February 3, 1877 (4 pages)

-Faventigatitig Committes! . Which Side Tells the Truth? ’ There is no\d@ebt in the minds of all who read the cwrrent news of the day, that there is a state.of affairsiu #ome ofthe States that would do = eredit to an uncivilized nation. Acts Be and dishonor seem to . be an-‘thick as antunnal leayes that atrew the. brooks of Vallambfosa,’” Provided the-truth. is inany-one~~ Phe stories . which have been rel: -before. the a ashinyton, show one side of the question, and if. true, are quite sufficient. rid every decent man of his desire _to see a party succeed if it has such is sot a Democrat in the lend but _ thinks those stories-are-trne. Such. _ dispatches are.not denounced as lies_' by them, nor do they think the witmesses are cuspet. baggers and unableto tell the truth.: Of course’ it must be admitted that but one side of the story is told in these dispatches thus far, and.it is reasonable to suppose the other side will appear in ‘terror and “. Sephis world {s all a fleeting show, ion of the ‘Republican Returning Beard. The mew who have sought to destroy liberty, eompass the overabinihge perpetual, who of ssination, andsystemptize. 1 Oppression for th¢ pur pose of colfipassing sectional’ power and overthrowing a national: policy, would not hesitate for a moment at such a game as that which recent developments make plain. it necessary to assert that the Louisiana Republican leaders are hones cernment equal at least “ __ Was Not Publicly Received. Nor is men, adwirable members of séciety; "Thursday to his’ seat and” tookthe or conscientious politicians. It is only necessary to credit them with a {sir proportion of wosldly shrewd‘ness, and gifted with a powef of dia+ to well-tyain~ HE OO ee ge From thé ‘Record-Union of the Ist we clip the following : ie 5 sixteenth Ballot, afor from Kansagy = The first installment of the amount $300,000-—was Thursday paid’ to the’ Secretary of State by.the Mexican. Minister. ~ "Belford, Representative, im Qongress from Colorado, was admitted oath of office. . . Pe Supreme Court ‘of~ Arizona has denied the petition of Hardy for /4 recount of the votes for delegate to Congress. A large silver vein is reported in "Tucson, Arizona, the ore of which ammary of the, j United States due the United States from Mexico— . . iw isthe time to trot out-p 1 remarkable "Wi: v my and birds hatched their broods in February. In 1829 the:weather was equally mild, and the maidens of Cologne wore wreaths of. violets and corn flowers at Christmas and Twelfth Day, In:3321the trees floweréd in the prendre nd the vines in the month of Apri Gherries 8 te es same on of April. and little boys commenced to full ‘out of apple trees a little iater. in 1572 the tfeeswere coyered with repeated, and it is added that the F an’s delusion giver,” . -A-smobth-or-more_ since, the lion . Eastern Sonot'a against-Mariacel,_—— of the hour Waa Lafayette ¥, Grover, . . of our sister State, Oregon. His the National Capital, -was-e oration. The Golden State, i ernor und the leaders of one of parties, out Heroded Herod in the -honors paid the distinguished Goy.érnor. We predicted at the time, ‘that in a year from date no one could be found who was a disciple of GoyWe Juliadi declare to 1 _ of great erimes, will not hesitate, on __.__the kibes of the contest, to stick at its regular order. Meantime, ‘we think it fair to judge of the eredibility of the story by fooking at the past. a little and see if this attempt to blacken the character of the Bresident of the Returniug Board of Louisiana, is any worse than other and similar attempts have been in the past toblacken the fame of public men and proved failures. Robeson, Beoretary of the Navy, has beén the target at which every--petty politician has aimed his’ venomous. petty shafts for years. He has been aceused of everything that was mean, cowardly and venal, yet after four or . five years of such abuse, a Demoeratic Investigating’ Committee 19 eompelled to confess all the eharges that have been made against’ hiw were base lies. For the past two years the vilest and most. scandalous eharges have been preferred. against leading Republicans, and the Demo. cratic House has been prompt to overhaul everyone so chayged. But. it would puzzle most readers to tell ‘who has been eonvicted by them, or upon whom the charges made have been fixed beyond adoubt. We in_ferfrom the past’ history of these partisans,that they will resort to any scheme, no matter how unjust if it will aid their party interests, and that there are blways men willing to _ accept-the money they are willing to give, to concout the stories necessary for their purpose. It may be another game in this case, intended to: work apurpose. By receiving one} side to a story,and denying the other side the right to} reply, just before the assembling of the Electoral Comtnission, it might reasonably be expected that it wonld have ‘its effeet, and in a measure, forestall the judgment of the Commission, We unite with the San Francisco Postin saying: ‘Let us look for ‘a yaoment at the historical and precedent conditions and results involved, putting aside altogether the personnel.and reputation of the mendirectly concerned,’ The Louisiana Democraticleaders have for two generations past been engaged with others, —#outh and North, in mighty efforts: to control an empire in the interests and for the maintenance of human slavery and legal inequality. Past and present, the whole effort has been one for domination. To that’ end they have ruthlessly used the worst appliances of the social conditions around them. They bulldozed the Whigs in the interest of Mr. Polk, They bullied the Unionists in defense of secession, They joined ina four years’ eivil war, in order to extend ‘ehattel slavery, to hold and maintain a monopoly of the cotton and sugar growing regions of this hemisphere. Siucethatattempt failed, these men have organized their followers into sevret,oath-bound associations, for the purpose of intimidating-and assassinating niem_bers of the party opposed to them, and thereby to accomplish the destruction of the freedom and civic ' equality the war had brought, -regaining for themselves the. control they had lost by defeat. Surely the men whem undisputed history, ‘whom even such apologists as Geo. ia Roa guilty. 5 “4 assays $1,600-to the ton. : : # tolat Mare Island. ne grand. Ove Pesqitera now holds the most of There are thirteen Russian sailors and one officerin the naval hospital According to~the -verdictofthe Coroner’s jury im the: case of the . Brooklyn calamity, of the 218 vicFogers were burned to death and ‘the remainder were-suffocajed, Governor Bedle, of New. Jerkey, refuses to interfere in the cases of . ernor Grover. A month only has . passed, and that distinguished indi. vidual bas passed clear across the continent and no ove knew it until he-arrived.at Sacramento, where he took the overland stage soon after for hishome. No guns were fired, no bands played, no politician stirred not even a goose stirred on his return from his honorable mission. . Hose-the mighty do fa!l some times. Faszier -Trorrer.—Two hundred and thiiteen horses have trotted in ‘public in 2 26 or better, Goldsmith Maid leading with 2 14; Lulu trotted in 2 15; Smuggler, 2 1534 ;Ameriean ter, 2 16; Dexter, 2 1734; Hopeful, 2 174; Judge-Fullerton, 2 18; Red Cloud, 218; Lady Thorne, 2 18%; Lucy 2 18%; Maud, 2 184; Great Eastern, 2 19; Bodine, 2 19%4;) George Palmer, 2 1914: Thomas L. has Young, 2 1944: -Lueille Golddust 2.19%: Amy B, 2 19%: Flora Temple, 2 19%; Thorndale, 22234; and Camors,2 19%. Four have records of 2 20, six have records of 2 21,” seven have recordsof 22114, seven have records of 2 2134, seven have records of 2.22, ten have records of 222% seven have records of 223, eleven have records ol 2 2344, sixteen have records of 2 24, thirteen have records of 22434, twenty-five have records of 2-25, nineteen have records of 2-254, and twenty-six have records of 2 26. pe ee ndent that it is mot alone “the ys’’ who hope to pick up a few rich mupaets tn the way of lobby fees before the present Congress passes into history, He says that the girls, also, and a good many of. them ,have well-founded expectations of the same sort. -‘Thisis, we believe strictly true, The uumber of richlydressed ladies, with brilliant complexions and keen, bright eyes, who hover about the Oapitol now a-days is quite noticeable. ‘hey are daily attendants on tlie sessions of the two Houses, and are conspivuous in the halls and corridors before and after the session, They seem to be on familiar if not confidential, terms with a good many Solons, with whom they exchange smiles and bows from the galleries; and they havea way of bringing the— honorable -géentiemen from the floor of their chamber-to a cosy seatin a reception room that is not at all understuod by their brother operators in the same line.—Washington Star. We asked old Si whether, in the event of another war, the negroes would take a hand? ‘‘Dar’s allus fokes, bofe black an’ white, out ob a job ferter gitup a ridgyment ‘bout hyar!” he replied. “What side would the colored people take this time?’’ ‘Dat ‘pends, sah, on de *monstrashuns at de offset--ob de ‘aturbince!”’ ‘What do you mean by that?” ‘Well, de nigger don’t stan’ on no fancy prinserpuls,~yer kno’?’’ “I know that.” ‘An’ hit'sde wages an’ de perkwisites dat dey goes fer, mos’ly! Darfo’ I sez dat de bes way fer ~ it de nigger on yo’ side is ter git de “How do you mean?” ‘Well, de niggers is gittin moughty skeerce on back-kiverin’, an’ whoeber gits de fust.box ob blue ober-cotes in dis town for gin’rul skirelashin is gwine ter raze de fust ridgyment of niggers fer de wah!’ «> a “A correspondent of the rural Press in Sacraihento county, which produced the‘last year 3,239 bales, aggregating 637. pounds, being nearly 200 pounds to the bale.* Dnis is a little uver 1,700 pounds to the sére, such jobs as those it is now probable are being exploited for the destruct. iL Girl, 2 1644; Oceident,2 1634; Glos-. _We are admonished by _a_corres-. Committee aafalse ——_—____ ry goods in de offis fus!”} states that there are 374 acres of hops The average pri: der . 28 cents per pound, be revenue . . for this industry was $154,000; . banged at Newark, New Jersey, on . Eriday. © Ir was rumored in San Francisco yesterday that’ the ship Western Shore, en route to Puget Sound, hud. been capsized and lost. — Richard Perry ghot aud instantly . killed John Lee yesterday at Downey City, Los Angeles county. “Tur Prohibitionists of New Hampshiré have nominated Asa 8S. Kindall for Governor, — -.