Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

£. eee Tt oS oe ebi ee A esibeiy ? ie Cam wt . OT Tees ‘ad rR) 2 rl eee —. —_ a : ” a Seuriah of {Useful Arts, Science, and ‘Alining and ected Srngress mits ie Bo bosom ‘. vile cer ’ Dae. & CO, PUBLISHERS ud Patent Solfctiors, * { , CAN ISAN1 FRAN CISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 18664 ve by es Vouume <1 Sumber 5 ir Caran . a o ae ta -: TABLE OF OONTENTS. Grigding Effecix ne Diter-(To Conespon?ents, entis f cine Plat Nement aie In Yuba Co,’ ae Derndo Calusa New Drenaila FTraveliuy Correspund Wee mertean Ans wage Suna Fin Tuidanne Coanly—By Hae brlaband aelecte our Reyulae Cor, eaponden sling Shu tice: ‘OlrecNireGlveerine. Rerac River Ures. Risto [sunnist, Ayelan Ageicaltuco. Pabransgat, tock. Rales anil Reports {]3an Frenglaco Prices Gurrent New Mitling and Other Ad, Verdscments, etc. . Tie MWe Yiac.—The facts as te the origin of the “American Flng,'are'simply these : A number of fidgs had been used previons to the Decluration of Indepeodence, none of. which conld be called ; national, On the 14th of June, 1777, Congress ‘ordered “that the flag Of the thirteen united States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be, thiriecn stars, white ina Blue field, representing ® new constellation.” The idea is supposed to have been, suggested by: John Adame, who was then chairman of the board of war; and it is believed that he took the idea from the arms of the Wushington’ family, the shield of which represents a white field trnversed by two red. bars, with three spur rowels or stargtin the upper portion. The resolution of June 14th was not made pnblie until’ September 3d, 1777, and the stars and stripes were first displayed conspicuonsly . : at the surrender of Burgoyne, in.October of the same year, No ;attempt was made to alter the flag until 1794, when it was resolved by Congress thet there should be fifteén Stripes and fifteen stars init. The addition of 4 starand a stripe for each new Stato was: fouad to :be exceedingly inconvenient, as it wonld soon enlarge the flag to ridiculous, proportions, In 1817, Captain Reid, of the navy, who had commanded the famous privateer General Atmstrong, sugedstéd thit the thirteen Sgt be retained in commemoration of the thirteen orig inal eolonies, and that a new star be added to the eluster in the amion,,on the Fonrth of July next, succeeding the admission of any new State, The, suggestion was adopted by Congress, and on April 4, 1818, beeame-a law. ‘Fho first flag undler this law was mode hy the wife.of Captain Reid. This lady died in Baltimore, Md., about the year 1857, =. Pawaaxacat—The Reess River Meveille of April 3d, has the folluwing: » { Another View.—As everything ‘in. relation Pabranugat is now of special interest to readers, we give below the Summary ofa iter written tous by Joseph ‘Iddd.: He is Well known both in this Stote and in Californin, und his statembits will be readily believed. ‘Under date of March. 21st. ‘Todd writes: “TI a give you iny opinion of this couptry by. saying that we are beautifully bilked. ‘There ig not op mine here.that 1 would have as a gift, The inineral is prineipally antimony, galenu and copper, with very little silver. You re: Member a piece of ore’ that wus shown:to us: foots and others in Anstin as coming from this distriet ; well; 1 nin now antisGed that it came from tbe Gould & Curry nine.” es <<: Deaguen’ s Parry.—The uve of Lineoln Hall bas been granted by the Board of Edveation tn the teachers of the Lincoln ‘School, to hold o party lor the’ teacliers ol the Department and their friends, ou the evening of _May first. A pleasant tiie’ will doubtless bé enjoyed on that oecasion, by suchas ars so’ “happy -ns to be numbered anong the tenchers of Son Frauciseo, or who mny be enrolled of their list of friends, t add . 