November 3, 1858 (4 pages)

i The Murder Cases Disposed of. We gave last week, a brief account of the trial of L. P. Stone in the District Court, up to Tuesday evening. The evidence of Pascoe, which was directly to the point, tallied so well with other circumstances as to leave no doubt that he told the truth. The ease was given to the jury on Wednesday afternoon, and after being eut some two or three hours, they brought in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. It was generally supposed, by those NEVADA DEMOCRAT. City, He willdeliver the Democrat to subscribers, and is authorized to receive subscriptions, advertisements, &c., and collect and receipt for the same. * Octavian Hoogs is our Agent for San Francisco. He is authorised to receive advertisements, and collect and receipt for the same. Merritt & Badlam, 105 J Street, are our authorised Agents for Sacramento, to receive advertisements and collect for the same. . re RORLE STRATA AE TORY EAN TEE TIS TE ES ESATA NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3, 1858. Surcipe.—A man named Daniel S. Morgan committed suicide at Grass Valley, last Sunday evening. Coroner Bazely held an inquest ou Mondsy, and the following particulars were elicited : He went from the Hotel de Paris to a barber shop below, and asked for a pistol, which was refused him. He then went back to the kitchen window of the hotel, reached his hand through and picked up a carving knife, with which he stabbed himself in the left side. He had pulled up his shirts and placed the point of the knife near the fifth rib. The principal arteries near'the heart were severed and he died immediately. The jury returned a verdict that he committed suicide while laboring under temporary insanity, caused by intemperance. Morgan was an Irishman by birth, and bad been with Walker in Nicaragua. Hecame to this country from New Orleans, in 1849, and has resided some years in Nevada county. ever, that the Chinamen first fired at Stone, balls which caused the Chinaman’s death were fired frem Pascoe’s pistol. guilty to murder in the second degree. The prisoners were called up for sentence on Saturday. Stone, on being asked ifhe had passed upon him, remarked that he had been crimes. BensaMin Pascor.—-This fellow, who was indicted with Stone and the Spaniard for the murder of the Chinaman on Bear river, and allowed to go unpunished in consideration of giving evidence against his companions in guilt, was suffered to go at large after having done the “State some service.’’ He still seems to have an affection for the vicinity of the jail, and for the past few days has taken up his residence on the south-east corner of the Court House steps. It is generally believed that his former companions would handle him rather roughly if they had an opportunity, and for this reason itis said he intends to leave the State atan early day. He stated in his evidence that he was nineteen years old, and we eS informed his parents reside near Grass Valey. jurors he could have brought in no other verdict but for murder in the first degree ; that although he had no legal evidence of the fact, yet he believed if the dead could speak, that others would point to him as their murderer. He then sentenced him to imprisonment in the State Prison for thirty years. During the trial Stone exhibited considerable fortitude; but when brought out to receive sentence, his courage had evidently left him. His future prospects are certainly not very flattering. He has resided in Nevada for some years, and has long been suspected of being connected with a gang of robbers. He is about thirty years of age, is said to have a wife living in the States, and has bad another in this country. County Business.—The County Supervisors met to transact County business on Monday morning. Thus far the Board have been engaged in examining and allowing accounts, attending to road matters, &c. A petition, signed by about two hundred citizens of parts of Eureka and Bridgeport townships, is before the Board, asking for a new township to be set off on the ridge. The proposed township will infor the term of fifteen years. ‘ During the late term of the District Court, ten murder cases have been disposed of. One was acquitted by the jury; the indictments against two were dismissed by order of the Court, and seven were convicted of murder io the second degree. The aggregate of imprisonment to which the seven were sentenced, is one hundred years! who heard the evidence, that the verdict would be for murder in the first degree, as the Chinaman was killed while Stone and his party were endeavoring torob the camp. It seems, how who then endeavored to get away, but was eaught and held. It was also shown that the On Thursday, Spanish John, who was indicted with Stone and Pascoe, withdrew his plea of not guilty, by leave of the Court, and plead anything to say why sentence should not be raised by religious parents, but had sadly strayed from their teachings. He acknowledged himself to be a bad man, but said that he had never committed a murder, and asked the forgiveness of the Court and every body else for his Judge Searls then gave him a short lecture, and said, that bad he heen one of the The Spaniard was sentenced to imprisonment clude Humbug, Relief Hill, Columbia Hill, and other points, and has about the same population as Washington township. The prayer of the petition will probably be granted. Express ro Lirrty York Townsuiv.—Mr. Sam, Hervey has purchased from the former proprietor the express route from Nevada to the principal points in Little York Township. He leaves Nevada every Sunday and Wednesday morning, passes through Camden, Red Dog, Waloupa, Little York, Liberty Hill, Lowell Hill, and Remington Hill, from whence he reMr. Hervey has a peculiar turns to Nevada. faculty for attending to such business as is usually entrusted to expresses, and we can assure our friends on his route that orders sent by him will be attended to with promptness and fidelity. TrraL oF MarswaLti.—Wm. Marshall, who was indcted some months ago for being concerned in the robbery of the Sacramento stage, was tried in the Court of Sessions on Thursday and Friday. The evidence against him was entirely circumstantial, and the jury brought in a verdict of acquittal. Many believe him to have been concerned in the robbery, but the evidence against him was not sufficient to warrant a conviction. AcciEent.—Mr. Elias Rose, a miner of Gold Flat, was severely injured last Saturday night, by falling into a cellar which had been dug on a vacant lot on Broad street. His injuries were internal, and he was confined to his bed until yesterday. The cellar is left in a dangerous condition, as pedestrians are liable in the night time to step directly into it from the sidewalk. The owner of the lot, whoever he is, should be required to cover it over. Cigar Store.—Mr. Henry Hirschman has again opened a cigar store, at his old stand, The Registration Law. The act of the last Legislature, requiring births, marriages, divorces and deaths to be recorded, is likely to prove impracticable, When the office of State Registrar was created, it was supposed that the fees coming to him would make it one of the best paying offices in the State, but instead of that the fees actually received are not sufficient to support him, and the probability is that the office will be thrown up in disgust. Statistics of all the births and deaths occurring in the State, would not only be interesting but valuable, and for this reason we should dislike to see the institution fail. The law requiring marriages to be recorded, by those who perform the ceremony, we believe, is generally complied with, and divorces of course are always on record in the District Court proceedings of each county. An act might be passed requiring the Clerks of the several counties to make out and furnish the State Registrar witha list of marriages and divorces, as often as once a year; they could well afford to do this as the work would be but trifling. But the principal object of the registration act was to procure correct statistics of births and deaths. Thus far the act has failed, ard we are inclined to believe that the failure is more owing to the inattention of the people, than from any inability or indisposition to pay the small fees exacted. Be this as it may, it is becoming evident that a new system will have to be adopted, or the registry may as well be abandoned at once. Another Stage Robbery. A telegraphic dispatch was received in this place on Monday, stating that a stage robbery was comm.tted near Rattlesnake Bar, carly that morning. The stage had started before daylight for Sacramento, the only passengers being Chinese. Soon after leaving the Bar, the horses were stopped by three robbers, and the driver received the usual order to ‘pass at the junction of Main and Commercial streets. He has been peculiarly unfortunate in his business, having twice within two years, lost his entire stock of goode, besides other property, down the box,’’? which demand was complied with. The box belonged to Wells, Fargo & Co., and contained $4,800. The driver immediately by fire. to meet again with his old customers. Tar OveRLAND Matt, by the southern route: has arrived twice since our last issue, bringing Louis to Oct. 4th. Another mail, with dates to the 8th ult., is fully due, and may be expected to-day. The intelligence dates from St. which will be received by the next overland mail, has been anticipated by the mail steamer Sonora. Buack List.