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30 FEBRUARY 11 & 18, 1857 NEVADA DEMOCRAT
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.—On Thursday evening last about seven o’clock, two shocks of an
earthquake was felt in San Francisco. They appeared as sudden jars of the earth, and lasted not over five
seconds. The people along Montgomery street rushed out of their stores in consternation .. . In some of
the hotels there was a perceptible getting down stairs; the inmates thought their lives depended on gaining
the open street. In some wooden dwellings, the shock was even more severe; it appeared as though a
bomb shell had struck the roof, and made the crockery jingle in a manner that was truly alarming to the
inmates. On Telegraph and Russian Hills and at Rincon Point they were more sensibly felt than in any
other portion of the city.
THE IOWA HILL FIRE.—The losses by the fire at Iowa Hill on the 2d inst., are estimated at
something over $150,000. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.
[Board of Supervisors met on Feb. 2d and established boundaries for seven townships: Nevada,
Grass Valley, Rough & Ready, Bridgeport, Eureka, Little York and Washington. Each is described in this
issue of the Democrat. On Feb. 6 the Board appointed Wm. Seward Justice of the Peace for Washington
township, in place of — Pearce, who failed to qualify. ]
[County Treasurer’s Report for Oct. 18, 1856, to Feb 4th, 1857.]
. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1857.
[Descriptions of the 22 road Districts of the seven townships. .
Impeachment of State Officers.
On Tuesday, the 10th inst., the Assembly, by an almost unanimous vote, passed a resolution
impeaching Mr. Bates, the State Treasurer, and appointed a committee to prepare articles against him. The
next day Mr. Bates sent a letter of resignation to the Governor, giving as a reason that he was not able to
give the bond required of him by the District Court of Sacramento. His resignation will be regarded by the
public as an acknowledgment of guilt. Whether the impeachment will be prosecuted against the Treasurer
is uncertain. Should the case be prosecuted to conviction, the only effect will be to incapacitate him from
holding any office hereafter—the removal having already been effected by his own act of resignation.. .
The Treasurer has proven himself to be either a stupid blockhead or a dishonest man. In either case he
was not fit to hold the office. It is uncertain how much the State will lose through his acts. The belief is
very general among well-informed persons, that nothing will ever be collected of Palmer, Cook & Co., or
for E. A. Rowe. The former are owing the State about $74,000, and the latter has received $124,000, for
which he has given a bond to pay the next July interest. . . .
The Assembly has also passed a resolution impeaching the Controller, Mr. Whitman, and this case
will be tried by the Senate. The principal charges against the Controller, which will be relied upon to
obtain his conviction, is the issuing of warrants to pay the State Prison lessee, without first submitting
them to the inspection of the Board of Examiners. It is not contended that the State has lost anything by
this neglect, but he appears to have put an unwarranted construction upon the act “for the better protection
of the State Treasury,” which has brought him into trouble. He will doubtless be tried in the course of a
week or two by the Senate. The Sacramento Union says that it is understood that the office of Controller
will be filled by the appointment of Mr. Burton, of this [Nevada] county.