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Che Hebada Sournal.
FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 9, 1857.
THE LAST OF PIERCE.
The Atlantic papers all contain the
President’s last Annual Message.—‘Standing on the very pinnacle of the
ndblest political structure in the world,
to which the accidents of partisan life
had raised him — he has issued his last
efficial address to his countrymen. A
sew more weeks and he will have fallen
down, down te his proper position in society; aye, he will have gone deneath the
point in the social grade for which God
and Nature originally designed him; for
the weight of the fall will carry him
below where he stood before his ascension. Now, he is still the President of
the United States, and the great dignity
of the office gives some: little dignity to
the man; then, he will be plain, very .
plain Franklin Pseree, and who will be
“so poor ast» do him reverence ’’?
His administration has been a eomplete an@ uninterrupted failure. There
is not one single eveut to redeem it from .
total disgrace ; not one single oasis in
this vast desert of imbeeility and error,
at which the future historieal pilgrim
can ever pause Sor refreshment. Franklin Pierce, from the commeneement of
his Presidential term to the present moment—from the first injudicious selection of his incongruous cabinet, to this
last feeble attempt at defending his indefensible career—has shown nothing
but weakness, and a want of every thing
necessary to his high office. He is at
the head of a great people, without having any of the clements of a great character, and is occupying the highest pesition on earth, with abilities that but
little more than qualify him for the
lowest. Usually, “a dwarf upon a giant’s shoulders can see further than the
giant himself,” but this moral and intelleetual pigmy has been entirely blinded
by the height to which he has been
raised. His title-deed to /ittleness is
now full, perfect, and complete, signed
by the truthful pen of history, sealed
with the blood of his own countrymen,
shed, through his own folly, on the
plains of Kansas, and witnessed by all
mankind. Oh! that the annals of
American history could escape such a
pitiable record. j
His message (with the exception of
the usual statistical information) is taken up, almost entirely, with a labored
discussion of the policy which he and
his party pursued in the organization of
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
That policy was the fruitful source of
the present dangerous condition of party
politics, and the infamous cause of all
the blood that has been shed in Kansas.
And what does this high perpe:rator of
blunders, and outrages, say about the
mischief which his own folly has created, and allowed? Does he express
any deep feelings of regret at the melancholy occurrences that have taken
place on the devoted soil of Kansas?
Does he say anything to soothe the bitter feelings of two great hostile sections
of our common country !— anything to
harmonize the discordant elements — to
“pour oil on the troubled waters” 1—
Does he say anything that might serve
as a partial reparation for all the evils
he has brought upon us? No/ On the
contrary, he seems to have resolved
that his presidential course shall be a/
consistent one—uniformly downward,
and that it should end in the lowest
depths.
Instead of giving an impartial statement of the unhappy sectional animosities existing amongst us, or attempting
to suggest a plan of restoring the brotherly feelings which once moved us, he
takes one side of the unfortunate controversy, with all the vehemence of a
fierce partisan, and rails like a South
Carolina nullifier at one whole half of
his countrymen. Instead of presenting
a fair exposition of the civil war in Kansas, and laying the blame, as far as
each deserved it, on both the contending
parties, he can see nothing wrong on
that side which he and the democracy
have espoused, and nothing 4et wrong
on that side which he and the demoeraey oppose. All the wrongs, all the outrages, all the enormities, were perpetrated by those “northern hordes,” who
went down, like a barbarian host, from
their far-off fastnesses, where democracy is weak; while those who went from
the strong-holds of his own political
clansmen, if they resorted to force at all,
they did it under circumstances which
rendered resistance justifiable.
This message, instead of tending towards a better state of things, will add
new fuel to fires already burning too
fiercely ; and were it not that the man
who wrote it, is small as his office is
great, would give a strong impulse to
the current which is drifting us toward
dissolution. Like a malicious malefactor, he revels amid the frightful eonseuences of his own crimes; or rather,
like a simpering idiot, he laughs at the
mischief his fantastic tricks have caused. One or two more administrations
like the present, a few more messages
like this one—and disunion will no loner be a small cloud on our horizon, but
a black storm settling over us. God
save us from another such a president !
