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Mr. Oi tnvlen is our authorized agent
for the Georgetown News at San Francisco.
He may be found at 120 Commercial street,
Iron Building.
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to, at the Post Office Literary Depot, next
door to the Post Office.
Primary Meetings-—'Who are the D<"
niocrayJ
Next Saturday evening is the time ap
pointed for the primary meetings in the sev
eral precincts of this County, to choose del
gates to the Democratic County Conven
tion which assembles on the 23d inst. I lie
call ii simply for the Democrats to assemble
and elect their delegates. The call is not
made bv the Freedom's Phalanx alias Dem
ocratic Club, nor by the Know Nothings.
It is simply a call for the Democrats to As
semble for the purpose mentioned. A cpies
tion arises whether there is such a thing as
a Democratic party in this county? What
is Democracy? Who are the Democrats?
We are aware that the organs of the so
called Democratic Club, deny the right
of this paper to express an opinion about
such questions, because its former editor
started the paper as Whig in politics.—
Now, without admitting that a Whig has
not the right to express his opinions upon
such matters, it is at least sufficient to say
that no line or word has appeared under the
present conductor of this paper which would
indicate, even according to such a rigid rule,
that the News had not as full a right to ar
gue questions of the above nature, as the
two organs of the so-called Democratic
Club. But, if it is said we are pledged
against die Democratic Club or Freedom's
Phalanx, we answer that both of those or
gans are pledged to oppose all those Demo
crats who are members of the so-called Know-
Nothings, aud not only against such Demo
crats. but against all who will not solemnly
pledge themselves that they will not become
members of any such Order during their
term of office in case of their election, and
still further, that such persons must also be
solemnly pledged not to support for any of
fice, any candidate who will not take the
other pledges mentioned.
With these pledges, these organs find
themselves pledged against four-fifths or
more of the voters of Fl Dorado county and
iu favor of one-fifth or less—a good portion
of whom they say have come from the Whig
ranks. While this paper is only pledged to
oppose this small proportion, many of whom
it is said, have not heretofore acted with
the Democracy.
Is there a Democratic party in this Coun
ty or State? No intelligent member of the
Democratic Club will have the hardihood to
claimlhatthose Clubs constitute the Demo
cratic party. It is a society or Order as
separate from the Democratic party as were
the Whigs and Democrats in times past.—
As to those who are members of the so-call
ed Know Nothings, it is denied that they
constitute the Democratic party. Then
where js the Democratic party of this coun
ty? They assume that all who do not sign
their resolutions with the above pledges are
Know Nothings, and deny that the latter
are the true Democracy, while they cannot
or will not contend that the Club is the
Democratic party—then it must follow that
there it no Democratic party existing as
such in this County. As to the Whigs we
do not hear any one claiming that they ex
ist as a party; and this last tact would tend
to prove the former. The people have here
tofore been divided into two great parties;
when the one ceases to exist, it must effect
the existence of the other.
Then what is Democracy? If Democra
cy were defined in a party sense, then eve
ry party man would have his owu opinion,
which would differ from the opinions of ev
ery other. It must then be defined in its
general sense, and as we find it in the stand
ard authorities. It is defined in the ac
knowledged standard of the present day, as
follows:
“Democracy. Government by the peo
ple; a form of government in which the su
preme power is lodged in the hands of the
people collectively, or in which the people
exercise the powers of legislation.”
Our government is a representative De
mocracy, and those who cherish this great
feature in the government are Democrats,
and they constitute the Democracy of this
country. And those who in other countries
strive for a government by which the jhjo
ple shall govern themselves directly or by
representatives, are the Democracy there.
Theatre. —The Theatrical Company of
B. F. Moulton & Co., performed in this
place last evening. As our paper goes to
press on Wednesday night there is no op
portunity to speak of that evening’s per
formance, but we are well assured from the
judgement of others who have witnessed
their performance that no company of supe
rior attractions has heretofore visited the
mountains. It is their intention to perform
here again on Saturday evening next.
figg- Wells, Fargo & Co., were ahead
of ail others on last evening, with Atlantic
and California papers, for which they will
please our heartfelt thank a.
