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&hf parson atlii glpptal CARSOX CITY i Saniar- Anjrnst '-it, 1873. EDITORIAL COHRESPO.DSXCE. SAS EcEXAYESTCEA, Oil., Ang. IS, 1S73. $ The Hire principal interests, as in dustries are at present advanced in this part of California, nre, first, the rool -roaing business ; second, agriculture; r.nl third, the now somewhat suspended production cf the crude petrolenra of the Sulphur Mountain Ranges. No ue icription of this new an J little kno-aro ttrip of coast is at all perfect without rorce facts anil figures relating to these interests; anil I will Tery briefly tell ahftt I have learned concerning the s-tsie. The lavish manner with -which the Mexican Govenuuent granted its lands to those tho sought their possession made it possible for the sheep grazers io 13. t "ranee" in scfuciect tracts to enable tfcera to susta'n treat herds cf those close feeding rniuisants, end the custom has therefore become general in all this country to count one's sheep by the thousand and one's land by the league. Col. Huliister of Santa Barbara, and his associates sheared last year fifty thou sand sheep; and the magnitude of their pastoral operations becomes apparent uhen I state the simple fact that they own one hnndred and fifty thousand acres of the mountain, ravine, valley ami snore lands wtucn, as tiiev give a peculiar feature to the topography of the coast, constitute wuat is know to the mariner es Point Conception. The Colonel told me that his fifty thousand sheep yielded, hist yesr, an average of seven pounds to the fleece and that he sola the same at un average of fifty cents per pound. That is to say, he rom 3oi,uuu pounds, ol wool for $140,WJ. The Moore Brothers, (Alexander and Henry) own banta Kosa Island which contains 240 square miles or 153, COO acres. Here they keep their flock of irfJ.OUO sheep. Their average fleece, last year, was five pounds. I don't know what they got for their wool. On the main land it is necessary to herd the sheep; and the stock is the better for it; for just in proportion as the animal verges toward a wild state its fleece be comes less valuable: that is to say, the less culture tne animal is nabituated to, the less is ha a finely bred beast. Nearly all tha sheep on this lower coast have more less of an infdsioi of merino blood in their veins. Nobody who pre tends to a serious business in wool growing tolerates the Mexican or " mus tang" variety. The average market -value of sheep, by the quantity or herd, is three dollars per head. There is no such process known ia these parts as sheep washing. The shearing is per formed in a wholesale way, and the wool ii sent to market with jast so much of cast acd burrs and other impurities as the sheep accumulates duriug his year of grazing. ( I say " his year of graiiujf, " fr the graziers hereabout customarily shear bat once per annum except when they take off the fleece of the lambs in the Fall a method adopted by Hol iister and others with a view to relieving the young animals of what, in the rainy season, would cather and held aa un comfortable and chilling load of moist ure. ) Some expert shearers will clip a hundred sheep a day; but the average is i.Leui sixty Seceta perraan. The sheep, s.s a genera! thing, are very healthy the rot, in its various fuirti.3, being almost wholly unknown, and there being bat little trouble from scab. Of the increase cf a tig band, carefully herjed, one can fi-rm an idea from Colonel Holiister's r-tatercftt ? uiersat he raised, last year, in Lis family of fifty thousand cf sheep of all sexes and conditions, nineteen thousand five hundred Iraribs. Th9 odo.be hinds are tho lands for sheep feed. Of course, rang? id more or Icrs valuable in proportion to the scareit y ci brush crowm ' thereupon; for, ts is very obvious, the more of uadfcrrcR-th there is to tear c2f the sheep's wool the less