May 14, 1878 (4 pages)

a RE APE SER INDRA ITE REE OO GIOIES I The Daily Transcript. NEVADA CITY, CAL. ‘Tuesday. “May 14, 1878. GEO. M. MOTT & our onfy authors rs gazed Ageut in Sucramento. “He will\re --—.> “vive AdVertigerients and Subscriptiong " for the TransokieT, and receipt for us in our name,— “ j LANs SSNS TS Race Between a Dog and the Cars ~ A gmall sized dog, whose master was aboard of an excursion train bound for the Red Men's” pic-nic, showed powers of endurdnce and apéed which were. remarkable in *that animal. As the train pulled out of the depot here, the dog started alter it, as-though determined _to . fe hen at the death” with his.master,. even if the latter did s;eed behind aa iron horse. The train reached _ the Gold Fiat trestle and the dog was close behind, The cars Went rolliag over the apparently sleader __» bridge, but-the little. animal stopped the moment he reached tlie strucee NEE AN ITE IIIS CL ty: day. THE ORATION. . Delivered by Hon. Growe L. John-. son, Grand Sachem of the Red . Men, at their’ Picdnic, on Saturn) ay 11th, 1878" a As was mentioned in our issae of Sudday,the pieenic held ia Ismert’s . Grove,on Sasarday Jast, poder they auspié¢es of the Red Men of Nevada . City and Grass Valley, was by. far) the most successful event of the kid whicn has ever transpired in Neyada county. We had hoped, on tite inorning suceveding the grand <-affair to.give our readers a complete report of the proceedings, includiag the masterly oration deliverea” by the distinguishéd Speaker -of the Day. .A@we failed to receive the copy for the same until too late an hour on Saturday, howsverto-8e-) Hearse tts previous publication, —we now-publish the Speaker's” remarks verbatim for the benefit of the many hundreds who were so uufortunate as4not to be within range of his voice on that memorable occasion : Mr President, Ledies and Gentlemén, Brothers and Friends: . eed Moon, have yexed and wearied us; a have, watched™wi:h hopeful gaze the variéd phases of April, {be Plant Moou; and pow 6n this bright day, as we enter npon May, “the Flower Moon of the Great Suv, who can refase to leave bis toil to joi, in sbovting as we-enjoy N-stare’s Vernat welcome: >; Boo (Hail boitmteous May! that doth inspire Mirth and youteand warm desire>Woods and. groves are of thy dressing . Hill and rie doth’ boast thy blessing.” — ‘Lbe Improved Order of Med Meny uoder wuose’ aus.ices we assemble to day, to spread our picnic gayety. upon these grassy slopes, does not atiewpt ty resist, bat t5~ ‘answer aud obey. Natare’s. appeal. We, as] an order, believe in making ourselves aud,others happy,-and.recognize. piedié season ab a pfOper and luvfnl division of the year which we depominate a.Great Sun, Io selecting the 12th ot May as our Order's annual festal day, we seek to honor. the niemory of St. Tammany, the wise mun of the original Red Men af America, whose nutal. day it is. ‘Tradition brings to us countless legends of his yalor, his wisdom and his goodaess, While authentic history confirms belief in traditionary tules, © ee In seeking sylvan seenes, and speuding in song and pleasure a diy with Nature in Nature's own are j of eres eould indi= dive -4cepiels to use “‘enss. words” plainer than that dog'sdid;we'd like to see them. But he waited until the Jast car had left the trestle, and then : bracing up determinedly, he fullowef, de reached the. other -end in “-gafety; and “when the Tocomotive “ whistled ‘down. brakes ” at the Grove, the faithful dog was neck and neck with the car containing its We meet here to-day beneath the shade of these tsi j;-ines and lordly“ouks, that—we—may—bave-a—“‘good time’”’—that we muy enjoy a respitfrom business—that we may play. It is. not my provinee or. desire to lnterfere witu the play. or to detain you long from the pleasures. you sock and veéd, although through the kind partiality of friends I have been invited to aud will.address you somewhat. * The pick aud shovel, the law book aud the yardstick, the needle Ott foilows. tie custom. of the race from wheuce-it takes its name and derives ‘its nomenclature, Thé A‘uerican Iudian always commemorated’ -the dirtu-of Summer, the budding of the trees, the blosuming of the flowers, by songs und festivities, and named the Month of May, the flower moon, to mark its place in the Calendar as tbe time when Natore was at her best. tae The flower festival in May on Great Tammany’s day was the grand losares;--our—Inproved -Order—oft CONES PNM BF SC 4 the tative of every sun and™ them enter therein as equals. Ameropened ide the ortaly of its hearth p w P a ili: ‘western world.—-CGome,an@ in frivndship-streeg-eutwined, “we will together hew down, the mighty forgste and spread the busy huin of civiizatiof from Sra tO sea. . Our Nation, by its friendly laws toward forvignerssshowed if$-friendship tor man ;.and while giving us an example tobe iasitated for it: inherent merifs, presents by its succvsk Fhe stromzest appeal that can be made for imitation to finite minds, -But for the infiltration of taestardy Englishman, the steady German, the **Cauney Sevt’” oud the euthusiastic Irishman with our owa ruce, “native and to the .msnor born,’’ centuries . would haye elapsed __before the Iron Horse, that breataing: . emblem of Progress, couid, as now, pure principles of Freedom, Friendship ang Charity, ae jactly regarding them as bighe@ufeguards againxt igs grandly, generously @lainied ail} thy illgof life, while prescribing eery, ee hértfriénds, ‘sa fog tad ton for RGid«noe of its fol all; “Coie re-£ tye in (this~f.vorea lowets: and believiig in their «fii, cavy f6r good, nat to proniylgate fixed ghles of ‘action and efaing that they #love ead benefit mankind, vur] to egrave upot tablets af stdue certain oiystic words by the repeiition of whose cabalistic sounds its members may be sbieided from the ussaul.s of evil, nor to enforce a* slavsh adherence to mere custom, or s belief in words or professieus as the, Oly @s86ntiaia of tte but to impress deep down in the breast of every B other that withont action all language is pnanght, ali declaratious of inward gooduess ari bot vain boustings; that in bis daily coltact with tae Pule Faces .of thiea:rta be oxust be wbat he seems, and seeuw) What be is; he must praclice aumagst oreu the —prinuetpl+s travel straight three thousand miles . through one Nution, ons Country Lever—which floated but one fligTLbis principle of Friendship toward all isa fonndation’ stone quatried from the record of this Union, anu upon it with others equally govu the saperstracture of our order is securely based. _. : “We learn also fromthe study of out Order of that freedo!