January 23, 1861 (4 pages)

" men nd ain, of ols “For re Tp cme : that No Lincoln is not yet President, an he ¢ no such ap SER eas 194, it is oximprobable oe that a WEDNESDAY, JAN, 234. 1861. TUK NEWS, rie i of igh news is the tie ealtue pohaed by. the ‘Charleston’ ‘puthori tide: has been given-up again, and then says that Mojor_ An raon’s communication has been a ~The. are. ixreeotieileable, aiid the” Tatter is: improbable, bebe Buchanan 1s making a judy of himself as usual. Gen, Scott’ was appointed Secretary of War, and fhe aeceasionists, knowing he, is {a favor of ‘the administration enforcing the laws, made a, bkeéze, ‘when poor Buchanan’ backed down, and Tee hatean the position on the already’ overlonded shoulders Of Holt. This said that morefener at 8 Gils are to prevait, and’ some attempt is de to protect the' public property om honor ; ; in fact, that troops, even, are on their way'te Charleston, Some credit might be “. much the sanic tind “thas migny be expected . fhe North British takes-an English view of . tes, however, notwithstanding hit fen by Figen) the old query in his latiit strong,” and drawing the long bow—that it alleged. . kindred between Yankeo”: and . Norse humor, probably on the principle that the wilds of America, big. with robust life lead to the exhuberant spirits that animated the old Vikings. sihiita ude baiaek in a kindly spirit, and from,an American writer of sufficient ability to appreciate these authors. “The Writer in his refreshing abstinence from the supercilious“who réads an American book t””~. He deems the most obvious characteristic of American humor is its power of “pitching But the instances he.citeg but feebly sustain his idea; which probably ‘. originated in his own pre-conceptions of American’ life afd manners, and not from any real similarity in-the compared objects. The fact is the authors of all the books referred to are highly civilized gents, wear coats of as scrupulous cut, and mix in as polished society, as any Cockney or Scotch-essayist. With his . notions of tho. strength of “ American soil’; our author thinks Hawthorne a singular flow. er to be found thereon. The fact that Hawthorneis.a purely American author shows that the very poetry of humor is indigenous in America. So of Irving; no English ‘hu= —-the other-day “froth & Sistingwithed Tilinois: Congressman, who declared our government }. " \ eiemuinendine Kepetoas Biske are taking tops ios it wok 0 bloody war, will be inevitable.— See fe attached to these statements had not the President backed down from his appointment “of Scott.” As it is, We don’t ‘believe’ a step will. be taken by. the, administration -to redeem the national honor. We saw a letter ~ was “nob ad strong’ a6 eat-nip tea.” Tt has. ‘been reserved for Buchanan to force that conviction ‘pen the minds “of many. The B a Potash is just as strong: os is: a Feat dosrary “No monarchy isanore powerful-under a Jackson-—none more weak under. ‘a COWEN forts linve been taken possee~ vie of by set tate authorities of Georgia, as they sage to > prevent theit being seized by’ Ran ramor ted it that the Mobile th id by State troops proceedings, unless debc yh gy in perfect. good faith, will ‘beto. inflame the northern mind, while they will add impétus ‘to Southern feeling. Sevttl of the Northern States, including the to‘put the militia wpon a war footing, to.aidthe. general’ government. Unless the govnt awakes from ‘tts miserable, waversac ng policy, the nation will be diand collis“We observe the order has been counterfoanded by the war department for the removal of the gins from Pittsburg to Galveston: If the order was wrong it should nevér have been made ; if it was right, it should have been enforced, even if Pittsburg was jaid in ashes to execute it. But mobs South and North dictate a truce to the government of thirty millions of people, with a revenue of $80,000,000. H It is said the committee of thirty-three have come to a harmonious and satisfactory conclusion, and that a settlement is pending. We sincerely trust this’ is so, if the right prevails, and Congress takes counsel of its conscience and not of its fears. A hollow truce will de no good. The settlement should be “Coumnitid he reapeot f; Wea ‘and -con= . fidence ‘ot beth sections. m ant to the above news comes the statement that a movement was on foot by the disunionists to seize Washington, and vent Mr. Linooln’s tion at that Gen. Seott has ordered the troops 1 Leavenworth to Fort McHenry at Balre, probably in view of these threats.