October 25, 1851 (4 pages)

W. G., ALBAN AND A. A . SARGENT. Saturday Evening, Oct. 25. Mineral Lands. ‘The disposal of the mineral Jands of California wo had considered a closed . question, save to those who wished to enter the arena of politics. ‘The two the one for donation, the other for the entire freedom of the mineral lands. When a question has thus been seized elected because of their views in re-. ference to it, the presumption is fair that the people have made up their minds on the question—-that their represeriatives will consider themselves instructed as to their course, and that after such expression of the wish of the people, adverse arguments are not de~ sirable to, or received in good part by successful party leaders. We say that thus we bave been inclined to look upon questions grasped upon as political, and in the conduct of an independent paper while we have exprossed our opinions on any subject we pleased, we have Avoided making offensive war on the prejudices of any party. But we see of party papors in reference to the question of the mineral lands, and is anxious for an expression of epinion on the suhject from the papers of the State. If the platform laid down at Benicia means any thing, and the people fairly underood it, wo shou!d judge the Transcript would consider the question settled, and joice in the vietory. O give our views upon this point, and have before stated them, more especial. laud one in which many who care not 2 straw for politics have a deep interest. The systems of sale and leasing the . mining lands seems generally deemed . xploded Those who do not believe it, . hould investigate tho history of mining . n tho western states, Wo are in faror. { no system that shall bring upon us a} rowd of hungry officials, thawrting the iner and bleeding the government, . nd under either of these systems we hall have them. To work the mineral ands sons to make the operation embarassing to tho miner and profitless to he government, we only need an army f surveyors and per-centum gatherers and when thatcomes, common miners may pack up and go ‘ home.” One reason why we object to the doation of the mineral lands is that tho system brings with it this large array of officers, upon whose movements, however tardy, miners must wait—for we . presume after the passage of a law! Ln el Gevlogical Survey of the State. . F . We had the pleasure tu-day, of mak-. Under this heading in our paper, our . ing the acquaintance of Dr. John B. readers will find notices of firms transTrask, a gentleman of high scientific acting nearly every description of busiattainments, who is engaged in the ar.) ness ab the Bay city. We have not room duous and difficult task of making a full for spevific reference to each, but pergeological eurvey of the State, for the sons wishing hotels will find in the list purpose of collecting information of its ‘some first-class, and some upon the most various leads and ledges, physical for-'economical plan. Merchandise of all mations and pecu'iarities, the operations kinds is advertised, and traders can lay San Fraxcisco ApvebTISEMENTS.-‘ae ; lof miners, and the difficulties under Out their plans of purchase before leaygreat parties, in convention, before the . late election, promulgated their views, . which they are laboring. It is his de~,ing Nevada, to advantage, instead of sign to furnish an accurate and minute ‘searching allover San Francisco, and lmap of California, giving not only the then be “done” by buying at the highest courses O upon, and candidates presumed to be . f rivers and locations of towns, . rates. An excellent test of the liberalbut the eourses of the great quartz leads ity of a business map, and the charace of the State, and all the collateral in. eer of his business, is found in his adver. formation that patient investigation ean . tising—and we'll warrant if our Nevada . furnish, in reference to the eenfigaration . patrons call on our advertisers at the lof the State. Ilis observations: apon . Bay, they will find the same enlarged . Por the Journel Muuchausen Quartz Rock Mining and Crushing Company. Incorporaced by special legislative enactinent of 184) and ‘50. (See page 1102 of Journal of Legislature of 10UL Drinks. ) Capital stock, two millions dollars. VRESIDENT, Gen. Napoleon B. Gulliver. TRUSTZES. Dr. G. Washington Crum, P.T. Barnum, Esq., George R. Glidden, Esq., Professor Espy, Don Quixotte Crowley, Old Dr. Jacob Townsend, Moses Y. Beach, Magnus Rex Wemeh, SECRETARY, Junios Qaecin Sabe, TREASURER, _ J, Squander Swartwout, FINANCIAS, AGENT, W. Biddle Jones. . mining, we can judge from the brief conversaand of improvements’ needed in. views in trade as prompts advertising . PROSPECTING AND ANALYZING COMMITTEE, mining operations at present, which ifjin thé mines—the principal seat of the Guy Fawkes, Robinson Crusoe, consumption of goods. _ Chiefly of emigrants and native-born col. onists, and as fur as concerns any advan. tage of commercis] intercourse between . the countries California has reaped the decided that Mr. Barbour, {whole benctit; and unless we looked . forward beyond the present period to lthe time When these colonies shall be ! connected by a chain of steam with the Pacific, and united with the States in i perfect freedom of commercial inter. course—an event which the discovery of jgold in California is certain to bring jtbout—it would have been better for \every emigrant from these colonies, and better for every merchant connected with them, had the gold for centuries continued undisturbed and undiscovered in its parent bed.” { -———-. ! Mexicay Femates.—During the past ‘few days we have noticed great num. bers of native, as well many newly arrived Mexican and Chileno women in our streets. Very many from over the bay jand other parts of the interior have . been here, during the past week or two, . making purchases, laying in winter supplies, &c. Among tho natives, we nothe Transcript discards the usual course . We are not slow Hy ns wo belicre this is n question which . politicians haye no right to monopolize, . ‘explored and rugged portions of the . western continent—and in the pursuit it mever befere yisited by other than tion woe have had with him, must be of . the utmost practicn] value—he designs ‘to publish in a popular manual. We hail his enterprise as dictated by ,a noble spirit, and one caleulated to be of the highest service, not only in the {cause of philosophical research, but to . the practical miner, who now frequentlly, from a lack of information upon the ‘peculiarities of his quartz lead, and 'proper ways of extracting gold when existing under new combinations with ‘other substances, loses fifty per cent of the mineral he seeks, California is rich in other metals than gold. and we look to this survey to fur. “nish us with traces and evidences in . actual discovery of copper, tin, Kc., ins . definite evidences of which may be found in various parts of the mineral regions, but which have never been fair. , ra ly developed from want of par'icular . '"S = oom geological research, and treasure will be forwarded by the Dr. Trask ,has performed in the lagi {Splendid steamer Pacific, via Nica-. three years over five thousand miles of. rgua, through in 25 days. . land travel, in the most difficult, unentirely refitted and putin perfect order. Her captain is one of the most popular . cific waters, and will spare no exertion . to secure the comfort of his passengers. . The Isthmus is favorably known for speed, and security, and, as will be seen by the advertised rates, the fare is so reduced as to make the passage cheap. To those who design to return to the States in a short time no better opportunity is likely to offer. ti We are informed that Gregory’s Atlantic and Pacific Fxpress leaves jthe Nevada office on Thursday morn. Packages, letters, . . Late News.