The Nevada Democrat., 1858-09-22
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NEWS ITEMS.

San Francisco Bulletn-a permanent American
resident of Lower California; writingfromSa Saii-
sal de Camanche, Aug. 18th. says: 'sFhepeople
here are Of opinion that this territory will PER
tain to Uucle Sam at no distant day, and with
anleye to that, quite large party started from
! here yesterday TO survey several hundred
leagues of land which had been eeded to, aspeF-
tain company. From what i can learn, at least
eight hundred leagues will be surveyed before
next winter, mostly In the Colorado bottom
and on the Gulf shore.''a sai u balf4'suc
PRnsEwoRTaY. we learn, says the Union
Democrat that several persons were tried and
convicted in Columbia this week for selling
| liquor to Indians They were fined heavily for
the offense and also sentenced to o term in the
county jail. We should Ike to see the good
example set by Columbia in this matter carried
out in every town in the State. In Sonoras
almost daily large numbers of drunken Indians
are TO be seen, They have learned enough
English TO blaspaeme when in liquor, with d
glibness that is truly astonishing, and are q
ppDllo nuisance. aaa sa'sls1 q iedH
FATAL ACcrDENT.-- -Barnabas Kelly, formerly
/ of Rome, Kennebec county, Maine, was killed
/ at Secret Diggings, Sierra county, on the night
of the 9Th Of September, by falling over steep
precipice, some fifty feet deep. The accident
happened on Sunday night, and the body was
found on The, Tuesday morning following His
| thigh bone was broken, and from the appear
ance of the ground, the poor man must have
struggled awfully in his suderings If he had
been discovered at the time of the accident, his
life might have been saved. Jsf psal
THE OREGON VIorIMs,-The schooner Far
West, which arrived at San Francisco Sept, 18th
from Bodega, reports that the bodies OF three
men were found on the beach, three miles north
of Ilodega Heads. Six ounces of gold duet was
found on one of the bodies, and $l40in coin on
another nothing was found on the remaining
one. 1t lis supposed that the bodies were por-
ton of those lost from The steamer Oregon at
the time she struck on point Reyes. Nothing
was discovered on them by which they could
be identified,
The LARGEST NuoGET, The big lump of gold
found in Columbia recently, by Strain, has been
melted and run into a bar which weighs 401I
ounces or s31 ponpds and purchased by WIZ
liam o. Sleeper n Co., for the sum Of 81 ;43S 50.t
Besides this Strain has reserved some four or,
five hundred dollars worth of specimens, be-
longing TO the same boulder, making the total
value of the piece found about eight thousand
dollars. This is the largest lump OF gold eyers
found In California, Of which we have any au,
thentic record.
ADDITION TO orR PppuLATIoN.--Ap ontire
community Of Shakers, consisting OF nearly
three hundred persons, Of which one hundred
and twenty are females, have left Boston for
California, for the purpose of locating in this
State permanently Several months since a
committee from these people visited California,
for the purpose of nsecrtaining its advantages
and character, who on their return, made so
satisfactory report, that these people imme-
dlhtely decided on emfgratlng 20 this State.
KnLED-H. p Dorsey, late Registrar of the
U. S. Land Office, at Los Angeles, was killed at
the Monte, by his 'father-in-law, W. w. Rnbot-
tom, oOnit the 6thin Mrs. Dorsey bad been
forced TO leave her husband, for her father's
residence, in consequence Of differences. and
Dorsey went there armed, to obtain her by
force. Both Rubottom and Dorsey drew stimuli
taneously and the latter was killed. Rubottom
was discharged. aaqrrH su
INDIAN BIoDE OF PoIsoNrNo--In the Pitt river
mountains there is q small root resembling the
potatoe, which is deadly poison. Travelling
there, n companion Of the editor of the Trinity
Journal found quantity of them in the bottom
Of o spring, two or three of which he ate, and
was dead within two hours. The spring was
near the trail, and The poisonous things had been
placed there by the Indians, who knew the
tempting death concealed in them.
yellow J4ckETs The La Porte Messenger
says that % novel method Of getting rid of
yellow jackets, which are now almost as nu-
merous as dies. is adopted in meat market at
that place. A piece Of liver is suspended from
the ceiling by string, and in a few minutes it
is covered with these tormentors the bait is
then lowered into a tub Of water. and this is
the last Of Mr. Yellow Jacket. The boys have
corralled about peck IN this manner.
OrTGoRGs-AS AND INooNnGs The San Francis
co Prices Currentand Shipping List, of the 18th
inst, shows that the total number of persons
who loft this State, by water, for Frazer river,
from April 20th, TO Sept. 1lth inclusive, was
23,961 and the total that have returned until
the latter date, number 039. Those that left
since the commencement OF the present month,
amount to42 while those that have returned
since that time, amount to l,039.
PAVED WITH GoLD-A number of the streets
OF Stockton are being ''cobbled.' Onone Of
them, Channel street, q load or two of gold
bearing quartz have been dumped The Re-
publican says that some pieces have been pick
ed up which show the 'icolor" quite plainly,
The quartz had been brought TO town for the
purpose Of crushing, but the idea was abandon
ed.
WATKINS, generally known to newspaper read
ers as "Sniktaw" the nti-Lecompton and In-
dependent candidate for Assemblyman from
siskiyo is elected by majority Of 20s over
Tozer, Lecompton Democrat ~
NEWSPAPER FOR S4IR.--Jas. O'Sulivan offers
for sale his undivided half interest in the So
nora Herald. To person capable of editing
the paper the price will be made moderate and
the terms easy, N
NEWSPAPER RoUTEs. Judge Norton, of the
18th District Court, San Francisco. has decided
that the route Of newspaper carrier is not
which can be taken for debt. ld
FIRST OVERLAND srAGn.-The first stage from
San Francisco, for Memphis, Tenn, left on
Wednesday last, having on board the US.
mail and four passengers. -..t =, ....i
TBouT-The Upper Sacramento is one of the
best trout streams in California. A few days
ago, some Indians, with rude drag, took over
four hundred fish at one haul. p a
VINE MAKING. The grape growers of Tuol-
umne have raised such plentiful crop that
they are about turning their attention to wine