The New York Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1853, Page 2

NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA. ARRIVAL OF THE EL DORADO. BLOODY RIOT AT SANTA BARBARA. Fires at San Francisco and San Jose Movement in the Legislature Concerning the Mesilla Valley Difficulty. Attempt to Destroy the Steamship Sierra Sevada. One Million of Gold Dust Landed. NEALTH OF THE ISTHMUS. Pregress of the Panama Railread. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, &e., Se, Se. ‘The El Dorado, Capt. Davenport, arrived here yesterday merring, bringing the U. 8. mail, passengers and treasure of steamer Panama, which left San Franciseo on the 7th altimo. ‘The El Dorado left Aspinwall the evening of the 28th alt., and Kingston the Ist June. She brings 250 passen- gers and nearly one million treasure on freight. ‘There was nothing of interest transpiring on the Isth- mus, and the health of the residents continued good. ‘The work on the railroad is prosecated with energy snd vapidity. On the evening of the 28th the El Dorado passed the steamer Iinois, going into Aspinwall. ‘Tho El Dorado brings us files of San Francisco papers ap to the 7th May, for the prompt delivery of which we are indebted to her Purser, Mr. James Rodgers, and the Bxpress Agents of Mesers. Berford & Co., Messrs. Adams &Co., and Weils, Fargo & Co, ‘We have also papers from Kingston, Jamaica, up to the Bist ult. California news of s later date—16th of Mey—had pre- viously reached us, via New Orleans, by steamship Daniel ‘Webster. ‘The El Dorade, when in lat. 33 30, long. 78 50, passed ship William Wetherell, of Castine, Me., steering N. E. SPECIE LIST OF American Exchange P. Bank.. ++ +4 $200,000 Bunean, Sherman & Adams & Co Burgoyne & Flume. Peter Nogion Total.... 200 000 200,000 40,000 16,500 DIED ON THE PASSAGE. The second mate of bark Edward Cohen, George S. Ap- pleby, of Portland, died at Kingston. H.C. Ames, Eeq., U.S. Consul at Acapulco, was very sick on the 18th ult., and not expected to recover. A new theatre was to be erected at Sacramento. Rumors of incendiariam prevailed in San Franciseo. The Herald says :—Menbers of the various fire compa- ales kept strict watch at the engine houses all the night | Yong. The approach of the heretofore fatal fourth of May | impressed every mind with a consciousness of danger, | which all were on the alert to avoid. Adams & Co.’s Express Office, at Mormon Island, was robbed on the 20th ult., by a party of eight men, who | gegged the clerks, and succeeded in making their eseape. The gang were followed to the “Twelve Mile House,” near Sectamento, and there the track was lost. A large party from Mormon Island went in pursuit. A till has been introduced im the Assembly to author ise the equipment and despatch of an armed force to our southern border, there to await, under arms, the posei- | dle declaration of war between the United States and the © Mexican republic. | Mrs. Catharine N. Sinelair had arrived at San Francis- G, Rosenbuck, . + see $088,702 eo, and was warmly welcomed by the press of that city. | ‘The Whig says:— | We bave the plenrnre to announce that the distia- | ined actress, Mrs. Cathariue N. Sinel air, will make her | Geet spperance before a California audience on Monday | evening next, (May 10 ) at the San Francise> theatre. We | have heard the play selected for the occasion, but sre aot | at liberty tomentionit as yet Most of our readers have Leard of the emarkable sureess of this ledy in es Lacy Teazle, Lady Gay Spacker, and in’ other charac ters of that cxst. | | Mrs. 8. is accompanied by her sister and Mr. Voorhies, | { w York ber brother is-law. Mies Kate Heyes was to leave San Francisco on tha 15th vit. Her career in Califorsia has been e brillisnt tri- umpb. Her delightful musical attainwents have ¢oa for her counties admirers, and her peculisr sosial habits hhave recured the friend-bip of all who have eajoyed the pleasure of ber society. Fre tHE Cotonapo --We }: that the Yumes have eome down injarge numbers the mouataias to eulti- | yate their planting grouods in the vicinity of Fort Yuma. | | | Their numbers ace considerably large: than was antie!. pated by the authorities at the post, The rick nud fertile jands on the Gila upd Colorado are capable of being mide to produce all be tropical fruits and vegetables, aud by the time thé overland immigration arrives, there’ will be | gn sbundance of melons, squashes, and o'er voge'abies | for their use—San Liego Herald Aca H. Amos, aged about forty years, from Sheldon, N. HL, was instanily killed on April 30, at Grass Valley. He was in the employ of the Emptre Quartz Mining Uompany at that place, and while cugeged in raising the crusher for the purpose of making some repairs, he stepped iato the drum to turn it «round. While turning vith the a> eelerated motion which his weight gave it, he imprudent ly put bis head outside, which came in contact with a brace, catching it between the drum aud the bracs, and ‘bresking bis nock instantly. The Coroner's Jury found a verdict in accordence with the facts. Mr. ‘Ames was an iodusirioas and worthy man, and leares a wife and five ebildren to moura his sudden death, He bad been in California sixteen monthe. His life was in- | wured for five hundred dollars at Portland, Maine,—Staie | bor Journal, ‘ We copy the followicg from the Los Angelos Stay :— | Exacranion rrox Soxonsa —We learn that about twelve | hundred Souoriaos are on their way to Valifornia,and may | he expected to pass through one vicialty ina few days. | ‘Their destination is «sid to be the mines. As there neigh | bors of ours have not the most enviable reputation for | hdnesty, we anviee 0B" tenders to be on theirguard. Look , out for your horses. | Tne Rear Tazyes.—We learo from good authority that | a party of Americans met a company of Sonorians on the 20d ult., near New Kiver, who had ia their posse:sion the horres which Col. Williams, of Chiva, lost a few weeks ago, acd which be supposed to have been stolen by the Indians. Th jan» had with them many other ani- mals which have been stolen from this county. Of course the whole crowd are tafe in Sonora at this time. Destructive Fire San Francisco. Hl [From the Alt fornia, May 3.) May-day was succeeded by a fearful conflagration. At | No’elock last uight the alarm of fire was sounded, the | Rassetie House wason fire. The Rasserto House wase first class hotel, five stories high, built of wood, in the of an L. The fire crugit in the kitchen, in the | inside corner, 50 that the flaues communicated alaost | immediately to both wings. A brisk north wind was blowing. ibe mies forebodings forall that p.rt wf the oy were tel me time, ‘ue great dry lumber im the Rassette House, and ite ge gave the devouring element an advantage, i which the firemen were at great disadvantag about fifteen minutes the fire straggles, half smo! throrgh the interior of the building, and then at once the flames burst forth, in terrific heat upon the eastern snd northern sides, ‘The fire soon commuaiested to the two. story frame house on tre southwest corner of Bush and Sencome streets, and thence to the adjvining houses oa the eset aud south ‘he greatest loser, uniarily, is Mr. Rassette, the ver of the Rassette House. The house was and Gtted, and furnished io the highest style, ans his lows ia prodedly $50,000, On the corner, east, on Bush street, was a grocery, kept by Mr. Ellis. Adjoinirg {t, on Bush street, was ® stove and tin shop, kept by Mr. Evans, whose loss is about $2,000, The building in which these stoves were kept was owned by Mr. Amos; his lors was probably in this buiitiog—$3,000, Next was the Waverley House, kept by Mr. Dunn; the honce was owned by Mr Foley, worth about $2,000, Adjoining was the