April 25, 1860 (6 pages)

rience IT Vc 6 Mm SS IR i xt nan eae cas aerating, VOL. Vil, NO. 40. THE NEVA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1860. NEVADA DEMOCRAT, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY I. J. ROLFE & CO. ea T.H, ROLFE, I, J, ROLFE, A. P. CHURCH. OFFICE—CORNER BROAD AND PINE STREETS. si TERMS: For one year, in advance, $5 00 Six months, 300 Three months, 2 00 Single Copies, 25 cts. es = — Business Cards. ‘CHAS. W. YOUNG, MANUFACTURER OF CALIFORNIA JEWELRY, WATCHMAKER, —AND— DEALER IN FINKE WATCHES, JEWELRY, DIAMOND WORK, ée. Kelsey's New Brick. Commereial Street, Nevada. %. W. KNOWLTON, GEO, H. LOBING, LORIN TON, waTcHu re eee th pth AND Manufacturing Jewelers, Commercial street, opposite Mayers & Coe’s Boot & Shoe Store, Nevada, R~Watches Repaired and Cleaned at Short Notice. Gs Every variety of California Jewelry, Manufactured in the best Style. ‘ Nevada, hh 20th 1860.—tf F. MANSELL, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER. BROAD STREET, ABOVE PINE, NEVADA. All work promptly attended to, at the shortest notice and in the best style of the Art. STANTON BUCKNER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Ofice—Kelsey’s Brick Building, Commercial street. At the office lately occupied by Messrs. Buckner & Hill. Nevada. Dec.1558, 10-tf C. WILSON HILL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Oxrice—Second story of Abbott’s Brick Building, Com mercialStreet, Nevada. Nevada, Dec. 6th 1858. ba dusaencudatigt ad 10-tf JONN GARBER. J. BR. M'CONNELL, McCONNELL & GARBER, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW, Will practice in all the Courts of the 14th Judicial District, and in the Supreme Court. Office, Kidd’s Brick Bullding, Broad Street, Nevada, Novy. 15, 1859, Bi at Ss Tt THOMAS P. HAWLEY, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Orncr—U p Stairs, in Kidd & Knox’s Brick Building, Corner of Pine and Broad Streets, Nevada. Nevada July 25,1859, 43-tf DAVID BELDEN, ATTORNEY ATLA Ww. Particular attention given to procuring United States Land Warrants for persons entitled to the same by Military Service. Oyncu—At the Court House, Nevada. "DR. R. M. HUNT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Orricr—At Wickes & Co's. Drug Store, Broad Street, Nevada. 45-1f wa.J, KNOX, ©. T. OFERTON KNOX & OVERTON, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, Ornce—North side of Cemmercial Street, a few doors above Main street. Nevada Jan. 12th 1858.—14-tf wy oy Nike TR od ey oe Bankor. Inthe Granite Building BROAD STREET, NEVADA. AVING OPENED A BANKING HOUSE IN NEVADA, in building erected expressly for that purpose, would iaform lus friends and the public that he is jrepared to receive deposits, General and Special, and traugact a general Banking Business. en GOLD DUST -Gs PURCHASED AT THE HIGHEST MARKET RATES, And liberal advances made on Dust forwarded for Assay or for Coinage at the U, 8. Mint. Sight Checks on San Francisco and Saramento at PAR. DRAFTS on the Eastern Cities at the Lowest Rates. Collections made, and State and Connty Securities pur chased at the hichest Market Value. Nevada Feb. 14th 1860.—20 tf J. €. BIRDEEYE, Cc. N. FRLTON. BIRDSEYE & CO., BAN EZERS, No. 30 MAIN STREET, NEVADA. PURCHASE GOLD DUST AND BULLION AT THE HIGHEST MARKET RATES. Advances made on GOLD DUST for Assay or Coinage atthe U.S. Branch Mint, CHECKS AT PAR, on San Francisco, Sacramento, and Marysville. our SIGHT EXCHANGE on METROPOLITAN BANK, New York, For Sate in sums to suit. Purchase State and County Securities at the Highest Rates. Rw Deposits received, Collections made, and transact @ general Banking Business. Nevada, April! Ist, 1859. NEVADA ASSAY OFFICE, —BY— JAMES J. OTT, [Successor of F. Schotte.] NO. 30 MAIN STREET, NEVADA. GiaPre mw «&CP EE BOS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Melted, Refined and Asenyed at San Francisco Rates, and Returns made in Bara or Coin, within a few hours. My assays are Guaranteed. Bars discounted at the Lowest Market Price. ga Leaded Gold and Black Sand lots bought at the highest prices. JAS. T. OTT. CHAS. W. MULFORD, A. ll, HMAGADORN. Cc. W. MULFORD & CO., BANKERS, At his Old Stand, Main Street, Newada, GOLD DUST BOUGHT atthe Highest Market Rates. SIGHT CHECKS on Sacramento and San Franisco AT PAR. DUST forwardedtothe U.S. Branch Mint, for Assay .er Coinage, and advances made on the same ifrequired. ighest Price paid for County Scrip. Ne , Oet. Sth, 1859. G. E. WITHINGTON, DEALER IN French and American Paper Hangings, . NDOW SHADES, Brass Cornice, Gold Mouldings, Paints, &c. Paint fallkinds, and paper hang. iing, executed in the best style,atshortnotice. 49-tf No. 7 Broad Street, Nevada. OPERA SALOON. . . Main street, next door to Theater, . NEVADA. . HE UNDERSIGNED HAS PURCHASED AND FITTED . up the abovo named Saloon, which has a fine . . Marble Bed Billiard Table, . A READING ROOM, furnished always with the latest . papers, is attached to the Establishment. } THE BAR, is constantly supplied with the Choicest g@~ LIQUORS, WINES AND CIGARS. -<a A. W. POTTER. Nevada Dec. 20th, 1859.—12-tf ing NOTICE! LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO US, EIther by Note or Account, to save cost and trouble, ganst settle on or before the 15th of March. ©OOPER & CO. Blue Tent, Feb. 13th 1860.—20-1m* NATIONAL EXCHANGE, NO. 32 & 34, BROAD STREET, NEVADA. GEORGE R. LANCASTER, Proprietor. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECTFULLY announce to the Citizens of Nevada and vicinity, and the Traveling Puplic, that he has leased the well-known and POPULAR HOTEL, known yaw ATIONAL EXCHANGE, on Broad street, Nevada. The Building is of Brick, three stories high, and THOROUGHLY FIRE-PROOF, (Having stood two Fires.) The several apartments have recently been fitted up to a Style that cannot be surpassed. The Beds and Furniture are New, And for Comfort cannot be excelled. THE TABLE will at all times be supplied with all the VARIETIES the Market affords, GAME SUPPERS, GOT UP TO ORDER. Particular attention will be paid to the accommodation of LADIES AND FAMILIES, ; THE STAGES, running in all directions from Nevada, have their Offices at, and take their departures from, the NATIONAL EXCHANGE. 72OPEN ALL NIGHT.-@ THE BAR, under the charge of an experienced Bar-keeper, will be constantly supplied with the Choicest Wines, Liquors, and Cigars. Having had long experience at the business, Iam confident of being able to make the NATIONAL the best Hotel in the Mountaims, and a comfortable Home for Travelers. we A LIVERY STABLE 18 CONNECTED WITH THE HOUSE, AND poner attention will be given to the care of Horses, rriages, &c. Horses and Carriages ean at all times be procured, by application at the Bar. GEO, R, LANCASTER, Proprietor. FASHION RESTAURANT! Commercial } yy, St. Nevada. (Opposite Tallman & Turners’s Store.) HE UNDERSIGNED WOULD INFORM the citizens of Nevada, and all those wishing a Good Square Meal, That he has opened, and is now keeping a FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT On Commercial street, under the above name, which will be conducted in the best style, and in a manner that cannot fail to please all whe may favor him with their custom. Having had many years experience in the business the . proprictor is determined to keep the Best Restaurant inthe Mountains. . THE TABLE, will be suplied with all the varieties to be found in the Market, and Meals Served up at All Hours. Always on hand, and cooked to order, Chickens, Quail and Hare, And particular attention will be paid to getting up aa CAME SUPPERS TO ORDER. “Ga ~€ esis SERVED UP IN EVWE ERY STYLE. I have employed the beat Cooks to be found in the State Bg Give mea can get as good a meal ascan be had at Sacramento or San Francisco, C. B. IRISH, Pro’r. Nevada, April 54 1860,—27-t£ UNITED STATES HOTEL. BROAD ST., A FEW DOORS BELOW PINE, NEVADA, : THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE RF f) fitted and completely renovated the building ia formerly known as the “Democrat Building,’ for the purpose of carrying on the Hotel Business, ‘hey are now prepared to accommodate Travelers in as good style as any other “HOTEL IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE ROOMS are well ventilated, and are furnished with the best of beds and bedding. THE YABLE will be bountifully supplied with all the varieties found in the Market. Meals, = Fifty Cents, Lodgings, per night, ° S50 and 75 cts, GRUSH & PARKER, Proprietors =e Dentistry! Dentistry !! Aes SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL. DOocToR LEVASON CALLS ATTENTION TO HIS OFFICE, (Over Brock & Co's CLOTHING StToORE,) Corner of Pine and Commercial Streets, . NEVADA, GENTLE TREATMENT AND OPERATIONS WHERE RELIABLE Will Induce the Nervous to Submit with . CONFIDENCE TO HIS MODE OF PRACTICE THE DOCTOR 8 Artificial Teeth, ARE A PERFECT COUNTERFEIT OF NATURE, AND FIXED FROM ONE TO ACOMPLETE SET. His Terms for Stopping, Cleaning, Extracting, and Other Operations, Each, @—«(TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS. “@@ Dr. Levason's ’owders, Tinctures and Brushes to be had at his Office Ur Srains, in Keuexy’s New Brick, over Block & Co’s Clothing Store, His Permanent Residence, or, at E. F. Spencejs Drug Store, Broad Street, Nevada. Nevada, March 26th 1860.—18-2m “DENTISTRY. DR. A. CHAPMAN, DENTIST £CALIS varticular attention to his Tooth Anodyne, which ohte applied, will stop the tooth-ache in five minutes, and effectually destroy the nerve, leaving it in fit condition to be filled without causing pain, where it would otherwise have to be extracted. All Dental operations performed in a neat and substantial manner, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. Orvice—In Kidd & Knox's Brick Building, corner of Broad and Pine streets, Nevada, where he intends te remain permanently. January, 1860.