Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-03-24
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ESClllC ICeIuS'
In boring for an Aresian well on Cali
fornia street, near the Battery, the anger
brought up, from depth of one hundred
and fory-fve feet, quantity Of charcoal
and pieces of decomp' sed quartz. The
waters of the bay once flowed over the spot
The Union Water Company have brought
the water though their camel into Murphy's
camp. The water is distributed at low
rate. and its introduction has given an i'm
petus 10 business.
A reunion of a portion # the pioneers
Of California, those who Came round Cape
Horn in the ship Duxbnry, IN lS49, took
place at the I-ayfael,e Restaui an! on the
9th ult
4 large number of miners are leaving the
southern mines for Australia.
The nun Der of persons actually engaged
in digging gold in California, does not ex.
coed la0 900 During the mouth of Janu-
airy just passed, the export of gold from
California amounted to S4,676,Olo, which
gives monthly yield of $40 76 to each
man engaged in mining,
The diggers in Australia are obliged 10
pay the government IS Per month tor H.
cepse besides wIlieh the Victoria Iegsa-
tnre has Just imposed at ad'Inional expor,
duly Of Is. Cd. upon gold, WHICH of eDrrse.
would have to Come dGt of tie Wages of the
miner
MIR Peter Johnson, prospecting lately,
on Doty's Flat. near Ophir, dug out lump
of gold weiai,y ,SaSss,2 oonces. 1t is al.
mos, eftireq~ etnartz, and is the
finest specimen ever taken from that part
of the State.
Several beautiful specimens OF gold were
found recently near Johntown, weighing
respectively 7, 81 IL, II aud IA ounces
The gold generally in these dlgg'ngs il
coarse, and pieces weighing upwards OF an
ounce are frequently found The holes are
from eight TO fifteen feet deep, the gold
chiefly lying in pockets aud on The bed rock
Occasionally lump Is found nsar the sur
face. A piece Weighing five ounces and
thre.fnurlhs was found about a foot beioa
the surface.
-Four miners at White Rock, near Fa.
cerviIe. have been favored with extraordi-
nary rich digglngs, Their claims yielded
every day one week from sixteen 10 eigh-
teen ounces, all of which was fine gold
Rev. Mr.. Spear and Rev. DR., BRIGHAM
preach to the Chinese every Sunday, in the
Presbyterian church at Stockton The lat.
ter gentleman has been missionary to the
Chinese for the past tweniy.three years,
and now in California.
Mr. Mclnnls descended with diving
bell into the bay at the foot of Sacramento
street, for the purpose of bringing up the
body of the late Capt. Charles Gordon. who
was drowned few days since. Upon the
first descent he was unsuccessful, being
Obliged to return to the surface in order to
give further instructions for the proper in
PRODUCTION of air into the machine. Upon
a second attempt Mr.. McInnis descended
quite to the bottom, and succeeded in find.
ing and bringing up to the surface the bo-
dy of the drowned man, which had become
iinbedded in the mud by the settling Of the
ship with the ebb tide.
A letter from Trinidad, January 23d,
gives the following account Of an encoun-
ter with bear at Durkee's Ferry:
"While the writer was awaiting the
opening OF the trail at the former place, a
young man named Frank -, "A native Of
Maine, who was employed by Mr.. r. WAL
ker, of Durkee's Ferry, in hunting, was
stacked by grizzly bear, about three
miles from the house. on the Union trail,
He attempted to climb tree, but unforiu
nately dead branch, which he had caught
to assist him in climbing, gave way, and he
fell to the ground and was instantly seized
by the bear. An Indian who accompanied
him. got hold of the unfortunate mans rifle
and discharged it at the bears head ; then
clubbing it, he beat TIE animal with it until
he had broken it to pieces After the rifle
was broken, the Indun gave Information at
the Ferry, but as it was late, the persons
there refused to 60 out that night On the
following morning, they brought the poor
fellow home. and procured the assistance Of
DR.. Whetmore, of Orleans Bar who dress d
his numerous wounds; but it was of no
avail Death released him from his suffer-
ings on the third day. He was horribly
torn: one wrist was nearly bitten off, 1t
seems he had seized the bear by the tongue
and endeayored to to choke him HIS bow.
els proruded from wound inflicted by the
animals claws"