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August 26, 1857 (6 pages)

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Raita i enor ¥ =" bod _ JOHN B, WELLER, 4 For Ab! & POC ‘ TSEPH WALKUP, (9 HORACE ASG. . PAY THE DEBT. hue 9) 104 © Bor State Senator) 9) +) 2° JAMES WALSH, © LA vate y WARFIELD, ’ For Superintendent of: Schools slaps Me OV iN, ” F ° Fas, Poupty Faperrisort 94s suo, ‘BB. LAYTON J. BY MITCH tate neee “Democratic Township Meeting willbe held . *lnts out Herods hypocracy. In every part of atiJustice Clark’s office) on Broad street, on SATURDAY . the county can be found the slimy trail of these Anigust 20th, at 2 o'clock P,M., to solect candidates, for . self-constituted missionaries, and falsehood, deJustice's of the Peace and Constables for Nevada Town: . traction and slander, are their means of creaship. By order of Cortral Committee for Névada ’ ‘townah le ty ; ‘ $4 in Logust 25th, 3857. §pecches of Stanly and Zabriskie. On Friday ovening last, Messrs, Stanly and . of defeating is in dividing and distracting this . cian of that institution, to ascertain whether he with which it infers causes, objects and inten. tions, of »which it knows nothing, cannot con} ceal the fact, that this dispenser of consolation ‘and suggester of bolting, ever has been, and cially, of the very parties whom he now insults with bis hypocritical condolences, It'is n0t, . of the state of California, passed May 17th, 1868, compiled . of. each ism, and joined each crusade against our Ue nee ed in this county for bas} Asylum, Onithe 20%b ull, pe . District Attorney, wrote to the Visiting Physiparty—in arraying Democracy against itself—. had recovered, and received @ letter from Drand illustrating in our history the fable of the} Kendall, stating thas Rbgers’’ was harged lion and the bear, who straggled together for . from the institution on the 3d of the present the prize they had joliitly won, until both were) month. ‘The following” cotfespondence then exhausted,” wher the ‘fox ‘stole ‘away the object! took place between Mr. Anderson and Dr. Kenof their contention, The firet move in this new dall, from! which it will be ‘seen that Meyers system of tactics, ie the sympathetic sorrow Of . wag discharged on the 10th ult. about two the Nevada Journal, over certain defeated can-. weeks after being committed. didates. The oily compliments lavished upon tithe inde & Navana; August 70h, 1867. 4 ‘a esr : pane, ‘ sician—Sir :—Yo disappointed asp irante, the inge niousimpudence ot Aug, th ldo 4 Ue nd, Below I ven copy of the receipt for So Meyers’’ committed to Insane Asylum ag anindahe criminal, bythe District Judge, a copy of the order having been delivered with the al. “State of California County of Nevada--Received this 27th June, A. D.1857, from the hands of the Sheriff of Nevada County, the of John Myers, committed to this Asylum on the order of Niles Searls District 4 rill ; Josern M. Frey, , Physician to the Insane Asylum, Stockton, I the liberty at the same time, to refer you to the he of ‘an Act to establish an AK “4 for the insane now is, the most relentless, uncompromising, and vindictive enemy, both politically and sohowever, by such gross.and palpable efforts ag) laws, eae, bon, 680, ae ae eee Wy il o this of the Journal, that eur enemies labor to! 4 of the order, stating the nature of the crime for divide and defeat the Democracy. Men cla which the party was. bolt, ad delivered with Myers, I am . ; : unwilling to believe that he has been allowed to escape: ing to be Democrats, who have ran the gauntlet . andl am ‘to believe that you have made some mistake'as to the identity ‘of the man, from the fact that ou use he adice 4 vn roe ’ soent surely to wied part ww patients by name under whic ey are comparty, bats “ ber — task to the y mit . and for which you receipt. Myers is a etoat thick which they could not destroy, and in the guise . set German, of a light complexion; is about 5 feet 8 inches of friends are lending themselves as tools and te ee LEY es Shir sleland Kees, te bo ppd od piagsins instruments to accomplish the objects of the . man. Please inform me as soon as possible, whether some sworn enemics of our principles and our party. error has not been committed by you, as to the individual referred tobyme = ’ To consumate this ohject, no means within the Tenn Reweotiely, i) resources of falsehood, treachery, or malignanDistrict Attorney, Nevada Co, cy, has been left unemployed. Men whose lives 1: leage amen sda, Aug., 1th 1867. have been one eontinual violation of every) Ww. F. Ampapson, Kon, Sir ;—Owing to the manner in principle of the decalogue and of decency, now which you had written the name Myers, we, (as well as preach that morality which they never practiced. Saul among the prophets astonished the other gentlemen,) had mistaken it for Rogers, and consei wrote to you in regard toa man of that name. children of Israel; but these men among the uent Being aware that there was no such man in the Instituteas Myers, we referred to the books of Messrs. Langdon & Frey (the gentlemen who had charge of the Insane Asylum up to the Ist of August) and found the following entry :-~ “JOHN MYERS, (German) admitted June 27th 1857. Discharged July L0th 1857,” . Consequenly for any furtherinformation on this subject we must refer you to the above named gentlemen. Respectfully W. D. Aysert, ting. dissensions. Renegades from other parhs eadinaansiel ties, the majority of