January 15, 1858 (4 pages)

FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 15th, 1858. Synopsis oF GovERNoR JoHNSON’S Messace.—The Message of Governor Johnson is too long for our columns. We regret the limited room at our disposal, as we would delight giving so excellent a State paper as the Gover. Howeyer, the document can be obtained by all who desire to peruse it, and doubtless has been examined ere this by all who pay particular attention to the affairs of State. For the benefit of the general reader we give the features of the message in a condensed form. The Governor congratulates the peonor’s Message to otir readers, ple of California that the financial difficulties which have spread disasters over the older portions of the Union have never reached these shores, and that their voice as expressed by themselves aod through the Supreme Court has decided no stain of repudiation shall rest upon the fame of the State. A most satisfactory account of the financial condition of the State is presented, showing the excess of receipts over expenditures during the amounts to $452,000. We are now enyear / abled to pay as we go, and indeed the Governor recommends the reduction of the rate of taxation for State purposes to twenty cents on each one hundred dollars. The message tells us there will be some $400,000 surplus in the Treasury at the expiration of the fiscal year, and recommends its application to the extinguishment of the State debt. This course will not only lessen the burthen of taxation but hcighten the confidence of the ereditors of the State. The real aad personal property of the State subject to taxation is about 132,000,000 of dollars, or an increase of over eighteen millions on the valuation of fast year—thus indubitable evidence of the prosperity and progress of the State is presented. The amount of money indicated in the State Debt Act, $3,900,000, is made to appear sufficient in the message to cover the entire dekt of the diate. The information is imparted thata compromise was undertaken by the Governor and others with defaulting parties, io settle matters growing out of the delinquencies of Bates and others, but failed. Judgments to the amount of $181,000 have been obtained and another suit for $124,000 is pending. The Revenue law of last winter, has some defeets which the Governor points out and asks that they be remedied; at the same time he pays a compliment to the efficiency of the law and its practical workings in general. The Stamp Tax has been founda useful measure. The net receipts for six months from that source is $35,000. The Governor urges upon the Legislature the amending of the law so as to reach insurance policies and money going out of the State. The Legislatue is urged to adopt such measures as will secure tothe State . couraged by law. of carrying concealed weapons is condemned and recommended to be dis-. Address of the new Goyernoris decidedily Wellerish. It is stamped with the . An act defining the necessary qualifi-. image and superscription throughout of cations of physicians and draggists be-. John B. Weller the veritable. It is so fore they are permitted to enter upon . common place and wanting in newness their respective callings the Governor . or originality as to deny a dispute about regards as of essential importance. The . its indolent parentage. Truethe “great reasons for such a law are obvious. In regard to the Attachment Law the Jechosaphat”—a favorite expression—is left out, but “Jerusalem” is in and other Governor takes strong ground in favor. words by which the identity of the doeof its modification. The laws of the . ument could be determined without othState upon insolvency have not met the . er aids. expectation of those who favored their enactment. The Governor says they need a modification or repeal. The applicant should not be discharged from his obligations in his opinion, unless those representing one-half the debts favor tke application. changes in the law are suggested. An amendment of the law applicable to sole traders is recommended. On the subject of divorcees the mesIt occurs tous sage takes a rational position. A greater had length of time should be required for . never spoken more rejoicingly of “rethe publication of notice, the District tiring to the shades of private life” than Attorney should be made to appear in had John B. Weller prior to his ready opposition to every application, and all . acceptance of a nomination before it cases should be tried in open court, and If the not given to a referee. independent, bold and unhesitating in A noble stand is taken by the retirbraving public opinion as_ his language We will glance at the thing a moment. The Governor rather boastingly says no one has less regard for popular clamor than he. Now, it is barely possible this may sincerely be spoken, but it occurs to us that we have seen men more loudly called upon by popular clamor to take the head of affairs than was Governor Weller last fall, who had modesty Other important and disregard of popular noise enough to peremptorily decline also those nameless individuals was tendered. Governor is so Trae Inaveurat.— The Inaugural . might be in a better condition in the D> > . value of taxable property andin various other particulars. But accuracy is not to be expected from the Governor. Micawber is more precise in giving utter. ance to the same sentiment : Income, ten poundssix ; expenditures, ten pounds five shillings six—sum total, happiness. Income, ten pounds six; expenditures ten pounds six shillings . nine pence—-sum total, misery. We are told in the Inaugural that “The expenditures for State Prison . purposes, and for printing, alone, in the year ending 30th June, 1856, amounted to more than half a million of dollars.” The idea intended to be conveyed is . that the only year of American rule in . this State cost in the items of State Prisonand Printing expenses the enormous . sum mentioned. curacy, not the veracity, of the Governor on this point. It willtake the appriations of two legislatures to make up . that sum. We ask the Governor to be more spe. What cific in his language. mean by saying— “It is notorious that many persons hold property which annually yields—and in all probability will continue to yield for a series of years—a handsome income, on which no taxes are levied ?”” The meaning is well understood to be We impeach the ac. does he! MessaGe or Governor Jounson.— We are indebted to General Douglass, _ex-Seeretary of State, for an early copy . of Governor Johnson’s second annual message, Which has claimed for the In giving our opinion upon the document . we say without hesitation it is the full. est, most complete, and going still far. hour past our undivided attention. . ther, we claim it is the best message yet . submitted to the consideration ef a Cal' ifornia Legislature. There are few . Measures recommended by the Gover. nor which we do not heartily approve. Perhaps we might be disposed to quesition the policy of reducing taxes for State purposes to twenty cents on each one hundred dollars, if a Constitutional . Convention act be again submitted to . the people, a State Capitol built. a House of Refuge instituted, and other recommendations of the Governor carried out. We might object to the pro. posed Capitol until the State is out of . debt, and might doubt the probability of . a Constitutional Convention being approved by the people on a second submission df the question to them, but that the recommendations of the Governor, in the main, are wise, we agree. It is possible that an act calling for a Convention to revise the Constitution ing executive in favor of the admission of colored testimony in courts of justice. It is shown that outrages and deeds of horror are committed with impunity under:the present arbitrary statute. A recommendation is made that the law of evidence in chancery eases be amended so as to allow testimony to be taken by depositions exclusively. Good reasons are given for dividing the State into Congressionsl Districts, which the Legislature is enjoined to do. It is recommended to change the time of Congressional election to the election occurring immediately preceding to the commencement of the term of office. To lighten the onerous duties of the . be right than that I should be praised.” would convey, he had a splendid opportunity to demonstrate it by a less cowardly enunciation of his belief that mining claims should be taxed. The inference is there, but the Governor dealt in general terms and softly with We are bound to believe him, however, that popular the direct question. clamor had nothing to do with his use of generalities in connection with this ticklish subject ! “Tt is far more important that I should Harry Clay’s noble sentiment diluted to suit a lower mental organism. “The supremacy of the laws must be . maintained at all hazards.” A passage from Jackson’s—‘The mining claims ought to be taxed. But . might carry at the next election, but we we want no slippery politician to have a. do not believe it would. chance to escape. Could we indulge the hope, we would advocate it more strongly than ever before, believNotwithstanding the oft-expressed impatient wish of John B. Weller to retire to private life, he may . ing as we do it is the safest and only want something else at the hands of the . proper way to reform the evlls under people by and ky, and it would be well . which we labor. We entertain no hope not to allow him to explain his tirade . of success for the measure before the } about equal taxation to have reference . people, and for the present are disposed with some discontent to allow the measure to rest. tosome lone, lorn Know Nothing or Black Republican who had dexterously covered his property to evade his taxes. The miners want to know if the Governor hasan eye to their claims when speakThe attention of office holders would in a less exciting contest than the last be more particularly directed to the defeat of the measure, and it is well ing of interests that do not contribute . known that an instance of a hired sertheir share to the support of the govern. vant of the people becoming other than mept. a hired assassin of their interests when Orrictat Bonps.