—The Post declares the Alta has just published some news items of his favorite object in this State, he ng? he see poy ved Pe igem _— has traversed a great portion of it, mostreceived exact duplicates just one year ly on foot, and probably seen parts of nae: PRS AO se lato LN kas” The Sacramento Transcript says, . in reference to the Quartz Miners’ Convention, proposed in our last,— . * Nothing is more completely in the . aborigines, H% has been collecting a mineralogical cabinet for presentation to the. Btateydo-bo scientifically rrang. sphere of our duty and inclination than . ed and localized, which when completed . to promote the object of the convention . will be one of the most valuable and . proposed, and an earnest co-operation in interesting collections that could be. the mensures of our mountain friends to gathered—where tho field for selection this‘end, may,be relied upon.” is so ample as hero. Care or Goon Hore. Adviees have Dr. Trask has with him a glass ofim-. been received the 8th July, from the mense finagnifying powers, and he re-. ©@P¢ of Good Hope. i quests us to state that persons or com-. ,.4 melancholy eatalogue of marine : wy : . {disasters is presented by the Batavia panies wishing small portions of their papers. * quartz subjected to its powers can have] gome fifteen or sixteon vessels, mostly the use of the instrument, or he will use . English and French, were disabled by it for them with pleasure. Persons de-. bad weather at and near the Cape, late $a ; ; _ {in June and in the first of July. A numuae teatiwill Sad’hinn at the Jour ber of Dutch merchantmon also suffered. rt en —Alta. Sreamen Iernmus.~-By reference to! ¢, our advertising columns it will be seen} wood tree on that the fine steamer Isthmus will leave . Styx, adjacent to the residence of Chafor Panama, Oct. 30th. She has been . 10M the furryman, extending toa large Abby Kelly Folsom. This com any claim 405 et each, the right bank of the river bee-gum on the left shore of the river Lethe, one-half mile from lake Avernus, beyond which no auriferous quartz has and attentive commanders on the Pa-. ever yet been discovered, with all the . courses, dips, angles, sinuosities, variations and contortions, thus distinctly . embracing its perpendicular elongation and linear expansion. The company have been thus explicit in defining their lead in ail its labrynthine ramifications, owing to the vague uncertainty and transcendental obscurity which have involved individual rights, sacrificing wealth and enterprise upon the shrine of cupidity, and furnishing material for the wildest legal vagaries. The company deem it necessary to prevent any infringement, invasion, or encroachment . on the part of the public to give notice of the fact that a large Bohan Upas stands at the mouth of their tunnel, . bearing this significant inscription, “Fugite cunem verbum sapientt est.” N. B. No shares for sale in this tunnel. The lead has already been traced to a depth— “Nine times the space that measures night and day. Vhere gravitation shifting, turns the other . ter days we find, by the Liverpool Chroni. way.’ Skilful Siberian miners haye been ob. tained at an immense expense, through . the agency of one of our distinguished board of Tiustecs, P. T. Barnum, Esq. The laborers are enabled to carry on their work by the light of diamonds, . which brilliantly illumine their vast excavations. A new patent with an olian attach» ment has been introduced into the mas chinery, which is found to surpass any invention yet in use. The steam necessary to propel the machinery is obtained from a cistern placed upon lake Avernus --all expense of fuel is thus avoided. Specimens of the lead may be seen at the office of Dr. Diabolus Pillgarlick, on Expansion Street, where the obliging Fs pea Triptolemus Middlefunk, late of Mount Olympus, will give the most definite information in reference to auriferous quartz formations, and the most approved mode of : ulverization. y order of the Board of Trustees. JUNIUS QUIEN SABE, Seey. N. B. An assessment of three per centum on the capital stock of the comeginning at a blazed dog. with a dogree of elegance and richness . that might well excite the envy of ‘os . Americanas.” Withal, we have observe . a modesty of demeanor in these native . California ladies which is not common to . our Mexican and Chileno females.—Cou. riers {. eR. Many years ago, when “Old Hick; ory” was at odds upon some point (involving the law of nations) with Mr, Monroe, who was then in the administration of the General Government, Ex-Conscul Carr's friend Vattel, together with some other venerable writers on the same braneh of law, were turned up as authority against bim. “I don’t care a for Vattel: nor for Grotius, nor for Puffendorf, nor for you!” exclaimed the old hero; “this is @ matter between meand Jim Monroe’ . . Tuirty-seven Days to Liverroot.—We hear, by the last arrival, of a remarkable instance of the rapid conyeyjance of communication: Within the ; recollection of some of the youngest of us, a thirty days passage from New York to Liverpool was by no means an extraordinarily long trip, and as for San Francisco, it was at least six months away from Loth ports. But yet in these latcle, that a package of gold dust was delivered in Liverpool in less than thirtys Seven days from San Francisco, having ‘been taken to New York by Vanerbilt’s . line, via Nicaragua. “Ixtug Drer Bosom or Ockan Bert. eD.”—By a late arrival from Singapore, the Alta is informed of the destruction of the steamer Pasha, in the Straits of Malacea. She was run into by the Oriental ia steamer Erin and sunk immediately. She had on board $440,000 im treasure, which went down with her. No Hyves were lost. Oneof the wonders of the times. is the immunity from accident which has attended the transportation of nearly two hundred . Millions of gold dust, from Culifornia to . . vacancy happens. . Disrri —— — crt JrpGssmr.