Columbia gazette., 1853-11-19
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

PCAoeS oiO pau, ieI TIC P"Se WV iiOA'Ao'
They 60 to depth of l30 feet.
u The Placer Herald states that a
man named Morrison stabbed another
named Jennings. M. was examined
before Justice and discharged. Jen-
nings has since died Of his wound.
y TIE Calaveras Chfoniels now
sails under the Democratic flag.
r Six companies Of the Third Ar
tillery of the United States Army, have
received orders to proceed Immediately
to California
ssa- There have been nearly five
hundred brick buildings commenced or
completed in the city Of San Francisco
during the present year.
80 Miska Hauscr, the distinguished
yiolinist, has sailed for Lima and Val
pariso.
r-Col. Hooker, Democrat, was G.
lectcd to the Legislature, at special
election held in Sonoma county on Sat-
urday last
srF The "Union," Claim, on Fcath-
er River, yielded eight pounds Ct gold
as the proceeds Of two days labor, last
week. At $l7,30 per ounce, it amounts
to 81, l,5G2,7o.
a. The new Democratic paper, the
Sentsne!, conducted b. Beverly c. Tuck
er, made its appearance at the scat of
Government, September 25th.
There had been some slight difficult
ties with the savages in the northern
part of Utah Valley The last Of the
emigration, it was supposed would reach
the valley by the middle of Oct
- The proprie'ors of the Mamnot'
Tree, which has been on exhibition near
Musical Hall, for some weeks back are
taking it to pieces preparatory to ship
ping it to the Worlds Fair, New York.
u Another mammoth tree has been
found in Calaveras county. Of the same
species as the one on exhibition. The /
tree recently discovered is said to be
forty feet in diameter.
~ PLAcERvILLE-Mr Wadsworth |
Editor Of the Hcraid, has sol his Office
The purchaser intends issuin paper /
from Coloma.
~ CnINEsE LlcEN~rs, yicl1 an av-
craze Of Ave thousand dcllars per month,
in Nevada county; aud from this source
the lonag Americq supposes that the
whole county debt viii be redeemed
within six months.
o. CHANGE OF Posr OFrIcEs.-l
The post Offices at Camp $500 an d
y Wools' Dig in9S have been discontinued,
and one established at jamestown, Tuol-
umc county, in their stead, Vim. Dano-
Won, p NJ.
Five Of the pctrified human skull, Ia
ken from the recent di$covci yoye in |
Calaycras are on exhibition at San Fran
cisco.
K sSUTII--This renowned individual
has offered his services to the Sublime
Porte. to fight against Russia in the c.
vent of hos,ilities.
Los Angeles RANGERs.--This com
pany having received their rifles ami c.
equipments, and the officers their COM
missions from the Governor, are now
regularly constituted as portion OF tie
State volunteer troops.
RoBERr BOYLE, amincr, was so burn
ed in his bed, at Sailor Claim, that his
life is dispaired Of.
ROBBERS ON THE UUMBoLDr--A
band of regular organized robbers Or
bandits for the plundering of the emf
grants, are harboring in the vicinity OF
the sink Of the Humboldt.
The Gold Tunnel Company near Ne
vada, took out So, 300 worth of gold last
week. r. G v isconsin vein yields an
average of $40 per ton of rock.
DIvIsIov OF Burr CoUNTY.-A
movement has been set on foot IN Anne
lean Valley for the division Of Butte IN
to two Counties.
Exopus.-Large numbers of miners
from the northern miners are en- route
from these sections to the south, for WIN
ter quarters; they arc met on every
mountain road from the American river
to the StanisIaus, and Johns, by cara
vans, are wandering in every direction.
SLATE Journal.
MAMMOTH STEAMER.-A steamer is
about being built on the Clyde, the di-
mensions of which exceed anything yet
heard of. She is to be ten thousand
tons burden, six thousand horse power,
and eighty feet beam. This vessel is
intended for the New York and Liver
pool trade.