December 27, 1860 (4 pages)

Panacea ben Aevada Democrat. Octavian Hoogs, is our Agent for San Jrancisco, We is authorized to receive advertixementa, and collect aud receipt for the paime, A. Badlam, Jr., is our Agent for Sacramento, THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 27, 1960. . ed ! the Order. to receive adyertizements and collect for the same. . Kwiaurs or tux GoLpEen Cimcie—The Houston Telegraph of a recent date, publisbes a communication from George Bickley, Commander-in-cbief of the Knights of the Golden Circle, who wishes to keep the Texas Division advised of the progress of He says: During the past week, castles were establishat the following places, and are in charge of . the following named persons; Austin—Geo. Dr. W. A, Scorr has written a communication in relation to the charge of plagiarism, made against bim by “Quien Sabe,”’ in the columns of the Union. In relation toa charge that he had made an improper use of the writings of Dr. Dick, Dr. Scott says he never read the works of that author, Lis lecture on “Other Planets” was mainly an embodiment of such recent facts and discoveries, bearing on his subject, as he bad beeu able to glean from current authors, and some of those discoveries were made since Dr. Dick wrote. He vindicates bimself from the charge of plagiarising Dr. Cumming’s work, by stating that the plan of his volume was allogether different; that the order, arrangement, and presentation, were all his own ; that he used such materials as pleased him, from the authors whom he named, and that he frequently called capecial attention to the work of Dr. Cumming. It appears that this matter was submitted to Dr. Cumming himself, ia 1855, by one of Dr. Scott’s accusers, and in reply, Dr. Cumming said: A very unnecessary severity of criticism has fallen on Dr. Scott, He alludes to my lectures, commends them to the stady of his audience, and having there by evinced his acquaintance with the volume, it was natura) that incidental ideas, which had any point, should be adopted by him, and that the language in which he first saw them clothed should without any deliberate appropriation, inevitably adhere, The fact is, 1 have no beliet in originality in the year 1855, It is wonderful to notice how very little of it exists in modern literature. 1 candidly own, that in anything . have written I have never aspired to be original—~I employed such ideas as memory, and pretty extensive reading, calied up, and never stopped to inquire whether . was inventor or mere unconscious vehicle, and my impression is that all I have said or written has been better said or written before I was bora. Repemprion ov THH State Funpev Den. Notice was given some time since, by the State Board of Exameners, that there was in the State Treasury the sum of $16,88071, which would be appropriated to the redemption of the funded debt of the State, at the lowest price offered, The bids were opened on Monday last, and ranged from 92 to 99} cents, The bids accepted were those of H. ©. Wheeler for $2,000, at 924 and John Perry, Jr., for $16,000, at 92 cts. Tho State thus redeemed $18,000 of its funded debt for $16,570. Tux Murper ov tun Jounson Faminy. —A dispatch to the Sacramento Bee says that a man who knows the murderer of Mrs. Johnson and her daughter, and the hired man Qook, near Lone Mountain, has been arrested in Stockton, It is supposed that Cook was killed by @ neighbor, in a quarrel about wages, and that Mrs, Johnson and daughter witnessed the murder, and were killed to avoid exposure. Liset.—The proprietors of the San Francisco Mirror have been arsested on a charge of libel, preferred by J. 8. Maxwell, Tho arrest was occasioned by the exposition made by that paper of the Pacific Life Guard and intelligence office affair, of which Maxwell was charged with being the head. Masropon.—A portion of the skeleton of a mastodon was recently found by some minerson Klamath river, It was found forty feet below the surface, and the bones, though extremely porous, were in a good state ef preservation. The animal when living must have been from eighteen to twenty feot in height. eens = ae cin enema Coxvicren or Murpgr.-—George Ward, charged with the murder of his wife, bad his eecond trial at Stockton, last week, and was convicted of murder in the first degree. On the first trial the jury stood. nine for conviction and three for acquittal. Deav.—Mrs. Offutt, of Petaluma, who was eo severely burned on the evening of December 6th, by her dress taking fire, survived her injuries until the evening of the 14th, when death relieved the unfortunate woman from her. sufferings. PiacervitLe Roure.—A dispatch from Placerville, says the snow has fallen to the depth of four feet in Strawberry Valley. On the summit it is reported seven feet on a level, Tuer steamer Golden Age, with $22 passengers, and the mails from New York to December Ist, arrived at San Francisco on Monday evening last, W. Harris, 20 members; La Grange—Col. B. Shropshire, 38 members; Brenham—Dr. John Lark, 20 members; pearpe Hill—-George W. Chappel, 17 members; Houston—Capt. W. Edwards, 42 members ; Navasota—Jno. Lloyd, 7 members; Huntsville—Thos. Carothers, 45 inembers. It will be observed that these are the members that joined each castle the first night. The term “castle,” instead of being « fortress or fortified house, is the name given to the lodges of the Order. The object of the K, G. C. organization isto protect the rights of the South against the encroachments of the North; butif their services are not needed for that purpose, they intend to invade Mexico without further delay. The De. Lark mentioned above as being in command of the castle at Brenbam, is the eame Dr. Lark who kept a drug store for many years in Nevada, and the numerous friends of the chivalrous gentleman will be pleased to learn that he has now got into @ business more suited to his taste than that of peddling pills. Cuanaep wis Minp.