Mining Items.
Rock Canon— Bartch & Co., have
struck very rich diggings in this C anon late
ly. The gold is very coarse, and is princi
pally found in nuggets averaging from $1
to S3O. Miners are generally doing well on
this Canon.
Empire Canon. —The miners on this
Canon are making from S 3 to S 8 per day,
There is an abundance of water, and will be
during the entire season.
Greenhorn Canon. —Those engaged in
mining on this Canon are making from $4
to S 8 per day.
Manhattan Creek. —This Creek, sup
posed to be worked out, has turned up again,
and is paying almost as well as it ever did;
miners averaging from $4 to SlO per day.
There will be an abundant supply of water
in this creek during the summer. There is
room for more miners in this locality, as the
ground is not all claimed at present.
Milk Ranch Flat. —The miners on this
Flat are making from S 4 to $lO per day.
The bedrock is deep and it is with much dif
culty that the gold is obtained from the dirt.
Dry Creek. —This Creek has been work
ed over some eight or ten times previous to
this summer, and was thought would not
pay to work any more; but it appears by
putting in long sluices it will pay good
wages. Two men took out SSO to the pan
last week, from ground that had been work
ed over several times.
Canon Creek. —This well known Creek,
of which we made mention last week, is now
paying Well: averaging from S 6 to sl2 per
day to the man. Several claims have late
ly been taken up on a portion of this creek
that has heretofore been considered not
worth working, and have proved to be very
rich.
Georgia Slide. —Miners on this Slide
are doing remarkably well, averaging from
S 8 to sl4 per day. The greater portion
of the town located there will have to be
removed, in order to give miners a chance
to get at the “lead.” which, from appear
ance is running directly under the main part
of the place. This Slide is principally work
ed with hydraulics.
Mameluke Hill. —Several Tunnels in
this favorite Hill, heretofore almost entire
ly abandoned are now paying well.
Cement Hill. —The Swiftsure and Ne
vada Tunnel Companies on this Hill arc ta
king out good pay. This latter Tunnel, is
undoubtedly the most difficult to work in
this section of country, the cement being
too hard to remove with picks and gads, and
ol such a porous nature that powder will
have but vgry little effect upon it.
We are credibly informed that Clark
and Brothers at Missouri Flat, about five
miles southwardly from this place, took out
of their claims, SIOO per day to the man.
during a few days within the past week.
We learn that other claims in the vicinity
are paying nearly as well.
Ocif" The Miners’ Advocate has the cour
tesy, (notwithstanding its expressed desire
to maintain friendly relations with its
neighbors.) to charge us with an intention
to deceive with regard to the Placerville
election. This journal also thinks we were
not advised as to the facts in the case. —
Very logical, indeed. If not advised of the
truth, then it would only be a mistake; but,
if intending to deceive then, it was not ig
norance. Notwithstanding this palpable
contradiction, what about the facts. We did
not say that Upper Placerville was within
the corporate limits of the city. From its
proximity it would be presumed to have its
effect upon the politics of the city. As to
the other fact relied upon by the Advocate
to prove our mistake or “deception,” we did
not say the Democrats nominated a ticket,
but spoke of the “Order”—the Democratic
Club. This was true. There were two sets
of candidates. The one supported by the
Club, which the Advocate calls the Democ
racy, and the other by the Know Nothings,
which resulted in the choice of the latter by
about the majority mentioned. So there
was no intention to deceive, nor were the
statements made unadvisedly.
But take it altogether, perhaps we should
not complain that “at so early a period in”
our “ editorial' experience,” a half dozen
lines of comment on a long article in the
Advocate, should be honored with a third o£
a column in response.
Ice Cream Saloon, &c. —Mr. J. P.
Marsh is making preparations and will in
a lew days open an Ice Cream Saloon in
this place, This will go a great way during
the present summer to enable our citizens to
“keep cool.”
