Amador weekly ledger., 1858-01-09
Miners Meeting.

r, vi miners, ned at the house OF S.
" Williams Co., on Murphy's Gulch on Monday
the Isth INST, for the purpose of organizing new
mining district and passing laws for the same the
ioiiowng were submitted by committee consisting
OF Messers Sylvester, Coombs and Upton. who were
previously appointed to draft code of laws for
lst. Whereas it is deemed expedient bv the mi
ners residing on Murphy's and Hunts Clutches and
vicinity to organize new mining district, and 10
enact such laws as may be thought proper for the
government of the same.
Therefore, be Il enacted that the boundaries of
sala districs be as follows. to-wit: Commencing at
the falls on Hunts Gulch and running to the mouth
OF said gulch; thence 20 the mouth of Black Gulch
following the same to its head thence to the lower
end of French Flat; thence following the divide
between Murphys and Slate Clutches to the place
of beginning.
I'd. That each person shall be entitled to hold
three hundred feet of ground by location, and the
same amount by purchase on any of the raynes
connecting with the main gulches within this dist
3D. That each person shall be entitled to hold by
location two hundred feet of ground in length by
one hundred feet in width on any of the main
gulches, and as much more by purchase as he may
choose
18th. That any claim which shall remain unwork-
ed, (after water be obtaned) for the space of
i've days, except on account of sickness. shall be
SUBJECT TO the ownership of whoever chooses TO en-
ter upon and work the same.
9th. That all differences which NAV arise betveen
claimants of the ground must be submitted to ar
bltration or settled by meeting of miners conven-
ed for that purpose.
The above regulations were unanimously adopt-
ed after amending the Sd Article so as to read thus
Ihat each person may be entitled to hold by To-
/ cation two hundred feet of ground in length bv
one hundred feet from the center of the gulch on
each SIDE. and the same amount by purchase.
Tn motion, il was ordered that no one of the
foregoing Laws shall be construed as in any way
/ "a int mn nxfff.
paney OF mining claims obtained either by location
or purchase, previous to the passage of said Laws
That +. Upton act Recorder to register the
claims OF all such as may choose TO have them re-
corded; but no claim shall be considered forfeited
by neglect to have it so recorded. d
That a committee be appointed to draft three
copies of the foregoing Laws, leaving one with the
Recorder and the others where they may be acces-
sbe to the miners of the district Messrs Upton
Williams and Butler were appointed said commit
tee
That copy of the proceedings of this meeting
be sent to the public Journals Of this county for
publication.
On motion, the meeting adjourned sine die
A. MOORE, Chairman.
W. S. BUTLER Secretary.
Tue st. Louis Republican thinks the iforaons
have so extended their power and influence by
means OF emissaries and so melted the Indians that
the Government may calculate upon having long
and bloody war before it, Important news will be
due from Mormondom in aday or two
IT isnow announced positively that the Nicara-
qua Co. will dispatch steamer from San Francisco
on the Goth inst. We do not, however, see that
they have any certainty of being able to carry their
passengers across the Isthmus. Central America
is in a state of revolution.
FRE.-The destruction of Downieville by fire
week ago caused a loss of half million dollars.
We are sorry to say that the Democrat and Citizen
newspaper Offices were totally destroyed.
New TERRIToRIEs.-lt is announced that Senator
Gwn was preparing bills for the organization of the
proposed new territories of Arizona and Sierra
Nevada Carson Vallcy)
LOLA Montez continues to have great success
with her lectures at the East 1t is said she is about
to lead to the altar aspiring yet docile creature
of the male gender. Lola is whole team.
An Oregon paper calls one of hi. brethren of the
quill ballot-box stuiier-because the poor fellow
came from California.
ALMOST every mountain town in the State pro-
claims its readiness and ability to furnish compa
ny for the Mormon war.
KALLocn, the notorious, has resigned his pastoral
charge and will hereafter practice law.
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THE members of the order of L. c. V. have been
holding a county convention in Tuolumne.
A TEXAS FARu.-Jacob Carroll, of Texas, owns
100000 acres of land
CoNF1RMED-Mexlcan grants finally confirmed in
California, III; number of acres, 2,32s,924.
TREAsuRE--The recorded treasure shpmentsfrom
California in 1857 amount to Sl9,2j6, ls2.
TnE total valuation of property in Sacramento
reaches nearly ss,oOo,ooo.
ALL the property of Kossuth in Austria has been
confiscated.
Mr. Hairston, the richest man in Virginia, is
worth SIS 100000 He owns LOO slaves
Col Kewen, one of Walkers men, has returned
with his family to California.
THERE are English and American schools and
will soon be a German one in Valparaiso.
KIMED.-Mr. Charles Oliver was killed
near the Boston Store, in this county, by the
cavng of bank of earth in a claim, on the
Tth Jan. instant.
ANOTHER Chinaman, implicated in the
murder of Mr. Griswold, was arrestedn Fid-
dletown this week, by Deputy Sheriff Gist.