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The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

AN OLD FoGY MINER.-There is In this
miner all his life, having worked In the dig
gngs of his native State before coming to
California. He was one of the first here to
employ "Long Tom, great advance in
its day, but long since generally discarded
for sluices. Our friend, however, secuted
at the novelty and stuck to his along Tom
which he still uses. The hydraulic process
he holds in great contempt He says: "You
can't save gold with them squirts; they
make it fly and scatter all around. You may
wash off the top that way, but will have to
take long tom to clean up the bottom l
know; there's nothing saves gold like long
tom."
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

DIED IN THE SNow.-We are panied to learn
that Mr.. Naples, of Naples Ranch, near the
Henness Pass, perished in the fierce snow
storm of the first week of April. He was
returning from Sierra Valley, with a small
sled load of -four, and had nearly reached
hsme when he became bewildered by the
storm, was overcome by cold and sat down
and died. Two men were living in his house
less than an eighth of a mile from where he
perished, aad did not know his fate until
last week, when his body was found by an
other person who had been herding cattle
for him. The scene of this tragic event is a
beautiful level valley, lying just beyond the
summit of the Sierra Nevada, and near
Truckee or Gold Lake. Mr. Naples had re-
sided there for several years, and had wife
who abode with him during the summer
season. He was known to everybody who
went to Utah last year by the Henness Pass
route.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

RoNY ExPREss.-Enother Pony Express
reached Carson City last Saturday afternoon,
having made the trip from st. Joseph in eight
days and four hours. The news it brought
was telegraphed to Sacramento and San
Francisco, and on Monday morning an En-
ira Union containing it had reac he'd the prin-
cipal towns of the interior. Another express
will be due tomorrow or next day, and is
anxiously anticipated, as it will probably
bring tidings from the Charleston Conven-
tion, not to mention the great prize fight
The day of departure from st. Joseph, here
after, will be on Sunday that from this side
will remain as now, Friday. The arrival of
the frst messenger at st. Joseph excited an
enthusiasm similar to that which prevailed
here.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

The Washoe excitement has at last spread
to the Eastern States, and is affecting even
the wary financial spectators Of New York
E-must give q fresh propulsion in the dfree-
tion of California to the annual tide Of emi-
grafton that flows from east to west. The
one chance for fortune In ten thousand
win blind everybody to the chances Of fail
ure, there as here. If there was one chance
IN a hundred OF q mans jumping into vesa-
vius and crawling out alive, we believe a
hundred Yankees could be found to take the
odds if enough gold was offered in reward
to make IL an object.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

STATE PRlsoN.-The Supreme Court rem
dered judgmentin the State Prison case, de-
Gliding against the State and in favor of Nc
Caulay. The State failed to prove violation
of contract, SO the individual whom it dis
possessed for awhile was legally entitled to
nearly $500, 900, for the twenty seven months
from Dec. '57 to March go, including about
fourteen months during which Gov. Weller
and the other commissioners had charge
The Legislature tried to compromise with
the contractor by passing bill allowing
bim 100000, but threatened mandamus
to attempt extortion of the whole amount
claimed induced the passage of another bill
making the appropriation $275,OOo. The
approval of this bill by the Governor settles
the State Prison difficulty, and will put that
institution where it should always have been,
in the hands of the State.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