—tf FURNITURE STORE! H. H. SHAFER & C@,, OULD RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE TO THE CITI. ZENS of Nevada and vicinity, that they have opep. ed a Furniture Store, on P Broad St., Opposite National Exchange. And keep constantly on hand and for sale an extensive assortment of Chairs, Tables, Burenas, Sofas, Bedsteads, Bedding, &c., Hair, Pulau, Moss, and Spring Mattraases, on hand, and Manufactured to order. Pillows and Bolsters. Feathers, Pulu, Hair, Wool, Moss aud Straw Pillows . ; and Bolsters. Blankets. Light and Heavy Red, Blue, Green, Mackinack and common Blankets, various styles. White and Crib Blankets. Rw Particular attention will be given to the manufacture of Spring Mattrasses, J. W. SINGER will attend to the business of the House, and being connected with one of the largest Fur niture Houses in San Francisco, is prepared to sell at greatly Reduced Rates, and would respectfully invite those in want of articles in his line to call aud examine fw. GALVIN, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER. Repairing Done Neatly. Gray and White, Family Broad St., Opposite Kidd’s Banking House. Nevada, Dec. 20th 1859.—~12-tf “Botels ab Bestaurents. . NEVADA DEMOCRAT. trial and satisfy yourselves that you . More Siiver Discovertss.—The San Fran¢isco Evening Gazette learns from an unquestionable source, that a silver mine of surpassing richness hag been found in Buena Vista county. The existence of this mine has been known to . the Indians for many years; indeed, they say that the mine was worked by Spaniards in 1824. According to the Indian tradition, the original workers of the mine were the inhabitants of a small town, the ruins of which are still to be seen in the vicinity of the mine, It was known to the Indians that taese people possessed immense stores of silver, andthe former, to pessess themrelves of the treasure—the value of which they fully understood from intercourse with the veople of the coast—planned an expedition against the miners, which resulted in the destruction of the town and extermination of . its inhabitants, As every precaution has been . taken to secure the possession of the lode speken of to the discoverers, they have uo object in keeping it secret. Their lode isin the side of a volcanic hill, five miles distant from the stage road. Specimens of the miue showing fair stratum of silver are in possession of gentlemen of San Francisee, who have advanced . CHARGES WILL BE MODERATE, TO SUIT THE TIMES. . the funds requisite for the further development of the vein. The mine has been divided into twenty-three shares of three hundred feet each, and about eight hundred feet are owned in San . Francisco, The owners value their claims at . $100 per foot, but they have ne idea of selling. Pieces of melted silver have been exhibited, . which are said to bave been found at the mouth of the old shaft. The mine was claimed and loleated some months ago by a well known citi. gen of Stockton, who fitted out an expedition to determine its value. Tereorara Bitt.—On Thursday last a bill . passed the Senate designed to encourage the . construction of a telegraph line betwee Cali. fornia and the Eastern States. The bill pro. vides that the first company that shall construct a telegraph line to some point east of the Rocky mountains, so as to connect with a line extending to the States, shall receive a bonus of $60,. 000; the second company forming such a connected linc to receive @ bonus of $40,000. The lines must be coustructed within twelve months, and the first bonus of $60,000 is to be paid in . ten yearly installments of $6,000 each; the seoond bonus io ten yearly payments of $4,000 jeach, The State is to have a prior right to the . use of the lines, and dispatches relating to the . State Government are to be sent free, Should the company, or companies, fail to keep their lines im working order for o period of six months their rights to the remainder of the bonus to cease. Fat. ov a Buitpino.—At Marysville, on the . 17th inst., the froat wall ef a brick building belonging to George & Wood, on Maiden Lane, fell to the ground. Two men named Seavy and . Sherwood were at work on the wall fixing up . an awning, and their weight brought down the . whole side of the building. Mr. Seavy escaped with a few bruises; but a mage of brick fell up . on Mr. Sherwood, and when he was dug out it . was found that his thigh had been smashed near the hip joint. The unfortunate man was imme. . diately cared for, but the fracture is supposed . to have extended to the hip joint, and if so, the . chances are that he will die. The building had just becn erected, was built of the most inferior . quality of brick, and wasa miserable piece of . work, Sincurar.—The Marysville Democrat learns that during the late rains, which were so abun . dant ia all other parts of the State, the country along the east side of the Coast Range and west ef the Sacramento river was scarcely aprinkled. It liee in Yolo and Colusi counties, and com . five miles west of the river and the mountains. Excellent crops were formerly raised in that . section, and much money has been expended in . . improving farms, but there has been no rain for . the past five or six years, and farmers have been . foreed fro:n their lands in search of more eligi . ble locations, . ER . THe Overtann Teieerapn Brit, which pase. ed the U.S. Senate, March 26th, gives the com. pany two years from the fourth of July next iu . which to consruct the work, aod allows them . $50,000 a year for ten years. It provides that . the charges to private parties shall uot exceed . four dollars for ten words, with the usual pro. portionate deduction upon dispatches of greater . length. Itis believed that the bill will pass . the House. : Tre OLpest Man IN THE Wortp.—Undoubt. edly the oldest man in the world, says the New . Orleans Orescent, is Captain Viroux, of Belgium. . He was born onthe 9th of November, 1709, . and is consequently one handred and fifty years old. He entered the army in 1830, at the advanced age of one kundred and twenty-one years, and remained im service until recently, when he was put upow the pension list. ——— AxoTHER RaiLnoap.—Measures are now iu progress for the coustraction of a railroad from San Francisco to San Jose. It is stated thata . large portion of the stock has already been sub . ecribed, and that the work will be commenced . at an early day, . . . . . Tue Isu Craim.—The proprietors of the Ish . quartz lead are receiving a very respectable income . from their gold mine in Southern Oregon. Eighteen . thousand dollars per week, clear of all expenses, is . enongh for any family, A dispatch says: ‘At . Jacksonville, on Saturday, the Ish Company cleaned . up their arrastra, and, as the product of the preceding week, realized ome thousand ounces of gold, . clear of all expenses.” A Bustwess Inpraw,—The San Juan Press speaks of an Indian named Tom, who has found diggings on the bar at Freeman’s Crossing, which pay ight dollars per day to the hand. He pays a white man four dollars a day to work his share, while he drives a team for his board. TELEGRAPH TO Onzcon.—James Linkenfelter is now Boon, ary ree with a stock capital o i purpose of constructing a line of telegraph from Yreka to Jacksonville. . Indians to the cam; prises nearly all the land Jying between a line . Tas Waite Captives RESCUED FROM THE Apacnes.—From the Arizonian, of April 5th, we learn that Mrs. Page and the little girl who were carried off by a party of Apaches on the 16th of March, have been rescued from the Indians, From reports made by Indians, who had been sent into the Pinal country to arrange for an exchange of the prisoners, all hopes asthe safety of Mrs. Page had been given vp. On the return of the of Capt. Elwell, at the Canon del Oro, they stated that the child was safe among the Tontos, but that the woman was dead, having been murdered on account of her inability to keep . up with her captors on their rapid retreat from . at the mouth of the canon, on Saturday morning, March 3lst. It appears that she was barbarously driven along by the savages at the point of the lance for over seven miles. Becoming exhausted and unable to travel as fast as they desired, reaching the top of a precipice, she was lanced no less than twelve times and pushed over. Not satisfied with their work of murder, rocks were thrown upon her until she was supposed to be dead. Recovering shortly afterwards, and finding herself alone, she made an attempt to retrace her steps. Wounded and weak, . it was with difficulty she moved; and on her hands and knees crawled along, living on grass and wild onions till she reached, on the fifth day, the road where she was discovered. We are happy to hear, . under the care of warm friends, she is rapidly recovering from her wounds and sufferings: Theti girl, captured at the same time, has also been restored to her home and family. Her rescue is owing mainly to the efforts of Capt. R. S. Elwell, . who has been unceasing in his exertions to effect . an exchange of captives, the only possible means of . securing her liberation. The exchange took place at the egsind canon, on the 2dof April. The Indians assembled in large numbers, but were peaceable, and gave up the child with apparent good feeling. ‘They expressed a desire for peace, and had but few complaints to make against our people. pursuit. She was discovered at the lumber depot . Jee of birth was next treated. New Ipria QuicksILvER Minrs.