Melancholy Suicide. —On Wednesdaynight last, Abraham Ritter, aged about fif-ty years, committed suicide in his cabin onSalt Creek. It seems that Ritter visitedthe dead-full in the upper or west end of ourtown known as the Clipper Saloon. Whiletuere, two of the sharpers who hang aboutthe place pretended to be earnestly engagedin a game ofpoker. During the game oneof them received a hand which could not bebeat, and his opponent immediately com-menced betting largely against him. Thesharper of the stroug hand then purposelydisplayed his cards so that they could beseen by persons standing around, saying aslie did so that he had not sufficient moneyto bet with his opponent. Ritter fell aneasy victim to the trap. He took the cards,bet $140, and claimed the stakes. Sharper-No. 2, however, refused to give up themoney, saying that Ritter’s hand containedsix curds instead of five. This proved tobe true—two of the curds having been skill-fully waxed together—and the robbery ofRitter was completed.

The loss of his money so preyed upon thespirits of the old man, that he soon after re-turned to his cabin and committed suicideby shooting himself with a pistol. Uponhis person was found about twenty-three dol-lars in coin and two and a hall ounces ofgold dust. Coroner II. J. Shuvlleff helduninquest on the body on Thursday last. Thejury returned the following verdict:

‘ We, the Jury of Inquest on the body ofone Abraham Ritter, found dead in hiscabin on Salt Creek, on the east side of thecreek opposite Gold llill, after careful ex-amination of the body, and examination ofwitnesses intimately acquainted with de-ceased in his life-time, are of opinion thatthe deceased came to his death by his ownhand; and we are further of opinion thatthe act was caused by his having been swin-dled out of some one hundred and forty dol-lars, more or less, at a place known in Shas-ta as the Clipper Saloon, and kept by .Mar-tin and William Downes, by two gamblersto this Jury unknown.’— Shasta. Republican.

The Volcano at IIilo.—Under date ofof Dec. 28th, the Rev. Mr. Coan writes tothe Honolulu Friend as follow’s:

‘ Every daydarkens the prospects of IIilo.The stream conies in great force some twomiles a week. Three or four miles willbring it through the woods. It follows wa-ter channels, dries up aqueous matter, andforms fiery cascades of terrible sublimity.—It heads straight dow u upou us, and noth-ing but the hand of Omnipotence can saveour town and bay. Our expulsion seemsevery day more and more a solemn reality.Molten tires are gleaming, trees are falling,the jungle is consuming, rivers are boilingand ascending in steam clouds. Onward,onward, rolls the burning deluge; slowly,sullenly, relentlessly, and with resistlessforce. 1 hope to be able to give you a fullaccount in time.

‘ I’ IS. A man died this morning fromfulling into the boiling water near the fusedlava stream. The molten Hood is still ma-king fearful progress towards iliio.

Genteel Society.—A gentleman, mem-ber of a very fashionable club, some eveningssince on going to his club, found a youngstranger walking up and down before theentrance to the club-rooms. Entering oneof the rooms he found a party of fashionablemen playing a game of poker and bettingvery freely. The said gentleman hail occa-sion to puss into the rooms several timesduring the evening, and saw the same stran-ger still walking up and down. Promptedby curiosity, the club member approachedthe young matt and asked what was the mat-ter. ‘Oh, nothing,’ replied he, ‘1 am udeputy sheriff, and have one of those gen-tlemen playing poker in that room under ar-rest, amt lie has paid me lor w aiting here.’—S. F. Chronicle.

The Bulldog Ant.—There is in Austra-lia an ant known by this name, from its pug-nacious disposition. If accidentally cut inhalves, one half will fight with the otherhalf. Mr. llowitt mentions an instancewhich fell under his own observation. Oneof his traveling companions, in a fit of irri-tation, cut one in pieces. ‘The head imme-diately seized the body with its mandibles,and the body began stinging aw ay manfullyat the head. The fight went on for half anhour without any diminished sign of life;and this is what they always do. Instead ofdying, as they ought to do, they set to andfight away for hours, if sonic oilier ants donot come and carry them away; whether tocat them or bury them we know not. Butthe flies immediately eat flies that arecrushed, and ants eat the remains of crushedants.’

