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The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

DISPUTED. I'VE notice communica-
tion in the California Express of the 18th
Hnst., terrifying that Messrs Rumrill x
Go. had made no preparation for trial of
speed on the occasion referred to in our
last paper, and that they had no relays on
the road. We stated that preparations
had been made beforehand and so it
would appear from the correspondents
statement, that Langton & Bro had seven
animals to Rumrill's three. As it was, the
race was well contested, as we were
Informed by the expressmen of both
houses, that the returns were delivered
inside of six hours, seventy miles from
DowDieyille. We are satisfied that both
parties put their best foot foremost, though
Rumrill was Unexpectedly delayed at tie
Keystone Ranch, in consequence of one of
his best animals being removed to another
place.
From our even-handed justice to both
Expresses, Mr.. RumriII must be aware
that we would be sorry to do him wrong
He has always been welcome visitor at
our Office, and we regret that he thought
it necessary to apply for justice elsewhere.
Had he made the explanation to us when
he first observed the alleged error, we
would not have hesitated to correct the
article. The result of the race was of no
consequence to us; nor do we ever in
quire into the business of the Expresses
farther than TO ascertain who delivers the
exchanges first.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

LANGroN & Bro, AND RUMRnL & Co.
will accept our thanks for the regular and
prompt delivery of our exchanges. The
last three files were brought through from
Sacramento by Rumrill & Co., a day in
advance of the usual time. We received
the Sacramento Union the day after its
publication. and the Marysvile Eapress
at T. o'clock on the night following its
publication day.. ,o ,.,-.......S,
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
DIED.

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Drowned, in Nelson Creek, tributary of
Heather I,ef River, on the 3Oth Of August, 1854,
WILLIAM 7. HOLMAN, son Of VIM. r.
Holman, Esq, of Virginia. ~.-'
MI. Holman sailed from Baltimore on
the 81 OF February, l849, in the ship Xy-T
ION, ana by his eccentricities obtained i
among the passengers the sobriquet of
Virginia" He was the life of the shin.s
company, and his humorous anecdotes md Z
quaint sayings made many an otherwise.
dull hour pass pleasantly. Alas!- poor
virginia. where be your flashes of merri-
ment now, that were wont to set the table
on aroar?''u May God forgive, and give
you resting place in heaven lasting as
your memory is in the heart of
A FELLOW PASSENGER. 50
lBaltimore Sun, Alexandria and Frede-
rlcksburg Gozettes please copy.1 s4 ~
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
A Rapping "Meium.

