The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-15
News of the State.

San joaquin county have lately visited
the State Lunatic Asylum, located at
Stockton In their report, they say:
"The Grand Jury have visited the State
Lunatic Asylum, and find the same in ex-
cellen condition, under the care OF Or.
Reid AS resident, and DR.. Cowan as visit
ing physician There are in the hospital
ll5 patients; they appear to be well pro
vided for and the hospital seems To oe
kept can, and due regard paid to each
and every patient"
SoMErHING SINGULAR.-On Saturday,
one of our citlzens, says the Stockton
Post, inclning towards eggs for breakfast,
on breaking the shell of one, discovered
another egg inclo>ed. The inner egg was
complete, shell and all, and somewhat
larger than pigeons egg.
SoNoMA-The Sonoma Bulletin states
that number Of gentlemen have united
to establish col egiate institution III that
county, and that Thomas .. larkin
has offered to give portion of his ranch
Of Huichica far site.
BUTTE A correspondent writing from
Chico. under date of March "a, says:
ga sad accident happened ut Mr..
Wright's ranch, this morning. Mr.. An
short distance, and started on gallop,
when the horse stumbled, throwing Mr..
G. and njurng him so that he died with
in an hour afterwards. Mr. u. was
good citizen, and II gentleman. 'Iruly IN
life we are in the midst OF death
Butte Record.
SIERRA.-DaviG Lewis, a Welchn,an,
working rs miner ut the Alnerlrhn
House, - miles on this side Of Gibbons
vile. died very suddenly on the 2d INST.
He dropped dead just as he was lenvin-
his cabin. He was % years old and was
born IN Cardiff. Wales.
SHAsrA.-The merchants ofShasta have
associated for the purpose OF charferIng
or purchasing Il steamer 10 transport their
goods from San Francisco without tran
Shipment at this city.
MAEIPosA.- II he Stockton Post says
that Mr.. Corhett, proprietor OF 'orhetrS
ranch, in Mariposa county, was shot on
Tuesday. by Il man named "kentuck "
MIR. Corbett died from the effects OF his
wound in about FIVE minutes.
TUoLUMNE.-Th Tunlumne Water
Company have declared ii dividend ot
per cent on the Capital Stock of the Com
pany, for the month Of March payable
at the Banking House of James Mills 4
Co.
Farren & Winter, in independence
Gulch, during the working week OF SIX
days, washed out 81 ounces.
McFrederick & Co., averaged $1l per
day to the hand.
Charles Traver and his partner worked
only one day in the week, and received
10 ounces, and on Sunday morning they
washed one uice box of dirt, and it yield
ed three ounces and half.
Henry Baylles & Co., averaged $ll per
day to the hand.
w. w. Finney s. c. n. Brown have
averaged since they commenced working
their claim, located at the mouth of Quartz
Gulrh, 8 dollars per day to the hand.
These are not selected specimens, pub
lished for the purpose of creating an ex-
citement, for the days fo- such things are
"passed and gone," but they are really
and truly the yield Of the claims aforesaid,
aud are nothing more than fair specimen
of the mining ground in circuit of miles
l do not mean to say that all the ground
in FIVE miles will pay this, but do mean
to say that great deal of it will
Sonora Herald.
CALAvERAs-VALLIEc cOrrespon-
dent, says the Calaveras Chronicle, in
forms us that some very rich and exten-
tensive dggings have been struck in this
camp, and describes the locality as one of
the most prosperous in the mining region.
It appears that new slead" has been
struck, which is producing as much AS
500 SIG a-day to the hand, and that
claims are being taken up a along the
line, which will prove Of equal richness.
AN AMERICAN IN Prison IN PBUssIA.-
The citizens Of Syracuse, N. Y. are
moving in regard to John Hahen, n resi-
dent Of that city and a member Of the La
fayette Guards, who has been incarcerated
by the Prussian Government.
Hahen left Prussia at the age of II, and
came to this country, taking out his natu
ralization papers, and was for three years
a voter. He returned last fall to Prussia
TO claim IN inheritance left him ny his ia
ther. On charge of owing military
service to that country he was seized and
thrown into n loathsome prison. meet
ing was held and committee appointed
TO draft a petition to President Pierce Oh
bis behalf.
ACHEAP LUxuRY.-Asa weary travel
er was vending his way through the mud,
out in far West region Of country, he
discovered ahead, young maiden stand
inn in tho donr nf ~ small loo hOiSe He