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lie was oae of tin- editors of the Ne
v«d:\ Journal. The defence ther. ob
jeeted to Mr. Sargent acting as clerk
<>l the eoui'l, and moved to s ■! aside
proceedings in (he case, on account
ot an article which appeared in the
Nevada Journal of that morning,
v hieh evinced, the defence deemed,
that he was greatly prejudiced in the
matter. Thu /district Attorney re
inoa-i rated against llii , as the clerk
had no power to alter the evidence,
and as all the evidence appearing on
the record had been road over hy the
clerk, and assented to hy the defence.
The court decided that Mr. Sargent
act as clerk, and the defence withdrew
tin! objection, stating no personal dis
respect was meant to Mr. Sargent.
J. < . J/orehead’s statement —On
Thursday of hist week I went to In
dustry liar, ami on my arrival there I
was met hy /Tibbie, who stated to me
he had had a difficulty, with Lundy.
He stated to me the following circum
stances : “on the discussion of some
rpiestion, a difficulty arose between
myself and Lundy. 1 made a state
ment, Lundy said it was not so, sir. 7
then, us near as 7 remember, gave
Imndy tire lie, on which Lundy called
me a lying son of a b—h, upon which
/ said / would hold him responsible.”
/Tibbie asked me to act as his friend.
/ stated to him / was his friend, and
would do any thing for him / could,
and that / would go and see Lundy,
and fry to arrange the difficulty nnii
•eably That if there was a duel on
foot, / would have nothing to do with
it. /then went to see Lundy. He
explained the circumstances as he un
derstood them, and asked me if / was
;to art as /Tibbie's friend. I told him
distinctly / would not if there was any
hostile meeting to take place between
them. /Tibbie came to me again and
asked me if 7 would act as his friend,
and / again told him that 7 would in
trying to reconcile them. / again
j spoke to the parties, and told them it
•would l e better to settle it. That was
lon Thursday afternoon, about one or
| two o’clock. 7 told /Tibbie that / was
his friend, had acted as such, and
I would do so in future if he would
conduct himself in a proper manner.
(This is what occurred until I got on
nny horse and came to town, about 3
p’dock on Thursday afternoon. On
/Viday / understood there was r.n offi
cer going down to arrest the parties
(concerned. 7 went to this officer and
asked him if he was going down. He
told me he was, and 7 told him / was
poit'o bio. We missed each other,
{somehow, and / went on down to the
(Bar, where /live, if is my home, and
got there just about sundown. /Tibbie
Was absent and arrived about seven
or eight o’clock that night. 7u con
nection with some other persons /
(went to him, and pleaded with him,
| not e earnestly than / would plead at
this or any other bar for mercy, to
settle the matter with Lundy. He
Wave mo but little satisfaction, and 7
Bet him alone until nine or ten o’clock
that night, when / went again and
'asked him to abandon the idea of
Imeeling Lundy in any hostile manner.
| He gave me no satisfaction again. /
dropped the subject, after / saw that
all my efforts to adjust the difficulty
'amicably were in vain. A ext morn
!ing /spoke to him again with the same
(result. / acted ns a peacemaker, in
|tnc capacity of a friend to the parties.
II regret the occurrence exceedingly.
I introduced /Tibbie as my friend on
the Bar; he shared my hospitality,
find I felt interested jn his welfare.
No pains were spared on my part to
kettle the difficulty.
Charles E. G. J/orsc's statement. —
reside in Nevada city, and have been
be last two or three weeks at Industry
Bir on business. On Wednesday!
‘verting last 1 wus sitting and talking
vith some friends, /Tibbie and Lundy
icing in the company. Various ques
ions had been discussed, and Messrs.
