February 8, 1860 (4 pages)

NEVADA DEMOCRAT. ec renter marae meee = nnn Geo. I. Lammon is our authorized Agent for this Qity. He will deliver the Democrat to subscri ia authorized to receive subscriptions, advertisements &c. and collect and receipt for the same. Octavian Hoogs is our Agent for San Francisco. He ls authorized to receive advertisements, sad collect and receipt for the same. A. Badlam, Jr., is our Agent at Sacramento, to eceive advertisements and collect for the same. NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 1860. Petrricat.—The Democratic Convention of Kentucky, met at Frankfort, Jan. 9th, and elected delegates to the Charleston Convention. An ineffectual attempt was made to indorse the Cincinnati platform, but the slave coders were in a majority, and it failed. The delegates were instructed to vote for Gathrie, but two of them are said to be favorable to Douglas, and will probably vote for him should Guthrie’s name be withdrawn. " The Democratic Convention of Indiana met at Indianapolis, Jan, 11th, and had a stormy session, The Administration had made a desperste effort to carry this State, awd the Federal officers had sent double delegations from seven counties. The friends of Dongias, however, were largely in the majority, and the delegates to Charleston were instructed to vote for him as a unit, and use all honorable means te secure his nomination. The resolution was earried by a vote of 265 to 129. Thos, A. Hendricks was nominated by acclamation for Governor, In the Democratic Convention of Alabama, the ultra sectional wing, after an exciting session, carried the day, and instrueted their delegates to withdraw from the Charleston Convention, should that body fail to declare in favor of Congressional legislation to protect slave property in the Territories. EL OID Paoiric Raitnoap Sunvers,—We are indebted to Senator Haun for a full set of the reports of the “Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean.” The work comprises ten large volumes, and being printed by order of Congress was, of course, got up without regard to expense, Beaides the reports more immediately connected with the railroad survey, the reports of the solentific gentlemen who accompauied the several expeditions, on the geology, zoology, and botany of the vast wilds over which the explorations were made, are of rare interest, It is the most valuable Congressional document we have received for many years. Wasnixaron News.—By tho overland mail, Gates,have been reevived from Washington to January 16th, The House had not organized up to that date, The relative position of parties remained about the same as previously reported—-Sherman lacking three votes of enough to elect him, A caucus, composed of all the members opposed to the Republicans, had been held, but it appears they were not able to concentrate their vote upon any one candidate. Senator Seward had arrived at Washington, and it was reported that he had advised the Repablicans to drop Sherman and cast their votes for Corwin or Gilmer, by which means, an organization could be speedily effected. atiniteeeeiensaesneniementenmmmeeneeseeeel A stmanaz Cass.—A mao named Levi Os trander was sentenced to be hung at Louisville, Kentucky, on the 20th ult, Ostrander was first tried and convicted of manslaughter; his counsel’ appealed the onse and obtained a new trial, and on this he was convicted of murder. An appeal, on the ground tbat he could not be convicted of murder, when on a former trial he was convicted of a lesser offense, has been overruled,”'This case is said to be without a pérallel in the history of oriminal trials, Sorentiric American.—Hon. Judge Mason, of Towa, who made himeselfso popular with the inventors of the country while he held the office of Commissioner of Patents, has, we learn, associated himself with Munn & Co., at the Scientific American oflce, New York, Camrurne.-We learn that the camphene dealers of Nevada have entered into a combination, and are now selling that article at cost and freight, in order to run out an intinerant vender of the article. Now is the time to lay in @ supply. Baw ar Guass Vatuer.—We learn that a Masonic and Odd Fellows’ ball will be given at Hamilton Hall, Grass Valley, on Wednesday evening, Feb, 22d. The ball is given for the benefit of the Masona’ and Odd Fellows’ Hall, in that place. Woon.—Those wishing to lay in a supply of dry eak wood, before another storm renders the roads impassable, would do well to hand in their orders to Mr. J, M. Hixson, who has more better wood than any other dealor in this city. Warcuss axp Juwatxy.—Mr, 0. W. Young has just received, at his store, in Kelsey’s new building, Commercial street, the largest, best, and most complete assortment of watches, jewelry, etc., ever brought to this place. Lipnary Mrxtina.—A meeting of the Nevada Library Association will be held at their Room on Main street, to-morrow (Thursday) evening, A punctual attendance of all the members is requested, Axorser Roan Law.—We notice that Mr. Curtis has introduced a bill into the Assembly in relation to roads and highways in Nevada county, Weare not advised as to the provis. ions of the bill, Deatuor Joun T. MoCarty.—John T. McCarty, Esq.,a lawyer by profession, and « prominent citizen of Marysville, died in that city last Saturday night. He was apparently as well as usual in the morning, but was taken with an epileptic fit about nine o’clock, and expired about 12 o’clock at night. He was formerly from Indiana, but has resided in Marysville since 1849, and has served two terms as Recorder of that city, He was 31 years of "age, and leayes a wife and one child. Catnouic Cyuncn at Say Pasio.—An effort is now being made to obtain funds to build a Catholic Church at San Pablo. A meeting of those interested in the matter was recently held in that place, and a committee appointed to solicit aid to ly carry out the undertaking. Cuanoina Names.—The Senate Judiciary Committee has reported adversely to tbe bill allowing County Courts to change names. PEPER pea th It is well known that by the ordi rocess. Mr. Smith, of this county, bas introduced a of quartz crushing, a considerable per centage bill into the Assembly, to amend Article VI of and . of the gold contained in the rock is lost, This . the Constitution, relatiag tothe judiciary. Acis proven by repeated sssays which have been . cording to the proposed amendment, the Sumade of quartz tailings, after being subjected . preme Court will be composed of seven Judges, to the usual process of separating and amalga-. the Legislature being required to divide the mating the gold. The most of the gold lost is . State into seven districts, each of which elects contained in the sulphurets, and the per cent-. 8 Supreme Judge. They are to hold their ofage of loss varies according asthe sulpburets . fice forfthe term of fourteen years, and during are more or less decomposed. The amount of . the period for which they were elected they are gold contained in the tailings is not sufficient . inelligible to hold any State or Federal office. te pay the expense of assaying them in balk; . The concurrence of four Judges will be requirbut the sulphurets, when separated from the . ed to pronounce a judgment, and five will be mass of tailings, enn be assayed with profit. . necessary to constitute a» quorum to transact The sulphurets are usually worth from $50 to. business, The County Courts and Courts of $100 ten, and large quantities have been Sessions are abolished, and the business heretobought up in’ this State and shipped to France, . fore transacted in those Courts are conferred where they have a process for separating the. on the District Courts, The County Judges gold unknown here, hold Probate Courts as at present, The DisThe paying quartz leads which have been trict Judges hold their offices for six years, worked in Nevada county, probably contain, . County Judges four years, and Justices of the on on average, two and a half per cent. of sul-. Peace two years, The amendment provides phurets; and it will readily be inferred that a that all judicial efficers shall be elected ats process by which these oan be separated, while . time distinet from other elections—the first electhe rock is being crushed, without additional . tion to be held on the first Monday in October, expense, is worthy the attention of practical . 