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first in pans and rockers, afterwards
in long-toms, and again in sluices, pay
ing richly, not only at first, but also at
each subsequent washing.
But Nevada’s bright futnre is re
flected from the abundant glittering
gold which rests in the immeasurable
auriferous quartz veins that permeate
nearly all the hills and ridges and
plateaus for miles around. At every
turn man’s industry is visible and Na
ture’s generous response equally so
Quartz veins have been opened in all
directions, yet probably the great ven
tricles of wealth have not been
reached.
We spent the best portion of a day
in visiting the different placers and
veins. In the former an immense
amount of labor has evidently been
expended, and well has it been rewar
ded. The last dry winter, and conse
quent lack of water for washing, forced
upon the miners the necessity of ob-<
tabling it by artificial means. Com
panies were formed, among which the
Bear Creek and Auburn Company
stands foremost in point of boldness of
conception, and magnitude, and ex
pense of the work. The water is ta
ken from Bear Creek and carried by
the main channel of the canal some
sixty miles, besides its branches of
twenty miles—eighty in all. The
water is carried at one place some six
teen hundred feet by viaduct, three
fourths of this distance being more
than one hundred feet above the
ground beneath, and a portion one
hundred and twenty feet high. The
company are cutting a tunnel sixteen
hundred feet through a mountain, this
portion of the work being nearly ac
complished. The whole cost to the
company for their grand work will fall
little if any short of two hundred thou
sand dollars. ffome idea may he
formed from these facts, of the wealth
of this vicinity, or nt least of the con
fidence of those who best understand
the country and its resource*.
There can be no doubt that this will
prove an excellent investment. The
water will supply not only the placer
mines, but also saw mills, crushing
mills and stamps. The canal passes
through twenty miles ok fine placer
diggings, and from all these sources
the receipts must be immense and the
dividends most satisfactory.
But, as said before, the great de
pendence of Nevada, for permanent
prosperity, is upon its auriferous veins.
The placer diggings will last and pay
for perhaps five years—the gold veins
for all time. They arc abundant,
countless, measureless, rich, hut not
known how rich. Hundreds have al
ready been opened and a great many
mills arc erected or in progress. We
visited some of them. Mills with
eighteen stamps, are producing from a
thousand to fifteen hundred dollars
per day—daily expenses two hundred
dollars. The smalt machinery at the
Gold Tunnel, about which so much
has been said, is said to be paying
richly, although the works arc capa
ble of crushing only five tons of min
eral per day.
Some of the works in process of
erection are upon a grand scale. The
Bunker Hill Company have a splen
did mill, embracing a smelting as well
as crushing aparatns. The mill is
propelled by water power. Some idea
of its force may be formed from the
fact that the overshot wheel is thirty
six feet in diameter, and when put in
motion, which is readily done by a
very thin stream, it moves with a dig
nity and power that seems to say it
could crush a mountain without distur
bing the even tenor of its way. But
enough perhaps has been said about
the riches of this locality. Nevada
has the promise of a brilliant future.
Already the people there and in Sac
ramento city are stirring themselves
earnestly for the construction of a rail
road between the two cities. There
is not a doubt on my mind that were
one ready now to go into operation, it
would pay dividends from the start en
tirely satisfactory to the stockholders.
Nevada has within its grasp the cer
tain elements of success, of wealth, of
magnificence. And the time is not
far distant when it will be looked up
on and regarded as the Potosi of Cal
ifornia.
Muddy Streets.— Jackson and San
some streets, at the point where they
intersect each other, at this time, pre
sent a most attractive appearance. —
The mud is of the consistency, and
possesses the adhesive qualities of
thick tar, and is something less than a
fathom deep. Yesterday, in the space
of a half hour's time, we saw three or
four drays stalled there, in their en
deavors to effect a passage, whilst a
whole lleet of vehicles brought up on
the edge of the abyss, their drivers
waiting patiently, interested specta
tors of the ceremony of extrication.
Pic., Dec. 30.
