March 11, 1857 (4 pages)

Ne Horrible Tragedy at Alpha. One of the most inhuman deeds which it has Change of Venue. A bill has passed the\Assembly, so amending the criminal ¢ode as to allow a person indicted for a change of venue through counsel, Sein Sabsaslty before the Court. the debt unconstitutional. The design of the The bill was taken to the Senate, and an effort. article is to show i was made to suspend the rules for the purpose . deciding upon the consti passi . That body . debt, are assuming author of Sanne ian vaagnees a majority + fered upon them, and that such decisions should «. not be regarded by the Legislature. The artiTrial of the State Treasurer. The Senate resolved itself into a Court, on lot to record, happened at Alpha . Thursday last, for the trial of Henry Bates, on Teeneuiden last. Mr. Isaac Rich, @/. late State Treasurer, on the charges preferred clothing dealer at that place, while eating his . against him by the Assembly. After some presupper in the back part of his store, was assaultliminary motions, Dr. Bates was arraigned, and ed, and had his face, head and arms almost lit-. Mr. Winans read an answer tothe charges. The Court then adjourned to allow the manasons who evidently designed to murder him for . gers on the side of the prosecution to prepare his money. Frank Alverson, a stage driver, while feeding his horses, heard a rustling noise} The answer put in by the counsel of the — Badiam, Jr., is our authorired agent in Sacray and went to the front door to . urer, is in the nature of a demurrer, and as wt sn ere that the case may be dismissed on the ground he called out to persons in the street, and the . that proceedings by impeachment are only perdoor was forced open. Onentering, they heard . mitted against certain officers of the State; that although'Henry Bates was Treasurer of the State the known as “the Count,” was found Rich lying on the floor, apparently . at the several periods of time referred to in ue pha a Mag at Frenchman’s Dar, in the Pago agonies of death. Some eight or nine . articles of impeachment, yet he was not Treassame claims where Davis and others lost their. terrible gashes had been cut in his head and . urer at the time of his arraignment before the liveslast week. He was working with three . face, his skull was broken in several places, and . Senate, having resigned the office, and the resother men, one of whom, saw the bank caving, . about a wine-glass fall of his brains was found . ignation been accepted by the Governor, and and cried out to the others, The others ran. on the floor. His hands back and got out of the way, but the Count, in-. in 9 shocking manner, NEVADA DEMOCRAT. John Sale is our traveling Agent for Nevada county, He is authorized to receive money for supscriptions and receipt for the same. ’ E. P. Turney is ity, He is authorized to receive subscriptions, advertisements, &c., and collect and receipt for the same. Patterson and vicinerally hacked to pieces, by some person or perrefused to suspend the rules, 4 re: the Senators voted for the suspension, and ther is. no doubt the bill will pass and become a law. . cle classes as follows: The immediate object of the bill is to enable the “ubiquitous” Ned McGowan to obtain a change of venue from the court of San Francisco, to . first place, that an important political questio county. As-. involving the distribution of powers amongst sane ngeaspaathe cpnsy Pages sf ee different departments of the government, oge & Co. are our authorized agents for San Franae yy epg a replication to the answer. ascertain the cause. The door being fastened, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1857. Mining Accidents. sembly, no opposition wae made to the bill, M Jessup, one of the San Francisco members, having stated that the Vigilance Committee did . Constitution was only inserted for the purpose not desire to raise any excitement, and all they . of enjoining upon the Legislature the wisdom asked was, that McGowan be tried by an impartial jury. This is all that MeGowan claims, go in the back room, and going to the spot d arms were also cut . that proceedings by impeachment are not perowing evidently that . mitted or provided for by the Constitution of the hereof. stead of running, stopped and looked up at the . he had put them up in order to save his face.— . State against any of the ex-officers t! cme wah, rin stood till the rash prt The ore are supposed to have been inflicted . The answer further recites that the criminal him. He was knocked into the water and wash-. with a bowle-knife. The unfortunate man was . courts of the State have full jurisdiction in the ed down several hundred feet. When taken up. picked up and laid on a bed; several times he . trial and punishment of the misdemeanors alhe was dead. We were not able to learn the. asked the question, ‘Who are you?’ but gave . leged to have been committed; that the defendtrue name of the unfortunate man. He form-. no answers to questions asked him. During the . ant has been indicted by the grand jury of Sacerly worked on the South Yuba ditch, and had . night he was generally quiet, but at times would . ramento on the nh Wee sighed worked on the claims where he . make violent efforts to raise himself in bed. It . tried; and that the Treasurer is not liable rea san tried on the indictments if the Senate tries him being removed from San Francisco, be hardly possible to find an impartial jury cae there, One set of men would convict him with-. gopis out any evidence whatever, and others would . sole judges of the extent to which they are reacquit him, no matter how strong the evidence . strained by the eighth article; should be against him. In the interior, the excitement growing out of the Vigilance question ith the due . the foul reproach of repudiation, they can do so was not so greatasto interfere w a Pp oO 7 om hae arte annual interest to become due upon the State debt. They should, we course of justice, and few persons have formed . by simply appropri any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of Mcin a short time was supposed that he would die in a ’ Gowan, on the charge for which he has been in-. think, respectfully, but oman ie A young man named A. J. Holmes, was kill-. and no attempt was made that night to do any . on the same charges. ed at Alpha, on Wednesday last. He was work-. thing for him. The next day, however, Dr. ing in the Bell claims, and seeing a small slide . Von Poellniz, of this place, was sent for, and . gers of the prosecution, filed a replication to the coming towards him, started to run. His foot. went up to dress his wounds, lipped however, and the earth striking him, t day, Mr. McKune, one of the manaiene howchang : A bill was first introduced into the Assembly by Mr Hunt, removing McGowan’s case to Sac. 5¢ ramento; this bill was referred to the Judiciary . ecutive officer, to direct or control him in the Committee, anda substitute reported, which . discharge of ,his official functions, was passed, and which is designed as a general law. Although the bill was called out by a circumstance which may seldom occur in criminal . branch will never be the sufferers. trials, we can see no objection to a law of the kind remaining upon the statute book. answer, in which it is contended that the AssemNothing is known to a certainty as to who . bly had full power to prefer the articles of imhe was thrown against a boulder with such force . committed this daring outrage. Suspicion rests . peachment; that the Senate has sole power to as to break several ribs, He died during the. upon a Frenchman named Nevils, who was arnight. On making a post mortem examination, . rested on Monday by Mr. Plumer in Sacramenit was found that the liver had been burst by. to City. The principal grounds of suspicion the broken ribs pressing against it. Mr. Holmes. are these: In the evening after the deed was . to the effect that the defendant was Treasurer was married in Grass Valley last October, and . committed, Nevils was requested to sit up with . at the time he was impeached before the Senate, the wounded man. He refused on the plea that . and that if he has been indicted the indictments he had to work hard the next day. Instead of . were found subsequent to his impeachment. working, however, he left that night for Nevada, from here he went to Rough & Ready, and on . sue on the point of law, as to the jurisdiction of the Senate to try the impeachment, and the On Monday morning Rich appeared to be . Court adjourned until Saturday at 12 o'clock, more sensible, called his friends by name, spoke . in order to give counsel time to prepare their intelligibly of business affairsof the Masonic . arguments, Lodge of which he was a member, but seemed to know nothing as to who the parties were that . at issue, were commenced on Saturday, and concommitted the deed. Dr. Von Poellnitz heard . tinued to Monday. At our latest accounts, the Senate had not voted on the question, and it is two men had attempted to murder him, but . doubtful whether they will go on and try him, or leave his case with the criminal courts, As no practical good can result from his conviction by the Senate, it is probable that body will not assume jurisdiction of the case. Ifthe trial is try the same, and that no act of the defendant could operate to divest the Senate of jurisdiction. Another paper was also filed by the managers, leaves » young wife to mourn his lo Navication or Featu&r Rrver.—The steamer Gazelle, made the trip from Marysville to Oroville on Thursday last. She started from Marysville at seven o’clock in the morning, and reached her destination at five o’clock in the evening. Her running time from Marysville, was about nine hours, having been detained an hour or 80 by the ferries along on the river. announcing the arrival of the steamer, the RecHomicrpr near San Juay.