value attaches to the r.mge. The v.J!?vs and foothills are riea ia u.'ri 'tr vt pin-clover, ami burr clover which latter is the reliable feed of the drv sea son. When the pia-cluvc-r is ia growth. iu the springtime, the sheep require no Wiiter; but tney must be wilmn tne reach of drink once a day iu the summer time. Taese sheep-grazing lands can be bought at prices ranging from two to tix and eight dollars per acre. So much for'an outline of this pecu liar interest. It is .carried on upon a very extensive scale in this as well &3 in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San iiernardino, Itos Angeles, Kern, lulare tnd other counties in this direction; bet ia the coast counties the old business of horse and cattle raising is less and less an important interest decreasing with the appreciation of the lands and the greater attention to wool-growing. Barley and wheat ere cultivated with . , 1 , . , - roacn sneers an aiong me coast ana in the table lands higher np. In the Ojai, for instance, wheat of the very choicest quality is grown at an average yield, year by year, of thirty bushels to the acre. Ton can buy these arable lands at prices ranging from $10 to $25 per acre, in large or small bodies, as yon choose. Nearer the sea hereabout at any rate more barley than wheat is cul tivated. Now and then they have to , contend with smut as they do every where; but the farmer will seem to enjoy quite as much immunity from mishaps here as elsewhere. Corn does well, near the sea, without irrigation the fogs and constantly rising exhalations from the ocean seeming to give it all the needed moisture. Land has been shown to me which has produced 100 bushels of corn to the acre without irrigation or culti vation. Land is everywhere cheap and title good as ia all Spanish countries wkers the question of ownership has been nnallv settled. IT course taere have been the usual troubles between sqmttcrs and grant owners; but excepl in the case of one grant, (the ex-Mission, the patent for which is forthcoming) the tstlo 13 complete and mi.-.I. The oi! interest is a viry wonderful thing. The very sea, off Point Concep tion, is reiloleiit of petroteum. loa smell it a3 your ship sails along through the waves whose surface is mottled with ii. Yesterdav I rode np into the moun tains and had a look at the Ilaywaid C oaipar.y s Oil w orks. Instead of sink ing a well they run a tunnel into the mountain side mine for the crude pet roleum as one does for quartz or coal All alorg the sulphur mountain range. which runs from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, the ravines and hill sides give out an ooze of espndtnni and petroleum. Trout caught in the brooks which feed the Santa Clara, the Santa Inez and the San Baena ventnra, taste cf this oil The Uaywanl Company's works are at the head of Wheeler's Canyon and are situated about 17 miles from here. The water of this ravine empties into the Santa Clara river when there is any water there to empty iuto anything. This company have expended about $45,000 in running a siiatt, laying conduits, building roaus, erecting tanks, construct ing houses and ruai-hinerv, etc. I fol lowed up the two-inch iron pipe through which the cil is conveyed from the springs where it comes out of the ground to the tanks at the company's house, a mile below. 