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j?,',,ffifi? BY KEITH, HOYT & CO. i' ? v n 1 TT "i " \y '!. T**'-"^*'t:?'"r " .; *. ..' "**..> * 11 TER MS.~-Eor Subscription, TWO DOE LARS pe?{anu?m strictly in adeance?for six months, One DoltUr. Advertisements ul $1 per squai'e /br ten lines or Uss for thc first insertion, and 60 cents /br each subsequent insertion. I/STObitudry Notices exceeding five lines, T>'ib Utes of Respect, Communications of a personal character when admissublc,and Announcements of Candidates, will bc charyed for as advert inc nents. HSf* Job Printing neatly and clicaply executed tt&f Necessity com?)cls us to adhere strictly to the requirement of cash payment. WALHALLA, $. C. ? Friday* Morning, May 13, 1870-_ MSf Congressional proceedings for tho week unimportant. <Sy Maj. M. lt. DKLANY, colored, has been oppoiutod Aid-do camp to Gov. SCOTT. ?&T Judgo CARPENTER refuses to hear petitions for divoroo, until thc Legislature enacts laws for guidance in such cases. --.-?.*->-. ff?3T Tho Supremo Court baa d?oided in favor of tho newly elected muuicipal offioors of Columbia. Tho old offioors retired on Monday last, and thc now wcro duly installed. Tho Stato "Siukiug Fund Commis sion," cf whiqh Senator lt AINE Y, of George town, bj .^coretary, advertises to "rcceivo pro posals for tho purchase of Stock owned by tho Stato." ?ST Ia Charleston,, on thc 6th instant, rico was quoted at G to 7? cents per lb ; corn, $1.85 p. e bushel, weight, sacks included ; Oats, 85 cents per bushel; flour, S5.00 to $9.00 per barrol ; bacon, 13} to 183 cents por lb j- salt, $1.4.0 to 81.50 per sack. Sudden Death. Mr. F. C. BROWN, of this county, died suddenly on Salcday last. Ile was nt Wal halla during'that doy. relumed home, eat his diuuor lato j and, in tho midst of lively con versation, fell from his chair to thc floor and expired immediately. Truly, "in the midst of lifo wo aro in death." The Southern Cultivator For May, has been received. It is one of our best agricultural mouthlies-not only well filled-but prcscuted in a most becoming garb. Tho editors aro both scicntilio and practical, qualities essential to success in their useful and highly houorublc vocatiou. Address, WM. & W. Ii. JONES, Athens, Ga. 82.00 n year. France Tho revolution in France, still peaceful, progresses. Thc vote for tho 2>lebi$cite-an additional guarantee of rights and privileges --has been ftdnntflul Kv a.wio ftf '?n.io 7"19f>. 28$ nays, 1,485,844, Tho entire popula te of 'me~ empire voted. Tho army also voted for tho ^>ZcZ>/serte. NAIKILEN'S star is still in tho ascendant. A Pleasant Place Mr LEE'S soda founf., at his Faucy Store, eu Main- Street, is ouo of tho attractions of the town. Ho dispenses a pleasant berevagOj iced and flavored, to suit tho tasto of tho most fastidious. How delightful to step in during tho Summer solstice of even this highly-favor ed seotion, and slake thc thirst of tho inner man I Of ooursc, reader, you'll try it. New Advertisements. Tho now advertisement of Mr. LEE will attrnot attention. Givo him a call. Col. MORRIS, Assignee of A. J. LOONEY, bankrupt, advertises Kcal Estato for sale. Tho County officers of Pickcna and Oconce offer much valuablo property for sale. Thore are other new advertisements in our eolumns this week, to which thc attcution of ?he reader is directed. Election Ordered Gov. SCOTT has, by proclamation', order ed an election in the First Congressional District, on. tho 81st day of May, to fill tho vaoanoy occasioned by tho resignation of WHITTEMORE. This will bc thc first occa sion on which tho Citizon's or Conservative party will bo squaroly beforo tho people, and wc sh ill await the result of tho issue with Bangui.iO hopes that WHITTEMORE will bo consigned to the merited "shades of private life." Entertainment Mr PniNNEY, near thc depot, is preparad to oocommodate either permanent boarders, , or transient custom, in tho best style, and on tho most roasonablo terms. Contiguity to the depot is a comfort nnd convenience which, With the hearty oheor of tho affable and ac commodating host, combine to render his house a popular resort, not only for tho weary travellon but to those on business or in searoh .of pleasure or recreation. Soc his advertise mont, Fatal Accident Wo. regret to. learn that