them, however, cannotcon-. Mr. Anderson has written again, to endeavor ceal the sinister motives which actuate them, . to ascertain more of the particulars of this sinand the ears of the ass prick through the skin. gular transaction, butas yet bas received no answer. The fact that Meyers was discharged the mining. prospects of that.section. The late , of the lion. poy suasduay pay yy aay a Most palpably is this the case with the Grass forth to the people of Nevada, in front of the Valley genius who signs himself “Miner,” in American Exchatige. A goodly number were the Union of August 22d. How this obscure, . in attendance, but judging from the lack of enhard-working miner, who lives only in the bothasiasm manifested, aud the manner in which . .8°™ of his family, sho the speeches were received, we should say the badly, of the associations of Mr. Plumer; what crowd was composed mostly of Democrats, with . * Jackson Democrat can find in the antecedents a few Republicans and Know Nothings scatof an old line Whig to recommend him over a tered here atd there among them. ‘. knowh and faithful Democrat, the nominee of a Mr. Stanly spoke about two hours, Ie is not Democratic Convention; what this miner, whose atall preposeessing as a stump orator, having sole interest is in the mines and gulches of Cala weak Yol¢e and bad delivery, and the subifornia, can object to in Judge Walsh, one of stance of his speech was but little calculated to the pioneers, and the most enterprising and exinspire an audience with his great ability as 9 . tensive miner of the county; these and other statesman. He labored hard to show that the . $!aring inconsistencies in the Union's Grass ValRepublican party in this State was not sectionley correspondent plainly show that one of our al, and at the same time said he had never read gangrened opponents has stolen the name of a their platform, and neither knew nor cared any Democrat, and assumed that of a miner, to misthing about their principles. He dtdu’t believe . lead the mining community, in whose intedliin platforms, aud would not place himself on . 8°%°° and integrity lies the strength of the De~ ofles but the people nmiust! judge from the acts mobracy. The unanimous endorsement of Mr, ofits past life’as to the policy which would Plumer by a Democratic Convention, must outgovern him should he be elected, Much of his. Weigh with the people the slander and detractime was consumed in recounting what he ‘haa . tion of such a Jackson Democrat, If the antesaid and done, during his seventeen years sercedents and position of Judge Walsh do not anvice asa member of Congress from North Car. Wer his puerile insinuation, these qualities are olina; but as his former career has nothing to of little avail. This Jackson Democrat well do with our State ‘policy, nor even with the . knows that Judge Walsh is engaged exclusively great political questions of the present day, we . im quartz miuing, and that for the purpose of could soarcely see the relevancy of its introducso soon after his reception in the Asylum, would lead one to believe that his insanity was only assumed, Ife was, or professed to be. a raving maniac when he left this place, and he could should know so much, and so . scarcoly haye recovered iu the short space of two weeks, if his insanity was real. Mr. Pivmer’s Posrrion.-We understand that some inquisitive gentlemen of this place, have ascertained that Mr. Plumer is in favor of early rains, and are using this fact with great effect against him with river miners, We are authorized to state, that Mr. Plumer has expressed no opinion upon this question, and further, that he was not the cause of the late universal influenza; that he was not in the last dog fight. and has no hand in the next war; that he is in favor of good diggings, with the bed rock of a proper pitch, water the year round, an equitable temperature, an addition to our moonlight nights, and an immediate reform and general improvement in everything, As this gentleman’s orthodoxy is questioned upon general priaciples, we take this occasion to set him right before the community, upon a féw specific points of public interest. Democratic Mexrincs,—The Democracy of this county are fully aroused to the importance of turning out and sustaining the cause, and with it the true and tried men who are made its inducing foreign capitalists to embark in this} standard bearers in the present contest. On tion iu this connection, Mr. Stanly’s biography . expensive and hazerdous business, be has asked . Saturday evening last a large and enthusiastic may be of great interest to himself, but nothing that the miners of the State, through their leggathering of the people of Rough & Ready was but an overweening vanity, and a conceited esislators, endorse and encourage this species of . addressed by David Belden and J. C. Palmer ot timate of hie own importance, would induce . mining. Of-all meu, he would be the last to} this place, In Eureka township, the tenth lewish for the sale of the mineral lands, Conhim to relate it at such length before a Califorgion of Nevada county, the Democracy are alive nia audience, It seems he.did not approve of . Stantly engaged in mining operations, his ouly and at work. On the evening of the 23d a the Kansas-Nebraska law, and’he differs from . bope of retrieving the fortune be bas spent it'. ontaneous meeting was held aud was addressthe opinion of the Supreme Court (modest man?) in the Dred Scott case, but believes in having the public lands still open to his enterdeveloping the resources of this county, is in. .4 by Hon J. C. McKibben, and Richard Moyes, Esq. Weare informed that the spirit and ensustaining that opinion until i is reversed. With prise aud energy. Where our Senatorial nom-. thusiagm manifested on the occasion has rarely the exception of some confused remarks upon inee is known he requires no defenders. Where . poon exceeded tn any former campaign. the State debt): im which he left his hearers in . he is unknown, the character of bis assailants is doubt whether of not he was in favor of paying . his best recommendation. ArrivaL or IMMrGraNts.