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The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18
The Audranlie 2ress,
3. p. AVERY. EDITOR.

CoAL.-The San Jose Reporter says there
is no humbug about the Buckeye Valley coal
mine, in Amador county. The editor of that
paper has seen, examined and tested the
COAL and knows what he is talking about.
The mine has been thoroughly prospected
and is known to be extensive. 1t has been
traced and penetrated at different points, for
a distance of more than three miles, and
the strata of coal has never been found less
than Is feet in thickness. Its qualities for
fuel and other purposes have been thoroughly
tested, and although it is inferior to the coal
of Cornwall and Pittsburg, yet it makes very
good fuel and is excellent for generating gas,
Last year, large quantities of it were trans
ported to Sacramento in wagons, and even
at that costly mode of transportation, af-
forded profit to the owners. The survey
of the San Francisco and Sacramento rail-
road, via Stockton and San Jose, passes di
rectly over the mine, and if the road is ever
built will make the mine of immense value.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

CALIFORNIA SEEN FROM Two STAND POINTS.
mo citizen of this State ,honld miss read
ing the letters Of Greeley and Bayard Tay-
lor, giving accounts of their hasty journeys
in our midst. Such full justice was never
extended to the new Dorado by all previous
itinerants who have scribbled upon it put
together. Both are close observers, but
from different points of view, and both pos
sess power of graphic description. Gree
ley is more utilitarian; Taylor more aesthetic.
One dilates on material advantages, the other
becomes enthusiastic over beautiful scenery.
If Greeley sees magnificent field of ripe
wheat he makes calculation of the yield
per acre, while Taylor glowingly paints its
ripping shadows and golden hue. One la
ments that great fact, the unsettled condi-
ton of our land titles; the other is appar.
emily more concerned at our social short
comings. In short, the two together give US
the great and lovely country we live In as it
is seen by philosopher and poet. Yet Tay-
lor does not lack marked vein of practical
sense, Offended with some satire and more
quiet fun:) as witness the subjoined extract
from . recent letter.
"Here old proverbs fail A man does not
plant an orchard that his grandchildren may
have fruit, or a tree that his sons may sit
beneath its shade; if he can count on five
more years of life for himself, he does these
things for his own sake.
Now, l ask, where nature does SO much,
should we not expect proportionably more
from man? The Californians have labored
well, it is true, but not SO much as they
might have done. am not going to fatter
them with unningled praise. Coming from
such stock, carrying the habits, tastes and
ideas of the older States with them, they
could not have accomplished less without
exhibiting deterioration In character. The
material progress of the State is not so much
to be wondered at when we consider that
every Improvement either pays, or is ex-
pected to pay. There are fine roads, con-
structed at great expense, all through the
mining districts-but ask the teamsters how
much toll they pay? There are good bridges
erywhere-your purse acknowledges the
fact, as well as your eyes. But there is, as
yet, no thorough geological survey of the
State; the Common School system is far less
generally established than it should be, and
the population are too bent upon money
making to insist on the proper administra-
ton Of the laws, which, except in San Fran
cisco, are as loosely and carelessly regarded
as in-New York city. The energy of selfish
ness has worked wonders, but it takes some.
thing more to make State great, wise and
happy"
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An impressible swain lately met a young
lady at Timbuctoo, Yuba county, with whom
he was Immediately smitten. He proposed
instanter, was accepted, and married in
three hours after sight. A crowd of seventy
miserable fellows, who envied him, forced
the bridegroom to liquidate. AS Julius
Kesar said-he came, he saw, he conquered.
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JACK FROST A sLU1cE RoBBER.

