January 28, 1853 (4 pages)

#on NEVADA JOURNAL. VOL. II.—NO. 40. = NEVADA, CAL, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28 1853. THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY BUDD & SARGENT. Office on Broad street, opposite the Unien Hotel. TERMS. For one year, in advance $7 00 Six months 4 00 Three months 200 Single copies, 25 cts. San Francisco Agency. J. M. Parker, of San Frane‘sco, successor to Octavian Hoogs, is our authorized agent for ‘hat city, who is duly authorized to receive end receipt for moneys for advertising er sub-cription. All communications directed to the “Nevada Jourral,” and forwarded thro u~h Adams &Co’s or Wells, Fargo & Co.’sExpress, will be attended to witout delay. PEA STARRETT BEIT I. NEE LT TO SOE For the . devada Journal, Woman. In all enlightened nations it has ever Deen considered ignoble to trample on those over whom we possess unlimited power. It can be shown that man does thus abuse the power he wields over woman ; that she possesses no rights; that by unjust laws fashioned by her tyrannical masters they are rent from her. So accustomed are her oppressors to her degradation, that when she arouses from the habits of submission and humility, in which she is usually tamely acquiescent, to assert her claims to privileges withheld, she is denounced, ridiculed, censured with unsparing voices. Jeffereon says, ‘‘ were our states a pure demecracy, in which all the inhabitants mix together to transact their business, there would still be excluded from their deliberatisns—Ict, infants, until arrived at the age of discretion ; 2d, Women, who to prevent depravation of morals, could not meet premiscuously in public congregations ef men ; 3d, Slaves frem whom, the unfortunate state of thing with us takes away all rights of will and property.” Jefferson shewed his wisdom and discernment in thus classing woman and the slave. for truly she is but an upper servant, for her disabilities of willaaud property are the same as the elave's, fer they are all vested in their lords and masters. How can he say truthfully, that depravation of morals would attend her mixing in public assemblics of men? Does she not daily mix with the other sex at church, at the theatre, and many places of improvement or amusement? Truly, it is not a discovery to find out that simply casting her into the world, would demoralize. Our declaration of independence affirms that all governments derive their power from the consent of the governed. Then, by what right is woman taxed, imprisoned and executed? Has she consented, or has she had the least opportunity to approve of, or agree to, any law. Has she approved or consented to the law which forces all her property from her, and gives it to the husband whe has no right to it, exoept the right that the strong has over the weak; for such wemteinly is power thus exercised ‘by this anrighteous law. No generous minded man will deny that such laws are unjust, and wnequal, although many of the baser, aarrow-minded may. I¢ gaay be arged that females are woak mad extravagant. It may be admitted that sometimes they are. Doubtless they are legs magnanimous than if they possessed the rights and privileges that snany of them desire and deserve. Yet who will eay there are as many unfit to be trusted as there are drunken, lazy, worthless men, wha hawe squandered all their wives’ patrimony, whilst the patient, suffering wife sinks into the early grave, heart-broken from the hideous eontrast of latter with early life. Who has not seen the thrifty widow carefully and economically saviag her little income, and using it most judicieusly.— Few men who are blessed with prudent wives, but can look back and feel how many times they might have saved or improved their fortunes by the prudent advice of their helpmete, but they possessed too much obstinacy or self-sufficiency te fellow. It may be eaid woman rules through husband, father, brother, gon. Granted, very rarely: but if it were always so, many women have neither father, husband, brother or son, to influence; and what is for them* “Vhat redress can a poer, labouring wife have from our cruel laws, when a drunken vagabond husband wrings from her hard hands her scanty earnings? What right has she to complain? Js not all sha har her heehee 2 Oh! how many blighted, wretched . that such a result would prove detrihomes might have been those of comfort and afflaence, had poor feeble womental to Southerninterests. It argues that the value of that island to the United States depends on the ucts of man been fairly, justly dealt with by . slave lacor--that the preponderating inthose who selfishly—yes, meanly, rob her, weak as she is, of her natural tights, to give to the strong and powerful! It has been truly said that our Lord took not the woman from the head of Adam, that she should rule over him ; nor from the foot, that she should be fluence of the United States is antislavery, and would be exerted for the destruction of that institution--and that in the end, Cuba would be redueed te the soeial and industrial eondition of St. Domingo. Eight Days Later from Mexico. trampled upon—but from his side, that MY Boy arrival of the steamer Pacific, she should be his equal, suppert, help, through life. But it seems our law makers infer that she is to be down~trodden,from the ungenerous and depressing nature of their policy toward woman-helpless weman. No—not helploss, for she has a mighty friend in her meek and lowly Savior. And though she was the first to transgress in Eden, she was the last at the Cross, and the first at the Tomb; and her cause will sooner or later be espoused by the pitying Redeem-. er of our lost world—the Lord of lords. CaROLINe. Per Adams § Co. Arrival of the Tennessee. We are indebted to Adams & Co. for first delivery of full files of papers. The news is not later than by the Paeific. We are also indebted to Wells, Fargo & Co. for files of papers. From Panama we learn that on Saturday last Don Manuel Hurtado