The hydraulic press., 1860-03-03
HOME MENTION.

So far, the weight of evidence elected is very
damaging to the chances of the bill appro-
priating nearly $4,000 for the reward of
such warriors as Jarboe, who says his COM
pany of twenty men fought twenty-three en-
gagements in four months, killed 293 "trdr-
riors," took 292 prisoners, and sustained only
foer wounds, excluding one on his own per-
sonl This is almost equal to that famous
battle between the Florentine mercenaries,
in which several thousands were Eotly en-
gagged for a number Of hours, great victory
gained and only one man killed, and he was
smothered in mad by the weight of his ar
NOR There is no reason to doubt that the
poor Diggers have been far more sinned
against than SHINING, and even if they had
committed ten times the number of outrages
charged to them, the system of private war
fare upon them is abominably wrong and
ought TO be stopped The General Govern
ment should either take prompt measures to
gather the Indians upon Reservations, or
else Surrender all charge of them to the
State. The discussion of this subject has
awakened the attention of religionists to the
fact that there are within our own borders
human beings who demand missionary Ia
Dor more than any outside barbarians, no
matter how distant they may be. The Pacific
Nethodjst says: LET the Church ponder the
question: Are these heather to be permitted
to be blotted from existence without an eff
fort to save them Shall we continue to
ignore their claims to the benefits of the
Gospel?"
Western Utah and projected wagon roads
across the Sierra Nevada thereto, are favor
ite topics with our mountain exchanges
Half dozen new roads will be under way
by the opening of summer. The only one
on which work has really been done, so far,
is the Truckee Turnpike, destined to con-
meet Marysvile, French Corral, Sweetland,
North San Juan, Camptonville, Forest City,
and Downieville with the silver mines. The
old emigrant road over this route is already
would be much Travelled even without inn
provement. DeGroots useful map Of the
Washoe regions gives the distances by differ
ent transmontane routes as follows: Stock
ten and Sonora route to Walker river and
Mono diggings, 205 miles Stockton and
Big Tree route TO Virginia City, 1917 miles;
Sacramento and Placerville route, l62 miles;
Sacramento and Nevada route via Henness
Pass, les miles; and Marysville and North
San Juan route, by the same pass, l39 miles.
Lines of stages viii doubtless be put upon
of the SHOWS.
An idea of the mildness of winter in the
regions of California may be gained
from the fact, as given by the Yreka Union,
that the mean temperature at that high To-
cality, for the week ending Feb. 10th, was
450 Four days in the week were cloudy
and rainy.
We pay about a quarter of a million dol
lars annually for Oregon apples.
Washingtons birthday was more generally
observed than common, especially by the
newspapers Nearly every one of our ex-
changes contained patriotic 'leaders' on the
occasion, and mathematical in approved
form all who would raise hand against the
Union. The most public celebration was in
bn crjr fpd nfain of 10
where there was a grand military and fire.
mans parade, with music, an oration,
banner presentation, praying and dancing.
The total amount of gold carried out of
he State, as appears by the Custom House
books, and as estimated as outgoing in pri-
rate hands, is not far from $3.50, 1000, ,000-
The true amount is far more likely to exceed
han fall short of these figures.
The present winter opened with remark
IDLY heavy rain. Subsequently there has
been so much dry weather that miners and
armers are alike complaining. In many
districts fruit trees are about to blossom,
md frost is likely enough to come and nip
heir promise, though heretofore frosts have
not much affected our fruit harvests.
The silk worms of Europe and India are
fflicted with a disease which it is feared
viii exterminate them; it is therefore pro-
,osed to cultivate silk worm which is in
ligenous to California, and which is found
N the ceonathus plant near San Francisco
This native worm, says the Alta, instead of
reducing its silk in the cocoon, like those
# other species, throws out web or float
ng mass of the precious product, which has
ot, to our knowledge, yet been woven into
abric, though it is thought to be of a quail
ty equal to the best. A somewhat similar
rorm is found in Central America and Tea
uantepec, and excellent silk is made from