January 14, 1862 (4 pages)

Thomas Boyce js our Agent for San Francisco, He is authorized to receive advertisements, and collect and receipt for the same, A. Badlam, Jr,, is our Agent for Sacramento, to receive advertisements and collect for the same. Seva “TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 14, 1862. THE GREAT FLOOD. As was expected, the heavy rains of last week have occasioned an unprecedented flood in the valleys, the waters rising toa height never before known since the settlement of the country. At Marysville, according to the local papers, the water rose from six to twelve inches higher than at the former overflow, and a few places io the city were above high water. The wa ters began to-recede on Saturday afternoon, and the damage in the town is reported as inconsiderable. The farmers living in the vicinity of Marysville took their familes to the city before the flood had reached a high point, and others left for the foot-bills, We have not been able to get full particulars of the inundation at Sacramento; but by letters in the Marysville papers, and an “extra” from the office of the Auburn Advocate, it seems that the water was over all the levees, and no land was to be seen. The waters from the American river broke through the levee at Rabel’s Tannery, ou Friday, and by eight o’clock in the eveoing it was two fect bigher than at the flood of December 9th—being upwards of three feet deep on the first floor of the Orleans Hotel. On Saturday morning the water bad fallen about six inches, but must have rose several feet higher by the flood from the Yuba and Feather rivers, All the frame buildings above 12th street were swept away, and thousands of persons took shelter iu the upper stories of the Orleans aud St, George Hotels. Governor Stanford was inaugurated on Friday, and on Saturday the Legislature adjourged to San Francisco. The Auburn Advocate, which bas information to Sunday evening, says: ‘The water is five fect above the first floor of the St. George Hotel, in which there are two thousand people quartered, with scarcely any of the necessaries of life. Starvation is staring these unfortunates in the face, and there is no signs of immediate reliof visible, The water in the Orleans Hotel is within five feet of the ceiling overhead, and people navigate the bar-room in boats, Lm! gra . them by shoying against the ceiling with their hands. fn the Orleans there are a large number of persons~men, women and children—packed together, and all are inthe most deplorable condition; many of them being destitute of wearing apparel and bedding to screen them from the inclemency of the weather. The water at the corner of Sixth and J sts., where Booth & Co. and Lindley & Weaver and other stores are situated, is within two feet of the tops of the doors, and the entire stocks of goods are maces’ to be ruined, No one dares enter the buildings. At.the Capitol the water is running over the hones of the Senate Chamber and Assembly iil, There is scarcely any possibility of obtaining ingress to the city or egress when there. t is supposed that many lives have been lost, but it is impossible to ascertain anything definitely in regard to the number or who are the unfortunate ones until the water recedes. The current passing through the city is so strong that it is ditticult to manage boats in the streets, and many have been capsized, On Friday, the Howard Society reopened the Pavilion, where some eight hundred or a thousand persons found sbelter, But later accounts say nothing of the Pavilion leaving us to infer that the structure has been destroyed. Of the damage at Folsom, and along the American river, the Advocate says: Every bridge between Auburn and Folsom but the woman, clinging to the building, was EB drowned. Passengers who arrived at Marysville by the Saturday and Sunday boats, give gloomy descriptions of the appearance of the country along the valleys of the Feather and Sacramento rivers, A vast sheet of watcr extended from tbe Sierra Nevada to the Coast Range, aod the course of the rivers could be traced only by the timber along their banks, No land was in sight except an occasional knoll, oa which were huddled groups of shivering cattle. The farm bouses were mostly deserted, but occasionally a bouse could be seen on the high earth, where men were at work shoveling up slender embankments in order to avert a total submergence, The area of the submerged district is estimated at an average width of twenty miles and at least two bundred miles in length—extending from Tebama, eighty milas above Marysville, to a point in the San Joaquin valley fifty miles south of Stockton, and from the foothills of the Sierras to the Coast Range. No estimate can be made of the damages. Hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of farm houses have been swept away, immense quantities of provisions destroyed, and thou. sands of bead of live stock drowned, If this was all, the damage could be repaired; but the farming land throughout the entire submerged district is probably rendered useless—the large quantities of sand aud granite tailings carried down from the mines bee ing destructive to the soil. It is not improbable that the water may rise still higher when the rise from the upper branches of the Sacramento comes down, The weather is still unsettled, and if another heavy rain occurs this week raising the Yuba and Feather rivers to any thing like their former height, so that their waters meet the great rise now coming down the upper Sacramento, we may look out for such an inundation as does not occur oftener than once or twice in a century, THE GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. The second annual message of Governor Downey was transmitted to the Legislature on Thursday last, and we received a copy, by way of Marysville, on Saturday evening. It is quite a lengthy document, treating upon many subjects of interest connected with our State Government, and mavy judicious recommendations are made, which are worthy the careful consideration of the Legislature. We bave merely space to glanee at some of the more important subjects treated of in the message. The following figures show the total receipts into the State Treasury and disbursements for the fiscal year ending December 15th, 1861: Cash on hand, Dec, 15th, 1860... $643,338 29 Receipts from Dec, 15th, 1860 to Dee. 14th, 1861,.. seereeseccces coeeeel 005,020 OL BONE bas chee cd oc te cebebd sheved cat's 1,788,358 30 Disbursed during the year.., ooee ++ 1,248,573 82 Balance on hand Dee, 14th, 1861,.. 