August 18, 1861 (4 pages)

Office, No. 36 Comm: SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18th. < — « TAXES. This easy to.see that with only ,$20,000000 of Custom House revenue for the new fiscal year, and $500,000,000 of expenditure, the federal government will soon be driven to shifts and expedients to raise money.— "Phe honestest form of taxation, undoubtedly, is that of direct taxes, becauge in that case the assessment and the expenditure each tell their own story. But indirect taxes are the : most popblar ones, because men shrink froin. seing the truth; and therefore governments . @re accustomed to resort largely to such means of raising money, as Will enable tle a people to deceive themselves, or pretend to be deceived in regard to the amount of the taxes which they pay. In all the countries of the world, except the United States, use_ fess, expensive or. mischievious luxuries, are the most productive objects of revenue.— Such are intoxicating drinks, tobacco, coffee and tea; for it is impossible to deny that coffee and tea’serve merely as exilarants or stimulants in thé same sense, if not in the -gatne degree as intoxicating drinks and tobaceo. In the United States, those objects have either been wholly untaxed, or taxed but lightly, for reasons discreditable alike to the government and the peuple of the United States. We heartily commend, theréfore, the propositionof Secretary Chase, to impose a duty on tea and coffee, and we could wish that he had attacked boldly, not only foreign but domestic intoxicating liquors and tobacco. The expedients which have been tried in various eastern States to interdict the use of intoxicating drinks have not effected much, but laws can be passed for subjecting such drinks to heavy special taxation; if Congress has not done so for the general benefit, we trust if will be done by this State so as tolighten the heavy burthen of direct taxes. Nor should tobacco be spared. There is matter of reflection in the answer of the present Emperor Napoleon to some one who urged him to check the. vicious use or abuse of tobacco in France, “ Find mea virtue which will bring a hundred millious into the treasury,” he laughing'y replied, ‘and I will immediately sacrifice the cigars to it.” Untortunately, our vices alone have sufficient attraction to make us cheerfully pay their price. NOR SERIES RM ER IN A Haxvarp Boy segs A FeLLow STvDENT IN THE REBEL ARMY.—Some time since, two Virgiaians were students together in the Law School at Cantbridge. One was named H——, and the other M——. Both left for the war, H. to join the rebels, anc M. to stand by the Union. In a letter toa ° friend in Cambridge, M. gives i Gllewing incident: ° “ Tam sorry to tell you that I met H. of our law school in the rebel army, we skirmishing with them near Cumberland. I saw _ him tt a dista.ce of a hundred yards, but hadn’t the heart to fire at him, though I could easily have killed him. He was such a noble fellow, as well as one of my most iv‘timate friends in Harvard, that I hope I shall be excused for not. stnetly performing my duty. Lcalled oat to bim, ‘ Miojer,’ (a nick-name,) and raised my rifle. He looked for a few moments, ales hia hands above his head, as much as to say, ‘I recoguize you eld fellow,”—turned and darted into the woods. The captain of this company wae an old friend of mine at the University of Virginia.” . a ~~ BIGLER’s RuN.—At. Manaesae, there was @ general’ foot-race on the field of battle, which should be recorded in all sporting journals. Jt was between a representative of the New York Herald and Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania; these gents took the lead in the race from Bull Run to Centreville, and kept it the whole distance, the Senatot slightlyin the rear. Time, 94minutes. Distance, 2 miles. PE SMEE sss a DIFFICULTIES. —Wait not for your diffioulties.to cease ; there is no soldier's glury to be won on the peaceful fields, no snilor’e daring to be won on sunny sea’, no trust of friendship to be proved when all goes well.— Faith, patience, heroic love, devout courage and gentiduess, are not to be fermed.when . there are not doubte, no pains, no irritations, no difficulties. MurpeR BY Trotahe.—The Red Bluff mentiona that a hunter, while lighting his pipe at acamp fire, about furty miles from Red Bluff, on the night of the 2d, ‘was shot and killed by Indi.ne, ) aes ce . smpecminnsin ener seeremnenmaeptt cer eee rent { ‘ elapsed singe .