was again elected Judge of the Commercial Tribunal, by a majority of 57 out of 69 votes; Dr. Jamie Arroya received the next greatest number, and is thereby elected deputy. The Illinois brought out on her last trip 300 laborers for the Kailroad Company; we understand that the Company intend to push on the works with increased activity. From Christmas day to the present time we bave had Deqsent heavy rains; and the dry season s0 long expected appears to be as far off as ever; the Cruces road is in a very bad state, and many travellers will long remember that mud hole, known to the hebitues of the road by the name of “The Feather bed.” Mr. Edward Hicks has been appointed professor of modern languages in the College of Panama. At Valparaiso a bloekade was threat~ ve received late Mexican files ef jthe Singlo Diez y Nueve by Gregory's Express, and we are enabled to lay before our readers the following summary of intelligence. The State and city of Vera Cruz have issued a fermal pronunciamento, in which all the authorities, both eivil and milijtary, have united. This act is looked upon by the Siglo as the death blow to the existing government, as it leaves . them literally without any resources.— . [n speaking of the state of the ceuntry, . the Sig/o uses the following language : “ As oritical as is the interior situation ef affairs, the exterior relations are no less so. The Tehuantepec question is the principal one whieh menaces our nationality, and our fickle, impolitic and weak government does net seem to have understood the subject, judging from its change of opinions at everystep. With the United States, we have to charge against her the want of compliance en her part with the 9th artiele of the trea: of Guadalupe, and the grievous injury she has caused us by permitting Indian depredations. We also believe that it is an object of much importance to run the beundary line, and comply with the stipulatiens to land titles expedited by the Spanish and Mexican governments in Texas, California and New Mexico. In helding back the payment of the dividends due te Great Britain, we shall probably create disturbanee with that country. The exportations of two millions and a half to our English creditors, free of duty, will cause a corresponding demand on the part of the Freneh; and and it is by no means certain that the Lafont affair may not prove the germ of new difficulties. With Spain, we are about concluding an arrangement which, in the opinion of eminent men, will be highly prejudicial and serious. In this state of affairs, what does the general government? Blind and obatinate, it cannot eco the omcouwing of a revolution ; it engenders new distrusts ; it is compounded with the mob; took to ened by the American squadren, be-. diplomacy and a to treat with ine cause a man named Stuart, charged with . significant mutinous murder, proofs of whose innocence had P been furnished, was not released. aders; was Garicious in not convoking Congress; bady administering the public funds, and at the same time, the must urgent neConcress.—Mr. Dixon trom Kentucky . cessities were disregarded ; it diverted was declared entitled to his seat in the. itself by embellishing the national palSenate on the 20th, by a vote of 27 ayes, }ace ; amused itself with military proto 16 nays. cessions and made sport by issuing libele Ia the House Mr. Lane offered the. for which the public exchequer paid.— following resolution : Occasionally when tired with these pastResolved. That the Committee on Ter-. times, to interrupt the monotony of its ritories be directed to inquire ints the. existence, it has had recourse to private expediency of dividing Oregon Territory. . resentments and arbitrary persecutions. and forming anew Territery north off The national guard of the Federal Columbia river, to be called Columbia. District in the Capital is herribly erganTerritory, with leave to report by bill. ized, and io reported as being very disor otherwise. affected. The portfolio of Minister of Anotier NeW Territory.—The States] Relations still remains vacant, Senor were called for petitions, when Mr. Hall Ponciano Arriaga is Minister of Justice, gave notice of his intention to introduce} Pon Guilliermo Prieto is Minister of Haa bill to organize the Territory of Platte. . cienda, and General Pedro Anaya, MinDec, 7.—In the Senate--Mr. Clem-. ister of War; a ministry, says the Siglo, ens gave notice that to-morrow he would . which is without character, without poark leave to introduce a resolution, to} litical information, and will. in all proconfer the rank of Brevet Lieutenant bability. be without duration. Such is General upon Major General Winfield} our condition rapidly sketched. We inScott. tended te give an account also of each Dec. 9th.—A bill passed the House of. particular State; but, Heaven knows, Representatives appropriating $20,000) this is enough. In another month we towards paying the messengers from the] will be better employed in chronicling several States for conveying the elector-. their successes. In order thatitmay be al vote to Washington. The compenea-. understood how uncertain and unstable tion to each messenger is twenty cents] the present gevernment is, and hew horper mile travelling fees. rible eur actual condition, we give the Dec. 17.—In the Senate—-Mr. Gwin] names of the States in which revolution presented a petition from all the Post-. exists. Jalisco, Michoacan, Sinaloa, Dumasters in California, asking for increas-. rango, Zacatecas, San Louis Potsi, Taed compensation. maulipas, Vera Cruz, Nuevo Leon, QueThe report of the Postmaster General] retare, Puebla and Guanajuato. The passes over California with scaree a n0-. Pronuneiamento of Vera Cruz is a death tice. The following is the only refer-. blow, and in Guadalajara hostilities have ence made to our present deranged pos-. already commenced,General Minon havta! system : ing attacked the convent of San Felipe, “The contractor on the route from Salt. outside the fortification, where he was Lake City to Sucramento in California, . yeriously wounded, a grape shot tearing never having performed efficient service . his nuse from his face.” on that reute, this Department has en-. Pxerore.