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OF in good taste.
0 tC ADE SEINE A VEO Rai MEER poe
The Duly Branseript,
=
. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29th, 1868.
Frenne
“TREE PLANTING BY THE WAYSIDE.
The Bulletin, commenting on the bill
to encourage tree planting by the wayside, recently introduced in the Legis—
lature, indulges in remarks, some of
which are just, particularly when it fa—
vors relieving the landscape by tree
' adornments, and inveighs against the
practice from Pike of cutting down every tree within reach of the homestead
and whitewashing the stump, and some
‘of which are so much at variance with
the views of our best Writers upon landscape gardening, and of those cultiva—
ted minds who have had some experi—
ence in the business, that perhaps, it is
@ matter of duty to combat the crude
notions of our city cotemporary.
The Bulletin condemns the use of . .
evergreen trees, but qualifies. by allusion tothe practice of traihing them
~~-into fantastic shapes. We-have nothing
to say approvingly of this torturing of
nature’s true and beautiful forms. But
“Wwe must protest that those modern
. landscape gardeners of best approved
taste employ ‘evergreens much more
freely than their predecessors, and to
..the gneater beauty of the grounds they
touch. The evergreens of California,
' if artistically, or to speak “more accurately, naturally placed, add immeasurably to the charm of the landscape,and
no gentleman of correct taste will fail
_ . to employ them, not exclusively, but
liberally-inbeautifying the scenery
@bout his home. Evergreens too, it is
contended by some writers,.moderate
“ the climate by giving off heat, as may
be seen from the snow melting and
‘falling from our pines.and cedars very
soon after a wintry storm is over.—
They also purify the atmosphere, by
~ "The Bulletin is in favor of deciduous
trees instead of evergreens. Why i—
_ Because the growth and fall of the leaf,
more precisely serve to mark the seasons, thus reminding us of other lands
from which we emigrated. But, the
locust seems to be the favorite with the
Bulletin—a tree that has not the commendation of a single author with whom
‘we are acquainted. Asa shade tree it
has many and radical defects. Weconcede its wood is good for wagon hubs
and fence posts, that it is a rapid grower, and has a sort of flowing, graceful
foliage when moved by the wind. But,
it is a brittle tree. We have seen it
“break often in a small gale, and the
little whirlwinds common to California
twist them off whenever they are found
in the track. The leaves of the locust
are the last out in the Spring and the
first to fallin the Autumn. The tops
when old are full of dead limbs, and
‘the thorns are so plenty and fierce that
it is almost impossible to clear the hard, .
dead wood out. Besides'this, the beaudance of seed pods in the top, and these,
together with the most damnable tray—
eling roots that are sprouting everywhere on cultivated ground adjoining,
render it a constant warfare on the part
of the culturist to keep the,locust from
dominating the grounds and covering
them.with an impenetrable thicket.—
We have known persons in this vicinity to tear up fine rows of the locust
because they could not cultivate the
land anywhere near them except with
constant labor and expense, too great
tojustify preserving trees with so many
ITt'-is well enough to cultivate the
locust in’ some particular loealities.—
They may bé used occasionally for ya—
riety in certain places by the way side.
But, when the public are told to put
them before the elm, the maple, the
ash, and many other deciduous or. evergreen trees, we demur to it.as not being justified by the merits of the article
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_ TRAIN GerTixe Down 7 Movers:
TION.—Suéing ‘the British government
for half amillion dollars.’ He ought td
_ have-tried to recover enough to buy
Ireland of Bagland for the irish,
discussion is onthe tapis in the Legislature and out, relative to the disposay
of a part of the grounds belonging to
the matter is this: Congress granted
the State about 1,100 acres of ground
comprising the wonderful natural
scenery about Yosemite, onertain conditions, one of which, as we understand
the question, was that the grant should
be inalienable, and the State should
seek to preserve the -natural sublimity.
of the region from desecration. Now
come before the Legislature certain
squatters, whose rights, if they have
any, have mostly been acquired, if not
entirely so, since-the deed of cession
‘was signed by the Government, and
ask for one quarter of the whole grant,
and grave Senators ‘are found so utilitaTian as to advocate giving up the whole
thing to timber-murderers, hay-cutters,
cow-feeders, and men generally whose
idea of the value of the Bridal Veil is
measured by the amount its waters.
would sell for at eight cents an inch,
miner's measure !
