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61:'. washed of. The “local ” of the’. Union
states that one of the counsel for the de—— STATE "PENITENTIARY.
~ ‘Yfevet a wtate was cursed with an ill-starred institution; it w Cultforair with her pent
Fy, The tatary OF the Californid peh-'. ?
itentiary, like that which thie Declaration of .
applies to. George HIL.,. “ia a.
‘injuries and /usurpations.”
* gee the community in a thousand .
ways; and, prinetpally, by being # school for .
toguery instead of w school of ' ‘reformation,
aad in inducing the public to believe that. it
Wind thie radealé ‘al caged within ite walls,
when, in truth and’ in fact, they were: tunailtig free over the country. It has, ever
since it came into existence, usurped: the .
_ privilege—or, rather, its leading. managers
have usurped’ the . privilege—of robbing the
pablic treasury without stint or inérey:
A legislative ‘committee, “eieaaneak:®
examine and report upon the present condi
tion of the. present condition of the penitentiary, liave not been very favorably impressed with the workings—or, more properly
aiekns, non-workings—of the institution.
‘The teport of this committee is not ple
fore the world, in type, but there is a
ty fot saying that it will be remarkably faithful and thorough in its expositions.
The great curse of the penitentiary, apparent to the committee, is the lack of adequate
employment, for the convicts: —Instend of }
being] kept steadily and healthfally engaged
in labor, during the day, the convicts are .
permitted an unrestrained indulgence in idle
id ‘vieign¢# converse among themselves:
The sure result of this free sociality must be,
the indoctrination of the young prisoners in,
the higher and more occult mysteries of
crime, and the chalking out of. plans for future villainy. Without wholesome employ-.}
ment, the prisoners, (unless solitary confine.
ment be adopted, for which there are no facilities in the penitentiaty building,) would
not be mutch more dangerous without the
‘walls than within them.
It seems strange that, with such excellent
penal and reformatory institutions as exis¢
in many of the older states, the internal
economy and government of which might be . ,
easily copied and made applicable in Califor:
nia, we are to be pestered and robbed and
bedeviled by such a wretched caricatate of
a prison as that at San Quentin. If we had
a legislature, a3 prompt in acting for the
good of the state, as it is in warring over
empty political, abstractions, and traveling
out of the line of ite own prerogatives, to in. )
fringe upon the rights of co-ordinate depart
menta of the state government, there might
be some hope that an efficient penitentiary
‘was yet within the possibilities of California.
But such matters, as the prevention of crime
and the reformation: of criminals, seem‘to be’
«, above and beyond the intelligence and virtue
_ of-our legislative bodies ; and, ‘therefore, our
~ people must grin and bear with their present
villainous penitentiary as best they may.—
Indeed, as the legislature has managed to
bankrupt the treasury, it could not, even
had it the necessary wisdom, accomplish
such a work. As Longfellow says, we must
“4earn to labor and to wait.”OuR MONISTER TO Mexico.—On January
‘30th, J. B. Weller, American “Minister to
Mexico, had.an official. interview with the
President of that Republic, presented his
erédentials, and said in substance that he
would not interfere with the local affairs. of
that Republic, but would nevertheless help
sugtain. the preseut Goverment thereof; to
which President Jnarez replied that he was
satisfied, and would do all in his power to
cement the bonds of Union now existing botween the American and Mexican nations. °
Joux C. Bmmcn. —This Representative in
Congress has recently written a letter defining more particularly his position on the
question. _ He insists
that he is not in favor of disunion, and is a
‘true friend to California and its mterests.—
He leaves New York with his family, March
“Cactus”
‘Bist, for this State, ~~»
HusBaxp Ixauitep 1 For.—A lady at
ee ree Seles, Ooiey Oe
fense, in’ order to y ithe ati ok, . ar
ty
troduced by the: posssostion, imtnersed tw: of
the rewult; “They were exhibited: i ja
the next dey, tind were passed around from
‘ane to another, all admitting that they were
entitely free from any signs of blood, They
mysteriously: disappeared, and he has not
seen them since. He has not. been able to
resemble them sincé they left. hie hands.—
The experiment was pre-eminently successfal, but it cost him just $40, He regrets
that.a little of the bleed didnot adhere to
the coin between the letters.
