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Sacramento Daily Union
July 3, 1862
Page 2
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE UNION.
The Overland Mails – The Ship Joseph Peabody- Adams
& Co.'s Affairs- Cargoes for San Francisco – Money Market – Passengers for
the East – Land Cases – Commission for Postmasters – The Fourth -Hebrew
Society.
San Francisco, June 30th.
The Postmaster says all the mails due overland
arrived. Henceforth all letters will be sent overland unless new orders are
received.
The Secretary of the Treasury remits the forfeiture of
ship Joseph Peabody on the showing that the captain was not implicated in the
fraud against the revenue laws. The confiscation and sale of goods smuggled by
passenger satisfied the claim of Government.
Adams & Co.'s affairs came up in the Fourth
District Court to-day. On motion to dismiss the suit against Cohen for want of
prosecution, it was argued and submitted.
The Odorina obtained judgement against Louis Piolle
for $2,449.
A private dispatch to Daniel Gibb & Co., says bark
Kaffir Chief, at Batavia, loading with 400,000 pounds of rice and 95,000 pounds
of Java coffee, was to sail in April for San Francisco; ship Victoria, at
Calcutta, was loading with half a million pounds of rice for this port.
There was a slightly increased demand for money
to-day, and an active demand for gold bars. Of $1,100,000 received since last
steamer day, $500,000 was deposited in the Mint.
Forty-two cabin passengers are booked for to-morrow's
steamer.
The claim of A. L. Boggs to land in Napa is confirmed
by Judge Hoffman.
The deposition of George Hyde, lawyer in this city,
and Alcalde from 1846 to 1849, is very material
evidence sustaining the allegations of fraud in the Sherreback
Claim.
Commissions have been received from Washington for the
following Postmasters: Samuel R. Perry, Rio Vista, Solano County; William Horr, Lone Star, Placer county; William Grandleer,
Dougherty's Station, Alameda county; Edwin A. Dunlap, Shaw's Flat, Tuolumne
county; Ansel A. Hemenway,
Long Tom, Lane county, Oregon; Samuel E. Haines, Jacksonville, Jackson county,
Oregon; Wm. R. McDaniel, Trinity Center, Trinity county.
The following persons have been appointed as
Postmasters: John M. Davidson, St. Louis, Sierra county; J.H. Schanck, Cottage Grove, Klamath county; John Bickford, Nicolaus, Sutter county; F. H. Trapperier,
West Point, Calaveras county; William D. Wilson, Cosumnes,
Sacramento county; Casey Newhouse, McCartyville,
Santa Clara county; Henry W. McGee, Onion Valley, Plumas county; L. J. Morrow,
Farmington (late Marietta), San Joaquin county; W. F. Heydluff,
Red Dog, Nevada county; Edward A. Kelton, Douglas
City, Trinity county; Charles E. Cook, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara county. The
Post office at Monoville, Mono county
is discontinued.
The Fourth of July Committee have
selected Rincon Hill for the exhibition of fire works.
The first Hebrew Benevolent Society incorporated
to-day. It undertakes to support the afflicted, relieve the
distressed, attend to the dying, and bury the dead of Israelitish
faith, and is supported by monthly assessments of members and donations. The
trustees are Leopold King, Charles Meyer, Benjmain
Isaacs, Jacob Rich, Pineus Berwin,
Joseph R. Newmark, Henry Meyer, Lewis Sharpe, and
Isaac Josephs.
A yacht race between four boats is made up for the 4th.
Heenan and Maria entered.
A correspondence between citizens and Phelan and Lynch
is published to-day. The latter agree to give a public exhibition soon.
LATE from the NORTH- REPORTED MASSACRE.
Portland (Oregon), June 26th, via Yreka,
June 30th.
The steamer Julia arrived last night and brings Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s Express, with $250,000 in gold dust.
It is reported by the Dalles
Mountaineer of June 25th, that a party of miners, numbering
sixty, have been massacred by Klamath Lake Indians. The party came from Jacksonville,
and when near Klamath Lake were attacked by the
Indians and all but six of their number were killed.
While the services at “the golden wedding” of Rev. Dr.
Nelson of Leicester, Massachusetts, were proceeding lately in the Town Hall,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sargent, one of the oldest residents
in town, fell in a fit while going down stairs from the hall, and expired
instantly. The circumstances caused a sad and solemn ending of the proceedings
of the day.
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Sacramento Daily Union
July 3, 1862
pg. 3
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
HISTORICAL SOCIEITY IN TUOLUMNE COUNTY. A
correspondent of the San Joaquin Republican writing from Sonora lately,
speaks of a very creditable Society which has been established there:
In 1855 Dr. Snell and several other gentlemen of this
city organized the "Historical and Scientific Association of Tuolumne
county", and the worthy President set himself to work to add additional
minerals, fossils and other curiosities to his cabinet; and now the people of
Sonora can boast of having one of the most complete cabinets of minerals in the
State. The miners all through this county assisted him in his laudable efforts
to collect and preserve the fossils, petrifactions and choice specimens of
minerals and ores which came from their tunnels and shafts, and in this way
thousands of singular formations, together with varieties of quartz, ores and sulphurets fill his wonderful cabinet of California
productions. The Federal Govenment has since
presented to the Association four hundred, the State of California one hundred,
and private individuals fifty volumes, and now the property of the Association
is valued at $15,000. In his cabinet I was shown many handsome specimens and
told the districts from whence they came, and had explained the various sulphurets. Ranged along the side of each other were
specimens of gold, platina, iron, silver, copper,
zinc, lead, antimony, bismuth, plumbago, stealite or soap-stone, manganese, nickel, chrome and
Franklinite, and was shown quite a large speciman of
this latter ore, which was found but a short distance from this city, and is
pronounced very valuable. In another department were fossil remains of the elephant,
mastodon , the frontal bone of the great saurian
(belonging to the reptile or lizard family,) tooth of the ancient hyena, and a
tusk of the walrus, all found in Table Mountain, at the depth of 300 to 1,000
feet. A relic of some former race, who inhabited California at a very remote
period, was pointed out to me, found in a tunnel which was run in the side of
Table Mountain 2,000 feet, which had evidently been wrought by the hands of
man, the material being hematite of iron. There was a hole
pierced throught is center, which when brought to Dr.
Snell was filled with cinnabar. Many other antique specimens of manufacture
were shown to me, some of which presented a singular appearance, differing
materially from those now in use by the Indians of
California. Stone mortars, bowls, dishes, and scoops had been brought him by
the miners who found them buried deep "into the bowels of the earth."
CAMP SECO MINES. The Stockton Independent, referring
to those mines, of which recent mention was made in the UNION
says:
It is now a pretty well established fact that the
copper vein, recently developed in the neighborhood of Campo Seco, Calaveras county, is a
continuation of the Keystone vein at Copperopolis. It has been found on two
claims, the Campo Seco and the Lancha
Plana, each located within a mile and a half of town. The croppings
are similar to those on the Copperopolis vein; and after digging down thirty
feet the lode presents well defined sulphurets. At
seventy feet depth, on the Lancha Plana claim, the
vein is from two to three feet wide, and as, says over forty per cent of
copper. In consequence of these late developments copper claims around Campo Seco have taken a great rise. We learn that the same prices
are asked for shares in the new claims as for those in the Union and Keystone
companies. We have heard of one man, who two months ago would have been glad to
sell out his whole interest for $500, is now talking in confidence of his
fortune in copper, at the high figure of $50,000.
A HEROIC WOMAN. It is stated in an Eastern paper that
the wife of Gen. W. H. L. Wallace of Ottawa went up to Pittsburg on one of the
first boats after the battle, having heard that her husband was wounded. But
when she arrived she found him dead. The sequel is related as follows:
For a season she yielded to the great grief of her
bereaved soul, and wept over her dead, refusing to be comforted. But when she
saw all around on the boat the men who had fought and fallen with him there,
yet alive in pain and thirst, with none to help them, she turned from her dead
to the living, and all night long went from man to man with water and words of
comfort and the holy succor that must come out of such an inspiration in such a
place.
THE RHODE ISLAND TROOPS. We learn
from the New York Express of the passage through that city, May 28th, of
nearly a thousand fresh volunteers from the noble little State of Rhode Island,
on their way to the seat of the war. Five hundred of men belong to the Ninth
and found hundred to the Tenth Regiment. The Express says:
A nearly sufficient number of men have been enrolled
to fill up both regiments, but arms and uniforms could not be supplied in time,
and the remainder of the men will arrive here on Friday morning. The officers
of the Ninth regiment are in command.
BURGLARY IN MARIPOSA COUNTY. The house
of John Irish, at Hornitas, was entered by burglars
on Thursday evening, June 26th, and robbed of a few articles. Some gold that
was concealed in the house they did not find.
HIGHT of MOUNT DIABLO. Professor
Whitney has ascertained the hights of Mount Diablo to
be 8,881 feet above mean tide. This is about 500 feet less than the altitude of
the ground on which stands the Big Tree Grove of Calaveras.
I.O.O.F. The following officers were elected in
Sutter Lodge, No. 100, at Nicolaus, June 28th.:
C. S. Haswell, N.G.; Fred B.
Haswell, V.G.; E.W. Sheets, R.S.; D. Ray, Treasurer;
Geo. W. Smith, D.A. Rider, L.B. Comstock, Trustees.
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Sacramento Daily Union
July 4, 1862
Page 1
THE MURDERS IN BUTTE COUNTY. A
correspondent of the UNION, writing from Rock Creek, Butte county,
June 30th, gives some further particulars with reference to the recent murders
there:
The names of the children of Mrs. Hickok, two of whom
were murdered, were Ida, aged seventeen; Mary, aged thirteen, and Frank, aged
eight years. Their mother lived on a small ranch at the mouth of Rock Creek
Canon. The body of the eldest was found entirely divested of clothing, and not
a trace or scrap has yet been found. The youngest girl was found near by, in the middle of the stream, worse mangled than
the eldest. The boy has not yet been found, and is either a prisoner or has
been relieved from his tortures by death, and hid among the mountain gorges.
