July 1, 1853 (5 pages)

Weonon Donen, = se i . ncy.—We are pleased to state that we have secured the servicés of Mr. L. P. Fisuer, as agent for the.Nepada Journal at San Francisco. He is authorized to receive advertisements and subscriptions for this paper, and to receipt for ail monies. All businéss tha} ina ¥ Dé éntriistea to him on behalf of the Journal, will receive immediate attention, Mr. Fisher is our only authorized agent in San Francisco; . He may be found at the: Merchants’ Exchange. ————<—<—[—_—_—=—[—_—_—_—<_—_——_—_—_—_— ‘Phe Contempt Case. This important case was set dewn on _ the nieeting of the court on Wednesday last, fer ten e’clock on Thursday morning. The District Attorney appeared for the prosecution. Determined a matter of such importance, both with regard to the principle involved and:to the results likely to flow from it, should not be faintly pursued by the defense for lack of talent in its conduct, we had em' ployed the services of J. R. McConnell, one of the ables! advocatesin the State. Upon the opening of the case, Mr. ‘McConnell moved for a discharge of the rule, stating that he could see no motive or necessity for further proceedings, and he thought he could show a sufficient cause, from authorities, for the discharge. The facts were, he remarked, that it was charged that Mr. Sargent had committed contempt in pub~ lishing the evidence in the case of one Henry Janssen, in his examination before the Justice, also in making some comments upon the same, which however amounted to the same thing. There were no facts before the: court, and no evidence had been preduced. But admitting this to be the case, the case of Janssen was not at the time before this court, and had yet to go through the Court of Sessions before this court could be reached. It was therefore fully evident that no contempt was committed. He designed fully to show, first, that no contempt was committed, and secondly, if-one was committed, it was not a contempt of this court. He took occasion to remark, that he congratulated himself -and his client that none of those personal feelings com‘mon m-suth cases could here obtain. The publications objected to did not convey a reflection on this court or on any other. No personal animosity could exist in the mind of the judge, and whateyer tue law was it would be enforced. He then proceeded to quote from aujurisprudence: from the English bench. Hardwick, Mansfield, &c. were then . jurists to. fountains of law> gr sure, Pt friendly to se Veres spol iéy of Hpglish precedent. Upons these ruleg Kean acted, and with him twof the fanch, one refusing to give an‘epine ion. It is worthy @fremark in this cage that though so strongly one of contempt, yetan impeachment was brought forward in the lower house. This impeachment did not lic, but it shows the -entiment of the bar, and that, even then, when American liberty was in its — cradle,such arbitrary proceedings could. not be tolerated. But though they did not impeach these persons, they did another thing,they passed a declaratory act, which, not enacted a new law, but deelared what the law was. The speaker here read the law, showing that no act committed out of eourt could be punished as contempt, save by an inuictment: He then reverted to the case of Peck, in which the judge was cited before Congress, which though a majority was in favor of impeaching him, did not do so for lack of a two-thirds vote; but a declaratory law was passed that the power of the courts of the United States to issue’ attachments and inflict summ1ry punisliments fer contem»ts of eourt, shill not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any persons in the presence of the courts, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, or the resistance ot any rule or order. It will be seen that in every case that may be cited by the prosecution, the case has been pending in court, or a yiolent libel has been published against a judge. He then reverted to the case of the People vs. Waiker, stating the violence of the feeling and passion. that there prevailed between the Vigilance Committee and their opposers. -The publication of Walker wasof the-most abusive character. ‘ The history is fully known to the public, and we Will not follow Mr. McConnell through it. But the result was that the Superier Court discharged Mr. Walker on a writ of habeas corpus. Here we have high authority in our own State. The other authorities'may be disregarded, but this certainly is a dictum worthy of regard. He then read from authorities showing that Judge Kent, agreed with him word for word in the law as he had stated it. It was not to be supposed that that Judge Kent, with all his‘notions of judicial dignity, could feel a sympathy {ir those committing contempt. He then went on to sav that there could be ne reasonable doubt that the act of California in reference to convempt takes away the power of the District to punish for contempts beyond the limits it assigns. He contended that that act takesaway the power to . thorities the following definitions ofcon-. punish for “comimon law contempts if tempt :-— such there are. An equitable censtruc‘A contempt is a wilful disregard or . tion of the law implies it was intended disobedi¢nce of a public authority.” “ Courts of jastice have power to punish all persons for contempt of their process, and disturbing them in their proceedings.”—Bacon's Ab. Cont. Thus stands the common law of contempts. Now let us see if the act with which Mr. Sargent is charged may be ‘embraced under either of’these subdivisions. The facts are that at’the time Mr. Sargent made these publications ‘the case had not left the justice’s court. ‘It had several preliminary —_ to take before it could come before this court ; where then was the authority which Mr. Sargent could have contemned. The justice has no power-to punish such a contempt, forthe law especially restricts his power to cases occurring in his presence. asa limitation of all contempts. It is almost word for word with the Pennsylvania act and the act ef Congress. From the fact that it adopts their very phraseology, I infer it intended to adopt their principles in-toto. He reverted to the liberty of the press as of recent growth, and not existing according to Hume prier to the revolution of °88. Here drew a truly eloquent sketch of the rise of the liberty of the press from the days of Jeffries to the present. It was more in the imterpretations ef barbarous times than in the peculiarities of the law that the best of men of England were decapitated, who would now be applauded. Our space will not allow us to follow him in his magnificent oration. [We deem it but just to Mr. McConIt was not > contempt of the Court of. nell to say that the hasty notes here Sessions, because the case was not yet of . given were taken during his remarks record in that court, and for the same reason it was not a contempt of this court. I take it for granted under:these ‘définitions that there could be no con~ tempt unless the case was a matter of . record of the court. Further, where wag the rule or order of any court diso‘beyed by Mr. Sargent. There was none. I here make the remark that I consider it reprehensible for an editor, in a case of life and death, to comment upon the case 0 as to prejudice the course of justice. Nevertheless, this is a matter of law and principle, and cannot come under the head of offending against any order or rule-of the court. It is the practice in some courts to issue orders prohibiting publications of evidence, and if theso are disobeyed, the disobeyer may be held for contempt. But such is net the case here. Again, the third definitien seems to imply some disturbance of the proceedings of the ‘court. But suchis not even alleged in this case. It seems therefore fuliy evident under thes@ definitions that Mr. Sargent is guiltless of contempt. He spoke of contempts as constructive crimes, which in themselyes were held infamous by English and American enlightened sentiment. History gives evidence of the destructive tendency of such judicial enforcements. By them Algernon Sydney and other illustrious persons of the liberal party of England