February 17, 1874 (4 pages)

NEVADA CITY, CAl. re oerrece — The : qi aily Transcript ponly benefitzthe cities of Gime YValley and Nevads, and the farming and mining interests along the ‘line PRESS, “Tuesday, Feb, 17th, 1874. The Benefits of a Railroad. The question of, ‘‘what benefit will it be to the people of Nevada ‘county*if a-railroad is constructed ‘between Nevada and Colfax or any other. point where it will tap-the = of ant reerereibteniaredie tah ateres find_purchasers. _ “—aally ina speech made by Senator McCoy in the Senate of this Statea few days ago. . the Senate was on a’bill to legalize certain bonds issued-by the city of San Diego in aid of the construction of the Texas, Pacific Railroad. In the course of his speech Mr. MeCoy said: of = Mr. President, I will: state in con-’ -elusion that. before we had the prospect of getting a’ railroad to San Di. ego,-that city lots were valued-at-$5, wud when the ‘taxes became delinquent they.coyld not be sold for'tho taxes. This I know of my own personal knowledge, I being Sheriff and ‘Tax Collector of the county for ten years. These spine lots, are now selling at from $300 to $2,500, What is'the cause of this change? and ‘the answer is, the Prospects of a_railroad. This is the whole story ina nut shell. The mere prospect of a railroad with a terminus at San Diego, has increased the value of town lots at that city from $5 to $300 and $2,500. Nowif it had that effect at the city of San Diego, why may not the construction of ‘a railroad from Colfax to this city produce like results? A few days ago we published the fact that property that cost from $20,000 to $40,000, sold in this city. for one-fifth or less of its cost value, Does any one suppose that if a railroad was in existence from Colfax to this city, the property. mentioned: “erty in this city and Grass Valley _—pleof the whole-cotinty be benefitted} t , 705. Total assessment $1,177 ,000_ would have parted hands at any such prices? Not at all. Now if the ~effect of the construction of such a road will increase the value of propone hundred per cent. over the present assessed value, will not. the peoby the road, saying nothing of, the cheapness of transporting goods and opening up a, way ‘to get our domestic industries toa market. _Evyery dollar-added to the assessment roll has the effect of reducing the . rates of taxation, Our total assessment of all property in this county in the year 1873, ag fixed by the . State Board of Equalization, was . $7,144,450, In 1872 it amounted to the sum of $8,041,468, being $897,018 less in 1873 than it wis in 1872. Why was this? , Simply because. of the reduction of the value of real estate, as the following willshow: In 1872 there were 149,646 acres of land assessed at au average of $3 26 ‘per acre. In 1873 theré were 150,074 acres of land -assessed ut an average value of $3 03 per acre, This shows that although there were 428 acres of land assessed in 1873 more than ‘in 1872, the valuation was diminished 23 cents upon each acre, The value City, County ‘and. U. 8. Official The question. before . . every person sgould take an interest in thé eonstraction of the road, ares! What the Codes Have Given uss 12th inst, contains a long’ article from the pen of its editor, ‘showing . what the Code Commissioners have given to the people of the State of California. We can state in fewer words than the Record uses just what the Codes have given us. Firstly. It gave to’ “the people a hotch-poch of laws that either ‘this The,.Sacramentg Record of the One Step Mere. Aman WhO rejoices in the name of Peek, occupying a seat in the Asof the road, but it will also benefit . sembly of this State, has introduced every taxpayer in the county. Hence a Bill into that body to prevent the managers of gailways in this State from obstreting the sale of iiewspa‘pers in their cars or depots. This fellow Peek ought to take one stép more and introduce a bill compelling every man in the State to subscribe for the Sacramento Union and pay for it too. If the Legislature can pass a law legally compelling railway companies to permit. certsin papers to be sold on their cars; they can al-" so pass 2 law compelling the railway _companies to sell the papers, if they The right. to. that will siceeed i it can legislate into. good sound sense, = “Secondly, It has” given the * Code Commissioners $25,000 or $30,000 of the people’s’ money in the shape of rewarding some Democratic pets of Gov. Haight, that before their appointment, were. without any. knowledge of lawand who were exceedingly -impecunious, Thirdly. . It has made famous ono driven from all respectable rociety, Fourthly. The Codes put a large amount of money in the hands of the State Printer that could have been better expeuded. : Fifthly. The Codes™ compelled, every lawyer. in the State to expend considerable money for an article which after this Legislature adjourns won't be worth to them a farthing. These are some of the things the Codes havedone. HadGov. Haight appointed men well versed in the law, to Codify the laws,great benefits would have resulted to the people, and the work would have been finished. As it is the whole work. will have to be performed over -again: Itis said aver 200 hills have. beea tintroduced in the present Legislature amendatory of the Codes. If 80, Wuen that body gets through