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HJanposa Democrat.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY HORNING,
BY C. P. DAVIS and WILLIAM GODFREY,
BPITOKR AND PHO PRIETORR.
Office <m Hifh st., East «ide, below the New Plaza.
AGENTS.
JAMES M VAN DYKE, corner of Main and Fourth afreet*.
Mariposa. ia our authorised agent to receive Subscriptions.
Advertisement*, an I Job Work. All order* left with him
will receive prompt attention.
THOMAS BOYCE, north east corner Washington and
Montgomery atreets. San Francisco, is our duly authorized
agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements.
T. M HESTON. Express Rider between this place and
Kern River, is duly authorized to receive subscriptions, ail
vertpaepienta and Job Work.
MR. F. D. TODD. of Stockton, is our duly authorized
Agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements.
MA.I. ELKIN'S, of Ijigrange, ia our authorized agent for
Stanislaus County.
HOHNI T C) S :
THI'RHUAV DIOK.MMi NOV. I».
REMOVAL.— The office of tin- Mariposa Demo
crat is removed to the Hlone building on High street,
below the New Phza.
(■tim'd ngnliiNt Fire*.
As the cold weather approaches, and the
necessity for tires, as a convenience, increases,
too much care cannot be taken by the people
of our town, to guard against the possibility
of conflagrations. Every escape for smoke
should be frequently and carefully examined,
that the smallest spark may not find an im
proper place of exit, for such is the inflamma
ble nature of the material of which our houses
here are principally composed, that with but a
few moments headway, almost the entire town
would be consumed, rendering many families
houseless, to say nothing of the immense loss
of property which must ensue. It is remark
able that nearly all the fires in the State, many
of which have been very disastrous to Individ
ula and have been no little drawback to the
prosperity of California, have originated in the
houses occupied by the poorest class of peo
ple, who have little or nothing at stake, and
are therefore very careless. It is the duty of
every owner of houses here, having such ten
ants, to visit them frequently, and to sec that
their fires are properly guarded. We are dai
ly an eye-witness to the utmost carelessness
on the part of the occupants of many of the
houses in our neighborhood, and although we
are now comparatively safe from the attacks
of the destroying element, wc cannot but fear
for others. Here and there may he seen bar
rels topping rude and open stone and mud
chimneys, surrounded by and touching tents
and light frame tenements; while stove pipes
are peeping above the canvas roofs, barely es
caping contact with the inflammable cloth.
With so many chances, a terrible fire is liable
to break out any moment. Scarcely a week
passes without an account reaching us of a fire
in some part of the State, and always attribu
table to carelessness such ns we see around us.
Let proper care henceforth be taken, and con
flagrations may he prevented. Let the people
of Uornitos prove that the fearful losses by
fire elsewhere have been a warning to them,
and that they have profited by it.
A Word lo our Frlrnda.
Nothing can give more satisfaction to an
•editor who desires to perform his whole duty,
than to he enabled to lay before bis readers
the entire news, so far as lies in his power,
by observation, selection, ami from all tbo va
rious resources at his command, thus render
ing his journal acceptable to its patrons. And
while this is a source of so much gratification,
and seemingly so easy of performance, how
often it occurs that through the negligence of
persons in possession of interesting items of
news, the editor is obliged to send his sheet
before the public, barren of intelligence of an
interesting character. Nothing can be more
vexatious to us than to find, perhaps a few
hours after publication, that an interesting
item of news might have been obtained from
some person, who might, had he given it a
thought, placed us in possesion of the details a
day or two previous. The consequence is,
that the newspaper, from which every item of
news is expected, does not always contain the
news of its immediate neighborhood, which it
should be the first to disseminate. Now, there
are many of our friends who, we know, have
not given this matter any consideration, think
ing, probably, that wc would be among the
first to hear whatever passed of interest—but
editors are not übiquitous—our cares are not
solely those of the editor; the mechanical de
partment of our office requires attention at our
hands —and being so continually occupied in
this manner, we have but little leisure to fer
ret out what would otherwise he an easy task,
the news of this vicinity. We therefore trust,
that in future our readers will communicate
with us upon passing events, as early as possi
ble, after the facts become known to them.
The Masonic Hall.
We take pleasure in calling the attention ot
our readers to the fact that a grand Masonic Ball
is in preparation, to take place on Christmas
Eve, at the Mornitos Hotel, under the auspices
of the members of Quartzburg Lodge, No. 98,
F. and A. M., and the brelhern of the Masonic
fraternity in this vicinity. It is worthy of no
tice, that entertainments of this kind, under
the guidance of the “ brethren of the mystic
tie” have always been eminently successful,
and this promises also to be so. The extensive
preparations now being made Ijy the gentle
men composing the Committee of Arrange
inents, would seem to indicate that no expense
or exertion will be spared that may contrib
ute to enjoyment and comfort on the occasion.