— ‘@ suppose, if "a aouph je made jes carry ip more of the duty the movements pose ope . gal, and more disgraceful to that. body than morist is less liable to the charge of unnatural or 6Xaggerated humor. But we hail the article» referred to as an advance upon ‘previous.,ones, and indicating. o change in the sentiments of English writers upon our gt ature, + : : Exronome REsoLvTions:—The meth. . ‘od in whieh the Legislature’ performs ‘a sacred duty :to the memory and houor of our late Senator, is of little importance compared with the necessity-of teatifying in some unequivocal manner ify condemnation of the resolutions of censure passed against him at . a former session. Were Senator Broderick now alive, to do battle for himeelf, and direct the course of -his adherents, there is little doabt bat that, with the total change in the sentiments of the people, he would be placed right on the record. -Now thathe is entombcd’ in the stillness of Loné Mountain, his cause pleads more eloquently to the people, to erase a mere partisan verdict, and protect his honor. At this day no intelligent man will deny. that Broderick was actuated by firm principle and scrupulous personal hon-or,-as well-asindomitable will and partisan bitterness. He aimed to be right, and believing himself to be go, he went directly to his object, though hell yawned before him.— paltry meanness, but smote them down with unsparing blade. In such a man’s path enemies necessarily spring up, some needlessly made, from that impulsive spirit that leads him to view an opponent as a personal foe. Hence his political opponents emulated his bitterness, and were often unjust. A most notable instance of this was given when they passed solemn resolutions of censure against him for not obeying instructions in casting a certain vote, when the instructions did not reach him till after the vote was east — These resolutions it is now proposed to expunge ; and itis right they should be thus dealt with. But we think the act may be accomplished by resolutions. of this Legislature entered upon their journals, reciting and condemning thé others. without any mutilation of the journals of the former Legislature. The act ofthe United States Senate indefacing the journals of a former session, by drawing black lines around the Jackson resolutions, we have always held as illethe act they were intended to wipe out. "The Grass Valley National has some good suggestions to theatrical managers, one of which is that they produce. plays written by native talent, instead of the worn out plays that have been on the stage till ay~ diences know the a and incidents as well . Buchanan—between a patriet and. a, tenitor— . urday,’ says two négro . -. ber of persons are/émployed in it, and a ste Hinbed oot by er intgnsn naar” _Tue Shasta Cotio sys Jumos Buchanan Eroald Jocks er similar ete 2nG inquiries shows’ thé between pet thc B , Jackson.ond & between a brave man ‘anda paltroon:” As Arrray. —The Auburn rn Herald of Bat staurant keepers H fices in a . the Pennsylvania Wh ; i snotified of sent commissioners to eo 5 with Weskiog: tata Se iv suai! to return at rapt pty ac once to their homes; on peril of forfeiture of . aii) Or their ah in the two States above menat his hands? _ a tae Sout ese ened. Thi inf , itis said, has been with Old Hick: , how would the old hero . city who are Mistos of Seuth Carolina and . have acted’ ie enunciation of these” ‘Ure HEDIS” to" vouch for ‘the SET ering ae om 38 ey. ae rgia, known Federal ofcorrestheas of the -rumor;-but if it is well founded the poliications will sorey. be reodivedi’ : see Leese 4S tH” Tho world has ever seén so unanimotis.a condemnation. of.a ruler’s government and pretensions, , tia, that. given in the set lade a quarrel about an account of $3 50; the lie was'passed, when Jeff drew his shot } gun; and Robinson * waded-in'* with a-knife, cutting Jeffin the tieck and temple. The latter rushed down: street to Dr. Bronson, are not considered dangerous. But vs. Bean.