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San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

A CHRISTIAN ACT.-Mr. P. L. Traver of Muir
phys, gives public notice in the News, of We'd
nesday last, that his store, hereafter, will be
closed on Sunday. Mr.. Traver is one of the
heaviest dealers in the county, and it is to be
hoped that others will follow his example,
At Mokelumne Hill, all the most respectable
merchants close their stores on the Sabbath
day. Who will lead off in this camp?
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nar We see by a notice in the Stockto

Ng We see by notice in the Stockton
papers that A. c. Bradford, Register, and VIM.
B. Norman, Receiver, have received the neces-
sary Tracts, Books, Field Notes, Maps, &C.,
and announce to the people of the Stockton
District that they are now prepared to attend
to all business connected with that Office
Office at the former residence of DR.. Reid near
the Asylum.
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

CALICO PARTY.-The ladies of Douglass
Flat, says the lNurphy's Ne,cs of the 4th inst,
are getting up Calico Party to come off a
week from tomorrow, Thursday, l2th.) Its
object is to assist the school there, and enable
them to keep it constantly open- The pur-
pose is a good one, and it behooves all the
neighborhood to attend their party, and thus
not only enjoy themselves, as they certainly
will do, but also aid good object.
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07
Advertisement.

AN THE 9Th OF AUGUST, 1858, the ami
" versary of the dedication of st. Andrews
Catholic Church, solemn Mass, with new
music, will take place in the same church, at
the usual hour.
iy BLEW JAMES MOTTER Pastor
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

THE LAND SALEs.-On February 7th, of
next year, 5,23l, ,o7o acres of land are to be
sold in California, according to the proclama-
ton of the President, viz: Humboldt, 5Ol,-
s76 acres; Marysville, l,O55,665 acres San
Francisco, 366,973 acres; Stockton, 1908, ,ol6
acres; Yisalia, 1853, 400 acres Los Angeles,
ll44 40 acres.
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

LARGE PEAcHEs.-Within the past week, we
have been shown several lots of peaches ta-
ken from Mr.. Normans ranch, which, for size
and flavor, are equal to the fruit grown in any
of the older States. A lot of one dozen was
weighed in our presence on Tuesday last, net
ting six pounds. They were sold at ST. per
Dozen
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07
CAMr MEErrNes.-There will be a Camp

CAMP MEETNGs.-There will be a Camp
Meeting held at Live Oak, eight miles north
of Stockton, commencing on the 18th of Au-
gust. Also, Camp Meeting will be held on
the French Camp Slough, five miles east of
French Camp. commencing September 3rd.
Preachers and people are cordially invited to
attend.
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

TIME UNDERSIGNED, Administra,or oe
IL Estate of Nathaniel O'Neil, late os m.
county of Calaveras, deceased, will IN .he
18th day of August, 1858, at 10 o'clock a
NJ, make application to Hon. W. W. Porter
Judge of the Probate Court of said county ~
the Court House, in Mokelumne Hill, for an
order authorizing said Administrator to sell
twenty head of neat cattle, and one horse, the.
property of the estate aforesaid, in the manner
prescribed by law.
A. J. HOOPER.
Adms of the Estate of Nathaniel O'Nei,
Dated August d. l858-lt deceased
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

WITHDRAwSe-By referring to q card pub
Hon. Thos O'Brien has, for good and sufficient
reasons Withdrawn his name as an Indepen-
dent candidate for Senator He now stands.
as he should, fairly and squarely before the
people of this county on the Cincinnati Demo-
cratic Platform, which he so nobly and firmly
defended and advocated in the last session of
the Legislature, when he voted against that
Infamous fraud endorsing the Lecompton
Constitution. The passage of those resolutions
consigned the political heads of his three con-
freres to the tomb of the capulets; it made
Popular Sovereignty living issue before the
voters OF California, to be endorsed or rejected
by the people at the polls. The voters of old
Calaveras will now have q chance to say,
should he be nominated to the Legislature,
whether Thomas O'Brien represented or mis-
represented them by that vote. Already the
Murphys (Lecompton) Convention have failed,
or refused to endorse those who did pote for
that resolution; now the people will have a
chance to vote and declare their sentiments
on this living, momentous issue. The last
Legislature made citizens of California party
to the fraud, by endorsing it in their official
capacity, as the peoples representatives. The
voters of Calaveras thus stand committed to
the infamous swindle, unless they repudiate
it, IN thunder tones at the polls, on Wednesday,
the lst day of September next. We stand on
the broad basis of nciple-that the people
of a Territory have right to enact their own
laws, in their own manner, where, when, how,
and whatever way they chose Mr.. O'Brien
coincided with us in this view, and so voted
we admired the courage which dared to be
firm and upright in the midst of the immense
political corruption and pressure which was
brought to bear ON him, and consequently we
became his warm and decided friend. and as
such, will support him though it should de-
eide our fortunes, for veal or for woe. This
is no issue of an hour-it is no question of a
day-but it is eternal-perpetual as the laws
of gravitation.
The Legislature of California has made the
issue; the people have taken up the fat, and
the miners of Calaveras will echo and re-echo
it through the dark ravines, from canon to
canon, and quartz mill to quartz mill; from
the lungs of the mining shaft it will come,
heralding; the mouths of thousand tunnels
will speak it; the ancient river channels will
reverberate it in triumphal shouts, to the river
Brien is their champion,-an honest miner,
"a tower of strength in their cause; a man
who dared to stand up for the right, or fall at
his post doing duty. For .ncse reasons and
many others, MS friends will return him to
the Legislature, and we indorse him.
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~ fm advertisements.
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LOST J