Cm.onoFOM.—At a recent sitting of theAcademy of Sciences at Paris, M. Flourens,speaking of the power ol chloroform, re-marked that its use in the field hospitals ofthe army doubled the strength and power ofthe surgeons, us they are more masters oftheir action when operating on an inertmass, and ure no longer disturbed by thecrie6 or movements of the patieut. In thecampaign in the Crimea, chloroform was em-ployed, lie stated, more than 20,000 times,und always with success. ‘This immense re-sult,’said M. Flourens, ‘is the best reply tothose who had felt apprehension at the" useof this powerful auxiliary to surgical oper-ations.

Barkuu Swindled.— A swindle has re-cently been carried out successfully at theWest, by a party w ho had been forging theacceptance of P. T. Baruum to drafts whichhe negotiated, pocketing the proceeds. Theamount of these drafts is variously estimatedat from $20,000 to $»0,000. The exact ex-tent of this fraud is not known. The for-geries were well calculated to deceive thosebest acquainted with Mr. liuruum’s signa-ture.

A correspondent of the Richmond Ru-quirer says that there is living in Powhatancomity, Va., a person who was born contem-poraneously with the coronation of GeorgeIJ of England—48 years before the De-cimation of American Independence andfour or live years before the birth of W ash-

ing!Oh, being 12* or 129 years old.

Eleven thousand sheep passed throughSanta Barbara lu one flock, recently.

Rough and Ready Water Company.It is with pleasure that we inform our

readers that the project of bringing the wa-ters of Stuart’s Fork into the Weavervillediggings, has again revived, under circum-stances far more favorable than those attend-ing the first attempt. The Rough k ReadyCompany have recorded a notice in the Re-corder’s office, that they claim tight hundredsluice-heads of water out of Stewart’s Fork,and one hundred sluice heads out of RushCreek. It is the intention of the Company,forthwith to erect a Saw-mill at their headilam on Stewart’s Fork, and build a flumethe entire distance.

We are informed that the Company pos-sesses sufficient capital to carryout their de-sign, and are determined this time it shallnot fail. The flume will be prepared andframed at the Mill, then floated down as itis built, and put together. It will be about30 miles long.

We have long been satisfied that a flumewas the only practicable way by which thewaters of Stewart’s Fork could be broughtinto Weaver. The mountains are altogeth-er too steep for a ditch ; slides would occurso frequently, that a regular anti constantsupply of water could not be depended up-on by miners, and the cost of keeping it inrepair, amount to more than the receipts.—With a flume it is quite different. Oncebuilt, and it is permanent, and will last un-til the lumber decays. From the systemat-ic manner in which the Company are goingto work, we have great confidence in itssuccess.

The benefits arising to this mining sectionfrom its successful termination, will be im-mense. The Hume will be sufficiently eleva-ted to pass over the Oregon Gulch ridge,thus commanding all the diggings situatedwithin the Weaver basin, and on the Ore-gon Gulch ridge. Many of these placersare known to be exceedingly rich, and thelack of water lias heretofore prevented theirbeing worked.

With the waters of Stewart’s Fork rush-ing through our gulches, Weaverville willbecome the town of the North. We extendour most hearty wishes for their success, tothe Company, and trust they will be as‘ ready’ as the route of the flume is ‘ rough.’I /

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7—The I-hasta Ct.uricr, in ail ar-ticle upon Wag-on roads, invites the peopleof Siskiyou and Trinity to lend their aid andassistance in building a road from Shasta toYrekn. The Courier also slightly animad-verts upon our remarks in relation to a trailfrom this place to Humboldt Bay, and cansee no good reason why goods can be broughthere cheaper via Humboldt than by Shasta,and intimates that in favoring this route wehad in view the personal comfort of JudgeI’itzer in attending his court at the Huy.We disclaim any particular reference to thecomfort of the Judge in our remarks uponthe trail, although it gives us: pleasure at alltimes to promote the personal comfort ofourfriends. For this reason, when Judges fromadjoining districts hold court in our county,we should be delighted to have them visitus in a “buggy,” if their personal comfortwould be increased by it. We are thereforein favor of a wagon road to Shasta, andwould suggest to the people of that placewhile considering the Yrika road, to turn asmall shareof attention Weaver-wards. Wethink a good road can be made; it makesbut little difference to us which route istaken, so that the object aimed at, namelyincreased facilities for transportation, easiercommunication, and reduction in the chargeson ft eight are accomplished. We cannotsee that the trade of Shasta will lie injuredby the road. On the contrary it seems tous by facilitating their communication withthe interior, business of all kinds must neces-sarily increase. We trust, friend Courier,that you will take into consideration the ad-vantage of this road to the public and thecomfort of a buggy ride , ami aid us all youcan in this matter.

