August 26, 1864 (4 pages)

ot % ~~ throw: . dle and is known as the husband of Jesse "the miserable trick will fail. But, the Ez_ nomination. AUGUST 26th: ad ) FOR PRESIDENT, : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. «ame POR VIOBPRESIDENT. ANDREW JOHNSON. LINCOLN AND THE CorpPeRHEADS.—The Express-and papers -of -like ilk are oxer~ 4 *gising themselves. considerably in regard to the” chances of Lineotn ond Johnson, the . nominees of the Union Convention being OK alow by. tio Onl patty These Journals Gave at Inst, after many state ments from copperheads to the contrary, been forced to admit that Mr. Liheoln has accepted the nomination. Now, they have discovered a disposition on the-gart of Union mento abandon party and principle, loyalty and the country, for-the' purpose of ase sisting into office our empty headed, politi. eal bummer, who parts “his hair in the mid» Fremont. Tho Marysville Express: which . of course is good authority (7) announces that. the Union men on Bear river hiave des termined to support Fremont. Then they arraign Mr. Lincoln for not receiving u few irresponsible men who communicated with «« Horace Greely, from the Canada frontier theit’ desire for peace, without any authori» ty from the Confederacy, and even had they been vested with authority tu negotiate; the terms were inconsistent with national honor and could vever be accepted. What the obs’ ject of these journals can be is beyond our comprehension, unless it 1s for the same reason-that-a--coward~ whistles in the®dork to keep up courage. They certainly cannot imagine that the vaporings will have any effect upon loyal men. They can’t expect that their denunciations will destroy confidence in the Administration, Union men would as soon expect to dee the falls of Ni. agara dammed up with cobwebs as to see ono of these treason mills “grind out” truth in regard to the present Administration. The Marysville Express “norates” as follows in regard to the coming contest for the Presidency : * “With certain defeat staring them in the : face, the desperate leaders of the Republican party are casting areund-for some means to get rid of Lincoln, as a man whose will no longer serves their purpose. They dare not, at present, openly repudiate his . nomination, but they are pr aring to do BO. The leader of the party in this State, Jobn Conness, we learn, has openty denounced Lineoin, and has laid down a programme for the election of five Presidential Electors in California, unplédged for any candidate. Conness has just come trom the East, and ie doubtless deep in the’ secrets of the prime conspirators at Wushingtun, and we expect tosee the same policy develop itself in-other States asa part of the same programme.” How ‘astoundingly wise fs the “old owl’ of the Express! The labor which the discoveries above made must have been very exhausting, Tie object. is apparent. The copperheads have lost all hope of success unless the Union party oan be “demoralized.” If they can engender discord and diversion in that party they have hopes of success. and no effurt will be spared to bring about sugh 4 result before the next election. But press speaks of the Union party “with cers tain defeat staring them ih the face.” -From whence does the stare proceed? Certainly not from the party of which the Express is the exponent, for the stare of the clammy sweat of death is upon that party. Neithet the copperheads nor path-hunters can Reta single Electoral vote in this State.— Union men understand the issue in the coming combat and they will meet it in solid column, anitedand determined. to secure the election of Lincoln*knd Johnson. The State Convention which is to select the Eleetore for this State will put the Union party in ite true light upon the record. The copperheads will have to take another ebift after’ that as they did afterthe discovery was. made that Mr, Lincolm had accepted the ‘ ee. COPPERHEAD papers say the isaue in the coming contest is “war or peace.” They are in favor of a piece—the rebels having the largest.share. — ‘ James RIvey, Assistant Foreman of Howard Engine Company No. 3, of San Fran* cised, fell overboard from a, fishing boat’ in Raseoon Straits on Friday evening and was drowned. : Mason CrEmony, formerly of the San Fraocisco Herald, now an officer in Arizoua, . day transactions. Alluding to the decision . \ earthed and brought out for 4ise, and is being ‘ren’s corps to the Weldon Railroad, south -Momerary,—Since the decisivas of the Supreme Court of the State upon the green‘back question, there seems to bea revival in every department of business. Capital that has for ® long titoe been withheld from cir: culation has now been brought into every of the Court affirming the constitutionality of the Specific Contract Act, a San Francis« co commetcial journal says:’ “Tt acted like magic u the monied ‘Mtiterests of* the State. Bar merchants and bankers all breathed easier. ‘Probably millions of dol. lars that were sealed up in banks, upon’ special deposit, or buried in the sand, or Jaid aside in solid gold and silver, has been un. rapidly seattered and loaned to the mining and industrial classes. All business interests at once received a fresh impulses new life was igstilled into the open market; stocks, real estate, merchandise,-and‘mining, altre. ceived incrensed attention ; values enhanced, and securities, hitherto, and of late, deemed questionable, all at once were sought after by capitalists. Money is plenty; and to be had on good. security at 14 per cent. per @onth ; and on realestate, bonds and murt+ guges, which of late, have been looked upon as quite objectionable, for fear of legal ten der riotes, are’ now in fayor by the money lenders at reasonsble rates. Altogether the prospect: brightens, and we predict the good time coming which all have longed for. thy EASTERN News.