March 30, 1861 (4 pages)

emorvat. Octavian Hoogs, is our Agent for San Francisco. He is authorized receive advertisements and collect and receipt for the same, A. Badlam, J#,, is our Agent for Sacramento to receive advertisements and collect for the same. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1861. ‘Apportionment ‘of the State. The Assembly Special Committee, appointed to ascertain if there were any il . census returns in the office of the Secretary of State, upon which an apportionment could be made, reported on Tuesday last. The report states that upon application to the Secretary of State, the Committee were furnished with an abstract of the census of 1360, which purported to be complete, with . the exception of four townships in Placer county, from which no returns appeared to . have been made. According to the returns . furnished the Committee, the total population of the State is 376,042—some 9,000 less than the population as furnished by the Census Bureau at Washington, Iu accordance with the recommendation of the Committee, a resoldtion’ was adopted appointiog a Special Commmittee of one from each Senatorial district to report a bill for apportionment, upon the basis of the abtract referred to, for Congressional, Senatorial and Assembly districts, As the returns in the office of the Secretary of State were believed to be incorrect, a resolution was adopted early in the session, applying to the Census Bureau for a correct abstract, and if that is received in time it will, of course, be made the basis for the apportionment. There is reason to believe that frauds were perpetrated by the census agents of some of the southern counties-—that in San Diego, San Bernardino, Tulare, and other counties, the population is not as large as reported—but we presume the Legislature will be compelled to make the apportionment on the basis of the official returns, although some of them may be fraudulent. As Congressmen under the new apportlonment will not be elected until the fall of 1863, it is not necessary that the present Legislature should divide the State into Congressional districts. Bounpary Commisstoner.—The two Honses of the Legislature met in Joint Convention on Thursday last, and elected Ferris Forman as Boundary Commissioner on behalf of the State. McKibbio bad been nominated by the straight-out Douglas men, aod Hammond by the Nugent-Deaver-Breck" inridge combination, but Forman received the largest vote oa the first ballot, and on the seventh received 60, and was declared elected. It appears that the appropriation made by the last Congress for the survey bas been exhausted, and the Government party will not be able to proceed with the work until an appropriation is made by the next Congress, Last summer, when the Government was ready to proceed wiih the survey, the State was not ready. The case is now reversed; the State is prepared to = with the work, but ihe Government 8 not. Tux Sacramento.—A dispatch received this morning from Sacramento, states that the river was falling at that point, and no fears are entertained of an overflow. The heavy rise from the upper Sacramento probably will not reach the city until after the waters of the Amevican and Feather rivers have gone down, RatLRoap Scrvex.—We are indebted to Senator Latham for Vol. 12, Part 2, of the Pacific RailroadSurvey. Vols, 11 and 12 include the report of the survey made by Gov. Stevens of the northern route, from Minnesota to Washington Territory. The 11th volume we have not received, and presume it bas not yet been published. Forney To Bvomanan.—The Union of Friday publishes an open letter, from J: _W. Forney to James Buchanan, The letter is dated March 4th, and isa scathing and just review of Buehanan’s four years of rule. Rosser Anrestep.—J, Williams, one of the parties concerned in the robberies at Marysville last Saturday night, has been arrested at Sacramento, confessed bis guilt, and taken to Mrysville for trial, Accipgenr vO THE Currsoreris.—While the steamer Chrysopolis was coming up the Slough, night before last, she was foreed against the bank by the violence of the current, and considerably damaged. LETTER FROM THE CAPUTAL. The Southern Forts. SAcRAMENTO, March 29, 1861. The intelligence by the last Pony con-firms the.report previously received, that, ©». Democrat:—Nevyer were the political the propriety of abandoning Fort Sumter . clements so unsettled as at present. The Sen; ‘ is i he is elected or ras i In’g . 2tor elect is in doubt whether was being seriously debated in Lincoln . not. ‘The Physicians foe the Tamang Aayine Cabine!. ‘Te does up . agpent, thatigny de. are almost elected, and the candidates for the cision had been arrived at up to the 16th Boundary Commission are in quite as bada inst., but it was generally supposed that or. muddle, Men untainted with the least spark ders would be issued requiring Major Ander . o¢ southern chivalry, ignore party usages and . son and tbe force under bis command to . «hojt” political caucuses, landing in the arms evacuate the fort. Gen. Scott strongly . of the Breckinridgers, who in payment pat them urges this course asa military necessity. . on the back, button-hole and “smile” with them, Major Anderson wrote on the 9th, that the provisions on hand would last the troops only fifteen days, and if supplies were not furnisbed in that time he would be compelled to surrender the fort. It is doubtful whether the Government could organize a sufficient force to ensure the sending of supplies and reinforcements to Sumter in the . short time required, and to attempt