489,734 48 Of the total expenditures the following are mentioned as of an extraordinary character: Interest on State Debt, $267,680; redemption of State bonds, $96,379. 37; bonds redeemed under State School Land Fund, $16,570; erection of State Reform School, $24,851 31; construetion of State Capitol, $42,268 19; reclaiming swamp lands, $21,657 06; support of schools, $81‘713 62; geological survey, $10,000, special exiraordinary appropriations paid during the year, $86,367 79; making a total of extraordinary expenditures of $784,967 34, which by deducting from the total expenditures of the year, leaves a balance The Governor calls attention to the direct tax levied by Congress, and recommends tbat the Legislature take immediate measures for its collection by State author. ity, The proportion for California is . $254,938 66% cents, from which a deduction lof fifteen per cent will be made if collected . by the State, A tax of twenty cents on the . hundred dollars will be required to make up . the amount, The State Reform School at Marysville, it appears, bas not met the expectations of of the bomane; and the Governor recommends that the delinquents be removed to . the Industrial School at San Francisco, aod the building at Marysville be devoted to. a State University. The State Insane Asylum, according to the Report of the Resident Physician is “a miserable failure.’? The Governor suggests that the salary of the Asylum Physiciau is too high, and ebould be cut down, . The Governor wisely recommends that . the State School Fund should be consolida. ted, and the interest only used. He dilates: at considerable length upon the agriculta. ral and commercial iuterests of the State, . but has no reference to the mining interests, whieh are certainly of as much importance as any other. I'be message concludes with an elaborate essay upon IF cderal relations aud the present . distracted condition of the country. The} Governov’s ideas upon republican institutions in general, and the necessity of main. taining the Union, though not entirely . original nor remarkably well stated, are io the main just, and he appropriately alludes . to the danger of a league amoug European . mouarchies for the suppression of republic . can principles ou this continent. It appears, . however, that the war agaiust the rebels is carried on rather more vigorously than the Governor thinks it ought to be, and he attributes to the President the purpose of) makiog the present trouble the oceasion for the emancipation of slaves. If Governor . Downey had read Lincola’s late message, with the view of ascertwining bis real senti. ments, we think be would. bave found a pretty strong intimatioa that the President . was opposed to any measure for the eman. cipation of slaves, Terripse Catamity.—At three o’clock on Saturday morving last a fire broke out amoung seme wooden baildings, near a boarding house known as the ‘Sarsfield,’’ . corner of Pacific and Montgomery streets, San Franciseo, Several woodeu buildings were soon reduced to ashes, and the Sars field House having caught fice, men, women and children rusbed out in their night clothes upon the balconies te. eseape the . flames, The firemen got upon one anoth-. er’s shoulders and handed many.-of the children down, others were tossed into the arms of those below, while the men and) women jumped. from the balconies, many of them being badly injured, Some eightecu or twenty persons iost their lives in the flames, among whom were a number of womeo and children who bad left Sacra. . mento on account of the flood and were temporarily stopping at Sas Francisco. Stockton Froopep.—A dispatch from Stockton to the San Francisco pavers, says . the streets in that city were overflowed about twelve o’clock on Thursday night, . and at six o'clock on Friday morning the water attained ito greatest height, The . . stores oa the principalstreets were flooded to the deptlr of tea inches, and all the} ! . torpe eee AAA Later from the East, We clip the following from late dispatches received by the Associated Press : St. Lovis, Jan. 6th.—News from Rolla states that Gen. Sigel’s resignation creates great excitement among the troops. of the German officers have also resigned. ; Freperick, (Md.,) Jan. 7th.—The latest intelligence from Hancock, last night, states that Gen. Jackson had retired, leaving only a battery and infantry guard in sight. His forces consisted of ten regiments, with a large bagage and supply train. : Susnaen, tes 8th.