-. Arunah’Hantington, of St, Johnsbury, Vermont, bas left in his will $202,000 to the public schools. of that State.Mail service by the coast route between Los. Angeles and San Buenaventura has been re-established, Te Postmaster at Kingston, Fresno county, has resigned, and no. one found to take his place. -'Tue Republicans at Washington congratulate themselves over the selection of Bradley as the fifth Justice, whilethe Democrats are despondent over it, ae f The race conflict in Sowth Carolina is believed to have been averted. , Thetripartite eommission assembled Thursday, and the oath of office was udministered to the fifteen members, The proceedings of the commission are to be held confidential, “Phe State: House authorities at New Orleans ‘denounce Littlefield’s. statement before the Congressiona Eighty-six deaths occurred London last week from small-pox. in Outrageously Treated, New Yors, January 3ist. The Tribune's Washington correspondent says: If all the reports are trae, it is high time the way Ser. geant-at-Armse Thompson is treating the members: of Louisiana--Returning Board beingsired into. It, is alleged that they are) not allowed . the privileges accorded even to murderers; that their counselare.not permitted to cofisult with them except in the presoude of one of Thomp-} son’s turnkeys; that none of their friends can gét access to. them: that they are not allowed to see each other, and that almost every method, shortof physiéal torture, is resorted to in the hope. of getting further information or confession that may be useful. The-Louisiana Democrats can, it is. stated, go to their rooms ang have long talks with them, . but no Republicans have that privilege. Tt is even reported that oite of the colored members of the Board. was taken around town the other night by amember of the Louisiana Democratie Committee, and that thetwo were seen drinking together at a saloon, : ‘ . Tue Inscrrperiox.—The following wellknown words of Governor Andrew are inscribed on his statue:_ ‘I’ know not what record sin awaits “and mother?” “Giving . February, and out-door boguets were Asbwald and. Ryan, sentenced to be . hands into drawers and claw over -respectfdily answered, ‘Pardon me, Yesterday Morning's Sales best of our memory there was in France neither snow or frost through1617, 1659; finallysin 1662, even in the-north of Germany, the stoves were not lighted, trees flowered in sbowered on the newspaper -offices without number, yesterday. Coming to later dates, the winter of 1846-47, when it. thundered at Paris on the’28th of danuaryand that of 1866, the year of the inundation of the Seine, may be men‘tioned as very mild.—New London. Telegram. =. Tae Vallejo Chronicle says tbat] pils were turned backfrom the High School for failing to reach the re. quired per cent on examination; and as many as ten’ would probably have been turned back this term had the ales remained unchanged. ‘The failures of pupils were generally innew studies or those well back in the grammar course. ers and shelves in his store, and improving the appearance of things generally. It will be considerably handier for Mr. Greeley, and not stantly clawing things over.—Truckee Republican, We do not see how that will help; at least it Would not in Nevada City or Grass Valley, In those two towns, we are told. some folks will put their things, just as easily as if there were no drawers around.—G. ¥. Union, Luevrr, the French actor, when playing at Brassels, extricated bimself with amusing tact: from an embarassing position. Inthe course of the piece he, as a soldier, had to bringin a aapotots and present itto the King, is majest that the dispatch would be fairly tramscribed and had not therefore committed it'to memory. But this wasa slip of blank paper, and the King was jn despair. A happy thought struck him; handing it to the soldier be said, ‘‘Read it my good fellow.”. But Luguet did not feel equal to improvising a letter, and Sire: I um borm of parents honest but poor. I never learned to read.” And here the King lost his head and was hissed off the stage, : A youxe lady who took to tight lacing some years ago says she is gradually waisting away; Mining Stocks, ‘The following are the quotations of the Sales at the Regular Board yesterday elosing, 220 Ophir 2744 2674. 240Mexican 18; i 220 Best & Belcher 35, oon ee 46 461; on Virginia 484% 481<, 1660 Imperial’2.30a3,° * 255 Sierra Nevada 8% 814 5 ane 100101. * fy 30-Crown Point 8*{ 814, 755 Bulion 17 167,° 230 Belcher 8%. 170 Alpha 20% 20. 510 Gould & Curry 12 122g, — xeliow oF 16. _485 Exchequer 744 734. 175. Hale & Norcross ry, 5s. 10 Chollar 68%, ata 125 Utah 15% 16. \ 340 Union ‘Con, 91% 9%. * 365 Justice 14% 14%. 240 Julia aya 920 Culedonia 1044 '103;. va ‘orthern Belle 28 2 . Newoso 3% 3% ~ California 46 45%;. Con Virginia 4814 4837. lon 16% 16%. ___ Best & Belher 34, _ ~“@aledonia 10, ~ Yellow Jacket 1534. Mexican 17%; : Eureka Con, 19% 19%.” BORN. In Nevada City, +187, to «fe of Jerome H.