July 29, 1853 (4 pages)

~ NEVADA JOURNA . # others follo ee TE AE ea VoL. 3.--NO. 14. THE JOURNAL, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1853. ———— a ro lthe town of Newport were found on/. for us an angel; he strengthened our! Ata meeting of the miner’s of Little} WHOLE NO., 170. Arrival or Iawierants From tie}; Two Darkiesin the West went out . board the vessels taken from the ene~. minds with words I never heard be. Deer Creck and vicinity held at Don-. PLains anp Satr Laxe.—On Saturday / to hunt possnms, $c., and by accident PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY . : BUDD & SARGENT, of the armed schooner above mentionlife, witha few journeys longer of travOfsce on Broad-street, opposite the.Court ed, arrived-here. from New Lendon, elling, when our sufierings should be House. : properly escorted, and is now safely se. over. TERMS. a: 1 T ini Capt. Waldo has For one year, in advance $7 00 . Cure? In-pgal., n my Opinion, Vapt. waico & Six months 400 Sunday last, inthe forencon, as a/done more for the emigration of 1850 Three months 20 2 . : i 2 a in vite Suita panies. 05 ca, company of American regulars were . than any man Ihave heard of having On Thursday last Capt. Wallace, . lent as himself—promising comfort and . resolutions were adopted : Resolved, Ist. This district shall be ,called Little Deer Creek Mining Dis~'came through without encountering any . terior. trict.2d. The boundaries of this district Creek Ditech, west by Lard’s Ditch, fore, belonging only to those benevo. keyville July 23d, 1853, th efollowing . , Pack train reached this city from the. found a large cave, with quite a small lof five persons, all from Illinois. They ed three young bear ene if the: «Look heal, Sam,” said one, serious mishap, while go indar, and gets the young On Saturda} afternoon another train . bars, you jest watch heah fgr de old ‘shall be as follows : east by Big Deer . arrived from Great Salt Lake City, which; bar.” Sam gat asleep in the sun, . place they left on the 24th April. si Sad ie saw the ol Mr. R.S. Phelps, formerly a resideat . wistralicninly Sacepespeanan We.nie LEGAL BLANKS of all kinds for sale getting up the cable and anchor the; done good for humanity. In fact, his. norch by Steep Hollow road, south by . Independence,’ 'Mo., who bas been . bear scouring her way into the cave. at this office. ; Glasgow had a little before left in her . conduct was one of the most exalted, JOB WORK of all kinds speedily and . great fright, a large prize sloop came . to be nobly recorded. When we met aE ee CKMENTS to insure inser#2 (Capt. Wall, of this place, from Ma. Captain Waldo he was alone and in a tion, should be banded in as early as ThursTyland, loaded with flour, &c.) which . place wheie the most treacherous and day noon. Rates moderate. . Wallace had carried out with him the . crgel Indians inhabited ; a short time A DELANO & Co. ade.our agents, at . day before ; and it being a very thick . before we had buried two men who Grass Vallez, at Wells, Fargo & Co.'s. /air, and she expecting to findthe Glas. had been killed by them. Having ex_ . gow lying where she was left, got close . press-d to him our surprise at his most “New England Chronicle.” . in with the boat before they discover-. chivalrous conduct, he replied, very ed her, when the boat immediately laid . modestly, that his life was nothing to Gold Flat district. 3d. Each claim located in this district in a stream shall be one-hundred feet up and down the stream and from bank to bank. All hill claims shall be one-hundred feet square. 4th. Mach person shall hold all ground obtained by purchase provided Ihe has bona Jide bills of saie for the same. ah ‘sojourning in the Valley for the last year, Quick as wink he caught her by the . was one of the party, and has placed ws in . tail, and he!d on like blazes, “Hello, ‘possession of the following facts : dar, Sam, what dark de hole dar? '" The company number one hundred and! “Lor bless you, Jumbo, save yourself, fifteen persons, and have brought through . honey, if dis tail come out you’li know . with them nearly fifteen hundred head of} what dork de hole.” cattle, all in good order. On the 25th June the train reached the Humboldt, . ‘which stream was then rising rapidly. Flour at the station was very scarce, ‘and selling for six shillings per pound. tar Speculators have already taken advantage of the existing rebellion in China, to raise the price of teas. This A frien], who is much of an antiquary, <ayoet a . nt hag sent us a copy of a paper with the ,. ber aboard and brought her into New-. him as long as he could save the lives Toeee tt Rath ee ere: wri Port: She had on board 7 men, and of sufferers; and if he advanced so fat bee oe ipa : fal prcars rem . Woman. . from his camp, which was beyond the £ wrt *he sheet is ¢ 0 a a a : ie Aw, 4 176. 1ne Bugee ts SOG Bs al On the arrival of the continenta!. Sand Desert, it was to encourage us ize of the Journal, and is embrowned by eet at New Providence, the 3d of] and let us know that help was at hand. lapse of time. Its typography is ancientMarch, Admiral Hopkins landed 200 . Is it possible, in the name of God, to like, aud its phraseology peculiar. In its marines, under the command of Capt. hear such words without admiration for pages are most stirring appeals to patriot. Nicholas, of the Alfred, and 50 sailors; . the man ? ism, records of engagements, movemenis of under lieutenant Weaver, of the Cabot. . Having departed on our journey he, troops, acts of Congress, correspondence . Thay soon after took posscssion of fort rather than return to his camp, conbetween distinguished men, advertisements, . Montagu, withont A OMEge save ©! tinued on the road, to mect more em. &e. Wecopy below an account of an S48 W hich were disc “a ged without. jorants, from whom I afterwards learnexploit. of the “continental fleet,” under . doing any execution. ; be aie Alias ed that he had posted bills at intervals Gf pas rate ing advice was received by the Admive agg. ed Bet “ Admiral Esck Hopkins.” PE : Eyl lon the road, informing them where ‘ral, that 200 of the inhabitants were . supplies and assistance could be ob; i Gar Sele > Providence, April 13, 1776. . assembied to defend Fort Nassau, on) tained, and encouraging their hopes. sy? 2, , ; s } } ee ‘ aK } 7" M hy jc é 7 ~ > sre ; “es a Sunday night last Admiral Esek) which he published a manifesto, set. Capt. Waldo had teams and men Hopkins, in the Alfred man-of-war, ting forth,that the inhabitants and their) on that awful desert, going to and fro, with six others of the continental fleet, property should be safe, ifthey did not . relieving the sick and disfressed, durvery deeply laden with cannon and oppose him in taking possession of the fs warlike shores from New Providence, . fort and kings’ stores. ‘This had the. ;,> Jt was there I had the opportuarrived at New London. On Thursdesired ffect, as they immediately . a ‘eis him vivine by his own hands day the 4th inst. they fell in with and . quitted the fort, leaving the Governor . “i Gat Ke outa to ladies wheip-atne took the bomb brig, Capt. Steeds, one almostalone to defend it. Capt. Nichsink pon children, crying for bread. of the piratical fleet that has long in-. olas, by the Admiral’s orders, sent to. I mae forced ‘to aula shétetheme OF fested our bay; she mounted 8 car-. the Governor for the keys of the fort, tint dave on accouht of my wife being riage-guns, 2 howits, and had on board. which were delivered, and he imme. socks “I AE aie all that he @id'< he a considerable quantity of stores. The idiately took possession. The Gover. . sake sickaall avehank aun head suffer. next day they took another of the pinor had, the night. before, sent off 150 . 