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The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-11-11

COMMERCIAL LIFB.--Y ears ago an examina-
ton was made Of all the accounts kept in one
Of the Philadelphia banks during period Of
thirty years in order to ascertain as a question
Of mercantile statistics, what had been the
average fate Of the depostors, as regarded
their success in life. The result was 50 re-
markable as to be deserving of a careful study
at moment like the present, when every
fash Of the telegraph is tinged not with light,
but with gloom OF the whole number seven
ty five per cent had failed, or become so tram
meled with debt as to be compelled to relin-
pushed business. ,.
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
SlkRAifanEhS.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA-County Of Nevada-ss
- Township of Nevada.
The People of the State Of California to Charley An
dersOn:
You hereby summoned to appear 5ei,,re the un-
dersigned Justice of the Peace at his Office in said
township, on the 3Oth day OF june. A. D. 1857, at
o'clock r. NJ to TO the complaint Of c. Nelson
who demands Of you the Of S!oo and interest as
per complaint on ile in my Office.
On failure so to appear and ans'YeT, Judgment will be
rendered against you for the a sum Of 5000 and inter
est on debt with damages and cost Of suit.
Given under my hand this fth day OF June. A. d 1857.
J. VI. CLARK. Justice Of the Peace.
Il is ordered that publication Of the above
be made in the Nevada Journal for four successive
weeks. !. VI CLARK, i. p.
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
CITY DRUG STORE,
Nnmher 32 Mann Streei- Nevada &

Number 80 Main Street, Nevada California
rJNHE undersigned has hand ana is constantly re-
ceivnga large and fresh invoice of Drugs Medicines
Paints, Oils, Camphene Brushes, Spirits Turpentine
Alcohol Trusses Shoulder Braces, Abdominal Suppor.
sistng in part Of the following articles
For Coughs and Colds,
Dr. John p Bulls Pectoral Balsam !
Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL James Expectorant.
Wisars Balsam Wild Cherry Wistar's Cough Iozerr res
Divines Cough Lozenges.
Sarparillas-Bulls Sarsaparlla. Sands Ssrsaparla
'Townsend's SarsapariTa. Guysott's sarsaparilIa
Jayne's Alternative
Fever and Ague Cure-Rhodes' Fever and Ague Cure
Osgocd's Cholsgogue.
Liniments-chase Lntmcnt, Hunts Liniment.
BToggs' Mustang Liniment. Railways Ready Relief
Davis Pain Killer. American Horse Liniment.
Bowman Ointment,
Ointments-Dallys IS Pain Extractor
Green Mountain Ointment
Holoway's Ointment. Hebler Ointment
Sibley's Pill Ointment. Russia Salve &c &c.
Jaynes Vermifuee McI,ane's Ver1nif,,oe 7
Fahnstock's yermifuge
Thompson's Eye Water Greefenberg Eye Lotion.
Pettits EEs salye Es
Balm Thousand Flowers ns1in's Extracts.
Bazins & Farina Cologne Penaud Pomade.
Rose Water. Lavender Water,
Orange Flour Water, Florida Water
Bay Rum.
Fancy Articles.
Tooth Nail Hair and Shaving Brushes Combs, Soaps
of all kinds Agent for the following articles
Hostetters Gregory's, German Tonic, Hufers and Bulls
Sarsaparia Bitters. Balm OF Thousand Flowers, Bns
Sarsaparia, DIR. Sohn p. Bulls Pectoral Basam. Guy
sotts Satsaparia, and Rhodes Fever and Ague Cure.
My stock large and the assortment complete which
enables me to sell goods at the LOWEST market price
for CASH My goods are carefully packed and warran
ted to give satisfaction both in quality and price. Or
ders from the country solicited.
Family Medicines carefully prepared by myself andpre
scripton put up in the best and reasonable
prices If you goods in myline give me call am
prepared to sell 10th wholesale retail at VERY Low
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19


