October 30, 1851 (4 pages)

~RRL ET ET ae eee © n OLD eee” pest es eenegpesensteeroe A PET DPA SNF SIR ME OO eT A. ry A “TPA Al great amountof capital, The works of; THE JOURNAL. : cy prc nee sripewsoe 8 In company witha few gentlemen of} the Bunker Hill company will probably . our acquaintance, the past week, A. A. SARGENT AND W. G, c “ _ Wistarsday Morning, Get. 30. ALBAN, we have cost $40,000 dollars when commade a jaunt duwn the creek to look at pleted. OS ieee FE ah \some of the improvements being made Cost of Working Quartz, lin that direction, by the Bunker Mill, . We promised a weck ago to give sta. Wyoming, and Ural companies. On our. undoubtedly be one million of dollars; . tistics and estimates which should prove; ¥") down, we passed the scene of cper-) and the value of leads opened at that . )ttions of the New York company, who . time and worked will probably be dou. cent to the pound will psy handsomely, te working a good vein, but have not . ble that sam—and the latter not ona) if properly worked. Sinee that time yet erected machinery, the ground in! fictitious basis, but the actual market! we have conversed With several of the . dispute between the Ohioand Gold Tun. yalue. Let any one who thinks aquartz . most experienced ininers in this departs . nel companies, Which is now under ins / lead anything but actual, tangible pros . “ment upon the point, with gentlemen+anction, and the Guld Tunnel Conpae, periy, try to. buy out a company who largely interosted in quartz operations, ny’s works. This company has erected . have prospected their lead. wud we give the result of their expe-;% mill, with wachinery running twelve find rience. We peiccive expectation has . been excited on the subject below, and therefore we have delayed the es. A Trip to the Suburbs. . . The value of quartz machinery in the county, at the first of December, will that quarts yiclding on an average one They will tho value of a lead as tangible as! tamps, in very profitable operation. On that of any species of merchandise. and the opposite side of the ereek a small , 48 hard to get without an equivalent com. mill is in operation belonging to Gwynn . mensurate with tho value. On such! data wo calculate the value of tho leads. . On the road down the creek we found . below the city, and is erceted in a style heavy ox teams londed with boilers and of substantiality, probably surpassed by castings, the latter from the Sutter Iron The principal fault in quartz working no building of wood in the country. . works, at San Francis¢o. Castings cost, . isin the small, insufficient machinery . No care or expense has been spared in. delivered at the mill, about twenty-five used, the cost cf which is great, and the making every thing connected with it : work small. Ie give below the costs of running a mill by water power, of fifty stamps, of eight hundred pounds each, which will crush two tons of quartz each per day. Two anda half tons have been crushedorteewrass¥ahteyyeby stamps of six hundred weight—but we leaye a large margin, Quarrving 100 tons, $5 per ton timates in question till we had given the . & Co. subject full investigation and thought, and could produce a result thatinay be relied upon. The Bunker Hill mill is about a mile . e cents per pound. These wo saw were . permanent, and we should judge the of a very creditable character to the whole construction would not feel aged . iron foundry below, and show that the . in a contury, . influence of these rich mining opera. ! The process by whieh this company’ tions is to foster the industry of the, jdesign to separate their gold is well whole State. These magnificent oper-. . known to the community, and if it is ations not ouly envich their encrgetic } ; successful, they will induce an entire . projectors, but send the life blood of . . evolution in quarts working. Thegitartz business coursing through every artery . $500,00'as taken from the vein is to be passed of the State, Paaiecetort” aig tee . between two rollers, projelled by a We have lengthened out this article . doh liad cach & rope heavy water wheel, and is crushed to till beycnd the reating point, but will . cathe {the size of a chestnut. It is then to be not close it without noticing Messrs. . ee Se A oa $58,00 116.08 ‘thrown in alargze furnace, whieh is ereeCollins, Barker, Price and Thompson, Wear and toar, and incidental 125,00 . ted, and as the company believe will the men who have constructed the solid, Possible contingencies Total, One hundred tons of quartz, at ono eent per Ib. gives Hxpense per day fusion, will be exuded, and find their way by the force of gravity toa chamber below. The experiment has been $2,000,00 . OYV,LyU $1 200,00 Profits per day ‘The above is certainly a very satisfactory result, butit will be observed that no sartage of quarts isreekoned, and no exe! i NES. 8 a te 4 , will fuse quicker than the gold, and by pense for steam power. ‘The estima : will hold good -bethemcomapevres: settee . wre, Where the quarts islet down to the) mii] in railways, and where water power . power is used. Lut ollershaxe.been . meade. to.quarry.quartz in--this-city for . _, i Mant A ! sac . , fhe water tompropel the maehinery two onda half dollars pur ton--which{igos. i : ‘ ‘ of this company is brought ina large we have doubled above, so as to cm-'! vee . {lume some one thousand feet down the brace cases ot difliculty. ? ie (SLRS CR of . ereek, and falls upon the wheel, which , 1 Py ‘ ‘ 8 1. 8 ‘5 feet in diameter, with a shaft re Oa +e fen pth lst one! anc’ four feet in thickness—from native pine, or cartage would be as follows: This wheat, er lean Shain ped @ . without a knot or flaw in it. unuing steam engine per da 4 4 , . 150,f0 a8 it first strikes the observer as he $125,00 . Cartage 1-4 mile, at 1,50 per ton 509,00 gomes down the creck, in relief, at tho have been entirely successful If in stone than the original quartz, we see no reason why this plan should not suc~ ceed. The experiment is a bold one, and bas the merit at least of originality. Other exponses ag estlinated { . . . ) lw tried on a small seale, and is said to ; losophy in the ' . . l¢ ra y H ’ “ Np , ; fy ny ¢ their lead no substances are found whieh . ™uch cbliged to-old nomints wabra, . 69,00 ' become go far expanded by the heat, works wo have been describing. It isa! gevo,00 that the golden contents, ima state 0” favor to the public to point out to notice such workmen, Broan Grins.