The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-23
The State at Large.


Indian war-The mail which ar
rived by the John L. Stevens was
dispatched to the interior from San
Francisco on Sunday. Why not do
it always ?-Geo. Pen Johnston
has retired from the S. F. National.
He has been admitted to bail since
his arrest by the sheriff of Marin
county. The story that McKibbin
had challenged him is dsnied.-A
military company is being organized
at La Porto, Sierra co.-Charles
Schermer has a profitable vineyard
near Oroville, has made some wine,
and raised white grapesfrom the seed
of the black grape.-The S. F.
Call gives statistics of the wheat crop
in this State for the present year.
The yield in twelve counties, princsi-
pally mining, is 1 $4,000 bushels
equal to about 268,0O0 barrels of
Aour-mors than one half the yield of
the entire State last year, which was
but little over 100000 barrels. This
year, tho amount will equal at least
$4,000 barrels Of -four, or consider
ably upwards of 100000 bushels
of wheat. The amount of -four re-
quired for home consumption as food,
is not far from 100000 barrels, leav.
ing a surplus of 100000 barrels Of
-four, or l, 10000 bushels of wheat
for seeding and other purposes.-
Los Angeles is Aourishing rapidly
under the impetus given by the Over
land Mail. Many brick buildings are
going up.---Ths first German paper
in California is about to be started at
Mokelumne Hill.-Dr. W. G.
Hatch, Of Sacramento, has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Weller, as Surgeon
10 the military expedition against the
Humboldt Indians under Gen. Kibbe.
WIN. Bausman, who lately edit
ed the Northern Light at Whatcom,
has been solicited by many citizens of
all parties to be candidate for State
Senator, to fill the vacancy caused by
Ferguson's death.-A Chinaman
killed Sarah Neal, married woman,
at Cooks Bar in Sacramento county,
on last Monday afternoon, in broad
day, and in an open place, and was
hanged for the deed in two or three
hours thereafter by mob. The Sac
ramento Union, which relates the
lynching, affects to deprecate it as
unnecessary; but these " unnecessa-
ry" violations of law will always oc-
cur if it is admitted that violations of
law are ever excusahle or needed.
The Supreme Court has decided
that it is not lawful for Boards of Su-
pervisors to issue deprecated scrip
at the rate Of two dollars for one, as
in times past has been practiced.-
The Butte Record complains of the
excessive sickness Of Oroville and
the Valley generally-prays for rain,
and says "Quinine is King p
The San Diego Indians were about
to hang three of their number for
witchcraft, lately, when they were
stopped by the sceptical whites.
These aboriginal e" Puritans' of Cal
ifornia deserve a monument.-The
s. F. Bulletin tells of a pumpkin
weighing 250 pounds.--The steam
er j ohm l.. Stevens sailed on We'd
nesday with about 400 passengers,
including j. C. McKibbin, and So,
1T 1891 in treasure. The Union
says the land claim of Chas. Fossat,
covering portion of the New Alma
den mines,has been appealed to the
U. S. Sup. Court.-The Colum-
bia Courier describes the Tuolumne
Ditch as being the largest and best
constructed ditch in the State. 1t is
nine feet wide at the bottom and if
teen at the top, with a depth of four
feet. The water which supplies this
canal is conducted at one point through
mountain by means of tunnel that
is 2,70O feet long and over five hum
dred feet beneath the apex OF the
mountain.-The S. f. National
says Mr.. and Mrs. Stark played in
that city on Tuesday evening to an
audience of $500 persons. 1t was
the 26th night Of their engagement.
"A correspondent of the S. F.
Bulletin, writing from Los Angeles,
says that almost every one in that VIZ
cinity who has good vineyard land is
setting out vines. Capt. Porter was
engaged in packing a lot of the best