Dibble and /umly took a prominent
mrt in the debate. Dibble made a
(notation from some authority, and
Lundy remarked it is no such thing,
eferring to the authority, or words
noted. Without giving Aundy time
o sustain what he said, /Tibbie arose
nd said you are a d—d liar. 1 'pou
vhich 7-uudy arose with the apparent
ntention of committing an assault. I
,’us sitting between the. parties and
ftlsed my arm and warded him off.
remarked to him he was making a
»ol of himself, as there was such a
liscrepancy in the size of the men.
le stepped back to bis seat, and fold
Jibb’c he was a d—d lying sou of a
—h, at the same time explaining that
e had no reference to his mother, but
ad particular reference to /Tibbie and
is conduct. /Tibbie then challenged
tin on the spot. 1 cannot say that
.undy accepted the challenge, but
lid ho was responsible for what be
ad’said. Upon which /Tibbie said he
■tended to make him so, with various
treats, as that he would shoot the
eart out of him. /Tibbie remarked
mt on the at rival of a friend, whom
2 expected on Thursday, the affair
mid bo settled, or to (bat effect. I
as applied to by the friends of /Tibbie
act us his second. I nio-t positively
•dined, as well as Gen. Morehead.
did however enderiVor to make peace
tween the parties, from that time,
itil the duel came off. I never eon
• i lured tiivsclf ns ;i M.-uu;al, or thought
that any hostile meeting would mm-'
(>‘h hiit am on tlu; best of terms w ith
< urn. J/on head, /-undv and />jl>l •!«*.
! was a friend to all parties Concern d.
i told /dibble, probably not two mo
ments before they stood up to shoot,
that a withdrawal of the, challenge on
his part, would s, tt](. tlie difficulty.
That /.tindy had no ill-feeling towards
him, to which he responded that he
would dio first, and culled him also a
son of a b—h. 1 here were alto two
other gentlemen on the ground acting
in the same capaeity jrs ourselves, as
I peacemakers.
U was admitted by the prosecution,
Mr, /icminglou not being present,
upon w hom the defense relied to prove
tin; fact, that J/essrs. J/orao and Mora
head had tried to settle the dilHculty.
Tlie parties were bound over to ap
pear at the Court of Sessions, in the
sum of one thousand dollars each.
Mr. 7,undy waved examination and
gave bonds to appear.
Sn-rosEn Murder. -TheMarysvill# Ex
press says that portions of a man. suppos
ed to have been dead several weeks,wore
found upon the Downieville trail, about
duce miles below Fosters liar, a few
lays siuce. ‘ The upper portion of the
head was fractured on the frontal por
tion of the skull, above the forehead; on
the hack part, also, was tfie appearance
of a wound from some pointed instru
ment that had not penetrated the skull.
I'he part discovered, and which may
lead to a recognition of the individual,
is described as follows ;—I ho hair was
of n sandy color, mingled with grey,
rather coarse and curly; the teeth were
gone, whether removed by ago ir vio
lence, the parties could not determine.
The person is supposed to have been
about fifty years old, and to have been
killed by blows from a pick. The head
was buried near the place where it was
discovered. - ’
U’oNnmrui, Recovery.—-Wo are in
debted to our friend, Dr. Teed, for the
following extraordinary statement which
may he strictly rolled upon :
Two months since a man was attack
ed by a large grizzly, and received the
following injury : The left external ear
with some three fr|unre inches of the
scalp covering the temporal region, were
entirely torn away. The skull was
fractured, and one square inch of the
parietal hone was removed from the co
ronal border, near its anterior or infe
rior angle. The niece of bone is pre
served in which may he seen the fur
rows which lodge the ramifications of
the artcria meningeu media. Tlie ar
tery and dura mater were not injured.
There was a compound fracture of the
loft third rib. A hull also passed through
the left arm, from Ins comrade shooting
at the hear during the scuffle. Tlie
hoar was killed, and the man is out of
danger, and rapidly recovering,”—Ex
press.
Lost!— Ten dollars reward will he
paid to any person returning a dog of
the terrier breed, which strayed or was
stolen from this office oa Saturday last.