—A party of immiLOCAL INTELLIGENCE. “Tae Virotsta Dircu.—We have reecived a eommunigation from Mr, Sanford Coleman, of Omega. in re ‘ard to the Virgiuia Ditch, and hour of its reception renders it impossible for us to publish it ia full, which we regret, as it comtains many items of interestin regard to the mires im that locality, ‘The work on the Virginia Ditch bas again been commeced under favorable auspices, and the miners in the neighborhood are greatly rejoiced at the prospeet of an early supply of an abundance of water. Some thirty or forty mem are now engaged upon the work, and &# soon as the mecessary arrangements can be made, workmen will be em ployed upon the whole length of the diteb. The miners have expressed their confidence io the enterprise by going to work upon the ditch, and agreeing to take their pay in water after its completion. The diggings around Omega are perhaps as rich a8 any in this county; many sets of claims are now paying from ten to twenty dollarsa day tothe hand. The want of water has been seriously felt, and heretofore miners ceuld only work their claims about three months in the year, and then only on a one horse scale. Since the work has been re-commenced, the miners have been prospecting along the line of the ditch, and have found good digings for a distance of six or seven miles above mega. Fast Rivina.—On Thureday last, Geo. Gray, and a man named Webster were arrested by policeman O'Brien for riding across a bridge at a ‘pace faster than a walk,” and fined, the former fifty, and the latter twenty-five dollars. Webster was a stranger in town, is a minister, horsejockey, agent for the Pacific Seminary, é&c., and it is supposed that a conspiracy was concocted among some wags, to get him into the scrape, In fact, it has been openly charged in town that the Recorder was at the head of the conspiracy, but upon inquiry, we are satisfied that neither Mr. Hupp, nor any of the city officers, had any thing to do with it. Mr. Webster was endeayoring to trade horses with Gray, and the two rode out a short distance te show off the fine “points’’ of their horses, In coming back, Gray induced Webster to run at a furious rate across the bridge, by telling him, that although it was contrary to the city ordinance, there never was but one man fined for fast riding, and he was drunk at the time. A report was also in cireulation, that the fines had been remitted by the Recorder; but the gentleman who acted as counsel for Mr. Webster informs us that this was not the case. Mvrper anv Ropaery.—On Friday afternoon, aman named Gilbert, who lived at Jefferson Cafion, near Washington, was fonnd murdered in his cabin. His head and neck had been literally cut to pieces with an ax—there being no less than nine mortal gashes—and his head was nearly severed from bis body. Suspicion rests upon some Indians who had been stopping for some time in the neighborhood, and who left the evening of the murder and came to Nevada. Indian tracks were seen about the house, and a powder-horn and two shot-pouches were taken from the cabin, Gilbert was in Washington on Friday morning, where he got intoxicated, and was taken home drunk, and left by his friends lying on the floor. The night previous to the murder, the house of Mr. Jones, which is near it, he had tiothing to say Upon any question of State policy, During his speech he was listened to with respectful attention, although there were few among his auditory that sympathized with him or his principles. Mr, Stanly may be avery pious, upright man, but he is not the mia for Governor of California, — _ Col. Zabriskie spokg about an hour. Two ars ago, when tho proseriptive principles of Notbingigm were likely to overshadow the land, ‘this’ eman was regarded as one of the ablest’ champions of Democracy, and his In the coming election the Democratic party . Sante arrived at Placerville on Friday last, . must triumph. But the defeat of its opponents . having left St. Joseph’s, May 9th, with mules is not all of its victory. In this contest it will . #94 loose stock. At Gravely Ford they found . learn who are Democrats from principlé, and that a white man had been murdered by the . Who from policy. It will remember those meq . Indians. They contirm previous reports that . who work with us when they can use us, and. White men were among the Indians, attacking against us when we act for ourselves and the . ®d robbing the trains. A number of trains people; who recommend and pledge themselves had arrived in Carson Valley, and others were and their best efforts to Know Nothing candi-. pouring in, In and around the Valley, they esdates, and work for their endorsement in, Re. timate the number of steck already arrived, at publican Conventions; who flood the journals . Over fifteen thousand bead. of our opponents with abuse, and poison the ear ©. E. Piexerr.