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MARYsvIlLE. From well-drawn life picture of
Marysville, in the S. F. Chronicle of Monday, we
clip what follows:
The results of reasonable legislation, and reason
able honesty and intelligence in the administration
of government, are refreshingly visible in and about
the city of Marysville. Of this young but flour
ishing place many of our citizens have q very in
adequate idea In 1851 it was merely youthful
shanty-dom, with doubtful future 1t has since
then been under water and fire, we'll tried with
both and put through the usual ordeals adiudged
to California cities. Yet to-day it is probably more
certainly based upon firm platform of prosperity
than any other city in the State. At the head of
tide navigation the Yuba in the midst of one of
the finest agricultural sections in the State within
fifteen or twenty miles of the foot hills and mines,
with salubrious and healthy climates much so
that according to the ratio of deaths in the city
the generation would live ninety years, which is
about equal to three generations usually estima
ted quite healthy in its financial condition,
this one-horse town" as some who have not seen
1T and considered its position and condition esteem
it, has five times the prosperity in proportion to its
capital, that our own city has, has five times as
much cpital in real estate belonging to its citizens
in proportion to the whole number, and five times
as much good sense and honesty in its govern
ment.
| Perhaps thousand teams are constantly en-
ployed in packing and freighting to the mines.
From fifty to one hundred and fifty tons of freight
pass daily out of the city to its destination among
the hills and mountains Many of its merchants
deserve the name of merchant princes One of
them during the last year operated to the amount
of four millions of dollars, more than one-third of
which was in goods and merchandise sold The
city is one OF brick structures the business portion
and much OF those parts occupied for dwellings,
being built up entirely of that material made out
of the native soil without other admixtures Fif-
teen millions of bricks were made in the city and
put into buildings during last year, and it is tho't
that still greater number will be laid during the
present year.
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Sherif'S Sale.

EpY virtue of execution issued out of the Clerks
IL office OF the Honorable District Court of Ell Dorado
county on judgm en rendered the I'd day of April A.
D. lS5G IN favor OF HENRY DAY, and against STEPHEN
n NICHOLS and E. M. SMITH, for the sum Of six hun
dred and seven fifty onehundredth dollars debt with in
tel at the rate Of per cent per month from the
I'd day OF April A. d. 1885, together with the sum of forty
and ityive onehundredth dollars of suit and ac-
crung costs have levied upon and sezed and will ex-
pose to public SALE at the Court House. Cooma on the
2sth day of April A. d. 1885, at o'clock p NJ all the
right title, interest and claim of the said Stephen N
Nckols and E. NJ Smith, of in and the following des
cri6ed real property lying and being in Cooma Township
Ell Dorado county, and State of California, TO wit: Two
wooden buildings and all that piece parcel of land on
which said buildings stand lying and being on the west
side OF the road leading from Coloma to Gold Hill in the
town OF Cooma as aforesaid and bounded as follows: on
the south by the El Dorado Water Co.'s Ditch, on the
west by the lands of IL. NJ Miller and j. W. Seeley on
the north by the lands of Thos Robertson and James
Johnson the east by the aforesaid road the same hav
ing frontage of hundred and twenty feet on said
road and containing about two acres of ground more or
less, together with the improvements thereon.
Sherif's Office Coloma, April Sd, 1856
E. B. CARSON Sheriff of Ell Dorado county.
l9-4 by OGDEN SQUIRES, Deputy.
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Hon. 5. ii. MARLErTE, Surveyor General, will
please accept our thanks for copy of his report
for 1855. 1t makes 334 pages, and contains large
amount of interesting and useful information, Civ
ing an elaborate history of the various wagon road
explorations and surveys. The typographical ap-
pearance of the document does credit to the State
Printer; and We will observe, en- passant that the
printing for the present Legislature has thus far
been executed in very handsome manner, not at
all after the style of the work turned out by previ
GUS State Printers
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MORE ABOUT THE TRINITY MOUNTAIN ROBBERY

