The distance from a railway or other port of shipment is undoubtedly a difficulty under which the mining adventurers in Sutton and Broom labor; but as an ample set-off against this disadvantage are to be reckoned the low rate for wages, the cheapness of provisions, both of which are in a great measure attributable to this circumstance. We understand that it is the intention of the North Sutton Company to erect smelting works in the neighborhood of these mines, for which purpose provision is made in their charter. By this means, and at a very trifling expense, the ores, which flux very easily, will be reduced to a regulus of a high percentage, and much of the cost of dressing and transportation to the market will be saved.

THE CHAUDIERE GOLD MINES.

The Quebec Mercury says that persons who have just returned from the Chaudiere Gold Mines state that the speculative fever continues to spread in that locality. It is stated that a systematic attempt is in progress to persuade all visitors that the mines are auriferous, with a view to the furtherance of speculative schemes; and that representations are made by interested parties which independent scrutiny show to be gross exaggeration. Those who have taken trouble to watch the operations of mining, and to collate facts as to the bona fide yield, appear to arrive at a conclusion for which the official report of Mr. JUDAH must have prepared the public mind. It is that, though gold is obtainable, the average productiveness is by no means large-certainly not sufficiently large to justify a wild rush to the mines, or the investment of heavy sums in the acquisition of mining privileges. The action of the Crown Lands Department is looked forward to with much interest, not unmixed with anxiety, as upon it to a large extent depends the healthy development of the Chaudiere District. The experience of Australia shows the necessity of extreme caution in the organization of any licensing system; whilst the testimony of the United States authorities is averse to the throwing open of gold-producing lands without exacting from them some substantial tribute to the State. The old tax in the form of royalty is susceptible of many objections, though perhaps the precious metals would form a reasonable exception to the rule against royalties, in cases where large tracts of land are bought in fee for speculative purposes. The public interest undoubtedly points to the discouragement of such sales, and the encouragement, by a liberal system of licenses, of a working population. So far as the most widely known portion of the Chaudiere region is concerned, we apprehend that the first point to be determined is the validity or the non-validity of the DE LERY patent, which we believe covers all, or nearly all, of the mines now worked. This disposed of, the duty of the Government will be to render available, by license, all adjacent auriferous lands yet possessed by the Crown, as well as lands which may have passed into private hands with the usual reservation of the rights of the Crown in respect to gold and silver.

LAKE SUPERIOR SILVER LEAD DISCOVERY.

The Houghton Gazette says that the excitement consequent upon the first report that silver lead had been discovered in the vicinage of Marquette has assumed the phase of reality. Specimens of the ore have been brough

doubt that they are unusually rich in silver. The othe ton

in by two or three persons and am analysis made which proves beyond from the assays was an average of about eight pounds of silver to the top of lead. t The highest was twenty five pounds. These are extraordinary fields, and the only question remaining to be solved is, whether the Vems Containing the ore are of sufficient size to warrant mining: Both of the gentlemen who made the explorations and obtained the specimens, aver that the veins are of greater width and lengter than is necessary for remunerative mining; in fact, they a width which would be double that often found and opened to a profit. The focation of these deny that 57 une formation is A small lake in the Northwest quarter of Town" 49 Range granite and has long been considered metalliferous. The veins, are either fissure or gash, though most probably the former, as the explorers state that they have traced them for a considerable distance, and find they have a regular course between North and East.

West.

