Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-01-04
CALAVERAS CHRONICLE
MOKELUMNE HILIS
SATURDAY. ::::IANUAY 1855.
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are compelled to make our New Years bow
to our patrons in a rather "seedy" looking
dreas-We aEe. sosy sorry indeed that-th,
initial number of the CHRONICLE for 1861
should present 3 poor an appearance, ans
we hdvestrdggled manfully against an 'ob.
duute te.-to.evescoBe-ev1is which -havl
beset rs. Hies resdersldE mt like is ap.
pearance nor contents. they must attach the
blslnsu to sthe proper source. Pfovidenee
The present Week has been to US 'aichaptero Of
accidtats and d continual series of misfor-
tunes. We have some paper between here
md Stockton. But whether IT, IL fasf hi 'ths
mud,s it the bottom Of q slough III gone to
h-ifax, We DO net know. sfts nonLarrival
has compelled US to Pint d portion Of this
issue on brown paper. As misfortdhhess never
come Sngiy, opr foreman has taken it into
his bsat to be siek. leaving us and the devil
to gee ont the paper as Best we can. As q
consequence, our readers will not be COM
PEELED 70 wade through any Of those spark
ling, .perspicacious emnnations from, our
brilliant PEN pen, which haye installed our name
high up in The heavenly arch Of sickly. lit
eratqIs Is : star of tie, first magnitude.
Last but not least, one Of those accidents
which sink printers into the, deepest depths
of unp ya hles unfathomable misery; which
unssttlertheir minds and supennduce a literal
priptrtoriial msnia-a7potp has occurred, in
this office during The week. Our hair stands
on end Is We contemplate the honribleeysnts
of the frishtful- calamity. The-nplastefing
from ceiling felbdown upon the :"forins,'
'pieing' them badly and filling the, types
with sand o. Were We guilty Of profanity
Motive fait4alferr iike.saaSing IN. r1iow, Lord,
let hsservant depart in peace Hoping
that o apology viii be deemed satisfactory aos,y
by out readers, We promise them en- that we
will sRiaEe amends for thiss, issue before the
year IN which We have made 50 bad a be-
ginning shall l. haze completed Il, cycle. d .
TIE Union men of. Santa Clara county
hays nominated james P. Sargent to fill the
vacancy in the Senate oecssipned by the
death of Hon. w. ]. Knox. No Convention
was, heldr NJ Sargent, being nominated by
the dlIectaseses Of the people at tha primk.
ries.liiWe can SEE no lobjecion to- this new
mode Of selecting candidates. II The manner
lin which tits efecteduis this fheo electors
belonging to- party, after subscribing to the
required test, vote directly for those whom
they wish to nominate, III the primary elec-
ton. The ballots are then canvassed by the
County Committee and those who have re- e
ceived The highest number of votes fol the
varioAs Positions, are declared the nominees
of the PARTY. It does away With the trirlkesr +
and chicanery Of Conventions and gives rel, each
member 81 the Organization an an eunsi voice
in the ehoice;of candidates. The Democrats
noninated Charles Matlay, an apostate Re-
.pubhsaHofobthe Senate from Santa Clara,
Ifisreposted that lEsne1f,. r Who Shot Rob.
-etsehsef at San Francisco lately woundine
him Slightly apd theh blew h his own ubt, raiinl
out will made some sn years ears, since ls
all hi property Il the f man whoselife he hsad
attempted to take, This being a rather sus.
pic,ous circumstance, some think that Elsne,
did not kill himself, aad the matter is beins
thoroughly and scientifically investigated
The body has been, exhumed and submitted
to close Examination, demonstrating tn
fact that the pistol with which; he was shot
must sI have been, at 2 considerable dissaae
from his head rhsn il was fred, The chance
are that Robetscheck will be held to answe
to 3. charge Of murder, i.,i,ar,t bod
FRAxxEonr.-Weia are Informed; saws Til
Mo.lntaiH Ns.os, that in the new mines a
FraAkfortand vicinity there are FROM 'fifty
to sesentyi6se companies ii work, and tha
the'mines are yielding from So So 10 $it
per day to the man, clear of water. Not
withstarding the rainy weather. miners com
tinue to flock, to, the new diggiHgs. and ar,
locating on claims and preparing them TO
work as fast they arrive. Our infornan
states that, those Of the miners who threw. u,
dirt during the Summer and Fall have mad
good wages. showing that the dirt in. ithei
claims is sufficiently rich to afford proHtabl
employment for the miners the year round
Tfsnew town continues TO improve, and i,
addition tosthe miners cabins and a numbe
of family residences boasts of two hotels.
restaurant, store, lodging house, blacksmith
shop, and ell the 'adjancts of a prosperou
town. toai sHoY ssOll" 3Eo i1r.,-fI if,i;f.
DIsrnEssIse CAsuALrY.-We learn, say
the Sacramento Record. from gentiema,
just from Auburn. that two little daughter
of WA. Selkirk. late of the Stars and Stripe
of that place. aged respectively and l.
years, were drowned on Tuesday evening
while on the, way 70 Christmas tree festiya
1t appears that the father and three daughter
were together, and that they had to. go owe
a narrow plank to cross a.ravine filed will
water BY the late rains. The wind was YER
high at the time. and the two, young girl
: lost, their footing and wore carried ava,
with the current and drowned. The bod,
of one Of the girls had been recovered whel
our informant left. Il was found severa
miles below where the accident occurred.
TEE following in relation to the recen
suicids iof LieuseaantcCo Colonel Edward Nc
Garry, we copy from the Eraminers aai.5i
This community was thrown into ter
rible state Of excitement this morning
(Tuesday.) it having been reported on tn
streets that an Officer of the Regular Army
holding high rank. had cut his throat fron
ear to ear. Startled at ACKNOWLEDGEMENT :.
sudden and horrible. the reporter at ono,
started out to obtain the facts of the case
which are as follows: Lieutenant. Colone