March 8, 1862 (4 pages)

STORES: Thomas e is our Agent for San Francis eo. He is authorized to receive advertisements, and collect and receipt for the same. A. Badlam, Jr., is our to receive advertisements and t for Sacramento, t for the same. ene SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1862. Tux Warre-Getouett Cotiiston.—One day last week a collision occarred on Piety Hill, between E. G. Waite, editor of the Transcript, and Geo. 8. 8. Getchell, in relation to the ownership of alot, From what we ean leara it was a small affair all round, and would probably never have been heard of outeide the neighborbood had it not got into the papers. But the Transcript having alluded to the matter, and stigmatised GeteheH as a wooden legged man, we gave the latter a short space in the Democrat to answer the aspersion, The Transcript bas sinee devoted ubout two columns of its valuable space to the subject of cards in general, and Getebell’s card in particular. The Traneeript’s version of the collis.on dove vot differ materially from Getchell’s. Waite admite that he drew the pistol, but avers that be had vo intention of using it, bis purpose merely being to frighten Getchell off the lot. Upon avether poiut, abluded to in Getehell’« card aud in the Traureript’s answer, there is an irreconcilable confiet of statement. Getehell says he sawed wood for Waite to the amount of fifteen dollars, and only got four dollars of bis pay. But Waite says the boot is on the other leg. This, we suppose, menns that Waite sawed the wood'tor Getchell and hasn't yet got his pay. Avs it seems to be reduced down to a question of veracity, it is proper the public should suspend opinion until they bave further light on the subject. Cusen.—The British Government, as our réadvre bave already been informed, lately dispatched several thousand troops for Canada, in anticipation of a war with the Uni ted States, The troops were Innded at Hal ifax, but as the navigation efthe St, Law renee was closed by ice, and the trooper could only reach their destination over British soil by » long journey through the stow, the Britich Government actually had.the cheels to ask permission to take them throogh American territory. The permis sion was readily granted by the Secretary of State, and it was probably well enough for our Government to grant the favor. It will, at any rate, teach the British that we are not patticnlarly alarmed at their warlike preparations, The troops were to have been taken to Portland, and from thence lo Quebeo or Montreal by railroad. Corton 1 Iuuiwois.—A small quantity of Cotton raised last year in Southern Illinois, bas been sent to England asa sample, and was pronouneed an excelent article by the cotton supply association. At the present prices cotton ean doubtless be profita’ ly raised in Illinois, and a Chicage paper says that not less than 10,000 acres of band will be planted in the State this year wih eot ton. Tue Over.anp TeLeorara.—In consequence of the overland telegraph line being ont of order no dispatehbes have been reédived from the-Bast since the 4th inst. The wires are down at some point eart of Salt Lake, As the next dispatches will contain several days’ news, we aball doubtless have some items of importance. ee Overnaxp Maits.—The Senate concurrent resolution, urging the necessity of having the overland mails brought into California by three routes—the Big Tree, Pla_ eerville, and Hiennese Pase—has passed the Assembly, and-will be forwarded to our Sevatore-and Representatives in Congress. Recoverey.—Senator Baker, of Tulare,. ‘who was severely injured a few days ago, by agcidentally falling thtongh a skylight, has so far recovered as to resume bis official duties. Anrivep.—Mr, L.C. Wickes, an old resident of Nevada, who has been absent in the east for nearly a year, arrived at San Francivoo, yesterday, with bis family, on the Panama steamer. Sorano.—The Board of Supervisors of Solano county have levied the State aod conoty taxes for 1862, amounting ia all, to $2 32 on the bundred dollars valuation, ee Se ee Tus Northern Argus says that tho telegtaph wires are lying around loose alll along the road from Red Bluff to Shasta. Bevada Democrat. . -by the weight of snow on their roofs, among evening bas an elaborate two-column article upon the subject of the confiscation of the property of rebels, now agitating Congress. Itargaes that Congress bas theconstitutional right to confiscate, bat contends that such a measure is not needed and would . in every way te anwise and bad policy. We agree with the Journal entirely in the latter opinion, and we think, moreover, that the right to confiscate the euemy’s property does not belong to Congress. Military commanders, while in the enemy’s country, undoubtedly have the right to appropriaie any property, wbetber public or) private, tbat may be necessary to carry on. their operations; but except ia cases of ne cessity, the miliary code requires that pri-, vate property shall be respected. As the, Federal troops advance into Tennessee, . they clearly bave the right, without any express act of Vongress, to seize and ure . the railroads for transportation purposes; and if it is found that slaves are employed . by the enemy in constrneting intrenchments, ete., the commanding general has the r ght to set them free. If the bill now pending before Congress should become a law, we think it would be an attempt to) usarp the powers properly belonging to the military commanders, and as such would be disregarded. . Tue Broperick Wii. Cheashinneenen. the Washington correspondent of the Bul . letin, makes some statements, in a late let . ter, with the view of showing that the doc . ument purporting to be Broderick’s will is . a forgery. Ifall he says can be proven, the document would doubtless be decided . epurious; but he is not a very reliable cor. respondent, and having a prejudice against the legatees named inthe will, but little confidence can be placed in his statements, He ie evidently very anxious that the will should be declared spurious, whether it is ro or not, and some of bis statements will not} bear investigation, He asserts, for instance, that John B, Haskin, who was inti mate with Broderick from childhood, will . swear positively that the signature of the document is a forgery, and that A, J, Batler virtually admitted as much to him, Haskin was one of Broderick’s creditors, and bis warm personal and political friend; and if it is trae that he knew the will to be . a forgery, it is somewbat strange he should have kept the matter secret for two years. and then divulged it to Simonton, a bitter enemy of Broderick, Billy Mulligan and . one Willis, it is eaid, will make affidavis that they knew the will was a forgery from the beginning; but their testimony, under . the circumstances, is good for nothing, Romorep Ixpran Deprepations.