The publication of the Empire Coun
ty Argos was resumed last Saturday. We
had not the pleasure of receiving a number
until Tuesday. It contains considerably
more reading matter tlian formerly, and is
consequently more interesting to the reader.
M eaveb’s Overland Panorama.—
This magnificent Panorama will be exhibit
ed in this place this evening. This is con
ceded to be the best painting of California
scenery and of the various routes to this
State that has been at any time heretofore
exhibited.
For the Georgetown News.
Mameluke Hill, June 12th 1855.
Editor Georgetown News — Sir: —A
public journal is the vehicle by which in
formation is conveyed to the people, also
errors and abuses are attempted to be cor
rected, whether they be of the people or of
Officials. The cause to which I refer is of
an Official character, perhaps you can give
some information on the subject. Why is
the Post Office so conducted or constructed
that a letter having a Government envelope
upon it cannot be put in the Post Office ex
cept when the Post Master or his assistant
finds it convenient to attend the office ? It
is a great and just cause' of complaint and
more especially to those who reside out of
town. lin common with many others have
been obliged to go away from the office
with our letters even though they had the
Government stamp upon them and to return
the next day, perhaps having to walk three
or four miles, for the privilege of placing our
letters in the hands of the worthy P. M.
that he may scrutinize the direction. Post
offices and post routes were established fur
the convenience of the people and to facili
tate the transmission of letters, why then, is
the mail closed for the Atlantic States near
ly a week prior to the sailing of the steam
er. which is a common occurrence with our
post office. Last evening the mail closed
precisely at 8 P. M., the steamer sails on
the 10th which allows five days for it to
reach San Francisco; good time for this pro-;
gressive age and speaks favorably for our |
worthy P. M. Cannot we in this matter
have a REFORM.
The above communication of “Reform,” |
with regard to the manner in which our |
Georgetown Post Office is conducted, can j
be much better answered by our Postmaster, I
than by us. We hope he will give the de- j
sired information.
We have heard considerable complaint
with regard to the inconvenience of not be- i
ing able to get letters into the P. 0. except
through the P. M.; and also as to the time of
closing the mail for the Atlantic States, but |
prefer giving the Official first an opportuni- \
ty to answer for himself. We should add j
here, however, that the communication ol i
“Reform” was received and “set up” in our |
absence—and, although upon a subject of
interest to this community, still we prefer
that correspondents asking for information,
avoid all language which is uncourteous in
"itself, or which might be offensive to any
gentlemen referred to.
A Division of the Sons of Temper
ance was organized at Bottle Hill on Wed
nesday evening June Gth, by Wm. T. Gibus,
I>. G. W. P. The following is a list of offi
cers for the present quarter:
J. S. McCully, W. P.; A. W. Cokeley,
W. A.; J. Griffith, It. S.; C. L. West, A. It.
S.; It. Denton, F. S.; Duncan Quinn, T.; J.
Faucett, C.; J. K. llitchee, A. C.; Jno.
Bishop, I. S.; 11. Powers,o. S.; F. 11. Hil
ton, Chaplain.
The Express across Mexico.— We learn
from the San Francisco papers that Mr. J.
A. Doyle’s project of running an express
across Mexico from Mansanillo to Vera
Cruz, is in a fair way to prove successful.—
From Mansanillo to Vera Cruz is said to be
but a day’s journey, over a fine country.—
Should this enterprise prove successful, the
trip from San Francisco to New Orleans
will be made in 13 days or one week less
than the usual time required heretofore.