Washed Down.— The north-west cor
ner, and a portion of the gable end of
the long adobe building in the rear of
the old Marine Hospital, fell down last
night. The building had been used as
a dwelling, but, fortunately, happened
to be unoccupied at the time. We were
informed that the building was first in
jured by the earthquake of Friday
night, but our own opinion is that its
fall is attributable to the last heavy
rains.— PirMyme.
THE JOURNAL.
A. A. SARGKST AND W. G. AI.BAN.
Saturday Evening, Jan. 3.
Progress of Improvement at Nevada
There is probably no portion of
California that has improved so rap
idly, or undergone such great changes,
as has Nevada city and contiguous
places. In March last, a sweeping
'fire destroyed the heart of our city,
and the fruits of the industry and per
perscvcrance of many a long day of
our merchants. Since that time, our
city has been rebuilt in a more sub
stantial and beautiful style, and now
far exceeds its value, before the fire.
But the alterations in the appearance
of the city are but slight compared
with the wonderful changes that have
transpired in our outskirts. A year
ago last Christmas we took a long
walk down Deer Creek. The whole
extent of the stream was deserted,
save here and there where stood a sol
itary cabin, and at the Gold Tunnel
where operations had commenced.—
The rich quartz leads since developed,
then slept in their native hills undis
turbed and unthought of; the lack of
water had discouraged the miners in
the placer diggings, and every thing
betokened a deserted region. A few
days ago we passed over the same
ground, and the changes contrasted
most forcibly with what we have de
scribed. At intervals of a thousand
feet apart, often nearer, arc scattered
mills in operation and in course of
erection, of the most substantial char
acter. Hundreds of men are employ
ed, ns mechanics, as quarriers of
quartz, as engineers, firemen, See.;
thousands on thousands of dollars are
invested, and the aspect of the whole
region betokens enterprize and pros*
perity. Vi hen all these mills get into
operation, no manufacturing district
in the States will have a more busy
appearance. The operations on Deer
Creek arc only similar to others on
every side of the city. At Gold Flat
several mills arc operating and
being erected. At Bush Creek they
are also erecting mills. Grass Val
ley has been almost created the past
year by its quartz, and there more
than any where else in California, on
so large a scale, have quartz opera
tions been successful.
The great demand for lumber for
mills and other purposes, has called in
to operation a large number of saw mills
the past year, some of them of tho first
class in tho country. Yet the demand
fur lumber is beyond tho supply, and
the price is kept up.
The placer -and cayote washings in
this city have greatly changed in char
acter tho past year. Sluices and driz
zly* have been generally introduced for
washing, an I diggings before unremu
nerativc have been made to pay.—
Large hills have been dug into and
washed to their base—thirty, forty and
fifty feet down. Scientific mining has
been so generally practised that the
general gain has been geater the past
year than it was the previous one, when
raw miners dug inte the untouched ra
vines, and locked for pockets and nooks,
disdaining dirt that would now be con
sidered rich.
Within the past year, ws have had
several beautifnl churches erected in
our city. The general character of the
city has improved. There is much loss
gambling carried on, less drunkenness,
less fighting, and a higher tone in soci
ety generally. We have had also many
families settling down in our midst, and
perhaps to the humanizing influences of
correct female society are to be attribu
ed many of the beneficial results in
morals wo have named.
The improvements at Nevada, gener
ally, are not of a superficial character.
They bear the stamp of enterprise, and
ore destined to continue. The new de
velopments in quartz leads, of surprising
richness, make room for still more mills;
and it requires little prophetic power
to anticipate that before ten years are
over, with a Sacramento railroad, a Yu
ba ditch, the influx of farmers, opera
tions in quartz, new discoveries of pla
cer diggings, and the consequent growth
of mercantile and mechanic business
with the influx of families, Nevada will
be second in importance and wealth to
few cities in California.
The Whig meeting on Thursday
evening last was adjourned till Monday
next, at one o'clock P. M., at the conn*
ty court room, formerly the Eagle Hotel,
on Broad street
Lioisi.ati're. —Wo loom from the j
Ptcnijunt that a m etingof the members |
elect to the next Legislature, was held '
on Tuesday morning, December 30th i
at the District Court room, in the Cali- 1
Torn.a Exchange, for the pur use of con
sulting together, as to the place where
the third session of the Legislature of
California, which is to commence on the
sth inst, should be held
Gen. Anderson, of Tuolumne county
was appointed chairman, and Messrs.
