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Den fronimen Shleihern Die &apu,e mra.
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limb iebt, Elm Seeer fann lic lr1cn iebt.
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,,We9r alS ben Meniden leip ge9crlam @ptt!"
llnb bis1er @Ott, Der uns erl6aifsn fat;
GrlAuf er nns, 81 leiSsn S6maA unb Spptt?
Die Sssle, bic er uu5 fat snsetauAt,
&in9t lie nidt aud sur Srei0eit Ih empor2
.,gs IOa Der &enlA Der Serr Der ShGpfuns Iein "a
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OOtA mir, Die Scrren, linO CUR 8rebn' Seroammt -
sSc LIT Die S0uf, bic nittt gum &an,pf iih baat?
"Seio nnS Srsht" - lc babsn mir aeHebt =
rSn nnS audi ieal6et Gin menlttith iiib;cno Ser,!"
g6aS ipar Die slnmurt? Softer, Sbmatb unb Sctl
6n, IO!dbsS 9siS mu6 Itsisen GimmelwGrts
@'rtt Der Der 5err it User ale Serrn,
Der ibnen sat Die oerri6aft in bic 5anp,
Str lie miBtmuht nit lAn5pen lletermutb
@'Ost 9at son ihnsn 3Orn9 itt espanot.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

A New MACHINE FOR PUMPING, GRNDING,
ETc.-Capt. William Richardson, of Alameda
County. has recently invented and put in ope-
ration machine which promises to be of much
utility in cases where moderate amount Of
power, only, is required. The machine is in
tended to take the place of windmills for irri-
CATION, and of whims and other appliances for
raising small quantities Of water from mining
shafts, ETC. 1t is constructed somewhat on
the principal of tower clock, and is worked
by weights. Fifteen minutes time, only, is re.
quired to wind it up to run twelve hours, and
it will do as much work in that time as an or.
dinary windmill, propelled by strong breeze
The machine is compact, not liable to get out
OF order, and is not expensive. So far as car
be judged from the published descriptions o.
it, the invention will undoubtedly prove Of
great practical value, not only to the agricul
turist, but also to the miner.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

The Cuban officials had sent home gloomy accounts
of the condition Of the army and navy, and of their
resources for hostile demonstration against Mexico.
II was expected that the monster steamer Ieyathan
would be launched on the 10th inst.
From India, we are informed of the execution by
the British officers Of -four Of the sons and one grand
sou of the King Of Delhi.
The Panama Star, in regard to Walkers surrender,
says Our Aspinwall correspondent states, II is re-
ported that Walker shed tears when he hauled down
his flag, on surendering to the United States forces
He states, further that the Captain Of the Brunswick
(British) expressed his intention of dislodgng Walker
If the United States Commodore did not do so, and
that Walker and bis resolved to fight to the death
before surenderng to the British, though they had
determined to yield to the United States authorities
mine was laid with all the spare ammunition, and
the British were to have been blown to eternity
Walker was well provsioned, and had plenty Of mu.
nitons Of war. Among the prisoners brought down
the river in the steamer, two deserters who would
have been shot, had not Walker been compelled to
surrender
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

BLOWING FROM GuN,-A medical officer Of
this Presidency, says the Bombay Gazette,
conspicuous for his bravery and gallantry dur
ing some of the late disturbances, gives a de-
scripton of an execution parade" in which
the mutinous Sepoys were executed by the
English, which is terribly graphic:
This first parade was horrible sight, but
the blowing away from guns is most apalling.
After the explosion, the grouping of the mems
remains in front of each gun was various and
frightful. One mans head was perched upon
his back, and he was staring around as If look
ing for his legs and arms. All you see at the
time is cloud like dust storm, composed Of
shreds of clothing, burning muscle, and frizzing
fat, with Jumps of coagulated blood. Here and
there a stomach or liver comes falling down
in sinking shower One wretched fellow
slipped from the rope by which he was tied to
the guns just before the explosion, and his arm
was nearly set on fire. While hanging in his
agony under the gun, sergeant applied a
pistol to his head, and three times the cap
snapped, the man each time wincing from the
expected shot. At last rife was fred into
the back Of his head, and the blood poured
out of the nose and mouth like water from q
briskly handled pump. This was the most
horrible sight of all. | have seen death in all
its forms-ncver anything to equal this mans
end
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21
What Is Democracy