—An affray, resulting in the death of A. B, Mudge, occurred at the town of Sebastopol near North San Juan, Wednesday night, 4th inst. It appears Mudge had inveigled the wife of one L. W. Chase, and had been keeping her for the last two or three months. On the night of the affray, Chase and Mudge met in front of the house in which Mrs. Chase was living. and Chase remonstrated with Mudge on the impropriety of keeping his (Chase’s) wife. Mudge, who was somewhat in liquor, resented the remarks of Chase, and they clinched, but were immediately parted and Chase went on towards his home. passed around and in front of him, him by the shoulder, The counsel of the defendant then joined is0D . Saturday took the stage for Sacramento. The argument of counsel on the law points “Oroville was wild with excitement when it was announced that she was actually coming into town, and when visible, a general rush was made for the bar, and she no sooner landed than she was completely overrun by the crowd all anxious to see the boat. to go aboard of her, and satisfy themselves that she was really a . steamboat, and that she was actually in Oro. Not one tenth of the crowd assembled at . the landing could get aboard of her, but they . to exalt their own powers lined the bank of the river, and gazed at the welcome steamer with admiring satisfaction.”’ The first attempt to navigate Feather river, was made by the steamer Lawrence, under the command, we believe, of Capt. Chadwick, in the fall of 1849, which made the trip to Marysville. . Having met with some obstructions, the conclu. sion was arrived at, that the river was not navigable above Nicholas, and the captain of the Lawrence afterwards refused to go above that A week or two after, however, the . steamer Linda made the trip to Marysville, and having commenced ranning regularly to that place, the Lawrence was compelled to follow suit. Several other steamers were put on the river during the winter of 1849—’50, and since then steamers of light draft have had but little difficulty in running to Marysville, at all seasIn the spring of 1850 the Linda made one or two trips to the ‘‘paper town’ of Yateston, and another steamer got up as far as Hamilton, some twenty miles above Marysville. were no important towns above Marysville, however, there was little object in running boats above, and at length, people came to the sage conclusion that Marysville was situated at the head of steamboat navigation, Oroville has now become a flourishing and important town, and there is no doubt that steamboats will hereafter make regular trips to that place during the greater portion of the year, him say in his native language (Polish,) that he was delirious at that time. He was still liv. ing yesterday morning, and perfectly rational, Mudge . put bas no idea as to how he got hurt. There and taking . ig no hopes of his recovery. some blows were struck, Empezzuement.—G. F. Waldron, late bookkeeper for Wells, Fargo & Co., was arrested in in San Francisco, on Wednesday last, on a t f the house f their . Charge of embezzling some $8,000 of the funds Ste ae of that firm, He was intending to leave for the Atlantic States, when the new book-keeper disin th t covered the defalcations, and a warrant was imSe Le ee a mediately issued for his arrest. The firm got 4 aseass' ident) d from . Possession of about three-fourths of the amount ayy shay op ong dampanaiigrars embezzled—$3,500 in cash, and personal property valued at $2,500, The peculation has been my in the world, and no object . $°img on for two years, and is said to be the rea2 ocr erste ig , N sult of extravagance. He had been in the habit of living ina manner altogether too costly The house was in the center of the town, people were constantly passing back and forth in the in the left lung—two in the groin—one the abstreet, and it was about the time miners were domen—and two in other places, Justice Wickham held an inquest on the body, and the above facts being clearly shown, the jury returned a verdict “that the said A. B. Mudge came to his death by wounds inflicted by some sharp instrument in the hands of L. W. Chase, on the night of March 4th, in the act of work, Rich had just sat down to eat his supper, had poured out a cup of tea, and from apof cutting an egg with his knife when he was the back door while the front door was being forced open. Rich was a quiet, peaceable man, Chase was not taken into custody, and it is ws a probable that nothing will be done unless something should transpire to make it necessary. The woman who was the cause of the tragedy, hot yet 15 years old—Chase had been married about 16 or 18 months, eects Treaty wirh Mexico. but that of plunder could have instigated the act. Several hundred dollars in money was i! found in the store, which the villains had not . fr his income. is about 22, They . time to secure. Veto or Tux Arrrorriation Bitt.—On Saturday last Gov. Johnson sent back to the Senate, —We give in another . larly in California, men are made the victims of . Without approval, the bill which recently passed columa what purports to be « synopsis of a unjust suspicion, can never be known. OccaA Case or Susricion.—How often, particuboth houses makiog appropriations for the civil sionally some circumstance comes to light, after . XPenses of the government, The veto was sent the injury is inflicted, revealing the falacies and . in on the last day that it could be received, and an attempt was made to check-mate the Govertreaty recently concluded by Mr. Forsyth with the government of Mexico, taken from a Mexioan paper, There is no doubt that a treaty has imperfections of ous judgments, and admonishbeen entered into by which the United States is . ing us how cautious we should be in matters . r by refusing to admit his private secretary. gage upon . affecting the life, liberty and reputation of our custom house revenue of that republic . fellow men, In the case we are about to relate, would be but a poor security for the payment of . the subject w the principal, and it is ve further security to loan money to Mexico; but a mort The message, however, was received and read. The Governor objects to the bill because there as fortunate enough to escape with . has been no provision made to provide a reveTY probable that some . no greater punishment than the mortification . Mue to meet the expenses of the State governisexacted not stated by the . waich a man must endure, ment. An attempt will be made to pass the Mexican paper. In its present shape, the Sencused; but for this escape he was perhaps alone . bill over the Governor's veto. ate would scarcely ratify the treaty, unless it. indebted to the humanity and firmness of the was believed that the loaning of the money magistrate before whom the alledged offence would give us such a claim upon Mexico as was examined. would lead to her annexation at some future day. who is unjustly acARRESTED FOR Larceny.—The case of Alex. Bell, late State Prison Director, charged with the grand larceny of an order given by him in September last, to I. &S, Wormser, for his quarterly pay or script as said Director for the months of January, February and March, amounting to $875, was examined before the Recorder, at Sacramento, last Thursday morning. After the prosecution had finished giving evidence, the defence declined to call any witnesses, and the case was argued, On Friday the Recorder decided to hold the defendant to bail, to awalt the action of the Sacramento county, Tue Storm iw tHe Sovra.—From all accounts, we conclude that the late storm was much more severe in the Southern mines than in this section of the State, The Weekly Columbian is credibly informed that six inches of water, on the level, had fallen in the course of ten days, and that damage had been done to mining claims to the amount of $100,000, Srapsep py 4 Womay.—On Sunday evening, March Ist, a Frenchman was stabbed in the arm . tsined a number of verses of poetry, anda specand side by » French woman named Mary, who keeps a restaurant in San Andreas. She was arrested, but upon a hearing discharged, as the man had provoked the assault, About a year ago a man by the name of ompson was arrested at Alpha, at the instance of one Hanson, on a charge of stealing. Hanson and Thompson had been living in the same cabin and were working together. Hanson lost a purse containing about fifty dollars in coin, which he swore positively he had left under his pillow in the cabin. At the time the money was lost Thompson was unable to work, from some injuries he had received a few days before, and was the only person in the cabin, Suspicion, therefore reated upon him, and he was arrested. After his arrest he attempted to compromise, and offered togpay the amount alleged to be eR Suppen Deatu.—On Sunday evening last, Mr. William May, while traveling down a bill on Dunn’s ranch, near Rock creek, fell down and immediately expired. Several men were with him at the time, who state that he did not exhibit a particle of life after falling. He was apparently in good health up to the time of his death. An inquest was held upon the body by Justice Clark, and on making a post mortem examination, it was ascertained that one of the principal arteries leading to the heart, had been broken, Mr. May was about 29 years old, and formerly lived in Townsend, Sandusky county, Obio, where his parents now reside. Parpdoxzp.—John Walsh, who was convicted some months ago in this county, of an assault with a deadly weapon, and sentenced to the Penitentiary, was pardoned on Friday last by Gov. Johnson. A petition, signed by over fifteen hundred citizens of this county, who were conversant with the circumstances of the case, was presented to the Governor, asking for the pardon. There were facts connected with this case, which were ruled out as not proper ovidence on the trial, but which went far to extenuate the guilt of Walsh, and the pardon is very generally approved by those who are acquainted with the circumstances. grand jury of Arrtication Dentev.—E. A. Rowe made an application to Judge Terry, of the Supreme stolen, on condition that he was not prosecuted. . Court, on Thursday, for a discharge from arrest, This offer only tended to confirm the belief that {0 the ground that the grand jury which commited him had adjourned. The application was the evidence ‘sufficient to convict him, ordered . 