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SAN ANDREAS:
Saturday, November 22,1856.
Mr. Thos. Boyce i 3 our authorized Agent in
San Francisco, and is empowered to collect and
receipt for moneys due this office.
To the Patrons of the “ San Andreas
Independent.”
.We, the undersigned,selected by the subscri
bers and friends of the above paper beg leave
to report, as follows:
Acting under the powers delegated to us,
we resolved to establish a newspaper in the town
of San Andreas, to be devoted to the true
interests of the public; one, through which
the people of our county could be heard, and
true issues impartially advocated; —and with
the aid of Mr. George Armor, who selected the
materials, we have established the San Andreas
Independent, the second No. of which, we pre
sent for your approval. Mr. George Armor has
been selected to conduct the paper upon an in
dependent basis; how well he may fulfill his
mission, it is for the public to judge. To the
people, therefore, we say continue your friendly
aid ; promptly meet your engagements, and we
guarantee the Independent to be, what we claim
for it, the friend of the miner, the farmer and
the mechanic, and the honest advocate of every
interest tending to the benefit of the people of
Calaveras county in general.
Respectfully, vours,
JOHN D. SULLIVAN,
A. P. HUMPHREY, Trustees.
1). D. FOX,
San Andreas, October 4th. ’SG.
Election Returns of 1856.
Below we give the returns up to the last
hour, in nearly as complete a form as we
will be able to obtain them in prior to the
official canvass. In some counties the re
turns are not complete, although they are
nearly so. In seven counties we are ena
bled to give merely the majorities. It
may be proper to add, that with one excep
tion those counties pole a small vote. —
Thus far the whole vote of the State
amounts to one hundred and two thousand
eight hundred and ninety-two, (102,892,)
and will be increased toabout one hundred
and five thousand. For State officers there
can be no object in giving returns until
we have obtained them officially.
Presidential Vote.
9 » 2 ?
I if i :
s I t I
Alameda 729 216 723
Ainadorj- 918 838 245
Butte* 2501 1902 744
Calaveras* 2615 1515 562
Colusrj- 282 303 15
Contra Costa 460 293 189
El Dorado* 4021 2948 1379
Humboldt* 204 191 103
Los Angeles* 721 135 521
Marin*... 348 81 160
Mariposa* 1234 773 1(55
Merced* 249 124 14
Monterey 233 138 183
Napa 387 280 155
Nevada* 3600 2240 1462
Placer 2763 2167 965
Sacramento* 3438 3386 941
San Francisco* 5306 1601 4997
San Mateo 282 113 288
San Joaquin* 1284 1040 537
Santa Barbarat 176 10 160
Santa Clara 576 673 809
Santa Cruz* 320 288 196
Shasta* 1537 1083 169
Sierra 2949 2648 371
Siskiyou* 2073 1790 463
Solanot 397 423 50
Sonoma, Mendocino 1457 492 417
Stanislaus* 436 228 21
Sutter* 491 345 92
Tehama* 436 312 45
Trinity* 1011 882 188
Tuolumne* 2939 2111 1037
Yulor 482 485 113
Yubaf 2066 1998 648
Klamathf 80maj.
Plumas*|* 200 “
San Bernardino* 250 “
San LuisObispof.... 146 “
San Diego*!* 72 u
Tulare and Fresno *f 100 u
49,768 34,047 19,077
Buchanan over Fillmore 15,721
Buchanan over Fremont 30,691
Fillmore and Fremont over
Buchanan 3,358
Those marked thus* are official, and
those marked thus*|* incomplete returns.—
The counties without any reference are
complete but not official.
STATE OFFICERS.
The following are the officers elect on
the State ticket. They are all Democrats.
Their plurality is not so large as that of
Buchanan, but it will probably reach 10,-
000 votes :
Congress. —C. L. Scott and Jos. C. sle-
Kibben.
Clerk of the Supreme Court. —Charles
S. Fairfax,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
—A. J. Moulder.
Tlie Legislature of 1857.
• Senate.
[democrats.]
Senators Holding Over. —B. D.
Wilson, Pablo De La Guerra, Frank Til
ford, W. J. Shaw, W. I. Ferguson, Sam
uel P. Dosh, C. Westmoreland, Dwight
Crandall. Totals.
