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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-26
Amusing Anecdote.

Daniel Webster had an auec4ntr Of
old Father Scarf. the minister oi his boy
hood which is too good Ia be lost. f.
was customary then to wear huckSkia
breeches in the Autumn. Father Scarf
brought his down from the garrett but
the wasps had taken possession of them
during the summer. and were having a
fine time Of it in them. By dint of effort,
he got out the intruders aud dressed for
meeting. But while reading the Seei,i.
lures to the congregation. he felt "a dag
ger from one of the enraged small vast
ed fellows and jumped around the pulpit.
slaping his thighs. But the more he
slapped and danced the more they stung,
The people thought him crazy, and were
in connection what to do, but he explain
ed the matter by saying" Brethren
don't be alarmed ; the Word Of the Lord is
an my mouth but the deuI IS IN my breech,
eSr"
Webster always told it with great CLEO
t0 tho minicforc
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-26

The following rules and regulations
are posted on the doors of different
rooms Of a country hotel in Arkansas
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
LECTURE OF A. G. NILES, EsQ.-Tl

LECTURE OF a. G. NILES, EsQ.-The
lecture read at the Brick Church on
Friday evening last was fine literary
production. 1t was chaste and elegant
in style,and the subject, '.Bores," excel
lently well treated, TIE lecture had
the rare merit of originality throughout.
All of it came from the brain of its
author and did him credit. The ar
rangement Of the parts of the lecture
was done in fine taste, and the execution
was not a whit behind.
Whoever heard it will hereafter be at
no less to classify bores Of every des-
cription. They were individually mark
ed in the lecture so as not to be able to
escape being properly placed each in
his appropriate class. The lecture was
well read. In fact Mr.. Niles made a
good hit all around. AS the lecturer
frankly admitted himself to be a bore,
of course his audience good humoredIy
received the punches in the ribs he be-
slowed uIon them. A good audience
was present to appreciate the lecture,
and manifested their appreciation on
many occasions.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-
A man named Martin while sluieing in
a cut al Round Mountain on Wednesday
morning was caught by falling rock
and shockingly mangled. The boulder
was an hour and half on him before it
could be removed. When extricated
one leg was found crushed from the
knee down and the other knee dislocat.
ed. DR.. Bailey was called, and render
ed all needful surgical assistance, but
the sufferer was beyond the reach of
science. He died yesterday, eighteen
hours after the accident. Martin has
two brothers at Grass Valley.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
SHOW Your HANDs.-The Simon

SHOW Your HANDs.-The Simon
pure Democracy of the counties of
Butte and Yuba, have taken high
ground against the Administration Kan
slspolicy,qnd tho 'amajority oftheD Demo-
Gratis of this county lean toward Douglas
upon tLis vexed question, but few have
however defined their position. Our
embryoCongressmen are the only prom
inent Democrats that have dared to pub
licly declare against the Administration
and in favor of Douglas. Why don't
all come out and strengthen the hands
and confirm the feeble knees of our
Washington Representatives, by pub
lie demonstration and declaration of
faith. The fact is majority are watch
ing the signs of the times, and playing
pig and puppy until they can learn who
has the power at Washington; that as
certained, they will express themselves
and like true Democrats swear that the
winner is right; you bet
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

Jurentze BaH.-The young masters
and misses of Mr. Lockwood's school,
had grand ball at Temperance Hall;
after the manner of children of larger
growth, on Wednesday night. Some
fifty boys and halfa as many girls were
in attendance. y fine band of music
was engaged and the juveniles kept up
the merry dance till O'Clock in the
morning, when wearied limbs and
dropping eyelids compelled them to dis
perse. Our devil, who was one of them
speaks of the affair as "high old time"
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

comrlish consummation so devoutly to
be wished for as the suppression of this
evil If need be let the lines of distinc-
ton be drawn, let the friends of virtue
and of letchery show their hands and
their strength too. If vice can afford
more money, friends, time and courage
to sustain It's rotten cause than virtue
can. let tha; be known If we are to be
ruled and controlled by such influence,
the sooner we know it the better, that
we may set our affairs in order and seek
safety for our children, or find better
moral atmosphere elsewhere. Anything
but leaving the lamb and the wolf in
the same foldas now, virtue and blear-
eyed vice in the same social habitation.
Mr.. Editor: You may think this
strong language, and even utopian; but
when we can not rouse and alarm with
a whistle let us try the gong; and If a
popgun will not scare away the birds
had we not better try the shotgun or
cannon ANOTHER AREN'T.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
Clair, of James Smiley.