—The advance of Warof Petersburg, on the 19th, was followed by a determined attack, in which the corps of Hill and Beauregard-took part. ‘The attack was a partial surprise, and might bave resalted in a rebel victory but for the timely arrival of the Ninth Corps, which equalized the -forces, and after a bloody conflict fell Warren held the railroad. The Union loss was about three thousand killed, wounded and missing, a large number having been captured early in the fight. The rebel loss in killed and wounded was greater. It is supposed that the affair south of Petersburg developed into a battle on a grand scale on Sunday. There is nothing important from the Shens andoah valley. The rebels are said to have & heavy force there under Early, but he i@eps on the defensive. A Mobile paper of August 7th says the Mayor of Mobile has ordered nou-combattants out of the city, and urged the citizens to defend the city to the lust. Granger's forces are within five hundred yards of Fort Morgan: The surrender of the place was hourly expected. — The Tallahassee was spoken on the 20th, fifteen miles distant from Halifax, off Cole Harbor. It is-understood that she is the pioneer of a number of these vessela, which are now being fitted out ‘at ‘Wilmington, N C., some of which are ready ‘to run out. It is ascertained at the Treasury Departs ment that there ia no truth in the report thot the Secretary of the Treasury contemPlate a new loan, the terms of which are nut declared. ' . —~_ Decuivity or' Rivers.—A very slight declivity suffices to give the rtnning motion to water, Three inches per mile, in a smvoth, straight channel, gives a velocity of about threé miles an hour. The Ganges, Which gathers thé waters of the Himmalaya mountains, the highest in the world, is only about 890 feet above the level of the sea, at the distance of 1,800 miles from its mouth, and fo fall these 800 feet in its course, the water requires more thi 4 month, The great-river Majdalena, in South America, running for. 3,050 wiles between two ridges of the Andes, falls only 500 feet in all that distance! Above the commencement of the 1,000, itis seea descending in rapide and cataracts from the mountains, The gigantic Rio de la Plata has so gentle a descent to the ocean, that in Paraguay 1,600 miles from its mouth, large ships are seen which have sailed against the current all the way by the force of the wind alone; that is to say, which on the beautifully inclined plane of the stream, have been gradually lifted by the soft south sea breezes, and even against the current to an elevation greater than that of our loftiest apires. PosTaL MaTTERS.—The news. desler at the Bay receive their papers, magazines, ete., regularly, and are ready and anxious to’ supply the dealers of this and ‘other interior places. The matter is sent to our dealers regularly ; but not so. received, Ix not that singular, when it is certuin that the supplies for the Bay dealers are sent on the same steamer.— Virginia Vanion, Not at all singular, We Suppose your matter is laying in“the Post Office at Placerville awaiting the pleasure of the Pioneer wile very etl here. . @@4, in my opinion, in better business than the enemy were repulsed, and when might f EB ke AE EAY een The’ yellow fever is raging in Bermuda. . cript :—In your paper of yesterday there is an article taken from the Call of San FranCisco, entitled “A Washoe Sovemir,”’ being an account of the coutage displayed by Jos. Bald win-deceased, late son of Judge Baldwin, at an Indian battle which took place in Nevada Territory, and in which Henry Meredith was mortally wounded. ‘ The individual who wrote the article referred to, ought to have stated in connection with the deceased, that he was an ac« complice in the attempt to arm‘@ Vessel in the harbor of San Francisco, to be. used in preying upon the commeree of ‘our. country on this side of the Pacific comkt. ‘That by A Sovense or Piracy~ Editor Trans« Mining Co,. Gray Eagie Ts Ez ins due on the Gray Eagle jows> "ane No Certif. No Shares .Am’t duc. __U. 8. REVENUE. THE OFFICE oF THE ASSESSOR and COLLECTOR or Internal Revenue, ‘Has been Removed to the Jewelry Store of W. means of the. Vigorous efforts of the authori-_ ties the, plot wag unmasked, the attempt was thwarted, and.this same Baldwin to save himeelf from imprisonment iu-one-of“Linx culn’s Bastiles,” or to escape a little judis cious hanging, was compelled to fly. and seek protection beneath the British flag. Judge Baldwin, who undoubtedly knew of the plot, sent,a dispatch to his son, informing him that unless he immediately left the country the officers of the law would _bove him in their clutches and serious ‘consequences would ensue. Thereupon young Baldwin absconded. Such is the history of this would-be pirate, for whom the Call seeks to elevate inte honorable remembrance. The editor of that sheet ought to be engas eulogizing @ man who