The Nevada Democrat., 1858-02-24
WHOLE NO. 229.
NEWs mEnIs.


mill, owned by j. R. Beard. Esq, has sixty
horse power engine, eight stamps and two ar
rastras, crushes fifteen tons in twelve hourp,
and nets weekly profit of $1,000 to $4,000
per week. tits the richest vein in the county.
The Poecahontas mill has an engine Of the same
power aud the rock is worth $25 per ton. The
Empire mill, twelve horse power engine, three
stamps, four arrastras, crushes twelve tons per
day worth $50 per ton. Bryants mill has wa
ter pcwer, crushes ten tons per day worth SIS
per ton. Union mill, fifteen tons per day, worth
$50 per ton, Oldest in the county, water power.
Raymond d McNulty's mill, twelve tons per
day. worth $40 to $40 per ten. There is quartz
enough to last from twenty to one hundred
years for all Of them. We learn the above frsm
the Placerville Democrat.
STRANGE FATALrTY.-In the Masonic burial
ground Of Sonora, says the Union Democrat,
there are two rows Of the dead. One is CON-
posed Of those who have been removed hithsr
trem former resting places, the other Of these
whe have received Masonic sepulture within
the present groupds. The last named is the
fatal row. or the six masons composing it. enc
died naturally, four were murdered, and the
last committed suicide. The members Of the
fraternity in this vicinity have come to regard
with awe the strange dispensation visited npoA
the common resting place Of their dead.
FATAL SuoorINe AT OAKLAND.-At Oakland,
on Monday evening, Feb. 10th, ons benjamin.
Atwin shot SPaniard, named Saaveda. The
latter was wounded in the pit Of his stomach,
and died in four hours after the shooting.
Atwill was arrested the next morning. II APP
pears that Atwill was in O store, when Saaveda
came in and asked him to drink. Atwill re-
fused and went outside. The Spaniard follow
ed and said that he should drink or he would
kiln him, at the same time drawing knife.
Atwill Immediately drew q revolver aud shot
him.
New TERRIroRY.-From private letters re-
ceived from Washington, the State Journal
learns that the new Carson Valley Territory
bill will no doubt pass, with little or no oppoHi-
tion. There seems to be some interest felt ~
to the probable action Of our Legislature on
the petition to release all claims TO Jurisdiction
on the east side OF the dividing ridge Of the
Sierra Nevadas. but that will not, probably,
interfere with the action of Congress ON the
subject Judge Crane was in Washington, press
ing the bill
THH RUMoRED DUEL, says the Alta, was to
have come Off between two chvalrous gentle
men of San Francisco, was indefinitely post
poncd on account of the weather. 1t will pro-
badly take place on the first fair day. There
was q report circulated 10 the effect that one
party had discovered the fact, that bis oppe-
uNht hNu OhOo oSCh otuppeQ III laCS, uhu ~
he had never been slapped In the face they
were not on an equal footing, aud by the strict
code Of honor, were not allowed to fight.
ROBBERY IN STocKToN.--An Italian BY the
nRme Of Bsptiste. who came to Stockton from
Mokelumne Hill, on the 18th instant. was robbed
the night Of his arrival Of six hundred dollars
in gold dust aud two hundred dollars in coin.
He was sleeping in house kept by a country.
man Of his, by the name of Lorenzo. The prem
ses were entered from the rear, and the money
taken from his pockets. No clue has been dis
covered to the robber.
The OVERLAND MAIL.-The line has now been
in operation for six months between San An
tonic, Texas, aud San Diego; running over the
lsngest mail route in the United States. The
mails have never failed to make the schedule
time Of thirty days, except on the first and Sc
cond pioneer trips, which were In reality moth
ing more than exploring excursions. The last
mail came in in twenty-seven days.
THK SroRM.--Reports from various portions
Of the country give us to understand that the
effects Of the late storm have been widely felt.
At OrOville, Feather river rose eleven feet ia
twenty-four hours, aud Dry Greek became so
much swollen as to render it impossible fer the
Seasta stages to make their regular trips over
the road.
FATAL AFFRAY.-Two women got into fight
last week. in o notorious house at Tsdd's Val
ley Placer county. Some persons tried to sepa-
rate them. but "Buckskin Bobn alias Singsby,
interfered, and insisted they should fight Ii out.
An affray ensued, in which Bob was knocked
down. He drew knife, but was shot and
killed by Irish George before he could use 1t.
CATHOLIC BURIAL GROUND We learn that the
ground used as a Catholic burial ground, in
tha Hitv the G1n0kfNn has ha0n
most shamsfully desecrated by those having
the power over, or charge of the same graves
have been leveled for walks, and tOmbstones
have disappeared from their appropriate pa-
ces
THE LITTLE FoUNpr.NG.-Th The little infant
boy who was left to perish in 9 vault, in San
Francisco but was rescued and cared for BY .
noble-hsarted lady, has, according to the Argus
since been adopted by her. The name he goes
by Is William Francis Mercer.
ArTEMPTHD SUIcrDE.-An old man, without
money or friends, and every hungry" tempt
ed to commit suicide by hanging himself in
Marysvillc, on the night Of the 18th inst. He
WAS discovered and prevented.
SHOOTING AFFAIR.". Chapman and L. o.
Stearns took q couple Of shots at each ether,
in the streets Of Columbia, enc day last week.
No damage. Chapman is under bail to answer
to the charge Of attempting to kill StearnL
NEW PAPEk.-Mr. G. Presch. who has until
recently been connected with the Alta. left San
Francisco on the 10th inst, for Puget Sound,
intending to establish 3 weekly newspaper At
Steilacoom.
ARREsTED.-Six persons engaged in annoying
q newly married couple in San Francisco by .
charivari, on the night Of the 14th instant, were
arrested and conveyed to the police office.
LOT OF DEFRSDAETs-Mr. Worthington, at
tornsy for Fremont, has commenced sjeetment
suits against seven hundred persons whe are
on the land patented by Fremont.
GAS IN SoEoRA.-The town of Sonora is now
lighted with gas. One after another the prin-
cipal interior towns are being lighted with this
substance.
REFERRED.-Mr. Lees aHti-vigilance bill, to-
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