San Andreas independent., 1859-08-27

an Administration newspaper in Pittsburg Pennsvlvan;
from the President, written whilst be was tarrvi 81
Bedford Springs
BEDFORD Pa, July 9th 1859
MY DEAR SRI have received your kind note Of tba
18TH inst, with leader from the Post and whilst an
as II deserves the ability and frendsip disDlayed
M ~ ehe editorial yet regret that it has been published
wy determination not to- under any crcum stances be-
come candidate for reelection is final and concnsys
MY best Judgment and strong incinatons unite in favor
OF THIS course. To doubts uDon nv redat.r,i,ad
purpose calculated impair nv influence in carrying
out important measures aud afford pretrxt for saving
at they have been dictated by desire to be renomina
with the kindest regards, &c, remain sincerely and
respectfully, Your friend "NN
JAMES BUCHANAN.
ALTIrUDEs-During the the recent trip of Rev. O. c.
wheeler, Mr.. Neavte and DR.. Harris of Amador, to
10 semitic Falls, the latter gentleman being prepared
with proper instruments took the attitudes of several
mountain towns and noted localities Mariposa set
down as 26O feet above the level of the sea Bear Val
ley, 900; San Andreas, ,O63; Angels, 1885,
LOST IN THE MorNTAINs.-A young man, recently
from Boston, Mass, whose unable to learn
whle on visit to Yo Semitic Valley about weeks
Since wandered off from the hotel of G. A. Hite and has
not since been heard f-Mariposa Star
Serious apprehensions felt f1r the safety of j. Ed
ward Thorndke of Boston, who left San Francisco July
5 for Calaveas county, via Stockton, intending see
the big trees, and then proceed Yo Semitic Falls prob
ably by the way of Coultervie He was twenty years
of age, of slender form, light complexion wearing long
hair, and was dressed in grey hunting suit This par
agraph taken from the Marpso Star appeared in that pa
per of the 9Th of August two weeks previous to which
time. about the Goth of july young Thorndike was
missed from the hotel at Yo Semitic 1t is now feared
that he wandered far to lose his way back or that
some accident had befallen him. Any information that
can be procured by parties visiting that locality or by
the press of Stockton, Sonora and Maposa will be glad
y communicated to his absent friends by Dana Brothers
e. Co., of San Francisco
THE STATE FA1a.-The progress made in building the
Pavilion for State Fair purposes says the
Union, is gratifying to all who feel interest in the OBJ
ecs to be promoted by the exhibition of the products
of California in the month of September 1t is very
large and imposing and when prepared for the Fair as it
will be before is needed the people of the county may
be excused the manifestation of little pride when they
point to the Pavilion the result of their jucous lib
eiaity It's architectural proportions and appearance
will add to the reputation of the architect whilst the
prompt and superior in which the work has been
done reflects the highest credit upon A. Henley the
tractor The main hall is said to be the largest the
United States unobstructed by columns. Its immense
size may be partially appreciated when the reader is in
formed that it will require three hundred and thirteen
gas burners to light it, However it is likely to be
found any too large TOR the purposes for which it is i'll
tended.
Under the direction of the Agricultural Society the
clan-gaug at work removing stumps and filling up
holes on Al street.-the direct route to the Cattle Snow
grounds The block bounded by Tenth and Eleventh,
and streets, is already nearly half ncosed with q sub
stanta close board fence eight feet high; and in
tion with the Jockey Club the Managers of the Agricul
tural Society improving the Centervle Race Track.
Seats to accommodate two thousand people have already
been erected and spacious stand for gentlemen with
ladies accompanyg them, hundred and sixty by
sixteen feet, capable of accommodating eight hundred
people been prepared and is now nearly ready for
The inn trlpu an fiS avid I,t
that the visitors the State Fair will be better
modatd tan before, both by the Society aud the
public generally.