There are now four companies organized on the land entered in the vicinity of the lake, now called Silver Lake, two of which are organized under the laws of the Stated! Add the value of these lande, but litorally known beyond the fact that the Eldorado was, located by Mr. MARTIN, the explorer, and a large share of the stock" is held by him and his friends which is presumptive evidence that it is the best he has seen. The silver lead was also entered by Mr. Sira, the explorer, who is fargely interested tait! The Silver Lake embraces eight or ten quarter Sections scattered around the lake, and, when the country is explored, can hardly to be 4 equally rich with the rest. Solne fine specimens have been brought to from these lands.de evig 0887 bra sormint kid nestzelt granito lo asto ort to retorteils enT basi to sysluo919q syrel 8 diw1evlie ai od no bas esnild yuwoM on to Port or linie ar cinotn▲ ar2 eds -inq sili yaom:A cluSILVER MINING IN MEXICO. olqinia odi yd below 2 od 10,2102sda We quote from the Alta California the notice below as an evidence of the faith in Mexican mines, held by San Francisco capitalists. before The mines YⱭWOM HETERY owned by the Refugio Company are said, upon abundant evidence, to be very rich and easily worked. A large amount has been expended for machinery, now on its way by the. Mexican steamer from San Francisco, sufficient to work the mines on lorga scala. The owners anticipate returns only equaled by those of GOULD & CURRY, and Ophir of Washoe, but produced with far less expense, on account of the cheapness of labor, provisions ete, in Mexico less than a third of the cost in Washoe or California.aimos ano? wo% not sveel alqonq sit nou yo dhom bus SYLVESTER MOWRY, W. R. GARRISON, DONALD DAVIDSON, CA EASTMAN, ESPINNIX, and JOSEPH BLOCK have incorporated under the followi ing title: site 1909 odt lufogod odt, ob d salt grilor sda— noi' luqeq dein 1. Refugio Mining Company.Location, Jesus Maria District, Chihuahua, Mexico, Capital stock, 8206,700, in 4,134 shares, of $50 per share. Trustees W. R. GARRISON, DONALD DAVIDSON, C. A. EASTMAN, E. PINNIX, and JOSEPH BLOCK 10 2,80s bonzi fel denso Helgen de ser all I stow cred; ad muno0 to equivo give below an authorized statement of the product of the New Almaden Quicksilver Mines, from January 1st, 1855, to July 1st, 1863 At the e present fines annually amounts to upward of a billion and a half of dollars, 95. of quicksilver, 69 cents per pound, the yield of the in exact figures, $1,579,348 80 per annum i ology to enoillim ad

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PRODUCTION OF THE NEW Almaden mine, up to JULY 1, 1863.

(The mine was closed by an injunction, issued by the United States Circuit Court, during the years 1859 and 1862.)

Produced:

1

Total 29 months....

Production to July 1st, 75 months, 16,451,550 lbs.

The steamer Oregon took down among other freight for Arizona, via Guaymas, a small steam engine and other machinery, besides an invoice of goods, for the purpose of developing the San Antonio Silver Mine, situated in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Arizona, six miles from the Mowry Silver Mines. The San Antonio Mine has been purchased by a few gentlemen, and is not incorporated. Working tests of the ore in quantity, by the ordinary Mexican blast furnace and vase, give about $200 per ton in silver, with a large percentage of lead. The character of the ores of the San Antonio is similar to those of the Mowry Mines, and can be worked by the simple process of smelting and refining. Among the purchasers of the San Antonio, we note the names of S. F. BUTTERWORTH, C. A. EASTMAN, CHAS. K. SMITH, E. L. GOULD, JOSEPH BLACK, and SYLVESTER MOWRY.

IRISH EMIGRATION.

THE large and continuous emigration from Ireland to the United States is naturally attracting a considerable share of attention. Week by week, and month by month, the people leave for New York, some in returning grain ships, some in steamers, some in stow-aways, as fast as opportunity The London Times says, too, that it is the best portion of the Irish population-the young, the hale, the hopeful, the energetic-and that nothing will stop them. The strongest influences are weak and ineffectual before the all engrossing thought of America.

serves.

In this connection, the great decrease in the population of Ireland which the census returns just issued show, is of interest. For instance, in the Province of Connaught there were 1,418,782 inhabitants in 1841; in 1851 there were 1,012,006; and in 1861 there were but 913,125. The same return contains a summary for the whole of Ireland. It shows that in 1841 the inhabitants numbered 8,174,031; in 1851 they numbered 6,553,579; and in 1861, but 5,798,967. This gives a decrease of nearly two and a half millions of people in twenty years.

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

DECISIONS OF TREASURY DEPARTMENT UNDER THE TARIFF ACT OF JULY 14, 1863.

THE following decisions have been made by the Secretary of the Treasury, of questions arising upon appeals by importers from the decisions of collectors, relating to the proper classification, under the tariff act of July 14, 1862, of certain articles of foreign manufacture and production entered at the port of New York :

METAL CLIPPINGS.

Treasury Department, July 18, 1863. SIR: Messrs. L. BRANDIES & Co. have appealed from your decision assessing duty at the rate of 20 per cent ad valorem on certain metal clippings," and claim "the article to be old brass, and fit only to be remanufactured, which is provided for in schedule 4 of the tariff of July 14, 1862, consequently paying only 15 per cent duty ad valorem."

