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DRUGS, MEDICINES,
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1874, NTnin street,

wEEELING VA.
S now rcrcl wing la RCi 4 LOT o F CARPETS, RUGS,
l MATS AND MArrlNG. Also, Table and Floor Ole
Cloths all widths and keeps constantly 1 lag
assortment of Fnrnntre OF every description Gilt ami
Mahogany Framed Looking Glasses Glass Piaics Venan
and Transparent Window Blinds, ;nd Trimmings, Clocks
Mahogany vancers, Varmsh, llarciOth, Carried Hair,
Spring. Sackng sottoms and Mahogany Stair Rods
ect. all which will he sold prices. aug2I
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

attempt to KiU q Tar Collector. .-Yes-
terday afternoon, MIR. S. G. Hand, Coilec-
tor of Foreign Taxes for this part of the
county, attempted to collect the monthly
tax from party of six Cinnamon, in a
gulch about two miles from this place.
They refused to pay, and suddenly made
a rush towards Mr.. Hand, with a pistol
drawn and cooked. He tried to draw his
own, but several Cinnamon wrested it from
him, badly wounding his hand, while
another discharged a pistol, the ball of
which passad through the rim of his hat,
and slightly grazed his forehead, while the
discharge was so near that the powder
burnt his face. They fired off all the
charges in Mr.. Hands pistol, and restored
it to him, when he started for Jackson, made
his complaint, and procured warrant of
arrest for the whole party. Constables
Winn and Phoenix with party of men,
accompanied him, but the Cinnamon had
fed, and have not since been taken
Jackson Sentinel
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24
CALIFORNIA COURIER OFFICE,

Cau fancISco, March ith, 1894.
McSsrs Editors: ] find my name mixed
up in your alluSon to the recent circular of
the Wing Central Committee, addressed to
the whig members of the Legislature. My
connection with this affair amounts to this
Mr. Soule and others of the Committee
were at the Courier office on Wednesday
afternoon, when some talk took place about
the circular. They all appeared indignant
about it, and wished to get hold of it to de-
stroy it. They declared that they had
been 'rlcked and misled and they wished
to destroy the document. | advised them
to see Mr.. Berry, and have it suppressed,
and told them where | supposed he might
be found. Supposing that it was destroy
ed gave myself no further concern about
it.
About o'clock, at night, it was brought
to me by Mr.. Berry for publication, and
declined TO insert on the ground that por
ton of the Committee h ad disowned it and
wished it to be destroyed. 1 asked him if
he had not seen them-he replied that he
had not, and that he had heard nothing
from them-that he had sent the original
to the members of the Legislature, and,
as | distinctly understood him, also to
Sacramento for publication. Under these
circumstances | supposed that the Com
mittee had concluded to have it 90 before
the public. Even under this state of facts
published it reluctantly.
In the editorial preceding the circular, |
distinctly stated that adhered to my orig
NAL position, and would have no sympa-
thy with either faction of the Democratic
party, and | shall continue to hold to
this position. AS to the rumor which YOU
refer, that am paid by the electionists,
must confess that this was news to me.
L have been the most unfortunate editor
in this State in receiving pay from pol
iticians. All that | have ever received
or expect to receive from politicians won Id
hardly pay for ten minutes work. In.
deed, l feel perfectly unable, and ever have
felt unable to carry out the designs of DO
litical schemers in this state. Your ref
erence to a rumor | consider unkind, and
with those who know me it can hardly
be believed. Very respectfully,
JAS. M. CRANE,
Editor of California Courier.
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24
seA A San Francisco paper relates tn

