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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-06

MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF \ GouNo AND BEAU
rlFrL FEMALE \ murder has been committed
at n plnce called Hampton. about six miles north
of the town of Newburg. TINT is creating the ut
most excitement among the people living IN that
vicinity. on account Of the peculiar surroundings
OF the crime.
The victim is young and beautiful female
total stranger To- the entire nriehborhnod, and
whose name is Us yet unknown, while 81 far there
has been no clue TO the mnrderers, and the whole
affair is shrouled in an impenetrable mystic
ry.
1t appears that on Thursday last, about dusk
some of the Of the villagers deserted the BODY
of young female on the sand near the rver
side She was entirely naked, and around her
neck was found II cord and from this circum-
stance. as well as from the distortion OF her fea-
lures, it was evident her death had been caused
by strangulatlon. 1t was supposed that the rnf'
fans had first attempted 10 violate her person.
aud tLen murdered Der. None of her apparel
was found. md the only article belonging 10 ber
that has been discovered far was large
cameo breach Or breasipin. which the murder
err had evidently dropped in the hurry OF thrir
departure from the scene of the murder. he
features were those of n very prepossessing
young female, of not more than twenty years OF
age.
The news Of the discovery spread, and in
Il few hour. over three thousand persons visited
thu Scene Of the murder, but ne person was found
who could identify the body. The excitement at
the last accounts was still increasing. and no 50.
luton had, as yet. been given OF the fearful mys-
terry.
On Friday afternoon, the Coroner's investiga
ton commenced nj Newburg, and it is to be hop
ed that to-day viii bring to light some clue to the
perpetrators of this awful deed, that justice
may be neted out TO them.
Hampton is opposite New Hamburg. and some
six miles above Newburg.-N. u Herald Cd inst.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-06
NIGGER DRIVERS nusoU ACNED.

NATIONAL DEMOCRACY BITING THE DUST
BOGUS SQu AFTER SOVEREIGNTY SITTING IL
SACkCLOrH AND ASHES.
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SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND TRUNKS.
Its At JOHN MEMS.
&ODA " n sEE.-N. nave oprs,cA "a IOuGa II
~ for the season Call an cold glass with choice Lem
on Raspberry Strawberry, Pine Apple the various
Syrups STROTHER a. WHITEHEAD.
maya is Druggists Bank Square
NOR &c ZEN A.. he dcssr blr A.. ..scscc ia Am
a herSt about mile from tho with 10 of land
attached With fine Orchard Garden and Grass Lots Apply to
sp 2edts JOHN s I.ASGHORkE
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-06

The hog cholera is creating an excitement not
only out west, but in New York and the Eastern
States. AT Brighton. on Monday last the alarm
was 60 great that $500 hogs offered for sale
met with no buyers at any price. In grcenhush
we understand that the sick hogs arriving from
Illinois and Ohio amount to hundred and
fifty day. A large number of them are slaugh-
tered 10 the village and sent TO New York and
Boston. The reason of this malady at the West
We are told.has at last been found in the intern
perate habits ofthe swine. They are very much
addicted to the Stops Of the whiskey distillers, a
barrel Of which is said 10 contain enough stryc-
nine to kill thirty men. That. therefore. which
is at first merely a pleasant tipplr finally brings
death not only to the porcine, but the human fam
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-06

=" Aase l'H!sd e"ptrtnership under tho style aud
ing genera! iho graphite business at the old stand on AIM
'ei Inc eupsrtheIsip dating from the LIST January
l"' ae business viii he greatly enlarged and eytrythip
ne" IN the business Nu be At our Gallery and ,tu.
warranted 10 please $50 i
We are tie agents for the sale Ncfrs Patent NFIAXIo
rlfE Rights The MELANpfYP is and beautiful .,vi,
OF picture and can be colortd very highly with pleasing II
it'' IL. type manual contains. Il aud
sFnt'i> III Anbr"tyPing Pinot grapng on paper and in
tact thing THAT b. lohss the business Also ockets
Brea I Pms Rings. &c.
Instruction IN either Of the above arts i,en on reasonable
terms, and satisfaction given in all case,
OTIS A ,n,,iip,
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x Inns, the best used 800 Gallons
penine' oopa Varnish Lamp Black Green Paint
Brushes, nil articles on hand AMI
sold low for rash or to pnnctual customers by
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W am = L. Greenlee You vii take that ,ha
ON Friday the 2Hh day ot the present nnh Ia ai The
Law Once OF I'D ID Christian in the city of Lynel6urg va
proceed TO take the dispositions Of VIM H. aud others
10 DE read as evidence III suit depending Circuit
Court OF the city of lynclburg wherein | am Plaintiff and
you and others Defendants II cause the said
depoStons should not be taAcn that day they will be CON
beNiw JAMES a. ~ irroE
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-06

