The weekly ledger., 1857-08-29

feet of lumber day A large quantity of
lumber is on hand and, doubtless, for sale.
Close to the mill the road forks, at the
foot Of hill Which one to take | really
did not know, but was ashamed to go back
and ask; SO | chose one at venture-the
one that went over the hill-and in couple
of hundred yards found that they came to-
gether. Had | thought of the telegraph l
could have followed the line of that and known
myself safe; and even had l then gone as
tray would not have been the loser; as by
a recent decision of court the Telegraph Com
pany is responsible for all mistakes in any
thing that goes by the telegraph.
But here is the
NEW YORK RANCH.
This name not only applies to the land here
abouts, but to the hotel also, which the sign
informs us is kept by Mr.. Geo. G. Zeh. The
new residence of Mr.. Hammond (the own
er of the ranch and hotel) is on the south
side of the road and is as neat a cottage as
family could desire. The fringe (house-
builders may call it what they please, barge
board for instance, around the roof is very
pretty, being vine-like and painted green. 1t
relieves the monotony Of white walls and
gives it a rural look
The lumber piled up near here, to the right
of the road, is from mill on Sutter Creek
three quarters of mile distant A mile
from the ranch, the road to Sutter leads off
from the Jackson road Here permit me to
ask, who is authorized to put up guide
boards? If any of our county officers have
the authority they are certainly derelct in
the discharge of their duty. A few dollars
expended in gude-boards wonld save a great
deal of trouble and perplexity to travellers
Were u candidate l would have guide
boards" as a plank in my platform. From
here on to jackson there is nothing worthy
of notice; so we will leave the road a mile
from jackson and take the trail to
THE GATE.
This is the name of quite a sizeable village
about one mile to the north of Jackson
Were it not so near the county seat it would
doubtless have been as noted as many other
camps in Amador As it is, doubt if three
fourths of the people of the county know that
there is such place. What in the world
makes them call it The Gate'"? say you
That is just what said, and only received
satisfactory answer when l came and saw
reni'd and rids'd but didn't cici, unless |
conquered when / ascertained the true cause
for the cognomen Several gulches unite
here and pass through an opening in the
ledge of rock of some fifteen feet in hight
The opening or gate" is about twenty PAGES
wide, the rock at either side standing up bold
ly, and showing the effects of current 1t
Is good miniature edition of the Golden
Gate" through which the waters of great
part of California pass into the Ocean.
The village is not of good order of build
ings 1t was probably built in hurry in the
fall and winter of '53. A great deal of busi-
ness has at one time been done here, and had
they water the place would again be lively,
as there is any quantity of good diggings in
the immediate vicinity In fact it is said to
be the richest section around jackson. At
present the place looks very dull, yet one of
the stores, the Italian institution, is doing a
profitable business. Most of the persons, if
not all, here are foreigners One of the
shops entered had the appearance of gun
smiths arrangement, having lathe and all
the paraphernalia for doing nice work. ex-
pect the "man of the house" was solacing
himself himself at one of the several saloons
where lager and claret are vended to the
thirsty, as he was not at home; but be that
as it may, from the looks of the tools, I'll
warrant you he can do a neat job.
The folks here have an eye for beauty: cult.
waiting several little flower gardens in which
the posies are out in all their delicate colors
and one where use and ornament are pleas
antly blended in the shape of cabbages and
carnations, roses and radishes, pinks and po-
tatoes The water used for irrigation is ta-
ken from wells and is exceedingly cool and
refreshing
Some of the ancient residents of the place
were evidently jokers, and Others Of them did