bSap A San FRANCISCO paper relates the
following domestic Cruelty and Barbarism {:
"a blear-eyed, bloated creature of hur-
culean frame, made his appearance in the
Recorders Dock, few days since, charg-
ed with having treated his wife and family
in a most outrageous manner One of the
witnesses, who lived in neighboring house,
testified to a series of tyrannical acts sell
dom equalled He had been frequently
aroused by the cries of the monsters child
ren, FIVE in number, and upon repairing to
his house on one occasion in particular,
found him, in the witnesses own language,
generally compelling silence by putting
ropes around his chiIdren's necks and draw
ing them up to the beams of the house. .
The cries of the wife and children were at
times heart-rending, and were always pro-
duced by the most inhuman treatment
On Thursday night last, the same witness
was attracted to the house by the same
cries, and found the husband in state of
beastly intoxication, attempting to drag his
wife from the house. In his rage he snatch
ed from her arms her infant, but a few
months old, and threw 1t into the street, a
distance of some ten feet. The wife-an
abject, bloaIed woman-was called upon
stand, and after imploring the pro- ection
of the court, fully corroberated the testi-
mony of the first witness. She bore her
infant in her arms, and said she thought
it would soon die from the effects of the i'll
trea tment of its father. She stated that
her husband, on the night in question, wan
ted to drag her from their hut and drown
her. He had frequently declared he was
tired of her, and wanted to get rid of her.
He had also put loaded pistol to her head
and threatened to shoot her. The records
of the Court have seldom furnished more
aggravated case of domestic tyranny. The
defendant had nothing to say In his defence
except that his children sometimes ran
away and would not go to school, and he
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

Sk'tfut Operat'om.-Drs. Briarly and
Mills succeeded yesterday in extracting
the ball from the ankle of Lieutenant J. II.
Ruddach, who as our readers will remem-
Der, was wounded in a duel at Ensenada.
Lower California, some weeks since. We
are very glad to learn that he is now COM
paratively comfortable, and likely to re-
cover without the loss of his foot.-;S F.
Chronicle.
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

Sacramento, March 10th, S54.
To Messrs Frank Soule, r. n. Berry. l..
Z. Lull, r. Mattheson, l.. Tracy Bill,
!. D. Johns
Gentlemen: Your communication of the
18th inst. was this day received. We cam
not treat it with that respect which is due
the Whig State Central Committee. We
have seen no call for meeting of that
Committee, and we know that the comlnu-
nicaton is not addressed to us by authori-
ty of that body. not even hy the fair con-
sent of the names appended TO it. 1t has
been known to us for some time tha: one
Of the signers was secretly friendly to the
election Of a United States Senator at this
session. We scarcely know whether you
intend by this congratulatory letter TO vent
YOUR chagrin in irony, OF whether it is a
deep laid scheme to furnish the enemy with
Wing endorsement of the charge that the
coincident action of portion of the Wing
and Democratic members Of the LegiSla-
ture in opposition to the election usurpa-
ton was the result Of coalition. Those
Wings who opposed the election ask no
endorsement from the Whig Central Com
mittee and we presume those who favor
ed it, fear not its repudiation. In view Of
the fact that it is generally understood that
another effort will be made to subugate
the Legislature TO the ambition of a candi-
date for Senatorial honors, we cannot but
deeply regret that you should designedly
or lnnocently have permitted yourselves
to degrade the dignifed position of the
Committee to the level of tool, in the
hands of the electionists. But, as YOU
have indirectly endorsed and given dge
TO the principal weapon used against us,
10 wit, the coalition argument, we emphat-
ically deny that such or any coalition ever
eristed directly or indirectly Nor can
we see how it is that because Wings and
Democrats happen to take the same view
of an important constitutional question,
such union Of opinion should ref ect dis
credit upon either party. 1t is not the
first time that Wings and Democrats have
stood upon the same platform resisting
encroachments upon the constitution and
the rights of the people. We can only
regret that in this matter the Wings were
not entirely unanimous, and that the sa-
cred truth of the proposition, that the peo-
ple should have voice in the choice of a
United States Senator, should not have
attracted to its support more of the De-
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

BRUrAL.--A correspondent of the Mariposa
Chronicle, writing from Millerton, on the Frez-
no, says that a man named Andrew Mcfarland
visited an Indian rancheria near that place, on
the 22d of February, and demanded that an In
dian woman be given to him for the night. He
caught one of the women and attempted to use
her roughly, when one Of the Indians interfered.
Mcfarland then drew his knife, and stabbed the
Indian, killing him instantly, and then made an
assault upon another of the savages, cutting him
severely. He then fled, and has not since been
heard OF.
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

was compelled to punish them. On the
night in question, he said ne was so drunk
he did not know what he was doing. Sens
tence which the Recorder promised should
be a severe one."
Doubtless this is one of those cases,
wherein the habitual use of rum has scared
and cauterized the mans nature until he
is no longer subject to the influence of CON-
mon feelings of humanity
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