™ whica our they have sasredly bequeathed to the country they loved so well and prophesied so much for. A freedom from Barrow’ restraints upon life and‘ubor, frow kingcraft-and priesterafr, ffm ‘all that fetters the spirit of investigation, or impédes true progress,—a _ freedom"that Was not made to periab, . but which will increase and clarify witb the years of tbe Nation it makes immortal This freedom, this soil, and which Savage Red Men they found wpon} Iéarned at the Council Fire, be Wisi . be trae to bis avowais and hitser:f, loyal to the faith te votuntarity-em= braved,-and ativing exemplar cf tue virtue und bewaiy-of tbe or er Wi0se swelling tide of pnirnty be has becom~ a part. . : We seek to teach here in cur Wigwams to turn away—‘* From ali vain pomps and shows,’ » From the pride that ov rilows, From alt the narrow rales “And sabicties of schools, And the craft of toague and pen: —* *_ the sina 5Te thought By the Grest Master tauht, — And that remainetu sill: Not he that repeateth the name, bat he that docta the wili—” of the Great Spirit sbel be-t falfill the purpose of his being, aud~ shail surely so live t. tit the star of bis life shall aot go down bebind the clouds of darkness und of deat.; but ata] merge in tue effalyent glories of the roat W init ‘ re \AFCAT Vt e-theone_of Hesnwen OS BOR OF-SS etek ‘S¢hulthess,C W Hitt, Manhood; F —Aud-the tune conceits of men; __} tell, I W Roberts. Martin -Bepg 7 Dorsey, Geo Carson,Aoe wer Ae . abe 2 Bay x Mitchell, R Leech, D B Kelly. Finnie, W S Map D P Ho oad A M Stokes, J B Holden, Watt, W CStohes, OW Smith, J 7 Robert Cryer. Wa Loutzepheiser S$ No¥itzky, William Daws, E A‘Tom Bins, Henry Matgrove. Sam Fidber, O RWest. J’ M Manning, Georgy Marsh, Thos O:het, Chas EB Milic A A Mulloy, 8 D Avery. A Burril P Callaghan, David "Watt, Frank Sa e, Edward Coleman, W H Mitch. ell, M Byrne, Jr, Theo H Wilhelm BF Harris, Hermann Uphoff A ‘Shepherd, Isidor Hoas, WJ Crase John: Parker, Joseph Perrin, B Gad. James Harrigan, N Nathan, A CG Mason. T C Moran, J F Beckett KE Vogelman, J 1 Svkes, T M Neugschwiotner, W O Pave, Julius Bamberger,-Will A Vollmer, Fred Bamberger, W CU Deamer, C © Townsend: Jos Suyder, JS Keathty-Chas Seba Horace Bridges, C W Ritts’ DE Ouborn, Henry Davis, J-D Meek —p— Meagher, “RG Roberts, ‘Thomas Cloke, L>R. Webster, S D Bosworth Ajexander Henderson, Joho-L Smith. Sanuel Granger, A J Foster, C E Helfrich. JC Clough, BE W Heywood, Wm Watt, 8S GLewis, J-a Coleman, W MeCornick, George Fletcher, Cornél#hs ‘Taylor, 8 Buoy. M Thomas, P Englich, Wm Camp-— bell, Wm H Montgomery, .M Me Donough, Jas F Judd; no Jobiiteton AD. ‘lower, « Chas Mek lvy.t D iY Hugbes, H H-» Haskins, Erastus Bind, G W Béearn, J A Seely, JB Brown, J S‘'Thompson, J I Caldwell, A H Hanson, Join A. Rapp, D Wellington, AH Eddy,’ Sevtt,-John-— Dannichf, G W Smith,-a he H V Reardan, Geo © Gaylord, J & Kiumsey, RM Hunt, Geo.F Jacobs, M Rosenberg, Geo W Welch, J. M. 3 the race a “dead heat.” Teachers? Examination. “Weare requested by the CountySuperintendent of Schools, to state that a special meeting of the County Board of Examination wilt be held in this city, June ist, to consider ap——~———plications for renewats-of tertiticates-. whieh expire the 4th of June, The County Board have. decided to renew only those certificates which are -of the required per centage,-as fixed by the Siate Board of Examination, -_to wit: 85 per cent for first grade, -and 80 per cent for seeondor third grade certificates, . 'The cause, of the special. meeting #8 to prevent the lapse of certificates during the interval between the time of meeting as _. fixed by the old and the amended law. Yormerly the examinations were begun on the first Wednesday in June, bat by the amendéd Jaw they commence on the last Wednesday in { “June. Teachers interested will send their applications to the County Saperintendent, ee Couuty Court Calender. —May Term. The criminal cases were set for \ trial inthe County Court, yesterday, as follows: People vs. Ah Sam and Ah Jim. J, M. Walling, Attoraey forthe defendants. May 21st. People vs. Ah SlanfJ. B. Johnson, Attornéy for; defendant. May 22d. People vs. Wim, Selliman. — G,. 8. Hupp, Attorney for defendant. “ May People vs. James A. Carter, Cross and Burroughs, Attorneys for de‘fendant. May 28th, People vs, Bd Robinson. H. V. Reardan, Attorney for defendant. May 23rd, _ People vs. Frank Brown, J.-J; Caldwell, Attorney _.for—defendant. May 24th. © People va. John Brown. Caldwell, May 24th, People-ws. Frawk:Smith? © J. 1 Caldwell, Attorney for defendant.’ May 24. Pedple vs, Frank alias Dexter. J.T. Caldwell, Ai torpey for: defendant. May 24th, People va Frank Brown. F. De Lanza, Attorney for defeadant. May Lath, oh ce Bis o EE People vs. John Brown. F. De Lanza, Attoravy for defendant. May Bth. re People vs. Frank Smith, F. De Lanza, Attorney for defendant. May 25th. People ve. James Johnson. “F. De Lanza, Attorney for defendant, May 25tb. ; People ve. Thos. Howard. F. Du ~ Lanza, Attorney for defendant, Mas 4 Attorney for defendant. at 25th. rae ‘People vs. Long Ah Coon. W, D Long, Attorney lor defendant. M.) 20th, i whawo% ‘bhe prisofers'against whom indie: ments ad ween found, withodt a single exception, plead. ““not. guilty, . eel -* Securr seats“ for the Jubila plain Rave’been laid aside to-day, nut to hear speeches, but-to enjoy ua romp “out dbors” freed. from the tesiraint Of fashions rale, to frolic Wifb each other and ta “drink refresiing dfatights of Nuture’s bogsteous: Lhe necessity for tais occasioual reds%stiou from-basinessis reknowledged by all, C.vilized man bat échos the words of-the barbarian in Chitming that play time is aw-éssential to the progress of. humanity, ws labor or food or air. Pie tomeiy proverb, “all work “and no play mikes Jack a dullb y,’’ we all believe, Perfiaps to amend it-soas to read all. work saud no play makes Juck a nuisance,” would be buiter, lur notulng seems to me more out of place in this world, than the percoustaut toil, whe refuses to: join in pastime, aud regards pic-nics asa -waste of time. —Nuture herself invites us to rest and to play, both by exumple and precept. Every babbitug brook, every swaying twig 4:44 fragrant flower invites us to play, the House dog with joyful bark and the lion rearing soft to mate and cub, ¢ailalikeu on man to take,from busy carea vac ition full of happy pliy. The witter mouths come upun the toilers of Nature by land aud sea, aud bid them-stay their task. ‘lve winds of November, tue whistling of December blists; and the booming of February tloods, give warning to mao thit Nature bas ceased’ ber Lisbors aud is recuperating that_vigor she exeried so strougly daring spring, Bummer and wutuaid for his Welfare. ‘Chen when tlie victorious lance of spriug bas released river and stream irom thy bonds that. Jack Frost placed upon them, when the warm breath of April bas lovingly “caressed “the Gurth and whispéred new life to shrub and tred and flower and beast aud birdaod mau, Nature rouses from her winter slumber, robes heiselfin garments gay, -and calls Upon maukind to visu ber in forest and fivid wand evjoy ber “happiness. Burstiug thé chains taut heid het subjects captive, while she southed aud strengtusned by peacefal rest ‘ber.’ wasted energies, she puis their myriad fidgers to their tusk of draping: ber lovely form, She carpets the jaud with twe velyer of green grusses tuat wave a kissing welcome to tue tet taut trample through (bem. She dots t.8 sweiling uillsidé with the daisy apd tue fern, aud CroWiis its crest with the gvlden grain. She bids tue blue eyed violet open wide its beauties in the lowly plub. She clothes the trees with bright leaves of every hue avd tint that reflees aud-rvai the gorgeous rainbow of tue sky. Sue taps tav. secret springs of eloudembracing rocks with her «magic wand, aud straight they pour tie tipping music of ranting brovss aud fivers through tne jupd. She maketa the air redoieut with sweet perfame of bud ani biossumw, of orchurds pruned wud tigled groves, vt red lipped rose wud white cheeked ly. Sve sofiy breathes among tae wouds aud the birds, sWeet sougsters of Heaven peal forta their juyous botes of melody and praise frow every limb and brauch. Swe custsa Wetuing f-own upun tue clouad and telupest, bids (ue suuin)regal spleudoc light the world to’ ddys of caim, aud