. Oke or Dana's Pananerck pig was
iishered “into this breathing ‘world, searce
half ‘made ‘up,” (see Richard, one hundred
and eleven, } at Whiskey Diggings, during the
past week, the like of which is riot frequent
ly sent forth into grunting circles. ‘The pig
has-eight legs, four eyes, and four ears, forming a kind of puzzler for experts in malformations. Piggy lived about twenty minutes,
. and his oWner, a speculative sort of Teuton,
put the young porker in spirits, intending to
exhibit him. The mother of the young hog
gave vitality to five other juveniles at the
same time, all of which ‘‘are doing as weil as
could be expected.”
ty Thirty Sioux Indians have petitioned
the Senate of Minnesota for admission to. the
tights of citizenship, on the ground that each
hae but one wifé, lives in a house, wears: mw
taloons, is willing to work, abstains
rum, and attends stated preaching.
Tue OLDEST Mason.—The honor of being the oldest Free Mason in America was
awarded to the late Major Middleton, of central New York. Another one, still older, resides near Skeneaties; his name is Hugh
Pike ; he is 90 years old, and was initiated in-’
to the Masonic fraternity 69 years ago, or in’
Washington’s Presidency of the Union and
Grand-Mastership of the Order. “Mr. Pike
‘is in reduced circumstances. @
TRE
Mnane at FoLsom.—The Folsom Telegraph ssys that many shafts have been sunk
immediately in tewn, some of which pay well
One of them is paying fifty cents to the pan
—the richest dirt ever struck in that vicinity
Jerr. Davis’ CaBINET.—The following
is given as Jeff Davis’ Cabinet : Robert
Toombs; Secretary of State; Pope Walker,
Secretary of War; Mr. Memminger, Secretary of theTreasury : Henry.P. Aylett, Post
Master General; J.P, Benjamin, Attorney
General. It is rumored that Mallory, of Florida, will be Seoretary of the Navy.
ty" Letters received in Washington state’
‘. that the Hon. John Forsyth, late United
States Minister to Mexico, will be sent to
that country by the “Congress of the Southern Confederacy,” for the purpose of establishing international relations between Mexico and the seceding Government.
Hypocrisy.—Ho who is passionate and
hasty is generally honest. Jt is your cool;
dissembling hypocrites of whom you should
beware. There is no deception in a bull-dog.
It ie only the cur that sneaks up and bites
you when your back is turned.
UNCALLED-FoR IRONY.—The “Southern
Confederacy, has sent to France for rifled
eannon. Aneastern paper says that there
ean be no necessity for. that when they have
and arsenals.
[> Ino small village of Illinois. may be
geen daily taking his morning walk a jolly old
Frenchman, who prides himself upon having
built the first house on the spot where now.
stands Chicago.
{F There were twentyccight more fe. males than males born in Providence last
year. The surplus will be shipped to Cahfornia end'n machet,
the United States.
idéntify cithet of them, ot any'two cous that . :
rifled so many cannon from the U. 8. forte . fied
ate . clinshinias te the post office bill transae volar Butterfield ‘mail to the gentral
ules in the House were },
ee ee ths tee
eon et ny neue
¢ of 33, an amend-atoty Fugitive Slave Law; -which: requires
‘the State Courts to. return fugitives to, the
Marshal, who shilt déliver them to the U. 8.
Courts in the States from which they escaped,
Where they shall have a jury trial. This
amendment law was passed by a vote of 92
to, 82.
DipTHERIA.—The papers in Somerset,
Maine, give accounts of . the ravages ot this
fearful disease. In one small neighborhood
in Chesterville, ten persons; have fallen its
victims within a brief period. In:one family
the father died while his child was being conveyed to its burial,1n another, three ehildren lay dead in the-house at one time, and
four more. prostrated with the disease.—
Scores of families in that and adjoining towns
are mourving the loss of one or more: loved
ones, who have been smitten suddenly down
with this fatal disease. The skill of the physician is baffled in staying its. progress and
stiving its victims. Five were tying dead on
one day in three families. One entire family
has, been earried away, and all the children,
seven in number, in another.
A Picture oF Disunion-From Gen.
Jackson's Farewell. Address.—In his farewell address to his countrymen , upon retiring
from the Presidency, the patriot, stateeman
and hero of the Hermitage said :
“ What have you to gain by disunion and
dissention? Delude not yourselves. with
the hope that the breach once made, would be
afterwards easily repaired. If the Union is
once severed, the separation will grow wider
and wider, and the controversies which are
now debated and settled in. the halls of legislation, will be tried in the field of battle and
settled by the sword. Neither should_you
deceive yourselves with the hope that ‘the
first ~ of separation would be the perma,
Local in interests would still ae
and unchastened ambition. And if t ‘eieal.
leetion of common ys sree the
of these United ha side
against the common foe—the memory ry,
of victories won by their united valor—the
prosperity and ~p they have enjoyed
moler the prese: Sesetioalan 5 ; if all these
recollections an ary eran oe poy ga
are not s enough to us r as
one oat ways Sa tie will hold united the new
divisions of empire when. those. bonds. have
been broken and this Union dissolved? The
first line of separation would not last long:
néw. fragments arte be torn off—new . :
feet would and this great and
glorices Republic vg dh soon be broken into
titude of petty States, armed for mutual ogueedtattapied with taxes to pa,
armies and leaders—seeking aid against
other from foreign powers—inaulted and . ;°
trampled upon by the nations of
Gl, hevrnced with _ conflicts, and hambled {
and debased in » they would be willing. toaubraibto the dearieice
adventurer, and to surrender
for the sake of peace.”
