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January 29, 1868 (4 pages)

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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 <p _ 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. H 4Asbbore Scotts F WE hick 4 iow Va regor m BL Grass Vall Ragsdale £ L Waters do Campbell. Fores CH M Condon F Stanley Hunts bil W Lewis Nevada — . do ; iE Astley do Hinds do ' de : y Dutch J Johuron Mokelu hil J C Smith ar 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. seps-'67-tf