peace” of quiet “and of love, Phew kuocks ber messenger at ‘h. decor of every bumean heart with tuis: “Uome. Ob, Mun-—-Come prou. de-t -baudiwork of Nature and of N»tare’s Gud—Gome unto my bowers. Oease thy labor. Forsuke tu: task, wud spend’a day with nature for dof it is the Merry wonih of ay. Wilo\ ¢ah resist the silent voquenee yf Nature? ih. decline ver iny.tactol ? Ail have feit the ebilling influencevi January, tae eoldomecn, ani! subm.ttyt 16 tue ‘“disdutiforts ‘oi vebruary, tae Suow Muon; the in. Concert, uext Friday evening. tee Pe MB Fi. 3 Pa feast of pure air-nud pleasant views,/ Son Who sees no-enjoyment—but—int gata dwyot the Tribe or Nation, and in its due observance the aged prophet, the valiant chief, the sturdy warrior and the aspiring brave united with withered crone, hardy matron and beautiful” Miiden in” equal téivor. The Improved Order-of Red Men . does wisely in following this precedent set by the wild race that once dominated the broad area ot North America, for the performance. of / thts-ancient custom of “our progeni=T tors will breed peace in.the land and. bring happiness to the peoplé—that we glean from our ritual, was: of America, was purtured by the wild Red Man that once poised his arrow where great cities now, staud; was Proclilmed’ of civilization in tue] snoke of Banker Hill and Yorktown, Strength “in the prim Cemetery of Gettysburg -and—_the---war-vexed swainps of the Wilderness. Our Order teaches us to love that friend. barbaric tribes that once formed their—leagues and’ covenants—on Ship_and “that treadoam as did thet Inasmuch as Red Manship does thus huwbly follow the example of “Him who ‘spake ‘as bever man spake before or since,’’ and seeks to Llucuica.e¢ upon its followers the sume. great -trath -by Him first. tauzit, and -christend anew in refalgent fand to present a rattying place where all the workers of cr atton wide eon meetand become imbued with i's quickeulng grace, it is an Order to be revered, waiutsined and prop.Wuthng, CE Molioy A Isoard, HS Welch, A R W dsworth, W DVinton, J P Holeomb,y M Boffington Jr, BE H Gaylord, A Nivens Jr, Wm omth, E W Bigelow, A. T Laird, “Lo Sukefsrty, WTH Crawford. J B Coin, GE Withington, W. Co Groves, T W = Sivourney, A. Walrack, RC Walrath, C Einfeldt, Jos. Thomas, J N Pavne, “M Garver, Jcho Webber, D W_ Ridley. D W aited. That it does so teich, we firinly believe; aud we ask of you ibat are not of. ato examine ony Aliyn,R -D Cut-r, George E Turner, A Binowentoal, Gv Schmittherg, A Taliabit is. Lhe anglo Saxon race cannot have too many holidays, the Yankee Nation néeds to be led in the direction . of more play gpelle—not the lessening’ of the few already enjoyed. “More 4th of July, 12ta of Muy, 22.1, of February, aud 26:h of Apel would bé of great assistance to tne health and comfort of our osople, We celebrate, ulyo, this day as an order that *@ may more publicly annoneca._our._atiachment to the Ameniwan traditions aud eustoms up‘on which we base the ritual and usages of our hve We are proud to claim tois orde# as of American origau solely, and we agk you,. as wita us thet the Iatproved Order of Kod Men is a legitimate’ outgrowth of America, that itis a home production of the land we are happy to etH-ourowb, the results of tne romunce and reality of tae New World, atd notan importation from the Old World beyoud the seas Perhaps by delving deep inio the dust of by-gone days, by prinfullly gioping amid ,the Garkuess of past centuries, by poring’ over the musty tomes unedtthed by antiquarian res search, we migbt prove that long, long years had elapsed since the Improved Order of Red Men was insuituted; but, for one, Ihave no dis-position so to do; no desire to silver with that frost thaf knows no melting the scalp locks of. tbe statwart mauhood of our order, Far “tather would I regard it in whatis its trathful and most appropriate light,—as the natural out-cropping of the progressive growih of America, born of tuedesive to perpetrate the unwritten chronicles of prehistoric days in Columbia, and of that craviog felt by men becoming freed from the repressive influences of Procrastean creeds bequeathed by the rade grasp10gs alter iruth of taé thinkers of the Dark Ages, for— frre “Something better than they had known.” Ltike great pleasure ip looking pou tlie Ordeér as the product of the Rinetventh century; of an era repiele witigso much wisdu@, ebmplising suvh eétilarged methods of inteilizeuce and teeming wit) such tervid enquiry iuto-the oagsts of ull effecis, as berag Of the living Present, nota relic ofthe dead Past When the rule was-= ‘*Let him get who can, Let him Keep who may.” And -while-wewre not vain enough t> taink taat oar beloved: order contiins wll there is’ of purity io the thoughts: of the times in which we live, nor so egotistigal as to say that no other. forms or ceremonies can be productive of good, yet we do fervently believe tet the tenets inthe seclusion of oar’ Wigwams tainght, andy the pracice there indulged, all tend to elevate and improve tae Bretaren of our Order, and to fit them for thet bigher life where we lay down the burdens of earth and assume the crown of eternity. We who beloug to this order, we who utak vf its principles and feast upou its works, believe in it likewise as a National Ordet, as an order, (fut teaches its members td be better citizens of this. Union, ef States and” people. ~ We free fein the Order aud its ritual = that the Un ted St.tes as a Nation gave a tbe mottoes of our pr ed 4 ship. “We learn that our country vuneuauces of AMuren, tue Werw offgied its shores. t> all mankind, citizens of this country,«to rejoice Ttaba,”*-as in Oneida’ or “Seneca” these shores, asdid the founders and preservers of these United Statés. Were all of Amerigan’s sons members of the Tiwwproved Order of Red Men, the glorious record of our Union as the friend of every: man secking a free home for himself ani his—chiltren woutd—be~—maintiined 4 forever, growing brighter. and friendlier‘ as Gréat San succeeded Grea: Sun. Meanwhile the Freedom that blessed us'and them would be jealousty guarded-as-a precious heirtoom of the past, asecurity for happiness in the present and the future. We know that the stady and practice of our ritual makes men true Americans, binding together in a lustrous sheaf the sparkling memories of a hallowed past, the pros perous glories of a happy present and the brilliant assurance of a grander foture, for this land we jove to call our own. While we learn from our Order to thus prize our coautry, and value its history and institutions, we can also learn from the race from whom we obtain our name and customs the secret of the success of fraternal organization—harmony and respect dor the rules of the society. Oh, Brethern of the Order, I oinnot too often or too strongly urge upon youthat which you learn at the Grst entrance in the. order—to look upon every member asa Bruther to whom you owe support and from whom you derive support, and to whom and for whom you must make the forest uf life as free as the airis to the eagle. Remember that you are not members of the particular. Tribe to which you are attached, saveas an easier means of fulfilling your obligations as an Improved Red Man ; bat that wiile nominally connected with ‘Weimer,” or ‘Wyoming,’ you are feully members of an Order called the Improved Order of Red Men, and as much at home in **Qwosso’’ or ‘‘[ra—in San Francisco or Sacramento, as in Grass Valley or Nevada. Pall together, Brethren, pall together in all things. Keep all strife, if any unfortunately arise, safe locked witnin ti Wigwam’s folds, und present ever to the Pale ‘Pass of the world the spectacle of an Order. that always helps its mem. bers, and. whose members always help each other in sickness or in bealth, whether meeting in the seorecy of the Tribal Council,or mingling with mankind in tie ‘Auily watks of life, Z Were I to talk a year to you thut }are members of the Order, I could say. bo more as illustrating your dhty to yourselves and your Order than this: “Pall togéther, Help each other at all times. Forget eyerything, save ‘that you are Brotiers, and, in homely phrase, ‘Stick together.’ ”’ As to the objects and workings of our order in its more direct relations to its members and society, what can I, what need I to say? Those who are numbered with the “chosen of the fold” require no language ef mine to enable them to appreciate its intrinsic excellencies, or its outward manifestations of geodnesa. = To those who are ‘not so fortnnate us to bold the key that unlocks the Doane deor, I would willitelt speak fully as.to what they lose cme, forbids the effort. Tro tis the aim of our Order, as i }anderstand it, while tescuing the @ record as an O. der, to stady well our course aud our creed, and to judge. us by the fruit we bear. We regard our Order ag productive of good to iis members’ and the country ;. we believ. it calculated to prevent s'rife among men, while eleviting the moral tone of society; wr believe that it whl, if its genial influences ure extended, eradicate most of the evils in onr land; aud so regarding and believing, we have stragglet mm<the Pat, we are diligeotiy toiling now in the Present, and we shailever labor in the Fature. to so extend the sway of oar Order— “ That her fair form may stand and shine, Make bright our days and ligat our : “dreams; = pdaahies Turning to scorn, wich lips divine, The falsehood of extremes. ’ Call For a Citizen: County Cor. = vention, Below we publish in its entirety the call for a@ Citizens’ County Conventicn, tobe’ held in Nevada City,on Saturday, May 18th, 1978. It is to be boped. in the interests of an intelligent and honest representation at the coming Constitutional Couventiou, that the residents of the several precincts therein named will tention, without delay, and thus provide for taking an active part in the coming contest, the. outcome of which isa ‘matter of the yreatest importance, so faras their continued prosperity is: coueerned. ‘Bhe call bas been circulated in. Grass Valley and. this c'ty during the past two or three days, and the names of over two hundred Of the leading mea of both cities‘are already affixed to it: The uncerstyned citizens of Nevada county recommend that the people of said county, ifrespective of party or. political affiliation, meet at their several precincts on Wednesday, May tivo, from 7 to 9 o’clock Pp. M., for the purpose of electing delegates to a County Convention to ve héld in Nevada City, on Saturday; May 18th, 1873, at LI o'clock, aA. m., to choose four candidates for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, to represent Nevada. county; also to appoint a committee to confer with citizens of Sierra county; and to nominateone Joint Delegate to represent Nevada and Sierra counties; and also to choose delegates to the State Convention, which isto meet at Sacramento on Tuesday, 22a, to select delegates at large. The basis of apportionment to the County Convention wij] be two‘delegates from each precinct, and one additional for each fifty votes cast at the last general eleciion, and one for each fraction of, fifty, of twenty-five or Over. ‘This will entitle the. several precincts to the following number of delegates: Nevada, 30; Blue ‘Tent, 3; Grass Vailey, 24; Allison Ranch, 8; Cottage Hill, 2; North Bloomfield, 4; Forest Springs, 8; Buena Vista, 3; Laka City, 3; Relief Hill, 8; Culambia Hill, 4; HurekaSoath, 4; Moore’s Flat,5; Boglish Dam. 2; Washington, 4; Owexa, 3; French Corral, 3; Birchville,, 3; Sweetland, 38; North San Jaan, 6; Cherokee, ~ SF "Rongh and Realy, 4; Indian Springs, 3; Mooney Fiat, 3, Pleasant Ridge, 3; Little York; 2;Lowell Hillho8; You Bet, 3; ‘Track : Crea 2 walchdmun? elite tan 7 A Hrrren av, deb deste, Bdewel= L-opold Gaitae, Wilham Downie, N P Brown, J T Morgan, Wm. Pow+ll, Jd Naffzizer, AB Crosby, Palmer Swith, W Jd Jobnston, W Wolf. Jonn Banivg, Geo S Hupp, ~ . D-Jd-vicKinvey, Niles_Searls, a H Packer, Jobv-Hanly, R E Robinson, James Colley, Geo G Allan, Thos, Meiu.— The Planet Gravel Mines Tha Plane! Mine hie ite” tunnel nrolenesed ta 1N10 fort, The Snner. intendart informs the Tidings that he has enmmenced «a winza whereby he exnects cann to ranch the channel containing the gald denosita, They ascend at the ratanfeix feet dailr. The Seeretorv, Mr. Ivens, bas left for a fow deve. and in the mean-" ‘time Mr. M. Byrne will serve a& Secretary. ef aed GRAND — VOCAL CONCERT; BY THE COLORED CHORAL SOCIETY Of Grass Valleyand Nevada, AT THE THEATRE, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17. Two Hours of Unlimited Enjoyment. —_— hes SNTERTAIN MENT will consist of Solos, Duetts, Trios, Quartettes, Choruses and Jubilee Songs. The Famous Jubilee Songs, “Oh Grave,” ‘*Wait till! put on my Robe,” and ‘“‘Where is He,” will be sung by a Grand Chorus of 20 VOICES. 20 Admission 50 Certs. Children half price. Doors open at 7, Performance to ccmmence at 8 0 clock. . . mals WATCHES & JEWELRY. a a GEO, W. WELCH, oe sia ADDI‘a “TIONS TO HIS STOCK OF Xs WATCHESAND JEWELEY, And employed a Is now prepared to do all kinds of Watch and Clock Repairing; Engraving, Etc. ‘Cleaning and Repairing Maotebouse, FM Hathuway,.G Wo NEVAD*® BRi The Working meeting at tuen A social din Willow Valley : day evening, fo schoo] fund.Mrs. Dr. H. » ‘been sojournins eral weeks, reta “\ Batarday evenit Waile the bas « donated $75 to the Chinese-at: $150 for the san ~. An itinerant “town yesterday the crowd whic during the day business. © Palmer Smift irrepressible ‘*j ____is doing San F egy ably will not. 1 ~ than till to-me > Work on? th Grass. Valley , completed toa abaf mile#t.i Placed TE wil drive. A meeting w: ‘ley last night fe OF AMI ZL Le. uy of that place, vy u come sadly dem George Wele ably known‘as : = ing business os the jewelry tri advertisement.t The Republic that the bora g, some of tae inh too slowly ‘to be Sheriff Drew, tived here on S tnrned “home He came up aft indicted by the ramento for ro orm reailery. @ “850 ronnd tr re adi posed of at the } ‘ee the occasion of * ‘gic, The Gris 800. bome 200 ets were also is company. Card « _ The Comm.tt on bebalf the O of Weimer Trit Valley, and Wy: _ of Nevada City, thanks t» the P who by their nt the thousands, ¢ and made our ttration in Ne: gratifying and ourselves, and a to them. We particnlar our acknowledg: City Choral So Seward's Gice C individually ‘au voluntarily cont: ward the pleusu enjoyment of ou to Messra. Davis da City, for the . 8 kindly loanec Our sincere th to the Superict subordinaics anc N. C. NG. R. promptnéss an _Apanifested for 11 fort of the imme: ed over the read, versal courteous all who were their ‘Charge. And, a!so, to a the Sheriff, M Police officers, ax who, although’ 1 not required offic BlAnCce, 50 courte ly contributed, b 8Bance pes-onal: ward the entire cess of the demon LJ. hb Taos. Hopes, Tax Fame or SoaP as a remei} burns, pimples, b Matic asd wouty mend it and the: stantly increases. CHANGE Gray BRowN with Hu