—If there is any phi-! d maxim “Jaugh and . grow fat,” the public of Nevada aro! Mr, Junius Quein Sabe, for his bold and ‘union with the quartz, form a harder . tilliant rush into the ranks of the literatiin our last. We seareely stepped }out of our sanctum for a day or two after without meeting a friend with a merry twinkle in his eye, and the ‘ Munchau‘sen Quartz Rock Mining and Crushing . . . Company” on his tongue; and enquiries! and surmises as to the author, have been as plenty as they were for Junius of old Every man in town who could write at! all has been tried and convicted of the authorship, and yet the question is as doubtful as ever. “The more intently the ghosts gazed . the less ‘Total, 1,075 00 . side of the building, from which emerges! Could they distinguish whose the feaVield of quartz 2,000,00 . the tall furnace chimney, gives a de. tures were, Lixpenses 1,075,00 . cided impression of a mammoih steam-. The devil himself seemed puzzled even Profits per day 925,00 . boat, lying at ease on a stream. . . A mill of one-half this size can be The lead of this company is extensive, . run at about two-thirds the expense mill. The and thus as the mill decreases in size is the richer quarts required, to pay. , the lead have given ten cents per pound. Persons designing to erect mills should; About a thousand feet below the Bun“pay particular attention to this point. ker Hill, is the Wyoming company, for land contignous to their . . . { numerous assays from vations parts of} . to guess; They varied like a dreain, now here, now there ; And several people swore from out the . press, They knew him perfectly; and one eould swear ; He was his father, won which another And they should be careful to erect! which our enterprising friend, Dr. Mus. theiv mills as near as possible to the son is now erecting a large mill, upon leads, always below the excayations. the common plan. The wheel of this Water power is preferable on the score company's mill is of an hundred horse . of expens>, and for reasons eleewhere power, and capable of running fifty noticed. j}stamps, of cight hundred pounds each, We do not believe the present system : See of amalgamation is adequate. The day. Tho machinory of this SORApBEY amalgamating process in Chili is fre. '8 also propelled by water, which 1s quently continued a fortnight in one cach of which will crush two tons per . cafghtasit falls from the Bunker Hill . lot of tailings, and there is no gold that company’s wheel, and carried by flume . can escape the grasp of the quicksilver . the top of their wheel. ; when adequate opportunity is given for . pense in tho way of fuclis saved by amalgamation. We believe it is usual ' in this neighborhood to change twice a /ness in the motiy ; &, day, because of the hardening of the steam isused, which greatly facilitates Stir them up, . the amalgamation process. e not procurable where tailings on the tables. gentlemen, but give more chanco for the quicksilver to work. ‘is probably one of the richest ever disWe are compelled to be bricf in this} covered in the State. We must say article, but shall again revert to our conception of a rich quartz lead was the subject. We think we have proved eclipsed by the evidences furnished, not that “quartz paying not moro than one . by the specimens shown us at the office, cent per pound will yield handsomely but by the great miss of the quartz exwhen properly worked,” and commend bibited, exposed at various points. In! Creat ex. these water works, and there isa steadi. the estimates to our friends of the Zrans. the porus mass gold glittered in all di-! cript and Alta. jrections, and in the heaps of quartz ‘ . * . . lump we oxamined. Tho lead widens an alarm of fire was given in the city, . : 5 agit dips in the earth, and is well dethe cause being the catching of a roof mi y . _. ifined, embedded ina species of slate. from a stove pipe in Main street. The} ppy slate embodying quartz leads is pipe was obviously unsafe from the . frequently thrown away, but should shortness of its projection above the never be, as it is often rich in the roof. The fire wes extinguished with. metal. out material damage. We wish we . The Ural company is just below the could persuade citizens to be more careful in the fixings connected with their fires. Our city is built of most, : i capable of running from ten to twenty combustible materials, and a spark may \stamps of light weight. They are alproduce consequences the most fright. ready far adyanced in the construction ful to anticipate. Vive dollars extra, . of their works, We did not visit their lof Deer Creek and Wood's Rayine, on a fine level. It Is erecting a steam mill, ———-—__--—{thrown from the mouth of the excava-. ~\ ~ , 5} 4 ny 5 . + j Arar or Finr.—On Sunday last) tions. gold was apparent in almost every ‘is drawn, and always have said, that ‘defined, and the diversity of customs The lead of tho W Be eesti famous,retired toa caye on Mount Olym» lead o e Wyoming company orn, : ss Bh : J ° pany . pus, to remain till the storm of public Was sure he was his mother’s cousin's brother, Another that he was a duke, or knight, An orator, a lawyer, or u priest, A nabeb, a man mid-wife; but the wight Mysterious changed his eountonance at least As oft as they their minds.’ * * #* * We dare say many of the puzzled guessers haye already come tosucha hypothesis as Byron throws out in rela-, tion to the severe old phantom that troubled George Rex— “Tt is--my gentle public lend thine ear, . ’Tis that what Junius we are wont to call, } Was really, truly, nobody at all.” Mr. Junius Quein Sabe (this is en-. tirely confidential) being a very modest . man, immediately on finding himself admiration had passed over. Means, while every body Jaughs—archer, tary . gets, and b nders. . The San Francisco Picayune says . the Nevada Journal “ recommends a . convention of Quartz Miners, for the . purpose of taking some steps towards . obtainin? a more secure title to their claims than they now hold by common . consent and usage.” . We trust the Picayune will correct . the above error. We held in the article from which the above inference . t public faith is a sufficient guarantee to . persons holding claims.,,.‘The object, vention was to fix regulations as to size, etc., and the conditions in which . claims may be worked, in order to obviate the extensive and expensive . litigation likely to grow out of mining in the loose way boundaries are now . payment has been made. ;of Calaveras . with farmer, mechanie and team . that question is the division of California. . . . $0. for which we recommended a con; . . Wyoming, and located at the junction . judiciously expended in each house lead. would make every pipe secure. From, The quartz of these companies is to be the back of our oilice we can see half . taken from the mouth of the shaft, and . . \let down railways to the mills, a disa dozen unsafe pipes, and others ma i = =~ 7 . tance of five hundred feet, the loaded we scen in any part of the eity, We! : ‘ ; have bofore nay yi pel bel this . car GOW up the light one, The point. It is not polite to “call names,’ . Banker Hill company, and the Wyo; . but we are going to do it before long, ; ming company haye each constructed . ¢lai:sants would sull rest on © common . if our citizens do not comply with th (a fine road to their works at greatlex. consent and usage”—what we believe divtates uf self-preservation. ipense, and are otherwise expending a to be sufligient guarantee. in different parts of this county. We ‘reject the idea in toto that any legislation is necessary to secure claims, and do not wish the impression to ob‘tain that we favor it direetly or indirectly. If such a convention was held, the Picayune will observe, the titles of . ! rn California Manufactures. “ Calilor has been the oft repeated exclamation of is a fast country,” all who have noticed her rapid ad. vancement, and not the least of her characteristics is the perfection which arts andsciences. have attained the among us. So far from being dependent upon the older communities for the works of art, considered neeessary for the enjoyment of Ilfe, we hear and see on every side the establishment of manufactories, not only 6f . articles of “ rugged utility,” but of . . “ bijouterie,” requiring taste and refinement. We have been led to these remarks by an examination, ona recent. visit to. San Francisco, of the extensive stock of jewelry, manufactured from the gold of our hills, by John W. Tucker, (whose card will be found in All that our advertising columns). ‘taste or fancy could suggest was there displayed, and we are informed that his manufactory is constantly turning out large quantitics of these beautiful articles. While on this subject, we would advise our friends who are desirous of sending home keepsakes, &c., to examine these goods, which acquire a tenfold value in the estimation of our friends at home, from the fact of their being Californian workmanship. Ovr Srares Lisr.