4¢led, and Rowe was again remanded to the him to be discharged, Everybody however, beoustody of the Sheriff of Sacramento. The three Judges of the Supreme Court were unanimous in this opinion, New Paper.—A new paper is to be established at Red Bluffs, Tehama oounty, the material having already been shipped from Sacramento for that purpose, Mr, W, N, Walton is to be he was guilty. The magistrate not considering lieved him guilty and it was with diMfoulty that the people were restrained from lynching him. Ho left the place branded as a thief, and has not been heard from since, Preacutna,—Rev, A. C, Edmonds will preach for a few Sabbath ovenings, at the Court House, Services will commenge at half past seven o’Snipment or Treasurt.—The mail steamer Golden Age, which sailed for Panama on the A week or 80 ago, Mr. Doolittle picked up a . 5th, carried $1,442,579 in specie. The amount purse of money, which proved to be the one . shi Hanson had lost. In his affidavit, Hanson depped the corresponding period last year was $1,298,542,—being an excess this year of $144,scribed very minutely the purse, and gave the . 030 over last year. The specie shipments of exact value of every piece of coin in it, which . January and February this year were less than corresponded exactly with the purse and coin found by Mr. Doolittle, 80 there can be no mistake about its being the same. Can Rowen —The cabin of Mr. J. J. Work,. found near the diggings where Hanson was working, and the probability is that he had taDoxation Parry.-The friends of the Rev, 0, B. Stone design tendering him a donation visit this evening, at his residence. for the same months last year. We would call the attention of ladies in want of new bonnets, (and where is the lady that don’t want one?) to the advertisement of the Misses Tackney, to be found in another column. pei eone A, sk hl POD Munictra. ELxcrion.—The municipal eleetion ld at Oakland last week, resulted in the defeat of the Democratic ticket. Mr. Blake, the Democratio candidate for Mayor, was beaten by Seventeen votes. The Republicans, Vigilantes, gs united their forces against The purse was . po at Cement Hill, was entered by a thief, on Friday evening last, while the occupants were ab-. ken it from under his pillow where he had been sent, and forty-six dollars in coin belonging to . in the habit of keeping it, and lost it out of his Samuel Hecker, stolen. The money was in the . pocket as he was going to his work pocket of a pair of pantaloons, which had been left in the cabin. A carpet-bag, belonging to Mr. Work, was found the next morning a short distance from the cabin, which had been eut open and the contents taken out and scattered on the ground. Mr. Work had quite o large smount of money, which he was in the habit of leaving in the cabin, but the day of the robbery he went to Cherokee, and luckily had taken the money with him. A “Catico Party” came off at the State Honee, in Sacramento, on Friday evening last, The entertainment was got up for the benifit of the shoals pf that city. The net proceeds were about two thousand dollars. Ariantic Parens.—J. E. Hamlin, of Broad Street Book Store, was the first to deliver us Atlantic papers, received by the Golden Age. To Geo Welch, of the Pioneer Book Store, we are also indebted for a liberal supply of papers and periodicals, received by the same and Know Nothin Conrract Let.—Proposals for bu ing the bridges at the foot of Main and Broad streets, . in Sacramento to get and across Little Deer creek, were opened by . order to carry the munici the Trustees on Monday. Thirteen bids in all, were put in, and the contract was let to Mr. Buck, for $1,795, that being the lowest bid. . other party. Ifa “People The bridges are to be built similar to those washed away, with the exception that the abutments are to be of wood instead of atone. “Prorir’s Parry.’’—Efforts are being made “People’s ticket,”’ in pal election. The Republicans have already taken steps to form a J. W. Sullivan, ‘ ticket, and seem determined ullivan, of the News Depot, San Fran cisco, has our thanks for papers, magazines, &c from all the principal Eastern cities, not to fuse with any ’s party” oan be got re will be no lack of experie to take charge of it. Revigr.—The Missouri Republican states that @ subscription was being raised in that city for the relief of the passengers of the Archibald Gracie expedition, who were remaining at Es. capalasco, in Mexico, who were unable to get away for want of meas, and who are represented as being in a pitiable condition, were thirty-five or forty of them, Comumrrrev.—Frank Moore, who has been unCuwese Gampters.—A couple of weeks ago . der arrest for the killing of McClanahan, has so some eleven Chinese gamblers were committed . far recovered as to be removed to this place, and is now in jail. He waived a preliminary examination, and his case will come before the which meets on the first Monday of to the Calaveras county jail in default of payment of a fine of $500 each which had been imsed upon them. Since then they have paid. grand jur 40 and have been released. There . of the The State Debt Question. The State Journal of Saturday contains a long Board of Supervisors. Present—Mesers. Frencu. Everett and Scorr, article upon the State debt, and the effect of the . Supervisors. late decision of the Supreme Court, that the Supreme Court, in . : ; d vicinity, in building a hat is the object of this . ®" y: But it may be asked what is the obj socteg . creek discussion, which has already been pro beyond reasonable limits. We answer, in the be rightly settled. Secondly, we have attempted o: rs he that the eighth article of the and, necessity of so squaring the expenses of the vernment to the probable revenue, as to never let¥the one exceed the other by more than d no reasonable person can object to the case . three hundred thousand dollars. At any rate, be E as it would . we have sought to establish these propositions: hat ;the Constitution never intended to prothe’ Legislature from paying the honest of the State; thatthe Legislature are the that they have the unlimited power of appropriation; that if in their opinion it be wise and politic to preserve the reputation of the State, and save us fro amount to pay and revolutionary claim of t to control their action im this respect. It ma mandamus or would settle this vexed question. Should the court persist in its heresy, it may result in a conflict much to be deplored, but one in which the popalar We believe it to be the duty of the Legislature, if in their _power, to make provision for the payment of the interest on the State bonds, which will become due in July and January . next; and if thiscan be done in the manner pointed out above, that course should be adapted. Should this lead to a conflict between the judicial and legislative authorities, it might result in settling the question as to the proper functions and powers of exch branch of the government, But some provision must be made to raise a revenue for the payment of the debt and interThis cannot be done unless the legality of the debt is established. The same persons who would vote against repudia,. ting the debt, would resist the payment of taxes, if they saw a possibility of avoiding it.— est as it becomes due, Should attempts be made now to collect the in. m terest tax, the Courts, which are always ready . find it impossible to collect them. . ture can do nothing more than pass the law ; this much is expected of them, The rest must . be left with the people, SvICIDE Near Say Francisco.—A man named . . . + . Daniel F. Barney, a carpenter, was found dead on Wednesday last, about nine miles from San . Francisco, in an out-house near Fort Point.— . The telegraph operator sent a dispatch to the . Coroner who immediately started for the place. . The body was found lying on the ground floor, . upon the left side, witha gunoy bag of straw under his head, The right side of his throat presented a long and deep gash, but the jugular vein was not severed, and the wound was . not sufficient to have caused hisdeath. On farther investigation, a handkerchief was found . tied tightly around his left arm above the elbow, and a deep cut across the arm, severing the brachical artery and penetrating to the bone. The sleeve of his under-shirt was drawn down over the wound, and the over-shirt was . buttoned at the wrist. Some of the circumstan. ces led to suspicions that the man was murderjed. The principal ground of suspicion was, the almost impossibility of a man first cutting his throat, then raising both his shirt sleeves, cutting an artery that would produce death in five minutes, then pulling his undershirt sleeve over the wound, his white shirt over that, buttoning the wristband, and tying a handkerchief in two knots around the wounded arm—all with one hand, for his left arm was nearly cut in two.— In his pocket was found a note book, in which were a number of accounts; the book also conulation upon the origin of the soul, probably written from memory of some work upon spiritualism which he had read—indicating the state of his mind at or near the time of his death.— After weighing all the circumstances, however, the Coroner came to the conclusion that he had committed suicide, Mr. Barney was a quiet, peaceable man, but appeared at times Cpenand on the subject of Spiritualism. This is knew him. He was years of age. what people say who unmarried, and about 36 Four, Murper is New Yorx.