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The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

/ ARRIVAL. OF Immigrants FROM THE
PLAINS AND SALT LAKE.-On Saturday
pack train reached this city from the
Missouri river, having left ST. Josephs on
the 23d April last. The company consists
of five persons, all from Illinois. They
came through without encountering any
serious mishap 1
On Saturday afternoon another train
arrived from Great Salt Lake City, which
place they left on the Oath April
Mr.. R. S. Phelps, formerly a resideat
of Independence, Mo-, who has been
sojourning in the Valley for the last year,
was one of the party, and has placed Us in
possession Of the following facts:
The company number one hundred and
fifteen persons, and have brought through
with them nearly fifteen hundred head of
cattle, all in good order. On the 25th
June the train reached the Humboldt,
which stream was then rising rapidly.
Flour at the station was very scarce,
and selling for six shillings per pound.
The crops in the Salt Lake Valley are
backward, and less seed has been sown
than usual. High prices for provisions,
vegetables, &C., will consequently be main
tanned throughout the season.
B. g. Ferris, Esq, q. S. Secretary of
Utah Territory, accompanied the party,
and is now in this city.-Union,
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29
Official DoCuEm eRt.
SAN FRANcIsCo, March %, ]

SAN FRANCISCO, March %, 1858.
Hon. J. T. Crenshaw, Chairman Of the
Committee on Claims Of tile assembly,:
Dear Sir-I have just been inform
ed that on last Saturday you address
ed me a note, requesting HE to furnish
you statement of what / know Of
Capt. W. Waldo having furnished pro-
visions and means and assistance to
certain destitute emigrants, who were
crossing the plains in 1850, on their
way to California. / came over the
plains in 1850, and was one of the un
fortunate persons who was on the
plains in in that year. was moving
to this state with my family, consisting
of my wife and daughter and two SER
wants; all of whom were wasting, and
with many others, must have died on
the plains, but for the kindness Of Capt.
Waldo. / gratefully acknowledge that
l believe l owe my life, as we'll as the
lives of my family, to his bountiful as
sistance and kindness; and that it af-
fords me great pleasure TO give the
statement of the facts, in the hope that
it may be Of some service in procuring
from the state q return of some of the
private means which he so literally
and charitably bestowed on many who
are now citizens of the state, but who
never had been here without his inter-
position.
l met Capt. Waldo, as we'll as I rec
ollect between the sink of St. Mary's
river and the great Sand Desert. AT
that time / was travelling, in company
! with many others, with the train of Mr..
Clark, who had taken myself and fam
ily-we having lost everything by the
! Indians. At that time Mr.. Clark 5
train was in very bad condition, a
part of his large herd having died of
exhaustion, OF by drinking alkali wa
ter; so much SO that if it had not been
for the timely arrival OF Capt. Waldo,
I doubt very much if my family and
many others would ever have reached
California. The greatest misery ex-
isting amongst the emigrants. Pro-
visions. there was none. We lived,
God knows how And what was
worse than all, we were ignorant when
our journey would terminate. The
written guide we had was incorrect
and deceptive. Capt. Waldo arrived
in time to change all things he was
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

Two Darkies in the West went out
to hunt possnms, Sc, and by accident
found large cave, with quite small
entrance. Peeping in they discover
ed three young bear whelps in the in
terror. "Look heah, Sam. said one,
while I go in dar, and gets the young
bars. you jest watch heah for de old
bar" Sam get asleep in the sun,
when opening his eyes, he saw tie old
bear securing her way into the cave.
Quick as wink he caught her by the
tail, and held on like biazes, "Hello,
dar, Sam, what dark de hole dar !"
"Lor bless you, Jumbo, save yourself,
honey, if dis tail come out you'll know
what dork de hole"
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

ARIsrocRAcY.-One of the "parvenue'
ladies of certain village, who would be
wonderfully aristocratic in all her domes-
tic concerns, was visiting a few days since,
at Major G's, when after tea the follow
ing conversation occurred between the
Majors old-fashioned lady and the "top-
knot" in consequence of the hired girl oc-
cupying a seat at the table
"Why, Mrs. G.. you do not allow
your hired girl to eat with you at the ta,-
bic; it's horrible,
"Most certainly l do. You know this
has ever been my custom. 1t was so when
you worked for me, don't you reeollect p
This was cooler to silk and satin great
ness, or, as the boys call it, Goldfish aris-
tocracy."
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