—The Supreme Court, with a full bench, have the newly elected District Judge, is the proper jineumbent for the tenth Judicial Dis‘trict, and given him the position over . Gordon N. Mott, who held his position jby virtue of an appointment by the . Governor. The Court held that-~ fJa, case of a vacancy happening after the first session, Sec. 8th. Art. 5th, provides, not that the Legislature shall appoint, but the government shall have power to fill such vacancy by granting & commission which shall expire at the’ end ofthe next session of the Legislature, or at the next election of the people. Hf the:anpointment of the . District Judge could not be made by the Legislature. why is the commission to expire at the end of the session ? The object of this clause seems to be . claims of 60 . tice very many handsome ones, dressed . to enable the Legislature to make the appointment, if it is the duty of that body to do so, by the Constitution or laws, or to enact laws for the purpose, the people could not otherwise elect ; but if they could elect, then the commission is limited to the perfed of an electian, and not to the end of a session of the Legislature. ‘The 8th section, referred to, does not authorise the Executive to supply the vacancy for the term. It contemplates that cither the Legislature or the people shall supply the ballance of the unexpired term. The constitution not authorizing the executive to fill the vacancy to the end of the tenm, this power must be exercised by the people of the Legislature. The Legislature, it possessing such power, have conferred it on the people by this statute, and it will not be questioned that if the Constitution had been silent upon the mode of appointment to oflice, the Legislature could delegate the power to the people, to elect to every office, judicial and civil. It is contended that the Executive appointment should cor. tinue to the end of the term. This \is not the language of the instrument, ;and must only be supported by inference—and we will not by implication confer that power upon the . Executive which is so repugnant to ithe spirit and policy of the con. . stitution. The words “next cleetion by the people” the Legislature has construed jto mean the next election after the We see no reason, . to believe that any other was intended, If the next general judicial election was intended for District Judges, is would so have been expressed.” We learn from the Transcript, that Judge Barbour holds hjs first court at . the distant ports on both sides of the . Atlantio. Soarcely a per centage of this ; Vast amount has failed to reach its desti; nation. and only the late stranding of . i the “Union” on tho coast of Lower Cali. . fornia, has served even to bring to mind the dangers ever incident to “going ; down into the sea in ships.” —Trans, Vernon on the 27th instant. A large amount of business has accumulated during the interim awaiting the de{cision of the Supreme Court, Monsigner Clementi, formerly Bicreating the donation system, all other] yp yacy Ronpery.—On Thursday evenmining will be illegal--and whose heavy ing last, about dusk, Dr. Daniel Mead expenses somebody must bear, We can . pany has been this day levied to be ex. pended in the purchase cf a new Gassometer, ishop of Macerata, has left Rome for Mexico, with the title of representative of the Holy See. He is the We stop the press lo announce the important intelligence that the above jis the Alta’s “old sews” that our devil { Tur Capirorn ar Wasnincron.—The . of this city left his house, and was absec no necessity to the miner in all this, and ns is a donation system, we do not) eee that the government can derive or has contrived toslip in. We ask pardon, and wont get caught so again. sent about ten minutes. At his return . ho found his door had been burst open, . and asumin gold dust somewhat over fy , : Law Triempnant 1n Stockton !!—} uu: deh patente hea” 8 {Washington Republic, speaking of the . first apostolic nuncio accredited to that claim any advantage from it. The three thousand dollars stolen from a! niners themselves certainly nee? NO} trunk There were two trunks in the uch regulations. For about three Years . room, both of which were breken open, the free system has been in operation, . 114 their contents thrown about. [thousands have become wealthy by it~} ‘This case exhibits some peculiarly the riches of our soil have flowed through . },.:4 features. Dr. Mead has been in thousand rills to comfort and blese the . this country about three jéura, has been homes of the laborer, capital hasenjoyod . . j,qustrious miner, and by penuiby i pll the rights which legislative charters The horse thief case we nrentioned in our last, upon which the Jury could not agree, and were discharged, again came up for trial before the Court of Sessions on Monday, Judge Emory presiding, as. sisted by Justices Weir and Shafer.--. The résuit has been satisfactory to the community and to the law, which has been so often laxly administered. Tho first case was that of Frederick ould confer, country have been actively developed, and all without tho interference of any government, save once, when in the edge of foreigners, more mischief as done in these months than the next year repaired. the resources of the/. and hard work has gradually accumu: caikmar, alias Flat Foot, and after a lated his little pile, and was about to . careful hearing, it was submitted to the return to his fumily in the States, from . Jury. The verdict found him guilty, ‘whieh he has been so long absent. This 2nd the Court sentenecd the prisoner to receive the severest penalty of the law, which under the new Statute is death and destroys /bhy Hanging. The prosecution in this ,the sunny hopes of many ao day. Ho /case was assisted and mainly conducted . has offered the large reward of $500 for by Messrs. Terry § Perley. ; James Boland next came up for trial, heartless robbery throws him back where . he started, three years ngo, Some fearful yenturers express doubts . the recovery of the money and the de. . jf the sufficiency of public faith to pro-. tection of thief; and we trust our police . tect investments of capital in mining. . officers in the vicinity and State will be Were there no instances of large in-. vigilant to catch the villian who has westments having been already made on . committed the deprodation, and get back this understood guarantee, and the . his ill-gotten gain. Dr. Mead informs rights of parties in every case having. us that he thinks he has gota slight een scrupulously observed, to which we; clue to the robber, and thus has a little ould point in triumphant refutation of . hope of recovering the money for which Ikuch doubts, we would urge the ob-. he has toiled so long. We really hope ious argument that self-defence prompts/he may succeed. If the rubber over pvery individual in the community to. sees Nevada again, and is known, he . bbserve a liberal course in reference to! may find his way out of it at the end of capital, in the same manner that it a rope—and then be too well served. prompts obedience to statute law. If! he rights of one man are invaded, there . is security for noone, and the necessity ' ! . ! fay We see it reported that our old friend De Courcey and two others have ; started a new paper at Moquelumne and received as his quantum of Justice, 10 yearsin the Penitentiary. The same prosecutors. James Cochran, indicted under the same statate, asa confederate of the above two “birds,” who was also found uilty, and senteneed to 7 years in the Penitentiary: James Wilson alias Mountain Jim, was yesterday csnvicted before the Court of Sessions, of the crime of horse stealing, and adjudged to die. When the sentence was pronounced by the foreman, he very quictly remarked that that “was but what he expected, by God!” This man was the most consum. mate villian in the crowd, and his depravity was boldly written on his face.— Journal, Jurornsin Van Di-man’s Lany.