We learn that the claim of James
Smiley for building the State Prison
wall, amounting to near one hundred
thousand dollars, is in fair way to be
audited and allowed by the Legislature.
The claim arose in the following manner:
Under an act passed during the session
Of 1855 the State Prison commissioners
were authorised to build a wall around
the Prison at San Quentin 1t was ex-
pressly declared in the act that the
stone, brick, material and labor expen-
ded in the wall should be as far as poss
ible the work of the convicts. The
most casual reader would say that the
spirit of the act was that the wall must
be built by the convicts; the least a.
mount of other labor being allowed in
the act, Such was its clear intent
The law was, however, almost wholly
disregarded. The officers having the
work in charge allowed it to be done by
outside parties to the exclusion of con-
vict labor. Sam Bell as Controller of
State, drew warrants on the Treasury
to the tune of 1927 900, for building the
wall. Large sums of this amount were
drawn on the single voucher of old Dick
Snowden, one of the officers of the pris-
on, in defiance of law The warrants
were clearly illegal. The Controller
knew them to be such when he issued
them. The press showed up the rascal
ity of the transaction at the time. The
Legislature of 1856, examined into the
affair, pronounced the warrants fraudu-
lent and ordered their cancellation on
the books Of the Treasurer, and the
greatest care was taken afterwards not
to recognize by any act the validity of
the warrants. 1t has been established
beyond a rational doubt that the war
rants were known, OF strongly suspected
of being Illegal by those in whose favor
they were drawn and those scrip buyers
who purchased them. Those warrants
sold in the market for forty and fiftv
cents on the dollar when warrants of a
different description were selling for six
tyfour. These facts were patent to the
Senate Of 1886, which with the Assem-
bly, Of the same year emphatically repu-
dated the payment of the Smiley scrip.
Had no suspicion been attached to those
warrants there can be no reason assign
ed why they would not have comman-
ded as high a price as any warrants
drawn on the Treasury payable out of
the general fund.
Because the people have voted to pay
near four millions of dollars, we cannot
see that free horse should be ridden to
death. There is a clear distinction be-
tween an illegal debt in the hands of
innocent parties, and another in the
hands of the parties to the fraud
1.-THE Legislature goes on this way,
allowing every claim good, bad and in
different that can be trumped up against
the State, our Solons had better set
about getting up another State Debt
BIZ of a million dollars more, to be sub
mitted to the people at the next elec-
ton.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
SCHOOL EXHIBITloN.-The schof

SCHOOL EXHIBITIoN.-Th scholars
of Mr.. Lockwood's school gave an ex-
hibition on Monday evening which was
repeated on Tuesday evening. The
entertainment consisted in reading, de-
claiming, colloquies, and singing Fris-
bie's Theatre was crammed literally full
to witness the performances of the
scholars, who acquitted themselves fine
ly. Where SO many shone we cannot
single out individuals and award to them
the palm Of superiority. The young
misses and masters generally reflected
credit on theirinstruetor and themselves.
The performances were kept up on
Monday evening to a very late hour
We learn the entertainment was not as
well attended on Tuesday evening
The weather was unusually cold, which
probably accounts in some meas sure for
the limited turn out
The receipts of both evenings are up
wards of S40O.
Mr.. Lockwood is entitled to the thanks
of the people for the efforts he has put
forth to clear away considerable debt
against the public school house, and for
the generous expenditure of his time
and means to advance the public inter-
est. His zeal and abilities as a teacher
will we trust be recompensed by libe-
raj support.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

TIE Kansas ResolatioHs.-The Sen
ate is warmed up daily discussing the
Kansas Resolutions. Speeches marked
with considerable ability have been
made on both sides. Messrs. Ferguson
Carpenter Bell, Griffith and others sus-
tain the Douglas side, while Bureh'
Garter, and Anderson, are the principal
speakers supporting the President.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
A California Party.