IL Is palnf1l to prefer a feionlous charge
against an old friend-one whose wonder
work on stream, and forest, and meadow,
and window, we admired so much in child
hood, and still admire; but a stern sense of
justice compels us to say that Jack Frost has
fallen so low as to enter the sluices of the
gold seeker and rob them of quicksilver and
amalgam. He accomplishes his villainy by
freezing the water remaining in the boxes at
night, and causing the globules of mercury
to adhere so tenaciensly to the ice-crystals
that rush of water in the morning fire.
quently sweeps off both together. This oc-
caslons great loss to miners, even when
there is no gold with the quicksilver. There
is always some waste of the amalgamating
metal, but in mild weather it seldom exceeds
half a tank monthly to each claim But we
are informed of instances where the loss,
owing to the cause above given, has been
four tanks in three months, two tanks a
month, and as much as two tanks in less
than fortnight. When quicksilver is worth
one dollar, or one dollar and a quarter per
pound, this increased wastage becomes a
matter of considerable moment. In addi.
ton to all this, miners tell us that the gold
yield during the winter season is always less
in proportion to the quantity of dirt washed
perature of the atmosphere is low the mer-
curry of course hardens, or condenses, and
in that condition exerts its affinity for gold
SO feebly that the precious scales pass off
unamalgamated, and many of them are lost
The effects of cold on quicksilver, as de-
tailed above, are most plainly perceived in
claims situated on the north side of hill,
where the sun never shines in winter and
snow and ice lie unmelted but few rods
are blooming.
Truly, there is always something to come
between the gold-seeker and his object
Baffled by one obstacle, he removes or avoids
it only to encounter another. At one time
he has no water, at another too much. If
this essential element is obtainable just in
the right proportion, he must stop washing
to run bedrock tunnels at fifty dollars foot
or to keep open-cuts properly graded. If he
is not prevented from steady washing, his
profits go to the purchase of sluice-lumber,
hose, mining implements, labor and water.
If the gravel is rich, it is very apt to be ce-
mented so hard that it can be procured only
with painful and Improbable s!owness.-
When everything else is favorable, and the
prospects of a "good cleanup" are most
cheering some miserable scoundrel comes
along at night and robs the sluices, or
meaper Williams adulterate the quicksilver
with lead. Finally. the elements themselves
conspire to battle the determined men who
develope the mineral resources of the State.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

Not long ago we noticed the fact that some
miners in this county had discovered extern
sive adulteration in certain lots of quicksil-
yer used by them. The Columbia Times
quotes our statement and says the miners in
that portion of the State suffer considerably
from the same species of fraud
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

A California work on bees is in course of
preparation by J. S. HARRISON of Sacramento.
Speaking of bees, the Farmer advises all
persons wishing hives to buy home swarms
in preference to recent importations. They
will do better, particularly in the hands of
the inexperienced.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

At Forest Hill, Placer county, the Greaser
population has become large and trouble
some, and is addicted to bad whiskey, bad
women and much fighting.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

Metallic quicksilver is said to be so plen-
tifully distributed through the soil at Mt St.
Helens that it can be obtained proftably by
the ordinary sluicing process. Iron TASKS
filled.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

The Editor of the Iowa Hill Patriot says
he is frequently frightened to death by see-
ing the outlines of his coffin in the bottom
of glass when he takes a drink. He must
be used to dying by this time, or we would
recommend him to become Dashaway.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

Some rowdes in Gotham forcibly entered
a room where a number of abandoned white
women were dancing with black men, and
proceeded to alter the complexion of affairs
by blacking the faces of the women with
SCOT and whitening those of the men with
-four.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

The Mountain Messenger funnily tells of a
male Partington at La Porte who says the
highest Court in the United States is the
Court of Chancery, "and it's called chancery
because it's the last chance you've gotln
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

The Webb sisters, who are well known in
California, have opened small theater of
their own, in Broadway, New York, but are
not doing much nor making much fame.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

Col. Colt is establishing mandatory oi
firearms at Richmond, Va, with capital
of one million dollars.
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What does "pucker-toppled" mean?-
Holmes of the Mariposa Gazette, who has
such passion for women and children, uses
the compound.
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The expectation of bee hives to California
has become an important item of commerce
in New York. 1t is said two thousand hives
have reached San Francisco since January
1st.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

Two mining tunnels which meet each other
and unite Forest City and Alleghanytown
are just one mile and six hundred feet long,
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

Catholic cathedral 800 feet long, 121
feet wide, 11O feet high, and capable of ac-
comnodating $4,000 people, is in progress
of erection in New York. 1t will be the
largest church In the Union.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

