Daily national Democrat., 1861-01-15
Grass Valley Items.

We take the following from the Grass Val,
ley National:
DISTRESSING CAsUALITY-A child four years
old, daughter of Mr.. Melville near Rough and
Ready, died last night from the effects of
draught, from bottle Of nitric acid, which
had been careessly THROWN out of one Of the
miners cabins near her fathers house. The
acid had been used by miner who had oc-
cuped the cabin, from which it was thrown,
some five or six years since, for cleaning gold
from lead and other impurities The persons
who recently occupied the cabin threw q
large number of bottles out of it, without ex-
amning the contents of them Among them
was the bottle containing the fatal acid. Yes
terday at noon the little girl was playing
about the place where the bottles were
thrown, when her curiosity prompted her to
taste the conten of the one containing the
acid. She could hardly breathe for a short
time, but made out to alarm her mother as
soon as she could, when all the facts were
speedily developed, and all means resorted to
for saving the little sufferer but in vain. She
soon became pulseless, and finally delirious
and died in about twelve hours from the
swallowing of the fatal draught.
AccIDENT.-Mr. Benjamin Eaton, one ofthe
workmen in the Union saw mill, three miles
south of this village, had his hand most siu-
gularly split partly in two through the palm
parallel with the fingers, beginning on the
edge opposite the thumb, and extending far
enough to not only split the palm but two Of
his fingers The accident was caused by the
glaneing of an AK in the hands of a fellow
workman.
AFFAIRS IN UTAH.-Our friend Lewis, edi-
tor of the Silver Age, an excellent paper,
published at Carson City. has sent us copy
of date December 22d, from which we ex-
tract the following items:
We publish this week the boundaries of
this, the Washoe and Eagle Valley mining
district for the benefit of whom it may con-
cern Our information is derived from the
Recorder, 2. IL. Pierce, Esq, to whom we
are indebted for the same:
ART. l. This district shall be known as the
Eagle and Washoe Valley Mining District,
and shall be bounded as follows, to wit:
Commencing at Roes Dam on Carson River,
running thence Northerly along the Western
line of Gold Hid District to a point directly
East of the ridge dividing Washoe and
Quirk Valley. Thence Westerly, to the
dividing ridge of the main range of noun
tains, thence SOutherly to Clear Greek, to its
mounth thence due East to a point due
South of the starting point, thence due North
to the place of beginning.
The discovery of placer diggings ia this
district, affording excellent prospects, has
created large sized excitement in town, for
this season of the year. The gold and gravel
resembles California placer productions. If
some of our friends would nrpsent us with
small sizel pan full of the gold, it would
doubtless prove pan-dced to our chiefest
ills. Beg your pardon, Parker H.. permit us
to take that back. 1t was lapSps Hngua as
our learned friend of the swallow tail would
say. We vii! endeavor to be more careful in
futura.
During the past week, large number of
claims have been located in Clear Greek dis
trict. Specimens of the rcck are in town
heavily charged with sulphurets and the or
dinary tests show indications of silver in
paying quantities We understand that im-
mediate steps will be taken to develop this
ledge, and fully test the real value of the
rock. The location is about nine miles from
this city
The Hatfield ledge, some four miles from
this place, is attracting much interest, 4
North and South Extension has been laid Off
and many claims located. The holders are
confident that the lode is one of the richest
in the Territory The Wide Awake Compa-
ny, have organized a Joint Stock Company
and will proceed immediately to open and
test the ledge On their claims Should re-
cent discoveries prove as good as is anticipa-
ted, Carson City will Guadruple its size and
business this coming season.