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January 24, 1866 (4 pages)

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‘ four inches above ‘low-water mark. “The
-Sighest inaik ever known was twenty-four
“along the line in good condition. Such becate id @ Atigona”
— “held some
E 6 te
* beowas, “ohoten omer bis 7 = was covered with a! ofe-dihuews + ht #
need been more destructive than any which
have yisited this Btato sidte: these’ wich
caused the memurable flood of 19861—2.
» —@wing to the’ wlaost Sate” ‘eiepebei on OF ealed forth » host of defenders. “These ar:
travel, vpeprmperbnaptomteeraiered
~ stage: from if hal that. which left on
. Sunday moraing-“Et-was reported it Timbuctoo, on Monday, that the water was ovet
3 _Simpson’s' bridge.*This’ we. ean. hard . ——
“ eause the vterfiow of: Maryavitleand’ wa
‘have: infotmation that the” water had “not
‘Wrokén into the cityon Monday night,
though ‘nots spot of eirth could be seen
between the. city-aud the Buttes. On Mon
= night, about half past ten o'clock, the
«(Welfit ‘Stage arrived with the ‘Becramento
mails. From the papers we learn that all
the railroads leading out of Sacramenso are
obstructed: by slides: The cars on nota
dhe road ééine WS Kabra, and the
_goréaad wails were brought from that glee
-to Colfax, where they connected with stuges
for this place and Dutch Flat. At the capital, on’ Sunday night, the alarm bells were .
“bounded, and the feport was cireulated that
“the sorth levee had given way and the waoters of the Ametican river wefe coming into the ‘ity. A lerge nauber of volutteers
“rushed to the place, but the danger was re‘moved and . thecity Was safe, At 9 o’élock,
“Bonday night, the river was twenty feet and
fest. The «Union reports the levees all
“ing the case, we think little ris to be
‘apprehended at Sacramento. ‘The Ameriein. riVét probably had contributed the bulk
of ite waters by.9 o'clock on Sunday night,
and the waters'from the tributaries of the
‘Sacramento usually give their supply about
twelve hours later, After the waters have
spread out ‘over the valley they: do not rise
so-rapidly, The crops of the entire country
‘ stibject to overflow, have. undoubtedly been
ruined’ and the 168s of ‘cattle will _be great.
It iw impossible to estimate ’ the ‘damage! ;
Which bad bees sustained by the State in
consequence of the late storms, .
ee i
Avinirrar Sulcwe. —-Jeceph it; Beard,
formerly & Fesident of this county, attempt.
ed to commit suicide ob last Soturduy.—
‘Prom Stockton he, telegraphed. to his fam.
‘ily in San’ Franeisco that they would'see
‘With ‘on the ‘steamer Paal Pry, if they.were
‘tthe landing When’ she attived. On the
own trip he got e ragor fram the barber,
“aad going to his-etateroom, cut his throat ip
& most shucking. manner, He~was alive
bere boat reached’ tlie ¢ity, but very .
‘His family were at the. wharf when
"he eat arived The cause is suppesed to
be depression in spirite over the fute ef's
bill ia the Sendte, the object of which -was
to confer the righ: se! -upon Charles
C. Beard, his‘ so ‘The b ll was reconsids .
ered on ditahaay ‘and passed. M Beard
Was’ & “Yetidént of . bie county i 1862,
aud was engaged in mining on Woeds’ Ra
viké, Where-he built.a quarte mill. He was
‘elected ‘Clork of the’ Supreme Court; a
Satter. bie +
“elted; "IG ‘hag lately engaged largely’ in
‘atock speculations.” The ‘son abdut whom
he was so anxious, bas large mining interilies Pwr ree
ecranalee: ‘Potteewy.—M. 'B. Gelston,;
clerk'in'the Adjutant Goiigty!s office,
in Saér ae ur
irgea of futgery. The. vfeace is forging
Aoldier’s claims to the'aminant of $5,000.—
He has confessed ‘hie Gfithe to the Governor.
He atates that tis rime was the result of a
habit dais. te.whigk he has: buew addicted.. For a number-uf years the accused
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ay a oe
alte
_Seitate.*
a saint
sum ofroue cont fou’ h Weeebrine hii,
r’e mite toward paying the natives '
aap .
bis term was-out removed Wun Fran, A
‘a
the weed smoked on, un
come the solace of ‘the ft
cated, or wffered severer penal Amid .
ene
.ple. It has survived all phe } and has
Writer-says, “that-tobeceo must; to a; certain extent, have contributed t0 the sobriety
of European and Asiatic nations, and we
con says, “no Rh ic battt'p Niieat to Sahtps
the body and to shake off uneasiness.