Our friend General Allen of the Ma
rysville Neacs takes occasion to admon
ish the Douglas and Buchanan Demo
Gratis of the impolicy of their wrangling
on Kansas affairs while greater and
more pressing duties wherein the imme-
date interests of our own State are in.
volved, lie plainly before them which
they should unite to discharge fully and
faithfully. These Democrats need a
watchful eye over them, and we don't
know of pair better made for the pur-
pose than the practised ocuh of Gen.
Allen. The General warts them all to
quit their fddle5agging, form a Califor-
mia party and commence doing some
thing for the State Well, it is about
time something of real value was accom-
piished. But the General has eadeav-
ored to instruct the Democracy long
enough to discover the charm there is
attached to their political name, which
quarter Of a century of quill driving
on the part of the General has not phas-
ed a jot, or not enough to render us any
satisfaction at this political moment.-
We take it, therefore, to be hopeless
hope that any considerable portion of
the Democracy can be caught in a Cal
ifoInia party. And as for the scattered
fragments of other parties, which might
be collected together to form the new
party, 10, are they not the same material
that constituted two years since the
American organization ? And was not
that organization Sworn to frown down
all attempts, directly or remotely to ag-
itate the question of slavery, which is
considered the gist of the present Kan
sas imbroglio,-and did not the leaders
of the party fall into the trap set by the
iutl oduction of the Banks resolutions,
and go in for stirring up feud among
themselves, establishing tests for sound
ness on the niger question, forgetting
the higher and more important duties
they owed the State? Isn't it idle to
talk of making a party, call it a Califor-
mia party or by any other name, out of
such material? Men who will not be
governed by the only principle in their
party platform which has high merit in
it are not fit to be members of any polit-
ical organization.
No, General, the oscillation of politi.
cal progress at the present time is back
ward. We must wait till it begins to go
the other way, and then help it. But
let US hope that some of the faithless
old members of the American party will
never drop in again to curse a decent
party with their company.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

Cold tAer-This region has been
visited with spell of bitter cold wealth
er several days past, nipping doubtless
the peach crop in the bud. Ice and
snow in limited quantities accompanied
with singing cold winds, have done the
work for us in earnest. Early fruit is en-
tirely destroyed except perhaps in lower
attitudes along the streams where the
water tempers the atmosphere.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

The Democrat says it never reminded
the Telegraph of the sham bill of sale
we stated, and pronounces our infer
ence false. The language used by the
democrat was this:
THE present editor OF the Demotro,
at the time referred to, held bill of sale
of the Telegraph office, but the owner
ship was merely nominal"
On the strength of this language We
deemed ourselves authorized to say a
sham bill of sale had passed from the
Telegraph man to his confrere ofthe Dem
ocrat. We reasoned in this wise: If
the ownership of the Telcgraph was
nominal, the bill of sale was nominal ;
and if nominal it was not real and if
not real it was sham; ergo, there was
a sltam bill of sale made by the editor of
the Telegraph to the editor of the Dem
odrat. Our authority for stating what
we did is found in the quotation above
given from the Democrat If the state
ment was no: correct the fault lies in
the Democrat and system of logic tha
will allow us no other fair deductions.
The above was mislaid last week
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
Mr.. kud's Bill.

The bill of Mr.. Aud ''to regulate the
interest on money" introduced in the
Assembly, is misnomer 1t must fail
as every law on the subject must fail to
accomplish the purpose for which it is
designed. The worth OF money is gov
erned like every other commodity by
the quantity in market, and the securi-
ty to be given for it. When money is
scarce more property generally speaking
can be bought for the same sum than in
times of plenty. The capitalist, if the
chances are favorable of making high
er rate of profit on his money than that
fixed by law as legal interest, by invest
ing in real or personal estate will be
quite likely to avail himself of such
chances, and thus by the restriction Of
law the applicant to borrow money can
not obtain it at any price.
Laws to regulate the interest on mon
ey are designed to protect the borrower
from the supposed righteousness of shy
locks. We conceive, however, that they
have contrary effect-that they ope-
rate TO the injury of the borrower rather
than as a restraint on the lender. You
establish the legal rate of interest at two
per cent per month, and if at any time
money is worth more for other purposes
than to lend at that rate, it is reasonable
to suppose the capitalist will use his
funds where the best profits are to be
obtained. This is something more GER
tain than IL hypothesis. The would-be
borrower is thus compelled to see his
credit ruined or make shift to evade the
law to obtain mouey. He is obliged to
pay in some shape higher rate of in
tercst than the law permits in order to
maintain his standing in the community
as man of integrity But the lender
in such case incurs two fold risk and
by the laws of trade must be paid cor
respondingly for it. The prices of com
modities are governed largely by the
risks. First the lender runs the usual
risk attending the loan of money; and,
second. the extra risk Of forfeiting the
entire sum loaned, as the bill of Nr.
Aud provides, for taking unlawful usu-
ry; and the latter risk being the more
imminent of the two must be provided
for by a larger bonus. The borrower is
thus skinned by the shylock aud disem-
boweled by tie law.
The piice Of money should be Ief,
like every other commodity perfectly
free to regulate itself There is no rea-
son why the possessor of one species of
property not detrimental to the public,
should BE allowed to dispose of it or use
it TO his best advantage, and another
not. The British Board of Trade made
a report on the subject of usury many
years ago, the arguments Of which, our
Legislators had better be prepared to
controvert before they pass upon Mr.
Aud's Bill.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