The ROAD FROM JENNY LIND to.
-" San Anureas, Pocket Book, corr
tanning several Notes Papers. etc. The finder
win oe hoerally rewarded by returning the
sahe M NO 70 lne undersigned, at Jenny Lind. or to-
MT. WIN. M Irvine, San Audreas. The notes
Mere-one against A. W. P. Ladd. with some
lndorsement thereon; one against Webb. With,
Tn Sonae endorsements; two against Rogers &
! urner' ana due bill against VIM. irwin for
lumoer. ~ l hereby give notice to the parties
;roeu sa;d no,e IN TINS advertisement, not to pay
the amounts due. ponSioie iOl'
aug 7-tf WN vtOnr
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

Bar The meeting of the citizens called to
adopt measures to guard against fire, ad-
journed to meet this Saturday evening, at
Garry's Saloon.
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

MA Duel was fought lately in Mississippi,
by Mr. T. Knott and Mr.. A. Shott. The result
was, that Knott was shot, and Shott was not
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

Nor BAD-We are indebted to the London
Star for the following on dit:
It said that in consequence of Mr.. Rarey's
success in training the celebrated horse Cruz
ser, there are other Americans prepared to
undertake the treatment of other cruisers on
the West India station
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07
AFFIDAVIT OF MIR. YOUNG.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY, I

Whatcom county,
WILLIAM You've, resident of the Territory
and county aforesaid, being first duly sworn,
on oath, says that he prospected in the region
of country lying between the Lummi and Fra
zer rivers, for the space of six days, and that
from every pan of dirt he washed he recovered
more or less specks of gold, and that the specks
of gold to the pan would range from eight to
twenty, and that he obtained the two speci-
mems sold to Mr.. James @. Clark, weighing
one dollar, about four feet from the surface of
the earth. That he is practical miner, and
has mined in Rich Gulch Caaveras county,
California, for the last six years and further
says that he obtained better prospects between
the said streams than upon Frazer river.
w. YOUNG.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this Oath day of July, 1858.
ANDREW ]. Moses Notary Public.
Attest :-P. H. Clayton, P. f. OBrien, w.
C. Pettibone, W. H. Huntoon.
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07

To the above Mr.. s. Pixley, of San
Francisco, in letter to the Globe of that
city, makes reply. The letter comes en-
dorsed as "a truthful epistle from we'll
known citizen"
WHATcoM, July 9th, 1858.
j. c. Duncan-Dear SRI have time TO
write you few lines by the Panama, as she is
now about leaving this nearly forsaken hole,
of great humbug notoriety. This day is a sor-
rowful day to the few remaining miners who
are not able to leave on the Panama for the
rich and beautiful Golden State, which they
have so foolishly left.
The trail is now entirely abandoned, and no
honest man here dare, even on the streets, say
it ever will be practicable.
| have been up Frazer river above For,
Langley, and, so far, am satisfied that there
is no mines either on Frazer or Thompson that
will pay California miner to stay. believe
when the river falls, that few may make a
paying business, but it will not equal scarcely
any river in California. On this steamer. and
vessels now departing, about 1000 California
miners leave for the Eureka State-one-halfo OF
whom have thoroughly examined the Frazer
mines, and pronounce them failure. The
verdict here is already rendered, and you may
truly believe there will be no appeal.
| If any more people from California think Of
coming here, do advise them to stay where
they are. When see SO many here who part
ed from their families, of whom they so often
/ speak in tears, and express such a deep anxi-
ETY. to return, and have not the means of do
! ing so, can bu: write you TO warn others oi
the dangers and misfortunes of those who left
our favored State for this inhospitable region
see hundreds every day returning from the
upper rivers, Frazer and Thompson, and al
agree that it will not pay.
/ send you an Extra gotten up here fol-
] effect, to sustain the dying breath of Whatcom
Instead of being any excitement here, every
! man pronounces the contents of the /. Extra
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07
Democratic State Conventions.

