September 18, 1879 (4 pages)

48 ce Be BS RN OH a pL ee ee The Daily Transcript, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ; ‘What Vigilance Committees are For. Some people regard with horror the suggestion that Nevada City ‘Thursday. Sept. 18th, 1879. a How @ Attract Settlers to the Mining me Counties. The Alta calls the attention of the -~néwly-elected State Administration, Legislature and Congressmen, to the mineral lands of the Sierra Nevada, and ufges as a means -for attracting settlers to them the adoption, of a’ policy of sale similar to that ofthe Federal Homestead Law in the agricultural regions, disposing of ‘the land at little more thany the cost. of , Survey, in tracts of 80 or 160 acres, the title not to-be-¢emplete arti af___ ter at least ten yeurs’ occupation. It says: “When this idea Was first . presented, it gave great offence to tthe miners geiierally for various reasons. ' It would reserve the mineral wea'th of the State for the permanent citizens of the State; whereas, they generally wanted ‘‘te make their pile,” and carry away the plun“der. It was conceived in the interest of Califotmia, and that was “not their imberest. They had got used to the migratory, irresponsible mode ‘Of life in the mines, and were unwillig to be tied down. They were ‘{mwilling to be subject to taxation, ‘from which they had secured an tnjust and unconstitutional exemption, They followeil political demagogues who denounced. the proposed: ‘sale of themines’ as a ‘scheme to give the gold of the State to monopolists. The mining tramps and ,their ———‘subservientwfticials have had. their { way till incalculable “damage has been done to, auriferous ‘regions, The gold has been carried off, much of the'soil washed away, the timber cut down, and very little done in rea v. turn, There are no railroads; -the a good wagon-roads are subject to heavy toils; and the population has decreased steadily for more than af quarter of a century. . There are in ‘the mining counties not: half so many Voters 4s there were 1854. The mining towns generally show the signs of decay. buildings are untenanted. And the decline still continues, ‘The Government is to blame, ‘There are, in our’ opinion, abundant resources to attract settlers. but the law will not give them a fair chance. The public lands.are not offered to the people on @he same-liberal terms as in the agricultural districts. In” 1866 an Act was passed allowing individuals or companies to purchase mines, but only in small areas, at high prices, and under oppressive restrictions ; whereas, in our opinion, nothing would be more.conducive to the prosperity of thé mining counties California than the abolition of Many of their . forthwith forma vigilancecommittee. They appear to take it for granted that such an organization must be made up of blood-thirsty and. irresponsible men who will go around hanging and shooting indiscriminately every individual that “they are] pleased to ‘regaril with suspicion ; and that if one man slays ‘ another and is arrested, it is-their duty to go to the jail, rescue him, and h&ag him to the nearest tree. The dyty of desirable vigilantes does not: comprise ‘such transactions. The members should simply act as preventitive agents. When a_susiis appearance in. thecity; their. that he ig not wanted here and must einigrate within a givew time. If he does not heed the warning, they next call upon him after the fash‘jon.of people giving a surprise puty, and in a decent manner present him witha coat of tar and feathers. He out of their jurisdiction as rapidly as possible. No bones will have been broken, “no blood spilled. There is enough of this kind of work to be done in this town to keep a vigilance committee at work for several days. Let one be organized without delay. Nevada City’s reputation has already been blackened’ enough by the conduet of thieves and murderers. Thereis but one kind of medicine that can effect a cure. Administer it in big dowes. Fruit Sitpments:-—————__-— The fruit crop of the present year inthis region is very light, being; ‘an off yoar, but the quality is excellent, The shipments from the Ist of July to.date are insignificant, as willbe seen,but will improve asthe — cool weather approaches. _ No estimate can yet be made of the quantity that not exceed one-third. of last. ‘year, first step would be to “notify =him=wilkthen surely be. willing. to get {will be shipped, but it will ‘prgbal ly . Wen. Reed's Maxtin for Murder. Shortly before Bem Reed cut Joan i he: was lying’éa the floor in the card Lroom where the bloody deed was eommitted. William Stoan ha’ occasion to pass through the apartment, when he*Asked Reed, ‘‘Why are you lying théfe? Are you sick?’ The “ex-convict madesome-grumbling reply. Mr. Sloan passed “out of . the’ saloon, and was standing on the corner by K. Casper’s store, when Reed who had followed him stepped up and said, “If [had a shot-gun I would kill every = ‘in that saloon.” At the same time he placed his hand in his revolver pocket and glared fiercely at Sloan, who picious-or dangerous character makes . thought: the fellow’ intended him harm, Just then another man came toward-the-twain,-and.Reed. walked away. ‘As he had-an ‘“‘ugly drunk” on, it is reasonable to presume that his mind was made up to kill the first person who took exceptions to anything he said, and that the attack on McCarty was simply in pursuance of that determination. Some months ago while Reed was being led £0 jail by officer Scott who had arrested him for trying to kill some one in a Pine street restaurant, he remarked grimly, ‘‘Scott, if I had a knife I would cut your heart out.” A -few days since this .same sanguinary chap went to a house of ill fame and said-to one. of the inmates, “T wish I hada pistol. I would stick it against Marshdl Baldridge’s earand blow the top hh head off.” Marshal heard of the threat, and has since kept a close watch on Reed ‘with the—intention—of preventing . him from carrying it into execution by surimary nreans if necessary. About two weeks ag. he said sent. back home ayain.” he referred to was’ uxt Quentin, — Everybody w, 4 The following are amounts iu pounds shipped by the Narrow Gaiye rail. road from Nevada and Grass Valley in-all of last year, and from the lat, of July to date of the present ye 1878; Nevada. Grass Vality. Ualy. i 2 wes 2,815 9,479 August.. 