January 13, 1874 (4 pages)

'* NEVADA CITY, CAls eit, County ana u. 8, — Tuesday, Jan: 13th, 1874, % eplcitunlins obitnaitis itt “Is-spiritualitm, as tanght by its votaties, a humbug, (as all contend that are nacquainted with it)or is . it the work™ef Satan and his im his imps. 5? “¥ork-“Catholic World, "a tmagaai Re edited with tavel: tennis net: at 2h while ad< 2 Patios ‘are, as ‘ézhibite IN _ days by its advoontes, perplexi ng “pometimes unaccountable, thinks ‘the work of Satan” and. warns its chiirch against’ placing any faith in spiritualism, It tells the world that . the Catholic church has condemned the doctrines of spiritualism and . . that, therefore, the members of that church must not examine into thé subject or even believe that spiritalism can be anything but the work — of this. “Satanio Majesty,”’ Now this is what we term bigoly This is tying the hands of the members: of. “Sthat church, and saying to them, ot soe are under our care aud acts We know what is better “tanis s prowling about like a a hungry lion, seeking whom he inay devour; and he is trying to undermine. our holy.church by inatitnting ‘doctrines, contrary to its tenets.’’ ; Most people whodo-not believd in spiritualism, attribute what is termed spiritual phenomena, to the workings ~ of old“Cinto,;” or else prenounce. it without an examination, as hambuggery. Perhaps it is the work of Sa: tan und hie imps of darkness for the good Boek-tells us he was to bo let Joose upon the earth for a season, and was to go about throughout the ~ earth teaching ~falsedoctrines with such power that even the very elect would be deceived. Spiritualism ~may.-he-hig .work for obght we know,. but if itis he is reaping a terrible harvest.We. venture to} assert that more than one-third of the people of » the United States who are not mem-} ' bers of the Catholic church, are be-. ‘lievers in the doctrines of spiritual.” isui. They don't avow it for fear of the ridicule which would be heaped upon them by those who are not believers, and because it is not popular to becalled a Spiritualist. This, is not honest, in our opinion. If we believed spiritualism to be the cor. tect doetriie, We'would avow it open-: ly; and advocate it publicly. Wheththing is certain, every man and wo‘ami should be left at liberty to ‘in_ Vestigate it and convince themselves. wen and women should not be bound by any church discipline in such Manuer as will prevent them from festing the truth or falsity of any matter that is of so great moment. If spiritualism is true—if the spirits of the departed ean hold communion with earthly mortals--then all the teachings of the orthodox ministry falls to the ground; for their chtrch teaches that the soul of a christian. man or woman, as soon as it. leaves its claey tenement, goes” directly to. , and the souls of the wicked ' to his Satanic Majesty. “'The Spiritualist, on théether hand, says the souls of all, whether of saint or sinner, passes into a spiritual bedy fashioned after the one ‘from, whieh it took its departure, and retinius on earth, or so close to earth that it come to it when wanted. The pir. itualist says that St. Paul teaches . this doctrine when he says, there isan eartuly body and a spiritual _body. Howbeit that Was not. first . — Which is spirit tual, but that which is natural; and afterward that Which is spiritnal.” “And as we hay borne the image of earthly, We 8 also “Dear the i image of the Heavenlly.’': ” Spirit seeing mediums tell that tre spiritual bodies seen by them are perfect i images of he parties as seen in naturil life, or rather as the shadow. When asked how they appeared to be clothed their answer was, the~same as when on earth, This last answor never was satisfactory to us, for the reason, we judge it impossible for'a soul: when it takes its departure from its earthly. tene“anent to take its trunk of wearing apparel with it. At least in all our ob-. ~ servation we: ‘bave-never known such w thing to occur. Is. spiritualisns a wie ws or iit thie wort, of Satan?’ i scsprat a al mvsar i) ‘She Daily Seine = corespondent. at North San-Juap,+ potas BAST [and ifit is a trae one, took out for +h—ot-timés over this: way. s00n. for * . with Toadsjalmostimpagsible,ditches broke, and Sota water in ravines ind sade and the Awmeflcan Company . 8 epee ‘Wiueeting of their stockhold-. dated, a New York corporation, is } theoldést; and formerly enjoyed a ‘sist of three main ditches; viz. me the) somes in. er spiritualism is true or false; one} Sim Juan ae Competition in the water business, ete: A fow days ago We saboundart to our tenders, that we had an interesting commrurivation on handfrorn. & and that,.we retained it until qe} could hear from im, as.it contained matter that might be prejudicial to some interests. We have heard from our correspondent who has satisfied us-‘that no ones interest. can suffer if. given to the public, and thatit was not written with any such intent. Therefore we give it to our readers. Ban Juan, Jan.5th, 1874, Itisan old “saying, “thet—omhen people are idle, thédevil isat wo work, ae Eureka Lalke Co,, —_ to saatiene . water frotheny/other company for the term of fout-years; the contract inch for the first 500: inches, and 12% ets. per inch for all water used over and above that gmouit; this price Was as follows—163; ctqapet'T by an ‘‘andertaker,’”: living, mot over ee + Legal Wsasinenk : .