The Nevada journal., 1856-12-12

CALIFORNIA JUST1CE.-HOTter s Spa77t
has California correspondent, who re-
lates the following occurrence as exem-
plifying the manner in which justice
was dispensed with, in the palmy days
of California, when Alcaldes, elected by
the miners Of the district, ruled supreme.
An individual by the name of Green
had borrowed some forty dollars of an
other of the soubriquet of Shortez.-
Now, Shorter could not obtain the
money, though Green had struck lead,
and was known to have dust. Green
was a large, powerful man, but had no
grit, and Shorter offered to fight him for
the money. but Green backed water
The claim was then brought before the
Alcalde, on cold, rainy, dismal eve
ming, and as there was some considera-
BILE talk about it, the boys gathered in
to see the fun--rather a motley appear
ing crowd, with long boards and hair,
patched pants, rimless hats, toeless
boots, etc, The Hon. Judge was un-
well, but sat up in his bunk, with red
bandana" tied round his head. The
case was clearly proven. The Alcalde
decided that Green must pay, and if he
would not, a committee of three were to
search him or his cabin and get the
money, and also the court costs. Upon
this, Shorter lose and said: "Your
honor, will forgive him the debt, and
pay the costs besides, if he will only
give me fight. so that [ can whale
him."
Green, when he heard this, squared
himself, thinking that he court room
would be sacred but Shorter pitched
in at once and clinched. Several, my
self included, sprang to separate them,
when, in deep tones and waving the
bandana, the Judge exclaimed, Gentle
men, gentlemen, stand back If the
parties wish to effect compromise,
don't interfere!" And we stood back.
Green was whipped in few seconds,
and after that obliged to pay the funds
TUNs OF BREAD.-H. Berdan, already
distinguished as an inventor, and who
made quite stir in the last legislature
with his "goose-neck" railroad for
Broadway, has just completed an enor-
nous oven in Brooklyn, corner of Elm
Place and Fulton Avenue, of a capacity
almost sufficient for the supply of the
whole city. Five hundred and forty
barrels of -four can be baked every day,
if the powers of the oven are put to their
full test. The apparatus is purely
scientific in its construction, with spe-
cific reference to the preservation of the
alcoholic gases and other valuable pro-
perties which are wholly lost during fer
mentation, in the ordinary process of
baking-none of these being allowed to
escape. While exposed to the heat,
the bread is constantly in motion, on a
series of revolving platforms, and finally
emerges on miniature rail cars, ready
for delivery. OF course, a uniform and
perfectly reliable temperature is indis-
pensible. This is secured by a very
ingenious contrivance, consisting of
strip of brass, something like thirty feet
in length, within the oven, so as to be
very sensitive to the thermometrical
changes; and the least shrinkage or
contraction is made to act directly upon :
the furnace fires, by its connection with
the hampers effected by lever. The
cost of this machinery, with boilers,
wells for pure water &C., is said to be
in the neighborhood of $4,000. The
plan is to furnish bakers with their daily
supplies at wholesale prices; and it is
contended that this can be done at
much lower rate than they can supply
themselves. The economy of labor
effected by Mr.. Berdan's invention, is
surprising when the number of hands
employed is contrasted with the results
accomplished-N. Y. Journal Of Com.