The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-15
THE STATE AT LARGE.

A new line of telegraph from Sacra-
mento to Marysville is completed. 1t
connects with the line of the Northern
California Company at Marysville, to
Shasta, Yreka and Oregon. ..............
Sixty OF the State prisoners were
poisoned at San Quentin last Friday, by
eating bread made of -four containing
some deleterious ingredient. No fatal
results followed 500, 102 % was
the amount in the State Treasury on the
10th inst, exclusive of the sum set
apart for the payment of the January
interest. ....O On the 9th inst. an affrav
occurred near Mayfeld, some eighteen
miles from San Jose, between rival clai-
mants to piece of land. The Tribune
says Paul Shores was shot dead, James
Shores severely cut with knife, and
terribly torn by bloodhound; Seals shot
through the left leg, and Robb knocked
on the head with "a pistol. Seals, who
shot Shores, gave himself up to the au-
thorities at San Jose, and as an excited
crowd gathered and it was feared an at
tempt would be made to Lynch him, the
military were called out to guard the
Jail. At last accounts matters had aui-
eted down, and Seals had been commit
ted to await the action of the next Grand
Jury..........The San Jose Tribune SAYS
the depression in every department of
business, consequent upon the closing of
the New Almaden mines, becomes more
and more pereeptible and discourasing
every day......At many places through
out the State preparations are making to
celebrate the centennial anniversary of
the birth of Robert Burns ...... The last
Southern Overland Mail took from San
Francisco S47 through letters, but no
passengers. ........ The editor Of the Gut
turtst was recently lartaited on the high
way and robbed, but managed to secrete
most OF his money in his Mouth and
thus save The ditch Of the Co
lumbia and Stanislaus Water Company
is sixty miles long, nine feet wide at the
bottom, and tnree feet deep. The fumes
which compose part OF it are nine feet
wide and four feet deep, and one OF them
Is eleven miles long. The Company
have cut tunnel upwards of 1900 feet
IN leugth, through the hardest material.
......... Bituminous coal has been found
about u miles from Tehama, says the
Gazette, and it is thought that when
the rock, in which the coal is now ex-
tensiyely diffused, ceases to dip and be-
comes horizontal, it will be found in
quantities that will warrant its being
worked..,,..The Indians at the Nome
Lackee observation have collected many
hundreds OF pounds Of good salt by sim
pie evaporation OF the water of d spring,
which contains twenty-five per cent. OF
saline matter. ....Sonle very rich speci-
mems OF copper ore have been found
within lew miles OF Shasta 1t is said
to exist IL large quantities, and is to be
found lying around on the surface Of the
ground. .... The Mountain Democrat
states the proceeds Of one quartz mill, at
Placervllle, for one year, to be 1857,
S-l0O ounces Of gold, worth $50, $50
II; total expenses, $42,774 Sc; net
profit S40,6lO Violent earth
quake shocks have been experienced at
Santa Barbara. The ella mines are
being deserted. Wells, Fargo &
Co. have been robbed again Eight
men stopped the Forest Hill and Yankee
Jlin's stage on Tuesday morning and
took theretrom the treasure box, which
contained from $4,000 to- 50 ,000.......
The Sacramento National Theater has
been purcha sed by Methodist Congre-
cation for $40, 600.