Lureka market, by Denyer & Gray; lows cops } (4A), Next (he market stood the house occupied by Marston & Dore, contractors and builders; Amos was the owner worth about $2,000. The Kureka market andthe house occupied by Marston & Dore were not entirely burned down, but the remains are of little or no value. The ad- joiuing house, cesupiet by Berry, coachmaker, was pulled down. The owners were Town & Van Winkle, Their loss iw about $1,200. x The first houre on Bush street, south of Ellis’ grocery, wens boarding house owned by next house wes quite ne ing house. Abou: twenty steps beyond were a couple of how es in the pro of erection. which were torn dows. ‘There were several smaller buildiogs burned, and the gecery kept by Kreyerhagen & Howard, and the dwelling of Mr. Webb, on the nortia side of Bush street, had their fronts completely burnt over, and it appears al most & miracle that they were saved. Many persons havs lost considerably ny moving out, for fear that the fire would extend to their how es. Much of the furniture of the Oriental House was re- oved, and pearly all the moveable property in the ad- | jolving houses was removed, and in such haste that it was necessarily injured. Many of the voarders in the Rassette Houce los: everything. and were even unabis to | save their money, How the tire originated we have not | tearned, bot we cannot forget that the dread ano versery 4s not yee parsed. + Sines writing our aosountof the Gre we have learaed, | upon good sutbority, that thro? lives, if not more, were loot to last night's fire, oll in (he Rassette House. Ooe man war seen to jump from the ‘rd story winiow, hi« body was not obtained A womae was seen agon the rear eg of the euilding, and sudde tie Game, en-led over er head and she «es lost: ano her woman was wen | | clainants Bila, and ani dered how years ‘he ago he Ponestng StaneSoeaes nearly all of whom likewise lodged there. It is said that a great many of the lost ever’ ra ne woe Senanio8 So hove leah 308 dollar pieces; another a valuable collection of gold 5; worth several thousand dollars; a lady to have lst $1, in cash; cthers valuable jewelry; and many of boarders are said to have lost from cery aud P- ‘The Waverly House, owned by Mr. Foley, adjoining Buth street, 25 feet front by 40 feet baek, oecupied by Mr. Pavaxt tothe rointket, 20 feet front by 60 back, . it ewned and kept by Denyer & Gra; Does furniture store, the b 24 by 60 feet, owned by Mr. Amos. Behind t! another house, 94 by , Occupied by Marston & contractors aud builders. On Sansome sireet, adjoining the house of Amos. was a bearding house, 20 by 28, owned and kept by Mrs. Cook. Adjoining Mrs. Cook’s house, on the south side, was a Doarding heuse, 20 by 30, owned by Mr. Simpson, which had just been finished, the last eoat of paint having been laid on the evening before the fire. It had just been opened by M. H. Kelsey, who lost but little. ‘These houses were all of frame, two stories in height. The buildings tern down were three :—Berry’ shop, 30 by 26, adjoining Doe’s furniture store on Bush street, and two unfinished houses, owned by Kramer and Jorres, on Sansome, about twenty steps from Simpaon’s new house. Two houses had their fronts burned off and their roofs badly injured, namely, a house owned by Mr. Howard, 6n the northwest corner of Bush and Sansome, aud oceupied by Kereyenbaren & Howard a¢ a grocery store, and the house adjoining on Bush, owned hd ackley & Morse, and occu; ass dwelling by Mr. Webb. ‘The residence cre Tobit and the boarding house of Mrs. Ball, were scorched but not burned. The nearly 98 we ean learn, are as follows :-— > 3 SEEZSS2S2222222223 ecH AS Pt pope oe $92,000 not less iblished that seve- ¢ fire, but it is not With 6 than $100,600. In yeaterday’s paper a report was ral persons were burned to death in yet positively known that one was lost; the probability is that all were saved One of the servant girls in the house was badly burned on the shoulder by the flame suddenly bursting through a window near where she was tryivg to save some of her things; and several persons vere fojured by jumping from the secocd and third story windows. Mr. Logan is spoken of with very high praise by a num- ber of rick persons and women with children, whom he helped from the building. Fire In San Jose! At a quarter past five o'clock A M., April 29, the court houce, tormerly the State Houve, in San Jose, was dis- covered to be on fire, and in a very short time the build- ing was entirely destroyed. The loss is about $5,000. The fire was undoudtedly the work of an incendiary. | When it was fist discovered, a box of coals was seen under the flcor, ard the supposed object was to rescue several prison- ers who are now in the jail which adjoins the court house. ~~ ose, however, was not st*ained; the thick adobes % EB aa jail were fireproof. The county records were ~ Squatter Riots at Santa Barbara — Two Chizers Killed @he Sheriff Morxtally Wounded. {From the San Francisco Whig, May 7.] For some time past the ranche known as the “‘Arroya, Bourro,”’ in the vicinity of Senta Barbara, bes been in Ube porseesion of one John Powers, who held {t under a squatter title and made improvements thereon to the smount of four or five thousand dollars. Messrs. Denn end Billelaim the ssid property, by virtue of a lease from the Miesion of Santa Barbara, said leare having now some two years uvexpired. A suit was commenced by ané was carried from court to court until apreme Court of the confirmed in their favor by the | State, ard op Saturday last the Sher, WW. ‘twist, was about to verve his writ of ejectment on the oecapant, Jubn Powers. it being previoosly intimated to the Sheriff that to get pe nof the property, he must co 20 vi et armis, he fummored a poste comifatus of ali the citizens ia the county to mest on the Placa acd to render him assistance in the exeention of his duty; and to make ‘assurance sure,’ be procured acd loaded a large esunon in lava, intendirg to bave it teken to cene of riot. Whilst there, a man by the name cf “Mickey” made some reratks ebout the warhke demonstration, and caze- ierely thre® bis “riata’ over the meuth of the eanvon, and attempted to draw it off. when the Sheriif ordered bim to desist, and during the dispute a Californian, who umedintely behind Twist. stabbed him in his back, just below his left shoulder, ‘The Sherif turned round, Grew his revolver, end shot the Califoraian dead on the spot, at the same time ordering his pwrty to fire. Here ensved a general melee, and pistol bullets were flying and rettlicg in all Cirections. The Californians, understand. ing the sheriff to fre on the Americans, soon selected a very prominent aud much respected eitizen, J. A. Vidall ks, formerly Justice of the Peace in the county, ani £0 determined were they to kill him, that when his body was examined after death, it was found to be completely riddled with pistol bullets, A Mr. Dunn was also shot | through the she uléer. Great excitecent sill prevails, although it has now partially subsided, iz consequence of the appearazce of the U. §. revenue cutter Lwing, which arrived in the har- rly on Sunday morning, from San Pedro. The | Mayor of the city, Den Franci.ca dy la Guerra, repaired on board to cbta‘n arsistxces from the commanding ofi- cer, Who promptly offered to do sil in his power, co far as it was in conformity to la Twist, the sheriff, is & very critical coadition, and net expected to live through this day (Sondsy.) ‘The cficer in command of the Ewing has sogeested that a deputy be appoipted by the sharif to execate ike writ, ond if there rhould be any restatance offered, if necersa- be will come forward with all the foree at his mand to eesist the civil authorities in, the administr