-Coox, a daughter. t Canada Hill,-dan. 30th, 1877, to ‘the itk, was thé'reply: >. . a Wile of John Hocking, a daughter.’ Peaches appeared in May, . leaves in JSannavy, and the birds} — hatched their young in February, ‘#6 . im 1172, Bb 1586 the same thing was. corn was in-ear at. Waster, ‘To the} J ‘It. seems but as}. road, after this date, during last term of school five pu-. > ImPRovEMENTS.—Jobn F, Greeley . has been putting a lot of new draw-. , quite so handy to those who are con. ° imagined . morning — opening gnd. ~~} his own wages, Carney, Hunt’s Hil _ P*S Goodspeed, ‘do 6 Beach, Starr Mill ~E L Hallowell, Kennebec R Summer, San Franciscoé Miss Morrow, Moore’s Fiat Fe F Henry, do W T Williams, Blue Tent 8 Brown, City A Jacksor, Braridy City ee ee JACOB KABVZIGER, Proprictos . — -“‘Yaurspay, Wanwary lst, 1877-— + ‘ID Holland, City FM pee tat do .M I, Marsh, p Valley. ‘Wim Carter, City 8 Donnelly, do C HChase, do : Mr Waterman & wife, San Juan F C Kitsy & daughter; Colusa “> ESTRAY NOTICE. <a 4 Oris to my place on or about-the middle of July last, ared and white.two year old-heifer, branded O on the left hip and Bon left thigh. No earmarks. Shs will be found at Peaslée’s ranch, sixteen miles below Grass: Valley, on McUourtney he owner is reprove. and take her away. ae Central House, Washington Road. January 31, 1877. f iS) i “READ THIS, rs LE PERSONS INDEBTED-TO-DR-F. BUELOW, are requested to settle their accounts with the undersigned, who wall receipt for the same, ‘ LEO. GARTHE. ,Nevada, January 26, 1877.-1m NEVADA THEATRE. . * ONE NIGHT ONLY 2? MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1877. GRAND GALA CONCERT: By the World Weidwned “GERMAN MILITARY BAND 40 ARTISTS 40 . Director..-. ven es CARL BECK. HIS BAND IS ATTACHED. TO THE 34th and 76th Regiments, Prussian lnfantry. The were granted 9 furlough by Emperor Wilhela to. visit the Centen‘nial Exposition, at Philadelphia, where they carricd off the highest honers. ever awarded a Military Band., The German Military Band will appear in fall dress Uniferm of the Rifle Guard of the German Empire. : : Admission.... + see $100 Back Seats..0-0./.-.50 ots. Seats can be secured at Belden’s Drug Store without extra Charge. jan23 HANLEY’S SALOON, . NEVADA CITY, A LWAYS on hand the BEST LIQUORS to be found in the State. If you want a good drink, go to MIKE HANLEY’S, jan21-1m “fo All Whom It May Concern ou ALL MEN'‘BY THESE PRES. ENTS, that I,L.Charomnat, of the county of Nevada, State of California, the party of the first part herein, do hereby emancipate my son, Anselme Aristide Charonnat, a minor,the party of the secon: part herein, And I do hereby grant to my said son, Anselme, the right to make~contracts, to labor for wages,to re own wages, and to do all ot bings on his account as fully abd eff: ually as he might if he were now o twenty-one years. And do here lease to him the labor and 5 rance on mypart,__And that I will not be respousible for any contracts which he may e, but all persons dealing with ough the said Anselme Aristise Char onnat were of the full aze of twenty-one years. Thesaid Anselme will be of the full age of twenty-one years on the twentieth day of July, Av D. 1877. ~~ Witness my hand and seal this seal) twenty-third day of December, A. [~~ ) D. 1876, jans ; L, CHARONNAT. _ s, M. WALLING, ATTORNEY AT LAW. FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, FFICE, Brown & Morgan’s Block, N Oi ONG. 7 H. S. BRADLEY, } CIVIL ENGINEER, jana U.S, “Deputy Surveyor NEVADA CITY, Cal Junction of Commercial and. Main streets, . are notified that they must do so as . e aig 8 Bee: ae . NEW STORE, OPPOSITE as BROWN & MORGAN'S be BLOCK, WHERE WE WILL BE HAPPY. 10 SEE OUR CUSTOMERS. a L, JACOBS & BRE, Nevada; Jan. 28, 1877. NEW CIGAR STORE. U. BECKMAN; ~~ etc:, ete. A T the old Stand. formerly oceupied by Hugh McCauley, © BROAD STREET, NE¥ADA CITY, Has just. received one of-the—Choicest Btocks of CIGARS and TOBACCO ever offeved in this city. some of the fine brands of Cigars: Figaro, Justice, James Lick, Belle,. Venus, Unanue Hermandos, ‘Edwin Booth, Meridianas Especial. . The *‘MERIDIANAS ESPECIAL” and “JUSTICE” are the finest BIT CIGARS om the Pacific Coast. : The Best Brands of TOBACCO always /on hand, to serveall who may faxor him with ther igh’’ Cigar, give him a call. : : jan23-3m C. BECKMAX, PHILIP BICHARPS, No. 30 Main Street, NEVADA CITY, CAL, 4 hood Gold Dust bought and sold. Bullien discounted, Advances amade on Gold Dast or ' for coinuge atthe Mint. . CHECKS ON SAN FRA BOO. Correspondent, © wiss Amserican Bank. San Francisco 3 jyh-tm or THE BEST -QUALITY, A? ; FRESH COUGH CANDY. © Te oe < mee ‘ ‘GENUINE BETHESDA WATER. IRECT FROM THE sPrINe@s 47 WAUKESHA, WIS. Centennial Cologne, Choice Toilet Goods, Acids, Mining Chemicals, ‘Nevada Drug Store, » Eureka Stage and Kxpress day. ‘Returning, Teave Eureka, Tuesday, Thursday and Nevada City July 24, 1876, TROTTER & CUNNINGHAM, q Proprietor. The following are . Dick: Wassoa will be in at’ endance— eri. "When you want a ‘way Uc PRESTO N’S. E. M: PRESTON, Prop'ra "STAGES will leave New ‘Eureka, as follows: Lea Nevada City,.Monday, Wednesdhy ent Te; ~ she cat in bee tio be we sto : gis ea * b> = = & Ee te ae Se, nL a eal as . ee eS Be a a a a ee ae

