Volume 15 (1867) (424 pages)

ee _ — —— —— i! 114 The Mining and Srientitic Press. . ‘ Gouummicntions. ples of the peculiar architecture of almost. men are constantly engaged in ‘cutting and {has merely ines “scratched over,” Pa 1x THIs DEPARTMENT we Invite the FREX DIscuUSSION of all oper subjects—correspondents alone being responsible for fhe ideas and theories they advance. [By our Special Correspondent. } General View of the Paris Exposition of 1867. By W. P. Braxe, Commissioner from the State of California. The general plan and arrangement of the Exposition Universelle of 1867, is the result of the observation and experiences of the former great international exhibitions at London in 1851, at Parisin 1855 and at London, in 1862. In those, grand architectural effects were attempted, and large sums were expended in exterior and interior decoration, In the Exhihition building of 1867, all architectural display is subordinated to the convenience of grouping and display of the various objects contributed. The leading feature of the place is the division of the space into seven consecutive galleries, each one devoted toa particular group or class of ohjects. The form of the building is generally considered to be nearly elliptical, but itis in fact a parallelogram, withrounded ends. Itsgreatest length is 482 meters (527 yards), its breadth, 307 meters (406 yards). The outer gallery is 1,200 meters, or three-fourths of a mile in length. A central space is reserved for a garden, with fountain and statuary. The whole pbuilding is bisected in its length hy a main avenue, crossed at right angles by three others, which, together with avenues or passages radiating from the central space, give convenient passage from one gallery or group to another, The whole space, thus divided, measures 146,000 square meters, or thirty-six acres, The superficial area of the building, with the park, is nearly 100 acres. The total superficial area of the huilding of the Great Exhibition at London in 1851, was abont 20 acres, of the palace and its dependencies at Paris in 1855, about 37 acres, and of the International Exhibition of 1862, at London, about 24 acres. Of the total space of 151,750.46 square meters in the huilding of 1867, according to the official table, France occupies 63,640.88, Great Britain, 21,059.87, Prussia, 12,765.27, Austria, 8,362.58, Belgium 6,993.10, Russia, 6,060.70, the United States, 3,944.74. In the Exhihition of 1851, the total number of exhibitors was between 15,000 and 16,000; in 1855, 23,954; in 1862, 28,653, and inthe present exhibition, the number reaches 60,000. Of this number, France has 11,645 exhihitors, England 21,000, and the United States 778. According to the official report of M. Rouber, Vice-President of the Imperial Commission, read to the Emperor on the ist of July, the weight of the different objects exhihited is not less thau 28,000 tons. The communication established by rail between the palace and the railroads of the continent, furnished the means of conducting and installing with the necessary care and celerity, this euormous mass of material which, for the most part, arrived at the end of the month of March. The motive power required to put the various machines exhihited in motionis more than thatof1,000horses. The supply of water for the huilding and park is equal to that required for a city of 100,000 inhabitants. The iron pillars and girders used in the construction of the building weigh 13,500 tons; the windows and skylights required 65,000 square meters of glass; the masonry 52,000 cubic meters of stone and brick, and the woodwork 53,000 square meters of plank. The length of the sewers is five miles, The steam for the engines is generated outside of the building, and is conveyed by pipes uuder tho surface of the ground. : The visitor to the Exhibition is at once forcibly impressed with the importance and extreme interest of the Park as part of the Esxhibitiou. It is most tastefully laid out with aveuues and winding paths, aud is adorned with trees, shrubs and flowers, all planted since the ground was first broke for the foundation of the palace, on the hefore barren and indurated surface of the Champs de_Mars. Here may now he found examall the nations of the earth, from the tent of the wandering Arab to the gilded palace of Europe. In the vicinity of the Yankee school-house, one may see a palace of the Bey of Tunis, an Egyptian temple, the catacombs of Rome, the temple of Xochicalco, Mexico, with full sized models of its ancient altars, a Protestant church, and a Turkish harem. The main entrance to the Exhibition is at the end turned towards the Seine, opposite the Bridge of Jéna. A grand avenue about 40 feet wide here, leads directly through the Park to the building. This is the official avenue, and it is bordered by tall ornamental columns, which sustain a canopy of green velvet, studded with golden stars. At the gate you pass between two monumental bronze fountains about 40 feet high, and