Mountain Democrat., 1857-12-19
Common CO@McII 1SlOCccsIImgs.

ALACEUNILLk, DcCcuDcr lOtn, 1904.
Board met. President Cary in the Chair
Present-Ald. Jones, Burns, Swan, GOwcn and
Tanncnwuld.
Minutes read and approved.
Aid. Burns, from the Finance committee, submitted
verbal report relative 70 the affairs Of the late Col
lcctOr, J. e. Pennie. Aid Swan moved that the re.
port be sccePted and the committee discharged
Carried.
Aid. Gowen, from the committee on Fire and Water,
to whom was referred the petition from members Of
Confidence Engine Co., submitted a verbal report IA.
vorng an appropriation by the Board suiticient to
finish rooms
Moved by Aid. Jones, that an order be drawn upon
the Treasurer for go, a. an appropriation to Conf
dence Engine Co. to finish their rooms.
Ayes-Alds. Jones, Swan, Burns and Tannenwald.
Nays-Ald Gowen.
On motion, the report Of the City Treasurer was
taken from the table.
Ordinance No. 50, entitled L" an Ordinance regula.
ting the assessment and collection Of taxes upon real
and personal property" was presented, read and
adopted.
Ordinance No. ST. an ordinance to amend An oriI.
nance entitled an ordinance to license and regulate
Auctoneers" passed Dec. 9th, 1857, was presented,
read n nd passed.
Moved by Aid Burns that we proceed to the cleo.
tlon of a School Superintendent and Trustees Car
ried.
The President appointed Aids Jones and Swan rs
tellcrs.
DR.. p. Chambcrln was placed in nomination for
Superintendent, and Dr. A. Clark, p. X Rockwell and
John Roy for Trustees. Upon the first ballot, each
receiving four votes, they were declared elected.
Moved by Aid. Burns that the committee on Public
Places, together with the Marshal, be authorized TO
have station House repaired. Carried.
Aids swan and Burns were appointed a committee
to rebuild bridge across Cedar Ravine.
Aid. Burns, from Finance Committee reported the
following bills correct Blanchard Is for wood; W.
Bartram ~ Us plank for streets. Ordered paid.
petition, numerOusly signed by citizens of sacra-
mento street. asking that sidewalk may be construct
cd upon same, was presented and the City Attorney
was requested to draft an Ordinance to the eject, aud
present 1t at next meeting.
Board adjourned to Monday evening next.
In the course Of our professional experience,
we have not met with anything in respecta-
BILE journal so revolving 10 the common senti.
ments Of humanity aud decency, % the follow
ing paragraph quoted frm European letter
to the San Francisco BHkltIGR, While we brand
the writer with the inlamy due 10 the author Of
such brutal sentiment, We have the charity
to suppose that the conductors Of the Bulletin
printed the paragraph without noticing it, But
this supp0sition does violence 70 reason, when
We reflect that the BuIItfiR subsequently pub
lished, in the form of Q communication, quasi
defense OF the fiendlike sentiment Of its Euro
pean correspondent:
IAN old Californian told me to-day that he read In
one OF the New York papers that Mr. Broderck (of
Jenny Lind theatre memory had been ON board, 1.-THE
Central America) and that he perShed by the acci-
dent. Intc 70 at EeGSt one drop Of comfort in an
ocean ?T mtaerk.
If, instead of a distinguished man and a
member Of the United States Senate, the per-
son over whose supposed death this beastly
qualification is expressed, had been the lowest
and basest Of the human form, our cOndemna-
tlOn OF the sentiment and its author would not
be less absOlute.-.SIH sIoGqUin Republican.
1t is rumored that the erratic Chas. E. Pick
EFT will, in short time, start an Independent
paper in San Francisco. Charley is vigorous
writer, but an unsafe teacher. He is as whim-
sical as spoiled child, and as malicious as the
venerable Nick himself! Go in, Charles, and
blow up "all the won and the rest Of nian.
kind"