to the entrance of my brush arbor, and to a post driven into the ground, upon the top of which was nailed a chip, hewed flat for the purpose, which served for a reading-desk. My audience were already seated about, some upon rude stools, and most upon the ground. This afternoon, our wall being completed, and two pens, twelve feet square, inclosed, we set our cradles, and commenced “rocking.” The books of the treasurer exhibit the following results to Nov. 9th, when river mining was generally suspended for the season: Oct. 8th $50 00 “ 9th 26 00 “ 10th. Work upon the wing-dam. “ 11th 155 25 “ 12th 1,280 00 “ 13th, Sunday 302 00 “ 14th. Work upon the wing-dam. “ 15th. “ “ “ “ “ “ 16th. “ “ “ “ “ “ 17th 1,404 00 “ 18th 4,198 00 “ 19th 894 00 “ 20th, Sunday. “ 21st 1,449 00 “ 22d 688 00 “ 23d 1,102 00 “ 24th 1,034 00 “ 25th 701 00 “ 26th 27 50 “ 27th, Sunday. “ 28th 179 00 “ 29th. Work upon the wing-dam. “ 30th 6 00 “ 31st. Work upon the wing-dam. Nov. 1st 297 25 “ 2d 437 25 “ 3d, Sunday. “ 4th 949 10 “ 5th 809 60 “ 6th 168 00 “ 7th 547 00 “ 8th 380 00 “ 9th 40 00 ---------- Total $17,123 95 Deduct company expenses, viz., } implements, labor, and incidentals, } 3,528 05 ----------- Leaving in the treasury $13,595 90 Dividend to each of twenty-one members of the company, $647 42. Average per day, from July 30th to Nov. 9th, 1850, $7 28. * * * * *