7,778 ,333 September. 16,126 131,297 October. 55,359 214,137 “November. . 69,754 288,694 December. 65,447 $7,662 1879. : January. 7/7/44 35,771 February. ,24 868 56,145 March. 4 45,893 — 43, 36 April. “. 17,366 36,936 ee 3,555 33,841 rare 95 8,652 ‘otal, 1878-9 318,780 988,313 GULF on sct ass 1,135 a August. 7.45. 4,699 7,265 September. 7,563 35,882 se ee ee sd SS SERRA PRI IS ‘mineral Jands, and the resefvation of “all for ten-year settlers,“ ; : ‘One of the great the mining indus ‘multitude which, thou; and prac at present is the 1 long been neglected ally abandoned, may yet ed at any moment, if -some ney Gomer prove their value. Transtr the mineral lands in tracts of 160 acres to actual occupants, subject to ~ vested rights,with the condition that all claims not worked in good faith, surveyed, accurately described and recorded in the County Recorder’s office, shall be considered abandoned, We believe that the opportunety to become owner in fee. simple of 160 acres of mining land now neglected, would attract many thousand settlers to the mining counties, and bo & great ultimate, as well-as imme: diate, benefit to the State, " We de not see how it could possibly do any harm, Governor Irwin and Govern‘or-eleet Perkins both know much of ithe mineral regions by personal ob‘servation, and we commend the niatter to their serious consideration, Weimagine that the same pelicy would be advantageots in Oregon, Idaho, and the placer regions of Atizona ;.but would not apply equally well in Nevada and Utah, where the be revj mineral wealth is almost exclitsively’ in rock formations, Perhaps it would be sufficient to commence the experimentin a small district, so that afthe first experiends should prove unsatisfactory, it vould be abandoned with little semanas Thursday, Jane 19th, 1879. Any of our friends having a copy of the Nevapa Daity Transcrirpr i Thursday, June 19th, 1879, will wafer a favor by sending it to this office. drawbacks of,. . of fold mining claims, . John McCarty's Oondition, rd as fear. Dodging the Road Tax. Unless exempted by virtue of certain public services rendered, every male resident of Nevada county between the ages of 2l-and 50 years, should pay an annualroad tax. There are various methods of evadingso doing, the most respectable being™to step around the corner every time the Collector heaves in might. The latest developed and most thoroughly contemptible dodgeis for a man to mistepresent his age when he is having it placed upon the Great Register of the county. of a large number of men with their whose throat was cut by Ben. Reed Tuesday, was removed from the Union Hotel to the home of his parents on Coyote street yesterday morning. He rested easily: «during the day, and although talking some had nothiig.to say of the affray. confident that he willrecover. Doetors Hunt ancl Welch are attending him. -Nothiug-definite can be said yet concerning the result of the wound in the throat. At least seven or eight days must clapse before le will be out of danger, if at ally Should asecondary hemorrhage ensue durin; that time, he will have but slight ‘chance of surviving. el Te Aer Another Test to be Made. The Republican says that in a short time another test. will be made of Meadow Lake ore. The ore reduced recently was. some that had {been exposed to the weather for a long time, and many claim it was less refractory than as if just taken from the mine. The. re to be tested is now teing extracted from the U, S. Grant mine. The result of the test will be known in a short time. ‘From the last lot of ore, eighty per cent. of the geld: ‘contained was ex-. tracted and saved. a ; Counting Mail Matter. Postmaster Holbrook has received instructions from the Postmaster General to keep a list of all mail matter sent from this office during the first week in November. This list will include all letters (each kind of envelope to be specified) postal eards, and the various kinds of second, gue and fourth class. matter, John McCarty, the young man! He-seenis to be* ages fixed at over fifty years, when their Heighbors and friends well know that they have not passed out -of their forpies) Any man who will have the sovsciousness of perpetrating such a petty trick rest on him a whole year for three dollars must be case-hardened. a oe Blair Proves an Alibi, a Reuben Blair proved by several witnesses that he was twelve miles below Marysville on the day the Moore’s Flat stage was robbed, Sheriff’ Montgomery having taken him down there Tuesday to yive himan opportunity to doso.’ He returned to this city at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. . ‘The authorities no longer gutertain the shadow of a suspicioa that he had anything to do ,with the outrage. The newspapers have therefore wasted a great deal of time and space in commenting on Chris. Blair, who is altogether Fi different individual. Reuben has had to shoulter a good deal of mis-applied criticism with all the rest of his trow# bles in consequence of this mysterious affair. ; oe A Strike in Jalil. Several prisoners ‘in. the County Jail, detailed to saw up vhe Winter's wood for the Court ‘Honse, strack yesterday morning, and refused to do another lick of work. ‘The prop: er otlicers ordered that they be locked up in the iron tanks and fed on bread and water until such time as they see fit to act reasonably and do a little something towards paying their board. They will . probably “weaken” and be ready to goto sawiing wood again soon, . McCarty’s threat Tuesday afternoon ~Thet The new Great! + Register js said to contain the names The Marysville-Debris Case. The San Frantisco Stock Exchange of Tuesday contains an exhanstive: and able article regarding the. debris troubles. As to the suit of the city of Marysville against. the hydraulic miners on the Yubs river and its branches,, it. says : _ From the Exchange’s standpoint it looks véry much. as if the good péople Hspoiling for a fight,” as the general questions involved in the proposed suit are now before the Supreme Court, and set for argument on the 22d day of this mouth. It appears to us as if it would bean act of wisdom for the Marysvillians to await