—The newepaper carrier, of San Francisco have commenced publishing the names and amounts due from delinquent sub. soribers. This course they say will be adopted every three months. Among the first list published we notice the names of several distinguished professional gentlemen of State-wide reputation. A Weex’s Worx—We learn that the Live Oak Co. took out of their claims last Saturday, $12,500 in gold dust—being the amount realized for one week’s work. Crockery.—Mr. A. G. Pier is making additions almost daily to his stock of crockery, at his store on Main street. He has now on hand an elegant assortment of goods in his line. NS New Liquor Store.—We direct attention to the advertisement of Messrs. T. Newman & Co. who have recently opened a liquor store on Commercial street. Mr. Mat. H. Funston, a well known and popular business man of Nevada, is connected with the establishment. Excuances.—We are indebted to Geo. Welch, of the Alta Express, for San Francisco and Marysyille papers. Having re-opened, he would be glad not been captured at last accounts. derstand a reward of $1,000 bas been offered the money. SacRAMENTO SENATORIAL CanprpaTes.—Three candidates are before the voters of Sacramento cancy occasioned by the death of W. I. FerguSacramento. The election takes place next Saturday. Tae New ALMADIN Mines.—Judges McAllister and Hoffman, of the U. S. Circuit Court, in the case of the United States against John Parrott and others, tur the purpose of testing the title to the New Almaden quicksilver mines, have granted an injunction restraining the defendants from working the mines until the right of property therein is decided. Should it be necessary to secure the property from waste, the Court will appoint a receiver. The U. 8. Supreme Court will doubtless have to decide upon the title to these mines, as the property is said to be worth ten millions of doll ars. Tur Goveennems.—Joey and Adelaide Gougenheim arrived at San Francisco in the bark Glimpse, from Australia, on Wednesday last, drove back to the Bar and raised the alarm, and the residents of the place immediately started in pursuit of the robbers, but they had We unfor the arrest of the robbers and recovery of county for the office of Senator, to fill the vason. R, D. Ferguson, a member of the last Assembly, was placed in nomination by the anti-Lecompton County Committee; Johnson Price, an old line Whig and ex-Know Notbing, was nominated last Saturday by a Lecompton County Convention, and Wm. Bausman bas been brought out as an independent candidate by some two or three hundred business men of Mint Matters. The statement recently made by the Superintendent of the San Francisco branch mint, requires some explanation to be generally understood by the people. It is known that the officers who have charge of the refining and coining departments are allowed a certain percent, for wastage. At the annual settlement made over a year ago, the loss in the refining department, waz about $200,000, being about $150,000 more than the legal wastage. This loss was so ,enormous as to attract attention, and an investigation was instituted to ascertain the cause. Harazthy, the Refiner, contended that the gold bad gone up the chimney, in the form of vapor, but the people have generally settled into the belief that he appropriated it to his own use. At the settlement recently made, the wastage was but a mere fraction of the amount allowed by law, and in some cases there was an excess returned of the amount given in to the refining and coining departments. For instance, during the year about half million of dollars was delivered to the Refinet, and that officer returned some three thousond dollars more than was delivered to him. How the officer is able to do this, except he either makes up the excess from his own pocket or else puts in more alloy than allowed by law, is what we are not able to understand. The matier is no doubt susceptible of an explanation which would be intelligible to common people, and we confess that we have a curiosity to know how silver and gold can increase in weight while undergoing the process of melting or coining. An explanation of this matter would satisfy the curiosity of quite a number up this way who are equally ignorant with ourselves in regard to mint affairs. The Marysville Hxpress says that some of the San Francisco papers have accused the mint officersof debasing “the coin of the realm ;’’ but that paper instead of explaining the matter indulges in a general phillipic against the journals that made the accusation. It is not probable, however, that the officers of the mint would debase the government coin, as they would surely be detected in such a fraud; and it is still less probable that they would throw their own money into the government crucible. But if some metallurgist will inform us bow the weight of gold and silver can be increased hy the process of refining we shall be thankful for the information. Mrs. Anna Cora Weeks in Australia. Mrs. Anna Cora Weeks, whose career in this State in connection with that “purely literary paper,” The Atheneum, is familiar to the public, has turned up in Australia. It will be remembered that Anna Cora,in company with her husband, left San Francisco between two days, having first, through her talents and insinuating address, collected several thousand dollars in advance subscriptions for her paper. Their destination was Australia, a country presenting an unbounded and unoccupied field for the display of their peculiar talents. At Sydney they issued two numbers of a periodical, called the Spectator, ‘owned, edited and managed by ladies,’’ when Mrs, Anna Cora left for Melbourne to canvas for subscribers. During her absence, an arrival at Sydney had brought California papers, containing full accounts of her financial operations here, which, being re-published in the Sydney papers, were likely to materially injure her prospects in that country. Geo. W. Weeks, her husband, replied through the Sydney Empire to the charges contained in the California papers. He says that from the first appearance of the Atheneum, the most determined effort was made by the other San Francisco papers to destroy it; that they published the most outrageous libels upon Mrs. Weeks, and he was not surprised that they continued their malignant attacks after her departure. says further, that Mrs Weeks openly and fairly disposed of her interest in the Atheeneum to Mr. Galacar, for five hundred dollars, and settled He to the last farthing, every debt she had contacted in California. Thus matters stood at last accounts, Mr. and Mrs. Weeks were undoubtedly engaged in the same gamein Australia which they played so successfully in Louisiana, Texas and California, and the next arrival from Sydney will probably bring intelligence of a similar denouncement, Deata or A ProneeR.—Thos. O. Larkin, one of the eraliest American pioneers in California, died at his residence, in San Franeisco, on Thursday last. Mr. Larkin was born in Massachusetts, in 1802, and at the time of his death was fifty six years of age. He settled in Monterey in 1832, and was engaged in Commercial pursuits up to the time of the Mexiean war. In 1844 he was appointed U. S. Consul for the port of Monterey, which office he held until the country was ceded to our government. He was buried by the Society of California Pioneers, at San Francisco, on Saturday. Deatu or 4 Patriarcu.—The Petaluma Journal records the death in that city, on the 23d ult. of Mr. Micbael Barnes, aged 74 years. Mr. Barnes emigrated to this State, in company with one of hissons, in 1854, and settled at Petaluma, where he was soon joined by the principal part of his family. He leaves a widow aged 72 years, and has sixty-four children, grand children and great grand ebildren now living. RN aS aer = itera s = Ee GrerMAN Parer.—We have received the firet and second numbers of the California Staats-Zeitung, a German paper published weekly at Mokelumne Hill, by Adolph Wagner. It is about half the size of the Democrat, and its typographical appearance is neat and workmanlike. We are not sufficiently familiar with the Dutch language to warrant usin expressing any opinion as to its literary nrerite. AppolInTMENT.—Gov. Weller has appointed B. F. Myers, Esq., to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Howell, of the 11th judicial district, composed of the counties of Placer, El Dorado and Yolo. The term of Judge Howell expired on the first of January, and Mr. Myers was elected Judge of the district at the late election. Fara Minine AccipENt.