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October 4, 1860 (4 pages)

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alowed are over a7 no river to eroes, vatil the Truckae ‘So far.as his observation ex~ tends, a Railroad, crossing of either of the "three forks of the Americnn river, is abso; the banks being from lutely 1000 to 1500 feet high and very precipitous. The same objection attaches to Bear river and the Yuba, although a favorable — , via Truckee Pass, or, py mi of Bear. river can be. nome pose perth of ver, wie the Heness Pass. ‘The distance from Duteb Phat to Virginia thout; sad the surface of the country tox be -—~mneoth, and “rising; with « uniform grade} be elected in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. not exceeding 60 feet to the mile, to the summit. The summit is stated to be at an eleva‘fon: of 5,800 feet, and cannot be reeognjsed, . theveastorn boundary of the . & route, will be but 114 miles, a city but 136 miles. Mr. Ju, if the route from Duteh Flat présente no more obstacles than that portion west of the same place, 4. railroad line may be had, to the eastern boundary of the state, at a coat not exceeding ~~ The cost of Se the Beckwith route on the Sacrathento. river, is estimated Jug iy rt tr wo of his intended explorations. ~ Buta material object of Mr. Judah, in visSalih quae er tes const, is to direct the attention of our business men to the short line of railroad, which he is now. constructing, from Lincoln, on the California Central Railroad, to Gold Hill, seven miles from the town of Auburn. The “California Central” is the name by which the railroad, now being constructed from, Folsom to Marysville, is [email protected] distance from Folsom, the terpelea Valley railroad, which in active-and. prosperons eration ‘since . 1855, te Fook te aden miles, and this portion of the California Cen‘tral will be completed by the first of the coming January, The Lincoln aud Gold Hill railroad is seven miles in leugth, running through atich mining diatrict, and terminting in a wealthy and populous locality, ____knownns Gold Hill, and-ineluding Virginia Town. This roadis now graded and the iron intended for it has been. shipped-at New York and is vow on fhe way to San Franciseo. From Gold Hi!! to Grass Valley the distance is twenty-six miles, the Gold Hill terminus, to be named Centf raha. is road will be completed within a -. dae of Gln sane af Ceteeer. ‘tied: Sie tacotiante is Pokom tow of : ron, to and ffom Sacramento fre a charge “. air distractedly with their instruments and ag” to Nevada} _ thirty, Itis proposed to lay out a town, at The teams will be bridge over the American river at Folsom, going either way, free of toll, until the 20th ag long as they run to Folsom. gf eg here are. pretty fair inee four tommators Pier es *: —_ sehahe te Peleus ante: sek plies few peo. ple in Sacramento, ‘but if onr_up-country teamsters can save mone: by the operation, it is obviously their b to consult their one eherete ——— interests The following despatch, forwarded by the Pony, was telegraphed yesterday from Sacramento to a géutieman in this city, who has pliiced it at our disposal, and we give it for of the Breckinridge National Committee : “ Tide in favor of Breckinridge and-Lane setting strong during the last fortnight. Douglas fast losing his little strength at the South. . His‘éleetors in Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina and Missi ssippi have -. declined to serve. “ The Union electors will, without doubt, (Signed) Isaac J. STEVENS. New York, Sept. 23, 1860.” fae Fete or NAPoLeon.—The 8. F. Bulletin is blessed with a Paris correspondent—a California lady, we believe—who writea with infinite grace and spirit. The following paragraph is extracted from her graphic account of the Fete of Napoleon, celebrated in Paris on the 15th of August : At an ‘early hour the streets were overflowing with men, women and children, all looking clean and neat, and bent on having &-good time, as we say in California. There were musicians of all sorts. Harps, and horns, and hand organs with monkeys, and monkeys without. hand organs, and women with violins, and boys with accordeons, rent the their voices. . There were dancers in strange costume from the . provinces pirouetting through the streets, with troops of boys following them.; and women in tall, uncouth caps, square at top, and stretched over pasteboard, as if they had been spread there to dry, and tall Normandy caps, like the paper wrappings of sugar loaves, ‘before crushed ae came into fashion, Aid there were cing dogs, and jugglers performing remarkable feats with sticks and sous (whieh they always managed to pocket,) and plates, and hoops, and brass rings, which they would throw into the air and catch upon a false nose, like the horn of a rhinoceros. And there was mass at all the