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August 28, 1858 (4 pages)

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THE HYDRAULIC PRESS Quite Metropolitan. The State Fair. The State at Large. . “Very ‘Conststent.—Geo. Pen The limits of this paper will not Our exchanges for the past. week Johnston who fought the late duel an act, It is common recently to see ‘the The last Legislature passed B. P. AVERY, EDITOR. which became a law by the approval main street ofour little town crowded permit an extended notice of the are singularly uninteresting, except with Fergtson, is the author of the with lowded teams on their way ‘to the Marysville Fair,nor is it needed,as the to politicians. the columns of most of stringent ‘anti-duelling statute of s term the nd exte to , rnor Gove the of SATURDAY,AUG. 28. 1858. of office of the Board of Supervisors. upper country, Forest City, Downiemost of our readers have access to the them being largely occupied by politix 1855, and advocated its passage with @#alifornia Roads. of certain counties of . this State— ville and thereabouts, or just arrived more capacious pages of the Sacraeal leaders, invectives, vituperations much eloquence. One provision of with goods for our own merchants.— .— ry rest up~ gato the e obli it d mento mak gst woul law amon the ty Union coun da and Neva the Marysville pacommu and “keep it before the peoples.”— A correspondent, to whose Their presenc? is often simultaneous des ’s provi uson s, act ‘in debt Ferg pay to him on the of on pers. secti nd We seco can The do no more than to of title the under issue this in on nicati We are earnestly praying for the with the arrival of the stages,and the the at s visor Super of. ion give a general account of the progreat September calm. case that gentleman should feally elect the for “The Road Fund” we ask attention, street then presents quite a metropolshall they that and ion, ‘ceedings, and most noticeable feaelect al gener e elf , gore “a said hims he as prov expresses the opinion that individual The two wings of the Democracy itan appearance. The jingling of scorre s tures. The city has been swarming are making desperate efforts to in~ community,” and that would be no year of term a for office hold enterprise has given us much better ‘bells from ‘the teams, the loud ringing hol Sta the dove te, all suc r sur ces e s ict, distr r thei of er numb the with to ing pond thousands small matter, as Ferguson is said to of people from every highways than we could have expec-. of tow eve in n mee ry mas in tin s g gs people of bustle the bells, hotel the of part of the State, and with very nu-~ owe every saloon in Sacramento. ted to be built from the public fund. and that after this year there shall be lar a ger emp and loy imp ing ort anc e, or ed y rvis elect ever year, one Supe to on their way to the Post and Express merous attractions besides those diThis opinion is undoubtedly correct, stu tha spe mpe n abl of ake num d e rs ber Tuc YANKEE Pres# AND JOHN ncy. al fill each annu vaca rec tly pe rt ai ni office and to dinaer, the cries of ng to th e Fa ir . St ar k the in and will apply to every county the State in 1856. The RepubliBuiut.—The files of a daily paper t The effec of this act will be to inha sbe en pl teamsters and stage~drivers, the pasay in at g th e Th ea te r; th e cans have started another paper in from Vancouver’s Island look strange California of State. ‘The excellence Pe nn sy lv an ia ns an d Sa n Francisco San Francisco, entitled the Daily the ence sure. pres of at least one exsage to and fro of the grateful sprinkroads isa common subject of remark, to us. Five years ago the city of Mi ns tr el pe s rf or mi ng together in the Evening Republican. A little son Liverpool had not a single daily paand especially with new comers fresh. perienced member always upon the ling cart, the rattling of empty wagLy ce um pav ili on; Ge o. Ch ri st y’ s of John McCormick was drowned in per. Less than ten years ago the Isfrom the barbarous highways of the Board of Supervisors, who, if he be ons, the pleasant displays of luscious Ba nd are amongst the chief attraca well at San Francisco. older States. They find here, in eyintelligent, honest and firm, will have Messrs. land of Vancouver was ceded tothe brick the side~walk, the along fruit tions; Lee’s