it and fail would be worse than to abandon the fort, _ The evacuation of Sumter would have no effect on the Gulf States, for they are determined ona final separation at all hazards; but it would have the effect to, strengthen the Union party in the Border, States, and the leading policy of Lincoln’s Administration should be to retain the latter States in the Union, There is no reason to believe that the Governinent has any intention of ordering . the evacuation of Fort Pickens, This Fort . can be reinforced and supplies furnished . without endangering a collision, and it will . undoubtedly be held until all efforts to ‘‘re. construct” the Union are abandoned. There ,are two forts on the Southern . coast which the Government will never give up on any consideration, These are Forts . Taylor aud Jefferson—the former at Key . West, the latter atthe Tortugas Islands. They cost over a million dollars each, and it is important that the Government should retain them for the protection of our com. merce in the Gulf, They will also be of service should it become necessary to blockade the mouth of the Mississippi, which will surely be done unless the Louisiana authorities recede from their policy of closing the river to the commerce of the States abpve. Fort Taylor mounts 185 guns, Fort Jeffersou, 298, and if properly garrisoned it would require a larger naval force to take them than the Gulf States will ever be able to equip. Measures have no doubt been taken to supply these forts with men and munitions sufficieat to,secure them against any attack, Tux Gaines Case.—An Eastern dispateh . states that the United States Supreme Court has decided in favor of Mrs, Gaines, giving her the whole estate of Daniel Clark, This case has been before the Courts some twenty-five or thirty years, and bas been decided several times by the Supreme Court, sometimes in favor of and sometimes against the claim of Mrs, Gaines, As the estate of Daniel Clark, Mrs. Gaines’ father, inclades a large portion of the land upon which, New Orleans now stands, and is held by numerous owners, it is not probable tbat Mrs. . Gaines will ever recover any considerable share of the estate. Permanent Constirutios.—A dispatch by the last Pony, states that the Southern Congress has adopted a permanent Constitution, The President is to serve six years, aud officers under the Cabinet during good behavior. The Cabinet officers are eligible to seats in Congress, Whether or not this Constitution is to be submitted to the different States for ratification does not appear. Tue Overtanp Mau.—The Butterfield company have closed the contract for ranning a daily mail on the central reute. The schedule time from St. Joseph to Placerville is sixteen days. The Pony express is te ruo three times a week, in eight days. The contract commences on the 15th of June, The Southern mail is to be discontinued. ——_—_—$—$—$<$— Kriuse.—An affray oceugred oo the 17th inst., at San Juan, Monterey county, between two Indians, in which knives were used, and one was killed almost instantly, . The quarrel commenced about a debt of fifty ceuts—one duaoned the other, who refused to pay. and was killed. . ee Divruggia.—The late change in the) weather, at San Franeiseo, bas caused the diptheria to prevaibin the section of the. elty which borders on the swamps of M'ssion creek, and the numerous settlements in making the poor fools feel as though they were . . persecuted martyrs to the cause of justice. This reminds me of the conduct of one of your Assemblymen, who has got the art of bolting re. duced down to a science. When Capt. Miller Thursday says : comes home be careful, should he ever get into . In speaking of . . Yuba, are completely inundated. An old resi-. . dent, who has high wat@® marks, tells us that a caucus, not to count on him. . the Captain and the other members of the Douglas party who bolted the regular nominees of . caucuses, a gentleman who has figured high in our public offices, remarked the other day, that the only trouble with them was that they got on the wrong ticket, their names should have been . on the Breckinridge ticket, between whom and the Douglasites there is no afiliation. We of the capital city were aroused this mor' ning with the cry that the city would soon be deluged by the overflowing of the American and Sacramento rivers, and sure enough the em bankment on the north of the city had broken 'and Lake Como was filled even -with I street. . The new bridge at the mouth of the American river, which was built last summer by Judge’ Swift, has been swept away, also Lyle’s bridge, over which your stages pass. Norris’ new bridge stands it well and is beyond the reach of the flood. Leander White, a resident of this city, who has driven the Placerville stage for several years was drowned while attempting to ford Deer creek yesterday. He was from Genessee county, N. Y., and leaves a wife and two children. Last Fall the Board of Supervisors, profiting (?) by the advice of one M. F. Butler, an architect of some note, built a wing dam, which cost $8000, not a vestige of which is now visible. Auguste John Bayer, who was arrested about three weeks ago for the seduction of a girl in his charge, and attempting to procure abortion, was found yesterday afternoon drowned on the . bank of the river. He ran off, leaving his bondsmen to whistle for $3000, the amount of his bonds, stating that it was his intention to make away with himself. A gentleman who has acted asa traveling agent for several jewelry firms of San Francisco, while crossing a swollen stream in Eldorado county, fell into the water, and when taken out was nearly dead, but the proper restoratives being applied he is nowin a fair way to recover. His name is Firstenthall, and formerly carried on business here, He lost a case of samples. McDougall holds on to his certificate, notwithstanding the efforts made by the Breckinridge men to get it from him, and unless the Legislature attend promptly to meeting again in Joint Convention, the Governor has said he would sign it. In case of another election it is quite certain that McDougall will be elected by a large vote. Dove.as. Tuk Oxecox Treaty.