February 29, 1856 (4 pages)

y XATION.—Uur Solons at the capitol have no idea in the world of wearing out their mortal bodies and immortal intellects for nothing, or the _. State, which is equivalent to nothing after -. years of Loco Foce plunder. According‘. ly on the 21st inst., Thursday week, the Legislature adjourned to the next TuesUJ SU x PRO AR rn AAA RARAS AAA FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29, Columbia Hill. . Len se auakme Daeebaecde stot Forest City. . Cartrors1a Tracepies.—Another trag.+.Walloupa. . Very appropriate and laudable purpose of . Stood adjourned on its PASSAGE. Shrine shreiietaehy oes shoraety ‘Montcauma. . celebrating the birth-day ef George Wash-! chair, howgver, entertained a different ington, but what the other three days were . °Pivion. Several Senators left their seats, . . designed for, unless to get over the effects, Sacramento Correspondence. Sacramento, Tuesday Eve., ) February 26, 1856. f On Thursday last some very amusing incidents occurred in the Senate, French in the chair. A concurrent resolution coming from the House, to adjourn to Tuesday was passed by the Senate. By the ‘. day. Friday was to be devoted to the. terms of the resolution the Legislature The put on their hats, walked outside the bar, edy has been committed in our county. of the celebratiomywe are unable to say. . and indulged in loud talking regardless of Another victim has been added to the . Three blue day#is a rather liberal allowlong list of homicides. And the event,!ance, to follow one bright one. It was as usual, causes no particular emotion, . long ago sung: either of horror or surprise. “Oh getting tipsey is divine, But getting sober is the d—1,” day of hair pulling was all that our The very frequency of these tragedies precludes . se the possibility of any peculiar emotion being felt or exhibited when one occurs. We are not about to write a long homily on the sinfulness of California in committing homicides ; but simply to state a few facts. California, since she was admitted into the Union, show an average of over six hundred deaths by violent means for each year. Within the last six years over thirty-six hundred persons have been summarily sent into eternity by the bowicknife and revolver. Is this not a fearful catalogue? Most certainly it is. All will admit the fact. No one will deny it. What, then, are the principal causes of such huge catalogues of slaughter 2? The principal cause, in our opinion, is the fact that we haye within our borders over three hundred thousand persons who came here fur no other earthly object but to get gold. Gold first and last. Nothing but gold. Man intent on one idea only for a series of years lose the higher Gold always. This we beBut there are other causes which tend to proWhat are they 7— characteristies of manhood. lieve to be true asa general thing. duce these tragedies. The homicide statistics of stout constitutioncd ancestors required to . get rid of the effects of potations, and ex. periencing his Satanic majesty. The degeneracy of the present age, without alluding to this adjournment for evidence, is proved by the long time required now-aidays to recover from excesses. The fact jis, we are weak. Even our Legislators are not exempt from the debility of the times. Once law makers could keep their seats and attend to their business for an \entire session without a breathing spell every few days, but now, our representatives have to take a snuff of sea air at San . Francisco occasionally to recuperate exhausted nature, or attend a ball of the E, Stace pes Vitus for sanitory purposes, /away up in the mountains where the air \is pure like the object of the order, and . good for the lungs. . Last year, Good Friday was religiously { ipose, by the Legislators who gratified . their consciences by suspending all public business. Some scandatous sheets, not having observed by members of the two Houses. . { hear spoken of as a fin An adjournment was had, and appropriate . presents the appearance somewhat of a . religious services were performed, we sup-/ mushroom mining town of 1849. » ~ id . First and formost, the very nature of our . population is such that the laws eannot be . faithfully administered over the whole State. proper respect for Honorables, it is true, maliciously reported, that the ‘assembled . wisdom of the State” attended a horse A man is left in many instances . raeg on that day, but no one knowing . at his own discretion whether he will de. anything of the character of California fond his own life and property. For inlaw makers believes a word of it. stance, a — s life is threatened. ? rath Tle Sacramento Union computes the one man in California who has resided here : cost of the recent holidays at about $8,000 four years who has not had a revolver . __ paltry sum! We, as a State, are not! . projecting and carying out any system of . If there is such 2 mal We internal improvement; weare not build-. want to see him, for his life must have ing a capital requiring moncy—it is true been not only a peaceable one, but he must lithe State Prison threatens to want some have been surrounded by peculiarly forcash to support it, but the late shakes in tunate circumstances. There may be those . g. Francisco and along the Coast Range, whose lives have not been directly threat. ened, but who have been threatened in drawn on him or whose life has not been threatened 2? have produced a confident reliance that . . angry nature will shortly step in tothe retheir property. It all amounts to the same . lief of the State exchequer for that instituthing. Thousands of miners have been . tion. We have lots of scrip lithographed, threatened that they should be dispos-. and a controller’s office ta issue it,and what . sessed of their claims. r =, = _ .Thousands of real’ do we care for a few pesos, especially the estate owners have been threatened in like . a place of considerable life and trade. the opinion of the chair. An appeal was taken, which resulted in the chair being overruled by nearly a unanimous vote.— So the Legislature stood adjourned for four days. Many scampered for home immediately, some to San Francisco, and others to attend a ball of the E Clampsus Vitus at Placerville. On the 22d, in accordance with an invitation extended to “all the world and the rest of mankind,” hundreds took a trip to Folsom, the present terminus of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, distant from this city 22 miles. Senator Flint, Col. Zabriskie, Gov. Foote and others regaled the crowd at Folsom with appropriate speeches, which were well received. The champagne circulated freely at the expense of the railroad company at the depot, and on the return train. The consequence was an unusual amount of fun, some smashing of stove-pipe hats, and quite a number of bare headed men wending their way homew.rd, when the cars stopped at Sacramento. The Ball in the evening, at Meredith’s, e affair. Folsom Speculators and squatters abound in the new city, intent on making their piles from the} sale of city lots. A row occurred in the evening between the land owners and squatters, but as they all “came from the shoulder,” no one was seriously damaged. . A stranger would hardly consider the city property, at first sight, worth fighting for. The Folsomites are cither disposed to fight for the merest trifle, or entertain a totally different opinion. Folsom undoubtedly, for a time will be) It will command the trade almost exclusively . of El Dorado County, which of itself is. sufficient to keep a small place in a flour. Quartz Minixne.— At no timé since the. W SHIN @TON’S Birth Day—Cevesragrand burst-up in. quartz operations in this t1oy at Forsom.—The grand _ theatre of section in 1851-2 have the prospects in. the’ celebration of the anniversary of quartz mining been so Md as they are} Washington’s birth-day occurred at Foluow, not only in this section but in every som. There all our public men were consection of the State inWhich quartz leads gregated, and there was the only celebraepson eh Sees tee oe “Away To THE Moonrarns.”—We see SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS. in some of the Sqn FF. : tor aoe ween Farat Arrray at Cotumpra Hu.— corresponpents complain of hard times ' ros saturday evening, at Columbia Hill, James L. Daves and want of employment, the advice ig ' was shot and killed by Solomon Flanders. A misunder: ¢ . standing had existed between them, and on the evening in “ hd given, Away to the mountains ! The . suestion Mr. Daves drew his revolver and attempted to editor of one of the Bay papers says that shoot Flanders, but the pistol missed fire. Flanders thea have been prospect@é and wrought. Jn tionin California worth Teporting. The) he has not been in the mines since ’49, . 2°" is revolver and shet Daves in the region of the i : . > heart. Mr, Flanders wished the matter to undergo judi Nevaea, El Do; , Placer and Sierra Governor was there, the Legislature was! but that it was proverbial then and has , cial investigation, and came to this city-to give himseif counties, we many quartz leads there, and the candidate of the American been ever since for merchants to give ™?But we understand that Coroner Grimes, who held an . * ~ st . inquest on the body, cons‘dered the homicide to be purely have been tesfed profing the existence of . party for the U. S. Senate was there.—. credit for tools and provisions to prospecan act of self-defence, and consequently would not issue rrant the establishSpeeches were made, toasts were drank, . tors, Accordingly, men just in the coun. . #8y warrant for the arrest of Flanders. ment of mills and Aill the necessary ma-{and there were “dancing and revelry by. tr and knowing nothing of the min par, 8 yy) try, 8 8 eee ifornia, was to have lectured last evening in Sar : Page = . st chinery for the”’Sficcessful development of night.” The day was most happily spent,. of mining, are told that all they want to Francisco on “ The Past and Future of the Pacific’ their wealth. Many of these quartz leads . judging from our cotemporaries, and some] be successful is to get into the mines. Now] Mr. Crane iz preparing for publication » work of the are exceedingly rich, and will yield enor-. very happy speeches were made. Senaso far as this section of the country is contitle quoted above. , udici inv r Flint of Q i . ‘ 53 : e Rerimine.