Warburton aod. Newton were inveterate
amokers. It is related of the latter that he
lighted his pipe daily and visited a -Indy
who thence considered herself the object of
his affection. On one occasion; after long
contemplating her in silence through the de-,
licious mists uf smoke, be ‘moved his chair .
towards her. She imagmed the hour for
declaration had arrived: Her heart palpitatésas he takes lierhand. He selects the
fairy indsx and with it firmly presses the
tobsceo into his: pipe bowl, and. then—resumes his original position. The use ef the
weed is consecrated by the greatest minds
ofthe present age. It is true that the great
Napoleon denounced the practice and atigmatjzed it aga habit only fit for, sluggards,
but he was anable to undergo the first cigar, and besides, he compensated by & liberal use of snuff. « Bulwer says: “He who
doth not smoke hath either known no great
griefs; or réfoséth himself the softest consolation ‘next to that which comes from
heayen.” “What softer than woman?”
whispers the young reader. Young reader,
woman teases as well as consoles. Woman
‘Consoles us it is true, when we'are young
and handsome; when we are old and ugly,
woman scolds and snubs us. On the whole,
then,;-woman ia this scale, the weed in that,
Jupiter, hang out thy. balance, weigh them
both; and if thou give the preference tu
Woman, sll) We can say is, the next-time
Juno ruffles thee—O, Jupiter, try the weed, '
‘The quality in'the-weed‘which-has-enabled
it to increase so rapidly is popularity—the
property * which enables it to‘ bind with a
magic chainteven those’ who believe its use
. to be deleterious, is difficalt to define. One
writer calla it the solace of leisure, exciting
a sense of taste, and imparting the pleasantest thoughts to the sul by its magical impressions On the sensoriun: Johnson says:
“The first and greater .effect.is ta assuage
and allay, and southe the aystem in general,
and secend or after .effect.to excite and invigorate, and at the! same; tine give steadinese and fixity to. powers of thought," “We
} might, R0 on, giving an infinite amount of authority in regard to the effect of smoking,
but it would be W Witiédlt ‘matter to find }
anything satisfactory io regard tothe peculiar property in tobacco which produces the
etesults. Reformers may* preach . and -diictors may waro, but their attempts will be in
vain; They canngt,deprive.us of the pipe:
Were Seneca new living. he wauld proba.
bly add a cigar, to the warm. bath and opea
veins which ended his life, or more: likely
. he ‘wotld '‘nét die’ at wif. ‘Here's to the’ pipe—
and tens
Plays ron porrew
Like gioame mu of uculne ina py day,?
Hunring BY MounLicut +The Pajuta
. Times says it has become quite fashionable
in Pajato Valley to hunt geese dnd ducks by
nioonlight.” The birds coiné into the felda
of nighté fv imiviense fuinbers tofeed. Our
“‘aporte’: lie.around, -and. as flocks,raise, a
volley of shot is poured into them. It is
cousid snore pleasant way of npping
thau the old momo nese,” A
The Monitor laduries the awit hour he!
sad thinks it would’ nee 3 greut good
Lin San Erapqige.
Tue P
last the dumiinft™ of tHe’ Bondinn mountains
i] wk tals
~ THe Uslsersity of f Virginia has two bans
dred and twenty-two students. The war
bas hroatlpintorforved! with the revenues. of
the i itution,’
a Atlin ha id lls gal
Mie: Courax had & very’ einen
. . election”
. House of
‘ee Lg t oe 4
ih % »
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t
ay
ini would, Pdilkoah We Aedeins’ vaddicted to the use“ of liquor. “One Tearned .
‘might add, ‘American also. The greatest
bom Sunday [20 = a tai
Ww. R. Anema dalled at ‘Land & .
edrville . ’
a there is good sleighing for sixty m miles. . —
i omenecoamemesmnn -~ .
we semtaied ¢ ofby a man "s beating his wife?