Mr. JOHN SCHII WAtfN,.wh{?8t employed on tho steam uaw mill of Mr. PAitKER,.ncar this-place, on tho 10th instant, V/OH caught by the machinery and, drawn under, tho saw, and- horribly. )ttoer?tgd. Ho lingorod a, fow hours, dying from tho oifoots of tho hurt. The deceased wes only nineteen years of age, and could not apeak a word pf English. His paronts resido near Foamfhv.8. .0.' Light, lie tho sod on |he grave of the stranger, Mr- Charles S. Young, of Washing, ton, lins bpou appointed to tho responsible position of rcsidortt.' engineer, On tho seolion of the Blue Rid^o, railroad running through, tho northeastern part of" (Jc?rg?a. License- or no Lioonso. Wo have beon askod Hie question, who thor the refusal to grant licenses for retailiug liq uors would provont their oxoessivo uso ? Certainly not, but no ono ono doubt but it would exert n restraining influence. It would jfothpvo from our shoulders tho moral respon sibility of encouraging thoir uso by legalizing tho traffic It would suppress tho opou temp tation which meets thc youth aud old man in every towu aud at evory cross road, and rob tho social glass of half its charms. Man is by naturo weak and prono to ovil, and every inducement held out under color of thc law, to contract habits destructive aliko of his physical, mental and moral naturo, becomes a public crime That tho immediate uso of spirituous liquors impairs tbeso higher attri butes, is apparent to everyone, and equally olear is tho fact that dramshops oncourago drunkenness. Most of the political evils under whioh wo aro now laboriug have becu begotten and boru of thc wino that is red. When rum is in, reason, discretion, virtue aro gone. Tho power of dicoriiuiouting between right aud wrong grows less aud less distinct, and self-will and purpose to do right becomes weaker, until tho man becomes tho brute. Intelligence, public virtuo and christian civil ization havo no moro powerful enemy thad rum, and without these elementary ground works, republican rovcrumcut must sink iu thc slough of licentiousness. Is not legaliz ing this traffic thou a moral enormity ? Ma ny contend that unless licenses aro granted an underground traffic will bo oarried on iu violation of tho law. Admit this, and driuk ing would bo less common. Tho secrecy would bc a hindrance, and tho fear of detec tion would deter any ono from suffering per sons to drink to excess about their premises, lu fact no man of character and responsibil ity would net in violation of thc law, and with thc license sys'cm open, thc low and degra ded will avoid it. When a person tells you people will sell liquor nnyhow, over tho law or under thc law, if not by tho law, ho means ho likes a wco drop, and favors tho license system. Everyone should respect und obey the law, and it should protect them. Is tho usc of liquors conducive to health ? Boes it promote prosperity ? Boes it advance educa tion ? Boes it develop tho wealth of thc country ? Boes it oncourago industry ? Boes it restrain public or private expenditure ? They arc poisonous. Chemical analysis of various kinds end grades of spirits havo ex" hibitcd thc fact that n very largo proportion of them contain ingredients destructive to life and health. They arc the natural parent of crimes of every dye They impair thc mind, undermine the physical constitution and consumo tho very articles necessary to human sustenance and national wealth. Thc value of their annual consumption would in a short time leave us freo from debt. Is it then a public crime to encourage.their uso ? ^ ..vAi ? jjuunu uucy tcrrcstfain it ( lncse aro questions for tho people to answer hy theil acts and votes. Let everyone remember he has a country; that thc hopo of tho country rests on tho rising gene ration ; that its moral and intellectual culture is necessary to thc preservation of liberty ; that liquor is an open enemy to every virtue ; that he who builds up and legalizes a temptation to evil can hard. ly ask Cod, "Lend us not into temptation;'1 and let him answer tho question by a course of conduct suitable to his convictions on these suggestions. The Arrivals on Tuesday Thc Columbia papers announced on Mern day last, that tho officers of thc Grccnvilh load would leave that city, on an extra train on an excursion up tho road. Presiden