MORE ABOUT THE TRINITY MOUNTAIN ROBBERY.
The following is from the Shasta Courier.
"In the last issue of the Courier, we said that
Messrs. Hickman, Brastow and Lemon had gone in
search of the money that had been buried by Car
ter and his gang. They returned on Friday last,
without being successful in finding it,
Carter still protested that the money was where
he had told them, and said that if they would per-
NIT him, he would go with a party and find it.
Accordingly, on Sunday last, Carter was mounted
on a mule, and in company with somo twenty of
our citizens, was escorted to the place where the
robbery was committed, and from thence to the
place where the treasure was hid After arriving
at this place, Carter confessed himself somewhat
bewildered, and asked for time that he might rec
ollect the exact locality. The party in charge
granted his request. Soon after he pointed out two
logs lying across each other, and told them they
would find the money buried at the crotch of those
logs. Upon examination they found three bags of
the dust, containing between five and six thousand
dollars. The party then held consultation, and
concluded to leave four of their number, to pros
pect about that locality and if they could not
find more of the buried treasure.
On Thursday last the four gentlemen above allu-
ded to returned here bringing with them between
ten and eleven thousand dollars more of the stolen
money; making in all, about sixteen thousand
dollars.
The information that led to the recovery of the
money was given by Carter himself, and it was
supposed that he would make full confession of
the whole transaction, but we informed by
good authority that he has confessed to all that it
is his intention to do. He has not implicated any
other parties
Carter regrets having taken Mr.. Hckmans mon
ey, and says he would not have divulged could Mr.
H. have got his money in any other way. He re-
GREETED taking it at the time of the robbery and
says had he not done SO he would have been killed
tha oCk Al. n
appear to have any sympathy for any of the losers
except Mr. Hickman"
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AMERICAN NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLARD FILLMORE,
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JACKSON D0NELS0N.
OF NEW YORK.
OF ESSEE.

