June 19, 1872 (4 pages)

TRE ME os orrter eo sane asylum before he could be tried. C. E. Edwins, embezzling TreasThe Daily Transcript vainaiion. :. . ury Glerk; convicted and in prison, i= NEY SBA CIER, CAle +}. ¥: A: Marden, embezzling “TreasAA ry Clerk; convicted and in prison. Wednesd y, Jan 19. 1872 Seth Johnson, embezzling Trease ‘ r) . ury Clerk; under indictment’ and —eummimineicmcmnnienmecemtes . Wil! certainly be cozvicted. : _ YOR PRESIDENT, S$. B. Kendig, defaulting Disbursing Clerk, Interior Department; conFOR VICE PRESIDENT, victed and in prison. The responsibillty of the appointHENRY WILSON. ment of only four of the above sevGrant and the Defalcations. enteen-cases rests upon this Administration; but it has inflicted punishWhatever calumny the enemies of the Administration may indulge in, ment-on all who have been tried, while two have fled the country. with regard to the Civil. service, it is evidedt that under the administra} The net revenue receipts of the Government, from all-seurces, aggretion of Grant, officers have been held . Sum of $2,090,220,196 53. During +o webieee couatability, and the the same time, the aggregate losses much less. It is true many defalcaofficials, including War and Navy tions have been brought to light dar. Departments, amounted to $1,262,such occurred under previous Ad-. per cent. on the dollar, and the ministrations. These delinquencies . Whole amount, including ‘what the istration, and many of the guilty have would amount to. about one-ninth been punished, thus demonstrating of one per cent. istration guards the interests of the . fully collated in the New York Times, people. Within a very recent-period and they demonstrate the fact pursement account of the Govern. managed fully as well as the private a anh namely, “ihe expy pay, penaffairs of business are, where large thoroughly investigated by inspec. Humber of employees. It is surtors and special agents, and only two prising that, with the present system ed by the Times correspondent that President Grant has continually in these cases the entire amount will . urged reform, that so few defalcapartments, through which $90,000,000 . accounted for upon the fact that all are disbursed every year, is certainly . Officers and agents of the Governof officers and a determination to pro. ity for the performance of their duadministration of General Grant have . etless for harm. — not amounted to as much as two + istration, Inthe Treasury DepartHere isa truth which does -not re ment, in eleven years transactions, . dound to the credit of the plaintiffs lions were gone through with, and . #24 his wife, then old people, settled the total defalcation has.been $56,. 2 @ quarter section of land near the lion. In the Post Office Department . West side of the San Joaquin— river> matters, thé Tins recapitulates as. People passing through that part of ‘Tn three -years, he defalcations the change that “has been wrought exposed and prosecuted by the Post . there during the past seven-or, eight $192,638 63, of which at least sixty section is the home of a family, and per cent has been recovered. The the whole surface of the valley is one this is legitimately chargeable to the travel for miles aud miles without want of official integrity on the part . Seeing a human habitation. These ministration. The receipts and ex-. the broud desolate looking plain and penditures of the Department for . CO Mmencing making a home. Two lowe: died and was laid to rest in a corner te receipts for three years, . of ‘‘the farm.’’ The old lady toiled Aggregats een for three . writer of thisitem stopped a few days years, $72,087,073 ti at the house, Mrs. Fairchild and her three years, $99,811,783: 96. Making a total for three years of} home. Itso happened the quarter _ . #ectionon which these old people Now concede that every cent involved in the suits against postmast-. section, and would, had it not been ‘ claimed before, haye been patented order accounts iy in jeopardy, and the amount is $284,377 21, or about! an error, which investigation is proving to have been quite too common lar! _ And this money tempts. the cupidity and want of official integrity . fraction of land was actually included ! in the Western Pacific patent, and better record in any civil service in the world?’’ obtain possession of the land under coler of a title obtained from the ‘cations of Hodge commenced in 1566, and remained undiscovered until the . on trial before Judge Booker in the District Court., Mrs; Fairchild is were unearthed and the criminal punished. The poor, blind old lady was here on . ‘ . Saturday fighting the one hundred Grant is dealing with unfaithful officers; bit of land.on which she had made . : her home for the past ears, and er at Mare Island, California; cash. raat wee. of her husband. It is an interesting Naval Pay-masters, defrauded on dis-. contest. On one “side we have the ‘tant stitions; cashiered, a Pay-master General's: office; in Alother. an’ old, blind, helpless widow. ‘bany Pontentiary for ten years, . The prize is a bit of land—the home Ke gate for three years the immense losses of the Government have been caused by dishonesty of Government ing the past three years, and many 953 64, or only one-sixteenth. of one were exposed by the present Adminbonds of officers secure against loss, the vigilance with which the Admin-. These facts above stated are carethree different. branches of the dis-. that.the Government business is sions and money orders have been . #mounts of money are handled by a defaults were found. We are inform-. of Government patronage, in which be recovered. This showing in de-. tions have occurred. It can only be evidence of care in the selection of . ment are held to a strict accountabilAll the defalcations during the . render the misrepresentations powdefelcations during Johnson's adminA Maawanmovs CorPoration.