a RE APE SER INDRA ITE REE OO GIOIES I The Daily Transcript. NEVADA CITY, CAL. ‘Tuesday. “May 14, 1878. GEO. M. MOTT & our onfy authors rs gazed Ageut in Sucramento. “He will\re --—.> “vive AdVertigerients and Subscriptiong " for the TransokieT, and receipt for us in our name,— “ j LANs SSNS TS Race Between a Dog and the Cars ~ A gmall sized dog, whose master was aboard of an excursion train bound for the Red Men's” pic-nic, showed powers of endurdnce and apéed which were. remarkable in *that animal. As the train pulled out of the depot here, the dog started alter it, as-though determined _to . fe hen at the death” with his.master,. even if the latter did s;eed behind aa iron horse. The train reached _ the Gold Fiat trestle and the dog was close behind, The cars Went rolliag over the apparently sleader __» bridge, but-the little. animal stopped the moment he reached tlie strucee NEE AN ITE IIIS CL ty: day. THE ORATION. . Delivered by Hon. Growe L. John-. son, Grand Sachem of the Red . Men, at their’ Picdnic, on Saturn) ay 11th, 1878" a As was mentioned in our issae of Sudday,the pieenic held ia Ismert’s . Grove,on Sasarday Jast, poder they auspié¢es of the Red Men of Nevada . City and Grass Valley, was by. far) the most successful event of the kid whicn has ever transpired in Neyada county. We had hoped, on tite inorning suceveding the grand <-affair to.give our readers a complete report of the proceedings, includiag the masterly oration deliverea” by the distinguishéd Speaker -of the Day. .A@we failed to receive the copy for the same until too late an hour on Saturday, howsverto-8e-) Hearse tts previous publication, —we now-publish the Speaker's” remarks verbatim for the benefit of the many hundreds who were so uufortunate as4not to be within range of his voice on that memorable occasion : Mr President, Ledies and Gentlemén, Brothers and Friends: . eed Moon, have yexed and wearied us; a have, watched™wi:h hopeful gaze the variéd phases of April, {be Plant Moou; and pow 6n this bright day, as we enter npon May, “the Flower Moon of the Great Suv, who can refase to leave bis toil to joi, in sbovting as we-enjoy N-stare’s Vernat welcome: >; Boo (Hail boitmteous May! that doth inspire Mirth and youteand warm desire>Woods and. groves are of thy dressing . Hill and rie doth’ boast thy blessing.” — ‘Lbe Improved Order of Med Meny uoder wuose’ aus.ices we assemble to day, to spread our picnic gayety. upon these grassy slopes, does not atiewpt ty resist, bat t5~ ‘answer aud obey. Natare’s. appeal.. We, as] an order, believe in making ourselves aud,others happy,-and.recognize. piedié season ab a pfOper and luvfnl division of the year which we depominate a.Great Sun, Io selecting the 12th ot May as our Order's annual festal day, we seek to honor. the niemory of St. Tammany, the wise mun of the original Red Men af America, whose nutal. day it is. ‘Tradition brings to us countless legends of his yalor, his wisdom and his goodaess, While authentic history confirms belief in traditionary tules, © ee In seeking sylvan seenes, and speuding in song and pleasure a diy with Nature in Nature's own are j of eres eould indi= dive -4cepiels to use “‘enss. words” plainer than that dog'sdid;we'd like to see them. But he waited until the Jast car had left the trestle, and then : bracing up determinedly, he fullowef, de reached the. other -end in “-gafety; and “when the Tocomotive “ whistled ‘down. brakes ” at the Grove, the faithful dog was neck and neck with the car containing its We meet here to-day beneath the shade of these tsi j;-ines and lordly“ouks, that—we—may—bave-a—“‘good time’”’—that we muy enjoy a respitfrom business—that we may play. It is. not my provinee or. desire to lnterfere witu the play. or to detain you long from the pleasures. you sock and veéd, although through the kind partiality of friends I have been invited to aud will.address you somewhat. * The pick aud shovel, the law book aud the yardstick, the needle Ott foilows. tie custom. of the race from wheuce-it takes its name and derives ‘its nomenclature, Thé A‘uerican Iudian always commemorated’ -the dirtu-of Summer, the budding of the trees, the blosuming of the flowers, by songs und festivities, and named the Month of May, the flower moon, to mark its place in the Calendar as tbe time when Natore was at her best. tae The flower festival in May on Great Tammany’s day was the grand losares;--our—Inproved -Order—oft CONES PNM BF SC 4 the tative of every sun and™ them enter therein as equals. Ameropened ide the ortaly of its hearth p w P a ili: ‘western world.—-CGome,an@ in frivndship-streeg-eutwined, “we will together hew down, the mighty forgste and spread the busy huin of civiizatiof from Sra tO sea. . Our Nation, by its friendly laws toward forvignerssshowed if$-friendship tor man ;.and while giving us an example tobe iasitated for it: inherent merifs, presents by its succvsk Fhe stromzest appeal that can be made for imitation to finite minds, -But for the infiltration of taestardy Englishman, the steady German, the **Cauney Sevt’” oud the euthusiastic Irishman with our owa ruce, “native and to the .msnor born,’’ centuries . would haye elapsed __before the Iron Horse, that breataing: . emblem of Progress, couid, as now, pure principles of Freedom, Friendship ang Charity, ae jactly regarding them as bighe@ufeguards againxt igs grandly, generously @lainied ail} thy illgof life, while prescribing eery, ee hértfriénds, ‘sa fog tad ton for RGid«noe of its fol all; “Coie re-£ tye in (this~f.vorea lowets: and believiig in their «fii, cavy f6r good, nat to proniylgate fixed ghles of ‘action and efaing that they #love ead benefit mankind, vur] to egrave upot tablets af stdue certain oiystic words by the repeiition of whose cabalistic sounds its members may be sbieided from the ussaul.s of evil, nor to enforce a* slavsh adherence to mere custom, or s belief in words or professieus as the, Oly @s86ntiaia of tte but to impress deep down in the breast of every B other that withont action all language is pnanght, ali declaratious of inward gooduess ari bot vain boustings; that in bis daily coltact with tae Pule Faces .of thiea:rta be oxust be wbat he seems, and seeuw) What be is; he must praclice aumagst oreu the —prinuetpl+s travel straight three thousand miles . through one Nution, ons Country Lever—which floated but one fligTLbis principle of Friendship toward all isa fonndation’ stone quatried from the record of this Union, anu upon it with others equally govu the saperstracture of our order is securely based. _. : “We learn also fromthe study of out Order of that freedo!