1862, and every two years thereafter, and the quartz miners, This result is now effected by . terms of the Judges and Justices to commence a machine known as Bradford’s Patent Ore . on the first Monday of January next after their Separator, which was invented, we believe, for election, whether elected for a full term or for working copper mines, bus which seems to be . ® vacancy. precisely adapted to separating sulphurets from . The proposed amendment, on the whole, iss quartz tailings, and at the same time amalga-. great improvement on our present judiciary mates whatever free gold may bave escaped. system. Considering the great power which is The patent for California is owned by Messrs, . conferred upon the Supreme Court, that tribuHorace Ferre & Co., of this place. Some. nal should be composed of at least seven memmonths ago, they putup eight of these ma-. bers, andthe provision for their election by chines at the Empire Quartz Mill, in Grass. separate districts isa good one. As the jurisValley, and worked over a large quantity of . diction of the Connty Judge is limited almost tailings which had accumulated at that mill. . exclusively to Probate business, it would save They were at the additional expense of hand. the counties considerable expense if, instead ling over all the tailings, but we learn that. ofa salary, he was allowed the usual fees paid enough free geld was saved to pay the expense . in euch eases. He will have but little busiucss of running the machines, and the sulpburets . to attend to, and if the position is given toa were afterwards sold and shipped to France. . lawyer, as it generally will be, his official duThe machines have Iately been removed to Ne-. ties will not materially interfere with his pro. vada, and are now in operation at the mill of . fessional business, the Nevada Quartz Mining Company, on American Hill. The mode of working is as follows: The tailings, after being subjected to the usual process of extracting the gold, are received in Persons Killed and Weunded, By the overland mail, we have intelligence , . Of an appalling calamity, which occurred at a Patent Rotary Crasher, capable of pulveriLawrence, Mass., January 10th, About five sing elt the rook erosbed in'any ordinary salll, o’clock in the afternoon, the Pemberton Mills aa toys af 8 comes Som the battery. They fell with a sudden crash, while some six or sevthen pass into the Ore Separator, and are received on a vibrating table, which separates the sulphurets from the sand on the principle of specific gravity, and the free gold is either amalgamated on the table, (which is galvanized,) or thrown over with the sulpburets. The separation is effected in much the same manner ae gold and sand are separated by hand sage of the rescuers were killed in their bumane efplnsed onmanawer.tee vibrating table in forts. One man, terribly mutilated, was taken this machine has the eame motion asis givea by Seak'the-sdtan,: whelleid wat bie throat te.end hand to the blower; the heavy sulphurets are ; Se Wer Wied eheb-dades ont carried forward and fall {into a box, while the sand, or light quartz, which containe little or no gold, and which constitute the bulk of the tailings, are carried off in another direction, With the eight machines which Messrs, Ferre & Co, now bave iu operation at the Nevada Compavy’s mill, they are enabled to run through some twenty-five or thirty tons of. tail. ings a day, Four of them are used in working over the old tailings, and the other four are used in separating the sulphurets as fast as the rook is crushed in the mill, Having been engaged in quarts mining as early as 1851, and more or less -interested in the business since, we have anxiously watched the improvements in machinery that have from time to time been brought before the publie; and from a personal examination of the working of Bradford’s Ore Separator, we are satisfled it is the best and most economical machine which has yet been introduced for saving the gold contained in the quartz, By attaching the machines to a mill, so as to receive the tailings after going through the ordinary process of amalgamation, they ean be worked without extra expense; if any free gold has escaped it will be amalgamated on the tables, and at the same time the sulphurets and ruaty gold are separated from the mass of tailings. Nevada county was among the firet to engage in the quartz business, and has steadily keptin advance of the other counties, both in the quantity of rock crushed and in improvementsin machinery. Any one who bas the least practical knowledge of quartz mining will readily imagine the great impetus that would be given to the business by the introduction of machinery that would save two or three dollars more than is now saved on every ton of rook] mittee to solicit further contributions, crushed. Leads that arenow barely paying) since the above was in type, we have reexpenses would then net their vroprietors a. ceived the Marysville papers, with four days handsome income, and hundreds of others, now . later dates. The calamity is said to be more . dieastrous than at first supposed. The Law. regarded as almost worthless, and are not work renee Sentinel gives the most complete liet of ed for the reason that they lack one or two) the dead, missing and wounded that has appeardollars a ton of paying, would then be devel-. ed, and figures up as follows: Dead, 99; misoped. Quartz mining, we believe, is destined . ing. 107; badly wounded, 104; slightly woundto become the priocipal business of this State. ed, 80. si . But the business is yet in ite infancy, and when. —gprcrs Movements.—Mr. Secretary Cobb, in we reflect on what has been accomplished in the . pj. late report to Congress, alluding to our past fow years, we are prepared to look for still . trade with foreign countries, holds that gold further improvements, both in cheapening the . ang silver being among the natural productious precess of crashing the rock and in saving) of the country should take the same place in more of the gold. our export trade.as agricultural productions. ; : He says; Tug London Times seems to think Prussia is} Ono fact, however, connected with oar ex. preparing for war, Her standing army consists . ports bas attracted much attention, and led of 150,000 men, and the war reserve comprises . any to believe that we were importing be150,000 more, She has, moreover, a rife eorpa. YO our ability to pay; I allude to the increase of specie in our export tables, If specie occuof 10,000 enlisted men for from twelve to fifpled fa the business of the country only the poteen years, and is preparing an arsenal of four. sition of a ciroulating medium, and the supply bundred steel guns, loaded at the breech. was limited accordingly, there would be just ground for this eS. Such, however, : is not the case. It constitutes an important elProperty IN OxgcoN.—The total valuation of. emeat in the list of our productions; and, like the taxable property in Oregon, for 1859, is $24,184,-. all other productions, where the quautity ex309 15—being an increase of $1,360,191, over the . ceeds the legitimate demands of the country for valuation of 1858. The Territorial tax in 1858 was . use and consumption, it becomes a very proper one dollarpn every hundred dollars valuation; but . *ticle for export. the tax for State purposes is just double the tax for} The views of the Secretary of the Treasury Territorial pyrposes. This increase in the rate of . 00 this subject conflict withthose usually entertaxation is the principal benefit the people of Ore-. tained by political economists, but we think gon have secured by coming into the Union as a. Mr. Cobb is right, Only a certain amount of State. 4 gold and silver is needed for a circulating medium, and when this want is supplied, the counVing PLANTING IN SoNoMA-—The Alta pub-/ tries producing those articles might as well exlishes a list of the vineyards planted this season in. 504 the balance, to offset against the imports, Gonome valley. From itwe Jearn that about six as to export cotton, wheat, or any other agrihundred acres have been planted, in lots of from two — . er to one hundred acres each. Col. Harasthy and Mr. cultural production. As long as our exports, Williams have each planted one hundred acres in including the precious metals produced ia the addition to their already large vineyards. country, are equal to our imports, the “balance of trade’’ cannot be against us. en hundred operatives were at work. An alarm of fire was at firat raised, and the engines rushed to the place, but on learning the true state of the case, the firemen and others went to work vigorously to remove the rubbish, for the purpose of extricating alive as many as possible of the persons buried under the ruins, Some his sufferings. dead aud wounded were taken out, and the City until they could be recognized. past nine o’clock, while the work of rescuing the victims was going on, the ruins caught fire, dropped. to the hearts that bad before beeo hopeful o saving more lives, In ten minutes the whole mass of ruins was one sheet of flame, and the screams and moans of the poor buried victims alive. The latest diepatch states that one hundred and thirty bodies had been recovered, and fiftytwo others were atill under the ruins. Between one and two hundred others were wounded, some of whom were not expected to survive. There were nine hundred and sixty operatives, in all, employed in the mill, but many had lefs for supper previous to the catastrophe, and about six hundred remained. A large portion of the killed were females, many of them being young girls. a The building was five sto tes high, 280 feet long, 70 wide, with a wing on the west side 45 feet square, shaped like the letter L. It was erected about seven years ago, and was never considered a staunch building, From the best information that can be procured, the building commenced to crumble from the north-east corner, and the walls fell inwards. The loss of ae! is estimated at $600,000, The day after the calamity, the Hon. David Seara presided over a meeting of twenty gentlemen, at Boston, who subscribed $20,000 for the relief of the sufferers, aud appointed a comNara Bonps.—Napa county bonds are worth ninety cents on the dollar. The fundad debt of the — has been reduced to sixteen thousand dolars. Foruestows, in Butte county, was, on Saturday week, almost entirely destroyed by fire. . Only four houses were left standing. ‘ ' . flow in from all quarters. but died in a short time. A great number of . 