There is a small company of brave men in pursuit, but it is hardly probable
that they can follow the trail at this season of the year. The disconsolate
mother is driven, with two remaining but helpless children, from her only
source of support, and is now dependent upon the cold charity of the world.
For the information of any who may wish to know Mrs.
Hickok's address, it is Rock Creek Post Office, Butte county.
The deceased girls were models of industry, and were
their mother's brightest hopes. I need hardly say the feelings of the community
are deep and intense. Petitions are circulating for the removal of all the
valley Indians in this county, as many believe them to be in league with those
in the mountains, or at least form a blind for mountain Indians to get into the
valley. Subscriptions are also circulating for a reward to the company who will
return the lost child, either dead or alive to his mother. Several hundred
dollars are already subscribed. Major Bidwell gives $100,
and $50 more to the family.
LA PORTE MESSENGER. The
editorial department of this paper, it is stated, is to be soon under the
charge of James O'Sullivan, formerly of the Sonora Herald.
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LEG BROKEN. A man named Page residing at the Half
Way House on the Mokelumne Hill road, leading out of
Stockton, was thrown from his carriage recently, near the Insane Asylum, and
had his left leg broken in two places.
WEAVERVILLE. The Fourth will be celebrated at this
place. Charles Westmoreland, the editor of the Shasta Courier, will
deliver the oration.
SONS of TEMPERANCE. A division
of Sons of Temperance, with twenty-four charter members, was organized at
Nicolas, Sutter county, June 30th. The following
officers were elected at first meeting, and regularly installed by James A.
Davidson, G.L. for the State: C.S. Haswell, W.P.;
Peter Woodruff, W.A.; A. De Linge, R.S.; S. Morline, Assist. R.S.; W.S. Davis, T.; C. Musser, Con.;
John P. Johnson, O.S.; S.M. Weller, P.W.P.
SALT WORKS IN COLUSA COUNTY. The Colusa Sun gives
the following notice of a portion of its local resources:
John Heaton, Deputy County Assessor, has shown us a
quantity of salt from the new salt works in the western part of this county.
They are situated in Antelope Valley, on Grape Vine creek, and are about thirty
miles southwest from Colusa. There are three salt springs that discharge the
water from the side of a hill. Sias, Cooper &
Co., have for some time been experimenting with the water, and have constructed
a number of extensive vats, into which it is conducted for evaporation. They
are about erecting machinery for grinding the salt for table purposes. The salt
brought here is in the form of pure white crystals, very hard and bright.
Ground fine it would make an excellent article of table salt. They have several
tons evaporated at the springs now, and it bids fair to be a paying enterprise.
DIFFICULTY NEAR VALLEJO. The Solano Press
of June 28th, says:
On Tuesday night last, certain squatters built a house
in the field of Manuel Vara, near Vallejo. On
Wednesday morning an armed party of about sixteen men were
found pretecting it from being taken away or
destroyed. Shortly after that several landholders appeared upon the premises.
Deputy Sheriff Chapman, of Vallejo, being notified that there was a riotous
assembly there, went out and ordered all present to disperse; which being done,
he left for Vallejo. Soon after the building was taken down, both parties being
present, and many threats made, but nobody injured. Several arrests for
malicious mischief were made.
RAILROAD SUBSCRIPTION. The sum of
$35,000 was subscribed a day or two since in Stockton for the Copperopolis
Railroad. It is intended to commence soon surveying and laying out the road.
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San Francisco July 1st
(Copy unreadable)
(Copy unreadable) named Gerke,
who dislocated his (unreadable) falling from a wagon recently, died at the
Hospital last night.
A man in the employ of Dr. Cole fell from the second
story of a window and fractured his hip.
Alexander Forbes obtained judgment against the brig
Theresa, to-day, for $1,500 for merchandise lost.
The libel in the case of John Potter against the ship
Inspector has been dismissed.
Miss Alexandria Rivas, indicted for an assault with a
deadly weapon, was convicted of assault and battery and sentenced to three
months in the county jail, in default of three hundred dollars fine.
The steamer Senator brings Los Angeles papers of the
27th of June.
It was rumored in Los Angeles that Col. Carleton's
command had been suspended by the War Department, pending the investigation of
charges against him.
The telegraph line between Los Angeles and San
Francisco is all up except a small gap at Canga Pass.
It will be in working order in a few days.
The body of one Yates, well known in
Los Angeles, and other bodies, have been found on the trail to the
Colorado mines. These persons are supposed to have perished for want of water.
The steamer Pacific brings $32,000 from Portland, and
$34,700 from Victoria. Unfavorable intelligence is received from Salmon river. The news from Nez Perces
continues to be exciting. There was plenty of work for all. Miners were
arriving in droves from Salmon. Flour was $28 per hundred; bacon 50 cent per
pound.
The Mountaineer of June 20th says: "At the
moment we go to press a rumor reaches us that a large number of miners have
been massacred by Klamath Lake Indians. The party, sixty strong, came from
Jacksonville. When near Klamath Lake they were attacked by Indians, and all but
six of their number perished.
The floods in Portland will not prove so disastrous as was first supposed. The water was falling
rapidly.
Reports from Cariboo are
conflicting. The water still high. Numbers of miners
were returning disgusted. A new creek discovered fifty miles above Antler, propects fifty cents to the pan. There were a great many
rumors of new and rich discoveries.
Dr. Walker, an Englishman, formerly of San Francisco,
did at Forks Quesuelle, of destitution.
An extract from a private letter from San Francisco,
in the Victoria Press, says: "I met Mr. Myers and G. T. Gordon,
ex-Treasurer, here. Gordon says he escaped at six a.m., by means of a key that
he had in his possession for a long time, all ready. He sails very soon for
England. I understood him to say that he arrived just too late for the last
outgoing steamer. He is privately jolly, and looks as usual."
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SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION
July 5, 1862
page 2
From San Francisco July 2nd
A man named John SHARBOOR was arrested this evening on
a charge of assault with intent to commit rape. It is reported that the victim
is aged about twelve years. The complaint is made by John LANARI. Friends of
the accused say the charge is false.
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Guiseppi POGGI sues Francisco GALIARDI for
$20,000, for false imprisonment.
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A man named ADAMS, who absconded from New Jersey with
$17,000 belonging to his partner, was arrested at Victoria recently, and went
home with an officer on the steamer St. Louis.
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There will be thirty military companies on parade,
including SIBLEY'S Battalion, on the 4th of July.
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A Maltese named CAMMELARD went home last night, and,
exclaiming as if in pain, died immediately. It is presumed that he was poisoned
by liquor obtained at a picayune shop.
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A seaman, Jonathan P. GOBERTS, of the flagship
Lancaster, fell from aloft, and was killed, as the vessel was leaving the Navy
Yard yesterday.
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The Lodges and Encampments have elected officers as
follows:
Golden Gate Encampment No. 1 - James DAVIS, C.P.; O.C.
MORRILL, H.P.; William ROBINSON, S.W.; Julius JACOBS, scribe.; David
HUNTER, Treasurer; S.W. SONNEDECKER, J.W.
Excelsior Degree Lodge No. 2 - Henry KIMBALL, Degree
Master; Henry WILBER, D.D.M.; David LOUDERBACK, A.D.D.M.; Charles LANGLEY,
V.G.; Julius JACOBS, Secretary; John PHILLIPS, Treasurer.
San Francisco Lodge No. 3 - Henry D. BROOKS, Noble
Grand; J.H. RAMON, Vice Guard; J.E. MARCHAND, Recording Secretary; Henry J.
HELLMAN, Treasurer; J. DONOVAN, Permanent Secretary; Henry KIMBALL, Jno. C. MITCHELL, Trustees.
Harmony Lodge No. 13 - Peter LANDER, N.G.; Julius
BARKHAUSEN, V.G.; Moses SELIG, Recording Secretary; C.G. STAHL, Permanent
Secretary; C. WERNER, Treasurer.
Templar Lodge No. 17 - E.N. BURLIEU, N.G.; C.F.
PIDWELL, V.G.; J.F. MILLER, R.S.; R. CAIRNS, Treasurer; P.A. HUCHEZ, P.S.;
P.G.M.S.H. PARKER, P.G.; Samuel S. SIMPTON, T. RANKIN, Trustees.
Magnolia Lodge No. 20 - Jno.
SKELLY, N.G.; Jas. S. PRICE, V.G.; John JACKSON, R.S.; Ernest SUSKIND,
Treasurer; F.D. MORRILL, P.S.; J.K. PHILLIPS, J.W. VAN ZANDT and J. VAN RIPER,
Trustees.
California Lodge No. 1 - Jas. ADAMS, N.G.; Henry
WILBERN, V.G.; A.G. BECK, R.S.; Royal FISKE, Trustee; Jas. DAVIS and Wm.
ROBINSON, Cemetery Committee.
Bay City Lodge No. 71 - Jacob H. HECHT, N.G.; N.S.
BUCKMAN, V.G.; H. ROBITCHECK, R.S.; L. NEWMAN, P.S.; J. L. LANG, Treasurer; M.
HELLER, Trustee.
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Mrs. MASON, living on Broadway, took a large dose of
laudanum to-night, and is dying. Her daughter, Mrs. SWAZEY, is lying in the
same bed insensible. Cause unexplained. Mrs. SWAZEY is at Vallejo.
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SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION
July 5, 1862
Page 3
EN ROUTE. - Franklin HICKOK, the father of the
two girls who were recently murdered and scalped near Chico, in Butte County,
by the Indians, arrived in Sacramento at noon yesterday, from the Humboldt
mines. He had left his family in Butte county, and
crossed the mountains to Washoe in search of employment. Being a millwright he
received an order from John C. FALL to go to the Humboldt region to put up a
mill. On reaching that point he learned that different arrangements had been
made and that his services would not be needed. While still unemployed he
received a message from home informing him of the terrible fate of this three children. He left Humboldt on Friday last, and
will proceed to Marysville by to-day's boat. The family arrived in this State
from Wisconsin about a year ago, with very limited means, and very soon had a
span of horses worth $1,100 stolen from them. The father and the deceased
daughter, Ida, then worked several months for the proprietor of a new flour
mill in the northern part of the State, who subsequently failed, they losing
thereby all that was due them. The experience of the family in California has
been that of misfortune only.