1 found a trickling, tuica, dirtv stream of what looked like thm melted tar or sugar-house molasses, run ning steadily first through a piece of pipe and then. doru a short trough along a declivity into the continuous pipe which carries the nasty but some- wbat precious fluid to tne creat tanks. This is nothing more nor less than crude coal oil, of a species whose density is too great for successful use as an illuminat ing agent (except when converted into gas, for which it is a most excellent ma terial), but wnicn is of great value as fuel and as a lubricator. (In another ravine, only a mile or two away is a tun nel by which Governor Stanford obtains all tne crude petroleum needed for lu bricating purposes in and about the ma chine shops and engines of tne O. tr. K B.) Time was when these Hay ward oil- works used to produce thirty barrels per day; but by tae failure ot certain con sumers in an rrancisco tne demand has temporarily slackened, and now the daily amount saved is but about seven barrels. This falling off is the result of inattention to the springs and natural and artificial conduits by and through which the oil comes to the surface and finds a wayto the tanks for the oozing of the asphalt is so continuous that it must be attended to or it clogs the flow. Thi cil is worth two dollars a barrel at the tnr.V. Further np, in the direction he Old Mesgrs. C'Lafiee fc Me&eeby Lavs very extensive and valuable tracts of oil lands mountains from all sides of which the bitumen and the oil are con stantly exuding. The high value of these lands, absolutely charged full of oil, is a mere question of time and devel opment. Tom Scott knew this; acd thi3 is why he bought all God's creation round about here, and that when his agent sells cny of these lands he com monly reserves the title to the oil and enough ?nd for worli it. Gradually this crude petroltr.ru is being under stood and employed as a licat-produsiiig agent; and if ever tha Ccrro Gordo ores are brought here for smelting, 3 it is predicted they will be when railvray con nection is established, then ttio n , .. lmt scarae) process will 02 snecess- fuh'v conducted here on a scale oi cheap ness and magnitude surpassing anything at present known, lite Liul is wortn sfthin down; and I charge nothing for it, TELEGRAPHIC. An attempt was made, on Thursday night, to capture the paymaster's car on the Hannibal and St. Joe Railroad, be tween Cameron and Kansas City by a gang of men who are thought to be the same who robbed the Iowa Railroad train some time since. The engineer saw the mea obstructing the track and reversed his locomotive and ran back to Cameron. Another attempt was made on Wednesday night to run a train on the Atlantic and PAcific Railroad off the track near Leavenworth, but without success. Several shots were fired at the engineer, and all the windows of his cabin were broken out, but he escaped unhurt. L.iura L3 ioree uordun has pur chased the Narrow Guage a weekly newspaper published in Stockton, Cal At Bait .Lake, judge i-uterson sus tained defendant's demurer in the case of Ann Eliza Young vs. Brighain Young for divoce against the jurisdiction of the District Court. The Judge held that the Probate was not a District Court, and had no jurisdiction in divorce cases. This is in direct opposition to the opin ion of Judges McKean and Haw ley, and virtually of the Supreme Court of the Territory. The case again comes np be fore Judge McKean during the October term of the District Court. MtXtNO STOCK REPORT. bill Yesterdav afternoon, G. W. Lathrop got out a warrant against his wife for threatening to kill him. The case was tried before Judge Sellon, and the com plaining witness testified that while hi 11 2 in bed he was roused from a peaceful slumber by his wife beating him over tho head with'a chair and threatening to kill him. She then rushed out and cot a earring knife, with which she threatened to cut out his diaphragm. All of which made things rather uncomfortable for the head of the household, hence the complaint. The wife, how ever, told another story on the stand She said that while lavincr on the bed ne came in and lay down beside her; not lifciug this, she remarked. "Get ud and tend to business; don't fool away your urne in mis wav. 1'avintr no attention to this wifely admonition, he rolled over and went to sleep. After a while she got up, and in so doing upset a chair, which fell over against him. and as he roused up he