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Tue report Of the postinastcr-yen To
which you are referred for many interesting
details III relation 20 this important and Ia
pidly extending branch OF the public service,
shows that the expenditure Of the year end,
ing June 50, 1914, including !,IaS'l0S OF
balance due to foreign Offices, amounted to
Ss,7lO,901 The gross receipts during
the same period amounted to 50 ,9'o'os"
exhibiting AN expenditure over income of
<l,755,32l, and elimination nf def
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19
For the Nevada Journal
Important Correspondence.

| Editor Neaada Journal: 1t is to be hoped
the following copy of correspondence. between
the editor of the S. f. Evening Journal ant
myself, will serve to restrain the impatience oil
your unlimited number of readers, in regard to
the notice they wish me to take of your CORES
pondent "Snob." BLASE.
| My Dear Journal: Publish my letter in reply
to "Snob" or, if you decline doing so, send il
back immediately--as "Snob" 4 Co., appear
so expectant that to look at their anxious en-
quiring faces is absolutely the most unmitigated
bore have been subject to since my arrival =
If it did not involve so much fine feeling and
all that sort of thing would he almost inclined
to feel sorry for not having noticed them ir my
last. But You know I've seen so many of that
class of individuals, so many wags, wits. and
gcniuses or genii (Mr Editor, my dear fellow,
take your choicc) that have long since had
my surfeit of them; have long since been
tired of laughing at their jokes, much less writ
ing my admiration of their dear selves. You
may thing should have noticed some Of the
talented young men, whose inclinations lead
them to something higher than saying and
doing funny things but the task of admirng
and approaching every human born genius that
comes. in sight, would be entirely too absorbing
for your vacuous BLASE.
Mons. Blase, Dear Sir: Yours ca,lle to hand
in due season: We cannot possibly insert the
whole OF your letter from Nevada our adver-
tisements take up all but one column and half
and with our finest type Agate your piece
could not be crowded INTO less than four.
1t is altogether out of the question to think
ofreturning it, there are so many rhetorical
gems, and "sly hits and direct "cuts' in it.
We are afraid if we publish them we may lose
many of our subscribers in Nevada. We
can use them to better advantage by directing
them against several Of our contemporaries, who
have incurred our odium, by using them in that
manner, you, my dear Blase, will have the sat
isfaction no not satisfactionF--we really have
not the word at hand to meet your case. Well!
at any rate, you will see your remarks directed
at individuals more competent to hurt your
feelings-a we see by your letter, they up there
have failed in that. EDS. EVE. JOUR.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

at the close of session of four and o half
months, without any provision having been
made for the payment of an increased State
debt, the people must another year bear op,
pressive and exorbitant taxation, to meet the
wants and requirements of a government whose
expenditures under existing circumstances ne
cessarily exceeded the receipts into the Treas
ury.
Having, as believe, fully discharged my
Aaty as required by the Constitution, and from
time to time, even at the risk Of being consid
cred importunate, called your attention to these
various subjects, it only remains for me, in con
clusion of this, my last communication will
your honorable body, respectfully. to inform
you, that have no further communication tt
make" - JOHN B1GLER.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