—Silas R. Howe was killed by the caving of a bankin a mining claim, at Yreka, on the 29th ult. He was totally buried by a flake falling from the top of the drift. He was about twenty-five years of age, and formerly from McHenry county, Illinol, Burning of the Steamer Austria, The burning steamer, discovered by the Arabia, Sept. 15th, proves to have been the Austria, bound from Bremen to New York. She is supposed to have had on board about 550 persons, including passengers and crew, nearly all of whom were lost. Only sixty-seven are known to bave been saved, twelve of whom had arrived at Helifax, from whom the following particulars were obtained : At alittle after two o’clock, on the 13th, dense volumes of smoke burst from the after entrance of the steerage. The ship was instantly put at half speed, at which she continued until the magazine exploded. The engineers, it is inferred, were instantly suffocated. Fire was next seen breaking through the lights amidships, and traveled aft with fearful rapidity. Some persons let down a boat from the portside of the quarter-deck, and she was thought to be crushed under the screw. An attempt was made to launch a boat on the starboard side, but it was swamped from the numbers who rushed into itand all were lost. All the first cabin passengers were on the poop except a few gentlemen who must have been smothered in the smoking room. Many second-cabin passengers were also on the poop, but a number of them got shut into their cabin by fire. Some of them were pulled up through the ventilator, but the greater number could not be extricated. The last woman drawn up said there were six already suffocated. The ladies und gentlemen ’on the poop jumped into the sea by twos and threes, some of the ladies in flames. Several hesitated, but . were driven to it at the last moment. In half. an hour not a soul was to be seen on the poop. The French bark Maurice, Capt. Ernest Bruee, came alongside the steamer at about 5 o'clock, ». M., and rescued forty passengers, chiefly taken off the bowsprit. A few were) picked up floating around. At about 8 o’elock one of the metalic boats came up with about twenty-three persons, including the first and third officers. Afterwards three or four men were picked up floating on a piece of a broken boat. The second officer was . taken up, having been swimming six hours. He and the third officer were severely burat. One male passenger was burnt frightfully and others slightly. There were but six women saved, three of whom were burnt. A Norwegian Lark came up with the steamer next morning, and a boat was observed going round the burning ship. They may have picked up a few persons, but only a few. The Maurice had no communication with the Norwegian bark. Treaty between Great Britain and Nicaragua. A “commercial convention’? has recently been concluded between Great Britain and Nicaragua, which in some of its features is highly . objectionable to the United States. By this convention Great Britain guarrantees the neu” trality of the inter-oceanic route through Nicaragua, and promises to use its influence to induce other nations to do the same. But the most important stipulation, which has excited considerable attention, and which will undoubtedly be resisted by our government, is contained in article 20, which concedes to Great Britain the right to land troops on the Isthmus for the purpose of protecting the route, in the event of Nicaragua failing to provide such protection. Of course Great Britain would be the judge as to whether or not Nicaragua had failed to protect the persons and property of passengers on the route, and the most trifling difficulty would be a sufficient excuse for the landing of British troops on the Isthmus; and . if Great Britain once gets a foothold on the) transit route, she will never surrender it, except by compulsion. The New York Times, . in commenting on this clause of the treaty, . BAYS : In a question where American interests so . greatly predominate—where the point at issue is the freedom of a highway between our Atlantic and Pacific possessions—we can hardly . consent that any European power shall stand on a political par with ourselves, though we are willing to concede, fully and fairly, commercial equality in its broadest sense. For this reason we believe that the clause in the Ousley Convention, which permits Great Britain, at her own option. To employ an armed force for the protection of the Isthmus, will be steadily opposed in this country as inimical to our interests, and undoubted infringement of the Monroe doctrine. . pan, five cents; the highest, eight dollars. . . most enormous rates. . the venerable patriarch—This almost first aniArrival of the Mail Steamer Sonora. The mail steamer Sonora arrived at San Francisco, on Sunday last, bringing dates from New York to Oct. 7th—three days later than received by the overland mail. Efforts were being made in New York to effect a fusion of the Republicans and Amerieans, on the State ticket. A Republican mass meeting was held at Cooper’s Institute, which was attended by two or three thousand persons. Resolutions were adopted favoring # fusion. The famous Crystal Palace, at New York, was destroyed by fire Oct. 5th. The fire broke out at five o’clock, rp. M., and in less than one hoar the building was in ruins. The Fair of the American Institute was consumed. Loss . © over $1,000,000; $500,000 loss to the American . Institute. The statues of Daniel Webster were burned. Ina sbort time after the fire broke out the dome fell in with a fearful erasb. At the time of the breaking out of the fire some 10,000 persons were inside, and strange to say all . excaped; only a few slightly injured. Nothing new is received in regard to the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. Wm. Prestor, of Kentucky, has accepted the position of Minister to Spain. The steamer Washington is advertised to sail from New York the 20th of Oct., to connect with the Hermann. A large magazine, filled with powder, shells, and rockets, exploded at Havana on the night of Sept. 25th; 24 persons were killed and 105 wounded. Many more were supposed to be under the ruins. There were 90 new sugar houses totally destroyed. The gas was rendered perfectly useless, and the city was left in darkness. The police and troops were guarding many of the buildings that were damaged. The entire city was affected by the shock. General Concha was the first official on the ground, and did allin his power to aid the unfortunate. The cause of the explosion is nuknown, Gop Discovertes in ARIZONA—A_ cories. pondent of the S. F. Herald, writing from Fort Yuma, Oct. 21st, says: On a visit of three days to the mines on the . Gila river, about fifteen miles from this place, . the following facts came under my observation. . Gold has been found fora distance of three miles on either side of the river, varying from . a quarter to half a mile from the banks. j No point has yet been prospected that has not yielded paying dirt. The lowest yield, per The Rev. Mr. Riddle. of Texas, on his way to . California, stopped there some four weeks since; he has already cleared six hundred dollars. Mr. Weinenger, an old miner, two miles up, has discovered a claim which yields him forty dollars per day. . It would be advisable for any one coming to bring necessary supplies, as there is but one store here and everything, consequently, at the This point is now readily reached by land or . a Episcopal Service, Rev. M. Smeathman, will Preach at the House every Sunday at 3 o'clock P. M. Court NEW LIQUOR STORET T. NEWMAN & Co, ESPECTFULLY inform the citi evada R jacent towns, that they haye pose fy and ad. WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE On Commercial Street, Kelsey’s Buildi Where they keep on hand ™ Nevada, ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS, WINES, &¢, gp OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY, ‘: — ALL LIQUORS WILL Br SOLD Ces = es oe ee Than ever before Offered in Nevada City a Give US a Call, -% T. NEWMA Nevada, Nov. lst 1868.—5-tf N & CO, ce ae are ee a ROLAND I. SHEA, Importer and Manufacturer of Surveying, Electro-Magnetic & Optical Instruments. SECOND STREET, SACRAMENTO, Two doors South of the Alta Express Office, &a@Allrepairs done in the best manner, and CHEAPEST Possible Rates. + Basse the 53m November Ist 1858. REMOVAL, we waren eer, Direct Importer of Millinery, ang Fancy Goods. MBROIDERIES, CLOTHS, VELVETS, LACES, 9 Fringe+, {rimmings, Hoops, Skirts, Ribbons Infants! Hoods and Cloaks, Shawls, ete., has removed to’ NO. 81 CALIFORNIA ST. SAN . (EMPIRE BLOCK.) WEARER, Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s Line FOR. Pahane™ ys ’ Connecting vie PANAMA RAILROAD, With the Steamers of the U. S. Mail Steamship Com. pany, at Aspinwall, FOR NEW YORK & NEW ORLEANS DIRECT. Departure from Fulsom Street Wharf THE MAGNIFICENT STEAMSHIP SONORA, Will leave Fulsom street Wharf for Panama, wth U. 8, Mails, Passengers, and Treasure. Friday, Nov. 5th, at 9 o’clock a, m,, Punctually. Ray Passengers by the P. M. 8. Co’s Line are landed on . their arrivals at Panama upon the wharf at the railroad . terminus, by the Company’s steam ferry boat, and proceed immediately by water. By land twice a week from San Francisco, by stage coach; by water, by sail or . thence to this point by two steamers now ply. ing on the river. The road from this point to . the mines is capital. © ANOTHER ANTEDILUVIAN.—The Evansville Railroad Across the Isthmus, steainboats, to the mouth of the Colorado river, tTo Aspinwall, where the steamers of the U. 8. Mail 8, 3, Co, are always in readiness to convey them to New York or New Orleans, Passengers for New Orleans proceed by direct steamer from Aspinwall. Through tickets are furnished, including the transit of the Isthmus. (Ind.) Journal says that Mr. Potts, a miner, at work in the Bodian coal mines, three bundred . feet below the surface, threw out by a blast a . large mass of coal. While breaking it up to . fill into his car, a living frog, beautifully form. ed and active, and about the size of one’s two fingers, leaped out through one of the fractures. The Journal says: : “This extraordinary curiosity we have now before us, pert and active as a youth of his species six months old; yet, as we bold him in our hands, we bend in reverence, almost awe, before mal existance of creative power. “Over the vein of coal in which this little animal lay imbedded, are two other strata of coal separated by solid stone of one hundred feet in thickness from the bottom one, and fifty feet of like rock between each other. Between the seam from which the frog came and the surface there are two hundred feet of solid sandstone and coal, aud about forty feet of coal, slate and common coal, and about forty feet of . coal and common clay. These are all regular compute, to have formed them.’’ A Bust or J.arxrx.—Thomas Donnelly, of San Francisco, has taken an excellent plaster Minine at San Juay.—W>? gather the follow. cast of the head of the late Thonmas O. Larkin. ing mining items from the Hydraulic Press, of . Saturday : The experiment of blasting banks to procure a fall of earth for bydraulic washing, is about . to be tried in the claims of the San Juan Com. pany at Grizzly Hill. At Junction Bluffs, one-half of the Trevethick claims sold recently for $15,000. Good prospects have been obtained in the . Wyoming claim, on San Juan Hill, ata point further back than it has been thought the hill would pay to work. The dirt prospects as well . as that at the eame depth in the rich Deadman and Gold cuts. The miners are apt to form very arbitrary theoriea concerning gold deposits, the direction and extent of paying leads, &c., and bave often, by following them too closely let fortuves slip from their grasp. The discovery of the Wyoming boys goes far to disprove the received theory concerning the ex. tent of paying ground on this hill, and leads to the belief that the diggings surrounding the town will endure beyond all previous expectation. Prospecting, however is rarely ever practiced in this district, It is assumed,asa general thing, that any dirt will pay if there are facilities for washing large quantities of it by the hydraulic process; consequently the miners search for deep banks, plenty of fall and water, hardly ever for rich prospects. Accipent To Gen. Scorr.—The New York Express says that Gen, Scott had a very severe fall on the stairs at Cozzen’s Hotel, West Point, last week. He was about attending a dinner party given tohim at Col. Delafield’s when the accident mae tcp ve Having had a bullet through one shoulder, and a sword thrust through the other arm during his campaigns, he was unable to break the force of the fall b his arms, and hie back was severely injured. He cannot move without great pain. He had been cupped and leeched, and is somewhat better, but suffers intensely. At his age, and with so pondrous a frame, itis a serious affair to have such a fall, and he is fortunate to escape with life. Starr Suootinc.—Among the many instances related of sharp shooting, we are inclined to yield the palm to a resident of Calais, Me., who, in midnight darkness, fired at the bark of a dog, and the next morning found the animal ee the ball having hit the varmint in the roat. Great Watxine.—A walking match came off zoey, between James Sherwood and Robt. Pickersgill, for $100 aside. They walked from the Empire Ranch to this city—seventeen miles—the bet being on the first arrival. They came in, side iy Seg in four hours and thirty minutes, The bet has not been decided.—Marysville Express, Nov, 1st. ‘That motion is out of order,”’ as the chairman of a political meeting said when he eaw a i Tuffian raising his arm to throw a retten egg. his friends and with the consent of his relations, Tejou Pass, broke away and put out for a more favorable climate. Seven of them were found on the desert, headed for Texas, and the other six had not been recovered at last accounts, A Pompxin iy Saxta Crarna.—A pumpkin was raised in Santa Clara, by Asa Vestal, recently, which weighed 260 pounds. DIED. At the County Hospital in this city’ Nov. Ist, of billious fever, Mr. Joun NeMAN, formerly from Boston, Mass., aged about 36 years, LL RT VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. stratifications, that must have required ages, . beyond the power of human comprehension to . The cast was made by the particular desire of . Passengers are notified that all tickets for the steamers of the U. 8. Mail 8, 8. Co. must be presented to their agent at Aspinwall for registry and exchange, as they will not otherwise be available. F 4a3~ ‘Treasure for shipment will be received on board the steamer until 12 0’clock midnight, Nev. 4th. No merchandise or freight will be received on board after 3 P. M, on the 4th, and a written order must be pre cured at the Company’s office for its shipment. For Freight or passage apply to FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents, Cor. Sacramento and Leidesdorff sts, A choice of berths on the Atlantic steamers is secured by the early purchase of tickets in San Francisco. New Crockery Store!! A. Go. PIBR. wes Having just purchased for CASH, the 8 Largest and best selected Stock of GLASS, GRANITE & CHINA WARE, Ever offered in the Mountains, is now prepared to farnish . his customers at the Old Crockery Store of Crittenden & Potter, opposite Chas. W. Mulford’s Banking House. Main Street, Nevada. AN) articles in the above line, at Prices Satisfactory. . gay-No Charges or Growling for showing <$. a5 GOODS. -@a . CALL AND SEE. Orders from the Country promptly . attended to. All Goods delivered in the city, FREE 0! CHARGE, Nevada October 19th 1858.—3-tf. . C.H. MEYER & Co., Brick Store, 76 Broad st. Nevada. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN . FINE FRENCH BRANDIES, Tue Camets ane Gornc.—During the late. storms the Camels, which were kept near the . Eine Old Wines, . ——AND. . Foreign and Domestic Liquors Generally. Also a large Assortment of French Case Goods, Fruits, Preserves, and Fine Gre ceries, constantly on hand at Reduced Frices. We warrant our fine Liquors to be genuine, and of very aegenee Quality, and invite dealers and the public generally to give us a call, Oct. 12th 1858 —2-tf C,. H. MEYER & C0. . COUNTY SCRIP, PURCHASED AT THE Highest Market Rates, by Ee <A DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT, sIT. Sg] uated on the Old Washington Road, between Nevada . and Hawk’s Ranch. The House is 20 feet wide, and 46 feet deep, and well-finished, The Lot is 85 feet wide, and 206 feet in depth, surrounded by substantial Picket Fence, . and contains a fine Peach Orchard. Also, 2 good well is . on the premises. The House has five rooms, two closets, and two halls. The above Property will be sold cheap for CASH. Particulars Enquire of H. BARUH, Or at SAMUEL’S Corner Cigar Store. Nevada, November 2d 1858.—5-1t J.C. BIRDSEYE & CO. Nevada, March 24th 1858.-—25-tf NEW STORE. No. 77, Broad Street, Nevada. HE UNDERSIGNED, having completed his New Store, No. 77 Broad Street, is now receiving and designs For keeping constantly in store a complete assortment of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, And all articles usually found in a Grocery Store, which J. M. HAMILTON, M. L. COYR. J. M. HAMILTON & CO., General Dealers in Hardware, Iron, Steel, Glass, Paints Oils, Leather and Rubber Belting, Powder, Fuse, Cordage Teakle-Blocks, Duck, Quicksilver, &e. &c. &e. At their Old Stand No. 27 Main Street, Nevada, November 2d, 1858.—5-6m* POWDER! Powder!! POWDER!!! 44 KEGS of Blasting Powder now on hand and for Sale Cheap for Cash, in quantities to suit. Those wishing to purchase will do well to give us a call. J. M. HAMILTON & CO. Nevada, Nov. 1st.--5-6m will be sold to Families and Miners, on as reasonable terms as can be afforded in this market. Can and Shelf Goods, of every Variety, on hand. RB Goods Delivered, FREE OF CHARGE. -@% J. M. HEXSON. Nevada Sept, 28th 1858.—52-tf ‘J. 8. WALL & C0, DEALERS LN 27 Main street, Nevada. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Miner’s Supplies, Preserved Fruits, Liquors, &c. Pearson and Merwin’s P ved Fru No. 55 Broad Street, Nevada. RESTAURANT. . HAY: completed our new fire-proof building, we #¢ Broad Street, ° ° Nevada City. now receiving the largest Stock of Goods ever brought “ ate to this place. Having plenty of room, and being secur? _Opponite the National Exchange Hotel. against fire, it is our intention to keep on hand at all times We have now opened our Restaurant to the citizens . a full assortment of all articles to be founa in similar estab: alge ta th me pols generally, and to ali who wish . lishments, which will be sold to Miners and Families ep ES Cees LURatY oO On the most Reasonab} e Terms. A GOOD AND SUBSTANTIAL MEAL, Our Stock consists in part of the following asssortment of gle Family Groceries, &c. Fresh Oysters, Quasi, ase, and 800 Qr. Sacks Flour; 3,000 ihe. 8 C. Haw $$$ 10,000 Lbs. Potatoes; . Fiaut, all kinds of Game, eine bee 3,000 Lbs, side, Hace 3,000 Lbs Goshen butter 1,000 Lbs. Lard; SERVED UP TO ORDER, AT ALL TIMES, ine With a complete stock of SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA, RICE, THE HOUSE IS ENTIRELY NEW—built expressly for a . TOBACCO, FRES! ITS, HARDW. (EENSWARE, Restaurant, under our own supervision, and ” furnished ke. &e. are ee a in a magnificent style. Ra GOODS DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE “@& The Cunivary DerarTMeNt, isin charge of those well ; versed in the business, We invite the attention of Country Dealers to our large From our long eonnection with the National Exchange . stock of Goods, As we have unusual facilities for purchasand with a desire to please our friends we hope to receive . ing, we are confident that we can sell on such terms as will make it to their advantage to trade with us instead eing below for their supplies. 4 teed hi) WALL & CO. Broad Street. September 16, 1856-—tf, @ portion of the patronage of the public. BOARDING per week ..seesecseees $8,00, H. H. PEARSON, Nevada, Nov, Ist, 1852,—5-4f E. F. MERWIN. ru Teaches eal ale pea Sia A ogee i .

