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February 6, 1869 (4 pages)

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; . returns were insignificant. During this
3 . tading goods ‘valued: at $91,418-97.— . .
BES et eo aN OCI Mert we
—Whotesaleond. aeesetit. 3}
4 bes ‘LADIES OF NRYADA »
tertainment at the ~~
will give an
so far as his power goes, corruption will
be punished and unnecessary expenses
eat down. In.this work the President
give the‘hearty ‘co-operation of
-Congress, and we look for thé material
” reduction of the public debt within the
next year.
Yen
i, re manner,
. the jail aia hoe from “one
a Fouble (QO cents) to one and a half roubles, now théy ask San*Francisco prices, .
, 183 a The sea, otter ‘is very’scarce . * se ga
tend oe texte ® very high" + while that of t
figure, being $100 for the smallest kin.
The seal appears to have furnished the
staple fur, but, even that was ruingd
by the injudicious slaughter previous
to 1834-e/Phe government of Russia
demanded that a respite should be givJen the seal, and Tor the thirteen years
following none were allowed to be killed, and apon the expiration of. that
‘. time only 18,000 pelts were allowed to
be taken annually. The method of
; procuring these pelts are to a stranger
quite novel. During the season, generally commencing in March, when the
sh . Seals swarm by teyriads upon the beach,
parties are sérit amongst them to sépa—
tate a band of 100 to 150. _ These are
then driven into the interior of the Island or some distance back from the
beach. The old seals, or as they aro
sian population 1 hag wveniged $70,000,
to $50,000. ‘Surely for so short-« space
of time: thieée figures look well, especial. . business
‘ly without having the full advantage of
any development of the natural resources of the Terrivory. But, we ‘must
to view the promisedland as the onset.
tion that accompanied the Quartermaster-as laborers and mechanics; these
lave been discharged to a man, and
‘have since left almost toa unit. Then
the Russian ship Teritza bore home last
February 200 soals, and but a few days
ago the clipper ship Winged Arrow departed: apon: the-same ‘mission with
189 souls all told. “Thi#wili evidently
decrease out Federal taxation on imports, and the estimates of sales will
no doubt. His report-on t
tions of t PT at the close of
. in the way of an
preg helsleematle ere ‘that .
‘span .
cee a war.
News Tress. Bs Governor. Brown
and the irrepressible H. 8. Foote ‘have
declared in favor of univeral suffrage.
Secretary Hancock favors a transfer
of the Indian Bureau to the War DeThe President has etanel re ini.
tiatory steps to be taken for the pardon
of Dr. Mudd.
The Mexican Congress Shin jpaoeell a
bill fora railroad from the Pacific to
the. Rio Grande.
Sixty-eight thousand arrests ‘were
made in New York last year, 22,000 of
in the Toombs
General Gra
York tintil:
the vote.
Rumors and repo
ue mittees in Now Yor
of vigilance com:
ork are again rife,and
ifany people are justified in taking the
reins of government out of the hands
of faithlese and corrupt public’servants,
S < the people of New York City would. be.
It is probably the worst governed place
se on . the f face of the earth.
four things to make the San Francisco
Times a great paper—‘braine, courage,
enterprise and honesty.” Continue in
your good work, Mr. Union, you are
backed up by the entire interiof.
THE entire cou) production of the.
world is e74,000,000 tons per annum.—
tuns.
ie
Tate Virginia City . Seouliahier went
to’ White Pine and left the people: i in
the dark.~
_ ‘Tue Santa Clara Argus states that a .
~ Deet & sugar tactory is to be started at
Ae :
eeflletestaheanieathaas
. 7 : me?
Wave. PS,
‘ %
‘called cows, dre then ‘separated from
the male ana younger portion, and
be much lower than that of last. Year in .
our merchants’ accounts, But, still
oa : porte below and along thie: ‘Const, mer .
lor ‘navy, nike. 4 past year, from .
estimates . gathered from our merchants
consider the impetus 6f the Americans .
Of these, numbers have-left. We must . —
recollect the liberal amount. of emigra. .