Coffreth and Wood secretaries.
The chairman stated that the object
of the meeting was to decide ns to the
plane where the Legislature should
meet, whether at Vallejo or San Jose.
The counties were then called over
and the following gentlemen answered
to their names:
Senators. —Messrs. Roach, Tingley,
Soule, Anderson, McKibbcn, Cooke, Es
tell, Lyle, Keene, Denvir, Snyder, Bro
derick, Watson—l 3.
Members or Assembly-Mcsscs Morse,
Merritt, Ridley, Wall, Ellis, (Nevada)
Lyons, Kinney, Ingersoll, Damcron. Cof-
Iroth, McConaha, Thompson, Hinch
man, Orrick, Wood, Peachy, Wohler,
Crabb, Hammond, Graham, Parrish,
Paxton, Cooke, Stevenson, Chauncey,
McCaudlet, Coates, Fowler, Cutter, El
lis, (San Franciseo) Gardner—3l.
Mr. Parrish, of Yolo, introduced the
following resolution .
Whereas, by an Act approved the 4th
of February, the people of the State of
California, represented in the Senate
and Assembly, did enact that, from and
after the close of that session of the Le
gislature, the city of Vallejo, situated
upon the Bay of Napa anil Straits of
Carquinez, should be the permanent seat
of government for California,
Therefore, Resolved , That we. a por
tion of the delegates elect to the next
Legislature, will assemble at Vallejo on
the first Monday in January next; and
we hereby request all other members
to assemble with us, at Vallejo, on that
day.
Mr. Tingley offered the following sub
stitute :
Resolved, That as Senators and As
semblymen elect to the General Assem
bly of the State of California, wo will
not assemble in legislative capacity at
Vallejo until it shall be proved to u*
that Gen. Vallejo has fully and fairly
fulfilled the provisions of the law in re
ference to the change of the seat of go
vernment, and complied with his con
tract with the State; and until that
fact ie clearly manifest, we will con
vene at the point designated by the
Constitution as the Capital of the State.
After some discussion, the substitute
was lost by the following vote :
Messrs. Tingley, and Soule, of the
Senate, and Messrs. Wall, Ellis (of Ne
vnda ) Ingcrsoll, Thompson, Hinchman,
Wood, Hammond, Stevenson and Ellis,
( of San Francisco ) of the Assembly—
total 11, voted in the affirmative.
Messrs. Roach. Anderson., McKibbcn,
Cooke, Estell, Keene, Snyder, Brode
rick and Walton —9, of the Senate, and
Messrs. Morse, Merritt, Ridley, Lyons,
Kinney, Dameron, Coffroth, McConaha,
Orrick, Peachy, Wohler, Crabbe, Gra
ham, Parrish, Paxton, Cooke, Coates,
Fowler. Cutter and Gardner—2o, of the
Assembly ; total 29, voted in the nega
tive.
The original resolntion was then adopt
ed as follows, so that Vallejo is tho seat
of government without doubt, as this de
cision indicates the views of the ma
jority :
Ayes—Messrs, Roach. Anderson. Me-
Kibben, Cooke, Estell, Keene, Denver,
Brnderick, Walton, Morse, Merritt. Rid-
Icy, Lyons, Kinney, Dameron, McCona
ha, Oirick, Peachy, Wohler, Crabbe,
Graham. Parrish, Poxton, McCandless,
Coates, Fowler, Cutter, and Gardner—2B
Nays— Messrs. Tingley, Soule, Lyle,
Snyder, Wall, Kills, (of Nevada) Inger
soll, Thompson Hinchman, Wood, Ham
mond, Stevenson, and Ellis, (of Sao
Francisco) 13.
