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Year: 1860

ANoTHER TELEGRAPH SUIr-The officers of
the State Telegraph Company commenced
suit, Saturday, against the officers of the
Northern Telegraph Company for violation
of their rights in using the Morse instrument.
The State Company purchased the exclusive
right to use that instrument in California, and
seem disposed to concentrate the business of
telegraphing in the State in the hands of that
Company. The Alta Company was crushed
by Judgment in favor of the State, and the
latter has now commenced against the North
ern Company.


In the present case they pray for an iE-
junction, which, if granted, will completely
close the Northern line, and thereby nhict
great inconvenience and loss upon the people
in the Northern portion of the State. The
application for the injunction is to be argued
on the oath inst.
Year: 1860

JUSTICE TO BURCu-We yesterday saw a
private letter from Congressman Burch, in
which he said emphatically, 81 am for the
Union" He is for the Union as it is, though
he admits that he was a firm Breckinridge
man, but did not take an active part in the
canvass. In the comments of the press here,
after upon the scheme said to have been con-
eocted at Washington, by our delegation, to
start Pacific Republican party Burch should
be excepted. No part of the severe condem~
nation the Pacific Republican scheme has
met on the Pacific side should be apportioned
to Burch.-Sac. Union.
Year: 1860

Our religious contemporaries have their
little asperities as well as the secular press,
but their quarrels compared to those of the
latter are like scientific sparring with gloves
compared with the heavy "mill" of Sayers
and Heenan. Here is slight tap on the
smeller" from the last number of the Pacific
Methodist


Our neighbor of the Pae.fc will allow us
to ssexhort" him to be careful of his beha-
vior, as from the similarity of name the Pa
cIFIc METHODIST has been confounded with
bis paper, and we have been teas tigated'
for his doings.
Year: 1860

ANIMAL FooD DR. Hayes, in his "Arctic
Boat Journey" reports that the Esquimaux
live upon Al exclusively animal diet, their
daily allowance of food being from twelve
to fifteen pounds about one third OF it being
fat The doctor states that he has seen an
Esquimaux eat fully ten pounds of walrus
hesh and blubber at a single meal, after a
hunt, or when about to begin difficult
journey. This large consumption of hearty
food is great shield against the cold
White men in arctic regions are continually
craving strong animal diet. and will drink
the contents Of an oil-kettle with evident
relish. A choice Esquimanx lunch consists
of raw birds washed down with oil, and
the great luxury of the tribe is soup made
by boiling together blood, oil and seal meat.
Year: 1860

TIE-GRAFTING.-We take the following
from correspondent in the Monthly Report
OF the California State Agricultural Society:
1.-The expense of propping fruit-laden limbs
may be saved, and the breaking of branches
avoided by grating from one limb to an
other such twigs as will; reach across. The
bearing branches of every apple and plum
tree can be thus tied together, by cheap
and simple process that will endure while
the tree lasts. 1t has advantages of another
kind. In our sunny summers fruit wants
for its protection against premature ripening
and sun-scalding, whatever umbrage the
densest lea6ng will afford. When the
branches are borne down by fruit, shade
gives place to sunshine and the fruit suffers


The twig is cut wedge-fashion at the end,
and inserted in small slit cut in the back
of the limb selected for its tie-mate, just as
in ordinary grating. The arrangement has
no inconveniences nor Objectionable features,
while it maintains the symmetry of the tree
Year: 1860

AD FOR WAGON RoAps.-Gov Downey has vetoed a
bill which authorized the counties of Plumas Sierra
Placer, Eldorado. Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne
to retain the States portion of the poll and foreign
miners license for the 1860 and 1861 for the
purpose Of constructing highways the Sierra Ne
vada He based his veto upon the alleged unconstitu-
tonaity Of the BILL its unjust discrimination in favor
of certain counties which would have to bear the
heaviest share Of the public burdens il it became
law, and upon fhe impoiey Of Withdrawing from the
treasury aInount hard on to quarter of a million
dollars. We th nk the Governor did exactly right
Ardenty as we desire to good wagon roads built
over the mountains we never approved this @omnibut
BILL" and glad IL failed to become law With In
dian claims capital and other appropriations and
alarre indebtednes al to be met such draft on the
treasury would have been very inexpedient Nevada
county not included in tbs BILL because Of the op-
position of our senators thereto Substantially the
same grounds presented by Gov Dawney They deserve
honor for their ldependent action bill was SUBJ
sequeutly introduced by mblyman Hays proposing
to include Nevada. and it passed the House. But our
county should not ask appropriation If roads are
not essential that private enterprise will build hem
they are not If enough Importance he built at the
expense Of the state Justice requires that the mining
counties should not receive such special favors Let
build roads ourselves and bear our share of the
public burdens The hill proposing to appropriate
$4,000 for the Improvement Of the Placervle route
srkssus ~ being open to the objections advanced
above. II there could be but one road across the
mountains, and private enterprise inadequate to
its construction. the necessity of the would
rant government aid But then it should not be
assumed that particular route was the best. Only
after careful examination and survey of the different
routes should the State designate which should have
the benefit Of An appropriation. The sett emsnt Of
Western Utah places this whole subject Of mountain
reads in . new light. They can and win be made
without staAs aid, b.esuss they really local
mites
Year: 1860