What becomes of the conditions on
. which we have accepted the grant?
Are we, like our Southern brethren, to
get-all we can fromthe Government,
and forget or repudiate our obligations ?
The moral sense of mankind is outraged
by this violation of a sacred trust—a
trust committed to the State for the
-benefit-cf-all her. ehildren--now. and.
hereafter. Gov. Haight will add to his
popularity by promptly sending the bill
back to the House in which it originated without his approval, and if he has
not the nerve to do so, we hope Congress
will resume authority over the-wonderful scenes of Yosémite, or the Almighty
will place a flaming sword at the gates
‘of the spot and use the burning blade
on every desecrator who seeks to enter
the hallowed precincts. Let us have
one spot in the State free from stumps, .
tree-tops, and smoking coal pits, the
Sinell of saw-dust, the sound of the
‘murderous axe, the clatter of a saw-—
mill, the “whoa! haw !” and accompanying blasphemy: of driving cattle.
For the sake of preserving and studying the sublime ; for the sake of art;
for the sake of having a sequestered
spot where we can commune alone with
Nature in her visible and wonderful
forms; for the sake of everything but
an increase of stumps, hay-cocks and
turnips, let us have it.
“SoMETHING New UNDER THE Sun,”
says the Virginia City Enterprise, appeared on our streets the other morning. Our enterprising fellow citizen,
Charley Palmer, came out as an adver—
tising medium for Messrs. Haas, ColJins.and Gilman. He was, to say the
least, got up in gorgeous style—with
coat, vest and pants from Haas & Co,,
made of the finest black silk velvet ; on
the coat was printed in gilt letters,
“Go to Haas & Co. for fine clothing.”—
The hat from Collins, had on it, “Go to
Collins to buy your hats,” and the
boots, made of the finest material, from
Gilman, Were Splendid, and had inscribed on them, “Go to Gilman’s for
boots and shoes.” Hurrah for you,
Charles, my boy. “Go it while you're
young, for when you are old you can’t.”
Anything honest to make money, is
your motto, and you ought to have it
printed in letters of gold and hung
round your neck, for you are the most
energetic young man that we ever saw
by a “long shot,” andwe say again, go
it, and you will be sure to make your
fortune. Ah, Charley, how:.we admire
thee, and ‘we hope that-thou may’st
leave a glorious heritage to the Palmer’s who may come after thee. Leave
them thy energy, my boy, and they will
always bé able to “hoe their own row”
in the ‘battles of life.”
_ Miss SaLuie B:; Goopricu is lec—
turing in New York, and the papers
are passing her off as the intended of
Artemas Ward. It makes her draw,
Con. Nicos is going to marry a
daughter of Nick Longworth, ot Sparkling Catawba fame. The Colonel will
be apt to write with more spirit pretty
goon, ~
“APHERE are’ more ‘than two hundred
‘thousand destitute people in Londen.
SQUATTERS VERSUS YOsEMITE.—A
the State about Yosemite. The pith of
Valley Union says: “We sometime
‘singe stated that the map of Township
16 North, Range 7 Hast, Mount -Diablo
Bage and Meridian, had been filed in the
Land Office at Sacramento. By courtesy
of Mr. Mather we have had asight ata
eopy of the map as it is filed. Taking
the town of Rough & Ready as a point
of departure the lines of the township
‘are as follows: The east line runs north
and south, of course, and cuts a point
. about half 2 mile.east of Rough &
Ready. “The south line, running east
and west, is about two and a half miles
south of Rough & Ready. The west
line,running north and south, is five and
a half miles west of Rough & Ready,
and about one and three-fourths of a
mile west of the Anthony House.
About three and a half miles north of
Rough & Ready. and about three miles
north of the Anthony House is the north
line, which runs east and west. The
township is six miles square, and contaipe thirty-six sections. The i6thand
the'S6th sections are school lands and
odd numbered sections are within the
grant of lands to the Central Pacific
Railroad, and ‘the even numbered sec—
will be subject to private entry by individuals, unless pre-emptors on them,
from the 8th of January, 1868, expires.