circus and Hippodrome O’Neill & Co. have struck a lead at ery portion of a new State, through Hudson Bay Company, with the sti it in r his powe to wield ence an influ heaps and mortar pits betokening the is also on the scene, and bull fights, Poverty Bar, on the Mokelumne, the most mountainous regions and ulation that a fort and settlement be over the most rugged spots, wide, well for the benefit of the county. As construction of fire-proofedifices— horse races, shooting matches, engine which prospested $400 to one pan, made there within five years. What graded, hard and durable highways heretofore elected the same persons all contribute to form a miniature copy trials, book and jewelry auctions, and now pays the same amount per was known of the British possessions which can be traveled in all seasons, very seldom’sat upon the Board a of the moving pictures to be witnessed female equestrianism &c., &c., make barrow load.——The Sheriff of Ala-: north of Washington Territory and of lis am the t up us em en ts. and are always kept in repair. And second year, and voters the for $20 of 0 rew a offe ard med rs a in cities. iggaat west of Lake Superior ono year since? in ng casti On Mo nd ev ay en th in Fa e g ir was apprehension of one Decker, an esLittle enough, except that it was anmthey might imagine this to be the reAll this bustle is good to see and their ts ballo for ns perso to fill this op en a ed la , rg au e dience being in ateaped convict. sult of systematic expenditure of pubA young woman der the control of the Hudson Bay to report, even at the risk of laughter e nsibl respo office, have been too apt from those who may mot look on such tendance, and many of the contribuia San Francisco went to the gravelic funds, under the direction of counCompany, who ruled the white inhabty or State authorities, were they not to vote with blameable indifference or trifles as we do, for it is an indication tions not yet arranged for exhibition. yard to kill herself with ‘‘co.d pizen” itants of the country with despotic informed that it is due mostly to indito consult partizan feeling more than of material prosperity as well as a The opening address of the President, because her ‘:lovyer’’ had left her,but power, who gained a princely revenue vidual enterprise, which is stimulated the interest of their District and counproof that the semi~barbarism of early J. C. Fall, was read by Rev. O. C. was found and better persuaded. by trading with the Indians and dealWh ee ler. : by the immense amount of traveling . mountain life is passing away. The Fair of the San Francisco Meing in furs, and whose transactiots The pavilion has a cooling fountain chanic’s Institute will open on the 1st done in this State, and.by-the liberal Even the sometimes mercenary were a mystery to the government . The firs t elec tion und er the new of le ap wa in g ter in its centre, over September. revenue which such improvements spirit of are trade, is Sto better The ckt than the oni lawans under which they hold their charter, arr ang eme nt will tak e plac e on nex t wh th ic Or yield. e h chestra box is airily . fitting out an expedition for Salt Lake as wellas to the restof the world. aS lessness of those crazy days when we Wed nes day Sep , t. Ist, and as a mas su spended. The exhibition stock in . consisting of twenty~eight mule teams Now a daily newspaper ts published Besides these facts, it should also by noblest is what to blinded all were jori ty of our rea der bel s ong to the 3d the cattle grounds is very Jargé and loaded with merchandize for the desat Victoria—a newpaper, through be borne in mind that the character gold, or enslaved by passion. To Dist rict com , pos of Bri ed dge and por t fine, and comprises horses, mules, titute Mormons, who can now buy of whose columns the heart and soul of our climate contributes largely to persons who have not been long in Eur eka tow nsh the ips new , Sup erv i« bul ls, cows, oxen, sheep, dogs, and a the Gentiles. the excellence of our roads. We are moof a community may be seen. of amo The unt California, this reflection may not sor fro m whi ch will hol d his offi ce for free from those long hard winters and variety of smaller animals and feath. hey in the State Treasury on the 21st seem warranted by the trivial circumIn the Gazette we see the account thr ee year s, we dee m it a dut y onc e er cr ed eatures. severe frosts which in the Eastern stances we like have We narrated. 