64 in from citizens of Placer county. Eps. Democrat :—Both Houses of the legislature had an exciting debate on Friday, over a proposition to adjourn every week until Tuesday morning, whereby the members would have an opportunity of visiting San Francisco on Saturday, without being compelled to ask leave of absence for Monday, which would enable them to draw their pay for that day without having it entered on the journals, “absent.on leave ;” and as some of them pride themselves, and make it a boast that they have not been out of their seats a day during the session, the proposition, of course, met with considerable favor, but was finally voted down after a great deal of useless and nonsensical talk and much valuabletime thrown away. The legislature regards the payment of some ten thousand and odd dollars monthly, for the support of the State Prison, as something monstrous, and cry out vehemently for reformation in that quarter, but they never for once take into consideration that they are squandering ten thousand dollars every week, of the peoples money, in idle and frivolous talk upon silly and unimportant motions with a vain attempt to be funny, and an abortion upon wit or smartness. It is really sickening to see members of a body, whose deliberations should be characterized with dignity and decorum, avail themselves of every opportunity that offers, to say something which they imagine to be very funny, thinking that by so doing they establish reputations for being “smart fellers.” Such conduct, let me assure them, only lowers them in the estimation of all men of sound sense and good judgment, and the sooner they reform this habit the sooner will they deserve to be called respectable men, and decent legislators. While they are seeking to reform and curtail the affairs of the State Prison, let them look a little at home, finish their business and adjourn. They could accomplish all that is required of them within thirty or forty days at the outside, and then adjourn, and by so doing they would not only save a large amount of money to the State, but be entitled to the everlasting thanks of the present and all future generations. Nearly all the business that has been brought before either House, up to the time of the present writing, partakes almost exclusively of a duced for the relief of private individuals is truly astonishing, The State Prison Committee have not yet made their report, and it is understood that they are waiting on Mr. McCauley, towhom they have made propositions. McCauley putsina claim against the State for some $300,000 and asks that it be paid; but I understand the Committee will recommend that the State do not pay a cent unless he will turn the Prison over and release the State from all claims for damages which he maintains he is entitled to. I firmly believe that this question, which has so long been the source of so much trouble and expense to the State, will be finally disposed of this winter, and I trust in such a manner as wil] be satisfactory to all. Petitions praying for the passage of a Sunday law Yesterday one was handYesterday the Senate passed the bill allowing J. Hall was converted into a temporary bospital . Ww, Lockwood $2,500 for injuries received while asAbout half . sisting to arrest a gang of robbers. The bill to release the bondsmen of the late State Treasurer Bates, passed the Assembly yesterday, as from a spirit lamp which bad accidentally been . also one for the relief of A. D. Park, late Treasurer This additional horror struck terror . °f El Doredo County. This last subject drew from . ¢ ¢. Mr. Fairchild member from E) Dorado, a long and windy speech; or I can hardly call it a speech, but a string of jumbled up words long drawn out, delivered in the most excrutiating and agonizing manner, that it has ever been my misfortune to listen to. could be distinctly heard, but no human power . what the people of El Dorado could have been could save them. Many were literally roasted . thinking of when they sent this man to the legislature, I am at a loss to imagine. Why, he “speaking to stones, would make them susceptible” of a feeling of agony. generally go to sleep when he gets up to speak, and thus escapes the infliction. The majority of the members The Bachelor’s Homestead bill, was, upon motion made the speciaLorder for the 14th inst., (St. Valentines day) when it is understood, certain young and enthusiastic Senators will make their views known by prepared speeches, especially for the occasion. Very appropriate day, most certain, for the discussion of this very important subject. To-morrow Senator Latham will sail for Washington. Consequently a great majority of the legislature went to the bay yesterday, to see him off. Mrs. Latham remains in this city at present, being in too feeble health to undertake the voyage. I could not suppress a pang of sorrow, when I saw her to-day, as she passed in her carriage, looking so pale and attenuated, and yet so young. She will I believe, undertake the journey overland in the Spring. You will see by the arrival of the ovcrland mail last night, that Congress has failed to elect a Speaker yet, Sherman standing the same as formerly, 103. Another overland mail arrived at Fresno City this evening, bit the news has not been telegraphed up to the time of my closing this. Theatricals are in a flourishing condition at the Capital. The “Wizzard” closed a two weeks successful engagement at the “Metropolitan” last night, when the house was crowded. He goes to Marysville. The Baker troupe performed one night last week at the “Saeramento” to an overflowing house, playing the Corsican Brothers. Mrs. W. C. Forbes opens at the ‘‘Forrest” to-morrow night. The long continued beautiful weather has served to dry the roads, and everybody appears to be determined to avail themselves of the opportunity to have a ride, consequently the city presents a rather more lively appearance than formerly. The river is so low at this point that navigation to the up country is almost necessarily ae Yours, &c. Don. Tus Rerorted QvicksiLver Minzgs.—The silver mines of Napa county, having faded out, we now have “reliable” reports of the discovery of quicksilver in the same locality where the silver was supposed to be so abundant. The Petaluma Journal of February 3d says: M. James White has shown us a very rich specimen of quicksilver ore, which he found in the mountain, about six miles beyond Ray’s, the terminus of the Geyser wagon rea. At the same place, he found pure quicksilver, a vial of which we have seen aswell as some good picces of cinnabar. Mr. White is very sanguine that his “eternal fortune” is secured, and we hope it is. ‘The region of these discoveries swarms with people from every direction, among whom are doubtless some San Francisco capitalists, and more who pretend to be. We have strong hupe of the richness of the cinnabar mines of Mount St, Helens, and possibly for the silver mines. Pa ee MERE NER ES Oa son eA . Fortirications At SAN Francisco.—The Bulletin says that Gen. Totten still remains at San Francisco, not enjoying his leisure, but a busier man than most'of his juniors, He has scaled the most precipitous accessible heights of Lime Point, with an eye to the fortification of the entrances to the harbor. His men he has sent back into the country and up the coast, from the point, to discover where a hostile force could be landed in the rear. It isnot yet known what the General will recommend in the way of additlonal fortifications to the harbor, but his recommendations, whatever they may be, will doubtless be adopted. Telegraph. Feb. 7th, 1860-4 F, m. The Pacific Railroad Convention met to-day, at 11 o'clock, in the Agricultural Hall, and consumed most of the time in examining credentials. Will probably be in session three or four days. In “8 long discussion took place upon a bill to provide for having evidence in Courts stenographically reported. Made special order for r next. In. Assembly, the bill to provide for payment of ¢ of Moses Haynes and others, for exie derrsa in arresting criminals in Sierra cotitty, was ordered engrossed.A teat vote was taken in the Assembly today upon # removal of the Capital to San Francisco; 37 in favor of removal and 31 opposed. It is now raining. tf Es Repvuction or WareR Rartes.—A meeting of the citizens and miners of Shaw’s Flat, Tuolumne county, was held on Saturday evening January 28th for the purpose of adopting measures to obtain a re. duction of the present prices of water. A committee of three were appointed to wait on the diréctors and trustees of the several water companies, and request them to reduce the price of water to fifteen cents an inch; and failing to obtain such reduction, the committee were empowered to obtain the co-operation of the business men and miners of the adjoining districts, and report at an adjourned mecting which was to have been held on the evening of the 6th inst. The miners claim that the present rates harged for water are disproportionate to the average yield of the mines, and the prices of labor. Fatat Biastino AccipEnt.—On the night of January 26th, I.S. Dore was killed, anda man named Stafford seriously injured, near Columbia, by the explosion of a blast. At the time of the accident they were attempting to drill outa charge which had missed fire, but which unfortunately exploded while they were thus employed. A piece of the rock nearly a foot square, struck Dore on the thigh, mashing it from the knee to the hip, and causing his death within an hour, and the hand of Stafford was so mutilated that a portion of it had to be amputated. Dore was but seventeen years of age. Thus is added another to the long list of victims to recklessness, who annually perish in California by attemping the perilous operation of drilling out unexploded charges, Tux St. Hstena Sinver Mines.