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The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-03-05

Scientific EJpcdtfion.-l)r. Jcffries ynian,
the distinguished Professor of Anatomy i'll IIar-
ward Univcrsary, sailcd from Gloucester, Massa-
chusetts, OH Tuesday, for Purmaribo, in Dutch
Guiana. lie intends To spend six months i'll
scientific researches into the natural history Of
Suiiani. Two students i'll Harvard University.
Mr. Green of Worcester, and Mr. Bancroft, of
New York, eldest son of Bancroft tile historian,
accompanied DR.. Wyman.
Definition Of" Wild Oats.'-A cereal crop that
is generally sown between eighteen and twenty
five theiarvest usually sets in about ten years
after, and is commonly found 10 consist of bro
ken constitution, two weak legs, bad cough and
a trunk filled with small vials aud medical pre-
scHptions.
The remarkable longevity Of Jewish fuinily
ut Dion, is noticed by French paper; one Of
them, widow, named Brunswick, died in De.
ccrnber 1855, above 100 years old another, n.
Liman Levy, died three months ago. at the age
of lol years, and third, n. Leopold Levy. died
OIL the Goth ult, age 1O..
The total imports OF. cotton nj Liverpool lasi
year. were $500, ,067 bales. an lncrcuse of 90, ,574
in American and 76, 100 in other kinds. or this
importation 2,257,6 672 were used for English
manufacture, and 900 went 70 the European
continent, leaving balance of 2Sl ,430 bales on
hand at the close of the year.
- 1t is cstimnted that on the lst of April there
will be 4l,o90 bales Of India bagging in the
country. which is sufficient to cover 2,5l9,400
bales of cotton, aud ly tho end Of the present
year, it Is estimated that the import and home
production Of bagging win be sufficient to cover
COOS, 400 bales Of cotton.
Ano,Asr searek .fr Sir John FSamAzin--T The
British Wbig says that preparations arc being
made in Capsda foran expedition to go in search
4 Of, Sir John Franklin, For this purposs Dr.. Ra.
Is building ia the Kingstop dock-yArd, nm Arctic
schooner, te pc ready In Msy next 10 70 10 Quo
4 bee, and thenoe 70 the Arctic regious
! Anpossaaes % sss. 3als,.--Amosr s.hs, ID
Il EyentiSas patented lass month was jnvaSiis bsl
4 ,ows itis loaded oncs q .wssk ii tie hujI5
h atsr Ehiels ail,hsee 10 81;
Il tpsnsese. u topat ths srcss issSx "a
blow away as ifyou were kiadfias stfra
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-03-05

erous inrutation upon the character of tho
living, or Tire slightest dislonor upou the
ncn.pry Of the dcad, candor, however, forces
from me tho declaration that the great
champions Of tic doctrine OF the omnipo.
tencc Of tie numerical majority have either
b. on loose political thinkers or ambitious
popular tiattcrers, and therefore unreliable
expounders Of tho PRINCIPLES of the govern
ment. Its authors saw that to sanction
such on idea would lead directly to i!:e sub
version Of their whole scheme of govern
ment based oa written Constitution; they
therefore utterly repudjatel it as pestilent
l,ercsy, breediag corruption. n,;srule and
dangerous al use Of power. This is appar-
ent from the Constitution ITSELF by whose
authority, the President, by his veto, may
arrest the best considered measures Of Con
gross, and throw them back upon the re.
spcctive houses III which they originated
with the grounds Of his disapprovaI. What
( foIIowsa Why tile project. whether bill
order. vote OF resolution. must Ie overihrown
tsbsoIutcy, unless two thirds Of both branches
of tile Federal Legislature override the
!. Presidential veto, and uphold it. Wliatbe
. CONES Of the yaunted principle Of the prov
! ilence Of the majority Of numbers here p
lat is rejected and crushed out OF life undel
,tlis jroiI heel Of the great organic law,--
Z aAndi so in regard 70 treaties. These tlis
y President shall, negotiate bur before, they
4 become The snpre,nc Law Of slta land
they sliar. ratified 6ys tso fliirds tii,
= Sclste, without reyaEI to The il,cpala.IoRso
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21
countv Financial Troubles.