STATE OF CALIFORNIA-County OF Nevada-ss
~ District of the 18th Judicial District of said State
The People of the State of California Royal Pres
ton-GreetjHg:
You are summoned to appear and answer the com
pain of Max Sanger filed against You and Phelinda b.
Preston, within ten days from the service of this writ
If served on You in this county, within twenty days ii
served on you in this District and out of this county and
within forty days served you in this State and
of this District, in action commenced on the second
day OF April 1854 in said Cour for the recovery of Four
Hundred and Thirty Eight Dollars, (Si}9 00) together
with interest thereon at the of three per per
month, from the 10th day of September A. ID. 1856 till
pad and for decree of foreclosure and sale of the
mortgage premises set forth in plaintiff complaint now
on file in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court
aforesaid And you are hereby notified that if You fail
to answer said complaint herein directed plaintiff will
take Judgment against you therefor by default together
with all costs of suit and also demand of the Court such
othor relief as is prayed for in his said complaint
iy order OF the Cotrt.
In testimony whereof l. RUFUS SHOEMAKER
Clerk of the District Court aforesaid do hcreuno set nv
hand and impress the seal of said Court this st day
of June, \. D. 1857.
RUFUS SHOEMAKER Clerk.
BY WV. SMITH, Deputy.
Buckner q Hill, Attorneys for Plaintiff
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SlsahhnnnS.

NTATE OF CALIFORNIA-Countyo of Nevada-Dis-
- trct Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District
said State.
The People of the State of California to George c.
Fltch-GreetiRg: -
You are hereby summoned TO appear and answer the
complaint of William Lepdgraf, filed against YOU and
Edward Williams within ten days from the service of
this Writ if served you in this county, within
twenty days if served You in this District and out
of this county, and within forty days if on YOU
in this State and ont Of ibis district in action
menced the 9th day Of March, 1857, in said Court
for tie recovery Of Five Hundred Dollars together
with interest thereon at the rate of three per per
month, from the Both day of June, A. D. 1856 as
prayed for in the complaint Of plaintiff, on file
in the office of the Clerk of the District Court afore-
said and for such other and further relief as therein
prayed. And yoV hereby notified that if you fail to
answer said complaint as herein directed Plaintiff will
take Judgment agains you therefor by default together
with all costs of suit and also demand of the Court
such other relief is prayed for il his said compl ant
In testimony whereofI JNo. II. BoSTwIcK, Clerk
ofthe District Court do hereunto set my hand and
press the seal of said Court this Goth day May A. D.
1851. By order Of the Court.
j. If. BOSTWICK Clerk
BY VIM. Smith, d. C.
A. A SARGENT, Attorney for Plaintiff Maya sod
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A. LAMOTT,
Successor to Collins & Co..

Cor. j and 2d 81 Sacramento.
TENHoSE IN WANT of NEW STYT Z or HIT, a
L Fine article and beautifully made, be pleased
by calling the above.
Just received from Lima of the finest Peruvian
Hats that have ever been in the country
have on hand the largest of Hats and Caps
offered for sale in California My stock comprises
Otter Hats, Rocky Mountain Beaver Hats,
Moleskn Hats Ladies Riding Hats,
French and American make Felt Hats, of all styles,
colors and qualities.
Caps-A complete assortment, for mems youths or
childrcn's wear
" B.-Al kinds of Hats and Caps made to order at
the shortest notice. Warranted to fit os no sale
7 Orders from the country strictly attended to so
if you cannot come in yourself send in Jour orders
will guarantee satisfaction.
My 12d, lsJ7-tf
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
WOODS
Patent Improved Self-Feeding
81 HIN c. LIE
nj "a S H Z III Z j..