—The Tribune’s species dispatch says that the Catholic Bishop of Nashville has arrived. He states that drafting in Tennessee has proved a failure. Great numbers in Nashville are outspoken Union men. . If Bowling Green falls, Nashville will be destroyed. The bishop saw at Glasgow Junction the remains of a splendid tunnel destroyed on the Sth by rebels. The railroad from that point north was entirely destroyed. The rebels were endeavoring to draw the Union army into Bowling Green, where they have mas ed batteries. : The approaches to Columbus are splendidly defended by numerous batteries, chains and does to obstruct the river. n. Grant, at Cairo, received a dispatch yesterday from Cape Girardeau stating that Company Seventh Illinois Cavalry had captured Maj. Williams, and seven others belonging. to Jeff. Thompson’s army. 3 The Federal gunboats Essex, Lexington and: Taylor, went down the river yesterday to make reconnoissances. They went within range of the rebel batteries near Columbus, when they met the rebel steamers Mohawk, which retreated after our boats had two shotsatthem. When our boats were retreating, a vebel gunboat followed, but was chased back. Commander Foot thinks the way is open to Colwinbus, Gen. Shields has arrived at Washington. he Ways-and Means Committee in Congress has framed a bill which will be introduced to-day, authorizing the issue of one hundred: millions:in demand Treasury notes, and not drawing interest, and payable generally, without specifying places or times, which as well as other Treasury notes are to be declared lawful money. All’schemes of emancipation and of colonisation of slaves have been referred by the Judiciary Committee to a sub-Committee of the House, Messrs. Bingham and Thomas. Gen. Schuyler Hamilton has been appointed to succeed Gen. Curtis in command of the dis trict of St. Louis. The latest intelligence from Hancock, Md., says that the rebel General Jackson had retreated, but it was not known where he went. It is Ge thought he intends attacking Gen. Kelly’s di-) __ vision. Gen. Lander has been assigned to the eommand of Gen. Kelly’s division. It is stated that Gen. Jim Lane is to: have command of an army of 30,000 men, to penetrate south from Fort Leavenworth. He will carry om the war in the south-west according te his own peculiar notions, and strike at rebellion with any weapon that he can command. Quincy, Jan. 8th.—In the Senate, yesterday, . Lane of Kansas said the greatest trouble was to separate stupid officers from those who had brains Doolittle thought the best reform that could be intvoduced was to see that promotions came up from the ranks of the aamy. The foilowing intelligence was received by the S. F. Herald, and published Saturday . morning: Sr. Lovis, Jan. 8—11 Pp. M.—On the 6th, Col. Dunning, at the head of a Federal regiment, met a force of two thousand rebels in Blue Gap, Virginia, about seventy miles east of Romney. Co}. Dunning immediately attacked . the rebels, amd after a short engagement com. pletely routed them. The Federals captured a number of prisoners, . end all the cannons, wagons and camp equip. ments, etc., in possession of their foes. The rebels retreated in disorder toward Hancoek, on the Potomac. The rebel loss in killed was fifteen; none of the Federal troops were killed. Preparations ave making for an immediate move of Federat forces from Cairo on Nash-. vile, Tennessee. MARRIED. At North San Juan, January 7th, by W. C. Holt, Fsq., Mr. N. C. Minuer aod Miss Mary Love Cuap. wick, all of that place. At Grass Valley, Jan, 8th, by Rev. Mr, Chittenden, Hon, Wituiam Wart and Mrs, Fmity Harper. BRIDGE BUILDING Q. . RICE, Many . — a. LATEST FROM SACRAMENTQ): (ONLY TWENTY DAYS OUT.) A LOT OF CAMPHEN®, JUST RECEIVED BY. E. F. SPENCE GARDEN SEEDS, J P. SMITH & CO, are now Prepared . LL to supply dealers in GardemSeeds with a very . extensive assortment: of HOME GROWN GARDEN SEEDS, all warranted to be grown by themselves: and to be the crop of the present! year, and warranted to be FRESH AND GENUINE. ” Dealers desirous of purchasityptheir supply for the season, will do well to apply to us a8 we can furnial them nearly all they may desires AT THE SAME PRE CES AS GOOD SEEDS CAN BE PROCURED IN NEw YORK. : Having been engaged in growing seeds inj this State for a number of years, we are now prepared to sell in quantities AT LOWER PRICES THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE STAT. Es We can furnish seeds put up, either in large packages or in smal] packages, suitable for retailing, at theoption of customers. : ae Our price list is now ready for mailmg to all applicants. “(% : Sur home grownseeds bave'Fong havlan established repatation on this coast; having devetad close atten. tiow and long experience to the business and our stock being always fresh, they are not able to the risk attending imported seeds, Jan 7, 1862. . ga Terms—Cash, Always! <gy For further particulars, apply to A. P. SMITH & (9, 40 J street, Sacramento, SELECT SCHOOL —FOR— YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, He W.E. F. DEAL, A. B., Principal, . This School will re-open on MONDAY, Jan. 6th, 1862 Jan. 4, 1862.—3m. id of Broad street, Nevada, . TERMS: Primary Branches, per month...$4 00 . English Branches and Mathematics, per m’th 5 00 fe ee re eer Pe ee 1 00 [MON Fo peagreneeeeuen eee eccvee 1 00 . GOTRIAG, c+ goes winnie vere epee Hye reueye = 00 SRR eaeews seen ee geen esese os 2 00 Ne Extra Charge for Book Keeping, . Young Gentlemen will be thoreughly prepared to . enter any of the College Classes, : For further particulars inquire at the-School House, . Nevada, Jan. Ist, 1862. CITY BOARO OF EQULAIZATION. HE TRUSTEES of the City of Nej vada, will mest as a Board of Equalization, at the Marshal's Office, In Flacg’s BriekBuilding, om . MONDAY, January 6th, 1862, at 12 o’elock M., and . be in session every Gay until the Ith inst. The . City Assessment Rolb is now completed, and subject . to the examination of property holders; and purties dissatisfied with the assessment can make their obCHAS. KENT, President. jections known to the Board, . Jas. Monnron, Clerk, . } Jan. 2, 1862, . MODERN DENTISTRY. . THE BEST, MOST COMFORTABLE AND . CHEAPEST MODE OF PLATE! FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH. CALL ON DR. LEVASON, . Examine Speeimens, at his Office, UP STAIRS OVER BLOOK’S, ireat Improvements, VULCANITE . AND Oppostre Cugar JouN’s, Nevapa City. . ALWAYS TO BE FOUND AT HOME! Nevada, Dec. 14, 1861. . BROAD STREET DRUG STORE. CORNER PINE & Broad Sts. NO. 57 BROAD St., Nevada, n.C.M.BATES, WHOLESALE AND Retail Druggist & Apothecary, is just in receip? of a large assortment of staple . Drugs, Olls, Perfumery, Paints, ' Patent Medicines, Toilet and Fancy ARTICLES. WHICH WILL BE SOLD of $463,606 48, as the only sam legitimately . bridges conneeting the northern and south. 