January 1, 1852 (4 pages)

A. A. SARGENT AND W. G. ALBAN ; no traveler returns. . Taeeony morning, Sai 2, new year. Everywhere it is connected . with sweet associations, happy We are informed that application will . ries. buoyant anticipations. be made at the ensuing session of the . provision of man's nature makes hope . Legislature, for a charter for a railroad . his guardian angel, to whisper warm between this city and Sacramento. Cer. hopes of the future, to gild with suntain individuals have taken hold of this! shine the impenetrable mysteries to important movement, not discouraged . come, and to bestow the confidence he by the inertness of the mass of the com. maoity, and are determined to earry it “Railroad to Sacraniento. meme-. The wise needs to tread with light step the path jof life. Ifthe past has been bitter. on, The railroad meetings of this city . hope assures better things of the future and Sacramento resulted in nothing, . If the past has been spent amid bowers and now persons who wish to see the! of prosperity and pleasantness—the futhe project succeed should take hold of . ture seems to promise the same, and it without waiting the tardy movements more abundantly. of public meetings. We propose sub-. the new year's morn unfolds on the scription books for stock be opened in learth, it is every where hailed with joy this city, at Sacramento, and at San/and song, for i! new-creates h »pe—the Francisco, so that all who wish may impulse and nerve of being. On such give substantial testimonial of their conecasions few will read the over charged fidence in the route, and willingness to. and gloomy, though eloquent, pages of Therefore, when embark in the enterprise. There is! money enough in the State that would . be advanced in the first real opening of . the undertaking. to ensure its speedy completion. At any rate, it is well to try the experiment, and if there is the shrewdness and calculation in California capitalists which we believe there is, there will be no lack of means. For several months in the year, in an ordinary season, the whole of this section is virtually isolated from the lower cities —transportation of goods ceases— provisions, &c. rise to enormous prices— travel is nearly suspended--quartz works sre stopped for want of machinery—-we get little news, few mails-—to be sure we do some gold digging, but the pro-. ceeds are dammed up, and are nearly . unavailable till the roads get passable . —and all these vexations and incon. veniences we are suffering for want of a railway. Meanwhile, the cities below . are glutted with goods and scarce of ‘money--the machinery we need is rusting at the manufactories—every thing we are suffering for, they are suffering for an opportunity to send us. Give us by all meansa railway. Its influence on business would be sufficiently bene~ ficial to justify its creation, even if its direct profits were likely to be far less, The press should not let this matter sleep. It is one of great public moment, and should be kept before the public. California isa faust country in its way, butits way iscrude and uncertain. Like a spendthrift heir, it is fast using up its principal without using means to repair the waste. Although our mines are inexhaustible, they will by and by cease to produce sudden fortunes, and so with all the elements of wealth we Rasselas, and believe Johnson knew thie true chords and springs of life. Most sincerely, this morning, do we hid a “happy New Year” to all our rea: . ders. Though life is but a fleeting dream, yet it hath many genial points, much of real kindliness, which the cor-. /rect mind always finds, to soften its rougher hours. Again, to one and all, 'a happy New Year! Bey About sunrise, on Monday morning last, the residents of Broad street were aroused by the ringing of beils, . and the cry of fire! It was soon dis. covered that the fire proceeded from . the Broad Street House, and was ex-. tinguished with little difficulty. Had. the fire occurred previous to the late, rains, when the buildings were dry, the . street, in all probability, would have! been destroyed ; as it was, the only) damage done, was to start a few individuals out of their beds rather earlier . than usual, if that was any damage. Nevapa Amusements. — Now that! the Chapinan Family are gone, amuse. ments may be deemed scarce, Not so. . The “boys” promise an entertainment . for “a New Year's Jubilee,” this evesing at the Jenny Lind, which as the . bills promise will combine a very con-. siderable variety. In connection with theatricals the question is asked, where is T, C. Grzen ? . His washerwoman is anxious cn the . point. not to mention the barber, and those of whom he borrowed clothes and . money, forgetting (the fault of great . men) the unimportant part of making . any return. Among the anxious ones is . the negro whose “diamond ring” non est . inventus. Query, did our worthy friend . possess. Now while our State is vigors ous, and has large means, enterprises which will ensure its perpetual youthfuiness and prosperity should be origi+ nated. Ifa railway were sent this way into the mountains, our agricultural lands would increase in value by opens ing the markets of the State to ready acctss , and the improvement of these lands would be of the greatest advantage to the whole northern section, ensuring its permanent occupancy by men of the right stamp. There are many branches of industry that would be fostered by a vailroad, and these give vigor and im~ portance to the State. A mining community alone can never be a permanent or successful one. ‘T’o stamp this State . with the true image and superseription of greatness, there needs that openings be made for the mechanic and farmer in its midst. We repeat, a railroad from . Nevada to Sacramento is the great enterprise for this portion of the State. The New Year, The solemn march of time has brought the close of another year, and with it terminated its stru,gles, its disappointments, itS anxious cares, its hopes, its loves, its fears, its hates, its vicissitudes of every name. Another year has dawned upon us. From the grave of the past has risen in newness and hops another of those broad periods by which men mark the flight of life, and count the ceaseless ages of existence. At ruch @ moment it is well to pause and passin review each for himself the fleeting scenes of the yast drama of mortality-—thankful for the good that has crowned our being. repenting of the evil we have done, taking new drafts from the fountain of human kindliness, and setting higher aims as the scope of ambition. How many moralists can look on the eternal record of the spent year, and believe no act calls tor contrition, no thought or deed hath ascended to the high court of Supreme Majesty that calls for merciful forbearance — And how many weary and faint with sorrow, can look upon the o’erflowing cup of the past year, and see no efements of goodness, no kindly remembrances of the watchful presence of the overruling Being. How many can look on the rapid flight of time, its sweeping Valley ? A Grass Vauiey, Dec. 80, 1851. Messrs. Epitors,—On this evening “Madison Lodge” of A. Y. Masons met . at the “Alta” for the election of officers. . Those named ix the dispensation and . . those elected are as follows: S. Conway Richardson, W, M. . Louis R. Sowers, 8S. W. Henry R. Hannah, J. W. A. M. Winn, Secretary, ; Zenos Wheeler, Treasurer, John J. Willis, 8. D, Wm. Allen, J. D. Solomon Heyman, Tyler, } Samuel J. May, Chap'ain. . The evening was yery bad, yet the meeting was well attended. The Sec-. retary was directed to apply to the} Grand Lodge for an exchange of dispensations, which will be done to-night. Yours, &ce., A. M. WINN, Secretary, Madison Lodge. P. S. The papers in the State, friendly to the Order, will please copy. Quarrz.—A correspondent of the Cou. rier, writing from Raymond’s Mill, Dee. . . 