September 25, 1858 (4 pages)

* alt —-—__._____ . 7 LD NS B. P. AVERY, EDITOR, PADD OOOOOOOOwwenws SATURDAY, SEPT. 25. 1855. — New Maru Rovutes.—We spoke in our last issue a few words concern. ing the need of a daily mail botween Marysville and this place, and were not at that time aware that Congress had established a post road from Marysville, via North San Juan, to Forest City. Yetsuch is the case, and we hope a contract may be soon concluded for a daily mail over the new route. Two other post roads, in which many of our readers are interested, are also established, as follows: From Nevada City, via Woolsey’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Chip’s Flat, Allegheny, Forest City, Downieville, Monte Christo, Eureka, North Poker Flat, to Mariposa City; and one from Nevada City, by Alpha, to Washing— ton, Nevada county. THREE WONDERS IN THE Sky.— One evening this week we gazed upon three heavenly objects that are not often seen together ;—the round, full moon, yellow as gold and shorn of all her tresses, just risiag from her grey chambers behind the eastern hills ; Venus, the evening star, the effulgent planet of love, glistening in the western sky like a huge diamond; and the comet,—a jewel-hilted sword with its point presented at the breast of the Great Bear,—falling towards the horizon in the north west. The Almighty afforded this item,— amere hint of the magnificence of gpace, furnished, as that is, with myriad many-colored suns, with fleecy embryo worlds, with strange, erratic messengers that do His will, with belted globes, and zones of powdered stars, and astral systems numberless, that move harmoniously around the center of an infinite circumference which has no outer rim! A Worwp or Rineinc Beuts.—-By preconcerted arrang2ment, J. B. Stearns, Superintendent of the Boston Fire Alarm Telegraph, rung all the bells of Boston, connected with fire alarm, from the office of the American Telegraph Company in Portland! This extraordinary feat indicates the practicability of a simuitaneous ringing of the bells throughout the world.—L£ xchange. When this globe of ours is girdled by the magnetic wire, and subordinate nerves of electricity radiate from the grand trunk, or “spinal cord,” to every place where swings a bell ; and when the signal shall be given, and the general tintinnabulation burst in concord forth, the staid earth will start . THE HYDRAULIC PRESS PLP OS I Sg Stranger than Fiction. Cyrroxer.—The miners at this Edgar A. Poe told a story illustra. rich locality are prevented by want and mechanism, under thc title of the / but they are busily employed in pre“The Thousand and Second Night.” paring for the wet season, when the i . ’ . ° Many years have passed since we needed element will be plentiful. tial features: The Princess Sche. rounding the town which jsielded, i herazade, after charming the jealous . when last worked, from fifty to sixty /and sanguinary Sultan by her beauti. dollars per day to the man, and they ful fables for a thousand and one/ will no doubt yield as well hereafter. ‘nights, and inducing him to forego . But the citizens do not allow the tempersuaded by him, on the thousand ning inactivity to prevent them from and second night, to tell another of . ) Oyins Life. The place is favored thetales which had so fascinated him fod een ee = re ‘. families, and more pretty little chilShe consents, but premises that she . dren can be seen sporting in its will now relate a true narrative, streets than in any other mining town whereas all the others were fictions. . f the same size that we are acquainShe then describes, in a manner ex; . ted with. There is aregular attenquisitely poetical, the art of printing, dance at Mrs. Spoor’s school of sume balloon ascensions. steam navigation, . 25 pupils. the locomotive and railroad, Daguer-. In common with Camptonville and reotyping, and the electric telegraph, . San Juan, Cherokee is considerable besides many lesser wonders. L[ler. of a sporting town. On last Saturdespotic lord listened with a tolerable . day the race between “ Cub” and degree of patience to the close, but. ‘* Sheep,” the particulars of which when she again affirmed that these . we have already given, was run, and things were all true, he flew into a . resulted in “ Cub” winning by elev: terrible naseion and had the unhappy . en feet. It is proper to state, in ex' princess slain for presuming to pracplanation of this second triumph of ‘“* Cub,” that he was trained by “T'entice upon his credulity. The world has known many similar . broeck,” late of the Union Course, . Long Island! Another race is arinstances of scepticism and ferocity. Galileo was imprisoned, Columbus] ranged, to come off two weeks from to-day between Turney’s “ Roan ”’ sneered at by the learned Council of Salamanca, Fitch and Stevenson pro} and Nichol’s “ Bay,” for $1,000 a nouced insane, Goodyear treated with . side. The race is made by McMalcontumely and neglect, ocean steam . len & Turney and D. Brown—disnavigation declared impossible by an/ tance to be run, 440 yards. eminent savan, and Gisborne, the or. SAG Viele oa 28 gh iginator of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph, esteemed no better than a visionary. But we are wiser now; the last great wonder, the climax of all previons achieyments, has converted us to unbounded faith. The common mind is now educated to an appreciation of the sublimest novelties, and bar-room cronies project the most magnificent schemes. ‘The project of a telegraph to connect Russia and America by way of Asia and Behring’s Straits, was talked of in village stores before it found its way into the public press. Like Henry Ward Beecher, we are now prepared to believe almost anything, provided the story shall be big enough! Ordinary people already believe in the ultimate navigation of the air—it is the next thing they look for. For ourselves, we shall throw poetry and romance to the dogs, and study the annals of science and invention. Cotumsra Hinu.—The miners at this locality, as at. every other on the ridge just at this time, are mostly employed in preparing for the advent of the rainy season. The diggings there are of the deep hydraulic character. Three companies only are washing, and those are making excellent wages. The miners will be in better condition to improve the wet season this fall than ever before. CaMPTONVILLE.—We have not been able to obtain any mining intelligence from this place, but as the and water is abundant, we suppose the miners are doing well. A friend writes us that on last Saturday night the school children, under the charge of Mr. Foster, gave a public exhibition of the usual character, which pasSage oi sedof very pleasantly. These school Apventisina.