— amounting to fifty-five thousand mil. im the a¢tion. ‘In 1863 Dr. Fairchild 037 45, or only onedollar on the mil-. ™outh of Corral Hollow on the follows: the valley now would. scarcely credit Office Department reach the sum of. years. Now almost every quarter responsibility of less than $40,000 of broad grain field; then one might of the appointees of the present Adold people went out in the midst of three fiscal years last past areas. fol. °¥ three years later Dr, Fairchild $58,153,776 79. on, and when four years ago the M rder office transactions for ’ pope ee = ‘stepson had a comfortable atid happy $230,052,633 96. had settled was @ portion of an odd ers and in the defalcations of money to the Western Pacific Railroad. By one ninth of one per cent on the dolon the part of Federal officials, this of over 30,000 persons. Is there a Weaver, Wooster & Co. are trying to Inthe War Department the defalRailroad Company, ‘The case is now administration of Grant, when they sixty years old and totally blind. The fallowing cages will show how million dollar monopoly for a little Marcy, Naval Pay-master, defaultim a corner of which lies the remains Lockwood, Girand and Parker, . NT caperd Eintgs, daleuliee in. OO ME. Cpaeticn, on the ' Bailey, defaulting internal . of the widow. So says the San JoaRevenue, Collector, NéwYork; fled < the pees ‘to avoid arrest. quin, Tiago Bowerman. aud Wilson, defaulting eS Deputy Collectors of customs at BalThanks We are indebted to Geo. E.Withington, of this city, for a copy ofan excellent oration delivered on Becoration day, at Portland, Oregon, by Col. David Taggart. timore; convicted and in prison, _ J. W. Norton, defaulting Money Order Superintendent, New York; under arrest for trial. Geo. B. Wellman, defaulting Deputy Collector of customs at Savannah; under indictment. Internal Revenue Colléctor Gould Quation. and Supervisor Kizyzanouski, con-. Ww ner spiracy to embezzle, Georgia; in-. _WW. Cross, formerly of this city, —~gheted; former tled-the-country; lat=} will deliver the Fourth of July orater held for trial. f . tion at. Visalia. > ““Wii. Wiggins, defaulting Freedmen’s Bureau Agent; convicted and sentenced. to ten years’ imprisonment. ; : _F. A. Macartney, defaulting Post G. W, Jutzan has been selected by ‘the Liberal Republicans of Indiana as Congressman for the State at large. = meeting, of the stockholders in the enterprise But lately started at N. San Juan for the ‘purpose of building a seminary at that place, met at the San Juan theatre on Saturday evening last. Gen._O. Evans was on motion elected President, and Jas: A. Stidger Secretary, of the meeting. The President stated the object of the meeting, and the steps! necessary to theincorporation of the institution. The meeting them proceeded to the election of Trustees to take charge of the affairs of thé Company: Eleven names were offered, from which nine persons. were to be elected as Trustees, that being the number resolved upon. Judge Bell ‘and-S. Furth, Esq., were appointed upon a ballot-being taken it was found that Messrs. O. P. Stidger, E. White," 3° Al°’S. Ray, P. H. Butler, D. Alexander, R. McMorray, Geo. C. Spoonér; J. P. Brown, of Camptonville, and John T. Morgan, having received each a majority of all the votes cast, ‘ were ‘declared duly elected as Trustees with authority to.go on and incorporate. About eleven thousand dollars has been subscribed towards the ‘seminary which can be easily increased to fifteen thousand. The ‘Trustees elect met at San Juan on Monday last to perfect the incorporation of the association, draw up by-laws ete. From appearances the erection of the seminary is a fixed fact, et Suicide ef Benjamin F. Miner. A dispatch from Truckee says: Benjamin F. Miner, a telegraph operator, formerly in the employ of the CP. R, R., and more recently of the U.P. BR. R., committed suicide at the Truekee Hotel by shooting himself through thé head. The act was committed with an ordinary sized derringer. The ball’ entered about an inch over the right ear, penetrating the brain and causing. almost instant death. He wasa mere boy, being only about nineteen years of age. This seems to be his second attempt. to, commit the ,deed—the pistol failing to go offin the formerattempt, and some one having taken itfrom him. Butthis time he succeeded only too well. He had just returned from the U. P, R,. R,, where he had been employed in the Superintendent's offices’ He was advertised to lecture at the Good Templars Hall in Truckee on the resources of Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, etc., but failing to put in an appearance at the appointed hour, he was found after searching to be in his room upon ‘the floor dead ina pool of blood. He has a mother living in Sacramento. He left a very short letter in his room Stating where to find his keys, ete., and to make whatever disposition of bis effects that they should think proper and also stating that ‘‘he was lost,’’ Military Matters, The members of the Nevada Light Guard, are ordered to appear at the armory, in full uniform for street drill on Thursday evening. A number of members of the Grass Valley Union Guard and Howell Zouaves, propose joining the Light Guard to serve out their terms, and