July 25, 1873 (4 pages)

py _. Friday, Jaly 2th, 1879. . for Corigtéess, or e -. ‘the list: Among the. other sub-} scribers were Charles W, Young, A. P Beans, J, N. Turner. : of them; but it matters little. Their . the Chicago, Ruck Islaud and Pacific tion of the garg. They are making ( ‘ville by tiie name of Calithumpians. The Daily Transeript NEVADA CITY, CAle _ Stockholders with no Profits. We pebdlish to-day a communication from the Alta written by Senator Sargent in reference to the subscription in this city when the overland railron project was first started. ‘We have made some inquiry? and find that some eight or ten of our citizens at the time subscribéd. Chas. Marsh, of this city, headed A, Sargent, E. G, ‘Waite, T. Ellard Weare in formed that Judge Niles was not one ‘assistance was secured in the same * manner that many of our merchants ani others have subscribed to sur“veya to Marysville, Colfax and other points. The inducement was that the road. wonld probably go by. way of Henn-s Pasg and through “this county. After the survey Mr. dudah, in company with Charles Marsh, wis sometime in this county making a reconnoissance of the toute, and we are informed that not one of those who subscribed now have a dollar in the road or ever received any further advantage than the repaymeut of their subscription. But for the sake of making a little cheap political capital, the Chronicle first published a list of these subscribers, and omitted all except two now holding office under’ Government, What was the object if-not to secure the false inference that their action was influenced by the fact? “While we believe that the motives and actions of all public servants . ‘phould be discussed, and all officers hela to a pérsonal accourtability, . there is fairness and decency in all things, and a more shallow, contemptible and unprincipled act than _ this of the Chronicle we have never known. The Call, which invariably endeavors to equal the. Chroniéle in baseness, ‘several days afterwards copied this sume statement; and the Sacramento Union, with its characteristic meanness, while it dare not make the charge of these men being stockholders, gives circulation to the cowardly insinuation, The whole thing is so shallow and improbable that its effect is lost. It is of a piece with the Union’s insinuation that the defeated ticket in the primaries the other day was comprised of Central Pacific Railroad men. « Bold Rohbery of a Railroad Train. The east bownd passenger train on Builroad, which left Omaha on the afternoon of July 21st, was attacked at 9 P. M., seventy-five miles east of Omaha, between Adair and Anita, Towa, by seven masked men, who bad placed an obstruction on the track. John Rafferty, the engineer, seeing the obstruction, quickly stopped the train, and by his presence of mind saved the lives of the passengers aboard, whereupon the robkgys shot and instantly killed him. . They then went through the express car and escaped with about $2,000 express money, but the passengers were not molested. They all speak in the highest praise of the heroic conduct’ of the engineer, Rafferty. The Rock Island Company have offered a reward of $5,000 for the ar-rest of the robbers, and have sent a party of men in pursuit of them. Everything was done by the officers of the road for. the comfort of the passengers, aud the train will arrive in Chicago with but a few hours delay. The Sheriff of Cass county, Jowa, who is in charge of a posse of men pursuing the robbers, sends back word that he has. struck -their trail, and bas obtained a full deseripdirectly suuthward, anditis believed that they belong -to a -band of outlaws which exists in Nodiway county, Missouri, for which locality they seem to be headed. They are reported to be well armed and mounted. Their trail shows that two of their horses are shod ithe ‘same as ‘race horses usually are. They are expepted to cross the Burlington and Missouri Ruilroad, anda large number of men have been sent out from various stations on the latter road, with a viewot meeting them. Their capture seems to be certain. : ——w -Heopnums are known in Castrove Card from Hons Ai A. Satgént. ‘NOT A STOCKEHOLDED IN PHB CENTRAL PACIFIC RALLBOAD COMPANY. San Paakctsco, July 224, 1879. Editors Miia: Nearly thirteen yeara ago, in the Spring. of 1861, months before Twas elected of nomifmted tedto be a ¢andidate forthe position, re the organization of the C€erttral Pacific Railroad Company, as I understand, before there had been ayy. Congressional action, or any survey of wroute across the Sierras,C. P. Huntington, James Bailey and T. D, Judah, of Sacramento, came.to Nevada City to solicit aid toward making a preliminary survey of the passes of the Sierra Nevada, to ascértain if a practicable route could be found. presented the matter to. various citizens, myself among others, giving as a reason for calling on us, the robability that the survey would indicate that the most feasible routé ran through our county. They also dwelt onthe impcrtance to the State of the work,, etc., and stated that they did not find enough encouragement in the-lewer ‘cities. To hel them out, and a8 a patriotic act, gave them $100, and five or six Other citizens followed my example, We each received a receipt for $100, stating that it was a payment of ten per cent. on ten shares in the existing or proposed company. 1 did not hear of the matter afterward for years, until the time I shall men. tion. No stock was issued to me; never had notice of any stockholders’ meeting or attended one; never had notice of any assessment er dividend; never derived any benefit, direct or indirect, from railroad legislation except as every other citizen, of, the State. I did not consider myself as having the slightest interestin the company; never made any inquiry about the mattef; treated the-expenditure as a yift that I could afford to ‘make; did not suppose ny name was on the books of the company in. any way, andthe whole subject passed out of my mind. So the matter remained for twelve years. Meanwhile Ihad served six years in the National House of Representatives, where I had worked assiduously to procure aid from the Government to build the Pacific Railroad—a circumstance I shall never regret—and had been elected to the Senate. During all this time I had no idea that I wasa stockholder in the railroad; the insignificance of the’amount, the circumstances under which it was paid,and the silence. of the company, all concurring to obliterate any such thought, if I ever had it. So matters stood when at the last. session of the last Congress a friend in Washington informed me that he had seen a report to the Senate from the Seeretary of the Interior, giving me, as returned by the company, as one