To the Editor of the Eventng Ners:
AS my name appeared on the paper
purporting to be a circular from the whig
State Central Committee, feel it to be nv
duty to state the circumstances under
which | signed it. 1t was presented to
me when was in great hurry, and after
glancing at it, and having been assured
that the other members of the committe e
in town desired my signature, with full
belief that the whig members of the Leg
islature desired the endorsement of the
whig State Central Committee, Mr.. r. N.
Berry, who presented the paper to me, and
assured me that it was in accordance with
the wishes Of the other members of the
Committee, having just returned from
Sacramento, and being supposed by me to
know the feelings and desires of the wings
in the Legislature, | signed il. After
wards several members came in, and every
man, myself included, after fair under
standing of the document condemned and
repudiated. Ameeting of the Committee
was appointed for the next day, which was
not attended. Meanwhile Mr. Berry had
taken means to obtain on the street the
signatures of three other members. When
the chicanery of the transaction became
known, all who had signed it made dill
gent search for the perpetrator for the
purpose of obtaining and suppressing the
document. But he could not be found
Mr. Crane, Editor of the " Courier, was
informed that the article was spurious and
a fraud, and that we were determined to
obtain and suppress it. He then even saw
fit to publish it with editorial comments
The public and the whig party are compe-
tent to estimate the characters and princi-
pies of one who would conccct so base
cheat and of him so willing to give it pub
licity knowing it to be such. However
mortiGying 1t may be to own ourselves
duped, it is not disgraceful to have ererci<ed
little confidence where it is proved that
none was deserved. FRANK SoU1E.
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

Sonora One Hundred Years Ago-In
Miguel Vennegas' History of California" !"
published in Madrid in 1853, we find the
following description of Sonora. The de-
scription applies equally as we'll to the
present condition of Sonora. The work
from which we quote was written in 1852.
but not published until six years afterwards:
"Sonora may be said at the same fime
to be one of the poorest and richest provin-
ces of America, and of the world. Besides
its fruittulness in all sorts of useful veee
tables, it is everywhere full of veins of Sill
yer ore and mines, and of such richness
that what is related of some, exceeds all
credibility and if the allegations in suits
before the Supreme Council of Indies may
be depended on. Posi- and the other mines,
however rich, are no longer to be princi-
palIy to be admired. Sonora affording
mountains wanting very little of being en-.
tired composed of massy silver. Several
Spanish families in different camps or set
Elements, made considerable advantages of
their mines +; yet is this province one of
the poorest, and in the whole world there
is scarce more manifest proof of that
truth, though but little attended to, that
the wealth and power of a State does not
consist in gold, silver gems, and the noble
metals, but in the number and industry of
its inha bitants; we'll cultivated soil, gra-
ziery, and variety of manufactures for con-
sumption and expectation, and the exact
administration of justice. Sonora, | re-
peat it, is in extreme poverty and it is
even visible; that every day it becomes
thinner of inhabitants. The government
of Sonora reached northward from the
mouth of the river Heagui, to the Apaches,
who hitherto have been scourge and the
terror of the whole country. The air is
salutary and mild, the country very differ
ent, being steep mountains intermixed with
delightful levels and fertile valleys, formed
by the several branches of the great noun
tains. The greatest inconveniency is,
that along the Gulf of California, its coast
is succession of inaccessible mountains
and barren sands, without any fresh water"
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24
The Last Trick.