—Dr. Harvey Burdell, a wealthy dentist of New York, was found murdered in his room on Bond street, about the first of February, with marks of strangulation around his neck, and fifteen dirk wounds on his body. The Coroner’s investiga. tion had been going on four days at last accounts, but no testimany of a positive character was elicited. Suspicion, however, rests ve strongly upon a woman named Ounningham, who now claims ta have been Burdell’s wife by & secret marriage, and also on a Mr. Eckel, a boarder in the house, and a supposed paramour of Mrs, Cunningham. Burdell owned the house in which the parties resided, and had leased it to Mrs. Cunningham, reserving to himself a suite of rooms for his business purposes, The Doctor was quite wealthy, but of &,quarrelsome, jealous disposition, and had had frequent squabbles with Mrs. Cunningham. This woman’s former reputed husband, George Cunningham, was a distiller by trade, and has resided for some years in California, whence he returned to Brooklyn, and soon after died suddenly, leaving 8 life policy of ten thousand dollars to his repated widow. The murder of Dr. Burdell has created an intense excitement in New York, ee a A RT Pus, Docs.—We are indebted to Hon. John. B. Weller, of the Senate, and to Hon. J. W. Denver, House of Representatives, for valuable public documents, 4 resist the novel Supreme Court njunction shall issue to an exat the expense of the other branches of the government, would de. clare the taxes illegal, and the officers would Provis'on . must be made by the Legislature for submitting lthe State debt to a direct vote of the people, . otherwise it will never be paid. The Legisla. declaring} ‘Toespay, March 34.—It is ordered that the Cc y Auditor draw warrants u the Counrer, in favor of the Trustees of the ty of Nevada, yable out of the road fund, utionality of the State . for the sum of 3100, to be applied to re-buildity which is not con-. ing Main and Broad street rdered, That the County Auditor draw a warrant upon the Treasirer, payable out of the road fund, in favor of 9. P: French, for the sum of $400, to assist the citizens of Anthony Flat dge across Deer at the Anthony House. ; Ordered, That the rate of taxation for the n . year 1857 be as follows upon each one hundred dollars valnation: State fand, fund, 50 cts; Public building fund, 25 cts; Road fund, 5 cts; School fund, 5 cts; Indigent sick fund, 25 cts,—making the rate of taxation $1,. 80, upon the hundred dollars, 8. i. tee and L. C. McKibbey were a pointed to view out a road from North San Juan to Sevastopol, and report the samte to the road overseer of district No. 19, who is authorized to apply sé much of the road tax of that district, not exceeding four hundred doflars, as may be necessary to construct the same. B. Easting was appointed road overseer for district No. 21; W. W. Conzens for district No, 22; James Cornell for district No, 23, H. M. Moore and V. Butch were appointed to locate a road or roads from the Back Bone ridge into Woolsey’s or Moore’s Flats, #nd report the same to the road overseer of district No. 16, who is authorized to apply the fond tax of that district to building such road or toads. Ordered, That the road now traveled from the top of American Hill to Wood’s ravine, near the Rising Sun House, be and the same ie hereby declared a county road. Wepnespay, March 4th.—The report of P. 70 cts; County y ‘as ace : be that a law iy declaring that no writ Griest, road overseer was accep C. Knight was appointed roa@ oversee? for district No. 8, and P. Greist for district No. 19, The sum of $400 was appropriated owt of the road fund, for constructing a road through district No. 4, and J. M. Hixon and Wm. Sublett were appointed to view out and locate the same. The sum of $150 was appropriated to epable the overseer of district No. 3 to build @ bridge across Lawson’s ravine, on the road from Nevada to American Hill. pe ‘ Tuvrspay, March 5th.—The principal business transacted, was the allowing of accounts against the county. The bills allowed amounted to about $4,000, besides the amowné paid to jurors. ; The Board adjourned till the fourth Monday in March. MARRIED.—At Orleans Flat, on the 26th ult., by Justice Caldwell, Rorsrt MoCanko to Mrs. Mary Axw Ear, all of that place. In San Francisco, Feb. 25th by Rev. B. Brierly, Mx. Gro. W. M. Cownes of San Francisco, to Miss Susan M. . Tackney, of Nevada. Daguerreotypes! Daguerreotypes ! ! — Those wanting pictures in the highest style of the art, should call at the Gallery of Mrs, J. F. Ruponen, No, 10 ComGlass Pictures or Ambrotyes also made 19-tf mercial street. . for those who desire them, Keystone Market!! Foot of Main and Broad streets, Nevada. . HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING AGAIN TAKEN THIS . well known and favorite stand, is now prepired ta supply his old) customers and the public generally, with the Choicest . Meats anci Vegotables . That can be found in the market, and at as low prices as can possibly be afforde . . We kill none but American Cattle of the best quality, . an keep always on hand a good sup dy of Meate and Vege. . tables, Persons whe deal with as can alaays rely on get. ting good and wholesome food. Nevada, March 10—23-tf CHAS, KENT. SELLING OFF CHEAP!! No. 43 Broad St., Nevada, OULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE LADTES OF Nevada and vicinity, that they are about to close . up their business, and offer their . SPLENDID STOCK OF LADIES’ GOODS At Reduced Rates, We have recently received a large and elegant assort . ment of French Millnery Goods, Bonnets, &es of the latest Styles and Fashions, which willbe SOLD CHEAP, Dresses of the latest Vashions cut and made fo . order . 23-1f TL. C. DODGE & CO. NO, 68 MERCHANT ST., BELOW MONTGOMERY. ii AVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND are in daily reeept of Fresh Calif. ria BUTTER, CHEFSE and KGGe. Alo, Oregon BACON and LARD; . which they offer for sale, in quantities ty suit th: city and . country traders upon the most reasonable term:FRESH CALIFORNIA BUTTER, 2 00 LBS. FRESH CALIFORNIA RANCH BEPTER, ’ of five quality, in 5, 10 and 26 Ib, tins, suitable for the country trade and the mines, ‘ Also—500 Ibs extra quality Table Pu tor, in balls, suite. ble for the city trade, Also—Alarge quantity of cheap Cooking Butter constant ly on hand and for sale cheap, L. C, PODGE & CO, 68 Merchant street. ‘FRESH CALIFORNIA CHEESE. ONSTANTLY ON HAND, from the choicest dairies in . California, For sale, in quantities tu suit all classes of derlers. at prices dertdipoalink with the times. L. C. DODGE & Cu., 68 Merchant street. ONSTABLE’S SALE.=STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevada—ss. By virtue of an Execution, issued out of Justice Caldwell’s Court, of Eureka Township, County of Nevada, to me directed, in favor of B. E. 8. ELY . and against J. P. McLEAN, I have seized, and shall expose . for sale at Public Auction, at 12 o'clock M., on the 1st day of April A. D, 1857, at the Orleans Hotel, on Orleans Flat, the following described Property, to wit ; All the right, title and interest of the above named defendant, in and to that certain House and Lot situate on the Northeast side of Main street on Wolsey’s Flat, and being the house formerly occupied by Doctor Olds, subject to redemption according to the Statute for such cases made and provided. Dated the 9th day of March A. D, 1857, 23-37 A. F. WAGNER, Constable. ONSTABLE’S SALE.<BY VIRTUE OF AN EX.ecution, issued out of Justice B. 8, OLDS Court, of Evreka Township, County of Nevada, to me directed, in favor of A. CAMPBELL, and against J. WILLARD, I have seized, and shall expose for sale at public auction, at 12 o'clock M. on the 3lst day March A. D. 1857, at the Orleans Hote), on Orleans Flat, the following described Property, to wit : All the right, title and interest of the above named defendant, in and to that certain House and Lot situate on Spring street, in Orleans Flat, and being the house oceupied by Mrs. Evans as a Dress maker shop—subject to redemption according to the Statute for such cases made and provided. Dated the 9th day of March A. D. 1857, 23-3w A. F. WAGNER, Constable. Rthdneien et Pe a GUMMONS.—sT ATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF or Justices’ Court, Nevada, Township of Bri “aa P. L. WINHAM, J. P. People of the State of California, to ANTHON 7 DEIBRAND—_You are hereby summoned to ito oa § ek the undersigned Justice of the Peace, at his office in said Township, on Monday the 28d day of March A, D. 1857 at 10 o'clock A. M., to answer to the com laint of JOS. P. CLARK & ©O., who have brought suit against you for $70 on Note of Hand, as per note and affidavit now on file in my office. Qn failure ga toa r aud answer, Judgement will he rendered against you far the said sum of $76, inter. “Given Sodst'my bend, teer th ven under my hand, }his @th day of March A. D. 1857 23-2w W. P. L, WINHAM, J. ig ; ONSTABLE’S SALE.—STATE OF CALIFORNIA / County of Nevada—ss. By virtue of an order todelivered issued from the Court of W. P. L. WINHAM Eaq. an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, bearing date March 9th A. D. 1857. to satisfy a judgment rendered by said Court on the 20th day of A. D, 1857 in favor of CHAS. F. MEYERS, . D. DORNIN, and against JOHN §. STIDGER, for the sum of $99,42 amount of Mechanic’s Lign, Debt, Interest, damages and costs of suit. I have in Execution, and will sell to the highest bidder for h, a certain Dwe House and the Lot on which it s ds, situated on Flume street, North San Juan, Nevada count, California, adJoining the House and Lot occupied by William Heath; said house is now occupied by John 8. Stidger, on Thursday the 2d day of April A. D, 1857, betwee: © hours of 10 o'clock A, i and 5o0’clock P, M. Sale 4 Gone n the premises. Taken as the property of John S, Stidger, to satisfy the accruing posts, above demands North San Juan, March 9th A. D. 1857. 23 3w E. 0. ANDERSON, Constable. TO HOTEL KEEPERS. Ke SALE OR LEASE—on reasonrbletermemthe Cher= okee Hotel, situated at Patterson, Nevada county. This is the only Hotel in the town, has a good patronage, is neatly and conveniently fitted up, and every seuisite for carrying on the business of Hotel keeping: The Nevada and Forest City stages change here daily. Any family desirous of a good location and moderate income, would do well to give this place their attention. For turther particulars apply to 22—4w, E. P, TURNEY, Proprietor. 23-1m vs ebraary GEO. D. b . ;