with due patience the result of the present suit. We thought it would have been a wise act upon their part to have accepted the generous. offer made by the miners a, few weeks since; but the lawyers and others interested in having a legal fight tadtheir-vay;—and—common_sense__was . ignored entirely. Fromall we can learn, by conversing freely: with some of.the hydraulic miners, they ‘‘don’t scare’ worth a cent.” They claim that they have rights, recognized by the United States Government, State-.government, United States Courts and Staté Courts, as. well as by custom and years of prescription, which cannot be ignored’ or done away with. [t is the freely expressed opinion of. practical engineers and prominent mining men that ‘the tailings from . the great gold mines on the, wes slope: of. the Sierra Nevada” frotiy which so many millions of gold are taken annua.ly, can be retaifed in the immense canyons whiysh cut so, deeply across the mountain range at right angles to its . géneral course, and quite recently we have he ird the statement repeated from several” intelligent persop$ of experience and Hh qualified wto form an t if the money already in litigation, added to the t which will be expended inthe yearonly, was proper y expendin the canyons to prevent the taiings from flowing down toward the valley, the evil complained of eould be remedied to such an -extent that. not over two or three per cent. at the utmost of the material mined, expendo¢ amat ne . would reach the valley in any shape, : {and that such material as ‘would reach the valley, would prove * benefit, instead of am injury. If, such a result can be reached by intelligent inquiry and examination, it. woubdl be mach preferable to expensive and protracted litigation which can benefit the légal fraternity alone. We venture the assertion that the litigation in the Keyes suit aloue has already cost both sides to it not fess then $40,000, andthe end ‘iis not yet. .The proposed Marysville suit will cost as much more, and we do not hesitate to say before these suits are ended they will cost $100,000 at least. If to this be added the $30000 offered by; the miners to the city of Marysville; ave are certainly within bounds when we say that this sum would, if: properly expended, go far towards curing the evil com‘plained of, The Arrest of the Roddans. _A Wheatland dispatch of Tuesday, the 16th instant>.says: : The arrest of Wm. Roddan and wife has created much{comment here. The arrest was made yesterday. by detectives Harrison and. Gay. and . universe. of that~Interior~town:were—rather} The Jewish New Year. Last evening at sundown was inaugurated the Hebrew festival of Rosh Hashanah, or New Year. This holy day commences on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tishin, and commemorates the creation of the It is observed for two days by the orthodox, and for one day by the reformed Israelites. It Neroim,” or ‘‘Ten-Days vf Peniténce,” which end’with ‘Yom Kippur,” the ‘Day of Atonement.” Even those who disregard all‘ religious duties during the remainder of the year take especial pains to #bsorve these anniversaries. It. is on this occasion that the *‘‘Shofar,” or Ram’s Horn, is sounded in the syna-gogues to recall to the people a remembrance of their allegiance to the ‘faith, Appropriate services are-conducted in all the synagogues, whi'e family prayers usually take place up-’ on the return home. In this. city services will be held at Masonic Hall, under the leadership of M. Rosenberg who acts as Rabbi, and-are conducted in.Hebrew. This. season is. considered the most importantin the Jewjstl year. Rosh Hashanah ‘is closely followed by the Day of Atonemhent and the Feast’ ot Tabernacles. It has beeii ‘noticed’ as 4 curious fact by learned Hebraists that the Hebrew word ‘Beraishith’” which signifies. . , “in the beginning,” Gen. I. 1, when transposed makes ‘‘the first of Fishri,” observed by our Jewish citizens . ; a3 the Day of the Beginning of the World. Taxing Pistols aad Knives. Concerning the suggestion that a ‘State tax-of fixe dollars_a year be levied on pistols,the Colusa Sun says;i}: “This is an excellent suggestion, except that we would make the tax larger. The great body of the taxpayers do not find it necessary to carry pistols, and those who do carry them cost the. others a great.deal of money, The class that carry pistols, too, are of the impecunious, non-tax-, paying sort. Every pistol ought jto pay a tax of at least twenty dollars a year, and it should be amisdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for six months, to be found guilty of having a pistol im one’s possession which did not have the stamp of the Collector for that year. This is. a much better idea than the concealed weapon law. We would put imto this class bowie knives, dirks and all other things carried on the person and used’ for the purpose of taking human life.” 1f the Colusa Sun man was running an outspoken newspaper in Nevada county, he would bring all his influence. to bear in securing the passage ofa law to°make the carrying of concealed Weapons punishable by death. --:-o— rder’s Office Business. . Marshal Waddetl—To-tay they give bail in the sum’ of $500 each, with Hugh Roddan and Frank ‘Kirshner bondsmen, The examination is continued till the 25th, because witnesses in Nevada are to be summoned. William takes it coolly, but his wife wept and was excited tpen the reading of the warrant. The elder Rodalan is very indignant, and accuses the officers of bad faith. Deep interest is fe t by the citizens of Wheatland, who wish the matter ferreted out, no, matter who suffers. . sentiment af first would not admit the guilt of the Roddans, "but now a majority reluctantly believe them guilty; but express no opinion, and hope otherwise. ‘The opinion is, that if she is guilty, Mrs. Roddan discovered a criminal intimacy between her husband and Ida Dunn; that the latter fled to her room, where Mts. Roddan attacked her with an iron stake, inflicting the wounds which so nearly‘caused her death, and in so doing, by accident struck her sister, Miss Heslep,.who occupied the same bed, Mr. and Mrs. Koddan then, before notifying theneighbors, consummated arrangements “to ward off suspicion from the real assailant. A-prominent