1 ABTS coi: Kittredge & Leavitt, aud meutioned in our : last issue, was made to the~order of thé Bank. ! Tie Bro Wattr wannfaetured by’ Messrs. STATE BOTANIST, Under thé abovd eaption several of oor ¢odrsisporttt have annouaced that our fellow oe nh appointed. Botanist to the. State Geological Sorvey, whose duties, it is, further. stated, will eommenee, with the examination of thot hitb; certo almost, ‘unexplored distriet noith and west of Clear Lake, to the Pocifie ; ‘ alter the com‘pletion of which, his labors will be’ Hevoted to résearehes in Alpias” ‘enunty. “ The selection ns the localities are’eqially exeellent, ond we’ may anticipate from the researches of Mr. Bolander, a description highly ; interesting; not only to these connected. with California, hot to, science generally, combined with snch deduetions made will justify. The last iden ° induces us te. “throw ont a Mr. Bolander, to a certnin extent, at least, on independent State Botanist. Our reasons for ‘moking the suggestion are because Mr. Bolander, in addition to the great and aeknowl-. edged ability whiely he possesses asa scientific ‘and technieal botanist, is one of those few, but when found niost valuable seientific, charac: ‘ters, in an eeonomie point of view; who ‘to’ an ardent attagbment dnd pirgnit of tbeir favorite’ . Study never neglect, when dn? opportanity: occurs, of pointing . ‘nut: where any s¢ientifie: discoveries or observatione can-bo. mnde avail1 able to improve the, condition, of ; agriculture, ond thus furnish addit iment nnd blessings. of Hite, ahaa voriable in its sensons from the extréemé p{ aridity to seasons of great rain, render the esrvices of such a‘gentlemnn of the, utmost eeonomic valne. A» ‘practical, repnvt. from such a ‘experieneed botanist as, Mr. Bolander; on ‘oui ‘udizenous grasses. and _clovers, fof awhieb lntter Californja possesses ‘a great variety, and their adaptatiaa to ‘different soils and climates, varieties ealeulated for nur special requirements, would ‘be a boon of nlmost’ inestiniable volue, and should have n general. eireulntion through‘out the State, independent of . the Geological Survey. By sueh means our farmers would at onee obtain access to the aceumulated observations of scientific men of various eountries nnd ages in sneb a popular form as to be, available tothe bumblest capneity. A report of the kind notieed; written ina popular form, would be culeylated to ndvanee our agriculture Many yeare} sid snve largo sums in the nggregate, which would probebly, be, otherwise exit would, algo greatly accelerate the, nequirement of knowledge hich, without the agsistance of gach information, would probably be ‘obtainéd only at the expense of the’ losses oceasioaed by: repentedly denibought experience, We have the “utmost? faith that” when the labérs'of Mr. world,.they-will not only: prove’ ereditable to himself, but also,refeet honor upon tbe State ;which ‘as employed him. He has already j, ‘entered ‘upon, his Inbors {w°thé ete ol of iBritish Columbia.w. v0! 3 uth I hue Clear Lake: st) to ga: amt .8 ing Citizen. Mr. 11. N/ Bolunder, has reeently. been’ by the survéy of the fndividual named, n well’ tions of nn economic ‘choraeter as, the ohserva‘ phurets, consisting of sulplinrets ofnutimony, suggestion that the next Legislature will do} wellto consider the propriety of nppninting’ ;coumgsaicat were.given, some parties in San ioual stor eB, for the ar “ "Phis’ climate, go! “peculiar in’ its ate »Tepart, of of ,the party should “prove favorable, to: ag well as the introduetion of new’ speeies and . ’ pended from time.to time in indiyidual trials ;. Bolander ure’ given to the} right generous Jift,in.aid of the good. cause! nBEESE, RIVER ORES, . . “The recent’ discustion whieh took place’ in this’ joarndl regpecting Reese ‘River ores, induced o'gentlemdn: to wnit upon-us for the & Lain? the con oes The applicant alld to oe referred, as the .hest infurmation ve eould afford, to the. table which “appeared. in, the Mixing AND Scrmyniere Press of the 3d Tene ruary Jat. as respeets the ’ quality of the ores etushed at Reese River. ‘This information’ did not appedt satisfactory to the apphennt;as he stated that the returns mnde:by . workiag’ svith the pan process, would not be ony-criterion of the actual wnlne ofthe ore attempted to be redueed.,,, Ie, described two species of ores fonndi io, the yieinity of Anstin, one of which nay he “termed a. strict’ autimonial ore ; tlie ‘other as “very quarlzose, iutermixed with ‘gue Jead, zine, silver and o¢casionally copper. Of theze ores the -party stated he; had received informatino of a quite opposite charaeter,ne to the quantity obtainable; one party asserting tliat twenty tons per week could not . ho, obtained in that vicinity, averaging $70 ‘per. ton; . New, Gra cADAn =A letter” of date Mareh 26th, from’ ry ‘Barbacons miner to, a friend i ia "Virginia ‘city, “Nevada, ep aks of those midés ‘os the gréntest “gell” of the day.’ ‘Three'’days frdm-Panamn to Tumeen+-600' miles=by the English’steamer ; thrée dnys at that pldcé-=4 then off for the mines.o, Twenty miles by sea, aiid one hundred miles on tbs.,river jn a ca; noe, = eight days. _ Mosquitoes intolerable, Two, weeks work for” the party of, ten men, seventy-five eents, "One mine,, worked’ by a nian anmned 0’ Connot, i is ths Tus ond “whieh " pays. "the patty were glad'to” get bnek’ "td Panaine.’ Forty men,—old hntiners,— dead hroke," came up at the sarhe'timesm01" » or :A letter dated Pnonama, March: 15th) says that twenty men of-Joe Nelson's party! from Virginia sity and Gold Hill, Nevada, were rowned in the Cbneo river, , Nelson wns among ‘the saved. _ The U. s. ‘Coasal “at. Ponama’ bas’ y visited thé'mines, and ‘publishes: the ‘following’ edrd in the Panama Herald: i ia ae Consuldte of the United States, Panama, March 28tb, 1866.:) Messrs., Editors Star, and Her ald—Gentlemen : I approve, ,the viele expressed in’ your paper of the ‘27th instant, in regard to tho emigratién.of poor mina Ahe other ‘asserting that the quantity obtain. ‘ablé would’ keep 200° Starhps ‘at coustant WworkWhieh is gatrect ? ‘Tt sufficient ores of' a class that would assay 875 per ton! could ‘be’ ob’ tained to‘cénstantly ‘maintain a: smallianill-at ‘work, wie understand it is probablejthat, if en-. Pranciseo’ would venture oun trial What say our, friends at Austin about, this ? is patr onage w would, be afforded to sueh a an “enterprise 7 . Sinde the above’ wos i in ‘type, wo have been ‘informed’ ‘that’ it ig "onder comtemiplation, by’ ‘certain ‘patties iff this ‘city, te send a compe‘teut person to: Reese River to . report-on -thé ean fiaiiver statements made; uond.that, if the Torn a conipany, having ‘for, its object the ds. . velopment of the mineral ‘Tesonrees of that, distriet. As the patty may leaye bere before. narnéxt publieation, we would advise thiose . : interested iu the matter at ! Austin, to be’ ‘on hand and ready witb all needed informatioz. ios Pane i tia) be Wr ee a larga space i in our: inane today to the. reply . nf Mr. Randall to Mr. Good., year's. review of Randall's first disenasion of the « Grioding Effeets of Differeutly Formed Plates.” We have given’ the reply entire, in one number, in order that the matter’ may be transferred to book form. It will -be our: ‘aint herealter:to guard as far ‘as possible: against . lengthy: meg ign any ae whatever: +: Vv F =: use of Lineola, Hall on fend granted for t the _ What ; “. raised np, but filled ini ers to ,Barbacoas. Great suffering nlready, exists ‘at the mines, nnd my adviee to all miuers in Colifervia and Neviida is, do’ #dt come noless you have at Jenst , fire.hundred dollars in your pockets, above the expense, of, getting to the mites, ng a’'capital to’ start witb,’ dr as moahg-of retui ning if eick oF diasatiafied. Iain very, respecttully your obedient servant, ; > W. B. Lint, ’ LUpited States’ onsnl: * "sto ae Gi aaa ai) STi FUOMT a Cement Minina aN) _Yupa,,Counzy,: aa Inte correspondent ‘of the Marysville Appeat, writing from ‘Smartsville, onder date of April 20th gives a deseription of the“ Blue Ginvel” elaimtis!'now beeoming famous, and he indulges in some Speculations in regard to the'origin of ‘the formation in whieh’ it is’sithated: hie -i We quote no femclines:. 