* document was filed for fecord in the Recorder’s office,a few days ago, one hrondred” miles from this city, whigh is a euriosity in itself. The document is headed, Register_ of contract expires in Jaly of the present year. Thus'things went on Whtil the Milton Waterand Minifg Co., commenced operations, when a liveter business,. real _or otherwise we. ‘cah only fudge from ‘circumstances. But be that as it nay, the. American. Co. ., like sensible people, determined to. make the most of it, and notified both the Eureka Lake: Co., and the Milton Water Co., amount of head-workS sing on, as the sequel will show, order to make the situation plain, it : sary for me-to state, that are, at the present time, three sep ‘rate companies engaged in the cditeh . or water business on this ridge. The Eureka Lake and Yuba Co., consolimonopoly of the water business of this ridgés. Their rates of water, of late years have been 10, 1244, and 16% ets. perineh according to the locality and circumstance. The principal-works of thé-company conLake ditch, running. -gapacity, 2,000 inches, the Miners’ ditch, roaing capacity 600 inches, and the Sin Juan ditch, running capacity 1,300 inches; making the total number. of’ inches of water for n day of 12 hours, 3,900, or 7,800 inches for 24 hours; this amount of water will run, on an average, from nine to ten months in the year. The next company in order-is the North Bloomfield Gravel . Mining Co-:, a corporation composed) ty. of San Francisco capitalists,“ ameng. whom are T. EF, Butterworth; WwW, OG, Ralston,_ L. L. »Robinson, Thos. Belland D. O. Mills. The water rights of this company are Humbug Canon, Poor Man’s Oréek, Little Cannon Creek and Main Canon Creek. “hey have but ene main ditch, and its capacity is 3,000 inches, their storage reservoir is in main Canon Creek, about ten miles below { the French Lake, and as the groundslopes off gradually for a long way “back, both to the right ana to the left for nearly the whole distance, it . forms “an itaiiense water shed, which affords an abundant supply of water, 6veu in the dryest season; the works Of this company are new, and conceded by all ‘who. have examined them to _be the best constructed works of the kind in. the State. In November 1872 a ‘party of San Francisco capitalists, pur-. chased the rich and éxtensive mines at French Corral, known as the Eddy mines, together with ditches and water rights; they ulso purchased the Empire mines adjoining; also the Bed Rock tunnel and minesat Birchville, the Manzanita mines, Manzanita Hill, and a five-sixth interest Cherokee Gravel Mining Company, at Badger Hill and Cherokee, ‘They also purchased from the N. B,G. M. Company,the water rights and Lakes situated near the head of the Middle Yuba river; and formerly. owned by the Sierra Nevada Lake Water ‘and ing ‘Company of London, incorcommenced ru ing deep tunnels to . open up their ‘miles, and to construct a ditch from the to French Corral, with water. The ditch, it is “ex ted, will be completed by next Fall, aud will have a capacity of 2,000 iuches; which is no more than willbe required to work their own mines when tliéirtunnels are completed. The American Company own rich: and extensive mines at Menuet nita Hill—twe miles below San. Juan—anid for the last 12 or 15 years have beeh buying water from the Eureka Lake andYubaCanal Co., and their — . predécessors~and paid for the same up to the year 1869, at the rate of 1634 cts. ‘per inch (lowest price). In “July 1870—aboat the time the North Bloomfield Co., were constructing their ditch, the Amerioan Go., ‘obtuined . a eene li reduction sere TTTT it a roe, jot wath 0 “= ia, A bribe,” sag oontrecting with in the mines.of the Badger Hill &. to work their mine, The. proposals were kesorditigly ers to consider them. The meeting last. Saturday evening» The Eureka Lake and-Yuba Cana Company proposed to supply the American Company with water for ten years, at the rate of eight cents per Pinch for a day of ten -hours,. or sixteen vents per inch for twenty-four hours, Py ag to date from Ist of January, 1874. e Miiton Water and Mining Co., proposed to furnish water a fraetion the above rates;-but as their Jitchwill not be. completed until next Fall, and the time of getting water uncertain, the American Company deemed the proposition from the Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Company the most, advantageons to them, and accepted it-by a vote: of 27 to 21. ~Andmow the strategy The Ameriean Company is the only company on the line of the. San Juan ditch (bringing water through thatditeh), thatis profitable tothe Eureka Lake and Yuba ‘Canal any. Now, did the Superinto contract With the American Com‘pany for water, ordidhe wish to force the E. L. &Y. G)Co. to do 60 at such ata low rate. thati would WiKeka Like Caiagaie an un rofitable piece of property. The reka Lake Water Company, by the new contract, furnishes the American Co, water at the rate ef 8 a per inch from the lat of Junuary*7 which annulls the old contract, ad makes a difference in faver of the American Company and against ‘the Eureka Lake Company, of about $5,000; so in reality thé Eureka Lake Co. gives the American Co. $5,000 for the privilege of supplying them water until their mindis exhausted atabont cost. The new ¢ontract will make a difference ih favor of the American Co.<allowing for only day work—0f about $12,000,per year, and in-ten. yéars of $120,000; add to this, $5,000, the difference between the old and new contract fromthe Ist of January to J uly, and we. have 4 theshug little sum of $125,000; a pretty good dividend of itself. .The Milton Water Company only lacked four votes of controlling the meeting held by the American Co,, and there were plenty of shares. for sale. ask again, did the Milton Company . ; Want the contract, or was somebody badly outgeneraled? Mason. el te the bad boys of that burg with a ‘thot poker."" We wish the editor of the Union would make our town a ly competition sprang upin the wa-. that they would . ' \.for. .a.ten year's contract, “for-all the water: necessary 2 scabs at Block. & Farth’s store. We} The Grass Valley Paton. is stipe deaths f for the niofths of Oet., Nov. and ‘Dis., 1873. After giving the names ofthe parties deceased; 14 in all, and their ages, it’ préceeds to" give the sex thus: ‘‘mal’’ for male, and ‘‘feemal"’ for female. For mar-. pied it'givés’ “maread.’ For natieitypives_‘‘Englen’’ for England; “Kentuckey" for Kentucky; ‘‘Pensalvaney”’ for Pennsylvania:’’“‘Scotlan’’ for Scotland; “‘Jarmanecy” for Germany. tec! of death the au& Sait decease” for heart’ disease; ‘‘onknone”’' for SERUERO:. “deptarey”’ for diptheria. : Surely the schoolmaster was abroad where the author of the report’ was educated. His spelling is quite as’ bad as ours, when_a few days. ago we wrote the word useful, using two V's, of which the Grass Valley Union gave-us a forcible reminder, in the. way of a little friendly admonition. ss <2 “Visttors, On ‘Saturday last our Office was. honored with the présence of B. J. Watson, Superintendent of. Public Instruction; A. J.Ridge;—and—Con.Taylor, the latter two-of Grass Valley. Also, John B. Bunter andJIno. T. Morgan, residents of North San Juan. Yesterday Mr. Hutchinson, of Columbia Hill, called upen us and reported everything “docile” in his section of the county. Call again, ' gentlemen. We are ulways glad to see our friends. Our latch string is sb re The Legislatare has spent several days, and ‘ten or fifteen thousand dollars ofthe people’s money, in debating on the absorbing and_-vastly. gp impertant question of postage stamps, The spasm of economy which at the outset of the session caused. the Senate:to refuse stamps to members has been a costly spasm to the State,and, after all; the stamps” have been ‘aljlowed. In the Assembly that_ spirit of retrenchment which led to the aptment ‘of incompetent offcials, the . nahn lted in the addition of half « dozen or sa tothe clerical force. If the Legislatur ‘gun, we have no itation in assertingthat it will prove most wasteful and—extravagant body~that has ever satin this State,—Sac. ord, nessed with obr own eyes and heard with our ow ears.some of the nonsensical trash spe out-of the mouths of members on this subject of postage stamps. We knew then that allthat was. said in opposition to the resolution introduced to allow a few dollars worth of stamps to members, was for buncombe. 4 Can’t Stand . cism. The Bee of the 10th inst. , says, under the head of “Bohemians”: ee We hear that in the Senate to-da Serfator-Edgerton alluded to the = itorial correspondent ef the Post as un impecunious and irresponsible Bohemian. Said correspondent was expelled from the floor of t the Senate, It will be strange if this action of the Senate shall not force. that body into an Investigation of the charges. What is the matter with Edgerton? Tf he can’t stand criticism he ought 'to sell ont to. some one that can. The -California Legislature is no’ place for sensitive men, Every memas tough as the Grass Valley Union man says his is—‘‘as tough as the hide of @rhinoeeros.”” With sacha: hide and a elear conscience a man Se “FR acic.—A strange and tragic . « “Partenheinn, in Bavaria. happy wife of & man. who had bat . © . [one. evil, habit—that of poaeling. . — ‘One night ke was “pursued by a for+ -unhappy mother, Gur sentiments toaT. We wits. A @lock that is a Clock. ber of that body should “haves hidet . bat we know some big boys here that ought to be able to stand anything,: even lead from's Colt's revolver, . Yielt some night when the “big boys” of this place have one of their . . big sings at the National, and go after them. with two “‘hot pokers.”’ No doubt the boys at Grass Valley, }or-some of them, are excessively bad and need to be severely punished, Wuewn the negro down in Louisana was hacled up for stealing bacon, he putin asa defense that he was told by his political teachers, that now, when he had the right to vote, t take ‘‘si ” ‘ need punishment as well. If the he must iaké “sides!” somewhere, Union will go after them we will furTue Missouri Harrisonian adverstory is that of a crazy woman who wanders among the mountains about \& short: time ago slie was‘the handsome and ester, and turning be ~ shot ft e man was obliged to fly. With his wife and two children—one of them an infan{—he went towards the Austrian frontier, and at night, while all were The deed was seen by others, ‘aud he Bees -sleeping— -concesied in the thickets, . the sound of hoofs was heard. Touching his wife’s atm, the husband whispered, ‘The gendarinés,”” awoke and began crying. “ihe father] ordered her to keep it quiet, and the poor woman held the little one closer and endeavored to stop its cri¢s, while the gendarmes had halted, and seemed to be listening. Then the husband laid his hand on the child's mouth, and held it there for the ten minutes that bis pursuers remained quiet.’ When at last they rode away” the child was dead. The family went on its way, and at the frontier the-Custom House officer—askedif they liad anything to declare. The murder replied ‘‘Nothing,’’ but the’ dead infant, told her wretched story, only to lose_her reason in the conflict of wifely and motherly Serena, Tur Tax on Tee ax_Corver. ~ Tie. San Francisco Call sayé:'The suggestion made by Secretary Robn,. 0800; to restere the duty on tea and coffee, has causéd the Eastern dealers in those artickes™to" accumulate large supplies on-hand, inthe hope of securing a speculation. tion to the purchase of all the tea ‘aud coffee obtainable in the home market, they are bidding for eargves to.arrive Their greed in this re-, oa has probably overreached it~ nave been made to the Treasury Department and to Congress, where a reactionary: feeling against the restoration of the tax is settling stongly in. The Western :Grangers are throwing the weight “of their influence against the tax.They threaten that any member of Congress from the West who gives his vote for the measure will be repudiated hereafter at the polls, the duty cannot be restored. . Sacramento Bee, speaking of the Police. Court clock of that city Says: The Police ‘Bout olosk has been fixed so that it now keepStime. This is a quite remarkable event, and deceives judge, clerk, attorneys, offi/Cers, prisoners and reporters, spectators, but ifchiefly astonishes the clock itself that never was within three days of the right. time in an existence of 20 years, ° If the Sacramentans would send for‘one.of our cloek makers, they would fix their clock 80 that it would . : years to come, The truth is tha: clock makers at Sacramento don’t understand their business. We have no botches in this city, Every meends here is a ) Inaster workman, d The Metrepelis. The Grass Valley Union calls its burg ‘*the metropolis of the county,” Bully for = maetropolis and the Union too.’ peor smdaen Ee = san are you off for money this morning?’ Cashier— ‘I am off with what little there is in the bank. Goodbye." . ~ SUMMONS, rida of California, County of Nevada, ss. In the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District of the state of California, inand for the County of ‘Nevada, The People of the State of ‘erniasend greeting to Daniel Clancy and James.Da defendants. You are hereby required to “appear in an action brought against you in the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District of the State’ of California, in day ef. July, Sigourn plaintiff, and to answer the pal ed plaint filed therein, within ten da: ee of parties, tises four hundred and twenty cow day of service ) after the the Seite te —* ~~. * . beyts for sale, and explains that. it. : pHa eng out of a of thls County, bet ts Ten Million Visiter, ‘ } took them from.a hardware man in. this —— Fong a STenty day’; other. Last w ur town -was highly . payment for job» ‘work, . de taken against you by default, scconding honored with th nee of John ~ . cision toot a meee > eae ane zaeprees a banker from San Francis-. Ivi is pronounced an ominous sign . Hundred and Six Dollars (due oo mses 00. He Yemained with when a man, who has been married bar eg ey” 4 note, ated Apri 2801 and days, and left for his home y /Searcely twelve months, begins to Tenet om the see tDti®) together with inwe. a He expressed himself as Sen \ betray an abnormal intavedt in the as the eg at “ee tape cent. coy ,aed for costs of suit, hig ¥ Peeve with-our city and its . Cause of lock-jaw, : coin of the United 8. Aae yenten Dances houses in Pl Yebe county, will hereafter be required to pay 8 license tax of $100 per month, : This tariff has been j imposed with a Niew to check the idcréase Gf these’ 000.in the mT exports at_-$213,000,000, ~ With $200,000,000 the previous Lovtaasy hag a debt of $24,200,obs ted. WW At Se atte ats 5 . pm cong the ‘Seal of ment for the sums specified in said on . pine foo: $606.09 in gold coin with in o {ait winanets chet Te Dis i die CD ea emaRy-wheseot, 1, ‘r. o! of District Court Pyne bons ated Signet te aay 4. C, PLUNKETT, at jag bpatiepges -ia-aing ATOL dite. 260 Bat . Wide biaee ) ods } % i pola nan enn ce, se an HG ee . q “Bhe} started so suddenly and violently } = thatthe: infant-yesting-in-her arms}. T In-addi. . if; Representations of the fact . ~{t is now believed. that) and for the County of vere, on the Qard G ~ EVER BROUGHT TO THIS Minkpy. uncovering her . All of which will be sold cheap for Cush and ascheapas thesam quality of Goods R. On, Cor. of Main & Commercia] Sts. NEVADA CITY, LARGEST INVOICE of tho best assortment of an BOOTS; ‘SH OES, &e, € ’ “The stoex consists in part of Ladies’, Misses-andChildren’s Shoes, Gaiters and Slippers. Men’s Boots, Shoes, sada Gaiters, Slippers. ‘&c, Of all kinds, qualities and varicties, can be purchased at Retail in ban Francisco, Call and see for yourselves forthe under 4 signed is determined Not to be Undersold by any one, LEATHER OF ALL KINDS for gale to the Trade Cheap for Cash. Call and see, Nevada, Nov. Sih, We R. COE. MUSIC! 3 ~~ MUSIC! MUSE! nee ‘RE now pirepated to aerihih good mu: —— > wv] sae _ THE EXCELSIOR STRING by. ~S BAND! °°. > Balls, Parties, Sociables, _&., On short notice. TLE & JEWELL' 5. will be id attended to. Mevadh, Jad: 4th, 1874.‘ All orders. left at KIS. TER have de Placed. in the hands<of J: B. GKAY for collection and that ‘prompt payment must be miade ‘by uave cost. Special Notice. OTICE is hereby given to all persors = ge to the late tirm of LANCASROBINSON. that their accounts T. ROBINS ON, Surviving partner ‘of ‘Lancaster & Rebizeon. Nevada ity, Jan. let, 1874.7 G>S. Deputy and Couaty Surveyor. D, B. ° MERRY, A. E. McGREGOR, “Late Chief Deputy Surveyor; City & County. of. San Francisco. MERRY & McGREGOR, Cu ND SURVEYORS & DRAUGHTS-, keep correct time for the next twenty}. bOffice at the COURT HOUSE. L. AND MINING ENGINEERS, NEVADA CITY. ~~~ left atthe Daily Union Office, Grass Valle will ment. with prompt attention, _ asl a TOILET GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS! art ie lian ¢ who wouldOrdey "COUGH CANDY, . DRUGS and MEDICINES © pay a NEVADA DRUG STORE. DRUGGIST. WH, W. Corner Broad and Pine Streets Nevada City. as HE members of Nevada Library Asse ciation are hereby at nested te mect Hall, on’ SATU AY EVENING, January iofh, 1874, at To’clock. An ele tion of officers will take place and other _ pastnans of importance will be It is hoped every member will be present 30 by order of the TRUSTEES. G Nevada Assay Office,. _ Established in 183, BY JAMES J. OTT. OLD ORES of every description Fe Bea fined, Melted and Assayed. oo ‘ attention paid to assays of Sulphurets~ ty Quicksilver cleaned. Nevada City, Sept. 17th. JAMESJ. OTT. ee e™ otel'y . a i 4 q a 4 STOKES’ “HOTEL, eh i CORNER OF MAIN & CHURCH StS. BP a Valley--¥alley. He Willie F. Dr. McCorn dead. He d ter a short il today at 2 — wat-a most . by his pare: who knew medical arts .” prought into but “all was — waved over ‘the ééenes 0 the: Doctor’ aloné can an _eonsolations of the Doct city, and bo: their favorit by the reflec unto Nan. ¢ sooner or lat must foliow _. Pret Kk protract Society of C at the Meth« . this evening and all othe: tion for thei be present. at 74 0'cloe —theetings wil know a grea be vastly be: ligious meet their natura. Clifford, pa cises, and w. by other mit aud perhaps denominatio “Come ye.si Weak and wi ~ For while th The vilestre A Warning Ta wees the habi z nthe Rath making nigh .Song singing bull’” plays ; unless théy are they will in the next inhabited.by vise all the ] insueh an. night last, . open a new . protracted 3 atthe M. E We think if choir would ning in @ bo benefited, j mend them . i No ] Owing to “ ation of Fue be DO sessio ‘held in this . coMmencing was adjourn yesterda = if the D ta appe: Court shou! Shall adjourn one week, ax the term. W dan has Bo f; 8 to be able atound a li crutches; th ing slowly br & entertai) More he will Place-on th Vell. adorns, de as good.n hereabouts a iar ron The folloy tte Nevada (