Flour Mills in California. —Since our
article, says the Sacramento Union of Mon
day last, upon the export and imports of
wheat and Hour was published, a gentleman
familiar with the subject has furnished us
the following list of the number of flouring
mills in the State, and their location. The
number is larger than we had supposed, and
must be of a pretty good quality to turn
out an average for each mill of seventy-five
barrels in every twenty-four hours. Hall
the estimate, as the daily capacity of the
mills, we presume, would prove much nearer
the correct figure, but even then they would,
according to the estimate furnished us, turn
out annually nearly double the quantity
consumed in the State:
San Francisco 13
Sacramento* 7
San Jose Valley 5
Napa Valley 3
Suisun 0
Bodega 3
Benecia 1
Putah Creek 1
Stockton 4
Marysville 4
Colusa 2
Red Blulls 1
Grass Valley 1
Bear River 1
lone Valley 1
Eureka 1
Humbodt., 1
A bove do 1
Near Shasta 1
Santa Clara ' 1
54 mills, capable of making an average of
seventy-five barrels of H»,ur daily—equal to
4,050 barrels per day; 105,300 barrels per
month; 1.263,000 per annum—three times
the estimrted consumption of the State
proper.
one at Brighton.
This office is obligations to
the Pacific Express Co., for late favors.
Tlic War In \lcaragua.
The Alta California has advices from
Leon, Nicaragua, to the 17th ult., and from
San Juan del Sur to the 25th. *
“Munoz was still in Leon attempting the
part of a pacificator, and generally looked
upon as the successor of Castilloo. The
j Chamorro party were near Leon menacing
the city, but yet led by feeble and vacilla
i ting chiefs, were not disposed to make the
attack. Leon was,strongly guarded. Gre
j nada remains in the hands of the Chamor
! ristas, as does Massaya, Managua and the
j southern portion of the Republic.
The news of the probable departure of
I Kinney from New York, with the view of
I colonizing the Chontales district had excit
ed general consternation, and it was even
thought that the beligerent parties would
! fraternize to repel the common enemy. The
; inborn hatred of the Anglo Saxon is an un
| compromising opponent to the entrance of
; Americans, of whom they entertain the
i greatest jealousy and dread.
The news had reached San Juan del Sur
of the sailing of the Walker expedition. It
was received in the southern portion of the
Republic with difavor and repugnance, but
in the North, towards Leon, the arrival of
the auxiliaries of Castillou or Munoz was
anxiously expected.
Our correspondent, a native of Chinande
ga, writes that the whole country is desolat
ed by the revolution, which has now lasted
thirteen months without a day’s intermis
sion, and in that particular part of the State
the entrance of Americans was considered
preferable to the present condition of an
archy and rapine.
The intervention of St. Salvador has been
rejected by both parties, and the attempt of
Dr. Henry Livingston to restore peace had
been equally fruiiiess.
Mr. Henry Boley, of San Juan del Sur,
had invested several thousand dollars in a
mining speculation in the District of Chon
tales, and several large parties were expect
ing to proceed to the mines. *
The rainy season has set in unusually
early. The plantations of cocoa and coni
are being destroyed for want of laborers to
collect the crops; and so crying is the lack
of hands, that a passenger came up in the
steamer to obtain Chinese to assist in the
cutting of his crop of cane.
The elections for President were ex
pected to take place shortly. They have
been postponed on account of the war,
which prevents either party from voting.
Walker has doubtless arrived by this time
and we look for stirring news from Nicara
gua by the next boat.
TUe pßfific Kail lload.
The following is from and interesting
article on the Pacific Railroad in the San
Francisco Citizen:
The amount of land donated by Govern
ment from St. Joseph to California, for in
stance. a distance of 2.200 -miles, for the
central route, being equal to a belt 25 miles
wide, (retaining for themselves out of the
entire survey what is equal to a strip 20
miles wide,) will contain 99,000 sections, or
53,360,000 acres. These lands in their pres
ent wild state, without facilities for access
to them of any description, cannot be com
puted at a higher rate than 50 cents per
acre. At this rate, their entire value is
$31,680,000. Now let ns suppose thes£
lands intersected by this great national high
way, and their value becomes enhanced to
an enormous degree. The amount of land
retained by Government in the 20 mile strip
will contain 44,000 sections, or 28,160,000
acres. The value of these lands could not
be fairly estimated at a less rate than $3
per acre. This would give $84,480,000. be
ing a nett gain of $52,800,000 over the a
rnount that could be realized from the en
tire sale of the whole amount of land com
prised in the 45 mile strip prior to the con
struction of the road. The value of these
lands would be enhanced, 100 miles on each
side of these roads, at least 100 per cent.
