September 25, 1857 (4 pages)

Che ebiada Sournal. W. G. Robertsis the authorised Agent forthe Jour NAL” in this county. L. P. Fisher is our only authorised Agent to receive Advertisements; &c, collect and receipt forthe same at San Francisco. Gardner & Kirk are our Agents at Sacramento, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 25th, 1857. eS CRT EEE EE FOR SALE. x yOne of thé proprietors of this paper about toleave the State, offers for sale an undivided half of the Jocnasat Office. If required to cffect a bargain, the entirecorcern will be disposed of. Address the Proprietors. N.P. BROWN & CO. — Are we in the Union? We apprehend the advocates of the principles laid down in the Dred Scott decision have not well examined all their tendencies. Because certain opinions emanate from the highest authority in the land they are apt to be received as correct by the mass without conaulting their bearings. Before we settle down-upon certain principles advanced by-men and nothing but men it would be well to look to where they lead. If the nation is drifting towards dissolution, by the acts of its judiciary, it is time we knew it before it is too late. The Democratic doctrine of a strict . construction cf the constitution carries with it the seeds of destruction to the Federal Government as has been demonstrated by the ablest statesmen of the nation yéars ago. Happily for the past stability of the Union the discussion of . that doctrine was confined mostly to legislative halls, political conventions, . the stump and the press. The judiciary had not mingled itself in the contest, . perhaps discovering the danger of the question. Judge Taney, in rendering the decis. ion of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case took it upon himself to affirm the of the school of politicians in the following terms: views strict construction “For although it (the Government of . the United States) is sovereign and su-. preme in its appropriate sphere of action yetit does not possess all the pow ers which usually belong to the sovereignty of a nation. Certain specified powers, enumerated in the constitution, have been conferred upon it; and neither the legislative, executive nor judicial departments of the Government can lawfally exercise any authority beyond the limits snarked out by the constitution.” Let us see where this decision ends. . Look well at the cup the highest ex-. pounders of the constitution present to . your lips, for poison lurks within it. Tf the powers of the general Government are limited to the powers specifically enumerated in the constitution, as . Judge Taney’s language declares, how, or by what right, can the United States punish offences against revenue laws, . mail robberies, piracy, or treason? The power to punish is not specifically enumerated in the constitution, and the decision of the Supreme Court implies the impotency~ of ‘the general Government . to protect itself. con a pirate be arraigned hereafter tor 3y what authority offences*committed against our -commerce? “If the opinion of the Suprene Court be correct, there is no court of competent jurisdiction to try such cases in the American Union. But the opinion goes‘farther—it makes a deadly plunge with a drawn sword into the vitals ofsthe confederacy. It dissolves theoretically the Union. If allthe powers of Government must . balance between . States. . ment prostitute . soil of Kansas. . Arizonia be specified and none implied, and neither of the three departments can exercise lawfully any authority not expressly granted by the eénstitution, by what right‘is the entire Louisiana purchase, Florida, Texas, and the acquisition from Mexico, a part and parcel of the United States % Jefferson frankly ac. knowledged he found no warrant in the constitution, no authority, for the acquisition of territory. Judge Taney decides'in. effect that the treaty making poweyof the Government performed an unlawful act each and every time territory has been acquired, and Congress exceeded its constitutional powers whenever money has been appropriated for the. purchase of said territory — for the President and Senate on whom the making of treaties dev olves have no express powers ccnferred upon them hy the eonstitution to stipulate for territory> nor Congress to appropriate money to pay. for the same. What follows, but that those States lying upon the Gulf of Mexico, and all that wide expanse of eountry-between the Mississippi and the Paeifie ocean—a territory large enough for a hundred empires — are not constitutionally within the American Union ? California, therefore, was not eonstitutionally acquired, the treaty with Mexico .is void, and all subsequent acts of Congiess. based upon the assumption of of the jurisdiction of the United States over this count: y by virtue of the treaty exchanged at Queretaro, are also void. Are we not, then, without the le of the Unior, not by the exercise ofthe right of revolution, but ly the act-ofthe Union itself through her highest tribunal ? If the soil of California was constitutionally and legally the Union—ina other words, unconstitutionally in, are we not constitutionally out by virtue of the Dred Scott decision? not made a part of if we are Prospective Politics. What changes will take place in the political parties of the country before the next presidential election in 1860 is the object the anxious vision of politicians is straining to discover. There are hund&ds of ambitious men whose prophetic ken is constantly attempting to penetrate the yet misty and uncertain future of politics, and happy would . be he who could discern even the dim outline, the veriest shadow, which time The first glimpse of the nucleus of a party organization which is to play an important part in controlling the destinies of the republic —the first view cf an organization opposed to the shifting policy of democracy, and presenting the true elements of suecess—will be hailed with delight by thousands and tens of thousands throughout the Union exelusive of the politician of whomwe have spoken, whose only ambition is to be first in the field and foremost in the party to be organized. is to bring into full development. But none are so gifted with prophetic vision as to unveil the future and read the mysterious secrets there in store. Yet there are signs in the cloudy events of the day which all may study and therefrom draw conclusions and speculate to the heart’s content. For the political astrologer Kansas is the key to unlock the arcana of the future. Unless some great question shall arise involving a policy towards foreign nations, Kansas, free or slave, appears to be the sole im. portant agent at work shaping the course of polities. The great struggle with southern statesmen is the preservation of the the free and slave the Senate of the United The balance of power is the When California was admitted the eqailibrium was destroyed. States in favorite doctrine of the south. Southern statesmen opposed the admission with tenacity but being overcome they had recourse to an expedient to make up for the loss.— Kans:zs was to be admitted with slavery and thus the harmony of the sections preserved. But giving Kansas over to . the natural law of emigration is likely to prove fatal to the scheme. The . Kansas-Nebraska Act which the south so eagerly embraced and on which it most firmly relied. seems liable to be a viper in its bosom, for unless the governitself to disfranchise . the people of the Territory slavery will most assuredly be excluded from the And thus the southern project of maintaining the balance of poweris baulked by. the act of the south itself, and fatally so, for the half desert region of New Mexico, and offer noinviting prospect for the formation of slave States, while that fertile expanse of territory extending from Missouri and Lowa to the Pacific, and comprising Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah, Coiumbus, Oregon and Washjington, is destined to add at least six free States to the American Union.