4} The.-appentance of the equntry-—tbe nature of the gravel beds; ‘petrifaetions ; ; ‘conglomerate character of the soil; traces of aqueous nction on the bed-rock, ‘all lead: ‘to, the! conelusion. that these miaes;oq‘cupy the hed of some nneient river, whose level lite lias béen by ‘some ‘terrible cotivnlston, bot ‘Why not raised ?anay Leib has a be asked by oe Simply Irom the fact that if the bed bad been, raised, the gold -bearing dirt would Beas much oW’’the .suelucd a8 ih any other point, whigb is not. tbe ense.’ The , pay dirt is not discovered until tbe depth of some "butidred feet hus ‘been reached.” Lying” aloug thie ‘ancient bed are the following! claima: Creary’s, Blue. Gravel, Pittsburgh, ond Yuba Rivet Company, Shamrock and ‘Tytor’s elnim, in the vicihity of Sniartsville;'while the game indications nre continued.throngh the-various claims near ‘Timbuctoo which: were iu, earlier 7) days sofamed and rich.” Most of the eompe‘nies here nomed have"gonc to work in @ardest.” ». ‘Phe last run for the Blug Grovel,,, $50,000 for thirty-five days. The writer witacssed n mamnoth blast, in which “three hundréd kegs of purpose of holding on exhibition at tbe close of thé present tern, the proceeds of which, are . to be appliéd to’ Purchasing a library for -the 'Denmna Sehool.’!:'Phe friends of the Denman ‘and all: tbe-other Schools should -turn‘out on. thnt.occasion and give the.“ Denman girls "a which they. have, undertaken, More -particalay: nntice will be given of the ‘proposed, exhibit) 0 :. completed: « ‘when the arrigéiments for" the sanle bre fully LLD &. Soy cA butte . } peo mea svereinded. TS . TE eee rE jie Tur Airs “Trox Wonks id ihe eyivie 2 of the new y foundry. and’ senate shop just establishe at tlie southéast cdtner of Fremént and ‘Tebama streete, by’ Messrs.” Johh Hoviscota}” Henry ‘s. Smith, Wollace” W. Hanscom, and. ‘Toomas , Pendergnst. “ss oot ah ok tthe onthe ie {s po bring up a ‘child’ ‘iy ‘the 7 he’ ‘sbouldgo— S72 Ul Lnias i travel that way yonself!

£. eee Tt oS oe ebi ee A esibeiy ? ie Cam wt . OT Tees ‘ad rR) 2 rl eee —. —_ a : ” a Seuriah of {Useful Arts, Science, and ‘Alining and ected Srngress mits ie Bo bosom ‘. vile cer ’ Dae. & CO, PUBLISHERS ud Patent Solfctiors, * { , CAN ISAN1 FRAN CISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 18664 ve by es Vouume <1 Sumber 5 ir Caran . a o ae ta -: TABLE OF OONTENTS. Grigding Effecix ne Diter-(To Conespon?ents, entis f cine Plat Nement aie In Yuba Co,’ ae Derndo Calusa New Drenaila FTraveliuy Correspund Wee mertean Ans wage Suna Fin Tuidanne Coanly—By Hae brlaband aelecte our Reyulae Cor, eaponden sling Shu tice: ‘OlrecNireGlveerine. Rerac River Ures. Risto [sunnist, Ayelan Ageicaltuco. Pabransgat, tock. Rales anil Reports {]3an Frenglaco Prices Gurrent New Mitling and Other Ad, Verdscments, etc. . Tie MWe Yiac.—The facts as te the origin of the “American Flng,'are'simply these : A number of fidgs had been used previons to the Decluration of Indepeodence, none of. which conld be called ; national, On the 14th of June, 1777, Congress ‘ordered “that the flag Of the thirteen united States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be, thiriecn stars, white ina Blue field, representing ® new constellation.” The idea is supposed to have been, suggested by: John Adame, who was then chairman of the board of war; and it is believed that he took the idea from the arms of the Wushington’ family, the shield of which represents a white field trnversed by two red. bars, with three spur rowels or stargtin the upper portion. The resolution of June 14th was not made pnblie until’ September 3d, 1777, and the stars and stripes were first displayed conspicuonsly . : at the surrender of Burgoyne, in.October of the same year, No ;attempt was made to alter the flag until 1794, when it was resolved by Congress thet there should be fifteén Stripes and fifteen stars init. The addition of 4 starand a stripe for each new Stato was: fouad to :be exceedingly