churches every hour, and all-day long a tide. of people ebbed and flowed prayerward. When I arose; . at 6 o'clock in the morning, they. were crowding the portico of the beautiful church of the Madeleine (which is opposite to us,) and we never looked. across the street. without. seeing a new atream pouring i and out. I kept wondering where so maiiy people came from, and if they only prayed on great occasions like this, and what they did every day. Around the column, in the Place Vendome: old soldiers of Napoleon hung garlands of immortelles. From private houses and official ones, and frum restaurants and palaces, from . . windows. and balconies, waved the tri-color to the sound of stirring music, and horsemen . went galloping up and down as if the fate of the Empire depended upon them. pe Bap OVER Scorr’s Mourran.—A oon what it is worth. Stevens is the Chairman le deamectmmctresr dwellings, are situated, will soon convince the visitor. Messrs. Findley & .Co., whole. sale grocers, are now duly installed in their . dee abl eapneloun tees: Judging from the . ° immense stock of guods which they always success. Messrs. Sylvester added to their fire-proof also, and mite a fine busmess. Adjoining Sylvester & Co.'s building is a new fire-proof double ‘store, one portion of . keep on hand they must be in the full tide ot, ‘& Co., have} ~ Te faving oor by Me. Riseeos, on discovered gold in California thirty-five years ago, and was mentioned ‘in Mr. Randolph’s Eamund Randell; “Esq. Son Francisco. — Gxxoa, Carson Valley, Sept. 18, 1800. ~ . which is to be used by that enterprising gentleman, Wm. Loutzenheizer, as a wholesale liquor store. rae as ee ee pa naar Phat piclinnet grovel . situated on the corner opposite to the before . mentioned brick block, will soon boast of as . fine a hotel as can be seeninthe mountains. It is to be two stories high and of « neat architectural design. We hav¢ seen the plan. It is to be known as the Wisconsin Hotel and Messrs. Luke & Gray are to be the proestablishment of Mr. E. MeLaughlin, bardware merchant, on Mill street, it is equal in size and stock to any San Francisco store of the same kind. Thomas. Lioyd, another hardware dealer, who has just entered the fire-proof formerly oceupied by Findley & Co., is also doing well. Another fine brick store, owned by Messrs. G. P. Daltou & Co,, situated on Mill street, . cupied by the proprietors asa grocery house. This building is the best fire-proof building ‘on the lower portion of Mill street, except the house of King & Othet. Itis a splendid addition to the town—being some fifty feet front and eighty feet deep. Of churches,. private residences, school houses, and a private seminary, we have many. Auburn street, Spring street and Church street have cottages of unequalled beauty and simple taste. > No OPPosiTION AFTER ALL.—The New York Journal of Commerce, in spéaking of the rumors in relation to the starting of an opposition steamship line from New York to San Francisco, says, “there seems to be some foundation for the rumor that Mr. Roberts
and Commodore Vanderbilt have settled their difficulty in regard to the Isthmus transit, and that the opposition line will not be started. The Granada and Moses Taylor have: been started for the Pacific, and the former was last spoken near the equator on her voyage down. The Coatzacoalcos was bought as asubstitute for the Star of the West, the third boat formerly announced, and has been well refitted for her-work. On the 4th inst. she made her trial trip, and on Saturday she had 500 tuns ‘of coal on board, and it was supposed she would clear for the Pacific.— We cannot learn that she has sailed, and if there is any truth in the rumor that the parties have come to terms, we suppose that she will be kept ou this side. The statement is that Mr. Roberts, who was not very well used by his old associates in the former settlement between the Commodore and the Pacific Mail Company and who was seeking em‘ployment for his steamers, not otherwise pro-. vided for by opening an opposition line to San mitted by Vanderbilt toa partnership in the }Atlantic service of the old route. If this be so, and the new line is thus suffered to collapee, we trust that the boats sent to the Pacific will nod be brought back to the Atlantic, but carefully employed in developing the trade of the south-west coast, and_ thus affording ‘fresh facilities for a2communication annually. growing in importance. iil $1,500 Rewarp. — “This amount— has been subscribed, by the citizens of Downieville, and is offered for the apprehension and conviction of the murderers of L. D. Gols. ney, who was robbed and killed between Sierra City and Sierra Valley, on the Ist of October.. No citizen of Downieville ever ght pipe cies L. D.Colperpetrated his murder. Hence the offer = Passinas.