, 1865-08-16
An OVERLAND JOURNEY,
From the Pacific Coast.
-'eG1erious Fourth THE Mint
.i--0bsefvatlons Generally The
: WORLDS Telegraph:--fxcursion to
Ian Jose, &o., &c, ..

efforts to make our-yislt both -pleas1nt and
instructive, and they certainly hare succeed
ed most admirably. Our only regret has
been that The day have not been dfty ins;ead
OF twenty -four hours long; for, had they been
20 extended, for onr especial eouvcniencs. we
could not eren then have seen half the efghts
o, RECEIVED a. 1.-THE OF the hospltalttles our.
eyee attentive hosts seemed 10 have In store
forus, We aeave this evening for an. ovI-
land trjp TO Oregon. and intend to see the, |
Is htc trees" the 70 Semitic alley, and other
wonders Of California after'we return, about
The nrst CT August. -: '~t
When Sidney Smith vas asked, more than
. generation sgo, There the three great cities
OF the American continent: would be, he Is
reported tohaye pnt his finger upon the map
at New York, Chicago and New Orleans. Of
couite California VAS then part Of Me1ie2.
and the Pacific coast vas little known. The
gold bsa1ing rocks and sands of these shores
Lave suddenly built up an Umpire here, des-.
t'ntd to timp1ove tndcfiuttely IN wealth, intel
1}gence ard poWet- The hssbor Of San Fan.
cisco Is entered 6y NARROW strait, Rnd betng
perfectly land-locked and extending for
many miles y In all directions, there
10 perfect sate.y and ample room tor all the
uavies in the world. This is the only opea-
: the-Ecuth, md twelve hundred, niles north
a3epg the shore 81. the Pacific, and being the
uttuIal terminus for the great Pacific railway
over which The commrtce OF the continent
snd Of the world will In i very fen years be
rolling, tie great English philosopher, were
Eaa Francisco lory New O.leaus. were he
osktd to name the three leading, cities Of the
c4DtInent. Twenty years ago this territory
b. lunge1 to Mexico, now California is D rith
snd powerful State, with her three Represen-
tatiEes In CoreHess, and SanFtaucisco, which
fifteen yea1s ago vas 3 mere cluup Of shan.
,les ara card hanks, is substantially built
city If a hundred Thousand inhabitants. At
her wha1ves can be seen at almost any time
slips from nearly all the chfel m4rattne
cites Of the world. Montgomery. the prlnci-
pal business street, :.1emtnds one Hpre ol
Broadaay, New York, Or Clark and Like
streets il Chicago. than any other in Amer-
p:eted, as It ought to BE-, in fire or at most IN
eight years, SsnFtanc;sco wl1igrow ap4ce till
million ofpeople art found within her 1lmlte.
| The child how 1iycs who wilt see this city
larger thsn any other noW. upon tho CONT
! D@ TuE GLORIOUS FOURTH"
The fourth OF July WAS celebrated in mag
| nifcent tt31r. The procession Eas very large;
and in1idjng th1uug gh the city WE had an op-
I portIn!ty 10 zee the people, aid 1t IS proper
! 70 -add that We never eaw a population
| whose countenaEces showed more nttlttgence
| AID seemed 10 be more intensely patriotic.
| The Grafton BY Mr. Dwinelle, ns might be ex-
| p,cted, contained q review OF The past four
years; and was very different affair from the
uEual specimens OF such performan :cs In
ytars Past- Mr. Coifa1 Was called Tor at the
close Of the oratot's address, and made 8
most happy and able speech.
is = TEE MINT.
On Thursday our party visited the branch
mint, and were conducted through 1t by the
Harmed that the specie produ:tof the Pacific
.coast; including Oregon, k.yada and Haeh-
jpgtpn Territories, and C1lliornia, Was, In
1851, z49 3a1 coo; IN 1862, ${o, so, 600; In
1858, 45e. SEQ coo. In 1sH the tnount Will
be found to be about sG3, ,45o. cog. OF this
Francitco The balance was shipped IN bars
and bullion to New {ork, England and 9th
er countrtes. ; The product of; the California
mines during the past year Was abons s45,-
The process Of separating, The gold from
spme Of the finest chemical, problems, Is ex-
ctedfrg1y simple. Az 1t comes to the mint
the -Elrer and gold are mixtd In various pro-
portions. Whatever these may Be; silrer OF
/ ro1d is mixed with the prevailing metal
lul, If We mia.ake not. there are tEo parts Of
thrown into large tank alled with water,
iu which the alloy colls in all sorts uf shapes
Tie Object of this is to present a broad. slsm
sur!ace upon which tho snlphuEic aeid lqto
which It is De1t thro"n may feaal'y aet'
This distolyea tut SILVER, ana Ao!dS y N 50
luton while. the gold, in the shape Of q foe
| rcdd{sh panier, il prccIpita' ed to the bot.