—The State Treasurer just installed in office had turned over to him from the old Treasurer the large sum of $450,000, while the amount of the bond required of him $100,000. the State with a looseness. yas only This is doing business for We do not believe the present incumbent of the office is another Dr. Bates, but it is well enough to be safe. “In time of peace prepare for war,” is a good and wise In times of honesiy look out for thieves. It will be recollected that of all the names upon the bond of the defaulting Bates, but one or two had They were almost wholly irresponsible. Judgadmonition. a dollar to lose by his raseality. ing from the past history of official bonds in this State, there is no reason for believing every man upon the bond of the present State Treasnrer will be responsible one year hence, or even a few County Treasurers and other officers are compelled to exhibit evidences of their months hence. trustworthiness in the shape of penal bonds to the amount of all the money liable to come into their and considerable There is no reason why the State hands more. Treasurer should not be required to do likewise. The present reform Legislature will probably look into this matter . ) thoroughly before many days elapse. Wants Menpinc.—The speech of our friend Hon. Geo. A. Young, Assemblyman from this county, in which the Germans are characterized as the best portion of oradopted citizens. is perhaps a sfroke of good polity so far as it goes. The Irish not made of the material to like having but it wants mending. are the Dutch thought superior toth2mselves . ‘ and are disposed to grumble a little at the remark of our friend. Ifan early occasion be taken to compliment the descendants of Milesian kings, we will try to “settle the hash” in thisneighborhood. We don’t take issue with our Legislative friend on the truth of his remark at all, Constable’s Sale. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevada, ss,.— ‘ Sy virtue «f adecree of sale to me delivered issued . from the court of John Anderson Esq, an acting Justice jofthe Peace, in and forthe County aforesaid, bearin jdate January the Mth, AD, 1858. to satisfy a judgment rendered by said Justice on the 320th day of March, AD, L857 in favor of Wiuslow Hall and Artemas Rogers, and jagaipst EW. Smith and Lydia S:nith, his wife, for jthe sum of $215 00 debt, interest, damages and costs of jsuit. I willselltothe highest bidder for cash the following described property to-wit—A4 house and lot om Broad street in the city of Nevada, being a two stor: framed building and known by the name of the Psa Hotel, the same property the defendant now lives in. I will sel at the Court House door in said county on FRL . DAY the 12th day of February, AD, 1858 etween the hours of 9 o'clock, AM, and 5 o'clock, PM, of said dq 3 To be sold as the property of E. W. Smith ana Wife to satisfy the above demands and aceruing costs. U.S. GREGORY, Constable, Nevada city, January 14, 1858. Constable’s Sale. hoe ATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevada, Eureka ‘ Township ss :—By virtue of three Exeentions to me delivered, issued from the Court of S. B. Hickman Esq. an acting Justice of the Peacein and for thecounty resaid. bearing date December llth, A D. 1857, to sat isfy judgments rendered by said Court on the 10th day of December 1857, one in favor of William Baker for the sum of $218 50, and one in favor of Melvin Richardson for the sum of $217 50; and one in favor of Nicholas McIntosh forthe sum of $125 50 and against Stephen Boyce, Michael Pruth, Thos Cochran, John Winters and M Bolton, debt, interest, damages and costs of suit. I have taken in exeention and will sell to the highest bideer for cash, the following deseribed property, to-wit :— All the right, title and interest of the above named defendants in and to certain mining claims situate on O1‘leans Flat, Nevada county and lying on the west side of said Flat and known as the Waish Diggings, on SATURDAY the 30th day of January, 1858, between the hours of 9 o'clock A M. and 4PM, in front of the justice's office, Orleans Flat. ‘ Taken as the property of Stephen Boyce, Michael Ruth, Thomas Cochran, John Winters and M. Bolton, to satisfy the above demands and accruing costs, JAMES FAY, Constabie. } January 15th, 1858. SHERIFF, SALES. — aco anineinnny Ameer" Om Sheriff’s Sale. B Y virtue of a decree of foreclosure and order of sale ) to me directed and delivered, founded on a judgment issued out of the Hon. District Court ot the 14th Judicial District, on the 1] th day of January, AD, 1858, in favor of ALFRED JOHNS and against GEORGE LEMON, for the sum ofeight hundred and seventy-five dollars, together with interest on the said sum of $875, at the rate of three per cent per month from the Ist day of January, AD, 1858, until paid, together with costs of suitAnd whereas on the said 11th day of January, AD, 1858, it was ordered and decreed by the said court, that the Mortgage set forth in Plaintiffs complaint be foreclosed an An undiod premises described in quartz lead, situaide of Gold Flat in said count a ta short distance in a southeast am’s Quartz Mill, thence following s dips and angles; into the hill,ina rection 2000 feet, be levied upon and sold to sment, interest and costs, and the proapplied to the payment of said sums of Notice j of Febru Mi: ven thafen Turspay, the 9th day + between the hours of 10 o'clock, & i tof the Court Heuse door, il sell at public auction to the n hand, the above described propert; ray the ¢ said judgments, ( nu and at office, in the city of Nevada, this 14th January, 1858. S. W. BORING, Sheriff. Supreme Court it is recommended to alpA 2 i . Union; it must and shall be preserved,” low that body in its discretion where the : I j We indorse the Governors remarks on . Education—it is our only hope of ever the Couvention question was before the people at the last election, was rare. Sheriff’s Sale. to me directed and debut would merely suggest in a friendly the so-called ‘civil fund,” or in other words that money collected in the form of military exactions and duties on imposts from tho eccupancy of the State by the U. S. government to the admission of California as a State into the Union. The sum is stated at $2,706,512. By a provision in the State Debt Bill this money when obtained from Congress is to be devoted to the extinguishment of . the State Debt. this may not be a favorable occasion to The Governor says press our claim to that fund, in consequence of the reduced state of the National Treasury, but urges tke right of California to it upou the attention of Congress. The Governor favors the passage of another act to call a convention to revise the Constitution; says the people had their attention directed to other issues at the last election, and did not give the convention measure the consideration its importance demands; thinks the necessity of a revision of the Constitution is so obvious that the result must be different at another election. The message points out the needed changes in the organic law in a perspicThe policy of ealling a convention is well argued by Governor Johnson. The message recommends the erection of a State Capitol, and says the eld contractor should be remunerated by the State for the money he expended under the former Jaw for the erection of a Capitol, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The Governor's views on State Prison matters are eminently worthy of consideration. He questions the policy of the lessee system, says it is not advisa ble to expend any more money on the present site at San Quentin as it is not an eligible point fora prison. He favors the abolishment of the State Prison, and the plan of the counties taking care of their own prisoners. A very large sum would annually be saved the State for the transportation of prisoners by this method. A recommendation of a house of refuge for yout fui offenders finds a place in the n essag3, which every philanthropiat wil: be g’ad to see. The practice uous manner. . 3 P.M. judgment of the lower court is affirmed to render their decisions orally. The State Agricultural Society is commended to the favorable consideration of the Legislature. A law for the better protection of settlers in good faith is favored in the mesA few judicious remarks are . made concerning a more liberal distribution of the books published by the State, sage. and some excellent remarks are made concerning education and swamp lands . Which ought to beread and appreciated. Carson Valley and Arizona receive a passing notice, and the message closes with a recommendation that the eastern . boundary line be surveyed that no confusion may hereafter arise in the administration of the criminal and revenue laws. The message is an honor to the Governor who wrote it. DownieviLLte.—Rev. W. C. Pond of Downieville, will preach in the Brick . Church next Sabbath, morning and af. ternoon. Collections will be taken for the aid of the society of which Mr. P. is pastor, and we trust a liberal response will be made. We know of two churches in this place, and we think three, that were materially aided by the willing offerings of the good people of Downieville at the time of our great fire, and though we are yet suffering from that fire, we can at least show our willingness to do a good turn to those who re. membered us in Services commence at 10 1-2 A. M. and our time of trouble. . VoLUNTEERS FOR THE MorMoN War. —A meeting of citizens desirous of avenging their country’s wrongs was held on Monday evening, 11th inst., at the National Hotel. of names were enrolled for the Mormon Quite a number war, and the following gentlemen elected officers: Captain, Thomas Henry ; First Lieutenant, Jas. S. Curtis—both as gallant gentlemen as ever drew a— corkscrew, and both have seen considerable service. Let Uncle ery “Havoc! and Iet slip the dogs of war’— Nevada will put a pack on the scent in the twinkling of a lightning bug. Sam MELANCHOLY AccIDENT.—Mr. Jas. G. Coger and a cousin weré killed some ten days since by the falling of a tree on the cabin belonging to his two cousins, near Forest City. Mr. Coger had been residing at Omega for the last two or three years, where he was much esteemed as an honest and upright young man. His death will be severely felt by his many friends at that place. He was on a visit to his cousins when the accident occurred. He was twenty-three years of age, and from Jackson county, Iowa, where his parents now reside. The other cousin was severely though not mortally injured. The two spoken of were almost instantly killed. Water at ALpua.