February 3, 1854 (4 pages)

ee aioe VOL. 3--NO. 41. England States, but to the best of his jadgment THE JOURN AL and belief the inhabitants of those places were 9 . becoming desperately wicked. *. “The other day some men were engaged in . removing an old, dilapidated building, to lay the foundation of a new church. They diseovered among the rubbish of the old building a pair of handcuffs, and a ball and chain, which were a great curiosity to them. Of their use they could form no idea. It happened just then that a very‘aged man was passing, who informed them that the building they were removing was a jail, which was used some sixty years ago to incarcerate criminals. He also . explained to them the use of the handcuffs—— likewise the ball and chain. He further . . formed them that the use of jails was abolished isoon after the passage of the Maine Liquor With weary limbs and aching heart, . Law. He trod the rugged mountain steep, . “The Military Garrison on Sugar Loaf hill, nau Sees Oe adie a ‘under the superintendence of brigadier general ‘The rimless hat, the sunburnt face, . . F. Frisbie, is now nearly completed, and . The beots which had no cobbling friend,— 1 ; . The tattered garments where wo tact {will be a great ornament to our city. The} . practice of compellitg offenders of justice, as iheretofore, to do the drudgery of tnilitary gar'risons, we hope to see abolished, because our PUBLISHED EVERY ‘FRIDAY MORNING BY BUDD & SKELTON, Office on Broad street, opposite the Court House. Nevada TERMS. Fir one year, in atvatice, =. 5268 i as ote $7 00 Wo® six montis: 2. 2isca3 cece G55: ed Gee ie Ror IRTOR GROUND. <ccacnkmed<dcckees anntncroyey 2 00 Single copics,. eRe Stir Legal Blanks ©¢ all kinds for sale at this office. Job Work in all its varieties, promptly aud neatly executed, at reasonable rates. Advertisement s inserted at low rates. L. P. Fisher is our only authorized a gent ‘at fan Francisco. He inay be found at his desk at the Merchans Exchange. A. Delano “t Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office, is our authorized agent at Grass Valley. SSSR PE I EE EE EY For the Nevada Journal. THE MINER. FROM REAL LIFE—BY L. O. SMITH. i Of female hands had been to mend ; The haggard look—the tearful eye,— The solemn tread, intensely slow— The heavy, deep, unbroken sigh, Betokened sorrow, want, and woe soldiers have won for their country and them. i selves imperishable renown ; therefore, we do not wish to see anything inside,of a military . ' garrison but genuine patriotism and stirling . The golden ore he long had sought, [In river, canon, hill, ravine, And many an inward battle tought With sore temptations, sharp and kee. The image ot a lovely wite, Was deeply graven on his heart, And mid the scenes of want aud strife, Had kept him from the dreadful mart But now—O God! what heart can know The depth of anguish written there, For she whe was his all below, virtiics: as . °* Sicrra College has been thoroughly repaired, and will commence its 55th term on the 4th . ‘of Jan. next, under the superintendence of . tq allen inc -uruption’s snare! . rt "Ny *y-4° . . . Fas: IRLER 18. COR-UREMON ¢. ARATE }. / ident Gregory. ‘The facilities of this institu. His children.-motherless and poor, 1 a F : : Deprived of ali parental aid ‘tion are not surpassed by any in this country. our ‘ron floor i e neal Preven eee Seto tecently 1000 volumes have been added to its } . . ! } } ! ' { i i } ; . ' Are beyggine From merniug light till eveniug shade ! be : F ‘ : eo pra ‘ library, through the munificence of D. D. Davis. . He travelled on o'er hill and daie. { Y ‘ at And struggled hard to bear his lor; mee referring to our advertising eolumns, it He tried both mountain crest and vale, will be scen that Miss Ellen Warren’s Semin a. lu vain to find some yolden spot, i : : : : . That he might to his childern dear iry will be open for the reception of pupils on} Return their father and their triend l the 10th of Jan. “Miss Ida Frisbie is the author ofa bock entitled (a safe passport through life) “Words . \ fitly spoken are like Apples of Gold set in Pic: . i tures of Silver.” That is, words spoken at a! . proper time, at a proper place, and upon prop . And cause each heaving sigh tv end. Hut all in vain! No shining ore Delights his eye, or cheers his heart, 3ut soon his troubles will be o’er For death bas shot the fatal dart. To wipe away each sorrewing tear, . i pon a rising mound is seen A new made grave, unwe_ by tears, Where friendly hands have never been, f > burie ie e hopes and fear : ; . ‘9 (iene edhe ie Haver topes ane: eae. . book has received the homage of scholars, as a . Nevada, Jan. 25, 1854. : ne ' os ; 3 ‘monument of singular wisdom. . Weriton for the Nevada J if : . . H Vritten for the = vada Journal. i large space in the eye of human reason ; it reg. Nevada Gue Tunarec VS Hence, /wates so many interests of man as a social and . . I dreamed a dream which was alla dream, and this is ' civilized being : it embodies so much thought, . the dream which . dreamed. . : i : was n ereat consoli. reflection, experience and labor ; it leads us so . U dreamed that there — : i far into the recesses of antiquity, and the prin-. lated goverument, extending from the unex. , plored régions of the nerth to Cape Horn on i ciples ertbodied thercin have stood so long , la the south, and enclosed by the Atlantic on the j ‘Lhe deerees and mandates of this government were known j °° all over the habitable earth ; likewise respected . C0 and obeyed. "The Legislators ment met at different places at different pe riods, oO . 5 . “2 Sean: » Barrington hi sent her ; li east, and the Pacifie on the west Senator Barrington has sent her a complimenof this rovern. the hex?. { and one ef these places was Sacramento city. . according to act of Congress, as a matter of I dreamed that 1 belonged to the Kam; Course. schatka del cation, headed by George Wash. a Sick nis Sacks ini Mae pleasant . olent Society was celebrated on the 22d, with : . becoming energy. journey on the Atlantic and Pacifie Railroad, ~ The bones of a grizzly bear and of a buffalo arrived in Nevada city Dee. 25, 1953,.and put . uy much noted for I retired to virgin sheets, and after a quiet fifty years ago. night’s repose, I arose much refreshed, and pu-; “ Notwithstanding the high state of culture tified myself with soap and water acc ording to that our vallies have been subject too for the ithe eustom of the ancients, and then partook of . Inst fifty years, it is Said that there is near Mr. California refreshments with a genuine . Dedman’s plantation a small spot Fof virgin appetite. I then took up the Nerada Journal ‘soil that has never yet been visited by the and read, under the head of ‘Misecllany,’ as fok . Ploush share. “Y.e flour manufacturell at the “ Nevada stormy weather. It . Pearl Mills,” is not surpassed by any upon Atan carly hour . city. These animals beeame extinct about "4 rod hy ds, some “The cleads indicate ‘ ts to be hoped however, that our citizens will the continent. . ‘Messrs Budd & Skelton, agents for the Lightual hilarity. . ning Rod Railroad Association, have advertis“The Kamschatka delegation are on their ved that their cars will leave Mammoth stteet, way to the capitol, and will seon be in this city. . Block 101, every morning at 7 o'clock, A. M. Suitable preparations have been made at the ard make the trip to St. Louis in 24 hours.