5,,. 7 always saw him*extending help, rates,"au armed schooner, mounting 6 . barrels of gunpowder ina sma!l sloop. .ihout difference of conditiou ; and Ing the time the immigration was crossET aE ET ORE Ue ON een Oe OnE eT eEe Oe 5th. Allclaims that cannot be work-; ‘The crops in the Salt Lake Valley are ed advantagously on faccount of the backward, and less sced has been sown searcity of water’ must be recorded . than usual. High prices for provisions, within ten days of this date. A notice’ . tained throughout the season. newed monthly shall hold them until . and is now in this city-—Union. the 15th of November next. Arecord aeae teneiee must fe. TeSleferes 1 Horace Gree.y.—Amherst, N. H., is the book of the Reco rder. Mr. Greely’s native town. His father was . 6th. All claims with water for wash-. quite poor, and died, I believe, when . ing must be worked each tenth day. A . Horace was but two or three years of age. neglect to comply with this, forfeits the . Within the last year he has paid a debt title to such claims, . which his father contracted, with compound . 7th. That James Aitken be elected . interest -_ The oe, ma elm ee . recorder for the ensuing td ig cpio as feed thin $100, abd ther puyinent po ki shall be the business of the recor. tween 8760 and $800. How many sons, der to keep a record of all claims and . would have done this? Or how many notices. For each record he must re. will ever forget such honor to a father ?— ceive the sum of fifty cents. ‘The re. Manchester Mirror. corder must reside in this district, Sth. A copy of these proveeding be; Anistocracy.—One of the “parvenue” . published in the Nevada Journal. ladies of a certain village, who would be . James Aitken, Recorder, at Miners . wonderfully aristocratic in all her domes. House, Donkeyville. 'tie concerns, was visiting afew ays since, R. Watson, Pres’t. . %* Major G.’s, when after tea, the follow~9 : } John F. Hart, Scribe. ling conversation occurred between the 'Major’s old-fashioned lady and the “top. Ww knot,” in consequence of the hired girl oci] s & : hig Mceting. : ‘oupying a seat at the table : Grass Vauiey, July 23, 1853. “Why, Mrs. G . you do not allow . } of the same must be posted on the! pq Ferris, Esq., U. S. Seerctary of . claim or claims which by being re-. Utah Territory, accompanied the party, . . risc is merely speculation, as the ‘re. bels’ carefully refrain from interrupting any industrial operations, their e!vegetables, &c., will consequently be main. forts being solely directed towards a change in the government. The produciion of tea will not therefere, be at _all lessened. i> The statistics of all the various branches of Methodism in Europe and America, show a total of 10.409 trave'ling, and 30,000 local, preachers, who minister to 2,036,162 communis cants. A witty writer inthe Boston Trane script says that if Shakspeare could have forseen what wretched work some of the minor actors would make wish their parts, he would have ar/ranged the play so that they would have been dispatched in the first act. PP a le Manet Ti The fires that have of late devastated so great an amount of property in the county of Solano, have spread to the Coast Range, as is apparent from the long trains of the destructive clement that wind about the peaks of Solano and Yolo counties. kay~ Some men think themselves inspired when they are only inflated. carriage guns, commanded by one Wallace, a nephew to the villain who The hon. Montfort Browne, Esq. Governor, Mr. Baggage, Lieut. Govhonestly and happy Iam to say that he always appeared to me more eager Atameeting of the whigs of Grass Val. your hired girl to eat with you at the ta. ley township held this evening according . jple ; it’s horrible.” ” to public notice, at the office of Judge . gee. A quiet mind, like other blessings, is more easily lost than gained. . “Most certainly Ido. You know this eg. In girls we love what they are, in ernor, who is also a half-pay officer, has the chief command on this station. . : to pay attention to those who Loe And on Saturday morning, the 6th in-. and Thomas Arwin, Esq. a Counsellor . ; , destitute condition, and furnish stant, at four o'clock, off point Judah,! and Collector of the King’s Quitrents . jpom abundantly with fresh meat, pickthe Admiral, Capt. John Hopkins in. for South Carolina, were brought off/1.5 qour &e. ‘In many instances I 1 , Tr? 5 s . :. é . oe é ? . aie ° = the Cabot, and Capt. L ae in the . prisoners. 4 _ . . saw him not only giving provisions, Columbus, fell in with the GJasgow . Then follows an inventory of the “king’s. but offering his purse; saying that ship of war, of 24 guns, and her ten-. stores” taken in the brig. 5 der, the laiter of which was taken; the) my, paper has served hs to pass a pleas-. fornia. Glasgow, after an engagement of tliree . : ; ‘ant hour; and is a memento of the efforts. — } S p nd proud to say hours, in which she, was much dam-. : : . Iam most haj py and proud t say, . ; >x,. . of the press to sustain great movements for. though an entire stranger to him, I aged, bore away for the harbor of New-. ange ; } re SE” To) . the advance of mankind. owe a debt which can only be paid by port, to join Capt. Wallace, and our) ar ar : <a! the heart. My wife had left the states tleet being so heavy laden with their ‘ ; valuable cargoes, she unhappily es Official Decument. on account of bad health, and surely if ibe 4 S 35 * raat a 2 . . es e é 5 ; i , FRANCIS March 28 é 2D é iaving her caped. On board the Amiral’s ship 6 San Francisco, March 22, 1853. . tinge sad aiteroty Beneve’ Fone i : oe 2 : a eer es ie ance i now, £4 most s y be men, and a midshipman belonging. Hon. J.'T. Crenshaw, Chairman of the} ’ ay pacing oe . Ae . to Capt. William. Waldo. to the bond brig, who was inthe cockCommittee on Claims of the Assembly : pit, were killed, and 6 or 7 wounded;; Dear Sir—TI have just been inform. T owe to truth also to state that he Capt. John Hopkins, of the Cabot, was . ed that on last Saturday you addressoffered me his purse, and his last wounded in the hand; the master (Mr. . ed me a note, requesting me to furnish . pound of coffee and sugar; my family Seymour, of Philadelphia) a lieuten-. you a statement of what I know of. and myself never will forget the deliant of merives, and 2 seamen, killed, Capt. W. Waldo