A supper is to be served up for the accommo
dation of one hundred persons, and refresh
ments of all kinds will be furnished in abund
ance. We predict it will be in every respect
the most select and brilliant entertainment
yet seen in Hornitos.
Kest'mkd. —Sather A Church, bankers of
San Francisco, wliose failure was announced
last week, give notice that they are prepared
to pay all liabilities, and that they will again
resume operations.
Arrival of llir Overland Mall.
The overland mail arrived at San Diego at
8 o’clock, r. m., Nov. 6th—twenty-seven days
from San Antonio, Texas. The San Diego
| Jit raid issued an extra containing telegraphic
news from New York, Sept. 19th. The intel-
I ligcnce from the Gadsden Purchase and along
the line of the overland route is interesting.
Lieut. Beale and party arrived on Sunday,
Bth inst., at Los Angeles, all in good health.
The camels were brought through in safety,
and arc in excellent condition.
Affairs in the Gadsden Purchase appear to
bo moving along quietly, although business is
more brisk than it has been ever before, a con
siderable number of the immigrants having
settled at various points and taken up claims
fur the purpose of cultivation; the Government
troops and the mail line affording a good mar
ket for all descriptions of feed, grain, vegeta
bles, etc.
The Apaches made an inroad a few weeks
since, and drove off a considerable amount of
stock in the neighborhood of Fort Buchanan,
extending their ravages as far as Calabnsas.
The Apaches also showed themselves to the
last mail train going east, a party of about for
ty attempting to open a parley by displaying
a white flag. They were ordered off, howev
er, and seeing the guard standing to their
arms, left. The mail travels so rapidly, that
they have no means of making any combina
tion to stop it.
Trouble is apprehended with the Pimos and
Maricopas. They are becoming very saucy,
and have, in some instances, demanded toll, in
cattle, ami have committed some trilling de
predations as well.
A number of pack trains arc on their way
from Sonora, and the people on both sides of
the line arc beginning to recover confidence in
each other. It is of the greatest importance
to this section of the country that this trade
should be fostered, as a large portion of the
breadstuff* consumed along the line come from
the neighboring Slates of Mexico.
The people anticipate great improvement in
their affairs from the establishment of the
Mail and Passenger Line, bringing them, as if
does, into easy communication with San Fran
cisco and New Orleans.
A party of gentlemen from San Bernardino
left here a day or two since, having been en
gaged in surveying a new road to the San
Gorgonio Pass. They report that they found
an excellent, hard road, with abundance of
water and grass, and withal shorter than the
present route to Carriso.
Mr. George 11. Morris, who was sent to Low
er California by a company in San Francisco,
to locate forty-five leagues of land granted by
the Mexican Government, for the establishment
of a Spanish American colony, was murdered
by Indians of) the night of the 20th October.
His companion, Mr. J. W. Carey, who escaped,
gives an account of the trip up to the time of
the murder, which shows the savages among
whom they were, to have been very treacher
ous. After having ill-treated the two white
men, robbing them of all they possessed, they
allowed them to proceed, with four Indians ns
guides On the road to Fort Yuma, the guides
killed Morris by cutting off his head with an
axe, when Carey made his escape, lived eleven
days on a rattlesnake, and was finally picked
up by a steamer on the banks of the Colorado
river.
Further information goes to establish, be
yond quo *. n, the active participation of the
Mormons '. t;:c wholesale slaughter.
The Los Aug:’.', 'nr publishes the deposi
tion of a Mr. Kamo., ;;i which ho says: “Wc
next met a company of armed men with a
train of wagons, loaded with an outfit of pro
visions, munitions of war, etc., about twelve
miles from Salt Lake City, on the 20th of Sep
tember. We learned from Dr. Duncan, sur
geon to Brigham Young’s army, that they had
taken a vote at Salt Lake City, that if the
United States army forced its way into Utah,
they themselves would burn their city, towns,
forts, etc., and lay every habitation in ashes;
that they had already picked out secret places
in the mountains to carry their provisions, and
make their future abode with the Indians.
The doctor stated that arrangements were al
ready entered into, that, provided the army
should enter the settlements, every city, town
and village in the States of California, Missou
ri and lowa should be immediately burned;
that they had men to do this who were not
known to he Mormons; and that they would
cut off all the emigrant trains, army stores,
stock, etc.; that no men, women or children
should hereafter cross the plains without being
scalped ; that they depended on and expected i
the Indians to perform this infernal and cow- j
ardly part of their designs.” He also states!
that he had to get a written pass, before he 1
could safely pass through the Mormon settle
ments.