farmer, if necessary, of: fers $500 additional to have it thoroughly ferreted out. . Careful investigation warrants the opinion of the majority to be that the officers are on the right track, but will not be able to convict. The officers think they can convict: upon evidence in their possession. General Cadwalader will conduct the deferise, and C. T. Jones and the District Attorney the-prosecution. The officers claim that they have no friends to reward or foes to punish, and will do their duty fearlessly, and the public of Wheatland and all oyer the State will sustain them,‘ > Annual Mustering In. Guard are ordered, as will be seen by advertisement in another column, eg appear at the Armory if full uniform next Monday evening for annu‘al mustering in a Public . The members of Nevada Light is the commencementof the “Yomen; es The Postal Revenue, _ In 1860, the postal revenue of the: United States ‘Was only 39, 218,06] and in 1878, it had reached the totay sum of $29,277,516, being an average annual increase of $1,114,414., Bue with this remarkable increase the amount of deficit in 1878, was near] the same asin 1860, owing to. the excessive expenses of the service. The South is said to be the wors¢ paying section. 7 erage socoatoatags 4 ARE’ HEREBY ORDERED TO Set 3. ee Nevada Light Guard APPEAR AT YOUR ARMORY, IN FULL UNIFORM, Monday, September 22, ‘1869, At71-2.0'clock, P.M, For Anazual Mustering in of -the Company. The Company will march promptly ats o'clock, and all not in the ranks will be con. « sidered as absentees, _ No excuses. received except sickness or ab, sence from.town. By order. J. A. RAPP, Captain Commanding, W. F. Evens,.0: 8S. i. eee _s= = GRAND OPENING . BALL IVY SOCIAL NEVADA : CITY, AT CLUB Friday ‘Evening, Sept. 2¢th. Hunt & Chase's Full String Band. FLOOR DIRECTOR: D. McLean. FLOOR MANAGERS: , H. L. Herzinger,J. H. Riehards, A. J, Turner, Nelson Sanborn. RECEPTION COMMITTEE! H. Spring, J. Grimes, D. Reseigh, Ed. Richards. Tickets Ce eae ae rer re ae) PRICE LIsT. ° FOR CASH! Subject to Correction The following documents were filed in the County Recorder's office for theweek ending yesterday: 1 oficial bom, 10 mining notices, 6 satisfactions of mortgages, 1 certificate of redemption, 7 deeds, 6 mortgages 4 homestéads;.2 marriagé certificates. : peileacea! ats Nevada Daily Transcript. Marysville Appeal: The Nevada TRANSCRIPT has entered upon its 20th year. It is-an old and ever welcome exchange on the Appeal list. Success. ° ', £ Ladies, take advantage of the annual clearance sale at Rosenberg, Bros. Palace Dry Goods Store They are almost giving away goods. sl6 Hon. Mr. Saytor, Congressman from Ohio, is on the Comstock viewing the wonders thereot. a Yesterday's Arrivals at THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL, Chas. E. Pearson, Proprietor. Dr Charles City. J D Fennessy San Era S E InlowRonch “<A Maltman Wlliow ¥ GC Shaw Omega Cc ner Railroad M Lawrence You Bet D G‘Lake Salt Lake Mrs Bishop Bloomfiel R D Wittiams Hunts h 8 Scribner Truckee J B Hume ‘Sacrament Mrs Freeman Crossin A Fritz All . G MeWain Maryiville A T Laird City _T Seward do N Douglas Colfax DW Hamilton City RK Thomas Birchville C Bird City T W McIntyre City A Macklin City A Jolley City M Norton Town Talk Yesterday's ‘Arrivals at THE UNION HOTEL. ‘Flour, per 100 lbs, $2 75: Wheat, per 100 Ibs, 225 Corn, per 100 lbs, © 1 75 Bran, per 100 lbs, 1 12} Mixed Feed per100 lbs, 1 374 Middlings, per 100 lbs, 150 Potatoes, per 100 Ibs, $1 00 Crushed Sugar, 9 Ibs, 1 00 Brown Sugar, 12 Ibs 100 Green Coffee. 5 Ibs 100 Ground Coffee, 3lbcans, 60 Kerosene, per 5 gallon can 1 50 Cooking Butter, r Ib, Cod Fish, oR 9 Ground Coffee, per paper Washing Powder, 3 papers Corn Starch, 2 papers, Starch, 2. papers, Starch, per box, Pearl Barley, 3 pounds Spices,“all kinds, per bottle 10 Pickles, per bottle 25 Pickles, 5 kegs 2 00 Lard, 8 pound cans, ~~. 90. ‘ WILLIAM WOLF, NEVADA CITY, CAL. Jacob Naffziger, Proprictor. . G Parks Chico ‘RD Carter City hs Eager J McCarty do RL Fulwn do F H Cooper 8 F J Griffith Port Wing Wm Kiggins Grass Va © Peabody San Fran U Palmer Grass Valle T Ronden do W Brown J Williams do B Martin 4° do W Nestle do E B StClair Albany Main Street Nevada City WM. WOLF'S Rice, 14 lbs 100 Beans, 32 Ibs 100 Soap, 8 bars 25° Soap, per box 50. Candles, 14 for 25 Candles, perbox 175 Crackers, per box, 90. Oysters~ 12cansfor 100 Salmon, Scansfor 100 Tomatoes, 7 cansfor 100 Green Corn, Gcansfor 100 String Beans, 5 cans for. 100 Sardines, 6cansfor 1.00 Green Peas, 4cansfor 1 00. Blueberries, 5cansfor 100 Kerosene, per gallon, 35 Syrap, per gallon, 78 Syrup, 5gallonkegs, 300 Bacon, _ per pound. 11 Hams, per pound, » il Good Green Tea ‘ 30 English Breakfast, ‘‘ 40 Fresh Butter, per roll, 50 BEBBRE ne Everything else in paoportion. HE DAILY NEVADA CiT' Brief ! Detective Hunt sterday. Vv. A. Sigour 1 a trip to the The Phenix G nth has been p Ahe next Gran will have its h x-Senator A. nghter returnes y morning. Remember thy sting to be he urday night, Another story brick buildin pe and Comme strange to say We yet been al ty of the Moor Irs. I. T.Sax ‘a is visiting bnson and wif D. Wellingto: shin place of bne of the mos in the county An interesting l and literar. dered by the . ool to-morrov Dave. Lake h it to the Com: er,.points. he.best place th.to live in. reo. G. Allan y shipped :4, inery to the R nty, -yesterd in-two loads, ‘The Union sa bon James M iking a well n ceived a fracti blast -whiéh ht Postmaster—H. ore and Thom: Dout. of town the bear come y to catch him A new saloon e of the ro eet formerly n for restau kman will ec he west roor he Broad str sale in anotl S. Deal is or sin the city secure a big iediately to. Tie Chinam ause our cit n and boys 2m complain, ving the C very town did ity in that 1 mg.Milaniatapinsiia tsi Se 427 Remembe le at Rosenbs days. Go pods! Store an Dist Wep: C. T, Myer booner, Hea: ial set for Se] Alpheus Bull M. Co, He W trial set fo Clara VV, ulloy. This n-of defend he defendani at Fred. “Huc «l witness, j dative .cann dered thatcc: Wednesday lock, A.M. Court adjour as . cig Rosenbery earance sale eat bargains A FULL LIne nd & Basset Republic There will be tblican Club ; day evening hportance is full attendan der 816 tWhere ar nberg — ore. on « next ten d