A Few WORDS ABOUT JArAN.-From a pri-
vate letter, written on board the steamer
Golden Gate by Ben Congsf, who is on bis
way East, we extract Few interesting fe-
marks:
"fhsre is on board d sea captain who Has
been tyeice wrecked Oh the coast of Japan
He says the Japanese were very kind to him,
helping him to save what could be saved of
his cargo and treasure. He had $75, 900 in
specie on board, and saved it all, but lost
Hx men in doing it. He has a number of
curious and valuable articles of Japanese
manufacture, and says vAe people excel the
CAinese IN the fhanafacrtre of silks and
cloths. fAey grow some cotton. He has
forty yards of fine silk velvet. which cost
him only eight dollars. He has just arrived
from Japan, and says there are Chinese
agents there buying horses for the war
agalnst the English. He saw Paixhan guns
Of Japanese make which he could not dis
tingnish from those made in the U. s.; also
Sharp's rides very we'll made He thinks
they are net siace:e when they say they will
open their ports. Commodore Perry Induced
them to grant lighters to vessels, TO convey
ballast ashore but since he left there are
none to be had. The vessels have to throw
| their ballast over the side, which will soon
fill up the harbors-precisely what he thinks
they want to have done, so as to exclude
foreign vessels. He says they are remark
ably intelligent and were well posted in the
history of this coast before Perry's visit
He verified all the wonderful accounts you
have seen in the journals concerning them.
Wages is four cents a day for common la
borer, and he feeds himself. The govern
meat does not allow the people to sell any
more coin to outsiders, but buys it in ITSELF
Great specNiatlons have been made in their
currency. Two pieces Of gold worth to US
thirteen dollars, were scid for time for six
dollars ia silver. This Of course has been
stopped. While my informant was in one of
their cities a great Ere occurred. The build
ings were constructed of wood and paper,
even lighter than In California, and burnt
rapidly. The foreign merchants tried to have
the natives pull down some Of the houses,
for the purpose of stopping the flames, and
they consented to do this Some kind of a
priestwent upon roof and stuck up a charm
His men then leisurely began to tear off the
roof, but dared not for their lives come down
until the charm was removed, which It soon
was by the rafters burning of, letting the
poor victims of superstition fall into the
blazing ruins. The only FIRE engines in Ja-
pan are small hand pumps. The people hold
bucket in one hand and pump with the
other, doing no good whatever"
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

SPRING ODoRs-The first Strawberries of the season
were handed to us little while ago by Mr.. T. W.
Manchester They were grown in his pleasant garden
They lie on our desk now red the lips of beauty and
as sweet, nesting amid rose buds, lilac blooms and
bright green eaves-though who brought the roses
when We were out we do not know All what delicious
odor that is! Surely the very spirit of the charming
objects that exhae it. There is in perfumes fresh
natural perfumes, just breathed from dewy lips of
flowers, an influence as subtle and melting as that
winch resides in music. poetry, painting and lovely
sceuery. How the volatile essences difusc thenseIy
through the air. and steal through the porches of hu-
man sense into the very sahctaary of the soull The
organs of external impressions they make avenues to
the inner chamber where ife's mystery throbs like
reflected star in water-beautifh but impalpabe and
oh SO deep! They fill the brain with ptrple tapors
IN which the magician Memory causes us to behold
those dear faces that gone hear the voices that
are STILL and even to feel the gentle touch of hands
that were long since folded hands f,IdeH but
once All, well may the rain beat and the wtd blow
around the world:
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

The obscure grave of Roger Williams was
lately opened at Providence, Rhode Island,
and mass of black dust supposed to be his
remains taken thence for more honorable
interment. There is no monument to his
memory, except this ineffaceable record of
history-that he was the first man in a big
oted age brave enough to preach and prac-
tice perfect liberation Of all religious beliefs,
and to urge the right of free speech. He
was greater than all the Puritans.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

BLACK RocK.-This place, which is now
only second in point ofimpo-tancet to Washoe,
is ia Utah, one hundred miles east of the
head Of Honey Lake Valley, one hundred
and Fifty miles north east of Virginia City
and Is situated but few yards distant from
the nairroad leading from Honey Lake VAL
ley to Salt Lake. Quartz rich I'm silver and
goldis thought TO De plentiful, and numerous
parties have gone thfther to- prospect. We
gather this from the lHouMdfr Messsnoe.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

The Santa Cruz Sentinel informs us that
subsoil draining converts cold,, stiff "adobe
soilp into dry, warmand mellow loan, which
Is easily worked and very productive. The
Ners, directs its wise attention to another
GLASS Of soils, and contends that the so-called
barren hills of that section can be made val
uable for tillage by burning off the thick
brush; seeding with oats and planting with
grape vines
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

WEAvERvILLE GERMAN MAY FEAsT.-Th6
Germans composing many of the best citis
zens of Trinity county, hold great festival
every May, at which huge tent is erected,
a weeks dancing had, and infinite quantities
of lager bier destroyed. Last years festival
was TIE most splendid thing of the sort ever
seen In this State, and cost the liberal rev.
elfers $4,000. Four hundred and sixty kegs
of lager bier were consumed This year
similar festival will be had. They call It
"Deutsches Mai est."-Sierva Citizen.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