inconvenient, as it wonld soon enlarge the flag to ridiculous, proportions, In 1817, Captain Reid, of the navy, who had commanded the famous privateer General Atmstrong, sugedstéd thit the thirteen Sgt be retained in commemoration of the thirteen orig inal eolonies, and that a new star be added to the eluster in the amion,,on the Fonrth of July next, succeeding the admission of any new State, The, suggestion was adopted by Congress, and on April 4, 1818, beeame-a law. ‘Fho first flag undler this law was mode hy the wife.of Captain Reid. This lady died in Baltimore, Md., about the year 1857, =. Pawaaxacat—The Reess River Meveille of April 3d, has the folluwing: » { Another View.—As everything ‘in. relation Pabranugat is now of special interest to readers, we give below the Summary ofa iter written tous by Joseph ‘Iddd.: He is Well known both in this Stote and in Californin, und his statembits will be readily believed. ‘Under date of March. 21st. ‘Todd writes: “TI a give you iny opinion of this couptry by. saying that we are beautifully bilked. ‘There ig not op mine here.that 1 would have as a gift, The inineral is prineipally antimony, galenu and copper, with very little silver. You re: Member a piece of ore’ that wus shown:to us: foots and others in Anstin as coming from this distriet ; well; 1 nin now antisGed that it came from tbe Gould & Curry nine.” es <<: Deaguen’ s Parry.—The uve of Lineoln Hall bas been granted by the Board of Edveation tn the teachers of the Lincoln ‘School, to hold o party lor the’ teacliers ol the Department and their friends, ou the evening of _May first. A pleasant tiie’ will doubtless bé enjoyed on that oecasion, by suchas ars so’ “happy -ns to be numbered anong the tenchers of Son Frauciseo, or who mny be enrolled of their list of friends, t add . 1 ABTS coi: Kittredge & Leavitt, aud meutioned in our : last issue, was made to the~order of thé Bank. ! Tie Bro Wattr wannfaetured by’ Messrs. STATE BOTANIST, Under thé abovd eaption several of oor ¢odrsisporttt have annouaced that our fellow oe nh appointed. Botanist to the. State Geological Sorvey, whose duties, it is, further. stated, will eommenee, with the examination of thot hitb; certo almost, ‘unexplored distriet noith and west of Clear Lake, to the Pocifie ; ‘ alter the com‘pletion of which, his labors will be’ Hevoted to résearehes in Alpias” ‘enunty. “ The selection ns the localities are’eqially exeellent, ond we’ may anticipate from the researches of Mr. Bolander, a description highly ; interesting; not only to these connected. with California, hot to, science generally, combined with snch deduetions made will justify. The last iden ° induces us te. “throw ont a Mr. Bolander, to a certnin extent, at least, on independent State Botanist. Our reasons for ‘moking the suggestion are because Mr. Bolander, in addition to the great and aeknowl-. edged ability whiely he possesses asa scientific ‘and technieal botanist, is one of those few, but when found niost valuable seientific, charac: ‘ters, in an eeonomie point of view; who ‘to’ an ardent attagbment dnd pirgnit of tbeir favorite’ . Study never neglect, when dn? opportanity: occurs, of pointing . ‘nut: where any s¢ientifie: discoveries or observatione can-bo. mnde avail1 able to improve the, condition, of ; agriculture, ond thus furnish addit iment nnd blessings. of Hite, ahaa voriable in its sensons from the extréemé p{ aridity to seasons of great rain, render the esrvices of such a‘gentlemnn of the, utmost eeonomic valne. A» ‘practical, repnvt. from such a ‘experieneed botanist as, Mr. Bolander; on ‘oui ‘udizenous grasses. and _clovers, fof awhieb lntter Californja possesses ‘a great variety, and their adaptatiaa to ‘different soils and climates, varieties ealeulated for nur special requirements, would ‘be a boon of nlmost’ inestiniable volue, and should have n general. eireulntion through‘out the State, independent of . the Geological Survey. By sueh means our farmers would at onee obtain access to the aceumulated observations