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The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04


PuRsUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIF-
rIcULrIEs-'C you direct me to the
- Hotel, inquired gentleman with a
carpet bag, of burly Hibernian, standing
on the steps of the railroad station.
'Faith,' was the reply, 'it's jist [ that
can do the same. You see you jist 60 up
this strate till you come to Thaddy O'Mul
ligan's shap, then
But don't know where Thaddy O'Mul-
liean's shap, as you call it, is
'Oh faith why didn't 1 think of that
well, then, your honor must kape on till
ye get to the apple woman's stand on the
corner of the brick church it is, and 90 on
till We get to the sign of the big watch,
and mind you don't fall down in the cell
lar thercway, then you keep on little
furder till you come to big tree, and af-
ter that you turn to the right or to the
left, but by the bones Of st. Patrick, |
don't know which,
The traveller turned in despair to long
lank Jonathan, who was standing whiting
close by, and made the inquiry of him.
Maybe you're going to put up there ?
queried Jonathan.
yes, l intend to-
Did you come from far off,
sYes, from Philadelphia, was the i'm
patint reply. But can you tell me where
the '
Got any more baggage , asked the I'M
perturble Yankee.
NO, this is ALL said the traveller, con-
vinced that the only way to get the dlrec-
ton was to submit to questioning
Going to stay long =
Couldn't say was the reply, IN rather
crusty manner. But Pm IN hurry
and would like to bedirected to the
wait minute; I reckon you're mar
ried man, amt you''
NO, l am not; and now I won't answer
ANYTHING more till you have answered
sWaal, Squire, said the Yankee coolly,
T'd like to oblige you, but the truth is |
have never been in the city before myself
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

O0O BBLS Fay's new hams, in brine;
AOO $50 bbls Amet X Billings Ham;
50 hhds extra clear Pork;
80 bbls do do
IS hf bbls Family Market Beef;
500 hf bbls Corn Meal;
80 kegs Lard
loo cs 10 ID tins Refined Lard
80 cs 20 lb do do
100 hf bbs extra No Mackerel;
IS choice Dairy Cheese:
$50 frkins New Butter, in dbl packages;
150 do do single do;
1000 bags Chill Beans;
100 bbls Am. White Beans;
100 caroons Chill Peaches:
200 hf bbls Dried Apples;
$50 bxs Fresh Layer Raisins
500 kegs East Boston Syrup, and 6 gal;
1000 bags Rio Coffee;
200 bxs y. Hyson and Gunpowder Teas;
a00 bxs Imperial Tea, l ID;
$50 packages Blk Tea, hf and Sd ID pa ps,
$50 do whole Pepper, Allspice. Cassia
for sale by GOODWIN d. CO,
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

ANOTHER MURDER,-The Union Democrat
says that man named Elias Vroeland quiet.
inoffensive parsonage, was shot and Instantly
killed by number of Chienes, at Cou.ters-
vile, Mariposa county, on Saturday night laEt,
as he was leaving a fandango house. Some
twenty shots were fred at him. Mr.. v. was
formerly from New York.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

A SAGAcIous CUB.-Several remarka-
bic stories are told by Sacramento aper
of a domesticatcd rat, which has taken up
its residence in closet of the Orleans
Hotel. We heard an incident recited of
a dog in this city, which rather 'lays over"
the Norway
1t is known to many, that the great en-
emy of dog flesh has been abroad in the
secret hours of the night for several weeks
past, impregnating choice parcels of fresh
meat with strychnine, and dropping them
on the highways and by-ways where they
are picked up by unsuspecting "towsers''
and taken voraciously into hungry stom-
achs A respectable widow lady residing
on - street, owns, by entailment, a
lazy good-for-nothing cur, which, it has
long been her ardent hope, might fall a
victim to the wiles of the destroyer. He
had twice been thrown into the Bay with
stone about his neck, and twice escaped
drowning by the slipping Of the knot
The scalds and kicks, and cuffs, and blows
that he received, were beyond the power
of computation Some half dozen times
he had been given away, but with that un-
dying fidelity which has ever characterised
his species, he escaped from his new own
ers and returned to the people and the
home of his affection These oft-repeat-
ed exhibitions of devotion began to attract
towards him the kindly solicitude of his
mistress. From at first regarding him
with repulsion, as he retreated before her
angry gaze, she gave him an occasional
kind word, which caused him to bound with
delight, and express as plainly as dog
could do, an overwhelming gratitude for
so much unlocked for condescension.
This amicable state of affairs continued
between the parties, until a few nights ago,
when the dog ventured out on prowling
excursion, from which he returned in the
morning poisoned Moved to pity by his
sufferings, the heart Of his mistress gave
way, and she sent to drug store for a
prescription, which was duly administer
ed, and the dog recovered.
The story might end here, as affording
beautiful lesson of brute devotion on
one side, and woman's kindness on the
other but it don't At late hour Of
the very next night, the lady was aroused
from slumber by scratching and whining
at the back door Of her dwelling, and sus-
pecting that thieves might be about, of
which her vigilant dog sentinel was giving
the alarm, she arose, lit a candle and pro-
ceeded to investigate the facts. AS she
opened the door, the eye of the cur, full
of intelligence, met hers. BY his side,
near the threshold, lay the spaniel of a
neighbor, quivering in the last agonies of
death The truth at once flashed over
the lady's mind. He had met it in his
prowlings, and sensible of its malady, in
duced it to follow him home, that it might
be a partaker of the same antidote which
had acrought his own miraculous cure =
S. F. sam
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

