Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-05-29
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that he was immensely wealthy.
Gov. Joseph Lane, Of Oregon,
had been announced as the peoples
candidate for Congress, in the place
of Mr.. Thurston, the present dele
gate.
Hon. Samuel Prudy, Mayor OF
Stockton, formerly OF Buffalo, N. Y,
is strongly talked Of as an indepen-
dent candidate for Governor Of Cali
iornia. He has been generally nomi-
mated by the miners.
A man by the name Of 5. 5.
Easterbrooks, OF Wisconsin. in Shasta
City, deliberately shot Mr.. Josiah
| Price, late of Philadelphia, while
sleeping in his tent. The murderer
was instantly caught and a jury OF
twelve men were summoned to try
him. After full and fair examina-
tion, he was pronounced guilty OF
murder and hung. Easterbrooks
leaves a wife and three children in
Wisconsin. Mr.. Price leaves wife
and one child in Philadelphia.
We were shown, last evening by
Mr.. NJ. G. Dow, os Trinidad, a lump
of solid gold from the North Fork
of Salmon River, which weighed 26
ounces. It's perfectly pure and free
from quartz, and is really a remarka-
BILE and beautiful specimen.
General Persifer F. Smith has been
ordered to Texas, and goes home in
the steamer to day.
A great deal Of dissatisfaction has
been felt and exhibited respecting
the issue and circulation of private
coins, below their face value or real
value, and which the coiners refuse
to redeem. 1t is looked upon as an
Infamous swindle by the community;
the bankers have refused to receive
them at their assumed value, and the
merchants have taken somewhat SIM
liar actions. The Legislature has abill
before it, introduced by Mr.. Miller,
TO oblige coiners to redeem, and to
make their refusal a misdemeanor,
punishable with fine and imprison-
ment.
The Times, in its news from Ne
vada, has an account Of the linching
of three men, Miller, Allen, and
Rigley, who were concerned in rob-
bing Mr.. Napper Of $4,000 some
time since. They confessed the rob
bing, and stated that they had lost
about half the amount at monte. =
Rigley received thirty-nine lashes,
and Allen and Miller twenty each,
we'll laid no. They were required
to Immediately leave the country.
A cold blooded murder has been
committed near Port Adams, in Gala
veras county. The body of Mr.. w.
C. Ba1bitt, late Of Morgan County,
ILL.,, was found in a small canyon,
near that place. The deceased was
shot in the left breast and the tenn
plies; one OF his hands was also badly
cut.
The prospects OF the miners at
Bear River were said 10 be exceed
ingly fattering.
Miners at Long Bar, on Yuba, are
averaging from S4 to Sc per day.
A large number Of Frenchmen are
al work there.
Miners are taking out from one TO
two ounces a day on Poor Mans
creek.
A party Of eight or ten persons at
Canon Greek in the neighborhood Of
Onion Valley, are supposed to have
perished from cold and starvation.-
The snow is represented as being
very deep and provisions quite scarce.
Some lucky hombre, it is reported,
while digging in the hills at Weber
vile, struck a rich crevice on Satur-
day last, from which he took out
$1,000.
The firm Of Woodward & Co., Of
Sacramento, have received the con-
tract for carrying the United States
mail, through to the Great Salt Lake.
The contract stipulates that the mail
shall leave each point once month,
so that we shall have advices from
the Great Salt Lake City once every
month. The bids for this contract
are of most varied character. The
one which probably obtained the
contract was rising Of Sl4,OOO.-l
One gentleman put in bid for the
same contract at SS5,000.
On the north fork Of Feather river,
at Rich and Smiths bar, the miners
are doing wei. Flour is worth a
dollar and quarter per pound, and
other provisions in proportion.-l
The snow was from four to fifteen
feet deep, and travelling heavy.
On Jackson creek, the dirt thrown
up last fall has been yielding fine re-
turns during the past wet weather.
MURDER AND LYNcHING.-One of
the most IamentapIe of the bloody |
tragedies that daily disgrace The
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