IiE attention Of those Interested The manufacture
Il of oHiAGLES, and the public gereray, is mos re
spectfuy invited to examination OF the meris of This
Improvement for cutting shingles in full confidence that
all who wiltake trouble to witness its operation win be
thoroughly convinced of its utility welas superb
ory over every other Single Machine heretofore IN
- is constructed on entire.y t i'"
NEW PRINCIPLE.
At once simple and compact bercady attached to
steam. water or horsepower. may be operated by
hand in fact it can be adapted every circumstance in
the manufacture of~hngle and joining tpem ready for
use. ltrcqures only about one horse power to propel
thr Machine with sufficient force cut One Shngle per
second.
large sized Machine be seen in operation, cor
er of Pine and Spring streets.
Also agent for Ross Sash Balance for balancing Sash
without box frames and weights which very expen
sive and canot be introduced only the time of build
ing This invention greatly reduces the expense of bal
ancng Sash, Is durable, and be applied to any wil-
dow: They can be adapted to any frame and at one
third the expense of those 1t is an invention
by which both the upper and lower Sash of windows
can be raised aud lowered with remarkable The
upper Sash is operated simply hy moving the lower
remaining stationery at the viii of the operator The
invention is simple and not likely get ont of order.
Patents for the state County, and the Territory of Or
egou and Washington for sale
WAI. SEDGWICK, Agent.
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19

% Church-yard literature certainly
needs reforming, As certain London
advertising tradesmen are reputed to
"keep poet" so the gravestone cutters
should keep a schoolmaster-a man who
knows a bad rhyme from a good one
can spell correctly and punctuate pune
titiously. Most men suffer enough above
ground without being bunglingiy abus-
ed past ns0rtem, in ill-written inscrip-
tions, that were intended to be civil, at
least. Strolling in a graveyard in Os-
wego, n. y, we came across an inscrip-
ton containing merely the name and
dates, of which we here give part in
the style in which it is cut on the stone,
a plain slab of unpretendcd dimensions:
''JoHN 5urns" We suppose the words
were intended simply to record the mans
name; but they look maryellously like
a noun substantive coupled with verb
in the indicative mood; and affording a
sad indication, at that! John burns
There is no hint that John" deserved
the fate to which he appears to have
been consigned since his decease, and
we could only say, as we read the start
ling declaration, eve should be sorry to
believe it!''-Post.
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
WHOLE NUMBER 1863.

HE ITALIAN PULPIT.-The Italian
preacher is as much an actor as the Ital.
ian comedian. His gestures, his pos
lures, the play of his voice, the changes
of expression in his face, the adjust
ment Of his dress, are half, often wholly.
theatrical. The prim monotone of the
English pulpit, and the pious drawl of
Puritanism are a long remove from even
the most respectable style of Italy.
The preacher is not afraid to shout, to
Ftart, and to sigh in the pulpit. Now
bis voice is cry which echoes back
from the lofty arches, or fingers ringing
like the Njserere, and now it drops to q
whisper, which is felt rather than heard.
As he tells some thrilling tale, which
works up to its climax, Lifting himself as
his story goes on. you can see in what
anxious suspense he holds his hearers.
It mey be, as we remember, the scene of
the Judgment of Solomon between the
rl9al mothers. How the congregation
shudder when the sword seems to fall,
before thoir eyes, upon the living child!
In what breathless silence thew listen
for the verdict How speedily, too,
the painful tension is removed by some
quaint remark, which sends smile rur-
ming over the face of the crowd, like the
sunshine over the passage Of a summer
cloud over meadow. The Italian
preacher does not disdain q laugh for
himself or his hearers, though he loves
to move them to tears. His stvle is the
imI ASSIGNED style but it has its numer-
Gus points of relief. Its tone is adapted
to its theme, and it has not the plaintiye
dlrge when it tells Of heaven and holt
ness. The thorough knowledge of his
discourse, before he enters the pulpit,
enables The preacher to speak with more
ease and freedom. He has not to de-
cipher manuscript by the ''dim relig-
ious light" but it is all in his memory
before it falls from his tongue. The i'm
itations Of Catholic architecture in some
OF our churches have proved to be Sc
we're trials to our reading preachers; but
the grey dust of Roman November
helps the preacher TO produce his effect.
There IS nothing more impressive than
an afternoon discourse in Advent in one
OF the old Roman churches, where the
preachers voice and form seem, in the
vast peopled space a spectral shape and
utterance, contrasting with the marble
tpr1ns Which stand SO silently Chris.
tEan Examiner. s.''-
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19