of scientific men of various eountries nnd ages in sneb a popular form as to be, available tothe bumblest capneity. A report of the kind notieed; written ina popular form, would be culeylated to ndvanee our agriculture Many yeare} sid snve largo sums in the nggregate, which would probebly, be, otherwise exit would, algo greatly accelerate the, nequirement of knowledge hich, without the agsistance of gach information, would probably be ‘obtainéd only at the expense of the’ losses oceasioaed by: repentedly denibought experience, We have the “utmost? faith that” when the labérs'of Mr. world,.they-will not only: prove’ ereditable to himself, but also,refeet honor upon tbe State ;which ‘as employed him. He has already j, ‘entered ‘upon, his Inbors {w°thé ete ol of iBritish Columbia.w. v0! 3 uth I hue Clear Lake: st) to ga: amt .8 ing Citizen. Mr. 11. N/ Bolunder, has reeently. been’ by the survéy of the fndividual named, n well’ tions of nn economic ‘choraeter as, the ohserva‘ phurets, consisting of sulplinrets ofnutimony, suggestion that the next Legislature will do}

wellto consider the propriety of nppninting’ ;coumgsaicat were.given, some parties in San ioual stor eB, for the ar “ "Phis’ climate, go! “peculiar in’ its ate »Tepart, of of ,the party should “prove favorable, to: ag well as the introduetion of new’ speeies and . ’ pended from time.to time in indiyidual trials ;. Bolander ure’ given to the} right generous Jift,in.aid of the good. cause! nBEESE, RIVER ORES, . . “The recent’ discustion whieh took place’ in this’ joarndl regpecting Reese ‘River ores, induced o'gentlemdn: to wnit upon-us for the & Lain? the con oes The applicant alld to oe referred, as the .hest infurmation ve eould afford, to the. table which “appeared. in, the Mixing AND Scrmyniere Press of the 3d Tene ruary Jat. as respeets the ’ quality of the ores etushed at Reese River. ‘This information’ did not appedt satisfactory to the apphennt;as he stated that the returns mnde:by . workiag’ svith the pan process, would not be ony-criterion of the actual wnlne ofthe ore attempted to be redueed.,,, Ie, described two species of ores fonndi io, the yieinity of Anstin, one of which nay he “termed a. strict’ autimonial ore ; tlie ‘other as “very quarlzose, iutermixed with ‘gue Jead, zine, silver and o¢casionally copper. Of theze ores the -party stated he; had received informatino of a quite opposite charaeter,ne to the quantity obtainable; one party asserting tliat twenty tons per week could not . ho, obtained in that vicinity, averaging $70 ‘per. ton; . New, Gra cADAn =A letter” of date Mareh 26th, from’ ry ‘Barbacons miner to, a friend i ia "Virginia ‘city, “Nevada, ep aks of those midés ‘os the gréntest “gell” of the day.’ ‘Three'’days frdm-Panamn to Tumeen+-600' miles=by the English’steamer ; thrée dnys at that pldcé-=4 then off for the mines.o, Twenty miles by sea, aiid one hundred miles on tbs.,river jn a ca; noe, = eight days. _ Mosquitoes intolerable, Two, weeks work for” the party of, ten men, seventy-five eents, "One mine,, worked’ by a nian anmned 0’ Connot, i is ths Tus ond “whieh " pays. "the patty were glad'to” get bnek’ "td Panaine.’ Forty men,—old hntiners,— dead hroke," came up at the sarhe'timesm01" » or :A letter dated Pnonama, March: 15th) says that twenty men of-Joe Nelson's party! from Virginia sity and Gold Hill, Nevada, were rowned in the Cbneo river, , Nelson wns among ‘the saved. _ The U. s. ‘Coasal “at. Ponama’ bas’ y visited thé'mines, and ‘publishes: the ‘following’ edrd in the Panama Herald: i ia ae Consuldte of the United States, Panama, March 28tb, 1866.:) Messrs., Editors Star, and Her ald—Gentlemen : I approve, ,the viele expressed in’ your paper of the ‘27th instant, in regard to tho emigratién.of poor mina Ahe other ‘asserting that the quantity obtain. ‘ablé would’ keep 200° Starhps ‘at coustant WworkWhieh is gatrect ? ‘Tt sufficient ores of' a class that would assay 875 per ton! could ‘be’ ob’ tained to‘cénstantly ‘maintain a: smallianill-at ‘work, wie