BUSH, with other prominent railroad officials Gov. SCOTT, Land Commissioner BKLAUOK Senator HOYT, Representativo COOK, o Greenville, and other politicians of lessol note, were in his train. Greenville roccivce tho first call. On Tucedoy afternoon, tin party arrived in Walhalla. Buring tho eve ning, Gov. SCOTT addressed his constituents to tho number of fifty, perhaps, on thc "gio rious" benefits of tho fifteenth amendment aud kindred topic3. President BUSH looks solid and substantia -JOF. CREWS thin and trifling. TOMMN SON, Stale Auditor, left favorable impression So, too, did Representativo COOK, of Green ville Altogether, thc parti colored party wa rather moro political than for railroad im provemcnt. However, wo hope for tho best I and, if improvement follows this train, w shall give thoeo credit to whom credit is due One incident, rather "rough on Snider,' fell u?der our observation. Ono of the hon orablc8(?) expressed the desire to "havo hil boots blacked,'' and wondered "whero In could get it done." A bystander, slightly under tho influence of "tangle foot," replied with an oath, more emphatic than polite "Hub 'cm against your character." Tin honorable wilted. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUOTIRT/I RAILUOAD--Tho Wilmington Journal says "Prom Hon. lt. lt. Bridgors, who hus jus returned from Baltimore, wo learn that at i mooting of tho stockholders, held in this citj on tho 27th ult.,.tho Wilmington and Alan chaster Railroad Company ro organized undci the nanu of tho Wilmington, Columbia mic Adgusta Railroad.' Mr. Bridgera was-oloQtcc President, and Mos?rs. W. T. Walters, B. P Nowoomcr, S. M. Shoemaker, William Gra ham and Thomas Konsett, of Baltimore; j I). Comeroo, of Harrisburg, Pcnnyslvnnia j and B. Willis James, of New York, were chosen directors. Three otliors are yot t? be cleotod from among resident stockholders, re siding on .thorne of tho road. Mr. Bridgcrs, os President, is also"?x officio a member ol ?he Board ?f Directors. ' AH of tho offioori ore to. ho retained^ Cash moans woro raised for tho entire renovation of tho road, tho ma ohinory and workshops- to be overhauled nnd repaired; and tho road .bcd to be put in first rate condition,0 .?fc? ?i nUlailHilii ?,.Mimumm M. .?????lAir ..?II.I.-W-* -1 .... .--VT---?'. *?-r*"""-~~ Reconstruction alter tho Railroad?. The lladioals claim to bo.tho porty of pro gresa. If their claim to tho titlo bo justified by their deeds, theo wo thiuk they havo stum bled into thoir true line of duty. Our civil nod political condition was, wo thought, well enough outside tho "benefits" of reconstruc tion, but our railroads need it. Tho election held in Columbia for dircotors of tho" G re?u villo and Columbia Railroad show that tho party have struok a subject worthy of their metal. They swept tho coucorn with a new broom, and havo hardly left a soul to tell tho talc of tho blunderings and failures of tho old managers of this thorough Aire. Will tho suicidal programme of the old board bc abau doned, or will tho little poison left corrupt tho now body ? Our railroad management hos been n bluudcr throughout, aud has done moro to retard tho dcvclopmout of tho wealth of our pcoplo aud tho Stato, than auy other one thing. South Carolina is ono of tho orig inal thirteen States. Sho built tho first rail road of all, and yet thoro is not ono of tho galaxy, which has put ofF tho swaddling clothes of infancy, but has enjoyed greater bcucfits from tho iuvcutiou of tho stoam car than South Carolina. Our roads -novo badly located, badly built and badly managed, both for thc interests of tho stockholders and tho public generally. Whether thc new board be carpet baggers, scolawngs, negroes or Demo crats, or a mixture, if they mako this road what it should bc, a public convenience and public economy, wo will meet them with tho "well done, good aud faithful servants," with out inquiring of their politics. To thc native members wo say thc eyes of their countrymen aro upon them, and to tho adventurers, if any, "provo yourselves." Of thc old mem bers wo expect uothing. Wo tried tho for mer board faithfully on thc question of freight and passenger tari fis. They stuck to tho conservative staudstill idea, a bird in thc baud is worth two in thc bush, and a dollar ou an