21st, has the following : “After a two years’ experience in the . . . mines, I only begin to appreciate the . vast mineral resources of the country. . jA man stands a chance to be called! an enthusiast if he tells of what actual. ly exists. Since the era of quartz min. ing began, a field for the profitable in. ; Vestment of capital has opened unparal. leled in the history of man. It is al-. most beyond comprehension, and none . can properly appreciate it till they see . jit. ‘These leads have been explored . jfrom Sonora to Oregon, and the amount of machinery which will be required to work them cannet be estimated. I have passed over three hundred miles of the country, and have seen specimens of rock which were brought from points a thousand miles from each other; some from the desert east of the Sierra, some from Sonora, others from Oregon—all exhibiting incontestable evidence of their richness in the precious metals. Immense veins exist in this vicinity, visible for) miles in length, varying from two to fourteen feet in thickness, and running, as is supposed to the centre of the earth. Query ! How long would it take for a six-horse power engine to work ore of these leads out ? The last man’s great-grandchild would have grey hairs before an hundred-horse power engine could doit. So let your careful and wise rich men still doubt on, in the belief that California is a}} ahumbug. The time is coming, and soon, when they of little faith will be compelled to believe that a part of that . whish glitters is really gold.” } . . city yesterday morning. distinetly felt about twenty minutes be-; . fore ten o’elock last night. . ceding it. o it: . eep lesson of that bcurne frem which . . 'sMacen.—Abouat half past 12 yester-. 4/sa, from Los Angeles, may be some-. ® ‘ hangs lay morning, the inhabitants in the ‘ ; vicinity of Law's Wharf were startled Yet we hail with gladness the bright . by aerash, caused by the falling of a mass of rock and earth from the hill between Green and Union streets, over. hanging the U.S. Bonded Warehouses. where extensive excavations haye been made. Some two thousand tons of earth were found to have fallen on and against the western end of one of the houses. which is mado of corrugated iron, and is one hundre! and twenty five feet deep hy about eighty feet front. They are owned by Mr. Griffin. The injured house is completely filled with stored goods, and the weight of the earth foreed about sixty feet of the upper part of the building frward, throwing the goods inside into almost inextrieable confusion. creating openings through which the ‘ain has been beating all night. ‘The lamage done by this accident is estimated at thirty thousand dollars, which. us the goods have been stored at the expense of Uncle Sam, will, of course. be sustained by his broad shoulders. The house is also badly injured. There were two men sleeping in one of the buildings when the accident occurred, one of whom was sick; they were both uninjured. ! . " den © O re . Hers Ween Camp ) eet, and ne chance for 3° The effect of the ball, so far as retaining the seat of government at Vallejo is concerned, has been most disastrous, and if the managers expected to make political capital by the movement, they have been most wofully disappointed. . That they got up the ball on a seale of liberality which reflects the highest credit upon them, none will deny; that what interesting as gWing a different view of the Indian difficulties, from those formerly published. Los AnceLes, Dee. 6, 1851. The people in this direction have been suffering the most horrible excitement in view of an expected attack from the Indians <A pitrol guard has been kept : vie ‘up, and so weil has it done its duty that the few of their number whe were pre alarms have been given, both here and . Sent, exerted themselves to render crash at neighboring towns, and the people . entertainment pleasing and attractive hurried off at night to a place of safety. . t? those assembled, is admitted: but the /In my opinion, however, the whole busi . fates we re against them The idea of ness is ridiculously exaggerated. There) State Ball, at whieh all should be ins has been an emeute at W irner's Rancho, . Vited, was distasteful to the fashionable, distant from here 120 miles. but Juan) and they would not go. The South Antonio, the chief of the Indians who jlive in the neighborhood of the Mor. a /mons, has sent word to the authorities . beloved ein Jose, and they refused to here that if they require his aid, he is. attend, The weather was likewise unready to join them with his whole force. . propitious, and many who had intended . The idex which has been so industrious. to be present, were deterred on that ly circulated, and apparently so uni-/ *¢count. i ; versally believed, that all the Ind.ans. However, the general Impression even . had combined, and wore about to make . #mong the most bitter foes of the bail a deseent upon this city and San Diego, . manngers, seemed to be that the capital seems to me the highest of absurdity,. Would remain permanently at Vallejo; and is contradicted by well known facts. . that the buildings were sufficiently conpose of removing the eapital from their . There is nothing new in there being 2) 5 presumed it was gotten up for the pur-} . venient. and that the @reat increase of . . ° . = se Yard . ati } i sy al} ie fo \ great quantity of perish-. troubles with the Indians at Warner's . population in Northern California, de able goods, such as sugar and similar! He has been driven of his rancho he. manded the seat of government at some merchandise, is exposed to the rain, with nothing but canvas, which has been spread since the occurrence, to protect jit. The slide was caused by the rain , : having penetrated the ercvices exposed . received a fresh aggravation this season, SUpper was excellent, and pactaken of by blasting operations on the side of the \fore by the Indians. ‘There isa quarrel of long standing between Warner and ij the Indians, on account ef some land . whic’ both elaim. . in consequence of the Sheriff of San DieThis old trouble has. . point above San Jose, and that the peoi ple of the State had so decided through . the ballot box. . To return from the digression. The . with a relish which was complimentary Will. This has loosened and brought! go having seized the property of the In. to the chef de cuisine. The wines were down more of the rocks and earth than . dians four taxes; and as Warner is the . of the most costly brands, and there was several tons of gunpowder could haye. Senator from that county, it is natural . greater display and variety of liquors removed, in copious showers all the morning must have caused still greater damage te the . ness to him. As to what is going on at . the Colorado, reports are so contradictoThe rain which deseended . that the Indians should charge the busi-. than has ever been seen at ao similar ; entertainment in the State. The total / expense of the festival was $2,300, and goods in the warehouse, and we may ry that little reliance can be placed up. the presumption is, that on the whole, also have similar land slides in that vicinity should it continue.— Alta, Dec. 26. PresmpentiaAL Movyements.—-A correspondent of the Stockton Journal, writing from New York City, has the following : jon them. You will probably have a . better account than I can give you, via \San Diego. The patriotic zeal of Gen. Bean has been aroused by this affair, and in his) usual summary manner he has called out the militia for a two montis campaign. What authority he has for so . “itdidn’t pay” those who focted the ills. After supper, the danciig was renewed, and sustained with spirit until 4 o'clock, when the cuests separated, some to grope their Way through untathomable mud toa hospitable private reoidence, and othe 8 to wander around the “While in Washington I could easily . doing is more than! can tell you; but/bairen hills, whic are the only natural perceive that alrealy there were move-~ ments on foot in relation to the next presidential campaign. Judge Douglass } . the Genera! is as fond of assuming power }as was ever Gen. Jackson himself. It will be recollected that it was he that . productions of Vallejo. Important Discovery NEAR SoNoRA.