Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-01
INTERIOR SUMMARY.
Santa Clara Cnnnfv.

The SHORES CAsE-Mr Samuel Crosby
charged with being implicated in the muir.
der of Paul Shores, was brought before Conn.
ty Judge J. H. Moore on Friday last. DIST
INST, on writ of kdbeds corpus. A large
delegation Of citizens from the NIayfeld
nelyhborhood were in town on the occasion.
A motion for the discharge of the prisoner
on account Of alledged err or in the proceed
lngs before Justice Daniels. was made by Mr.
Wallace, counsel for Mr. Crosby. Mr.. Stsn
~, of San Francisco, who has been engaged
10y the friends of the deceased to assist in
the prosecution, spoke on behalf Of the State.
The Court denied the motion to discharge
from custody; and also decided that, under
the testimony as presented before it in this
proceeding, admission to b il must also be
denied; but this decision does not prevent a
future application from the prisoner to be
admitted TO bail.
INDIAYs.-A goodly number of Digger In.
diahs, of one Of the Carson Valley tribes.
numbering almost fifty, passed through San
Jose on Saturday last They came from the
direction Of Santa Cruz, where. we under
stand, they have been sojourning for several
months, working for the farmers of that coun-
ty, and are said to be wenIing their way
back to their Old quarters beyond the noun
talns. They reported themselves, on their
hr't appearance here last summer. as having
been driven from their homes by the Pi Utes,
or some other hostile tribes The celebrated
Lo' the poor Iddan. was not along with this
crowd most OF the party appearing to be
not only comfortably fat. but also quite
wealthy. their squaws, ponies and other pack
animals, being well loaded with valuables,
such AS Ingin babies, old blankets and hats
and dilapidated garments enough in the az
gregute TO furnish rag man with fine stock
in trade.
TuOlumne County.
The Columbia News furnishes the follow
ing:
The miners in this and the adjoining camps
where they have been at work, have made
good returns for their labors Those work.
ing on Main and French gulches, have been
delayed in consequence of the filling up of
the umes, or tailraces running through
those gulches. Some idea of the Importance e
OF such fumes, may be formed, from the fact
that by their filling up, hundreds of miners
were prevented from working. We are in
formed that the Main Gulch Fluming Co.
collected nearly $4,000 of gold out Of their
Hume last year. all of which was what the
miners literally threw away.
SINGULAR PIECE OF QuARrz.-On Thurs
day last, some Frenchmen, mining at Saw
Mill Flat, found boulder of rock, having
every appearance of being limestone and
only attracted attention by its weight, upon
breaking it, it was found to be literally stud
ded with gold, and upon pounding it in ii
mortar, they obtained twelve ounces of gold
from it. We examined it and must say that
it was the most singular looking rock that
we ever saw, to contain gold 1t was not
like any specimen of quartz that ever came
under our notice, during nearly ten years
experience. In color it was dark grey, in
clined to blue, and the texture was granula
ted exactly like the common limestone, so
abundant in this locality. The gold was not
in fne scales so generally the case, but in
solid grains, from the size of pea, down
wards.
THIEVES. .--Columbis is infested with
regular gang of petty thieves, who are prowl-
ing about seeking for booty. They don't APP
pear to be particularly choice. who they rob
or what they steal. Within the last few days
several cases have been brought to our no
tice. Among others they broke into the
dwelling house of the Rev. Hfr Hamilton,
while himself and lady were attending the
prayer meeting, and in the most deliberate
manner ransacked the house, expecting, no
doubt, t find considerable cash. but in that
they were disappointed, as all they got was
about twelve dollars, a collection which had
been made at church.
Ell Dorado County.
The Coloma Times has the annexed:
DRowNED-On Sunday last. Thomas Hunt.
of Portuguese Bar, on the American River,
in this co 'nty, was carried into the river by
land slide, and drowned
PETTY TnI vING-On Wednesday evening
last. rs Mr. Bell, a merchant of this place,
aud several of his friends were sitting around
the stove, discussing the geography of the
Black sea and other topics, some adrot thief
entered the back door and carefully extrac-
ted the money drawer from under the coun
ter of the drinking department. containing
some change-perhaps five or six dollars
and box of fine segars. There is reason to
suppose that the thief burned the segars-
with one end in his mouth-and that the
drawer lying bottom up, in the direction Of
the South Fork, with line from Byron
chalked on it
you'll find no change in me-"
UNIoS.-A resident of Union informs us
that the miners at that place are unusually
busy, and that large majority of them are
doing well. Although this season has thus
far been unfavorable to the development of
the mineral resources still Union district
will turn out more of the iprecious metal in
the aggregate, than during any previous sea
son. Improvements in mining and facilities
for bringing water into cnims, where wash
ing has been hitherto improbable, are bring
ing about the most fattering results for this
locality, and indicate future of prosperity.
Tehama County.
The Tehama Gazette contains the subioin
ed items
A HUGE HARRow-On the farm of Mr.
Knetzer, about mile from town, there is
double harrow. manufactured by an EN-
plOYee ON the place. that covers fourteen feet
of ground when in operation. 1t is usually
drawn by four mules, and has narrowed in,
in one day. thirty acres of grain, doing it in
far more etfectual manner than by the com.
mon implement now used.
"a On Tuesday evening, while the barge
of the steamer Sam SOule was nearing the
landing at this place, it came in contact with
the ferry-bOat and came near causing serio,
damage to that useful institution Had the
steamboat been going at her usual speed the
collision would undoubtedly have sunk the
craft and thus left us without the means of
crossing at this point.
tE- Some people seem to inherit the ills
and calamites Of life much in the same man
ner that dogs come by their ieas-naturaliy.
Mrs. Mary Henderson, "a lady residing in
town seems to manage 10y hook or crook TO
be forever in some sort Of quarrel or dis
turbance about small piece of property
which she owns, or has owned, in the su
burbs. On Monday evening reiterated cries