April 1, 1852 (4 pages)

THURSDAY MORNING, APRUL 3. Sen Francisco Agency. ‘cTavIaAN Hoogs, who has heretofore our Agent in San Francisco, has transd his Agency to Wittiam JEWELL, Jr, will hereafter be our authorized Agent, jivertisements, subscription, etc. OOS mes = Wi WATER LOT INVESTIGATION, . or some days past, our legislature jbecn engaged investigating the ls by which the passage of the yr Lot Bills of last session were ared, = We = give extracts from vidences elicited, from which our ‘rs may form their own opinions. ——— . be no apology for them. It has been Later from the Sandwich Islands. said by good authority—"No man can serve God and Mammon.’ an Dot for me; is against me.” As applied oe ; : to our Legislature and those they ought By the arrival of the brig Baltimore ‘to serve, this is strictly trae. Their from the Sandwich Islands, we have reshow of economy can have but little . °°'Ved: through Gregory's Express, Ho‘weight, when they remain there an un— papers to March pn ‘ian P usual length of time at a heavy expense. . “-” act has pasood me ae a . to the State, without effecting the least liament, admitting all Sour, — Sore . good, although the pny is too small to be lumber, stave and heading, the preduce 'an object to them. Ths weekly ex. manufacture of the United States, pense of our Legislature, is about $6000, into the Islands free of duty, provided or $25,000 per month. One month, had the government of the United States they all been sincerely devoted to the will admit the sugar, syrup, molasses and interest of the State, had been amply coffee of the Islands into United States sufficient for the transaction of all the agen ourthe aes or : ' business they have done, and what they. _ The following account of the eruption _ re likely to do hereafter. Then two lof the volcanic mountain, Mauna Loa, months expenses had been saved, . '* taken from the Polynesian Extra, of frauds of the basest kind were) ®mounting to near $60,000. To a State . Marob: Sth. ted to, is, we believe, sufficiently. us, Moreover, we believe that int of corruption and profligacy ist’ Legisluiure hay never been ‘ed in more than one ingtartgé, in rica, and that instance is foutitl in besent Legislature. 7’hes invesmew being had in this’ rater, lly irrelevant to the duties, of ty. And in this we would. be aed by the opinion of every memf{ his individual understanding’ mterrogated. It may be*6f ser-, them, in some degree, in diverhe eyes of the people from, the ess of their own conduct, if they eecd in presenting that of ‘the j body in a more prominentlight heirown. Tt eun have no othr However corrupt the ‘Tpcans use of to effet” the passégze. of ater Lot Bills, where a title kas to individuals through the op. , , . ‘ 1 . of those Laws, no action 5a . uent Legislature ean affect that It is a bona fide contract, in petween the State and individ. that is avowedly bankrupt this would . The new eruption on. Mauna Loa, of Ib ie ts Wh . Which our correspondent notified usa 9,08 He . Wortn, saving, ere €CO. fow days ng, is likely to prove one of nomy ix their watchword and hobby. . the most extensive that has taken place how inconsistent it is for that; body to. on a ~t ci the memory of man. From the last accounts given bespend half a day oraday, at an expense: low, it-wil. be-séen that the Pb gas of some $500 or $1000 in discussing the . jime spectadiés are now to be witnessed economy of printing a bill of no impor-{on that island, and the end may be the ‘tance, ind then have it printed. How ‘tlestrucrion of the beautiful town of Hilo inconsistent‘it has always been, te spend on 2g EGE ROW an: HS couree } \: We give ‘below the letters of corres_priety of the Jaw ‘of last session fixing . pondents, which reach down to the 26th the rate of their own ; nor was it . ultimo. , : less consistent sath nd Hite, Feb; 2t, 1852. : Spend some! ~ Dear Sir: The old lion is uguin out of weeks in discussing the amount of pay jis den, bis eyes flash fire and his rour for their cleiks, door-keepers. &c. These . is awful. ‘ . things show conelusively that economy . On the 17th inst., at twenty minutes . t ' ‘ {past 3a. of, a small beacon light ap. has nothing to do with their real ubject. . peared on the summit of ects ‘ye During the last week, many of the mem. This light increased until it looked like , berhave absented themselves; in soine as rising moon. In-half un hour, brilliant . instances for the remainder of the ses. columns ot lava shot up against the riot, uiitil'tthiere is But a bare quorum in . oe yes end © Renarel Ceres of pha faeces apes jee "ieee ired fusion poured out of the same orifice either branch; and we have every realupparently, which disgorged such awful json to believe they will continue to fall . floods in 1543. We were awakened at “af. until a quoram’ean no longer be had, . #bout 4 o'clock, and saw a glare of jight streaming through our windows. Our os jfirst thought was that some building ; uch for the people to expect one reanear us was on fire, but on rising we . Can they, or will they do . soon pereeived that the whole summit . something for the relief of the financial . of ae ye Selenay be a te dy a Peet? ; A .»,. 4 vast furnace was there glaring with ree n ee te oe ye seas they to. vehement heut. The aisle Hood rolled day to pass a bill repealing the last . down the side of the mountain so rapidly week after week .in discussing the proUnder’ these circumstances. is it too } sonable act? ¢ conditions whereof have been, . , Water. Lot -Swindle, and the Revenue that in two hours we judged its progress ed with, and to attempt to“dis. e rights thus vested now,wouldece of ebsurdity as far surpassj t of our tormer Legislature) ag rpassed in coiruption, that-bo-: _eknowledged puvity of purpose , rmed our national constitution. , les thus granted to individuals ‘ . faith, the State is bound “by principle of justice t+» defend.-< . is ty be lamented as one of the . corrupt Legislation, but can‘remedied. What then can our fature do, and what should they mply this: : Legislature of 1851 passed a anting to the eity of San Friinhi icase to these lots for 99 yeahs: lid not prove satisfoctory to men cS Coltou grants, and a petition p asking for a title in fee simDfirming these claims, They iple to the City, provided she confitia the titles to grants givColton. ad no authority to issue these . being merely a justice of the ntil eonfirmed by the proper. fthe bill with these conditions, ich reason it is yet in the hands * Legislature. ‘These Colton yas afee or bribe for making and given, in some instances, in guanties, to favorites, who were thy. © Under these circumstan‘ gpermtion benefits unworthy per: . pleting the survey of their ditch.— i ceived fire issuin 4 . . . ye} ee a bill accordingiy, giving the, This Colton, it is evi. San Francisco refused to acB were Ven at a nominal price, . i Bill now before them, and then adjourn, tw have been fifteen miles, the whole “they would be doing all ‘the goud they . lave glaring with great brilliancy. ‘Ihis . het .* ‘flow continyed through the day, but “are capable of. Other measures of imwith decreasing energy, It became portance have been before them. but . sluggish at night, and the next day, or ‘they “hive been put to sleep. never ter twenty tour. hous, no traces of it snore, We far, to be disturbed: at le Not furany good purpose. \a damper. We had thought of paying Qur correspondent from Green Horn, . the action ceased our pedestrian desires informs us that the Franklin Mining . i also. , vat slept. c TS pene \ ut our slumbers were soon broken. Co, were engaged Jast-.week in com-' a+ 6 diclock a. M., yesterday, we peri from the side of the Four miles of the survey had been . mountain ph ade riilo, and about. lialf : way down the mount.’ This lateral crater completed, and it was supposed that : ;soon became intensely active, ‘pouring four miles more would be required-— outa ad flood a . foon reached the Thow inp a ; base ot the mount. At first the stream Chey have already passed through A shot directly down towards Hilo; but ee —_—_—— and where, and how, this fiery food is Water Lot Investigation. toreach the sea. The locality of its} Co. J. D. Stevexson Examtnzy.—1 former occasion. Yours truly, F. COAN. By advices from Hilo to the 2d inst., we He ie learn that the stream of lava had burned through the woods to within . early in January to the 22d or 23d of . March: was there when the act of fifteen miles of Hilo, and that it was still progressing. The current was not so rapid us at first, but it ie gradual! filling up all the ‘inequalities of the greund, and it was supposed ut that date that it would ultimately reach the sea, R . . Great Erupti Mauna Loa—Hawaii visited San Jose during the session of the He that is sda gy ai cap hom PAs pope ee, — Legislature last yesr to procure the pas. sage of the bills ceding the right of the State to certain water lot property in San Francisco; I went to San Jose for . that purpose; was there at intervals from . March 26, 1851 was passed. Question by Mr. Broderick— Do you now of any member of the Legislature having been offered or having received a bribe to influence his vote on the pasand discharge itself into the Bay of . #ge of the water lot bill? Hilo. We shall look for further intelligence with great interest. Later ‘From vregon, . Answer—If the President and Senate . will permit it, I desire to muke a state. ment, for the simple reason that much . has been said in and out of this body connecting my name with the affair. we WENGE we EE NY Ne that certain members of the Legislatu fad “up for bids,” and tbat hs Colton grant and Leavenworth grant parties . Were competing for the votes of memjbersand endeavoring to out-bid each other. I asked Pierson the result of * conference he had with members on the night previous tothe 20th of Mare) when the bill was to be shoved through: he told me he left them at 12 v'clock, midnight, and left his ultimatum, or last bid for their votes; they told him they wished to see the other competing purty: that their purse was the longest; and that I would know the result next day. On going te the Assembly Chamber next morning, I asked Pierson, whe wae in the lobby, what was tu be his fate that day; he replied that the members had closed with the other party, and that The Pacific Mail Steamship Compan‘If . should answer the questiou cate. bis opponents would carry the day, The ys steamer Columbia, arrived at San Francisco on Sunday morning Inst, from ne Senate the benefit of the informa-. tion. It will be recollected that the! Astoria, bringing dates to the 26th ult. We are indebted to Adams & Co's. Express for files of Oregon papers. . The U. S. ship Vincennes was at As. toria when the Columbia loft, ready for sea. She arrived at that port on the 14th March. Painrut Accipest.-—As the steamer \James P. Flint was coming over the . Yapids between this city and Portland, last W ednesday afternoun, the -‘ crown . seat’ ef her boiler sunk, and the steam escaping, so badly scalded the engineer, Mr. John Dennis, that he didd in sixteen jhours. He was standing immediately . hofore the furnace door, nnd received ithe full curreut of the steam, literally . flaying him alive. He wax brought to this city, where hix remains were .in. terred. He formerly resided in New . Albany. Indiana, where he leaves a wile jand child. It is supposed the immediate cuuse of his death was the inhalation of He was twenty nine years of luge. Capt. Van Bergen. of the Flint, caused every attention to be bestowed npon the untortunate man, and refused Ito leave him himself, until death ended . his sufferings, and he had performed the jlast kind office of burial, The Eagle which was near the Flint at the time of the accident, generously came to ber relief,—Stutesman 23d. . The Pacific Mail Steamship Company . have established their general depot at St. Helens, to which point the Columbia will hereafter run. The Willamette . will connect with her. . Mr, Henry Tucker, empluyed upon the pilot boat California, was drowned . at the mouth of the Columbia river, on . March 6th. He was from Enustyort, i . were visible from the station; no smoke . Maine. “Bt. by day and no tire by wight. This was. Tho difficulties with the Cape Flat. visit to the scene of actien s bes when, tery Indians have been satisfactorily . settled. . Tue Scwooxer Harrier Sare.--We \learn that the achooner. Hariet, which left here for San Frangiseo, sometime in December last, and which was supposed crew ull well. The ‘Hariet sustained, {soon after leaving port, considerable in\jury, and was driyen by the storm as ‘far northward as 54 deg., where ahe had very rich mining region, where they . ieeting some obstacle near the foot of . been knocking about -until a favorable ‘have barely water enough at present . :the mouut, its direction was changed to pee: % & .__. the north, and it is stil! flowing, towards to prospect. me of the ravines . Mauna.Kea. prospect as high as 25 cts. and on the; A vast area between the mountains hills, a'pan’ of dirt can scarcely be jis already filled with fire, and the scene ; iby night is one of terrible sublimity. picked up, where the color cannot be ; Lhe red hot lava etill rolls out of the found, Cur correspondent ayer . five of the pike ‘s oon, floods. depeche Lethe 2 ee . It seems as if the Lowels of Pluto were rhe immense amount of Quartz, to‘being disgorged. While [ write, our . gether withthe water power and the whole atmosphere is filled with lurid timber on Green Horn and Steep Holbio through pea ey = — . tts F . Jow and their tributaries, mark out fullight Se ee ee Chalk Bluff Mining District as one of! . The horizon is hung in’ murky dra‘the most important sections of this . P&¥> detonations, like distant thunder. State.” In Arkansas Gulch, an aveliform filaceous vitrifactions are filling Ki 4 e "S19 no ‘wg . Our streets. and of course they were worth} rage of 312 per day to the hand was . The flood may come down upon us or it may not. On Monday, . am cf to meet it. lt is near the weods. Monday, 23d.—The eruption is still made last week. Kerdancy.—An amusing story is told of some young men in Eureka, . 