¢ . at present, there is a perfect dearth of news LETTER FROM ‘CHALK BLUFF, Opal ‘Bluf. F. Mingust 15th, 1961. Foie TRANSCRIPT :—A long time has wrote you last; although, in this section. « Within the past few days we have had several distinguished departures from our midst/which has had a tendency to make the City look quite deserted ; and as the Major left us-yesterday on“his way to Sadra.4 mento, via Dutch Flat, with. the, intention, of joining some good crowd, -who may be in for enlisting for the war, Joe and myself are left comparatively alone, having nothing to do but sit in our castle windows and gaze at the Heavens between the tops of our boots, quietly puff our meerschaums (but they happen to be old clay pipes) and listen to the’ down Chalk Bluff Hill, a la Niagara. The claims we were prospecting have turned out a perfect success, and we will now make arrangements to stop here for an indefinite period ot time. Preparatory to running the tunnel, making sluice boxes, and doing such other work as will be necessary before washing ¢ can be commenced. We would like to make a raise by working a short time for wages, and we are daily expecting just the job which will suit. The South Yuba Canal Company, so report says, intend digging a new ditch near this place, and have the work done by. contract. “When jt is surveyed, we will be in for a bid, and we'll get it sure, although there are lots of the boys laying around for the chance. The only thing wanting is the Surveyor, and may Heaven speed him along at an early day. Our mutual friend, Edward Williams, has been engaged for the past. two or three weeks enlarging and repairing his Steep Hollow Ditch, and has between fifty and sixty men cutting bed-rock a distance of some four miles, in order to do away with the necessity of using flumes, which, as you know, is-a great nuisance in the winter time on account of the heavy snows in this region. Messrg. Smith & Avery, at thgir saw-mill, are driving’ things along at a brisk rate— number of feet sawed per day,say: between five and six thousand. The lumber is of the best quality ever seen in the mountains, so everybody says who use it. The miners who are now working are doing better than they have done at any other season of the year, . notwithstanding .many companies who are not at work, argue that running is not profitable, when the banks are so dry as at present, This.is a fallacious argument. With a good head of water the dirt will wast, and as the gold is here it must come out. Messrs. Coats & Co., Teel & Cox, Joice & Co., and Jim Mar are doing a big business in the way of mining, and the Bowers’ claims are eclipsing them all, being worked night and day. As I remarked before, the money is here. These, together with a few others, are the claims which support not only Chalk Bluff City, but the small running camps on the suburbs, auch as Red Dog and Walloupa. Work and business appears to be the order of the day, and everybody goes in for the Union, and reads the TRANSCRIPT. The patrician families enjoyed a social hop the other evening at the Apollo Hall, which passed off to the entire satisfaction of all; it was decidedly a recherche affair. By the by, not satisfactory to all, for the plebians, who couldn’t get in, turned up their noses— but who cares? We were there in all our glory. My regards to all the boys. Nick Dop. . More or Parson BrownNLow.—Parson Brownlow's Whig, of the 13th of July, has come to hand, and it isas full of choice Brownlowisms as ever it was. The destruction of hia office hae been threatened, and he says : “Disturb our office. if you dare—molest our person, if youdare! We are here, and we intend to write and publish just what we plense, and tuke the consequences. And. we tell you again, you unprincipled forgers of the Johnson lettera, that there are but two ways by which you can stop the publication of our paper—one is, to deatroy the office ; the other, to stop our windpine !” ~— ReTRIRvUTION.—There was an instance of just. retribution for treason at Rich Mountain, John Hughes, of Beverly, a aiember of the Virginia Secession Convention at Richmond, heard by some gpeane that our troops were endeavoring so turn the flank of the rebels. He mounted a horse and sped up the hill orapidly, to convey the information to, Colonel Pegram, When near the summit he was suddenly heiled by pickets SupmG . posing they were Federal pickets, he cried iat, “Hold, Iam a Northern man.” The next instant he fell into the & corpse, riddled by thirty balla. We "tek bal Ned his own friends, the rebs la, a alg he was . the Philadelphia says roating of the water rr) it comes tumbling . ; striving te save, believing they were killing Jan evemy, put an eod to his career. oe en atone nacieenadboten Repieaaeaiemcenera eee es The Washington er of ’s balloon went up this morning early, (July ) and when between Fort Corcoran and Bull's was seen to collapse suddenly and fall with great rapidity. The general impression is that it was fired into. Your reporter was at Fort Corcoran at the time; and witnessed the swift descent of the balloon. , It was to fat off to’ astertain how many were in the lady—that’s the way the play went—and she struggling to free herself, when a burly voluuteer in the pit cried out, “Sis, why in h—lIl don’t you call for the sergeant’ of the guard? He'll protect you.” te Two companies of United States Infantry sailed from San Francisco, on Friday, on the Active, for Los Angeles, under command of Capt. Sands. Two more companies are to sail on the brig Jessup, for the same place. These companies belong to the Fourth Infantry, and have been for. some time past in camp at the Presidio. They are to take post in San Bernardino. stile: t# An authoris known by his writings, mother by her daughters, a fool by his words, and all men by their companions. te Who goes there?” said an_ Irish sentry-of the British legion at St. Sebastian.