— was there on the spot, and it is said, . was the unauthorized cause of the More~. Mr. E. Linoberg, of Sonora, has given that with many chances in his favor, he intends to make a bold push for the presidential chair; but some of the older ones think that he is in too great a hurry. A large mass of Democrats, and of those who. hold the strings of power, have settled on Gov. Marcy, who they believe is the strongest man. will be a great struggle between these two. At the agricultural dinner in Baltimore, where Marcy and Douglass were . present, the former toasted his opponent, and hoped that the nation would have . the benefit, the next sz years of “ir Douglass’ able counsels in the Senate Douglass replied with a toast, ‘Governor Marcy, a man without a flaw in his reputation. and only one patch on his breeches.’ The encounter was keenly relished by the company. A large body of the Whigs are for Fillmore for President. and certainly no man, since the days of Washington has filled this great ofiee more free from reproach, more justly or with more I believe there . jhead expedition, which will cause the . State an expenditure of at least $200.900 before itis through with. The . present expedition I anticipate will not . cost much less. It may be all right, for . What L know, but it must be painful to . every good citizen to see the funds of the State expended so recklessly. Later From Cuina—-By the arrival, to-day, of the Swedish . bark Jackin trom Hong Kong, we have files of papers to the 15th of October. Jackin brought Chinamen. The Hong Kong Register of the 14th October, says that the P. and O. Co’s steamer Canton, which met with so much damage from coilision with a sunken rock in the passage leading from Cumsingmoon into the river, in January last, has had, after many . . . . over one hundred . . . . . . { . . . . i drawbacks and difficulties, all the neus an account of a discovery recently made in Tuolumne county, which is likeily to lead to very important results {Sonora is surrounded by many flats . which have not as yet been worked, . Shafts have been sunk in many parts of . those flats. . six to ten feet of clay, the miners came toa solid substance, . having the appearance of soapstone. }ing, and left their work. . Some of them tried to dig through, and ivein, for which Warren B. Ewer, time, took Campbell into custody, and — brought him into town. The next day a court was organized by the people to try the matter. The examination occupied nearly the entire day, and the jury, after an hour's absence, returned a verdict of * guilty of murder without provocation.” It was then decided that the prisoner should be delivered over to the civil au. thorities, and a committee of ten persons was appointed to guard him. At this stage of the proceeding a gentleman stepped on the front of the stace anl moved that the prisoner be allowed to go free. The motion was carried in the affirmative by acclamation, and the priconer went to an upper room of the house unmolested. Quanta Oprerations.—The mill of the Bunker Hill Company being in operation during this week. we took oceasion on Wednesday afternoon to visit it. The works of this company are truly admirablg for,their substantiality and accuracy— Mic great principle they are designed to work upon, is not yet sufficiently tested in the little time of their operation. from the creek by flume about a thousand feet above the mill, and fulls upon a massive wheel which turns two powerful rollers. The water is tuken These rollers instantaneously crush the quarts as taken from the vein by railway. From the roller the quartz is cairied by an endless chain of buckets up to the mouth of the large blast furnace. After being subjected to an immense heat, it drops gradually to the bottom of ths furnace. and is there drawn out into a trough of water, and thrown aside, ‘he theory of the operation supposes the gold to be smelted out, and to filter to a chamber belowthe furnace. We understand the The heat seems to destroy all appearance of crystalization, and redaces the quarts toan extremely brittle state, in some instances forming slag. We wait tor further tests. The power of the works is immense, and the whole operation is on a magnificent seale, and exhibits more enterprise than any work of any description we know of in this State. It seemed quite a natural reflection that the peculiarities of inmferne would gold will be looked for to-morrow. After digging through from) haye little noyelly to the tenders of the sand and gravel, . blast furnace, if they ever happened to ibe initiated in them. . Coming back we called at the Rerere Ks4., . Went down fifteen to thirty feet, hoping . formerly of the Journal, is erecting a . to find the ledge ; but they found nothfine mill. The . His vein is apparently a most A quantity of excellent one, and the works, under the . this substavee, from Pyrmont, (Shaw's . skillfal direction of our esteemed frien . . Flat.) was brought to Mr. Linoberg for) N, H. Garretson, are of wn admirable . the purpose of being assayed, and the . result of three different tests was, that . this clay or soapstone yielded from three , to four cents per pound. The gold was . exceedingly fine. Mr, L. says that this / auriferous substance is very hard and of . ® greasy nature; that rockers, toms, or . sluices will not separate the gold, and . that it mast undergo a thorough ehemitake passage from Nevada, or Grass . Credit to our country, than Milliard . cessary repairs made upon her hull. 4! decomposition, before an amaigamag : ‘ ; xs ale . : ion car y effaeto Sejentilie ine Fillmore ; buat another division centre and machinery, and has been refitted . 40" ©" be effected. Seientific miners upon Gen. Scott, believing that his mili. tary fame will be the most available . power against the Democrats. The contest at all events, has already begun. and soon the different divisions of both le.” Bartuquakes.--The shock of an earth. quake was experienced throughout the Another was It ran from -cust to north-west, producing a xe, tremulous motion. that felt as } south Ps } if an through the frame. utes past ll p.m. felt, much more severe than those preduration than that which The motion was horizontal, and almost north and south. The earth was perceptibly tremulous for many seconds . after the first violence of the shock had subsided. —S. F. Herald. Ixrormation Wantep.—Mr. Roger . H. Murphey left Cincinnati about the (30th of March, 1850, for California, via St. Louis and St. Josephs, Mo. His friends in Ohio learned that he had arrived at Salt Lake on the Ist Sept., 1850, and intended to leaye for Califorpia on the following day.’ They have had no tidings of him since. He was an Odd Fellow, and held a traveling card from Ohio Lodge No. 4, of Cincinnati. It is probable he may have visited some Lodge in California. We request the Secretaries to examine their books, and if they find his name recorded, write to us at this office, where any information concerning him will be thankfully received.— Marysville Herald. Tue Sackamento.—The river has been so swollen by the rain, that it is now within about four feet of the natural banks of this city and Washington. A long continuance of the rains, especially were it to fall as liberally as it did during several of the showers on Saturday, would bring to beara severe test upon our common wall of defence Fortunately, the majority of the twenty four hours of each day are free from rainy visitations, and in the intervals of rain, the wind and an occasional warm sun, effects a wonderful evaporation of the water already fallen.— Union, 29th. a Waterman rounp Guitty.