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VOL. 1.
THE NEVADA JOURNAL.
ALWAYS IMPARTIAL, BUT NEVER NEUTRAL.
NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY MORNING, S
NEVADA JOURNAL.
EPTEMBER, 25, 1851, NO. 44.
y Z ‘aa 5 wy r .
W.T. Barbouy, Attorney at} H. Baruh, wholesale and POETRY. his answer was: “Putting things ble, the most spirited eourser wh
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Law office on Broad street, at Davis and Hurst's . retail clothing store, Broad street, = —= === . into people’s heads, is taking money . hoofs ever trod British turf,”
, AND SATURDAY BY, , BP yckass CONSTANCY. out of their pockets.” Shouts again rose to the roof.
Hotel. . Peace, Attorney and Counseilor at Law, cor. . General Dealer, Broad street. a30 They asked her if she loved him when
TERMS. . Main and Court streets. a30. = ie aa ae el iy j He passed‘ her by in scorn;
Fer one year, in advance} $9.00 . Drv G 1 d Clothi W. J. Knox, Physician and As he led his bride from the altar side .
Six months 5,00 . ry “yoods an Othing . surgeon, a tew doors above Bine. a30 And she was left a maid forlorn.
q de Three payed 73 sore by Heilbroom and Co., corner Main and Cit Market b Heur Da
th, ota streeta. : r ; i Single ok is cae. . slota streets. a30) 7 BY y They asked her if she loved him still,
California. . EF es . ver Broad sect. slept
. wat been to great expense in locating) J. Wiener, Wholesale and\ ais al Mak Liver ‘e D Fave " To sak in heaven a purer flame.
the first Printing Press which haa ever been . retaj) dealers in clothing, no. 11 Main street. . aaah aivermore, entist,
established upon cither slope of the Sierra . Broad street. 230
W. G. ALBAN, A. A. SAKGENT.
Office on B. ad street, opposite the Placer
Gg No subscriptions reecived for less time
than One month,
$gADVERTISEMENTS inserted on the .
most reasonable terms. Deductions made to .
.
.
yearly advertisers. .
Attached to the Printing Office of the
Journal, is a
FULL AND COMPLE TE
JOR OWPICIE.
.
Furnished with material for every descr ption .
of Book, Job and Fancy Printing. e
are prepared to execute orders for —
Posters, Hand bills, .
Girculars, Bill-heads,
Certificates of Stock,
and Book Work
of every description, in the best style, and at
prices asflow as the same description of
work can be obtained in any part of
Nevada, the subseribers look forward with the .
fullest assurance of a generous support from the .
inhabitants of the Mountain Crry.
Persons in the immediate neighborhood wish.
. Law, Office at the cilv Drug Store, Main st,
M.and A. Rosenheim,whole.
N.H. Shepherd, Wholesale
and retail store, cor.of Main nd Court streets,
A.N. Olney, Justice of the!
Billiard Saloon, by J. Wil-.
liamson & Co., Main street.
re ee
City Drug Store, by Lark
and Garrison, Main street. 230
John Anderson, Attorney at
sale and retail clothing Store Main street.
Auction and Commission .
Store, by J. Williamson and Co., Main street. .
J. GC. Birdseye and Co.'
wholusale and retail store, Main street, a30
Avery and Mills, Wholesale .
and retail store, Main street. a30
Sia aa gtr .
Crawtord and Dunn, whole-,
sale and retaij! store, no. 13, Main street. a30
Nevada Hotel, by Dumars
and Little, Main street. a30
. Birch and Co's Stage Office .
kDeer Creek Water Co., at
Delmonico’s, Broad street. a30
James W. Morrison,
vis, Broad street. — udp
Virginia House. by P, G.
Womack, Broad street. 030
Lewis and Co., Wholesale
and Ketail Merchants, Broad street. 0
Broad Street Saloon, By
W. H. Starr, Broad street. a30
Ullman and Johnson, Clothng Store, Broad street. a30
. Post Office, Main Street,
Green Store, by Field and
Co., Broad street. a30
Travelers’ Rest, By 8. V.