The other topies discussed in the
mm —none of which are of any partieular interest—we may notice hereafter. The president says nothing about
the Pacifie Rail-road. He probably
forgot it.
Langdon, whose happy allusions could
Theatrical—E Clampsus Vitus.
The Benefit of Frisbie and Bain, the
enterprising owners of the Theatre, was
attended by a full house on Monday evening last. These gentlemen have been
assiduous and untiring in their efforts to
please the public of Nevada, even ata
considerable pecuniary loss to themselves, and the success of their benefit
was fully deserved.
On Tuesday evening, the Ancient and
Hon»rable Order of E Clampsus Vitus,
gave a Complimentary Benefit to the
Ladies of the Company. It was well
deserved and eminently satisfactory.—
The Theatre was crowded from floor to
ceiling. The Knights of the Order, in re~
galia, and proceeded by a band of music,
went in proeession from their hal to the
‘Theatre, marshalled by the C. V. the C.
P. and the Most Worshipful N. G. H.
As this is the first occasion on which the
Ancient and Honorable have appeared
in public-as au Order, im our town, we
regret exeeedingly that our worthy officers, though an alleged fear of exposure of our saered mysteries should have
commanded the concealment of our
most significant and beautiful emblems.
We are certain that the hundreds of
bright and curious eyes in the boxes
would have been charmed with the exhibition, and would have learned from
the sight, no secret that it is not good
for them to know. We have no desire
to impute to any one unworthy motives,
but we suggest to the Knights of the
Order, whether the fact of the emblems
of a few of the officers being a little the
worse for wear, is a sufficient reason for
forbidding us the exercise of a pardonable vanity in the display of our own,
which are in better condition.
Although a few of the company were
absent, their presence was not missed,
and the entertainment was decidedly the
best of the season. In the petite comedy of “Weathereock” McGowan as
Tristam Fickle, and Mrs. McGowan as
Varrella sustained their parts admirably.
Songs by Miss Deming, Langdon and
Louise, and the small sword exercise by
Mons. Chauvel and Mons. Schmidt were
received with much applause.
In response to the enthusiastic call
of the Knights assembled, David Belden
Esq., most worshipful R. P., addressed
the audience briefly and eloquently upon
the subject of the Order. He entreated
outsiders not to judge of our noble fraternity by the absurd reports that have
gone out concerning us and our mysteries. He assured them that nothing but
good was concealed beneath those sacred and solemn rites which date their
origin far beyond the memory of man,
and are coveval with the existence of
ourrace. He said that the doctrines inculcated by the order were practised by
the wise and good of all times, and were
intimately associated with the intensest
enjoyments of our lives. The warm applause which followed his close, was succeeded by the farce of “A Day in Paris,”
in which it is sufficient to say that Miss
Deming and Mr. Woodard sustained the
parts of Emily Greenville and Sam with
no less than their usual ability.
An appropriate Hymn composed for
the oceasion was sung by brother J. M.
only be understood by those worthy few,
who erowned and girded, have stood in
the awful presence of the“Locus Lucis.”
During the evening, Mrs. McGowan
and Miss Deming were severally called
before the curtain. Miss Deming, the
favorite of the E Clampsus. expressed
her thanks to the audience, and especially to the Order. eloquently and well.—
We have no doubt, each Knight present
felt that the favors of E Clampsus were
well bestowed upon oneso perfectly able
to appreciate them.