-— Washington Hotel for tucir reception. . The cars move with such amazing velocity that “The American Congress will assemble on . it is extremeiy dangerous to approach nearer the 10th of Jan. next, at the capitol in Sacra-. than fifty feet of the railway during the ingress mento city. The session is expected to be one . and egress of the cars. The company have of unusual interest. . given notice that they will not be responsible “Great anxiety is felt for president Bigler, . for any accidents or damages done inside ef fifty be enabled to pass their holidays with their uswho has been laboring under a severe illness. . fect of the railway. Should he be taken from us, one of the great; ‘Miss Partington, a lady whose sterling virlights of the age would be extinguished. It . tues are well known and whose principles have will be recollected that the president’s great . long been deemed impregnable, has invented a grand father was one of the earl} governors of machine to catch new ideas. It is+spoken of the state of California. It is to us a source of . as one of the greatest improvements of the age. ineffable consolation, that from the beginning . “Senator Barington will have the machine enof our existence as a nation up to the present . tered according to Act Congress. ” moment, we have always had men adapted to} Now it appeared to me in m y dream. that I the times in which they lived. Had Rome,. Was dreaming, which was plainly indicated England and France, been thus blessed, they . about this time by the ringing of the gong for ; breakfast, which roused me from my slumbers. Dreamer. never would have fallen. a “S.S. Searls has made application for ia ost mastership of Rome: It is hoped that his seach aadeertetelbett Saeed. p po . . Never givea boy a shilling to hold your application may meet with favor. had hil limb : “O. O. Overton has been appointed assistant aw, vo ee eee look inOs ane ae eegia ge to the middle of next week ; it is money SngEPOR I HEFORE FPS CRP SAI thrown away! So says a genius who dered to Constantinople. : speaks from what he knows. “W.W. Warren has been appointed: ChapeC , Danie! Abbot, iate President of the Lowlaifiin the navy, and will sail on board the * é ) Thi the 2d of February, for Sierraleon. ell and Nashua Railroad Company, died sn gt at Nashua, aged 78 years. He was a si sis has inted Minister of D. D. Davis has been appoin inister 0 . rdidetate of Harvard College, and a lawyer Finance. by profession. “§, S, Sargent has recovered his usual health pein aa and resumed his duties as secretary of repub. Emigration to Tezas.—Large numbets lic of the United Republics. It will be noticed . of emigrants to Texas have;,left the States that the ancestors of these men were among of Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia last the early settlers of California. j fall, and many more preparing to leave “Yesterday man whose head was silvered . AUring the winter. It is stated that an organ, to cost. $125,000, is te be built for the new Crystal Palace at Sydenham, England. Col. Benton has selected the. seat and desk long occupied by John Quincy Adams, on the Whig side of the House. over with grey hairs, the emblem of age and experience, enquired of us if there ws'a temperance house in the city. We told him there were none other but temperance houses in the city, nor had there been for the last fifty years. This information very much surprised him. He . remarked, that it used to be so in the New . . r ° ‘er subjects. In the language of Kent, “ This} . It fills such a! ainst the waves and weathers of time,’ that) : : i SJ Field, Marysville, once, $89 50, itary letter expressing a hope that she might. a double share of the comforts of this. Te Jos W Grant, $50; W Hart, $30, . Tife and have a fair show for the pleasures of! Miss Frisbie’s book will be entered . 1P Pp . “The 77th Anniversary of the Ladies Benev. y at the Washington Hotel, a place very [are now on exhibition in the Museum, in this} \ a a ee NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1854. The Breach of Promise Oase—Bill of} Revivat.—We learn that another atCosts.—The verdict of the jury for $4000] tempt will be made, in a short time, by the in this case of course carries the ‘costs, . merchants of San Francisco—whod ate which rhust be taken into account in esti-. interested to the amount.of various thoumating the loss sustained by the defend-. sands—to ‘resuscitate Sutterville. One ant. We give below the bill of plaintiff’ . would suppose that, after the severe lescosts on file in the clerk’s office of the Dis-. son, learned by eXperience of rather a trict Court. The amount of the bill is, it} costly nature, that an attempt to build up will be seen, $5210, which ‘added , to the. a city on that spot would be abortive.— verdict makes an aggregate of $9210, be-. There are now some very fine brick strucsides the defendant’s own costs, whose ex-. tures in Sutterville, that, if they were in penses have probably been’as great as those . Sacramento, would be renting at frem six of the plaintiff. An ‘examination of the. to ten hundred dollars per month; but, bill will give a lively idea of the costliness . where they are now, cannot be leased at of litigation in California —S. F. Herald. jall, Thousands of dollars were foolishly Ix tHe District Court, 4th District—Mary . squandered in endeavoring to build up E. Gates vs. Chatles B. Bu ckingham.— Juiie . that place, and which will prove a total Term, 1853.-—Plaintiff's costs : ge 8 ney tne Pon opti et geste Cage veins ie Sacramento, would be renting from six to Trial of issue of fact, ten -hundred dollars per month ; but where Argument of motion to postpone, Dee. they are now, cannot be leased at all— ne $20 00 30 00 19, 1853, a . 1800 . Thousands of dollars were foolishly squancn file mentelenne —— a dered in endeavoring to build up that a sae re place, and which will prove a total loss, WITNESS FEES FOR ATTENDANCE. N.B. Wentworth, J. B. Devoe, George Gates, Hannah E. Gates, — Beers, W. M. Smith, P. A. Brinsmade, D. M. Chauneey, — Hoskins, — Hoskins, C.N. Grey, — Grey, Matthew Hall, — Hall; H. H. Byrne, H. Haskell, — McKenzie, J. B. Farwell, W. B. Farwell, Eliza Redding, G. 0. Whitney, Thos. W. Holt, E. Stein, E. McKinley, . which, if they had been invested in Sacramento, would now be paying an interest of 5 per cent. per month. If parties have any spare capital fo invest, here is the place to use it; there are ample opportu. nities for any person to operate who wishes. State Jour. J. Myers, Geo. Ecker, C. M. Brosnan, HJ Clayton. J ‘Pruesdale, — Knowles, A Tobias, I N Thorne, W Carrick, O. Shaw, Fi Woods, Mrs Woods, Cyrus Storms, Mrs Storms, J McDougal, R G Crozier, P P Hull, M E Flanegan C FE Mount, W H Richardson, — Neill, — Neill, — Gillingham, Mrs. Gillingham—48 witnesses at 25 days cach A Tue Post Orrice—Astounding Disclosures —We were called apon last evening by Mr. Barney, toll collector on California street wharf, and another gentleman, . who made disclosures to ‘us which strongly . . implicate the Postmaster and ali connected .,. with the Post Office of this city, Mr. _. Witness, $2 per day, 2400 00 . ley says sde : George Cotton, 42 days at $2 per day, a ey a ec ne mart n,. Wm Whitney, 15 days at $2 per day, 80 00 mar yl A Bree au, went own on CalE Lawrence, 14 days at $2 ver day, 28 00 . ifornia street wharf, and emptied into the Dr. Phinney, 14 days at $2 per day, 28 00 {> Dean, 5days $10; D H Haskell, one day $2; J Frink, 6 days, $12; — Newell, 7 days $14, Jobn King, 2 days, $4; G F Bragg, 1 day, $2 — Glass, $ day, $2; A Barletters and papers. The reptesentation 26 oo . made by the Postmaster that these letters . and papers were emptied out by mistake, . Gey r8 7 Oe Mr. Barney says it is not true; there was, ell, 5 days 310, . a Se SES Tee Philip Li Rawards, 8 days, ie =e tubbish ee the mail matter, . Dr. Proris,5 days $10; AA Marshall, . While there were large quanties of the) 5 days, $10,. 20 ‘90 . \ latter. The bags were taken out of the! M V B Danby, 8 days, $16; SJ Field, 5 wagon, and the conterits emptied into the! days, $10; J H Reert, ofA" 16, dock ; and while this was going on, Mr. L, Edwards, from Sacramento twice, Barney and some twenty others made a 123 miles, coming cach time at 50 cts. 'grab and caught their arms full of newss; per mile, ; Made 125 00! papets and letters, mést of which were . Cranes Sole, do do twice 125 miles 7 Bo . dated in New York, and other places in. JW Ford, dodo twice,125 milesenach . the Atlantic States, between the Sth and) time, 12500 20th of December, and must have arrived . Dr. Pieris, once from Sacramento, 125 __ihere on the Golrah and Southerner. Mr. . 6250 Barney advertised in the Herald yesterday . dock large amounts of mail matter, both . 46 00 . P miles, $62: 50, _A A Marshall, Sonora, 192 miles, $96, 96 00 . : 7 . M VB Danby, Marysville, 179 smiles, _morning that he had letters and papers in. each time, 179 00 his possession received by the last steamer, . P P Hull, Grass Valley, 200 miles, twice, 200 00 . and during the day he received about a ‘ ine 89 50) hundred and fifty calls for the same. FEES TO NORARIES TAKING DEPOSITIONS } inet ie ° pert 2 On Wednesday, a person calling himsolf 80 00 } Barney’s 100 00 . } ’ RET 5 > TY ea , The Breach of Promise Case—Twelfth. Death of a Venerable Lady.