An able writer gives the following conclu.
sive answer to this important question. He
says that Democracy is the institution of gov
ernment by the many, for the common good.
Its energy and power are derived from the will
of the people its object is the welfare of the
people; its strength is in the affections Of the
people. 1t is the most powerful element OF
modern civilization, the greatest discovery ever
made in political science.
This writer says call It discovery and
desgnedly- Bad laws may be the mere con-
ceptions of the human mind good laws never
can be; for good laws depend upon existing
relations, which the wise law-giver observes,
and embodies in his code. Our fathers pro-
claimed the principles of Democracy, but did
not create them. They were coeval with the
first conceptions of order in the Divine mind
and are as pervading and as extensive as moral
existence. Like Christianity, and like all moral
principles, they are eternal in their truth and
in their binding obligation.
The great principles of Democracy were
transplanted to our shores some two hundred
years ago. Those who held them under their
guardianship did not emigrate to this country
for wealth, but for liberty. ave hold our
selves" they declared, " strongly tied to all
care of each others good, and of the whole"
After landing upon the inhosptablc coast of
Massachusetts,, all the emigrants assembled in
convention, amidst the storms Of winter, to
institute government for themselves to
frame "iust and equal laws for the general
good" Then and there was established the
precedents of American Democracy. In the
cabin of the Mayhower, humanity raised its
banner, inscribed upon its folds in letters of
imperishable light: "EoUAL LAWS FOR THE
GENERAL GooD."
The Democratic spirit was not intended for
the service of mammon; ii was not Graded in
the devices of oppression and unequal priyi-
lcges; all were looked upon as equal before
God and State-all felt standing upon the po-
litical level. Democracy won its early victo-
ries in fair field, in which all might struggle
for the prize, where selfshness could secure no
special favors-where justice and right, learn
ing and wealth, claimed no exclusive privilege.
True religion never sanctioned the partial
schemes of the opponents Of the Democracy
Religion never can become the ally of avarcc
and privileged fraud. Democracy and Chris.
tanty are in no sense opposed to each other.
The United States is not only the most Demo
cratic country on the face of the globe, but it
is the most religious. The charge that Dem
ocracy leads to iniidelity is without the slight
est foundation in truth. The doctrines Of ma.
teralism were generated in the hot-beds of
European despotism; Democracy, on the con
trary, is the handmade of Christianity. It
stands upon the basis of eternal truth, right
and justice, and it will stand forever
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21
From Mexico.

The news from Mexico, says the Stockton
Republican, is of a most important character.
1t seems to settle the destiny of that long dis
tracted country, either for VI cal or for woe
The new plans Of Comonfort must either re-
suit in the regeneration or the downfall of the
Republic. The Constitution is formally an
nulled, and he is invested with absolute power,
theoretically. If he can exercise the power
given him, and should exercise it TO rebuild a
Constitutional Government, he will succeed,
and the Republic may be sustained a few years
longer. But if he fails to maintain his new
position of absolute Dictator, it is difficult to
perceive how the country can be saved from
complete anarchy. It is to be hoped, these
fore, that he will succeed. His success will bs
beneficial to Mexico and to the United States
To Mexico it will give more consolidated and
stable government than she has ever had
under which the people can live and prosper,
while it will give to the United State vast
scope of territory worse than useless to Mexi-
co, but immensely valuable to us.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21
The late Array Ia Tuolumn..