Below we give all the correspondence
in rela ton to the late attempt to identify
the Wing State Central Committee with
the election question.
Correspondence Jetneen a M1n0rity of Mt
Whig Central Committee and the Who
Members Of the Legislature
Whig State Central Committee Room, }
San Francisco, March IS, 1854 {
To Hon. Fl. A. Crabb and others, Wing
Members of the Senate and Assembly
of the State of California
Gentlemen As the organ Of the Whig
party of this State, we desire to commend
and approve your course upon the Sena-
t0rial question. In sustaining the right
against the wrong; in vindicating the Con-
stitution from invasion in adhering to
the usages and precedents of all theStates
on this subject, you have entitled your
selves to the gratitude of the Whig party
throughout this state. The Whig Central
Committee feel also called upon to com.
mend the course pursued upon the Senate
rial question by that portion of the Demo
cratic party called "bolters = rather than
see a principle sacrificed to accommodate
faction in the party, they have co opera
ted with the Wing members of this Legis-
ture to defeat it; we cordially approve and
applaud them for their patriotism. The
Wings, so far as we are able to Judge, feel
proud Of their Senators and Representa-,
tives in the Legislature, and we desire to
thank you in their name, for your firm and
consistent course. Very truly yours,
Frank Soule, Chairman,
l.. Tracy Bill,
Richard N. Berry,
r. Matheson.
Thomas d Johns,
Louis r. Lull, Sec'y.
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

WH1G STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE RooNs,
San Francisco, March 16, 1854.
At meeting of the Whig State Central
Committee, convened by order of the
Chairman this day, the following preamble
and resolution was unanimously adopted
Whereas, There has appeared in the
columns of the Courier a letter addressed
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

MURDERS AT BEAR VALLEy.-The Mariposa
Chronicle extra, of the 18th contains a commu-
nication describing row at Bear Valley, Mr..
iposa county, in which FIVE men were wonndeJ.
three of them mortauy The cause of the row
is not explained
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

SHIPMENT OF TREASURE The following is
the treasure list Of the steamers which left the
10th inst. exhibiting total shipment of ST.
816,714:
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

ANr1QU1TIEs-Th identical pair Of pistols
worn by Fernando Cortez, when he invaded
Mexico, in 1852. are in possession of Capt w.
L. Rodgers, of Jersey City, who obtained them
in Mexico. in 1920 from a venerable Spaniard,
in whose family they had been treasured for a
century and half One of the pistols bursted
in the hands of the robber general They are
large bell mounted pieces. heavily mounted,
five pounds each.-- Uncle Sam:
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

to the Hon. II. A. Crabb, and other whig
members of the Legislature, signed by
FIVE members of the Committee, and one
not member And whereas, the sigma
lures of four were obtained by the false
representations of member who has
proved recreant to his principles ;-upon
the discovery of which, revocation and re,
pudiation q the document was made by
all the signers, (other than the party who
concocted the document and notice therof
given to the Editor of the Courier, by
whom the article was next morning pub
lished, notwithstanding his knowledge that
it had been repudiated:
Franklin Soule, Chmn.
L. Tracy Bill,
Rod. Matheson,
J. p. Haven,
r. N. Wood,
JcAn A. Lewis,
Louis r. Lull, Secretary
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

b. A Chinese grand row occurred in Sac
Iramento, early on the morning Of the ! 9th inst.
A large body of Celestials, living on | street,
had armed themselves and were about TO attack
their brethren or Second street. The police
frustrated this beligerent movement by ar: ting
thirty-six of the attacking party. The, Gauss
of this warlike demonstration Is in some way
connected with the revolutionary events in
China. oseT M 50 ef os
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

ou ST a}GH
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

Indiana A great sensation was pro-
duced In Madison on the morning of the
3D. Feb, by the announcement that a terri
bic murder had been perpetrated in that
city. 1t appears that on the night of the
I'd, as a man named Jas. T. Phillips and
his wife were sitting by the fire, in their
own house, on Main street, the door being
slightly open, some murderous assassin
approached the dwelling by stealth, and
fred a gun or pistol through the opening
ofthe door, the. ball passing entirely through
Phillips head, killing him instantly. The
assassin Immediately fed. VIM. L. Daily,
a brother-in-law of Phillips, was arrested
on suspicion of being the murderer.
Judge e. 81. Dunn, President of the
Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad, died
at Lawrenceburg, on the 12thJan.
1t is stated that the small pox is prevail
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

Tom MifcheN-a-Ths we | known thief.
says the Sacramento Democrat, has at last
been convicted of grand larceny, and sent
to the State Prison for seven years. Tom
has cunningly evaded conviction for any
of his crimes for long time. .s]
The Nevada journal., 1854-03-24