From Humboldt Bay. —We take the fol-lowing items from the Humboldt Times, ofthe 23d ult. furnished us by Mr. dins.Shafer.

Packing seems to be reviving again. Wenoticed one clay this week, over one hun-dred mules, heavily freighted, leaving townfor '.he Klamath, lloopa Valley, New Riv-er and Trinity. One hundred animals at anaverage of 250 pounds each, would amountto twenty-five thousand pounds ; a prettygood days business for our place. Tradethe ensuing season, promises to exceed anyformer year, and our merchants will pleasetake tlie hint and keep abundant and well-assorted stocks constantly on hand, so usnot to drive business from us. We wantmore capital in business, and improved trails,and their will be no difficulty in securing aflourishing trade for this Bay, for it is thenatural channel through which to supply anextensive and valuable mining region.

Capt. I). II. Snyder has produced an ex-cellent article of corn meal at lloopn Yul-ley, equal to the Muskingum or Wabashbrands.

The Times enquires after the Mail contract,let to some persons to carry the mails be-tween Humboldt Bay and Weaver, and ur-ges upon our members of Congress to lookit up We trust they will give the matter

some attention, ns we really need this route.A disease similar to the blind staggers, has

broken out among the cattle on Elk Creek.Fifteen head suddenly died of this disease.It was checked, however, by cropping thetips Of the tails.

the Atlantic in Four Days.—Pro-fessor S. Wilson, an aeronaut, who has beenexperimenting in this city with rather poorsuccess for some months past, in a communi-cation in the Chronicle, states that he cameto California for the purpose of establishinga mail and passenger balloon line over thePlains, and he is going to do it. He saysthat a hundred passengers can thus be trans-ported faom ocean to ocean in about threeand a half days, with as much safety as thetrip can be made by water. We would sug-gest that the tcrial route first be explored,and a few houses of entertainment establishedat convenient distances for the accommoda-tion of travelers, where hot whiskeys can beobtained and other cold weather luxuries.—It would also be advisable to start in ad-vance an atrial tug, to clear away the denseclouds hanging over Laramie’s Peak, anddissipate the mist ilmt darkens the horizonof Utah in certain months of the year. Hut,after all, who knows what may be accorn'plished by the Professor? Almost as strangethings have happened within the last halfcentury ns crossing the continent in a bal-loon.— (It Idea Lira.

The Mexican Chi nun.--The immensewealth of the Roman Catholic Church ofMexico is often spoken of on account of itsinfluence in political affairs. While the an-nual income of the republic does not exceed$9,000,000, the revenues of the churchamount to $28,000,000. The product ofthe tithes, on an average, is estimated at$1,835,000 per annum, and in addition tothis, the clergy possess an immense cupitalin specie, the accumulation of three centu-ries, arising partly from bequests, and part-ly from surplus income. The ecclesiasticalestablishment consists of one archbishopric(that of Mexico) and nine bishopries, theincome of which is derived chiefly from (hat

portion of the tithes intended for the subsis-tence of the clergy, and amounts to $409,-000--the archbishop receiving $130,000.—The total number of convents is 150, theFranciscans having G8, the Dominicans ‘24,the Augustins 22, the Mercedarians 19, andthe Carmelites 10. The entire number ofindividuals in these convents is 2,514; thenumber of curacies 40, and of missions 101.Resides this large number of friars and con-vents, the Propaganda Fide has five col-leges, with 341 religious teachers and 00missions. No sects ofreligion differing fromthat established by law are tolerated. Itdoes not yet appear that all this expensivemachinery has contributed essentially eitherto the happiness or the prosperity of the peo-ple. On the contrary, the inhabitants arepoor, illiterate, bigoted, ill-governed and op-pressed.