—The Napa Reporter of Saturday last, gives the result of assays of specimens of the ore taken from five different localities in and about Mt. St Helens, made by four different analyists, in succession. Each one agreed that there was a trace of silver in the specimens, but the highest amount in any assay, was at the rate of only afraction over $10aton, Nothing has yet been found which is of any practical value as an ore. The Napa Reporter concludes : We may as well give it up, that our silver mines are a decided failure, Nevertheless, many of our citizens deserve just credit for their persevering endeavors to bring undeveloped treasures to light, and it may be that they will yet be rewarded. Quicksilver has been discovered in the same region, and may prove sufficiently abundant to pay all the expense of the late silver hunting. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., in this city, by Rev. J. A. Bruner, Mr. Ww. L. Surron and Miss Mar@argr FE. Pratt allof this place, In this city Dee. 26th, by E. W. Smith Faq., Roiusr aad Miss Jamima A. Scorr. In this city, Feb, 3d, by Rey. Father Dalton, Mr. B. Foucnanix of Eureka, and Miss ANNs Carazine of Moore's Mr. J. H. ‘lat, At Grass Valley, Feb. 5th, by Rev. Father Dalton, Mr. Jonn Bran« and Miss ANNa Cornett. At Omega, January 31st, by Justice C. 8. Rugg, Mr, BrngaMin P. Hottanp and Miss Loninpa Noszx, all of Omega. At Alpha, Feb. 2d, by Justice C.S. Rugg, Mr. James peng gd Alpba, and Miss Prawstia R Younasioop, ot Gold Hill, At Buena Vista Ranch, Feb. 4th, the wife of Benjamin Taylor, of a son, In this city, Feb. 4th, Recina, infant daughter of Mr. and Mra L. W. Dreifuss. _ eee RRR HE Se ae pea’ LEASE OR SALE.--80 Acres of good LAND, one mile west af Nevada, about 60 acres under fence. Suitable for raising grain or vineyard, Would sell a half interest on reasonable terms. particulars apply to J.M. HIXSON, TT Broad atreet. ] ON’T FORGET—J. MM. HIXSON has lots DRY OAK WOOD under cover at For 77 Broad Street. i Ficgaeee! CHIMNEYS—For Sale by E. F, SPENCE, Druggist & Apothecary, 47 Broad street. R RENT.-THE BRICK STORE OCcupied by Joseph Brothers asa Clothing Store, on Broad street, adjoining Cashin & Colley’s Meat Market is offered for rentata reasonable price. For particulars enquire of CASHIN & COLLEY, At the Broad Street Market, Nevada Feb. 7th 1860. 8 LERBCK & .0o-" Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FANCY AND STAPLE T DRY GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, RIBBONS, BONNETS, Millinery, HOSIERY, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTING, ETC. NO. 54 BROAD STREET, NEVADA. February 7th 1860, UNITED STATES BAKERY. PINE STREET, NEVADA, First door below Kidd & Knox’s Brick. i hag UNDERSIGNED WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Nevada and vicinity, that he has again taken the above well known Bakery, and will hereafter carry on the business. He is now prepared to furnish his old customers, and all who may favor him with their patronage, with all articles in his line at the aq Most Reasonable Rates. -@9 BOSTON BROWN, & GRAHAM BREAD Of 2 very superior quality, always on hand, also Fruit, Lemon, Pound and Sponge Cakes. Wedding Parties, Families, and Restaurants, supplied with every vaiety of Bread and Pastry usually found in New York Bakeries, ‘ < —— rices, assortment of PIE FRUITS, JAMS, JELLIES FIG RUNES, TAMARINDS, STRAWBERRIES kc. 5 ae bani , Eggs and Senet Peataatly on Nevada, Feb. 7th 1860, —_— rw are PILLS AND OINTMENT ; Yor Sale by LE F. SPENCE, . Druggist & Apothecary, 47 Broad St., Nevada. . L. M COHN, For Carson Valley !: sa LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST ,~qy LADIES OF NEVADA AND VICINITY, —_—A ND VISITORS TO OUR CITY. ‘ Iam determined to close out my entire Stock of Dry and Fancy Goeds, CARPETS, 1L CLOTHS ” AND * ) DRUGGETs, By the first day of April, and NO HUMBUGI! All persons indebted to me will please come for. wuld sit ee Gat accounts, and those having bills against me will please present the same. L. M. COHN, Nevada Feb. 1st 1860.—18-tf AT HOME AGAIN!! A. BLOCK & CO., HAVE REMOVED THEIR Clothing Store, Tothocir Old Stand CORNER PINE & COMMERCIAL 8T8. Nowada. A. BLOCK, 8. FURTH, E. BLOCK, Jz. NEW DRY GOODS STORE! HAGADORN & BOWLEY, CORNER OF WASHINGTON & MAIN STS., NEVADA. AKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF GIVING NOTICE TO the Ladies of Nevada and vicinity, that they have opened at the above Sture, the richest and best selected Stock of po) . & a aq. & bap hi Ppiwe Of all descriptions, ever offered in Nevada, consisting in part as follows: ——— SILKS : ——— 90 PIECES BLACK, from 50 cts, to $1 per yard, 6 pieces fancy, as lew as 50 cts per yard ; 10 ps. Byadere stripe, very rich ; 20 ps. plaid, very rich ; silk robes, from $20 to $50; five ps. moire antique; 10 ps. china silk ; plain silk in colors ; together with a fangs tet of figured black silks ; 20 ps, all wool French merino, 760, per yard ; cotton and wool, 25c to 37c. per yard. Poil de Chevres and Valencia plaids, of ail colora, ——— ROBES : ——— 50 POPLIN ROBES—something entirely new and very Rich. 20 all wool DeLaine Robes, Delaine, in all colors. ——CLOAKS: } Sy ome Avene ng VELVET CLOAKS. Capa, Chesterfield Sacks ; Cloth and silk Mantillas, of all kinds and descriptions—the latest fashions direet from New York, Long and square broche shawls, mantilla shawls, playa Jong and square shawls of all kinds. EMBROIDERIES : OLLARS AND SLEEVES-—of all kinds and descriptions ; pambric and muslin edgings all kinds; cambric and muslin bands ; thread edgings ; lace edging»; Valenciennes lace. Also,—Velvet ribbons and dresa trimmings of all kinds and descriptions; wool damask for curtains; embroidered muslin and lace curtains ; cambric and linen handkerchiefs—embroidered handkorchiefs ; brown and bleached linen damask, by the yard ; brown and bleached linen table covers ; linen dioylies ard napkins ; linen diaper and toweling, and table covers of all kinds, MILLINERY GOODS, OF ALL KINDS. OUR BONNETS are made in our own store, from the lutest New York fashions. Bonnets madoand retrimmed at the shortest notice, Prints: — 50 PIECES MERRIMAC-—Coohese and other styles from 64 to 123g ctu. per yard. A large stock of bleached, and brown sheeting of all widtha. Heop skirts, Balmoral skirts. Quilts, and Marseilles and Lancaster Other Articles too Numerous to Mention, We are also receiving by every steamer, shipped direct to us, the Latest Styles of DRESS GOODS, EMBRUIDERIES, &c. &c. to be procured in New York. All of which will be sold 3& Cheaper than the Cheapest. -i Ladies—giwve us a Call, and examine our goods for yourselves, &@~ We will attend promptly to all Orders from the Conutry. N.B. Mrs. E. R. Jones, wishes to inform the Ladies of Nevada and vicinity, that she has taken rooms at Hagadorn & Bowley’s Store, where she will carry on Dress & Cloak Making, in all its branches, a4 having had eight years experience in the business in San Francisco, feels confident of giving satisfaction to all who may call. Nevada Feb, lst, 1860,—18-tf Plain and figured all wool B. LACHMAN, PAWNBROKER. Junction of Main & Commercial Streets, NEVADA. AKES THIS METHOD OF INFORMing the public that he has established himself permanently at the above place, and agrees to give satisfac: tion to all who will favor him with a gall. a@~ Keeps constantly on hand for sale, FORFEITED PLEDGES of all descriptions such as GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, DIAMOND ARTICLES, PISTOLS, CLOTHING, INSIRUMENTS, etc. etc. 17-6m nergy OF CALIFORNIA, County of Neva}J da, ss. District Court of the 14th Judiciai Distriet of said State. The people of the State of California to JOS. LOBDELL, greeting : You are hereby summoned to appear and answer to the Complaint of CATHERINE LOBDFLL, filed, within ten days from the service of this writ, if served on you in this . County, within twenty days ifserved on you in this District, and out of this County, and within forty days if served on you in the State and out of this District, in aa action commenced on the 18th day of Nov. a, p. 1859 in said Court, wherein plaintiff prays that this Hon. Court may decree to her a divorce from the bonds of matrimony and that she may be awarded the care and custody of their daughter Harriet Ann. And youare hereby notified that if you fail to answer said complaint as herein directed, plaintiff will take judgement against you therefor by Sen . ve with all oaets of suit, and also demand of the Court such other iefas is praye ne tiff’s sid complaint. viedo adouagt In testimony whereof, I John $8. Lambert, Clerk of the aN District Court aforesaid, do hereunto set my seal. hand and impress the weal of the said Court, ~~} at Office in the city of Nevada, this 34 day of February, 4. D. 1860. JNO. S, LAMBERT, Clerk. By Jos, Rosgarrs Jr., Deputy. State of California, County of Nevada. In District Court 14th Judicial District of said State, Catherine Lobdell vs. Joseph Lobdell—Petition for Diyorce. . Catherine Lobdell, plaintiff in this action duly sworn, deposes that Joseph Lobdell, the defendant has lgft Neyada, his former residence, for parts unknown, that she has made diligent enquiry for him, and is imformed and believes that he has left this State, and is now « resident of Utah Territory, gud therefore prays that this Hon. Court . may direct service of this summons upon him by publi. cation, CATHERINE LOBDELL. Sworn and subscribed before me this 3d day of February 1860. 4. 1. CALDWELL, Notary Public. . . Cathering Lobdell vs. Joseph Lobdell.—On reading 404 . filing the complaint and affidavit of plaintiff in the above . C@use, and it appearing theieftom that sufficient cause . exists, it is ordered that sgmmons be served on defendant by pubjication in the Nevada Democrat, published in Ne+ vada, fer three months, » NILES SEARLS, Dist. JudggFebruary 4th 1860.—19-3m* aia

