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The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-14

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putting money IN no mans pocket but his own. He 10
building his own Railroad in which he is as deeply ia
tefssted 10 snysother mas, snd in whose actions be win,
% 4 Shareholder, have q voice. Essuia9< .gslozanN 4
Let us reduce this matter to details, first to demon
strate itsffsaaiiibility,l and secondly . show 10 fesalts as
to The individual purchaser. wg$. kyg YAAgA
! The Road from Nininger TO Louisville will cost It has
been estimated. 4 tie rate Of go, 900 per mile, making
: Total Of 500. 900. Of this, il. is ! we'll Known fact,
Tat Il one half, Or even onethird be raised in cash, the
remainder can be negotiated, by exchanging che Stock
with eontractors, 81 disconnting the bonds Of the Con.
pany secured on the portion already built, and ID various
other ways. We propose 70 raise very nearly the whole
amount IN cash. We win offer for sale about six thou
sand lots IN Louisville It Ten Dollars per lot,, subjectto
N average subscription Of one share to the lot, Ia al,
six thousand shares, making at One Hundred Dollars
per share sixs Hundred IThsneaud Dollars not ene.half,
not ~ons-thsrd,s but s1xss1yeAMs II the whole ad4ount re-
quired to build the road and this too in cash, as it is
needed, in monthly insta]ments Of thirty thousand dol
lsrs each. Now. is it doubted that those lots can be
ssold? ~ IL mpst b remembered By the incfelulous Who
will hang back to their own future loss, that one year
aeoo 1 stStks number tof lois were v6AerSd sABtesS1e BY
the Prspr'stors Of Nininger,a town containing pow with
each; subject tolan equally onerous coSdition. Not one
line Of advertising herslded, them, not one newspaper
pulled them, 6i6saS6sP dHliSxnes6n rs held, and yet
issn1y,:suen Days from the sale Of the frst lot every lot
oAtred Wis ldijpoaed of Whist has BEEN Tie result !
Nininger City in one year contains . population Of at
least sGixFsIandssd absutsbaG baadrse and twenty-five
Aesess. lt.o SAN nil, : saah history, apd : gFist MIL
.A5I6aExkIk G1XaxeA1 d .
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-14

. 1- =" 7-.H--10 CRIDIT. II0T. = l~-1--.--
Par valse Of ten shares Of capital stock in the Ninin
and St. Peter Western Railroad Company, III
Value of ten lots in the town Of Louisville, 1O,(
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25
From the Plains.

Placerville, Sep. 21-113 A. NJ.
The Overland Mail arrived at II
o'clock last night, in charge Of Hun
tington and Lindsay.
No news of Importance from Salt
Lake. A portion of the Utah army
are en- route for the Shoshone coun>
try, for the purpose of protecting the
mails and the emigrants. DR.. For
ney, the Indian Agent, accompanies
the troops, and will demand of the
Shoshones all the mules they have
stolen, and adopt measures that will
secure their friendship.
The Placerville and Humboldt Tel
egraph Company have reached
Brockliss' bridge with their line, and,
if the weather continues favorable,
expect to open an Office at Genoa in
three weeks-Bee telegraph.
THE SOUTHERN OVERLAND ROUTE.
second coach by this route
via Los Angeles, left San Francisco
early Monday morning, with seven
passengers, FIVE of whom are bound
through to Tenn. and Mo.
Hcnceforth the mail coaches By
this line will leave San Francisco on
Monday and Friday of each week.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

THREE WONDERS IN THE Sky
One evening this week we gazed upon
three heavenly objects that are not
often seen together the round, full
moon, yellow as gold and sht.orn Of all
her tresses, just rising from her grey
chambers behind the eastern hills :;
Venus, the evening star, the efulgent
planet Of love, glistening in the wes-
tern sky like a huge diamond and
the comet "a jewel hilted sword with
its point presented at the breast Of
the Great Bear,-falling towards the
horizon in the north west.
The Almighty afforded this item,-
a mere hint of the magnifcence of
space, furnished, as that is, with myr-
lad many-colored suns, with feecy
embryo worlds, with strange, cratic
messengers that do HIS will, with
belted globes, and zones of powdered
stars, and astral systems numberless,
that move harmoniously around the
center of an infinite circumference
which has no outer rim
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