Tins is a statement which we apprehend no
one can controvert; these are facts and fig
ures that carry with them sufficient weight
to show the immense importance of this
great work.
The bulk of the immigration to our State,
that which has come over land, has followed
the old route, from St. Joseph's, via the
South Pass and the Sink of the Humboldt.
It would seem as it nature had adapted this
route as the most feasible, in every respect,
for the great central highway of the nation.
We would propose, then, in following out
the plan which we have already suggested,
for the construction of one or mure roads, to
adopt the old immigrant road, as the route
over which to locate the Central Pacific
Railroad, commencing on the west bank of
the Missouri river, opposite the city of St.
Joseph’s, following the road, (as near as
practicable) as at present traveled, to the
South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, thence
to Salt Lake and the Sink of the Humboldt,
thence to Carson’s river, and along its mar
gin to its source in the Sierra. Here it
would seem as if we had met with an im
penetrable barrier in the great wall that
rears its snowy crests upon the eastern mar
gin of our State. Rut all this is easily
overcome; it is a well known fact that from
the head waters of Carson’s river to the
head waters of tlidteouth Pork of the Amer
ican river, the distance is but about four
miles—the mountains frown above these wa
ters hundreds and hundreds of feet, present
ing an apparently impenetrable barrier,
A tunnel of lour miles in length, then,
will form the connecting link, and is in fact
all that is required byoud the ordinary grad
ing and excavating upon the river bunas, to
obviate the difficulty of crossing the Sierra
N evada.
Exodus of Chinamen.— A large number
of Chinamen, near one hundred, passed our
office during the week—twenty-two were
counted in one company. They have gen
erally located in the vicinity.
JSS?“ Quite a company of emigrants from
Salt Lake, passed through Placcrville last
Monday. We a*re informed that they had
large droves of cattle.
[From the Lopdon Chronicle.
The Cost of the War.
FINANCES OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
Almost contemporaneously with the pre
sentation of the Budget to the British Par
liament, the official return of revenue and
expenditure for the year 1855-6 has been
jiublished in France, in the customary form
of a report from a committee of the Corps
Legislatif, who were specially charged with
the dutyof investigating the financial condi
tion of that country. The two programmes
offer many points of curious and suggestive
comparison. First, it is noticeable that the
French government has contrived to pro
vide for the war expenditure, so i’ar as all
probable outlay is concerned, without show
ing any deficit requiring to be filled up by
a loan. Secondly, we remark that the
whole charge occasioned by the war seems
to be far more under command, as well as
of far less inflated amount, among our allies
than our own government can contrive to
make it.
Sir G. C. Lewis is forced to confess a
much larger outlay, and at the same time to
cover possible errors and excesses by a very
considerable margin. His expense sheets
includes a sum of nearly £79,000.000 ster
ling. made up of items that are reckoned ; s
certainties; and, in addition, he demands a
credit of £3,000.000 on the military ser
vices. and a further surplus of more than
£4,000,000 on the general account to meet
contingencies. The estimated charge was
stated by the English Minister to be—For
the army, £10.214.000; for the navy, £lO.-
153.000; and for the ordinance, £7 808,000.
during the current year. 1 ncluding the sup
plemental vote of credit he put down the
gross anticipated charge for military pur
poses within the year at something more
than £43,500,000. • In 1853-4, the last year
of peace, we are reminded that the military
departments cost us under £16.500,000, and
last year the outlay presented a total of lit
tie over $30,000,000.
. In France the gross charge -for the army
during the current year is estimated at 340,-
000.000 fr., or £13,000.000, for which sum
a military force, comprising 378,911 men,
and 90,000 horses, will be kept on a war
footing. Under the head of marine and col
onies. the outlay is computed at 323,050,000
francs, or something less than £5 000.000
sterling. In addition it should be remem
bered that in the distribution of charges a
a largo mass of pensions.and allowances, an
nuities to members of the Legion of Honor,
and other provisions which replace in the
French system the sums voted for half pay,
Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals, and oth
er “ineffective services” by the House of
Commons, are carried to the account of the
Minister of the Interior. By so much, there
fore, must the French estimate be augment
ed in order to justify a comparison with our
own. But even after making ample allow
ance for these items of charge, it will appear
that the whole military expenditure of
France falls fvithin £20,000,000 annually,
in the present time of war, while that of
England is expected to exceed $43,000,000.
