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race sunken Sockets, marked around
with the dark lines Of decay and her
long hair was drawn in luxuriant mas.
ses over her withered bosom. Another
held in her arms q skeleton babe.--
Some were habited in walking dress
es; others in all the finery Of ball
room costume, with gay silks, slippers,
silk stockings, and tawdry lace. 1t
was ghastly sight to look under the
bonnets, and gaze upon the sunken
ashy features, decked around with ar
tificial flowers, and trace in those with
cred lineaments no lingering line of
beauty, no Pickering ray Of the immor-
tai spirit, but dreary history Of NOR
tai agony, decay and corruption Yet
here the husband comes to hold COM
munion with the beloved soul that once
dwelt in that mouldering corpse; to
look upon those blanched features, that
were once animated with love and af-
fection; to kiss the cold lips, and feel
no returning warmth. And here, too,
the father, brother, sister, and wife,
come to gaze upon the dead; and here
the mother comes to weep over the
withered corpse Of her babe. Cnce a
year, as learnt from the old monk, the
relatives of the deceased come to pray
for the salvation of their souls, and
deck their bodies with flowers.
From the conversation of the monk,
Learned that these catacombs are sup
ported by contributions from the rela.
tives of the deceased, who pay annu-
ally certain sum for the preservation
Of the bodies. Each new conner is
placed in a temporary niche, and af-
terwards removed to a permanent
place, where he is permitted to remain
as long as the contributions continue !;
but when the customary fees are not
forthcoming, the corpses are thrown
aside on a shelf, where they lie until
the relatives think proper to have them
set up again. Whole shelves are fill
ed with skulls and bodies of the dead,
put out Of the way to make room for
others of a more profitable character.
1t might be supposed that the air Of
the catacombs is in some degree affec-
ted by the fresh bodies but this is
not the case. There is no offensive
odor, and the visitor would scarcely
know, if he did not see them, that he
was surrounded by the dead. / could
perceive no difference between the at
mosphere of these vaults and that of
any other subterranean place, except
a slight smell Of mould, not altogether
disagreeable. The fresh air is admit
ted from the top, and it is to its ex-
treme dryness that the preservation of
the bodies may be attributed.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Ne
" vada, Sc. District court, tenth judicial
district David Phelp ps W. Isaac Nixon. p b
Pagan, h. S.'Peck, W.. P. Walker and ]. II .
Cfandall l @6ai &af 1ktW siaiaEseal ebff
The people Of the State of California, to
Isaac Nixon and p. .B. Pagan: You are hsre.
by notified that on the 18th day of May, A. D.
1851, suit was commenced by said plaintiff
against you in said district court of Nevada
CO unity. to recover the sum Of five hundred
and sixty four dollars and seventy five cents.
fou are therefore required to appear and
enswer the complaint Of the plaintiff, herein
fled, Within thirty days from this date, or the
plaintiff will take Judgment against you by
default for that sdtTi and damages and costs.
= Witness, Theodore Miller, clerk Of the dis
y" trict court. tenth Judicial district. for Ne
- ..yaaa county, With the seatofs said court
affixed, This 18th dsy Of May, A. D. 1852.
THEO. MILLER, Clerk,
" - 5y SIDNEY q. tfrpuyRr. DENY.
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From Graham's Magazine for May.
TIE MOTHERS ANSWER.