its work; the " Code Commissioners won't recognize their own bastard. piece > General Harney’s Views. General Harney. has been sayinga {good-word for the’ Indians, before the military committee of the House of Representatives, at Washington, and it is such a rare occurrence that. ttis-almost as refreshing as~a spring: have spoken like one having authority, and it is doubtful whether: he could have borne as flattering a testimony in favor of civilized people as he has done for the savages. He . thinks that if the Indians are treated . fairly there will never be any trouble . with them; he never knew but two instances in which-they violated a treaty, and they had grown old and the chiefs who made them had died before they were sought to be enforced by the.Government. He says that Indian troubles are principally caused by whisky-dealing and dishonest agents, and to abolish: the. former he favors hanging or shooting the dealers. He is decidedly of the opinion that Indian affairs can be much more-efficiently and . honestly managed by army officers than by civillians, unless army officers have . . ~ of city and town lots show a like decrease in valuation, — In 1872 the city and tows lots in Nevada cotnty were asessed at $290,000; improvements on same $787,In 1873 the city and town lots were assessed at $280,875; improvements on same at $775,045, “Total $1,055,020 being $121,080 less in 1873 than in 1872.-The total assessed value of all_property in Nevada county for the year 1873 amounted to the sun) of $7,144,450. The taxes on said property for State and county purposes was $1 90 on each one hundred dollars, or a total of $135,744,55 . Now if the construction of a railroad will have the tendency of increasing oe value of the land lying within and the value of ‘city lots at eae Valley aad Nevada only 100 per cent. the people of the county generally will be benefited thereby by the reduction inthe rate cf taxation. Add one willion of dollars to the total asseusment roll of siderable. the county, and the. reduction in the rate of taxation ‘Will be cont Add $2,000,000 and the decrease will stili be greater, assnming of course that $135,000.is-the. ty—have again commenced the @mé@uat to be’ raised fer State _, and county purpeses. ‘Then we say \ again, the. consteuction oft a rail, apr eenrn ee ‘cys SL changed very mach—since he knew . them, The views of the war worn old veteran will have immense weight with the country, as -what-hedoes not know about Indians’ is hardly’ worth looking up: ~~ ee Tue United States Marshal has posted notices on the Government Crow’s Landing, in Stanislaus Co., prohibiting, under pains and penalties, settlers from cutting wood on their land. This action jis claimed by the settlers to be petty tyranny. C. V. Reever, of Santa Clara Co., has applied for a patent for a ‘‘railroad car,” which carries its own track with it, in the form of an endJess.chain, What can be guined by it over the patinaty. wide tire does not peek. Sadia atl A SHEEP ownér in Big Valley, Lassen County, has ‘lost three thousand sheep out of a band of five thousand, -for want of food and shelter. Stock zdisers in California may. yet learn something about providing for” the Winter. Tue farmers of Walla Walla. Couns their plowing, which wax: interfupted for}: a time bythe last fall of gnoyrg In) most places the,gnoqnd: baa joa egnditions»: «4 : wat . ae ‘ahavek Meonté man at least that should’ have been . = in edesert, The General seems to. “aon whem he has had experience, l lands alobg the foot-hills west ofenact such a_law carries with it the “galéo Of newspapers on —_—— of railways.’ » The Union takes itfor granted that every uewspaper ‘that don’t fight the Central Pacific Railroad Co. is in its interests,as a “‘subsidized organ,” In this the, Union is mistaken. We think the Union's complaints against the Central Pacitic Company, so far 4s relates to the sale of the Unions on: the cars is humbuggery. So believing we say so. and give our reasons.” The Union in ‘reply ‘says,, “Oh,.you’re one of Stanford & Co.'s subsidized organs, and of course are’ bound te prblish what Stanford & Co. dictate, 2 These are not — meaning. The Unies says: ‘‘The proprietors .of the Union offer to ‘agents the same facilities now they did -before the exclusion.** Well, . sl what were they? Simply, ‘if you order 100 Unions und only sell 50, you must pay for the 100. No deduction will be made for unsold papers, and you must pay for 100 when you receive them.’’ No agent will purchase the Unions on sueh-terms. He would be a foulif he did. Now we will.venture the assertion that if the Union wil] cffer any of the agents in the cars the same facilities granted by the Bulletin, Call, or Alta, the agents will aceept the terms and endeavor to sell ‘the Union's in the cars. The terms are’ simply, the . agents are to pay 5 cents for” each paper they dispose of, ‘and settle their accounts once per month. All unsold papers to be returned and deducted from the number ordered. Until the Union grants” ‘the agents the same facilities as the other papers mentioned do, it will deserve no sympathy fromthe public. Ercut more blocks pf granite, weighing about ten ton’ each, have arrived at Sacramento from Penryn, to be forwarded by schooner, part to Alcatraz and the remainder te Fort: Point. © Ir is proposed to establish a