—This gentleman has recently speeches upon that occasion were universally . f the public with falsehoods against our nomiadmired and applauded. His present position . nees. These men all true Democrats know, is not easily defined. . He seems to be trying to . mark, aud will remember. Their puerile efforts written a pawpblet, entitled, “Repudiation, the Supreme Judges, and the newspapers.’ He favors the repudiation of the State debt, and wn io strives einen riemnesn one conemreve oncupy «medium ground between Democracy . ut discloses’ their weakness, and without acand Black Republicanism—the principles of the two parties being so widely asunder that he caiinot make the transitien at one leap. . By . fully illustrated in their conduct, Consistent ' only in their hypocracy, timid in their enmity, ahother’ year we shall expect to find him a fullaos freedom shrieker. He professes to still belong td the Democracy, but instead of defending the policy and principles of that party from unjust assaulis, he denounces it, without gense of reason, as being the cause of ‘all the evils which afflict the people of the State. He evidently has a personal spite against Col! Weller, Whieh was occasioned by the latter geritleman refasing to recommend him for the position of United States Marshal for the Northern District of this State; this, in some’ measure, accounts for his support.of Stanly, while at the same time he declares his intention of voting for some of ‘the Democratic notinees. His comments upon the killing of Keating at Washington, by Herbert; and Col, Weller’s, connection wilh the trial, were so evidently dictated private malice, that they failed entirely of object intended, As the legal adviser of Herbert, it wasthe duty of Col. Weller to defend him, and whether the verdict of the. jury . Fight or wrong, he cannot be. blamed for ‘ Professed ‘politieal reformers are usually reloeb win eotfupt, thprinei}men, who endeavor to conc Fafa) rascalities by harping u faults’of others. ‘Some petapoutaaergiee Feet en as \ Court, resigned his office, and left on the steamcr of the 20th, for the Atlantic States, the election of Judge Bennett. He does not inform us who his favorite is for Governor, but he will undoubtedly throw the immense weight of his influence for Mr, Stanly. complishing their object unmasks their treachery. Their fidelity to Democratic principles is they pretend. friendship for us, and stab with} Canson Vaurmy—A mass meeting was held the hand of onr enemies. hid in Carson Valley, on the 8th inst., for the orAgainst all this, against the onslaught of open . ganization ofa new territory in the Great Bafoes, and the machinations of secret enemies, . sin, Tho following localities were represented: our nominees are before the people, with the . Honey Lake Valley, Eagle Valley, Carson Valendorsement of the delegates of the Democracy. . ley, Willow Town, Rag Town, Twenty-six Mile Unable to trace cach covert foe, scorning to. Desert, Sink of Humbolt, Walker’s River and answer each vile assertion, they stand the rep-. Valley, Hope Valley, Lake Valley. The meetresentatives of Democratic. principles, upon the . ing was quite spirited, and a memorial. was Demooratic Platform, well assured that in the . drawn up setting forth the matter in full, the coming contest, Democracy will be true to itself . same tobe presented for the consideration of and true to its principles. the President aad, both Houses of Congress. _ . The boundary of the new Territory takes ina Mint Rovesry,—A man named Wm. Bein range of valleys that are almost indissolubly was, arrested in San Francisco on Thursday last, . connected together, and in the winter time the charged with robbing the U. 8. branch mint at. people who inhabit them are alnost entirely that place. It seems that he has been carrying . shut ott from all communication with CaliforGilbert’s cabin, was robbed of a lot of women and children’s clothing, a black frock coat, and an accordeon. Indian tracks were also found about Jones’ house. . Warer Worss.—It will be seen by the special election notice, published in another column, that an arrangement has been entered into between the Trustees of this City and Messrs. McRoberts & Co., for supplying the city with water for fire purposes, which has to be ratified or rejected by a vote of the citizens. The election is called for the 16th proximo, and the matter is likely to be thoroughty discussed before that time, so that the people will be able to vote understandingly. Two propositions were before the Board. and a majority of the Trustees considering this one by far the most advantagous for the interests of the city, adopted it, subject to the ratification of the citizens. Avprror’s Rerort.-The report of the County Auditor, which will be found in our advertising columns, giving as it does a very full and complete exhibit of the receipts and expenditurres of the county government, from July 19th, 1856, to May 31st, 1857, will be read with interest by the tax payers of the county. From this report, it will be seen that the county debt, exclusive of warrants that were issued previous to the destruction of the county records, and which may still be outstanding, is something over one hundred thousand dollars, i . . Postroyep.—The trial of Chas. Davis, indicted for murder, which was set for last Monday, bas been continued to the next term of the Dis. triet Court. The absence of Geo. Moore, said to bea material witness in the case, is the cause of the postponement. Resignep.