— ‘‘ A friend,” was the prompt reply. ‘Then stand where you are, for, by the powers, you’re the first I’ve met with in this .murtherin’ country.” te R. F. Perkins was nominated as Sentor by the Republicans at San Francisco. te The Santa Cruz Sentinel says that on” Saturday last.a large Eagle, atter soarifig over town for some time, perched himself on the top of the liberty pole of the San Lorenzo Exchange. He-was a noble looking bird, and seemed to regard with perféct indifference the admiring gaze of people in the streets below. The singularity of the event was the. cause of considerab'e comment. C# Billy Wilson’s Zouaves were not too docile on their way to Fort Pickens. A letter says—On.board ship they were suddenly introduced to the Government stores in the shape of salt junk and fat pork, and brickbattery biscuit, or sea, bread. The change was too much, and not knowing how to, account for it, they at once pitched into Mr. James McHenry, the principal steward of the vessel. The curses launched at his devoted head were by no means mild—in fact, they were-as impolite as forcible and produced very disagreeable feelings in that gentleman’s nervous system. At one time, when the meat was little musty, I was afraid the disaffected would do him personal violence ; but as he is a man of great strength and pluck, they mere concluded to let him alone. tc? A Bremen Soar contains the following advertisement: “A young gentleman, on the point of getting married, ie desirous of meeting a man of experience who will Gannce him from such a step.” The silver maine of the Spanish Company, at Virginia City, it is -throught, will yeld $60,00 or or $70,000 000 duriug this month. t= Rich gold deposite have lately been found in the San ‘Fernando mountains, one day’s ride from Los Angeles. [The Quarter-Master advertises for five hundred horses for cavalry service ; either half breed or California stock. 3 The venerable Daniel S. Dickinson made a Union speech to over 5,000 persons in Broome county, New York, after the reception of the news from Bu'l Run. Hoy sro Snoor.—In shooting a rifle, if you press the trigger gradually, soas not to know the precise second when the piece is to discharged, you will avoid the nervous start which is the most common cause of failure to hit the mark. ‘ @P The State Central Committee of the and. . Breckinridge party have nominated Francis Gaonahl, of Siskiyou as their third candidate for Congress. He is a native of Georgia. . Cross, it . THERE are four county tic Cruz ‘county—Republican, tler, and Secession. + Arrivals at . National Exchange} «~ Broad Street, Nevada.:. GEO. R. LANCASTER, PROPRIETOR, _.—__ AUGUST 1¢th, 1861. J Thomas, rd eo Deal, a pn Pad = it i + no me raut; Green Horn car, but it is feared that their-eseape from a H hice, SF G FP Dostete der, WF sudden and terrible death was impossible. T Fon White, Sac City. 1, Barnard, do JE Dr Clark, Cherekee The balloon-was up. yesterday, and could 3 eb gan, @ y Val Geo Bchwab,L York . be seen from the city sailing over Virginia. = de a ores me Fut It rested during the night, and went up again} 42 Dr Cle wnt g ri 8 Santee M’ville ey this morning, and was but a short time in ee ta pag Posy Rade yo Rae the air, before it collapsed, leaving only a. CA Hoar, ‘ do T J McClelland, oF P : ae Mrs Rippingham ‘& E L Kernell. do small section of tho top filled with gas. : 2 children ore w ‘CGraham, Me Ophir : > Dow en ones, Mat ‘ ing inciden W L Flagler, do R Deadman, : 1 Quite an amusing incident occurred at . yyy Raglees do Webber's Bridge. one of the Washington theaters a few even. M May, San Juan W Montgomery, P ings since. nonin . ’ A brigand was trying to abduct a beautiful . BIRTH. At Brown’s Hill, on'the 28th ult.,. the wife of Robert West, of a ‘daughter. same FOR JUSTICE._We have been authorized to announce the name of E. W. SMITH. asa candidate for re-election to the Office of Justice of the, Peace, of Nevada Township. aui8-tf CREPES OIC ELE SE ATE WATER POWER DERRICK. ATTESON & SAMUELS’ ARE associated in the business of making WATER POWER DERRICKS The Water Power can be easil ngup common Hand Derrick to PUMPI LASSING and SAW MILL ted to the WINDAll Keinds of Machinery Can berun with very little water where there is sufficient Hydraulic pressure. TRIP HOOKS of a new construction, that are always safe and sure, constantly en hand. Blacksmithing, Iron Turning, etc., done at. the shortest notice. Orders for WATER DERRICKS from abroad srg ei! atendedto. Shop on Deer Creek, beow the Foundry. W.H. ROOT, has been a pointed our Traveling Agent. auls-t I. 0, F.---The members of OUSTOMAH LODGE, NO. 16, = 1.0. 0. F.are requested to attend the next regalar meeting, on TUESie DAY EVENING, AUGUST 20th, as busines of importance will . be transacted. Per order X anl5-ta_ W. E. PRESSEY;, Sec’y. Coal Oil and Coal Oil Lamps, Together with all kinds of Burning and Machinery Qils, For sale at Reduced rates. Also, ERO-VAPOR STOVES, For Heating Rooms, For Cooking, and for Heating Flat Irons. sale’Vvery Low by STANFORD BROTHERS, California street, near Front, aui7-im ~ SAN FRANCISCO. For FREEMAN & SIMPSON’S OLD MAGNOLIA WHISKY. 