BIZ MRS. JULIA c. r. poRR.
Which do love bests Question strange Is
thine!
Dost ask neither which she loveth best,
|Of the fair children which hand divine
Intendsr love hath lain upon her brcasta
Which do love scst' When our firstborn
came,
And his low wailing filed my iarkcned
room
ION my souls altar glowed an incense fame,
Aud light ineffable dispersed the gloom.
Aud since that honr, bcart-music rare and
| sweet
Hath aoated tliro' my spirits inmoss cell !;
Oft hath its low peal given me strength to
meet
Alike Cares .hrall and Pleasures Turing
-- spell.
AND I have felt there was holicr power
In the charmed words Of mother and ,1ife,
Than in the brightest dreams Of girlhood's s
hour,
when young Romance flung glittering
hues DER life.
Our first-born--bles.ings on him The hath
been
For four short years our treasure and our
pride.
With his fair, open brow, and eye serene,
And winning ways Of mirth and thought
allied.
And now upon my breast babe is nesting,
With her dear fathers eyes of DARKEST hue,
Aud dark brown hair upon her forehead res
ting,
And rosebud mouth just meet for kisses TOO
Her very hclplessness doth plead ioi love;
Yet Of no sudden growth minc own hath
been;
Taught by an instinct springing from above,
The mother loves her child, altho' unseen.
And ere her large, soft eyes had seen the light
longed to clasp her to my yearning heart
For then knew what rapturous delight
Pure. strong, deep mother-lovc, can aye
impart
Mine is love lit and love guarded path;
Green is the turf my foot hath ever pressed;
Mine are the choicest gifts affection hath
! cannot tell thee which love the best!
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a Righteous Judge and Merited
Rebsake.--'Some time ago a man was
tried at Cambridge for robbery com
mitted on an aged woman in her own
house. The Judge was Baron Smith,
man Of an amiable character for re-
ligion. He asked the woman if the
tprisonerat the bar was the person who
robbed her
"Truly my lord" she said, II can
not positively say it was he, for it was
duskish when l was robbed--so dark
that could hardly discern the fea-
lures Of his face"
"Where were you when he robbed
you?" a5t
II was in a closet that joins my bed
chamber, and he had got into my
house while my servant had gone out
on an errand." ~
"What day of the week was III" q.
at was the Lords day evening. my
lord"
"How had you been employed when
he robbed you?" ggr
"My lord, / am Protestant dissen-
ter; had been at the meeting that
day, and had retired into my closet in
the evening for praying and medita-
tion on what / had been hearing thro'
the day" She had no sooner uttered
these words, than the court, which was
crowded with some hundred students,
rang with peal Of loud laughter.
The Judge looked around the court
as one astonished, and with a decent
solemnity laid his hand upon the bench
and as if he was going to rise, and
with no small emotion of spirit, spoke
to the following effect:
"Good God where am /? Am I
in the place Of one of the universities
of this kingdom, where it is to be sup.
posed that young gentlemen. are edu-
Gated in the principles of religion as
well as in all useful learning? and fer
such to laugh in so indecent manner
on hearing an aged christian tell that
she had retired into her closet on the
Lords day evening for prayer and
meditation Blush and be ashamed,
all Of you, if you are capable Of it, as
you well may and if any Of your tu-
tors are here, let them blush also to
see in how irreligious manner their
pupils and students behave" And
then, turning to the lady, he said---
"Don't be discouraged, madam, by
this piece of rude and unmannerly, as
we'll as irreligious usage; you have no
reason to be ashamed of what you
have, on this occasion, and in this pub
lie manner, said on the contrary you
may glory in it. 1t adds dignity to
your character, and shame belongs to
them who would expose it to ridicule. !"
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TRAVELLING.
Staging VS.. Time.

TT S. MAIL TELEGRAPH LINF, for
" Rough and Ready, Grass Valley and
Nevada city. On and after Friday. March
26ti,, the above Line of Stages will run as
follows:-Leaving the Orleans Hotel, for
merly left the Crescent City Ho,eD at o..
clock every morning passing through John
son's Ranch, Rongh and Ready, Grass Va
ley, and arriving at Nevada at 5 o'clock p. n.
the sameday. Returning, will leave the Ne.
vada Hotel, Nevada, every morning at G
o'llock, passing through the above places,
and arriving at Sacramento City in season
TO connect with tho steamer Antelope for San
francisco, same day.
IIAWORTH 8 SWIFT, Pro's.
.ri,.-.a g Successors to James Birch.
N. B.--This Line will run on Sundays.
Passengers securing their seats ut the Ge-
neral Stage Office, Orleans Hotel, Cd street,
will be called for. 9s.tf
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EXPRESS NOTICES.
Adall,s & Co.'s Express.


DETWEEN Nevada, Sacramento City.
ID San Francisco, and all parts Of the United
States., a., & Co. are the only Express who
forward Gold Dust and valuable packages be-
tween Nevada and Sacramento in charge Of o
messenger. -.
+ BILLS OF EXCHANGE reg.
Drawn on their own Houses in
Ne,o York, Boston, s
Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, 81. Louis,
Cincinnati, Nesc Orleans,
and London. +
Gold Dust and valuable packages forwarded
and insured to all parts Of the United States,
rromptly attended to.
Gold Dust bought, and deposits received at
the usual rates.
IL. n. FERRE, Agt.
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neous ori6ce; in which case the rap
pings become painfully and distinctly
audible" t. ga
Now, whether this is SO or not we
will not undertake to say, but will
leave the whole matter in the hands
of the learned sacans, in the full con-
fidence that little can be added to the
above triumphant and incontroverti-
BILE expression Georgia Chronicle.
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THE MYSTERIOUS RAPPINGS,