We are happy to be able to state that
our glorious order is rapidly gaining
ground in this portion of the State—
The Nevada encampment alone now
numbers over three hundred Knights
upon its rolls, and at every meeting the
hall is thronged with applicants for admission. Speed the good work! our
objects are worthy ones. Orphans bless
us, and the widows heart is glad. We
hope to record its further triumphs. We
hope ere long to erect our standard in
places where its benign influences have
never yet been felt. Till then Jet us
push on, treading in the path of others
who have gone before us, remembering
that as brave and faithful Knights we
have no need of outside aid, our own resources are sufficient for our own enjoyment. Satisfactory! ———
InrormaTion WanTED.— A letter
has been received at this post office, from
Lincolnton, N. C., making inquiries concerning a young man by the name of
Jacob Eaker, supposed by his friends to
be a miner in the vicinity of Nevada.
The letter is signed by his father Jesse
Eaker, his uncle Abraham Faker, and
his friend J. A. Higgins. They have
received no news of the missing Eaker
for fifteen months, and request all persons who know any thing of him to communicate their information to either of
them, at Lincolnton, N. C., and confer a
favor upon a distressed family.
k= Speaker Banks, in re-organizing
the committees of the House, has dropped Mr. Herbert, of California, from the
committee on post offices and post
rcutes, and substituted Gen. Denver.
umphant, how comfortable it is to an}swer all arguments against a particular
. party measure by simply referring to
the expressed will of the people, and
gravely expressing astonishment at the
obstinacy of an opponent.
cies of convenient but cowardly reasoning is much in vogue, at present, among
rampant democrats, when pressed to the
wall in the diseussion of the Nebraska
bill; and the great head of the demagoguis race, President Pieree, employs
it, with much self-satisfaetion, in his
message. They tellallof uswhohappen
to think that it would have been better
,to let the Missouri compromise stand,
that whatever the people do is right —
that the people in the last election de‘clared their approbation of its repeal—
}and that, therefore, our adherence to
our former opinions is but a proof of our
want of confidence in the virtue and intelligence of the masses, which form the
basis of a true democratic government.
ty of a popular government is, set that
the people are always right, but that
they are more apt ta do right than any
privileged few, in whom sovereign power could be invested. No association of
men, numerous or few, has ever been.
or can ever be infallible; and none, with
the exception of the ridiculous claim set
up by a brauch of the Christian church,
has ever pretended to be.
dents of the United States, from the
first Adams to Pierce. have, with one
or two exceptions, been selected alternately from the two great parties of the
country, and if the people during the
whole time were always right, then
right and wrong are convertible terms.
facts, in relation to this alleged endorsement of the Nebraska bill?
When an eleetion is over, and one’s
party has been, for the moment, tri.
SacramentoCorrespondence
SacRAMENTO, Jan’y 6, 1857.
Evitors Journat: The eighth session ofthe L&gislature of California com-~
menced on yesterday. But little was
done but to meet, qualify and adjourn.
The Democratic Senaters caucused in
the afternoon and seleeted candidates
for offices. To-day they were elected
without much opposition. S. H. Dosh,
of Shasta, was elected President pro tem,
Geo. S. Evans, of Tuclumne, Secretary;
T. Ward, of Plumas, Asst. Secretary ;
Alex. Hunter, of El Dorada, Sergeantat-Arms, J. C. Shipman, of Amador,
Enrolling Clerk; John H. Webster, of
San Joaquin, Engrossing Clerk ; John
McGlencky, Door Keeper. Rev. Jos.
Gallagher, of San Francisco, a Roman
Catholic, was elected Chaplain on the
second ballot.
The Demoeratic members of the Assembly agreed upon a set of officers in
eaucus last evening, who were elected
to-day, as follows:
E. T. Beattie, of Calaveras, Speaker ;
Campbell, of Sierra Clerk ; Joe. Scoby,
of Placer, Assistant ;.Silas Brown, of
Nevada, Sergeant-at-Arms; Richard
Lambert, of Sonoma; Enrolling Clerk ;
B. Harris, of Marin, Engrossing Clerk ;
J.J. Frazier, of Yuba, Door-keeper.
A spirited talk sprang np in the Assembly on a resolution introduced by
Hall of El Dorado, to invite Rev. Dr.