—Our subscribers for papers to be sent to the States wil! please notice that names are dropped on the expiration of the time for which the names, J ’ . > or THR Pines.e-Near tho corner and L? One yfayetie treelts, LEE IE NE LEAS 5 IRAE EA TR TE EY EE he EID OA OT EO RE ee RNR Os kA = rs ~ enmity ETAT TIONS . The Alta ia admirable for its foreien jnews, although it did get caught once . in publishing some old items. We copy the following from this sheet:— Lars Visit to Japan.—The Hambarg brig Rose, Capt, Anderson, on a trip {rem Singapors to this port, met with a severe typhoon, was disablee and obliged ito put into the nearest port for repairs. rhis happened to be of Tsland of Japan, Capt. Anderson states that the one name of the village is Nipaking, and this! yisit of a fo gn v« ssel is believed to be the first ever made to that place. Of this, however, it would be impossible to istate with accuracy, . Nosooner had Capt. Anderson dropped anchor, than his vessel was surrounded [hy three hundred Japanese boats, which lief. until he sailed for the harbor, After some little difficulty, he was allowed sixty. men conducted him with great watehfulnegs, a short distance through the p:inciple street. On landing, he found allthe marts and public pl closed, although while leaving his vessel he had seen extensive market places +e t Ls) sented a blank w not permitted to gratify his curiosity in the slightest particular. Yet he was treated with great respect-and kindness, and furnished with sixty men to proses cute repairs on his yessel The population of Nipaking he estinates at 25,000 souls. A very large police foree was constantly on duty, and luring his stay three or four thousand ‘rom a neighboring island (probably sent ‘or by the authorities of Nipakiig) arrived, who kept a diligent watch on the strangers. In their treatment of him. i they were reserved and courteous, and guard was kept up, with alernate ro. to go singly on shore, when an escort of all to him, and he was} LTR . j money. ! . . L. free Picut.—Ag usual, the Ballat lthe California Exchange eon Saturday night and Sunday morning, was j cluded just before daylight. with a gens eral fight, in which all disposed to tako . a part, were perfectly at liberty to do go. hese occurrences ure becoming quite i too frequent to be tolerated any lonzey, There isa certain elass of persons in this city, terming themselves “shoulder strikers,” who visit such places for tho sole purpose of getting up fights, in which, as is yory often the case, somo ‘one is knocked down and robbed, by . whom,— nobod'yknews. -We understood . that several Ofthose éngaged in the fight yesterday morning, havo been arrested and will be brought up before the Neeorder this morning. Itis to be hoped that his Honor will visit upon them the severest penalty of the law. Tue Foor Race.—The much talked of foot race come off yesterday on the Pioneer course. The parties were Gildersleeve, late of New York, and Peck, con“tan Englishman. Gildersleeve ran serenteen miles and a half in one hour, fiftyfour minutes and cight seconds, and Peck 16 milesin the same time. Gildersleeve, at the time the race closed, encouraged his opponent to continue. but he gave out, ard could run no further, Gildersleeve won $3000 hy the race. He bas determined to run no more races. Gro.oaicat, Survey.—The Times and Transcript says that Dr. J. B. Trask left Sacramento on Tuesday last, to enter upon a geological survey of the State. ‘Jilis first movement is to Penn Valley. and from thenee to Nevada. After surveying the district of Nevada proper, he pisses directly east for the purpes of establishing and locating different San Francisco, being entircly out of Persons wish, . inga renowal must call and re-enter svidently desirous to hasten his departure from their shores, el was ready for s trifling amount af gx ; : points of observation and land marks, f When his vesfor the special purpose of obtaining latia, they accepted a tude and longitude, After this he will turn to Nevada, and take his depar! thrown open, and an appearace of animated trade going on. Lyerything pre. i ds in payment for ut or, and sb ut pushing Investigations) ture thence in a southeast direction further tie 2ete bat : 5 pen h the Southein portion of the +VIPAKING' 18 PC} ed tobe a safe} mineral districts. [tis his intention to convenient and the city ahha eyrdto the Cri vivallel, and return through the pursue the range of the} ap south noiat jand ryt © ved)? ents @& UUSiL rehe, Mi yt . . ; . . Dirsicunty with tHe Natives.—We poir thero is a pile of earth that was hauled . ? ifivulty which oc5 (Ngee parallel and thenee down froin some of the cayote holes for] between the through the Sacramento Valley to Sa washing when the rains set in, ich 1b d some of the) cram ubsequently through tho the ewners have been offere p. It seems; San id San ryalleys, This in cash. The bid vever, Was thy bh > Pilot, w e . will com) the entire survey of the refused. Ono sack of carth n the}! va d ) learn, . avis ts, the nortfférn portion piles washed for “prospect.” yielded jhad em} H ; i vith his) of is through last ’ 31750. There are about 8000 sacks of . ribs leet beehe le mer for him earth in the pile.—Calaveras Chronicle . Uhre tribe bad reely commenced op Danine R The } raf Mr Ve know of piles of dirt hauled out} Jerations, when oth " the islanders, . 3. B. Kk situated on, Channel for washing when the rains setin, ip this vicinity that $20,000 would not bay and from which as high as $300 to the pan has been taken. We own up beat $ in this eity to no other mining locality. tio? We think if the Alta will reread our article on the Cuban affair from which it quotes, it will sce the inferences it draws are not consistent with our expressed views. If there \isany one question that is unpopular in this country—unpopular with ad/ classes. {rpm the south and from he north; from the east and from the west,—with Englander, Irelander, and American—with merchant and mir Let it be fairly submitted to them, and the vote would be overwhelming against it. It isa question upon whieh they ali feel they haye much at stake,--a question affecting all their plans, their investments, and their prospect?, moneyed, political and social. Wo have . travelled over the whole county, and have conyersed with men all oyer it, and know whereof we affirm. It is true, a few men, here and there, . are in fayor of a division, and, some of them, persons who greatly over-estimate . their own influence; but the mass—-the overwhelming mass—is on the other side Let politicians beware how they commit . themselves in fayor of any such proposition. The Hartford Convention ruined forever the prospects of many a smart . and aspiring politician. A meeting was held in this city last Tuesday evening, to appoint delogates to the Convention at Santa Barbara. Not the least gratifying sign of public} feeling was the fact, that many who were named as delegates declined; and of those who were appointed, only one we believe has actually gone. A motion.was even made toinstruet the delegates to vote against any division. ‘Ihis shows the opposition that existed ina small meeting, that was supposed to . embrace all the friends of the proposed measure.