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NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, “
ions
“Fompax, APRIL ith, 1868.
GOING AND Comtya. —Californians
are & moving people, ‘ands man who}
_ has resided ten years in one town, or
who has’nt been to Friaco in a year is
at Washington ‘has decided that under
who subsequently abandons the same,
inure to the benefit of the next settler
‘OF Occupant, Whether the land be mineral or agricultural, unless such im. provements were resumed ‘by the prior
8°] ‘occtpant before the premises. ‘were_ Te-.
og “company invariably brings a great in_ erease-oftravel. Heretofore the increase has been largely against. California, many having gone and few re—
_ turned. This has been the case, nearly
__ every Spring. Now we hear that mul_. titudes are coming, ao many that-the
stedmers canhot give all who apply
. ‘passage. Most,of those who go home
Carty money with them, while those
. whocome have only muscle to rely upOn. Ifthey are men who are willing
‘to labor at fair componsation,their coming would be a great benefit to the
‘. ‘gecounts of the wealth of California,and
"they come expecting any amount of
money for a little labor. It is not suroe prising that such ideas should prevail .
~gmong laboring classes when members
of Congress believed that the gold.
_ mines might pay a large share of the
‘national. debt, They willfind that
_ California will not support men with: labor and that for the present at
es are crowded already. “It is in new
-, fields of labor that men of enterprise
__. vill find remunerative employment.—
Men of small capital who cultivate the
_ soil will accumulate money slowly but
_ surely and they will reap a large reward. California has natural resour08 which only need development in.
~~ order to sustain well five times the .
present population. Not much capital
4s needed, but what we want isenerget~~ “4etaed intelligent laborers. ‘Ten thou---gand-sueh mén as many of the pioneers
of ou Western Territories, would do
more for California in a year than twenty times the number of such as come
from the cities of the East for high
wages. The population-of California
generally has too much love for city
life and not enough for farming enter
‘prise. ‘The sole ambition of more than.
~ ~ two-thirds our population is to get into
something in San Francisco or get together aonvy enough to live somewhere else. This restless, unsettled
gress and it has delayed the developmont of our great resources,
Tite Mmitra Law.—The Bulletin,
~ "Mi speaking ‘of the now militia law,says:
-» “Under Mr. Roberts’ amendatory militia bill, which has become a law, the
members of the organized militia are
_ exempt from jury duty and the payment of poll taxes, and the military tax
_ %s reduced from five cents on each $100
allow $40 armory rent toeach company.”
THe FENCE QuEsrion.—This question has assumed no new shape. The
non-action of the Legislature in the
-. premises is to be deplored. The Zimes
in ‘speaking of it says:“Among the
other blamable omissions of the Legis.
lature is its neglect to pass a trespass
law, which would have added immensely to the wealth of the State, by relieving farmers ot the necessity of erecting
fences.
Gay, Gary eat says that the apirit
"The people are united as firmly as wlien
_. they heard that the Rebels had fired up“On Fort Sumter. The cause is the
-game. The people will resist the trai_ for Johnaon as firmly as they resisted
= the traitor ] Beanregand. ‘
ned ‘Anxaneas—I appears that Arkan~ a8 is making more rapid progress in
’ ‘the: work of reconstruction than other
pin South. ~The pounce Sg
‘State. But many of them have read . .
_ apirit of the people is the bane of -pro. Aleved this tax. will realize enough to}
<< ef 1801 w-again burning in Pennsylva.
nia. It is binging over the country:}-ieeated or occupied.” "3 ee
ALL Fr Pkg content for grading
the sotithern end of the Western Pacific .
Railroad has been let. The contractor
will commence abdtt Vallejo Mills and
work towards Stockton, while the contractors on this end will work on until
they meet him. The entire read, hence
to Oakland, or the Bay of San Francis-:
©, will be in epeeeaen . next Fall.
" Sunscrarrions te to ee St.Louis and.
Cairo Railroad Company now amount
to $475,000, with several aad
from.
oo ‘
THE Cleveland, (0.) Rotling Mills
have commenced manufacturing railroad iron, and havea large‘order from
the Pacific Railroad . Company:
A MOVE is on foot in the British
House-of Commons to purchase all the
telegraph lines of Great Britain for the
Government. Similar talk has been
Government, which is said to be receiv=1
ed favol a 7s
GEN. GILLEM, the commander of the
Fourth district, writes that he is turning the administration of justice, as
much as possible, over tothe civil courts
in Mississippi. He adds that there is
not much complaint now, and express‘@s the belief that the coniing year wilt
witness a better state of affairs than
was known in 1867.