48 ce Be BS RN OH a pL ee ee The Daily Transcript, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ; ‘What Vigilance Committees are For. Some people regard with horror the suggestion that Nevada City ‘Thursday. Sept. 18th, 1879. a How @ Attract Settlers to the Mining me Counties. The Alta calls the attention of the -~néwly-elected State Administration, Legislature and Congressmen, to the mineral lands of the Sierra Nevada, and ufges as a means -for attracting settlers to them the adoption, of a’ policy of sale similar to that ofthe Federal Homestead Law in the agricultural regions, disposing of ‘the land at little more thany the cost. of , Survey, in tracts of 80 or 160 acres, the title not to-be-¢emplete arti af___ ter at least ten yeurs’ occupation. It says: “When this idea Was first . presented, it gave great offence to tthe miners geiierally for various reasons. ' It would reserve the mineral wea'th of the State for the permanent citizens of the State; whereas, they generally wanted ‘‘te make their pile,” and carry away the plun“der. It was conceived in the interest of Califotmia, and that was “not their imberest. They had got used to the migratory, irresponsible mode ‘Of life in the mines, and were unwillig to be tied down. They were ‘{mwilling to be subject to taxation, ‘from which they had secured an tnjust and unconstitutional exemption, They followeil political demagogues who denounced. the proposed: ‘sale of themines’ as a ‘scheme to give the gold of the State to monopolists. The mining tramps and ,their ———‘subservientwfticials have had. their { way till incalculable “damage has been done to, auriferous ‘regions, The gold has been carried off, much of the'soil washed away, the timber cut down, and very little done in rea v. turn, There are no railroads; -the a good wagon-roads are subject to heavy toils; and the population has decreased steadily for more than af quarter of a century. . There are in ‘the mining counties not: half so many Voters 4s there were 1854. The mining towns generally show the signs of decay. buildings are untenanted. And the decline still continues, ‘The Government is to blame, ‘There are, in our’ opinion, abundant resources to attract settlers. but the law will not give them a fair chance. The public lands.are not offered to the people on @he same-liberal terms as in the agricultural districts. In” 1866 an Act was passed allowing individuals or companies to purchase mines, but only in small areas, at high prices, and under oppressive restrictions ; whereas, in our opinion, nothing would be more.conducive to the prosperity of thé mining counties California than the abolition of Many of their . forthwith forma vigilancecommittee. They appear to take it for granted that such an organization must be made up of blood-thirsty and. irresponsible men who will go around hanging and shooting indiscriminately every individual that “they are] pleased to ‘regaril with suspicion ; and that if one man slays ‘ another and is arrested, it is-their duty to go to the jail, rescue him, and h&ag him to the nearest tree. The dyty of desirable vigilantes does not: comprise ‘such transactions. The members should simply act as preventitive agents. When a_susiis appearance in. thecity; their. that he ig not wanted here and must einigrate within a givew time. If he does not heed the warning, they next call upon him after the fash‘jon.of people giving a surprise puty, and in a decent manner present him witha coat of tar and feathers. He out of their jurisdiction as rapidly as possible. No bones will have been broken, “no blood spilled. There is enough of this kind of work to be done in this town to keep a vigilance committee at work for several days. Let one be organized without delay. Nevada City’s reputation has already been blackened’ enough by the conduet of thieves and murderers. Thereis but one kind of medicine that can effect a cure. Administer it in big dowes. Fruit Sitpments:-—————__-— The fruit crop of the present year inthis region is very light, being; ‘an off yoar, but the quality is excellent, The shipments from the Ist of July to.date are insignificant, as willbe seen,but will improve asthe — cool weather approaches. _ No estimate can yet be made of the quantity that not exceed one-third. of last. ‘year, first step would be to “notify =him=wilkthen surely be. willing. to get {will be shipped, but it will ‘prgbal ly . Wen. Reed's Maxtin for Murder. Shortly before Bem Reed cut Joan i he: was lying’éa the floor in the card Lroom where the bloody deed was eommitted. William Stoan ha’ occasion to pass through the apartment, when he*Asked Reed, ‘‘Why are you lying théfe? Are you sick?’ The “ex-convict madesome-grumbling reply. Mr. Sloan passed “out of . the’ saloon, and was standing on the corner by K. Casper’s store, when Reed who had followed him stepped up and said, “If [had a shot-gun I would kill every = ‘in that saloon.” At the same time he placed his hand in his revolver pocket and glared fiercely at Sloan, who picious-or dangerous character makes . thought: the fellow’ intended him harm, Just then another man came toward-the-twain,-and.Reed. walked away. ‘As he had-an ‘“‘ugly drunk” on, it is reasonable to presume that his mind was made up to kill the first person who took exceptions to anything he said, and that the attack on McCarty was simply in pursuance of that determination. Some months ago while Reed was being led £0 jail by officer Scott who had arrested him for trying to kill some one in a Pine street restaurant, he remarked grimly, ‘‘Scott, if I had a knife I would cut your heart out.” A -few days since this .same sanguinary chap went to a house of ill fame and said-to one. of the inmates, “T wish I hada pistol. I would stick it against Marshdl Baldridge’s earand blow the top hh head off.” Marshal heard of the threat, and has since kept a close watch on Reed ‘with the—intention—of preventing . him from carrying it into execution by surimary nreans if necessary. About two weeks ag. he said sent. back home ayain.” he referred to was’ uxt Quentin, — Everybody w, 4 The following are amounts iu pounds shipped by the Narrow Gaiye rail. road from Nevada and Grass Valley in-all of last year, and from the lat, of July to date of the present ye 1878; Nevada. Grass Vality. Ualy. i 2 wes 2,815 9,479 August... 