—Sonora Herald, Hymeniat.—On Monday, the 18th instant, hy Thos C, Brunton, Justice of the Peace, Joseph C. Perry, of Georgetown, to Margaret Jiepson, of Mormon Gulch. There is always something agreeable . ina marriage; but this was peculiarly When the parties were called upon to rise, two superfluous gentlemen arose at the same time and took their stand beside the betrothed, as if they felt more than ordinary interest in what was about to take place. sible for Squire Brunton to tell which of the men was the groom, and he asked the question with all simplicity.— Strange to say, each of the three claimed the honor, or rather the right growing out of former supposed promises on her . part or entreaties on his She, however being called upen to decide the impor, tant question, then and there made solfemn and deliberate choice of Joseph C. Perry for hetter or for worse, and they were joined accordingly. The others acquiesced at the time like good citizens, and bave concludeu to postpone figuting until aeopy of “Dueling made easy” ean be ob aimed. —Sonore IMerald It was impos. yas violeathy broken rning about 6 o'e oc gsley was at breakfast, 3 that were hostile, snrronnded them and . strect, Veninsul eut off the whole party. men and women. . into yes nt Ry Che Captain of the Pilot s to procure the body of the chief, but the and 74 or $0 ounces of gold dust stolen. ont wasdriven off by the natives. The A man was apprebended on suspicion, barque then put to sea, and was chased, but discharged for want of proof.—{Rep. out by a large number canoes. The nareper rebates tives fired several musket shots. ‘4 lrese . [t is reported that Messrs, Dodge & jwere returned by twoguns from the! Co have declined drawing any more , Pilot, which killed a number of the eno. drafts on the Atlantie States, their last The chase and attack were, howhaving been returned dishoserel.porary still kept up on their part, until! Parties cannot be too eareful in preci Jat last the Pilot discharged two more ‘ring dvafts for remission, and should ek utethe natives, when they retreat) remember that the 3m pulation of the . on shore! while ait, NG cd, with the loss of sixtyor seventy. house drawn on, does not make the party drawing any safey. More Numpva. —The Couries says— nh a (‘a German who lieson aranch near, yen. We have received a message of ithe Pucblo of San Jose, has at last, (ne~ Mayor, dated Oct. 17th, tuo Inte for the 6 his assortion) solved the sreat. our present nomber, upon tha state of fem, which for many centuries the finances of the city, an] its indebtd the speculation of the me-! ed The Mayor * doubts whether e€uxcss. penan nid the mathematic ian. Hefhas! there can be a more expeditious or better UISCOY 1 the original natural power, . metbod devised for the honorable ply: and “invented a machine tobe set in’ mont of these debts, than the legitimate notion w tha power, ¥ hich is to be! one provided by the city charter.” Wo here and costs nothing.—j. shall publish the message entire in our wind, horse apd human! next. 3 power Will be dispensed with as soon as} — : . the machine is k n. Itis said to be Prrsoxan.—The genial face of our very simple and selfproducing, to eter-/ friend Hull of the Cal/fornia Couricr nity increasing in pow This ma-. beamed upon us on Tuesday evening chine when stopped has a continual ten. last. He is paying Nevadaa visit, and \dency to move, and as soon as the stop-. designs penetrating further inte the per is removed, it sets itself in motion, . Mountains and increases perpetually. and would no th Tineke ta NAG aiaen ene CoM doubt destroy hie tke whole machinery, . ath Bp 1 y ames BS pentane Sarg jt lif not stopped in due time. No inven: o¢ ae ie. ait wine ee ary jC not stopped in 10. ¢ of our city, with much success. We tion, of any age or nation, has had such jaye a promiso af tho results of his ‘an enormous influence on all branches }scryations here shortly for the Journal, of society, as this promises to have in@ and chall give them to the public with jvery short time. The discoverer of much pleasure. i course, keeps his invention a profound . wrt ee secret until he has secured a patent right To Corresronpents :-—“ Lb.” and weare therefore unable to give aj ceived, and shall have room. full description of it.” ; The stuff * A Subscriber” sends ecanSipincacnintne . not appear in the Journal. We havo An Acrurasie Room-Marr.—A few too much self-respect, and too much reings sinco, shout day-break, as gard for the character of our sheet, to dno. M. Winttams. Esq. was about re. publish such trash. W hen the publijturning from his noctural visit to the . cation of a decent instructive paper ‘land of dreams, he was suddenly startled . docs not suit our subscribers, we will by heating some one entering the house. . resign our position to another. He: listened quietly untilit. goin eiairs, . rr iwhen from the sounds he knew it to be. jinanimal. fy the faint light he could just perceive a grizzly bear enter his/ jdvor and make for the bed upon which . he was repozing. Not wishing to appear quarrelsome, he immediately sur. rendered the bed and likewise the room . ,to his grizzlyship. Ina short time, how ever, heepened the door leading out jupon the piazza, avd after a few knowing Coen of the head on the part of . ‘the liberated brute, he walked out, and . ; i . Mr. W. shut the door and left him in. Merrill, to Albert Laat . Mis Elle ‘his glory. The bear cut up some very. ,, tthe same time and pinco, ™lss b len nent olal * . a . Merrill to Dr. Vrancis M, Hackett, [New comical capers, and finally descended Yank. panera ploase cony.] . from his giddy height, when he was re9 en rte ook rn Wisaastl . léaken and chained.—-San Joec Visitor} (28 the 10th instanty“an useyillo, . Placer county, by oe Rey. Mr. Martin, ay iR daile iss i i¢kman, We copy the following items from the . arige rear pray ~ Mary Hiekman, Courier of the 27th inst: — . PRATER REEDED ACNE SIG TS Died. Haskins Annestep.—Officer Worthy, . lof this city, brought down from Benicia, RF is reMarried, In San Francisco, on the 21st instant, by the Rey. A. Williams, Mr. Silvanus D. . Libby, to Miss Sarah A. Dunn, both formerly of Boston, Kiass. In this city, by John S. Verr Mehr, Rector of Grace Church, Elijah Archer, ‘of New York, to Catherine Cruse, of . London. In Sacramento, on the 23d instant, by the Rey. M. C. Briggs, Miss Caroline jon Saturday eyening, Mr. Bill Haskins. . ‘the man who stabbed a girl in this city, . labouta week since, named Emma Da. It appears that the officer was re. i vis. jturning from Sacramento, where he expected to find Haskins, and upon the boat's touching at Benicia, b> observed him in the act of getting on board; as soon as Haskins recognized the oflicer, he attempted to screen himsclf, but he wad tuken on boardand secured. He istated that he wag oblie zed to ~eturn to Malura J. Dickerman, wife of B. F. Dickerman, died in this city on Wed. nesday morning the 29th instant, aged 19 years 10 months. . The deceased is a severe loss to a . large Tiegle o! friends, and has left a iyoid ad@ich will very long Lo painfully j felt She was mild and amiable, lady. like and intelligent, an ornament in the laocsuty in which she move’, and while

