The weekly Placer herald., 1852-12-18
VARIETIES.
- MARysvILLE AND BENICIA RAILROAD
The MarYSYiIle ExureSS of the 9th SAWS


the weather having cleared off pleasantly,
Mai Emory with his company, com
menced the survey of the Marysvlle and
first level was taken near the foot of F.
street, for the purpose of ascertalning the
actual rise of the Yuba above its natural
banks, from thence running north to Fifth
street, where they will take their start for
Benicia.
When Major Jack Downing called
g upon Andrew Jackson at the White
House for the first time, he was RECALLED
by the President with champagne and
olives. The doughty Major tried both
the first he liked, the second he did not
fancy, and laying the fruit back upon the
plate, scarcely tasted, said, "GeneraI,
aypur cderis good but darn your ptckles!"
Major McKinstry, of the Army, is now
preparing for the press a work on the In
dians and Missions of California, tracing
the history of the latter establishments
back to the earliest times, and bringing
! the narrative down TO the present The
work, of which we have been kindly per-
mitted to peruse some of the first chapters,
in manuscript, promises to be exceedingly
interesting. Major Mcknstry has been
for the last three years making himself
thoroughly acquainted with his subjec, by
personal Investigations, conducted with
much ardor-and he has had, hesides, ac-
cess to IA number of records in manuscript
and print, throwing great deal of light
on the early history of the State. This
has been hitherto tradironary merely, and
the publication of the Majors memoir
will bring together for the first time in
book form, mass of facts possessing n
world Of interest for every Californian,
at well as for the general reader.
San Francisco Herald
On the 9th inst, a meeting of the quartz
miners of Nevada was held at the u. :.
Hotel. a number Of delegates were ap-
pointed to the adjourned convention of
the 10Th inst.
Difficulties are springing up between
the miners and holders of house lots at
Grass Valley. An injunction to restrain
them from digging on the lot of Mr..
Montgomery, was dlsregarded.
Messrs Teschmaker and Briefly. char
ged with being seconds in the duel be-
tween Gen. Denver and the late Hon. f.. |
Gilbert, were brought before jnry, for
trial, in Sacramento, on Thursday last,
and acquitted. No evidence was present
ed to the jury, and they rendered their
verdict without leaving the jury box.
AS the time for the meeting of the Leg
lslature approaches, asprants for the
Speakership of the Assembly are becom
ing known. Among others we hear the
names of Mr.. Brush, of I'uo umne; Yei-
ser OF San joaquin; Crenshaw, OF Neve-
dh; Wall, Of Monterey; McMeans, OF FL
Dorado and Snyder, of San Francisco.-
State Jour.
The important ship canal which is to
unite Lakes Superior and Michigan, will
soon be begun. The surveys for lis oca-
ton have been completed, and the ground
has been found quite as favorable for the |
easy and speedy construction of the work
as was expected.
An iron bridge is about to be erected
across the canal at Washington, at a cost
of seven thousand dollars. 1t has span
of one hundred and seventeen feet, with
two carriage ways, which occupy width
of twenty four feet, and two fOotways,
each six feet The entire weight is eighty
tons.
The New York Courier end Enquirer
says that the persons concerned in the
guanO expedition from that city, have dis
patched an agent TO Madrid, to negotiate
through the American Minister there,
with the Court of Spain, for the lease or
purchase of the Lobos Islands. This is
said to have been done by the advice of
eminent counsel, who are of opinion that
if any nation has claim to those islands,
it is the Spanish who discovered aud
named them, and through them alone Pc
ru claims title to them.
ls The Indian rancheria at Hook Farm is
rapidly becoming depopulated, owing to
a fatal disease which is raging among the
digger tribe. This complaint attacks vio-
lently all ages and both sexes, and is at
tended with IA swelling of the heads and
other portions Of the body, not dissimilar
to dropsy. The deaths average two or
three daily, and the probabilities are that
the entire population will speedily die off.
We are promised 10y Captain Sutter
detailing further particu-
lars Union
LAMARTINE's FARM IN TURKEY.-YouI
probab y remember that some years ago
the Sultan of Turkey presented to M. de
Lanartine an extensive farm in the neigh
borhood of Smyrna. The poets work |
upon the East had so pleased the Sultan
that the grant was made in testimony of
his atIficaton The npwSpnners have