—In the British House of Commons, on the 12th of Febru. ary, Lord Johu Russell, in reply to Mr, Mills, said: “The honorable gentleman opposite (Mr, Mills) has asked whether the dispute respecting the rights of Great Britain and America under the Ashburton Treaty, had been adjusted. The dispute did not arise under that treaty, but under the Oregon Treaty. The claims had . not been adjusted, but there had been an agreement for a temporary occopation by Gen. Scott of San Juan. <A proposition had been made by the British Government to the American Government, which being conceived in a . fair spirit, he trusted would be received by the latter; but America had recently been naturally occupied with her own internal affairs to pe an extent as to preclude the possibility of the »roposition receiving immediate consideration. Vhen the answer was received he (Lord John Russell) would take care that the House should be informed of it. With regard to the last question, there had been no other correspondence but the demand by the American Government for the delivering up of Anderson, Anderson, it will be remembered, was the American arrested by the British anthorities on San Juan I[sland, for trespass in planting a potato patch on land claimed by the Hudson’s Bay Company as a shecp range. Deatu oF A CentTeNARIAN.—Mr, David Davis died at Southport, Cono., February \6th, aged 100 years 9 months, and 23 days. He retained bis mental and physical faculties, ia a most remarkable degree, to the last, and died while sitting ia his chair, without a struggle ora groan, He left 4 children, 72 grand children, and 247 great grand children, and 4 great great grand children, He was one of ten children, the youngest of whom died at the age of 80 years, Davip Wu.mor, of the Wilmot Proviso, has been elected to the U.S. Senate, by the Legislature of Peonsylvania, in place of Cumeron, RELEASED.—Mr. McCabe, who killed a the valleys amidst the sand hills, where . \foxiean horse-thief at Marysville, the other there is no drainage. . day, was examined and discharged. . neck being . Wescoatt’s and the Quintay fanch. The Flood at Marysville. We learn from the Marysville papers that the country for many miles below that city . was overflowed on Wednesday, caasing an ithmense destruction of property, aud the loss of a number of lives, The suspensivn . bridge at Park’s Bar was swept away on Wednesday morning, and tke keeper was) struck by the cable and instantly killed, bis broken, Owen Phillips was . drowned the same day, in a slough between . The . flood was oecasioned by the rise in the Yuba, bat that stream had commenced falling on Wedueslay evening, ard Frather river . the rise. The Democrat of . was still on The ranches to the east of the city, the Linda bottom, and those on the opposite side of the . this is the highest flood we have had since the spring of ’53. It has already done a vast amount of damage to the occupants of the lower ranches, both in the destruction of crops and the loss of stock. At seven o’clock last evening, the indications were that the Yuba had reached its highest point, although the Feather . was still rising. The Appeal says the Yuba was higher . than it had been since 1853, and adds: Judging from what we have seen and_ heard, thousands of acres of lands that are under cul. tivation, planted with fruit trees and grain crops, are submerged, fences borne down by the currents, and barns and dwelling-houses almost . washed from their foundations. Generally, these structures are built on high clumps of land, and upon these elevated spots cattle and horses could be seen yesterday, taking refuge from the yellow flood. Some families, we are told, were brought to this city by boats sent to their relief, but it is feared that some lives may . have been lost. . The stages from NorthSan Juan, Nevada . --———and Auburn started out as usual in the morning, but were obliged to turn back. About Marysville, considerable damage has been done to gardens and small superstructures. The slough, which puts through the western part of the town, is filled till it is like a good sized river, and has spoiled several cultivated enclosures for the season. From the Express of yesterday, we learo that the waters continued to rise uatil Wednesday morning, when they commenced gradually to subside. A DistinovuisHep Vis1toR.—Mr. Joseph L. R. Wood, the eldest son of Mayor Wood, of New York, arrived at San Francisco, on Tuesday last, on the mail steamer St. Louis. The New York Express, of Feb. 20th, in announcing his intended departure for California, says: Mr. Wood is one of our most intelligent and enterprising young men, and for one of his years, quite a traveler. Besides making himself familiar with the various features of the Atlantic States, eatguting, his peregrinations far into the wilds of the West andthe Rocky Mountain region, he has wandered over most of Europe, and to some extent in Asia and Africa, and now turns his face towards the golden regions of the Pacific. Here he will spend severah weeks in explorations of the most interesting and valuable sections, both as regards mining and agricultural features, and will doubtless collect a large fund of information, valuable not aione to himself, but we hope to the public also, to which he intends, we believe, to present in some form the general result of his wanderings. CALIFORNIA WHITE Oak.