Scott, of San Francisco, to officiate as
Chaplain. Anti-Vigilance men made a
big brush for the Doetor, but the resolution filed to pass. Brent, of Los Angeles, made a good point on the Vemocracy Ly showing how they went last
year avainst the election of a Chaplain,
on the plea of economy in the public
This speNow, in the first place, the true theoThe Presiexpenditures, but now in the majority no
heed was given to sueh professions. A
resolution to proceed to the election of a
Chaplain to-morrow carried.
But, in the second place, how are the
The Republicans organised their party in direct
opposition to that measure.
great cause of their existance, and its
denunciation the soul of their political
life.
great leader, Millard Fillmore, in the
words of its national platform, and by
its press and public speakers everywhere, denounced as infamous, the repeal of the Missouri compromise, which
was the great feature of the Nebraska
bill; and, in fact, almost all there was
in it.
It was the
The American party, through its
These two parties polled, in the
last election, some six hundred thousand
votes more than the democracy. How,
then, was the Nebraska bill endorsed ?
Its friends must find a more secure shelter, than the expressed will of the people.
Tue CatirorniA AMERICAN.— That
old veteran of the Press, Gen. Allen,
has disposed of all his interest in this
paper, to Mr. L. W. Ferris, and it will
be conducted hereafter by the latter
gentleman. The “California American”
has always been ably condueted, while
the Gen. has occupied its editorial chair,
and being at the head of the American
press in the state, it has always had our
warmest sympathies. It advoeated the
interests of the party, and the election
of the great national patriot Millard
Fillmore, with unwavering devotion,
and marked ability; and the Gen. retires from the field defeated it is true,
for the moment —but leaving behind
him as bright a record as any of the
victors. If the party should ever be
again triumphant, he will feel the satisfaction of knowing that he has done
much to give it strength and perpetuity.
The “American” will still advocate
American sentiments, and from the reputation of Mr. Ferris, we presume the
high character of the paper will be sustained.
Supreme Jupce.—Hon. A. C. Munson, judge of the 6th judicial district has
been tendered by Gov. Johnson the appointment of supreme judge in the place
of Hon. Solomon Heydenfeldt, resigned.
We hope constitutional objections will
not prevent this gentleman from accepting an office for which he is so well fitted. Judge Munson has acquired an
enviable reputation in our state for the
highest qualities which can adorn the
character of a Judge —legal learning
and judicial integrity. His appointment
would be eminently acceptable, not only to the members of the legal profession, but generally to the citizens of
our state.
In case of his acceptance, James M.
English will probably be appointed to
the vacant district judgeship.
(> Messrs. Harrington & Patterson
have opened a fine billiard saloon in the
hotel at the corner of Broad and Pine
street. They are both clever gentlemen
and are worthy of the patronage of the
public.
Marriace or Gen. Denver.—The
Washington eorrespendent of the S. F.
Bulletin says that the Hon. J. W. Denver was married on the 15th November,
to Miss Louisa C. Rombach, of Wilmington, Ohio. The accomplished
bride aecompanies her husband in his
sojourn at Washington.
Query.—If an irresistable foree should
come into contact with an immovable
body, what would be the consequence ?
At,a regular meeting of Oustamah Lodge, No, 16,
I. O. O. F. Nevada, on Tuesday evening 6th, 1857. The
following officers were installed for the ensuing term.
S. Connell, N. G; T. L. Baldwin, V. G; J, B. Van Hagen,
Sec; Charles Marsh Tres,
of Democratic
The Senatorial question, patent for
four years, is the all absorbing one. It
is impossible as yet to foresee the result,
but one idea seems to be prevalent
among the knowing ‘ones and that is,
Broderick or nobody will be elected. —
He has thirty-two votes which can be
counted for him to a certainty besides a
few others likely to go for him eventually. He is too gooda tactician to go
into caucus without having, as the saying is, the “dead wood.” Should he
conclude to hazard his chances in a joint
convention without a caucus, 1 regard
his election as beyond a doubt. The
entire Republican strength of the two
Honses, I am told, with one or two stray
exceptions, will go for him as the choice
candidates. However
much men may differ as to his qualifications for so high a position, all admit
that if he should be elected, and strive
todo for the state one-half he has attempted for himself, California will have
at least one energetic and efficient representative in the United States Senate.