—On pf proserving public faith appeals with u}J the etronger force in thut every one knows his own interests depend upon it, in the absence of legislative enactments. he rights of capitalists always have been respected, ond a sonse of self-preservation in the commanity,the heaviest pledge, will cause them always to be. Ba Mr. Isaac Owens, . the presiding Elder of the M. E. Church in this cirruit, will preach at the church on Sunay next. The quarterly meeting comyenced this morning and continues rough to-morrow. a late occasion, one of the jurors ona criminal trial refused to sit in the case. because one ef the prisoners was under sentence of transportation for life! On another occasion, after a case had been concluded, and the jury were about to retire, one of the jurors refused to go out or act further, for the reason that he was deaf, and had not heard a word of the dase. — Courier Paine’s New Licut.—lIt seems uncertain whether this is such a great invention after all. ‘The Washington Intelligencer, denies by authority, that any patent is about being issued for it, or likely to be, his publication to ithe contrary notwithstanding. Hill, called the “ Calaveras Chronicle,” . but wo havn't seen it, and cannct avouch jforit. At sny rate, De Courcy is able /to make a good paper, and we wish him large success in his new enterprise. . The first number is spoken of very high. ly by the papers below, A new paper, called the “California . Express,” is about to be started in Ma!pyaville by Mr. Rust, formorly of the . Pacific Star—to be neutral in politics. } 1 } A physician or lawyer wishing a 'geod room for an office, can hear of ‘ene at the Journal office. Wales’ papers from which we learn that a great discovery of gold is related having been made near Bathurst, in the Placer of that district. Considerable . excitement was created as the Bathurst . business. ‘The east basement wall of Free Press informs us, by the arrival in that place, during the month of July, of . an one hundred weight lump of nearly . wing. pure gold. Sydney was made noisy with excitement. The newsis told in the following extraet from the Sydney A/orning Herald, July 18; The report which reached town on Tuesday, that one hundred and six pounds weight of gold had been picked up in one place, came from so many parties that we had little doubt of its truth, and yet it wasso astounding that we could searcely credit it, Yesterday, however, brought confirmation of the report. There isno longer any doubt about it. On Monday the gold was de» gited in the Union Sant, at Bathurst, y Dr. Kerr, the fortunate owner. We believe this to be an _unparelleled case. In California, we believe, twenty-eight pounds of gold was the largest quantity ever found in one place. In the Museum ut St, Petersburgh there isa piece . Of gold weighing seventy pounds; but one hundred pounds was never found before. It is much to be regrotted that, in tho excitement natural upon such ap occasion, Dr. Kerr broke up the quartz in which the gold was embedded. A block of quartz weighing but seventyfive pounds, and containing sixty pounds of pure goid, would have been prized far beyond its intrinsic value. It is useless, however, to regret what is past, nor should we sean too narrowly the acts ef one who suddenly and unexpectedly finds himself in possession of a fortune. There can beno doubt that when this unprecedented fact becomes known in England, it will cayse the most ins tense exeitement. The Hobart Town Courier is quite severe onthe people of California for their vigilant action, and wholesale condemnation of “Sydney rogues” in Vigilance Committees assembled. It holds the following language on the subject, to say the least, discloses some broa opinions of its own : d uThe people whv have emigrated from . has four, but she will spread upon . Sydney and this colony were composed jaddition now being made to the Capij tolcf the United States, says: . government. \ . Liperty OF tHe Press IN FRANCE, The work pd feng se finely. There are upwards of two hundred persons empleyed in the various departments of —The prison of the Conciergeries contains two editors of the Presse, three of the Eyenement, one of the Peuple, and two of the Messager de . . . {the south wing is already ten teet in. jheight, and Jast Thursday workmen. . ’Assemblee. One of the editors of jcommenced laying stone at the north ‘the Siecle will soon join them. The foundation walls are eight . feet nine inches thick. We learn that papsgrceets ie: ‘the new Hall of Representatives will} Hon. John M. Berrien, long known . haye three huntred seats for members, jas a distinguished Whig and United ileged to the floor. The Senate Chami ber will be provided with one hundre jseats. The galleries on each branch . will accommodate two thousand persons, or more than twice the number under the present arrangements There will mittee rooms, It is thought that the ereetion of the “addition” will occupy be upwards of one hundred new com. besides accommodations for persons priv} States Senator from Georgia, has renounced allegiance to his old party, it is said. “Sreatine my THounpeER.’-~The origin of this phrase is thus explained }in D’Israeli’s Miscellanies: -—-John Dennis wrote a tragedy which the ? actors refused to perform to empty houses ; but they retained some ex~ cellent thunder which Dennis had invented, and it rolled one night when Dennis was in the pit, and it was loudly applauded. He suddenly started up, and in a fit of passion cried to the audience at the top of his voice, “they won’t act my tragedy, but they steal my thunder.” . upwards of five years. \é From Cuit1.—Dr. Spencer says 'that Senor Don Monte, the President Pee is the first civilian that has ever been chosen to that office. A revox lution was expected at the time of . election, and Gen. Cruz, the compeilion of Monte, was called from the Southern provinces by the Government, who feared that he would raise an army and march on Santiago. Some disturbance was expected at the time when Monte should take the chair, which would be during the present month. Mr. Barnum AMD Lona Montes. The Mew York Courier denies that Mr: Barnum has anything to do with the importation of Lola Montes. He received overtures to this end but declined them. Lola, we see it atated ‘in an English paper, comes on her own jaceount. We should suppose, frem { Tue Great Britaiy,—This monster screw steamer, once commanded by the popular captain Hoskin, and unhappily stranded upon the coast of England about four years ago, has been restored, and will soon sail between Liverpool and New York. Her'. engines will be of 500 horse power nominally, but will work up to 600, By the construction of a deck-house and space saved by the new boilers, she will probably carry more than } . whieh, . 1200 tons of cargo in excess of her! previous burthen. She is to accom: modate 250 first class passengers, . Instead of five masts, as formerly, she , these 6900 square yards of canvass. jsome of the events of her life, that she knew how to manage her own ' business herself. B. H. Q. M. C. OTICE is hereby given to the share holders of the Benker Airy, Quartz Mining Cowrany, that a further assessment of two per centum on the capital . stock of said company has been levied this . 22d day of October 1851, by the ‘board of trustees, payable within 10 days at the com. . pany’s office on the works, . The rule of forfeiture for non-payment of /Assessinents will be rigidly enferced. By lorder of the board. T. W. COLBURN, See'y 52-3