—The California Farmer informs us that Mr. Chas. A. Lovering has discovered white oak of the very best quality, on Albion river, Mendocino county. There is any quantity of this timberthereabouts. Also inthe same region there are extensive forests of splendid oak, such as is wanted for ship timber—an article which California was hereore supposed to have been entirely destitute of. Tue Oregon PentrentTiaRy.—The Grand Jury of Multomah county, Oregon, recently visited the State Prison, examined its condition and reported that they found it in a bad and insecure cendition for the safe keeping of convicts; that the cells and many parts of the building are in a filthy condition, but that the provisions, with the exception of injured meat, are good and wholesome. Bees at ScnHoou,—At Santa Cruz, a swarm of bees took possession of the chimney of the school house on Sunday, and remained there till Tuesday, when asa“committee of the whole” they paid their respects to the school marm and her young ideas. They were evidently not satistied with the government, as the mistress and scholars were compelled to vacate. An Explanation Wantgp.—Upon the farm of James L. Morrison, twelve miles from Louisville, Ky., there is a spot of ground, nearly two rods square, where the magnetic needle will not act. Why is it? Will some one state the probable cause of it? Various conjectures have been made concerning it. No minerals are known to exist there. If there is any mina there, itis sgme distance below the surace. Forty members have been added to the a church, at Placerville, by a recent revivai. pases OLLS & BRUSUEBS—for sale by E. ¥. SPENCE, 47 Broad street. NOTICE. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT thare will be, at the Public Selvool House, on SATURDAY, APRIL. 6th, at 2 o'clock P.M. an Election of Turke TRUstKMS, for the School District of Nevada, All voters of said District are respectfully invited to attend. By order of HAWLEY, THOS, P, HARVEY HUNT, BE. F. SPENCE, March 28th 1861,—Lw Trustees, The Pacific Mai ip Co's Line oben Cennecting via the Panama Ratliroad, With the Steamer of the A. and P. ship Co. at Aspinwall, FOR NEW YORK. Having Spare Steamers at San Francisco & Panama, DEPARTURE FROM FOLSOM STREET WHLARp, The Steamship ST. LOUIS, 5 soeeee. Commander, Will leave FuJsom street wharf, with Passengers and Treasure, on . RECIERIG TE vine cnice is ab stjoc coy April Ist, 1863, FOR PANAMA, At 9 O'clock, A. M., Punctually. And Connect via the Panama Railroad at Aspinwall, With Steamship for New York, Through tickets can be obtained. The Panama R. R. Co., and Atlantic and Pacific 8. 8, Co. have authorized agents for the sale of tickets. Treasure for shipment will be received on board the steamship until twelve o’clock, (midnight) en Saturday, Mareh 40th. No merchandise or freight will be received on board after 3 o’clock P.M., March 30th, anda written order must be procured at the Company’s Office for its shipment. For Freight or Passage apply to FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents. Cor. Sacramento and Leidesdoril sts. San Franciseo, A SOCIAL PARTY WILL BE GIVEN AT THE KENTUCKY FLAT HALL, On Thursday Evening April 11th ’6], FOR THE BENEFIT Of the School in that District, TICKETS. ccc ccceccecccesecgrers THREE DOLLARS, MANAGERS, C, Beckman, A. R. Jenkins, Nevada ; Joseph Dick. enback, Grass Valley. Hi. Sehardin, Newtown; J. Schellitto, Rough & Ready ; N. Clark, Bridgeport ; Fdward Palmer, Jones’ ar; W. Payne, Pleasant Valley; Wash. Tomer, Pleasant Flat ; Martin Soule, french Corral ; Dexter Washburn, Kentucky Flat. March 23d 1861,—td ‘NOTICE. VERRY IMPORTANT Ii MONS. LOUIS CELARIE, See cues pommnage ts Aaa Ihe ‘TRIBUTION has received, and he would hereby announce that on Saturday, March 30th, 1861, Sy THE DISTRIBUTION -@@ WILL BE MADE WITHOUT FAIL: Those who have any work to be done in hus line, or who are entitled to Tickets will please Call Before the Drawing Takes Place!! As after that time they would be obliged to pay the same price for the work without the tickets. ya REMEMBER, “&% THE DRAWING COMES OFF AT THE THEATER ON THE 30th OF MARCH. wg All Ticket Holders are solicited to be present and superintend the distribution themselves asa Great Villainous Calumniator is at Work LOUIS CELARIE. Nevada, March 19th 1861.—td L. M. COHN, HAVING MADE ARRANGEMENTS 10 GO INTO BUSINESS FRANCISCO, IN SAN I WILL CLOSE HERE ON THE list OF APRIL, 1861. Bw Al.L PARTES INDEBTED TO ME <@a WILL PLEASE CALL AND SETTLE IMMEDIATELY. THOSE HAVING BILIS AGAINST ME WILL PLEASE PRESENT THEM. L, M. COHN, Philadelphia Dry Goods Store, Commercial st., Nevada. January 17, 1860,—td H, B. WALL, J.B, NEWMAS. WALL & NEWMAN, (Successors to J, 8. Wall ) NO, 55 BROAD STREK&T, NEVADA. DEALERS 1N GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, MINING TOOLS, &C. &C. LWAYS ON HAND THR LARGEST SP0¢K OF Goods to be found in this City, and will be ld on the most . REASONABLE TERMS. @@ Goons Devivercy Freee or Cuarce any “62 Bae Reasonance Distance. “Ge WALL & NEWMAN. ect2-tf No. 55 Broad Street, Nevada. Pith ae. ACPA IAG Mcp LN APANESE VENEREAL SALVE—Por Sale by E. F, SPENCE, Druggist & Apothecary, Broad st., Nevada. he ee ed