Why the People of the County Should Oppose a
Removal of the County Seat.
The county has building lots in Coloma which are
worth $2,0O0 and which would be dead loss in
case of removal.
The county is paying for the erection of large
granite JAIL the walls of which are nearly up,
and for the building of which the Board of Super
vsors has pledged the sacred faith of the county,
in the sum of SIG 000-and more than half the
sum has already been paid.
The Jail could be put to no other earthly use
than that for which it is being built, and could not
be sold at any price.
The bill calling the election provides that in
cvent of removal the Board of Supervisors shall
levy special tax of $5OO00 clear of cost of col
lection, to defray expenses incurred thereby, and
to erect new county building.
The collection of $4,000, clear to the treasury,
will cost, at the lowest estimate, S25, ,000 which
also must come out of the special tax making an
aggregate of $4,000.
The taxable property of the county foots up a
little over two and half millions of dollars, SO
that to raise $4,000 will require an assessment of
just about $500 on every 500. A man having
$1,000, must pay $50 of the special tax, to build
q new jail and court house in Placeryille. If you
should be so unfortunate to be sei@ed of property
to the amount of FIVE thousand dollars one hun
dred and fifty dollars will pay your share of the
cost of removal.
So it will be seen that a removal of the county
seat to Hangtown would result in loss to the Co.
of about $4,000 for the building lots and court
house in Coloma, SIG 900 for the stone ial which
will be completed next month"; $4,000 special tax
to erect new buildings, and 5000 more included
IN that special tax to pay the cost Of its collection
in all sos, 900, and depend upon it 100000 viii
mo more than pay the bill
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EARLY STRAWBERRIES. The first strawberries
of mountain growth, that we have seen this season
were grown in the garden of A. A. Van Guelder,
Esq, other side Of the river. Edward Downs the
gardener, favored US with sample, on Thursday
and says the first berry was taken from the vines
on Friday, 4th inst. If strawberries are ripe in
other mountain gardens we haven't heard of it.
p S.-Our friend Erastus Woodruff sends US a
small parcel of the same delicious fruit lust blush
ing ripe, grown in his garden the other side Of
the river. We shall remember these polite friends
OF ours, and will try to remember that their straw
berries didn't all ripen at once
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Summons.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of FL Dorado,
y The People of the State of California. to R. E. ROB-
ERTS You are hereby summoned to appear at the Office
OF the undersigned Justice of the Peace for Coloma
1896, at o'clock p NJ, to answer the complaint Of A. E.
kOCHN now on file in my Office for the sum of One Hum
dred and SeventyFive Dollars and on a note of hand
given by you to him the 3lst day of May 1856 And
on failure to appear and gment will be rendered
against you for the amount of claim and costs thereon
Given under my hand this 9th day of April A. D. 1885,
j. f. LONG, Justice of the Peace
The proper affidavit having this day been made before
me by A. h. kochn, plaintiff in the above entitled cause
order the publication of the above summons in the Empire
County Argus, week for four successive weeks
Given under my hand this the 5h day of April A. d.
1856. JF LONG Justice If the Peace
2O-4* : ' !
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MORE MURDERS. The Monterey Sentinel is in
formed that on Monday of last week, some drovers
on their way from San Luis Obispo to the north,
were told that the bodies of two murdered men,
supposed to be Americans, found in the thick
ct the day previously, the main road crossing
the Nacimento river, about twenty miles southeast
from the Ojitos Rancho. One of the men had
Panama hat on, and the bodies appeared to have
been dead some eight or nine days. This portion
OF our country has acquired quite fame as
bandits haunt Very few people live in this Sec
ton.
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ANOTHER RAILROAD. The Marysville papers are
again agitating the subject of railroad from that
city to Benicia. Marysvie is the head of river nav
igation, and there are more goods teamed and
packed from there than from any other city in the
State The Yuba river is yearly becoming more
and more difficult of navigation during low water,
and the proposed railroad would beyond doubt be
good paying work.
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SNFATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of EI Dorado.
NJ In the District Court Eleventh Judicial District in
and for said County and State In the matter of the ap
plicaon of SIMON GOLDSTEIN to be discharged from
his debts In pursuance order this day made by the
Hon }. NJ Howell, Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Dis
trct Court aforesaid, notice hereby given to all the
creditors of said nsolvent Simon Godstein to appear
before the Hon. j. NJ. Howell Judge aforesaid at Cham
bers the l4th day of May A. d. 1885, at the Court
if any they why The prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted and an assignment of his made and
he be discharged from his debts nsolvent debtor
Witness my hand with the Seal Of said o..
| A' April, A. d. 1885, wa "'' u
M-4 d. c. MCKINNEY, Clerk.
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Rowe & Co.'S CIRCUS exhibited here on Thurs
day night to the largest audience that has greeted
any company here for long time. There was a
literal JAM in both box and pit, and all the seats
filled that could be squeezed in. The performance
went off in excellent style and highly satislac-
tory. Wallet was exuberant with wit and humor,
and the company, as an entirety, was equal to any
that we have seen.
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FRAUDS AT THE BALLoT-Box. AS anticipated,
there was considerable illegal voting yesterday,
although the polls wore watched with unusual Wig
lance The following worthless were arrested for
voting Illegally VIM. Davis and John Bigler, at
the Second Ward; Edmund Moran, at the Third
Ward and S. Hays, at the First Ward. John Big
ler halls from Bencia. Sac Union Tuesdau
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We wish to call attention to the advertisement
of Messrs. Redington & Co., in this days issue.
Messrs. R. g. Co. are the oldest established Whole
sale Drug House in the country and we advise all
who want articles in their line to give them call
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STRIKES. The Diamond Springs miners made a
strike, the other night, on theatrical company
and forced a reduction of the price of admission
from 81 to so cents, when they Immediately filled
the house.
The miners of Diamond, Ell Dorado, Webervile,
Newtown Buckeye Flat, Rnggold, and other mi
ming localities supplied by the Eureka Canal Co.,
are on a strike for lower water rates The Eureka
is consolidation of the Eureka Ditch Co. and Brad
ley, Berdan & Co.
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Or, FASHION! Says the s. F. Chronicle: Ye
fashionable gods rish French, Dutch, and all 9TH
er kinds, who parade the streets of San Francisco
know ye! that the latest and most approved
fashion for female head-gear is thing called a
bonnet, to be carried a salver by a servant about
one rod In the rear of the lady supposed to be the
owner
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LEGISLATOR SHOT. A difficulty occurred, on
Monday evening" between Assembymen Borland
of Ell Dorado and Williams of Placer, when the
former received pistol shot in the right breast,
which has since confined him to his room, where
he is now lying in very critical situation, though
at last accounts he was improving Williams is
in Jail.
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Good Investment.

