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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
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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
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