-Faventigatitig Committes! . Which Side Tells the Truth? ’ There is no\d@ebt in the minds of all who read the cwrrent news of the day, that there is a state.of affairsiu #ome ofthe States that would do = eredit to an uncivilized nation. Acts Be and dishonor seem to . be an-‘thick as antunnal leayes that atrew the. brooks of Vallambfosa,’” Provided the-truth. is inany-one~~ Phe stories . which have been rel: -before. the a ashinyton, show one side of the question, and if. true, are quite sufficient. rid every decent man of his desire _to see a party succeed if it has such is sot a Democrat in the lend but _ thinks those stories-are-trne. Such. _ dispatches are.not denounced as lies_' by them, nor do they think the witmesses are cuspet. baggers and unableto tell the truth.: Of course’ it must be admitted that but one side of the story is told in these dispatches thus far, and.it is reasonable to suppose the other side will appear in ‘terror and “. Sephis world {s all a fleeting show, ion of the ‘Republican Returning Beard. The mew who have sought to destroy liberty, eompass the overabinihge perpetual, who of ssination, andsystemptize. 1 Oppression for th¢ pur pose of colfipassing sectional’ power and overthrowing a national: policy, would not hesitate for a moment at such a game as that which recent developments make plain. it necessary to assert that the Louisiana Republican leaders are hones cernment equal at least “ __ Was Not Publicly Received. Nor is men, adwirable members of séciety; "Thursday to his’ seat and” tookthe or conscientious politicians. It is only necessary to credit them with a {sir proportion of wosldly shrewd‘ness, and gifted with a powef of dia+ to well-tyain~ HE OO ee ge From thé ‘Record-Union of the Ist we clip the following : ie 5 sixteenth Ballot, afor from Kansagy = The first installment of the amount $300,000-—was Thursday paid’ to the’ Secretary of State by.the Mexican. Minister. ~ "Belford, Representative, im Qongress from Colorado, was admitted oath of office. . . Pe Supreme Court ‘of~ Arizona has denied the petition of Hardy for /4 recount of the votes for delegate to Congress. A large silver vein is reported in "Tucson, Arizona, the ore of which ammary of the, j United States due the United States from Mexico— . . iw isthe time to trot out-p 1 remarkable "Wi: v my and birds hatched their broods in February. In 1829 the:weather was equally mild, and the maidens of Cologne wore wreaths of. violets and corn flowers at Christmas and Twelfth Day, In:3321the trees floweréd in the prendre nd the vines in the month of Apri Gherries 8 te es same on of April. and little boys commenced to full ‘out of apple trees a little iater. in 1572 the tfeeswere coyered with repeated, and it is added that the F an’s delusion giver,” . -A-smobth-or-more_ since, the lion . Eastern Sonot'a against-Mariacel,_—— of the hour Waa Lafayette ¥, Grover, . . of our sister State, Oregon. His the National Capital, -was-e oration. The Golden State, i ernor und the leaders of one of parties, out Heroded Herod in the -honors paid the distinguished Goy.érnor. We predicted at the time, ‘that in a year from date no one could be found who was a disciple of GoyWe Juliadi declare to 1 _ of great erimes, will not hesitate, on __.__the kibes of the contest, to stick at its regular order. Meantime, ‘we think it fair to judge of the eredibility of the story by fooking at the past. a little and see if this attempt to blacken the character of the Bresident of the Returniug Board of Louisiana, is any worse than other and similar attempts have been in the past toblacken the fame of public men and proved failures. Robeson, Beoretary of the Navy, has beén the target at which every--petty politician has aimed his’ venomous. petty shafts for years. He has been aceused of everything that was mean, cowardly and venal, yet after four or . five years of such abuse, a Demoeratic Investigating’ Committee 19 eompelled to confess all the eharges that have been made against’ hiw were base lies. For the past two years the vilest and most. scandalous eharges have been preferred. against leading Republicans, and the Demo. cratic House has been prompt to overhaul everyone so chayged. But. it would puzzle most readers to tell ‘who has been eonvicted by them, or upon whom the charges made have been fixed beyond adoubt. We in_ferfrom the past’ history of these partisans,that they will resort to any scheme, no matter how unjust if it will aid their party interests, and that there are blways men willing to _ accept-the money they are willing to give, to concout the stories necessary for their purpose. It may be another game in this case, intended to: work apurpose. By receiving one} side to a story,and denying the other side the right to} reply, just before the assembling of the Electoral Comtnission, it might reasonably be expected that it wonld have ‘its effeet, and in a measure, forestall the judgment of the Commission, We unite with the San Francisco Postin saying: ‘Let us look for ‘a yaoment at the historical and precedent conditions and results involved, putting aside altogether the personnel.and reputation of the mendirectly concerned,’ The Louisiana