—In one of the cases against Capt. Waterman, that for assaulting John Smith, on trial in the U. 8. Court, last week, the jury returned a verdict of “guilty.” —Cour. electric shock had been passed . At thirty-five min-. another shock was It lasted several seconds, . j; and was qnite as violent and of longer oceurred on) . the morning of the 15th of May last . for service. . ‘The same paper says that at an exs ‘amination held lately in Canton for . the purpose of awarding Literary de* . * rp lecs F aj : ‘an. . each ¢ parties will be railying for the strug-. Stes, no less than eight thousand can-. each ¢ ha are not required to work in’ this gold. bearing clay; neither is capital needed. . Any man who can use a pick and shovel can getitont. Myr, L. thinks that two jcharacter. Mr. Garretson is a %omiplete workman, as his success in evecting mills testifies. The man named Beatty who was stated in our last to have been killad at Grass Vailey by the fall of a tree, was not killed, but seriously injured. A Scuoot will be opened in this city atthe Odd Fellows Hall, on Manday next, by Miss Bowers. Tue Sronm av Besicia,—rom= our jcorrespondent, we learn that the s‘orm whith has prevailed bere fur several ;men can dig eight cubie feet per day, . days, visited our neighboring city with ubic foot weighing seventy-five! great violence, It commenced blowing ididates entered their appearance.—-. pounds. Six hundred pounds at four;hard on Monday morning. and the tide . From the crowded state of the Hall, . the heat, or other causes, it is said,. jeight died during, or shortly after the . meeting. It was reported at Fu-chow, that here had been a conspiracy in the ror, and that his life was in danger. Times of September 30, that a Light House has been erected on Pedro ito the Straits of Singapore. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court, commenced at Hong Kong on the 15th. The calendar numbered fourteen cases, night of the 8th October, which destroyed about 200 houses, and a large quantity of woollen’ and cotton goods . The fire occurred outside of the walls, . in the part of the city occupied by for eigners. At one time the factories were in imminent danger. The 10th government sale of opium . was held at Calcutta, on the Ist Sept., when 1,950 chests of Patna, and 800 chests of Benores were sold.—Picayune, Dec. 27th. VatLeso Bait.—We copy the follow~ ing account of the Vallejo Ball from the edito:ial correspondence of the Union : “A bird's eye glance at the party. disclosed the fact that there were sixteen ladies and one hundred and fifty gentlemen present. Among the former. were but two of the fair representatives of of Sacramento, and not more than five or six of the San Francisco ladies, The remainder were from the region round about Vallejo and Benicia. The political world was very largely represented. Owing to the great scarcity of obtaining partners, many of the political characters adjourned to the lobbies, and there, surrounded by champagne and smoke, discussed the affairs of State. Representatives and Senators were particularly eloquent upon the subject of the Capital, and the probable } action of the Governor on the Superin. tendent's Report. Vallejo might have had some friends in the clique assembled within the walls . of the Capitol, but their voices were drowned amid the roar of anathamas hurled upon the place by those memImperial family, to remove the Empe. Official notice is given in the Straits . Branea, a rock off the eastern entrance . A fire broke out in Canton, on the! elect, . j cents, would make $24 per day. . ) gamating, would leave $7.50 per day to jeach Workman. Mr. L. is of opinion that there is an . gangue in the flats around Sonora, and that it will pay well, nery adequate to the complete amalgaAllow. rising to an unusual height. considerable 1 1-2 ¢ per pound ior grinding and amal-. injury has been sustained, es ecially to j the Pacific Mail Steamship Compauy's jWorks ‘Their improvements are so situabundance ot this. ated as to be exposed to the fall force . . jof the wind from the south-cast; eweepus soon as machi-ling through the valley inthe rear of . Martinez, it fell with great violence . mation and extraction of the gold ¢ Njupon the vessels moored at the Combe procured.—-Stockton Journal. DrowNep.—A man by the name of . John Browning fell overboard Saturday night about 11 o'clock, a hundred yards . below the storeship Antworth. He was . boarding the sehooner A noise of something lighting in the water was heard by Henry Erriott, who was in the cabin, as possible, but before he con'd get any j assistance to the man he sunk and disappeared. Search x lantern, but it was so dark and the current so strong that nothing could be seen of the man after the first glimpso of his sinking form.—Unzon. Murper ar Moque.umne Hitu.—The Alta, of the 29th ult., contains an aecount of a most shocking affair that happened at Moquelumne Hill, on Thursday last, It appears that a man j by the name of James Campbell took possession of a mule belonging to a Mexican, and commenced riding him backward and forward to amuse the lookers-onA friend of the owner of the mule went to him, like a gentleman, and asked for it; he was met by a blow which threw him a little off his balance —-after recoyering which, he made a pass for his knife, knife with such foree that, passing its House, a distance of about ten yards, friends, fled down Steep Gulch, pursued by a party of Chilians. They overtook the former at the tent of two miners, named John Lawsen and John . Reeves, where they stopped to load their pistols. ‘I'he Chilians immediately commenced firing indiscriminately into the tent, and wounded Reeves very severely though not mortally. Lawson accidentaily shot himself during the affray in the leg, whien it is feared, will require amputation Campbell also drew . Washington from Cuba. his kni e, aud threw it into the ¢ hilian’s . Correa, and hea side, who expired almost immediately, of a general. He is only twenty-nine but not until he had tirewn his own) inches in height, Campbell, accompanied by two or three . takes pride in stroking. ipany's works, ‘There are at present no 'less than nine of these fine boate ineludjing the Company's tug-boat Sampson, laying at the wharf, and some four or five coal ships, all of whch, it was at one time feared, woul! sustain much injury; ( Joseph Hewitt, . bat we are happy to learn that the acand it was supposed fell from the bridge. jtive and skillfal measures adopted by [enetr commanders saved them from damage other than a few hours work . He went.out as soonland renewal of paint will repair. The principal injury is to the works. the levee surrounding which gave way to made with a/the unusual pressure of water. and com. pletely inundated the plateau on which the improvements stand, The foun !ntion of the fine brick building crected by the company has settled on one side, so that the large chimney connecting with the machine shop much resembles the famous tower of Pisa. The miterial stored, (except the coal) brats, spars, &e. of the different steamers, pliced ashore, have disappeared, although it is believed some are safe on the hills beyond, The ferry boat lon, which has lately been repaired at considerable expense, while endeavoring to reach a place of safety was driven into the tule, but it is believed will be got off without much damage.—Alta. A remarkable dwarf has arrived at a. His name is pears in the full dress and is represented to be thirty years of age. Certain it is, he . mark, it stuck fast into the Empire! has a man’s head and showlders, a broad lchest, anda heavy bers, which ho His legs, however, both in length and thickness, are Not proportioned to the upper part of the body. He isa small specimen of mor. tality, and may be regarded as no ordi. nary curiosity. Died. _At Grass Valley, of erysipelas, Dec. 25th, Mrs. —— West, formerly from England, aged about 40 years, In this city, Dec. 29, John E. Porter, Campbell also received . late of New London, ; # ball in his left arm near the shoulder. . A party of Americans coming up at this Conn., aged. about 50 vears. Connecticut Papers please copy.