From the best information we can obtain, it
seems that at the time of the death of W. W.
Wright, late Sheriff of Nevada county, there
had been collected about nineteen thousand
dollars on taxes, which up to that time he had
failed to pay over to the County Treasurer.
At the last session Of the Board ofSupervisors,
the District Attorney was directed to proceed
against the sureties Of the late Sheriff for the
collection of the taxes unaccounted for, and
Henry Meredith, Esq, was employed on behalf
of the public, with the District Attorney. Pro-
ceedings were soon after commenced against G.
X. Houghtailing to compel him to surrender
into the custody of the County Treasurer three
several bags of monies collected by the Sheriff.
as taxes, and which Houghtailing, as admins
traitor of Wright, obtained possession Of An
injunction was issued by Judge Searls, and the
monies ordered into court. The amount thus
ordered and paid in, is about six thousand
dollars The defendant means to dissolve the
injunction, and this motion will probably be
argued and determined to-day. 1t is to bt
hoped that the monies of the State and County
will be speedily applied to the purposes fol
which they were collected.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

INFORMATION WANTED.-During the past three
years we have, on several occasions, received
letters from persons in the Atlantic States, ma
king anxious inquiries in regard to men whom
we saw every day in the streets. We have
heretofore merely handed the letters to the per.
sons inquired for, and advised them to write to
their friends. The last letter of the kind which
we received, is from Mr.. VIM. p. Barker, of Bel
lows Falls, Vermont, making inquiries for Har-
vey, David, Milton and Charles Barker. Now,
we have not seen either of these men for over a
week, but presume some of them are still living
at Barker's Ranch, a few miles from this place,
and If this paragraph should meet the eye of
either of them, we hope they will not fail to
write to their friends by the next steamer, and
relieve their anxietes.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21
SAN Francisco, Jan. 20, 1857.

The County Treasurer's office, of Sonoma CO.,
was broken open last night and robbed of $l3.
900 of the county and State finds.
A personal difficulty took place this afternoon
on Montgomery street, between A. A. Selover
and Thos. S. King. Some choice epithets were
used when the parties were separated
Many leading politicians and Others leave to-
day on the Golden Gate, among them the fol-
lowing
D. C. Broderick VIM. NJ. Gwin, B. F. Washington J. w..
McCorklc, W. Van VOORHEES, C. L. Scott c. l. Weller and
family Col Henly Lieut.. Bealc, L. Q. Washington, Rev
En- Bushnell p c. Rust, j. c. Grips, s. W lnge, J. W.
Fry, Jas Graham g. Chapman, E. Carpenter, Moses +.
Flanagan, Capt. Bissell and S. W. Bowman.
On the Orzaba the following:
ExGov Biglcr and family, C. Washington, Major Ro
man. C. +. Iippncott, NJ. Wilson, Capt. Merryman, Fran
cisco Jaconet Capt. Scott, L. s. A., and T. C. Palmer
Deputy L. s. Marshal
1t is also reported that q large number go
down to join Walker.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATm.-The Volcano
Aedger of January 18th, contains the following
record of a remarkable escape:
Mr.. Fabin informs us that as he was coming
rom West Point to this place yesterday, he ar.
rived at deep cut where two men were slui-
eng and being on horseback, he was unable to
proceed Seeing no trail around, he hallooed
10 'lle men Tor directions, but the water making
100. 700 niucn noise for them to understand him,
they both climbed out of the cut. and had hare
y reached him when the whole hank for twentv
feet back caved in and buried the sInicos ryborc
t1Iney mad been working ten or twelve feet deem
Two minutes longer remaining. aud thew wonid
have met with certain death.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

For SALE-THE LAST CHANCE-The sale Of
property for taxes which was advertised to take
place yesterday has been postponed until Sat
urday next, at ii o'clock. Persons who have
not paid their taxes may avoid much trouble,
expense and litigation in the future, by paying
their assessments and preventing The sale. Tax
deeds are made prima facie evidence of title, and
all persons having money to invest may do well
by attending these sales and purchasing Mo-
MES SO invested must be refunded with ffty PEI
cent. or the property bought for little becomes
the purchasers.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21
ny Te1egraph
To Nevada Democrat.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 20t