At a meeting of the miners Of Little
Deer Greek and vicinity held at Don,
keyville July 23d, 1853, tn efollowine
resolutions were adopted
Resolved, lst. This district shall be
called Little Deer Creek Mining Dis
triet.
I'd. The boundaries of this district
shall be as follows east by Big Deer
Greek Ditch, west by Lard's Ditch,
north by Steep Hollow road, south by
Gold Fiat district.
Sd. Each claim located in this dis
trict in stream shall be one hundred
feet up and down the stream and from
bank to bank. All hill claims shall
be one hundred feet square.
4th. Each person shall hold all
ground obtained by purchase provided
he has bona tide bills of safe fer the
same.
9Th. All claims that cannot be work
ed advantagously on account of the
scarcity of water must be recorded
within ten days of this date. A notice
of the same must be posted on the
claim or claims which by being re-
newed monthly shall hold them until
the 18th of November next. Arecord
Of ca n notice must be registered in
the book of the Recorder.
9Th. All claims with water for wash
ing must be worked each tenth day. A
neglect to comply with this, forfeits the
title to such claims.
7th. That James Aitken be elected
recorder for the ensuing six months.
It shall be the business Of the recor-
der to keep record of all claims and
notices. For each record he must re-
ceive the sum of fifty cents. The re-
colder must reside in this district.
9th. A copy of these pro eeding be
published in the Nevada Journal.
James Aitken, Recorder, at Miners
House, Donkeyville.
B R. Hdtson, Pres't.
John r. Hart, Scribe.
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

HORACE GEEELY-Amherst n. H, is
Mr. Greely's native town. His father was
quite poor, and died, I believe, when
Horace was but two or three years of age.
Within the last year he has paid debt
which his father contracted, Nth compound
interest. The old man to whom he paid it
resides in Amherst. The original debt
was less than 800, and the payment be-
tween 500 and $500. How many sons,
would have done this? Or how many
will ever forget such honor to father p
Manchester Mirror.
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

ESg~ Some men think themselves inspir-
ed when they are only inflated.
aea- A quiet mind, like other blessings,
is more easily lost than gained.
seA. In girls we love what they are, il
young men what they promise to be.
BB% A city belle is like steamboat
she always has swell after her. e
Geg~ The progress of the world is con-
tinually converting virtues into vices.
EG~ The glory of coronation, for real
genius, seldom comes till after death.
BGs- The man who attempted to whistle
bar of soap has injured his voice by try
ing to sing the stave Of a molasses cask.
R5g~ The men who fatter women do not
know them sufficiently. and the men who
only abuse them, do not know them at all.
RF Mrs. Partington wants to know
why they don't bring the whole Of China
over at once, instead of bringing it in junks.
Beg~ Why arc country girls cheeks like
well printed cotton? Because they are
warranted to wash and keep their color"
Ry@ Marriage is the best state for man
IN general, and every man IS worse man
in proportion as he is unfit for the married
state.-J ohnson
BE- If the man who publishes the milk
and-water paper has not yet found his COW,
we would advise him to use the milk of
human kindness . as substitute.
a@- David Fender popping the ques-
ton" in letter, concluded thus "And
should you say yes dear Mary, I will
truly be your d. Fender" cg
ng "Ma,n said young lady to her
mother, the other day, "what is emigra-
ting?" "Emigrating, my dear, is young
lady going to Australia. What is Colo
nizing, map "Colonizing, my dear, is
marrying there, and having family
'Ma, l should like to go to Australia"
Bay- We overheard poor weather
bound individual the other day, who was
caught in the rain, humming to himselfin
doorway
Twas ever thus in childhood's hour.
That chilling fate has on me fell,
There always comes & soaking shower.
When haint got no umberell!
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