Beautify your homes. Now, while the
sweet month of Spring is breathing balmily
upon US, and the green earth and blue sky
are radiant with the joy of her presence,
plant a rose bush, vine or tree, or sow n
plot of ground with grass seed in her honor,
and WOO her to dwell about your door way.
Scatter the germs of the beautiful!


By the wayside let them fall,


That the rose may spring by the cottage gate,


And the vine ON the garden wall;


Cover the rough and the rude Of earth


With veil of leaves and flowers,


And mark with the opening bud and cup


The march of summer hours.
Year: 1860

MONTE DuABLo-The papers will insist upon 1t that
this noble landmark is 80 Of minerals. The Contra
Costa Gazette says gold sver and 9th metals have
long been supposed to exist in it, but not until very
recently has any effort been made to thoroughly test
the matter Several leads Of very good coal have been
discovered at the base of the mountain and two
Of them now being worked with success 1t 10
positively affirmed, also. that silver and gold bearing
quartz of great richness is now being worked
Year: 1860

We learn from the Sacramento Onion that
an act has passed the Senate authorizing the
Supervisors of Nevada county to subscribe
for stock in the Auburn and Nevada railway





and empowering the town of Auburn to
subscribe $4,000 for the same purpose.
Year: 1860

CHANCES FOR A PACIFIC RILRoAp-The editor Of the


Standard has been shown sletter from Senator Latham


in which he expresses very confident opinion that
bill will be passed this session providing for middle
and southern railroad to conciiate northern and
southern interests. And not only this but telegraph
and overland mail six times week on the otheI
side and four this will undoubtedly be naugurated.
Year: 1860

The popular wish Is consulted in Europe when it is
known not to be nmical to the schemes of royalty
The people of Central Italy latey permitted to
declare by their desire for Sardinia
and now it is proposed to let the population Of Savoy
and Nice say whether they prefer annexation France
independence.
Year: 1860

The most interesting event under this head
during the past week was the completion Of
the large iron pipe of the Eureka Lake Ditch
Company, and the introduction Of water
through the same to the diggings on San
Juan Hill. Only an experimental head of
about $50 inches was let on, but the full
stream of 1900 inches will soon be flowing.
to the great Joy of the miners and depen-
dent community. This amount of water in
addition to the still larger quantity afforded
by the Middle Yuba Canal, will cause
many claims to be worked that are now lying
idle, and insure more regular operations in
all Others The pipe is 100 feet long, and
SO inches in diameter at the receiving end,
tapering to 243 inches. 1t receives the wa
ter from Hume on the hillside south of
town, is laid along the surface OF said hill to
a reservoir at its base, crosses the reservoir
on trestles ard boxed in, thence passes un-
der ground through the town onto the hill
north Of it, where the diggings are situated
NV No"Pohy hoN ~ P"y PtSssy AOu"N's ASA
the right of way through garden and build
ing lots, and give permission besides tor at
tachment of cocks to the pipe and free use
of water for irrigating and domestic pur-
poses. The pipe was manufactured in this
town by Francis Smith and ]. B. Low. The
cost of it we do not know, but it is proba-
bly, about $4,000 or $4,000, which is said
to be considerably less than fume would
have cost Our citizens can have in connec-
ton with it, if they so wisely determine,
tolerably efficient means for the extinction
of fires, as the water flows under a. pressure
of at least 1875 feet, and if taken from the
pipe where it crosses town could be thrown
over the highest buildings through ordinary
canvas hose. 1t is probable the Eureka Lake
Company would interpose no objection to a
scheme of this kind. The expense of it,
however, would be much heavier than if it
had been executed before the pipe was com :
pleted.