- aiti supply OF Drums, Hair Not rur,. MD,
s ,, o"' 1i'h' made 9 hair Something new in le
Way % hs whieh can be Other specimens Of
! Hmr Hoik. SIl.XEIlpii,,pN ~ ~, ,.eis Vi
| Ni'
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

lacious notion that the party should be tri-
umphed over occasionally in order to preserve
itpurity whether from foolish jealousies or
preiudcies, or what not.
If have so far secured the attention OF
the Democratic reader, | am content; for
write not from tmercenary or ambitious mo-
tives In my humble way, at all times and
under all circumstances-whe the storm
ragged fercest and when the combat was easy
it has been my part to feed the Demo
cratic party, to the best of my humble abil-
ty and means, and not to eat ats bread
OLD GUARD.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
VOLCANO ITEMS.

FnnBusrERIsM-A Volcano correspond
ent, (not "N.") informs us that fllibusterism
in the saloon assemblages and 'loafer clubbs"
has been the main point of discussion since
the late news from Sonora and Central Amer
ca--some taking one side and some the 9th
er. Our correspondent says he is for "mani-
fest destiny"
AccrDENr.-A few days since man named
Deming had his leg broken by the caving of
a rock upon it while engaged at mining in the
claim of Mellus & Co., at the head of Sol
dier's Gulch.
For THE ATLANTIC -Messrs. Thos. Stew
art, Thos Foley, e. Drey, - Irwin, and
D. Reed, (better known as Old Cap. Reed, J
left Volcano last week for their old homes in
the Atlantic States. We believe that Ste
phen A. Bell should also be included in the
number.
COMING TO JAoKsoN.-We learn that the
"fire boys" of Volcano talk Of coming over
en- maSSe to the Jackson II. & l.. Co.'S Ball
on the 4th of July If they will do so, they
will be Hospitality entertained and will expe,
rence high old time" sure. Stick peg
there.
TRAVELLER We have heard sort O
silly" that the Ledger's Traveller" fell intc
something over at Volcano. We havn't got
the particulars, and therefore cannot dilate
upon the subject as we should like to. 1t had
some influence over him when he was writing
the cracks" concerning the brewery, &c. Did
he stumble over "mitten," or into a beer
vat? He had better make clean breast oi
it himself-that railroad sleep" and all. II
he don't, we'll have to turn him over to the
tender mercy of Jake Frank"
MAGIcIAN-Jacobs will exhibit in Volca
no a week from Monday and Tuesday even
ings next.
Coon YIELD-Hoyt & Co. cleaned up last
week, and obtained $4,000
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
Sherin-s sale.

DY virtue Of an execution to me directed. i'Ud
ID out of the Justices Court OF Brace llstauil
Justice of the Peace in and for township NoL
county of Amador, and State Of California aral
Judgment rendered therein on the 18th day
May, A. d. 1857 in favor of Francis and L. Ro,a
and against Jesus Gottieres and Merced G0iiIs
for the sum Of fifty-seven dollars debt and lil>
teen dollars costs of suit. together with accrul.
costs, have levied upon and seized, and will ee
pose TO public sale, in the town of jackson, cola
ty and State aforesaid, the following described
property, to-wit: a certain two story frame tll~
and the lot belonging thereto, located in the village
Of Clinton, Amador county, and bounded as lo.
lows: on the east by Main street on The lo,l
by a bowling saloon, on the east by vacant
lot, and on the south by a lot owned by an la'
ian merchant; said lot being 2s feet front .l
rs feet deep the house on said lot occupied by ll
defendants as a dance house. Notice is hereby s''
en- that will sell all the right, title and in'd@'
of the said Jesus Gottieres and Merced Goiua@
of, in and to the above described property Oh h'
18th day of June, A. ID. 1857, between .,'.'-
the hours of 10 o'clock, A. NJ. and II NJ, on Sul u'
Sale to take place in front Of the court no-"
door, to satisfy said execution and costs
w. j. PAUGH,
Sheriff Amador CO.. Cal
Dated at Jackson May 23, 1857. .
may 23 ol4"
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
Singular Phenomenon.