That the mysterious and wonderful
knockings and rappings of the "spirits"
at Rochester and elsewhere would
some day be explained, we never had
the least doubt; but we did not dare
to hope that the elucidation and clear.
ing up would come so soon. In these
progressive times however, science
seems to be shod with the "nine-league
boots" of the fairy tale, and the gigan-
tic strides of her votaries fill us with
emotions in which awe, wonder and
astonishment are SO intimately con-
glomerated and "mixed up," that we
can hardly tell "which from t'other, CIR
tother from which p Of the laborious
and difficult process by which the sci
entific correspondent of the Cinc;n-
matt Commercial arrived at the follow
ing conclusions, we can say nothing /;
but the precision, elegance, and lucid
ity of the explanation must make it
self obvious to the "meanest capacity"
In allusion to the tappings, this pro
found philosopher beautifully observes:
"The only true and legitimate man
ner Of accounting for the taps is the
physiological defects OF the membra-
nous system. The obtuseness of the
abdominal indicator causes the carti-
laginous compressor 10 coadulate into
the diaphragm, and depresses the,dno-
dsnum into the tiAndango, . Now, if
the taps were caused by q VOCATION Of
the electricity from the extremities,
the tympan,im would also dissolve into
spiritual sinctum, and the olfactory os-
sifcator would ferment and become
identical with the pigmentum. Now,
this is not the case; in order to pro-
dnce the taps, the spiritual rotundrum
must be elevated down to the spiritual
spero. But, as / said before, the in-
ferior ligaments must not subtend over
the digtorum sufficiently to disorganize
the stercicletum."
A friend Of ours who graduated
"with distinguished honors" at one of
the Northern universities, says that
he must dissent in toto from the idea
that the depression of the duodenum
in the flandango" could, by any possi-
bility, cause "the olfactory ossifcator
to fement and become identical with
the pigmentum. He says the thing
cannot be done; and, after quoting
several learned authorities on the sub
ject, winds up his argument By the re-
mark that aoiiinl-y 81 s.t3 bs4
@The vibratory motion cdmmunica-
ted to the tunica albugenia by the par
turition of the alyeelar process effec-
tually disintegrates the pericardiac in
fuences Of the epigastrum, and pro-
duces a compound corpuscular move
ment Of the Iymphatic glands !; which
abnormal and diagnostical state Of the
nervous system deteSiorates a prepon-
derance Of the lacteal fluid to the pros.
tsrior portion Of the icerebellum, and
ptedisposess the patient I'd preternnfu-
raj distension Of the aricular membra.
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az,...,S,A. The fine steamer Mkarys-
lz1 R willie will make regular trips
to and from Sacramento and Marysvillc on
each alternate day. sij ...7s,-l
The MarySViilc is the hest finished
boat Of her class in California, draws 12 in
ches Of water, only. She has run between
Sacramento and Marysvlle the past sum-
mcr during the lowest stage Of water 94.tf
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CrATE OF CALIFORNIA County of Ne

STATE OF CALIFORNIA County of Ne
- vada.-ss. 70 - tF4 rf
4 The people Of the State Of California to
Samuel e. Parsons: You are hereby notified
that summones and attachments. were issued
at the suit of Jacob s. Langthorn, George
Jeffrey and others, rcturnable on Monday
the 18th day of jane, A. D. 1852, at two and
three o'clock, r. NJ at my ofiicein Rough and
Ready, on tive suits upon contract. one for the
sum Of $525, and the other for the sum Of S430,
and that unless you appear and answer to said
summones, Judgment will be rendered against
you for the above sums, with damages interest
and costs, according to law, and the property
so attached will be sold TOT the satisfaction
Of said debts. Given nnder my. hand this 18th
day Of May, 1852. E. W. ROBERTS, JP.
b-Its ~ * Nevada county.
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SUPEkvISORS OF ROADS