'* NEVADA CITY, CAls eit, County ana u. 8, — Tuesday, Jan: 13th, 1874, % eplcitunlins obitnaitis itt “Is-spiritualitm, as tanght by its votaties, a humbug, (as all contend that are nacquainted with it)or is . it the work™ef Satan and his im his imps. 5? “¥ork-“Catholic World, "a tmagaai Re edited with tavel: tennis net: at 2h while ad< 2 Patios ‘are, as ‘ézhibite IN _ days by its advoontes, perplexi ng “pometimes unaccountable, thinks ‘the work of Satan” and. warns its chiirch against’ placing any faith in spiritualism, It tells the world that . the Catholic church has condemned the doctrines of spiritualism and . . that, therefore, the members of that church must not examine into thé subject or even believe that spiritalism can be anything but the work — of this. “Satanio Majesty,”’ Now this is what we term bigoly This is tying the hands of the members: of. “Sthat church, and saying to them, ot soe are under our care aud acts We know what is better “tanis s prowling about like a a hungry lion, seeking whom he inay devour; and he is trying to undermine. our holy.church by inatitnting ‘doctrines, contrary to its tenets.’’ ; Most people whodo-not believd in spiritualism, attribute what is termed spiritual phenomena, to the workings ~ of old“Cinto,;” or else prenounce. it without an examination, as hambuggery. Perhaps it is the work of Sa: tan und hie imps of darkness for the good Boek-tells us he was to bo let Joose upon the earth for a season, and was to go about throughout the ~ earth teaching ~falsedoctrines with such power that even the very elect would be deceived. Spiritualism ~may.-he-hig .work for obght we know,. but if itis he is reaping a terrible harvest..We. venture to} assert that more than one-third of the people of » the United States who are not mem-} ' bers of the Catholic church, are be-. ‘lievers in the doctrines of spiritual.” isui. They don't avow it for fear of the ridicule which would be heaped upon them by those who are not believers, and because it is not popular to becalled a Spiritualist. This, is not honest, in our opinion. If we believed spiritualism to be the cor. tect doetriie, We'would avow it open-: ly; and advocate it publicly. Wheththing is certain, every man and wo‘ami should be left at liberty to ‘in_ Vestigate it and convince themselves. wen and women should not be bound by any church discipline in such Manuer as will prevent them from festing the truth or falsity of any matter that is of so great moment. If spiritualism is true—if the spirits of the departed ean hold communion with earthly mortals--then all the teachings of the orthodox ministry falls to the ground; for their chtrch teaches that the soul of a christian. man or woman, as soon as it. leaves its claey tenement, goes” directly to. , and the souls of the wicked ' to his Satanic Majesty. “'The Spiritualist, on théether hand, says the souls of all, whether of saint or sinner, passes into a spiritual bedy fashioned after the one ‘from, whieh it took its departure, and retinius on earth, or so close to earth that it come to it when wanted. The pir. itualist says that St. Paul teaches . this doctrine when he says, there isan eartuly body and a spiritual _body. Howbeit that Was not. first . — Which is spirit tual, but that which is natural; and afterward that Which is spiritnal.” “And as we hay borne the image of earthly, We 8 also “Dear the i image of the Heavenlly.’': ” Spirit seeing mediums tell that tre spiritual bodies seen by them are perfect i images of he parties as seen in naturil life, or rather as the shadow. When asked how they appeared to be clothed their answer was, the~same as when on earth, This last answor never was satisfactory to us, for the reason, we judge it impossible for'a soul: when it takes its departure from its earthly. tene“anent to take its trunk of wearing apparel with it. At least in all our ob-. ~ servation we: ‘bave-never known such w thing to occur. Is. spiritualisns a wie ws or iit thie wort, of Satan?’ i scsprat a al mvsar i) ‘She Daily Seine = corespondent. at North San-Juap,+ potas BAST [and ifit is a trae one, took out for +h—ot-timés over this: way. s00n. for * . with Toadsjalmostimpagsible,ditches broke, and Sota water in ravines ind sade and the Awmeflcan Company . 8 epee ‘Wiueeting of their stockhold-. dated, a New York corporation, is } theoldést; and formerly enjoyed a ‘sist of three main ditches; viz. me the) somes in. er spiritualism is true or false; one} Sim Juan ae Competition in the water business, ete: A fow days ago We saboundart to our tenders, that we had an interesting commrurivation on handfrorn. & and that,.we retained it until qe} could hear from im, as.it contained matter that might be prejudicial to some interests. We have heard from our correspondent who has satisfied us-‘that no ones interest. can suffer if. given to the public, and thatit was not written with any such intent. Therefore we give it to our readers. Ban Juan, Jan.5th, 1874, Itisan old “saying, “thet—omhen people are idle, thédevil isat wo work, ae Eureka Lalke Co,, —_ to saatiene . water frotheny/other company for the term of fout-years; the contract inch for the first 500: inches, and 12% ets. per inch for all water used over and above that gmouit; this price Was as follows—163; ctqapet'T by an ‘‘andertaker,’”: living, mot over ee + Legal Wsasinenk : .