—We have labored . exhibitions, in the rugged mountains as hard to deserve public patronage, . and among the yawning gold mines, during the short time our paper has. form a delightful feature of California life, and are full of promise for our read it, but we can give its substan-. There are claims immediately sur. the execution of his dreadful vow, is . porary dullness consequent upon mis . . Tue Mrvyes about Town are yielding better thanever. Last week the __. ting the wonders of modern science of water from taking out much gold, . Deadman Company cleaned up §7,490, as the result of their week’s ;washing. Lowe’s Company made 'from six days’ washing the respectable sum of $4,828. These two claims tre paying better than others on San Juan hill chiefly for the reason that they are working on the bottom, have their tunnels completed, and can thus . command the entire depth of the bank. . The new iron pipe has recently been ‘introduced into Spencer’s claim. It will be universally udopted in time. . Such other companies as are washing are making excellent wages—that 1s, from ten to twenty dollars per day ; so we are informed on reliable au. thority. It would amply repay our citizens who are not miners to visit the diggings oftener than they do. They will see how the solid Sank of a hundred or more feet in depth has grad. <A True Satt.—The S. F. Bulle-. ‘tin tells an amusing story of a weaths . 'er-beaten old tar, who bought a rum . ’ . ‘shop known as the “ Hole in the . Wall,” on Pacifie-st. He no doubt expected to do a crowding business, ‘aud to make enough money so that . ‘he could have easy sailing for the rest of life’s voyage. But after drink‘ing the greater part of the stock, and trusting for the balance, he got dis. gusted with the business. When the . St. Marys left for Panama, recently, 'and Jack saw her spread her white bosom to the breeze, he swore he was ‘ashamed to be * in such a lubdberly ‘trade, fit only for lazy land-sharks,” /and smashing the bottles, kegs, glas'ses, aud rigging of his shanty, shipped into the service again. Tur Curnese are having great times this week about something best ‘known to themselves. The week _was ushered in with the usual explo. sion of fire-crackers and slaughter of . ually slid away into the Yuba, until) pigs and chickens. now the bare rock is exposed for hun-. and fowl on about the same principle dreds of feet in width, and the pine! that we eat turkey—making of them trees nod over yawning chasms where . aq gort of festival dish, sacred to great the water is dashing and the earth oecasions. ‘The rascals have been gambling night and day. They play tumbling before it. ms Aol fae! la very noisy game with their hands New Porms.—The California pa. oe < P. alone, gesticulating and shoating vios pers abound with original poems of ‘lently yet monotonously for hours toJobn eats pork . digzings are known to be excellent, . considerable merit recently. The Union publishes a.long amatory decasyllabic poem by ‘*Glycus””—qui est? —which might have been written in the time of Pope, it isso much like the poetical compositions. of his day. Pollock’s Anniversary Poem before the Pioneers entitled ‘*Gold is King,” strikes us as a failure,lacking pertinency to the occasion, and clearness. The California Farmer has a song to the telegraph from Mrs. Lesdernier, which is entitled “Sing to the Agea Song!” It is not remarkable above many others on the same subject. The Marysville Democrat of Thursday contains a poetical address to the Atlantic Cable, which possesses considerable merit. The ideas are in a measure original, and expressed with force and propriety. So far our favorite California poets are Wells, the author of “Mary Brown,” and Frank Soule. Tue Latest Experiment In IyDRAULIC MurnING is the employment of powder for the purpose of loosening the bank by blasting, which leaves it ina condition to fall more readily when subjected to the action of a stream of water. cently been put in practice at JuncThis idea has re. 'gether. It appears to be a kind of '** odd and even” guessing game. It ‘is usually played for the ** drinks all . around,’’ and the man who is beaten . is not allowed to drink himself—which causes shouts of laughter. If you July Zall-eesem! Welly good!” Important TO Mriners.—Under this head, the Sierra Democrat pub. . lishes a communication from Dr. Cyrus D. Aiken, on the subject of premature explesions in blasting. The Doctor says he has ascertained that “‘ the majority of accidents occurring in the process of blasting are in consequence of the want of precaution as to fill up the tube and exclude atmospheric air.’ lis theory is, that the condensation of air by the sudden driving of the tamping iron geanerates sufficient heat to ignite the pow~ der; aad he offers the following as an illustrative proof: ** Obtain a glass . cylinder, two or three inckes long and an inch in diameter, closed airjtight at one extremity, and puta piston in the other end, air-tight ; then place a small piece of punk in the bottom of the cylinder; fit the ‘and drive it down suddenly, and the punk will be set on fire by the heat ask John what these festivities are . about, he will answer—‘* Shabby four . in putting the tamping compactly . upon the powder, in such @ manner . piston in the open end of the cylinder . been in existence, as any other paper in the mountains; yct a glance at our advertising columns will prove that, in that direction at least, we have not been successful. Our adat the sound, and plunge through space a starry courser girt with ringing bells. Bes We give editorial matter on every page of this week’s issue, as indeed we have done in nearly every f hanges. Why is this ? number of our paper; though some of any of our exchanges 1y is this In order to induce business men on vertising custom is less than that of. future. It is pleasant to know that the mental wants of children are not overlooked or neglected by their wealth-pursuing elders. Bridgeport Library Association. The semi annual meeting of this our exchanges have appropriated por. the ridge to advertise, we shall not, excellent institution was held last tions of it without due credit. We shall endeavor to continue this . though we believe it would benefit custom, so as to make every part of . them pecuniarily ; but we will say the Hypraviic Pruss interesting to . Bat persons looking for a location, and perusing this paper in their quest, subscribers, and — valuable as an . wij] pay more attention to the number advertizing medium. 