Amador weekly ledger., 1857-12-05
VOLCANO ITEMS.

lows Whlle coming from your place 10
this on the evening of the 29th inst, in Old
Calls stage, it was my fortune with that of
Others to be dumped into pond of water
very unceremoniously by the unexpected and
/ for these mountains rather unusual circum-
stance of the upsetting of the coach. The
well known care and solcitude of Old Cal
1 for the comfort and welfare of his passengers
will at once exonerate him form all harm in
the matter it was one Of those cases where
in no foresight common to man could have
avoided There were eleven passengers, in
cluding n woman and child. Senator Ketch
em and the woman and child being on the
lower side got soaked with muddy water !;
and the child manifested its dislike for cold
baths most Enthusiastically ] pitied the wo-
man and child very much, as they rode from
Cooper's mill, where the accident happened,
to Pine Grove in their wet clothas. Esq.
Doble of Volcano who was also passenger,
had his knee slightly wrenched, so that he
still walks little lame he was fortunate
enough to escape the wetting, as he had the
Senator in the water under him. The top of
the stage was so broken that CAL got q saw
and cut away .he wreck, so that we had no
longer any shelter over u.s.
KNocK-DowN, SHOOTING, KNIFE DRAWN,
ARREST, &c.-Under date of Wednesday,
Dec. I'd, "Locum " sends us the following
from Volcano John Ritter, formerly con-
nectod with the Brewery here, got on spree
last evening had quarrel with Longenotti
and partner, and knock-down with each of
them but nobody washurt and no attention
was paid to the matter This morning at
10 o'clock, while Ritter was trying to settle
with Jacob Frank, his former partner, they
got to quarreling Ritter drew knife, and
Frank fred his revolver twice at Ritter one
bali missed, the other took effect in the breast
of Ritter's coat and vest, passing through
both lappels of the coat aud through the
folds of the vest four times, but not touching
the skin. Frank Immediately sued out a
warrant for Ritter, and the case was brought
before Justice Munckton and postponed until
Thursday"
CnINA HILL -Messrs. Hanford, Stevens
& Co., last Saturday, after run of fifteen
and half days, cleaned up $1,000. There
is fine prospect that the claims on this hill
will prove quite as productive as was origior-
ally anticipated.
MAS AND WOMAN FIGnr-A Frenchman
in Volcano had fight with his wife on
Wednesday Which whipped, doth not ap-
pear in the account sent us by Locum. The
husband made an attempt to strike his better
half with knife but was prevented.
THERE was no mail received in jackson
from Volcano yesterday morning, and hence,
probably, we are short" of some items of
interest.
The RArSs.-The recent rains have had
the desired effect of mparting new life to the
appearance of Volcano, at all events. The
miners on the flats are still idle, with few ex-
ceptions, while on the hills all is activity
some mining and some preparing for the
abundant supply Of water which is soon ex-
pected.
TnE coming of the Pennsylvanians is look
ed for with considerable anxiety They will
(if they visit the Crater City,") be greeted
by full houses
QUART Some very rich specimens have
been taken out of Whitmore & Cos lead dur
ing the past ten days They have good
thing.
Too Much FIGHTING.-In view Of the re-
cent cases Of fighting, cutting and shooting,
Locum writes as follows: Should this
state of things continue, Volcano will soon
have reputation as unenyable as most other
towns in California, instead of the name for
peace and quetude which she has heretofore
maintained"
DIssoLurIoN-'rh firm of Theurkauf &
Knoche has been desolved by mutual conseut,
the former retiring. August Theurkauf is
well known as one Of the oldest aud most
substantial merchants in Amador county !:
and Volcano (if Mr.. I. leaves the place
loses one of her best friends Fred. Knoche
a very reliable man, continues the business.