Sacramento —Josiah Johnson.
Placer—Joseph Walkup.
Ei Dorado—S. M. Johnson, G. J. Car
penter,
Nevada—S. H. Chase.
Calaveras and Amador—W. B. Norman.
Tuolumne—J. W, Mandeville.
San Joaquin and Contra Costa —A. R.
Meloney.
OFFICIAL RETURNS OF CALAYERAS COUNTY.-—NOTEMBER 4, 1856.
PRECINCTS.
Campo Seco,..
Columbia Bar,
Winter's 8ar.....
Chile Camp,....,.
Poverty Bar,
Caspar’s Store,..
Glencoe,
Mokelumne Hill,
Esperanza,
PRESIDENT. Y. PRESIDENT.
Chile Flat,
Rich Gulch,
Big Bar,
Twenty-seventh Bar,..
New Union Company,.
Sandy Bar.
Centre House,
Golden Gate,
Pleasant Springs,
Lower Calaveritas,.
Davis' Store,
Lake's Store
Latimer's Store,
San Antonio....,
San Andreas,...
Indian Creek,....
Old Gulch
Bay State Ranch.
Mountain Ranch,.
Jesus Maria.
West Point,
Indian Gulch,
Sandy Gulch,
Jenny Lind
Brush’s Store,
Gorham’s Ranch,...
North America,
Byrne’s Ferry,
Robinson's Ferry
Carson’s Creek,
Reynold's Ferry
Six Mile Bar
Albany Flat,.
Halfway House,.
French Gulch,...
Lucas’ Store,
Vallecito,
Murphy's,.
CONGRESS.
CLERK S COURT. P. INSTRUCTION
SENATOR.
ASSEMBLY.
CO. JUDGE
ASSESSOR.
■{•Democratic
|| Miner’s Independent.
Souoma, Marin and Mendocino—A. W.
Taliaferro.
Mariposa —S. A. Merritt. Total, 10.
[AMERICANS.]
Senators Holding Over. —D. R.
Ashley, J. W. Cotfroth, Sashall Bynum,
John Cosby, W. C. Burnett, E. G. Waite,
H. M. Fiske, J. B. McGee, J. G. McCal
lum. Total, 9.
Yuba—R. S. Mesiek.
Yuba and Sutter—Jesse O. Goodwin.
Sierra —W. T. Ferguson. Total, 3.
[republicans.]
San Francisco—S. Soule, E. L. Sullivan.
Santa Clara and Alameda—Samuel B.
Bell. Total, 3.
Assembly.
[democrats.]
Alameda—J. Larue.
Amador —AV. M. Sewell, J. Livermore.
Butte—James S. Long, H. J. Morrison.
Colusi and Tehama—3). M. Steele.
Calaveras —G. L. Shuler. E. T. Beaty,
J. S. Watkins.
Contra Costa —J. Inman.
El Dorado—J. Carpenter, J. Turner, M.
N. Mitchell, Geo. McDonald, Chas. Orvis,
John Hume, G. D. Hall, S. F. Hamm.
Klamath—S. G. Whipple.
Los Angeles—J L. Brent, E. Hunter.
Marin—J. 51. Estell.
Mariposa anu Merced—Dan Shoalwater,
W. J. Howard.
Monterey—Michael Smith.
Nevada—W. C. Wood, E. 51. Davidson,
Parker H. Pierce, Phil. Moore, 51. Cassin.
Placer—W. AY. Caperton, A. P. K.
Safford, S. B. Wyman, James O’Neill.
Plumas—Richard Erwin.
Sacramento—J. 11. slcKune.
San Joaquin—T. 51. Auld, T. Jenkins.
Santa Cruz—B. T. 51iles.
Santa Barbara—J. 51. Covarrubias.
Saubernardino—Jeff. Hunt
San Diego—J. J. Kendrick.
San Luis Obispo—E. Hughes.
Sonoma and 51 endocino Uriah Ed
wards, K. H. Harrison.
Shasta—lsaac Hare.
Sierra—S. 51. 51iles, B. J. Coil.
Stanislaus—Win. Holden.
Sutter—S. R. AVarrington.
