The Nevada Democrat., 1857-10-28
WHOLE NO. 212.
NEWS rTEprs.

Francisco Times says that at the recent conven.
tion, held by the cClored folks in that city, the
COMMITTEES on Statistics reported the value Of
property owned by colored residents In seven
teen counties as follows: San Francisco. $780,
900; Nevada, $250,000; Maripesa, $4,000;
Shasta, $1B $50; Butte, $93 600; Yuba, $g4 200;
Sierra, 33.7OO; Slskiyou. Sass, 900; Tuolumne,
$4,000; Plumas, 10000; Santa Clara, S2l.eooi
FL Dorado, s250,000; Sacramento, Ss4,243;
Amador, $780, 900; Alameda. S50.9O0; San Joa-
| quin $50 900; Sonoms. s., OPS. Total, 1856
60S It ia estimated that there is about $780,
600 held In the twenty-four counties not repor-
ted, in some of which the colored residents are
in an exceedingly prosperous state, or that the
whole amount Of wealth represented by the col.
ored people of California Is about $4.O00,oo
TABLE MouSrAM.- Accounts which occasion
ally reach US from the famous Table Mountain,
IN Tuolnmne county, Indicate that the mining
operations carried on there, which, 1t Is we'll
known, are among the heaviest ever undertaken
In the State, are being prosecuted with as much
vigor as when first commenced. The mountain,
which is from fifty to sixty miles long. and TIVE
or three wide, will eventually be tunneled
throughout its whole extent. The ancient river
bed or subterranean valley, as it is sometimes
designated, which lies beneath the mountain,
and which Ia reached only by tunnels extending
for hundreds Of feet through solid rock, is found
rich with gold at every point where an entrance
has been effected.-[Union.
DISTRESSING CASE OF INsAHrrY.--A miner by
the name OF Asa L. Baker was robbed nearly
year ago in San Francisco by two brothers
named Gondicut, who were convicted, and are
now In the State Prison. It seems that Baker
has been insane ever since his loss, which
amounted to several thousand dollars. One
night last week he was found by the police
wandering about the streets of San Francisco.
and was taken to the police station. where he
insisted that he was only little girl, and desir-
ed to be entered as such on the police records.
RE-cAPTuRE OF AN ESCAPED CoNvIcT.-Sherif
Porter, of Santa Cruz county, has recently
captured Mexican named Ramirez Bulena,
who effected his escape from the State Prison
about year ago. Bulena was convicted OF
horse stealing In Santa Cruz county and sea-
fenced for term Of five years He had long
been known as one Of the most desperate Of q
gang of robbers who infested that part OF the
country. He was found at San Luis, and after
his re-capture he made several attempts to
escape.
ANADoR County, According to the Assessors
report, Amador county has three grist mills.
and twenty saw mills There are twenty-three
quartz mills In active operation, which crushed
last year 69, 900 tons of rock at an average Of
$14 per ton, producing q total yield In that
branch of mining Of 100000. There arc 627
miles Of canal and ditches completed, aud so
miles In course of construction for conveying
water for the use of miners The total valua-
tion of property is $2,25s,474.
Too Loxo AwAY.-Mr. Philip Clark formerly
OF Iowa City, returned to that place q short
time ago. from California, after an absence Of
eight years. He left wife, children and
valuable farm, when he went to California. He
finds, on his return, that his wife long since
married again; having first secured divorce.
giving her the farm for her support. The farm
has been sold and is row In other hands, and
bis former wife Is in some other part of the
country.
IMPORTANT DECIsI0N.-Judge Barbour Of the
Yuba District, has decided that the law OF 1857,
giving the Supervisors Of the several counties
the right to fix the rates of toll on turnpike
roads, previously established is uneonstitu-
tional because the law Of 1853 gave companies
the right to tx their own toll and therefore,
in the case before him. the law of 1857 impaired
the obligation of q contract. f-y n1 q
QUARTZ DrscovERY.-Another rich quartz dis
covery. says the Sonora Herald, was made at
Jackson's Flat last Wednesday. Three men.
whose names we have not learned, struck upon
a rich vein of quartz of the above description.
at depth Of only two feet from the surface.
Before night they washed out five hundred dol
lars In three pansfull, On Thursday they took
out upwards Of one thousand dollars.
HEAvY DAMAGEs-In the Fourth District
Court, San Francisco, October 17th. Henry
Gerke recovered $500 damages against the
California Steam Navigation Co., for injuries
received by him in the summer of 1856. in the
burning of a field Of grain in Tehama county.
set on fire by sparks from one Of the eompany's
steamers. 1t is the Hrst suit of the kind ever
decided in the State.
OREGON Coin MrNEs.-A passenger who came
down in the steamer Columbia on Sunday last,
informs the Alta that he saw at the Cascades .
returned miner. named Israel. from the Fort
Colville diggings, who had with him some ST.
600 In coarse gold, which he had taken out in
six days.
} WHAT MESS The love of money makes
strange associations. We perceive that 0. l..
Shafter and Trenor W. Park, the two biackest
Black Republicans in this State. and ex-Supreme
Judge Solomon Heydenfeldt. the bitterest Of all
professed abolition haters, are associated in q
law partnership.
OREGON THEATRIcArs.-The Chapman Family
are at the Dalles. Mrs Lesdernier is enter
tanning the citizens Of Portland with her read
inEs The Mammoth Circus" is at Salem.
Pref Vandorf is at Portland, as are also the
Sager Troupe and Risley. r
RoNpo IN SHAsrA.-The grand jury for Shasta
county have refused to indict the ROndo dealers.
whereby the Courier suggests, saving has been
made to the county of several thousand dollars.
rondo being without the reach Of any Of the
present gambling laws
NARROW EscAPE-On Sunday night, October
18th, bedroom at the Buckeye Hotel, in 0ro-
vile. was discovered to be on fire. but the flames
were extnguished just in time to save the build
ing, and prevent the probable destruction OF
others by which 1t is closely hsmmed in.
PROJECT OF A New CoUNTY.-It is stated In
one of the Sonora papers that project Is con-
temvlated of a new county, to be formed ont
of the northern portion Of Tuolumne and the
southern portion Of Calaveras.