A Wealthy Proprietor.-—A large por-tion of the rich valley of Oenessee, in NewYork State, is owned by James Wadsworth.He owns 8,000 acres in one town, ns manymore in Uenessee, about 3,000 more in theadjoining town of Rush, 5,000 or 0,000 inthe town of Caledonia, and a great manythousand in other towns and counties. IIislanded possessions exceed 50,000 acres, it isnearly all good land, the best in the State,and constantly increasing in value.

Tiie Ei. Dorado. —The El Dorado gam-bling saloon, San Francisco, was closed afew days ago. It has out-lived the flushtimes of ’49 and now is their monument.—State Journal.

The Missing Books of Adams & Co.Their Recovery—$10,000 ofleredMarshall North for them.

The lost Books of Adams k Co. have been

found ! They washed ashore near the NorthPoint Dock Warehouse, San Francisco, on

the evening of the 21th ult. When foundthey were sewed up in a sack, and although

completely saturated with water the writingis still legible.

The Evening Bulletin of the 28th ult. inspeaking of the recovery of the Books, says :

Marshal North proceeded to North Point,am’ from the hill-side had pointed out .to himthe house where the books were concealed.He went to the door with Officer Stevenson,and, after reconnoiteringthe premises, brokeopen the door, and both entered, pistols inhand and cocked. Not a living soul was to

be found. A search was made, and betweenthe mattresses of the bed werefound two BOOKS

very wet owl with the covers torn off!‘ Sam,’ said North to Stevenson, ‘you sit

here on this mattress, with your pistol cocked,and don't stir, except to defend the boohs, untilI come back !’ Down went Sam, very gladto have a little rest on so soft a scat, afterhis tramp over the lulls, and there lie wassitting in the same position when North re-turned.

Tkn Thousand Dollars we hear it said,can be had by Marshall North for the Books,but North has them safe in his house with‘ Sam’ sitting on them, and his six-shooterabout. Sam won’t stir till North comes tobring the books to the Court room.

We have examined the Books and findthem them to be the General Cash Book andGeneml Ledger, which we stated some threeor four months ago in the Bulletin were mis-sing ! They are thoroughly saturated andthe covers off. The writing is legible andthere are the identical Van's dust and 1. ('.

Woods' dust accounts! On, you Hounds !

The day of retribution is approaching !

From the same paper of the 20th ult. wetake the following, under the caption of' Those Books Again !’

Last night wc were at Mr. Naglee’s officeuntil nearly eleven o’clock, overhauling theGeneral I,edger and General Cash Books ofAdams k Co. Both are in a good state ofpreservation. The Ledger is not even wetin some places in the centre of the book, sothat, allowing for the thickness of the cov-ers, and the manner in which they were pack-ed in the sack, the books could not havebeen in the water a very long time. TheCash Book though thoroughly saturated, isperfectly legible, and we doubt if these bookscan have been in the water over a week atthe furthest, and possibly not over 48 hours !

Thk Hounds have mutilated the Books,and the very pages that would bring Mr. Co-hen’s deviltry to light have been taken out ;

but however smart Mr. Cohen may havethought himself, he has not entirely destroy-ed the evidences against him. From theGeneral Cash Book have been torn out allthe pages containing the entries of the Tld ofFebruary! The leaf on which the debit sideof the cash commencing with the 22d Feb-ruary was written, would, on turning backrepresent the credit side of the day before ;

and thus in destroying the whole of the 22dFebruary there has also been destroyed thatpart of the work of the work of the 21stwhich was on the opposite side of the leaf.

In speaking of the ‘ Post Street Lot,’ hesays :

In the index to the General Ledger welast night found written, ‘ Our 50-vara lot58.8, page 185,’ but on turning to the Led-ger, page 180 is missing ! Now, who toreout that page 180 if this scoundrel Cohendid not ? What object could any body, but( ohen, have in destroying that page, whichproved his lying when he affirmed that thislot 583, corner of Post and Stockton sts.belonged to him 1 ('ohen knew he lied ! lieknew we swore to the truth when we relatedin court the conversations between him andourself, wherein lie, Cohen, had said lie in-tended charging no commissions to Adams f('a. for making the trade for them !