—A branch of the Great South Yuba Canal is completed to Alpha. and the water was introduced into that fine mining locality on Sunday last. Weexpect to hear good reports from those diggings not long hence. County Puysician.—The Board of . Supervisors have unanimvusly awarded the contract for taking care of the indigent sick ofthe county to Dr. H. H.} Wickes, and have done well. The Hos. pital could not fall iv better hands. . duce a little of that popular clamor afj like emergency will happen as that and thrown in and emphasized to profected to be despised. “The practice of leaving the most important bills to the last days of the session is in my opinion, a very bad one and should be abandoned.” Buchanan, copied without credit—and so on to the end. The Governor takes the Vigilance Committee to do early in the address. He intimates the whole force of the State will be called ‘out to suppress an insurrection of that character. Lfappily there is not the remotest idea that a which called into existence the Committee of Vigilance in San Francisco. The Governor is therefore safe in indulging in a little turgidity. Should another necessity arise he would find himself a cipher before the will of the people as his predecessor found to his sorrow. The Governor in his vigilance remarks copies after Bombastes daring the world to displace his boots. Tio make such a noise over an organization once too powerful to be braved, but having accomplished the purposes for which it came together, now gone to decay, is to imitate an ass braying over the dead body of a lion. Another prominent point in the inaugural is the favoring of extending the election laws to primary meetings of party. No one who is acquainted with John B Weller, the history of his defeat for the Senate by Broderick last winter, and the stories industriously circulated at Washington and elsewhere that the election of the son of Tammany was accomplished by an exercise of the peculiar policy and practice of that order, will be at a loss to account for this feature of the inaugural. It is to announce officially what has been pronounced by individuals, that Broderick has succeeded by machinations but that now good care will be taken that John B. Weller be not euchred a second time. That part of the address was designed for thirty States of this Union not on the Pacific coast. The Governor, not for the sake of the popular clamor of the settlers, deprerecates the passage of an act of Congress designed to facilitate the settlement of land titles but which he says, has retarded improvements, prevented settlements and impoverishod the real owners of tho soil. This act became a law early in 1851. Why inthe name of all that is decent and just did not Senator Weller strike even one of those puny blows of his to obtain a more just and reasonable enactment? He was in the Senate six years after that law was made, and the injustice to the State and her people was going on all the time, without an effort from him to apply a remedy. Why didhe not stir himself in this matter, or did he feel it would be useless considering his pigmy proportions by the side of Gwin ? Our Executive speaks with great unction of the necessity of economy and gets off the following pregnant sentence ; “A State as well as an individual must be ultimately bankrupted if its expenses are allowed fora series of years to exceed its income.” It is possible a State might for a series of years in its expenses slightly exceeditsincome and yet at the end of the series not be bankrupt and even but alittle worse offthan at the outset. It bringing the people of this State to see . All or nearly all who were getting large the light of political truth. spoils and all those in expectation of Speaking of emigration aad the finanpolitical luck went dead against the measure last fall, and may be expected to do so again with redoubled force, whenever an opportunity presents. cial storm lately burst upon our sister States and the destitution it has left, the Governor says: “The vietims of a villainous paper money system could here find in our mountains, banks which never issue an . I =e . apa : : -p; But we think it will eenerally b rOirredeemable currency, and seldom, if . : wae generally be pro ever, fail to remunerate the industrions . 20Unced desirable that the resources of laborer. But the Mormons and Indians . the State be made to liquidate its indebton the one hand, and a_ heartless mo-. edness before incurring additional oblinop F a ie F > 2 . : > & -s . 1opoly, having no symp uthy with our) gations. The Capitol can be construetpeople, on the other, may diminish the . emigration, so essential in developing the resources of the State.” That the State ought to havea State House of her own is generally admitted. ed by convict labor ata small expense to the State, and If $120,000 per annum . Cy . Ourminers have learned there are nn. and the State Prisoners’ labor should be . . 1 ¢ ‘ . ; partieipate im the framing of their or-. merous banks in these mountains, banks . turned from Gen. Estell to the Purpose . canie law—yet for one we cannot but . of deposite, where, if it were possible, a . of building a State House, no one could . little onest sweat might be wrung daily . Ofer an opposition to the erection of . trom even John B. Weller for years aad . Steh a_ building. State may In this manner the ~ . 2 } . ele . e not a dollar be obtained from nature’s . be furnished with public Dittnrdbln ectnce buildings at small expense. We have not room for the message, In reference to that “heartless monopbut commend it to the attention of our oly,” if it would not be impertinent, may . we not ask if Senator Weller ever lifted his voice against the Steamship Compa. ny ? citizens as a document worthy to be read. Did he throw a straw in the way LeGIsLative.—The transactions of of that Company when it was obtaining . the two Houses, since our last are unimenormous sums from the government. to . portant. In fact the Legislature is not foster and sustain their heartless mo. yet fairly under weigh. The standing ~% ° . j nopoly 2 committees of the Senate are announced. ry" 4 v . . oy © : . . . Che idea of the Governor that, in-. From aequaintance with a portion of the the well-known staunch judgment of Lieut. Governor Walkup, we have the fullest confidence that the stead of military posts along the routes Senate and of emigration to hold in check the Indian tribes, the marching of a full regiment to and from the Pacific coast once . eommittees are judiciously made up. a year should be substituted, is ridicuNotices of quite a number of importlous—so clearly so as to need no comment. The remainder of the Inaugural we leave to posterity. ant bills and amendments to acts have . been given, but it seems too mnch time has been wasted on petty resolutions. A howlis raised in certain quarters Puank anv Turnpike Roap.—Two routes between this city and Grass Valley were surveyed last week by the company recently organized for the purbecause some members spend time in opposing little items of expenditure which if allowed to go unkeeded would cost the State less than is lost in the consumption of time. We hope this miserable pretext for stealing will be unheeded by all legislators. pose of constructing a Plank and Turnpike Road between the two places. Which route will be selected the Company has not determined. We understand the road, which is very much The true principle is to oppose every thing wrong to the farthest extent without reference to cost, till it is known beyond a doubt that the majority ofa parliamentary body are irrevocably set upon its passage. needed and must prove a valuable enterprise, will be completed by the stockholders, arrangements having been made to put it through without fail. New Parer.—The Daily News has Tue Herald of the Morning, a ghostmade its appearance at Marysville, editseeing sheet, has made arrangements ed by that whole souled veteran of the press, Gen. Alleu. It is independent in politics. We wish the General every success. not to like some of our articles. Somehow we can’t please everybody. It would be a source of extreme regret to us, however, to find our articles unappreciated by the aforesaid cotemporary did we not derive spiritual consolation from the philosophical fact that a guinea and feather fall with equal force in a vacuum. Put this in your modest ecol. . 2 4 i if he makes as good a Secretary as his umn of pufis, friend, in place of the one a . predecessor. General Douglass has you expected to get in this quarter of . 3 : ; : P & 3 4 been mindful of the interests of the State the world, and feel wolfish because you z : ; eat) and his own reputation while dischargdidn’t. : : axe : ing the duties pertaining to the office, Pace.—The members of the Senate . and retires with the approbation of his will find a smart boy in Morris Gregory . fellow citizens. His successor goes into of this county, who has been selected office having the fullest confidence of as one of the Pages by Lieut. Governor . men of all parties. Walkup. Secrevrary or Sratre.—Col. Ferris Forman, of Sacramento, succeeds Gen. Douglass as Secretary of State. Govyernvr Weller has done well in appointing Colonel Forman, and he will do well ALTA Express—We have been negALAMEDA CoLLeGiATE InstTITUTE.— . ligent in our duties to this enterprising We have received the circular of this! express. Many favors have we receivInstitution of learning. The course of ed promptly during}the past few weeks study is as good as any we have seen} from G. W. Welch the accommodating presented on the coast, and we believe . agent at this place, which we failed to the schoolis one of the best. It is pleas. notice at the time, but herewith take ocantly located in the village of Alameda . casion to tender our thanks for the past in sight of the Bay and city of San Fran. favors, and say the institution is of the cisco. j right character, way, without the least design to get upa. JY .2tg of an, Exeention question of privilege, the propriety of mending his remarks after the mode indicated. ‘The policy of the thing eannot be doubted. Don’t Sneeze Because THE PrestDENT Sncurrs.