LEcoMPToN WNG.-From the reports furn-
ished by the Sacramento Union, of Thursday,
we condense the following facts in relation to
the proceedings Of the two Democratic State
Conventions which assembled in Sacramento
on Wednesday, August 4th:
The Lecompton Wing convened in the Rev.
Mr.. Benton's church, at IL NJ, and was called
to order by V. E. Geiger, Chairman of the
State Central Committee.
After the temporary organization and ap-
pointment of Committee on Credentials, the
formal accommodation of the Douglas Wing,
&C., the Lecompton Convention nominated
James H. Hardy, of Mokelumne Hill, for per-
manent President and VIM. j. Hooton, for
Secretary.
The following order of business was then
adopted:
1st Election of officers of the Convention :;
End. Appointment of Committee on Resolu-
tions Sd. Reception of the Report of the
Committee on Resolutions 4th. nomination
of a Supreme Judge; 5th. Nomination of a
Controller; 9th. Whatever other nominations
the Convention deem proper; 7th. Election of
a State Central Committee.
1t was afterwards moved by Mr.. Geiger that
the 9Th rule in the order of business be strick-
en- out and 1.-TWO members of Congress " iu-
serted But motion to adjourn cut off final
action for the time. Adjourned to 10, A. NJ,
on Thursday, 9th.
The committee on resolutions reported
Mr.. Hoge, the chairman, prefaced his report by
saying, thar they did not read any one out of
the party, and praised nobody save those upon
whom all could unite in terms of praise.
The Resolutions endorse the Cicinnati Plat
form, the English bill, and the President; fa-
vor the passage of the Pacific railroad bill,
oppose the right of search, endorse the State
Administration, and invite all parties to unite
with them on their principles.
Mr.. Hoge moved the adoption of the resolu-
tions; and by instruction of the Committee,
called the previous question.
His motion was seconded by Mr.. Mcconnell,
and sustained by vote of III to 40. Upon
the passage Of the resolutions the vote stood,
ayes 267, noes 2.
There is to be a mass meeting in front of
the Orleans hotel tonight. Thursday
San Andreas independent., 1858-08-07
ADMINISTRATORS NOTIcFI

WM. vANDEPpIrpc
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CHANGE OF DAYS!
For SasSalrIS and Elk Rivers.