Hardesty, Broad street. 30
White,-Hall, By James WeaVENUE undersigned wish to inform their
4 ‘ acribere fi , , le Maj friends and the miners generally that we ‘ ing to become subscrilers for the Journal can . Nevada Hotel, Main street a30 gon y
rs their papers left wherever required, by . Beef M k t } HJ . rN goa yd on ot and for rn Re the
Ab Rin ame sa with thé cate t the . ar . oid stand of Lawson & Reagan in the vine ‘ F ‘
Paes a thats ser nding gaat 70 . Davis Commercial vile % ‘ : . wost of Kiotaville, a full stock of Groceries, Li. Cover ® sentiment, story, illustration of a smooth glossy surface
tis pension . a9 Seti quore, Provisions and miner’s supplies. ’ rf a hia
oa We . ¢ . p . We do our own hauling and are determined AGENTS. il an 0, Fancy and! ,, Vf deur inuling é orgy
Thomas Beatty —Grass Valley. ‘ Ornamental Sign Paniters, Commercial street. SEP #8 Liv ERS & VANCII remembering,that they should straight. pulled out of a mass, no others will ane URC
ft. W. Roberts—Rough and Read 1 a ae , ee s Pt wimnarmber <t as . if . oy i j ./ mainly uninhabite
Aatauian Tnane--ikes eanalacs y G. Perry and Co.,, Wiaole. _ Kiotaville, May 5th, 1851. _ sit . way lay hold of and remember it as . follow or adhere to it of its own ac. y
W. Hammond—Gold Flat . sale and retail store, Commercial street. a3) . JOUN T. MOORE. GKO. BORRADAILE . 2 charity to other people. The excels memiiteanh tala? id f oth
3) he re sites: 4 nd laid alongside 3.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY Winn and Lawrence. whole-_ MOORE & BORRADAILE, . tent Captain Cuttle condensed Cole’ d alongside of others
; . . sale and retail Grocers, cor. © ine and Cou, sts South side of Broad st. next door to the
7 7 ooo he Gregory House, Wholesale & Retail Dealers,
MAIN STREET. John Enscoe, Physician and) Groceries and ‘Provisions &c. Have conpa Surgeon, Pine street. 430 stantly on hand, and are receiving daily all
Hira alien, iy & BRE aE \ AT y, kinds of desirable goods. Consistng of ,
Jeffrey F. Halsey, Public . Ki. Cook, and Co., Wholesale Flour, Pork, Bariey, ‘Hams, Butter, Cheese, . a single sentence evolved by accident
Administrator, Office, main street, opposite . and retail Grocery store, main street. (wo) ‘Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Beans, Apples, Peaches,
the Post Office no27 doors ahove Deer Creek. a3) . Lard, Syrup, Tobacco, Lig iors, Spices, mi. . : ‘
fiddle mya . Nevada City Bakery, by) ning Tools se. fea ‘in a studied volume. We love to col-. between the fine fur of its outside.
Bower's and Cos {xpress Wao, Coane nnd De. tMeoteRioeuaheens They invite the attention of Miners and }
O ce, Foot of Main street A290 fat on ES Packers to their well assorted stores and . .
2 . A.B. Hoy, Physician and will give satisfaction as to the quality of their) Hannah Moore says to Horace
Milk Depot,by David Phetps . Dentist Main street, a30 . goods. _________ mom __. Walpole;
. eee wk wane : wk . “Jf J wanted to punish an enemy Main etrovt bridve. a2 BROAD STREET. Western Market. . , coulte by fe ae ay
’ ‘ ‘ ra . pepep . . : . .oe f—)
: Tore Garocery Store \é ye YW ow i WEBSTER q: Co. wouldinformthe cittons . . apcctty iF ; *
Jolin I ve i : ; ) : » Saddler and Lindsk y; W hole of Nevada and tee public in general that they . shit Ssity of constantly hating some.
ond Beef Market, Main street bridge. 29 gale and retailGrocere, foot of Broad street now have on hand at their cstabli-hment, on . body,”
. ‘ , ailing, Main street, adjoining Barker's some of the Mpeg 3
Peer Creek Bakery, By B. enna, ane bag et 088 ding best MEATS the marker afords. Alsoy a large . oa is a profound saying of Hobbes: tained, even when flax was so denaae MAK abraet 030 se and . p ovision store, oad street. 930 . vssortment of G SERIES. a el h is : . ot alt . ." “Wy
DW utd, fo ot af te itbed ileal eee -, ; I of “4 H t . Ly Moreat Nevada City, April 19th, 1851. lif hi "a no action of man in this . turalized, that it broke up into frag.
‘Olive Branch’ Sal . 4a gle OVE), BY weOrean ife, which isnot the beginning of so ments and dust in the
i u ( te a : hie lL on ins JY j and Fish, Broad street. ia ig Hoel de France long a chain of consequences, as that . spin it.