A DaRK EXPERIMENT.—<A man traveling,
entered a tavern, and seeing. nd\one present
but the landlord.and a negro, seated self
and entered iuto conversation with the negro.
Shortly he asked Samboif he was dry ; Sambo
said he was. Stranger told him to go to the
barand take rome at hisexpense. The
negro did so, and shortly left. Landlord said
to stranger :
‘* Are you acquainted with that nigger 1”
“No, never saw him before ; but why do
you ask?”
“T supposed so from your conversation
with him, and asking him oy oo er
“ Oh,” suid the “I was experimenting. The fact is, I was d too, and I
thought if your bs twee not Kill. him in ff.
teen minutes I would venture to take adrink
myself.” The landlord’s curiosity was satis‘ ae 6
Tue “Great Repustic” a Garar InSTITUTION.—The mammoth clipper Great
ciseo, with a cargo of 85,000 sacks of wheat
for Liverpool. These sacks are worth $2
each, so that the ship will carry a cargo
. worth $170,000, the largest ef wheat ever
put in one bottom. She has been chartered
vant strane eee
_ GRE Ite computed that $00 copies of Dis . in the vicinity of Mokelumne City, San. : ‘
] fs Land are sold evory day by musi dear quin county, the putrid sore throat ix prevailing to an alarming extent. Several children have died of the disease im that parti“pena tas
Republic ia about to load up, at San Fran. ,
Wrong Ae yh pony engraving.
; March 16, 1861-tf m3style.
a
Sirol Gtrom the
heretofore lev
set of.
North San
known asthe
1861, betw
o’clock, P. M.
186}.
1861, toswit +: AN the
. . the above named def
Ban Sede Bilt Beidzep
Sheriff’s Sale.
Virtne of ak Execution to me directed and
delivered, issued out of the Hon. District
IE gers of Nerv
infavor of JAM . .
D. STRENB and Carb WEISS for og sum of .
Seventeen Hundred-and a, -four -and-82-100+
Hahah ot Marchy 18H, at the,
rae! tice tiasielt ees . THE OLD EMPIRE MARKET,
e following described ‘attach ¥ . * ‘arth
is ofin and tos certain .
right, title and interest of the within
fendants of in and to a certain
and Letsituate on the north side :
North San Juan, east of and adjoini
smith’s og ws west of and adjo
property o Pp
Note is pesebe
sale, all thea pro
hest bidder for cash, in front of the
House door, Nevada, on TUESDAY, April ot, Le,
between'the hours of 9 o’¢lock, A. i
e
rnia, bounded vada county, State of Califo:
ad out ‘claims, sae er isnot bn
Bush.
ven that I will sxpeet to.
describedclaims situate on
Township, Neon the
w Of the
Hill, and on the west az, the Brittania Co, and
Dutch Co.’s claimsa.Ae.
ined derame House
Main street,
Goldthe
othe
Given under my hand this 14th day of March
J.B VAN BHAGEN, Sheriff’
By J. H. Dickson, Under She riff.
A. L. Greely, Attys:
delivered is
the coun)
ing date
hundred and ei,
terest on the
num untii
was
6th,
ereunto be
vineyard sit
ereunte belo
Notice is here
ighest
4 o'clock, P. M.
1861.
Bate f:
ether wetted ots Sites
shed out-of
Sherit’s Ps Sale.
ecution fi me) and
rict
Court of the 14th Judicial District, in and for
, Of Nevada, State of Califo
rely 1st; 1861, in favor of F:
and against MONCHAGUE for the sum.of FiveLF
t 03-100 dollars, debt, with insum of
with
9508 03 from the ist day
\of March 1861, at the rate of ten cent per aucosts of suit. paid
Ihave levied ge the cob mee on Be described roe.