of its stockholders. I w.s incredulous until 1 bunted up the rereport, and then recalled the facts above given by seeing in connection with my nantée those of my fellow citizens of Nevada, who had given money at the same time. I expected to be attacked in Congress on the report, ‘and to be heralded by the press asa Credit Mobilier villain; but I was prepared to make the explanation then that I now make, and leave it to the fairness of such journals as published the attack,.the publication of the explanation, as I nowdo. No allusion was made te the matter, however, in Congress, and it rested until my return, when the names of the stockholders of the Central Pacitie were given, in a daily paper of San Francisco, as from this report, omitting the names of all the other citizens. of Nevada, save one from the list, when the! full pubhcation would have almost carried the needed explanation with it. — efore this publication, however, I had. effectualty sundered my sbadowy connection with the hye oa I called the attention of its officers to the matter, and proposed the payment of the original $100 and ten per cént. per annum thereon, They assented to this, paid me the money, about $220, principal and interest, I assigned my right whatever it was, and ceased to be a stockholder in the Central Pacific Railroad Company! To those who deem any proof of my statements, more than my word, necessary, I will say there are a score of living witnesses, including the citizens of Nevada who contributed funds to the suvey. If I am notin error, (I have not the report before me) Judge Niles, of the Supreme Court, was one of the parties; J. N. Turner, member of the last Legislature from-Butte, was one of them.” I believe he was classed as an antirailroad man. To tnose who have well known me for yeurs, and have respected my motives even when differing from me on questions of domestic policy, this. explanation is due. To those who think »that payment by meé.of one hundred dollars nearly thirteen years ago created an interest that has controlled me corruptly since, I have no explanation to offer. Respectfully, *.Grass Walley Jtems. € We clip the ‘following from the Grass Valley Union: ” A Newtown man was. seized with emotional insanity when he saw a fence advertiser painting the name of a quack niedicine on the front gate. The advertiser packed off his pot and brushes and half an ounce of small shot. pHs An . tecabieman always sla you om the back between shoulders when he comes up behind you, The shock forcibly testifies to bis familiar intimacy with you, T/ And finally itis aunounced with s presi dark outlook for imbibing In the sight of some men-the magThursday July 24th/® 0 adjourn. nent. Present fall Board. President J, W. Robb presiding. . _ Misutes of previous meeting read . The following. déscribed property having escaped assessment, the assessor was directed to assess-the same, yiz. To unknown owners, -a certain mining claim ong--halfmile west of Nevada city, bounded.on the west by claims of Hirschman, Grover & Co., and.on the east.by. claims of} witude of a crim@is gauged by the} Board met pursuant to bank account of the criminal. For instance, the Bulletin, which prétends to be par excellence the cham‘pion of honesty, ufider the head of @ growing evil, protoutiees it an outrage, because Phelps, Dodge & Co., should be compelled to. pay a quar ter of a million for frauds against the Government. But hear the remarkable case.as put by the Bulletin: a8 ; Take for instance the--ease of . . spéaks for itself: } fe “Grins Vatare Fuly 24, 1873. Ed. Transcript: There is one mat“The following correspémdence was . . yesterday received fr ma prominent jentleman ot. Grade Valley, pick ter that is absorbing public attention at the present time, and that is the railroad. question: Whether or not thefares and freights of the Central Pacific Railroad Company shall be reduced. I claim to-read’abdat as many papers published in this State one of them, with a-solitary excep‘tion, maintain the same opinion that house whose long and prosperotig career was unsullied by any act of dishonesty towards either government or individual.’ Suddenly, howeyer, the whole country is told that the books of this old firm have been seized on the charge of frauds ba Op the revenue, to the amount of a. million dollars. Then the case is dragged on for.several months, : not-in. the courts, mind you, but in the hands of ‘the special agents of ‘the Treasury Department.’* Every few days a dispatch is given to the press to the effect thut the firm is anxious to compromise the matter, and that a com promise will probably be effected. as the San Jose Mining Claim. To P. N. Hanson, H. Hanson agent, several certain tracts of land and personal property, im Grass Valley. township. To Frank Bosquet & Co., a certain mining claim, water right and ditch, and improvements in Nevada’ township. The following applications for reduction’ accompanied’by the necessary affidavits, were received and filed from R. B. Patton, asking that the valuation-of certain-mining— ground} assessed to him, be reduced to a more reasonable valuation, “R. B. Patton beirg sworn deposes and says that his property is assessed in excess of its valne and wnjust as compared to contiguous simi ground. Thinks it valued at more than $1,000. Matter taken under advisement. From the Daisy Hill Mining Company, Grass Valley township, Wm. Watt, agent, asking for reduction in the valuation of the Daisy Hill mine and improvements from $3,000 to $1,500. Taken under advisement, R. Finnie, of Grass Valley township, appeared in answer to citation to appear and show cause, &c., and being sworn deposes and says that he considers the assessment as listed . by the Assessor as just and fair, and that a higher valuation than that so listed would be unjust and unreasonable. Matter taken under advisement, . é Application accompanied by afidavit of J. L. Holland, agent for the Erie Mining Company, asking for reduction from the sum of $30,000 to $15,000 in the valuation of their mining property. Application filed. J. L. Holland, being sworn, deposes and says: I donot consider the ledge worth anything. The mine is only worth what the machinery will sell for. .Do not think the machinery would sell for $10,000. There is no pay roek in sight. Taken under advisement. Wm. Wolf, Nevada township, sworn, deposes: At the time my stock was assessed I had a small stock of grain and ‘bran which the Assessor did not see. Ido not think my assessment ought to be raised. Do not think my property is worth more than the amount listed by the Assessor. “Upon application, accompanied by affidavit, showing that the property assessed had been destroyed by fire, the assessmient on the property of M. Bremond