The Nevada journal., 1860-08-24


ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIoS.-The eighth an
niversary of Sierra Nevada Div, No. Il, ;. OF H.
same off in this city yesterday, as per programme.
At two O'Clock T. VI. the various Orders assembled
at Temperance Hall. The procession then form |
ed. under Grand Marshal J. L. Gamble, Judge Will |
liams the main STAY of the Temperance cause in |
this city on pale horse going ahead Passing up
BROAD Street the pro ecsson halted at the junction,
Of Commercial, returned passing through Pine,
Commercial and Main to the Theatre. The pro-
eession large and made beautiful appearance.
We noticed in the crowd onethird of the Court
OF Sessions with clean linen on, and Lockwood of
this Office With a bung-starte in his hand, from
which we inferred something was going to occur.
Arriving st the theatre, Prayer was made by
the Chaplain Rev. J. A. Bruner; Music followed
when the Orator of the day, Rev. Mr.. Briefly, de-
livered a most magnificent discourse of an hours
duration. The procession again formed and pro-
eeedng TO Temperance Hall was dis missed. An
elegant ball closed the celebration in the evening
THE DIGGISGs.-A few rods distant from the
FIGURING mill of o. NJ. Tomlinson, Esq, and in
the same basin, is the crushing mill of Mailman,
rselus & FELTON,. Five stamps are kept con-
stantly running crushing the cemented and hard
hands are employedin bringing tho earth in wheel
barrows to, and feeding the stamps. 1t is com
puted that fifty tons of earth per day crushed.
fine stream of water carries the pulverized earth
from under the stamps into the tunnel which
drains the claims and which Is thousand feet in
length and most of the distance in granite rock,
The diggings, as we sal on former occasion,
of the most substantial character, deep and last
goodly number of men years to come. Four months
have been expended, and five hundred inches of
water daily in strippin off the superintendent
pipe clay, and now the bottom dirt is being crushed
and washed to obtain the reward for the labors of
the past. A great deal of dirt is pulverizcd suff
ciently not to require being passed under the
stamps. This is thrown in the way of the water
going directly to the mouth of the tunnel.
These dggngs have been worked moro of less
since the fall of 1852, and incredable amounts of
gold taken from them by different companies
They were first worked by shaft and drifts, then
by hydraulic power, the water and dirt being lifted
from the basin by the power now applied in the
Touring mill, and are now worked by the modes
we have described. The claims are in the hands
of experienced and enterprisng miners who have
counted the cost of working tnc.n and cal :ulatc
n fortune before thcIn. ILe dig..inns are we'll
worth The trouile Of u Visit.
ELEVATOR FLoJRING Mu.L-We visited the
new Touring mill about completed. of o. VI. Tom
hnson, Esq, few days ago. 1t is located at the
south eastern base of the Sugar Loaf, in the cr:-
ter left by washing the rich diggns of the old
Eversall Company, and about quarter of mile
from town. The buildingis four stories in hight
furnished with very ample rooms for storage and
the machinery for running four run ofstones, and
the necessary apparatus for cleaning wheat seems
TO be complete. The whole work is OF quite a sub
stantal character rejecting credit on Mr.. Rogers,
the mill-wriSht. The castings and iron work
were made at the Nevada Foundry, noted for doing
hrst rate work. About four thousand bushels of
wheat are already purchased ready for grinding.
The mill is expected TO start the first of Sep
tember at the farthest, when lis entcrprising own
er expects to be able to supply the surrounding =
country with capital article of flour. Twenty
thousand dollars haYebeen expended on the mill
Running by water power, it is calculated that a
large saving will be made over steam.
BURGLARY.-rhe store OF Welch & Pier was
again entered by Chinese, on Thursday night of
last week, and goods on the Stationery and Book
side taken to the amount of some S30c. The en-
trance was made as before by way of the fiume
under the store. BY some means the officers got
on the track OF the burglars and succeeded in al
resting four AMI rec )veiing small portion of the
goods. One of the thieves taken to identify
She stolen articles, and while engaged in the ehore
stole purse containing seventeen dollars before
the eyes of the attending officers. The four are
in Jail.
DAILY STAGE LINE TO WAsHoE.-John Sale
is making ample preparation for running daily
line of stages between this place and Virginia City,
through the Henness Pass. The first stage will
leave in about three weeks, in less time if the
road is completed at Bowman's Hill. It is the
purpose of the proprietor of the line carry pas
sengers through in one day by day light, which is
easy of accomplishment. The present travel over
the route will justify the stage line contemplated
M Sale has the road already stocked for the en-
terprize.
Ell DORADO PRIsoNERs.-Four prisoners were
lodged in our Jail last week by Dept. Sheriff Baker
of FL Dorado; three were arrested for murder and
one for being con ,orncd in stag robbery.
A DowNFALL.-iisec celestial population began
to colonize at the point of intersection of Broad
and Main streets. Certain barometrical signs on
the countenances of the 50 outside barbarians y in
that region indicated wind. A gust struck build
ing of the colony on Saturday night last and tc-
tally demolished it. The houses of the whites in
the neighborhood stirred not an inch. There was
great running TO and fro by the inmates. " Ne
lican man, no good-no likec Johns"
Another very extraordinary blow" occurred
in the same quarter on We lncsday night. 1t is a
wonderful phenomenon that the wind demolished
the very Identical building that formerly came
down. The boys in the neghborhood not having
their own sleeping apartments disturbed. account
Tor the phenomenon by supposiRg the lumber o!
the Celestials is drunk. % NJ shabbe.''
IN SJAIL--There are nineteen prisoners now in
Jail, two of whom are women, and six Chinese
Three whites are charged with arson; one mur-
der: two, assault TO commit mUrder two, grand
larceny; one, threats four, petit larceny. OF the
Chinese, four are charged with burglary, and two
petit larceny.
THE CENSoRIoUS SHEPHERD.-Ther retired pas
Tor of the Brick Church appears to have made it a
duty during his short career minister to tell
his congregation his opinion of them on leaving
His censorous farewell discourse here is found to
have been preached to five similar shiftless"
churches before its delivery here.
REPUBLICAN, PRIMARY MEETING.-The Repub-
licans of the Township met, pursuant to call, on
Monday evening. The following gentlemen were
elected delegates to the County Convention: Jas.
Churchman, A. A. Sargent. John Turner, L. NJ
Kellogg, DR.. Rudolph, j. c. Birdseye, II. Ii.