IMPROVEMENTS IN M Alt IPOS A ToWN.—MeSSrS.
Cohn & Dettlcbach are erecting a capacious
brick building for a storehouse, 30x50 feet, to
he fire-proof, with a wall 22 inches thick.
They are also preparing a beautiful front of
granite. The store, is on the east side of Main
st., near Fifth. When completed, the building
will be a great improvement to that locality.
Mr. Vanbever is erecting, on the corner, one
door above Cohn & Ditllebach, a substan
tial brick building, 50x30 feet, which is being
rapidly completed. The enterprising spirit of
these gentlemen deserves much credit.
Dr. Grandvuinet has erected the first green
house in the town, and his flowers, plants and
shrubbery are in a high state of perfection,
showing great care and attention. We were
shown a pear tree bearing its second crop, the
first having ripened in August last.
Mount Ocuir.— The Merced Mining Com
pany have just finished their extensive altera
tions at Mount Ophir, having refitted with en
tirely new machinery, including an engine of
forty horse power, and a battery of twelve
stamps, shortly to be increased to twenty four.
They recommenced crushing quartz on Sat
urday last.
Quartz Miners’ Association.— The Board
of Trustees of this Association will meet for
the transaction of im|>ortant business, in the
town of Mariposa, on Saturday, 21st inst. i
ARRIVAL OF THE GOLDEN GATE.
DEMOCRACY VICTORIOUS.
Financial Crisis Continued.
CENTRAL AMERICA PASSENGERS, Ac.
The Mail Steamship Golden Gate arrived at
San Francisco, Tuesday morning last, with
dates from New York to 22d October. The
news is principally political. In Pennsylvania,
Packer, democratic candidate for Governor,
has been elected by a large majority over both
his opponents. In Mississippi, five democratic
Congressmen, being the entire delegation, have
been elected. In Ohio, Payne, dem., is elect
ed Governor. The Republicans have carried
the Minnesota legislature by a small majority.
The New York banks have suspended, which
has compelled the Boston banks to suspend
also. It is expected, however, that they will
all shortly resume. Several railroad compa
nies have also failed.
It is stated that forty passengers of the un
fortunate Central America are now detained in
Cuba, being detained from leaving by the
stringent quarantine regulations.
A frightful accident occurred recently on
the New York Central railroad ; an entire
train of cars were precipitated one upon anoth
er, into the ctrcam of Nine Mile Creek. The
mail car caught tire, and ail the mail hags save
one, were destroyed.
The lateness of the hour at which we re
ceived the steamer news last night, precludes
our giving further details in this issue.
McKown A Bishop’s Amhrotypes.—lt is
generally supposed that in the country, artists,
no matter of what profession, are inferior to
those of city celebrity. Of this supposition we
have now in our town at least one direct con
tradiction, in the person of Mr. Bishop, one of
the above named firm. We have ncen Am
rotypes taken by bim, and do not hesitate to
say, that in clearness, brilliancy, tone, and ail
that pertains to beautiful Ambrotypcs, they
will compare favorably with any pictures we
have seen in the State. Mr. Bishop remains
but a short lime among us, and wo would re
commend those wishing to secure a good pic
ture, to visit him, at the corner of Main and
Mechanic streets.
Man Shot.—By a friend just arrived from
San Joaquin City, wo are informed that an af
fray occurred near that place on Friday last,
which resulted in the shooting of a man named
Griffith, by another of the name of Turner.
The difficulty was caused by a dispute about
a bottle of whiskey. Griffith leaves a wife and
three children. Turner was not arrested, at
last accounts.
Another.—We hear that a man named
Hardy Wilkinson was shot at Six Mile Bar,
on the Stanislaus river, on Friday last, by one
Miller Barclay. The act is said to have been
entirely unprovoked. Barclay escaped.
Personal.—During the past week, we have
been favored with a visit from our esteemed
friend, M. J. Smith, Esq., of San Francisco,
late editor of the San Francisco Spirit of the
Timet , and long and favorably known in con
nection with the press in this Slate. Though
in the mountains, ns we are, we cannot be ac
cused of putting on French airs with our
friend, the reverse being our wish. Many
thanks, Mort, for the happy hours enjoyed in
your company. May your heart never know
a sorrow.
Improvements.—We notice the progress of
several improvements in our town, which are
calculated to add much to its appearance and
importance. A large building is being erected
by those enterprising gentlemen, Messrs. Block
A Carr, on the site of that burned down seve
ral months since, on Main street, opposite the
Old Plaza, and several others are in course of
erection.