GRAVE TALK.-The London Times, of July 4th, COM
mentng upon the success of the allied army, says:
"We follow with an interest much more intimate and
earnest tan could be excited by sympathy for the
principle the tactics and til. defeats of these Austrian
armies 1t is vain to disguise from ourselves the fact
tat what they The solity. the bravery, the
odasioned routine, all of which yield sulky before
the science and intelligence of army led and organ
zed by men in their active vgor are like own solid
ity, bravery and our routine. So far
in advance Of this Austrian army which loses town
after and district after district and has the of
suffering the most irreproacabe defeats is due not to
dear old reverend doting Horse Guards SYSTEM but
to the House of Commons, the press and the people.
How cOdly would the representatives of this good old
system have laughed down the idea of accommodating by
balloons.
How complete but short time SINCE was their con-
tempt for tie Minnie rifle? How arduously they
driven into attempt improve the immovable old
pece declaring with to every who would
listen tat they went into this only crafty
the gaping vulgar and that weapons such those which
whisked up to the heights of Soerino and which
plouged up the in the valleys below, the
toys of civilians and amateurs and unworthy the
notice of veteran soldiers Yet upon the very first col
son of the armies Victory declared herself for the best
The Minnie rifle preserved India to England, the
riftd cannon Montebello and Magenta for the
French aud to the same arm, combined with that much
ricued balloon reconnaissance, the French 1t tlat
Solferino French victory The lesson to us !, all
important. If we would Hold position among first
rate powers. and would dwell in peaceful homes we
must have at our Horse Guards who are not too
conceited old advance 18th the age in which
live
NAPOLEON HANGED IN EFFIGY.-On the morning of
the 10th of August Louis Napoleon hanged in eigy
from the flagstaff in front of the French Hotel at San
Jose upon which staff lately foated the trcoor of
France in honor of the victories achieved by French
valor Frenchmen about San Jose are now generally
"down" on the Emperor
BIRDS OF PAssAGE.-Durng the past week, our own
town and others in the county, have been visited by
quite number of political dignares and aspirants
First came Dr. Gwin and George Penn johnson, who
spoke Monday night Mokelumne Hll tarried most
of Tuesday at the Metropoiann San Andreas and spoke
again Tuesday night at Angels. Not the least enthu
siasm prevailed their account. Currey and Powell
came through the same day from the South, and
received without ecat.
DEATH OF ProSEER-S Samuel Neal, of Meals Ranch,
a gentleman well known to Californians who to
this State in 49 80, died at his residence in Butte
county, last week. Neal to this State in 1874,
crossing the Sierra Nevadas in company with Col FIRE.
mont in the winter of 43 and II. He had grown quite
wealthy since the discovery of god and for eight
years the industrious and enterprising
farmers of the North.
TENNEssEE-The election this year in Tennessee is
ported be of unusually exciting character for
that State Ex-senator Bell writes friends in WASH
ugton that the Opposition will carry Tennessee in
wlirwind Of enthusiasm. Nothing like it las been
known since the famous Harrison campaign of 1S4J 1t
is expected that Neherlaud will be elected Governor by
from five thousand majority. and that the oppo
neus of the Democracy will return eight of the eleven
members of Congress The canvass against the domi-
party is conducted upon the issue of its extrava-
gance and corruption.
THE FEEGUsoN DUEL-We copy the following from
the Sacramento Standard OF the 9th instant:
SAN JosE, Aug 23-10 p NJ.
Broderck has spoken about 800 persons. He pro-
duced statement from ex-Gov McDouga. in which he
difficulty in the Bank Exchange merely gotten up
with view of having duel with F. the latter had
threatened expose the of tie Senatorial election,
and disgrace Mr. Gwiu that Johnsons friends the
ground demanded blood and refused every concession,
and at there also lady in the case that Ferguson,
just before the duel gave Estel the key Of his trunk and
told him where Gwins letter and papers could be found
No enthusiasm.
The SAN JUAN TRoUBLEs.-The Alta of the 2'sd con-
tains the following particulars in relation to the difficult