with basins 50 feet iu diameter. That upon the right is of cast iron, from the celehrated foundries of Durenne, at Somnevoire, which contributed many other objects of interest to the interior of the building. A little beyond, six tall columns of polished marble, of different colors, ornament the border of a path leading to a good sized gothic church on the left, which commands attention by the beauty of its form and finish, and its evident solidity and apparent permanence, although only a temporary edifice. Itsroofaffords an opportunity for the display of tiles of various patterns and colors, and its windows for the exhibition of stained glass-work by differeut artists. Near the church is an irou lighthouse rising from the water of an artificial lake. Two buildings of iron and glass, one on each side of the entrance, and next beyond the large fountains, are devoted to exhibitions of iron and of steel. One contains huge ingots of cast steel, three feet square, and brokeu across, so as to showthe nature of the grain. Here, too, are enormous girders iu one piece, railroad rails as straight almost as the bed of a planing machine, and again twisted into spirals and tied into knots, so as to display to advantage their extraordinary strength and toughness. Beyond, but yet atthe side of the grand avenue, is a building devoted . to the display of English ordnance and munitions of war, from a rifle to the celebrated Whitworth and Armstrong guns of different sizes, with the shot and shell peculiar to each. ‘‘John Brown & Co. limited,” exhibit a bar of steel thirty feet long, three feet six inches wide and six iuches thick, weighing eleven tons. It is planed as true as a ruler on the edges and ends, and appears to be compact and homogeueous throughout. Alongside of this building, there is a vista over green lawns and pa~ tierre of flowers to the American anneae beyond, where may be seen the beautiful locomotive, and various agricultural machines. On the left of the avenue is a building for the display of windows of stained and painted glass, to which the art of photograpy has lent its aid. Portraits and photographs are there reproduced in all the brilliance and permanence of color of stained glass. Continuing the walk toward the entrance to the building, we reach a model English cottage of striking beauty, adorned with several varieties of exterior finish inincised plaster, in parti-colored brick, in beton, slate, and in tiles of different patterns. In the interior the different manufacturers of glazed and encaustic tiles have vied with each other in producing the most pleasing patterns upon the floors and walis. The different forms of ranges and stoves are here displayed in almost endless variety. A few steps beyond bring us to the Imperial Pavilion, in Moorish style, and superbly furnished with the choicest productions of France. The marble steps are inlaid with fine mosaics, and are guarded hy two Imperial eagles in hronze, stauding upon gilt spheres. The building contains three apartments, and is occupied by the Emperor when visiting the Exhibition, These details upon some of the structures met in passing through the park, will serve toshow the general character of the other portions, crowded with buildings of the greatest interest in themselves, and for their contents. Many of them contain collections which are complete exhibitions in themselves. Spain, for example, hes filled a large building with a representation of its miueral and agricultural productions. Russia has several buildiugs—one, a model farmhouse, is devoted to the products of its fisherjes, toits furs, costumes of itsinterior tribes, and to its agricultural machines and products. <A large stable contains the ditferent heads of horses, represented by choice individuals. The Russian Commissioners have an office in a model Russian cottage. In the part of the Park given to Holland, a brick building, standing by itself among the shrubs and trees, is a complete diamondcutting establishment, where several workpolishing diamonds—an art that is seldom exhibited to the public. The machinery of the Exhibition is placed in the outer gallery or circle, and may be safely viewed from ahove, by means of a raised platform in the middle, that extends around the whole building. A large part of the Frencli space in this department is occupied by the various weaving and spinning machines. There are also some very interesting hoisting machines, aud eugines with their appurtenances for deep mining, and machines for drilliug rocks and cutting tunnels, The most impressive display amongst the new materials is that of iron, in its ore, and in pig bars aud steel. The forest trees, timber and boards of almost all Europeau countrics are very fully represented. The United States have not done themselves justice in this, as in many other respects in this Exhibition. With the exception of a few huudles of shingles from the west, J. D. Boyd, of San Francisco, is the principal exhibitor of our uative