had perished on the scaffold. He then reviewed several of the prominent and noted cases of contempt as set forth in history, reverting to the case of the people vs. Oswall, in Pennsylvania, ‘Oswall was the editor of a violent party paper, in that mest violent age, 1788, just succeeding the election. One of the most virulent partizans of the time was Kean, opposed to Oswall, and who also sat upon the beneh. Oswall pub-~ lished a libel upon one Brown, who kept a female seminary,said libel being ealculated to destroy the livelihood of Brown. Brown brought an action before Kean fer libel. Gswall conceiving it to be a design. to break down his republican paper, published an article containing another libel against Brown, also refieciing severely on Kean, and appealing to the pecple to stand between him and the court. Kean was aman who had the highest opinion of judicial dignity, such as Chief Justice Taney does not tolerate. He also drew all his ideas of and have not had the benefitof his revision, or dny particular care of our own.] Tho district attorney stated he had no remarks to make upon the motion, the court reserved it till the trial. The district attorney called several witnesses to prove that the evidence as taken before the justice, was obtained from him and published before they became matter of record in the court of sessions; that the magistrate gave the document to Mr. Sargent to carry to the county clerk for his periission to pubiish; that the county elerk con‘sidered the docmment not on file yet, and he therefore did not consider he could refuse its publication. Also that in some conversation with members of the bar, they had advised that the evidence be not published; that Mr. Sargent had said he thought he had a rigtt . semblage or the right to the property in disto publish, and should do so if not restrained by an order of conrt ; that, however he sheuld obey such an orders We believe this isa fair condénsation of the evidence. Mr. Stewart, the district attorney, then proceeded in his speech upon the case, contending that the common law punished as contempts all publications referring to casts pending designed to influence the decision. Also that the California statutes did not repeal the common law in this respect. He contended that it was punishable as contempt to publish any thing in reference to a case in court, whether true or false. He then read etmicht-essi 3 fs ar Sart tn _ was able to defend itself. He called attention to the manner in whieh the evidence was procured for publication, which Mr. Sargent strue jrte, a permission of both justice fi d county seg publi. . The case Was taken tnde@@dvisement. . We have eceupied so mu Space with the matter that (it is impe@ssible for us to find . room for the remarks we have to make i fer them til/next week. Unlawfal Assembla ge. The eity was thrown into an uproar } people together, most of whom seemed drawn, however, more by curiosity than . a desire to participate. Tho parties, working at the bank were repeatedly requested to desist, and at last were ur-! rested by the sheriff and posse, after considerable resistance. “They were brought before Justice Colburn, and the two ringleaders, Sam’} Rogers and G. B. Dinsmore, were committed for trial.— vve give below the opinion of Justice Colburn in this interesting case. We have been requested by many miners to say they do not coincide with those who wish to-dig up the lots of citizens in the public streets, and that the acts of the parties to this transaction has net the countenance of miners as a body. We presume this is true. It must. be evident to every one that the value ef the Jand’on either side of Main street skirting the‘ravines is far more valuable for stores than it can be for mining, and it ig ridiculous to talk of giving security for all damages done by mining where the mining cannot produce the value of the property. The last legislature were importuned to pass some !aw restraining these encreachments on building lots. From all the important mining sections petitions were poured in, and we remomber our{self circulating a petition for this region which was sent down with hundreds of . signers. All was disregarded in the great little ends that engrossed the at tention of those model legislators, This evil however is now growing too great to pbe passed over in silence, and the Leg-~ islature must come up to the mark.— Either destroy all rights of the majority of the community and leave the power iin the hands of a fayored few, or extend the needed protection to merchants, and other citizens, who require a few square feet of land for their stores and dwellings. In the case of The People vs. Samuel Rogers and G. B. Dinsmore, who stand charged for participating in an alleged tumultuous assemblage and refusing to disperse when commanded by a magistrate, the Court has carefaily reviewed the testimony which has been adduced and the law by which the case is governed. . n respect to the latter, the statutes of this State provide that if two or more persons assemble together to do an unlawful act and separate without doing or advancing towards it, each person shall be deemed guilty of an unlawful assembly and upon conviction thereof shall be fined ina sam not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisoned ‘fn the county jail not exceeding thrée months. It also provides that if two or more persons assemble for the purpose of disturbing the public peace or committing any unlawful act, and do not disperse on being desired or commanded so to do, by a judge, justice of the peace, sheriff, eoroner, constable or other public officer, the persons so offending, shall on conviction, he severally fined in any sum net exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months. : The question for consideration is, whether . the defendants have by evidence submitted, laid themselves liable under these provisions, . and it appears to the court that this is the only question at issue. The cause of the aspite (as it appears from the evidence) is en tirely foreign to the subject and irrelevant, neither nas the court at the present time a light to take cognizance of the guilt er innocence ef any other parties (as may have been elicited by the testimozy,) but that of the defendants in the present case, whatever may be its duties hereafter, which it will not shrink . ‘from. From the testimony of the witnesses, it appears to the courtthat the defendants did assemble for such unlawful purpose. The witness Dinsmore testified that the defendant Rogers declared that he would raise a gang the articles published in the Journal to show . of men that-would work the ground out, and . that an attempt was made to prejudice the . he would like to see the man that would stop public mind against Janssen. publications were a contempt of the district ; threats of violence, he aud others did assemcourt, because there the issue must be joined. . ble in a large crowd on the bridge in the afHe deemed the object of the publication was to secure the punishment of Mr. Janssen, be he innocent or guilty. .