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November 24, 1871 (4 pages)

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During his Mifetime Horace Hawes ‘waa regarded by those who knew him as an eccentric man, says the Record, but such as found themselves placedih dalitgoninn tohim im Court tbat.) 4 there was “oohhag “weak about his ““intelegtin Mtis cane tharneeh testi: mony need rot go for much, since mania mig’at well co-exist with the keen, pov, eriof analysis spigosesbt nation which marked his 1 egal career. “But the evidence that ins be ad@¥.ced during the. trial néw pending im San Francisco renders it impossiBld to éddape the conviction. that he ~wals"monomeanise, and that at Teast on the subject of his martial relations ‘Ho was as mad as'a March hare., He appears to] shave treated his wifé ‘with & petiistent” eruelty which, though _-pettiaps sot altogether differihy ftom the conduct of some husbatids whose “nahity, id andoubted, yet frequently overran the bounds of mere brutality, and trespassed upon the regions of sheer ‘madness, His delusion in regard to: “her . Having “attempted his nliféend:his belief that she was lay. sing in wait to, poison his food, are in “point. “His Teckless ahd Smnbtignant falschoods in regard ‘ta “her character; his constant “Buspi“eins: his-fondneas for hatehiny imposible: ‘ahories with. reg&rd® to ‘her; “all point in. the same ditection. But “there is reason to believe-that toward the close of-his life hisrensorwas at “times. altqgether astray,,and’ that he was then positively maniacal, -Witsness-his repented assertions of. his. “owt ) greatness, and the thoroughly orazy. compatison which “he made inthe hearing of one person _concerning the three most importost ena 8 that. eyor existed. ‘as that Would almost jusbso ee Lansey without any further testimony, but we are inclined to think that his will ‘itself is the strongest evidence of his mental abidtration: “The whole of the gorgeous structure which. he proposed. erecting forthe honor of the State and the glory of his name, bears traces of dusahity)”” What” thorotipily . sane ‘Iman wouldhave provided that enorangus sums, sych.ashe names, must . _hhé: subseribed at intervals ‘of! from: fifteen to one hundred years, to carry. out the conditions of ‘a will? “Ab: we observed at the time that wonderful’ "instrument owas pnblishied ‘this de-+} sign of the testator seemed to be to _ hold out a glittering and invaluable «Prize to the. people, while ‘so éles as to’rendAble. light ofthe evidensa. how beitig ‘adVanced, there din, "We think, be no reasonable do loubt that Horace Hawes : whi non n compos mentis when he ‘his’ will,’ be iat Tis family are eni tp hhis-property, We do not “expect that the jury\in, the pending * trial will.or_can. come-toanyother. itis not only the most just but also . the most mbaitory egnclusion that ive uest to a ever hare Son utilup as it is, mae oe been 4 it pola. , and even it co : Spy ey flagrant sehusting _ de-. the liberate ou ‘wantonly Barware: do Ialienjorousct bes HPO foe aio at cll phe geet ‘tt iatoamninthe West are ie most part attributable #6 “the -destruction of timber, and close obr . "pearance of even the m of forest gfowth Which" "Bene loc localities have known, has had a perceptible effect on the annual rain fall, a Ae Lee fl "Dum Governer of Wyontiig a ye Seoorsee advising the Legislature agaiiist repealiof the'act wher _— it is In the: ment was made . nebp dr, Bullard for the pleasure of the guests, and all enjoyed the evening. Among the characters were the usual number of lords, dukes, briganc » Indians, . es, and contra’ ands, Fi ‘of inany of the costumes of the ladies ‘were very haridsomé.