, homes Se . } J. Morgan, barber, Eagle) prenca norer § resTavraNT . © human providence is high enough .
The Empire Saloon, by! vorel, Brondstreet. a3) =. The proprietors of this establishment have . to give us a prospect to the end.
‘s a : 29 7 1 rr ee . recently titted up their building, and now pre.
: Foul Lovell, Main street. Es : . ( ie Gregory House 9 by a S. pared to accommodate all persons who may . , in
a oi i . . . j Gregary, main street, a3) avor them wath acall, in the best style. 7 hey . truth when he so finely exclaimed, . features and modus operandi from cot.
Empu e Hote 1, Ny Me echiB oe lk il , . have good beds for the accommodation of all . .
amand Seott, immediately in the rear of !tnMoore and : A radal po ons who way be aaeniing without yevpets. that he who acted well at the moment .
tre Sal ; 30 ; Wholesale and Retail store. Bron street. Aov 1eir var CONLwNS &@ lurge selection of ie hes * cece . et +a . A
bind nadeokeh a ee eevee oe — . Pl H tel b B. F. Dick . choice liquors, Boarding can be had at $14 . was perfor ming a good action for all . er care, and doing less work >; even
acer : KK rook sud 19 Wish but 2 me ver . ority a ae Boy . Buckéye Lunch and Bakevie . m el, y wD. . a . p rw +t fiourd rs who wish but 2 meals per . posterity. this is only obtained with
'erman, Broad street. i raliby pal. :
——_ > CHAS. GAUDIN & V. DREYDEMI. ty, French, Allison and Co., Main street, opposite the Empire. a0
Barker’s Saloon, main street.
Nevada, May, 14th, 1851. . lowa Store, by 5. D. Ba-!
i ker and Co., Broad street. a3d
. ‘ y ee .
Georgia Store, by McAllis.
ter Willis and co., Broad street. a30 .
al .
Barber Shop.
BY J EWALD.
Persons wishing a good shave, hair cut, .
* ‘ . shampooing &c., are inyited to call at
j “ > > re ry ’ .
? Manst ield Exchange, by the Barber shop, on broad street, in the .
Simeon Step, Broad street, below Dimon’ . Spring Hiil House, where they can be .
. Traders’ and Packers’ De. accon.modated. — LLL LLL LOLOL LL LL LLL LLL.
7 « ¢ pane
} Western Market by Web. pot, by Voorhies 4 co., Broad street, Seay Sm _Nevada. Aug 20—tf .
Ve ’ j sonic Hall. as } ‘ 1 . ater and Co., Main street. a30 ag ee yee EE TT » GREGORY'S At.
se . evada Exchange, Dy MIl-. lantic Jnacific .
. ‘
Ps 1
b Cc
Nevada Store, by Oglesby Jer and Ros Broad street a30 os and I ac ifi
and Shepherd, Main strect. a30 . SG NAN To HE TRE ER 0 OEE Express, Hoffman and Co mi
~ Galena and Dubuque Store . agents at Nevada City. .
Nevada Clothing Store, by . by J. K. O? Farrell, Broad street, a30 This Express ng no connection with any . * S x aE EEIEEIEREAAnOE 3 ‘28 Z : ‘ -Naths Frets. 30 . _ . other concern, and persons doing business W. Nathan, Main street ie . Broad Street Market, by S. with this Line can be assured that whatever .
akerv 4 . . 'T. Napper, Broad street: a30 . they entrust to its management at either of
Nevada Bake ry, by Everett . en Send Nake ry h ™M: ker its Offices, will reach ats destination withon
and Co., Main street. . W . Noel, \ afenh Make) passing through other hands. or meeting with .
Exchange Coffee House, by
ban) ait 4 dat .
a3) . delay. Special Messengers in charge of Ex.
, A, Sanford Milliken and Co., Main street. a380 .
Redetiinte see os rset apa aes
Dawson Saloon, by Dawson
Antony and Co., Main street, aU
Tin Suop, by Wim. Williams
Main street, a30
. Broad street, under Masonic Hall wisi i
= 4 HES: pas press Matter for this Line, are dispatched by .
2) PB. Fagin Physician and every steamer leaving New York and San
. Surgeon, broad street, under Masonic Hall. Francisco. .
: nuee . : ! Gold Dust, Packages and parcels of every .