The Sonora Democrat of Saturday, gives
the following authentic account of fatal af-
fray at Long Guch, in Tuolumne county, that
occurred on Thursday night last, and of which
an imperfect statement was given last week.
A report reached town on Friday morning
last, that bloody fight had taken place at
Robinson's store, at Long Guch, the night
previous. Immediately on receiving news of
the fact, Deputy Sheriff MacFarlanc the Cor.
oner, and large number of others, started
for the scene of action. The affray was caused
t,y dispute in regard to the working of Chi.
nese on mining claims, a number having been
hired for that purpose by some Of the parties.
Words brought on blows, pistols were drawn,
and general fight ensued, the result of which
was as follows: r. Cloud was shot dead, W.
Connolly shot through the neck and back,
James McCrate shot in the left shoulder blade,
Benz. Edmiston shot in the thigh, Thos. Rich
wounded in the cheek, Jerry Seaber struck on
the head with pistol, Alex. Flowers shot in
the mouth, Luke Sparrow wounded in the face
with six-shooter. An inquest was held upon
the body of Mr.. Cloud, by Coroner Walker,
and the jury found that he came to his death
from pistol ball, while cndeavorng to escape
at the time of the occurrence Warrants have
been issued for the arrest of VIM. AXE, John
Page, John Dulaney, and James Macrate,
charged with participating in the affair. Nc
Crate was taken into custody, AXE, Page and
Dulaney fed before the officers arrived, and
have not yet been arrested. We are under
Obligations to Deputy MacFarlane for the above
information.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

RATHER ALARMING FOR THE CuBANs-A
distinguished Cuban" writes letter to the
Washington States in a very desponding tone
regarding the future of the fever faithful isle"
The steady and tremendous influx of negroes
from the coast of Africa renders every intell-
gent Cuban, he says, satisfied that the British
plan of Africanizing the island approaches its
consummation. There are now within its
limits under British protection, at least two
hundred thousand negroes capable of bearing
arms. Large numbers of these are no better
than the widest savages, and many have run
away from the plantations and lurk in danger
GUS bands among the thickets and mountains
Of the interior. But regarding these things
the newspapers are silent; they dare not speak
of them. He says:
The "Mixed Commission is a tribunal
which, whenever England issues the command
can, by treaty, deliver our island to the negroes;
and yet, you Americans say Cuba shall not
belong to England. We Cubans know Eng
10 tnc utlStf ftSo VI oui utotiill, Dc-
cause she can, and we also know that she in
tends, making it negro anarchy.
The "Mixed Commission" is tribunal, one
half Of whose members are British subjects ;
and, by treaty between Spain and England, all
the negroes who have been brought from
Africa may be claimed as ''emancipated" by
the tribunal: and so, at any time, two hundred
thousand savages from Africa may be armed
by England, and sustained by British fleet
in declaring themselves on an equality with the
whites. As the native Cubans are not per-
mittcd the use Of arms by our Spanish tyrants,
it is equivalent to delivering over the island to
fire and blood. This is what England claims
the right 10 do under the treaty of 1917; and
your law Of neutrality Of the year after, would
compel the non-intcIference Of the American
people in the determination Of the whites.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21
.B- The Daily State Sentinel, the organ of
the Republican party at Sacramento, is dead.

The SONORA SuRvEY.-We learn by private
letters, says the Stockton Republican, that the
surveying party under Jasper S. Whiting, ol
this city, who has undertaken the official sur.
vey of Sonora, had commenced their work,
and were progressing satisfactorily. The Co.
copa Indians, from whom trouble had been
expected by the engineers, had promised
through their principal chiefs, to aid and as
sist the party in every possible manner Mr.
Whiting and his party were all well, and ex
pectcd to complete the survey to the Gulf Of
California within three weeks from the 25th o
December.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

