The hydraulic press., 1858-08-28
The state at Large.


Our exchanges for the past week
are singularly uninteresting, except
to politicians. the columns of most of
them being largely occupied by politi>
cal leaders, invectives, vituperations
and "keep it before the peoples. >
We are earnestly praying for the
great September calm.
The two wings of the Democracy
are making desperate efforts to in~
sure success all over the State, hold
ing mass meetings in every town of
Importance, and employing a larger
number of able speakers than stumped
the State in 1856.-The Republi-
cans have started another paper in
San Francisco, entitled the Daily
Eoening Republican. a little son
of John Mccormick was drowned in
a we'll at San Francisco.-Messrs.
O'Neill & Co. have struck a lead at
Poverty Bar, on the Mokelumne,
which prospected $400 to one pan,
and now pays the same amount per
barrow load.--The Sheriff of Ala-
media offers reward of 5000 for the
apprehension of one Decker, an es-
capped convict. ct.-A young woman
in San Francisco went to the grave
yard to kill herself with "co.d pizen"
because her ',lovyer" had left er,but
was found and better persuaded.-
The Fair Of the San Francisco Me-
chanic's Institute will open on the 1st
September.--The Stocktonians are
fitting out an expedition for Salt Lake
consisting of twenty>eight mule teams
loaded with merchandise for the des
titute Mormons, who can now buy of
the Gentlles.-The amount Of mo
ney In the State Treasury on the 2lst
inst, was S360,150 06. We like
that odd picayune Gov. Weller
has refused to pardon John Roberts,
who murdered his partner, Van, at
Iowa Hill in 1955.--The Humboldt
Times tells of fellow called ssbuck-
skin jack" who had his throat cut
while asleep, by asquaw with whom
he was living. The jugular vein not
being severed, Jack woke up, wrested
the knife from the squaw, and killed
her on the spot. Pretty savage, that,
all around The assessment roll
of Siskiyou county will show about
100000 worth of property, where
eight years ago there was no property
but Indian huts.-The Shasta Re-
publican says that Portuguese Co.
mining on Coffee Greek have been
robbed of $4,000 by partner named
Brown.--The Placer Courier, Y an
kee Jim's, gives an account of the
Jenny Lind Tunnel Co., near that
place, and says they commenced
washing from the rich portion of their
vein considerably more than year
ago, since which time their gross re-
ceipts have seldom been less than two
hundred ounces per week, and have
usually ranged from two to six hun
dred ounces, and frequently gone
much above these figures! Shares
are held at $4,000. The same pa
per records the finding of lump of
pure gold weighing four pounds and
a half. Poor miners In Sonoma
county, according to the Journal, Gal
liant Rains got into dispute with his
father, knocked him down and stabbed
him seriously with pen-knife. Both
were drunk at the time.-The Pet
aluma people have had slight shock
Of an earthquake; the same was felt
at San Francisco and generally along
the coast-A convention of Quartz
Miners will be held at Musical Hall,
in San Francisco, on Tuesday, the
7th of September. ohm Lynch
met an awful death in San Mateo
county by falling into pile of burn
ing saw-dust He was burned to a
crisp before he could be helped.
The CALIFORNIA CULTURIsT.-We
have received the August number of
this valuable periodical from the pub
fishers, Messrs. Wadsworth & Tur>
rell, San Francisco. Besides many
other interesting articles, it contains