—We received just as we were going to mous profits on the judicious investment . tor Flint of San Francisco was the first! corned we must beg leave to differ with. p:ecs a bottle of Champagns fiom Mec. Middleton of money fur the machinery. In fact we. gentleman called upon for a speech, and. our cotemporary. Sinee 49 the mode of. & Riley who have retired from business in Nevada believe this to be the only gold-mining in . his remarks were so appropriate to the : mining has entirely changed. The local-. ¥@ Wish them success in whatever — may engage which capitalists can engage without risks ; /oceasion and so truly Californian in spirit] ities which then existed where men could oe plement ~—s — 4 and in quartz mining there need be no. that we copy them: ee ee ae AE James M. Crane, one of the pioneer editors of Cal }ments in amalgamating have also taken) greater risks run than the mere prospecting of leads. When it is fully ascertained that alead will pay, machinery can be erected and the work of making money can commence at once. In the early days of quartz mining the richest company which could be formed would be made to fuil from the excess and extravagance of its expenditures. Mills then cost $50,000 to $100,000. Now, we undertake to say that a mill better than any of those which cost such princely sums can be erected for $7,500, including a steam engine for the propelling power. And if a waterpower can be obtained where the mill is wanted, then a much smaller sum will suf. fice. Deduct as much as the engine would cost over that of flume, waterwheel, &c., and you will have the cost of a mill ready for use. Men of experience! have come to the co: ‘+ -‘on that the simplest machinery is the best. Hence it is that stamps are now almost exclusively used. Improveplace, thereby saving much labor and cr, siderable gold. Better leads have been discovered within a few years than any which had mills erected upon them a few Lapies anp GextLeEMEN—You are here to celebrate a day made sacred in the annals of the j American Republic as the birth-day of the honored in every land where freedom has a yotary, or the human heart throbs with a hope of national liberty. You are here as a portion of the American people, whose lot is on the western slope of this continent, to give up, in common with your brethren in the far East, heart-offerings to the Father of his Country, for the inestimable blessings which his heroism and that of his compatriots have conferred u on you. Let this day, and the occasion of its annual return, awaken within you the liveliest sensibility, and the most profound devotion to your common inheritance. You are here also, to-day, to celebrate the inauguration and for: mal opening of the railway which, with its iron bands is soon to span a continent, and embrace two oceans. Memorable occasion be this, because upon this iron superstructure is based that evidence of the permanent prosperity of the commonwealth, which gives token that the realities of our liberty shall endure forever.— When I survey the scene before me, and witness on every hand the peaceful hamlet, and my eyes mect the glance of lovely women aad their little ones, sensations of amazement overwhelm me. Six years since I visited this spot. A few pack mules then sufficed to do the carrying trade of the entire region. They wound their uncertain way over steep hill-sides, thro’ dark canons, and away into the trackless .wilderness, where now is being upreared, as by . magic hand, th peaceful metropolis. ‘I'hen toiled the isolated miner, armed to the tecth, as he delved for the glittering gold, or strugimmortal Washington, a name revered ard! be found, but they are claimed. There '. founded upon the uncertain results of prosgo and pan out sufficient money to pay expenses are pretty nearly all worked out. ere are many places where rich dirt can will be found many localities that will pay well, but there must be considerable prospecting done to find them, and merchants do not now give credit to men unless they have other means of paying than the hopes pecting. The present winter has been one of ex-. ceeding hardship to a large proportion of . the mining community in the northern, mines. What little rain that has fallen . has frozen up, and it has been an impossibility for one-half of the miners that have . : gled with the savage for empire. years ago. Altogether there is much more To-day, the iron horse, that mightiest triknowledge extant in regard to the practi-. umph of human art, pants along the metalic had years of experience to recommend them to obtain employment. It is perfect! folly, then, for men without money and} unacquainted with mining to come into} this section with the expectation that they . can find employment at once. It is equally erroneous to suppose that a man can! now find diggings supplied with water any . unable to learn his name. Sentescep—A Mexican, named Charlear, convicted of murder in Mariposa county, has been sen tenced by Judge Burke te be hung on the 2lst of March. Burnep tro Deatn —Frank Cassiday, a newsboy was burned to death last Saturday morning, by the fire at the corner of K and Front streets, Sacrament Fine 1n Sonorna.—On Monday last a fire broke out on Main street, Scnora, which destroyed fifteen build ings before it was subdued. Loss estimated (by the sufferers, who always put the figures too low) at $40,000. Ox a Srnixe.—The miners of Calaveras county, who receive water fromjthe Mokelumne Hill Canai Co., have refused to take any more water unless it is furnished at forty cents per inch EPIGRAM. As my wife and I, at the window one day, Stood watching a man with a monkey. A cart came by, witha “ broth of a boy,” Who was driving a stout little donkey. To my wife I then spoke, by way of a joke, ‘There’s a relation of yours in the carriage . " To which she replied, as the donkey she spied, “‘ Ah yes, a relation—-by marriage !’ Quartz Mintnc 1x Amapor County.—Thers has never been a failure in quartz mining in Amador county, but all have made money. The Amador Sentinel thinks the quartz mills of that county will employ more workmen than the woolen factories of any northern State of the Unien. Pantuer Kittep.—The San Joaquin Republican day he wants them that will pay wages. The truth of the matter is, mining to be t }and money, and any one who comes into says :—On Wednesday last, Mr, Joha H. Myers, why resides in the vicinity of Byrne’s Ferry, onthe Stanislaus, while out in search of stock, and accompanied by four dogs, came across a large panther, which took to atree. Mr. M. not being armed, thoughtlessly picked . successfully prosecuted requires experience . up a stoneand threw it at the animal, which in. turn sprang athim from the tree. He narrowly eseaped injury, the animal alighting only one foot from where . he stood. The dogs instantly pitched into his panther. ship, but after the first brush ail but one were out and . gone. The dog which remained fastened on the jaw the mines with different expectations is bound to be sadly disappointed. ishing condition. But not until this enterprise is pushed . up through Auburn to Nevada, will the’ wealth of the country be tapped, sufficient . to reward the investment of capital in a railroad. It is reported to be the intention of the company to extend the track in a circuit along the base of the foot hills to Marysville. Saturday last was a most intolerably cal working of quartz than there was even . one year ago, And we undertake to say that there will be henceforth much less the time, when the iron arms stretched out by money lost in quartz than placer mining; . for a quartz lead, once proved to be rich, is an exhaustless source of wealth; whereas . gravel deposits are the beds of old streams . which were as tortuous formerly as they . are now, and the gold deposit in them is. as uncertain as in the present river beds. We believe the yield throughout the . State from quartz mining is at present} about one-sixth of the entire gold product. . The number of men engaged in producing . it is certainly not one-twentieth of those . laboring in the mines. As gold-bearing quartz leads are being discovered frequent. ly, and new mills are constantly being . pieayune sum of $8,000, when warrants manner in regard to their real estate—— And thousandsof instances have tr nspired in which men have tried to dispossess others of their property by furcible means, . Men have resisted, fur the law was too was “nine points in the law.” To the inordinate desire for wealth may be attributed a large proportion of hefnicides committed among us. proportion are the result of a resort to deadly weapons to settle trivial disputes. Bad whisky provokes many quarrels which result fatally. And to cap the climax,the , but “‘sufficient unto the day”? &¢.—Let, slow to defend their rights, and possession . jer rip} But a larger . /and promises to pay if we have enough of} ‘them, will answer our purpose for the! ‘time being just as well! There isa fu-. ‘ture, and a day of reckoning by and by, } oe —-Tie Ortatn or Benecta.—A deriis. pondent of the San Francisco Wide West inquires, ‘‘What is the origin of the name of Benecia, and should the letter after the nbeaneor ant?” The editor thinks that “Benecia, as it is now called, was named Venicia, by the Spanich, aftcr Veinglorious desire for strife pervading such alarge proportion of our population leads too frequently to death. . But if these homicides must oceur, and . we see no way of preventing them with such a heterogeneous population as ours, we are glad that when they do occur, as in the present instance, that the attacking party is the one to lose his life. The present is, we believe, the tenth instance in our county in which men have drawn revolvers to kill others and have been killed themselves. Better days are in store for California yet. The time will come when the slaughter ground of the Union will be transferred to some other locality. With more wives and children among us we shall hope for more peaceable days, and may the good Lord speed the day. _oe --AmespMests To THe Revence Law.