The Nevada journal., 1854-04-14
For the Nevada Journal.
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"No rogue e'er felt the halter draw

w 18th good opinion OF the law.
NV friend Hudibras, when he made the
above sage observation, Mr.. Editor, must have
had in his minds eye the Civilian" or one of
his ancestors, who last week tried to shake the
commonwealth in the person of Marshal Mai
bon.s In Civilians" discourses upon pubic
officers he should remember that no one OF that
class who does his duty escapes the hatred OF
the lawless and that righteousness against
such an one is the cheapest charge that can be
made But cannot refrain from cOngfatulating
Civilian" for his bold and brilliant rush into
the ranks of the literati under the auspices OF
a gentleman whose word is as good as cash. :"
Such soldiers la Suisse, who lind cash 50
ready to reward their pens, can be excused by
reason of human infrmity for perpetrating
falsehoods, and | would pass over ~ s exploits
in that line did not believe it is for the inter-
ests of this town that Marshal Malbon should
be sustained in enforcing the ordinances.
'To this end let fact be presented to an I'M
partial world The gentleman in question
rode furiously down Main street over the BRIDGE
then over Broad street bridge and round the
SQUARE. The Marshal was standing at Adams
& Co.'S. and saw the matter. He quietly met
the gentleman as he was dismountlnS his
horse at his store on Main street, and notified
him to appear at the Office of Justice Colburn
The gentleman demurred, as he was just
starting off on ride, but said friend standing
by would go and pay the fine. The friend
agreed and started off. The Marshal expressed
himself satisfied, The parties remained IN statu
quo talking sociably. Pretty soon the friend
came back, and the Marshal asked him II he had
paid the fine! He said he had. The Marshal
walked to the Justices office and learned that
Ii thora ot oil anH haO
not paid the fine The Marshal, fearing a
mistake, went to the other Justices office, but
no one had been there Thinking himself i'm
posed on, the Marshal then went to the "gen-
tleman' in question, and attended him personal
ly to the Justices Office and saw the fine paid.
! Compare this statement, which many know to
be true wi tn the random charges of Civilian" :"
Now for the "officiousness." The Marshal
gives bonds of $4,000 to do his duty. That
duty is Ito enforce the ordinances Of the town.
For "qny neglect of duty the Marshal is liable
to fine of $3.50 and 80 days Imprisonment
Had the 'gentIeman" been allowed by the Mar
shall, in his own sight, to race over the bridges,
any one might have had him convicted Of the
neglect of duty, and thus heavily fined. And
though the Marshal is q very quiet "dignlfied
man, we must confess he is not sufficiently IN
awe of 'gentlemen," whose ''word is as good as
cash. to let them do as they - please, to
dance and ''prance on the bridge when he
will have to pay the fiddler, to the rate OF $50
fine and 80 days Imprisonment.
| / learn, Mr. Editor that the Marshal is
somewhat indisposed at present. Now Iappeal
to your humanity, if in this state, his nerves
are to be exposed to the force of the 'ridicule'
thus darkly, gloomily limited at by "Civilian .
I'VE have no objection to the Marshal put
! ting on as mnch dignity, and as many airs as he
pleases. 1t more excites our ridicule than our
hatred"
| Cannot something be done? Will not the
gentleman be satisfied with the first valiant
onslaught Of his Swiss soldier and restrain in
some degree this dreadful contempt. A gen
tleman" whose very words are cash, can afford
to succor distressed humanity, by buying this
"Ci-villain' up once more.
And isn't it funny, Mr.. Editor. that "gen-
tleman" whose words are as good as cash," )"
and who must therefore be a rich writer, should
have got another gentleman () Of Civilians
calibre, to use words for him.