SACRAMENTO Jan. 10th 1857.
sENkrE.-The Senate was called to order At
II o'clock A. NJ, to-day by the Lieut. Governor
Only thirteen members answered-there not BE-.
ing a sufficient number present to constitute
quorum, the Senate stood adjourned till to-mor.
row at IL o'clock A. NJ.
ASSEMBLY, Assembly convened at 10
o'clock A. NJ, this morning, and Mr.. Watkins
nominated Mr. Irwin chairman, pro tenn, Mr.
Beatty being absent The roll was called and
forty-two members, sufficient number to con-
stitute a quorum, found present.
Mr. Clark moved to excuse Messrs. Hall and
Larue for two days. lost The House refused
to excuse Speaker Beatty and Livermore for
two days-also Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Brent for the
same time. Neither house had quorum yes.
terday. in consequence of a great number of the
members having gone to call on Senators Brod-
erick and Gwin.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

Two INDIAN DIsTRICTs.-The citizens of San
Diego have adopted and caused to be published,
preamble and resolutions setting forth the ne
cessity of division of the State into two Indian
districts; alleging that from the great extent of
country Cthe whole Statc) now under a single
SUPPLEMENTARY, the Indians in the southern
part of the State are not properly cared for, and
in consequence the white people are liable to
frequent incursions from the half furnished ma
tives. The resolutions are framed as a petition
to our State Legislature to intercedc with the
General Government for its action in accord
ance with the views of the inhabitants of San
Diego.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

ANOTHER BoDY FouND.-The body of q man
was found about o week ago, one mile above
Hoit's, bridge on the other side of the Yuba.
The man had evidently been dead five or six
months. From appearances, II is believed that
he was murdered, as there was hole found in
his skull just back Of the left ear, which was un-
doubleday made by q bullet, aud the body had
been thrown into ravine and covered over
with rocks and brush. There was nothing about
the body by which II could be identified. He
had on thick blue coat, duck pantaloons, and
q pair of heavy miners boots.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

DuEL.-The Jackson Sentinel tells of a duel
which took place about six O'Clock on Wedncs.
day morning, January IA, at the Gate, little
camp about half a mile from that place, between
two .Frenchmen. Weapons-Colt's revolvers.
One of the combatants had ball put through
his car on the first round, when the seconds in
terfered and the difficulty was amcably ar
ranged The combatants, seconds and friends.
repaired to restaurant and sealed their COM
pact of friendship over few bottles of cham
payne, claret, and cups of coffee
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

SACRAMENTO VALLEY RAILROAD Board
of Directors of the Sacramento Valley Railroad
Company, have published statement of the
present condition and future prospects of the
company. The total earnings of the road fol
1856, are set down at Sl77 200, and the running
expenses at SOC, 900, leaving Il balance of $751;
2GG, as the net profits of the road for the year
The company is considerably in debt. but there
remains due from the stockholders over $780,
900, in unpaid stock and it is believed if thi:
sum be paid at an early day, that the net earn.
ings of the road in the next twelve months will
iiquidatc the most of the debt.
The road was not actually opened to Folsom
until the 22d of February; so that, in reality
the gross earnings do not represent fair aver
age for twelve months. The freight business is
daily on the increase, especially the down freight
which consists of granite, cobbe-stone, wood
and general merchandise source of revenue
entirely overlooked in the original prospectus of
the road, and daily becoming of greater profit
to the road.
The road has been steadily increasing in bus
mess, and it is but moderate estimate to place
the gross earnings for 1857, at an average per
month of $4,000, or per annum, $2lG, 900;
while the current expenses will not exceed ST.
900 per month; or, per annum, SS4 900; leaving
a balance Of $l32.000.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

ESCAPE OF PRISONERS By Geographic dis.
patch to the Sacramento Union, dated jackson
JAM 18th, we learn that three prisoners escaped
from the county Jail at that place the night pre-
vious, by boring into, and removing the boards
from the upper floor and making their way
through the Court house. The jailor and one Of
his deputies were sleepingin the Jail at the time
The names of the prisoners are Lindsay and
Thompson, confined for grand larceny, and a
Cherokee Indian, for murder.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

BoDY FouND.-Thc body Of man was found
on Friday last, in the Snow Mountain Ditch
about six miles above this place. The water
was about twenty inches deep in the ditch, and
the body was lying on the bottom. The only
thing about him by which he could be identified
was declaration of intention to become citi
zen of the United States, signed Thomas Burke
and dated New York City, April l4th, 1851
His pantaloons were partly drawn off, but there
were no marks of violence on his person, and il
is supposed that he got lost during the late
storm, and persisted from cold and fatigue
Coroner Grimes, on being notified of the fact
took charge of the body, and buried II near the
spot where il was found.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