A. A. SARGENT AND W. G. ALBAN ; no traveler returns. . Taeeony morning, Sai 2, new year. Everywhere it is connected . with sweet associations, happy We are informed that application will . ries. buoyant anticipations. be made at the ensuing session of the . provision of man's nature makes hope . Legislature, for a charter for a railroad . his guardian angel, to whisper warm between this city and Sacramento. Cer. hopes of the future, to gild with suntain individuals have taken hold of this! shine the impenetrable mysteries to important movement, not discouraged . come, and to bestow the confidence he by the inertness of the mass of the com. maoity, and are determined to earry it “Railroad to Sacraniento. meme-. The wise needs to tread with light step the path jof life. Ifthe past has been bitter. on, The railroad meetings of this city . hope assures better things of the future and Sacramento resulted in nothing, . If the past has been spent amid bowers and now persons who wish to see the! of prosperity and pleasantness—the futhe project succeed should take hold of . ture seems to promise the same, and it without waiting the tardy movements more abundantly. of public meetings. We propose sub-. the new year's morn unfolds on the scription books for stock be opened in learth, it is every where hailed with joy this city, at Sacramento, and at San/and song, for i! new-creates h »pe—the Francisco, so that all who wish may impulse and nerve of being. On such give substantial testimonial of their conecasions few will read the over charged fidence in the route, and willingness to. and gloomy, though eloquent, pages of Therefore, when embark in the enterprise. There is! money enough in the State that would . be advanced in the first real opening of . the undertaking. to ensure its speedy completion. At any rate, it is well to try the experiment, and if there is the shrewdness and calculation in California capitalists which we believe there is, there will be no lack of means. For several months in the year, in an ordinary season, the whole of this section is virtually isolated from the lower cities —transportation of goods ceases— provisions, &c. rise to enormous prices— travel is nearly suspended--quartz works sre stopped for want of machinery—-we get little news, few mails-—to be sure we do some gold digging, but the pro-. ceeds are dammed up, and are nearly . unavailable till the roads get passable . —and all these vexations and incon. veniences we are suffering for want of a railway. Meanwhile, the cities below . are glutted with goods and scarce of ‘money--the machinery we need is rusting at the manufactories—every thing we are suffering for, they are suffering for an opportunity to send us. Give us by all meansa railway. Its influence on business would be sufficiently bene~ ficial to justify its creation, even if its direct profits were likely to be far less, The press should not let this matter sleep. It is one of great public moment, and should be kept before the public. California isa faust country in its way, butits way iscrude and uncertain. Like a spendthrift heir, it is fast using up its principal without using means to repair the waste. Although our mines are inexhaustible, they will by and by cease to produce sudden fortunes, and so with all the elements of wealth we Rasselas, and believe Johnson knew thie true chords and springs of life. Most sincerely, this morning, do we hid a “happy New Year” to all our rea: . ders. Though life is but a fleeting dream, yet it hath many genial points, much of real kindliness, which the cor-. /rect mind always finds, to soften its rougher hours. Again, to one and all, 'a happy New Year! Bey About sunrise, on Monday morning last, the residents of Broad street were aroused by the ringing of beils, . and the cry of fire! It was soon dis. covered that the fire proceeded from . the Broad Street House, and was ex-. tinguished with little difficulty. Had. the fire occurred previous to the late, rains, when the buildings were dry, the . street, in all probability, would have! been destroyed ; as it was, the only) damage done, was to start a few individuals out of their beds rather earlier . than usual, if that was any damage. Nevapa Amusements. — Now that! the Chapinan Family are gone, amuse. ments may be deemed scarce, Not so. . The “boys” promise an entertainment . for “a New Year's Jubilee,” this evesing at the Jenny Lind, which as the . bills promise will combine a very con-. siderable variety. In connection with theatricals the question is asked, where is T, C. Grzen ? . His washerwoman is anxious cn the . point. not to mention the barber, and those of whom he borrowed clothes and . money, forgetting (the fault of great . men) the unimportant part of making . any return. Among the anxious ones is . the negro whose “diamond ring” non est . inventus. Query, did our worthy friend . possess. Now while our State is vigors ous, and has large means, enterprises which will ensure its perpetual youthfuiness and prosperity should be origi+ nated. Ifa railway were sent this way into the mountains, our agricultural lands would increase in value by opens ing the markets of the State to ready acctss , and the improvement of these lands would be of the greatest advantage to the whole northern section, ensuring its permanent occupancy by men of the right stamp. There are many branches of industry that would be fostered by a vailroad, and these give vigor and im~ portance to the State. A mining community alone can never be a permanent or successful one. ‘T’o stamp this State . with the true image and superseription of greatness, there needs that openings be made for the mechanic and farmer in its midst. We repeat, a railroad from . Nevada to Sacramento is the great enterprise for this portion of the State. The New Year, The solemn march of time has brought the close of another year, and with it terminated its stru,gles, its disappointments, itS anxious cares, its hopes, its loves, its fears, its hates, its vicissitudes of every name. Another year has dawned upon us. From the grave of the past has risen in newness and hops another of those broad periods by which men mark the flight of life, and count the ceaseless ages of existence. At ruch @ moment it is well to pause and passin review each for himself the fleeting scenes of the yast drama of mortality-—thankful for the good that has crowned our being. repenting of the evil we have done, taking new drafts from the fountain of human kindliness, and setting higher aims as the scope of ambition. How many moralists can look on the eternal record of the spent year, and believe no act calls tor contrition, no thought or deed hath ascended to the high court of Supreme Majesty that calls for merciful forbearance — And how many weary and faint with sorrow, can look upon the o’erflowing cup of the past year, and see no efements of goodness, no kindly remembrances of the watchful presence of the overruling Being. How many can look on the rapid flight of time, its sweeping Valley ? A Grass Vauiey, Dec. 80, 1851. Messrs. Epitors,—On this evening “Madison Lodge” of A. Y. Masons met . at the “Alta” for the election of officers. . Those named ix the dispensation and . . those elected are as follows: S. Conway Richardson, W, M. . Louis R. Sowers, 8S. W. Henry R. Hannah, J. W. A. M. Winn, Secretary, ; Zenos Wheeler, Treasurer, John J. Willis, 8. D, Wm. Allen, J. D. Solomon Heyman, Tyler, } Samuel J. May, Chap'ain. . The evening was yery bad, yet the meeting was well attended. The Sec-. retary was directed to apply to the} Grand Lodge for an exchange of dispensations, which will be done to-night. Yours, &ce., A. M. WINN, Secretary, Madison Lodge. P. S. The papers in the State, friendly to the Order, will please copy. Quarrz.—A correspondent of the Cou. rier, writing from Raymond’s Mill, Dee. . . 