—The Marisposa Gazette says: “A valuable horsé was killed not long since on Bull creek by a bear; also a cow was much injured. Bruin, however, met his reward, fora large bull plunged at him while trying to kill the cow, driving one ofhis horns its full length itito him. After this the bear was quickly finished by me infuriated bovine.” : CF Two cases of onal pox recently ocbai» My Velen The, parties were lately {P The Rio de la P Plata has been proved boats, a distance of two thousand miles from its mouth, It drains a region of unsurpassed beauty and hoalthfulnesa, eapsble of sustaining a population of one hundred millions. Ww. M. THACKERAY, the, prince of novelists,-is writing anew story, which will apeg 9 gabe Magazine, h eocezes as J in’ ae SPOILING THE EGYPTIANS, ~ tthe entire Congressional delegation. of South Carolina remembered to draw full pay before their departure for Washington city, with stationery and a full supply of public documents,— They also took seeds from the Patent Office, and were evidently determined to get all they. could out ofthe Federal Goveriment. A messenger also brought the vote of the South Carolina electors, and drew his pay. Kg It is said that the capital has been sub‘scribed in San Francisco to build the railroad from Folsom to. Auburn. We hope this is true. “If it is, the day of a railroad into Nevada is not far distant:. taF-The Indians are getting~ troublesome . who dressed his wou nds, which, we believe; ‘ ‘. a letter to Caleb Cushing, commenting on the by actual survey; te be navigable for-stéam }~ 499, against 9371. ‘The yote was free and eA satiric frind in a Boston ‘paper, in latter's speech,.says: .‘‘If style makes the man you are fearfully and wonderfully made.’ =" Holland has decreed the emancipation of all slaves in'the Dutch Colonies, and will “pay for them out of the public treasury. The, Russian Emperor issued a ukase, Jan. lst, ematcipating all Russian ere te The aigforsia Farmer recommends } that peach trees be planted in high, sandy soil, with a ‘northern exposure, and that when small, worthless peaches are produced half or even two-thirds of the fru ‘it, in its early stage be removed. ‘COMMISSIONER TO THE GENERAL —As-. SEMBLY.—The Presbytery of California, at a special session, on Friday last, elected Rev. Dr. W. C. Anderson, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Churéh of. San Francisco, as Cotiiitiissione f to the’ Gelieral” Assembly, (07 8.) whieh will meet at Pittsburg, Penn., in May next. . The Doo r expects to leave in’ March next. sigs Tt _ HUMBOLDT Ciry. —This ig the-name of a Good prospects of gold and silver\ore are found in several. logon: * ‘\ tz A cat fight 1s, _ 1s, literally speaking ‘a mewtiny.— Butte Record. a0 Purtinent remark.—Hydraulic Press, Furfetched.—Sierra Dem. Pause! ! te There isa fellow 80: dirty i in Downieville that the boys put up notices on him, when he was asleep, of their mtention to’ ground-sluice him as soon as they could get natural water, So says Forbes. CaLvix B. McDonALp is on a lecturing tour through “those northern mines.” in Eastern Oregon, and also on the central ed from Fort Kearney to keep the latter in check. rifled guns, in iron-clad ships of war—vessels, that laugh at all the brick and mortar, stone and earth, of coast defences. The whole sides of these vessels are covered with plates of steel, over five inches in thickness! The. roofs of the casemated batteries are eighteen inches thick. “Such a ponderous mass of iron, steaming atabout thirteen miles an hour, would cut im two an ordinary ship of war. CoLD WEATHER. —In the Southera mines . the weather is represented as being extremely cold, In the vicimty ef Mariposa, the ground is covered with snow, and the ditches, above Sonora and Cohan. are covered with ice. PICKLES AND PRESERVES. city. Quite a num“SEcE on tx Gacsen, —An Siamerass per of secession, says : < Secession is about played out on this coast: here, in Oregon, it is confined to a few brainless squirts, who haven’t means enough to pay their weekly ‘board bills. — The only ‘digunion’ “they will ever witness will be that which’ takes place when they (France has now afloat three hundred . . . tifle,” killing a thousand yards, is bad enough, about building’a road from the valley to the Sierra Buttes. = Recent soavents from the new Esmeralda mining district represent it very favorte Blasting down heavy have become a favorite me of mining at North San Juan. Last Tuesday the Eureka Co. exploded i in one — kegs’ oorsville, Seen county, a miner Hugh Mullholland, while’ drinking at ir of Andrew Crants, in said place, laid is head upon the counter and ceased to breathe. "Tis pity thatthe sale of “strychnine whisky” cannot be abolished. ‘Minnie but it’s worse when it kills right at the counter. te A grand Union @ demonstration, by the military is-in-contemp.ation for the 22d of . February, at San Francisco c# A celebrated dog in Red Bluff, called Brutus, was poisoned one night last week.