—The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that Senator Latham bas expressed the opinion that there are not five hundred men in California who will favor a Pacific Republic in case the South secedes from the Union. Ln his speech last year, he stated that the Pacific coast would eet up an independent government in the event of dieruption of the Union; but it seems he bas changed his opinion on this question, and has now gone off on the other extreme, We presume there are not less than five thousand men in Califernia who would favor Pacific Republic in order that they might have a chance at some of the numerous offices which would necessarily be created by the establishment of a separate government on this coast; and there are others that would favor the measure for different reasons. But as it is now pretty evident that a very large majority of the voters are oppored to an independent government on this coast, the question is not likely to be seriously agitated in California, Latham undoubtedly begins to see this, and is now preparing to run along with the popular currcot. Drvipine THe Srois.—The messengers appointed by the electors of the different States to carry the vote for President and Vice President to Washington, are allowed the same mileage as members of the Legislature of their respective States, This mileage, to the California and Oregon messengers amounts to quite a sum—sufficient to pay the expenses of two men to Wasbington and back. Mr. Weeks, oue of the electors, was appointed to. take the vote of California, and it is charged that an arrangement wag made between Weeks and Washburn to divide the mileage—both gentlemen having gone to Washiagton for sppointments under Lincoln, The Oregon electors appointed Mr. Dryer as messenger, with an arrangement that the milage should be divided between him and Mr. Pengra. Both of these gentlemen were Electors, and have gone to Washington in search. of appointments, Onscon Conaressman.—The Governor and Secretary of State of Oregon have furnished Mr. A. J. Thayer with a certified copy of the official canvass for Congressman, showing bim to have received © majority of the votes at the Jate election This will secure Thayer the seat at the opening of Congress, Mr.Sheil, who received a majority of the votes at the election last spring, will contest the seat ; but if the seat is awarded to either, Thayer will undoubtedly get it. As there isno law in Oregon fixing the time for the election of Congressman, the probability is that neither of the contestants will be allowed to represent the State in the next Congress, Fire at Manysvit_e.—The stable of Mr. Joseph: Curry, of Marysville, was consumed by fire last Sunday night. Some twentysix or twenty-eight horses and mules were burnt to death in the building, and an im. mense quantity of hay was also consumed, . The Democrat says the shrieks of the horses, a most peculiar sound, was harrowing to hear. The total loss was some $12,000 or $15,000. The fire is supposed to have been . the work of an incendiary. Laren yrom Cuina.—By the arrival 0 the bark Robert Passenger, we have dates from Hong Kong to October 16th. It was! rumored there that the allies had taken Pekin after o battle; that the Emperor had . fled, and that the English prisoners had been . beheaded by the Chinese at the city of Tung Chow, and that that place had been taken and burned by the allied army. The Hongkong Press places no reliance whatever in the rumor. The Alta says that by a private letter received in San Francisco, dated Hongkong, October 16th, it learns that the rumor that Mr. Parkes and bis associates, the English prisoners, bad been beheaded by the Chinese was confirmed. The same journal says: It is wel Known to the Chinese at Pekin that Parkes was the man who was British official at Hongkong—had caused the war by giving importance to a matter apparently. trifling; and they bore a bitter hatred to him for that reason. He seemed to think teat he could safely venture almost any place, and_so rode out some miles from the army with Mr. Bouleby, correspondent of the London Times, Mr. Locke, Mr. Norman, Capt. Brabazon, of the artillery, and Capt. Anderson, with 20 Sikh Cavalry. They went beyond the lines of the Chinese army, which was preparing to resist the whole allied force. The ittle party were taken prisoners, and that is all we positively know o/ ‘heir fate. Srorm at MarysviLie.—A terrific storm ewept over Marysville, about one o’clock last Monday morning, damaging property to a considerable extent, bat happily no lives were lost. The Democrat thus describes the effect : Down came the unfinished new brick building on Third street, (projected by Keller, Hudson and others, and designed for anew meat market,) leaving a mass of bricks and timbers. Off came nearly the entire tin roofing of the Theater, making a crash like a thousand thunders, and portions of it rolling into the street. Pretty soon the south wall of the City Pavilon fell in with a tremendous crash, and wooden houses on the outskirts of the city, (uninhabited) turned topsy-turvey, Doors were driven in . in private residences, and sky-lights flew around . promiscuously, letting in copious floods of rain, to the detriment of internal arrangements. Houses trembled to their foundations, and many were the shivering forms which rushed to the windows or cowered in their beds, as the mad elements warred above and around. Since writing the above, we hear of a stable having been blown down on High street, a portion of the roof of another on Third, anda blacksmith shop on A street. Doubtless there was a good deal more destruction that we have not heard of. A New Tax.