That nice young man, Mr. Henry VanValkenburg, the Gold Dust clerk, Las notbad quite stirring up enough yet to meet ourwishes. This Mr. ‘ Van’ says lie can do agreat deal of business in the gold dust tradeon a thousand dollars. We don’t doubt it.

After the failure, Van laid afine house and lot at North Beach, andflourishes about with a carriage and pair ofhorses, and cutting up a splurge generally,none of which, it appears, lie indulged inbefore the failure. I an swears hard, very /

but we think he lias hardly got through withall he knows. * * Another thingwhich strikes us as remarkable is, tlmt thoVan was called up at 3 o’clock in the morn-ing for the express purpose of taking an ac-count ot the Gold Dust entrusted ta hischarge alone, yet he cannot now rememberwhether the amount at that time was $50.-000 or $500,000.

Mr. Naglee, last night had completed thecash account of the 21st and 22d of Febru-ary, as far as possible, from the postings iuthe Ledger of those dates ! We heard I.C. Woods remark that lie would defy anybody to make anything out of the accounts,unless kept in Cohen’s hands

ARRIVAL of the

JOHN L. STEPHENS!!12 Days Later from the Atlantic !

SPEAKER ELECTED '.!

The steamer John L. Stephens arrived at

San Francisco on the evening of the 2d inst.,

bringing dates to the 5th ult. from New

York.Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachusetts,

was elected Speaker of the House of Rep-resentatives on the 2d of February, on the133d ballot. This result was obtained bythe adoption of the plurality instead of themajority rule. .Aiken, the candidate of theDemocrats and Americans had 100 votes,Banks 103. A few scattering votes werecast for Fuller, Wells, and Campbell. Theelection is regarded as a triumph of thoSewardite party. *

George M. Dallas has been nominatedand confirmed as minister to England.

Jeff. Davis has been elected to the Senateto fill a vacancy occurring next March.

Barker 11. French will not be recognizedat Washington, on account of some financialoperations of French, in Texas in 1850.

The Kansas troubles still occupy the ptlblie mind. On the day appointed by theFree State men for the election, a desperatefight occurred between them and the pro-slavery party. The President has sent aspecial message to Congress on the subject,in which he says that the ill-feeling in Kan-sas has reached a point that threatens thepeace not only of Kansas but of the wholeUnion.

Mr. Rust, of Arkansas, dissatisfied withsome remarks in the New York Tribune, at-tacked and struck Mr. Greely in the streetat Washington. Greely showed fight.

The first patent issued by the U. S. Gov-ernment to lands in this .State, will be ColFromont’s to the Mariposa. It will reachhere by the next Nicaragua steamer due ina few days.

Barnum, the great showman, is said tohave failed in consequence of the liberal aidhe extended to the Jerome Clock Manufac-turing Company, which had started underhis auspices, at his new town of East Bridge-port, Conn. For the purpose of encourag-ing them he had agreed to endorse for themthe amount of $100,000, taking mortgagesas security. These endorsements were inblank, the Company to fill them up as theirnecessities might require; they, however,I >ut notes in circulation to the amount of$510,000, which he says must break him un-less some arrangement is made to save him.II is magnificent oriental villa, “Iranistan,”has been sold by the Sheriff for $80,000.

Commodore Charles Morris, the next tothe oldest captain in the U. S. Navy, diedat Washington, on the 25th ult.

Col. Ramsey, who has given his name toa route through Mexico, is preparing to goahead again, his contract with the government having been suspended for more than ayear, lie says that lie can carry the mailsfrom New York to San Francisco withinsixteen days, and he shows that he has con-veyed news from New Orleans to San Fran-cisco in twelve days and a half, lie hasstrong opposition to contend against, thomost ellcetive being the steamship compa-nies, Panama and Nicaragua. But notwith-standing all opposition he seems determinedto push his line through, lie started yes-terday for Mexico, to arrange the transitfrom Vera Cruz to Acapulco, confidentlyexpecting to have his route in operationearly in April. You will see whether ornot his predictions are verified.