New MAIL RoUTEs.-We spoke
in our last issue few words concern
ing the need of a daily mail between
Marysville and this place, and were
not at that time aware that Congress
had established a post road from Ma
rysville, via North San Juan, to Forest
City. Yet such is the case, and We
hope a contract may be soon conclu-
ded for daily mail over the new
route.
Two other post roads, in which
many Of our readers are interested,
are also established, as follows From
Nevada City, via Woolsey's Flat,
Orleans Flat, Chips Flat, Allegheny,
Forest City, Downieville, Monte
Christie, Eureka, North Poker Flat,
to Mariposa City; and one from
Nevada City, by Alpha, to Washing
ton, Nevada county.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25
Bridgeport Library AssoCia-
ton.

The semi annual meeting of this
excellent institution was held last
Sunday evening, and resulted in the
re election of the old officers. AL
though it has not met with that liber-
al support which it deserves from our
citizens, it has prospered sufficiently
to be beyond the chance Of failure.
There are about 500 volumes already
on the shelves, among them the com
plete works of Cooper, Irving, Willis,
and Scott, the great historical works
Of Bancroft, Macauley, Prescott, Glib
bon and Hume, besides many English
literary classics. It is hoped the
number Of books will be doubled, at
least, the coming year. The Asso-
citation now occupy a commodious
room on Flume-st., which is well
lighted every night, and supplied with
a large number of California and
Eastern papers and periodicals, and
with all the foreign reviews. The
public generally are invited to visit
the Library. 1t is in contemplation
to reduce the dues to fifty cents per
month, and this, with the low price Of
membership-$5 for a subscribing,
and $40 for a shareholding member
ship-ought to induce every person
who has the least desire for mental
cultivation to become member. No
thing will tend more to elevate our
town in the opinion of strangers and
visitors than the fact that it supports
respectable public library. Every
man Of family, in particular, ought to
contribute to its support, and have
some of the books in his house. Call
ifornia would not seem half 50 dreary
place if all would take some of
these quiet friends to their bosoms.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

SIERRA VALLEY.-A party of
gentlemen from this place lately yisi-
ted the above locality on a hunting
and pleasure errand. They report
that about two hundred persons have
been there during this season, that
they found no fish, that game is not
plenty, but that the atmosphere is
pure and bracing and the water DELI
ciously cool. While on the summit
they sent a challenge to Mr.. Grizzly,
and went forth to meet him, but found
him not. Old hunters say the true
grizzly bear is now to be found most
" on the Coast Range Of mountains,
the Sierra Nevada being tenanted by
the cinnamon bear.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25
Truth Stranger than Fiction.

Edgar A. Poe told story illustra-
ting the wonders Of modern science
and mechanism, under the title of the
" The Thousand and Second Night"
Many years have passed since We
read it, but We can give its substan-
tial features: The Princess Sche
herazade, after charming the jealous
and sanguinary Sultan by her beauti-
full fables for a thousand and one
nights, and inducing him to forego
the execution of his dreadful vow, is
persuaded by him, on the thousand
and second night, to tell another Of
thetales which had so fascinated him.
She consents, but premises that she
will now relate a true narrative,
whereas all the others were fictions.
She then describes, in manner ex>
qulsitely poetical, the art of printing,
balloon ascensions. steam navigation,
the locomotive and railroad, Daguer-
reotyping, and the electric telegraph,
besides many lesser wonders. Her
despotic lord listened with tolerable
degree of patience to the close. but
when she again affirmed that these
things were all true, he flew into a
terrible passion and had the unhappy
princess slain for presuming to prac-
tice upon his credulity.
The world has known many similar
instances of scepticism and ferocity.
Galileo was imprisoned, Columbus
sneered at by the learned Council of
Salamanca, Fitch and Stevenson pro~
nouced insane, Goodyear treated with
contumely and neglect, ocean steam
navigation declared impossible by an
eminent savan, and Osborne, the Or
iginator Of the Atlantic Submarine
Telegraph, esteemed no better than
visionary. But we are wiser now !;
the last great wonder, the climax of
all previous achievements, has con-
verted US to unbounded faith. The
common mind is now educated to an
appreciation of the sublimest novelties,
and bar>room cronies project the most
magnificent schemes. The project Of
a telegraph to connect Russia and
America by way of Asia and Behring's
Straits, was talked of in village stores
before it found its way into the public
press. Like Henry Ward Beecher,
we are now prepared to believe almost
anything, provided the story shall be
big enough! Ordinary people alrea-
dy believe in the ultimate navigation
of the ART is the next thing they
look for. For ourselves, We shall
throw poetry and romance to the dogs,
and study the annals of science and
invention.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