—The rumors lately published of Iudian depredations . in Nevada Territory, it seems are without foundetion. The Carson City Age, of the Ist inst., Rays: . Mr. J. T. Lockhart, Indian Agent, has returned from a tour on Walker river where he . has been on business connected with his office. . He reports the Indians in that vicinity all quiet and disposed to remain so. The rumors of . Indian depredations in the way of cattle killing, in the vicinity of Carson Sink, are entirely . without foundation, They will shortly leave that region and “pitch their tents over against” Truckee river, for fishing purposes. Sxow.—A heavy snow storm visited Shasta and vicinity during the last week in February. Several bouses were broken in them the Catholic church and Dermond's Hotel. On Trinity mountain the snow was four or five feet deep. Tne Cataveras.—The Stockton Independent advocates the plan of clearing the channel of the Calaveras river, from its obstructions, in order to prevent the waver from flowing into Mormon Slough, and thus overflow the city. ee ne ee aTION.—The Journal of yesterday Svicing.—A man camed Hawkins, 85 years old, committed suicide at Vacaville. oa the 23d ult,, by shooting himself chrough the head with a shotgun. No reason is assigned for the act. AN insane man, name unknown, jamped from the second story of the Ellsworth House, San Francisco, and broke one of bis legs. He was picked up and taken care of. Nowiwation.—Mr. Sargent has nominated Thos. S. Wilson, son of Mason Wilson, of Solano county, to the Naval School at Ne wport. errant Tus total indebtedness of Loe Angel s county is $124,196 79, have already given some particulars of the late terrible eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which broke out about the 9th of December, ly and was continuing with unabated violence at Jast accounts. The city of Torre del Greco, situated near the base of the volcano, on the Bay of Naples, and which lately contained 22,000 inbabitants, bas been nearly destroyed, and the most of the population are fugitives, having been driv. eo from their homes. A Naples letter, of December 28th, says: The destruction of a city which numbered . 22,000 inhabitants, is so startling a fact that I trust I shall not weary you by sending some statistics which 1 have this week gathered on the spot. Crvered with snow, vomiting ashes efi ike a 10,000-horse power factory chimney, with a ruined city lying at its feet, such is the spectacle which Vesuvius at this moment presents. Unable to restrain my curiosity to know what was passing behind the clouds of ashes . which intervene I went down again on Tuesday last, and directed myself to the committee who had been sit. ting in permanence since the 8th instant. The municipal building, a fine old historical editice of the time ofthe Arragons, had been destroyed, so that the committee was sitting ina suppressed monastery on the outskirts of the town, an not on the bed of old lava. The cloisters and the stairs were filled with squalid misery which had come there for relief, and the Syndic and his coadjutors to whose courtesy I am much indebted, gave me the following information : Out of a population of 22,000, 15,000 are fugitives. Between 50 and 60 houses have already fallen, and 320 are pga the rest are more or less injured. Out of [1 churches, 4 only are sintninied : but there is another fearful source of danger—the sulphurous exhalations which are emitted in every direction, and which render houses, in other respects comparatively safe, uninhabitable. By these exhalations five or six persons and all the animals, such as cats, dogs, mice and birds, and the fishes in the sea, have already been killed. In fact, two-thirds . of the city has been destroyed. Tus Forr DoxeLson Suknexper.—Th San Francisco correspondent of the Sierra Citizen isa knowing bird--on not likely to be caoght with chalf. In bis opinion every item of news sent over the telegraph wires is got up for effect by the Goverument, The following are bis comments up on the report reecived by telegraph of the surrender of Fort Done'son: Now, if aman had no common sense, all this would go down beautifully as it was intended, but the official at Chicago should know that the city and county of San Francisco contains a great many Yankees who are smart at guessing, and that they have actually discovered that this Fort Donelson affair is nota mountain but a mole hill after all—a windmill, attacked by fifty thousand men. It was a mere outpost containing some two thousand men, of whom five hundred, or less, went off, and fifteen hundred, or less, were taken prisoners. Gen. Johnson was not taken prisoner, for he was not there, but Bushrod Johnson, a Brigadier from Tennessee. General Buckner of Kentucky, was not there, but in his place they have got a Col. Buckner, and to suppose that Floyd and Pillow and five thousand men could “steal away” without the knowledge of their comrades in the Fort is sheer nonsense. Gen. Zollicoffer, will yet be found “alive and kicking,” and the proportions of this victory will turn out to be hugely magnified for the London market during the discussion of Gregory's bill in the British Parliament. It may, too, turn out to bea dearly bought victory, for I see by the New York Tribune that every rebel killed by the Federal army prior to the Ist of January last, has cost the people of the United States $100,000. Your readers can estimate value of all the rebels of the South at this rate. Nove. Mops or Cannyine. tae Mart.