The brute was mostly of a brindlc color
in the vicinity of tiic head ; his body
was partially shaved; he had one good
eye. an car cropped, a tail which loft the
body in a perpendicularly upward di
rection, then slightly inclining earth
ward and closing with an e pressive
curl. Ills fore-legs were destitute of
hair, his nose chilly, and he answered to
the call of “Types.”
Said dog was of small dimensions,
very sagacious, and “ death on rats, --
IJniun. Two legged rats we opine.
Hi.oodv Tragedy.— Wo have this
week to record one of the most cold
blooded murders, which the annals of
crinio can well furnished. The murder
was committed on Sunday morning Inst,
at the residence of Mr. John Bonsor. at
Sauvie’s Island, in this county. The
fuels, as near us wo have been able to
ascertain, are ns follows :
The murderer whose name is Creed
Turner, formerly of Kentucky, had been
for sometime boarding in the family of
Mr. Bor.ser, and the young man who
was murdered, whose name was Edward
A. Bradbury, formerly of Cincinnati.
Ohio, had been hoarding in the same
family. The two persons had never
been known to have any difficulty, hnt
on Sunday morning, as the family were
all sitting in a room, unconscious of any
danger. Turner came ;u, and stopped to
the side of Bradbury, and with a dirk
knife, gave him six stabs—throe in the
breast and three in the abdomen This
was all done so quick that those in the
room were hardly conscious of what was
passing until the work of death had been
accomplished. Turner was immediate
ly arrested
The foundation of this act of Turner’s
is supposed by some to have originated
in a fealing of jealousy towards Brad
bury because he imagined that Bradbury
commanded the respect ami friendship
of the family, including a young Miss of
some 111 or 14, to a much greater extent
than ho did himself.
Turner, it is said, evidenced no sor
row at what he had done, hut said that
he hud thirsted for Bradbury's blood for
some time ; and expressed a wish that he
had killed himself before being arrested.
—Portland (Oregon) Times Oct. 215 d.
CC./'rostcr. of the Aew York Day
Book, says:
“ll our wife wanted to run away with
another man, we would bid her God
speed for wo think to muck of her to
see her want for any thiny.”
fir’if" Freeman & Co, shipped by the
steamers of the first instant, the sum
$107,000.
TH H.TOI iRNALJ
A. A. FAKi;I:ST AND V C. AI.HAN,
Thaixiay .Tloiiiiii;;. A'ov. 4».
Ti c ConiNe of the Journal.
Tin; conductors of a public journal
arc always liable to censure from some
portion of their readers, whatever side
of a question they may take, whatever
line of policy they may pursue. The
same editor, in the various minds of the
community is too moral and too immoral,
too independent, and too subservient,
too conservative, and too radical, too
cautious, and too free spoken, and let
| him free his sheet ofovery political hue
the Democrat can see ho is a Whig,
and the Whig as clearly that he is a
Democrat. We have not learned this
since wc have issued the Nevada Jour
nal. At the start we knew the peculiar
difficulties of an editor's position, the
misconstruction of motive—the preju
dices of every hu i to he met at every
turn; and knowingall this, wo laid down
,in few and simple words our plan in
the conduct ot the Nevada Journal, in
order that all might see it, and know
what to.expect from us. In the first
number under our charge we said ;
"I hat the patrons of the Journal may
know the line of duty marked out to
regulate the future conduct of the paper,
we take this opportunity to state that
in reference to the questions that may
I arise in the public mind, on nil occa
sions, wc shall speak freely, boldly, and
independently. We shall make war
upon t he prejudices of no party, but wc
shall he led by no party. Our aim will
bn to make our sheet an acceptable
business and family paper, with a pure
moral tone, a careful selection of matter,
and such attention to public interests as
may be expected from a public spirited
journal."’