4 SE PAS LAY JuAA'
/ Gaylord Clark, ofthe Kn,ckerbocker, has
Intercepted ore Of the Nebraska cores
pondent's letters to the Bunkum Flag
Staff. A capital burlesque on newspaper
correspondents, who deal in the marvellous
Here is the startling part of the letter;
" But | was going to tell you about my
being 'mejum. The other night | was
sittin' alone in my log-cabin, and had fast
ened the latch, and was pulling off my
stockings on the chest, having just wound
up my silver watch, which almost skeered
ME. it licked SO loud, and eat potatoe
and went and put my pocket-boek into the
bureau-drawer, when, what should / hear
in that still hour of the midnight hour,
but three raps. Says |, jumpin' up, with
the blood rushin' about my heart, Who's
thar p
No answer. / thought it was an In
dian, with u Tommy Hawk, coming to
scollop me- WHO'S thar? Then | heard
the falls. We have some considerable
waterfalls. near here, and with that [ got
into bed and popped out the lantern, and
fancied myself safe in Main-street, Bun
KUN, when what should hear again but
three loud knocks, which made my heart
leap up into my mouth. | jumped up, and
struck match, and looked out of the win
dow, expecting an Indian, but could Mt see
any thing, when suddenly the thought
struck me, I'm mgum!' Says I, bra
cling myself up against the bed-post, ''If
any departed friends have come from the
seventh heaven to this miserable digging,
where saw-miH is not yet established,
will they please to knock again three
times, by way of firmation?'
Scarce had | done SO when | thought
my log-cabin would be pretty near knock
ed down. THAI pint is settled, thought
[. I'm glad it is Mt an injun. Now let's
prick up the lamp, and knock off the
alfabet
CA? No 'B?' No sC?' No.'sD.'
No 'E, Z, :? Rap, rap, rap. .O?' Rap.
rap, rap. well, let the Seph go. It's
Joseph, isn't it? Rap, rap rap. "A, 3,
G, D, L, f, G, Ii, |, J, X, L, n, \, 0,
P Rap, rap, rap! 'P,' says l, I'm
glad it isn't an Injun. What's the uset
of wastin' time. It's Joseph Pipkins, isn't
it?' Rap, rap, rap, 4 thought so.-
Well, Joseph, what do you mean by
coming to my hut this time of night? I
always treated YOU well, didn't I?' Rap,
rap, rap! Now tell me; ifyou are in the
seventh heaven you will rap again three
times To this interrogatory of mine
Joseph returned no answer, and | heard
only the ticking Of my watch (bought for
fifteen dollars in your town and the
soundn' Of the waterfalls. Says to him.
are you in low sphere? If so, have the
obeeging condescension to rap only oncet
at the head Of my bed-steal,' which he
did so. t
The fact is, he uset to be a bad ncighbor
of NINE and q disgraceful fellow, who was
killed i'll riotous tumult, while dashmg
about in a fit of the delirian trimens with
a bowic-knifc in his hand Said to him,
Joseph, go homc;;' ana he went
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

MIIITARY.-A number of our spirited
young men propose to organize Military
company in town to form a part of the
Militia of the State The roll is now
open at the Monte Crsto Saloon, and it
already numbers thirty-ive. members. A
meeting will be held on Sunday evening,
In the room over the Empire Saloon, where
the members will please attend at an early
hour. All inspired with the martial spirit
or having any ambition ''to do the State
some service" will do well to take a
chance for promotion. Here is an oppor-
tunlty of gaining military title without
the Inconvenience Of having ones shins
barked by grape-shot, or submitting to
any unpleasant operation by bone saw
yer.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
NJ \ RNhEN,

- - a - ~ s@ss-s'-~-@s
IL Do"nievilic, September 18th. by Geo.
\. Booth. }. T.. Mr.. WILLIAM Mir EP
10 Mss MARGARET CRAIG, both of Dow
Neville. - VI '0"-
n Marysville, September 9th. by Rev.
-dr; 'galsworth. SAMUEL w. LANGTON
q Lanston 4 Bros Express. to Miss ANNA.
h. BALDWIN, both OF Downieville.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

New THEATRE IN MARYsvuLE.-T
new Theatre now being erected in Marys-
vile, by r. A. Eddy, promises to be a
splendid affair. The Express understands
that it is to be finished on the plan of the
Metropolitan in San Francisco.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

IN DISTRESS. another column will
be found an advertisement for lost son,
by widowed, aud noF childless, woman,
i'll Muscatine, iowa 1t was sent to us
with note; Stating that she was very
poor, and in great distress on account of
her sons absence. VIII our California
exchanges please copy?
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

PASSAGE TO THE ATLANTIC STATEs.-A
correspondent requests US to suggest to
the San Francisco papers the propricty
of reporting the rates Of passage to the
Atlantic States. He thinks that such in
formation would be of great value to the
people in the mountains. Circumstances
often compel persons of slender means to
return home, and on their arrival at the
Bay they find passage advanced beyond
their means.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
Saturday, september is, 1854.
He's Going Home!

