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Year: 1859

FATAL AND LAMENTABLE ACcfDEyT.-On
Friday afternoon, the 9Th inst, Addison F.
Spencer, one of the very best men in this
community, was suddenly killed while at
work in his mining claims on San Juan
Hill. The company were washing through
a shaft which connects at a slight depth
with drift, and that drift is connected by
a shaft through the bed rock some forty
feet deep, with the main tunnel. The first
shaft was filled up by fall of earth, and the
water discharged from the hose accumulat-
ed in a large pool around it. Spencer went
into the drift to direct pipe and stream of
water against the bottom of the upper shaft,
for the purpose of tapping and clearing it,
intending to come out before the water was
let on. He had hardly reached the drift
when the mass of dirt and water broke forth
unexpectedly and swept him with it, first
plunging him down the forty foot shaft to
the main tunnel, then bearing his probably
already lifeless body along the tunnel, after
which he went over a succession of falls, or
drops, through open cut. His mangled
body was thus borne along by flood of
earth, stones and water for about thousand
feet, and was found below the last fall. 1t
was brought to town by his friends, and will
be buried by the Odd Fellows to-day, at 81
p NJ. Deceased was native of New York
State, and has relatives living at Collamer,
near Syracuse. He was in his thirtieth
year.


We have never performed a more painful
duty than recording poor Spencer dreadful
and premature death. He had been telling
in this vicinity for six long years, and was
just on the eve of success-just about to
taste, too, the sweetest joy that man can
know on earth. He had hundreds of friends
who esteemed him for moral character ac-
tually above reproach, for his calm and
equable temper, and for his thorough man
illness IN all things. No one ever knew him
guilty of a mean action. Such men are not
plentiful anywhere, and still less in Califor-
mia hence, even beyond the circle of his
personal friends and acquaintance his loss
will be felt and long regretted. 1t is not
poor Spence that sutfers-only those he left
behind him. May time, and the tenderest
'consolations of surviving friendship, shed
their balm upon ell such.
Year: 1859

The Overland Mail is becoming of Europe
an value. 1t is said that sealed bag is made
up in London regularly for San Francisco,
and the English Pacific coast possessions,
to 60 overland in times intervening between
the dates of departure of the Panama line of
steamers from New York. As many as three
of these London mail bags have been received
at the st. Louis Post Office at one time, and
sent off by one mail.
Year: 1859

GLASS MANUFAcToRY.-The wine and bot
Ting business Of this State, which is ever
increasing, requires vast quantitieso of bottles,
yet all these had until this time to be impor-
ted at heavy expense for freight. The ci-
der manufacturers had to pick up as best
they could, and at big prices, too, empty
champagne bottles-the ale and porter bot
tiers had TO hunt the liquor saloons for empty
ones OF that character; the wine bottlers had
to pursue the same course, and the soda
water manufacturers and natural mineral
water dealers had to send abroad for their
glass. The cider trade and the wine trade
in glass could have been much larger than it
now is but for the scarcity and dearness of
bottles, the freight upon empty ones from the
Atlantic costing enormously when compar-
ed with the prime value of the article All
this, however is about to be remedied. Cap
italists have resolved to establish manu-
factory for all kinds of glass at San Fran
cisco, and the demand for wine, cider soda
and other bottles will keep their furnaces in
action for years.-Bee.
Year: 1859

The following letter, which emphatically speaks for
ITSELF was written by the Dean of the Faculty of the
Philadelphia College of Medicine, the editors of the
'Pacifc Medical and Surgical Journal San Francisco
for publications
Year: 1859

Remember, Fellow Citizens, as you make
your bed on tomorrow, 30 you will have to
lie in t. 1.-THE candidates Of the Republi-
can ticket are elected, you must expect that
the practice Of the sorting houses, which is
TO take up the issues Of our own Banks and
draw out their coin, will be continued; and
the practice of the usurers to loan money at
8 per cent month will not be disturbed


Remember-That is the issue Deacon
Comfy raised, by the presentation of his
usury ticket. 1t cannot be avoided. Such
an effort now, comes too late. The people
are determined to protect themselves by a
Usury and Independent Treasury Law.
Year: 1859