W. G., ALBAN AND A. A . SARGENT. Saturday Evening, Oct. 25. Mineral Lands. ‘The disposal of the mineral Jands of California wo had considered a closed . question, save to those who wished to enter the arena of politics. ‘The two the one for donation, the other for the entire freedom of the mineral lands. When a question has thus been seized elected because of their views in re-. ference to it, the presumption is fair that the people have made up their minds on the question—-that their represeriatives will consider themselves instructed as to their course, and that after such expression of the wish of the people, adverse arguments are not de~ sirable to, or received in good part by successful party leaders. We say that thus we bave been inclined to look upon questions grasped upon as political, and in the conduct of an independent paper while we have exprossed our opinions on any subject we pleased, we have Avoided making offensive war on the prejudices of any party. But we see of party papors in reference to the question of the mineral lands, and is anxious for an expression of epinion on the suhject from the papers of the State. If the platform laid down at Benicia means any thing, and the people fairly underood it, wo shou!d judge the Transcript would consider the question settled, and joice in the vietory. O give our views upon this point, and have before stated them, more especial. laud one in which many who care not 2 straw for politics have a deep interest. The systems of sale and leasing the . mining lands seems generally deemed . xploded Those who do not believe it, . hould investigate tho history of mining . n tho western states, Wo are in faror. { no system that shall bring upon us a} rowd of hungry officials, thawrting the iner and bleeding the government, . nd under either of these systems we hall have them. To work the mineral ands sons to make the operation embarassing to tho miner and profitless to he government, we only need an army f surveyors and per-centum gatherers and when thatcomes, common miners may pack up and go ‘ home.” One reason why we object to the doation of the mineral lands is that tho system brings with it this large array of officers, upon whose movements, however tardy, miners must wait—for we . presume after the passage of a law! Ln el Gevlogical Survey of the State. . F . We had the pleasure tu-day, of mak-. Under this heading in our paper, our . ing the acquaintance of Dr. John B. readers will find notices of firms transTrask, a gentleman of high scientific acting nearly every description of busiattainments, who is engaged in the ar.) ness ab the Bay city. We have not room duous and difficult task of making a full for spevific reference to each, but pergeological eurvey of the State, for the sons wishing hotels will find in the list purpose of collecting information of its ‘some first-class, and some upon the most various leads and ledges, physical for-'economical plan. Merchandise of all mations and pecu'iarities, the operations kinds is advertised, and traders can lay San Fraxcisco ApvebTISEMENTS.-‘ae ; lof miners, and the difficulties under Out their plans of purchase before leaygreat parties, in convention, before the . late election, promulgated their views, . which they are laboring. It is his de~,ing Nevada, to advantage, instead of sign to furnish an accurate and minute ‘searching allover San Francisco, and lmap of California, giving not only the then be “done” by buying at the highest courses O upon, and candidates presumed to be . f rivers and locations of towns, . rates. An excellent test of the liberalbut the eourses of the great quartz leads ity of a business map, and the charace of the State, and all the collateral in. eer of his business, is found in his adver. formation that patient investigation ean . tising—and we'll warrant if our Nevada . furnish, in reference to the eenfigaration . patrons call on our advertisers at the lof the State. Ilis observations: apon . Bay, they will find the same enlarged . Por the Journel Muuchausen Quartz Rock Mining and Crushing Company. Incorporaced by special legislative enactinent of 184) and ‘50. (See page 1102 of Journal of Legislature of 10UL Drinks. ) Capital stock, two millions dollars. VRESIDENT, Gen. Napoleon B. Gulliver. TRUSTZES. Dr. G. Washington Crum, P.T. Barnum, Esq., George R. Glidden, Esq., Professor Espy, Don Quixotte Crowley, Old Dr. Jacob Townsend, Moses Y. Beach, Magnus Rex Wemeh, SECRETARY, Junios Qaecin Sabe, TREASURER, _ J, Squander Swartwout, FINANCIAS, AGENT, W. Biddle Jones. . mining, we can judge from the brief conversaand of improvements’ needed in. views in trade as prompts advertising . PROSPECTING AND ANALYZING COMMITTEE, mining operations at present, which ifjin thé mines—the principal seat of the Guy Fawkes, Robinson Crusoe, consumption of goods. _ Chiefly of emigrants and native-born col. onists, and as fur as concerns any advan. tage of commercis] intercourse between . the countries California has reaped the decided that Mr. Barbour, {whole benctit; and unless we looked . forward beyond the present period to lthe time When these colonies shall be ! connected by a chain of steam with the Pacific, and united with the States in i perfect freedom of commercial inter. course—an event which the discovery of jgold in California is certain to bring jtbout—it would have been better for \every emigrant from these colonies, and better for every merchant connected with them, had the gold for centuries continued undisturbed and undiscovered in its parent bed.” { -———-. ! Mexicay Femates.—During the past ‘few days we have noticed great num. bers of native, as well many newly arrived Mexican and Chileno women in our streets. Very many from over the bay jand other parts of the interior have . been here, during the past week or two, . making purchases, laying in winter supplies, &c. Among tho natives, we nothe Transcript discards the usual course . We are not slow Hy ns wo belicre this is n question which . politicians haye no right to monopolize, . ‘explored and rugged portions of the . western continent—and in the pursuit it mever befere yisited by other than tion woe have had with him, must be of . the utmost practicn] value—he designs ‘to publish in a popular manual. We hail his enterprise as dictated by ,a noble spirit, and one caleulated to be of the highest service, not only in the {cause of philosophical research, but to . the practical miner, who now frequentlly, from a lack of information upon the ‘peculiarities of his quartz lead, and 'proper ways of extracting gold when existing under new combinations with ‘other substances, loses fifty per cent of the mineral he seeks, California is rich in other metals than gold. and we look to this survey to fur. “nish us with traces and evidences in . actual discovery of copper, tin, Kc., ins . definite evidences of which may be found in various parts of the mineral regions, but which have never been fair. , ra ly developed from want of par'icular . '"S = oom geological research, and treasure will be forwarded by the Dr. Trask ,has performed in the lagi {Splendid steamer Pacific, via Nica-. three years over five thousand miles of. rgua, through in 25 days. . land travel, in the most difficult, unentirely refitted and putin perfect order. Her captain is one of the most popular . cific waters, and will spare no exertion . to secure the comfort of his passengers. . The Isthmus is favorably known for speed, and security, and, as will be seen by the advertised rates, the fare is so reduced as to make the passage cheap. To those who design to return to the States in a short time no better opportunity is likely to offer. ti We are informed that Gregory’s Atlantic and Pacific Fxpress leaves jthe Nevada office on Thursday morn. Packages, letters, . . Late News.