— These added to Califoruia and Kansas will give the North a preponderance of . eight States or sixteen majority in the Senate. How is the balance of pewer to be maintained?) The country lying west of Texas and now within tha limits of the American Union offers no flattering prospects. Texas must be divided, Cuba acquired, Mexico conquered or Southern and Southern hope turned in another channel. It cannot be expected that the long darling scheme of preserving the balambition ance of power will be given over by Southern statesmen, and it may not be a forced supposition that a party may arise haying its strength in the South among whose priveiples may be found the indefinite expansion of the Union, meaning of course in one direction, the opening of the slave trade, and opposition to foreign emigration —the North owing to the Jatter much of its numerical and political strength, its prosperity and influence at the national capital. On the other hand, the complexion of politics at the North presents a more dubious aspect. The decision of the Supreme Court i: the Drea Scott case, has removed the most practical plank in the Republican platform, and left no probability of an opportunity te restore it in much less thau a quarter of a century. A sweeping epidemic, or another National Hotel affair may shorten the period and give force to the party at an earlier moment. Otherwise it must bide its time. Sull the strength and influence wielded by Wm. H. Seward, may muster a powerful party of Free Soilers as early as 1860. Popular qualities in a leader are ofttimes more potent in a political canvass than the most important principles. Such was especially the case when Gen. Taylor became a candidate for the Presidency—the Whig eonvention in which he received his nomination throwing all platforms and principles overboard for the availability of the man. It eannot be denied that for genius and ability Seward has not a superior in the galaxy of American statesmen, Heis ambitious of distinction, and in the event of Kansas becoming a free State it would not be surprising to see him-the standard bearer ot a Northern. party in 1860, advocating the principles of the Kansas act to absorb Nor. ¢hern Democrats, and retaining Repub. lieans by force of his influence as one of them, and what remains of a platform left them by the Supreme Court. Should polities assume the phase we have indicated, we may expect a more purely sectional contest than any yet witnessed. [= Never within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has there been such an unparalleled dearth of news as at present. Search the multitudinous exchanges of a newspaper office and very little of interest will reward the trouble. Is the world stagnating, or what is the matter? The current reading of the day affords no solace to the literary, and it is only in records of the past that we find atheme worthy ofcontemplation <The future stretches out before us all blank and dreary like a rainy sea.” Hope, with her piercing vision, discovers no beacon light to guide and save us from the profound monotony of the times. Neither the Democrat or a dog fight can furnish us with listless moment. amusement for a Will some of our exchanges from afar kick up a muss with us—we are spilia for something of the revivifying order. even Deatu or James A. Hypr.—James A. Hyde died on Tuesday from the effects of a blast which prematurely discharged. The accident occurred two weeks before his death. Mr. Hyde was 24 years of age, formerly from Washington, Guernsey co., Ohio, and highly esteemed as an honest, Ile was one of the few who have lived long industrious and upright citizen. in the country without contracting any of its vices. His intimate acquaintances represent him as possessed of a moral character without a stain. He was insensible from the time he was struck till death came to grant relief. He was buried on Wednesday. A large number of friends followed him to his grave, and all deeply sympathize with his parents and relatives, in the loss of a noble and generous uearted son, brother, and true friend. [> Spikens thinks the editor of the Democrat is wnmindfui of his own interest in railing out against the long-eared kind, and intimating the editors of other papers belong to that species of animals, “for,” says Spikens, “if a jack should edit that paper he would improve it some, and insure a patronage for it among the people beyond any precedent in its previous history.” San Jvan Lisprary AssocraTion.— We are gratified to learn that the citizens of North San Juan have started a library association with every prospect of suecess. One hundred volumes of standard works have already been the which stock in the library is being rapdonated to association. Besides idly taken. The plan of the organization is to divide the stock into 200 shares of $10 each. The certificates of stock are already in market, meeting with a fairsale. In connection with the library it is contemplated to establish a reading room—a most attractive feature in a mining town, and one calculated to attach a stable population to the place. We congratulate the people of San Juan on their literary tastes, and their enterprize in establishing the first and only library association in the county. Suort aNpD Sweer.—One day last week a chap who proved to be on the marry entered a lager beer saloon and called for an allowance of the beverage from a French demoiselle in attendance. The lager, strange to say, had a most wonderful effect. The imbiber immedi. ately laid siege to the affections of the girl and was listened to not unwillingly. After a tedious courtship of thirty minutes the couple determined to be strangers no longer and incontinently got spliced. Rather quick work, but the ends justified the means. {= The poor simpleton of the Democrat imagines we devoted a portion “of the available space” in our Jast to his especial benefit. We only intended to stir the animal with a long pole and show him up for the benefit of the people. However, if the exercise has done the critter the least good in the world, we are thankful. Gas—aLt Gas.—The Gas works are going on. The Gas men are pushing the enterprise along perseveringly. Everybody is in favor of Gas. An incipient statesman once favored the sinking of the sun, monn and stars in the straits of Carquinasand ighting the world with Gas. We have a friendly feeling for the Gascous sort in times of tribulation when the ery for copy comes. Hoorah for Gas? Revivat—A revival—not of business but of religion—closed at this place a few days since. Many despairing souls have been made hopeful and the great and once dread future bright and glorious. The Methodist Episcopal Church was the seene of the visitations of grace. AN antidote four the effects of that most subtle of poisons, strychnine, is chloroform. A patient who had taken strychnine was kept under the influence of chloroform for eight hours. On awakening, the effect of the poison was no longer visible. One grain of this powerful medical ageut is sufficient te pioduce death. . tinue to receive substantial evidences of . ration of the term in May 1853, when THeatre.—Phelps’ Dramatic Troupe still continues to be the centre of attraction. Dnring the interval since our issue of last week, every night has a most attractive bill been presented, and to good houses. The general dulness of the times is felt as well in the profession theatrical as in other branches of industry, though the merits of Miss Estelle Potter, Miss Kate Gray, Phelps, Carroll, Rogers, Mitchell, and others, have almost overcome, if not wholly so, the lack of patronage of the drama which might naturally be expected. Miss Estelle Potter, always a favorite with Nevadans, has lost none of her popularity by her personation of characters during this, we trust not her last, engagement in this city. Miss. Kate is as witching as ever, while Phelps never tires his audience by affecting the tragic beyond the natural. Phelps is indeed.a good actor in the true sense of the term. He has none of that clap-trap so frequently seen upon the stage which passes among the groundlings for genuine acting. Carrol isa young student in the histrionie art, having but recently made his debut behind ‘the foot-lights. His personations are however well received and common consent allows that he bids fair to be a credit tothe profession he has entered. On Monday night “Fazio” was produced, followed by the comedy “Used Up.” Tuesday night-.saw the enactment of Kotzebue’s thrilling tragedy of “The Stranger,”and the “Maid of Croissey.” On Wednesday night “Raffaelle” was reproduced followed by “A glance at New York.” Last night the fine play of “The Wife” was brought upon the boards; the evening’s entertainment closing with “A Kiss in the Dark.” In brief, Phelps’ Dramatic Troupe have done themselves justice thus far throughout the entire engagement, most of their delineations of character having been executed with great effect. Espe cially have we heard the merits of Phelps as Mose, compared with those of Chan. frau himself. Miss Kate Gray makes a capital Lize by general admission. Miss Estelle Potter took a benefit on Scturday night, on which oceasion a full . house was entertained with the tragedy of “Lucretia Borgia.” Messrs. Phelps . and Mitchell took a joint benefit cn . Wednesday night. The company con. appreciation and will probably remain . the attraction of the city for some nights . to come. . date. . } in which station he served till December i he became his own successor by virtue The Mormon question is the most serious one with which the general government has to contend. The doctrine . of squatter sovereignty if carried out as . enunciated by its founders, must assur. edly allow the admission of Utah, polygamy and all. A strict construction of . the constitutiou will allow no latitude to Congress in the introduction of States. Congress must confine itself to the_ express declarations of the constitution, and has no power beyond those declarations. Squatter sovereignty recognizes the right and competency of the people of a ‘Territory to determine for themselves what institutions they shall live . under. Senator Douglas in his Springfield speech repudiates this doctrine indirectly in his proposition to avoid the difficulty which he foresees will arise when Utah . knocks for admission into the Union.