many of them will be on hand Thursday night. As there will be only two meetings before the Fourth of July every member of the company is requested to be present by order. The roll will be called at the meeting an absentees subjected to fine. “Recorder’s Office: The followitig instruments were filed for record in the @ounty Recorder’s office, yesterday: . David Norrie and_ others have located twelve hundred feet on‘ the Golden Gate ledgé, in Gittss Valley township. : Horace Hale and others to Nevada and Mountain ‘Lakes Iee Company Property in Meadow Lake township. Wm. Sublett to H: Powell. "Water ditches in Bridgeport téWnship. . Jehn Phillips to Geo. Johnston. Interest in quartz ledge in Grass Valley township. “Raspberries. ~ We are indebied to Mr. Foster, on Pine street, for a supply of delicious raspberries, from the ranch of Dr. Chapman, “Mr. Foster will receive a fresh supply,-every day, of this and other kinds of ‘fruit, which he will sell at the lowest market rates. Sociable. The Congregational Sociable will meet at the residence of Judge Searls, Office Disbursing Clerk; died iniaMain street, this evening.“~“A general invitation is extended, & Tae Mrses or SMARTSVILLE AND Vicrnttr.—We learn, says the Grass Valley Union, that the Blue Point Mining Company, whose hydraulic river channal that passes through Mooney Flat, Sucker Flat, Smartsville, Timbuctée_and vicinity, has recently washed up their tunnel flames, after a 65 days’ washing. Theytook out $90,000. There are tunnels of the Gravel Mining Company and of the' Pactolas Company are’ completed. ~ Inclines. are now ‘Wherever this channel has been abeve named Blue Point claims. One of the editors of the, Watertown (N.-¥.) Times is a Greeleyite and the other is for Grant. The. enthusiasm with which each abuses ticles, leaves the regular readers of the paper.in a condition of embarrassing dubiety as to its position and their own political duty. Tue Democracy of Deleware favor .@ straight Democratic ticket, eS St ane eee A RACE! A RACE! Three Gold Coin 3 Prizes! —aT THE— NEVADA CITY SKATING RINK, —oxu— Saturday Evening, June 22d. GRAND Race on Roller Skates will come off, at which time three Prizes will be awarded. as follows: To the Skater making eleven circuits of the hall in the shortest time, will be given a first prize of Ten Dollars in Geld Coin, ~ To the Skater making the eleven cireuits in the secoad best time, will. be givena second prize of Five Dollars in Gold Coin. To the Skater making the eleven circuits in the third best time, will be given the third prize of Two anda Half Dollars in Gold Coin. ; Contest open to all, Wm. Kalegher only excepted. ‘ _There will be a large number of contestants and rare sport is expected. Doors open at 8o’clock. Mace tocommence at 9. Admission 25 cents, including use of skates, Sea ‘B. BULLARD, Proprietor. Nevada, June 19th, 1872. Applicationfor a Patent to Quartz » Gold Mining Claim. Untrep Srates Lanp OFFICE, ) : Marysville, California, ! June 15, 1872, OTICE is hereby givento whom.it may concern, that an application has been iaade by GEO. E, TURNER to the Government ot the United states for a patent to the following described mining claim, situated in Nevada Quartz Mining District, in Nevada County, California, on unsurveyed jand, approximate position being in Section 35 of Township 17 north, Range 8 east, Mount Diablo Base-and Meridian; und joined on the west by mining claims of Calkins & Brother, and on, the east by mining claims of Shenandoah Company; there being no known mining claims adjoining on the north or south, and bounded and described as follows, viz: For the ledge—beinning at the stake rked H. 8. No. 1, m which the section. econimences, to Sections I and 2, on the nerth boundary line of Township 16 north, Range 8 eaat, Mount Diablo base and.Meridian, bears south 32 deg. east 21.80 chains distant, and running theuce nota 17 Pa 5 west 18.18 chains to a stake marked H, S$. No. 2, on the t bank ot Meyers Ravine, niaking twelve (1200) feet on the ledge, as shown. by the onan AERGR -HOGnInE ET 2 HT ome 8 ground— atalow stake No. 2, the west end of ela on the ledge and running thence across Meyers Ravine south 13 . west 1.51 chains to@ stake marked H. §. No. 3, thence south 77 deg. east 18.18 chains to a stake marked H. 8. No. 4, thence north 13 deg. east 3.03:chains to a stake marked H. S$. No.5, thence north 77 deg. west 18.18 chains to a stake marked H. 8. No. 6, thence south 13 deg. west 1.52 chains to place of beginning, as shown by ‘the yellow shadéd lines on the diagram, and containing 5.45 acres. ES All persons holding any adverse claim thereto are hereby required to present the same before the Register and Receiver of the United States for Marysville Land District, at Marysville, California, within ninety days from the first day of publishing and posting hereof. GEV. E. TURNER, Applicant; U. 8, Land Office, Marysville, Jane 15th, 1872, It is by me hereby ordered, that the above and foregoing notice,-in the matter of the application of George E. Turaer for a Patent for a Gold Quartz Mining Claim, be published for ninety days in the Nevada Daily Transcript, a newspaper printed and published in Nevada City, Nevada County, ne He F : jelo 3 . B. AYER Register. , dobn Anderson, Atty. AUCTION! AUCTION! WILL sell, at Auction Seeiee Broad Street, PsatSaturday, Jane 22d, 1872. . The following Goods, Wares and’ Merchandise, consisting of: : ‘ Tables, Chairs of all kinds, ~ Bureaus, Desks, Wash Stands, Bedsteads, Barber’s Chair, Bath Tub, Refrigerators, Sinks, Cradies, Cribbs, Oarpenter’s