The Jews of Grass Valley contributed
sixty-one dollars to the relief of their CO.
religionists of Morocco.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

Edward Everett is now contributing to
Bonner's Ledger a series of solid papers un-
der the general title of "Hours of Leisure"
The first paper Is on Washington Irving.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

A negro woman, aged 125 years, died
lately in Massachusetts,. She was slave in
that State before the Revolution.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

One lady at Washington has had the cour-
age to initiate the Empress Eugene, and ap-
pear at Presidential reception without
hoops, occasioning much perturbation of
crinoline.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18
A woman gets off this rbymed pun in the
Amodc Y.edrers

I'm told that should stay in doors.
Bake pork and beans, and other agrub,"
Make up the beds and sweep the floors,
Wash miners duds-ah, herystte rub
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TRUCKER TURNPIKE COMPANY.

For the following report of the proceed
ings of this company at the meeting held
last Saturday we are indebted to the Secre.
taIy, o. P. Stidger, Esq, who has also po-
litely furnished a synopsis of the Bylaws,
which we wilt make room for next week:
In pursuance of notice previously given
in the Press, meeting Of the stockholders
of the Truckee Turnpike Company was held
at the Office of the company, at North San
Juan, on Saturday, Feb. llth, $780, The
meeting was called to order at 2@ o'clock,
P. NJ, by N. W. Clark, Esq, the President,
who stated the objects of the meeting to be
the perfecting of the organization by election
of permanent officers, and transaction of
general business.
The Secretary called the list of Stock
holders, and persons representing stock to
the amount of twenty-five thousand five
hundred dollars answered to their names.
On motion of +. G Smith, the company
proceeded to the election of officers. After
successive ballotings the following were
elected:
President, N. W. Clarke; Secretary, o:
P. Stidger; Treasurer, Jno. A. Seeley.
O. P. Stidger, from the committee previ-
ously appointed, reported code of By
Laws for the government of the company
which was read, considered by sections, se-
riatim, amended and adopted. After which
the company proceeded to the election of
five directors, and the following persons
were declared duly elected, viz:
I, G. Smith, B. P. Avery, Thos. Freeman,
Alex. Frazer, N. D. Cornish.
B. P. Avery offered the following resolu-
ton, which was, after discussion, unani.
mously adopted;
Resolved, That the Directors be and they
route of the Truckee Turnpike general su-
perintendent of the same, whenever in their
opinion such an officer is needed, and shall
allow him such compensation for his ser.
vices as they may deem just
BONDS OF OFFICERS.
The Secretary was required to give bonds
for the faithful performance of his duties,
with two or more sureties, to be approved
of by the President, in the sum of $4,000;
and the Treasurer in the sum Of $4,000.
On motion of Thomas Freeman, the SAL
airy of the Secretary was fixed at $50 ALI
per month, or $725 per annum. The Trea.
surer's pecentage was fixed at one and one
half per cent. On all money received and paid
out by him.
Messrs. Clark and Freeman made a written
report concerning their action as Directors,
in which they set forth that they surveyed
the line of road from Grizzly Fort to the top
of Cold Spring hill, distance of 81 miles,
and let to Smith & Co. about 1sO rods of the
route at 81 per rod, and asking the COM
panv to confirm thar oct;op,
On motion of B. P. Avery, the report was
received and ordered on file and the action
of the committee confirmed.
On motion it was resolved that ten per
cent. upon the capital stock of the company,
or ten dollars on each share of stock held in
the company, be and the same is hereby
levied and assessed; and that the Secretary
be authorized and required to collect the
same on or before the I'd day of April, 1860.
On motion the meeting adjourned until
Saturday the 3lst of March, 1860, at
o'clock, P. NJ.
The hydraulic press., 1860-02-18

