The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-11-14

Our advices from San Francisco are

Weller's majority is about Ii $50, over
both the other Candidates.
The Senate stances % democrats to
) republicans, and the Assembly 81 dem
oerats, y republicans, americans and 1
Independent.
The majority in favor Of the Stat. debt
is about 1900.
The Mechanics Fair closed on the
10th ult., having been attended with 81
immense coucourse O. people, and having
nett,a over aud above ii! expenses, some
thing over $500 1t has had a very IA
yorable effect upon the industrial inter
ests Of this section OF the State, and gives
a renewed evidence OF our productive en-
ergies.
On the 9th the California State Agri-
cultural Fair was held in the city Of
Stockton. 1t was arranged on most
comprehensive scale, aud included with
in its scope agricultural products, works
of mechanical art, both useful and orna-
mental, aud live stock. The display was
exceedingly creditable to the State
Squashes weighing 264 lbs, apples and
pears weighing IS and 30 ounces, beets
OF 90 pounds, potatoes OF ~ pounds,
corustalks ~ feet III height, indicated
the wonderful productiveness of Caliior-
nia soil, aud challenge comparison with
the world.
a large wagon was also on exhibition,
which weighed over five thousand pounds,
and it was capable OF carrying twelve
tons of merchandise. 1t Was intended
for a team Of twelve mules
Among the incidents OF the Fair was a
display OF female equestrianism, charac-
terlstlc OF California ID some rcnlarkab Bile
respects and not easy to BE- excellcd.
One young woman after riding nearly
all night Iroui Sacramento to Stockton,
entered the list on the ensuing morning
and secured the Inst prize. Among 9TH
or accomplishments in this department,
she showed that she could saddle her
horse, leap on his back FROM the ground,
then unsaddle him, r.mount in the same
way, and then ride him T., iull speed bare
back, Ia woman,
A little girl OF eight years only joined
in the race and came near gaining the
first prize. She could also saddle her
horse, change her position in tull career
| from female attitude 10 that OF male,
and ride her horse with rope around
his nose instead Of bride
! The exhibition was attended by thou.
SANDS IRON AL parts Of the State, aud 81
/ great was the asseIublage that accommo-
datIous tor sleeping could hardly be pro.
cured.
4 suit has been brought against Tx
/ treasurer dates aud his bondsmcB, by
. tne State, aud Il verdict mas been obtain.
/ I'd Tor the SUN ot sluU,UUu 1t is I'm.
/ derstood that the parties defending have
exhibited some disposition 10 compromise
affairs by paying over large portion OF
| the money abstracted from the vaults vi
the State treasury.
Bein, who has been carrying on hi.
| populations against the miut tor years
/ has ut last been sentenced by the United
| States Circuit Court to six years lmpris.
onment In the State prison, and pay 4
| tine Ut s. 100.
The two brothers, By name o; Rlumb,
arrested on a charge ot conspiracy to ex,
TOR, money from one Szabo, late assistant
| Assayer Ia the mint, have been discharg
cd from custody, the Grand Jury having
/ failed to Ind bill of Indictment
The overland immi grafton is still max
ing its way to the California borders; anc
the report is that it meets with consider
| able trouble from the Indians and lot o.
white robbers who are In conpanlUnshlI
with the s4vages Parties from Caliior.
! MA have gone out on the wagon Routes
/ In order to TALL In with the perpetrators
OF the outragcs, and punish them accor
dinghy.
The Newsletter, noticing the return
Of Col. Fremont, says:
| Col. Fremont leaves our State by thC
present outgoing mail steamer, the Gold
| en- Gate, en- route for the east and Eu
rope, whittier he proceeds with the now
completed survey of his vast domain, Lo.
Martposas. About fifty tons of aurifer
Gus quartz, from the various veins, yield
ing with the present imperfect method,
OF reduction, $50 and upwards per ton
have been shipped in order that the sa
vans OF Europe may confirm, by the Sc
verify oil their tests, It's unquestionablt
richness. Col. Fremont has by his brie
sojourn among US, discharged every her
and outstanding claim against the proper
ty incurred in its deveIopemcnt, and i.
proceeding to Europe to perfect arrange
uents by which the construction OF tn,
extensive canal for mining and irrigatin.
purposes can more fully exhibit the IN
caleulable richness of the Mariposas.
A project is now on foot i'm Califorpi,
tor raising money for the construction o
a wagon road from Clear Lake to the Sa
cramen,o Valley, at point nearly ives
from Colusl, distance ct some twenty
five or thirty miles from the Valley. an,
seventy-tiye miles from MarysvlIe. Tn,
best butter and cheese that Californi
produces are the products of Clear LAX,
Valleys, aud the dairy business is alread'
carried on there to an extent that youlI
surprise those uuacquainted with it.
Great excitement exists between tn,
Sonorans ana those on the Gadsden pur
chase, and no Americans are allowed
passport into Sonora
The Pimo Indians in Arizona ha,
chastised the Umas and Apaches, for xii
Ing some Of their women and children
Tae Pimos killed $50 or 100 of tbei
opponents and only lost twenty-five them
selves
LIFE or DEATH-The New Yor|
Herdid says that the action of the Ma
tional Administration on the Kansas pol