— The following is said to be the plan by . Which communication. along the Potomac is occasionally effected between Marylanders and Virginians: _ A large kite is made, and, instead o is covered with oil silk, so as to render it atl vious to water. The tail is formed by folding letters or newspapers together, and tying them with a loop knot, each letter,, or rhaps two letters together, forming a bob. When the tail is as heavy as the kite can conveniently bear up under, a cord long enough td reach about two-thirds of the way across the river, is attached, and the kite raised in the air. After the kite has exhausted the string, or has reached a sufficient height, the cord is cut, and the concern, gradually descending, is borne by the breeze to the Virginia shore, where the bobs are taken off by those in waiting, and new ones for their pang fiends in Marylend tied on in their svead. ith the first ‘favorable wind, back comes the kite to the Maryland shore, and vice versa, Not Leavina.—At one time the re current, and had gained some i i that many of the Sacramento merchants and traders frightened at the floods, would discontinue busmess in the city. We do not perceive that any important ones have done so, but on the contrary, those who left temporarily have returned oo Perea pameere ie the same old way, and pe ts sg rmination to stand by the city. LANDsLIDe—Turer Mew Ki ' KILLED.—O oe morning of Sunday last, a landslide one + main m Deer Gulen, in the Redwood wigtaine, San Mateo couuty, 10 miles from wood City. At the bottom of the gulch three men, Bowers, Jones and another man, name ps a occupied a house, and manufactured _ ae Lgl podine were taken out next s curred on February 28th. eee ete —_ Derratep.—The ‘chattle mortage bill has been indefinitely postponed. The mai j of it. was to allow farmers to mortgage in growing crops. a —— ) ays CITY MARSHAL.—U. s. GREGOR is announced as # candidhte for Crry Mansi: 44 the ensuing election, Monday, May Sth. a iy PURE FOR CITY MARSHAL.~W. 1), pavipayy is announced asa candidate for the office of ¢ TTY Mane Sal, at the coming election—Monday, May 5 we ee [mard:te FOR CITY MARSHAL.—Gro. s. pra is announced as a candidate for Crry M ensuing eleetion—May 5th, 1862, "ee UMMONS—State of Californio, County WO of Neva: a, listrict Court ot the Mth Judi listrict of said State. The People of the St es California, to CYNTHIA A, WELLER, greetings yet are hereby summoned to appeay and cunentacomplaint of ADAM WHER, tiled egninet iat within ten days trom the service of this writ, if fe: ov you in this county, within twenty days if Served on you in this District, and ont of this count within forty days if served om you in the Stat pa out of this District, in an action commenced ms ys 6th day of March. A. T., 1862, im said Court whe be plaintiff prays that the bouds of marriage heres ; existing between this plaintiff and you may ae nulled, and the plaintiff tally reteased and Peat unpERS OF RvsseLL.—Thetenerae imes falls from one blunder into another, and leaps from exaggeration to exaggeration, as naturally and as persistentber he supposed the art of public letter writing to be exercised in perfection only when the greatest amount of ignorance and falsification were indulged in. A few weeks only have elapsed since he coolly informed all Europe through the columns of the Blunderer, that there was no possibility of a conqutst of the South by the forces of the Union, and now, more pearly still, he indulges in a oe od exhibition of his stupidity by asserting that the progress of the Federal arms for the present season must be suspended, because allattempts on the part of McClellan to find an unguarded spot in the enemy’s lines have hitherto prov abortive. He further adds: * Although I have . great deference for the opinions of American . officers who know the country, and who say a winter campaign is practicable, I must be permitted to state that the condition of the roads and camps at this early period of winter induces me to arrive at an opposite conclusion, founded tier $Ou; Ould that the Guseedy wna’ as on some experience in observing the operations . ¢jjjd:en born of seid marriage, be Perper aid: the . of armies in the field. There is smaller chanee . plui tiff. And you are hereby notitied that res. the . of such operations being successfully conducted . t: an wer said complaint as herein directed plai fait . when winter arrives in all its severity ; and that . will take judgment agaist you therefor by delay "y which would be almost impossible for a highly . gether with ail costs of suit, ana wise demand of the . disciplined and well organized army to eflect, . paint such other relief as 1s prayed tor im said com, will be quite beyond the capability of the forces . oa sd which *pein ov here at present, giving . ce oe, ee iy ee H. Fanqcuur, them full credit for courage, zeal, and endur. {u. . . peed enh ean band ane i aforesaid, do ance.” Ifall Russell’s * experience inobserv-. —-—~ of the said Court, at oties. Skea . ing the operations of atmies in the field” is of , Nevada, this 6th day of March, a. p. 1862, nd . sort with that of Bull’s Run, we would not A true copy—attest: RH. FAKQUHAR, Clerk, pote : 2 t. We admit that Gok karquuar, Deputy, . give much for his judgmen By order of Hon, I, 1B. MCFARLAND, Judge of tho ‘he who runs may read, but it does not at all) Dios Caeti aieteate follow that he who runs may write knowingly} ""° ’""" *OINSIS: (mer8:2me . upon the proceedings of a campaign. J. M. HIXSON & BRO, DEALERS IN Donations To Hanrvarp CotLear—The way the solid men of Boston nurse and cherish . their great meee vig eo hag rabiy . _is something that ma imitated in other loF asi Sins . calities, Salt probaly never surpassed, or even . Groceries, Provisions & Mining Tools, . reached by a long interval. At a recent meet. ing of the overseers of Harvard College, the . Treasurer reported that the donations to the . Institution for the past year have been as fol. lows: From Hon, Jonathan Phillips, $20,000; ' from Miss Marv P. Townsend, $20,000 to the College, and $5000 to the Divinity School. The property devised by Benjamin Bussey for several purposes, including an Agricultural Department, is now estimated at nearly $419,000, to which is to be added the “Roxbury estates,” which is valned at $65,000. This property has been in the hands of wtemenge age = eo . the year Mr. Bussey died. gentleman who Se RL. Fe mK 8 ETE — devised this splendid estate to old Harvard, . his be fa sre a ee oe JAVA COFFEE came into Boston when a boy, with a pack, . “inard ! ba Comte pb which contained all his earthly goods, on his . ———H——————______-s_ back, and some twenty shillings of Continental ACON! BACON !