Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-07-01
Pacific Items.

The Indians within one fourth Of a mile
of Victoria recently had battle, and seven
were killed. Several hundred shots were
fred
John N. Hovy has recovered 81 800 OF a
Mr.. Berry in San Francisco, for Berry 8
conduct in seducing Mrs. H. The lawyer 8
got 81 900 of the amount
A man, supposed to have been wandering
about the country insane, was recently found
dead in bear trap, near San Jose. The
deceased had tried to get out in vain.
Four canoes full of Indians recently at
tackled o United States light house in Wash>
ington Territory, and robbed it ofeyery thing.
A revenue cutter with soldiers started in
pursuit of them,
Good servant.girls are still in demand
there. There is no place like California for
women who can take care of themselves
The Yreka Union says there are only about
fifty unmarried ladies oyer twelve years of
age in Siskiyou County, which contains
probably population of 10000.
The heads of three of the Indians who
murdered the party of five white men near
klamath Lake, were, May 80, brought to
Yreka, the Indians having been killed by a
Chief, named La Lake, and some of his tribe.
1t is known that it was o band of six warri.
ors who killed the whites, and La Lake says
that the other three shall share the same
fate, One OF La Lakes tribe was killed in
the battle.
The laws of California make the act of
marrying a second wife, while tho first is
living, mere misdemeanor and the biga.
mist can not be prosecuted even for that, ,un'
less he is indicted within year after the
second marriage. Henry Houghton, Mori
mon, recently married young girl in Napa
though he had wife and three children
near Placeryille. The Napa Herald informs
us that he was discharged.
A correspondent of the Alta writes of mi.
ming in the Keen River country
We have had some rich rock near here
lately. Messrs. Mitchell and Ewing took
out s2,lO7 from seven tuns of rocks; MIR.
Mike Burke, 81 200 from twelve tuns
The placer miners Of Tehachepe are do,
ing very well. The skeleton of O. man was
found there on the bed rock at the depth of
sixteen feet Mr.. +. ID. Green, nv lnfor,
mant, says that the dirt around the skeleton
did not bear the appearance of having been
firm as any where else.
Our neighbors on White River are doing
well quartz mining. Messrs. Maltby, Ryan
d Miller shipped s., 800 after their last clean
up (Crom four arastras.
1t is stated that number of young men
of Grass Valley, California, have informed
themselves into an anti"cursing club Each
member, when he gets off an oath, is immes
diately fined twenty-five cents which must
be paid into the treasury The funds is to
be devoted to some charitable purpose, when
sufficiently large to be of any practical ben~
eft They have already succeeded in curs-
ing the club into pew in the church, and
have funds on hand to devote to a painting.
A gentleman who visited the Gulf Of Calil
forpia Invested about 1000 in pearl shells,
which he shipped via Cape Horn to New
York. According to the quotations of pearl
shells in the Atlantic papers, he will have
made about So, 900 providing his shells reach
New York in safety.
The vineyards of Los Angeles are by far
the most valuable property in the county
The largest in the place is owned by Mr..
WoollskilE it contains about tifty-fve thou
sand vines Mr., Sansevain has about forty
one thousand vines. Messrs. FrOling u Koh-
Ter, about twenty five thousand vines.
was informed by the owners that each vine
will produce net income of from eighteen
to twenty cents every year. There are some
thirty other vineyards in the county, equal
ly productive,