— He proposes to repeal the act organizing the Territory, which he contends will bring that country again under the jurisdiction and control of the United States. This is a virtual repudiation of the principle of squatter sovereignty, that the people of a Territory are competent and have the right to determine their own domestic institutions. The Kansas-Nebraska act was defined by John B. Weller to be this and nothing more; “I mind my own business and you yours.” If such be its meaning why does the father of the measure seck to divest the people of a ‘Territory of their right of self-government ? Liquors ano Cicars.—Curtis has opened a new “Deadfall’” next door below the American Exchange. “The best and most deliciously flavored” cigars, and. cheice liquors, can be obtained there by a tapon the counter and crossing of the palm. The Calico Party came of Wednesday night at Grass Valley with considerable eclat. It wasajam up affair. Receipts rather liberal we judge from the crowd in attendance—all to be spent on an Episcopal Church. Death Senrence.—The Marysville Inquirer says, John Galvin was sentenced to death in Judge Barbour’s court on Monday last, forthe murder of Jacob Bilby. The day of execution is the 30th of October. Noi To Be Execureo.—In the case of David Butler now in jail under sentence of death, an appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court. The probability is that Le will not be executed on the 9th of Octobe: in accordance with the sentence of tke District Court. The fate of Moore is however fixed—he will doubtless be executed on that day. Lecture.—Rev. Mr. Cooper will lecture to the young men of Nevada, on Sunday evening next at half past seven, at the Court HouseAll are invited to ij attend. ed severely. earn 9 ae vn ee 2 Deatu or W.H. Enpicorr.—W. H. Endicott, Esq., familiarly called the “Governor,” closed his earthly career on Tuesday, the 22d inst., at 10} o’clock A.M. He was well knownin this county and throughout the State, and the following facts in relation to his history will be read with interest by his many friends: Mr. Endicott was bornin April 1816 in Cynthiana, Harrison county, Ky. and consequently at his demise was in his 42d year. In 1838, he emigrated to Mississippi where he acted in the capacity of Under Sheriff of one of the counties of that State for two years. In 1842 he went to reside in Indiana where be acquired the title of Governor from the fact that many of his social friends cast their votes for him at a gubernatoHe remained but two years in Indiana, when he removed to Cincinnati and entered into a business house as clerk, in which capacity he rerial election. mained some time when he commenced necount. In this he proved unfortunate and failed. The California excitement breaking out, in 1849, Gov. End:cott company gotien up in Cincinnatti, and business on his own joined ¢ was sent as business agent to Missouri to purchase animals with which to perform the journey across the plains, which he accomplished ina satisfactory manner. menced and ended on the 3d of September at Weaverville in El Dorado county. Inthe Decemter following the arrival of the Governor, he was elected Sheriff of the town of Weaverville and Vicinity under Spanish law, in which capacity he acted until February, 1850, when he removed to FE] Dorado Canon where he engaged in mining till August following when he came to Nevada, then in its infancy. The theatre of his} first operations in mining here was in Lawson’s Ravine back of Coyoteville. While at work on his claim, his name . was brought forward as a candidate for Sheriff of the county. He, withdrew, throwing his influence for Jas lhowever, Gallagher who was the successful candiIn consequence of this assistance the Governor became the Under Sheriff of 1851. the East, the Governor was left with the The Sheriff leaving then for management of the office till the expiof the election of the previous vear. A month or two before the expiration of postmaster of this city, office of Sheriff. master till January 1857, when he rehe resigned the He continued as post signed that position also. During the winter of 1856, while on a visit at Sacramento he was visited with a paralytic stroke from which he suffer. Another stroke followed in May succeeding, from the effeets of The third and last stroke occurred on Monday last which he never recovered. On the 8th of May the trip com-. . come to your poor mother—come to me; . histerm in 1855, on being appointed . which left him senseless, since which . } time to his death he gradually sank. Gov. Endicott, hada large acquaintanceand many warmly attached friends, . as his funeral which took ylace on Tuesday last attested. ILe was followed to the grave by a large concourse and buried with Masonic honors.—to that Order he belonged. Requiescat in pace. Accipent.—As Mr. MecFait was descending a hill hauling a log for Green & Wentworth’s a lock wheels of the truek gave way precipitating the load upon the oxen killing one mill, to the and injuring three others severely.— The occurrence took place on Tuesday. Home Manufactures.— We notice with pleasure the fact that farming utensils are beginning to be manufactured in this State. A steel plow manufactory has been established in San Francisco, by T. O. Shaw, Esq., which turns out an article said to be of superior quality. The people of the mining counties are supposed to be interested in such matters as home manufactures will tend to stop the ruinous drain of specie which is going on. Day or AToNEMENT.—The Jewish day of atonement, called in Hebrew, Yom Kippur, will be observed by professors of the faith of Abraham, commencing on Sunday evening next and continuing till Monday night. It isa day of fasting and asking forgiveness The Levitical law is read three All old animosities are to cease on that day, and new friendships formed. The Synagogue is in Masonic Hall, where the curiosity of outsiders may be gratified by an attendance which is freely allowed. Death of Hugh €. Murray.—Chief Justice Murray expired at his residence in Sacramento on Thursday morning of last week and was buried with all the honors due the position he occupied.— The Sacramento papers contain a full account of the cortege, the remarks of Rev. Mr. Hill, and the life and services of the deceased. Judge Murray had an intellect singularly acute and discriminating, but, like Bacon, he had vices which dim the lustre of his fame. of sins. times with other ceremonies. An Eternal Bore.—The Stock tonians are boring the artesian well at that place still deeper. ithe editors, I Sinautar Case or Nervous ExciraBILITyY.—There is in our borough the most singular case of nervous excitability (if such it might be called) ina eild that we have ever come across It is that ofa little fellow about four years old, who will himself to be dressed, Whenever his motherattempts to put clothes on him, he screams terribly, rurs out of the house and hides himself in the barn, where he remains for Every effort to.coax a new pair of shoes or any garment (with which children are generally pleased) on him, is resisted with all his power; and if forced to submit, he seems to suffer the most excessive pain, and on one or two oceasious, we believe, has gone into connot allow hours. vulsions. He usually wears a nightslip, and when his mother wishes to change it, she is compelled to do it when he is asleep. His parents are unable to account for his strange freak.— Allentown (Pa.) Dem. Ricuest Yer!—A gold vein has been discovered west of the Sacramento. At the old Mission of San Rafael, in Marin county, a Mr. Mitchell, who owns some five hundred acres of land there, while prospecting around, struck a quantity of . hard red earth, among the rocks, which looked like cinnabar, and he supposed After progressing some five feet with his exploration, he thought the earth was auhe had found a quicksilver vein. riferous. Ife sent a piece away, and had it assayed, when he Jearned that it contained $20 75 worth of gold to the ton. By and by he found earth that contained $35 to the ton, then $62, then the 12th inst. he struck rock which seems to be fall of fine gold, $130, and on and is supposed to be worth $600 per ton! The Sierras on the east can boast of little like the above.—Ex. Se We copy the following from the Golden Era, which we believe would be an act of kindness in every editor throughout the State to do: A Motuer’s AppeaLt.—Every steamer from the East brings us a number of letters soliciting information of relatives or friends, but we have never received an appeal more touching than the fol. lowing, from a mether in Howesville, Ky., by the last steamer : Howesvitue, Ky., Ang. 3, 1857. A Moruer To HER SoN—To Oliver C. P Turner :—My son, when I came from my school in Jefferson county, Indiana, I found that you had teen wrong. fully informed of me and of my death. [ am alive and well, but distracted at your absence. My dear, loving boy, come to Howesville, Ky. Come to Mr. . Jackson's in Howesville. Louisa E. Turner. In a private note the mother informs us that “about the time of the Presidential election in 1856, a man by the name } of Lewis Christian persuaded or stole . away a dear boy of mine—a lad of only fifteen years—by the name of Oliver C. P. Turner. I have been writing to eve. ry part of the universe, and getting the editors to put inquiries in their papers thinking perchance to hear something of my dear boy; but, alas! I have heard nothing of him. Prompted by the kindness heretofore shown me by appeal to you. Be so kind as to put this in your paper, and I will be more than thankful.” An exchange speaking of the fashions, Says: “Strip all the men and women of the village of their fine clothes, and what a change would be apparent.” Of course there would. Seriovs Accipent.