—Mr. W. P. Harrington, President of the Board of Trustees, has resigned his office as a member of the Board, and Tracy Stroud has been appointed President of the Board in his place, The vacant Trusteeship ha been filled. a ae tl Gas.—There is a prospect that gas works will soon be erected in this city. arrangements having been made with two eompanies to lay down as pipes. Post Orrice.—We learn that a post office has been established at the town of Sweetland, in this county, aod Mr, C. W. Dannals appointed Postmaster, The wail is carried to that place trom Nevada, daily. F . OmeGa Post Orrice.—The mail is now sent ona systém of petty thieving for several years, . nia, New Mexico, Utah, Oregou, and Washingby carrying off every day a small piece of gold . ton, but in all seasons of the year they can and of the value of four ov five dollars, until it has . ao enjoy free intercourse with one another. amounted in the aggregate to ‘a heavy ‘sum—/ All the proposed wagon, military, stage and almost enough to raise him to the dignity of a. railnoad routes between the Atlantic and Padefaulier., Some $8,000 or $10,000 have been . cific States and Territories across the contirecovered, and the culprit was lodged in. the . nent, enter and pass through these valleys, All station house for trial. Bein bas been engaged . the Yudian, tribes which are now the most trouat the mint ever since it was started. He help. blesome to settlers and emigrants in this region, ed putup the machinery, and has since been . either roam in, or surround these valleys. émployed ‘as a clipper.”. The evidence against him seems Horst at Humpve.—-The United States Hotel, recently erected at Humbug City, has been fitted up in splendid style, by Mr. M, Rosenheim aie is now.open for the accommodation of tray. clers. to be conclusive, * Jepow Monsok, of the Sacramento District regularly from this place to Omega, three times a week—a post office having. recent] tablished iu that place. re samen 4 Arianontitablacsbcealia Diapbiidestinabasaiss Roppep on THe HiGuway.—A man whose name we'could not learn, was stopped by two villains on the road above Red Dog, one evening last week, and robbed of about forty dollars Townsutr Orricers.—The Democratie nominees for township officers, who wieh their hames upon the Democratic ticket, ate r send them in by Thursday or ¥ellap tema " Houmsve Precryct.—The election in this precinct will be held at the Irwin House, instead eae: House, as published in the Election SS New Route to California: One of the#iiost important itenfs,of news re. ) ved by the Sonora, is the almost positive as-. pa Wie long-existing diffieulties have . been he A and all necessary arrangements made, for the! speedy opening of the: route across Mexicopbia the Isthmus of pec, and that the work of constructing the necessary wagon road across that pertion of the country, is being pushed forth with vigor. It is even rumored that a mail contract has been awarded
to the company by the General Government, under the law of 1845, which, in addition to a heavy lean they expect” soon to receive, will enable them at once to commence operations. It isa matter of uncertainty’ yet to which of the three rival claimants. the right of transit over this route has been granted; but that is a matter of but little importance to our readers, who will rejoice in the fact that it has been given out, and this long-talked-of route— and the shortest one, by several hundreds of miles, between California and the Eastern States—will speedily be in readiness for the accommodation of travelers. Travel over the Nicaragua route has not been resumed, notwithstanding the numerous reports that it would be soon; there can be but little doubt, however, that it will not remain closed much longer, for—in case the difficulties existing in the unhappy county through which it passes are not speedily adjusted. and a government formed which shall be capable of furnishing the requisite protection to the freight and passenger traffic which passes over the line— the United States authorities will take the route undér their protection, and keep it open permanently for the accommodation of such as may choose to avail themselves of it. In addition to this, the difficulties which have so long existed between the Government of the United States and the authorities of New Gra nada, which have so long been the cause of apprehension on the part of travelers who were forced to go by that route, are now in a fair way for speedy settlement, as far as personal safety is concerned; and in a short time, when the others are opened, an opportunity will be offered for honorable competition, which we hope will have the effect of reducing the rates of fare to a figure within the reach of all.— Wide West. te Tue Lare County Treasurer or Sierra a DeravLrer.—The Sierra Democratof Saturday Aug. 22., publishes the report of the Commissioner, Mr. Hall, who was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to examine the books and vouchers of the late Treasurer, B. W. Fetter. The Democrat draws the following conclusions: A deficiency of nearly $4,000 exists in. the accounts of the late treasurer, B. W. Fetter. The books of that officer, which we have looked over, are not in such a condition as they ought to be. There seems to have either been graat negligence or gross carelessness in the manner in which they have been kept’ Neither that method nor system seems to have beeu applied, which we all naturally look for in the books of a county officer of so much responsibility as that of a’‘County Treasurer, It is exceedingly painful for us to call the attention of the public to this circumstance, but it imaduty we owe our readers and needs no apology. Farat Faun rromw a Precirice.