'pternally active. The fiery flood is in . : 1 , who, having indulged rather freely in Pre pha ag OT ee aes Dr. W. and myself are packed and ready to start for the mountain. Yours, truly, T. COAN. amusing themselves with an occasionul game of Euchre and Poker, contrary tothe good precepts taught in their . Another correspondent. writes av fulcarly slessons, on finding themselves . lows : Well nigh.burried alive by the heavy . _HItxo, Feb, 24, 1852. Anothe: eruption is now taking place : aha Faia ¥ fall of snow,became strongly conscious . : is evidently the duty of the 14g: . oF their ‘sins. re to repeal the last bill, Vor see any reason why they should = jon Mauna Loa. It presents a scene of They gathere! up all . sublimity unsurpassed. The side of the their’ cards, and committed them to the . Mountain has opened about mid-way its Hames, and the storm ceased immedioruine’ Rat rede eee bling and flashing on towards Hilo. It ' H< jis accompanied with frequent explosions. Commodore Charles Wilkes has sug . At wight the immagination cannot conas : é s \cieve a spectacle more awfull d. fasted a new plan Of operation for the The be sta flowof lava vefiatis upon weeks of time in do'ng it, at an ately. so of thousands of dollars to the + Aonnipie—dievinepencahi coNumMu ‘AL LEGISLATION, i aitnate je i se J te they gather in density about the mounf Califorain is insolvent to the : ohn Franklir. He proposes that a ‘tain, are caught up by the upward curt of near Two Millions of Dollars. temporary colony of four or five hun. rent of atmosphere, and hurried with sw of this, our Legislature has dred men, at the harbor where Frank. . Tpidity into every imaginable shape, now within four days of three presenting in the heavens a wild piclin passed the winter of 1845-6 ; from . Though the distance is, discussing measures ostensibly . turesque scene. : . . . he lava to flow, it is not i: ae boats at such times as’ they far for the Ia nt oe te oer cee ment. During this time, searee~ patafonet = ‘ 4 find the sible, and if it continues to flow for many ingle measure of real and general , Sts sufliciently relieved of ice,and who . days as freely as it now dees, it is quite st to the State, has been pnssed. MAY be supplied from the colony, with jprobable it will reach ‘the sea, some: fulso pretext of economy is too Such necessaries as will tend to make where near Hilo. y visible to deceive those most in. them successful and comfortable. ed. But our sage Legisiators may . =e hat object of personal aggrandise. Abas & Co, will draw drafts for ‘tion of the late eruption is undiminished. can we have in view, seeing that . the Steamer of the 5th inst , until toRage! our island is on fire. A line frem y, av fixed by the last Legislature, . morrow (Friday) evening until 9 o'. \;1 Coan informs me that he.passed . Within five or eix miles of a stream of ely nominal? The very fact of . clock, P. M. \lava, yesterday, which was burning its outinuing in session three months saemaneeeataeememmmees ,path throdgh the woods, in the direc: ut affecting any thing, precludes A fire occurred at Santa Barbara a oe of Puna. The bly te bs a pre seibility of purityef purpose. And shart time since, in which the residence . has eee GG tg oesian ay = f we could name no particular ob. of Capt Thompson wae eonmmed J.ose!17th. Tneed not add that we are all hey might have in view. it could . about $n ‘deeply interested in knowing when, Hiro; Feb. 26, 1852. Dear Sir: I add a line to the above to ill be remembered that the I'rendiscovery of the whereabouts of Sjr the clouds its cherry red hue, and ns. aie ad whence the party will proceed in }i he mountain to y for their object economy and revary. i ed in fight . from € ae Wee eezon tod . [opportunity brought her. to Olympias . She had on board a large cargo uf hogs, ‘all of which either died or were killed . for fool. The persons on board have . Suffered every privation, having been on . short allowance for some tlme. and living jon muscles, which were obtained along j the coast. They, however, enjoyed goou jhealth all the time. The passer . took passage on the Columbia, at R . for San Francisco. Oregonian. . . continued. . The Oregon papers, having but little . News to chronicle, are engaged princi, other. 2 . A man by the name of Jack Wil,liams, at Rattle-snake bar on the Mid\dle Yuba, had $400 stolen from his cabin on Monday last. It is supposed lone of the men who had been living . with him stole the money, as_he was ‘not to be found. 7'wo or three men jare in pursuit, but as yct,.no clue to {his whereabouts. From Caraveras.—-The Chronicle of ‘the 27th says that the present semi‘monthly shipment of gold from Mokel/umne Hill by Adams & Co., amounted to $50,000. . A piece of gold, says the Chronicle, in. termixed with quartz, was brought in from a neighboring gulch on last Satur\ sibility of its being weighed on any gold scales in town. It weighed over seven . pounds avoirdupois, and was estimated jt be over three fourths gold. New diggings have been discevered in the unighberheod of Angel's. As yet, . hawever, only one or two holes are paying well. . Jumpep Overnoarp.—The steamer Jenny Lind came down from Stockton on Sunday evening having on board the Sheriffs of Tuolumne and ‘San Joaquin counties who had some tinez one of the prisoners in charge of . Sheriff Work, jumped overboard. It . is supposed that he probably ,was able ito reach the shore.—Alta. . _LarGe Lump.-We learn from Mr. . O#Simmons, thata Mr. Sparks, mi ing at Morris’ ravine, on the Feath. er river, found a virgin lump, weigh~ jing 12 Ibs, on the 25th inet —Merysvile Erpress. to be lost, arrived at O,ympia; Puget's: Sound, a few days since— passengers and ; day, of arize which precludes the pos. shou . prisoners in charge. When near Mar. inform you that up to this date the'ac. . gcrically, . should answer “No,” But . know something, and am willing to give first Water Lot oill passed the Senate. . and went into the House. It was before the action of the House upon the till that] had a conversation with » member in relation to it, which [ will relate tothe Senate. A member of the’ Assembly (Mr. McCandless) culled at my ergonally acquainted with him when te came.in; he told me who he was; said he understood J hod an interest in the passage of the water lot bill then before the House; 1 told him 1 had a very deep interest in its passage; Mr. MeCandless then informed me that he was ; part owner of a 100 vara Jot upon which jhe and his partner hal made improve. lmments, and been in uninterwpted pos. seasion for sore time; that as their title to this lot was merely possession, the . Passage of thie bill would srriously affect . them; and that he and his friends in the . House would oppose the Lill unless that . property was secured tothem, some con. Versation occurred aa to how it could be jsecured to them, and it was suggested ithat the bond of some respectable per~ !son should be Kiven them two this prejperty.” Mr. McC. stated that he could {influence tliree voter exciusive of his ‘own if the property was secured to him. it consulted with Gregory Yale, T, . Green, and some other gentlemen, as to ‘the propriety of giving such a bond; the result was, « bond was prepared, signed , by myself, and I believe by Mr. Green, jfor Howard & Green, and some one or ‘two other persons; my impression is thit ia guarantee was given to McCandless jand a Mr. Cohen. ‘Ihe bond given to . McCandless was not conditioned that he should vote for that or any other bill; but upon the passage of the bill then jbefore the Assembly and its becoming ja law, they were torevceive the title: . jexpected McCundless would exert himself to procure the passage of the ‘bill’ jl huve no knowledge of the boundaries jax named in. the bills, I don't know whether a titlehas been secured to Alr. McCandless to the property referred to; I learned that the property belonged to Judge Pratt of Oregon: F would nut huve iven $2,500 fer.it, and yet these gentlomen estimated its value at $10,000, Question—Did you ever. contribute lany'nioney or property to secure the . passage of this act ? . Answer—Not particularly. If any . Rentleman asked mé-to loan him $5 or $100 I-did it; I-cuve two fifty vara Jot ‘after the pnesage of the bill. IT pave . deeds to those lotain blank; both located jin or near the city of San Franeiscs, I ¢o not knew of my own knowledze any jother party who contributed money or . property to the pussuge of the water lot (bill; Thave heard that parsons gave ifarge amounts; Mr. Clark offered to von. . } 1 KCTS . tribute property, but do not know wheth,anier, er he did or not; my opinion is the Long . I WILL pay a