The Sierra citizen., 1859-03-19

alive to statements made by him in former article on
the same subject We have been pleased with Mr.. Hit
tells peculiarly California productions, and hope to
derive additional qualification from the perusa of his
future contributions In replying to our inquiries he
evidently experienced less difficulty than would meet
in satisfying the demands made in the following para
graphs, which are his:
"Now Mr.. Editor of the Sierra Citizen having re-
piled well could to the questions propounded to
me, permit me to PROFOUND some to you. What the
elevations, positions and of the chief mountain
peaks and ridges in your county? Are any of them
covered with throughout the year? If SO, which
are they? What the respective elevations of the
snow lines on the sunny and shady slopes? What por-
ton of the county is covered with from Novem.
Der to Juyf How deep does the fall, and how
long does e and how thick is the ice at Downieve
in ordinary and extraordinary winters? How much of
the surface of the county is covered with brush, how
much with timber, and how much is barren rock?
Ut course reasonable men will not expect precise and
perfectly accurate information on these points, but an
interesting and valuable approximate estimate can be
made on all of them by any intelligent man who has
character of the country Perhaps such information
have sought for ought to be given by the county
veyors in their annual reports, but they not,
apply to you the next best authority There per-
who carefully collect and preserve articles the
resources and conformation of State, and if you
should give any all the information for which have
asked, it will not be thrown away or forgotten
Mr.. Hitte will recoect that have not stipulated
to supply his Topography Of California with basis
assistant facts though if possessed of such in
that reliable shape which could render them unqueston
ably valuable it would be pleasure to impart If
interrogate in reference to the conformation Of Cali
fornia it should not follow that familiar with the
conformation of Sierra county that there is ndi-
vidual, matter how long he may have inhabited this
portion of the State who say he definitely under
the pecuartes Of the natural conformation about
him. We presumed that Mr. Hittell had begun the
study of natural appearances in California and was
pared with data on hand to elaborate and instruct
The people here sngularly self-condent in form
ing estimates and if we should ask any three of them
what the hight of Galloway hill u.s. the first would an
swer nine thousand feet I'm told the second, sthey
say it's about four thousand feet believe and the
third, " don't know-may be it's four miles high--its
mighty long hill, tell that" At the base of Gal
oway hill reposes the important village of Downievle
We have named it the hole in the hills in the sum-
mer season, it is cool potato hole, and in the
rainy and winter seasons the temperature like that of
basin of lukewarm water. Severe winter approaches
to within few hundred yards, but never reaches us
falls to the depth Of ten fifteen and perhaps twen
y feet the nights just above u.s. but not much over
two feet is measured out the town at one time
and that will not withstand the warmth of one pleasant
day.
We had intended to interfere with some of Mr. Hitte
remarks on the region of perpetual snow" and the
snowine formed by the Sierra Nevada range and which
we of the opinion, is perceptble throughout the
year but the noted mountaneer of the Trinity Journal
has dissolved all Of our argumentative snow with the
statement that while ranging the highest SUBMITS in
the month of October he found the mountains in blaze
became hot HIMSELF and would have been burned to
death had he not melted and run down!
"I Amt Sick I'm GETTING CoNvERrED."-An Amer-
canized Italian attended church in the time of rev
val" and surprised at the exhibitions of sudden
repentance. He ignorant of the meaning of the
demonstrations made by stricken Sinners and when the
person who sat next to him fell groanng to the foor the
asonished tenderly endeavored to raise the pros
trate one, inquirng he did so, Mi freen, bees you
seek?n "Oh! no' murmured the mourner. :" amt
sick, I'm getting converted. ah oo!"
We have seen an announcement of the illness of a
respected cotemporary If he be ill., sincerely hope
for his early recovery but situated as we suspect
possible for him to be- feel but slightly sorry
He is the enthusiastic of popular soveregntytes
and hates the concomitant aud inseparable isms but
many Of his aids are Brodericks and Republicans who
hold the balance of power him, insisting that his
paper shall furnish expression and hope to each of the
sms whose business in election times is to form combi
nation against the Democratic party municipal
election came and the popular sovereigntyite was
suffered to steer the paper craft half through the Storm
when his illness announced and Republican took
the helm. The sick should get we'll of his averse
political procvities by getting into the healhful atmos
phere OF National Democracy We trust that his case
not be of wrestling with conscience preparatory
to conversion in the ultra Republican faith.
| No REASON WHY, AND No PRosPEcT.-A paragraph in
Hutchings California Magazine, states that there is
no why the California Magazine should
py such position in does the State her
this accompanied by the prorietors promise to
make his publication correspond in mechanical feature
with the merit which could be given to its contents
should inorse his remarks. The magazine will gain
the desirable position until he destroys his cheap wood
cuts and to illustrate present California life with
descriptions which ridiculous enough in style and
statement eight years since. His Magazine is
that contributors of considerable merit will seek
rety where their efforts placed in company with old
and The last number, in the most litera
ry part of the work, tells us that,
The reason why cats musical at night, is be.
cause they are SO full of fiddle strings"
| FINAL D1sM1ssAI~-The Legislature has again refused
to admit Duncombe to seat in the Assembly. The
foolish conduct of the anti-Democratc element in Sac
deprived that county of proper
and reflected credit upon the managers. His ineg
blitv was no doubt understood at his first nomination