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SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION
July 6, 1862
page 2
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS. - A
dispatch to the Bee, yesterday, has the following news from China, and
in relation to the action of the Democratic State Central Committee:
The United States steamer Saginaw, Commodore WATKINS,
arrived last night, fifty-three days from Whampoa. By her we received Hongkong (sic) dates to March 9th. Her memorandum
say the Cortes had arrived at Shaghae and gone
up to Yangtzse - passage over, thirty-one days.
Continued fighting was going on between the English, French and Imperialists on
one side, and the rebels on the other, in the neighborhood of Shanghae, the reports of the guns being heard very
distinctly in the foreign settlements at nearly all hours. On the 16th of May
the French Admiral was killed in one of the actions, being at that time in the
midst of his men, and singular to say, the only one hurt. Everything quiet at Hakodadi. A desperate attempt was made to take the screw
passenger ship Iron Prince, on her voyage from Hongkong
to Macao, a distance of over forty miles by some Chinese passengers, acting in
concert with three piratical junks. As the captain was taking lunch, some of
the Chinese passengers looked into the cabin, and at the same time two junks
were seen near at hand, crowded with men. A third junk appeared, and with
tremendous yells the Chinese on board began to throw stinkpots into the cabin
and engineers' room. The captain called the European passengers and crew aft,
and in less than a minute the engineer was shot through the arm, the mate
stabbed, and one of the Manila crew thrown overboard. The pirates had
possession of the vessel for three-quarters of an hour. The captain posted his
crew and passengers, and kept up a well directed fire on the pirates, the
greater portion of whom jumped overboard and were
drowned. The mate and the master were killed. A lady passenger named DUNN acted
with great heroism. The captain brought his vessel back to Hongkong.
One of the Chinese pirates, who was brought back, was
shot through five times with a revolver.
The Union Democratic State Central Committee met in
the Twelfth District Court room yesterday. The proceedings were conducted with
closed doors. The Committee organized at twelve M., D. D. COLTON presiding and
LATIMER officiating as Secretary. After unanimous adoption of a resolution
endorsing the letter addressed by General COLTON to VAN DYKE, a Sub-Committee
of five was appointed to draft resolutions and a platform - it appearing to be
the general sense that no State Convention should be called. The Committee then
adjourned until eight p.m. On the reassembling of the Committee, HOGE, from the
Sub-Committee, presented the resolutions, and they with two or three additional
ones, were adopted. They reaffirm the Fourth of July resolutions of last year,
and are, in their general features and almost in letter, similar to the
resolutions contained in the document known as the Rhode Island platform, upon
which Governor SPRAGUE was elected. Judge HIGBY, who recently accepted a
nomination for Senator from the Fusion Union party in Calaveras county, while
yet a member of the Union Democratic State Central Committee, was, by
resolution, expelled. GREEN, one of the Representatives from El Dorado, and
ARNOLD, who represented Placer county, resigned; and another gentleman, who
held the proxy of LEE of Santa Barbara, was not admitted to a seat. It is
understood that all these gentlemen intend to support the nominee of the June
Convention; and the action of the Committee in regard to them was instigated by
a wish to express their opposition to fusion movements of all kinds. Col.
Jonathan D. STEVENSON of San Francisco was nominated for Superintendent of
Public Instruction. The nomination was accepted, and at 11 p.m., the Committee
adjourned, subject to the call of the President.
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SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION
July 7, 1862
page 1
THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The San Francisco Herald of July 4th has the
following particulars in reference to this matter, lately referred to in the
Union:
We published an item in regard to the perilous
position of a Mrs. MASON, who had taken a heavy dose of laudanum. Since then we
have learned additional and reliable particulars. She is a of
a wealthy family, resident in Australia. Her daughter, who has been ill for
some time, has always been very indiscreet in regard to diet whenever she has
rallied, and consequently immediately relapsed. She had rallied on Wednesday,
and her mother coming in and finding that she had been again indiscreet,
notwithstanding her delicate condition, became disheartened, divested herself
of her rings, and bidding farewell to her friends, disrobed, and again dressed
herself as a finality, and took a dose of laudanum - about an ounce and a half.
About an hour after the dose was taken, Dr. J. R. BOYCE was called in. Not
having been advised of the nature of the case, he was not prepared to act as
promptly as he otherwise would have done. He immediately administered emetics,
which failed to act, and was subsequently compelled to send for a stomach pump,
which he applied. He continued his attentions till half-past one o'clock A.M.,
when she was deemed out of danger, and expressed her thanks that she had not
been permitted to carry out her foolish suicide intention. Mrs. MASON is doing
well - a better and wiser woman.
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CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE. - We find
the annexed items in the San Francisco Monitor:
The Annual Retreat of the Clergy of the Archdiocese
will commence next Tuesday at the Mission Dolores Church.
Right Rev. Doctor AMAT, Bishop of Monterey, is on a
visit to the city.
It is contemplated, we understand, to build a new and
much larger edifice, on the site of St. Patrick's Church, Market street.
A frame building intended for the residence of the
Pastor is now in course of erection. It is on the lot between the church and
Orphans Asylum, fronting Market street.
Rev. Father CROKE, V. G., has returned to the city
after a visit of several weeks to the southern section of the State.
John O'KANE, Treasurer of the Irish Relief Fund,
remitted by the steamer of Tuesday, the sum of six hundred dollars, to Rev.
Father LAVELLE, for the benefit of the poor in Party. Further donations will be
received by O'KANE, who will forward the same to Ireland.
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A DWELLING HOUSE BURNED. - On Tuesday, July 1st, a
house in Wild Horse Valley, Napa county, belonging to
one MURPHY, was destroyed. The family had gone to a field some half a mile
distant, and left at home two small children, the youngest of whom was left
sleeping on a bed. The eldest, who was scarce more than an infant, managed to
drag the youngest from the house, and rescue it from a horrible death. The fire
is supposed to have been caused by the elder in some accidental manner
communicating it to inflammable materials in the house.
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SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION
July 7, 1862
page 4
SMARTSVILLE. - The Fourth was celebrated at this
place in Yuba county, by a salute, a ball, which one
hundred and thirty couples attended, and a fine supper. During the day J. R.
RINES, a carpenter, had his left arm so severely injured by the premature
discharge of a cannon, that amputation was necessary. Another man, RIGGINGS by
name, who was assisting RINES in ramming home the charge, was also severely
injured, his face and hands being badly burned, so that one of his eyes is
destroyed and the other is supposed to be partially so; and his right hand was
so badly lacerated that the amputation of two fingers was found to be
necessary. The Appeal says:
RIGGINGS has a wife and family, and subscription paper
was circulated around town yesterday for their benefit and that of RINES, by W.
T. ELLIS and James HAWORTH, whose calls upon our citizens were very liberally
responded to, the sum of $800 having been raised during yesterday afternoon.
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DEATH OF JUDGE PETER LOTT. - Peter
LOTT, American Consul at Tehuantepec, Mexico, died at that place March 10th, of
congestion of the bowels. He was a native of Pemberton, New Jersey, and emigrated to Quincy, Illinois, in 1835. He held in that
State the positions of Clerk of the Circuit Court, member of the Legislature
and Judge of the Fifth Judicial District. He served also in the Mexican War.
Subsequently he emigrated to this State and was at one
time assistant editor of the San Francisco Times and Transcript. He
was afterwards Superintendent of the San Francisco Mint.
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ARRIVAL OF THE ORIZABA. - The
steamship Orizaba, from Panama, arrived at San Francisco Thursday night, July
3d. She had New York dates to June 9th, and brought three hundred and four
passengers and 3,692 packages of freight. Among her passengers are:
E. HEATHFIELD and wife, J. M. DAVIS and wife, Senorita
Maria DAVIS, J. HOLT, F. CANELL, A.G. GORDON, Mrs. WHITMAN, J. H. SHAMAN, Maria
MEYERS, F. H. MATHEY, M.T. EASTMAN, Miss EASTMAN, Rev. G. A. EASTON, G. A.
DILL, Mrs. L. F. MACY and daughter, J. T. McDONALD
and wife, J. A. ROBINSON, J. H. DEWEY, J. P. LOUANSDALE, wife and three
children; A. F. DEXTER, Miss CARTER, W. L. MEANS, Mrs. WHITEHOUSE, W. H.
WILLETT, H. A. HABER, John J. HUNT, Miss J. HUBER and sister, Capt. FLEMING,
Henry EDMONDS, Jas. MOOREHEAD, Miss FREEMAN, Mr. GORLEY, Julia DAVIDSON, Mary
CHIBALD, A. ROBERTSON, J. R. MEAGHER, G.C. PANSEN, J. SACQUANTO, Miss
HENNENMER, MISS E. PARMENTER, Mrs. Elizabeth A. DODGE and child, F. VERDENAL,
D. F. VERDENAL, Miss PALMER, P.J. DENVER and wife, A. FOSS, D. BROMER, F.
HILDEBRAND, B. SUBERT, Miss V. LANQUIZ, ----- IRISH and wife, C. H. HILL and wife,
Miss BALDWIN, Mrs. BAILEY, J. W. WITCHER, J. W. SMITH, Mrs. WEBSTER, J. R.
FIELD, A. SMITH, M. YANTS, I. YANTS, Q. KNEELAND, Mrs. A. B. CANOLE, E.
CUNNINGHAM, W. C. SCOTT and wife, Mrs. C. A. POWERS and child, Mrs. H. S. ALL,
and 204 others.
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SHOOTING AFFRAY. - A Prussian barber has been imprisoned
in the El Dorado jail for shooting a man named HARGRAVES at Newton, June 29th.
HARGRAVES, as a correspondent informs us, is a Secessionist, and insulted the
barber, who is a Union man, repeatedly. It is doubtful whether HARGRAVES
recovers.
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UNION IN PLUMAS. - The Republican and Union Central
Committees in Plumas County have issued a joint call for a Union County
Convention, to nominate a Legislative ticket. Thomas SHANNON is likely to be
the nominee of the Unionists for Senator.