wool packing house at Wilmington, Los Angeles county. At Los Angeles ac-. tive steps have been taken towards organizing a Wool Gowers’ Association. ++ win, of Florence, Los Angeles county, Was’ thrown from a sulky-plow Grangers have made. arrangements to finish plowing his farm. ae i i tn: S made an invention which will prevent ships from sinking on the ocean and has gone to Washington to apply for a patent for it. His application should go on swimmingly. “a CororaDo still insists upon admission as a State. The population is estimated at 125,000, and the-real value of the property in the Territe‘ry, at $50,000,000, _><> TRAPPERS on Clearwater River, in Idaho, have had very good sucvess, and obtained some very valuable furs, such as martin, fisher, and silVer-gray fox. A vesy large and ae ae et meeting of citizens who are in fq of the annexation of Northern Idtho to Washington-—Yerritorywas lately held at the Court-house, at Walle Walla. Tur people of. some portions of Montana seem discouraged by ‘ie outlook of ‘failroad affairs in that’ Territory. > > _ Tux Cartarena coal mines were recently visited by a party from Sin Jose; and found beth. Bood: and ¢ ex.tensive. Tuwold settlers in BattleMoanik st. bits* 4) the, btost severe tit Cote tae ws ati oe i bel . ie ' : ae right to pass a law to prevent the . vessels of gold und sifver, fested by the King to ascertain the A FEW days since, Rev. Mr. Cor. . and quite seriously injured;—-Thet— [ok Rewrecer-geniur thinks he bas ti0i tain charge up the present Winter,as . The Congregational. Church on Sunday night last, was’ again filled to overflowing. Every seat was occupied ‘above and below stairs, and ‘eyen people bad to stairg leading to the. pulpit, and in people were compelled to stand. up in the aisles and in the vestibule. Extra seats and botes were placed allalong the aisles, and still ‘seats . could not. be procured for all. The sermon was, as all are atin. deiivered by thé Rev. Mr. Sins, eloquent in theextreme. Thé subject ke seats on the . the pulpit ‘itself, and still hosts of was Belshazzar’s feast andthe hand-. writing on the wall —‘thené, mene, ; the balance and found. wanting.”’ At the opening of the sermon, the eloquent speaker gave glowing deits walls, the number of its gates, streets, etc.; of Nebuchadnezzer, the founder and. builder, and of his llfe, character; ete. He spoke of the feast of Belshazzer, his ordering the taken from the temple:at Jerusalem; to be aud his concubines might_‘drink wine from them and be merry. He depicted the consternation of Belshazzer and his guests at seeing a hand writing the mystic characters on the wall, and the anxiety manimeaning thereot) He described the mode by which Cyrus obtained access to the eity, and the awful slaughter of the inhabitants that in the balances the rich man, the Pharisee, the slanderer,the backbiter, the hypocrite, and the men of good works, who. do not rely upon Jesus Christ. During the delivery of this portion of his sermon, every. eye was riveted upon the speaker, and the dates was so.still that a pin most any part of,it, We have heard in our day John N. Maffit, the Rev. Mr. Bascom, and . hosts of eloquent divines, but we have never heard aman preach with stich eloquence and .power as the worthy gentleman .who held forth i the Congregational church last Suaday evening. — Advertised: Letters: The following letters remain in. the Nevada City Post Office for the week ending Monday, Feb’y 9th. Persons calling for any of these létters, will please say, ‘‘advertised:’’ H. Adolph, W. D. Avery, Chas. H Bolton, James Barrett, A. A. Barrett; John, Cex, J. A. Colberts,;Wm, Cranson, M. Cohen, S. G. Chase, Mrs. Fender, T, Gawghenbaugh, G. Genazze, J. Johnson, L. A. Longworthy, ad McEning, Stephang Michaell, Morrison, Julia Osbora, G. F. Pullen Mrs. Georgia Fisher, J. C. Robinson, D. R, a Charles E. Whitney. County Ceurt, 4 Hon. John Caldwell Goant hut, presiding. oat Moxpary, “Feb. 16th, 1874. Court met, pursuant to adjournment, tekel, upharsin; thow art’ weighed in. seription of Babylon, of the hight of . bronght in that he and his wives . ma: Sail and then proceeded to_ “weig could have been. héard to drop i in alL, A. Chapman, D. Decelle, Emma . } _The case of the People vs. Thompi Cheeky, ‘Very. ‘The following sublime poetry we clipped from the €hronicle a few days Ago. It is aboutas cheeky a seen in print: : j “THE CHRONICLE.” A oe SE py elias oe “What papcr is the people’s friend. . Afid one on which they can depend, Triumphant always:in the end? : The CHRONICLE. hea “paper wields s pen of might, unish wrong,an shield the right, nile ead by miilions with delight? . _The CHRONICLE. What paper gives you every day / The latest news fur which yon_pray That-wind-und-sterms-ca What paper’ 8 welcomed far and near, Growing, in favor every yeur? The CHRONICLE, What paper, like & so'dier brave, ; Scorns golden bribes from scheming knaves,; Is ee now, our homes to save ? : The CHRONICLE, What paper tells you, /ere too_late, The doom of country, church and State, ". Uniess from heathen dream you wake ? The CHRONICLE. What paper holds this land should be ‘From Coolie slaves forever free, . And hopes that all the danger see? The CHHONICLE. What paper has.a record clean, So that no foe can ever glean Aught but brave truth in silv’ry. ew The CHRONICLE. We thought we