emorvat. Octavian Hoogs, is our Agent for San Francisco. He is authorized receive advertisements and collect and receipt for the same, A. Badlam, J#,, is our Agent for Sacramento to receive advertisements and collect for the same. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1861. ‘Apportionment ‘of the State. The Assembly Special Committee, appointed to ascertain if there were any il . census returns in the office of the Secretary of State, upon which an apportionment could be made, reported on Tuesday last. The report states that upon application to the Secretary of State, the Committee were furnished with an abstract of the census of 1360, which purported to be complete, with . the exception of four townships in Placer county, from which no returns appeared to . have been made. According to the returns . furnished the Committee, the total population of the State is 376,042—some 9,000 less than the population as furnished by the Census Bureau at Washington, Iu accordance with the recommendation of the Committee, a resoldtion’ was adopted appointiog a Special Commmittee of one from each Senatorial district to report a bill for apportionment, upon the basis of the abtract referred to, for Congressional, Senatorial and Assembly districts, As the returns in the office of the Secretary of State were believed to be incorrect, a resolution was adopted early in the session, applying to the Census Bureau for a correct abstract, and if that is received in time it will, of course, be made the basis for the apportionment. There is reason to believe that frauds were perpetrated by the census agents of some of the southern counties-—that in San Diego, San Bernardino, Tulare, and other counties, the population is not as large as reported—but we presume the Legislature will be compelled to make the apportionment on the basis of the official returns, although some of them may be fraudulent. As Congressmen under the new apportlonment will not be elected until the fall of 1863, it is not necessary that the present Legislature should divide the State into Congressional districts. Bounpary Commisstoner.—The two Honses of the Legislature met in Joint Convention on Thursday last, and elected Ferris Forman as Boundary Commissioner on behalf of the State. McKibbio bad been nominated by the straight-out Douglas men, aod Hammond by the Nugent-Deaver-Breck" inridge combination, but Forman received the largest vote oa the first ballot, and on the seventh received 60, and was declared elected. It appears that the appropriation made by the last Congress for the survey bas been exhausted, and the Government party will not be able to proceed with the work until an appropriation is made by the next Congress, Last summer, when the Government was ready to proceed wiih the survey, the State was not ready. The case is now reversed; the State is prepared to = with the work, but ihe Government 8 not. Tux Sacramento.—A dispatch received this morning from Sacramento, states that the river was falling at that point, and no fears are entertained of an overflow. The heavy rise from the upper Sacramento probably will not reach the city until after the waters of the Amevican and Feather rivers have gone down, RatLRoap Scrvex.—We are indebted to Senator Latham for Vol. 12, Part 2, of the Pacific RailroadSurvey. Vols, 11 and 12 include the report of the survey made by Gov. Stevens of the northern route, from Minnesota to Washington Territory. The 11th volume we have not received, and presume it bas not yet been published. Forney To Bvomanan.—The Union of Friday publishes an open letter, from J: _W. Forney to James Buchanan, The letter is dated March 4th, and isa scathing and just review of Buehanan’s four years of rule. Rosser Anrestep.—J, Williams, one of the parties concerned in the robberies at Marysville last Saturday night, has been arrested at Sacramento, confessed bis guilt, and taken to Mrysville for trial, Accipgenr vO THE Currsoreris.—While the steamer Chrysopolis was coming up the Slough, night before last, she was foreed against the bank by the violence of the current, and considerably damaged. LETTER FROM THE CAPUTAL. The Southern Forts. SAcRAMENTO, March 29, 1861. The intelligence by the last Pony con-firms the.report previously received, that, ©». Democrat:—Nevyer were the political the propriety of abandoning Fort Sumter . clements so unsettled as at present. The Sen; ‘ is i he is elected or ras i In’g . 2tor elect is in doubt whether was being seriously debated in Lincoln . not. ‘The Physicians foe the Tamang Aayine Cabine!. ‘Te does up . agpent, thatigny de. are almost elected, and the candidates for the cision had been arrived at up to the 16th Boundary Commission are in quite as bada inst., but it was generally supposed that or. muddle, Men untainted with the least spark ders would be issued requiring Major Ander . o¢ southern chivalry, ignore party usages and . son and tbe force under bis command to . «hojt” political caucuses, landing in the arms evacuate the fort. Gen. Scott strongly . of the Breckinridgers, who in payment pat them urges this course asa military necessity. . on the back, button-hole and “smile” with them, Major Anderson wrote on the 9th, that the provisions on hand would last the troops only fifteen days, and if supplies were not furnisbed in that time he would be compelled to surrender the fort. It is doubtful whether the Government could organize a sufficient force to ensure the sending of supplies and reinforcements to Sumter in the . short time required, and to attempt it and