[Mr. Stewart indulged ina large liberty in reflecting upon ourself, our paper, and our motives, &e. §c.; which smacked more of personal animosity than of official zeal—but we let that pass. . Mr. McConnell rejoined, in conclusion, that he had few remarks to make, and. those more in continuance of his previous remarks than to reply to the prosecution, which had occupied:so much time in loose assertions. He declared his conviction that the law as laid down in the statutes must embrace all that can be contemplated as contempts, for if any thing else could be sprang upon individuals, the law instead of being a protection to its citizens, is a trap for them to fall into. He showed that no case could be considered as pending in a court while it was in another court, and therefore the publication of the examination before a magistrate could not be a contempt of the districtcourt. It depends upon a mere contingency, the finding of the grand jury, whether the case ever shall reach the district court. He did not deem it necessary to reply to the remarks of Mr. Stewary im reference to the Journal—the paper . ternoon of the sameday. ‘The same witness farther testified that the defendant, Rogers, persisted in staying on the ground after the assemblage were commanded to disperse by the magistrate. Mr. Williamson also testified that both Rogers and Dinsmore were 6n the ground until arrested by the sheriff. It was also in evidence that the two defendants in this case were not alone in their proceedings but were aided and abetted by others, thus fully making the gathering an offence in the eyes of the law, as it appears to the. court. Itis true, that it was farther in evidence the defendants had made proposals of compromise with their opponents, in the con: tested property, buat when they were met with a still further opposition, in lien of resorting to the remedies which the law has provided for them, their subsequent acts, it further appears in evidence, alarmed the citizens and disturbed the public peace and tranquility. The time has gone by in this country, when private wrongs real or imaginary, are to be adjusted. by illegal force. ‘The strong arm of the law intervenes, as the only remédy, whereby the rights of persons are to be maintained, and unpleasant as it is to this court in the discharge of its dutics however eference to this important ease, and we dé-}1 3 n ree ~~ =" fendants are held to bail fort pecied of being the one who shot at Coons. misled the defendants may have been from anionorance of the law, it must hold them to answer from whagit considers a violation of the statutes as 1t appears from the € in the case. 5 , And in conformity th@defendants: this court, held to ans@er, at the Mext t of the court of session@ythe charge.#f an & lawful assemblage, ag@a refusal to Obey th awful commands of, @ magistrate The heir appeara committed to the custody of the sheriff in default thereof. self growing weaker, turned and rode back to Snow Tent, that he had left a short time before. He yet lives, theugh in a precarious situation. _ The assailant was a mulatto, or very dark-skinned white man; and his object probably was. robbery. Thecounty was seoured for ‘him in vain. Mr. Coonsis arespectable . Pjerce & Truxil, provisions, man, with a family in Indiana, and keeps . J. Oin, Empire Saloon, _ He had about'. Dr. Barnes & Co., clothing and a store a German Bar. $200 with him at the time of the outrage. It is-positively avered by a Spaniard, . Brundage, provisions, that he has seen Joaquin,: the notosious . Mitchell, elothing, robber and murderer, twice in that region—once at Eureka, and once at Snow Tent. The ridge between the Yubas is well fitted for the operations of miscreia. of Mr. B DESTRU Rough & Ready nearly Destroyed A destructive conflagration breke-ou at Roughiand Ready omPuesday mort ing la R about 3 o'clo rondage, spread Avitt such frightful rapidity through’ the nee-. woodet buildings that little tinte was iin the sum of five-hundred dollars, and are . left to rescue from the element the valuable stocks of goods with which many oar} =e __ fof the stores were filled. on Monday last by rumors of’ probable} Mtrperors Assauit.—We learn that stores’ collision between certain parties min-!q man named Lewis Coons formerly of smoking ruins. Tho” biisiness pars of ing in the ravine east-of Mainstreet, Rising Sun, Indiana, was shot at andthe town was almost entirely destroyed. and citizens who own the lots and build. dangerously wounded by some unkuown . The fire was thé result of carelessness — ings verging on the ravine. The par~! person near Snow Tent House, between . said to been caused by a person placing tieular-spot in dispute was the land im~. the Yubas, on Sunday last. He wasri-. the candle too near a cloth partition mediately in‘the rear of Drs.’ Lark &/ ding on a male when the ball entered . when going to sleep. We are indebted Alban’s store, into which some five men . his back towards the’left side; and pass-. to dur friend T. J. Andrews, of Rough were digging. The rumor of the antic-/ ed out through the front. He turned) & Ready for the following list of losses : ipated difficulty drew a great many!/and pursued the viliain, but finding him-} Martell & Dennis : ‘hotels, &c. were inan hour but ; Miner's Supplies, cf Powers, Provision Store, Comstock, miners’ tools, &c., Owens & ‘Alexander, CuHfornia House, Ebright. provision store, Tate and Buriss, provision store,ten pin alley and house, Smith, ciothing, 4.000 1.500 600 drugs, Seroggins, boarding house, Small clothing store, loss unknown, . 2.000 1.600 1,400 Howard, provisions, 1.000 Adams & Co., express, Total about $59,700 Adams & Co. sayed all their books ants, and more murders have been com-. and papers. We believe they simply mitted there than in any other locality . tenanted the building they occupied .—in the northern mines. Blood Run near . If so the loss noted above falls elseStow Tent derives its name from the. where. The enterprising people of the corpses found in it. beG.We learn that two men, named Henry Currie and Enoch drowned on the 25th ult., in an attempt to cross the Yuba at Cincinnati Bar.— Currie was from Tarrytown, N.Y. Myers was from Indiana. The bodies were not found. CELEBRATION OF THE Fourtry.—We are pleased to state that several moyements are on foot to mark the ensuing Fourth, and to'give it zest and pleasure. The first of these is for the little folks, and consists of a pic-nie to be given on the opposite side of the creck, near the Revere mill. The three religious sdcieties and Sabbath schools unite in it, with banners and music. It will undoubtedly be a very delightful occasion. These pilgrimages to the shrine of nature are becoming very common in the older states,and itis pleasant to see them introduced here. They betoken the pure feelings and tastes that are the crowning virtues and safeguards of American character, and they help cultivate in children the same virtues. Ip the evening a social Tea Party is to be holden near the parsonage at the head of Broad street, at which the ladies’ promise to spread all good things possible before the guests. The object in view is to raise money by the admission fee. to pay for. the new parsonage, which remains from year to year as the home of the minister, whose itinerancy makes it necessary that a home should be furnished for him, which he has net time to prepare for himself save to leave it. The object is good, and we doubt not visitors witl find a quid pro quo. neh.We received an important business letter the past week after the extraordinary passage of seventeen days from San Franciscé as per post mark.— The new officers are as efficient as the old, and a little more so. fs There isa rumor chat an Indian generally known about Eureka as Indian Jack, was killed deliberately between . judiciary and the Backbone House and Little Grass Valley on Sunday 26th, by a man’whose partner Jack had killed some two years before. Jack was a desperate fellow, and a dead shot with a rifle. He is susSeizing Lots ron Taxes.