CAMPToNvILLE.-We have not
been able to obtain any mining intel
ligence from this place, but as the
diggings are known to be excellent,
and water is abundant. we suppose
the miners are doing well. A friend
writes US that on last Saturday night
the school children, under the charge
of Mr.. Foster, gave a public exhibit
ton of the usual character, which pas
sed of very pleasantly. These school
exhibitions, IN the rugged mountains
and among the yawning gold mines,
form a delightful feature of California
life, and are full of promise for our
future. 1t is pleasant to know that
the mental wants Of children are not
overlooked or neglected by their
wealth-pursuing elders.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

CHEROKEE.-The miners at this
rich locality are prevented by want
of water from taking out much gold,
but they are busily employed in pre-
pairing for the wet season, when the
needed element will be plentiful.
There are claims Immediately sur
rounding the town which yielded,
when last worked, from fifty to sixty
dollars per day to the man, and they
will no doubt yield as we'll hereafter.
But the citizens do not allow the tenn
porary dullness consequent upon mis-
ming inactivity to prevent them from
enjoying life. The place is favored
by the presence Of many agreeable
families, and more pretty little chill
dren can be seen sporting in its
streets than in any other mining town
Of the same size that We are acquain-
teu with. Inere is regular atten-
dance at Mrs. Spoons school of some
25 pupils.
In common with Camptonville and
San Juan, Cherokee is considerable
of sporting town. On last Satur-
day the race between Cub" and
Z" Sheep" the particulars Of which
we have already given, was run, and
resulted in " Cub" winning by elev.
en- feet. 1t is proper to state, in ex-
planation of this second triumph of
:" Cub that he vas trained by "Ten-
brock" late Of the Union Course,
Long Island Another race is ar
ranged, to come off two weeks from
to-day between Turney's " Roam F"
and Nichols ebay" for $1,000 a
side. The race is made by McMul-
len & Turney and D. Brown-dis-
lance to be run, 40 yards.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25
The News from China.

By recent arrivals, is Of great i'm
portance. The Allies had sailed up
the Hong-ho to the Peiho river, de-
stroyed the city of Houts, and thus
had Pekin, the Capt. of the Empire,
at their mercy. This critical condi-
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

ton of affairs induced the Chinese to
treat for peace. They first, perhaps
for the sake of saving their dignity
heaven save the mark!-concluded
treaties with the Americans and Rus
slams, with whom they have not been
at war, and then the Emperor sealed
one with Great Britain; which is to
be conveyed to London for rati6ca-
ton. The leading features of the
several treaties, which are similar in
their general provisions, are thus giv>
en- in the Unions Telegram from S.
f.
Five more seaportS are to be open
ed; the free navigation Of the river,
as far as Peiho, is conceded; Chris
tianity to be tolerated throughout the
empire; Resident Ministers to be at
Pekin, and heavy duties and other
commercial restrictions are to be abol-
ished.
Simonson, we'll known to early
Californians as a violinist in the Sa-
looms, is playing at Hong Kong to
large houses at five dollars ticket.
CELEBRATION OF THE CABLE TRI-
UMPH.-It is proposed by some of our
citizens to show that we are not dead
to the importance of this event, by
having "a feast of reason and flow
of sou" over it on Monday evening,
and everybody who would like to as
sist is requested to be at the new Lii
brary Room this Saturday. evening
at early candle light.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

The COMET viii Oh is visible in the
north west every evening and morn
ing, is said to be an old visitant to
our earth, being no less than the so
called comet of Charles With. We
have reliable accounts Of its appear
ance so long ago as 1861, and when
it disappeared the Pope Urban ".
also made his exit, whereat the super
stitious world greatly marvelled. 1t
came again in 1856, when Charles
", who knew he ought to die, tho't
it was a portent OF his demise; but it
wasn't. And now, after another 800
years, it comes again, just in time to
see the success Of the Atlantic Cable.
1t is supposed to have been seen on
at least three other occasions, earlier
than those given; in A. D. 975, S95
and 104.
The old fellow used to brighten
people awfully by his former visits,
but he cannot come it now. We hope
he will stay long enough to let the
astronomers become intimately ac>
quainted with him; as for ourselves,
We prefer distant acquaintance.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

