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March 23, 1870 (4 pages)

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3 ae teenbioeeale Moynihan, erat
in his place and proddclig # certificate
of stock, said there had been bribery
and corraption “abed to secure the passage. of the bill, and that stock had
eet presénted to him as a consideration for his vote. The announcement
created gueh an excitement among the
"members that it could only be answerod bya conciousness of its truth, and
the 6 tee, ag at first constituted,
had & majority of the friends of the swindie. The chairman was changed and
Rockwell ousted, but the result of the
labors of that committee indicates
that.the investigation was not improved. esl change, and: the Assembly
came out “pure and undefiled.” Moynihan testified that the certificate was
given to him by a man named Morton.
He don't ktow whointroduced Morton,
can’t describe him and don’t know
where he is. The public can take just
as mach of this for truth as is desired,
andthe “committee declares that “after
a diligent search nothing has been
heard of the name’of Mortoy in Sacramento since the Legislature met.”
_ “Phere is, however ne fact which stands
out, showingthat ‘the committée ‘did
“not appear over anxious. to, secure teattimony. Tom Greene . sublished a mr card .
in the MMa"yiting -his-address and declaring that le knew something about!
the. matter, and weald testify df the
committee subpoened him. He was
~~ Bet-ednt for) im all probability becatse.
he might tell too uch, Thas, according to po information’ we have, with a
r
and. the commitiee up>
on this showing, “in. view of the pablic
declaration @f a member. that he had
been approached and that an attempt
had been made to bribe himi; declares :
“From the testimony we find that no
attempt was made to indirectly info.
ence any person with xeference to the’
vote or action of any mietnber of the
Legislature, upon that bill or apy other
bill or miatter before the House.” The
question as it now stands simply
amounts to this: Either Moynihan lied
when he-displayed his stock, and declared it was given as the price of his
vote, or the committee have lied in
sembly, may be able to reconcile this
inconsistency, but they. will hardly be
able ‘to satisfy the public with such
stuff as is contained in this report,
Letter from anh Diego.
"Mandal 17, 1870.
Editor Nevada Transcript ¢ As 1 cannot have the privilege of “dropping in”
on you asof yore, I thought I would
drop youa line jast for sake of “Auld
Lang Syne,” as a word from this remote
region may interest you and alse my.
old friends é6f Nevada. @ar exile to
these.lower regions was very: onex
pected and a great trial, but all things’
work for good sometimes. This is the
city of “great expectations,” built up
through the successful blowing of a few
shrewd land owners, and thsprospect
that here would be the terminus of the
__Southern Pacific Railroad and a great
commercial city. Its growth has been
wosderfal ; seven hundzed houses and .
about'two thousand people in one year..
The rush of immigration and building
last Fall-beat anything I ever saw. But
for the last two months the reaction
has been alarming, even threatening a
speedy, and.complete collapse. The
— in paste ‘nd business rushed
resources of supit ra ano, cal reonrone
. caute ‘of this Feaction is the severe-and
wtéontinued drought. Somehow while .
. here) ‘has beds ébubderit tain ‘in otlier
ec but mists and
‘showérs, in all dees than one inch of
rain, and on this 17th;.of March, the
streams are all dry sand, and this whole
region barren, dry and dusty as in Au:
gust. Scarce a green _ thing isto’ be
seen. Extensive arrangements were
made in the Fall for farming. In afew
places they were able to plow and sow,
bat the grain is burning up, and the
present prospect is. an entire failure of
crops in this county. On a few ranches twenty or thirty miles away towards
the mountains something may be faised, if. there should be Spring rains.
This is very hard on many poor families who came here nai ime f on dal ad
for their living. —
This ambitious city and community
are passing through & sore ordeal. But
of late hope has revived. When the
collapse came, many, instead of taking
the steamer as hundreds did, to return
up country, went to the mines to prospect. Abéat two weeks ago some Very
Tich quartz was brought to'town, nearly
a thousand pounds. It. was astonishingly rich ; I never saw anything like
it around Nevada or Grass Valley. I
could stand off five steps from the. win-.
dow where it was exhibited and see
. the gold. Of course there was an ex-citement,..Men’s. eyes fairly. bunged .
ont with weader. Then such arash:
‘Wagons, carts, horses, mules, donkeys,
blankets, bacon, crackers, cheese, picks,
shovels and whisky’ were gobbléd up
“promiscuously, and the town was deserted. The rock has been sent to San
Francisco, and by the last steamer came
-mae.thoinvestige-. -tie advance: “guard; 150-strong-of the}
army of prospectors. So we have the
prospect of a No. 1 mining excitement.