™ whica our they have sasredly bequeathed to the country they loved so well and prophesied so much for. A freedom from Barrow’ restraints upon life and‘ubor, frow kingcraft-and priesterafr, ffm ‘all that fetters the spirit of investigation, or impédes true progress,—a _ freedom"that Was not made to periab, . but which will increase and clarify witb the years of tbe Nation it makes immortal This freedom, this soil, and which Savage Red Men they found wpon} Iéarned at the Council Fire, be Wisi . be trae to bis avowais and hitser:f, loyal to the faith te votuntarity-em= braved,-and ativing exemplar cf tue virtue und bewaiy-of tbe or er Wi0se swelling tide of pnirnty be has becom~ a part. . : We seek to teach here in cur Wigwams to turn away—‘* From ali vain pomps and shows,’ » From the pride that ov rilows, From alt the narrow rales “And sabicties of schools, And the craft of toague and pen: —* *_ the sina 5Te thought By the Grest Master tauht, — And that remainetu sill: Not he that repeateth the name, bat he that docta the wili—” of the Great Spirit sbel be-t falfill the purpose of his being, aud~ shail surely so live t. tit the star of bis life shall aot go down bebind the clouds of darkness und of deat.; but ata] merge in tue effalyent glories of the roat W init ‘ re \AFCAT Vt e-theone_of Hesnwen OS BOR OF-SS etek ‘S¢hulthess,C W Hitt, Manhood; F —Aud-the tune conceits of men; __} tell, I W Roberts. Martin -Bepg 7 Dorsey, Geo Carson,Aoe wer Ae . abe 2 Bay x Mitchell, R Leech, D B Kelly.. Finnie, W S Map D P Ho oad A M Stokes, J B Holden, Watt, W CStohes, OW Smith, J 7 Robert Cryer. Wa Loutzepheiser S$ No¥itzky, William Daws, E A‘Tom Bins, Henry Matgrove. Sam Fidber, O RWest. J’ M Manning, Georgy Marsh, Thos O:het, Chas EB Milic A A Mulloy, 8 D Avery. A Burril P Callaghan, David "Watt, Frank Sa e, Edward Coleman, W H Mitch. ell, M Byrne, Jr, Theo H Wilhelm BF Harris, Hermann Uphoff A ‘Shepherd, Isidor Hoas, WJ Crase John: Parker, Joseph Perrin, B Gad. James Harrigan, N Nathan, A CG Mason. T C Moran, J F Beckett KE Vogelman, J 1 Svkes, T M Neugschwiotner, W O Pave, Julius Bamberger,-Will A Vollmer, Fred Bamberger, W CU Deamer, C © Townsend: Jos Suyder, JS Keathty-Chas Seba Horace Bridges, C W Ritts’ DE Ouborn, Henry Davis, J-D Meek —p— Meagher, “RG Roberts, ‘Thomas Cloke, L>R. Webster, S D Bosworth Ajexander Henderson, Joho-L Smith. Sanuel Granger, A J Foster, C E Helfrich. JC Clough, BE W Heywood, Wm Watt, 8S GLewis, J-a Coleman, W MeCornick, George Fletcher, Cornél#hs ‘Taylor, 8 Buoy. M Thomas, P Englich, Wm Camp-— bell, Wm H Montgomery, .M Me Donough, Jas F Judd; no Jobiiteton AD. ‘lower, « Chas Mek lvy.t D iY Hugbes, H H-» Haskins, Erastus Bind, G W Béearn, J A Seely, JB Brown, J S‘'Thompson, J I Caldwell, A H Hanson, Join A. Rapp, D Wellington, AH Eddy,’ Sevtt,-John-— Dannichf, G W Smith,-a he H V Reardan, Geo © Gaylord, J & Kiumsey, RM Hunt, Geo.F Jacobs, M Rosenberg, Geo W Welch, J. M. 3 the race a “dead heat.” Teachers? Examination. “Weare requested by the CountySuperintendent of Schools, to state that a special meeting of the County Board of Examination wilt be held in this city, June ist, to consider ap——~———plications for renewats-of tertiticates-. whieh expire the 4th of June, The County Board have. decided to renew only those certificates which are -of the required per centage,-as fixed by the Siate Board of Examination, -_to wit: 85 per cent for first grade, -and 80 per cent for seeondor third grade certificates, . 'The cause, of the special. meeting #8 to prevent the lapse of certificates during the interval between the time of meeting as _.. fixed by the old and the amended law. Yormerly the examinations were begun on the first Wednesday in June, bat by the amendéd Jaw they commence on the last Wednesday in { “June. Teachers interested will send their applications to the County Saperintendent, ee Couuty Court Calender. —May Term. The criminal cases were set for \ trial inthe County Court, yesterday, as follows: People vs. Ah Sam and Ah Jim. J, M. Walling, Attoraey forthe defendants. May 21st. People vs. Ah SlanfJ. B. Johnson, Attornéy for; defendant. May 22d. People vs. Wim, Selliman. — G,. 8. Hupp, Attorney for defendant. “ May People vs. James A. Carter, Cross and Burroughs, Attorneys for de‘fendant. May 28th, People vs, Bd Robinson.. H. V. Reardan, Attorney for defendant. May 23rd, _ People vs. Frank Brown, J.-J; Caldwell, Attorney _.for—defendant. May 24th. © People va. John Brown. Caldwell, May 24th, People-ws. Frawk:Smith? © J. 1 Caldwell, Attorney for defendant.’ May 24. Pedple vs, Frank alias Dexter. J.T. Caldwell, Ai torpey for: defendant. May 24th, People va Frank Brown. F. De Lanza, Attorney for defeadant. May Lath, oh ce Bis o EE People vs. John Brown. F. De Lanza, Attoravy for defendant. May Bth. re People vs. Frank Smith, F. De Lanza, Attorney for defendant. May 25th. People ve. James Johnson. “F. De Lanza, Attorney for defendant, May 25tb. ; People ve. Thos. Howard. F. Du ~ Lanza, Attorney for defendant, Mas 4 Attorney for defendant. at 25th. rae ‘People vs. Long Ah Coon. W, D Long, Attorney lor defendant. M.) 20th, i whawo% ‘bhe prisofers'against whom indie: ments ad ween found, withodt a single exception, plead. ““not. guilty, . eel -* Securr seats“ for the Jubila plain Rave’been laid aside to-day, nut to hear speeches, but-to enjoy ua romp “out dbors” freed. from the tesiraint Of fashions rale, to frolic Wifb each other and ta “drink refresiing dfatights of Nuture’s bogsteous: Lhe necessity for tais occasioual reds%stiou from-basinessis reknowledged by all, C.vilized man bat échos the words of-the barbarian in Chitming that play time is aw-éssential to the progress of. humanity, ws labor or food or air. Pie tomeiy proverb, “all work “and no play mikes Jack a dullb y,’’ we all believe, Perfiaps to amend it-soas to read all. work saud no play makes Juck a nuisance,” would be buiter, lur notulng seems to me more out of place in this world, than the percoustaut toil, whe refuses to: join in pastime, aud regards pic-nics asa -waste of time. —Nuture herself invites us to rest and to play, both by exumple and precept. Every babbitug brook, every swaying twig 4:44 fragrant flower invites us to play, the House dog with joyful bark and the lion rearing soft to mate and cub, ¢ailalikeu on man to take,from busy carea vac ition full of happy pliy. The witter mouths come upun the toilers of Nature by land aud sea, aud bid them-stay their task. ‘lve winds of November, tue whistling of December blists; and the booming of February tloods, give warning to mao thit Nature bas ceased’ ber Lisbors aud is recuperating that_vigor she exeried so strougly daring spring, Bummer and wutuaid for his Welfare. ‘Chen when tlie victorious lance of spriug bas released river and stream irom thy bonds that. Jack Frost placed upon them, when the warm breath of April bas lovingly “caressed “the Gurth and whispéred new life to shrub and tred and flower and beast aud birdaod mau, Nature rouses from her winter slumber, robes heiselfin garments gay, -and calls Upon maukind to visu ber in forest and fivid wand evjoy ber “happiness. Burstiug thé chains taut heid het subjects captive, while she southed aud strengtusned by peacefal rest ‘ber.’ wasted energies, she puis their myriad fidgers to their tusk of draping: ber lovely form, She carpets the jaud with twe velyer of green grusses tuat wave a kissing welcome to tue tet taut trample through (bem. She dots t.8 sweiling uillsidé with the daisy apd tue fern, aud CroWiis its crest with the gvlden grain. She bids tue blue eyed violet open wide its beauties in the lowly plub. She clothes the trees with bright leaves of every hue avd tint that reflees aud-rvai the gorgeous rainbow of tue sky. Sue taps tav. secret springs of eloudembracing rocks with her «magic wand, aud straight they pour tie tipping music of ranting brovss aud fivers through tne jupd. She maketa the air redoieut with sweet perfame of bud ani biossumw, of orchurds pruned wud tigled groves, vt red lipped rose wud white cheeked ly. Sve sofiy breathes among tae wouds aud the birds, sWeet sougsters of Heaven peal forta their juyous botes of melody and praise frow every limb and brauch. Swe custsa Wetuing f-own upun tue clouad and telupest, bids (ue suuin)regal spleudoc light the world to’ ddys of caim, aud peace” of