Ne Horrible Tragedy at Alpha. One of the most inhuman deeds which it has Change of Venue. A bill has passed the\Assembly, so amending the criminal ¢ode as to allow a person indicted for a change of venue through counsel, Sein Sabsaslty before the Court. the debt unconstitutional. The design of the The bill was taken to the Senate, and an effort. article is to show i was made to suspend the rules for the purpose . deciding upon the consti passi . That body . debt, are assuming author of Sanne ian vaagnees a majority + fered upon them, and that such decisions should «. not be regarded by the Legislature. The artiTrial of the State Treasurer. The Senate resolved itself into a Court, on lot to record, happened at Alpha . Thursday last, for the trial of Henry Bates, on Teeneuiden last. Mr. Isaac Rich, @/. late State Treasurer, on the charges preferred clothing dealer at that place, while eating his . against him by the Assembly. After some presupper in the back part of his store, was assaultliminary motions, Dr. Bates was arraigned, and ed, and had his face, head and arms almost lit-. Mr. Winans read an answer tothe charges. The Court then adjourned to allow the manasons who evidently designed to murder him for . gers on the side of the prosecution to prepare his money. Frank Alverson, a stage driver, while feeding his horses, heard a rustling noise} The answer put in by the counsel of the — Badiam, Jr., is our authorired agent in Sacray and went to the front door to . urer, is in the nature of a demurrer, and as wt sn ere that the case may be dismissed on the ground he called out to persons in the street, and the . that proceedings by impeachment are only perdoor was forced open. Onentering, they heard . mitted against certain officers of the State; that although'Henry Bates was Treasurer of the State the known as “the Count,” was found Rich lying on the floor, apparently . at the several periods of time referred to in ue pha a Mag at Frenchman’s Dar, in the Pago agonies of death. Some eight or nine . articles of impeachment, yet he was not Treassame claims where Davis and others lost their. terrible gashes had been cut in his head and . urer at the time of his arraignment before the liveslast week. He was working with three . face, his skull was broken in several places, and . Senate, having resigned the office, and the resother men, one of whom, saw the bank caving, . about a wine-glass fall of his brains was found . ignation been accepted by the Governor, and and cried out to the others, The others ran. on the floor. His hands back and got out of the way, but the Count, in-. in 9 shocking manner, NEVADA DEMOCRAT. John Sale is our traveling Agent for Nevada county, He is authorized to receive money for supscriptions and receipt for the same. ’ E. P. Turney is ity, He is authorized to receive subscriptions, advertisements, &c., and collect and receipt for the same. Patterson and vicinerally hacked to pieces, by some person or perrefused to suspend the rules, 4 re: the Senators voted for the suspension, and ther is. no doubt the bill will pass and become a law. . cle classes as follows: The immediate object of the bill is to enable the “ubiquitous” Ned McGowan to obtain a change of venue from the court of San Francisco, to . first place, that an important political questio county. As-. involving the distribution of powers amongst sane ngeaspaathe cpnsy Pages sf ee different departments of the government, oge & Co. are our authorized agents for San Franae yy epg a replication to the answer. ascertain the cause. The door being fastened, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1857. Mining Accidents. sembly, no opposition wae made to the bill, M Jessup, one of the San Francisco members, having stated that the Vigilance Committee did . Constitution was only inserted for the purpose not desire to raise any excitement, and all they . of enjoining upon the Legislature the wisdom asked was, that McGowan be tried by an impartial jury. This is all that MeGowan claims, go in the back room, and going to the spot d arms were also cut . that proceedings by impeachment are not perowing evidently that . mitted or provided for by the Constitution of the hereof. stead of running, stopped and looked up at the . he had put them up in order to save his face.— . State against any of the ex-officers t! cme wah, rin stood till the rash prt The ore are supposed to have been inflicted . The answer further recites that the criminal him. He was knocked into the water and wash-. with a bowle-knife. The unfortunate man was . courts of the State have full jurisdiction in the ed down several hundred feet. When taken up. picked up and laid on a bed; several times he . trial and punishment of the misdemeanors alhe was dead. We were not able to learn the. asked the question, ‘Who are you?’ but gave . leged to have been committed; that the defendtrue name of the unfortunate man. He form-. no answers to questions asked him. During the . ant has been indicted by the grand jury of Sacerly worked on the South Yuba ditch, and had . night he was generally quiet, but at times would . ramento on the nh Wee sighed worked on the claims where he . make violent efforts to raise himself in bed. It . tried; and that the Treasurer is not liable rea san tried on the indictments if the Senate tries him being removed from San Francisco, be hardly possible to find an impartial jury cae there, One set of men would convict him with-. gopis out any evidence whatever, and others would . sole judges of the extent to which they are reacquit him, no matter how strong the evidence . strained by the eighth article; should be against him. In the interior, the excitement growing out of the Vigilance question ith the due . the foul reproach of repudiation, they can do so was not so greatasto interfere w a Pp oO 7 om hae arte annual interest to become due upon the State debt. They should, we course of justice, and few persons have formed . by simply appropri any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of Mcin a short time was supposed that he would die in a ’ Gowan, on the charge for which he has been in-. think, respectfully, but oman ie A young man named A. J. Holmes, was kill-. and no attempt was made that night to do any . on the same charges. ed at Alpha, on Wednesday last. He was work-. thing for him. The next day, however, Dr. ing in the Bell claims, and seeing a small slide . Von Poellniz, of this place, was sent for, and . gers of the prosecution, filed a replication to the coming towards him, started to run. His foot. went up to dress his wounds, lipped however, and the earth striking him, t day, Mr. McKune, one of the manaiene howchang : A bill was first introduced into the Assembly by Mr Hunt, removing McGowan’s case to Sac. 5¢ ramento; this bill was referred to the Judiciary . ecutive officer, to direct or control him in the Committee, anda substitute reported, which . discharge of ,his official functions, was passed, and which is designed as a general law. Although the bill was called out by a circumstance which may seldom occur in criminal . branch will never be the sufferers. trials, we can see no objection to a law of the kind remaining upon the statute book. answer, in which it is contended that the AssemNothing is known to a certainty as to who . bly had full power to prefer the articles of imhe was thrown against a boulder with such force . committed this daring outrage. Suspicion rests . peachment; that the Senate has sole power to as to break several ribs, He died during the. upon a Frenchman named Nevils, who was arnight. On making a post mortem examination, . rested on Monday by Mr. Plumer in Sacramenit was found that the liver had been burst by. to City. The principal grounds of suspicion the broken ribs pressing against it. Mr. Holmes. are these: In the evening after the deed was . to the effect that the defendant was Treasurer was married in Grass Valley last October, and . committed, Nevils was requested to sit up with . at the time he was impeached before the Senate, the wounded man. He refused on the plea that . and that if he has been indicted the indictments he had to work hard the next day. Instead of . were found subsequent to his impeachment. working, however, he left that night for Nevada, from here he went to Rough & Ready, and on . sue on the point of law, as to the jurisdiction of the Senate to try the impeachment, and the On Monday morning Rich appeared to be . Court adjourned until Saturday at 12 o'clock, more sensible, called his friends by name, spoke . in order to give counsel time to prepare their intelligibly of business affairsof the Masonic . arguments, Lodge of which he was a member, but seemed to know nothing as to who the parties were that . at issue, were commenced on Saturday, and concommitted the deed. Dr. Von Poellnitz heard . tinued to Monday. At our latest accounts, the Senate had not voted on the question, and it is two men had attempted to murder him, but . doubtful whether they will go on and try him, or leave his case with the criminal courts, As no practical good can result from his conviction by the Senate, it is probable that body will not assume jurisdiction of the case. Ifthe trial is try the same, and that no act of the defendant could operate to divest the Senate of jurisdiction. Another paper was also filed by the managers, leaves » young wife to mourn his lo Navication or Featu&r Rrver.—The steamer Gazelle, made the trip from Marysville to Oroville on Thursday last. She started from Marysville at seven o’clock in the morning, and reached her destination at five o’clock in the evening. Her running time from Marysville, was about nine hours, having been detained an hour or 80 by the ferries along on the river. announcing the arrival of the steamer, the RecHomicrpr near San Juay.