7 of advertisements than to laudatory It will demand much more labor on promise them a fortune as the result, . Sunday evening, and resulted in the re election of the old officers. Although it has not met with that liberal support which it deserves from our citizens, it has prospered sufficiently to be beyond the chance of failure. There are about 500 volumes already tion Bluff, in the claims of Trevethick . given from the condensed atmospheric & Co. <A short drift is run in at the! air.’ Dr. Aiken is satisfied * that base of the bank, and from that a little . ag many as three out of five accidents side drift is made, into the side of occur in consequence of neglecting to which a quantity of powder, in the! exclude the air from the blast-hele . keg, iz placed and packed in firmly . before striking with the sledge. Many with dirt, a fuse being attached by . persons are under the impression that means of which the blast is fired. the cutting of the fuse is the cause The explosion opens the pores of the} of the accidents attribatable to the bank, so to speak, to such an extent that it crumbles and falls very readily . gir.” There is no doubt but what . unaer the streams of water powerful-" this js really the cause of many accis ly projected against it. One such/ dents which might be avoided by a blast has furnished sufficient earth for . little precaution. a week’s washing, and the use of pow: der in this manner saved the above seh company, it is said, a considerable} PJaceryille, Sep. 21—114 a. M. amount on their water bill for a short! _'[The Overland Mail arrived at 12 From the Piains. /sudden condensation of atmospheric . editorials. The editor may lie, ad« our part, but we hope to be rewarded . yertisements can not. If people would make less use of bulletin boards, when they wish to notify the public of anything, and more of the local paper, they would find the change advantageous to themselves and the town. by the approval of our friends, and by an increased list of subscribers. Suvere Accipent.—We are pained to announce the occurrence of another mining casualty to an eson the shelves, among thom the complete works of Cooper, Irving, Willis, and Scott, the great historical works of Bancroft, Macauley, Prescott, Gibbon and Hume, besides many English . period. This is quite likely, for these deep banks are sometimes as hard as cement, and the water will dash against them in one place for a long while before a sufficient cavity is worn From one hundred to two hundred out to cause the fall of the mass above. . o‘clock last night, in charge of ILuntington and Lindsay. No news of importance from Salt Lake. A portion of the Utah army are en route for the Shoshone couns try, for the purpose of protecting the Tue Comet which is visible in the north-west every evening and morning, is said to be an old visitant to our earth, being no less than the so called comet of Charles Vth. We have reliable accounts of its appearance so long ago as 1264, and when . it disappeared the Pope Urban IV. Sresna VALLEY.—A party of . also made his exit, whereat the supergentlomen from this place Jately visi. stitious world greatly marvelled. It . : came again in 1556, when Charles ted the above locality on a hunting $7" whe knew ho ought to die, tho't and pleasure errand. They report . it was a portent of his demise; but it that about two hundred persons have . wasn’t. And now, after another 300 been there during this season, that . years, it comes again, just in time to : see the success of the Atlantic Cable. ne ig gegen 9 . It is supposed to have been seen on plenty, but _ tiie: ‘Btchoaphere is at least three other occasions, earlier pure and bracing and the water deli~. than those given; in A. D. 975, 395 ciously cool. While on the summit! and 104. they sent a challenge to Mr. Grizzly, The old fellow used to frighten went forth to meet him, but found! people awfully by his former visits, im not. Old hunters say the true but he cannot come it now. We hope aly bear is now to be found most-. he will stay long enough to let the “Jy on the Coast Range of mountains, . astronomers become intimately acthe Sierra Nevada being tenanted by quainted with him; as for ourselves, the cinnamon bear, . we prefer a distant acquaintance. teemed citizen of this piace. On Tuesday morning, while Mr. Jno. H. Errincer was washing in the “Deadman Cut,” a small piece of earth fell anc broke his leg, making a comminuted fracture below the knee. He is under the care of Dr. G. W. Nosus, who set the limb, and thinks it can be saved. ee ee en man literary classics. It is hoped the number of books will be doubled, at least, the coming year. The Association now occupy a commodious room on Flume-st., which is well lighted every night, and supplied with a large number of California and Eastern papers and pericdicals, and with all the foreign reviews. ‘The public generally are invited to visit the Library. It is in contemplation to reduce the dues to fifty cents per month, and this, with the low price of membership—$5 for a subscribing, and $10 for a shareholding membership—ought to induce every person who has the least desire for mental cultivation to become a member. Nothing will tend more to elevate our town in the opinion of strangers and visitors than the fact that it supports a respectable public library. Every man of family, in particular, ought to contribute to its support, and have some of the books in his house. Cal~ ifornia would not seem half so dreary a place if ail would take some of these quiet friends to their bosoms. J mails and the emigrants. Dr. Forinches of water are used by many) ney, the Indian Agent, accompanies companies, and at 80 cents per inch, the troops, and will demand of the this indispensable agent is excessive~ . Shoshones all the mules they have ly costly in such large quantities. . stolen, and adopt measures that will If this application of blasting upon . secure their friendship. being generally tested, as it doubtless} The Placerville and Humbolt Telwill be, should prove successful, 4) esraph Company have reached great saving will result to the miners, . Brockliss® bridge with their line, and, yet without prejudice to the interests . if the weather continues favorable, of ditch companies. expect to open an office at Genoa in Acorent at Manzantra.