* ‘Among so many it would! ‘be ‘impossible to do justice in. an attempt. to. partienlarize' Our dignified neighbor, Potter, of the Gazette, spersonated the Grand Ditke Aletis in a very beoom‘ing’ pair of big top boots, Miss Florence Edwards represented Diana, . Goddess of the chase, and was. very neatly attired. ‘Jennie: Eaton represétited 4“Red ‘Republican of France, Amibiig. others whomi—we. were able tomake out ‘were: Mrs:’O. Maltnian, “Mand Muller; Mrs. C. E. wrrvaidd ‘Peasant Girl; Mrs, C.W, Binith,,. Grass Valley, Night; Misg sino Niman, Snow; Miss Sullivan, «Ola Granny; Mrs: Johnsyh, Trish peasant Girl; Julia Gre eriwald; Old Wo-. man} Eddie Mea, ‘Billy Emerson; Carlos Fertamo, “Drum Major;’’ Mis. GW. Welch, Shoddy; Lottie Jacobs, Highland Lassie: Mrs. Mary Hamiiton, Milkmaid; Helen Dorsey, Fire Jakey;, "Mary Young, Pochahontas; F; Sennér; Highland Chief; E.H. Mesra,; Vaquero; i. WWeils, Jockey; Chas. Wells, Punchinello; Joe. Greenwald, Figaro; Willard Austin, ‘Black Swell; Chas. Grimes, Brother Jonathan; Sallic Hill and Miss Lachman, Pages; Austin W. Lester, Piero;’ Maurice Peabody, Indian Chief; Henry Hersinger, Apache; Geo. F,. Jacobs, .Pantaloon; ©. P. Parinton, ‘Bishop; BE. B. Patton, Holy Friar; M, S.:Deal, School Boy; Gus Davenport, “Love among Big : Noses}’’ Chas. Dorsey, Bill Poster; Chas, E. Mulloy, High ‘Toned. Yankee; G.-C. Leavitt, Yankee; A. W. + Potter;.Landlord; Chas. McElvy, Masked Battery. Besides thera were ® number in dominos and in characters that we could not make out,Several left" the hall before unmasking and were not’ known to any except the ‘committee, The grand march was’ formed by the committee after which the unmasking took place, and many ‘were surprised at recognizing the features of! friends in cos‘tumes. After the skating the-floor . ‘was thoroughly cleared and a pleds-. “aht.dance was enjoyed. Everything passed off pleasantly, and the Carninal was voted a grand affair. The Legislature ought to do somethitig to secure equal taxation, Jat the coming session. Men ought’ to to he,compelled to pay. on. their assets-and not’ upon their debts;’ The signed . mortgage exemption law ought to be repealed and property _ mortgaged ought to be exempted ‘to the’ extent of the debt. The only true rule for' taxation is to compel every man to . pay on what he is actually worth af‘ter deddiéting his debts. ‘Then property would only be taxed once. The ‘house worth $10,000, which is mort. gaged for $5,000 ought to be tared for half its value.to the owners and tpt her half to the man who holds e. The: stock of goods for the full amount to the man who haa them if he owes $500, but the tian who has the account onght to }pay and the debt should be exempted, No #ystem, of taxation cau be just rwhéte debts'are taxed, ‘atid ur sysBe, see beens to be changed in order to unt +evoid ‘such taxation, © This would wes wes ges nerbaitag double taxation. Distillery, Josiah Rogere built 4 still last season and he has: converted his entire graps nd peach crop into brandy. He has: made of such ¢tcel. lemty quality that it is preferred to atc rent niedicinal vey = nF LH ‘ (wee CaaS dled in Now York. city: Mace: tan 2CA2BOpLIL a pd it shad Generals, Colonels, Majors and Cap. 1s common in dete. 3 reg noggin adem wep > a pi gna pale aan . ola! bas tie Worth $1,000 ought not .to ‘be taxed } tngperdoa we. giiiied pe the! te. quest of a great number of ition ers, but mote especially, we uppose, in response to the request of aged parents. We hope Jimmy, who is . quite a boy, will show that the Governo?’s clomericy is not misplaced. _ The telegraph.does.some splendid spelling at times. .On ‘Tuesday a dispatch was sent below from this place to the effect that Officer Snow . t had foumd-@-cache of goods, Th, lightning said’ that’ Stow had found a cask of goods. Chinat.en had raade cache for stolen Ids, but the telegraph would have *,t cask. » Xesterdey motring the rewdrd which Ben Worsd had heretofore offered for the restoration of certain g00ds stolen.on the 19th of Septem. ber b>.st, was paid over to H. J. Show. Tie veward in the ease was well earnedand was pad with haligeral alacrity. Rerorr or THE Contiertchin on Souruern Ovrtraces, —The’ “Washington correspondent of the New York ‘Times gays?" ‘*The testimony taken by the Committee on Southern Outrages, of which Senator Scott is Chairman, including the evidence before the sub-committee -which visited South Carolina, is’ now in the hands of the Chairman, who ris preparing # dateful digést for the epecial report. Tt