The Nevada journal., 1856-11-14
SHERrrr's OFr,cR-Since the death

of the late Sheriff, the all-absorbing
Iquestion seemed for time to lie, y he
shall be Sheriff? Mr.. John Grimes
claimed the Office as Coroner of the
county. The Board of Supervisors met
on Monday, and in accordance with
their duties, appointed Wm. Butterfeld,
Esq, to serve the remainder of the term
of w. w. Wright, as Sheriff of the
county. In the evening of the same
day on which tue appointment was
made, Grimes, in company with Frank
Dunn, Marshal Plumer, Ben Conyers,
and Mulcaha, entered the room occupied
by the deputies of the late Sheriff and
the District Attorney, and took by force
therefrom property belonging to the
county. They were resisted by G. F.
Wood, Under Sheriff. and Sargent, Dis
trict Attorney. but without success
We understand the property has since
been surrendered into the hands of the
appointee of the Supervisors, and that
no farther interruption in the affairs of
the Office will be attempted.
The Democrat, with barefacedness
worthy of it, says the appointment of
Mr.. Butterfeld "has given much dissat-
isfaction, as it was thought the condi-
ton in which the office has been left, re-
quired such change in the control of it
as to secure the interests of the county
as well as litigants having monies in the
hands of the Sheriff"
To secure the interests of the county
and of private individuals, it became
necessary that John Grimes should take
forcible possession of the Sheriff's desk,
&c! Now, John Grimes is personally
interested, perhaps, in the security of
the interests of the county, like any
other good citizen, and no further. He
is invested with the same right to guard
public and private interests as we are,
but has no real or legal right beyond us.
He is under not even the trihing bonds
required by law to be given by the
Coroner, much less the forty-fve thou
sand dollar bond the Sheriff He had
not taken an oath to discharge the du-
ties of the Office of Sheriff at the time
the forcible entry was made; and had
he been duly qualified in every respect,
still an order from the County Judge or
Board of Supervisors was requisite to
obtain the Sheriff's papers from the
deputies having them in charge and
sworn to perform duties, which the
Coroner elect was under no obligation
pecuniarily or otherwise to discharge
1t seems the Coronor's posse were self
constituted Vigilance Committee, to
guard public and private interests, which
were in the most imminent danger, not
withstanding the heavy securities of the
late Sheriff and the oaths of deputies
who have heretofore been intrusted with
the affairs of the office, and against
whose integrity nothing has been
breathed. The Coronor's posse doubt
less consider themselves more honest
and responsible without bonds or obli-
cations than other men. Each is a
watchful Cerberus. standing self-respon-
sible, to guard the interests of individuals
and the public. This is an assumption
of superior virtue which, it is to be
hoped, their future conduct will warrant.
AMENDE HoNoRABLE.-We took oc-
casion in our last to republish card
purporting to owe its. paternity to elev-
en- residents of Downieville, in which we
were charged with penning deliberately
what we knew to be false and libellous
concerning the character of certain
late candidate for Congress. We took
occasion also, to comment somewhat
freely on the supposed authors of the
card. A very gentlemanly letter has
reach us from Mr.. Frank Anderson,
whose name is first appended to the
card in which he states his name was
put upon it without his knowledge or
consent, and at time, too, when he was
absent from Downieyille, and he learn
ed for the first time that his name had
been SO used in the afternoon of the 4th
inst, when copy of the dispatch to the
Democrat was shown him. He then and
there disapproved of it and denounced
the man who had taken such unwarrant-