Z. P. Davis, Gunsmith, . gescription, and Letters forwarded to all parts .
Artemas Rogers, Wholesale
Lam Retail store, Main street. a30
¥ Nevada B pion . Broad street. a30 . of the United States, Canada, Europe, Oref ook Store, by FanAwic ; . " . gon, and the Sandwich Islands. Gold Dust, .
‘3 Niles Searles, Main street. ae Woods and Brother, whole ‘and other Valuable Parcels insured through .
sale and retail store, Broad street. a30
. *
. saying :
, an officer once for some gallant action, .
BY GEO. W. ROGERS.
They asked her if she loved him then,
The high and noble born ;
. You know,” continued his Lo
i ship, “the achievments of this ho:
. lis deeds belong to history. Fai
has taken charge of his glory.
it belonged to me—to you, my lo
and gentlemen—to do honor to
mortal remains! I wished that
. about the probability of finding in flax . lofty courser should have a buf
When fondest hopes had fled, . ® substitute for, and victorious rival . worthy of his deservings. He t
.
FLAX VERSUS COTTON.
We clip the following from the
Journal of Commerce, on this subject :
The public papers have lately occupied themselves with a controversy
. And flowers that loom lite’s path to fill . to cotton; which, as it is alleged, has My cook had fitly prepared him, 2
Were wither'd, sere and dead! now become possible by a pretended :
. And bo she wore told the loye . discovery, by a certain Peter Clausa sen, in London, of a method of so preFor him who had her rival wed. ‘paring flax that it oan he spun by the
. Same machinery as cotton. The Ame-. such inquiry as to what animal ¢o}
rican planters need not be alarmed, . be so delicious—it was Tiberius !
as the idea of such a possibility can . noble courser reposes in your st
only be eonceived by men who are avhs! May your digestions be ligh
entirely ignorant of technical matters. At these words, the enthusiasm ©
in general, and the nature of flax and . centrated for a moment--possibly w
cotton in particular. Numerous at . some vague thought of an immedi
tempts to obtain this end have, in these . resurrection—but, with a sudden bu
fifty years, been made in Europe, by . of hurrahs, the idea took the turn
superficial or sanguine men, but all a syblimity, aud another glowing bu
have failed as it was to be expected. . per went to join the departed in
A mieroscopical examination shows, . metempsychosis.
that the cotton fibre is a hollow, cyromp a an
lindrical fibre, covered with number: . THE PALACES OF hetecopiires
less points, forming a kind of fur,. Versailles is a striking monumé
which provides an adherence of one . of the selfish profligacy of King-e
fibre to others when in contact, upon . and the long suffering patience of ¥
which the mechanical effect of the . tions, Hundreds of thousands of
you have feasted on him to-day.
my lords and gentlemen, this my
which you have relished so keenly,
these dishes which have awakef
And when they laid the false one low,
In the willow shade to rest,
She wept, for still she felt the glow
Of young love in her breast ;
While she culled a flower from same sunny bower,
For the new made grave and its guest.
She still loved on, as when in youth
She caught the deathless flame,
. And at the sunset hour in truth
They pleged to love the same.
. And the vow she kept till in death she
SCISSORINGS.
Coleridge adyises eyery reader, and
especially readers of scarce or out-of» _
. the-way volumes, whenever they dis, . Spinning machinery js based; whilst . bover’s children must have gone h
ithat of flax is flat, ribbon-like, and gry to their straw pallets, in order th
; i The their necdy parents might pay ¢
or remark which strikes them as worth . consequence is, that when one fibre js . inexorable tax levied to build t
Yet after all it has sto
Its immense ¢€
cord, unless drawn out by the same penses and unequalled splendor
. quire an immeasurable profusion
nag oe Ris Whoever has once seen the spinits occupant, and the income even
ridge’s advice into his famous apho. ning of flax by hand with open eyes . kings is not absolutely without li
rism--“W hen found, make a note of.” . and mind, must be satisfied of this;. So Versailles, with six or eight ot
There is frequently more wisdom in j and it is this essential difference of the . royal palaces in and around Pat
}two materials which qualifies cotton has generally stood empty, extaili
2 ; . for better absorbing and retaining the . on the country an enormous ann
--more true wit--than may be found . pigments of dyes in the interior, and . expense for its simple preservatid
. And now, though France has o
lect such randam flashes. . ‘The vain attempts to overcome this ' grown royalty, it knows not what
natural difference, have all been basedo with its costly, spacious, glitteri
upon the destruction, by chemical or shells. A single palace (Rambouille
mechanical means, of those qualities Standing farthest from Paris, was co
in which flax is superior to cotton, ; verted, under Louis Philippe, into
viz, the length and greater strength . gigantic storehouse for wool, while i
and glossiness of its fibre, and not . 8pacious parks and gardens were wis
. even a partial success has been ob-. ly devoted to the breeding and sus
nance of the choicest Merino she
The others mainly stand empty, a
how to dispose of them is a nation
. perplexity. Some of them may .