will trace the histery “of the Kuklux organization fromedts formation in Giles county, /Zennessee, in 1866, through its ramifications in the Southern States. It is the opin: ion among officials here that the’Ku klux are disbanding in North and South Carolina, and-that before the close of the year the spirit of disintegration will pervade; Georgia, Alabama and Missigsippi. The Congressional Act passed at. the last session for the suppression of the Kuklux outrages is regarded as comconferred has been at Raleigh, and it remains for the judiciaty to decide whether the Act_is. unconstitutional or not. The reportof the Committee will not’ be sabaiitted ‘to’ ‘Congress until after the holidays. It is Mind ble that ‘somé ‘recommenidation will be made on the subject’ of “general amnesty, The minority report will: place particular stress upon the extravagant taxation ‘and bardeysome legislation imposed upon. the people of the reconstructed States. —— THe Moawon. Cases, —Some journals:which have ‘engaged'in a quasi defense of Mormonism, have asked indignantly why Hawkins, lately convieted in Utah, was not indicted for bigamy under the Act of Congress of 1863, insteadof adultery under the act of the Territorial Legislature of Utah of.:1854.: The explanation is given by the Salt.Lake Tribune as follows: ‘In a prosecution for biga‘ny two thatringés; on’ lawful and the other unlawful, must. be :proved; and the lawful wife cannot be ‘a witness against’ her hiéband! °'A large portion of the:adult: people of Utah were ‘first martied in the. far distant countries, and the proof, without the sniggd of the wife, is not accessisecret careneny. and it is ea to be almost if not quite impossible to extort it from the faithful. Even parents, whose daughters are repnted to be, and by everybody believed to be, livinguity polygatif/"hiave denied the marriage ceremony whén éalled béfore ‘tha’ grind jory. and. sworn as . witnesses: Bat'th a prosecution for adultery only one Aen need be proved, and the Utah statute makes . the wife a competent v tness against . her husband. cage may know nothing about any ots Geremony married} Gad oek if she dock] a Sate bend for os mye et know. all about pa cohbitation, _ is eperatied Swear torte’? pr t AT, Penngyinspie Dal .,-Bailroad Company is World, It owns or con ut least 4,000 miles of inj Park to-merrow between Tompkins’ 7000. me ae of Paris. T'sey/ coat the whole with the plaster. The floors ate tianaged i in the 8me way, as well as the under side-sf the stairs. Houses ate thus renxered near “fire proof” ns ‘Tt “Built of stone throughout, In Nottingham; England,. where + chey have gypsum in the Beighibor!sbeu) /as iv Paris. they form *aeix floors and partitions in the saide sod manner; eohsequently a onildingis rarely burned down in® that populous manufacturing ‘town. It appears from . thie, Ventura Sig nal that sponges "may be_ gathered on the sea coast «bordering Santa Barbara county.,, A specimen was left npon the editor’s table by Prof. Guerrére, but he could hardly even then be persuaded, until the Professor pointed out the locality :where it could be procured, and he went and . picked up a.sample ‘from the sanda of the sea.’’ The Signal says it is of very fitie quality, and ‘bears évery evidence: of having been recently detached from rocks in the immediate psec! of the > place where found. pias A San Francisco journal says: “As arule it is nota,,goed,plan to visit the house of a recently married lady to collect nféney’ loaned her while