endeavored to arouse the slumbering fires of fanoticisin and disloyalty, which would have plunged us into a hell of feud and interminable strife. VERITAS, ~ ONE of John Mitchell's sons (the second) was killed recently while-on the parapet of Fort Sumter, which he was assisting in des fending. He was a Captain in the Conted~ FOURTEEN hundred ducks of wheat, each of one hundred pounde weight, was thrashed by ateam power in one day a .few days ago, at the farm of 8. Randell, in Napa county. & Quire a large French emigtation to Mex ico from this State seems likely to oecur,— A considerable number left for San Blas, on 4 French ship on Saturday. Arrivals at the National Exchange Hotel, BROAD STREET...NEVADA CITY LANCASTER & HASEY, Proprietors. . WEDNESDAY, August 24th. N Watson San Francis E Fellows Grass Valie D Watson Napa EK Roberts do. J Blair Virginia F Houston Brush creek C Derby do R Burner You Bet O Grant do D Rule sierra valley Miss Treason do J Clone a M Drake o 4 W Newell selby Fiat J Wensell mah hs : -do J Pratt Nevada Frank Wilson G Bersell do Jolm Madden Campton V Osborn do G Damson P* fit” M Doty do H McMichael & 1 Cher’ M Canester do J Fraser Rock creek — ew & Choice Perfumery, ee * 2Xnight Templars Perfume. Lubins Extracis. Night Blooming Cereus. Red Cross Knight Pefume. Fairy do Jaques do Barncy’s do >. ssorted Odors, For sale by JOSEPH M, LEVEY. Corner of Pine and Commercial Streets. ~« Nevada, Aug. 23d—tf For the Complerion ! Laird’s Bloom of Youth. Magnolia Balm. Blanc des Peries. Forsaleby JOSEPH M. LEVEY, Nevada, Aug. 23—tf DOMESTIC Dyes, Assorted Colors. ——— For sale by Joseph M. Levey, * Corner of Pine and Commercial Streets. . tak pose for sale, and sell to t highest bidder, infront of the store of Mr, peg highs in the town of Spenceville, on . TUESDAY,,. Septembe? 6th, 1864, At the hour of 2 P. M. of that day for United States gold and silver coin, as many shares of each certificate of the above stock, as shal) suffice for the payment of the amount due thereon, with apportionai expense of this notice and coat of saic.— . SAMES D. WHIT ty, . Spehceyille: Aug. 25, 1864. For Sale. _ ‘. ‘HE Engine owned by the Gray Eagle Copper Mining Company. with Pump, Pipe and inches in diameter, (Ail machinery is new, or thenee in pirsiaes line to the “hon Bouth Yuba river. of that part of said District lying west.of said tine sha e Ward No. 1, anc air sehdions of primary; ment residing inIst Ward will attend at bi a Rodms on. west 6 primary depar ‘ attend in basemont of Brick Schoo! . Nevada street. Sy Henry Hansen;----86, 87 * — 75 oe C. Randolph, in the Masonic Building,” A. Rancher..43 50 1 eae : Charles Harris,.27, 29,37, Corner of Pine and Commercial Sts, win. az =o 8. B. DAVENPORT, Collector. on Sullivan.. : ee st tbe Stray ea e 7,71, 306 ap 00]. gta . Sth’ Division, 4th District. artin V. Sparks.75,76, 95 18 75 —— Peal Chese money 7m, "am ye gaa SCHOOL NOTICE. _. ie 9 Steir 0 GO ¥ order of thé Trustees of Nevada School Herman England. .15, 2% 6% B District No. 1, the listriet is_divided into_ John Barbee.. 814, — ‘School Wards. as follows :—<oni-~ Res -__ imelusiyve, 200 50 00 . menefng at the nee ena of the be bw ——Mary MO’ Reilly.5, 5 125 . sion ‘ie Ubards atioc batane ax aod ‘Edwards; O Reilly 3. 4, 6, a> 1125 Washi io gton ony ‘Cases Ravine, thence Acting under the direction of the Board ofiup sai , ‘i Trustees with the sanction of law. I will ex. entre of East SuRavine to Coyoté— street ast Su’ f tap; celina tine due NOMA to the shall wh BS. pp dakoa @ sireet. All. scholars of residing us Ee. 2 will Ouse on! The fellowing rate bills are ordered : $2 00 per month for High School. : 1.50.. do 100 3do ~ Intermediate.) Primary, : All sehools of the District will commence'on: Monday, August 29th, 1864. Wanted.—One Female First Clask Teacher, Hoisting gear, complete. The Engine is of Bix . for Primary Department. _ E. W. SMITH Horse lower, Locomotive Bofler. and of Eng: sj : ° A: G. PIER. ” ie Sa lish manufacture. The Pump is what is known. : E. F. SPENCE, as a Cornish Pump, and is four and one-half Nevada, Aug. 19. . Trustecs. nearly so, ana is in perfect running order. Apply to JAMES KELSEY, at the shaft, or to the undersigned at Spenceville. : JAMES D. WHITE. Spenceville, August 25th. WATTS’ US ANTIDOTE «1S THE. : MIRACULOUS MEDICINE: The Elixir Vitae so long sought by the Philosophers of all Ages, NERVO HEAR! HEAR!! READ AND TRY! if I have hdd Inflammatory Rheumatism for six weeks 60 bad I could not move or stand. I tried every known remedy without effect. [ got one NEVADA MILLINERY. WOULD respectfully mform the Ladies of Nevaia city and the surrounding towns that she has openeda first class Millinery Store, on < BROAD STREET, oO site Weaver & Co’s Store, and < will keep constantly on hand, Ladies’ Bonnets, Flowers, Laces, And in fact everything usually found ina Millinery Establishment. 