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March 22, 1866 (4 pages)

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"ave fear ad a halt ‘nilllions of dead letters a power : inclosing ty dollave i D it, but nothing to show the name world ig. that of, Mexico.. Oneerchbishop, areta offers. Banded property: ‘mortia: ry fae 1866. “Whe Dea Lerren Orvice at Wasit. UNGTON.“A’ correspondent of the Boston -Batuiday Evewing Gadotte bays: Thé dead letter office ia one of the en osities of Washington to the” opening, 6x. Pp dt » sorting of fourteen thousand five letters, every..six hours, entail hard labor; but it must-be done, for there “come to the office every year. Alt that are ps srate Barn elabha loth hes ate we Yaer loving Susy,’ that each Oaek: sad a treet budket beside. him into which’al} letters unsigned by the fall name age, dropped. From, that. receptacle they th ing » where, they are Bryn Bs gains we. as a nev-. eF be, teed, and frum the chopping knife, they go to the paper mill.The great wa-~ jority of er letters are lost through the ; Writers ; it surpasses my Pocate t ot ows origin as follows: Theviver : uprising took place was very . a deep. with a slate rock bottem, which the 4 4. . cumbrance intruding its original channel.— . . The locality is about 30 miles from Yreka, . eddies in the river wore through; } making an escape for a strale'@F 2 chalk forback of the baok, which down level at the same time the bed of the river rose up. As the original bank with large trees along it, between the sunken hill and the river channel remained firm, the natural supposition is that the foundation of that locality is of solid rock,’ with a yacuum from Which the . chalk substance emanates. Since the rise in the river frem last week’s rains, the . stream i¢ fost washing awsy the chalky inw~ and we learn that some of eur citizens coutemplate visiting the —— SoL_p.—A keen Custom, Unatnin Bouse official on ‘the American ‘side of the St. Croix, met a woman crossing a bridge with a bundle in her arms, “What have you there?” he demanded. She hesitated, stammered; and then said.-‘nothing dutiable,” He insiated: on seeing it, she resisted, a struggle ensued, . . hide to’ know how. ‘people can-be 40-¢4Felges, eepecially when they send large sums of money. Nearly fifty-eight thousa came to this office last year » Or checks, or bonds; and how much dngmenpe ain these letters con' ane de rep millions and a halt. of dol te.” Oue le Teoctatasa two one-thouSand dollar bills; it was retarnéd to the writer. jobher -hadtwo hundred and fifofthe Writer. Fortunately the postmark, though partly obliterated, could st)!l be read. Thé “lettér Same from Chicago, waa rewiiled:there and advertised, aud-the owner came forward, saying that wien he sent the money he’ was in so much of a hurry he forgot to-add thé’ name! «The most valuable letter or rather package, that turned up ‘dead,’ contained butids worth over $20,000. All sorts of curidiis articles come here.— I. was standing. by the other, day, .when the x hee contained twenty-five: dollars; ‘two packages of medicine came slong. ites aay: duns; daguerreutypeés, postage stamps, béud-bage,;* even snake, bottles, etc., come through this general repository. . a ame > ( Ispansise * Suadeamreceics tae days) singe, & few, Conservatives. met in, Carson, aud indorsed the couree of Bill Stewart. — As, Stewart has since. taken. a leap. into the ranks of the most, radical, it is supposed the Conservatives will call another meeting and, take back’all they have said ‘about him. ‘In. our opinion, Stewart's last position shows exactly. how things are drifting in the East, and is one of the bestindications of the popular feeling in favor of Congress. The Nevada Senator may uiistaké the “signs of the times” as he did in the early part of the controversy between Congress and Johnson, but-he: -will-never hesitate in “chawing his words” when it is necessary to de so in Ore der to get on the winning side. " THE Gésette, of Monterey, speaks: very hopefully ofthe. silver mines of Monterey county. A richiailver bearing lode has been defined vover'in long-range ; croppings — been found immensely vieb. “There is 1 doubt” ¢ootiiues that paper; ‘‘that.a bed) af mineral exists in this-vicinity that. will rival Gould & Curry: and «Couistuck. The locatiga Is ‘about twenty. miles’ from Monterey, . up the Carmel vivér, near Point: Pinel, aa very easy ofaccess.” “i Ps Hs. UEP -oneaenect each one