A Goon Chance.—E. E. Hewitt, Esq., of
Shelling, Merced county, offers for sale his
very desirable store, dwelling ami lot in that
nourishing town. This is a fine location for a
store, and those desirous of getting a good
place of business, would do well to pay it a
visit. See advertisement.
New Boor.—We acknowledge the receipt
of an advance sheet of the work, the “ Cast of
the Filibusters,” shortly to be published, from
the pen of Wm. Frank Stewart. We regret
(hat we have not, as yet, had leisure to peruse
it, but will notice it in our next
Delinqbnt Tax List.—We publish this
week the list of delinquent tax payers, which
must be our excuse for not furnishing the
usual quantum of reading matter.
From Oreoon.—The latest news from Ore
gon indicates that the State Constitution is
adopted. By its provisions, Oregon will be a
Free State. _
On Dit.—Wo learn that a weekly Demo
cratic paper is shortly to he published in
Stockton, by Racey Bivon, Esq.
“ Auastra” has been received. Correspond
ents must send their real names.
The Honey Lake War.—The party who
left Downievillo to assist the settlers of Honey
Ijako Valley, have returned, and report the ru
mors of difficulties between the settlers and
the Indians totally unfounded, so far as any
serious results are to be apprehended. Some
of the settlors informed them, says the Sierra
(Htiten , that the alarm of the inhabitants of
the Valley was based on the supposition that
the Indians would surround and cut them off
in revenge for one of their number who had
been shot at and wounded while in the act of
stealing potatoes, and that their fears had driv
en them to call for aid before it was required.
Finding no Indians to shoot, the party turned
their attention to the numerous sage-hen found
in their way.
The First.—A Universahst church has
been recently organized at Sacramento, the
first and only church of that denomination in
the State.
Sl« nnixlilp DhnMfn.
The appalling loss of life on the Central
America , says the Journal of Commerce , has
no parallel in the annals of American steam
ship navigation; the nearest approach is the
disaster which hefel the steamship Arctic, on
the 27th September, 1854, by which about
three hundred and fifty lives were lost. The
steamship San Francisco, belonging to the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company, which foun
dered in the Atlantic on the 25th of Decem
ber, 1853, was lost under circumstances simi
lar in many respects to the disaster which has
Just occurred ; hut the number of lives sacri
ficed was much less, not varying far from two
hundred, including one hundred ami fifty U.
S. troops.
Taking a retrospect, with a view to recount
the various catastrophes which have befallen
ocean steamships owned in or trading with the
United States, we find that the following have
been entirely lost:
N Alii;. KATE. VALUATION.
President, Never heard of. . |il./O,U(H)
Columbia, All bandit saved.. 300,000
fliinilKilclt All bauds saved. . 600,000
City of Clnsgow, Never beard of. . 200.000
Citybf Philadelphia. All bauds saved., 300.000
Franklin, All bands saved . iso,ooo
San Francisco, A few saved 300,000
Arctic A lew saved . .. 300,000
Pacitic, Never beard of. . . o*o,ooo
Tempest, Never beard of . 300,000
Central America A few saved *140,000
14.250,000
•Kxclnslve of about $1,000,000 in specie.
If the cargoes were included, these figures
would be more than doublet!. The President
was lost in the year IH4I ; no one knows how
or where. The Columbia, in nautical phrase,
“ broke her hack” on the rocks on the Ameri
can shore of the At .nfic. The City of Phila
delphia went to j »n the rocks near Cape
Race. The City <>f Glasgow sailed from Liv
erpool March Ist, 1 b 54, and was not afterward
heard of. The Great Britain came near being
included in the list, having lain ashore for some
months at Dundrum Bay, coast of Ireland, but
is now engaged as a transport for India. The
Franklin and Humboldt went ashore and broke
in pieces,—the former on Long Island, and
the latter near Halifax. The Arctic and Pacif
ic were lost as already recorded. The iron
steamer Tempest, measuring fifteen hundred
tons, sailed from New York, Feb. 12, 1857,
with a crew of from thirty-live to forty men,
and was never hoard from. On the Pacific,
several fine steamers have been lost, generally
of a smaller class. The Independence, for in
stance, was entirely lost, with one hundred
and twenty lives ; and the Tennessee, St. Lou
is, Yankee Blade, Winfield Scott, and others,
became total wrecks
English steamers, in waters contiguous to
the United States, have fared little better.
Within a short time, we have to record the
loss of the fine iron steamship Canadian, on
the St. Lawrence, also the steamship Clyde,
and several steamers in the West India Isl
ands.