—An affray, resulting in the death of A. B, Mudge, occurred at the town of Sebastopol near North San Juan, Wednesday night, 4th inst. It appears Mudge had inveigled the wife of one L. W. Chase, and had been keeping her for the last two or three months. On the night of the affray, Chase and Mudge met in front of the house in which Mrs. Chase was living. and Chase remonstrated with Mudge on the impropriety of keeping his (Chase’s) wife. Mudge, who was somewhat in liquor, resented the remarks of Chase, and they clinched, but were immediately parted and Chase went on towards his home. passed around and in front of him, him by the shoulder, The counsel of the defendant then joined is0D . Saturday took the stage for Sacramento. The argument of counsel on the law points “Oroville was wild with excitement when it was announced that she was actually coming into town, and when visible, a general rush was made for the bar, and she no sooner landed than she was completely overrun by the crowd all anxious to see the boat. to go aboard of her, and satisfy themselves that she was really a . steamboat, and that she was actually in Oro. Not one tenth of the crowd assembled at . the landing could get aboard of her, but they . to exalt their own powers lined the bank of the river, and gazed at the welcome steamer with admiring satisfaction.”’ The first attempt to navigate Feather river, was made by the steamer Lawrence, under the command, we believe, of Capt. Chadwick, in the fall of 1849, which made the trip to Marysville. . Having met with some obstructions, the conclu. sion was arrived at, that the river was not navigable above Nicholas, and the captain of the Lawrence afterwards refused to go above that A week or two after, however, the . steamer Linda made the trip to Marysville, and having commenced ranning regularly to that place, the Lawrence was compelled to follow suit. Several other steamers were put on the river during the winter of 1849—’50, and since then steamers of light draft have had but little difficulty in running to Marysville, at all seasIn the spring of 1850 the Linda made one or two trips to the ‘‘paper town’ of Yateston, and another steamer got up as far as Hamilton, some twenty miles above Marysville. were no important towns above Marysville, however, there was little object in running boats above, and at length, people came to the sage conclusion that Marysville was situated at the head of steamboat navigation, Oroville has now become a flourishing and important town, and there is no doubt that steamboats will hereafter make regular trips to that place during the greater portion of the year, him say in his native language (Polish,) that he was delirious at that time. He was still liv. ing yesterday morning, and perfectly rational, Mudge . put bas no idea as to how he got hurt. There and taking . ig no hopes of his recovery. some blows were struck, Empezzuement.—G. F. Waldron, late bookkeeper for Wells, Fargo & Co., was arrested in in San Francisco, on Wednesday last, on a t f the house f their . Charge of embezzling some $8,000 of the funds Ste ae of that firm, He was intending to leave for the Atlantic States, when the new book-keeper disin th t covered the defalcations, and a warrant was imSe Le ee a mediately issued for his arrest. The firm got 4 aseass' ident) d from . Possession of about three-fourths of the amount ayy shay op ong dampanaiigrars embezzled—$3,500 in cash, and personal property valued at $2,500, The peculation has been my in the world, and no object . $°img on for two years, and is said to be the rea2 ocr erste ig , N sult of extravagance. He had been in the habit of living ina manner altogether too costly The house was in the center of the town, people were constantly passing back and forth in the in the left lung—two in the groin—one the abstreet, and it was about the time miners were domen—and two in other places, Justice Wickham held an inquest on the body, and the above facts being clearly shown, the jury returned a verdict “that the said A. B. Mudge came to his death by wounds inflicted by some sharp instrument in the hands of L. W. Chase, on the night of March 4th, in the act of work, Rich had just sat down to eat his supper, had poured out a cup of tea, and from apof cutting an egg with his knife when he was the back door while the front door was being forced open. Rich was a quiet, peaceable man, Chase was not taken into custody, and it is ws a probable that nothing will be done unless something should transpire to make it necessary. The woman who was the cause of the tragedy, hot yet 15 years old—Chase had been married about 16 or 18 months, eects Treaty wirh Mexico. but that of plunder could have instigated the act. Several hundred dollars in money was i! found in the store, which the villains had not . fr his income. is about 22, They . time to secure. Veto or Tux Arrrorriation Bitt.—On Saturday last Gov. Johnson sent back to the Senate, —We give in another . larly in California, men are made the victims of . Without approval, the bill which recently passed columa what purports to be « synopsis of a unjust suspicion, can never be known. OccaA Case or Susricion.—How often, particuboth houses makiog appropriations for the civil sionally some circumstance comes to light, after . XPenses of the government, The veto was sent the injury is inflicted, revealing the falacies and . in on the last day that it could be received, and an attempt was made to check-mate the Govertreaty recently concluded by Mr. Forsyth with the government of Mexico, taken from a Mexioan paper, There is no doubt that a treaty has imperfections of ous judgments, and admonishbeen entered into by which the United States is . ing us how cautious we should be in matters . r by refusing to admit his private secretary. gage upon . affecting the life, liberty and reputation of our custom house revenue of that republic . fellow men, In the case we are about to relate, would be but a poor security for the payment of . the subject w the principal, and it is ve further security to loan money to Mexico; but a mort The message, however, was received and read. The Governor objects to the bill because there as fortunate enough to escape with . has been no provision made to provide a reveTY probable that some . no greater punishment than the mortification . Mue to meet the expenses of the State governisexacted not stated by the . waich a man must endure, ment. An attempt will be made to pass the Mexican paper. In its present shape, the Sencused; but for this escape he was perhaps alone . bill over the Governor's veto. ate would scarcely ratify the treaty, unless it. indebted to the humanity and firmness of the was believed that the loaning of the money magistrate before whom the alledged offence would give us such a claim upon Mexico as was examined. would lead to her annexation at some future day. who is unjustly acARRESTED FOR Larceny.—The case of Alex. Bell, late State Prison Director, charged with the grand larceny of an order given by him in September last, to I. &S, Wormser, for his quarterly pay or script as said Director for the months of January, February and March, amounting to $875, was examined before the Recorder, at Sacramento, last Thursday morning. After the prosecution had finished giving evidence, the defence declined to call any witnesses, and the case was argued, On Friday the Recorder decided to hold the defendant to bail, to awalt the action of the Sacramento county, Tue Storm iw tHe Sovra.—From all accounts, we conclude that the late storm was much more severe in the Southern mines than in this section of the State, The Weekly Columbian is credibly informed that six inches of water, on the level, had fallen in the course of ten days, and that damage had been done to mining claims to the amount of $100,000, Srapsep py 4 Womay.—On Sunday evening, March Ist, a Frenchman was stabbed in the arm . tsined a number of verses of poetry, anda specand side by » French woman named Mary, who keeps a restaurant in San Andreas. She was arrested, but upon a hearing discharged, as the man had provoked the assault, About a year ago a man by the name of ompson was arrested at Alpha, at the instance of one Hanson, on a charge of stealing. Hanson and Thompson had been living in the same cabin and were working together. Hanson lost a purse containing about fifty dollars in coin, which he swore positively he had left under his pillow in the cabin. At the time the money was lost Thompson was unable to work, from some injuries he had received a few days before, and was the only person in the cabin, Suspicion, therefore reated upon him, and he was arrested. After his arrest he attempted to compromise, and offered togpay the amount alleged to be eR Suppen Deatu.—On Sunday evening last, Mr. William May, while traveling down a bill on Dunn’s ranch, near Rock creek, fell down and immediately expired. Several men were with him at the time, who state that he did not exhibit a particle of life after falling. He was apparently in good health up to the time of his death. An inquest was held upon the body by Justice Clark, and on making a post mortem examination, it was ascertained that one of the principal arteries leading to the heart, had been broken, Mr. May was about 29 years old, and formerly lived in Townsend, Sandusky county, Obio, where his parents now reside. Parpdoxzp.—John Walsh, who was convicted some months ago in this county, of an assault with a deadly weapon, and sentenced to the Penitentiary, was pardoned on Friday last by Gov. Johnson. A petition, signed by over fifteen hundred citizens of this county, who were conversant with the circumstances of the case, was presented to the Governor, asking for the pardon. There were facts connected with this case, which were ruled out as not proper ovidence on the trial, but which went far to extenuate the guilt of Walsh, and the pardon is very generally approved by those who are acquainted with the circumstances. grand jury of Arrtication Dentev.—E. A. Rowe made an application to Judge Terry, of the Supreme stolen, on condition that he was not prosecuted. . Court, on Thursday, for a discharge from arrest, This offer only tended to confirm the belief that {0 the ground that the grand jury which commited him had adjourned. The application was the evidence ‘sufficient to convict him, ordered . 