1 have such arrangements made that I shall be jn receipt of New Goods by every steamer. Particular attentiow will be paid to making Cloaks, Mantillas and ' Dresses, : m2e bottle ef Watts’ Nervous Antidote. I had no — 1 got another, and am quite well,’ I have ound it the same.as every one Says. It is a wonderful remedy. THOS. M. TAYLOR, 423 Greenwich street. I was very much afflicted with St. Vitue’ Dance, and Bleeding Piles.'Thavé taken the Nervous: Antidoté and am perfectly restored to health ; the oe nerves also round the month is re. moved, and Fam again working at my trade with ease and cheerfulness. HENRY TOBIAS, 6 Talman street, Brookl yn One bottle of the Antidote has cared me of Liyer Complaiut anda violent pain in the side. I ean go to work. WM. THOMPSON, Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, _—_— Watte’ Nervous Antidote has cured me of a I have received t benefit from Watt's Nervous Antidote in Nervous Debility and Deafnesa it has improved my hearing. general health andthere and sell his anybody. His stock consists of and will be repa At the Old Corner, ‘$ STILL THERE, and wants {t to be distinctly understood that he is going to stay #00ds as cheap as the cheapest {tis his determination not to be undersold by Women’s Shoes, thick and thin sole, Gaiters, Balmorals, and ever style of Shoe. Misses’ & Children’s # oes, every style Benkerts’s Pump sole, Dress, Square Edge. Double Sole and Quilted Bottom Boots. A large assortment of Miners’ tongs & Gum Boots, &c. SHOE FINDIiNGs, of eve and Light:Boots, ~ EATHER, TOOoLs, description at ~ San Francisco Prices retail. Boot aud Shoemaker’s supplied at cemmand. All work bought at the store is Warranted fed free of cost if it rips uureaHe sells Cough and Nervous Debility of very long standgos one of tho very best workmen in the ing. I teel the greaeest benefit from it, in sleep, State, I s prepared to <i boots at short noappetite and general health. JANE THOMAS. tice and warrant a fit or no sale. Fifteenth street, west of 8th Avenue, Grateful for liberal patronage in the past, I : am determined-to merit it in the future by _. ing the public first rate articles and at the lowest possible prices. ~ W. R. COE. spirits, in fact I have received the greatest good frorn it. MRS. TROTMAN, Cooper's Avenue, Newport, L. I. To Taibott Watts, Req. Dear Sir— Your medicine is the most astonis ing thing 1 ever met with in the world, As I toid you { was Weak. Nervous, had no Appetite: and not able to do anything ; I took one onful of your med: icine at night, and in the morning [ got up fresh like a different person, ate a goo breakfast, did my work easily, and aliogether felt quite well and happy, LOUISA THOM SON, 54 Cannon Street. a e For sale wholesale by CRANE & BRIGHAM Drugyists, corner Clay and Front streets, San Francisco, and all respectable Druggists on the Pacific ceast. jy26-tf For sale Who'esale or retail by JOSEPH M. LEVEY, Establishment. on our Poy ran to FALL STYLE FOR 1864. . “ A. LAMOTT, Cor, of 2d and J. St: SACRAMENTO. The Leading HATTER of the State of California. TILE ISsUEK HIS FALL STYLE . of HATS on. 2 SATURDAY, AUGUST 13th, 1864. His stock of Hats and Caps ofevery description exeels any house on this coast. His prices are lower than any other Do not forget to call at hie Emporium of Pashion ! © one of his new style East and Europe. He surpasse hem all. ” all Commercial Street, Nevada ¢ity. THE PLORENCE Makes four distinet Stitches, the work eéith er sews thin and he ba avy office. Sewing Machine for Sale. Wheeler & Wilson Sewi good order, for sale cheap. Me ce age re at ai a2 ! goods of tension, will On at the same without change gather and sew time, It makes a stitch alike on both sides of the fabric, havno Springs to get eut of order,and is the most rapid sewer in the world. Every Machine is fully warranted, -GEO. A. RANDALL, Agent for Nevada Co., at Weaver & Co.’s store A Complete Assortment of PATENT MEDICINES, Drugs and Chemicals. Just received snd for sale by Joseph M. Levey, Corner of Commerciat and Pine Streets. Nevada, Aug. 234—if Corner of Pine and Commercial Streets. Nevada, Aug. 294—t¢ ; *e haga on sale a full’ supply of Needles, Silk, read, ete. julié-tg ; : : Al svortment bi eye SALE —By — . > si of ecut: me vered issued out ef the court of Jas. M. +. an acting J tr dunes eae the amy of Novara . FOMADES & FANCY GOODS 1 of California, date July 16th, 1864, to sat. FOR SALE BY Toth day ade 1864 rap a of ‘torn rn ’ q 8 ~) " : and inst Geo, W Burt for the sum of $250 61 JOSEPH M. LEVEY, peace geen enares Sat ea Of sult. I have Cc 3 * , was : to the highest for cash all the right, ti. 7 of Pine and Commercial Streets, aun po pene Faas ihe folie ener. Nevada, Aug. 2d. . pe was at to‘THE CALIFOR wit: All thatcertain Saw Mill together RNIA Axtures and appartcu . belonging FLY KILLING LIQUID. nsistin part;of a large Turbine 4 oe ~ large leather belt. be. Also, a stable standing ara nite, ste thousands. seoligned bay Freee of Bloomield, county of Nevax® pod eer cher ol killing Flies gives the ffreatess H aforesaid. Sale to take place on the — ever used. ber, o*clock, A. Mf sucha nat are, and so in ite and4 P. M. Taken as the property of Geo. W. Flies will not spot alls and Wiudows augld ale Agents. a23-Im SESE IONS A. ee ee FRIDAY % Rf Long I “Pun torior ~The ele. 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ot % ~~ throw: . dle and is known as the husband of Jesse "the miserable trick will fail. But, the Ez_ nomination. AUGUST 26th: ad ) FOR PRESIDENT, : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. «ame POR VIOBPRESIDENT. ANDREW JOHNSON. LINCOLN AND THE CorpPeRHEADS.