New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-30
By TELEGRAPH TO THE NEw-YO TRIBUNE
The California Overland Mail.

There have been no arrivals here since the last ds
patch 10 Fresno City.
sailed on the 7t6 init, French ship f,,noor
for Mazatlap ships BlOndel, and Asa E,dr d for
0T The o. s. steamers Saginaw O. a sbnbrck r,ailsd
on the 9Th ns the former for alma and the latter on
a survey down the coast.
Business this week from ,rst hands has been light
9Th The country. Their L,s hem more doing by tae
iobbers, but the demsp lacks strength and is not sus
tanned 8. the coae Che stock in the hands Of both
the city ana ccun" trade will be run down very close
the views OF .olders and speculators The effect Of all
this ia TO ms axe the market dull and inactive, while 1t
Ia oincnlt 10 say which way the scale VIII tnrn'
Crusher sugar, though without transactions, IS
stronger; buyers offer lfc without finding sellers
A retiring manager Of the Refinery Co npany controls
the stock of refined which proves lighter than was
supposed and all the Eastern ia held by two oper
aiors joint action by these parties will posh the market
b whatever point the consumption will stand ID TO
! Ice. ia talked of, and is likely to be OBJ
| tanned. The transactions in candles this week
were 10000 boxes Adamantines in lots to the trade,
at lgc. The market closes heavy. In Coal there has
been email obbiDg GALES, the tendency Of all k1ds be-
ing DOWN. ard. Lackawana is $l6 per tun, and West
Hartley 800 There is not much doing in Coffee, and
rates are unchanged. The Dry Goods trade is still
dull. Dried Apples are heavy, and no good quality
offering. Tin and Glass slow Of sale at the last ono
tstiors In Metals there is nothing doing. Moasses
and Strip are stiD high, and quick. Nails are IN
salabe at 3lc. Naval Stores low, and declining, for
Tar Pitch and Resin. Oils quiet, and little selling.
Pork-No sales but for inferior, at auction the mar
ket is sustained Bacon firm; Gales Hams are not
mentioned Butter-Sales in lots Of 575 packages, by
auction at lO0l4!c; also, sales OF 600 packages, via
Cape Horn and tho Isthmus, al 2O@25c Lard IN re-
quest but without further advance. Rice inactive.
Sugar-Chna No. 10, Slc.; No. l. Cuba Muscovados,
9GIllc.; Crushed, l4c offered. Spirits-Narket To-
tally inactive. Spirits Turpentine nominal at zoe.
Wines unchanged.
There has been an Increase of fully 80 per cent in
the number Of foreign invoices entered at the San
Francisco Custom House from the Let OF January to
date Of this year over the same period m lo19.
The new steamer Milton s. Latham has commenced
running as opposition boat between SIN Francisco
and Sacra1 eno.
Orders continue to be received at San Francisco for
The construction Of considerable machinery for the
WashOe Mines
MANY men of means are leaving here for the Washoe
region and the amount of capital leaving us for that
region is prominent reason given for the light SHIP
ment East by the last steamer
The all-absorbing question in the Legislature Is the
bill now under consideration 10 grant to a Company
the rght 10 construct sea-wa along the waterfront
of san Francisco. There s great danger oil the passage
of the bill.
The Senate bill sppropria;iDg $50 900 to the Company
completing the first line Of telegraph between Cantor
mia and The Mississippi River and $40 900 to the Com
pany completing the second line by another route be-
tween the same points has been referred TO Select
Committee. The Indications thatthe bill will pass
There was GOO in the State Treasury 81 the
cloee of last month.
The Senate has a special Committee spying out
the country of the Sierra Nevada mountains The
design lie 10 inquire into the expedency and practical
bity of abnexiDg the Washoe gold and silver region
TO the state of California.
There is q proposition to substitute the llSsh for the
Tooth meridian of longitude as the boundary between
California and Utah Territory, by which about - GOO
square miles of that Terrt9y will be brought within
the limits OF the State including the settlements and
all the arabic and inbabitable land in the Western
rim of the Great Basin. 1t is rumored in the Legs-
la,ure that 80 GOO Cafornians may visit this
ing ind agricultural region during the ensuing season.
and that Il proper and advisable that Congress
tend the borders and Government OF this State so as
10 include and protect them: This plan will be urged
upon Congress preferable 10 creating the proposed
Territory Of Nevada.
A bin has passed the Senate to authorized Butsr
Comfy to issue 100000 in bonds 70 aid in the
structOn of the Sacramento Valley Railroad to Oro
vile.
The surrey of railroad route from Placervle to
Folsom proves the ground more favorable than was
anticipated and 10 is estimated that the roads be
completed for 81 100000.
vein of coal has been discovered within two miles
of The town Of Son0ma, which is thought 70 be extern
sive, and Of quality closely resembling camel.
The neWs from the Wsshoe mines continues of the |
same character az heretofore and the lie approach
of warm weather ia having It's effect in brisk emgra-
ucn.
passenger train Of 100 mules is coon 70 commence
making regular trips between Nevada and Carson
Valley.
The Grass Valley National hes news that The own |
eIs Of the ground known as tho Shaft Claim have |
about onefourh of mile from the rich mine already
opened at Virginia City.
Al last accounts from the original Comstock lead the
Ophir the Mexican and the Central companies were |
engaged 10 extracting silver ore OF astonishing rich.
ness. The Mexican company had refused 10 sell any
more of their claim, declining offer Of $1,000 per
foct. The 0phr claim was held at even higher rates
Abort 500 900 worth of was visible AT Ophir
which bad already been extracted from the mins
The guch caicn for ten miles below Virginia
City, being worked for gold and paying largely.
4 correspondent. Of Tie Ala California, writing from
Virginia City, on the 10Th nit, closes his letter fol-
lowe:
81 have seen almost every mineral in the world
here, gold SILVER, Lead "copper" suit nony, bismuh,
plDmbago, &c. Lead and copper / nave seen IN an
almost pure state. Already mines Of silver, or at
least of silver Indications have been discovered for
extent of country 60 miles in length, and perhaps
n in width"
Very exciting accounts continne from the new gold
mines in Southern Oregon. All accounts agree that
the quartz leads at Gold Hill, jacksonville, are
among the richest ever discovered on this coast. Tho
ledge bas been opensd IN tCo places, and two men
have already taken out so COO from of the OPEN
ings, with nothing but ordinary mining implements.
On the 18th incl. $4,000 were taken from the other
openng-si least go we are informed by telegram
from Yreka, the northern terminus of the telegraph
line. The people from the northern part Of the State
are focking TO Jacksonville daily by hundreds.
destructive fire occurred IN Sacramento on Sun
day. Six valuable houses and number of fine horses
were burned. Total loss $4,000.
Flour at last accounts was selling at 25c. T. ID in
Carson Valley Barley 37Ic., and other kinds of pro-
visions in proportion.
LATEsT-Bg Telegraph to Fresno Cdy.
SAN FRAEcIsco March l0-5 pm.
large Fire occurred at Tehama ON the night of the
9TH, destroying the Touring mills situated there,
together with the grain contained in them. The mills
and their contents valued at 500 O00 upon which
here was an insurance Of only 10000 in the Etna
Company.
Raw sugars are 'active sllee of I,OO0,0 600 pounds
China No TO spe ulstors and the trade-ths highest
price realized was s, cents 500 barrels OF Leyerings
Jrushed sold TO jobbers, IL cenlG The country de-