—A man fell down a shaft a distance of one hundred feet at Hunt’s Hill on Wednesday, breaking his leg above the ancle, and otherwise injuring him. The name of the unfortunate man we did not learn. THE ORLEANS, SacraMENTO.—This most popular hotel on the Pacific coast is now under the management of Mrs. Yastings, formerly of this city, and is just the elegant establishment it was before, only more so. The Pennsylvanians—are taking evetywhere. They are greeted with full houses at present in the extreme northern part of the State. The richest citizen of Louisville, and indeed of Kentueky; is ex-Secretary Guthrie, whose property, chiefly in lands pays an annual tax of over $500,000. [= The Board of Trustees of the town of Columbia have directed the Marshal to order all Chinese to leave the place. Tue Water Works.—Is the city to have any protection against fire, or are we to be at the mercy of the incendiary forever? We understand that McRoberts & €o. will make no more propositions unless another company propose to compete withthem. Of course they will not. We have always contended that the objeet of McR. & Co. was self protection and not that they eared _to see the town protected. They have already water pipes in the city and if all . opposition can be driven out they can . reap a good profit onthe money invested. . In a business light, no one can complain . of this, but the same policy should dictate that the citizens protect themselves by the introduction of water sufficient to insure the safety of their property.— Again we ask are we to have water sufficient in time of need to extinguish a fire? Fae! Barrery OF THE GREAT ATLANTIC. TELEGRAPH.—Some idea of the wonderful power of the battery used on one of the steamers now laying the cable for the purpose of transmitting messages to the Irish coast, may be gathered from the following account of it: “Th¢ battery employed consists of a voltaic . series of forty cells, the plates of which are formed alternately of zine and platinided silver, each about nine inches square, The exciting fluid or medium is simply diluted sulphuric acid, the troughy containing whieh are swung upona gitsballed frame, to prevent the fluid from Leing washed over the connections between cell and cell by the motion of the ship. The /foree developed by this battery in its dfrect action is so gieat fhat # piece of iron three inches long and three eights pf an inch in diameter can be entirely ¢gonsumed in a fewminutes by the heat d svelopel on retaining the two poles gfthe battery simultaneously in contact with it The'battery current thus generated is, however, only the primary agent in the act of telegraphing through the ecable, and is solely used as a means cf inducing, through the aid of electro magnetie electricity, a current of a suitable character for being transmitted over euch long distances. Grasp Baut.—The ball at the Down ey House, Rough & Ready, on Thursday night of last week was decidedly About 80 ladies were in attendance, and @ one of the finest of the season. large proportion of zeutleman, and “all went merry as a marriage bell” till daylight did appear. A Tic Att Rounp—In Sonoma county there were three candidates for sheriff, Woods, (Dem.,) Siddons, (People’s,) and Green, (Ind.,) and by an official counting of the vote a few days since, it appeared that all three candidates had an equal number of votes. A new election will have to be ordered. Wacon Roap.—A road is about to be constructed from Scott’s Bar, Siskiyou county, to Jacksonville, O.T. The distance will be about sixty miles. CARD. Armory Natronat GrArps, ) Downieville, September 19, 1857 4 Ata special meosting of the National Guard on Tuesday Evening, 1eth inst. the following Preamble and Resolutions were unsminously adopted. Wheras : The Ladies and Gentleman composil g the “Phelp’s Dramatic Tronpe’’ having tenderedto the National Guard a Complimentary Benefit, and having carried out the same ip a substantial manner, conducive to the Lest interests of the company—it was therefore Resolved, Thatthe thanks of the National Gnard he and are hereby tendered the Phelps’ Dramatic Troupe for their kindness on that occasion Resolved That a cepy of the foregoing PreamMa and Resolutions be fi irded to Phelps’ Dramatic Troupe, and that the be publishod in the Nevada Journal and Sierra Citizen. JOHN LANGTON ‘e retary. DR, GUYSOTT’S Yellow Dock and Sarsararilla, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, Wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry, together with all the popular Patent Medicines of the day, ¢an be had of E. F. SPENCE. Druggist, 21 Comse st, Nevada, We has alsoon hand a Jot of fips Perfumery. Givr 1M A CALL. mere DID YOU KNOW THAT JAMES GA) tne 2 oe, J AS opened Lis Fine Saloon next door to the Amer can Exchange. x 2 Hy has spared no pains nor expense in making it the most fashionable resort in the monntarns ¥ tied with the finest Liqrvo’sin the State Sigars of the tinest brands. Give mea call, one and all ahd satisfy yourselves that the above is true. . JAMES S, CURTIS. N¢vada, Sept. 25, 1857. ] Dissolution. . THe copartnership hereto existing between M. Sperbeck and H. Moody was dissolved by mutual consenton the 22d Inst. The business will be carried on by the undersigned. All debts against the late firm will be So settled by MARTIN SPERBECK. Nevada, Sept. 25, 1857. CONSTABLE’S SALE, CITATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevada, ss’. ‘) By virtue of an Fxeention tome delivered, issued from the Court of J. M. Clark, Esq. an acting Justice of the. Peacein and for the county afore:aid. bearing date September 15.4 D, 1857, to satisfy a judgments rendered by said court, on the 14th day of September, A D, 1887 in favor of Binet & Simmons and Mammoth Co. for the sum $174 77, debt, interest, damages and costs of suit. I have taken in execution, and willsellto the highest bitder for cash the followins descw bed property te witz The entire interest in the innel ard mining claims hfown asthe Mammoth Co, situated at or near Shelby Flat, the same hz g heret e been attached by me for this debt. I will sell the above property at the Court House door, on SATURDAY the 17th day of October, & Dj 1857, between the hours of 9 o’clock, A. M. and 5 e’tlock, P. M. Pek nas property of the Mammoth Co, to satisfy the abpy e demands and accruing costs S GREGORY, Cons’ ale. Nevada, Sept. 25th, 2857. Reduction in Priees q A. Lz T AS just received the largest and complete assortment of EXLATS AND CAPS Of the Latest Styles eve: offered in this State. The Pal Styles of Gents Dress Hats are ready and the best article that can be made. He offers now for EIGHT DOLLARS, such as he formerly scld at Ten Dollars, The finest and best Peruvian Hats—he has en Lan@, warranted the genuine. Lima Hat and Water Proof~ they are finer than can be found in the State. Eats of all description cleaned and repaired in the best manner. Allorders from the eountry promptly attended to. fe If yeu want a Hat of the latest style and at a low price you can get it by going to A. LAMOTT. Eagle Hat Store, Cor, 2nd & J Street. Sacramento, September 25, 1857. County Treasurer's Notice INoTIC E is hereby given to all persons deing business in Nevada County, whose License expired previous © the Ist of Sept. 1857, that unless the same are renew ed by the 20th ofthe present month their names will be nanded to the District Attorney for colleetion. T. W. SIGOURNEY, Treasurer of Nevada county. . septls M. L. STANGROOM, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, AVING taken an office in this tewnlI am prepared to make Land or Mining Surveys, to make plans, pecifications and estimates for and to take charge of be construction of ditches, roads or any other works.— I trust that a strict engineering ccucation combined with several years experience in the construction and. superintendence of public works in Europe and in this state, will enable me to give satisfaction to whoever . may employ me in this or any other part of the State. : M. L. STANGROOM, © flice in Riley’s Brick Building, corner of Broad & in estreet, Nevada. septls-tf Minerals Extracted ! WM. M. MACY,. Lewy oe: LY of Ashbury University, has just atrimed in this city and announces-to those persons who are diseased by the use of quicksilver. calomel, bine mass and paints, the prolific source of salervation aching bones,. Uleeration, Neuralagia, Rheumatism, Palsy, and most Chronic diseases. Thenerves being the: telegraphs of the system electricity seeks minerals as the m hence by Electro-Chemical action he can and will eliminate minerals from those suffering therefrom. who may put themselves in his charge, the success of which he warrants. Females attended to by Mrs. Macy. WM. M. MACY, Electro Chemical Theraputist; Office—Tine street, Second building above the Court House. 3 me Nevala, September 16th. 1257. Ah 2 A eA ome

