A new article has been added to: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=319 California Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=59429 Article title: The Sacramento Daily Union Article date: April 4 1863 Article description: City Intelligence; Telegraph to the Union; Silver Lode Near Dutch Flat Article: The Sacramento Daily Union Saturday, April 4, 1863 CITY INTELLIGENCE Wholesale Exhumation - About three hundred Chinese coffins, or boxes, containing the exhumed remains of deceased Chinamen, were yesterday placed on board the schooner Kay Adams, for transportation to San Francisco, preparatory to shipment to China. The packages are made of pine lumber, and vary in length from three to seven feet. Some were made of planed lumber, and others of unplaned. Each package was marked with Chinese characters - probably the name, age, etc., of the deceased. A portion of this large shipment was brought to the city by the cars, and the balance were taken from a Chinese house on I street. The remains, it is said, were exhumed in various portions of the State, and have been accumulating for several years past. No shipment of any consequence as to numbers, of this character, has taken place from Sacramento during the past three years. The remains of men only are sent back to China, those of women being deemed unworthy of preservation. Chinese Funeral - A Chinese funeral took place yesterday, the deceased being Ah CHEOW, the proprietor of a Chinese boarding house on I street. Before the funeral took place a first class Chinese lunch, designed only, however, for hungry spirits, was spread upon a table in front of the house. A roasted pig formed a prominent feature of the lay out, accompanied by roast chicken and accompaniments. The remains of the deceased were conveyed to the cemetery by a hearse, followed by a wagon containing the fare above described and several Chinese women, who, in the capacity of chief mourners, distributed along the streets through which they pushed slips of marked paper, the significance of which we are not enlightened upon. New Suit - Thomas KIMBALL commenced suit yesterday in the District Court against William RAUGHT and Amos WILBUR, for the recovery of a cargo of cordwood. The complaint states that on the 1st of April, 1862, (probably 1863 is meant), the plaintiff was the legal owner and in possession of one hundred and five cords of oak wood, the same being the cargo of the barge Widow, and worth five dollars per cord. The wood was illegally and wrongfully taken by defendants, and on the 3d of April, 1863, the restoration of said wood was demanded by plaintiff and refused by defendants. Plaintiff therefore asks that defendants be ordered and adjudged to restore said wood to plaintiff or pay the value thereof, $525, with costs of suit, etc. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE UNION Departures of the Orizaba - The ship Regulator safe - Fire - reported Gold Mine - Orders in reference to vessels - French Observance of Good Friday San Francisco, March 3d Steamship Orizaba carried only forty-five passengers all told, and $1,104,699 in treasure. The steamer carried freight valued at $11,000 for New York. A private dispatch from Boston, received at noon to day, announces the arrival of ship Regulator, heretofore reported burned. Greenbacks left off at 64. Seven or eight frame buildings at the northeast corner of Powell and Chestnut streets, owned by Dr. H.A. DAPIERRIS, were destroyed by fire between three and four oíclock this morning. As the wind was blowing, the flames were very rapid, and many of the inmates escaped only in their night clothes. The buildings were valued at $5,000; no insurance. W.V. OPPENHEIMís soap factory was consumed; loss, $2,500. The buildings were set on fire. There have been rumors afloat some days past that rich and extensive gold mines have been found in Mt. Diablo. Upwards of a thousand persons have gone from this city. There is some belief that the story was gotten up to benefit steamboat and stage interests. Notice is given at the Custom House that vessels navigating waters between Mare Island and Vallejo must show their colors in the day time, and will not be allowed to pass at night without first communicating their intentions to the commandant. The French corvette Corneille displayed her flags at half mast and fired hour guns to-day, in commemoration of Good Friday. Silver Lode Near Dutch Flat - The Dutch Flat Enquirer of April 2d has the following: It is reported, and we doubt not on good authority, that an extensive and rich silver ledge has been struck but a short distance from our town. The first point discovered was upon Cold Springs Hill, about two and a half miles from Dutch Flat. As soon as it became known, hundreds of miners and speculators rushed to the silver region, and, no doubt, with bright dreams upon their future prospects. The staking off process was immediately commenced, and in a few hours those who were fortunate enough to be first on the ground had secured for themselves and friends several thousand feet. Representations are made that two assays have been made of rock taken from his ledge, one in San Francisco and the other in Washoe, and the returns made show the yield to be, in silver, $20, and in gold, $5 per ton. If this statement be correct, no reasonable doubt can exist as to the richness and extent of the silver and gold leads in the Dutch Flat and Mountain Springs Districts. Transcribed by Betty Loose ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! 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