lools, Carpets Crosscut Saws, Sharp’s Rifle, Closets, Cooking and Parlor Stoves, Pictures, Mirrors, es, Straw and Hair Mattrasses, Bedding, . Toweling, Crockery, Wooden and Tin Ware, Tubs, etc. Also a lotof Whip Lashes, etc., ete, 5 Sale to take place at 10 o’flock. Terms cash. “Goods deli after sale. pee Wo. sigs to air Auctioneer. Neves, June 19th, 1872, works are “situated on the ancient. several other companies running tunnels to work this chennel. ~The}. being run preparatory to_the com-} . _ mencement of washing the gravel.) worked to bed rock the result has . . as Judges to act in the election, and [been similar to the working of the the other’s candidate, in alternate ar: Every Morning, undred . . j Maps, Platforms, Benches, Spring Mattrass. _ y= ipearncncarhe Notice to Tax-Payers. — = eee Nevada City, on Mouday, July 1st, 1872. T, C. PLUNKETT, Clerk. “ By Jno. Patrison, Deputy. Nevada, June 19th, 1872. av \ Brown & Deal, . ‘ Book and Job Printers, — ~ [ Daily Transcript Office, = soecteteientie seasaienstigaa et ee pee . ee She Corner of Broad & Pine Streets. . : Nevada City. oe REDUCTION IN PRICES, &c. BULLARD would respectfully inB. form the people that he has leased the Skating Rink for another year and that hereafter it will be open Afternoon and Evening, Sundays excepted. The following reduction in Prices have been made : ‘ Admission, including use of Skates, 25 cents. Tickets, in packages of Five, admitting Lady or Gentleman, $1. Tickets in packages of Eight, admitting Children. $1. e Tickets will be sold by the month, if desired. i i B. BULLARD, Proprietor. Nevada, June 12th. NEVADA LIGHT GUARD! ATTENTION ! YOU are hereby ordered to appear at some : your Armory, in Fult is Uniform, for Parade and Drill, at 8 o’clock, P. M. of Every Thursday Evening. During the Month of June from the date hereof, You are further ordered to appear at your Armory on Wednesday Evening, July 34, At 7 o’clock, P.-M.in full uniform, for escort duty. : All members of the Company failing to comply with the above order will be held to a strict accountability under the New Military Law and the regulations of the Company. By order M. 8. DEAL, Capt. Com’dg. W. F. Evens, 0. 8. nl TAM’S SALOON, — PINE STREET, NEVADA CITY, ae NTOINE TAM wiuld inferm: b people of Nevada City that he ispr: + pared to serve California Oysters in every style at his Salogon. Iced Fountain Soda, of every fla" Wore Ice Cream, PIERS, CAKES, TEA AND COFFEE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY OR EVENING, By ehdesvoring to please all Mr. Tam hopes to receive a liberal share of the public patronage, and guaran‘ees satisfaction. Give him 2 call. Nevada City, May 8th, 1873. FRANK'S FOUNTAIN 8sO0DA, FOUNTAIN ADE, 7 Ice Cream and Oyster Saloon. NO. 1 COMMERCIAL ‘STREET, Opposite Coes’ Shoe Store,} NEVADA, RANK would inform the public that he has fitted up a Block Tin Soda Fountain—the only one in the county— where persons can get a pure glass of Soda Water without being potsoned ‘by Soda from lead pipe fountains. _ Also Fountain Ade, 4 Cool and pleasant beverage, ' Ice Cream, Of different flavors, constantly.on hand, OYSTERSTh any style desired, promptly served. Having motive power to make Ice Cream he is to make Cream for parties and families cheaper and. better than it can be procured at any other place. m29 AVING sold my business to Dr D. M. wall please wath nie cotta 'thale-eeceunas within two weeks from date. ses DR. W. M. a Nevada, June 18th, 1872. . BAILY Estray Notice. into the enclosure of the su’ Buckskin Horse, with black branded with a heart under —. the mane. T ri ae have the same by proving Bin JOHN tion to ° HE Board of Supervisors of Nevada T County will meet as a Board of Equalizstion, to. équalize the assessment of property, at theit rooms in the Court Houge, "ssn000 WoRTH drinking ber, on or abeut the-Ist of February, a Important /News . TO THE PEOPLE OF NEVADACOUNTY = . aCLOTHING ! CLOTHING! _ —OF— Clothing WILL BE SOLD AT Reduced Prices! \ —BY— NATHAN & CASPER, N ordet to make room for the Fall Trade and to give every bidya chance to Wear a Fine Suit of Clothes on all occasions ! They have Reduced the Prices of Clothing ! AS FOLLOWS : $25 00 Fine French Cassimere Suits for $20.Suits for $15. $15 00 Fine French Cassimere Suits for $13. : $12 00 Fine French Cassimere Suits for $10. $8, $8 00 French Cassimere Pants $7. $6 50 French Cassimere Pants $4 50. ey $4 50 French Cassimere Pants $4. . $1 Duck Pants 75 cents. 1 best Overalls 76 cents. Qnd quality Overalls, 50 cts. $2 50 best California Gray, extra Gov. Oversnirts, $2.12. $2 Fine Cashmere Undershirts for $1'50. : ! $1 75 Fine White Merino Undershirts $150. » $1 50:Fine White Merino Undershirts $125. . Also, some for $1 and as low as 75 cents. Socks $1 per dozen. BOYS’ ‘CLOTHING. : will be sold at an Immense Reduction ! eer 9 clasa Clothing Store which will be sold at a GREAT REDUCTION . Call and see “HOW ‘TIS is ugually found in a. first YOURSELF.” — Nathan & Casper: "Pine & Commercial Streets, . NEVADA CITY. $20.00 Fine French Cassimere i $9 00 French Cassimere Pants $225 best Calfornia gray,me BDOTS, SHOES, HATS, And everything else thet } Ghe > NEY eae I Th John “ requests have not State an , Same im / his depu uty Asse “fice, in . ready tc propert; ~—overlool ~-yeport, require ment.’ The equaliz will me House, o'clock -* jsfied ¥ questes that ti The —ery tov Grass ed up return two or sesser H.d Board . this ¢i Mond: ing th inforn good made went with.the uty A and sands prop ed be B a¢é > Se Oe ee ee ea ee ee a a a