21st, has the following : “After a two years’ experience in the . . . mines, I only begin to appreciate the . vast mineral resources of the country. . jA man stands a chance to be called! an enthusiast if he tells of what actual. ly exists. Since the era of quartz min. ing began, a field for the profitable in. ; Vestment of capital has opened unparal. leled in the history of man. It is al-. most beyond comprehension, and none . can properly appreciate it till they see . jit. ‘These leads have been explored . jfrom Sonora to Oregon, and the amount of machinery which will be required to work them cannet be estimated. I have passed over three hundred miles of the country, and have seen specimens of rock which were brought from points a thousand miles from each other; some from the desert east of the Sierra, some from Sonora, others from Oregon—all exhibiting incontestable evidence of their richness in the precious metals. Immense veins exist in this vicinity, visible for) miles in length, varying from two to fourteen feet in thickness, and running, as is supposed to the centre of the earth. Query ! How long would it take for a six-horse power engine to work ore of these leads out ? The last man’s great-grandchild would have grey hairs before an hundred-horse power engine could doit. So let your careful and wise rich men still doubt on, in the belief that California is a}} ahumbug. The time is coming, and soon, when they of little faith will be compelled to believe that a part of that . whish glitters is really gold.” } . . city yesterday morning. distinetly felt about twenty minutes be-; . fore ten o’elock last night. . ceding it. o it: . eep lesson of that bcurne frem which . . 'sMacen.—Abouat half past 12 yester-. 4/sa, from Los Angeles, may be some-. ® ‘ hangs lay morning, the inhabitants in the ‘ ; vicinity of Law's Wharf were startled Yet we hail with gladness the bright . by aerash, caused by the falling of a mass of rock and earth from the hill between Green and Union streets, over. hanging the U.S. Bonded Warehouses. where extensive excavations haye been made. Some two thousand tons of earth were found to have fallen on and against the western end of one of the houses. which is mado of corrugated iron, and is one hundre! and twenty five feet deep hy about eighty feet front. They are owned by Mr. Griffin. The injured house is completely filled with stored goods, and the weight of the earth foreed about sixty feet of the upper part of the building frward, throwing the goods inside into almost inextrieable confusion. creating openings through which the ‘ain has been beating all night. ‘The lamage done by this accident is estimated at thirty thousand dollars, which. us the goods have been stored at the expense of Uncle Sam, will, of course. be sustained by his broad shoulders. The house is also badly injured. There were two men sleeping in one of the buildings when the accident occurred, one of whom was sick; they were both uninjured. ! . " den © O re . Hers Ween Camp ) eet, and ne chance for 3° The effect of the ball, so far as retaining the seat of government at Vallejo is concerned, has been most disastrous, and if the managers expected to make political capital by the movement, they have been most wofully disappointed. . That they got up the ball on a seale of liberality which reflects the highest credit upon them, none will deny; that what interesting as gWing a different view of the Indian difficulties, from those formerly published. Los AnceLes, Dee. 6, 1851. The people in this direction have been suffering the most horrible excitement in view of an expected attack from the Indians <A pitrol guard has been kept : vie ‘up, and so weil has it done its duty that the few of their number whe were pre alarms have been given, both here and . Sent, exerted themselves to render crash at neighboring towns, and the people . entertainment pleasing and attractive hurried off at night to a place of safety. . t? those assembled, is admitted: but the /In my opinion, however, the whole busi . fates we re against them The idea of ness is ridiculously exaggerated. There) State Ball, at whieh all should be ins has been an emeute at W irner's Rancho, . Vited, was distasteful to the fashionable, distant from here 120 miles. but Juan) and they would not go. The South Antonio, the chief of the Indians who jlive in the neighborhood of the Mor. a /mons, has sent word to the authorities . beloved ein Jose, and they refused to here that if they require his aid, he is. attend, The weather was likewise unready to join them with his whole force. . propitious, and many who had intended . The idex which has been so industrious. to be present, were deterred on that ly circulated, and apparently so uni-/ *¢count. i ; versally believed, that all the Ind.ans. However, the general Impression even . had combined, and wore about to make . #mong the most bitter foes of the bail a deseent upon this city and San Diego, . manngers, seemed to be that the capital seems to me the highest of absurdity,. Would remain permanently at Vallejo; and is contradicted by well known facts. . that the buildings were sufficiently conpose of removing the eapital from their . There is nothing new in there being 2) 5 presumed it was gotten up for the pur-} . venient. and that the @reat increase of . . ° . = se Yard . ati } i sy al} ie fo \ great quantity of perish-. troubles with the Indians at Warner's . population in Northern California, de able goods, such as sugar and similar! He has been driven of his rancho he. manded the seat of government at some merchandise, is exposed to the rain, with nothing but canvas, which has been spread since the occurrence, to protect jit. The slide was caused by the rain , : having penetrated the ercvices exposed . received a fresh aggravation this season, SUpper was excellent, and pactaken of by blasting operations on the side of the \fore by the Indians. ‘There isa quarrel of long standing between Warner and ij the Indians, on account ef some land . whic’ both elaim. . in consequence of the Sheriff of San DieThis old trouble has. . point above San Jose, and that the peoi ple of the State had so decided through . the ballot box. . To return from the digression. The . with a relish which was complimentary Will. This has loosened and brought! go having seized the property of the In. to the chef de cuisine. The wines were down more of the rocks and earth than . dians four taxes; and as Warner is the . of the most costly brands, and there was several tons of gunpowder could haye. Senator from that county, it is natural . greater display and variety of liquors removed, in copious showers all the morning must have caused still greater damage te the . ness to him. As to what is going on at . the Colorado, reports are so contradictoThe rain which deseended . that the Indians should charge the busi-. than has ever been seen at ao similar ; entertainment in the State. The total / expense of the festival was $2,300, and goods in the warehouse, and we may ry that little reliance can be placed up. the presumption is, that on the whole, also have similar land slides in that vicinity should it continue.— Alta, Dec. 26. PresmpentiaAL Movyements.—-A correspondent of the Stockton Journal, writing from New York City, has the following : jon them. You will probably have a . better account than I can give you, via \San Diego. The patriotic zeal of Gen. Bean has been aroused by this affair, and in his) usual summary manner he has called out the militia for a two montis campaign. What authority he has for so . “itdidn’t pay” those who focted the ills. After supper, the danciig was renewed, and sustained with spirit until 4 o'clock, when the cuests separated, some to grope their Way through untathomable mud toa hospitable private reoidence, and othe 8 to wander around the “While in Washington I could easily . doing is more than! can tell you; but/bairen hills, whic are the only natural perceive that alrealy there were move-~ ments on foot in relation to the next presidential campaign. Judge Douglass } . the Genera! is as fond of assuming power }as was ever Gen. Jackson himself. It will be recollected that it was he that . productions of Vallejo. Important Discovery NEAR SoNoRA.— was there on the spot, and it is said, . was the unauthorized cause of the More~. Mr. E. Linoberg, of Sonora, has given that with many chances in his favor, he intends to make a bold push for the presidential chair; but some of the older ones think that he is in too great a hurry. A large mass of Democrats, and of those who. hold the strings of power, have settled on Gov. Marcy, who they believe is the strongest man. will be a great struggle between these two. At the agricultural dinner in Baltimore, where Marcy and Douglass were . present, the former toasted his opponent, and hoped that the nation would have . the benefit, the next sz years of “ir