fail would be worse than to abandon the fort, _ The evacuation of Sumter would have no effect on the Gulf States, for they are determined ona final separation at all hazards; but it would have the effect to, strengthen the Union party in the Border, States, and the leading policy of Lincoln’s Administration should be to retain the latter States in the Union, There is no reason to believe that the Governinent has any intention of ordering . the evacuation of Fort Pickens, This Fort . can be reinforced and supplies furnished . without endangering a collision, and it will . undoubtedly be held until all efforts to ‘‘re. construct” the Union are abandoned. There ,are two forts on the Southern . coast which the Government will never give up on any consideration, These are Forts . Taylor aud Jefferson—the former at Key . West, the latter atthe Tortugas Islands. They cost over a million dollars each, and it is important that the Government should retain them for the protection of our com. merce in the Gulf, They will also be of service should it become necessary to blockade the mouth of the Mississippi, which will surely be done unless the Louisiana authorities recede from their policy of closing the river to the commerce of the States abpve. Fort Taylor mounts 185 guns, Fort Jeffersou, 298, and if properly garrisoned it would require a larger naval force to take them than the Gulf States will ever be able to equip. Measures have no doubt been taken to supply these forts with men and munitions sufficieat to,secure them against any attack, Tux Gaines Case.—An Eastern dispateh . states that the United States Supreme Court has decided in favor of Mrs, Gaines, giving her the whole estate of Daniel Clark, This case has been before the Courts some twenty-five or thirty years, and bas been decided several times by the Supreme Court, sometimes in favor of and sometimes against the claim of Mrs, Gaines, As the estate of Daniel Clark, Mrs. Gaines’ father, inclades a large portion of the land upon which, New Orleans now stands, and is held by numerous owners, it is not probable tbat Mrs. . Gaines will ever recover any considerable share of the estate. Permanent Constirutios.—A dispatch by the last Pony, states that the Southern Congress has adopted a permanent Constitution, The President is to serve six years, aud officers under the Cabinet during good behavior. The Cabinet officers are eligible to seats in Congress, Whether or not this Constitution is to be submitted to the different States for ratification does not appear. Tue Overtanp Mau.—The Butterfield company have closed the contract for ranning a daily mail on the central reute. The schedule time from St. Joseph to Placerville is sixteen days. The Pony express is te ruo three times a week, in eight days. The contract commences on the 15th of June, The Southern mail is to be discontinued. ——_—_—$—$—$<$— Kriuse.—An affray oceugred oo the 17th inst., at San Juan, Monterey county, between two Indians, in which knives were used, and one was killed almost instantly, . The quarrel commenced about a debt of fifty ceuts—one duaoned the other, who refused to pay. and was killed. . ee Divruggia.—The late change in the) weather, at San Franeiseo, bas caused the diptheria to prevaibin the section of the. elty which borders on the swamps of M'ssion creek, and the numerous settlements in making the poor fools feel as though they were . . persecuted martyrs to the cause of justice. This reminds me of the conduct of one of your Assemblymen, who has got the art of bolting re. duced down to a science. When Capt. Miller Thursday says : comes home be careful, should he ever get into . In speaking of . . Yuba, are completely inundated. An old resi-. . dent, who has high wat@® marks, tells us that a caucus, not to count on him. . the Captain and the other members of the Douglas party who bolted the regular nominees of . caucuses, a gentleman who has figured high in our public offices, remarked the other day, that the only trouble with them was that they got on the wrong ticket, their names should have been . on the Breckinridge ticket, between whom and the Douglasites there is no afiliation. We of the capital city were aroused this mor' ning with the cry that the city would soon be deluged by the overflowing of the American and Sacramento rivers, and sure enough the em bankment on the north of the city had broken 'and Lake Como was filled even -with I street. . The new bridge at the mouth of the American river, which was built last summer by Judge’ Swift, has been swept away, also Lyle’s bridge, over which your stages pass. Norris’ new bridge stands it well and is beyond the reach of the flood. Leander White, a resident of this city, who has driven the Placerville stage for several years was drowned while attempting to ford Deer creek yesterday. He was from Genessee county, N. Y., and leaves a wife and two children. Last Fall the Board of Supervisors, profiting (?) by the advice of one M. F. Butler, an architect of some note, built a wing dam, which cost $8000, not a vestige of which is now visible. Auguste John Bayer, who was arrested about three weeks ago for the seduction of a girl in his charge, and attempting to procure abortion, was found yesterday afternoon drowned on the . bank of the river. He ran off, leaving his bondsmen to whistle for $3000, the amount of his bonds, stating that it was his intention to make away with himself. A gentleman who has acted asa traveling agent for several jewelry firms of San Francisco, while crossing a swollen stream in Eldorado county, fell into the water, and when taken out was nearly dead, but the proper restoratives being applied he is nowin a fair way to recover. His name is Firstenthall, and formerly carried on business here, He lost a case of samples. McDougall holds on to his certificate, notwithstanding the efforts made by the Breckinridge men to get it from him, and unless the Legislature attend promptly to meeting again in Joint Convention, the Governor has said he would sign it. In case of another election it is quite certain that McDougall will be elected by a large vote. Dove.as. Tuk Oxecox Treaty.