The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11
The State at Large.

The Sierra Citizen affords the fol.
lowing items: On Charcoal Flat, 8
miles from Downieville, four robbers
entered the cabin of some Cinnamon,
killed one, wounded two others, and
stole $3.50 and an old silver watch.
Several stone buildings are going
up in Downieville-one for a Congre-
gational Church, is Completed
Thomas Sharkey was instantly killed
by falling boulder in his claim at
Jim Crow Canon.-They have
Gymnasium at Downieville.
The Mountain Messenger, La
Porte, says that Jim Beckworth late
ly honored that Office with a CALL
Jim said the Piute Indians had just
surrounded and killed 484 deer and
antelope, besides great quantity Of
wolves. The Piutes profess to be
friendly to the whites.--The editor
of the Messenger condemns the per-
sonal puffery INDUCED in by newspa-
pers. We concur.-The Mountain
Democrat is quite enthusiastic over
tie setting of the first Overland Tell
egraph post at Placerville, on the I'd
inst. An immense throng Of ladies
and gentlemen met to celebrate the
suspicious event. Speeches were
made, houses illuminated, nationc!
music discoursed, and hearty cheers
given. Through the waste country
beyond Carson Valley the wire will
be laid beneath the soil.-An Indian
fell from tree and broke his neck,
near Bottle Hill, says the same pa
per.-A goodly number of immi-
grants are in Carson Valley on their
way to California. At Negro Hill
in Calaveras county, a poor fellow
was blown twenty feet out of a cut by
a premature blast, and his face and
eyes badly burned.-A lump of
gold weighing y pounds, and worth
$14, 900, has been found near Co.
lumbia. 'Hail Columbia Happy
landin' Some travellers have found
grand scenery on the head of Kern
river, and waterfalls higher than the
famous ones Of 70 Semitic. The
Butte Record complains that the In
dams are not kept on the Reservation
as they should be.-A crazy widowed
mother left her baby of six months at
the door Of a gentleman in Oroville.
A good woman has adopted it.
The San Francisco Shipping List
says there are Sc vessels now on the
way to that port, half of them from
New York.-S. F. Warrants are sell
ling for SO cents on the dollar.-The
game law restriction expires on the
18th inst.-The S. F. Bulletin
says the German dancing girls are
brought to that city on contract, and
shipped home at the conclusion of
their term, generally pure but with a
bad opinion of California. No won.
der!-The Supreme Court has de-
cided that G.. W. Whitman rightfully
held the office of Controller during
the past year. THE Trinity Jour-
nal, speaking Of the canal now being
urged to speedy completion under the
direction of Ex-Gov. Johnson, says it
will supply vast number of men
with work, and will water large
number of rich and extensive bars,
hitherto little worked. 1t also re-
marks that hundreds of men are rais-
ing water from tho river itself and
making from So to SIG per day
Trinity county is recovering its Fraser
lost population. The Journal is SEN
sibly "down" on candidates blowing
their own horns-(and drinking those
of others, we hope) and condemns
female equestrianism out of the cir
cus.-Gold and silver mines have
been found at Honey Lake.-The
Red Bluff Beacon speaks of washing
machines being manufactured in that
town; says that large proportion of
the wheat grown in Tehama county
has been more orless Injured by smut;
and advocates the formation Of a
County Agricultural Society.-The
Siskiyou mines are favorably reported
in the Union, at some length.
Mix & Co. have lost $4,000 by the
destruction of their fine hotel at
Whiskey Creek.-Post roads have
been established which connect Shasta
City with Utah Territory and with
Yreka.-A copper-fastened clip
per built schooner of about 70 tons
has been built and launched at Peta-
Till .a - Coz Eropo;cro