Douglass’ able counsels in the Senate Douglass replied with a toast, ‘Governor Marcy, a man without a flaw in his reputation. and only one patch on his breeches.’ The encounter was keenly relished by the company. A large body of the Whigs are for Fillmore for President. and certainly no man, since the days of Washington has filled this great ofiee more free from reproach, more justly or with more I believe there . jhead expedition, which will cause the . State an expenditure of at least $200.900 before itis through with. The . present expedition I anticipate will not . cost much less. It may be all right, for . What L know, but it must be painful to . every good citizen to see the funds of the State expended so recklessly. Later From Cuina—-By the arrival, to-day, of the Swedish . bark Jackin trom Hong Kong, we have files of papers to the 15th of October. Jackin brought Chinamen. The Hong Kong Register of the 14th October, says that the P. and O. Co’s steamer Canton, which met with so much damage from coilision with a sunken rock in the passage leading from Cumsingmoon into the river, in January last, has had, after many . . . . over one hundred . . . . . . { . . . . i drawbacks and difficulties, all the neus an account of a discovery recently made in Tuolumne county, which is likeily to lead to very important results {Sonora is surrounded by many flats . which have not as yet been worked, . Shafts have been sunk in many parts of . those flats. . six to ten feet of clay, the miners came toa solid substance, . having the appearance of soapstone. }ing, and left their work. . Some of them tried to dig through, and ivein, for which Warren B. Ewer, time, took Campbell into custody, and — brought him into town. The next day a court was organized by the people to try the matter. The examination occupied nearly the entire day, and the jury, after an hour's absence, returned a verdict of * guilty of murder without provocation.” It was then decided that the prisoner should be delivered over to the civil au. thorities, and a committee of ten persons was appointed to guard him. At this stage of the proceeding a gentleman stepped on the front of the stace anl moved that the prisoner be allowed to go free. The motion was carried in the affirmative by acclamation, and the priconer went to an upper room of the house unmolested. Quanta Oprerations.—The mill of the Bunker Hill Company being in operation during this week. we took oceasion on Wednesday afternoon to visit it. The works of this company are truly admirablg for,their substantiality and accuracy— Mic great principle they are designed to work upon, is not yet sufficiently tested in the little time of their operation. from the creek by flume about a thousand feet above the mill, and fulls upon a massive wheel which turns two powerful rollers. The water is tuken These rollers instantaneously crush the quarts as taken from the vein by railway. From the roller the quartz is cairied by an endless chain of buckets up to the mouth of the large blast furnace. After being subjected to an immense heat, it drops gradually to the bottom of ths furnace. and is there drawn out into a trough of water, and thrown aside, ‘he theory of the operation supposes the gold to be smelted out, and to filter to a chamber belowthe furnace. We understand the The heat seems to destroy all appearance of crystalization, and redaces the quarts toan extremely brittle state, in some instances forming slag. We wait tor further tests. The power of the works is immense, and the whole operation is on a magnificent seale, and exhibits more enterprise than any work of any description we know of in this State. It seemed quite a natural reflection that the peculiarities of inmferne would gold will be looked for to-morrow. After digging through from) haye little noyelly to the tenders of the sand and gravel, . blast furnace, if they ever happened to ibe initiated in them. . Coming back we called at the Rerere Ks4., . Went down fifteen to thirty feet, hoping . formerly of the Journal, is erecting a . to find the ledge ; but they found nothfine mill. The . His vein is apparently a most A quantity of excellent one, and the works, under the . this substavee, from Pyrmont, (Shaw's . skillfal direction of our esteemed frien . . Flat.) was brought to Mr. Linoberg for) N, H. Garretson, are of wn admirable . the purpose of being assayed, and the . result of three different tests was, that . this clay or soapstone yielded from three , to four cents per pound. The gold was . exceedingly fine. Mr, L. says that this / auriferous substance is very hard and of . ® greasy nature; that rockers, toms, or . sluices will not separate the gold, and . that it mast undergo a thorough ehemitake passage from Nevada, or Grass . Credit to our country, than Milliard . cessary repairs made upon her hull. 4! decomposition, before an amaigamag : ‘ ; xs ale . : ion car y effaeto Sejentilie ine Fillmore ; buat another division centre and machinery, and has been refitted . 40" ©" be effected. Seientific miners upon Gen. Scott, believing that his mili. tary fame will be the most available . power against the Democrats. The contest at all events, has already begun. and soon the different divisions of both le.” Bartuquakes.--The shock of an earth. quake was experienced throughout the Another was It ran from -cust to north-west, producing a xe, tremulous motion. that felt as } south Ps } if an through the frame. utes past ll p.m. felt, much more severe than those preduration than that which The motion was horizontal, and almost north and south. The earth was perceptibly tremulous for many seconds . after the first violence of the shock had subsided. —S. F. Herald. Ixrormation Wantep.—Mr. Roger . H. Murphey left Cincinnati about the (30th of March, 1850, for California, via St. Louis and St. Josephs, Mo. His friends in Ohio learned that he had arrived at Salt Lake on the Ist Sept., 1850, and intended to leaye for Califorpia on the following day.’ They have had no tidings of him since. He was an Odd Fellow, and held a traveling card from Ohio Lodge No. 4, of Cincinnati. It is probable he may have visited some Lodge in California. We request the Secretaries to examine their books, and if they find his name recorded, write to us at this office, where any information concerning him will be thankfully received.— Marysville Herald. Tue Sackamento.—The river has been so swollen by the rain, that it is now within about four feet of the natural banks of this city and Washington. A long continuance of the rains, especially were it to fall as liberally as it did during several of the showers on Saturday, would bring to beara severe test upon our common wall of defence Fortunately, the majority of the twenty four hours of each day are free from rainy visitations, and in the intervals of rain, the wind and an occasional warm sun, effects a wonderful evaporation of the water already fallen.— Union, 29th. a Waterman rounp Guitty.