We are briefly told of big fluming en-
terprise on Deer Creek at the lower falls
near the Anthony House. A company has
been formed for the purpose of washing the
entire channel of the stream as far up as it
will pay and is not claimed by others. For
this purpose sluiceway had to be cut and
a aume built below the general level of the
gravelly deposits, with lateral sluices as
needed. The first obstacle in the way was
the falls, or natural rock dam. To insure
uniform grade this has been tunneled
through for nearly 800 feet at enormous ex
pense, portion of the work costing $46 for
each lineal foot From the upper end OF
this tunnel a shaft has been raised to the
gravel bed of the creek, aud down this
throat of rock through the tunnel and
sluices beyond, pours the whole food of wa
ter, earth and stones. Sluices will be laid
in the channel beyond the shaft, as required
The original deposits in the creek are richly
auriferous. This enterprise has several par
allels in Nevada county, some of which have
been described more circumstantially.
Year: 1860

an Indebtedness Of $l65 So. To offset this
there is due to the school for tuition total
of $276 IS, of which amount probably not
more than $500 can be collected. 1t is ex-
ceedingly desirable that tuition fees should
be promptly paid.


AS the number of pupils in regular atten-
dance has increased beyond the capacity of
the school house, and is still increasing, it
is the intention of the trustees to have that
edl6ce enlarged forthwith. There will be
needed for this and other purposes about


500. Half of this amount has already been
subscribed by citizens, and partly paid in.
The remainder will doubtless be cheerfully
subscribed. No person who desires the per-
manent growth OF the town in which we live,
whether he appreciates the radical necessity
of education or not, should be unwilling to
aid the public school. Well supported, it
will do nearly as much to promote the ma
terial welfare Of the community as good dig
gings and abundance of water to work them,
for it attracts BODYBUILDING families who
are the true factors Of permanence and thrift,
the very basis and conservative principle of
society.
Year: 1860

Inc VOICE Oh tnc feOples


We continue our extracts from letters received
from friends. friend and sterling Democrat, on
the eve of sailing for Europe, writes as follows:


II dislike to leave my country in these difficult
times, but trust all will yet be well. Your advice
toprepare but to watch and wait is the wisest
and best course we can pursue This is no time for
impulse or hasty action. We had the agony before
the election-the North is having it now. We
warned them of the disastrous effects Of Lincoln's
election, and they row feeling them in the pros
ration of business and fearful panic. But let wise
c'unsels prevail in the South and the Union may
yet EEe be saved. The Northern people are alarmed
They have got the elephant, and don't know what
10 DO with him. If the election could come off to-
morrow they would repudiate their own offspring
and come to Southern terms"


friend writes us as follows from Carthage,
Moore county:


Your course in regard to federal affairs meets
with the appreciation Of the people of this county,
% lar as have been able to learn"


friend writes us from Johnsonville, Cumber-
land, as follows:


49,. You will pardon me for expressing my dsap-
rooanon and indignation at the course of certain
@ueuses and ciques in their most unjust and un.
grateful conduct towards you 1 need not assure
you that Holden has the sympathy Of the people in
Year: 1860




The State JournaNthe Governors newspaper
and prepare them for civil war; 1t declares that
call hope of preserving the Union is at an end"
The wish is no doubt father to-thc thought. The
Editor of the Journal-we beg pardon of the public
the nominal Editor would rejoice over dissolu-
ton of the Union, as that has been part of the
British system since the days of John Henry, the
hired British emissary, who visited this country on
his wicked errand just before the war Of 1872
The same paper of to-day says, I'VE tell our
State rights friends that their is beset by
bgoted feeling Of tame submission achich has to be
met and crushed out" The same paper also CON-
mands the Legislature to call Convention. Hon
est men, and brave men, who opposed to present
secession, and who still hope that the Union may
be preserved, denounced by this miserable tool
of the Governor as tame su6missionisfs," and the
order is given to "crush them out" We shall see
what comes of this. This is indeed free country.
when such person is allowed to pursue such
course. Under the oligarchy which the disunon
leaders would set up such language would not be
tolerated God deliver the conservative and patriotic
old State of North Carolina from the control Of such
men!


part of the plan to "precipitate" disunion is to
spread false rumors and false alarms-such, for ex-
ample, as that the North is demanding the abolition
Of the slave representation in Congress The gloomy
side of letters from distinguished persons is given,
while the bright side is suppressed We caution all
good men against the intrigues the misrcpresenta
tions and the unholy schemes Of the disunion
Year: 1860

Nor to the frontier States, are they Of much conse
duer.ce Their, slaves are Etolen and carried Off
not BY the agency of these Personal Liberty Laws


but by the combination of individuals in the North
ern States What are these acts as indications OF
the hostility AID fsithlessness Of the Northern peo-
pie towards the South (and they are nothing moreD
when compared with the mighty sectional despctism
they have set up over the South in the election OF
MsssrS. Lincoln and Hanilin to the Presidency and
Vice Presidency of the United StatesI The real
causes of dissatisfaction in the South with the North,
are in the unjust taxation and expenditure OF the
taxes by the Government of the United States, and
IN the revolution the North has effected in this gov.
ernment, from conederated republic, to nstional
sectional despotisIn." >.y f. r's'