—The Express-and papers -of -like ilk are oxer~ 4 *gising themselves. considerably in regard to the” chances of Lineotn ond Johnson, the . nominees of the Union Convention being OK alow by. tio Onl patty These Journals Gave at Inst, after many state ments from copperheads to the contrary, been forced to admit that Mr. Liheoln has accepted the nomination. Now, they have discovered a disposition on the-gart of Union mento abandon party and principle, loyalty and the country, for-the' purpose of ase sisting into office our empty headed, politi. eal bummer, who parts “his hair in the mid» Fremont. Tho Marysville Express: which . of course is good authority (7) announces that. the Union men on Bear river hiave des termined to support Fremont. Then they arraign Mr. Lincoln for not receiving u few irresponsible men who communicated with «« Horace Greely, from the Canada frontier theit’ desire for peace, without any authori» ty from the Confederacy, and even had they been vested with authority tu negotiate; the terms were inconsistent with national honor and could vever be accepted. What the obs’ ject of these journals can be is beyond our comprehension, unless it 1s for the same reason-that-a--coward~ whistles in the®dork to keep up courage. They certainly cannot imagine that the vaporings will have any effect upon loyal men. They can’t expect that their denunciations will destroy confidence in the Administration, Union men would as soon expect to dee the falls of Ni. agara dammed up with cobwebs as to see ono of these treason mills “grind out” truth in regard to the present Administration. The Marysville Express “norates” as follows in regard to the coming contest for the Presidency : * “With certain defeat staring them in the : face, the desperate leaders of the Republican party are casting areund-for some means to get rid of Lincoln, as a man whose will no longer serves their purpose. They dare not, at present, openly repudiate his . nomination, but they are pr aring to do BO. The leader of the party in this State, Jobn Conness, we learn, has openty denounced Lineoin, and has laid down a programme for the election of five Presidential Electors in California, unplédged for any candidate. Conness has just come trom the East, and ie doubtless deep in the’ secrets of the prime conspirators at Wushingtun, and we expect tosee the same policy develop itself in-other States asa part of the same programme.” How ‘astoundingly wise fs the “old owl’ of the Express! The labor which the discoveries above made must have been very exhausting, Tie object. is apparent. The copperheads have lost all hope of success unless the Union party oan be “demoralized.” If they can engender discord and diversion in that party they have hopes of success. and no effurt will be spared to bring about sugh 4 result before the next election. But press speaks of the Union party “with cers tain defeat staring them ih the face.” -From whence does the stare proceed? Certainly not from the party of which the Express is the exponent, for the stare of the clammy sweat of death is upon that party. Neithet the copperheads nor path-hunters can Reta single Electoral vote in this State.— Union men understand the issue in the coming combat and they will meet it in solid column, anitedand determined. to secure the election of Lincoln*knd Johnson. The State Convention which is to select the Eleetore for this State will put the Union party in ite true light upon the record. The copperheads will have to take another ebift after’ that as they did afterthe discovery was. made that Mr, Lincolm had accepted the ‘ ee. COPPERHEAD papers say the isaue in the coming contest is “war or peace.” They are in favor of a piece—the rebels having the largest.share. — ‘ James RIvey, Assistant Foreman of Howard Engine Company No. 3, of San Fran* cised, fell overboard from a, fishing boat’ in Raseoon Straits on Friday evening and was drowned. : Mason CrEmony, formerly of the San Fraocisco Herald, now an officer in Arizoua, . day transactions. Alluding to the decision . \ earthed and brought out for 4ise, and is being ‘ren’s corps to the Weldon Railroad, south -Momerary,—Since the decisivas of the Supreme Court of the State upon the green‘back question, there seems to bea revival in every department of business. Capital that has for ® long titoe been withheld from cir: culation has now been brought into every of the Court affirming the constitutionality of the Specific Contract Act, a San Francis« co commetcial journal says:’ “Tt acted like magic u the monied ‘Mtiterests of* the State. Bar merchants and bankers all breathed easier. ‘Probably millions of dol. lars that were sealed up in banks, upon’ special deposit, or buried in the sand, or Jaid aside in solid gold and silver, has been un. rapidly seattered and loaned to the mining and industrial classes. All business interests at once received a fresh impulses new life was igstilled into the open market; stocks, real estate, merchandise,-and‘mining, altre. ceived incrensed attention ; values enhanced, and securities, hitherto, and of late, deemed questionable, all at once were sought after by capitalists. Money is plenty; and to be had on good. security at 14 per cent. per @onth ; and on realestate, bonds and murt+ guges, which of late, have been looked upon as quite objectionable, for fear of legal ten der riotes, are’ now in fayor by the money lenders at reasonsble rates. Altogether the prospect: brightens, and we predict the good time coming which all have longed for. thy EASTERN News.