—In one of the cases against Capt. Waterman, that for assaulting John Smith, on trial in the U. 8. Court, last week, the jury returned a verdict of “guilty.” —Cour. electric shock had been passed . At thirty-five min-. another shock was It lasted several seconds, . j; and was qnite as violent and of longer oceurred on) . the morning of the 15th of May last . for service. . ‘The same paper says that at an exs ‘amination held lately in Canton for . the purpose of awarding Literary de* . * rp lecs F aj : ‘an. . each ¢ parties will be railying for the strug-. Stes, no less than eight thousand can-. each ¢ ha are not required to work in’ this gold. bearing clay; neither is capital needed. . Any man who can use a pick and shovel can getitont. Myr, L. thinks that two jcharacter. Mr. Garretson is a %omiplete workman, as his success in evecting mills testifies. The man named Beatty who was stated in our last to have been killad at Grass Vailey by the fall of a tree, was not killed, but seriously injured. A Scuoot will be opened in this city atthe Odd Fellows Hall, on Manday next, by Miss Bowers. Tue Sronm av Besicia,—rom= our jcorrespondent, we learn that the s‘orm whith has prevailed bere fur several ;men can dig eight cubie feet per day, . days, visited our neighboring city with ubic foot weighing seventy-five! great violence, It commenced blowing ididates entered their appearance.—-. pounds. Six hundred pounds at four;hard on Monday morning. and the tide . From the crowded state of the Hall, . the heat, or other causes, it is said,. jeight died during, or shortly after the . meeting. It was reported at Fu-chow, that here had been a conspiracy in the ror, and that his life was in danger. Times of September 30, that a Light House has been erected on Pedro ito the Straits of Singapore. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court, commenced at Hong Kong on the 15th. The calendar numbered fourteen cases, night of the 8th October, which destroyed about 200 houses, and a large quantity of woollen’ and cotton goods . The fire occurred outside of the walls, . in the part of the city occupied by for eigners. At one time the factories were in imminent danger. The 10th government sale of opium . was held at Calcutta, on the Ist Sept., when 1,950 chests of Patna, and 800 chests of Benores were sold.—Picayune, Dec. 27th. VatLeso Bait.—We copy the follow~ ing account of the Vallejo Ball from the edito:ial correspondence of the Union : “A bird's eye glance at the party. disclosed the fact that there were sixteen ladies and one hundred and fifty gentlemen present. Among the former. were but two of the fair representatives of of Sacramento, and not more than five or six of the San Francisco ladies, The remainder were from the region round about Vallejo and Benicia. The political world was very largely represented. Owing to the great scarcity of obtaining partners, many of the political characters adjourned to the lobbies, and there, surrounded by champagne and smoke, discussed the affairs of State. Representatives and Senators were particularly eloquent upon the subject of the Capital, and the probable } action of the Governor on the Superin. tendent's Report. Vallejo might have had some friends in the clique assembled within the walls . of the Capitol, but their voices were drowned amid the roar of anathamas hurled upon the place by those memImperial family, to remove the Empe. Official notice is given in the Straits . Branea, a rock off the eastern entrance . A fire broke out in Canton, on the! elect, . j cents, would make $24 per day. . ) gamating, would leave $7.50 per day to jeach Workman. Mr. L. is of opinion that there is an . gangue in the flats around Sonora, and that it will pay well, nery adequate to the complete amalgaAllow. rising to an unusual height. considerable 1 1-2 ¢ per pound ior grinding and amal-. injury has been sustained, es ecially to j the Pacific Mail Steamship Compauy's jWorks ‘Their improvements are so situabundance ot this. ated as to be exposed to the fall force . . jof the wind from the south-cast; eweepus soon as machi-ling through the valley inthe rear of . Martinez, it fell with great violence . mation and extraction of the gold ¢ Njupon the vessels moored at the Combe procured.—-Stockton Journal. DrowNep.—A man by the name of . John Browning fell overboard Saturday night about 11 o'clock, a hundred yards . below the storeship Antworth. He was . boarding the sehooner A noise of something lighting in the water was heard by Henry Erriott, who was in the cabin, as possible, but before he con'd get any j assistance to the man he sunk and disappeared. Search x lantern, but it was so dark and the current so strong that nothing could be seen of the man after the first glimpso of his sinking form.—Unzon. Murper ar Moque.umne Hitu.—The Alta, of the 29th ult., contains an aecount of a most shocking affair that happened at Moquelumne Hill, on Thursday last, It appears that a man j by the name of James Campbell took possession of a mule belonging to a Mexican, and commenced riding him backward and forward to amuse the lookers-onA friend of the owner of the mule went to him, like a gentleman, and asked for it; he was met by a blow which threw him a little off his balance —-after recoyering which, he made a pass for his knife, knife with such foree that, passing its House, a distance of about ten yards, friends, fled down Steep Gulch, pursued by a party of Chilians. They overtook the former at the tent of two miners, named John Lawsen and John . Reeves, where they stopped to load their pistols. ‘I'he Chilians immediately commenced firing indiscriminately into the tent, and wounded Reeves very severely though not mortally. Lawson accidentaily shot himself during the affray in the leg, whien it is feared, will require amputation Campbell also drew . Washington from Cuba. his kni e, aud threw it into the ¢ hilian’s . Correa, and hea side, who expired almost immediately, of a general. He is only twenty-nine but not until he had tirewn his own) inches in height, Campbell, accompanied by two or three . takes pride in stroking. ipany's works, ‘There are at present no 'less than nine of these fine boate ineludjing the Company's tug-boat Sampson, laying at the wharf, and some four or five coal ships, all of whch, it was at one time feared, woul! sustain much injury; ( Joseph Hewitt, . bat we are happy to learn that the acand it was supposed fell from the bridge. jtive and skillfal measures adopted by [enetr commanders saved them from damage other than a few hours work . He went.out as soonland renewal of paint will repair. The principal injury is to the works. the levee surrounding which gave way to made with a/the unusual pressure of water. and com. pletely inundated the plateau on which the improvements stand, The foun !ntion of the fine brick building crected by the company has settled on one side, so that the large chimney connecting with the machine shop much resembles the famous tower of Pisa. The miterial stored, (except the coal) brats, spars, &e. of the different steamers, pliced ashore, have disappeared, although it is believed some are safe on the hills beyond, The ferry boat lon, which has lately been repaired at considerable expense, while endeavoring to reach a place of safety was driven into the tule, but it is believed will be got off without much damage.—Alta. A remarkable dwarf has arrived at a. His name is pears in the full dress and is represented to be thirty years of age. Certain it is, he . mark, it stuck fast into the Empire! has a man’s head and showlders, a broad lchest, anda heavy bers, which ho His legs, however, both in length and thickness, are Not proportioned to the upper part of the body. He isa small specimen of mor. tality, and may be regarded as no ordi. nary curiosity. Died. _At Grass Valley, of erysipelas, Dec. 25th, Mrs. —— West, formerly from England, aged about 40 years, In this city, Dec. 29, John E. Porter, Campbell also received . late of New London, ; # ball in his left arm near the shoulder. . A party of Americans coming up at this Conn., aged. about 50 vears. Connecticut Papers please copy.