—Mrs. Elizday.—At the opening of the Court 26th jabeth Ellicott died at Ellicott’s Mills, Md., ult., the jury came in and stated that they. on the 29th ult in the 92d year of her age. had not agreed tipon a verdict, and there . Two weeks previous to her death, in a letwas no probability of deingso. The Court ter signed with her own hand, she remitted inquired what was the cause of their diffi-}in advance her fifty-fourth year’s subscripculty in atriving at a verdict. One of the/tion to The National Intelligencer, a paper jurymen, Mr. William Perry, replied that . to the first number ef which her husband, there was ten obstinate jurymen in the George Ellicott, Jr., was a subscriber, as case, and there was no chance of their giv. he was also to the first numbet of The Baling in. Another of the jurymen asked an pagers American, Mrs. Ellicott was the explanation from the Court upon some . last survivor of the numerous family after point in the charge given yesterday.— . whom Ellicott’s Mills was named. Mrs. Judge Lake then reiterated to the jury . E. survived her hitsband twenty-one years, substantially the same charge given by him /and the two lived happily together for foryesterday, and the jury again retired. . At. ty-two years. twenty minutes past 12, M., they again . returned into Court, and rendered a ver. ; dict in favor of plaintiff for $4000. The . Peror Nichols, made to Mr, Douglas in his jury was polled at the request of the coun. recent visit to Russia, is peculiarly forcise] for the defendant, and each juryman . pjje: pit eggs og oagPregg ore te In the course of the day, desultoty conSogiaiineaanuil oe che'adial peste of . veTsation which followed, the Emperor five days ey a aljuw thems wl dy . more that once took occasion to say that stele gbereey gh: cota a pet . he considered there was but two proper Séak. . 'WeNalead likh the tidy Wad eni. governments on earth, the one where alt sina ix. ttl Aelevtick, fi enrit the people ruled, and the other where only Sicls-of bist aiekt< iad have sneeedte fone ruled—the American and Russian hove thei verve ——Hevedd > . Gevernments—the other powers were mongreis, and were destined to be absorbed by ‘one or the other of these ‘two’ Governyea. The following remark of the EmSpirrruat Raprings 1x Los ANGELES. . The Star says that cousiderable excitement . tS. has existed in this community for some rit. > i * ho in Nest = wecks past, upon the subject of spiritual q I see le we oe ania = ag A : ac as H r¢ S ! ‘ communications. Many remarkable revebat bor" te ty es iReale 4 vn pint lations and demonstrations have been Wits ola. Pace onan ee = ug ‘ PS ss » nessed, and there are persons who sinceres . ‘oa os ene anual Be bs ese oh ‘ o% * ° {per Cc! Pith whic > Tag ie sue: ly believe that they hold intercourse with 1 si cp a i —S oe alae ; oes : ps + 8 10 BS. 72 " Ss the spirits of decess-d friends. Two pub1 de L a s ‘ ~ 4 an nen 5 egrkls 3 . . e i ; Si > W n dat llag Fas se lic exhibitions were held in this city during eee 1 Se ae 20 — re npc yon amine the past week, at which several surprising a aes c. aa vag % oa ‘ T nag ¥ as are. re de exa physical feats were performed. ‘To ene ie, a; zi — ea I TL sah promiscuous audience, however, the results . nt pi gts ere ste i Est, were not satisfactery. The most convinc. Tams: ‘ tt 2 gh ; ie ier zie goed'e ; © es 3 ° ° . ¥ ere 18 dé f ace ~ ing revelations have been made in private hve if loo f aa hese Pr > i fol ft ‘ : or OG V tS agcircles, where, by the aid of mediums, one rea : ss plan Dacca ie teni Ri voices have been heard uttering words LST PRIOR from different parts of the room ; tables If Love is not really required to be blind have been seen to waik out upon two legs, . to demerits, it cannot be too quick sighted and whirl round upon one ; rappings and . in discovering, or constant in dwelling uptippings have been heard and seen: sen~!on qualities of real value. tences and natnes have been written tin-. a ‘tiiatiaceidiiais consciously. ‘These phenomenas have been . New Digyings on the Stan*s'aus.—A cornoticed in various places, and the public . respondent of the Stockton Post, writing mind is enrrossed in discovering the cause. from the Stanislaus River under date of We have no opinion to express now, and . the 19th inst. says ;— % Sa ie BPS . rT. : we speak of it only for the purpose of notic. Within the past ten days, on a large . oy . he“ sok* . = ing events as they occur. . tract of land in the vicinity of what is callli arent Se cag, RR eR ed Little John’s creek, near the Stanislaus Officers of the Mint— Among the pas-. .-. nif ch, near the Stanislaus ¢ ade ome ; iver, and on the main road leading through sengers who reached San Diego on the! yo: ys. ¢,,. ; = > J + Ee Knight’s ferry, have been discovered soma Golden Gate, and have since arrived at. ce oi ous . . : : x : of the richest mines in this section of the this port are a number of officers appoint-! . oe wit . se: : . country, will compare favorable with any ed recently to positions in the U. S. Mint me : ae peepee, Sat *. up land diggings in California. As yet in ‘San Irancisco. Among these are Mr. there are but few miners enzaced in di J. M. Eckfeldt, Chief Coiner; Jno. Hous. . , oi wera ging, and those who have but just coms ton, Jr., Melter and Refiner, and fifteen ar. . . : OD, ITs. Prgees. : pe jmenced, are in claims which pay from tizang to be occupied in the assaying and . , ; hree and a half cents to fifty cents per coining departments. Col. Agostin Haras. ) 1. a = ; : ; “S" . bucket. There are, at the stim: thy, of San Francisco, is appointed Asi. Phe Jowent eatupats, . 1 theusand acres in one body, which wil! sayer.— Zimes and Transcript. . ; ‘ y ‘ . prospect about the same amount. A California Jury.—The other day, in . oil a case before an Honorable Judge of Santa . ‘ Clara county, a very flattering compliment . the Mariposa correspondent of the Sani was paid by the jury to the Hon. Edward . Joaquin Republicaii, says :— Stanley, of San Francisco, who was engag. Bear Valley, or “Qso,” is now the great ed in the suit. Mexican camp of Maripesa. But L believe Almost as bad as San Francisco.—Peleg, It appears that Mr. Stanley was under the ER pSeson that a -con. the miners are doing but very litule there spiracy existed against his client’s rights, at present. Stabbing and shooting are who was none other than the celebrated . very common occurrences at that place. & pioneer, Captain Graham, of San_ Diego, i few days since, the Mexicans had a gener. — ee eral pi dates oan lal fight, in which several men were very 332. In the course of his argument, Mr. ‘severely wounded, and 1 believe was kiliStanley took occasion to allude to the un-jed, On Sunday evening last another fight fairness which seemed to characterise the . o:cuitred, in which an American was stabbproceedings, at the same time intimating. éd and a Mexican shot through the heart. whai the court deemed a suspicion that iT ,' nertterserensi—steher eeehti y was not entirely unbiassed. Whereupon,} alloo there !