—The Shasta Courier, one of the most fearless, honest, and = ° . * . frank Democratie papers in the State, j expresses itself in terms concerning the position of the! President on the Kansas question. The} ef Couricr is edited by a Virginian. “However little worthy of sympathy . » are those fanatics who refused to yield obedience to the laws—who refused to }regret that the President did not. in this} partical ar instance, pass by the letter of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and base his . . action upon what has long been reeognized as its true spirit. The the eonvention to submit the their approval, is an outrage people by their representatives. their course of action is none the less an outrage upon the rights of the people of . ; Kansas.” x TheShasta Courier thinks a Mr. B. KE. S. Ely of Yuba a sinart legislator, } and deserving of great credit for his orig. lution, aud expresses its surprise that Joint Resolutions similar to those of the . thought of be-. “smart one’ were never fore—except in forty or fifty instances. Our Representatives in Congress will} doubtless be astonished on receiving the resolution of Mr. Ely. Per. Docs.—We are under obligation to Hons. S. H. Chase and George A. Young for the Governor's Message. F. E. BAILEY, M.D. } AVING permanently settled in the city with his Family adopts this method of tendering his services 20 the citizens of Nevada and vicinity as a PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. And having been for 12 yearsin successful practice he thinks it no arrogance to claim for himself reasonable qualifications as a FAMILY PHYSICIAN, {> He would also call especial attention to the following card of Dr. Harvey Hunt: XP From my persoual acquaintance with the character and qualifications of Dr. Battery, I do cheerfully recommend him tomy former patrons and friends as my successor, HARVEY HUNT, M. Db. + eee re Orrice—tIn the rear of the Main street Drug Store. Reaidence—W ashington street, firstdoorsouth of the Catholic Church. Nevada, January &th, 1858.—tf Tomas P. Hawiey. Meredith & Hawley, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, HENRY MEREDITH. Office—Kidd & Knox’s Brick Bnilding. janl5 . Bissolution. gk Ecopartnership heretofore existing between Auist Juagherr and Jacob Mann, in the Bakery busines s this day dissolved by mutual consent. The buginess of the late firm will be settled by Fred Butler, whp can be found at the Nevada Bakery, AUGUST JUAGHERR. JACOB MANN, January, 14, 1858. ata NOTICE. Qtate of California, County of Nevada, ss th > the matter of the Estate of P J. ESPENSCHEID, dd. oe Notice is hereby given thata Will purporting ast will and testament of P, J. Espenscheid de ceased has come into the possession of the Probate Court of the county of Nevada and State of California, and also a petition for letters testamentary upon the estate of said deceased, and that said court has appointed Saturday the 9th day of January A. D. 1858, at 100’clock. AM. of that date as the time of proving said will and the hearing of said Petition. And all persons interes ted are hereby required to be and appear before said court at that time to show cause ifany they can why said petition should not be gr.nted and said will not be admitted to probate. By order of the Probate Court, Attest, RUFUS SHOEMAKER, Clerk, By Wa. Smiru, deputy. A. A. Sargent Attorney for Petitioners, Ji2.w “The hearing in the above case ia postponed until SATURDAY, January 16th, 1858, B the Probate Court, By order RUFUS SHOEMAKER, Clerk, the following manly . refusal of'} s coustitu. tion to these who must live under it, for'. upor the . ! They. . may have met the express requirements . fof the Kansas-Nebraska Act—indeed, . , they have doubtless done so—and yet’ Ss issued ont of the Hom District Court, of d for the County of Neate of ona judgment rendered ir Court or l4th day of December AD, 1857, in fz of Wm L. Tisdale, Charles Marsh, E_ P, Turney, W. Churchill, F A Wilder and James Whartenby, and F_0). Culver, of Grizzly Ditch Co, and against F. Rindorer and F. Bulacher, for thesum of four hundred and 20-100 dollars debt, with interest upen said sum at ate oftenpercent per annum fromthe date of nent until paid, together with forty-five 85-100 dolj thave levied upou and seized the dercril 0 y which was heretofore at] une AD, 1857, as the properindorer, to-wit,—The mining X Bulacher claims, situated on the cast side o y Hill, in Nevadacounty ; also a certaiu’ house in Humbug city kept asa saloon, >. Tibers’, said dday of June 1857 ) hvered the lith Ju vada and sofs v civenthat on Turspay, the 9thday ISOS, between the hours of 10 o'clock, A. > M. in front of the Court House door sublic auction to the © above described igment of Nevada, t BORING, Sheriff of Nevada Co” Sheriff’s Sale. ve of an Execnuti } directed and issued urt of the 14th Jude eudered in said Court of 224 day of I ber A. D. 1857, in favor of T. ELtD BEANS ani W, J. KNOX and against ZENAS JAMES WALSH and RICHARD HOM ain of three hundred and cighty-seven t on the said sum of * rate of ten per ct, "osts of suit taxed at ied upon and seized ¥. which was herétofore A. D. (857, All the right, ants inand to a certain appurtenanees. situated on of Nevada city, also ma; buildings, &c. belongeis hereby given that on Thursday the F4th day y. A.D. 1858, between the hours of 10 o'clock . ’. M., in front of the court house door da, I will ex > for sale all of the rt the Bighest bidder, tor cash {gh day of December, 1857. 5. W. BORING, Sheriff of N.C. ig postponed to MONDAY the 15th The above sal day of February, Ay D. 1558 pe eee oe . = i 8. W. BORING, Sheriff N.C. inality in getting up his Railroad Reso. Sheriff’s Sale. irtue ofan Execution to me directed and issued the Hon. Distrief Court of the I4th Judicial a judgment rendered in said Court on the 6th ary, A. D. ISS, in favor of ELIAS EB. FO=8 lagainst LEMUEL FOSS and WM. MOORE for the housand seven hundred a seventy dollars terestou the sum of ’, from the 6th \ y, A.D. 1858, at the rate of 3 per cent per outh till paid. Also intereston the sum of $448 at the ite of ten percent per annum from the 6th day of Jan. nary A. D. 1858, until paid, together with costs of suit.— I have levied uy scized the following deseribed hedonthe l4thday All the right, title ndants, Moore & tpany Lumber Mill, situon the Red Dog road. Also the Ranch upon which Millis situated, being 640 acres more or less. otice is hereby given that on SarURDAY the 30th day of January, 1858, between the hours of LO o’clock. A. M. and 4 o’clook, P. M. in front of the Court House door in the city of Nevada, I willsellat public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in hand, the above described property to satisfy and pay the aforesaid judgment. Given under my hand at office, in the city of Nevada, this 7th day of January, 1858. S W. BORING, Sheriff of Nevada Co. day . i Sheriffs Sale. B* virtue ofadecree of foreclosure and an order of ) sale to me directed and delivered, founded on 8 judgment issued out of the Hon Distriet Court of the 14th Judicial District, on the 28th day of December, A D 1857, against WILLIAM SHAW and in favor of WILLIAM JENKINS, WILLIAM EDMONDS, and EDWIN RUSSELL, for the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars, ($3,600) principal, debta together with interest on the said sum of $3,600 at the rate of one and a-half per cent. per month from the 5th day of January, AD 1857, until paid, together with all costs of suit. And whereas on the said 28th day of December, A. D. 1857, it was ordered and decreed by the said Court, that the Mortgage set forth in Plaintiff's Complaint be foreclosed and the property therein described, to-wit:—A certain lotof land situated near the dwelling house now or lately owned or ceeupied by Dr Sheridan on Mill street, in the town of Grass Valley, below the Gold Hill Mill together with the House and Shop standing on said lot, Also the Tools and Stock of steel and iron in said shop, Also three sh n the Gold Eagle Tunnel. Also one share in the Virginia Tunnel—said Tunnels being situated on Conception Ridge (so called) about 14 miles from the Town of Grass Valley aforesaie, in the county of Nevada and State of California, be levied upon and sold to satis said judgment, interest and costs, and the proceeds thereof applied to the payment of said sums of money as aforee said. Notice is hereby given that on SATURDAY, the 30th day of January. 1858, between the hours of 10 o’clock, A. M and 4 o0’clock P M. in front of the Court House door in the city of Nevada, I will seliat public auction te the highest bidder forcash,in hand, the above described property to satisfy and pay the aforesaid judgment. Given under my hand at office, in the city of Nevada this 7th day of January, 1858. 5. W. BORING, Sheriff of Nevada Co, Sheriff's Sale. Y virtue of a Decree of Foreclosure and of sale issued out of the District Court of ean tant Judicial Distriet, dated Dee. 31st, 1858, founded on a judgment renderedin said Court onthe 28th day of December, 1857, in favor of N. G. LIPFORD and against LEMUEL FOSS for the sum of $1266 principal debt and interest, together with interest on said sum of $1263 at the rate of 3 per cent per month from the rendition } of judgment till paid together with all costs of suit, [am ordered to sell the mortgaged property set forth in plaintiff's complaint and described therein as follows, to-wit :—The one undivided one-fourth part of the Saw Mill known as the Nevada Company’s Saw Mill, with al} its appurtenances consisting of 1260 acres of land sitp. ted on the road leading from Nevada to Brooklyn in the county of Nevada, tosatisfy said judgment. Notice ishereby given that on Thursday the 2}st d January, A. D. 1858, between the heurs of 10 0,cloc A M.and 4 o'clock P. M., in front of the court house door in the city of Nevada, [ will expose for sale al} of the above described property fo the highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy the judgment aforesaid, , Given under my hand this 3lst day of December, 1857 SW. BORING, "' . Sheriff of N,'C. } AL spe ee, eee ee =

FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 15th, 1858. Synopsis oF GovERNoR JoHNSON’S Messace.—The Message of Governor Johnson is too long for our columns. We regret the limited room at our disposal, as we would delight giving so excellent a State paper as the Gover. Howeyer, the document can be obtained by all who desire to peruse it, and doubtless has been examined ere this by all who pay particular attention to the affairs of State. For the benefit of the general reader we give the features of the message in a condensed form. The Governor congratulates the peonor’s Message to otir readers, ple of California that the financial difficulties which have spread disasters over the older portions of the Union have never reached these shores, and that their voice as expressed by themselves aod through the Supreme Court has decided no stain of repudiation shall rest upon the fame of the State. A most satisfactory account of the financial condition of the State is presented, showing the excess of receipts over expenditures during the amounts to $452,000. We are now enyear / abled to pay as we go, and indeed the Governor recommends the reduction of the rate of taxation for State purposes to twenty cents on each one hundred dollars. The message tells us there will be some $400,000 surplus in the Treasury at the expiration of the fiscal year, and recommends its application to the extinguishment of the State debt. This course will not only lessen the burthen of taxation but hcighten the confidence of the ereditors of the State. The real aad personal property of the State subject to taxation is about 132,000,000 of dollars, or an increase of over eighteen millions on the valuation of fast year—thus indubitable evidence of the prosperity and progress of the State is presented. The amount of money indicated in the State Debt Act, $3,900,000, is made to appear sufficient in the message to cover the entire dekt of the diate. The information is imparted thata compromise was undertaken by the Governor and others with defaulting parties, io settle matters growing out of the delinquencies of Bates and others, but failed. Judgments to the amount of $181,000 have been obtained and another suit for $124,000 is pending. The Revenue law of last winter, has some defeets which the Governor points out and asks that they be remedied; at the same time he pays a compliment to the efficiency of the law and its practical workings in general. The Stamp Tax has been founda useful measure. The net receipts for six months from that source is $35,000. The Governor urges upon the Legislature the amending of the law so as to reach insurance policies and money going out of the State. The Legislatue is urged to adopt such measures as will secure tothe State . couraged by law. of carrying concealed weapons is condemned and recommended to be dis-. Address of the new Goyernoris decidedily Wellerish. It is stamped with the . An act defining the necessary qualifi-. image and superscription throughout of cations of physicians and draggists be-. John B. Weller the veritable. It is so fore they are permitted to enter upon . common place and wanting in newness their respective callings the Governor . or originality as to deny a dispute about regards as of essential importance. The . its indolent parentage. Truethe “great reasons for such a law are obvious. In regard to the Attachment Law the Jechosaphat”—a favorite expression—is left out, but “Jerusalem” is in and other Governor takes strong ground in favor. words by which the identity of the doeof its modification. The laws of the . ument could be determined without othState upon insolvency have not met the . er aids. expectation of those who favored their enactment. The Governor says they need a modification or repeal. The applicant should not be discharged from his obligations in his opinion, unless those representing one-half the debts favor tke application. changes in the law are suggested. An amendment of the law applicable to sole traders is recommended. On the subject of divorcees the mesIt occurs tous sage takes a rational position. A greater had length of time should be required for . never spoken more rejoicingly of “rethe publication of notice, the District tiring to the shades of private life” than Attorney should be made to appear in had John B. Weller prior to his ready opposition to every application, and all . acceptance of a nomination before it cases should be tried in open court, and If the not given to a referee. independent, bold and unhesitating in A noble stand is taken by the retirbraving public opinion as_ his language We will glance at the thing a moment. The Governor rather boastingly says no one has less regard for popular clamor than he. Now, it is barely possible this may sincerely be spoken, but it occurs to us that we have seen men more loudly called upon by popular clamor to take the head of affairs than was Governor Weller last fall, who had modesty Other important and disregard of popular noise enough to peremptorily decline also those nameless individuals was tendered. Governor is so Trae Inaveurat.— The Inaugural . might be in a better condition in the D> > . value of taxable property andin various other particulars. But accuracy is not to be expected from the Governor. Micawber is more precise in giving utter. ance to the same sentiment : Income, ten poundssix ; expenditures, ten pounds five shillings six—sum total, happiness. Income, ten pounds six; expenditures ten pounds six shillings . nine pence—-sum total, misery. We are told in the Inaugural that “The expenditures for State Prison . purposes, and for printing, alone, in the year ending 30th June, 1856, amounted to more than half a million of dollars.” The idea intended to be conveyed is . that the only year of American rule in . this State cost in the items of State Prisonand Printing expenses the enormous . sum mentioned. curacy, not the veracity, of the Governor on this point. It willtake the appriations of two legislatures to make up . that sum. We ask the Governor to be more spe. What cific in his language. mean by saying— “It is notorious that many persons hold property which annually yields—and in all probability will continue to yield for a series of years—a handsome income, on which no taxes are levied ?”” The meaning is well understood to be We impeach the ac. does he! MessaGe or Governor Jounson.— We are indebted to General Douglass, _ex-Seeretary of State, for an early copy . of Governor Johnson’s second annual message, Which has claimed for the In giving our opinion upon the document . we say without hesitation it is the full. est, most complete, and going still far. hour past our undivided attention. . ther, we claim it is the best message yet . submitted to the consideration ef a Cal' ifornia Legislature. There are few . Measures recommended by the Gover. nor which we do not heartily approve. Perhaps we might be disposed to quesition the policy of reducing taxes for State purposes to twenty cents on each one hundred dollars, if a Constitutional . Convention act be again submitted to . the people, a State Capitol built. a House of Refuge instituted, and other recommendations of the Governor carried out. We might object to the pro. posed Capitol until the State is out of . debt, and might doubt the probability of . a Constitutional Convention being approved by the people on a second submission df the question to them, but that the recommendations of the Governor, in the main, are wise, we agree. It is possible that an act calling for a Convention to revise the Constitution ing executive in favor of the admission of colored testimony in courts of justice. It is shown that outrages and deeds of horror are committed with impunity under:the present arbitrary statute. A recommendation is made that the law of evidence in chancery eases be amended so as to allow testimony to be taken by depositions exclusively. Good reasons are given for dividing the State into Congressionsl Districts, which the Legislature is enjoined to do. It is recommended to change the time of Congressional election to the election occurring immediately preceding to the commencement of the term of office. To lighten the onerous duties of the . be right than that I should be praised.” would convey, he had a splendid opportunity to demonstrate it by a less cowardly enunciation of his belief that mining claims should be taxed. The inference is there, but the Governor dealt in general terms and softly with We are bound to believe him, however, that popular the direct question. clamor had nothing to do with his use of generalities in connection with this ticklish subject ! “Tt is far more important that I should Harry Clay’s noble sentiment diluted to suit a lower mental organism. “The supremacy of the laws must be . maintained at all hazards.” A passage from Jackson’s—‘The mining claims ought to be taxed. But . might carry at the next election, but we we want no slippery politician to have a. do not believe it would. chance to escape. Could we indulge the hope, we would advocate it more strongly than ever before, believNotwithstanding the oft-expressed impatient wish of John B. Weller to retire to private life, he may . ing as we do it is the safest and only want something else at the hands of the . proper way to reform the evlls under people by and ky, and it would be well . which we labor. We entertain no hope not to allow him to explain his tirade . of success for the measure before the } about equal taxation to have reference . people, and for the present are disposed with some discontent to allow the measure to rest. tosome lone, lorn Know Nothing or Black Republican who had dexterously covered his property to evade his taxes. The miners want to know if the Governor hasan eye to their claims when speakThe attention of office holders would in a less exciting contest than the last be more particularly directed to the defeat of the measure, and it is well ing of interests that do not contribute . known that an instance of a hired sertheir share to the support of the govern. vant of the people becoming other than mept. a hired assassin of their interests when Orrictat Bonps.