— We have received a copy of a bill to proytde revenue fur the support of the State government, introduced by Mr. Reynolds, which contains many valuable improvements upon the law of last year. Its pronice. The native Californians and Mexicans, however, are in the habit of pronouncing the letter v as if it were identicai in sound with the English 6. Hence it happened that in printing the word it was commenced witha B, and the custom became universal before any one saw fit to correct it. There should be but one ¢ in the word as it is now writtem.’’ This is one account of the origin of the name of Benecia. There is another one extant, however, the author of which is J ohn Phenix. He says:—“‘The history of Benccia is singular. The origin of its name as related by the oldest inhabitant is remarkable. I put it right down in my note-book as he spoke, and believe it religiously, every word. “Matty years ago,”’ . said that aged man, “this property was owned by two gentlemen, one of whom, . from the extreme candor and ingenuousness . of his character, we will call Simple ; the other being distinguished for practical joking, I shall call him as in fact he was . familiarly termed in those days—Larkin. While walking over these grounds in com. ‘quartz will constantly increase until, in . our belief, more gold will be produced dull day. The hum of a blue-bottle fly way, tireless and uncurbed in his strength, and impatient to dare the far off. ‘To-day, the mind’s forecast brings into present communion afew patriotic citizens of California, shall . grasp, with fraternal embrace, those other iron bands which the people of Missouri are reach: . ing out to us from the Father of Waters; the ; mind glows over the “time coming,” when the . electric spark, over the great continent, from ecean to ocean, will vibrate in instantaneous pulsation, All honor to the few selfsacrificing . 3 : ) ‘ 4 . citizens who have built this first Pacific rail: . will require the expenditure of much labor ers who consume and purchase wines and liquors, . apd particularly the keepers of hotels, restaurante, fand saloons, had better call at the store of Lew: ; Teat on Broad street, where an extensive a sortment /ean be found. For the benefit of purchasers we would e . state that Mr. Teal is one of the Mr. Eprror :—Not having seen of late any ors in S correspondence from this place in your Jour— object for purchasers to buy here, instead of going naL, and not feeling disposed to have our “light below, it would seem that Mr. Teal is the man. way. Let its superstructure be forever their lasting monument. Citizens of California, I deem this a fitting . occasion to call upon you to aid this great werk, Thus far the railway has sped its successful cars into the heart of our glorious State. Beyond this and before us are mighty obstructions, and to overcome them we must have union. What prophetic vision can measure the destiny before us? Possessing a country endowed with every element which can make a people great and happy, the Omnipotent has . erected, the relative product of gold from . imposed it upon us as our mission, to spread . vicinity. = throughout the dark regions of the Pacific} ocean the blessings of science. Let us, then,. banish from us the spirit of faction; let us all The northern®mines will give employ. ment fo a large number of men so soon . warm weather and the’spring freshets come . To be sure, just as good, mining claims . will be opened in the future as have been i+ . ‘in the past ; but to develop such claims ;and money. OS For the Nevada Journal. { { Roveu & Reapy, February 26, 1856. . { hid under a bushel,’ . have come to the con. ' . you of matters and things in general, in this . ' Jn the first place mining is good, that is, for those who have water, but the scarcity of) q * j i ster’s . But men of experience will be employed ‘courses in his master's defenee. ) . of the panther and stuck to it until Mr. Myers was able to dispatch it with a large etone ‘suffered terribly in the encounter, being almost torn as to pieces. The faithful dog Mr. M. says that bis first impulse was to . run when the panther alighted so near him, but be did not like to desert the dog af er exhibiting so much e The panther meas ured eight feetfrom the tip ufthe nese tothe end of in preference to those without experience. the tail. New Quartz Mit — The Grass Valley Telegraph fays @ new quartz mill and powerful pumping apparatus are tobe put up on the lead on Alison ranch. Cuorce Wises anv Liqvors —Thoso of our readheaviest liquor d: a’an Francisco, and if any one can make it an t&sThe El Dorado county Journal is to be remov . clusion to endeavor through this, to acqnaint ¢4te Folsom, the present upper terminus of the Sacramsnato Valley Railroad. &5Madame Anna Bishop is now ia Australia, stopping with one of her daughters who is married, and livingin Melbourne. Boehssa is also at the sume place and rapidly falling, from the infirmities of age visions are judiciously framed, and es-. PAY, on one cccasion, and being naturpeeially adapted to the collection of poll} any struck by af gpcctga advantages, ale and license taxes, Several points in the . Simple to Larkin, ‘W hy not make a city present law, that have embarrassed the. bere. my boy e have it surveyed into Assessors and Tax collectors, are cleared . S443res, bring ships, build houses, make up ina practical and efficient manner,— it aport of entry, establish depots, sell We predict if this bill becomes a Jaw, the . lots, and knock the center out of Yerba operation of some of its provisions will lift Buena straight. (Yerba Buena is now San Nevada county out of debt in one year— . Franciseo, reader.) ‘AL! quoth Larkin, We recommend it to the favorable notice With a pleasant grin diffusing itself over of our members of the Legislature. his agreeable countenance, ‘that would be — ———jhice, hey?? Need we say that the plan Gorp Hitt.—We learn that Underwood . was adopted—carried out—proved suc& Co., washed out last week two hundred . cessful—and Liride’s jasinesablc ‘sematk ounces of gold. A church is to be erected . “be nice, hey,” being adopted as the name for concerts, theatrical exhibitions, &e.— ‘tered and yulgarised into its present form . fested, it is altogether probable that a sobowl-. Benicia! A curious history this, ing alley, two public houses, and several ‘Would have delighted Horne Took beyond . over it. . They already have a billiard saloon, drinking saloons there. which jmeasure.”” The Wide West will please tar Secbu:skgies. see: selling at 50cte.a {make a note of this and see that it has piggg. at the fruit stores in our city. made no mistake! could have been heard over the entire city, so still and quiet were the streets. To-. day, nearly all the members were again in their seats, and evinced a disposition, especially those of the House, to make amends for lost time, by dispatching quite an amount of business, The appropriation Bill passed theSenate, and the deficiency Bill, after con erable discussion, was referred to a selee committee, with instructions to report on Thursday. The San Francisco delegation are divided on Hawes’ Consolidation plan, and at present rates of progress, it will be long hence ere it passes the Ifouse. All the important measures of the Session are yet uuntouched. To-morrow, the several sqatter Bills will be taken up and discussed by the Senate. Some of them are intended to legalize stealing, others _pilfering, and unless amended so as to change the entire nature of them, they will meet the fate they merit. Nevada has a large and respectable delegation of outsiders here at present, who, if they do not convince every body that they represent the center of all creation, will leave a conviction that they ought to, and will some time in future. ——oo BucHANAN LIKELY TO BE RUINED.— Ex-Gov. Bigler of Pennsylvania denies that his recent election to the Senate of the United States is a Pierce triumph.— He announces himself a“‘devoted and active friend of Buchanan, and will sustain him for the Presidency with all the energy and intellect of which he is master.” Judging from the Ex-Governor’s official action during the Erie railroad riots, and also from the intellect of his brother, “whom some fortune, kind to him, but unfortunate to us,” located in California, it would appear this election is not much of a triumph for Mr. Buchanan after all. ->< Cuvrcues,—There are six churches es. tablished in Nevada, of the following de= as be Californians. What matters it whether we . from this source than from placer mining. Gall tensnthe Nocth. the South. the Ment ort We are of the opinion that more gold will the West; whether liberty was the inheritance be produced in this State in a year than . of our birthright, or as needy pilgrims from «nion . foreign shores we fled from oppression to its tgs han Dock pruuared., stil. te Borst joyful embrace; let usall as brothers, having a is based upon some knowledge of past and community of interest on this sacred occasion, present mining operatigns. California resolve, that henceforth and forever, no secaoe ; Se i i ich at this time are rendin mining has not yet reached its culmination = ee ee S nor will not until quartz receives the atthe councils of our unhappy brethren on the tention which its importance deserves. Atlantic side, shall ever find a resting place in our beloved empire. Fellow-citizens, let us put our shoulder to the wheel, to the drive-wheel of the great Pacific railway, and by a united effort, roll it onMining tn Srerra County.—We learn from that article (now pervading in this vicinity.) . t&#The Town Talk chronicles among the “incimakes it very dull, causing many to realize ; dents” of the late anniversary of Washington's birth the force of the old adage “hope deferred mak. . day, in San Francisco, ELEVEN MARRIAGES ANDTWESeth the heart sick.” However I hear many TY“0S# Births ! are making good wages, though such “big . ae The officers of the steamer Golden Gate, lying lumps” as those that astonished us a weok or} at Benecia, fired a salute of 31 guns on Friday last, x ; in honor of the anniversary of the birth of the Father two since are not now forthcoming. By the ‘of his Country.” : by, I have seen since I commenced this letter, . ta The primary meeting of the Democracy of Nea handsome specimen weighing 3 ozs. and $12. vada to choose delegates to the County Convention taken from the claims of Deacan, Hart & Co., . was, we learn from good authority, about as harmoon Squirrel creek. . nious as the elements which compose the party. The . tie passed freely, and taken alto: ing i . 