This township includes most of Penn
Valley, all of Pleasant Valley, the town
of Rough & Ready and all of Kentiicky
Flat. It extends nearly to Bridgeport
on the South Yuba.
Home Mabe Sucar.—The California Farmer says: “How long must
this State be dependent on the Sandwich Islands and other plantations of
the world for our sugar, when we have
the climate and soil that ‘will give us
better sugar, and at one-half the cost.
For ten years or more this journal has
presented columns of facts showing the.
capacity of our soil to produce the sugar
beet. three times greater in quantity
than France, per acre, and of a greater
degree of saccharine matter also; and
that--with proper attention and machinery, we could under-sell any State in
the Union in price, and give a supply in
a few years to the.old States, and save
them from. importing from “foreign
countries.” ibe
THE City of Washington has. gained
in population forty-six thousand in
seven years.
THE London Times says, that Presi—
dent Johnson by his message forfeits
all respect.
THE late American war killed over
two hundred newspapers in the United
States.
A BRONZE statue of Commodore Perry
is to be erected in the Island Cemetery
at Newport.
ABOUT one hundred newspapers,more
or less, suggest that General Sherman
ought to. write a history of the Jate
rebellion.
THAT useful vegetable the beet, furnished one-third of the sugar used in)
the world.
2 atin
Cou. Harazruy lost a wine cellar
the other night by fire, and seven thouThe wine did’nt go up any flue—they
say.
THE Grass Valley Union says the
question of the removal of the Court
House from Nevada to Grass Valley is
about to be seriously agitated.— AppealNo; not the Court House, but the jail
and gallows.
THE news from Mexico indicates a
gradual increase of confidence in the .
existing Government, and a general
desire for progress in industrial matters,
re
ARRIVALS AT THE
NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL.
Broad Street, Nevada City, California.
LANCASTER & HASEY, Prop’s:
January 28, 1868.
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belong to the State of California. The .
tions, and legal subdivisions of sections . .
prove up their claims betore ninety days ‘
sand dollars worth of wine in it too .
NEVADA THEATRE.
si pee
GRAND OPENING NIGHT,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Jan. 20th.
First Appearance of
t=” MRS: AMY~-STONE ! 22
—AND THE— :
SENSATION TROUPE !
On Wednesday Evening will be presented the beautiful Comedy, entitled
FANCHON!
OR THE CRICKET.
‘CREAT BARCAINS
on—
TOBACCO CONSUMERS
AND TRADERS,
ns
“Opposition to Imposition !”
LOWER RATES THAN SAN
ee FRANCISCO IMPORTATION
ES" PRICES, AND BETTER INee DU CEMENTS THAN ANY
2" HOUSE IN NEVADA CITY.
ee
JULIUS CREENWALD,
~AT THE OLD STAND—
BROAD STREET..NEVADA CITY
Continues to_UNDERSELL
County of Nevada,
AND IN PROOF ‘OF THIS FACT SUBMITS
"THE FOLLOWING
LIST OF PRICES: ©
per Ib.
Oriental, BwWeek.ce.0. scsvvecene40 Cts.
Harvey Birch:...00.00...000045 cts,
Sun, dark peach........70 ets.
Sam Tibbetts, hard pressed.65 cts.
Gold Bar, famcy.....+.<..70.cts.
Crumpton’s, h. p. 12 inch..40 cts.
Macon’s, kh. p. 12 inch....20 cts.
Rosebud, 1. p. 9 inch,.8.08.70 cts.
¥o Semite, 1. p, 9 inch....72% cts,
Extra Madnura... s000s 80. ets,
Crystal Light, peach.....60 cts.
FIG, extra QUARLILY. 0.0 00.00000050 Cts,
2" Long experience and a thorough know}ledge of business enables me to furnish cus
tomers with the very best brands of
ticle in my line, lowerthan can be purchased at other houses in Nevada,
though the latter be-edtinected with New York
and San Francisco houses,” 7
All consumers of “the weed,” as
well as dealers, in my line, are inVited to call and examine for them<
selves,
_J, GREENWALD,
BROAD STREET.