1 ' chargeable to the ordinary expenses of . °™™ Portions of the cit were carried away; ‘Bridge Builder, Millwri ght, . At RRNOR.Sb ABR. ERNORS carrying on the State Government, Of this . also, the bridges over Mormon Slough, on last sum, more than half was expended for . ‘be roads leading to Mreneh Camp and So. mileage, per diem, and contingent expenses. ""™ i hue . except the Condemned Bar Bridge has been washed away. Also every bridge between Folsom and Plagerville is gone, and there is no communieation between those places, Stockton’s Mills fat Folsom] have been swept away, and not a vestige remains of them to A ND DESIGNER, Cc. M, Bates, M. D., Office in the Drug ) Store, mark the spot where they stood. The water at these Mills had reached to the second story of the building, and it is believed that it might have been saved, had it not been for the large amount of driftwood floating down which came in contact with the building with irresistable force, sweeping everything off. Since the fall of the American river, the heavy machinery can be seen lodged upon the rocks a long distance below where the mill stood. In the mills were 150 tons-of grain, which is a total loss. There was also in the mill 100 tons of flour, a. small portion only of which was saved. The railroad bridge, at Folsom, is still standing, but is ina sauna condition—a large hole haying been broken in the north abutmens by the aetion of the water. The American river, at Folsom, had fallen about twenty feet, and it is thought that had it continued up to its highest mark but a few hours longer, the bridge could not have withstood the pressure. The cara can run as far as Patterson’s Statjom, ten n below Folsom, but the Superinte in hating the track repaired a8 far . . Pavterson's, a ern ‘he Which Waa a A Womah, with the im dis. arws, escaped from the building and wae sated, 4 of the Legislature. The growing necessities of the State for all which civilization and humanity have alike combined in imposing upon the older mem. bers of the Confederacy, some of which bave already been inaugurated in California, will necessarily ereate heary expenditures, and thas render strict economy in every department an absolute necessity, The care of the insane, of the deaf, dumb, and blind, andor the orphans of the State, as well as the need of the Reform School for youthful delinquents, demand increased appropriatioas; while it isa fact that must serve for all future estimates, that the rev. enue cannot. be augmented.in proportion to the ivoreased demands, The assessed value of propenty in the State is @147,811 16, 0 decrease of $381,922. 86from. the assessed: vole Inst year, The deorense is mainly owing tothe depreaiajon io the.marketable walue of stock. the institutions: . Sacramento Uniow»—Th consequence of EM Shy NEVADA. the flood having extinguiehed the fires im the basement of the Union offite, but a limited edition of Saturday's issue was publishges, Quartz Mills and like structures, will do . well to give me a call and examine my designs. ed. Wells, Fargo & C i . ‘ g & Co., received one copy, , Having made arrangements with one of the most whieh, we believe, is the only number in. liable Patent Attorneys in Washington City I also town, It speaks hopefully of the future gece prospects of Sacramento, and says a levee. Making of Drawi i i , ngs, Specifications can be built which will protect the city . oe ‘ from overfows in future. The paper was. issued, bowever, before the water had at-. Orvice—On Main street, Opposite Mayer & Coe’s tained its greatest height, 14 HOSE ABOUT TO ERECT BRIDAND PROCURING PATENT RIGHTS. . Boot & Shoe Store—up stairs, Nevada City, Jan. 14, 1862. AcconpinG tothe measurement kept by . Mr. Ewer, at Grass Valley, about eighteen . ivebes of rain fell at that place last week. THE USION SALOON. NO. 46 PINE STREET, NEVADA CITY, B mens GRIMES WOULD INFORM Rts: Dro wnEp.—James: MeBlvough was drown. Shee Ue p emery seutiel = at large; that he: 20n su wit . ed at O’Byrne’s Ferry, om the Stanislaus river, . on the 3lstult., by the swamping of a boat. seiiaieiatigaalieasi etanaiedse Deravitrer.—G. F Gordon Treasurer of 4. Uern* wishing. to indulge in a “light s Vancouver Laland, jaa-defaulter, and bas been . Siiciet os eainen eas bw agcomimpgiaoned Nereder bee, Sipe eo seit ta . CALL AGAIN GENTLEMEN, ri IF YOU WANT = ag . A FINE PAIR OB BOOTS; OR ANY KIND OF BOOTS OR SHOES, . From the Best Material) and Made in® Superior Manner ?> ALL OF MY WORK is guaranteed to BE THE BEST, . and from the finest stock that cam be obtained in Ne. vada City. . sar All Kinds Repairing Done to Order and.at Cheap Rates. <@& . On Pine-street, next door to Cheap John’s JOHN HERZINGER. Nevada, June 15, 1861. BROAD STREET MEAT MARKET: JAMES COLLEY, Proprictor. ALL KINDS OF MEATS CONSTANT: ly on hand at the above well know® Market, and for salein. quantities te #uit purchasers. i $9. Meats delivered in any part of the city at #°7 me. Prices, atcording to the Qusllty os . Jand-tt. ieee COLLES-