reasonable reward and all _ Wharf Co. contributed property to seThe Oregon Spectator has been discure the passage of the bill; I never, i knew or heard it stated that any memmoney or consideration to secdre the jpussaye of the bill; I never knew or ure heard from the mountain and capil-. Pally, a8 usual. in biackguarding each heard it stated that any member of the . Senate was to be employed as counsel jin case the bill became alaw. Many jor the members who borrowed money of me returned it; many di not. Never suw'any drafts drawn by Howard, er Palmer, or Green, in favor of membere*, . T never stated that any Senator was . anxious to receive a retaining fee; . never heard of it before. [ have -heard jthat considerable amounts of money ;were paid members of the Assembly, jand distributed among them. . believe . there. were very few members: who . doubted it; it was admitted that there . were men in the House who could be . approached. It was frequently said by runners’that cértain members could be . bought for certain sums. I do not know . who were their agents or who received ‘the property, though I believe property . was given, .I became eo disgusted with these hangers-on; that I did not hesitate frequently to say to them, that they and {the members might go to hell. If 1; . Sepa a member was approachable I d have approached myself, not} through a third party. 1 believe some dozen members of the Legislature were bribed as much as I believe in my own existence. I have heard rumors that members received money for absenting themselves at the time the vote was taken. From information given to me by Mr. Cohen, ! believe the bond which I and others gave to McCandless has been cancelled. Mr. Clarkson never told me he had paid over any money, or discounted any drafts for membeis. . Clarkson said he had rendered some . vice, and ought to receive some money. but I told him I had nothing to do with . him. The two lots which I gave were assessed to unknown owners. 1! do not know if there was any swapping of votes among members. Mr. Samuel Haight once said the passage of the bill: coat $100.000, and he ha paid $7,000. He was largely interested in water lot property. C. E. Picxerr Examinep.—The following are the most important portions of the testimony given by Mr. P. It appears from his testimony, that he was ietened last winter, by Col. Pierson, . . room; my impression ix that . was not! ber of the last Senate received ‘any, vote showed that Pierson’s prediction was correct. Pierson told me that, ut the proper time, he would tell me the name< of the members he had been denling with. and the amounts they gut. . That rame morning he told me that all the members (except Mr. Thorne) who changed their votes from the doth ta the 20th of March. (or between whee votes. on those days there wan a discrepaney,) were the mén, und [ could find: out by reference; the Dill, with the amendments. was passed by piece-ment, . and no direct yote was taken in the Ass ;sembly. The names of the men who , changed their votes. as referred to, were . Messrs. Field.* Hall, McCandless, Mer j ritt Oxgood, Wilkins, and Thorne. Mr. Pierson, in subsequent conversntiona, told . me he did not go to the Capital for the . purpose of bribing membeys, but finding that the other party were dving it, he . was compelled to fight them on theis . own ground; that he had been the mens lof raising the price of votes from four tw . wix times higher than the original steuj dard, and he frequently bonsted tog jas well as to others, that he bad ma the other party pay $100 000 snore thop they would have ot) erwise done; he ; marked that rome o the abs-nt meme bers were poid to be away . have {heard Mr. Pierson way that Mr. Heydenfeldt was deep in the mire. und wae probably paid higher than any one elxe 1 don't state. taat he asserted that he . positively knew it, but that such was hig opinion, 1 * Mr. Van Buren subsequently made nstatement in the Senate. partially exomerating Mr. Field from improper motives in his course on the water lot bills. Murper.—Zhe Caleveras Chronicle of the 27th, gives an account ot one of the most cold blooded. murders we ever read of. > The enuse of the uffuirs-was a Woman who lind wbeen in the keeping of Juan Sota, who abused i her in stch& manner that she upplied ito Don Miguel Hughes for protection, . who put. her inva -ruem’ and ‘refused, . Sota uecess. He swore ver geance, and watched “his opportunity when ia knife into his body, upto the handle Sota fled-aad has not been found at last aeveunts het me vieilance committee are in pursvit of him The Chronicle’ only coatains (hree morders and an attempts from which we: infer that peaceais likely th be restored * at the Hill shortly. Noti«e. Lecessary expenses. to any person who will return to ine certain manuscript papers of ter timony, which were lost on Monday night, the 22d of March, inst., hetween the © Empiro Kunch” on the Maryavills roud and Rough anal * . Reudy. Thev consist of hooks of fvolser » . doubled lengthwise of the sheet. and are of uv. . importance to any one whe may find thew, EW. ROBORTS, J. v, Rough and Ready, March, 26, 335?-—It }@LUATE. OF CALIFORNIA.--County of . bk Nevada, as. District ourt, 10th judiciad . district. Jarmima Cabill va. Joseph Cabill. . The people of the state of California to Jo. Seph Cabill, greeting: You are hereby noti. fied that on the 29th day.of March. a. p. 1852, . suit was commenced by said plaintiff aguinst . you, in avid district cenrt. tor Nevada county, for a divorce from the bands of matrimony. You are therefore required to appear and . anewer the complaint of the plai_ tiff herein, filed, within thirty days froin this date, or the plaintiff will take a decree of divorce as prayed: for in said complaint, which is now or file iu . my office in said county. . Witness, Theodor: Miller, clerk of the disj trict court, tenth judicial district for Nevada . county, with the seal affixed, at office, in Ne vada, this 29th day of March, 1552. ’ THEO. MIILLER, Clerk, By Sivney C. Henerrt, D’p'y Hubbard & Hodge -Att’ys for p)’tff. 93-lawSt 93-law6 Sia UE EEEETEEEEEEenEneeeeete ee SVATE OF CALIFOR NIA—-County of Nevada. To Aaron Butler, take notice, that a writ of attachment has issued from the office of EW. Roberts, a Justice of the Peace for Rough and Ready township, in said county, on ¢ 29th day of March, 1852, against you and jr favor of Perry Early, for the, sum of thirtynipe and 15-100 dollars, returaable on the 1Ma of April, 1852, before said Justice, at his office in Kough and Ready. Unless you appear and answer at said time and place judgment will be rendered against you for plaintiff's demand aforesaid, with damages and costs, and: . your property attached be sold under execution for payment thereef. Given under my* hand, at office, at Rough aud Ready, thia the 29th day of March, 1852. id k. W. ROBERTS, J. P. P. Q. M. Eo. MIPHE stockholders of the Phenix Quarts Mining Company are hereby notified that a further assessment of four doilare per share has been levied by the Beard of Trustees. Tuesday, March 30th, to be paid in within ten days to the Treasurer of asid company. All those owning shares iv said ‘company; who have not paid their assesements and fines of March 17th, will be dealt with secording to the Constitution and by-laws of ot company. H. Roruscmiup, Sec’y. and Trees. Nevada, March Slst, 1852—2¢ Quartz Mining. —Miners to quarry ons or ey ae Also a steam engine 15 to 20 horse power: Apply at Mr. Lacharme's quartz mi!, Western Mining company, Nevada $88 Hughes did not see him, nnd plunged -. . SERENGEOTEreTEN EET CEEEEETEEryerweTerer seem