you were courting her yourself. The husband is likely to. become unduly curious in the matter, and may eyen take the ground that he is in some way concerned in it. Showld he blunder into that view of it you may find it extremely difficult to set him right. “We have reason to believe that we are supported inthis opinion by Mr. Edward Kelly of this city, but as Mr. Kelly is at the hospital, suffering from fiye gaShes with a bowie-knife, we have foreborne to . Personally consult him.” z Tar Colusa Sun. discusses the feasibility of a narrow-gange railroad from Colusa to Marysville. It says it is claimed that it ¢an be’ built and stucked for about $8,000 per mile, and the entire eost of the proposed road would only be $200,000. Oranczs and lemons are worth only six and eight cents a-bushel in the Brazilian markets this year, and no one uses them except for pickling, Epmunp.Apour receives the. est salary at present paid to any French journalist, viz: $8,000 a year. Emile de Girardin receives $5,000 a year for writing daily one column of editorial matter in a French newspaper. Massacuusetts sends her best men to the Legislature, . Among’ the gentlemen just elected to thé’ House of Representatives from Boston are. exMayor Frederick W, Lineoln, Col. A. J.Wright, Hon. Moses Kimball; and others-of equal prominence, both on . the score ef personal chiiraeter and spank politiqnl Suesioen. c ‘“‘Srop ‘hoc! PRET] recently } W. M. Tweed, the “Boss” thief, was seen to alight from a train at Norwalk. The other passengers on the platform instantly” set up's cry of “stop thief,’’ and kept it up until he was out of sight. At this rate ‘‘politicians,"' big and little, ‘will soon’ hegin to think that plundering the public is not, after all, a rr pane: ‘business, —~> THE Scientific American t nays. “it is impoésiblé "fo construct a larproof safe;for the thilef, with his cylinders of compressed hydrogen and.oxygenm, can in’ # few settnds bure holes. of any: size in thethardest . " . metal, .his fire drill. enabling him in a few minutes'to work his' way into . she. strongest cate thet was.ever eqn etracted. Taw Chicago Journal says ‘that it is safe to estimate that the aggregate losses of the several religious denominations by the groat ‘fire, by the de000. eer ty S@iads to svtt ber elish . ting . struction of churches, sebeain se ’ other. evada, and several thai in the vicinity of Nevada City are now . being worked. The Providence is soon to be fitted up and the Gold Tunnel is being worked. Besides those named above there are a number of others which ‘are Being Tee pected or Prepgred. for work, ~ "2 In'gravel mining there are also a} number of blairis’WKich will be work'ed. The companies on QOustemah Hill and at Cement Hill are getting ready for work, while ‘the’ old zanita is being steadily worked: : ‘Be. cently some new locatforis’ have béén . \made, At Blue Tent) sevétal large tlaims are—fitting. up end will be ready for yy by thé time Water arrives. ere will in all probability be a demand inthe, township for al] the wate: the}litenes can cary this . eo Winter. ; pleco paaaiaae wheat sty. The Ladies’ Episcopal’ Sewitig Society will meet at,.2.0’elock this; afternoon at Mrs. Gault’s, Broad street. Muscunar §Cnnistiasiry.—‘‘Professor’’ Ebenezer Knowlton, Muscular Christian, Elocutionist, Handy Andy abont Tnstitates, et alias, has again come into notoriety in. San Francisco, He demonstrates his muscular shiistiqnity by paeking a battery in the shape of a revolver to school. “At the recent exhibition given by the schools of San Francisco in aid of Chicago, his artillery was stolen. He charged the fund $13 to ing! pay for his pistol, and the result is a passage of & resolation’ “by the San Francisco Board of Education forbidding teachers to carry pistols into . . the school rooms.. Verily Ebenezer is a *bilk,”* ‘ aN >: A NaRRow gauge railroad from . tide water to Pittsburg is nid to be. one of the full formed projects, seon to be developed practically. The. office is in Philadelphia, and it is said that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has an interest i in it. Voce President Colfax ‘ons thought jit necessary. to. assert.onee.more.that oth he is not secretly working for the deAepe. feat of President-Grant, and that he shall retire from public life at the . Con ing lotniet, maiedin the Mom State of Cal. ifornia, being bounded by the mining claim of Malone, and the i the. Mammoth Company. and maid upon. the East 2 Fouth by the claims of Wii-by varant an upie North, Range 8 . East Mount ‘Diablo and Meridian, ir the district of lands sub. ject to sale at Marysville, California, and containing one hundred and acres -— ‘More particularly dgssribod ai follows, viz; a at a stake in a rock mound maark. “K€o.” Now8, pet which the South ab path meget ek WL chains ow oak. x3 11 inches’ atiahediemenhe a N 16% Td thirty-four running t ence 8,14 ° E. 9.71 chains to a Black Oak Oak nine inches in diameter, matked -K, Co. ‘No. 4,” from whith the N. W.