n@- A young wife demonstrated with
her husband, dissipated spendthrlft, on on
his conduct "My love-" said he, u
am only like the Prodigal Son | shall
reform by and by" "And [ will be like
the Prodigal Son, too," she replied, ''for
| will arise and 90 to my father and of
she went
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
n Act to Suppress Gaming.

eople of the State of California, rep
nted in Senate and Assembly do en-
as follows:
1. Every person who shall open or
to be opened, any gaming bank or
chance, the whole or part of which
to him, in any house or other place
or, whether the said house or place
d or usually occupied by said per-
ot, and likewise every person who
for, or otherwise conduct, or as
,nducting the affairs of such bank
and also every person who shall
lch bank or game to be opened in
under his control, may be pros
indictment by the Grand Jury
nty in which the offense shall
1 committed, or before any JUS
Peace, or Recorders Court Of
y, and on conviction, upon evi-
me or more credible witnesses,
ned in sum not exceeding five
ollars, nor less than one hundred
the first offense, and double
mt for each subsequent offense !;
cases, the house or place, in
h illegal gaming is carried on or
ot it be done without the knowl-
owner thereof, shall be held
he fines imposed on persons for
| gaming within the same.
The owner, tenant, or occupant
lse or building in which money
hall have been lost by gaming,
nowledge or consent of such
.upant or tenant, shall on con-
reof, be fined not exceeding five
ollars, nor less than one hun
for the first offense, and dou
mount for each subsequent of
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

be- A Rochester editor had the best
of reasons for kicking ouack nostrum
pedlar out of his sanctum. The fellow,
with the characteristic impudence OF all
who ask for newspaper puhs, desired the
editor to try box of his itch ointment,
it being an infallible cure, and if found to
answer the description, then to certify to
its merits in the columns of his paper.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

BAB1Es.-The local editor of the Buff
falo Republic has made himself one of
the immortals by the publication of a dis
covery which he has recently made, of
great importance to mothers. 1t is an in
fallible means of keeping babies, from two
to ten months old, perfectly quiet for
hours. The MoDUs oPERANDr Is as fol-
lows: As soon as the squaller awakes,
set the child up, propped by pillows II 1t
cannot sit alone, and smear It's hngers
with thick molasses Then put hal1 a
dozen feathers into its hands, and the
young one will sit and pick the feathers
from one hand into the other, until it
drops asleep. AS soon as it awakes, more
molasses and more feathers, and IN place
of nerye-astounding wells, there VIZ be
silence and enjoyment unsreakable.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

Es5" The chronometer to be presented to
Captain Duncan N. Ingraham, United States
Navy, from several thousands Of the working
classes Of England, as the result of penny
subscription, in token of admiration aEd an
proval of lis course in the memorable case of
Martin hosza, has been received at Char.
les on.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

STEAM FROM PANAMA TO AUSTRALIA
A company in London is negotiating with
Mr. Bartlett, agent of the Panama Rail
road, for the establishment of a line of
steamers from Panama, connecting with
the British West India Line.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
-. There 80 nlrnadn fua /. - -

s6~ There are already five Urge and very
good looking weekly newspapers in Kansas !:
The Herald, published at Leave lworth the
Pioneer. at Aickapoo; the Herald of Free
dom, Kanss Tribune, and Kansas Free
State, at Lawrence. Another is soon to he
started at Atchison.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

nSP A pedaaorue once related Il

ng% A pedagogue once related us a
laughable story of one of his scholars, a
son of the Emerald Isle He told him to
spell hostility. 'H-o-r-s e, horse COM
menced Pat Not horse-tility,' said the
teacher; 'but s-tility.' Sure replied
Pat, am didn'ty tell me, the other day,
not to say boss {? Be jabers it's 'can
thing one day, and another the MKT
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

re- Each of the ten inch shells thrown bv
the Allied forces at Sevastopol costs about
1925, and the expense Of the maintenance of
each man in the English army is averaged at
about $4,000.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