THE LATEST EXPERIMENT IN I1Y-
DRAULIC MINING is the employment
of powder for the purpose Of loosening
the bank by blasting, which leaves it
in condition to fall more readily
when subjected to the action Of a
stream of water. This idea has re-
Gently been put in practice at juno
ton Bluff, in the claims of Trevethick
& Co. A short drift is run in at the
base Of the bank, and from that a little
side drift is made, into the side of
which quantity Of powder, in the
keg, is placed and packed in firmly
with dirt, fuse being attached by
means of which the blast is fired.
The explosion opens the pores of the
bank, SO to speak, to such an extent
that it crumbles and falls very readily
under the streams Of water powerful
ly projected against it. One such
blast has furnished sufficient earth for
a weeks washing, and the use Of pow
der in this manner saved the above
company, it is said, a considerable
amount on their water bill for a short
period. This is quite likely, for these
deep banks are sometimes as hard as
cement, and the water will dash
against them in one place for a long
while before a sufficient cavity is worn
out to cause the fall of the mass above.
From one hundred to two hundred
inches of water are used by many
companies, and at 80 cents per inch,
this Indispensable agent is excessive
ly costly in such large quantities.
If this application of blasting upon
being generally tested, as it doubtless
will be, should prove successful,
great saving will result to the miners,
yet without prejudice to the interests
of ditch companies.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25
A TRUE SALT.-The S. T. BMe-

~ TRUE SALT.-Ihe >. 4. BaELe =
tin tells an amusing story of a weath-
er-beaten old tar, who bought rum
shop known as the Hole in the
WALL" on Paci6c-st. He no doubt
expected to do a crowdlng business,
aud to make enough money so that
he could have easy sailing for the
rest of life's voyage. But after drink
ing the greater part of the stock, and
trusting for the balance, he got dis
gusted with the business. When the
st. Marys left for Panama, recently,
and Jack saw her spread her white
bosom to the breeze, he swore he was
ashamed to be {. in such a lu5b erly
trade, fit only for lazy landsharks,"
and smashing the bottles, kegs, glass
ses, and rigging Of his shanty, ship
ped into the service again.
THE CHINESE are having great
times this week about something best
known to themselves. The week
was ushered in with the usual explo-
sion of fire. crackers and slaughter of
pigs and chickens. John eats pork
and fowl on about the same principle
that we eat turkey-making Of them
a sort of festival dish, sacred to great
occasions. The rascals have been
gambling light and day. They play
a very noisy game with their hands
alone, gesticulating and shoating vio>
lently yet monotonously for hours to-
gether. 1t appears to be kind Of
odd and even guessing game. 1t
is usually played for the " drinks all
around" and the man who is beaten
is not allowed to drink himself-which
causes shouts Of laughter. If you
ask John what these festivities are
about, he will answer" Shabby four
July ? alice sem! Welly good !"
IMPORTANT TO MINERs.-Under
this head, the Sierra Democrat pub
fishes communication from DR.. Cy>
rus D. Aiken, on the subject of pre-
mature explosions in blasting. The
Doctor says he has ascertained that
g the majority Of accidents occurring
in the process of blasting are in con-
sequence Of the want of precaution
in putting the tamping compactly
upon the powder, in such manner
as to fill up the tube and exclude at
mospheric air" His theory is, that
the condensation Of air by the sud-
den driving Of the tamping iron gene
rates sufficient heat to ignite the pow
der; aad he offers the following as
an illustrative proof: "Obtain a glass
cylinder, two or three incEes long
and an inch in diameter, closed air
tight at one extremity, and put a
piston In the other end, alright ;
then place a small piece Of punk in
the bottom of the cylinder f; fit the
piston in the open end of the cylinder
and drive it down suddenly, and the
punk will be set on fire by the heat
given from the condensed atmospheric
air." DR.. Aiken is satisfied i" that
as many as three out of five accidents
occur in consequence Of neglecting to
exclude the air from the biast-hole
before striking with the sledge. Many
persons are under the impression that
the cutting Of the fuse is the cause
of the accidents attributable to the
sudden condensation of atmospheric
air." There is no doubt but what
this is really the cause of many acci>
dents which might be avoided by a
little precaution.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

