Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-24
General News.


pure gold weighing nineteen ounces. The
claim referred to is situated near the head oil
the stream, which may perhaps account Tor
the lower part of the creek never having
paid the gold being in chunks too large and
heavy to wash down so far
A NEW Lodge Of l. o. o. F. is TO be es
tabished at Sawyer's Bar, Siskiyou county,
on Tuesday, the 2sth inst. grand ball is
to be given by the members of the Order on
the evening of the 29th
DURING the year 1860, the little county Of
Marin produced 216. 900 pounds of butter
AT San Bernardino, recently, J. ii. John
son, a constable, entered the house of negro
family and drove some Of the inmates out, and
commenced a difficulty with the head of the
family, named Sam fight ensued and the
negro was shot in the breast just above the
region of the heart, the ball coming out near
the shoulder blade a ball also shattered the
right fore arm, and his head was badly cut
and bruised. Some seven or eight shots were
fired in all, and the walls bore evidence to
the fact that the fight must have been a de-
sperate one; the negro was unarmed. JohL-
son was Immediately arrested and confined in
the Jail until the next morning, and was re-
leased on giving $1,000 bonds for his ap
pearance.
On Tuesday, at San Francisco, Capt. Chad
wick, of the steamer Chrysopolis, met with
an accident at the corner of Montgomery and
Merchant streets, of painful but Fortunate
ly, not dangerous nature. lie was knocked
down by horse, brusing his knee very Sc.
verely.
MEETING was held at the Forest House.
Forest Hill, on Wednesday, May 10Th, to or
ganize military meeting Eighty-three
names were enrolled. Officers were also
chosen.
DURING the week ending May 18th, 46,S29
63 ounces of gold dust were deposited in the
San Francisco Branch Mint, valued at $780,
900. The gold coinage amounted to S77O,-
900.
The San Francisco Grand Jury have pre-
'ented an indictment against Ann Mulhare,
he sister of the man Mulhare who was sent
o the State Prison for the robbery of Free
nan & Co.'S Express She was charged with
eceiving $4,000 worth of gold dust know
ng it to be stolen.
The following are the officers of the San
francisco Industrial School VIM. Blahding,
President; Eugene Crowell, Vice President;
lanes A. Banks, Mark Brumagim, j. p.
Buckley, Benjamin d. Dean, NJ. D., Jacob
Death, Henry l.. Dodge, Dominc1 Gaven,
G. o. Gcrbcrding. William G. Hirckley, Oil
yer b. Jennings, John Lynch, Asa G. Nichols,
Gustave Touchard Robert b. Woodward,
Frederick A. Woodwork; Superintendent,
j. b. Leonard; Deputy Superintendent, J. G.
Morrill,.
MEETING was called few evenings since
at the new town of Richland, Sacramento
county, for the purpose of forming a Union
Club. party of armed Secessionists at
tended, it is rumored, from the vicinity of
Georgetown, and prevented the transaction
of any business.
A HOUSEHOLD in Stockton recently had the
pleasure of welcoming into its circle three
infant daughters at one birth. Ii is said the
mother and children are doing finely The
babes weighed about eight pounds each, and
their weight does not vary an ounce.
A CASE was brought to the notice of the
Chief of Police of San Francisco, on Satur-
day evening, says the Herald which, for hui
manity's sake, we hope is without parallel
In house on Milton Place, to which an en-.
rance was effected by breaking open the
back door, woman named Stewart was
ound lying dead drunk upon the floor
lead infant lay near, while three children,
tarving and emaciated, were sitting upon
he floor, conscious only that they were hun
Try and suffering but too young to appreci-
tie the horrible scene of which they formed |
part. The body of the dead child was ia
en- charge of by the Coroner, and Chief
hildren. The mother was conveyed to the
tation house. Yesterday morning she was
n such condition that it was found neeessa-
y to remove her to the County Hospital and |
asst night she was in a very low condition.
NoDoUGALL and LATHAM will not leave un>
il the lst of June for the Federal Capital
AN inquest was held at Sebastopol, Napa
county, on the body of one Patten, known
generally by the name of "Grizzly," by JUS
tice Stephen Need. The evidence states that
he must have been thrown from his horse
alighting upon his head and disocating his
neck. When discovered, his head was under
his breast Patten was from the State of
New York, and aged about AZ years.
The Nevada Democrat has the following:
pretty severe snow storm occurred during
the latter part of last night, the ground be-
ing covered to the depth of two inches at
daylight this morning. The snow played the
very mischief with the fruit trees. Nearly
all the apple, peach and pear trees were
broken down, and we Judge that at least half
the fruit in this neighborhood is DESTROYED.
The loss of SO much of this years crop, and
the destruction of trees, is great disap-
pointmeut to fruit growers, who were be-
ginning to congratulate themselves that the
fruit was beyond the reach of frost.
A GREAT anthropological curiosity was on
exhibition at Nevada, recently. 1t is thus
described by the Transcript: The children
on exhibition, one boy of sixteen and the
other girl of nine, are the offspring of pa
rents of mixed South American blood. who |
look and speak like ordinary Mexicans. The
children differ from the negro albinos we
have seen in their features, which are more
regular, and in their hair, which is long and
straight. The girl with her long, white hair,
1owing below her waist, is pleasant to look
at. They speak Spanish and are quite in
telligent.
AT Rough and Ready, on Monday night,
the store of Smith & Co. In that town, was
by burglar or burglars, who, after