—Very many valuable lots have bern disposed of in That these . him, and in accordance with this and other . San Francisco lately, for taxes, ‘the . will get along well enough, owners unknown.” nerally aware that the law recently passed requires that lots shall be rePeople are not ge~ Myers were le place have already commenced rebuilding, and will soon have things in better shape than ever. These fires are a sad af in California history, but they give opportunity for those sterling virtues of energy and perseverence possessed by the people of this state, tobe browght into full development. Lapres’ Fark —At Grass Valliy on the Fourth, the ladies give a fair in the new church for the benefit of the church. The preparations are extensive, and the avails will undoubtedly be sufficient to finish the building. We presume this is the most effectual way to raise money for church purposes, although there is a growing dislike to the method. Its opponents declare that if the same means were employed for private ends, such as raffles, rings in cake, luek-bag, &c., they would properly be deemed irreligious, and that the cnd dees not justify the means. We remember these objections were urged against the fairs in thiscity. Nevertheless the public attended. As long as they do not object to this method of paying for needed church, instrumehtalities, we presume it will be resorted to, even if the “ straighter sort” do object. We trust the ladies will be fully successful .in reising} the funds. Mr. Hale isa young man of undoubted tal. ents and piety, and able to do much good. We presume as much money may be raised by the fair without resorting to all the extrayagancies usual on some such occasions. Siander. Mr. Eptror:—My reputation has been assailed in public places, not by the common herd eo much as by men in high places. They say I am unconstitutional, unsafe, unwise. unlawful, and undermining the great principles of law and order; and further, they might say of mé, which I would not deny, thatif.all the mining districts in Nevada county would adopt nie, I would undermine and cave in a great loss of time and money, now expended by miners in settling difficulties in our constituted courts; and also, I would undermine and cave in the diggings of the the bar of Nevada coun-~ ty to an alarming extent. Well, Mr. Editor, [have no excuses to mate. I am bound to stay in the Gold Flat Min-. ing district, so the miners say, so leng. as I will respect their rights and keep things in order, and give every miner his just rights—which if I fail to do. the miners who gave me existence and by whose favor I live, will sink me into oblivion. So Mr, Editor, you see I stand tolerably fair.at home, and if people abroad will hold their horses, I guess . Gotp Frat Mintnc Laws. June 29th, 1853. oo WRG Ee re Cuoice Frurts.—A. W. Potter has CTIVE FIRE! , in the house About forty $14.000 10.000 6,000 8.000 3,500 3.000 2 000 1,100 bea-Through Mr. Ryan of Adams & Co. we have papers from the Atlantic States-pe ebhe steamer Panama, which arrived agSan Francisco at 12 o'clock ay. The news is to the 20th New York and is not im por. to the value of $50,000 was dostroyed by the burning of the Oregon Iron Furnace in Baltimore county, Md. yesterday morning. In the Gardner case. at Washingten, the jury being unable to agree were tismissede , on The * Navy “Department annoupees tbata bounty of thirty dollars will He given to able. and twenty dollars to or dinary seamen, who enlist in the navy after June 3. Information’ from Rockland, Me. eannounces that nearly all that place has been destroyed by fire. Gov, Trias of Chihuahua. at last aceounts, was marching with hig troops to oppose the occupation of the Massilly valley Dy the Americans under Goy Lane, of New Mexico. We learn that the British war steamer Argus has arrived at Halifax, and will sail without delay for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, for the purpose of proteet ing the colonial fishermen. She is te be followed by another steamer and seve;alZsailing vessels. Between the fishery troubles in the East and Santa *Anna s movements in the South, we are apparently destined to have lively times be= fore a gteat ‘while. For the Journal. Snow Tent, June 30. The man shot, Mr. Lewis Coons, is progressing’ favorably under the attention of his physicitfs, Drs. Clark and Randall, and some reasonable hepes are now énteriained of his reeovyery, although he is still very low. No clue is yet found to implicate any person in the commission of the outrage. No pains are being spared to apprehend the scoundrel. It has been supposed that Joaquin or some of his bard are in the neighbor hood. More anon. W. H.R. M. D Nevada Co. Whig Convention. The County Convertion met pursuant to the eall cf the County Committee, and organized by calling C. W. Hill tu the chair, and appointing J. S. Hurd Socretary. On motion, a committee of five wero appointed to report permanent officers, as follows: A. A. Sargout, J. N. Turner. . . H. Gaytor, J. I. Sykes, J. C. Birdseye 1 Op motion, the following were ap; pointed a committee on credentials: iT. W. Colburn. S. G. Winchester, J. . Montgomery, J. Johnson, Mr. Curtis. . Adjourned. . ArreRNoon Sxsstox.—Committee on {permanent organization reported, for President, Joseph Jolinson; Vice Presii dents, S.G. Winchester, T. J. Burgess (B. F. Blanton: Secretary, T. W Colburn ; The report was accepted and adopted. Report on credentials received and ‘adopted. On motion of Mr. Sawyer, it was voted that the number of delegates sent shou?) be thirty. Also that they be nominated from the floor. The following gentlemen were then elected delegates to the State Conyention of July 6th. at Sacramento: Stanton Bucknor, Hamlet Davis, John [. Sykes, Dr McCormick, . H. Gaylor, A. A. Sargent, Jobn A. Collins, Gilmore . Meredith, KE. F. Burton, B. F. Blanton, A. N. Stoughtenburgh, G. W. Dickenson, Alex. McClenehan. J. C. Birdseye, Horatio Hunt, Benj. Ripley, George Turney, Mareus Talbot, ‘I’, H, Culver, R. Gambie, W. A. Clarkson, J. S flurd, A. S. Crandall, J. E. Wood, J. N. Turner, C. D. Cleveland, H. H. Sheldon, Jas. Fite James, Wm. Forey. J. G. Vor~ dyce. : On motion of Mr. Sargent, it was Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention, the County Committee have power to fill all vacaneies in their body. It was also yoted that the thanks of this Convention be given to. Mr. Il. . Davis for the use of his ‘Hall for the mceting. Adjourned sine die. JOS. JOHNSON, Prest. T W. Corsvry, J. S. Herp, Segrotaries. Newspaper Cuance.—Meessrs Pickering & Fitch haye disposed of their interest in the Times and Transcript to Mr. Geo. Kerr, of the San Joaquin Republican, aud Messre Geiger & Washington, of the Democratic State Journal.— Mr. Washingten is heroafier, we understand, to be connected editorially with the Times and Transcript, at San Francisco. We hear that the proprietors who have disposed of their interest in the Limes and Transcript aro to reccive from the purchasers the sum 6f $15,000. Union. Business isestill impreviug in Columbia. The merchants are well patron: ised. Sickness is scarcely known in the place, and the lawyers “are taking in washing. ' deemed within six months, instead of a} fairly eneumbered our table with cans. THE Prize Ficnt.—The fight beyear, as previously ailowed. By theig-. of hermetically sealed fruits, Inbellea . *¥°t™ O'Neal and Yank will take place F ah Avi per : in the vicinity of Columbia, on the 10th norance of lot owners to this modifica. “strawberries,” “blackberries,” &c., &e./ofJuly. Yank is still training at the race track, one mile of Sonora. They fight for $1500 a side. Kee tion of the law many lots are plaeed be. so that we write amida perfect pyramid . . yond redemption that otherwise would. of tin—all which, by the message acbe saved—the owners reeting on a false . companying, are designed as a “ Fourth security. ny cases toiling in the mines, unsuspicious that their property below is irrecoverably passing from their hands.—jlic need scarcely be reminded that at The lets are bought up by speculative }his stand, the Miners’ title buyers, who, by a law almost entirely unknown, are able to get hold of dessert fruits, thousands of valuable property for a. which an e song. Many relied on redemption within a year who have now lost the chance. We direct attention to the advertisement of Northam, Bartlett & Garwood,. ley, a most brilliant affair, which wé rein conneetion with this subject. The owners of lets are in maof July present.” Mr. Potter is evidently one of those gentlemen we sometimes read of but seldom see. The pubBook Store; he plete variety of pie and and of those good things picure desires. bos Bea ““P the Masonie Celebration at Gtass Val: has a most com gret we must omit, years. 1k" sends us a-fullaccount of k The raising of the grade of the streets of Sacramento has been commenced. DIED.—On the 24th inst. at Hess Crossing, Mr. E H. Platt, ef billious tever, aged about 21, from Long Island, N. Y. In this city, June 27th, at the résidence of B. H. Collier, Esq. Charles M. Ransdall, late-of Warren County, Kentucky, aged 28 . Ia Penn Valley, asi inst, Bei H. B. Per: sins, The remains, of. the, deceased were .ought td this place a burial, and his . faneral sermon wilt be preached next Sab: bath morning in the Congregational Church, of which church he was a deacon.