Nearly all the Federal officers are on
hand pulling the wires for the candidates
who promise them the most pap.
and Weller appear to be favorites with
a majority of these.
inclined to think has a slim chance of
going again to Washington at the public
expense, yet there are so many candidates for the short term, that it would
Gwin
The former, I am
not be surprising if he “turned up jack”
at last.
It seems to be an acknowledgment of
Broderick’s strength, that among the
numerous aspirants for senatorial honors, none but an absent man competes
with him for the long term. The main
race is between Broderick and Weller;
the other is a serub race into which all
sorts of nags will enter, and who will
win depends upon the putters up and
holders of stakes. What is most singular in the aspect of affairs is, that,
notwithstanding the most encouraging
talk, it is evident, neither the friends of
Weller or Broderick are sanguine. The
same may be said of the partisans of all
the candidates. If a caucus is agreed
upon, it will come off soon. A swarm
of outsiders will press the thing to an
issue in some shape at an early day.
The prospeet for pay is set down by
members as rather squally. Some seventy thousand dollars lie in the vaults
of the treasury, but a mandamus closes
the doors against the legislature making
use of dollar. The financial affairs of
the state present no brilliant appearance. Perhaps the locofocos may burnish them up before long.
It is expected the Governor's message
will be sent in to-morrow. Rumor has
it, that the Governor will take occasion
to recommend the call of a convention
for the revision of the constitution.
Another prominent point in the message will probably be the alledged debt
due the State by the General Government, to the tune of some three million
dollars—a point touched on in the Alta
a few days since.
In view of swarms of old office seekers, lobby members, and the usual riff
raff collected about a legislature, it
seems there is nothing new or worth
writing about, and I desist forcing a
correspondence out of materials which
to me smack of age and worthlessness.
Wooed and wou hencath the vine clad bowers ofthe East.
—Nevada Democrat.
Our cotemporary is speaking of the State of New
York in the month of November. Think of wooing and
winning a bride in a “vine clad bower,” with the snow
two feet and a half deep on a level, and the mercury at
zero. Overcort clad, muffler clad, shawl clad, fur clad
would do—but vine clad, ugh!
Tue Presipent Erecr.—Many persons who are politically opposed to Mr.
Buehanan. have been led hy the tone
of his recent speech to the students of
Franklin and Marshall College, te expect better things from his administration than eould reasonably be looked for
in a president elected by the present
loco-foco party. The election Leing
over, and Buchanan triumphant, he
aroused himself from the Rip Vai Winkle sleep be had Leen taking stretched
out on the democratic platform, “and
opened his mouth and spake.” It is
hoped that having gained the highest
point to which his ambition pointed, he
will now ley aside the shuffling arts of
the politician which have so marked his
course, and be governed by the sober
dictates of conscience, and his better
judgment. There is now no further oceasion for courting public favor, or for
smothering his natural instinets, in order
to secure party preference. He is no
longer the mere nominee of the democratic party, but can now show us who
and what James Buchanan is; but his
change will be greater than that of
“prince Hal,” if any good comes of
him, and many a Falstaff and Bardolph
will have to be discarded.
It does seem to us, however, that his
late college speech contains nothing
from which any certainty can be gleaned, and that it is about as ambiguous,
and Van Burenish as anything he ever
uttered. He says:
“<The object of his administration
would be to destroy any sectional party
—north or south—and harmonise all
sections of the Union under a national
and conservative government, as it was
fifty years ago.”
Now, if this had been said upon the
supposition that there were two sectional parties in the country, then it would
be worth something; but a moment before, he had just declared that there was
“a sectional party ” in one portion of
the Union.
allude to?