quiet “and of love, Phew kuocks ber messenger at ‘h. decor of every bumean heart with tuis: “Uome. Ob, Mun-—-Come prou. de-t -baudiwork of Nature and of N»tare’s Gud—Gome unto my bowers. Oease thy labor. Forsuke tu: task, wud spend’a day with nature for dof it is the Merry wonih of ay. Wilo\ ¢ah resist the silent voquenee yf Nature? ih. decline ver iny.tactol ? Ail have feit the ebilling influencevi January, tae eoldomecn, ani! subm.ttyt 16 tue ‘“disdutiforts ‘oi vebruary, tae Suow Muon; the in. Concert, uext Friday evening. tee Pe MB Fi. 3 Pa feast of pure air-nud pleasant views,/ Son Who sees no-enjoyment—but—int gata dwyot the Tribe or Nation, and in its due observance the aged prophet, the valiant chief, the sturdy warrior and the aspiring brave united with withered crone, hardy matron and beautiful” Miiden in” equal téivor. The Improved Order-of Red Men . does wisely in following this precedent set by the wild race that once dominated the broad area ot North America, for the performance. of / thts-ancient custom of “our progeni=T tors will breed peace in.the land and. bring happiness to the peoplé—that we glean from our ritual, was: of

America, was purtured by the wild Red Man that once poised his arrow where great cities now, staud; was Proclilmed’ of civilization in tue] snoke of Banker Hill and Yorktown, Strength “in the prim Cemetery of Gettysburg -and—_the---war-vexed swainps of the Wilderness.. Our Order teaches us to love that friend. barbaric tribes that once formed their—leagues and’ covenants—on Ship_and “that treadoam as did thet Inasmuch as Red Manship does thus huwbly follow the example of “Him who ‘spake ‘as bever man spake before or since,’’ and seeks to Llucuica.e¢ upon its followers the sume. great -trath -by Him first. tauzit, and -christend anew in refalgent fand to present a rattying place where all the workers of cr atton wide eon meetand become imbued with i's quickeulng grace, it is an Order to be revered, waiutsined and prop.Wuthng, CE Molioy A Isoard, HS Welch, A R W dsworth, W DVinton, J P Holeomb,y M Boffington Jr, BE H Gaylord, A Nivens Jr, Wm omth, E W Bigelow, A. T Laird, “Lo Sukefsrty, WTH Crawford. J B Coin, GE Withington, W. Co Groves, T W = Sivourney, A. Walrack, RC Walrath, C Einfeldt, Jos. Thomas, J N Pavne, “M Garver, Jcho Webber, D W_ Ridley. D W aited. That it does so teich, we firinly believe; aud we ask of you ibat are not of. ato examine ony Aliyn,R -D Cut-r, George E Turner, A Binowentoal, Gv Schmittherg, A Taliabit is. Lhe anglo Saxon race cannot have too many holidays, the Yankee Nation néeds to be led in the direction . of more play gpelle—not the lessening’ of the few already enjoyed. “More 4th of July, 12ta of Muy, 22.1, of February, aud 26:h of Apel would bé of great assistance to tne health and comfort of our osople, We celebrate, ulyo, this day as an order that *@ may more publicly annoneca._our._atiachment to the Ameniwan traditions aud eustoms up‘on which we base the ritual and usages of our hve We are proud to claim tois orde# as of American origau solely, and we agk you,. as wita us thet the Iatproved Order of Kod Men is a legitimate’ outgrowth of America, that itis a home production of the land we are happy to etH-ourowb, the results of tne romunce and reality of tae New World, atd notan importation from the Old World beyoud the seas Perhaps by delving deep inio the dust of by-gone days, by prinfullly gioping amid ,the Garkuess of past centuries, by poring’ over the musty tomes unedtthed by antiquarian res search, we migbt prove that long, long years had elapsed since the Improved Order of Red Men was insuituted; but, for one, Ihave no dis-position so to do; no desire to silver with that frost thaf knows no melting the scalp locks of. tbe statwart mauhood of our order, Far “tather would I regard it in whatis its trathful and most appropriate light,—as the natural out-cropping of the progressive growih of America, born of tuedesive to perpetrate the unwritten chronicles of prehistoric days in Columbia, and of that craviog felt by men becoming freed from the repressive influences of Procrastean creeds bequeathed by the rade grasp10gs alter iruth of taé thinkers of the Dark Ages, for— frre “Something better than they had known.” Ltike great pleasure ip looking pou tlie Ordeér as the product of the Rinetventh century; of an era repiele witigso much wisdu@, ebmplising suvh eétilarged methods of inteilizeuce and teeming wit) such tervid enquiry iuto-the oagsts of ull effecis, as berag Of the living Present, nota relic ofthe dead Past When the rule was-= ‘*Let him get who can, Let him Keep who may.” And -while-wewre not vain enough t> taink taat oar beloved: order contiins wll there is’ of purity io the thoughts: of the times in which we live, nor so egotistigal as to say that no other. forms or ceremonies can be productive of good, yet we do fervently believe tet the tenets inthe seclusion of oar’ Wigwams tainght, andy the pracice there indulged, all tend to elevate and improve tae Bretaren of our Order, and to fit them for thet bigher life where we lay down the burdens of earth and assume the crown of eternity. We who beloug to this order, we who utak vf its principles and feast upou its works, believe in it likewise as a National Ordet, as an order, (fut teaches its members td be better citizens of this. Union, ef States and” people. ~ We free fein the Order aud its ritual = that the Un ted St.tes as a Nation gave a tbe mottoes of our pr ed 4 ship. “We learn that our country vuneuauces of AMuren, tue Werw offgied its shores. t> all mankind, citizens of this country,«to rejoice Ttaba,”*-as in Oneida’ or “Seneca” these shores, asdid the founders and preservers of these United Statés. Were all of Amerigan’s sons members of the Tiwwproved Order of Red Men, the glorious record of our Union as the friend of every: man secking a free home for himself ani his—chiltren woutd—be~—maintiined 4 forever, growing brighter. and friendlier‘ as Gréat San succeeded Grea: Sun. Meanwhile the Freedom that blessed us'and them would be jealousty guarded-as-a precious heirtoom of the past, asecurity for happiness in the present and the future. We know that the stady and practice of our ritual makes men true Americans, binding together in a lustrous sheaf the sparkling memories of a hallowed past, the pros perous glories of a happy present and the brilliant assurance of a grander foture, for this land we jove to call our own. While we learn from our Order to thus prize our coautry, and value its history and institutions, we can also learn from the race from whom we obtain our name and customs the secret of the success of fraternal organization—harmony and respect dor the rules of the society. Oh, Brethern of the Order, I oinnot too often or too strongly urge upon youthat which you learn at the Grst entrance in the. order—to look upon every member asa Bruther to whom you owe support and from whom you derive support, and to whom and for whom you must make the forest uf life as free as the airis to the eagle. Remember that you are not members of the particular. Tribe to which you are attached, saveas an easier means of fulfilling your obligations as an Improved Red Man ; bat that wiile nominally connected with ‘Weimer,” or ‘Wyoming,’ you are feully members of an Order called the Improved Order of Red Men, and as much at home in **Qwosso’’ or ‘‘[ra—in San Francisco or Sacramento, as in Grass Valley or Nevada. Pall together, Brethren, pall together in all things. Keep all strife, if any unfortunately arise, safe locked witnin ti Wigwam’s folds, und present ever to the Pale ‘Pass of the world the spectacle of an Order. that always helps its mem. bers, and. whose members always help each other in sickness or in bealth, whether meeting in the seorecy of the Tribal Council,or mingling with mankind in tie ‘Auily watks of life, Z Were I to talk a year to you thut }are members of the Order, I could say. bo more as illustrating your dhty to yourselves and your Order than this: “Pall togéther, Help each other at all times. Forget eyerything, save ‘that you are Brotiers, and, in homely phrase, ‘Stick together.’ ”’ As to the objects and workings of our order in its more direct relations to its members and society, what can I, what need I to say? Those who are numbered with the “chosen of the fold” require no language ef mine to enable them to appreciate its intrinsic excellencies, or its outward manifestations of geodnesa. = To those who are ‘not so fortnnate us to bold the key that unlocks the Doane deor, I would willitelt speak fully as.to what they lose cme, forbids the effort. Tro tis the aim of our Order, as i }anderstand it, while tescuing the @ record as an O. der, to stady well our course aud our creed, and to judge. us by the fruit we bear. We regard our Order ag productive of good to iis members’ and the country ;. we believ. it calculated to prevent s'rife among men, while eleviting the moral tone of society; wr believe that it whl, if its genial influences ure extended, eradicate most of the evils in onr land; aud so regarding and believing, we have stragglet mm<the Pat, we are diligeotiy toiling now in the Present, and we shailever labor in the Fature. to so extend the sway of oar Order— “ That her fair form may stand and shine, Make bright our days and ligat our : “dreams; = pdaahies Turning to scorn, wich lips divine, The falsehood of extremes. ’ Call For a Citizen: County Cor. = vention, Below we publish in its entirety the call for a@ Citizens’ County Conventicn, tobe’ held in Nevada City,on Saturday, May 18th, 1978. It is to be boped. in the interests of an intelligent and honest representation at the coming Constitutional Couventiou, that the residents of the several precincts therein named will tention, without delay, and thus provide for taking an active part in the coming contest, the. outcome of which isa ‘matter of the yreatest importance, so faras their continued prosperity is: coueerned. ‘Bhe call bas been circulated in. Grass Valley and. this c'ty during the past two or three days, and the names of over two hundred Of the leading mea of both cities‘are already affixed to it: The uncerstyned citizens of Nevada county recommend that the people of said county, ifrespective of party or. political affiliation, meet at their several precincts on Wednesday, May tivo, from 7 to 9 o’clock Pp. M., for the purpose of electing delegates to a County Convention to ve héld in Nevada City, on Saturday; May 18th, 1873, at LI o'clock, aA. m., to choose four candidates for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, to represent Nevada. county; also to appoint a committee to confer with citizens of Sierra county; and to nominateone Joint Delegate to represent Nevada and Sierra counties; and also to choose delegates to the State Convention, which isto meet at Sacramento on Tuesday, 22a, to select delegates at large. The basis of apportionment to the County Convention wij] be two‘delegates from each precinct, and one additional for each fifty votes cast at the last general eleciion, and one for each fraction of, fifty, of twenty-five or Over. ‘This will entitle the. several precincts to the following number of delegates: Nevada, 30; Blue ‘Tent, 3; Grass Vailey, 24; Allison Ranch, 8; Cottage Hill, 2; North Bloomfield, 4; Forest Springs, 8; Buena Vista, 3; Laka City, 3; Relief Hill, 8; Culambia Hill, 4; HurekaSoath, 4; Moore’s Flat,5; Boglish Dam. 2; Washington, 4; Owexa, 3; French Corral, 3; Birchville,, 3; Sweetland, 38; North San Jaan, 6; Cherokee, ~ SF "Rongh and Realy, 4; Indian Springs, 3; Mooney Fiat, 3, Pleasant Ridge, 3; Little York; 2;Lowell Hillho8; You Bet, 3; ‘Track : Crea 2 walchdmun? elite tan 7 A Hrrren av, deb deste, Bdewel= L-opold Gaitae, Wilham Downie, N P Brown, J T Morgan, Wm. Pow+ll, Jd Naffzizer, AB Crosby, Palmer Swith, W Jd Jobnston, W Wolf. Jonn Banivg, Geo S Hupp, ~ . D-Jd-vicKinvey, Niles_Searls, a H Packer, Jobv-Hanly, R E Robinson, James Colley, Geo G Allan, Thos, Meiu.— The Planet Gravel Mines Tha Plane! Mine hie ite” tunnel nrolenesed ta 1N10 fort, The Snner. intendart informs the Tidings that he has enmmenced «a winza whereby he exnects cann to ranch the channel containing the gald denosita, They ascend at the ratanfeix feet dailr. The Seeretorv, Mr. Ivens, bas left for a fow deve. and in the mean-" ‘time Mr. M. Byrne will serve a& Secretary. ef aed GRAND — VOCAL CONCERT; BY THE COLORED CHORAL SOCIETY Of Grass Valleyand Nevada, AT THE THEATRE, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17. Two Hours of Unlimited Enjoyment. —_— hes SNTERTAIN MENT will consist of Solos, Duetts, Trios, Quartettes, Choruses and Jubilee Songs. The Famous Jubilee Songs, “Oh Grave,” ‘*Wait till! put on my Robe,” and ‘“‘Where is He,” will be sung by a Grand Chorus of 20 VOICES. 20 Admission 50 Certs. Children half price. Doors open at 7, Performance to ccmmence at 8 0 clock. . . mals WATCHES & JEWELRY. a a GEO, W. WELCH, oe sia ADDI‘a “TIONS TO HIS STOCK OF Xs WATCHESAND JEWELEY, And employed a Is now prepared to do all kinds of Watch and Clock Repairing; Engraving, Etc. ‘Cleaning and Repairing Maotebouse, FM Hathuway,.G Wo NEVAD*® BRi The Working meeting at tuen A social din Willow Valley : day evening, fo schoo] fund.Mrs. Dr. H. » ‘been sojournins eral weeks, reta “\ Batarday evenit Waile the bas « donated $75 to the Chinese-at: $150 for the san ~. An itinerant “town yesterday the crowd whic during the day business. © Palmer Smift irrepressible ‘*j ____is doing San F egy ably will not. 1 ~ than till to-me > Work on? th Grass. Valley , completed toa abaf mile#t.i Placed TE wil drive. A meeting w: ‘ley last night fe OF AMI ZL Le. uy of that place, vy u come sadly dem George Wele ably known‘as : = ing business os the jewelry tri advertisement.t The Republic that the bora g, some of tae inh too slowly ‘to be Sheriff Drew, tived here on S tnrned “home He came up aft indicted by the ramento for ro orm reailery. @ “850 ronnd tr re adi posed of at the } ‘ee the occasion of * ‘gic, The Gris 800. bome 200 ets were also is company. Card « _ The Comm.tt on bebalf the O of Weimer Trit Valley, and Wy: _ of Nevada City, thanks t» the P who by their nt the thousands, ¢ and made our ttration in Ne: gratifying and ourselves, and a to them. We particnlar our acknowledg: City Choral So Seward's Gice C individually ‘au voluntarily cont: ward the pleusu enjoyment of ou to Messra. Davis da City, for the . 8 kindly loanec Our sincere th to the Superict subordinaics anc N. C. NG. R. promptnéss an _Apanifested for 11 fort of the imme: ed over the read, versal courteous all who were their ‘Charge. And, a!so, to a the Sheriff, M Police officers, ax who, although’ 1 not required offic BlAnCce, 50 courte ly contributed, b 8Bance pes-onal: ward the entire cess of the demon LJ. hb Taos. Hopes, Tax Fame or SoaP as a remei} burns, pimples, b Matic asd wouty mend it and the: stantly increases. CHANGE Gray BRowN with Hu