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NEVADA. - The fourth passed off at this place in fine
style. Salutes were fired, a procession formed with a
military escort, and an oration was delivered by A. C. NILES. There were
fireworks in the evening.
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BY TELEGRAPH TO THE UNION.
Report Contradicted - Accident - Tariff - Laying of
Corner Stone - Assault - Arrests - Arrival.
San Francisco, July 6th.
The rumored death of Commodore STANLEY and wife, at
Napa, is unfounded. The party was heard from yesterday and all well.
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Marcus WINSLOW, State prison guardsman, had his left
arm blown off above the elbow while firing a salute at San Quentin on Friday.
--
A private Washington dispatch from T. G. PHELPS says
the tariff on sugar is from two and three-fifths to five cents per pound; rice,
cleaned, one cent and a half per pound; uncleaned
three-fourths of one cent. Tea and coffee are unchanged.
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A MAN KILLED - STABBING AFFAIR - FOUND DEAD -
SLANDERER KILLED.
Weaverville, July 6th.
At Brown's creek, a man named DAVIS killed on MARSH by
a blow of his fist, breaking his neck. Both were intoxicated at the time. The
murderer is still at large.
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At Canon Creek, two men got into a difficulty over a
game of cards. One SLOAN stabbed his opponent in the breast. The wound is
considered dangerous.
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At Lewiston, a miner, name unknown, was found dead in
his cabin. The cause of death has not been ascertained as yet.
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SUICIDE IN YREKA.
Yreka, July 6th.
Daniel MORRIS, formerly from Iowa, late of Shasta
county, committed suicide last night at the house of Frank HERR, Shasta valley,
by shooting himself in the head with a shot gun. Insanity, superinduced
by neuralgia in the head, is supposed to be the cause.
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BODY FOUND - DROWNED.
Portland, July 3rd.
Yesterday afternoon the body of a man was found
floating in the river; around his neck was fastened a rope, to which was
fastened a stone weighing eighteen pounds. The corpse was horribly mutilated
and disfigured. Papers found upon the body leave but little doubt that the
unfortunate man is Col. W. G. T'VAULT of Jacksonville, for several years
connected with the Oregon Sentinel.
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John ICEBURG, formerly of San Francisco, was drowned
in Snake River on the 27th.
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MARYSVILLE. - The Fourth was duly observed in this
place. There was a fine display of the American flag on the buildings. The
oration was delivered by Judge FREELON of San Francisco. There was an
exhibition of fireworks in the evening.
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FIRE IN PETALUMA. - A fire
took place in this town July 3d. PIERSON sustained a loss of about $1,000,
AYRES $500, CONGLETON $125, ARMSTRONG $500, LANSDON $50, Captain HEWLETT, W. H.
HEDGES, A. BOND, and HINMAN & Co., are also small losers.
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FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO. - At a fire
in San Francisco, Saturday morning, July 5th, on Sacramento street,
four dwelling houses, belonging to Mrs. JOHNSON, Mrs. SHAFFER and others were
destroyed.
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SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION
July 7, 1862
page 4
PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNION DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.
The Union Democratic State Central Committee met in
San Francisco pursuant to call, Thursday, July 2d, and was called to order by
their Chairman, D. D. COLTON.
The Secretary, C. E. DE LONG, being absent, L. D.
LATIMER was elected Secretary pro tem.
The following members from the counties indicated
answered to their names:
Butte and Plumas - N. D. PLUM, J. P. HOGE, proxy.
El Dorado - J.J. GREEN; John HUME, James J. GREEN
proxy.; E. WILLOW, JAMES J. GREEN proxy.
Tehama and Colusa - Charles FISHER.
Fresno and Tulare - Wm. MORRIS, J. P. HOGE, proxy.
Mariposa, Merced and Stanislaus - Miner WALDRON.
Mendocino, Napa and Lake - Edward McGARRY,
John M. O. NEIL proxy.
Monterey and Santa Cruz - John M. O. NEIL.
Mono - L. QUINT
Nevada - J. K. BYRNE, J. P. HOGE proxy; S.H. CHASE, D.
MAHONEY proxy.
Placer - L. B. ARNOLD
Sacramento - J. W. COFFROTH, D. D. COLTON proxy; Frank
DENVER, D. D. COLTON, proxy; P. H. MUMFORD.
San Diego and San Bernardino - Paul R. HUNT, J. P.
HOGE proxy.
San Francisco - D. MAHONEY, D. D. COLTON.
San Mateo and San Francisco - John B. SHAFFER, J. P.
HOGE, William R. GORHAM.
San Joaquin - William H. LYONS.
Solano and Yolo - Jerome C. DAVIS, J. P. HOGE proxy.
Sonoma - L. D. LATIMER.
Santa Clara - N. B. EDWARDS, John B. SHAFFER proxy.
Sierra - W. J. FORBES
Yuba - C. E. DE LONG, D. D. COLTON proxy.
On motion it was:
Resolved, That the resolution of the Committee
passed July 10, 1861, admitting E. W. CORBETT to cast the vote of Mr. LEE of
Santa Barbara, in future meetings of this Committee, be rescinded.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted.:
Resolved, That General D. D. COLTON, in refusing
to disband the Union Democratic party of California, at the request of the
State Central Committee of the Republican organization, has carried out the
will and wish of this Committee, and we hereby tender to him our thanks for so
doing.
A communication from Mr. VAN DYKE was rejected
unanimously. Further communications, inviting the Union Democratic party to abandon its organization and unite in a new Union
party, were laid on the table.
The following Committee of five upon resolutions and
order of business was appointed by the Chairman: J. P. HOGE, San Francisco;
Leander QUINT, Tuolumne; W. J. FORBES, Sierra; W. H. LYONS, San Joaquin; S. P.
FISHER, Tehama.
The following resolution, offered by Mr. WALDEN, was adopted.:
Resolved, That William HIGBY of Calaveras, a
member of this Committee who has betrayed the trust reposed in him by
counseling and advising and co-operating with the Republican leaders and
officeholders for the purpose of disorganizing the Union Democratic party of
this State, be and he is hereby expelled from this Committee.
On motion, D. D. COLTON and David MAHONEY were added
to Committee on Resolutions, etc.
The Committee then adjourned to eight o'clock P.M.
At eight o'clock P.M. the Committee met again, pursuant
to adjournment, D. D. COLTON, Chairman, in the chair.
The Committee on Resolutions, Order of Business, etc.,
reported the following:
Resolutions Concerning Nomination of School
Superintendent.
WHEREAS, the people of the State, just recovering from
the effects of the disastrous floods of the last Winter, are now husbanding
their resources and economizing the better to meet the demands of the
Government in the present national crisis. And whereas, members of the party
throughout the State have expressed to this Committee their general desire that
no Convention should be called for the nomination of a high State officer, and
have urged upon the Committee the necessity and propriety of themselves making
the nomination. Now, therefore, in compliance with such general claim, and
believing it to be the wish of the party, be it hereby.
Resolved, That this Committee deem it inexpedient
to impose upon the party throughout the State the unnecessary expense of
holding a State Convention at this time.
Resolved, That this Committee do now proceed to
nominate a competent and suitable person to be supported by the Union
Democratic party of this State at the ensuing election, for the office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Pending the discussion of these resolutions, Mr. GREEN
tendered his resignation and withdrew from the Committee. The resignation was
accepted and the resolutions were adopted.
L. B ARNOLD of Placer tendered his resignation and it
was accepted.
J. D. STEVENSON NOMINATED for SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
J. D. STEVENSON'S name was placed in nomination for
Superintendent of Public Instruction. Having endorsed the platform, Colonel
STEVENSON was nominated by acclamation.
The following resolution, offered by Mr. QUINT, was
adopted.
Resolved, That we, the members of the Union
Democratic State Central Committee, each pledge ourselves to stand by the
platform of the party this day adopted, and to support the nomination of J. D.
STEVENSON, for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to use
all honorable means to secure his election.
The following resolution, offered by Mr. FORBES, was
adopted:
Resolved, That we most earnestly recommend to the
Union Democratic County Committees, in various counties of the State, prompt
and decisive action in keeping up and maintaining their county organizations,
and that we call upon the Democracy to meet in Convention in the various
counties and districts throughout the State, and nominate and elect a
Democratic ticket at the coming election.
The Committee then adjourned to meet at the call of
the Chairman.
DAVID D. COLTON, Chairman
L.D. LATTIMER, Secretary, pro tem.
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ATTACK ON INDIANS. - The Butte Record of July
5th, referring to the party that has lately been in pursuit of the Indians who
committed the late outrages in that county, says:
We learn that the party in pursuit of the Indians
attacked their camp on Tuesday night, killing several, when the Indians fled in
confusion. The clothing of the little boy, a brother of the murdered girls,
captured at the time, was recovered. It was not ascertained whether the Indians
had murdered him. He was six or seven years of age.
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SUPPOSED SUICIDE. - One
Ernest HENRY was found dead, July 4th, two or three miles up Feather river from Marysville, hanging by the neck. It is supposed
he committed suicide.
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July 7, 1862
page 5
CAUTION - Charles E. OLNEY, SANBORN and others,
members of the Olney Company, owners of the ground known as the "Francis
Board ground" in Gold Hill, Storey county, Nevada Territory: You are
hereby notified not to trespass on the ground known as "Gold Hill Gold and
Silver Mining Company" (formerly known as the "Gold Hill
Company" or "Coppers and Mills Ground") either by stakes or
otherwise. By the order of the Board of Trustees,
Robert APPLE, Sec. Gold Hill Gold and Silver Mining
Co.
Gold Hill (N.T.), July 2, 1862.
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ACCIDENT. - As one SULLIVAN, in the employ of C.
H. TAYLOR, of San Antonio, Sonoma County, was returning home from Petaluma,
lately, while descending a hill his horse became detached from the wagon, and
in his effort to curb him he was dragged to the ground and severely bruised,
and cut in the face, hands and legs.
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ACCIDENT IN BUTTE. - James
OSBORNE, of Megalia, fell from a tree, July 2nd, a
distance of forty feet, completely paralyzing his body.