06. But the $36 was 8,1 inst 58 ., of a school examination, with the mor e to call atte ntio n to the imp orStates annually break up the roads Amongst the most remarkable obthat odd picayune ! Wel old resident Gov ler will . compare the past awarding prizes and the reading of an tanc e of sele ctin g THE BES T MAN for (except such as are Macadamized) jec ts on exhibition are as follows: Rob with the Joh present, and understand us. ert par to n ref s, don has use d address. Unknown to the world, the the posi tion The . fact s men tio ned and render it so expensive to keep A large congregation of beehives, who murdered his partner, Van, at He will rejoice, with us, over even school may have passed many such abo ve oug ht to ope rat e to mak e vote rs them in good condition. Winter travconstructed in sections according to Iowa Hill in 1855.—-The Humboldt examinations, these light straws which show that enlivened by music mor e disc rimi nati ng tha n here tofo re. el was formerly, and is now to some th e most approved plans, belonging to Times tells of a fellow called ‘“‘buckwe are drifting back into the currents and encouraged by the presence of If the y elec t a man who lack s eiextent, almost impossible on this ac~ J. 8. Harbinson, Sacramento Valley. skin Jack,” who had his throat cut of civilization. the Governor; but it is the first time ther inte llig ence , wei ght of cha rac ter , count; and the same was true of our An organ of 540 pipes, constructed while asleep, by aequaw with whom As he saunters through the town at Jessie M’Kenzie, William Thompson firm jud gem ent or ass ure d inte grit y, own State during the two or three by Myers of Marysville. night, listening delightedly to the not vei n jug The ula livi r was he ng. and Christiana Veitch have ever fig~ his pre sen ce upo n the Boa rd of Sufirst winters succeeding the gold emA painting by Nahl, eight by fourbeing severed, Jack woke up, wrested tones of friendly converse, formerly ured in print as the recipients of “‘reperv isor s will be a rep roa ch to the migration. At that time the various teen feet, giving life size portraits of the knife from the squaw, and killed unknown in these pine wilds, and to wards of merit.” The little ones selv es and det rim ent al to the welf are sloughs and channels which fill with the Royal Hawaiian family. the humanizing sounds s of Samuelson’ sav age Pre ,th tty spo at, the t. on her will at least bless cou the of the nty , Yankees for water in the rainy season had not Displays of native marble. violin, he will remember the dreary roll ass The ess men aro all t und . printing a newspaper among In them.—= this con nec tio n we hav e alr ead y been bridged, nor had there been sufDevine’s bust of Gov. Weller. Supervisor ‘of District No. 8. days of his lonely toils when his fellow indi cate our pre d fer for enc HEN e RY ficient travel to harden the roads so man was a sordid egotist, and when EVE RET T, in reg ard to who m the Nethat they would shed some portion of these savage hills heard no music but vada Dem of Siskiyou county will show about Home-made billiard tables. $300,000 worth of property, where The steam wagon. eight years ago there was no property California grown peanuts. The Shasta Jebut Indian buts. Real Carotina sweet potatoes. publican says that a Portuguese Co. A large pair of gold scales made mining on Coffee Creek have been The proceedings of the‘‘House of As sembly” are also reported. The members of that body, whose words the heavy rains, and sustaia the heathose breezy. hints of it which the had probably never passed beyond the Mr. Eve ret has t hel d the offi ce of vy loads constan-tly passing over them. trees have been whispering in the ear walls of the building, Sup must erv have for iso one felt yea r r and is one of We well remember the almost inof nature for centuries; he will note a thrill of the some best kind men upon that picking can be up sele cted in superable difficulties of winter travel by Harris & Marchand, Sacramento. robbed of $2,900 by a partner named the change as we have, and thank the morning paper the cou of the nty for Yankees that posi an tion The . Of course there is a magnificent Brown. in 1849-50—how packers and teamheaven for it, too. Yan Cou Pla rie The r, cer seeing, for the first time, overy line Sup erv elec fro iso ted the thir m r disd display of fruits and vegatables, such kee Jim’s, gives an account of the sters charged one dollar per pound for they had uttered the night before in tric hold the t offi s thr ce yea ee and rs, transporting the much needed supas California alone can produce, and Jenny Lind Tunnel Co., near that Bep~ W. I. Ferguson, State Sena print. John Bull will yet learn the inte of man a that imp is it lliort ant plies of food to the mining camps th va e ri in thi de et s y pa is