The STAMPED ENyBLoPEs,-George r.
Nesbitt, at the Tontine buildings, Wall
street. the contractor for the manufacture
of prepaid letter envelopes, has now pre-
pared large quantity OF them for the
disposal Of government, which will be
ready for sale not far from the first of
June.
The envelopes are cut out by an ihstru.
ment worked by steam to the number of
five hundred at single operation. The
image of Washington is stamped on them
in White bas-relief and the rates of pos
tage printed in red ink. After applying
the giuton, they are counted in bundles Of
twenty-five and sent to Washington whence
they will find they way through the Post
masters through every part of the country.
They are of white aud buff paper, and
-waterlined with the initials of the Post
Office Department Of the United States
N. Y. EUe. Post.
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE SUPREME
COURT. S. Welton and Harriet Wei
ton VS.. Alvin Adams ct. al.-This, says
the S. r. Herald, was an action brought
in the District Court for Sacramento to
recover the sum of $3.50 deposited with
Adams s. Co., the certificate Of deposit
having been destroyed by fire. Adams q
Co. admitted the deposit and ayerred their
readiness to pay it upon the production OF
the certificate, or on being indemnlfied for
any future liability upon it. The District
Court held that they had no right to re-
Guire such indemnity, and rendered judg-
ment for the amount claimed and costs
From this decision the defendants appeal
ed. The Supreme Court affirmed the de-
cision, in an opinion delivered by Heyden-
feldt. j., Wells. j., concurring-of winch
the following is an extract:
''The main reliance of the appellants Is
upon the alleged error Of the district court
in refusing to decree that they were entI-
tied to indemnity against any future de-
mand upon the lost paper 10 sustain
this position many authorities are clted,
arising in the loss or destruction OF bills OF
exchange or promissory notes. we thlnK
that the doctrines in force as to these IN
struments are inapplicable to ordinary GER
tifcates of deposit. The latter have no
day of payment. They are due and de-
mandabIe at any moment after they are
made, and upon reasonable proof Of the al
| legged loss Of one of them, the payment py
the banker to the depositor in person, with
out notice of any transfer IS good pay
ment. The transferee of such paper can,
therefore, only protect himself against
fraud on the part of the depositor by CIV
ing immediate notice of the transfer to the
banker"
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29
Ns,ig Meeting.

GRASS ALLEY, July 20, 1000.
At ameeting of the wings of Grass Val
lev township held this evening according
to public notice, at the Office of Judge
Fouse on motion j. NJ Fouse was call
ed to the chair and G. Meredith appointed
secretary.
The chairman in few briefremarks sta
ted the object of the meeting when on
motion the Convention proceeded to the
election riUa uoce of delegates to the county
convention to be held at Nevada on the
Both inst.
The following gentlemen were chosen
j. /. Sykes, G. ID. Roberts, j. A. Col
lins, J. s. Conn, w. A. McClanehan, DR.
G.. D. Cleveland, G.. Meredith, S. G. in
chester, B. l.. Lamarque, j. M. Fouse, j
Crackbon, r. W. Harris, Dr. Shoemaker
On nmotion it was resolved, that delegates
unable to attend have power to appoint
proxies, such proxies to have the requisite
i authority in writing.
The township committee for the past
year rendered their designations which
were accepted.
On motion it was RESOLVED, that new
township committee be chosen to serve fol
the coming year, and that the number be
increased to ten.
The following gentlemen were elected
DIR. Shoemaker, DR.. G.. d. Cleveland
Geo. d. Roberts, j. A. Collins, j. S
Conn, g. Meredith, L. r. Sewers, j, M
Fouse, ID. Osborn, B. l.. Lamarque.
On motion it was RESOLVED that the meet
ing do now resolve itself into Waldo Club
| Onmotion it was Resolped, that the chair
appoint committee of three to draft reso
lutions expressing the views of this meeting
upon the nominations made by the whie
/ state convention, at Sacramento.
The chair appointed j. S. Conn, G. D
Roberts, and j. A. Collins, who presented
the following when on motion each reso
luton was taken up separately and accep
ted @
Resolred, That the wings Of Grass Val
ley township cordially approve of the Re
form nominations of the whig state con
vention at Sacramento, and will use theil
best exertions to roll up a large majority
in September next.
RESOLVED, That the course and policy O
action of the present administration of this
state are such as demonstrate it unworthy
of public confidence, and rejoice that the
pure and high minded of that party are es
sentially disglsted and clamor for reform
Resotged, That the wings and those dem
ocrats who prefer reform to party triumph
are invited to unite in the organization oI
a Waldo Club, whose object shall be the
employment of such means, as will secure
the election of the entire reform ticket.
RESOLVED, That the central committee 0
this township, be requested to convene th'
wings in town Convention on Saturday
evening, August 5th, at Z II o'clock, ant
also on Wednesday evening, July 9th, t
complete the organization of Waldo
| Club. gur Il a
On motion Resolued, That these proceed
| ings be published in the Nevada journal
On motion adjourned.
! Fsoi b j.. M. FoUsE, Chairman.
.Gu.MoE MEREpIrH, Secretary.
REMens arguments often prove moth
| ing but their wishes.
ars. The art Of pleasing is not necessa
/ rily the art of deceiving.
peA, Some snowy quality often screen
! a number of unsightly ones.
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

g Spectators have already taken
advantage OF the existing rebellion in
China, to raise the price of teas. This
rise is merely speculation, as the 're-
bels' carefully refrain from interrupt
ing any industrial operations, their ef-
forts being solely directed towards q
change in the government. The pro-
duciion of tea will not therefore, be az
all lessened
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