4 Mast CONSUMPTION and constantly increasing demand for theOLD MAGNOLIA WHISKY Renders us confident that it must supercede all other ferms of restorative poe co! ing as it does, ev seoment of trength, Palatability ich should es e mage ory our age and ~ “We desire — or ang “ notice upon every barrel of our Genuine articles, Our names are branded i ull ; and also, that,to each barrel and packag OUR NEW CARD With a view to prevent the success of impositions, Imitation snd Counterfeits, who have discontinued the use of our former colored cut of the rer geri ok caer, and have substituted for it. a Card, cont: he. Seb ng * The Phewx Distillery on. on oe uylkill River,” with our name printed These various conan te imitate and counterfeit our pacapemaaes are re the best tributes to the h tation wh ich they have achieved. pa I OR ARTICLES are never counNPhonntx BS nmap & SIMPSON, on Schuylskill river omer Philadelphia.” 8, ©, SHAW, 606 Fron phia. SAN FRANCISCO. Sole t for Freeman & Simpson’s Old agnosia Whiety. Pai? Sm Comet Iluminating Oil. Ww. ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVing Invoices of this celebrated brand of KEROSENE OIL, Woieh is teed entirely pure and iutteat gi gaa or Asphaltum Oils. Tes is men enet, ee SUPERIOR TO DOWNER’S @r any Other Oil Ever Made. Ww also on epee: pave nie SORE tat PORRsRs and othSELLING AT LOW RATES. STAI BROTHERS, » Near Front aulé-im B aI se Rak EN St GAS! CAS!!! Cast); HE Nev scien ee rae, Soe have on handa “4 es oo Erma aod 8 eer ee t Of fix: fixtures whi, Sur ite on up forall desirous po rbes wilh they Gas All such perrons are requested pe re vihe office and subscribe to the rules lations, by signing the register. — The following is the tariff of charges j. "Price of Gas per 1000 cubic feet, $10,600, Price for introducing Gasfrom the street main “to pipe of consumers including setting mette in all cases where the entire fitting Tdone by the Company, $10,00. ‘ ~S. Ny metre. $25 00, Price of pipe from metre, 30 cts. per foot. N.B. No bills for pipe or fixt sented for collection until Gas is waa Per order of Trustees, J. 8. KANEEN, Superintendent ‘*Nevada Gas Works. i PROCRAMME OF THE Grand Promenade Concert! AND BALL, TO BE GIVEN BY.M. SCHMEIDSCHNEIDER, ai2 Tuesday Evening, Aug. 20th, " At Temperance Hall. ¢ No. 1—A GRAND MARCH, fi Juliet ») by the urchestra. — (from Romses No. 2—OVERTURE, Norma,) by Belini. No. 3—GRAND, CAVATINA, (from Opers Ernani,) by Verdi. -Solo on French Horn. (from the Opera of Bergia.) No. 5&-GRAND POLKAfom. Herzog.) i+ CONCERT commences precisely at nine o'clock. THE~ ALL will commence ‘at Ten o'clock, précisely. SUPPER at 12 o'clock, Tigkets, Five Doliars, to be procnred Fat the Book Stores of A. P. CHURCH &< & CO. WELCH ; also, at Temperance H the evening of the Concert. aulsta GRAND BALL! To be given at the Lake City Hotel, Leke City, by Mr, & Mrs, Bremend, ON THURSDAY, AUG. 29th, COMMITTTE OF ARRANGEMENTS: Lake City..cseesses James Cregan, Win. Bell BIOORG. «co cosasicccvevevesdusened Wm. Cooper CORUGIBIN BARD, 6.4.0 vc ceecescciseseseve Win. Cole CREPOKCE, . cs gcccvcesecccergesces E. Fitz North San Juam..0.csessevess J. B. Henry Little Grass Valley..ssesseseesss P, Bytes MEOMTEZUMBS . 000 cccrccccccsenes Daniel I Freneh Corral. .c.ccccccccsovesses Mr. Le Woolsey’s Flat ..c5 cecceceees b. Hickman Moore's. Flat. .ccccccsscvessocsevienss M. Bayle Orleans Flak. oo. cscs covsccecees Mr. Denton Gage Valley. ceccecsepecccess . L. Lamarque Nevada.. H.'B. Pinmmpees.: ‘A. Casamayou Brandy Plat..cccsesccescees --Mr. Vilmais FLOOR MANAGERS. het EMR 65 EOS ees cn ecco oo. William Henry “PICK PSs sccreecececees FIVE DOLLARS. Lake City, August 13, 1861-td* Gibb’s Paint, Oil and Glass Stor, New Brick Building, No. 63 Mill Street, Grass Valley. 5,000 A large assortment of PICTURES, PICTURE FRAMES, GILT and ROSEWOOD MOULD INGS, WINDOW SnADES, Etc., ROLLS, OF WALL PAPER, of the latest New York patterns. Constantly on hand and’ Cheaper than the Cheapest. PICTURE FRAMES made to order on -g shortest notice. aulst GEM SALOON, R. JENKINS, PROPRIETOR, Basement of McLaughlin’s New Brick, Mill street, Grass Valley. T AVING OPENED A SALOON A H Gress Valley 1 would inform the — of Nevada that they. will fin! the best L wo .ete., constantly on hand, Wines, quest them to call when visiting the ValleyAugust 13, 18 1-tf BLAZE'S SALOON, A. “ -. COR. @F PINE AND COMMERCIALS! If You Want a Geod Drink. GO TO BLAZE’S! Grand Promenade Concert AND DRESS BALL ER has ncmmnmpgcunernrt i that he _ ill ss Tee ee et CONCEIT AN At the Temperance Hall, 0? a Evening, August 20(b, 186% M, Ton . Mr. Sehmicdschneider er wit he at hy pees talent @ Monch —— bs wee Dy Truett. "iene pe cog tap a on oF one Bs pty . them them to . eee eine te When otherwise, introduction and seiing. Price of fixturcs dccorditig to kind required. No. 4—GRAND OPE BA, pot pourrh (Laat cr for sale , Must triamph Trustee ling the re-plank ithin ¢ time, th for then to pay 4 Our t “out any in their lature fi pair,,am a free p their pi Mr. § BALL.‘ste the a Mr. S. tions, al jsa gua tainmer “well at ~ Quat Quarte Aug. 2% mornin W. Gre evening Dive held; t ehureh half-pat RIcr near N pierce . urday 1 . Ont with tl near th CaM inatitut near 3 camper Deal, « them. use in TRE River It bro The ne <a appea OLI article Shaw, for th