wood. The space occupied by the United States is a segment of the great elliptic. It forms a narrow wedge-shaped figure about 450 feet long and 100 feet broad at the exterior of the huilding, and converging to a point upon the garden, at the center. Iu addition, there is a large space inthe building in the Park. The principal part of the space, exclusive of the machinery, is occupied by the minerals and pianos. The mineral display is extensive, but is not by auy means what it could and should have heeu if a suitable effort had been made, Idaho receives a gold medal for specimens of the silver ore from the Poorman lode; California receives two silver medals for the two collections sent from San Francisco, and Colorado receives a gold medal for the display of minerals from its gold region. The work of the juries commenced as soon as the Exhibition opened, and the awards were made very soon thereafter, and in many cases before some of the contrihutions were fairly placed and labelled. The grand ceremony of the distribution of prizes was on the ist of July at the Palace of Industry, the huilding erected for the exhihition of 1855. The recipients of grand prizes and gold medals received them from the hands of the Emperor, in the presence of 17,000 spectators, all comfortably seated in that maenificent hall. The idea of an Exposition, as well as an Exhibition, has already in a great measure heen realized. Thearrangement and grouping is such as to invite and stimulate comparison, as well as to afford the greatest convenience for the study of different departments. Nearly all the different countries represented, have prepared and published, or are now preparing special catalogues and reports, giving the latest information and statistics of their various industries. The commissioners charged with the duty of reporting, are eagerly seeking such information. Statistics of the Pacific coast are much sought for. Mr. D. Buel, the Commissioncr from Nevada, has just received the minerals from that State, and will soon place themin the building. He will shortly publish a map of Eastern Nevada, accompanied by a volume of statistics. Miryrixne nEaR Boise Crry.—Our occasional correspondent, ‘‘W. H. M.,” writes as follows from Boise City, under date of August 7th: “V. S. Anderson and Capt. Kelly, have erected and are running, hy water power, a small 2-stamp mill, with pans, etc. They work the affair themselves, and are in high spirits, as they have plenty of first-class ore. If this plan was followed up, by two or three in company, men of very small means could work quartz mines, just as well as capitalists, especially in such places as Yuba, where water power is abundant. There is no reason why this should not be done ; a small company thus working simply as partners, could by this means profitably work twenty or thirty feet of lodes, or even less. Atany rate, work done in this way, by the actual owners, would be much preferable for all quartz owners, and for the whole country, than that the gold should remain in thé lodes ; and further, it would tend to induce capitalists to take hold, as they would reason thus: If a 2-stamp battery will pay, 2 10-stamp battery will also pay. Reports of rock crushed, and gold and silver taken out, would cause a true aud just inquiry into the character and richness of the veins, and thus enable capitalists, with more certainty, to know what they are investing in, when taking stock in gold and silver quartz mining companies. . This county has not heen prospected ; it from the hills close around us here at Bois City, I have seen some very good specimens — of both gold and silver hearing quartz ; but the owners are very close as to the whereabouts of their discoveries. The Greenback (Defree’s) at Yuba, has had a clean up from Atlauta rock, but have not made the result public. However, they immediately went to work again on some more ore from the same lode, and entered into negotiations for the purchase of more of the Atlanta lode. There is considerable excitement near Owyhee about a new quartz discovery, but I do uot yet know the details.” Loose Srare or Socrery in ANCIENT Iraty.—There is one matter in relation to the recent discoveries at Pompeii, about which but little has beeu said by letter writers, or others, That a horrible state of depravity existed there, at least during its latter days, and probably throughout all Italy about the time of the reign of the infamous Nero, as too surely witnessed by the recent revelations of the pick and shovel among the ruins of Pompeii. No wonder the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah was visited upon that city of abominations. The consuming fires which buried the twin cities of Italy, fell upon a community which could not have been a whit more deserving of a better fate than were their sisters in iniquity, whose remains are now covered by the loathsome waters of the Dead Sea. A late correspondeut of the Chicago Tribune, writes as follows : The horrible