Bs: by. cra th at tod engl
. several Indians were employed in the
jcapture. Since the-departure of the
} it is for the better or worse remains to
them women. shasget persons are now
‘Tsirs Ba —The Hasse Union :
truthfally says that it only requires’.
of this Great Britain rai vs 101,000, oy diately upon the raising of the Stars
. with short clabs, and handed over to
hoe expert performances of the hide
litide aia of prey, who are ever
on the watchdor the seal hunter. , All
this work was ‘usually executed. by the
Aiutians and the Russians, although .
bulk of the Russian population every. thing has taken ® quiet turn, whether
be seen. “Th a moral point itis certainly for the better. There are yet a
few Russians and Creoles rémaining, but’
these will remove to Kodiak in the
Spring. Thechances for labor are farbetter there than here, owing to the ice
trade which is carried on by the America Rassian Commercial Company. -Daring the ice segson the company give
‘employment to 75 or 100 wen, and in
time.of shipment many more. This
ice company, 5 years ago, paid a bonus
to the Russian government of $500,000
‘for certain restricted rights.~ Their influeneé for good among the natives is
equal to that of th 4%~fur company.—
‘They have furnished profitable employment to the‘natives-and havésrendered
their cofidition better. The amount of
ice put up last season amounted to 10,-000 tuns, and that was gotten in when
the temperature was never below 18
rdegrees, This company has vessels
constantly running from Kodiak to San
‘Francisco, and will no doubt in time extend their enterprise to the Sandwich
Islands and China. This company now
owns the Ozersky fishery before mentioned, and for which Iam agent in
these parts, Besides the fishery sta-:
tien they have much valuable property
in Sitka, among which is a saw mill
complete with machinery for working
any description of lumber. At present
but one saw is running, the market being fully enpplied in its demands for
the present,
It is almost difficult to say ‘uhiithie
Sitka. has improved or retrograded. —.
Upon the assumption of Federal authority in this Territory came the establishment of custotis, and this place
was declared a port of entry. -Immeand Stripes our revenues flag was unjuried, inviting commerce fromevery
corner of the world, subject to its na{ tional laws, Immediately the nation—.
“. ality of veasels belonging to the countageous proceeding we were, in a short
. space of time possessed of nearly 2,500
of Ju
the festival of our liberty.. Sitka, upon
shipping at anchor.
. } saving passengers.and mail,
after.
try was changed. Under this advan-}
‘driven. back. wach, Al! there isa certain How on wealth .
SAN FRANCISCO 45D NEW YORK.
Alms and the publa eee
enabled to offer the best me mane tah
goods on the Pacific Coast at a great redu
from former prices. :
“At Wholesale.
The attention ation of the mae othe fact mete to
now p! in ee with sa-.
sails
Strictly Customliindesiveneng;
sibiats Set Mosiery, and
_ Farnishing, Goods,
Franke, ‘Traveling Bags,
ater and Valises.
In lote-to sai 46 saints caneteiaen
‘Clothing to Order.
Made either in New York or San Presale:
yo" . aa aldara ot the best cutters im
tmerican life here presents. Last 4th
"T took’ special pains to notice
that occasion. was not, as satirical journalists have depicted, an uninterrupted
ide field; bat'a scerie of summét interest
‘aiid jabileé. The flags were floating to
the northern breeze, while the cannon
re-echoed o'er hill and crag the tidings
of our national birthday. The weather
was beautifal, and but a sliglit
shower towards the evening-1
the celebration. Then the days, so
long at thie period that you may read
at 11 o’clock in the night without lamp
or candle, are ungually fine, and unless
thé last year was an exception to our
summer weather generally, none could
wish fora better season. There was,
however, much sickness, but it: was
strictly confined among the Russians.—
The measles broke -out in their midst,
and by carelessness during their treatment, many. died. Tt was not unusual
to count four or five funerals a day.—
Among the American population but
eight have departed to the spirit land,
three of these being accidental deaths,
and one suicide.The latter was Capt.
H. Kinny, who deliberately shot himself through the head upon the night
of the 8d of December in a fit of insansanity.