Notice to County Customers !
ee
‘S MR. ZEKIND is no lo
A employ, customers outside etude
spectfully requested to send. their orders: and
money direct tome. “I'také this occasion to
return niany thanks for fasi mtord!
_ + GREENWALD.
Nevada, Jan.
“a
Any self-styled Importer in the
. North-west corner of Bryant Place
CIGARS, TOBACCO and every othezar-}
—BY THE—
. YOUNG MENS SOCIAL cLUm,
af rue
NATIONAL HALL,
: THURSDAY ~EVE'G,
Jan. 30th, 1968....
CoMMITTEE OF ARRAXGEMES 7s.
R. A. Dives, M.S. Hamline, Ww eeoombe,
a6 ¥ mittbarg. Wy W, Diemer ©
: ie, 3. M.llinds. DeWitt Tisdale, —~
Froon MANAGERS, ~~ 5
W. W, Cross, H. H. Haskins, M. S. Hamilton.
Tickets $250. Invitations must be shown
atthe door. ~ :
Tickets may be obtained of W. IF. Evens, at
Welle, Fargo & Co's ottice, or of A. W, Lester
Dancing trom 8 to 12 o'clock,
Carriages free, if required. jani5
2 GOLDSMITH'S 3
DRY COODS STORE,
Cor. Broad & Pine Streets,
-o " Keep rah the Ey
ei Fo arges
sas Cheapest, 29
e22 wineat =5
cf> ana eT
i Best i 3
Assortment of Dry Goods,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, —
__ PIONEER ASSAY OFFICE, _
(Established in 1853.)
BY—
JAMES JS. OTT
Office—28 Main Str, Nevada CityOLD AND ORES OF EVERY DESCRIP. ”
TION Melted and Assayes. Correctness
of Assays full ranteed. :
Mone doueinthe presence of dépositora.
L. W. WILLIAMS, J. B. JOHNFON
WILLIAMS & JOHNSON,
Attorneys & Counselors. at Law
And Notaries Public.
L. W. WILLIAMS, Commissioner of Deeds
for the State of Nevada. Nevada, Cal. 033
~
“CHOW KI ANG”
AT.
SPENCBE’S.
BROOKLYN HOTEL, _
and Bush Street, and directly
opposite the Cosmopolitan,
“SAN FRANCISCO.
fae well known prietor of the above
named Hotel, wishes to inform his many
friends that he has erected under his supervision the above named House, with all the
conveniences attached, and fitted up in a first
Class style, entirely new. The Housecontains
150 First Class Rooms,
and some FIFTY SUITES of Family Rooms,
and hepés to obtain a liberal share of the patronage of the traveling public,
JOHN KELLY, Junior.
N. B.—Mr. F. Wood, late of
port Township, Nevada County, has associated himself at the Brooklyn, where he will be
happy to meet his friends and the asi . ."
general, i
STUMPFS HOTEL
—aNp—
RESTAURANT,
BROAD STREET, above Pine
Street, Nevada city.
Good Rooms,
Good Meals,
\ Good Cooks,
\ Good Liquors,
Low Prices
i French, English and German spoken
the house.
: 57
Apartments for Ladies.
Neatly furnished, and the best of accommoda“ tions provided: <
°
F. STUMPP,
LIQUORS AND CIGARS, —~
Victor Chevalier,
Dealer in
Whe Best of Liquors and Cigars,
Corner Pine and Commercial Sts.—NEVADA.
Liquors sold by the drink or bottle.
“Gents—call and see me,” @
MUSIC! Mm Us x0: ™
Cc. H. CHASE,
TEACHER OF MUSIC.
[AStRUCTIONS GIVEN ON THE PIANO,
Guitar and Violin. Pianos tuned and other
musical Instruments
ished, from two to
a for the Plano, Guitar or
other instruments, easy or difficult as desired
R. M. HUNT; M. D.,
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN,
20th, 1868,” ja NEVADA CITY.
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