TRE ME os orrter eo sane asylum before he could be tried. C. E. Edwins, embezzling TreasThe Daily Transcript vainaiion. :. . ury Glerk; convicted and in prison, i= NEY SBA CIER, CAle +}. ¥: A: Marden, embezzling “TreasAA ry Clerk; convicted and in prison. Wednesd y, Jan 19. 1872 Seth Johnson, embezzling Trease ‘ r) . ury Clerk; under indictment’ and —eummimineicmcmnnienmecemtes . Wil! certainly be cozvicted. : _ YOR PRESIDENT, S$. B. Kendig, defaulting Disbursing Clerk, Interior Department; conFOR VICE PRESIDENT, victed and in prison. The responsibillty of the appointHENRY WILSON. ment of only four of the above sevGrant and the Defalcations. enteen-cases rests upon this Administration; but it has inflicted punishWhatever calumny the enemies of the Administration may indulge in, ment-on all who have been tried, while two have fled the country. with regard to the Civil. service, it is evidedt that under the administra} The net revenue receipts of the Government, from all-seurces, aggretion of Grant, officers have been held . Sum of $2,090,220,196 53. During +o webieee couatability, and the the same time, the aggregate losses much less. It is true many defalcaofficials, including War and Navy tions have been brought to light dar. Departments, amounted to $1,262,such occurred under previous Ad-. per cent. on the dollar, and the ministrations. These delinquencies . Whole amount, including ‘what the istration, and many of the guilty have would amount to. about one-ninth been punished, thus demonstrating of one per cent. istration guards the interests of the . fully collated in the New York Times, people. Within a very recent-period and they demonstrate the fact pursement account of the Govern. managed fully as well as the private a anh namely, “ihe expy pay, penaffairs of business are, where large thoroughly investigated by inspec. Humber of employees. It is surtors and special agents, and only two prising that, with the present system ed by the Times correspondent that President Grant has continually in these cases the entire amount will . urged reform, that so few defalcapartments, through which $90,000,000 . accounted for upon the fact that all are disbursed every year, is certainly . Officers and agents of the Governof officers and a determination to pro. ity for the performance of their duadministration of General Grant have . etless for harm. — not amounted to as much as two + istration, Inthe Treasury DepartHere isa truth which does -not re ment, in eleven years transactions, . dound to the credit of the plaintiffs lions were gone through with, and . #24 his wife, then old people, settled the total defalcation has.been $56,. 2 @ quarter section of land near the lion. In the Post Office Department . West side of the San Joaquin— river> matters, thé Tins recapitulates as. People passing through that part of ‘Tn three -years, he defalcations the change that “has been wrought exposed and prosecuted by the Post . there during the past seven-or, eight $192,638 63, of which at least sixty section is the home of a family, and per cent has been recovered. The the whole surface of the valley is one this is legitimately chargeable to the travel for miles aud miles without want of official integrity on the part . Seeing a human habitation. These ministration. The receipts and ex-. the broud desolate looking plain and penditures of the Department for . CO Mmencing making a home. Two lowe: died and was laid to rest in a corner te receipts for three years, . of ‘‘the farm.’’ The old lady toiled Aggregats een for three . writer of thisitem stopped a few days years, $72,087,073 ti at the house, Mrs. Fairchild and her three years, $99,811,783: 96. Making a total for three years of} home. Itso happened the quarter _ . #ectionon which these old people Now concede that every cent involved in the suits against postmast-. section, and would, had it not been ‘ claimed before, haye been patented order accounts iy in jeopardy, and the amount is $284,377 21, or about! an error, which investigation is proving to have been quite too common lar! _ And this money tempts. the cupidity and want of official integrity . fraction of land was actually included ! in the Western Pacific patent, and better record in any civil service in the world?’’ obtain possession of the land under coler of a title obtained from the ‘cations of Hodge commenced in 1566, and remained undiscovered until the . on trial before Judge Booker in the District Court., Mrs; Fairchild is were unearthed and the criminal punished. The poor, blind old lady was here on . ‘ . Saturday fighting the one hundred Grant is dealing with unfaithful officers; bit of land.on which she had made . : her home for the past ears, and er at Mare Island, California; cash. raat wee. of her husband. It is an interesting Naval Pay-masters, defrauded on dis-. contest. On one “side we have the ‘tant stitions; cashiered, a Pay-master General's: office; in Alother. an’ old, blind, helpless widow. ‘bany Pontentiary for ten years, . The prize is a bit of land—the home Ke gate for three years the immense losses of the Government have been caused by dishonesty of Government ing the past three years, and many 953 64, or only one-sixteenth. of one were exposed by the present Adminbonds of officers secure against loss, the vigilance with which the Admin-. These facts above stated are carethree different. branches of the dis-. that.the Government business is sions and money orders have been . #mounts of money are handled by a defaults were found. We are inform-. of Government patronage, in which be recovered. This showing in de-. tions have occurred. It can only be evidence of care in the selection of . ment are held to a strict accountabilAll the defalcations during the . render the misrepresentations powdefelcations during Johnson's adminA Maawanmovs CorPoration.