Remedy ron Rats. —Mix up with
bread aid butter, or paste, a strong dose
of calomel, and put it where rats will
get it, and you will not again be troubled
with them. So think wo after trying
the experiment. Our city is overrun
with rats, and is getting worse in this
respect constantly. If ten pounds of
calomel, which would not cost more
than twenty'five dollars, were distribut
ed over the city, the vermin would dis
appear entirely from our limits in a
week. Householders and others should
try the experiment on their premises,
and we will warrant its success.
Unenviable Predicament. -A French
man, not over zealous in his obeyance
of the fourth commandment, went to
cayoto in his hole, which was 180 feet
deep, last Sunday. He told his partner
when he lowered him down, to come
back to hoist him out at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, and with this descended into
the “vasty depths” of a “shall.” He
had not done much “ picking,” however,
before be heard the earth above hi*
head crack, and ho vamosed speedily to
the other end of the hole. He had no
sooner left than about two tons of rock,
lava, &0., dropped promiscuously, cover
ing the pile of earth be had just picked
off. Here he was, with fear depicted
on bis countenance, not knowing but
the next minute would be heralded with
a general “caving in” of the whole sur
rounding earth. There was no escape,
however; for be had to remain where
be waa till 4 o'clock, when his partner
oame and hoisted him up, more dead
than alive.— VKrtnidt
The contrast between enlightened ami i
real republicanism, and the aristocritic ;
Europe <nism which murks even a repub
lic in Europe, in becoming too painful
and too apparent to subsist, without fresh
revolutions. The following, from Ga-
Itgnani's Messenger, exhibits the con
trast most forcibly;
“ There is hardly a great city of Eu
rope which one might not suppose to be
inhabited by wild beasts rather than
men, or by enemies ratherthan citizens,
such is the formidable character of the
means employed to secure its tranquil'
ity and obedience. Ramparts frown on
I the people fiora the river side, or the
brow of the hill: there are barracks and
| guardhouses in every quarter; there are
I troops a'ways in movement; the drum
never ceases; at every public place you
may stumble on a group of soldiers,
i ready to turn out on the approach of the
! officer in command ; ami you feel as if
j it were not so much a city as a camp
; you are dwelling in. France is hardly
more unfortunate in this respect than
the other great powers of Europe ; but
there are, we believe, in the depart
ment of the Seine, about one hundred
thousand soldiers, and Lyons, a mere
manufacturing city, is policed by more
than thirty thousand.”
Humboldt Bay.— A correspondent of
the Courier, writing from Humboldt Bay
has the following ;
“ As stated, 1 believe, in a former let
ter, this is a remarkably healthy, salu
brious, and in many respects a desirable
climate. The extremes of heat, and cold
are alike unknown ; snow never lies in
the valleys—the prairies and timbered
land are clothed in parpetaal green—
the dews fall regularly every night—
showers of rain every month in the year,
and irrigation of crops wholly unknown
and unnecessary With proper facili
ties for obtaining supplies, and for send
ing off her surplus products, what can
prevent such a country from tilling up
with an industrious and enterpr.sing
population ? It is now a little over one
year since the first settlements were
made. Last summer the first sods
were turned by rudely constructed
ploughs, and some seeds deposited,
which, without any further cultivation,
cither with plough or hoc, has produced
a product which would astonish you. 1
dare not say the increase has been a
thousand fold ; but if you could see the
large piles or heaps of pototoes, weighing
from one to three and four pounds each;
cabbages 18 or 20 inches in diameter ;
beets, turnips, etc , in proportion, you
would unquestionably infer that this
country is good for "some pumpkins”
too. Barley, also, grows to great per
fection. Wheat, oats, and corn, have
not, I understand, been tried. The
business of shipping Hobart Town, or'
Sandwich Island potatoes to this part of)
the country, is now about over. By an-,
other year, Humboldt Bay will contii- ,
bute its full share in removing from Cal- ;
ifornia. the disgrace of being dependent [
upon foreign soil, and the industry of a j
foreign people for her potatoes and bar- j
ley.”