A calculation as to the number of lives lost
in these steamers, makes a total of about sev
enteen hundred. This loss being irreparable,
no consolation can be derived from the fact
lliat a large proportion of it might have been
prevented by a division of these ships into
compartments by water tight bulkheads; but
there is opportunity to make the adoption of
such a means of safely compulsory upon the
owners of all sea going steamers, and thereby
doing much to prevent tiie recurrence of ca
tastrophes such as wo too often have occasion
to deplore.
The Sac ramento River Bab.—The Sacra
mento bar is likely to become a great nuisance,
says the State Sentinel , and a seriocs draw
back to the true interests of our city. We
don’t refer, of course, to the bar of which wis
dom and genius are the component parts, and
which may ever be found in our temples of
Justice, but to that bar which is composed of
sand and mud, nud which has taken quiet pos
session of the bed of the Sacramento river, op
posite the upper portion of the city. In its
present condition, several vessels have stuck
fast on it, and there is certainly every reason
to believe that the deposit will increase and the
evil grow greater with each succeeding rain.
Several steamboat captains with whom we
have conversed, who are quite conversant with
the Sacramento river, give it ns their opinions
that the causes which resulted in the deposit
during the last rain, will produce the same re
sults for the future. Many Instances arc cited
where islands have grown up in a few years
around a single snag. It is the general opin
ion that the piers of the Sacramento bridge
have caused the change of the current, and
they will, of course, continue to produce the
same effects during the remainder of the sea
son. The removal of tin- bar would be attend
ed w ith great e*[ » n *, and besides would prob
ably be entirely uselt s.
The Fire at Sonora. —The fire broke out
about 8 o’clock, a. m., Wednesday, 11th inst,
in a restaurant on Washington street, and ex
tended to nearly all the wooden buildings in
that vicinity, destroying property to the amount
of s3<>,ooo. The losses are stated as follows :
Smith’s Lager Beer Saloon, $750; Mrs.
Wcllerfield, Restaurant, $500; Pleasant’s Bar
ber Shop, S4OO ; 11. Marcurer, tailor, S6OO ;
Rosenburgh, restaurant, $15,000; Kyser &
Brothers’house, SBOO ; Hibbing, two houses,
$2500. R. R. Balls, damage, $300; I). Nava
ria, $800; White & Co., $1100; J. Gaudin,
sesoo; P. Dregan, $100; B. M. J. Russell,
$1000; Jloss, 2500; A. Dregnartiello, $1600;
A F. Almartin, $100; Elino, $200; Cooper A
McCarthy, $400; Chinese, in the aggregate,
S4OO. m
A Phenomena of Sound.—Last Friday even
ing, while Bonn’s band was performing in frent
of the El Dorado, says the Mountain Meuen
ijer% a friend of ours who resides and was at
(ho time in Grass Valley, which is about two
and a half miles from town, and separated by
a high ridge, distinctly heard the music and
was able to recognixe the tune played by the
band. Doubting, for tho time, his senses, he
called others, who heard the same thing as
himself. It may be a common occurrence to
hear music on a plain at even a greater dis
tance than the above, hut under tho circum
stances here mentioned, we think it is seldom
heard.
Huiiking—Pn|M-r Carmiry.
Sonic of the newspapers have broached the
subject of introducing a paper currency in this
State ; and as the subject is one which must
interest everyone, and will probably bo much
discussed, we give some views upon the sys
tem of banking proposed by our cotcmpora
ries, selected from the San Francisco Aryus:
“ All we ask is a careful con-iderai ion of the benefits
and evils attributed to tanks with a paper circulating
medium. The question is one which should command
the fullest consideration of the people. In order not
to he mi*nnder»t/K)d as to the kind of hanking we ad
vocate. we premise that a paper currency, not secured
by State stocks, liable to redemption on demand in
gold or silver, may he truly considered a dangerous
experiment in California. This, however, is not the
system we propose for the consideration of onr readers.
The hanking we advocate is one that shall la* amply
secured by State stocks. Its bills not to la* issued or
manufactured ad libitum, hut to lie furnished by the
Comptroller of the State after proper securities have
I>een deposited with him and all the requirements of
the laws on hanking are complied with. The notes
thus secured shall at all times he redeemed on demand
in gold and silver." Another paper savs :
“ We also are in favor of a system of Hanking, hosed
on State securities, the same as the free hanking sys
tem of New York. To obtain the establishment of
such institutions, as well as the abolition of the per
sonal liability clause, we will advocate the necessary
amendments to the Constitution." Another |si per, re
marking upon the quotation in this paragraph, says :
“ We find the above among the article* of religion of
a new Democratic paper in this city. There are, prob
ably, very few Kepnhlicans or Democrats who will dis
sent from the talief that a hanking system based on
State securities, and otherwise guarded and controlled
as that of New York State, would he a very desirable
thing for California. The practicability of establishing
such a system for several years to come, is another
question." The Providence Journal makes the follow
ing remarks in comparing the tanking laws of Rhode
Island with those of New York :
“ The value of the provisions for the security of the
circulation of the New York banks, was tested in the
cuseof the Mechanics’ Banking Association. Although
the hunk has failed, its circulation being protected by
the de|HMite of public stocks, is entirely safe, and its
bills are received the same as before." The Argnt
cites this fart, and remarks upon it as follows :
** We require no stronger argument than is here giv
en. that a paper circulating medium can lie made, by
proper enactments, entirely safe. There is. however,
another feature in hanking, which must not be over
looked. We allude to some clause in a tanking law
which will give security to «le|iOnitors. Something of
this character must l*e m c red, in order to induce the
hoarders of gold to dc|K>site their wealth In hunks.