—The Santa . Cruz Sentinel, of April 13th, says that the mines of cinnabar, known as the New Idria Quicksilver Mines ae situated in the south-west corner of Fresno county, and were discovered by Dr. Wm. Higgins, Mr. Pitts, Jesse Smith and others, in 1851, but were not opened until some years later. In 1856 and 1857 a company was formed to work the rock by a number of persons, who supposed it was silver ore, and who did not find out their mistake until they had spent a large sum of money in various ways. The company suspended operations owing to the sudden elopement and duhcioation of their treasurer, with about four thousand dollars, being . the residue of the company’s capital yet unexmended. This was a damper, but in exploring the country, some of the company discovered a mine of cinnabar, and their plans were changed. The company abandoned the idea of extracting silver and turnéd their attention towards the quicksilver, but it was not peonne and further operations were suspended. his silver ore is found principally on the highest part of the ridge, along which the road runs, and in about halfa mile from where is found the quicksilver ore. The rock which contains the cinnabar appears to be a dyke of metamorphic rock, runnin through the talcose formation, and emerging through it in several places, About two years ago the mines fell into the hands of Daniel Gibb & Co., of San Feancisco, who had the energy and capital to prosecute the work extensively. Nearly $200,000 have been expended in their operations, and they are now more actively prosecuted than ever, as the mines begin to yield a rich return for the capital invested, The mine yielded in six months of last year about 1,400 flasks of 75 lbs. each, worth about $100,000, and is now yielding at the rate of from 250 to 300 flasks per month. There are at present five furnaces in operation, and about two hundred men employed, and all under the superintendence of Wm. Neely Thompson. Those employed in the mines and otherwise form a population of about three hundred persons in that immediate neighborhood, INDIAN Onsrauirs.—On Wednesday about noon, . some fifteen to twenty Diggers conveyed the body . of a young Indian of their tribe to an old camping ground near Murray creek, where it was burned, Four “bucks” bore the dead savage, whilst a troop of wretched squaws followed or preceded the corpse, giving vent to the most doleful and dismal lamentations, They were kinsfolks or his life-lonyr friends . and companions in war, in the hunt, in poverty and famine, and now were dismissing him with sorrow into the pleasant hunting-grounds of the Indian . paradise. A person, who for many years has closcly studied the customs of the Calaveras Indians, inforins us that it is their invariable practice, on the death of one of the tribe, to carry the bedy Cif pos. sible) to the precise spot of earth where it had birth, and there to builda pyre and consume it. The . young man in question was so treated, According . to the story of his tribe, twenty-three years ago, on-. the spot where they burned his corpse, he was born. . His youth was trained among these hills before the crack of the white man’s rifie had startled the deer, or the axe had smitten the pride of the forest. Alas, how changed the scene! and how apt the intemperate lamentations of the poor savages over their dead!—San Andreas Independent. Dreaprvn Exprrosion.—One of those occurrences which sometimes happen in consequence of a superabundance of funny fellows in a small village, . and send the blood rushing back to the boots, took . place one day last week at Coulterville, Mariposa . . county, in the District Court. The jury were out . making up their verdict in a case, Some one provided himself with a lot of detonating cigars of a . very explosive character, and presented one each to . the judge, sheriff, attorgeys, and other officers of the court. The District Vourt is a powerful smoker, jand the august person who represents that tribunal . was the first to arrive at the point where the explosion comes in. ‘The sheriff went to the rescue of the judge, but suddenly found himself the victim of . a similar disaster. Both of the attorneys went o!! simultaneously, By this time the other smokers smoked out, and escaped the consequences that had befallen their friends. The effect on the jury was quite natural, They supposed that the court had got into a free fight, and that there was shv ing going on, 80 they broke out of the window and . ran toescape stray shots, The affair served to . relieve the dullness of the season, and the jurors from serving that day, Great GoLpd Stuiky in Burry Country.—The Oroville Democrat of the 14th inst. says; The workmen employed in the tunnel of the Forty-mine and Fifty-six quartz claim at Yankee Hill, in this conn. ty, last week struck a vein of auriferous quartz of extraordinary richness. From all accounts it far exceeds the famous Ish claim in southern Oregon, Unless the accounts were greatly exaggerated, care was in sight, by the latest intelligence from the claim, $150,000 at least. If the vein shall continue equally rich for any considerable distance, the fortunate holders of the shares of stock will soon be. . come millionaires. Near eighty pounds of gold, which had been beaten out of the rock, were brought down a few days since, and carried to Marysville, . by Mr. Moore, one of the stockholders. The claim . for some time previous to the late big strike, did . not pay expenses, and some of the shares, we un . derstand, which had been given as collateral secu. rity, were forfeited, under the impression, probably, that they were not worth the amount for which they . . were pledged. . PunisHepD FoR Contempt.—The Amador Ledger . . relates the following: When the case of Head vs. . Horn was called in the District Court, H, J. Cook, . lawyer, presented three affidavits to procure a change of venue; these documents were sworn to by C. . Walton and Cook, his attorney, and to the aston. . ishment of those present, who were conversant with . the facts of the case, they set forth that the Court . had designedly and corruptly stated the law ard the . . facts, Judge Hardy calmly received the insult, and . waited until the succeeding day, when he ordered . Cook and Walton to be taken to jail, there to remain for the space of two hours each, for contempt of Court. Fatat CasvaLty.—A man named John Kent, a native of England, was killed on Quartz creek, near Fall river, in Butte county, on the morning of . the 5th inst., by a large tree falling upon the cabin in which himself and partner were sleeping. His death must have been instantaneous, as the tree fell upon his head, forcing it iuto the earth, and . breaking his skull. It is said that the deceased has a brother, who is marter of a ship sdon expected at San Francisco, } . rigbts, that bas been abused by the . through all their bistory, . record, ‘tion as near the track as A Branmin’s Account or His Country.—Rev. Mr. Gangooly, a converted Brahmin, now traveling in this country, delivered a lecture in New Bedford, a short time since, on the manners and customs of his country. He said the Hiudoos were divided into thirty-four castes, of which the Brabmin reached the highest, and the banker, goldsmith, and shoemaker were among the lowest, The blacksmith is of a high caste, because of his usefulness. Ifa Brahmin eats animal food, he looses his easte, which he can never regain, The subThe birth of a male child was always made the occasion of great rejoicing, while tbe birth of a female child was hardly noticed. The mother of five or six girls was always the subject of scoru and derision and never went into seciety, There were three castes in India that could not read or write. The strictest attention is given to the education of boys in India, while girls never go to sehool. The discipline of Brahmin life in some instances was grand, A Brabmin rises as early as five o'clock, walks out and gathers flowers, and bathes before the sun rises, Ifthe san sees one of this class in bed, the fourteen generations of his ancestors will be punished in eternity, Women must bathe every morning before they go into the . kitchen; if they do not, people will not eat their ceoking. Brahmins must keep silence while at the table; if they speak while eating, they are obliged to go without food the entire day. The marriage system was next considered Iindoos do not know, strictly, what marriages are. Neither the boys nor the girls have anything to do with this matter, Parents muke all matches, and the parties bave no idea with whom they are to unite their destinies, antil they arrive at the altar, Tbe marriageable age of girls is from soven to ten ; and that of boys from thirteen to twenty-five. A girl ef thirteen years of age, unmarried, is considered an old maid past all redemption, In regard to the burial ceremonies of the dead in Iudia, many things have been said and written by travelers, that were untrue, The burning of the bodies of widows upon the faneral pile of the husband was explained and acer counted for by the fact that, when a woman becomes a widow, she must always remain in that sitnation, and they. were never thought anything of, or treated respectfully, and many of them, in view of these facts, preferred death, This custom bas, says the speaker, been recently abolished by the British Government. AGRARIANISM.—In the course of a debate in the U. 8. Senate, March 22d, on the Homestead Bll, Mr. Hale of New Hampshire, said : The principle involved in’ this bill is one which has divided the friends of free principles and of aristocracy in all past time, It was the bene of contention which divided the Republic of Rome for six bundved years, and the friends of this measure were denounced by the aristocracy of Rome as agrarians ; but this agrarianism was not put down until the liberty of the country went down with it, Troe demoeracy makes a poor show in bistory, because generally the pen of history has been beld by aristocrats ; and these agrarians who, for thousands of yeara have been denounced, were in fact the only true friends of conservative popular liberty the Republic of Rome ever saw. All they ever contended for was a fair and equal distribution of the public lands. They claimed that the people furnished the sinews ef war, and by their vietories they achieved the conquest of the public land ; and it was fair for them to enjoy a little of that which their valor bad won. For that they were stigmatized as agrarians, But when the true meaning of that much abused term is understood, there is no man that will not glory in being identified with the great agrarian party, the party of popular liberty and popular usurpation of aristoeracy., Itis that feeling to-day which ) demands that the masses of this country shall have the right to take posession of the public domain, and convert it to civilizatioa—to con. vert the wilderness into the abode of industry, labor and prosperity. That is the real principle of this great measure we are contending for, and we are contending upon the same ground on which the Republicans of Rome contended I desire to be no better known to my own time, or to posterity, if . they ever care forto humble an individual, than to have my name ranked with that of those proscribed and abused agrarians, who contended so long for that great measure of equality and justice. Fratora Rattroap Empioyer.