Thomas Boyce js our Agent for San Francisco, He is authorized to receive advertisements, and collect and receipt for the same, A. Badlam, Jr,, is our Agent for Sacramento, to receive advertisements and collect for the same. Seva “TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 14, 1862. THE GREAT FLOOD. As was expected, the heavy rains of last week have occasioned an unprecedented flood in the valleys, the waters rising toa height never before known since the settlement of the country. At Marysville, according to the local papers, the water rose from six to twelve inches higher than at the former overflow, and a few places io the city were above high water. The wa ters began to-recede on Saturday afternoon, and the damage in the town is reported as inconsiderable. The farmers living in the vicinity of Marysville took their familes to the city before the flood had reached a high point, and others left for the foot-bills, We have not been able to get full particulars of the inundation at Sacramento; but by letters in the Marysville papers, and an “extra” from the office of the Auburn Advocate, it seems that the water was over all the levees, and no land was to be seen. The waters from the American river broke through the levee at Rabel’s Tannery, ou Friday, and by eight o’clock in the eveoing it was two fect bigher than at the flood of December 9th—being upwards of three feet deep on the first floor of the Orleans Hotel. On Saturday morning the water bad fallen about six inches, but must have rose several feet higher by the flood from the Yuba and Feather rivers, All the frame buildings above 12th street were swept away, and thousands of persons took shelter iu the upper stories of the Orleans aud St, George Hotels. Governor Stanford was inaugurated on Friday, and on Saturday the Legislature adjourged to San Francisco. The Auburn Advocate, which bas information to Sunday evening, says: ‘The water is five fect above the first floor of the St. George Hotel, in which there are two thousand people quartered, with scarcely any of the necessaries of life. Starvation is staring these unfortunates in the face, and there is no signs of immediate reliof visible, The water in the Orleans Hotel is within five feet of the ceiling overhead, and people navigate the bar-room in boats, Lm! gra . them by shoying against the ceiling with their hands. fn the Orleans there are a large number of persons~men, women and children—packed together, and all are inthe most deplorable condition; many of them being destitute of wearing apparel and bedding to screen them from the inclemency of the weather. The water at the corner of Sixth and J sts., where Booth & Co. and Lindley & Weaver and other stores are situated, is within two feet of the tops of the doors, and the entire stocks of goods are maces’ to be ruined, No one dares enter the buildings. At.the Capitol the water is running over the hones of the Senate Chamber and Assembly iil, There is scarcely any possibility of obtaining ingress to the city or egress when there. t is supposed that many lives have been lost, but it is impossible to ascertain anything definitely in regard to the number or who are the unfortunate ones until the water recedes. The current passing through the city is so strong that it is ditticult to manage boats in the streets, and many have been capsized, On Friday, the Howard Society reopened the Pavilion, where some eight hundred or a thousand persons found sbelter, But later accounts say nothing of the Pavilion leaving us to infer that the structure has been destroyed. Of the damage at Folsom, and along the American river, the Advocate says: Every bridge between Auburn and Folsom but the woman, clinging to the building, was EB drowned. Passengers who arrived at Marysville by the Saturday and Sunday boats, give gloomy descriptions of the appearance of the country along the valleys of the Feather and Sacramento rivers, A vast sheet of watcr extended from tbe Sierra Nevada to the Coast Range, aod the course of the rivers could be traced only by the timber along their banks, No land was in sight except an occasional knoll, oa which were huddled groups of shivering cattle. The farm bouses were mostly deserted, but occasionally a bouse could be seen on the high earth, where men were at work shoveling up slender embankments in order to avert a total submergence, The area of the submerged district is estimated at an average width of twenty miles and at least two bundred miles in length—extending from Tebama, eighty milas above Marysville, to a point in the San Joaquin valley fifty miles south of Stockton, and from the foothills of the Sierras to the Coast Range. No estimate can be made of the damages. Hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of farm houses have been swept away, immense quantities of provisions destroyed, and thou. sands of bead of live stock drowned, If this was all, the damage could be repaired; but the farming land throughout the entire submerged district is probably rendered useless—the large quantities of sand aud granite tailings carried down from the mines bee ing destructive to the soil. It is not improbable that the water may rise still higher when the rise from the upper branches of the Sacramento comes down, The weather is still unsettled, and if another heavy rain occurs this week raising the Yuba and Feather rivers to any thing like their former height, so that their waters meet the great rise now coming down the upper Sacramento, we may look out for such an inundation as does not occur oftener than once or twice in a century, THE GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. The second annual message of Governor Downey was transmitted to the Legislature on Thursday last, and we received a copy, by way of Marysville, on Saturday evening. It is quite a lengthy document, treating upon many subjects of interest connected with our State Government, and mavy judicious recommendations are made, which are worthy the careful consideration of the Legislature. We bave merely space to glanee at some of the more important subjects treated of in the message. The following figures show the total receipts into the State Treasury and disbursements for the fiscal year ending December 15th, 1861: Cash on hand, Dec, 15th, 1860..... $643,338 29 Receipts from Dec, 15th, 1860 to Dee. 14th, 1861,... seereeseccces coeeeel 005,020 OL BONE bas chee cd oc te cebebd sheved cat's 1,788,358 30 Disbursed during the year..., ooee ++ 1,248,573 82 Balance on hand Dee, 14th, 1861,.... 