Office, No. 36 Comm: SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18th. < — « TAXES. This easy to.see that with only ,$20,000000 of Custom House revenue for the new fiscal year, and $500,000,000 of expenditure, the federal government will soon be driven to shifts and expedients to raise money.— "Phe honestest form of taxation, undoubtedly, is that of direct taxes, becauge in that case the assessment and the expenditure each tell their own story.. But indirect taxes are the : most popblar ones, because men shrink froin. seing the truth; and therefore governments . @re accustomed to resort largely to such means of raising money, as Will enable tle a people to deceive themselves, or pretend to be deceived in regard to the amount of the taxes which they pay. In all the countries of the world, except the United States, use_ fess, expensive or. mischievious luxuries, are the most productive objects of revenue.— Such are intoxicating drinks, tobacco, coffee and tea; for it is impossible to deny that coffee and tea’serve merely as exilarants or stimulants in thé same sense, if not in the -gatne degree as intoxicating drinks and tobaceo. In the United States, those objects have either been wholly untaxed, or taxed but lightly, for reasons discreditable alike to the government and the peuple of the United States. We heartily commend, theréfore, the propositionof Secretary Chase, to impose a duty on tea and coffee, and we could wish that he had attacked boldly, not only foreign but domestic intoxicating liquors and tobacco. The expedients which have been tried in various eastern States to interdict the use of intoxicating drinks have not effected much, but laws can be passed for subjecting such drinks to heavy special taxation; if Congress has not done so for the general benefit, we trust if will be done by this State so as tolighten the heavy burthen of direct taxes. Nor should tobacco be spared. There is matter of reflection in the answer of the present Emperor Napoleon to some one who urged him to check the. vicious use or abuse of tobacco in France, “ Find mea virtue which will bring a hundred millious into the treasury,” he laughing'y replied, ‘and I will immediately sacrifice the cigars to it.” Untortunately, our vices alone have sufficient attraction to make us cheerfully pay their price. NOR SERIES RM ER IN A Haxvarp Boy segs A FeLLow STvDENT IN THE REBEL ARMY.—Some time since, two Virgiaians were students together in the Law School at Cantbridge. One was named H——, and the other M——. Both left for the war, H. to join the rebels, anc M. to stand by the Union. In a letter toa ° friend in Cambridge, M. gives i Gllewing incident: ° “ Tam sorry to tell you that I met H. of our law school in the rebel army, we skirmishing with them near Cumberland. I saw _ him tt a dista.ce of a hundred yards, but hadn’t the heart to fire at him, though I could easily have killed him. He was such a noble fellow, as well as one of my most iv‘timate friends in Harvard, that I hope I shall be excused for not. stnetly performing my duty. Lcalled oat to bim, ‘ Miojer,’ (a nick-name,) and raised my rifle. He looked for a few moments, ales hia hands above his head, as much as to say, ‘I recoguize you eld fellow,”—turned and darted into the woods. The captain of this company wae an old friend of mine at the University of Virginia.” . a ~~ BIGLER’s RuN.—At. Manaesae, there was @ general’ foot-race on the field of battle, which should be recorded in all sporting journals. Jt was between a representative of the New York Herald and Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania; these gents took the lead in the race from Bull Run to Centreville, and kept it the whole distance, the Senatot slightlyin the rear. Time, 94minutes. Distance, 2 miles. PE SMEE sss a DIFFICULTIES. —Wait not for your diffioulties.to cease ; there is no soldier's glury to be won on the peaceful fields, no snilor’e daring to be won on sunny sea’, no trust of friendship to be proved when all goes well.— Faith, patience, heroic love, devout courage and gentiduess, are not to be fermed.when . there are not doubte, no pains, no irritations, no difficulties. MurpeR BY Trotahe.—The Red Bluff mentiona that a hunter, while lighting his pipe at acamp fire, about furty miles from Red Bluff, on the night of the 2d, ‘was shot and killed by Indi.ne, ) aes ce . smpecminnsin ener seeremnenmaeptt cer eee rent { ‘ elapsed singe .