—A mi-. three weeks—Bee telegraph, ner, whose name we could not learn,) THe SournerN OverLanp Rovre. while working in a shaft at the above —The second coach by this route place, had his left hand, which hap. va Los Angeles, left San Francisco pened to be lying ona rock, struck early Monday morning, with seven by a falling stone and badly crushed. . passengers, five of whom are bound Three fingers were stripped of their. through to Tenn. and Mo, ligaments to the bone, and the little} Henceforth the mail coaches by finger so much torn and broken that this line will leave San Francisco oa amputation was necessary. ‘T'he opMonday and Friday of each week. eration was performed by Dr. Noble, the poor victim bearing it with the utmost apparent indifference. The News from China, By recent arrivals, is of great importance. The Allies had sailed up the Hong~ho tothe Peiho river, de-~ stroyed the city of Houts, and thus had Pekin, the Capit of the Empire, vat their mercy. This critical condiThe first number of the Weekly Butte Record reached us this week. It is full of reading and readable mat. ter. ; _tion of affairs induced the Chinese to ‘treat for peace. ‘They first, perhaps forthe sake of saving their dignity —heaven save the mark!—concluded treaties with the Americans and Russians, with whom they have not been at war, and then the Emperor sealed one with Great Britain; which is to be conveyed to London for ratifica~ ‘tion. ‘The leading features of the several treaties, which are similar in . their general provisions, are thus givs en in the Union’s Telegram from S. F. Five more seaports are to be opened; the free navigation of the river, 'as far as Peiho, is conceded; Chris~ tianity to be tolerated throughout the ‘empire; Resident Ministers to be at Pekin, and heavy duties and other commercial restrictions are to be abol. ished. . Simonson, well known to early Californians as a violinist in the Saloons, is playing at Hong Kong to large houses at five dollars a ticket. . = on CELEBRATION OF THE CABLE TRIumpu.—lIt is proposed by some of our citizens to show that we are not dead to the importance of this event, by having “a feast of reason and a flow 'of soul” over it on Monday evening, _and everybody who would lke to as‘sist is requested tu be at the new Library Room this (Saturday) evening /at early candle-light. The State at Large. . The Atlantic Telegraph, and celebrations of its success, and schemes to cornect California with it immediately, are the chief topics discussed in our exchanges this week.-Impromptu demonstratioas of joy over the . great event have occurred in many places thronghout the State, and preparations are being made for more systematic rejoicings.— . Sin Francisco, Sacramento and Marysville . have selected next Monday night for a grand . jubilee, and other towns will doubtless fall . into the arrangement..The posts for the . Piacerville and Carson Valley line of telegraph are set for 20 miles beyond the former place. When the lineis completed and extended to Silt Lake, we think there is little doubt but what a line will be at once started from some point on the Eustern borders to meet it..Colt. Baker delivers the address atthe S. Francisc> Celebration..The Sonora sailed on Monday with a large mail, $1,757,651 in treasure, and 851 passengers. She brought to this country the enornicus numb:r of 1,600 passengers! No doubt most of them we:e bouad tor Frazer, but they will be apt to stay here.. There is the usual large amount of crimes and casualties,bat we take no pleasure in retailing such thing:. If cur readers want details of crime, they must seck them in other papers; we shill not make a practice of publishing them.There have been several much needed clipper arrivals at San Francise>. During the past week there has been quite a scarcity of many articles largely needed in mountain trade.The Navy Agent contracted for several millions of bricks at $11 90 per thousand, when he knew he could get them from Siate Prison Commissioners tor $11. Whai’s Wrong?. The navigation of the San Joaquin river ig ; to be improved..The Marysville Democrat amusingly chronicles several thieving depred«tions on the craft in that city.The Mechanic’s Fair closed on Thursday.. Sam Brannan has returned from the Eist.According to the Shasta Courier, 12,673 cattle have arrivedin this State from Oregon duriig the past summer..Gen. Kibbe hag returned from the scene of Taudian difficulties and reports that they have not been exagee. rated. That's singular! .The San Franciscans are wasting (their energies on a Syuthern Telegraph to the States, instead of aiding the line already commenced at Placerville. One at a timeis the best plan,.T. D. Judah, Chief Enginecr cf the Central Railroad, reporis that he thinks » praetica. ble route can be found to Auburn with a . grade of not over 89 fect to the mile. He found Auburn to be 1,150 feet higher than Sacramente,.Capt. Sayward, of the San Francisco Police, beat an intoxicated woman . with a cowhide for using abusive language to him: Whata virtuous, brave Christian!. . Agricultural and horticultural Societies are being formed in the different counties.. The Yreka Union says: “Itis now an undoubted fact that Yieka is built upon a bed of gold. Several compinies have succeeded in getting down to the bed-rock, where they have found rch deposits. From present indications it is fair to ¢me.ude that the towa will eventually be compleiely undermined, and a greater number of men employed benea'h the surfice than uponit.’ San Francisco is not the only city that is built upon piles!.The Yreka Diich is paying dividends of 23 per cent. a month ona capital of $2000U0 .The Ovoviile Record states that a son and heir weighing 18 pounds has been born to one Pence, of Mesilla Valiey. If Pence is married, the boy must hava been born to two Pence, wid im that case he does not care a furihing; but if Pence is not married such « weighty responsibility must make bim rather pensive.. fhe U. 5. Mint at S. Franc eco coined $572,000 trom Sept. Ist to 15ih..Upwards of 40 N. Y. thieves are said to have arrived on the two or three last steamers. They must be seeking office.— Look out for them!.The Assessor reports, sv tar as received, show a large iucrease in the substantial wealth of the several counties, in spiie of tht Frazer river depletion. Oa the 18th inst., 2,000 school children attended the Fair of tue Mechanie’s [ustitute. .-+.The newspapers throughout the State are expressing themselves pretty generally agalast duelling. Would rot the most of them neglect to praise a man for declining a challenge? The truth is, most men do not like to fighi, bat om a weli known priaciple they admire thise who do fight, and the moral courage that dares refuse to do wrong, meets with little sympathy from them..The Dowuieville folks are raising excellent grapes in their gardens, says the Citizen. They Must have some strong wen up North, for one has lately thrown a large bridge across the Upper Sacrameuto! Tuis isthe second ; bridge over that river..Grapes are for sale at Mokelumne Hill which were raised in that Vicinity, and one bunc’ on exhibition weighs seven pounds! ihe mountains refuse to be outdune by the vallies Such a fact as this bunch of fruit is worth mere to the State . than a seven pound lump of gold, a