489,734 48 Of the total expenditures the following are mentioned as of an extraordinary character: Interest on State Debt, $267,680; redemption of State bonds, $96,379. 37; bonds redeemed under State School Land Fund, $16,570; erection of State Reform School, $24,851 31; construetion of State Capitol, $42,268 19; reclaiming swamp lands, $21,657 06; support of schools, $81‘713 62; geological survey, $10,000, special exiraordinary appropriations paid during the year, $86,367 79; making a total of extraordinary expenditures of $784,967 34, which by deducting from the total expenditures of the year, leaves a balance The Governor calls attention to the direct tax levied by Congress, and recommends tbat the Legislature take immediate measures for its collection by State author. ity, The proportion for California is . $254,938 66% cents, from which a deduction lof fifteen per cent will be made if collected . by the State, A tax of twenty cents on the . hundred dollars will be required to make up . the amount, The State Reform School at Marysville, it appears, bas not met the expectations of of the bomane; and the Governor recommends that the delinquents be removed to . the Industrial School at San Francisco, aod the building at Marysville be devoted to. a State University. The State Insane Asylum, according to the Report of the Resident Physician is “a miserable failure.’? The Governor suggests that the salary of the Asylum Physiciau is too high, and ebould be cut down, . The Governor wisely recommends that . the State School Fund should be consolida. ted, and the interest only used. He dilates: at considerable length upon the agriculta. ral and commercial iuterests of the State, . but has no reference to the mining interests, whieh are certainly of as much importance as any other. I'be message concludes with an elaborate essay upon IF cderal relations aud the present . distracted condition of the country. The} Governov’s ideas upon republican institutions in general, and the necessity of main. taining the Union, though not entirely . original nor remarkably well stated, are io the main just, and he appropriately alludes . to the danger of a league amoug European . mouarchies for the suppression of republic . can principles ou this continent. It appears, . however, that the war agaiust the rebels is carried on rather more vigorously than the Governor thinks it ought to be, and he attributes to the President the purpose of) makiog the present trouble the oceasion for the emancipation of slaves. If Governor . Downey had read Lincola’s late message, with the view of ascertwining bis real senti. ments, we think be would. bave found a pretty strong intimatioa that the President . was opposed to any measure for the eman. cipation of slaves, Terripse Catamity.—At three o’clock on Saturday morving last a fire broke out amoung seme wooden baildings, near a boarding house known as the ‘Sarsfield,’’ . corner of Pacific and Montgomery streets, San Franciseo, Several woodeu buildings were soon reduced to ashes, and the Sars field House having caught fice, men, women and children rusbed out in their night clothes upon the balconies te. eseape the . flames, The firemen got upon one anoth-. er’s shoulders and handed many.-of the children down, others were tossed into the arms of those below, while the men and) women jumped. from the balconies, many of them being badly injured, Some eightecu or twenty persons iost their lives in the flames, among whom were a number of womeo and children who bad left Sacra. . mento on account of the flood and were temporarily stopping at Sas Francisco. Stockton Froopep.—A dispatch from Stockton to the San Francisco pavers, says . the streets in that city were overflowed about twelve o’clock on Thursday night, . and at six o'clock on Friday morning the water attained ito greatest height, The . . stores oa the principalstreets were flooded to the deptlr of tea inches, and all the} ! . torpe eee AAA Later from the East, We clip the following from late dispatches received by the Associated Press : St. Lovis, Jan. 6th.—News from Rolla states that Gen. Sigel’s resignation creates great excitement among the troops. of the German officers have also resigned. ; Freperick, (Md.,) Jan. 7th.—The latest intelligence from Hancock, last night, states that Gen. Jackson had retired, leaving only a battery and infantry guard in sight. His forces consisted of ten regiments, with a large bagage and supply train. : Susnaen, tes 8th.