NEVADA DEMOCRAT. ec renter marae meee = nnn Geo. I. Lammon is our authorized Agent for this Qity. He will deliver the Democrat to subscri ia authorized to receive subscriptions, advertisements &c. and collect and receipt for the same. Octavian Hoogs is our Agent for San Francisco. He ls authorized to receive advertisements, sad collect and receipt for the same. A. Badlam, Jr., is our Agent at Sacramento, to eceive advertisements and collect for the same. NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 1860. Petrricat.—The Democratic Convention of Kentucky, met at Frankfort, Jan. 9th, and elected delegates to the Charleston Convention. An ineffectual attempt was made to indorse the Cincinnati platform, but the slave coders were in a majority, and it failed. The delegates were instructed to vote for Gathrie, but two of them are said to be favorable to Douglas, and will probably vote for him should Guthrie’s name be withdrawn. " The Democratic Convention of Indiana met at Indianapolis, Jan, 11th, and had a stormy session, The Administration had made a desperste effort to carry this State, awd the Federal officers had sent double delegations from seven counties. The friends of Dongias, however, were largely in the majority, and the delegates to Charleston were instructed to vote for him as a unit, and use all honorable means te secure his nomination. The resolution was earried by a vote of 265 to 129. Thos, A. Hendricks was nominated by acclamation for Governor, In the Democratic Convention of Alabama, the ultra sectional wing, after an exciting session, carried the day, and instrueted their delegates to withdraw from the Charleston Convention, should that body fail to declare in favor of Congressional legislation to protect slave property in the Territories. EL OID Paoiric Raitnoap Sunvers,—We are indebted to Senator Haun for a full set of the reports of the “Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean.” The work comprises ten large volumes, and being printed by order of Congress was, of course, got up without regard to expense, Beaides the reports more immediately connected with the railroad survey, the reports of the solentific gentlemen who accompauied the several expeditions, on the geology, zoology, and botany of the vast wilds over which the explorations were made, are of rare interest, It is the most valuable Congressional document we have received for many years. Wasnixaron News.—By tho overland mail, Gates,have been reevived from Washington to January 16th, The House had not organized up to that date, The relative position of parties remained about the same as previously reported—-Sherman lacking three votes of enough to elect him, A caucus, composed of all the members opposed to the Republicans, had been held, but it appears they were not able to concentrate their vote upon any one candidate. Senator Seward had arrived at Washington, and it was reported that he had advised the Repablicans to drop Sherman and cast their votes for Corwin or Gilmer, by which means, an organization could be speedily effected. atiniteeeeiensaesneniementenmmmeeneeseeeel A stmanaz Cass.—A mao named Levi Os trander was sentenced to be hung at Louisville, Kentucky, on the 20th ult, Ostrander was first tried and convicted of manslaughter; his counsel’ appealed the onse and obtained a new trial, and on this he was convicted of murder. An appeal, on the ground tbat he could not be convicted of murder, when on a former trial he was convicted of a lesser offense, has been overruled,”'This case is said to be without a pérallel in the history of oriminal trials, Sorentiric American.—Hon. Judge Mason, of Towa, who made himeselfso popular with the inventors of the country while he held the office of Commissioner of Patents, has, we learn, associated himself with Munn & Co., at the Scientific American oflce, New York, Camrurne.-We learn that the camphene dealers of Nevada have entered into a combination, and are now selling that article at cost and freight, in order to run out an intinerant vender of the article. Now is the time to lay in @ supply. Baw ar Guass Vatuer.—We learn that a Masonic and Odd Fellows’ ball will be given at Hamilton Hall, Grass Valley, on Wednesday evening, Feb, 22d. The ball is given for the benefit of the Masona’ and Odd Fellows’ Hall, in that place. Woon.—Those wishing to lay in a supply of dry eak wood, before another storm renders the roads impassable, would do well to hand in their orders to Mr. J, M. Hixson, who has more better wood than any other dealor in this city. Warcuss axp Juwatxy.—Mr, 0. W. Young has just received, at his store, in Kelsey’s new building, Commercial street, the largest, best, and most complete assortment of watches, jewelry, etc., ever brought to this place. Lipnary Mrxtina.—A meeting of the Nevada Library Association will be held at their Room on Main street, to-morrow (Thursday) evening, A punctual attendance of all the members is requested, Axorser Roan Law.—We notice that Mr. Curtis has introduced a bill into the Assembly in relation to roads and highways in Nevada county, Weare not advised as to the provis. ions of the bill, Deatuor Joun T. MoCarty.—John T. McCarty, Esq.,a lawyer by profession, and « prominent citizen of Marysville, died in that city last Saturday night. He was apparently as well as usual in the morning, but was taken with an epileptic fit about nine o’clock, and expired about 12 o’clock at night. He was formerly from Indiana, but has resided in Marysville since 1849, and has served two terms as Recorder of that city, He was 31 years of "age, and leayes a wife and one child. Catnouic Cyuncn at Say Pasio.—An effort is now being made to obtain funds to build a Catholic Church at San Pablo. A meeting of those interested in the matter was recently held in that place, and a committee appointed to solicit aid to ly carry out the undertaking. Cuanoina Names.—The Senate Judiciary Committee has reported adversely to tbe bill allowing County Courts to change names. PEPER pea th It is well known that by the ordi rocess. Mr. Smith, of this county, bas introduced a of quartz crushing, a considerable per centage bill into the Assembly, to amend Article VI of and . of the gold contained in the rock is lost, This . the Constitution, relatiag tothe judiciary. Acis proven by repeated sssays which have been . cording to the proposed amendment, the Sumade of quartz tailings, after being subjected . preme Court will be composed of seven Judges, to the usual process of separating and amalga-. the Legislature being required to divide the mating the gold. The most of the gold lost is . State into seven districts, each of which elects contained in the sulphurets, and the per cent-. 8 Supreme Judge. They are to hold their ofage of loss varies according asthe sulpburets . fice forfthe term of fourteen years, and during are more or less decomposed. The amount of . the period for which they were elected they are gold contained in the tailings is not sufficient . inelligible to hold any State or Federal office. te pay the expense of assaying them in balk; . The concurrence of four Judges will be requirbut the sulphurets, when separated from the . ed to pronounce a judgment, and five will be mass of tailings, enn be assayed with profit. . necessary to constitute a» quorum to transact The sulphurets are usually worth from $50 to. business, The County Courts and Courts of $100 ten, and large quantities have been Sessions are abolished, and the business heretobought up in’ this State and shipped to France, . fore transacted in those Courts are conferred where they have a process for separating the. on the District Courts, The County Judges gold unknown here, hold Probate Courts as at present, The DisThe paying quartz leads which have been trict Judges hold their offices for six years, worked in Nevada county, probably contain, . County Judges four years, and Justices of the on on average, two and a half per cent. of sul-. Peace two years, The amendment provides phurets; and it will readily be inferred that a that all judicial efficers shall be elected ats process by which these oan be separated, while . time distinet from other elections—the first electhe rock is being crushed, without additional . tion to be held on the first Monday in October, expense, is worthy the attention of practical . 