supposed that she had made an attack upon him, and, springing to his feet he was about to beat her. when, in order to defend herself, she rushed into. tne kitchen and got a carving knife, and this was all there was to it. After advis ing the couple to cherish more affection for each other in the future the case was dismissed at the cost of the plaintiff. juuryscuie .ippem, -d((jT 21. The non-connection of the mails is getting to be a frequent occurrence of late and is growing monotonous. Since the completion of the railroad we have frequently been for a week at a time without mails; a thing which never oc curred during the staging days. If Austin has derived any benefit from the railroad we fail to see it. It has not onij deprived us of population and trade but it fails t furnish us our freight any cheaper or our mul ih .any more regularity than in ox-team tiffi??- Tue time saved in traveling is but little find the fare is but little lower. We could go to Virginia City by stage as cheaply and ia as short a time as we can by the rail road, and although the railroad has been of benefit to many portions cf the State, it has been nothing bat an injury to Austin. Reese Ulcer KevciHe, , 13 Famma Board. 220 OphirWX, 13 19 'i 3. 20 110 Gould Ciirrr 9J,, 9 fO Best k Belcher 4 515 8vaRe36), 37, 37, 37 H hOO 405 Cbollar S6, 33 3, 3. S3, 33 130 Hale Non-rtwa 21, 92V, 2.1 SK frown Point (:. 83 ?4, 84 bS. 1 S Yellow Jarket 46, 45H, 45, 13 &'.'!) 3-20 Imperial ',. 4 2a0 Empire Mill 3J;. 3?4, 200 Keutuck 7, 7 'i . 1. 7 ', 450 Beh-her SC., (MX. 63V,, 1" Cucn-lence s 10 Con Virginia 91. 92 SO Sierra Xr vaila 8 atK 20 Seg Belcher 31 2o Overman 6?i 70 Justice 5k 1313 Caledonia V,ii, IS, 17 S. Julia 1 i 10 Succor ?i 2G5 Knickerbocker 2 'i , 2 40 Italtiiiiore 7Ji, 7J UK) Picton 25c llto American Flat 4 100 Kock Island 5i-c 400 Trier 4lc. 35c 150 Woodvillel'4 150 Mint 45c. 5Co 1055 He&ilow VillrT lu-,. 130 Raymond & Ely 70. 71 . 70. 7G 3 175 Knrt-ka Con 11 X s;ie. 12 Ma, 11 j, 11', 100 Washington k Creole 2! 25 Auitrican Flag 534 I11O Jackson ITSic 10 Ii.iba t Hunt l'i 75 Ki!v?r Peat 1 1U0 I-ioche West 1 109 Inomar 5tc 200 Btlmoct 1M, l'i KU Chief Hill 1 1IM Newark t.iV.liSI 100 Amattor 2,2 It K K Con 5 to Haves 2 loo Chief East Ex 75e 180 Condor 25c 200 S V Water SO 4 ISO Eim ka a V 12, 20 27 boldtn Chariot 25, 25 Ii, 20, 20 : bSO m S Chariot 2 H ft War Eagle 5tc lie Minnesota 19 532 Empire Idaho iH.'t t30, fi, i'i 60 Ellmoro 6 150 MahoanT 8k. 674 30 O H Treasure 2 FOR SAL.E ! FIRST GRAND GIFT CONCERT STATE OF NEVADA, Authorized by Act of its Tgi3lctrrrc, ap proved March 31, 1H71, fur the founding of a STATE INSANE ASYLUM. The Concert will tnke piace At Piper's Opera House, Virginia City. TBIBSDAV, SEPTEJIEEK 4, via, ic, ic- QVE SECOND HAXD SIX IIORSE FREIGHT WAGON, IN GOOD REPAIR. Apply to au21-lw TV. I). TORREYNON'. FURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT. A VERY HANDSOME AD newly furnished houne is of fered for rent. Said honse has an elegantly famished parlor, four bed rooms, kitchen and n&ntrv. ami i ioca.eu in s very aesirsnis part of Carson City. For further particulars tnqnire at the au21-lw DAILY APPEAL OFFICE. 8IOO REWARD ! OXE HUNDRED DOLLARS RE ward will be paid for the arrest and con viction of the thief or thieves who stole from Carry Engine House, Carson City, the Silver Plate inscribed "Curry Engine So. 2." A. CUBRY, Foreman. August 20, 1873. au21-tf One Hundred Thousand Tickets w ill be sold, rota the eeds of which S 2 G 5 , O C O Gold Coin Gifts. wi71 be distribntcd among ILe iioiuer oi llc&els, as loijows: 1 Gold Coin Gift $ 50,PvO 1 Gold Coin Gift 25.0o0- 1 Gold Coin Gift 15.oO 1 Gold Coin Gift lO.OliO 2 Gold Coin Gifts of 1 5,000 each lil.iKiO 6 Gold Coin Gifts cf 2,000 each.... 10,WiO 10 Gold Coin Gifts of 1,000 each lo.ojO 50 Gold Coin Gifts of 600 each.... 25,oto 100 Gold Coin Gifts of 250 each 25,OvO 150 Gold Coin Gifts of loO each 15.000. 