—The Tribune’s species dispatch says that the Catholic Bishop of Nashville has arrived. He states that drafting in Tennessee has proved a failure. Great numbers in Nashville are outspoken Union men. . If Bowling Green falls, Nashville will be destroyed. The bishop saw at Glasgow Junction the remains of a splendid tunnel destroyed on the Sth by rebels. The railroad from that point north was entirely destroyed. The rebels were endeavoring to draw the Union army into Bowling Green, where they have mas ed batteries. : The approaches to Columbus are splendidly defended by numerous batteries, chains and does to obstruct the river. n. Grant, at Cairo, received a dispatch yesterday from Cape Girardeau stating that Company Seventh Illinois Cavalry had captured Maj. Williams, and seven others belonging. to Jeff. Thompson’s army. 3 The Federal gunboats Essex, Lexington and: Taylor, went down the river yesterday to make reconnoissances. They went within range of the rebel batteries near Columbus, when they met the rebel steamers Mohawk, which retreated after our boats had two shotsatthem. When our boats were retreating, a vebel gunboat followed, but was chased back. Commander Foot thinks the way is open to Colwinbus, Gen. Shields has arrived at Washington. he Ways-and Means Committee in Congress has framed a bill which will be introduced to-day, authorizing the issue of one hundred: millions:in demand Treasury notes, and not

drawing interest, and payable generally, without specifying places or times, which as well as other Treasury notes are to be declared lawful money. All’schemes of emancipation and of colonisation of slaves have been referred by the Judiciary Committee to a sub-Committee of the House, Messrs. Bingham and Thomas. Gen. Schuyler Hamilton has been appointed to succeed Gen. Curtis in command of the dis trict of St. Louis. The latest intelligence from Hancock, Md., says that the rebel General Jackson had retreated, but it was not known where he went. It is Ge thought he intends attacking Gen. Kelly’s di-) __ vision. Gen. Lander has been assigned to the eommand of Gen. Kelly’s division. It is stated that Gen. Jim Lane is to: have command of an army of 30,000 men, to penetrate south from Fort Leavenworth. He will carry om the war in the south-west according te his own peculiar notions, and strike at rebellion with any weapon that he can command. Quincy, Jan. 8th.—In the Senate, yesterday, . Lane of Kansas said the greatest trouble was to separate stupid officers from those who had brains Doolittle thought the best reform that could be intvoduced was to see that promotions came up from the ranks of the aamy. The foilowing intelligence was received by the S. F. Herald, and published Saturday . morning: Sr. Lovis, Jan. 8—11 Pp. M.—On the 6th, Col. Dunning, at the head of a Federal regiment, met a force of two thousand rebels in Blue Gap, Virginia, about seventy miles east of Romney. Co}. Dunning immediately attacked . the rebels, amd after a short engagement com. pletely routed them. The Federals captured a number of prisoners, . end all the cannons, wagons and camp equip. ments, etc., in possession of their foes. The rebels retreated in disorder toward Hancoek, on the Potomac. The rebel loss in killed was fifteen; none of the Federal troops were killed. Preparations ave making for an immediate move of Federat forces from Cairo on Nash-. vile, Tennessee. MARRIED. At North San Juan, January 7th, by W. C. Holt, Fsq., Mr. N. C. Minuer aod Miss Mary Love Cuap. wick, all of that place. At Grass Valley, Jan, 8th, by Rev. Mr, Chittenden, Hon, Wituiam Wart and Mrs, Fmity Harper. BRIDGE BUILDING Q. . RICE, Many . — a. LATEST FROM SACRAMENTQ): (ONLY TWENTY DAYS OUT.) A LOT OF CAMPHEN®, JUST RECEIVED BY. E. F. SPENCE GARDEN SEEDS, J P. SMITH & CO, are now Prepared . LL to supply dealers in GardemSeeds with a very . extensive assortment: of HOME GROWN GARDEN SEEDS, all warranted to be grown by themselves: and to be the crop of the present! year, and warranted to be FRESH AND GENUINE. ” Dealers desirous of purchasityptheir supply for the season, will do well to apply to us a8 we can furnial them nearly all they may desires AT THE SAME PRE CES AS GOOD SEEDS CAN BE PROCURED IN NEw YORK. : Having been engaged in growing seeds inj this State for a number of years, we are now prepared to sell in quantities AT LOWER PRICES THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE STAT. Es We can furnish seeds put up, either in large packages or in smal] packages, suitable for retailing, at theoption of customers. : ae Our price list is now ready for mailmg to all applicants. “(% : Sur home grownseeds bave'Fong havlan established repatation on this coast; having devetad close atten. tiow and long experience to the business and our stock being always fresh, they are not able to the risk attending imported seeds, Jan 7, 1862. . ga Terms—Cash, Always! <gy For further particulars, apply to A. P. SMITH & (9, 40 J street, Sacramento, SELECT SCHOOL —FOR— YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, He W.E. F. DEAL, A. B., Principal, . This School will re-open on MONDAY, Jan. 6th, 1862 Jan. 4, 1862.—3m. id of Broad street, Nevada, . TERMS: Primary Branches, per month......$4 00 . English Branches and Mathematics, per m’th 5 00 fe ee re eer Pe ee 1 00 [MON Fo peagreneeeeuen eee eccvee 1 00 . GOTRIAG, c+ goes winnie vere epee Hye reueye = 00 SRR eaeews seen ee geen esese os 2 00 Ne Extra Charge for Book Keeping, . Young Gentlemen will be thoreughly prepared to . enter any of the College Classes, : For further particulars inquire at the-School House, . Nevada, Jan. Ist, 1862. CITY BOARO OF EQULAIZATION. HE TRUSTEES of the City of Nej vada, will mest as a Board of Equalization, at the Marshal's Office, In Flacg’s BriekBuilding, om . MONDAY, January 6th, 1862, at 12 o’elock M., and . be in session every Gay until the Ith inst. The . City Assessment Rolb is now completed, and subject . to the examination of property holders; and purties dissatisfied with the assessment can make their obCHAS. KENT, President. jections known to the Board, . Jas. Monnron, Clerk, . } Jan. 2, 1862, . MODERN DENTISTRY. . THE BEST, MOST COMFORTABLE AND . CHEAPEST MODE OF PLATE! FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH. CALL ON DR. LEVASON, . Examine Speeimens, at his Office, UP STAIRS OVER BLOOK’S, ireat Improvements, VULCANITE . AND Oppostre Cugar JouN’s, Nevapa City. . ALWAYS TO BE FOUND AT HOME! Nevada, Dec. 14, 1861. . BROAD STREET DRUG STORE. CORNER PINE & Broad Sts. NO. 57 BROAD St., Nevada, n.C.M.BATES, WHOLESALE AND Retail Druggist & Apothecary, is just in receip? of a large assortment of staple . Drugs, Olls, Perfumery, Paints, ' Patent Medicines, Toilet and Fancy ARTICLES. WHICH WILL BE SOLD of $463,606 48, as the only sam legitimately . bridges conneeting the northern and south. 