MOUNTAIN GARDESs.-We are told that at Downievle
Dr. T. R. Kbbe raised eco pounds of grapes last year,
from 80 small vines This Is not more than half a
days ride from the summit Of the Sierra Nevada.
though the town is sua.ed at the boto of profound
canon. On the slope near the town, further
told several Italians have terraced number of acres
waling up the terraces with rocks ard by irrigation
and the of have made rich soi and profit
able gardens. Can brother Forbes say If we are cor
recty inforned At Gcodyears Bar below Downie.ilie
few miles, there Are four productive gardens, From
one, about two in extent, s. CIapp raised last
year produce THAT brought him 5000; nearly hsif Of
which was for peaches Apricots do we'll in that high
locality but nectarines fail. Appies vii prove the
best fruit venture. Ounces and ponegraates thrive
admirably All kinds of culinary vegetables can be
raised Even barley has dohe Well where tiled in
small patches and would seed itself down and become
regular spontaneous ercp for pesturage if allowed:
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

A-The following letter, which emphatically speaks
for ITSELF was written by the Dean Faculty of the
Philadelphia College of Medcie to the editors of the
"Pacic Medical and Surgical JOURNAL San Francisco
for puBlicatIUk
PHIIADEtrHti January L. 1852
To the Editors of the Pacific Medical and .Saroical
Journot:-Gentemen-M attention has been called to
an article lip the December number of your Journal in
regard to the nd sunde dsgree granted by thu Phs.
delpha College 81 Medicine to Dr.. L. j. Caapkay When
the application for the esree Was ade 10 the Faculty
it was accoi panied by adavs and testimonials to the
effect that DR.. Czapkay Was fegGlar graduate NJ D.
of the University Of Ptsth had sefsed as Sturgeon in
the Hungarian Afiiy, aid Was feguiaf Practitioner
of Medcins On the strength Of these the degree was
granted The dd eundshi degree dig ts HaIe implies is
conerfed On gfadtates only dtd gives lis new prive-
ges Had there been the slightest Suspicion of irreou-
lusftA the application ~oud hate been refused By
Inserting this in your jornd you ,oiu do an act of
Justice to the Cosisgt, and confF favor ON
Yours, fefy respectfully,
bsaH ofhs Faculty ofths Philadelphia College Of Medi
cine.
DIR. L. j. Czapkay's Private Medical and Surgical In.
stitnte is Oh Sacramento street. below Montgomery,
opposite the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Office,
San Francisco, California The Doctor offers free con.
staton, and asks remuneration unless he effects
cure
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

Ten theassnd Chinese miners are expected
to arrive in British Celumbia during the
next few months, ana = leading journal pro-
poses that they should be taxed $40 head
on arriving, and $40 year thereafter
John will doubtless have to pay up.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

"TiE BOOKSELLER. This is the naff1e of hew
monthly to he pub ished by II. II. Bancroft Co., of San
Francisco. who thus announce its plan and object:
We propose publishing a small frst-class Literary
Periodical under the above which will have for
it's object the diffusion of literary intelligence drawing
out and cultvating literary tastes and advancing the
cause OF education The Bookseller will be the official
organ of the Department Of Instruction the State
of California. and the official medium of advertising of
the great body of Eastern Publishers: 1t will be of
interest alike to professional and literary gentlemen
and to all interested in education The books are now
open for subscriptions; TERMS. 81 so a year.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

We learn from the Sacramento Union, to
which paper we are indebted for whatever
legislative intelligence we have been able to
publish from time to time, that the Assembly
showed its appreciation Of Speaker Moore's
superiority as presiding officer BY present.
ing him with splendid gold watch imme-
diately after his farewell address was pro-
nounced. Senator Lansing, who frequently
presided in. the upper house, was compli-
msptef by resolution. Nevada county was
honorably represented in the hast Legislature,
and her Senators and Assemblymen can re-
turn to their constituents without fear Of de-
served reproaches, except perhaps on account
Of that confounded bulkhead.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

A fnnet buflt her nest and hatched fer
young in the folds Of an awning fronting the
store Of Amy at Marysvsfls. That Amy-able
individual would not disturb the bird family
by rolling down the awning, although tie
warm rays of the sun made shade desfrab bie
thing. The Expreg affords this pleasant fact.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

