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Title: 1857 Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Nevada County News & Advertisments # of Pages: 283 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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NEVADA JOURNAL JANUARY 9 & 16, 1857 13 depraved curiosity has enabled her to peep into the secrets of an institution not intended for her supervision, she exhibits her own depravity and filthiness, by avowing that knowledge. She is like the old maid who complained of a young man bathing on the beach. The proof showed he was a mile from her dwelling, and the judge asked her how she could see him? “Oh,” said she, “T took a spy glass.” The author of this note may be a judge of the institution in question; she certainly is not of the proprieties of life, else she would not slander it in an anonymous communication—would not violate the very first rule of good breeding. I wonder who could have written the above? Is it some old maid who sees the chances of entering into the “inner temple” diminishing every day, and was spiteful enough to wish to deprive the lady beneficiaries, more fortunate in this respect, of the merited homage tendered by many of our best citizens? Or, is it one of those grass widows, that are so very knowing of matters in general? Perhaps it is one of those ladies who bear the bonds of matrimony so lightly that the authorities cannot sever and unite them to the male genus fast enough to satisfy their varying tastes. I'll tell you who it was not—it was not a modest, well-bred woman, that is certain. The note is in a female handwriting, as you perceive, and I leave it at your office, so that those curious as to its authorship may have an opportunity to examine it, and discover the /ady who “enjoys some self-respect.” N.G.H. [Noble Grand Humbug] FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1857. REVENUE—POLL TAX. We hope that, among the various tinkerings which we have no doubt the revenue law will receive this winter, some one of our legislators will get through an amendment of that portion of it relating to the collection of poll tax. At present, the assessor gets only fifteen per cent on the amount collected. This will not pay his expenses while engaged in this part of his duties, and the consequence is, that no more than one-fifth of the poll tax is collected. No person, however employed and however anxious for business, can afford to collect it at present rates, except in the large towns; and the assessor cannot find any one who will undertake it. During the fall and winter of 1854, immediately before the allowance to the assessor was reduced, and when he received 25 per cent, poll tax to the amount of $7,500 was collected in Nevada county in the short space of three months. Last year, under the 15 per cent arrangement, it amounted for the whole year to only $3,500. There are in this county 7,200 voters, besides 2,500 Chinamen, and other foreigners—say 500—not citizens; making in all over 10,000 persons subject to poll tax, which at $3.00 a head, would amount to the snug little sum of $30,000. Allow the assessor 25 per cent., and it is a very liberal calculation to say that $20,000 of it would be collected, which, after deducting the collector’s per centage, would leave the state and county $15,000—twelve thousand dollars more than we can expect to get under the present system.. We are sorry to learn that an unfortunate occurrence took place at Red Dog on Saturday the 10th inst., which came near ending fatally to one of the parties. A difficulty had been existing for several days, between Mr. Wm. Langston and Dr. D. A. Crane, which had been referred to their respective friends. On the morning in question, however, while Dr. C. was sitting in Mr. [Begole’s] tin shop, Mr. L. entered and asked him some questions in relation to their difficulty, to which the Dr. replied by saying that they had referred the whole matter to their friends, when Mr. L. drew his pistol and shot him in the right breast. Those present then interfered, and prevented any further shooting. The Dr. attempted to discharge his