of the law. The city election for municipal officers takes place this ge to relate not one vote has as yet (oae o'clock) bees recorded in the ballot box —the Aimericans fusing to vete, and the Californians pursuing a course rece® on the matter characteristic of many of them It is generally considered quite a fortanate occurrence that the distus bance happened on the Plaza, as had the repaired to the Ranche it would be impossible to | the result, as it would have been a scene of touch ef—the present cccupant, Jobn Powers, bi ned with his friends to resi+t the sheriff even wid Price of Labor in San Franetsco The prices stated below have been carefully collected, and may be depended upon as correct. They are the ket prices or the genesal prices, but there are great variations, A first rate workman i upon get | ting the wages mentionet, or still b: 203, si nary workman will find it diffiealt to get work, and th oor bman will scarcely be able to support himself by wequerice of & state of hes to have bis work iy tiace. This is # natural things in California ; every on done well, and te ‘pay an ext t price rather than bave it done tadly ; and as everything is done with great speed, a large nutnber of laborers are required upon every enterprise, und when it is finished it may be some tine before another is commeneed, This is the exrlanation of the fact that 40 many of thors that come to California are disappointed ; their expectations tracagant, they wish to live in high style and to have evough left. in @ year or two, to live independently. T aawilling to to live sparingly ws they did in the washer. women must diese in silk, and the journeyman mechanic carry @ gold watch and ebain. The proyortion of perwona not empiosed to those employed in some of the trades ap pears almost incredible when we know the amount of the wager. But the explanation lies in this :—the boss workman must have hix work done well, aod eccordingly when he finds a fast and good workman, he pays him very high wagea ; perhaps a dozen «*rangers come and offer to work at half price, but he cannot afford to be making ex periments, he eays simply “1 have no work Thus it is that though the market price of exrpenter’s labor in $7, yet there are many carpenters who cannot get work a even $4. Wages are eteadily falling, and must centinne to fall, but many yeers will pass before they can be on a level with thore tn the Adan.ic States. No mechanic should come to California without money, nor shouid he come to California with money, unlees he isa Grtrate workman, butif he stands a: the head of bis profession, he may have as much as te ean do, wad get almost his own price. The letters V. 5, mean that work is very scarce for sue mechanies to whieh i: is affixed. The let‘er B afiixea means that boarding accom paries the pay. « Printers, per 1,000 ...$1 50 § Carpenters, per day .. 7 00 Joiners, per day..e... 7 00 wrights, per day. 7 00 hers. per da; 700 Wagonmabers, p. dey 4-6 00 Paper hang Jewellers .. Tapicuries Wootterners, p. dey 4600 Muieiens . Coopers, per day...+.4-G 00 Millers. wyers, per dsy..... $00 Common lal Patiern makers...... 7.00 Tesmeters, p- mont ».100 00 Logoeers, per day... 7 00 Hack & stage dkivers 109 00 Monicers, per ay... 700 Cart, sith borse aod Giver, per day Brewers, B., p. won. 100 00 Gardeners, B. 0 Cooks, Bosses Hou svevants, B. Waiters, B. . Nurees, & 4 Sewing women Bo... 4 Shacvecmaits, 2.,. Firese founders, V. 8. ereas, Common rumor has informed vernment of Mexico bas uot hesitated to @violate the so- lemn treaty ertered into with the United States at Gua- dalupe on the 2d day of February, 1818—and whereas, through the same channel we have learned that the military governor of New Mexico, General Lane, bas seized upon certain lands in dispute between the two high and from hence we anticipate a ‘pot and near where it touches the river Gila—there to remaia so long as they choore, at their own cost, or until a requisition shall have been made upon the State for troops, in the event of a war in Mexico. Mr. MoCaxp aes moved the resolution be adopted. A motion was then made to refer it to the Committee on Federal Relations. ng moved its reference to theCommittesof Ways ard Means. Mr. MeCaxpress then proposed its reference to its pro- porer and the Assistant Clerk of the Houre, ‘Mr. Repprye saw no way that the House could take ac- tion upon it, however favorable or unfavorable he might be to the expedition. Mr. Canaxyiss hoped the reselution would be xejeeted: Re eat that such legislation was not the prov: of foure. Mr. McMrays raid that it was now well known thatGen. Sapts Anna was again President of Mexico, and would probably turn bis attention immediately to the northern rovinces of that country; and that the safety of our ontier required the presence of a large fores there, as ‘war was very likely to commence between that nation and our own #0 suddenly that troops could act be obtain- ed from the Fast in season. Mr. Cayyzy wished to know if the gentleman from El Dorado (Mr McMeans) intended to join the expedition. The resolution was laid on the table, Attempt to aa the Steamship Sierra jevada. [From the San Francisco Whig, Ma} ) F The steamship Sierra Nevada arrived at San Francis: May 6, at 53¢ o’elock, P. M. Great excitement had ens: ‘on board, owing to the discovery by the en; ofa lot to blow-up the ship, by letting off the steam from the ilers. Two of the firemen, named Brofey and Scotty, were defeated in this attempt on the passaye to Panama, onthe morning of the 7th of April. Nothing was said about it at the time, and on the return passage a similar attempt was made on the Mth and 27thinst. The fire was withdrawn as speedily as possibly, and the catastro- phe prevented, though with the greatest dificulty. The men were allowed togo at large until the day of the steamer’s arrival at this port, when they were put in irons and are now incustody. The case will probably be speedily examined by the Booorder, when the full facts will be developed. From the Shasta Region. At the Red Bluffs, on the Sacramento, above Coluai, on Thursday. Mr. Meyers found two of his horses shot b; Indians. One of them was pierced by three arrows, whic! were still sticking in him. Mr. Tomlinson, a Shasta merebant, coming down the bee met several of his teamsters at Cottonwood, who informed him that the Indians had run off twenty- four head of bis work oxen. Havi six or reven men with him, he mustered up @ few others and started in pursuit of the thieves, declaring his determination to ave a scalp for every ox stolen —Sae Union, 30th ult. From Mormon Istanp.—A gentleman informs us that aman slightly sberrated committed suicide at Mormon Island on Thursday, by hanging himself. The dead body of another man was found on the road, shot, a few miles this side of Mormon Isiand, on the same day.