—TEN THOUSAND POUNDS currency in his pocket. He was very fond of . eed Calitornia retaenie sale by agricultural peg and was ag eo ee J. M, HIXSON & BRO, splendid estate at Roxburry, where he spent . much of his time in his old age in the cultivaKerosene Lamps at $1,25 & Upwards! tion of his land. NO. 75 BROAD ST., NEVADA. Anéovnon that they can and will sell Goods as cheap as any houre in Nevada, TERMS—CASH! CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES, mea $ TEAL@A SUPERIOR LOT OF TRA for sale by J. M. HIXS0N & BRO. mar 75 road street, Nevada, A FINE ASSORTMENT JUST RECEIVED, Tue Wan Tax.—There has been perfect ALSO. THK VERY REST child’s play in the Legislature in regard to the payment of the war tax, and more picayuncishness displayed than we ever thought men capable of. Instead of coming out bodly and voting upon a decided plan to raise money for the purpose intended, every one of the rising statesmen of the age, particularly in the House, has halted between two opinions in regard to the matter; one being an ill defined opimion of his own and the other an idea of “any other man.” It does seem as if California sinks lower and lower in regard to her business matters in connection with the Federal Government, and yet . for the very little she has done sinee the war commenced, she has received more in propor. Amador, Sierra, & Nevada Territory, tion than any other State. All the useless talk consumed in discussing how and when CaliferAe Mark—0O. H. P. W. & CO. “Ge nia’s proportion should be paid, has cost the Sacramento City. State more money than the 15 per cent aillowed. . 18. 1862.—3m. 0. H. P. WHITE. & OO. for its collection would vipe ing The State . AN ted Be has assumed the payment of the tax, now let it . be paid, and with some sort of grace, so that . FRUIT TREES. the Home Government will not be'placed in the . PEE subscriber offers the present Si of a suppliant to a portion of the . season an extensive assortment of Tnion it has done so much for.—[Spirit of the . AND ORNAMENTAL SHADE TREES, Shrubs, Evergreens Greenhouse Plants, &ec. Also, 200,000 FOREIGN GRAPE VINES CaLtFornntA Drirt.—Capt. E. G. Howes . The Largest & Finest Selected stock of the schooner “Wild Pigeon,” just arrived . F : : from Mazatlan, reports having seen large quan. or Wine & Table Use in the State. tities of drift of every conceivable character, two . We are prepared to sell the above in large or smnalt was so unusual even to his accustomed and ob. jracto, , “THE ( ORNIA GRAPE servant eye that he noticed the phenomena . VINE of tro fours ane RACAL most particularly. He reports that it looked tl like the debris from some sunken city, and he NURSERY STOCK, CONSISTING OF thought San Franciseo had gone under. The. s4ADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES fact that drift that far seaward is seldom seen . Locust, American Elm, Maple, Linden Mulberry, in this latitude, is a singular confirmation of oie Noone Olen a Warvise Willow, Catalbs, the intensity of the great flood which lately deLaburnum, or Golden Chain ete, ete. . . vastitated California.—[ Herald. ; — EVERGREEN TREES. . Califor sia Arbor Vite or Cedar, Sugar Pine, Spruce, . Firs, Deodar Cedar, Cypress, ete. Persons ordering particular varieties of Fruit Trees, will please men Quality of Dornor Kerosene For Sale. W. H. CRAWFORD & CO. Ra Main st., Opposite the Express Office.-@@ To the People of Nevada County . I AM AGAIN READY TO FORWARD Goods to any section of the Counties of NEVADA, PLACER, EL DORADO, a Times. Severr.—The Saturday Review says that in oe gteat 7 . saying manne, Lord Palmerston is, indeed, unapproachable. Neither lay-. . ; ; i : tute, in cane man nor clerk can even distantly imitate that at ten tig oe eh aon eee Sees will, . matchless compound of chaff, claptrap, and . however, in all cases, adhere to the orders, a8 far 3 blarney which the Prime, Minister can pour . possible—and when allowed to substitute varieties, will give kinds ef the same class ordered, as ’ Autumn, Late or Winter Fruit. Pure California White & Re 1 Wines, For sale by the Galion or Case, CONTAINING NOTHING. BUT THE PURE JUICE Of the Grape. B@ GARDEN SEEDS. “6 A large and varied stock of Home Grown Garden and Field Seeds, All of which are guaranteed to be of our own grow: ing, and being the present season’s crop, all are #4" ranted to be fresh and genuine, Catalogues of the above are now ready for mailing to all applicants. free of charge All orders must b* accompanied with the cash to receive attention. a Tree and Seed Depot, No. 40 J. between 2d 8 atveets, Sacramento’ A. P. SMITH. Proprietor, Jan, 8. 1862.—3m. Pomologica! Gardens. ISSOLUTION .— The Co Partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, the hardware business, known by the firm and of TALLMAN & TURNER, is diseolved by mutual ov sent. AN persons indebted to, or having unsel. accounts with the firm, are requested to call im ately at our place of business on Comm —? and settle. D, 8. TALLMAN, Nevada, March 61862. GEO, E. TURNER. The undersigned would respectfully inform the cit. ixens of Nevada and vicinity, that he has purchase the interest of his late ner, Mr, D. 3. hin the HARDWARE STORE, and will continue the nness as heretofore. He respectful wee TURNER forth in any quantities at ‘a moment's notice. Heavy Drrosits.—A deposit of white sand from three to fifteen feet deep has been made on the South bank of the Yuba, opposite Mapee covering some of the finest agricultural land in the valley. J.G. Dou, was elected President of the Red Bluff Jockey Club at a late meeting; J. A. Pierce, Treasurer, and C. Fisher, of the Beacon, Secretary. The 13th of May was fixed upon for the Spring meeting. THE ROADS to Fort Mojave are very good; the late rains have done them no injury. In the canon below Camp Cady, about fifteendays ago, the water stood for a short time, but it drained off, and wagons pass without difficulty. A son of the late F. P. Tracy has bee pointed to a West Point Cadetebip, ra FOR SALE. OUSE and ORCHARD, one-half F of the mile from town. The Orchard eont TWO BUNDRED AND FIFTY FRUIT TRIES choicest varieties; alan, some Two Hundred Grape Vines of different kinds, besicea Rhasberries, Currants, and Strawberry Vines. Theabove willbe sold at a bargain, Also, some 400 acres of land, a of witich is well adapted to Fruit Growing, and all to Grain Raising. For particulars, ly to Nevada, March 8, 1562. 5 HIXSON, uance of the public patronage. @ -

