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Year: 1860

On the high hill overlooking the town


from the west Is bnilding being constructed


under the auspices OF Miss Compton, for the


education OF young ladies. The structure is


spacious, surmounted with a cupola, and
seems in every way well designed for the end
in view. This is the right thing, done at the
right time, and under proper conduct this
institution will attract young ladies from
all parts of the country. Gentlemen will
send their daughters where the greatest ad-
vantages are afforded for their rapid and
thorough induction to the various branches
OF polite learning. Other things being the
same, Grass Valley would be selected by
people Of sense in preference to almost any
other place, in view OF climatical and other
physical advantages which so powerfully
effect intellectual discipline and achieve
ments.


In no part Of the valley below is there
such vigor Of life as there is in the medium
attitudes of tho mountains, and 1t is out Of
this high grade Of vital energy springs the
irresistible energies of the mind. He who
drinks the water that dances away from the
melting snow bank and quafrs ihelair of these
heights, must be stronger pbysi
cally and intellectually, than he who hreathes
the contaminated vapors Of aIluvion land,
and drinks Of water from mucky wells.


Here's the country where matter turns to
gold and silver. where beauty eliminates
and where even stupidity becomes invested
with sort Of intellectual grace A man
can do twenty per cent. more thinking up
here than he can below, and it is therefore
twenty per cent, the best country In an edu-
cational point OF VIEW.
Year: 1860

Grass Valley has entered upon no spring


since its settlement with prospects so fiatter
ing as those which surround her at the pres


ent time. Heretofore. we have been accus.


toned to place but little dependence upon


our placer diggings but since the Alta and
other leads have been-as il Is thought


traced to so great distance, the opinion is
beginning to fix itself upon miners that the
deep bedrock always good indication in
gold country that lies beneath the allu-
WON bills which surround the town, Is to a
greater or less extent laden with gold.


The Rock Tunnel mine, on the Alta lode,
now fairly opened, promises grand results,
in consideration of the fine pay it is now
yielding, aud the breadth and extent Of the
lode. The stock i. divided into twelve
shares. and they have been selling at from
fodr TO five thousand dollars each II avera.
ges from twelve to fifteen dollars per diem
to the hand.


The North Star Company who own
ground on the same lode next adjoining the
Rock Tunnel, have run their works into the
hill about 1900 feet, and get prospects which
intimate the vicinity of good pay. Below
these are other companies tunneling ener-
getically for the same lode.


The Jenny Lind digeings, associated with
The memory Of our excellent and venerable

Tellow citizen, + W. Srofrord, now deceased.
aas run into a very rich lode and is paying
argely. The mine has been given over two
,r three times as having run out.


The new lode overlooking Pike Flat is
FIELDING excellently. Thirteen hundred
lollars was washed up few days since at
IN expense OF three hundred dollars.


The Independence and other tunnels are
running for the lode with spirit The first
Is thought to he near it, and shares are sell
ing at about $4,000.


The Buena Vista diggings, on the same
range, promise well. They are getting a
little gold the best Of drift ami are confident
Of cutting the main lode within 200 feet
Should such fortune be realized lode will
be developed that will employ at least five
inadred men.
Year: 1860

RoBBERY.-we are informed that thief
entered the residence of DR.. Tomrkins, on
Church street, one night last week, and
succeeded in obtaining some jewelry be-
longing to his lady. The william entered the
dining room by opening the sash doors in
The rear OF the building, and passed into an
adjoining bedroom, where a young lady
was lodged and seized one OF her hands with
evident intention Of obtaining two or three
valuable rings she usually wore. The at
tempt awoke the sleeper, who supposing il
was one of the family requested the person to
desist, bat while doing so discovered from the
roughness and size OF the hand. that it must
be a mans. The thief observing the girl to
be awakened. withdrew his hand. and with
out speaking. retired to an adjoining room
where he found a reticule, which be took into
the garden and searbed. but finding moth
ing but the jevelry above mentioned, threw


it down aud left--evidentiy disgusted with
but thirty dollars worth Of treasure.
Year: 1860

REMARKABLE WEATHER.-Since The settle
nent Of this place there has never been so
much rain after hrst Of April. Up to to this
date the ground has been saturated with
water so that it has not been necessary to use
irrigation for the most superficial plants or
the gromeration Of seeds. II is question
whether We are having an average season, or
whether TO some cause incident to civaIiza-
ton, the fall Of rain has been argumented
In philosophical manner. As the Diggers
have no history we presume 1t Is an insolva,
bis problem.
Year: 1860