Total ,..., ...... $77O98!
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-11-18

The great Mormon Temple which the
Mormons are building at the city OF Salt
Lake is described as promising to be won
derful structure, covering an aera of 81 $50
feet. The block on which it is located is
forty rods square, and contains ten acres OF
ground, around which lofty wall has al
ready been erected, to be surmounted by an
iron railing manufactured by the Mormons
themselves at their iron works in Iron coun-
~, Utah Territory. The temple building
will have length of 1876 IL feet east and
west including towers, of which there are
three at the east end and three at the west,
and the width will be ninety-nine feet
The northern and southern walls are eight
feet thick The towers spoken of above
are cylindrical, surmounted by octagon tur-
rets and pinnacies, and having inside
spiral stairways tending to the battle
ments.
Besides these there are four other towers
on the four principal corners OF the bull
ding, square in form, and terminating in
spires. On the western end will be placed
in alto relieve the great Dipper or Ursa
MAJOR. As regards the interior arrange
ments, there will be in the basementsa
bap ,isman font 81 feet long by IS feet wide
and on the first floor, large hall, 100 feet
long by 80 feet wide, while on the third
floor there will be another of the same size
besides numerous other rooms for various
purposes Around the outside the building
will he promenade from eleven TO twenty.
two feet wide.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-11-18
Disguised, but still yours,
@. X. PHILANpEa DoEsrIcKs, P. b.
SLAVE WHIPPED TO DEATH IN ALABAMA

SLAVE WHIPPED TO DEATH IN ALABAMA
The Spirit Of the South published in Barbour
county, gives an account Of shocking act Of
inhumanity upon negro man over sixty
years Of age, producing his death. A jury Of
inquest was summoned, who found verdict
that the deceased died on Sunday evening
about two O'Clock Oh the Sth of October, and
that his death was caused by being inhuman-
ly whipped by Jas Moye,on Sunday morning
the 9th of October. The same paper adds
that warrant was issued the next morning,
and placed in the hands Of an officer, for the
arrest of Moye, who could not be found af-
ter diligent search. We trust, however,
that he will be found, and that necessary ef-
forts may be taken to find him, as oil inhu-
man wretches should receive the merited
punishment due their crime.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-11-18
southern ssctionalisn.

The Washington Star.in admitting that
there will probably be . majority IN the nex'
House of Representatives opposed TO the
Administrators consoles Itself With the re-
| Election that it will be composed OF such
DISCOUNTED materials that II cannot carry
out any polisyi0r theasur g . is'pwn' But
! it adds: H. $500.
"There ,cM, horerer, b ne S1afhefn opfoss'
tion to the Administration. Ersry man ~
the House from the South, u'i7 stnnd up to ee'
err measure snl ich The Administration ishnouh
to taror This Unity of9a great, section o.
the Union, hitherto unknown IN either
branch Of Congress, will give them mora
strength which we think will balance the
plans OF the majority
Mark this shameless avowal. We have
heard much from the Administration pa
pers about the dangers of sectionalism; bu'
this was pending the elections when i was
hoped the aroused feelings ofthe North may
be allayed by ringing this warning IN the,'
ears. But now, since the people have spo
ken, here IS an avowal Of sectionalism tha
leaves nothing to interference. This unit
| ty ola great section will stand up to every
measure ofthe Administration why! be
cause the Administration being in the hand'
/ Of this great section will Of course originate
no measure hostile to Slavery. Be il So
That ism we have understoodit all along
but we didn't expect so open an avowal from
an accredited organ. ~, IT
A blow was struck at the Free States by
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
which has got to be atoned fer. sooner Of
latey-e ~ ~ q hea NJ M more Of sc ctionasn
againstthe North while striving-to redress
this shameless andunproyoked aggregation
! o. 8. Journal. G.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-11-18

Matrimony does agree very wellwith some
folks Thurlow Weed, the editor Of the
Albany Evening Journal, in the midst of all
the turmoil of politics, has found leisure TO
enter into the cultivation of babies He is
now the father of eighteen children-his
valuable helpmate having presented him
with one every eleven months since their
marrisge We should say that hat Weed
was rather luxuriant Kind of vegetation,
anyhow.