© leks
“& Financtan But.—The Chicago Tribune says: “A Western fabutor. who wish
try in United Statés’securities, went to Jay .
would have them int Having never heard:
I replied: We , you may ‘giro. me part i in
Old School Preébyterian to please the’ ou .
lady, but give me ceidhtasinals in Tee
Bapti ? poi ‘ we
a
: owsk or. InpusTRY.—A piaibor of the
benevolently disposed ladies of San Franciseo, have established a ‘‘House of Industry,” at No. 153 Second street, for the purpose of assisting the poér of their own sex
who ate willing and desitots ‘to ‘work, by
providing them with sewing, and finding a
market for the resultof their labor. The
movers of the worthy. enterprise desire the
co-operation of the ladies of San Francisco,
either by furnishing work to thé needy or
‘by donations of money to be , applied to the
object’ in view. * ;
MILITARY SUBDIVISIONS .—The vriteal
States are now divided into five grand wilitary divisions, and these again into
inetees
subdivisions called districts. A Major General of the Regular Army is appointed to
command'each grand ditision. The Major
Generals 86 commanding dre: ‘for the first
grand division, headquarters at Philadelphia, George G. Meade; ; second, William ‘I’
Sherman, hendquarters et St. Louis ; ‘third,
Phil: HH, Sheridan, headquarters at New
Orleans; fourth, G. H, ‘fhomas, headquarters at Nashville ; and fifth, H. W. Halleck,
headanarters at San Francisca,
:
Reret SURRENDEKSs.—The report of
the Secretary of’ War . shuwé ‘that 174,223
rebel soldiers surrendered after the fall of
Richmond. Lee, 27,805, Johnston, 31.243,
Jeff. ‘Thompson, 7978, miscellaneous parulés in Virginia, 9,072, paroled at Cumberland, 9,377, pardled 19 Alabama and Florida,
6,428, Dick Taylor, 42,293; Kirby Smith,
17,686, paroled in Washington, 5,390, pe
roled in Virginia, Tennessve,: Alabnma,:
Georgia, Louisiana and Texas, 13,922, sur-rendered at Nasbille ‘ad ‘Chattanooga,
6,049, }
“CARRYING owcea ip Wearoys. —The
Judiciary Committee of the Senate amendod Suhater. Téégardei’s' bill, a¢-as to authorize policemen, upon infurmation, or acts, or
Janguage of a party showing. that-he® has
concealed wéapons upun his person, to arrést
and search hin. The ainendment : answers
every purpose of the original,” giving the
officer discretionary power to ‘arrest. It
Will doubtless beam a in, its soe
shape.
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Boor Bcack Boy;. TO, RETURNED, soLDieR —“ ‘Black eee —o sir? make em
shind!' \ Looking hie’ unpolished Saunboats” in a wo Hi mative way, the war
worn veteran repli at Taon’t . Gare if
you do—fall inprompt » thougb,’. The
urchin gazed a moment ~ the soldier, and
then, turning to’ comrade near by, shouted
out: ‘Isay, Bill, lend use hand, won’t yert
Ive, got an army contract,’ "
New veinwwt coal, and lead have prea
discovered im: Western Pennsylvania.
Tae question of establishing free wien
kote i is under discussion in Boston.,,
_. Sheffield Outlery at a a at ‘a and
die at 36." _ te
“At recent ‘tahrontion of a Mrary asso. .
ciations at. do
Johnson's ranch, Walker River Valley, by .
an Indion, op the Sth inatant,
Walk i
Petal uma. bn te
at Copperopotiqyando tab literally; amuabed
me
‘Cobke’s office ''té ‘procure treasury notes —
The clerk inquired; what denomination he .
Trustees.
Street aig fatal.” Workmea it the
Fred: WisaG oda deep mall i
eesti oo corte *
MERCIAL STREET,
Where he ai serve ‘in FOR CASH, at the fi.
hee ee
ORRIN BS samc Ala gem Seah eet
‘O Baker
RB Barry Rotgh
L A Walling
G A Randall Nevada
“ ARREVALS AT. THE, .hvariomax, REAEARGE HOTEL
1h OE ETE ES Soweto HB:
Hasey,. “Broprietorr ;
Tuespay, January 23, 1866.
I McLaughlin Deere CA Pare Massachus.
D Smith Pleasant Va ‘H £ Courtland’ do
do'-H Fratehinge Gold F
do .:T.Mein 25).