could improve upLon the above, and so. thinking we set our duggerel machine in motion, and in less time than it takes a ‘‘cow THE CHRONICLE. MACHINE POETRY. ' What morning paper makesits boast, ~~ And always says it tas the most Subscribers on the western coast? The Chronicle. What morning paper always tries To te}l the most and higgest lies Of any paper of its size ? The Chronicle, What morning paper steals its hews, And honest people will abuse, , And wallows in the filth it spews? The Chronicle. ‘What paper's always on the ight, Is full of vetiom and of spits, Is always wrong and never right ” ~Phe Chronicle, What morning paper, do you think, Is al Ways stirriig up a stink In some pool ordirty sink? : The Chronicle. ——What paper is a special treat © On Barbary Coast or Dupont street, And for it’s filth can not be beat ? The Chronicle. .What paper is a bawdy-sheet, And brings the blush to virtue’s cheek, If but it’s Althy name. you speak? The Chronicle. atin atl AND now comes the pleasent little rumor that they are waking champaigne out of petrolium, over~ in} ‘Pennsylvania, A light sort of tinle that must be, and not without ubricity possibly, but, souaehow, we thank you! Nepean fatale eitiaeine penn taatht ceca nae thadee ania alenien! Smee Incorporated 1819. Cash Assets $5,845,802 03. Capital $3,000,000. Ron, one of the stage robbers, was called, and both parties having announced themselves ready for trial, the Court proceeded to the empanelling of a jury. At 12 o’clock, u., the panel ef 20 jurors had been exhausted and only ten jurymen chosen. A venire was issued for special jurors, and Court took a recess” until 2 o’clock,” p.m. At 3 o'clock the panel wis completed and the trial commenced. It is now progressing. , Bill Intreduced. On the 13th inst., Senator O’Connor introduced a bill in the Senate to change the times of the meetings of the Beard of Supervisors of this county, so that the meetings of the Board and of the County Court may not come-together. This bill . ought to pass. . ee Chinaman Shot, North San Juan. yesterday, and reHe says a Chinaman was shot but not killed on Friday or Saturday night last by some party” utiknown. He describes the roads from Selby Flat to this city to be in very bad THERE are, up to > this ‘date, nine Granges organized i in Colorado, With aut sii on ral hip of 300. ports everything quiet at that place. ‘condition; }; the worst part of the road. . . between” ‘this city and North ‘Ban ' Jur. _THE LARGEST CAPITAL! THE LARGEST ASSETS! The Largest. Annual Income ! Of any Fire Insurance Com‘pany in the Country. cermin eee Income over $16,000 per day, Losses paid since the organiz a. tion of the Company over Jno. 'T. Morgan came over from: $40,000,000 00 ‘GEO. C, BOARDMAN, San Francisco, . oS Maneger Pacific Branch. TRA A. EATON, Agent, Nevada. _ } JOHN WEBER, Agect, Grase. Walley. aes. oo stipes, es orth San Juan.’ aoa — n-het-delay?———~ + The CHRONICLE. occa, piece of nonsense as we heey ever) “Cross oceans broad, from_sphere.to sphere, . to crack her thumbs,’’ it ground out! . . the following: prefer not any petrolium in ours, j, “[ stow, in Fe min if Nevada Ledge, No, 13, FE. ‘ rr Special tie, WEDNELD a) Mee ct po 18h, 1874, a x tt ’\ PONED Us. TICK. ela oe Members will take adit » themselves according ly pe and SE Mas.er, per Of the 115 T. a. CASWELL, Secret GARDEN SEED, et GRASS SEED, AT E. M. PRESTON. DRUGGIsT, — And Dealer in ACIDS, CRECIBLE a * ING ‘CHEMICALS an ey MUFFLES, PAINTS OILS AND Varn. ISHES, All at the Lowest Market Rater, &2~ Prescriptions correct] com “at all hours, day shoe vs pounie ne NORTH AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK ORGANIZED 1862, . Ast OVER $6,000,000 ~ FLOWER SEED, NEVADA DRUG ‘STouE, Life, Joint Life, Endowment, or on the Tontiene Plan; and all Policies are registered with the . Controller, and their payment at maturity. guaranteed. by the State of New York. ———— No Restrictions on Travel or Business. WATSON WEBB, General Agent for the Pacific a ieereeesae aoe $B DAVENPORT, Local Agentat Nevada City Nevada, February 8th, 1874. FRUIT, SHADE AND OBNAMENTAL TREES, VINES, PLANTS, &C. AVING received the agency for the Capital Nurseries, Sacramento hes prepared to furrish ‘Trees, Plants, oy Sacramento prices, freight added. a logues, Price Lists and printed direc furnished on application. wW.H. CRA WEORP. seca Feb. 8th, 1974. COUNTY WARRANTS. A LL Warrants on = Genetal Fant May 6th, 1873, eral Fund, Interest be paid poe. from this date.A. GOLDSMITH, Co. Tressam: Parker, Deputy.” Nevide Fob. a 186. ven that the und me etry te to the Hen. bal ips al of’ his license Pde M5 hn the OwD pee spat Mea Blooms, ‘s woe ess: 4 aise: at Policies issued upon the Whole TREES AND PLANTS. : Mae soca Se tered prior to-May 6th. 1873; rhe Warrants Nos.-98-to-109 inelwsiveos. oe eo its ee Free oe eee Abow Hey ma brongh ments . chargit _ and sec them te County the fir court, on eack indictn Mrs. I ~ Attorn ‘ed in © man, ¢ custod: left thi kee on jntenti , husbar _ forwar morro’ her hu “if you you-wi Heymi: any 6 --on ho them ¢ ~her.”’ point Cashit not ov Mrs, I seen pond Cashi Hoy what f has mn body . office: inque: the m ceased or wa about saw h and e: 5 she d to rid and p. _ Cident -Sin shal ¢ follow eppea stage deep her sa the cr point ceede: and tc on th to the 75 fee she h: turne: there quant ward hot 0