Democraticleaders have for two generations past been engaged with others, —#outh and North, in mighty efforts: to control an empire in the interests and for the maintenance of human slavery and legal inequality. Past and present, the whole effort has been one for domination. To that’ end they have ruthlessly used the worst appliances of the social conditions around them. They bulldozed the Whigs in the interest of Mr. Polk, They bullied the Unionists in defense of secession, They joined ina four years’ eivil war, in order to extend ‘ehattel slavery, to hold and maintain a monopoly of the cotton and sugar growing regions of this hemisphere. Siucethatattempt failed, these men have organized their followers into sevret,oath-bound associations, for the purpose of intimidating-and assassinating niem_bers of the party opposed to them, and thereby to accomplish the destruction of the freedom and civic ' equality the war had brought, -regaining for themselves the. control they had lost by defeat. Surely the men whem undisputed history, ‘whom even such apologists as Geo. ia Roa guilty. 5 “4 assays $1,600-to the ton. : : # tolat Mare Island. ne grand. Ove Pesqitera now holds the most of There are thirteen Russian sailors and one officerin the naval hospital According to~the -verdictofthe Coroner’s jury im the: case of the . Brooklyn calamity, of the 218 vicFogers were burned to death and ‘the remainder were-suffocajed, Governor Bedle, of New. Jerkey, refuses to interfere in the cases of . ernor Grover. A month only has . passed, and that distinguished indi. vidual bas passed clear across the continent and no ove knew it until he-arrived.at Sacramento, where he took the overland stage soon after for hishome. No guns were fired, no bands played, no politician stirred not even a goose stirred on his return from his honorable mission. . Hose-the mighty do fa!l some times. Faszier -Trorrer.—Two hundred and thiiteen horses have trotted in ‘public in 2 26 or better, Goldsmith Maid leading with 2 14; Lulu trotted in 2 15; Smuggler, 2 1534 ;Ameriean ter, 2 16; Dexter, 2 1734; Hopeful, 2 174; Judge-Fullerton, 2 18; Red Cloud, 218; Lady Thorne, 2 18%; Lucy 2 18%; Maud, 2 184; Great Eastern, 2 19; Bodine, 2 19%4;) George Palmer, 2 1914: Thomas L. has Young, 2 1944: -Lueille Golddust 2.19%: Amy B, 2 19%: Flora Temple, 2 19%; Thorndale, 22234; and Camors,2 19%. Four have records of 2 20, six have records of 2 21,” seven have recordsof 22114, seven have records of 2 2134, seven have records of 2.22, ten have records of 222% seven have records of 223, eleven have records ol 2 2344, sixteen have records of 2 24, thirteen have records of 22434, twenty-five have records of 2-25, nineteen have records of 2-254, and twenty-six have records of 2 26. pe ee ndent that it is mot alone “the ys’’ who hope to pick up a few rich mupaets tn the way of lobby fees before the present Congress passes into history, He says that the girls, also, and a good many of. them ,have well-founded expectations of the same sort. -‘Thisis, we believe strictly true, The uumber of richlydressed ladies, with brilliant complexions and keen, bright eyes, who hover about the Oapitol now a-days is quite noticeable. ‘hey are daily attendants on tlie sessions of the two Houses, and are conspivuous in the halls and corridors before and after the session, They seem to be on familiar if not confidential, terms with a good many Solons, with whom they exchange smiles and bows from the galleries; and they havea way of bringing the— honorable -géentiemen from the floor of their chamber-to a cosy seatin a reception room that is not at all understuod by their brother operators in the same line.—Washington Star. We asked old Si whether, in the event of another war, the negroes would take a hand? ‘‘Dar’s allus fokes, bofe black an’ white, out ob a job ferter gitup a ridgyment ‘bout hyar!” he replied. “What side would the colored people take this time?’’ ‘Dat ‘pends, sah, on de *monstrashuns at de offset--ob de ‘aturbince!”’ ‘What do you mean by that?” ‘Well, de nigger don’t stan’ on no fancy prinserpuls,~yer kno’?’’ “I know that.” ‘An’ hit'sde wages an’ de perkwisites dat dey goes fer, mos’ly! Darfo’ I sez dat de bes way fer ~ it de nigger on yo’ side is ter git de “How do you mean?” ‘Well, de niggers is gittin moughty skeerce on back-kiverin’, an’ whoeber gits de fust.box ob blue ober-cotes in dis town for gin’rul skirelashin is gwine ter raze de fust ridgyment of niggers fer de wah!’ «> a “A correspondent of the rural Press in Sacraihento county, which produced the‘last year 3,239 bales, aggregating 637. pounds, being nearly 200 pounds to the bale.* Dnis is a little uver 1,700 pounds to the sére, such jobs as those it is now probable are being exploited for the destruct. iL Girl, 2 1644; Oceident,2 1634; Glos-. _We are admonished by _a_corres-. Committee aafalse ——_—____ ry goods in de offis fus!”} states that there are 374 acres of hops The average pri: der . 28 cents per pound, be revenue . . for this industry was $154,000; . banged at Newark, New Jersey, on . Eriday. © Ir was rumored in San Francisco yesterday that’ the ship Western Shore, en route to Puget Sound, hud. been capsized and lost. — Richard Perry ghot aud instantly . killed John Lee yesterday at Downey City, Los Angeles county. “Tur Prohibitionists of New Hampshiré have nominated Asa 8S. Kindall for Governor, — -.