PURCHASE OF SoNoRA.-The people Of Sono.
ra, it appears, are very much opposed to the
sale of that State by the Mexican Government.
The official paper of Sonora contains memo
rsl of the Legislature to the National Con-
gress, says the Stockton Republican, in which
the sale is vehemently protested against. 1t
says, among other things: " 1t is a fact sir,
that the love of country and independence,
with all the kindred sentiments, is deeply
rooted in the hearts of the people of Sonora,
and only the extravaganza Of passions, excited
by party spirit in turbulent cpochs, could have
started the atrocious calumny that consider
able portion of the Sonorians desire to be
transferred to the dominion of the United
States Sonora does not desire to leave the
National Union; her sons contemplate with
indignation the fatal perspective of the hum.
aticns and suflerings of Mexicans, who, by the
sale of their country, have become subject to
the government of the North Americans; and
it never is, nor never shall be, the will Of the
Sonorians, to be deprived of their nationality
by transactions which anti-patriotc govern
ments have effected, to the disgrace of the Re-
public"
From the foregoing, it would seem that
there is good ground, in the estimation of the
people of Sonora, for the belief that the long
talked of cession of that and other Mexican
States to the United States Government, is on
the eve of consummaton. The memorial clo-
ses by submitting the following resolutions to
the consideration and adoption of the Congress
of the Republic:
l. Resolved, that the Federal Government
shall in no case be able to make treaties for
the sale of any portion Of the national domain.
O. Resolved, that the Legislature of Sono-
ra protests, formally and solemnly against ev-
cry violation of the principle expressed in the
foregoing resolution.
8. copy of these resolutions shall be sent
to the Legislature OF every other State of the
Mexican Union, for their consideration.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

IMPROVEMENT IN SLuIcE BoxEs.-The San
Juan Star describes an invention by Maj s. s.
Lewis, practical miner Of that place, of an
important improvement in the manner of con.
strncting sluice boxes, as follows: The inven.
ton consists of an iron false bottom for sluces
so constructed that the heavy debris, in wash
washing, is separated from the gravel, and by
sub-current the gold is deposited, or amaga.
mated with quicksilver, and the black sand
and other substances, too light to sink in quick
silver, is carried off by the sub, or under cur
rent.
The construction of these bottoms consists
of cast iron bars made Of 7 shape, and cast
in sections of from two to there feet in length,
and in frames of width to fit the sluices. The
bars of the first section or pieces run at an
angle of about seventy degrees or diagonally
crossing the sluice. In the next section the
bars run parallel with the sides of the suce,
and in the next, or third section the bars have
the same angle with the first but they are in.
clined in the opposite direction, and thus al
ternating through the entire sluice
The current, as it carries the gravel over the
surface of these bars or gratings has the effect
of cutting or reducing the gravel and cement,
while all the particles that become separated
fall through the spaces between the bars and
are carried off by the under current, through
openings in the end of the castings underneath
the flanges Of the bar.
This principle appears TO be decided i'm.
provcment over any of the false bottom con-
trivances of which we have yet heard. 1t is
being very generally introduced in the neigh
borhood OF San Juan. Several tons of castings
have already been ordered
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21
Notice to Creditors.

In the County Court of Stanslaus County,
State OF California,
January Term, 1858.
In the matter Of the Petition of Cyrenius johnson
Ins lyent Debtor
ID URSUANT to an order made by the Hon. H. W.
L Wallis, County Judge of the County of Stanis-
laus and State aforesaid made the fourth day of JAN
uary, A. D. 1865, notice is hereby given 90 all the
Creditors of the said Cyrenus Johnson to be and ap
pear before the Hon. II. w. Wallis, aforesaid, at
chambers at the Clerks office of the County of Stan
islaus. in the Town Of La Grange, on the TWEEN
TlETH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. ID. 1858, at 10
o'clock, A. NJ, of that day; then and there to show
cause if they can why the prayer of said Insolvent
should not be granted, and an assignment of his
Estate be made and he be discharged from his debts
In pursuance of the prayer of his petition, and the
Statutes in such cases made and provided.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office, dated, La
Grange, January ith A. ID. 1858.
IsEALl WIN. ID. MCDANIEL,
ianlltd Clerk.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