W e believe we have pursued the
course indicated in the above extract.
|O n all occasions we have spoken boldly,
j fearlessly, independently. Wo have
not cautiously felt after public senti
ment, and after finding it, giving it as
our own. W bile wo have studiously
kept our columns free from personali
ties and low blackguardism, making
war upon the prejudices of no party of
men, we have disdained to bo led by
any party-, on the contrary, on every
topic we have expressed our own con-1
s.ncntious convictions, after attentive j
and careful reviewal, and mo t espe-)
daily have wc thrown whatever influ
ence our position gives, on the side of:
correct morals. Wo have met with!
much approbation in this course, and j
nothing could bo more grateful to our
feelings. Wc have also encountered
opposition, and on the occasion of our
article against the barbarous practice
of duelling, that opposition has amount
ed to threats—threats at a distance, a
rumor of violence, an undefined and
omincus muttering, enjoining careful
ness on our part, or consequences in the
shape of codec and pistols, personal chas
tisement ‘-and a" that.” Now if it is
supposed for a moment that wo arc to
be overawed, and prevented from the
declaration of our views in any matter
whatever, in any manner whatever our
conscience may prescribe by any inquis
atonal nr ode of practice, the supposition
is an egregious error. Wo owe a duty
to the public, and shall fulfil it. Wo
owe enc to our own principles and self
respect, and shall observe it. And
while we are the proprietors of a public
print, owning paper, press, and type, we
shall use our property as wc think best,
and have an inalienable right to do so,
as much as any man has to sell his
goods, or ride his horse. There is al
ways a remedy in the hands of the pub
lic. If a paper is wrong the public can
refuse to support it, and it ceases. But
to endeavor to cramp and trammel the
press by any other moans is an idea in
consistent with republican feeling, and
subversive of every principle of right.
It is not consistent with our tempera
ment to submit to it, and we will not.
We shall publish an independent paper
whi e wo publish any, and when we
cannot express our own convictions un
traroelled, wc will cca-o our vocation,
and earn a living in some other way.
The parties engaged in the affair, to
which we referred on Saturday, we have
r?ason to believe have the best of feel
ings f«r us, and wo have not referred to
them in the above remarks. But some
meddling bodies, who are not satisfied
without every thing is their own way of
thinking, have been reading lessons
( sub rosa ) for our benefit. Wo invite
those gentlemen to call up and see us,
and we will take their teachings in bet
ter part, when uttered to us personally ;
and wc think we can convince them
that all the threats in creation cannot
alter or prevent any course wo may
think it right to pursue. We have no
disposition to do injustice to any one ;
and when one of the parties charged
with being the seconds in this duel,
called on u$ Saturday evening, we show
ed him at his request, our account of
the affair, ami though It was in type,
altered it throughout, so ns to give the
circumstances as ho stated them. ream -
■ ing tlia right to make whatever edito
rial comment- wo thought host.
The many extenuating cin umatanccs
in favor of handy whhdi wore apparent
1 in the affair had full weight in our
mind, and wi* therefore refrained from
any. even implied, censure on him. And
we have been convinced since then that
he did his best to avert the meeting, so
far as the commonly received notion of
men of honor will admit, and even more.
On tlie evening previously, lie fired at
the tlame of a candle at eighteen paces,
with a revolver, and out of the six shots,
four times snuffed the candle, and twice
just grazed the flame. He told persons
around to report this to Dibble. And
ho solemnly told Dibble, that if be was
compelled to take his station ns a mark
for him (D.) to shoot at, he should cer
tainly kill him. At the last moment,
he expressed his willingness to forgive
the insult, it D. would withdraw the
challenge. D. seems to have been go
verned by some infatuation, and to tbe
latest moment refused any accommoda
tion, when urged by the seconds repeat
edly, and knowing F.umly’s deadly skill,
and his willingness to make up the af
fair amicably. In our strictures on this
aflair wo stated our belief that if seconds
refused to act in such matters, duels
vvoald fall through, and we believe it to
be the case. Men would not go out and
fight singly like dogs: they need the
sanctifying influence in the public mind
of u pomp and circumstance and if
the law can be made to deter seconds,
it will prevent duelling. In the present
case there are many eTt enua ti n g cir
cumstances, and as we before remarked,
wo should deeply regret any evil that
might hefal at least one of the parties
These extenuations will be likely to
have effect on the trial jury, amt wc
hope they will.