—Beverly Tucker, editor the clerk was ocdered to fine Mr. Stanley . of Zhe Sentinel at Washington, and a regtwenty-five dollars for contempt. That) Ular “Hard,” was,on Monday, Dec. 19, Per centage on $4000; on 1000, 5 per ‘the mail agent, ealled at Mr. yore wh a seco ei ole Sameera t a 00’ hemighthave. Thisdemand was refused. Hall, going to Rich Galch twice, esterday, Mr. Ferguson, the Deputy P. 300 90' M., called upon Mr. Barney and asked Same, going te Marysville for A ex. ) ‘ Stewart, twice, ,his hand, when the Deputy Postmaster . L Edwards, Dr. Preris, George Colsnatched it ard a pile of papers, and was ton and JJ Hand, 3 times, $100, 10000 . about leaving, when Mr. Barney threw J Hand, mile gence from Sacr.mento ; J M Hubbard, mileage once from Sacrapeers fro fi Kitt Jar. Basney, then wend mento, $62 50; attendance, 4 days $10 7250 behind his desk and drew a revolver, and eorge Stephenson, mileage once from threatened to shoot him if he again at$10, 7 =: G D Hall, coming once from Coloma, El . we Mr. Barney —— he deliverd Derado, mileage $94, for 188 miles; epee thirty letters and papers to their 98 00 . rightful owners in this city. John Yountz, once from San Jose, 54 ee dare pT ager spgy ie gee ae ‘a like nature which has transpired on Calve . ifornia wharf. ‘The time previous to this, nas, $72, _ 103 00. Mr. Barney says he saw a boy, who asClerks’ fees, as per account, Jurors’ fees, 31 50. wrappers from mail matter, and Mr. Bar$3210 vo . ney himself picked up letters and yieiais’. ,and others did the same thing. County of San Francisco, ss :-~Mary Gates having been sworn says that she is the plaintiff in the above entitled action, and that to the best of her knowledge and belief ; and that the disbursements charged have been necessarily incurred in the action. Sworn this 27th day of Jan, 1854, before me. JOSEPH GRANT, Notary Public. . County of San Francisco, ss ;—Geo. Gates, for himself says, and George Gates says ; That he has had charge of procuring the attendarice of witnesses in the above entitled case, and that foregoing bill of costs, 4re correct ; and J. B. Devoe says ; That the mileage is computed according to the distauces set forth in the United believes them to be correct. G. GATES, J. B. DEVOE. Swotn this 27th day of Jan. 1854, before me. cent. $50, 50 00 office and demanded whatever mail matter for Mr. and Mrs. Waterman $300, . permission to seea letter which he had in B Devoe going to, Sacratnento for P , Kim upon the floor and tgok the Ietter and! $62 50; attendanec, 5 days, $10, 7. Sacramento, 62,50; attendance 5 days * on tempted to touch him. 3 72 50} . 2 days attendance, This, he says, is the third occurrence of Sheriff’s fees, $31 ; service of 72 subpe15400} sisted in unloading the wagon, tear off hi. CASSERLY, Plaintiffs Attorney. : K.; Among other papers picked up yesterthe items in the above bill.of costs are correct MARY E. GATES. aud James B. Devoe, having been sworn, each the attendance and per diem, as charged in the States Mail Schedules for California, and. he JOSEPH GRANT, Notary Public. 'day and Wednesday, were copies arid bungentleman stopped in his argument, walkdles of the different city dailies, mailed to. eq up to the clerk’s desk and paid the fine, exchanges in the AtlanticStates. remarking at the same time that nothing _ One letter now in the possession of ou gave him more pleasure, than at all times informant is directed to Santa Clara;' to render cheerful obedience to the consti‘another is directed to Sacrainento. {tuted authcrities of hig couritry, and conFor the sake of humanity we hope that. jijued his argument. Mr. Stanley afterthis statement of Er. Barney and the gen-} wards took occasion in his address to the tleman who accompanied him is exagerajury to thank God he lived in a free repubted. The affair is too astounding to lic, where the ¢ruth might be told to twelve pins without some grains of allowance.— honest men, and the teiler not always punt is evident that these gentlemen are exX-!. ished for so doing. Mr. Stanley gained cited and indignant; honestly so, we be-. his case, and the jury, after having render. lieve. But if all this be true, that the/ eq their verdict, enclosed ina complimen. Postmaster and his clerks Were knowing . tary note to Mr Stanley, the amount of the to the fact that this mail matter was de-. fne that his honor had imposed, which . posited through the wharf, then there is. that gentleman returned with ari assurance . nota word of condemnation in the whole. of his appreciation of the compliment, and . English languuge stifficietitly comprehen-/ request that they would give the money sive to brand them with the deep damna-/to some charitable institutiot, for the bention which they deserve, and until the. oft of those who needed itmore than him} 4 ae 0 es . Axteap !—Of one thing we feel assured ; Postmaster and his subordinates have time. s¢1f or to some cletgyman whose mission that if we on this side of Uncle Saruel’s. to make an explanation, we forbear further . was to preach the Gospel of Truth ! plantation, have kept up the spirit of the . comment.— Chronicle. times,— prog? essivetsm to its fullest extent, we can certainly boast of the worst streets . in all cteation. We defy our streets to! be excelled by any other city at present for greater inequalities of grade, man-traps, pit-falls, obstructiens and accumulated filth. Travel where you will in this metropolis, and mud and nothing but mud is the ever constant attendant, anda lucky dog is he who can take a brief walk without being bespattered and be-draggled with street filth. We certainly should take the premium, if the werst kept and filthiest streets was the competition ofiered for a ptize.— Eve. Jour. pale Nor to se Taxen.—lIt will be seen by reference to the Legislature proceedings, that Mr. Hager from the Judiciary Committee, reported against the reception of State Prison Bonds in payment for property belonging to :the State recently sold in San Francisco by Mess. Selover § Sinton. This is a beautiful illustration of the re«Sid Sian ta passing up Broadligious respect always paid to the laws and yi vhen . 2uthorities, and at the same time of the wax recently, say the 2. Fe REET OR: WHEE fine sense of justice and clear appreciation n , we meta ; ¢ So ceed necioage aabadlere man of right and wrong which characterize the by the arm. His face was bruised and American people— 7ranseript. dirty ;and hers-was concealed by a very thick veil. He looked like a foolish ‘brute, with the disgusting tobacco-jnice trickling from the corners‘of his mouth ; ‘she like a ‘ ee eee i _An Important Law.—Under a recent en. actment, which is embraced in the New Code of Ohio Laws, a debtor who is sus. picture of despairing pity, with the tears) for the purpose of defrauding his creditors trickling from her eyes. We glanced at! .4) be brought before a Probate Judge and the staggering pair—the one weak from intoxication, and the other from shame and anguish, with feeling that earth has no sadder sight than that presented by a heart-broken wife leading her drunken husband, in open day, through a public street. required to testify under oath with reference to the matter. The first case under this law, that we have heard of,was brought in this city during the last week, and the . result was the defendants gave security for the payment of the debt, although they failed some time since, and were reported to be worth nothing.—-Cincinnati Price Current. A Large Importation of Fleur—The amount of flour reported as having arrived yesterday, is equal to eleven thousand barrels.— Atta. : It is proposed: td found a new Unitaria College in Illinois or Iowa. jcnpses Printer to the Senate by the decisive vote of 26 to 17 for Robert Armstrone of The Union, who was ttc Cabiriet candidate. There is evidently a screw loose at Washington, It seems but yesterday that The Union: was threatening Democratic Senators who should vote against the confirmation.of Redfield with condign punishment. But no such act of flagrantrebellion as the defeat of The Union itseif wes proviled uvainst, as that was not deemed con And yet the blow has fallen. N. Aside tne During the last excavations made at Pompeii, several human skeletons, and one of a dog, were discovered, pressed one upon the other. ‘I'wo gold rings, ornamented with camees, were found on the fingers of the Jeft hand of one of the skeleons, The remains of an antiqne villa have been discovered between Acerno and Seafati, on the banks of the Sarno, at a depth of only three or four feet tinder the level of the earth, AssauLt.—A difficulty occurred on Saturday afternoon on Liedsdorff street, between T. H. Wood, a merchant of San Francisco, and E. Mc Donald, in which the former received several severe blows on the head, with'a cane, which are said to pected of having disposed of his property . be dangerous. McDonald was arrested dnd bail refused on account of the precatious condition of Mr. Wood. ‘The difficulty is said to have originated from some remarks made by Mr. Wood about McDonald’s wife.— Sun. “There is no rule without an exception.” . Yes there is ; a2 man must always be present while he is being shaved. The worthiest people are the most injured by slarideters, as we usually find that to n . be the best fruit which the birds have been picking at.