sai rt d me nt com the say men and y pla s ced ce, tor from. Sacramento county, and secret of American progress.—r¢. sence and good business capacity ocrat says as fellows: which were nearest Sacramento—how to be unsually great. California arts washing from the rich portion of their George sho Pen uld be Johnston, elec Clerk ted. Suc of the a h man is every day brought mournful reports an ma sh ev d nu or er fa t y ct ur es —i n yea a r tha n mor e con sid vei era n bly Eve Mr. ret t. U. §. Circuit Court, on Saturday last branch of her productive industry is oflives lost in attemptsto cross streams or inundations—-of property left expos~ did something to vary the political full y PouiticaL MEETING.—Last Sat ago, since which time their gross re represented. ceipts have seldom been less than two ed on the way or sunk beneath the n th thi da of th Fa Ho e e y ir rd n. monotony of the times, by fighting a hav e and wee k, per oun ces hun dre d urda y night the free and inde pend ent waters—of miners starving to death S. B. Be ll de li ve an re el d oq ue an nt d hun six to two fro m ran ged duel usu on Angel all y Island, in the Bay of in the mountains and unable to reach electors of North San Juan enjoyod San Francisco. The two honorable original address which will repay pedred ounces, and frequently gone the spectacle of a political free fight, gentlemen the cities of refuge. ANNOUNCEMENTS. rus le al, ng as iti th On s. ca y e nn ot had been imbibing rather much above these figures! Shares The red foot-hills in particular were which came off on Labasse’s classic freely, re it ad ,— me co nt ns al id at the ly er in g gave one another the lie direct, are held at $20,000. The same pa We are authorized to announce the name of HENRY EVERET as ati Independent Candidate for Supervisor of District Number 3. We are authorized to announce the name of c. w. E€ORNELL as an independent candidate for Constable of Bridge perfect wagon traps. We have seen corner. sa ti me me all th , ci e rc um atst an ce s nearly the finding of a lump of BB We are authorized to announce fought on rec the per ord spot, s but were oxen, mules, horses and loaded wagte nd its del in g ive an co ry, d nt ra st in g pounds and fou r separated, wei ghi and gol resorted ng d pur to“the e code” C. Wils Hill, on the Inde pend MAJOR G. WELTON; ent ons inextricably clutched in their deep asa th Ind oc n e ependent Democratic candidate for Constablé ca of si its de on li wi ve his th ry to setile Son In oma the affair. min ers Poc They ! r exchanged aha lf. of Bridgeport Township. (39td} firm clay many a time, and there left candidate for County Judge, got up a fin est knowledge of California as she county, according to the Journal,Galfour shots, Ferguson maintaining,even We are authorized to announce the name of to deathanddestruction. To this da meeting on his individual account,and at the most critical wa ni s ye ne ar ag s o— wi fee th lin ou gs t a dispute with his moments, his into got Rai ns lan t C. WILSON HILL, animal bones and remains of vehicles tried to persuade his audience that it characteristic demeanor, of pr an id ke d e en sa es ti sf t ac ti on .— him down and stabbed as an independent candidate for the position of COUN and fat her John,kn ock ed may be found lying at such places, was their duty to cast their ballots for ston behaving TY JUDGE. 