New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-19


The quartz. with irteres, orce 40 prominent on'
nov far less important tn IN ,bat OF the may
ing ND again from the evil. Effects OF HE lM-xi'iseu
,pet a,iobs Of 81. The mills at Grass 'si'ey arc
going for " ard steadily with q good prospect shesd
sDd the reports from the quasiZ mb~s al 100 eeau "
Festt er River, AZ Eureka, sev.niy-en una DC 6n'N
ipg places attracting attention. .
In, Col0na Argus contains N interesting tsnis OF
the tppi els Of Msmsnke HUI in I'll Dorado County
Running into that bill % tunnels, with On asgIe,
gate length Of H. e2j feet moe, OF u thfousn s'ha
rock made az a cost ii slH, 500 The proiaee, 90
far has been s6l2, Geo. and ia seven OF the tunnels
they are yet PROJECTING; that H. they hsve noi yer
.uuck dIt which Will pay for washing One OF these
tul Hels in which they opeetins ID he l&5es'
in the hill, being 400 feet from tue entrance 20 inc
erd. The Company is s.ill going on. though they
have spent 1000, and have received DO return
TIE meet profitable iunrel appears 10 De that y
Klpsiine and keyser, ed BY them alone. IL cost
$500, snd has produced slOo 600 Another, o"Ied
by si1te,n men, and made at cost Of g, 600 has
produced sllO 600. The average length OF tue tun-
els in that hill is 800 feet. The Argus says thas
there $50 nels in the County, and yet the en-
tire taxable property IN the County returned oy the
Atessor ct only 80 200 600, while San Francisco
County, with population but very little II a. all,
ltrgfr pays taxes On SIS Geo. 100. The tSo COuntss
cobtoin Desiiy if lot quite, onethld Of the populi-
ton of The State.
The erig Of Cslevarss County has ordered his
deputies 10 csarn sll of the persons of snsh booi
in The county with Instructions that the arms are ~
be returned ID case the owners produce cert hca ate
fir, N two respectable Americans that he s ice
allie person. The for this violation Of all con.
stifuiiou al and statuary Law that the Ne xcsns
constantly engaged in criminal ASSAULT add that they
Fever be induced 10 testify against each other
rev 1heai.r is in course of erection al um 1ia.
Six hundred indians from Shasta County have lat.
terS goLe 10 the Reserve in Colusa County.
Et.s, The murderer OF Bsisdell, who csc ipe1 from
the Humboldt County Jail after conviction, has been
resTrest.d.
49,. .bo I n Ind &,
valleys Of ibe klamath, Salmon, trinity, Red Wood,
Mad and Eel Rivers.
It,s estimated that there are 300 900 hesd of Cali.
fornia beef cattle in the State, AMI $1,000 American
cattle. The importation of cattle across the PlalGs
If ibe explosion be allow shel will lotg continue 10
be a certain and profitable business.
Lola Monies made M attempt on the 2lst TO cow
bce the editor OF The Grass VALLEY Telegraph, be-
be had quoted paragraph regarding the Lola
"Mobtes-ike insoleDce and effroniery of the Queen
"of Spain" The Geld. blooded editor took the cow
hide aaay before she could use It, and when she
sfhed him with her tongae. he appeared perfectly In
oilepBt.
an extensive business is expected to be done this
winter III NUMBERING in the mountains, on the head
waters OF The American River. The logs will be car
red down by the tshets, after the aine fashion.
a man was shot ON the 18th a, Yrekatrying to COM
nit burglary. The body found Oh the next morn.
ing Desr town. appaIen y dead but short time from
the effects Of pistol shot wound. The Coroner was
sent to the spot but the body had been re moved.
German named Charles Davhone committed sui
cice at Mud Springs on the 18th.
Josiah Merritt, late County Judge of Monterey,
suddenly departed, by reason it is said, OF having
more wives than the law allows. He had been 3
Mormon.
J. A. Smith. a Deputy Sheriff ef the same comfy,
had gone 10 the Atlantic with about $1,000 Of the
courty's money in his pocket
On the lsth, a Mexican jose Maria Escobar,
stabbed cOuntfymGn, who was dumb, killing him
inst antly, at Columbii.
A man named Robinson, from Maine vas killed by
aNumonter. named Vaughn, on the 10th, near So
FORA. Vaughn was Examined and discharged, having
acted in seli.deftpse.
The wire suspeneion bridge over the North Fork Of
the American River at Whisky Bar, will be finished
wibin week.
Atown named Hawknsvie has been laid out near
Yreka and PROMISES 70 become place of Importance,
little if at all inferior TO it's older neigh bor.
The san jose and San Francisco railroad project
has changed hancs and hopes are entertained that
thing i'll be done about it soon. The workmen
are engaged in grading Market 81. for the railroad
within the limits of this city.
A salt bike about 80 miles 10 circumference, has
been discovered in rulare County. 1t is said there is
heavy specialization of salt ON the bottom Of the
lake.
The discovery of bi,umnous coal in Humboldt
County s reported. Ii the mines should bs found
accessible, they viii prob bly become the chief source
for the supply of this mlrke being much than
the Washington and Oregon mines.
Mr. Woods was mortally wounded a. Wisconsin.
on the 10Th, by shot in the breast from pistol in
the bsnds Mr.. McDoaell keeper OF the Magnolia
Scion.
Fitzgerald engaged in a prize fight in Nevada q
couple of weeks since, has been committed to jail to
stnsld his trial before the Court of Sessions. Kelly
bs Antagonist supposed TO be fatally injured, has
covered and left
On the 18th. Aid. Norton and Assistant-Ali. May
DaId Of this city, had mpromptu passage at arms
in the room Of the Clerk OF the Board of Aldermen
May nsrd drew s9o rd-cane, and Norton pistol.
May Dard 10 ado a thru-t, and AID. Moore thrusting
out his hano 10 prevent serious if not fatal wound
was Iun through the wrist. There the matter stopped,
except that indiscrmioaiing people inquire whether
these are members Of the " Reform D." Council
stabhing ARRAY occurred near the Mission Do
lCres on the evening of the same day. An English.
man named Thomas . Neil was mortally wounded by
On old negro.
The allied feet, except the English frigate pique,
LETT this barber on the nth ana lsth destined for
HOr oulu, Tahiti az Valparaiso. Before going they
fred salute for the taking Of Sevastopol. When
the hoax was discovered, the Russian Consul reuracd
the compliment by salute OF q guns il rejoicing
that Sevastopol was not taken.
II has been decided that the assessment rolls copied
for the city from the County Assessors rolls are not
binding and the people have refused TO pay taxes.
The Council has ordeied the City Assessor 10 make
out assessment. 1t comes rather late in the
year.
WIN. J. Perdee, Manager Of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
Offices in California, has been appointed COmms.
soner Of the Funded Debt of this city, ia place of
Smith Clark, resigned.
Smyth CLARK has not yet been tried on the charge
of delalcstion. He and bis friends are trying to
scraTe the money together, and the Mayor and his ad
vices are more anxious to get the money than per-
secute CLARK.
1t lie said that Charles II. Bryan Of Marysviue, has
been appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in place
Of Judge Wells deceased. Mr.. Bryan is a native Of
Columbus, Ohio.
A sulphur mine has been opened in Mendscna
Couaty, near Clear Lake.
A supply of nitro has been received 20 that the
Mint can now proceed with the work Of refining.
q or a
tso millions per month.
Col. HaIaLtheY i. unable 10 refne nnld in Ior,e