-. Arunah’Hantington, of St, Johnsbury, Vermont, bas left in his will $202,000 to the public schools. of that State.Mail service by the coast route between Los. Angeles and San Buenaventura has been re-established, Te Postmaster at Kingston, Fresno county, has resigned, and no. one found to take his place. -'Tue Republicans at Washington congratulate themselves over the selection of Bradley as the fifth Justice, whilethe Democrats are despondent over it, ae f The race conflict in Sowth Carolina is believed to have been averted. , Thetripartite eommission assembled Thursday, and the oath of office was udministered to the fifteen members, The proceedings of the commission are to be held confidential, “Phe State: House authorities at New Orleans ‘denounce Littlefield’s. statement before the Congressiona Eighty-six deaths occurred London last week from small-pox. in Outrageously Treated, New Yors, January 3ist. The Tribune's Washington correspondent says: If all the reports are trae, it is high time the way Ser. geant-at-Armse Thompson is treating the members: of Louisiana--Returning Board beingsired into. It, is alleged that they are) not allowed . the privileges accorded even to murderers; that their counselare.not permitted to cofisult with them except in the presoude of one of Thomp-} son’s turnkeys; that none of their friends can gét access to. them: that they are not allowed to see each other, and that almost every method, shortof physiéal torture, is resorted to in the hope. of getting further information or confession that may be useful. The-Louisiana Democrats can, it is. stated, go to their rooms

ang have long talks with them, . but no Republicans have that privilege. Tt is even reported that oite of the colored members of the Board. was taken around town the other night by amember of the Louisiana Democratie Committee, and that thetwo were seen drinking together at a saloon, : ‘ . Tue Inscrrperiox.—The following wellknown words of Governor Andrew are inscribed on his statue:_ ‘I’ know not what record sin awaits “and mother?” “Giving . February, and out-door boguets were Asbwald and. Ryan, sentenced to be . hands into drawers and claw over -respectfdily answered, ‘Pardon me, Yesterday Morning's Sales best of our memory there was in France neither snow or frost through1617, 1659; finallysin 1662, even in the-north of Germany, the stoves were not lighted, trees flowered in sbowered on the newspaper -offices without number, yesterday. Coming to later dates, the winter of 1846-47, when it. thundered at Paris on the’28th of danuaryand that of 1866, the year of the inundation of the Seine, may be men‘tioned as very mild.—New London. Telegram. =. Tae Vallejo Chronicle says tbat] pils were turned backfrom the High School for failing to reach the re. quired per cent on examination; and as many as ten’ would probably have been turned back this term had the ales remained unchanged. ‘The failures of pupils were generally innew studies or those well back in the grammar course. ers and shelves in his store, and improving the appearance of things generally. It will be considerably handier for Mr. Greeley, and not stantly clawing things over.—Truckee Republican, We do not see how that will help; at least it Would not in Nevada City or Grass Valley, In those two towns, we are told. some folks will put their things, just as easily as if there were no drawers around.—G. ¥. Union, Luevrr, the French actor, when playing at Brassels, extricated bimself with amusing tact: from an embarassing position. Inthe course of the piece he, as a soldier, had to bringin a aapotots and present itto the King, is majest that the dispatch would be fairly tramscribed and had not therefore committed it'to memory. But this wasa slip of blank paper, and the King was jn despair. A happy thought struck him; handing it to the soldier be said, ‘‘Read it my good fellow.”. But Luguet did not feel equal to improvising a letter, and Sire: I um borm of parents honest but poor. I never learned to read.” And here the King lost his head and was hissed off the stage, : A youxe lady who took to tight lacing some years ago says she is gradually waisting away; Mining Stocks, ‘The following are the quotations of the Sales at the Regular Board yesterday elosing, 220 Ophir 2744 2674. 240Mexican 18; i 220 Best & Belcher 35, oon ee 46 461; on Virginia 484% 481<, 1660 Imperial’2.30a3,° * 255 Sierra Nevada 8% 814 5 ane 100101.. * fy 30-Crown Point 8*{ 814, 755 Bulion 17 167,° 230 Belcher 8%. 170 Alpha 20% 20. 510 Gould & Curry 12 122g, — xeliow oF 16. _485 Exchequer 744 734. 175. Hale & Norcross ry, 5s. 10 Chollar 68%, ata 125 Utah 15% 16. \ 340 Union ‘Con, 91% 9%. * 365 Justice 14% 14%. 240 Julia aya 920 Culedonia 1044 '103;. va ‘orthern Belle 28 2 . Newoso 3% 3% ~ California 46 45%;. Con Virginia 4814 4837. lon 16% 16%. ___ Best & Belher 34, _ ~“@aledonia 10, ~ Yellow Jacket 1534. Mexican 17%; : Eureka Con, 19% 19%.” BORN. In Nevada City, +187, to «fe of Jerome H.