—Jb. Mining Intelligence. [From the Alta California, May 7.) We do not remember to have ever witnessed so many evidences of prosperity in the northern and southern mines as are presented at this time in the various re- ports which reach us from the est mining seeticns of the State, Encouragement is afforded every branch of labor pes mines, and there appears to be n0 locality, bortl uth, that does not offer for sturdy hands a willing hearts Yome inducement to go to work. The win- ter rains are over, the rivers and streams are fall, the weather invites Jabor upon the fresh green hill sides and alorg the wargia of the water courses, the various water companies are in euccessful operation, and there is gene- | ral prosperity apparent on the face of things. The spring prospects are certainly flattering f rour miners, and atter the hard-bips of the recent wiater no class of citizens | can appreciate more highly a change for good luck than they. ‘The Sonora Herald ani Calaveras Chronicle of Saturday contain more than usuaily interesting reviews of the mires. The weather, at tbe present tine, eppears to be remarkebly severe in some localities of the coutbern | mines. Snow and ice have been unwelcome visitants in | Calaveras county. In the bigher mountain bomes of the miners, heevy falls of snow have occurred during the past moxth, snd some of the texants of m cacap? hove been driven from their places by the snow and cold wea Dex. The following is a specimen of the weather in Ca- averns county :— Sxow STokM —In the easly part of the week the som shege bravely ont, although the mornings and evenings were cold. On Thurrday rein set in, which continued Guring the night, aud on Friday morning we hod the heaviest full of snow of the year. The rain poured down during the day, and the cold was intense. ‘To make things worse, people generally had taken down their svoves, and all vas gloom and misery. The blues were awfully pre- val the Chronicle gives more flattering accounts of mining prostects ip that rection, MINIXG InTHLLIGENCE —It requizes but a visit fo a Kec tion of country wree water is ebtsined by artificial means, to reslize the idea of the inexaustible resourees of California. Throvghout the eouthern section of our county, the mines ar intersected by the diteles of water | compavies. and their Lereficial effect ore felt on all sides. A lnige avd industrious population is gathered around, | ‘and the amount of gold dug out is beyoud calculation’ | We Lave heard of parties who wash wader ground, lest their proceeds should beeome known. It is now very dif- ficult to give anything like a correct estimate of the amount of gold dug out weekly. ‘Two or hee ounces to ahand fora day’s work; and some even reckon their earnings by the pound. Carson CRxex.—This locality, so famed in California gold history, is still a favorite placer. Extensive sluicivg operations are being carried on, which yield very largely. owpany cf reven make ebout three ounces per day each; while other companies are doirg still better. Dur- ing last week pieces have becn taken out of a clain on the bill sice, weighing as much severally, as sixteen, thirteen and eight ounees, with a very high average yield. ProsrERinG--Murphy’s Camp is now by far the most prosperous town in the county, and prevents a scene of bury life and well paid industiy, most pleasing and grati- fying to the visiter. But three months had elapsed since our former visit, and yetco great was the improvement ; that we could sesrcely recognise our old friend. The | houses sre built ina substantial manner, and many band. uctares ornament the strests. As an evidence of the general pro-perity, we hencd it sisted that Todd's kxpiees bes recently opered an office there, and the first | week purebssad 109 cunces of gold cust ; the second, 400; the third §00, and he last week no lees than 1,000 ounces of gold dust. Thir is a sufficient test of the prosperity of the town, and the prudent habits which are becomisg popular with the hard working miner. SrruNc CLaims —This is a prominent feature of the practice now pursued at Murphy’s. Parties possessed of meers buy up claims from persons moving avy, which 3 e off, and (hua we hear every day of claim: a varying figures. A regular brokerage | mitted by the laws of the camp. mora Herald in noticing the state of mining wolurone, thus de: cribes ¢ few prominent loca e enterpri 8 in the full tide of operation, affercing ex u every direction for washing the gold out cf is esstby covering. Not an idlec is to be feen anywhere: the miners are all engaged in their heerfully and industriously. In all the gulches ch out from Colambia, and on the flats aud | bell sides om ite vicicity, they are very pumerous; and, we dibly mformed, are doing well. While the great are making what they call paying | who strack upon extra rich claims, are morkably well. Every day new leads are bsing ered ingviches, finta, and hill sides; and s00n, sold places are considered rked out they are aban- dened for new discoveries, We sre rtrongly of opinion that there is more general prosperity and success fat present smong onr wining population then at any pre vious period in the history of the mines. This opinion is founded upon the fact that the faciliies and opportu- nities for mining ave now so general that no iadustrious man need remein {dle one moment, and consequently there are no idlers to be reen, except the few who ave unable to work, or too lazy to earn an hororable living ‘There appears ae yet no jimit to the fle'd which ia offered for new experiments and developements, snd the gon- clusion that the diggings wiiP last from year to year, far into the future, is inevitable, It is evident, therefore, that the eapacities of this county for affording profitable employment to a rouch larger population than the pre sent. sre immense. “We were informed in Colambia that green hands ean seadily find employment, at four and five dollars per day. Many are employed in this way by persons who hare been fortunate in electing good claims. In Columbia and other camps busioess is dull—the first impression ich strikes the stranger being the deserted and still charaeter of the streets, avd we find that itis a subject of general remark that the miners, though doing well, spend but little. That they gamble and drink lew than heretofore is certainly @ matter of congratul tic last winter was the most Gresry, unprofitable and Giscourag ¢ ave yet reen, aud wany have pot yet recovered i The Mariposa miners are repravented in the following items fornished by @ correspondent of the San Joaquin Renitlican = Got Thitr, April 24, 1663. sim—Ihave merely time to give you @ line or two of mining items from here. On Thorsdey Inet, Mesera. MeV & Co, took ont at this «pet, a lump ‘of pure virgin gold, weighing tatrty | ounces, which has cansed consierable intersst amonget, | miners and others, The clsim from which this was taken, | vas purchased of eats, Bob Fry, Bob Collins & Cv., who linve left for Australis, in pursuit of richer diggings. About twelve doys ago, & specimen was taken out at Corranyille near Agua Frio, by a Mexlean, valued at about six hundred dollars; and another, Y leew, on Stockton Creek, near the quactz mine, two miles from Merivors, of cousiderable value, This looks bright for Mariposn county, ch! Proceedings of the Second Triennial Conven- lon of the Protestant Episcopal Charch in | California. | ‘The Couventi m was opened May 4 at 11 o'clock A. M., | with mortiog prayer and admivistration of the own muplor, ash wiba samen by tbe Mey. J. Ly Ves Mons, , raneiseo. Parishes—Grace Chursh, Sacramento; Grace Church and Trinity Chureb, San Franciseo; St.’ Jeha’s Church, ‘ton. The Committee on Credentials reported the credentials of the following gentlemen to be in due form and valid:— David §. Turuer, Esq , and. D>. C8. Tripler, of Grace Church, fan Francirco; P.H. Perry and I. B. Hawks, Esqre., of Trinity Church, San Franeiseo. ‘3 W. Winans, @. '& Montgomery, and L. B. Harris, Exqrs.. of Grace Church, Sacramento. . H. Glover, Esq . of St. John’s Church, Stockton. All the above mamed gentlemen, except Messrs. Mont- gomery aud Harris, appeared and took their seats. Mr. I. D. Hawks was clected Secretary, and Maj. E. D. Townsend assistant Secretary, on ballot. ° Rey. Orange Clark, D D., was admitted to the Conven- tion as Chaplain of the United States Marine Hospital at Rev. C.B. Wyatt and P. H. were appointed a com- mittee to consider-the rules of ef former convention and report thereon. The following gentlemen were chosen as the Standing Committee of the Diccees:—Clergy—J. Reynolds, 0. Ciark, J. L. Ver Mebr, C. B. Wyatt: Lay members—David 3. rrer, J. W. Winans, P. H. Perry. and C. 8. Tripler. The following gentlemen were chosen Trustees of the Ey al Fund:—Rey. C. B. Wyatt, Rev. O. Clark, D.D., Rey. JL, Ver Mebr, D.D.. P. ', K, Eastman, J. W. Winans. David S. Turner wes elected treasurer. The same gentlemen were elected trustees and treasu- ter of the Dioceses Fund. A report on the state of the Diocess made by the Stand- tog Committee, in the absenee of the Bishop, was then read and accepted. The Convention then adjourned till 9 o'clock on the Sth May. Convention met at 9 o’elock A. M., 5th May. Rev. Mr. ‘Wyatt, Col. Turner and Dr. Tripler, were appointed a Com mittee on Canona. Certain amendments to the Constitution were then pored for fival passage by the next Convention. After notice of certain proposed amendments to the Canons, the Convention urned till half past 12. ‘The Convention was calied to order at half-past twelve. ‘The following resolutions were passed. Resolved, That this convention serd delegates t> the ge- neral ccnvention of the Protestant Episeopal Church in the United States of America, at its meeting in October next, in the city of New York. Resolved, That the delegates be instructed to apply in behali of this diocess for admission into the union with the general convertion. The delegates elected were—Clergy: Rev. Morars. Wyat!, Clark, Ver Mehr, and Reynolds. Lay members: Messrs. Jonathan Edwaids, I. D. Hawke, J. M. 1, and & An- darlese. Rev. Dr. Ver Mehr and Rev. Mr. B. Wyatt were appointed a committee to repert to the convention on ob- taining a visitation from s Bishop. Convention adjourned till 3 o’clock, P M. The convention again met at 8 o'clock, P. M. The re- port of the committee on an Episcopal Visitation was then read and adopted. Rev. Mr. Wyatt, Dr. Tripler, Mr. Hawks, and Rev. Dr. Ver Mebr were nage ited & committee to correspond with certain bishops and the general convention for the purpose of obtaining an Episcopal Visitation. . It was ordered that five hundred copies of the journal of the convention be printed and published as soon as prac- ticable, after the adjournment of the convention The convention then adjourned till 10 o’clock, May 6th. May 6.—Convention met at 10 o’clock A. M. On motion, the resolution to sand clerical delegates to the general convention was reconsidered. It was then resolved, that the election of clerical delegates to the geveral convention in New York be annulled. Certain changes were ade in the existing canons. It was resolved, that when this convention may ad- journ it shall acjourn to meet on the first Wednesday of lay, 1854, in San Francisco. Tt was resolved, that the next convention be opened by divine service, in Trinity Church, and the sermon be de- livered by the Rev. Mr. Wyatt. ‘The convention adjoursed till quarter past 3 P. M. Convention met at 3 o’clock. On motion of Rev. Mr. Wyatt, resolved that the treas- urer of the Diocesan’ Fund be instanced to use whatever measures may appear 1..ost expedient to himself to secure from time to time, from the acting authorities in every parish of the diocess, punctual attention to the provi- sion of the latter clau: © of section 2, canon 14, The clause refers to (he quarterly collections tobe taken up in each parish for he diocesan fund. ‘On motion of Rey. Mr. Wyatt, that a committee of two, one clergyman sod one layioan, be appointed as an execu- tive commitice of mistions, to endeavor to establish mis- sionsry poste at ebief points of importance in the State, end that this committee be prepared to render a fall re- port to the convention at its next meeting, in May, 1864, Committee—Rev. Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Glover. ‘The minuies were read apd approved. After evening prayers, and the chaunting of G'oria in Excelsis, the convention adjourned. Mari lages and Deaths, MARRIED. At San Francisco, May 1st. by Rey. H. P. Gallagher, Mz. Thos. Below 10 Miss Bridget Fleteher, both of this cit, Thureday. April 28th, by Rev. SH. Willey, Mr. Jobn Oschwald to ditrs Phillippina Brengal, all tuls city. In San Franeisco, on the BUth April, by the very Rev. J. Franeis Leberia, Mr. Chas. Steward, of this city, to Mins Cecelia Arre of Mexico. At Sovors, Apri 25th, Mr Vieente Vargas, of San Fe lipe, to Biss Araur, of Vaiparai.o—ail formerly of Chil, now of Senora. DIFD. April 27th, at Strawberry Vallay, of hemarrhage of the dorels, ir. Samuel Price, of Maryaville, in the 24th year of bis oge, The dectaced’ migrated from Sparta, Morrow county, Ob'o, to Unlifernia, in 1849. To Vaecervile, april 29, Liviogston Beanit, of New York city, ged » bout 25 yeura. On boeid the steamer “anaima, May 4, in the port of Acapules, of fever. Mi-ses A R. Middleton and A M. Hue ton, from Maryland Their remains were buried on ehore. On the 28th April, Rinaldo Weeks, from Vermont, aged 85; he was buried at sea. On beard s'eemer Cortes, April 24, Wm. Heath, of New York: 26th, Wm Sitchcomb, Connecticut; A. Ackerly, io. In Nevada, en the 24th of April, Basil Roe, formerly of Noble county, Ohio, aged 25, At the sare place, on the 23d April, Wm. McConnell, aged about 80. At the Creecent City Hote). on the Ist inst., at 9 A.M B. F. Ackley, of Sacramento city, aged about 26 years. On the morning of the 8dof May, Mr. Thutas John- son, formerly of Sydney. At Grass Valley, April 20th, after a long and suffering illness, Which he endured with patient resigoation, Dr. J M. Ten Eyck, of Northville, Mich., aged 23 years. IntERxUNts IN Fan Francisco for two weeks, ending April 80, 1853. Reported for the Ala California. by N. Gray, Sexton and Undertaker, No. 205 Sacramento street, Apnl 24— Henry C Fordbam, Sag Harbor, L. I, 45. Folomon Bouton, New Youk, 30. £5—Lambert Folk, Va , 24. Jobn P. Ansive'l France, R. D, Whitbeck, Nex York, 20. 2¢-Jobn A Smith, heland, 36 Alex, Dennis, IU , 27 Juan Castuwiek, Italy. 27—-Veter Hardy, France, 30. Job Lewis, Meriden, Conn., 35. Lewis Hart, Mass., 49, Michael Fo, Germany, 25. 28-- Mcbael Schmontz, Fiance, 41 Solomon Witkowrlty, Prussia, 28, J. Baptiste Guille, France. James Mooney, Sidney, 82. 3. Weeks, Va. 27, Edward 8. Bonrell, Jr., Ohio, 8. Diewasee, ¢ heart, 2; dysentery, 9; in- fismwation of the bowels, 1; scrofols, i; suicide, 1; dro va- ing, 1; delirium tremens, 1; preumoria, 2: Paama fever, 2; typhoid fever, 1; diarrhoea, 1: bronchitis, 2; dropsy, 3! consumption, 2; stone 1m bladder, 1; wasscertained, 1. Tota), 27. Of the above, 11 were from the State Marine Hospital, Markets. fan Francisco, May 6. ~ ‘ihere has been a good ree of activity in the ‘market to-dsy, more parti ly amorg the jobbers. The ap-river boats were filled with freight at an early hour, ani shipmests to the North are being made to a con-iderable extent by the Fremont, is advertised to leave to-mcrrow evening. The market continues firm, vith # good de- ‘ego ard Haxall, supertine, 1 123g; 400 do. mixed branc without inspection, a! $0 0734; 188 do, at $9 60; 400 quar: tec sacks Chili sold at $10 60. Gxarx.—Sales today have been confined to the dealers. 2io. a2ke 2440.; 162 bushels do, loore, at 70¢ 1,000 buskels Lastern eorn, per John Stuart, is reported sold at 2 Guxxy Baus — Sales bi tent, in bales, at 1339¢ nse. SpRoy 1810NS.—The basiness of tI to the dealers, avd ccles have been in small lots, js. Smith's Fulton market beef, per Dach (:eported arrived) sold somo time since, at We'alro note enles of 20 bbls. clear pork, at $20; limited, and mostly barley sold in lots, at been made to s limited ex- 000 loose sold at the same day has deen confined 100 $15. 4 half do. wt $15; 60 bbls mess do, at 26; 36 half do, 14, 20 casks muslin covered hame, a4 19%6., 35 do.’ at 10¢. Jobbing rates of the litter, 20¢. a 2t¢. ‘Clear baoon is sellirg at 24c. a 25c,, and firm, Thhds. butter sold at B5o.; 128 firking at 26c.; 36 kege lard, at 21 )¢e. Voratoes bave further advanced.’ Sales of 500 sacks domestic, at de Some holders are asking 160 Morasers xp Synur.—There is a good inquiry for both, at advenced raves. Sales of 20 bbls. New Orleans, at 58140.; 2000 galfons sugar house, at S7}¢e ; 80 kegs Siuert's syrup, at $20. DvcK.— Considerable sales have been roade yesterday ard to day, including 20 bolts Nop. 1 to 4, Mount Vernon and New Frgliod, at 25 ; 160 do. 2 to G, at 233¢0 ; 60 8, at Ze. Sulen of 60 bbls, crushed, wt 1020 ; 60 half ss powdered, at 11¢.; about 10,000 Ibs, No 1chira, at8 Me. Avale of inferior Manila is reported at bke. Seles of 26 cares Grape Brand tobacco, at 8734; 18 do., 38; 10 boxes No. 1 dried exdfish, at Bice; 150 boxes No 1 brown soap, at 71{c : 100 cases olive oil, wt $6 26: 160 y 5 —Trade was fully better to day; a greater number of buyers in town, and pur 4 were more freely made. Barley is very scarce, and cures aa last quoted, with more firm- Fiour has not altered in price; there is, nees. better feeling observed, with an uprard ter visions met with a fair amount of inquiry noted on prices quoted yest advanced, and rales were wade to-dgy at 14% a 160 Srocntos, May 4-—Oor market hes still the appearance of inactivity, accountable ip sore teavure to oontic ued changes in the weather, and consequently the non appenr- anoe of many country traders. Prices, however, for dasir able goods kre maintained, and confidence ppeety acyl, We Guole Lour ¥ y. Potatoes iat ye Wk coffee im cooks Iée.; as ease 6¢.; butter, in small packages, 44c.; TELEGRAPHIC)» : New : 1, 1868, The Daniel Webster brought advices from fan Franeiseo to the 15th of May, at which date the mar- kets were quiet. Flour was lower; sales of Balcimore brands having been made at $8 68 a $0 25, and $108 $10 50 for Haxall. Provisions were dull, VERY LATE FROM AUSTRALIA. Arbitrary Revenue Act—Condition of the Miners—Moral and Religious Aspect of the €ountry—Price of American Flour, &¢., dc. Our advices from Sydney, by the way of Valparaiso, are to the th of March, and from Melbourne to the 26th of February. The accounts from Australia do not seem +> be s0 fa- vorable as at our previous advices. While business generally is represented as Jbeing quite lively, the yield of gold has sensibly decreased; while its price was some- what reduced. ‘The decrease in the yield is traced to the adoption by the Legislature, on the Ist of February, ef a very arbi- trary and unjust act, to ‘regulate the raising of a reve- nue from the gold mines of New South Wales,” The ef- feet of this ac was to create disorder at the Turon during the month, and in a large degree to depopulate the place. It will, if persisted*in, says the Hmpire, drive all foreign- ers from the New South Wales diggings, and deter the colopists aud British is rants from enterprise, or induce them to step Fe. boundary to the still more tempting diguin sof Victoria, where @ similar law does not exit, the chief points of this law, deemed soaggres- re :— sive, are t] “Under pretext of preventing runaway servants from digging, it empowers the authorities to demand from every one proofs that he is not an abseonder, and to iin- prison him until he ean produce such proofs, and all this without any ore to bring sgainst him complaint. It thus, contrary to the whole spirit of British law, throws ‘on the innocent party the onus probandi of his innocence, ‘and deems him guilty without proof of guilt This ia oae of the offensive provisions. Another is that it requires every adult male remaining _m any district proclaimed as a gold field, unless engaged in pasteral or agricultural ureuits, or in tunnelling. to take outs license, if Berveret digger, of thirty shillings a month, every mal being reckoned adult above fourteen years of age—so that all persovs carrying on avy kind of trade in the town:hip must not only pay licences for themselves, but for every ore in their employ. And it emoowera the autborities to fine or imprison all such sons found op the ground who have not taken out a licenss. ‘The effect is to prevent enterprise, and to raise the cost of necessaries, £0 a8 to make diggicg, to the great ma- jority, a profitlesn labor. And third objectionable clause is one that makes the fee double to a fo- reigner, and puts the onus probandi upon every person’ who may be accused of being such. The act has numerous points of a Yer pernicious character, but these may suffice to indicate the whole. Now it is widely felt in New South Wales, that this act has been contrived by the aquatting and govern- ment interest in the Legislatire Council, expressly to drive men from the diggings, and to compel them to cept situations as heretofore at cheap rates, under ty nical émployers. Itis believed that the’ celf-vaunting patriote of the council are deeply envious of the rise uf the laboring classes by means of the auriferous discover- ice, acd are determined, if possible, to deprive them of the advantage. Hence, the passing and enforcement cf this act has revived the hostile recollections of past times, wen convictism and tyranvy unitedly prevailed in the colony. The clause which places every man, how- ever ianocert, at the mercy of any coustable who may choose to Isy hands on him, is only a revival of the old Jaw, by which every person travelling for business or leasure in the interior, was Mable to be seized aad rovght up as a convict illegally at large, and whiel cut him off from all redress for unjust detention. It is made apparent by the prosent meagure that the anti-British feeling 0 deeply seated in the breasts of the remaining cclonists of the older class is striving hard again for the mastery. They have, with great dexterity, seized the concession of the gold revenue by the erown, and adapted it toa moat unoonstitutionsl (domination. The military brought out vy the government, with- | out ry, without legal authority, and ‘at an immense ecst to the country, has now been employed to rivet these re-forged chains, The act is in stroog oppo- sitien to many expressed sentiments of the goverameat’s own gold commissicness, The result at the diggings, especially at the Turon, has been to create a spirit of dis: Ike to the government which never existed before, and | the issue will be every way disastrous. But the worst efiect of this proceeding is, that it has enstamped the government with a character which its formsr cenduct on the conviet question had almost completed, when the avnouncement was taade that no more convicts were to be sent to this colony. Much of that ill impression is now revived. It is hard for free people to forget the pre- dilection formerly manifested for convictism, when they see tbat predilection operating to deprive gold diggers of tke advantege which the recent discoveries had thrown in their way, and treating them, even without accusa- tion. as if they were criminals, Such a proceediog tends | to produce an utter aversion to hired service, which ean be made ihe pretext of such dire oppression. Aad a spirit in engercered far and wide, of contempt for evea | wholesome laws. when the cffiee of law ioaking is thas cruelly and nnjnstly abused. . ‘Thete are the chief polities of New South Wales just bow. tke diggers are abandoning their work by thousands, ard retreating to Victoria, rather than hazard an illegal nm. Meanwhile the sple-dor of recent discover! quarter is enough of itself to effect a powerful re- | in the minds of the lcboring class, in favor of cleny, and were other things eqnal, there would roon be very little labor left in New Ssuth Wal concoe'ers of these m suifer the fruits of their ow kive appetite for geld. in things there ex'rentély