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RIDAY, MAY a1, » 1809,
MENTS TO Onn ‘FICE.—The .
WwW 6 are most clamorous in denun=
‘ciation st the Administration on ac»
: " wheawane snobt bitter in. opposition to.
the Civil Service bill, providing for
competitive’ examinations before appointments, That there have been some
bad appointments cannot be denied,and
such will be the.¢ase-sg long us the
present system exists. Tliose who have
the appointing power mostly rely upon .
the recommendations of Senators, and
ag they haves greater influence, they
are directly responsible for the eharacter-of. the appoiatmente,-with very “few.
exceptions, Grant declared at the outset that he would only appoint men to
were well qualified, and that
when he: found that he was mistaken in
ed, he would not hesitate to
remove his own appointees. This he
Ite y done in several instances,
“and % we are satisfied that he will endeavor faithfully to keep-his pledges.—
But in the absence of any system by
which the Adr istration can be satisfied of the qualifications of. applicants,
he must in many instances rely entirely upon the recommendation of others.
In thig,State, ‘Cole, by virtue of his position as Senator, has most influence,
and nearly all appointn
been suggested by him. “He has abused
grossly the power he possessed, and in
many cases imposed unworthy men uphe.government and the people.—
vil will lust: 60 long as men of
‘nel how to use, and who are not
act tuated i by any motive but selfishness,
The way to disarm such men is to adopt
a system by which the qualifications of
‘applicants for offices of government may
be definitely known to tlidse who have .
— to appoint.
, Intelligent and thoughtfal men vent: .
ide the fact that the epidemic for office
hunting which sweeps over the nation
few. years, is sopping the public
virtue, and.that the positions are being
. degraded to mere crumbs which are
thrown to hungry parties by unprincipled Senators as a bid for continuance
in office. This system, so_long as it
best st intentions of the President and the
“heads of the ‘Departments in their endeavors to secure honest-and compe
officers. Good men are rejected and
—badenes appointed, because the lator
can be bought and
this is particular is the
, and the Civil Service
by Jenckes adopted, Then
men, well qualified, will obtain
witions under government.
“4 “Tae Srruation.—The mine ‘owners
in Francisco are not idle, ‘says the
Grasé Valley Union, but are determined
as.over to work their property as they
pleageand with whatever means they
may Choose. It is understoud that the
owners of the NorthS tar and Empire
positively instructed “the Superintend.
enté to keep the mines as they are, until such tittt® as men can be found who
will-work according to directions. The
Superintendents are making efforts to
find men who vork, and as is right
and proper, offering the first
chance to miners already here. The
Empire advertises that one hundred single hand drillers are wanted, and if
they are not forthceming seon from
among our own miners, they will be"
brought from ather places.
Curisty’s Minstrels are performing
in South Africa. They travel about in
a coach of their own, with four horses,
going seventy miles aday. The great
inconvenience they meet is that they
have no halls to play in. People come
. many miles to see their sixteen-sheet
colored posters,
Mr. LAYARD, the Ninevite explorer,
now a member of the Gladstone Admin.
istration was married a few days ago in
London. Mr. ayard must be over fifty
yeatsof age. His hair and beard have
long been gray.
Memphis, and promi
x A Chanps ron. Woukisin—‘Thoso
‘who are peneiog use of giant pow-.
have reluied-to: work with’ either, have
ample opportunity to get work.
they can also do it in their own ,
has an account of # battle
fought near Puerto Principe between .
the’ ‘Cubans and Spanish. The ‘bel . The
forées numbered four thousand in the
beginning of the action, but they were
‘The workmen are not dependent upon
‘mine Owners ‘for employment. “ Many .