bCt hAtt ltoOhD VT kUAU0
Appointed for the year 1852 for the differ.
ent:ownships, in Nevada connty. o n
Nevada township--B. M. Coates, G. W.
Kidd, - Scott and ----- James ~ .-,
Grass Valley township-J. M Thomas.
G. W, W, Smith, Sanford and r. n.
Porter. '~@' = .gs'I'. 8 ~
Reugh and Ready township.--B. Crab
tree, John McC ourtney, G. Seleartier -
Bedford and Christian 'Boeckman. Ut
Sweetlands--A. H Howard. 3. -
Briagport township weaver and
William Specr. ,tt. I've gH
Washington--.Samuel Ciumbecker.
Steep Hollow Thomas Beatty and -
Taylor
S. NJ. Mills, in the district extending from
tho Buckeye House to-, the county line near
Johnson's Ranch, and West to the. county
line, where Il is crossed by the lower Ma
Erysyille road. tl40 } Ksssfs hEs
| gAll persons in the county who BY law are
rconired to work upon. the public highways,
are required to work three days upon fhc
highways Of the several townships in. which
they may reside, If in the opinion of the Su.
pervisors of their townships it shall be deem.
ed necessary during the present year, am In
case of the failure of any. person to attend
I prepared for work when notified dnly. 4 day'e
labor shall be estimated at five dollars. -
Extrnct frcm the niinutes of the Court os
Sessions, Nevada county. "a
THEO. MILLER, Clerk
Dated April 10, 1889
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q A Bls persons having demandss against the
IA, estate of the late DIR. p. G.. Pope, are re-
questedto exhibit the same to me, with the
necessary vouchers, within ten months from
thisdate, ut my residence at French Corral,
IN Neyuds county All parsons ipdebteds to
the estate are requested to call and ssttie inn
niediately. y p bFxNsI aSS
T. ). REIIIY. Admir-.
Of the estate Of DR.. r. G. rore.
Arri eth, 1852 It,
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I%k 1ssk 1sf Saf afsses sHsisf rs SesaifsEf; saifsEi Il.

ES. WING the Crescent City Hotel
X2--2k-will, ON and after Sunda y,
March 81, 1859, leave the Orleans IIO-
tel, on second street, between J. and X.
EVERY morning, Daily running to Rough
mon Island, Coloma, Georgetown, Mud and
Diamond springs, ,Placeryille, DrytownJuck-
son, Mokelumne Hill, Ophir. Anburn, Stock
ton and Sonora 'f5 t7s @J
General Stage Office at Orleans Hotel,
N. B. Passengers Doe king their names will
be called for in any part Of the City. COLIN
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MarysvilIe Packet.

yyZNNS q The steamer j. BRAGD0N.
sS9Fz.51F$S Thos. w. Lyles, master, will
leave on her first "trip on Friday, Jan 9th,
1859, at 4 o'clock p. d. For freight or
passage, apply on board at Pacific st. Wharf
or to s;.s ti3tfl
WADSWORTH SrRAvESIES, Agevts,
os s.snsorse s,p acar w ashington, pp stdtrs
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]. w. GREGORY,
Propriefor and Afanaoer

s Proprietor and Manager.
GEORGE ECLARKE, Agent at 4Nerae
dd CT Office on Main Street, corner Of Pine
n. b. A Messenger will leave This OGc-
in season to connect at the Central Office a.
San Francisco with the Special Agents, 20
ing directly through to New York and New
Orleans, by the first Steamship
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@sTATEoF CALIFORNIA. County Of Ne.

&TA!EOF CALIFORNIA, County Of Ne
~ vada, ss. District court, tenth indirfel
district. nj ry Sinciairvs Scott Sinclair
Thepeople of the State of California TO Scotk
Sinclair, greeting; You are hereby nctifird
thnt on the twelfth day OF May, A.sn. 1852
snit was commit need against you by the plain.
I'm IN said court, for divorce vincato not
a1nonn' on are therefore required to appear
and answer the COMPLAINT of the Complainant
herein fled, within four weeks from this da.s
or the plaintiff Will take decroc for diyorcs
as prayed for in said complaint
Witnes IS, Theodore Miller, clerk Of til. slisss
trict court for the tenth Judicial gh.triet,,s Ne.
vada county. with the seal Of said court az
fixed, this i2th day of May, A. n, 1852. i ~ Z.
l-a THEO. MILLER, Clerk,
.By SipsEy @. Herbert. Deu'y.
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NOTICE, n hereby given. 10 ali persons
IN holding claims in or adjoining the claims
Of Sab ~ Co, aiso The claims of Shaw &
Co.., situated on James. Bar, Yuba River.
that thsy afS expected to meet at the
house Of Clark b Co.. at the lower crossing
Of Deer Greek, in tan days after publication Of
this notice, or operations win be oomm ericed
without regarding such claims adjoining OF
otherwise, should there be any. ron 4-li.s
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SIAIE UF CALIFORNlA, Nevada coan
~ ty and township. ss.
20. Smell VS., Samuel r. Davidrot.
~ ne people Of the State of California, to
Semuel r. Davidson, grecting: ---7I "
founre hereby sumtsoncd to be md appear
before me at my office in Nevada city, on Fri
d"y the 10th day of June. A. D. 1862, ut ten
O'Clock 4. NJ. to answer the complaint of J. e.
smell, who demands against you the sum OF
S25U with interest from the 18th day of Au.
gust lcaV upen nm express contract, a cory of
winch IS tiled in my Office as part Of plaintiffs
costs, judgment will be render d. ii yo,, failto
answer. Given under nay hand this he l4sh
day Of May, a d. 1853. ttf+tt
4-H -.s4 ya lNo, AsyERsox. J. P. -.
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CoURr OF SESSIONS, NEVADA CouYrY,,
May lnfh 1870