i The Murder Cases Disposed of. We gave last week, a brief account of the trial of L. P. Stone in the District Court, up to Tuesday evening. The evidence of Pascoe, which was directly to the point, tallied so well with other circumstances as to leave no doubt that he told the truth. The ease was given to the jury on Wednesday afternoon, and after being eut some two or three hours, they brought in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. It was generally supposed, by those NEVADA DEMOCRAT. City, He willdeliver the Democrat to subscribers, and is authorized to receive subscriptions, advertisements, &c., and collect and receipt for the same. * Octavian Hoogs is our Agent for San Francisco. He is authorised to receive advertisements, and collect and receipt for the same. Merritt & Badlam, 105 J Street, are our authorised Agents for Sacramento, to receive advertisements and collect for the same. . re RORLE STRATA AE TORY EAN TEE TIS TE ES ESATA NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3, 1858. Surcipe.—A man named Daniel S. Morgan committed suicide at Grass Valley, last Sunday evening. Coroner Bazely held an inquest ou Mondsy, and the following particulars were elicited : He went from the Hotel de Paris to a barber shop below, and asked for a pistol, which was refused him. He then went back to the kitchen window of the hotel, reached his hand through and picked up a carving knife, with which he stabbed himself in the left side. He had pulled up his shirts and placed the point of the knife near the fifth rib. The principal arteries near'the heart were severed and he died immediately. The jury returned a verdict that he committed suicide while laboring under temporary insanity, caused by intemperance. Morgan was an Irishman by birth, and bad been with Walker in Nicaragua. Hecame to this country from New Orleans, in 1849, and has resided some years in Nevada county. ever, that the Chinamen first fired at Stone, balls which caused the Chinaman’s death were fired frem Pascoe’s pistol. guilty to murder in the second degree. The prisoners were called up for sentence on Saturday. Stone, on being asked ifhe had passed upon him, remarked that he had been crimes. BensaMin Pascor.—-This fellow, who was indicted with Stone and the Spaniard for the murder of the Chinaman on Bear river, and allowed to go unpunished in consideration of giving evidence against his companions in guilt, was suffered to go at large after having done the “State some service.’’ He still seems to have an affection for the vicinity of the jail, and for the past few days has taken up his residence on the south-east corner of the Court House steps. It is generally believed that his former companions would handle him rather roughly if they had an opportunity, and for this reason itis said he intends to leave the State atan early day. He stated in his evidence that he was nineteen years old, and we eS informed his parents reside near Grass Valey. jurors he could have brought in no other verdict but for murder in the first degree ; that although he had no legal evidence of the fact, yet he believed if the dead could speak, that others would point to him as their murderer. He then sentenced him to imprisonment in the State Prison for thirty years. During the trial Stone exhibited considerable fortitude; but when brought out to receive sentence, his courage had evidently left him. His future prospects are certainly not very flattering. He has resided in Nevada for some years, and has long been suspected of being connected with a gang of robbers. He is about thirty years of age, is said to have a wife living in the States, and has bad another in this country. County Business.—The County Supervisors met to transact County business on Monday morning. Thus far the Board have been engaged in examining and allowing accounts, attending to road matters, &c. A petition, signed by about two hundred citizens of parts of Eureka and Bridgeport townships, is before the Board, asking for a new township to be set off on the ridge. The proposed township will infor the term of fifteen years. ‘ During the late term of the District Court, ten murder cases have been disposed of. One was acquitted by the jury; the indictments against two were dismissed by order of the Court, and seven were convicted of murder io the second degree. The aggregate of imprisonment to which the seven were sentenced, is one hundred years! who heard the evidence, that the verdict would be for murder in the first degree, as the Chinaman was killed while Stone and his party were endeavoring torob the camp. It seems, how who then endeavored to get away, but was eaught and held. It was also shown that the On Thursday, Spanish John, who was indicted with Stone and Pascoe, withdrew his plea of not guilty, by leave of the Court, and plead anything to say why sentence should not be raised by religious parents, but had sadly strayed from their teachings. He acknowledged himself to be a bad man, but said that he had never committed a murder, and asked the forgiveness of the Court and every body else for his Judge Searls then gave him a short lecture, and said, that bad he heen one of the The Spaniard was sentenced to imprisonment clude Humbug, Relief Hill, Columbia Hill, and other points, and has about the same population as Washington township. The prayer of the petition will probably be granted. Express ro Lirrty York Townsuiv.—Mr. Sam, Hervey has purchased from the former proprietor the express route from Nevada to the principal points in Little York Township. He leaves Nevada every Sunday and Wednesday morning, passes through Camden, Red Dog, Waloupa, Little York, Liberty Hill, Lowell Hill, and Remington Hill, from whence he reMr. Hervey has a peculiar turns to Nevada. faculty for attending to such business as is usually entrusted to expresses, and we can assure our friends on his route that orders sent by him will be attended to with promptness and fidelity. TrraL oF MarswaLti.—Wm. Marshall, who was indcted some months ago for being concerned in the robbery of the Sacramento stage, was tried in the Court of Sessions on Thursday and Friday. The evidence against him was entirely circumstantial, and the jury brought in a verdict of acquittal. Many believe him to have been concerned in the robbery, but the evidence against him was not sufficient to warrant a conviction. AcciEent.—Mr. Elias Rose, a miner of Gold Flat, was severely injured last Saturday night, by falling into a cellar which had been dug on a vacant lot on Broad street. His injuries were internal, and he was confined to his bed until yesterday. The cellar is left in a dangerous condition, as pedestrians are liable in the night time to step directly into it from the sidewalk. The owner of the lot, whoever he is, should be required to cover it over. Cigar Store.—Mr. Henry Hirschman has again opened a cigar store, at his old stand, The Registration Law. The act of the last Legislature, requiring births, marriages, divorces and deaths to be recorded, is likely to prove impracticable, When the office of State Registrar was created, it was supposed that the fees coming to him would make it one of the best paying offices in the State, but instead of that the fees actually received are not sufficient to support him, and the probability is that the office will be thrown up in disgust. Statistics of all the births and deaths occurring in the State, would not only be interesting but valuable, and for this reason we should dislike to see the institution fail. The law requiring marriages to be recorded, by those who perform the ceremony, we believe, is generally complied with, and divorces of course are always on record in the District Court proceedings of each county. An act might be passed requiring the Clerks of the several counties to make out and furnish the State Registrar witha list of marriages and divorces, as often as once a year; they could well afford to do this as the work would be but trifling. But the principal object of the registration act was to procure correct statistics of births and deaths. Thus far the act has failed, ard we are inclined to believe that the failure is more owing to the inattention of the people, than from any inability or indisposition to pay the small fees exacted. Be this as it may, it is becoming evident that a new system will have to be adopted, or the registry may as well be abandoned at once. Another Stage Robbery. A telegraphic dispatch was received in this place on Monday, stating that a stage robbery was comm.tted near Rattlesnake Bar, carly that morning. The stage had started before daylight for Sacramento, the only passengers being Chinese. Soon after leaving the Bar, the horses were stopped by three robbers, and the driver received the usual order to ‘pass at the junction of Main and Commercial streets. He has been peculiarly unfortunate in his business, having twice within two years, lost his entire stock of goode, besides other property, down the box,’’? which demand was complied with. The box belonged to Wells, Fargo & Co., and contained $4,800. The driver immediately by fire. to meet again with his old customers. Tar OveRLAND Matt, by the southern route: has arrived twice since our last issue, bringing Louis to Oct. 4th. Another mail, with dates to the 8th ult., is fully due, and may be expected to-day. The intelligence dates from St. which will be received by the next overland mail, has been anticipated by the mail steamer Sonora. Buack List.