With the month of December comes.
short days and long nights, with strong
southeast gales, even threatening our
The harbor. is
particularly exposed to the\prevailing
winds, and every winter more or less
damage is done by its vastness. “On
the night of the 26th of November the!
schooner Thos. Woodward was blown
on a reef between here and Victoria,and
a total ‘wreck ensued, with difficulty
At this’
present time we are free from all frost
and snow, and can revel in the luxury .
of sitting in our rooms without wearing .
a coat. #.
—————
REDUCTION OF TARIFFs.—The tariff
for telegrams from Nevada to Grass{.
Valley bas been reduced to 25 cents for
ten words;and ten cents for each addi-.,
tional five words. A young man who
. has a duleina in Grass Valley proposes
to send love letters rs by ee. here_.Six hundred thousand hat boxes are . annually manufactured in Danburn,
. permitted, ft should bet
. ead to dwell.on. the +tokens.of advan_ The carcasses are left to the . cing taste which various aspects of -our}
Directions £ fer Measurement
_ Heuiat eqeer & “a
THE FASSIONABLE CLOTHIERS,
NEW ¥ORKAND/SAM, ¥F RANGISCO. .
NEVADA COUNTY
. Deaicat-on-otithe Building, to givean.
Men,and take a drink.
©. SHURTLEFF.
. Forth parpone of
The Siete and. Commodious ‘ddidanty . Tall
will be devoted to Dancing. ‘This: is he. lar: gest Hall in Nevada County.
Excellent Music has been’ engaged.
The High and-Grammar School Rooms wih
be set avart. entirely for entertaindbutes foc
those who do not dance. BS
eRe
(ee oe
hours as the guests —
The object of the Mesagiiil will Bor “at the
tunity for all citizens te contribute something
+. towards. relieving it from debt and at the
same time make the Entertainment so diver. sified that allamay enjoy it.
iene + wont:
“Wines, Liquors and.Oigars, Lager. Beer, by
the’Gallon, Quart or Glass. Walk in a
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CONSUMERS READ. THIS:
AvH.TRI6K.
SHURTLEFF & IRISH,
DEALERS IN _
BACON,
AKD
FRESH LARD.
CASHIN & KENT,
WHOLESALE BUTCHERS,
ARE PREPARED TO —
a the Market with
HAMS AND BACON,
AT BE ‘PACKING HOUSE,
AND WARRANT THEM SUPERIOR TO
NY IN THE STATE.
a LARD a
PUT UP IN§CANS, CONVENIENT, FOR
TRANSPORTATION AND WAR-==
RANTED FRESHJAND SWEET.
—
ARE ALSO PREPARED TOMSUPPLY: RETALL DEALERS WITH
CATTLE;
SHEEP,
ALIVE OR SLAUGHTERED, in-any part of
the County, on the weiss reasonable tering.
SLAUGHTER HOUSE, near mepeat
the Grass Valley Turnpike.
PORK PACKING ROTABLISEEW NT, on
. Grass Valley road,;near Maltman’s Sulphure .
Works.
_ Orders addressed to CASHIN & KENT, Nevada City, will be promptly attended to.
HAMS. .
CASHIN & KENT, }
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
HARDWARK,
TINWARE,
CROCKERY,
ber, ker, ber
No. 37 COMMERCIAL STREET,
Nevada Oity.
HAS. RECEM TLY ADDED TO our
A siiiiie Lot ef
TINWARE,
HARDWARE, ey
And also a Large Stock .~
; _—OF— i
NEW CROCERIES !
WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY COXNSUMERS WITH ALL GOODS IN
_”. OURLINE ON MOST
REASONABLE TERMS. 44
a
sire
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, &.,
Are invited to call and see us.
——
CERIES, A SUPERIOR LOT OF
ee” GENUINE «3
JAVA & MOCHA COFFEE
kinds from the celebrated Boston Bakery.
est brands, and a general assortment
of Goods for the larder, —
: Nevaila, Nov. La 1968
st echte distance.
¢@ All Goods delivered free withing mee
Bad
h
salle splendid Supper will be farsa ca
AND CROCKERY, ~
Whe old customers of Baldwin & .
. Shurtle@® andjall others whe deWe have just received with our NEW GRO.
A Large Stock of Crackers of different —
“California and Eastern Cheese, ofthe fin-~