1 ' chargeable to the ordinary expenses of . °™™ Portions of the cit were carried away; ‘Bridge Builder, Millwri ght, . At RRNOR.Sb ABR. ERNORS carrying on the State Government, Of this . also, the bridges over Mormon Slough, on last sum, more than half was expended for . ‘be roads leading to Mreneh Camp and So. mileage, per diem, and contingent expenses. ""™ i hue . except the Condemned Bar Bridge has been washed away. Also every bridge between Folsom and Plagerville is gone, and there is no communieation between those places, Stockton’s Mills fat Folsom] have been swept away, and not a vestige remains of them to A ND DESIGNER, Cc. M, Bates, M. D., Office in the Drug ) Store, mark the spot where they stood. The water at these Mills had reached to the second story of the building, and it is believed that it might have been saved, had it not been for the large amount of driftwood floating down which came in contact with the building with irresistable force, sweeping everything off. Since the fall of the American river, the heavy machinery can be seen lodged upon the rocks a long distance below where the mill stood. In the mills were 150 tons-of grain, which is a total loss. There was also in the mill 100 tons of flour, a. small portion only of which was saved. The railroad bridge, at Folsom, is still standing, but is ina sauna condition—a large hole haying been broken in the north abutmens by the aetion of the water. The American river, at Folsom, had fallen about twenty feet, and it is thought that had it continued up to its highest mark but a few hours longer, the bridge could not have withstood the pressure. The cara can run as far as Patterson’s Statjom, ten n below Folsom, but the Superinte in hating the track repaired a8 far . . Pavterson's, a ern ‘he Which Waa a A Womah, with the im dis. arws, escaped from the building and wae sated, 4 of the Legislature. The growing necessities of the State for all which civilization and humanity have alike combined in imposing upon the older mem. bers of the Confederacy, some of which bave already been inaugurated in California, will necessarily ereate heary expenditures, and thas render strict economy in every department an absolute necessity, The care of the insane, of the deaf, dumb, and blind, andor the orphans of the State, as well as the need of the Reform School for youthful delinquents, demand increased appropriatioas; while it isa fact that must serve for all future estimates, that the rev. enue cannot. be augmented.in proportion to the ivoreased demands, The assessed value of propenty in the State is @147,811 16, 0 decrease of $381,922. 86from. the assessed: vole Inst year, The deorense is mainly owing tothe depreaiajon io the.marketable walue of stock. the institutions: . Sacramento Uniow»—Th consequence of EM Shy NEVADA. the flood having extinguiehed the fires im the basement of the Union offite, but a limited edition of Saturday's issue was publishges, Quartz Mills and like structures, will do . well to give me a call and examine my designs. ed. Wells, Fargo & C i . ‘ g & Co., received one copy, , Having made arrangements with one of the most whieh, we believe, is the only number in. liable Patent Attorneys in Washington City I also town, It speaks hopefully of the future gece prospects of Sacramento, and says a levee. Making of Drawi i i , ngs, Specifications can be built which will protect the city . oe ‘ from overfows in future. The paper was. issued, bowever, before the water had at-. Orvice—On Main street, Opposite Mayer & Coe’s tained its greatest height, 14 HOSE ABOUT TO ERECT BRIDAND PROCURING PATENT RIGHTS. . Boot & Shoe Store—up stairs, Nevada City, Jan. 14, 1862. AcconpinG tothe measurement kept by . Mr. Ewer, at Grass Valley, about eighteen . ivebes of rain fell at that place last week. THE USION SALOON. NO. 46 PINE STREET, NEVADA CITY, B mens GRIMES WOULD INFORM Rts: Dro wnEp.—James: MeBlvough was drown. Shee Ue p emery seutiel = at large; that he: 20n su wit . ed at O’Byrne’s Ferry, om the Stanislaus river, . on the 3lstult., by the swamping of a boat. seiiaieiatigaalieasi etanaiedse Deravitrer.—G. F Gordon Treasurer of 4. Uern* wishing. to indulge in a “light s Vancouver Laland, jaa-defaulter, and bas been . Siiciet os eainen eas bw agcomimpgiaoned Nereder bee, Sipe eo seit ta . CALL AGAIN GENTLEMEN, ri IF YOU WANT = ag . A FINE PAIR OB BOOTS; OR ANY KIND OF BOOTS OR SHOES, . From the Best Material) and Made in® Superior Manner ?> ALL OF MY WORK is guaranteed to BE THE BEST, . and from the finest stock that cam be obtained in Ne. vada City. . sar All Kinds Repairing Done to Order and.at Cheap Rates. <@& . On Pine-street, next door to Cheap John’s JOHN HERZINGER. Nevada, June 15, 1861. BROAD STREET MEAT MARKET: JAMES COLLEY, Proprictor. ALL KINDS OF MEATS CONSTANT: ly on hand at the above well know® Market, and for salein. quantities te #uit purchasers. i $9. Meats delivered in any part of the city at #°7 me. Prices, atcording to the Qusllty os . Jand-tt. ieee COLLES-