, 1860-03-30
Luter from California.


Majors STATION, March a9.-The overland
in:il coach, with re .ufar San francisco dates to
March 9th, ard telegraphic adrices to the 10Th,
arrived here at O'Clock this morning.
orders continue to be received. l., San Fran
CISCO for the construction Of considerable ma
clitnery Tor the Washoe mines. Many men of
means are leaving here for the Nashoa region.
and the amount Of capital leaving us fer that
region IS prominent e7son given US for the
light shipment East By the lat steamers.
The all absorbing question in the Legislature
IS the bill now under consideration to grant q
company ne right to construct sea vail along
! the waterfront Of San Francisco. There Is
great danger OF the passage Of the bill.
Ihe Senate Hlll appropriating $50 900 to the
Company completing the first line of telc.rant
between California and the Mississippi River,
and 10000 to the Company completing the
second i'ne BY aoother route between the same
n"'nts, has been referred to select committee.
Indications are fair that the bill will pass.
There were $725, 600 in tie State TREASURY at
tho cluse Of last month.
The Senate has a special committee ont iu-
vessisatlng the country east Of the Sierra Ne
vada designed to inquire into the expediency
aud practicahilisy Of annexins the Wushoc rold
aud silver region to California
lhe proposition to substitute the 11Sth to
the 1eVth meridian Of longitude es the boundary
between California and Utah Territory, l,y
which about e5, 900 square miles Of the Terri
tory will be brought within the limits Of the
Statc, including the settlements, and all the
arabic and inhabstnbfe land on the western rim
OF the great basin is before the Legislature,
1t il rumoTed in tho Legislature that fstv
thousand Catifornians may risi: this new miuinr
aud agricultural region duriagt the ensuing sea-
son, and that it ~ proper and advisable that
CnHgress extend the borders and government
# this State, 80 Us TO include and protect them.
This plan will bc urged upon Congress as pre-
tcr:'h'- 10 creating the proposed Territory Of
Nevada
The news from the Weshoe mines continues
OF tue same character us heretofore, ard tie
nsar apprcuch Of warm weather there is hayin.,
its effect in brisk emigration.
The t;rass Valley -'atoaa1 has news that the
ownc:s Of the ground known as the Shaft
elHimS, hare struck the continuation Of tie
Crsnstcck sivc- vein about fourth Of ii mile
from the rich mine already opened ut Virginia
C1ty. at Iast accounts. OIL tile ori .ina Com-
stack lead, the Ophir, the Nexicau and Central
Companies were engaged in extracting silver
ore Of astonishing richncss. The Meaicau
Company had refused to sell y mare Of their
CLAIMS. declining an offer Of one thousand dol
lars per foot. The Ophir claim Was held Il. eveu
higher rates. About one hundred thousand dbl
l"s, worth Of ore was:sis.bl: at 0nhir, being ul-
read = extracted from the miuc.
correspondent Of the -4it1 californian,
whiting from Virginia City, GU the 10Th us.,
closes his letter as follows: ri hare seen
a!mnst every mineral in the world heze-.od,
si':er. copper, lead. copperas. antl,hony,
l'lsmuth. pHm5s.o. etc. Lesd mud copper
have sctn in an almost pure state. Already
mines Of silver. or ut least silver Indications,
have Lcen discovered for a,l cx.-nt cf country
siNtty, miles in length and perhaps fifteen III
Very exciting accounts continnc from the
new gnll u,iEes in Southern Oregon. All ac-
counts u=ree that s1e quartz leads Ut Gold Ill.,
ncAr jacksonville, arc amou. tie very richest
.vcr discovered Oh this c:'ast. THIS ledge has
been opened in tso places. Two men have al
re.,dy taken fifty thousand dollars fran e,le Of
them, with nothing but ordinary mining iu'plc-
lnents.
The people from the Northern part of tie
State nre locking to Jacksonville by the hun
drrds .!aily.
\ destructive fiEe occurred ia Sacramento on
Sunday. Six valuable houses snd number IT
line harses were burned. Total 1oss s44 $50.
I.arsu tar1 At Tel,an,a on the night Of The 9TH.
Tie large mills and grain destroyed ~erc ra1-
ue,i at $lc0,0!o- Insured f.'r only :l0,Np,