having furnished pro. cacy by which he managed to improve and 4 wounded: on board the Colum-. visions and means and assistance to) our condition ; would to God that J bus one man was wounded. ‘Tis not/ certain destitute emigrants, who were! could say as much as he deserves, 1 yet known what loss the Glasgow suscrossing the plains in 1850, on their . have no doubt there is nO man of feeltained, but it must have been great, as. way to Celifornia. I came over the! ing, thouch his enemy, (but Capt. before she got off her quarter deck was . plains in 1850, and was one of the un. Wm. Waldo has none) would refuse. observed to be entirely cleared. The fortunate persons who was on the. what is so justly due him, the most contirental fleet the same day procee-. plains in in that year. I was moving. honorable, and most noble and generded up the sound for New London, o this state with my family, consisting . ous heart of a man J ever met with. where we hear they are landing their . of my wife and daughter and two ser. ZJeonclude with the hope that the cargoes, and will soon be in a condi-. vants; all of whom were wasting, and . truth of the above statement will be tion to attack the ministerial ficet. Be~. with many others, must have died on! considered acceptable to you, and resides the prizes above mentioned, they the plains, but for the kindness of Capt. gret that my acquaintance with the earried in a brig and sloop from New . Waldo. I gratefully acknowledge that . English language renders the zeccunt York, laden with wheat and flour, sup. I believe Lowe my life, as well as the} of Capt. Waldo's services §0 inadeposed to have been destined for the . lives of my family, to his bountiful as. quately described. Lremain, most resupply of our enemies. The officers . sistance andkindness; and that it af-. spectfully, Your most obliged and very and men on board the continental ves-/fords me great pleasure to give the. obedient servant, sels behaved with the greatest brave. statement of the facts, in the hope that . H’re Trovetre, M. D. ry, and had the engagement happened . it may be of some service in procuring . State of California, ) County of San Francisco. § a few miles further distant from New-. from the state a return of some of the . port, the Glasgow must have fallen in-. private means which he so liberally to their hands. ; and charitably bestowed on many who “his oath, says he wrote the foregoing As soon as the Glasgow got in, the are now citizens of the state, but who letter; that the signature ‘thereto. is Rose, Capt. Wallace, the Nautilus, never had been here without his inter-. his, and was made by himself; that Capt. Ayscough, with several tenders . position. : ike Paihs witateld Sui sabll Ietewearelaain: and pirated prizes, stood out to sea,}. I met Capt. W aldo, as well as I recly stated on the personal Kini wiedize leaving the Glasgow, a large scow, jollect between the sink of St. Mary’s . of affidavit, and that he knows them to and two small’sloops, at anchor, about) river and the great Sand Desert. Ati be true, and that he verily believes three quarters of a,mile from Brenton’s . that time I was travelling, in company . every statement in said letter, made Poit,. The ensuing night,a party of) with many others, with the train of Mr. . on information derived from other pertroops earried one 18 powder, one 9, Clark, who had taken myself and fam. sons, is strictly true. one 6, and two 4 pounders on said’ ily —we having lost everything by the . Ire Trourtre, M.D point ;.and early next morning saluted . Indians. At that ‘time Mr. Clark's . eae vie RDU pice ane 2 the Glasgow with such warmth that . train was in/a very bad condition, a . Hen a iL sass : 'p blic she slipped her cable, and pushed up . part of his large herd having died of . enue i ; eT ; as ° rid soe ‘the river, without firing a gun, under . exhaustion, or by drinking alkali wahe es od i ci : ni _ pene ‘all the gail she could make, and thejtgr; so much so that if it had not been co, this 22 : ay y fe : : wed with great precipitafor thé timely arrival of Capt. W aldo, . 4n testimony w nereol, ave pha errible cracking on beard . I doubt very much if my family and . to set my hand and Notorial sea * t 118 Hl. H. Haieur, Notary Public. tion. By thet 4 lab ail ens i , 4 . ove date, the Glasgow, the noise and confusion . many others would ever have reached . @ ate among her men, it is thought the cans . California. The greatest misery ex-. . [Seal.] non did good execution. The wind . isting amongst the cena” 3 ProState of California, i shifting to the northward about noon, . visions, there a none. We lived, . ogice of See. of State) Benicia, July 5, 1853, ) those ~waegels ran down the back of . God knows how a And what was Thereby certify that th: above ix Conanicut, and stood out to sea, Supt worse than all, we were ignorant when . a true copy of an original paper now gone in quest of Capt. . our journey would terminate. The . on file in this office, among the papers a woful complaint of . written guide we had was incorrect . of the Assembly ef 1853. ' i land deceptive. Capt. Waldo arrived = J. W. Denver, time to change all things ; he was Secretary of State. posed to have Wallace, to make —_ -the ircivility of the Yanktes : ° B-< Feat J ? A namber of negroes belonging to [Sea’.] Pare on motion J. M. Fouse was call-. hos ever been my custom. “It was so when young men what they promise to be. . ed to the chair and G. Meredith appointed . secretary. ‘The chairman in a few briefremarks stated the object of the meeting ; when on motion the Convention proceeded to the . election viva voce of delegates to the county 30th inst, The following gentlemen were chosen : J. 1. Sykes, G. D. Roberts, J. A. Collins, J. 8. Conn, W. A. MeClanehan, Dr. C.D. Cleveland, G. Meredith, S. G. Winchester, B. L. Lamarque, J. M. Fouse, J. Crackbon, R. W. Harris, Dr. Shoemaker. On motion it was resolved, that delegates unable to attend have power to appoint . proxies, such proxies to have the requisite authority in writing. The township committee for the past year tendered their resignations which were accepted. On motion it was Resolved, that a new township committee be chosen to serve for the coming year, and that the number be increased to ten. The following gentlemen were elected : Dr. Shoemaker, Dr. ©. D. Cleveland, 1Geo. D. Roberts, J. A. Collins, J. S. Conn, G. Meredith, L. R. Sowers, J. M. Fouse, D. Osborn, B. L. Lamarque. On motion it was Resolved that the meeting do now resolve itself into a Waldo Club. On motion it was Resolved, that the chair appoint a committee of three to draft resolutions expressing the views of this meeting i the nominations made by the whig \state convention, at Sacramento. The chair appointed J. 5. Conn, G. D. Roberts, and J. A. Collins, who presented the following ; when on ‘motion each resolution was taken up.separately and accepted. Resolved, That the whigs of Grass Valley township cordially approve of the Reform noraiinations of the whig state