ee aioe VOL. 3--NO. 41. England States, but to the best of his jadgment THE JOURN AL and belief the inhabitants of those places were 9 . becoming desperately wicked. *. “The other day some men were engaged in . removing an old, dilapidated building, to lay the foundation of a new church. They diseovered among the rubbish of the old building a pair of handcuffs, and a ball and chain, which were a great curiosity to them. Of their use they could form no idea. It happened just then that a very‘aged man was passing, who informed them that the building they were removing was a jail, which was used some sixty years ago to incarcerate criminals. He also . explained to them the use of the handcuffs—— likewise the ball and chain. He further . . formed them that the use of jails was abolished isoon after the passage of the Maine Liquor With weary limbs and aching heart, . Law. He trod the rugged mountain steep, . “The Military Garrison on Sugar Loaf hill, nau Sees Oe adie a ‘under the superintendence of brigadier general ‘The rimless hat, the sunburnt face, . . F. Frisbie, is now nearly completed, and . The beots which had no cobbling friend,— 1 ; . The tattered garments where wo tact {will be a great ornament to our city. The} . practice of compellitg offenders of justice, as iheretofore, to do the drudgery of tnilitary gar'risons, we hope to see abolished, because our PUBLISHED EVERY ‘FRIDAY MORNING BY BUDD & SKELTON, Office on Broad street, opposite the Court House. Nevada TERMS. Fir one year, in atvatice, =.. 5268 i as ote $7 00 Wo® six montis: 2. 2isca3 cece G55: ed Gee ie Ror IRTOR GROUND.. <ccacnkmed<dcckees anntncroyey 2 00 Single copics,.. eRe Stir Legal Blanks ©¢ all kinds for sale at this office. Job Work in all its varieties, promptly aud neatly executed, at reasonable rates. Advertisement s inserted at low rates. L. P. Fisher is our only authorized a gent ‘at fan Francisco. He inay be found at his desk at the Merchans Exchange. A. Delano “t Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office, is our authorized agent at Grass Valley. SSSR PE I EE EE EY For the Nevada Journal. THE MINER. FROM REAL LIFE—BY L. O. SMITH. i Of female hands had been to mend ; The haggard look—the tearful eye,— The solemn tread, intensely slow— The heavy, deep, unbroken sigh, Betokened sorrow, want, and woe soldiers have won for their country and them. i selves imperishable renown ; therefore, we do not wish to see anything inside,of a military . ' garrison but genuine patriotism and stirling . The golden ore he long had sought, [In river, canon, hill, ravine, And many an inward battle tought With sore temptations, sharp and kee. The image ot a lovely wite, Was deeply graven on his heart, And mid the scenes of want aud strife, Had kept him from the dreadful mart But now—O God! what heart can know The depth of anguish written there, For she whe was his all below, virtiics: as . °* Sicrra College has been thoroughly repaired, and will commence its 55th term on the 4th . ‘of Jan. next, under the superintendence of . tq allen inc -uruption’s snare! . rt "Ny *y-4° . . . Fas: IRLER 18. COR-UREMON ¢. ARATE }. / ident Gregory. ‘The facilities of this institu. His children.-motherless and poor, 1 a F : : Deprived of ali parental aid ‘tion are not surpassed by any in this country. our ‘ron floor i e neal Preven eee Seto tecently 1000 volumes have been added to its } . . ! } } ! ' { i i } ; . ' Are beyggine From merniug light till eveniug shade ! be : F ‘ : eo pra ‘ library, through the munificence of D. D. Davis. . He travelled on o'er hill and daie. { Y ‘ at And struggled hard to bear his lor; mee referring to our advertising eolumns, it He tried both mountain crest and vale, will be scen that Miss Ellen Warren’s Semin a. lu vain to find some yolden spot, i : : : : . That he might to his childern dear iry will be open for the reception of pupils on} Return their father and their triend l the 10th of Jan. “Miss Ida Frisbie is the author ofa bock entitled (a safe passport through life) “Words . \ fitly spoken are like Apples of Gold set in Pic: . i tures of Silver.” That is, words spoken at a! . proper time, at a proper place, and upon prop . And cause each heaving sigh tv end. Hut all in vain! No shining ore Delights his eye, or cheers his heart, 3ut soon his troubles will be o’er For death bas shot the fatal dart. To wipe away each sorrewing tear, . i pon a rising mound is seen A new made grave, unwe_ by tears, Where friendly hands have never been, f > burie ie e hopes and fear : ; . ‘9 (iene edhe ie Haver topes ane: eae. . book has received the homage of scholars, as a . Nevada, Jan. 25, 1854. : ne ' os ; 3 ‘monument of singular wisdom. . Weriton for the Nevada J if : . . H Vritten for the = vada Journal. i large space in the eye of human reason ; it reg. Nevada Gue Tunarec VS Hence, /wates so many interests of man as a social and . . I dreamed a dream which was alla dream, and this is ' civilized being : it embodies so much thought, . the dream which . dreamed. . : i : was n ereat consoli. reflection, experience and labor ; it leads us so . U dreamed that there — : i far into the recesses of antiquity, and the prin-. lated goverument, extending from the unex. , plored régions of the nerth to Cape Horn on i ciples ertbodied thercin have stood so long , la the south, and enclosed by the Atlantic on the j ‘Lhe deerees and mandates of this government were known j °° all over the habitable earth ; likewise respected . C0 and obeyed. "The Legislators ment met at different places at different pe riods, oO . 5 . “2 Sean: » Barrington hi sent her ; li east, and the Pacifie on the west Senator Barrington has sent her a complimenof this rovern. the hex?. { and one ef these places was Sacramento city. . according to act of Congress, as a matter of I dreamed that 1 belonged to the Kam; Course. schatka del cation, headed by George Wash. a Sick nis Sacks ini Mae pleasant . olent Society was celebrated on the 22d, with : . becoming energy. journey on the Atlantic and Pacifie Railroad, ~ The bones of a grizzly bear and of a buffalo arrived in Nevada city Dee. 25, 1953,.and put . uy much noted for I retired to virgin sheets, and after a quiet fifty years ago. night’s repose, I arose much refreshed, and pu-; “ Notwithstanding the high state of culture tified myself with soap and water acc ording to that our vallies have been subject too for the ithe eustom of the ancients, and then partook of . Inst fifty years, it is Said that there is near Mr. California refreshments with a genuine . Dedman’s plantation a small spot Fof virgin appetite. I then took up the Nerada Journal ‘soil that has never yet been visited by the and read, under the head of ‘Misecllany,’ as fok . Ploush share. “Y.e flour manufacturell at the “ Nevada stormy weather. It . Pearl Mills,” is not surpassed by any upon Atan carly hour . city. These animals beeame extinct about "4 rod hy ds, some “The cleads indicate ‘ ts to be hoped however, that our citizens will the continent. . ‘Messrs Budd & Skelton, agents for the Lightual hilarity. . ning Rod Railroad Association, have advertis“The Kamschatka delegation are on their ved that their cars will leave Mammoth stteet, way to the capitol, and will seon be in this city. . Block 101, every morning at 7 o'clock, A. M. Suitable preparations have been made at the ard make the trip to St. Louis in 24 hours.