MOTTO
q OLDIERS. TRANSFERS, SAILORS, Cor their
0wdows or orphan children.) who served in any
Wars Battles. either in California or elsewhere pr-
or to March 3D. 1855, their children who were un-
der 21 at that date sailors who served the
coast of California in the Mexican will do well
address Claims that have been rejected in the
hands of other agents. have been successfully obtained
by Agents acting for us, literally paid. Land
rants bought and sold order, and all business
quiring an agent at Washington. attended to.
r. B. LLOYD CO..
Attorneys for Claims. Pensions, Bounty Land, &c.
Reference to any of the heads of Departments.
jan 2S low
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to protest .ss,s it. others arc not and viii NOT
be. know potb,.>g Of his purposes or wishes as
10 ,epsotiop; for tn. ugh Tho Time, proclaimed.
Is fby authority, in tha famous ". EDITORS. ,ssss,
from Auburn lat May that he Ou. .1oo, any No.,
decline reelection and refuse 10 az. 80.
und4 the prospective Administration, ~ ..,
and Enquirer has since declared. as tho '0"
officially, that be might, 10 certain contos wy
consent to serve apo Der term. / now call upon
Gov. Seward, as matter Of simple justice to the
anti. Grdron Republicans of our State to state that
be will or will lot coneent to reelection aid to
serve third term. If he will feel sure that he
will receive every Republican vote in our next Leg
islature, and be recboseu without shadow of con-
test. Butifhe has re Ove1 Il serve another TERM
then the use no made of bis name by the votaries
of George Law in our last Legislature Is clearly
unjust to the anti Corrupt nists and very luxurious
to hun. He can be reelected to the Senate, If he
wishes it. without the votes of Dir. ID. e. Little
john and Capt. Austin Myers; and most earnest
/, protest against their getting reelected upon the
pretepse of devotion or necessity to him. IL. G.
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blindness totts spec;Ous sOphisty OfthO Fas.aiss,
We can only account for tits sisgplsr i'vs.taAs,s
OF money upon the hypothesis Of a d.aereacs 4,
opinion between political demegogues and basins,,
meO' and va apPreheod that. within few ws,k,
the cause ofthi' vauanoe VII te 'sr, dsnonsr.t .d
Id The cheerful acq'deScence of toe people 10 tss
result Of the election, whether tho successful al,
didate be Lincoln, Douglas. Breckenridge, o, Bal
But a short time remsiOs for political tsicks.sr,
t. soe.'d tho DiSun'on gong, and they shoall no,
have alIo 'ed this ready absosption of the Govern
ment loan, !, they desire to have people believe |,
their nOusensa
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-23

In the Board of Aldermen, last evening, the
Democrats, By party vote, directed the City In
spector to appoint twenty-five Assistant Health
Wardens, at So day. These Assistants were
illegally appointed by Mayor Wood and the Health
Commisson some months ago, but thus far have
not succeeded in coaxing their pay from the Con-
troIer. Their appointment is wholly uucalled for,
and deliberate swindls upon the taxpayers.
All that they are paid TO do, well as the work of
the whole Sanitary bureau of the City Inspector, is
done by the Police without extra compensation.
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TIE TAOT,Cs OF FUSION.