VEHHE valuable property known the White Oak Plank
n Road is offered for sale reasonable terms Per-
who wish to make examination to the character
STOCK with view to purchase can do so by calling
the undersigned, at his office in Coloma.
A. A. VAN GUELDER,
Coloma April 10th, 1876. 20tf Attorney at Law
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TRADE IN San Francisco. From the Erening
Meas we learn that Monday operations were
principally confined to transactions in flour and
grain. Domestic flour is held to-day at $13 per
barrel. The price of wheat has also advanced.
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PACIFIC EXPRESS. This ExpresShas our thanks
for favors during the past week. Also for large
bundle Of Atlantic papers.
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NOTICE..

NOTICE is hereby given that will not pay any debts
~ contracted by my wife ANN SCHUBERT she hav-
ing lett my bed and board without any just pro-
vocation THEODORE SCHUBERT.
Jayhawk, April 6, 1856 20.3*
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WELLS FARGO & Co. have our thanks for the
prompt daily delivery of San Francisco papers,
and for great variety of Atlantic papers by the
last steamer
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CLARK HENRY. This firm has supplied us
with Sacramento papers during the past week.
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Senators Flint, Vaudeville, Fiske and French
and Messrs. Welch Borland, White and Heske
of the Assembly, will please accept our thanks for
useful legislative papers.
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CHANGE. Messrs Pickering & Fitch have dis
posed of their interest in the Aa California to R.
e. Moore q Co. Mr. Moore has been part owner
of the Alta for several years. The editorial de-
partrnent is not affected by the arrangement.
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Redemption Of County Warrants.

NOTICE is horeby given that there is money in the
~ County Treasury sufficient to redeem all County Or
ders presented and registered prior to March 9Th 1856
Coloma, April 10, 1856
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Hon. j. w. Denver has introduced in the House
of Representatives, at Washington, bill providing
for the construction Of railroad from Missouri to
California. The bill was referred to special COM
mittec of which MIR. Denver is chairman.
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The brig Judson brought from Guaymas samples
of copper, sulphur, alum and fagstone all from
deposits recently discovered upon the shores of the
Gulf of California
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EARTHQUAKE. slight touch of earthquak
was felt in portions of Sskyou county the 24ths
ultimo.
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The amount of taxes paid into the city treasury
OF San Francisco during the last month, was $780,
65885
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FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA. By the arrival of the
brig Judson, from Guaymas, says the S. F. Herald
of the 5th inst, we learn that the Apaches have
done much damage to the rancheros this season by
driving off their stock, and have done much mis-
chief to caravans on their way to California. Two
caravans left Hermoslo the latter part of Februa-
ry with about four hundred mules for California.
The Government of Mexico has recently appointed
new Governor for Sonora, who arrived in that
State in the latter part Of February, and left again
in the beginning of March, as the whole popua-
tion was opposed to him. The troops were all con-
centrated at Hermosillo. Gandara is still in Office
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FESTIVAL. We requested to announce that
festival, for the benefit of Emmanuel Church,
will take place at the "Sierra Nevada House on
Wednesday evening next. We have seen no pro-
gramme of the affair, but the ladies are getting il
up, and for the avowed purpose of making the
boys " come out - SO, depend upon it, there will
be fun. There be souls that must be saved" and
churches that must be supported; and when it car
be done so pleasantly let's do it with will.
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"AN ACT entitled an Act to Submit the Question
of the Removal of the County Seat of Ell Dorado
County to the Qualified Voters thereof" will be
found elsewhere in this paper Our copy of the
Act is substantially correct, though there may be
an unlmportant error or two, which, if they exist,
will be corrected as soon as certified copy shall
come to hand We earnestly request citizens Of
the county to con this document study its bearings
on their interests, and decide integenty what
shall be their vote when the day comes to cast it.
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BIRTH

In this town, 4th inst. the wife of Frank Bekeart of
son.
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MARRIED..

In Placerville, 9th inst, Mr. JOHN KELLEY to Miss
ELLEANoR HEwEs
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-18