—The Stockton Argus gets off the following, which is one ef the best of the season: While J. B. Hall, court, Tuesday, be spoke of a statutory law being improperly punctuated, makiog its meaning doubtful. Ino the course of his ar. gument he used the word syntax several times, An old citizen sitting bebind him raised his head ina listening attitude on hearing the word syutax first mentioned. On its repetition he raised to his feet, some. : e 1 & ‘amilie 1 de y sduced . Esq., was pleading in — Families and dealers generally, at Reduced what agitated, and upon the word syutax being again repeated, be caught a friend by the arm, pulled him out of the court room, . and exclaimed: “Look here! did you hear . that? Now, sir, I have paid my poll tax, my road tax, my school tax, my county tax and my State tax, and d—n me if they ain’t going to puta sin-tax upon us! We can’t stand it, sir!” Puptre Lanps.—Mr. Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, says, in his last report, that during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1860, 16,385,361 acres of public land have been offered for sale, 12,060,053 acres of which have been disposed of thus: 3,977,619 acres for cash, 3,379,040 by location of bounty land warrants, 3,037,770 approved to States, under the swamp land law, and 2,665,623 given to States under railroad grants, There are still in existence, he says, 74,468 bounty land warrants, demanding 8,196,580 acres of the public domain, Wasitokr AND EsMERALDA.—The Placerville Californian, of Saturday last, says it is informed by an individual just arrived from Carson Valley, that the Esmeralda mines are considered superior even to the celebrated Comstock lead at Washoe; and thata new gold mine has been discovered 16 miles from Silver City, richer in the precious. mineral. than any. yet found. e Tas WasnIncton MoNnvMENT.—The San. Francisco Herald is informed that the total amount contributed at the late election toward the Washington Monument Fund is $10,900. Colusa is the banner county, having contributed a larger amount according to her voting population than any other. San Mateo, it is said, is second. Rewarp Orrrrep.—In the San Franeiseo . papers Mr. Theopilus Johnson offers a reward . of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of his wife and daughter and a man servant, upon his premises near . Jone Mountain Cemetery, on the 23d of Octw. er. THE Stent Citrrs,—A New York paper says that the growth of the population in the . cities of the living cannot compete with the rapidity which fills up, with silent throngs, the . city of the dead. Greenwood Cemetery was opened for interments in 1842, and in 1560 its . inhabitants number eighty thousand. Draty Sentence.—Wm. Williams, oo) A MosT . victed of the murder of Blanchard, was on Saturday, in the Sacramento District Court, sen-. AS » Sen. ASON, Office entran tenced to be hanged on the 25th ofnext month. . Meat Market, Pine street, Nevada, . lars enquire at this office. ¢ Court=Hox. NrtamsSeantsy Presiding. (DAY PRESENTS !! . “District Court—Hon. NivesSeanss, Presiding. . HOLIDAY pl os a GEO. W. WELCH, . Laird and Webber.—Jdudgmen ee ed a a ae of defendant Webber for his costs, and . JUST HAS RECEIVED A MAGNIFICENT STOCK against defendant mee: Se ksad . OF GIFTS Moore vs. McCaffre arty.—Judgmen for plaintiff for $425. FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS! Moyes & Hill vs. Schaffer et al.—Judgment ie . in favor of defendant Jollicour for his costs, y ki fF and against the other defendants. aes Monchaque vs. Monchaque.— Decree of diyorce granted. : Splendid Gift Books! O’Connor vs. Fletcher & Brookshire—Deayyvats, murrer overruled, with leave to answer in ten ALBUMS, days. { WRITING DESKS, avis vs. Kent.—Ordered that the partner. we uttye ' ship property described in complaint sold, DRESSING CASES, and the proceeds divided between the parties. Rogers vs. Tomlinson.—Demurrer submitted . and taken under advisement. Stewart vs. Brown & Lalond.—Cause argued and submitted, and taken under advisement. . Luce vs. Walsh et al.—Judgment in favor of plaintiff. a ; May etal. vs. Hotailing.—Motion to tax costs . submitted on the part of plaintiffs. wa) Bowley vs. Bowley.—Ordered that laintiff’s . attorneys prepare an order for commission to . — take testimony. Kinsmore vs. Brooks & McCulloch.—Cause . dismissed at cost of plaintiffs. . POR THE HOLIDAYS!! Smith vs. Spicer & Herring —Decree of foreclosure of hen entered. Pa Colton vs. McKinney.—Order extending time for garnishee to appear and show cause, conGIFT BOOKS. PERFUMERY AND tinued until Monday next. sae Butts vs. Sharp.—Motion to file replication . FANCY GOODS, to answer granted. . Court adjourned until Monday next. FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S At H. H. WICKES & C0’S. decl3-2w NO, 45 BROAD STREET, NEVADA. &c. Ke. &e, Besides a great variety of suitable Gifts for the ggLITTLE FOLKS. oa Also, a fine assortment of Diaries and Daily Journals for 1861, at very Low Prices, at the PIONEER BOOK STORE, decli-Sw Commercial street, Nevada. GIFTS A splendid assortment of Tur Managers ofthe Protestant Orphan Asylum San Francisco, have, says the Mirror, received $100 from the committee of Irish citizens organized to erect a liberty pole on the Plaza but not permitted to do so by the Board of Supervisors. ‘Truly, ‘tis an ill wind that blows nobody good.” , New AtLMApEN.—In anticipation of a WM. H. CRAWFORD & CO., speedy decision of the New Almaden contro(Successors to J, M. Hamilton & Co.) versy, which will remove the injunction on the GENERAL DEALERS IN working of the mines, preparations are being! HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL p i , ’ , —e ON ee ex, Nails, Bellows, Anvils .nd —PAINTS.— Linseed, Lard, Sperm and Polar Oils, LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING, POWDER, TACKLE BLOCKS, FUSE, CORDAGE, . DUCK AND RUBBER HOSh, Hydraulic Pipes, Quicksilver, Lead Pipe SHAVING Curar.