1862, and every two years thereafter, and the quartz miners, This result is now effected by . terms of the Judges and Justices to commence a machine known as Bradford’s Patent Ore . on the first Monday of January next after their Separator, which was invented, we believe, for election, whether elected for a full term or for working copper mines, bus which seems to be . ® vacancy. precisely adapted to separating sulphurets from . The proposed amendment, on the whole, iss quartz tailings, and at the same time amalga-. great improvement on our present judiciary mates whatever free gold may bave escaped. system. Considering the great power which is The patent for California is owned by Messrs, . conferred upon the Supreme Court, that tribuHorace Ferre & Co., of this place. Some. nal should be composed of at least seven memmonths ago, they putup eight of these ma-. bers, andthe provision for their election by chines at the Empire Quartz Mill, in Grass. separate districts isa good one. As the jurisValley, and worked over a large quantity of . diction of the Connty Judge is limited almost tailings which had accumulated at that mill. . exclusively to Probate business, it would save They were at the additional expense of hand. the counties considerable expense if, instead ling over all the tailings, but we learn that. ofa salary, he was allowed the usual fees paid enough free geld was saved to pay the expense . in euch eases. He will have but little busiucss of running the machines, and the sulpburets . to attend to, and if the position is given toa were afterwards sold and shipped to France. . lawyer, as it generally will be, his official duThe machines have Iately been removed to Ne-. ties will not materially interfere with his pro. vada, and are now in operation at the mill of . fessional business, the Nevada Quartz Mining Company, on American Hill. The mode of working is as follows: The tailings, after being subjected to the usual process of extracting the gold, are received in Persons Killed and Weunded, By the overland mail, we have intelligence , . Of an appalling calamity, which occurred at a Patent Rotary Crasher, capable of pulveriLawrence, Mass., January 10th, About five sing elt the rook erosbed in'any ordinary salll, o’clock in the afternoon, the Pemberton Mills aa toys af 8 comes Som the battery. They fell with a sudden crash, while some six or sevthen pass into the Ore Separator, and are received on a vibrating table, which separates the sulphurets from the sand on the principle of specific gravity, and the free gold is either amalgamated on the table, (which is galvanized,) or thrown over with the sulpburets. The separation is effected in much the same manner ae gold and sand are separated by hand sage of the rescuers were killed in their bumane efplnsed onmanawer.tee vibrating table in forts. One man, terribly mutilated, was taken this machine has the eame motion asis givea by Seak'the-sdtan,: whelleid wat bie throat te.end hand to the blower; the heavy sulphurets are ; Se Wer Wied eheb-dades ont carried forward and fall {into a box, while the sand, or light quartz, which containe little or no gold, and which constitute the bulk of the tailings, are carried off in another direction, With the eight machines which Messrs, Ferre & Co, now bave iu operation at the Nevada Compavy’s mill, they are enabled to run through some twenty-five or thirty tons of. tail. ings a day, Four of them are used in working over the old tailings, and the other four are used in separating the sulphurets as fast as the rook is crushed in the mill, Having been engaged in quarts mining as early as 1851, and more or less -interested in the business since, we have anxiously watched the improvements in machinery that have from time to time been brought before the publie; and from a personal examination of the working of Bradford’s Ore Separator, we are satisfled it is the best and most economical machine which has yet been introduced for saving the gold contained in the quartz, By attaching the machines to a mill, so as to receive the tailings after going through the ordinary process of amalgamation, they ean be worked without extra expense; if any free gold has escaped it will be amalgamated on the tables, and at the same time the sulphurets and ruaty gold are separated from the mass of tailings. Nevada county was among the firet to engage in the quartz business, and has steadily keptin advance of the other counties, both in the quantity of rock crushed and in improvementsin machinery. Any one who bas the least practical knowledge of quartz mining will readily imagine the great impetus that would be given to the business by the introduction of machinery that would save two or three dollars more than is now saved on every ton of rook] mittee to solicit further contributions, crushed. Leads that arenow barely paying) since the above was in type, we have reexpenses would then net their vroprietors a. ceived the Marysville papers, with four days handsome income, and hundreds of others, now . later dates. The calamity is said to be more . dieastrous than at first supposed. The Law. regarded as almost worthless, and are not work renee Sentinel gives the most complete liet of ed for the reason that they lack one or two) the dead, missing and wounded that has appeardollars a ton of paying, would then be devel-. ed, and figures up as follows: Dead, 99; misoped. Quartz mining, we believe, is destined . ing. 107; badly wounded, 104; slightly woundto become the priocipal business of this State. ed, 80. si . But the business is yet in ite infancy, and when. —gprcrs Movements.—Mr. Secretary Cobb, in we reflect on what has been accomplished in the . pj. late report to Congress, alluding to our past fow years, we are prepared to look for still . trade with foreign countries, holds that gold further improvements, both in cheapening the . ang silver being among the natural productious precess of crashing the rock and in saving) of the country should take the same place in more of the gold. our export trade.as agricultural productions. ; : He says; Tug London Times seems to think Prussia is} Ono fact, however, connected with oar ex. preparing for war, Her standing army consists . ports bas attracted much attention, and led of 150,000 men, and the war reserve comprises . any to believe that we were importing be150,000 more, She has, moreover, a rife eorpa. YO our ability to pay; I allude to the increase of specie in our export tables, If specie occuof 10,000 enlisted men for from twelve to fifpled fa the business of the country only the poteen years, and is preparing an arsenal of four. sition of a ciroulating medium, and the supply bundred steel guns, loaded at the breech. was limited accordingly, there would be just ground for this eS. Such, however, : is not the case. It constitutes an important elProperty IN OxgcoN.—The total valuation of. emeat in the list of our productions; and, like the taxable property in Oregon, for 1859, is $24,184,-. all other productions, where the quautity ex309 15—being an increase of $1,360,191, over the . ceeds the legitimate demands of the country for valuation of 1858. The Territorial tax in 1858 was . use and consumption, it becomes a very proper one dollarpn every hundred dollars valuation; but . *ticle for export. the tax for State purposes is just double the tax for} The views of the Secretary of the Treasury Territorial pyrposes. This increase in the rate of . 00 this subject conflict withthose usually entertaxation is the principal benefit the people of Ore-. tained by political economists, but we think gon have secured by coming into the Union as a. Mr. Cobb is right, Only a certain amount of State. 4 gold and silver is needed for a circulating medium, and when this want is supplied, the counVing PLANTING IN SoNoMA-—The Alta pub-/ tries producing those articles might as well exlishes a list of the vineyards planted this season in. 504 the balance, to offset against the imports, Gonome valley. From itwe Jearn that about six as to export cotton, wheat, or any other agrihundred acres have been planted, in lots of from two — . er to one hundred acres each. Col. Harasthy and Mr. cultural production. As long as our exports, Williams have each planted one hundred acres in including the precious metals produced ia the addition to their already large vineyards. country, are equal to our imports, the “balance of trade’’ cannot be against us. en hundred operatives were at work. An alarm of fire was at firat raised, and the engines rushed to the place, but on learning the true state of the case, the firemen and others went to work vigorously to remove the rubbish, for the purpose of extricating alive as many as possible of the persons buried under the ruins, Some his sufferings. dead aud wounded were taken out, and the City until they could be recognized. past nine o’clock, while the work of rescuing the victims was going on, the ruins caught fire, dropped. to the hearts that bad before beeo hopeful o saving more lives, In ten minutes the whole mass of ruins was one sheet of flame, and the screams and moans of the poor buried victims alive. The latest diepatch states that one hundred and thirty bodies had been recovered, and fiftytwo others were atill under the ruins. Between one and two hundred others were wounded, some of whom were not expected to survive. There were nine hundred and sixty operatives, in all, employed in the mill, but many had lefs for supper previous to the catastrophe, and about six hundred remained. A large portion of the killed were females, many of them being young girls. a The building was five sto tes high, 280 feet long, 70 wide, with a wing on the west side 45 feet square, shaped like the letter L. It was erected about seven years ago, and was never considered a staunch building, From the best information that can be procured, the building commenced to crumble from the north-east corner, and the walls fell inwards. The loss of ae! is estimated at $600,000, The day after the calamity, the Hon. David Seara presided over a meeting of twenty gentlemen, at Boston, who subscribed $20,000 for the relief of the sufferers, aud appointed a comNara Bonps.—Napa county bonds are worth ninety cents on the dollar. The fundad debt of the — has been reduced to sixteen thousand dolars. Foruestows, in Butte county, was, on Saturday week, almost entirely destroyed by fire. . Only four houses were left standing. ‘ ' . flow in from all quarters. but died in a short time. A great number of . 