The hydraulic press., 1858-10-02

The State at Large.
The great events Of the week have
been the Telegraph celebrations.
Marysville, Sacramento, Placerville,
Stockton, and San Francisco all had
their rejoicings on Monday the 9th
ult., when illuminations, fireworks,
professions, music, orations, and any
amount of enthusiasm were INDUCED
in. Other places were to have cele>
brated on the same night, and doubt
less did so. All the cable orators
appear to anticipate a millennium as
the result Of the Atlantic Telegraph.
So mote it be but public schools
are not yet common enough to warrant
the belief of its rapid approach
Eureka North and Crescent City ex-
pressed their sympathy with the
worlds JOY by extemporaneous re-
joicings such as were quite common
throughout the State.-Several of
the mountain papers are recording
successful instances of fruit and vine
culture. The most notable one is
given by the Placerville Democrat,
which says that almost every arabic
spot in Eldorado county is now gar
den, orchard, or vineyard. Coloma
is literally genealogical garden, and
Placerville is little behind her. Mr..
Alhoff, of Coloma, has this season
sold 1000 pounds of luscious Cataba
grapes, will sell about 1000 pounds
more, and still have enough left to
produce FIVE barrels of Coloma Cata-
ba wine. The Bronson brothers, of
the same place, also have a heavy
crop Of fine grapes, Of which they
will manufacture many casks Of wine.
Several mountain papers record
the successful culture Of figs in their
vicinities. "A fine sample of cotton
has been raised at Diamond Springs,
according to the Democrat.-The
manufacture of cider, from apples, has
been commenced at Los Angler
A number of mining localities, former.
" very healthy, such as Folsom, Gold
Hill, Auburn, &C., are now quite
sickly in the warm season, owing to
!" plentiful presence of standing
ditch water in reservoirs and over
fiat pieces of land.-Leopold Wolf
informs the Phare, French paper
published in San Francisco, that he
has discovered an economical process
for the extraction Of gold from quartz,
by means of electricity. He gives
the result of a successful experiment
with some quartz tailings, and prom
lses further information.-The Wa.
gon Road from Placerville is being
vigorously pushed forward, and is
expected to be completed within sixty
days.-The State Prison Directors
have been examining the vicinity of
Folsom with view to establishing a
Branch State Prison.-The Napa
Reporter says silver ore has been
found in San Bernardino mountain
which is said to contain, to the ton,
156 ozs. of silver, % ozs. of gold, and
a considerable amount of lead
The Independent City Guard, of
Sacramento, agreed to assist in the
San Francisco cable celebration, be-
fore they knew Sacramento would
celebrate, and because they would not
violate their promise, subsequently,
the Sacramentans groaned at them as
they started off for the Bay.-The
Santa Barbara Gazette remarks that
great attention is paid in that coun-
ty to the raising and Improvement in
the breed of sheep" Wool and NUT
ton raising are fast growing into i'm
portance in California. The San
Jose Tribune says that the crops in
Pajaro Valley are excellent and the
farmers prosperous. Land is worth
as high as $40 per acre, and titles
are good.-The Marysville Demo-
orat Of the 29th ult., gives particulars
of a destructive fire at Tucker Flat,
in Yuba county. A number of build>
ings, stores, &C., were consumed, and
families left almost naked. A FIRE
had also destroyed several wooden
buildings in Marysville; damage about
$2,50O.-Two new evening papers
are to be started in San Francisco
one, the Evening Telegram, by W.
Fl. Mantz, and the other, the Evening
Telegraph, by H. Davidson. Dun>
can, formerly of the Globe. Is also