We disclaim, any intention Of saying any
thing Of the Republican party or it's candidates
except what legitimately belongs to the can
vass but the assumption Of that bold faced,
convicted slauderer, that he is the Republican
party, and an expose Of his filthy and detestable
course az public Journalist, Is an attack on
that organization, is piece Of unparalleled
effrontery, Deacon Comfy, whose polluted
soul seems to be the very dregs of what enters
The composition Of a friend incarnate, assuming
that be is the Republican party Why, sir,
the veriest imposter that ever disgraced the
annals Of the world would not be guilty Of SO
deliberate and mean a lie. II Deacon Comfy
was or could be metamorphosed into the Re
publican party, it's utter humiliation would
instantly be q fixed fact
Year: 1859

WANTS THE MoNEY.-In former years,
under the loose system of keeping the pub
lie money, the Journal men had their arms
into the County Treasury up to their elbows
and used the public money to carry on their
business. Now, that the Democratic party
have stopped that game, by the Independ-
ent Treasury Law, the Journal is frantic for
q change to the old system, so that it can
use the public money. The Democratic
bolts and bars are not what they want
hence their opposition to it The people can
see through their silly nonsense and CAB
bling; they know that under the present law
the peoples money is safe, and they also
know it is THAT that makes the Journal so
venemous.
Year: 1859

The Gazette and Journal have kissed and
made friends What loving time they
hal of it They both agreed to unite in one
fraternal effort for public plunder. The
consideration, it is said, is, that the Journal
is to have as much of the peoples money
out of the county treasury as it may need
provided, always, that RenOh is eleoted)
and the spoils thus obtained are to be divi
ded with the Gazette How much will il
take2 Look out for the leeches
Year: 1859

Fletcher P, Cuppy the Republican Candle
date for the State Senate, was formerly an
officer in the Know Nothing lodge; that he
ran four years ago as the Know Nothing
candidate for City Solicitor against e. j.
Forsyth, that he is in favor of extending the
time previous to naturalization to 81 years,
and that if elected he will support the sdop-
ton Of the Massachusetts, amendment into
the Constitution of this State, whereby for
eign born citizons are debarred from vot-
ing until they have been in the country 7
years.
Year: 1859

THE PROsPEoTl-We assure our friends that
the prospect throughout the county, of electing
our entire ticket never looked more cheeringi-
Depend on this. All it now wants to make
success certain, is to see that the Democratic
vote is brought out Don't neglect this; don I
ner to-morrow-see TO it after dinner
Year: 1859

Democrats, read over your tickets care-
fully and be sure they are all right. No
means will be left untried to deceive Demo-
Gratis into the support Of part of the Aboc
lition ticket Vote the whole Democratic
ticket.
Year: 1859

The CALIFORNIA DUKL.-It turns out that
BrOderick, and not Terry, was killed in the du'
el elrepOrted the other day This duslling is q
horrible business, and should at once receive
the decided condemnation Of the civilized
world
Year: 1859

or Bear it in mind that Mr. Shideler in
troduced bill into the Senate allowing mems
bers compensation only for the days they were
actually employed, and that during his entire
term of office, he was only absent S days, and
then be was detained by severe illness. Vote
for man who is willing to lessen his own sal
ary to economic the money of the people Of
the State
Year: 1859

0rSee that your ticket is all right before
voting. There will be likely spurious tick-
cts circulated in order to save one or two
candidates on the Abolition ticket. Vet,
the whole Democratic Ticket, without scratch
or mutulation-from Governor to Coroner
Year: 1859

Losr.- Yesterday, somewhere in the city (for
we cannot say where) foe, solid gold Masonic
Emblem Pin-the figure of justice with dag
ger pointing at heart. The finder will be
compensated by leaving it at this Office.
Year: 1859

That which was but a wish at first


A little wish, Sc ligh, aud free
From thought soon into action burst:
y The seed how small how great the tree
Then guard Try eistss. They may be