depravity of the Pompeians, is illustrated by the frescoes, mosaics, sculptures, and bronze statues that are now being found. Hundreds of these vile ohjects have heen carried away to the museum in Naples, and put into a room which no woman is allowed to visit ; but there are still houses in Pompeii that are kept locked, and others that have such sculptures over the doors on the outside that the guides hnrry past when there are womcu inthe party. Even in private houses there are scores of frescoes, magnificently executed, too, which one would not dare to visit in company with ladies; and in other houses pictures and statues than which none can imagine anything worse, I caunot understand why the writers on these matters have beeu so anxious to conceal the faults of the ancients. It is a fact that deserves to be generally known. Great God ! what a picture of corruption in Imperial Rome is revealed to one who looks into Pompeii with anythiug like thoroughness. The very stone of the door tells a tale more damnable than was ever invented by modern thought. Sodom was clean and Gomorrah was pure, compared with Pompeii. Where was ever a people on earth, hefore or since Pompeii, that ‘‘advertised the ways that lead down to hell” by sculptures placed in the open light of the street? Extenstve CoérzraTion.—Sir Jrancis Crosley, of England, the most extensive tapestry, velvet and carpet manufacturer in the world, has gone extensively into the codperation system. He gives employment to over 4,000 men, over 1,000 of which have heen admittedto partnership with him in husiness, The experiment has thus far worked most admirably. TIyeortant Minine Suir Drorprep.—The suit of Robert Robinson vs. the Imperial Mining Company, to recover possession of some valuable mill property near Dayton, was tried in the District Court of Lyon county, on the 16th inst., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The amount of property involved was $125,000. Tar Om or Roses comes almost exclusively from Adrianople. No farm crop pays like roses so applied. No country equals California for roses, and it may be profitable to inquire if ottar of roses caunot 7: be produced here with paying results. Tue first shipment of hullion from Alpine county this year, was made on the 13th inst. It consisted of 1,500 ounces from LX.L. ore, worked in the Davidson mill. First Vessen.—lIt is stated that the British ironclad steamer Zealous will be the first vessel placed in the new dry dock at Hunter's Point for repairs. a .

ee _ — —— —— i! 114 The Mining and Srientitic Press. . ‘ Gouummicntions. ples of the peculiar architecture of almost. men are constantly engaged in ‘cutting and {has merely ines “scratched over,” Pa 1x THIs DEPARTMENT we Invite the FREX DIscuUSSION of all oper subjects—correspondents alone being responsible for fhe ideas and theories they advance. [By our Special Correspondent. } General View of the Paris Exposition of 1867. By W. P. Braxe, Commissioner from the State of California. The general plan and arrangement of the Exposition Universelle of 1867, is the result of the observation and experiences of the former great international exhibitions at London in 1851, at Parisin 1855 and at London, in 1862. In those, grand architectural effects were attempted, and large sums were expended in exterior and interior decoration, In the Exhihition building of 1867, all architectural display is subordinated to the convenience of grouping and display of the various objects contributed. The leading feature of the place is the division of the space into seven consecutive galleries, each one devoted toa particular group or class of ohjects. The form of the building is generally considered to be nearly elliptical, but itis in fact a parallelogram, withrounded ends. Itsgreatest length is 482 meters (527 yards), its breadth, 307 meters (406 yards). The outer gallery is 1,200 meters, or three-fourths of a mile in length. A central space is reserved for a garden, with fountain and statuary. The whole pbuilding is bisected in its length hy a main avenue, crossed at right angles by three others, which, together with avenues or passages radiating from the central space, give convenient passage from one gallery or group to another, The whole space, thus divided, measures 146,000 square meters, or thirty-six acres, The superficial area of the building, with the park, is nearly 100 acres. The total superficial area of the huilding of the Great Exhibition at London in 1851, was abont 20 acres, of the palace and its dependencies at Paris in 1855, about 37 acres, and of the International Exhibition of 1862, at London, about 24 acres. Of the total space of 151,750.46 square meters in the huilding of 1867, according to the official table, France occupies 63,640.88, Great Britain, 21,059.87, Prussia, 12,765.27, Austria, 8,362.58, Belgium 6,993.10, Russia, 6,060.70, the United States, 3,944.74. In the Exhihition of 1851, the total number of exhibitors was between 15,000 and 