— The Independent howls his requiem. ama on Monday last, taking the mails, 175 passengers and $1,062.675 in specie. £3” The new bell of the Catholic church bishop Aiouheny: 8 Bot to Blatars of Mery will take place at the Convent, Stockton street, San Francisoo, this wesk. . en of the . vote for the union. of Naples to Piedment.— . i orannexation thé votein Naples was 1,102,-} by crushing the hearts of the entire people.” Bi new imining‘camp’ on ‘thé “Humboldt river, W. about 180 uniiles north-east of Carson City. nay ng } ee Phe~ citizens of Sierra Valley are Ho tH The steamer Uncle Sam left for Pan. ! mewhat surprised at would probably have done mare to concentrate the real popular sovereigns and . the Republichns than any other man. who is. named. We suppose the Republicans will prefer to have a vacancy rather “than an op. of the new administration . elected, and unless the other parties can unite_po puch man will be sent to Washington, . iy {@ The weather is so cold, at Downieville, that the bachelors are all talking of getting. married, ‘a Dissolution. : i for? c0‘rship heretefore existing be tween or. xander, in the Ts and Seouring business, was dissolved consent, on the 20th ult. COPIER & CO. Insolvent Notice. WN District Court. of the Fourteenth Indictat Distriet of the State of California, in the matter of the petition of WM. H. WALLIS, an In-sotvent btor : Pursuant to: an the “Hon. Niles Searls, Judge of the ae id Dinca Court, notice is hereby toalt th of the said Insolvent, H. Wallis, to be and appear before‘the Hon. Niles Searls aforesaid, in open Court, at the Court Room of said Court.in of March, A. D. 1861, at-10.0’elock A. M.; of that day, then and there to show cause, if any they =. why the prayer of said Insolvent should nos and he be discharged from his debts ued liabilities, in pyspsoce of the Statute in such eases made and ed; and‘in the meantime fall i proceed ngs ernst said Inselvent be stayed. thi zal day of J the seal er taid seal ; Cou. thi of Janua f seal . i S§) LAMBER ; Clerk. w: Bee Joe. Roberts, r. we ES L. GREELY, Att’y for Petitioner. cheap Refreshment Saloon, No. 60 Broad Street, Nevada: — I Have ed the services of one of the BEST “CON ECTIONERS in. the: State of California, and am now. ful all kinds OfCAKE in sings As ag Style which cangt bo surpassed ia Nevada, or elyewhere. am always prepared to SUPPLY BALLS AND. PARTIES With Confectionery of every varicty, including Fancy Pound Cake,’ Cake, . ‘sisins, ete. Nortice.—My old friends, who patronized me 80 liberally F cdead my connection with the United States ny are invited. to call and see = as I Gath ft pe ea ht a to: attend to their ‘JE, Proprietor. ‘Sheriff’ ’s Sale. HEREAS, on the 21 ist day day of January, re D. and decree-was ren=— dered in the mt ed District of the Tae seuck of C: rns, Ie Sa Sau eine ian hon arris, Jno. T, 4 eg in favor of Wm. oyle,; for ‘stim of $3, oe 79, (principal debt,) with tntercabeaaiiean cipal at the rate of 2 per nate per month from the ‘rendition ot Wedguiont-s until paid, Macy veges costa of suit. And whereas, said he ot canary uary, A. D., 1861, it was ordered he’ the said Court, that the Mo: forth *s or be the enh ste to-wit : Sailor Cut co com a ays C vet, 8 I on the; ‘est end wate ty eaid J costs, and the proo pa sosins o-oo? at Q . public sal, all the ~ ave it the highes' 0 ; mrt ae Aang KEDNESDAY, Feb. oa the hours o! 9 o'clock, A. M., add 4 o’els ck, P. M Giv * ay mente. ist, day of Januyee ane . Bs VAN HAGEN, Sheriff, Dickson, Under Sheriff. cengent min aim etaon, Under Dissolution Notice, HE PARTNERS heretofore ex isting LRINERSIUP . & MARTIN in eb 0} at Nev is this da deed by aban codes. “* j B. FOGERTY January 18th; 1861. JNO. MARTIN. JAMES T.OTT, NEVADA ASSAY OFFICE Ne, 30 Main street, Nevada, G OLD AND “ORES, of ev ee ei Refined and. Astayed at + “OW Co and RETUR KE IN Bans OR COIN, ina few Hours. Assays Bars discounted at the lowest aa {znd Gold a and Black Sand lots eight Bankers’ Notice. N and after the 19th inst. the undersigned will wd San Francisco. drawn on Sacramento BIRDSEYE & CO. ry Ww. TOS e OO. G. W. ~ Nevada, Jan, 18th, 1861.—Iw wise his attention i decirose ot a 8 selling his shop, touls stock, situated sn the town uf Réd Dog, Nevada. Said shop located in one-of the ne ceae S in the Sweald do to call.and exbefore locating here. : Nevada, December 1ith.—tf at Benicia, hive hey fy dead the City and County of Nevada, on the 2nd day of the 14th Judicial / igh the 4 ee B. Van eid, Adams , “Lachme chain ar in this « “Fer erinolin Itis jmuch-t A te times 7 eontral Free dead’

