The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-04-02
FOREIGN NEWS.

By the arrival of the U. S. Sloop of War James
toovn and bark Ethan allen, We have San Francisco
dates to March 18th.
The San Diego gold mines, discovered by John
T.. Cover, are creating great excitement. The
Sacramento Union says, that :" the news from the
| San Diego mines has set the town wild, and hun
dreds are preparing to start thither on the next
steamer. Numbers are going overland. and the
seats in the stages are all engaged until Monday
next.' ~. w.4g q
The Alta publishes a private letter from San
Diego, dated March 4th which says:
The drought is over at last. 1t is no mere shower
now neither hail-stones. but q liberal rain of aI-
riferous rocks. We have inspected two large trunks
full of the quartz. Some is spotted as handsomely
as ever freckles spotted a woman's lace. 1t seems
that J. T. Cover (brOther-in-law OF Rev. N. s. Cros-
well Of yonr city). II. G. Bickers and DR.. J. u.
Wells (dentist), started for the mountains, 40 miles
distant. three weeks ago. Yesterday two Of them
returned richly laden with their golden bounty.
The quartz has since been open to public inspection,
and every voice says Z" rich and no surface bios
SOM" The town is in a great furore. Suddenly
warmed into life, it is rOusing mp TO tap the bosom
that has revived it. The crown goes for the lucky
ones, as the flock of gulls pounce on their fellow,
who has picked up along ship-side a bigger biscuit
than he can swallow. A few sober ones, though,
say they rejoice that three steady, honest men have
got their pile this time. The discoveries of the
new mines are not the men to deceive il they had
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the means to get elsewhere, save from earth's
bosom, the richest quartz ever found in California;
Regarding the sinking of the u. S. Snip Oneida,
by the Bombay, the Sacramento Unions Yokohama
correspondent has the following additional
The excuse the Captain has for leaving is that he
thought his own ship was damaged, and that he did
not hear the signals of distress but these state
ments are so utterly absurd that they are entirely
discredited by any American here. and by the bet
ter English citizens, who condemn his gross coward
ice and iDhumanity in bitter terms. The circum-
stances are being inquired into by a naval Court of
Inquiry, held before the British Consul and four
maritime officers. The evidence of Capt Eyre and
three of his officers is eyasiye and equivOcating.
and attempts to make him and them harmless but
the evidence offered by Lieut.. Clemens, the last
thing, is a terrible "crusher," inasmuch as he is
second officer Of the English maR-of-war Ocean. and
we say it gladly-an honest gentleman and
BritOn. He stated that he went on the Bofnbdu
after the mail, and that in conversation with the
Captain, he told him (Clemeus) that be had +" run
into a id Yankee frigate coming mp. and had
cut the whole quarter of her, and served her lust
right, for being on the starboard tack instead of
port - that he could see into her cabin, and saw
some officers there
Miscellaneous Eastern kilograms.
New YORK, March 8.-The excitement in the gold
market to-day has been without parallel since Sep