Che ebiada Sournal. W. G. Robertsis the authorised Agent forthe Jour NAL” in this county. L. P. Fisher is our only authorised Agent to receive Advertisements; &c, collect and receipt forthe same at San Francisco. Gardner & Kirk are our Agents at Sacramento, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 25th, 1857. eS CRT EEE EE FOR SALE. x yOne of thé proprietors of this paper about toleave the State, offers for sale an undivided half of the Jocnasat Office. If required to cffect a bargain, the entirecorcern will be disposed of. Address the Proprietors. N.P. BROWN & CO. — Are we in the Union? We apprehend the advocates of the principles laid down in the Dred Scott decision have not well examined all their tendencies. Because certain opinions emanate from the highest authority in the land they are apt to be received as correct by the mass without conaulting their bearings. Before we settle down-upon certain principles advanced by-men and nothing but men it would be well to look to where they lead. If the nation is drifting towards dissolution, by the acts of its judiciary, it is time we knew it before it is too late. The Democratic doctrine of a strict . construction cf the constitution carries with it the seeds of destruction to the Federal Government as has been demonstrated by the ablest statesmen of the nation yéars ago. Happily for the past stability of the Union the discussion of . that doctrine was confined mostly to legislative halls, political conventions, . the stump and the press. The judiciary had not mingled itself in the contest, . perhaps discovering the danger of the question. Judge Taney, in rendering the decis. ion of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case took it upon himself to affirm the of the school of politicians in the following terms: views strict construction “For although it (the Government of . the United States) is sovereign and su-. preme in its appropriate sphere of action yetit does not possess all the pow ers which usually belong to the sovereignty of a nation. Certain specified powers, enumerated in the constitution, have been conferred upon it; and neither the legislative, executive nor judicial departments of the Government can lawfally exercise any authority beyond the limits snarked out by the constitution.” Let us see where this decision ends. . Look well at the cup the highest ex-. pounders of the constitution present to . your lips, for poison lurks within it. Tf the powers of the general Government are limited to the powers specifically enumerated in the constitution, as . Judge Taney’s language declares, how, or by what right, can the United States punish offences against revenue laws, . mail robberies, piracy, or treason? The power to punish is not specifically enumerated in the constitution, and the decision of the Supreme Court implies the impotency~ of ‘the general Government . to protect itself. con a pirate be arraigned hereafter tor 3y what authority offences*committed against our -commerce? “If the opinion of the Suprene Court be correct, there is no court of competent jurisdiction to try such cases in the American Union. But the opinion goes‘farther—it makes a deadly plunge with a drawn sword into the vitals ofsthe confederacy. It dissolves theoretically the Union. If allthe powers of Government must . balance between . States. . ment prostitute . soil of Kansas. . Arizonia be specified and none implied, and neither of the three departments can exercise lawfully any authority not expressly granted by the eénstitution, by what right‘is the entire Louisiana purchase, Florida, Texas, and the acquisition from Mexico, a part and parcel of the United States % Jefferson frankly ac. knowledged he found no warrant in the constitution, no authority, for the acquisition of territory. Judge Taney decides'in. effect that the treaty making poweyof the Government performed an unlawful act each and every time territory has been acquired, and Congress exceeded its constitutional powers whenever money has been appropriated for the. purchase of said territory — for the President and Senate on whom the making of treaties dev olves have no express powers ccnferred upon them hy the eonstitution to stipulate for territory> nor Congress to appropriate money to pay. for the same. What follows, but that those States lying upon the Gulf of Mexico, and all that wide expanse of eountry-between the Mississippi and the Paeifie ocean—a territory large enough for a hundred empires — are not constitutionally within the American Union ? California, therefore, was not eonstitutionally acquired, the treaty with Mexico .is void, and all subsequent acts of Congiess. based upon the assumption of of the jurisdiction of the United States over this count: y by virtue of the treaty exchanged at Queretaro, are also void. Are we not, then, without the le of the Unior, not by the exercise ofthe right of revolution, but ly the act-ofthe Union itself through her highest tribunal ? If the soil of California was constitutionally and legally the Union—ina other words, unconstitutionally in, are we not constitutionally out by virtue of the Dred Scott decision? not made a part of if we are Prospective Politics. What changes will take place in the political parties of the country before the next presidential election in 1860 is the object the anxious vision of politicians is straining to discover. There are hund&ds of ambitious men whose prophetic ken is constantly attempting to penetrate the yet misty and uncertain future of politics, and happy would . be he who could discern even the dim outline, the veriest shadow, which time The first glimpse of the nucleus of a party organization which is to play an important part in controlling the destinies of the republic —the first view cf an organization opposed to the shifting policy of democracy, and presenting the true elements of suecess—will be hailed with delight by thousands and tens of thousands throughout the Union exelusive of the politician of whomwe have spoken, whose only ambition is to be first in the field and foremost in the party to be organized. is to bring into full development. But none are so gifted with prophetic vision as to unveil the future and read the mysterious secrets there in store. Yet there are signs in the cloudy events of the day which all may study and therefrom draw conclusions and speculate to the heart’s content. For the political astrologer Kansas is the key to unlock the arcana of the future. Unless some great question shall arise involving a policy towards foreign nations, Kansas, free or slave, appears to be the sole im. portant agent at work shaping the course of polities. The great struggle with southern statesmen is the preservation of the the free and slave the Senate of the United The balance of power is the When California was admitted the eqailibrium was destroyed. States in favorite doctrine of the south. Southern statesmen opposed the admission with tenacity but being overcome they had recourse to an expedient to make up for the loss.— Kans:zs was to be admitted with slavery and thus the harmony of the sections preserved. But giving Kansas over to . the natural law of emigration is likely to prove fatal to the scheme. The . Kansas-Nebraska Act which the south so eagerly embraced and on which it most firmly relied. seems liable to be a viper in its bosom, for unless the governitself to disfranchise . the people of the Territory slavery will most assuredly be excluded from the And thus the southern project of maintaining the balance of poweris baulked by. the act of the south itself, and fatally so, for the half desert region of New Mexico, and offer noinviting prospect for the formation of slave States, while that fertile expanse of territory extending from Missouri and Lowa to the Pacific, and comprising Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah, Coiumbus, Oregon and Washjington, is destined to add at least six free States to the American Union.