7,778 ,333 September. 16,126 131,297 October.. 55,359 214,137 “November. . 69,754 288,694 December. 65,447 $7,662 1879. : January.. 7/7/44 35,771 February.. ,24 868 56,145 March.. 4 45,893 — 43, 36 April.. “. 17,366 36,936 ee 3,555 33,841 rare 95 8,652 ‘otal, 1878-9 318,780 988,313 GULF on sct ass 1,135 a August. 7.45. 4,699 7,265 September.. 7,563 35,882 se ee ee sd SS SERRA PRI IS ‘mineral Jands, and the resefvation of “all for ten-year settlers,“ ; : ‘One of the great the mining indus ‘multitude which, thou; and prac at present is the 1 long been neglected ally abandoned, may yet ed at any moment, if -some ney Gomer prove their value. Transtr the mineral lands in tracts of 160 acres to actual occupants, subject to ~ vested rights,with the condition that all claims not worked in good faith, surveyed, accurately described and recorded in the County Recorder’s office, shall be considered abandoned, We believe that the opportunety to become owner in fee. simple of 160 acres of mining land now neglected, would attract many thousand settlers to the mining counties, and bo & great ultimate, as well-as imme: diate, benefit to the State, " We de not see how it could possibly do any harm, Governor Irwin and Govern‘or-eleet Perkins both know much of ithe mineral regions by personal ob‘servation, and we commend the niatter to their serious consideration, Weimagine that the same pelicy would be advantageots in Oregon, Idaho, and the placer regions of Atizona ;.but would not apply equally well in Nevada and Utah, where the be revj mineral wealth is almost exclitsively’ in rock formations, Perhaps it would be sufficient to commence the experimentin a small district, so that afthe first experiends should prove unsatisfactory, it vould be abandoned with little semanas Thursday, Jane 19th, 1879. Any of our friends having a copy of the Nevapa Daity Transcrirpr i Thursday, June 19th, 1879, will wafer a favor by sending it to this office. drawbacks of,. . of fold mining claims, . John McCarty's Oondition, rd as fear. Dodging the Road Tax. Unless exempted by virtue of certain public services rendered, every male resident of Nevada county between the ages of 2l-and 50 years, should pay an annualroad tax. There are various methods of evadingso doing, the most respectable being™to step around the corner every time the Collector heaves in might. The latest developed and most thoroughly contemptible dodgeis for a man to mistepresent his age when he is having it placed upon the Great Register of the county. of a large number of men with their whose throat was cut by Ben. Reed Tuesday, was removed from the Union Hotel to the home of his parents on Coyote street yesterday morning. He rested easily: «during the day, and although talking some had nothiig.to say of the affray. confident that he willrecover. Doetors Hunt ancl Welch are attending him. -Nothiug-definite can be said yet concerning the result of the wound in the throat. At least seven or eight days must clapse before le will be out of danger, if at ally Should asecondary hemorrhage ensue durin; that time, he will have but slight ‘chance of surviving. el Te Aer Another Test to be Made. The Republican says that in a short time another test. will be made of Meadow Lake ore. The ore reduced recently was. some that had {been exposed to the weather for a long time, and many claim it was less refractory than as if just taken from the mine. The. re to be tested is now teing extracted from the U, S. Grant mine. The result of the test will be known in a short time. ‘From the last lot of ore, eighty per cent. of the geld: ‘contained was ex-. tracted and saved. a ; Counting Mail Matter. Postmaster Holbrook has received instructions from the Postmaster General to keep a list of all mail matter sent from this office during the first week in November. This list will include all letters (each kind of envelope to be specified) postal eards, and the various kinds of second, gue and fourth class. matter, John McCarty, the young man! He-seenis to be* ages fixed at over fifty years, when their Heighbors and friends well know that they have not passed out -of their forpies) Any man who will have the sovsciousness of perpetrating such a petty trick rest on him a whole year for three dollars must be case-hardened. a oe Blair Proves an Alibi, a Reuben Blair proved by several witnesses that he was twelve miles below Marysville on the day the Moore’s Flat stage was robbed, Sheriff’ Montgomery having taken him down there Tuesday to yive himan opportunity to doso.’ He returned to this city at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. . ‘The authorities no longer gutertain the shadow of a suspicioa that he had anything to do ,with the outrage. The newspapers have therefore wasted a great deal of time and space in commenting on Chris. Blair, who is altogether Fi different individual. Reuben has had to shoulter a good deal of mis-applied criticism with all the rest of his trow# bles in consequence of this mysterious affair. ; oe A Strike in Jalil. Several prisoners ‘in. the County Jail, detailed to saw up vhe Winter's wood for the Court ‘Honse, strack yesterday morning, and refused to do another lick of work. ‘The prop: er otlicers ordered that they be locked up in the iron tanks and fed on bread and water until such time as they see fit to act reasonably and do a little something towards paying their board. They will . probably “weaken” and be ready to goto sawiing wood again soon, . McCarty’s threat Tuesday afternoon ~Thet The new Great! + Register js said to contain the names The Marysville-Debris Case. The San Frantisco Stock Exchange of Tuesday contains an exhanstive: and able article regarding the. debris troubles. As to the suit of the city of Marysville against. the hydraulic miners on the Yubs river and its branches,, it. says : _ From the Exchange’s standpoint it looks véry much. as if the good péople Hspoiling for a fight,” as the general questions involved in the proposed suit are now before the Supreme Court, and set for argument on the 22d day of this mouth. It appears to us as if it would bean act of wisdom for the Marysvillians to await with due