—The garrieon in the fort at tered into an arrangement With another) this place, pronounced ; but were reduccontractor, who binds himself not only. ed to subordination by the promptness to perform the services as originally re~ . of their officers. quired, but also to establish and main-; QuereTaRo.—This important place tain a fortified post, or station, at Car-. has also pronouneed and General Panson's Valtey, which will, it is expected. . filo Barasorda is the leader of it. increase the security of the mails, and) Guaparasana.—A special courier had afford protection to the numerous emi-. arrived at the capital bearing important grant trains on their journey to Califor-. intelligence of the revolution, but as nia.” Government refused to give it publicity, It is eaid that President Fillmore has. it is supposed to be adverse te its interexpressed himself in faver of recognizing . ests. the independence both of Hayti andthe} Jarapa.—This city has seconded the Dominican republic; but Congress will . pronunciamente of Vera Crus. never eonsent to the formal recognition} Loans.—The Government has been of the Haytien government. Sut al-. daily contracting small and insignifiecnt though diplomatic relations may not be. lvans, agreeing to pay excessive rates of established with Hayti, it will make a@. interest for them. serious questien with the United States} The above is the present condition of if France should reclaim possession of}/that unhappy country. The next arrithe Island of St. Domingo. val will probably bring information of Tue Acquisition or Cvna.—The. Arista’s downfall, and the erection of a Charleston Mercury, with many other. thuurand little military leaderships who influential Southern papers, diseounten-. will batter and prey epon the commauniances avery movement having for its ob. ty. Things are fast drawing to @ clove jeet the aonnisition of Cuba, believinn! =) e+ ty, ' sanle — Alte, For the Journal. ’ ; eal Didfiiculty. Six miles above Nevada on Deer Creek, there isa flat the longth of which is about one mile up and down the creek, the width is about half as much. At the lewer end a granite bed-rock appears at the surface, but at the upper end it ie clate. Near the centre of this fiat and immediately on the bank of the creek. a shaft hae been sunk to the depth of eighty feet, througk gravel which will pay the eolor to every pan from the surface down, and no bottom found. The difference of level betwixt the top of the shaft and the bed rock at the lower end of the flat, is not more than thirty feet. Queny.—By what matural process was this hole in the bed-rock formed, and will it not pay to go to the bottom ?— Who will explain, and oblige his most Obedient servant, Joun J. Prospector. Sacramento Valley Railroad. * There isa time for all things”’—is an old, as well as a true proverb. There is ‘‘a fitness of things” in all movements, which should never be lost sight of, however anxiously we may desire to “ goahead ;” and introducing the subject of a Railroad at the present time, we do not intend to encroach, except to ® limited extent, upon these good old maxims. But we find an article in the Nevada Journal upon the subject of a Railroad up the Sacramento yalley, which is entitled to notice, and which is our apology for introducing the Railroad topic at & time apparently 90 inauspicious. Some time in August last we expressed eur convietion that that this city was bound, from its peculiarly favorable sition, te become the centre from which would radiate all the leading Railroads ever laid down in the valley of the Sacramento. Those convictions remain un~ changed, although severely tried by fire and flood. These devastating and destreying visitations may have retarded, fop a short time, the first step towards the realization of our anticipations; but the final result is ae certain now as it was previous to the terrible fire in November. The arguments for a valley Railroad, to run from here to the high land, thence along the base of the foot hills, to the head of the Sacramento valley, with branch roads to Nevada and every other mining point of importance, have been multiplied indefinitely during the past eight weeks’ experience. A road of this charaeter would have kept Sacramento in communication with every important point in the interior, and the terrible sufferings and death experienced in the mines alleviated or entirely avoided.— The entire business and travel of the country would have been concentrated upen it, thus rendering the stock the most valuable in the world. A system of Railroads must be laid down in this valley, sooner or later, and the sooner the better, which will insure & communication from navigable points to all locations of note in the State.— This we all see and feel, and if the present is not the time to move in the premises, it is certainly an appropriate time for taking notes for future reference, when the time for action does arrive.— Our aid, however feeble it may be, will then be forthcoming to urge onward these Railroad enterprises, which we consider so absolutely necessary to the interests of Sacramento and the people above us, in mountain and valley. The capital meeded to advance—to “go ahead”—will be certain to be on hand, in amount equal to the emergency. The project of filling the streets of the city 1s also intimately connected with this Railroad enterprise, as the de for the road would be ample for the street. But more of this hereafter. This article from the Nevada Journal we eopy, in order that our readers may see the views taken of the subject by that paper. The danger to Sacramento from the completion of the Benicia road to Marysville, does not appear to us ag reat as represented by the Journal.