28 , an gether the mectirs On Tuesday night last. we celebrated the sustained the reputation of the party most admirably a gentleman of Forest city that the Monumen: tal Company, on the north fork of Oregon Creek, at Forest city, have struck the lead and taken out about seven thousaud dollars thus far this winter. The Uncle Sam Company, just above the Monumental, have commenced an in cline tunnel and abandoned their shaft. The New World Company, on the south fork of Oregon Creek, are still running their tunnel ahead. They are already in gravel that prospects well, but not quite so good as that generally found on the “blue lead.” ‘This company are already about forty-five feet lower, where they are now drifting, than their tunnel. The Dutch Company, below the New World, are running their main tunnel ahead, with the in: tention of reaching the back lead which has been found so rich by the Live Yankee Co.— A half share in this company recently sold for six thousand dollars. At Smith’s Flat, Wet Ravine and Chips’s, the miners are doing well, though they have not as yet been blessed with a plenty of water in any of those localities.— At Monte Cristo, the same lead is found which runs through the previons-mentioned localities, and claims in companies that are drifting in pay dirt are worth from $4,000 to $6,000. Cement Hitt.—The claims of Baker & Co., on Cement Hill are doing exceedingly well. One day’s washing last week produced two hundred and four dollars and sixty-three cents, the labor of three men. The Hawkeye company, at this place, we learn are doing well. A tunnel has been run into the hill the depth of 500 ft. The company have in their employ five hands and average $25 a day to each person, clear of all incidental expenses. Bas Mr. E. F. Brundage, in a communica: : nominations : Methodist North, Metho-. tion to the Alta California, upon the formation dist South, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Bap-. of quartz leads, closes with the following lan: . The Legislative Assembly of Oregon have that district. There will be a Uni-/ S%s° : versalist meeting held in Temperance Hall . when a lecture will . Rey. A. C. Edmunds, _ If} sult of some experiments which I have recently at this place the coming season, and a hall vof the growing city, gradually became al-. sufficient interest in the subject is mani-. tist and Catholic. /next Sunday evening, be delivered by “That electrical agency is employed in the production and disposition of the metals and their ores I am well assured, and from the remade, I am persuaded that galvanism may be ward and over the mountains tothe East, and by your example of patient industry, let after ages know that you were not unmindful of the uty you owe to progress and liberty, Col. Zabriskie, Gov. Foote, and Messrs. Sherman and Garrison followed Mr. Flint. Gov. Johnson was called for after Gov. Foote, but did notrespond. After a while Gov. Foote was called upon for a second speeeh. He commenced about in this strain: “Gentlemen—When I wasa living Governor, as now I am adead (Governor, I was always in the habit of responding to every call,” &c. At the close of his remarks, Gov. Johnson was again most loudly called for. He began thus: ‘‘Gentlemen—when I was a living Senator, as Iam now a dead Senator,”—at this point the laughter and cheering was too great to permit any one to hear the rest of the remarks of Gov. Johnson. —_—o-— —_ PHenIxtaNa; oR, SKETCHES AND BurLesques. By John Phenix. New York: Appleton and Co.—We have received from Messrs. Potter & Crittenden, of this city, a copy of this work. It centains nearly all of the contributions of the author, Lieut. Derby, to the various journals and the Pioneer Magazine of California. Our readers have seen many of the productions which fill this book when they first appeared in print; but they will bear a re-perusal. The genuine wit and humor which they contain will cause many a man to cast to the shades ‘the blues,” and for this especial reason we recommend them to the public. rE OS SHatyt Orecon Become a Strate ?— . twice submitted this question to the peo. ple, and the decision has been to continue . its tertitorial form of government. But! anuiversary of Washington's birth day by a complimentary ball to Mr. James Wray, who! th for some time back has been teaching the ladies . w and gentlemen of Rough & Ready, to trip it . Bea Mrs. Fannuam has delivered two lectures in is city this week. The matter and manner were orthy the reputation enjoyed by the lecturer. Tue Harmonious Puanaxxers —The leading on the “light fantastic,” in the most approved . journals of San Francisco contain an “Address to tho and graceful manner. The ball is acknowledged . by all to have exceded in-point of numbers beauty, arrangement, convenience’ and music any thing of the kind, we have ever before had . in Rough and Ready. The ball was held in} the lower hall of the Masonic building which has just been finished for such purposes and of which we are deservedly proud. We think it . can compete with any similar room in the county, and is large enough to accommodate . nine setts. I noticed among the visiters many ladies and gentleman from Nevada, especially the ladies, whose beauty almost exceeds that of the ladies of this place. The supper was in keeping with the balance of the affair and re: flects much credit on Mr. Walling. We have in our place a Lyceum, now in full blast. Several public debates have taken place, which have been well attended by ladies and gentlemen. The debaters evinced a remarkable degree of talent; more so than we anticipated. Such institutions are an honor and benefit to any portion of California, and should be more geverally established. Our Representative Mr. V. G. Bett, has been with us some few days back, but to-day He has maintained in Sacramento the reputation he has, of being a sound practical man, and ready for reform at all times. Yours, truly. H. a Mr. Eprror :—I saw sometime ago an adVertisement in the New York Tribune for a temperance lawyer to be nominated for Dis: trict Attorney. It was stated that the District had been canvassed, and no lawyer had been found in it worthy of the confidence and support of the-sober portion of the people of ¢ @his is a sweeping assertion, . and, if true, we are better off than a portion at returned to his post. least of the Empire State. In a state that has elevated so many officials that have betrayed rial 1 : ‘ the interests of the people, it is refleshing to the question is again to be submitted to know that in our county we have a District when a revolution will take place in the system ciety will be formed and a minister settled. if inining 3a thin count Dn a ————— __. the gold which now runs to waste ; and I am Mr. Buchanan expresses an Opinion 1m: fully convinced that there isno other means by his letters, that peace wil be concluded! he fore spring. earth.” ape the people, and it is believed this time! . employed to great advantage in mining operaee on ie j . dooat Indeed, I think the time not far distant . the decision will be in faver of a State iden adie . Constitution. will be employed as ae, great agent in saving next is the day fixed for the election. The first Monday of April Poe Clear writers, like clear fountains, do which all the gold can be seperated from the not seem so deep as they are : the turbid) look the most profound, Attorney who will not be deterred from the discharge of bis official duties) Mn. Sarcenr , has proved himself in every way worthy the confidence and support of the people. His cent efforts to punish all engaged in callings forbidden by law meet with a warm response . from the people generally. A Scpscriper. . Democracy of San Frane’s:o,” signed by four hundred . and thirty-one names, to which is added “and five hun+ *. dred and thirty-nine others,” in which the action of the Broderick General Committee is denounced.— The first reason given for their action is that “the bal lot box has been placed almost exclusively under the control of men in whose character and fidelity to the Democracy we do not confide.” This is the party that is going to overthrow the American party next fall! Bah! s&s J.E. Hamlin and M. Michelsen will accept thanks fur the Union, Wide West, Golden Era, etc. tee The next mail steamer dueis the Jobn L. Stephens. She has been out twenty-four days and may be expected every hour. &#~ To the gentlemanly agente of the Pacific and Langton’s Express, we are greatly indebted for the promptness and urbanity displayed in the delivery of full files of papers. Lambert and Mackie are always on hand and hard to beat. oor Bee We have received a card from a gentle man at Grass Valley, in which the writer indulges in very severe language upon a cotem. porary. We must inform the writer that, what. ever course other editors see proper to follow, we cannot allow any portion of our columns to be filled with vitaperation and abuse. The ob: ject of the writer of the card can be reached in another manner. We cannot allow any correspondent through our columns to call another a “liar and blackguard,” whatever cause the au: thor may have for using such epithets. ><a Corp.—Last Wednesday was one of the coldest days of the winter. It was as cold at noon as in the morning. The present winter has been more steadily cold than any winter since the discovery of gold ; at least such has been the case here and farther north. To-day is the last of the winter months, and with the season we hope the icy hand of winter will let go his graap. A Reservore Dratxep By a Squiret.—The reservoir of the Rock Creek Ditch Co., near Cayoteville, was drained last week by a squirrel burroughing in itsembankment. The little one dug too far, for he was drowned, and the water came pouring out of his hole and enlarg: ing the aperture so fast that in a short time the re-. Teservoir was drained to its level. as My Personar.—V, G. Bru, Esq., Repre; Sentative of this count y in the Legislature Was in town one day the past week, i 2 == msn ©