Legislative Proceedings.-Thet two Hous-
es were in session on Friday and Satur-
day evenings till 12 o'clock. An unpre.
cedented mass of BUSINESS was rushed thro
in the mean time-some of it of a charac.
ter, it may well be feared, that will cause
the State Treasury to bleed freely before
the end.
Among the acts which were finally pass
ed on Saturday was one appropriating
5000 to Captain Harry Love, for servi'
ces rendered in capturing the notorious
Joaquin, andsbreaking up his band of cut
throats. A general sympathy prevailed
for the brave captor, who was shown tc
have suffered much physically and pecuni
arily, so that this claim encountered but
little opposition. Also, an act increasing
the salary of the Governors Private Sec
retary from 81 800 TO $2,500. Also, pro
hibiting lotteries and raffles also, the. di
rorce bill and the Deficiency and Revenue
bills. M
In the Senate the bill recognizing the
militia of the State was indefinitely post
poned.
| A report was presented IN the same oodJ
from the Printing Committee, making
rare exposures.
The bill increasing the salaries Of the
officers of the Houses was finally pu
through.
The bill providing for the appointment
of measurers of lumber was defeated.
Joint resolutions of instruction and re
quest to our Senators and Representative:
in Congress to procure the passage of a Law
imposing capitation tax on Chinese ant
Japanese, were adopted also, joint resolu
tions of thanks to our Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress, for energetic du.
ties performed Cor asserted to have beer
performed,) in behalf of the State also
joint resolutions instructing these same
gentlemen to labor for the construction o
Pacific railway Union.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19
Arrivals mt the United States Hotel.

James Smith, l.. Walker. c. w. Jones, James Hen der
son, Henry 3. Johnson, Peter D. Stradt Charles D. Sol
ware Richard Dunlap, A. Lott. J. 8. Hampson, Albert
Hardy G. Young & Lady, washington; w. G Orrick
Eureka; a. NJ. Prichaw, Ezabethtown !: John Kety
Newton Gayton, X. Gayton Iowa Hill; B. Ellison, Al
pha; C.. H. Montgomery, Montgomery hill; VIM. Mont
Qomery, Pleasant Flat j. G Dicks Badger Hil W:
DAVIS Grass Valley Lewis tox, G. Spencer. Beam w
Forbes Downieyilie j. Borner, DR.. Il. H. Den Grass
Valley; Hon. IT, P.SweetIand. Lewis Horn $. W. Mer-
Ger, Sac. city; L. B. Stafford Cherokee John Mongonery
N. N. Gibson. C. C. Sweetand, w. w. Cheek, G. A.
Rawley, w j. Brown, A. Garner, Jno Broughton Chns
Thompson, Sam Norman, n. o. Orally, A. Foster: 5.
w. Fellows. G.: II. Reem, Potter HOFFMAN, B. g. Dodge:
Thomas Seabury. ff.saI So.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

SroRr.-Our friend Hughes; gives putse to.the
inning horse at the races to come off at the Union
race course tomorrow, Saturday. A good many
horses, it is believed, will be on the track, and no
doubt there will be fun enough for week at least
Mr.. Hughes has put in order at great expense, one
one the best tracks in the State, and deserves the
patronage Of sporting men. nf 1L-
A CHEAP LuxuRY.-Asa weary traveller was
vending his way through the mud in Ohio,
he discovered yeung maiden standing in the
door of small log house. He rode up in front
of the house and asked the maiden for drink
of water he drank it, and she being the first
woman he had seen for several days, offered her
"a dime for a kiss" The young maiden accept
ed the offer, and received both kiss and the
dime. The traveller was about to resume his
journey; but the maiden, never before having
seen dime, asked sH
"What am to do with the dinner" rfi
"You may use it in any way way you think
proper" he replied; sit is yours
THAT being the case" she replied, ".Tlt give
you back the dime and take another kiss,
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19
Arrivals nj the Metropolis Hotel
NEsNIsDAY, May II, 1854.

John Parker, Gmss Valley; WIN. R. Ucas Henry Yeats
Gold un: WIN. Noble, F. Gray, James II. Seldom San
Francisco; A. A. Brnatwe II. s. Mason, T. w. Ty ley,
Hubbard, E. F. Burton, W: Wriiht Sacramento & W. r
McGreth Ashers rauch David Trollop, Randolph Flat;
T. Elmore J. d. Hail. j. W. Herd, Cherokee corth; Er
nest Ehrlch, w. p Moore, j. RudselI, Jefferson Hill
Thomas Ilinckiey, H. Bosworh lady and child; MISS
D. Parham, u. H. Ferre, Stephen Small, J. H Gearhart
Robert +. Hunna, Henry Eaton, Auburn; D. Kennedy
Gold Flat. 80
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

s The Alta of the 18th says the arri-
yals OF Chinese within the last month
amount to $3.50. an9 large number still
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

Montesquieu says, ] never listen to CAL
umuies, because if they are untrue run
the risk of being deceived, and if they be
true, of hating persons not worth thinking
about.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19
Atlantic States.
OUTRAGE on the Ameriican Consul.