At the request of the parties, though
it is somewhat of a tax on our space, we
publish the evidence given in the ex
amination. verbatim.
The Challenge.— ln our last, the
crowded State of our columns prevented
our giy.ng an account of the barbarous
outrages on the crew of the clipper ship
Challenge, by the captain, Waterman,
and Douglass, the mate, which intelli
gence arrived on the night of publica
tion. Jho must sickening accounts are
given of the condition of the crew when
boarded by tlie officers of the port—their
limbs mangled and brui-ed, and many
of them at the point of death. It is said
that ton men have died on the pas
sage from the brutality of the fiends in
the shape of captain and mate, it is
said that on one occasion, the men in
in the yard not reefing sufficiently fast
to suit him, Waterman cut the halyards
and let three of them off into the sea,
where they were drowned.
Jho captain and mate escaped from
tiie ship before it came to moorings. A
largo mob of boatmen and others sur
rounded the counting room of Messrs.
Alsop & Co., and searched it to obtain
possession of the villains, hut did no fur
ther damage. Douglass, however, was
captured on the morning of the 3d inst.,
in a cart, covered up, on the road to San
•lose, lie said ho was on his way to
Monterey to meet the steamer. The
captain was supposed to bo ahead on
the road, and a party wore in pursuit
of him The citizens of San Francisco
know bow to use such scoundrels, and
wo hope they will give them their de
serts. Ihe ship has been libelled liy
the I nited States Marshal, on a suit
by the crew.
Steameii Edition, —We shall issue in
time for the steamer of the 15th instant
an edition of the Journal for the Atlan
tic States, containing fifteen or twenty
columns of news and reading matter,
made up especially for the states. The
steamer edition of the Journal was pro
mised long ago, and frequent inquiries
for it have been made. Circumstances
arc now such that wc can supply the
desideratum. It will ho printed on the
beautifully white paper of our present
issue, and in other respects will he cred
itable to the character of printers in the
mountains, and to the city. If the en
terprise is encouraged, we shall issue a
steamer shoot regularly. On papers
sent from the office of publication, there
is no pre-payment of postage.
Bold Kobweuy.-- JFhile two miners
working a tom on the ravine at the
loot of Oregon Hill, on Tuesday last,
were at dinner, some unknown persons
robbed there riffle box of the proceeds
of the previous work, being about two
hundred dollars.
WSuEditors of papers below will serve
the cause of humanity by inserting the
advertisement asking information of
Thomas Birch, of Morristown, Belmont
C 0„ Ohio,
Proposed Incorporation of Valley.
We hove received from Grass Valley a
communication giving an nccount of a
mooting held there on Nov. 3d, of which
Hr C. I). Cleveland was chairman, and
T. ( I . linrg'.ss Fsq Secretary, the object
of which was to propose for considera
tion ou Saturday evening next, a plan
for the temporary orgaization of the
place, and an application to the Court
of Sessions for an incorporation under
the Statute. Gen. A. M. Winn offered
tho following resolutions, which will be
considered :
Resolved Ist. A town council of seven
members shall be appointed whoso duty
it shall be to have a plan of Grass Val
ley made out, with wide streets, and
convenient sized lots for residences and
business purposes.
2<i. They shall designate tho mode of
taking up or settling lots, and provide
means for their propel registry.
3d. i hey shall lay off and set apart a
burying ground church lota, and such
other public lots or squares as they may
deem necessary, and properly designa
ted them upon the map or plan of said
town.