NEW YoRK. Nov Ii Tho steamer Texasfr"m
san Juan via Key West. has arrived here Sue
connected with the Sierra Nevada. with dates
from San Francisco Ia Oct Goth. Granada dates
are To the Ist instant
Among her passengers are Don ferranl Fer
rer Nicaraguan Minister to the United States,
Hon. John l.. Wheeler, United States Minister
10 Nicaragua. and Cd. Fabens, brater ot des-
patches from Gen. Walker,
Matters in Nicaragua are quiet, since the bat
tie al Massaya.
General Walker was awaiting the arrival OF re
cruits before marching upon Massaya aud Leon
General llensgen, who superseded Gen. au-
ria.was drilling the army i'll the use of the noun
tain howitzer and Minnie rifle.
General Walkers whole army counts 2,oo"
men, all in good spirits aud eager for an engage.
,neui with the enemy.
II is thought decisive battle would be fought
about the lUth instant.
Adyces from the mines in Honduras are fayora
HE. A rich silver vein had been opened, and eN-
tensive copper mines had been discovered near
Boaca. A Typographical and geological survey
of the State had been ordered, and will ba made.
The Texas brings 100 passengers, and Sl2''-
900 in specie.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-18
From -Eerrible Flood.

BY way of California we have received news
from Hong Kong to the 20th of August.
The rebels had taken the city of keu lung;
also Knian, near Chang-tow. There were large
bodies of the rebels near Soochow. and the early
capture of that city was inevitable. The rebels
were also making demonstrations upon Pekin.
\ dreadful freshet had occurred at Canton.
All the streets were submerged daily for Il fort
night aud muchp roperty had been destroyed
The great Pagoda fourteen centuries old, had
been undermined by the water and had fallen.
burying the priests beneath it.
A great fire had also occurred at Canton. Hun
dreds of buildings and boats were burned and
two hundred men, women and children were
burnt or drowned.
The rice crops in the vicinity Of Canton were
greatly damaged by the freshot. Many villages
had also been DESTROYED.
The United States frignte Leyant had return
cd from Foo. Chow, where she had been To inves-
tgate the circumstances attending the murder of
Mr.. Cunningham. DIR. Parker, the u. S. Com
missoner had taken energetic measures. and
the vcerov promised to have investigation
and to punish the guilty party.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-18
Loss of the steamer superior, and Thirty-fvc
Lives,

DETROIT, Nov. 1.-THE steamer Superior
was lost in a storm on Lake Superior on the goth
ult near 6 rand Island. Her rudder was carried
away and she became unmanageabe and fell IN
the trough of the sea, when the water commenc
ed making over her, despite the efforts made t"
prevent its extnsu-hing the fires. She struck
on rock and went to pieces. Thirty five per
were lost and sixteen saved. The names of
the lost are a. follows:
II, j. Jones, Captain; VIM. Norris, Clerk,
WIN. Robinson, % Clerk; Henry d. White, Stew
nrd; jeff Warner, and VIM. Welch, Barkeepers;
Mr.. Max, Cd Engineer; JOS Mclaughlin and Tho
mas Jones. Wheelsmen; Henry Barnes, % Mates
Alexander Barney, John Smith, and John (col-
ored) firemen; George Davis, Patrick Cur!ey, and
Corey (eolored) deck hands; Alexander and Tho
mas Wers. walters; (colorcd) Stewardess, Albert
aud Robert lcolored.) cooks; Rard. sailor, Ste
phen Winter and four sisters of Ontanagous;
Margaret Foster, of Cass county. Michigan VIM
Sisson. Indianapolis and VIM Rowe, passenger
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Loss of the Propeller Toledo.

BUFFALO, Nov. IA The Express this NOR
ming publishes the statement of Samuel WEIGH
and Aquila Clifford, deck hands, saved from the
propeller Toledo. The facts stated do not APP
pear to differ materially from the particulars al
ready given. They say, according to the best
of their knowledge, that there was on tn" rropeI-
Ter at the time she was lost the captain two
mates. three engineers. three iiremen, eight deck
hands. cook. steward, two porterS, two lamp
hov>, Waterman, two wheclmen, five cabin and
u stAerage passengers, of whom only two were
saved.
The steamer Lady Elgin. reported as lost,
safely arrived at Chicago on Sunday
We have no other tdngs of the other missing
vessels.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-18

BUFFALO. Nov. 1.-The Post Office ut Della
ware Ohio was robbed on Monday night of all
thu letters it contained. and afterwards SGT On
fire. but the flames were discovered in season
to cxtingu,h them without much damage being
done.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-18
famine of n Runway War steamer.

New ORLEANS, Nov 1.-the runaway Mex
can war steamer Iturbide. which was recently
in battle with the steamer Democrats, went INTO
Havana on the 9th inst very badly used up. The
captain General on petition of the Mexican Con-
sui took the steamer in custody and will detain
her.