New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-13


Custom House books This figure Is more exact nan
The Cepsps returps will be- Thus we have SD.VVo
men. of whom about 5000 two-hfths) reside ID ue
farming ss rc's iacudiie tho csies and thrce-htns
in The mining dstrics In the former there are, on 40
average two men 10 woman; In the later, nve men
70 a oman; 10 that 10 the farming d'sfic'S, taee
will be of men and women, l32 Ooo ana IN tns mung
disircts 15S, AGO. or 7oAOo women IN tne cete. Aou
% GOO minors including school children and We have
$50 ZOO To these add O0negroes and 600 Indians,
and w. have 80, 900 ne the total population of the
State The min ng districts have large majority OF
the Cinnamon and Aliens the farming dirtric's nave
women and children. OF the nativity Of the 10000
voters mako The following eetima'e Wis 40 600 ma
tive Anne rcans the Free States, 10 600 Anercans
from the Slave States, 200 Irshmen, 70 900 Ger
mans and 10000 miscellaneous persons OF foreign
birth, including British, Hungarians, Spaniards, &C.
If this estimate be correct you will perceive tina. our
population IL very much mixed. But the English Ian
guage prevails everywhere, and In another generation
Il Will be the mother tongue of all the children born q
parents now in the Stare. 1t has been nsuL to estf
mate the total population OF the State at 5ooU0O, or
ereabous. but am satisfied that there are not more
than 100, 600. With SIS 900 foreign against 10000 ma
tive votes there is little cause for wonder that the
Democrats have control Of California.
X. 4. Brewster q Co., for q long time oae OF ihe
leading Wholesale mercantile firms Of the city, failed
yesterday Their friends say it is merely suspension,
and that they viii be all right again IN few Gays: IL
is the general tuppoion, however, that the failure
will very bad one unless their sebors 10 the INFERIOR
make large renittances very soon, and sucn conoocl
not TO be expected, for by holding back couple Oh
weeks they Will probably be enabled 70 P4scnaso
claims against the firm at small per centage Brew5
ter & Co. confessed judgment yesterday in favor OF
various creditors to the amount of slC4Ooo, ana tne
Indebtedness to other parties supposed to amount 70
$50 600 more.
TIe BuAttin of last evening says:
The received in the city yestsrdsy q Ne mylS
VIM Hssey Co. and Scott tsnns OS I q th he aStiss
but Judging from the their business heavy loses
s nS ssys involved the isi.cr house fall This r@ have
S i e ~ are
exceed 100000 with sufficient sssss1
have the wmest sympathy OF .as sDS
they hs sf been sarP liberal er e ut With
az msny fieud There are few hTDs ~ tins Sy wn9 n1So
c. that bas defeated by Of notup R
By so "bs Ssnser .nd s the ne viii be Of
great anxiety, during which none can expect 10
Rumor says that Brewster was a Washoe mao,
that is he sent goods the Wasboe marketthree or
four months ago, paying great prices Tor tranapor-
ton and finding very poor Market fefhaps also nc
purchased stock in the mlnes :,
j. ID rumored. aso thsi h. &. Biasdeli, Well
known grain dealer on Clay street, has broken tie
wasa " Washoe man bnt TO his profit; he bought a
clam for 81 600 aud sold fur SlO,O0o Hl' ianure s
attributed to late unfortunate speculahons 10 whea'
az barley. Ii is u be noted. however, thai the al
ure of Blade has not been published in tue papers
and although confidently asserted in the sTeets, may
be untrue. =
Humboldt County. The edskins have stolen some
csl, recently and burned down uuoccupied house.
The Humboldt Times, Of the 10Th inst, says:
pretty certain that 50 long as there s,sd SKIN 10 tas
her pander Ts being The no. clearly the da.y Of
witseng cure pn fails e; US Try anO'he' but Fever
rest til The object Il accomplished"
The Margsrus Democrat states on the credl: OF
-b..b has atai hsaD L
fo silver about Black Rock in Western Utah. ina hs
found perfed tree G66 feet long and about ~ feet 10
diameter near the High Rock Canon. / quote pant OF
The Democrats article as follows:
The tree lying In deoete about sixty miles north
of Bia,k ROcI AID what called Hign Rok Canon 1t
lays te,Isl sa spa was PAIL an np :,
s s1 i wss 1 SvHdea aadsyT rel and the general
~ ti ft n dc Meter Enormous Capt Stevens thinks
il ia The sane species ss the t,ees ofMsrip9sa
all peded And Il Is more than probable that ls excrss
tee les exactly 1t centuries for there the up
sno b prone trunk bears evidence Of having been
,hst the remains Of great Se. ~ ao a,
srevth whatever brush aud CROSSWORD for hand
Of the pector Dsy the office Of
Dr. taken from the distance Of 2ob fee nom
the base. only half inch thick but contains TIE marx oil
lie Carson City Enterprise contains repor. Of
the same kind have been through that country and
face of the earth. We, Californiaus like big stor.s
and we have seen many big wonders that we might
b. lieve in trees 600 feet bign; but it IL 1le 700
much for cur creduty when such trees are reported ID
such desoate country toe vicinity Of Black Rock,
and when The trees reported as perifed and yet
foul on the surface Of the gcound. Cap had
only paeed his the western slope OF the Sierra
Nevada, and had pu, them sndsrgroano' TnsIe .osy
- or exposed by encroschng river, be would
havs found abundant faith even It ne had made Lnem
500 feet long.
Or, sren CIV and If there be enough OF il The mine
,n,,t he valuable Several capitalists have gone up
from here 10 examine IT, Specimens sent TO this city
eopiain so per cent OF metal; -
I'VE have news from Portland 70 DE 18th inst. TIE
Portland Timfs DEM says that the Legislature elsc,
viii stand as follows:
asDtou l. Las q Dongas Jshor, IoesPhino l-T0's
ws,b,us.on Cou ahis C,assop, and Teno,k,
l. SsmbI i; Polk Ii Marion Ii UnPq1a' C0sse AMI oy'
D.moera,,-Cla,sop MutnC u,ah Il Wasoo bsa.9n 2;
rtr Lane o. Douglass 2; Josephine j. Jackson, s-iStA'
~ R,,saican.-washns,On and Columbia WssAins'Pr i
qua j. Goose aud Curry, Total IT,
Republican Assembly a'i iD'ns SSa1io, o
1n the other hand gentleman il the cisy VINO hae
nume correspondents n oregon ana TnU .eyse
saws he las later returns than The Times had, and be
a,ser tha. The members elect stand ~ Laue Dem ras
and "a Or ositjor amt that the Opposition viii elect
one Repnblicau and Anti; Lame Democrat to lac
United STATES Senate. il lie understood that i Re
nnl;ran can be elected Col. +. d. Baker Will be tne
nan II il not certain who s eleasd Congressman, bet
tbs cbano1s seem TO be in favor of shiel, Dem.
Gas works have been erected ia Portland, and are IN
operation. 49,. LOO, 5;so,,,..aa
IN The vaey OF tae Santsm, and gold digging TIE
Nee Perce Reservation.