4¢led, and Rowe was again remanded to the him to be discharged, Everybody however, beoustody of the Sheriff of Sacramento. The three Judges of the Supreme Court were unanimous in this opinion, New Paper.—A new paper is to be established at Red Bluffs, Tehama oounty, the material having already been shipped from Sacramento for that purpose, Mr, W, N, Walton is to be he was guilty. The magistrate not considering lieved him guilty and it was with diMfoulty that the people were restrained from lynching him. Ho left the place branded as a thief, and has not been heard from since, Preacutna,—Rev, A. C, Edmonds will preach for a few Sabbath ovenings, at the Court House, Services will commenge at half past seven o’Snipment or Treasurt.—The mail steamer Golden Age, which sailed for Panama on the A week or 80 ago, Mr. Doolittle picked up a . 5th, carried $1,442,579 in specie. The amount purse of money, which proved to be the one . shi Hanson had lost. In his affidavit, Hanson depped the corresponding period last year was $1,298,542,—being an excess this year of $144,scribed very minutely the purse, and gave the . 030 over last year. The specie shipments of exact value of every piece of coin in it, which . January and February this year were less than corresponded exactly with the purse and coin found by Mr. Doolittle, 80 there can be no mistake about its being the same. Can Rowen —The cabin of Mr. J. J. Work,. found near the diggings where Hanson was working, and the probability is that he had taDoxation Parry.-The friends of the Rev, 0, B. Stone design tendering him a donation visit this evening, at his residence. for the same months last year. We would call the attention of ladies in want of new bonnets, (and where is the lady that don’t want one?) to the advertisement of the Misses Tackney, to be found in another column. pei eone A, sk hl POD Munictra. ELxcrion.—The municipal eleetion ld at Oakland last week, resulted in the defeat of the Democratic ticket. Mr. Blake, the Democratio candidate for Mayor, was beaten by Seventeen votes. The Republicans, Vigilantes, gs united their forces against The purse was . po at Cement Hill, was entered by a thief, on Friday evening last, while the occupants were ab-. ken it from under his pillow where he had been sent, and forty-six dollars in coin belonging to . in the habit of keeping it, and lost it out of his Samuel Hecker, stolen. The money was in the . pocket as he was going to his work pocket of a pair of pantaloons, which had been left in the cabin. A carpet-bag, belonging to Mr. Work, was found the next morning a short distance from the cabin, which had been eut open and the contents taken out and scattered on the ground. Mr. Work had quite o large smount of money, which he was in the habit of leaving in the cabin, but the day of the robbery he went to Cherokee, and luckily had taken the money with him. A “Catico Party” came off at the State Honee, in Sacramento, on Friday evening last, The entertainment was got up for the benifit of the shoals pf that city. The net proceeds were about two thousand dollars. Ariantic Parens.—J. E. Hamlin, of Broad Street Book Store, was the first to deliver us Atlantic papers, received by the Golden Age.

To Geo Welch, of the Pioneer Book Store, we are also indebted for a liberal supply of papers and periodicals, received by the same and Know Nothin Conrract Let.—Proposals for bu ing the bridges at the foot of Main and Broad streets, . in Sacramento to get and across Little Deer creek, were opened by . order to carry the munici the Trustees on Monday. Thirteen bids in all, were put in, and the contract was let to Mr. Buck, for $1,795, that being the lowest bid. . other party. Ifa “People The bridges are to be built similar to those washed away, with the exception that the abutments are to be of wood instead of atone. “Prorir’s Parry.’’—Efforts are being made “People’s ticket,”’ in pal election. The Republicans have already taken steps to form a J. W. Sullivan, ‘ ticket, and seem determined ullivan, of the News Depot, San Fran cisco, has our thanks for papers, magazines, &c from all the principal Eastern cities, not to fuse with any ’s party” oan be got re will be no lack of experie to take charge of it. Revigr.—The Missouri Republican states that @ subscription was being raised in that city for the relief of the passengers of the Archibald Gracie expedition, who were remaining at Es. capalasco, in Mexico, who were unable to get away for want of meas, and who are represented as being in a pitiable condition, were thirty-five or forty of them, Comumrrrev.—Frank Moore, who has been unCuwese Gampters.—A couple of weeks ago . der arrest for the killing of McClanahan, has so some eleven Chinese gamblers were committed . far recovered as to be removed to this place, and is now in jail. He waived a preliminary examination, and his case will come before the which meets on the first Monday of to the Calaveras county jail in default of payment of a fine of $500 each which had been imsed upon them. Since then they have paid. grand jur 40 and have been released. There . of the The State Debt Question. The State Journal of Saturday contains a long Board of Supervisors. Present—Mesers. Frencu. Everett and Scorr, article upon the State debt, and the effect of the . Supervisors. late decision of the Supreme Court, that the Supreme Court, in . : ; d vicinity, in building a hat is the object of this . ®" y: But it may be asked what is the obj socteg . creek discussion, which has already been pro beyond reasonable limits. We answer, in the be rightly settled. Secondly, we have attempted o: rs he that the eighth article of the and, necessity of so squaring the expenses of the vernment to the probable revenue, as to never let¥the one exceed the other by more than d no reasonable person can object to the case . three hundred thousand dollars. At any rate, be E as it would . we have sought to establish these propositions: hat ;the Constitution never intended to prothe’ Legislature from paying the honest of the State; thatthe Legislature are the that they have the unlimited power of appropriation; that if in their opinion it be wise and politic to preserve the reputation of the State, and save us fro amount to pay and revolutionary claim of t to control their action im this respect. It ma mandamus or would settle this vexed question. Should the court persist in its heresy, it may result in a conflict much to be deplored, but one in which the popalar We believe it to be the duty of the Legislature, if in their _power, to make provision for the payment of the interest on the State bonds, which will become due in July and January . next; and if thiscan be done in the manner pointed out above, that course should be adapted. Should this lead to a conflict between the judicial and legislative authorities, it might result in settling the question as to the proper functions and powers of exch branch of the government, But some provision must be made to raise a revenue for the payment of the debt and interThis cannot be done unless the legality of the debt is established. The same persons who would vote against repudia,. ting the debt, would resist the payment of taxes, if they saw a possibility of avoiding it.— est as it becomes due, Should attempts be made now to collect the in. m terest tax, the Courts, which are always ready . find it impossible to collect them. . ture can do nothing more than pass the law ; this much is expected of them, The rest must . be left with the people, SvICIDE Near Say Francisco.—A man named . . . + . Daniel F. Barney, a carpenter, was found dead on Wednesday last, about nine miles from San . Francisco, in an out-house near Fort Point.— . The telegraph operator sent a dispatch to the . Coroner who immediately started for the place. . The body was found lying on the ground floor, . upon the left side, witha gunoy bag of straw under his head, The right side of his throat presented a long and deep gash, but the jugular vein was not severed, and the wound was . not sufficient to have caused hisdeath. On farther investigation, a handkerchief was found . tied tightly around his left arm above the elbow, and a deep cut across the arm, severing the brachical artery and penetrating to the bone. The sleeve of his under-shirt was drawn down over the wound, and the over-shirt was . buttoned at the wrist. Some of the circumstan. ces led to suspicions that the man was murderjed. The principal ground of suspicion was, the almost impossibility of a man first cutting his throat, then raising both his shirt sleeves, cutting an artery that would produce death in five minutes, then pulling his undershirt sleeve over the wound, his white shirt over that, buttoning the wristband, and tying a handkerchief in two knots around the wounded arm—all with one hand, for his left arm was nearly cut in two.— In his pocket was found a note book, in which were a number of accounts; the book also conulation upon the origin of the soul, probably written from memory of some work upon spiritualism which he had read—indicating the state of his mind at or near the time of his death.— After weighing all the circumstances, however, the Coroner came to the conclusion that he had committed suicide, Mr. Barney was a quiet, peaceable man, but appeared at times Cpenand on the subject of Spiritualism. This is knew him. He was years of age. what people say who unmarried, and about 36 Four, Murper is New Yorx.