~corner: of Malene’s house beats 8. 1° E. 2.32 chains distant, thence 8. 799°W) 22.30 chains « ps Pitch oY Manatee retrot OK Go Noe thence 8. 39% E.-9.40 gnaine. toa Pitch h Pino E> WF iach Ki, Go. ei to it SSR il W. eis a wie e pe inches in di“EE. Cop Not)" thenéé s. 58° W. 14. 20 chains-to a Black’ Oak tree 22 inchés'in diknidter, wiabled **K: Co: N6. 8,” thence N. 69g W.-12:57 chains to a Presi forked Black Oak tree 40° inches -in . ter marked “K. Co.’ Nov 9; eouints mate 6% ° E. 22.36 chains to a Pitch Pine tree 38 iriches in diameter, marked ‘‘K.'Go, No, i¢,” marked “‘K. Co.” No. 1, on the north gide of Robinson ravine about ni chains above the eld Hoyt road ‘ravine from which a Black Oak tree, 9 Ttwebes in’ diameSer bears N. 14°, ‘62 links, nt thence 8. 634° E. 90.35 chaths to'aigh Pine tree, 32 inéhés in diameter, marked “ Co, No. 2.” thetice 8.75% 17 chains to the place of beginriing, said claim ‘being sti}! more particularly described inthe diagram Ler and filled with said application, All’ persons ho) “any adverse claim. thereto are hereby'réquired to present the same before the Register and ‘Receiver of the United States for Marysville Land District, ‘at “Marysville, California, withi o: ninety « 8 from 4 first. day of publishtin, e LB. AYER, Register. Dated Nov. 22d, sit. > neg ho =o 1840. 2 reac “PROPRIETORS. iM FROVIDERGE, o “RHODE ISLAND. av HOW TO. CURE izes f T the commencement,of the Diarrhoea which — precedes an attack of the Chi of the Pain Killer in sugar mand water, . oe if convenient,] and.then bathe freely the stomach and or cramps. continue, repeat feos minutes wntil patient is relieved.“In, extreme cases, 0. OF Mors‘spoonfuls maybe giver “a ni mie iti cr nda end of his present term cf office, . 226 A ae, pers eay ce These things ought to be pretty well ing with i ya ie old, ; _funderstod by and by. ‘. Scalds and ns. For “es Headache ieaner. 2 eben ". each bottle. he Pain Kila by all R, FIWINGER & 00,, Sons arenes No, 76 Broad Street, Nevada City. Woes ey RET AT DEALEBS BRANDERS, WINES, LIQUORS, Grogerite ska Provisions, French Wing, Vineger, Mineral Water, Teas, ‘Coffee, Canned Fruits, &e, Menta Oat Sani . HOR, BUSSENIUS,DRUG GIs tT, MASONIC BUILDING, . THASUATESA—OWOTIN AD = thawed inch lll fp stieenaoans connen ov SoiiiznGit & rme srs . ‘RELIABLE: INSURANCE. ANY INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE Tnined by . Fire, Some hope té “they can compromise with Policy Holders. The Pagifie Insurance Co., = » Will. pay every Dollar . OF its losses and continue business as here 1 ha stood he rem lat and io tosafest C SARA AA TL} QOMPANY, OF LONDON, Spee ge tm <: afb be ae ED. McSORLEY, bs Begaeenan . at i, thence N, 16°. -B..29.50rchaing to = stake PERRY DAVIS & SON., = with bowels wan the Pain. Killer. clear. Should . Yesterday th yn Of . th “Mining Comps County, Clerk’ ny is compris men, and the ; jness is Bire township, but is in Plumas ¢ is to eorivey th Silver lakes, 8 in Plumas con mas, Mt. P Ranch ditches : Badger Hill, § town, and oth The incorpo stock is $150, ( shares of $100 for the first th walader, Dani Everett. ! The compar the scope of chase, . loeatic andthe work andthe carry business . of. gr county!” “The this are.iall. p nets ‘df’ large mean’ busines: ; A Now Thin, fa Refife : started: the n from’ Manzani Mr. Rogers’ facture. “Th mented.in a v the liquor is ¢ body than gra smoother..to brandy cf the their * ¢ propose to wis gallons of man ries are yery gathered at 0: “other advant kept in sack _ quired for us pressed when The entire co ‘Sayed ag mat quantities ths cotild ‘be’ su; much of adr: the liquor im grape brandy ite, as in its more agregah > , Robber, meres & €oi and ek ailver. chain, someé other a: Stranahan: of blankets © man, and A ‘is wdpposed ~ * ‘War the new ter and Ya da ds bah on Ses. 09 FS “ct