On SIGHT AND on DEMAND.-One of
'Porter's' staff is responsible for this
anccdote:
Judge G., well known, high
lyrespected Knickerbocker, on the sha-
dy side of fifty, a widower with five
children-full of fun and frolic, ever
ready for .joke-to give or take, was
bantered the other evening by Miss of
five and twenty, for not taking another
wife, she urged that he was hale and
hearty, and deserved a matrimonial
messmate. The Judge acknowledged
the fact; admitted that he was convinc-
ed by the eloquence of his fair friend,
that he had been thus far very remiss,
and expressed contrition for the fault
confessed; ending with offering him
self to the lady, telling her she could
not certainly reject him, after pointing
out to him his heinous offence.
The lady replied that she would be
most happy to take the situation so
uniquely advertised, and become bone
of his bone and flesh of his flesh; but
there was one serious obstacle.
We'll, says the Judge, 'nameit. NV
profession is to surmount such impedi-
ments.'
'Ah! Judge, this is beyond your
powers. L have vowed that if / ever
marry widower, he must have TEN
children
Ten children! Oh that's nothing
says the Judge, I'll give you FIVE now,
and my notes on demand for the bal
ance.' Fact.
U The other day-Mrs. Snifkins be-
ing unwell, sent for medical man, and
declared her belief that she was poison
ed, and that Mr. Snifkins did it. 81
didn't do it" shouted Snifkins. '1t's
all CANNON, she isn't poisoned. Prove
it, doctor-open her on the spot--l an
willing"
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19


ZENAS BIGEIOW Defendant
Action brought in the District Court of the 18th Judi
cia District and the Complaint filed in the county of Ne
vada in the office of the Clerk of said District Court
The People of the state of California send Greetings
Zenas Hgelow-Iou are hereby required to appear
in an action brought against you by the above named
plaintiff, in the District Court OF the l4h Judicial Dis
rlct in and for the county of Nevada and answer the
complaint filed therein, "a copy of which accompanies
this sunmons within ten days exclusive of the day of
serviceD after the service you of this summons-f
served within this County; if served of this County
but within this Judicial District, within twenty days
or served out of said District then within forty days
or if out of this state in ninety day-or default will be
taken against You therefor for decree divorce from
the bonds of matrimony existing between pl and de
as prayed for in the complaint of p this day filed in
the office of the Clerk of said Court and such other
and further relief as is therein prayed for certified
copy OF which Is herewith served and if you fail ap
pear and answer the said Complaint as above required
the painti viii take judgment against you by default
therefor.
Given under my hand and the seal of the District
r. < \ Court of the lith Judicial District, this 9th
- - day of May, in the year of Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
J. II. BOSTWICK, Clerk
BY WM SMITH Deputv Clerk
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
District Court, 14th Judicial District, for Ne.
vada County, California.
CATHERINE BIGELOW,


ZENAS BIGELOW
1t appearing to my satisfaction the foregoing pc
hton and accompanying affidavit the plan.i in the
above entitled has good cause of action against
the defendant and that Zena Bigelow the said defend
ant is a nonresident Of the State of California
1t is ordered that publication of summons be had
gainst said Hen.s bgelow in the Nevada Joerna for
the period of three months and copy of said sum
mons and complaint be deposited in the Nevada CITY
post office, directed the said Zens Bigeloy at Chick
asaw, Iowa. u 49, g. a, ...
Given undor ny hand. this 9th lay Of May A D. 1857
AILES SEAfiLS, District Judge
State OF fCaliforua, County Of Nevada s. '' '1F''
l, j. II. Bostwick, Clerk OF the District Court Itn
judicial District in and for said county do hereby certi
fy that the foregoing is copy order for the
pubcatoe of summons made in the above entitled
file in my office.
IT 9 \ Witness my hand and the seal of the District
L. . Court aforesaid, this 9th day of May, A. d.
le57 j. H. BOSTWICK. Clerk u c
BY VIM SMITH Dep.
a. A. Sargent, Atty for Prf: mayI5,3m
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19