Now, what party does he
He certainly does not mean
the American party, for it has credit,
even among its fves, for being at least
national in its character; and it is not
to be supposed that he means his own
party.
By saying, then, that he intended to
destroy “any sectional party,” he must
have meant simply this : that he meant
to crush out the republicans ; or, in other words, that he intended to lead one
great sectional party against another,
and continue the suicidal policy of
“poor Pierce” until one or the other
yielded, or the government “ bust up.”
No conciliations to be attempted — no
mutual concessions to be made —no for
getfulness of unpleasant differences, but
the family feud is to be kept up with
increased fierceness. We should be
glad to find out that we are wrong; but
we confess that we are not able to see
any other construction that can reasonably be given to the speech at Wheatland. We have been convineed from
the commencement of the presidential
campaign, that the election, of either
Buchanan or Fremont would increase
our domestic troubles; we are not shaken in our convictions yet.
Rep Dog anp Wattoupa.—We obtain from a friend at Red Dog, cheering
accounts of the mining prospects in this
rich portion of our country. The week
before last Begole & Crane, with only
two hands took from their diggings on
the Red Dog hill twenty-seven ounces
of the pure mineral. ‘Their claims fully
average that yield per week.
Briggs & Co., the same week took
from their diggings thirteen ounces.
Tinan & Co., Avery & Co, Brown &
Co., and Kays & Co., on Yankee hill
are all taking out large amounts of gold.
In short the miners throughout that region generally are doing well, and with
every probability of an excellent season.
Thereis plenty of water. The Chalk
Bluff Ditch last week run four hundred
inches of water to the miners. The
snow is deep—over four feet deep at Red
Dog.
SusstTITUTE FoR DoGs.—The demand
for this useful animals will not be so
great hereafter, as some enterprising
genius in Detroit has discovered that
horse meat will make sausages, and
that it answers the purpose just as well
as the poor Canines. ~ /
i We are requested to say that owing to the absence of the Pastor, who
will be in attendence upon a quarterly
meeting at Grass Valley; there will not
be services in the M. E. Church, South
on Sabbath next.
WE FEEL TO REJOICE —As we go to
press, two bottles of Geo. Lewis’ genuine
Heidsick make our editorial heart glad.
Good, very good. Call and see George ;
you'll find “Jakey” there, ready to prescribe for the ills of the inner man. His
prescriptions are good, judging from the
crowds wesee calling on him.
Court House Bett.—The Democrat
suggests that a bell be purchased and
placed on the court house, and that the
sheriff ring it, ten minutes before the
hour for court. We chime in with that
recommendation. Delinquents can hardJy give good excuses, when they are
told every time of the opening of court.
7 George Lewis, the popular landlord of the American Exchange, is making an extensive addition to his
House, in order to mect the demands of his patrons. In
a few days there will be added some twenty large, spacjous and elegantly furnished rooms. Families can be
accommodated with Board and Lodging at reasonable
rates,
Dr. Kane.—This deservedly eminent
man is now on a visit to England, to tender to Lady Franklin his services totake
charge of another expedition to the
Northern Ocean in search of her missing husband. Though still suffering
from the effeets of his last perilous voyage, with a generous self-forgetfulness
worthy of himself, he now offers to undergo the same dangers again, in the
service of humanity and science, and in
the almost hopeless search for his lost
companion in fame.