-— Washington Hotel for tucir reception. . The cars move with such amazing velocity that “The American Congress will assemble on . it is extremeiy dangerous to approach nearer the 10th of Jan. next, at the capitol in Sacra-. than fifty feet of the railway during the ingress mento city. The session is expected to be one . and egress of the cars. The company have of unusual interest. . given notice that they will not be responsible “Great anxiety is felt for president Bigler, . for any accidents or damages done inside ef fifty be enabled to pass their holidays with their uswho has been laboring under a severe illness. . fect of the railway. Should he be taken from us, one of the great; ‘Miss Partington, a lady whose sterling virlights of the age would be extinguished. It . tues are well known and whose principles have will be recollected that the president’s great . long been deemed impregnable, has invented a grand father was one of the earl} governors of machine to catch new ideas. It is+spoken of the state of California. It is to us a source of . as one of the greatest improvements of the age. ineffable consolation, that from the beginning . “Senator Barington will have the machine enof our existence as a nation up to the present . tered according to Act Congress. ” moment, we have always had men adapted to} Now it appeared to me in m y dream. that I the times in which they lived. Had Rome,. Was dreaming, which was plainly indicated England and France, been thus blessed, they . about this time by the ringing of the gong for ; breakfast, which roused me from my slumbers. Dreamer. never would have fallen. a “S.S. Searls has made application for ia ost mastership of Rome: It is hoped that his seach aadeertetelbett Saeed. p po . . Never givea boy a shilling to hold your application may meet with favor. had hil limb : “O. O. Overton has been appointed assistant aw, vo ee eee look inOs ane ae eegia ge to the middle of next week ; it is money SngEPOR I HEFORE FPS CRP SAI thrown away! So says a genius who dered to Constantinople. : speaks from what he knows. “W.W. Warren has been appointed: ChapeC , Danie! Abbot, iate President of the Lowlaifiin the navy, and will sail on board the * é ) Thi the 2d of February, for Sierraleon. ell and Nashua Railroad Company, died sn gt at Nashua, aged 78 years. He was a si sis has inted Minister of D. D. Davis has been appoin inister 0 . rdidetate of Harvard College, and a lawyer Finance. by profession. “§, S, Sargent has recovered his usual health pein aa and resumed his duties as secretary of repub. Emigration to Tezas.—Large numbets lic of the United Republics. It will be noticed . of emigrants to Texas have;,left the States that the ancestors of these men were among of Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia last the early settlers of California. j fall, and many more preparing to leave “Yesterday man whose head was silvered . AUring the winter. It is stated that an organ, to cost. $125,000, is te be built for the new Crystal Palace at Sydenham, England. Col. Benton has selected the. seat and desk long occupied by John Quincy Adams, on the Whig side of the House. over with grey hairs, the emblem of age and experience, enquired of us if there ws'a temperance house in the city. We told him there were none other but temperance houses in the city, nor had there been for the last fifty years. This information very much surprised him. He . remarked, that it used to be so in the New . . r ° ‘er subjects. In the language of Kent, “ This} . It fills such a! ainst the waves and weathers of time,’ that) : : i SJ Field, Marysville, once, $89 50, itary letter expressing a hope that she might. a double share of the comforts of this. Te Jos W Grant, $50; W Hart, $30, . Tife and have a fair show for the pleasures of! Miss Frisbie’s book will be entered . 1P Pp . “The 77th Anniversary of the Ladies Benev. y at the Washington Hotel, a place very [are now on exhibition in the Museum, in this} \ a a ee NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1854. The Breach of Promise Oase—Bill of} Revivat.—We learn that another atCosts.—The verdict of the jury for $4000] tempt will be made, in a short time, by the in this case of course carries the ‘costs, . merchants of San Francisco—whod ate which rhust be taken into account in esti-. interested to the amount.of various thoumating the loss sustained by the defend-. sands—to ‘resuscitate Sutterville. One ant. We give below the bill of plaintiff’ . would suppose that, after the severe lescosts on file in the clerk’s office of the Dis-. son, learned by eXperience of rather a trict Court. The amount of the bill is, it} costly nature, that an attempt to build up will be seen, $5210, which ‘added , to the. a city on that spot would be abortive.— verdict makes an aggregate of $9210, be-. There are now some very fine brick strucsides the defendant’s own costs, whose ex-. tures in Sutterville, that, if they were in penses have probably been’as great as those . Sacramento, would be renting at frem six of the plaintiff. An ‘examination of the. to ten hundred dollars per month; but, bill will give a lively idea of the costliness . where they are now, cannot be leased at of litigation in California —S. F. Herald. jall, Thousands of dollars were foolishly Ix tHe District Court, 4th District—Mary . squandered in endeavoring to build up E. Gates vs. Chatles B. Bu ckingham.— Juiie . that place, and which will prove a total Term, 1853.-—Plaintiff's costs : ge 8 ney tne Pon opti et geste Cage veins ie Sacramento, would be renting from six to Trial of issue of fact, ten -hundred dollars per month ; but where Argument of motion to postpone, Dee. they are now, cannot be leased at all— ne $20 00 30 00 19, 1853, a . 1800 . Thousands of dollars were foolishly squancn file mentelenne —— a dered in endeavoring to build up that a sae re place, and which will prove a total loss, WITNESS FEES FOR ATTENDANCE. N.B. Wentworth, J. B. Devoe, George Gates, Hannah E. Gates, — Beers, W. M. Smith, P. A. Brinsmade, D. M. Chauneey, — Hoskins, — Hoskins, C.N. Grey, — Grey, Matthew Hall, — Hall; H. H. Byrne, H. Haskell, — McKenzie, J. B. Farwell, W. B. Farwell, Eliza Redding, G. 0. Whitney, Thos. W. Holt, E. Stein, E. McKinley, . which, if they had been invested in Sacramento, would now be paying an interest of 5 per cent. per month. If parties have any spare capital fo invest, here is the place to use it; there are ample opportu. nities for any person to operate who wishes. State Jour. J. Myers, Geo. Ecker, C. M. Brosnan, HJ Clayton. J ‘Pruesdale, — Knowles, A Tobias, I N Thorne, W Carrick, O. Shaw, Fi Woods, Mrs Woods, Cyrus Storms, Mrs Storms, J McDougal, R G Crozier, P P Hull, M E Flanegan C FE Mount, W H Richardson, — Neill, — Neill, — Gillingham, Mrs. Gillingham—48 witnesses at 25 days cach A Tue Post Orrice—Astounding Disclosures —We were called apon last evening by Mr. Barney, toll collector on California street wharf, and another gentleman, . who made disclosures to ‘us which strongly .

. implicate the Postmaster and ali connected .,. with the Post Office of this city, Mr. _. Witness, $2 per day, 2400 00 . ley says sde : George Cotton, 42 days at $2 per day, a ey a ec ne mart n,. Wm Whitney, 15 days at $2 per day, 80 00 mar yl A Bree au, went own on CalE Lawrence, 14 days at $2 ver day, 28 00 . ifornia street wharf, and emptied into the Dr. Phinney, 14 days at $2 per day, 28 00 {> Dean, 5days $10; D H Haskell, one day $2; J Frink, 6 days, $12; — Newell, 7 days $14, Jobn King, 2 days, $4; G F Bragg, 1 day, $2 — Glass, $ day, $2; A Barletters and papers. The reptesentation 26 oo . made by the Postmaster that these letters . and papers were emptied out by mistake, . Gey r8 7 Oe Mr. Barney says it is not true; there was, ell, 5 days 310, . a Se SES Tee Philip Li Rawards, 8 days, ie =e tubbish ee the mail matter, . Dr. Proris,5 days $10; AA Marshall, . While there were large quanties of the) 5 days, $10,. 20 ‘90 . \ latter. The bags were taken out of the! M V B Danby, 8 days, $16; SJ Field, 5 wagon, and the conterits emptied into the! days, $10; J H Reert, ofA" 16, dock ; and while this was going on, Mr. L, Edwards, from Sacramento twice, Barney and some twenty others made a 123 miles, coming cach time at 50 cts. 'grab and caught their arms full of newss; per mile, ; Made 125 00! papets and letters, mést of which were . Cranes Sole, do do twice 125 miles 7 Bo . dated in New York, and other places in. JW Ford, dodo twice,125 milesenach . the Atlantic States, between the Sth and) time, 12500 20th of December, and must have arrived . Dr. Pieris, once from Sacramento, 125 __ihere on the Golrah and Southerner. Mr. . 6250 Barney advertised in the Herald yesterday . dock large amounts of mail matter, both . 46 00 . P miles, $62: 50, _A A Marshall, Sonora, 192 miles, $96, 96 00 . : 7 . M VB Danby, Marysville, 179 smiles, _morning that he had letters and papers in. each time, 179 00 his possession received by the last steamer, . P P Hull, Grass Valley, 200 miles, twice, 200 00 . and during the day he received about a ‘ ine 89 50) hundred and fifty calls for the same. FEES TO NORARIES TAKING DEPOSITIONS } inet ie ° pert 2 On Wednesday, a person calling himsolf 80 00 } Barney’s 100 00 . } ’ RET 5 > TY ea , The Breach of Promise Case—Twelfth. Death of a Venerable Lady.