Weonon Donen, = se i . ncy.—We are pleased to state that we have secured the servicés of Mr. L. P. Fisuer, as agent for the.Nepada Journal at San Francisco. He is authorized to receive advertisements and subscriptions for this paper, and to receipt for ail monies. All businéss tha} ina ¥ Dé éntriistea to him on behalf of the Journal, will receive immediate attention, Mr. Fisher is our only authorized agent in San Francisco; . He may be found at the: Merchants’ Exchange. ————<—<—[—_—_—=—[—_—_—_—<_—_——_—_—_—_— ‘Phe Contempt Case. This important case was set dewn on _ the nieeting of the court on Wednesday last, fer ten e’clock on Thursday morning. The District Attorney appeared for the prosecution. Determined a matter of such importance, both with regard to the principle involved and:to the results likely to flow from it, should not be faintly pursued by the defense for lack of talent in its conduct, we had em' ployed the services of J. R. McConnell, one of the ables! advocatesin the State. Upon the opening of the case, Mr. ‘McConnell moved for a discharge of the rule, stating that he could see no motive or necessity for further proceedings, and he thought he could show a sufficient cause, from authorities, for the discharge. The facts were, he remarked, that it was charged that Mr. Sargent had committed contempt in pub~ lishing the evidence in the case of one Henry Janssen, in his examination before the Justice, also in making some comments upon the same, which however amounted to the same thing. There were no facts before the: court, and no evidence had been preduced. But admitting this to be the case, the case of Janssen was not at the time before this court, and had yet to go through the Court of Sessions before this court could be reached. It was therefore fully evident that no contempt was committed. He designed fully to show, first, that no contempt was committed, and secondly, if-one was committed, it was not a contempt of this court. He took occasion to remark, that he congratulated himself -and his client that none of those personal feelings com‘mon m-suth cases could here obtain. The publications objected to did not convey a reflection on this court or on any other. No personal animosity could exist in the mind of the judge, and whateyer tue law was it would be enforced. He then proceeded to quote from aujurisprudence: from the English bench. Hardwick, Mansfield, &c. were then . jurists to. fountains of law> gr sure, Pt friendly to se Veres spol iéy of Hpglish precedent. Upons these ruleg Kean acted, and with him twof the fanch, one refusing to give an‘epine ion. It is worthy @fremark in this cage that though so strongly one of contempt, yetan impeachment was brought forward in the lower house. This impeachment did not lic, but it shows the -entiment of the bar, and that, even then, when American liberty was in its — cradle,such arbitrary proceedings could. not be tolerated. But though they did not impeach these persons, they did another thing,they passed a declaratory act, which, not enacted a new law, but deelared what the law was. The speaker here read the law, showing that no act committed out of eourt could be punished as contempt, save by an inuictment: He then reverted to the case of Peck, in which the judge was cited before Congress, which though a majority was in favor of impeaching him, did not do so for lack of a two-thirds vote; but a declaratory law was passed that the power of the courts of the United States to issue’ attachments and inflict summ1ry punisliments fer contem»ts of eourt, shill not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any persons in the presence of the courts, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, or the resistance ot any rule or order. It will be seen that in every case that may be cited by the prosecution, the case has been pending in court, or a yiolent libel has been published against a judge. He then reverted to the case of the People vs. Waiker, stating the violence of the feeling and passion. that there prevailed between the Vigilance Committee and their opposers. -The publication of Walker wasof the-most abusive character. ‘ The history is fully known to the public, and we Will not follow Mr. McConnell through it. But the result was that the Superier Court discharged Mr. Walker on a writ of habeas corpus. Here we have high authority in our own State. The other authorities'may be disregarded, but this certainly is a dictum worthy of regard. He then read from authorities showing that Judge Kent, agreed with him word for word in the law as he had stated it. It was not to be supposed that that Judge Kent, with all his‘notions of judicial dignity, could feel a sympathy {ir those committing contempt. He then went on to sav that there could be ne reasonable doubt that the act of California in reference to convempt takes away the power of the District to punish for contempts beyond the limits it assigns. He contended that that act takesaway the power to . thorities the following definitions ofcon-. punish for “comimon law contempts if tempt :-— such there are. An equitable censtruc‘A contempt is a wilful disregard or . tion of the law implies it was intended disobedi¢nce of a public authority.” “ Courts of jastice have power to punish all persons for contempt of their process, and disturbing them in their proceedings.”—Bacon's Ab. Cont. Thus stands the common law of contempts. Now let us see if the act with which Mr. Sargent is charged may be ‘embraced under either of’these subdivisions. The facts are that at’the time Mr. Sargent made these publications ‘the case had not left the justice’s court. ‘It had several preliminary —_ to take before it could come before this court ; where then was the authority which Mr. Sargent could have contemned. The justice has no power-to punish such a contempt, forthe law especially restricts his power to cases occurring in his presence. asa limitation of all contempts. It is almost word for word with the Pennsylvania act and the act ef Congress. From the fact that it adopts their very phraseology, I infer it intended to adopt their principles in-toto. He reverted to the liberty of the press as of recent growth, and not existing according to Hume prier to the revolution of °88. Here drew a truly eloquent sketch of the rise of the liberty of the press from the days of Jeffries to the present. It was more in the imterpretations ef barbarous times than in the peculiarities of the law that the best of men of England were decapitated, who would now be applauded. Our space will not allow us to follow him in his magnificent oration. [We deem it but just to Mr. McConIt was not > contempt of the Court of. nell to say that the hasty notes here Sessions, because the case was not yet of . given were taken during his remarks record in that court, and for the same reason it was not a contempt of this court. I take it for granted under:these ‘définitions that there could be no con~ tempt unless the case was a matter of . record of the court. Further, where wag the rule or order of any court diso‘beyed by Mr. Sargent. There was none. I here make the remark that I consider it reprehensible for an editor, in a case of life and death, to comment upon the case 0 as to prejudice the course of justice. Nevertheless, this is a matter of law and principle, and cannot come under the head of offending against any order or rule-of the court. It is the practice in some courts to issue orders prohibiting publications of evidence, and if theso are disobeyed, the disobeyer may be held for contempt. But such is net the case here. Again, the third definitien seems to imply some disturbance of the proceedings of the ‘court. But suchis not even alleged in this case. It seems therefore fuliy evident under thes@ definitions that Mr. Sargent is guiltless of contempt. He spoke of contempts as constructive crimes, which in themselyes were held infamous by English and American enlightened sentiment. History gives evidence of the destructive tendency of such judicial enforcements. By them Algernon Sydney and other illustrious persons of the liberal party of England had perished