patience the result of the present suit. We thought it would have been a wise act upon their part to have accepted the generous. offer made by the miners a, few weeks since; but the lawyers and others interested in having a legal fight tadtheir-vay;—and—common_sense__was . ignored entirely. Fromall we can learn, by conversing freely: with some of.the hydraulic miners, they ‘‘don’t scare’ worth a cent.” They claim that they have rights, recognized by the United States Government, State-.government, United States Courts and Staté Courts, as. well as by custom and years of prescription, which cannot be ignored’ or done away with. [t is the freely expressed opinion of. practical engineers and prominent mining men that ‘the tailings from . the great gold mines on the, wes slope: of. the Sierra Nevada” frotiy which so many millions of gold are taken annua.ly, can be retaifed in the immense canyons whiysh cut so, deeply across the mountain range at right angles to its . géneral course, and quite recently we have he ird the statement repeated from several” intelligent persop$ of experience and Hh qualified wto form an t if the money already in litigation, added to the t which will be expended inthe yearonly, was proper y expendin the canyons to prevent the taiings from flowing down toward the valley, the evil complained of eould be remedied to such an -extent that. not over two or three per cent. at the utmost of the material mined, expendo¢ amat ne . would reach the valley in any shape, : {and that such material as ‘would reach the valley, would prove * benefit, instead of am injury. If, such a result can be reached by intelligent inquiry and examination, it. woubdl be mach preferable to expensive and protracted litigation which can benefit the légal fraternity alone. We venture the assertion that the litigation in the Keyes suit aloue has already cost both sides to it not

fess then $40,000, andthe end ‘iis not yet. .The proposed Marysville suit will cost as much more, and we do not hesitate to say before these suits are ended they will cost $100,000 at least. If to this be added the $30000 offered by; the miners to the city of Marysville; ave are certainly within bounds when we say that this sum would, if: properly expended, go far towards curing the evil com‘plained of, The Arrest of the Roddans. _A Wheatland dispatch of Tuesday, the 16th instant>.says: : The arrest of Wm. Roddan and wife has created much{comment here. The arrest was made yesterday. by detectives Harrison and. Gay. and . universe. of that~Interior~town:were—rather} The Jewish New Year. Last evening at sundown was inaugurated the Hebrew festival of Rosh Hashanah, or New Year. This holy day commences on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tishin, and commemorates the creation of the It is observed for two days by the orthodox, and for one day by the reformed Israelites. It Neroim,” or ‘‘Ten-Days vf Peniténce,” which end’with ‘Yom Kippur,” the ‘Day of Atonement.” Even those who disregard all‘ religious duties during the remainder of the year take especial pains to #bsorve these anniversaries. It. is on this occasion that the *‘‘Shofar,” or Ram’s Horn, is sounded in the syna-gogues to recall to the people a remembrance of their allegiance to the ‘faith, Appropriate services are-conducted in all the synagogues, whi'e family prayers usually take place up-’ on the return home. In this. city services will be held at Masonic Hall, under the leadership of M. Rosenberg who acts as Rabbi, and-are conducted in.Hebrew. This. season is. considered the most importantin the Jewjstl year. Rosh Hashanah ‘is closely followed by the Day of Atonemhent and the Feast’ ot Tabernacles. It has beeii ‘noticed’ as 4 curious fact by learned Hebraists that the Hebrew word ‘Beraishith’” which signifies. . , “in the beginning,” Gen. I. 1, when transposed makes ‘‘the first of Fishri,” observed by our Jewish citizens . ; a3 the Day of the Beginning of the World. Taxing Pistols aad Knives. Concerning the suggestion that a ‘State tax-of fixe dollars_a year be levied on pistols,the Colusa Sun says;i}: “This is an excellent suggestion, except that we would make the tax larger. The great body of the taxpayers do not find it necessary to carry pistols, and those who do carry them cost the. others a great.deal of money, The class that carry pistols, too, are of the impecunious, non-tax-, paying sort. Every pistol ought jto pay a tax of at least twenty dollars a year, and it should be amisdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for six months, to be found guilty of having a pistol im one’s possession which did not have the stamp of the Collector for that year. This is. a much better idea than the concealed weapon law. We would put imto this class bowie knives, dirks and all other things carried on the person and used’ for the purpose of taking human life.” 1f the Colusa Sun man was running an outspoken newspaper in Nevada county, he would bring all his influence. to bear in securing the passage ofa law to°make the carrying of concealed Weapons punishable by death. --:-o— rder’s Office Business. . Marshal Waddetl—To-tay they give bail in the sum’ of $500 each, with Hugh Roddan and Frank ‘Kirshner bondsmen, The examination is continued till the 25th, because witnesses in Nevada are to be summoned. William takes it coolly, but his wife wept and was excited tpen the reading of the warrant. The elder Rodalan is very indignant, and accuses the officers of bad faith. Deep interest is fe t by the citizens of Wheatland, who wish the matter ferreted out, no, matter who suffers. . sentiment af first would not admit the guilt of the Roddans, "but now a majority reluctantly believe them guilty; but express no opinion, and hope otherwise. ‘The opinion is, that if she is guilty, Mrs. Roddan discovered a criminal intimacy between her husband and Ida Dunn; that the latter fled to her room, where Mts. Roddan attacked her with an iron stake, inflicting the wounds which so nearly‘caused her death, and in so doing, by accident struck her sister, Miss Heslep,.who occupied the same bed, Mr. and Mrs. Koddan then, before notifying theneighbors, consummated arrangements “to ward off suspicion from the real assailant. A-prominent farmer, if