. Saeleed: Feb, 6th jee tow fowes ry “ak tis igh [1 j
tle and interest of the above nam t of
in and to a certain tract or
on Kate Hays Flat, Nev
about one-hundred and fifty acrés more or less topeter with ast appurtenances and improv
1 of land situate
county,
Also, a certain garden
eon Kate Hays Flat, on the lower French Corral and North San Juan road, conand half acres, more or lean, tourtenances and improvements ;
given that 1 will expose to
.
public sale, all the gt Niger ono ropert
for cash, front of t HEB
House door, in Fama on TUESDAY, April
9th, 1861, between the hours of 9o’clock, A. M. and
Given under my hand this 15th day of Mireh’
J. B. VAN HAGEN, Sheritt. . li#
By Jno. H. Dickson, .
ill & tine ‘Atty’s
at Under Sherif.
surrender thelr liberty . oat
Flumes,
AaPi ty, a °
Judicial District paty of
Sherifi’s" Sale. .
sara
a fo ates
Hill & ttoyes Pee eee Atto
Sheriff.
HO, FOR SONOR#:
for meltld—for 7 lots, ‘blew 50 oz. at
ozs. 4 of cent.
sear fo: assa r 8 ™m
OT eee 3, Ort is now a with his 8 his Niw
(j-th)
_NO-s
KENT & TOMPKINS
AVE ASSOCIATED THEMSELVES, TOgether for the purpese of “eee in in the:
. market business, and design keeping on
The Best American Beef, Pork, Mutton,
Dried Beef, Gorned Pork and
Beef, Vegetables, etc.
Fat Beef Cattle, “Hogd’and Sheep
On hand and for sale rag suit,
KENT,
“Maren st E: O2 TOMPKINS:
SELECT SCHOOL
Head of Broad'Street, Nevada.
venings, at 7 o’clock.
TERMS :
Biv WeekS. 66 eccccc elec cccsecdevscseocee +o 5
January 28, 3m.
UNION LIVERY STABLE
; Balis,
6 ae Stack mealganie ies 00 ang int tees .
pleasure or engaged on business would do phe
. give me a call.
RUDOLPH & HUNT,
. Wiiolesale and Retail
DRUGGISTS,
MAIX STREET, Opposite Mulford &Co’s Bank
: A fall supply yet ne patent,
_ Movoto, Sent G08
wa
E: F. SPENCE,
Rtn Per Tae y Oils, i aage
Cash o
eee
W. H. CRAWFORD & CO.,
(Suecessors to J. M. Hamilton & Co.)
Pees
an na SS
Ai the old stand”
oa MAIN STREET, NEVADA.
CHAMPAGNE COCKTAILS.
: A. R. JENKINS,
Of the National Exchange Saloon, has just t
ceived, and-will kecp on hand, during the seaso®.
iT eer sneer b eer we
AGNE COCKTAILS.
“Serta 1%, 1801-AE
——— ST
SakER * a & wrmoRe,
. Wheat, arley and Ground Peed,
ion to. business. to re. .
and make new ones .
—FOR—
Young Ladies and Gentlemen. }
K. F., DEAL, As Bowes dcnccncees oe
JKNRTEA AL ee Assistant.
: 1S SCHOOL commenced on MONDAY,
5 eg h. 1861. Young Gentlemen will ©
Se tecepere ly to enter College.
e Piano :
as sb eeecevecvcenes $400 .
lis Sees tak Mithametiogs. coors, 5.00 7
“Lai “ap Raper re operpeppipieretr ye Teer py ec TH
Greek... pad bidade ots ibd Reldc om Gib ag baguide Chi AA E
a RO RARE ACE tS . :
aiid t. School, Monday, Thursday ani
.
fs eat solicted. ae
e
;
%
:
EOD
Hicuwa
John Brodie
the Little De
last, under: tl
They wer
o'clock in the
the bridge,
ever, and wh
die stumbled
him up, whe'
them. Gove
Brodie offere
bursed ; Go
specimen pir
tS Tow.
in weekly, bi
who can ste
StvicE R
Gopher Co
robbed on. 1
employs fifte
had been-ma
The amount:
More than o
our mining f
watchmen t
would volunt
ery such wat
goed ‘fire-arn
a robber’s lif
im all the mir
A Grass"
evening a res
name. we «ha
along Mill st
home, was st
scoundrel wi
alley. The t
the intended
dér, and the
@Atan
held on Thu
ofiicers were
lst Sergea
. “
3d “
4th “
Ist Corpoi
Q4 T)
3d “
4th “
A committ
» rington to pr
mory:
te Tow .
sneaking cur
tail between
sife distance
acteristic.
ce The r
at, Forest. C'
taken to Gra
terment in th
The
pany’s gift er
ing, in front .
A aR
country girl
‘was about tc
“ How da
cousin of het
unfortunate
The youn;
“T choose
you ever see
trough of ho
his nese, get
back and «
nose and sta
ner. The th
too. But st
those behind
those before
uoses just a
squealed ate