The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-21

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in their vaults, and that property of every de-
scription was deprecated to the standard of
previous generation, the Erening Post presents
| pleasing contrast in the present condition of
things. 1t says:
"Doubtless many are yet suffering from the
pinch OF last year; but, putting their losses at
the highest, the country has gained more than
1t lost by the revulsion. 1t has taught mer
chants lesson about specializing in railroads
and wild lands with their business capital it
has opened the eyes of multitudes to the folly
as well as sin of stock gambling; it has created
healthy suspicion of all corporate property
not managed by men of probity aud character;
it has relieved the country of a mountain of
debt, which was rising higher and higher, and
which was rapidly destroying legitimate bust
ness, by placing fictitious prices upon all mar
ketable commodities; in fact it has brought
the country to condition of good sense and
prosperity, which should be the subject of uni.
versal coDgratua,ion. Indeed, Gov King
might, with great propriety, have selected to-
day for the annual Thanksgiving of the State"
The total shipments of the season from Chi.
cago are now 322, 673 barrels of -four, 7,467, SAC
bushels of wheat, 7,ll0,073 bushels of corr,
l,4l2,000 bushels of oats, and 81 900 bushels
bushels of grain, namely, l7,74l, 582 bushels.
At this time last year, the shipments had
amounted to l04, l23 barrels of -four, ,634, 4S4
| bushels of wheat, 1924, 287 bushels of corn,
and 275, TIA bushels of oats, making 1922, 456
bushels of grain, and showing an increase in
the shipments of this year, of 4,77l 1854 bushels.
Fire in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, October lion Friday night
fire broke out in the building occupied by
Pooge Pragere, commission merchants !;
James Wilson, storage house, and w. M. Nor.
gan, pattern shop, on Columbia street. Messrs.
Pooge Il Pragere loss ST 500, but are folly in
sured W. M. Morgan's loss is $500, and ] James
Wilson's is about 81 900, on which there is no
insurance.
News from the Fraser River Mines.
Mr.. Nugent, the United States agent, has ar
rived out at the Fraser river mines.
Dry diggings have been discovered in the
neighborhood of Fort Yale. A party on a
prospective tour had found gold on the banks
| OF river emptying into the Fraser, near Fort
Yale, about eight miles from its mouth, which
| pays from eight to ten cents to the pam This
news of dry diggings being discovered is cor.
| roborated by the statements of various other
| miners, and parties were being fitted out at
Yale to thoroughly explore the back country.
A miner at Fountain diggings is stated TO
bave taken out 5000 ia fifteen days. Two men
on Santa Clare bar recently took out $50 in one
day.
The accounts from the Upper Fraser are en-
| couraging.
A good deal of dust has been offered for sale
at Fort ale and Fort Hope, but, at the prices
asked, (Sl6,) there we're few purchasers
no lor ho1v nfv L. 4
| Thompson are not much discouraged. The
great enemy has been the high water. They
are determined to remain until fair chance
occurs to work the bars.
Further California News.
Among the officers elected at the late cleo.
ton were thirteen district judges. The follow
| ing judges have been elected in the districts
from. which we have full returns, viz:
Benjamin Hayes, of Los Angeles; Carrillc
of Santa Barbara 8. R. Mckee, of Alameda
Caleb Burbank, of San Francisco; Nicholas
Cleary, of Mariposa; G. M. Creanor, of Stock
ton j. 81. McKune, of Sacramento; E. W
McKinstry, of Naps; B. F. Myers, of Placer
Niles Searles, of Sierra William P. Danger
field, of Shasta.
| N. P. Dorsey, formerly register of the United
States land Office in Los Angeles, was shot anc
|
| county, by his father-in-law, w. w. Rubottom
on the 9th inst. Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey quar-
relied, and she went to her fathers home. Mr.
Dorsey followed her. Mr.. Rubottom ordered
him to keep away. Mr.. D., pistol in hand, en-
tered the yard, and went upon the porch. Mr.
| K. met him with gun--both fred at the ga me
moment, and Dorsey fell MORALLY wounded
Rubottom is justified by the people and by the
| officers of the law.
| The case of James Henessy rs Marrow et
at., suit for damages against the Vigilance
Committee, growing out of the Punishment OF
Henessy from San Francisco during about two
years, was called, q fortnight since, in the Dis
trict Court of bonneville, and there were fifty
jurymen sum moned. OF these, forty six were
excused from service because of sympathy with
the committee, three from prejudice against
that organization, and one found competent,
having recently arrived in the country, and en-,
tertaining no decided opinion on the subject OF
| vigilancism. The case was continued to next
| term.
A discovery of rich gold quartz has been
made near Vallecito, in Calaveras county. So
far, the lead has prospected from two to four.
teen dollars to the pan.
Great quantities of salmon are now caught
in the Sacramento river and the other large
| streams on the California coast. Fresh salmon
| sell at San Francisco at q cent and holt per
pound, wholesale and from four to eight cents
at retail.
| A large quantity of msckerel has been taken
on the Santa Cruz shore of Monterey bay. PEG.
pie versed in the business predict that the mack.
erel fisheries will soon become a valuable branch
of the business of the Californans.
The eighth anniversary of the admission of
California int the Union was celebrated on the
9th September, by the Society of California
Pioneers, in a becoming manner. A process
| sion was formed, which marched through the
principal streets of San Francisco, and an elo
vuent Grafton was delivered by F P. Tracy. In
the evening, collation. was partaken of by the
members of the society and their guests.
| Another Great Comet Coming.
| Donatl's comet at its first appearance was
supposed to be identified with the great come,
| of Charles V, which is due about this time,
but it does not answer the description, and the
| great comet may therefore be expected to ap.
in 1866, and displayed tail of one hundred
degrees in length. The present beautiful come,
is not circumstance to it. The astronomers
differ in their calculations of its period. Its
return was predicted in l848. Others have
| liked the time in 1858, and others still in 1860
The truth is, that the data are not sufficiently
ascertaned to enable us to fix it's period within
five or Elk years, and it may be considered due
any time till it appears. The New York Com
mercial Advertiser gives the following mode Of
making cheap telescope for family use in
these cometary times 1t is said to cost but few
shillings, and to be equal to Galileo's telescope
with which he made his great discoveries
procure from an optician a &c inch object
glass THAT is, a convex glass, which produces
a focus of the SUMS rays at the distance of &c