35td Al ho l to no th St r e Ag at ri e cu lt ur al Both with great coolness, pen a -kn wit ife . h ser iou him sly and the traveler who passes comforthimself alone So ci to Ma et ry y, Ci an sv d ty il le —r ue until they were The Vet. “satisfied” —Ferguthe time. at dru nk wer e ably over the now secure road will OF TH E GR EA Fa T rr . son by a severe sho ck wound sli a ght had in hav the e peo outside ple alu ma On his retir ing from the stand, O. wonder how they came there. of his right thigh, felt was and sam the e Johnston ear an thq of uak e; by Bas The mostimportant news since In view of the great change for P. Stidger was called for, and responthe loss of a button alo from ng gen his and era lly pantaFra San nci at sco our last issue, is the arrival of anoththe better, old Californians cheerfully ded in a spicy speech, opposing Hill Am br ot yp es , Ph ot og ra ph s, loons, and a piece of Qua of flesh rtz con A ven coas from tio the t. n his er Overland Mail Coach at Placerville pay such tolls as are demanded of and the Independent County ConvenSPHEREOTYPES, &c. left wrist. Hal Mus at l, hel be ica will d Min l ers in ten days traveling time from Salt ’ them, though anticipating with pleas~ tion. Vive Phoneur! in San Fra on Tue the nci sda sco y, , Lake, bringing a large mail, and the ure the day when these great highways eA seat constructed a building on the lot Tth of Sep Joh Lyn tem n ch ber . Mr . Hi ll re pl ie next to the Sierra Nevada Hotel, expressly for the d, de fe nd in g th e reported late the that tidings grateful will be free. AFFRAY AT MownvezuMa.—On pur pos e of taking likenesses by the above processes, we met ana dea in San Mat wfu th eo l Convention and himself. invite the public to call and examine our Pictures, Indians The allahoax. is massacre Sunday night there was a sort of inThe Mines about Town. _4%-Portraits taken at the lowest rates, and in the cou by nty fall int ing a pile o of bur nalong the route are unusually friendhighest style of our art. Dr. Warfield, the Administration te rn at io na l ro ing w saw ~du at He st was Mo bur nt ned to a ez um a Hi ll B. JAY ANTRIM & CO. abundSo far as we can learn, all the Democratic candidate for Assembly, ly and peaceable, the grass is No rt h Sa n J@ an , Au g. 28 21 m cri bef sp he ore cou be ld hel ped . be tw ee n so me Am er ic ans and Irishant the entire distance, and the stock companies who are washing are doing was next called for, and made his bow as wellas ever, the lowest sum taand a few remarks to the heterogenemen, between whom, we are informed, in excellent condition. . P s O F LETTERS, remaining in the Post Tue CALIFORNIA CuLTURIST.— We Off ice at North San Juan, Cal., August 20, 1858. ken out by any one company regularly ous crowd, advocating the election of there has long been a feud for some All is quiet in Mormondom. ‘The have received the Augu Adkins JC Allan Wm st numb er of at work, to the best of our information Mr. Moore for County Judgeas re as on Brady Patrick be st homes, their kn to ow returning n are saints to th em se Bauer Jacob lv es .— , opBowden Nicholas this valua ble perio dical from the pubbeing six hundred dollars. Several posed to Mr. Hill. Frequently before this occasion there but everything is dull and inactive.— Carmack Hezekiah Cheeseborough C H De la na Jo hn 4 Duggan Patrick lishe rs, Messr of the companies are busily running s. Wads wort h ha & Tur. ve be en ho Valst Cedar at are il troops’ 8. e U. The ou tb reaks resulting Mr. Williams of Nevada followed Daugherty John their tunnels, and cannot wash adin his luminous wake, praising Mr in no great damage, but on Sunday ley, about thirty-five miles from Salt rell, San Francisco. Besides many Edwards R J . Flanagin Jas° Frances Robert vantageously until they are through. Moore as a gentleman of high legal night, the parties indulged in a genLake. A few apostate Mormons are other interesting articles, it conta Griffin B Gullery Martin ins Hess Thos P Hawkins C G 2 Others are employed improving their attainments and spotless private chareral melee, in which pistols. and coming to California with their fami Harmon John Ha rtford James 2 sever al on the peac h cultu re, whic h Hadley Dr water apparatus, of which we shall acter. Harrigan Wm knives were liberally used, one. man lies and eattle. Hentsche! € G Ha ll Asa are of speci al value in this peac h speak at length hereafter. Harrison B J Holden John P J.B. Johnson Esq., then addressed being shot through the leg and stabJo ne s Is Tu e aa Lat c est 8 FRo M Fra ser RIV ER. Je nkins RR grow ing State . It woul d be well for be d sl ightly in the body, another Tue Onto TunnEL Co. have run