is ordered canceled, ~ Av Isoard appeared in answer to citation, and being sworn deposes and says: I do not think I could sell my property for more than it is as sessed at. The valuation is high enough. On motion adjourned until tomorrow at 2-0'clock P. m. T. C. Pronxert, Clerk. —_— great deal of flourish that the whole thing has been settled by the payment to the Government of over a quar erof a million of dollars.:. Now, what is the effeet upon the public mind? With only these meagre facts made known, is not the inevitable effect the blasting forever of the es“tablished reputation of that firm for honorable dealing? But it so happened that in this case the details of the miserable bustness were brought to light; and they were, briefly, these: A confidential clerk, whom a member of the firm had taken into employment out of sheer compassion. for his destitute condition, is in the habit of admitting members of rival houses into the store by night to pry into the business secrets of the house fer their own private gain. After awhile his rascality is detected, and he sees summary dismissal before him. To be révenged, he makes a hasty. examination of the inveices covering a number of years, and ‘finds that itis possible that the Government may not have always got its due. He then steals all these papers, and curries them to the Treasury detectives, and these worthies at. once ‘proclaim abroad the glad tidings of ‘‘rascality unearthed,’’ and them begin an examination of their booty. If this case had been’ some poor smuggler of opium, the growing eyil of the Bulletin would have been on the other side. But for the wealthy house of Phelps, Dodge & ©o. to pay a quarter of .a million dollars is an outrage, for that firm would not steal; though the BuHetin admits that the informer finds the Government did “not always get its due.” “Bat,”? says the Bulletin, “why should the reputation of Phelps, Dodge & Co. be blasted: in this way, and why should a quarter of @ million be squeezed out of their pockets by threatening to bring the case to trial, the result of which would be a forfeiture of the full value of the goods. Does any man believe that a quarter of a million would be paid if the firm were honest? . The method of obtaining the information is one of the most effective and certain for the detection of crime, and it has been practised for years. If, as the Bulletin predicts, these little captures . of a quarter of a million from those who swindle, will cause honest merchants tolose respect Yor the Govyernment, the Government cun stand the loss, and . the 1 crime is punishéd in ‘those who have wealth, with the same severity as in the poor, degraded wretch, the more the respect of the people will increase for the Government. Who are Phelps, Dodge & Co. that their sins should be less than the owners of the lowest still of the land. lle tallest THe WomEN AHEAD oF THE Dram A Novet Horen Experiment at Newrort.—The Cliff Cottage hotel, started two years since, as.an experiment, has proved a great success. The colony comprises « small hotel, Dauegrs.—The Indiana State liquor eight prettily turnished cottages, and law seems destined to create an. 2®2d8eme grounds; the location on alarming increase of that_pitiabl . the cliff of the sea. You hire a cotelas’ of husbands unfeelingly styled . ‘8° for the season; you name. your “henpecked.” A provision of the hours for. yout, meals, and open your law makes the liquor seller respondining seem soor'te, Ainstheenon. sible for the damages caused by. the os ne Zope sree) bee bis purchaser. In order to escape these . PC non? 30u never Rear of a. ook: penalties the saloon keepers of Bluffbeh pan ne fe gaan a ae town have notified all married wo-. tage you get aservant to attend to men that if they do not wish liquor usbands and lovers in Biufftown. The bachelors and the cued will are at breakfast, puts your chambers the bars to that effect. The same . ke given, The company provides to wish to be kept from the intoxicating . and sends the food cocked from the of wives who are willing their hus-. with all the delights of a tousekeepof a claim to damages therefrom. It is a — Such a luxurious manner. of have a clear field to themselves if the oemy Semstnte oan ee A chambermaid comes sold to their husbands, all they have to rights; and the grounds are well privilege is extended to unmarried ew. . each cottage every necessity and luxcup. But this is notall. The sell-. hotel. You live in your own house bands shall drink when and where . er; ang yon have all the freedom living could not failto be popular it has proved extremely ular and de Letter, ‘refer, It has been a matter of. sur". prise to many: “think our local jourthat a document now on file.in this Court, “. straps. All lumber to be of eprace tree the masses fipon the subject. . Phelps, Dodge & Co., one of the few . Arbogast. ——— saa 2 = ri : : whieh has-chanced foes ot Mam. "fo San Jose Co., Wm. Bennett . every reader.of the Den, pu pied acca eons domes Prominent . agent, certain miningground known . at this place» must know to whom I nal bas never had a word on the subject, or contal word that would wound the sen feelings of Lord Stanford & Con, What c:n this meati? Is it because Stanford & Go: advertise their railroad time table in its columns? To be sure itis one of the most promihent advertisements in the paper, and doubtless they receive good pay for it, but I am not prone to believe, that its silence upon the subject bas anything to de with that. Atrw. Yesterday évening at abont half past six, the flag staff of the Pennsylvania Engine Company fell with a crash! The bottom of the pole was rotted entirely off. Mrs, Haskins, who was passing at: the time, narrowly escaped being caught by it. It fell on Havéll’s building, breaking in two pieces. * PROBATE NOTICE. See of California, County of Nevada. kK) In the Prohate Court. I the matter of the Estate of E. W. Brown, deceaset. Pursuant to an order of this Court made this day, notice is hereby given, that Thursday, the seventh day of August. A. D. 1873, . at two o’clock, P. M., of said day, at the Court Room of this Court. in the County of Nevada, has been appointed for hearing the application of Lucy 8. Brown praying purporting to be the last Will and testament of E. W. Brown, deceased, be admitted to probate, and that letters of administration with wil) annexed be issued thereon to said: petitioner, at which time and place al. persons interested therein may a pear and contest the same. Nevada, July 24th, 1873. T. 0. PLUNKETT, Clerk.’ By Jno. Pattison. Deputy. Niles Searls, Atty for Petitioner. j25 DR. JAMES SIMPSON, SURGEON, Etc. TAAL AY be found at his Old Office, adjoinirg A. B. Brady's, r= Main Street, Grass Valley, ° Professional calls .from any part of the country promptly attended to. jy23 SEALED PROPOSALS. EALED PROPOSALS will be received at the County Clerk's office, Nevada City, or at William Dawn’ office, Grass Valley, until Tuerday, July 29th, 1873, 1 o’cl’k P. M, for the purpose of building a bridge acenes ha ga) Creek,.at ipiteer ays Di. mensions of bridge as follows: ents © be built of cobble wall in the bed 16.feet long on each shanecden to ot higher aba be one foot than ent bridge. Wings 20 feet on each s.de, same dimension as abutments, wall joints to be broken ; all te be pointed, 2-3 cement and 1-3 lime and sand ;: wall one 16 and one 20 feet long, 16x10" inches,. to be erage lime™ ‘sand, Snan of ge it in clear ; stringers 10x16, 3 1-2 feet apart. to be well bracedand notched down ome inch on each end. Planking 4x12, 14 ft long. Railingon each side of bridge 4x6. striped down with from ssp, bridge plarike well sp ehds of wall to be filled up even with the bridge. A bond of donble the will be required of ti ¢ couplets ex +» . WM. DAWs, Commissioner. Grass Valley, July 22.1873. Wanted. Young Man of st habits, ¢ penman and oor ane job of most any kind. Wages no icular object. . W. H, BOSTON, Nevada City. v ¥y22 Finest Coffee in the World! MARDEN & MYRICK, San Franciaco. oe i ‘© burnt and ground Coffee, in N is equal to that of Marden & Hyrick Try it, and we guarantee will nev -ase_any—other,-It-ecan be cer in this county. It has been in use over twenty years, the people have decided THE BEST. — Take no other kind if you want good fan Francisco, July 16th, 1873. Political Announcements, For County Clerk. — y Clerk. Subject tc th i the Republican County Cogpgintion, ae ‘For County Recorder, K. SPENCER of. Grisé Valley, is \ V e hereby announced as a candid: for County Recorder, subject to the sen, For Supt. of Schools, YF, McGLASHEN, of Truckee, ix be announced as & candida*e Tor Lie ty Superintennent of Schools, Subject to the + Monroy E7 H. DAVIDSON is] arcty: lic. @ ced a8 a Candida: e for Rice of Ww a ry the office of sion of the Republican County Convention _ as any other citizen here, and every . . ~ For Coun ur ty Treasurer. } J ees comme is-hereby’r nnounred as eandidate for County Treasurer, Sub. ject to the decision of the Republican Couuty Convention. _For County Treasurer. i ~ GOLDSMITH is hereby announced A e@ 28a candidate for the office of County Treasurer Ot Nevada County. Subject to the decision of the Kepublican County Convention. For Sheriff. \. P. SANFORD. de hereby annoanted ‘of Nevada county, tubject to the decision of the Republican Couuty Convention, For Co. School Superintendent: AXK POWER is 1 hereby as ja,Candidate for the. School Superintendent. announced ce of County Subject to the de. tion. For County Treasurer. D* WILLIAM McCORMICK is hereby announced as a candidate for She ef. fi f County Treasurer: Subject to the decision of the Republican County Conven. tion. = j For Sheriff. ed OSEPH PERRIN is hereby announced ey asa candidate for the officeof Sheriff of Nevada County. Subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention. For County 1 Recorder, G. H. COLBY, of Little York Township, e ishereby announced as a candidate for the office of County Recorder. BSubje.t to the decision of the Republican County Convention. x ; For Sheriff. é bree’ MEIN is hereby announced ss ‘a candidate for the office of Sheriff. tuubject to the decision of the Republican County Convertion. For Recorder. M. GEORGE, of Grass Valicy, is hereby announced as a candidate for the ottice of County Recorder. Subject to the detision of the Republican County Cenvention. © ; For Treasurer. » H. PARKER is hereby announced ss @ candidate for the office of County Treasurer. Subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention. For County Clerk. OHN PATTISON. will be @ candidate for the office of County Clerk. Subject to the decision of the Republican County Convenvion. For Recorder. M. WALLING is hereby announced as a candidate for re-election to the J. office Of County Recorder. Subject to the decision of the Republican Convention. of Sheriff,.Su to Republican Convention. . Political Announcements, DEMOCRA1S. — ‘For County Treasurer e ish announced.as & candi. date for County , subject to the aecision of the Democratic Convention, For Sheriff. Jims DICKSON is hereby announced t as 6 for Sheriff, subject to e decision of the Democratic Convedtion, a For Uounty Treasurer. EO, E, TURNER is heretty announced asa candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Democrstie County Convention. For As:emblymanJ. ROGLITTLE, of Liberty Hid, A. Little Yor Fite ang is hereby announced as a candidate for Aszembly subject to the decision of the Democrats Convention. For County Recorder. — 'M. H. ADAMS, of Grars Valley Towr ship, is Lereby announced as s car didate for County Recorder subject to the decision of the Democratic County Ooo vention. ° For County Clerk. candidate for * Jlerk. _ Subicct to ocratic Convention. ——— re _ ARCADE SALOON. DJOINING Greenwald's Cigs A teed tied tee ee A. B. CARLEY, oa K én sali LIQUORS and CIGARS nee WES Old friends and new are in Eureka Stage and Express Co. epied,) at 4 “Fe teins, ahcaie: pore % iiamntews Te our want from the big beens, and, while you to do is to leave a written notice at kept without even an order: being women who have lovers whom they ury, except the single item of plate, ‘ers have issued a permit for the use . without a housekeeper's cares, they please, the wives waiving all @ with -none of the discomwith Americans, and, though I hear ; fashionable.-—Sea-si j ew is enforved. ”For Sheriff. game will Ww : "DANE, : *_a8.a candidate for the office of Sherif! cision of ‘the Republican County Conven—MITOHELL, of Grass Valley, The 2 —— pe The Gri gorried a publican ¢ party of it kind of put if He for youn, would be Egypt—in neighbor, dependent ion skin” Chas: “putting u) 92,000 por the Nevad . . over the f We are that way,. . one smal man of #] his fightiz small scal Fred. § of large, . the-best-y season. fruit fres] on Pine 8 ree lot of spl ize Tom’ spring things m His Gigal .them. The, fis sylvania the grow across M great cra done. The © y SCRIPT b "stood at. 4 o'clock The wi was yest Court. 0. W. urer of I terday. six years no doub The . meet thi ocoupy ~the-after of Equal : Be _By ret houncen is anno County cision ¢ Convent resident has for . prietor . where hi By ar per, wil Davidsc date for decision tion, 7 years b now sta Peace. county, An el} Bloomfi 224, fo whethey to payt trict. ] _ and the 24 for a feated t The I ~ cratic . hoist th scribe { doubled . Some dents pi during_ Pwel) Francis withdrs _. Penden is not g The. have pa Providi: $500, a with a . not be . behing San . tet to Would ecrubbi @