convention at Sacramento, and. will use their best exertions to roll up a large majority Hypolite Trouette being sworn, ov . jn September next. Resolved, That the course and policy of action of the present administratton of this state are such as demonstrate it unworthy of public confidence, and rejoice that the pure and high minded of that party are essentially disgusted and clamor for reform. Resolved, That the whigs and those democrats who prefer reform to party triumph, are invited to unite in the organization of a Waldo Club, whose object shall be the employment of such means, as will secure the election of the entire reform ticket. Resolved, That the central committee of this township, be requested to convene the whigs in town Convention on Saturday evening, August 5th, at 7 1-2 o'clock, and also on Wednesday evening, July 27th, to complete the erganization of a Waldo Chub. On motion Resolved, That these proceedings be published ia the Nevada Journal. ~ On motion adjourned. : no! toh J. M.Poussz,. Chairman. Gamer Mrrezpity; Secretary. fea Men’s arguments often prove noth; ing but their wishes. geg. ‘The art of pleasing is not necessarily the art of deceiving. pea. Some showy quality often screens a number of unsightly ones. ay ‘you worked for me, don’t you recollect?” . pow 4 city belle is like a steamboat— . " ‘'Phis' was a cooler to silk and satin greatshe always has a swell after her. or, as the boys call it, .““codfish aris. z fee et as ‘ . ge The progress of the world is con, J: . tinually converting virtues into vices. BGS Wellington died possessed of an es-. 8&8" The glory of coronation, for real would help them on arriving in Cali-/convention to be held at Nevada on the . tate and funds not far short of ten millions . genius, seldom comes till after death. jmean, and as closely calculated the value 9 bar of soap has injured his voice by try,of one pound as any London shopman. ing to sing the stave of a molasses cask. . or ey eee AS . Be The men who flatter women do not How ux took 1t.—An Irishman was jmow them sufficiently, and the men who jasked at dinner, if he would take some ap. only abuse them, do not know them at all. j ; “Ta fF z prs ired Ted. e pie eT , ett a wt eee a . kea=> Mrs. Partington wants to know ub nag aT lay i] “hi Rd Fan un Woy they don’t bring the whole of China ecause, said reddy, “1 once had a over at once, instead of bringing it in junks. cle that was killed with appleplexy, and . 7 PSO AaP Sey~ Why are country girls’ cheeks like a well printed cotton? Because they are sure enough I thought it might be some' “warranted to wash and keep their color.” thing of the same sort.” Tar He1eur or wis Aupition.—A cor, 2" Mari ange: 16 tar best state for man é In general, ana every man is a worse mah respondent tells of a lazy genius up his way, . .~ 5 ; ad Mase : who being asked, as he lay sunning him. ™ propor gon as he is unfit for the marr ied self on the grass, what was the height of . state-—Johnson. his ambition, replied, “Jo marry a rich 68. If the man who publishes the milkwidow that has got a cough.” Cute chap, . and-water paper has not yet found his cow, that. we would advise him to use the “ milk of omar gions a es human kindness” as a substitute. ; haiceat Elder, will you rape 5 id te 4 ye. David Fender “popping the quescider?” inquired ¢ farmer 0 an cea, . tion” ina letter, concluded thus: “And perance man, who was spending the eve chould you say ‘yes’ dear Mary, I will pes he his aa Bar Her bagi truly be your D. Fender.” i ne Old man—*“t never arin Uqr any . $ a eS : kind—'specially eidor—but ef you call it. WA Gg Bt on ol gegen lings amr apple juice, I don’t care if I do take a magnet, Ae MAREE SARs 2° WOR AS -COMETA leetle.” ting?” “Emigrating, my dear, is a young C lady going to Australia.” “What is Colonizing, ma?” “Colonizing, my dear, is marrying there, and having a family.”— Important Decision. oF THE SUPREME Covrt.—J. S. Welton and Harriet Wel, uy: ton vs Alvin Adams et. al—This, says . “Ma, 1 should like to go to Australia.” the S. F. Herald, was an action brought! Bas We overheard a poor weatherin the District Court for Sacramento to bound individual the other day, who was recover the sum of $4,850. deposited with . caught in the rain, humming to himself in Adams & Co., the certificate of deposit a doorway— having been destroyed by fire. Adams & . 'Twas ever thus in childhood’s hour, Co. admitted the deposit and averred their . oe srilng fate has 2 me 2 rele . } > « ] ot) nere aways comes & s0aH1Ng sh ’ readiness to pay it upon the production of . When T aiktgot no-amberell! the certificate, or on being indemnified for . any future liability upon it. The District . i S-AMPED EnvELOPES.—-George FCourt held that they had no right to re ae Ee teatine buildings, Wall quire such indemnity, and rendered judg. <4 .s6t. the contractor for the manufacture ment for the amount claimed and costs.— . p¢ pr ep aid letter envelopes, has now’ pre From this decision the defendants appealpared a large quantity of them for the ed. The Supreme Court affirmed the dedisposal of government, which will be cision, in.an opinion delivered by Heyden. 4 dy for sale not far trom the first of feldt, J., Wells, J.,. concurring—of which puree the following is an extract: 3 The envelopes are cut out by an instru“The main reliance of the appellants 1s . ont worked by steam to the number of upon the alleged error of the district court . ¢. jandred at a single operation, The in refusing to decree that they were entli145 of Washington is stamped on them tied to indemnity against any future de. 5)” Vhite bas-relief, and the rates of posmand upon the lost paper. To sustain . 4,4, printed in’ red ink. After applying this pcsition many authorities are cited, . ihe eliton, they are counted in bundles of arising in the loss or destruction of bills of . twenty-five and sent to Washington whence exchange or promissory notes. We think . ). Will find they way through the Postthat the doctrines in force as to these in-. »,.:tors through every part of the couutry. struments are inapplicable to ordinary cerThey are of white aud buff paper, and tificates of deposit. The latter have no! waterlined with the imitials of the Post day of payment. They are due and deOffice Department of the United States,— mandable at any moment after they are) yy y Bro Post. made, and upon reasonable proof of the alee teged loss of one of them, the payment by PRize Ficut.—One of those disgusting the banker to the depositor in person, with. spectacles called prize fights, in whieh two out notice: of any transfer is a good pay. men try which shall beat, bruise, pamm2l tent. The transferee of such: paper can, . and disfigure the other most, took place at therefore, only protect himself against . Goat Island yesterday. The parties were ie on the part of the depositor by giv. boatmen, and the vanquished only yielded & a ing immediate notice of the transfer to the . after thirty rounds. Both parties were banker.” severely punished. eof / sp ere mie ; seg a