The general statement of the French Ex
chequer exhibits a gross outlay under every
department of about £64,000.000 sterling,
or a little more than the sum which Sir G.
C. Lewis expects to raise in England from
the taxes bequeathed by his predecessor in
office. The interest of debt in France oc
casions a charge of only 454,000,000 francs,
or about £18,000,000 sterling. Our own
debts of every description entail a charge of
£27,250,000. On the other hand, the
French treasury is charged with a multitude
of payments which, on this side of the Chan
nel, are defrayed out of local taxation; and
the public balance sheet also contains items
both of expenditure and revenue, that are
incurred and received upoij account of the
communes. The gross total, on both sides,
is thus fictitiously augmented; but thc'uett
result remains, that the amount required for
“supply services”—all war expenses inclu
sive—is less than one-half the aggregate de
manded by our own Chancellor of the Ex
chequer. Must it be added to this dispar
aging contrast that, while the Committee of
the Corps Legislative cla m to have “recon
quered the military and political preponder
ance in Europe,” at the cost of the enhanced
outlay which France lias undergone, we, on
our part, shall have nothing to show for our
money but a compromised administration
and discredited department.
The Countess oe Landsfeldt’s Will.
One thing worthy of note in connection
with the “last testament,” (as it may chance
to be,) of Madame Lola Montez. Maria de
Landsfeldt Hcald. Countess of Landsfeldt,
dec., &'c., <Src., is that at the time of its de
livery to Mr. Southwick,she arose and said
in a clear calm voice:—
“Take notice, all ye gentlemen present,
that I, Lola Montez, Countess of Lauds
feldt Heald, do, in this presence, acknowl
edge that I have now, living in England, a
lawful husband, and, that in the event of my
death, none other, here or elsewhere, may
claim, assert, or establish that title, bV
which any control may be assumed or ac
quired over the property I now possess, and
in case of my demise, 1 dispose of it us by
the conditions of this instrument, my ac
knowledged will, here signed, scaled and de
livered, in due form of law.”
This lasi act of the distinguished Count
ess, may not be comprehended by every per
son who will read this article, but there ure
many in the community who cannot fail to
comprehend it in its broadest and fullest
sense. The world-renowned Countess sail
ed yesterday on the Fanny Major for Syd
ney, and no little excitement was created on
the departure of the vessel from Ihe Sock.
[S. F. Journal.
USf* The Alta of last Monday states that
Col. Steptoe is reported to have left Salt
Lake for California by the Northern route.
Some fifty of the Mormon ladies also left,
having united their destinies with the out
side barbarians composing his command.—
ignite a little excitement resulted therefrom.
J. A. Cunningham and Wm. T.
C i ßus, will please accept our thanks for
States and California papers.
jir fast jigljfs Hail.
Arrival of the Uncle Sam-^
We dip the following from theS.F. Sun
Extra, ot Tuesday last :
Foreign.
The French Emperor, Louis Napoleon
narrowly escaped assassination on the even
ing of the 28th of April. While out on
horseback, an Italian fired two pistols at
him, but fortunately missed his aim. The
only object of the intended murderer is said
to have been personal revenge.
Louis Napoleon has decided net to go to
the Crimea.
The latest dates from Sebastopol are to
the 4th of May, the day before the depart
ure of the Baltic.
The Allies are reported to be gaining
ground. All the Russian outposts had been
taken.
Atlantic Summary.
Col. Kinney was arrested in Philadel
phia, on Tuesday, and held to bail in §4,.