THURSDAY MORNING, APRUL 3. Sen Francisco Agency. ‘cTavIaAN Hoogs, who has heretofore our Agent in San Francisco, has transd his Agency to Wittiam JEWELL, Jr, will hereafter be our authorized Agent, jivertisements, subscription, etc. OOS mes = Wi WATER LOT INVESTIGATION, . or some days past, our legislature jbecn engaged investigating the ls by which the passage of the yr Lot Bills of last session were ared, = We = give extracts from vidences elicited, from which our ‘rs may form their own opinions. ——— . be no apology for them. It has been Later from the Sandwich Islands. said by good authority—"No man can serve God and Mammon.’ an Dot for me; is against me.” As applied oe ; : to our Legislature and those they ought By the arrival of the brig Baltimore ‘to serve, this is strictly trae. Their from the Sandwich Islands, we have reshow of economy can have but little . °°'Ved: through Gregory's Express, Ho‘weight, when they remain there an un— papers to March pn ‘ian P usual length of time at a heavy expense. . “-” act has pasood me ae a . to the State, without effecting the least liament, admitting all Sour, — Sore . good, although the pny is too small to be lumber, stave and heading, the preduce 'an object to them. Ths weekly ex. manufacture of the United States, pense of our Legislature, is about $6000, into the Islands free of duty, provided or $25,000 per month. One month, had the government of the United States they all been sincerely devoted to the will admit the sugar, syrup, molasses and interest of the State, had been amply coffee of the Islands into United States sufficient for the transaction of all the agen ourthe aes or : ' business they have done, and what they. _ The following account of the eruption _ re likely to do hereafter. Then two lof the volcanic mountain, Mauna Loa, months expenses had been saved, . '* taken from the Polynesian Extra, of frauds of the basest kind were) ®mounting to near $60,000. To a State . Marob: Sth. ted to, is, we believe, sufficiently. us, Moreover, we believe that int of corruption and profligacy ist’ Legisluiure hay never been ‘ed in more than one ingtartgé, in rica, and that instance is foutitl in besent Legislature. 7’hes invesmew being had in this’ rater, lly irrelevant to the duties, of ty. And in this we would. be aed by the opinion of every memf{ his individual understanding’ mterrogated. It may be*6f ser-, them, in some degree, in diverhe eyes of the people from, the ess of their own conduct, if they eecd in presenting that of ‘the j body in a more prominentlight heirown. Tt eun have no othr However corrupt the ‘Tpcans use of to effet” the passégze. of ater Lot Bills, where a title kas to individuals through the op. , , . ‘ 1 . of those Laws, no action 5a . uent Legislature ean affect that It is a bona fide contract, in petween the State and individ. that is avowedly bankrupt this would . The new eruption on. Mauna Loa, of Ib ie ts Wh . Which our correspondent notified usa 9,08 He . Wortn, saving, ere €CO. fow days ng, is likely to prove one of nomy ix their watchword and hobby. . the most extensive that has taken place how inconsistent it is for that; body to. on a ~t ci the memory of man.. From the last accounts given bespend half a day oraday, at an expense: low, it-wil. be-séen that the Pb gas of some $500 or $1000 in discussing the . jime spectadiés are now to be witnessed economy of printing a bill of no impor-{on that island, and the end may be the ‘tance, ind then have it printed. How ‘tlestrucrion of the beautiful town of Hilo inconsistent‘it has always been, te spend on 2g EGE ROW an: HS couree } \: We give ‘below the letters of corres_priety of the Jaw ‘of last session fixing . pondents, which reach down to the 26th the rate of their own ; nor was it . ultimo. , : less consistent sath nd Hite, Feb; 2t, 1852. : Spend some! ~ Dear Sir: The old lion is uguin out of weeks in discussing the amount of pay jis den, bis eyes flash fire and his rour for their cleiks, door-keepers. &c. These . is awful. ‘ . things show conelusively that economy . On the 17th inst., at twenty minutes . t ' ‘ {past 3a. of, a small beacon light ap. has nothing to do with their real ubject. . peared on the summit of ects ‘ye During the last week, many of the mem. This light increased until it looked like , berhave absented themselves; in soine as rising moon. In-half un hour, brilliant . instances for the remainder of the ses. columns ot lava shot up against the riot, uiitil'tthiere is But a bare quorum in . oe yes end © Renarel Ceres of pha faeces apes jee "ieee ired fusion poured out of the same orifice either branch; and we have every realupparently, which disgorged such awful json to believe they will continue to fall . floods in 1543. We were awakened at “af. until a quoram’ean no longer be had, . #bout 4 o'clock, and saw a glare of jight streaming through our windows. Our os jfirst thought was that some building ; uch for the people to expect one reanear us was on fire, but on rising we . Can they, or will they do . soon pereeived that the whole summit . something for the relief of the financial . of ae ye Selenay be a te dy a Peet? ; A .»,. 4 vast furnace was there glaring with ree n ee te oe ye seas they to. vehement heut. The aisle Hood rolled day to pass a bill repealing the last . down the side of the mountain so rapidly week after week .in discussing the proUnder’ these circumstances. is it too } sonable act? ¢ conditions whereof have been, . , Water. Lot -Swindle, and the Revenue that in two hours we judged its progress ed with, and to attempt to“dis. e rights thus vested now,wouldece of ebsurdity as far surpassj t of our tormer Legislature) ag rpassed in coiruption, that-bo-: _eknowledged puvity of purpose , rmed our national constitution. , les thus granted to individuals ‘ . faith, the State is bound “by principle of justice t+» defend.-< . is ty be lamented as one of the . corrupt Legislation, but can‘remedied. What then can our fature do, and what should they mply this: : Legislature of 1851 passed a anting to the eity of San Friinhi icase to these lots for 99 yeahs: lid not prove satisfoctory to men cS Coltou grants, and a petition p asking for a title in fee simDfirming these claims, They iple to the City, provided she confitia the titles to grants givColton. ad no authority to issue these . being merely a justice of the ntil eonfirmed by the proper. fthe bill with these conditions, ich reason it is yet in the hands * Legislature. ‘These Colton yas afee or bribe for making and given, in some instances, in guanties, to favorites, who were thy. © Under these circumstan‘ gpermtion benefits unworthy per: . pleting the survey of their ditch.— i ceived fire issuin 4 . . . ye} ee a bill accordingiy, giving the, This Colton, it is evi. San Francisco refused to acB were Ven at a nominal price, . i Bill now before them, and then adjourn, tw have been fifteen miles, the whole “they would be doing all ‘the goud they . lave glaring with great brilliancy. ‘Ihis . het .* ‘flow continyed through the day, but “are capable of. Other measures of imwith decreasing energy, It became portance have been before them. but . sluggish at night, and the next day, or ‘they “hive been put to sleep. never ter twenty tour. hous, no traces of it snore, We far, to be disturbed: at le Not furany good purpose. \a damper. We had thought of paying Qur correspondent from Green Horn, . the action ceased our pedestrian desires informs us that the Franklin Mining . i also. , vat slept. c TS pene \ ut our slumbers were soon broken. Co, were engaged Jast-.week in com-' a+ 6 diclock a. M., yesterday, we peri from the side of the Four miles of the survey had been . mountain ph ade riilo, and about. lialf : way down the mount.’ This lateral crater completed, and it was supposed that : ;soon became intensely active, ‘pouring four miles more would be required-— outa ad flood a . foon reached the Thow inp a ; base ot the mount. At first the stream Chey have already passed through A shot directly down towards Hilo; but ee —_—_—— and where, and how, this fiery food is Water Lot Investigation. toreach the sea. The locality of its} Co. J. D. Stevexson Examtnzy.—1 former occasion. Yours truly, F. COAN. By advices from Hilo to the 2d inst., we He ie learn that the stream of lava had burned through the woods to within . early in January to the 22d or 23d of . March: was there when the act of fifteen miles of Hilo, and that it was still progressing. The current was not so rapid us at first, but it ie gradual! filling up all the ‘inequalities of the greund, and it was supposed ut that date that it would ultimately reach the sea, R . . Great Erupti Mauna Loa—Hawaii visited San Jose during the session of the He that is sda gy ai cap hom PAs pope ee, — Legislature last yesr to procure the pas. sage of the bills ceding the right of the State to certain water lot property in San Francisco; I went to San Jose for . that purpose; was there at intervals from . March 26, 1851 was passed. Question by Mr. Broderick— Do you now of any member of the Legislature having been offered or having received a bribe to influence his vote on the pasand discharge itself into the Bay of . #ge of the water lot bill? Hilo. We shall look for further intelligence with great interest. Later ‘From vregon, . Answer—If the President and Senate . will permit it, I desire to muke a state. ment, for the simple reason that much . has been said in and out of this body connecting my name with the affair. we WENGE we EE NY Ne that certain members of the Legislatu fad “up for bids,” and tbat hs Colton grant and Leavenworth grant parties . Were competing for the votes of memjbersand endeavoring to out-bid each other. I asked Pierson the result of * conference he had with members on the night previous tothe 20th of Mare) when the bill was to be shoved through: he told me he left them at 12 v'clock, midnight, and left his ultimatum, or last bid for their votes; they told him they wished to see the other competing purty: that their purse was the longest; and that I would know the result next day. On going te the Assembly Chamber next morning, I asked Pierson, whe wae in the lobby, what was tu be his fate that day; he replied that the members had closed with the other party, and that The Pacific Mail Steamship Compan‘If . should answer the questiou cate. bis opponents would carry the day, The ys steamer Columbia, arrived at San Francisco on Sunday morning Inst, from ne Senate the benefit of the informa-. tion. It will be recollected that the! Astoria, bringing dates to the 26th ult. We are indebted to Adams & Co's. Express for files of Oregon papers. . The U. S. ship Vincennes was at As. toria when the Columbia loft, ready for sea. She arrived at that port on the 14th March. Painrut Accipest.-—As the steamer \James P. Flint was coming over the . Yapids between this city and Portland, last W ednesday afternoun, the -‘ crown . seat’ ef her boiler sunk, and the steam escaping, so badly scalded the engineer, Mr. John Dennis, that he didd in sixteen jhours. He was standing immediately . hofore the furnace door, nnd received ithe full curreut of the steam, literally . flaying him alive. He wax brought to this city, where hix remains were .in. terred. He formerly resided in New . Albany. Indiana, where he leaves a wile jand child. It is supposed the immediate cuuse of his death was the inhalation of He was twenty nine years of luge. Capt. Van Bergen. of the Flint, caused every attention to be bestowed npon the untortunate man, and refused Ito leave him himself, until death ended . his sufferings, and he had performed the jlast kind office of burial, The Eagle which was near the Flint at the time of the accident, generously came to ber relief,—Stutesman 23d. . The Pacific Mail Steamship Company . have established their general depot at St. Helens, to which point the Columbia will hereafter run. The Willamette . will connect with her. . Mr, Henry Tucker, empluyed upon the pilot boat California, was drowned . at the mouth of the Columbia river, on . March 6th. He was from Enustyort, i . were visible from the station; no smoke . Maine. “Bt. by day and no tire by wight. This was. Tho difficulties with the Cape Flat. visit to the scene of actien s bes when, tery Indians have been satisfactorily . settled. . Tue Scwooxer Harrier Sare.--We \learn that the achooner. Hariet, which left here for San Frangiseo, sometime in December last, and which was supposed crew ull well. The ‘Hariet sustained, {soon after leaving port, considerable in\jury, and was driyen by the storm as ‘far northward as 54 deg., where ahe had very rich mining region, where they . ieeting some obstacle near the foot of . been knocking about -until a favorable ‘have barely water enough at present . :the mouut, its direction was changed to pee: % & .__. the north, and it is stil! flowing, towards to prospect. me of the ravines . Mauna.Kea. prospect as high as 25 cts. and on the; A vast area between the mountains hills, a'pan’ of dirt can scarcely be jis already filled with fire, and the scene ; iby night is one of terrible sublimity. picked up, where the color cannot be ; Lhe red hot lava etill rolls out of the found, Cur correspondent ayer . five of the pike ‘s oon, floods. depeche Lethe 2 ee . It seems as if the Lowels of Pluto were rhe immense amount of Quartz, to‘being disgorged. While [ write, our . gether withthe water power and the whole atmosphere is filled with lurid timber on Green Horn and Steep Holbio through pea ey = — . tts F . Jow and their tributaries, mark out fullight Se ee ee Chalk Bluff Mining District as one of! . The horizon is hung in’ murky dra‘the most important sections of this . P&¥> detonations, like distant thunder. State.” In Arkansas Gulch, an aveliform filaceous vitrifactions are filling Ki 4 e "S19 no ‘wg . Our streets. and of course they were worth} rage of 312 per day to the hand was . The flood may come down upon us or it may not. On Monday, . am cf to meet it. lt is near the weods. Monday, 23d.—The eruption is still made last week. Kerdancy.—An amusing story is told of some young men in Eureka, . 'pternally active. The fiery flood is in . : 1 , who, having indulged rather freely in Pre pha ag OT ee aes Dr. W. and myself are packed and ready to start for the mountain. Yours, truly, T. COAN. amusing themselves with an occasionul game of Euchre and Poker, contrary tothe good precepts taught in their . Another correspondent. writes av fulcarly slessons, on finding themselves . lows : Well nigh.burried alive by the heavy . _HItxo, Feb, 24, 1852. Anothe: eruption is now taking place : aha Faia ¥ fall of snow,became strongly conscious . : is evidently the duty of the 14g: . oF their ‘sins. re to repeal the last bill, Vor see any reason why they should = jon Mauna Loa. It presents a scene of They gathere! up all . sublimity unsurpassed. The side of the their’ cards, and committed them to the . Mountain has opened about mid-way its Hames, and the storm ceased immedioruine’ Rat rede eee bling and flashing on towards Hilo. It ' H< jis accompanied with frequent explosions. Commodore Charles Wilkes has sug . At wight the immagination cannot conas : é s \cieve a spectacle more awfull d. fasted a new plan Of operation for the The be sta flowof lava vefiatis upon weeks of time in do'ng it, at an ately. so of thousands of dollars to the + Aonnipie—dievinepencahi coNumMu ‘AL LEGISLATION, i aitnate je i se J te they gather in density about the mounf Califorain is insolvent to the : ohn Franklir. He proposes that a ‘tain, are caught up by the upward curt of near Two Millions of Dollars. temporary colony of four or five hun. rent of atmosphere, and hurried with sw of this, our Legislature has dred men, at the harbor where Frank. . Tpidity into every imaginable shape, now within four days of three presenting in the heavens a wild piclin passed the winter of 1845-6 ; from . Though the distance is, discussing measures ostensibly . turesque scene. : . . . he lava to flow, it is not i: ae boats at such times as’ they far for the Ia nt oe te oer cee ment. During this time, searee~ patafonet = ‘ 4 find the sible, and if it continues to flow for many ingle measure of real and general , Sts sufliciently relieved of ice,and who . days as freely as it now dees, it is quite