article onco a year is bettor thantcu cents on tho same article a thousand times added. Talk about immigration in tho face of thc Grconvillb road tariff. A family coining over would have to load up ouc cabin with funds to oarry them, their furniture and a year's provisions from Charleston to thc mountains. From Charleston to Walhalla tho passenger occupies four different ca?s, pays three sever al* conductors, and each nearly enough for thc whole passage. To get a barrel of floui brought up costs $1.95, and yet thc roads profess to carry provisions cheap. Whc wants to settle in such a country, wheu these marks of civilization bespeak us years behind our neighbors. Wo congratulate our people on tho change. Wo have tho consolation o: feeling sure that wc cannot bo worsted by it and there is hope even in the change of oin oppressors. Let tho road bo put on a sub stnntial footing, freights bo reduced, travo AuoruirncvftA * S*"*? ****-*~-T ' "~ v' tho road will- bc doubled, production onoour aged, wealth developed, and population in creased. Thc resulting benefits will mon than repay our pcoplo for past losses. Whcth cr this is done from public spirit or for pri vate emolument, wc care uot. Let it bc dom and done promptly. Representation of Minorities There is a good deal of discussion in tin political world about proportional representa tion. The rights of minorities have been of ton pressed as founded in justice and sub Stnntial right, but no steps have been lal'Oi to secure them until very lately. This i; proposed to bo done by a new system of vot ing, under thc following plan : Fach voter i permitted to cast (if ho chooses) as nian; votes fur one candidate as there arc candidate to bc cloded to tho office under election. For instance, in this County, at an clectioi for thc House of Repr?sentatives, each vote could cast two votes fur tho same mon, or on for each candidate of his party. It is some times called cumulating in votiug. Tho cf feet would bo to enable every county of th State, perhaps, to bc represented by ono o moro members in accord with tho politico views of caph party. If our County poll 1100 Democratic and GOO Radical votes, encl party could elect one member, and viceversa Thc rule would permit thc GOO Radical vote to concentrate on one candidate, giving bin 1200 votes-while thc Democrats, runninj two candidates, could give them but HUI each. Generous. Wo are informed that Mr. CHRFSTOWIKI .TONKS, a citizen of our County, has donatci property to tho valuo of two hundred dollars to tho Oconeo Agricutural Society. Th property consists of two lots in tho town o Walhalla, a sowing machino, nnd a numbo of standard law works, and at tho lowest es t?mate aro worth thc sum named. This gen tlcmnn in years past has mado several gen orous offers to encourngo tho farming uni manufacturing n.4crosts of the County, i large limo quarry is found on his placo, am ho has offbrod to persons thc privilege of wooi and st?no to burn any amount they desire fo thoir own use. Ho has- also made liberal ol fera of land t?.id water powers to persons wh would erect machinery on it. Mr. JON KS i a modest, unassuming citizen, senking ncithc office nor notoriety, nod his acts ns such rc fleet tho true characteristics of publio virtu and patriotism. Such disinterested acts ar fertile.spots in tho groat sandbarrcn of lu man solfishuo8s, and worthy not only of oom mendation,' but of emulation. SAN FaANOisco, May 7--'John Savng arrived lust night, and was rooeived hy a com mittoo of tho Fenian Brotherhood., Ho wil deliver nu address nt a grand' Fenian picmic on Sunday next. . Tho small pox has broken out in Arizow Oliy." Numerous Indian outrages havo beoi committed .in, tho. vicinity of Prescott.. !?*!?> y i .III nih' II fu iiili ii iii i.^ ?iiiMimiain lir>iril,lfrw.l.A Dotting* by the Way. Corresjiondcnce of Kcoxeee Courier. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, \ April 23, 18V0. j DEAR COUUIKR : From tho caption, you will soo that wo aro in thc goldon Stato. Ar riving nt 8 o'clock, p. m., thia OYoning, nnd to go buck and bring up our notes to this placo, wc must coimnonco at Winncuiucca Station, in Novada Territory, being four hun dred and sixty-fivo miles back, not far from tho Stono Houso, and Battle Mountain Sta tions, and in tho groat bend of tho Humboldt river, and muoh cannot bo said for tho placo, only tho Central Pacific lt- li Company havo largo work shops herc, and several stago lines connect hero and ruu ta Boiso and Silver Cities, through Paradise Valley, &o. Tho town has OOO inhabitants, and is named in honor of tho chief of tho Pintes tribo of In dians, who formerly lived hero, and many of tho samo tribo now livo arouud. Wo next pass Mud Lake, Black Kock, Pyramid Lake, Boso Creek, Raspberry Crock, Mill City aud Humboldt Stations. At thc latter wc fiud good fresh water, that ia uot common in this pretty,, though barren valley. Thence, via Ryo Patch, Oroana, and cross tho Humboldt river near Lovelock Station, and now wo ore iu tho midst of tho great Nevada Desert, which oc cupies thc largest portiou of tho Nevada Ba sin, and consists of barren plains and broken hills, destitute of wood aud water, or grass, and is on tho belt traceable from Oregon to Arizona. We next pass G rou ito Point, Brown's, and reach Humboldt Lake, this body of water is about 40 miles long, by 10 or 12 wide, and is thc cud of the great Hum boldt river, whose waters we have traced from their head sources, three hundred and fifty miles, and is called herc tho sink, or Lake Humboldt. Wc pass down tho lake 15 miles and reach ucxt White Plains, Mirago, Hot Springs, (No. 2,) Desert, Wadsworth, Trus kec, Clark's, Camp 37, and Reno. j\t this placo thc stages connect with Virginia City and thc Carson Valley region. Many passen, gcrs got off herc, amongst them our genial aod vivacious friend, Col. J., Democratic Representative of Alameda County, Cal., who sang tho "Bonnie BIuo Flag" with much gusto nnd vim, for tho especial benefit, bc said, of his South Carolina friend, who near tho wee small hours of tho morning had be come rather drowsy, (thc cars arriving hero about 2 o'clock a. m.,) and wo need hardly repeat what many in thc car said, "that brings him up," and amidst tho clapping of of hands and cheering by ninny of our trav elling friends, especially Dr. II. L. Mathews, of Nebraska, formerly of Cal., later of Monta na, and Col. Gilliland, formerly of Maine, now of Nevada, and the dclectablo Miss-, of Portland, Maine, thc train halted, and in a moment's time, thc former and two latter, with Wc then pass Verdi, Boca, and Truckee City, thc largest town on thc Railroad, west of Sacramento, and is on tho north bank of thc Truckee river, has upwards of 4,000 in habitants, with a newspaper, hotels, stage lines, schools and great lumber yard, twenty two saw mills just around her, and 4 o'clock, a. m., wc arrived here, thc moon was shining silver bright, and as wc had not gone to sleep after leaving Reno, and was on thc lookout, as usual for an item, wc beheld hero thc first wood ; wo had not seen for many, many miles any, and in our great exultation, ex claimed, as did thc men with Columbus, on his first voyage to our great Continent, "Wood ho!" aud without wood, to us, land is nota great deal. Leaving Truckee at 4:20, wo were soon in sight of Donna Lake (wc send you tho drawing,) tho prettiest lako in the world, wo will."bet" on that, oj miles from Truckee, we begin to wind snakelike, up thc great Sierra Nevada Mountains, with two immense (doublo headed,) locomotives, and soon wc begin to pass through thc great Snow Shed Tunnels that greatly obstruct tho view of thc traveller in nscending these monster mountains. Wo only pass through ono or two earth and rock tunnel J before wo reach tho Summit, 7,242 feet high. Though these mountains aro thc highest in tho United States, Sherman on tho Rocky Mountains, on tho U. & P. end of tho R. lt. is about 1,000 feet higher than Summit. A moro favorable pass was found cu thc Sierra Nevada than thc Rocky mountains. A'c Summit is a gi oat Snow Shed-doublo track to pass, and a hotel and tho necessary houacs for tho many at taches that must always bo found nt such place (if another ever is found) ns this, nnd all of thom ore dug out on sido of thc Rail road track, and lighted up day and night. Tho place has thc appearance of ono "eternal night." Wo had our breakfast hero, nt 8 o'clock, a, m., surrounded by gus, nnd a good fire, for thc snow was 3 feet deep nt this point, that wo measured, by taking a tortuous wind out from our eating