3(10 Gold Coin Gifts of 50 en h 15.0GO 3.-0 Gold Coin GifM of 20 each 7,000 600 Gold Coin Gifts of 10 each 5.000- 8 GOO Gold Coin Gifts of 6 each 43,000 10,071 GotdCoin Gifts j265,000 OXE CHAXCE IX (LESS THAX) TEX FOR A FOKTUXE FOR FIVE DOLLARS. Proceeds cf the sale of tickets at the Eastern agencies will remain on deposit with ELLS. 1AKGO fc CO.. Bunkers. M Broadway. New York, until alter the distributioa and pavment of gifts. TICKETS S3. HALF TICKETS Si ZO For sale tt Geo. F. Browne's, 924 Broadway; Bartz t Levy, liul Broadway; Vandeveer'n. cor. Court and Fulton streets, Brooklyn; F. W. Shear. 45, Fulton street. A. BROWN, Agent. 52 Broadway and Exchange Court. Room E Mail oj'.lera and applications for agencies iu in other cities to be addressed to G. ALEXANDER i: CO.. Eastern Masagcrs, Fosto&ze Box Jio. 1,380, Siw aorJt. WELLS, FARGO c CO., Bankers, Vir- nlm C ity, Nevada. Tickets or Coupons drawing Gil" ts can be col lected through Banking Houses, or Wells, Fargo It Co.'a Express. Ail communications connected with the con cert, and all orders for Tickets, and applications of Agents to sell Tickets, should be addressed to D. L. BLANCH A RD, Man a (rev, Virginia City, Nevada. JOHX D. EXESEY, Agent, Carson City, sul-td nomce s C1AME TO THE CAKP OF THE FX J dersigned a small BLACK PACK KPLK. The owner can Lave it by proving property and paying charges. E. CI AKROYATE, Summit Camp. August 17, 1S7:J. nl0-lw n. n. bexce. C. A. WITUXBEXX. I lir.ve soo:ctLin' about a prospective ruilror.tl. I shall get round to tiiis all-absorbing subject, perhaps, before I leave tLU region for hnuie. Eat safiiei-iiit to tlie tlay i- the evil thereof. I h:tve prt-tty liiucli lu.i lo np uiy rain.l not to to Loa Angeles. If I don't, my next letter will bs froirt somewhere about S:tiita Barbara. II. A Lc-banon Slicier, glorying in the thrift cf the sect, and the unrivaled liotistkeepuig qualities of tha Shaker pirls, sfiys ia a recent contribution to a Xew York pf.per: With regard to in dustry, the Shakers admire that kind of pritle and dignity manifested Dot many years since by one of the queens of Europe, who said that she was not prond that she was able to speak, write, and translate seTcn different languages, bnt that she wits mistress of fourteen trades, at either of which she could earn a livelihood, if necessity demanded. There is, no doubt, abundant evidence that voun men of the world would like to obtain in marriage the hand of some of the pure, educated, accomplished housekeepers and virgin fihaker cirls for housewives; bat most them feel to good to cive themselves to the worldly men of this corrupted generation in marriage. Information has been received at Washington that the Hikudo will FOon open Siinonosehi for all nr.tiocs. Gra dually Japan is approaching the custom of civilized nations iu opening the entire country to foreigners. Thera are at present five ports open to foreign trade, namely, Kangawn, Hiogo and Ozaka, Nagasaki, Hakodate and Kiigata. At the last named there was no entry of any foreign vessel during 1S72, so that virtually the commerce of Japan with the ouiiiile world was eonSned to the other ports. Simonoseki, the proposed cew port; is a town with harbor in the isliind cf Xiphon, on the Straits of Kioo Sioo. . BENGE & WiTKEHELL, REAL ESTATE BROKERS Y"IIX BCY AND SELL REAL ESTATE on Commission. Attend to rf--i!tim rf houses and rooms. Search title and cive ab stracts. Collect debts and make prompt sctilo tn( nts. H. II Bcnce from Ions crrK-ri:nce. tavir.ff u many years Countv Assessor and Deputy Assessor, ii weu as t property aad titles in th;s County, 0. . V:iorc" iZ Justice cf the Peace cf Csr son Towcsliip, and will pay prompt at tention to collection of debts, conveyancing and. ail uusiuess icit in rus care. Give us a call, and we will goarante: sttis- i&cunu in ail esses. (Office Sn County Building