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LARGE WHEAT. - The Knight's
Landing News has the following:
John LOUGHNOWER brought to our office a bunch of
wheat, the product of one grain, which contained one hundred and five heads of
wheat, and the combined weight of the grain from the one seed is eleven ounces.
It is of the variety known as club wheat. LOUGHNOWER has a field of fifty
acres, which it is estimated will yield seventy bushels to the acre.
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A RESIGNATION. - We are informed that H. R. S. ROWE,
the agent for this end of the overland stage route, has resigned. The cause of
the resignation we understand to be a misunderstanding between him and F.
COOKE, the General Superintendent of the overland route. Howard EAGAN, of Salt
Lake, succeeds ROWE.
Silver Age (Carson City.)
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THE LOST CHILD. - The efforts for the recovery of the
little boy - George DANSKIN - taken prisoner by the Indians, at the attack at
DABY'S Ferry, Humboldt county, have not yet been
successful.
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FIGHT AT NEVADA. - A man named DOLAN has been fined
ten dollars in Nevada for beating one KILLEEN over the head with a pistol, July
5th.
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July 7, 1862
page 7
ACCIDENTS in SAN FRANCISCO. The San
Francisco Journal, of July 5th, records the following accidents on the 4th.:
The most serious was that which occurred to a lad
named Gregory, whose parents reside on Natoma street, near Second. Some of the young lads in the
neighborhood had procured a piece of gas pipe, and, after plugging it up, had
drilled a hole in it for a vent; this making a miniature cannon, suited the
lads well, and they loaded and fired it with a slow match; but on the final
charge, when the accident occurred, the slow match, with which it had been
discharged previously, failed to ignite the powder in time to please the boys,
therefore the boy Gregory approached to ascertain the cause, when the explosion
of a very heavy charge took place, the pipe burst, and a piece struck the lad
on the side, tearing the flesh and muscles as it went, in a terrible manner,
leading every spectator to believe he could not live. There was another lad
injured at the same time in the hand, but not seriously. At about eight A.M.,
yesterday, a female, whose name could not be ascertained, entered the grocery
store on the corner of Pike and Washington streets, and without knowing that
the proprietor was cooking a "hasty breakfast", allowed her dress to
upset a fluid lamp, the flames from which communicated to her dress and in an
instant enveloped her in flames. The grocery keeper attempted to extinguish the
fire, but she became alarmed to such an extent that she ran out of the door to
the street, where the neighbors seeing her state gave her all the assistance in
their power; conspicuously amongst whom was DUPONT, the keeper of a shoe store
on Washington street, diagonally opposite, who tore the burning dress off, and
had his hands badly blistered in the operation, but succeeded in saving the
lady from serious injury, but with the loss of her outer clothing.
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The INDIAN MURDERS in BUTTE. - The Red
Bluff Beacon says, July 4th:
We learn from a friend at Tehama that the girls who
were murdered at Rock creek by the Indians were buried at Chico on Friday last.
The boy, their brother, who was taken prisoner at the same time, has not yet
been heard of. The Indians have threatened to burn Chico, and a strong guard is
kept there nightly. It is said that one of the
companies who were after the redskins arrived at their rancheria
ahead of the native, and have prepared quite a pleasant little surprise for
them when they return to their wigwams. It is now ascertained that the elder
one of the girls recently murdered by the Indians must have been killed before
aware of her danger. She was evidently shot (with an arrow) through the heart
while in the act of picking blackberries. The other was dragged a short
distance from the blackberry patch and then shot through and through with
arrows. The clothing of the elder was entirely stripped from her body.
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ROBBERIES in NEVADA COUNTY. - The Democrat
of July 3d says:
Several daring robberies and burglaries have lately
been perpetrated at Omega. A week or two ago the cabin of Conrad GRISSEL was
broken open in the daytime and robbed of about $100 in coin, which GRISSEL left
in a purse under his pillow. Last Friday night the sluice boxes of HOOK &
JOHNSON were cleaned up, and it is supposed the robbers got from $100 to $150
in amalgam. A night or two ago the store of HINES was broken open, but
fortunately the burglars earned all the money they got. The safe contained
about $8,000 in gold dust, which the burglars were after, but didn't get. HINES
was in the store writing until about 11 o'clock, and
the work must have been done between that time and morning.
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SAINT IGNATIUS COLLEGE. - The exercises in this
college, at San Francisco, closed Monday, June 30th. As there was no suitable
accommodation for the public, the exercises were private. The ceremony of the
distribution of premiums was performed Father VILLIGER, President of Santa
Clara College and Superior of the Jesuit Mission in California. He was assisted
by Father CONGIATO, President of the College, and Father BOUDREAUX, Perfect of
Studies. The other Professors were likewise present.
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FATAL ACCIDENT. - On Monday, June 23d, while William
HUSSEY was hauling a tree from the road, upon which he was at work, in Light's
Canon, Plumas county, it slipped from the stump upon
which it had lodged, and striking him a glancing blow on the head and breast,
caused injuries which resulted in his death on Tuesday morning. HUSSEY was an
old citizen of Indian Valley.
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SEVERE ACCIDENT. - Hector McKINNON,
a laborer employed near Galena in hewing timbers to be used in the Ophir tunnel at Virginia City, recently cut one of his feet
in a shocking manner, severing two of the toes therefrom.
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July 8, 1862
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SUMMONS. - STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Sutter, Nicolaus Township, ss. -
In Justice's Court, before Thos. C. HAMMOND, Justice
of the Peace. The People of the State of California to James S.
CRANE, greeting: You are hereby summoned to appear before the undersigned, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the Township of Nicolaus,
County of Sutter, at this office in said Township, on Friday, the 25th day of
July, 1862, at 12 o'clock M., to answer unto the complaint of HARRIS &
GRANDSTAFF, who sue to recover the sum of $48.33, upon an account for
blacksmith work done for you by plaintiffs, and for a balance due said
plaintiffs upon a certain promissory note drawn by you in said plaintiffs'
favor. And if you fail to appear and answer, the plaintiff then and there will
take judgment against you for the aforesaid amount, together with costs and
damages.
Given under my hand this 24th day of April, 1862.
Thos. C. HAMMOND, Justice of the Peace.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of said County: You
are hereby commanded to make due service and return of the above Summons.
Thos. C. HAMMOND, Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby ordered that the above Summons be
published in the Sacramento Daily Union once a week for a period of three
months from the date thereof.
Thos C. HAMMOND, Justice of the Peace, Nicolaus Township, Sutter County.
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July 9, 1862
page 2
FIRE AT SPRINGFIELD. - A wooden
building in Springfield, occupied and owned by M. FRIEDMAN as a store, took
fire on Saturday night, July 5th, and was totally destroyed, together with the
stock of goods it contained. The loss is estimated at $7,000 - insurance being effected to the amount of $5,000. FRIEDMAN was severely
burned in the effort to extinguish the flames.
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MINING ACCIDENTS. - A man
named Frank NACE had his leg broken by the caving of a bank, July 1st, at
Secret Diggings, Sierra county. Edward WICK, at
Newark, in the same county, had his collar bone fractured by a cave, recently.
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ACCIDENT IN ALAMEDA. - A young
man named SMITH was very seriously injured, lately, at San Lorenzo, by being
thrown from a horse.
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INJURED. - A man named John McCARTY
was run over by a fire engine, July 7th, in San Francisco, and severely injured
about the loins.
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HOMICIDE AT COULTERVILLE. - On June
30th, at Coulterville, Nathan CHANDLER shot with a double barreled shot gun a
man named CONNOR, and instantly killed him. The Mariposa Gazette remarks
of this affair:
The causes which led to this lamentable act, appears
to be that CONNOR had persistently abused CHANDLER for some years, threatening
his life, insulting him grossly in every way he could think of, besides
offering indignities of the worst character to his wife. The matter became
unendurable and was ended by the killing of CONNOR. The particulars of shooting
need not be related, as they were as usual in such cases - a quick and decisive
execution of vengeance upon him offending. CHANDLER gave himself up immediately,
and was examined before Justice COUNTS of Coulterville, who committed him to
jail in Mariposa, on the charge of murder in the first degree. A writ of habeas
corpus was issued and allowed by Judge BURKE, fixing bail at $10,000, which can
readily be obtained in Coulterville - the sympathies of the people of which
place being, with hardly an exception, with CHANDLER, believing that he has
done right. His trial will probably take place at the August term of the
District Court.
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SAN FRANCISCO. - A dispatch to the Bee yesterday
has the following:
A small lad named Wm. LINN was seen by one SELAVEN, as
he informed the police last evening, to fall through one of the city wharves on
Davis street. He was swept off by the current and
drowned.
A Young man named CUTLER, an employe
in Hobbs & Gilmore's box factory, while taking out some boxes, about nine
o'clock yesterday morning, upon the platform, stumbled and fell head foremost
to the ground below, a distance of about ten feet, sustaining a fracture of
both wrists and a severe injury in the head.
An intoxicated man named LEEDS or LEES, fell down a
cellar way on Jackson street last night and received a
gash above the left temple - a serious wound.
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HOWLAND FLAT. - The oration, July 4th, at this place,
Sierra county, was delivered by L.E. PRATT, of Downieville. There was a procession and a display of
fireworks in the evening.
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July 9,1862
page 3
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. - The La
Porte Messenger of July 5th says:
A severe shock of earthquake was felt here last
Wednesday, at about five o'clock in the afternoon, the oscillation being from
southwest to northeast. Persons from the surrounding country inform us that the
shock was felt at various points. Hon. J. M. CUNNARD felt it at Mooreville, Butte county, twelve miles from here. He was
taking super at the time, and the shock set the plates dancing on the table.
HART, of Whiskey Diggings, inform us that he felt the shock while working in
his tunnel, 1,800 feet from the entrance. The earth trembled and the timber
used as supports cracked, so that the miners thought the tunnel was about to
cave in.
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July 10, 1862
page 2
THE STATUTES OF CALIFORNIA- passed at the Thirteenth
Session of the Legislature, 1862. Benjamin P. AVERY, State Printer, Sacramento.
