The Placer herald., 1858-03-20
News Items.

A vein OF stone coal has been discovered
in the neighborhood of Sonora, Tuolumne
county.
lump of gold weighing twelve pounds
and valued at $2,592, has recently been
found in Matelot Gulch, near Columbia.
Steerage tickets. through to New York for
$40, sold for the Orizaba on her late trip
from San Francisco.
Gen. Jarez, lately visited Com. Paulding,
on board the Wabash and in the name of
the President of Nicaragua thanked him for
removing Walker and bis fllibusters from
the country.
A new brick theater is to be built in So
nora, to cost $4,000.
A lot of Australian sheep were sold in
San Francisco last Saturday.
The San Francisco officers have arrested
several persons for selling obscene books.
BENJAMIN Allen and son were recently
inhumanly butchered by the Indians, on Pay
ner's Creek in Tehama county.
The citizens of Campo Seco, Calaveras
county, have held meeting and adopted
ways and means to protect themselves against
the depredations of cattle thieves. .rr.t
The people of Carson Valley are preparing
for good business during the coming sum-
mer.
An Italian, named Augustine Brignadella,
while standing in the door of a saloon, at
Sonora, on the evening of the 0th inst, was
dangerously shot by some unknown assas-
sin.
The people of San Francisco want House
of Refuge, in which to punish juvenile often
ders.
The Crescent City Herald speaks favora-
bly, of the mines in that part of the State
A chunk of gold was recently found on Alt
house Creek worth $1,000.
The people of the Dales, Oregon, recent
ly hung an Indian for violating the person
of white woman.
The American residents of Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands, celebrated Washington's
birthday with great enthusiasm.
The people of Tehama ask of the Legis-
lature an appropriation to enable them to
chastise the troublesome Indians Of that
county.
PlacervlIe is rising to the Importance of a
city-they have pickpockets there.
DAWSON, OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA
This individual, who was saved on a raft
from the wreck of the Central 1merico has
returned to his old mining ground in Orovile.
Luck to him!
Whisky is manufactured in the town of
Sonora, says the HeroM. a fright smart
chance" of it is drunk there, too, we reckon.
REwARD-The people of Washington,
Nevada county, have offered a reward Of ST.
600 for the arrest of the party or parties
who on the night of February 18th. mur
dered Chrsta Strubig at Poor Mans Greek
and then set fire to his cabin and threw the
body into the flames.
large amount of -four is now being
brought from Oregon to San Francisco.
SHAsrA.-The receipts Of foreign miners
licenses for the past three months were
$5,7O4.
AssAYING AT FoLsoM.-A firm at Folsom
is said to to be assaying about $4,000 OF
gold dust per week.
CRops AT RED BLuFF-Wheat and other
grains in the above vicinity are looking fine
y. In some places the stalk is two and a
half feet high.
MINING IN SOUTHERN OREGoN.-In the
vicinity Of Jacksonville the miners are rep
resented to be doing well. The water in
that locality it was thought would hold out
until June.
SHOT IN THE ANKLE-Two Mexican fe-
males quarreed recently in Marysvile, with
pistols, when one went off accidentally, and
shot the owner of it in the ankle.
Lors OF ORo.-The deposits of gold bull
lion in the Branch Mint Of this city, during
the week ending March 9th, amounted to
23,6l1,34 ounces, worth about $4,000.
The coinage of gold during the week was
100000, in all double eagles Golden Era.
CHINAMEN BUR1ED.-Tbree Cinnamon
were recently buried by cave of dirt at
Shady Creek, on the the South Yuba. Two
were taken out dead, and the other badly in
jured.
Wool is raised, extensively, in Calaveras
county.
A Woclen factory has been established
in Salem Oregon. Some thirty persons are
employed about the establishment.
STATE FUND.-The disbursements since the
opening of the Legislative sessions have a
mounted to $2O7,445 20, and the balance
on hand is now $37l,73O SO. t...
The Grand Jury of San Bernardino have
indicted several Mormons for living in adul-
terry; Christians are getting the ascendency
there, since the outgoing Of the "saints."