STORES: Thomas e is our Agent for San Francis eo. He is authorized to receive advertisements, and collect and receipt for the same. A. Badlam, Jr., is our to receive advertisements and t for Sacramento, t for the same. ene SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1862. Tux Warre-Getouett Cotiiston.—One day last week a collision occarred on Piety Hill, between E. G. Waite, editor of the Transcript, and Geo. 8. 8. Getchell, in relation to the ownership of alot, From what we ean leara it was a small affair all round, and would probably never have been heard of outeide the neighborbood had it not got into the papers. But the Transcript having alluded to the matter, and stigmatised GeteheH as a wooden legged man, we gave the latter a short space in the Democrat to answer the aspersion, The Transcript bas sinee devoted ubout two columns of its valuable space to the subject of cards in general, and Getebell’s card in particular. The Traneeript’s version of the collis.on dove vot differ materially from Getchell’s. Waite admite that he drew the pistol, but avers that be had vo intention of using it, bis purpose merely being to frighten Getchell off the lot. Upon avether poiut, abluded to in Getehell’« card aud in the Traureript’s answer, there is an irreconcilable confiet of statement. Getehell says he sawed wood for Waite to the amount of fifteen dollars, and only got four dollars of bis pay. But Waite says the boot is on the other leg. This, we suppose, menns that Waite sawed the wood'tor Getchell and hasn't yet got his pay. Avs it seems to be reduced down to a question of veracity, it is proper the public should suspend opinion until they bave further light on the subject. Cusen.—The British Government, as our réadvre bave already been informed, lately dispatched several thousand troops for Canada, in anticipation of a war with the Uni ted States, The troops were Innded at Hal ifax, but as the navigation efthe St, Law renee was closed by ice, and the trooper could only reach their destination over British soil by » long journey through the stow, the Britich Government actually had.the cheels to ask permission to take them throogh American territory. The permis sion was readily granted by the Secretary of State, and it was probably well enough for our Government to grant the favor. It will, at any rate, teach the British that we are not patticnlarly alarmed at their warlike preparations, The troops were to have been taken to Portland, and from thence lo Quebeo or Montreal by railroad. Corton 1 Iuuiwois.—A small quantity of Cotton raised last year in Southern Illinois, bas been sent to England asa sample, and was pronouneed an excelent article by the cotton supply association. At the present prices cotton ean doubtless be profita’ ly raised in Illinois, and a Chicage paper says that not less than 10,000 acres of band will be planted in the State this year wih eot ton. Tue Over.anp TeLeorara.—In consequence of the overland telegraph line being ont of order no dispatehbes have been reédived from the-Bast since the 4th inst. The wires are down at some point eart of Salt Lake, As the next dispatches will contain several days’ news, we aball doubtless have some items of importance. ee Overnaxp Maits.—The Senate concurrent resolution, urging the necessity of having the overland mails brought into California by three routes—the Big Tree, Pla_ eerville, and Hiennese Pase—has passed the Assembly, and-will be forwarded to our Sevatore-and Representatives in Congress. Recoverey.—Senator Baker, of Tulare,. ‘who was severely injured a few days ago, by agcidentally falling thtongh a skylight, has so far recovered as to resume bis official duties. Anrivep.—Mr, L.C. Wickes, an old resident of Nevada, who has been absent in the east for nearly a year, arrived at San Francivoo, yesterday, with bis family, on the Panama steamer. Sorano.—The Board of Supervisors of Solano county have levied the State aod conoty taxes for 1862, amounting ia all, to $2 32 on the bundred dollars valuation, ee Se ee Tus Northern Argus says that tho telegtaph wires are lying around loose alll along the road from Red Bluff to Shasta. Bevada Democrat. . -by the weight of snow on their roofs, among evening bas an elaborate two-column article upon the subject of the confiscation of the property of rebels, now agitating Congress. Itargaes that Congress bas theconstitutional right to confiscate, bat contends that such a measure is not needed and would . in every way te anwise and bad policy. We agree with the Journal entirely in the latter opinion, and we think, moreover, that the right to confiscate the euemy’s property does not belong to Congress. Military commanders, while in the enemy’s country, undoubtedly have the right to appropriaie any property, wbetber public or) private, tbat may be necessary to carry on. their operations; but except ia cases of ne cessity, the miliary code requires that pri-, vate property shall be respected. As the, Federal troops advance into Tennessee, . they clearly bave the right, without any express act of Vongress, to seize and ure . the railroads for transportation purposes; and if it is found that slaves are employed . by the enemy in constrneting intrenchments, ete., the commanding general has the r ght to set them free. If the bill now pending before Congress should become a law, we think it would be an attempt to) usarp the powers properly belonging to the military commanders, and as such would be disregarded. . Tue Broperick Wii. Cheashinneenen. the Washington correspondent of the Bul . letin, makes some statements, in a late let . ter, with the view of showing that the doc . ument purporting to be Broderick’s will is . a forgery. Ifall he says can be proven, the document would doubtless be decided . epurious; but he is not a very reliable cor. respondent, and having a prejudice against the legatees named inthe will, but little confidence can be placed in his statements, He ie evidently very anxious that the will should be declared spurious, whether it is ro or not, and some of bis statements will not} bear investigation, He asserts, for instance, that John B, Haskin, who was inti mate with Broderick from childhood, will . swear positively that the signature of the document is a forgery, and that A, J, Batler virtually admitted as much to him, Haskin was one of Broderick’s creditors, and bis warm personal and political friend; and if it is trae that he knew the will to be . a forgery, it is somewbat strange he should have kept the matter secret for two years. and then divulged it to Simonton, a bitter enemy of Broderick, Billy Mulligan and . one Willis, it is eaid, will make affidavis that they knew the will was a forgery from the beginning; but their testimony, under . the circumstances, is good for nothing, Romorep Ixpran Deprepations.