1IesTs Editors: Listen A very singular
sound was heard by many of the citizens Of
jackson on the night of Thursday, 22d inst,
most distinctly, perhaps about midnigh
"witehing hour of night, when churchyards
yawn," &c 1t resembled as nearly as can
be described, the autter, or dying echoes Of
an expiring camphene lamp. Can you tell
anything about it? Does it auger the ap-
proach of the comet SPooK.
See Replies to Correspondents"
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
Jackson Fruit store.

Next door to the Young America Saloon Main St.
AZ THE undersigned would respectfully in
I'm form the citizens of jackson and vicinity
1AS that his establishment is constantly supplied
SF#$ with a large and perfect assortment of Nuts
zS Fruits, Raisins, Berries, Candies and Con-
fectionery of all kinds He has likewise provided
himself fine stock of
Groceries, Liquors, Vines, Cigars, Tobacco, &C.,
And would assure all who may favor him with their
patronage-both old friends ana new-that he pur-
chases none but the first quality of all articles in
his line, and that by frequently replenshing his
stock his goods are always fresh and pure
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED
Purchasers will be convinced that | can sell bet
ter art ,les for less money than any other house.
Don't forget the place-Main street, next door
to "Steves" Young America
G. BECKER.
NAV % 3l-3m
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
Sheril,s sale,

pf virtue Of an execution to me directed i.s,oi
ID out OF the Hon. District Court of the ret
Judicial District, in and for Amador copntg ,,I
State OF California, on Judgment rendered IN y.
in on the 9th day of May. A. ID. 1851. in Gr6, ~
John W. Lesley and d. NJ. Blackwell and o-,i+
Samuel LOree, Thomas Cohuru. Jacob V,,f..
Joseph Ray and - Mccormick. for the s,r n
two hundred and iorty-seven dollars and siyty.,,.
cents,wth interest thereon the rate of ten p1re
per annum from the Sth day of March A. b lE;f
together with forty-nine dollars and tlrty e.rt.
costs OF suit and accruing costs have levi.i nm.
on and seized and will expose to public soleat n,
door of the court house in the town Of Jaet.,-
on saturday, the 18th day of June.
A. ID. 1857, at the hour Of two O'Clock. p N
all the right title, interest and claim of the sl
Samuel Loree, Thomas Coburn. Jacob M5ull.-
Joseph Ray and - Nc Cormck, of. in and to Ia.
following described property situate and being d
the county of Amador aud State of California. t-
wit; That certain Ditch known as Loree'. Ditch
situate in Amador county aforesaid. and eonmr.
cling at certain point on the South Branch o.
Rancheria Creek, about two and half miles ibo,s
the village of Upper Rancheria. and thence ru,.
ming down to said village Of Upper Ranclut
(for the purpose of furnishing water for mimi.
purposes,) together with all branch bitches hne
reservoirs, hereditaments and appurtenances ther-
unto belonging or in anywise appcrtainng T.
above property will be sold to the highest b.l.-
for cash in hand, to satisfy the above execution
interest, costs and accruing costs.
Given under my hand at jackson, this 25l ily
Of May, a. D. 1851.
w. j. PAUGH,
Sheriff Of Amador "a Cal
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
To the Ladies.

The Young Mems Debating Club desire to re-
turn their thanks to the Ladies OF jackson for their
attendance at the meetings of the Association,
heretofore, and respectfully invite them to favor
the CLUB with their presence hereafter. Regular
meetings, Friday evenings of each week.
JOHN DIX, Secretary
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
NEW THES WEEK
SheriH,s Sale