Yes. Theophilus Muggins, the younger
is going home! He has made his pile
three hundred and sixty-five dollars, lust
enough to pay his passage. But Muggins
the younger, viii be all right when he gets
home. The whole neighborhood will be
in ferment as soon as his arrival is an
nounced. Respectable middle aged ladies
with marriageable daughters will abso-
futely eat him up, and grey headed papas
will lift their spectacles from their noses,
grasp his hand and say with real feeling,
"Why TEeophilus, he-ou de-ou de-ou?" and
straightway Muggins the younger will be
in town.--while he is supposed to- have
pocket full of rocks. But just let him
request the temporary loan Of So, and
Muggins' popularity declines suddenly
1t is whispered that Theophilus has been
dissipated, perhaps been pursuing some
infamous business, and has been overtaken
by retributive justice-in short that he
has disgraced the House of Muggins.
Whereupon Mnggins the younger becomes
an abstraction, an obsolete idea, remote
circumstance, and begins to feel uncom-
fortablc-rathcr more so than "a poor boy
at a corn shucking contemplates return
ing to California, but is minus the cash,
goes to work at twelve dollars q month,
makes another raise and returns to the
gold mines with a valuable lot of expert
cnce and no cash. Mr.. Muggins however
is going home. Good bye Theophilus,
give our respects to the Misses Smythe,
but before you go had Mt you better 'put
money in your purse?'
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

AN lNsIDIoUs PoIsON.--" Mrs. Smith,
| am persuaded that tea is a slow poison:
| have been using it for eighty-four years
and | feel that it is gradually undermining
my constitution"
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

SOUNDS FROM HoME.-My D.ar Hus-
bands As it is some time since YOU left
us for California, | suppose you would
like to hear how we are. getting along in
your absence. | am happy to say we are
all enjoying very good health, on the whole.
just at present two of the boys have got
the smallpox; Amanda Jane has got the
typhus fever; Betsy is down with the mea-
sells; Samuel got hooked by COW the
other day, and little Pilgarlic has lust
chopped off seven Of his fingers with the
hatchet. It's a mercy that he didn't chop
them all off. With these trihing excep-
tions we are all well, and getting along
nicely. You needn't be at all anxious
about u.s.
| almost forgot to say that Sarah Ma
tllda eloped last week with tin-peddler.
Poor girl she's been waiting for the last
ten years for chance, and I'm glad she's
married at last. She needn't have taken
the trouble to elope, though, for I'm sure
| was glad enough to have her go. She
was great eater, and find the pork and
beans don't go off near so fast as they did.
The way that girl would dig into the pork
and beans was caution to the rest of the
family.
Hoping that you enjoy yourself in Coli
fornia as well as we do at home, l remain
your aflectionate wife-Mountain Demo-
crGt.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

soKErTIcIsN.-There is man down
tn Bangor oskeptical that he won't believe
the report of cannon until the splinters
hit him on the shins. - a -
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

INFORMATION WANTED.-Of our cor
respondents, B. B., of Billiards. Bar, w.
B., of Forest City, R. H. r., and r,
of hereabOuts.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

A KNorTY CAsE.-If Distance lends
-enchantment to the View. and View re-
fuses toreturn it, can Distance recover in
California court Of justiceg
1t all depends on whether Distance hap
pens to be in town with pocket full Of
rocks. f8s #Et +
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

NJ. S. LATHAM, ms x MARK" Son le
one asserted the other day in the present G
of old Snigglesby that ybung Latham "ha
made his mark in Congrens."
"What?" says Snigglesby, did the
people Of Californy send a man to Con-
gress who couldn't write his own name,
and had to make his mark? 'Twasn't sc.
when / was boy"
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

AS CLEAR AS MUD.-The following
lucid argument, from. Sau Francisco
paper, settles the question definitely.
That frauds have occurred there is
but little doubt, but we have to learn that
there is any evidence tending to implicate
any in tilem but those who are supposed
to have perpetrated them"
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
if.eFEi.

