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Newspaper
San Andreas Independent
Location
San Andreas, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1858
Page
2
In a brief notice the Independent states Benj P Kooser is editor and Thos Boyce is the authorized agent in San Francisco empowered to collect and receipt for moneys due the office. The fragment confirms appointment of a local agent for financial dealings.
The article honors Senator John J. Crittenden for his return to Kentucky after Washington. It notes tributes from Cincinnati to Covington and Lexington, praising his long service, shifting party ties, and his Senate speech that tempered sectional tensions over Kansas. It argues Crittenden’s stance as Kentucky’s true national arbiter.
The article lauds Mr. Crittenden’s return west as a national display of patriotic approval, arguing loyalty to the Union transcends sectional animosities. It contends true honors come from Union sacrifice over prejudice, while noting the Stockton Weekly Democrat’s 1860 presidential nod to Daniel S. Dickinson as a pure patriot.
The notice lists offices to be filled in the upcoming election including one Supreme Court justice for an unexpired term, a State Controller, district judges across numerous districts, and state legislators along with county judges and supervisors. The election is set for Wednesday, September 1. Also mentions Calaveras County’s inclusion of certain counties for county judge vacancies and notes about local political endorsements and commentary.
A married Amador County resident on Sandha Plana reportedly tried to kill herself with arsenic on Tuesday July 27. Dr. M Hoover treated her, removing the poison and saving her life. The act was attributed to a drunken cruel husband.
The Chronicle rebukes a Party platform quotation and mocks Mr. Benjamin's organ. It recalls a boy at his father’s funeral who cried loudly then stopped, saying to a crony, Bill, you dry up this is none of your funeral.
A Genoa report states the Vigilance Committee met and formed two judges a clerk and a sheriff. They passed laws authorizing hanging for thefts of 25 dollars or more and fines ranging from 50 to 1000 dollars plus banishment for lesser thefts. The Anti Vigilants petitioned Governor Cummings to extend jurisdiction and reorganize Carson County.
It is said that following Mr Rarey’s success in training the celebrated horse Crui ser, other Americans are prepared to undertake the treatment of other cruisers on the West India station according to the London Star.
A recent duel in Mississippi between Mr T. Knott and Mr A. Shott left Knott shot and Shott unharmed, according to readable fragments from the report.
The public letter proclaims Hon Thomas O'Brien has withdrawn as an Independent candidate and now stands before Calaveras County voters under the Cincinnati Democratic Platform. It urges support for his candidacy to oppose Lecompton-backed policies, warning that September first polls will decide if he represents the miners and Territory rights, with strong declarations of party principle and local sentiment.
Late reports from Carson Valley describe Haylock and Hedrick returning from the East Fork of Carson River after six weeks of prospecting. They earned about two and a half dollars daily with sluices and quicksilver, noting fine gold with silver admixture. The valley health is excellent but crops are light due to drought. Miners are moving to Walker's River mines, while Mormon apostates arrive from Salt Lake and consider settling locally or moving to California. Flour and staple prices are listed, and harvests begin with expectations of price drops after gathering.
Fort Walla Walla July 10 1858 letter from Wm H Wycott to Jock Hall describes about 120 armed men surveying a route 280 miles to the Shuswap mines. They expect battles with hostile tribes, rely on leaders like David McLachlin and half breeds, report a prior defeat near Priest Rapids, and note growing support from others while warning new arrivals of dangers.
Prospecting miner William Young returns from the country between the Lummi and Frazer rivers with two coarse gold specimens weighing a dollar. He found the gold on bed rock in a four foot hole twelve miles from the river mouth on American soil. A crowd gathered as he displayed the find and he swore to its truth before a notary.
A Wells Fargo era dispatch from Whatcom dated July 27 1858 reports J C Duncan replying to Mr 8 Pixley of San Francisco. The letter warns that Fraser River and Thompson River mining prospects will not pay California miners. About 2000 miners are said to be leaving for Eureka State with many already returning. The writer urges Californians to stay away and notes the panic of an “Extra” issue failing to stir excitement as evidence of a dying gold rush.
Reports from the Sacramento Union outline the August 4 Democratic State Conventions. The Lecompton Wing met at Benton's church and nominated James H. Hardy for president and Wm. J. Hooton for secretary. The resolutions endorsed the Cincinnati platform, the English bill, and the Pacific railroad bill while opposing the right of search and urging party unity. A mass meeting was planned in front of the Orleans hotel that evening.
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