* alt —-—__._____ . 7 LD NS B. P. AVERY, EDITOR, PADD OOOOOOOOwwenws SATURDAY, SEPT. 25. 1855. — New Maru Rovutes.—We spoke in our last issue a few words concern. ing the need of a daily mail botween Marysville and this place, and were not at that time aware that Congress had established a post road from Marysville, via North San Juan, to Forest City. Yetsuch is the case, and we hope a contract may be soon concluded for a daily mail over the new route. Two other post roads, in which many of our readers are interested, are also established, as follows: From Nevada City, via Woolsey’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Chip’s Flat, Allegheny, Forest City, Downieville, Monte Christo, Eureka, North Poker Flat, to Mariposa City; and one from Nevada City, by Alpha, to Washing— ton, Nevada county. THREE WONDERS IN THE Sky.— One evening this week we gazed upon three heavenly objects that are not often seen together ;—the round, full moon, yellow as gold and shorn of all her tresses, just risiag from her grey chambers behind the eastern hills ; Venus, the evening star, the effulgent planet of love, glistening in the western sky like a huge diamond; and the comet,—a jewel-hilted sword with its point presented at the breast of the Great Bear,—falling towards the horizon in the north west. The Almighty afforded this item,— amere hint of the magnificence of gpace, furnished, as that is, with myriad many-colored suns, with fleecy embryo worlds, with strange, erratic messengers that do His will, with belted globes, and zones of powdered stars, and astral systems numberless, that move harmoniously around the center of an infinite circumference which has no outer rim! A Worwp or Rineinc Beuts.—-By preconcerted arrang2ment, J. B. Stearns, Superintendent of the Boston Fire Alarm Telegraph, rung all the bells of Boston, connected with fire alarm, from the office of the American Telegraph Company in Portland! This extraordinary feat indicates the practicability of a simuitaneous ringing of the bells throughout the world.—L£ xchange. When this globe of ours is girdled by the magnetic wire, and subordinate nerves of electricity radiate from the grand trunk, or “spinal cord,” to every place where swings a bell ; and when the signal shall be given, and the general tintinnabulation burst in concord forth, the staid earth will start . THE HYDRAULIC PRESS PLP OS I Sg Stranger than Fiction. Cyrroxer.—The miners at this Edgar A. Poe told a story illustra. rich locality are prevented by want and mechanism, under thc title of the / but they are busily employed in pre“The Thousand and Second Night.” paring for the wet season, when the i . ’ . ° Many years have passed since we needed element will be plentiful. tial features: The Princess Sche. rounding the town which jsielded, i herazade, after charming the jealous . when last worked, from fifty to sixty /and sanguinary Sultan by her beauti. dollars per day to the man, and they ful fables for a thousand and one/ will no doubt yield as well hereafter. ‘nights, and inducing him to forego . But the citizens do not allow the tempersuaded by him, on the thousand ning inactivity to prevent them from and second night, to tell another of . ) Oyins Life. The place is favored thetales which had so fascinated him fod een ee = re ‘. families, and more pretty little chilShe consents, but premises that she . dren can be seen sporting in its will now relate a true narrative, streets than in any other mining town whereas all the others were fictions. . f the same size that we are acquainShe then describes, in a manner ex; . ted with. There is aregular attenquisitely poetical, the art of printing, dance at Mrs. Spoor’s school of sume balloon ascensions. steam navigation, . 25 pupils. the locomotive and railroad, Daguer-. In common with Camptonville and reotyping, and the electric telegraph, . San Juan, Cherokee is considerable besides many lesser wonders. L[ler. of a sporting town. On last Saturdespotic lord listened with a tolerable . day the race between “ Cub” and degree of patience to the close, but. ‘* Sheep,” the particulars of which when she again affirmed that these . we have already given, was run, and things were all true, he flew into a . resulted in “ Cub” winning by elev: terrible naseion and had the unhappy . en feet. It is proper to state, in ex' princess slain for presuming to pracplanation of this second triumph of ‘“* Cub,” that he was trained by “T'entice upon his credulity. The world has known many similar . broeck,” late of the Union Course, . Long Island! Another race is arinstances of scepticism and ferocity. Galileo was imprisoned, Columbus] ranged, to come off two weeks from to-day between Turney’s “ Roan ”’ sneered at by the learned Council of Salamanca, Fitch and Stevenson pro} and Nichol’s “ Bay,” for $1,000 a nouced insane, Goodyear treated with . side. The race is made by McMalcontumely and neglect, ocean steam . len & Turney and D. Brown—disnavigation declared impossible by an/ tance to be run, 440 yards. eminent savan, and Gisborne, the or. SAG Viele oa 28 gh iginator of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph, esteemed no better than a visionary. But we are wiser now; the last great wonder, the climax of all previons achieyments, has converted us to unbounded faith. The common mind is now educated to an appreciation of the sublimest novelties, and bar-room cronies project the most magnificent schemes. ‘The project of a telegraph to connect Russia and America by way of Asia and Behring’s Straits, was talked of in village stores before it found its way into the public press. Like Henry Ward Beecher, we are now prepared to believe almost anything, provided the story shall be big enough! Ordinary people already believe in the ultimate navigation of the air—it is the next thing they look for. For ourselves, we shall throw poetry and romance to the dogs, and study the annals of science and invention. Cotumsra Hinu.—The miners at this locality, as at. every other on the ridge just at this time, are mostly employed in preparing for the advent of the rainy season. The diggings there are of the deep hydraulic character. Three companies only are washing, and those are making excellent wages. The miners will be in better condition to improve the wet season this fall than ever before. CaMPTONVILLE.—We have not been able to obtain any mining intelligence from this place, but as the and water is abundant, we suppose the miners are doing well. A friend writes us that on last Saturday night the school children, under the charge of Mr. Foster, gave a public exhibition of the usual character, which pasSage oi sedof very pleasantly. These school Apventisina.