hun. CostLy Sap Bui.ping,— era ship yards now, it gqstg, dred and ten dellarg penton to. build a ship, such as could haye “produced for sixty dollars a ton’ the war. No wonder that ou ore re still crowded by forvign, bull ; “Tuk <Fichiest® established church in ‘the! ight bishops, aad:about.ten thousand elerpy gos. and rents, estimated at.one huidred and fifty millicas.of déNars, wit’ massive cathedrale and church “edifices, worth to-day as <r cae ms when bus be were > Paneecrated, ted to the mantit are ofa, a medal commem; Burts 3 orative of theit “at the assassinaom alo'. tion of Presidente co oe that there ar Pact umd energetic officer is atewed to envy the whole ¢apture. Francisco, having been placed on the list of Vice Presidents ofthe late Copperhead mass meeting called to endorse President Johnson, published a card in the Bulletin, stating that the same was done without his consent; and that “he has not accorded, and: cannot accord, with secessionists or rebels or sympathizers with the rebellion against the whole Amerigan Union.” Telegraph paid a visit to. Brigham Young's garden some time ago and saw patches of rhubarb, asparagus, sea kale, salads, &c., from which his table had been supplied for the last three or four weeks. and a balf acres Brigham took last year 750 bushels of peaches ; 400 bushels of apples; 22 bushels of plums; 25 bushels of straw. berries ; ‘2'bushéls of peate ;° 25 pounds of cherries; 1,872 pounds of ‘grapes: besides . ’ gooseberries, raspberries and currants in . ! multitude. existing in the country at the breaking out of the rebellion, says the Boston Trauscript, few can show a nubler recurd thaw the New England Guard Battalion: In April, 1861, the battalion numbered one hundred and seventy-four men, more than ere-half of Whom served as officers during the war.— Their rank was divided as follows: ny" als, 7; Colonels, 16 ; Lieutenant-Colo Total 90. contains’ an account o: fell at Shergotty onthe sth of August last. A native who about) A.’ accompanied. by as very loud report, burying i stone bas been forwarded by ‘the Government tothe Asistic Society of Bengal. fifteen hundred dollars fer a prize steer. When slaughtered, the quartere weighed, in the aggregate, twenty-four~bundred and seventy-five pounds, weighed. sum-of five thousand francs by contribations of one sou each, at last she yielded and placed the bundle in good may it do you.” Then she returned to St. Stephen, whilst he made for the light to examine his treasure, which proved to be an infanta few days old. The mother of the child has been undiscovered, the poor-house officials refusé to take the child, and so the JUDGE SATTERLEE, « Union pan of San PROLIFIC.~—The editor of the Salt Lake From two AMONG the Various military organizations Majors, 8; Captains, 32; Lieute nts,ARECENT number of th alcutta Gazette nh. aerolite, which itnessed its fall states that 0 atone fell from the heavens, If in the earth knee-deep, and at the time the sky was cloudy and of a murcolor, the air calm, and no. rain. ‘Phe Lange Beer ~=A New York butcher paid Alive, the animal ty-aeves hundred and winety. He measured: ten feet two th, ten feet eight’ inehes ig ear ‘anda half inches THe Paris wertegaior erg raised the >» whole sum,to be devod States Government. mation, heavily-pressed. uo doubt by the hill . his arms, saying, “take it then and much} Able statement that a Hartford photographb . of the. sailing. of, the. Opposition Steamer saat Xe FSX: wht ft Snr of itt insuffi populaId be rega ont ‘. ander enabling Acts, which vote chiefly enswho. wished. to obtain . seate in the United States Senate, or State Offices, to. p Which ssparée and un. settled people would = unwisely taxed. Dorine the Christmas festivities some wag id Schleswig*tent a'vety large rich. looking cake to General, Mantueffel, Prussian Governor of that State. The gift was received with aiacl pleasure by the General and his family, and one evening it was placed upon the table with much ceremony: was. turned toindignation when it wae found papers t that the-General bad suppressed in [Sebleawig" "Pye Dutch: Fiat. ie A “Mareh 17th, ‘says 60).“Johne”’ passed through ‘this place ‘yesterday. bound for the C. P. R.