The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-08

ne DemocraIic County Convention !.
looked forward to with deep interc.,'
Sound men of kown worth will be seIec,
ed for the approaching canvass. Betrs"
ers will find no sympathy here. TX.
Hon. Mr.. Vaudeville will be susta;nad
for the Senate, and G. Scott, ESQ 60.
one of the Asselnblymen.- Times {. Trc .o'
A poor Italian, while out prosn.ct;.:
at Yankee Hill. near Columbia m o'hs
2Sth ult., found twenty-seyrn un un,'n; 'ne
lump of nearly pure gold. ro"''u
The lump laid about eighteen ;nch..
below the surface, and has the appears nos
Of having been in fire; the outside hs;no
both black and burnt. The lump is ouaJg ug
rangular in shape, and rather fiat ~
Italian who found the prize was onlv ,he
day before begging for the necessnr;es% % 30
life, but by this lucky strike is IN rho NJ.
session Of thousands Of dollars. Snch :.
California.
1t was purchased by Page, Bacon g.
Co., at Stockton, for $4,22O. The msn
who found it was as poor as n uchmr"h
mouse" the day before.
CALAvERAs.-t'rom the jackson Semi.
mel Of March 29th, we learn that s.I.a.,
Sunday evening, five French miners, who
were at work at French Bar, on tho
Mokelumne river, about five miles FROM
Jackson, attempted to cross the river to
their camp on the south side. Their boa,
or raft was fral concern, and went N
pieces in the middle of the stream. nre.
cipitating them all in the swollen curren,
Two Of them succeeded in reaching RI.
shore, and three were drowned Tho
names Of the latter are MerIand Gothier
Mons. Mamesc, and Mons Mordant.C
One of those who escaped left his boo, in
the clutch of one of the drowning men,
They were all respectable men and honest
hard working miners. The two who
saved themselves could swim, while tho
others could not"
CALIFORNIA AMARBLE.-A man who tn.
recently discharged from the Insane Asy.
lum, cured, and who is stone mason 6v
trade, has discovered a valuable marble
quarry in Calaveras county. The grain
Of the marble ia pure, and the stones pre.
sent quite handsome appearance. AT
the same time he found an inexhaustible
supply of ffreestone-sutable for building
purposes. He has specimens in bis pos.
session, and, rs the freestone is easily
worked, there is no doubt that ultimately
1t Will be extensively used.
SEVEN MEN HUNG ON THE SAMETREI.
The Caaveras Chronicle says, the old
oak upon which the Swiss horse thief
Schwartz or Black, was recently hung by
portion Of the citizens of Jackson, has
become famed for being the point from
which the mobtr criminals have made
their exit. This makes the seventh who
has paid the forfeit Of his life, withou,
law or judge, on this tree. The Chronicle
says that Judge Emo has issued warrants
for the arrest of all the parties concerned
in this outrage.
The miners at Independence Hill, have
done exceedingly wei since the introduce
ton of water by the Mokelumne Hin
Canal Company. The gulches in the
neighborhood have yielded handsome
profit to those who had dirt thrown up,
Messrs. N. 6. Sawyer 4 Co., took out q
fine specimen, worth aIout $500.
The flume Of the Eureka Water Com
pany broke down on the 2lst March, en-
failing a heavy loss and suspending opera
tons on the fiat. 1t was again in opera
ton on the 9th and business had revived.
VALLEcITo.-Rich and extensive dig
gings are said to have been discovered at
this camp, n new lead having been struck.
MARIPosA.-The Mariposa Chronicle
says, the miners are generally doing well.
MARIPosA CREEK.-Summer operations
will be on large scale, and prospects are
most fattering.
A large number Of Cinnamon confined
in the Jail have been hired out to work IN
Missouri Gulch.
QUARTz.-The quartz mill OF Brun"
nell s. Chaplin, on Whitock's creek, has
been put in operation, with good pros
poets. :.
kch quartz is said to have been dis
covered in connection with placer dlggngs
near the first branch Of the Upper Chow
chilla, by two gentlemen of Mar'posa,
while hunting. A specimen shown was
nearly all gold.
Some men working on the gulch back
Of town, last Saturday, picked up
lump of quartz weighing seven pounds
and on pounding it up, it yielded them
trifle over $500
The old quartz claim, formerly owned
by Aspinwal s. Stockton, is now IN the
possession of Messrs. Graham s. Black
well. The present proprietors have aP-
pied water power to their stamping iha-
chinery, ami realize from $40 to 5O per
day to the hand.
The Chronicle has been shown pr'-
vate letter, dated October %, 1853, from
Australia, written by Mr.. P. Hessey. Inc
divpingS are rpnrespnted as having poorly