What the end will be wWho'can tell?
Bat whatof the mines? Well, I really
know nothing. Daily ramors come in
of other rich strikes, but whether reliable ar not is the question. Like all
other mining excitements the epidemic
must ran its course. It may amount
to nothing. The mines may prove extensive and rich. A few may be made
richer, many still poorer. It may be
the means of reviving the enterprise
and of building up this place, Business is reviving, and there is considerable activity in real estate and building. If any of the folks about Nevada
get the fever, I would advise them to
keep cool and'stay where they ar for .
awhile at least. As to the fature of
San Diego, the strong probabilities are
that it will soon bea large city. It has
the finest site lever saw. Is is situated_on & beautiful bay, with an excellent ‘harbor, and has a mild, equable
climate, but its fature must depend upon the prospective coast, and. a. South:
era Pacific Railroad ; without thesevit
will never'be much. I have but little
faith as yet in its agricultural.or mineral resources. ‘The population, as a
whole is made up of a Very excellent
class of people; liberal minded, generous, intelligent, enterprisiag, and waintaining a high standard of social aid
moral worth, a8 muchso as any community’ I Wave been in. They have .
pee ind. to us and. liberal.tothe good cause. We. had to beia here with nothing. * They have
built a church-and a parsonage about
like that in. Nevada,-and have nearly .
paid for them. We have a good congregation and a fine Sabbath School of
over a hundred, _ The singing reminds
me of those. pf tog ‘voices in the onmest at
Dowell,
a
} was held. gi
was largely
upon the” Ph ints!
any applaoded. Selections were
1g ey and a well wiitten essay upon,
ni . the mékital faculdies of the sexes
‘read by Miss Florence Edwards, Ke ae:
Nett on WHS plano, “Flowers of Beauty,”
by Misses Mary Fininger and Rachel
6 al, The poliey_oflevying a tax
Dp ‘pay the indebtedness of Nevada .
School District was'then discussed byl
W. W. Cross, N. C.'Tully and J. B,
Johnson for the tax, and E. M. Preston,
Andrew Stiles and M. 8; Deal against
the tax. On closing, Mr. Cross gave
way to J. lL. Caldwell, who being limited te six minutes, did not enter upon
the merits of the question. A’ motion
was made to renew the discussion at
some future time, which after some
lively sparring orf parliamentary rales
was voted down. The question was
decided in the affirmative.
The following is the programme for
next Monday evening ‘fst, Music, 2d, .
Reading of Minutes, 3d, Miscellaneous
Business, 4th, Reading Selection, J. A.
Palmer, 5th, Essay, J. Earl Brown, 7th,
Declatnation, Eddie Mead, 8th; Discussion—Resolved that the mineral resources are more important to California than the development of agricul-.
ture: Affirmative—N. C. Tully, Edward Moore, M.S. Deal. Negative—
J.C. Palmer, J. W. Clark, Wm. Mcee
fashianable wedding, in New Yor pee
found’ the money to pay for $125,000
worth of dianionds and pearls as “his
gilt to his bride. ~
A PRUSSIAN is to’ introdince am
cars in Baas: : :
THERE ‘re seven Scandinavian
churches in Chicago, with 7,100 hembers.
SENATOR Samnor is prepering ll
age to one cnt.
Henny D'Barger, of Trenton, New
Jersey, aged 74, is cutting a new set of
Tue order allowing beards in the
British army saves $20,000 a year for
shaving.
Who if the straightest man mentioned in the Bible? Joseph, because Pharoah made. ruler of lim.
A New Hampssire jockey boasts
three thousand “swaps” in five years.
Ix these days of Fat’ Men’s Aseociations,it is no longer true that the world:
knows nothing of its greatest men.