Mr. Wim. B. Astor is i tay v the foundation fora house for himself at the
corner of Thirty-fourth street and Madison avenue, New York.
GEN. Grierson, who made one of the
most famous cavalry raids of the war, .
was a banjo player in a private min
-Strel troupe before he went into the-aromy.
—
Ir takes 16, 000 bales of cotton, or
6,480,000 pounds, to. supply: the daily
demand of the cotton mills of the world.
A FIRE in Portland,Oregon,destroyed
‘$20,000 worth of property on Wednesday last.
ee
_Srewanr, Vanderbilt and Astor have
within a few weeks, invested about
$10,000,000 in up-town New York real.
estate.
THE President’s contribution towards
the inflation of ‘the currency the last
year or two is.the pardon of over a hundred counterfeiters.
Bincu bark is being used in Germany
for the inner soles of shoes and other
purposes where a tough, pliable and
durable substance of little weight and
cost is desired. :
THERE is a happy family in Illinois,
consisting of the old man, seventy-four
years. of age, his wife, seventy, and
twenty-two children, the youngest an
infant, nursing.
eo et ee
THE experiment of raising tea in
Georgia promises to be a success. ‘It is
ities tried in this State.
Te Mein Government has given
to Gefiéral Diaz an unlimited leave of
absence ; in other words, it has ——
ed his resignation. ——
oo
THE State of California is 700 miles
long, with an average width of 220 miles
making an aggregate area of 98,644,200
acres. Of this dimount 65,000,000 are
adopted to agriculture, 15,000,000 to
grazing. 4,000,000 are swamp and overflowed lands, and 14,034,240 acres lakes,
a. Federal Government ‘has granted to.
ea . the State ten ‘million _ seven hundred
“Morera Lanps.—The Commissioner
; hie «Baily, Saweiy
the national law for the sale of “mines, .
. “mpfovements placed upon # lot or . '
tract of govermment land by a person
had in Washington on tlie part of this . ,
OnE iets er ane marriage licen.
-se8 Were issued in San Francisco last
month,
to the rigging of the flagship Hartford,
and directing the movements of the
fleet at the attack on Mobile, has been
purchased by the Emperor of Russia,
for twenty thousand dollars.
for the nomination.of Frank M, Pixley
for Congress from the Southern District.
THE Call says that the “prosperity of
San Francisco is at an end,” because
the Railruad Company have located a
large terminus at Oakland.
THE wool product of the State for
1867, was 10,280,000 pounds, against
The increase is — 30 per cent. .&
one year.
DICKENs will ulte te pay $20,000 internal revenue tax.
‘Te Atlantic cable now earns $6,500
per day, : :
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ARRIVALS AT THEBroad Street, Nevada City, California.
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PAGE's painting of Farragut lashed . .
7,000,000 pounds for the previous year .
NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL.
Cigeess sold bythe drink or bottle
ents—call and
Fine Fashionable Dress Suits!
and see me,”” : j10
PIONEER ASSAY OFFIi«. .
(Established in 1853.)
ar—
“JAMES a. oTT
Office—28 Main , Str, Nevada City
G TION Melted or Assayeu.
of Assays fully me vga
Melting done in the presence of depositors.
OLD ANDORES OF . OF. EVERY DESCRIPCorrectnese
‘We will sell for Less Money than they can be
bought for anywhiere else in California,
Gentlemen 1 We ask you to examine our Clothing--we feel assured we can satisfy you, both as to
White Mulberry Seed,
‘ (Morus Alba.)
For Sale by
. E. F, SPENCE.
Nevada, March Sist.
And Garden Seeds, of all kinds,
style, quali.y and price! .
iin io cover every man’s headin the
county—of the Latest Styles and of every
j — and colors,
SHIRTS & UNDERCLOTHING.
Cravats, Neck Ties, Collars, Suspenders, and Yankee Notions of every de
scription,
Who deal in ‘Clothing, both in this city and
county, we would say, call on us before going
". to San Francisco to make purchases; We ean
A OO oo be
t# OUR STOCK Is ‘OOMPLETE
for the Spring Trade and our
_ Pricesare Lower than those
of any others.23
And everybody in want. of any Goods in our
Seunace interest by
OPE parnamn.at the, ;
che = ae have Sal bg ae pe SPRING. “cLorinas 4
ated ! sc nkachix ie LIBRARY FUND, Ce ee = *
course of defenge. “We have received . er THE = one Doss sy
but: poor synopsis of the evidence, but METHO IST. SUND. SCHOOL, . Be ? GN OPENED!
from its tenor the prosecution has suc» ae a * CAMP AIGH 0 -s
ceeded in proving that. the President = NEVADA THEATRE.
raver mene SOR :
{
after having acknowledged the validity .