— t will be seme timo, in the nature of things, before that road ean probably be completed, and about the time it reaches Marysville, a branch will be likely to terminate at the Levee City. Neither do we suppose that any one point is to monopolize the trade of the Sacramento valley. The public spirit and enter» prise of the citizens of Marysville we consider highly commendable, and might be imitated to advantage elsewhere. If Nevada desires a Railroad and will back her wishes, we are confident she will be met in a spirit of fairness and liberality by all interested in this city, and by capitalists in other sections of the State. Sacramento will move onward and upward despite the unteward events which have for a short time obscured the sun of her prosperity. Crippled to some extent, ahe may have been, but she has not, as the Journal seems to conclude, “trifled away her day of grace,” and neither does her “ existence” depend upon a Railroad from here to Nevada, although one to that city would add greatly to her trade and prosperity. She has & destiny to fulfil, which dees not depend upon any one enterprise, and that destiny ie undoubtedly connected with Railroads and Locomotives. This fact capitalists in the city and out of it are well aware of ; and when the time comes will be ready to act with decision and exergy.— Union, WHOLE NO. 144. State Convention. The following is Mr. Snyder's 1 Resolution for a Miners’ State Cony tion. We do not see but that is is ) ble to all the objections we stated in: last : Preamaie.— Whereas, it has beco necessary that some stable organizat should be made in the various. mini counties of this State, not only for t general benefit and welfare of the r ners, but for the community at larg that some definite and settled polic relation to the mineral lands is desir by a large body of the miners is app: ent from the frequent conventions he in various counties, and from the sen ments of the miners made manifest « various occasions; that the time has a rived for the miners to take some acti: relative to the matter. Resolved, By the Senate and Assen bly, that a Convention of miners be hel at the Gapital of this State on the fir: vei," of April, 1853. esolved, That three delegates b elected in each mining county, or an. other county that may be interested. Resolved, That the expenses of eacl member shall be paid out of any money in the treasury of this State, not otherwise appropriated. Resolved, That the sitting of the Cenvention shall be limited to tem days, and that the members shall be entitled to the same pay and mileage as members of the Legislature. Resolved, That the proceedings of the Convention be approved by the next Legislature, and copies ferwarded our Representatives in Congress, with a recommendation to urge the passage of such laws as the Convention may recommend. Resolved, That the Governor, immediately on the passage of these resolutions, order an election to be held in each mining county, as recommended in these resolutions, Items from the Mountain Echo, Jan. 8. The miners in our vicinity sre once more at work, and we trust ere many weeks our absent residents will return and our town assume its former life and activity. New gold discoveries have recently been made near Table Rock, in Oregon. There are now a large number of miners engaged in working them. Charles F. Matthiesson, one of our merchants, finding it impessible to get eee mules inte town, has had, for the ast eight or ten days, a train of Indians engaged in “backing” provisions from Negro Tent and Sleighville House. He has now a plentiful supply on hand.— Such perseverance will find its reward. During the few pleasant days of the present week, many miners have come in packed with flour, butter, enions, &e., which they have sold at sixty to seveny ty-five cents per pound. e also netice the arrival of some ten head of bee! cattle. Really, times are leoking up! The lovers of fishing have had ample oprernnile to gratify themselves during the last few days, for the trout greedily seize everything thrown to them in the shape of meat. Mr. Couch, a member of the Aerial Company, was found frozen in the snow on Thursday, the 4th, some three hundred yards from his cabin, which is situated om the South Fork, twenty miles above Downieville. His partner, Mr. MeMillen, is thought to be still in their cabin, now covered with @ mountain of snow. Within the past week we have had three or four days pleasant weather, and were in hopes the storm had ceased.— Yesterday we had a heavy fall of rain, and to-day the sun remains in his winter quarters, and has screened himself with a thick veil ef falling snow. Aw Interesting Cninese Cass.— Quite an interesting case came before the Recorder yesterday, to the full understanding of which it will be necessary to goa ttle into detail. It seems that among the celestials there are many forms ef oath, some less binding than others. In order to get the truth out of them when giving evidence, the police procured the form of the most binding oath, for the purpose of posting it up, as @ warning to those who were liable to come before the Court. This was aocontingly done, but it gave great offence to the Chinese, as the oath is considered such a sacred affair that all should not be aware of it. Indignation conventions and gatherings had been had about it, until one A-Tsoh (sneeze reader and you will have the name) reselved to proceed forthwith and pull the offending doeament down! ‘This he accomplished on Saturday, in the most heroic manner, to the great admiration of squads of wondering Chow-Chows. In retirimg with the prize, however, Sneeze was unfortunately captured, and towed off to the station-house. Whenafter trial he was let out, on payment of a fine of $20.— Transcript, 18th. fay~ On the morning of the 21st December, # ead accident occurred on the Hudson River Railroad. A locomotive and seven cars were precipitated inte ® creek. The crash was tremendous, and it ie feared that at least @ dozen lives were lost.— 7) anscript. peyThe weather ie fine.