: IN ~ p,oWnievjlle. Sept. 18th, the lady of
GEO. ". WARNER, Of daughter.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
GEORGE A. BuorH,
Trustees. ( E. J. SMITH.
j. Z AGER.
Dowhieviile, Aug. IL, 1854. aug12-6t

TnRoUGH TO MAEYsvILhE IN OXs
DAr.-Langton q Bros EXPRESS and Pas
senger train will leave their office in Dow
neville, every morning at 5 o'clock, con-
Meeting at Fosters Bar with the Califor-
MA Stage Company's line of coaches to all
parts of the State
The best saddle animals can always he
had by applying at our offices. either at
L osteI Vi 0oodyear Bars. jy l5-tf
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

DROPOSALS.- an order of the Court
L of Sessions, of the County of Sierra
the undersigned, Commissioners, will re-
ceive sealed proposals, until the 25th day
of September, instant, for painting the
Court House and Jail, with three coats of
paint. The quantity of painting required s
may be ascertained from the plan and spe-.
ciications, in the possession of DIR. Webber.
The Commissioners will also give any in
formation desired. 8, = - -.
Commissioners. Brs5AnN fI' Hall gas
.sati. azgg1G wol Z. j. SMITH. T>sis
Dowmeville, Sept. Is, 1854. sepl6-st
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

NE W. ohMAlloN INA WANTED-Of my only
L son, John d. Wathen He left Nevada
for Feather River about three wears aoo
and nothing has been heard from him since
Any Information of him, if living, will be
very gratefully received by his anxious
mo.nef' now in her declining years. $3.50 2
address ADDRESS the office of the Sierra Citizen.
VIII the papers in the mining districts
copy? ROSELLA WATHEN.
sepI6-3t Muscatine, Iowa.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
HOW Provoking

'Oh! Mr.. Jigger. is that originate" said
the soft voice of MINNIE Low, as she leaned
on that gentleman's arm, slowly walking
along tie sea-shore, toward sunset.
AYE, indeedn was the poets sole re-
sponse.
"Re-eallyH continued MINNIE; you ought
to publish your poetry. it's so perfectly
charming!"
"Could but charm one fair being, and
have her for my minister?"
''Oh! oh! Mr.. Jigger. Why I declare,
you must be in favor of womans rights:
the.idea OF woman being minister is so
absurd. Just fancy her in pull" ".gge
'sTake keer therel' shouted the driver
of two-horse wagon!-Eait Tgger-
Knicker50cker.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

STRYcHNINE--Somei idle vagabond has
for some time been amusing himself by
scattering poison in the street, which has
caused the death not only of several yalu-
able dogs, but a hog, worth some eighty
dollars, belonging to III. P. Benton. If
nothing but worthless ours were killed, the
strychnine man might follow his vocation
undisturbed, but in almost every instance
the most valuable dogs have been poison
ed. showing malicious design. The
most aggravated instance we have known
is that dog belonging to Capt. Poulson,
city watchman, was poisoned while follow
ing his master in his rounds, helping to
keep watch over the town. The matter
should be investigated. for there is little
doubt but that the poisoning is done by
thieves or their accomplices. The first
person detected should be apprehended,
and unless he could give good account
OF himself, should be given thirty nine and
started" We recommend that the drug
glsts be careful to whom they sell poison
HUMBOLDT TIMEs.-We have received
the first number of new paper with the
above title published at Eureka. Edwin
D. Coleman, editor and proprietor. 1t is
a large and exceedingly neat looking pa
per, with a large amount Of excellent
original matter. Ifthe editor can succeed
In making every succeeding number equal
to the hrst, be need have no misgivings of
success, at least in commanding the re-
speet of his contemporaries. Exchange
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