—The State Treasurer just installed in office had turned over to him from the old Treasurer the large sum of $450,000, while the amount of the bond required of him $100,000. the State with a looseness. yas only This is doing business for We do not believe the present incumbent of the office is another Dr. Bates, but it is well enough to be safe. “In time of peace prepare for war,” is a good and wise In times of honesiy look out for thieves. It will be recollected that of all the names upon the bond of the defaulting Bates, but one or two had They were almost wholly irresponsible. Judgadmonition. a dollar to lose by his raseality. ing from the past history of official bonds in this State, there is no reason for believing every man upon the bond of the present State Treasnrer will be responsible one year hence, or even a few County Treasurers and other officers are compelled to exhibit evidences of their months hence. trustworthiness in the shape of penal bonds to the amount of all the money liable to come into their and considerable There is no reason why the State hands more. Treasurer should not be required to do likewise. The present reform Legislature will probably look into this matter . ) thoroughly before many days elapse. Wants Menpinc.—The speech of our friend Hon. Geo. A. Young, Assemblyman from this county, in which the Germans are characterized as the best portion of oradopted citizens. is perhaps a sfroke of good polity so far as it goes. The Irish not made of the material to like having but it wants mending. are the Dutch thought superior toth2mselves . ‘ and are disposed to grumble a little at the remark of our friend. Ifan early occasion be taken to compliment the descendants of Milesian kings, we will try to “settle the hash” in thisneighborhood. We don’t take issue with our Legislative friend on the truth of his remark at all, Constable’s Sale. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevada, ss,.— ‘ Sy virtue «f adecree of sale to me delivered issued . from the court of John Anderson Esq, an acting Justice jofthe Peace, in and forthe County aforesaid, bearin jdate January the Mth, AD, 1858. to satisfy a judgment rendered by said Justice on the 320th day of March, AD, L857 in favor of Wiuslow Hall and Artemas Rogers, and jagaipst EW. Smith and Lydia S:nith, his wife, for jthe sum of $215 00 debt, interest, damages and costs of jsuit. I willselltothe highest bidder for cash the following described property to-wit—A4 house and lot om Broad street in the city of Nevada, being a two stor: framed building and known by the name of the Psa Hotel, the same property the defendant now lives in. I will sel at the Court House door in said county on FRL . DAY the 12th day of February, AD, 1858 etween the hours of 9 o'clock, AM, and 5 o'clock, PM, of said dq 3 To be sold as the property of E. W. Smith ana Wife to satisfy the above demands and aceruing costs. U.S. GREGORY, Constable, Nevada city, January 14, 1858. Constable’s Sale. hoe ATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevada, Eureka ‘ Township ss :—By virtue of three Exeentions to me delivered, issued from the Court of S. B. Hickman Esq. an acting Justice of the Peacein and for thecounty resaid. bearing date December llth, A D. 1857, to sat isfy judgments rendered by said Court on the 10th day of December 1857, one in favor of William Baker for the sum of $218 50, and one in favor of Melvin Richardson for the sum of $217 50; and one in favor of Nicholas McIntosh forthe sum of $125 50 and against Stephen Boyce, Michael Pruth, Thos Cochran, John Winters and M Bolton, debt, interest, damages and costs of suit. I have taken in exeention and will sell to the highest bideer for cash, the following deseribed property, to-wit :— All the right, title and interest of the above named defendants in and to certain mining claims situate on O1‘leans Flat, Nevada county and lying on the west side of said Flat and known as the Waish Diggings, on SATURDAY the 30th day of January, 1858, between the hours of 9 o'clock A M. and 4PM, in front of the justice's office, Orleans Flat. ‘ Taken as the property of Stephen Boyce, Michael Ruth, Thomas Cochran, John Winters and M. Bolton, to satisfy the above demands and accruing costs, JAMES FAY, Constabie. } January 15th, 1858. SHERIFF, SALES. — aco anineinnny Ameer" Om Sheriff’s Sale. B Y virtue of a decree of foreclosure and order of sale ) to me directed and delivered, founded on a judgment issued out of the Hon. District Court ot the 14th Judicial District, on the 1] th day of January, AD, 1858, in favor of ALFRED JOHNS and against GEORGE LEMON, for the sum ofeight hundred and seventy-five dollars, together with interest on the said sum of $875, at the rate of three per cent per month from the Ist day of January, AD, 1858, until paid, together with costs of suitAnd whereas on the said 11th day of January, AD, 1858, it was ordered and decreed by the said court, that the Mortgage set forth in Plaintiffs complaint be foreclosed an An undiod premises described in quartz lead, situaide of Gold Flat in said count a ta short distance in a southeast am’s Quartz Mill, thence following s dips and angles; into the hill,ina rection 2000 feet, be levied upon and sold to sment, interest and costs, and the proapplied to the payment of said sums of Notice j of Febru Mi: ven thafen Turspay, the 9th day + between the hours of 10 o'clock, & i tof the Court Heuse door, il sell at public auction to the n hand, the above described propert; ray the ¢ said judgments, ( nu and at office, in the city of Nevada, this 14th January, 1858. S. W. BORING, Sheriff. Supreme Court it is recommended to alpA 2 i . Union; it must and shall be preserved,” low that body in its discretion where the : I j We indorse the Governors remarks on . Education—it is our only hope of ever the Couvention question was before the people at the last election, was rare. Sheriff’s Sale. to me directed and debut would merely suggest in a friendly the so-called ‘civil fund,” or in other words that money collected in the form of military exactions and duties on imposts from tho eccupancy of the State by the U. S. government to the admission of California as a State into the Union. The sum is stated at $2,706,512. By a provision in the State Debt Bill this money when obtained from Congress is to be devoted to the extinguishment of . the State Debt. this may not be a favorable occasion to The Governor says press our claim to that fund, in consequence of the reduced state of the National Treasury, but urges tke right of California to it upou the attention of Congress. The Governor favors the passage of another act to call a convention to revise the Constitution; says the people had their attention directed to other issues at the last election, and did not give the convention measure the consideration its importance demands; thinks the necessity of a revision of the Constitution is so obvious that the result must be different at another election. The message points out the needed changes in the organic law in a perspicThe policy of ealling a convention is well argued by Governor Johnson. The message recommends the erection of a State Capitol, and says the eld contractor should be remunerated by the State for the money he expended under the former Jaw for the erection of a Capitol, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The Governor's views on State Prison matters are eminently worthy of consideration. He questions the policy of the lessee system, says it is not advisa ble to expend any more money on the present site at San Quentin as it is not an eligible point fora prison. He favors the abolishment of the State Prison, and the plan of the counties taking care of their own prisoners. A very large sum would annually be saved the State for the transportation of prisoners by this method. A recommendation of a house of refuge for yout fui offenders finds a place in the n essag3, which every philanthropiat wil: be g’ad to see. The practice uous manner. . 3 P.M. judgment of the lower court is affirmed to render their decisions orally. The State Agricultural Society is commended to the favorable consideration of the Legislature. A law for the better protection of settlers in good faith is favored in the mesA few judicious remarks are . made concerning a more liberal distribution of the books published by the State, sage. and some excellent remarks are made concerning education and swamp lands . Which ought to beread and appreciated. Carson Valley and Arizona receive a passing notice, and the message closes with a recommendation that the eastern . boundary line be surveyed that no confusion may hereafter arise in the administration of the criminal and revenue laws. The message is an honor to the Governor who wrote it. DownieviLLte.—Rev. W. C. Pond of Downieville, will preach in the Brick . Church next Sabbath, morning and af. ternoon. Collections will be taken for the aid of the society of which Mr. P. is pastor, and we trust a liberal response will be made. We know of two churches in this place, and we think three, that were materially aided by the willing offerings of the good people of Downieville at the time of our great fire, and though we are yet suffering from that fire, we can at least show our willingness to do a good turn to those who re. membered us in Services commence at 10 1-2 A. M. and our time of trouble. . VoLUNTEERS FOR THE MorMoN War. —A meeting of citizens desirous of avenging their country’s wrongs was held on Monday evening, 11th inst., at the National Hotel. of names were enrolled for the Mormon Quite a number war, and the following gentlemen elected officers: Captain, Thomas Henry ; First Lieutenant, Jas. S. Curtis—both as gallant gentlemen as ever drew a— corkscrew, and both have seen considerable service. Let Uncle ery “Havoc! and Iet slip the dogs of war’— Nevada will put a pack on the scent in the twinkling of a lightning bug. Sam MELANCHOLY AccIDENT.—Mr. Jas. G. Coger and a cousin weré killed some ten days since by the falling of a tree on the cabin belonging to his two cousins, near Forest City. Mr. Coger had been residing at Omega for the last two or three years, where he was much esteemed as an honest and upright young man. His death will be severely felt by his many friends at that place. He was on a visit to his cousins when the accident occurred. He was twenty-three years of age, and from Jackson county, Iowa, where his parents now reside. The other cousin was severely though not

