Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1850-11-12
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We make the blowing extracts 'toM
received from ou11correspondentJ j. z. ; unne
date OF Sacramento City, Oct. /, $780, ana re,
ceived by the Steiner Georgia, when aFtlVeu a.
New York on Friday last:
X ) The news Of the late dlsas'
trous c~onfaeratio1 will have reached me Statts
with all the details. prior 10 the aEhSal :. =,
sheet, and a minute account oil tne So iii
our hands is unnecessary. Inc l1tal W. va
probably not exceedIralfa million OF dollars.
A few of the miners aremo from the oanks
of the rivers MISUNDERSTANDING, ana H'aNl"s
arrangements 10 secure claims ana prepare oO"'
Portable quarters fsr the approaching Wll99t+e-
Several companies lave been f3 ErsH - XII.
the working Of quartz veins. the F"Gn'N M
ing Company, located about ten miles ABOVE MA
rysyille, have been dredging lof go'o ~ s.es.u'
and have, we understand, been very success,ul.
People are now busily employed IN Tue canvass
preliminary TO the elections, winch "lH eP'o
on the 7th inst.
All the excitement onsthe Squatter question
has subsidized. The prisoners who were engaged
in the riots, are. awsitingth THEFT tF!at. ms Mayor
who was so severely wounded during the array,
is now slowly recovering, alter having sunefeu
the, anputation Ofhis left arm
From the plains the news Is disastrous n
great many emieFants are perishing by tamIne'
exposure and disease. John 3. Cook, OF Kay
county, Mo. foTSariy4 Petershnfg, Va died
about forty miles this sidelof Fort Laramie, while
on his way 10 this country. His wife, FRANCES
! w. Cook, (maiden name Winfield died shortly
after, about seventy miles from Fort Laramie
4 They left three children-a boy seven years old,
a girl Two years younger, and an infant SIX
months old. The cllildrcn. were taken charge OF
BY DR.. Henley and lady till they reached the
Hnmboldtriver, where Mrs. Henley dleq, leaSlns
a child Of her own, twelve months old. DR.. lien
Hey then took sole charge ct the children, and
brought them on to this city They arrived on
Saturday last. =,
Dr.. Collyer, with his celebrated troupe ofModel
Artists, have arrived in This city, and will exhibit
this evening al the Pacific Theatre.
Morgan and RencI Miller, ofSharPsburg No.
left for home a week ago.
Bradley and Henry Moore have gone to the
mines again. John w. Gallaher is trading at
Nevada city, and think doing well.
Mr. N. Sewers and Brother have been hereto
fore at Mormon Bar-their dam has been swept
away, which, | fear, has blasted every hope.
There are now in the city, and have seen
during the wcek-Mcssrs. Aisquitb, Harrison,
Geiger, Lupton. Dawson, Boley, Burwell, barley,
Murphy, Poland, Lewis, James Moore, krebs.
Bradley, Fl. Moore, Rissler, Wagner and lloif
man. l heard from Cockrell, Davis, Snowman,
Roher, Il. Moore, Stonebraker, Striders, Jacob
Engle, FerriII. Purcell, Mcllhaney, Bender, Hay
den: I think / have heard FROM every mess within
a week-they all are in good health.
Lewis is a candidate fOrthc Legislature for
the county of Butler.
lie rains a lew GayS dSO 'CduSeu d : III
the waters which has destroyed thousands Of
dollars worth Of work in the shape of dams.
Lupton expects toleave for the States on the
18th of October. Quite a: number of our old
company will return this fall.
| have lust been informed that Mr.. JAMES NJ.
MANNIHG is net ded-the report which sent you
was nnGOunded. Whilst l rejoice to know that
Mr.. NJ. lives and is in goUd health, | an filled
with regret that ! sent you an account OF his
death-doubtless causing many TO grieve. But
as you recollcct, | gave the only
upon report. Mr.. Manning was-with some me,b.
bers of our old company a week ago. About
twenty Of them were in our city during the past
week. Yours, &c, }. II. K.
THE WILL OF JOHN McDoNOGu.
The New Orleans Delta a few days since pub
li-had a full eoPyao tLa Will of Mr.. John NIcDon-
! och, which covered nearly six columns of that
paper. The papers are all filled with
on the Will, and other matters connected there
with. The New Orleans Bulletin says:
"From. what we have seen and heard of the
document, it appears to. be not only perfectly i'm
| practicable to carry out it's provisions, but is, be-
Sides, so mpnifcS!ly illegal, that we are only sur
priscd that Il man of Mr.. hlcDonogh's known
shrewdness and experience should ever for one
moment have thought that such, a Will could
stand under our laws. fit were possible TO car.
ry out The provisions Of this will, according to
lis literal tenor, ii would result in absorbing every
foot Of real estate in the United States"
The True Delta dcnounccs all attacks on the
will as legal mischief, and adds:
awe protest against all such doctrines, and
feel we'll convinced the people will promptly and
authoritatively remind the municipal councils OF
| the ~propricty and necessity of taking all proper
sters 5. in conjunction with the corporate authori-
ties of Baltimore, to maintain the integrity Of this
bequest, and the rights conferred upon the two
cities under 1t"
The Delta of the 3oth ult.:
-"Thrce of McDOnogh's executors were quail
fed Yesterday. They are Messrs. RoseIius,
D'Aquin and a. D.. Crossman. The written in
struc,ions of Mr.. McDonogh 10 his executors
we're opened, and read yesterday. They are a
full record of his intentions in regard to the FIJI.
ture disposition ofhis property. His property in
| the parish Of Orleans he desires TO be leased out
for twenty five years. To give some idea OF the
| extent Of his suburban property, we may state
that he owned three hundred squares in the rear
of Livaudais, eleven squares in the rear Of the
Second Municipality, at the foot of Poydras
street, and l 5000 lots in the rear of the First and
! Third Municipalities. lie also owns the whole
of the town of McDonogh, opposite TO the city,
which is laid out into squares and lots. This is
a part of his suburban property. In addition TO
this, he has productive property in the, city which
Yields an annual revenue OF 100000. Heowns,
TOO, large tracts of very valuable land in every
parish Of The State, TO say nothing of immense
possessions in the adjoining States
The Bee states that he directs that his re.
mains, as well as those of his forefathers and
relatives, be gathered together in one common
tomb. in a onspicuous cemetery of Baltimore
city, and that a suitable monument be erected to
their memory.
ROBBERY OF JoHx McDoNoUGH.-Ten thousand
Dollars Stolen-We learn from the New Orleans
papers, that on Monday night after The death Of
John McDonougb, the millionaire, his room or
business Office was entered by five white men, as
sisted by his slave Jerry, and robbed Of So, 900 or
! a N nm in 10II a,J ei10an Iarr, .,,,o, 81.