A bitterness or j5y to tlec;
Both here and in eternity


Thy wishes shape thy destiny.
Year: 1859

TOSSING UP FOR A SEAT IN PARLIAMExT-Every
one knows that the last election for Chippenhain
the gallant Captain Boldero lost his seat Few,
however, are aware that he is indebted for that
mlschance to the unlucky toss up of a half-penny
Colonel Boldero pressed forward his experience
and long tenure of his seat; Mr.. Long urged MANY
qualifications which were not enjoyed by the gal
liant colonel. How was it to be decided? "Go to
the WALL one OF them must. In this dilemma, two
eminent men stepped forward-one a member of
the long robe, though not patron of Long; the
other an honorable gentleman, high sheriff of the
county, and member for a neighboring borough
lhese TWO gentlemen praiseworthily animated with
desire to accommodate matters undertook the
task of deciding which of the candidates should
give way-the Queens Counsel taking charge of
the interest of the Colonel, and the high sheriff
that of the other candidate. This being agreed to-
and 1t being moreover decided that the decision of
the arbitrators was to be binding and conclusive
the lawyer and the sheriff retired in solemn con-
clave, to tx upon one of the future members for
Chppenham. But here the same difficulty again pre-
sented itself which had prevented the two candi-
dates from themselves coming to an accord upon
the subject-namely, that each party would not
yield to the views of the other. At last, however,
what reason could not effect chance accomplished
Our Queens Counsel whose humOr and love of a
joke are known to all who have the privilege ofhis
acquaintance, suggested that the question should
go through the ordeal of toss, and producing
from his rght-hand trousers pocket that most use
full of coins known as the British half-penny, he
proposed that the toss, and the toss alone, should
arbtrate between the parties. The sheriff, seeing
no better chance of settlen ent, at once agreed
One toss was to decide the fate Of the candidates
and the representation of the borough of Chippen-
ham in the Commons House of Parliament! Up
was to spin the coin, and if it came down head up
permost the Colonel was to represent Chippenham,
and if tail, the other candidate. The lawyer was
to perform cup goes the halfpenny;" the lawyer
exerted his utmost skill; never even upon EPSON
racecourse, has there been seen a more splendid
toss. In due time the law of gravitation brought
the coin to the ground. Head or tail? By all that
was unlucky for the colonel, it was tail The arbi-
traitors were honorable men, they adhered to their
arrangement, and forthwith informed the expect
ant candidates (Omitting we are told, the exact
means by which they arrived at that conclusion) ,
and after much careful attention given to the mat
ter they had decided that the gallant colonel should
be the candidate who should retire from the con-
test. The gallant colonel therefore did retire.
Mr.. Long and Mr.. Lysley (the Liberal( were re-
turned without oppostiOn and thus the represen-
tation of the borough of Chippenham won and
lost by the toss up of halfpenny.-Keene's Bath
Journal.
Year: 1859

of cotton wool brought into England every year
might be piled into a pyramid which would rival
that of Cheops. The eight thousand five hundred
and seventy-two millions of miles of warn spun in
England IN year, might be wound round and
round the earth, as boy winds string round his
top; or, we might throw the shuttle over distant
Uranus, and then tangle together the cred planet
Mars, the Earth, Venus, Mercury, and the Sun
in net of cotton The whole of the Rritisb
Islands might be wrapped up in cotton wool. and
put by carefully for the inspection Of future ages
IN not very many years consumption of that raw
material.


Ninety years ago, at the commencement of our
manufacturing career, the population of Britain
was about eight millions. Now it has reached
twenty-one millions. If it were not for cotton, we
could not keep our millions in England clustering
IN masses round the central manufacturing towns,
ut were not for cotton, could not cothe them
and, II 1t were not for cotton, we could certainly
not feed them.-HouSehold Words
Year: 1859

IMPORTANT TO ENpoRsEEs.-At the last session of
the Court of Appeals, at Utica, n. Y, case was
decided which is Of much Importance to the busi-
ness community. The points made on the trial can
be gathered from the following notice of the trial
The defendant became the second endorser of a
promissory note, made for the purpose of taking
up three notes of the same maker (who was insol-
vent,) but endorsed by other parties who had been
charged by notice of non-payment-such notes be-
ing then held and owned by bank which had dis
counted them. The note was delivered for that
purpose to the plaintiff, who was an endorser upon
the protested notes, and who gave present con-
sderaton for it. Held, that the obligation of the
maker to pay the prior note was sufficient consid-
Grafton as to him, and supported the undertaking
OF the defendant as an accommodation endorser
The holder, under such circumstances, can recover
upon the note without having taken upon the note
held by the bank. The plaintiff, at the maturity
of the note, directed notary public to give notice
of the non-payment to the defendants, and to omit
giving notice to prior endorser. Held, that evil
dence inadmissible that such prior endorser
would have been charged but for that dii ection
1t belongs to each endorser to for himself that
prior endorsers charged, and the holder owes
no duty to them in that respect.
Year: 1859