There is no man living, whom we as
Americans may be more justly proud to
eall countryman than Dr. Kane. We
have men whose names are oftener upon
the lips of the world, but we cannot recall
one so worthy of regard for the noblest
qualities of manhood—courege, endurance, unselfishness; and united with
these, a high order of intellect, and high
attainments in science. The Grinell expidition to the Arctic, in the fruitless
search of Franklin and his comrades is
a lasting monument tothe fame of Dr
Kane. The history of this expedition is
not the record of occasional dangers and
sufferings, but of sufferings prolonged,
continuous,.of dangers always impending—for the untiring elements were the
foes with which the fearless voyagers
were forced te.contend. The courage
of the soldier is a eommon quality.—
Even a coward can face a foe manfully,
with armies looking on, aud all the pomp
and circumstance of glorious war to
excite and nerve him: bit Dr. Kane
and the hardy band of explorers his
companions, were sustained by no adventitious aids in the perils which they encountered. Ina single little bark, far
beyond the utmost limits within which
the commerce of the world has fixed its
path upon the Ocean, in the midst of
dangers continually threatening, and in
comparison with which the perils of battle are innocent—the dangers of icebergs and the terrible Arctic storms—
always suffering from cold—often from
disaese, dwing two long polar nights,
for six months at a time not a single ray
of blessed sun-light visitmg them, and
for two loag years not the face ofa
friend to gaze upon, except the familiar
faces of companions in peril—the gallant little band pursued their errand of
humanity faithfuly and well.
At whatever cost of labor or suffering
to himself, Dr. Kane never faltered in
the pursuit of his paramount object, the
search for the lost Franklin, or of that
next important duty, the addition to the
science of the world.
Though the main
object of the expedition was not accomplished, that effort cannot be called a
failure which exhibits to us so truly noble and beautiful a character as that of .
Dr. Kane. Again we say there is no
man living whom Americans may be so
justly proud to call their countryman.
Srreer Ficgur.—A bloody rencounter took place on Commercial street, on
Wednesday afternoon, between two hostile parties, whose names we have not
been able to ascertain. Weare sorry to
learn that the crowd of persons who immediately assembled on the spot took ro
steps to stop the quarrel, but rather
seemed desirous that the fight should
go on. No serious damage was done,
as deadly weapons were not resorted to
in the affray. The parties, however,
appear to have made pretty good use of
all the means of defence and offence
which nature had given them, for one of
them had his ear almost entirely bitten
off by the other. The fight lasted several minutes—the combatants sometimes
standing up manfully face to face, and
sometimes rolling together on the sof
ground; until finally one of them having been undermost for a considerable
length of time, and being nearly smotl
ered by the liquid earth, gave utterance
to certain ambigious sounds, which th
bystanders took to be an equivalen
for the pronunciation of that “horribl
word craven,” whereupon the spectators
mercifully pulled off the victor, and the
vanquished hurried away, limping and
bloody. We are not able to give either
of their names, but the victorious party
had a broad brass collar around his aeck,
which materially protected him from the
assaults of his antaganist.
Brnerit.— By reference to an advertisement it will be seen that Mr. J.
M. Lanapon, the Nevada favorite, will
take a benefit on to-morrow (Saturday)
evening, at the Theatre, on which occasion several gentlemen well known in
Nevada will make their first appearance
on any stage. We also learn that Mr.
Langdon will be presented with a magnificent watch, by the noble B. N. C. H,
As there will be a fine bill, and as Mr.
Langdon has been ever ready to voluhteer on every occasion for the benefit of
others, it would be a matter of justice
that he should have a full house, on ths
occasion of his benefit; and we would
say, go one,go all,
tS Ifa man who had lived a!l his
life on the ocean, were suddenly tranjsported to the middle of Main street, his
ideas of terra firma would be at once as
“clear as mud.” .
Rich Quartz LEAD.—-We learn ‘i
a quartz vein of great richness has jyst
been discovered, within the city corjoration. It lies on the south bank lof
Deer creek, a short distance aboye the
Pine street bridge,
For the Nevada Journal.
Gop 3ar, Soutn Yuba River, Jan. 7, 1857.
Messrs. Eprrors :—As the election
is over and the Democracy is again triumphant in the election of the National
nd State Officers, it may not be amiss
o inform you of the mining operations
going onin these diggings. On this Bar
there are three companies. Messrs Drew
« Co. have been very successful, and
hey have taken out to the hand $10 per
ay, for the past three months, but the
eccnt rains have vetoed their operations
or the time being.
