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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada Daily Transcript (1863-1868)

April 7, 1868 (4 pages)

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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, : : Ee ae ARRIVALS AT THEBroad Street, Nevada City, California. LANCASTER & 3B ¢ HASEY, Props. . Cc San F: SPOT ctahaionry r W McLain _ do «J C Unson Bear riv AL MeDougall Ba a te JT Wright do J B Jones do DJH Smith do T B Mitchell do J: BDBrooks do F CS Jacobs do , : tt < 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 ] 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 ¥ — io cer aa ees eer a ik th hea ol ee ee oe al a s ss ae ae a ee mene Unie GE iar ye