Yet the only possible result was, the . converted into hospitals, insane
. inyention of the machinery which is 'reats, &e., others in libraries, or Ri
Lavater hit upon the same deep . now used to spin flax, differing in its . leries of art and science; but Ve
'
attempts to
sailles is too far from Paris for aug
ton machinery, as much as one fibre but a retreat as aforesaid, and has CO}
. differs from the other ; requiring great. #0 Ramana 2 ee that any use whic
may be made of it will seem wastef
the partial . I presume it could not be sold as
. toss of the strength of the flax fibre, . stands for # tenth of its actual co
Gasisn ‘bet f as it is indisputable that in this respect, Perhaps it will be best, therefore,
gee omg tau in a debate . machine-spun linen is inferior to hands . Convert all the others into direct use
one day, put his hand on his heart, . spun. I may, with this, barely menand preserve this for public inspe
tion, ¢hat flax, as an agricultural crop, 40" 48 4 perpetual memorial of t
'is one of the most precarious, most . 'e¢kless prodigality and all devourin
i Piceae:” eaotlal: (le :Mseke:Miaak . capreious in its demand and choice of POMP of kings, and as a warning
5 aMe y 2C, . soil and climate, most uncertain in jts Mtions never again to entrust th
Here is a piece of true wit:
“Tam the trusty guardian of my
own honor.”
ᰀ I congratulate my honorable friend . : : é ' Sune . foe
B y results, as well in the soil as in the . destinies to men whe, from their ve
ev ys onl ig to which he has . divers laborious and difficult’ opera— and the influences surroun
. tions it requires, after being out, and ig them through life, must be led
A silver cup having been voted to . before it becomes fit for spinning. consider the toiling millions as main
Hence it will be, that this elder Created to pamper their appetites
a dinner was given to celebrate it, and sister will always walk alongside of . gratily their pride, and to pave
alter the cloth had been rimoved, the . its younger competitor, cotton, and . their corpses their road to exterd
whole assembled company waited with . always command a price exactly dominion. [Greeley’s Le OFS.
interest to hear the eloquence that so much higher as is warranted by its . <r nets a
should attend the presentation. more dificult and laborious culture. . A Parisian bg no exceedingly .
The President rose, and thrusting wad manipulation, its superior strength Joys the following: vs
the cup towards the oflicer said ; and durability, its greater brilliancy, A proof of the originality of Bri
“There’s the jug.” . smoothness of touch, and other qualis . manners is the genuine regard of
To which the other replied, taking ties, as surely as wax candles will) English for the game of chess. ‘T
it up with pleasure, and examining it: . always be preferred to tallow candles, wards the end of the year 1848, Ca
“Is this the mug?” and woodcocks be better paid for than Thomas, who for six months had be
George II being informed that an . palne, pduoe ia. playing ba esta of _sheas van
imprudent printer was to be punished. py om ». W illiamson, was ordered to the Cape
1¢ following original method of . Good Hope. The gentlem: n agreed
Miners’ Drug Store, by Dr. . {under Policies in Lusurance companies in .
a
“T hope the man’s .
for having published a spurious king’s . : ;
Bt I ". burying a horse, we find in an ex. continue the game by cor: spondene
Moore, Main st , j pe ; ae
ret 88 . Davis and Hurst, wholesale! gigs. Aneiie,
Drs. Overton S& Miller, Of . and retail merchants, cor. Broad and Pine sts. . New Work, messrs. Thompson & Hitchcock.
ouanmimanmmmetel (30 i.
Trinidad,
. Marysvilie,
ag = Fen PBPK D yo Py Ry Bey ADE Orleans,
Spring Hill House, by Jolin . ponotul SL
Coffee corner of Broad and Pine streets. ortland, Ore.
Missouri boarding House, Nevada vity,
3eo. W. Kidd, cor. of Broad and Pine. Liverpool,
Ran Runnels § Co,
Gifford § Linsley.