of them marine up some inate and
ize joint stock companies, each man
putting ina share of working capital
and they can get hold of a number of
first rate mines, which they can work
in their own way and employ their as
sociates who have no capital. A gentleman who ought to be posted, informs
us that a number of the strikers have a
little capita], and that if a few will
unite they can get a chance to work.in
their-own--way; The Penhisylvania
good, and there are many as good in
the vicinity of Grass Valley:. Suppose
members of the League should organize into a small company, take hold of
one of these idle mines and work it.—
They then being proprietors might
work in their own way, giving employment to their associates and securing a
profit for themselves, No doubt a score
of men are inthe League who have
sufficient capital to get hold of these
mines and take outa crushing. . In this
way theywill be able to demonstrate
that their manner of working is the
best, they will. be képt employed, and
even if they should get “busted,” they
will have the consciousness that the
money was spent in‘an effort to develop
the resources, instead of opposing the
industrial interests of the community
in which they live. There is ‘ample
field if these strikers, instead of passing resolutions and striking against
employers, would strike out for themselves and endeavér to find and work
new-mines. Let the Leaguers ‘show
themselves to be men, and abandoning
the foolish attempt to control other's
business, prove their capability of cartying og basines themesives.
MapaME Barnaid, a traveling
dresser, who has been sheering the
heads of a large number.of ladies in
the villages between Hemboldt and
g to return their
e shape of beautiful silken tresses in
braids, brac , &., is non est. A liberal reward is offered for her apprehension
’ A Sunday night reception given recently*by the President of the French
Senate, was brilliantly attended and
festive, notwithstanding the fact that
dancing done,
Rev. Mr, Bross is’ an Episcopal clergyman of Indiana, who has been tried
by an ecclesiastical court and sentenced .
to be admonished by the Bishop, for
having gone to see the “Black Crook.”
LrBERIA-has reason to be disgusted
with Grant. Accustomed, hfmeelf, to
smoke nothing worse than the~ most
peerless principes, or the most inajestic
meerschaums, he puts off the African:
volony with colored Clay.
“oo
A PAPER mil) at Bellows Falls, Vermont, has been leased for ten years, at,
$200 a year, in gold. The lessces.are
going to make paper out of poplar wood.
ALGERIA being menaced by locusts,
the-government has offered $100 “for
every 200 pounds of their eggs.°
eggs will-be-crushed and buried with
quicklime.
Ericsson, the inventor, has received
in Sweden a cup bearing the inscription, “To the noblest representative
Scandinavian ever had in the United
States.”
IMMENSE quantities of bat guano
have been found on Lookout Mountain,
Tennessee. It is believed to be superior
to the Peruuian guano, ‘
JaMEs Stark, tragedian, is very ill at
Virginia City, of paralysis. _He is not
able tospeak, but retains his senses,and
has ne use of his right side.
THE Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
. for the State of Oregon is in session at
r Salem.
°
mine and the old. Gold Tunnel are both
These
réinforced ‘by fresh arrivals and by a
battalion of negroes who deserted from
the Spanish to, the rebels daring . the .
sada, eho commanded the rebels, por
a force of seven thousand, yhile General Lesca, who commanded The Spanish,
had but three thousand and five hundred. The Spanish were very badly
whipped, and in their forced retreat,
lost their baggage, ammunition, and
part of their artillery. They also Jost
a number of their best officers. ~ This
victory has elated the Cabans and demonstrated to the Spaniards that they
can-_not-rely upon the colored troops to .
fight for their cause.
CHINnAMAN SHoT—The Truckee Tribune says: “On Taoesday night a young
man by the name of McMillen shot a
below town. The Chinaman assérts
that McMillan attempted -to rob him
and his companion, and that when they
resisted McMillan shot him. The young
man on the other hand asserts]similar
charges—against—the—Chinaman.—He
says they tried to rob him and he fired
and shot the Chinaman.”
We learn that McMillan was examined on Wednesday and the evidence
being insufficient to warrant his being
held, he was discharged. ——
CALIFORNIA WHEAT IN IN GEore1a.—
A correspondent-of the Zimes, writing
February 28th, says: y
“A few days ago, observing an, uwusual crowd around the railroad depot in
this city, I inquired the canse, and-was+}
told that a cargo of Culifornia wheat
had just arrived, which had been purchased by Clark & Sons—one of the largest milling firms in the State—and
a crowd had assembled to’ witness
extraordinary occurrence—the arri.