HUMBOLDT FlsHExaEs.- fnsy have funny
way of catching fish on Eel river says the
TRINITY Jotn7trt The fisherman lies down on
the bank, with his head ever the stream,
holding worm in his fhoath. The fish, at.
tracted by the spiral workings of the worm
to escape, jumps at it. At this moment the
deSterity of the fisherman is evinced. He
suddenly opens HIS mouth, and catches the
hsh Between his teeth. One old man HAS
worn all his teeth off Catching fish
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

DEtfbEb.-fhe suit which was cutnfaghced
last Saturday before the District Court at
Nevada to determine the ownership of some
mining ground lying on this hill between the
knickerbocker and Eureka claims, was de-
cided this week in favor of the Kniekerbocker
company.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

At Rich Gulcb, Calaverxs cvurty, fkere
is reservoir, says the San Andreas Lmde-
pendent which covers eight to ten Thousand
acres of ground and has an average depth
of fifteen feet. 1t has capacity for thirty
sluice heads for ten months in the year.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

HENNEss Pass TURNPIKE.-The Truckee
Turnpike Company is prosecuting its great
enterprise as rapidly as the weather will per.
NIT. Two more contracts have been let on
the road in Sierra county, one over an entire
new grade around and over Cold Spring
Hill, and one for some three hundred rods
of grading this side of Bope's ranch. The
work already completed by Smith and Sim
mons is pronounced by all who have seen it
to be of a superior character. The new con-
tracts will be done by the goth inst, by
which time others will be under way further
along the route. The Directors intend to
have the entire road completed to Truckee
Meadows before the middle of July.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

RoBsERY Mr. A. E. Baiy, while on his way down
from the summit, was stopped by two highwaymen
near Turneys MILL on Monday evening and robbed Of
$50 20. Ddly was unarmed and one Of sftc robbers
having csht ho3d Of the bridle he was dragged from
the horse and the money forcibly taken from him.
They told him they were highwaymen but did not
wish to take s life. The money was found OF the
person sf Mr. Naples, who was frozen 10 dAeth near
the summit and Mr.. Baily taking it to the unfor
tunate mans family.-Nerdda Democrat
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

The HoMEsTEAD BILD.-In the U. s. Senate
on tie roth of April, the homestead bill was
taken up; and the amendment of Mr.. Gwin,
concerning mining lands, was rejected by a
vote of 8 to 33. The amendment was to le-
galize the occupancy of mineral lands in
California and Oregon by citizens of the
United States only, This would have ex
cluded the Chinese, which was probably
Gwin's object.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

Gsv. DowDey has done what he and ma
jority Of the people believed was his duty,
and the San Francisco excitables offered him
an ovation With even more sense than he
showed in his vetoes he refused Q pabic re-
eeption,- but they would tsreh h-Iight-proces.
sion, speechify, bonfire and bore him, and
they did. Per consequence, one poor fool
who was carrying fireworks blew himself
and them up together. Cenfound these
public rejoicings Some. wretch is always
crippled or killed outright By every one OF
thems Somebody mass b. espAansd that
nobodys may be glad.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGIsLAruRE.-The
eleventh California Legislature is a thing OF
the past. 1t adjourned finally on Monday
last, after a session of 10l days, going out
with burst Of laughter and boisterous nom
sease, like school children glad to escape
coafnemeat. On accoaat of the election Of
Gov. Latham to the o. S. Senatorship, the
succession of Lieut.. Gov. Dowrey to the
chief magisrracy in his place, the passage
of the unrighseous balkhead bill and its de-
served veto, the passage of tyrannical liz
bel law, and of bills to allow nameroas
claims rejected at previous sessions, the
body just deceased will prove a memorable
one. 1t would have been remembered in a
better manner if the many measures of real
utility to the State which were introduced
had not been defeated by indifference and
procrastination. No previous Legislature
ever had before it so many excellent schemes
for the public good. The most important Of
these, which we had thought was certain OF
success, was the bill to provide for the sale
of the school land sections and coasolida-
tioa Of the proceeds into a general fund yet
this failed to pass, aatil just at the close OF
the session, too late to become law by GU
bernatorial approval. AS compensation,
however, the same cause defeated the libel
bill. But some highly valuable laws are ap-
proved, that for instaace which changes the
mode of collecting the public revenue, re-
quiring assessing and collecting to be doae
by township districts, and thus iasxriug
more thoroughness and accuracy in the per
formance of those important trusts. Then
the Stale is again to have control of the pen
itentiary after years of misrule under sordid
contractors, and she is to have that more eff
fciept institution for the prevention of crime,
a Reform School. Provision has also been
made for a geological survey. These are al!
measures of first rate consequence to the
moral and material veal of the eatire State.
Some essential amendments to the Constitu-
ton died in the committee to which they
were referred but it was perhaps best they
should, aud that the proposition to call a
constitutional convention should not be
again submitted to the people until after the
din and smoke of the approaching presiden-
tial campaign shall have subsidized. The to-
tai number of bills passed was 38l, of which
36S have become laws by the approval Of
the Governor. An immense majority ofthese
are purely local and special. Some extend
support to noble charities, such as asylums
for orphans, for the deaf, dumb and blind,
and for the most unfortunate of women.-
Money could not be put to better uses. Taken
all in all the Eleventh Legislature has not
been the best nor the worst ever known in
the State, though if it had perfected all the
really excellent schemes acted upon it might
have been called the most useful. General
condemnation is much easier than discrim-
mating praise, and therefore it will be freely
bestowed upon our retired law makers but
the people ought to remember that if they
have not been so well served as they would
like to be, it is partly their own fault.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

