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Sa! NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
= aad
peenatpatuonn. or. Vorens.—The
ak Wha elite South into rebellion
have ever endeavored to drive the people of that section under the lash. The
lower classes were compelled to vote
(with them and for them, All papers
This spirit was well nigh crashed out
with the rebellion, but the policy of
_-* Johnson has revived it and we now
i have political meetings broken up for
_ favor a loyal reconstruction of the
South. A secret organization exists
which sends its notices to men that
~ they must vote to suit rebels or leave
the country. Personal violence has
even been threatened and loyalty alone
is the crime with which victims are
charged.
jastiobiately after the rebellion was
crushed ‘the President attempted to
South, and had it not been for the military governments established by. Con_gtess, the loyal men would now be
without protection and at the mercy of
_ their persecutors. The commanders of
Departments have been compelled to
a ~ peaceable citizens from the ‘violence. of
~--men connected with these organizations. These facts are beyond controversy. The bayonet is the only thing
that stands between the right of Amercan citizens peaceably to assemble and
‘to discuss the questions at issue before
the country, and the knife and bullet
of the assassin. The right to vote according toa man’s principles is only
__ protected by the strong arm of the military, and with this state of things Johnson says the Southern States have Re_ publican forms of government—and
‘that men who do these deeds of vio~ Jence are fit to be represented in Congress. If the military were withdrawn
from the South loyal men and their
families would become refugees. Free: longer exist, and by a. system of perseeution the negro would be again
“brought to a state of slavery, only differing from that which existed before
‘the war in name. The only hope of
peace and security in the future, and
the only way to free government in
+ the South is in the Congressional plan
of reconstruction. The triumph of the
Republican party in the next contest
‘will accomplish the work and every
Joyal man should enroll under its banTne NEVADA CoNYENTION.—The
State Convention of Nevada was held
Resolutions were adopted censuring the
course of Johnson, approving the Con’ “ANOTHER AcCIDENT.—Samuel Rog_ play with the boys at Hill’s Flat School,
a ' g00n return to England.
~ Sumer has offered an amendmen
Ze amendments to the Military Law, intro‘FRIDAY, APEIL 10th, 186s. .
at Carson City on Wednesday last—
ae “gressional plan of restoration and in_ dorsing Grant for the Presidency. De
_Long, Hyneman, French, Beck, Walker,
and Leonard were chosen delegates to
“---ers,-son of J. J, Rogets, aged 9 years,
was on Wednesday afternoon, while in
which he attended, says the G. V. ac
-. ton, pushed out of the door of the
2 schoolroom and pat eslien joint disALIvE.—Dr. Gown: the great
_ African explorer, is certainly alive. He
_ has written a letter in which he so dene ~@lares, and also:that he has ‘been. very
_ successful in his explorations, and will
tothe National Constitution making any
~~gne who has served one term ineligible
© “ozone area for a second
‘es biomes cae ‘substance of the
erts, which ¥ was passed and approved
by the Governor, March 30, 1868: The
to Companies of $5 per man; it exempts
head tax, road tax, from service on any
posse comitatus, from sale of military:
equipments on execution, and exemption from jary daty; it also provides
that ‘any person who shall have served
seven years-in the National Guard of
California shall be forever exempt from
jury daty; the number of Companies
are reduced to sixty, viz: forty-eight of
Infantry, eight of Cavalry, and four of
Artillery ; the parades shall be by Battalion July 4th and September ist, and
in the month of May by Company for
target practice ; each Company receives
$50 monthly for Armory expenses ; Artillery $25 for each gun; Colonels of
Regiments $15, and Brigadier Generals
$1 for each Company, to defray his expenses monthly ; the tax assessment for
military purposes is 1} cents on each
$100; it was formerly 5 cents on each
$100;;-no allowance is made for cloth-+
ing ; Companies must furnish their own
clothing. With the above exceptions
the old bill holds good. No removals
of Major General or Brigadiers is made.
Iupoutant MEETING. —The merchants of Grass Valley will meet at the
the purpose of taking measures for the
shipment of freights from San Francisco to Grass Valley by way of Marysville. A delegation to the meeting
from Nevada is hoped for, and that the
business men of the two cities, equally
interested as they are in cheap freights,
May agree upon arrangements. The
of the beneficial results to be accomplished.
I. O. O. F.—Mountain Rose Lodge, of
Rough and Ready, was reorganized at
that place on Tuesday evening Inst, by
Chas. N. Fox, Grand Master. The following officers were elected for the
present term: George Grant, N. G.; L.
