Nebraska advertiser., 1859-03-03
California Items.

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Our correspondent "Wyreka" has fur
nished US a file Of late California papers,
from which we clip the following items:
The San Francisco UniOn contains the
Message of Gov. Weller, sent to the two
Houses of the Legislature. 1t is long,
but considering the number of subjects
treated could not well have been made
shorter. Its recommendations are Judi
cious, its suggestions ~commendable, and
its tone and language such as are appro-
pirate in an important public document.
The Legislature may safely be set down
as Democratic. The Senate consists Of
50 members, and stands 81 Democrats, a
Republicans the Assembly has so mem
bers, out of which s are Republicans.
The Union in speaking of the arrival
of the Central Overland Mail, says:
The Central Overland Express, with
the Presidents Message, arrived in this
city on January LIST, bringing letters from
ST. Louis to December 9th. The mail
left St. Joseph, Mo-, December 18th, and
Salt Lake, December 25th, arriving at
Placerville on the morning of January LIST,
making the time from the former city In
seventeen days-being the quickest time
that was ever made overland by any route.
The contract time of this route is well
known to be thirty-eight days the time
made by this mail is less than one-half of
this limit.
The following items we find In the
Golden Era.
ASUcTIoN WELL AT STocKToN.-For
some timepast an experiment. has been in
progress of boring for water in Stockton
10 be used in case. of fire, instead of build
ing cisterns. 1t appears that a bore of
seven inches diameter was sunk to the
depth of ninety-seven feet. The result
of the operation was entirely successful.
The Eureka Engine played out of the
hole, but did not exhaust the water. The
cost of the well and the suction is said to
be cheaper than the building Of cisterns.
The SIERRA CARVE are informed
that several persons who attempted to
pass from Downieville over the Sierra
Nevada Mountains by the Sierra Gap,
were obliged to return recently, and 60
to Carson Valley via Plaeerville. They
met with snow So deep that it was impos-
sible to proceed except with snow shoes.
SETTLERS. AND MINERS AT KNIGHT's
FERRY.-A recent meeting was held at
Knights Ferry by certain parties for the
alleged purpose Of taking measures for
protecting themselves from the encrcack-
ments of a certain floating land grant,
which has been located upon the adjoin-
ing lands. They formed an anti-Grant
League, and resolved to stand by each
other in opposition to bogus Spanish
grants.
Tunnel THROUGH THE SIERRA NEvA-
D4.-James PetIinger suggests that a
tunnel for The Pacific Railroad should be
made through the Sierra Nevada, low
down, and he thinks the gold found would
pay the expense of boring the hole.
The following is a statement Of arriv-
ais and departures by sea for the year
1853:
Men. Women. ChidYta. Total.
37,l67 4,752 1880 43,729
DEPARTURES.
Men. Women. Children. Total.
35,S75 1852 ia 9S,l51
Showing a gain of I,292 men, 3,l9C
r women, and GAG children-givlng an ag-
gregate total of 5,128 persons.
NATIONAL FLAGs.-It is. stated thai
there arrived 1t the port of San Francis
co, during the year 1858, l91 vessels I'm.
der the American flag, 20 under the Bri.
fish, Is under the French, Is. under the
Mexican, l under the Belgian, 3 under
the Bremen, s under the Chilean, 5 I'm.
der the Dutch, IL under the kDanish,
under the Hamburg, 2 under the Hanov.
erian, 3 under the Hawaiian, 6 under the
Sandman, 4,under the Tahitian.
The Nevada Journal says:
E. b. johnson, of Little York, laid or
our table, on Monday last, a fine speci
men of cement and gold from the Blue
Lead, owned by him. The lead is work
; ed with powder, which breaks up the ce
, ment in Jumps, in which state it is takeI
to the stampers. A mill of eight stamp
is kept crushing the gravel cement CONT
nually. 1t pays about IS per ton. A few
days ago a rich spot in the lead yielded
upwards of $50 to the single pan. tn,