Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-04-25
INTERESTING FROM CALIFORNIA.
THE SILVER MINES.
tn JAPANESE Embassy.


By tho pony express which arrived At 81,
Joseph. on the l4th, w have California dates
70 April 4. The U. $. steamer powhattan,
Capt. Pearson, bearing the flag Of Com. Tat.
nsll, arrived o. San Francisco on The 9th
Of March, from Japan. bringing the Japanese
embassy to Washington, composed Of the
highest rank Of nobility in the Empire. II
consists Of twenty officers and mobiles, and
f,fty .srvants. The embassy was received
with salute Of twenty one guns. The
Powhsttan had gone to the navy yard 70,
Itpairs, after which she would proceed to the
isthmus with the embassy. They would
then cross BY rail to Aspinwall, where the
Z. 8. frigate Roanoke will take them or
board, for Washington.
BY the Powhattan, advices from japan e
,he 18th of February are received. Tie gov.
eminent Of Japan had commenced stamping
Mexican. dollars, making them legal curren.
cy in that country. This obviates one Of the
principal difficulties in prosecuting trade will
foreigners. Already the San Francisco mer.
chants are ma. ing preparations for direc,
trade with Japan. A prominent merchant
il soon TO leave for the Atlantic coast, to ne.
go'iate f"r line Of steam propellols, to TX
placed IN the San Franc:sc" and Japan trade
The japanese corvette, which arrived =,
Ban francisco, had been put in the United
States dry dock. at the navy yard, and pu,
in complete order, free Of charg".
The following is the mining news brought
BY express
CARSON C,TY, April 4..-The excitement
in regard to the silver and gold mines in this
region is Observation-Disclosures are pouring in
from all parts Of California. Scarcely com
pany, who are prospecting, have failed in
striking rich ore where they attempted to
hundreds miles up the humboldt. The
Spanish claims, situa ed where the mines
were first opened, were yielding $2O,OOO per
day. Gruund is changing hands at from
twenty to o1ro hundred dollars per foot.
The Memo lake and Walker river country
10 rich in minerals, and hundreds are pros
psctins that country, generally with good
success.
Ore is now being shipped to San Francis
CO for smelling from Eve different companies
Other companies are making arrangements
10 ship their ore al soon as animals can be
procured. The ore sent yields from $1,000
I" $4,000 per ton.
Discoveries Of gold bearing quartz are be-
ing made every day. Machinery Of every
description IS on its way here for tho purpose
Of crushing smelling. SC. ..
Town property, in different localities,
ranges high. Many fire. proof buildings are
under construction.
The population is increasing very fast, and
it il thought that in two months the popu-
lation will be $1,000 Society is very bad
There are no laws for the collection Of debts,
or furnishing criminals. Murders and fights
arc OF daily occurrence.
lreights from California arc very high
Is to IS cents per pound. Flour is now
selling At $40 per l05 lbs. Lumber is worth
$500 per 1000 feet.
At some places in the mines, other things
are sailing in proportion. The weather is
stormy to-day, with heavy fall Of SNOW in
tho mountains.
The telegraph limo is now completed to
Malloy's Station. and an office will be open
cd 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 b. il operation 60 miles still further
east. whom the time will be reduced to eight
Gays from st. Joseph to San Francisco for
telegraph dispatches.
SAN FRANoIsco, April 4, r. x-The
amount Of gold bullion deposited il the mint
last week was 29,954 ounces, d silver bull.
lion to the amount Of 1000 ounces. The
amount Of msney coined was $3.50, OOO|
mostly in double eagles.
VIM. d. Garrison and others are negotiat.
ing for line Of propellers to Japan, CARR
son goes East in July.
The State telegraph branch line was com.
plesed to this city last night, having been
built from Sacramento to PIacerville. fifty
i've miles, in ten and a half working days.
The rush to the Carson Valley is still in
crossing; the hotels are crowded and crowds
ore leaving every day. Many are detained fol-
want OF means to get over the mountains.
Horses and mules are very scarce, and
stage seats are engaged ahead. Freight from
twenty to forty cents per- pound to Virginia
CITY.
Tho bark Glimpse, with cargo valued At
$29,Oo0; was wrecked near Victoria ON the
18th Of March. The vessel was insured for
$4,000, and the cargo for $lH,GOO.
The San Juan Island was in joint occupa.
ton BY American and British Troops.
It is estimated that 5000 white men and
20OO Cinnamon were engaged in mining At
Frazer. Mining accounts are encouraging,
and now diggings have been d,s<ovssed in
various places.