The Sierra citizen., 1859-12-31

STATE AGRICULTURAL FA1R-On the 18th day of jan
uary 1860 the members Of the State Agricultural Soci
ETY. will meet in this city to hear the annual reports of
the Officers and Committees of the proceedings of the
past year. and to elect officers for the year ensuing
The Mechanics Fair Directors have already announced
their intention to hold Fair in San Francisco in Sep.
tember, 1862 and invite the mechanics of the State to
prepare their articles for exhibition. certificate of
merit in invention, or of skill in workmanship is now
good authority in this State that there will be great
compensation, and benefit to all who engaged in
manufacturing pursuits to attend and send their pro-
ducts.
During the year past many counties in the State have
held or inaugurated Fairs and in every instance have
voted to hold Fairs in 1860.
State Fair next year. Let the aid and encouragement
OF the people be directed to the successful issue of the
County and Mechanics Fair and in turn that they
dispense with Fair for 1861; thus alternating and
each lending aid to the success Of the Others
In this way, we would, as community, avoid any diff
6cuty that may arise respecting the selection of this city
for the next State Fair as it is mooted point,
whether under the present constitution Of the Society,"
it would be legal to hold it here two successive
Another good s that the month of September is
the only suitable time for it, and having two Fairs in
that month would prejudice and iniure both. Another
potent reason u.s. that the State donates $4,000
year for premiums. This would give the Society, in
1861 the Of to award together with the n.
terest that would accumulate upon judcious loan Of
the OOO to be received in June 1860. This course
be pursued and seems to be the most practi
cabe.-Saevament0 Bee.
STEAM ON COMMON RoADs.-Meeker, Reed & Logan,
machinsts, of Newark have just completed draught
locomotive for propeing wagons across the plains to
the Rocky Mountains 1t consists of ordinary loco
motive boiler, two of Messrs Reed Logans oscating
engines, and suitable carriage and steering apparatus
The whole machine weighs about IA tons, is we'll and
strongly built and while exhibiting yesterday (Oct. 12
to be under the perfect control OF the operator
In respect Of steering apparatus it is similar to other
machines of the kind, having single machine, operated
by windass The driving wheels are worked by
small pinon gearing into the periphery of each and,
the cranks attached to the shaft of these pnons
comparatively small engines used, making several
strokes to each revolution of the drivers it is intend
ed for draught rather than speed, accumulation of
force is thus obtained which would otherwise require
very large cylinders The principal novelty of the thing
is the arrangement and of portable railroad track
which it carries along with it, This consists of two large
hoops rings Ia inches broad and inches thick,
ranged with guides and friction rollers to keep them in
vertical position, while the driving wheels feet in
dismeer-revolve within them which, of course causes
the ring to revolve with them, thus forming bed,
track for the drivers At it's trial, with 140 pounds
steam it went steadily up rough, unpaved quilted
street. having grade of 10 feet in l55 in length
Mayor Brown and others interested with him, have
tainy shown commendabe enterprise, in being the first
to try an experiment OF such magnitude; and though
the immediate should not be equal to their
gune hopes it may open the way for steam locomoton
on common roads.-N. Y. Tribune.
The CHocrAws.-The Far West correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes that the Choctaws have perma
nent fund Of than S1000000 in the hands of
government including $4,000 apart for school pur.
poses. The interest is paid annually, aordng them
of .000 which meets all their governmental
and educational expenses and Obviaes the necessity of
taxes. There ten Emission" boarding schools in the
nation at which, in addition to the and higher
English branches, the boys Systematically exercised
at farm labor and the girls initiated into the manifold
mysteries of house wfery. The Methodist have charge
of most of these institutions but several conducted
by the Presbyterans Some six hundred children
celving instructions at these schools
WONDERFUL LIGHr.-The Rochester m W DEM
0crat says that Dr. George W. Smith, Of that city, has
invented light much more powerful than the Drum
mOnd light. This light attached to locomotive
the Central Road aad It threw such glare that the
least obstruction could be dscerned at distance of
twelve to fifteen hundred feet. On long stretch of
straight road the locomotive brought to stop, and
the party ahed to 60 ahead in order to ascertain the
effect upon observer Looking at the light from
distance Of fifteen hundred feet eye is unable to
dure its briiancy than instant, and from dis
tance of thousand feet it cannot be steadily observed
power could solely by the light reflected from the lamp
readily read newspaper printed in type like MAT with
which this article is set. full quarter of mile from
the locomotive! This incredible but it is said to
be literally true The distance carefully measured
off by professional engineer who was of the party.
FATE OF THE PIONEER PREss.-The Columbia .Ne,cs,
speaking of the press and of printing the first newspa
per in San Francisco says:
It was brought to Sonora and from Sonora to Colum-
bia. The parties who held it in this place. becoming in
voved in some difficulty, the origin Of which
able to trace out the original owner residing at Sonora,
determined to remove it, For cause however, the
by party of exasperated men and publicly burned in
he he'd of hQinO al hat inpd ia