. val of Californis, wheat to make Georgia
baie bread. “Talk about revolutions, sir,”
said an old inhabitant, evidently excited by the event and the concourse of
people, “if any body had told me twenty years ago, when we were doing a
lively business shipping Southern flour
to the mines of California, and getting
A Barn 1 IN "Sons. <ithe Tniom of!
Chinaman through the shoulder, just .
from Augusta, Georgia, under date of} .
~ Raroap Eanstnes—The earnings CRAWFORD & eo,
ae eee that T should live
to see an Augdsta mill grinding California wheat into flour for our people, I
should have regarded him as crazy., But
I have seen strange sights in my time
and this is not the leastof them. Sub“dancing in--mourning was the only +-sequently I made inquiry of the miller
as to the success of their enterprise, and
they told me that every punce of flour
was sold(pardon the bull) before the
mill had ground one third ofit, that the
venture was most profitable, and that
the customers, like Oliver Twists were
all “asking for more.”
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Froy late railroad statistics called
out by the completion of the continéntal
railroad, we learn that there are, inthe
United States, 52,500 miles of railway
track, including double track and ‘sidings. The Iron and Steel Association
estimate the wear and tear of tracks at
seven per cent, perannum—taking the
average ofall the roads together. From
. this it appears that it requires the enor.
mous quantity of 838,750 tons of iron to
make good the yearly destruction and
replace the worn-out rails. The mag“nitude of this amount of iron will be bet.
terunderstood when it is stated that
338,750 tons of rails will lay 3,670 miles
of track, allowing 90 tons to the mile.
The length of railway from New York
to San Franciseo is 3,300-miles. It, therefore, requires for thé mére renewal of
rails on the railroads of the United
. States as much iron as is needed to lay
a track from New Yorkto San Francisco.
“A TRANSLATION of the Mneid which
Bismarck made twenty-six years ago,
is only now to be published, on the
principles, probably, of Lord Derby,that
a writer’s success in politics will float his
demerits i in literature.
—_
A Fast TRaIn.— George Francis 4
arrived in. Sacramento. overland
Wednesday, wernn
praia
ee ding We. 285, Railroad for the . bef aed
28th, were $1,037,472.) DEALERS Pe Ja E x
of. this road is three oe =—
dred and sixty miles,including the mai 5
ine to the Iowa State line,and the west: H E A AV Y A ND SH HI will pas
a@. branch from Maberly to Kansas-City-}hight
Hit is also operating twoor three short = pepe
intersecting: roads, which increase the HARDY ARE, 2 re
2 wnt hundred} — ae
[and 1 nine. The liabilities sof the road on [TRON . ear aree biiitie
‘capital stock, $7,781,000; first mortgage, . their fi
$6,000,000; second mortgage, “e 000; ond pens
total, $17,781,000. ‘ . button
THE little town of Montaban, in STEEL, larger
France, tas suddenty become famous, <<
or infamous, rather. _ Eight of its . , peronge a aven
women have been found guilty of ProPOW D ER,. = =
curing abortion, and one other woman ive t
of haying murdered nine infants, given F USE, bis
oat ese time to time to nurse. \
= ae _ QuIcksizver,. a
A GRINDSTONE, which was sent to ae
England in a bale of cotton, has come ee 2 ,
back to the same ‘plantation in a cask CANVAS HOSE, iu and ¥
of sugar. : A coNney
= and ae parties
L. B. Mizner,. President pro tem. of ok . and co
the last Siate Senate, declines being a ee ’ false p
candidate for re-election to that body. oS IRON PIPE tenced
ir © Ah Hu
-FrRaNnxk Vaughn, shot and killed E. 2s ‘Mode to order. before .