Po't Dcpo'H and urc-de-Groce, ltvyland
T;r. STEAMER LADY WILMER. CAPTAIN
.sAsssI1ttHI WM WILSON, having been thoroughly
overhaucd ant put in complete repair
for carrying Freight. and handsomely fitted up for
the accommodation of Pass, myers leaves Pine st
Wharf Philadelphia. every SATURDAY Az
TERNooN. at . o'clock, Tor Port Deposit and
1lnvre de Grace. Nd.
RETURNING. leaves Port Deposit at 10 n IN
Mondays C"ssaday's at 1, and Turner's Creek. at
a p. M ~
On Tuesdays and Thursdays. will leave PINE
street Wharf for Winners Point M A n m
touching at Port Herman and Fords ON the Xix
ana Turner's Creek. Cnssaday's. Fishers George
town, and Frcdcrcktown ON the Snssafras
. RETURNING, leaves Winners Point at o.e,k
n. M. cdnesays and Fridays; Frcdcricktown at
IL m ;Cassadays at p H. and Turner's Greek
at a pm
FARE, One DOLLAR. MEALS EXTRA
.. Q Merchandise, Fur iturc Grain, Agricultural
implements. Seed, IIor es. Cattle. Sheen, Gc
taken at Lo'T Rates. y Tor Freight or Passage.
Apply to Captain Wilson ON board the boat
BAH Freight to Iu rncr's Creek must be
prepaid h.nrcs 20 lajS"tf
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BIRDS AND AG.-By Tic quick
" successive reports Of guns, the .,Jtpg !.
6ong'' Of which comes into us from every
SIDE, through every window, We know the
birds Of the marshes arc here, and the gunncrs
III pursuit along the river, and out in the field -,
after the ilocks frightened thilhcr bv the
shooting at the water side.
FIRST among Them is the reel Jir,l-thc bob
o'H"h Of the Spring, and the ,irc bird of lbe
South. 1t is most esteemed for the table: is
no" extremely fat, and is shot in large mum
hcrS, AS soon as tho weather becomes cold
carly in October, generally they fly off to
the rice fields, to which they are very dcstruc-
tive, extending their hiSlt to The West Indies,
where they are called the bnHcr bird.
Next in demand, (with many first is the
rail. We observe by the Marlboro Gazette.
that in That section Of the state, these birds
are called the crioion, which is incorrect:
the ortolan is an European bird, in great
esteem among cpicures, and is more like the
reed bird than the rail. In Virginia the rail
is called the sOru. When it reaches here if
u.
are our marshes with food. 1t leaves at the
hrst frost, to pursue its way to more southern
region. Its flight is in the night, and probably
owing to this cause, its history and migrations
are less understood than those of most other
birds; it is known to breed in the Hudson
Bay country, where it leaves at the the an
proach Of cold, and it has been taken on shin
h"ard, several miles at sea, possibly steering
Tor the West Indies. Large numbers are Shot
here. On Tuesday last single gunner killed
loo on one tide, and about 500 were killed
that day in the marshes near the town, Last
year one gunner killed, it was stated. DO ON
one tide. The method of shooting them is 70
go IN light boat, when the tide is M. with
strong man to push it through the reeds and
grass, among which the birds are often found
so plenty us to allow an unceasing loading and
firing.
The common biach-biyd, or rcd-,riag siayliug
IS, also, shot in great numbers. and much cs
tccihed BY those who can procure neither Of the
birds mentioned above. Boys bag them in
great quantities.
oh FRIDAY next October lSt) the law per-
mlts the shooting Of porrMges, or quails.-
Great preparations, it is said, are making by
professional shooters, for that dav. The
$ grounds . Of all the coycys Of birds in the
county have been sought OUT they have NOT
yet been scattered by sporSmcn, and on that.
to them fatal, morning they are to be pretty
much annhilated. Some farmers have taken
the alarm, and as thcydo not wish the progeny
OF the few they saved through the late hard
"'h'er' destroyed at once, and sent Otto feed
h@oHncs OF eating saloons, have given notice
that they must not be shot on their premises
1hls Is done by persons who might be quite
willing for their ncIghbors to shoot on their
lands, but who do not intend to be imposed
on by professional gunncrs, who shoot birds
as business.
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e" The Planters Adrocate anil Southern
Maryland Adccrt'ser," is the high sounding
name OF paper published by one Frederick
>. Turner, at Upper Marlborough, and edited,
Gt is said,) by Major Edward W. Belt, of
that town. 1t is the organ of the fire eating
locofocos of Prince Georges, and is conse.
quently violently opposed to " Black R,pub-
leans, Know Nothings," Thoms Swami,
Winter Davis and the city of Baltimore. No
less than three mortal columns of its last
issue is taken up by violent Trades against
these famous Lugbcars. In it's zeal it even
condescends TO harp at the complimentary
notice of Mayor Swami, printed in Tile Cecil
Wing, of two weeks since. Hear it:
" The Cecil Wing says, that the American
Party of Maryland, outside of Baltimore, are
rejoiced to learn that Hon. Thomas Swami.
the present Mayor of that city, has consented
to be candidate for reelection, if the party
desire it. lie has shown himself, in irving
times, to be the man for any emergency
Precisely. lie is undoubtedly the man for
WY 's'SehSy' ~ 10 ilot MS lault lilat MS
versatility has no proper field for its disrlav
his efforts have been confined to the COM
paratively humble duty of preserving
and protecting disorder, riot, fraud and
rascality i'll the city, and of DISTINGUISHING
third olits population. In this, however, he
has succeeded to fraction and We doubt not
he will be found competent for any similar
emergency. 1t is quite clear that his consent
will give satisfaction outside the city to all
such Americans as The Cecil Wing"
All this would be refreshing were it not
that the "Sun," and " Erchanec," and
Republican" daily get it up in better style.
The Editor Of the Planters Adrocote does NOT
live in Baltimore bis paper does not get its
support because it abuses Mayor Swami, and
that city, and he has lamcntably failed in this
great effort Mayor Swami will survive the
attack and Tile Cecil Wing may probably sur
viyc it too.
But jcsting apart. We are not SURPRISED
at the bitterness of feeling evinccd by the
Locofoco papers of this state, in view of
the nomination and triumphant ie-elcctron of
Mayor Swami. 1t is the very bitter end of
disappointment to them. Their Indepcnd-
ent " moyo is a humbug The predicted
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breach in the American ranks, has turned ont
no breach at all, and the American voters in
Baltimore are a unit on the question Ct the
Mayorality. Thomas Swami will be elected
by an unprecedented majority, just so sure
as the sun rises on the 18th of October; and
good men all over the State will rejoice at the
result.
We repeat, again, that his nomination af
iordS us satisfaction. 1t proves what we,
and other American papers IF tins state have
always proclaimed that Thomas Swami. is
personally the most popular man in BALI.
more lhat the people have confidence in his
honesty; that the < hue and cry" raised
about " the protection Of disorder. riot and
crime" is falsc and above all things it will
settle, forever, the fact that tie pcupir Of Bal
Hmore Cyprore hiS resistance 10 the Locotoco
tyranny J Er-Gor. L'gon. We commend to
the Prince Georges paper a calm review Of
these facts. The Editor was a wing in the
older. time and lpcof2coism cannot this soon
have changed his nature. lie must believe in
the great Democratic doctrine that "the will
Of the ma jority shall rule :" and we will salts
ry him in less than three weeks that the peo-
pie of Baltimore not only proclaim this to
be their belief, but live up TO it.
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EEhTON and CAMBRIDGE
MAIL AND PASSENGER LINE.