" men nd ain, of ols “For re Tp cme : that No Lincoln is not yet President, an he ¢ no such ap SER eas 194, it is oximprobable oe that a WEDNESDAY, JAN, 234. 1861. TUK NEWS, rie i of igh news is the tie ealtue pohaed by. the ‘Charleston’ ‘puthori tide: has been given-up again, and then says that Mojor_ An raon’s communication has been a ~The. are. ixreeotieileable, aiid the” Tatter is: improbable, bebe Buchanan 1s making a judy of himself as usual. Gen, Scott’ was appointed Secretary of War, and fhe aeceasionists, knowing he, is {a favor of ‘the administration enforcing the laws, made a, bkeéze, ‘when poor Buchanan’ backed down, and Tee hatean the position on the already’ overlonded shoulders Of Holt. This said that morefener at 8 Gils are to prevait, and’ some attempt is de to protect the' public property om honor ; ; in fact, that troops, even, are on their way'te Charleston, Some credit might be “. much the sanic tind “thas migny be expected . fhe North British takes-an English view of . tes, however, notwithstanding hit fen by Figen) the old query in his latiit strong,” and drawing the long bow—that it alleged. . kindred between Yankeo”: and . Norse humor, probably on the principle that the wilds of America, big. with robust life lead to the exhuberant spirits that animated the old Vikings. sihiita ude baiaek in a kindly spirit, and from,an American writer of sufficient ability to appreciate these authors. “The Writer in his refreshing abstinence from the supercilious“who réads an American book t””~. He deems the most obvious characteristic of American humor is its power of “pitching But the instances he.citeg but feebly sustain his idea; which probably ‘. originated in his own pre-conceptions of American’ life afd manners, and not from any real similarity in-the compared objects. The fact is the authors of all the books referred to are highly civilized gents, wear coats of as scrupulous cut, and mix in as polished society, as any Cockney or Scotch-essayist. With his . notions of tho. strength of “ American soil’; our author thinks Hawthorne a singular flow. er to be found thereon. The fact that Hawthorneis.a purely American author shows that the very poetry of humor is indigenous in America. So of Irving; no English ‘hu= —-the other-day “froth & Sistingwithed Tilinois: Congressman, who declared our government }. " \ eiemuinendine Kepetoas Biske are taking tops ios it wok 0 bloody war, will be inevitable.— See fe attached to these statements had not the President backed down from his appointment “of Scott.” As it is, We don’t ‘believe’ a step will. be taken by. the, administration -to redeem the national honor. We saw a letter ~ was “nob ad strong’ a6 eat-nip tea.” Tt has. ‘been reserved for Buchanan to force that conviction ‘pen the minds “of many. The B a Potash is just as strong: os is: a Feat dosrary “No monarchy isanore powerful-under a Jackson-—none more weak under. ‘a COWEN forts linve been taken possee~ vie of by set tate authorities of Georgia, as they sage to > prevent theit being seized by’ Ran ramor ted it that the Mobile th id by State troops proceedings, unless debc yh gy in perfect. good faith, will ‘beto. inflame the northern mind, while they will add impétus ‘to Southern feeling. Sevttl of the Northern States, including the to‘put the militia wpon a war footing, to.aidthe. general’ government. Unless the govnt awakes from ‘tts miserable, waversac ng policy, the nation will be diand collis“We observe the order has been counterfoanded by the war department for the removal of the gins from Pittsburg to Galveston: If the order was wrong it should nevér have been made ; if it was right, it should have been enforced, even if Pittsburg was jaid in ashes to execute it. But mobs South and North dictate a truce to the government of thirty millions of people, with a revenue of $80,000,000. H It is said the committee of thirty-three have come to a harmonious and satisfactory conclusion, and that a settlement is pending. We sincerely trust this’ is so, if the right prevails, and Congress takes counsel of its conscience and not of its fears. A hollow truce will de no good. The settlement should be “Coumnitid he reapeot f; Wea ‘and -con= . fidence ‘ot beth sections. m ant to the above news comes the statement that a movement was on foot by the disunionists to seize Washington, and vent Mr. Linooln’s tion at that Gen. Seott has ordered the troops 1 Leavenworth to Fort McHenry at Balre, probably in view of these threats.