in Justice OS-ce. 1 crms reasonable. my20-tf CHAS. W. FRIEND, Vv atohmalter, JEWELER AND ENGRAVER, CARSON CITY NEVADA. pr aits in Watches, WATCH CHAINS FIXE JEWELEY Silvcrware, fji BRACELETS, CLOCKS, ETC. Havana and Domestic Cigrara, Smolt iujr and Chevt inr Tobaccos, Pipes, Cutlery Sta tionery, etc. ayftole agent for the celebrated CRESCENT SPECTACLES. Carson City, Augnst 1, le73. tf O T TE R Y ! CX-LOn iXG IS A LIST OF FRIZES to be awarded in the MOULUXKrCrS FOB HASaSZ I M sale i Jntlje Advocate General Holt, it is re ported, has approved the findings of tha Modoc court-martial, and the proceed ings now go to the President. It may be interesting to somo readers to knotr that there is a part of the town cf Norwich, Ct., which is sometimes culled the Saint's Itest, and again the Wi-low's Haven. This lovely precinct has a population of 300. There are 40 widows, '27 maidens who will never sae 30 again, only 12 widowers and bachelors with niue deacons, seven parsons and parsons' widows: while of marriageable persons, men and women tinder 35 years, there are only zo. ui course tne virgins who are past 30 must many of them be a great way past; bnt why are not the ages of the widows given? That seems to be the important point. rxDERsicxED n.is ron t the ieo Czr Sho?s of the . Ic T, K. It., an assorted lot of Mouldings, vkicU lie will furnish of any description cr pttitrn to wuku he amies tuo iiieuuor. ot Carpenters and CuIIdei'S. The price of these Mouldinirs vrill be 1 V cents per inch iu width. Curivwcrs and others do- siring any particular cr special pattern, not on nana, can Le tunnelled with tlie same en sloit notice. Apply to G. TT. VvTIITE, an7-lm Forfiunn Ci-ccler V. fc T. R. E DF?. W. F. SHEPARD, Hcmceo path 1st. FH;-!i port THE PHESEXT, AT V F tne E-iz.tjtAi; nut Si.. T&r Entrance oa ITocter street, Cirson City, auj-tf DR. J. P. HGOELAR, Physician and Surgeon An inebriated equestrian was suddenly split from the saddle the other day at Baby Hill, by some quick and unexpect ed movement of th animal he was riding. As soon as he gained his feet after ha was thrown, he drew his revolver and fired at the horse, but without effect. A horse, or even a jackass, might as well be dead as to be obliged to carry so worthless a bundle of human avoirdu pois as that of a man who would kill a dumb brut because ha had so much whisky aboard that he could not ride him. Eureka Sentinel. aT-fficb REMOVED FKOJI WIL LIS' XruK Store to the two-story frame building next south of the County Buildings, (up-stairs), Carson City, ay Office hours from 12 v. to 2 p. sr. je28 James Liuf orth. John Bctisley, L.E. Benchlty LINFORTH, KELLOGG & CO. Importers and Jobbers of DOMESTIC AND FOREICN HARDWARE, Afrrlcaltaiml Implements, And IfininToolg, Nos. 38 FRONT STREET, Ksab lajuum, Sail Francisco. aul3-3m L F BO W JLiXtS GIFT Er.TERTAIKfj.EHT ! THEKE AEE SOO Gifts in All ! Seventy-severe In Coin Gifts. One Coin Gift of fel.G'UO. Two Coin Gilts, S5U0 each. Four Coin Gifts, S350 onefc. Seventy Coin Gifts, f-lOU eaelt. Thirteen Gifts of Eticmonds, lau ln In valne frcm S i to fl.OUO. Twelve Gifts very fine Oil Paintings some of the iittest on tlie Coast, rantr Ing in value from fl,(.'0e to 65,0UU eaeli. The Grand GiTt Trill iaclmle the celebrated Bower's Mansion, FURNITURE, Inclu-Ung One Hundrofl and Fcrty-tiglit tcrefi of the CHOICEST LAM IX THE STATE I lii.-ler the UXCJLT.ST STATE OF crMTVATIOlNV Hot Sprinpr-U Fa riulny VteitftaSs, ami AH Appurtenances. The Property is free and clear of all encun- WM. THOMPSON, Manager. JOHN D. EST, Agent at Carbon. jelO-t&ulO FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT! CQOD KEW SPRIKQ BEDS ! And all IN FINE ORDER. Go and look for yourselves. Location: Second street, opposite the Capital, Carson City. jyii-m ms . r obiilhi. H DR. L. A. HERRICK, OKCOPATniC PHTSICIAJS. Orncx Iu th County BnlldUifi, Carson CAES0N CITT, KETADA,