mortally injured. The two spoken of were almost instantly killed. Water at ALpua.—A branch of the Great South Yuba Canal is completed to Alpha. and the water was introduced into that fine mining locality on Sunday last. Weexpect to hear good reports from those diggings not long hence. County Puysician.—The Board of . Supervisors have unanimvusly awarded the contract for taking care of the indigent sick ofthe county to Dr. H. H.} Wickes, and have done well. The Hos. pital could not fall iv better hands. . duce a little of that popular clamor afj like emergency will happen as that and thrown in and emphasized to profected to be despised. “The practice of leaving the most important bills to the last days of the session is in my opinion, a very bad one and should be abandoned.” Buchanan, copied without credit—and so on to the end. The Governor takes the Vigilance Committee to do early in the address. He intimates the whole force of the State will be called ‘out to suppress an insurrection of that character. Lfappily there is not the remotest idea that a which called into existence the Committee of Vigilance in San Francisco. The Governor is therefore safe in indulging in a little turgidity. Should another necessity arise he would find himself a cipher before the will of the people as his predecessor found to his sorrow. The Governor in his vigilance remarks copies after Bombastes daring the world to displace his boots. Tio make such a noise over an organization once too powerful to be braved, but having accomplished the purposes for which it came together, now gone to decay, is to imitate an ass braying over the dead body of a lion. Another prominent point in the inaugural is the favoring of extending the election laws to primary meetings of party. No one who is acquainted with John B Weller, the history of his defeat for the Senate by Broderick last winter, and the stories industriously circulated at Washington and elsewhere that the election of the son of Tammany was accomplished by an exercise of the peculiar policy and practice of that order, will be at a loss to account for this feature of the inaugural. It is to announce officially what has been pronounced by individuals, that Broderick has succeeded by machinations but that now good care will be taken that John B. Weller be not euchred a second time. That part of the address was designed for thirty States of this Union not on the Pacific coast. The Governor, not for the sake of the popular clamor of the settlers, deprerecates the passage of an act of Congress designed to facilitate the settlement of land titles but which he says, has retarded improvements, prevented settlements and impoverishod the real owners of tho soil. This act became a law early in 1851. Why inthe name of all that is decent and just did not Senator Weller strike even one of those puny blows of his to obtain a more just and reasonable enactment? He was in the Senate six years after that law was made, and the injustice to the State and her people was going on all the time, without an effort from him to apply a remedy. Why didhe not stir himself in this matter, or did he feel it would be useless considering his pigmy proportions by the side of Gwin ? Our Executive speaks with great unction of the necessity of economy and gets off the following pregnant sentence ; “A State as well as an individual must be ultimately bankrupted if its expenses are allowed fora series of years to exceed its income.” It is possible a State might for a series of years in its expenses slightly exceeditsincome and yet at the end of the series not be bankrupt and even but alittle worse offthan at the outset. It bringing the people of this State to see . All or nearly all who were getting large the light of political truth. spoils and all those in expectation of Speaking of emigration aad the finanpolitical luck went dead against the measure last fall, and may be expected to do so again with redoubled force, whenever an opportunity presents. cial storm lately burst upon our sister States and the destitution it has left, the Governor says: “The vietims of a villainous paper money system could here find in our mountains, banks which never issue an . I =e . apa : : -p; But we think it will eenerally b rOirredeemable currency, and seldom, if . : wae generally be pro ever, fail to remunerate the industrions . 20Unced desirable that the resources of laborer. But the Mormons and Indians . the State be made to liquidate its indebton the one hand, and a_ heartless mo-. edness before incurring additional oblinop F a ie F > 2 . : > & -s . 1opoly, having no symp uthy with our) gations. The Capitol can be construetpeople, on the other, may diminish the . emigration, so essential in developing the resources of the State.” That the State ought to havea State House of her own is generally admitted. ed by convict labor ata small expense to the State, and If $120,000 per annum . Cy . Ourminers have learned there are nn. and the State Prisoners’ labor should be . . 1 ¢ ‘ . ; partieipate im the framing of their or-. merous banks in these mountains, banks . turned from Gen. Estell to the Purpose . canie law—yet for one we cannot but . of deposite, where, if it were possible, a . of building a State House, no one could . little onest sweat might be wrung daily . Ofer an opposition to the erection of . trom even John B. Weller for years aad . Steh a_ building. State may In this manner the ~ . 2 } . ele . e not a dollar be obtained from nature’s . be furnished with public Dittnrdbln ectnce buildings at small expense. We have not room for the message, In reference to that “heartless monopbut commend it to the attention of our oly,” if it would not be impertinent, may . we not ask if Senator Weller ever lifted his voice against the Steamship Compa. ny ? citizens as a document worthy to be read. Did he throw a straw in the way LeGIsLative.—The transactions of of that Company when it was obtaining . the two Houses, since our last are unimenormous sums from the government. to . portant. In fact the Legislature is not foster and sustain their heartless mo. yet fairly under weigh. The standing ~% ° . j nopoly 2 committees of the Senate are announced. ry" 4 v . . oy © : . . . Che idea of the Governor that, in-. From aequaintance with a portion of the the well-known staunch judgment of Lieut. Governor Walkup, we have the fullest confidence that the stead of military posts along the routes Senate and of emigration to hold in check the Indian tribes, the marching of a full regiment to and from the Pacific coast once . eommittees are judiciously made up. a year should be substituted, is ridicuNotices of quite a number of importlous—so clearly so as to need no comment. The remainder of the Inaugural we leave to posterity. ant bills and amendments to acts have . been given, but it seems too mnch time has been wasted on petty resolutions. A howlis raised in certain quarters Puank anv Turnpike Roap.—Two routes between this city and Grass Valley were surveyed last week by the company recently organized for the purbecause some members spend time in opposing little items of expenditure which if allowed to go unkeeded would cost the State less than is lost in the consumption of time. We hope this miserable pretext for stealing will be unheeded by all legislators. pose of constructing a Plank and Turnpike Road between the two places. Which route will be selected the Company has not determined. We understand the road, which is very much The true principle is to oppose every thing wrong to the farthest extent without reference to cost, till it is known beyond a doubt that the majority ofa parliamentary body are irrevocably set upon its passage. needed and must prove a valuable enterprise, will be completed by the stockholders, arrangements having been made to put it through without fail. New Parer.—The Daily News has Tue Herald of the Morning, a ghostmade its appearance at Marysville, editseeing sheet, has made arrangements ed by that whole souled veteran of the press, Gen. Alleu. It is independent in politics. We wish the General every success. not to like some of our articles. Somehow we can’t please everybody. It would be a source of extreme regret to us, however, to find our articles unappreciated by the aforesaid cotemporary did we not derive spiritual consolation from the philosophical fact that a guinea and feather fall with equal force in a vacuum. Put this in your modest ecol. . 2 4 i if he makes as good a Secretary as his umn of pufis, friend, in place of the one a . predecessor. General Douglass has you expected to get in this quarter of . 3 : ; : P & 3 4 been mindful of the interests of the State the world, and feel wolfish because you z : ; eat) and his own reputation while dischargdidn’t. : : axe : ing the duties pertaining to the office, Pace.—The members of the Senate . and retires with the approbation of his will find a smart boy in Morris Gregory . fellow citizens. His successor goes into of this county, who has been selected office having the fullest confidence of as one of the Pages by Lieut. Governor . men of all parties. Walkup. Secrevrary or Sratre.—Col. Ferris Forman, of Sacramento, succeeds Gen. Douglass as Secretary of State. Govyernvr Weller has done well in appointing Colonel Forman, and he will do well ALTA Express—We have been negALAMEDA CoLLeGiATE InstTITUTE.— . ligent in our duties to this enterprising We have received the circular of this! express. Many favors have we receivInstitution of learning. The course of ed promptly during}the past few weeks study is as good as any we have seen} from G. W. Welch the accommodating presented on the coast, and we believe . agent at this place, which we failed to the schoolis one of the best. It is pleas. notice at the time, but herewith take ocantly located in the village of Alameda . casion to tender our thanks for the past in sight of the Bay and city of San Fran. favors, and say the institution is of the cisco. j right character, way, without the least design to get upa. JY .2tg of an, Exeention question of privilege, the propriety of mending his remarks after the mode indicated. ‘The policy of the thing eannot be doubted. Don’t Sneeze Because THE PrestDENT Sncurrs.