—Mrs. Elizday.—At the opening of the Court 26th jabeth Ellicott died at Ellicott’s Mills, Md., ult., the jury came in and stated that they. on the 29th ult in the 92d year of her age. had not agreed tipon a verdict, and there . Two weeks previous to her death, in a letwas no probability of deingso. The Court ter signed with her own hand, she remitted inquired what was the cause of their diffi-}in advance her fifty-fourth year’s subscripculty in atriving at a verdict. One of the/tion to The National Intelligencer, a paper jurymen, Mr. William Perry, replied that . to the first number ef which her husband, there was ten obstinate jurymen in the George Ellicott, Jr., was a subscriber, as case, and there was no chance of their giv. he was also to the first numbet of The Baling in. Another of the jurymen asked an pagers American, Mrs. Ellicott was the explanation from the Court upon some . last survivor of the numerous family after point in the charge given yesterday.— . whom Ellicott’s Mills was named. Mrs. Judge Lake then reiterated to the jury . E. survived her hitsband twenty-one years, substantially the same charge given by him /and the two lived happily together for foryesterday, and the jury again retired. . At. ty-two years. twenty minutes past 12, M., they again . returned into Court, and rendered a ver. ; dict in favor of plaintiff for $4000. The . Peror Nichols, made to Mr, Douglas in his jury was polled at the request of the coun. recent visit to Russia, is peculiarly forcise] for the defendant, and each juryman . pjje: pit eggs og oagPregg ore te In the course of the day, desultoty conSogiaiineaanuil oe che'adial peste of . veTsation which followed, the Emperor five days ey a aljuw thems wl dy . more that once took occasion to say that stele gbereey gh: cota a pet . he considered there was but two proper Séak. . 'WeNalead likh the tidy Wad eni. governments on earth, the one where alt sina ix. ttl Aelevtick, fi enrit the people ruled, and the other where only Sicls-of bist aiekt< iad have sneeedte fone ruled—the American and Russian hove thei verve ——Hevedd > . Gevernments—the other powers were mongreis, and were destined to be absorbed by ‘one or the other of these ‘two’ Governyea. The following remark of the EmSpirrruat Raprings 1x Los ANGELES. . The Star says that cousiderable excitement . tS. has existed in this community for some rit. > i * ho in Nest = wecks past, upon the subject of spiritual q I see le we oe ania = ag A : ac as H r¢ S ! ‘ communications. Many remarkable revebat bor" te ty es iReale 4 vn pint lations and demonstrations have been Wits ola. Pace onan ee = ug ‘ PS ss » nessed, and there are persons who sinceres . ‘oa os ene anual Be bs ese oh ‘ o% * ° {per Cc! Pith whic > Tag ie sue: ly believe that they hold intercourse with 1 si cp a i —S oe alae ; oes : ps + 8 10 BS. 72 " Ss the spirits of decess-d friends. Two pub1 de L a s ‘ ~ 4 an nen 5 egrkls 3 . . e i ; Si > W n dat llag Fas se lic exhibitions were held in this city during eee 1 Se ae 20 — re npc yon amine the past week, at which several surprising a aes c. aa vag % oa ‘ T nag ¥ as are. re de exa physical feats were performed. ‘To ene ie, a; zi — ea I TL sah promiscuous audience, however, the results . nt pi gts ere ste i Est, were not satisfactery. The most convinc. Tams: ‘ tt 2 gh ; ie ier zie goed'e ; © es 3 ° ° . ¥ ere 18 dé f ace ~ ing revelations have been made in private hve if loo f aa hese Pr > i fol ft ‘ : or OG V tS agcircles, where, by the aid of mediums, one rea : ss plan Dacca ie teni Ri voices have been heard uttering words LST PRIOR from different parts of the room ; tables If Love is not really required to be blind have been seen to waik out upon two legs, . to demerits, it cannot be too quick sighted and whirl round upon one ; rappings and . in discovering, or constant in dwelling uptippings have been heard and seen: sen~!on qualities of real value. tences and natnes have been written tin-. a ‘tiiatiaceidiiais consciously. ‘These phenomenas have been . New Digyings on the Stan*s'aus.—A cornoticed in various places, and the public . respondent of the Stockton Post, writing mind is enrrossed in discovering the cause. from the Stanislaus River under date of We have no opinion to express now, and . the 19th inst. says ;— % Sa ie BPS . rT. : we speak of it only for the purpose of notic. Within the past ten days, on a large . oy . he“ sok* . = ing events as they occur. . tract of land in the vicinity of what is callli arent Se cag, RR eR ed Little John’s creek, near the Stanislaus Officers of the Mint— Among the pas-. .-. nif ch, near the Stanislaus ¢ ade ome ; iver, and on the main road leading through sengers who reached San Diego on the! yo: ys. ¢,,. ; = > J + Ee Knight’s ferry, have been discovered soma Golden Gate, and have since arrived at. ce oi ous . . : : x : of the richest mines in this section of the this port are a number of officers appoint-! . oe wit . se: : . country, will compare favorable with any ed recently to positions in the U. S. Mint me : ae peepee, Sat *. up land diggings in California. As yet in ‘San Irancisco. Among these are Mr. there are but few miners enzaced in di J. M. Eckfeldt, Chief Coiner; Jno. Hous. . , oi wera ging, and those who have but just coms ton, Jr., Melter and Refiner, and fifteen ar. . . : OD, ITs. Prgees. : pe jmenced, are in claims which pay from tizang to be occupied in the assaying and . , ; hree and a half cents to fifty cents per coining departments. Col. Agostin Haras. ) 1. a = ; : ; “S" . bucket. There are, at the stim: thy, of San Francisco, is appointed Asi. Phe Jowent eatupats, . 1 theusand acres in one body, which wil! sayer.— Zimes and Transcript. . ; ‘ y ‘ . prospect about the same amount. A California Jury.—The other day, in . oil a case before an Honorable Judge of Santa . ‘ Clara county, a very flattering compliment . the Mariposa correspondent of the Sani was paid by the jury to the Hon. Edward . Joaquin Republicaii, says :— Stanley, of San Francisco, who was engag. Bear Valley, or “Qso,” is now the great ed in the suit. Mexican camp of Maripesa. But L believe Almost as bad as San Francisco.—Peleg, It appears that Mr. Stanley was under the ER pSeson that a -con. the miners are doing but very litule there spiracy existed against his client’s rights, at present. Stabbing and shooting are who was none other than the celebrated . very common occurrences at that place. & pioneer, Captain Graham, of San_ Diego, i few days since, the Mexicans had a gener. — ee eral pi dates oan lal fight, in which several men were very 332. In the course of his argument, Mr. ‘severely wounded, and 1 believe was kiliStanley took occasion to allude to the un-jed, On Sunday evening last another fight fairness which seemed to characterise the . o:cuitred, in which an American was stabbproceedings, at the same time intimating. éd and a Mexican shot through the heart. whai the court deemed a suspicion that iT ,' nertterserensi—steher eeehti y was not entirely unbiassed. Whereupon,} alloo there !