Pacific Medical Joarnal.- We are in
debted to the publishers for the March
No of the Pacific Medical and Surgical
Journal 1t looks like a good institu-
tion that ought to be patronized by the
profession. We can not judge of the
quality of the contents, but will endorse
the horse meat article.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

N4gget.--Our friend J. F. Stone, at
Alpha, took a nugget out of his diggings
few days since weighing II dollars.
There were plenty of smaller pieces
keeping it company.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

Braeey's Property The house of
Bracey, the negro who was lately Lang
ed by the Auburn mob, was set fire to,
a few nights since, and destroyed His
ranch has been jumped, and his brother
who is there looking after his property;
can find none.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

FLowERs.-Our friend Merwin has
an assortment ofchoice Towering plants
and shrubs at Levy's, few doors above
the Journal office. The collection is
from the celebrated Smiths garden,
Sacramento, and VIII be largely increas-
ed III few days. Persons desirous of
obtaining the choicest varieties of flowers
can be suited at Levy's.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

4 Tremendous Hea.-A member of
the Academic des Sciences of Paris,
who is also an eminent chemist, has in
vented an apparatus which he thinks
will enable human beings to breathe as
freely at the bottom of the sea as on the
surface of the earth. He proposes to
form an association for collecting all the
treasures now lying at the bottom of
the ocean, and estimates at about eeSCO,-
eco, ,O00 sterling the harvest of treasure
to be CLEANED on the route between
England and India only.-Paris Paperl
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

Tie Salm0n Irade-The Prices Cur
rent and Shipping List says that the
statistics of the Custom Home for 1857,
show that we exported during that year,
leaving out of consideration what may
have been shipped as unspeeifed mer-
cLandise, 1,1S0 barrels, $50 casks, so
tierces, 3S cases, 11G kegs, 131 miscel-
aneous packages and s tons in bulk of
Salmon. Far the greater part of these
exports were made to Australia, where
sales were made at handsome profit,
in a number of instances at 4 II cts.
per pound. During the fall they broh
about IS per barrel for Sacramento, $40
for Humboldt, and $11 for Oregon. The
demand for export having latterly much
increased, there has been an advance
of full 81 per barrel. The Eel river
fisheries are the most important The
fish taken there. are thought to be su-
perior to any other, being taken from
salt, or tide water, and being more sus-
ceptlble to preservation.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

FREE SCHooL.-Mr. Lockwood with
a female assistant will open, on the lst
of April, free school for the term of
six months. Education is thus offered
to the children of Nevada without money
and without price.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

NEVADA RIFLEs-Rufus Shoemaker.
Esq. was elected Captain of the Nevada
Rifles on Thursday evening of last week,
in place of Henry Meredith, Esq. re-
signed,
The Rifles contemplate ordering a
ma gnif uniform from New York. In the
meantime the company will parade in
fatigue dress as occasion requires OF
fancy prompts. Capt. Shoemaker will
show up his men tomorrow in a grand
drill under the especial supervision OF
"TarpIn"
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19