y XATION.—Uur Solons at the capitol have no idea in the world of wearing out their mortal bodies and immortal intellects for nothing, or the _. State, which is equivalent to nothing after -. years of Loco Foce plunder. According‘. ly on the 21st inst., Thursday week, the Legislature adjourned to the next TuesUJ SU x PRO AR rn AAA RARAS AAA FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29, Columbia Hill. . Len se auakme Daeebaecde stot Forest City. . Cartrors1a Tracepies.—Another trag.+..Walloupa. . Very appropriate and laudable purpose of . Stood adjourned on its PASSAGE. Shrine shreiietaehy oes shoraety ‘Montcauma. . celebrating the birth-day ef George Wash-! chair, howgver, entertained a different ington, but what the other three days were . °Pivion. Several Senators left their seats, . . designed for, unless to get over the effects, Sacramento Correspondence. Sacramento, Tuesday Eve., ) February 26, 1856. f On Thursday last some very amusing incidents occurred in the Senate, French in the chair. A concurrent resolution coming from the House, to adjourn to Tuesday was passed by the Senate. By the ‘. day. Friday was to be devoted to the. terms of the resolution the Legislature The put on their hats, walked outside the bar, edy has been committed in our county. of the celebratiomywe are unable to say. . and indulged in loud talking regardless of Another victim has been added to the . Three blue day#is a rather liberal allowlong list of homicides. And the event,!ance, to follow one bright one. It was as usual, causes no particular emotion, . long ago sung: either of horror or surprise. “Oh getting tipsey is divine, But getting sober is the d—1,” day of hair pulling was all that our The very frequency of these tragedies precludes . se the possibility of any peculiar emotion being felt or exhibited when one occurs. We are not about to write a long homily on the sinfulness of California in committing homicides ; but simply to state a few facts. California, since she was admitted into the Union, show an average of over six hundred deaths by violent means for each year. Within the last six years over thirty-six hundred persons have been summarily sent into eternity by the bowicknife and revolver. Is this not a fearful catalogue? Most certainly it is. All will admit the fact. No one will deny it. What, then, are the principal causes of such huge catalogues of slaughter 2? The principal cause, in our opinion, is the fact that we haye within our borders over three hundred thousand persons who came here fur no other earthly object but to get gold. Gold first and last. Nothing but gold. Man intent on one idea only for a series of years lose the higher Gold always. This we beBut there are other causes which tend to proWhat are they 7— characteristies of manhood. lieve to be true asa general thing. duce these tragedies. The homicide statistics of stout constitutioncd ancestors required to . get rid of the effects of potations, and ex. periencing his Satanic majesty. The degeneracy of the present age, without alluding to this adjournment for evidence, is proved by the long time required now-aidays to recover from excesses. The fact jis, we are weak. Even our Legislators are not exempt from the debility of the times. Once law makers could keep their seats and attend to their business for an \entire session without a breathing spell every few days, but now, our representatives have to take a snuff of sea air at San . Francisco occasionally to recuperate exhausted nature, or attend a ball of the E, Stace pes Vitus for sanitory purposes, /away up in the mountains where the air \is pure like the object of the order, and . good for the lungs. . Last year, Good Friday was religiously { ipose, by the Legislators who gratified . their consciences by suspending all public business. Some scandatous sheets, not having observed by members of the two Houses. . { hear spoken of as a fin An adjournment was had, and appropriate . presents the appearance somewhat of a . religious services were performed, we sup-/ mushroom mining town of 1849. » ~ id . First and formost, the very nature of our . population is such that the laws eannot be . faithfully administered over the whole State. proper respect for Honorables, it is true, maliciously reported, that the ‘assembled . wisdom of the State” attended a horse A man is left in many instances . raeg on that day, but no one knowing . at his own discretion whether he will de. anything of the character of California fond his own life and property. For inlaw makers believes a word of it. stance, a — s life is threatened. ? rath Tle Sacramento Union computes the one man in California who has resided here : cost of the recent holidays at about $8,000 four years who has not had a revolver . __ paltry sum! We, as a State, are not! . projecting and carying out any system of . If there is such 2 mal We internal improvement; weare not build-. want to see him, for his life must have ing a capital requiring moncy—it is true been not only a peaceable one, but he must lithe State Prison threatens to want some have been surrounded by peculiarly forcash to support it, but the late shakes in tunate circumstances. There may be those . g. Francisco and along the Coast Range, whose lives have not been directly threat. ened, but who have been threatened in drawn on him or whose life has not been threatened 2? have produced a confident reliance that . . angry nature will shortly step in tothe retheir property. It all amounts to the same . lief of the State exchequer for that instituthing. Thousands of miners have been . tion. We have lots of scrip lithographed, threatened that they should be dispos-. and a controller’s office ta issue it,and what . sessed of their claims. r =, = _ .Thousands of real’ do we care for a few pesos, especially the estate owners have been threatened in like . a place of considerable life and trade. the opinion of the chair. An appeal was taken, which resulted in the chair being overruled by nearly a unanimous vote.— So the Legislature stood adjourned for four days. Many scampered for home immediately, some to San Francisco, and others to attend a ball of the E Clampsus Vitus at Placerville. On the 22d, in accordance with an invitation extended to “all the world and the rest of mankind,” hundreds took a trip to Folsom, the present terminus of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, distant from this city 22 miles. Senator Flint, Col. Zabriskie, Gov. Foote and others regaled the crowd at Folsom with appropriate speeches, which were well received. The champagne circulated freely at the expense of the railroad company at the depot, and on the return train. The consequence was an unusual amount of fun, some smashing of stove-pipe hats, and quite a number of bare headed men wending their way homew.rd, when the cars stopped at Sacramento. The Ball in the evening, at Meredith’s, e affair. Folsom Speculators and squatters abound in the new city, intent on making their piles from the} sale of city lots. A row occurred in the evening between the land owners and squatters, but as they all “came from the shoulder,” no one was seriously damaged. . A stranger would hardly consider the city property, at first sight, worth fighting for. The Folsomites are cither disposed to fight for the merest trifle, or entertain a totally different opinion. Folsom undoubtedly, for a time will be) It will command the trade almost exclusively . of El Dorado County, which of itself is. sufficient to keep a small place in a flour. Quartz Minixne.— At no timé since the. W SHIN @TON’S Birth Day—Cevesragrand burst-up in. quartz operations in this t1oy at Forsom.—The grand _ theatre of section in 1851-2 have the prospects in. the’ celebration of the anniversary of quartz mining been so Md as they are} Washington’s birth-day occurred at Foluow, not only in this section but in every som. There all our public men were consection of the State inWhich quartz leads gregated, and there was the only celebraepson eh Sees tee oe “Away To THE Moonrarns.”—We see SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS. in some of the Sqn FF. : tor aoe ween Farat Arrray at Cotumpra Hu.— corresponpents complain of hard times ' ros saturday evening, at Columbia Hill, James L. Daves and want of employment, the advice ig ' was shot and killed by Solomon Flanders. A misunder: ¢ . standing had existed between them, and on the evening in “ hd given, Away to the mountains ! The . suestion Mr. Daves drew his revolver and attempted to editor of one of the Bay papers says that shoot Flanders, but the pistol missed fire. Flanders thea have been prospect@é and wrought. Jn tionin California worth Teporting. The) he has not been in the mines since ’49, . 2°" is revolver and shet Daves in the region of the i : . > heart. Mr, Flanders wished the matter to undergo judi Nevaea, El Do; , Placer and Sierra Governor was there, the Legislature was! but that it was proverbial then and has , cial investigation, and came to this city-to give himseif counties, we many quartz leads there, and the candidate of the American been ever since for merchants to give ™?But we understand that Coroner Grimes, who held an . * ~ st . inquest on the body, cons‘dered the homicide to be purely have been tesfed profing the existence of . party for the U. S. Senate was there.—. credit for tools and provisions to prospecan act of self-defence, and consequently would not issue rrant the establishSpeeches were made, toasts were drank, . tors, Accordingly, men just in the coun. . #8y warrant for the arrest of Flanders. ment of mills and Aill the necessary ma-{and there were “dancing and revelry by. tr and knowing nothing of the min par, 8 yy) try, 8 8 eee ifornia, was to have lectured last evening in Sar : Page = . st chinery for the”’Sficcessful development of night.” The day was most happily spent,. of mining, are told that all they want to Francisco on “ The Past and Future of the Pacific’ their wealth. Many of these quartz leads . judging from our cotemporaries, and some] be successful is to get into the mines. Now] Mr. Crane iz preparing for publication » work of the are exceedingly rich, and will yield enor-. very happy speeches were made. Senaso far as this section of the country is contitle quoted above. , udici inv r Flint of Q i . ‘ 53 : e Rerimine.