~RRL ET ET ae eee © n OLD eee” pest es eenegpesensteeroe A PET DPA SNF SIR ME OO eT A. ry A “TPA Al great amountof capital, The works of; THE JOURNAL. : cy prc nee sripewsoe 8 In company witha few gentlemen of} the Bunker Hill company will probably . our acquaintance, the past week, A. A. SARGENT AND W. G, c “ _ Wistarsday Morning, Get. 30. ALBAN, we have cost $40,000 dollars when commade a jaunt duwn the creek to look at pleted. OS ieee FE ah \some of the improvements being made Cost of Working Quartz, lin that direction, by the Bunker Mill, . We promised a weck ago to give sta. Wyoming, and Ural companies. On our. undoubtedly be one million of dollars; . tistics and estimates which should prove; ¥") down, we passed the scene of cper-) and the value of leads opened at that . )ttions of the New York company, who . time and worked will probably be dou. cent to the pound will psy handsomely, te working a good vein, but have not . ble that sam—and the latter not ona) if properly worked. Sinee that time yet erected machinery, the ground in! fictitious basis, but the actual market! we have conversed With several of the . dispute between the Ohioand Gold Tun. yalue. Let any one who thinks aquartz . most experienced ininers in this departs . nel companies, Which is now under ins / lead anything but actual, tangible pros . “ment upon the point, with gentlemen+anction, and the Guld Tunnel Conpae, periy, try to. buy out a company who largely interosted in quartz operations, ny’s works. This company has erected . have prospected their lead. wud we give the result of their expe-;% mill, with wachinery running twelve find rience. We peiccive expectation has . been excited on the subject below, and therefore we have delayed the es. A Trip to the Suburbs. . . The value of quartz machinery in the county, at the first of December, will that quarts yiclding on an average one They will tho value of a lead as tangible as! tamps, in very profitable operation. On that of any species of merchandise. and the opposite side of the ereek a small , 48 hard to get without an equivalent com. mill is in operation belonging to Gwynn . mensurate with tho value. On such! data wo calculate the value of tho leads. . On the road down the creek we found . below the city, and is erceted in a style heavy ox teams londed with boilers and of substantiality, probably surpassed by castings, the latter from the Sutter Iron The principal fault in quartz working no building of wood in the country. . works, at San Francis¢o. Castings cost, . isin the small, insufficient machinery . No care or expense has been spared in. delivered at the mill, about twenty-five used, the cost cf which is great, and the making every thing connected with it : work small. Ie give below the costs of running a mill by water power, of fifty stamps, of eight hundred pounds each, which will crush two tons of quartz each per day. Two anda half tons have been crushedorteewrass¥ahteyyeby stamps of six hundred weight—but we leaye a large margin, Quarrving 100 tons, $5 per ton timates in question till we had given the . & Co. subject full investigation and thought, and could produce a result thatinay be relied upon. The Bunker Hill mill is about a mile . e cents per pound. These wo saw were . permanent, and we should judge the of a very creditable character to the whole construction would not feel aged . iron foundry below, and show that the . in a contury, . influence of these rich mining opera. ! The process by whieh this company’ tions is to foster the industry of the, jdesign to separate their gold is well whole State. These magnificent oper-. . known to the community, and if it is ations not ouly envich their encrgetic } ; successful, they will induce an entire . projectors, but send the life blood of . . evolution in quarts working. Thegitartz business coursing through every artery . $500,00'as taken from the vein is to be passed of the State, Paaiecetort” aig tee . between two rollers, projelled by a We have lengthened out this article . doh liad cach & rope heavy water wheel, and is crushed to till beycnd the reating point, but will . cathe {the size of a chestnut. It is then to be not close it without noticing Messrs. . ee Se A oa $58,00 116.08 ‘thrown in alargze furnace, whieh is ereeCollins, Barker, Price and Thompson, Wear and toar, and incidental 125,00 . ted, and as the company believe will the men who have constructed the solid, Possible contingencies Total, One hundred tons of quartz, at ono eent per Ib. gives Hxpense per day fusion, will be exuded, and find their way by the force of gravity toa chamber below. The experiment has been $2,000,00 . OYV,LyU $1 200,00 Profits per day ‘The above is certainly a very satisfactory result, butit will be observed that no sartage of quarts isreekoned, and no exe! i NES. 8 a te 4 , will fuse quicker than the gold, and by pense for steam power. ‘The estima : will hold good -bethemcomapevres: settee . wre, Where the quarts islet down to the) mii] in railways, and where water power . power is used. Lut ollershaxe.been . meade. to.quarry.quartz in--this-city for . _, i Mant A ! sac . , fhe water tompropel the maehinery two onda half dollars pur ton--which{igos. i : ‘ ‘ of this company is brought ina large we have doubled above, so as to cm-'! vee . {lume some one thousand feet down the brace cases ot difliculty. ? ie (SLRS CR of . ereek, and falls upon the wheel, which , 1 Py ‘ ‘ 8 1. 8 ‘5 feet in diameter, with a shaft re Oa +e fen pth lst one! anc’ four feet in thickness—from native pine, or cartage would be as follows: This wheat, er lean Shain ped @ . without a knot or flaw in it. unuing steam engine per da 4 4 , . 150,f0 a8 it first strikes the observer as he $125,00 . Cartage 1-4 mile, at 1,50 per ton 509,00 gomes down the creck, in relief, at tho have been entirely successful If in stone than the original quartz, we see no reason why this plan should not suc~ ceed. The experiment is a bold one, and bas the merit at least of originality. Other exponses ag estlinated { . . . ) lw tried on a small seale, and is said to ; losophy in the ' . . l¢ ra y H ’ “ Np , ; fy ny ¢ their lead no substances are found whieh . ™uch cbliged to-old nomints wabra, . 69,00 ' become go far expanded by the heat, works wo have been describing. It isa! gevo,00 that the golden contents, ima state 0” favor to the public to point out to notice such workmen, Broan Grins.