ttm. This powder Is subjected to m i'm
mense pressure BY hydtan(ic press. wheu
eas w. & rsaner's DE" and soon fhey coms
W NV " ,,,1e psinx ha1x. I've asw s75 }tU ali
GGsr,, n ssnr}t r;ucjh1e. II 10 diunpd AL
ard nv 1ntn hars yerF much ike LEAD. Tht
en,ct;.1 n si1Cer and snlnhurlc acid ia placef
to = nrce vi, whs1e strong brine is miret
W,sh = Ths1e the tslt {chiorfde Of sodium
,,,iira 9Th the gulnhuric acid. and p5ec,pI
: rates the silver, leaving 1t In the stape Of
! fine white paste. This Is very easily re-
. duced to q soiid, and ls ready also 70 DC eoln
ed icto ehining dollars. >.
The coming process, ~hsn oEce you see u
Is very simple. The bullion bars are run mt
ehApe adaptsd to the rolling .mlu, Nne!
they. IRE reduced down 10 the sequlsiu
width -snd th'c5nesa iIom "nlsa tsa xen nom a1
mon punch drops down ne ronns
! pieces which, By the milling ano 1he atAml
Ing machlnte, ase u . tWl9HinE 1eaay :
form the standard o. Falnes 1or tne n&4ion
To zee hundred thousand 9ou2sG u
j bali dtzen yehoM hrscSs" q the sasnia
: metal, and the gold eagles dropping doEn
. | fass AZ possible {tom tha stamping machine
: was s'ght t, uly refe shluE. + assured =
| that the country has the resources 10 reneef
! al Its g5eenbaeks and ohNgassone, o. eyes
: sort, however large Inc INFAMOUS teosulo
) may hare forced them to be. =
! invited hv M,s. NeCrel1,sh md o.her lad
manassas nnr-party Visited the Ofpha
Q asr11r = .rsru Is,re and rnhst admirai]
/ d ,,Idfi,~ a Ghs-s neariv trn In,
49, hna.a+, haEu, Aha, h.et ~ tnstrnrffc
Su "a .e1a n Tt r. "a q T,o.t ~ ,nnn.,ne mnnnmer
e a9 ~ eas f. - ira1s1t LIVE a1sra n ttr 1sd'ss ~
e. % ne osmss3.Ins nSsg y hnH ~ and s1ata;
na'e E.osasa ~ ~ ,saa-ersa ~ IT, aec 80 ia-s
-. Ia ~ ~ f,rs an M ;nstItnfsnn IN "a vouno a eli
:, 49, ssn Frar cisco.
. ,y7ss1ou woo,xu ,,,T,s
N 9I;1-,.
It Our nc1t Tdstf WAS 10 the Alss'ou " on!s
e Mills at Aisklgn Dolores, no* HIo o. -
francisco. The extent OF tne esta a9usnmei
Is Men ~ tnS oeaatp a taplIss Psoo1WSs, 4. ~ ~
31om Ssinon9 mo6 ts ssot,st,cs W. IKE rs
J. estsEg re doubt not to those od our reAde
:, WHO a1e engaged In machinery
>. The Mission Wooien Mills we're establiahe
u 10 the year. 1859. Simon 1azasa and
b McLeDnRn are the proprieto1s. They en-
d ptoy s75 Chinese lab2resg. 81 cost OF e.
d per day each; also. Il white labofers, VINO
Eages average Pes t asy y esSa q. 1s os rs IL
le looms, 8, 400 splndles~ The msnutactures q
c. blankets, fannele, bEoadcloths; CASHMERE
,s ehaWls and carpets. IRe estanttsnmens Co
" sumes LILO O,OCD DIS OF Fool per anhqm' 1t
;. By far The largest establishment OF tne ~
. on the Pacific coast' CaNN1 eapoge
"a &5M MoD. o.,..ao ,,v.s a
1t The large numoar o. en1neseops!as;vess M r ss y
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