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OVERCHARGING PASSENGERS. - A hackman in San Francisco named BRADY,
has been arrested for charging $2.50 instead of $1.50, for carrying a passenger
from one part of the city to another.
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ANOTHER. - The Nevada Democrat has placed
at the head of its columns the name of J. D. STEVENSON for Superintendent of
Public Instruction. The Sierra Democrat did so before it, or intended to
do it.
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VIRGINIA CITY. - The Fourth was celebrated in this
place with great earnestness. The poem was written by Mrs. J. H. RALSTON, and
the oration delivered by M.D. LARROWE.
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EXTRA BILLY WOUNDED. - Extra Billy SMITH, of the
Forty-Ninth Virginia Regiment, an old Californian, was wounded at Fair Oaks.
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DROWNED. - Monday Evening, July 7, 1862, at
Marcum Cut, Grey Eagle Bar, Middle Fork American river, Mary Anne LYONS,
daughter of Bridget and Bernard LYONS, aged two years and seven months. Had on a white spotted cotton dress and white flannel skirt; fair
complexion, light hair and light blue eyes. Any person finding said body
will confer a lasting favor and be suitably rewarded, by immediately informing
Bernard LYONS, (care of Geo. G. WEBSTER, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co.), Forest
Hill, Placer County. BERNARD LYONS.
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July 14, 1862
page 2
THE SAN
FRANCISCO and MARYSVILLE RAILROAD.
- The Solano Press has the following intelligence, which it is hoped
will not prove a delusion and a snare:
Through the
energetic exertions of Captain R. H. WATERMAN, it is understood that there is
at last some prospect of the completion of the Marysville Railroad as far as
this place. The house of ALSOP & Co., San Francisco, through Captain
WATERMAN'S intercession and representations have agreed to loan the credit of
their firm to D. C. HASKIN, in order to make the necessary purchases of iron,
rolling stock, etc.
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FIRE AT
VACAVILLE. - On Wednesday
afternoon, July 9th, the residence of Robert HEIZER, in Vacaville, took fire
from some unknown cause, and was entirely consumed in a few minutes. The Solano
Press says:
Professor SMYTH
of the Methodist College, sustained a loss of $150
worth of furniture, which he had stored in HEIZER'S house for a few days. The
residents of the town started a subscription to repair HEIZER'S loss, and
between $250 and $300 were raised in the short space of an hour.
--
FIRE IN SONOMA.- The new dwelling of Chas. PURVINE of Two Rock Valley, was
burned to the ground on Saturday, July 5th, together with the most of its
contents. The fire occurred about four o'clock, and was caused by fire
crackers, with which the children were playing in the yard, one of which
exploding beneath the verandah (sic) fired the building. Loss,
$3,000.
--
PETITION FOR
PARDON. - A petition to
Governor STANFORD for the pardon of Francis FUGLER from the State Prison, is in circulation at Stockton. FUGLER was convicted
of manslaughter in the killing of his brother-in-law, and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary, half of which term has about expired.
--
MORE MISCHIEF. - Algernon STEVENS, who injured officer
McDOUGALL in San Francisco so severely, presented a
knife at the Gate-keeper of the Insane Asylum, July 10th, and escaped. Pursuit
was at once made, when he plunged into the slough, where he tried to drown
himself. He was only recovered after a desperate struggle.
--
ACCIDENT IN
AUBURN. - On Friday,
July 11th, at Auburn, Thomas C. STEPHENS, of the firm of MAGUIRE &
STEPHENS, had his leg badly broken by the capsizing of a buggy in the street
opposite his store.
--
ROBBERY in
SONORA.- The restaurant of Geo. STIENMITZ was broken
into on Tuesday night, July 8th, by a Chinaman, and robbed of $150. The thief
was caught the next day, and the most of the money recovered.
--
DROWNED. - A young son of A. C. RUSSELL, formerly of the Marysville Express
and now of the Stockton Argus, was drowned in the latter city July
11th. His age was eight years.
--
LOW PRICE OF
CATTLE. - Alfred
WETHERILL, who resides near the rancho San Lorenzo, Monterey county,
recently sold to J. Q. TILTON of San Mateo, one thousand head of cattle for
four dollars and twenty-five cents per head with the calves thrown in.
--
SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION
July 14, 1862
page 3
DISAPPEARANCE. - Tryon, a son of Colonel F. L. HATCH
of Marysville, aged thirteen years has disappeared from his father's residence.
He is a tall boy, blue or gray eyes, light hair, inclined to curl, very lithe
figure, strong and active. When he left, he had on a Summer
suit of linen - sack coat and drab hat. When walking he is inclined to lean
forward. Papers will confer a favor on a distressed family by noticing the
fact.
--
FOUND AT LAST. - The Butte Record says:
The body of the little boy, HICKOK, captured by the
Indians some time since, has been found. The body had been horribly mutilated -
neck broken, fingers, ear and toes cut off. It had been dragged for some
distance by a rope fastened to the neck. Thus has perished the hope that the
child had been detained a prisoner.
--HOUSE BURNED. -
The residence of James and Charles GRAY, about three miles from Oroville, and
near the Wallace Race Course, was destroyed by fire on Saturday, July 5th,
together with furniture and everything it contained.; loss, $2,000.
--
ANOTHER REBEL
KILLED. - Intelligence has been received by the relatives of R. W. STEPHENSON,
formerly of Stockton, that he was killed at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas,
while leading, as Captain, his company on the side of the Confederacy.
--
DROWNED IN
MARYSVILLE. - A little boy
about four years old, only child of John A. BUTLER, of the City Brewery, in
Marysville, was drowned near the steamboat landing on Feather river, June 12th.
--
FIRE IN
BENICIA. - A dispatch
from Benicia dated July 12th, one p.m. says:
About half-past
three o'clock this morning Dell & Co.'s extensive stables were discovered
to be on fire, and in a few minutes were one vast sheet of flame. Sixteen
horses, including two stallions were burned; also all the harness, about sixty
tons of hay and a lot of grain. The carriages were all saved. The fire soon
spread to the drug store and dwelling house of Dr. VERHAVE, which is a total
loss; then to a storehouse of Dell & Co.'s, which is also a total loss.
Dell & Co.'s loss is $10.000; insured, $7,000. Dr. VERHAVE'S loss is about
$5,000; no insurance. Fire Companies Nos. 1 and 2 were soon on the ground, and
by great exertions prevented the further spread of the flames. Captain HALL'S
Company of Fourth Infantry, California Volunteers, were marched down in double
quick time and rendered great assistance.
--
FIRE. - The residence of Judge CRANE, at Alameda, was burned to
the ground, July 11th - totally consumed. The older members of the family had
gone to San Jose, and a little girl, playing with matches, set fire to the
premises. Nothing was saved from the building. The loss is estimated as high as
$25,000.
--
HOMICIDE. - A man named HITCHELL was recently stabbed at Orleans
Flat, Nevada county, by a man named BURBECK, and died
from the effect of the wound. BURBECK was committed to jail.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Friday, July 11, 1862
FALL OF SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT NEVADA - TWO MEN KILLED
AND ONE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED - TWELVE OXEN KILLED
NEVADA, July 10th,
About seven o’clock this morning the suspension
bridge lately erected in this city across Deer creek fell with a tremendous
crash, killing one man instantly, injuring another so badly that he lived but a
few minutes, and a third man very seriously but not dangerously injured. Two ox
teams, (four yoke each,) loaded heavily with hay, were on the bridge at the
time. The teams were coming from the south side. At the moment the accident
occurred, the forward team was near the center of the bridge, while the wagon
of the hindmost team was just leaving the platform. The name of the individual
instantly killed is Samuel McCALL, who was driving
the head team. ADAMS had his skull smashed, from which his brains protruded;
several of his ribs were also broken. He was taken into the house of STOUT, but
died in a few minutes. D.J. PERKEY, an old citizen, was crossing the bridge
just ahead of the first team, and on hearing the crash turned around to learn
the cause, at which time the bridge gave way in the center, pitching downward, causing him severe, though not dangerous injuries. Twelve
oxen were killed, or so badly smashed up that they had to be killed. The fall
is supposed to have been caused by a defect in the cast iron yoke into which
the rods were fastened - the break occurring about half way between where the
anchor was fastened and the top of the tower at the south end and west side of
the bridge. The teamsters killed are from Bear river.
The bridge was erected by A.S. HALLADIE & Co., of San Francisco, and was
completed a few weeks since at a cost to the contractors of over $12,000. The
height of the bridge above the bottom of the creek is a little over fifty
feet.
ANDY
JOHNSON - A correspondent, who visited Andy Johnson, says he takes his meals in
the public dining room of his hotel at Nashville, with not even a waiter to
serve him specially. Though a Brigadier General, he wears no mark of his
military honors, and seems to avoid display. His bedroom is a plain affair,
half filled by a bed, and he often sits there till midnight, reading and inditing dispatches by the light of tallow candles. As a
consequence, he looks pale and careworn. He declares his belief that it the
military questions were settled, the people of Tennessee would vote themselves
back into the Union by a majority of fifty thousand.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday July 28, 1862
HEARD FROM - Recent intelligence from New York
states that Charles ABBOTT, pilot of the ship Prima Donna, about whose safety there
were doubts in San Francisco, was alive and well and on board of the Prima
Donna.
FOR
SALT LAKE - Rev. S.B. BELL was at Carson City lately, en route for Salt Lake.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento
Daily Union
Thursday
August 7, 1862
AUGUSTA
GOD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY - Notice is hereby given that, by order of the
Board of Directors, a sufficient number of shares standing in the names of the
following persons on the books of the company, will be sold at auction on
MONDAY, the EIGHTH of SEPTEMBER next, at ten o’clock, A.M., at the office of
the Secretary, on J street near Fourth, to satisfy assessments heretofore
levied and expenses of advertising and sale, unless charges are sooner paid:
G. Guyther, 42 shares -
January assessment, $10, March, $12.60, June $42.00
Mrs. M.D’Artois, 8 shares
-March, $2.60; June, $8.00
T.S. Benoist, 10 shares, do,
$10.00
Mrs. F. Formann, 5 shares,
do, $5.00
J.B. Dayton, 1 share, do,
$1.00
J.S. Gillan, 3 shares, do, $8.00
J. Hull, 1 share, do, $2.00
H.C. Kibbe, 2 shares, do,
$2.00
W.C. Kibbe, 2 shares, do,
$2.00
W.W. Price, 36 shares, do,
$36.00
R.H. Tibbits, 1 share, do, $1.00
A.E. Town, 1 share, do, $1.00
W.S. SUMMERS, President
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Thursday, November 27, 1862
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS
- A dispatch to the Bee yesterday has the following intelligence:
A letter to the
Alta, dated San Bernardino, November 18th, says Dr. O.M.