The HELlcov of toe many poets is
not hill crowned with sunshine and
visited by the MUSES. and Graces. but an
old moulderipg house full Of gloom and
haunted BY ghosts -
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19

CHINESE SCBNERY.-About year
since, two Americans managed to pene
trate some distance to the interior back
of Shanghae. Upon returning they
gave the following description of the
scenery:
THE country has been charming
hills, valleys, groves and streams being
found in pleasing variety The sides Of
the mountains are sometimes terraced
vfry neatly, each ascending steep a cul-
tifated field The mountains have a
naked appearance, though many OF
them are covered with the bamboo, SO
cdmmon IN the country The streams
a1e all rapid and claar, flowing over
pdbbly or rocky bed On their banks
are numerous small paper manufaeto
ries. TIE principal machinery consists
of an overshot water wheel, with a huge
tt ti1p-hammer, which pulverizes the ma
te fial, chiefly bamboo. of which The pa.
pc is made"
Of view from the Top Of Heavens
Eke Mountain, which Is 20G miles south
w@st Of Shanghae. ard which is nearly
a inile above the level CT the sea, they
w4ite The yiew surPasses all chat we
hd ID previously seen. AS far as our Wis.
ION extended, in al! directions. there
were mountains. The intervening val
leys were cultivated, many of them or
namented by streamlet. which glitter
ed in the rays of ahe morning sun like
a thread Of silver"
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
HaaryrY Hsunf. ". IL

OFFICE-IN CRIrTENDENS BRICK BUILDING,
ROOM No. l. CUp Stairs) MAIN STREET.
Nevada Aug : 1896
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19

AN ADruRER OF GRAMMAR.-Thera
IS an idiyidual in market, doing business,
who IS down on customers who DON'T
speak proper
"What's eggs this morning?" says q
customer. g.
Eggs, of course . says the dealer.
q q mean-bow do they gol'
"Go-wherel'
"Sho-E says The customer, getting
q p his fury, 1what for eggs 2" :
"Money, money, sir, or good endorsed
credit y says the dealer.
"Dont you understand the English
language, sir 2" says the customer. q
"Not as you mix it and mingle it, I
d dPn,t,2 responded the egg merchant.
"N Nhat-is-the-price-per-dozen
-for-your-eggs?"
"Ah now you talk" says the dealer.
p" Sixteen cents per dozen is the price,
SIR !" They traded
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
I. MANSELL;

Sign and Ornamental Painter,
4 work promptly attended to- and IN the best style of
s{,e Ar Pine street Nevada augS-tf
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
JOHN LARK,
SalHaARaAAHHS

Wholesale and Retail Druggist
" NJ ain Street, Nevada
A. April 18th. 1857.
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
A. A SARGENT, Attorney for PIaintid H Mayas p SC SC
STATE -OF CALIFORNIA.
zENAs BIGELow. Defendant

COUNTY OF NEVADA
n the District Court of the lth Judicial District
l. CATHARINE BIGELOW, Plaintiff,
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19

a. An English nobleman once sent
his stupid son to Rowland Hill, in order
that he might be educated, accompanied
with a note in which the father said of
hts hopeful son, 81 am confident he has
talents, but they are hidden in nap,
kin" The eccentric, but shrowd divine,
kept the youth few weeks under his
care, and then sent him back to his IA
ther with the following laconic message:
81 have shaken The napkin at all cor
ners, and found nothing in it.''
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
u. p. DAVIS,
g u y ~ vi I e Ef A..