—The residents of Red Plows, Straw Cutters &e. W. H. CRAWFORD, Bluff are to be envied. In consequence of a . lively opposition between the two tonsorial pro. ‘ = _ HLL. COYE, fessors of the town, a man can get shaved twice . At the Old Stand, No. 27 Main St., Nevada. bit. ~— _~ — mon 'WE WILL NOT BE OUTDONE!! Tur whooping cough has made its appearTALLMAN & TURNER ance among the children at North San Juan. . s CITY BREWERY. . HE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE. spectfuily inform tbe lovers of good LAGER STOVES, TIN, AND HARDWARE, BER. that he manufactures an article that can. not ¢ , please the taste. . age Lager Beor furnished regularly to Bar-rooms, . ROPE, LEAD PIPE, HYDRAULIC PIPES, ConGRESSIONAL Pay.—A Washington dispatch eae that the Speaker’s warrants were protested on the 6th for want of «funds in the Treasury, and that the protest would be for. mally entered. The Treasury has paid about . $200,000 to members since the meeting of Con. gress. BRICK BUILDING, COMMERCIAL ST., NEVADA, FFER TO THE CITIZENS OF NEvada and vicinity, the best selected stock of . BENCH TOOLS, TABLE CUTLERY &e. A. BLASAUF, . City Brewery, Spring st., Nevada. . That can be found this side of the Valley. dec25 SE co ND . sa Copper Work and Job Work done to order, PRE P £ NTAT I ON R A F FL E P . with neatness and dixpatch. ah SIGN OF TH f ‘K. OF A. LIEBERT, . (on pall pov eet D §, TALLMAN, QWiNe TO THE FACT THAT MR. C. . G.E. TURNER, W. Young's Gift Entertainment is soon to come nate beatae TEA, Lhe Ae Si get EE oa off, and the inclemency of the weather at the pres. ent time, I have determined to postpone my Gift En. tertainment until . ] TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1%th 1861, GRE G ORY & BORIN G ’ Those who wish to purchase Tickets can do so by calling on we at the Galleay, on Broad street. ’ Nevada, Dec, 2ith—tf A. LEIBERT. . DEALERS 1h We the undersigned agree to close our Stores and Offices at 3 o’clock P. M.on New Year’s . Day, January 1st 1861 : . Wall & Newman, T. Ellard Beans, Birdseye & Co., J.M. Hixson, Geo. W. Kidd, Gregory & Boring, Mayers & Coe, Davenport & Co., A. Block & Co., . 4a-Goods Delivered Free of Charge.-@ GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. : ee . C. W Mulford & Co., . NO, 44 MAIN ST., NEVADA. L. M. Cohn, Joseph Brothers, . Il. Levy, Hagadorn & Bowley, . J. Rosenthal, Pula & Parver, © . 0 8. Lubeck, B.F.Stokes & Co, . LET NEVADA FLOURISH!! W.H. Crawford, A.G. Pier. st Sale.—Whercas, on the J 16th day of Nov. a. D. 1860, to wit: In the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District in and for Nevada County, State of California, WELTON HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING PRO& SWARTZ recovered judgment against Clark Howcured one of THOS. WATSON’S inimitable J’atland, J. Johnson, Wm. Alpough, Peter Alpough, . &®*SEWING MACHINES, are prepared to furnish Charles Buck, Danial Mayen, Michael Cauley, Vat: . Miners and dealers in canvas, Four Strongly Sewed rick Martin, Timothy Cochran and Anthony Crowley, . Seams, for Twenty Cents a Yard. In mamufactur for the-sumvof one hundred and nineteen dollars, debt . ing Mose, we invariably use the best and strongest with interest ou the said sum of $119 from the 16th . tine that can be procuzed in the market day of Nov, 1860, atthe rate often per cent per annum, together with $51,25 costs of suit > I have MR. TERRY ’ Being a practical Sail-maker, and having long car levied upon the following described property, to wit: All the right, title and interest of the withix’ named-. ried i Hose nt : he business of i i : defendants of in and to the mining claims and minin, mt er ty Sp 0 y . are BI i i ates situated on San Juan Hill, Nevada county, Sey to arena a hi al — of be ape and known as the Empire Co’s. , claims, with all improvements and a vs . thereunto belonging. ee Ps melee Notice is hereby given that I will sell all the above . D)SSOLUTION.—Noticeis hereby given HYDRAULIC HOSE MANUFACTORY. _ TERRY & IRVING decl8-tf No. 81 Broad Street, Nevada. described property, to the highest and best bidder for that the Co-part i istil cash, oz th aie a s at bidder for ‘ ‘ par’ aership heretofore existing un1860; in frontof the the 27th day of December a, p, . “et the name and si} leof J: DREYFUSS & O0., in “ Court House door i ity of . the Bakery business &c., i i i Nevada, between the hours of 10 po Bae lee Ad mutual consent, eee o'clock . M. to satisfy and pay said judgment "4 Given, under my hand this 4th of Dec. a. p.1860, ¥ ‘ J. B. VAN HAGEN, Sheriff N.C €. Wilson Hill, Plaintiffs’ Att’y. dec27-td ; OTICE [IS HEREBY GIVEN th N the above sale is postponed: until THURSDAY, . January 3d 1861, by order of Plaintiif’s Attorney. 0 larger ee J. B. VAN HAGAN, Sherif. j ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.—Notice 1s HO! FOR MT. oR oO hereby given that the undersigned, AdministraOo: . tor of the Estate of Jom. San ieeceend, wil, r A Share In the Bla SATURDAY x ats ck Hawk Co. for Sate. . pre seb hs January 4th, 1861, at one o’clock P. N. T IE undersigned offers his interestin the above . 7 the Court House Door in the City of Nevada, offer . company for sale on rcasonable terms. Said . for sale at public auction, the following deseribed claims are located jn the Mt. Oro District, and join . Property, to wit: the celebrated Yorty claims. For further’ particuGro. I. Lamxon. SCALING & CLEANII ING_&. CLEANING. adjoining the Green Mountain Co.; a. to preserve the TEETH——Fee $2,50—by DR. LEVand Fixtures, situated on Gass Hill, ce up stairs, next toChas. Kent’s JULIUS DREYFUSS, ries OTTO LUTJE. re usingss will hereafter be carried on at the U . 8. relate, Pine st, Nevada, by the undersigned, wlio ws authorized to settle all the partnership accounts. JULIUS SYFUSS. Nevada, Dec. 224, iteendeuseree” a ; to wit: One-eighth interest in the Empi . Company’s Mining claims, situated on Gass Hill; a's . one-half interest in Canon Flume Company, situate! _ . in Gass Canon; also one-eleventh i: . t in thi . Rail Road Company, situated on Pryor’. ita ‘ine, av! + Cabin Terms of the above sale, Cash. aNgrads, Dee. Sth 1860," "HB, THOMPSON oo Public Administrator