Cor IT AGAIN N-Scadden Il Co. have
been for some time sinking a shaft, much OF
ii through hard bed rock. to open a new sec
ton of their edge. They reached the lode
yesterday morning and found it very rich;
gold is seen all through the rock. The neigh
boring operators = all prosperous were
invited to fit place. where good fortune
aud mutual congratulations were duly cele-
brated by an unstinted flow Of "Heidsick's'
best fiuid
Year: 1860

ENGINE FOR sAIx.-The Eureka fire company, Of
Marysville, oner for sale Of their engines
Tie Democrat says The one they propose selling
is the one that has been in for the past four or


five is in excellent order with new suction
hose aud everything complete. In fact. she l. In
better order and has been doisg better service lately
than she was capable Of when new. There is no
coupling Of suction necessary with this engine, she
carrying it over the engine and always ready for
service
Year: 1860

gs- They have no old maids in Japan,
when the don't get married voluntarily. the
authorities hunt up husband and make
them marry, willing or not willing The
Japanese know a thing or two, il they have
been walled in for centuries.
Year: 1860

The BOARD OF SUPERVISORS are rejecting
credit on themselves and the party that put
them in power. They do business closely.
economically and justly, uninfaenced by all
part Jealousy.
Year: 1860

n6-We would call the attention of our
citizens to the deploriable state Of the side
walks between the Geld Hill mill, and Nor
toms blacksmith chop. Some unlucky
wight will soon be bringing heavy bill of
damages for broken arm or leg against
some Of our property holders. Look To it
In tlmel
Year: 1860

DESTRUCTION or THE PEACH CRoP.-We


learn from the peach growers that the severe
cold spell, the first of February, entirely de-
st:oyed many varieties of the peach, while all
are injured from a half to two-thirds of the an.
tlclpated yield. Some farmers say they will
have none at all, while of those we heard talk,
none expected to realize more than a half or
third of crop. We hope, however, their fears
have exaggerated the case ; such a condition as
they speak of would indeed be serious matter
and tell heavily on our farmers (and they are
not few who had based large calculations on
the next crop. The cause ofthe blight is said to
be the sudden change from warm to cold wealth
er, the rain congealing around the buds, with
the Thermometer at zero.
Year: 1860

ALMOST AN AMPUTATIoN.- William Sher-
wood, an employee in the Sash Factory of Bow
man & Mitchell, while working at the circular
saw, on Monday last, had his left hand terribly
lacerated by coming in contact with the saw
while in motion-the flesh of the outer portion
of the little finger being torn from the bone,
and the entire palm cut across nearly to the
bones. His wounds were dressed by DR.. Claw
son, who thinks the use of his hand will not be
much impaired.
Year: 1860

ANEcDoTE OF SwARTz.-S Sanerant


relates the following anecdote OF
Christopher Swartz, a famous Ger
man painter which, If true, rebounds
more TO his ingenuity than credit: 80


Having been engaged to paint the ceil-
ing OF the Town Hall, at Munich, by
the day Ibis love Of dissipation in.
duced him to neglect his work, SO thatl
the magistrate and overseers of the
work were frequently obliged 10 hunt
him out Of the tavern. AS he could
no longer drink in quiet he stuffed an
stuffed an image Of himself, left the
legs hanging down between the stag-
ing where he WAS accustomed to work
and sent one of his boon companions
to move tie image little two or three
times day and take it away at noon
and ht. By mesns of this decep-
tion- drank. without the least dis,
turbaneesa a whole fortnight togethe


the inn-keeper being aware Of Z,


plot. The officers came round II


a day to look after him, and Sc


tie well-known stockings which 4.
used TO wear, suspected nothing
wrong. and went their way. greatly.
extolling their own convert as he
most industrious and conscienfjous
painter in the world.
Year: 1860

quently leads to prejudice, false judgments,
and tanatlclsm. | SPEAK of what | have
known from my own tual experience and
observation