Having survived the fire the subscriber has again es-
4 tabshed himself on SPRING STREET, in the rear
Of the United States Hotel where he viii prosecute his
business for the prescnt III the Gunsmith line.
Kites aud Shot Cans kept constantly hand for sale
Pistols. Powder, Shot, Lea1, Balls, Caps, Waiding
Fiasks, Powder Horns, sc. Sc.
Guns and Pistols repaired AMI put in order at the short
est notice. Having superior Lathe, he manufac
ture any part of machinery which may be desired
New Rifles made to order. o24tf
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19

A'i' 100 q SAuOi anu; luutGu, 1dIal DIOW
for the young duchess, who was already
suffering from the first attacks of con
sumption. Her exile and martvrdom
FASTENED and aggravated her disease
She led an errant life, wandering from
Tours to Rouen, and from Rouen to
Caen. Josephine frequently interceded
with Napoleon in her behalf; his inva-
riable reply was, "No, say; no I'll
have no impertinent spoiled child here!'
Madame de Cheyreuse died at Lyons
early in the year 1918. Napoleon's s
querulous and unmanly persecution had
killed her in the maturity of her beauty
and the prime of her years.-GoodricA's 5
Court Of Napoleoa.
CATs.-A writer in Putnam for Octo-
Der criticizes cat concert. "Cats,
also, have their amusing, but by no
means melodious concerts. Gravely
and majesticallv sits the most valiant Of
beaux in the midst of an admirine circle
Of bellies. Ee utters a deep, solemn
note; they answer in all kinds Of voices,
but not exactly in pure clear accents.
Louder and wilder rises the chorus,
fercer grow their passions, blows are
dealt with little forbearance, and at
last a row ensues, ludicrous in the ex-
treme to the eye, but to the ear torture.
Stronger still, and as yet unexplained,
is their conduct, when, like true topers,
they get drunk from eating the root of
valerian. On moonlight nights of early
spring, they have often been seen un-
der the Intoxicating influence of this
well known poison. They caper and
shrek, they scamper and scream. they
leap and kick and tumble about like
genuine madmen. Unmelodious as their
voices are, they differ not only with
sex or age, but in every individual cat
This led some rascally curtier or other
to the outrageous idea of a cat organ
He confined a large number of cats
with different voices in large box, az
ranging them carefully according to mu-
sical annexation. In front was a key
board, and as the hand touched a key,
a pin entered the tail of correspond
ing victim. The cats mewed, and-for
shame the world laughed"
Bayard Taylor, in his 'New Volume
of Travels" gives the following humor-
GUS description of the cats of Aleppo:
The other remarkable thing here is
the hospital for cats. This was found
ed long ago by rich cat-loying Mus
sulman, and is one Of the best endowed
in that city An old Mosque
is appropriated to that purpose, under
the charge Of several directors, and here
sick cats are nursed, homeless cats find
shelter, and decrepit cats gracefully
purr away their declining years. The
whole category embraces. several hun
dreds, and it is quite a sight to behold
the corridors and terra ces Of the mosque
swarming with them. Aleppo, more
over, rejoiccs in greater number Of
cats than even Jerusalem. At rough
guess l should thus state the population
of the city: Turks and Arabs, 10000
Christians Of all denominations, $4,000;
jews, 10 coo; dogs, $4,000; cats, 5000.
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19

~ eve thank thee, Lord, for the
gbodly number here tonight, and that
Thou art here also, Notwithstanding the
inclemency Of the weather.
The precise building where the above
Unique prayer was uttered, has been To-
Gated by those who heard it. in at least
half dozen States. We presume there
is no doubt of its entire truth. Speak
ing Of prayers reminds us of one we
once heard at a revival in neighbor-
ing city. The speaker, becoming ami
mated, burst forth with 80 Lord mani
fest thyself tonight; come right down
through the roof, and 1 will pay for the
shingles' The effect may be imagin-
ed.-SpringfeId (IIassl Argns.
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
IL. III. Hunt. ". ..

H SICIAN N a n D S q r z Q N ,
s - Offce-RudoIPh's Drug Store, CONNIE rcial st.
REsIp ENCE-Water st, ID house above Pacific Hotel.
Nevada. August Sim
The Nevada journal., 1857-06-19
.sOian Anderson,

J usti &c Of h e p ace,
Ohicc-A few doors below 4. EIard Beans & Co, or
Broai street Nevada