The weekly union record., 1864-04-02
AGENTS.:

vicinity, and were highly gratifed with the
improved condition Of things in that part of the
county Like Rasselas, the prince of Abyssinia,
who, according to DR.. johnson, with all the
other princes and princesses, were kept in the
secluson of mountain valley which was sup
posed TO have no outlet except secret one,
the people of Concow valley have explored the
mountain sides of their place of exile, and at
length found natural outlet around the hills,
which, with a small expenditure Of money and
labor in grading, will give them an excellent
road for the shipment of their products. They
have already made good progress with the
work, and it is hoped viii be able to complete
it this spring. The citizens of this section
should extend their road By way of Little
Kimshew and the Balsam Hill country to q
point on the Dogtown and Honey Lake road,
which, we are informed, is an entirely practca-
Bile route, and one which would reduce consid-
erably the distance, compared with other roads
Such . road is demanded and We hope will be
opened. Unlike usual winters, the hills have
been bare of snow, and the grain and hay crop
in this part OF the county looks remarkably well.
High prices for hay, etc, and good roads, will
make good times tor mountain ranchers, whose
crops have not suffered by the drought. Mining
in this locality, except in few instances, has
been suspended and the hills resound with the
strokes of the 'tappers" for pitch One CON-
pany, we believe, have about 10000 trees
tapped in and around Concow, and other parties
have tapped and are tapping on smaller scale.
We observed that. in this neighborhood, they
have been careful to cut small notches in the
trees, with a view to preserving the timber for
future uses The Digger" or nut pine. which
is generally dwarfeI aud useless for lumber. is
equally as valuable for pitch, we learn, as the
pitch pine, while the pitch Of the white and
sugar" pine cannot be used, thus ensuring the
safety OF the most valuable timber for lumber
CALIFoRNIA's FuTuRE-A correspondent,
writing from this place to the San francisco
Alta, speaks of the future prospects of Califor-
mia as follows: Leaving all pretensions to
prophecy for the politicians to indulge iu, the
writer will nevertheless express the belief that
California has not exhibited anything like her
real and permanent resources. Witness the
wealth of Browns Valley, in our neghboriug
county of Yuba. Here is an FL Dorado of
itself that the excitement of the last fifteen
years has Travelled over TO labor for less. So it
is in other localities so it will be in all portions
of our young and giant State. Excitements
that demand ounce diggings, like the storms
upon the Northwestern prairies, are passing TO
the eastward leaving our own State the brighter
and better Copper mines, endless quartz lodes
ineIhaustible deep diggings, the agricultural
interest, and the labor Of transportation of
supplies TO the new scenes of the Territories
by which their wealth must inevitably revert
TO US, are successors TO the exctements upon
which we have hitherto based our prosperity.
With such resources as these il outstripped in
the march of empire, it will be for the sole
reason that we lack the essential element to
constitute great and powerful State-men.
l nat we 90 MOI ldCh INC UldunOou IS eNiuGLt,
and We will pursue that point no farther
Su.vER.-The Marysyille Express of Tuesday
says: 1--WE were yesterday shown, by l. n
Hudson, some specimens OF silver bearing rock
taken from o ledge short distance above
Sewell's ranch, in Butte county, al depth of
twenty feet. which ASSAYS SSI in silver aud So
in gold to the ton. Two thousand feet Of this
ledge have been taken up, and We believe it is
the intention Of the company to test the value
of the ledge in a very thorough manner. Il
appears TO be a fact, settled beyond dispute,
that silver veins exist on this side Of the
mountains although their presence has not
been made known until Of late
AccIDENr.-A serious accident happened,
on Wednesday last, to an employee of the
Railroad. in charge of hand car, which he
had attached to the train for Marysville As
She cars approached Roses Station, the men
on the hand car endeavored to detach it from
the locomotive when the crank of the hand car,
which was in rapid motion, struck the man and
threw him forward on the track, the car passing
over him. The injured man was picked up,
when it was found that his leg at the knee was
horribly mashed, an arm broken, and his body
otherwise seriously bruised.
TURNED OUr-The California Stage Com
pany, on Wednesday, says the Appeal,l drove
about sixty head Of horses, which have been
doing service on the line for some time past, to
their ranch, to rest and recupera;e. This stock
has been superseded by fresh American horses
lately bought from Johu Bidwell and +. F.
Walsh.
"PoErIcAL" ADvERT1SENsNr.-One of the
muses. I'VE don't know just which one) has
favored our friends Schweiu X Hust with a
'burst of song 10 admiration Of their new
"City Market There is no discount on their
their meats however much there may be on