house tosco thc grandest spectatnelo our eyes ever beheld; A morning view from thc Summit of tho Sierra Novada mountains, on tho Central Pacific Railroad, would repoy a genial friend n trip from that placo that 'tia said "no traveller roturncth." Wo stop 8' minutes only. On wo go, nnd nt Cascade wo aro down to G,510 feet, and hero wo cross- ono branch of tho Yuba River, not tho ono that "Yuba dum" is on. A small grass valley is boro surrounded by rocks' and mountain streams, whoso milky white spray from both sidos almost kiss each Other ?rt their morning mist loaps. Next ia Tamnrnok, end thou Cisoo Station, then Emigrant Gap, lilim Canyon, China Rancho, Alto, and in sight of this station, is tho Great Amorioan Canyon, (wo sond a view of it,) ono,pf 'tho greatest gorges in, tho mountains. Tho Amorioan River, is .hero compressed between two walls, 2,000 feet high, and no nearly j -endicular aa WO can stand.on tho precipico and SCO tho river, like a stnftll rivulet,.dashing, and foam i?<>i J urn.M? lit? i M i.i B??i?hi??fcli???M?? . ?-....*"??..;?-:--"-p-"" ing through-tho Canyon ia about two milca long, and BO prcoipitous aro ila sides that nothing can traverso thom on foot. Next wo I havo Patch Plat or German Lovel, a cosy little town of 2,000 inhabitants, mostly well to-do Gormans j then oit to Little York, You Pet, lied Dog, Gold Ruu, all mining region on tho American river or its tributaries, with some beautiful lauds, woll cultivated, and Gue orchards aud gardens, with much eleganc? and tasto displayed in their cultivation, &c. Along in tliis region is whero tho old pioneers to tho new Eldorado would first acknowledge themselves iu "God's Couutry." If you well recollect that iu tho regiou of Carbon and Ked Desert, wus culled tho "God Forsaken region." Well, to oompaio thom is to com pare white to black, or prosperity to adversi ty, or happiness to Hades. Then pass Mills and Cope Horn Stations. Just hero is said to bo thc grandest sccnory on the wholo lino of tho Trans-Oontiucntal ltuilroad, but wo can hardly givo our conscn* to mako invidi ous distinctions. Near this wo cross tho valley, on a trestle about 100 feet high, cross ing at tho lowest part of tho valley, mid grad ually descending uutil wo aro down to 2,500 feet, and to a little town called Col fa*. Wo next reach Auburn, thc County site of Placer County, California. (Wo forgot to tncntiou in proper place, that nt Poca, or near it, wc entered tho State of California.) Colfax has 800 inhabitants, and is n pretty town, sur rounded by splendid scenery. Next wc rend New Castle, Piuo, Rocklin aud Junction, ih( "Paradiso on earth. Herc tho Central Rail road connects with tho Marysville or Oregoi Railroad, and passengers for all parts of Or egon leave nt this point. This is thc plac? for Pic iVics. All thc region around, iuclu ding Oakland and San Francisco, oncea yea or oftener, congregate herc, and spread thei viands, and have a good time generally. Tb? country is level, and a tolerably rich section but littlo timber, enough, however, for ni practicable purposcr, generally thu burr oak something similar to our post oak, and ilow ors, "world without end." We, in company with an interesting liltl lassie, whilo tho passengers wcro leaving ou train and getting off tho Marysville truir strolled a "wee-way" and culled some of tb most beautiful and fgrarant, a samplo of wilie wc soon enveloped to a littlo lassie of our a? quaintanco in thc Palmetto State, who, tl: one wc was with vividly brought to mind. Next is Antelope, Arcade, and then Sai ramcnto City, situated ou tho cast bank ? tho American liver. This stream is aboi 80 yards wide, spanned by a bridge and tie tlc three-fourths of a mile; has 8,000 Juba itants, and is thc capital of tho State. Tl Feather river forms its juiction with ll American ut this place, and wo sec mai steam boats and smaller boats lying ari JU trading to Marysville and other points. Tl v.. pt tut ia u-largo ?na Bomcwnat handson building. The C. P. It. ll. Company ha work shops herc. She has manufactories ninny kinds, such as woolen mills, sugar, bc and four flour mills, &c. It seems from tl appearances around, to bc a good wheat ai barley section. Wc find very many of o "celestial" friends hero, and all along thc li of railroad more or less of