SACRAMENTO ITEMs.-We take the following
extracts from telegraphic dispatch to the
Stockton Argus, dated Sacramento, Jan. 16
Gov. Weller will appoint as his private sec
rotary W. T. Broekelbank, near relative, who
arrived on the Golden Age.
r. ii. Stanley was to-day bailed in the sum
of $4,000. Developments are being made daily
but it is asserted that he has so fixed matters
as to escape legal responsibility.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

An AMERICAN SHAvE-A barber, says a
London paper, last week put on his sign,
Stop and be shaved in the American style >
On information before the Board of Excise, he
was fined f20, it appearing that the American
style of shaving consisted in giving the custo-
mer glass Of gin on Sundays, and charging
fourpcnce instead Of penny In this way he
had been carrying on a roaring trade during
the hours Of divine service, for some time past.
The police have received strict orders to keep
sharp lookout on these shaving shops on
Sundays for the future.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

HELD ON WELL.-The North Carolina papers
have announced tho death of remarkable
man, in VIM. Hill, late Secretary Of State for
that State. He had held that ofiice-which
is elective by the Legislature-eyer since the
year 1911, period of forty-six years, uninter-
ruptedly. In all the changes of political par
ties during that long period-and parties in
North Carolina have been various and fluctu-
ating-he has been always reelected.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

For SoNoRA.-We understand, says the San
Francisco Call, that company of gentlemen
is being organized in this city, with view to
emigrating to Sonora. There is nothing of a
filibustcr character associated with the expedi-
ton, the parties at the head of it being men Of
peaceable habits, who seek to make settle
ment in the rich country of Sonora, with the
intention of developing the mining and other
resources of that section.
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21
ConStab1C,S Sale.

DY virtue Of execution issued out Of Justices Court
ID at Quarizhurg Township No. 2, Mariposa County and
state Of California in the action Of Carter Mckenzie and
spence 4 Ieyans against VIM. Mckinney. am commanded
to sell the following property, o-wit One seventh Of
mining claim located in the MERGED River Carter
Mekenze's store also-seven one-hundredths Of the
Miners bitch located on the MERGED River
NOTICE is hereby given that on SATURDAY, the SIXTH
DAY Of FEBRUARY 1855 between the hours Of 10 O'Clock
A. ~ and O'Clock r. NJ, will expose for sale at public
auction Phillips Flat the Merced River the above de
cribcd property much thereof will satisfy said
judgment and costs Of suit to the highest bidder for cash.
n. A. BAILEY,
Constable by appointment.
Quartzburg January l4th, 1858. janl4 st
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21
0UrpAer-M B. Lewis, Esq, Indian Agent,

OUFRAer.-M. B. Lewis, Esq, Indian Agent,
FRESNO County writes us an account of an
outage committed by one Willoughby, an
Englishman, residing on Coarse Gold Gulch,
IN that county. 1t appears that Willoughby,
who is described as desperate character, and
notorious as a lddnapper of Indian women,
came TO the farm where the Indians are living,
and undertook to take away by force and in
timidation the wife Of one of the Indians
The husband intcrlered, a scuflle took place,
and the Indian was twice shot by the English.
man, and is thought to be dangerously
wounded Some Of the Indians on the farm
coming to the rescue, Willoughby retreated,
and made bis escape warrant has been
issued, and Ii officers are in pursuit of the
villain.
When he is arrested, as we hope he soon
will be, an example should be speedily made
Of the .miscrcant
Mariposa Democrat., 1858-01-21

STRAWBERRIES IN JANUARY.-Just think Of
it, reader says the Sonora Herald-strawber-
res on these barren hills in December and
January. However astonishing it may appear,
it is true. In making one Of our New Years
calls, the lady Of the house where we were
visiting, showed us two boquets of magnificent
roses, with lunches Of large Strawberries in
the centre of each They were raised in a
garden not far from our city.