20 Feb 1858
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Newspaper
San Andreas Independent
Location
San Andreas, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1858
Page
1
The Che Independent identifies Benj P Kooser as editor and names Thomas Boyce as authorized agent in law to collect for the office. It states William M Denig is general agent to canvass for subscribers advertising and job work and to make collections and receipts.
A editorial urges repeal of the 1856 Vigilance Committee acts and warns legislators against partisan moves. It argues for amnesty, cites English history and colonial taxation, and cautions that laws require real power to enforce.
A survey of Eastern journals shows Forney's Press backing administration measures except Lecompton, while the ZZerad and Democratic papers echo Douglas and Buchanan. The Tribune celebrates Kansas voters defeating the Lecompton Swindle and mocks Grey-eye. Southern papers condemn the Law of Nations dispute over Walker and urge retaliation, with Paris Constitutionnel attacking Border Ruffians and Democracy.
A new line of ocean steamships will operate between New York and San Francisco via Nicaragua under C. K. Garrison and others. The Orizaba sails from San Francisco March 5, followed two weeks later by the Sierra Nevada. Improvements in Nicaragua land transit due to recent convulsions may push sailings to Panama with connections at Aspinwal, likely lowering fares and boosting spring emigration to California.
Telegram from San Francisco reports a heavy quake the day before near the Mission shaking houses and barns and causing frantic exits. Cattle fled as panic spread, and the tremor was felt in the city. A rumor also circles that the steamer Panama was wrecked in a gale on the Oregon coast.
Sacramento notes stormy weather and political upheaval as the Insurrection Act debate rages in the legislature. Reports on the Archey slave case, Vigilance activity, and tax measures mingle with local commerce, rail plans, and mineral finds amid a wary, opinionated city scene.
The Assembly debates the Act for the punishment of Vigilance Committees while the Senate confirms Julius Korn as Port Warden at San Francisco. Reports cover mining trips in Tuolumne and Calaveras, Cinnabar findings near Santa Rosa, a large steer at Jackson, and telegraph schemes from Oregon to California. Railroad talk, court indictments, and Mormon and Mexican political rumors fill the page alongside local society events and travel narratives.
The district court entries include murder convictions of Augustus Stoltz and Howard Maupin with prison terms, multiple civil judgments by default for plaintiffs, and decrees of sale of mortgaged premises. Also noted are divorce grants, citizenship certificate application granted, and an absent juror fined.
The board granted leave for A. B. Laforge to close an alley in Mokelumne Hill and approved routing a new county road from Delanys Ferry to Stockton road with viewers named. It set filing deadlines for claims, approved JP reports, named road overseers, and canceled/appointed road viewership. It also moved funds from the Court-house Fund to the General Fund and listed accounts allowed.
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