#on NEVADA JOURNAL. VOL. II.—NO. 40. = NEVADA, CAL, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28 1853. THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY BUDD & SARGENT. Office on Broad street, opposite the Unien Hotel. TERMS. For one year, in advance $7 00 Six months 4 00 Three months 200 Single copies, 25 cts. San Francisco Agency. J. M. Parker, of San Frane‘sco, successor to Octavian Hoogs, is our authorized agent for ‘hat city, who is duly authorized to receive end receipt for moneys for advertising er sub-cription. All communications directed to the “Nevada Jourral,” and forwarded thro u~h Adams &Co’s or Wells, Fargo & Co.’sExpress, will be attended to witout delay. PEA STARRETT BEIT I. NEE LT TO SOE For the . devada Journal, Woman. In all enlightened nations it has ever Deen considered ignoble to trample on those over whom we possess unlimited power. It can be shown that man does thus abuse the power he wields over woman ; that she possesses no rights; that by unjust laws fashioned by her tyrannical masters they are rent from her. So accustomed are her oppressors to her degradation, that when she arouses from the habits of submission and humility, in which she is usually tamely acquiescent, to assert her claims to privileges withheld, she is denounced, ridiculed, censured with unsparing voices. Jeffereon says, ‘‘ were our states a pure demecracy, in which all the inhabitants mix together to transact their business, there would still be excluded from their deliberatisns—Ict, infants, until arrived at the age of discretion ; 2d, Women, who to prevent depravation of morals, could not meet premiscuously in public congregations ef men ; 3d, Slaves frem whom, the unfortunate state of thing with us takes away all rights of will and property.” Jefferson shewed his wisdom and discernment in thus classing woman and the slave. for truly she is but an upper servant, for her disabilities of willaaud property are the same as the elave's, fer they are all vested in their lords and masters. How can he say truthfully, that depravation of morals would attend her mixing in public assemblics of men? Does she not daily mix with the other sex at church, at the theatre, and many places of improvement or amusement? Truly, it is not a discovery to find out that simply casting her into the world, would demoralize. Our declaration of independence affirms that all governments derive their power from the consent of the governed. Then, by what right is woman taxed, imprisoned and executed? Has she consented, or has she had the least opportunity to approve of, or agree to, any law. Has she approved or consented to the law which forces all her property from her, and gives it to the husband whe has no right to it, exoept the right that the strong has over the weak; for such wemteinly is power thus exercised ‘by this anrighteous law. No generous minded man will deny that such laws are unjust, and wnequal, although many of the baser, aarrow-minded may. I¢ gaay be arged that females are woak mad extravagant. It may be admitted that sometimes they are. Doubtless they are legs magnanimous than if they possessed the rights and privileges that snany of them desire and deserve. Yet who will eay there are as many unfit to be trusted as there are drunken, lazy, worthless men, wha hawe squandered all their wives’ patrimony, whilst the patient, suffering wife sinks into the early grave, heart-broken from the hideous eontrast of latter with early life. Who has not seen the thrifty widow carefully and economically saviag her little income, and using it most judicieusly.— Few men who are blessed with prudent wives, but can look back and feel how many times they might have saved or improved their fortunes by the prudent advice of their helpmete, but they possessed too much obstinacy or self-sufficiency te fellow. It may be eaid woman rules through husband, father, brother, gon. Granted, very rarely: but if it were always so, many women have neither father, husband, brother or son, to influence; and what is for them* “Vhat redress can a poer, labouring wife have from our cruel laws, when a drunken vagabond husband wrings from her hard hands her scanty earnings? What right has she to complain? Js not all sha har her heehee 2 Oh! how many blighted, wretched . that such a result would prove detrihomes might have been those of comfort and afflaence, had poor feeble womental to Southerninterests. It argues that the value of that island to the United States depends on the ucts of man been fairly, justly dealt with by . slave lacor--that the preponderating inthose who selfishly—yes, meanly, rob her, weak as she is, of her natural tights, to give to the strong and powerful! It has been truly said that our Lord took not the woman from the head of Adam, that she should rule over him ; nor from the foot, that she should be fluence of the United States is antislavery, and would be exerted for the destruction of that institution--and that in the end, Cuba would be redueed te the soeial and industrial eondition of St. Domingo. Eight Days Later from Mexico. trampled upon—but from his side, that MY Boy arrival of the steamer Pacific, she should be his equal, suppert, help, through life. But it seems our law makers infer that she is to be down~trodden,from the ungenerous and depressing nature of their policy toward woman-helpless weman. No—not helploss, for she has a mighty friend in her meek and lowly Savior. And though she was the first to transgress in Eden, she was the last at the Cross, and the first at the Tomb; and her cause will sooner or later be espoused by the pitying Redeem-. er of our lost world—the Lord of lords. CaROLINe. Per Adams § Co. Arrival of the Tennessee. We are indebted to Adams & Co. for first delivery of full files of papers. The news is not later than by the Paeific. We are also indebted to Wells, Fargo & Co. for files of papers. From Panama we learn that on Saturday last Don Manuel Hurtado was again elected