Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-05-02
California Items.


A bill was was recently presented TO the
Commun Council Of San Francisco by Miss
Thompson, Cor $500, which was made up Of
the following items so scarfs, ~ baion', IL
armlcts, 20 ears and shirts, MISS dress
(SjO,) sash, eockade and ,assel, and one sil-
vor wreath. This bill has been paid once, in
&" scrip" bu, Miss Thompson claimed re-
raymcn, on the ground that scrip" was not
money.
LpRrN.-Therc are many more children
in California Than is generally supposed
The teacher 81 a school at san Francisco
states tina, within the last fourteen months be
has had under his care siN hundred children
and youth.
IpLrEs.-Thcrc is something, Every Pccu-
liar about California oilers. Several hun
drcds Of this class NAV be- seen any day upon
Long wharf OF in It's vicinity, with faces As
cliScrlu a. those Of the miner departing for
" sweet homo" with his pile although they
seem to have M means Of living. The con-
sciousness that they have only In go Few
days travel to reach the placers where funds
can be- had cor the digging, evidently gives
the California idlcr an ease of heart and Ut
conscience which belongs. To ''thc profession"
in no other pari Of our country.
Cursri,L WourN'-Thc well known Chi.
ncsc woman A,oy, bring cnanorcd Of the eli
mate and people Of California, and unwilling
to return to her relatives in the Celestial I'm.
pirc, Norman Assiny, and others Of her coun-
uymcn, cr,carcrcd by tl,rrais to force her to
lca,c.ihe ejru'ry and society Of The " outside
barhari5ns Having imbibcd something Of
Yanke Independence, she refused 10 be- in.
iimidncd, and went To Recorder rlliord, who
gavca very pleasant cNemplifcaton Of Amer.
ican justice, by binding over her tomcn,ors
in TIC sun Of SaOOOto keep the peace towards
her.
The first street lamp was Il, IN san Fran.
ci.,o on the 10Th ult, On this subject a pa.
pcrrcmarks, that no single measure which
coul hc taken towards the suppression Of
crime. would br half 50 ciIcc,ual as the light.
Jog 4 the streets.
Tcrr j. at present bu, one Democratic pa
Ter o. California, the Sacramento Transcript,
This dying away one by one, Of the Demo
crru, prr,,, is q significant omen Of the po-
Utica, character which W. may cNpcc, Cali
f'mia,o take, anl gives 81. the strongest ln.
duccmrr,, to believe that Wing l. ; Sen.
a,or Vlll bc chosen a, the next session Of lhc
Legislature.
So.p-B,piN.-During the examination
II criminal case in a Justices Cour, IN -.
cram,nio, a CIV of murder was raised IN front
Of The count roum, whcrcupon the cour,
council, conslahlcs, and all hands" rushed
ou, D. hook at tn murlcr-and for other pur.
pns-,-bui there vls no murder On return.
ny - the count room. It was found lha, the
prisoner a, the bar, participating "a the gen.
era sollciudr. had gone out likewise Ia ~cc
ihr murltr-and ilr other pur !oscs H. had
nu, returned at a., accounts.
CovurrrlL lNrUEr,Nor 90 rur SAND
wen l,l,>p, Tho value Of the Imporla.
ton, INTO thrsr Islands from California alone
amounted to S3oi,oIa - 10 the year 1850,
aal doe supplies furnished to vessel, during
doe .lms umc To $4,000.
Mi>i>U.-Ncw digging, have been d.scoy-
cred Ia the vicinity Of Nevada City, which
promise to weld very rich harvest. The
whole pllc' was ,'akci oT IN les than forty.
c,gh, hours irym rs discovery.