py _. Friday, Jaly 2th, 1879. . for Corigtéess, or e -. ‘the list: Among the. other sub-} scribers were Charles W, Young, A. P Beans, J, N. Turner. : of them; but it matters little. Their . the Chicago, Ruck Islaud and Pacific tion of the garg. They are making ( ‘ville by tiie name of Calithumpians. The Daily Transeript NEVADA CITY, CAle _ Stockholders with no Profits. We pebdlish to-day a communication from the Alta written by Senator Sargent in reference to the subscription in this city when the overland railron project was first started. ‘We have made some inquiry? and find that some eight or ten of our citizens at the time subscribéd. Chas. Marsh, of this city, headed A, Sargent, E. G, ‘Waite, T. Ellard Weare in formed that Judge Niles was not one ‘assistance was secured in the same * manner that many of our merchants ani others have subscribed to sur“veya to Marysville, Colfax and other points. The inducement was that the road. wonld probably go by. way of Henn-s Pasg and through “this county. After the survey Mr. dudah, in company with Charles Marsh, wis sometime in this county making a reconnoissance of the toute, and we are informed that not one of those who subscribed now have a dollar in the road or ever received any further advantage than the repaymeut of their subscription. But for the sake of making a little cheap political capital, the Chronicle first published a list of these subscribers, and omitted all except two now holding office under’ Government, What was the object if-not to secure the false inference that their action was influenced by the fact? “While we believe that the motives and actions of all public servants . ‘phould be discussed, and all officers hela to a pérsonal accourtability, . there is fairness and decency in all things, and a more shallow, contemptible and unprincipled act than _ this of the Chronicle we have never known. The Call, which invariably endeavors to equal the. Chroniéle in baseness, ‘several days afterwards copied this sume statement; and the Sacramento Union, with its characteristic meanness, while it dare not make the charge of these men being stockholders, gives circulation to the cowardly insinuation, The whole thing is so shallow and improbable that its effect is lost. It is of a piece with the Union’s insinuation that the defeated ticket in the primaries the other day was comprised of Central Pacific Railroad men. « Bold Rohbery of a Railroad Train. The east bownd passenger train on Builroad, which left Omaha on the afternoon of July 21st, was attacked at 9 P. M., seventy-five miles east of Omaha, between Adair and Anita, Towa, by seven masked men, who bad placed an obstruction on the track. John Rafferty, the engineer, seeing the obstruction, quickly stopped the train, and by his presence of mind saved the lives of the passengers aboard, whereupon the robkgys shot and instantly killed him. . They then went through the express car and escaped with about $2,000 express money, but the passengers were not molested. They all speak in the highest praise of the heroic conduct’ of the engineer, Rafferty. The Rock Island Company have offered a reward of $5,000 for the ar-rest of the robbers, and have sent a party of men in pursuit of them. Everything was done by the officers of the road for. the comfort of the passengers, aud the train will arrive in Chicago with but a few hours delay. The Sheriff of Cass county, Jowa, who is in charge of a posse of men pursuing the robbers, sends back word that he has. struck -their trail, and bas obtained a full deseripdirectly suuthward, anditis believed that they belong -to a -band of outlaws which exists in Nodiway county, Missouri, for which locality they seem to be headed. They are reported to be well armed and mounted. Their trail shows that two of their horses are shod ithe ‘same as ‘race horses usually are. They are expepted to cross the Burlington and Missouri Ruilroad, anda large number of men have been sent out from various stations on the latter road, with a viewot meeting them. Their capture seems to be certain. : ——w -Heopnums are known in Castrove Card from Hons Ai A. Satgént. ‘NOT A STOCKEHOLDED IN PHB CENTRAL PACIFIC RALLBOAD COMPANY. San Paakctsco, July 224, 1879. Editors Miia: Nearly thirteen yeara ago, in the Spring. of 1861, months before Twas elected of nomifmted tedto be a ¢andidate forthe position, re the organization of the C€erttral Pacific Railroad Company, as I understand, before there had been ayy. Congressional action, or any survey of wroute across the Sierras,C. P. Huntington, James Bailey and T. D, Judah, of Sacramento, came.to Nevada City to solicit aid toward making a preliminary survey of the passes of the Sierra Nevada, to ascértain if a practicable route could be found. presented the matter to. various citizens, myself among others, giving as a reason for calling on us, the robability that the survey would indicate that the most feasible routé ran through our county. They also dwelt onthe impcrtance to the State of the work,, etc., and stated that they did not find enough encouragement in the-lewer ‘cities. To hel them out, and a8 a patriotic act, gave them $100, and five or six Other citizens followed my example, We each received a receipt for $100, stating that it was a payment of ten per cent. on ten shares in the existing or proposed company. 1 did not hear of the matter afterward for years, until the time I shall men. tion. No stock was issued to me; never had notice of any stockholders’ meeting or attended one; never had notice of any assessment er dividend; never derived any benefit, direct or indirect, from railroad legislation except as every other citizen, of, the State. I did not consider myself as having the slightest interestin the company; never made any inquiry about the mattef; treated the-expenditure as a yift that I could afford to ‘make; did not suppose ny name was on the books of the company in. any way, andthe whole subject passed out of my mind. So the matter remained for twelve years. Meanwhile Ihad served six years in the National House of Representatives, where I had worked assiduously to procure aid from the Government to build the Pacific Railroad—a circumstance I shall never regret—and had been elected to the Senate. During all this time I had no idea that I wasa stockholder in the railroad; the insignificance of the’amount, the circumstances under which it was paid,and the silence. of the company, all concurring to obliterate any such thought, if I ever had it. So matters stood when at the last. session of the last Congress a friend in Washington informed me that he had seen a report to the Senate from the Seeretary of the Interior, giving me, as returned by the company, as one of its