—We have labored . exhibitions, in the rugged mountains as hard to deserve public patronage, . and among the yawning gold mines, during the short time our paper has. form a delightful feature of California life, and are full of promise for our read it, but we can give its substan-. There are claims immediately sur. the execution of his dreadful vow, is . porary dullness consequent upon mis . . Tue Mrvyes about Town are yielding better thanever. Last week the __. ting the wonders of modern science of water from taking out much gold, . Deadman Company cleaned up §7,490, as the result of their week’s ;washing. Lowe’s Company made 'from six days’ washing the respectable sum of $4,828. These two claims tre paying better than others on San Juan hill chiefly for the reason that they are working on the bottom, have their tunnels completed, and can thus . command the entire depth of the bank. . The new iron pipe has recently been ‘introduced into Spencer’s claim. It will be universally udopted in time. . Such other companies as are washing are making excellent wages—that 1s, from ten to twenty dollars per day ; so we are informed on reliable au. thority. It would amply repay our citizens who are not miners to visit the diggings oftener than they do. They will see how the solid Sank of a hundred or more feet in depth has grad. <A True Satt.—The S. F. Bulle-. ‘tin tells an amusing story of a weaths . 'er-beaten old tar, who bought a rum . ’ . ‘shop known as the “ Hole in the . Wall,” on Pacifie-st. He no doubt expected to do a crowding business, ‘aud to make enough money so that . ‘he could have easy sailing for the rest of life’s voyage. But after drink‘ing the greater part of the stock, and trusting for the balance, he got dis. gusted with the business. When the . St. Marys left for Panama, recently, 'and Jack saw her spread her white bosom to the breeze, he swore he was ‘ashamed to be * in such a lubdberly ‘trade, fit only for lazy land-sharks,” /and smashing the bottles, kegs, glas'ses, aud rigging of his shanty, shipped into the service again. Tur Curnese are having great times this week about something best ‘known to themselves. The week _was ushered in with the usual explo. sion of fire-crackers and slaughter of . ually slid away into the Yuba, until) pigs and chickens. now the bare rock is exposed for hun-. and fowl on about the same principle dreds of feet in width, and the pine! that we eat turkey—making of them trees nod over yawning chasms where . aq gort of festival dish, sacred to great the water is dashing and the earth oecasions. ‘The rascals have been gambling night and day. They play tumbling before it. ms Aol fae! la very noisy game with their hands New Porms.—The California pa. oe < P. alone, gesticulating and shoating vios pers abound with original poems of ‘lently yet monotonously for hours toJobn eats pork . digzings are known to be excellent, . considerable merit recently. The Union publishes a.long amatory decasyllabic poem by ‘*Glycus””—qui est? —which might have been written in the time of Pope, it isso much like the poetical compositions. of his day. Pollock’s Anniversary Poem before the Pioneers entitled ‘*Gold is King,” strikes us as a failure,lacking pertinency to the occasion, and clearness. The California Farmer has a song to the telegraph from Mrs. Lesdernier, which is entitled “Sing to the Agea Song!” It is not remarkable above many others on the same subject. The Marysville Democrat of Thursday contains a poetical address to the Atlantic Cable, which possesses considerable merit. The ideas are in a measure original, and expressed with force and propriety. So far our favorite California poets are Wells, the author of “Mary Brown,” and Frank Soule. Tue Latest Experiment In IyDRAULIC MurnING is the employment of powder for the purpose of loosening the bank by blasting, which leaves it ina condition to fall more readily when subjected to the action of a stream of water. cently been put in practice at JuncThis idea has re. 'gether. It appears to be a kind of '** odd and even” guessing game. It ‘is usually played for the ** drinks all . around,’’ and the man who is beaten . is not allowed to drink himself—which causes shouts of laughter. If you July Zall-eesem! Welly good!” Important TO Mriners.—Under this head, the Sierra Democrat pub. . lishes a communication from Dr. Cyrus D. Aiken, on the subject of premature explesions in blasting. The Doctor says he has ascertained that “‘ the majority of accidents occurring in the process of blasting are in consequence of the want of precaution as to fill up the tube and exclude atmospheric air.’ lis theory is, that the condensation of air by the sudden driving of the tamping iron geanerates sufficient heat to ignite the pow~ der; aad he offers the following as an illustrative proof: ** Obtain a glass . cylinder, two or three inckes long and an inch in diameter, closed airjtight at one extremity, and puta piston in the other end, air-tight ; then place a small piece of punk in the bottom of the cylinder; fit the ‘and drive it down suddenly, and the punk will be set on fire by the heat ask John what these festivities are . about, he will answer—‘* Shabby four . in putting the tamping compactly . upon the powder, in such @ manner . piston in the open end of the cylinder . been in existence, as any other paper in the mountains; yct a glance at our advertising columns will prove that, in that direction at least, we have not been successful. Our adat the sound, and plunge through space a starry courser girt with ringing bells. Bes We give editorial matter on every page of this week’s issue, as indeed we have done in nearly every f hanges. Why is this ? number of our paper; though some of any of our exchanges 1y is this In order to induce business men on vertising custom is less than that of. future. It is pleasant to know that the mental wants of children are not overlooked or neglected by their wealth-pursuing elders. Bridgeport Library Association. The semi annual meeting of this our exchanges have appropriated por. the ridge to advertise, we shall not, excellent institution was held last