—The advance of Warof Petersburg, on the 19th, was followed by a determined attack, in which the corps of Hill and Beauregard-took part. ‘The attack was a partial surprise, and might bave resalted in a rebel victory but for the timely arrival of the Ninth Corps, which equalized the -forces, and after a bloody conflict fell Warren held the railroad. The Union loss was about three thousand killed, wounded and missing, a large number having been captured early in the fight. The rebel loss in killed and wounded was greater. It is supposed that the affair south of Petersburg developed into a battle on a grand scale on Sunday. There is nothing important from the Shens andoah valley. The rebels are said to have & heavy force there under Early, but he i@eps on the defensive. A Mobile paper of August 7th says the Mayor of Mobile has ordered nou-combattants out of the city, and urged the citizens to defend the city to the lust. Granger's forces are within five hundred yards of Fort Morgan: The surrender of the place was hourly expected. — The Tallahassee was spoken on the 20th, fifteen miles distant from Halifax, off Cole Harbor. It is-understood that she is the pioneer of a number of these vessela, which are now being fitted out ‘at ‘Wilmington, N C., some of which are ready ‘to run out. It is ascertained at the Treasury Departs ment that there ia no truth in the report thot the Secretary of the Treasury contemPlate a new loan, the terms of which are nut declared. ' . —~_ Decuivity or' Rivers.—A very slight declivity suffices to give the rtnning motion to water, Three inches per mile, in a smvoth, straight channel, gives a velocity of about threé miles an hour. The Ganges, Which gathers thé waters of the Himmalaya mountains, the highest in the world, is only about 890 feet above the level of the sea, at the distance of 1,800 miles from its mouth, and fo fall these 800 feet in its course, the water requires more thi 4 month, The great-river Majdalena, in South America, running for. 3,050 wiles between two ridges of the Andes, falls only 500 feet in all that distance! Above the commencement of the 1,000, itis seea descending in rapide and cataracts from the mountains, The gigantic Rio de la Plata has so gentle a descent to the ocean, that in Paraguay 1,600 miles from its mouth, large ships are seen which have sailed against the current all the way by the force of the wind alone; that is to say, which on the beautifully inclined plane of the stream, have been gradually lifted by the soft south sea breezes, and even against the current to an elevation greater than that of our loftiest apires. PosTaL MaTTERS.—The news. desler at the Bay receive their papers, magazines, ete., regularly, and are ready and anxious to’ supply the dealers of this and ‘other interior places. The matter is sent to our dealers regularly ; but not so. received, Ix not that singular, when it is certuin that the supplies for the Bay dealers are sent on the same steamer.— Virginia Vanion, Not at all singular, We Suppose your matter is laying in“the Post Office at Placerville awaiting the pleasure of the Pioneer wile very etl here. . @@4, in my opinion, in better business than the enemy were repulsed, and when might f EB ke AE EAY een The’ yellow fever is raging in Bermuda. . cript :—In your paper of yesterday there is an article taken from the Call of San FranCisco, entitled “A Washoe Sovemir,”’ being an account of the coutage displayed by Jos. Bald win-deceased, late son of Judge Baldwin, at an Indian battle which took place in Nevada Territory, and in which Henry Meredith was mortally wounded. ‘ The individual who wrote the article referred to, ought to have stated in connection with the deceased, that he was an ac« complice in the attempt to arm‘@ Vessel in the harbor of San Francisco, to be. used in preying upon the commeree of ‘our. country on this side of the Pacific comkt. ‘That by A Sovense or Piracy~ Editor Trans« Mining Co,. Gray Eagie Ts Ez ins due on the Gray Eagle jows> "ane No Certif. No Shares .Am’t duc. __U. 8. REVENUE. THE OFFICE oF THE ASSESSOR and COLLECTOR or Internal Revenue, ‘Has been Removed to the Jewelry Store of W. means of the. Vigorous efforts of the authori-_ ties the, plot wag unmasked, the attempt was thwarted, and.this same Baldwin to save himeelf from imprisonment iu-one-of“Linx culn’s Bastiles,” or to escape a little judis cious hanging, was compelled to fly. and seek protection beneath the British flag. Judge Baldwin, who undoubtedly knew of the plot, sent,a dispatch to his son, informing him that unless he immediately left the country the officers of the law would _bove him in their clutches and serious ‘consequences would ensue. Thereupon young Baldwin absconded. Such is the history of this would-be pirate, for whom the Call seeks to elevate inte honorable remembrance. The editor of that sheet ought to be engas eulogizing @ man who endeavored to arouse the slumbering fires of fanoticisin and disloyalty, which would have plunged us into a hell of feud and interminable strife. VERITAS, ~ ONE of John Mitchell's sons (the second) was killed recently while-on the parapet of Fort Sumter, which he was assisting in des fending. He was a Captain in the Conted~ FOURTEEN hundred ducks of wheat, each of one hundred pounde weight, was thrashed by ateam power in one day a .few days ago, at the farm of 8. Randell, in Napa county. & Quire a large French emigtation to Mex ico