—The Hum. bolt Zimes learns from the Trinity Express, that . a young man called Tommy Thompson, fell over a precipice, about a mile above Cedar Flat, on the 5th inst., and was killed. The river trail follows the brow of the precipice, and he was passing along the same in the evening, . when he fell. He was in the habit of drinking, . and was intoxicated at the time. The preipice where he fell is some three hundred feet, nearly perpendicalar, with a craggy front, and he was badly bruised, He was a miner on the Trinity in that vicinity. Arremrrep Svictwe,—A man whose name is4 unknown, for some time pasta patient in the County Hospital, says the S.J. Republican of . the 18th inst., yesterday made his escape from . that institution, and rushing down town, seized a pair of sheep shears, or something of the kind. . and attempted to destroy himself. He thrust the instrument into his body in several places, . inflicting ghastly wounds; but before completeing his desperate purpose, he was restrained by persons who saw him, and carried bim back to the Hospital, where he was properly attended . es sh th the Contract,” written or = those wishing to vote against it, will SPECIAL ELECTION, ACEO! the provisions of , vada with water. pt ply” “ys vil 1 ae 4 be held’ . Wednesday, ‘Bevt., tote ten for pi or rejection of the following proposition, ? @ proposition, wi.l deposit & ballot o vote fi te words printed with the words ‘Against the Contract” written or + uponit — 1 he Polis will be opened in Riley’s Brick Barat corner of Broad and Pine streets, at 8 o’clock~ 4, remain open till 6 o’clock P.M. Patrick ke ge ed Inspector, and Geo, 1. Lammon and @eo. K: of the Election. By order of the Bopse . TRACY in T.H. Ro.ye, Clerk. Under the act ‘‘to supply the City of Ne da ohana and to Fame os whe City i ae! fires’ po 1857, the oy apogee 1 undertake water works im said city according to the following oe we tea Me rp ged present to the Hon. of Trustees of ‘Nev: Vity, suant to régolit Board aged on om 20th 0 August. Ks ¢ * 1, The unders: will construct a Resery, near Lost Hill of three hundred thousand gallons caper of good material and well covered. id 2, Wilblay iron pipe from Reservoir to Methodist Chureh, on Broad py 8 em bey ee "ay 8. Will lay iron pipe meter from Methodist Church dewn Broad street to bridge-—through ‘Pine from Broad to Commercial street—down Commereial to Main 0b ell ny trom ph ey: gee point y iron pipe 4inch diameter froma evada , to — Broad street running by New York Hotel on to Comimer. cial street, froma Baptist Church on Spring. street to corner of Pine and Broad, from junction of Commercial and Main up Main st; to or near Dry:Oyerton’s the“ junction of Pine and Commercial up Pine toa’ *due west of the Court House, from the junction of Main and Cayote streets, up Cayote to Church street. . 5, All pipe to be laid not less than two feet deep. 6. will, construct hydrants or fire-plugsof suitable size iron-mold distributed along the line of pipe as above men. tioned, and at the termini of the4 keteray , that the same will be from 200 feet to 300 feet: and so as to furnish eyery. portion of the above described seetions and streets of the city with an abundant water at all times when required, the first plug being ap Womacks. Paya: nae 7. The whole to be complete and in good: wotking-order on or before the 1st day of June 1858, ‘and the same'to be: kept im good condition and repair by the undersigned angi their grantees and representatives, and said’ reserydir't be filled and sept filled with, or sufficiently furnished with water at all tlmes for extinguishing fires, and all extension necessary to the public incladed in the contract. In consideration of the foregoing, Nevada City is re. quired to grant to the undersigned and their successors in interest the sole and exclusive night of supplying said city or its inbabitants with water (the already vested rights of others remaining undite for the term of twenty years from the said first day of June 1858—to exempt the aforesaid water works from taxation for eity ji ap for the abundant and constant supply of water in and {& extinguishing fires in any portion of said city the under. signed shall be paid in monthly instalments annually from. the Treasury of said city the sunvof fifteen hundred ¥ The foregoing, the undersigned respectfully submitand in due time will tender the Hon, Bourd ample and sat. isfactory guarantees for the timely and proper pérformanee on their part. * Mc obnRTS & ©O. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT APpN lication wil! be made to the Beard of Supervisors of Nevada County, at their next regular Meeting, to’ be held at Nevada City on Monday Sept, 14th 1857, fora renewal: of License ‘to collect tolls on the road known as the Little Grass Valley Toll Road, in Bridgeport Township. 