~ NEVADA JOURNA . # others follo ee TE AE ea VoL. 3.--NO. 14. THE JOURNAL, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1853. ———— a ro lthe town of Newport were found on/. for us an angel; he strengthened our! Ata meeting of the miner’s of Little} WHOLE NO., 170. Arrival or Iawierants From tie}; Two Darkiesin the West went out . board the vessels taken from the ene~. minds with words I never heard be. Deer Creck and vicinity held at Don-. PLains anp Satr Laxe.—On Saturday / to hunt possnms, $c., and by accident PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY . : BUDD & SARGENT, of the armed schooner above mentionlife, witha few journeys longer of travOfsce on Broad-street, opposite the.Court ed, arrived-here. from New Lendon, elling, when our sufierings should be House. : properly escorted, and is now safely se. over. TERMS. a: 1 T ini Capt. Waldo has For one year, in advance $7 00 . Cure? In-pgal., n my Opinion, Vapt. waico & Six months 400 Sunday last, inthe forencon, as a/done more for the emigration of 1850 Three months 20 2 . : i 2 a in vite Suita panies. 05 ca, company of American regulars were . than any man Ihave heard of having On Thursday last Capt. Wallace, . lent as himself—promising comfort and . resolutions were adopted : Resolved, Ist. This district shall be ,called Little Deer Creek Mining Dis~'came through without encountering any . terior. trict.2d. The boundaries of this district Creek Ditech, west by Lard’s Ditch, fore, belonging only to those benevo. keyville July 23d, 1853, th efollowing . , Pack train reached this city from the. found a large cave, with quite a small lof five persons, all from Illinois. They ed three young bear ene if the: «Look heal, Sam,” said one, serious mishap, while go indar, and gets the young On Saturda} afternoon another train . bars, you jest watch heah fgr de old ‘shall be as follows : east by Big Deer . arrived from Great Salt Lake City, which; bar.” Sam gat asleep in the sun, . place they left on the 24th April. si Sad ie saw the ol Mr. R.S. Phelps, formerly a resideat . wistralicninly Sacepespeanan We.nie LEGAL BLANKS of all kinds for sale getting up the cable and anchor the; done good for humanity. In fact, his. norch by Steep Hollow road, south by . Independence,’ 'Mo., who bas been . bear scouring her way into the cave. at this office. ; Glasgow had a little before left in her . conduct was one of the most exalted, JOB WORK of all kinds speedily and . great fright, a large prize sloop came . to be nobly recorded. When we met aE ee CKMENTS to insure inser#2 (Capt. Wall, of this place, from Ma. Captain Waldo he was alone and in a tion, should be banded in as early as ThursTyland, loaded with flour, &c.) which . place wheie the most treacherous and day noon. Rates moderate. . Wallace had carried out with him the . crgel Indians inhabited ; a short time A DELANO & Co. ade.our agents, at . day before ; and it being a very thick . before we had buried two men who Grass Vallez, at Wells, Fargo & Co.'s. /air, and she expecting to findthe Glas. had been killed by them. Having ex_ . gow lying where she was left, got close . press-d to him our surprise at his most “New England Chronicle.” . in with the boat before they discover-. chivalrous conduct, he replied, very ed her, when the boat immediately laid . modestly, that his life was nothing to Gold Flat district. 3d. Each claim located in this district in a stream shall be one-hundred feet up and down the stream and from bank to bank. All hill claims shall be one-hundred feet square. 4th. Mach person shall hold all ground obtained by purchase provided Ihe has bona Jide bills of saie for the same. ah ‘sojourning in the Valley for the last year, Quick as wink he caught her by the . was one of the party, and has placed ws in . tail, and he!d on like blazes, “Hello, ‘possession of the following facts : dar, Sam, what dark de hole dar? '" The company number one hundred and! “Lor bless you, Jumbo, save yourself, fifteen persons, and have brought through . honey, if dis tail come out you’li know . with them nearly fifteen hundred head of} what dork de hole.” cattle, all in good order. On the 25th June the train reached the Humboldt, . ‘which stream was then rising rapidly. Flour at the station was very scarce, ‘and selling for six shillings per pound. tar Speculators have already taken advantage of the existing rebellion in China, to raise the price of teas. This A frien], who is much of an antiquary, <ayoet a . nt hag sent us a copy of a paper with the ,. ber aboard and brought her into New-. him as long as he could save the lives Toeee tt Rath ee ere: wri Port: She had on board 7 men, and of sufferers; and if he advanced so fat bee oe ipa : fal prcars rem . Woman. . from his camp, which was beyond the £ wrt *he sheet is ¢ 0 a a a : ie Aw, 4 176.. 1ne Bugee ts SOG Bs al On the arrival of the continenta!. Sand Desert, it was to encourage us ize of the Journal, and is embrowned by eet at New Providence, the 3d of] and let us know that help was at hand. lapse of time. Its typography is ancientMarch, Admiral Hopkins landed 200 . Is it possible, in the name of God, to like, aud its phraseology peculiar. In its marines, under the command of Capt. hear such words without admiration for pages are most stirring appeals to patriot. Nicholas, of the Alfred, and 50 sailors; . the man ? ism, records of engagements, movemenis of under lieutenant Weaver, of the Cabot. . Having departed on our journey he, troops, acts of Congress, correspondence . Thay soon after took posscssion of fort rather than return to his camp, conbetween distinguished men, advertisements, . Montagu, withont A OMEge save ©! tinued on the road, to mect more em. &e. Wecopy below an account of an S48 W hich were disc “a ged without. jorants, from whom I afterwards learnexploit. of the “continental fleet,” under . doing any execution. ; be aie Alias ed that he had posted bills at intervals Gf pas rate ing advice was received by the Admive agg. ed Bet “ Admiral Esck Hopkins.” PE : Eyl lon the road, informing them where ‘ral, that 200 of the inhabitants were . supplies and assistance could be ob; i Gar Sele > Providence, April 13, 1776. . assembied to defend Fort Nassau, on) tained, and encouraging their hopes. sy? 2, , ; s } } ee ‘ aK } 7" M hy jc é 7 ~ > sre ; “es a Sunday night last Admiral Esek) which he published a manifesto, set. Capt. Waldo had teams and men Hopkins, in the Alfred man-of-war, ting forth,that the inhabitants and their) on that awful desert, going to and fro, with six others of the continental fleet, property should be safe, ifthey did not . relieving the sick and disfressed, durvery deeply laden with cannon and oppose him in taking possession of the fs warlike shores from New Providence, . fort and kings’ stores. ‘This had the. ;,> Jt was there I had the opportuarrived at New London. On Thursdesired ffect, as they immediately . a ‘eis him vivine by his own hands day the 4th inst. they fell in with and . quitted the fort, leaving the Governor . “i Gat Ke outa to ladies wheip-atne took the bomb brig, Capt. Steeds, one almostalone to defend it. Capt. Nichsink pon children, crying for bread. of the piratical fleet that has long in-. olas, by the Admiral’s orders, sent to. I mae forced ‘to aula shétetheme OF fested our bay; she mounted 8 car-. the Governor for the keys of the fort, tint dave on accouht of my wife being riage-guns, 2 howits, and had on board. which were delivered, and he imme. socks “I AE aie all that he @id'< he a considerable quantity of stores. The idiately took possession. The Gover. . sake sickaall avehank aun head suffer. next day they took another of the pinor had, the night. before, sent off 150 . 