—If there is any phi-! d maxim “Jaugh and . grow fat,” the public of Nevada aro! Mr, Junius Quein Sabe, for his bold and ‘union with the quartz, form a harder . tilliant rush into the ranks of the literatiin our last. We seareely stepped }out of our sanctum for a day or two after without meeting a friend with a merry twinkle in his eye, and the ‘ Munchau‘sen Quartz Rock Mining and Crushing . . . Company” on his tongue; and enquiries! and surmises as to the author, have been as plenty as they were for Junius of old Every man in town who could write at! all has been tried and convicted of the authorship, and yet the question is as doubtful as ever. “The more intently the ghosts gazed . the less ‘Total, 1,075 00 . side of the building, from which emerges! Could they distinguish whose the feaVield of quartz 2,000,00 . the tall furnace chimney, gives a de. tures were, Lixpenses 1,075,00 . cided impression of a mammoih steam-. The devil himself seemed puzzled even Profits per day 925,00 . boat, lying at ease on a stream. . . A mill of one-half this size can be The lead of this company is extensive, . run at about two-thirds the expense mill. The and thus as the mill decreases in size is the richer quarts required, to pay. , the lead have given ten cents per pound. Persons designing to erect mills should; About a thousand feet below the Bun“pay particular attention to this point. ker Hill, is the Wyoming company, for land contignous to their . . . { numerous assays from vations parts of} . to guess; They varied like a dreain, now here, now there ; And several people swore from out the . press, They knew him perfectly; and one eould swear ; He was his father, won which another And they should be careful to erect! which our enterprising friend, Dr. Mus. theiv mills as near as possible to the son is now erecting a large mill, upon leads, always below the excayations. the common plan. The wheel of this Water power is preferable on the score company's mill is of an hundred horse . of expens>, and for reasons eleewhere power, and capable of running fifty noticed. j}stamps, of cight hundred pounds each, We do not believe the present system : See of amalgamation is adequate. The day. Tho machinory of this SORApBEY amalgamating process in Chili is fre. '8 also propelled by water, which 1s quently continued a fortnight in one cach of which will crush two tons per . cafghtasit falls from the Bunker Hill . lot of tailings, and there is no gold that company’s wheel, and carried by flume . can escape the grasp of the quicksilver . the top of their wheel. ; when adequate opportunity is given for . pense in tho way of fuclis saved by amalgamation. We believe it is usual ' in this neighborhood to change twice a /ness in the motiy ; &, day, because of the hardening of the steam isused, which greatly facilitates Stir them up, . the amalgamation process. e not procurable where tailings on the tables. gentlemen, but give more chanco for the quicksilver to work. ‘is probably one of the richest ever disWe are compelled to be bricf in this} covered in the State. We must say article, but shall again revert to our conception of a rich quartz lead was the subject. We think we have proved eclipsed by the evidences furnished, not that “quartz paying not moro than one . by the specimens shown us at the office, cent per pound will yield handsomely but by the great miss of the quartz exwhen properly worked,” and commend bibited, exposed at various points. In! Creat ex. these water works, and there isa steadi. the estimates to our friends of the Zrans. the porus mass gold glittered in all di-! cript and Alta. jrections, and in the heaps of quartz ‘ . * . . lump we oxamined. Tho lead widens an alarm of fire was given in the city, . : 5 agit dips in the earth, and is well dethe cause being the catching of a roof mi y . _. ifined, embedded ina species of slate. from a stove pipe in Main street. The} ppy slate embodying quartz leads is pipe was obviously unsafe from the . frequently thrown away, but should shortness of its projection above the never be, as it is often rich in the roof. The fire wes extinguished with. metal. out material damage. We wish we . The Ural company is just below the could persuade citizens to be more careful in the fixings connected with their fires. Our city is built of most, : i capable of running from ten to twenty combustible materials, and a spark may \stamps of light weight. They are alproduce consequences the most fright. ready far adyanced in the construction ful to anticipate. Vive dollars extra, . of their works, We did not visit their lof Deer Creek and Wood's Rayine, on a fine level. It Is erecting a steam mill, ———-—__--—{thrown from the mouth of the excava-. ~\ ~ , 5} 4 ny 5 . + j Arar or Finr.—On Sunday last) tions. gold was apparent in almost every ‘is drawn, and always have said, that ‘defined, and the diversity of customs The lead of tho W Be eesti famous,retired toa caye on Mount Olym» lead o e Wyoming company orn, : ss Bh : J ° pany . pus, to remain till the storm of public Was sure he was his mother’s cousin's brother, Another that he was a duke, or knight, An orator, a lawyer, or u priest, A nabeb, a man mid-wife; but the wight Mysterious changed his eountonance at least As oft as they their minds.’ * * #* * We dare say many of the puzzled guessers haye already come tosucha hypothesis as Byron throws out in rela-, tion to the severe old phantom that troubled George Rex— “Tt is--my gentle public lend thine ear, . ’Tis that what Junius we are wont to call, } Was really, truly, nobody at all.” Mr. Junius Quein Sabe (this is en-. tirely confidential) being a very modest . man, immediately on finding himself admiration had passed over. Means, while every body Jaughs—archer, tary . gets, and b nders. . The San Francisco Picayune says . the Nevada Journal “ recommends a . convention of Quartz Miners, for the . purpose of taking some steps towards . obtainin? a more secure title to their claims than they now hold by common . consent and usage.” . We trust the Picayune will correct . the above error. We held in the article from which the above inference . t public faith is a sufficient guarantee to . persons holding claims.,,.‘The object, vention was to fix regulations as to size, etc., and the conditions in which . claims may be worked, in order to obviate the extensive and expensive . litigation likely to grow out of mining in the loose way boundaries are now . payment has been made. ;of Calaveras . with farmer, mechanie and team . that question is the division of California. . . . $0. for which we recommended a con; . . Wyoming, and located at the junction . judiciously expended in each house lead. would make every pipe secure. From, The quartz of these companies is to be the back of our oilice we can see half . taken from the mouth of the shaft, and . . \let down railways to the mills, a disa dozen unsafe pipes, and others ma i = =~ 7 . tance of five hundred feet, the loaded we scen in any part of the eity, We! : ‘ ; have bofore nay yi pel bel this . car GOW up the light one, The point. It is not polite to “call names,’ . Banker Hill company, and the Wyo; . but we are going to do it before long, ; ming company haye each constructed . ¢lai:sants would sull rest on © common . if our citizens do not comply with th (a fine road to their works at greatlex. consent and usage”—what we believe divtates uf self-preservation. ipense, and are otherwise expending a to be sufligient guarantee. in different parts of this county. We ‘reject the idea in toto that any legislation is necessary to secure claims, and do not wish the impression to ob‘tain that we favor it direetly or indirectly. If such a convention was held, the Picayune will observe, the titles of . ! rn California Manufactures. “ Calilor has been the oft repeated exclamation of is a fast country,” all who have noticed her rapid ad. vancement, and not the least of her characteristics is the perfection which arts andsciences. have attained the among us. So far from being dependent upon the older communities for the works of art, considered neeessary for the enjoyment of Ilfe, we hear and see on every side the establishment of manufactories, not only 6f . articles of “ rugged utility,” but of . . “ bijouterie,” requiring taste and refinement. We have been led to these remarks by an examination, ona recent. visit to. San Francisco, of the extensive stock of jewelry, manufactured from the gold of our hills, by John W. Tucker, (whose card will be found in All that our advertising columns). ‘taste or fancy could suggest was there displayed, and we are informed that his manufactory is constantly turning out large quantitics of these beautiful articles. While on this subject, we would advise our friends who are desirous of sending home keepsakes, &c., to examine these goods, which acquire a tenfold value in the estimation of our friends at home, from the fact of their being Californian workmanship. Ovr Srares Lisr.—Our subscribers for papers to be sent to the States wil! please notice that names are dropped on the expiration of the time for which the names, J ’ . > or THR Pines.e-Near tho corner and L? One yfayetie treelts,