47-3w* E. H. CURSEN, ISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership heretofore existing between SPER, BECK & HILFS, is this day dissolved by mu‘ual consent, Nevada August 22d 1857. W. HILES, M. SPERPECK, The business will hereafter be canducted by; SPERCECK & MOODY, and they will pay. all debts, aad also receive aly outstanding moneys due the Jate firm. M SPERBECK, 47-3w* H. MOODY:*” aa enioahanaI REINO NIS Rts iS ER TATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevas WO DA—ss. _ Incthe District Court of the 14th Judicial District. ARCHIBALD COF vs. His Creditors.—In the matter of the application of Archibal! Coe, and insolvent debtor, praying that he be allowed to make an assignment of his estate to his ereditors, and he be discharged irom his debts and liabilities, in pursuance of an Act of the Legisla. ture of the State of California, passed May 4th A.D, 1852, entitled an Aet for the relief of insolvent debtors, and pra. teetion of creditors; and in pursuance ofan order of the Hon, Niles Searls, Judge of the District Court aforesaid : Notice is hereby given to the Creditors of said insolvént to be andappear before said Judge in epen Court. on MON. DAY, the 5th day of October A. D. 1857, at 10 o'tloek A, M. of that date, then and there to show cause, if ary they can, why an assignment of said insolvents estate should not be made, and he be discharged from his debts and liabilities, in pursuance of the statute in such cases made and provided, It is further ordered that all proceed. ing at law against said insolvent be stayed until a further hearing herein. By order of Court. “ einen Witness, Rufus Sheemaker Clerk of the District Court aforesaid, with the seal thereof herto affixed this 26th day of August A. D, 1867. RUFUS SHOEMAKER, Clerk, By W™. Switn, Deputy. is T. P. Hawney, Att'y. for Petitioner. * §7-5w aT A TE OFC A LIFOR N IA, Cou nty of Nevas WO DA—ss. In Piatriet Court of the 14th Judicial Tittrict. A. D. SKILLMAN ys. 8. M, DANFORD.—Notice is here. by given to all persons claiming or holding liens upons certain water Ditch and Flume known as the’ pro erty of 8. M. Pantord, situated in the township of Washington, Ne. vada County, and Stete aforesaid, to exhibit the same, with the proof thereof to the Judge of the District Court afore. said in open Court on MONDAY the 5th day of October, A, D. 1857, at 10 o'clock A. M. of that date. By order of the Court. Witness my hand with the Seal of said Court hereto af to. Newsrarerk Puiatitvpes.— The Providence . Journal observes: “Some of the New York pa. pers have got into such a habit of spreading out . the details of every thing they record, that it . requires the reading of a column to reach the sense of a paragragh. They cannot give an account of a crime without preceding it with a . history of all the parties, and all their antecedents; and when the reporter gets in the neighborhood of the act itself, the only thing that . any body cares about, he stops to tell how every body. was dressed, and whether the furniture . in the room was hair cloth or damask.”’ Wrakoors Ickuanp PactoraL.—The best and cheapest remedy known, giving instant relief invall cases of Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Pulmonary affections, &c., &c., just received and for sale by E. F. Spence, Druggist, 21 Commercial street, Nevada, VAGUERREOTYPES.—Those wanting pictures in the highest style of the art, should eall at the Gallery of Mrs. J. F, Rudolph, in the Democrat building, Broad street, Nevada, Glasa Pictures, or Ambrotypes, also made for those who desire thetn. of MARRIED. . Tn Grass Valley, on the 20th of Aug,, by the Rev. BE. 1. Cooper. Mr, Jouy Lanamwer, of Grass Valley, to Miss MARY Jane Wiisoy, of San Francisca, \ San Francisco and Philadelphia papers please cony. geen -~ ++ Sceaeliadiesedieeaendetaetiataeleaennedieidinceee tas ieeitedietame ines aati aaa las ca DIED. At Moores Flat, on Monday August 17th, IsaBELa, daughter of Patrick and Isabella Kelley. aged 19 months. Engine and Boiler For Sale! NE TEN HORSE POWER ENGINE ANDEIGHTY FLUE turbular upright Boiler with all appendages, in excellent repair and in running order, for sale cheap. Apply to 41-3w HENRY MEREDITH, Nevada. ‘UNITED STATES HOTEL!! M. ROSENHEIM, Proprietor. erected and just completed, in the flourishing open for the reception of permanent and trancient Boarders, in a style unsurpassed by any other Hotel in the Mountains. ‘THE TABLE is supplied by all the variety the market affords, and the Beds and furniture are entirely new, and . for 7 and comfort, they cannot be excelled. Particular attention paid to Ladies and Families=@a hae BAR will be under the supervision of the gentlemanly proprietor, M. ROSENHEIM, and will at all times de supplied with the choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars. August 25th 1857.—47-1m* _ FOR SALE: GREAT BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE:! = ery Stee Saaponedt returning to the antic States, offers for the followi j at REDUCED PRICES: The meaatrrendte artd . New Work ExXotel, With all the furniture, beds and bedding, bar fixtures, and every thing complete for carrying on the business of a Hotel. . Also, two vacant lots adjoining the above Hotel, and five “= — = en( bee y nr street opposite the Hotel. el has been established si a nae business. ee ee for further particulars inquire of the undersigned on the premises. TRACY STROUD. Nevada, Ang. 25th, 1857.