of brook which runs north into Lake
Bigler, which in turn finds an outlet into
Truckee River, whereby its waters are
borne eastward into the desert and there
dissipated. There is 6ne grass on Lake
Bigler, and several hundred cows are
kept there in Summer, making butter for
the California market. When snow falls
these cattle are driven down to the valley
of the Sacramento, where the rains are
now com ommencing, and they here live with
out hay till June, when they are taken
back to the mountains again, where only
is butter m sde from them. The business
is very lucrative. the land costing nothing
and being unfenced. Taking into ac-
count gold, timber, and grass, the Sierra
Nevada is probably the richest and most
productive IN mountain-chain on earth.


From the vally aforesaid, We rose a.
gain for two miles, along narrow road
cut into the side of a mountain, with a
precipitious descent on the right. Then
We began to descend one more, beside a
rivulet which leaped and laug he'd on its
way to the Pacific. The ascent from the
Carson side is far shorter than the de-
scent this way, Carson Valley being
much big her than that of the Sacramen-
to. But the road, even on this side. is,
for most of the way, eaten into the side
of steep mountain, with precipice OF
from FIVE to ffteeo hundred feet on one
side and as steep an eminence on the 9th
er. Yet along this mere shelf, With hard
! ly place to each uile where two meet
ing wagons can pass, the mailstage was
driven at the rate of ten miles an hour
Tin one instance eleven), or just as fast as
four wild California horses, whom two
men could scarcely harness, could draw
it, Our driver was of course skillful; but
had he net wagon suddenly on round
ing one of the sharp points or projections
we were constantly passing. fearful
crash was unavoidable. Had bis horses
seen fit to run away Gas they did run
once, on the unlocking of trace, but
at place where be had room to rein
them out of the road on the upper side,
and thus stop them) | know that he could
not have held them, and We might have
pitched be adlong down precipice of a
thousand feet, where all of the concern
that could have been picked up atterward
would not have been worth two bits per
tushel. Yet at this break neck rate We
we're driven for not less than four hours
or forty miles, changing horses every ten
or fifteen, and raising cloud of dust
through which it was difficult at times to
See anything. We crossed the south
fork of the American River eighteen
miles above this, rising two or three miles
i'm nediately after to the summit o! the
ridge south, and thencefor the road
nearly to this city, descends steadily a
beautifully inclined ridge, and, but for
the dust, would be one of the finest drives
on earth. And right glad was 1 to find
myself once more among friends, sur.
rounded by the comforts of civilization,
and with prospect of occasional rest
cannot console ntiously recommend the
route | have travelled to Summer tourists
10 quest of pleasure, but it is balm for
many bruises to know that IN at last in
California.
Year: 1859

In the course Of a week travel through
a portion of the Ming district, | did not
see a single miner engaged with pick and
pan in prospecting. Higher up in the
mountains, or further to the north. |
might have found such. Nor do remem-
ter having seen white men. save, perhaps
in single instance, engaged in digging
Year: 1859

A MAGNIFICENT METEoR.-On Mon
day morning last, at about s o'clock, a
most magnificent meteor was observed
in the north and passing rapidly to the
west, leaving long trail of light behind.
The disc was half the size of the moon
at full, and of remarkable brilliancy.
1t was visible several seconds, and pass
ed out of sight in the western horizon.


Since writing the above, we have met
the following description of the same
aerolite in the s. f. Bulletin, of Mon
day:


cat about ten minutes past 8 o'clock
this morning, several persons standing
near Stockton street, North Beach, saw
a brilliant arolite, with silvery train,
or "tail," coursing the northern sky. Its
apparent diameter was nearly half that
of the moon, with points or shadows on
the surface, like scum or dross from a
molten substance. gliding off the head
to the tail or luminous streak behind
The sun was shining very brightly at
the time, and not a cloud to be SEEM
No report or explosion was heard fol-
lowing the disappearance. as is some
times the case with these phenomena" p"
Year: 1859

In so small town as this we regard
the interference of political parties to
control the election for local officers, as
unwise to say the least. OF what ac-
count is it that good and substantial
citizen entertains this or that view of
the doctrine Unpopular sovereignty Is
he any the less fit to discharge the du-
ties of trustee or marshal because he is
an adherent of Douglas, or the friend
of Hunter, or political admirer of Sew
ard In little community like this,
for the purpose ofpreserving good neigh
borhood, if nothing more, it would seem
more rational to have all good, tax-pay-
ing citizens come together in concord
and select their agents for discharging
public duties for the coming year with
out distinction of party.