—The Shasta Courier, one of the most fearless, honest, and = ° . * . frank Democratie papers in the State, j expresses itself in terms concerning the position of the! President on the Kansas question. The} ef Couricr is edited by a Virginian. “However little worthy of sympathy . » are those fanatics who refused to yield obedience to the laws—who refused to }regret that the President did not. in this} partical ar instance, pass by the letter of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and base his . . action upon what has long been reeognized as its true spirit. The the eonvention to submit the their approval, is an outrage people by their representatives. their course of action is none the less an outrage upon the rights of the people of . ; Kansas.” x TheShasta Courier thinks a Mr. B. KE. S. Ely of Yuba a sinart legislator, } and deserving of great credit for his orig. lution, aud expresses its surprise that Joint Resolutions similar to those of the . thought of be-. “smart one’ were never fore—except in forty or fifty instances. Our Representatives in Congress will} doubtless be astonished on receiving the resolution of Mr. Ely. Per. Docs.—We are under obligation to Hons. S. H. Chase and George A. Young for the Governor's Message. F. E. BAILEY, M.D. } AVING permanently settled in the city with his Family adopts this method of tendering his services 20 the citizens of Nevada and vicinity as a PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. And having been for 12 yearsin successful practice he thinks it no arrogance to claim for himself reasonable qualifications as a FAMILY PHYSICIAN, {> He would also call especial attention to the following card of Dr. Harvey Hunt: XP From my persoual acquaintance with the character and qualifications of Dr. Battery, I do cheerfully recommend him tomy former patrons and friends as my successor, HARVEY HUNT, M. Db. + eee re Orrice—tIn the rear of the Main street Drug Store. Reaidence—W ashington street, firstdoorsouth of the Catholic Church. Nevada, January &th, 1858.—tf Tomas P. Hawiey. Meredith & Hawley, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, HENRY MEREDITH. Office—Kidd & Knox’s Brick Bnilding. janl5 . Bissolution. gk Ecopartnership heretofore existing between Auist Juagherr and Jacob Mann, in the Bakery busines s this day dissolved by mutual consent. The buginess of the late firm will be settled by Fred Butler, whp can be found at the Nevada Bakery, AUGUST JUAGHERR. JACOB MANN, January, 14, 1858. ata NOTICE. Qtate of California, County of Nevada, ss th > the matter of the Estate of P J. ESPENSCHEID, dd. oe Notice is hereby given thata Will purporting ast will and testament of P, J. Espenscheid de ceased has come into the possession of the Probate Court of the county of Nevada and State of California, and also a petition for letters testamentary upon the estate of said deceased, and that said court has appointed Saturday the 9th day of January A. D. 1858, at 100’clock. AM. of that date as the time of proving said will and the hearing of said Petition. And all persons interes ted are hereby required to be and appear before said court at that time to show cause ifany they can why said petition should not be gr.nted and said will not be admitted to probate. By order of the Probate Court, Attest, RUFUS SHOEMAKER, Clerk, By Wa. Smiru, deputy. A. A. Sargent Attorney for Petitioners, Ji2.w “The hearing in the above case ia postponed until SATURDAY, January 16th, 1858, B the Probate Court, By order RUFUS SHOEMAKER, Clerk, the following manly . refusal of'} s coustitu. tion to these who must live under it, for'. upor the . ! They. . may have met the express requirements . fof the Kansas-Nebraska Act—indeed, . , they have doubtless done so—and yet’ Ss issued ont of the Hom District Court, of d for the County of Neate of ona judgment rendered ir Court or l4th day of December AD, 1857, in fz of Wm L. Tisdale, Charles Marsh, E_ P, Turney, W. Churchill, F A Wilder and James Whartenby, and F_0). Culver, of Grizzly Ditch Co, and against F. Rindorer and F. Bulacher, for thesum of four hundred and 20-100 dollars debt, with interest upen said sum at ate oftenpercent per annum fromthe date of nent until paid, together with forty-five 85-100 dolj thave levied upou and seized the dercril 0 y which was heretofore at] une AD, 1857, as the properindorer, to-wit,—The mining X Bulacher claims, situated on the cast side o y Hill, in Nevadacounty ; also a certaiu’ house in Humbug city kept asa saloon, >. Tibers’, said dday of June 1857 ) hvered the lith Ju vada and sofs v civenthat on Turspay, the 9thday ISOS, between the hours of 10 o'clock, A. > M. in front of the Court House door sublic auction to the © above described igment of Nevada, t BORING, Sheriff of Nevada Co” Sheriff’s Sale. ve of an Execnuti } directed and issued urt of the 14th Jude eudered in said Court of 224 day of I ber A. D. 1857, in favor of T. ELtD BEANS ani W, J. KNOX and against ZENAS JAMES WALSH and RICHARD HOM ain of three hundred and cighty-seven t on the said sum of * rate of ten per ct, "osts of suit taxed at ied upon and seized ¥. which was herétofore A. D. (857, All the right, ants inand to a certain appurtenanees. situated on of Nevada city, also ma; buildings, &c. belongeis hereby given that on Thursday the F4th day y. A.D. 1858, between the hours of 10 o'clock . ’. M., in front of the court house door da, I will ex > for sale all of the rt the Bighest bidder, tor cash {gh day of December, 1857. 5. W. BORING, Sheriff of N.C. ig postponed to MONDAY the 15th The above sal day of February, Ay D. 1558 pe eee oe . = i 8. W. BORING, Sheriff N.C. inality in getting up his Railroad Reso. Sheriff’s Sale. irtue ofan Execution to me directed and issued the Hon. Distrief Court of the I4th Judicial a judgment rendered in said Court on the 6th ary, A. D. ISS, in favor of ELIAS EB. FO=8 lagainst LEMUEL FOSS and WM. MOORE for the housand seven hundred a seventy dollars terestou the sum of ’, from the 6th \ y, A.D. 1858, at the rate of 3 per cent per outh till paid. Also intereston the sum of $448 at the ite of ten percent per annum from the 6th day of Jan. nary A. D. 1858, until paid, together with costs of suit.— I have levied uy scized the following deseribed hedonthe l4thday All the right, title ndants, Moore & tpany Lumber Mill, situon the Red Dog road. Also the Ranch upon which Millis situated, being 640 acres more or less. otice is hereby given that on SarURDAY the 30th day of January, 1858, between the hours of LO o’clock. A. M. and 4 o’clook, P. M. in front of the Court House door in the city of Nevada, I willsellat public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in hand, the above described property to satisfy and pay the aforesaid judgment. Given under my hand at office, in the city of Nevada, this 7th day of January, 1858. S W. BORING, Sheriff of Nevada Co. day . i Sheriffs Sale. B* virtue ofadecree of foreclosure and an order of ) sale to me directed and delivered, founded on 8 judgment issued out of the Hon Distriet Court of the 14th Judicial District, on the 28th day of December, A D 1857, against WILLIAM SHAW and in favor of WILLIAM JENKINS, WILLIAM EDMONDS, and EDWIN RUSSELL, for the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars, ($3,600) principal, debta together with interest on the said sum of $3,600 at the rate of one and a-half per cent. per month from the 5th day of January, AD 1857, until paid, together with all costs of suit. And whereas on the said 28th day of December, A. D. 1857, it was ordered and decreed by the said Court, that the Mortgage set forth in Plaintiff's Complaint be foreclosed and the property therein described, to-wit:—A certain lotof land situated near the dwelling house now or lately owned or ceeupied by Dr Sheridan on Mill street, in the town of Grass Valley, below the Gold Hill Mill together with the House and Shop standing on said lot, Also the Tools and Stock of steel and iron in said shop, Also three sh n the Gold Eagle Tunnel. Also one share in the Virginia Tunnel—said Tunnels being situated on Conception Ridge (so called) about 14 miles from the Town of Grass Valley aforesaie, in the county of Nevada and State of California, be levied upon and sold to satis said judgment, interest and costs, and the proceeds thereof applied to the payment of said sums of money as aforee said. Notice is hereby given that on SATURDAY, the 30th day of January. 1858, between the hours of 10 o’clock, A. M and 4 o0’clock P M. in front of the Court House door in the city of Nevada, I will seliat public auction te the highest bidder forcash,in hand, the above described property to satisfy and pay the aforesaid judgment. Given under my hand at office, in the city of Nevada this 7th day of January, 1858. 5. W. BORING, Sheriff of Nevada Co, Sheriff's Sale. Y virtue of a Decree of Foreclosure and of sale issued out of the District Court of ean tant Judicial Distriet, dated Dee. 31st, 1858, founded on a judgment renderedin said Court onthe 28th day of December, 1857, in favor of N. G. LIPFORD and against LEMUEL FOSS for the sum of $1266 principal debt and interest, together with interest on said sum of $1263 at the rate of 3 per cent per month from the rendition } of judgment till paid together with all costs of suit, [am ordered to sell the mortgaged property set forth in plaintiff's complaint and described therein as follows, to-wit :—The one undivided one-fourth part of the Saw Mill known as the Nevada Company’s Saw Mill, with al} its appurtenances consisting of 1260 acres of land sitp. ted on the road leading from Nevada to Brooklyn in the county of Nevada, tosatisfy said judgment. Notice ishereby given that on Thursday the 2}st d January, A. D. 1858, between the heurs of 10 0,cloc A M.and 4 o'clock P. M., in front of the court house door in the city of Nevada, [ will expose for sale al} of the above described property fo the highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy the judgment aforesaid, , Given under my hand this 3lst day of December, 1857 SW. BORING, "' . Sheriff of N,'C. } AL spe ee, eee ee =