LEE IE NE LEAS 5 IRAE EA TR TE EY EE he EID OA OT EO RE ee RNR Os kA = rs ~ enmity ETAT TIONS . The Alta ia admirable for its foreien jnews, although it did get caught once . in publishing some old items. We copy the following from this sheet:— Lars Visit to Japan.—The Hambarg brig Rose, Capt, Anderson, on a trip {rem Singapors to this port, met with a severe typhoon, was disablee and obliged ito put into the nearest port for repairs. rhis happened to be of Tsland of Japan, Capt. Anderson states that the one name of the village is Nipaking, and this! yisit of a fo gn v« ssel is believed to be the first ever made to that place. Of this, however, it would be impossible to istate with accuracy, . Nosooner had Capt. Anderson dropped anchor, than his vessel was surrounded [hy three hundred Japanese boats, which lief. until he sailed for the harbor, After some little difficulty, he was allowed sixty. men conducted him with great watehfulnegs, a short distance through the p:inciple street. On landing, he found allthe marts and public pl closed, although while leaving his vessel he had seen extensive market places +e t Ls) sented a blank w not permitted to gratify his curiosity in the slightest particular. Yet he was treated with great respect-and kindness, and furnished with sixty men to proses cute repairs on his yessel The population of Nipaking he estinates at 25,000 souls. A very large police foree was constantly on duty, and luring his stay three or four thousand ‘rom a neighboring island (probably sent ‘or by the authorities of Nipakiig) arrived, who kept a diligent watch on the strangers. In their treatment of him. i they were reserved and courteous, and guard was kept up, with alernate ro. to go singly on shore, when an escort of all to him, and he was} LTR . j money. ! . . L. free Picut.—Ag usual, the Ballat lthe California Exchange eon Saturday night and Sunday morning, was j cluded just before daylight. with a gens eral fight, in which all disposed to tako . a part, were perfectly at liberty to do go. hese occurrences ure becoming quite i too frequent to be tolerated any lonzey, There isa certain elass of persons in this city, terming themselves “shoulder strikers,” who visit such places for tho sole purpose of getting up fights, in which, as is yory often the case, somo ‘one is knocked down and robbed, by . whom,— nobod'yknews. -We understood . that several Ofthose éngaged in the fight yesterday morning, havo been arrested and will be brought up before the Neeorder this morning. Itis to be hoped that his Honor will visit upon them the severest penalty of the law. Tue Foor Race.—The much talked of foot race come off yesterday on the Pioneer course. The parties were Gildersleeve, late of New York, and Peck, con“tan Englishman. Gildersleeve ran serenteen miles and a half in one hour, fiftyfour minutes and cight seconds, and Peck 16 milesin the same time. Gildersleeve, at the time the race closed, encouraged his opponent to continue. but he gave out, ard could run no further, Gildersleeve won $3000 hy the race. He bas determined to run no more races. Gro.oaicat, Survey.—The Times and Transcript says that Dr. J. B. Trask left Sacramento on Tuesday last, to enter upon a geological survey of the State. ‘Jilis first movement is to Penn Valley. and from thenee to Nevada. After surveying the district of Nevada proper, he pisses directly east for the purpes of establishing and locating different San Francisco, being entircly out of Persons wish, . inga renowal must call and re-enter svidently desirous to hasten his departure from their shores, el was ready for s trifling amount af gx ; : points of observation and land marks, f When his vesfor the special purpose of obtaining latia, they accepted a tude and longitude, After this he will turn to Nevada, and take his depar! thrown open, and an appearace of animated trade going on. Lyerything pre. i ds in payment for ut or, and sb ut pushing Investigations) ture thence in a southeast direction further tie 2ete bat : 5 pen h the Southein portion of the +VIPAKING' 18 PC} ed tobe a safe} mineral districts. [tis his intention to convenient and the city ahha eyrdto the Cri vivallel, and return through the pursue the range of the} ap south noiat jand ryt © ved)? ents @& UUSiL rehe, Mi yt . . ; . . Dirsicunty with tHe Natives.—We poir thero is a pile of earth that was hauled . ? ifivulty which oc5 (Ngee parallel and thenee down froin some of the cayote holes for] between the through the Sacramento Valley to Sa washing when the rains set in, ich 1b d some of the) cram ubsequently through tho the ewners have been offere p. It seems; San id San ryalleys, This in cash. The bid vever, Was thy bh > Pilot, w e . will com) the entire survey of the refused. Ono sack of carth n the}! va d ) learn, . avis ts, the nortfférn portion piles washed for “prospect.” yielded jhad em} H ; i vith his) of is through last ’ 31750. There are about 8000 sacks of . ribs leet beehe le mer for him earth in the pile.—Calaveras Chronicle . Uhre tribe bad reely commenced op Danine R The } raf Mr Ve know of piles of dirt hauled out} Jerations, when oth " the islanders, . 3. B. Kk situated on, Channel for washing when the rains setin, ip this vicinity that $20,000 would not bay and from which as high as $300 to the pan has been taken. We own up beat $ in this eity to no other mining locality. tio? We think if the Alta will reread our article on the Cuban affair from which it quotes, it will sce the inferences it draws are not consistent with our expressed views. If there \isany one question that is unpopular in this country—unpopular with ad/ classes. {rpm the south and from he north; from the east and from the west,—with Englander, Irelander, and American—with merchant and mir Let it be fairly submitted to them, and the vote would be overwhelming against it. It isa question upon whieh they ali feel they haye much at stake,--a question affecting all their plans, their investments, and their prospect?, moneyed, political and social. Wo have . travelled over the whole county, and have conyersed with men all oyer it, and know whereof we affirm. It is true, a few men, here and there, . are in fayor of a division, and, some of them, persons who greatly over-estimate . their own influence; but the mass—-the overwhelming mass—is on the other side Let politicians beware how they commit . themselves in fayor of any such proposition. The Hartford Convention ruined forever the prospects of many a smart . and aspiring politician. A meeting was held in this city last Tuesday evening, to appoint delogates to the Convention at Santa Barbara. Not the least gratifying sign of public} feeling was the fact, that many who were named as delegates declined; and of those who were appointed, only one we believe has actually gone. A motion.was even made toinstruet the delegates to vote against any division. ‘Ihis shows the opposition that existed ina small meeting, that was supposed to . embrace all the friends of the proposed measure.