from this State seems likely to oecur,— A considerable number left for San Blas, on 4 French ship on Saturday. Arrivals at the National Exchange Hotel, BROAD STREET......NEVADA CITY LANCASTER & HASEY, Proprietors. . WEDNESDAY, August 24th. N Watson San Francis E Fellows Grass Valie D Watson Napa EK Roberts do. J Blair Virginia F Houston Brush creek C Derby do R Burner You Bet O Grant do D Rule sierra valley Miss Treason do J Clone a M Drake o 4 W Newell selby Fiat J Wensell mah hs : -do J Pratt Nevada Frank Wilson G Bersell do Jolm Madden Campton V Osborn do G Damson P* fit” M Doty do H McMichael & 1 Cher’ M Canester do J Fraser Rock creek — ew & Choice Perfumery, ee * 2Xnight Templars Perfume. Lubins Extracis. Night Blooming Cereus. Red Cross Knight Pefume. Fairy do Jaques do Barncy’s do >. ssorted Odors, For sale by JOSEPH M, LEVEY. Corner of Pine and Commercial Streets. ~« Nevada, Aug. 23d—tf For the Complerion ! Laird’s Bloom of Youth. Magnolia Balm. Blanc des Peries. Forsaleby JOSEPH M. LEVEY, Nevada, Aug. 23—tf DOMESTIC Dyes, Assorted Colors. ——— For sale by Joseph M. Levey, * Corner of Pine and Commercial Streets. . tak pose for sale, and sell to t highest bidder, infront of the store of Mr, peg highs in the town of Spenceville, on . TUESDAY,,. Septembe? 6th, 1864, At the hour of 2 P. M. of that day for United States gold and silver coin, as many shares of each certificate of the above stock, as shal) suffice for the payment of the amount due thereon, with apportionai expense of this notice and coat of saic.— . SAMES D. WHIT ty, . Spehceyille: Aug. 25, 1864. For Sale. _ ‘. ‘HE Engine owned by the Gray Eagle Copper Mining Company. with Pump, Pipe and inches in diameter, (Ail machinery is new, or thenee in pirsiaes line to the “hon Bouth Yuba river. of that part of said District lying west.of said tine sha e Ward No. 1, anc air sehdions of primary;

ment residing inIst Ward will attend at bi a Rodms on. west 6 primary depar ‘ attend in basemont of Brick Schoo! . Nevada street. Sy Henry Hansen;----86, 87 * — 75 oe C. Randolph, in the Masonic Building,” A. Rancher....43 50 1 eae : Charles Harris,..27, 29,37, Corner of Pine and Commercial Sts, win. az =o 8. B. DAVENPORT, Collector. on Sullivan.... : ee st tbe Stray ea e 7,71, 306 ap 00]. gta . Sth’ Division, 4th District. artin V. Sparks.75,76, 95 18 75 —— Peal Chese money 7m, "am ye gaa SCHOOL NOTICE. _. ie 9 Steir 0 GO ¥ order of thé Trustees of Nevada School Herman England. .15, 2% 6% B District No. 1, the listriet is_divided into_ John Barbee.... 814, — ‘School Wards. as follows :—<oni-~ Res -__ imelusiyve, 200 50 00 . menefng at the nee ena of the be bw ——Mary MO’ Reilly.5, 5 125 . sion ‘ie Ubards atioc batane ax aod ‘Edwards; O Reilly 3. 4, 6, a> 1125 Washi io gton ony ‘Cases Ravine, thence Acting under the direction of the Board ofiup sai , ‘i Trustees with the sanction of law. I will ex. entre of East SuRavine to Coyoté— street ast Su’ f tap; celina tine due NOMA to the shall wh BS. pp dakoa @ sireet. All. scholars of residing us Ee. 2 will Ouse on! The fellowing rate bills are ordered : $2 00 per month for High School. : 1.50... do 100 3do ~ Intermediate.) Primary, : All sehools of the District will commence'on: Monday, August 29th, 1864. Wanted.—One Female First Clask Teacher, Hoisting gear, complete. The Engine is of Bix . for Primary Department. _ E. W. SMITH Horse lower, Locomotive Bofler. and of Eng: sj : ° A: G. PIER. ” ie Sa lish manufacture. The Pump is what is known. : E. F. SPENCE, as a Cornish Pump, and is four and one-half Nevada, Aug. 19. . Trustecs. nearly so, ana is in perfect running order. Apply to JAMES KELSEY, at the shaft, or to the undersigned at Spenceville. : JAMES D. WHITE. Spenceville, August 25th. WATTS’ US ANTIDOTE «1S THE.. : MIRACULOUS MEDICINE: The Elixir Vitae so long sought by the Philosophers of all Ages, NERVO HEAR! HEAR!! READ AND TRY! if I have hdd Inflammatory Rheumatism for six weeks 60 bad I could not move or stand. I tried every known remedy without effect. [ got one NEVADA MILLINERY. WOULD respectfully mform the Ladies of Nevaia city and the surrounding towns that she has openeda first class Millinery Store, on < BROAD STREET, oO site Weaver & Co’s Store, and < will keep constantly on hand, Ladies’ Bonnets, Flowers, Laces, And in fact everything usually found ina Millinery Establishment. 1 have such arrangements made that I shall be jn receipt of New Goods by every steamer. Particular attentiow will be paid to making Cloaks, Mantillas and ' Dresses, : m2e bottle ef Watts’ Nervous Antidote. I had no — 1 got another, and am quite well,’ I have ound it the same.as every one Says. It is a wonderful remedy. THOS. M. TAYLOR, 423 Greenwich street. I was very much afflicted with St. Vitue’ Dance, and Bleeding Piles.'Thavé taken the Nervous: Antidoté and am perfectly restored to health ; the oe nerves also round the month is re. moved, and Fam again working at my trade with ease and cheerfulness. HENRY TOBIAS, 6 Talman street, Brookl yn One bottle of the Antidote has cared me of Liyer Complaiut anda violent pain in the side. I ean go to work. WM. THOMPSON, Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, _—_— Watte’ Nervous Antidote has cured me of a I have received t benefit from Watt's Nervous Antidote in Nervous Debility and Deafnesa it has improved my hearing. general health andthere and sell