WOZENCRAFT went
to the house of H.M. WILLIS, formerly of San Francisco, paid a bill and
demanded a receipt. WILLIS refused to give it, abused and insulted him,
following him from the house. The doctor told him it was hard to take abuse
from a good-for-nothing boy. WILLIS drew a pistol and fired two shots, both
taking effect, one in the shoulder, the other in the side. WILLIS received one shot from the doctor in
the hip. The doctor received another shot in the arm from WILLIS’ brother. Both
were held to bail to appear at the next Court of Sessions.
The steamer St.
Louis arrived this morning from Panama. The following is her list of
passengers:
Thomas RUSSELL, Mrs. B. COLE and child, Mrs. BARR,
Mrs. A.H. HARPER and
three children, James C. REND, Mr. and Mrs.
MONROE, three children and
servant; Rev. A. ADENBURG, Mr. CLARE, Rev. Mr.
CUNNINGHAM, Marion M. CASTEN,
M. JACOBS, F. CHIN, ___ HAMILTON and wife, A.T. HONES
and wife, Mr. VARNEY
and child, M.J. BAKER, J.G. JAMES and wife,
Miss J. LASELLA and child, Miss
Mary MEDBURY, William BRADLEY, C. SIMPSON and child,
Mrs. PACHARD and
daughter, Miss LARAGE, Mrs. A. SNEDIKER, Miss Nolu POMEROY, Mrs. H.A. PENNY
and child, Mr. and Mrs. R.O. DENON, Mrs.
Mary McKIM, Julia HOLMES, Miss D.
BOOBER, Mr. and Mrs. PULLMER, E.M. TAYLOR, Helen
DRICHEL and child, Oscar
BURTON, Mrs. Dr. JOHNSON, Mrs. C. HARLIN and child,
Leon SAUNDERS, Mrs. J.C.
DENON, James Conden
BENNUMAN, Miss C. DULLEAN, Salsbury L. MUMNEN and
wife,
Miss E. DOLAN, Miss Caroline THOMPSON, Miss Clara
AUSTIN, Mrs. STEEL, Mr.
MEDDOW, M.C. DAVIS, Mrs. BEEBE and two children, Mr.
GIDEON, Mr. KING, Mr.
CINEL, Mr. DEENOR, Ann CONNLIN, Mrs. E. GRADY and
child, J.T. FARMER, S.T.
BLACK, James
REPEY, wife and child; Miss Jane LUDDER, Mrs. LUDDER, J.H.
UNDERWOOD, Sarah DECKINS, Mrs. C. JOHNSON and child,
Mrs. R. DAVIES and two
children, Mrs. T.D. CALLON and child, J.T.
HASKINS, Miss MASS, J. SCHERBERG,
Franklin OALSON, Sam ELLIS, J.N. GRAY, Samuel THOMAS,
Henry HARDING, John
PARKER, James FARREL, T.L. CONMAN, M. HITCHINGS, F.
WORHMAN, H.H. NELSON,
A.C. MILLER, Mr. SMITH and wife, ___ LETCHEL, Mrs.
RICHARDS and daughter,
L.W. KERLEY, Sarah WELLINGTON, Mrs. A.C. GRAY, Mrs.
N.GRAY, Miss M. DOLEN,
A. MANUS, wife and three children; C.M. ROLLINS and
child, Mrs. M. HATCH and
two children, N.L. RECHETEL, wife and two
children; M. MURPHY, L.D. PALMER,
V. JOSEPH, M. PEDRO, Miss E. HENLEY, Wm. GORMAN, Miss
A. ACLUM, W.R.
WILLIAMS, H. McCULTER, James
ENNIS, M. RODGERS, Mr. ROLLAND, G.F. AUSTIN,
James CHENERY, Mr. SELFRIDGE, son and daughter; L.
SCHAERTEN, Mrs. W. WOODY
and child, Dr. E.G. CHURCH and wife, W.R.
ROWE, Mrs. M. CONNELL and child,
Captain A.F.
FLETCHER, Captain J.N. KING, D.C. McCARTHY, Mrs.
ELAIS, J.
JACKLIN, J.H. PRESTON, F.M. HERNED, Mrs. SENTAKER,
Mrs. Julia HODGE, Mrs.
J.K. LOAHNED and child, John MATHER, Philip MUNYRES,
G.W.STERLEY, Mrs. A.S.
ROSE and child, Mrs. McCALL
and family, Susan NICHOLS, Miss Rebecca MATHEWS,
Miss H. B. GAMMOND.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Friday, November 28, 1862
Arrival of the
Moses Taylor - List of Passengers - Insanity - Presentation - Fire -
Incorporation
The steamship
Moses Taylor arrived to-day from Realejo, with
passengers via Nicaragua.
Leopold JUAREZ
was arrested to-day for insanity. An elegant pair of holster pistols, saddle and accouterments were
presented last night to J. Sewall REED, Captain of the California Cavalry
Company.
The coppersmith
establishment of REYNOLDS & Co., Front street, was
fired last night by an incendiary. The upper rooms were occupied by women who
escaped.
The South Yuba
Mining Company have incorporated.
The following is
the list of passengers per steamship Moses Taylor:
Isaac K.
ROBERTS, M.O. ROBERTS, Jr., Samuel NORRIS, J. MATT, F. PIERCE, John BUT, Peter
VERDEGRIN, Mrs. J.F. PARKE, E. RANSALOFF and wife, G.W. WHITE and wife, A.
SHIRECK, A.S. SHIRECK, Miss S. HARDEN, Miss M. MANNER, Mrs. LARUE, Dr. W.
CALVERT, Rev. H. GOODWIN, Miss Kate RAMSDELL, Mrs. DIXON, Miss Jennie DIXON,
Miss C.B. FRENCH, W.R. DUFF, S.T. GELL, Frank S. LAWLER, Mrs. H. AITKEN, H.
CRAWFORD and wife, M.T. DENMAN, A. CURRY, D.L. NICHOLS, Catharine, Chas., and
Rosa MARTUS, D. GRIFFITH, M.G. KING, J. RICH, K. BRIER, J. MORRISON, J.B.
CLARK, J.W. WOODRUFF, H.E. WOODRUFF, L. RAMSDELL, O. ALLEN, Mrs. McWADE, Miss B. MILES, Miss M. DAILY, Mad. ROCHET and
child, Miss JAMIERE, Miss E. NEWTON, Mary WOODHAM, Mrs. F. MILLS, Miss M.
FLOWERS, Mrs. Ben. COTTON and child, Miss S. ROWE, Mrs. J.B. CLARK, Miss H.
CLARK, Mrs. S. WHITLOCK and two children, A.A. WHITLOCK, Miss A. PHIPPS, J.A.
STRICKHAM, M. JAMIERE, T.A. BLAKELEY, W.P. MORRIS, D.S. HAINES, A.D. PELLS,
J.P. GREEN, W.W. WOODHAM, E.B. WILDER, M. PARRISH, S. BURDICK, M. VOORHIES and
boy, C.D. WARREN, W.P. WARREN, P. NEIL, A. O’DOUGHERTY, E. O’DOUGHERTY, A.B.
HILL, Miss IRISH, Mrs. WARREN and boy, Mrs. RICKANCE and boy, Miss McDONALD, Miss T. ROBERTS, Mrs. A. HAINES, Miss BAILEY,
Mrs. PAUR, Miss P. STEGER, Mrs. H. DECHAUX, Mrs. BRADWAY, Miss MEADER, Mrs.
HOLMES and two children, Mrs. R. MARTUS and child, Miss E. SYMES, Miss E.J.
SYMES, Mrs. G. JOHNSON, Miss A. MARTUS,
A. LEVEY, W.H. COFFEE, J.A. STAFFORD, wife and child; Miss L. AMES, Mrs.
WILLIAMS, Mrs. E. CRAZE and child, Mrs. G. CURRY, Mrs. SHEVILLE, O.V. REYNOLDS,
J.S. HALL, E. FOWLER, S.H. CARLISLE, D.J. POTTER, Miss DEMPSEY, Miss COX, Mrs.
HAWLINS, Mrs. M. TAYLOR, Mrs. NASH and two children, H.A. BLETHEN, J.P.
RODGERS, A.G. BLETHEN, W.M. BULLARD, P. WARREN, R.W. VOSBURGH, D. PROTHERO, A.
LEVEY, and 420 in steerage, 175 of whom are women.
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Monday, December 15, 1862
SALT IN NEVADA
TERRITORY - A train of eighteen animals came into
Virginia City, lately from the salt marshes beyond Walker lake, bringing five
thousand pounds of as pure rock salt as that offered for sale in the San
Francisco market. The trail is reported a very hard one, both on men and
animals.
SUICIDE - Samuel
BROWN, residing in Marin county, about six miles from Petaluma, in a fit of
insanity, committed suicide, December 4th, by hanging himself in a
barn on his premises. The deceased was a man of considerable means, and somewhat
advanced in life, being 66 years old at the time of his death.
ACCIDENTS IN
AMADOR - On Tuesday night, December 9th, George FREEMAN, Postmaster
at Jackson, fell down a bank in that place and broke one of his legs. A
teamster named BOAM was lately severely injured by the overturning of his wagon
on the Volcano road, near Jackson.
TANNING - Samuel
F. CHAPMAN has quite an extensive tannery in active operation about one mile
from Chinese Camp, Tuolumne county. He produces a very
superior article of leather by tanning hides with gum catechu, a substance
obtained from a variety of the acacia.
