The Georgetown news., 1855-12-13
News Items.

Dlainonu springs III IhlS county. 1t is to
be called the 'El Dorado County Journal
will be Know Nothing, and be conducted
by DIR. S. Bradley. The DIR. has purchased
the material and has it now on it's way to
the mountains.
A very stringent ordinance has been
adopted by the authorities of San Francisco
for the suppression of houses of ill-fame.
Gov. Bigler has offered a reward of one
thousand dollars for the arrest and convic-
tion of M. H. Hoagland, charged with the
murder of James Hunt in Butte county in
the month Of October.
The amount of treasure shipped to the
Atlantic States by the steamers of Decem-
Der 9th, is as fOllows:-Per Golden Age,
via Panama, 81, ,565; per Sierra Neva-
da, via San Juan, $435,l3l. Making a
total of 50, ,16l ,696.
Sixty tons of quartz recently crushed at
the Gold Hill Mill, in Grass Valley, yielded
$25,OOO.
Extracts from the report of the Episco-
pal Board of Missions, held in New York,
were read, to the effect that want of labor
ers is the chief drawback to the successful
prosecution of missionary labors in Califor-
MIA and Oregon.
The Alta says that some of the finest res
licences in San Francisco are being built far
back in the sand hills that once were con-
sidered Of little value or consequence.
The Henry Clay Monument Association
has received subscriptions for nearly $780,
900, towards the erection of the monument,
about $4,000 of which have been sub
scribed in Kentucky. The contemplated
cost of the monument is 100000.
There are four Territories whose popula-
tion will, probably, within year, entitle
them to admission as States, viz: Minneso-
ia, Oregon, New Mexico, and Kansas.
A man named jackson committed sui
eide on the lst inst, at Newtown, below
Gold Hill, Placer county; cause, delirium
tremens.
Mick Brannan, sporting character well
known in California, was killed in Albany,
N. Y, on election day, in disturbance
which took place at the polls.
The editors of the Benicia Herald have
been shown specimen of brooms maufac-
tured by Sydney Maupin, wich are very su-
perior. This gentleman has corn enough of
his own raising to manufacture 100000
brooms, and has facilities for turning out
200 per day.
The steamer Panama has been chartered
for government, for the purpose of convey
ing munitions of war and supplies for Or
egon. AS soon as she can take on board
at Benicia cannon, horses, &C., she will sail
for Fort Vancouver.
Hay has been sold in Marysville, within
a few days past, for sixty dollars per ton.
Ex-Sherif Astin writes to the Auburn
Herald, from Granada, that he is satisfied
Walker is going to take possession of all
five of the States, of which Corral speaks in
his letter to Guardiolo.
One hundred and thirteen Chinese left
for their old homes on the Kenau HaesSler,
on Friday last, and thousands more are pre-
pairing to depart
The Board of Land Commissioners in
tend closing up all their business by Janu-
ary L, 1856. Their term expires March 3D..
A meeting will be held at the Orleans on
Saturday evening next, says the Sacramen-
to Union, for the purpose of making prepa-
rations for a grand ball to be given on the
evening of the Inauguration of Gov. John
son.
The Sacramento Union says there are no
less than nineteen brick kilns in the vicinity
of the R street levee, near 9th street. They
contain, probably, between three and four
millions bricks.
Il. A. Fabens, Esq, of San Francisco,
has been appointed by the new government
of Nicaragua, Consul of that Republic for
the State of California.
The Postmaster General has directed that
each distinct circular, no matter how MANY
may be printed on sheet, must be charged
with postage as one circular, or the whole,
if sealed, with letter postage
1t is thought that the steamship Brother
Jonathan will be purchased by Col. Kewen,
and be turned into war steamer for the
Nicaragua service.
Capt. Baker, of the schooner MARYLAND,
: which left San Francisco on the 226 ult