Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-30
Summary of Interior News.
SIERRA CouNTY.-The following items


ing in this place, as general thing, are in.
dustriously employed in driving tunnels
farther into their claims running cuts. and
active preparations are being made to com.
mence caving in the banks, the earliest posi-.
BILE time. In two or three weeks nearly
every one will be ready for the water. at
which time that very essential element would
be a welcome messenger. There is wafer
passing through Capt Smiths ditch, at the
present time. | understand that gentleman
intends to commence running off top dirt in
few days
Vdter-During the past week the miners
have been busy washing up drift dirt The
recent rains have given the boys plenty of
water, with which to work. In the Martin
dell Ditch about six sluice heads of water
are now running, and in Capt. Smiths Ditch
there are about 100 inches of water.
Within the last week several families of
this place have taken their departure to the
more congenial climate of the lower valleys.
Their absence will be but of short duration,
as they all intend returning in the spring.
The Roads.-We have observed para
graph going the rounds of the lower coun-
try papers, stating that our road was SO
blocked up thatSteams and stages had quit
coming to this place This statement is in.
correct. At no time this season has the
stage failed to make its regular trips to La
Porte The road between here and Straw
berry Valley is now in bad condition. oc-
casoned by recent rains but it is sufficient
ly good to enable teams to bring 10000
pounds of freight at one load
Mining.--In La Porte and the adjacent
mining towns very extensive preparations
are being made for next Springs mining
season. Several main tunnels, running in
this place, are nearly completed and a num-
Der of branch tunnels will be finished long
before the miners will have a sufficient guam
tity of water to work with. A quartz mine
situated near town, is now being prospected
and promises rich yield. A bright and
golden harvest is expected next season, and
may the boys brightest anticipations be re
allied.
The Sierra Citizen has the annexed items:
Quartz right aboye us.-Two or three DAYS
since, piece of surface quartz rock, holding
gold, was found on Galloway HILL in sight
of town. Subsequently an examination was
made and quartz lode discovered.
Indian HjA-A few days since, Welsh.
Stackpole IL Co, tried the experiment of
blasting their dirt, or rather bank, by placing
thirteen kegs of powder in a drift run as fol
lows: The Company first ran in one main
tunnel, eighty feet; thence at a right angle,
another fifty feet; thence in the same direc-
tion of the main tunnel, ten feet, where the
powGer was placed, and tamped back to the
main tunnel; they then set fire to the fuse
which led to the deposit of powder, and in a
few minutes tie explosion took place. shaking
q 4. l.. L.
it apparently rose up some four feet, and
throwing down small parcels of dirt on the
face of the bank that was too hard to be
pip.d by hydraulic pressure of two hundred
feet; the tunnels were filled with dirt that
fell from the top of the drifts, so that a mans
life would be endangered to go into them.
Last year, this company piped four days
ont of six to get down dirt enough to wash
the remainder of the week; now, as soon as
they have water, they can wash dirt all the
time, keeping their sluice es full as their
wants require. They are bound to do well,
as their washing hereafter will be a saving of
200 per cent. over that of last year The
coming rains will demonstrate the benefits
derived from the powder experiment
Earthquakes the night of the 22d
inst, at o'clock, a slight shock of an earth
quake was felt here by persons who know
how earthquakes act
Fight in a Saloon--A disturbance occur
red Yesterday, in Main street saloon, be
tween "Frenchy' and Goodman, or Garlic.
The latter was cut with knife across the
left arm and breast in rather a dangerous
manner. Frenchy rang to Jersey Flat but
was overtaken by the sheriff and put in Jail.
MwraH--On Friday, Michael Murray,
the murderer of Sweeny, was sentenced 10y
Judge Sexton, serving in the place of Sears,
to be hanged on Friday the 2lst of January,
between the hours Of ten and two o'clock.
Cole-The case of Cole the murderer OF
Overmeyer, was continued this week, by the
District Court, to the next term.
SHASTA CoUNTY--G Good Bridge-On Mon
day last Chauncey & Swainford tested their
bridge at the mouth of Spring Creek They
drove 2l3 head of cattle upon it without
damage
BUILD THE ROAD YOURSELF. The editor of
the Marysville DEMOCRAT says he gives up "all
hope of the Pacific railroad, until the inaugu
ration of President who shall so conduct
the administration of public affairs as to Sc
cure the confidence Of all parties in his polit-
cal integrity and his moral and mental abili-
ty tollo justice to all sections Then, the ed
itor of the Marysville DEMOCRAT had better
entirely abandon all hopes of the railroad ;
unless he will build the road himself-what
will he take to set right in and make "that
railroad p We believe that he can do it.
and Secure the confidence of all parties in
hispolitical integrity and his moral and men
tai ability to do justice to all sections"-of
the road.-lSierra Citizen
We will engage to build that road f. ON ST.
Louis, Mo, to Henness Pass, Cal, in exactly
years, if the Government will give us the
contract. Contract or no contract, we shall
probably build the road as soon as Old Buck
will, in any event, He can talk about doing
it, and 50 can zoe. But were we Brutus and
Brutus Antony, there were an Antony" that
would have that road done in short order,
or there would be prescription, sure enough
TRINITY CoUNTY.-The annexed items are
from the Trinity Journal, of saturday:
oregon GulcA assault aud Battery Case-
row occurred at Oregon Guch, on the 4th
of July last, in which Dennis Taccy was ter
riblv beeten. Thomas Slattery was accused
of the assault, but the District Attorney be
lieving there was not sufficient evidence to
convict, refused to prosecute Indictment
was found by the grand Jury, and Col. Baker
and IL. J. Howe were employed to prosecute ;
the case was tried this week by the Court of
Sessions, Pitzer d Burch for defence and the
accused was declared not guilty. As We I'M
derstand it, the fight was general, and it
oould not he determined who beat the assault-