Millions of dollars are now lying idle, which would be
brought into circulation under a wholesome tanking
system."
Mormon PminlU luni.
The Ix>h Angeles Star publishes extracts o( a letter
written at Salt Lake, Oct. Ml, and addressed to a res
ident of Low Angeles. The writer says •-
“ There are n gre it many of the brethren out upon
the road, somewhere about Fort Dridger. The United
States troops are ut Hum’s Fork, within one and a'
half day'a journey of them, and seven days from here.
There are companies going out from here every day.—
The company I Is long to has not been called upon yet,
but I expect it will be, for the Governor has declared
there shall no troops come into these valleys, while
there is a possibility of keeping them out; and should
they be able to force their way in, we will every man
leave his house a d improvements in ashes, and tike
to the mountains. There is somewhere about three
thousand soldiers and seven hundred wagons at Hum s
Fork.”
“ 1 feel quite unconcerned about the troops, for ac
cording to all the Prophets down to Joseph, this king
dom is to roll on, until it breaks in piece- every other
kingdom, and stands forever ; and everything that
thinks to stand in its way, it will roll over, and grind
them to powder. This is my faith, and lam thankful
to God that he has hel I n e in It, and that I live to see
this day. that the l/»rd is hastening on hU work, and
that the United Htates are coming up to tight against
(lod, for, from that day is the downfall of that nation.
There will l»e a conference here on the sixth—but 1
expert it a ill be a conference of women, as the men
will l»e out on the road or in the mountains.”
“ I am sorry you are living in a community of devils,
hut their time is short ; judgment begins at the house
of God first—we have had famine, and now war—and
what else may come I dont know. But if the anger
of God scathe the green tree, certainly it will burn the
dry tree to a-hes.”
China mid India.
By the arrival of the Early Bird ami Spray, nay* j
the San Francisco daily Argus, we have intelligence!
from Hongkong to the 25th of Septemlier, being forty
one days later news. The war in China is almost at a
standstill, the usual number of junks arc captured,
the blockade of Canton being still maintained. On
the pait of the Chinese, the greatest activity prevails,
it being known that ut Canton some two hundred war-
Isiats are building. Hon. Wm. B. Read, U. ft. Com- j
missiwner, arrived at Hongkong on the Ist fteptemher,
and entered upon the duties of his office. The U. ft. j
sloop of war Portsmouth, (.'apt. Foote, was about vis- ■
iting Japan. TUe Levant was ut Hongkong, and the
San Jacinto at Shanghac. The Russians are o|>ening
a brisk trade with China, and have sent an embassy
to Pekin. The Portugese trouble at Ningpo, has been
amicably settled, The Americans are outwitting the
British in trading at Fub-Chau, in consequence of the
F. ft. Consul maintaining that the Chinese Custom
Home authorities were pledged to take Mexican dol
lars at 2 per cent discount, while the English have to I
pay 14 per cent. The Indian rcvolters still maintain!
their stand against the East India Company ; Delhi I
being intaet up to the 29th of August, two weeks la
ter than advices per Europe. Several sallies made by
the Sepoys had resulted disastrously,but no important
progress made. The attempt to get the rebellious Se
poy regiments in Calcutta to volunteer for China, pro- j
ved abortive. The rebellion is, beyond doubt, grudu- i
ally extending ; and, notwithstanding the constant i
arrival of troops, the British residents are desirous
that martial law should he proclaimed throughout
India.
OBITI'AItY.
Plod, Oct. '.’4th,, 1*57, on board steamer J. I.- Stephens,
on her passage from Panama to Pan Francisco. Catharixk
Annkiti, aged 14 years, only daughter of the Into Thomas
Tliorn, of Quurtzburg, Mariposa county.