-works somewhere above. ‘They marched double file, and we doubt notmost of our citizens ‘thought they were flanked by bushwhackers, or—judging from the noise they made passing our office—wild geese. As the fine weatber spprosches. the Railroad ee ‘are adding largely to their force. THE original will of George Washington has been onee more. placed in the archives of the State of Virginia, ‘after escaping the: vicissitudes of the last four years. It is in Washington's clear and distinct handwrit‘ing, and the signature w attahed to.every, MELANCHOLY Aovcin —The Pajara’ ‘Times learos thata young girl named An‘nette Robinson, aged sixteen years, daughter of John Rubinsen, lately of Pajaro, but now residing’ ‘about twenty” tiles beyond Monterey, committed suicide last Thursday week by taking strychnine. The sad event ig attributed to slander. rene THE largest sum received for.a poem by an American writer was. paid to, Robert Treat Paine, for his tamous song, ‘Adams and Liberty.” That spirited composition brought its ‘author $11 w Tine, — was about-$1-50.a word. AT WorK,— The report of the Freedmen's Bureau states that the great’ majority of the freedmen have made contracts for this year and are working’ diligently. Some have contracted to receive a erhatele of the crops instead of money. IN one parish in Louisiana sixty persons are under arrest for Aitling negroes. Pi A Lonpon firm began busiivess on six hundred and fifty. dollars three yeurs ago, and has just, failed for —_ a millivn. THERE is a law that the.duty, of military service, will be rendered universal in Russia, and reduced to seven, and, in some cases, to three yéars. Pail E Providence Press makes the increder bas succeeded in taking a picture of himself, trund ling himself home in a wheelbarrow. PRIVATEERS have been fitted out at Montevideo, to cruive againat Spanish commerce, under the Chilian flag, eS A MEETING of, Kentucky officers, who served in the national army during the war is to be held in Louisville on the 7th of April next. . ‘THe Idaho Statesman reports, the Upper Columbia river. open to, navigation on the Ast of March, the steamer Tenitio making the first trip of vf the season. — William Pemberton at Reese River, inflict. end ing a mottal‘wound, was recently arrested about eight miles from Austin. Suow.—-The snow.. was pearly two feet deep at Moore's Flat yesterday morning. ‘The fall was heavy all the wer. to fhe cummanls. OprosiTion Steampr. Dayi—The: day. from San Francisco has been. changed from the 15th to the 14th. ‘The ‘advertisement will be found in to-day’s paper. . IN Stockton a wagon has been built to hows 24,000 pounds of-quarts rock It will be used in = BE Nevada: . AE dn kee Th ‘oe many States be dvedesdnitied : . However, on cufting ifito it;"the pleasure . to contain nothing but copies of the various . . ; “Pps Joun Penpeast, ikea man who stabbed rt Sars ah, 1866, A E Heacht San Fra G C Grimes Brush C . A Delane de . DE Clark dw = >>> Mrs Leighton do S M Timmons Spenc G@ BMeKee € PR. -A-G Bueklin Cal Hill P Abraham Muores GE Martin New Yo A Beck do F Reis Downieville J Redington do ray ie . mr ee ve ge F Beckett Grass windexter du
A Sullivan do JS Warfield Dute F J W Ellison do N M Barnett Cana h A Lelleabacn dv + saree Maine ‘J Clark do Unionvil 'D Hunt do t povinm’ o J Walsh Marysville Miners’ and Greenhorn Ledges. MEETING of the stockholders—of_the—Minera and Greenhorn Ledges, situated. ie Meadow . Lake District, was held in Nevada city. March 20th, ‘. and an assessment of Five Cents per foot was. levied, . payable on or before the First day of. April, 1866, to ithe Secretary at Nevada city. m2 J. A. MARTIN, Secretaty. ‘Opposition Steamer Day, ,Apeit 14th. Sana OPPOSITION TO NEW YORK!! Via. Nicaragua CARRYING UNITED STATES MAIL. THE Central American Transit Company will despatch the favor ite favorite steauiship MOSES TAYLOR, J. H. BLETHEN, Commander. For San Tuan’ Del Sur. from Mission Street wharf,:at 11 o’elockj A.M. ON SATURDAY, . APRIL 14th, Connecting at GREYTOWN with the moguifjeent new Steamer SANTIAGO, 2,500 tons. For New York. No charge for Meals on the Isthmus. A baggage Master willbe sent thro’ . exch trip. Freight.and Insurance on Treasure at the lowest rates. The San Juan and Colorado Rivers are now fullof water. The transit frou ‘Ovean to Ocean is made in 20‘hours. The America satis May 15th. For further rae th a eae W. RAYMOND. Agent, NW dite of Battery and Pine Streets. Up stairs, San Francisco UMMONS —State of California. County of Nevada, Tuwnvhip ot Little York, before R. MceGoun, Justice of the Peace The People of the State of California, send preéting, to Chas. W. Marlette You are hereby summoned to appear befoie me. at my office inthe wuship