—The rumors lately published of Iudian depredations . in Nevada Territory, it seems are without foundetion. The Carson City Age, of the Ist inst., Rays: . Mr. J. T. Lockhart, Indian Agent, has returned from a tour on Walker river where he . has been on business connected with his office. . He reports the Indians in that vicinity all quiet and disposed to remain so. The rumors of . Indian depredations in the way of cattle killing, in the vicinity of Carson Sink, are entirely . without foundation, They will shortly leave that region and “pitch their tents over against” Truckee river, for fishing purposes. Sxow.—A heavy snow storm visited Shasta and vicinity during the last week in February. Several bouses were broken in them the Catholic church and Dermond's Hotel. On Trinity mountain the snow was four or five feet deep. Tne Cataveras.—The Stockton Independent advocates the plan of clearing the channel of the Calaveras river, from its obstructions, in order to prevent the waver from flowing into Mormon Slough, and thus overflow the city. ee ne ee aTION.—The Journal of yesterday Svicing.—A man camed Hawkins, 85 years old, committed suicide at Vacaville. oa the 23d ult,, by shooting himself chrough the head with a shotgun. No reason is assigned for the act. AN insane man, name unknown, jamped from the second story of the Ellsworth House, San Francisco, and broke one of bis legs. He was picked up and taken care of. Nowiwation.—Mr. Sargent has nominated Thos. S. Wilson, son of Mason Wilson, of Solano county, to the Naval School at Ne wport. errant Tus total indebtedness of Loe Angel s county is $124,196 79, have already given some particulars of the late terrible eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which broke out about the 9th of December, ly and was continuing with unabated violence at Jast accounts. The city of Torre del Greco, situated near the base of the volcano, on the Bay of Naples, and which lately contained 22,000 inbabitants, bas been nearly destroyed, and the most of the population are fugitives, having been driv. eo from their homes. A Naples letter, of December 28th, says: The destruction of a city which numbered . 22,000 inhabitants, is so startling a fact that I trust I shall not weary you by sending some statistics which 1 have this week gathered on the spot. Crvered with snow, vomiting ashes efi ike a 10,000-horse power factory chimney, with a ruined city lying at its feet, such is the spectacle which Vesuvius at this moment presents. Unable to restrain my curiosity to know what was passing behind the clouds of ashes . which intervene I went down again on Tuesday last, and directed myself to the committee who had been sit. ting in permanence since the 8th instant. The municipal building, a fine old historical editice of the time ofthe Arragons, had been destroyed, so that the committee was sitting ina suppressed monastery on the outskirts of the town, an not on the bed of old lava. The cloisters and the stairs were filled with squalid misery which had come there for relief, and the Syndic and his coadjutors to whose courtesy I am much indebted, gave me the following information : Out of a population of 22,000, 15,000 are fugitives. Between 50 and 60 houses have already fallen, and 320 are pga the rest are more or less injured. Out of [1 churches, 4 only are sintninied : but there is another fearful source of danger—the sulphurous exhalations which are emitted in every direction, and which render houses, in other respects comparatively safe, uninhabitable. By these exhalations five or six persons and all the animals, such as cats, dogs, mice and birds, and the fishes in the sea, have already been killed. In fact, two-thirds . of the city has been destroyed. Tus Forr DoxeLson Suknexper.—Th San Francisco correspondent of the Sierra Citizen isa knowing bird--on not likely to be caoght with chalf. In bis opinion every item of news sent over the telegraph wires is got up for effect by the Goverument, The following are bis comments up on the report reecived by telegraph of the surrender of Fort Done'son: Now, if aman had no common sense, all this would go down beautifully as it was intended, but the official at Chicago should know that the city and county of San Francisco contains a great many Yankees who are smart at guessing, and that they have actually discovered that this Fort Donelson affair is nota mountain but a mole hill after all—a windmill, attacked by fifty thousand men. It was a mere outpost containing some two thousand men, of whom five hundred, or less, went off, and fifteen hundred, or less, were taken prisoners. Gen. Johnson was not taken prisoner, for he was not there, but Bushrod Johnson, a Brigadier from Tennessee. General Buckner of Kentucky, was not there, but in his place they have got a Col. Buckner, and to suppose that Floyd and Pillow and five thousand men could “steal away” without the knowledge of their comrades in the Fort is sheer nonsense. Gen. Zollicoffer, will yet be found “alive and kicking,” and the proportions of this victory will turn out to be hugely magnified for the London market during the discussion of Gregory's bill in the British Parliament. It may, too, turn out to bea dearly bought victory, for I see by the New York Tribune that every rebel killed by the Federal army prior to the Ist of