Sad, indeed, In tlio task to record the demiHO of one ao
young—so lovely—no full of premia* and of hope. En
dowed in an eminent degree with all those qualities of mind
and heart which win the admiration, and command th.
confidence and love of the virtuous and the good—the
pride and solace of a fond mother—the object of the tend
ered devotion of a brother. Her remains wen- committed
to the bottom of the waters—her spirit went to that of her
God.
“ Weep not for her—in her spring-time she Hew
To that land where th- wings of the soul are unfit
And now like a star beyond evening s chill dew.
Looks radiantly down on the tears of the world.”
H.
Galveston, Tox., and Nashville, Tenn.. papers please copy.
AMarl|H»«u Lodge, IVo. !i4, I*'. and A.
REGULAR MEETINGS—The lust Saturday lan
fore each full moon. Spnial Meetings, second
Saturday thereafter. JOHN X. MOORE, Sec'y
A 4£nai l / lxii'g Limlkc, No. t>*. F. and A. M.
The next Rt „ ilar Communication of Quartrbu
\ bxlge, No. UK, F. ami A. M., will Iw held ou tin
lir«l SATURDAY after the full of the moon.
WM. H. TUIIKNAI., W. M
P. B. Sjiiu woon, 8* i ''y.
1.0. of O. F.— Mariposa Lodge,
N". •W. will hereafter meet regularly e'
Tueadny Evening, ot eaeh wi-.-k.xt Od<
Fellow*’ Hall, commencing. August 11th. Member* of fin
Order, and visiting Brother* in good standing, ere Frate
nally invited to attend ROB“l S. Mil.l ER. \. i.
A. E WAWWRjr. R S. juglo
A Qrahd Sciif.mk. —The San IrnnciKoo Ar
yus is informed that n party of Californians
art* now in the city of Mexico for the purpose
of obtaining grunts of land in Sonora, Chihua
hua and Durango, which States, it is supposed,
will be purchased by ticaty with our (Jovern
' merit.
Mr. Lenncbackcr, Agent of Wells, Fargo
it Co., in this place, will please accept our
thanks for files of San Francisco papers.
NE W A DVERTIS EM ENTS.
STORE. DWELLING and LOT
FOR SAIjE,
IV THE TOWN OF BNKIJJNO, MERCED COUNTY.
rpilF SUBSCRIBER OUTERS FOR SAI.K THE PRKMIBKS*
1 lately occupied by him in I lit* town of Sncllitig an a Store
an*l Dwelling. Til© Hon*© is -o*3o fret in »l«e, tb© I-ot 32
feet *i inches by 100 feel in depth, with ago<>d well of water,
©table and outhouse© thereon The property in new. and in
IPMtd condition, and the House in well calculated fora
re^taiirant, etc The good will of the late establishment
will b« Included in the sale. Terms, favorable. Apply to>
the proprietor on the premia©*,
nW-it E. E. HEWITT.
ALFRED F. WASHBURN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office two doors North ef the Pont Office, Main Street,
nlOtf MARIPOSA
For XT out or SI Ale.
THAT well known eHtablishment now in poaneaaion of J.
M. Van dyke, and known a* the Comet Saloon. This
Saloon in nit tinted in the moat business part of Mariposa
Town, belnir a corner lot fronting on Main ©t.. 50 feet, and
on 4th at.. 120 feet
For particular* apply to Jaa. Vanline No. 47 flay at.,
corner of Davis, San Francisco, or J. W. Tomey, Mariposa,
who is authorized to act nl9tf
THE GEM!
MAIN fTItIBT, MARIPOSA.
NOTICE I NO BOOKS KEPT 11
JW TORVEY respectfully informs his friends and the
# public thnl be rontinnen to keep a choice selection of
the best Brandies. Whiskies,Old Toni undo full assortment
of Wines, being tliankful for past favors from Cash Custo
mer*. he solicits a continuance of their patronage.
HOT PUNCHES. BTC. TURING THE SEASON.
Rules of the “ Gem ” —Cash Customer*—sB Brandy. 2b eta
Those that pay to-morrow, apply •• further on ’
Mariposa. Nov. 19. 1857.
LIVER Y STABLE.
J. Howell & Co.
TIfOULD respectfully inform the |>eop|eof Mariposa and"
f I the public generally that they have opened tl»e Stn
, We lately kept by J. G. Head, in Hie town of
MARIPOSA, ON MAIN STREET,
below the old Southern Hotel.
Good Saddle Horse* are always to be found at the Stable
for hire, at reasonable rates.
The l»esi accommodation* in the way of stabling furnished
1 Hordes kept by the l av. Week or Month, on reasonable
terms. A NIM AI > TAKEN IN AT AM. HOURS.