Panacea ben Aevada Democrat. Octavian Hoogs, is our Agent for San Jrancisco, We is authorized to receive advertixementa, and collect aud receipt for the paime, A. Badlam, Jr., is our Agent for Sacramento, THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 27, 1960. . ed ! the Order. to receive adyertizements and collect for the same. . Kwiaurs or tux GoLpEen Cimcie—The Houston Telegraph of a recent date, publisbes a communication from George Bickley, Commander-in-cbief of the Knights of the Golden Circle, who wishes to keep the Texas Division advised of the progress of He says: During the past week, castles were establishat the following places, and are in charge of . the following named persons; Austin—Geo. Dr. W. A, Scorr has written a communication in relation to the charge of plagiarism, made against bim by “Quien Sabe,”’ in the columns of the Union. In relation toa charge that he had made an improper use of the writings of Dr. Dick, Dr. Scott says he never read the works of that author, Lis lecture on “Other Planets” was mainly an embodiment of such recent facts and discoveries, bearing on his subject, as he bad beeu able to glean from current authors, and some of those discoveries were made since Dr. Dick wrote. He vindicates bimself from the charge of plagiarising Dr. Cumming’s work, by stating that the plan of his volume was allogether different; that the order, arrangement, and presentation, were all his own ; that he used such materials as pleased him, from the authors whom he named, and that he frequently called capecial attention to the work of Dr. Cumming. It appears that this matter was submitted to Dr. Cumming himself, ia 1855, by one of Dr. Scott’s accusers, and in reply, Dr. Cumming said: A very unnecessary severity of criticism has fallen on Dr. Scott, He alludes to my lectures, commends them to the stady of his audience, and having there by evinced his acquaintance with the volume, it was natura) that incidental ideas, which had any point, should be adopted by him, and that the language in which he first saw them clothed should without any deliberate appropriation, inevitably adhere, The fact is, 1 have no beliet in originality in the year 1855, It is wonderful to notice how very little of it exists in modern literature. 1 candidly own, that in anything . have written I have never aspired to be original—~I employed such ideas as memory, and pretty extensive reading, calied up, and never stopped to inquire whether . was inventor or mere unconscious vehicle, and my impression is that all I have said or written has been better said or written before I was bora. Repemprion ov THH State Funpev Den. Notice was given some time since, by the State Board of Exameners, that there was in the State Treasury the sum of $16,88071, which would be appropriated to the redemption of the funded debt of the State, at the lowest price offered, The bids were opened on Monday last, and ranged from 92 to 99} cents, The bids accepted were those of H. ©. Wheeler for $2,000, at 924 and John Perry, Jr., for $16,000, at 92 cts. Tho State thus redeemed $18,000 of its funded debt for $16,570. Tux Murper ov tun Jounson Faminy. —A dispatch to the Sacramento Bee says that a man who knows the murderer of Mrs. Johnson and her daughter, and the hired man Qook, near Lone Mountain, has been arrested in Stockton, It is supposed that Cook was killed by @ neighbor, in a quarrel about wages, and that Mrs, Johnson and daughter witnessed the murder, and were killed to avoid exposure. Liset.—The proprietors of the San Francisco Mirror have been arsested on a charge of libel, preferred by J. 8. Maxwell, Tho arrest was occasioned by the exposition made by that paper of the Pacific Life Guard and intelligence office affair, of which Maxwell was charged with being the head. Masropon.—A portion of the skeleton of a mastodon was recently found by some minerson Klamath river, It was found forty feet below the surface, and the bones, though extremely porous, were in a good state ef preservation. The animal when living must have been from eighteen to twenty feot in height. eens = ae cin enema Coxvicren or Murpgr.-—George Ward, charged with the murder of his wife, bad his eecond trial at Stockton, last week, and was convicted of murder in the first degree. On the first trial the jury stood. nine for conviction and three for acquittal. Deav.—Mrs. Offutt, of Petaluma, who was eo severely burned on the evening of December 6th, by her dress taking fire, survived her injuries until the evening of the 14th, when death relieved the unfortunate woman from her. sufferings. PiacervitLe Roure.—A dispatch from Placerville, says the snow has fallen to the depth of four feet in Strawberry Valley. On the summit it is reported seven feet on a level, Tuer steamer Golden Age, with $22 passengers, and the mails from New York to December Ist, arrived at San Francisco on Monday evening last, W. Harris, 20 members; La Grange—Col. B. Shropshire, 38 members; Brenham—Dr. John Lark, 20 members; pearpe Hill—-George W. Chappel, 17 members; Houston—Capt. W. Edwards, 42 members ; Navasota—Jno. Lloyd, 7 members; Huntsville—Thos. Carothers, 45 inembers. It will be observed that these are the members that joined each castle the first night. The term “castle,” instead of being « fortress or fortified house, is the name given to the lodges of the Order. The object of the K, G. C. organization isto protect the rights of the South against the encroachments of the North; butif their services are not needed for that purpose, they intend to invade Mexico without further delay. The De. Lark mentioned above as being in command of the castle at Brenbam, is the eame Dr. Lark who kept a drug store for many years in Nevada, and the numerous friends of the chivalrous gentleman will be pleased to learn that he has now got into @ business more suited to his taste than that of peddling pills. Cuanaep wis Minp.