You often hear of a man being in advance of his age; but you never hear
of a woman being in the same _—
ment,
A MEDICAL student sent a lock of
hair trom a corpse to a clairvoyant,who
answered that the person hada kidney
disease, which she would cure for five
dollars.
Norr's photographs are not allowed
to be sold in Paris.
THERE is a Matrimonial Magazine
and Advertiser published in London.
THe Cardiff Giant is to be taken to
Europe.
A PHILADELPHIA publishing house
isto issue works exclusively for blind
readers.
A RED headed peaple’s ball 7 shortly
to come off at Bridgeport, Con
JACKSONVILLE is the headquarters
for alligator haunting excursions
Florida.
SEVENTY-Two seats are to bé com
tested in. tlie New South as Parliament.
Nor a single Unitarian or Universalist church exists in Texas, ~
ConGress has under consideration
Nevada, So all things
(echottische) was splendidly executed [
THE bridegroom: of an approaching
pa ers worked so
owiehe heroine st ne. ot me Wook . hight. 1
=. children who never saw the royal1
od al ie
er ATT)
Victron EMANUEL has seventeen .
nur}
F
A xEw kind of intoxicating meee
-Powmupor.of Kansas is known in ‘the
eeas 1 ‘
ee ;
py. “oh [> she iy eo
d RESTAURANT!
D comanns GAULT, Prop’r,
. =-25 cents andiupwards.—
ce _} > ORALS AT ALL HOURS AND “BOARD Senate as “Old Subsidy.” we eal on WELK, e
oa MERS are now called Sholstera ‘aiveme tail! Boal
half ebell.” ©“ oe
bey GRAND :
SOMETHING NEW!
CRANE’S WASHING MACHINE .
The itost Valuable Invention
of the Age .
HEN wereduce every invention for the
ee Clothes to a bas they
all amount to
Pressing, Squeezing and. ‘Foreing
the water through the Clothes and > Wash:
means removing the dirt! Most of the Washing Machines do this by Rubbing.
BY USING THE
CRANE MACHINE !
Washing can be done in half the time. otherwise required.
IT DON'T REQUIRE ANY POUNDING,
RUBBIN d, STRETCHING, STRAINING and MALLING ‘OF THE
CLOTHES !
To say nothing of Pan BOILED HANDS, RAW
KNUCKLES, LAME.BACKS AND WASTED TIME.
Drive “Blue Monday” from the catalogue of
days in each wéek by buyinga .
_ CRANE WASHING MACHINE. L.
MAKE YOUR. “(WIFE HAPPY !
ing a CRANE WASHING MACHINE:
easily that. a emile ie al-Ways Off the, coufitenance Of ‘the dperator
kuowing that ‘Washing Day. is-anobsolete
Ey Me because. the Washing helen is EARY MUKRNING !
THE LONGER THESE MACHINES ARE
USED THE BETTER THEY ARE LIKED.
For recommendations—@" TRY THE . .
MACHINE! Manufactured by
N. ©. WILLARD & CO.
LS Alaeyevilie, Cal.
ells th oti igi
One of these M: be seen at the
Sere: of T. SHURT , Commercial —*
Nevada City.
PRIVATE SCHOOL.
Miss Florence Edwards
Ax
Miss Emma Palmer,
ILL open a Private School at the Public
=cheol House, on :
Monday, March 28th,
Terms $1 50 per month, for pupils from the
Primary and intermediate Schoois, mi5
County Warrants.
Treasurer's Office, Nevada City,
March 1h 18m.
OTICE is hereby given that all Warrants
drawr on the fe! Fand of Nevada
sen gS and registered prior to July 5th, —
will be on tation. Interest cea:
from this date. JULIUS: GREENWALD,
County Treasarer.
NILES SEARLS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
OFFICE—Corne_ of Broad and Pine Streets
over Carley & Beckman’s saloon vada‘
! A. ©. NILES,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
—ovriceAt the Court meudk.
R. M. HUNT, M DL
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
NEVADA CITy
UNITED STATES SALOON.
yoemer of Broav and Pine Streets.
: Nevada Township.
SHEET & PILLOW CASE
Masquerade Party.