16,000; in 1855, 23,954; in 1862, 28,653, and inthe present exhibition, the number reaches 60,000. Of this number, France has 11,645 exhihitors, England 21,000, and the United States 778. According to the official report of M. Rouber, Vice-President of the Imperial Commission, read to the Emperor on the ist of July, the weight of the different objects exhihited is not less thau 28,000 tons. The communication established by rail between the palace and the railroads of the continent, furnished the means of conducting and installing with the necessary care and celerity, this euormous mass of material which, for the most part, arrived at the end of the month of March. The motive power required to put the various machines exhihited in motionis more than thatof1,000horses. The supply of water for the huilding and park is equal to that required for a city of 100,000 inhabitants. The iron pillars and girders used in the construction of the building weigh 13,500 tons; the windows and skylights required 65,000 square meters of glass; the masonry 52,000 cubic meters of stone and brick, and the woodwork 53,000 square meters of plank. The length of the sewers is five miles, The steam for the engines is generated outside of the building, and is conveyed by pipes uuder tho surface of the ground. : The visitor to the Exhibition is at once forcibly impressed with the importance and extreme interest of the Park as part of the Esxhibitiou. It is most tastefully laid out with aveuues and winding paths, aud is adorned with trees, shrubs and flowers, all planted since the ground was first broke for the foundation of the palace, on the hefore barren and indurated surface of the Champs de_Mars. Here may now he found examall the nations of the earth, from the tent of the wandering Arab to the gilded palace of Europe. In the vicinity of the Yankee school-house, one may see a palace of the Bey of Tunis, an Egyptian temple, the catacombs of Rome, the temple of Xochicalco, Mexico, with full sized models of its ancient altars, a Protestant church, and a Turkish harem. The main entrance to the Exhibition is at the end turned towards the Seine, opposite the Bridge of Jéna. A grand avenue about 40 feet wide here, leads directly through the Park to the building. This is the official avenue, and it is bordered by tall ornamental columns, which sustain a canopy of green velvet, studded with golden stars. At the gate you pass between two monumental bronze fountains about 40 feet high, and with basins 50 feet iu diameter. That upon the right is of cast iron, from the celehrated foundries of Durenne, at Somnevoire, which contributed many other objects of interest to the interior of the building. A little beyond, six tall columns of polished marble, of different colors, ornament the border of a path leading to a good sized gothic church on the left, which commands attention by the beauty of its form and finish, and its evident solidity and apparent permanence, although only a temporary edifice. Itsroofaffords an opportunity for the display of tiles of various patterns and colors, and its windows for the exhibition of stained glass-work by differeut artists. Near the church is an irou lighthouse rising from the water of an artificial lake. Two buildings of iron and glass, one on each side of the entrance, and next beyond the large fountains, are devoted to exhibitions of iron and of steel. One contains huge ingots of cast steel, three feet square, and brokeu across, so as to showthe nature of the grain. Here, too, are enormous girders iu one piece, railroad rails as straight almost as the bed of a planing machine, and again twisted into spirals and tied into knots, so as to display to advantage their extraordinary strength and toughness. Beyond, but yet atthe side of the grand avenue, is a building devoted . to the display of English ordnance and munitions of war, from a rifle to the celebrated Whitworth and Armstrong guns of different sizes, with the shot and shell peculiar to each. ‘‘John Brown & Co. limited,” exhibit a bar of steel thirty feet long, three feet six inches wide and six iuches thick, weighing eleven tons. It is planed as true as a ruler on the edges and ends, and appears to be compact and homogeueous throughout. Alongside of this building, there is a vista over green lawns and pa~ tierre of flowers to the American anneae beyond, where may be seen the beautiful locomotive, and various agricultural machines. On the left of the avenue is a building for the display of windows of stained and painted glass, to which the art of photograpy has lent its aid. Portraits and photographs are there reproduced in all the brilliance and permanence of color of stained glass. Continuing the walk toward the entrance to the building, we reach a model English cottage of striking beauty, adorned with several varieties of exterior finish inincised plaster, in parti-colored brick, in beton, slate, and in tiles of different patterns. In the interior the different manufacturers