, 1870-03-22
SAN FRANCISCO.
The San Diego Excitement
Proposed Legislative Outrage On the
Chinese.
steamship Line for Australia.

Steamship Line for Australia.
fyEox oCR OWN CORRESPONDENT
SAX FRA-d1sou, M1zch 9.
since my LIST, the o1cateraont eonceEo,ng 'ne
neEfy-found gold tnincs-both quA1t1 and
ulacer-iu San Diego County, about forty r'iles
from The ees-coast, In the southwestern corner
of California. has been increased TO fereE-hest
by the arrival OF = considerable quantity Of
rn,d dust, md about ton Of quartz, very rich
indeed, from the new diggings- The most
marvellous stories are beng sent up hare By
mail and telegraph, and IN few d.ys more at
most there will be 4 tremendous rush Of gold |
and excitement hunters to that locality. We |
are told that one OF the lodges is fifteen miles
long. and mora gold than quartz; that
tic placc1 dlggings are extensive, and pay |
from q cents to SOU % tne ton' etc', ETC, md
mendous excitement Nov, I can only say TO
nv fri,ods in The country east OF the Becky
Mountains, Go slow! Gently oveI
the stones! Don't get, excited and
diggngs. In the first place, ali the best claims
wiIf hive been located long before you can get
therc and, secondly, there Is bat mere chance
| Of there new discoveries amounting to any
thing EEfNtHeNt- nave OCEu INfputefl tnB
NIL, and paid for learning how easy il is to be
taken in and done for by mining e1citenents
| an something Of " rock SHARP myBalf, and.
! after examining the rock from the new iedges,
an far from admitting that there is my eyi-
| dencp of the mines being likely to pay for
working any length Of time. The % country
rock in Which the suriferous quartz Is located,
| is eaid 70 b "talcose Blate," \ baI Aind Of
rock for permanent mines, as Ill experience on
the Pacifc coast has demonstrated. Then,
/ ro11 ia Ill syCtA n ;rT,
cts OF bunches: The rock brought here Is 1T
orally "lousy" with gold, but it Is not disaib-
uted through the ledge, go far as can judge
from the specimens, and there is no appear
snce Of sulphurets, which are almost the only
Indication Of = permanent naine. I have seen
lust Is rich rock from ledgea near the Colorado
Mvef, which "petered out" as soon as
.haft was Hnnk few feet over the rein, the
bulk OF tho qus1tz being 40 barren - tho sand:
of tho dese1fs which make up thzee-fourthn Of
tbe surface Of San Diego County. II ths re-
ports continue to coma in As encouraging as st
present for . few Hecls, may 90 down and
take look at the new uinea, but at present
prefer TO let tha etearnahip and railroad and
are sure to reap it, howeyer the mines nsy
r.n out-fron other sources than the altcsdy
badly y-deplcted pockets Of your correspondent.
~ OUTRAGE AND pBanAcE.
Will YOU not call the attention OF the people
.. Of the Eastern md Western States, and
through them, Of Congress. 70 tho outrageous
treaty stpu!,tions Nth other countries, and 8
; fo1nia 4 biil h.s .fcadJ passed tho HOUSE,
E having for its object, AZ it's origina:
; tors distinctly Avow, the prevention oi
t the landing Of Cinnamon hereafter IN hi Il.
' but its main provision is that every Ghinsrnat
arriving here By ship or steamer, beforo bcinf
= allowed to land, shall DO vaocinated, and pa!
. the Health Officer elo in coin, and In evcnt 0
+ vaccination, e6sll be kept in quarantine, al ii
8 o,en e1ptnse, until the amount is paid and th
% ! orcration performed. The infany OF thi
4 proyiaion is to be found in the fact that, Will
d the Chinese are ali subjected to innoculation i
e infancy and never have the smallpox in Amer
.e smallpox. are not even required to be vacc
= mated At all. year Ancc, San Francisco sui
" fered eeverely from smallpox, and it WAS COT
y fined alnott exclusively to the European au
- mon died from the disease, so far as tn
t see1ss ses1ent fn'" IL wi Whito ne fanils. co,
= tracted the disease while attendin
% to his duties there: But this is not all tn
he bill also provided That no grave shall be oPcne
I'd for the removal Of a dead body without
at special permit, and the payment Of 4 like Hu,
at OF $40. This u also a blow at tho Chimes
he who, il is we'll known, sooner or Later, Tcruo'
the bodies Of all their dead to China that tht
- their graves may be visited by their friends
~ certain seaeona Of the rear according to INN
= moral custom. II Chinaman dies here, II
=, lis friends are unable to enclose hiH remains
ua ~ leaden coffin and deposit him in yault, he
cn buried, and, after the expiration Of son
-. mont1le or year., his bones arc taken up a,
ke enclosed in tight box md sent back, vi
eo Eany others, to China 1t il argucd By u
~ originato1s aud supporters Of this b1l th
Of such il the rerugnance Of the Chinese 10 s1
op nitting to vaccination, they fearing that 9th
tor diseases will be communicated to them vi
IN | the vaccine matter, and such is tho Gonc1
ST. poverty Of the immigrants that they will be
lev te11ed from coming here At Al and the ii
10. will bo turned back 1t once. This is giving
~ treaty power" all the benefits Of " The nc
favored nAtion"-a clause in our treaties-wi
4 vengeance. And this same iHbe1al and IN
OF Christian policy ia being followed on every pe
~ sible occarion by the Lower House at least
our California Legislature Soma Of the Iii
lag passed givirg State bounties, ETC., conta
lEg provisions to the effect that il Cinnamon q
en- employed in any manner, the bounty is to
1ao forfeited. This kind Of legislAdou, nazzo
u minded and short-tiShted ae it may b., is n
1ke cent1a1y to the laws Of the United States, b
,ole surely it must be in tho power Of Congress
Inv compel a State to rescind laws which arc in
= NJ rect violation Of tho treaties Of tho Unit
m Stntes with foreign countries and our nation
-, laws! When Al the world u ettugGhnE
nsc - n nnt ,stoni,hinr, thst Tnan r.n ha fonn1
Isn San FEancieeo 20 short-aghtcd and blind Is
'nt pasa laws which can have no other effect th
ze- to DIVE the trade away from us Aad turn
tent tide Of c0mmerre and wealth from onr eho
stes into other chAnnels7
ye4 MORE 6xSE1blE ACTON
nod is being taken on the gubie Of tho catabli
sou nent Of : line Of American steamers betwt
this port and Australia. II is a qucst
soft *hetne1, "atnoat EoSofntnens snbeaoS
49, our flag abroad one year hence, and, in viev
~ the fact that IN English line IL certain to
~. started if We do not act promptly in the Z
top- | r1,re The reG,,isite sctiou Of Conerrsn on
and subject. Apetition in favor Of this enterp
y u is being signed to-day BY the nembera Of
Brit Chamber Of Commerce and othcs leading
atu- zcna- RESOLUTIONS have Already been IN
nm | dured into the Legislature IN fnSthernnce
ns. | this echeuA. ATANpNTl