understand it is probablejthat, if en-. Pranciseo’ would venture oun trial What say our, friends at Austin about, this ? is patr onage w would, be afforded to sueh a an “enterprise 7 . Sinde the above’ wos i in ‘type, wo have been ‘informed’ ‘that’ it ig "onder comtemiplation, by’ ‘certain ‘patties iff this ‘city, te send a compe‘teut person to: Reese River to . report-on -thé ean fiaiiver statements made; uond.that, if the Torn a conipany, having ‘for, its object the ds. . velopment of the mineral ‘Tesonrees of that, distriet. As the patty may leaye bere before. narnéxt publieation, we would advise thiose . : interested iu the matter at ! Austin, to be’ ‘on hand and ready witb all needed informatioz. ios Pane i tia) be Wr ee a larga space i in our: inane today to the. reply . nf Mr. Randall to Mr. Good., year's. review of Randall's first disenasion of the « Grioding Effeets of Differeutly Formed Plates.” We have given’ the reply entire, in one number, in order that the matter’ may be transferred to book form. It will -be our: ‘aint herealter:to guard as far ‘as possible: against . lengthy: meg ign any ae whatever: +: Vv F =: use of Lineola, Hall on fend granted for t the _ What ; “. raised np, but filled ini ers to ,Barbacoas. Great suffering nlready, exists ‘at the mines, nnd my adviee to all miuers in Colifervia and Neviida is, do’ #dt come noless you have at Jenst , fire.hundred dollars in your pockets, above the expense, of, getting to the mites, ng a’'capital to’ start witb,’ dr as moahg-of retui ning if eick oF diasatiafied. Iain very, respecttully your obedient servant, ; > W. B. Lint, ’ LUpited States’ onsnl: * "sto ae Gi aaa ai) STi FUOMT a Cement Minina aN) _Yupa,,Counzy,: aa Inte correspondent ‘of the Marysville Appeat, writing from ‘Smartsville, onder date of April 20th gives a deseription of the“ Blue Ginvel” elaimtis!'now beeoming famous, and he indulges in some Speculations in regard to the'origin of ‘the formation in whieh’ it is’sithated: hie -i We quote no femclines:. 4} The.-appentance of the equntry-—tbe nature of the gravel beds; ‘petrifaetions ; ; ‘conglomerate character of the soil; traces of aqueous nction on the bed-rock, ‘all lead: ‘to, the! conelusion. that these miaes;oq‘cupy the hed of some nneient river, whose level lite lias béen by ‘some ‘terrible cotivnlston, bot ‘Why not raised ?anay Leib has a be asked by oe Simply Irom the fact that if the bed bad been, raised, the gold -bearing dirt would Beas much oW’’the .suelucd a8 ih any other point, whigb is not. tbe ense.’ The , pay dirt is not discovered until tbe depth of some "butidred feet hus ‘been reached.” Lying” aloug thie ‘ancient bed are the following! claima: Creary’s, Blue. Gravel, Pittsburgh, ond Yuba Rivet Company, Shamrock and ‘Tytor’s elnim, in the vicihity of Sniartsville;'while the game indications nre continued.throngh the-various claims near ‘Timbuctoo which: were iu, earlier 7) days sofamed and rich.” Most of the eompe‘nies here nomed have"gonc to work in @ardest.” ». ‘Phe last run for the Blug Grovel,,, $50,000 for thirty-five days. The writer witacssed n mamnoth blast, in which “three hundréd kegs of purpose of holding on exhibition at tbe close of thé present tern, the proceeds of which, are . to be appliéd to’ Purchasing a library for -the 'Denmna Sehool.’!:'Phe friends of the Denman ‘and all: tbe-other Schools should -turn‘out on. thnt.occasion and give the.“ Denman girls "a which they. have, undertaken, More -particalay: nntice will be given of the ‘proposed, exhibit) 0 :. completed: « ‘when the arrigéiments for" the sanle bre fully LLD &. Soy cA butte . } peo mea svereinded. TS . TE eee rE jie Tur Airs “Trox Wonks id ihe eyivie 2 of the new y foundry. and’ senate shop just establishe at tlie southéast cdtner of Fremént and ‘Tebama streete, by’ Messrs.” Johh Hoviscota}” Henry ‘s. Smith, Wollace” W. Hanscom, and. ‘Toomas , Pendergnst. “ss oot ah ok tthe onthe ie {s po bring up a ‘child’ ‘iy ‘the 7 he’ ‘sbouldgo— S72 Ul Lnias i travel that way yonself!