Newspapers. —There are ten news- <
papers in Austria, fourteen in Africa, 1
twenty-four in Spain, twenty in Portu
gal, thirty in Asia, sixty-five in Belgium,
eighty-live in Denmark, ninety in Russia
and Poland three hundred in Prussia,
three hundred and twenty in other Ger
manic States, five hundred in Groat
Britain and Ireland, and one thousand
eight hundred in tho United States.
This gives tho United States 352 more
than all the rest of the world united.
Signs of the Times.— One of our mer
chants in Marysville, in one week dis
posed of nearly 200 ploughs. Add to
this the f >t, that artizans of every kind
find fur.) yment at fair wages, and we
need not complain of the times.—Ma
njivilie Express.
The Attf.mpt at Arson.— The at
tempt which was made a short time
since to set fire to a house in Merchant
street, and the occurrence of several
burglaries and robberies, which we have
been called upon to publish of late, lead
to the conviction that the herde of des
peradoes who have been scattered to
all quarters of the interior, by the ener
getic and terribly effective interposition
of the people, are re-assembling in our
midst, and beginning to take heart from
the apparent inaction of that dreaded
organization which exiled them, are
about to repeat the series of outrages
that once excited our citizens to such a
pitch of indignation. It was hoped that
examples sufficient had been witnessed
of the stern determination of the people,
and lately of the courts, to visit swift
punishment upon the heads of offenders,
to deter them for a long time to come
from a repetition of their villanies. But
it seems not, for an attempt has been
made within forty-eight hours to set fire
to the city—a crime involving as it al
ways does here the loss of life —above
all others calculated to call down the
vengeance of the people In view of
these things, it behooves all to exercise
a watchful care, and afford no opportu
nity to tho criminal to effect his purpo
ses. No man would attempt arson in
this city who is not doubly dyed in vil
lany, and prepared to go all lengths to
attain his ends. The police have had
comparatively light duties to perform of
late, and it is incumbent upon them to
arouse to active exertions for the pre
servation of the city trom conflagration
and the citizens from the assaults of mid
night assassins.— S. F. Herald.
-S. F. Herald.
State Finances. —We are informed
that, in round numbers, about one hun
dred thousand dollars of State scrip
have been redeemed, leaving some sixty
or seventy thousand dollars yst to oe
satisfied. This is the time appointed
by law for the Treasurers of the various
counties to cay into the treasury the
taxes they have collected on account
of the State.— S, F. Herald
Liter from Oregon
By the arrval at San Francisco of
the Columbia, Capt Le Roy, four days
from Astoria, wo have eighteen days
later intelligence from Oregon.
The Columbia left Portland Dec. 23,
during a violent snow storm, and touch
ing at Astoria, left Dec. 24th. Encoun
tered a heavy south-east gale on the
25th and 2t>th, which was accompanied
by severe thunder and lightning
The Legislative Assembly of Oregon
is in session After considerable dis
cussion it was decided that the only
legal place, according to the Location
Law of the Territory, for the seat of
government, was the town of Salem.
Accordingly the Legislative Assembly
convened ut that place Dec. Ist. In
speaking of the adoption of Salem as the
seal of government, the editor of the
Times remarks :
“ The Assembly in convening at Sa
lem, we have every reason to believe,
have acted from the best of motives,
and in accordance with what they con
sidered their duty, according to law —
net deeming it their right to set aside a
law which faced them upon the statute
book. Whatever might have been their
individual opinion as to how the courts
might decide the Location Act, it was
enough for them to know that the law
was in existence, unrepealed, and with
out a judicial negative passed upon it.
Judges Nelson and >Strong thought
differently, and treated the Location
Act as a nullity out of court, before
term time, and in court. The question
at issue between the Legislature and
tha court is whether the Act was void
from beginning—or whether it was only
voidable on being tested by the court at
the proper time and place. The latter
appears to be the most prevalent and
reasonable opinion—although two of the
Supreme Judges ridicule the idea, while
the other Judge sustains the action of
the Assembly.’’
The Collector of Puget Sound, S. P. j
Moses, Esq,, arrived in November, and
entered upon the duties of his office.