—The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that Senator Latham bas expressed the opinion that there are not five hundred men in California who will favor a Pacific Republic in case the South secedes from the Union. Ln his speech last year, he stated that the Pacific coast would eet up an independent government in the event of dieruption of the Union; but it seems he bas changed his opinion on this question, and has now gone off on the other extreme, We presume there are not less than five thousand men in Califernia who would favor Pacific Republic in order that they might have a chance at some of the numerous offices which would necessarily be created by the establishment of a separate government on this coast; and there are others that would favor the measure for different reasons. But as it is now pretty evident that a very large majority of the voters are oppored to an independent government on this coast, the question is not likely to be seriously agitated in California, Latham undoubtedly begins to see this, and is now preparing to run along with the popular currcot. Drvipine THe Srois.—The messengers appointed by the electors of the different States to carry the vote for President and Vice President to Washington, are allowed the same mileage as members of the Legislature of their respective States, This mileage, to the California and Oregon messengers amounts to quite a sum—sufficient to pay the expenses of two men to Wasbington and back. Mr. Weeks, oue of the electors, was appointed to. take the vote of California, and it is charged that an arrangement wag made between Weeks and Washburn to divide the mileage—both gentlemen having gone to Washiagton for sppointments under Lincoln, The Oregon electors appointed Mr. Dryer as messenger, with an arrangement that the milage should be divided between him and Mr. Pengra. Both of these gentlemen were Electors, and have gone to Washington in search. of appointments, Onscon Conaressman.—The Governor and Secretary of State of Oregon have furnished Mr. A. J. Thayer with a certified copy of the official canvass for Congressman, showing bim to have received © majority of the votes at the Jate election This will secure Thayer the seat at the opening of Congress, Mr.Sheil, who received a majority of the votes at the election last spring, will contest the seat ; but if the seat is awarded to either, Thayer will undoubtedly get it. As there isno law in Oregon fixing the time for the election of Congressman, the probability is that neither of the contestants will be allowed to represent the State in the next Congress, Fire at Manysvit_e.—The stable of Mr. Joseph: Curry, of Marysville, was consumed by fire last Sunday night. Some twentysix or twenty-eight horses and mules were burnt to death in the building, and an im. mense quantity of hay was also consumed, . The Democrat says the shrieks of the horses, a most peculiar sound, was harrowing to hear. The total loss was some $12,000 or $15,000. The fire is supposed to have been . the work of an incendiary. Laren yrom Cuina.—By the arrival 0 the bark Robert Passenger, we have dates from Hong Kong to October 16th. It was! rumored there that the allies had taken Pekin after o battle; that the Emperor had . fled, and that the English prisoners had been . beheaded by the Chinese at the city of Tung Chow, and that that place had been taken and burned by the allied army. The Hongkong Press places no reliance whatever in the rumor. The Alta says that by a private letter received in San Francisco, dated Hongkong, October 16th, it learns that the rumor that Mr. Parkes and bis associates, the English prisoners, bad been beheaded by the Chinese was confirmed. The same journal says: It is wel Known to the Chinese at Pekin that Parkes was the man who was British official at Hongkong—had caused the war by giving importance to a matter apparently. trifling; and they bore a bitter hatred to him for that reason. He seemed to think teat he could safely venture almost any place, and_so rode out some miles from the army with Mr. Bouleby, correspondent of the London Times, Mr. Locke, Mr. Norman, Capt. Brabazon, of the artillery, and Capt. Anderson, with 20 Sikh Cavalry. They went beyond the lines of the Chinese army, which was preparing to resist the whole allied force. The ittle party were taken prisoners, and that is all we positively know o/ ‘heir fate. Srorm at MarysviLie.—A terrific storm ewept over Marysville, about one o’clock last Monday morning, damaging property to a considerable extent, bat happily no lives were lost. The Democrat thus describes the effect : Down came the unfinished new brick building on Third street, (projected by Keller, Hudson and others, and designed for anew meat market,) leaving a mass of bricks and timbers. Off came nearly the entire tin roofing of the Theater, making a crash like a thousand thunders, and portions of it rolling into the street. Pretty soon the south wall of the City Pavilon fell in with a tremendous crash, and wooden houses on the outskirts of the city, (uninhabited) turned topsy-turvey, Doors were driven in . in private residences, and sky-lights flew around . promiscuously, letting in copious floods of rain, to the detriment of internal arrangements. Houses trembled to their foundations, and many were the shivering forms which rushed to the windows or cowered in their beds, as the mad elements warred above and around. Since writing the above, we hear of a stable having been blown down on High street, a portion of the roof of another on Third, anda blacksmith shop on A street. Doubtless there was a good deal more destruction that we have not heard of. A New Tax.—The Stockton Argus gets off the following, which is one ef the best of the season: While J. B. Hall, court, Tuesday, be spoke of a statutory law being improperly punctuated, makiog its meaning doubtful. Ino the course of his ar. gument he used the word syntax several times, An old citizen sitting bebind him raised his head ina listening attitude on