disastrous to the public and social | vellteirg. ‘Ike immense ruch of immigra.ion has found | the colony ur propared by wise messures for its reception. The employment at the mines, rich as the production is, adds nothing either to the necessery sustenance, or tothe comfort of the colony. Agriculture and other agiieulta- ral pursuits are illeared for. The government is weak snd incarable The squatting cecupancy shuts up the lond ‘he result is, that there is at Melbourne a large floating population, of which it would be hard to say whether it belongs to the ‘colary or not, We are told, rays the Enpire that there are thousands of persons at the city, living in tents, for the site of each of which the governaent charges a ground rent of five shillings a eck. The price of labor and material being exorbitent, building is rendered next to impossible. Nor is the spirit | of Victoria legiletion ay improvement upon our own. They, tco, act upon the principle of throwing the onus prolandi upon parties unaccused otherwise than by con- 3; ani the schievous measures would bitterly folly. However, the exves- stables ard magistrates, The Enix quite discouraged as regards direct steem communication with England by the Cape of Good Hope. It says —But we have almost lost the belief tl the Case route will permit our wishes to be indulged. The experiments bave been thus far uniform failures and the last worse than the first And yet we are calied bpon to pay for this meat tautalizicg deception an extra sixty per cent upon all correspondence. It is no longer to be ex ected that the government will succeed ia any project for the advantage of Australia, We must manage Gar own affairs by private entepri.e. The moral ané religious aspects of the colony do net vary from month to month, Tmmizration has done nothing yet to elevate the people. The female inmi- ration is strangely absorbed, axd the comfort of fani- i€s doe not heep pace with the quantity of yourg wo wen imported. There is some erros in the management of this watter, which deprives the colovy of any sensible adyan'age from the acquisition A few culy appear to be ofa jars «ble nnd Cispored to liva to some useful pur ‘ore. The gold has produced a deleterious effect upon the Indust; ions inelinations even of young females. They are not w to comicit themselves to industry for suppert, and to learn all :batis requieice (0 make them honorable members of 6¢ The state of ¢ is insuspieicns. Althongh far better off (sa3s the Empire) than our zelzbbors, we are reapiog the fruits of the loose convictiem of Van Diewan’s Land, ard of the eupidity aid profligacy produced by the specu- lating tendercies of the time, Outrages are becoming romewhat alarmingly frequect, ard sre accompaniel with a fer city 10st appalling. Yet, were the state of education in advance, we should enterta'n no fear of these sympioms The thing to ba deplored is, that the young are, to’ a lavge exient, growing up abaudoned ia morals, fiom the witer want of that dumestic waining, without which mere echool education will be nearly in vain The state of edacat in fearfully bad. Morat discipline is everywhere at fauit—the result of which will be, without speedy amendment, that the next gene ration will be cne of vastly augmented profligaey und crime. There is enough in the pro: + to awaken tho Gcepest solicitude for the future. . Under the head of “General Progress,” the Empir tay it in not quite easy to give a fair estimate of th commercia] prorpects of the present moment, when the caureof the recent progression has been so strangel tampered with. The government recently exulted im tho expectation of a large revenue from tee gold mines, for sh, a5 ow the valuatien of the licenses and royal- tics, which wes contidered very much beneath the pro- bability, at £100,000, with an addition of £110,000 for ercort and conveyance. It would be hazardous now to form an opinion of the injury which these expected sums vill kave sustained from the operations of the ill judged Gold Act. here is every reason to believe that it will opera e most disastrously upon the gold revenue, and it cannot fail to produce some effect even upon the general revenue, for the quantity of merchandise consumed at the diggings was becoming imwense. The goore and the golden egg again! It in always best to keep bunglin, bands from machinery which requires skillto mindit. I militsry must be supported to secure the licenses, the profits of the undertaking are not a little doubtful. ‘the general progress of the colony, the above disturb. ance apart, has shown a bealthy aspect. Al! articles 0, consuwption maintain their prices. The prices of pro- duce and stock are more decidedly and steadliy remuner- ng than they bave been during the years whieh pro- ceded the gold discoveries, The squatters ought to be ‘thenkful, ond not ewviour, when they consider bow much e shared in the’ advantage of the geceral im- It weuld be their interest to encourage the ‘ment of -he waste lauds, for by bringing a popula. tion neayer to their runs, they would vastly augment the yalue of their sheep and as the case is, the prices have been greatly ea The male Inbor market feels romewhat less pressure than it did: but if only wise reasures were adopted with regard to the rettlemevt of the coun'ry, the pressure woul in be severely felt. As it is, there ia far from being a ruperabundance of robust manual power. Dis- couragement must necessarily be felt by yousg immi- grants till they have learned to colonize, which is a very diferent thing in practice from the notion formoa of it from bockx The coleny requires to be peopled by enterprising #nd earnest menand women; and that want is more pressing every day. Since our last statement, the rhippieg report may be roundly gua in the following form:—Ariivals from British ports, 8 vessels, of toanage 870, with 83 parrengers; from Victoria, 41 versels, of other tornage 10611, with 1,806 pascengers; porte, 20 vescelk of tonnage 6,112, with HOG pastengers ene of tonnage 6 15, evartures to Dritish por " e's, 06 Loszage 316 pas-Cigcia, to V From January 1 te March 4, inclusive, the arrivals at 1 ere 166; departures, 166; namber of pas-| in: 6,206; outwards, 2,502 ‘The brig John Robinson, from Kin, Jamaica, are rived at Melbourne on the 17th of Fel , with i four passengers. Abeta ag Meboums Ings to ints bp of February. The following were the latest recel Government ercort, from Bendigo and t Alexandér, 28d, with 7 843 ounces. Ballarat Escort, 234, with 1,689 oas,, 9,311 having been: left at Geelong. Private Escort from Bendigo and Mount Alexander, 25th. with 19.143 ozs. The latest quotation of gold was £3 16s. per or.. Ameriean flour sold on the 26th at S4s. per bbl. LATEST FROM BALLARAT—MORE NUGGETS. From the Geelong Advertiser, February 22 } Wo have just received authentic information from Bunipy ong, detailing fresh discoveries of a most encourag- ing deseription A _ rich piece of surfacing was found om Saturday, at Winter's Flat, which turned out at the rate of seven ounces per load. Ins gully close to Wiater’s Flat, just opened, five holes are down, and all have bit, which, as may be supposed, has caused a great rusb there.'A fine nugget, eight pounds weight, was taken out of Hiroock’s Gully on Friday last, and another weighiog five pounds was taken irom the same gully on Saturday. The greatest excitement is prevailing and the days of Golden Point and Eureke will be ‘taows into the hate yet, The diggers mean it mow, and the tremendous Buggets lately found have nerved them for the nd chance; they know that the gold is here, and only re- quires Inbor to get it. The ‘wending west- ward every day. Eureka is still worked. The Little Bendigo ‘turns Out well now-and and