Siskiyou—B. F. Varney.
Trinity—J. C. Burch.
Tuolumne—Geo. AV. Patrick, J. R. Un
derwood, Geo. 11. Rogers, C. Gilman.
Yuba—H. Barrett, 51. Fowler, AValter
Burns, G. N. Swezy. Total, 52.
[AMERICANS.]
.Napa—Thos. II Andrews.
Humboldt—C. S. Ricks,
j Sacramento—A. P. Catlin, R. C. Clark,
; L. AV. Ferris.
Tulare and Fresno—O. K. Smith.
Solano—A. 51. Stevenson.
A r olo—J. S. Curtis.
Yuba—D. AA r . C. Rice. Total, 9,
[republicans.]
San Francisco—R. 51. Jessup, W. AA r ,
Shepperd, M. C. Blake, E. Miro, C. Pal
mer, R. Chenery, Y. J. Fourgeaud, T. G.
Phelps, R. slurphy.
** Santa Clara—John A. Quimby, Noah
Palmer. Total, 11.
RECAPITULATION.
Dem. Amer. Rep.
Senate 18 12 3
Assembly 60 8 11
73 20 14
County Returns.
Official Returns of Calaveras County.
The following are the official returns of Cal
averas County, as canvassed, for Supervisors,
Justices of the Peace and Constables :
VOTE FOP. SUPERVISORS.
( L. M. Schrack, [American.] 628
First District./ 11. M. Sturges, [Democrat.] 49S
- ( T. H. Pitt, [Democrat] 197
»“-»I e: e ?r P rii c mSr„T ™
(N. W. Green, [ Democrat.] 695
Third District./ E. S. Camp, [American.) 51
( J. M. Morrow, [ Independent] 4oS
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION-
For the Proposed Amendment, 591
Against “ “ 66 —525
JTSTICES OF THE PEACE & CONSTABLES ELECT.
Justices. Constables.
Township No 4 i J ‘ F Briton ’ R - H - Paul .
lOWNBHII AO. J Miller , J Tj . son
Township No 5 i S - B - Stevens, J. W. Tyler,
IOW NSHIP AO. 0. | Uriah Brant) w Miller.
Tm-vsi.inVn fi ( R. Thompson, 11. W. Sqniers.
TowNSIIIP Xo. 0 F Tibbits, A. Adams.
Townsh p No. 7. -j J g £retM»p, IL McElhanan,
To™'No.a{£«£, ke ,
Township No 9 i D - Shepherd, A. C. Hardy,
low nship AO. 9. M w Hall, R. A Jeffries,
in ( E- Allen, E. J. Maupin,
Tow nship No. 101 g j, w . Ga i e !
Lumber for the Navy Yard.— The
contract for furnishing lumber for the
Navy Yard at Mare Island has been
awarded to C. H. Smith, lumber dealer,
corner of 2nd and M streets, in this city.
It will, we understand, amount to about
820,000. A portion of the lumber has
been shipped, and the greater part of it
will be forwarded from this city. Sugar
piuehas been accepted in lieu of eastern
pine, which it is fast superseding in the
California market. Shipments of granite
from this city for the Government works
at Fort Point have been going on for a
long time past with the exception of a re
cent temporary suspension. It is gratifying
to note that the demand for the granite and
lumber of the interior is gradually and
steadily increasing. Success to home pro
ducts and home labor!— Sac. Union.
Consul Dillon. —We learn that the
French Consul will leave here probably in
the steamer of the sth of December, and
is expecting his successor, M. Gautier, here
by the next steamer. Dcfore M. Dillon
leaves, we understand that not only a tes
timonial will be given him by the French
population of San Francisco, but that it is
in contemplation among some of our mer
chants and Government officials to tender
him a public dinner, as a mark of the
high regard in which he has been held by
them, and as a proof of the friendly rela
tions which have existed between them,
during the time that M. Dillon has occu
pied his position here.— S. F. Alta.