‘
of the Tenure of Office Law, wilfully HE Exercises wil consist ‘of aoe es :
. violated its provisions, ‘thus volte: mt sation ar DownrAtz IN PRICES, 8.3 a
large number of reporters were exam-. : a ae
‘ jned to prove that the President’s Songs, REAT Peake : oF
speeches, made-in “swinging round the Choryases, 4 . e ;
4 Sila.” ward’? : ae — CLOTHING.
circle,” were correctly oo en sete with ‘the Coronation of May .
that he was not misrepresen as een,
ING Goons, y Tickets obtained of the pupils of the . * FURNISH claimed in his answer to the charges . school or at the door pu the of the
‘against him, , Fenibiuon te ae mans, ‘HOOTS, SHIORS. dc. &e.
= The Exhibition will be given the Evenane L
Tiree is but one step from the sib-. img berore the May Pie-Nie of which oe
lime to the ridiculous, and so there is dev ammouncement will be mage: sacs : s * ay
Corner of Broad and Pine Streets,
but one step from Andrew Johnson the FOR CITY MAHSHAL.
' ao
President to Andrew Johnson the tailor. Raw
AT. BAILEY is hereby announced as a ; ee f
The building in Greenville, Tenn.,where N pantane Set ody office of City Marshal. Age ae 1
he first carved his fame as a knight of . “ecton May BANNER BROTHERS, ee ‘
the shears, still.remains, but somewhat . Pioneer Wagon & Blacksmith Shop is eee }
dilapidated, like its former occupant, by} ~ Cor. Broad & Sacramento Sts, «. Having established the fact that they ’
the long and ruinous contest cae wi GEORGE 4. CHUROM, Prop’r . cam and do sell Clothing, Boots, ;
which it has passed. “The original sign . Gaeseeet WAGONS butitand Repatred: ‘Shoes, Hats, &¢. cheaper than any P
hangs over the front door, awaiting the . W@RZ-KGy Mackoulinieg sone ‘ *°" . of their competitors are now in the field ‘
return of itsowner, There is something LoMDen heen ot WA ee, STOCK, . withthe Ws a WEALD AUER Suk eh a
_. ominous in the tenacity with which e.. (sina of WOOD’ PAND IRON WORK ihiatgens and finest assortment
that sign clings to its fastenings. If SSA ——_—— i
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there is a special Providence in the fall
’ *, : of a sparrow, why shonld there not be “What do you want? Gentlemen's end d Boy's i in the fall of Johnson ?—for are not three . : en SsSPRING CLOTHING 2 = sparrows bought for a farthing, and is 4 SS a ae ee ee ee = not Johnson the defender of the Convee oS 2 RN OET d
stitution? Yea, verily! 3 — FURNISHING GOODS, I
= aera 2 be et ys . :
Sri CONTINUED. —John R, MeCon= I a I _. Ever before bronght to the interior of the State ,
nell is still writing for the. Examiner G a= P = Joes pee \
upon the “Rise and Progress of Section2 ; E ee ae
alism.” — The Democracy propose to x " 9 We sell our Goods at from 50 to 75
make this series of articles a campaign
gel Sd 8
document. It is thought unnecessary } SS etait 2 per cent. Lower than former rates. 4
to allude to the fall of sectionalism in a —
<i :
Democratic document, as it would be. ge te .
. t . humiliating for snch journals to publish A t ZEKINDS. ee PEAT PDR OAT See
an account of Lee’s defeat and Davis’ ” i paps Aasbetiige sane oe ;
capture. It would be virtually admit-. Wational Exchange Cigar Store. them before and
ting that one “Chiv.” is equal to five $8
ee eo
: Yankees.
jour ere ’ ‘ _—— : LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Our Spring and Summer Clothing, Furnish2
Gov. Hatenr will reside at his place ictor Chevali ing Goods, and Business Suits are of the e in Alameda during the ee and Sum¥ Sakae te x LATEST STYLES — Ye <a
p mer ones. ieee The Best of Liquors and Cigar _ And superior to any hitherto imported. h
orner Pine and Commercial Sts. NEVADA. neclindes
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