—A recent achievement of a brakeman on the Michigan Central Railroad exhibits a degree of skill and presenee of mind that renders it well worthy of Last Thursday night, when the passenwer train coming eastward was between Chelsca aud Dexter, a broken rail was encountered, . throwing, we believe, one car from the traek, A freight train was known to be coming behind and a brakeman -Nelson Imus, a yeung man, who makes his bome at Ann Arbor—retraced the track half a mile, equipped with a red Jane tern, the signal of danger, When the train loomed in sight the red light was waved in the usual manver, but there was po movement on the part of the engineer to indicate that he dis cerned the signal. It became obvious to Imus that the difficulty lay in the steam having become congealed on the window to such an extent as to obstruct the engineer’s vision; and . having no torpedoes to place on the track—an appliance sometimes resorted to—be was left entirely to sis owa rerources. Taking his posiwas consistent with . safety, as the machine came thundering along, . . with well directed aim he hurled hia lantern in. to the window, shattering it, as well as the lansome of which . tern, into emall fragments, struck the engineer, who, secing and making note of the red pieces, of course reversed the engine in time to avoida serious accident,—-Detroit Paper. “Kyreuts op THB GoLpen Crore.’’—The New Orleans Courier gives the following account of this new Order : The K.G.C. or Kuights of the Golden Circle, was organized in 1854, more to cultivate the martial spirit of our people thau anything else; since then it bas steadily grown, until now it numbers over thirty thousand members, who }are scattered over the Southern States, and holding within its charmed circle many of our most influential men and bgst soldiers. It is yenerally understood that the K. G. C are preparing ta operate in the broad field which civil . war opened in Mexico to American enterprise and industry; and we are assured that itis their steady determination to place the “Liberal” or Juarez party in full aud peaceful @@upation of the city of Mexico, and thus prove to the world that Americans will never refuse 3 other struggling people the aid so gpportunely rendered te F the French in 1777, Dovetas IN Missovat.—The old dodge of taking the political-sease of steambeat passen gers bas been revived. Recently, on board ot a steamer bound from Jefferson City to St. Lonis, a vote of the passtngers was taken on the five principal esndidates before the two conventions, and out of 122, Douglas received 102. The ladies were allowed to vote, . please, write in WHOLE NO. 342. The Marysville Democrat, of Wednesday and Thursday last, pubdlisbed an interesting article upon Mexican affairs, written by an intelligent citizen of that distracted country. The writer holds that the Mexicans are not capable of eelfgovernment, and baving been raised in that country, and intimate with its history, his opinions are entitled to weight. The following is the conclusion of his article ; In conclusion, allow me to give my reasons for upholding a despotic governmentiin Mexico instead ef one of the liberal form, In the first place, Mexico, with a population of six millions of inhabitants, of whom but two. millions cau read or write, and two-thirds of whom are half-breeds, was, for a long time after the conquest by Cortez, governed ty strong hand of dexpotism, The masees of the people were ruled by the few into whose hands the powers of the Central Government were concentrated, leaving nothing for the masses but to obey. Very well, there came a tin when, actuated by the example of their sister Republic, the United States, the enlightened Mexicans wished to be free, Their efforts were crowned with snecess, and on the 27th day of September, 1821, they were born to the world atree and independent Republic; a Republic whose future life presented a bappy and glerious appearance, but, alas! they were deomed to disappointment. The leaders secing the ease with which the lower class could be led, all aspired to equally high povitions, a thing that could not be, and the natural couscqneace was a revolt, which resulted in the assassination of Iturbide, the man who bad fought in their behalf and who knew and loved Mexico and its people, But one chieftain had barely been im stalled in the chair, before some of the dissatia+ fied were again in arms endeavaring to overthrow him. But, I will not go over the many and bloody revolations whieh followed, What I have set forth is sufficient to show the loose character, the ignorance, and the utter want of any geouine love of country, which characterize seventenths of the Mexican people. They have cor. rupted the word ‘Liberty’? and construed it into corruption, robbery and plunder, The enlightened classes plainly see that Mexico must either be effaced from the roll of nations, or, by the strong hand of a despotic government be raised from the depth to which she has fallen, And gallantly do these patriots fight for thie object, but their numbers are small; and ignos rance, helped by the hand of avarice, may yet overpower their strength. Then, like Napoleoa at Waterloo they may exclaim, “We have been butchered, but net conquered,” Nations are like men. God has apportioned to them the knowledge of good and bad, of right and wrong. They have growth, ehildhood, manhood and aldage. If the child is governed by a corrupt and yalgar father, his life w ll naturally be short, for vice and dee bauchery will send him to an early death, and unless a revolution occurs within his mind and anew and different hand direct him, nothing will stop his mad career, Now, sir, there are two kinds of revolutions, which Lamartine de. soribes as follows: “Revolutione, the product of a moral principle, of an idea of logical pracea*, of conviction, of sentiment, of an aspiration, undefined and vague though it be, if they embody « lofty ideal, instead of an abject passion, euch revolutions attest, even in their catastropbies and temporary aberrations, 8 youth and vitality which promise long and vigorous seasons of growth, But, on the other band, if they are produced hy vice, by the crimes of isolated greatness of one man, by ambition, whether personal or national, by rivalry between two factions, by thirst of conquest or or blood, by unjust ideas of national glory, above all by hatred between different classes of citizens; gach revolutions are the preludes of de. cay, the signs of decomposition and death, in 9 nation or a race,’’ S hold that the latter kind of revolution ia the present state of affairs in Mexico, qnd that nothing but the strong will of a mighty man, backed by a positive aud concentrated strength, can change the character of the nation, Jt must be governed net by reason, but by fear, Without a wisely managed despotism, the coun. try is lost Naiis.—About seventy years ago a gentleman in Massachusetts, then unknown and in obsecurity, began to make nails by cutting slices . out of old boops, and griping these pieces by a common vice, headed them with several strokes of the hammer, By progressive improvements, slitting mills were builtand the shears and heading tools were perfefeoted ; but still much labor aud expense were requisite in making vails, The first machine ever made for cutting nails, it is said was invented by a shopmate of Ei Whitney, called Benjamin Cochran, Thie inventor died at Batavia N. Y.,in 1846, ina tipe old age’) His machine cut ont the nails without a head, Previous to the date of bisinvention, (1790) nails had been punched ont of plates by hand in Connecticut; these also had no bead, In 1810, the ingenious Jacob Perkin and Johnathan Ellis, of Massachusetts, erected the first machinery for entting ond heading nails at one operation, In 1792, cut uails were first mote in England by machinery, two rollers with dies beiag employed fay the purpore, One half the impress was made in each roller when they came in contact, the blanks were fed in at the top, and finished nails dropped out below as the steam rollers revolved, Saxon Exoiisu.—Wheo a man has anything of his own to eay and is real'y in earnest that itshould be understoad, he docs not usually make cavalry regiments of big sentences aod seek abroad for serquipedalian words, We all know that an Englishman, if be will, is able to speak easily and clearly; also he can, if he such © manner as to send the common people to their dictionaries at least once in every page. Let bim write Saxon ang the Saxons uuderetand him; let bim use Latin forms that have heen long In use aud they will also uodorstaod him; but let bim think proper . to adopt Latin or Greek expressions whieb are new, or atall events new to the many, and they will be puzzled. We can all read with comfort the works Thomas Faller, Swift, Bun yan, Defoe, Franklin aod Cobbett ; there, sense is clear, feeling is homely, and the writers take care that there shall be vo misuoderstanding, Butin Robertson, Jubueon and Gibbon, one word in every three is an alien ; and saan Englishonan who happens to have like Shakspeare, “sroall Latin and less Greek,’’ is by no means quite at home in their society, A Ricommennation.—The following is an ex tract from a letter written by Mr. Lamar, member of the Assembly from Mendocino Nene to Gov, Weller, aocompanied by a petition asking for an increase of Jarboe’s forces, for the purpose of murdering Indians, The letter ig dated on the 6th of last October : “T think that so long as a military organization is necessary in that region, that no more suitable person could have command of the company than Capt. Jarboe. He has already en, countered many dangers and endured man hard«bips, and last, but nof least, bro’t all big men to the polls and voted the straight Democratic ticket. So far as my indorsement goer, it is for his bravery and efficiency and Democ: racy.” NA a paw a enemies reiesnegnetemner vn: eran en mt eee wee