1Hr Half bbls. New Orleans Sugar;
IOU 300 bbls and hf bbls crushed Sugar;
$50 bbls ht. bbls do 8. eranul'd Sugar
500 mats No China Sugar;
1900 mats No l China Rice;
100 hf bbls Carolina Rice:
500 bxs and hf bXs Adamantine candles:
200 bags of Walnuts;
100 cs Sardlnes, hf and or bxs;
200 cs Olive Oil;
100 cs Salt, 5, 10, Is and 30 ID bags;
$50 doz super BrOoms
1000 gross w Matches;
50 gross Yeast Powders;
100 cs assorted Jellies and J ans;
l50 cs Baltimore Oysters;
leo cs Lobsters and ans;
100 cs Turkey and Chicken;
100 cs Strawberries and Pinearples
50 cs assorted Preserves.
$50 cs do Syrups;
200 cs Pie Fruits;
$50 cs Inf and Or Brandy Peaches;
80 cs hf and Or Pickles.
800 kegs 3, 5, and 10 gal pickles:
l50 kegs ana 10 gal. Cranberries.
for sale by GOODWIN & Co.
April l3, So. 5O-lm. e. California st.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

~ On February 9Th, the Directors of the
Bank of England notified their employees that
they would receive a bonus of ten per cent. on
their salaries, in consequence OF the present
high price Of provisions.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

AccIDExT.-I'he Auburn Wing learns that
bank on the Jamison claim, at Iowa Fill.
caved in on Thursday last. injuring two per.
sons badly, one Of whom, Mr., Owens, had his
leg broken.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
JOHN \. MOODY,
y r G HIT f CT

No. 1Ql Merchant street, San Francisco.
DL ans, Specifications ard all other documents
Il relating to buildings prepared with punctuality
and despatch application either personally or by
etter, and charges moderate in all eases.
Mr.. NJ, having an extensive acquaintance among
the manufactures and dealers in building m materias
IN San Francisco, will pay particular attention to
any orders received for the purchase and forward
ing of ron work, tone work. &C He VIII engage
t. blHe all such orders fulfilled with the best of ma
terlals and at the lowest ruling rates in the mar
ket. anrill3-3n
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24
The Railroad Questions.

The Legislature has granted the lands
donated by Congress along the line of their
read, TO the Cairo and Fulton Company,
conditioned that the company shall grade
twenty. or complete twelve miles of the road
by the first of December, 1856, and that
they enter into bond to the State, for the
faithful application Of the lands. This. we
are tod, is about tie substance of the re-
quirements of the bill.
The terminus Of the Mississippi branch
has very properly been fixed at Hopefeld,
opposite Memphis. and the lands on this
route have been donated to the Memphis
and Little Rock Company What condi-
t;ons are coupled with the grant we have
not learned.
The Fort Smith branch has been located
North of the Arkansas river, and the land
donated TO the Little Rock and Fort Smith
Company. We are as yet unadvised as to
the conditions connected with this grant
We viii be able TO form better opinion Of
the merits Of each BIZ. after we shall have
examined their provisions
Now that matters are adjusted, doubtless,
to The satisfaction Of the different companies
II is to be hoped they viii at once 60 to
wo,k. and give the people of the State some
tangible evidence Of their willingness and
ability. with the aid of the lands. TO COM
ple;c their respective roads
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24
Arrison Convicted CT Murder.