The Havana correspondent of the Mobile Adver-
tiser says "It seems that Col w. NJ. Robertson
went on board steamer Black Warrior soon after
her arrival, for his dspat ch sacks from the state
department, and that on returning 10 the shore
he left the wharf, he was assaulted by an officer,
Tho- seized him, and his Sacks and attempted to
take them from him ny force, but he was not aware
of the person he was dealing with, and was thrown
back by slight effort of the Col; whereupon a
gang of soldiers ready in waiting, were called upon
and they rushed to the rescue. But il was of no
use--they could not block the path of the honest
cid man. These repeated indignities were made in
the presence of many people, lining the whole Office
The outrage wonfd not have been attempted with
out express instructions, the very highest au-
thorty, Capt Gen. Peseuleges. The object was
surreptitiousy to get possession of the correspon
denoe and excuse it by the ignorance of the officer
in the discharge of his duty.
Lord John Russell stated in parliament that the
English government had addressed aconmunica alton
to Spain in reference to the affair OF the Black w ar
rior.
ACAPULCO, 25th ult.-Santa Anna attcmpted tn
escape board the Caroline. but was prevented bv
his officers. On the 26th he began his retreat after
being eight days in front of the guns of the castle
without making attack. Before rctrsatinss he
shot all his prisoners. :
On the 59th, Alvarez commenced his attack ON
the retreating forces. The killed and wounded and
prisoners were considerable, among the first some
officers of distinction Santa Annl escaped by the
trick of Disgusting himself a dragoou and takin
different route from that by which he had sent his
letters. Acapulco is declared free TO whalers
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

ROAD WANTED.-Turnpike, Plank and
Railroads are all very good in their place,
and we will hail the completion with as
much pleasure as any one. But while we
are fattcring ourselves with the prospect
Of a speedy completion of these, we should
not entirely lose sight of the less ostenta-
tious, yet no less necessary Improvement
of roads leading to our Aourishing town
from the important adjoining settlements.
The trail to Buena Vista Ranch is we
believe impossible for Wagons and carria-
ges ; but by the expenditure of "a mere tri-
fle, good wagon road could be made to
that place, where it would intersect the
best road to Auburn, Walloupa, and other
very important points. All the travel on
this route must now necessarily. take a
very ciTcuitous route, adding some three
miles to the distance of route that would be
much bettered by the direct route. A
very small expenditure, would make this
route every way preferable to the one COM
pelling travel to come by way of Grass
Valley, and we believe it would fully repay
business men were the necessary improve
ments made by private contributions.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

ANOTHER MURDER These occurren-
ces have become SO frequent that they are
now no more than commonplace occur.
rences.
AS we learn by the Alta Of the 18th, a
man named Dunn, publisher of the Pacific
Police Gazette, was murdered by Thomas
Foley, journeyman, who had been work
ing for him few days, and who had got
on spree. 1t seems Foley had several
times gone to Dunn's house. and abused
his wife, and on one occasion, Dunn com.
ing into the house, reproved him pretty
severely, and then started to take him to
the police office; but on the way Foley
drew sword from his cane and stabbed
Dunn in the breast, causing his death al
most instantly. Dunn is from New York,
and leaves wife and three cfildren.-
Foley is from independence, Missouri.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19
Eor,the Nevada Journal