on the scaffold. He then reviewed several of the prominent and noted cases of contempt as set forth in history, reverting to the case of the people vs. Oswall, in Pennsylvania, ‘Oswall was the editor of a violent party paper, in that mest violent age, 1788, just succeeding the election. One of the most virulent partizans of the time was Kean, opposed to Oswall, and who also sat upon the beneh. Oswall pub-~ lished a libel upon one Brown, who kept a female seminary,said libel being ealculated to destroy the livelihood of Brown. Brown brought an action before Kean fer libel. Gswall conceiving it to be a design. to break down his republican paper, published an article containing another libel against Brown, also refieciing severely on Kean, and appealing to the pecple to stand between him and the court. Kean was aman who had the highest opinion of judicial dignity, such as Chief Justice Taney does not tolerate. He also drew all his ideas of and have not had the benefitof his revision, or dny particular care of our own.] Tho district attorney stated he had no remarks to make upon the motion, the court reserved it till the trial. The district attorney called several witnesses to prove that the evidence as taken before the justice, was obtained from him and published before they became matter of record in the court of sessions; that the magistrate gave the document to Mr. Sargent to carry to the county clerk for his periission to pubiish; that the county elerk con‘sidered the docmment not on file yet, and he therefore did not consider he could refuse its publication. Also that in some conversation with members of the bar, they had advised that the evidence be not published; that Mr. Sargent had said he thought he had a rigtt . semblage or the right to the property in disto publish, and should do so if not restrained by an order of conrt ; that, however he sheuld obey such an orders We believe this isa fair condénsation of the evidence. Mr. Stewart, the district attorney, then proceeded in his speech upon the case, contending that the common law punished as contempts all publications referring to casts pending designed to influence the decision. Also that the California statutes did not repeal the common law in this respect. He contended that it was punishable as contempt to publish any thing in reference to a case in court, whether true or false. He then read etmicht-essi 3 fs ar Sart tn _ was able to defend itself. He called attention to the manner in whieh the evidence was procured for publication, which Mr. Sargent strue jrte, a permission of both justice fi d county seg publi. . The case Was taken tnde@@dvisement. . We have eceupied so mu Space with the matter that (it is impe@ssible for us to find . room for the remarks we have to make i fer them til/next week. Unlawfal Assembla ge. The eity was thrown into an uproar } people together, most of whom seemed drawn, however, more by curiosity than . a desire to participate. Tho parties, working at the bank were repeatedly requested to desist, and at last were ur-! rested by the sheriff and posse, after considerable resistance. “They were brought before Justice Colburn, and the two ringleaders, Sam’} Rogers and G. B. Dinsmore, were committed for trial.— vve give below the opinion of Justice Colburn in this interesting case. We have been requested by many miners to say they do not coincide with those who wish to-dig up the lots of citizens in the public streets, and that the acts of the parties to this transaction has net the countenance of miners as a body. We presume this is true. It must. be evident to every one that the value ef the Jand’on either side of Main street skirting the‘ravines is far more valuable for stores than it can be for mining, and it ig ridiculous to talk of giving security for all damages done by mining where the mining cannot produce the value of the property. The last legislature were importuned to pass some !aw restraining these encreachments on building lots. From all the important mining sections petitions were poured in, and we remomber our{self circulating a petition for this region which was sent down with hundreds of . signers. All was disregarded in the great little ends that engrossed the at tention of those model legislators, This evil however is now growing too great to pbe passed over in silence, and the Leg-~ islature must come up to the mark.— Either destroy all rights of the majority of the community and leave the power iin the hands of a fayored few, or extend the needed protection to merchants, and other citizens, who require a few square feet of land for their stores and dwellings. In the case of The People vs. Samuel Rogers and G. B. Dinsmore, who stand charged for participating in an alleged tumultuous assemblage and refusing to disperse when commanded by a magistrate, the Court has carefaily reviewed the testimony which has been adduced and the law by which the case is governed. . n respect to the latter, the statutes of this State provide that if two or more persons assemble together to do an unlawful act and separate without doing or advancing towards it, each person shall be deemed guilty of an unlawful assembly and upon conviction thereof shall be fined ina sam not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisoned ‘fn the county jail not exceeding thrée months. It also provides that if two or more persons assemble for the purpose of disturbing the public peace or committing any unlawful act, and do not disperse on being desired or commanded so to do, by a judge, justice of the peace, sheriff, eoroner, constable or other public officer, the persons so offending, shall on conviction, he severally fined in any sum net exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months. : The question for consideration is, whether . the defendants have by evidence submitted, laid themselves liable under these provisions, . and it appears to the court that this is the only question at issue. The cause of the aspite (as it appears from the evidence) is en tirely foreign to the subject and irrelevant, neither nas the court at the present time a light to take cognizance of the guilt er innocence ef any other parties (as may have been elicited by the testimozy,) but that of the defendants in the present case, whatever may be its duties hereafter, which it will not shrink . ‘from. From the testimony of the witnesses, it appears to the courtthat the defendants did assemble for such unlawful purpose. The witness Dinsmore testified that the defendant Rogers declared that he would raise a gang the articles published in the Journal to show . of men that-would work the ground out, and . that an attempt was made to prejudice the . he would like to see the man that would stop public mind against Janssen. publications were a contempt of the district ; threats of violence, he aud others did assemcourt, because there the issue must be joined. . ble in a large crowd on the bridge in the afHe deemed the object of the publication was to secure the punishment of Mr. Janssen, be he innocent or guilty. .[Mr. Stewart indulged ina large liberty in reflecting upon ourself, our paper, and our motives, &e. §c.; which smacked more of personal animosity than of official zeal—but we let that pass. . Mr. McConnell rejoined, in conclusion, that he had few remarks to make, and. those more in continuance of his previous remarks than to reply to the prosecution, which had occupied:so much time in loose assertions. He declared his conviction that the law as laid down in the statutes must embrace all that can be contemplated as contempts, for if any thing else could be sprang upon individuals, the law instead of being a protection to its citizens, is a trap for them to fall into. He showed that no case could be considered as pending in a court while it was in another court, and therefore the publication of the examination before a magistrate could not be a contempt of the districtcourt. It depends upon a mere contingency, the finding of the grand jury, whether the case ever shall reach the district court. He did not deem it necessary to reply to the remarks of Mr. Stewary im reference to the Journal—the paper . ternoon of the sameday. ‘The same witness farther testified that the defendant, Rogers, persisted in staying on the ground after the assemblage were commanded to disperse by the magistrate. Mr. Williamson also testified that both Rogers and Dinsmore were 6n the ground until arrested by the sheriff. It was also in evidence that the two defendants in this case were not alone in their proceedings but were aided and abetted by others, thus fully making the gathering an offence in the eyes of the law, as it appears to the. court. Itis true, that it was farther in evidence the defendants had made proposals of compromise with their opponents, in the con:

tested property, buat when they were met with a still further opposition, in lien of resorting to the remedies which the law has provided for them, their subsequent acts, it further appears in evidence, alarmed the citizens and disturbed the public peace and tranquility. The time has gone by in this country, when private wrongs real or imaginary, are to be adjusted. by illegal force. ‘The strong arm of the law intervenes, as the only remédy, whereby the rights of persons are to be maintained, and unpleasant as it is to this court in the discharge of its dutics however eference to this important ease, and we dé-}1 3 n ree ~~ =" fendants are held to bail fort pecied of being the one who shot at Coons. misled the defendants may have been from anionorance of the law, it must hold them to answer from whagit considers a violation of the statutes as 1t appears from the € in the case. 5 , And in conformity th@defendants: this court, held to ans@er, at the Mext t of the court of session@ythe charge.#f an & lawful assemblage, ag@a refusal to Obey th awful commands of, @ magistrate The heir appeara committed to the custody of the sheriff in default thereof. self growing weaker, turned and rode back to Snow Tent, that he had left a short time before. He yet lives, theugh in a precarious situation. _ The assailant was a mulatto, or very dark-skinned white man; and his object probably was. robbery. Thecounty was seoured for ‘him in vain. Mr. Coonsis arespectable . Pjerce & Truxil, provisions, man, with a family in Indiana, and keeps . J. Oin, Empire Saloon, _ He had about'. Dr. Barnes & Co., clothing and a store a German Bar. $200 with him at the time of the outrage. It is-positively avered by a Spaniard, . Brundage, provisions, that he has seen Joaquin,: the notosious . Mitchell, elothing, robber and murderer, twice in that region—once at Eureka, and once at Snow Tent. The ridge between the Yubas is well fitted for the operations of miscreia. of Mr. B DESTRU Rough & Ready nearly Destroyed A destructive conflagration breke-ou at Roughiand Ready omPuesday mort ing la R about 3 o'clo rondage, spread Avitt such frightful rapidity through’ the nee-. woodet buildings that little tinte was iin the sum of five-hundred dollars, and are . left to rescue from the element the valuable stocks of goods with which many oar} =e __ fof the stores were filled. on Monday last by rumors of’ probable} Mtrperors Assauit.—We learn that stores’ collision between certain parties min-!q man named Lewis Coons formerly of smoking ruins. Tho” biisiness pars of ing in the ravine east-of Mainstreet, Rising Sun, Indiana, was shot at andthe town was almost entirely destroyed. and citizens who own the lots and build. dangerously wounded by some unkuown . The fire was thé result of carelessness — ings verging on the ravine. The par~! person near Snow Tent House, between . said to been caused by a person placing tieular-spot in dispute was the land im~. the Yubas, on Sunday last. He wasri-. the candle too near a cloth partition mediately in‘the rear of Drs.’ Lark &/ ding on a male when the ball entered . when going to sleep. We are indebted Alban’s store, into which some five men . his back towards the’left side; and pass-. to dur friend T. J. Andrews, of Rough were digging. The rumor of the antic-/ ed out through the front. He turned) & Ready for the following list of losses : ipated difficulty drew a great many!/and pursued the viliain, but finding him-} Martell & Dennis : ‘hotels, &c. were inan hour but ; Miner's Supplies, cf Powers, Provision Store, Comstock, miners’ tools, &c., Owens & ‘Alexander, CuHfornia House, Ebright. provision store, Tate and Buriss, provision store,ten pin alley and house, Smith, ciothing, 4.000 1.500 600 drugs, Seroggins, boarding house, Small clothing store, loss unknown, . 2.000 1.600 1,400 Howard, provisions, 1.000 Adams & Co., express, Total about $59,700 Adams & Co. sayed all their books ants, and more murders have been com-. and papers. We believe they simply mitted there than in any other locality . tenanted the building they occupied .—in the northern mines. Blood Run near . If so the loss noted above falls elseStow Tent derives its name from the. where. The enterprising people of the corpses found in it. beG.We learn that two men, named Henry Currie and Enoch drowned on the 25th ult., in an attempt to cross the Yuba at Cincinnati Bar.— Currie was from Tarrytown, N.Y. Myers was from Indiana. The bodies were not found. CELEBRATION OF THE Fourtry.—We are pleased to state that several moyements are on foot to mark the ensuing Fourth, and to'give it zest and pleasure. The first of these is for the little folks, and consists of a pic-nie to be given on the opposite side of the creck, near the Revere mill. The three religious sdcieties and Sabbath schools unite in it, with banners and music. It will undoubtedly be a very delightful occasion. These pilgrimages to the shrine of nature are becoming very common in the older states,and itis pleasant to see them introduced here. They betoken the pure feelings and tastes that are the crowning virtues and safeguards of American character, and they help cultivate in children the same virtues. Ip the evening a social Tea Party is to be holden near the parsonage at the head of Broad street, at which the ladies’ promise to spread all good things possible before the guests. The object in view is to raise money by the admission fee. to pay for. the new parsonage, which remains from year to year as the home of the minister, whose itinerancy makes it necessary that a home should be furnished for him, which he has net time to prepare for himself save to leave it. The object is good, and we doubt not visitors witl find a quid pro quo. neh.We received an important business letter the past week after the extraordinary passage of seventeen days from San Franciscé as per post mark.— The new officers are as efficient as the old, and a little more so. fs There isa rumor chat an Indian generally known about Eureka as Indian Jack, was killed deliberately between . judiciary and the Backbone House and Little Grass Valley on Sunday 26th, by a man’whose partner Jack had killed some two years before. Jack was a desperate fellow, and a dead shot with a rifle. He is susSeizing Lots ron Taxes.