Judge of the Commercial Tribunal, by a majority of 57 out of 69 votes; Dr. Jamie Arroya received the next greatest number, and is thereby elected deputy. The Illinois brought out on her last trip 300 laborers for the Kailroad Company; we understand that the Company intend to push on the works with increased activity. From Christmas day to the present time we bave had Deqsent heavy rains; and the dry season s0 long expected appears to be as far off as ever; the Cruces road is in a very bad state, and many travellers will long remember that mud hole, known to the hebitues of the road by the name of “The Feather bed.” Mr. Edward Hicks has been appointed professor of modern languages in the College of Panama. At Valparaiso a bloekade was threat~ ve received late Mexican files ef jthe Singlo Diez y Nueve by Gregory's Express, and we are enabled to lay before our readers the following summary of intelligence. The State and city of Vera Cruz have issued a fermal pronunciamento, in which all the authorities, both eivil and milijtary, have united. This act is looked upon by the Siglo as the death blow to the existing government, as it leaves . them literally without any resources.— . [n speaking of the state of the ceuntry, . the Sig/o uses the following language : “ As oritical as is the interior situation ef affairs, the exterior relations are no less so. The Tehuantepec question is the principal one whieh menaces our nationality, and our fickle, impolitic and weak government does net seem to have understood the subject, judging from its change of opinions at everystep. With the United States, we have to charge against her the want of compliance en her part with the 9th artiele of the trea: of Guadalupe, and the grievous injury she has caused us by permitting Indian depredations. We also believe that it is an object of much importance to run the beundary line, and comply with the stipulatiens to land titles expedited by the Spanish and Mexican governments in Texas, California and New Mexico. In helding back the payment of the dividends due te Great Britain, we shall probably create disturbanee with that country. The exportations of two millions and a half to our English creditors, free of duty, will cause a corresponding demand on the part of the Freneh; and and it is by no means certain that the Lafont affair may not prove the germ of new difficulties. With Spain, we are about concluding an arrangement which, in the opinion of eminent men, will be highly prejudicial and serious. In this state of affairs, what does the general government? Blind and obatinate, it cannot eco the omcouwing of a revolution ; it engenders new distrusts ; it is compounded with the mob; took to ened by the American squadren, be-. diplomacy and a to treat with ine cause a man named Stuart, charged with . significant mutinous murder, proofs of whose innocence had P been furnished, was not released. aders; was Garicious in not convoking Congress; bady administering the public funds, and at the same time, the must urgent neConcress.—Mr. Dixon trom Kentucky . cessities were disregarded ; it diverted was declared entitled to his seat in the. itself by embellishing the national palSenate on the 20th, by a vote of 27 ayes, }ace ; amused itself with military proto 16 nays. cessions and made sport by issuing libele Ia the House Mr. Lane offered the. for which the public exchequer paid.— following resolution : Occasionally when tired with these pastResolved. That the Committee on Ter-. times, to interrupt the monotony of its ritories be directed to inquire ints the. existence, it has had recourse to private expediency of dividing Oregon Territory. . resentments and arbitrary persecutions. and forming anew Territery north off The national guard of the Federal Columbia river, to be called Columbia. District in the Capital is herribly erganTerritory, with leave to report by bill. ized, and io reported as being very disor otherwise. affected. The portfolio of Minister of Anotier NeW Territory.—The States] Relations still remains vacant, Senor were called for petitions, when Mr. Hall Ponciano Arriaga is Minister of Justice, gave notice of his intention to introduce} Pon Guilliermo Prieto is Minister of Haa bill to organize the Territory of Platte. . cienda, and General Pedro Anaya, MinDec, 7.—In the Senate--Mr. Clem-. ister of War; a ministry, says the Siglo, ens gave notice that to-morrow he would . which is without character, without poark leave to introduce a resolution, to} litical information, and will. in all proconfer the rank of Brevet Lieutenant bability. be without duration. Such is General upon Major General Winfield} our condition rapidly sketched. We inScott. tended te give an account also of each Dec. 9th.—A bill passed the House of. particular State; but, Heaven knows, Representatives appropriating $20,000) this is enough. In another month we towards paying the messengers from the] will be better employed in chronicling several States for conveying the elector-. their successes. In order thatitmay be al vote to Washington. The compenea-. understood how uncertain and unstable tion to each messenger is twenty cents] the present gevernment is, and hew horper mile travelling fees. rible eur actual condition, we give the Dec. 17.—In the Senate—-Mr. Gwin] names of the States in which revolution presented a petition from all the Post-. exists. Jalisco, Michoacan, Sinaloa, Dumasters in California, asking for increas-. rango, Zacatecas, San Louis Potsi, Taed compensation. maulipas, Vera Cruz, Nuevo Leon, QueThe report of the Postmaster General] retare, Puebla and Guanajuato. The passes over California with scaree a n0-. Pronuneiamento of Vera Cruz is a death tice. The following is the only refer-. blow, and in Guadalajara hostilities have ence made to our present deranged pos-. already commenced,General Minon havta! system : ing attacked the convent of San Felipe, “The contractor on the route from Salt. outside the fortification, where he was Lake City to Sucramento in California, . yeriously wounded, a grape shot tearing never having performed efficient service . his nuse from his face.” on that reute, this Department has en-. Pxerore.