The July INTEREsT.-The State Treasurer,
has taken the responsibility of sending the mon
ey to pay the July interest on the State Bonds
to New York, through the Pacific Express CON-
pany. 1t appears that the Treasurer was
strongly advised to take this course, as the law
did not specify any time for the money to be
sent. The matter is now being investigated by
the Legislature, and in a few days the facts con-
nected with this singular proceeding will doubt.
less become public.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21
r.e senatorial Election.

We briefly announced in our issue OF last
week the reelection Of the Hon. VIM. M. Gwin
to the U. s. Senate. A card from that gentle
man to the people of California will be found
on our first page. It will be seen that he at
tributes the strenuous opposition made to his
reelection, to the fact that for the past six years
he has been the dispenser of the Federal patron
age in this State, and that those who were I'M
der the greatest personal obligations were the
ones to desert him. He announces his intention
in future to have nothing to do with the Fed
eral patronage.
Some of the former friends and supporters OF
DR.. Gwin are disposed to blame him for the
course he has taken, while the opposition papers
are loud in their charges of "bargain and SALE"
In regard to these charges Of the opposition pa
pers, they are nothing more than what might
have been expected. If any other person had
been elected 1t would have been the same. Mr.
Broderick would undoubtedly have preferred
Mr.. McCorkle for his colleague, to either DR..
Gwin or Mr. Latham, but he was not able to Sc
cure his nomination. 1t appears that he had
influence enough, however, to secure the nomi-
nation Of either of the others, and of the two he
preferred DR.. Gwin. He might have defeated
the election by taking no part in 1t. But the
peoule expected that the Senatorial question
would be settled this winter; and taking the
present condition of the party into considera-
ton. we think it could not have been arranged
to better advantage
Tn regard to DIR. OWNS determination to have
nothing more to do with Federal appointments,
we are of the opinion that no one will be dis
posed to censure him for this, except those who
were expecting appointments through his infu-
ence. The mass of the people care but little
who the Federal officers are, so they are good
and reliable men. Messrs. Vaudeville, Norman
and several others, who are among DR.. Gwin'i
strongest and most efficient friends, state in Q
card that he had frequently informed them, 9
long time previous to his nomination, that in
case of his reelection to the Senate it was his
intention not to interfere in the disposition o.
the Federal offices in this State; that they were
not aware that those declarations were intend
ed to be otherwise than public; and that as fai
as they are concerned, they have not been de
ceivcd, nor were they astonshed at Dr. GwinI
address.
The charge has been made, that cOmbina
ton had been formed, long ago. between Mr.
Broderick and DR.. Gwn. But this charge i
made out of whole cloth, and without the cas
foundation. A clear majority of the Democrat
ic members were in favor Of Mr.. Broderick, not
withstanding the friends Of DR.. Gwin and Mr.
Weller were united against him, and endeavor-
ed to defeat his nomination. His election was
certain, as he had positive strength enough tc
secure nomination; and he is not the man tC
enter into combination, which would result ii
no present benefit, and only tend to embarras
and injure him In future.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21
rnni,,nr the County Debt.

About month ago we called the attention OF
the people of Nevada county to the propriety OF
funding the county debt outstanding in the
shape of registered scrip, and pointed out some
of the advantages that would accrue by having
this debt funded We believed then, and are
still of the same opinion, that the funding Of
the outstanding debt would be advantageous to
the county, as it would enable the Supervisors
to pay the current expenses in cash, instead OF
deprecated scrip. Notice of funding bill was
given in the Assembly last week; and before
the matter goes any further, we wish to call the
attention of our members to some facts of which
they NAV not be aware, and which we think will
lead to litigation and trouble should q funding
bill be passed for this county.
The bulk of our county scrip is held by two
or three persons, who have bought it up at the
current rate of discount, had it registered, and
expect to get their pay in the order in which il
is registered We have talked with these men
in regard to funding the debt, and find that they
will not consent to take their pay in any Other
manner than that in which they expected at the
time the scrip was registered. According tt
the decision of the Supreme Court, in the cas-
of Laforge VS.. MCGEE, the Legislature has no
the power to compel parties to fund the scril
which has already been registered. The Cour
holds that where scrip has been registered, tn
holder has vested right in the money coming
into the county treasury on the general fund
and that no subsequent act of the Legislature
can divest him of this right. If law should
now be passed to fund the outstanding debt o
this county. the parties who hold the scrip woulC
refuse to get it funded, and the Treasure
would have to pay it in the order in which i
was registered
There is only one mode by which the debt o
this county can be funded, and that is to fun
the scrip which will be issued for the curren
expenses of the county subsequent to the pai
sage of q law for that purpose. In this way til
debt might be funded, as the parties who pei
formed services for the county would have
full knowledge of the manner in which the
would receive their pay, and it would be IL
hardship to them. But we doubt very muc
whether those who expect to perform SERVED
for the county in future would like to hay
their scrip funded, as it would certainly reduC
its value materially.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21
SUIT FOR THE STATE PRINTING.-The To,cn 7h,k