—The newepaper carrier, of San Francisco have commenced publishing the names and amounts due from delinquent sub. soribers. This course they say will be adopted every three months. Among the first list published we notice the names of several distinguished professional gentlemen of State-wide reputation. A Weex’s Worx—We learn that the Live Oak Co. took out of their claims last Saturday, $12,500 in gold dust—being the amount realized for one week’s work. Crockery.—Mr. A. G. Pier is making additions almost daily to his stock of crockery, at his store on Main street. He has now on hand an elegant assortment of goods in his line. NS New Liquor Store.—We direct attention to the advertisement of Messrs. T. Newman & Co. who have recently opened a liquor store on Commercial street. Mr. Mat. H. Funston, a well known and popular business man of Nevada, is connected with the establishment. Excuances.—We are indebted to Geo. Welch, of the Alta Express, for San Francisco and Marysyille papers. Having re-opened, he would be glad not been captured at last accounts. derstand a reward of $1,000 bas been offered the money. SacRAMENTO SENATORIAL CanprpaTes.—Three candidates are before the voters of Sacramento cancy occasioned by the death of W. I. FerguSacramento. The election takes place next Saturday. Tae New ALMADIN Mines.—Judges McAllister and Hoffman, of the U. S. Circuit Court, in the case of the United States against John Parrott and others, tur the purpose of testing the title to the New Almaden quicksilver mines, have granted an injunction restraining the defendants from working the mines until the right of property therein is decided. Should it be necessary to secure the property from waste, the Court will appoint a receiver. The U. 8. Supreme Court will doubtless have to decide upon the title to these mines, as the property is said to be worth ten millions of doll ars. Tur Goveennems.—Joey and Adelaide Gougenheim arrived at San Francisco in the bark Glimpse, from Australia, on Wednesday last, drove back to the Bar and raised the alarm, and the residents of the place immediately started in pursuit of the robbers, but they had We unfor the arrest of the robbers and recovery of county for the office of Senator, to fill the vason. R, D. Ferguson, a member of the last Assembly, was placed in nomination by the anti-Lecompton County Committee; Johnson Price, an old line Whig and ex-Know Notbing, was nominated last Saturday by a Lecompton County Convention, and Wm. Bausman bas been brought out as an independent candidate by some two or three hundred business men of Mint Matters. The statement recently made by the Superintendent of the San Francisco branch mint, requires some explanation to be generally understood by the people. It is known that the officers who have charge of the refining and coining departments are allowed a certain percent, for wastage. At the annual settlement made over a year ago, the loss in the refining department, waz about $200,000, being about $150,000 more than the legal wastage. This loss was so ,enormous as to attract attention, and an investigation was instituted to ascertain the cause. Harazthy, the Refiner, contended that the gold bad gone up the chimney, in the form of vapor, but the people have generally settled into the belief that he appropriated it to his own use. At the settlement recently made, the wastage was but a mere fraction of the amount allowed by law, and in some cases there was an excess returned of the amount given in to the refining and coining departments. For instance, during the year about half million of dollars was delivered to the Refinet, and that officer returned some three thousond dollars more than was delivered to him. How the officer is able to do this, except he either makes up the excess from his own pocket or else puts in more alloy than allowed by law, is what we are not able to understand. The matier is no doubt susceptible of an explanation which would be intelligible to common people, and we confess that we have a curiosity to know how silver and gold can increase in weight while undergoing the process of melting or coining. An explanation of this matter would satisfy the curiosity of quite a number up this way who are equally ignorant with ourselves in regard to mint affairs. The Marysville Hxpress says that some of the San Francisco papers have accused the mint officersof debasing “the coin of the realm ;’’ but that paper instead of explaining the matter indulges in a general phillipic against the journals that made the accusation. It is not probable, however, that the officers of the mint would debase the government coin, as they would surely be detected in such a fraud; and it is still less probable that they would throw their own money into the government crucible. But if some metallurgist will inform us bow the weight of gold and silver can be increased hy the process of refining we shall be thankful for the information. Mrs. Anna Cora Weeks in Australia. Mrs. Anna Cora Weeks, whose career in this State in connection with that “purely literary paper,” The Atheneum, is familiar to the public, has turned up in Australia. It will be remembered that Anna Cora,in company with her husband, left San Francisco between two days, having first, through her talents and insinuating address, collected several thousand dollars in advance subscriptions for her paper. Their destination was Australia, a country presenting an unbounded and unoccupied field for the display of their peculiar talents. At Sydney they issued two numbers of a periodical, called the Spectator, ‘owned, edited and managed by ladies,’’ when Mrs, Anna Cora left for Melbourne to canvas for subscribers. During her absence, an arrival at Sydney had brought California papers, containing full accounts of her financial operations here, which, being re-published in the Sydney papers, were likely to materially injure her prospects in that country. Geo. W. Weeks, her husband, replied through the Sydney Empire to the charges contained in the California papers. He says that from the first appearance of the Atheneum, the most determined effort was made by the other San Francisco papers to destroy it; that they published the most outrageous libels upon Mrs. Weeks, and he was not surprised that they continued their malignant attacks after her departure. says further, that Mrs Weeks openly and fairly disposed of her interest in the Atheeneum to Mr. Galacar, for five hundred dollars, and settled He to the last farthing, every debt she had contacted in California. Thus matters stood at last accounts, Mr. and Mrs. Weeks were undoubtedly engaged in the same gamein Australia which they played so successfully in Louisiana, Texas and California, and the next arrival from Sydney will probably bring intelligence of a similar denouncement, Deata or A ProneeR.—Thos. O. Larkin, one of the eraliest American pioneers in California, died at his residence, in San Franeisco, on Thursday last. Mr. Larkin was born in Massachusetts, in 1802, and at the time of his death was fifty six years of age. He settled in Monterey in 1832, and was engaged in Commercial pursuits up to the time of the Mexiean war. In 1844 he was appointed U. S. Consul for the port of Monterey, which office he held until the country was ceded to our government. He was buried by the Society of California Pioneers, at San Francisco, on Saturday. Deatu or 4 Patriarcu.—The Petaluma Journal records the death in that city, on the 23d ult. of Mr. Micbael Barnes, aged 74 years. Mr. Barnes emigrated to this State, in company with one of hissons, in 1854, and settled at Petaluma, where he was soon joined by the principal part of his family. He leaves a widow aged 72 years, and has sixty-four children, grand children and great grand ebildren now living. RN aS aer = itera s = Ee GrerMAN Parer.—We have received the firet and second numbers of the California Staats-Zeitung, a German paper published weekly at Mokelumne Hill, by Adolph Wagner. It is about half the size of the Democrat, and its typographical appearance is neat and workmanlike. We are not sufficiently familiar with the Dutch language to warrant usin expressing any opinion as to its literary nrerite. AppolInTMENT.—Gov. Weller has appointed B. F. Myers, Esq., to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Howell, of the 11th judicial district, composed of the counties of Placer, El Dorado and Yolo. The term of Judge Howell expired on the first of January, and Mr. Myers was elected Judge of the district at the late election. Fara Minine AccipENt.—Silas R. Howe was killed by the caving of a bankin a mining claim, at Yreka, on the 29th ult. He was totally buried by a flake falling from the top of the drift. He was about twenty-five years of age, and formerly from McHenry county, Illinol, Burning of the Steamer Austria, The burning steamer, discovered by the Arabia, Sept. 15th, proves to have been the Austria, bound from Bremen to New York. She is supposed to have had on board about 550 persons, including passengers and crew, nearly all of whom were lost. Only sixty-seven are known to bave been saved, twelve of whom had arrived at Helifax, from whom the following particulars were obtained : At alittle after two o’clock, on the 13th, dense volumes of smoke burst from the after entrance of the steerage. The ship was instantly put at half speed, at which she continued until the magazine exploded. The engineers, it is inferred, were instantly suffocated. Fire was next seen breaking through the lights amidships, and traveled aft with fearful rapidity. Some persons let down a boat from the portside of the quarter-deck, and she was thought to be crushed under the screw. An attempt was made to launch a boat on the starboard side, but it was swamped from the numbers who rushed into itand all were lost. All the first cabin passengers were on the poop except a few gentlemen who must have been smothered in the smoking room. Many second-cabin passengers were also on the poop, but a number of them got shut into their cabin by fire. Some of them were pulled up through the ventilator, but the greater number could not be extricated. The last woman drawn up said there were six already suffocated. The ladies und gentlemen ’on the poop jumped into the sea by twos and threes, some of the ladies in flames. Several hesitated, but . were driven to it at the last moment. In half. an hour not a soul was to be seen on the poop. The French bark Maurice, Capt. Ernest Bruee, came alongside the steamer at about 5 o'clock, ». M., and rescued forty passengers, chiefly taken off the bowsprit. A few were) picked up floating around. At about 8 o’elock one of the metalic boats came up with about twenty-three persons, including the first and third officers. Afterwards three or four men were picked up floating on a piece of a broken boat. The second officer was . taken up, having been swimming six hours.