Oca Climate. —The winter so far has
been, we are informed by old settlers
in this country, about an usual ono for
Oregon, with nearly as much of rain and
cold ns is general. We have had no
frosts except in three or four instances,
and then but very slight ones The
grass and almost all kinds of vegetation
are not only fresh and green, but actu
ally growing finely. Garden sauce of
various kinds can be had in many of the
gardens about town, for the trouble of
gathering it. We yesterday had the
pleasure, for the first time in our lift?, of
eating radishes grown in the open air
in Deconr her! Lettuce of a good quali
ty is also plenty, it being the second
growth, and self-sown.— Spectator.
We copy the following items from the
Oregonian of Dec. 20th :
We are informed by Mr. Miiler, sur
veyor of the port of Olympia, that just as
he was about leaving for this place, a
letter was received by Cnpt. Balch,
stating that the British ship or bark
George Anna, had been wrecked at
Queen Charlotte's Island, and that the
crew, and twenty-four Americans who
were passengers, had been captured by
the Indians. The Indians refused to
permit any of them to depart, but con
sented to their sending a letter. Col.
Moses, the Collector, immediately de
spatched an armed force to their relief.
The bark Vesuvius, direct from New
York with a full cargo, has arrived in
the river. We understand she struck
several times in crossing the bar, sus
taining, however, little or no injury.
Puget’s Sound. —There appears to
be considerable attention attracted to
wards the Puget sound country at this
timo. Several parties have returned
from a tour of examination, and report
very favorable of that portion of the
country. Several business men will
leave soon with their families to take
up their permanent residence at Olym
pia. It is said the best of claims can be
secured in that region for a largo popu
lation.
Writers World Institute. —The;
opening lecture of this institute was
given by Rev, Mr. Fitch, at their Hall
on Clay street, near Montgomery. The
establishment of this mental, moral and
social engine of improvement, is one of
the clearest and most sati-factory evi
dences of a healthful progress in public
opinion, morals and taste. Time was
when the gambling table, made more
bewildering by constant floods of music
which united its strains with intoxicat
ing drinks to dethrone the judgment
and uncrown the soul - * majesty, was
almost the only resort of those whose
time hung heavy upon their hands.
But a more rational tone of sentiment
has succeeded. An insane rush after
sudden wealth, has, to a groat extent,
given way to higher and nobler aspira
tions and employments. The objects
proposed by the gentlemen who have
established the Institute are such as
commend them to the favor of every
well-wisher of California—every lover
of the human race, desirous of Us im
provement. The best talent in the
State has come forward voluntarily to
the support of thi* excellent design, and
there can be no doubt, not only of the
eventual success of the Institute, its
museum, and all its interests, but also,
that it will prove a source of great satis
faction and improvement to the commu
nity. It is intended to give two lectures
weekly upon the most popular and in
teresting subjects.— Dispatch.
Dispatch.
Stags upset. —The daily stage on
Wednesday last, was so unfortunate as
to upset on this side of Day town, bieak
ing the coach to pieces and severely in
juring a number of passengers. One of
them, a lady, was not expected to sur
vive her wounds.—
•Chronicle.
flfeg"- A visitor was fontcmplating Nia
gara Kails, when a verdant looking in
dividual came up, and asked him if he
would please to tell him the name of
that rirer.
Nevada Citv, Jan. 2d, 1852
To the Lpitors Nevada Journal ;
The works of the Bunker Hill Quart*
Mining Company have been in opera
tion fur three days, and ns a question of
vital importance to the quartz interests
of California was involved in tlio ovpor
iment, we deem it duo to the public and
to stockholders not yet apprised of the
issue, to make the following statement
We are able to crush eighty tons of
quartz daily, and our furnace ( which
works admirably) will smelt forty tons,
with ease, within the same tiro*, at a
cost for fuel of one half of the original
estimate- All of the metal in the quartz
is fused and assumes a globular form ns
it drops into the receiver below. That
which remains in the calcined quartz
also assumes the same form, and is easi
ly separated by another simple proccs.
Thus wo shall bo able to extract all the
gold from forty tons of quartz per diem,
at an expense not exceeding three hun
dred dollars.