64 in from citizens of Placer county. Eps. Democrat :—Both Houses of the legislature had an exciting debate on Friday, over a proposition to adjourn every week until Tuesday morning, whereby the members would have an opportunity of visiting San Francisco on Saturday, without being compelled to ask leave of absence for Monday, which would enable them to draw their pay for that day without having it entered on the journals, “absent.on leave ;” and as some of them pride themselves, and make it a boast that they have not been out of their seats a day during the session, the proposition, of course, met with considerable favor, but was finally voted down after a great deal of useless and nonsensical talk and much valuabletime thrown away. The legislature regards the payment of some ten thousand and odd dollars monthly, for the support of the State Prison, as something monstrous, and cry out vehemently for reformation in that quarter, but they never for once take into consideration that they are squandering ten thousand dollars every week, of the peoples money, in idle and frivolous talk upon silly and unimportant motions with a vain attempt to be funny, and an abortion upon wit or smartness. It is really sickening to see members of a body, whose deliberations should be characterized with dignity and decorum, avail themselves of every opportunity that offers, to say something which they imagine to be very funny, thinking that by so doing they establish reputations for being “smart fellers.” Such conduct, let me assure them, only lowers them in the estimation of all men of sound sense and good judgment, and the sooner they reform this habit the sooner will they deserve to be called respectable men, and decent legislators. While they are seeking to reform and curtail the affairs of the State Prison, let them look a little at home, finish their business and adjourn. They could accomplish all that is required of them within thirty or forty days at the outside, and then adjourn, and by so doing they would not only save a large amount of money to the State, but be entitled to the everlasting thanks of the present and all future generations. Nearly all the business that has been brought before either House, up to the time of the present writing, partakes almost exclusively of a duced for the relief of private individuals is truly astonishing, The State Prison Committee have not yet made their report, and it is understood that they are waiting on Mr. McCauley, towhom they have made propositions. McCauley putsina claim against the State for some $300,000 and asks that it be paid; but I understand the Committee will recommend that the State do not pay a cent unless he will turn the Prison over and release the State from all claims for damages which he maintains he is entitled to. I firmly believe that this question, which has so long been the source of so much trouble and expense to the State, will be finally disposed of this winter, and I trust in such a manner as wil] be satisfactory to all. Petitions praying for the passage of a Sunday law Yesterday one was handYesterday the Senate passed the bill allowing J. Hall was converted into a temporary bospital . Ww, Lockwood $2,500 for injuries received while asAbout half . sisting to arrest a gang of robbers. The bill to release the bondsmen of the late State Treasurer Bates, passed the Assembly yesterday, as from a spirit lamp which bad accidentally been . also one for the relief of A. D. Park, late Treasurer This additional horror struck terror . °f El Doredo County. This last subject drew from . ¢ ¢. Mr. Fairchild member from E) Dorado, a long and windy speech; or I can hardly call it a speech, but a string of jumbled up words long drawn out, delivered in the most excrutiating and agonizing manner, that it has ever been my misfortune to listen to. could be distinctly heard, but no human power . what the people of El Dorado could have been could save them. Many were literally roasted . thinking of when they sent this man to the legislature, I am at a loss to imagine. Why, he “speaking to stones, would make them susceptible” of a feeling of agony. generally go to sleep when he gets up to speak, and thus escapes the infliction. The majority of the members The Bachelor’s Homestead bill, was, upon motion made the speciaLorder for the 14th inst., (St. Valentines day) when it is understood, certain young and enthusiastic Senators will make their views

known by prepared speeches, especially for the occasion. Very appropriate day, most certain, for the discussion of this very important subject. To-morrow Senator Latham will sail for Washington. Consequently a great majority of the legislature went to the bay yesterday, to see him off. Mrs. Latham remains in this city at present, being in too feeble health to undertake the voyage. I could not suppress a pang of sorrow, when I saw her to-day, as she passed in her carriage, looking so pale and attenuated, and yet so young. She will I believe, undertake the journey overland in the Spring. You will see by the arrival of the ovcrland mail last night, that Congress has failed to elect a Speaker yet, Sherman standing the same as formerly, 103. Another overland mail arrived at Fresno City this evening, bit the news has not been telegraphed up to the time of my closing this. Theatricals are in a flourishing condition at the Capital. The “Wizzard” closed a two weeks successful engagement at the “Metropolitan” last night, when the house was crowded. He goes to Marysville. The Baker troupe performed one night last week at the “Saeramento” to an overflowing house, playing the Corsican Brothers. Mrs. W. C. Forbes opens at the ‘‘Forrest” to-morrow night. The long continued beautiful weather has served to dry the roads, and everybody appears to be determined to avail themselves of the opportunity to have a ride, consequently the city presents a rather more lively appearance than formerly. The river is so low at this point that navigation to the up country is almost necessarily ae Yours, &c. Don. Tus Rerorted QvicksiLver Minzgs.—The silver mines of Napa county, having faded out, we now have “reliable” reports of the discovery of quicksilver in the same locality where the silver was supposed to be so abundant. The Petaluma Journal of February 3d says: M. James White has shown us a very rich specimen of quicksilver ore, which he found in the mountain, about six miles beyond Ray’s, the terminus of the Geyser wagon rea. At the same place, he found pure quicksilver, a vial of which we have seen aswell as some good picces of cinnabar. Mr. White is very sanguine that his “eternal fortune” is secured, and we hope it is. ‘The region of these discoveries swarms with people from every direction, among whom are doubtless some San Francisco capitalists, and more who pretend to be. We have strong hupe of the richness of the cinnabar mines of Mount St, Helens, and possibly for the silver mines. Pa ee MERE NER ES Oa son eA . Fortirications At SAN Francisco.—The Bulletin says that Gen. Totten still remains at San Francisco, not enjoying his leisure, but a busier man than most'of his juniors, He has scaled the most precipitous accessible heights of Lime Point, with an eye to the fortification of the entrances to the harbor. His men he has sent back into the country and up the coast, from the point, to discover where a hostile force could be landed in the rear. It isnot yet known what the General will recommend in the way of additlonal fortifications to the harbor, but his recommendations, whatever they may be, will doubtless be adopted. Telegraph. Feb. 7th, 1860-4 F, m. The Pacific Railroad Convention met to-day, at 11 o'clock, in the Agricultural Hall, and consumed most of the time in examining credentials. Will probably be in session three or four days. In “8 long discussion took place upon a bill to provide for having evidence in Courts stenographically reported. Made special order for r next. In. Assembly, the bill to provide for payment of ¢ of Moses Haynes and others, for exie derrsa in arresting criminals in Sierra cotitty, was ordered engrossed.A teat vote was taken in the Assembly today upon # removal of the Capital to San Francisco; 37 in favor of removal and 31 opposed. It is now raining. tf Es Repvuction or WareR Rartes.—A meeting of the citizens and miners of Shaw’s Flat, Tuolumne county, was held on Saturday evening January 28th for the purpose of adopting measures to obtain a re. duction of the present prices of water. A committee of three were appointed to wait on the diréctors and trustees of the several water companies, and request them to reduce the price of water to fifteen cents an inch; and failing to obtain such reduction, the committee were empowered to obtain the co-operation of the business men and miners of the adjoining districts, and report at an adjourned mecting which was to have been held on the evening of the 6th inst. The miners claim that the present rates harged for water are disproportionate to the average yield of the mines, and the prices of labor. Fatat Biastino AccipEnt.—On the night of January 26th, I.S. Dore was killed, anda man named Stafford seriously injured, near Columbia, by the explosion of a blast. At the time of the accident they were attempting to drill outa charge which had missed fire, but which unfortunately exploded while they were thus employed. A piece of the rock nearly a foot square, struck Dore on the thigh, mashing it from the knee to the hip, and causing his death within an hour, and the hand of Stafford was so mutilated that a portion of it had to be amputated. Dore was but seventeen years of age. Thus is added another to the long list of victims to recklessness, who annually perish in California by attemping the perilous operation of drilling out unexploded charges, Tux St. Hstena Sinver Mines.