— ‘@ suppose, if "a aouph je made jes carry ip more of the duty the movements pose ope . gal, and more disgraceful to that. body than morist is less liable to the charge of unnatural or 6Xaggerated humor. But we hail the article» referred to as an advance upon ‘previous.,ones, and indicating. o change in the sentiments of English writers upon our gt ature, + : : Exronome REsoLvTions:—The meth. . ‘od in whieh the Legislature’ performs ‘a sacred duty :to the memory and houor of our late Senator, is of little importance compared with the necessity-of teatifying in some unequivocal manner ify condemnation of the resolutions of censure passed against him at . a former session.. Were Senator Broderick now alive, to do battle for himeelf, and direct the course of -his adherents, there is little doabt bat that, with the total change in the sentiments of the people, he would be placed right on the record. -Now thathe is entombcd’ in the stillness of Loné Mountain, his cause pleads more eloquently to the people, to erase a mere partisan verdict, and protect his honor. At this day no intelligent man will deny. that Broderick was actuated by firm principle and scrupulous personal hon-or,-as well-asindomitable will and partisan bitterness. He aimed to be right, and believing himself to be go, he went directly to his object, though hell yawned before him.— paltry meanness, but smote them down with unsparing blade. In such a man’s path enemies necessarily spring up, some needlessly made, from that impulsive spirit that leads him to view an opponent as a personal foe. Hence his political opponents emulated his bitterness, and were often unjust. A most notable instance of this was given when they passed solemn resolutions of censure against him for not obeying instructions in casting a certain vote, when the instructions did not reach him till after the vote was east — These resolutions it is now proposed to expunge ; and itis right they should be thus dealt with. But we think the act may be accomplished by resolutions. of this Legislature entered upon their journals, reciting and condemning thé others. without any mutilation of the journals of the former Legislature. The act ofthe United States Senate indefacing the journals of a former session, by drawing black lines around the Jackson resolutions, we have always held as illethe act they were intended to wipe out. "The Grass Valley National has some good suggestions to theatrical managers, one of which is that they produce. plays written by native talent, instead of the worn out plays that have been on the stage till ay~ diences know the a and incidents as well . Buchanan—between a patriet and. a, tenitor— . urday,’ says two négro . -. ber of persons are/émployed in it, and a ste Hinbed oot by er intgnsn naar” _Tue Shasta Cotio sys Jumos Buchanan Eroald Jocks er similar ete 2nG inquiries shows’ thé between pet thc B , Jackson.ond & between a brave man ‘anda paltroon:” As Arrray. —The Auburn rn Herald of Bat staurant keepers H fices in a . the Pennsylvania Wh ; i snotified of sent commissioners to eo 5 with Weskiog: tata Se iv suai! to return at rapt pty ac once to their homes; on peril of forfeiture of . aii) Or their ah in the two States above menat his hands? _ a tae Sout ese ened. Thi inf , itis said, has been with Old Hick: , how would the old hero . city who are Mistos of Seuth Carolina and . have acted’ ie enunciation of these” ‘Ure HEDIS” to" vouch for ‘the SET ering ae om 38 ey. ae rgia, known Federal ofcorrestheas of the -rumor;-but if it is well founded the poliications will sorey. be reodivedi’ : see Leese 4S tH” Tho world has ever seén so unanimotis.a condemnation. of.a ruler’s government and pretensions, , tia, that. given in the set lade a quarrel about an account of $3 50; the lie was'passed, when Jeff drew his shot } gun; and Robinson * waded-in'* with a-knife, cutting Jeffin the tieck and temple. The latter rushed down: street to Dr. Bronson, are not considered dangerous. But vs. Bean.