January last, has cost the people of the United States $100,000. Your readers can estimate value of all the rebels of the South at this rate. Nove. Mops or Cannyine. tae Mart.— The following is said to be the plan by . Which communication. along the Potomac is occasionally effected between Marylanders and Virginians: _ A large kite is made, and, instead o is covered with oil silk, so as to render it atl vious to water. The tail is formed by folding letters or newspapers together, and tying them with a loop knot, each letter,, or rhaps two letters together, forming a bob. When the tail is as heavy as the kite can conveniently bear up under, a cord long enough td reach about two-thirds of the way across the river, is attached, and the kite raised in the air. After the kite has exhausted the string, or has reached a sufficient height, the cord is cut, and the concern, gradually descending, is borne by the breeze to the Virginia shore, where the bobs are taken off by those in waiting, and new ones for their pang fiends in Marylend tied on in their svead. ith the first ‘favorable wind, back comes the kite to the Maryland shore, and vice versa, Not Leavina.—At one time the re current, and had gained some i i that many of the Sacramento merchants and traders frightened at the floods, would discontinue busmess in the city. We do not perceive that any important ones have done so, but on the contrary, those who left temporarily have returned oo Perea pameere ie the same old way, and pe ts sg rmination to stand by the city. LANDsLIDe—Turer Mew Ki ' KILLED.—O oe morning of Sunday last, a landslide one + main m Deer Gulen, in the Redwood wigtaine, San Mateo couuty, 10 miles from wood City. At the bottom of the gulch three men, Bowers, Jones and another man, name ps a occupied a house, and manufactured _ ae Lgl podine were taken out next s curred on February 28th. eee ete —_ Derratep.—The ‘chattle mortage bill has been indefinitely postponed.. The mai j of it. was to allow farmers to mortgage in growing crops. a —— ) ays CITY MARSHAL.—U. s. GREGOR is announced as # candidhte for Crry Mansi: 44 the ensuing election, Monday, May Sth. a iy PURE FOR CITY MARSHAL.~W. 1), pavipayy is announced asa candidate for the office of ¢ TTY Mane Sal, at the coming election—Monday, May 5 we ee [mard:te FOR CITY MARSHAL.—Gro. s. pra is announced as a candidate for Crry M ensuing eleetion—May 5th, 1862, "ee UMMONS—State of Californio, County WO of Neva: a, listrict Court ot the Mth Judi listrict of said State. The People of the St es California, to CYNTHIA A, WELLER, greetings yet are hereby summoned to appeay and cunentacomplaint of ADAM WHER, tiled egninet iat within ten days trom the service of this writ, if fe: ov you in this county, within twenty days if Served on you in this District, and ont of this count within forty days if served om you in the Stat pa out of this District, in an action commenced ms ys 6th day of March. A. T., 1862, im said Court whe be plaintiff prays that the bouds of marriage heres ; existing between this plaintiff and you may ae nulled, and the plaintiff tally reteased and Peat unpERS OF RvsseLL.—Thetenerae imes falls from one blunder into another, and leaps from exaggeration to exaggeration, as naturally and as persistentber he supposed the art of public letter writing to be exercised in perfection only when the greatest amount of ignorance and falsification were indulged in. A few weeks only have elapsed since he coolly informed all Europe through the columns of the Blunderer, that there was no possibility of a conqutst of the South by the forces of the Union, and now, more pearly still, he indulges in a oe od exhibition of his stupidity by asserting that the progress of the Federal arms for the present season must be suspended, because allattempts on the part of McClellan to find an unguarded spot in the enemy’s lines have hitherto prov abortive. He further adds: * Although I have . great deference for the opinions of American . officers who know the country, and who say a winter campaign is practicable, I must be permitted to state that the condition of the roads and camps at this early period of winter induces me to arrive at an opposite conclusion, founded tier $Ou; Ould that the Guseedy wna’ as on some experience in observing the operations . ¢jjjd:en born of seid marriage, be Perper aid: the . of armies in the field. There is smaller chanee . plui tiff. And you are hereby notitied that res. the . of such operations being successfully conducted . t: an wer said complaint as herein directed plai fait . when winter arrives in all its severity ; and that . will take judgment agaist you therefor by delay "y which would be almost impossible for a highly . gether with ail costs of suit, ana wise demand of the . disciplined and well organized army to eflect, . paint such other relief as 1s prayed tor im said com, will be quite beyond the capability of the forces . oa sd which *pein ov here at present, giving . ce oe, ee iy ee H. Fanqcuur, them full credit for courage, zeal, and endur. {u. . . peed enh ean band ane i aforesaid, do ance.” Ifall Russell’s * experience inobserv-. —-—~ of the said Court, at oties. Skea . ing the operations of atmies in the field” is of , Nevada, this 6th day of March, a. p. 1862, nd . sort with that of Bull’s Run, we would not A true copy—attest: RH. FAKQUHAR, Clerk, pote : 2 t. We admit that Gok karquuar, Deputy, . give much for his judgmen By order of Hon, I, 1B. MCFARLAND, Judge of tho ‘he who runs may read, but it does not at all) Dios Caeti aieteate follow that he who runs may write knowingly} ""° ’""" *OINSIS: (mer8:2me . upon the proceedings of a campaign. J. M. HIXSON & BRO, DEALERS IN Donations To Hanrvarp CotLear—The way the solid men of Boston nurse and cherish . their great meee vig eo hag rabiy . _is something that ma imitated in other loF asi Sins . calities, Salt probaly never surpassed, or even . Groceries, Provisions & Mining Tools, . reached by a long interval. At a recent meet. ing of the overseers of Harvard College, the . Treasurer reported that the donations to the . Institution for the past year have been as fol. lows: From Hon, Jonathan Phillips, $20,000; ' from Miss Marv P. Townsend, $20,000 to the College, and $5000 to the Divinity School. The property devised by Benjamin Bussey for several purposes, including an Agricultural Department, is now estimated at nearly $419,000, to which is to be added the “Roxbury estates,” which is valned at $65,000. This property has been in the hands of wtemenge age = eo . the year Mr. Bussey died. gentleman who Se RL. Fe mK 8 ETE — devised this splendid estate to old Harvard, . his be fa sre a ee oe JAVA COFFEE came into Boston when a boy, with a pack, . “inard ! ba Comte pb which contained all his earthly goods, on his . ———H——————______-s_ back, and some twenty shillings of Continental ACON! BACON !