The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-27
INTERESTING FROM CALIFORNIA.
THE SILVER MINES.
II HI JAPA NESE EMBASS Y .

THE JAPANESE EMBASS Y.
By the pony express, which arrived at st.
Joseph, on the 18th, we have California
dates to April 4. The U. S. steamer Pow
haitian, Capt. PEARSON, bearing the flag Of
Com. TATNALL, arrived at San Francisco,
on the 9th of March, from Japan, bring
ing the Japanese embassy to Washington,
composed of the highest rank of nobility in
the Empire. 1t consists of twenty officers
and mobiles, and fifty servants. The embassy
was received with salute of twenty~one
guns. The Powhattan had gone to the navy
yard for repairs after which she would pro-
coed to the Isthmus with the embassy. They
would then cross by rail to Aspinwall, where
the U. s. frigate Roanoke will take them
on board, for Washington.
By the Powhattan, advices from Japan
to the 18th of February are received. The
Government OF Japan had commenced
stamping Mexican dollars, making them
legal currency in that country. This obvi>
ates one of the principal difficulties in pros
ecuting trade with foreigners. Already the
San Francisco merchants are making pre-
parations for direct trade with Japan. A
prominent merchant is soon to leave for the
Atlantic coast, to negotiate for line of
steam propellers, to be placed in the San
Francisco and Japan trde. The japanese
corvette, which arrived at San Francisco,
had been put in the U. S. dry dock. at the
navy yard, and put in complete order, free
of charge.
The following is the mining news brought
by the express:
CARSON CITY, April 4.-The excitement
in regard to the silver and gold mines in this
region is I'm abated-hundreds are pouring
in from all parts of California. Scarcely a
company, who are prospecting, have failed
in striking rich ore where they attempted to
find it. The mineral region extends for
hundred miles in every direction, and rich
discoveries have been made over one huns
dred miles up the Humboldt. The Spanish
claims, situated where the mines were first
opened, were yielding $4,000 per day.
Ground is changing hands at from twenty
to one hundred dollars per foot.
The Memo lake and Walker river country
is rich in minerals, and hundreds are pros
pecting that country generally with good
success.
Ore is now being shipped to San Fran
cisco for smelling from five different COM
panies. Other companies are making ar
rangements to ship their ore as soon as
animals can be procured. The ore sent
yields from $4,000 to S. 900 per ton.
Discoveries Of gold bearing quartz are
being made every day. Machinery of every
description is on its way here for the pur-
pose Of crushing, smelling, &c.
Town property in different localities
ranges high. Many 6re-proof buildings are
under construction.
The population is increasing very fast,
and it is thought that in two months the
population will be $4,000. Society is very
bad. There are no laws for the collection
of debts, or Furnishing criminals. Murders
and fights are of daily occurrence.
Is to IS cents per pound. Flour is now
selling at $40 per 100 lbs. Lumber is
worth $500 per 1000 feet.
At some places in the mines, other things
are selling in proportion. TIE weather is
stormy to-day, with heavy fall of snow in
the mountains.
The telegraph line is now completed to
Malloys Station, and an Office will be
opened at that point during the present
week. Malloy is 80 miles east of this city
on the route to Salt Lake, and in two weeks
the line will be in operation 60 miles still
further east, when the time will be reduced
to eight days from St. Joseph to San Fran
cisco for telegraph dispatches.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 6 P.M.--The
amount of gold bullion deposited in the
mint last week was 29,954 ounces, and
silver bullion to the amount of 900 ounces
The amount of money coined was 1926, 900.
mostly in double eagles. 81"
VIM B. Garrison and others are negoti-
ating for line of propellers to Japan.
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