deep sinking is still the order of the cay at the famed Canadian Gully. ‘We have not room to-day to publish all that we find of interest in our Australian files. We sball use them for several days to come. We shall for the present clore wines following gold cireular, and a brief notice of the market:— ; GOLD CIROULAR. Our market having been but barely supplied with Vic+ toria and Ovens gold. the business of the week has been limited. The price bas receded, and £3 17s. may now be quoted for Victoria, and £3 1s. 6d. for New South Wales, with very little disposition to purchase the latter, it be- ing much above what it realizes in England. ‘Alarge quantity of the Ovens gold finds its way to Wel- bourne, in copseqnence of the government putting 9a double ercort. ithe Sydney gold escort willsoon hae their arrangements completed so as to brin; gold inte bE coe hog? ten days. A detaebment was started om ursday, the strengih of the corps being augmented, im consequence of news received of @ large band of bush- rangers being out, It is now utterly un to bring down gold but by an armed force. There is a large amount of gold at the Ovens awaiting tranamission. Tke news from our own mines ie still yery diseourag- ing, and the new gzld regulations must be got rid of, or they will entirely blast the prospects of mining on this 6i A public meeting is called for Tueeday next, at the Roya! Hotel, and it is tobe hoped that every one who feels an inferest in the continued prosperity of thie ccleny it attend, and endeavar at once to induce the Legislature to iescind theact. ly letters overland from Port Philipe quote gold at Ts. 8d.;, Exchange at par—Rothsehild’s. agent. being the principal operatcr in the market. The reports of, success at Ballarat bave been so great that my correspondent is afraid to mention them. The men who found the last two monster nuggets have quar- relied amongst themsélves, and there is a lawsuit about the eee The yield of gold, on the whole, is not so great. Our escorts bronght down this week 3,872 ounces. I sold to day the first lot of gold from Adelong (sixt ounces.) which realized $3 1ts.; it is a bright seal tA ‘The essort on its ret:rn fiom the Ovens will bring ont the gold from this district. JOHN GODFREY COHEN, Auctioneer and Bullion Broker. 490 George street, March 4, 1853, MARKETS. % Sypney, March 4—Wheat is realizing 7s. to 8s. per bushel. Flour, at the mills, is still quoted, fine at £28, second £20 per ton. Muize is in demand at from 5s. te 5s. 6d. per buehel. Barley (English) is very saleable at from 4g. to 4s. 6d. per bushel Butter is worth 10d. per pound, Cheese is realizing from 64, to 8d. per pound. Bacon and heme are worth from 84. to 9d. per pound. Tobaceo—Stccks on lund are heavy, and sales dull. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Wepnespay, June §—6 P.M. The ateck market opened a little more tranquil to-dey, as far as prices were concerned, The transaciions con- tinue limited, and ihere sppears to be no variation in the general tone of (hemarket. At the first board, Can- ton Company advanced 14 per cent; Nicaragua Transit, 34; Ecle Railroad, 14; Cumberland Coal, 1; Florence and Keyport, 1{; Phenix Coal, {. At the second board there was a slight reaction in prices, with a moderate amount of business. Parker Vein declined '; per cent; Cumberland, %{; Phoenix Coal, 1. In the otaer fancies there was no charge; but at the close the tendency was downward, and a dull, neavy feeling prevailed. The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port to dey, smounted to $127,222 39; payments, $14,784 52—balance, $7,099,788 83. The sales at the Mining Board to-day were as follows:— 250 shares Ulster Lead. 20 do first board, at the Merchants’ Exchange, $300,0C0 bond of the Columbus, Pequa and Indiana Railroad Company, at 9214 to 95, The steamship Ruropa, from Boston to day, carried out $102,607 in gold. The Citizens’ Fire Insurance Company heve declared x dividend of ten per cent. The tna Insuraaoe Company, Hartford, have declared a dividend of ten per cent. We have received the following letter from Mr. Berdan, in relation to the statement which had recently appeared about the operation of his machines at the Gold Hill Mine, North Carolina:— New Yoru, June 8, 1853. To tne EprTer oF THR HeRsLD:— Inyour paper of the 7th inst. I notice » statement made, upon the authority of gevtleman from Gold Hill N.C, that none of my machines were in operation at that plece on the Ist of this month. It is useless for me to furnish you any evidence to the contrary, for I presume that jon bave already satisfied yourself, upor authority in +}.’ch you kave confidence, that there way ve uuth in thereport. Ubave learned that your infor- | ment ix Mr. D. O Boker, and when I state that heis the active travelling ageat of the proprietors of Coshran’s machine, you will resd ly naderstend hia motiva and ob: ject in giving currency to such a misstatement. It there- fore follows that he should wish to discredit ali others, Thie, I believe, is gnfficient to enable you to trace the whole matter from cause toeffect, [have in my posses rion evidence thai this Mr, Baker has never beon at Gold Hit), that he expressed bia regret to Mr. iti cester, Mass. that he hed not visited these North Cayoliva, and he also stated to that gentleman that he was in the eaploy of the proprietors ia mina fecturing and setting up Cochran's machines Yours, ke. H. BERDAN, Wo kave been informsd by several jent'enen, wha have hed means for ascertaining the particulars of the operation of Berdan’s machines at the Gold Hill miase in North Carolina, thatthe individual upon whose au thority the report was started that, on the first of June none of those machines were in operation at that place, is the agent of the proprietors of other machines, aad we have reason to beliove that his objest was, if possib'e, to restrict the employment of all rivals im Nozth Carclina ay any other part of the gold mining section of the coun. try. We have the letter of the individua! referred to in our possession, and apy one interested can see it upon personal application The fact that Berdan’s machines were infoperation at Gold Hill several days before the firat of June, and had been in operation long enough at that time to pretty thoroughly test them, removes entirely the effect produced by the jement to the contrary. The party who purchased the talings of the Gold Hlill mine has, we learn, ordered several Jarge ma- chines, (some of which have already been shipped,) after having thoroughly tried thosefon the ground, which is pretty conclusive evidence that he, at al! events, has confidence in them.{.,We also learn that Mr. Graham, of the Mint, at Charlotte, N, C., speaks in the highest terms of Berdan’s machines, Another experimont will be mady in this city, ina few deys, which will be conducted in tuch # manner as to remove all doubts that may at pre. sent exist in the minds of sceptics. We have never been present at any of the expsriments made, and whatever we have stated, in favor of, or against this machine, hae been on the authority of those who, we supposed at the time, were capable of judging correctly about the matter. The next experiment we intend witnessing, and shall endeavcr to give our own impression relative to the result. We desire to bring out the inventive genius of the coun~ try, in these crushing and amalgamating machines, and intend to do strict justice to all aspirants to the produo tion of the most perfect of the class. ‘the following letter was received thir day, by the Se~ cretory of the Ulster Lend Mining Company :— UraTer Mine, Jane 7, 1963, ‘The vein in the drift still grows richer: a yemjoot it Over Oee Subb sO Ubicbaens, Pus Well, (galoma)s