The question is one of fact to be decided by the appraisers. They declare the article to be "Dutch metal clippings," which, by the decision of June 25, 1859, was classified as non-enumerated; subsequent tariff acts do not specially provide for it, and therefore it is subject, under the 24th section of the act of March, 1861, to a duty at the rate of 20 per

cent.

Your decision is hereby affirmed.

S. P. CHASE, Sec. of the Treasury.

HIRAM BARNEY, Esq., Collector, New York.

IMITATION JEWELRY.

Treasury Department, July 28, 1863. SIR: Messrs. I. ROSENTHAL & Co. represent that a certain importation made by them was classified by you as manufactures of brass, and assessed a duty of 35 per cent ad valorem, from which they appeal, claiming to enter the articles as jewelry at 25 per cent ad valorem.

The appraisers adinit the article in question to be an imitation of jewelry, alleging however, that being an imitation, it is not entitled to entry at 25 per cent ad valorem, as claimed, but being composed of brass or composition metal, as its chief value, must be classified as manufactures of brass, and subject to a duty of 35 per cent ad valorem, under the acts of March, 1861, and July, 1862.

Section 21 of the act of March, 1861, provides that diamonds, cameos, mosaics, gems, pearls, rubies, and other precious stones, when set in gold, silver, or other inetal, or on imitations thereof, and all other jewelry, shall be subject to a duty of twenty-five per cent ad valorem.

The article is imitation or mock jewelry, and in my opinion is entitled to entry at the rate of 25 per cent.

GEO. HARRINGTON, Acting Sec. of the Treasury.

HIRAM BARNEY, Esq., Collector, New York.

SIR: Mr. J. H. DULLES, Jr., has appealed from your decision assessing dujuat the late 160 per cent ad valorem, under the fifth section of the act of July 14, 1862, on certain rade musk" imported from Liverpool, and claims to enter the article in question as a drug at 20 per cent, under section 20 of the act of March 2, 1861, which imposes that rate of duty op medicinal roots and leaves, and all other drugs and medicines in an crude state mot otherwise provided fort to loins distro to 8081

"That it is a drug," the appellant asserts, is abundantly proved by its appearing in the several Materia Medica and Pharmacopoeie in use in this country, and is particularly described in Woop & BACHE'S United States Dispensatory, a work of high medical and chemical reputation."

The dafn of the porter appears to be well founded. Musk is a drug, and if imported in accruder state is entitled to entry) at 20 percent ad valorem, under section 20 of the act of March 12, 18619d3 Ja 7Jub unizasa It is admitted that the article in question is: musk, and imported in qālo crude state; it follows, therefore, that the proper rate of duty is 20 pero cent, and you will be governed accordingly.nivaq yliosupsanoo 2081 M The 10 per cent exacted under section 14 of the act of July 14, 1862, does not appear to be questioned letom alot (1 od of skinn gift girla Diet tasupsedne; 9GEO. HARRINGTON Acting Ser of the Treasury! 10 O HIRAM BARNEY, Esq Collector, New York:livong yleisege son of etos soq Of to elan edi je ¿jub & of 1881,dom to Jon eds to noijose dis

STEEL BARS, SLIGHTLY TAPERED.

bouills ydged ei noieisab woY Nena and to .592 Treasury Department, September 17, 1863. SIR: On certain "round bar steel or bars slightly tapered Uimported by Messrs. COLLINS & Co., per ships "Kangaroo," "City of Manchester," and "Guy Mannering," you, assessed duty at the rate of 35 per cent, under the progiso in the steel clause of section 7 of the act of March 2, partially manufactured, not otherwise provided

1861, viz:

foto ghalt bat the saine rate of duty as it wactured"

manuta

The appellants allege, and such appears to be the fact, that to forge the bars in this forin no additional work is required, nor is the cost increased thereby. They are drawn tapering through the rollers in the samel way as bars of equal dimensions throughout, and are sold at same price per pound as any round or square steel. 1979 od gove

is apparent from the facts, that steel in this

That the steel in question is not a bun bam may be ag well applied

to the manufacture of other articles as to gun barrels, and is forged in this form as readily, and without additional cost, as a square or round bar. Nor can it be as that term is used in the tariff. The bar as described in the tariff, is square, round, or any other sim "bar"

d as a bar

ple form of hiform dimensions throughout ismi ko so ikusmi 15:30 10,199lia In my opinion the article in question falls more property within the