DY virtue Of an order of sale IN mo 7,-
II sued out OF the Hon. District Conn. 'el Is
9Th Judicial District in and for Amodo. W OF iha
a final judgment and decree rendered t911ly N 90
the 24th day of October, A: d. 1855 ",fein On
Abraham Klauber and Francis N,n5 1' A'oro
against Stephen Jerome for the sum as a aa ali
dred and ninetyone dollaIs and siyty.s','"o TWO Al.
principal debt, with interest thereon AZ -u cent?
three per cent per month from the 9ct ,I' fa'e q
February, A. D. 1856 until paid toooto. gay Of
sum OF fthirty-nnedollars ard 40ctscoss ~ D,l % Ae
accruiug costs have levied upon and so., .lI a1i
will expose to public sale at the door Of '1'u ~ and
house in the town of Jackson, on Sotwns,o ,ol'i
the 18th day of June. A. n Is!gay,
the hour of o'clock, p. NJ, all the riobt 80 at
terest and claim of the said Stephen ero,a1 ,'1 r.
and to the following described prone,tr g, W 10
lying and being in the town Of Volcano l s''uae
Amador and State Of California. to.vt.' TTIIln'y q
vided one half of all that certain niece @ n.s una
lot of land situate on the corner of - Fa-o'' 9
National streets in the town of Vocono y,He any
on which is Jerome Il Thompsons Iy6r'' ",O,yl -.
and other buildings: said premises be;D, y. o'40'
ly known as Jerome d Thompson's TivorO O-,l y. 9
in said town Of Volcano together with All .,I ',-
gular the hereditaments and appurtepancos I'. s
unto belonging or in anywise appertainn. 'H- Z, e
above property will be sold to the hiybest l.i, -'
for cash in hand to satisfy the above udgmer. y.
terest, costs and accruing costs. '7 4
w. j. PAUGH
Sheriff of Amador co. Col
By A. D. ANDREWS, Under Sberg
Dated at Jackson, May %, 1851. ''''u
may % qt-
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

VINO ARE They, AND WHERE ARE They p
Who compose the Democratic Central Com
mittee for Amador county, and where are
they? The proceedings of the Convention
that nominated them were never given to the
press for publication Were they ever made
out? Haze ws any Central Committee p
The State Convention has been called, and
we must shortly have action in this county.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

RAnRoAD.-A Correspondent of the City
lem wants the Sacramento Valley r. r. ex-
tended to Jackson, Placerville and Oroville
Good-we should like to have it at Jackson,
at all events.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
AC * - @ Ns
SATURDAY MORN, MAY 23, 1857.
Political Movements.

The Democratic State Central Committed
assembled at San Francisco on the goth, anc
fixed upon the l4th of June as the time, and
Sacramento as the place, for holding the next
State Convention. The first movement tow
ards the opening of the campaign has there
fore been made. ard from this time forward
we nav look for the most vigorous and un-
scrupulous efforts on the part OF skulklng
foe to create divisions among the unterrihed
The Repnblicans are notin our way we can
give them six in the game and then beat
them but we may beat ourselrcs, and will dc
it if we allow our forces to be drawn off into
seperate divisions.
AS we have remarked before, there have
been enough of Democratic divisions in Cali.
fornia and whoever by word or deed, shall
attempt to revive old ones or create new
ones, in our humble judgment divests himself
of the right to call himself Democrat. Let
the old-time enemies of Democracy howl on ;
unless some of those who stood shoulder to
shoulder in the ever to be remembered cam
paign of 1856, are now foolish enough to
listen to their croakings, we shall experience
no harm from them if any are so extremely
silly, they are not the stuff for Democrats,
and had better enroll themselves at once
where they belong-among the pie-bald op-
position. That's the place for them.
1t is time now to begin to organize. We
must send delegates to the State Convention,
to assist in nominating good State ticket.
This is all that is required, and there is plenty
of good material.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

BUYING STEAMBoAT.-The papers re-
port that Hiram Pearson, the San Francisco
millionaire, was travelling in Europe on a
small steamboat After dinner, he lighted
his cigar, but the captain insisted on positively
prohibiting him from smoking Pearson, de-
termined not to give up his Havana" de-
manded the price of the boat and offered to
buy it. The Captain had no authority to
sell, "Then what is the price to charter it
for the trip" "Three hundred pounds"
" Here is your money7-and Pearson pulled
away at his cigar, gave all on board free
passage, and they had big time generally.
Old Caliiornians, with more gold than they
know what to do with, sometimes astonish
the natives when they travel abroad.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
Volcano Correspondence.
Volcano, May 2lst, Is

