DIED On Friday 24th ult., of typhoid Pnewmonia, on McBride's Gulch, after an illness of nine days, Mr. S. D. SCALES, formerly a resident of Fayette county, Tenn., aged about 33 years. Mr. S. emigrated to California from the State of Arkansas, where he had been engaged in literary pursuits during his stay in that country, and had attained a high position in the effections and esteem of those with whom he was connected. During his residence in California he has been engaged in a mining capacity, where he has endeared to himself the esteem and respect of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. The family of Mr. S. in Tennessee, though bereaved of one of their brightest ornaments, may be assured that during his illness, he received the most unremitting attention, both of his friends and physician, each of whom mingle their sympathies with his family. Memphis papers please copy. Mariposa Chronicle, Friday April 7, 1854 [P.S. I also got part of an Administrator's notice on the same page. William S. Snelling is listed as the Administrator of Benjamin Snelling, deceased, late of Mariposa county. The notice gave "his residence" [Ben's? Wm.'s?] as Snelling's Ranch, on the Merced river, Mariposa county. This may now be in Merced Co (which was created from Mariposa in 1855). Well this is the end of my info. Hope it was helpful to someone. -MW]