n tcw years ago some very peculiar circum-
stances lead me to makea visit of several DAYS
to an old Presbyterian Minister and his equal
ly aged wife, living in little village in the
very centre OF Vermont. merely accompa
med friend, (with whom ] was travelling
North, but was received by them very kindly
for her sake, They were poor, and kept but
one servant, a middleagcd woman, named
Hannah; everything was very plain, and even
humble, but very clean and neat They in
formed us-or rather it slipped out in the
course of their conversation-that they were
IN the habit of eating meat only on Sundays,
ms generally they could not afford it oftencr :;
but when cntrcatcd not to put themselves to
the expense of doing more for us-that we
could do very well without it-thcy seemed
hurt, saying they always had it for any guest
with them. Seeing their hospitality, and vet
also their poverty, we confined our stay to two
or three days. Their home was curiosity to
me, raised a., | was at the South where every
thing is so different. The spinning wheel
and churn in the chimney corner; Hannah
seated at the dinner table, and even consider
cred by herself a greater parsonage than those
whom she served indeed her consenting to
be their help w s,iercl as a privilege
and favor accorded to them by her. They
soon found out that, young as | was then |
was and had been a slave holder from nv
birth up.
Year: 1860

We rejoice to learn that w. w. Avery, q gallant
leader OF the Democracy in the mountain district and
the author of the National Democratic Platform, is
elected to the Senate from Burke Mcdowell and Cald-
well. We are also gratfed to learn that Marcus Err
win, another gallant Democrat is elected to the Senate


Press.
Year: 1860

A Dandy at a hotel who wanted the milk passed to
him. thus asked for it," Please send your COW this
way" To whom the landlady retorted as follows:


Waiter take the cow down to where the calf is
bleating."
Year: 1860

Mono LAKE.-While the people of the nor
thern portion of the State are excited upon
the subject of the Utah silver mines, and
thousands are impatiently waiting the ad-
vent of summer that they may travel thither,
the people of the lower part of the State
think and talk mostly of Mono Lake and
Walkers river. In the regions designated
by these names, placer diggings, accessible
to labor without capital, are said to abound
and to be rich. But a small number of ad-
venturers prospected there before the OPEN
ing of winter, yet nearly all Of these reported
the existence of extensive deposits of aurif-
erous gravel, and laid claim to ground which
they intend to revisit and work as soon as
the present rigorous season passes away. If
what we are told of the regions named be
true, they offer far better field for the poor
man than the quartz lodges of Virginia and
Carson. By the first or middle of May, two
great streams of emigration will flow
from California-one from the north
to the Washoe silver mines, and another
from the south to the gold placers of
Mono Lake and Walker s river. Western
and South Western Utah will be thoroughly
explored by eager and intelligent treasure
seekers. If they find mineral resources of
sufficient extent to retain them there, an
other great producer Of the precious metals
will claim the attention of the world, and
we shall have sister commonwealth on our
eastern border, bound to us by the ties of
common origin, common purpose and
identical interests.
Year: 1860

It is said that gophers are very palatable
as food, and that their fur is beautiful in
color and fine in texture. A lady near Sac
ramento, according to the Agricultural
Monthly, has on hand gopher skins enough
for full set of furs.
Year: 1860

GAMBLING AND SUICIDE ON THE SoUSD.-At
the morning prayer meeting in the Old South
Chapel, IN Boston, on Wednesday morning last,
a gentleman made statement of sad case of
gambling and suicide which occurred on board
the steamer Empire State the night before A
party Of men who appeared to be professional
gamblers were playing cards in the cabin, and
urging the bystanders to bet upon TIE cards
They induced one gentleman, who had been
apparently interested in the game, TO put down
$40, and by one turn OF the cards il was swept
in'o the gamblers pocket. The loser appeared
10 be much sgitated; and was seen soon after
TO 20 out on the deck, and in Q few moments
afserward man, who was supposed to be him.
jumped overheard and was lost. Bis name was
not known It is supposed that The chayil
and modification which filed his mind when
he csme 10 reflect how foolishly he had lost his
money, led him O. commit the act. The occur
renee should warn all honest men not TO put
themselves in the power Of the sharpers who
ipfsss the lines Of public travel.
Year: 1860

TEETH! TEETH DIR. Levason comes
to us recommended as a surgical and mechan-
ical Dentist of long established reputation for
professional skill. His specimens of work will
compare with those of any other dentist what
ever n natural appearance, fitness and beauty
of fnish while in all surgical dentistry his
mode of operating commends itself for its free
dom from pain and security against accident.