For. the Nevada Journal.
AIr. Editor: 1t is needless for me to tell yorl
how vexed am that you left out the latter
portion of my article, last week describing the
proceedings in honor of the immortal Blaze.
trust yon will do him and me the justice to
now render to Cesar the things that arc Caesars.
Your readers are doubtless interested in Base
although you seem to think him bore. After
the hasty retreat from the ball, in which Blase
displayed flor him) uncommon agility, select
party proceeded to his hotel to complete the
hoEors OF the evening by serenadc. The
"RogueS March was performed with peculiar
unction .also Were all nodding,p and I'VE
wont go home till morning Neither of these
complementary and pathetic songs succeeding
in calling forth the brilliant Blase, the serena
ders ut last concluded he was too badly broke
to stand treat, and left with feelings of disap-
pointed pity. On proceeding few rods they
observed an individual leaning in negligee at
titude with his hat over his eyes against Fris-
o. pes flag staff, and stopped moment to hear
the following soliIoquy:
w ell, this Is an exhausting world. Lager
yer y, Is my weakness. The stronger I take it
Tue more weaken. What rum felers there
a.e mere. L wonder where this road leads
ilea1 tother--no not tother but which--no-
wen l dont care, am exhausted. believe I'm
.sIuap usm up he Herc waiter, give me schidam
S,chhapp. Ill have them fellows noticed in the
Eren,ug Journal. l wonder why that editor
called half my article stupid, and left il ont.
wasn't very dru-unk whenI wrote it. Saw old
fell what's the way to the " Tropolis p I'm
drunk, L believe. FIJI go home and 1.-Two a.,
Graham Bread y"
The listeners finding at this poiut that the
veritable Blase was IN a fix, sympathizinclv
took him up by the slack of the neck, and the
heels of his boots, and conveyed him te to the
Metropolis" and after becoming security to
the landlord for his nights lodging, tenderiy
put him to bed. Blaze vowed eternal gratitude
and that if the EUening Journal would only
print his articles, he would pay them by putt.
SNOB
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

RAIN. Saturday evening last, we
had another shower, which continued at
intervals until noon on Sunday. Though
we had an unusual amount of cold weather
this spring, the water in Deer Creek ahh
the larger ravines continues to hold out to
a degree scarcely before witnessed.
On Wednesday at noon it commenced
again, and rained hard showers at intervals
until in the night Thursday pleasant.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19

Fights at Eureka.-On Saturday last, a
dispute arose between a man named Will.
lians and one called Mississippi Dave. in
which Williams struck Dave, as we are in.
formed, with apick handle, inAictinc a very
serious, and it is feared fatal wopnd hy
the. fracture of his skull.
On Thursday last week, general fight
occurred among the Irish at Eureka. We
do not know as the row had any particular
cause. Axe handles, pick handles, &c.
were hurled at each other with tremen-
dous fdry.
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19
Mining News.

