The Nevada journal., 1852-12-17

the court OF sessions, from the pen of MIR
b. Nj. Coates, appears in to-days number
of your paper, which if uncontradicted
mig ut create an unfavorable impression
against the court in the minds Of those
unacquainted with Mr.. C.
The charge of being actuated by per-
sonal feeling is too contemplate for re-
ply, as Mr.. c. himself knows that there
was nothing of the kind The stupidity
and malignity Of the article is equalled
only by its falsehood. lie we'll knew,
and cannot deny that when he put in
his proposal for building fence around
the Jail, the time for receiving proposals
had expired, and that there was no OBJ
legation upon the court to receive bids.
He must also have known, if possessed of
ordinary sagacity, that the sum of ST.
$50 was q most exorbitant price for the
work proposed, and that any court of ses-
sions having common honesty and the
interests of the county in view, could
not have received his proposal. The on
ly ground can imagine for the spleen
of the gentleman is that the court would
net be party in suffering him to pocket
some 500 or $500 more for doing this
work than it was justly worth. AS to
the statement of his complaining in
strong terms before the court 10 their man-
ifest dtspleasure'-this is false and Mr.
c. knew it to be 50 at the time he wrote
the article. When informed by Judge
Roberts that the cour, could not receive
his proposal, his reply was, ''very well
Judge" He then left the court house
and shortly afterwards returned and
presented an acct against the county
for services as road supervisor and for
guarding prisoner one night, amounting
to Sll0. Now let as see how the gen
aemdn's story tallies with the facts of
the case. He says, after speaking of his
Faithful services" costing me not less
than trenty days labor besides some
$l2 or SIS cash pud out and days la
Dor ia guarding a prisoner.
The account on file presented by Mr..
Coates is for 10 days services as road
supervisor, 500; guarding prisoner $40
$40. The paper is on file, and will
show for itself. Where are the 20 days
labor and cash paid out! He must
have forgotten himself in his zeal to
slander better men than himself. can
account for the discrepancy in this way
only-that the communication in your
paper was not sicorn to while the ac-
count rds. lie was allowed six dollars
for guarding prisoner one night. This
was the amount allowed at the October
term for similar services, and see no
reason for allowing Mr.. c. greater a.
mount, unless it be for the peculiar
manner in which he guarded his prisoner.
would draw the attention of Mr.. c. to
the act concerning roads and highways.
The 18th section requires him at the
first term in each year to make a report
to the Z. of s. showing the whole NUM-
Der of days work done, amount OF money
received and paid out, naming delin-
Quents, &c. The lSsh section requires
him to pay over to the county all monies
he may haze collected under the act not
otherwise appropriated" AS Mr. C. is
about leaving the state it might seem
appropriate for the court of sessions to
knor something Of his acts previous 10
making allowances to him for his servi-
ces. This brings US to the C osing para
Si"ph VI uis uTtlCle TIE says, 'IUey
(the G. Of S. have proved themselves
inferior men, to say the least" This is
of course unanswer rable; no one, we pre-
sumo, who knows the gentleman, would
have the harLihood to place his opinion
in opposition to that of Mr.. c. in regard
to the capab,luy of another.
In conclusion | would say that am
not member of the court, but was call
ed to act for the time. But while do
act in that capacity, no person, more es.
pecially one who has more capacity in
his "bo,ceiiarg system than in his brains.
can bully me into doing Il thing which |
am not satisfied is right.
M. ESDEcorr.
Dec. 10th, 1852.
P. s. Learning that MIR. Coates in
tended leaving for the eastern states
pre- vious to the publication Of your next
No, | enclosed and sent him, by
friend, a copy of the aboye communica-
tion, Informing him that ! should pub
lish it. Nj. ENDEcoTT.
Deer 18th, 1852, l,*
DIR. r. A. Livermore,