We learn that the Douglas men, so
called, have decided to run city ticket
of their own and have established a
test Of qualification at the primary meet
ing. They DO it as Democrats. Now
it is a well understood fact that the
Democrats of that stripe have not a ma
jority of all the honest votes of the city.
There are great many Republicans,
Americans and old line Wings who vo-

ted the Douglas ticket last fall, but who
do not and will not recognize themselves
as Democrats in city election. They
are free thinkers and free actors, and
will not couBtenance nonsense in local
and unimportant election. 1t is bad
move. this establishment of tests and
prescription of neighbors for no yalua-
ble political or social consideration. A
mans man if his qualifications for a
petty office are overlooked by the fugle-
men of party, and as such will receive
the support of men.


BEErs.-We observed at the Variety
| Market, q day or two since, beet which
/ yve;shpd - 1 '-o.71ls
Year: 1859

"THE Roll Is CALLED."-Our Le-
compton friends appear to have no bow
els of compassion, no temporizing policy
in them. The action of their State
Committee at Sacramento if recognized
and followed up throughout the State
will have tendency to make the divis-
ion in the ranks of the democracy a
permanent one. The test there estab-
lished will drive every Douglas demo-
crat to his knees or out of the party
We imagine we sec some of our valient
acquaintances, leaders in the popular
sovereignty army of last fall, on their
marrow bones, suing for place in the
party 1t is either humble surrender
or strenuous opposition. The roll is
called, and the soldiers must take sides
forever:


Who will be traitor, knave?


Who will fill a towards grave?


Who so base as be slave2


Let him git up and git
Year: 1859

The Sacramento Standard thinks tho
subject of Territorial governments is a
good deal of an abstraction. In other
words the matter of the Nebras
ka bill is founded on the baseless fabric
of vision. We concur in the opinion.
Nobody has yet been able to make the
question plain and Ineligible.
Year: 1859

sg The Democrat once more has the
unblushing effrcntery to CRATE the pub
lie ear with its senseless jargon about
the Griffin case. Will no one give its
editor + cent to hold ? The silly coot
attempts to prove his lies by an allusion
TO trilinS verbal error which occurred
in the Journal but was corrected in eff
feet in the same sentence i'll which it oc-
cured.


Last week the Democrat reported us
with saying we "did not care whether
we had told the truth in the Griffin mat
ter or not" We hurled the shameless
falsehood back in the teeth Of the mis-
crea1t. He now attempts to palliate
his crime by crawling out of very
small orifce as is his custom when in a
tight place, The error of ours alluded
to above, on which the Democrat rests
the whole matter in controversy, was in
using the term granddaughter" for "mur-
der in the second degree" in speaking
Of the crime of Griffin. The term used
was that designating the crime of Grlf-
fin had it occurred in some of the other
states. The latter was The proper one
for this state. That ii was slip of the
pen OH our part, and done with no de-
sign to 'create an impression" that the
offense was 'trifling oDe," is proven in
the same sentence, where we informed
the public that the guilty man had
been sentenced to the State Prison for
fifteen gears.


The Democrat calls this a "studied
attempt" to "create false impression"
In alluding to this charge of the Demo-
crat some time since. we said we did not
"care' about the error as every intelli-
gent man who read it could not be de-
ceived in the least thereby, for the term
of the sentence-rIFTEEN YEARs-was
a sufficient correction Of itself. Not a
reasonable man in the whole world could
have tortured the lapsus penne in the
connection it occurred into remote at
tempt on our part to create an impress
sion favorable in the least to Griffin OF
his keepers. Yet the Democrat has been
driven to such a pitch of desperation as
to make use of our declaration that we
"did'nt care" about the error of a word,
and to torture it into a general indiffer-
ence, the Democrat said had been an
nourced by us, whether we told the
truth in the Griffin case or not"


We take this opportunity to thus show
up the miserable subterfuges of most
pusillanimous sheet and quit the tire
some subject forever, to the great relief
of the public as well as ourselves. The
game is now played out. The Demo-
crat has saved the biackest and smallest
card in the pack to play last and is vel
come to all it can take with it.