500, on a charge of violating the ncutrali
ty laws. A vessel, fully equipped and three
hundred men were said to be ready to sail
for Nicaragua from Philadelphia. The ex
peditionary fleet at this port is reported
ready for sea. The re-arrest of Col. Kinney
and the revolution hi Nicaragua, the news
of which reached here on Tuesday, may,
however, lead to still further delays.
At the local judicial election in the differ
ent counties of Kentucky, the Know Noth
ings are said to have been generally success
ul.
Louis Baker, murderer of Bill Poole, in
New York, was captured on the brig Isa
bella Jewett, within a few miles of Palmas,
Canary Islands, April 11th, by the police
man from the clipper Grape Shot. He is
now in the Tombs, at New York.
Hiut Sliver Mine.
Some week or ten days since, a morning
paper published some account of a silver
mine in California, said to have been dis
covered near one of the Missions as early as
the year 1776. An account of it is said to
exist in the archives of Mexico, and also
that the knowledge of it was suppressed and
not allowed to bo made known to the public.
It was stated that the pure silver was found
in masses of seveaal tons in weight each.-
A Stockton correspondent of the same pa
per, yesterday, suggests that the location of
the mine must be between San Jose Mission
and the San Joaquin Valley, in the moun
tains bordering the San Ramon Valley,
within one or two miles of the “Old Ran
cheria,” located in that valley, “in a north
west, or San Francisco direction.” The
writer says that he saw there in 1848, holes
where persons had been searching fur silver,
and heard that fifteen years before a very
rich mine had been worked by the Indians,
until they hud been killed off in the revolu
tions, or had escaped to the Sierra Nevada.
Rut the mine first mentioned—if it really
exists—may not be in Alta California.—
We know a gentleman who says that on his
way from Cape fet. Lucas to San Diego
through Lower California, in 1849, while
searching for water one or two days travel
oft’ from the usual route, he in company with
a Chilean who had previously worked in the
silver mines of Guanaxuato, and a Texan,
came to a place in the extreme of a valley
where the earth was almost, or entirely ox
ide of silver, and that the Chilean exclaim
ed at once that it was just like the silver
mines of Guanaxuato. lie says that they
could scoop it up in their hands like sand,
and that it was almost as heavy as pure sil
ver. Our informant declares that he can
go and put his hand upon the very spot, and
that he knows that the silver is there, and in
abundance. Here’s a chance for the ad
venturous, who dare hunt for silver where it
is plenty and water scarce ! Our informant
is intelligent, and capable of satisfying those
who may desire further information.
[B. F. Chronicle.
Improvement in Electric Telegraph
A Swedish savant, Professor Kdlund, of the
Royal Academy of Sciences, succeeded last
year in making an improvement in the con
struction of the electric telegraph apparatus,
by which it becomes possible to send mes
sages by the same wire simultaneously in
two opposite diiections. The principle on
which this discovery is based is verv simple,
and altogether different from that appaid
by Dr. Ginti, at Vienna, which was luund
not to succeed. As far back as the month
of August last year, Professor Kdlund made
some experiments on the wires of the tele
graph line between Stockholm and Upsala,
by permission of the directors. These suc
ceeded so well that he constructed the nec
essary apparatus, which was put up in De
cember last, and has been in daily operation
ever since. As soon as the needful number
of apparatus, are constructed, they are to be
introduced at every telegraph station in the
kingdom; and, as the alteration is not ex
pensive, the advantages gained ovgr the old
system are obvums, as one line of wire will
do the weak formerly done by two.
j Mr. J. \T. Sullivan, of San Fran
cisco, is certainly the most genorons newspa
per dealer at the Bay. If full files of At
lantic papers and magazines sent to this and
other offices in the mountains, upon the ar
rival of every steamer, is a criterion to
judge by, (and it undoubtedly is,) he cer
tainly is the most liberal and whole-souled
newspaper agent in California.
We are credibly informed that a
Chinaman was killed, by a white man. ou
last Sunday or Monday near El Dorado.
(Mud Springs.) A person charged with
the murder was in Jail at Coloma ou 1 ucs
I dav last