—In the British House of Commons, on the 12th of Febru. ary, Lord Johu Russell, in reply to Mr, Mills, said: “The honorable gentleman opposite (Mr, Mills) has asked whether the dispute respecting the rights of Great Britain and America under the Ashburton Treaty, had been adjusted. The dispute did not arise under that treaty, but under the Oregon Treaty. The claims had . not been adjusted, but there had been an agreement for a temporary occopation by Gen. Scott of San Juan. <A proposition had been made by the British Government to the American Government, which being conceived in a . fair spirit, he trusted would be received by the

latter; but America had recently been naturally occupied with her own internal affairs to pe an extent as to preclude the possibility of the »roposition receiving immediate consideration. Vhen the answer was received he (Lord John Russell) would take care that the House should be informed of it. With regard to the last question, there had been no other correspondence but the demand by the American Government for the delivering up of Anderson, Anderson, it will be remembered, was the American arrested by the British anthorities on San Juan I[sland, for trespass in planting a potato patch on land claimed by the Hudson’s Bay Company as a shecp range. Deatu oF A CentTeNARIAN.—Mr, David Davis died at Southport, Cono., February \6th, aged 100 years 9 months, and 23 days. He retained bis mental and physical faculties, ia a most remarkable degree, to the last, and died while sitting ia his chair, without a struggle ora groan, He left 4 children, 72 grand children, and 247 great grand children, and 4 great great grand children, He was one of ten children, the youngest of whom died at the age of 80 years, Davip Wu.mor, of the Wilmot Proviso, has been elected to the U.S. Senate, by the Legislature of Peonsylvania, in place of Cumeron, RELEASED.—Mr. McCabe, who killed a the valleys amidst the sand hills, where . \foxiean horse-thief at Marysville, the other there is no drainage. . day, was examined and discharged. . neck being . Wescoatt’s and the Quintay fanch. The Flood at Marysville. We learn from the Marysville papers that the country for many miles below that city . was overflowed on Wednesday, caasing an ithmense destruction of property, aud the loss of a number of lives, The suspensivn . bridge at Park’s Bar was swept away on Wednesday morning, and tke keeper was) struck by the cable and instantly killed, bis broken, Owen Phillips was . drowned the same day, in a slough between . The . flood was oecasioned by the rise in the Yuba, bat that stream had commenced falling on Wedueslay evening, ard Frather river . the rise. The Democrat of . was still on The ranches to the east of the city, the Linda bottom, and those on the opposite side of the . this is the highest flood we have had since the spring of ’53. It has already done a vast amount of damage to the occupants of the lower ranches, both in the destruction of crops and the loss of stock. At seven o’clock last evening, the indications were that the Yuba had reached its highest point, although the Feather . was still rising. The Appeal says the Yuba was higher . than it had been since 1853, and adds: Judging from what we have seen and_ heard, thousands of acres of lands that are under cul. tivation, planted with fruit trees and grain crops, are submerged, fences borne down by the currents, and barns and dwelling-houses almost . washed from their foundations. Generally, these structures are built on high clumps of land, and upon these elevated spots cattle and horses could be seen yesterday, taking refuge from the yellow flood. Some families, we are told, were brought to this city by boats sent to their relief, but it is feared that some lives may . have been lost. . The stages from NorthSan Juan, Nevada . --———and Auburn started out as usual in the morning, but were obliged to turn back. About Marysville, considerable damage has been done to gardens and small superstructures. The slough, which puts through the western part of the town, is filled till it is like a good sized river, and has spoiled several cultivated enclosures for the season. From the Express of yesterday, we learo that the waters continued to rise uatil Wednesday morning, when they commenced gradually to subside. A DistinovuisHep Vis1toR.—Mr. Joseph L. R. Wood, the eldest son of Mayor Wood, of New York, arrived at San Francisco, on Tuesday last, on the mail steamer St. Louis. The New York Express, of Feb. 20th, in announcing his intended departure for California, says: Mr. Wood is one of our most intelligent and enterprising young men, and for one of his years, quite a traveler. Besides making himself familiar with the various features of the Atlantic States, eatguting, his peregrinations far into the wilds of the West andthe Rocky Mountain region, he has wandered over most of Europe, and to some extent in Asia and Africa, and now turns his face towards the golden regions of the Pacific. Here he will spend severah weeks in explorations of the most interesting and valuable sections, both as regards mining and agricultural features, and will doubtless collect a large fund of information, valuable not aione to himself, but we hope to the public also, to which he intends, we believe, to present in some form the general result of his wanderings. CALIFORNIA WHITE Oak.