NEVADA CITY, CAl. re oerrece — The : qi aily Transcript ponly benefitzthe cities of Gime YValley and Nevads, and the farming and mining interests along the ‘line PRESS, “Tuesday, Feb, 17th, 1874. The Benefits of a Railroad. The question of, ‘‘what benefit will it be to the people of Nevada ‘county*if a-railroad is constructed ‘between Nevada and Colfax or any other. point where it will tap-the = of ant reerereibteniaredie tah ateres find_purchasers. _ “—aally ina speech made by Senator McCoy in the Senate of this Statea few days ago. . the Senate was on a’bill to legalize certain bonds issued-by the city of San Diego in aid of the construction of the Texas, Pacific Railroad.. In the course of his speech Mr. MeCoy said: of = Mr. President, I will: state in con-’ -elusion that. before we had the prospect of getting a’ railroad to San Di. ego,-that city lots were valued-at-$5, wud when the ‘taxes became delinquent they.coyld not be sold for'tho taxes. This I know of my own personal knowledge, I being Sheriff and ‘Tax Collector of the county for ten years. These spine lots, are now selling at from $300 to $2,500, What is'the cause of this change? and ‘the answer is, the Prospects of a_railroad. This is the whole story ina nut shell. The mere prospect of a railroad with a terminus at San Diego, has increased the value of town lots at that city from $5 to $300 and $2,500. Nowif it had that effect at the city of San Diego, why may not the construction of ‘a railroad from Colfax to this city produce like results? A few days ago we published the fact that property that cost from $20,000 to $40,000, sold in this city. for one-fifth or less of its cost value, Does any one suppose that if a railroad was in existence from Colfax to this city, the property. mentioned: “erty in this city and Grass Valley _—pleof the whole-cotinty be benefitted} t , 705. Total assessment $1,177 ,000_ would have parted hands at any such prices? Not at all. Now if the ~effect of the construction of such a road will increase the value of propone hundred per cent. over the present assessed value, will not. the peoby the road, saying nothing of, the cheapness of transporting goods and opening up a, way ‘to get our domestic industries toa market. _Evyery dollar-added to the assessment roll has the effect of reducing the . rates of taxation, Our total assessment of all property in this county in the year 1873, ag fixed by the . State Board of Equalization, was . $7,144,450, In 1872 it amounted to the sum of $8,041,468, being $897,018 less in 1873 than it wis in 1872. Why was this? , Simply because. of the reduction of the value of real estate, as the following willshow: In 1872 there were 149,646 acres of land assessed at au average of $3 26 ‘per acre. In 1873 theré were 150,074 acres of land -assessed ut an average value of $3 03 per acre, This shows that although there were 428 acres of land assessed in 1873 more than ‘in 1872, the valuation was diminished 23 cents upon each acre, The value City, County ‘and. U. 8. Official The question. before . . every person sgould take an interest in thé eonstraction of the road, ares! What the Codes Have Given uss 12th inst, contains a long’ article from the pen of its editor, ‘showing . what the Code Commissioners have given to the people of the State of California. We can state in fewer words than the Record uses just what the Codes have given us. Firstly. It gave to’ “the people a hotch-poch of laws that either ‘this The,.Sacramentg Record of the One Step Mere. Aman WhO rejoices in the name of Peek, occupying a seat in the Asof the road, but it will also benefit . sembly of this State, has introduced every taxpayer in the county. Hence a Bill into that body to prevent the managers of gailways in this State from obstreting the sale of iiewspa‘pers in their cars or depots. This fellow Peek ought to take one stép more and introduce a bill compelling every man in the State to subscribe for the Sacramento Union and pay for it too. If the Legislature can pass a law legally compelling railway companies to permit. certsin papers to be sold on their cars; they can al-" so pass 2 law compelling the railway _companies to sell the papers, if they The right. to. that will siceeed i it can legislate into. good sound sense, = “Secondly, It has” given the * Code Commissioners $25,000 or $30,000 of the people’s’ money in the shape of rewarding some Democratic pets of Gov. Haight, that before their appointment, were. without any. knowledge of lawand who were exceedingly -impecunious, Thirdly. . It has made famous ono driven from all respectable rociety, Fourthly. The Codes put a large amount of money in the hands of the State Printer that could have been better expeuded. : Fifthly. The Codes™ compelled, every lawyer. in the State to expend considerable money for an article which after this Legislature adjourns won't be worth to them a farthing. These are some of the things the Codes havedone. HadGov. Haight appointed men well versed in the law, to Codify the laws,great benefits would have resulted to the people, and the work would have been finished. As it is the whole work. will have to be performed over -again: Itis said aver 200 hills have. beea tintroduced in the present Legislature amendatory of the Codes. If 80, Wuen that body gets through its work; the " Code Commissioners won't recognize their own bastard. piece > General Harney’s Views. General Harney. has been sayinga {good-word for the’ Indians, before the military committee of the House of Representatives, at Washington, and it is such a rare occurrence that. ttis-almost as refreshing as~a spring: have spoken like one having authority, and it is doubtful whether: he could have borne as flattering a testimony in favor of civilized people as he has done for the savages. He . thinks that if the Indians are treated . fairly there will never be any trouble . with them; he never knew but two instances in which-they violated a treaty, and they had grown old and the chiefs who made them had died before they were sought to be enforced by the.Government. He says that Indian troubles are principally caused by whisky-dealing and dishonest agents, and to abolish: the. former he favors hanging or shooting the dealers. He is decidedly of the opinion that Indian affairs can be much more-efficiently and . honestly managed by army officers than by civillians, unless army officers have . . ~ of city and town lots show a like decrease in valuation, — In 1872 the city and tows lots in Nevada cotnty were asessed at $290,000; improvements on same $787,In 1873 the city and town lots were assessed at $280,875; improvements on same at $775,045, “Total $1,055,020 being $121,080 less in 1873 than in 1872.-The total assessed value of all_property in Nevada county for the year 1873 amounted to the sun) of $7,144,450. The taxes on said property for State and county purposes was $1 90 on each one hundred dollars, or a total of $135,744,55 . Now if the construction of a railroad will have the tendency of increasing oe value of the land lying within and the value of ‘city lots at eae Valley aad Nevada only 100 per cent. the people of the county generally will be benefited thereby by the reduction inthe rate cf taxation. Add one willion of dollars to the total asseusment roll of siderable. the county, and the. reduction in the rate of taxation ‘Will be cont Add $2,000,000 and the decrease will stili be greater, assnming of course that $135,000.is-the. ty—have again commenced the @mé@uat to be’ raised fer State _, and county purpeses. ‘Then we say \ again, the. consteuction oft a rail, apr eenrn ee ‘cys SL changed very mach—since he knew . them, The views of the war worn old veteran will have immense weight with the country, as -what-hedoes not know about Indians’ is hardly’ worth looking up: ~~ ee Tue United States Marshal has posted notices on the Government Crow’s Landing, in Stanislaus Co., prohibiting, under pains and penalties, settlers from cutting wood on their land. This action jis claimed by the settlers to be petty tyranny. C. V. Reever, of Santa Clara Co., has applied for a patent for a ‘‘railroad car,” which carries its own track with it, in the form of an endJess.chain, What can be guined by it over the patinaty. wide tire does not peek. Sadia atl A SHEEP ownér in Big Valley, Lassen County, has ‘lost three thousand sheep out of a band of five thousand, -for want of food and shelter. Stock zdisers in California may. yet learn something about providing for” the Winter. Tue farmers of Walla Walla. Couns their plowing, which wax: interfupted for}: a time bythe last fall of gnoyrg In) most places the,gnoqnd: baa joa egnditions»: «4 : wat . ae ‘ahavek Meonté man at least that should’ have been . = in edesert, The General seems to. “aon whem he has had experience, l lands alobg the foot-hills west ofenact such a_law carries with it the “galéo Of newspapers on —_—— of railways.’ » The Union takes itfor granted that every uewspaper ‘that don’t fight the Central Pacific Railroad Co. is in its interests,as a “‘subsidized organ,” In this the, Union is mistaken. We think the Union's complaints against the Central Pacitic Company, so far 4s relates to the sale of the Unions on: the cars is humbuggery. So believing we say so. and give our reasons.” The Union in ‘reply ‘says,, “Oh,.you’re one of Stanford & Co.'s subsidized organs, and of course are’ bound te prblish what Stanford & Co. dictate, 2 These are not — meaning. The Unies says: ‘‘The proprietors .of the Union offer to ‘agents the same facilities now they did -before the exclusion.** Well, . sl what were they? Simply, ‘if you order 100 Unions und only sell 50, you must pay for the 100. No deduction will be made for unsold papers, and you must pay for 100 when you receive them.’’ No agent will purchase the Unions on sueh-terms. He would be a foulif he did. Now we will.venture the assertion that if the Union wil] cffer any of the agents in the cars the same facilities granted by the Bulletin, Call, or Alta, the agents will aceept the terms and endeavor to sell ‘the Union's in the cars. The terms are’ simply, the . agents are to pay 5 cents for” each paper they dispose of, ‘and settle their accounts once per month. All unsold papers to be returned and deducted from the number ordered. Until the Union grants” ‘the agents the same facilities as the other papers mentioned do, it will deserve no sympathy fromthe public. Ercut more blocks pf granite, weighing about ten ton’ each, have arrived at Sacramento from Penryn, to be forwarded by schooner, part to Alcatraz and the remainder te Fort: Point. © Ir is proposed to establish a wool packing