—TEN THOUSAND POUNDS currency in his pocket. He was very fond of . eed Calitornia retaenie sale by agricultural peg and was ag eo ee J. M, HIXSON & BRO, splendid estate at Roxburry, where he spent . much of his time in his old age in the cultivaKerosene Lamps at $1,25 & Upwards! tion of his land. NO. 75 BROAD ST., NEVADA. Anéovnon that they can and will sell Goods as cheap as any houre in Nevada, TERMS—CASH! CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES, mea $ TEAL@A SUPERIOR LOT OF TRA for sale by J. M. HIXS0N & BRO. mar 75 road street, Nevada, A FINE ASSORTMENT JUST RECEIVED, Tue Wan Tax.—There has been perfect ALSO. THK VERY REST child’s play in the Legislature in regard to the payment of the war tax, and more picayuncishness displayed than we ever thought men capable of. Instead of coming out bodly and voting upon a decided plan to raise money for the purpose intended, every one of the rising statesmen of the age, particularly in the House, has halted between two opinions in regard to the matter; one being an ill defined opimion of his own and the other an idea of “any other man.” It does seem as if California sinks lower and lower in regard to her business matters in connection with the Federal Government, and yet . for the very little she has done sinee the war commenced, she has received more in propor. Amador, Sierra, & Nevada Territory, tion than any other State. All the useless talk consumed in discussing how and when CaliferAe Mark—0O. H. P. W. & CO. “Ge nia’s proportion should be paid, has cost the Sacramento City. State more money than the 15 per cent aillowed. . 18. 1862.—3m. 0. H. P. WHITE. & OO. for its collection would vipe ing The State . AN ted Be has assumed the payment of the tax, now let it . be paid, and with some sort of grace, so that . FRUIT TREES. the Home Government will not be'placed in the . PEE subscriber offers the present Si of a suppliant to a portion of the . season an extensive assortment of Tnion it has done so much for.—[Spirit of the . AND ORNAMENTAL SHADE TREES, Shrubs, Evergreens Greenhouse Plants, &ec. Also, 200,000 FOREIGN GRAPE VINES CaLtFornntA Drirt.—Capt. E. G. Howes . The Largest & Finest Selected stock of the schooner “Wild Pigeon,” just arrived . F : : from Mazatlan, reports having seen large quan. or Wine & Table Use in the State. tities of drift of every conceivable character, two . We are prepared to sell the above in large or smnalt was so unusual even to his accustomed and ob. jracto, , “THE ( ORNIA GRAPE servant eye that he noticed the phenomena . VINE of tro fours ane RACAL most particularly. He reports that it looked tl like the debris from some sunken city, and he NURSERY STOCK, CONSISTING OF thought San Franciseo had gone under. The. s4ADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES fact that drift that far seaward is seldom seen . Locust, American Elm, Maple, Linden Mulberry, in this latitude, is a singular confirmation of oie Noone Olen a Warvise Willow, Catalbs, the intensity of the great flood which lately deLaburnum, or Golden Chain ete, ete. . . vastitated California.—[ Herald. ; — EVERGREEN TREES. . Califor sia Arbor Vite or Cedar, Sugar Pine, Spruce, . Firs, Deodar Cedar, Cypress, ete. Persons ordering particular varieties of Fruit Trees, will please men Quality of Dornor Kerosene For Sale. W. H. CRAWFORD & CO. Ra Main st., Opposite the Express Office.-@@ To the People of Nevada County . I AM AGAIN READY TO FORWARD Goods to any section of the Counties of NEVADA, PLACER, EL DORADO, a Times. Severr.—The Saturday Review says that in oe gteat 7 . saying manne, Lord Palmerston is, indeed, unapproachable. Neither lay-. . ; ; i : tute, in cane man nor clerk can even distantly imitate that at ten tig oe eh aon eee Sees will, . matchless compound of chaff, claptrap, and . however, in all cases, adhere to the orders, a8 far 3 blarney which the Prime, Minister can pour . possible—and when allowed to substitute varieties, will give kinds ef the same class ordered, as ’ Autumn, Late or Winter Fruit. Pure California White & Re 1 Wines, For sale by the Galion or Case, CONTAINING NOTHING. BUT THE PURE JUICE Of the Grape. B@ GARDEN SEEDS. “6 A large and varied stock of Home Grown Garden and Field Seeds, All of which are guaranteed to be of our own grow: ing, and being the present season’s crop, all are #4" ranted to be fresh and genuine, Catalogues of the above are now ready for mailing to all applicants. free of charge All orders must b* accompanied with the cash to receive attention. a Tree and Seed Depot, No. 40 J. between 2d 8 atveets, Sacramento’ A. P. SMITH. Proprietor, Jan, 8. 1862.—3m. Pomologica! Gardens. ISSOLUTION .— The Co Partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, the hardware business, known by the firm and of TALLMAN & TURNER, is diseolved by mutual ov sent. AN persons indebted to, or having unsel. accounts with the firm, are requested to call im ately at our place of business on Comm —? and settle. D, 8. TALLMAN, Nevada, March 61862. GEO, E. TURNER. The undersigned would respectfully inform the cit. ixens of Nevada and vicinity, that he has purchase the interest of his late ner, Mr, D. 3. hin the HARDWARE STORE, and will continue the nness as heretofore. He respectful wee TURNER forth in any quantities at ‘a moment's notice. Heavy Drrosits.—A deposit of white sand from three to fifteen feet deep has been made on the South bank of the Yuba, opposite Mapee covering some of the finest agricultural land in the valley. J.G. Dou, was elected President of the Red Bluff Jockey Club at a late meeting; J. A. Pierce, Treasurer, and C. Fisher, of the Beacon, Secretary. The 13th of May was fixed upon for the Spring meeting. THE ROADS to Fort Mojave are very good; the late rains have done them no injury. In the canon below Camp Cady, about fifteendays ago, the water stood for a short time, but it drained off, and wagons pass without difficulty. A son of the late F. P. Tracy has bee pointed to a West Point Cadetebip, ra FOR SALE. OUSE and ORCHARD, one-half F of the mile from town. The Orchard eont TWO BUNDRED AND FIFTY FRUIT TRIES choicest varieties; alan, some Two Hundred Grape Vines of different kinds, besicea Rhasberries, Currants, and Strawberry Vines. Theabove willbe sold at a bargain, Also, some 400 acres of land, a of witich is well adapted to Fruit Growing, and all to Grain Raising. For particulars, ly to Nevada, March 8, 1562. 5 HIXSON, uance of the public patronage. @ -