So South-C Carolina ,oanted to go out Let her,
than, 80 out and stay out in the weather until she
gsts ready to come back. We have an abiding con-
fdehco that the great body of her people win rise at
last on their ambitious leaders, and compel them to
reracc their steps, As soon as these leaders attempt
to establish strong gorernment-a government
based on the subsection of the many to the will of
the few-and soon as the people begin to suffer,
as they ciu suffer- under oppressive taxes destroy
ed trade forced sales Of property for specie and
bridled military rule they will turn on the men who
have msled them, and, taking their own cause into
their own hands, re-unite their destines with the
Union. At this time, however, the very considera-
BILE minority in South Carolina who are opposed to
disunion afraid to speak out. There is no free
dom of speech in that State. Such condition of
things is unnatural, and cannot long continue The
revusion will come and it will be felt when it does
come.
Year: 1860

BY the last mail from this place for the East
we mailed five hundred and twenty-five JOURNALS,
post Office count.-TRNrrY Journal.
We stick to the nine hundred snpe.-HumJold
Times.


Snipe Who said anything about snipe Come
up and count the JOURNALS yourself, you insinu-
atlng, unbelieving IIumboldter
Year: 1860

ATTRACTIONS To.DAx.-At nine o'clock this
morning, the exhibition will commence at the
cattle grounds, at which hour an opportunity
VIII be offered to test the strength of teams
of horses and teams ofmules and oxen. AT
ten o'clock will commence a grand exhibition
of horses, which will continue till twelve
At 2 o'clock will commence a grand exhibi.
ton OF cattle which will continue until 4. AT
i o'clock there viii be grand parade and
all the horses and cattle on exhibition will be
passed in review before the assembled multi
tude The public viii bear in mind that vast
Accommodations are provided on the grounds,
and that any number of ladies and gentle.
men can be comfortably seated in full view
of the exhibition. The city and visitors from
abroad will no doubt turn out to-day in full
strength.
Year: 1860

TIE CATTLE GRouNDs.-We were unable
to get out to the grounds, yesterday, in time
to see the grand parade of stock over the
track, but we are told it was n very fine
sight. We visited the grounds at late hour
in the afternoon, and found the stalls fast
filling up with stock Of every description
The display to-day will be well worth seeing.
We had not the time, yesterday, to note
down any items, but shall endeavor in Nur
next issue to give a detailed account of what
is to be seen and heard.
Year: 1860

The Homestead Bill which passed
the Senate on the 10th inst by vote
of IA to s, provides that any body
who is the head of family may. at
ter the act becomes law, enter one
quarter section l60 acres of vacant
and unappropriated lands. or any less
quantity. to be located in body. in
conformity with the legal subdivision
of lands. upon making affidavit before
the Register that the applicant is head
of a family. and is actually settled OH
the land. and that the application is
made for his or her benefit, and that
OF no one else. The final certificate,
or patent, shall not be issued for five
years after the date of entry, and not
before 1t is certified by two credible
witnesses that the settler has erected
dwelling house and resided upon the
land for five years; whereupOn the
patent shall be issued upon payment
of twenty-five cents an acre. The
land thus acquired shall not be liable
for debt until after the patent is issued.
In cases of false swearing upon max
ing the entry. or abandoning the land
for more than six months at one time,
the land shall revert TO the govern
ment. The rights conferred by this
act are extended to inchoate citizens
who have declared their intentions. as
required by the naturalization laws.
bcfors the issuing of the patent. Moth
ing in this act shall be construed so as
to impair the existing pre-emption,
donation, or graduating laws, or to
embrace lands reserved to be sold or
entered at the price of two dollars and
fifty cents an'acre. The President is
required to order all surveyed public
lands into market. by proclamation.
within two years from date OF this act.
except such as are reserved by the
government.
Year: 1860

GLAD or Ir.-About one half the
Democratic voters are rs glad Of the
explosion OF their party as il it were
the event they had most desired and
prayed for. The truth is that the
best men in that party have voted
that ticket under the protest for some
time back. They have no, approved
its policy: they have been offended by
It's subserviency to the slave power.
and have only stuck TO it as long as
they have. in the hope that something
would turn mp to get it out of its un-
worthy position. When the alterna
tive was presented at Charleston that
il must dive deeper and come mp dirt
Ter than ever before in behalf Of Slav.
cry. or fall to pieces. they were quite
ready to accept the latter and rejoice
in it. They now feel at liberty to
seek more congenial associations. and
are glad to be relieved from a party
iealty that has long been uncongenial
and isksome. Ii is not easy for q
man to quit a party with which he
has long voted. even though his moral
convictions are all against its princi'
Piles aud policy. Thousands of such
men have cling TO the Democratic
party to the last. aud they now re-
joice in the falling off of the chains
,hev hal not the power to break


Springfield Reputliean.