Owing to the anxiety manifested to
know the result of our experiment, the
works have been put in operation before
completion. The satisfactory issue now
authorizes the «"«ijy)any to proceed to
finish the workh with vigor and imme
diately after, commence active business'
operations.
W. K. KIGBY, Prest.
Bunker Hill Q. Mg. Co.
SraT'Our thanks are due Messrs. Davis
& Co., for kindly new year’s remem
brances.
Miners’ amd Farmers’ Harvest.—
While the glorious rains, with which we
have bees blessed for the last week,
have cheered the hearts of the dcs; end
ing miners, enabling them to test the
reality of the treasures they have seen
in vision, in their huge piles of earth,
they have operated like a charm upon
the bare and parched hills, bringing
forth the grass with wonderful rapidity,
and completely changing the face of
nature. The slopes of the hills around
the city and over the bay, now display
their holiday attire of vivid green,
pleasing to the eye, and bringing glad
ness to the heart of the husbandman.
No fear now of slim crops. The ruin wo
have had. coming just at the time when
the farmers an' breaking up the ground,
will have the effect of turning attention
still more strongly to the cultivation of
the earth, and the development of the
resources of our teeming soil, as yet
scarcely touched.
Hut a few years will elapse before
California will produce every product of
the earth, required for the consumption
of our people. We hear of large quan
tities of land being put in barley this
season. There is perhaps no soil that
produces this grain in such luxuriance,
at an expenditure of so little trouble.
It is an article of prime necessity here,
and wdl always command a handsnmly
remunerating price. It is now selling
for about eight cents the pound, or $-1,80
the bushel. Wheat is quoted in the
Atlantic markets just now at about 80
cents the bushel. What a harvest the
old fanners at the east would reap, if
they wore to expend the same amount
of labor hero, as at home ! How their
old fashioned notions would be startled,
at the idea of receiving ?4.80 per bushel
for their produce.-
-.S'. F. Herald.
Empire Citv. —This is one of the now
settlements where preparations for large
operations in quartz mining are in pro
gress— lately known as Log Town, eight
miles from I’lacerville, ami situated be
tween Mud Springs and Matbenas
ercek It is the location of the Empire
quartz mining company, under the su
perintendence of (.'apt. J. S. Ellison,
late of .Sacramento City. Several com
panies on claims adjoining the Empire
are also constructing works for exten
sive operations. The veins are rich and
perhaps unsurpassed in advantages for
working, by any in California.— New*.
it scorns the good people of Son
Francisco are not quite so liberally dis
posed towards fairs a» they of the moun
tains. from the following, from the
Courier;
Tub Fair. —Despite the inclement
weather, the ladies of Trinity I’arish
still continue to deal out good things for
the inner and outer man. We arc sur
prised and sorry to see such a slim at
tendance of citizens, and particularly of
Churchmen. Do not lot it he said that
such a fair is to close without its re
ward. the now church on Pine street
is nearly paid for. and ever) Episcopa
lian who contributes a little, will not
only be doing his duty, bnt provide for a
church in a part of our city, whose wants
really demand it.
The Rains. —For the past week, the
rain lias fallen almost constantly, so that
in every ravine and gulch there is plenty
of water for washing; and every where
miners are taking advantage of the
long expected rain to wash out their
piles of earth, which were thrown up
during twe summer. This han made an
immense demand for rockers, long toms,
and all the implements of the miner,
all of which there is, fortunately, a
good supply in the place. An impetus
has already been given to trade, but the
full benefit of the rain to this place will
not bo made apparent, until the miners
shall have washed their earth, and com
in loaded with the rich spoil of the neiga
boring ravines.
The creek at this place, which not
long since was dry, has now swollen to
the size of quite a respectable stream,
and at one time threatened 'W
all that part of the village < . 'ho lat
below the Empire The water 1 ' 'd,
however, and the danger for the p at
is past,—
-El Dorado News.
Died.
In this place, on Fr iday, Jan. 2d, of
Erysipelas, John N • Farmer, from
Union Parish, Louisiana, aged about
32 years