rience IT Vc 6 Mm SS IR i xt nan eae cas aerating, VOL. Vil, NO. 40. THE NEVA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1860. NEVADA DEMOCRAT, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY I. J. ROLFE & CO. ea T.H, ROLFE, I, J, ROLFE, A. P. CHURCH. OFFICE—CORNER BROAD AND PINE STREETS. si TERMS: For one year, in advance, $5 00 Six months, 300 Three months, 2 00 Single Copies, 25 cts. es = — Business Cards. ‘CHAS. W. YOUNG, MANUFACTURER OF CALIFORNIA JEWELRY, WATCHMAKER, —AND— DEALER IN FINKE WATCHES, JEWELRY, DIAMOND WORK, ée. Kelsey's New Brick. Commereial Street, Nevada. %. W. KNOWLTON, GEO, H. LOBING, LORIN TON, waTcHu re eee th pth AND Manufacturing Jewelers, Commercial street, opposite Mayers & Coe’s Boot & Shoe Store, Nevada, R~Watches Repaired and Cleaned at Short Notice. Gs Every variety of California Jewelry, Manufactured in the best Style. ‘ Nevada, hh 20th 1860.—tf F. MANSELL, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER. BROAD STREET, ABOVE PINE, NEVADA. All work promptly attended to, at the shortest notice and in the best style of the Art. STANTON BUCKNER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Ofice—Kelsey’s Brick Building, Commercial street. At the office lately occupied by Messrs. Buckner & Hill. Nevada. Dec.1558, 10-tf C. WILSON HILL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Oxrice—Second story of Abbott’s Brick Building, Com mercialStreet, Nevada. Nevada, Dec. 6th 1858. ba dusaencudatigt ad 10-tf JONN GARBER. J. BR. M'CONNELL, McCONNELL & GARBER, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW, Will practice in all the Courts of the 14th Judicial District, and in the Supreme Court. Office, Kidd’s Brick Bullding, Broad Street, Nevada, Novy. 15, 1859, Bi at Ss Tt THOMAS P. HAWLEY, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Orncr—U p Stairs, in Kidd & Knox’s Brick Building, Corner of Pine and Broad Streets, Nevada. Nevada July 25,1859, 43-tf DAVID BELDEN, ATTORNEY ATLA Ww. Particular attention given to procuring United States Land Warrants for persons entitled to the same by Military Service. Oyncu—At the Court House, Nevada. "DR. R. M. HUNT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Orricr—At Wickes & Co's. Drug Store, Broad Street, Nevada. 45-1f wa.J, KNOX, ©. T. OFERTON KNOX & OVERTON, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, Ornce—North side of Cemmercial Street, a few doors above Main street. Nevada Jan. 12th 1858.—14-tf wy oy Nike TR od ey oe Bankor. Inthe Granite Building BROAD STREET, NEVADA. AVING OPENED A BANKING HOUSE IN NEVADA, in building erected expressly for that purpose, would iaform lus friends and the public that he is jrepared to receive deposits, General and Special, and traugact a general Banking Business. en GOLD DUST -Gs PURCHASED AT THE HIGHEST MARKET RATES, And liberal advances made on Dust forwarded for Assay or for Coinage at the U, 8. Mint. Sight Checks on San Francisco and Saramento at PAR. DRAFTS on the Eastern Cities at the Lowest Rates. Collections made, and State and Connty Securities pur chased at the hichest Market Value. Nevada Feb. 14th 1860.—20 tf J. €. BIRDEEYE, Cc. N. FRLTON. BIRDSEYE & CO., BAN EZERS, No. 30 MAIN STREET, NEVADA. PURCHASE GOLD DUST AND BULLION AT THE HIGHEST MARKET RATES. Advances made on GOLD DUST for Assay or Coinage atthe U.S. Branch Mint, CHECKS AT PAR, on San Francisco, Sacramento, and Marysville. our SIGHT EXCHANGE on METROPOLITAN BANK, New York, For Sate in sums to suit. Purchase State and County Securities at the Highest Rates. Rw Deposits received, Collections made, and transact @ general Banking Business. Nevada, April! Ist, 1859. NEVADA ASSAY OFFICE, —BY— JAMES J. OTT, [Successor of F. Schotte.] NO. 30 MAIN STREET, NEVADA. GiaPre mw «&CP EE BOS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Melted, Refined and Asenyed at San Francisco Rates, and Returns made in Bara or Coin, within a few hours. My assays are Guaranteed. Bars discounted at the Lowest Market Price. ga Leaded Gold and Black Sand lots bought at the highest prices. JAS. T. OTT. CHAS. W. MULFORD, A. ll, HMAGADORN. Cc. W. MULFORD & CO., BANKERS, At his Old Stand, Main Street, Newada, GOLD DUST BOUGHT atthe Highest Market Rates. SIGHT CHECKS on Sacramento and San Franisco AT PAR. DUST forwardedtothe U.S. Branch Mint, for Assay .er Coinage, and advances made on the same ifrequired. ighest Price paid for County Scrip. Ne , Oet. Sth, 1859. G. E. WITHINGTON, DEALER IN French and American Paper Hangings, . NDOW SHADES, Brass Cornice, Gold Mouldings, Paints, &c. Paint fallkinds, and paper hang. iing, executed in the best style,atshortnotice. 49-tf No. 7 Broad Street, Nevada. OPERA SALOON. . . Main street, next door to Theater, . NEVADA. . HE UNDERSIGNED HAS PURCHASED AND FITTED . up the abovo named Saloon, which has a fine . . Marble Bed Billiard Table, . A READING ROOM, furnished always with the latest . papers, is attached to the Establishment. } THE BAR, is constantly supplied with the Choicest g@~ LIQUORS, WINES AND CIGARS. -<a A. W. POTTER. Nevada Dec. 20th, 1859.—12-tf ing NOTICE! LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO US, EIther by Note or Account, to save cost and trouble, ganst settle on or before the 15th of March. ©OOPER & CO. Blue Tent, Feb. 13th 1860.—20-1m* NATIONAL EXCHANGE, NO. 32 & 34, BROAD STREET, NEVADA. GEORGE R. LANCASTER, Proprietor. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECTFULLY announce to the Citizens of Nevada and vicinity, and the Traveling Puplic, that he has leased the well-known and POPULAR HOTEL, known yaw ATIONAL EXCHANGE, on Broad street, Nevada. The Building is of Brick, three stories high, and THOROUGHLY FIRE-PROOF, (Having stood two Fires.) The several apartments have recently been fitted up to a Style that cannot be surpassed. The Beds and Furniture are New, And for Comfort cannot be excelled. THE TABLE will at all times be supplied with all the VARIETIES the Market affords, GAME SUPPERS, GOT UP TO ORDER. Particular attention will be paid to the accommodation of LADIES AND FAMILIES, ; THE STAGES, running in all directions from Nevada, have their Offices at, and take their departures from, the NATIONAL EXCHANGE. 72OPEN ALL NIGHT.-@ THE BAR, under the charge of an experienced Bar-keeper, will be constantly supplied with the Choicest Wines, Liquors, and Cigars. Having had long experience at the business, Iam confident of being able to make the NATIONAL the best Hotel in the Mountaims, and a comfortable Home for Travelers. we A LIVERY STABLE 18 CONNECTED WITH THE HOUSE, AND poner attention will be given to the care of Horses, rriages, &c. Horses and Carriages ean at all times be procured, by application at the Bar. GEO, R, LANCASTER, Proprietor. FASHION RESTAURANT! Commercial } yy, St. Nevada. (Opposite Tallman & Turners’s Store.) HE UNDERSIGNED WOULD INFORM the citizens of Nevada, and all those wishing a Good Square Meal, That he has opened, and is now keeping a FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT On Commercial street, under the above name, which will be conducted in the best style, and in a manner that cannot fail to please all whe may favor him with their custom. Having had many years experience in the business the . proprictor is determined to keep the Best Restaurant inthe Mountains. . THE TABLE, will be suplied with all the varieties to be found in the Market, and Meals Served up at All Hours. Always on hand, and cooked to order, Chickens, Quail and Hare, And particular attention will be paid to getting up aa CAME SUPPERS TO ORDER. “Ga ~€ esis SERVED UP IN EVWE ERY STYLE. I have employed the beat Cooks to be found in the State Bg Give mea can get as good a meal ascan be had at Sacramento or San Francisco, C. B. IRISH, Pro’r. Nevada, April 54 1860,—27-t£ UNITED STATES HOTEL. BROAD ST., A FEW DOORS BELOW PINE, NEVADA, : THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE RF f) fitted and completely renovated the building ia formerly known as the “Democrat Building,’ for the purpose of carrying on the Hotel Business, ‘hey are now prepared to accommodate Travelers in as good style as any other “HOTEL IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE ROOMS are well ventilated, and are furnished with the best of beds and bedding. THE YABLE will be bountifully supplied with all the varieties found in the Market. Meals, = Fifty Cents, Lodgings, per night, ° S50 and 75 cts, GRUSH & PARKER, Proprietors =e Dentistry! Dentistry !! Aes SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL. DOocToR LEVASON CALLS ATTENTION TO HIS OFFICE, (Over Brock & Co's CLOTHING StToORE,) Corner of Pine and Commercial Streets, . NEVADA, GENTLE TREATMENT AND OPERATIONS WHERE RELIABLE Will Induce the Nervous to Submit with . CONFIDENCE TO HIS MODE OF PRACTICE THE DOCTOR 8 Artificial Teeth, ARE A PERFECT COUNTERFEIT OF NATURE, AND FIXED FROM ONE TO ACOMPLETE SET. His Terms for Stopping, Cleaning, Extracting, and Other Operations, Each, @—«(TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS. “@@ Dr. Levason's ’owders, Tinctures and Brushes to be had at his Office Ur Srains, in Keuexy’s New Brick, over Block & Co’s Clothing Store, His Permanent Residence, or, at E. F. Spencejs Drug Store, Broad Street, Nevada. Nevada, March 26th 1860.—18-2m “DENTISTRY. DR. A. CHAPMAN, DENTIST £CALIS varticular attention to his Tooth Anodyne, which ohte applied, will stop the tooth-ache in five minutes, and effectually destroy the nerve, leaving it in fit condition to be filled without causing pain, where it would otherwise have to be extracted. All Dental operations performed in a neat and substantial manner, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. Orvice—In Kidd & Knox's Brick Building, corner of Broad and Pine streets, Nevada, where he intends te remain permanently. January, 1860.