¢ . at present, there is a perfect dearth of news LETTER FROM ‘CHALK BLUFF, Opal ‘Bluf. F. Mingust 15th, 1961. Foie TRANSCRIPT :—A long time has wrote you last; although, in this section. « Within the past few days we have had several distinguished departures from our midst/which has had a tendency to make the City look quite deserted ; and as the Major left us-yesterday on“his way to Sadra.4 mento, via Dutch Flat, with. the, intention, of joining some good crowd, -who may be in for enlisting for the war, Joe and myself are left comparatively alone, having nothing to do but sit in our castle windows and gaze at the Heavens between the tops of our boots, quietly puff our meerschaums (but they happen to be old clay pipes) and listen to the’ down Chalk Bluff Hill, a la Niagara. The claims we were prospecting have turned out a perfect success, and we will now make arrangements to stop here for an indefinite period ot time. Preparatory to running the tunnel, making sluice boxes, and doing such other work as will be necessary before washing ¢ can be commenced. We would like to make a raise by working a short time for wages, and we are daily expecting just the job which will suit. The South Yuba Canal Company, so report says, intend digging a new ditch near this place, and have the work done by. contract. “When jt is surveyed, we will be in for a bid, and we'll get it sure, although there are lots of the boys laying around for the chance. The only thing wanting is the Surveyor, and may Heaven speed him along at an early day. Our mutual friend, Edward Williams, has been engaged for the past. two or three weeks enlarging and repairing his Steep Hollow Ditch, and has between fifty and sixty men cutting bed-rock a distance of some four miles, in order to do away with the necessity of using flumes, which, as you know, is-a great nuisance in the winter time on account of the heavy snows in this region. Messrg. Smith & Avery, at thgir saw-mill, are driving’ things along at a brisk rate— number of feet sawed per day,say: between five and six thousand. The lumber is of the best quality ever seen in the mountains, so everybody says who use it. The miners who are now working are doing better than they have done at any other season of the year, . notwithstanding .many companies who are not at work, argue that running is not profitable, when the banks are so dry as at present, This.is a fallacious argument. With a good head of water the dirt will wast, and as the gold is here it must come out. Messrs. Coats & Co., Teel & Cox, Joice & Co., and Jim Mar are doing a big business in the way of mining, and the Bowers’ claims are eclipsing them all, being worked night and day. As I remarked before, the money is here. These, together with a few others, are the claims which support not only Chalk Bluff City, but the small running camps on the suburbs, auch as Red Dog and Walloupa. Work and business appears to be the order of the day, and everybody goes in for the Union, and reads the TRANSCRIPT. The patrician families enjoyed a social hop the other evening at the Apollo Hall, which passed off to the entire satisfaction of all; it was decidedly a recherche affair. By the by, not satisfactory to all, for the plebians, who couldn’t get in, turned up their noses— but who cares? We were there in all our glory. My regards to all the boys. Nick Dop. . More or Parson BrownNLow.—Parson Brownlow's Whig, of the 13th of July, has come to hand, and it isas full of choice Brownlowisms as ever it was. The destruction of hia office hae been threatened, and he says : “Disturb our office. if you dare—molest our person, if youdare! We are here, and we intend to write and publish just what we plense, and tuke the consequences. And. we tell you again, you unprincipled forgers of the Johnson lettera, that there are but two ways by which you can stop the publication of our paper—one is, to deatroy the office ; the other, to stop our windpine !” ~— ReTRIRvUTION.—There was an instance of just. retribution for treason at Rich Mountain, John Hughes, of Beverly, a aiember of the Virginia Secession Convention at Richmond, heard by some gpeane that our troops were endeavoring so turn the flank of the rebels. He mounted a horse and sped up the hill orapidly, to convey the information to, Colonel Pegram, When near the summit he was suddenly heiled by pickets SupmG . posing they were Federal pickets, he cried iat, “Hold, Iam a Northern man.” The next instant he fell into the & corpse, riddled by thirty balla. We "tek bal Ned his own friends, the rebs la, a alg he was . the Philadelphia says roating of the water rr) it comes tumbling . ; striving te save, believing they were killing Jan evemy, put an eod to his career. oe en atone nacieenadboten Repieaaeaiemcenera eee es The Washington er of ’s balloon went up this morning early, (July ) and when between Fort Corcoran and Bull's was seen to collapse suddenly and fall with great rapidity. The general impression is that it was fired into. Your reporter was at Fort Corcoran at the time; and witnessed the swift descent of the balloon. , It was to fat off to’ astertain how many were in the lady—that’s the way the play went—and she struggling to free herself, when a burly voluuteer in the pit cried out, “Sis, why in h—lIl don’t you call for the sergeant’ of the guard? He'll protect you.” te Two companies of United States Infantry sailed from San Francisco, on Friday, on the Active, for Los Angeles, under command of Capt. Sands. Two more companies are to sail on the brig Jessup, for the same place. These companies belong to the Fourth Infantry, and have been for. some time past in camp at the Presidio. They are to take post in San Bernardino. stile: t# An authoris known by his writings, mother by her daughters, a fool by his words, and all men by their companions. te Who goes there?” said an_ Irish sentry-of the British legion at St. Sebastian.