necessary, of: fers $500 additional to have it thoroughly ferreted out. . Careful investigation warrants the opinion of the majority to be that the officers are on the right track, but will not be able to convict. The officers think they can convict: upon evidence in their possession. General Cadwalader will conduct the deferise, and C. T. Jones and the District Attorney the-prosecution. The officers claim that they have no friends to reward or foes to punish, and will do their duty fearlessly, and the public of Wheatland and all oyer the State will sustain them,‘ > Annual Mustering In. Guard are ordered, as will be seen by advertisement in another column, eg appear at the Armory if full uniform next Monday evening for annu‘al mustering in a Public . The members of Nevada Light is the commencementof the “Yomen; es The Postal Revenue, _ In 1860, the postal revenue of the: United States ‘Was only 39, 218,06] and in 1878, it had reached the totay sum of $29,277,516, being an average annual increase of $1,114,414., Bue with this remarkable increase the amount of deficit in 1878, was near] the same asin 1860, owing to. the excessive expenses of the service. The South is said to be the wors¢ paying section. 7 erage socoatoatags 4 ARE’ HEREBY ORDERED TO Set 3. ee Nevada Light Guard APPEAR AT YOUR ARMORY, IN FULL UNIFORM, Monday, September 22, ‘1869, At71-2.0'clock, P.M, For Anazual Mustering in of -the Company. The Company will march promptly ats o'clock, and all not in the ranks will be con. « sidered as absentees, _ No excuses. received except sickness or ab, sence from.town. By order. J. A. RAPP, Captain Commanding, W. F. Evens,.0: 8S. i. eee _s= = GRAND OPENING . BALL IVY SOCIAL NEVADA : CITY, AT CLUB Friday ‘Evening, Sept. 2¢th. Hunt & Chase's Full String Band. FLOOR DIRECTOR: D. McLean. FLOOR MANAGERS: , H. L. Herzinger,J. H. Riehards, A. J, Turner, Nelson Sanborn. RECEPTION COMMITTEE! H. Spring, J. Grimes, D. Reseigh, Ed. Richards. Tickets Ce eae ae rer re ae) PRICE LIsT. ° FOR CASH! Subject to Correction The following documents were filed in the County Recorder's office for theweek ending yesterday: 1 oficial bom, 10 mining notices, 6 satisfactions of mortgages, 1 certificate of redemption, 7 deeds, 6 mortgages 4 homestéads;.2 marriagé certificates. : peileacea! ats Nevada Daily Transcript. Marysville Appeal: The Nevada TRANSCRIPT has entered upon its 20th year. It is-an old and ever welcome exchange on the Appeal list. Success. ° ', £ Ladies, take advantage of the annual clearance sale at Rosenberg, Bros. Palace Dry Goods Store They are almost giving away goods. sl6 Hon. Mr. Saytor, Congressman from Ohio, is on the Comstock viewing the wonders thereot. a Yesterday's Arrivals at THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL, Chas. E. Pearson, Proprietor. Dr Charles City. J D Fennessy San Era S E InlowRonch “<A Maltman Wlliow ¥ GC Shaw Omega Cc ner Railroad M Lawrence You Bet D G‘Lake Salt Lake Mrs Bishop Bloomfiel R D Wittiams Hunts h 8 Scribner Truckee J B Hume ‘Sacrament Mrs Freeman Crossin A Fritz All . G MeWain Maryiville A T Laird City _T Seward do N Douglas Colfax DW Hamilton City RK Thomas Birchville C Bird City T W McIntyre City A Macklin City A Jolley City M Norton Town Talk Yesterday's ‘Arrivals at THE UNION HOTEL. ‘Flour, per 100 lbs, $2 75: Wheat, per 100 Ibs, 225 Corn, per 100 lbs, © 1 75 Bran, per 100 lbs, 1 12} Mixed Feed per100 lbs, 1 374 Middlings, per 100 lbs, 150 Potatoes, per 100 Ibs, $1 00 Crushed Sugar, 9 Ibs, 1 00 Brown Sugar, 12 Ibs 100 Green Coffee. 5 Ibs 100 Ground Coffee, 3lbcans, 60 Kerosene, per 5 gallon can 1 50 Cooking Butter, r Ib, Cod Fish, oR 9 Ground Coffee, per paper Washing Powder, 3 papers Corn Starch, 2 papers, Starch, 2. papers, Starch, per box, Pearl Barley, 3 pounds Spices,“all kinds, per bottle 10 Pickles, per bottle 25 Pickles, 5 kegs 2 00 Lard, 8 pound cans, ~~. 90. ‘ WILLIAM WOLF, NEVADA CITY, CAL. Jacob Naffziger, Proprictor. . G Parks Chico ‘RD Carter City hs Eager J McCarty do RL Fulwn do F H Cooper 8 F J Griffith Port Wing Wm Kiggins Grass Va © Peabody San Fran U Palmer Grass Valle T Ronden do W Brown J Williams do B Martin 4° do W Nestle do E B StClair Albany Main Street Nevada City WM. WOLF'S Rice, 14 lbs 100 Beans, 32 Ibs 100 Soap, 8 bars 25° Soap, per box 50. Candles, 14 for 25 Candles, perbox 175 Crackers, per box, 90. Oysters~ 12cansfor 100 Salmon, Scansfor 100 Tomatoes, 7 cansfor 100 Green Corn, Gcansfor 100 String Beans, 5 cans for. 100 Sardines, 6cansfor 1.00 Green Peas, 4cansfor 1 00. Blueberries, 5cansfor 100 Kerosene, per gallon, 35 Syrap, per gallon, 78 Syrup, 5gallonkegs, 300 Bacon, _ per pound. 11 Hams, per pound, » il Good Green Tea ‘ 30 English Breakfast, ‘‘ 40 Fresh Butter, per roll, 50 BEBBRE ne Everything else in paoportion. HE DAILY NEVADA CiT' Brief ! Detective Hunt sterday. Vv. A. Sigour 1 a trip to the The Phenix G nth has been p Ahe next Gran will have its h x-Senator A. nghter returnes y morning. Remember thy sting to be he urday night, Another story brick buildin pe and Comme strange to say We yet been al ty of the Moor Irs. I. T.Sax ‘a is visiting bnson and wif D. Wellingto: shin place of bne of the mos in the county An interesting l and literar. dered by the . ool to-morrov Dave. Lake h it to the Com: er,.points. he.best place th.to live in. reo. G. Allan y shipped :4, inery to the R nty, -yesterd in-two loads, ‘The Union sa bon James M iking a well n ceived a fracti blast -whiéh ht Postmaster—H. ore and Thom: Dout. of town the bear come y to catch him A new saloon e of the ro eet formerly n for restau kman will ec he west roor he Broad str sale in anotl S. Deal is or sin the city secure a big iediately to. Tie Chinam ause our cit n and boys 2m complain, ving the C very town did ity in that 1 mg.Milaniatapinsiia tsi Se 427 Remembe le at Rosenbs days. Go pods! Store an Dist Wep: C. T, Myer booner, Hea: ial set for Se] Alpheus Bull M. Co, He W trial set fo Clara VV, ulloy. This n-of defend he defendani at Fred. “Huc «l witness, j dative .cann dered thatcc: Wednesday lock, A.M. Court adjour as . cig Rosenbery earance sale eat bargains A FULL LIne nd & Basset Republic There will be tblican Club ; day evening hportance is full attendan der 816 tWhere ar nberg — ore. on « next ten d