How HE TOOK 1T.-An Irishman was
asked at dinner, if he would take some ap-
pie pie. "is it houldsome ?' inquired Ted
dy. "To be sure it is. Why do you ask p
because" said Teddy, Il once had an un-
Gle that was killed with appleplexy, and
sure enough thought it might be some
thing of the same sort"
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

The HEIGHT OF HIS AMBITIoN.-A cor
respondent tells of lazy genius up his way,
who being asked as he lay summing him
self on the grass, what was the height Of
his ambition, replied, "Io marry rich
ucido,o that has got cough" Cute chap,
that.
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

BB Wellington died possessed of an es--
tate and funds not far short of ten millions
of dollars He was considered miserly and
mean, and as closely calculated the value
of one pound as any London shopman.
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

| The statistics of all the vari-
Gus branches of Methodism in Europe
and America, show total of l0409
travelling, and $4,000 local, preachers,
who minister to 2,036, l62 communi>
cants. ,-
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

nea- elder, will you have o drink of
cider?Y inquired farmer Of an old tenn
perance man, who was spending the eve
ming at his house. "No, thank ye, said
the old mani never drink liquor of any
kind-'specially eider-but ef you call it
apple juice, | don't care if do take a
leetle,'
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

A witty writer in the Boston 7ran-
script says that if Shakespeare could
have forseen what wretched work
some of the minor actors would make
wish their parts, he would have ar
ranged the play so that they would
have been dispatched in the first act.
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

The fires that have Of late devastated so
great an amount of property in the county
ofSolano, have spread to the Coast Range,
as is apparent from the long trains Of the
destructive clement that wind about the
peaks of Solano and Yolo counties.
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

PRIZE FIeHr-One of those disgusting
spectacles called prize fights, in which two
men try which shall beat, bruise, pammel
and disfgure the other most, took place at
Goat Island yesterday. The parties were
boatmen, and the vanquished only yielded
after thirty rounds. Both parties were
severely punished. II
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29
H'Tg TRoUETTE, M. D.
Sfnte of California.
County of San Francisco.

County of San Francisco.
Hypolite Trouette being sworn, on
his oath, says he wrote the foregoing
letter; that the signature thereto is
his, and was made by himself; that
the facts stated in said letter are main
ly stated on the personal knowledge
of affidavit, and that he knows them to
be true, and that he verify believes
every statement in said letter, made
on information derived from other per-
sons, is strictly true.
H'TE TRouETrE, NJ. d.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
Henry II. Haight, a Notary Public
within and for the city of San Fran
cisco, this 22d day of March, 1853
In testimony whereof. Thave hereun>
to set my hand and Notorial seal, this
above date. Il. II. HAIGHT,
Seal. Notary Public.
State Of California, J
Office of Sec of State, Benicia, July 5. 1853. }
I hereby certify that the above Is
true copy of an original paper now
on file in this Office, among the papers
Of the Assembly cf 1853.
j. w. DENVER,
TSeal.1 Secretary Of State.
l. =
The Nevada journal., 1853-07-29

RgMen's arguments often prove notl-
ing but their wishes,
nea- The art of pleasing is not necessa-
rily the art of deceiving.
psa- Some snowy quality often screens
a number of unsightly ones,
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United States Patent ONCE,
WAsHtNeroN, Februa