—The Post declares the Alta has just published some news items of his favorite object in this State, he ng? he see poy ved Pe igem _— has traversed a great portion of it, mostreceived exact duplicates just one year ly on foot, and probably seen parts of nae: PRS AO se lato LN kas” The Sacramento Transcript says, . in reference to the Quartz Miners’ Convention, proposed in our last,— . * Nothing is more completely in the . aborigines, H% has been collecting a mineralogical cabinet for presentation to the. Btateydo-bo scientifically rrang. sphere of our duty and inclination than . ed and localized, which when completed . to promote the object of the convention . will be one of the most valuable and . proposed, and an earnest co-operation in interesting collections that could be. the mensures of our mountain friends to gathered—where tho field for selection this‘end, may,be relied upon.” is so ample as hero. Care or Goon Hore. Adviees have Dr. Trask has with him a glass ofim-. been received the 8th July, from the mense finagnifying powers, and he re-. ©@P¢ of Good Hope. i quests us to state that persons or com-. ,.4 melancholy eatalogue of marine : wy : . {disasters is presented by the Batavia panies wishing small portions of their papers. * quartz subjected to its powers can have] gome fifteen or sixteon vessels, mostly the use of the instrument, or he will use . English and French, were disabled by it for them with pleasure. Persons de-. bad weather at and near the Cape, late $a ; ; _ {in June and in the first of July. A numuae teatiwill Sad’hinn at the Jour ber of Dutch merchantmon also suffered. rt en —Alta. Sreamen Iernmus.~-By reference to! ¢, our advertising columns it will be seen} wood tree on that the fine steamer Isthmus will leave . Styx, adjacent to the residence of Chafor Panama, Oct. 30th. She has been . 10M the furryman, extending toa large Abby Kelly Folsom. This com any claim 405 et each, the right bank of the river bee-gum on the left shore of the river Lethe, one-half mile from lake Avernus, beyond which no auriferous quartz has and attentive commanders on the Pa-. ever yet been discovered, with all the . courses, dips, angles, sinuosities, variations and contortions, thus distinctly . embracing its perpendicular elongation and linear expansion. The company have been thus explicit in defining their lead in ail its labrynthine ramifications, owing to the vague uncertainty and transcendental obscurity which have involved individual rights, sacrificing wealth and enterprise upon the shrine of cupidity, and furnishing material for the wildest legal vagaries. The company deem it necessary to prevent any infringement, invasion, or encroachment . on the part of the public to give notice of the fact that a large Bohan Upas stands at the mouth of their tunnel, . bearing this significant inscription, “Fugite cunem verbum sapientt est.” N. B. No shares for sale in this tunnel. The lead has already been traced to a depth— “Nine times the space that measures night and day. Vhere gravitation shifting, turns the other . ter days we find, by the Liverpool Chroni. way.’ Skilful Siberian miners haye been ob. tained at an immense expense, through . the agency of one of our distinguished board of Tiustecs, P. T. Barnum, Esq. The laborers are enabled to carry on their work by the light of diamonds, . which brilliantly illumine their vast excavations. A new patent with an olian attach» ment has been introduced into the mas chinery, which is found to surpass any invention yet in use. The steam necessary to propel the machinery is obtained from a cistern placed upon lake Avernus --all expense of fuel is thus avoided. Specimens of the lead may be seen at the office of Dr. Diabolus Pillgarlick, on Expansion Street, where the obliging Fs pea Triptolemus Middlefunk, late of Mount Olympus, will give the most definite information in reference to auriferous quartz formations, and the most approved mode of : ulverization. y order of the Board of Trustees. JUNIUS QUIEN SABE, Seey. N. B. An assessment of three per centum on the capital stock of the comeginning at a blazed dog. with a dogree of elegance and richness . that might well excite the envy of ‘os . Americanas.” Withal, we have observe . a modesty of demeanor in these native . California ladies which is not common to . our Mexican and Chileno females.—Cou. riers {. eR. Many years ago, when “Old Hick; ory” was at odds upon some point (involving the law of nations) with Mr, Monroe, who was then in the administration of the General Government, Ex-Conscul Carr's friend Vattel, together with some other venerable writers on the same braneh of law, were turned up as authority against bim. “I don’t care a for Vattel: nor for Grotius, nor for Puffendorf, nor for you!” exclaimed the old hero; “this is @ matter between meand Jim Monroe’ . . Tuirty-seven Days to Liverroot.—We hear, by the last arrival, of a remarkable instance of the rapid conyeyjance of communication: Within the ; recollection of some of the youngest of us, a thirty days passage from New York to Liverpool was by no means an extraordinarily long trip, and as for San Francisco, it was at least six months away from Loth ports. But yet in these latcle, that a package of gold dust was delivered in Liverpool in less than thirtys Seven days from San Francisco, having ‘been taken to New York by Vanerbilt’s . line, via Nicaragua. “Ixtug Drer Bosom or Ockan Bert. eD.”—By a late arrival from Singapore, the Alta is informed of the destruction of the steamer Pasha, in the Straits of Malacea. She was run into by the Oriental ia steamer Erin and sunk immediately. She had on board $440,000 im treasure, which went down with her. No Hyves were lost. Oneof the wonders of the times. is the immunity from accident which has attended the transportation of nearly two hundred . Millions of gold dust, from Culifornia to . . vacancy happens. . Disrri —— — crt JrpGssmr.—The Supreme Court, with a full bench, have the newly elected District Judge, is the proper jineumbent for the tenth Judicial Dis‘trict, and given him the position over . Gordon N. Mott, who held his position jby virtue of an appointment by the . Governor. The Court held that-~ fJa, case of a vacancy happening after the first session, Sec. 8th. Art. 5th, provides, not that the Legislature shall appoint, but the government shall have power to fill such vacancy by granting & commission which shall expire at the’ end ofthe next session of the Legislature, or at the next election of the people. Hf the:anpointment of the . District Judge could not be made by the Legislature. why is the commission to expire at the end of the session ? The object of this clause seems to be . claims of 60 . tice very many handsome ones, dressed . to enable the Legislature to make the appointment, if it is the duty of that body to do so, by the Constitution or laws, or to enact laws for the purpose, the people could not otherwise elect ; but if they could elect, then the commission is limited to the perfed of an electian, and not to the end of a session of the Legislature. ‘The 8th section, referred to, does not authorise the Executive to supply the vacancy for the term. It contemplates that cither the Legislature or the people shall supply the ballance of the unexpired term. The constitution not authorizing the executive to fill the vacancy to the end of the tenm, this power must be