-Coox, a daughter. t Canada Hill,-dan. 30th, 1877, to ‘the itk, was thé'reply: >. . a Wile of John Hocking, a daughter.’ Peaches appeared in May, . leaves in JSannavy, and the birds} — hatched their young in February, ‘#6 . im 1172, Bb 1586 the same thing was. corn was in-ear at. Waster, ‘To the} J ‘It. seems but as}. road, after this date, during last term of school five pu-. > ImPRovEMENTS.—Jobn F, Greeley . has been putting a lot of new draw-. , quite so handy to those who are con. ° imagined . morning — opening gnd. ~~} his own wages, Carney, Hunt’s Hil _ P*S Goodspeed, ‘do 6 Beach, Starr Mill ~E L Hallowell, Kennebec R Summer, San Franciscoé Miss Morrow, Moore’s Fiat Fe F Henry, do W T Williams, Blue Tent 8 Brown, City A Jacksor, Braridy City ee ee JACOB KABVZIGER, Proprictos . — -“‘Yaurspay, Wanwary lst, 1877-— + ‘ID Holland, City FM pee tat do .M I, Marsh, p Valley. ‘Wim Carter, City 8 Donnelly, do C HChase, do : Mr Waterman & wife, San Juan F C Kitsy & daughter; Colusa “> ESTRAY NOTICE. <a 4 Oris to my place on or about-the middle of July last, ared and white.two year old-heifer, branded O on the left hip and Bon left thigh. No earmarks. Shs will be found at Peaslée’s ranch, sixteen miles below Grass: Valley, on McUourtney he owner is reprove. and take her away. ae Central House, Washington Road. January 31, 1877. f iS) i “READ THIS, rs LE PERSONS INDEBTED-TO-DR-F. BUELOW, are requested to settle their accounts with the undersigned, who wall receipt for the same, ‘ LEO. GARTHE. ,Nevada, January 26, 1877.-1m NEVADA THEATRE. . * ONE NIGHT ONLY 2? MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1877. GRAND GALA CONCERT: By the World Weidwned “GERMAN MILITARY BAND 40 ARTISTS 40 . Director...-. ven es CARL BECK. HIS BAND IS ATTACHED. TO THE 34th and 76th Regiments, Prussian lnfantry. The were granted 9 furlough by Emperor Wilhela to. visit the Centen‘nial Exposition, at Philadelphia, where they carricd off the highest honers. ever awarded a Military Band., The German Military Band will appear in fall dress Uniferm of the Rifle Guard of the German Empire. : : Admission........ + see $100 Back Seats....0-0../..-.50 ots. Seats can be secured at Belden’s Drug Store without extra Charge. jan23 HANLEY’S SALOON, . NEVADA CITY, A LWAYS on hand the BEST LIQUORS to be found in the State. If you want a good drink, go to MIKE HANLEY’S, jan21-1m “fo All Whom It May Concern ou ALL MEN'‘BY THESE PRES. ENTS, that I,L.Charomnat, of the county of Nevada, State of California, the party of the first part herein, do hereby emancipate my son, Anselme Aristide Charonnat, a minor,the party of the secon: part herein, And I do hereby grant to my said son, Anselme, the right to make~contracts, to labor for wages,to re own wages, and to do all ot bings on his account as fully abd eff: ually as he might if he were now o twenty-one years. And do here lease to him the labor and 5 rance on mypart,__And that I will not be respousible for any contracts which he may e, but all persons dealing with ough the said Anselme Aristise Char onnat were of the full aze of twenty-one years. Thesaid Anselme will be of the full age of twenty-one years on the twentieth day of July, Av D. 1877. ~~ Witness my hand and seal this seal) twenty-third day of December, A. [~~ ) D. 1876, jans ; L, CHARONNAT. _ s, M. WALLING, ATTORNEY AT LAW. FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, FFICE, Brown & Morgan’s Block, N Oi ONG. 7 H. S. BRADLEY, } CIVIL ENGINEER, jana U.S, “Deputy Surveyor NEVADA CITY, Cal Junction of Commercial and. Main streets, . are notified that they must do so as . e aig 8 Bee: ae . NEW STORE, OPPOSITE as BROWN & MORGAN'S be BLOCK, WHERE WE WILL BE HAPPY. 10 SEE OUR CUSTOMERS. a L, JACOBS & BRE, Nevada; Jan. 28, 1877. NEW CIGAR STORE. U. BECKMAN; ~~ etc:, ete. A T the old Stand. formerly oceupied by Hugh McCauley, © BROAD STREET, NE¥ADA CITY, Has just. received one of-the—Choicest Btocks of CIGARS and TOBACCO ever offeved in this city. some of the fine brands of Cigars: Figaro, Justice, James Lick, Belle,. Venus, Unanue Hermandos, ‘Edwin Booth, Meridianas Especial. . The *‘MERIDIANAS ESPECIAL” and “JUSTICE” are the finest BIT CIGARS om the Pacific Coast. : The Best Brands of TOBACCO always /on hand, to serveall who may faxor him with ther igh’’ Cigar, give him a call. : : jan23-3m C. BECKMAX, PHILIP BICHARPS, No. 30 Main Street, NEVADA CITY, CAL, 4 hood Gold Dust bought and sold. Bullien discounted, Advances amade on Gold Dast or ' for coinuge atthe Mint. . CHECKS ON SAN FRA BOO. Correspondent, © wiss Amserican Bank. San Francisco 3 jyh-tm or THE BEST -QUALITY, A? ; FRESH COUGH CANDY. © Te oe < mee ‘ ‘GENUINE BETHESDA WATER. IRECT FROM THE sPrINe@s 47 WAUKESHA, WIS. Centennial Cologne, Choice Toilet Goods, Acids, Mining Chemicals, ‘Nevada Drug Store, » Eureka Stage and Kxpress day. ‘Returning, Teave Eureka, Tuesday, Thursday and Nevada City July 24, 1876, TROTTER & CUNNINGHAM, q Proprietor. The following are . Dick: Wassoa will be in at’ endance— eri. "When you want a ‘way Uc PRESTO N’S. E. M: PRESTON, Prop'ra "STAGES will leave New ‘Eureka, as follows: Lea Nevada City,.Monday, Wednesdhy ent Te; ~ she cat in bee tio be we sto : gis ea * b> = = & Ee te ae Se, nL a eal as . ee eS Be a a a a ee ae