The Court House at Syracuse, New York,was destroyed by fire on the 5th ult. Aportion of the county library was destroyed.Loss to the county $10,000 to $15,000.

The weather in New York continues in-tensely cold. Long Island Sound is blockedup with ice, so much so that all the steum-ers—Stonington, Fall River and Norwich—have suspended their trips. Five weekssteady sleighing in Broadway, appears tohave made but little impression in the snow,which is ull the way from one to three feetdeep. “Freezing to death,” has become al-most an epidemic.

A stampede of slaves from the bordercounties of Kentucky took place on the nightof February 2d. The whereabouts of sev-eral of the fugitives was discovered at Cin-cinnati, and the officers proceeded to makearrests. Upon approaching the house wherethe slaves were secreted, the latter firedwounding two or three spectators, but notseriously. < )ne .-lave woman, finding escapeimpossible, cut the throats of her childrenkilling one iustuutly, and severely woundingtwo others, (Siy of the fugitives were ap-prehended, but eight are said to have es-caped.

A bill has been introduced in the AlabamaLegislature, which places the citizens ofMassachusetts beyond the pale of the law,whether as regards life or property, untilthe repeal of the "Personal Liberty Law”in Massachusetts.Thk Mississippi Frozen Up.—Asteamer110111 New Orleans, which attempted to makethe voyage up the Mississippi, found the icefifteen inches thick at Natchez and stemmedit with difficulty. At Vicksburg the ice wasmaking last, and the river was almost im-passable On reaching Napoleon, at themouth of the Arkansas River, the ice hadbecome so heavy, and the steamer’s wheelswere so broken that ,-Jte was obliged to layup and suspend any further attempt ut navf-gation. 1 he river is gorged at Cairo, andthe Mississippi at Paducah. The Mississip-

pi, in fact, from the statement of the cap-tain of the steamer, may be consideredclosed tor navigable purposes its entirelength. Should this be the case, the cir-cumstance will be unprecedented in the mem-ory ol any one living, and we doubt if tra-dition has a thing so remarkable to recount.At Memphis the ponds are frozen over tothe thiekucss of twelve or fourteen inches,

THE JOURNAL.

H. J. SJ AMAN, KD1TOR.

SATIRIH1 MORNING, M\R( H S, 1*56.P. FISHER, is our authorized agent

in San Francisco, to obtain advertisements andsubscriptions.

jpS'yfr. E. G. Jost.in is our authorized Agentto solicit Subscriptions and Advertisements, atLewiston, Bates’ Ranch, Ridgeville, and at otherpoints on his route.

T9~r 6. W. Ravellt, is our regularly authorizedAgent to solicit Subscriptions andAdvertisementsat Cafion City.

To Advertisers.—Persons having Advertise-ments for insertion in the Journal, will please toleave them at the office of publication early onFriday morning.

jSSJ'Single copies of the Journal, in wapptre,for the Atlantic Mail, can be had at the publica-tion office.

German Hospital.—We learn that ourGerman citizens have organized a society,and intend erecting a Hospital in Weaverfor the benefit of their unfortunate country-men, who may become sick. Mr. HenryIloeker is President ; Hessig, Y. P.

Krutschuit, Sec. and Fred. Walters,Treasurer.

War Why will not some of our merchantsand others so deeply interested, organize aJlook & Ladder Company.

Brass Band.— Mr. Fred. Walters and oth-ers are getting up a Brass Band in town,which they say shall be the best Band inthe North.

B@“* Law in the Justice’s Courts duringthe past week, has been exceedingly brisk.

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Trinity Gcards. — 1The Annual Report ofthe Quarter-Master and Adjutant General,speaks of the Trinity Guards, as follows :

‘This Company is uniformed and equip-ped, and is reported to be a well-organized,efficient, and reliable Military corps.’

lDGEViu.K. —We learn tiiat the miners atRidgeville are doing well. Mr Copelandwashed out £12 from a pan of dirt, on hisclaim in the dry diggings, a few days since.Business of all kinds is improving ; duringthe past week the population has materiallyincreased, in a way that shows the inhabit-ants of Ridgeville and vicinity arc* deter-mined to have a fair repsesentation of ' na-tive Californians.’