of glazed and encaustic tiles have vied with each other in producing the most pleasing patterns upon the floors and walis. The different forms of ranges and stoves are here displayed in almost endless variety. A few steps beyond bring us to the Imperial Pavilion, in Moorish style, and superbly furnished with the choicest productions of France. The marble steps are inlaid with fine mosaics, and are guarded hy two Imperial eagles in hronze, stauding upon gilt spheres. The building contains three apartments, and is occupied by the Emperor when visiting the Exhibition, These details upon some of the structures met in passing through the park, will serve toshow the general character of the other portions, crowded with buildings of the greatest interest in themselves, and for their contents. Many of them contain collections which are complete exhibitions in themselves. Spain, for example, hes filled a large building with a representation of its miueral and agricultural productions. Russia has several buildiugs—one, a model farmhouse, is devoted to the products of its fisherjes, toits furs, costumes of itsinterior tribes, and to its agricultural machines and products. <A large stable contains the ditferent heads of horses, represented by choice individuals. The Russian Commissioners have an office in a model Russian cottage. In the part of the Park given to Holland, a brick building, standing by itself among the shrubs and trees, is a complete diamondcutting establishment, where several workpolishing diamonds—an art that is seldom exhibited to the public. The machinery of the Exhibition is placed in the outer gallery or circle, and may be safely viewed from ahove, by means of a raised platform in the middle, that extends around the whole building. A large part

of the Frencli space in this department is occupied by the various weaving and spinning machines. There are also some very interesting hoisting machines, aud eugines with their appurtenances for deep mining, and machines for drilliug rocks and cutting tunnels, The most impressive display amongst the new materials is that of iron, in its ore, and in pig bars aud steel. The forest trees, timber and boards of almost all Europeau countrics are very fully represented. The United States have not done themselves justice in this, as in many other respects in this Exhibition. With the exception of a few huudles of shingles from the west, J. D. Boyd, of San Francisco, is the principal exhibitor of our uative wood. The space occupied by the United States is a segment of the great elliptic. It forms a narrow wedge-shaped figure about 450 feet long and 100 feet broad at the exterior of the huilding, and converging to a point upon the garden, at the center. Iu addition, there is a large space inthe building in the Park. The principal part of the space, exclusive of the machinery, is occupied by the minerals and pianos. The mineral display is extensive, but is not by auy means what it could and should have heeu if a suitable effort had been made, Idaho receives a gold medal for specimens of the silver ore from the Poorman lode; California receives two silver medals for the two collections sent from San Francisco, and Colorado receives a gold medal for the display of minerals from its gold region. The work of the juries commenced as soon as the Exhibition opened, and the awards were made very soon thereafter, and in many cases before some of the contrihutions were fairly placed and labelled. The grand ceremony of the distribution of prizes was on the ist of July at the Palace of Industry, the huilding erected for the exhihition of 1855. The recipients of grand prizes and gold medals received them from the hands of the Emperor, in the presence of 17,000 spectators, all comfortably seated in that maenificent hall. The idea of an Exposition, as well as an Exhibition, has already in a great measure heen realized. Thearrangement and grouping is such as to invite and stimulate comparison, as well as to afford the greatest convenience for the study of different departments. Nearly all the different countries represented, have prepared and published, or are now preparing special catalogues and reports, giving the latest information and statistics of their various industries. The commissioners charged with the duty of reporting, are eagerly seeking such information. Statistics of the Pacific coast are much sought for. Mr. D. Buel, the Commissioncr from Nevada, has just received the minerals from that State, and will soon place themin the building. He will shortly publish a map of Eastern Nevada, accompanied by a volume of statistics. Miryrixne nEaR Boise Crry.