We published dispatch from Cincinnati
stating that ARRIsoN, the internal machine
criminal, had been found guilty of man
slaughter 1t was murder. The Gazette
furnishes the following account of the ren.
dition Of the verdict
THE jury having retired to their room
for consultation, agreed on their verdlct,.we
learn, in less than an hour. The court hav-
ing adjourned until six O'Clock, they could
not make known their important budget
A large audience, on the doors being open
ed, filed the amphitheatre of seats, and a
number of ladies repaired to those they had
occupied during the trial. The sheriff Of
ficers soon brought in the prisoner, who,
after receiving cordial hand-shaking by
part of his counsel, Judge Key and Mr..
Dickson, he was placed on the prisoners seat,
to the left of the court, when the clerk de-
manded of the jury their verdict, which
proved to be Guilty of murder in the first
degree, as charged in the Indictment. -
Judge Key desired that the jury should be
polled, each OF whom rose and acknowledge
ed severally the verdict read to be his ver-
diet
During this whole scene, while the ladies'
and stern Judge were moved to tears, the
prisoner betrayed not the least emotion.
When the clerk read aloud the verdict of
guilty" some one in the audience cried
out That's right The sheriffs officer
Immediately called to order.
Judge Key, one of the counsel of the
prisoner, made motion for new trial, and
the prisoner was remanded to his lonesome
dungeon.
The court goes out of existence this
month, and the motion, perhaps. will be
heard to-day As there is little hope Of it
being allowed, the sentence, no doubt, will
be pronounced to-day.
The court met next day, the motion for
new trial was overruled, and the court
pronounced the sentence of death.
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24
jFor the Teiegroph.l
House OF REPR REsENTATIvEs.
Little Rock;, Jan. 10, 1855. J

J
My DEAR ETTER =
The present session of the General AS
sembly is fast drawing to close. Before
leaving will give you notice of the cur
rent events. The Governor has just signed
the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad bill,
which if it had not been e1 necessitos rel
he might claim as the crowning glory of his
Administration. 1t would have passed IN
spite of him, and is law sorely against his
wishes. Helena, all the time, set up great
pretensions and her delegates were urged by
bis Excellcncy to contend to the bitter end.
As no arguments could be brought in favor
of the little town and the big sand bar, a
system of bullying was tried The first
stool pigeon or Helena pet was NJ. BUTT
HEwsoN-his fate is known. The last one
"LEoNlDAs," was too proud to dull the palm
of entertainment with grave senators and
our most distinguished citizens on his arri
val He lived on an atmosphere altogether
too etherialized for common folks But oh,
how are the mighty fallen For the last
twenty-four hours he has been snugly housed,
not daring to leave his room for his meals.
These are about the facts " esterday Dr.
MooN, who is a brave manly fellow was
sueered at by this pink Of Helena chivalry.
DR.. NJ promptly met him in the door Of
the Anthony House, and told him he was a
liar, a thief, and coward, all of which the
brave spartan accepted with the bes. grace
imaginable, but said he should call Dr. NJ
to account after wearing the insult for the
night Well morning came. and noon, and
night again, nobody was called TO account,
during all this time nobody saw LEoNIDAs
| outside Of bis ROOM
In leaving Little Rock I must congratu-
late the ladies upon one acquisition to fashion
able circles in the person Of the Representa-
tive from Monroe county. He is rich am
told, but to enttle man to social position
the manner riches are acquired is often as
important as wealth itself Don Pedro Blan-
CO was rich, millionaire and bis barra-
c00ns at Gallinas made him so. The mem
Der from Monroe however, has been dispos
ed of by the senior Editor of the Louisville
Journal. therefore quote the article from
| that paper Of the 8th inst
We understand that Mr. Redmond, who
| represents the Helena railroad interest in
the Arkansas Legislature, is in the habit Of
slandering US, but he is fellow who has no.
toriously made all his money by negro-deal-
ing and of course is less respectable than
the chatteis be deals iu.''
Hampstead county has been ably and
faithfully represented in both branches of
the Legislature. l DO not think a single
member Of your delegation has given vote
which his constituents will not approve. If
[ should return to the capital two years
hence hope it will be my good fortune to
meet them as your representatives.
Yours, OUACHITA.
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24

" We are pleased to learn from the
True Democrat" Of the 18th inst. that the
Editor Of that Journal is not. as his article
led Us TO believe, opposed to the objects of
the Southern Commercial Convention. as
sembled at New Orleans We were not ad-
vised, except through the columns of the
True Democrat" as to what occurred at
the meeting convened at Little Rock for
the purpose Of appointing delegates to that
Convention. If anything Of q party na-
ture, calculated to wound the feelings Of Ell
ther party was there introduced. we would
join the Editor il prencuncing it ill-timed
and out Of place.
We cannot however agree with the Ed
itor of The True Democrat" in saying that
Democracy is Gov. Conway's only sin, for
We are not one Of those who believe that po-
litical opinions honestly entertained, hOwev-
er much they may differ from ours. objec-
tionable in the light of justice and reason.
But, aside from Gov Conway's politics, his
course upon the much more important sub
jects OF internal Improvement. renders him
Justly liable to censure and rebuke, in a
meeting of the character above mentioned.
and we think the friends of the Governor,
the Editor of the True Democrat" among
them, are altogether too sensitive. and under
take entirely too much. when they attempt
to defend his course upon that subject, and
shield him from the censure he so justly
merits
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24