—The Marisposa Gazette says: “A valuable horsé was killed not long since on Bull creek by a bear; also a cow was much injured. Bruin, however, met his reward, fora large bull plunged at him while trying to kill the cow, driving one ofhis horns its full length itito him. After this the bear was quickly finished by me infuriated bovine.” : CF Two cases of onal pox recently ocbai» My Velen The, parties were lately {P The Rio de la P Plata has been proved boats, a distance of two thousand miles from its mouth, It drains a region of unsurpassed beauty and hoalthfulnesa, eapsble of sustaining a population of one hundred millions. Ww. M. THACKERAY, the, prince of novelists,-is writing anew story, which will apeg 9 gabe Magazine, h eocezes as J in’ ae SPOILING THE EGYPTIANS, ~ tthe entire Congressional delegation. of South Carolina remembered to draw full pay before their departure for Washington city, with stationery and a full supply of public documents,— They also took seeds from the Patent Office, and were evidently determined to get all they. could out ofthe Federal Goveriment. A messenger also brought the vote of the South Carolina electors, and drew his pay. Kg It is said that the capital has been sub‘scribed in San Francisco to build the railroad from Folsom to. Auburn. We hope this is true. “If it is, the day of a railroad into Nevada is not far distant:. taF-The Indians are getting~ troublesome . who dressed his wou nds, which, we believe; ‘ ‘. a letter to Caleb Cushing, commenting on the by actual survey; te be navigable for-stéam }~ 499, against 9371. ‘The yote was free and eA satiric frind in a Boston ‘paper, in latter's speech,.says: .‘‘If style makes the man you are fearfully and wonderfully made.’ =" Holland has decreed the emancipation of all slaves in'the Dutch Colonies, and will “pay for them out of the public treasury. The, Russian Emperor issued a ukase, Jan. lst, ematcipating all Russian ere te The aigforsia Farmer recommends } that peach trees be planted in high, sandy soil, with a ‘northern exposure, and that

when small, worthless peaches are produced half or even two-thirds of the fru ‘it, in its early stage be removed. ‘COMMISSIONER TO THE GENERAL —As-. SEMBLY.—The Presbytery of California, at a special session, on Friday last, elected Rev. Dr. W. C. Anderson, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Churéh of. San Francisco, as Cotiiitiissione f to the’ Gelieral” Assembly, (07 8.) whieh will meet at Pittsburg, Penn., in May next. . The Doo r expects to leave in’ March next. sigs Tt _ HUMBOLDT Ciry. —This ig the-name of a Good prospects of gold and silver\ore are found in several. logon: * ‘\ tz A cat fight 1s, _ 1s, literally speaking ‘a mewtiny.— Butte Record. a0 Purtinent remark.—Hydraulic Press, Furfetched.—Sierra Dem. Pause! ! te There isa fellow 80: dirty i in Downieville that the boys put up notices on him, when he was asleep, of their mtention to’ ground-sluice him as soon as they could get natural water, So says Forbes. CaLvix B. McDonALp is on a lecturing tour through “those northern mines.” in Eastern Oregon, and also on the central ed from Fort Kearney to keep the latter in check. rifled guns, in iron-clad ships of war—vessels, that laugh at all the brick and mortar, stone and earth, of coast defences. The whole sides of these vessels are covered with plates of steel, over five inches in thickness! The. roofs of the casemated batteries are eighteen inches thick. “Such a ponderous mass of iron, steaming atabout thirteen miles an hour, would cut im two an ordinary ship of war. CoLD WEATHER. —In the Southera mines . the weather is represented as being extremely cold, In the vicimty ef Mariposa, the ground is covered with snow, and the ditches, above Sonora and Cohan. are covered with ice. PICKLES AND PRESERVES. city. Quite a num“SEcE on tx Gacsen, —An Siamerass per of secession, says : < Secession is about played out on this coast: here, in Oregon, it is confined to a few brainless squirts, who haven’t means enough to pay their weekly ‘board bills. — The only ‘digunion’ “they will ever witness will be that which’ takes place when they (France has now afloat three hundred . . . tifle,” killing a thousand yards, is bad enough, about building’a road from the valley to the Sierra Buttes. = Recent soavents from the new Esmeralda mining district represent it very favorte Blasting down heavy have become a favorite me of mining at North San Juan. Last Tuesday the Eureka Co. exploded i in one — kegs’ oorsville, Seen county, a miner Hugh Mullholland, while’ drinking at ir of Andrew Crants, in said place, laid is head upon the counter and ceased to breathe. "Tis pity thatthe sale of “strychnine whisky” cannot be abolished. ‘Minnie but it’s worse when it kills right at the counter. te A grand Union @ demonstration, by the military is-in-contemp.ation for the 22d of . February, at San Francisco c# A celebrated dog in Red Bluff, called Brutus, was poisoned one night last week.