~tf, NFORMATION WANTED, OF GEORGE formerly at a Soda Factory at Forest City, ge Vane h ‘et ote J oy. ue County, when the affair ich resu n the death the 26th of July last. His se Rpg resence i ich Noted’ non t is my his testimony of the utmost Sasarianes my pb med Sat the murder of said Miller. Any one kno’ his where-’ abouts will confer a favor, and aid justice by inf Nevada Aug, 25th1857. JAMES CHURCHMAN © 47-5w* Att’y for Chas. Davie, (Maryeville Express and Sierra Citizen pleace copy.) {HIS NEW AND SPACIOUS HOTEL, LATELY . town of Hnmbug City, [North Bloomfield] is now . fixed this 26th day of August.A. ID. 1857. RUFUS SHOEMAKER, Clerk. By Wa. Syntn, Deputy. Jas. CHURCHMAN, Att'y for Plaintiff. 47-td HERIFE’S SALE.—By virfue of an order and deWO cree of sale to me direccted, and issued out of the Hon. District Gourt of the 14th Judicial District, on a Judgment . rendered by said Court on the 21st day of August A. D. 1857 in favor of THOS. E. LAINER. and against ISAAC WILLIAMSON, for the sum ofone thousand and two dollars, and sixty-two cents, principal debt, and interest to date, together with interest on the said sum of $1002 and 62-100 dollars at the rate of three per cent per month ffom the rendition of judgment until paid; together with costa of suit taxed at twenty-four dollars and sixty-five cents fer the sale of the following deseri:ed property to.wit ; A certain townot situated in the City of Nevada, and Bounded and deseribed as follows, commencing at the, northwesterly corner of Samuel P. Whitmarsh’s Jot, on the easterly side of Nevada street, running thence north 24° east along the east side of said Nevada street 191 feet to Joseph Richardson’s lot; thence south 66° east 200 feet; thence sougl 24° west 191 feet, to said Whitmarsh's north line; thence north 66° west 200 feet to the place of beginning; together with all and singular the, tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or jin anywise appertaining. Notice-is hereby given that J will expose to public sale all the above described property, on TUESDAY the lith day of Sept. A. 1D. 1857; between the hours of 10 o’clock A. M. and 4 o’clock P. M., in front of the Court House door in the City of Nevada, to satisfy and pay the aforesaid judgment. Given under my hand at offite fp the City of Nevada this 26th day of August 1857. ; 8, W. BORING, Sheriff 47-td Nevadi County. HERIFE’S SALE.—py virtue of an order and de. \) cree of sale to tie directed ‘and idsued out of the Hon. . Distriet Court of the 14th Judicial District on a judgment rendered therein, of the 22d day’of Aug. A.” Wr, 1857, in favor of MAX SANGER and against PHILA NDER B. PRES. TON and ROYAL PRESTON for the sum of five hundred . and eighty-fourndollars and seventy-three cents, principal . debt and interest to date, together with interest” on the said sum of $584 73-100, at the rate of three per, cent per . month from the rendition of judgment until paid together with cost of suit taxed at $75 40, for the sale of the following described property to wit : All thewright, title and interest of defendants in and to a certain house and lot of ground situated in Nevada city on the southerly side of Broad street, between the lot formerly owned by §. 5 Sadler and by the house and lot{now occupied by Mts. Jenkins, being the same property that was sold and conveyed to P, B. Preston by W. F. and M. Heydlauff, the said lot being twenty-eight feet on Broad street, one hundred and eightythree feet deep on the upper line to Spring street, with sixty-eight feet front on said Spring street, thence one hundred and twenty-three feet,to the rear of Sadler’s lot, then sixty feet back to the place of beginning, “together with all and singular the tenements, bereditaments and .f@ppurtenances thereunto belonging or ip any wise appertaining. Notice is hereby given, that I will expose to public sale all the above described property on Tuesday the 15th day of . Sept. A. D. 1857, betweem the hours of ten o'clock A. M. and four o’elock’P. M. infront of the Court House door in the city of Nevada to satisfy and pay said judgment. Given under my hand at office in the city of Nevada, this 26th day of Aug. 1857. S. W. BORING, Sheriff 47-td Nevada county. HERIFEF’S SALE.—By virtue of an order and deJ cree of sale to me directed and issued out of .the Hon. District Court, 14th Judicial District,.on a . judg rendered in said Couat, on the 24th day of Aug. A, D. 196 in. . favor of JOHN ARBEG AST and against JNO, HERTZINGER and LOUISA HERTZINGER, for the sum of one thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars, principal debt; with interest. to date ‘together with interest on the: ,sum of $1,113 13-100, at the rate of two and one-fourth cent per month, from the rendition of judgment until paid, together with all costs of suit taxed at $51 70, for the sale of the following deseribed property to wit : All that certain, lot or pareel of ground situated in Nevada city and;county and State of California and described as follows to wit: beginning at a certain stake on Oregon. street oa.the north. westerly corner of the lot of Ambrose Hali and reaning on said street to another stake distant eighty feet, thence in a southerly direction to the bank of Oregon Ravine one hundred feet more or less, thence down the ravine seventythree feet, thence to the place of beg inning. with all and si lar the tenements, peeaheasenke ans og ir. tenances unto belonging. Notice is ‘tires, that I will-e to public sale all the above: bed property, on Tuesday 15th day of Sept. A. D. 1357, between the hours of yen o’clock A, M, and four 0’ ‘clock P,M, pad Cs Ae acer Pity gh Bonen MP 4 “4 satisfy an: udgment. ‘G under a office in the cit 3 of Neva this g6th da : rf : ow: ai-td Nevada county, i He . 4 ns pleat dna