* document was filed for fecord in the Recorder’s office,a few days ago, one hrondred” miles from this city, whigh is a euriosity in itself. The document is headed, Register_ of contract expires in Jaly of the present year. Thus'things went on Whtil the Milton Waterand Minifg Co., commenced operations, when a liveter business,. real _or otherwise we. ‘cah only fudge from ‘circumstances. But be that as it nay, the. American. Co. ., like sensible people, determined to. make the most of it, and notified both the Eureka Lake: Co., and the Milton Water Co., amount of head-workS sing on, as the sequel will show, order to make the situation plain, it : sary for me-to state, that are, at the present time, three sep ‘rate companies engaged in the cditeh . or water business on this ridge. The Eureka Lake and Yuba Co., consolimonopoly of the water business of this ridgés. Their rates of water, of late years have been 10, 1244, and 16% ets. perineh according to the locality and circumstance. The principal-works of thé-company conLake ditch, running. -gapacity, 2,000 inches, the Miners’ ditch, roaing capacity 600 inches, and the Sin Juan ditch, running capacity 1,300 inches; making the total number. of’ inches of water for n day of 12 hours, 3,900, or 7,800 inches for 24 hours; this amount of water will run, on an average, from nine to ten months in the year. The next company in order-is the North Bloomfield Gravel . Mining Co-:, a corporation composed) ty. of San Francisco capitalists,“ ameng. whom are T. EF, Butterworth; WwW, OG, Ralston,_ L. L. »Robinson, Thos. Belland D. O. Mills. The water rights of this company are Humbug Canon, Poor Man’s Oréek, Little Cannon Creek and Main Canon Creek. “hey have but ene main ditch, and its capacity is 3,000 inches, their storage reservoir is in main Canon Creek, about ten miles below { the French Lake, and as the groundslopes off gradually for a long way “back, both to the right ana to the left for nearly the whole distance, it . forms “an itaiiense water shed, which affords an abundant supply of water, 6veu in the dryest season; the works Of this company are new, and conceded by all ‘who. have examined them to _be the best constructed works of the kind in. the State. In November 1872 a ‘party of San Francisco capitalists, pur-. chased the rich and éxtensive mines at French Corral, known as the Eddy mines, together with ditches and water rights; they ulso purchased the Empire mines adjoining; also the Bed Rock tunnel and minesat Birchville, the Manzanita mines, Manzanita Hill, and a five-sixth interest Cherokee Gravel Mining Company, at Badger Hill and Cherokee, ‘They also purchased from the N. B,G. M. Company,the water rights and Lakes situated near the head of the Middle Yuba river; and formerly. owned by the Sierra Nevada Lake Water ‘and ing ‘Company of London, incorcommenced ru ing deep tunnels to . open up their ‘miles, and to construct a ditch from the to French Corral, with water. The ditch, it is “ex ted, will be completed by next Fall, aud will have a capacity of 2,000 iuches; which is no more than willbe required to work their own mines when tliéirtunnels are completed. The American Company own rich: and extensive mines at Menuet nita Hill—twe miles below San. Juan—anid for the last 12 or 15 years have beeh buying water from the Eureka Lake andYubaCanal Co., and their — . predécessors~and paid for the same up to the year 1869, at the rate of 1634 cts. ‘per inch (lowest price). In “July 1870—aboat the time the North Bloomfield Co., were constructing their ditch, the Amerioan Go., ‘obtuined . a eene li reduction sere TTTT it a roe, jot wath 0 “= ia, A bribe,” sag oontrecting with in the mines.of the Badger Hill &. to work their mine, The. proposals were kesorditigly ers to consider them. The meeting last. Saturday evening» The Eureka Lake and-Yuba Cana Company proposed to supply the American Company with water for ten years, at the rate of eight cents per Pinch for a day of ten -hours,. or sixteen vents per inch for twenty-four hours, Py ag to date from Ist of January, 1874. e Miiton Water and Mining Co., proposed to furnish water a fraetion the above rates;-but as their Jitchwill not be. completed until next Fall, and the time of getting water uncertain, the American Company deemed the proposition from the Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Company the most, advantageons to them, and accepted it-by a vote: of 27 to 21. ~Andmow the strategy The Ameriean Company is the only company on the line of the. San Juan ditch (bringing water through thatditeh), thatis profitable tothe Eureka Lake and Yuba ‘Canal any. Now, did the Superinto contract With the American Com‘pany for water, ordidhe wish to force the E. L. &Y. G)Co. to do 60 at such ata low rate. thati would WiKeka Like Caiagaie an un rofitable piece of property. The reka Lake Water Company, by the new contract, furnishes the American Co, water at the rate ef 8 a per inch from the lat of Junuary*7 which annulls the old contract, ad makes a difference in faver of the American Company and against ‘the Eureka Lake Company, of about $5,000; so in reality thé Eureka Lake Co. gives the American Co. $5,000 for the privilege of supplying them water until their mindis exhausted atabont cost. The new ¢ontract will make a difference ih favor of the American Co.<allowing for only day work—0f about $12,000,per year, and in-ten. yéars of $120,000; add to this, $5,000, the difference between the old and new contract fromthe Ist of January to J uly, and we. have 4 theshug little sum of $125,000; a pretty good dividend of itself. .The Milton Water Company only lacked four votes of controlling the meeting held by the American Co,, and there were plenty of shares. for sale. ask again, did the Milton Company . ; Want the contract, or was somebody badly outgeneraled? Mason. el te the bad boys of that burg with a ‘thot poker."" We wish the editor of the Union would make our town a ly competition sprang upin the wa-. that they would . ' \.for. .a.ten year's contract, “for-all the water: necessary 2 scabs at Block. & Farth’s store. We} The Grass Valley Paton. is stipe deaths f for the niofths of Oet., Nov. and ‘Dis., 1873. After giving the names ofthe parties deceased; 14 in all, and their ages, it’ préceeds to" give the sex thus: ‘‘mal’’ for male, and ‘‘feemal"’ for female. For mar-. pied it'givés’ “maread.’ For natieitypives_‘‘Englen’’ for England; “Kentuckey" for Kentucky; ‘‘Pensalvaney”’ for Pennsylvania:’’“‘Scotlan’’ for Scotland; “‘Jarmanecy” for Germany. tec! of death the au& Sait decease” for heart’ disease; ‘‘onknone”’' for SERUERO:. “deptarey”’ for diptheria. : Surely the schoolmaster was abroad where the author of the report’ was educated. His spelling is quite as’ bad as ours, when_a few days. ago we wrote the word useful, using two V's, of which the Grass Valley Union gave-us a forcible reminder, in the. way of a little friendly admonition. ss <2 “Visttors, On ‘Saturday last our Office was. honored with the présence of B. J. Watson, Superintendent of. Public Instruction; A. J.Ridge;—and—Con.Taylor, the latter two-of Grass Valley. Also, John B. Bunter andJIno. T. Morgan, residents of North San Juan. Yesterday Mr. Hutchinson, of Columbia Hill, called upen us and reported everything “docile” in his section of the county. Call again, ' gentlemen. We are ulways glad to see our friends. Our latch string is sb re The Legislatare has spent several days, and ‘ten or fifteen thousand dollars ofthe people’s money, in debating on the absorbing and_-vastly. gp impertant question of postage stamps, The spasm of economy which at the outset of the session caused. the Senate:to refuse stamps to members has been a costly spasm to the State,and, after all; the stamps” have been ‘aljlowed. In the Assembly that_ spirit of retrenchment which led to the aptment ‘of incompetent offcials, the . nahn lted in the addition of half « dozen or sa tothe clerical force. If the Legislatur ‘gun, we have no itation in assertingthat it will prove most wasteful and—extravagant body~that has ever satin this State,—Sac. ord, nessed with obr own eyes and heard with our ow ears.some of the nonsensical trash spe out-of the mouths of members on this subject of postage stamps. We knew then that allthat was. said in opposition to the resolution introduced to allow a few dollars worth of stamps to members, was for buncombe. 4 Can’t Stand . cism. The Bee of the 10th inst. , says, under the head of “Bohemians”: ee We hear that in the Senate to-da Serfator-Edgerton alluded to the = itorial correspondent ef the Post as un impecunious and irresponsible Bohemian. Said correspondent was expelled from the floor of t the Senate, It will be strange if this action of the Senate shall not force. that body into an Investigation of the charges. What is the matter with Edgerton? Tf he can’t stand criticism he ought

'to sell ont to. some one that can. The -California Legislature is no’ place for sensitive men, Every memas tough as the Grass Valley Union man says his is—‘‘as tough as the hide of @rhinoeeros.”” With sacha: hide and a elear conscience a man Se “FR acic.—A strange and tragic . « “Partenheinn, in Bavaria. happy wife of & man. who had bat . © . [one. evil, habit—that of poaeling. . — ‘One night ke was “pursued by a for+ -unhappy mother, Gur sentiments toaT. We wits. A @lock that is a Clock. ber of that body should “haves hidet . bat we know some big boys here that ought to be able to stand anything,: even lead from's Colt's revolver, . Yielt some night when the “big boys” of this place have one of their . . big sings at the National, and go after them. with two “‘hot pokers.”’ No doubt the boys at Grass Valley, }or-some of them, are excessively bad and need to be severely punished, Wuewn the negro down in Louisana was hacled up for stealing bacon, he putin asa defense that he was told by his political teachers, that now, when he had the right to vote, t take ‘‘si ” ‘ need punishment as well. If the he must iaké “sides!” somewhere, Union will go after them we will furTue Missouri Harrisonian adverstory is that of a crazy woman who wanders among the mountains about \& short: time ago slie was‘the handsome and ester, and turning be ~ shot ft e man was obliged to fly. With his wife and two children—one of them an infan{—he went towards the Austrian frontier, and at night, while all were The deed was seen by others, ‘aud he Bees -sleeping— -concesied in the thickets, . the sound of hoofs was heard. Touching his wife’s atm, the husband whispered, ‘The gendarinés,”” awoke and began crying. “ihe father] ordered her to keep it quiet, and the poor woman held the little one closer and endeavored to stop its cri¢s, while the gendarmes had halted, and seemed to be listening. Then the husband laid his hand on the child's mouth, and held it there for the ten minutes that bis pursuers remained quiet.’ When at last they rode away” the child was dead. The family went on its way, and at the frontier the-Custom House officer—askedif they liad anything to declare. The murder replied ‘‘Nothing,’’ but the’ dead infant, told her wretched story, only to lose_her reason in the conflict of wifely and motherly Serena, Tur Tax on Tee ax_Corver. ~ Tie. San Francisco Call sayé:'The suggestion made by Secretary Robn,. 0800; to restere the duty on tea and coffee, has causéd the Eastern dealers in those artickes™to" accumulate large supplies on-hand, inthe hope of securing a speculation. tion to the purchase of all the tea ‘aud coffee obtainable in the home market, they are bidding for eargves to.arrive Their greed in this re-, oa has probably overreached it~ nave been made to the Treasury Department and to Congress, where a reactionary: feeling against the restoration of the tax is settling stongly in. The Western :Grangers are throwing the weight “of their influence against the tax.They threaten that any member of Congress from the West who gives his vote for the measure will be repudiated hereafter at the polls, the duty cannot be restored. . Sacramento Bee, speaking of the Police. Court clock of that city Says: The Police ‘Bout olosk has been fixed so that it now keepStime. This is a quite remarkable event, and deceives judge, clerk, attorneys, offi/Cers, prisoners and reporters, spectators, but ifchiefly astonishes the clock itself that never was within three days of the right. time in an existence of 20 years, ° If the Sacramentans would send for‘one.of our cloek makers, they would fix their clock 80 that it would . : years to come, The truth is tha: clock makers at Sacramento don’t understand their business. We have no botches in this city, Every meends here is a ) Inaster workman, d The Metrepelis. The Grass Valley Union calls its burg ‘*the metropolis of the county,” Bully for = maetropolis and the Union too.’ peor smdaen Ee = san are you off for money this morning?’ Cashier— ‘I am off with what little there is in the bank. Goodbye." . ~ SUMMONS, rida of California, County of Nevada, ss. In the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District of the state of California, inand for the County of ‘Nevada, The People of the State of ‘erniasend greeting to Daniel Clancy and James.Da defendants. You are hereby required to “appear in an action brought against you in the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District of the State’ of California, in day ef. July, Sigourn plaintiff, and to answer the pal ed plaint filed therein, within ten da: ee of parties, tises four hundred and twenty cow day of service ) after the the Seite te —* ~~. * . beyts for sale, and explains that. it. : pHa eng out of a of thls County, bet ts Ten Million Visiter, ‘ } took them from.a hardware man in. this —— Fong a STenty day’; other. Last w ur town -was highly . payment for job» ‘work, . de taken against you by default, scconding honored with th nee of John ~ . cision toot a meee > eae ane zaeprees a banker from San Francis-. Ivi is pronounced an ominous sign . Hundred and Six Dollars (due oo mses 00. He Yemained with when a man, who has been married bar eg ey” 4 note, ated Apri 2801 and days, and left for his home y /Searcely twelve months, begins to Tenet om the see tDti®) together with inwe. a He expressed himself as Sen \ betray an abnormal intavedt in the as the eg at “ee tape cent. coy ,aed for costs of suit, hig ¥ Peeve with-our city and its . Cause of lock-jaw, : coin of the United 8. Aae yenten Dances houses in Pl Yebe county, will hereafter be required to pay 8 license tax of $100 per month, : This tariff has been j imposed with a Niew to check the idcréase Gf these’ 000.in the mT exports at_-$213,000,000, ~ With $200,000,000 the previous Lovtaasy hag a debt of $24,200,obs ted. WW At Se atte ats 5 . pm cong the ‘Seal of ment for the sums specified in said on . pine foo: $606.09 in gold coin with in o {ait winanets chet Te Dis i die CD ea emaRy-wheseot, 1, ‘r. o! of District Court Pyne bons ated Signet te aay 4. C, PLUNKETT, at jag bpatiepges -ia-aing ATOL dite. 260 Bat . Wide biaee ) ods } % i pola nan enn ce, se an HG ee . q “Bhe} started so suddenly and violently } = thatthe: infant-yesting-in-her arms}. T In-addi. . if; Representations of the fact . ~{t is now believed. that) and for the County of vere, on the Qard G ~ EVER BROUGHT TO THIS Minkpy. uncovering her . All of which will be sold cheap for Cush and ascheapas thesam quality of Goods R. On, Cor. of Main & Commercia] Sts. NEVADA CITY, LARGEST INVOICE of tho best assortment of an BOOTS; ‘SH OES, &e, € ’ “The stoex consists in part of Ladies’, Misses-andChildren’s Shoes, Gaiters and Slippers. Men’s Boots, Shoes, sada Gaiters, Slippers. ‘&c, Of all kinds, qualities and varicties, can be purchased at Retail in ban Francisco, Call and see for yourselves forthe under 4 signed is determined Not to be Undersold by any one, LEATHER OF ALL KINDS for gale to the Trade Cheap for Cash. Call and see, Nevada, Nov. Sih, We R. COE. MUSIC! 3 ~~ MUSIC! MUSE! nee ‘RE now pirepated to aerihih good mu: —— > wv] sae _ THE EXCELSIOR STRING by. ~S BAND! °°. > Balls, Parties, Sociables, _&., On short notice. TLE & JEWELL' 5. will be id attended to. Mevadh, Jad: 4th, 1874.‘ All orders. left at KIS. TER have de Placed. in the hands<of J: B. GKAY for collection and that ‘prompt payment must be miade ‘by uave cost. Special Notice. OTICE is hereby given to all persors = ge to the late tirm of LANCASROBINSON. that their accounts T. ROBINS ON, Surviving partner ‘of ‘Lancaster & Rebizeon. Nevada ity, Jan. let, 1874.7 G>S. Deputy and Couaty Surveyor. D, B. ° MERRY, A. E. McGREGOR, “Late Chief Deputy Surveyor; City & County. of. San Francisco. MERRY & McGREGOR, Cu ND SURVEYORS & DRAUGHTS-, keep correct time for the next twenty}.. bOffice at the COURT HOUSE. L. AND MINING ENGINEERS, NEVADA CITY. ~~~ left atthe Daily Union Office, Grass Valle will ment. with prompt attention, _ asl a TOILET GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS! art ie lian ¢ who wouldOrdey "COUGH CANDY, . DRUGS and MEDICINES © pay a NEVADA DRUG STORE. DRUGGIST. WH, W. Corner Broad and Pine Streets Nevada City. as HE members of Nevada Library Asse ciation are hereby at nested te mect Hall, on’ SATU AY EVENING, January iofh, 1874, at To’clock. An ele tion of officers will take place and other _ pastnans of importance will be It is hoped every member will be present 30 by order of the TRUSTEES. G Nevada Assay Office,. _ Established in 183, BY JAMES J. OTT. OLD ORES of every description Fe Bea fined, Melted and Assayed. oo ‘ attention paid to assays of Sulphurets~ ty Quicksilver cleaned. Nevada City, Sept. 17th. JAMESJ. OTT. ee e™ otel'y . a i 4 q a 4 STOKES’ “HOTEL, eh i CORNER OF MAIN & CHURCH StS. BP a Valley--¥alley. He Willie F. Dr. McCorn dead. He d ter a short il today at 2 — wat-a most . by his pare: who knew medical arts .” prought into but “all was — waved over ‘the ééenes 0 the: Doctor’ aloné can an _eonsolations of the Doct city, and bo: their favorit by the reflec unto Nan. ¢ sooner or lat must foliow _. Pret Kk protract Society of C at the Meth« . this evening and all othe: tion for thei be present. at 74 0'cloe —theetings wil know a grea be vastly be: ligious meet their natura. Clifford, pa cises, and w. by other mit aud perhaps denominatio “Come ye.si Weak and wi ~ For while th The vilestre A Warning Ta wees the habi z nthe Rath making nigh .Song singing bull’” plays ; unless théy are they will in the next inhabited.by vise all the ] insueh an. night last, . open a new . protracted 3 atthe M. E We think if choir would ning in @ bo benefited, j mend them . i No ] Owing to “ ation of Fue be DO sessio ‘held in this . coMmencing was adjourn yesterda = if the D ta appe: Court shou! Shall adjourn one week, ax the term. W dan has Bo f; 8 to be able atound a li crutches; th ing slowly br & entertai) More he will Place-on th Vell. adorns, de as good.n hereabouts a iar ron The folloy tte Nevada (