Office over A, Block & Co.
Year: 1860

STRANGE DEATH-~The Press relates the story
of the strange death of an inebriate at North
Gated he fell and hurt his side, and subsequen!is
complaining of sickness, was provided with
bed at billiard saloon, and medical attendance
provided On being told that he could not die if
he wanted to. the sufferer offered to bet four bits
that be would be dead in fifteen minutes. Forty
minutes afterward he was discovered corpse
and presenting the appearance of having won
his bet.
Year: 1860

AMENDED HOMESTEAD LANA bill to amend
the Homestead Act passed the Assembly March
10Th. We understand that it provides that the
dedication of property for this purpose must be
put on record, and a sale of the same must also
be recorded. The amended Act also provides
that in case of the death of husband and wife
without issue, the property shall go to their cred
itors, if any they have.-Erchdnge.
Year: 1860

KANAKA CREEK.-A miner at work on the
creek one day last week picked up nugget
weighing 80 ounces. If it had been part silver
instead of pure gold, what an excitement would
have resulted Sierra Democrat
Year: 1860

THE ASSEMBLY on Thursday of last week
passed an Act for the disposition of the 10th
and Both sections Of land in each township, the
proceeds of which go to the support of Common
C.l
Year: 1860

SATIsFAcToRY.-0ur readers will remember
that about three years ago important suit,
Kidd, ct al, Laird, ct al, tried in the Dis
trict Court involving as was supposed the right
Of about dozen bitches to the first supply of
water of Deer Creek. Able counsel were en-
gagged on both sides, and nearly week was
spent in trying the case. A verdict was rem
dered for the. defendants. Judge Searls refused
TO gran. new trial because he did not think the
verdict determined the rights of either party to
the water, but merely found that the defendants
had not in that particular instance trespassed on
the rights of the plaintiffs; but he remarked that
a new trial should be granted if the verdict was
conclusive that the plaintiffs owned no further
rights than were conceded in the answer of de-
PENDANTS. The case went TO the Supreme Court,
and laid there for three years. Judge after
judge came on to the scene and vanished like
the witches in Macbeth, but the case of Kidd RS.
Laird still stewed in the cauldron. Finally the
last elected judge has successfully COPIED with it,
and we have the decision. The Supreme Court
decide that the right to the water was not in
controversy-if it had beeu the case should be
reversed. They also decide that party owning
ditch can move it THAT is to say, his place of
taking the water,) up or down stream, if he don't
lnJure others. Grand result-hoth parties de-
lighted-both parties treating to champagne =
The plaintiffs, because in the opinion Of both
District and Supreme Courts they establish
right TO the prior use Of greater amount of
water than the defendants ever admitted in
practice, or conceded in their pleadings the
defendants because they escaped damages, and
collect their costs. Where the result pleases
both parties, must be very nearly right. The
only distressing circumstance connected with the
result was the unfortunate state of mind in
which n prominent citizen thrown the even
ing the news arrived. He was seen frantically
enquiring for a copy of the STANDARD. When
nsked his motive, (the enquirer knowing the cir
cumstanee was unusual, and that the gentleman
in question ordinarily placed as much reliance in
dieers oath in the sheet aforesaid, he said he
wanted to The decision to inform hinse If if he
had right TO drink champagne on the invitation
Of both parties.


The Supreme Court also decided the case of
Esmond rs. Chew, from this county. in which they
say that person having prior claims ravine
has no right to put fumes on the claims Of
parties below.
Year: 1860

RE~ Both houses of The Legislature adjourn
ed on the 18th in honor of st. Patricks. Did
they dine on roast potatoes that day? If so
the fact should be made as public as the adjourn
ment
Year: 1860

Mn. EDIToR JoURSAL:-With regard to that
bridge, that fort, and those tombs, / have only
to say that never saw anything of the kind,
never saw any one that had, and never even
heard any mention of mason wOrk-ancient or
modern-beng seen on Walkers River l do
not say there is nothing of the kind there, but l
do say, it would seem impossible that men should
cross and re-cross the valley in every direction,
camp in It, and hunt over it for their stock with
out seeing a thing likely to attract their at
tention as the arch of bridge fifteen feet high
and a hundred feet long. There was rush of
miners in that direction from Mono Camp in
September, of last year, on account of reported
discoveries of gold in that locality, The country
was pretty thoroughly secured, and if those
huecas had existed or any of those" small mug
gets of virgin gold with holes drilled in them I"
had been found, the bones of the ancientS would
ere this have had thorough airing, and on that
" elevated piece of ground would have been
left nary huecas. l inquired particularly for
curiosities while in that country, and was often
told of the cannon supposed to have been left by
Fremont, of hot springs, cold springs, fires in
the earth, holes in the ground and good places
for holes; but of no bridge, no fort, no huccas.