— ‘‘ A friend,” was the prompt reply. ‘Then stand where you are, for, by the powers, you’re the first I’ve met with in this .murtherin’ country.” te R. F. Perkins was nominated as Sentor by the Republicans at San Francisco. te The Santa Cruz Sentinel says that on” Saturday last.a large Eagle, atter soarifig over town for some time, perched himself on the top of the liberty pole of the San Lorenzo Exchange. He-was a noble looking bird, and seemed to regard with perféct indifference the admiring gaze of people in the streets below. The singularity of the event was the. cause of considerab'e comment. C# Billy Wilson’s Zouaves were not too docile on their way to Fort Pickens. A letter says—On.board ship they were suddenly introduced to the Government stores in the shape of salt junk and fat pork, and brickbattery biscuit, or sea, bread. The change was too much, and not knowing how to, account for it, they at once pitched into Mr. James McHenry, the principal steward of the vessel. The curses launched at his devoted head were by no means mild—in fact, they were-as impolite as forcible and produced very disagreeable feelings in that gentleman’s nervous system. At one time, when the meat was little musty, I was afraid the disaffected would do him personal violence ; but as he is a man of great strength and pluck, they mere concluded to let him alone. tc? A Bremen Soar contains the following advertisement: “A young gentleman, on the point of getting married, ie desirous of meeting a man of experience who will Gannce him from such a step.” The silver maine of the Spanish Company, at Virginia City, it is -throught, will yeld $60,00 or or $70,000 000 duriug this month. t= Rich gold deposite have lately been found in the San ‘Fernando mountains, one day’s ride from Los Angeles. [The Quarter-Master advertises for five hundred horses for cavalry service ; either half breed or California stock. 3 The venerable Daniel S. Dickinson made a Union speech to over 5,000 persons in Broome county, New York, after the reception of the news from Bu'l Run. Hoy sro Snoor.—In shooting a rifle, if you press the trigger gradually, soas not to know the precise second when the piece is to discharged, you will avoid the nervous start which is the most common cause of failure to hit the mark. ‘ @P The State Central Committee of the and. . Breckinridge party have nominated Francis Gaonahl, of Siskiyou as their third candidate for Congress. He is a native of Georgia. . Cross, it . THERE are four county tic Cruz ‘county—Republican, tler, and Secession. + Arrivals at . National Exchange} «~ Broad Street, Nevada.:.

GEO. R. LANCASTER, PROPRIETOR, _.—__ AUGUST 1¢th, 1861. J Thomas, rd eo Deal, a pn Pad = it i + no me raut; Green Horn car, but it is feared that their-eseape from a H hice, SF G FP Dostete der, WF sudden and terrible death was impossible. T Fon White, Sac City. 1, Barnard, do JE Dr Clark, Cherekee The balloon-was up. yesterday, and could 3 eb gan, @ y Val Geo Bchwab,L York . be seen from the city sailing over Virginia. = de a ores me Fut It rested during the night, and went up again} 42 Dr Cle wnt g ri 8 Santee M’ville ey this morning, and was but a short time in ee ta pag Posy Rade yo Rae the air, before it collapsed, leaving only a. CA Hoar, ‘ do T J McClelland, oF P : ae Mrs Rippingham ‘& E L Kernell. do small section of tho top filled with gas. : 2 children ore w ‘CGraham, Me Ophir : > Dow en ones, Mat ‘ ing inciden W L Flagler, do R Deadman, : 1 Quite an amusing incident occurred at . yyy Raglees do Webber's Bridge. one of the Washington theaters a few even. M May, San Juan W Montgomery, P ings since. nonin . ’ A brigand was trying to abduct a beautiful . BIRTH. At Brown’s Hill, on'the 28th ult.,. the wife of Robert West, of a ‘daughter. same FOR JUSTICE._We have been authorized to announce the name of E. W. SMITH. asa candidate for re-election to the Office of Justice of the, Peace, of Nevada Township. aui8-tf CREPES OIC ELE SE ATE WATER POWER DERRICK. ATTESON & SAMUELS’ ARE associated in the business of making WATER POWER DERRICKS The Water Power can be easil ngup common Hand Derrick to PUMPI LASSING and SAW MILL ted to the WINDAll Keinds of Machinery Can berun with very little water where there is sufficient Hydraulic pressure. TRIP HOOKS of a new construction, that are always safe and sure, constantly en hand. Blacksmithing, Iron Turning, etc., done at. the shortest notice. Orders for WATER DERRICKS from abroad srg ei! atendedto. Shop on Deer Creek, beow the Foundry. W.H. ROOT, has been a pointed our Traveling Agent. auls-t I. 0, F.---The members of OUSTOMAH LODGE, NO. 16, = 1.0. 0. F.are requested to attend the next regalar meeting, on TUESie DAY EVENING, AUGUST 20th, as busines of importance will . be transacted. Per order X anl5-ta_ W. E. PRESSEY;, Sec’y. Coal Oil and Coal Oil Lamps, Together with all kinds of Burning and Machinery Qils, For sale at Reduced rates. Also, ERO-VAPOR STOVES, For Heating Rooms, For Cooking, and for Heating Flat Irons. sale’Vvery Low by STANFORD BROTHERS, California street, near Front, aui7-im ~ SAN FRANCISCO. For FREEMAN & SIMPSON’S OLD MAGNOLIA WHISKY. 