IN and after the lst Of July, 1856. the
~ subscribers become the proprietors of
the Eliton and Cambridge Line Of Mail and
Passenger Coaches.
The coaches leave Elkton. Daily /Snnl,r,
excepted and stop on their way down tic
Shores at the following points:
CHESAPEAKE CITY, CUESTERTO\yN
WARWICK, CHURCH mil
HID. of SASSAFRAS, CENTREVIi
GEO. 7. x ROADS, WYE MILLS
HARMONY, EASTON.
ehiE' Lib, CAMBRl DGE.
On their return the coaches arrive at Elk
Ton at ~ O'Clock A. NJ, in time for passen-
gers to take the cars for either city.
Is They will also run daily branch line
from Middletown, Del, to connect with thc
n'ain line at Chestcrtewn, going and return
ing the same day and reaching Middletown
III tllne for the O'Clock, morning train of
cars. JOSEPH WEIJS K Cn
Juno %, 1856,
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Gle Cecil ll)bio.
ELKTON. SEPTEMBER a5, 1855.

MAYOR SWAMI RE- NOMINATED AT the
American City Convention, held IN Baltimore
on Tuesday night last, Mayor Swami was
nom inatcd for reelection. In convention
consisting of one hundred members, 5 from
each ward,) he received, on tie first ballot
precisely leo votes. That is just what We
wished to see. This unanimity beSptaks Il
lirst-rate state of feeling in the PARTY, aud his
election may be set down as certain so far as
anything depending on the action of men can
be certain. The American party is III a
healthy and vigorous condition in Baltimore
and throughout the state, and old Maryland
will yet present the nucleus around which a
great American and Union party-a party of
the People-will rally to rescue the land
from the devastation and misluc Of locoro-
coism,
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NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

Z Wis IS I" give notice. that the Sr,b>cl i.
= Der. of CccIl County, hath obtain ii from,
III" Orphans Court Of Srid county, letters of
administration on the personal estate u.
Jlm"S ). Merritt, late Of said COUNTY,
deceased. AIlp"rSons having claims ng;rii ST
HE said deceased are hereby warmed tp .y,
hip.' Inc S1mr. wiki HE watchers thereof
!"!E authenticated, on or hriule the Stl,
gay ct J"nt, iNi}; they may Otherwise. hv
""' he rNr.Gd"d from all h,hcf; of said
estate. All p"r>uus indebted to s,ii estate
are requested To make immediate rl,,rr,,f
l." III" subscriber. Giv,n hnIcr nv huJ
this 9th day of Srrtcutbrr 1865.
CATHERINE MERRITT.
AdmiStratriN If JaIncS ). VI .lritt, ,l.c.l,
fr>t--JAs. MCCArLEY, Reg.
Sept -. l%I&-Gw.