—tf FURNITURE STORE! H. H. SHAFER & C@,, OULD RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE TO THE CITI. ZENS of Nevada and vicinity, that they have opep. ed a Furniture Store, on P Broad St., Opposite National Exchange. And keep constantly on hand and for sale an extensive assortment of Chairs, Tables, Burenas, Sofas, Bedsteads, Bedding, &c., Hair, Pulau, Moss, and Spring Mattraases, on hand, and Manufactured to order. Pillows and Bolsters. Feathers, Pulu, Hair, Wool, Moss aud Straw Pillows . ; and Bolsters. Blankets. Light and Heavy Red, Blue, Green, Mackinack and common Blankets, various styles. White and Crib Blankets. Rw Particular attention will be given to the manufacture of Spring Mattrasses, J. W. SINGER will attend to the business of the House, and being connected with one of the largest Fur niture Houses in San Francisco, is prepared to sell at greatly Reduced Rates, and would respectfully invite those in want of articles in his line to call aud examine fw. GALVIN, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER. Repairing Done Neatly. Gray and White, Family Broad St., Opposite Kidd’s Banking House. Nevada, Dec. 20th 1859.—~12-tf “Botels ab Bestaurents. . NEVADA DEMOCRAT. trial and satisfy yourselves that you . More Siiver Discovertss.—The San Fran¢isco Evening Gazette learns from an unquestionable source, that a silver mine of surpassing richness hag been found in Buena Vista county. The existence of this mine has been known to . the Indians for many years; indeed, they say that the mine was worked by Spaniards in 1824. According to the Indian tradition, the original workers of the mine were the inhabitants of a small town, the ruins of which are still to be seen in the vicinity of the mine, It was known to the Indians that taese people possessed immense stores of silver, andthe former, to pessess themrelves of the treasure—the value of which they fully understood from intercourse with the veople of the coast—planned an expedition against the miners, which resulted in the destruction of the town and extermination of . its inhabitants, As every precaution has been . taken to secure the possession of the lode speken of to the discoverers, they have uo object in keeping it secret. Their lode isin the side of a volcanic hill, five miles distant from the stage road. Specimens of the miue showing fair stratum of silver are in possession of gentlemen of San Francisee, who have advanced . CHARGES WILL BE MODERATE, TO SUIT THE TIMES. . the funds requisite for the further development of the vein. The mine has been divided into twenty-three shares of three hundred feet each, and about eight hundred feet are owned in San . Francisco, The owners value their claims at . $100 per foot, but they have ne idea of selling. Pieces of melted silver have been exhibited, . which are said to bave been found at the mouth of the old shaft. The mine was claimed and loleated some months ago by a well known citi. gen of Stockton, who fitted out an expedition to determine its value. Tereorara Bitt.—On Thursday last a bill . passed the Senate designed to encourage the . construction of a telegraph line betwee Cali. fornia and the Eastern States. The bill pro. vides that the first company that shall construct a telegraph line to some point east of the Rocky mountains, so as to connect with a line extending to the States, shall receive a bonus of $60,. 000; the second company forming such a connected linc to receive @ bonus of $40,000. The lines must be coustructed within twelve months, and the first bonus of $60,000 is to be paid in . ten yearly installments of $6,000 each; the seoond bonus io ten yearly payments of $4,000 jeach, The State is to have a prior right to the . use of the lines, and dispatches relating to the . State Government are to be sent free, Should the company, or companies, fail to keep their lines im working order for o period of six months their rights to the remainder of the bonus to cease. Fat. ov a Buitpino.—At Marysville, on the . 17th inst., the froat wall ef a brick building belonging to George & Wood, on Maiden Lane, fell to the ground. Two men named Seavy and . Sherwood were at work on the wall fixing up . an awning, and their weight brought down the . whole side of the building. Mr. Seavy escaped with a few bruises; but a mage of brick fell up . on Mr. Sherwood, and when he was dug out it . was found that his thigh had been smashed near the hip joint. The unfortunate man was imme. . diately cared for, but the fracture is supposed . to have extended to the hip joint, and if so, the . chances are that he will die. The building had just becn erected, was built of the most inferior . quality of brick, and wasa miserable piece of . work, Sincurar.—The Marysville Democrat learns that during the late rains, which were so abun . dant ia all other parts of the State, the country along the east side of the Coast Range and west ef the Sacramento river was scarcely aprinkled. It liee in Yolo and Colusi counties, and com . five miles west of the river and the mountains. Excellent crops were formerly raised in that . section, and much money has been expended in . . improving farms, but there has been no rain for . the past five or six years, and farmers have been . foreed fro:n their lands in search of more eligi . ble locations, . ER . THe Overtann Teieerapn Brit, which pase. ed the U.S. Senate, March 26th, gives the com. pany two years from the fourth of July next iu . which to consruct the work, aod allows them . $50,000 a year for ten years. It provides that . the charges to private parties shall uot exceed . four dollars for ten words, with the usual pro. portionate deduction upon dispatches of greater . length. Itis believed that the bill will pass . the House. : Tre OLpest Man IN THE Wortp.—Undoubt. edly the oldest man in the world, says the New . Orleans Orescent, is Captain Viroux, of Belgium. . He was born onthe 9th of November, 1709, . and is consequently one handred and fifty years old. He entered the army in 1830, at the advanced age of one kundred and twenty-one years, and remained im service until recently, when he was put upow the pension list. ——— AxoTHER RaiLnoap.—Measures are now iu progress for the coustraction of a railroad from San Francisco to San Jose. It is stated thata . large portion of the stock has already been sub . ecribed, and that the work will be commenced . at an early day, . . . . . Tue Isu Craim.—The proprietors of the Ish . quartz lead are receiving a very respectable income . from their gold mine in Southern Oregon. Eighteen . thousand dollars per week, clear of all expenses, is . enongh for any family, A dispatch says: ‘At . Jacksonville, on Saturday, the Ish Company cleaned . up their arrastra, and, as the product of the preceding week, realized ome thousand ounces of gold, . clear of all expenses.” A Bustwess Inpraw,—The San Juan Press speaks of an Indian named Tom, who has found diggings on the bar at Freeman’s Crossing, which pay ight dollars per day to the hand. He pays a white man four dollars a day to work his share, while he drives a team for his board. TELEGRAPH TO Onzcon.—James Linkenfelter is now Boon, ary ree with a stock capital o i purpose of constructing a line of telegraph from Yreka to Jacksonville. . Indians to the cam; prises nearly all the land Jying between a line . Tas Waite Captives RESCUED FROM THE Apacnes.—From the Arizonian, of April 5th, we learn that Mrs. Page and the little girl who were carried off by a party of Apaches on the 16th of March, have been rescued from the Indians, From reports made by Indians, who had been sent into the Pinal country to arrange for an exchange of the prisoners, all hopes asthe safety of Mrs.

Page had been given vp. On the return of the of Capt. Elwell, at the Canon del Oro, they stated that the child was safe among the Tontos, but that the woman was dead, having been murdered on account of her inability to keep . up with her captors on their rapid retreat from . at the mouth of the canon, on Saturday morning, March 3lst. It appears that she was barbarously driven along by the savages at the point of the lance for over seven miles. Becoming exhausted and unable to travel as fast as they desired, reaching the top of a precipice, she was lanced no less than twelve times and pushed over. Not satisfied with their work of murder, rocks were thrown upon her until she was supposed to be dead. Recovering shortly afterwards, and finding herself alone, she made an attempt to retrace her steps. Wounded and weak, . it was with difficulty she moved; and on her hands and knees crawled along, living on grass and wild onions till she reached, on the fifth day, the road where she was discovered. We are happy to hear, . under the care of warm friends, she is rapidly recovering from her wounds and sufferings: Theti girl, captured at the same time, has also been restored to her home and family. Her rescue is owing mainly to the efforts of Capt. R. S. Elwell, . who has been unceasing in his exertions to effect . an exchange of captives, the only possible means of . securing her liberation. The exchange took place at the egsind canon, on the 2dof April. The Indians assembled in large numbers, but were peaceable, and gave up the child with apparent good feeling. ‘They expressed a desire for peace, and had but few complaints to make against our people. pursuit. She was discovered at the lumber depot . Jee of birth was next treated. New Ipria QuicksILvER Minrs.