■fJT Proprietor always on hand.-fc'* n!9tf
SULLIVAN & CO
GRANITE STORE,
MAIN STREET. MARIPOSA.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
PROVISIONS, FOREIGN AND
GROCERIES, DOMESTIC
DETGOODS, WINES AND
CLOTHING, LIQUORS.
BOOTS, HAVANA
HARDWARE, SEGARS,
MINING TOOLS,
And a variety of articles suited to the want* of a Mining
and Fanning community, which we will seO at
lower Rates for cash.
than any other establishment In the Southern Mines.
WK HAVE HE< KNTI.Y OPENED A BRANCH
of our House in SAN FUANCIBCO, through which
we now receive onrnupplic* direct from
NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
By thi< Hmingement we ore enabled to sell our Good*
at price* which wII defy competition. Purchasers are in
vited to call and examine our Mock and Prices.
P. S . . All (inlet* entrusted to u* will I** promptly
attended to and particular attention paid to the SAKE and
SPEEDY delivery of Good* in Ibis and neighboring Towns.
THE SAME ADVANTAGES ARE TO BE
HAD AT OUR STORE AT
Ooultorvllle,
nl'Jtf MAXWELL’S CREEK. nl
Notice to Creditor*.
In the County Coart of Mariposa County, I
suite of California, J
In the matter of the Petition of (Tmrlett Bruce and
William D. Brin e : Insolvent Debtors.
T 3 UHSUANT to an order of the Hon. J. M. Bondu-
X rant, Judge of the Comity Court aforesaid, notice
in hereby given to all the Creditors of the Mid Charles
Bruce and William I). Bruce, Insolvent*, to be and.
appear before the Hon. J. M. Bondurant, aforesaid, in
chandler* at the Court House, in the Town of Maripo
sa, on the TWK.NTV-KIKBT DAY OF DECEMBER,
A. D., 1857, at 10 o’clock, a. m.. of that day; then
and there to efcow cause, if any they have, why the
prayer of the said Insolvent* should not he granted,
and’an assignment of their Estate nnd pn-perty be
made, and they he discharged from their debts andi
liabilities, in pursuance of the Statutes in such cases
made and provided.
Witness ray hand and the Seal of said Court, this
11th day of S T ovcnil>er, A. D.. 1867.
[ska l.] WM. A. GUARD, Clerk.
Ai.usus »V II a Hina, Ally's for Petitioners.
Mariposa, November lOtn, 1R57. nlffttf
TNT 011 oo .
COUNTY SURVEYOR’S OFFICE, )
MinjnrroN, FußcmCo.. November 3d., 1867./
THE undersigned. Surveyorof Erusnu County, respectful
ly inform* the Public that he is now prepared to Bur
vey Hwainp and Overflowed lam) ; Preemption Claim*. an*&
all kind* of Survey lug. Civil Engineering etc Also, that
he will attend to having the Ileclnratory Statement* toAcn,
of persons wishing to locate Public lauds.
Any business entrusted to bi* charge will be promptly,
attended to un application at his office in Millerton.
T. C. ST A 1.1/).
nl2-3tn County Surveyor. Fresno Co.
NOTICE TO SETTLERS ON U.S. LANDS.
THE UNDERSIGNED WIKI. GIVE HPEfIAI, ATTENTION
to the locating of Military Bounty Ijtnd Warrant*, for
Settlers on United States Surveyed land* to he offered at
Public Sale, by order ol the President of the United State*,
in May next. Such Warrants will Is* received at the differ
ent Ijind Offices in this Stale, at Die rate of f I:2ft per acre*
nnd the assignments in nil cases, when made by us, GUAR
ANTEED. Parties Holding inch Warrants, and desiring to
sell, will receive the highest cash nmiket price, and those
desiring to PURCHASE, I OCATE. OR PROVE UP THEIR
CI.AIMS, will do well to call upon u*. Settlers utn distance
wishing to locate warrants, enn do so through Power of At
lorney. which will l»e furnished by us upon application
through letter. Charges moderate.
F. t). WAKKMAX.
WM. fc. UiGUINS,
Notary Public,
Son El OOMistlo y KHAt I* Office
Application© for Bounty l and Warrant*correctly mndv
out , and all Claims against the United States Government,
or against the New Granadian Government, by icason ot
loss©* sustained during the I'uuaiiiH Riots of A prill he 16th,
186*, collected through our Special Agent at Wanhinglon.
iis;3m is;lm2dp
B A H I, B Y.
100,000 POUNDS
FOR SALE BY
I MERCED FALLS. ufl ADAM YATES.
SEED OATS.
2 0,00 0 POUNDS
FOB SALE UV
MERCED EAI.LS.
ADAM VATBS.