VOLCANO, May 2lst, 1897.
Nessrs. Editors Times are so dull in Voca-
cano that is almost impossible to find anything
of the least Importance to communicate. In
the last week there have been several fights,
on which occasions there is general turnout;
one Digger fight, in which rocks were freely
used and to-day the sports Of the week closed
with grand Touchdown between an Anglo
Saxon and an Aagntar-SaXon. No damage
done to either of the parties.
SOME of the miners are doing well but we
have not heard of any big strikes for some
time past. Many claims have failed to pay
well and are therefore abandoned. Every
branch of business is dull and if men who
have permanent interests in the place do not
exert themselves to get good road from the
summit through Volcano, they may soon see
this town share the same fate as Aqueduct
City
Business men in these mountain towns will
learn after while that the 'gatherum omne-
nm" principle will not always win, when car
ried out as strictly as it generally is in this
place
Last week man had his leg broken while
mining in Soldiers Gulch, but is doing well.
He is under the care Of Dr. Schoenemann.
The people of this place were much shocked
by the news of the fate Of Henry A. Crabb
and his party; but am sorry to say that
there are a few who bear the forms of men
who seem to rejoice in the sad fate of their
unfortunate felow-countrymen N.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

IMPROVEMENTS IN lone CTY.-This beauti-
full village, situated in one of the choicest
garden spots of the world is fast becoming
one of the most important localities in this
part of California. The developement Of. the
agricultural wealth of lone and adjacent val
leys, ensures to the village permanent and
at this time rapid growth As proof OF
this, we may mention that Capt. Joiner and
brother are at this time burning brick kiln
containing two hundred thousand bricks, and
will Immediately proceed to the burning Of
another of the same sze-the whole of which
are contracted for to be used in buildings
that will be put up in lone City the present
season. Well done lone.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

QUARTZ The California Chronicle makes
up the following quartz statistics, from the
California Register for 1851" yearly
work just issued:
"The number of quartz mills in operation
in this State is 1873, of which Sc are propelf-
ed by water, As by steam and four by horse
power The aggregate number OF stamps
connected with these mills is fifteen hundred
and twenty one. The cost Of machinery is
estimated at one million seven hundred and
sixty-three thousand dollars.
70 show the profits of the business we will
instance the district Of Amador county,
which has twenty-four mills running two hun
dred and sixty-fve stamps The cost of ma
chinery was two hundred and eighty-three
thousand dollars. These mills on an aver
age crush three hundred tons of rock each
day of twenty-four hours, which yields on an
average twenty dollars per ton. Total, SIN
thousand dollars The expenses are only
twenty-five hundred, leaving daily profit oi
thirty-fve hundred dollars.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

WILL our San Francisco exchanges send
US their papers in wrappers and by mail p
1t is only occasionally that one or two OF
those they furnish the Express company, for
exchanges, find their way this far up in, the
mountains. The consequence is that we sell
dom see the s. F. papers. The same, also,
to considerable extent, may be said of the
Sacramento papers. Hereafter we shall send
the Ledgey to such as want mountain news
bad enough to send us their papers, by mail,
in return.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

Tue Mastersons have added new buggy
to their establishment that is worth looking
at. 1t is a very fine and "A very strong one
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

A CONVENTION of Quartz miners has been
called to meet in the Assembly chamber at
Sacramento on the 18th OF June. All will
be admitted as delegates who will produce
certificate from Justice Of the Peace Of the
township in which they live, that they
are engaged in quartz mining.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

The Ike KAILocH CAsE.-The jury in the
case of this Rererend libertine were unable
to agree He is to have another trial. and
in the meantime, with very bad taste to say
the least, has returned to his pulpit. The
"shriekers" are doing all they can to clear
him. guilty or not guilty. In our opinion
whether he shall be finally proved guilty as
charged or not enough has already been es
tablished against this Fremontshrekng, ,whis
ky-sling-drnking follower of the meek ant
lowly Jesus" to forever condemn him in tht
estimation of all men who are not themselves
hypoerites.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

FOURTH OF JULY.-In many Of the towns
of the State, arrangements are being made to
celebrate the Glorious Fourth according to
well established usage. Would it not be well
to make demonstration in jackson, in con
nection with the Hook aud Ladder Compa-
ny? The citizens and the company could CO
operate to good advantage, and have the
Declaration red, an Grafton, &c. &c If any
such arrangement is to be made, it should be
entered into at once
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

The State Register" just issued makes
the population of California 5O7, 7,067, which
would give Us Eve cppgressmen.
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23
DIED

In this place on the 18th inst, BRUCE, son of Mr.
Francis Leech, aged years, ! month and l6 days
The weekly ledger., 1857-05-23

NED. McGowan's trial is progressing il
Napa county.