them, either woi ing on the railroad, or as cooks or waiters eating stations, or inoro generally minii along the American river ?hove this plac "good diggings" still around. Ono of tin. picked up lately, near Grass Tulley, not I from Ibis place, a 82,500 nugget. Thc working ulong thc linc of railroad were slui untiing. We next pass Brighton, Elk Gtw Cosutnncs, Galt, Mok?luutno, to Stockt City. Tliis is a pretty town, has a populati of 10 lo 15,000. . Thc State Lunatic Asyh is herc, and when our train stopped, a ncj man, a maniac, was taken oil' for thc Asylu and apropos. "J.'i? said, that in this St: more lunatics arc found, according to popu tion, than in any other. Now eleven lu drcd within thc walls of her Asylum. Ni wo come lo Rautas, Ellis, and Midway S lions. Near tho last named, wo pass th rou a short tunnel, on tho Coast Rango of moi tains, along tho valley of which wc havo bc passing for miles, and just hero, thc wh and bailey, and gardens, uro parched i Thousands upon thousands of tho prctti valley lund wc ever laid our eyes upon, now as worthless as the desert plains wo w upon a few days back. Tho farmers are c ting some of tho grain that got high cnouj with their improved reapers-, for hay, but a general thing, tho horses, cattle and sin aro turned upon it, and grout numbers such stock, of the finest kiud, aro found along back, to tho Sierra Nevada, now 1 and fat, and many of them going into marl) About lOllis and Midway, and Altamont, i next station, tho section is hilly, and i Coast Range Mountains aro peculiar in pearance, nothing growing upon them, ti seem ns clear as if brushed down every d Through tho tunnel wo now como, Livcrm Station, in Livermoro Valley, nod my inn nation could novor oonooivo of one moro bo tiful, lovel and fertile to tho most oxtre dogrc , (though now suffering for rain,) Coast Range of Mountains surrounding, too near to hem her in, aud just fur enoi off for "distanco to lend enchantment to view," and on thom wo sec pretty fully o orcd with tho barr oak tree, whoso br? limbs afford ampio shade for tho herds t now stand or lio under them. Ni:x,.tis Ph anton Hill, the cosiest littlo town w<- ! saw, and . Alls our idea of Parad iso, Next nrrivo ot Nilos, tho lunotioo pf tho C. P. R., and San Juso R. R. Wo forgot to m tien that, wo crossed tho San Joaquin Ri at a station of samo name, a little bo Stockton. It is perhaps fifty yards wi but <Jc<5p,- bridgo 100,feet lotig and fifty ! high. Again at Nilos; tho bi1.!.-? ?ct' ?v/li bluffy, and.oloio In on tho rajltoac^bat t San Joso road runs through them, and takes' it? oourso from south to oast and from oast td west, running along tho bay. Our travolliog companion, Dr. M., loft us ot this polut. Wd next pn&s Lorenzo and Sau .Leandro, and thea Oakland, on tho bay. This is a part of Bart Francisco, in interest nt least, Bunning ou.1} into tho bay on trestle two miles, wo g?t ort tho finest steam boat We cvor saw, and "all aboard," steam peat Coat Island, a largo and high peak standing alone out in tho bay, and as wo speed along wo observe iu the distance^ tho glib)mering gas ligtit of tho great oity of San Francisco, some of thom seeming to omorgo from tho wuter's edgo, while others wes mountain high, wh'.ch on our arrival, wo found was no dim vision, for from a littlo level, San Francisco asoeuds mouutuin high. Arri vi og safely nt time indicated, wo, iu com pany with our friend and brother, Col. Thos. Mi Heed, lady and family, of Olympa, Wash ington Territory, mado our way, through tho noisiest set of hack drivers in christendom^ to tho Russ House, nud now our doy's work? is done, and weary and tired, wc go to bod, and of San Francisco and surroundings will wiito you soon again. Yours, Seo., Gv - i -o- mt Forgery. Tho Southern Guardian, of tho 7th in1' stant says : '.Yesterday, ono of thc most cunningly de vised, villainous and daring schemes of rus oality was disclosed. W. NV. Sampson, bend clerk of tho State Treasury Department, aLd ono Captain Metcalf, lato of tho United States army, and who figured extensively in South Carolina at tho close of tho war us com mandant of thc Post at Abbeville, Beaufort, and other parts of tho State, aro tho guilty parties, as so far discovered. The l'acts of tho ease, ns we learn them, ore as follows : '.The State, in 185'J, issued bonds payable in live years, to tho amount of ?310,000, itv . aid of thc Blue Bidgo Railroad. The bonds were taken by tho Blue llidgo Railroad Com pany ut par, to bo used by them in tho con struction of their road. A number of those* bouds, which hud not been used, wcro stolen by a raiding party of Federal soldiers, which passed through Pendleton, S. C., about the close of thc war. In 180(3, two years after said bonds become due, tho Legislature pas sed au act authorizing the funding of past duo bonds and tho coupons thereon. Under th* act it was ascertained, in 1807, by tho pro sont President nf thc Blue Ridge Railroad, Gen J. W. Harrison, that the identical bonds stolen in Pendleton had been funded, having probably been sold to sonic innocent parties at tho North ; but a lurgo amount or tho coupons were not presented lo bc funded. Having freo access to thc books, ?Sampson was enabled to lind out precisely what coupons were missing; and, proceeding upon this knowledge, he and Metcalf concocted a sweet little plan of appropriating sonic ?12,000; and if successful, there is no telling to what extent they may have carried their thievish propensities. "Sampson, us clerk of thc Treasury, sends gu a gctuiino coupon to a printing house ill Auburn, N. Y., whero Metcalf now lives, ana ordered fae simile? struck off, to tho amount of $12,000. Tho genuine coupon being merely stereotyped was easily counter feited ; but thc printing house in Auburn suspecting something to bc amiss, reported tho matter to the detectives in Now York city, and they to Constable Hubbard hero. Plans for their detection were at onco set on? foot, letters wcro intercepted, a largo batch, of tho forged coupons seized whilo iu transit tu between Sampson and Metcalf, and yes terday, having obtained such unquestionable evidence of tho guilt of the parties, Hubbard arrested Sampson hore, and at the same time Metoalf was arrested in Auburn. Sampson is now in jail, and bail to tho amount of 825,000 being required for his release, will: probably remain there till thc timo of trial. Wc have it from good authority that thc in timations arc that moro persons in and about. ?ho capital than W. W. Sampson aro impli cated in his crime." i If our recollection serves us Correctly, Pen dleton was not plundered by thte Federal Sol diers. Therefore, these bonces must havo "seen light" iu some other woy.\^ What we Want :^ Tho Southern Guardian, in an", arliolo on Immigration, says :. "Having lost tho patriarchal sysVcm of so cial and political life, it becomes us ttV develop1 and perfect another. Wo want furmsi^stcad of plantations; instead of mammoth cropa^of cotton mid rice wc want farm productions groins, fruits*, vegetables, seeds for orlsptho' vine, barn yard and dairy products, Uees, and thc hundred other kinds of industrial' pursuit ET- that require moro i li tell i gc nco than muscular force Wo wont manu factures, railroads, banks, schools, popular institutions,, societies, unions, lyceums, clubs and libra ries."' WASHINGTON, May 9.-Tho I?OU?O od journcd until to morrow, without transacting*; any business. Iii tho Sonato, Morrill, of Vermont, spoke' on thc tariff question, after* wh'ieh the appro*-* priation bill was cousidcred. JACKSON, MISS., May 7.-Tho Senate' 'Confirmed to tho Supremo Bench Sitnr?lKf Briton and Torbcll. Bills for mixod schools* and equal rights in taverns were dofeatod-. HYME 1ST IA XJ . MARRIED, on tho otb' of May, inst., bydtovv. D. McNoill Turnor, Mr. WM. II. ANOEKSON to-* Mis? OA?I<IK IL, duughtor of Jos. M.? Beard/ alli of West Union* ? ' 1 . Frintor's foo rocolvpjtb Thc haprty-.: cou ple have tho best wishes of tho Curt BI? a-'for tholr' future happiness und prosperity* O O JVC JVC E R O i..A*E7. Liv git moi/, May D^-Evetiln?-Cotton steady; uplands IO}; Oilcans ll J? lld; ; sales 12.Q00 halos, including 3,000 for speculation arid ox? port. . NRW.T-?I??, May 0.-Gold Opened firmer nn<ty - advanced-'from lift to l ip htii cjo?cdj?t 141.." South Carolinas Bonds. Old; 01Y now ~8l4.-'.' 'potion strong arid in fair demand } solos ?.QOOT bttie>. ' . . A?OV?TA, May 0.-Cotton fhmvoT .salt* 28*}> bfthis.; ??colptsTOO * middlings 21?2l OrrAflLKATON^Moy 0.-Oottori i@To. blaber mlddUpf^l 1021? ; sal?s SOO d7P;;^ockTl,?% ' -V-W