At Sweetland's Ranch, and Mississippi Val
lev valuable mines have'been opened this year,
and Others are worked which were opened last
year with great promise of richness. There is
nrobably no section of equal size in California
that contains so rich lead of gold, if We ex-
cept the famous Cayote-lead in this city. At
Sweetland's the hills in which the lead is con-
tained are enclosed in circular rim of granite,
in most places so soft that cuts are made
through it without blasting, and even IN the
rim itself as high as twenty dollars have been
taken out Inside the rim is a lead Of gravel
from Is to "a feet in depth, that pays the whole
distance, and from which very high prospects
have been taken. On the site Of the Empire
tunnel, that was pierced through this rim in
1850 81, at great expense, and finally aban-
doned by the fiat broke" company, as high as
81 100 per week has been taken out this season
The new company have dug through the rim
and are sluicing from their cut into the hill
washing from the top down. They have G
vast fortune at their feet. Opposite them, or
has valuable diggings, of the same nature
His diggings are worth, We believe, $1,000 pei
week. On Mancenita Hill, Mcssrs. Brawley
Hardy are working similar diggings at great
profit that is if the use Of hydraulic power
where the water does all the work, can be callet
acorking. 1T the diggings of these gentlemen
| a NOW invention ic mt at work at n shar1
head of the sluice CRATE of iron is put abou
| five feet long. The sluice to the bend is Sc
steep, and as the water, gravel and rocks com
rushing down, the rocks slide on to the crate
and rush over it down the hill, while the waite
and sand ponr through the CRATE, and iall int
the continuation of the sluicc. The compan,
was washing an immense amount Of gravel, ant
by their ingenuity were saving the labor of tw
men at least, cleaning the stones from the sluic
with forks
Messrs. Daw & Robinson have opened ex
tensive dlggings near the South Yuba, said t.
be very rich, but we have not learned the par
ticulars Quite town has grown up at tn
Middle crossing, owing to the diggings WORKED
there.
Robinson has now made his road up bot
sides Of the Yuba, and finer or costlier i'm
provement is not to be found in California. !
is said his lucky discovery Of diggings wa
made just in time to give him means to CON
plete his great work at the bridge. If so for
tune certainly did not bestow her favors blindly
The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19


immigration from Asia and the Islands of the
South Pacific, which is now crowding our
mines to the injury of our owu people, and fill.
ing our principal cities and towns with pop.
ulation ignorant alike of our language and
laws. by special message in 1852, expressed
fully my views on this subject, md did not
deem it necessary at this session to renew them
especially as the people, through the press and
other channels, were making known their opin-
ions and desires in relation to the subject !; but
cannot refrain expressing the opinion, that a
judicious enactment in reference thereto, should
have been passed before your adjournment
While you failed to appropriate the vast
means belonging to the State and apply them
to the payment of her debt, and the support OF
government, you have been lavish in appro-
priations for various objects, exceeding in the
aggregate one million three hundred thousand
dollars, from large portion of which $685.
2l9.l6) however, have felt constrained to
withhold my sanction. y $500
In conclusion would repeat, that sincere
ly regret that these various measures, so highly
important to the interests Of the State, and
which in the late canvass received the unmis-
takeable endorsement of the people at the bal
lot-box. have not received your favorable con-
sideration.
Our common constituents confidently an
ticipated that wise and salutary measures woud
be adopted, to meet the wants Of the State, and
that a thorough system of reform would char
acterize the legislation of the session now draw
ing to close They hoped and believed that
early provision would be made for the speedy
payment of existing indebtedness, and that the
finances of the State would be placed on firm
basis. by the timely and judicious aPpropria-
tion of those vast means which the liberality
of Congress and the unequaled resources OF
this young state have placed immediately within
our reach, this undoubtedly might have been
accomplished, and the State of California pre-
pared to meet any future exigency that might
arise 5f ~
These just hopes and expectations, however,
-iregret'to say have not been realized; and now
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-22

THE HIPPODRoME.-Some of the wsgs of Wash
ington have been ndulging in sports at the expense
OF Iaussnconis' Hppodrome which is soon to be open
ed in that city. Letters with the signature of M
Francois were addressed to various well-known
persons, soliciting favors of the most extraordins
ry character. One was sent to the Mayor, request
ing the use Of the Council Chamber as a lodging
place for the monkeys. Another to Bank presi-
dent, applying for permission to place the elephant
in his flower garden where he might quietly re-
gale himself on the shrubbery; while the loan of a
derrick was requested from firm to hoist the huge
animal over the wall gentleman, whose father
wrote patriotic ode, was requested to furnish
lot OF 'star-spangled banners" on the supposition
that the family We're famous for the manufacture of
these articles. And certain legal gentleman was
solicited to send up, in furniture wagon, one of
his shirt coors TO repair rent in the canvsss aw-
ming The Washington Star publishes these let.
ters in full and they sufficiently spicy TO pro.
woke hearty laugh at the expense of the Hippo.
drome.