SUR FOR THE STATE PRINTING-The T,,c, I'm
OF Saturday, contains the following intelligence
=, A suit was commenced yesterday by Monson.
Valentine u Co.. in the Twelfth District Conrt
against James Allen, State Printer, and b. RI
Redding, of the Sacramento State Journal. to en-
join the latter from receiving any of the cow to
be printed during the present Legislators -
Judge Norton granted an order for the defend
ants to show cause why an injunction shonId
not be Issued, returnable next Saturday, The
application is based on an alleged violation of
contract entered into with the plaintiffs NV
Gen. Allen, for the execution of the State Prinf.
ing and take their pay when the accounts were
ppual.ed, oy subsequently contracting with B. B,
kedding to do the same work. -
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

BILLIARD SALooN.-The billiard saloon re-
Gently fitted up by Messrs. Harrington d Pat
terson, on the corner of Broad and Pine streets
is one of the most elegant saloons of the kind
we have seen in this State. The room is large
and furnished with comfortable seats for the &C.
commodation of lookers-on at me games The
saloon is furnished with four excellent billiard
tables, and no better place can be found to
spend leisure hour.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

Snow IN SERRA--The Forest City Democrat
is Informed by an old inhabitant that the snow
throughout Sierra county is not so deep by two
feet as it was in the winter of 1852. From ac-
counts that we have repeatedly seen and heard,
1t is the prevalent opinion here and elsewhere,
that there is more snow in the mountains this
winter than was ever before known. From the
foregoing it will be seen that this is a mistake.
so far as it relates to this section.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

GOLD PLAcEREs OF THE CARMELo-For tbe
last TWO weeks the people of Monterey have bcer
much excited by rumors of the discovery ~
good gold washings near the Tularcitos rancho
al we we mead OF the Carmelo Valley.
yesterday, the 9TH inst, we were informed NV
arelable friend, that some ten or twelve 'su t ~
ceros had found digings which would nav y from
Inree TO four dollars day, and that there is Is
no doubt an excellent paying placer thero a =,
long as there is water, Gold in quart is slS 90
sald to have been found. There is also an InS ,
STORY Sso OF valuable silver mine in the CarmeIo
mountains, which the Missionary fathers oi,roro
forbid the neophytes to reveal 70 tba Sno',;"y
pioneer of 1926 informs us that he baa baS
many years ago, goodly sized lump of silver
metal from this mine, and has seen a hiq 81
Oh the ore-but the Indians would never te sI tS
wnte people where it came from; and it remains en-. ne
Tme 81 sne mysteries of California puzzeinr and
rfc Sentinel. '0"u niiuer-Fd-
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-01-21

AFFRAY.-A fracas occurred on Sunday even
ing last, at the Mountaineer Saloon, on Com
mercial street. between John Leonard and VIM.
Murray which resulted in Leonard stabbing
Murray, in6icting a severe, but not dangerous
wound, near the pit of the stomach, After be-
ing stabbed, Murray ran some two or three hun
dred yards to Pine street, and fell, being ex-
haustedfrom loss of blood He was soon taken up
and cared for. The parties were both intOxica-
ted at the time the difficulty occurred. Leonard
was arrested and examined before Justice An
derson, on Monday, and held to bail in the sum
of $500, for his appearance before the Court
Of Sessions. He was afterwards committed to
all in default of BAIL