tions of it without due credit. We shall endeavor to continue this . though we believe it would benefit custom, so as to make every part of . them pecuniarily ; but we will say the Hypraviic Pruss interesting to . Bat persons looking for a location, and perusing this paper in their quest, subscribers, and — valuable as an . wij] pay more attention to the number advertizing medium. 7 of advertisements than to laudatory It will demand much more labor on promise them a fortune as the result, . Sunday evening, and resulted in the re election of the old officers. Although it has not met with that liberal support which it deserves from our citizens, it has prospered sufficiently to be beyond the chance of failure. There are about 500 volumes already tion Bluff, in the claims of Trevethick . given from the condensed atmospheric & Co. <A short drift is run in at the! air.’ Dr. Aiken is satisfied * that base of the bank, and from that a little . ag many as three out of five accidents side drift is made, into the side of occur in consequence of neglecting to which a quantity of powder, in the! exclude the air from the blast-hele . keg, iz placed and packed in firmly . before striking with the sledge. Many with dirt, a fuse being attached by . persons are under the impression that means of which the blast is fired. the cutting of the fuse is the cause The explosion opens the pores of the} of the accidents attribatable to the bank, so to speak, to such an extent that it crumbles and falls very readily . gir.” There is no doubt but what . unaer the streams of water powerful-" this js really the cause of many accis ly projected against it. One such/ dents which might be avoided by a blast has furnished sufficient earth for . little precaution. a week’s washing, and the use of pow: der in this manner saved the above seh company, it is said, a considerable} PJaceryille, Sep. 21—114 a. M. amount on their water bill for a short! _'[The Overland Mail arrived at 12 From the Piains. /sudden condensation of atmospheric . editorials. The editor may lie, ad« our part, but we hope to be rewarded . yertisements can not. If people would make less use of bulletin boards, when they wish to notify the public of anything, and more of the local paper, they would find the change advantageous to themselves and the town. by the approval of our friends, and by an increased list of subscribers. Suvere Accipent.—We are pained to announce the occurrence of another mining casualty to an eson the shelves, among thom the complete works of Cooper, Irving, Willis, and Scott, the great historical works of Bancroft, Macauley, Prescott, Gibbon and Hume, besides many English . period. This is quite likely, for these deep banks are sometimes as hard as cement, and the water will dash against them in one place for a long while before a sufficient cavity is worn From one hundred to two hundred out to cause the fall of the mass above. . o‘clock last night, in charge of ILuntington and Lindsay. No news of importance from Salt Lake. A portion of the Utah army are en route for the Shoshone couns try, for the purpose of protecting the Tue Comet which is visible in the north-west every evening and morning, is said to be an old visitant to our earth, being no less than the so called comet of Charles Vth. We have reliable accounts of its appearance so long ago as 1264, and when . it disappeared the Pope Urban IV. Sresna VALLEY.—A party of . also made his exit, whereat the supergentlomen from this place Jately visi. stitious world greatly marvelled. It . : came again in 1556, when Charles ted the above locality on a hunting $7" whe knew ho ought to die, tho't and pleasure errand. They report . it was a portent of his demise; but it that about two hundred persons have . wasn’t. And now, after another 300 been there during this season, that . years, it comes again, just in time to : see the success of the Atlantic Cable. ne ig gegen 9 . It is supposed to have been seen on plenty, but _ tiie: ‘Btchoaphere is at least three other occasions, earlier pure and bracing and the water deli~. than those given; in A. D. 975, 395 ciously cool. While on the summit! and 104. they sent a challenge to Mr. Grizzly, The old fellow used to frighten went forth to meet him, but found! people awfully by his former visits, im not. Old hunters say the true but he cannot come it now. We hope aly bear is now to be found most-. he will stay long enough to let the “Jy on the Coast Range of mountains, . astronomers become intimately acthe Sierra Nevada being tenanted by quainted with him; as for ourselves, the cinnamon bear, . we prefer a distant acquaintance. teemed citizen of this piace. On Tuesday morning, while Mr. Jno. H. Errincer was washing in the “Deadman Cut,” a small piece of earth fell anc broke his leg, making a comminuted fracture below the knee. He is under the care of Dr. G. W. Nosus, who set the limb, and thinks it can be saved. ee ee en man literary classics. It is hoped the number of books will be doubled, at least, the coming year. The Association now occupy a commodious room on Flume-st., which is well lighted every night, and supplied with a large number of California and Eastern papers and pericdicals, and with all the foreign reviews. ‘The public generally are invited to visit the Library. It is in contemplation to reduce the dues to fifty cents per month, and this, with the low price of membership—$5 for a subscribing, and $10 for a shareholding membership—ought to induce every person who has the least desire for mental cultivation to become a member. Nothing will tend more to elevate our town in the opinion of strangers and visitors than the fact that it supports a respectable public library. Every man of family, in particular, ought to contribute to its support, and have some of the books in his house. Cal~ ifornia would not seem half so dreary a place if ail would take some of these quiet friends to their bosoms. J mails and the emigrants. Dr. Forinches of water are used by many) ney, the Indian Agent, accompanies companies, and at 80 cents per inch, the troops, and will demand of the this indispensable agent is excessive~ . Shoshones all the mules they have ly costly in such large quantities. . stolen, and adopt measures that will If this application of blasting upon . secure their friendship. being generally tested, as it doubtless} The Placerville and Humbolt Telwill be, should prove successful, 4) esraph Company have reached great saving will result to the miners, . Brockliss® bridge with their line, and, yet without prejudice to the interests . if the weather continues favorable, of ditch companies. expect to open an office at Genoa in Acorent at Manzantra.