— amounting to fifty-five thousand mil. im the a¢tion. ‘In 1863 Dr. Fairchild 037 45, or only onedollar on the mil-. ™outh of Corral Hollow on the follows: the valley now would. scarcely credit Office Department reach the sum of. years. Now almost every quarter responsibility of less than $40,000 of broad grain field; then one might of the appointees of the present Adold people went out in the midst of three fiscal years last past areas. fol. °¥ three years later Dr, Fairchild $58,153,776 79. on, and when four years ago the M rder office transactions for ’ pope ee = ‘stepson had a comfortable atid happy $230,052,633 96. had settled was @ portion of an odd ers and in the defalcations of money to the Western Pacific Railroad. By one ninth of one per cent on the dolon the part of Federal officials, this of over 30,000 persons. Is there a Weaver, Wooster & Co. are trying to Inthe War Department the defalRailroad Company, ‘The case is now administration of Grant, when they sixty years old and totally blind. The fallowing cages will show how million dollar monopoly for a little Marcy, Naval Pay-master, defaultim a corner of which lies the remains Lockwood, Girand and Parker, . NT caperd Eintgs, daleuliee in. OO ME. Cpaeticn, on the ' Bailey, defaulting internal . of the widow. So says the San JoaRevenue, Collector, NéwYork; fled < the pees ‘to avoid arrest. quin, Tiago Bowerman. aud Wilson, defaulting eS Deputy Collectors of customs at BalThanks We are indebted to Geo. E.Withington, of this city, for a copy ofan excellent oration delivered on Becoration day, at Portland, Oregon, by Col. David Taggart. timore; convicted and in prison, _ J. W. Norton, defaulting Money Order Superintendent, New York; under arrest for trial. Geo. B. Wellman, defaulting Deputy Collector of customs at Savannah; under indictment. Internal Revenue Colléctor Gould Quation. and Supervisor Kizyzanouski, con-. Ww ner spiracy to embezzle, Georgia; in-. _WW. Cross, formerly of this city, —~gheted; former tled-the-country; lat=} will deliver the Fourth of July orater held for trial. f . tion at. Visalia. > ““Wii. Wiggins, defaulting Freedmen’s Bureau Agent; convicted and sentenced. to ten years’ imprisonment. ; : _F. A. Macartney, defaulting Post G. W, Jutzan has been selected by ‘the Liberal Republicans of Indiana as Congressman for the State at large. = meeting, of the stockholders in the enterprise But lately started at N. San Juan for the ‘purpose of building a seminary at that place, met at the San Juan theatre on Saturday evening last. Gen._O. Evans was on motion elected President, and Jas: A. Stidger Secretary, of the meeting. The President stated the object of the meeting, and the steps! necessary to theincorporation of the institution. The meeting them proceeded to the election of Trustees to take charge of the affairs of thé Company: Eleven names were offered, from which nine persons. were to be elected as Trustees, that being the number resolved upon. Judge Bell ‘and-S. Furth, Esq., were appointed upon a ballot-being taken it was found that Messrs. O. P. Stidger, E. White," 3° Al°’S. Ray, P. H. Butler, D. Alexander, R. McMorray, Geo. C. Spoonér; J. P. Brown, of Camptonville, and John T. Morgan, having received each a majority of all the votes cast, ‘ were ‘declared duly elected as Trustees with authority to.go on and incorporate. About eleven thousand dollars has been subscribed towards the ‘seminary which can be easily increased to fifteen thousand. The ‘Trustees elect met at San Juan on Monday last to perfect the incorporation of the association, draw up by-laws ete. From appearances the erection of the seminary is a fixed fact, et Suicide ef Benjamin F. Miner. A dispatch from Truckee says: Benjamin F. Miner, a telegraph operator, formerly in the employ of the CP. R, R., and more recently of the U.P. BR. R., committed suicide at the Truekee Hotel by shooting himself through thé head. The act was committed with an ordinary sized derringer. The ball’ entered about an inch over the right ear, penetrating the brain and causing. almost instant death. He wasa mere boy, being only about nineteen years of age. This seems to be his second attempt. to, commit the ,deed—the pistol failing to go offin the formerattempt, and some one having taken itfrom him. Butthis time he succeeded only too well. He had just returned from the U. P, R,. R,, where he had been employed in the Superintendent's offices’ He was advertised to lecture at the Good Templars Hall in Truckee on the resources of Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, etc., but failing to put in an appearance at the appointed hour, he was found after searching to be in his room upon ‘the floor dead ina pool of blood. He has a mother living in Sacramento. He left a very short letter in his room Stating where to find his keys, ete., and to make whatever disposition of bis effects that they should think proper and also stating that ‘‘he was lost,’’ Military Matters, The members of the Nevada Light Guard, are ordered to appear at the armory, in full uniform for street drill on Thursday evening. A number of members of the Grass Valley Union Guard and Howell Zouaves, propose joining the Light Guard to serve out their terms, and many of