New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-11

published 10 IHE TRIBUNE on MONDAY morning.
THE JAPANESE EMBAsSY-THE WAsHoE
MINES.
from Our Own Correspondent
SAs FRAScEco, March 20, 1860.
On the 18th inst the Japanese steam corvette Can
dnmarruh Capt. Kat sin-tar-roh arrived in this port,
81 days from Uragaws which che left the 10th Feb
ruary She is ten-gun vessel, measuring 300 tons,
built in Holland about three years ago, and sent as
present to the Emperor Of Japan by the Dutch King
The following are the names of the officers of the
sbip: Admiral, KEENAN, ra to-no.kame; Captain Kat
sin-tar rob- Captain attending, Managers Leutenants,
So-ko.rah.to-tosah Okeomo, Yu-ha, Uee-e-ro, Tomo-
a.so-ro Eu-ah ketche; Chief Engineer Ha-ma-ge-ro;
Second Engineer Kin. ge.rO; foHr mdshipmen, three
doctors, aud seventy seamen before the mast.
This is the first arrival of Japanese msn-ofwsr in
a Christian port in several centuries and is looked
upon by the Japanese officers on board as great
event.
The Candinmarruh brings as passengers Lieut.. John
M, Brooke, L. S. NJ Mr.. Z. M. Kern, U. s. N, and
nine Of the crew of the late United States schooner D.
Fenino,e Cooper, which was wreckedat Yokohama
on the sd of August 1852 The vessel was under the
charge Of Capt Brooke, the Japanese, though good
sailors along their coasts not claimiog the know
edge sufficient to visit shores with safety Seyeral
of the oficers of the CandiumaIruh, however, have
studied navigation and could doubt take their vessel
safely back. The object Of the yeseets IMP Is 10 &C
company the POwhatan, which left 1eddo on the lVtn
FebruaTy-the came day the Candinm arTuh started
from Uraaa Wa-for this port with the Japanese En-
bassadors 10 Washington on bosrd Inc fOWha'an
Will probably arrive here In a few days
The Japsnese officials of the " CandinmaTuh' have
been taken about and shown the wcneers OF our cy,
tired Their extreme punciousnessin regard TO cere
nav jp the only fault which visitors have found win
| them Inv nOwney came down from Sacramento 70
see them and they oni not believe at met tnat sucn
ayouDg man, in plain clothes Weooas '' ons having
no especial attention TO him. could be mgn
They taken aback at being received WIN ~ .h
display. Gov. Downey, and MIR. .orv
head of our City Government, made congratuls~'I
speeches at the Admiral who is prince of the blOoa
Imperial. and a man of much consider alton in the
Japanese empire Capt. Mangero speaks Euglisb, and
serves as interpreter Several of the other officers
speak Dutch. Uncle Sam will probably have bill
presented for tie st of entertaining these geDemen
for they evidently expect to be waited upon and feted
They much admired for their fine expressive coun-
tensnees neat and rich, but not gaudy dresses, and
their quiet, dgnifed, polished behavior They could
not he mistaken for Cinnamon, and are evidently
superior to all the Celestials on our coast.
For Calfornans, the gTestopc ofnterest now is and
for some months 10 come must be, Washoe. Nothing
can equal it. II has filed jewelers. shops with spe
cmers our veins with fever and heads with dreams
that oushDe TIE fancies Of the Arabian Nights. do
not inquire for the Of such feelngs they are
not to be given. We ali young; we ara all adven-
urers; we are al spectators; none of us tied
down; we can all of us efiord to go to Washoe. (The
We means the public, not THAT s not yet at east)i
and we ave all anxious to risk few hundred dollars
piece for the chance of making thousands. We are
10 the midst Of the excitement and we must DO Some
thing to take part in what is going Therefore, we
are investing hundreds of thousands-perhaps millions
of dollars in shares in veins which We never saw,
and which have not been opened and which, If rich,
will probably be Jumped by intruders. lime only
can tell who is TO win and who is TO lose at the gam
bling game in which many Of the rich and poor OF our
streets are now stalking their money. The Red BlgB
Beacon publishes the following as an extract from
letter written by Mr. Alpheas Bull, banker OF San
Francisco who has lately visited Washoe, to friend
in that place:
it mus. be slsn wit; SssIss o. would lG9s
two claims paying Of mineral the bslsn;e
appears to mineral cOunv and the relative success Of the
aaYen'urAs will spprebend correspond VIA 'nat o. our e
gold-seekeIs."
Mr.. Charles Trims, scientific German miner, well
known in California has lately returned from Washoe,
after STAY of sx months there and gives il az his
opinion that the amount of silver ore already discoy-
cred in the COmstock lead sufficient to yield
COO this year, if theoretically wrought.
A severe shock Of an earthquake was felt IN the
Sacramento basin, from Stockton to Downievllle, on
the 18th inst This is district in which previously,
EARTHQUAKES were very rare and slight, &c compared
with the VlCnltY oil fTdDCleCO <tbSoiOS'
The S.craroenons not long since urged the frequency
Of earthquakes in San Francisco as one reason why
the capital should not be brought to this place. but
that argument cannot be used now The shock IN ose
ramento was severe probably, than any one fet
here within the last twelve years. CLOCKS were
stopped, bells were rung, crockery was thrown down.
chairs moved on the floors, and walls were seen 10
sway back and forth, and yet no serious damage was
done. In Sacramento Marysvie, Iowa Hill, bells
were ruBg; in place goods were thrown from Inc
shelves Of shops.
The Senate Committee have reported In favor OF the
construction Of bulkhead along the water front OF
San Francisco, and it is supposed that the measure VIII
pass both Houses.
Liburn w Boges, prominent citizen of the State
died in Napa Valley on the l4th ns at the age OF 63
years He was born in Lexington, KY, IN 1896, re-
moved 10 Missouri in 1876 elected representa-
tive, Senator, Leute1 ant Governor and Governor oil
that State, successfully, holding Office almost contn
uousy from 1893 TO 1874 In 1876 he crossed the Plans
TO California, with his family, and made his home IN
Sonoma Valley, where he was chosen Alcalde In AZ,
Delegate TO the Constitutional Convention in 49, and
Assemblyman in 1850. lie was a reserved quiet,
methodical, temperate man. In politics he was warm
friend of Slavery and ite extension TO California.
While he was Governor Of Missouri, the troubles oc
CURED with the MormoDs In that State and one OF the
erDay Saints tried to aseassinate him. but the bullet
glanced from his skull, and he escaped with a slight
wound. ~
covered In II Dorado and Nevada CouIties copper IN
Del Norte and plumbago IN Sonoms' The Nevada
silver vein was found at SCOTS Fiat.
The Nepada Democrat says; ,
be silver ore appears be contained In an I'm sn.e lead Of
is sS s :'is TS Sc.ns ol
?. % S.; e. Is Be-
The reports from the Ish claim at Gold Hill IN SOUTH
ern Oregon continue as favorable as ever some =,
the quartz brought TO this city 10 tnouent aS Vu s'
auy rpecimen of equal size ever shown here. telo
gram from Yreka says that twenty feet below the sur