—Very many valuable lots have bern disposed of in That these . him, and in accordance with this and other . San Francisco lately, for taxes, ‘the . will get along well enough, owners unknown.” nerally aware that the law recently passed requires that lots shall be rePeople are not ge~ Myers were le place have already commenced rebuilding, and will soon have things in better shape than ever. These fires are a sad af in California history, but they give opportunity for those sterling virtues of energy and perseverence possessed by the people of this state, tobe browght into full development. Lapres’ Fark —At Grass Valliy on the Fourth, the ladies give a fair in the new church for the benefit of the church. The preparations are extensive, and the avails will undoubtedly be sufficient to finish the building. We presume this is the most effectual way to raise money for church purposes, although there is a growing dislike to the method. Its opponents declare that if the same means were employed for private ends, such as raffles, rings in cake, luek-bag, &c., they would properly be deemed irreligious, and that the cnd dees not justify the means. We remember these objections were urged against the fairs in thiscity. Nevertheless the public attended. As long as they do not object to this method of paying for needed church, instrumehtalities, we presume it will be resorted to, even if the “ straighter sort” do object. We trust the ladies will be fully successful .in reising} the funds. Mr. Hale isa young man of undoubted tal. ents and piety, and able to do much good. We presume as much money may be raised by the fair without resorting to all the extrayagancies usual on some such occasions. Siander. Mr. Eptror:—My reputation has been assailed in public places, not by the common herd eo much as by men in high places. They say I am unconstitutional, unsafe, unwise. unlawful, and undermining the great principles of law and order; and further, they might say of mé, which I would not deny, thatif.all the mining districts in Nevada county would adopt nie, I would undermine and cave in a great loss of time and money, now expended by miners in settling difficulties in our constituted courts; and also, I would undermine and cave in the diggings of the the bar of Nevada coun-~ ty to an alarming extent. Well, Mr. Editor, [have no excuses to mate. I am bound to stay in the Gold Flat Min-. ing district, so the miners say, so leng. as I will respect their rights and keep things in order, and give every miner his just rights—which if I fail to do. the miners who gave me existence and by whose favor I live, will sink me into oblivion. So Mr, Editor, you see I stand tolerably fair.at home, and if people abroad will hold their horses, I guess . Gotp Frat Mintnc Laws. June 29th, 1853. oo WRG Ee re Cuoice Frurts.—A. W. Potter has CTIVE FIRE! , in the house About forty $14.000 10.000 6,000 8.000 3,500 3.000 2 000 1,100 bea-Through Mr. Ryan of Adams & Co. we have papers from the Atlantic States-pe ebhe steamer Panama, which arrived agSan Francisco at 12 o'clock ay. The news is to the 20th New York and is not im por. to the value of $50,000 was dostroyed by the burning of the Oregon Iron Furnace in Baltimore county, Md. yesterday morning. In the Gardner case. at Washingten, the jury being unable to agree were tismissede , on The * Navy “Department annoupees tbata bounty of thirty dollars will He given to able. and twenty dollars to or dinary seamen, who enlist in the navy after June 3. Information’ from Rockland, Me. eannounces that nearly all that place has been destroyed by fire. Gov, Trias of Chihuahua. at last aceounts, was marching with hig troops to oppose the occupation of the Massilly valley Dy the Americans under Goy Lane, of New Mexico. We learn that the British war steamer Argus has arrived at Halifax, and will sail without delay for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, for the purpose of proteet ing the colonial fishermen. She is te be followed by another steamer and seve;alZsailing vessels. Between the fishery troubles in the East and Santa *Anna s movements in the South, we are apparently destined to have lively times be= fore a gteat ‘while. For the Journal. Snow Tent, June 30. The man shot, Mr. Lewis Coons, is progressing’ favorably under the attention of his physicitfs, Drs. Clark and Randall, and some reasonable hepes are now énteriained of his reeovyery, although he is still very low. No clue is yet found to implicate any person in the commission of the outrage. No pains are being spared to apprehend the scoundrel. It has been supposed that Joaquin or some of his bard are in the neighbor hood. More anon. W. H.R. M. D Nevada Co. Whig Convention. The County Convertion met pursuant to the eall cf the County Committee, and organized by calling C. W. Hill tu the chair, and appointing J. S. Hurd Socretary. On motion, a committee of five wero appointed to report permanent officers, as follows: A. A. Sargout, J. N. Turner. . . H. Gaytor, J. I. Sykes, J. C. Birdseye 1 Op motion, the following were ap; pointed a committee on credentials: iT. W. Colburn. S. G. Winchester, J. . Montgomery, J. Johnson, Mr. Curtis. . Adjourned. . ArreRNoon Sxsstox.—Committee on {permanent organization reported, for President, Joseph Jolinson; Vice Presii dents, S.G. Winchester, T. J. Burgess (B. F. Blanton: Secretary, T. W Colburn ; The report was accepted and adopted. Report on credentials received and ‘adopted. On motion of Mr. Sawyer, it was voted that the number of delegates sent shou?) be thirty. Also that they be nominated from the floor. The following gentlemen were then elected delegates to the State Conyention of July 6th. at Sacramento: Stanton Bucknor, Hamlet Davis, John [. Sykes, Dr McCormick, . H. Gaylor, A. A. Sargent, Jobn A. Collins, Gilmore . Meredith, KE. F. Burton, B. F. Blanton, A. N. Stoughtenburgh, G. W. Dickenson, Alex. McClenehan. J. C. Birdseye, Horatio Hunt, Benj. Ripley, George Turney, Mareus Talbot, ‘I’, H, Culver, R. Gambie, W. A. Clarkson, J. S flurd, A. S. Crandall, J. E. Wood, J. N. Turner, C. D. Cleveland, H. H. Sheldon, Jas. Fite James, Wm. Forey. J. G. Vor~ dyce. : On motion of Mr. Sargent, it was Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention, the County Committee have power to fill all vacaneies in their body. It was also yoted that the thanks of this Convention be given to. Mr. Il. . Davis for the use of his ‘Hall for the mceting. Adjourned sine die. JOS. JOHNSON, Prest. T W. Corsvry, J. S. Herp, Segrotaries. Newspaper Cuance.—Meessrs Pickering & Fitch haye disposed of their interest in the Times and Transcript to Mr. Geo. Kerr, of the San Joaquin Republican, aud Messre Geiger & Washington, of the Democratic State Journal.— Mr. Washingten is heroafier, we understand, to be connected editorially with the Times and Transcript, at San Francisco. We hear that the proprietors who have disposed of their interest in the Limes and Transcript aro to reccive from the purchasers the sum 6f $15,000. Union. Business isestill impreviug in Columbia. The merchants are well patron: ised. Sickness is scarcely known in the place, and the lawyers “are taking in washing. ' deemed within six months, instead of a} fairly eneumbered our table with cans. THE Prize Ficnt.—The fight beyear, as previously ailowed. By theig-. of hermetically sealed fruits, Inbellea . *¥°t™ O'Neal and Yank will take place F ah Avi per : in the vicinity of Columbia, on the 10th norance of lot owners to this modifica. “strawberries,” “blackberries,” &c., &e./ofJuly. Yank is still training at the race track, one mile of Sonora. They fight for $1500 a side. Kee tion of the law many lots are plaeed be. so that we write amida perfect pyramid . . yond redemption that otherwise would. of tin—all which, by the message acbe saved—the owners reeting on a false . companying, are designed as a “ Fourth security. ny cases toiling in the mines, unsuspicious that their property below is irrecoverably passing from their hands.—jlic need scarcely be reminded that at The lets are bought up by speculative }his stand, the Miners’ title buyers, who, by a law almost entirely unknown, are able to get hold of dessert fruits, thousands of valuable property for a. which an e song. Many relied on redemption within a year who have now lost the chance. We direct attention to the advertisement of Northam, Bartlett & Garwood,. ley, a most brilliant affair, which wé rein conneetion with this subject. The owners of lets are in maof July present.” Mr. Potter is evidently one of those gentlemen we sometimes read of but seldom see. The pubBook Store; he plete variety of pie and and of those good things picure desires. bos Bea ““P the Masonie Celebration at Gtass Val: has a most com gret we must omit, years. 1k" sends us a-fullaccount of k The raising of the grade of the streets of Sacramento has been commenced. DIED.—On the 24th inst. at Hess Crossing, Mr. E H. Platt, ef billious tever, aged about 21, from Long Island, N. Y. In this city, June 27th, at the résidence of B. H. Collier, Esq. Charles M. Ransdall, late-of Warren County, Kentucky, aged 28 . Ia Penn Valley, asi inst, Bei H. B. Per: sins, The remains, of. the, deceased were .ought td this place a burial, and his . faneral sermon wilt be preached next Sab: bath morning in the Congregational Church, of which church he was a deacon.