them will be on hand Thursday night. As there will be only two meetings before the Fourth of July every member of the company is requested to be present by order. The roll will be called at the meeting an absentees subjected to fine. “Recorder’s Office: The followitig instruments were filed for record in the @ounty Recorder’s office, yesterday: . David Norrie and_ others have located twelve hundred feet on‘ the Golden Gate ledgé, in Gittss Valley township. : Horace Hale and others to Nevada and Mountain ‘Lakes Iee Company Property in Meadow Lake township. Wm. Sublett to H: Powell. "Water ditches in Bridgeport téWnship. . Jehn Phillips to Geo. Johnston. Interest in quartz ledge in Grass Valley township. “Raspberries. ~ We are indebied to Mr. Foster, on Pine street, for a supply of delicious raspberries, from the ranch of Dr. Chapman, “Mr. Foster will receive a fresh supply,-every day, of this and other kinds of ‘fruit, which he will sell at the lowest market rates. Sociable. The Congregational Sociable will meet at the residence of Judge Searls, Office Disbursing Clerk; died iniaMain street, this evening.“~“A general invitation is extended, & Tae Mrses or SMARTSVILLE AND Vicrnttr.—We learn, says the Grass Valley Union, that the Blue Point Mining Company, whose hydraulic river channal that passes through Mooney Flat, Sucker Flat, Smartsville, Timbuctée_and vicinity, has recently washed up their tunnel flames, after a 65 days’ washing. Theytook out $90,000. There are tunnels of the Gravel Mining Company and of the' Pactolas Company are’ completed. ~ Inclines. are now ‘Wherever this channel has been abeve named Blue Point claims. One of the editors of the, Watertown (N.-¥.) Times is a Greeleyite and the other is for Grant. The. enthusiasm with which each abuses ticles, leaves the regular readers of the paper.in a condition of embarrassing dubiety as to its position and their own political duty. Tue Democracy of Deleware favor .@ straight Democratic ticket, eS St ane eee A RACE! A RACE! Three Gold Coin 3 Prizes! —aT THE— NEVADA CITY SKATING RINK, —oxu— Saturday Evening, June 22d. GRAND Race on Roller Skates will come off, at which time three Prizes will be awarded. as follows: To the Skater making eleven circuits of the hall in the shortest time, will be given a first prize of Ten Dollars in Geld Coin, ~ To the Skater making the eleven cireuits in the secoad best time, will. be givena second prize of Five Dollars in Gold Coin. To the Skater making the eleven circuits in the third best time, will be given the third prize of Two anda Half Dollars in Gold Coin. ; Contest open to all, Wm. Kalegher only excepted. ‘ _There will be a large number of contestants and rare sport is expected. Doors open at 8o’clock. Mace tocommence at 9. Admission 25 cents, including use of skates, Sea ‘B. BULLARD, Proprietor. Nevada, June 19th, 1872. Applicationfor a Patent to Quartz » Gold Mining Claim. Untrep Srates Lanp OFFICE, ) : Marysville, California, ! June 15, 1872, OTICE is hereby givento whom.it may concern, that an application has been

iaade by GEO. E, TURNER to the Government ot the United states for a patent to the following described mining claim, situated in Nevada Quartz Mining District, in Nevada County, California, on unsurveyed jand, approximate position being in Section 35 of Township 17 north, Range 8 east, Mount Diablo Base-and Meridian; und joined on the west by mining claims of Calkins & Brother, and on, the east by mining claims of Shenandoah Company; there being no known mining claims adjoining on the north or south, and bounded and described as follows, viz: For the ledge—beinning at the stake rked H. 8. No. 1, m which the section. econimences, to Sections I and 2, on the nerth boundary line of Township 16 north, Range 8 eaat, Mount Diablo base and.Meridian, bears south 32 deg. east 21.80 chains distant, and running theuce nota 17 Pa 5 west 18.18 chains to a stake marked H, S$. No. 2, on the t bank ot Meyers Ravine, niaking twelve (1200) feet on the ledge, as shown. by the onan AERGR -HOGnInE ET 2 HT ome 8 ground— atalow stake No. 2, the west end of ela on the ledge and running thence across Meyers Ravine south 13 . west 1.51 chains to@ stake marked H. §. No. 3, thence south 77 deg. east 18.18 chains to a stake marked H. 8. No. 4, thence north 13 deg. east 3.03:chains to a stake marked H. S$. No.5, thence north 77 deg. west 18.18 chains to a stake marked H. 8. No. 6, thence south 13 deg. west 1.52 chains to place of beginning, as shown by ‘the yellow shadéd lines on the diagram, and containing 5.45 acres. ES All persons holding any adverse claim thereto are hereby required to present the same before the Register and Receiver of the United States for Marysville Land District, at Marysville, California, within ninety days from the first day of publishing and posting hereof. GEV. E. TURNER, Applicant; U. 8, Land Office, Marysville, Jane 15th, 1872, It is by me hereby ordered, that the above and foregoing notice,-in the matter of the application of George E. Turaer for a Patent for a Gold Quartz Mining Claim, be published for ninety days in the Nevada Daily Transcript, a newspaper printed and published in Nevada City, Nevada County, ne He F : jelo 3 . B. AYER Register. , dobn Anderson, Atty. AUCTION! AUCTION! WILL sell, at Auction Seeiee Broad Street, PsatSaturday, Jane 22d, 1872. . The following Goods, Wares and’ Merchandise, consisting of: : ‘ Tables, Chairs of all kinds, ~ Bureaus, Desks, Wash Stands, Bedsteads, Barber’s Chair, Bath Tub, Refrigerators, Sinks, Cradies, Cribbs, Oarpenter’s