—We received just as we were going to mous profits on the judicious investment . tor Flint of San Francisco was the first! corned we must beg leave to differ with. p:ecs a bottle of Champagns fiom Mec. Middleton of money fur the machinery. In fact we. gentleman called upon for a speech, and. our cotemporary. Sinee 49 the mode of. & Riley who have retired from business in Nevada believe this to be the only gold-mining in . his remarks were so appropriate to the : mining has entirely changed. The local-. ¥@ Wish them success in whatever — may engage which capitalists can engage without risks ; /oceasion and so truly Californian in spirit] ities which then existed where men could oe plement ~—s — 4 and in quartz mining there need be no. that we copy them: ee ee ae AE James M. Crane, one of the pioneer editors of Cal }ments in amalgamating have also taken) greater risks run than the mere prospecting of leads. When it is fully ascertained that alead will pay, machinery can be erected and the work of making money can commence at once. In the early days of quartz mining the richest company which could be formed would be made to fuil from the excess and extravagance of its expenditures. Mills then cost $50,000 to $100,000. Now, we undertake to say that a mill better than any of those which cost such princely sums can be erected for $7,500, including a steam engine for the propelling power. And if a waterpower can be obtained where the mill is wanted, then a much smaller sum will suf. fice. Deduct as much as the engine would cost over that of flume, waterwheel, &c., and you will have the cost of a mill ready for use. Men of experience! have come to the co: ‘+ -‘on that the simplest machinery is the best. Hence it is that stamps are now almost exclusively used. Improveplace, thereby saving much labor and cr, siderable gold. Better leads have been discovered within a few years than any which had mills erected upon them a few Lapies anp GextLeEMEN—You are here to celebrate a day made sacred in the annals of the j American Republic as the birth-day of the honored in every land where freedom has a yotary, or the human heart throbs with a hope of national liberty. You are here as a portion of the American people, whose lot is on the western slope of this continent, to give up, in common with your brethren in the far East, heart-offerings to the Father of his Country, for the inestimable blessings which his heroism and that of his compatriots have conferred u on you. Let this day, and the occasion of its annual return, awaken within you the liveliest sensibility, and the most profound devotion to your common inheritance. You are here also, to-day, to celebrate the inauguration and for: mal opening of the railway which, with its iron bands is soon to span a continent, and embrace two oceans. Memorable occasion be this, because upon this iron superstructure is based that evidence of the permanent prosperity of the commonwealth, which gives token that the realities of our liberty shall endure forever.— When I survey the scene before me, and witness on every hand the peaceful hamlet, and my eyes mect the glance of lovely women aad their little ones, sensations of amazement overwhelm me. Six years since I visited this spot. A few pack mules then sufficed to do the carrying trade of the entire region. They wound their uncertain way over steep hill-sides, thro’ dark canons, and away into the trackless .wilderness, where now is being upreared, as by . magic hand, th peaceful metropolis. ‘I'hen toiled the isolated miner, armed to the tecth, as he delved for the glittering gold, or strugimmortal Washington, a name revered ard! be found, but they are claimed. There '. founded upon the uncertain results of prosgo and pan out sufficient money to pay expenses are pretty nearly all worked out. ere are many places where rich dirt can will be found many localities that will pay well, but there must be considerable prospecting done to find them, and merchants do not now give credit to men unless they have other means of paying than the hopes pecting. The present winter has been one of ex-. ceeding hardship to a large proportion of . the mining community in the northern, mines. What little rain that has fallen . has frozen up, and it has been an impossibility for one-half of the miners that have . : gled with the savage for empire. years ago. Altogether there is much more To-day, the iron horse, that mightiest triknowledge extant in regard to the practi-. umph of human art, pants along the metalic had years of experience to recommend them to obtain employment. It is perfect! folly, then, for men without money and} unacquainted with mining to come into} this section with the expectation that they . can find employment at once. It is equally erroneous to suppose that a man can! now find diggings supplied with water any . unable to learn his name. Sentescep—A Mexican, named Charlear, convicted of murder in Mariposa county, has been sen tenced by Judge Burke te be hung on the 2lst of March. Burnep tro Deatn —Frank Cassiday, a newsboy was burned to death last Saturday morning, by the fire at the corner of K and Front streets, Sacrament Fine 1n Sonorna.—On Monday last a fire broke out on Main street, Scnora, which destroyed fifteen build ings before it was subdued. Loss estimated (by the sufferers, who always put the figures too low) at $40,000. Ox a Srnixe.—The miners of Calaveras county, who receive water fromjthe Mokelumne Hill Canai Co., have refused to take any more water unless it is furnished at forty cents per inch EPIGRAM. As my wife and I, at the window one day, Stood watching a man with a monkey. A cart came by, witha “ broth of a boy,” Who was driving a stout little donkey. To my wife I then spoke, by way of a joke, ‘There’s a relation of yours in the carriage . " To which she replied, as the donkey she spied, “‘ Ah yes, a relation—-by marriage !’ Quartz Mintnc 1x Amapor County.—Thers has never been a failure in quartz mining in Amador county, but all have made money. The Amador Sentinel thinks the quartz mills of that county will employ more workmen than the woolen factories of any northern State of the Unien. Pantuer Kittep.—The San Joaquin Republican day he wants them that will pay wages. The truth of the matter is, mining to be t }and money, and any one who comes into says :—On Wednesday last, Mr, Joha H. Myers, why resides in the vicinity of Byrne’s Ferry, onthe Stanislaus, while out in search of stock, and accompanied by four dogs, came across a large panther, which took to atree. Mr. M. not being armed, thoughtlessly picked . successfully prosecuted requires experience . up a stoneand threw it at the animal, which in. turn sprang athim from the tree. He narrowly eseaped injury, the animal alighting only one foot from where . he stood. The dogs instantly pitched into his panther. ship, but after the first brush ail but one were out and . gone. The dog which remained fastened on the jaw the mines with different expectations is bound to be sadly disappointed. ishing condition. But not until this enterprise is pushed . up through Auburn to Nevada, will the’ wealth of the country be tapped, sufficient . to reward the investment of capital in a railroad. It is reported to be the intention of the company to extend the track in a circuit along the base of the foot hills to Marysville. Saturday last was a most intolerably cal working of quartz than there was even . one year ago, And we undertake to say that there will be henceforth much less the time, when the iron arms stretched out by money lost in quartz than placer mining; . for a quartz lead, once proved to be rich, is an exhaustless source of wealth; whereas . gravel deposits are the beds of old streams . which were as tortuous formerly as they . are now, and the gold deposit in them is. as uncertain as in the present river beds. We believe the yield throughout the . State from quartz mining is at present} about one-sixth of the entire gold product. . The number of men engaged in producing . it is certainly not one-twentieth of those . laboring in the mines. As gold-bearing quartz leads are being discovered frequent. ly, and new mills are constantly being . pieayune sum of $8,000, when warrants manner in regard to their real estate—— And thousandsof instances have tr nspired in which men have tried to dispossess others of their property by furcible means, . Men have resisted, fur the law was too was “nine points in the law.” To the inordinate desire for wealth may be attributed a large proportion of hefnicides committed among us. proportion are the result of a resort to deadly weapons to settle trivial disputes. Bad whisky provokes many quarrels which result fatally. And to cap the climax,the , but “‘sufficient unto the day”? &¢.—Let, slow to defend their rights, and possession . jer rip} But a larger . /and promises to pay if we have enough of} ‘them, will answer our purpose for the! ‘time being just as well! There isa fu-. ‘ture, and a day of reckoning by and by, } oe —-Tie Ortatn or Benecta.—A deriis. pondent of the San Francisco Wide West inquires, ‘‘What is the origin of the name of Benecia, and should the letter after the nbeaneor ant?” The editor thinks that “Benecia, as it is now called, was named Venicia, by the Spanich, aftcr Veinglorious desire for strife pervading such alarge proportion of our population leads too frequently to death. . But if these homicides must oceur, and . we see no way of preventing them with such a heterogeneous population as ours, we are glad that when they do occur, as in the present instance, that the attacking party is the one to lose his life. The present is, we believe, the tenth instance in our county in which men have drawn revolvers to kill others and have been killed themselves. Better days are in store for California yet. The time will come when the slaughter ground of the Union will be transferred to some other locality. With more wives and children among us we shall hope for more peaceable days, and may the good Lord speed the day. _oe --AmespMests To THe Revence Law.— We have received a copy of a bill to proytde revenue fur the support of the State government, introduced by Mr. Reynolds, which contains many valuable improvements upon the law of last year. Its pronice. The native Californians and Mexicans, however, are in the habit of pronouncing the letter v as if it were identicai in sound with the English 6. Hence it happened that in printing the word it was commenced witha B, and the custom became universal before any one saw fit to correct it. There should be but one ¢ in the word as it is now writtem.’’ This is one account of the origin of the name of Benecia. There is another one extant, however, the author of which is J ohn Phenix. He says:—“‘The history of Benccia is singular. The origin of its name as related by the oldest inhabitant