Ne,eS from the .Sandlcich Islands.-By
the bark Yankee, which arrived Mon.
day, we have our files of Honolulu pa
pers to Feb. 27th. We Gull the follow
ing items:
Louis Napoleon, Emperor of the
French, through his Commissioner at
the Islands, has presented Kamehame-
ha, the third King of the Sandwich Is
lands. with a silver ornamental dish
stand, with silver and bronze Candida
bra, clock and large dinner service,
which addition to his household furni-
ture, the King received with evident
pleasure.
The bees recently carried to Honolu-
lu from San Jose, Cal, have given off
one swarm and another was expected in
few days.
George Frederick Mecham, Comman-
der of H. B. Ms steamer Vixen, lying
in the harbor of Honolulu, died on board
his vessel, on Wednesday evening, 18th
Feb, of bilious fever, ending in conges-
ton Of the lungs. He was inferred with
all the honors.
Miss Annette Ince and Miss Emma
Stanley have been performing at Homo
lulu with much success. They are on
their way to Australia.
The 22d of Feb, Washington's birth
day, was celebrated with much enthusi-
asm by the American residents of Hon
olulu.
There was great storm at Lahina,
blowing down and unroofng houses, de-
stroying plantations, and doing consid-
erable damage generally. \ terrible
whirlwind passed through that town,
which, besides doing great injury to va
rious buildings, was so severe as to twist
the skin completely off of a kanaka, 'just
the same as if he bad been scalded"
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

VIEW OF GRASS VALLEY-We are
indebted to W. X. Spencer, Esq. the
publisher, for lithographic view of
Grass Valley. It is got up in excellent
style and is worth buying. Call at
Spencer's Literary Depot or send and
get one.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

GAs.-Nevada may now be said to be
lighted with gas; not as completely as
is desirable, it is true, but more and more
so daily. New burners are being put
up with despatch. The gas burns finely
and gives general satisfaction. Gas is
powerful civilizer-one of the finest
evidences of progress.
Tire city dads ought to establish the
points where the street lamps are to be
erected, and the citizens will light the
streets at short order.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

LEcTURE.-The next lecture of the
course at the Brick Church will be de-
Hveyed on Friday evening, by Z. G.
Waite.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

Pub Docs.-Ion. j X. Smith has
our thanks for public documents.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
Net receipts. $21S 25

'CaH at tie CaPtain's Office and settle
FRANK MOVER, of North San Juan,
will call at our Office and settle lis bill
and prevent an exposure.
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

% Receipts and expenses of School
Exhibitions of Mr.. LocIwood's School.
Total Receipts, 2 evenings, 1892 Is
sc Expenses .17i50
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

- The Shasta Coyrlcr entered up
on its seventh volume on the 18th inst
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

A VERY little boy, who at night had
been repeating the Lords prayer, was
observed to be in deep thought. After
meditatine while he asked-"M ANNA,
is the daily bread buttered ~
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
Nevada seihes--AffenfiOn.
Turnpike Road Notice.

M Il the undersigned residents of Nevada -ounty
declare our intention organize corporate Com
pany to construct Turnpike Road from point Dry
Creek about mile below the Zinc House the Nevada
ana sacramento road 10 the Western Exchangn the
same rood five miles in length. give notice that
meeting of subscribers to said al i'll place at said
Western Exchange, the thrtIch day March, 1879
at o'clock NJ. for the purpose Of preliminary organi
zatOn of said company. J. X Bachedcr
Orange Hyatt David Bachelder r
John = Parker, j. ID. Clark
Oscar a. Hyatth, Alphonso w. Moor
Thomas ID Paruer. y. J. Spaulding.
Rough K Ready, March 19th.-It
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19

Gen. ScoH.-One Of our exchanges
has an item that it he'd been determined
to send General Scott to California but
a day or two before the sailing of the
steamer the order was revoked. 1t is
now thought likely that the commander
in Chief will reach California by til e
steamer that sailed on the goth of Feb
ruary-so the item has it
% Henry L. Joachimssen has been
appointed Notary Public, by the G ov-
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Line
FOR PANAMA..

Connecting via Panama Railroad,
With the of the L. Mail Steamship Company
at A~piuwall
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
Also,

Several fine Dwelling H-uses-and some fine Build
hs lot Apply AZ he cflice of
Langton's Pioneer Express, Nevada.
March 10Th IsJ1
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
For Sale.

Il ME Twelve Stamp Water Power Quartz Mill, Lead
" Cars, &C. &c. Good location custom work
The Nevada journal., 1858-03-19
Court House. This Evening {!

THE brothers of this Ancient and Honor, BILE Order are
hereby notified that Specai Meeting will be held