stockholders. I w.s incredulous until 1 bunted up the rereport, and then recalled the facts above given by seeing in connection with my nantée those of my fellow citizens of Nevada, who had given money at the same time. I expected to be attacked in Congress on the report, ‘and to be heralded by the press asa Credit Mobilier villain; but I was prepared to make the explanation then that I now make, and leave it to the fairness of such journals as published the attack,.the publication of the explanation, as I nowdo. No allusion was made te the matter, however, in Congress, and it rested until my return, when the names of the stockholders of the Central Pacitie were given, in a daily paper of San Francisco, as from this report, omitting the names of all the other citizens. of Nevada, save one from the list, when the! full pubhcation would have almost carried the needed explanation with it. — efore this publication, however, I had. effectualty sundered my sbadowy connection with the hye oa I called the attention of its officers to the matter, and proposed the payment of the original $100 and ten per cént. per annum thereon, They assented to this, paid me the money, about $220, principal and interest, I assigned my right whatever it was, and ceased to be a stockholder in the Central Pacific Railroad Company! To those who deem any proof of my statements, more than my word, necessary, I will say there are a score of living witnesses, including the citizens of Nevada who contributed funds to the suvey. If I am notin error, (I have not the report before me) Judge Niles, of the Supreme Court, was one of the parties; J. N. Turner, member of the last Legislature from-Butte, was one of them.” I believe he was classed as an antirailroad man. To tnose who have well known me for yeurs, and have respected my motives even when differing from me on questions of domestic policy, this. explanation is due. To those who think »that payment by meé.of one hundred dollars nearly thirteen years ago created an interest that has controlled me corruptly since, I have no explanation to offer. Respectfully, *.Grass Walley Jtems. € We clip the ‘following from the Grass Valley Union: ” A Newtown man was. seized with emotional insanity when he saw a fence advertiser painting the name of a quack niedicine on the front gate. The advertiser packed off his pot and brushes and half an ounce of small shot. pHs An . tecabieman always sla you om the back between shoulders when he comes up behind you, The shock forcibly testifies to bis familiar intimacy with you, T/ And finally itis aunounced with s presi dark outlook for imbibing In the sight of some men-the magThursday July 24th/® 0 adjourn. nent. Present fall Board. President J, W. Robb presiding. . _ Misutes of previous meeting read . The following. déscribed property having escaped assessment, the assessor was directed to assess-the same, yiz. To unknown owners, -a certain mining claim ong--halfmile west of Nevada city, bounded.on the west by claims of Hirschman, Grover & Co., and.on the east.by. claims of} witude of a crim@is gauged by the} Board met pursuant to bank account of the criminal.. For instance, the Bulletin, which prétends to be par excellence the cham‘pion of honesty, ufider the head of @ growing evil, protoutiees it an outrage, because Phelps, Dodge & Co., should be compelled to. pay a quar ter of a million for frauds against the Government. But hear the remarkable case.as put by the Bulletin: a8 ; Take for instance the--ease of . . spéaks for itself: } fe “Grins Vatare Fuly 24, 1873. Ed. Transcript: There is one mat“The following correspémdence was . . yesterday received fr ma prominent jentleman ot. Grade Valley, pick ter that is absorbing public attention at the present time, and that is the railroad. question: Whether or not thefares and freights of the Central Pacific Railroad Company shall be reduced. I claim to-read’abdat as many papers published in this State one of them, with a-solitary excep‘tion, maintain the same opinion that house whose long and prosperotig career was unsullied by any act of dishonesty towards either government or individual.’ Suddenly, howeyer, the whole country is told that the books of this old firm have been seized on the charge of frauds ba Op the revenue, to the amount of a. million dollars. Then the case is dragged on for.several months, : not-in. the courts, mind you, but in the hands of ‘the special agents of ‘the Treasury Department.’* Every few days a dispatch is given to the press to the effect thut the firm is anxious to compromise the matter, and that a com promise will probably be effected. as the San Jose Mining Claim. To P. N. Hanson, H. Hanson agent, several certain tracts of land and personal property, im Grass Valley. township. To Frank Bosquet & Co., a certain mining claim, water right and ditch, and improvements in Nevada’ township. The following applications for reduction’ accompanied’by the necessary affidavits, were received and filed from R. B. Patton, asking that the valuation-of certain-mining— ground} assessed to him, be reduced to a more reasonable valuation, “R. B. Patton beirg sworn deposes and says that his property is assessed in excess of its valne and wnjust as compared to contiguous simi ground. Thinks it valued at more than $1,000. Matter taken under advisement. From the Daisy Hill Mining Company, Grass Valley township, Wm. Watt, agent, asking for reduction in the valuation of the Daisy Hill mine and improvements from $3,000 to $1,500. Taken under advisement, R. Finnie, of Grass Valley township, appeared in answer to citation to appear and show cause, &c., and being sworn deposes and says that he considers the assessment as listed . by the Assessor as just and fair, and that a higher valuation than that so listed would be unjust and unreasonable. Matter taken under advisement, . é Application accompanied by afidavit of J. L. Holland, agent for the Erie Mining Company, asking for reduction from the sum of $30,000 to $15,000 in the valuation of their mining property. Application filed. J. L. Holland, being sworn, deposes and says: I donot consider the ledge worth anything. The mine is only worth what the machinery will sell for. .Do not think the machinery would sell for $10,000. There is no pay roek in sight. Taken under advisement. Wm. Wolf, Nevada township, sworn, deposes: At the time my stock was assessed I had a small stock of grain and ‘bran which the Assessor did not see. Ido not think my assessment ought to be raised. Do not think my property is worth more than the amount listed by the Assessor. “Upon application, accompanied by affidavit, showing that the property assessed had been destroyed by fire, the assessmient on the property of M. Bremond is ordered