Bayard Taylor is much impressed with the dauntless
energy exhibited by Californians in the pursuit of
god and thinks if there was an aurferous quartz vein
penetrating the Sierra Nevada they would certainly
tunnel through it. He probably borrowed the idea
from our distinguished townsman Pettfhser.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

The legislature of Maine has granted q
charter to company which proposes to
build Pacific Railroad by raising $780,
600, 900 IN small subscriptions from the peo-
pie Of the UnioR ut large.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05
Special Notices.
DR. L. J. CZAPKAY'S
PRIVATE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL

4
Sacramento ST., below Montgomery
Opposite Pacific Mail Steamship OBS O6fc,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Established in 1854, the Permanent cure of al chro;
&c and Prirat, Diseases
Anddte Suppressioh Of Qaactery.
Attendant and Resident PhSsiefan, L. j. CZAPKAY,
Md. late in the Hungarian Revolutionary War; CHIEF
Physician to the Goth Regiment of Honveds Chief
Surgeon to the Military Hospital Of Pesth, Hungary
.he late Lecturer Diseases of Women and Childreh
and Honorary member of the Philadelphia College
of Medicine.
RS-Of1ce Hours-From 9 A. NJ. to 9pM.
Communications strictly confidential.
Permanent Cure guaranteed, or no pay.
Consultations, by ettef dt otherwise, ffee:
Address, III. czAPKAY,
San Francisco Cal.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

That most ptiabie of all spectacles, drunken
woman, was visible IN our streets Friday morning
The miserable creature staggered through the rain
until she fell fsto mud hole and then she crawled
out on her hads and knees. An hour later we heard
her serexmihe shd crying in the pitess storm.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

Acitser OF Cherekee aged rnbre'thsA seventy years
bearing the name of Kline and formerly virginiar
died this week and Was Inferred by Masonic brethren
The old man was attended In his last sickness by his
daughter
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

They have no old maids in Japan; wheH
the girls don't get married voluntarily, the
authorities hunt up a husband and make
them marry, willing or not willing. The
Japanese know a thing or two, if they have
been walled in for centuries.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

CoREErL's PARTY.-Ths dance which was
to have como off at the Oak Tree Ranch last
Thursday night, was postponed, on account
of the heavy rain, to next Monday, when
Mr.. Cornell will be glad to see large atten-
dance of his friends d is jnst good ride
for moonlight night to has place, and the
place is q pleasant one.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

Coon FEEtINd-At Indian Valley, Sierra county, an
Indian boy named Tom, who was living with Isaac
Case and had become general avorte for his inteIi-
gence and good disposition died recently placed
in handsome coffin and followed to the grave by
about twenty miners. The funeral was conducted in
perfect silence.
The hydraulic press., 1860-05-05

Queer CoMtANfoSs-vi -videau has in a sty in bis back
yard pig and puppy They eat out ofthe dish,
filled with milk atd bread and are very fond of each
other Whenever the puppy taken away the pig runs
granting ueasffy, around his sfy and the puppy sets
up continuous and cespairfhg howl till he gets back
again. Sacramento Standard