OBsoLETE.-The practice of wearing
long boards is gradually becoming obso-
lete with the California miners; they seem
to have given up the notion so prevalent
among the adventurers of 1949 and 80.
that gold digger must necessarily look
iercer and more like a desperate than
anybody else. Who does not remember
the whisller and moustache plantations
put under the most assiduous cultivation,
as soon as the adventurer had determined
to GO to California;? Even eighteen-year-
lings who happened to detect the most ru-
dimentary beard, voted -azor bore, and
resolved that they would not "mar the cor
ners of their beard while in the land of
Ophir. Hence all varieties of bearded
animals were met in the gold mines:-
'"W hiskered pandours and fierce hussars;"
some with little else than eyes and nose
visible, the mouth only perceptible when
it was opened to admit bean soup, or to
let out an oath others with very sparse
facial coating of brittle looking hair, Civ
ing their face the appearance of quarter
section of NANCY pig. But there was
some excuse for them; raxors were scarce,
and they had no time to shave. Now
there is little occasion for such negligence:
people begin to dress comfortably and
with more care, and have in most instan-
1 ees ignored long boards and moustaches.
and allowed the tobacco juice to fall un-
obstructed.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
FASHION SALOON.

81 street, between I'd and Sd, Sacramento.
CHARLES BELL & co, Proprietors. gl
Inc hrst quality of Wines. Liquors and
Segars to be found at this establishment.
Lunch served up morning and evening.
sepl6-4t* 81 9fI b p eE
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

RENoVAL.-L. P. Fisher, our agent at
San Francisco, has removed his Office from
the Merchants Exchange to Adams &
Co.'S new Express house, Montgomery
Block. We would take this occasion to
offer cur Acknowledgements to. Mr.. F. for
the promptness and fidelity with which he
transacted business entrusted to him; no
more attentive agent could be emDloyed
by mountain papers "a ssT
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

~ SIERRA LoDG:, No a. TO. OF.
meet at odd-Fellows' Hall on Saturday of
taeH Neeh: at o clock. ju24-tf
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

Soys OF TEMPERANCE meet in tho Odd
feiioWs' Hall every Monday evening. at
seven O'Clock.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

SCENE IN CLEARING
dog has just been engaged in mortal COM
bat with skunk, in which skunk is slain
and the dog has reason to remember him
Dog returns to his master and the Dutcb-
man flourishes a pine knot.
"You keeps away, You tam vagabond!-
we're you been, eh? Oh mine noshe! YOU
smells worse ash. one sehunk; vips now
NIT ter pine knot, for having to do nit so
pad people as schunks. If you runs away
agin, l puts you in ter papers and you ish
ruined forever.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

THE STEAMER CoRTEs arrived at San
Francisco at 10 o'clock on Thursday
morning. Langton & Bro. delivered the
Atlantic papers at our Office at o'clock
this Saturday morning, together with
the Sacramento Union of yesterday. The
news from the Atlantic States and Europe.
is of little Importance
sINDIANs.-Itis seldom that our village
is honored by the presence of the "right-
full owners of the soil'' according to GER
tain philanthropists,) but now and then
some venerable patriarch in very primitive
attire makes his appearance, followed by
his family, with the young Astyanax of
his house ~ done up in a basket and
swung across the swarthy shoulders of a
squaw, not at all remarkable for personal
attractions. A dozen or so of them have
been camped ON the hill above town for a
week past, but yesterday they gathered up
their traps, set the WOODS on ire and start
ed down river. 1t is rather amusing to
observe the contempt with which they re-
gard the Cinnamon. Some time since a
couple of Indians observing the collector
compelling the Cinnamon to pay over the
foreign miners license, took it into their
heads to do little tax collecting on their
own account, without any special official
authority. They accordingly called upon
party of celestial miners and compelled
them to fork over forty dollars apiece,
''poll tax as they called it. John rcmoIl-
strated at the increased rates of license,
but an arrow with an ugly looking glass
head, caused him to shell out. 5sa a.g9'
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

rs MOUNTAIN SHADE LODGE, F. and A.
N. meets Tuesday, on or preceding the fulr
moon in each month, at s O'Clock p. m, i'm
Ldmunds d Mundy's new building. Jersey
lat augl2-tf
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