— The Independent howls his requiem. ama on Monday last, taking the mails, 175 passengers and $1,062.675 in specie. £3” The new bell of the Catholic church bishop Aiouheny: 8 Bot to Blatars of Mery will take place at the Convent, Stockton street, San Francisoo, this wesk. . en of the . vote for the union. of Naples to Piedment.— . i orannexation thé votein Naples was 1,102,-} by crushing the hearts of the entire people.” Bi new imining‘camp’ on ‘thé “Humboldt river, W. about 180 uniiles north-east of Carson City. nay ng } ee Phe~ citizens of Sierra Valley are Ho tH The steamer Uncle Sam left for Pan. ! mewhat surprised at would probably have done mare to concentrate the real popular sovereigns and . the Republichns than any other man. who is. named. We suppose the Republicans will prefer to have a vacancy rather “than an op. of the new administration . elected, and unless the other parties can unite_po puch man will be sent to Washington, . iy {@ The weather is so cold, at Downieville, that the bachelors are all talking of getting. married, ‘a Dissolution. : i for? c0‘rship heretefore existing be tween or. xander, in the Ts and Seouring business, was dissolved consent, on the 20th ult. COPIER & CO. Insolvent Notice. WN District Court. of the Fourteenth Indictat Distriet of the State of California, in the matter of the petition of WM. H. WALLIS, an In-sotvent btor : Pursuant to: an the “Hon. Niles Searls, Judge of the ae id Dinca Court, notice is hereby toalt th of the said Insolvent, H. Wallis, to be and appear before‘the Hon. Niles Searls aforesaid, in open Court, at the Court Room of said Court.in of March, A. D. 1861, at-10.0’elock A. M.; of that day, then and there to show cause, if any they =. why the prayer of said Insolvent should nos and he be discharged from his debts ued liabilities, in pyspsoce of the Statute in such eases made and ed; and‘in the meantime fall i proceed ngs ernst said Inselvent be stayed. thi zal day of J the seal er taid seal ; Cou. thi of Janua f seal . i S§) LAMBER ; Clerk. w: Bee Joe. Roberts, r. we ES L. GREELY, Att’y for Petitioner. cheap Refreshment Saloon, No. 60 Broad Street, Nevada: — I Have ed the services of one of the BEST “CON ECTIONERS in. the: State of California, and am now. ful all kinds OfCAKE in sings As ag Style which cangt bo surpassed ia Nevada, or elyewhere. am always prepared to SUPPLY BALLS AND. PARTIES With Confectionery of every varicty, including Fancy Pound Cake,’ Cake, . ‘sisins, ete. Nortice.—My old friends, who patronized me 80 liberally F cdead my connection with the United States ny are invited. to call and see = as I Gath ft pe ea ht a to: attend to their ‘JE, Proprietor. ‘Sheriff’ ’s Sale. HEREAS, on the 21 ist day day of January, re D. and decree-was ren=— dered in the mt ed District of the Tae seuck of C: rns, Ie Sa Sau eine ian hon arris, Jno. T, 4 eg in favor of Wm. oyle,; for ‘stim of $3, oe 79, (principal debt,) with tntercabeaaiiean cipal at the rate of 2 per nate per month from the ‘rendition ot Wedguiont-s until paid, Macy veges costa of suit. And whereas, said he ot canary uary, A. D., 1861, it was ordered he’ the said Court, that the Mo: forth *s or be the enh ste to-wit : Sailor Cut co com a ays C vet, 8 I on the; ‘est end wate ty eaid J costs, and the proo pa sosins o-oo? at Q . public sal, all the ~ ave it the highes' 0 ; mrt ae Aang KEDNESDAY, Feb. oa the hours o! 9 o'clock, A. M., add 4 o’els ck, P. M Giv * ay mente. ist, day of Januyee ane . Bs VAN HAGEN, Sheriff, Dickson, Under Sheriff. cengent min aim etaon, Under Dissolution Notice, HE PARTNERS heretofore ex isting LRINERSIUP . & MARTIN in eb 0} at Nev is this da deed by aban codes. “* j B. FOGERTY January 18th; 1861. JNO. MARTIN. JAMES T.OTT, NEVADA ASSAY OFFICE Ne, 30 Main street, Nevada, G OLD AND “ORES, of ev ee ei Refined and. Astayed at + “OW Co and RETUR KE IN Bans OR COIN, ina few Hours. Assays Bars discounted at the lowest aa {znd Gold a and Black Sand lots eight Bankers’ Notice. N and after the 19th inst. the undersigned will wd San Francisco. drawn on Sacramento BIRDSEYE & CO. ry Ww. TOS e OO. G. W. ~ Nevada, Jan, 18th, 1861.—Iw wise his attention i decirose ot a 8 selling his shop, touls stock, situated sn the town uf Réd Dog, Nevada. Said shop located in one-of the ne ceae S in the Sweald do to call.and exbefore locating here. : Nevada, December 1ith.—tf at Benicia, hive hey fy dead the City and County of Nevada, on the 2nd day of the 14th Judicial / igh the 4 ee B. Van eid, Adams , “Lachme chain ar in this « “Fer erinolin Itis jmuch-t A te times 7 eontral Free dead’