GRAPE VINES -
Sonoma county, so far as has been ascertained, has 567,100 bearing grape vines
of the Mission variety, and 40,000 foreign. Solano county has 97,000 domestic and 6,000
foreign.
THEFT IN SAN
JOSE - The grocery store of William BIVEN, formerly of the Stockton Argus, was
entered in San Jose lately, and robbed of $100 in cash.
Monday, December 15, 1862
PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST - Our correspondent at New
York sends us the following list of passengers who sailed from that city for
San Francisco, November 21st, in the Champion. They will arrive by
the Orizabva in San Francisco to-morrow or next day:
|
Susan
E. ROOP Juliet
VARINA Mr.
BUTLER John
P. WINCHESTER Alex.
KLEBS H.
NACHTIGAL C.M.
HINMAN J.
GARGESSUS and wife John
M. MUGRIDGE and wife A.BROWN
and wife M.
HESEKIEL C.P.
WEBSTER, wife and ch’d Helen
C. WEBSTER Miss
H.H. HUMPHREY D.F.
WEBSTER Mrs.
C.A. BEARD Horace
P. OLDS Sarah
D. PRINGLE Cornelia
PRINGLE A.S.
GOVE J.
CRUMP Elizabeth
M. FLINT Miss
D.C. POLLARD Miss
M.A. POLLARD M.L.
MARSH Emanuel
DEW Mrs. A.
SEVERANCE |
Mrs.
J.S. BARKER and 3 ch’n J.F.
CARTER R.G.
VICKERS Mrs.
WHEELER and 2 childr’n Mrs.
W. BUTCHER and 4 chd’n Dr.
J.N. HALL G.H.
REED Mrs.
REILLY F.
HAYFORD, wife and fam’y Mrs.
A. TODD and 3 childr’n Choe A. STEWARD Ellen
PATTISON Bertha
HONIG Mrs.
M.E. BERGNER and 4 ch C.A.
BEARD Frank
SMITH, wife and fam. Mrs.
E.J. NICKERSON and ch John
GRIGEBY and son Mrs.
W.H. KELLY and 1 child C.
SUTTERLEY J.
JOHNSON , wife and family J.H.
McCABE and sister Mrs.
E.A. WARD Mrs.
M.N. WARD Ann
WARD and 2 children Mary
SMITH and sister Elizabeth
TURNER |
M.A.
BAWKER, wife and fam. Thomas
H. HIGGINS Edward
HILL Flora
M. KIMBALL Hannah
SAWYER N.L.
HIGGINS and 2 child’n J.A.
FOSTER, wife and 1 ch L.W.
ALLEN B.D.
DAGGART Mrs.
Jane PROPER John
F. MARSH Daniel
MARSH Mrs.
GILLESPIE and daughter Miss
S.M. SEVERANCE M.
LEVY Arthur
S. PETERS W.C.
MERRILL, wife and ch’d Mrs.
F. WEATON and 2 chd’n Mrs.
M. KELLOGG and 2 ch’n Abijah CRANE Isabella
TRAYNOR N.
DELBRANCO J.
LAHMAN Mrs.
J. KIRKWOOD Mrs.
SAVAGE and child Mrs. Caroline
FIRST |
ROBBERY IN SAN
FRANCISCO - Recently a female entered the house of Ira P. RANKIN, and carried away
a heavy silver castor, taken from the sideboard. The property was recovered.
WINE - Colonel
HARASZTHY, of Sonoma, estimates that the amount of wine to be produced from his
vines the present year will be about forty thousand gallons.
ARRESTS OF
GAMBLERS - Four gentlemen of the blackleg fraternity, named, respectively, J.A.
KELLER, E.W. NOYES, Joseph BENNETT and Alex. McKAY, were lately
arrested in the Bowery gambling den on Commercial street, San Francisco, by a
posse of officers, commanded and led on by Leos. They gave bail in $500.
MARYSVILLE
APPEAL - Charles H. WESTMORELAND, late of the Shasta Courier, has
been invited to take charge of the Marysville Appeal. He
has accepted the position.
ACCIDENT - James
SMART, of Grass Valley, had his leg broken recently at Boston Ravine, Nevada county, by being thrown from a horse.
DESTITUTE - A
woman named Mrs. CONWAY, supposed to be insane, was brought to Shasta lately
from Flat Creek, where she was found in a most destitute condition. She was
examined by the physician, and it was concluded not to sent
her to Stockton, but care for her in the county.
SICKNESS IN
MARIPOSA - The Gazette says there has been more
sickness and more deaths in this section the past season than for the five
years previous. In many cases the disease is sudden and malignant - something
almost unknown there in previous years.
SUICIDE IN SAN
FRANCISCO - On the night of December 12th, one Theodore PARTELLO, a
native of New York, committed suicide in San Francisco by cutting his throat
with a razor. He left a wife and two children.
BURGLARY - On
the night of December 11th, the store of J.M. MATHEWS, in
Marysville, was entered and robbed of $125 in tobacco and honey. One James
BRIGGS was arrested.
ACCIDENT -
William CLARK, of Honey Lake valley, met with a severe accident, being kicked
by a horse, the blow taking effect on the forehead between the eyes. He is
slowly recovering, but it is feared he will lose one of his eyes.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
- A negro named Henry JOHNSTON, was robbed, lately,
between Chinese Camp and Knight’s Ferry, of the sum of one hundred and
sixty-four dollars.
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Tuesday, December 23, 1862
Accident &
Wreck of Steamer-Fire-Incorporation-Insolvency–Sailing of the Hermann-Arrest
for Mutiny at Sea
This morning a
party of about two hundred, including several ladies, made an excursion on the
steamer Paul Pry to witness the launch of the new steamer Yosemite. After the
launch, the Paul Pry ran down to Alcatraz to see the fort. In attempting to
make the landing the steamer got on the rocks and is a total wreck. There was
great consternation among the passengers, fearing the boiler would burst. Two
ladies were capsized into the water from a small boat, but were rescued. Boats
went to the relief of the passengers, and they returned to the city in a steam
tug.
Fitzgibbons’ asphaltum roofing establishment, on Mission street, was
destroyed by fire this afternoon. Considerable canvas was burned. Loss, $1,500.
Jefferson Gold
and Silver Mining Company for Gold Flat district, Nevada county, incorporated
to-day. Capital, $500,000; 5,000 shares.
Barney B. LINCOLN files application in insolvency. Debts
$22,542; no assets.
Steamer Hermann
sailed this afternoon, with 543 passengers. Some of the Moses Taylor’s
passengers refused to go.
It has been
alternately raining and clear all day.
The street
railroad cars have commenced running.
William SMITH, aged forty years, of Wales, dropped dead in the street
last night.
Captain FROST,
of schooner Angeline, has been missing since Thursday. Three sailors, of ship Audubon, just arrived,
have been arrested for mutiny at sea.
Arrived - Ship
B.F. Hoxie, 130 days from New York, to Howes &
Co.
[Second
Dispatch]
Arrival from China -
Rescue of Mexican Families - Arrivals from Honolulu and Sydney
The screw
steamer Scotland, of the British trans-Pacific line, arrived this evening from
China, via Japan, in 27 days. She brings thirteen passengers. Two days out from Kanagawa she broke her
steering gear, and had to be steered with tackles the entire passage. The
former important political rumors are not confirmed.
The schooner San
Florence, 18 days from San Quentin, reports that the bark Sarah Warren, from
San Francisco, took off from the island of Guadalupe two Mexican families, nine
persons in all, who had fled to that place twelve months ago. They were nearly
starved, and dressed in goat skins. Arrived - Bark Yankee, in 20 days from Honolulu.
The sum of
$2,500 had been subscribed in Honolulu to the Sanitary Fund. Danish bark Jorgen Lorentzen,
65 days from Sydney, brings dates to the 18th of October.
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Wednesday, December 24, 1862
HOMICIDES IN NEVADA TERRITORY - A. ST. MARIE, who
killed Richard GALLAGHER lately, has been held to bail in the sum of $10,000.
George GUMBERT, for killing Thomas J. REEDER, has been committed for murder.
NOT MARRIED - A notice of a
marriage was published in the Bulletin, December 20th, in which one
Harvey STRONG was a party. He denies the “soft impeachment.”
STABBING - In Marysville, on the night of December
22d, Thomas DRISCOLL, an apple peddler, stabbed a young man who struck him.
SACRAMENTO - A correspondent
of the San Francisco Mercury, writing from Sacramento, says:
It is now a little more than a year since this place
was submerged by the floods, and desolation was seen everywhere, the
countenances of the inhabitants became elongated, and many prophesied that it
was the death blow to Sacramento; and when the after floods came, these seers
of evil exulted in what they thought to be the verification of their gloomy
prognostications. But how stands the matter now! Did the misfortunes of last Winter drown the enterprise of Sacramentans,
or even dishearten them? It would not seem so when we look upon the
improvements that have been made the past Summer throughout the city, together
with the liberality with which they have added in the advancement of all the improvements
under the immediate direction of the city Government. Let those who thought
Sacramento “washed out” come and view our levees, and I think they will not be
likely to contemplate another “boat ride” through the streets of our city; and
our legislators will hardly be able to find a pretext for removing to San
Francisco this Winter, but when they assemble here they will find everything in
order - good hotels and plenty to eat, dry streets with good crossings, etc.
We hope our citizens will see that this last
assurance shall not prove a snare and a delusion.
SAN FRANCISCO - A dispatch to the Bee yesterday
contained the following:
Between nine and ten o’clock last evening a row
occurred around a faro table in the upper story of the Mayflower Saloon, a negro
gambling den on Washington street, above Stockton, in which Peter DOUGLAS, darkey, cut the throat of a mulatto named SMITH, the keeper
of the den, with a large jackknife, nearly severing the jugular vein.
The brig Quoddy Belle,
from Russian river, while crossing the bar yesterday shipped a heavy sea on the
quarter, which carried away the wheel, stove and taffrail,
and filled the cabin with water. The first mate, James BURNS, was washed
overboard and lost. He was a native of Nova Scotia, aged 37 years.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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