—TiahiCigg Bhar, oft fen Franciseo, according to the Secrembato prietors. We cannot help but remark the . near Neal, is completed or nearly so, and oc-. nia. He was a chief trader in . the American Fur Company. vous of the on the South Pass, in 1825, (trappers) and penetrate the country west of ‘Humboldt River. “He called it Mary’s River, from his Indian wife, Mary. It has always been khown as “Mary's River, by mountain men since—a nathe which it should retain, for many reasons. Smith pushed on down Mary's River, and ‘being of an adventurous nature, when he found his road closed by high mountains, determined to see what kind of a country there was on the other side. It is not known exactly where he crossed the Sierra Nevada, but it is supposed it must have been not far . from where the old emigrant road crossed near-the head of: the Truckee. He made his way southerly after entering the valley of down as low as San Diego. After recruiting his party and purchasing a large number of horses, he crossed the mountains near what is now known as Walker's Pass ; skirted the eastern slope of the mountains till near what is now known as Mono Lake, when he steered an east-by-north course for Salt Lake. On this portion of his route he placer gold in quantities, and brought mich of it with him to the encampment on Green River. ‘The gold that he brought with hum, together with his deseription of the country he had passed through, and the large amount of furs, pleased the agent of the American Fur Company so well, that he directed Smith again to make the same trip, with especial instructions to take the gold fields on his return, and thoroughly prospect them. It was on this trip that he wrote the letter to Father Duran. {Introduced in Mr. Randolph's oration.] The trip was successful until they arrived in the vicinity of the gold mines east of the mountains, when, in a battle with the Indians, énenmipment on Green River. This defeat dzinped the ardor of the company so much that they never looked any more for the gold . . mines. Thies nus. ene ov ecenmenabe isha whe can testify to the truth of the above statement, and who can give a fuller statement of The man Smith was a man of far more tién than falls to the lot of mountain men.— Zaw of wepe el ew verr Ne unio py respect. oe (ace THOMAS SPRAGUE. ‘Horriste Scene.—From our late eastern exchanges we take the following horrible scene: “The other evening a hor:ible tragedy occurred at Richfield Springs, N. York. The perpetrator was under the influence of mania-a-potu, ani had been so vivleat— threatening to kill some one—that the neighbors complained, and he was takea in custody for some unaccountable reason, took the man to his own house. Ames had visiting him a daughter and an infant child, only a year old, . who, with its mothor, was left alone fora short time in the room with the maniac. The latter, in a moment of sanity, requested of fant. She was distrustful of him, but was . 7 : regard to the Capt. Jedediah 8. Smith, who . 3 oration—will bé found excéedingly interest‘4 ee eee 6 ere Oe Plomners, 1 have town of te 5 ‘tL to take charge of a party of some 40 men, . Smith and nearly all of ‘his men were killed. . The A few of the party escaped, and reached the Fong «04 than average ability, and had a better educa. by the overseer of the poor, one Ames, who . ae 4th Judicial ia and for N comnts, Aten sre komm, cir: im & Happ hie’ ue . @rGIVING UP ‘BUSINESS! a3 : . @ur Entire Stock for sale at First,” _ Cost Prices} ' Nevada, Oct. 4. ? ee JAMES pose Series: _~ above watt seem Market. for or aale in suantities to suit purchasers. Meats delivered inany seme city at any Nevada, Oct. 2.0f ups eae FA ELEVATOR ILLS. ws ARE: S77.2 W PREPARED TO DELIVER SUPERIOR ARTICLE OF FLOUR, “ At the Market Rates, October 3-tf T. W. COLBURN, Agent. A. ISOARD, Fire-proof Cellar, Broad street, second door above Wall & Newman’s grocery store, Dealer in Wines, FOREIGN & DOMESTIC LIQUORS, Fine Cigars, Tebacce, Ere. B4nss SUPPLIED ON THE MosT Every Variety of Vine Liquors, wish PURE . BRANDY om val depend on heres otrayed or or’ Stolen. Pme vant on Sépte oneal vad ph Ly bape three bald spots on A ii be pid for his return me, (ollw) W 0: Undertaking ! MBean ng . t HE UNDERSIGNED = ea eae nec aE ben's 2 Ott W. ¢, GROVES, Fashion Restaurant, Commercial Street, Nevada. Se ee ngs ] Secifeneerce : Lee serra ee ee a aiteetne Ban Francia Dealer im Books, Stationery =——__W° were she FINE CUTLERY, EfC., ETC, pps any thins Grass. Valley. & : have evet LATE ATLANTIC PAPERS ON HAND Frpastge: eg ae TRANsomirT, and Ryan, lately. finally induced to intrust hie with the ehild:. win set No sooner: did the crazy man become possessed of the child, than; grasping 1t/ with . store, ‘one-hand i its mouth, he dashed its brains out upon the floor. Tt was dong in an inNews, was the recipient of thirteen premiums . . for articles exhibited at the Inte State Pair.!