IfcaT'The Tunnel Borer, which was re
cently invented and in operation at San
Francisco, has been taken to Roach Hill,
in Placer county, where a contract has
been entered into to bore a tunnel five
hundred feet in length. If the operation
of perforating our mountains by machinery
is proved to be practicable, and within the
means of those engaged in mining opera
tions by tunneling, a new era will take
place, and may result in developments of
mineral wealth which will far exceed the
fondest anticipations of the most enthusi
astic and sanguine. —Placervilh American
Heavy Operation.— One of the long
est tunnels in California is about to be
constructed for the purpose of draining
Shaw’s Flat, Tuolumne county. A com
pany has been formed, and the necessary
preliminaries commenced. This tunnel
will be commenced at Wood’s Creek, about
half a mile from Shaw’s Flat, and will be
run in, on a grade, low enough to drain the
entire Flat. It is an operation of consid
erable magnitude, and will require a heavy
capital, but the investment will doubtless
prove remunerative.
Jackson tore Supplied with Water.
—The Butte Ditch will be ready to con
vey water to the town of Jackson Ama
dor County, by the 20th November inst.
The Sentinel says:
When this happy event takes place,
Jackson and vicinity may well rejoice, for
they will have ample cause. This ditch
will be able to carry a sufficient quantity
of water to supply several thousands of
miners, who will then have an opportunity
of working some of the richest ground in
Amador county.
Placer County Mines. —The County
Assessor of Placer County, in his report to
the Surveyor General, says : —“ It can be
safely estimated that Placer County has
furnished 80,000,000 of the gold product
of last year.” The united original capital
of six Canal Companies in the above county
amounts to 81,228,000.
Pluming Operation. —A company has
been formed at Bensonville, Tuolumne
county, for the purpose of fluming Colum
bia Gulch, running some twelve feet lower
than the present flume. The capital stock
is 825,000, composed of two hundred and
fifty shares of 8100 each.
learn from the Sierra Citizen,
that the “Alleghany C 0.,” at Smith’s
Flat, Sierra county, in one half day’s wash
ing last week, took out the sum of forty
eight ounces.
Extension of the Telegraph. —The
Alta Telegraph Line has been extended to
Monte Christo, Sierra county. The first
message over the wires was sent on the
6th inst.
Sold. —Deputy Sheriff A. T. Houghta
ling, of Amador, traveled twelve miles and
back from Jackson, Amador county, after
d.rk after the election, having been sum
nioned on important business to the sher
iff s head-quarters by some wicked locofoco.
On arriving, he was informed that his ser
vices would not be required after January
first, his superior having been “cleaned
out” by the democracy.— Sac. Union.
This little paragraph which we
find going the rounds, is eloquent and
true: “If there is a man who can eat his
bread in peace with God and man, it is
the man who has brought that bread out
of the earth. It is cankered by no fraud,
it is wet by no tears, it is stained bv no
blood.” ‘
Presidential Elections.
The following analysis of the Presiden
tial vote since 1828, is worth looking at,
and as the Philadelphia Ledger remarks,
shows how nearly equally divided the peo
ple in these United States are, on cardinal
questions and federal policy.
Under such circumstances, moderation I
in the victors is clearly the sound policy. !
Where two parties approach so closely to
each other in numbers, it is folly for either
to urge extreme measures, and talk of using ;
force to compel the minority to submission.
It was not in such a spirit that the Union
was formed, nor can it in such a spirit he
maintained.
Since 1820, when Monroe was chosen j
for a second term, with but one opposition ;
electoral vote, the Presidential elections !
have been less decisive than is generally
supposed. That is to say, the popular
majority for the successful caudidate has
never been excessive; and often he has
actually wanted a majority, and had only a
plurality. This was the case, for example,
in 1844, when the votes cast for ('lay, and
those thrown away on Biruey, exceeded,
in the aggregate, those polled fur Polk, |
making the latter actually a minority Pres
ident.