Messrs. Gardner, Oldham and Ball &
o., of the Gold Bar Mining Co. had been
n full blast for the last four months, and
have worked out a large pieee of ground
which yields them an average of $8 per
ay. They are now engaged in remoyng their sluice boxes for a more extended work. These gentlemen have recently built a diteh at a cost of some four
thousand dollars, which conveys water
to their claims, taken out of the®river
about one mile above, and enables them
to work the year round.
Adjoining the Gold Bar Mining Co, is
the Flipping Co’s claims, owned an@
worked by Messrs. Shanklin, Tolsin,
Barnhom & €o. They have been at
great expense in preparing their claims
for working. Since they have commenceed work they have'taken the oro out in
good earnest average, about $20 per
day tothe hand. Iwas at their claims
yesterday and saw Shanklin pan out a
pan full of'gravel, and I prevailed upon
him to weigh the contents of the pam
which amounted to $5 85.
The three companies above named
have ground sufficient to last them for
the next two years which will pay equally as well, as that they have already
worked.
Messrs. Graham & Putt, merchants,
on Cincinnati Bar, are now building a
beautiful and substantial bridge on the
river, at that point, connecting a pack
trail, they contemplate digging from
the Nevada and Washington road, eonmencing at the Central House, passing
down the South side of the river to the
bridge, and up the North side toe Relief
Hill and from thenceto Orleans and Eureka. M.
Monday Evening, 7 0’clock.
Miss Demming :
Respect for our sex induces me te
address this note of warning to you and
associates.
I believe you enjoy some self respect
and to appear on the beards to morraw
night in answer to an invitaticn of that
obscene society would deerade our sex
and reflect great diseredit on you.
Believe me you will be disgraced and
imposed upon. No matter, they may say
what they will, it is true what I say to
you.
‘ Yours T raly,
Julia.
The above dijow reached the lady te
whom it was addressed, and as such a
contemptible missive deserved, was disregarded. Dean Swift says, “a rice
I thimk
the rule holds good of the lady-lke author of the above missive.
man is a man of nasty ideas.”
Her nose
must be continually upturned for fear
of disagreeable suells. If the society
is a good one, she absurdly and grossly
slanders it. Ifit is a bad one, she has
no business to know it. If her idle and
depraved curiosity has enabled her toe
peep into tLe secrets of an institution
not intended for her supervision, she
exhibits her own depravity and filthiness, by avowing that knowledge. She
is like the old maid who complained of
a young man bathing on the beach.—
The proof showed he was a mile from
her dwelling, and the judge asked her
how she could see him? “Oh,” said
The author
of this note may be a judge of the institution in question ; she certainly is
not of the propricties of life, else she
would not slander it in an anonymous
communication — would not violate the
very first rule of good breeding. I
wonder who could
above?
she, “ Ltook a spy glass.”
have writtea the
Is it some old maid who sees
the chances of entering into the “inner
temple” diminishing every day, and
was spiteful enough to wish to deprive
the lady beneficiaries, more fortunate in
this respect, of the merited homage tendered by many of our best citizons !—
Or, is it one of those grass widows, that
are so rery knowing of matters in general?’ Perhaps it is one of those ladies
who bear the bonds of matrimony se
lightly that the authorities cannot sever
and unite them to the male genus fast
enough to satisfy their varying tastes
Vl tell you who it was #ot—it wags not
a modest, well-bred woman, that is certain. The note is in a female handwriting, as you perceive, and I leave it
at your office, so that those eurious as ta
its authorship may have an opportunity
to examine it, and discover the lady
who “ enjoys some self-respect.”
f N. G.H.
two and& half miles below Grass Valley,
has been offered $100,000 for a one-fifth
interest.
Derru or SNow. — We learn that
some gentleman measured the snow on
the ridge opposite Omega, on Monday
last, and found it to be fifteen feet deep
At Skillman’s mitl, two miles this side
of Alpha it is eight feet. At the mouth
of Kidd & Whartenby’s tunnel, on the
Yuba ditch, the show is 12 feet deep.
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