F, Wadsworth.
E. B. Higgins.
Mitchell § Hutchins.
Ricketson § Co.
Hoffman §& Little.
: ~~ W. Hart.
———
—. Monterey, Cal., . G. Willams.
J. Spruance and Brothers, ! Sac. Cy, G. E. Clarke.
Wholesale and retail Grocery Store, Broad st. Drafts for sale on New York and New Oreans, in sums to suit.
: —. Broad Street Drug Store. Principal Office, 280 Montgomery st., San
Washington House, by Bes by Dr. Clark, corner Broad and Pine. a30
Francisco, Main street.
J. W. GREGORY,
phd
' ore T. G. WILLIAMS
Proprietor and Manager. Round Tent, By Gowden. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOFF MAN fca., Agents al evand Bell, Broad street 3 Ss t ev t Cal: A . 030 \ Office on Broad Street, Nevada Ci y Cal
da City, Office on Main Street, corner of PinEh eee nh N. B. A Messenger will leave This Office
Practical Watch Maker. be et
Wn. T. Barbour, Law office,
Main street, 1 door east of Barker's Ex
. in season to connect at the Central Office at
ea Broad Street, Arkansas Store,
u
change, up stairs.
} fee on Main st., opposite the Post office. a30. 77 Ha“fF W Pitcoancc . ~~ Edwin Field, Jeweller, near E. F. W. Ellis, Attorney at . , ’ { he corner of Broad and Pine streets.
a30 .
Ohio Store, by P’P, Marsh,
and M. Asper, Main street. a30
“AW. Drouillard, Attorney . wy.
at Law, Miner’s home, Main street, a36
} Law, opposite the Plaza, main street.
© > a
Miners’ Home, main street.
By Halsey & Overton
i Wa ae
San Francisco vith the Speciai Agents, goer the Masonic Hall. . ng directly through to New York and New
APril 1th, 1851. i
rleans, by the first Steamship.
Hubbard and Hodge's Law,
“fice corner of Main and Kiota street done at this Offce at theshortest notice City W. H' Baxter june?
~~. { New York. . speech, replied :
7] 5) . Tatiersall Stables, Corner left
JOB PRINT ING . of Shale and slr potty Nevada divided between
. punishment will be of the mildest sort,
.
}
. own.”
Sidney Smith’s definition of the
Popish Ritual is ;
Posture and imposture, flections
and genuflections, bowing to the right
and curtsying to the left, and an immense amount of man millinery.
Anecdotes of the miser Elwes are
common, but the subjoined we do not
remember to have seen before. The respectable skinflint here openly expressed what English society has
sneakingly acted upon for a good many
. years.
When the rich miser, Elwes, \.ho
about « million of meney to be
his two sons, was
advised to vive them some education
because I have read both; and, as far . ny rac ,
. as I understand either of them, I like . famous horse Tiberius broke his leg .
. the spurious speech better than my!
change :
At the recent race at Ascot, the
by bounding against one of the posts
of the barrier, while preparing for the
race. His owner, Lord Millbank,
lost ten thousand pounds in bets upon
bim, besides his value, and others lost
heavily, the law of the course being
. that all lost bets shall be paid, wheththe failure to win come from accident
or less speed,
Three days afterwards, Lord Millbank gave a very sumptuous dinnér
The most distinguished of the English
Peerage were present, and the conviviality ran high. ‘Towards the close,
the noble host arose in his place, and
proposed to drink to the departed
Tiberius. It was clamurously received, but the speaker remained standing
with his glass in his hand.
“We drink to Tiberius,” said Lord
Millbank, when the shouts subsided,
“the most beautiful. the most admira. the stakes being 600 guineas. Th
;made several moves by letter, .
Oaptain Thomas, during a Caffre bg
‘tle, was wounded and died. Bef
. dying, however, he drew up a sta
. ment, in which combining all the po
sible or probable moves of his adye
isary, he terminated the game, ag
‘then, replacing the men, he enjoin
. one of his club colleagues to play a
the game. -Mr. Williamson agree
and after a struggle of three mon
between himself and the testamenta
. executor of Captain ‘Thomas, in whi
of course, all the London amateurs
terested themselves intensely, the
ter was declared the victor.
This, adds the jourual, is one of
rarest and most curious incidents t
we recall,
There is aman in Sacramento, sé
Kitch, whose whiskers are so red,
looks of a dark night, like a fal
meteor,