_A Grand Sheetand Pillow Case Par
ty will be given by theEureka Social Club.
On Thursday Evening, April 7th,
AT TEMPERANCE HALL,
R ation Committee—J! ‘Roeentbal, i,
Levis, M. Kosenberg.
Floor, Managers—E. Goldemish, L. Phillipe,
K. Caeper, L. Jacobs.
Tickets, including Carriages, #8 00.
Tnvitatiens can procure tickets v1 the Floor
Managers.
None admitted except those in costume, .
OWNERS OF LOTS!
TAKE NOTICE;
ao can get your
PLATS OR SURVEYS,
AFFIDAVITS,
ONE OR BOTH, et JOHN CALDWELLS
Justice Office, Rroad Street, nearly oppdsite the National Exchange Hotel,
Trouble, previous to March 2uth.
JOHN CALDWELL,
4 Notary Public and . Justice of the ‘Peace fox
ot.)
‘LIVE 4 AND ae LIVE yo
Good 0 Meal fernishéa from 4
‘Tables supplied with the best the —
affords..
Tickets—-not-tranefera bic: —TFhoseoan
For Little Money and with Little
preterit claeateifenipt cenit lnhenacn tntqeere dere
wm. cimeweik: :
OFFICE—Union Hotel, Nevada City
Nevada, March 20th, 1870.
Notice to Contractors,
Orrice or THE County CLERK,
> o~ Nevada Oipy, March 1gth. t
OTICE is hereby given that Sealed Proposals will be received at the office of the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in and for
Nevada County, until a ae
Saturday, theSe cond day of April,
A. B. 1870, at 10 o'clock, A. Mr.
for the repair of the Suspension across
Deer Creek, in Nevada City, ' Paige aon
with separate plans and specifications numbered 1, 2and 3, open for inspection at ‘the
office of th: County Cierk, ‘The Board of Supervisors fereby ‘reserving the privilege of
“*] rejecting any andall bids at thelt ects
JOHN J. RUGERS,
Clerk Board Supervisors,
W. MM. BAILEY, M. D.
Surgeon & Homepathic Physician
Store, on Broad Stree
Nevada City, March 15th, 1870.
DIRECT FROM PARIS,
saierigned ot offers FOR SALE AT
Th MOD E PRICES, a Fine Lot of
FPANOY wae
And T RECEIVED mROM ‘ARIS, among
4,000 balls of évem and Strong
Linen Thread, all colors, ~~
» DRILLED E¥8D.NERDLES. Fresh and
Fine PERFUMERY. rr Hand-made HORN
COMBS. Revolvers and Pistols for Children.
India Bubber Toys and Balls,
witcha -~ . BEADS ofall colors.
Hee just ee
ee te CoLoRED ENG V as,
LED LIQUORS ne WHISEY, BOT _Devot ot Seo te
FINE CIGARS always on hand. mo omg al
bad BaR always suppl with the best in Ee
Rechere Bas. tndsample. ma . Flowerand Vegetable Seeds:
. ; = FELIX GILLET,
PERSONS nevls j
pisses calla his
Office m Kidd's Batlding, over Lester & Co's :
Valley and Ni
on the Nevad
nel will, whe
length. It-v
highest eleva
‘ The “
slate, and it <
ledges,—the
burg and oth
The: rock yi
blasting is es
ing rapid pr
“Mining oug
sional mann
ing ought to
This is, witt
way of testin
when a nun
pect them a!
nels, shafts
We believe
Branch Min
is vary rich,
prise, may
many of th
other projec
-entered upc
county: M
to make the
matic and ¢
_-Apples fe
Yesterda;
of butter to
loaded, up.
He got the
said in rep
that he wo
five cents.
way. Ma
earliest fr
fair that w
the later v
this localit
can be obt
three cen
bring five
find ready
A Squas
Yesterd:
weighing.
the seeds
growers, '
The seeds
who suc
squash is
dollars.
John Lar
former hi
a hotel—i
a good. ‘*«
comes fre
pounder.
same gro
contest.
New W
N.O,
agent fou
may be
simple it
piano, al
stitute fi
young la
care for
It does x