canceled, ~ Av Isoard appeared in answer to citation, and being sworn deposes and says: I do not think I could sell my property for more than it is as sessed at. The valuation is high enough. On motion adjourned until tomorrow at 2-0'clock P. m. T. C. Pronxert, Clerk. —_— great deal of flourish that the whole thing has been settled by the payment to the Government of over a quar erof a million of dollars.:. Now, what is the effeet upon the public mind? With only these meagre facts made known, is not the inevitable effect the blasting forever of the es“tablished reputation of that firm for honorable dealing? But it so happened that in this case the details of the miserable bustness were brought to light; and they were, briefly, these: A confidential clerk, whom a member of the firm had taken into employment out of sheer compassion. for his destitute condition, is in the habit of admitting members of rival houses into the store by night to pry into the business secrets of the house fer their own private gain. After awhile his rascality is detected, and he sees summary dismissal before him. To be révenged, he makes a hasty. examination of the inveices covering a number of years, and ‘finds that itis possible that the Government may not have always got its due. He then steals all these papers, and curries them to the Treasury detectives, and these worthies at. once ‘proclaim abroad the glad tidings of ‘‘rascality unearthed,’’ and them begin an examination of their booty. If this case had been’ some poor smuggler of opium, the growing eyil of the Bulletin would have been on the other side. But for the wealthy house of Phelps, Dodge & ©o. to pay a quarter of .a million dollars is an outrage, for that firm would not steal; though the BuHetin admits that the informer finds the Government did “not always get its due.” “Bat,”? says the Bulletin, “why should the reputation of Phelps, Dodge & Co. be blasted: in this way, and why should a quarter of @ million be squeezed out of their pockets by threatening to bring the case to trial, the result of which would be a forfeiture of the full value of the goods. Does any man believe that a quarter of a million would be paid if the firm were honest? . The method of obtaining the information is one of the most effective and certain for the detection of crime, and it has been practised for years. If, as the Bulletin predicts, these little captures . of a quarter of a million from those who swindle, will cause honest merchants tolose respect Yor the Govyernment, the Government cun stand the loss, and . the 1 crime is punishéd in ‘those who have wealth, with the same severity as in the poor, degraded wretch, the more the respect of the people will increase for the Government. Who are Phelps, Dodge & Co. that their

sins should be less than the owners of the lowest still of the land. lle tallest THe WomEN AHEAD oF THE Dram A Novet Horen Experiment at Newrort.—The Cliff Cottage hotel, started two years since, as.an experiment, has proved a great success. The colony comprises « small hotel, Dauegrs.—The Indiana State liquor eight prettily turnished cottages, and law seems destined to create an. 2®2d8eme grounds; the location on alarming increase of that_pitiabl . the cliff of the sea. You hire a cotelas’ of husbands unfeelingly styled . ‘8° for the season; you name. your “henpecked.” A provision of the hours for. yout, meals, and open your law makes the liquor seller respondining seem soor'te, Ainstheenon. sible for the damages caused by. the os ne Zope sree) bee bis purchaser. In order to escape these . PC non? 30u never Rear of a. ook: penalties the saloon keepers of Bluffbeh pan ne fe gaan a ae town have notified all married wo-. tage you get aservant to attend to men that if they do not wish liquor usbands and lovers in Biufftown. The bachelors and the cued will are at breakfast, puts your chambers the bars to that effect. The same . ke given, The company provides to wish to be kept from the intoxicating . and sends the food cocked from the of wives who are willing their hus-. with all the delights of a tousekeepof a claim to damages therefrom. It is a — Such a luxurious manner. of have a clear field to themselves if the oemy Semstnte oan ee A chambermaid comes sold to their husbands, all they have to rights; and the grounds are well privilege is extended to unmarried ew. . each cottage every necessity and luxcup. But this is notall. The sell-. hotel. You live in your own house bands shall drink when and where . er; ang yon have all the freedom living could not failto be popular it has proved extremely ular and de Letter, ‘refer, It has been a matter of. sur". prise to many: “think our local jourthat a document now on file.in this Court, “. straps. All lumber to be of eprace tree the masses fipon the subject. . Phelps, Dodge & Co., one of the few . Arbogast. ——— saa 2 = ri : : whieh has-chanced foes ot Mam. "fo San Jose Co., Wm. Bennett . every reader.of the Den, pu pied acca eons domes Prominent . agent, certain miningground known . at this place» must know to whom I nal bas never had a word on the subject, or contal word that would wound the sen feelings of Lord Stanford & Con, What c:n this meati? Is it because Stanford & Go: advertise their railroad time table in its columns? To be sure itis one of the most promihent advertisements in the paper, and doubtless they receive good pay for it, but I am not prone to believe, that its silence upon the subject bas anything to de with that. Atrw. Yesterday évening at abont half past six, the flag staff of the Pennsylvania Engine Company fell with a crash! The bottom of the pole was rotted entirely off. Mrs, Haskins, who was passing at: the time, narrowly escaped being caught by it. It fell on Havéll’s building, breaking in two pieces. * PROBATE NOTICE. See of California, County of Nevada. kK) In the Prohate Court. I the matter of the Estate of E. W. Brown, deceaset. Pursuant to an order of this Court made this day, notice is hereby given, that Thursday, the seventh day of August. A. D. 1873, . at two o’clock, P. M., of said day, at the Court Room of this Court. in the County of Nevada, has been appointed for hearing the application of Lucy 8. Brown praying purporting to be the last Will and testament of E. W. Brown, deceased, be admitted to probate, and that letters of administration with wil) annexed be issued thereon to said: petitioner, at which time and place al. persons interested therein may a pear and contest the same. Nevada, July 24th, 1873. T. 0. PLUNKETT, Clerk.’ By Jno. Pattison. Deputy. Niles Searls, Atty for Petitioner. j25 DR. JAMES SIMPSON, SURGEON, Etc. TAAL AY be found at his Old Office, adjoinirg A. B. Brady's, r= Main Street, Grass Valley, ° Professional calls .from any part of the country promptly attended to. jy23 SEALED PROPOSALS. EALED PROPOSALS will be received at the County Clerk's office, Nevada City, or at William Dawn’ office, Grass Valley, until Tuerday, July 29th, 1873, 1 o’cl’k P. M, for the purpose of building a bridge acenes ha ga) Creek,.at ipiteer ays Di. mensions of bridge as follows: ents © be built of cobble wall in the bed 16.feet long on each shanecden to ot higher aba be one foot than ent bridge. Wings 20 feet on each s.de, same dimension as abutments, wall joints to be broken ; all te be pointed, 2-3 cement and 1-3 lime and sand ;: wall one 16 and one 20 feet long, 16x10" inches,. to be erage lime™ ‘sand, Snan of ge it in clear ; stringers 10x16, 3 1-2 feet apart. to be well bracedand notched down ome inch on each end. Planking 4x12, 14 ft long. Railingon each side of bridge 4x6. striped down with from ssp, bridge plarike well sp ehds of wall to be filled up even with the bridge. A bond of donble the will be required of ti ¢ couplets ex +» . WM. DAWs, Commissioner. Grass Valley, July 22.1873. Wanted. Young Man of st habits, ¢ penman and oor ane job of most any kind. Wages no icular object. . W. H, BOSTON, Nevada City. v ¥y22 Finest Coffee in the World! MARDEN & MYRICK, San Franciaco. oe i ‘© burnt and ground Coffee, in N is equal to that of Marden & Hyrick Try it, and we guarantee will nev -ase_any—other,-It-ecan be cer in this county. It has been in use over twenty years, the people have decided THE BEST. — Take no other kind if you want good fan Francisco, July 16th, 1873. Political Announcements, For County Clerk. — y Clerk. Subject tc th i the Republican County Cogpgintion, ae ‘For County Recorder, K. SPENCER of. Grisé Valley, is \ V e hereby announced as a candid: for County Recorder, subject to the sen, For Supt. of Schools, YF, McGLASHEN, of Truckee, ix be announced as & candida*e Tor Lie ty Superintennent of Schools, Subject to the + Monroy E7 H. DAVIDSON is] arcty: lic. @ ced a8 a Candida: e for Rice of Ww a ry the office of sion of the Republican County Convention _ as any other citizen here, and every . . ~ For Coun ur ty Treasurer. } J ees comme is-hereby’r nnounred as eandidate for County Treasurer, Sub. ject to the decision of the Republican Couuty Convention.. _For County Treasurer. i ~ GOLDSMITH is hereby announced A e@ 28a candidate for the office of County Treasurer Ot Nevada County. Subject to the decision of the Kepublican County Convention. For Sheriff. \. P. SANFORD. de hereby annoanted ‘of Nevada county, tubject to the decision of the Republican Couuty Convention, For Co. School Superintendent: AXK POWER is 1 hereby as ja,Candidate for the. School Superintendent. announced ce of County Subject to the de. tion. For County Treasurer. D* WILLIAM McCORMICK is hereby announced as a candidate for She ef. fi f County Treasurer: Subject to the decision of the Republican County Conven. tion. = j For Sheriff. ed OSEPH PERRIN is hereby announced ey asa candidate for the officeof Sheriff of Nevada County. Subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention. For County 1 Recorder, G. H. COLBY, of Little York Township, e ishereby announced as a candidate for the office of County Recorder. BSubje.t to the decision of the Republican County Convention. x ; For Sheriff. é bree’ MEIN is hereby announced ss ‘a candidate for the office of Sheriff. tuubject to the decision of the Republican County Convertion. For Recorder. M. GEORGE, of Grass Valicy, is hereby announced as a candidate for the ottice of County Recorder. Subject to the detision of the Republican County Cenvention. © ; For Treasurer. » H. PARKER is hereby announced ss @ candidate for the office of County Treasurer. Subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention. For County Clerk. OHN PATTISON. will be @ candidate for the office of County Clerk. Subject to the decision of the Republican County Convenvion. For Recorder. M. WALLING is hereby announced as a candidate for re-election to the J. office Of County Recorder. Subject to the decision of the Republican Convention. of Sheriff,.Su to Republican Convention. . Political Announcements, DEMOCRA1S. — ‘For County Treasurer e ish announced.as & candi. date for County , subject to the aecision of the Democratic Convention, For Sheriff. Jims DICKSON is hereby announced t as 6 for Sheriff, subject to e decision of the Democratic Convedtion, a For Uounty Treasurer. EO, E, TURNER is heretty announced asa candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Democrstie County Convention. For As:emblymanJ. ROGLITTLE, of Liberty Hid, A. Little Yor Fite ang is hereby announced as a candidate for Aszembly subject to the decision of the Democrats Convention. For County Recorder. — 'M. H. ADAMS, of Grars Valley Towr ship, is Lereby announced as s car didate for County Recorder subject to the decision of the Democratic County Ooo vention. ° For County Clerk. candidate for * Jlerk. _ Subicct to ocratic Convention. ——— re _ ARCADE SALOON. DJOINING Greenwald's Cigs A teed tied tee ee A. B. CARLEY, oa K én sali LIQUORS and CIGARS nee WES Old friends and new are in Eureka Stage and Express Co. epied,) at 4 “Fe teins, ahcaie: pore % iiamntews Te our want from the big beens, and, while you to do is to leave a written notice at kept without even an order: being women who have lovers whom they ury, except the single item of plate, ‘ers have issued a permit for the use . without a housekeeper's cares, they please, the wives waiving all @ with -none of the discomwith Americans, and, though I hear ; fashionable.-—Sea-si j ew is enforved. ”For Sheriff. game will Ww : "DANE, : *_a8.a candidate for the office of Sherif! cision of ‘the Republican County Conven—MITOHELL, of Grass Valley, The 2 —— pe The Gri gorried a publican ¢ party of it kind of put if He for youn, would be Egypt—in neighbor, dependent ion skin” Chas: “putting u) 92,000 por the Nevad . . over the f We are that way,. . one smal man of #] his fightiz small scal Fred. § of large, . the-best-y season. fruit fres] on Pine 8 ree lot of spl ize Tom’ spring things m His Gigal .them. The, fis sylvania the grow across M great cra done. The © y SCRIPT b "stood at. 4 o'clock The wi was yest Court. 0. W. urer of I terday. six years no doub The . meet thi ocoupy ~the-after of Equal : Be _By ret houncen is anno County cision ¢ Convent resident has for . prietor . where hi By ar per, wil Davidsc date for decision tion, 7 years b now sta Peace. county, An el} Bloomfi 224, fo whethey to payt trict. ] _ and the 24 for a feated t The I ~ cratic . hoist th scribe { doubled . Some dents pi during_ Pwel) Francis withdrs _. Penden is not g The. have pa Providi: $500, a with a . not be . behing San . tet to Would ecrubbi @