—Beverly Tucker, editor the clerk was ocdered to fine Mr. Stanley . of Zhe Sentinel at Washington, and a regtwenty-five dollars for contempt. That) Ular “Hard,” was,on Monday, Dec. 19, Per centage on $4000; on 1000, 5 per ‘the mail agent, ealled at Mr. yore wh a seco ei ole Sameera t a 00’ hemighthave. Thisdemand was refused. Hall, going to Rich Galch twice, esterday, Mr. Ferguson, the Deputy P. 300 90' M., called upon Mr. Barney and asked Same, going te Marysville for A ex. ) ‘ Stewart, twice, ,his hand, when the Deputy Postmaster . L Edwards, Dr. Preris, George Colsnatched it ard a pile of papers, and was ton and JJ Hand, 3 times, $100, 10000 . about leaving, when Mr. Barney threw J Hand, mile gence from Sacr.mento ; J M Hubbard, mileage once from Sacrapeers fro fi Kitt Jar. Basney, then wend mento, $62 50; attendance, 4 days $10 7250 behind his desk and drew a revolver, and eorge Stephenson, mileage once from threatened to shoot him if he again at$10, 7 =: G D Hall, coming once from Coloma, El . we Mr. Barney —— he deliverd Derado, mileage $94, for 188 miles; epee thirty letters and papers to their 98 00 . rightful owners in this city. John Yountz, once from San Jose, 54 ee dare pT ager spgy ie gee ae ‘a like nature which has transpired on Calve . ifornia wharf. ‘The time previous to this, nas, $72, _ 103 00. Mr. Barney says he saw a boy, who asClerks’ fees, as per account, Jurors’ fees, 31 50. wrappers from mail matter, and Mr. Bar$3210 vo . ney himself picked up letters and yieiais’. ,and others did the same thing. County of San Francisco, ss :-~Mary Gates having been sworn says that she is the plaintiff in the above entitled action, and that to the best of her knowledge and belief ; and that the disbursements charged have been necessarily incurred in the action. Sworn this 27th day of Jan, 1854, before me. JOSEPH GRANT, Notary Public. . County of San Francisco, ss ;—Geo. Gates, for himself says, and George Gates says ; That he has had charge of procuring the attendarice of witnesses in the above entitled case, and that foregoing bill of costs, 4re correct ; and J. B. Devoe says ; That the mileage is computed according to the distauces set forth in the United believes them to be correct. G. GATES, J. B. DEVOE. Swotn this 27th day of Jan. 1854, before me. cent. $50, 50 00 office and demanded whatever mail matter for Mr. and Mrs. Waterman $300, . permission to seea letter which he had in B Devoe going to, Sacratnento for P , Kim upon the floor and tgok the Ietter and! $62 50; attendanec, 5 days, $10, 7. Sacramento, 62,50; attendance 5 days * on tempted to touch him. 3 72 50} . 2 days attendance, This, he says, is the third occurrence of Sheriff’s fees, $31 ; service of 72 subpe15400} sisted in unloading the wagon, tear off hi. CASSERLY, Plaintiffs Attorney. : K.; Among other papers picked up yesterthe items in the above bill.of costs are correct MARY E. GATES. aud James B. Devoe, having been sworn, each the attendance and per diem, as charged in the States Mail Schedules for California, and. he JOSEPH GRANT, Notary Public. 'day and Wednesday, were copies arid bungentleman stopped in his argument, walkdles of the different city dailies, mailed to. eq up to the clerk’s desk and paid the fine, exchanges in the AtlanticStates. remarking at the same time that nothing _ One letter now in the possession of ou gave him more pleasure, than at all times informant is directed to Santa Clara;' to render cheerful obedience to the consti‘another is directed to Sacrainento. {tuted authcrities of hig couritry, and conFor the sake of humanity we hope that. jijued his argument. Mr. Stanley afterthis statement of Er. Barney and the gen-} wards took occasion in his address to the tleman who accompanied him is exagerajury to thank God he lived in a free repubted. The affair is too astounding to lic, where the ¢ruth might be told to twelve pins without some grains of allowance.— honest men, and the teiler not always punt is evident that these gentlemen are exX-!. ished for so doing. Mr. Stanley gained cited and indignant; honestly so, we be-. his case, and the jury, after having render. lieve. But if all this be true, that the/ eq their verdict, enclosed ina complimen. Postmaster and his clerks Were knowing . tary note to Mr Stanley, the amount of the to the fact that this mail matter was de-. fne that his honor had imposed, which . posited through the wharf, then there is. that gentleman returned with ari assurance . nota word of condemnation in the whole. of his appreciation of the compliment, and . English languuge stifficietitly comprehen-/ request that they would give the money sive to brand them with the deep damna-/to some charitable institutiot, for the bention which they deserve, and until the. oft of those who needed itmore than him} 4 ae 0 es . Axteap !—Of one thing we feel assured ; Postmaster and his subordinates have time. s¢1f or to some cletgyman whose mission that if we on this side of Uncle Saruel’s. to make an explanation, we forbear further . was to preach the Gospel of Truth ! plantation, have kept up the spirit of the . comment.— Chronicle. times,— prog? essivetsm to its fullest extent, we can certainly boast of the worst streets . in all cteation. We defy our streets to! be excelled by any other city at present for greater inequalities of grade, man-traps, pit-falls, obstructiens and accumulated filth. Travel where you will in this metropolis, and mud and nothing but mud is the ever constant attendant, anda lucky dog is he who can take a brief walk without being bespattered and be-draggled with street filth. We certainly should take the premium, if the werst kept and filthiest streets was the competition ofiered for a ptize.— Eve. Jour. pale Nor to se Taxen.—lIt will be seen by reference to the Legislature proceedings, that Mr. Hager from the Judiciary Committee, reported against the reception of State Prison Bonds in payment for property belonging to :the State recently sold in San Francisco by Mess. Selover § Sinton. This is a beautiful illustration of the re«Sid Sian ta passing up Broadligious respect always paid to the laws and yi vhen . 2uthorities, and at the same time of the wax recently, say the 2. Fe REET OR: WHEE fine sense of justice and clear appreciation n , we meta ; ¢ So ceed necioage aabadlere man of right and wrong which characterize the by the arm. His face was bruised and American people— 7ranseript. dirty ;and hers-was concealed by a very thick veil. He looked like a foolish ‘brute, with the disgusting tobacco-jnice trickling from the corners‘of his mouth ; ‘she like a ‘ ee eee i _An Important Law.—Under a recent en. actment, which is embraced in the New Code of Ohio Laws, a debtor who is sus. picture of despairing pity, with the tears) for the purpose of defrauding his creditors trickling from her eyes. We glanced at! .4) be brought before a Probate Judge and the staggering pair—the one weak from intoxication, and the other from shame and anguish, with feeling that earth has no sadder sight than that presented by a heart-broken wife leading her drunken husband, in open day, through a public street. required to testify under oath with reference to the matter. The first case under this law, that we have heard of,was brought in this city during the last week, and the . result was the defendants gave security for the payment of the debt, although they failed some time since, and were reported to be worth nothing.—-Cincinnati Price Current. A Large Importation of Fleur—The amount of flour reported as having arrived yesterday, is equal to eleven thousand barrels.— Atta. : It is proposed: td found a new Unitaria College in Illinois or Iowa. jcnpses Printer to the Senate by the decisive vote of 26 to 17 for Robert Armstrone of The Union, who was ttc Cabiriet candidate. There is evidently a screw loose at Washington, It seems but yesterday that The Union: was threatening Democratic Senators who should vote against the confirmation.of Redfield with condign punishment. But no such act of flagrantrebellion as the defeat of The Union itseif wes proviled uvainst, as that was not deemed con And yet the blow has fallen. N. Aside tne During the last excavations made at Pompeii, several human skeletons, and one of a dog, were discovered, pressed one upon the other. ‘I'wo gold rings, ornamented with camees, were found on the fingers of the Jeft hand of one of the skeleons, The remains of an antiqne villa have been discovered between Acerno and Seafati, on the banks of the Sarno, at a depth of only three or four feet tinder the level of the earth, AssauLt.—A difficulty occurred on Saturday afternoon on Liedsdorff street, between T. H. Wood, a merchant of San Francisco, and E. Mc Donald, in which the former received several severe blows on the head, with'a cane, which are said to pected of having disposed of his property . be dangerous. McDonald was arrested dnd bail refused on account of the precatious condition of Mr. Wood. ‘The difficulty is said to have originated from some remarks made by Mr. Wood about McDonald’s wife.— Sun. “There is no rule without an exception.” . Yes there is ; a2 man must always be present while he is being shaved. The worthiest people are the most injured by slarideters, as we usually find that to n . be the best fruit which the birds have been picking at.