of Little York in the County of Nevada, on’ the 25th day of June; A.D. 18:6.4t.10 o'clock A M. to answer to the complaint of James Watt who demands of you the sum of ninety two 25-100 doltars ($92 25 100) principal and interest on a certain promissory note ziven , by. you to Jobne { ston & Co. and by th them transfe; te Pisintit . algo the sum five 50-100 dollars ($5 50) due for taxes — by, Pluiptiff on Defendant’s. propeity Aor AE mpc 1685 as per note and accounts now. on file mu my office, when judgment ‘will bé taken agaicst you for the said amount ‘togéther with costs and es, .1f you fail to Spree ‘my hand this 20th day of March ven unger my iJ 866. R.M oGOUN, J. P. A. a 1 A true copy, Attest. 2g Combs. Constable. tt is hereby ordered that that the above Summons be served by publication in the vee TRAN SCRIPT for the period of ray 8 from Pa date of said Summons Mae UN, J. P A true copy, Attest. : mar22 M. Combs, Constable. J. CG DEUEL,. Attorney and Counselor at Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. No. 18 Mill Street, GRASS VALLEY. SOCIAL iL PARTY. d= 4 Would respectfully inform her friends and the public that she will give Pe A SOOKAL PaRry, AT THE eee and feed. supper sain i a pe _ovcaaion pp mlb etn up fo. . A General invitation warn neta m20 PS i 5 ae oe + 7 “> sy = CARDEK s Oe g, FOR SALE By, /~ vo). %& F, SRENOR. A 1 Nevada, Mareh, 17th, , , hit in ca oa Gs e28T iT OG? tract ABsessment Notice. : d e . ee : Adjoining “Charley’s’? Saloon nearly pire > 4 Ltd f all ear § wa b 3 * ae ma waws! E aber 7 J.P. CILMAN, ” Has opened an In the old Post Office Building, MSGRASS VA LLE Yi Third. Door below Clark & Vettes Grocery. Bigry M*" covsits Ta art of 6 a6 Tae of Dress Goods, Sheetines, : ; Linens, ———~Plannels, , White & Grey California 3 And a great variety of YANKEE. NOTIONS! pianke AMERICAN . VARIETY . STORE Also, Gents’, Ladies’, Misses and Children’s Philadelphia Boots, Shoes & Gait of — style. Gents’ Furnishing G Guods, Hats, Caps, , Kees Rees &e. N B—I call particular las spbheithin tomy fine stock of Muslins, al} widths, Hosiery, best quality and Hoop Skirts. All ihe above mentioned goods will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH. ing elsewhere ~ Nu trouble to show goods. Grass Valley, March 13th. STOVES, TINWARE, “HARDWARE, . a ‘ —AND—< CROCKERY WARE, CEO. E. TURNER, wee LD respectfully inform the le of this city and the surrounding towns tha has wcently received a large . and fine lot ied . Stoves, Tinware, Hardware, ie iy Ses as FORCE: AND LIFT PUMPS, Iron, Stecl, Anvils, Vices, Nuts, Bolts Rope, Belting; Packing, Carpenters’ and Farmers’ Tools -And in fact everything usually found in aa establishment of this kind. erent necens GEO. E. TURNER LSO gives notice that he k on handa A and fs selected stock of iit ia CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, . FINE CHINA SETS, WOOD, & WILLOW WARE, Mery Coy Hee Neen, Any Articles in my line will h sold as CHEAP, if not CHEAPER, than they. re any. place ‘. in this senaty. Cabs pee oe pues scaomarens . Job Work done to order in a ‘otkaaalne Po ner at.low rates. Geo. E. Tnrner, Nos. bade 57 Pine penats Nevada, March! 13th. “ “Champion ‘Restaura Commercial Stree int, W:: Gz ‘Randolph's Jewelry Stove. Wil ‘be opened on baa Saturday, March 10th, 1904.. J. BLACKFORD woud inform the in bears fine tebe ans weltep = / Meals can be had at wit hours«, Neb sant b + heostl q ’ Nev Please call and examine my stock before purdiay THE Law was day. It names of bern, sha 12880 Cc ' Citizens . names to either of A. F. Me made fot must’ mah Native b when an and iwi From thi the Coun! and none on itone Burie miner, ws Creek, ye a native 0 of age. in mining short time streak of working i throogh tl badly cor feet wide pendicula his partne dangerous ner wae ¢ the bank « Gates when he ' _Amoun Mr. Leste from the . South Ya! The enti1 1865; to » es. Dari oshave amount ha been wel which has for miner: county hat tion. MusTe Companie must be r office ono tle Yurk 1 their repo turn betw. vada Ligh ond ninety was the la: eighty-five Doe Ta the presen ing a tax vu son ownin $1 for the one. Ea This tax i the person go to the attemptin; pay doubk reader the certain. KIn.ep noon McI blast ia:clearing a ling on W. He put a.] only about ignited an of the wa) piece of rx was. drive: almost. out were horr wounded 1 left the gt tained ] Liver, plaints in the majer praved an cConsequen ed, and o sions aud ; Fequire: is impurities