is remarkable. I put it right down in my note-book as he spoke, and believe it religiously, every word. “Matty years ago,”’ . said that aged man, “this property was owned by two gentlemen, one of whom, . from the extreme candor and ingenuousness . of his character, we will call Simple ; the other being distinguished for practical joking, I shall call him as in fact he was . familiarly termed in those days—Larkin. While walking over these grounds in com. ‘quartz will constantly increase until, in . our belief, more gold will be produced dull day. The hum of a blue-bottle fly way, tireless and uncurbed in his strength, and impatient to dare the far off. ‘To-day, the mind’s forecast brings into present communion afew patriotic citizens of California, shall . grasp, with fraternal embrace, those other iron bands which the people of Missouri are reach: . ing out to us from the Father of Waters; the ; mind glows over the “time coming,” when the . electric spark, over the great continent, from ecean to ocean, will vibrate in instantaneous pulsation, All honor to the few selfsacrificing . 3 : ) ‘ 4 . citizens who have built this first Pacific rail: . will require the expenditure of much labor ers who consume and purchase wines and liquors, . apd particularly the keepers of hotels, restaurante, fand saloons, had better call at the store of Lew: ; Teat on Broad street, where an extensive a sortment /ean be found. For the benefit of purchasers we would e . state that Mr. Teal is one of the Mr. Eprror :—Not having seen of late any ors in S correspondence from this place in your Jour— object for purchasers to buy here, instead of going naL, and not feeling disposed to have our “light below, it would seem that Mr. Teal is the man. way. Let its superstructure be forever their lasting monument. Citizens of California, I deem this a fitting . occasion to call upon you to aid this great werk, Thus far the railway has sped its successful cars into the heart of our glorious State. Beyond this and before us are mighty obstructions, and to overcome them we must have union. What prophetic vision can measure the destiny before us? Possessing a country endowed with every element which can make a people great and happy, the Omnipotent has . erected, the relative product of gold from . imposed it upon us as our mission, to spread . vicinity. = throughout the dark regions of the Pacific} ocean the blessings of science. Let us, then,. banish from us the spirit of faction; let us all The northern®mines will give employ. ment fo a large number of men so soon . warm weather and the’spring freshets come . To be sure, just as good, mining claims . will be opened in the future as have been i+ . ‘in the past ; but to develop such claims ;and money. OS For the Nevada Journal. { { Roveu & Reapy, February 26, 1856. . { hid under a bushel,’ . have come to the con. ' . you of matters and things in general, in this . ' Jn the first place mining is good, that is, for those who have water, but the scarcity of) q * j i ster’s . But men of experience will be employed ‘courses in his master's defenee. ) . of the panther and stuck to it until Mr. Myers was able to dispatch it with a large etone ‘suffered terribly in the encounter, being almost torn as to pieces. The faithful dog Mr. M. says that bis first impulse was to . run when the panther alighted so near him, but be did not like to desert the dog af er exhibiting so much e The panther meas ured eight feetfrom the tip ufthe nese tothe end of in preference to those without experience. the tail. New Quartz Mit — The Grass Valley Telegraph fays @ new quartz mill and powerful pumping apparatus are tobe put up on the lead on Alison ranch. Cuorce Wises anv Liqvors —Thoso of our readheaviest liquor d: a’an Francisco, and if any one can make it an t&sThe El Dorado county Journal is to be remov . clusion to endeavor through this, to acqnaint ¢4te Folsom, the present upper terminus of the Sacramsnato Valley Railroad. &5Madame Anna Bishop is now ia Australia, stopping with one of her daughters who is married, and livingin Melbourne. Boehssa is also at the sume place and rapidly falling, from the infirmities of age visions are judiciously framed, and es-. PAY, on one cccasion, and being naturpeeially adapted to the collection of poll} any struck by af gpcctga advantages, ale and license taxes, Several points in the . Simple to Larkin, ‘W hy not make a city present law, that have embarrassed the. bere. my boy e have it surveyed into Assessors and Tax collectors, are cleared . S443res, bring ships, build houses, make up ina practical and efficient manner,— it aport of entry, establish depots, sell We predict if this bill becomes a Jaw, the . lots, and knock the center out of Yerba operation of some of its provisions will lift Buena straight. (Yerba Buena is now San Nevada county out of debt in one year— . Franciseo, reader.) ‘AL! quoth Larkin, We recommend it to the favorable notice With a pleasant grin diffusing itself over of our members of the Legislature. his agreeable countenance, ‘that would be — ———jhice, hey?? Need we say that the plan Gorp Hitt.—We learn that Underwood . was adopted—carried out—proved suc& Co., washed out last week two hundred . cessful—and Liride’s jasinesablc ‘sematk ounces of gold. A church is to be erected . “be nice, hey,” being adopted as the name for concerts, theatrical exhibitions, &e.— ‘tered and yulgarised into its present form . fested, it is altogether probable that a sobowl-. Benicia! A curious history this, ing alley, two public houses, and several ‘Would have delighted Horne Took beyond . over it. . They already have a billiard saloon, drinking saloons there. which jmeasure.”” The Wide West will please tar Secbu:skgies. see: selling at 50cte.a {make a note of this and see that it has piggg. at the fruit stores in our city. made no mistake! could have been heard over the entire city, so still and quiet were the streets. To-. day, nearly all the members were again in their seats, and evinced a disposition, especially those of the House, to make amends for lost time, by dispatching quite an amount of business, The appropriation Bill passed theSenate, and the deficiency Bill, after con erable discussion, was referred to a selee committee, with instructions to report on Thursday. The San Francisco delegation are divided on Hawes’ Consolidation plan, and at present rates of progress, it will be long hence ere it passes the Ifouse. All the important measures of the Session are yet uuntouched. To-morrow, the several sqatter Bills will be taken up and discussed by the Senate. Some of them are intended to legalize stealing, others _pilfering, and unless amended so as to change the entire nature of them, they will meet the fate they merit. Nevada has a large and respectable delegation of outsiders here at present, who, if they do not convince every body that they represent the center of all creation, will leave a conviction that they ought to, and will some time in future. ——oo BucHANAN LIKELY TO BE RUINED.— Ex-Gov. Bigler of Pennsylvania denies that his recent election to the Senate of the United States is a Pierce triumph.— He announces himself a“‘devoted and active friend of Buchanan, and will sustain him for the Presidency with all the energy and intellect of which he is master.” Judging from the Ex-Governor’s official action during the Erie railroad riots, and also from the intellect of his brother, “whom some fortune, kind to him, but unfortunate to us,” located in California, it would appear this election is not much of a triumph for Mr. Buchanan after all. ->< Cuvrcues,—There are six churches es. tablished in Nevada, of the following de= as be Californians. What matters it whether we . from this source than from placer mining. Gall tensnthe Nocth. the South. the Ment ort We are of the opinion that more gold will the West; whether liberty was the inheritance be produced in this State in a year than . of our birthright, or as needy pilgrims from «nion . foreign shores we fled from oppression to its tgs han Dock pruuared., stil. te Borst joyful embrace; let usall as brothers, having a is based upon some knowledge of past and community of interest on this sacred occasion, present mining operatigns. California resolve, that henceforth and forever, no secaoe ; Se i i ich at this time are rendin mining has not yet reached its culmination = ee ee S nor will not until quartz receives the atthe councils of our unhappy brethren on the tention which its importance deserves. Atlantic side, shall ever find a resting place in our beloved empire. Fellow-citizens, let us put our shoulder to the wheel, to the drive-wheel of the great Pacific railway, and by a united effort, roll it onMining tn Srerra County.—We learn from that article (now pervading in this vicinity.) . t&#The Town Talk chronicles among the “incimakes it very dull, causing many to realize ; dents” of the late anniversary of Washington's birth the force of the old adage “hope deferred mak. . day, in San Francisco, ELEVEN MARRIAGES ANDTWESeth the heart sick.” However I hear many TY“0S# Births ! are making good wages, though such “big . ae The officers of the steamer Golden Gate, lying lumps” as those that astonished us a weok or} at Benecia, fired a salute of 31 guns on Friday last, x ; in honor of the anniversary of the birth of the Father two since are not now forthcoming. By the ‘of his Country.” : by, I have seen since I commenced this letter, . ta The primary meeting of the Democracy of Nea handsome specimen weighing 3 ozs. and $12. vada to choose delegates to the County Convention taken from the claims of Deacan, Hart & Co., . was, we learn from good authority, about as harmoon Squirrel creek. . nious as the elements which compose the party. The . tie passed freely, and taken alto: ing i . 