5,,. 7 always saw him*extending help, rates,"au armed schooner, mounting 6 . barrels of gunpowder ina sma!l sloop. .ihout difference of conditiou ; and Ing the time the immigration was crossET aE ET ORE Ue ON een Oe OnE eT eEe Oe 5th. Allclaims that cannot be work-; ‘The crops in the Salt Lake Valley are ed advantagously on faccount of the backward, and less sced has been sown searcity of water’ must be recorded . than usual. High prices for provisions, within ten days of this date. A notice’ . tained throughout the season. newed monthly shall hold them until . and is now in this city-—Union. the 15th of November next. Arecord aeae teneiee must fe. TeSleferes 1 Horace Gree.y.—Amherst, N. H., is the book of the Reco rder. Mr. Greely’s native town. His father was . 6th. All claims with water for wash-. quite poor, and died, I believe, when . ing must be worked each tenth day. A . Horace was but two or three years of age. neglect to comply with this, forfeits the . Within the last year he has paid a debt title to such claims, . which his father contracted, with compound . 7th. That James Aitken be elected . interest -_ The oe, ma elm ee . recorder for the ensuing td ig cpio as feed thin $100, abd ther puyinent po ki shall be the business of the recor. tween 8760 and $800. How many sons, der to keep a record of all claims and . would have done this? Or how many notices. For each record he must re. will ever forget such honor to a father ?— ceive the sum of fifty cents. ‘The re. Manchester Mirror. corder must reside in this district, Sth. A copy of these proveeding be; Anistocracy.—One of the “parvenue” . published in the Nevada Journal. ladies of a certain village, who would be . James Aitken, Recorder, at Miners . wonderfully aristocratic in all her domes. House, Donkeyville. 'tie concerns, was visiting afew ays since, R. Watson, Pres’t. . %* Major G.’s, when after tea, the follow~9 : } John F. Hart, Scribe. ling conversation occurred between the 'Major’s old-fashioned lady and the “top. Ww knot,” in consequence of the hired girl oci] s & : hig Mceting. : ‘oupying a seat at the table : Grass Vauiey, July 23, 1853. “Why, Mrs. G . you do not allow . } of the same must be posted on the! pq Ferris, Esq., U. S. Seerctary of . claim or claims which by being re-. Utah Territory, accompanied the party, . . risc is merely speculation, as the ‘re. bels’ carefully refrain from interrupting any industrial operations, their e!vegetables, &c., will consequently be main. forts being solely directed towards a change in the government. The produciion of tea will not therefere, be at _all lessened. i> The statistics of all the various branches of Methodism in Europe and America, show a total of 10.409 trave'ling, and 30,000 local, preachers, who minister to 2,036,162 communis cants. A witty writer inthe Boston Trane script says that if Shakspeare could have forseen what wretched work some of the minor actors would make wish their parts, he would have ar/ranged the play so that they would have been dispatched in the first act. PP a le Manet Ti The fires that have of late devastated so great an amount of property in the county of Solano, have spread to the Coast Range, as is apparent from the long trains of the destructive clement that wind about the peaks of Solano and Yolo counties. kay~ Some men think themselves inspired when they are only inflated. carriage guns, commanded by one Wallace, a nephew to the villain who The hon. Montfort Browne, Esq. Governor, Mr. Baggage, Lieut. Govhonestly and happy Iam to say that he always appeared to me more eager Atameeting of the whigs of Grass Val. your hired girl to eat with you at the ta. ley township held this evening according . jple ; it’s horrible.” ” to public notice, at the office of Judge . gee. A quiet mind, like other blessings, is more easily lost than gained. . “Most certainly Ido. You know this eg. In girls we love what they are, in ernor, who is also a half-pay officer, has the chief command on this station. . : to pay attention to those who Loe And on Saturday morning, the 6th in-. and Thomas Arwin, Esq. a Counsellor . ; , destitute condition, and furnish stant, at four o'clock, off point Judah,! and Collector of the King’s Quitrents . jpom abundantly with fresh meat, pickthe Admiral, Capt. John Hopkins in. for South Carolina, were brought off/1.5 qour &e. ‘In many instances I 1 , Tr? 5 s . :. é . oe é ? . aie ° = the Cabot, and Capt. L ae in the . prisoners. 4 _ . . saw him not only giving provisions, Columbus, fell in with the GJasgow . Then follows an inventory of the “king’s. but offering his purse; saying that ship of war, of 24 guns, and her ten-. stores” taken in the brig. 5 der, the laiter of which was taken; the) my, paper has served hs to pass a pleas-. fornia. Glasgow, after an engagement of tliree . : ; ‘ant hour; and is a memento of the efforts. — } S p nd proud to say hours, in which she, was much dam-. : : . Iam most haj py and proud t say, . ; >x,. . of the press to sustain great movements for. though an entire stranger to him, I aged, bore away for the harbor of New-. ange ; } re SE” To) . the advance of mankind. owe a debt which can only be paid by port, to join Capt. Wallace, and our) ar ar : <a! the heart. My wife had left the states tleet being so heavy laden with their ‘ ; valuable cargoes, she unhappily es Official Decument. on account of bad health, and surely if ibe 4 S 35 * raat a 2 . . es e é 5 ; i , FRANCIS March 28 é 2D é iaving her caped. On board the Amiral’s ship 6 San Francisco, March 22, 1853. . tinge sad aiteroty Beneve’ Fone i : oe 2 : a eer es ie ance i now, £4 most s y be men, and a midshipman belonging. Hon. J.'T. Crenshaw, Chairman of the} ’ ay pacing oe . Ae . to Capt. William. Waldo. to the bond brig, who was inthe cockCommittee on Claims of the Assembly : pit, were killed, and 6 or 7 wounded;; Dear Sir—TI have just been inform. T owe to truth also to state that he Capt. John Hopkins, of the Cabot, was . ed that on last Saturday you addressoffered me his purse, and his last wounded in the hand; the master (Mr. . ed me a note, requesting me to furnish . pound of coffee and sugar; my family Seymour, of Philadelphia) a lieuten-. you a statement of what I know of. and myself never will forget the deliant of merives, and 2 seamen, killed, Capt. W. Waldo having furnished pro. cacy by which he managed to improve and 4 wounded: on board the Colum-. visions and means and assistance to) our condition ; would to God that J bus one man was wounded. ‘Tis not/ certain destitute emigrants, who were! could say as much as he deserves, 1 yet known what loss the Glasgow suscrossing the plains in 1850, on their . have no doubt there is nO man of feeltained, but it must have been great, as. way to Celifornia. I came over the! ing, thouch his enemy, (but Capt. before she got off her quarter deck was . plains in 1850, and was one of the un. Wm. Waldo has none) would refuse. observed to be entirely cleared. The fortunate persons who was on the. what is so justly due him, the most contirental fleet the same day procee-. plains in in that year. I was moving. honorable, and most noble and generded up the sound for New London, o this state with my family, consisting . ous heart of a man J ever met with. where we hear they are landing their . of my wife and daughter and two ser. ZJeonclude with the hope that the