hearing the word syutax first mentioned. On its repetition he raised to his feet, some. : e 1 & ‘amilie 1 de y sduced . Esq., was pleading in — Families and dealers generally, at Reduced what agitated, and upon the word syutax being again repeated, be caught a friend by the arm, pulled him out of the court room, . and exclaimed: “Look here! did you hear . that? Now, sir, I have paid my poll tax, my road tax, my school tax, my county tax and my State tax, and d—n me if they ain’t going to puta sin-tax upon us! We can’t stand it, sir!” Puptre Lanps.—Mr. Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, says, in his last report, that during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1860, 16,385,361 acres of public land have been offered for sale, 12,060,053 acres of which have been disposed of thus: 3,977,619 acres for cash, 3,379,040 by location of bounty land warrants, 3,037,770 approved to States, under the swamp land law, and 2,665,623 given to States under railroad grants, There are still in existence, he says, 74,468 bounty land warrants, demanding 8,196,580 acres of the public domain, Wasitokr AND EsMERALDA.—The Placerville Californian, of Saturday last, says it is informed by an individual just arrived from Carson Valley, that the Esmeralda mines are considered superior even to the celebrated Comstock lead at Washoe; and thata new gold mine has been discovered 16 miles from Silver City, richer in the precious. mineral. than any. yet found. e Tas WasnIncton MoNnvMENT.—The San. Francisco Herald is informed that the total amount contributed at the late election toward the Washington Monument Fund is $10,900. Colusa is the banner county, having contributed a larger amount according to her voting population than any other. San Mateo, it is said, is second. Rewarp Orrrrep.—In the San Franeiseo . papers Mr. Theopilus Johnson offers a reward . of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of his wife and daughter and a man servant, upon his premises near . Jone Mountain Cemetery, on the 23d of Octw. er. THE Stent Citrrs,—A New York paper says that the growth of the population in the . cities of the living cannot compete with the rapidity which fills up, with silent throngs, the . city of the dead. Greenwood Cemetery was opened for interments in 1842, and in 1560 its . inhabitants number eighty thousand. Draty Sentence.—Wm. Williams, oo) A MosT . victed of the murder of Blanchard, was on Saturday, in the Sacramento District Court, sen-. AS » Sen. ASON, Office entran tenced to be hanged on the 25th ofnext month. . Meat Market, Pine street, Nevada, . lars enquire at this office. ¢ Court=Hox. NrtamsSeantsy Presiding. (DAY PRESENTS !! . “District Court—Hon. NivesSeanss, Presiding. . HOLIDAY pl os a GEO. W. WELCH, . Laird and Webber.—Jdudgmen ee ed a a ae of defendant Webber for his costs, and . JUST HAS RECEIVED A MAGNIFICENT STOCK against defendant mee: Se ksad . OF GIFTS Moore vs. McCaffre arty.—Judgmen for plaintiff for $425. FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS! Moyes & Hill vs. Schaffer et al.—Judgment ie . in favor of defendant Jollicour for his costs, y ki fF and against the other defendants. aes Monchaque vs. Monchaque.— Decree of diyorce granted. : Splendid Gift Books! O’Connor vs. Fletcher & Brookshire—Deayyvats, murrer overruled, with leave to answer in ten ALBUMS, days. { WRITING DESKS, avis vs. Kent.—Ordered that the partner. we uttye ' ship property described in complaint sold, DRESSING CASES, and the proceeds divided between the parties. Rogers vs. Tomlinson.—Demurrer submitted . and taken under advisement. Stewart vs. Brown & Lalond.—Cause argued and submitted, and taken under advisement. . Luce vs. Walsh et al.—Judgment in favor of plaintiff. a ; May etal. vs. Hotailing.—Motion to tax costs . submitted on the part of plaintiffs. wa) Bowley vs. Bowley.—Ordered that laintiff’s . attorneys prepare an order for commission to . — take testimony. Kinsmore vs. Brooks & McCulloch.—Cause . dismissed at cost of plaintiffs. . POR THE HOLIDAYS!! Smith vs. Spicer & Herring —Decree of foreclosure of hen entered. Pa Colton vs. McKinney.—Order extending time for garnishee to appear and show cause, conGIFT BOOKS. PERFUMERY AND tinued until Monday next. sae Butts vs. Sharp.—Motion to file replication . FANCY GOODS, to answer granted. . Court adjourned until Monday next. FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S At H. H. WICKES & C0’S. decl3-2w NO, 45 BROAD STREET, NEVADA. &c. Ke. &e, Besides a great variety of suitable Gifts for the ggLITTLE FOLKS. oa Also, a fine assortment of Diaries and Daily Journals for 1861, at very Low Prices, at the PIONEER BOOK STORE, decli-Sw Commercial street, Nevada. GIFTS A splendid assortment of Tur Managers ofthe Protestant Orphan Asylum San Francisco, have, says the Mirror, received $100 from the committee of Irish citizens organized to erect a liberty pole on the Plaza but not permitted to do so by the Board of Supervisors. ‘Truly, ‘tis an ill wind that blows nobody good.” , New AtLMApEN.—In anticipation of a WM. H. CRAWFORD & CO., speedy decision of the New Almaden contro(Successors to J, M. Hamilton & Co.) versy, which will remove the injunction on the GENERAL DEALERS IN working of the mines, preparations are being! HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL p i , ’ , —e ON ee ex, Nails, Bellows, Anvils .nd —PAINTS.— Linseed, Lard, Sperm and Polar Oils, LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING, POWDER, TACKLE BLOCKS, FUSE, CORDAGE, . DUCK AND RUBBER HOSh, Hydraulic Pipes, Quicksilver, Lead Pipe SHAVING Curar.