AtU. They shall apply to the court of
Sessions for an order to organize the
cheapest government of a town known
to tho Laws of this -State.
s lh. They shall make a fair and full
representation of the map and registry
of lots through our Senator and Repre
sentatives in Congress to the Congress
of tho United States, asking a donation
of the land to the owners, or occupants
of lots, and a donation of the balance to
the town lor the use and benefit of its
inhabitants, and improvement of the
public preperty.
ijli'i. Wo will abide tho decision of
said counqil until the organization of a
town government, for which purpose
they shall organize as a municipal body,
making their own rules and regulations,
and calling together the inhabitants for
consultation as often as they may deem
necessary.
" ih- The magistrates and constable*
of the township shall bo the only Judi
cial and executive officers of the town
government.
Wo have for some time past been ex
pecting a movement of this kind on the
part ot our neighbors, in consequence of
their rapid growth both in population
and business. Indeed we arc rather
surprised that it Ims not been made
sooner. The laying out of streets to
advantage—a most important matter to
the inhabitants of a village, cannot be
secured, except by public authority. If
it is left to individuals to select their
own sites tor buildings, the consequence
will be that the streets will-bo crooked,
narrow, and inconveniently located.
'1 ho form of town government is pro
vided by statute—namely, five trustees,
a marshal, collector, &c. No provision
is made for any compensation to these
officers, except that they can themselves
fix it by passing a bye-law. Hut it is
hardly probable that they would require
any pay, unless it bo the Town Clerk ;
ami in short the people at tho ballot box
would virtually regulate that matter
I bo expenses for promoting public com
fort and convenience, for example, by
repairs of roads and bridges, weuld not
probably exceed the cost of doing the
-amo thing by private contribution.
Wo have always been at a loss to con
ceive on what ground tho Legislature of
this State fixed the size of incorporated
towns at three square mile*. This tract
if laid out in tiro form of a square would
bo only about one mile and three quar
ters square. With so small an extent
of territory, in many of our settlements,
some property would bo free from tax
ation, which would derive ns much
benefit from the organization as any in
the town proper. lie commend tho
matter to tho attention of our Repre
sentatives in the Legislature.
As to one proposition expressed in the
resolutions, wo believe that tho course
recommended is unnecessary ; we refer
to tho proposed petition to Congress for
a grant. Tho mode of obtaining a title
to town lots has already been prescribed
by Congress, by the “Act to ascertain
and settle private Land Claims in the
State of California, n passed March o,
1851. Tho latter part of Section 14 is
in those words:—“Where any city,
town, or village shall be in existence at
the time of passing this act, the claim
fur the land embraced within the limits
of the same may lie made by the cor
porate authority of the said city, town
or village."’
That is, ns the context shows, tho
claim is to be made to tho Commissioners
appointed under tho Act, and they have
power to make a grant of tho land within
the limits of the village. For the pur
pose of securing such grants we pre
sume that hundreds of villages in this
state will soon apply to tho Courts of
Sessions for incorporation ; and thus se
cure protection to life and property, and
especially, permanence and stability to
our settlements.
Foot Rack.— An interesting foot race
came off on Halt’s Ranch,-near the Mer
ced, a few days ago, between Mr. Wm.
Howard and one of the fastest Indian
runners in the country. The victory
was gallantly w n hy Mr Howard. i)is
tance, one mile Stockton Hep
Arrival of tiif, Panama. Wo are
indebted to Gregory for (ho state pipers
this ove ll in". In tho .Sacrum nlo jour
nals wo find intelligence of the arrival
of the mail steamship Panama, but no
news ol importance.
The Cuban affair had entirely fallen
through, and rll pa'ties seemed to give
it up.
The conduct of the British consul la
highly praised in reference to the Ha
vana prisoners, ho bestowing every at
tention to them—while the American
consul basely deserted his countrymen.
Buffalo was visited hy a terrible eon-
I flagration on the 20th of September,
which destroyed a large portion of the
; city, extending from Main street towards
Black Rock. The loss is very consider
able.
