San Mateo County Gazette Redwood City, San Mateo County, California Saturday Morning, September 8, 1860, Vol. 2 No. 23 DIED In San Francisco, Sept. 6th, Charles Albert, only son of Charles and Charlotte Hanson; of Redwood City, aged 11 months and 20 days. FIRE. - A fire occurred on the premises of Maj. R.S. Eaton, last week, which ran over about three acres of grass and stubble, and destroyed a portion of the fence near the Whipple road. The damage was fortunately not very great. U.S. Land Surveys TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: U.S. Surveyor General's Office San Francisco, Sept. 5, 1860 In compliance with the 1st section of an Act of Congress, approved June 14th 1860, regulating Surveys of private Land Claims, notice is hereby given that the plats of the following private land claims, surveyed in pursuance of the 13th Section of an Act entitled "An Act to ascertain and settle Private Land Claims in the State of California," approved March 3d, 1851, have been examined and approved by me, and heretofore forwarded to Washington: Name To Whom Confirmed Corral de Tierra T. Vasques Corral de Tierra Heirs of F.G. Palomures Miramontes V. Miramontes The plats will be retained in this office, subject to inspection, for four weeks from the date of this publication: James W. Mandeville U.S. Surveyor General STATE NEWS The papers from all quarters of the State are so given up to politics that but little news of interest can be found in them. The inaugural address at the opening of the Mechanics' Fair at San Francisco, was delivered by John W. Cherry, at Music Hall, on the 3d. The Mechanics' Institute, which is beyond all question one of the most worthy institutions of the State, at present consists of about 600 members. Their library contains 4,000 volumes of well selected books, and their reading room is well supplied with newspapers and periodicals. They held their first Fair in the autumn of 1857; the second in the autumn of 1858; none was held last year, so that this is the third Fair held under their auspices. The present Pavilion is much better adapted to the purposes of a Fair than the old one was, and has been very tasefully decorated with banners and evergreens. The case of the contested will of Senator Broderick is still before the Probate Court in San Francisco. The evidence is very conflicting. The argument of the celebrated New Almaden quicksilver mine case, is fixed to take place October 1st. J.P. Benjamin, Reverdy Johnson, Edmund Randolph, and A.C. Peachy are the counsel in the case, and the argument is expected to be the most eloquent and brilliant ever heard on the Pacific coast. A new Catholic cemetery is to be opened in San Francisco, adjoining Lone Mountain. It is to be eighty-three acres in extent. The Monumental fire company have received their new steam fire engine. The marble mills, near Columbia, Tuolumne county, are completed. They are to manufacture for general use a superior quality of marble found in that vicinity. Three Chinamen and a Mexican are to be hanged at Moklumne Hill on the 19th October. The people of Napa county have eight churches in or within a few miles of Napa City. DOUGLAS DELEGATES. - Calaveras county sent the following named Douglas delegates to the State Convention: P. O'Neil, Jas. L. Demier, Mr. Griswold, George Bence, Andrew McGlinn, A.A. House, E.L. Stenson, John Lavelle, A.C. Adams, Wm. L. Dudley, Robert Patterson, E.L. Green, B.F. Marshall, Major Lewis. B.K. Thorn, James Finnigan, R. Dowling, Edward Fair, J.P. Shear were put in nomination as the additional three delegates. B.K. Thorn, Edward Fair and James Finnigan were elected. THE CENSUS. - According to the returns so far received at Washington, the people of the United States number thirty-two millions. To see other old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com