The Georgetown news., 1856-01-10
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to forty millions Of dollars will be coined at
this establishment in the next u months.
There are now struck twenty, ten, five and
three dollar pieces. The latter coins, three
and five dollars, are to be turned out in
much greater quantities than heretofore, in
order to furnish change for the transaction
Of business.
A recent decision was rendered by JUS
tice Bagg, before court in Detroit, Mich
igan, declaring the liquor law Of taut State
unconstitutional.
The contract for the construction Of the
Wagon Road across the Sierra Nevada,
was awarded on the 4th inst, by the Board
Of Commissioners to j. 3. Leach, Of Stock
ton, who proposes to DO the work, build the
necessary culyerts, bridges, &C., for the sum
/ Of $58,000, subject to the approval Of the
/ Surveyor General, or persons appointed to
supervise the same.
During the year 1854, one hundred and
sixty-Gye men were hung in the United
States for murder. Of this number only
seven could read and write
The New York Mirror predicts that
within twenty-five years the United States
viii not only supply the American people
with the pure Juice Of the grape, but will
become the largest wine exporting nation
in the world
The General Post Office department haT-
ing been officially notified Of the irregulari-
/ ty in the transmission of the mails between
New Orleans and California, have made
such arrangements as will remedy the evil.
A serious misunderstanding, it appears,
has arisen between the Governments of
England and Spain, and war is talked of.
There is project on foot to construct a
breakwater in the Bay of San Francisco,
from North Point to Rincon Point. 1t is
proposed that portion Of the work shall
be done by the labor of convicts from the
State Prison.
One of the Langton robbers, known as
Manuel, escaped from jail at Downievilleon
the the 3Ist ult.
/ The contract between the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company and Howland & As
pinwall, was to terminate on the Both De
/ cember.
Ida Vanard was released from custody
on tie 4th inst, by theaccptance Of Locket
and Sanders as bondsmen by the Supreme
| Court.
The Controllers estimate of the New
York City tax for 1886, amounts to little
short of six and half millions of dollars
being an increase over that Of 1855 of more
than six hundred thousand dollars.
The Legislature Of Missouri has just
passed an act to expedite the removal of
free negroes from that State. They appro-
priated three thousand dollars annually for
ten years, towards accomplishing this pur-
pose.
The steamer Defender has again been
placed on the river between San Francisco
and Sacramento as an opposition boat.
Col Fremont is preparing for publication
in the city of New York, the results of his
Pacific Railway explorations, which will
be ready for the press before the adjourn
ment Of Congress.
The New York Tribune admits that 1T
is an unQuestionable fact that the foreign
element in our political elections has been
used and abused by venal politicians to
such an extent as to call for some whole
some and general reform.
The New Orleans True Delta, a paper
violently opposed to the American party,
advocates the passage of Registry Law
for the State of Louisiana.
The Alta publishes an abstract Of a trea-
ty which the King Of the Netherlands is
about to offer for its acceptance to the ia
panese Government. The treaty is a liberal
one, and will probably be accepted by Ja-
pan.
The shock Of an earthquake felt in San
Francisco, on the ID inst, was far more Sc
we're in San Jose. In some instances the
occupants Of buildings left them, fearful
they would be overturned. No yery ma
terial damage, however, was occasioned by
the shock.
The State Journal says that the seat Of
Mr.. Castro, member from San Luis Obispo.
will be contested by Mr, Murray, formerly
a resident OF Sonora. 1t is alleged that
Castro at the time of his election was not
a resident Of the county.
In the case Of Samupl Corro+ ,-bo ,z