lools, Carpets Crosscut Saws, Sharp’s Rifle, Closets, Cooking and Parlor Stoves, Pictures, Mirrors, es, Straw and Hair Mattrasses, Bedding, . Toweling, Crockery, Wooden and Tin Ware, Tubs, etc. Also a lotof Whip Lashes, etc., ete, 5 Sale to take place at 10 o’flock. Terms cash. “Goods deli after sale. pee Wo. sigs to air Auctioneer. Neves, June 19th, 1872, works are “situated on the ancient. several other companies running tunnels to work this chennel. ~The}. being run preparatory to_the com-} . _ mencement of washing the gravel.) worked to bed rock the result has . . as Judges to act in the election, and [been similar to the working of the the other’s candidate, in alternate ar: Every Morning, undred . . j Maps, Platforms, Benches, Spring Mattrass. _ y= ipearncncarhe Notice to Tax-Payers. — = eee Nevada City, on Mouday, July 1st, 1872. T, C. PLUNKETT, Clerk. “ By Jno. Patrison, Deputy. Nevada, June 19th, 1872. av \ Brown & Deal, . ‘ Book and Job Printers, — ~ [ Daily Transcript Office, = soecteteientie seasaienstigaa et ee pee . ee She Corner of Broad & Pine Streets. . : Nevada City. oe REDUCTION IN PRICES, &c. BULLARD would respectfully inB. form the people that he has leased the Skating Rink for another year and that hereafter it will be open Afternoon and Evening, Sundays excepted. The following reduction in Prices have been made : ‘ Admission, including use of Skates, 25 cents. Tickets, in packages of Five, admitting Lady or Gentleman, $1. Tickets in packages of Eight, admitting Children. $1. e Tickets will be sold by the month, if desired. i i B. BULLARD, Proprietor. Nevada, June 12th. NEVADA LIGHT GUARD! ATTENTION ! YOU are hereby ordered to appear at some : your Armory, in Fult is Uniform, for Parade and Drill, at 8 o’clock, P. M. of Every Thursday Evening. During the Month of June from the date hereof, You are further ordered to appear at your Armory on Wednesday Evening, July 34, At 7 o’clock, P.-M.in full uniform, for escort duty. : All members of the Company failing to comply with the above order will be held to a strict accountability under the New Military Law and the regulations of the Company. By order M. 8. DEAL, Capt. Com’dg. W. F. Evens, 0. 8. nl TAM’S SALOON, — PINE STREET, NEVADA CITY, ae NTOINE TAM wiuld inferm: b people of Nevada City that he ispr: + pared to serve California Oysters in every style at his Salogon. Iced Fountain Soda, of every fla" Wore Ice Cream, PIERS, CAKES, TEA AND COFFEE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY OR EVENING, By ehdesvoring to please all Mr. Tam hopes to receive a liberal share of the public patronage, and guaran‘ees satisfaction. Give him 2 call. Nevada City, May 8th, 1873. FRANK'S FOUNTAIN 8sO0DA, FOUNTAIN ADE, 7 Ice Cream and Oyster Saloon. NO. 1 COMMERCIAL ‘STREET, Opposite Coes’ Shoe Store,} NEVADA, RANK would inform the public that he has fitted up a Block Tin Soda Fountain—the only one in the county— where persons can get a pure glass of Soda Water without being potsoned ‘by Soda from lead pipe fountains. _ Also Fountain Ade, 4 Cool and pleasant beverage, ' Ice Cream, Of different flavors, constantly.on hand, OYSTERSTh any style desired, promptly served. Having motive power to make Ice Cream he is to make Cream for parties and families cheaper and. better than it can be procured at any other place. m29 AVING sold my business to Dr D. M. wall please wath nie cotta 'thale-eeceunas within two weeks from date. ses DR. W. M. a Nevada, June 18th, 1872. . BAILY Estray Notice. into the enclosure of the su’ Buckskin Horse, with black branded with a heart under —. the mane. T ri ae have the same by proving Bin JOHN tion to ° HE Board of Supervisors of Nevada T County will meet as a Board of Equalizstion, to. équalize the assessment of property, at theit rooms in the Court Houge, "ssn000 WoRTH drinking ber, on or abeut the-Ist of February, a Important /News . TO THE PEOPLE OF NEVADACOUNTY = . aCLOTHING ! CLOTHING! _ —OF— Clothing WILL BE SOLD AT Reduced Prices! \ —BY— NATHAN & CASPER, N ordet to make room for the Fall Trade and to give every bidya chance to Wear a Fine Suit of Clothes on all occasions ! They have Reduced the Prices of Clothing ! AS FOLLOWS : $25 00 Fine French Cassimere Suits for $20.Suits for $15. $15 00 Fine French Cassimere Suits for $13. : $12 00 Fine French Cassimere Suits for $10. $8, $8 00 French Cassimere Pants $7. $6 50 French Cassimere Pants $4 50. ey $4 50 French Cassimere Pants $4. . $1 Duck Pants 75 cents. 1 best Overalls 76 cents. Qnd quality Overalls, 50 cts. $2 50 best California Gray, extra Gov. Oversnirts, $2.12. $2 Fine Cashmere Undershirts for $1'50. : ! $1 75 Fine White Merino Undershirts $150. » $1 50:Fine White Merino Undershirts $125. . Also, some for $1 and as low as 75 cents. Socks $1 per dozen. BOYS’ ‘CLOTHING. : will be sold at an Immense Reduction ! eer 9 clasa Clothing Store which will be sold at a GREAT REDUCTION . Call and see “HOW ‘TIS is ugually found in a. first YOURSELF.” — Nathan & Casper: "Pine & Commercial Streets, . NEVADA CITY. $20.00 Fine French Cassimere i $9 00 French Cassimere Pants $225 best Calfornia gray,me BDOTS, SHOES, HATS, And everything else thet } Ghe > NEY eae I Th John “ requests have not State an , Same im / his depu uty Asse “fice, in . ready tc propert; ~—overlool ~-yeport, require ment.’ The equaliz will me House, o'clock -* jsfied ¥ questes that ti The —ery tov Grass ed up return two or sesser H.d Board . this ¢i Mond: ing th inforn good made went with.the uty A and sands prop ed be B a¢é > Se Oe ee ee ea ee ee a a a