cargoes, and will soon be in a condi-. vants; all of whom were wasting, and . truth of the above statement will be tion to attack the ministerial ficet. Be~. with many others, must have died on! considered acceptable to you, and resides the prizes above mentioned, they the plains, but for the kindness of Capt. gret that my acquaintance with the earried in a brig and sloop from New . Waldo. I gratefully acknowledge that . English language renders the zeccunt York, laden with wheat and flour, sup. I believe Lowe my life, as well as the} of Capt. Waldo's services §0 inadeposed to have been destined for the . lives of my family, to his bountiful as. quately described. Lremain, most resupply of our enemies. The officers . sistance andkindness; and that it af-. spectfully, Your most obliged and very and men on board the continental ves-/fords me great pleasure to give the. obedient servant, sels behaved with the greatest brave. statement of the facts, in the hope that . H’re Trovetre, M. D. ry, and had the engagement happened . it may be of some service in procuring . State of California, ) County of San Francisco. § a few miles further distant from New-. from the state a return of some of the . port, the Glasgow must have fallen in-. private means which he so liberally to their hands. ; and charitably bestowed on many who “his oath, says he wrote the foregoing As soon as the Glasgow got in, the are now citizens of the state, but who letter; that the signature ‘thereto. is Rose, Capt. Wallace, the Nautilus, never had been here without his inter-. his, and was made by himself; that Capt. Ayscough, with several tenders . position. : ike Paihs witateld Sui sabll Ietewearelaain: and pirated prizes, stood out to sea,}. I met Capt. W aldo, as well as I recly stated on the personal Kini wiedize leaving the Glasgow, a large scow, jollect between the sink of St. Mary’s . of affidavit, and that he knows them to and two small’sloops, at anchor, about) river and the great Sand Desert. Ati be true, and that he verily believes three quarters of a,mile from Brenton’s . that time I was travelling, in company . every statement in said letter, made Poit,. The ensuing night,a party of) with many others, with the train of Mr. . on information derived from other pertroops earried one 18 powder, one 9, Clark, who had taken myself and fam. sons, is strictly true. one 6, and two 4 pounders on said’ ily —we having lost everything by the . Ire Trourtre, M.D point ;.and early next morning saluted . Indians. At that ‘time Mr. Clark's . eae vie RDU pice ane 2 the Glasgow with such warmth that . train was in/a very bad condition, a . Hen a iL sass : 'p blic she slipped her cable, and pushed up . part of his large herd having died of . enue i ; eT ; as ° rid soe ‘the river, without firing a gun, under . exhaustion, or by drinking alkali wahe es od i ci : ni _ pene ‘all the gail she could make, and thejtgr; so much so that if it had not been co, this 22 : ay y fe : : wed with great precipitafor thé timely arrival of Capt. W aldo, . 4n testimony w nereol, ave pha errible cracking on beard . I doubt very much if my family and . to set my hand and Notorial sea * t 118 Hl. H. Haieur, Notary Public. tion. By thet 4 lab ail ens i , 4 . ove date, the Glasgow, the noise and confusion . many others would ever have reached . @ ate among her men, it is thought the cans . California. The greatest misery ex-. . [Seal.] non did good execution. The wind . isting amongst the cena” 3 ProState of California, i shifting to the northward about noon, . visions, there a none. We lived, . ogice of See. of State) Benicia, July 5, 1853, ) those ~waegels ran down the back of . God knows how a And what was Thereby certify that th: above ix Conanicut, and stood out to sea, Supt worse than all, we were ignorant when . a true copy of an original paper now gone in quest of Capt. . our journey would terminate. The . on file in this office, among the papers a woful complaint of . written guide we had was incorrect . of the Assembly ef 1853. ' i land deceptive. Capt. Waldo arrived = J. W. Denver, time to change all things ; he was Secretary of State. posed to have Wallace, to make —_ -the ircivility of the Yanktes : ° B-< Feat J ? A namber of negroes belonging to [Sea’.] Pare on motion J. M. Fouse was call-. hos ever been my custom. “It was so when young men what they promise to be. . ed to the chair and G. Meredith appointed . secretary. ‘The chairman in a few briefremarks stated the object of the meeting ; when on motion the Convention proceeded to the . election viva voce of delegates to the county 30th inst, The following gentlemen were chosen : J. 1. Sykes, G. D. Roberts, J. A. Collins, J. 8. Conn, W. A. MeClanehan, Dr. C.D. Cleveland, G. Meredith, S. G. Winchester, B. L. Lamarque, J. M. Fouse, J. Crackbon, R. W. Harris, Dr. Shoemaker. On motion it was resolved, that delegates unable to attend have power to appoint . proxies, such proxies to have the requisite authority in writing. The township committee for the past year tendered their resignations which were accepted. On motion it was Resolved, that a new township committee be chosen to serve for the coming year, and that the number be increased to ten. The following gentlemen were elected : Dr. Shoemaker, Dr. ©. D. Cleveland, 1Geo. D. Roberts, J. A. Collins, J. S. Conn, G. Meredith, L. R. Sowers, J. M. Fouse, D. Osborn, B. L. Lamarque. On motion it was Resolved that the meeting do now resolve itself into a Waldo Club. On motion it was Resolved, that the chair appoint a committee of three to draft resolutions expressing the views of this meeting i the nominations made by the whig \state convention, at Sacramento. The chair appointed J. 5. Conn, G. D. Roberts, and J. A. Collins, who presented the following ; when on ‘motion each resolution was taken up.separately and accepted. Resolved, That the whigs of Grass Valley township cordially approve of the Reform noraiinations of the whig state convention