Do you have this paper around Dec. 20, 1850? I'm looking for word about my GGGrandfather who died on that date: Joseph H ENOS, MI On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Betty Loose <betty@unisette.com> wrote: > The Daily Union > Sacramento, Cal. > Thursday, September 17, 1852 > > HORRIBLE ACCIDENT - A miner, named George Curtis, engaged in working > in a ravine near the Pilot Hills, in El Dorado county, met with an > awful accident on Saturday evening last, while on his way to one of > the Bars on the North Fork. He left his tent about dusk in company > with a friend for the purpose of purchasing provisions. Before they > had reached the brow of the hill, above the river, it had become dark, > and the two soon after lost their way and became separated. The > companion of CURTIS after halloing a long time in vain, proceeded on > to the store expecting to meet him there. In this he was disappointed, > and compelled to return to his tent, but he found that also deserted. > Early on Sunday morning he started in search of him, and to his horror > found his mutilated remains at the bottom of Rocky Canon, a > precipitous gorge running from the brow of the hill down to the river. > The perpendicular depth of the ravine at the point where CURTIS fell, > is not less than one hundred and fifty feet. The unfortunate man who > undoubtedly in the darkness stepped off the brink, must have instantly > been dashed to pieces, as his body was found awfully mangled and > filled with sharp pointed stones. The deceased had been in California > for some ten months, residing during the greater portion of the time > in Nevada. He was a native of Essex county, N.Y., and about twenty-two > years of age. > > The Times and Transcript is terribly nettled, because the Whig > nomination for Judge of the Supreme Court has been tendered to Mr. > CHETWOOD. It states that his nomination was brought out by five or six > men in San Francisco, and that the Whig State Convention refused to > support him for this important office. > We would refer the forgetful editors to the proceedings of the > convention, where they will find that Mr. C. was supported by > delegates from every portion of the State, and that it was not until > after a number of ballots that his friends were induced to give in > their adhesion to another candidate. We can inform the Times and > Transcript that Mr. CHETWOOD is now "brought out" by the whole Whig > party, and will not only be supported, but elected by them in November > next. > > Special Correspondence. > Change of Weather - Whig Mass Meeting - Slanders of the Times and > Transcript - Oregon News - Murder - The Alleghanians - Presentation of > a Whig Banner > SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 > We have experienced a most decided change in the weather; the hot > sulphurous atmosphere of Friday and Saturday, has given way to the > cool and bracing winds indigenous to our hilly city, and > notwithstanding they kick up considerable of a dust, yet at the same > time they are are acceptable. > It is understood that the grand Mass Whig meeting, to be held in > your city early next month, will be held for three days, the 7th, 8th > and 9th days of the month. There is no doubt that a large delegation > from this city will respond to the call of the State Central > Committee, which will be made public to-morrow, or next day. > The Times and Transcript, feeling sensibly the comparison that has > been brought to bear them its candidates by the nomination of CHETWOOD > to the Supreme Bench, has commenced a series of slanderous attacks > upon that gentleman. As far as the two parties are concerned, the > Whigs stand very much in the position of "Catharine Market Joe," in > the play of "A Glance at New York," they have been so abused, > falsified, vilified, and misrepresented by Democratic cliques and > journals, that they have become perfectly callous, therefore gentlemen > of the Democratic party "kick away." > The steamer Isthmus arrived last evening from Oregon, bringing ten > days later news, which however is not important. Considerable sickness > is being experienced by the emigration coming into the territory. > ADAMS & Co. are building a very fine edifice of brick, at Portland, > for a banking house. The Isthmus had bad weather on her upward trip, > having been eight days on the passage. > A brutal murder was committed in this city yesterday, in a place > known as Pleasant Valley - the parties being Mexican. The murdered man > received twelve terrible stabs from his antagonist. His name is unknown. > > A WEALTHY COMPANY - We understand that the amount of taxes paid into > the treasury of Solano county, by the Pacific Mail steamship company, > is sufficient to defray all the expenses of said county. The assessed > value of their property in Benicia, including the vessels in port, > amount to $1,300,000. > > MARRIED > In this city, on Wednesday morning, Sept. 15th, 1852, of the > typhoid fever, Mr. Samuel FERGUSON, formerly of Johnstown, Felton > county, N.Y. > In this city, on Tuesday, 14th inst., by the Rev. Mr. BENTON, Mr. > D.F. BATCHELDER to Miss Elise STRICKER, both of Placerville, El Dorado > county. > DIED > On Saturday night last of cholera, at Dr. GRATTONís private > hospital, Stockton, Jeanette GRATTON, the wife of Dr. GRATTON. This > lady was universally esteemed in this community for her rare christian > virtues and charities, and her loss will be sincerely lamented in the > circle of friends she had drawn around her. > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. 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