E Boswell Omega. HH McKee Neves
H Southard ‘Tilton m A Barton Phelp
& RDS Johnston U
do E-E Kelton
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and nr
—BY—
JAMES 3.
Office—28. Main ‘Street, ‘Nevada City,
Geer AND ORES of ev of every description Melted
Correctness of Assays =F
PIONEER ASSAY’ OFFICE;
Established in 1853.oTT,
Toes A fese in presence of depositors,
‘fake when he i is s bung 1 Biack Drop. ‘Breakfast from 5 to 7 0°. > 25 ets,
CROW Ae oe aia . : Dinner from 12 f2 OPeloehy: 25 cts,
“BIRTH. _ . Supper from 5 to7 oéloek, Bi et,
em 6
poe ——— Charges at other tines, ascordlog to the eater
dn thid tity, Jan. Oi ashe oF Willige Weeeeeiicca: rsa Tiare
the -wife-of J:
a re To BE FOUND.
This side of San Wisi
is kept at
Sofas,
Mirrors, &e. :
Everything Goes . —Cheap for Cala
ete
UPHOLSTERING ond REPAfRING
ky Call and examine the Stock 1-5
Nevada; Jan. 4th
. RISLEY’s BUCHU,
FOR SALE BY
J.-H. BLETHEN
Juan aud Col
‘idl Ob eater The' £
icent ncw Steamer N
1 Leth gh “e shtge iil be”
atamus. a. 2 w
trip. Freight wad Insurance on
at jog lowes ;
fe madein 20 hours: *
T ‘he America will sail March 15th.
’ For further tiformittlon
1oW.RA
Spediien Steamer Day, February 15th.
OPPOSITION TO NEW YORK He
Via. Nicaragua
CARRYING UNITED STATES MAIL
LAE Central American Transit
will despatch the fayor
eumeshi enzine st
MOSES TAYLO LON,
For San Juan Del Sur. from Mission Street
wharf. at 10 o’clock, A, M.,
_ ON THURSDAY, FER, 15th,
Cor aecting at GREXYTOWN with the magnif1AGO, 2,500 tons.
rge for Méa
YHOND. agen
N. W. corner of Rothery, As nagginen
z
San rae
éals
= ez]
jo a na
I Caldwe'
Cal., oi Mouday't
ing the officers of said
tion. of other business.. B
National Exchange Hotel Co,
OTICE is hereby aiven to the stockholders of
Cor] orativd, that. the annual.
of the said Compa 1y will be aoa at the ofi of. sof. in Nevada. c
k, P M. of adn id the a) Ie : o'cloc = of wai iy the purpose of elec
said Corporation ;
transaeGE Gg te oD Board bi
ere 1. Caldwell, Seoretary:
EveRy
count,"
Francisco market,
6)
"ack ig
PIKE, hag
_ Cas,
°F é&e. £e.
* And, all <chonmaanetnatal
ba
Fresh Fish! Pei Pht Preh Pak
moses x KORN,WOULD inform the ty peeme of Nevahe will offer
IDAY a INE
.’clock—a Fresh lot of
in, front of
carer 2 ee nie ie
< Dd
ton aod Baltimore. ” B: i 6. SR Aen Paes CL
‘e of a superior qual
. ae “¥, Herald,
arm
EB. F, SPENCE,
Nevada, Ney. 30.
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
JOHN F,. BUSSENIUS;
‘ (Successorto:M. Levey), © °°
Corner of Pine ‘andl Commercial i.
f ev:
Weta To —
a
TOILET inp FANCY. ARTICLES,
Ana everything usually kept fp &, sachets: Drug‘Physicians Prescriptions carey compounded atall hours,
cuerenee
Having had man ears’ experience as a druggist
eubareteene, ease best hounde ouses, I confidently seHeit the p of the community, dnd warrant
A : SSENIUS.
. Nevada. May 13, 1865, .
MON F.
G. R, CRAWFORD,
Cor, of Broad and Pine Streeta,
i STATIONERY,
SR Gold Pens
. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, &e.
ee Fastion’s aad Constable's Bieuks:
RNIN EXCHANGE.
Street, 2nd door from Transcript Ottes.
met panent ty aty rerentiy e “ fends
News” ‘actrnctive IR, where
of Legitimate: Pleasure t
styles
-Choicest Ales, Wines, Liqtors and
ri
sttheleatng Jouragls on file.
ae) ae Li F
a Tables,
abu