Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-13
Arrival of tho California Overland Mail.

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MALLoY's STATION. March o. 1860
Tho overland mail coach, with regular Sanfran-
cisco dates to February II and telegrnphc dcs-
patches to the 18th, reached here tonight.
SAN FRANcrsco. Feb. l7-12 NJ.
There il not much business doing and IL IL
raining agnin. Tho little regular trade is done at
Grmer prices. A shnrp movement took place in
crushed sugars Yesterday, q specnlator taking
| 300 to 200 bids. paying from l21c to l3c.
Eastern is hc Mt l3ic. During tho week 10000
sacks of wheat. and 4 900 sacks of -four have been
purchased for export to Australia.
Dr. Chase has bccn tried for maliciously naul-
terating the acids used at tho San Francisco Mint
hut the jury could not agree. and new trial will
take pnce
\ bill has been introduced in tho Legislature
proposing that the State assume the Indian war
| debt. amounting to three hundred thousand dol
lars, 10 be paid within ten years. If the United
Stntcs do not sooner provide Tor it.
The resolutions asking Congress TO dissolve tho
injunction against the new Almaden quicksilver
mlnc. hive passed tho Assembly.
Resolutions have been earnestly debated in the
Legislature instructing tho Congressional deloga-
ton 10 uso their best cxortions against the separu-
ton of any portion of the State from which TO
form Territory. until majority OF tho people
Of the entire Slate have consented to such disu-
MON.
Tho Secretary of the Pacifc Railroad Convcn-
ton has sent communication to the Legislature
giving n summary of tho action of TINT body.
from which it appears that James A. Macdougal
+. Land, l.. A. Booth, A. A. Tuttle, Samuel
Parlv }. $. Titus, r. q. Phelps J. b. Crocket
and DIR. Rabe were appointed n committee TO cont
municate to the Legislature tho action of the
Convention. and to urge such action by the Lcgs-
lnture was recommended by the Convention.--
The principal recommendation of tho Convention
is this That tho Icgisaturs Of Oregon and
California establish ench nm internal improve
ment fund, for the pu pose Of building the Pacific
railrond that the swamp overflow ed lands within
said States, and such lands may hereafter be
donnted by them shall be sold for the benefit Of
thnt fund.- that the road in California shall run
from tho city OF San Francisco throsgh the coun-
ties of San Maura, Santa Clara and Alamena, to
the city of Stockton and be continued thence to-
ward the Eastern frontiers of the State, in such
direction as the Legislature may direct; that tho
counties traversed by the said road shall DO au-
thorized to levy special tax, aud to contract
roads to enable them subscribe to the capitol
stock thereof Tint the Legislature propose such
amendments to the constitution, to be ratified by
the people, Us will enable her state to lend her
mid in tho construction Of the road to tho extent
Of not than Sl5000,0O0. Tint the Legisn-
lures of California, Oregon aud Washington Ter
ritory cause the several passes through the noun.
tains lying eastward Of said States and Territory
to he accurately surveyed.
Great activity exists throughout the State in
mining exploration. This is attributable to the
regent discovery of silver mines in western Utah.
The disposition. since these discoveries, has been
to search more for silver than gold, and the result
is that veins of silver have been found in Calaveras
and Santa Cruz counties, and in the coast aango
near Clear Lake.
There is no doubt Of the discovery of silver
mines in all those localities, but whether any Of
them is valuable cannot be ascertainedwithout tho
expenditure of considerable labor and capital
The discoveries already made are operating as
incentives to renewed exertons for more thorough
exploration The recent discovery of quicksilver
mines in Sonora and Napa counties are considered
important Deposits of cinnabar and rock, con-
tanning mercury in a state of purity. have been
found all along the borders of what are known
the Geyser mountains. for Q distance of more
than twenty five miles The mineral is found in
loose boulders ON the surface and 10 veins extend
ing into the mountains The dip of these veins
indicate extensive deposits. The supposed
valuable portions of the mountains have all been
claimed, and several companies are preparing to
commence mining. Another quicksilver mine is
about to be worked in Montgomery county. seven
miles from the new Idra mines, already in success
ful operation.
Adyices from Carson Valley represent conside-
rable emigration thither; Notwithstanding the in.
clement season. The mining accounts are as
glowing rs ever, but the speculative spirit COW
ers thing ;hat it is difficult to arrive at the
truth. Undoubtedly many thousand Californans
will visit these mines in the Spring. for the belief
that there is another extensive mining region on
the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
rivalling California ia extent and richness, il
steadily growingin strength, Some parties who
have returned from washoe, are sanguine enough
to estimate the probable production OF silver from