4 Mast CONSUMPTION and constantly increasing demand for theOLD MAGNOLIA WHISKY Renders us confident that it must supercede all other ferms of restorative poe co! ing as it does, ev seoment of trength, Palatability ich should es e mage ory our age and ~ “We desire — or ang “ notice upon every barrel of our Genuine articles, Our names are branded i ull ; and also, that,to each barrel and packag OUR NEW CARD With a view to prevent the success of impositions, Imitation snd Counterfeits, who have discontinued the use of our former colored cut of the rer geri ok caer, and have substituted for it. a Card, cont: he. Seb ng * The Phewx Distillery on. on oe uylkill River,” with our name printed These various conan te imitate and counterfeit our pacapemaaes are re the best tributes to the h tation wh ich they have achieved. pa I OR ARTICLES are never counNPhonntx BS nmap & SIMPSON, on Schuylskill river omer Philadelphia.” 8, ©, SHAW, 606 Fron phia. SAN FRANCISCO. Sole t for Freeman & Simpson’s Old agnosia Whiety. Pai? Sm Comet Iluminating Oil. Ww. ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVing Invoices of this celebrated brand of KEROSENE OIL, Woieh is teed entirely pure and iutteat gi gaa or Asphaltum Oils. Tes is men enet, ee SUPERIOR TO DOWNER’S @r any Other Oil Ever Made. Ww also on epee: pave nie SORE tat PORRsRs and othSELLING AT LOW RATES. STAI BROTHERS, » Near Front aulé-im B aI se Rak EN St GAS! CAS!!! Cast); HE Nev scien ee rae, Soe have on handa “4 es oo Erma aod 8 eer ee t Of fix: fixtures whi, Sur ite on up forall desirous po rbes wilh they Gas All such perrons are requested pe re vihe office and subscribe to the rules lations, by signing the register. — The following is the tariff of charges j. "Price of Gas per 1000 cubic feet, $10,600, Price for introducing Gasfrom the street main “to pipe of consumers including setting mette in all cases where the entire fitting Tdone by the Company, $10,00. ‘ ~S. Ny metre. $25 00, Price of pipe from metre, 30 cts. per foot. N.B. No bills for pipe or fixt sented for collection until Gas is waa Per order of Trustees, J. 8. KANEEN, Superintendent ‘*Nevada Gas Works. i PROCRAMME OF THE Grand Promenade Concert! AND BALL, TO BE GIVEN BY.M. SCHMEIDSCHNEIDER, ai2 Tuesday Evening, Aug. 20th, " At Temperance Hall. ¢ No. 1—A GRAND MARCH, fi Juliet ») by the urchestra. — (from Romses No. 2—OVERTURE, Norma,) by Belini. No. 3—GRAND, CAVATINA, (from Opers Ernani,) by Verdi. -Solo on French Horn. (from the Opera of Bergia.) No. 5&-GRAND POLKAfom. Herzog.) i+ CONCERT commences precisely at nine o'clock. THE~ ALL will commence ‘at Ten o'clock, précisely. SUPPER at 12 o'clock, Tigkets, Five Doliars, to be procnred Fat the Book Stores of A. P. CHURCH &< & CO. WELCH ; also, at Temperance H the evening of the Concert. aulsta GRAND BALL! To be given at the Lake City Hotel, Leke City, by Mr, & Mrs, Bremend, ON THURSDAY, AUG. 29th, COMMITTTE OF ARRANGEMENTS: Lake City...cseesses James Cregan, Win. Bell BIOORG. «co cosasicccvevevesdusened Wm. Cooper CORUGIBIN BARD, 6.4.0 vc ceecescciseseseve Win. Cole CREPOKCE, . cs gcccvcesecccergesces E. Fitz North San Juam....0..csessevess J. B. Henry Little Grass Valley....ssesseseesss P, Bytes MEOMTEZUMBS . 000 cccrccccccsenes Daniel I Freneh Corral.. .c.ccccccccsovesses Mr. Le Woolsey’s Flat ....c5 cecceceees b. Hickman Moore's. Flat.. .ccccccsscvessocsevienss M. Bayle Orleans Flak.. oo. cscs covsccecees Mr. Denton Gage Valley.. ceccecsepecccess . L. Lamarque Nevada.... H.'B. Pinmmpees.: ‘A. Casamayou Brandy Plat...cccsesccescees --Mr. Vilmais FLOOR MANAGERS. het EMR 65 EOS ees cn ecco oo. William Henry “PICK PSs sccreecececees FIVE DOLLARS. Lake City, August 13, 1861-td* Gibb’s Paint, Oil and Glass Stor, New Brick Building, No. 63 Mill Street, Grass Valley. 5,000 A large assortment of PICTURES, PICTURE FRAMES, GILT and ROSEWOOD MOULD INGS, WINDOW SnADES, Etc., ROLLS, OF WALL PAPER, of the latest New York patterns. Constantly on hand and’ Cheaper than the Cheapest. PICTURE FRAMES made to order on -g shortest notice. aulst GEM SALOON, R. JENKINS, PROPRIETOR, Basement of McLaughlin’s New Brick, Mill street, Grass Valley. T AVING OPENED A SALOON A H Gress Valley 1 would inform the — of Nevada that they. will fin! the best L wo .ete., constantly on hand, Wines, quest them to call when visiting the ValleyAugust 13, 18 1-tf BLAZE'S SALOON, A. “ -. COR. @F PINE AND COMMERCIALS! If You Want a Geod Drink. GO TO BLAZE’S! Grand Promenade Concert AND DRESS BALL ER has ncmmnmpgcunernrt i that he _ ill ss Tee ee et CONCEIT AN At the Temperance Hall, 0? a Evening, August 20(b, 186% M, Ton . Mr. Sehmicdschneider er wit he at hy pees talent @ Monch —— bs wee Dy Truett. "iene pe cog tap a on oF one Bs pty . them them to . eee eine te When otherwise, introduction and seiing. Price of fixturcs dccorditig to kind required. No. 4—GRAND OPE BA, pot pourrh (Laat cr for sale , Must triamph Trustee ling the re-plank ithin ¢ time, th for then to pay 4 Our t “out any in their lature fi pair,,am a free p their pi Mr. § BALL.‘ste the a Mr. S. tions, al jsa gua tainmer “well at ~ Quat Quarte Aug. 2% mornin W. Gre evening Dive held; t ehureh half-pat RIcr near N pierce . urday 1 . Ont with tl near th CaM inatitut near 3 camper Deal, « them. use in TRE River It bro The ne <a appea OLI article Shaw, for th