The hopes Of the fasionisees are now ceptsred (.
the rural districts west of Ai5any-smong tLo..
"rustcs" whom Mr. James T. BtsAy ts;ot,
know less than citizen who eau GROSS a .t,a.,
without being run over Tse plan BY which thar
hope to win the votes Of these simple folks i
.hIe Ed az to its method though, being bsssd una,
The Brady estimate Of the intelligence of country
people, wants an essential element of .ucoes..
That method il 10 put into the hands Of all IL
speakers Of tie party certain sum OF money.
greater or less according to the ohara ter aad
efficiency Of the man, which sum BIO is to us
wherever he goes, in such way as shall commend
itself to his judgment. II hOnest-aud Of e,urs
noting else is to be supposed of Fusion orator
he will call about him, wherever he holds mset
ing, the shrewdest men of the district who vii
advise him as to the most judicious expenditure Of
the cum he proposes TO use in that locality, sr
perhaps take it into their Ogn hands. II is hoped
that, by following this plan, money will be used
to the best advantage, and will be m .de to toll "a
the floating vote upon which the Fusionist, rely
with great confder ce. One hundred thousand dol
lars have been raised to use in this way, and have
all DceD sent 10 u Wtlt huOWu PVhii0asA
at Albany, TO be expended west OF that city. Oas
half the sum was sent up on Thursday last To
this fuod liessrs Henp 5, Smith & TowHsshi have
subscribed $4,000; Messrs. Il. M. g. Z. A. Whit
lock have subscribed l,O00i and Dir. Edward
Lambert aDd Messrs. Melius, Currisr, aud Shes-
wood, 81, 900 each; and similar aod smaller sums
have BEEN subscribed by Southern tradesmsa
generally And now that we are mentioning
names, we beg these gentlemen to observe
that arc make no charge of this money being
used improperly. of the manner Of ito sK-
peLdture, We have no absolute knowledge,
as we are not in the confidence Of the Fusion
speakers who are travelling among the rustios'
with their "pockets full Of rocks" We oaly
know that the moDey has bIsn raised, and its
expenditure is provided for according to tho paa
Wa have indicated in the rural districts. How ID
will be spent, those will know who spend it; sa4
We may add" for further particulars, ses those
"small bills" Some Of them, perhaps, will think
if useless to waste money in so hopeless a ciuss;
and email blame to them! Traveliog is expensive,
and even Mr. Ecsstus Brooks, when q candidate
for the Office of Governor, was not above taksg
bis traveliE expenses.
In conclusion, we have Only to suggest 70
"rustics" west Of Albany to write on the blisk
leaf Of their almauacs, from Oct. 20 TO Nov. o.
I" Look out for shopers about this time"
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The Republicans of HOboken are to have
grand Wide.Awske turnout to isht, aud are to be
addressed by Gov. Pennington, Gen. Hoxie, and
Elliot L. Shepard, esq. The demonstration ssould
and may be made ole that viii tel upon Gov. Pen.
Dipgton's reelection. The township Of Hoboken can
be carried for the Republican ticket il the proper
spirit and energy be shown By all the members of
the party 1t happens there, as 10 other suburbs of
New.YOrk, that many Of the voters do business 10
town, and do not therefore, take the interest toey
should in the politics Of the neigbborhood where
they reside. Let the Republicans of HOboken cor
rect this habit tonight, and turn out in such mum
bers TO hear their Congressional Representative
that the influence Of the meeting may be potent for
bis reelection.
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bis reelection.

Tie Fusionists under the lead Of Capt Rynders,
and the Empire Club, viii have torchligbt pro-
cession tonight in imitation Of the great Wide
Awake display. 1t has been in preparation for
weeks; all that money could do to make it i'm
posing has been done; and 10 doubt, with all the
resources Of the Fusouists Of this City aud sur
rounding country at command, the demonstration
will be an imposing one. Let US hope that those
who aIe engaged in it will bear themselves as
decOrousy toward their opponents, as did the
Wide-Awales, after whom they cOpy-at their
parade. At all events, we trust that Republicans
will do nothing that con afford the slightest pretext
for disturbance Let them carefully abstain
from oil expressions Bipartisan feeling, and under
10 provocaton allow themselves to be brought
into collision with their political antagonists.
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THE Capitalist vs.. DasUrION.

1t is painful TO observe with what recklessness
the mOneyed men of this country invest their sur.
plus funds. The idea that the securities of Gov
erpmsDt just upon the verge of dissolution, if we
are to believe the Disunion organs Of the day, could
be sold st premium, really seemed preposterOus,
and as we read the announcement that bids for
loan Of ten millions of dollars would be opened
yesterday at Washington, il struck us as very IN
necessary ceremony on the part of the Secretary,
If capitalists entertained sentiments similar to
those OF the howlers and thunderers of Disunion.
If the Secretary had not made it condition
hat no bids would be received under par, we
hould have hoped for few bold bidders at 50 and
possibly 60 per cent-but TO think Of planting the
round sun Of ten millions at par, and at the
idiculously low rate of psr cent was apparently
Opresume upon the credality of our sharp shrewd
capitalists to most uBwarr anted extent United
States fves at premium, and Lincolns election
almost u certainty What Singular instance ofin-
fhtuatitn On the part ofihe buyers Aud yet strange
to, say The whole loan was swallowed Yesterday Of
about orc.half per ceOt premium, by . fow deluded
men, "bo think the Union can stf.nd the ooasttu
topsl election Of President, What monstrout