—The Napa Reporter of Saturday last, gives the result of assays of specimens of the ore taken from five different localities in and about Mt. St Helens, made by four different analyists, in succession. Each one agreed that there was a trace of silver in the specimens, but the highest amount in any assay, was at the rate of only afraction over $10aton, Nothing has yet been found which is of any practical value as an ore. The Napa Reporter concludes : We may as well give it up, that our silver mines are a decided failure, Nevertheless, many of our citizens deserve just credit for their persevering endeavors to bring undeveloped treasures to light, and it may be that they will yet be rewarded. Quicksilver has been discovered in the same region, and may prove sufficiently abundant to pay all the expense of the late silver hunting. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., in this city, by Rev. J. A. Bruner, Mr. Ww. L. Surron and Miss Mar@argr FE. Pratt allof this place, In this city Dee. 26th, by E. W. Smith Faq., Roiusr aad Miss Jamima A. Scorr. In this city, Feb, 3d, by Rey. Father Dalton, Mr. B. Foucnanix of Eureka, and Miss ANNs Carazine of Moore's Mr. J. H. ‘lat, At Grass Valley, Feb. 5th, by Rev. Father Dalton, Mr. Jonn Bran« and Miss ANNa Cornett. At Omega, January 31st, by Justice C. 8. Rugg, Mr, BrngaMin P. Hottanp and Miss Loninpa Noszx, all of Omega. At Alpha, Feb. 2d, by Justice C.S. Rugg, Mr. James peng gd Alpba, and Miss Prawstia R Younasioop, ot Gold Hill, At Buena Vista Ranch, Feb. 4th, the wife of Benjamin Taylor, of a son, In this city, Feb. 4th, Recina, infant daughter of Mr. and Mra L. W. Dreifuss. _ eee RRR HE Se ae pea’ LEASE OR SALE.--80 Acres of good LAND, one mile west af Nevada, about 60 acres under fence. Suitable for raising grain or vineyard, Would sell a half interest on reasonable terms. particulars apply to J.M. HIXSON, TT Broad atreet. ] ON’T FORGET—J. MM. HIXSON has lots DRY OAK WOOD under cover at For 77 Broad Street. i Ficgaeee! CHIMNEYS—For Sale by E. F, SPENCE, Druggist & Apothecary, 47 Broad street. R RENT.-THE BRICK STORE OCcupied by Joseph Brothers asa Clothing Store, on Broad street, adjoining Cashin & Colley’s Meat Market is offered for rentata reasonable price. For particulars enquire of CASHIN & COLLEY, At the Broad Street Market, Nevada Feb. 7th 1860. 8 LERBCK & .0o-" Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FANCY AND STAPLE T DRY GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, RIBBONS, BONNETS, Millinery, HOSIERY, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTING, ETC. NO. 54 BROAD STREET, NEVADA. February 7th 1860, UNITED STATES BAKERY. PINE STREET, NEVADA, First door below Kidd & Knox’s Brick. i hag UNDERSIGNED WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Nevada and vicinity, that he has again taken the above well known Bakery, and will hereafter carry on the business. He is now prepared to furnish his old customers, and all who may favor him with their patronage, with all articles in his line at the aq Most Reasonable Rates. -@9 BOSTON BROWN, & GRAHAM BREAD Of 2 very superior quality, always on hand, also Fruit, Lemon, Pound and Sponge Cakes. Wedding Parties, Families, and Restaurants, supplied with every vaiety of Bread and Pastry usually found in New York Bakeries, ‘ < —— rices, assortment of PIE FRUITS, JAMS, JELLIES FIG RUNES, TAMARINDS, STRAWBERRIES kc. 5 ae bani , Eggs and Senet Peataatly on Nevada, Feb. 7th 1860, —_— rw are PILLS AND OINTMENT ; Yor Sale by LE F. SPENCE, . Druggist & Apothecary, 47 Broad St., Nevada. . L. M COHN, For Carson Valley !: sa LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST ,~qy LADIES OF NEVADA AND VICINITY, —_—A ND VISITORS TO OUR CITY. ‘ Iam determined to close out my entire Stock of Dry and Fancy Goeds, CARPETS, 1L CLOTHS ” AND * ) DRUGGETs, By the first day of April, and NO HUMBUGI! All persons indebted to me will please come for. wuld sit ee Gat accounts, and those having bills against me will please present the same. L. M. COHN, Nevada Feb. 1st 1860.—18-tf AT HOME AGAIN!! A. BLOCK & CO., HAVE REMOVED THEIR Clothing Store, Tothocir Old Stand CORNER PINE & COMMERCIAL 8T8. Nowada. A. BLOCK, 8. FURTH, E. BLOCK, Jz. NEW DRY GOODS STORE! HAGADORN & BOWLEY, CORNER OF WASHINGTON & MAIN STS., NEVADA. AKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF GIVING NOTICE TO the Ladies of Nevada and vicinity, that they have opened at the above Sture, the richest and best selected Stock of po) . & a aq. & bap hi Ppiwe Of all descriptions, ever offered in Nevada, consisting in part as follows: ——— SILKS : ——— 90 PIECES BLACK, from 50 cts, to $1 per yard, 6 pieces fancy, as lew as 50 cts per yard ; 10 ps. Byadere stripe, very rich ; 20 ps. plaid, very rich ; silk robes, from $20 to $50; five ps. moire antique; 10 ps. china silk ; plain silk in colors ; together with a fangs tet of figured black silks ; 20 ps, all wool French merino, 760, per yard ; cotton and wool, 25c to 37c. per yard. Poil de Chevres and Valencia plaids, of ail colora, ——— ROBES : ——— 50 POPLIN ROBES—something entirely new and very Rich. 20 all wool DeLaine Robes, Delaine, in all colors. ——CLOAKS: } Sy ome Avene ng VELVET CLOAKS. Capa, Chesterfield Sacks ; Cloth and silk Mantillas, of all kinds and descriptions—the latest fashions direet from New York, Long and square broche shawls, mantilla shawls, playa Jong and square shawls of all kinds. EMBROIDERIES : OLLARS AND SLEEVES-—of all kinds and descriptions ; pambric and muslin edgings all kinds; cambric and muslin bands ; thread edgings ; lace edging»; Valenciennes lace. Also,—Velvet ribbons and dresa trimmings of all kinds and descriptions; wool damask for curtains; embroidered muslin and lace curtains ; cambric and linen handkerchiefs—embroidered handkorchiefs ; brown and bleached linen damask, by the yard ; brown and bleached linen table covers ; linen dioylies ard napkins ; linen diaper and toweling, and table covers of all kinds, MILLINERY GOODS, OF ALL KINDS. OUR BONNETS are made in our own store, from the lutest New York fashions. Bonnets madoand retrimmed at the shortest notice, Prints: — 50 PIECES MERRIMAC-—Coohese and other styles from 64 to 123g ctu. per yard. A large stock of bleached, and brown sheeting of all widtha. Heop skirts, Balmoral skirts. Quilts, and Marseilles and Lancaster Other Articles too Numerous to Mention, We are also receiving by every steamer, shipped direct to us, the Latest Styles of DRESS GOODS, EMBRUIDERIES, &c. &c. to be procured in New York. All of which will be sold 3& Cheaper than the Cheapest. -i Ladies—giwve us a Call, and examine our goods for yourselves, &@~ We will attend promptly to all Orders from the Conutry. N.B. Mrs. E. R. Jones, wishes to inform the Ladies of Nevada and vicinity, that she has taken rooms at Hagadorn & Bowley’s Store, where she will carry on Dress & Cloak Making, in all its branches, a4 having had eight years experience in the business in San Francisco, feels confident of giving satisfaction to all who may call. Nevada Feb, lst, 1860,—18-tf Plain and figured all wool B. LACHMAN, PAWNBROKER. Junction of Main & Commercial Streets, NEVADA. AKES THIS METHOD OF INFORMing the public that he has established himself permanently at the above place, and agrees to give satisfac: tion to all who will favor him with a gall. a@~ Keeps constantly on hand for sale, FORFEITED PLEDGES of all descriptions such as GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, DIAMOND ARTICLES, PISTOLS, CLOTHING, INSIRUMENTS, etc. etc. 17-6m nergy OF CALIFORNIA, County of Neva}J da, ss. District Court of the 14th Judiciai Distriet of said State. The people of the State of California to JOS. LOBDELL, greeting : You are hereby summoned to appear and answer to the Complaint of CATHERINE LOBDFLL, filed, within ten days from the service of this writ, if served on you in this . County, within twenty days ifserved on you in this District, and out of this County, and within forty days if served on you in the State and out of this District, in aa action commenced on the 18th day of Nov. a, p. 1859 in said Court, wherein plaintiff prays that this Hon. Court may decree to her a divorce from the bonds of matrimony and that she may be awarded the care and custody of their daughter Harriet Ann. And youare hereby notified that if you fail to answer said complaint as herein directed, plaintiff will take judgement against you therefor by Sen . ve with all oaets of suit, and also demand of the Court such other iefas is praye ne tiff’s sid complaint. viedo adouagt In testimony whereof, I John $8. Lambert, Clerk of the aN District Court aforesaid, do hereunto set my seal. hand and impress the weal of the said Court, ~~} at Office in the city of Nevada, this 34 day of February, 4. D. 1860. JNO. S, LAMBERT, Clerk. By Jos, Rosgarrs Jr., Deputy. State of California, County of Nevada. In District Court 14th Judicial District of said State, Catherine Lobdell vs. Joseph Lobdell—Petition for Diyorce. . Catherine Lobdell, plaintiff in this action duly sworn, deposes that Joseph Lobdell, the defendant has lgft Neyada, his former residence, for parts unknown, that she has made diligent enquiry for him, and is imformed and believes that he has left this State, and is now « resident of Utah Territory, gud therefore prays that this Hon. Court . may direct service of this summons upon him by publi. cation, CATHERINE LOBDELL. Sworn and subscribed before me this 3d day of February 1860. 4. 1. CALDWELL, Notary Public. . . Cathering Lobdell vs. Joseph Lobdell.—On reading 404 . filing the complaint and affidavit of plaintiff in the above . C@use, and it appearing theieftom that sufficient cause . exists, it is ordered that sgmmons be served on defendant by pubjication in the Nevada Democrat, published in Ne+ vada, fer three months, » NILES SEARLS, Dist. JudggFebruary 4th 1860.—19-3m* aia