—The garrieon in the fort at tered into an arrangement With another) this place, pronounced ; but were reduccontractor, who binds himself not only. ed to subordination by the promptness to perform the services as originally re~ . of their officers. quired, but also to establish and main-; QuereTaRo.—This important place tain a fortified post, or station, at Car-. has also pronouneed and General Panson's Valtey, which will, it is expected. . filo Barasorda is the leader of it. increase the security of the mails, and) Guaparasana.—A special courier had afford protection to the numerous emi-. arrived at the capital bearing important grant trains on their journey to Califor-. intelligence of the revolution, but as nia.” Government refused to give it publicity, It is eaid that President Fillmore has. it is supposed to be adverse te its interexpressed himself in faver of recognizing . ests. the independence both of Hayti andthe} Jarapa.—This city has seconded the Dominican republic; but Congress will . pronunciamente of Vera Crus. never eonsent to the formal recognition} Loans.—The Government has been of the Haytien government. Sut al-. daily contracting small and insignifiecnt though diplomatic relations may not be. lvans, agreeing to pay excessive rates of established with Hayti, it will make a@. interest for them. serious questien with the United States} The above is the present condition of

if France should reclaim possession of}/that unhappy country. The next arrithe Island of St. Domingo. val will probably bring information of Tue Acquisition or Cvna.—The. Arista’s downfall, and the erection of a Charleston Mercury, with many other. thuurand little military leaderships who influential Southern papers, diseounten-. will batter and prey epon the commauniances avery movement having for its ob. ty. Things are fast drawing to @ clove jeet the aonnisition of Cuba, believinn! =) e+ ty, ' sanle — Alte, For the Journal. ’ ; eal Didfiiculty. Six miles above Nevada on Deer Creek, there isa flat the longth of which is about one mile up and down the creek, the width is about half as much. At the lewer end a granite bed-rock appears at the surface, but at the upper end it ie clate. Near the centre of this fiat and immediately on the bank of the creek. a shaft hae been sunk to the depth of eighty feet, througk gravel which will pay the eolor to every pan from the surface down, and no bottom found. The difference of level betwixt the top of the shaft and the bed rock at the lower end of the flat, is not more than thirty feet. Queny.—By what matural process was this hole in the bed-rock formed, and will it not pay to go to the bottom ?— Who will explain, and oblige his most Obedient servant, Joun J. Prospector. Sacramento Valley Railroad. * There isa time for all things”’—is an old, as well as a true proverb. There is ‘‘a fitness of things” in all movements, which should never be lost sight of, however anxiously we may desire to “ goahead ;” and introducing the subject of a Railroad at the present time, we do not intend to encroach, except to ® limited extent, upon these good old maxims. But we find an article in the Nevada Journal upon the subject of a Railroad up the Sacramento yalley, which is entitled to notice, and which is our apology for introducing the Railroad topic at & time apparently 90 inauspicious. Some time in August last we expressed eur convietion that that this city was bound, from its peculiarly favorable sition, te become the centre from which would radiate all the leading Railroads ever laid down in the valley of the Sacramento. Those convictions remain un~ changed, although severely tried by fire and flood. These devastating and destreying visitations may have retarded, fop a short time, the first step towards the realization of our anticipations; but the final result is ae certain now as it was previous to the terrible fire in November. The arguments for a valley Railroad, to run from here to the high land, thence along the base of the foot hills, to the head of the Sacramento valley, with branch roads to Nevada and every other mining point of importance, have been multiplied indefinitely during the past eight weeks’ experience. A road of this charaeter would have kept Sacramento in communication with every important point in the interior, and the terrible sufferings and death experienced in the mines alleviated or entirely avoided.— The entire business and travel of the country would have been concentrated upen it, thus rendering the stock the most valuable in the world. A system of Railroads must be laid down in this valley, sooner or later, and the sooner the better, which will insure & communication from navigable points to all locations of note in the State.— This we all see and feel, and if the present is not the time to move in the premises, it is certainly an appropriate time for taking notes for future reference, when the time for action does arrive.— Our aid, however feeble it may be, will then be forthcoming to urge onward these Railroad enterprises, which we consider so absolutely necessary to the interests of Sacramento and the people above us, in mountain and valley. The capital meeded to advance—to “go ahead”—will be certain to be on hand, in amount equal to the emergency. The project of filling the streets of the city 1s also intimately connected with this Railroad enterprise, as the de for the road would be ample for the street. But more of this hereafter. This article from the Nevada Journal we eopy, in order that our readers may see the views taken of the subject by that paper. The danger to Sacramento from the completion of the Benicia road to Marysville, does not appear to us ag reat as represented by the Journal.