He and the third officer were severely burat. One male passenger was burnt frightfully and others slightly. There were but six women saved, three of whom were burnt. A Norwegian Lark came up with the steamer next morning, and a boat was observed going round the burning ship. They may have picked up a few persons, but only a few. The Maurice had no communication with the Norwegian bark. Treaty between Great Britain and Nicaragua. A “commercial convention’? has recently been concluded between Great Britain and Nicaragua, which in some of its features is highly . objectionable to the United States. By this convention Great Britain guarrantees the neu” trality of the inter-oceanic route through Nicaragua, and promises to use its influence to induce other nations to do the same. But the most important stipulation, which has excited considerable attention, and which will undoubtedly be resisted by our government, is contained in article 20, which concedes to Great Britain the right to land troops on the Isthmus for the purpose of protecting the route, in the event of Nicaragua failing to provide such protection. Of course Great Britain would be the judge as to whether or not Nicaragua had failed to protect the persons and property of passengers on the route, and the most trifling difficulty would be a sufficient excuse for the landing of British troops on the Isthmus; and . if Great Britain once gets a foothold on the) transit route, she will never surrender it, except by compulsion. The New York Times, . in commenting on this clause of the treaty, . BAYS : In a question where American interests so . greatly predominate—where the point at issue is the freedom of a highway between our Atlantic and Pacific possessions—we can hardly . consent that any European power shall stand on a political par with ourselves, though we are willing to concede, fully and fairly, commercial equality in its broadest sense. For this reason we believe that the clause in the Ousley Convention, which permits Great Britain, at her own option. To employ an armed force for the protection of the Isthmus, will be steadily opposed in this country as inimical to our interests, and undoubted infringement of the Monroe doctrine. . pan, five cents; the highest, eight dollars. . . most enormous rates. . the venerable patriarch—This almost first aniArrival of the Mail Steamer Sonora. The mail steamer Sonora arrived at San Francisco, on Sunday last, bringing dates from New York to Oct. 7th—three days later than received by the overland mail. Efforts were being made in New York to effect a fusion of the Republicans and Amerieans, on the State ticket. A Republican mass meeting was held at Cooper’s Institute, which was attended by two or three thousand persons. Resolutions were adopted favoring # fusion. The famous Crystal Palace, at New York, was destroyed by fire Oct. 5th. The fire broke out at five o’clock, rp. M., and in less than one hoar the building was in ruins. The Fair of the American Institute was consumed. Loss . © over $1,000,000; $500,000 loss to the American . Institute. The statues of Daniel Webster were burned. Ina sbort time after the fire broke out the dome fell in with a fearful erasb. At the time of the breaking out of the fire some 10,000 persons were inside, and strange to say all . excaped; only a few slightly injured. Nothing new is received in regard to the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. Wm. Prestor, of Kentucky, has accepted the position of Minister to Spain. The steamer Washington is advertised to sail from New York the 20th of Oct., to connect with the Hermann. A large magazine, filled with powder, shells, and rockets, exploded at Havana on the night of Sept. 25th; 24 persons were killed and 105 wounded. Many more were supposed to be under the ruins. There were 90 new sugar houses totally destroyed. The gas was rendered perfectly useless, and the city was left in darkness. The police and troops were guarding many of the buildings that were damaged. The entire city was affected by the shock. General Concha was the first official on the ground, and did allin his power to aid the unfortunate. The cause of the explosion is nuknown, Gop Discovertes in ARIZONA—A_ cories. pondent of the S. F. Herald, writing from Fort Yuma, Oct. 21st, says: On a visit of three days to the mines on the . Gila river, about fifteen miles from this place, . the following facts came under my observation. . Gold has been found fora distance of three miles on either side of the river, varying from . a quarter to half a mile from the banks. j No point has yet been prospected that has not yielded paying dirt. The lowest yield, per The Rev. Mr. Riddle. of Texas, on his way to . California, stopped there some four weeks since; he has already cleared six hundred dollars. Mr. Weinenger, an old miner, two miles up, has discovered a claim which yields him forty dollars per day. . It would be advisable for any one coming to bring necessary supplies, as there is but one store here and everything, consequently, at the This point is now readily reached by land or . a Episcopal Service, Rev. M. Smeathman, will Preach at the House every Sunday at 3 o'clock P. M. Court NEW LIQUOR STORET T. NEWMAN & Co, ESPECTFULLY inform the citi evada R jacent towns, that they haye pose fy and ad. WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE On Commercial Street, Kelsey’s Buildi Where they keep on hand ™ Nevada, ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS, WINES, &¢, gp OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY, ‘: — ALL LIQUORS WILL Br SOLD Ces = es oe ee Than ever before Offered in Nevada City a Give US a Call, -% T. NEWMA Nevada, Nov. lst 1868.—5-tf N & CO, ce ae are ee a ROLAND I. SHEA, Importer and Manufacturer of Surveying, Electro-Magnetic & Optical Instruments. SECOND STREET, SACRAMENTO, Two doors South of the Alta Express Office, &a@Allrepairs done in the best manner, and CHEAPEST Possible Rates. + Basse the 53m November Ist 1858. REMOVAL, we waren eer, Direct Importer of Millinery, ang Fancy Goods. MBROIDERIES, CLOTHS, VELVETS, LACES, 9 Fringe+, {rimmings, Hoops, Skirts, Ribbons Infants! Hoods and Cloaks, Shawls, ete., has removed to’ NO. 81 CALIFORNIA ST. SAN . (EMPIRE BLOCK.) WEARER, Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s Line FOR. Pahane™ ys ’ Connecting vie PANAMA RAILROAD, With the Steamers of the U. S. Mail Steamship Com. pany, at Aspinwall, FOR NEW YORK & NEW ORLEANS DIRECT. Departure from Fulsom Street Wharf THE MAGNIFICENT STEAMSHIP SONORA, Will leave Fulsom street Wharf for Panama, wth U. 8, Mails, Passengers, and Treasure. Friday, Nov. 5th, at 9 o’clock a, m,, Punctually. Ray Passengers by the P. M. 8. Co’s Line are landed on . their arrivals at Panama upon the wharf at the railroad . terminus, by the Company’s steam ferry boat, and proceed immediately by water. By land twice a week from San Francisco, by stage coach; by water, by sail or . thence to this point by two steamers now ply. ing on the river. The road from this point to . the mines is capital. © ANOTHER ANTEDILUVIAN.—The Evansville Railroad Across the Isthmus, steainboats, to the mouth of the Colorado river, tTo Aspinwall, where the steamers of the U. 8. Mail 8, 3, Co, are always in readiness to convey them to New York or New Orleans, Passengers for New Orleans proceed by direct steamer from Aspinwall. Through tickets are furnished, including the transit of the Isthmus. (Ind.) Journal says that Mr. Potts, a miner, at work in the Bodian coal mines, three bundred . feet below the surface, threw out by a blast a . large mass of coal. While breaking it up to . fill into his car, a living frog, beautifully form. ed and active, and about the size of one’s two fingers, leaped out through one of the fractures. The Journal says: : “This extraordinary curiosity we have now before us, pert and active as a youth of his species six months old; yet, as we bold him in our hands, we bend in reverence, almost awe, before mal existance of creative power. “Over the vein of coal in which this little animal lay imbedded, are two other strata of coal separated by solid stone of one hundred feet in thickness from the bottom one, and fifty feet of like rock between each other. Between the seam from which the frog came and the surface there are two hundred feet of solid sandstone and coal, aud about forty feet of coal, slate and common coal, and about forty feet of . coal and common clay. These are all regular compute, to have formed them.’’ A Bust or J.arxrx.—Thomas Donnelly, of San Francisco, has taken an excellent plaster Minine at San Juay.—W>? gather the follow. cast of the head of the late Thonmas O. Larkin. ing mining items from the Hydraulic Press, of . Saturday : The experiment of blasting banks to procure a fall of earth for bydraulic washing, is about . to be tried in the claims of the San Juan Com. pany at Grizzly Hill. At Junction Bluffs, one-half of the Trevethick claims sold recently for $15,000. Good prospects have been obtained in the . Wyoming claim, on San Juan Hill, ata point further back than it has been thought the hill would pay to work. The dirt prospects as well . as that at the eame depth in the rich Deadman and Gold cuts. The miners are apt to form very arbitrary theoriea concerning gold deposits, the direction and extent of paying leads, &c., and bave often, by following them too closely let fortuves slip from their grasp. The discovery of the Wyoming boys goes far to disprove the received theory concerning the ex. tent of paying ground on this hill, and leads to the belief that the diggings surrounding the town will endure beyond all previous expectation. Prospecting, however is rarely ever practiced in this district, It is assumed,asa general thing, that any dirt will pay if there are facilities for washing large quantities of it by the hydraulic process; consequently the miners search for deep banks, plenty of fall and water, hardly ever for rich prospects. Accipent To Gen. Scorr.—The New York Express says that Gen, Scott had a very severe fall on the stairs at Cozzen’s Hotel, West Point, last week. He was about attending a dinner party given tohim at Col. Delafield’s when the accident mae tcp ve Having had a bullet through one shoulder, and a sword thrust through the other arm during his campaigns, he was unable to break the force of the fall b his arms, and hie back was severely injured. He cannot move without great pain. He had been cupped and leeched, and is somewhat better, but suffers intensely. At his age, and with so pondrous a frame, itis a serious affair to have such a fall, and he is fortunate to escape with life. Starr Suootinc.—Among the many instances related of sharp shooting, we are inclined to yield the palm to a resident of Calais, Me., who, in midnight darkness, fired at the bark of a dog, and the next morning found the animal ee the ball having hit the varmint in the roat. Great Watxine.—A walking match came off zoey, between James Sherwood and Robt. Pickersgill, for $100 aside. They walked from the Empire Ranch to this city—seventeen miles—the bet being on the first arrival. They came in, side iy Seg in four hours and thirty minutes, The bet has not been decided.—Marysville Express, Nov, 1st. ‘That motion is out of order,”’ as the chairman of a political meeting said when he eaw a i Tuffian raising his arm to throw a retten egg. his friends and with the consent of his relations, Tejou Pass, broke away and put out for a more favorable climate. Seven of them were found on the desert, headed for Texas, and the other six had not been recovered at last accounts, A Pompxin iy Saxta Crarna.—A pumpkin was raised in Santa Clara, by Asa Vestal, recently, which weighed 260 pounds. DIED. At the County Hospital in this city’ Nov. Ist, of billious fever, Mr. Joun NeMAN, formerly from Boston, Mass., aged about 36 years, LL RT VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. stratifications, that must have required ages, . beyond the power of human comprehension to . The cast was made by the particular desire of . Passengers are notified that all tickets for the steamers of the U. 8. Mail 8, 8. Co. must be presented to their agent at Aspinwall for registry and exchange, as they will not otherwise be available. F 4a3~ ‘Treasure for shipment will be received on board the steamer until 12 0’clock midnight, Nev. 4th. No merchandise or freight will be received on board after 3 P. M, on the 4th, and a written order must be pre cured at the Company’s office for its shipment. For Freight or passage apply to FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents, Cor. Sacramento and Leidesdorff sts, A choice of berths on the Atlantic steamers is secured by the early purchase of tickets in San Francisco. New Crockery Store!! A. Go. PIBR. wes Having just purchased for CASH, the 8 Largest and best selected Stock of GLASS, GRANITE & CHINA WARE, Ever offered in the Mountains, is now prepared to farnish . his customers at the Old Crockery Store of Crittenden & Potter, opposite Chas. W. Mulford’s Banking House. Main Street, Nevada. AN) articles in the above line, at Prices Satisfactory. . gay-No Charges or Growling for showing <$. a5 GOODS. -@a . CALL AND SEE. Orders from the Country promptly . attended to. All Goods delivered in the city, FREE 0! CHARGE, Nevada October 19th 1858.—3-tf. . C.H. MEYER & Co., Brick Store, 76 Broad st. Nevada. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN . FINE FRENCH BRANDIES, Tue Camets ane Gornc.—During the late. storms the Camels, which were kept near the . Eine Old Wines, . ——AND. . Foreign and Domestic Liquors Generally. Also a large Assortment of French Case Goods, Fruits, Preserves, and Fine Gre ceries, constantly on hand at Reduced Frices. We warrant our fine Liquors to be genuine, and of very aegenee Quality, and invite dealers and the public generally to give us a call, Oct. 12th 1858 —2-tf C,. H. MEYER & C0. . COUNTY SCRIP, PURCHASED AT THE Highest Market Rates, by Ee <A DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT, sIT. Sg] uated on the Old Washington Road, between Nevada . and Hawk’s Ranch. The House is 20 feet wide, and 46 feet deep, and well-finished, The Lot is 85 feet wide, and 206 feet in depth, surrounded by substantial Picket Fence, . and contains a fine Peach Orchard. Also, 2 good well is . on the premises. The House has five rooms, two closets, and two halls. The above Property will be sold cheap for CASH. Particulars Enquire of H. BARUH, Or at SAMUEL’S Corner Cigar Store. Nevada, November 2d 1858.—5-1t J.C. BIRDSEYE & CO. Nevada, March 24th 1858.-—25-tf NEW STORE. No. 77, Broad Street, Nevada. HE UNDERSIGNED, having completed his New Store, No. 77 Broad Street, is now receiving and designs For keeping constantly in store a complete assortment of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, And all articles usually found in a Grocery Store, which J. M. HAMILTON, M. L. COYR. J. M. HAMILTON & CO., General Dealers in Hardware, Iron, Steel, Glass, Paints Oils, Leather and Rubber Belting, Powder, Fuse, Cordage Teakle-Blocks, Duck, Quicksilver, &e. &c. &e. At their Old Stand No. 27 Main Street, Nevada, November 2d, 1858.—5-6m* POWDER! Powder!! POWDER!!! 44 KEGS of Blasting Powder now on hand and for Sale Cheap for Cash, in quantities to suit. Those wishing to purchase will do well to give us a call. J. M. HAMILTON & CO. Nevada, Nov. 1st.--5-6m will be sold to Families and Miners, on as reasonable terms as can be afforded in this market. Can and Shelf Goods, of every Variety, on hand. RB Goods Delivered, FREE OF CHARGE. -@% J. M. HEXSON. Nevada Sept, 28th 1858.—52-tf ‘J. 8. WALL & C0, DEALERS LN 27 Main street, Nevada. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Miner’s Supplies, Preserved Fruits, Liquors, &c. Pearson and Merwin’s P ved Fru No. 55 Broad Street, Nevada. RESTAURANT. . HAY: completed our new fire-proof building, we #¢ Broad Street, ° ° Nevada City. now receiving the largest Stock of Goods ever brought “ ate to this place. Having plenty of room, and being secur? _Opponite the National Exchange Hotel. against fire, it is our intention to keep on hand at all times We have now opened our Restaurant to the citizens . a full assortment of all articles to be founa in similar estab: alge ta th me pols generally, and to ali who wish . lishments, which will be sold to Miners and Families ep ES Cees LURatY oO On the most Reasonab} e Terms. A GOOD AND SUBSTANTIAL MEAL, Our Stock consists in part of the following asssortment of gle Family Groceries, &c. Fresh Oysters, Quasi, ase, and 800 Qr. Sacks Flour; 3,000 ihe. 8 C. Haw $$$ 10,000 Lbs. Potatoes; . Fiaut, all kinds of Game, eine bee 3,000 Lbs, side, Hace 3,000 Lbs Goshen butter 1,000 Lbs. Lard; SERVED UP TO ORDER, AT ALL TIMES, ine With a complete stock of SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA, RICE, THE HOUSE IS ENTIRELY NEW—built expressly for a . TOBACCO, FRES! ITS, HARDW. (EENSWARE, Restaurant, under our own supervision, and ” furnished ke. &e. are ee a in a magnificent style. Ra GOODS DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE “@& The Cunivary DerarTMeNt, isin charge of those well ; versed in the business, We invite the attention of Country Dealers to our large From our long eonnection with the National Exchange . stock of Goods, As we have unusual facilities for purchasand with a desire to please our friends we hope to receive . ing, we are confident that we can sell on such terms as will make it to their advantage to trade with us instead eing below for their supplies. 4 teed hi) WALL & CO. Broad Street. September 16, 1856-—tf, @ portion of the patronage of the public. BOARDING per week ....seesecseees $8,00, H. H. PEARSON, Nevada, Nov, Ist, 1852,—5-4f E. F. MERWIN. ru Teaches eal ale pea Sia A ogee i .