I
To go hack to 1824. In that year, four
candidates were in the field, ‘Jackson,
Adams, Crawford and Clay.' The first re
ceived 99 electoral votes, the second 84,
the third 41, and the fourth 87. The!
election under these circumstances devol
ving on the House. Adams received the
vote of 13 States, Jackson of 7, and
Crawford of 4. In 1828, Jackson was
chosen by the popular voice, obtaining 178
electoral votes out of 201, which then
constituted the Electoral College. In
1832, Jackson was again chosen by the
popular voice, and this time by an even
greater majority, receiving 170 electoral
votes more than his opponent,,Henry Clay.
i his brings us up to 183(3, or twenty
years ago. In that year Van Buren though
elected President, beat Harrison in the
popular vote only about 14,000, though he
had 170 electoral votes out of 294. Four
years afterwards Harrison seemed, at first
sight, to have had three times as many
supporters as Van Buren, for he obtained
234 electoral votes while his" antagonist \
had but GO: yet he only beat the latter
in the popular vote, about 160,000, out of
a poll of nearly 2,400,000.
Another curious feature of the election
of 1840 was, that the popular vote exceeded |
by nearly two thirds, that cast in 1836.
Van Buren for instance, distanced as he |
was, received 364,000 votes in 1840 more j
than he did four years before. In 1844 as j
we have already said, Polk was actually a j
minority President, and yet he beat Clay
by a larger popular majority than Harrison
had beaten Van Buren; the vote
for Polk, 1,536,196, for Clay, 1,297,212.
The Electoral College stood, however, 170 j
for Polk to 105 for Clay, In 1848 Taylor
received 163 electoral votes and Cass 127.
The great State of New York in thiselction
decided the contest, by going for Taylor,
in consequence of the democracy being di
vided ; and thus Taylor was also a minority
President. J
When we compare these elections with
those prior to 1«20, we see how much ;
more closely contested they have been.—-
In 1804, for instance, Jefferson had 102
electoral votes, and Pinckney, his oppo
nent, 14 only. In 1808, Madison had
122 and Pinckney 47. 1812, Madison
had 128 and Clinton 89. In 1810, Mon
roe had 183 and King 34. In 1820, as
we have already mentioned, Monroe had
231, only a single electoral vote being cast
in opposition.
England and Mexico. —The fact
that England is about making a naval de
monstration against Mexico, is of some in
terest to our readers, and we will briefly
state the cause of the difficulty. Mexico
is indebted to British capitalists to the a
mount of 851,208,000. The entire nation
al debt is 8102,638,900, saddling an an
nual interest payment of 83,933,000*- on
that unhappy and impoverished country.
Just as the nation, under the energetic ad
ministration of Commonfort, is about to
emancipate itself from clerical control, and
many other of the evils that have always
been the stumbling blocks to its progress,
John Bull steps in and paralyses the exis
ting government by presenting his bill on
the jib-boom of a ship-of-war. The claim
is no doubt just, but John should make
some allowance, especially as he was so
wroth with Brother Jonathan for doing a
similar act, at a time when there were no
palliating circumstances, and no favorable
symptoms of a better order of things in
Mexico. John Bull preaches well but
practices badly.— Sint.
Discovery of a Rich Gold Deposit
at Campo Seco. —A correspondent writing
to us from Campo Seco, Calaveras county,
Nov. 12th, says:
Messrs. Butter, Joslyn & Co., recently
took up an abandoned tunnel run into a
hill north of this place, and commenced
work running it still further in. Their
enterprise has been fully rewarded. After
running about forty feet further, they
struck a rich deposit of gravel yielding
from a dollar and a half to fifteen dollars to
the pan. To-day, from five consecutive
pans, they have washed out fifty-eight
dollars and a half of worn gold, in pieces
varying from a bit to six dollars. The
gold is identical with that taken out of the
famed Stockton Hill tunnel at Mokelumne
Hill, is of great purity, and will command
the highest price at the Mint. A week
ago the claim was offered for $25 a share;
its present value is hard to estimate. The
lead is evidently on 3 running through a
long range of hills, and will prompt hun
dreds to try and strike it. Campo Seco
will in all probability now regain its former
reputation. Nothing is wanting but en
erg)s industry and perseverance, to de
velop the vast hidden riches of this Camp.
— Sac. Union.
Suspension of the Bank of France.
This fact is clearly stated in a postscript
to a letter received here yesterday, by the
Persia, by one of our leading banking hous
es. The English funds are said to have
advanced 2 per cent upon this announce
ment.—Post.
Masonic Celebration. —The Masonic
Fraternity of Shasta are to celebrate the
approaching anniversary of St. John, the
Evangelist, by a public address, ball, &c.