The Michigan Democrats have nomi
nated tho Hon. Robert McClelland for
Governor.
The Whigs of Virginia have nomi
nnlei f or governor of that state, George
VV. Jeomers.
President Fillmore passed through
New York about the 20th of September.
.1 Fenimore Cooper is dead.
The “Express.” —A now paper called
tho Express has been started at Marys
! villo, by Messrs. Gee, Giles & Co, the
1 style of execution of which and tho
j ability of its first numbers is more cred
; liable to its conductors than its usage of
; its cotemporaries. Owing to a scanty
! supply of j apor we sent to our exchange <
a half sheet in our last issue, and are
! thus noticed by the Express :
“ BgU A piece of a paper from Nevada,
through our next door neighbor Frank,
! brings us no news."
In another part of tho paper it gives
our account of tho duel in the No. of
Journal referred to, verbatim ct literatim,
ct punctualim, credited to the Transcript!
That paper in copying gave us honorable
credit and the Express must have ob
served it. Now, in this matter the
Express is either stupid or it designed
us an injustice. The latter is perpe
trated at any rate, whether designedly
or not. Come gents, apologise, and tell
us whether we are to expect fair play
or something else.
BPi- We wish to direct the attention
of our readers to tho advertisement of
S. Savage, jewel-smith, at Sacramento,
who is uu fait at every branch of his
business. We have seen a most beautiful
Masonic emblem designed to bo pre
sented to J, F. Halsey, by the lodge in
this city, manufactured by Mr. Savage.
Now that ornaments are so much in re
quest for transmission to friends in the
states, tho skill of such an accomplished
workman can be well called in re
quisition.
{(S’*Mr Leaehinan, of Florida 111.
Ims a mule which kills and eats every
snake that falls in his way.
'1 he College. —The work upon the
Catholic College in this city, has been
suspended until sufficient funds can lie
collected to carry on tho buildings to
completion. In tho moan time, the
priests have a school in tho house of the
curate, where about twenty students
I arc taught the elementary branches in
j tf |e Spanish, English and French lan
i guagos. Protestant, children arc ad
! aiitfod, and in ensrs who o tho parents
S particularly desire, they are not com
j polled to attend mass, confession, etc
I lie number ol scholars is gradually in
creasing,— Las Angeles Slur.
Desecration oe the Sabbath —A
troupe of circus performers preceded by
a band of music, paraded through tho
streets yesterday as the congregations
wore returning home from morning ser
vice V\ c hope our city fathers will
act promptly and effectively on the pe
tition shortly to ho presented them for
tho suppression of Sunday amusements.
Union.
F'rom Sonora. —Tho Herald describes
a quartz machine, put up on Wood's
Crook, by Lacharme & Co:
“ The machinery consists of twelve
stampers, which first reduce the stone
to a coarse powder. It then passes un
der rollers untill completely pulverized,
and finally is transferred to tho amal
gamator. This last consists of a basin
or vat, in which revolves a vertical shaft
having four arms, similar to a rake, the
teeth of which continually stir up the
powdered stone, and bring the panicles
of gold in contact with the mercury.
It js estimated that this machine will
grind six tons of stone daily.”
We copy the following items from the
Calaveras Chronicle:
A chicken was killed a few days since
at the New York Flat, which, when dis
sected, yielded fifteen cents worth of
fine gold, which was taken from the
craw. O, “Hulks!”
New Albany.—A very rich quartz
vein has been struck at a place called
New Albany, about half a mile north of
Angel's Camp. This is tho most aston
ishingly rich mine we have heard of
being discovered in California, one pound
of the quartz rock having yielded near
ly of gold. The vein was struck
by Messrs. Davis & Co., who have wash
ed from the surface dirt $lO to the 100
pounds.
Death,
1 Geo. M. Dibble, of Detroit, Michigan,
at Industry Bar, on the Vuba, on Satur
day last, aged "G. Detroit, and
lis. .Maryland, papers please n nv