—The California Farmer informs us that Mr. Chas. A. Lovering has discovered white oak of the very best quality, on Albion river, Mendocino county. There is any quantity of this timberthereabouts. Also inthe same region there are extensive forests of splendid oak, such as is wanted for ship timber—an article which California was hereore supposed to have been entirely destitute of. Tue Oregon PentrentTiaRy.—The Grand Jury of Multomah county, Oregon, recently visited the State Prison, examined its condition and reported that they found it in a bad and insecure cendition for the safe keeping of convicts; that the cells and many parts of the building are in a filthy condition, but that the provisions, with the exception of injured meat, are good and wholesome. Bees at ScnHoou,—At Santa Cruz, a swarm of bees took possession of the chimney of the school house on Sunday, and remained there till Tuesday, when asa“committee of the whole” they paid their respects to the school marm and her young ideas. They were evidently not satistied with the government, as the mistress and scholars were compelled to vacate. An Explanation Wantgp.—Upon the farm of James L. Morrison, twelve miles from Louisville, Ky., there is a spot of ground, nearly two rods square, where the magnetic needle will not act. Why is it? Will some one state the probable cause of it? Various conjectures have been made concerning it. No minerals are known to exist there. If there is any mina there, itis sgme distance below the surace. Forty members have been added to the a church, at Placerville, by a recent revivai. pases OLLS & BRUSUEBS—for sale by E. ¥. SPENCE, 47 Broad street. NOTICE. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT thare will be, at the Public Selvool House, on SATURDAY, APRIL. 6th, at 2 o'clock P.M. an Election of Turke TRUstKMS, for the School District of Nevada, All voters of said District are respectfully invited to attend. By order of HAWLEY, THOS, P, HARVEY HUNT, BE. F. SPENCE, March 28th 1861,—Lw Trustees, The Pacific Mai ip Co's Line oben Cennecting via the Panama Ratliroad, With the Steamer of the A. and P. ship Co. at Aspinwall, FOR NEW YORK. Having Spare Steamers at San Francisco & Panama, DEPARTURE FROM FOLSOM STREET WHLARp, The Steamship ST. LOUIS, 5 soeeee. Commander, Will leave FuJsom street wharf, with Passengers and Treasure, on . RECIERIG TE vine cnice is ab stjoc coy April Ist, 1863, FOR PANAMA, At 9 O'clock, A. M., Punctually. And Connect via the Panama Railroad at Aspinwall, With Steamship for New York, Through tickets can be obtained. The Panama R. R. Co., and Atlantic and Pacific 8. 8, Co. have authorized agents for the sale of tickets. Treasure for shipment will be received on board the steamship until twelve o’clock, (midnight) en Saturday, Mareh 40th. No merchandise or freight will be received on board after 3 o’clock P.M., March 30th, anda written order must be procured at the Company’s Office for its shipment. For Freight or Passage apply to FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents. Cor. Sacramento and Leidesdoril sts. San Franciseo, A SOCIAL PARTY WILL BE GIVEN AT THE KENTUCKY FLAT HALL, On Thursday Evening April 11th ’6], FOR THE BENEFIT Of the School in that District, TICKETS. ccc ccceccecccesecgrers THREE DOLLARS, MANAGERS, C, Beckman, A. R. Jenkins, Nevada ; Joseph Dick. enback, Grass Valley. Hi. Sehardin, Newtown; J. Schellitto, Rough & Ready ; N. Clark, Bridgeport ; Fdward Palmer, Jones’ ar; W. Payne, Pleasant Valley; Wash. Tomer, Pleasant Flat ; Martin Soule, french Corral ; Dexter Washburn, Kentucky Flat. March 23d 1861,—td ‘NOTICE. VERRY IMPORTANT Ii MONS. LOUIS CELARIE, See cues pommnage ts Aaa Ihe ‘TRIBUTION has received, and he would hereby announce that on Saturday, March 30th, 1861, Sy THE DISTRIBUTION -@@ WILL BE MADE WITHOUT FAIL: Those who have any work to be done in hus line, or who are entitled to Tickets will please Call Before the Drawing Takes Place!! As after that time they would be obliged to pay the same price for the work without the tickets. ya REMEMBER, “&% THE DRAWING COMES OFF AT THE THEATER ON THE 30th OF MARCH. wg All Ticket Holders are solicited to be present and superintend the distribution themselves asa Great Villainous Calumniator is at Work LOUIS CELARIE. Nevada, March 19th 1861.—td L. M. COHN, HAVING MADE ARRANGEMENTS 10 GO INTO BUSINESS FRANCISCO, IN SAN I WILL CLOSE HERE ON THE list OF APRIL, 1861. Bw Al.L PARTES INDEBTED TO ME <@a WILL PLEASE CALL AND SETTLE IMMEDIATELY. THOSE HAVING BILIS AGAINST ME WILL PLEASE PRESENT THEM. L, M. COHN, Philadelphia Dry Goods Store, Commercial st., Nevada. January 17, 1860,—td H, B. WALL, J.B, NEWMAS. WALL & NEWMAN, (Successors to J, 8. Wall ) NO, 55 BROAD STREK&T, NEVADA. DEALERS 1N GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, MINING TOOLS, &C. &C. LWAYS ON HAND THR LARGEST SP0¢K OF Goods to be found in this City, and will be ld on the most . REASONABLE TERMS. @@ Goons Devivercy Freee or Cuarce any “62 Bae Reasonance Distance. “Ge WALL & NEWMAN. ect2-tf No. 55 Broad Street, Nevada. Pith ae. ACPA IAG Mcp LN APANESE VENEREAL SALVE—Por Sale by E. F, SPENCE, Druggist & Apothecary, Broad st., Nevada. he ee ed