Larkins at. Oregon City, on the 17th e By the che
inst. = an — Ss tenced
a z Gent
THe New York refineries liave 16= 3 try
duced crushed sugars to Aifves nts a AGE N Ts F o nt > >. INSA
pound. = i terday
iene Tiling,
_AGgRmaN philologist predicts that . ALLENWOOD'S “Saas ‘aoe
in five centuries the English will be the —— ; eka
universal Janiguage, . PATENT: GOOsE NECK. at
. ee creagin
PRIVATE. CIANT pow! DE :R, Bie oy
LL ti EE. F.8 ill be esi gn
tes por poeta fos'hy Spans & Co, ~-AND— , be:
‘he owners of outlawed accounts, (there . \ . = ies Seema him off
are many,) are en to. call-and obtain ee 7 mene ;
— sy sreNck . FURTH’S GAST STEEL. an
NOTICE. NO. 48 PINE: SeREN ; ae
ae KIDD'S BLOCK, a twin
: ; NEVADA i —
M’ H NOVITSEY hie withdrawn from} _ ia re
sacar ba _wits’cei
NOVITSKY & SON, . i NEW INVOICE OF ~ ckpons
The business will be continued by” MEDICINES
. Ske
<q ed ove
Chas. Nathan & Samuel Novitsky ban i beara they’ hi
oS ~~) } PAINTS, O18 AND VARNISH. ‘elt
Under the firm name of . Toilet Articles, mit-of'
Bis: FLAVORING EXTRACTS :
‘ . . ie it raime
NATHAN & NOVITSKY. ARDEN SEEDS, Sc, just received by . the oil
_ Nevada, May 18th, 1969, SPENCE & CO, / : locality
~~ to the:
ANNUAL : : Pa fruit tr
is i
ay
DaM
TARGET EXCURSION! ART NORGE + Leet
A . mown
Sa Everybody from Nevada County Me
Nevada Light Guard -Attention. should buy their aa ney
t@ PICTURES ! 23 hel: <
YOU are bor by ord ordered to appear at ; materis
peur Armory, IN FULL UNL ‘ORM, ‘4 —AND—
crops,
SATURDAY,
ig santo PICTURE FRAMES! Pus
At 1 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of at=
Bag — the Annual Target Excursion of the PROM
ones. y. n
Every member i ted ‘to bd Crucke
promptly at the hour paaed ‘By Notes sgsesss CU R Ri ER & WINTER * :
. . Gast Comte cndite. 211 Kearney Street, ,_ ta J. F. Carr, 0. 8. 3
" This me
ELECTION OF OFFICcERs, . }~ eS Se lavoy fi
Headquarters Fourth Brigade, California x« . Because they have the best selectwasupy
tional Guard, ina’ z
18 one «
Special Order acramento, pril 3nd; 1860. ed stock of Pictures and Lagant a
specter te ant intend endonienes nes test styles of Frames that w
Lig hry seueras zd 6d. oe he Nevada ; its wor
& ra, un a 2 ;
to ill the vacansi s that will Seiee by the 1D use. and ut *Tajor Boab will codes aay eumbents. . San-Francisco, April 16th,
concets
said election according to law and report pro“ stitch i
ce gs to these h a th
. Y. Brig Gen'l "LJostan Ho i l —
W. W. Anderson. Asst. Adj. Gen. ath Brig. JA c ° » aae sé ‘ m : $ aes
In accordance with ice :
tion will be held at he oni ender ter Le : ile 7 mirabh
Saturday, May 29th, 1869. . : .% ad
at half past 1 o'clock j place a
Comthiseloned Officers of Fie Soil oa sy ra
:
sewing
ILLIAM NEW MEAT MARKET, examir
Ww HOLM . On , ae calling MANTAGORER ARD DRALER IN COMMERCIAL STREET, ast
MABNESS, SAD ES, &., &c, Opposite Bliven & Potter's. Pine st
a) * N F,
&
of ae pS OTN TAUUSDAY, MAY iach. THe
I) H APRESS a Tug Wagon, and Trotting . 5 ao oa te sult hie ‘costeuuiie a vg formal
“GOLA ee EO TRIMMINGS, nvites his old customers and as many new
rand alle RS, WHIPS “e— will, on pine call and guarantees to THE
wen all kinds and CUSTOM is comy WORK sur and
_— wath we hand. —. rysville