— These added to Califoruia and Kansas will give the North a preponderance of . eight States or sixteen majority in the Senate. How is the balance of pewer to be maintained?) The country lying west of Texas and now within tha limits of the American Union offers no flattering prospects. Texas must be divided, Cuba acquired, Mexico conquered or Southern and Southern hope turned in another channel. It cannot be expected that the long darling scheme of preserving the balambition ance of power will be given over by Southern statesmen, and it may not be a forced supposition that a party may arise haying its strength in the South among whose priveiples may be found the indefinite expansion of the Union, meaning of course in one direction, the opening of the slave trade, and opposition to foreign emigration —the North owing to the Jatter much of its numerical and political strength, its prosperity and influence at the national capital. On the other hand, the complexion of politics at the North presents a more dubious aspect. The decision of the Supreme Court i: the Drea Scott case, has removed the most practical plank in the Republican platform, and left no probability of an opportunity te restore it in much less thau a quarter of a century. A sweeping epidemic, or another National Hotel affair may shorten the period and give force to the party at an earlier moment. Otherwise it must bide its time. Sull the strength and influence wielded by Wm. H. Seward, may muster a powerful party of Free Soilers as early as 1860. Popular qualities in a leader are ofttimes more potent in a political canvass than the most important principles. Such was especially the case when Gen. Taylor became a candidate for the Presidency—the Whig eonvention in which he received his nomination throwing all platforms and principles overboard for the availability of the man. It eannot be denied that for genius and ability Seward has not a superior in the galaxy of American statesmen, Heis ambitious of distinction, and in the event of Kansas becoming a free State it would not be surprising to see him-the standard bearer ot a Northern. party in 1860, advocating the principles of the Kansas act to absorb Nor. ¢hern Democrats, and retaining Repub. lieans by force of his influence as one of them, and what remains of a platform left them by the Supreme Court. Should polities assume the phase we have indicated, we may expect a more purely sectional contest than any yet witnessed. [= Never within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has there been such an unparalleled dearth of news as at present. Search the multitudinous exchanges of a newspaper office and very little of interest will reward the trouble. Is the world stagnating, or what is the matter? The current reading of the day affords no solace to the literary, and it is only in records of the past that we find atheme worthy ofcontemplation <The future stretches out before us all blank and dreary like a rainy sea.” Hope, with her piercing vision, discovers no beacon light to guide and save us from the profound monotony of the times. Neither the Democrat or a dog fight can furnish us with listless moment. amusement for a Will some of our exchanges from afar kick up a muss with us—we are spilia for something of the revivifying order. even Deatu or James A. Hypr.—James A. Hyde died on Tuesday from the effects of a blast which prematurely discharged. The accident occurred two weeks before his death. Mr. Hyde was 24 years of age, formerly from Washington, Guernsey co., Ohio, and highly esteemed as an honest, Ile was one of the few who have lived long industrious and upright citizen. in the country without contracting any of its vices. His intimate acquaintances represent him as possessed of a moral character without a stain. He was insensible from the time he was struck till death came to grant relief. He was buried on Wednesday. A large number of friends followed him to his grave, and all deeply sympathize with his parents and relatives, in the loss of a noble and generous uearted son, brother, and true friend. [> Spikens thinks the editor of the Democrat is wnmindfui of his own interest in railing out against the long-eared kind, and intimating the editors of other papers belong to that species of animals, “for,” says Spikens, “if a jack should edit that paper he would improve it some, and insure a patronage for it among the people beyond any precedent in its previous history.” San Jvan Lisprary AssocraTion.— We are gratified to learn that the citizens of North San Juan have started a library association with every prospect of suecess. One hundred volumes of standard works have already been the which stock in the library is being rapdonated to association. Besides idly taken. The plan of the organization is to divide the stock into 200 shares of $10 each. The certificates of stock are already in market, meeting with a fairsale. In connection with the library it is contemplated to establish a reading room—a most attractive feature in a mining town, and one calculated to attach a stable population to the place. We congratulate the people of San Juan on their literary tastes, and their enterprize in establishing the first and only library association in the county. Suort aNpD Sweer.—One day last week a chap who proved to be on the marry entered a lager beer saloon and called for an allowance of the beverage from a French demoiselle in attendance. The lager, strange to say, had a most wonderful effect. The imbiber immedi. ately laid siege to the affections of the girl and was listened to not unwillingly. After a tedious courtship of thirty minutes the couple determined to be strangers no longer and incontinently got spliced. Rather quick work, but the ends justified the means. {= The poor simpleton of the Democrat imagines we devoted a portion “of the available space” in our Jast to his especial benefit. We only intended to stir the animal with a long pole and show him up for the benefit of the people. However, if the exercise has done the critter the least good in the world, we are thankful. Gas—aLt Gas.—The Gas works are going on. The Gas men are pushing the enterprise along perseveringly. Everybody is in favor of Gas. An incipient statesman once favored the sinking of the sun, monn and stars in the straits of Carquinasand ighting the world with Gas. We have a friendly feeling for the Gascous sort in times of tribulation when the ery for copy comes. Hoorah for Gas? Revivat—A revival—not of business but of religion—closed at this place a few days since. Many despairing souls have been made hopeful and the great and once dread future bright and glorious. The Methodist Episcopal Church was the seene of the visitations of grace. AN antidote four the effects of that most subtle of poisons, strychnine, is chloroform. A patient who had taken strychnine was kept under the influence of chloroform for eight hours. On awakening, the effect of the poison was no longer visible. One grain of this powerful medical ageut is sufficient te pioduce death. . tinue to receive substantial evidences of . ration of the term in May 1853, when THeatre.—Phelps’ Dramatic Troupe still continues to be the centre of attraction. Dnring the interval since our issue of last week, every night has a most attractive bill been presented, and to good houses. The general dulness of the times is felt as well in the profession theatrical as in other branches of industry, though the merits of Miss Estelle Potter, Miss Kate Gray, Phelps, Carroll, Rogers, Mitchell, and others, have almost overcome, if not wholly so, the lack of patronage of the drama which might naturally be expected. Miss Estelle Potter, always a favorite with Nevadans, has lost none of her popularity by her personation of characters during this, we trust not her last, engagement in this city. Miss. Kate is as witching as ever, while Phelps never tires his audience by affecting the tragic beyond the natural. Phelps is indeed.a good actor in the true sense of the term. He has none of that clap-trap so frequently seen upon the stage which passes among the groundlings for genuine acting. Carrol isa young student in the histrionie art, having but recently made his debut behind ‘the foot-lights. His personations are however well received and common consent allows that he bids fair to be a credit tothe profession he has entered. On Monday night “Fazio” was produced, followed by the comedy “Used Up.” Tuesday night-.saw the enactment of Kotzebue’s thrilling tragedy of “The Stranger,”and the “Maid of Croissey.” On Wednesday night “Raffaelle” was reproduced followed by “A glance at New York.” Last night the fine play of “The Wife” was brought upon the boards; the evening’s entertainment closing with “A Kiss in the Dark.” In brief, Phelps’ Dramatic Troupe have done themselves justice thus far throughout the entire engagement, most of their delineations of character having been executed with great effect. Espe cially have we heard the merits of Phelps as Mose, compared with those of Chan. frau himself. Miss Kate Gray makes a capital Lize by general admission. Miss Estelle Potter took a benefit on Scturday night, on which oceasion a full . house was entertained with the tragedy of “Lucretia Borgia.” Messrs. Phelps . and Mitchell took a joint benefit cn . Wednesday night. The company con. appreciation and will probably remain . the attraction of the city for some nights . to come. . date. . } in which station he served till December i he became his own successor by virtue The Mormon question is the most serious one with which the general government has to contend. The doctrine . of squatter sovereignty if carried out as . enunciated by its founders, must assur. edly allow the admission of Utah, polygamy and all. A strict construction of . the constitutiou will allow no latitude to Congress in the introduction of States. Congress must confine itself to the_ express declarations of the constitution, and has no power beyond those declarations. Squatter sovereignty recognizes the right and competency of the people of a ‘Territory to determine for themselves what institutions they shall live . under. Senator Douglas in his Springfield speech repudiates this doctrine indirectly in his proposition to avoid the difficulty which he foresees will arise when Utah . knocks for admission into the Union.— He proposes to repeal the act organizing the Territory, which he contends will bring that country again under the jurisdiction and control of the United States. This is a virtual repudiation of the principle of squatter sovereignty, that the people of a Territory are competent and have the right to determine their own domestic institutions. The Kansas-Nebraska act was defined by John B. Weller to be this and nothing more; “I mind my own business and you yours.” If such be its meaning why does the father of the measure seck to divest the people of a ‘Territory of their right of self-government ? Liquors ano Cicars.—Curtis has opened a new “Deadfall’” next door below the American Exchange. “The best and most deliciously flavored” cigars, and. cheice liquors, can be obtained there by a tapon the counter and crossing of the palm. The Calico Party came of Wednesday night at Grass Valley with considerable eclat. It wasajam up affair. Receipts