exercised by the people of the Legislature. The Legislature, it possessing such power, have conferred it on the people by this statute, and it will not be questioned that if the Constitution had been silent upon the mode of appointment to oflice, the Legislature could delegate the power to the people, to elect to every office, judicial and civil. It is contended that the Executive appointment should cor. tinue to the end of the term. This \is not the language of the instrument, ;and must only be supported by inference—and we will not by implication confer that power upon the . Executive which is so repugnant to ithe spirit and policy of the con. . stitution. The words “next cleetion by the people” the Legislature has construed jto mean the next election after the We see no reason, . to believe that any other was intended, If the next general judicial election was intended for District Judges, is would so have been expressed.” We learn from the Transcript, that Judge Barbour holds hjs first court at . the distant ports on both sides of the . Atlantio. Soarcely a per centage of this ; Vast amount has failed to reach its desti; nation. and only the late stranding of . i the “Union” on tho coast of Lower Cali. . fornia, has served even to bring to mind the dangers ever incident to “going ; down into the sea in ships.” —Trans, Vernon on the 27th instant. A large amount of business has accumulated during the interim awaiting the de{cision of the Supreme Court, Monsigner Clementi, formerly Bicreating the donation system, all other] yp yacy Ronpery.—On Thursday evenmining will be illegal--and whose heavy ing last, about dusk, Dr. Daniel Mead expenses somebody must bear, We can . pany has been this day levied to be ex. pended in the purchase cf a new Gassometer, ishop of Macerata, has left Rome for Mexico, with the title of representative of the Holy See. He is the We stop the press lo announce the important intelligence that the above jis the Alta’s “old sews” that our devil { Tur Capirorn ar Wasnincron.—The . of this city left his house, and was absec no necessity to the miner in all this, and ns is a donation system, we do not) eee that the government can derive or has contrived toslip in. We ask pardon, and wont get caught so again. sent about ten minutes. At his return . ho found his door had been burst open, . and asumin gold dust somewhat over fy , : Law Triempnant 1n Stockton !!—} uu: deh patente hea” 8 {Washington Republic, speaking of the . first apostolic nuncio accredited to that claim any advantage from it. The three thousand dollars stolen from a! niners themselves certainly nee? NO} trunk There were two trunks in the uch regulations. For about three Years . room, both of which were breken open, the free system has been in operation, . 114 their contents thrown about. [thousands have become wealthy by it~} ‘This case exhibits some peculiarly the riches of our soil have flowed through . },.:4 features. Dr. Mead has been in thousand rills to comfort and blese the . this country about three jéura, has been homes of the laborer, capital hasenjoyod . .. j,qustrious miner, and by penuiby i pll the rights which legislative charters The horse thief case we nrentioned in our last, upon which the Jury could not agree, and were discharged, again came up for trial before the Court of Sessions on Monday, Judge Emory presiding, as. sisted by Justices Weir and Shafer.--. The résuit has been satisfactory to the community and to the law, which has been so often laxly administered. Tho first case was that of Frederick ould confer, country have been actively developed, and all without tho interference of any government, save once, when in the edge of foreigners, more mischief as done in these months than the next year repaired. the resources of the/. and hard work has gradually accumu: caikmar, alias Flat Foot, and after a lated his little pile, and was about to . careful hearing, it was submitted to the return to his fumily in the States, from . Jury. The verdict found him guilty, ‘whieh he has been so long absent. This 2nd the Court sentenecd the prisoner to receive the severest penalty of the law, which under the new Statute is death and destroys /bhy Hanging. The prosecution in this ,the sunny hopes of many ao day. Ho /case was assisted and mainly conducted . has offered the large reward of $500 for by Messrs. Terry § Perley. ; James Boland next came up for trial, heartless robbery throws him back where . he started, three years ngo, Some fearful yenturers express doubts . the recovery of the money and the de. . jf the sufficiency of public faith to pro-. tection of thief; and we trust our police . tect investments of capital in mining. . officers in the vicinity and State will be Were there no instances of large in-. vigilant to catch the villian who has westments having been already made on . committed the deprodation, and get back this understood guarantee, and the . his ill-gotten gain. Dr. Mead informs rights of parties in every case having. us that he thinks he has gota slight een scrupulously observed, to which we; clue to the robber, and thus has a little ould point in triumphant refutation of . hope of recovering the money for which Ikuch doubts, we would urge the ob-. he has toiled so long. We really hope ious argument that self-defence prompts/he may succeed. If the rubber over pvery individual in the community to. sees Nevada again, and is known, he . bbserve a liberal course in reference to! may find his way out of it at the end of capital, in the same manner that it a rope—and then be too well served. prompts obedience to statute law. If! he rights of one man are invaded, there . is security for noone, and the necessity ' ! . ! fay We see it reported that our old friend De Courcey and two others have ; started a new paper at Moquelumne and received as his quantum of Justice, 10 yearsin the Penitentiary. The same prosecutors. James Cochran, indicted under the same statate, asa confederate of the above two “birds,” who was also found uilty, and senteneed to 7 years in the Penitentiary: James Wilson alias Mountain Jim, was yesterday csnvicted before the Court of Sessions, of the crime of horse stealing, and adjudged to die. When the sentence was pronounced by the foreman, he very quictly remarked that that “was but what he expected, by God!” This man was the most consum. mate villian in the crowd, and his depravity was boldly written on his face.— Journal, Jurornsin Van Di-man’s Lany.