house at Wilmington, Los Angeles county. At Los Angeles ac-. tive steps have been taken towards organizing a Wool Gowers’ Association. ++ win, of Florence, Los Angeles county, Was’ thrown from a sulky-plow Grangers have made. arrangements to finish plowing his farm. ae i i tn: S made an invention which will prevent ships from sinking on the ocean and has gone to Washington to apply for a patent for it. His application should go on swimmingly. “a CororaDo still insists upon admission as a State. The population is estimated at 125,000, and the-real value of the property in the Territe‘ry, at $50,000,000, _><> TRAPPERS on Clearwater River, in Idaho, have had very good sucvess, and obtained some very valuable furs, such as martin, fisher, and silVer-gray fox. A vesy large and ae ae et meeting of citizens who are in fq of the annexation of Northern Idtho to Washington-—Yerritorywas lately held at the Court-house, at Walle Walla. Tur people of. some portions of Montana seem discouraged by ‘ie outlook of ‘failroad affairs in that’ Territory. > > _ Tux Cartarena coal mines were recently visited by a party from Sin Jose; and found beth. Bood: and ¢ ex.tensive. Tuwold settlers in BattleMoanik st. bits* 4) the, btost severe tit Cote tae ws ati oe i bel . ie ' : ae right to pass a law to prevent the . vessels of gold und sifver, fested by the King to ascertain the A FEW days since, Rev. Mr. Cor. . and quite seriously injured;—-Thet— [ok Rewrecer-geniur thinks he bas ti0i tain charge up the present Winter,as . The Congregational. Church on Sunday night last, was’ again filled to overflowing. Every seat was occupied ‘above and below stairs, and ‘eyen people bad to stairg leading to the. pulpit, and in people were compelled to stand. up in the aisles and in the vestibule. Extra seats and botes were placed allalong the aisles, and still ‘seats . could not. be procured for all. The sermon was, as all are atin. deiivered by thé Rev. Mr. Sins, eloquent in theextreme. Thé subject ke seats on the . the pulpit ‘itself, and still hosts of was Belshazzar’s feast andthe hand-. writing on the wall —‘thené, mene, ; the balance and found. wanting.”’ At the opening of the sermon, the eloquent speaker gave glowing deits walls, the number of its gates, streets, etc.; of Nebuchadnezzer, the founder and. builder, and of his llfe, character; ete. He spoke of the feast of Belshazzer, his ordering the taken from the temple:at Jerusalem; to be

aud his concubines might_‘drink wine from them and be merry. He depicted the consternation of Belshazzer and his guests at seeing a hand writing the mystic characters on the wall, and the anxiety manimeaning thereot) He described the mode by which Cyrus obtained access to the eity, and the awful slaughter of the inhabitants that in the balances the rich man, the Pharisee, the slanderer,the backbiter, the hypocrite, and the men of good works, who. do not rely upon Jesus Christ. During the delivery of this portion of his sermon, every. eye was riveted upon the speaker, and the dates was so.still that a pin most any part of,it, We have heard in our day John N. Maffit, the Rev. Mr. Bascom, and . hosts of eloquent divines, but we have never heard aman preach with stich eloquence and .power as the worthy gentleman .who held forth i the Congregational church last Suaday evening. — Advertised: Letters: The following letters remain in. the Nevada City Post Office for the week ending Monday, Feb’y 9th. Persons calling for any of these létters, will please say, ‘‘advertised:’’ H. Adolph, W. D. Avery, Chas. H Bolton, James Barrett, A. A. Barrett; John, Cex, J. A. Colberts,;Wm, Cranson, M. Cohen, S. G. Chase, Mrs. Fender, T, Gawghenbaugh, G. Genazze, J. Johnson, L. A. Longworthy, ad McEning, Stephang Michaell, Morrison, Julia Osbora, G. F. Pullen Mrs. Georgia Fisher, J. C. Robinson, D. R, a Charles E. Whitney. County Ceurt, 4 Hon. John Caldwell Goant hut, presiding. oat Moxpary, “Feb. 16th, 1874. Court met, pursuant to adjournment, tekel, upharsin; thow art’ weighed in. seription of Babylon, of the hight of . bronght in that he and his wives . ma: Sail and then proceeded to_ “weig could have been. héard to drop i in alL, A. Chapman, D. Decelle, Emma . } _The case of the People vs. Thompi Cheeky, ‘Very. ‘The following sublime poetry we clipped from the €hronicle a few days Ago. It is aboutas cheeky a seen in print: : j “THE CHRONICLE.” A oe SE py elias oe “What papcr is the people’s friend. . Afid one on which they can depend, Triumphant always:in the end? : The CHRONICLE. hea “paper wields s pen of might, unish wrong,an shield the right, nile ead by miilions with delight? . _The CHRONICLE. What paper gives you every day / The latest news fur which yon_pray That-wind-und-sterms-ca What paper’ 8 welcomed far and near, Growing, in favor every yeur? The CHRONICLE, What paper, like & so'dier brave, ; Scorns golden bribes from scheming knaves,; Is ee now, our homes to save ? : The CHRONICLE, What paper tells you, /ere too_late, The doom of country, church and State, ". Uniess from heathen dream you wake ? The CHRONICLE. What paper holds this land should be ‘From Coolie slaves forever free, . And hopes that all the danger see? The CHHONICLE. What paper has.a record clean, So that no foe can ever glean Aught but brave truth in silv’ry. ew The CHRONICLE. We thought we could improve