his anybody. His stock consists of and will be repa At the Old Corner, ‘$ STILL THERE, and wants {t to be distinctly understood that he is going to stay #00ds as cheap as the cheapest {tis his determination not to be undersold by Women’s Shoes, thick and thin sole, Gaiters, Balmorals, and ever style of Shoe. Misses’ & Children’s # oes, every style Benkerts’s Pump sole, Dress, Square Edge. Double Sole and Quilted Bottom Boots. A large assortment of Miners’ tongs & Gum Boots, &c. SHOE FINDIiNGs, of eve and Light:Boots, ~ EATHER, TOOoLs, description at ~ San Francisco Prices retail. Boot aud Shoemaker’s supplied at cemmand. All work bought at the store is Warranted fed free of cost if it rips uureaHe sells Cough and Nervous Debility of very long standgos one of tho very best workmen in the ing. I teel the greaeest benefit from it, in sleep, State, I s prepared to <i boots at short noappetite and general health. JANE THOMAS. tice and warrant a fit or no sale. Fifteenth street, west of 8th Avenue, Grateful for liberal patronage in the past, I : am determined-to merit it in the future by _. ing the public first rate articles and at the lowest possible prices. ~ W. R. COE. spirits, in fact I have received the greatest good frorn it. MRS. TROTMAN, Cooper's Avenue, Newport, L. I. To Taibott Watts, Req. Dear Sir— Your medicine is the most astonis ing thing 1 ever met with in the world, As I toid you { was Weak. Nervous, had no Appetite: and not able to do anything ; I took one onful of your med: icine at night, and in the morning [ got up fresh like a different person, ate a goo breakfast, did my work easily, and aliogether felt quite well and happy, LOUISA THOM SON, 54 Cannon Street. a e For sale wholesale by CRANE & BRIGHAM Drugyists, corner Clay and Front streets, San Francisco, and all respectable Druggists on the Pacific ceast. jy26-tf For sale Who'esale or retail by JOSEPH M. LEVEY, Establishment. on our Poy ran to FALL STYLE FOR 1864. . “ A. LAMOTT, Cor, of 2d and J. St: SACRAMENTO. The Leading HATTER of the State of California. TILE ISsUEK HIS FALL STYLE . of HATS on. 2 SATURDAY, AUGUST 13th, 1864. His stock of Hats and Caps ofevery description exeels any house on this coast. His prices are lower than any other Do not forget to call at hie Emporium of Pashion ! © one of his new style East and Europe. He surpasse hem all. ” all Commercial Street, Nevada ¢ity. THE PLORENCE Makes four distinet Stitches, the work eéith er sews thin and he ba avy office. Sewing Machine for Sale. Wheeler & Wilson Sewi good order, for sale cheap. Me ce age re at ai a2 ! goods of tension, will On at the same without change gather and sew time, It makes a stitch alike on both sides of the fabric, havno Springs to get eut of order,and is the most rapid sewer in the world. Every Machine is fully warranted, -GEO. A. RANDALL, Agent for Nevada Co., at Weaver & Co.’s store A Complete Assortment of PATENT MEDICINES, Drugs and Chemicals. Just received snd for sale by Joseph M. Levey, Corner of Commerciat and Pine Streets. Nevada, Aug. 234—if Corner of Pine and Commercial Streets. Nevada, Aug. 294—t¢ ; *e haga on sale a full’ supply of Needles, Silk, read, ete. julié-tg ; : : Al svortment bi eye SALE —By — . > si of ecut: me vered issued out ef the court of Jas. M. +. an acting J tr dunes eae the amy of Novara . FOMADES & FANCY GOODS 1 of California, date July 16th, 1864, to sat. FOR SALE BY Toth day ade 1864 rap a of ‘torn rn ’ q 8 ~) " : and inst Geo, W Burt for the sum of $250 61 JOSEPH M. LEVEY, peace geen enares Sat ea Of sult. I have Cc 3 * , was : to the highest for cash all the right, ti. 7 of Pine and Commercial Streets, aun po pene Faas ihe folie ener. Nevada, Aug. 2d. . pe was at to‘THE CALIFOR wit: All thatcertain Saw Mill together RNIA Axtures and appartcu . belonging FLY KILLING LIQUID. nsistin part;of a large Turbine 4 oe ~ large leather belt. be. Also, a stable standing ara nite, ste thousands. seoligned bay Freee of Bloomield, county of Nevax® pod eer cher ol killing Flies gives the ffreatess H aforesaid. Sale to take place on the — ever used. ber, o*clock, A. Mf sucha nat are, and so in ite and4 P. M. Taken as the property of Geo. W. Flies will not spot alls and Wiudows augld ale Agents. a23-Im SESE IONS A. ee ee FRIDAY % Rf Long I “Pun torior ~The ele. Both part hairs?’ got time. that to be coun _ ey was 0 ~ Syould’nt t “Unpledge received wv mense cro ‘ polta’ The unp The Sears’ pledged tic Hou. A. A The folle the Count; A. A. Sarg: Wm, Eddy Geo.: R. C d. A. Lane Jas. Whart D. Belden, H. MeCor B. F. Sto: ce The defeated. J.C. Birds Chas, Kent T. Bs MeF Geo. A. We C. Beckma Chas. Mars G. Ky Fare Thos. P. ¥ BULLY P lowing disp ning = GRA Unpledge mejority. QUAKER pledged del yesterday. THE follo tributed to tion, yeste: backs, $6 ¢ ACCIDEN' ly injured al The workm stamps. M bar under tt stamp came and throwi: ‘He had two bruised. Hi dangerous: Coneres nomination Diego, Los Santa Clara in Sap Fran Sentinel. Tue ladie: Sanitary Fai tember. THe N. publication « ANOTHER has been rece Prop. , St tour through Tue new . uo waa dedic TuHere wi the Mechani ALL the ) adoption of 8. BRor of Sacrament STRENGT! American St deposited in to the rule ai mons to ap said, “Sir, I: barrel of ale “Yes sit” * Well, wh: “Why, the me ta try a li -* washing to st the <4 , “Indeed!” efit frem the’ “Ab, yeos taken to my . I can carry i ¢