—Sonora Herald, Hymeniat.—On Monday, the 18th instant, hy Thos C, Brunton, Justice of the Peace, Joseph C. Perry, of Georgetown, to Margaret Jiepson, of Mormon Gulch. There is always something agreeable . ina marriage; but this was peculiarly When the parties were called upon to rise, two superfluous gentlemen arose at the same time and took their stand beside the betrothed, as if they felt more than ordinary interest in what was about to take place. sible for Squire Brunton to tell which of the men was the groom, and he asked the question with all simplicity.— Strange to say, each of the three claimed the honor, or rather the right growing out of former supposed promises on her . part or entreaties on his She, however being called upen to decide the impor, tant question, then and there made solfemn and deliberate choice of Joseph C. Perry for hetter or for worse, and they were joined accordingly. The others acquiesced at the time like good citizens, and bave concludeu to postpone figuting until aeopy of “Dueling made easy” ean be ob aimed. —Sonore IMerald It was impos. yas violeathy broken rning about 6 o'e oc gsley was at breakfast, 3 that were hostile, snrronnded them and . strect, Veninsul eut off the whole party. men and women. . into yes nt Ry Che Captain of the Pilot s to procure the body of the chief, but the and 74 or $0 ounces of gold dust stolen. ont wasdriven off by the natives. The A man was apprebended on suspicion, barque then put to sea, and was chased, but discharged for want of proof.—{Rep. out by a large number canoes. The nareper rebates tives fired several musket shots. ‘4 lrese . [t is reported that Messrs, Dodge & jwere returned by twoguns from the! Co have declined drawing any more , Pilot, which killed a number of the eno. drafts on the Atlantie States, their last The chase and attack were, howhaving been returned dishoserel.porary still kept up on their part, until! Parties cannot be too eareful in preci Jat last the Pilot discharged two more ‘ring dvafts for remission, and should ek utethe natives, when they retreat) remember that the 3m pulation of the . on shore! while ait, NG cd, with the loss of sixtyor seventy. house drawn on, does not make the party drawing any safey. More Numpva. —The Couries says— nh a (‘a German who lieson aranch near, yen. We have received a message of ithe Pucblo of San Jose, has at last, (ne~ Mayor, dated Oct. 17th, tuo Inte for the 6 his assortion) solved the sreat. our present nomber, upon tha state of fem, which for many centuries the finances of the city, an] its indebtd the speculation of the me-! ed The Mayor * doubts whether e€uxcss. penan nid the mathematic ian. Hefhas! there can be a more expeditious or better UISCOY 1 the original natural power, . metbod devised for the honorable ply: and “invented a machine tobe set in’ mont of these debts, than the legitimate notion w tha power, ¥ hich is to be! one provided by the city charter.” Wo here and costs nothing.—j. shall publish the message entire in our wind, horse apd human! next. 3 power Will be dispensed with as soon as} — : . the machine is k n. Itis said to be Prrsoxan.—The genial face of our very simple and selfproducing, to eter-/ friend Hull of the Cal/fornia Couricr nity increasing in pow This ma-. beamed upon us on Tuesday evening chine when stopped has a continual ten. last. He is paying Nevadaa visit, and \dency to move, and as soon as the stop-. designs penetrating further inte the per is removed, it sets itself in motion, . Mountains and increases perpetually. and would no th Tineke ta NAG aiaen ene CoM doubt destroy hie tke whole machinery, . ath Bp 1 y ames BS pentane Sarg jt lif not stopped in due time. No inven: o¢ ae ie. ait wine ee ary jC not stopped in 10. ¢ of our city, with much success. We tion, of any age or nation, has had such jaye a promiso af tho results of his ‘an enormous influence on all branches }scryations here shortly for the Journal, of society, as this promises to have in@ and chall give them to the public with jvery short time. The discoverer of much pleasure. i course, keeps his invention a profound . wrt ee secret until he has secured a patent right To Corresronpents :-—“ Lb.” and weare therefore unable to give aj ceived, and shall have room. full description of it.” ; The stuff * A Subscriber” sends ecanSipincacnintne . not appear in the Journal. We havo An Acrurasie Room-Marr.—A few too much self-respect, and too much reings sinco, shout day-break, as gard for the character of our sheet, to dno. M. Winttams. Esq. was about re. publish such trash. W hen the publijturning from his noctural visit to the . cation of a decent instructive paper ‘land of dreams, he was suddenly startled . docs not suit our subscribers, we will by heating some one entering the house. . resign our position to another. He: listened quietly untilit. goin eiairs, . rr iwhen from the sounds he knew it to be. jinanimal. fy the faint light he could just perceive a grizzly bear enter his/ jdvor and make for the bed upon which . he was repozing. Not wishing to appear quarrelsome, he immediately sur. rendered the bed and likewise the room . ,to his grizzlyship. Ina short time, how ever, heepened the door leading out jupon the piazza, avd after a few knowing Coen of the head on the part of . ‘the liberated brute, he walked out, and . ; i . Mr. W. shut the door and left him in. Merrill, to Albert Laat . Mis Elle ‘his glory. The bear cut up some very. ,, tthe same time and pinco, ™lss b len nent olal * . a . Merrill to Dr. Vrancis M, Hackett, [New comical capers, and finally descended Yank. panera ploase cony.] . from his giddy height, when he was re9 en rte ook rn Wisaastl . léaken and chained.—-San Joec Visitor} (28 the 10th instanty“an useyillo, . Placer county, by oe Rey. Mr. Martin, ay iR daile iss i i¢kman, We copy the following items from the . arige rear pray ~ Mary Hiekman, Courier of the 27th inst: — . PRATER REEDED ACNE SIG TS Died. Haskins Annestep.—Officer Worthy, . lof this city, brought down from Benicia, RF is reMarried, In San Francisco, on the 21st instant, by the Rey. A. Williams, Mr. Silvanus D. . Libby, to Miss Sarah A. Dunn, both formerly of Boston, Kiass. In this city, by John S. Verr Mehr, Rector of Grace Church, Elijah Archer, ‘of New York, to Catherine Cruse, of . London. In Sacramento, on the 23d instant, by the Rey. M. C. Briggs, Miss Caroline jon Saturday eyening, Mr. Bill Haskins. . ‘the man who stabbed a girl in this city, . labouta week since, named Emma Da. It appears that the officer was re. i vis. jturning from Sacramento, where he expected to find Haskins, and upon the boat's touching at Benicia, b> observed him in the act of getting on board; as soon as Haskins recognized the oflicer, he attempted to screen himsclf, but he wad tuken on boardand secured. He istated that he wag oblie zed to ~eturn to Malura J. Dickerman, wife of B. F. Dickerman, died in this city on Wed. nesday morning the 29th instant, aged 19 years 10 months. . The deceased is a severe loss to a . large Tiegle o! friends, and has left a iyoid ad@ich will very long Lo painfully j felt She was mild and amiable, lady. like and intelligent, an ornament in the laocsuty in which she move’, and while