his fellow townsmen from the Adminoe on vad H —T he ste ame r Pac ifi c, whi ch arr ive d ry Wal ter ever y perso n purs uing agric ultur Leveland e in on st e ab sh be gh d tl an y, d still another @ shaft up from their tunnel into their istration stand point, pitching into Mr. Lynch Jeremiah aly on the 24t h inst . at. San Fra nci sco , the moun tain s to send the results of Merritt J J ne ar ki ly ll by ed a bl ow cut, a distance of 115 feet, and are Hill with some antithetical sentences on the head McKenney Chas * Me zn er Hen Ma rt bro in ugh J t dow A n eig hty -th ree pas sen ger s, their exper ience to this Maga izin e for McLean Dav now about ready for washing. Their for scheming to obtain a convention with a stick. Metten John $48,725 in coin, $7,654 in dust, publication, as a basis Mahoney John Murphey Patrick “ port Township. NEW THIS WEEK. ee ee for general Morgan Benj Dr. J. B. Warfield was called to $19 ,00 0 in coi n and dus t, and dat es Nu tterGeoW .rules hereaf ter. Much of our mounth e se en e of ba tt le and foend the last years ago last May, and is 535 feet as an Independent candidate, telling . : . . Nei l N Eu ri ja h ~ fro m Vic tor ia to the 21s t and Bel lin gtain gard enin g and farming, owing to Oston Dennis 2 ma n, Mi le Ma s lo ne by na long through hard me , ly in g rock, and about an amusing anecdote, and making, in ha Ba to the 19t m y h. the novel character of climate, soil Predmore Sarah Ann 160 feet beneath the surface of the the opinion of many, the best speech insensible, in which state he continu$80 ,00 0 has bee S n e dona Robert rec eiv ed at &c., is pure ly ed fo expe r rime ma ntal ny ho thus ur .far s. He was brought , ughree Cornelins of the evening, considered simply as Victoria from Fraser River mines.— tunnel was commenced about two nomination after announcing himself Ma: Okey toot Mid Stillwell Jos and persons who follow those occupaShattuck R K This arduous work has been oxea speech, withont reference to the to North San Juan, and is now res Stockdale Jas $2 Sa yr e Al be rt G 3 Min ers are rep ort ed as mak ing from tions need the light of one another’s Singleton. Wm covering under the Doctor’s care.— Savage Leo cuted entirely by members of the opinions expressed, Speuner John $5 to $45 per day to the han d. expe rien ce to avoi d faii Th ure and e ot insu he re Terry John H r wo company. They own a large amount un de pa d rt ie wo s, be After calling loudly for Mr. Isaman, The riv er rise s and fall s wit Th h om the so n ie ve succ , ar ess. e no The t se Cult uris ri t is just the Tenney C NK N ourly injured. — which is supposed to be who Sapened from the midst of the thermometer. Troubles with the Inmedium they need. Temple Wm crowd by imperatively commanding Van Lone Wm Bes~Col. Collins has declined the dians are reported, and two hundred Tax Minus Yous Caxat is now their l couadiate rabies runnining the neighborhood of to a place Independent nomination for the State whites had gone from Fort Yuba to J& Rev. Mr, Dickinson ‘requests us to 1,300 distinguished for the heat of its cliSenate in a letter to the Nevada cheek them. The famous Whatcom call public attention to the fact that the reg= 4a5~ Persons asking begining as the season advances. Advertised August Vallentine James M an Bridgeport Township. thereat in Whatcom. P for above letters will please say 20.” [JNO. A. SEELY, Ps Me . Fa sely-smee uncalled for in the office of Langtorts Pioneer Ex press, North San Juan, August 20th. A. BLanp, Piesiding Elder, is expected. to MillerA J } yIM , be present. . Moore BC ~ Willers Wm eee to lessen speeches, except to ladies, the meet~ a.candidate for Justice of the Peace cing and combustion of gunpowder 29h insts.—Saturday and to-morrow. Rev. McMrhon J 2 ing adjourned itself sine die. Thomas Joseph: Tucker Jos B Wagner James Ward OL inches of water daily, every ak of mate, and after more calls for ceveral Journal of las ular Quart erly. meet ing of the M. E. Church t week. . Since then and Thomson river trail is at last will be held at Swee tlan on d the 28th we and ll kn ow n ci ti ze ns wh o ne ve r ma ke whisienc gageh d. “ The supply of his friends have persuaded him to be completed, and there was great rejoi waist of e course Shrum David ay J tus John H4 N ib W Ropo Pedro = Santehez Rafugio Wheller Mrs. 0 W 3