rather liberal we judge from the crowd in attendance—all to be spent on an Episcopal Church. Death Senrence.—The Marysville Inquirer says, John Galvin was sentenced to death in Judge Barbour’s court on Monday last, forthe murder of Jacob Bilby. The day of execution is the 30th of October. Noi To Be Execureo.—In the case of David Butler now in jail under sentence of death, an appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court. The probability is that Le will not be executed on the 9th of Octobe: in accordance with the sentence of tke District Court. The fate of Moore is however fixed—he will doubtless be executed on that day. Lecture.—Rev. Mr. Cooper will lecture to the young men of Nevada, on Sunday evening next at half past seven, at the Court HouseAll are invited to ij attend. ed severely. earn 9 ae vn ee 2 Deatu or W.H. Enpicorr.—W. H. Endicott, Esq., familiarly called the “Governor,” closed his earthly career on Tuesday, the 22d inst., at 10} o’clock A.M. He was well knownin this county and throughout the State, and the following facts in relation to his history will be read with interest by his many friends: Mr. Endicott was bornin April 1816 in Cynthiana, Harrison county, Ky. and consequently at his demise was in his 42d year. In 1838, he emigrated to Mississippi where he acted in the capacity of Under Sheriff of one of the counties of that State for two years. In 1842 he went to reside in Indiana where be acquired the title of Governor from the fact that many of his social friends cast their votes for him at a gubernatoHe remained but two years in Indiana, when he removed to Cincinnati and entered into a business house as clerk, in which capacity he rerial election. mained some time when he commenced necount. In this he proved unfortunate and failed. The California excitement breaking out, in 1849, Gov. End:cott company gotien up in Cincinnatti, and business on his own joined ¢ was sent as business agent to Missouri to purchase animals with which to perform the journey across the plains, which he accomplished ina satisfactory manner. menced and ended on the 3d of September at Weaverville in El Dorado county. Inthe Decemter following the arrival of the Governor, he was elected Sheriff of the town of Weaverville and Vicinity under Spanish law, in which capacity he acted until February, 1850, when he removed to FE] Dorado Canon where he engaged in mining till August following when he came to Nevada, then in its infancy. The theatre of his} first operations in mining here was in Lawson’s Ravine back of Coyoteville. While at work on his claim, his name . was brought forward as a candidate for Sheriff of the county. He, withdrew, throwing his influence for Jas lhowever, Gallagher who was the successful candiIn consequence of this assistance the Governor became the Under Sheriff of 1851. the East, the Governor was left with the The Sheriff leaving then for management of the office till the expiof the election of the previous vear. A month or two before the expiration of postmaster of this city, office of Sheriff. master till January 1857, when he rehe resigned the He continued as post signed that position also. During the winter of 1856, while on a visit at Sacramento he was visited with a paralytic stroke from which he suffer. Another stroke followed in May succeeding, from the effeets of The third and last stroke occurred on Monday last which he never recovered. On the 8th of May the trip com-. . come to your poor mother—come to me; . histerm in 1855, on being appointed . which left him senseless, since which . } time to his death he gradually sank. Gov. Endicott, hada large acquaintanceand many warmly attached friends, . as his funeral which took ylace on Tuesday last attested. ILe was followed to the grave by a large concourse and buried with Masonic honors.—to that Order he belonged. Requiescat in pace. Accipent.—As Mr. MecFait was descending a hill hauling a log for Green & Wentworth’s a lock wheels of the truek gave way precipitating the load upon the oxen killing one mill, to the and injuring three others severely.— The occurrence took place on Tuesday. Home Manufactures.— We notice with pleasure the fact that farming utensils are beginning to be manufactured in this State. A steel plow manufactory has been established in San Francisco, by T. O. Shaw, Esq., which turns out an article said to be of superior quality. The people of the mining counties are supposed to be interested in such matters as home manufactures will tend to stop the ruinous drain of specie which is going on. Day or AToNEMENT.—The Jewish day of atonement, called in Hebrew, Yom Kippur, will be observed by professors of the faith of Abraham, commencing on Sunday evening next and continuing till Monday night. It isa day of fasting and asking forgiveness The Levitical law is read three All old animosities are to cease on that day, and new friendships formed. The Synagogue is in Masonic Hall, where the curiosity of outsiders may be gratified by an attendance which is freely allowed. Death of Hugh €. Murray.—Chief Justice Murray expired at his residence in Sacramento on Thursday morning of last week and was buried with all the honors due the position he occupied.— The Sacramento papers contain a full account of the cortege, the remarks of Rev. Mr. Hill, and the life and services of the deceased. Judge Murray had an intellect singularly acute and discriminating, but, like Bacon, he had vices which dim the lustre of his fame. of sins. times with other ceremonies. An Eternal Bore.—The Stock tonians are boring the artesian well at that place still deeper. ithe editors, I Sinautar Case or Nervous ExciraBILITyY.—There is in our borough the most singular case of nervous excitability (if such it might be called) ina eild that we have ever come across It is that ofa little fellow about four years old, who will himself to be dressed, Whenever his motherattempts to put clothes on him, he screams terribly, rurs out of the house and hides himself in the barn, where he remains for Every effort to.coax a new pair of shoes or any garment (with which children are generally pleased) on him, is resisted with all his power; and if forced to submit, he seems to suffer the most excessive pain, and on one or two oceasious, we believe, has gone into connot allow hours. vulsions. He usually wears a nightslip, and when his mother wishes to change it, she is compelled to do it when he is asleep. His parents are unable to account for his strange freak.— Allentown (Pa.) Dem. Ricuest Yer!—A gold vein has been discovered west of the Sacramento. At the old Mission of San Rafael, in Marin county, a Mr. Mitchell, who owns some five hundred acres of land there, while prospecting around, struck a quantity of . hard red earth, among the rocks, which looked like cinnabar, and he supposed After progressing some five feet with his exploration, he thought the earth was auhe had found a quicksilver vein. riferous. Ife sent a piece away, and had it assayed, when he Jearned that it contained $20 75 worth of gold to the ton. By and by he found earth that contained $35 to the ton, then $62, then the 12th inst. he struck rock which seems to be fall of fine gold, $130, and on and is supposed to be worth $600 per ton! The Sierras on the east can boast of little like the above.—Ex. Se We copy the following from the Golden Era, which we believe would be an act of kindness in every editor throughout the State to do: A Motuer’s AppeaLt.—Every steamer from the East brings us a number of letters soliciting information of relatives or friends, but we have never received an appeal more touching than the fol. lowing, from a mether in Howesville, Ky., by the last steamer : Howesvitue, Ky., Ang. 3, 1857. A Moruer To HER SoN—To Oliver C. P Turner :—My son, when I came from my school in Jefferson county, Indiana, I found that you had teen wrong. fully informed of me and of my death. [ am alive and well, but distracted at your absence. My dear, loving boy, come to Howesville, Ky. Come to Mr. . Jackson's in Howesville. Louisa E. Turner. In a private note the mother informs us that “about the time of the Presidential election in 1856, a man by the name } of Lewis Christian persuaded or stole . away a dear boy of mine—a lad of only fifteen years—by the name of Oliver C. P. Turner. I have been writing to eve. ry part of the universe, and getting the editors to put inquiries in their papers thinking perchance to hear something of my dear boy; but, alas! I have heard nothing of him. Prompted by the kindness heretofore shown me by appeal to you. Be so kind as to put this in your paper, and I will be more than thankful.” An exchange speaking of the fashions, Says: “Strip all the men and women of the village of their fine clothes, and what a change would be apparent.” Of course there would. Seriovs Accipent.