—On pf proserving public faith appeals with u}J the etronger force in thut every one knows his own interests depend upon it, in the absence of legislative enactments. he rights of capitalists always have been respected, ond a sonse of self-preservation in the commanity,the heaviest pledge, will cause them always to be. Ba Mr. Isaac Owens, . the presiding Elder of the M. E. Church in this cirruit, will preach at the church on Sunay next. The quarterly meeting comyenced this morning and continues rough to-morrow. a late occasion, one of the jurors ona criminal trial refused to sit in the case. because one ef the prisoners was under sentence of transportation for life! On another occasion, after a case had been concluded, and the jury were about to retire, one of the jurors refused to go out or act further, for the reason that he was deaf, and had not heard a word of the dase. — Courier Paine’s New Licut.—lIt seems uncertain whether this is such a great invention after all. ‘The Washington Intelligencer, denies by authority, that any patent is about being issued for it, or likely to be, his publication to ithe contrary notwithstanding. Hill, called the “ Calaveras Chronicle,” . but wo havn't seen it, and cannct avouch jforit. At sny rate, De Courcy is able /to make a good paper, and we wish him large success in his new enterprise. . The first number is spoken of very high. ly by the papers below, A new paper, called the “California . Express,” is about to be started in Ma!pyaville by Mr. Rust, formorly of the . Pacific Star—to be neutral in politics. } 1 } A physician or lawyer wishing a 'geod room for an office, can hear of ‘ene at the Journal office. Wales’ papers from which we learn that a great discovery of gold is related having been made near Bathurst, in the Placer of that district. Considerable . excitement was created as the Bathurst . business. ‘The east basement wall of Free Press informs us, by the arrival in that place, during the month of July, of . an one hundred weight lump of nearly . wing. pure gold. Sydney was made noisy with excitement. The newsis told in the following extraet from the Sydney A/orning Herald, July 18; The report which reached town on Tuesday, that one hundred and six pounds weight of gold had been picked up in one place, came from so many parties that we had little doubt of its truth, and yet it wasso astounding that we could searcely credit it, Yesterday, however, brought confirmation of the report. There isno longer any doubt about it. On Monday the gold was de» gited in the Union Sant, at Bathurst, y Dr. Kerr, the fortunate owner. We believe this to be an _unparelleled case. In California, we believe, twenty-eight pounds of gold was the largest quantity ever found in one place. In the Museum ut St, Petersburgh there isa piece . Of gold weighing seventy pounds; but one hundred pounds was never found before. It is much to be regrotted that, in tho excitement natural upon such ap occasion, Dr. Kerr broke up the quartz in which the gold was embedded. A block of quartz weighing but seventyfive pounds, and containing sixty pounds of pure goid, would have been prized far beyond its intrinsic value. It is useless, however, to regret what is past, nor should we sean too narrowly the acts ef one who suddenly and unexpectedly finds himself in possession of a fortune. There can beno doubt that when this unprecedented fact becomes known in England, it will cayse the most ins tense exeitement. The Hobart Town Courier is quite severe onthe people of California for their vigilant action, and wholesale condemnation of “Sydney rogues” in Vigilance Committees assembled. It holds the following language on the subject, to say the least, discloses some broa opinions of its own : d uThe people whv have emigrated from . has four, but she will spread upon . Sydney and this colony were composed jaddition now being made to the Capij tolcf the United States, says: . government. \ . Liperty OF tHe Press IN FRANCE, The work pd feng se finely. There are upwards of two hundred persons empleyed in the various departments of —The prison of the Conciergeries contains two editors of the Presse, three of the Eyenement, one of the Peuple, and two of the Messager de . . . {the south wing is already ten teet in. jheight, and Jast Thursday workmen. . ’Assemblee. One of the editors of jcommenced laying stone at the north ‘the Siecle will soon join them. The foundation walls are eight . feet nine inches thick. We learn that papsgrceets ie: ‘the new Hall of Representatives will} Hon. John M. Berrien, long known . haye three huntred seats for members, jas a distinguished Whig and United ileged to the floor. The Senate Chami ber will be provided with one hundre jseats. The galleries on each branch . will accommodate two thousand persons, or more than twice the number under the present arrangements There will mittee rooms, It is thought that the ereetion of the “addition” will occupy be upwards of one hundred new com. besides accommodations for persons priv} States Senator from Georgia, has renounced allegiance to his old party, it is said. “Sreatine my THounpeER.’-~The origin of this phrase is thus explained }in D’Israeli’s Miscellanies: -—-John Dennis wrote a tragedy which the ? actors refused to perform to empty houses ; but they retained some ex~ cellent thunder which Dennis had invented, and it rolled one night when Dennis was in the pit, and it was loudly applauded. He suddenly started up, and in a fit of passion cried to the audience at the top of his voice, “they won’t act my tragedy, but they steal my thunder.” . upwards of five years. \é From Cuit1.—Dr. Spencer says 'that Senor Don Monte, the President Pee is the first civilian that has ever been chosen to that office. A revox lution was expected at the time of . election, and Gen. Cruz, the compeilion of Monte, was called from the Southern provinces by the Government, who feared that he would raise an army and march on Santiago. Some disturbance was expected at the time when Monte should take the chair, which would be during the present month. Mr. Barnum AMD Lona Montes. The Mew York Courier denies that Mr: Barnum has anything to do with the importation of Lola Montes. He received overtures to this end but declined them. Lola, we see it atated ‘in an English paper, comes on her own jaceount. We should suppose, frem { Tue Great Britaiy,—This monster screw steamer, once commanded by the popular captain Hoskin, and unhappily stranded upon the coast of England about four years ago, has been restored, and will soon sail between Liverpool and New York. Her'. engines will be of 500 horse power nominally, but will work up to 600, By the construction of a deck-house and space saved by the new boilers, she will probably carry more than } . whieh, . 1200 tons of cargo in excess of her! previous burthen. She is to accom: modate 250 first class passengers, . Instead of five masts, as formerly, she , these 6900 square yards of canvass. jsome of the events of her life, that she knew how to manage her own ' business herself. B. H. Q. M. C. OTICE is hereby given to the share holders of the Benker Airy, Quartz Mining Cowrany, that a further assessment of two per centum on the capital . stock of said company has been levied this . 22d day of October 1851, by the ‘board of trustees, payable within 10 days at the com. . pany’s office on the works, . The rule of forfeiture for non-payment of /Assessinents will be rigidly enferced. By lorder of the board. T. W. COLBURN, See'y 52-3