at Sacramento, and. will use their best exertions to roll up a large majority Hypolite Trouette being sworn, ov . jn September next. Resolved, That the course and policy of action of the present administratton of this state are such as demonstrate it unworthy of public confidence, and rejoice that the pure and high minded of that party are essentially disgusted and clamor for reform. Resolved, That the whigs and those democrats who prefer reform to party triumph, are invited to unite in the organization of a Waldo Club, whose object shall be the employment of such means, as will secure the election of the entire reform ticket. Resolved, That the central committee of this township, be requested to convene the whigs in town Convention on Saturday evening, August 5th, at 7 1-2 o'clock, and also on Wednesday evening, July 27th, to complete the erganization of a Waldo Chub. On motion Resolved, That these proceedings be published ia the Nevada Journal. ~ On motion adjourned. : no! toh J. M..Poussz,. Chairman. Gamer Mrrezpity; Secretary. fea Men’s arguments often prove noth; ing but their wishes. geg. ‘The art of pleasing is not necessarily the art of deceiving. pea. Some showy quality often screens a number of unsightly ones. ay ‘you worked for me, don’t you recollect?” . pow 4 city belle is like a steamboat— . " ‘'Phis' was a cooler to silk and satin greatshe always has a swell after her. or, as the boys call it, .““codfish aris. z fee et as ‘ . ge The progress of the world is con, J: . tinually converting virtues into vices. BGS Wellington died possessed of an es-. 8&8" The glory of coronation, for real would help them on arriving in Cali-/convention to be held at Nevada on the . tate and funds not far short of ten millions . genius, seldom comes till after death. jmean, and as closely calculated the value 9 bar of soap has injured his voice by try,of one pound as any London shopman. ing to sing the stave of a molasses cask. . or ey eee AS . Be The men who flatter women do not How ux took 1t.—An Irishman was jmow them sufficiently, and the men who jasked at dinner, if he would take some ap. only abuse them, do not know them at all. j ; “Ta fF z prs ired Ted. e pie eT , ett a wt eee a . kea=> Mrs. Partington wants to know ub nag aT lay i] “hi Rd Fan un Woy they don’t bring the whole of China ecause, said reddy, “1 once had a over at once, instead of bringing it in junks. cle that was killed with appleplexy, and . 7 PSO AaP Sey~ Why are country girls’ cheeks like a well printed cotton? Because they are sure enough I thought it might be some' “warranted to wash and keep their color.” thing of the same sort.” Tar He1eur or wis Aupition.—A cor, 2" Mari ange: 16 tar best state for man é In general, ana every man is a worse mah respondent tells of a lazy genius up his way, . .~ 5 ; ad Mase : who being asked, as he lay sunning him. ™ propor gon as he is unfit for the marr ied self on the grass, what was the height of . state-—Johnson. his ambition, replied, “Jo marry a rich 68. If the man who publishes the milkwidow that has got a cough.” Cute chap, . and-water paper has not yet found his cow, that. we would advise him to use the “ milk of omar gions a es human kindness” as a substitute. ; haiceat Elder, will you rape 5 id te 4 ye. David Fender “popping the quescider?” inquired ¢ farmer 0 an cea, . tion” ina letter, concluded thus: “And perance man, who was spending the eve chould you say ‘yes’ dear Mary, I will pes he his aa Bar Her bagi truly be your D. Fender.” i ne Old man—*“t never arin Uqr any . $ a eS : kind—'specially eidor—but ef you call it. WA Gg Bt on ol gegen lings amr apple juice, I don’t care if I do take a magnet, Ae MAREE SARs 2° WOR AS -COMETA leetle.” ting?” “Emigrating, my dear, is a young C lady going to Australia.” “What is Colonizing, ma?” “Colonizing, my dear, is marrying there, and having a family.”— Important Decision. oF THE SUPREME Covrt.—J. S. Welton and Harriet Wel, uy: ton vs Alvin Adams et. al—This, says . “Ma, 1 should like to go to Australia.” the S. F. Herald, was an action brought! Bas We overheard a poor weatherin the District Court for Sacramento to bound individual the other day, who was recover the sum of $4,850. deposited with . caught in the rain, humming to himself in Adams & Co., the certificate of deposit a doorway— having been destroyed by fire. Adams & . 'Twas ever thus in childhood’s hour, Co. admitted the deposit and averred their . oe srilng fate has 2 me 2 rele . } > « ] ot) nere aways comes & s0aH1Ng sh ’ readiness to pay it upon the production of . When T aiktgot no-amberell! the certificate, or on being indemnified for . any future liability upon it. The District . i S-AMPED EnvELOPES.—-George FCourt held that they had no right to re ae Ee teatine buildings, Wall quire such indemnity, and rendered judg. <4 .s6t. the contractor for the manufacture ment for the amount claimed and costs.— . p¢ pr ep aid letter envelopes, has now’ pre From this decision the defendants appealpared a large quantity of them for the ed. The Supreme Court affirmed the dedisposal of government, which will be cision, in.an opinion delivered by Heyden. 4 dy for sale not far trom the first of feldt, J., Wells, J.,. concurring—of which puree the following is an extract: 3 The envelopes are cut out by an instru“The main reliance of the appellants 1s . ont worked by steam to the number of upon the alleged error of the district court . ¢. jandred at a single operation, The in refusing to decree that they were entli145 of Washington is stamped on them tied to indemnity against any future de. 5)” Vhite bas-relief, and the rates of posmand upon the lost paper. To sustain . 4,4, printed in’ red ink. After applying this pcsition many authorities are cited, . ihe eliton, they are counted in bundles of arising in the loss or destruction of bills of . twenty-five and sent to Washington whence exchange or promissory notes. We think . ). Will find they way through the Postthat the doctrines in force as to these in-. »,.:tors through every part of the couutry. struments are inapplicable to ordinary cerThey are of white aud buff paper, and tificates of deposit. The latter have no! waterlined with the imitials of the Post day of payment. They are due and deOffice Department of the United States,— mandable at any moment after they are) yy y Bro Post. made, and upon reasonable proof of the alee teged loss of one of them, the payment by PRize Ficut.—One of those disgusting the banker to the depositor in person, with. spectacles called prize fights, in whieh two out notice: of any transfer is a good pay. men try which shall beat, bruise, pamm2l tent. The transferee of such: paper can, . and disfigure the other most, took place at therefore, only protect himself against . Goat Island yesterday. The parties were ie on the part of the depositor by giv. boatmen, and the vanquished only yielded & a ing immediate notice of the transfer to the . after thirty rounds. Both parties were banker.” severely punished. eof / sp ere mie ; seg a