—The Santa . Cruz Sentinel, of April 13th, says that the mines of cinnabar, known as the New Idria Quicksilver Mines ae situated in the south-west corner of Fresno county, and were discovered by Dr. Wm. Higgins, Mr. Pitts, Jesse Smith and others, in 1851, but were not opened until some years later. In 1856 and 1857 a company was formed to work the rock by a number of persons, who supposed it was silver ore, and who did not find out their mistake until they had spent a large sum of money in various ways. The company suspended operations owing to the sudden elopement and duhcioation of their treasurer, with about four thousand dollars, being . the residue of the company’s capital yet unexmended. This was a damper, but in exploring the country, some of the company discovered a mine of cinnabar, and their plans were changed. The company abandoned the idea of extracting silver and turnéd their attention towards the quicksilver, but it was not peonne and further operations were suspended. his silver ore is found principally on the highest part of the ridge, along which the road runs, and in about halfa mile from where is found the quicksilver ore. The rock which contains the cinnabar appears to be a dyke of metamorphic rock, runnin through the talcose formation, and emerging through it in several places, About two years ago the mines fell into the hands of Daniel Gibb & Co., of San Feancisco, who had the energy and capital to prosecute the work extensively. Nearly $200,000 have been expended in their operations, and they are now more actively prosecuted than ever, as the mines begin to yield a rich return for the capital invested, The mine yielded in six months of last year about 1,400 flasks of 75 lbs. each, worth about $100,000, and is now yielding at the rate of from 250 to 300 flasks per month. There are at present five furnaces in operation, and about two hundred men employed, and all under the superintendence of Wm. Neely Thompson. Those employed in the mines and otherwise form a population of about three hundred persons in that immediate neighborhood, INDIAN Onsrauirs.—On Wednesday about noon, . some fifteen to twenty Diggers conveyed the body . of a young Indian of their tribe to an old camping ground near Murray creek, where it was burned, Four “bucks” bore the dead savage, whilst a troop of wretched squaws followed or preceded the corpse, giving vent to the most doleful and dismal lamentations, They were kinsfolks or his life-lonyr friends . and companions in war, in the hunt, in poverty and famine, and now were dismissing him with sorrow into the pleasant hunting-grounds of the Indian . paradise. A person, who for many years has closcly studied the customs of the Calaveras Indians, inforins us that it is their invariable practice, on the death of one of the tribe, to carry the bedy Cif pos. sible) to the precise spot of earth where it had birth, and there to builda pyre and consume it. The . young man in question was so treated, According . to the story of his tribe, twenty-three years ago, on-. the spot where they burned his corpse, he was born. . His youth was trained among these hills before the crack of the white man’s rifie had startled the deer, or the axe had smitten the pride of the forest. Alas, how changed the scene! and how apt the intemperate lamentations of the poor savages over their dead!—San Andreas Independent. Dreaprvn Exprrosion.—One of those occurrences which sometimes happen in consequence of a superabundance of funny fellows in a small village, . and send the blood rushing back to the boots, took . place one day last week at Coulterville, Mariposa . . county, in the District Court. The jury were out . making up their verdict in a case, Some one provided himself with a lot of detonating cigars of a . very explosive character, and presented one each to . the judge, sheriff, attorgeys, and other officers of the court. The District Vourt is a powerful smoker, jand the august person who represents that tribunal . was the first to arrive at the point where the explosion comes in. ‘The sheriff went to the rescue of the judge, but suddenly found himself the victim of . a similar disaster. Both of the attorneys went o!! simultaneously, By this time the other smokers smoked out, and escaped the consequences that had befallen their friends. The effect on the jury was quite natural, They supposed that the court had got into a free fight, and that there was shv ing going on, 80 they broke out of the window and . ran toescape stray shots, The affair served to . relieve the dullness of the season, and the jurors from serving that day, Great GoLpd Stuiky in Burry Country.—The Oroville Democrat of the 14th inst. says; The workmen employed in the tunnel of the Forty-mine and Fifty-six quartz claim at Yankee Hill, in this conn. ty, last week struck a vein of auriferous quartz of extraordinary richness. From all accounts it far exceeds the famous Ish claim in southern Oregon, Unless the accounts were greatly exaggerated, care was in sight, by the latest intelligence from the claim, $150,000 at least. If the vein shall continue equally rich for any considerable distance, the fortunate holders of the shares of stock will soon be. . come millionaires. Near eighty pounds of gold, which had been beaten out of the rock, were brought down a few days since, and carried to Marysville, . by Mr. Moore, one of the stockholders. The claim . for some time previous to the late big strike, did . not pay expenses, and some of the shares, we un . derstand, which had been given as collateral secu. rity, were forfeited, under the impression, probably, that they were not worth the amount for which they . . were pledged. . PunisHepD FoR Contempt.—The Amador Ledger . . relates the following: When the case of Head vs. . Horn was called in the District Court, H, J. Cook, . lawyer, presented three affidavits to procure a change of venue; these documents were sworn to by C. . Walton and Cook, his attorney, and to the aston. . ishment of those present, who were conversant with . the facts of the case, they set forth that the Court . had designedly and corruptly stated the law ard the . . facts, Judge Hardy calmly received the insult, and . waited until the succeeding day, when he ordered . Cook and Walton to be taken to jail, there to remain for the space of two hours each, for contempt of Court. Fatat CasvaLty.—A man named John Kent, a native of England, was killed on Quartz creek, near Fall river, in Butte county, on the morning of . the 5th inst., by a large tree falling upon the cabin in which himself and partner were sleeping. His death must have been instantaneous, as the tree fell upon his head, forcing it iuto the earth, and . breaking his skull. It is said that the deceased has a brother, who is marter of a ship sdon expected at San Francisco, } . rigbts, that bas been abused by the . through all their bistory, . record, ‘tion as near the track as A Branmin’s Account or His Country.—Rev. Mr. Gangooly, a converted Brahmin, now traveling in this country, delivered a lecture in New Bedford, a short time since, on the manners and customs of his country. He said the Hiudoos were divided into thirty-four castes, of which the Brabmin reached the highest, and the banker, goldsmith, and shoemaker were among the lowest, The blacksmith is of a high caste, because of his usefulness. Ifa Brahmin eats animal food, he looses his easte, which he can never regain, The subThe birth of a male child was always made the occasion of great rejoicing, while tbe birth of a female child was hardly noticed. The mother of five or six girls was always the subject of scoru and derision and never went into seciety, There were three castes in India that could not read or write. The strictest attention is given to the education of boys in India, while girls never go to sehool. The discipline of Brahmin life in some instances was grand, A Brabmin rises as early as five o'clock, walks out and gathers flowers, and bathes before the sun rises, Ifthe san sees one of this class in bed, the fourteen generations of his ancestors will be punished in eternity, Women must bathe every morning before they go into the . kitchen; if they do not, people will not eat their ceoking. Brahmins must keep silence while at the table; if they speak while eating, they are obliged to go without food the entire day. The marriage system was next considered Iindoos do not know, strictly, what marriages are. Neither the boys nor the girls have anything to do with this matter, Parents muke all matches, and the parties bave no idea with whom they are to unite their destinies, antil they arrive at the altar, Tbe marriageable age of girls is from soven to ten ; and that of boys from thirteen to twenty-five. A girl ef thirteen years of age, unmarried, is considered an old maid past all redemption, In regard to the burial ceremonies of the dead in Iudia, many things have been said and written by travelers, that were untrue, The burning of the bodies of widows upon the faneral pile of the husband was explained and acer counted for by the fact that, when a woman becomes a widow, she must always remain in that sitnation, and they. were never thought anything of, or treated respectfully, and many of them, in view of these facts, preferred death, This custom bas, says the speaker, been recently abolished by the British Government. AGRARIANISM.—In the course of a debate in the U. 8. Senate, March 22d, on the Homestead Bll, Mr. Hale of New Hampshire, said : The principle involved in’ this bill is one which has divided the friends of free principles and of aristocracy in all past time, It was the bene of contention which divided the Republic of Rome for six bundved years, and the friends of this measure were denounced by the aristocracy of Rome as agrarians ; but this agrarianism was not put down until the liberty of the country went down with it, Troe demoeracy makes a poor show in bistory, because generally the pen of history has been beld by aristocrats ; and these agrarians who, for thousands of yeara have been denounced, were in fact the only true friends of conservative popular liberty the Republic of Rome ever saw. All they ever contended for was a fair and equal distribution of the public lands. They claimed that the people furnished the sinews ef war, and by their vietories they achieved the conquest of the public land ; and it was fair for them to enjoy a little of that which their valor bad won. For that they were stigmatized as agrarians, But when the true meaning of that much abused term is understood, there is no man that will not glory in being identified with the great agrarian party, the party of popular liberty and popular usurpation of aristoeracy., Itis that feeling to-day which ) demands that the masses of this country shall have the right to take posession of the public domain, and convert it to civilizatioa—to con. vert the wilderness into the abode of industry, labor and prosperity. That is the real principle of this great measure we are contending for, and we are contending upon the same ground on which the Republicans of Rome contended I desire to be no better known to my own time, or to posterity, if . they ever care forto humble an individual, than to have my name ranked with that of those proscribed and abused agrarians, who contended so long for that great measure of equality and justice. Fratora Rattroap Empioyer.