Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-04
California Nous

! MAILOY STATION. April Tine overland mail
coach with San Francisco dases to March IIth pass
ed this station at Il o'clock last night There is not
| much news by this arrival.
Thirty tons Of ore from the Washee silver mines
have been snelted at San Francisco, yielding an dv
| erage Of over $4,000 per ton.
Valuable quartz discoveries are reported at lrella
a lead having been opened in the mountain from
whic hS2.5OO was taken the first day.
4 trlegraPhlc dispatch from Yreka says that
George lsh and three others concerned in the Ish
! claim, at Jacksonville Oregon, have arrived at
Yreka en- route for the Atlantic States A ledge of
almost solid gold has been found On their claim,
/ twenty feet below the surface Thomas CovOnOugh
Yves offered $4,000 for his fifth interest but refused
/ it saying that the wealth of the ROthschilds would
/ not tempt him to sell.
| SAN FEAECIsC0. March II-Duriug five days Of
last week the San Francisco Branch Mint coined
/ Sjg5.O00 in double eagles.
The bill to authorize Carson Valley to subscribe
! $4,000 towards extending the Sacramento Valley
railroad northward TO Oroville, has become Il law.
/ At the last accounts there was much activity in
/ organizing companies at the Napa quicksilver
mines. and the work of opening them had com
mencedi six different places, creating cOnSdera-
bic demand for labor.
The last Greka Union saws the quartz in jackson
county, Oregon, continues to yield immense profits
From the accounts given. they excel anything vet
known in California. \ responsible merchant of
San Francisco has paid visit to these mines and
returned. He called at the Bulletin Office and ex-
I
mine, seven feet below the surface The gold in
these specimens is evenly distributed through the
rock, as if it had been broken and rounded into
small pebble shapes and stirred in while the
was hot. The owners Of the mine claim that quartz
taken from it Is worth $4,000 to the ton The have
already taken 100000 worth out and can see as
much more, Of equal value and richness, in the
small opening made in the ledge.
Valuable quartz discoveries are also reported at
Nreka, lead having been opened in the mountain, at
the head Of Miner street. from which $500 was
taken the first day after discovery.
The COmmander-in-Chief of the h. G.
g. Denounced rs an ImPOstOr'
New ORLEANS, April 1.-The subordinate officers
of the Knights Of the Golden Circle publish a
card denOuncing General Buckley. COMMANDMENT
Chief, as an impostor.
About 800 men were enrolled here. under the
representation that there was plenty of money to
assist Juarez in Mexico, where promises Of land
grants, etc, induced many to JOIN but there is
evidence yet of any bona fide movement
Connecticut Election.
NEW YORK, April 3.-Complete returns from the
Connecticut elections show Buckingham (Repub-
cam majority for Governor 57I.
The House stands, Republicans l42. Democrats
81. Senate, l3 Republicans, and Democrats. One
district doubtful.
Municipal Elections.
ST. LoUIs, April I'm the Municipal election the
Republicans have carried FIVE Wards and the Demo-
Gratis three.
CINCINNATI, April 2.-The Democrats have carried
the Municipal election
River News.
LOUISVILLE, April 1.-The river is stationary with
I'VE feet SIX inches water in the canal