burns away TIE latter persisted in de-
mandiay admi,tance, AID r. sho: lin dead, and then
escaped Russell was ENGAGE in the packing bGsi-
mesa.
Chars. Henry NJ, Sc ig to be hanged this afternoon
IN tie Jail yard in this city, uLder Coz 7cti for the
murder Of Peter Becker.
TIE people of Los Angeles hung murderer named
Pancho Daniel on the 31t ult. Gov. Weller has of.
fered reward Of 81 600 for the ARREST ard conviction
" Of any CT either OF the paries who have been
gagged in tts other late lynch executions in Molumns
or StsiiIsus Com ties. OF course no jury could be
found 70 con sict the exscuones, il is not likely
that the law breakers viii be brought to punishment.
still 81 600 is goo1ly sum- aud It may lead to errests
and prosecutions, sno by yeaing the Lynch.lsw men,
LEAD them to beware how they resort Jain 10
s,itutional hang'ngs.
The wagon road from Placerville across the Sierra
Nevada TO Genoa IN Carson Valley has been CON-
pletsd, but IL said t. De not msoe according to
tract and some Of the Taxpayers Of Plscsryl have
sued ont Injunction to forbid the payment of the
contract price TO the Ioadbuilders. The people Of
Saersnento and Placerville nduging tne hope
that the people Of Salt Lake viii hereafter obtain al
tier imports from ls.iOrIla via Carson Valley The
distance from Salt Lake City Is less TO Sacramento
thsn 10 81 Joseph the road better and better pro-
vided -i,h gr,ss, srd provided with more stations
where supplies eau be obtained Beside ii is said the
prices of the articles imported into Mormoudom are
very It'll, higher in San Fisnc SEQ than in 81. Louis
Frederick PeaGkes 'ate merchant il Narysyilis has
applied in this city fer the benefit OF the nsolyent lsv
Hs liabilities are $2l 600 -s-se.s, nothing
An election wss held by tie Fire Department of
thts city on The Oh Engineer Third
Assistant Engineer. Tue total number of votes cast
was 16S oi which +. T.. T. Whit ey got 361 anj joan
G.. Lane 392 for Chief AID q. s. Gordon 4O7 c.
Walsh 275 ard John Pennyoook % for Assistant
Lane sDi Gordon being the successful candidates.
There Is soue doGbt whether the Offices were vacant,
and Whitney preseu. Chief Engineer, and al hss
fris nds deried IL advance the leg Atty Of the election
The question Of who j. Chief viii probably be cered
up to the supreme Court
TIE steamer Pacific arrived on tbe 1th irs, with
dates frm Olympia 20 the inst a-i Victoria - the
9Th. She brought 4G0 Fraser River felIows-the
roughest set OF il their ook that has ben seen
in this STATE Snce 1879 Trey looked a. ,hougb tbey
rad net only the elephant bu. had been pretty
tffeciusly d" chsved up by him. regiment o
New.loIk rsg-piekeT. wouh be wtll-iresssd gentle.
men 10 comparison Eith them. And vet rumor says
this ragged company had $l00,0O0 ct Fraser RIVER
gold in II cir pockets.
There is still no encouragement from the Fraser
uines, very E;te. Tie miners continue 70 leave.
The river has fallen ~ feet below the hich water
marx.
Immediately after Gov. Douglass was installed
Governor Of British Columbia at Langley, on the l9th
pit he iEsued several proclsmations declaring the
kws Of Eng gand TO be 10 force in tie COLONY and lie.
olaIirg that he should not be ponsibe az law for
any damage done 70 any persors by any acts done in
yolstion Of law by himself in his cficsl caoacity' or
others acting under bin, 10 British Cou,nbs. The
next day he returped 20 Nict0rs where he 90 atnues
TO reside On the 81 inst. BE- Issued proclamatiou.
declaring that whereas be has the power b. make laws
for the goverLment Of the Colony OF British Columbia
therefore he establishes the following tariff:
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