—A mi-. three weeks—Bee telegraph, ner, whose name we could not learn,) THe SournerN OverLanp Rovre. while working in a shaft at the above —The second coach by this route place, had his left hand, which hap. va Los Angeles, left San Francisco pened to be lying ona rock, struck early Monday morning, with seven by a falling stone and badly crushed. . passengers, five of whom are bound Three fingers were stripped of their. through to Tenn. and Mo, ligaments to the bone, and the little} Henceforth the mail coaches by finger so much torn and broken that this line will leave San Francisco oa amputation was necessary. ‘T'he opMonday and Friday of each week. eration was performed by Dr. Noble, the poor victim bearing it with the utmost apparent indifference. The News from China, By recent arrivals, is of great importance. The Allies had sailed up the Hong~ho tothe Peiho river, de-~ stroyed the city of Houts, and thus had Pekin, the Capit of the Empire, vat their mercy. This critical condiThe first number of the Weekly Butte Record reached us this week. It is full of reading and readable mat. ter. ; _tion of affairs induced the Chinese to ‘treat for peace. ‘They first, perhaps forthe sake of saving their dignity —heaven save the mark!—concluded treaties with the Americans and Russians, with whom they have not been at war, and then the Emperor sealed one with Great Britain; which is to be conveyed to London for ratifica~ ‘tion. ‘The leading features of the several treaties, which are similar in . their general provisions, are thus givs en in the Union’s Telegram from S. F. Five more seaports are to be opened; the free navigation of the river, 'as far as Peiho, is conceded; Chris~ tianity to be tolerated throughout the ‘empire; Resident Ministers to be at Pekin, and heavy duties and other commercial restrictions are to be abol. ished. . Simonson, well known to early Californians as a violinist in the Saloons, is playing at Hong Kong to large houses at five dollars a ticket. . = on CELEBRATION OF THE CABLE TRIumpu.—lIt is proposed by some of our citizens to show that we are not dead to the importance of this event, by having “a feast of reason and a flow 'of soul” over it on Monday evening, _and everybody who would lke to as‘sist is requested tu be at the new Library Room this (Saturday) evening /at early candle-light. The State at Large. . The Atlantic Telegraph, and celebrations of its success, and schemes to cornect California with it immediately, are the chief topics discussed in our exchanges this week.-Impromptu demonstratioas of joy over the . great event have occurred in many places thronghout the State, and preparations are being made for more systematic rejoicings.— . Sin Francisco, Sacramento and Marysville . have selected next Monday night for a grand . jubilee, and other towns will doubtless fall . into the arrangement...The posts for the . Piacerville and Carson Valley line of telegraph are set for 20 miles beyond the former place. When the lineis completed and extended to Silt Lake, we think there is little doubt but what a line will be at once started from some point on the Eustern borders to meet it...Colt. Baker delivers the address atthe S. Francisc> Celebration...The Sonora sailed on Monday with a large mail, $1,757,651 in treasure, and 851 passengers. She brought to this country the enornicus numb:r of 1,600 passengers! No doubt most of them we:e bouad tor Frazer, but they will be apt to stay here... There is the usual large amount of crimes and casualties,bat we take no pleasure in retailing such thing:. If cur readers want details of crime, they must seck them in other papers; we shill not make a practice of publishing them..There have been several much needed clipper arrivals at San Francise>. During the past week there has been quite a scarcity of many articles largely needed in mountain trade..The Navy Agent contracted for several millions of bricks at $11 90 per thousand, when he knew he could get them from Siate Prison Commissioners tor $11. Whai’s Wrong?.. The navigation of the San Joaquin river ig ; to be improved...The Marysville Democrat amusingly chronicles several thieving depred«tions on the craft in that city..The Mechanic’s Fair closed on Thursday... Sam Brannan has returned from the Eist..According to the Shasta Courier, 12,673 cattle have arrivedin this State from Oregon duriig the past summer...Gen. Kibbe hag returned from the scene of Taudian difficulties and reports that they have not been exagee. rated. That's singular! ..The San Franciscans are wasting (their energies on a Syuthern Telegraph to the States, instead of aiding the line already commenced at Placerville. One at a timeis the best plan,..T. D. Judah, Chief Enginecr cf the Central Railroad, reporis that he thinks » praetica. ble route can be found to Auburn with a . grade of not over 89 fect to the mile. He found Auburn to be 1,150 feet higher than Sacramente,..Capt. Sayward, of the San Francisco Police, beat an intoxicated woman . with a cowhide for using abusive language to him: Whata virtuous, brave Christian!.. . Agricultural and horticultural Societies are being formed in the different counties... The Yreka Union says: “Itis now an undoubted fact that Yieka is built upon a bed of gold. Several compinies have succeeded in getting down to the bed-rock, where they have found rch deposits. From present indications it is fair to ¢me.ude that the towa will eventually be compleiely undermined, and a greater number of men employed benea'h the surfice than uponit.’ San Francisco is not the only city that is built upon piles!.The Yreka Diich is paying dividends of 23 per cent. a month ona capital of $2000U0 ..The Ovoviile Record states that a son and heir weighing 18 pounds has been born to one Pence, of Mesilla Valiey. If Pence is married, the boy must hava been born to two Pence, wid im that case he does not care a furihing; but if Pence is not married such « weighty responsibility must make bim rather pensive... fhe U. 5. Mint at S. Franc eco coined $572,000 trom Sept. Ist to 15ih...Upwards of 40 N. Y. thieves are said to have arrived on the two or three last steamers. They must be seeking office.— Look out for them!..The Assessor reports, sv tar as received, show a large iucrease in the substantial wealth of the several counties, in spiie of tht Frazer river depletion.. Oa the 18th inst., 2,000 school children attended the Fair of tue Mechanie’s [ustitute. .-+.The newspapers throughout the State are expressing themselves pretty generally agalast duelling. Would rot the most of them neglect to praise a man for declining a challenge? The truth is, most men do not like to fighi, bat om a weli known priaciple they admire thise who do fight, and the moral courage that dares refuse to do wrong, meets with little sympathy from them...The Dowuieville folks are raising excellent grapes in their gardens, says the Citizen. They Must have some strong wen up North, for one has lately thrown a large bridge across the Upper Sacrameuto! Tuis isthe second ; bridge over that river...Grapes are for sale at Mokelumne Hill which were raised in that Vicinity, and one bunc’ on exhibition weighs seven pounds! ihe mountains refuse to be outdune by the vallies Such a fact as this bunch of fruit is worth mere to the State . than a seven pound lump of gold, a