—A man fell down a shaft a distance of one hundred feet at Hunt’s Hill on Wednesday, breaking his leg above the ancle, and otherwise injuring him. The name of the unfortunate man we did not learn. THE ORLEANS, SacraMENTO.—This most popular hotel on the Pacific coast is now under the management of Mrs. Yastings, formerly of this city, and is just the elegant establishment it was before, only more so. The Pennsylvanians—are taking evetywhere. They are greeted with full houses at present in the extreme northern part of the State. The richest citizen of Louisville, and indeed of Kentueky; is ex-Secretary Guthrie, whose property, chiefly in lands pays an annual tax of over $500,000. [= The Board of Trustees of the town of Columbia have directed the Marshal to order all Chinese to leave the place. Tue Water Works.—Is the city to have any protection against fire, or are we to be at the mercy of the incendiary forever? We understand that McRoberts & €o. will make no more propositions unless another company propose to compete withthem. Of course they will not. We have always contended that the objeet of McR. & Co. was self protection and not that they eared _to see the town protected. They have already water pipes in the city and if all . opposition can be driven out they can . reap a good profit onthe money invested. . In a business light, no one can complain . of this, but the same policy should dictate that the citizens protect themselves by the introduction of water sufficient to insure the safety of their property.— Again we ask are we to have water sufficient in time of need to extinguish a fire? Fae! Barrery OF THE GREAT ATLANTIC. TELEGRAPH.—Some idea of the wonderful power of the battery used on one of the steamers now laying the cable for the purpose of transmitting messages to the Irish coast, may be gathered from the following account of it: “Th¢ battery employed consists of a voltaic . series of forty cells, the plates of which are formed alternately of zine and platinided silver, each about nine inches square, The exciting fluid or medium is simply diluted sulphuric acid, the troughy containing whieh are swung upona gitsballed frame, to prevent the fluid from Leing washed over the connections between cell and cell by the motion of the ship. The /foree developed by this battery in its dfrect action is so gieat fhat # piece of iron three inches long and three eights pf an inch in diameter can be entirely ¢gonsumed in a fewminutes by the heat d svelopel on retaining the two poles gfthe battery simultaneously in contact with it The'battery current thus generated is, however, only the primary agent in the act of telegraphing through the ecable, and is solely used as a means cf inducing, through the aid of electro magnetie electricity, a current of a suitable character for being transmitted over euch long distances. Grasp Baut.—The ball at the Down ey House, Rough & Ready, on Thursday night of last week was decidedly About 80 ladies were in attendance, and @ one of the finest of the season. large proportion of zeutleman, and “all went merry as a marriage bell” till daylight did appear. A Tic Att Rounp—In Sonoma county there were three candidates for sheriff, Woods, (Dem.,) Siddons, (People’s,) and Green, (Ind.,) and by an official counting of the vote a few days since, it appeared that all three candidates had an equal number of votes. A new election will have to be ordered. Wacon Roap.—A road is about to be constructed from Scott’s Bar, Siskiyou county, to Jacksonville, O.T. The distance will be about sixty miles. CARD. Armory Natronat GrArps, ) Downieville, September 19, 1857 4 Ata special meosting of the National Guard on Tuesday Evening, 1eth inst. the following Preamble and Resolutions were unsminously adopted. Wheras : The Ladies and Gentleman composil g the “Phelp’s Dramatic Tronpe’’ having tenderedto the National Guard a Complimentary Benefit, and having carried out the same ip a substantial manner, conducive to the Lest interests of the company—it was therefore Resolved, Thatthe thanks of the National Gnard he and are hereby tendered the Phelps’ Dramatic Troupe for their kindness on that occasion Resolved That a cepy of the foregoing PreamMa and Resolutions be fi irded to Phelps’ Dramatic Troupe, and that the be publishod in the Nevada Journal and Sierra Citizen. JOHN LANGTON ‘e retary. DR, GUYSOTT’S Yellow Dock and Sarsararilla, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, Wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry, together with all the popular Patent Medicines of the day, ¢an be had of E. F. SPENCE. Druggist, 21 Comse st, Nevada, We has alsoon hand a Jot of fips Perfumery. Givr 1M A CALL. mere DID YOU KNOW THAT JAMES GA) tne 2 oe, J AS opened Lis Fine Saloon next door to the Amer can Exchange. x 2 Hy has spared no pains nor expense in making it the most fashionable resort in the monntarns ¥ tied with the finest Liqrvo’sin the State Sigars of the tinest brands. Give mea call, one and all ahd satisfy yourselves that the above is true. . JAMES S, CURTIS. N¢vada, Sept. 25, 1857. ] Dissolution. . THe copartnership hereto existing between M. Sperbeck and H. Moody was dissolved by mutual consenton the 22d Inst. The business will be carried on by the undersigned. All debts against the late firm will be So settled by MARTIN SPERBECK. Nevada, Sept. 25, 1857. CONSTABLE’S SALE, CITATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevada, ss’. ‘) By virtue of an Fxeention tome delivered, issued from the Court of J. M. Clark, Esq. an acting Justice of the. Peacein and for the county afore:aid. bearing date September 15.4 D, 1857, to satisfy a judgments rendered by said court, on the 14th day of September, A D, 1887 in favor of Binet & Simmons and Mammoth Co. for the sum $174 77, debt, interest, damages and costs of suit. I have taken in execution, and willsellto the highest bitder for cash the followins descw bed property te witz The entire interest in the innel ard mining claims hfown asthe Mammoth Co, situated at or near Shelby Flat, the same hz g heret e been attached by me for this debt. I will sell the above property at the Court House door, on SATURDAY the 17th day of October, & Dj 1857, between the hours of 9 o’clock, A. M. and 5 e’tlock, P. M. Pek nas property of the Mammoth Co, to satisfy the abpy e demands and accruing costs S GREGORY, Cons’ ale. Nevada, Sept. 25th, 2857. Reduction in Priees q A. Lz T AS just received the largest and complete assortment of EXLATS AND CAPS Of the Latest Styles eve: offered in this State. The Pal Styles of Gents Dress Hats are ready and the best article that can be made. He offers now for EIGHT DOLLARS, such as he formerly scld at Ten Dollars, The finest and best Peruvian Hats—he has en Lan@, warranted the genuine. Lima Hat and Water Proof~ they are finer than can be found in the State. Eats of all description cleaned and repaired in the best manner. Allorders from the eountry promptly attended to. fe If yeu want a Hat of the latest style and at a low price you can get it by going to A. LAMOTT. Eagle Hat Store, Cor, 2nd & J Street. Sacramento, September 25, 1857. County Treasurer's Notice INoTIC E is hereby given to all persons deing business in Nevada County, whose License expired previous © the Ist of Sept. 1857, that unless the same are renew ed by the 20th ofthe present month their names will be nanded to the District Attorney for colleetion. T. W. SIGOURNEY, Treasurer of Nevada county. . septls M. L. STANGROOM, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, AVING taken an office in this tewnlI am prepared to make Land or Mining Surveys, to make plans, pecifications and estimates for and to take charge of be construction of ditches, roads or any other works.— I trust that a strict engineering ccucation combined with several years experience in the construction and. superintendence of public works in Europe and in this state, will enable me to give satisfaction to whoever . may employ me in this or any other part of the State. : M. L. STANGROOM, © flice in Riley’s Brick Building, corner of Broad & in estreet, Nevada. septls-tf Minerals Extracted ! WM. M. MACY,. Lewy oe: LY of Ashbury University, has just atrimed in this city and announces-to those persons who are diseased by the use of quicksilver. calomel, bine mass and paints, the prolific source of salervation aching bones,. Uleeration, Neuralagia, Rheumatism, Palsy, and most Chronic diseases. Thenerves being the: telegraphs of the system electricity seeks minerals as the m hence by Electro-Chemical action he can and will eliminate minerals from those suffering therefrom. who may put themselves in his charge, the success of which he warrants. Females attended to by Mrs. Macy. WM. M. MACY, Electro Chemical Theraputist; Office—Tine street, Second building above the Court House. 3 me Nevala, September 16th. 1257. Ah 2 A eA ome