The New York Spiritual Telegraph pub
fishes revelation from the spirit of NAPo-
LEON, from which we take the following ex-
tract
What will the world think when it hears
of the trouble between Nicholas and Mems
chikoff What will it say when the Rus
sian General turns his army against the
Emperor, and raises the banner Of lib
erty? This will surely happen between
the first of January and the 2Sth of Febru-
ary. What will the world think when it
hears that Sevastopol is taken by the friends
of universal freedom, and the Russian Gen
eral, with his officers, will turn republicans
and 60 to help the Hungarians?
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24
DISTRESS AMONG THE New York Ne

DISTRESS AMONG THE New York Me-
cHANICs-The mechanics and laborers out
Of employment in New York are becoming
almost desperate, and it is feared that seri-
Gus consequences may follow. Many are
said to be actually without the necessary
means of subsistence. They held a meet
ing on the I'd inst, to devise some means of
relief, at which speeches were made, calcu.
lated to engender bitter animosity between
the rich and the poor and in no wise to ben
eft the needy In the midst of the throng,
banner was displayed, on which was in
scribed-'P Political knaves and spectators
have robbed US of our bread. and they offer
us soup. We demand our rights We de-
spse and contemn the rule Of tyrants.'
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24

rThe most improbable rcmOr We have
heard recently. is the following from the
Philadelphia Inquirer That paPer learns
that short time since, one OF the leading
powers of Europe proposed 10 an agent of
the United States. that If this country would
take sides with the Allies. the latter would
place EsPAETERo on the throne Of Spain,
with the understanding that the Island
of Cuba should be Immediately ceded TO
this country for a certain sum Of money.
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24

IL Frank LeSlie'S Ladies Gazette, Of
Paris. London, and New York fashions, for
December. is on our table 1t contains more
patterns and styles Of ulantil:as. cl0aks. dress
es. bonnets. caps. fOunces. fur-belows. and
other trapping. than We ever dreamed Of in
our philosophy 1t is just the work for our
lady readers 1t is published monthly at
So per anuum. and is about the size of an
ordinary school atlas address Frank
Leslie, No. 6, John street. New York.
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24

Southern Literary Messenger.-The
January number, being the first number of
the twenty FIRST Volume, of this excellent
southern monthly has been received. a Sc.
ri-s Of biographical sketches of the officers
in the Mexican War commences with this
number. The contents are varied and in
teresting, and fully sustain its well earned
literary reputation. Subscription price 50
per annum in advance Address, lIactar-
tune. Ferguson d. Co., Riclmos,a, Ia.
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24
Congress-.

Internal IOUeneHtS--PduPc/ IHa-
z1igratiou.-Th Committee on Commerce
in the United States Senate, it is stated, is
preparing an Internal Improvement bill,
leaving the expenditure. as to the places
and amounts to the discretion of the Secre-
tary Of War. The bill contemplates the
appropriation Of Cne hundred thousand dol
lars, each, to the Northern lakes. and about
the usual amount to the Atlantic coast, and
TO the Western rivers.
In the House, the Committee on the same
subject have it is said, proposed bin on
the subject Of the immigration of alien pau
pers and criminals Under its provisions
10 foreign passenger will hereafter be ad-
mi:ted into any port of the United States
unless he shall have certificate from the
American Consul of the place from whence
he came, certifying that be has not. for one
year previous to his departure, been an III
mate of Jail OF work-house, and that he
has net. for four years previous. been con-
yicted Of any criminal offence, except such
as are designated political crimes Any
captain Of vessel bringing such persons
without such certificate, viii be liable TO fine
and imprisonment. ard the vessel in which
they arrive, subject to forfeiture 4 good
/ law, aud much needed.
Washington telegraph., 1855-01-24

% We learn that difficulty occurred
in the lobby of the House Of Representatives
on Friday night last, between DR.. NOOK. Of
Dardanelle, and 1Ir HEINMAy, Of Helena,
by which the former was shot, the ball pass
ing through the arm near the wrist. pene-
trated the side, and striking rib. passed
out at the back The wound, though Sc
we're, is not considered dangerous We
learn that the difficulty had originated pre-
viously, and that the parties happened tc
meet in the lobby Of the House, when
HEINHAN Immediately drew his pistol and
fired. lie surrendered himself to the off
GERS CT the law