—A recent achievement of a brakeman on the Michigan Central Railroad exhibits a degree of skill and presenee of mind that renders it well worthy of Last Thursday night, when the passenwer train coming eastward was between Chelsca aud Dexter, a broken rail was encountered, . throwing, we believe, one car from the traek, A freight train was known to be coming behind and a brakeman -Nelson Imus, a yeung man, who makes his bome at Ann Arbor—retraced the track half a mile, equipped with a red Jane tern, the signal of danger, When the train loomed in sight the red light was waved in the usual manver, but there was po movement on the part of the engineer to indicate that he dis cerned the signal. It became obvious to Imus that the difficulty lay in the steam having become congealed on the window to such an extent as to obstruct the engineer’s vision; and . having no torpedoes to place on the track—an appliance sometimes resorted to—be was left entirely to sis owa rerources. Taking his posiwas consistent with . safety, as the machine came thundering along, . . with well directed aim he hurled hia lantern in. to the window, shattering it, as well as the lansome of which . tern, into emall fragments, struck the engineer, who, secing and making note of the red pieces, of course reversed the engine in time to avoida serious accident,—-Detroit Paper. “Kyreuts op THB GoLpen Crore.’’—The New Orleans Courier gives the following account of this new Order : The K.G.C. or Kuights of the Golden Circle, was organized in 1854, more to cultivate the martial spirit of our people thau anything else; since then it bas steadily grown, until now it numbers over thirty thousand members, who }are scattered over the Southern States, and holding within its charmed circle many of our most influential men and bgst soldiers. It is yenerally understood that the K. G. C are preparing ta operate in the broad field which civil . war opened in Mexico to American enterprise and industry; and we are assured that itis their steady determination to place the “Liberal” or Juarez party in full aud peaceful @@upation of the city of Mexico, and thus prove to the world that Americans will never refuse 3 other struggling people the aid so gpportunely rendered te F the French in 1777, Dovetas IN Missovat.—The old dodge of taking the political-sease of steambeat passen gers bas been revived. Recently, on board ot a steamer bound from Jefferson City to St. Lonis, a vote of the passtngers was taken on the five principal esndidates before the two conventions, and out of 122, Douglas received 102. The ladies were allowed to vote, . please, write in WHOLE NO. 342. The Marysville Democrat, of Wednesday and Thursday last, pubdlisbed an interesting article upon Mexican affairs, written by an intelligent citizen of that distracted country. The writer holds that the Mexicans are not capable of eelfgovernment, and baving been raised in that country, and intimate with its history, his opinions are entitled to weight. The following is the conclusion of his article ; In conclusion, allow me to give my reasons for upholding a despotic governmentiin Mexico instead ef one of the liberal form, In the first place, Mexico, with a population of six millions of inhabitants, of whom but two. millions cau read or write, and two-thirds of whom are half-breeds, was, for a long time after the conquest by Cortez, governed ty strong hand of dexpotism, The masees of the people were ruled by the few into whose hands the powers of the Central Government were concentrated, leaving nothing for the masses but to obey. Very well, there came a tin when, actuated by the example of their sister Republic, the United States, the enlightened Mexicans wished to be free, Their efforts were crowned with snecess, and on the 27th day of September, 1821, they were born to the world atree and independent Republic; a Republic whose future life presented a bappy and glerious appearance, but, alas! they were deomed to disappointment. The leaders secing the ease with which the lower class could be led, all aspired to equally high povitions, a thing that could not be, and the natural couscqneace was a revolt, which resulted in the assassination of Iturbide, the man who bad fought in their behalf and who knew and loved Mexico and its people, But one chieftain had barely been im stalled in the chair, before some of the dissatia+ fied were again in arms endeavaring to overthrow him. But, I will not go over the many and bloody revolations whieh followed, What I have set forth is sufficient to show the loose character, the ignorance, and the utter want of any geouine love of country, which characterize seventenths of the Mexican people. They have cor. rupted the word ‘Liberty’? and construed it into corruption, robbery and plunder, The enlightened classes plainly see that Mexico must either be effaced from the roll of nations, or, by the strong hand of a despotic government be raised from the depth to which she has fallen, And gallantly do these patriots fight for thie object, but their numbers are small; and ignos rance, helped by the hand of avarice, may yet overpower their strength. Then, like Napoleoa at Waterloo they may exclaim, “We have been butchered, but net conquered,” Nations are like men. God has apportioned to them the knowledge of good and bad, of right and wrong. They have growth, ehildhood, manhood and aldage. If the child is governed by a corrupt and yalgar father, his life w ll naturally be short, for vice and dee bauchery will send him to an early death, and unless a revolution occurs within his mind and anew and different hand direct him, nothing will stop his mad career, Now, sir, there are two kinds of revolutions, which Lamartine de. soribes as follows: “Revolutione, the product of a moral principle, of an idea of logical pracea*, of conviction, of sentiment, of an aspiration, undefined and vague though it be, if they embody « lofty ideal, instead of an abject passion, euch revolutions attest, even in their catastropbies and temporary aberrations, 8 youth and vitality which promise long and vigorous seasons of growth, But, on the other band, if they are produced hy vice, by the crimes of isolated greatness of one man, by ambition, whether personal or national, by rivalry between two factions, by thirst of conquest or or blood, by unjust ideas of national glory, above all by hatred between different classes of citizens; gach revolutions are the preludes of de. cay, the signs of decomposition and death, in 9 nation or a race,’’ S hold that the latter kind of revolution ia the present state of affairs in Mexico, qnd that nothing but the strong will of a mighty man, backed by a positive aud concentrated strength, can change the character of the nation, Jt must be governed net by reason, but by fear, Without a wisely managed despotism, the coun. try is lost Naiis.—About seventy years ago a gentleman in Massachusetts, then unknown and in obsecurity, began to make nails by cutting slices . out of old boops, and griping these pieces by a common vice, headed them with several strokes of the hammer, By progressive improvements, slitting mills were builtand the shears and heading tools were perfefeoted ; but still much labor aud expense were requisite in making vails, The first machine ever made for cutting nails, it is said was invented by a shopmate of Ei Whitney, called Benjamin Cochran, Thie inventor died at Batavia N. Y.,in 1846, ina tipe old age’) His machine cut ont the nails without a head, Previous to the date of bisinvention, (1790) nails had been punched ont of plates by hand in Connecticut; these also had no bead, In 1810, the ingenious Jacob Perkin and Johnathan Ellis, of Massachusetts, erected the first machinery for entting ond heading nails at one operation, In 1792, cut uails were first mote in England by machinery, two rollers with dies beiag employed fay the purpore, One half the impress was made in each roller when they came in contact, the blanks were fed in at the top, and finished nails dropped out below as the steam rollers revolved, Saxon Exoiisu.—Wheo a man has anything of his own to eay and is real'y in earnest that itshould be understoad, he docs not usually make cavalry regiments of big sentences aod seek abroad for serquipedalian words, We all know that an Englishman, if be will, is able to speak easily and clearly; also he can, if he such © manner as to send the common people to their dictionaries at least once in every page. Let bim write Saxon ang the Saxons uuderetand him; let bim use Latin forms that have heen long In use aud they will also uodorstaod him; but let bim think proper . to adopt Latin or Greek expressions whieb are new, or atall events new to the many, and they will be puzzled. We can all read with comfort the works Thomas Faller, Swift, Bun yan, Defoe, Franklin aod Cobbett ; there, sense is clear, feeling is homely, and the writers take care that there shall be vo misuoderstanding, Butin Robertson, Jubueon and Gibbon, one word in every three is an alien ; and saan Englishonan who happens to have like Shakspeare, “sroall Latin and less Greek,’’ is by no means quite at home in their society, A Ricommennation.—The following is an ex tract from a letter written by Mr. Lamar, member of the Assembly from Mendocino Nene to Gov, Weller, aocompanied by a petition asking for an increase of Jarboe’s forces, for the purpose of murdering Indians, The letter ig dated on the 6th of last October : “T think that so long as a military organization is necessary in that region, that no more suitable person could have command of the company than Capt. Jarboe. He has already en, countered many dangers and endured man hard«bips, and last, but nof least, bro’t all big men to the polls and voted the straight Democratic ticket. So far as my indorsement goer, it is for his bravery and efficiency and Democ: racy.” NA a paw a enemies reiesnegnetemner vn: eran en mt eee wee