A. Walling, V. G.; George Flint, R. 8.;
Montgomery, Treas. : ' P,
ee. FUNERALS.—The funerals of A.
J. Dunn and J; B. Cargay; the unfortu‘nate men who lost their lives in the
Manzanita claims on Wednesday, took
. place from the Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. The remains of Dunn
were followed by. a large procession of
members of Oustomah Lodge, I. 0. O.
F., of which he was a member. The
funeral services were conducted by Rev.
. C. H. Northup.
FRIEND To THE PEOPLE. —The North
American Steamship Company is deserving this title, for, by their persistent opposition, they have not only reduced the rates of fare more than one
half, but very greatly improved the accommodations furnished travelers. ~~
den
Crrcvus.—Blaisdell, formerly of the
Swiss Bell Ringers, is now proprietor of
the Golden State Circus which is performing at Sacramento. It is said to be
first rate. “Blaisdell will pitch his tent
in this town after-a-while.
THE cold has been so intense in Paris
‘the past Winter that-many of the most.
valuable animals in the “Garden_ of
Plants” have died.
ComPANY DRILL.—Thé Nevada Light
Guard is ordered to appear at the Armory this evening for company drill:
AH members should be on hand in order
to get posted on the new tactics by the
pat cain parade on the 18th instant.
t . August next will be total in India, and
the world will flock to make their observations of the phenomenon.
Town Hall on Friday evening nextsays. —
meeting should bea fall one in view!
Tue eclipse of the sun om the 16th of
thither, accordingly, the astronomers of
: ty for
Governor is only 1,571, and the Repubsexsaaages both xgecwaps the Leg. .
‘Tax Forsiox Mrxexs’ Bri.—The
project for appropriating the Foreign
Minérs’ License to the counties where
collected, originated with Mr. Westraoreland, who by the way, was the
ablest man of the Assembly and the
Union party leader in that branch ef
which passed was reported by that committe and was not drawn by Mr. Days. as we stated a few daysago, but by Mr.
White, Secretary of the Committee —
cent, of the tax to the School Fund and
the balance tothe county General Fund.
Last year in Nevada county the collec000; one half of which went to the State.
The. collections for the present year
ought to be $15,000. . This would give
the School Fund $1,500 and the General Fund $13,500. \
Rev. De Wirt Talmadge, in a lecture upon newspapers,delivered in Philadelphia, said: “I now declare that I
consiiler the newspapers to be the grand’
agency by.which the Gospel is preached,
ignorance cast out, oppression dethronHeaven rejoiced and Ged glorified.. In
the clanking of the printing press, as
sheets fly out, 1 hear the vuice of the
Lord Almighty proclaiming to all the
dead nations of the earth, “Lazarus,
come forth!” and to the retreating surges of darkness, “Let tlLere be light.”
the duties of Assistant Clerk of the Assembly, has returned to Grass Valley.
and resumed his duties as editor of the
Union, Rufus Shoemaker has taken
editorial control of the National, and
Grass Valley will now have two good
local papers.
Tr is again reported that Jeff. Davis
that Chief Justice Chase will preside.
His trial is announced for the May
term of the United States District
Court, at Richmond.
QUEEN VICTORIA, it is reported, is entitled to the credit of preven a deadstrife in London. In May , the
. Roglish Ministry had resolved to call
out the military and
don Reformers from holding their meetings in Hyde Park. It now appears
that this plan was only prevented ‘by
the peremptory interference of the
Queen. She sent for Lord Derby, delivered to him her personal command
that no troops should be used, and, as
she might well doubt whether he would
feel bound to respect such prohibition,
required of him his personal
that her order should be obey
= it, and there was averted a eile.
nm sure to have been disastrous, and
possible revolutionary in its results.
A-PLANTER near. Savannah eonsigaed his cotton to'a merchant of that
city, who sold the cbtton, pocketed the
money, and then failed, after which he
thas wrote to his confiding countryman: “Dear friend, 1 acknowledge I
spent your money. I feel that my God
has eA hag the sin, and I trust that
as I’ve taken the benefit of the
aakrebs act. Truly, your friend.”
.
ARRIVALS AT THE
NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL.
Broad Street, Nevada City, California,
LANCASTER & ¢ MASEY, Prop’s,
April 9, 1868.