—Our occasional correspondent, ‘‘W. H. M.,” writes as follows from Boise City, under date of August 7th: “V. S. Anderson and Capt. Kelly, have erected and are running, hy water power, a small 2-stamp mill, with pans, etc. They work the affair themselves, and are in high spirits, as they have plenty of first-class ore. If this plan was followed up, by two or three in company, men of very small means could work quartz mines, just as well as capitalists, especially in such places as Yuba, where water power is abundant. There is no reason why this should not be done ; a small company thus working simply as partners, could by this means profitably work twenty or thirty feet of lodes, or even less. Atany rate, work done in this way, by the actual owners, would be much preferable for all quartz owners, and for the whole country, than that the gold should remain in thé lodes ; and further, it would tend to induce capitalists to take hold, as they would reason thus: If a 2-stamp battery will pay, 2 10-stamp battery will also pay. Reports of rock crushed, and gold and silver taken out, would cause a true aud just inquiry into the character and richness of the veins, and thus enable capitalists, with more certainty, to know what they are investing in, when taking stock in gold and silver quartz mining companies. . This county has not heen prospected ; it from the hills close around us here at Bois City, I have seen some very good specimens — of both gold and silver hearing quartz ; but the owners are very close as to the whereabouts of their discoveries. The Greenback (Defree’s) at Yuba, has had a clean up from Atlauta rock, but have not made the result public. However, they immediately went to work again on some more ore from the same lode, and entered into negotiations for the purchase of more of the Atlanta lode. There is considerable excitement near Owyhee about a new quartz discovery, but I do uot yet know the details.” Loose Srare or Socrery in ANCIENT Iraty.—There is one matter in relation to the recent discoveries at Pompeii, about which but little has beeu said by letter writers, or others, That a horrible state of depravity existed there, at least during its latter days, and probably throughout all Italy about the time of the reign of the infamous Nero, as too surely witnessed by the recent revelations of the pick and shovel among the ruins of Pompeii. No wonder the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah was visited upon that city of abominations. The consuming fires which buried the twin cities of Italy, fell upon a community which could not have been a whit more deserving of a better fate than were their sisters in iniquity, whose remains are now covered by the loathsome waters of the Dead Sea. A late correspondeut of the Chicago Tribune, writes as follows : The horrible depravity of the Pompeians, is illustrated by the frescoes, mosaics, sculptures, and bronze statues that are now being found. Hundreds of these vile ohjects have heen carried away to the museum in Naples, and put into a room which no woman is allowed to visit ; but there are still houses in Pompeii that are kept locked, and others that have such sculptures over the doors on the outside that the guides hnrry past when there are womcu inthe party. Even in private houses there are scores of frescoes, magnificently executed, too, which one would not dare to visit in company with ladies; and in other houses pictures and statues than which none can imagine anything worse, I caunot understand why the writers on these matters have beeu so anxious to conceal the faults of the ancients. It is a fact that deserves to be generally known. Great God ! what a picture of corruption in Imperial Rome is revealed to one who looks into Pompeii with anythiug like thoroughness. The very stone of the door tells a tale more damnable than was ever invented by modern thought. Sodom was clean and Gomorrah was pure, compared with Pompeii. Where was ever a people on earth, hefore or since Pompeii, that ‘‘advertised the ways that lead down to hell” by sculptures placed in the open light of the street? Extenstve CoérzraTion.—Sir Jrancis Crosley, of England, the most extensive tapestry, velvet and carpet manufacturer in the world, has gone extensively into the codperation system. He gives employment to over 4,000 men, over 1,000 of which have heen admittedto partnership with him in husiness, The experiment has thus far worked most admirably. TIyeortant Minine Suir Drorprep.—The suit of Robert Robinson vs. the Imperial Mining Company, to recover possession of some valuable mill property near Dayton, was tried in the District Court of Lyon county, on the 16th inst., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The amount of property involved was $125,000. Tar Om or Roses comes almost exclusively from Adrianople. No farm crop pays like roses so applied. No country equals California for roses, and it may be profitable to inquire if ottar of roses caunot 7: be produced here with paying results. Tue first shipment of hullion from Alpine county this year, was made on the 13th inst. It consisted of 1,500 ounces from LX.L. ore, worked in the Davidson mill. First Vessen.—lIt is stated that the British ironclad steamer Zealous will be the first vessel placed in the new dry dock at Hunter's Point for repairs. a .