28 , an gether the mectirs On Tuesday night last. we celebrated the sustained the reputation of the party most admirably a gentleman of Forest city that the Monumen: tal Company, on the north fork of Oregon Creek, at Forest city, have struck the lead and taken out about seven thousaud dollars thus far this winter. The Uncle Sam Company, just above the Monumental, have commenced an in cline tunnel and abandoned their shaft. The New World Company, on the south fork of Oregon Creek, are still running their tunnel ahead. They are already in gravel that prospects well, but not quite so good as that generally found on the “blue lead.” ‘This company are already about forty-five feet lower, where they are now drifting, than their tunnel. The Dutch Company, below the New World, are running their main tunnel ahead, with the in: tention of reaching the back lead which has been found so rich by the Live Yankee Co.— A half share in this company recently sold for six thousand dollars. At Smith’s Flat, Wet Ravine and Chips’s, the miners are doing well, though they have not as yet been blessed with a plenty of water in any of those localities.— At Monte Cristo, the same lead is found which runs through the previons-mentioned localities, and claims in companies that are drifting in pay dirt are worth from $4,000 to $6,000. Cement Hitt.—The claims of Baker & Co., on Cement Hill are doing exceedingly well. One day’s washing last week produced two hundred and four dollars and sixty-three cents, the labor of three men. The Hawkeye company, at this place, we learn are doing well. A tunnel has been run into the hill the depth of 500 ft. The company have in their employ five hands and average $25 a day to each person, clear of all incidental expenses. Bas Mr. E. F. Brundage, in a communica: : nominations : Methodist North, Metho-. tion to the Alta California, upon the formation dist South, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Bap-. of quartz leads, closes with the following lan: . The Legislative Assembly of Oregon have that district. There will be a Uni-/ S%s° : versalist meeting held in Temperance Hall . when a lecture will . Rey. A. C. Edmunds, _ If} sult of some experiments which I have recently at this place the coming season, and a hall vof the growing city, gradually became al-. sufficient interest in the subject is mani-. tist and Catholic. /next Sunday evening, be delivered by “That electrical agency is employed in the production and disposition of the metals and their ores I am well assured, and from the remade, I am persuaded that galvanism may be ward and over the mountains tothe East, and by your example of patient industry, let after ages know that you were not unmindful of the uty you owe to progress and liberty, Col. Zabriskie, Gov. Foote, and Messrs. Sherman and Garrison followed Mr. Flint. Gov. Johnson was called for after Gov. Foote, but did notrespond. After a while Gov. Foote was called upon for a second speeeh. He commenced about in this strain: “Gentlemen—When I wasa living Governor, as now I am adead (Governor, I was always in the habit of responding to every call,” &c. At the close of his remarks, Gov. Johnson was again most loudly called for. He began thus: ‘‘Gentlemen—when I was a living Senator, as Iam now a dead Senator,”—at this point the laughter and cheering was too great to permit any one to hear the rest of the remarks of Gov. Johnson. —_—o-— —_ PHenIxtaNa; oR, SKETCHES AND BurLesques. By John Phenix. New York: Appleton and Co.—We have received from Messrs. Potter & Crittenden, of this city, a copy of this work. It centains nearly all of the contributions of the author, Lieut. Derby, to the various journals and the Pioneer Magazine of California. Our readers have seen many of the productions which fill this book when they first appeared in print; but they will bear a re-perusal. The genuine wit and humor which they contain will cause many a man to cast to the shades ‘the blues,” and for this especial reason we recommend them to the public. rE OS SHatyt Orecon Become a Strate ?— . twice submitted this question to the peo. ple, and the decision has been to continue . its tertitorial form of government. But! anuiversary of Washington's birth day by a complimentary ball to Mr. James Wray, who! th for some time back has been teaching the ladies . w and gentlemen of Rough & Ready, to trip it . Bea Mrs. Fannuam has delivered two lectures in is city this week. The matter and manner were orthy the reputation enjoyed by the lecturer. Tue Harmonious Puanaxxers —The leading on the “light fantastic,” in the most approved . journals of San Francisco contain an “Address to tho and graceful manner. The ball is acknowledged . by all to have exceded in-point of numbers beauty, arrangement, convenience’ and music any thing of the kind, we have ever before had . in Rough and Ready. The ball was held in} the lower hall of the Masonic building which has just been finished for such purposes and of which we are deservedly proud. We think it . can compete with any similar room in the county, and is large enough to accommodate . nine setts. I noticed among the visiters many ladies and gentleman from Nevada, especially the ladies, whose beauty almost exceeds that of the ladies of this place. The supper was in keeping with the balance of the affair and re: flects much credit on Mr. Walling. We have in our place a Lyceum, now in full blast. Several public debates have taken place, which have been well attended by ladies and gentlemen. The debaters evinced a remarkable degree of talent; more so than we anticipated. Such institutions are an honor and benefit to any portion of California, and should be more geverally established. Our Representative Mr. V. G. Bett, has been with us some few days back, but to-day He has maintained in Sacramento the reputation he has, of being a sound practical man, and ready for reform at all times. Yours, truly. H. a Mr. Eprror :—I saw sometime ago an adVertisement in the New York Tribune for a temperance lawyer to be nominated for Dis: trict Attorney. It was stated that the District had been canvassed, and no lawyer had been found in it worthy of the confidence and support of the-sober portion of the people of ¢ @his is a sweeping assertion, . and, if true, we are better off than a portion at returned to his post. least of the Empire State. In a state that has elevated so many officials that have betrayed rial 1 : ‘ the interests of the people, it is refleshing to the question is again to be submitted to know that in our county we have a District when a revolution will take place in the system ciety will be formed and a minister settled. if inining 3a thin count Dn a ————— __. the gold which now runs to waste ; and I am Mr. Buchanan expresses an Opinion 1m: fully convinced that there isno other means by his letters, that peace wil be concluded! he fore spring. earth.” ape the people, and it is believed this time! . employed to great advantage in mining operaee on ie j . dooat Indeed, I think the time not far distant . the decision will be in faver of a State iden adie . Constitution. will be employed as ae, great agent in saving next is the day fixed for the election. The first Monday of April Poe Clear writers, like clear fountains, do which all the gold can be seperated from the not seem so deep as they are : the turbid) look the most profound, Attorney who will not be deterred from the discharge of bis official duties) Mn. Sarcenr , has proved himself in every way worthy the confidence and support of the people. His cent efforts to punish all engaged in callings forbidden by law meet with a warm response . from the people generally. A Scpscriper. . Democracy of San Frane’s:o,” signed by four hundred . and thirty-one names, to which is added “and five hun+ *. dred and thirty-nine others,” in which the action of the Broderick General Committee is denounced.— The first reason given for their action is that “the bal lot box has been placed almost exclusively under the control of men in whose character and fidelity to the Democracy we do not confide.” This is the party that is going to overthrow the American party next fall! Bah! s&s J.E. Hamlin and M. Michelsen will accept thanks fur the Union, Wide West, Golden Era, etc. tee The next mail steamer dueis the Jobn L. Stephens. She has been out twenty-four days and may be expected every hour. &#~ To the gentlemanly agente of the Pacific and Langton’s Express, we are greatly indebted for the promptness and urbanity displayed in the delivery of full files of papers. Lambert and Mackie are always on hand and hard to beat. oor Bee We have received a card from a gentle man at Grass Valley, in which the writer indulges in very severe language upon a cotem. porary. We must inform the writer that, what. ever course other editors see proper to follow, we cannot allow any portion of our columns to be filled with vitaperation and abuse. The ob: ject of the writer of the card can be reached in another manner. We cannot allow any correspondent through our columns to call another a “liar and blackguard,” whatever cause the au: thor may have for using such epithets. ><a Corp.—Last Wednesday was one of the coldest days of the winter. It was as cold at noon as in the morning. The present winter has been more steadily cold than any winter since the discovery of gold ; at least such has been the case here and farther north. To-day is the last of the winter months, and with the season we hope the icy hand of winter will let go his graap. A Reservore Dratxep By a Squiret.—The reservoir of the Rock Creek Ditch Co., near Cayoteville, was drained last week by a squirrel burroughing in itsembankment. The little one dug too far, for he was drowned, and the water came pouring out of his hole and enlarg: ing the aperture so fast that in a short time the re-. Teservoir was drained to its level. as My Personar.—V, G. Bru, Esq., Repre; Sentative of this count y in the Legislature Was in town one day the past week, i 2 == msn ©