ADvERTIsING.-We have labored
as hard to deserve public patronage,
during the short time our paper has
been in existence, as any other paper
in the mountains yet a glance at
our advertising columns will prove
that, in that direction at least, we
have not been successful. Our adj
vertising custom is less than that Of
any of our exchanges. Why is this !?
In order to induce business men on
the ridge to advertise, we shall not
promise them a fortune as the result,
though we believe it would benefit
them pecuniarily but we will say
that persons looking for a location,
and perusing this paper in their quest,
will pay more attention to the number
Of Advertisements than to laudatory
editorials. The editor may lie, ad~
vertisements can not. Ifpeople would
make less use of bulletin boards,
when they wish to notify the public of
anything, and more of the local paper,
they would find the change advanta-
geous to themselves and the town.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25
SEVERE AcCIDENT.-We ar

SEVERE AcCIDENT.-We are
panied to announce the occurrence of
another mining casualty to an es-
teemed citizen of this place.
On Tuesday morning, while Mr..
JNo. III. EFFINGER was washing in
the ssDeadman Gut" small piece of
earth fell and broke his leg, making a
comminuted fracture below the knee.
He is under the care of DR.. G. W.
NOBLE, who set the limb, and thinks
it can be saved.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

A WORLD OF RINGING BELLs.--By pre-
concerted arrangem ]. B. Stearns, Super
intendent of the Boston Fire Alarm Tele-
graph, rung all the bells of Boston, connect
ed with fire alarm, from the off Of the
American Telegraph Company in Portland,
This extraordinary feat indicates the practi-
cability of Simultaneous ringing of the bells
throughout the world.-Erchdnge
when this globe of ours is girdled
by the magnetic wire, and subordinate
nerves of electricity radiate from the
grand trunk, or "spinal cord" to
every place where swings bell and
when the signal shall be given, and
the general Naturalization burst in
concord forth, the staid earth will start
at the sound, and plunge through
space a starry courser grit with ring
ing bells.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25
ACCIDENT AT MANzANITA.-A mi

ACCIDENT AT MANZANITA.-A mi
ner, whose name we could not learn,
while working in shaft at the above
place, had his left hand, which hap
pened to be lying on rock, struck
by falling stone and badly crushed.
Three fingers were stripped of their
ligaments to the bone, and the little
finger so much torn and broken that
amputation was necessary. The OPP
GRAFTON was performed by DIR. Noble,
the poor victim bearing it with the ut
most apparent Indifference.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

New PoEMs.-The California pa
pers abound with original poems of
considerable merit recently. The
Union publishes along amatory dec
asyllabic poem by "Glycus" -qui est?
which might have been written in
the time of Pope, it is so much like
the poetical compositions of his day.
Pollock's Anniversary Poem be-
fore the Pioneers entitled "Gold is
King" strikes us as a failure, lacking
pertinency to the occasion, and clear
ness.
The California Farmer has a song
to the telegraph from Mrs. Lesdern-
Ter, which is entitled "Sing to the
Age Song!!" 1t is not remarkable
above many others on the same sub
ject.
The Marysville Democrat of
Thursday contains a poetical address
to the Atlantic Gable, which posses
ses considerable merit. The ideas
are in a measure original, and ex-
pressed with force and propriety.
So far our favorite California poets
are Wells, the author of 'Mary
Brown" and Frank Soule.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

H@- We give editorial matter on
every page of this weeks issue, as
indeed we have done in nearly every
number Of our paper; though some of
our exchanges have appropriated por-
lions of it without due credit.
We shall endeavor to continue this
custom, so as to make every part of
the HYDRAULIC Press interesting to
subscribers, and more valuable as an
advertising medium.
It will demand much more labor on
our part, but we hope to be rewarded
BY the approval of our friends, aud
by an increased list of subscribers.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

COLUMBIA HILL.-The miners at
this locality, as at every other on the
ridge just at this time, are mostly en-
ployed in preparing for the advent of
the rainy season. The diggings there
are of the deep hydraulic character.
Three companies only are washing,
and those are making excellent wages.
The miners will be in better condition
to improve the wet season this fall
than ever before.
The hydraulic press., 1858-09-25

The first number of the Weekly
Butte Record reached US this week.
1t is full Of reading and readable mat
ter.