LaBoIING UNDER A MIsrAKE.-Colonel
Rust, Of the California Egpress, seems de-
tcrmined to put us out of humor with the
state of blessed singleness, and summarily
dispose of us to the first sslone oman that
bids eighteen pence on six months credit.
But we demlr; since learning the fate OF
the late lamented Richard Caudle we are
not SO enthusiastic in our admiration of
connubial felicity. In addition, we have
observed that wises in California are
sometimes migratory. Three several in
stances have we known of loving Califor-
MIA Benedicts rising in the morning, draw
ing on their inexpressibles and descending
to the kitchen, in confident expectation of
finding the tea-kettle blowing off steam.
and their loving spouses perspiring behind
the cooking stove, or in the. back yard
splitting wood; but behold the hearth was
desolate, the fire had gone out in the wig
wan, and the house dog curled up in the
ashes: and that was not the worst Of it, a
valuable mule was missing, and store
bill remained unpaid
- Col, it won't pay, we can't think of an
arrangement of the sort. We can't bear
the thought of sympathising neighbors
collecting at our door, to look for the trail,
accompanied by villainous doctor with
a prescription OF corrosive sublimate,
sure antidote for grief conjugal. We are
very well situated now; ourself and
small dog the sole proprietors of the sane
tum. Ours will be a life of austere self
denial, always ready to offer consolation to
our brethren of the press who may be the
victims of misplaced confidence.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
OVUUt " 1AStek00T.
Downieville, Sept. Sth, 1854. sen9-7t

.isS- MINNESOTA WATEI. Co.-Nosice iS
hereby given. that an election wiz take
place on the 10Th of September, 1854, for
the purpose of electing officers fOr the ems
suing year, to be elected by majority OF
the shareholders. a general attendance
of stockholders is requested, as business Of
Importance will be brought before the CONS
pany. The election will be held at the
Court Room, in Craycroft's Building, at 8
o'clock p. m:
By order Of the Board of Trustees:
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

g2s~ CATHOLIC SERVICE, by Rev. P. l..
peyaert, first Sunday of every month.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

IS~SAwrEK, JOHNSON & Co, dealers in
Pants, Oils and Glass, have removed to
Nos. la3-l05 Front street, San Francisco.
ju3-3m
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16
spttial Notites.,
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FOR THE
S E II II A CIT1 EN-.

San Francisco. I'll. p. FIsHEK
sacramento. KIRK BROTHERS
Marysyille. JAMES T.. LIoyp
Minnesota. ........1...A. S. McAn.IEN
Goodyear Bar. ....-. ......C. +. MYkHs
Forest City. IS. s. Arctiisox
Cralg's ..s........sI.. 8. D. MttjRE
Eureka eka............s...H HARLOW K1ABitL
81 Louis. s.....:... s.s..sL, O. PREsfoS
o,,h!andleryille. ...... JOHNSON & CRIrtHER
- itie ufoFe. e...... s:.5.. .GE0. DAflDgON
I,amptonville. ..s.. israel CRA#H0kp
Z oster Bar ......s.s.. Gro. a. KIN0
Parks Bar .., Sifrsnrp f. Co
Nevada City,. AbAts 4 Co
'eais Digglngs. III. s. BKok
Persons desirous of sending the SIERRA
CITIzEN to their friends in any part of the
Union, can have every number rel ularly for
waitied. prepaid. by remtting the subscrip-
ton either to this Office or to any of our
authorized agents, giving the address of the
parties to which the paper is to be sent.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-16

zS~NoTIcE TO TAX PAYERs.-Take no
tice that the final meeting of. the Board of
Equalization, will be held in tue town Of
Downieville, on Monday the 18th tf Sept,
to hear and determine all complaints re-.
spectins the valuation of property, snd
Will continue in session for three days>