—Dr. Harvey Burdell, a wealthy dentist of New York, was found murdered in his room on Bond street, about the first of February, with marks of strangulation around his neck, and fifteen dirk wounds on his body. The Coroner’s investiga. tion had been going on four days at last accounts, but no testimany of a positive character was elicited. Suspicion, however, rests ve strongly upon a woman named Ounningham, who now claims ta have been Burdell’s wife by & secret marriage, and also on a Mr. Eckel, a boarder in the house, and a supposed paramour of Mrs, Cunningham. Burdell owned the house in which the parties resided, and had leased it to Mrs. Cunningham, reserving to himself a suite of rooms for his business purposes, The Doctor was quite wealthy, but of &,quarrelsome, jealous disposition, and had had frequent squabbles with Mrs. Cunningham. This woman’s former reputed husband, George Cunningham, was a distiller by trade, and has resided for some years in California, whence he returned to Brooklyn, and soon after died suddenly, leaving 8 life policy of ten thousand dollars to his repated widow. The murder of Dr. Burdell has created an intense excitement in New York, ee a A RT Pus, Docs.—We are indebted to Hon. John. B. Weller, of the Senate, and to Hon. J. W. Denver, House of Representatives, for valuable public documents, 4 resist the novel Supreme Court njunction shall issue to an exat the expense of the other branches of the government, would de. clare the taxes illegal, and the officers would Provis'on . must be made by the Legislature for submitting lthe State debt to a direct vote of the people, . otherwise it will never be paid. The Legisla. declaring} ‘Toespay, March 34.—It is ordered that the Cc y Auditor draw warrants u the Counrer, in favor of the Trustees of the ty of Nevada, yable out of the road fund, utionality of the State . for the sum of 3100, to be applied to re-buildity which is not con-. ing Main and Broad street rdered, That the County Auditor draw a warrant upon the Treasirer, payable out of the road fund, in favor of 9. P: French, for the sum of $400, to assist the citizens of Anthony Flat dge across Deer at the Anthony House. ; Ordered, That the rate of taxation for the n . year 1857 be as follows upon each one hundred dollars valnation: State fand, fund, 50 cts; Public building fund, 25 cts; Road fund, 5 cts; School fund, 5 cts; Indigent sick fund, 25 cts,—making the rate of taxation $1,. 80, upon the hundred dollars, 8. i. tee and L. C. McKibbey were a pointed to view out a road from North San Juan to Sevastopol, and report the samte to the road overseer of district No. 19, who is authorized to apply sé much of the road tax of that district, not exceeding four hundred doflars, as may be necessary to construct the same. B. Easting was appointed road overseer for district No. 21; W. W. Conzens for district No, 22; James Cornell for district No, 23, H. M. Moore and V. Butch were appointed to locate a road or roads from the Back Bone ridge into Woolsey’s or Moore’s Flats, #nd report the same to the road overseer of district No. 16, who is authorized to apply the fond tax of that district to building such road or toads. Ordered, That the road now traveled from the top of American Hill to Wood’s ravine, near the Rising Sun House, be and the same ie hereby declared a county road. Wepnespay, March 4th.—The report of P. 70 cts; County y ‘as ace : be that a law iy declaring that no writ Griest, road overseer was accep C. Knight was appointed roa@ oversee? for district No. 8, and P. Greist for district No. 19, The sum of $400 was appropriated owt of the road fund, for constructing a road through district No. 4, and J. M. Hixon and Wm. Sublett were appointed to view out and locate the same. The sum of $150 was appropriated to epable the overseer of district No. 3 to build @ bridge across Lawson’s ravine, on the road from Nevada to American Hill. pe ‘ Tuvrspay, March 5th.—The principal business transacted, was the allowing of accounts against the county. The bills allowed amounted to about $4,000, besides the amowné paid to jurors. ; The Board adjourned till the fourth Monday in March. MARRIED.—At Orleans Flat, on the 26th ult., by Justice Caldwell, Rorsrt MoCanko to Mrs. Mary Axw Ear, all of that place. In San Francisco, Feb. 25th by Rev. B. Brierly, Mx. Gro. W. M. Cownes of San Francisco, to Miss Susan M. . Tackney, of Nevada. Daguerreotypes! Daguerreotypes ! ! — Those wanting pictures in the highest style of the art, should call at the Gallery of Mrs, J. F. Ruponen, No, 10 ComGlass Pictures or Ambrotyes also made 19-tf mercial street. . for those who desire them, Keystone Market!! Foot of Main and Broad streets, Nevada. . HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING AGAIN TAKEN THIS . well known and favorite stand, is now prepired ta supply his old) customers and the public generally, with the Choicest . Meats anci Vegotables . That can be found in the market, and at as low prices as can possibly be afforde . . We kill none but American Cattle of the best quality, . an keep always on hand a good sup dy of Meate and Vege. . tables, Persons whe deal with as can alaays rely on get. ting good and wholesome food. Nevada, March 10—23-tf CHAS, KENT. SELLING OFF CHEAP!! No. 43 Broad St., Nevada, OULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE LADTES OF Nevada and vicinity, that they are about to close . up their business, and offer their . SPLENDID STOCK OF LADIES’ GOODS At Reduced Rates, We have recently received a large and elegant assort . ment of French Millnery Goods, Bonnets, &es of the latest Styles and Fashions, which willbe SOLD CHEAP, Dresses of the latest Vashions cut and made fo . order . 23-1f TL. C. DODGE & CO. NO, 68 MERCHANT ST., BELOW MONTGOMERY. ii AVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND are in daily reeept of Fresh Calif. ria BUTTER, CHEFSE and KGGe. Alo, Oregon BACON and LARD; . which they offer for sale, in quantities ty suit th: city and . country traders upon the most reasonable term:FRESH CALIFORNIA BUTTER, 2 00 LBS. FRESH CALIFORNIA RANCH BEPTER, ’ of five quality, in 5, 10 and 26 Ib, tins, suitable for the country trade and the mines, ‘ Also—500 Ibs extra quality Table Pu tor, in balls, suite. ble for the city trade, Also—Alarge quantity of cheap Cooking Butter constant ly on hand and for sale cheap, L. C, PODGE & CO, 68 Merchant street. ‘FRESH CALIFORNIA CHEESE. ONSTANTLY ON HAND, from the choicest dairies in . California, For sale, in quantities tu suit all classes of derlers. at prices dertdipoalink with the times. L. C. DODGE & Cu., 68 Merchant street. ONSTABLE’S SALE.=STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Nevada—ss. By virtue of an Execution, issued out of Justice Caldwell’s Court, of Eureka Township, County of Nevada, to me directed, in favor of B. E. 8. ELY . and against J. P. McLEAN, I have seized, and shall expose . for sale at Public Auction, at 12 o'clock M., on the 1st day of April A. D, 1857, at the Orleans Hotel, on Orleans Flat, the following described Property, to wit ; All the right, title and interest of the above named defendant, in and to that certain House and Lot situate on the Northeast side of Main street on Wolsey’s Flat, and being the house formerly occupied by Doctor Olds, subject to redemption according to the Statute for such cases made and provided. Dated the 9th day of March A. D, 1857, 23-37 A. F. WAGNER, Constable. ONSTABLE’S SALE.<BY VIRTUE OF AN EX.ecution, issued out of Justice B. 8, OLDS Court, of Evreka Township, County of Nevada, to me directed, in favor of A. CAMPBELL, and against J. WILLARD, I have seized, and shall expose for sale at public auction, at 12 o'clock M. on the 3lst day March A. D. 1857, at the Orleans Hote), on Orleans Flat, the following described Property, to wit : All the right, title and interest of the above named defendant, in and to that certain House and Lot situate on Spring street, in Orleans Flat, and being the house oceupied by Mrs. Evans as a Dress maker shop—subject to redemption according to the Statute for such cases made and provided. Dated the 9th day of March A. D. 1857, 23-3w A. F. WAGNER, Constable. Rthdneien et Pe a GUMMONS.—sT ATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF or Justices’ Court, Nevada, Township of Bri “aa P. L. WINHAM, J. P. People of the State of California, to ANTHON 7 DEIBRAND—_You are hereby summoned to ito oa § ek the undersigned Justice of the Peace, at his office in said Township, on Monday the 28d day of March A, D. 1857 at 10 o'clock A. M., to answer to the com laint of JOS. P. CLARK & ©O., who have brought suit against you for $70 on Note of Hand, as per note and affidavit now on file in my office. Qn failure ga toa r aud answer, Judgement will he rendered against you far the said sum of $76, inter. “Given Sodst'my bend, teer th ven under my hand, }his @th day of March A. D. 1857 23-2w W. P. L, WINHAM, J. ig ; ONSTABLE’S SALE.—STATE OF CALIFORNIA / County of Nevada—ss. By virtue of an order todelivered issued from the Court of W. P. L. WINHAM Eaq. an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, bearing date March 9th A. D. 1857. to satisfy a judgment rendered by said Court on the 20th day of A. D, 1857 in favor of CHAS. F. MEYERS, . D. DORNIN, and against JOHN §. STIDGER, for the sum of $99,42 amount of Mechanic’s Lign, Debt, Interest, damages and costs of suit. I have in Execution, and will sell to the highest bidder for h, a certain Dwe House and the Lot on which it s ds, situated on Flume street, North San Juan, Nevada count, California, adJoining the House and Lot occupied by William Heath; said house is now occupied by John 8. Stidger, on Thursday the 2d day of April A. D, 1857, betwee: © hours of 10 o'clock A, i and 5o0’clock P, M. Sale 4 Gone n the premises. Taken as the property of John S, Stidger, to satisfy the accruing posts, above demands North San Juan, March 9th A. D. 1857. 23 3w E. 0. ANDERSON, Constable. TO HOTEL KEEPERS. Ke SALE OR LEASE—on reasonrbletermemthe Cher= okee Hotel, situated at Patterson, Nevada county. This is the only Hotel in the town, has a good patronage, is neatly and conveniently fitted up, and every seuisite for carrying on the business of Hotel keeping: The Nevada and Forest City stages change here daily. Any family desirous of a good location and moderate income, would do well to give this place their attention. For turther particulars apply to 22—4w, E. P, TURNEY, Proprietor. 23-1m vs ebraary GEO. D. b . ;