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Sot do H K Brown Gras V
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; O Jmith Smithvi F Cleveland Gra V
# Clark Nevada © J H Harback Eure
G O Pease Moores O H Nelson Gras V
F Doase. do A-Brown FrenchtoJ E Hale Auburn J Smith do
M Brown Downiev J Metten Ranch
‘BR McEacham Fre ¢ T 8 Finchey Uni h
FC Wali do EPhatphen do
J C Wells Marysvi W Nancalls Bad h
do
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-. Pioneer Wagon & Blacksmith Shop .
Cor. Broad & Sacramento Sts,
—A. ademas Prop’r
The law passed appropriates ten per .
tions from this source amounted to $12,.
ed, crime extirpated, the world saved, . .
~ Newsrarers.— We understand that .
‘W. 8. Byrne, who efficiently discharged
trial will positively take place, and . Real Estate
the Lon-+
fol}
vis iaesasiotibe C Sack Round Ten
25th Annual Statement
—oFr THE—
OF NEW YORK.
¥. 8. WINSTON,
President.
February 1, 1386S.
Net assets, January 31,1867, . $17,639,296 97
RECEIPTS,
Premiums and Annei-Maeese.,: ocdeact,OB7.26 BI
Interest.e.....-1,345,011 BD
Mae. a rae. 67, 750 00 ~ 10,178,047 61
For
DISBURSEMENTS.
Claims by death... 914,527 78
26,300 00 ments matured. .
Cash dividends to Poies . 2,517,114
. 256.687 35
14,678 06
ici ontaee
Surrendered
Annuities.. .-+s-+
Commissions and
commutations of
future commissions
sees eesacese
Add:
Interest unpaid..
—_e
; aasbie.ane 55
the year.,--. 5,023,155 17
‘. No of Policies in year, 19,460
No of deaths in year, 301
Amount insured thereon, $871,200
No of Policies in force,
Feb. 1, 1868,
INCREASE OF 1867 OVER 1866.
1867—Total Receipts,
$10,173,047 61.
1866—Total Receipts, .
$6,217,035 88.
52,384
LOSSES PAID.
Be). Neer 914,587 78. —
Decrease. + teeeeeese $32,176 70, _
Receipts for Interest, asabove,
$1,248,011,
E xceeding Losses, pnts 500
_ 8. Be DAVENPORT,
ie Mormon,
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
H. 8. HOMANS, General Agent .
Beppe = ent, Nevada City.
] SPRIN G CLOTHING!
SPRING CLOTHING Ls
CAMPAIGN OPENED!
oe scrlcewwhQRiprrras hit
a SA sai or
CLOTHING,
FURNISHING Goons, .
HATS, BOOTS, SHO &e. &e.
. oe Me
Dag
Corner_of. Broad ae Pine Streets, ~
28 emma
BANNER: BROTHERS,
$7 Having cstabilched the fact that they
. Wingenieieaie
Shoes, Hats, &c. cheaper than any
of their competitorsare now in the field
with the
Largest aad finest assortment
—OoFr—
Gentlemen's and Boy's
FURNISHING GOODS,
wi
. Bver before Sonatas Slate jor of the State
We sell our Goods at from 50 to 75
eat ee tees . former rates.
Attention! Aibyeie wing WGladaier’
We now offer you Goods at Lo Prices than
you ever bought them & and
Cheaper than: you can get them
anywhere cise.
Our Spring and Summer Clothing, Furnishing Goods, and Business Suits are of the
_ (LATEST STYLES”
And superior to any hitherto imported. __
Fine Fashionable Dress Suits !
J Eo stacaema te than they can be
bought for anywhere else in California,
Gentiemen ! We ask you to examine our Clothing--we feel assur=
ed we can satisfy you, both as to
style, quali:y and price!
HATS! HATS! HATS!
Enough vo cover évery man’s head in the
county—of the Latest Styles 5: sham id
conceivable shapes and colors.
SHIRTS & UNDERCLOTHING.
On Hand=--An unlimited supply of Fine
White Shirts, including the celebrated
Star and Adkinson make.
Under Clothing, Hosiery, Handkerehiefs, Patent Gutta Percha
Cravats, Neck Tics, Collars, Suspenders, and Yankee Notions of every de
scription. :
TO ALL MERCHANTS!
eee cent, Vale fe is iy sot
listen Piidenbenincbaines We can
‘. cell you goods in this city, at Lower rates
sem Fon ee Cag a ae ee Riyt#” OUR STOCK Is COMPLETE
forthe Spring Trade and our
making purchases at the
.
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ean and do sell Clothing, Boots,
And everybody in want of any Goods in our
ta DOWNFALL IN PRICES. es os : 7
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