—The residents of Red Plows, Straw Cutters &e. W. H. CRAWFORD, Bluff are to be envied. In consequence of a . lively opposition between the two tonsorial pro. ‘ = _ HLL. COYE, fessors of the town, a man can get shaved twice . At the Old Stand, No. 27 Main St., Nevada. bit. ~— _~ — mon 'WE WILL NOT BE OUTDONE!! Tur whooping cough has made its appearTALLMAN & TURNER ance among the children at North San Juan. . s CITY BREWERY. . HE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE. spectfuily inform tbe lovers of good LAGER STOVES, TIN, AND HARDWARE, BER. that he manufactures an article that can. not ¢ , please the taste. . age Lager Beor furnished regularly to Bar-rooms, . ROPE, LEAD PIPE, HYDRAULIC PIPES, ConGRESSIONAL Pay.—A Washington dispatch eae that the Speaker’s warrants were protested on the 6th for want of «funds in the Treasury, and that the protest would be for. mally entered. The Treasury has paid about . $200,000 to members since the meeting of Con. gress. BRICK BUILDING, COMMERCIAL ST., NEVADA, FFER TO THE CITIZENS OF NEvada and vicinity, the best selected stock of . BENCH TOOLS, TABLE CUTLERY &e. A. BLASAUF, . City Brewery, Spring st., Nevada. . That can be found this side of the Valley. dec25 SE co ND . sa Copper Work and Job Work done to order, PRE P £ NTAT I ON R A F FL E P . with neatness and dixpatch. ah SIGN OF TH f ‘K. OF A. LIEBERT, . (on pall pov eet D §, TALLMAN, QWiNe TO THE FACT THAT MR. C. . G.E. TURNER, W. Young's Gift Entertainment is soon to come nate beatae TEA, Lhe Ae Si get EE oa off, and the inclemency of the weather at the pres. ent time, I have determined to postpone my Gift En. tertainment until . ] TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1%th 1861, GRE G ORY & BORIN G ’ Those who wish to purchase Tickets can do so by calling on we at the Galleay, on Broad street. ’ Nevada, Dec, 2ith—tf A. LEIBERT. . DEALERS 1h We the undersigned agree to close our Stores and Offices at 3 o’clock P. M.on New Year’s . Day, January 1st 1861 : . Wall & Newman, T. Ellard Beans, Birdseye & Co., J.M. Hixson, Geo. W. Kidd, Gregory & Boring, Mayers & Coe, Davenport & Co., A. Block & Co., . 4a-Goods Delivered Free of Charge.-@ GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. : ee . C. W Mulford & Co., . NO, 44 MAIN ST., NEVADA. L. M. Cohn, Joseph Brothers, . Il. Levy, Hagadorn & Bowley, . J. Rosenthal, Pula & Parver, © . 0 8. Lubeck, B.F.Stokes & Co, . LET NEVADA FLOURISH!! W.H. Crawford, A.G. Pier. st Sale.—Whercas, on the J 16th day of Nov. a. D. 1860, to wit: In the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District in and for Nevada County, State of California, WELTON HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING PRO& SWARTZ recovered judgment against Clark Howcured one of THOS. WATSON’S inimitable J’atland, J. Johnson, Wm. Alpough, Peter Alpough, . &®*SEWING MACHINES, are prepared to furnish Charles Buck, Danial Mayen, Michael Cauley, Vat: . Miners and dealers in canvas, Four Strongly Sewed rick Martin, Timothy Cochran and Anthony Crowley, . Seams, for Twenty Cents a Yard. In mamufactur for the-sumvof one hundred and nineteen dollars, debt . ing Mose, we invariably use the best and strongest with interest ou the said sum of $119 from the 16th . tine that can be procuzed in the market day of Nov, 1860, atthe rate often per cent per annum, together with $51,25 costs of suit > I have MR. TERRY ’ Being a practical Sail-maker, and having long car levied upon the following described property, to wit: All the right, title and interest of the withix’ named-. ried i Hose nt : he business of i i : defendants of in and to the mining claims and minin, mt er ty Sp 0 y . are BI i i ates situated on San Juan Hill, Nevada county, Sey to arena a hi al — of be ape and known as the Empire Co’s. , claims, with all improvements and a vs . thereunto belonging. ee Ps melee Notice is hereby given that I will sell all the above . D)SSOLUTION.—Noticeis hereby given HYDRAULIC HOSE MANUFACTORY. _ TERRY & IRVING decl8-tf No. 81 Broad Street, Nevada. described property, to the highest and best bidder for that the Co-part i istil cash, oz th aie a s at bidder for ‘ ‘ par’ aership heretofore existing un1860; in frontof the the 27th day of December a, p, . “et the name and si} leof J: DREYFUSS & O0., in “ Court House door i ity of . the Bakery business &c., i i i Nevada, between the hours of 10 po Bae lee Ad mutual consent, eee o'clock . M. to satisfy and pay said judgment "4 Given, under my hand this 4th of Dec. a. p.1860, ¥ ‘ J. B. VAN HAGEN, Sheriff N.C €. Wilson Hill, Plaintiffs’ Att’y. dec27-td ; OTICE [IS HEREBY GIVEN th N the above sale is postponed: until THURSDAY, . January 3d 1861, by order of Plaintiif’s Attorney. 0 larger ee J. B. VAN HAGAN, Sherif. j ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.—Notice 1s HO! FOR MT. oR oO hereby given that the undersigned, AdministraOo: . tor of the Estate of Jom. San ieeceend, wil, r A Share In the Bla SATURDAY x ats ck Hawk Co. for Sate. . pre seb hs January 4th, 1861, at one o’clock P. N. T IE undersigned offers his interestin the above . 7 the Court House Door in the City of Nevada, offer . company for sale on rcasonable terms. Said . for sale at public auction, the following deseribed claims are located jn the Mt. Oro District, and join . Property, to wit: the celebrated Yorty claims. For further’ particuGro. I. Lamxon. SCALING & CLEANII ING_&. CLEANING. adjoining the Green Mountain Co.; a. to preserve the TEETH——Fee $2,50—by DR. LEVand Fixtures, situated on Gass Hill, ce up stairs, next toChas. Kent’s JULIUS DREYFUSS, ries OTTO LUTJE. re usingss will hereafter be carried on at the U . 8. relate, Pine st, Nevada, by the undersigned, wlio ws authorized to settle all the partnership accounts. JULIUS SYFUSS. Nevada, Dec. 224, iteendeuseree” a ; to wit: One-eighth interest in the Empi . Company’s Mining claims, situated on Gass Hill; a's . one-half interest in Canon Flume Company, situate! _ . in Gass Canon; also one-eleventh i: . t in thi . Rail Road Company, situated on Pryor’. ita ‘ine, av! + Cabin Terms of the above sale, Cash. aNgrads, Dee. Sth 1860," "HB, THOMPSON oo Public Administrator