upLon the above, and so. thinking we set our duggerel machine in motion, and in less time than it takes a ‘‘cow THE CHRONICLE. MACHINE POETRY. ' What morning paper makesits boast, ~~ And always says it tas the most Subscribers on the western coast? The Chronicle. What morning paper always tries To te}l the most and higgest lies Of any paper of its size ? The Chronicle, What morning paper steals its hews, And honest people will abuse, , And wallows in the filth it spews? The Chronicle. ‘What paper's always on the ight, Is full of vetiom and of spits, Is always wrong and never right ” ~Phe Chronicle, What morning paper, do you think, Is al Ways stirriig up a stink In some pool ordirty sink? : The Chronicle. ——What paper is a special treat © On Barbary Coast or Dupont street, And for it’s filth can not be beat ? The Chronicle. .What paper is a bawdy-sheet, And brings the blush to virtue’s cheek, If but it’s Althy name. you speak? The Chronicle. atin atl AND now comes the pleasent little rumor that they are waking champaigne out of petrolium, over~ in} ‘Pennsylvania, A light sort of tinle that must be, and not without ubricity possibly, but, souaehow, we thank you! Nepean fatale eitiaeine penn taatht ceca nae thadee ania alenien! Smee Incorporated 1819. Cash Assets $5,845,802 03. Capital $3,000,000. Ron, one of the stage robbers, was called, and both parties having announced themselves ready for trial, the Court proceeded to the empanelling of a jury. At 12 o’clock, u., the panel ef 20 jurors had been exhausted and only ten jurymen chosen. A venire was issued for special jurors, and Court took a recess” until 2 o’clock,” p.m. At 3 o'clock the panel wis completed and the trial commenced. It is now progressing. , Bill Intreduced. On the 13th inst., Senator O’Connor introduced a bill in the Senate to change the times of the meetings of the Beard of Supervisors of this county, so that the meetings of the Board and of the County Court may not come-together. This bill . ought to pass. . ee Chinaman Shot, North San Juan. yesterday, and reHe says a Chinaman was shot but not killed on Friday or Saturday night last by some party” utiknown. He describes the roads from Selby Flat to this city to be in very bad THERE are, up to > this ‘date, nine Granges organized i in Colorado, With aut sii on ral hip of 300.. ports everything quiet at that place. ‘condition; }; the worst part of the road. . . between” ‘this city and North ‘Ban ' Jur. _THE LARGEST CAPITAL! THE LARGEST ASSETS! The Largest. Annual Income ! Of any Fire Insurance Com‘pany in the Country. cermin eee Income over $16,000 per day, Losses paid since the organiz a. tion of the Company over Jno. 'T. Morgan came over from: $40,000,000 00 ‘GEO. C, BOARDMAN, San Francisco, . oS Maneger Pacific Branch. TRA A. EATON, Agent, Nevada. _ } JOHN WEBER, Agect, Grase. Walley. aes. oo stipes, es orth San Juan.’ aoa — n-het-delay?———~ + The CHRONICLE. occa, piece of nonsense as we heey ever) “Cross oceans broad, from_sphere.to sphere, . to crack her thumbs,’’ it ground out! . . the following: prefer not any petrolium in ours, j, “[ stow, in Fe min if Nevada Ledge, No, 13, FE. ‘ rr Special tie, WEDNELD a) Mee ct po 18h, 1874, a x tt ’\ PONED Us. TICK. ela oe Members will take adit » themselves according ly pe and SE Mas.er, per Of the 115 T. a. CASWELL, Secret GARDEN SEED, et GRASS SEED, AT E. M. PRESTON. DRUGGIsT, — And Dealer in ACIDS, CRECIBLE a * ING ‘CHEMICALS an ey MUFFLES, PAINTS OILS AND Varn. ISHES, All at the Lowest Market Rater, &2~ Prescriptions correct] com “at all hours, day shoe vs pounie ne NORTH AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK ORGANIZED 1862, . Ast OVER $6,000,000 ~ FLOWER SEED, NEVADA DRUG ‘STouE, Life, Joint Life, Endowment, or on the Tontiene Plan; and all Policies are registered with the . Controller, and their payment at maturity. guaranteed. by the State of New York. ———— No Restrictions on Travel or Business. WATSON WEBB, General Agent for the Pacific a ieereeesae aoe $B DAVENPORT, Local Agentat Nevada City Nevada, February 8th, 1874. FRUIT, SHADE AND OBNAMENTAL TREES, VINES, PLANTS, &C. AVING received the agency for the Capital Nurseries, Sacramento hes prepared to furrish ‘Trees, Plants, oy Sacramento prices, freight added. a logues, Price Lists and printed direc furnished on application. wW.H. CRA WEORP. seca Feb. 8th, 1974. COUNTY WARRANTS. A LL Warrants on = Genetal Fant May 6th, 1873, eral Fund, Interest be paid poe. from this date.A. GOLDSMITH, Co. Tressam: Parker, Deputy.” Nevide Fob. a 186. ven that the und me etry te to the Hen. bal ips al of’ his license Pde M5 hn the OwD pee spat Mea Blooms, ‘s woe ess: 4 aise: at Policies issued upon the Whole TREES AND PLANTS. : Mae soca Se tered prior to-May 6th. 1873; rhe Warrants Nos.-98-to-109 inelwsiveos. oe eo its ee Free oe eee Abow Hey ma brongh ments . chargit _ and sec them te County the fir court, on eack indictn Mrs. I ~ Attorn ‘ed in © man, ¢ custod: left thi kee on jntenti , husbar _ forwar morro’ her hu “if you you-wi Heymi: any 6 --on ho them ¢ ~her.”’ point Cashit not ov Mrs, I seen pond Cashi Hoy what f has mn body . office: inque: the m ceased or wa about saw h and e: 5 she d to rid and p. _ Cident -Sin shal ¢ follow eppea stage deep her sa the cr point ceede: and tc on th to the 75 fee she h: turne: there quant ward hot 0