w AshiNsTON, eDEuary 20, 1905.
Z i y the petition of Hezekiah Haynes, of Middle
- town, Vermont, praying for the extension of
patent granted to him the eighteenth (lS)
OF June, 1889, for an improvement in mode of con
structing rake-teeth, for seven years from the
expiration of said patent, which takes place on
the eighteenth (lS) day of June, eighteen hundred
and fifty three QS53:)
1t is ordered that the said petition be heard at
The Patent Office on Monday, the sixteenth 16)
of Nay, 1853, at IL O'Clock M; and all persons are
notified to appear and show cause, if any they
have, why said petition ought not to be granted.
Persons opposing the extension required to
lille in the Patent Office their objections specially
set forth in writing, at least twenty days before the
day of hearing; all testimony filed by either party
to be used at the said hearing must be taken and
Transmitted in accordance with the rules of the
office, which will be furnished on application
Ordered, also, that this notice be published in
the Republic, National Intelligencer, and Union
Washington, D. C.; Express, New York City;
Courant, Hartford, Conn Daily Bee, Boston; Re.
publican, Springfield, Massachusetts,; and Kut-
land county Herald, Vermont, once week for
three successive weeks previous to the sixteenth
l6) day of May next, the day of hearing.
s. II. HODGES,
Commissioner of Patents.
p. S.-Editors of the above papers will please
copy, and send their bills to the Patent Office with
paper containing this notice.
Feb 2S-law3w
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PROPOSALS FOR IMpROylNGrHEH1 AR-
BOR OF BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
ENeINsER DspARrnrnr,


w AsHlNeroH, February Is, 1888
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until
4 the 7th of March, 1853, for dredging channel
snrougn the inner and outer bars of this harDor luo
@ Ia WIDTH by length for the inner par OF a0out
22O yards and for the outer of about 200 yards 80
as TO give uniform depth over both these bars.
The amount of earth to be removed is estimated
at 200 cubic yards for the inner, and 1000 cubic
yards for the outer bar, in all l4OOO cuoac yards,
more or less, for the twos
The outer bar ia composed of coarse sand, the
shoalest water in the channel over it being feet
at low tide. ss,t
OF the former, is composed of coarse compact gra-
vel, and has depth OF feet at low water on the
shnalest part of the channel over it. -,
The mean range of the tides in the harbor of
Bridgeport is o. feet, and the greatest depth of
ter in which the earth will require to be raised
will not be over Ia feet.
The earth excavated from the outer bar is to be
disposed OF by dumping on the shoal ground 800
YARDS 10 the east of the channel; that from the
inner bar may be deposited $50 yards to the west
war;, or else upon the shoai ground 800 yards to
the eastward OF it.
The channels to be excavated will be marked
out oy an officer or an agent of the Engineer De-
partment, and the proper execution of the work
VIII also be similarly superintendent.
The proposals, which to be sealed and en-.
aorsed as customary, will sta tie the price per cubic
yard OF earth removed as above. = g5sai1
Payments will be made monthly at the rate OF
eighty per cent on the value of the work per form
ed, as measured and estimated by an agent of the
United States; the remaining twenty per cent to
De PAID over to the contractor upon the faithful
execution, according to the terms of the contract
OF the work provided for, which is required to be
completed prior to the first OF November 1853
The Engineer Department reserves the privilege
OF hxlng the amount of earth to be excavated and
removed go as to bring the cost thereof within the
limits of the present appropriation for this i'm.
proyenent. -. -
For further information, application may be
mace by letter or otherwise, to Captain George
button, Corps OF Engineers, at New Haven, Conn.
JOS. G.. TOTEM,
BIT. Brig. Gen. and Col. Engineers.
Feb 23-dt7thhiar
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FIRST VESSEL FOR LIBERIA.
CoLoNIzATIoN Rooms,

CoLoNIzATIoN Rooms,
WAsHINGToN, February 25 1858.
TIME AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY
4 is NAL king preparations to start vessel from
Norfolk, Va, the first Of May, with emigrants for
Liberia One hundred and sepenty eight persons have
already applied for passage; of whom one hun
dred and fourteen are from Virginia, fifty two from
North Carolina, six from Kentucky three from Mas
saohusetts, one from Ohio, one from Pennsylvania,
and one from New York. A fine large vessel will be
chartered, affording the most ample accommoda-
tons for two hundred and fifty passene ers. APP
piication for passage should be made mmedi-
ateiy. The price of passa ge and ak months sup
port in Liberia, is srty dollars each one for all
=" no are able to pay. free passage and six
months support will be given to all worthy per-
7ons who are unable to pay, and who can come
well recon- mended
A pamphlet containing all necessary "Informa.
uon about going to LIBERIA will be forwarded to
all who desire it.
W. McLAIN,
Secretary American Col. Society.
o. Papers please copy. p
Feb