California Mining Journal.—The firstnumber of a monthly newspaper b» aringlhistitle is before us. It is published at GrassValley and edited by TV’. R. Liver, and isentirely filled with matter appropriate to thename it bears. We trust it will meet withthe success the importance of the matterstreated upon, merit.

J©-*The weather still continues warm andpicas ant. Present appearances indicatethat the streams will be very low next sum-mer.

OSy The Hogue River Indians still con-tinue their hostilities. The Big Bend sta

lion was recently attacked and some twentywhites killed. Crescent City is threatenedwith an attack. The citizens have petitionedthe Governor of California for assistance.—There were not arms or ammunition enoughin town to equip 25 men.

Amusements.J. TV. Thornan and Company have arrived, and

will give theiropening p‘rformance this evening.Mr. Thoman’s Company is composed of Mr. TV. II.Hamilton, Mr. E. 1). Campbell, Mr. 1*.Karl, Mrs.W. it. Hamilton, Miss Lizzie Burbank, Miss Jen-nie Prichard,and I n Petite Ctrito. The male por-tion of the Company, and Miss Jennie Pritchardhave appeared in Weavervi lie before, and fromthe spirited manner in which they sustained theirreputation as actors, wo are fully satisfied theywill give satisfaction. Mrs. TV. H. Hamilton. MissLizzie Burbank and La Velite C rito, have neverbefore visited us, but we are assured by those whohave witnessed their performances, that they cannot fail to please. La Petite Ctrito is said to bethe “ wonder of the age,” and is in herself sufiicient attraction to draw crowded houses. We trustthisCompany will succeed in winning the appro-bation and favor of the public, and that Mr. Tho-lnan will have an opportunity of making up theserious losses he has met with by fire, while en-deavoring to furnish our citizenswith amusement

The programme for ibis evening’s performanceis composed of the Comedies of *• hit JmsI Lege,"and “ L'rosting the Line,” interspersed with a numher of Comic Songs, Duetts, Dances, Ac. Fromthe east of characters we believe it will be wellworth seeing. Let us make the opening night a“ bumper.”

I airy Minstrels During the last week wehave been visilid by Mr. S. Blodgett’s Companyot hairy Miustrels, who performed two nights atthe Weaverville theatre. We certainty never wit-nessed a performance which received more uni-versal and earnest applause' than was bestowedupon the “ Fairy’s” uud their assistants, and wethink we could stand it to see them again, undhope our town will full within the line of theirmarch before leaving the North.

5?-S" The Misses Pelby & Cleveland left townyesterday, for the purpose of visiting Canon City,where they intend giving a series of entertain-ments.

jrJT Rhodes A Whitney will accept our thunksfor Atlantic papers, and lor State papers during

J6l§5“Oovernor Johnson lias vetoed the Billincreasing the salary of the Judge of the15th Judicial District. The Veto was ac-companied by quite a lengthy Message fromthe Governor, wherein he stated that it wason Constitutional grounds that he exercisedthe Veto power.

Shasta.—From the Shasta Courier , weglean the following items :

We regret to learn that the health of theHon. W. P. Daingei field is such that he willbe unable to hold the regular March Termof the District Court for Colusi County.—The Courier of last week says the Judgewas confined to his bed from the effects ofa high fever.

W. T. Carter, confined in the Shasta jail,on a charge of Grand Larceny, escaped oneevening last week, by the assistance of friendson the outside.

'Phe Odd-Fellows are about establishing aLodge at Shasta.

The Masonic Ball on the 22d ult. passedolf very agreeably, even more so than wasanticipated.

Business in Shasta was improving.♦ •

The attention of our readers is called tothe new advertisements in to-day’s issue.

AckSOWI.Knom ENTS.- -We are indebted to RoweA: Co.’s Express for a copy of the New Volk Un-ithif on Wednesday, and for other favors duringthe lveek.

F. W. 11lake has furnished us with full filesof State papers the past week, for which he hasour thanks.