Yours truly, EbENEzER.
Year: 1860




slaves, is an exceptional policy, to be
judged of by the circumstances of the
place and time. As universal rule, it
would be barbarous and unjust in it's ap-
plication to many localities and persons,
and we oHot think it would be tolera-
ted by public opinion in Louisiana.


We are for a strict non-intercourse
with free negroes from other States,
slave Or free, but there is not recognized
here any emergency which requires the
wi olesale expatriation of such a large
mass of old residents, really an inoffen-
sive and undoubtedly loyal people
Let the laws be as strict as may be
thought expedient to enforce whatever
discipline is required to prevent the
possibility of dangerous associations,
and let them be enforced with increas-
ing vigor, but not until there is a rea-
son given more than has yet been found
in the condition OF disposition of our
population-let the idea be entertained
of driving them away or reducing them
to slavery, only by the compulsion OF
that pitiable helplessness which leaves
them no alternative. -r'


Other States may have reasons, which
we shall not here combat, for passing
such laws, but we do not believe the,
are called for or will be approved in
Louisiana. Picayune. .,.
Year: 1860

IT is asked why the personal liberty"
legislation of the North is so much more
offensive to the South now than it has been
all along heretofore? Because heretofore
the Federal power to execute the Fugitive
slave law has not been in the hands of the
party which has sought to nullify the law
BY State Legislation. With the Federal
power and the powerin the Northern States
both in the hands of the nullifying party,
the South may well ask what will become
of the Fugitive law2
Year: 1860

ory of which seemed to roll back upon her
soul now, made her an object of profound
pity; while the mental sufferings of her hus-
band were but too painfully apparent to
those who saw his face. We pray that we
may never be called upon to witness trial
again so fraught with pain, and so disastrous
in all its results as this most deplorable case
has and must be.
Year: 1860

A DESIRABLE improvement is being
made on the etone pavement on Brady st. near
the Post Office. That portion which was much
higher than the balance is being lowered. We
think this will prove acceptable to the pedea-
trians whose toes have received an occasional
stub. thereby sadly deteriorating their morals
Year: 1860

The RAINS for the past few days have
done great deal toward advancing the crops.
We predict heavy yield, aud as . natural
consequence. "hard times will have to pull up
stakes and leave. That such may be the case
We earnestly hope.
Year: 1860

MARROW EsCAPE.-Y Yesterday after
noon the hired man Of one OF our citizens droye
horse attached TO buggy down to the river
with . e in,ehtion Of washing the vehicle
iwo children were with him. He drove
around In the river foI sometime, but the
horse got beyond his depth and the whole par
ty came very near beirg precipitated into the
water, but were fortunately rescued from their
dangerous position
Year: 1860

RUNAwAY.-Last Saturday evening
a horse attached to q buggy. became frighten-
ed at the demonstration at the depot and start
ed off at rapid rate The animal was soon
stopped. The vehicle was slightly damaged.
but no one was hurt.
Year: 1860

MANY Of our subscribers especially at
the hotels. complain Of our paper being taken.
and the borrowers forget to bring them back.
This is wrong, but we cannot blame them, as
the DEMOCRAT AND News is good paper, aud
everybody wants it.
Year: 1860

No, SIg.-The Gazette invites US to
JOIN the caravan of Republication. We
cant do it. We are not travelling that way.
Misery. We have been told, loves much com
pany, but it is very wrong 10 Misery to thus
advise honest and consistent people to depart
from the pleasant paths Of virtue to Join the
motley. warty. and unprincipled caravan" Of
vice. Get behind US Satan !; we will not listen
to You. Go on with your caravan"
Year: 1860

DURING the blow" on Sunday last,
limb Of tree in front Of Kuhnen's store was
torn from its place. This is the only injury
resulting from the airs the wind put on, that
we have heard Of.