st to the State, has been pnssed. MAY be supplied from the colony, with jprobable it will reach ‘the sea, some: fulso pretext of economy is too Such necessaries as will tend to make where near Hilo. y visible to deceive those most in. them successful and comfortable. ed. But our sage Legisiators may . =e hat object of personal aggrandise. Abas & Co, will draw drafts for ‘tion of the late eruption is undiminished. can we have in view, seeing that . the Steamer of the 5th inst , until toRage! our island is on fire. A line frem y, av fixed by the last Legislature, . morrow (Friday) evening until 9 o'. \;1 Coan informs me that he.passed . Within five or eix miles of a stream of ely nominal? The very fact of . clock, P. M. \lava, yesterday, which was burning its outinuing in session three months saemaneeeataeememmmees ,path throdgh the woods, in the direc: ut affecting any thing, precludes A fire occurred at Santa Barbara a oe of Puna. The bly te bs a pre seibility of purityef purpose. And shart time since, in which the residence . has eee GG tg oesian ay = f we could name no particular ob. of Capt Thompson wae eonmmed J.ose!17th. Tneed not add that we are all hey might have in view. it could . about $n ‘deeply interested in knowing when, Hiro; Feb. 26, 1852. Dear Sir: I add a line to the above to ill be remembered that the I'rendiscovery of the whereabouts of Sjr the clouds its cherry red hue, and ns. aie ad whence the party will proceed in }i he mountain to y for their object economy and revary. i ed in fight . from € ae Wee eezon tod . [opportunity brought her. to Olympias . She had on board a large cargo uf hogs, ‘all of which either died or were killed . for fool. The persons on board have . Suffered every privation, having been on . short allowance for some tlme. and living jon muscles, which were obtained along j the coast. They, however, enjoyed goou jhealth all the time. The passer . took passage on the Columbia, at R . for San Francisco. Oregonian. . . continued. . The Oregon papers, having but little . News to chronicle, are engaged princi, other. 2 . A man by the name of Jack Wil,liams, at Rattle-snake bar on the Mid\dle Yuba, had $400 stolen from his cabin on Monday last. It is supposed lone of the men who had been living . with him stole the money, as_he was ‘not to be found. 7'wo or three men jare in pursuit, but as yct,.no clue to {his whereabouts. From Caraveras.—-The Chronicle of ‘the 27th says that the present semi‘monthly shipment of gold from Mokel/umne Hill by Adams & Co., amounted to $50,000. . A piece of gold, says the Chronicle, in. termixed with quartz, was brought in from a neighboring gulch on last Satur\ sibility of its being weighed on any gold scales in town. It weighed over seven . pounds avoirdupois, and was estimated jt be over three fourths gold. New diggings have been discevered in the unighberheod of Angel's. As yet, . hawever, only one or two holes are paying well. . Jumpep Overnoarp.—The steamer Jenny Lind came down from Stockton on Sunday evening having on board the Sheriffs of Tuolumne and ‘San Joaquin counties who had some tinez one of the prisoners in charge of . Sheriff Work, jumped overboard. It . is supposed that he probably ,was able ito reach the shore.—Alta. . _LarGe Lump.-We learn from Mr. . O#Simmons, thata Mr. Sparks, mi ing at Morris’ ravine, on the Feath. er river, found a virgin lump, weigh~ jing 12 Ibs, on the 25th inet —Merysvile Erpress. to be lost, arrived at O,ympia; Puget's: Sound, a few days since— passengers and ; day, of arize which precludes the pos. shou . prisoners in charge. When near Mar. inform you that up to this date the'ac. . gcrically, . should answer “No,” But . know something, and am willing to give first Water Lot oill passed the Senate. . and went into the House. It was before the action of the House upon the till that] had a conversation with » member in relation to it, which [ will relate tothe Senate. A member of the’ Assembly (Mr. McCandless) culled at my ergonally acquainted with him when te came.in; he told me who he was; said he understood J hod an interest in the passage of the water lot bill then before the House; 1 told him 1 had a very deep interest in its passage; Mr. MeCandless then informed me that he was ; part owner of a 100 vara Jot upon which jhe and his partner hal made improve. lmments, and been in uninterwpted pos. seasion for sore time; that as their title to this lot was merely possession, the . Passage of thie bill would srriously affect . them; and that he and his friends in the . House would oppose the Lill unless that . property was secured tothem, some con. Versation occurred aa to how it could be jsecured to them, and it was suggested ithat the bond of some respectable per~ !son should be Kiven them two this prejperty.” Mr. McC. stated that he could {influence tliree voter exciusive of his ‘own if the property was secured to him. it consulted with Gregory Yale, T, . Green, and some other gentlemen, as to ‘the propriety of giving such a bond; the result was, « bond was prepared, signed , by myself, and I believe by Mr. Green, jfor Howard & Green, and some one or ‘two other persons; my impression is thit ia guarantee was given to McCandless jand a Mr. Cohen. ‘Ihe bond given to . McCandless was not conditioned that he should vote for that or any other bill; but upon the passage of the bill then jbefore the Assembly and its becoming ja law, they were torevceive the title: . jexpected McCundless would exert himself to procure the passage of the ‘bill’ jl huve no knowledge of the boundaries jax named in. the bills, I don't know whether a titlehas been secured to Alr. McCandless to the property referred to; I learned that the property belonged to Judge Pratt of Oregon: F would nut huve iven $2,500 fer.it, and yet these gentlomen estimated its value at $10,000, Question—Did you ever. contribute lany'nioney or property to secure the . passage of this act ? . Answer—Not particularly. If any . Rentleman asked mé-to loan him $5 or $100 I-did it; I-cuve two fifty vara Jot ‘after the pnesage of the bill. IT pave . deeds to those lotain blank; both located jin or near the city of San Franeiscs, I ¢o not knew of my own knowledze any jother party who contributed money or . property to the pussuge of the water lot (bill; Thave heard that parsons gave ifarge amounts; Mr. Clark offered to von. . } 1 KCTS . tribute property, but do not know wheth,anier, er he did or not; my opinion is the Long . I WILL pay a reasonable reward