— t will be seme timo, in the nature of things, before that road ean probably be completed, and about the time it reaches Marysville, a branch will be likely to terminate at the Levee City. Neither do we suppose that any one point is to monopolize the trade of the Sacramento valley. The public spirit and enter» prise of the citizens of Marysville we consider highly commendable, and might be imitated to advantage elsewhere. If Nevada desires a Railroad and will back her wishes, we are confident she will be met in a spirit of fairness and liberality by all interested in this city, and by capitalists in other sections of the State. Sacramento will move onward and upward despite the unteward events which have for a short time obscured the sun of her prosperity. Crippled to some extent, ahe may have been, but she has not, as the Journal seems to conclude, “trifled away her day of grace,” and neither does her “ existence” depend upon a Railroad from here to Nevada, although one to that city would add greatly to her trade and prosperity. She has & destiny to fulfil, which dees not depend upon any one enterprise, and that destiny ie undoubtedly connected with Railroads and Locomotives. This fact capitalists in the city and out of it are well aware of ; and when the time comes will be ready to act with decision and exergy.— Union, WHOLE NO. 144. State Convention. The following is Mr. Snyder's 1 Resolution for a Miners’ State Cony tion. We do not see but that is is ) ble to all the objections we stated in: last : Preamaie.— Whereas, it has beco necessary that some stable organizat should be made in the various. mini counties of this State, not only for t general benefit and welfare of the r ners, but for the community at larg that some definite and settled polic relation to the mineral lands is desir by a large body of the miners is app: ent from the frequent conventions he in various counties, and from the sen ments of the miners made manifest « various occasions; that the time has a rived for the miners to take some acti: relative to the matter. Resolved, By the Senate and Assen bly, that a Convention of miners be hel at the Gapital of this State on the fir: vei," of April, 1853. esolved, That three delegates b elected in each mining county, or an. other county that may be interested. Resolved, That the expenses of eacl member shall be paid out of any money in the treasury of this State, not otherwise appropriated. Resolved, That the sitting of the Cenvention shall be limited to tem days, and that the members shall be entitled to the same pay and mileage as members of the Legislature. Resolved, That the proceedings of the Convention be approved by the next Legislature, and copies ferwarded our Representatives in Congress, with a recommendation to urge the passage of such laws as the Convention may recommend. Resolved, That the Governor, immediately on the passage of these resolutions, order an election to be held in each mining county, as recommended in these resolutions, Items from the Mountain Echo, Jan. 8. The miners in our vicinity sre once more at work, and we trust ere many weeks our absent residents will return and our town assume its former life and activity. New gold discoveries have recently been made near Table Rock, in Oregon. There are now a large number of miners engaged in working them. Charles F. Matthiesson, one of our merchants, finding it impessible to get eee mules inte town, has had, for the ast eight or ten days, a train of Indians engaged in “backing” provisions from Negro Tent and Sleighville House. He has now a plentiful supply on hand.— Such perseverance will find its reward. During the few pleasant days of the present week, many miners have come in packed with flour, butter, enions, &e., which they have sold at sixty to seveny ty-five cents per pound. e also netice the arrival of some ten head of bee! cattle. Really, times are leoking up! The lovers of fishing have had ample oprernnile to gratify themselves during the last few days, for the trout greedily seize everything thrown to them in the shape of meat. Mr. Couch, a member of the Aerial Company, was found frozen in the snow on Thursday, the 4th, some three hundred yards from his cabin, which is situated om the South Fork, twenty miles above Downieville. His partner, Mr. MeMillen, is thought to be still in their cabin, now covered with @ mountain of snow. Within the past week we have had three or four days pleasant weather, and were in hopes the storm had ceased.— Yesterday we had a heavy fall of rain, and to-day the sun remains in his winter quarters, and has screened himself with a thick veil ef falling snow. Aw Interesting Cninese Cass.— Quite an interesting case came before the Recorder yesterday, to the full understanding of which it will be necessary to goa ttle into detail. It seems that among the celestials there are many forms ef oath, some less binding than others. In order to get the truth out of them when giving evidence, the police procured the form of the most binding oath, for the purpose of posting it up, as @ warning to those who were liable to come before the Court. This was aocontingly done, but it gave great offence to the Chinese, as the oath is considered such a sacred affair that all should not be aware of it. Indignation conventions and gatherings had been had about it, until one A-Tsoh (sneeze reader and you will have the name) reselved to proceed forthwith and pull the offending doeament down! ‘This he accomplished on Saturday, in the most heroic manner, to the great admiration of squads of wondering Chow-Chows. In retirimg with the prize, however, Sneeze was unfortunately captured, and towed off to the station-house. Whenafter trial he was let out, on payment of a fine of $20.— Transcript, 18th. fay~ On the morning of the 21st December, # ead accident occurred on the Hudson River Railroad. A locomotive and seven cars were precipitated inte ® creek. The crash was tremendous, and it ie feared that at least @ dozen lives were lost.— 7) anscript. peyThe weather ie fine.