IAN May 10th, 1852. $50
On petition Of sundry citizens, living in
and near Steep Hollow, i, is ordered that a
Township, to be called Little York Town
ship, be formed out of Benr River and Grnss
Valley Townships, with the following bonn.
daries. to wit : Beginning at the mouth of
Green Horn Greek on Bear river, and run.
ming north TO the southern boundary line OF
Nevada Township, thence east 10 the county
line. thence following the county line to the
beginning.
a true extract from the minutcs1
rrII1n Mi III, 81
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'xtrhct from the minutes.
THEO. MILLER, Clerk.
By SIDNEY G. HERBgnr. d'o'y.

u
Oi,,s.on "a l>es.ea ..un,y mI" IowpsLips
Nevada township No l-boundcd north
by the dividing ridge between the South
Yuba river and Poor Mans creek, cast by
the county line, south by the dividing riJcea
between Bear river and Deer creek. and
west by a continuation of the line bctwecn
Grass Valley aud Rough AID Ready town.
ships. 4ss'' ~. d, .e1,s ~. .r.s'-. y
Grass Valley township No. 2--bounded
north by township No l.soath- and eas, bv
the county line, c,and by adue north and
south line midway between the towns Of
Ccntreville and Rongh and Ready
Rough and Ready township No 3-bour
ded south and west by the county line. east
by township Mop north BIZ the dividing
ridge between Deer creek and the South
fuba river TO the head of Kentucky Fiat.
thence following tho ridge north Of Ken
lucky Hat, west to the county line.
Bridgeport township No. 4 - bounded
! north and west by the county line. cast by
the eastern boundary of Mississippi Valley
and south by townships No. and 8.
Grizzly Bear township No. 5--boundcd
north by The county line. east by a line north
and south starting opposite the town Of
Washington on the dividing ridge, south by
township No. and west by township No. 4.
Eureka township No. 6--bounded north
and east by the county line, and sori,h ard
west BY townships No. 4 and g. aa rss.z
Bear. River, township No. 7--becinn;nr
at The Termination on Bear river Of the divi-
ding line bstweep Grass Valley and Raush
md sReady 1townships,iand running Ill q.
nortlrnpop said line to point opposite siso
mouth OF the south fork Of Wolf creek ,gcpsisL.
menly called Dry creek, thence to the poin.
between the said Dry creek and Wolf creek
at the junction, thence along the. dividing
ridge between said Dry creek and Wolf
creek to the head Of Dry creek, thence due
east to Bear river, thence down Bear river 10
the place of beginning.
(Extract from the minutes of the court Of
Sessions) THEO. MILLER, Clk.
Dated April 10. 1852.
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Money received on deposite in FIRE.
proof safe, Mt the lowest rates. eo
Drafts for sale on New York and New Or
leans. in sums to suit. M
Principal Office, $50, Montgomery ST., San
Francisco u4
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JOB PRINTING .

Nestsy pnd exreditiously exocn,-i =. the
journal once.
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MEGS4ss GREGORY'S At
s4ReEg lantic and Pacific
Express, George E. Clarke.

agent at Nevada City.
This Express has no connection with any
other concern, and persons doing businesr
with this Line can be assured that whaicye
they entrust TO its management at either o
its Offices, will reach its destination wit!iou
passing through other hands, or meeting with
delay. Special Messengers in charge Of Ex-
press Matter for this Line, are dispatched by
every Steamer leaving New York and San
Francisco.
Gold Dust, Packages and parcels Of every
description, and Letters forwarded to all parts
of the United States, Canada. Europe, Ore.
gon. and the Sandwich Islands Gold Dust,
and other Valuable Parcels insured through
under Policies in Insurance companies in
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Notice.

A 7 the April Term of the Court of Ses'ions
N Of Nevada county, the following order
was entered by said court, to wit:
In compliance with the statute relatine 10
Marks and Brands" passed. May 1st. 1861,
tits ordered by the court that the letters N C,
united, be and they, are hereby adopted astbe
county brand Of Nevada County, and that the
clerk,of this court cause the same to be made
and its adoption TO be pubEshcd in The Neva-
d Journal for -four. weeks. -.
BY order of tho court. -, s,,.-'s, ..,,st ~
r'I-4w. Attest. THEO. MILLER, Clerk.
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ADMINISTRATORS Notice. ;

by STDNEY Q. 1KRBERr, Dep'y