and all _ Wharf Co. contributed property to seThe Oregon Spectator has been discure the passage of the bill; I never, i knew or heard it stated that any memmoney or consideration to secdre the jpussaye of the bill; I never knew or ure heard from the mountain and capil-. Pally, a8 usual. in biackguarding each heard it stated that any member of the . Senate was to be employed as counsel jin case the bill became alaw. Many jor the members who borrowed money of me returned it; many di not. Never suw'any drafts drawn by Howard, er Palmer, or Green, in favor of membere*, . T never stated that any Senator was . anxious to receive a retaining fee; . never heard of it before. [ have -heard jthat considerable amounts of money ;were paid members of the Assembly, jand distributed among them. . believe . there. were very few members: who . doubted it; it was admitted that there . were men in the House who could be . approached. It was frequently said by runners’that cértain members could be . bought for certain sums. I do not know . who were their agents or who received ‘the property, though I believe property . was given, .I became eo disgusted with these hangers-on; that I did not hesitate frequently to say to them, that they and {the members might go to hell. If 1; . Sepa a member was approachable I d have approached myself, not} through a third party. 1 believe some dozen members of the Legislature were bribed as much as I believe in my own existence. I have heard rumors that members received money for absenting themselves at the time the vote was taken. From information given to me by Mr. Cohen, ! believe the bond which I and others gave to McCandless has been cancelled. Mr. Clarkson never told me he had paid over any money, or discounted any drafts for membeis. . Clarkson said he had rendered some . vice, and ought to receive some money. but I told him I had nothing to do with . him. The two lots which I gave were assessed to unknown owners. 1! do not know if there was any swapping of votes among members. Mr. Samuel Haight once said the passage of the bill: coat $100.000, and he ha paid $7,000. He was largely interested in water lot property. C. E. Picxerr Examinep.—The following are the most important portions of the testimony given by Mr. P. It appears from his testimony, that he was ietened last winter, by Col. Pierson, . . room; my impression ix that . was not! ber of the last Senate received ‘any, vote showed that Pierson’s prediction was correct. Pierson told me that, ut the proper time, he would tell me the name< of the members he had been denling with. and the amounts they gut. . That rame morning he told me that all the members (except Mr. Thorne) who changed their votes from the doth ta the 20th of March. (or between whee votes. on those days there wan a discrepaney,) were the mén, und [ could find: out by reference; the Dill, with the amendments. was passed by piece-ment, . and no direct yote was taken in the Ass ;sembly. The names of the men who , changed their votes. as referred to, were . Messrs. Field.* Hall, McCandless, Mer j ritt Oxgood, Wilkins, and Thorne. Mr. Pierson, in subsequent conversntiona, told . me he did not go to the Capital for the . purpose of bribing membeys, but finding that the other party were dving it, he . was compelled to fight them on theis . own ground; that he had been the mens lof raising the price of votes from four tw . wix times higher than the original steuj dard, and he frequently bonsted tog jas well as to others, that he bad ma the other party pay $100 000 snore thop they would have ot) erwise done; he ; marked that rome o the abs-nt meme bers were poid to be away . have {heard Mr. Pierson way that Mr. Heydenfeldt was deep in the mire. und wae probably paid higher than any one elxe 1 don't state. taat he asserted that he . positively knew it, but that such was hig opinion, 1 * Mr. Van Buren subsequently made nstatement in the Senate. partially exomerating Mr. Field from improper motives in his course on the water lot bills. Murper.—Zhe Caleveras Chronicle of the 27th, gives an account ot one of the most cold blooded. murders we ever read of. > The enuse of the uffuirs-was a Woman who lind wbeen in the keeping of Juan Sota, who abused i her in stch& manner that she upplied ito Don Miguel Hughes for protection, . who put. her inva -ruem’ and ‘refused, . Sota uecess. He swore ver geance, and watched “his opportunity when ia knife into his body, upto the handle Sota fled-aad has not been found at last aeveunts het me vieilance committee are in pursvit of him The Chronicle’ only coatains (hree morders and an attempts from which we: infer that peaceais likely th be restored * at the Hill shortly. Noti«e. Lecessary expenses. to any person who will return to ine certain manuscript papers of ter timony, which were lost on Monday night, the 22d of March, inst., hetween the © Empiro Kunch” on the Maryavills roud and Rough anal * . Reudy. Thev consist of hooks of fvolser » . doubled lengthwise of the sheet. and are of uv. . importance to any one whe may find thew, EW. ROBORTS, J. v, Rough and Ready, March, 26, 335?-—It }@LUATE. OF CALIFORNIA.--County of . bk Nevada, as. District ourt, 10th judiciad . district. Jarmima Cabill va. Joseph Cabill. . The people of the state of California to Jo. Seph Cabill, greeting: You are hereby noti. fied that on the 29th day.of March. a. p. 1852, . suit was commenced by said plaintiff aguinst . you, in avid district cenrt. tor Nevada county, for a divorce from the bands of matrimony. You are therefore required to appear and . anewer the complaint of the plai_ tiff herein, filed, within thirty days froin this date, or the plaintiff will take a decree of divorce as prayed: for in said complaint, which is now or file iu . my office in said county. . Witness, Theodor: Miller, clerk of the disj trict court, tenth judicial district for Nevada . county, with the seal affixed, at office, in Ne vada, this 29th day of March, 1552. ’ THEO. MIILLER, Clerk, By Sivney C. Henerrt, D’p'y Hubbard & Hodge -Att’ys for p)’tff. 93-lawSt 93-law6 Sia UE EEEETEEEEEEenEneeeeete ee SVATE OF CALIFOR NIA—-County of Nevada. To Aaron Butler, take notice, that a writ of attachment has issued from the office of EW. Roberts, a Justice of the Peace for Rough and Ready township, in said county, on ¢ 29th day of March, 1852, against you and jr favor of Perry Early, for the, sum of thirtynipe and 15-100 dollars, returaable on the 1Ma of April, 1852, before said Justice, at his office in Kough and Ready. Unless you appear and answer at said time and place judgment will be rendered against you for plaintiff's demand aforesaid, with damages and costs, and: . your property attached be sold under execution for payment thereef. Given under my* hand, at office, at Rough aud Ready, thia the 29th day of March, 1852. id k. W. ROBERTS, J. P. P. Q. M. Eo. MIPHE stockholders of the Phenix Quarts Mining Company are hereby notified that a further assessment of four doilare per share has been levied by the Beard of Trustees. Tuesday, March 30th, to be paid in within ten days to the Treasurer of asid company. All those owning shares iv said ‘company; who have not paid their assesements and fines of March 17th, will be dealt with secording to the Constitution and by-laws of ot company. H. Roruscmiup, Sec’y. and Trees. Nevada, March Slst, 1852—2¢ Quartz Mining. —Miners to quarry ons or ey ae Also a steam engine 15 to 20 horse power: Apply at Mr. Lacharme's quartz mi!, Western Mining company, Nevada $88 Hughes did not see him, nnd plunged -. . SERENGEOTEreTEN EET CEEEEETEEryerweTerer seem