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The Nevada journal., 1859-03-11

W There are two things man rare
ly forgets-his 'irst love" and his first
cigar.
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requires a thorough acquaintance with
the present law f,r the collection of the
revenue, and with tax levying and col
lecting generally, to devise plan which
shall be efectual in causing all men te
pay their proper proportion, in consti.
tutional sense, for the support of the
government. Whether the individuals
who have given birth and training to the
bill introduced into the Senate by Sena.
tor Kirkpatrick, of Sierra, have the
requisite experience IN revenue matters,
is a question. But whether conceded
them or not, it is not to be denied that
the new bill bears the marks of intellect
of superior kind. Some of the provis-
ions of the bill, are such that we cannot
conceive how property holder, however
vicious or sharp he may be, can escape
paying what he ought for public pur-
poses and some such stringent regula-
tions seem to be imperatively necessary,
Judging from the long delinquent lists
passed over year after year, and nothing
collected by the Sheriff, and Judging also
by the faulty tax-titles which are being
constantly overset by the Courts. We
want revenue law that will not allow
real taxable citizen to escape. Ali
should be willing to pay their quota,
and failing to do SO, should be compelled
by stringent laws. The few have been
forced to bear the burthens of govern
ment long enough.
1t is true the present revenue law
works well, in comparison with its pre-
decessors, but it is not without its many
faults, which its practical workings have
disclosed. Whether the proposed new
law would be much better is questioned +;
we think it would. The provision for
districting the counties into districts is
the proper system for an old settled
country, and admits of strong arguments
in favor of its introduction here. But
men well drilled in revenue affairs do
not like it. 1t has been found that the
state and county governments are in
too many hands already, needing a
iudicious trimming to bring the offices
to reasonable number. Tho propo-
sition of Mr.. Kirkpatrick is to multiply
Offices and officers pertaining to the levy
ing and collection of the revenue to an
almost unlimited extent. "Too many
cooks spoil the broth" is an old adage,
which may be applicable to the case in
hand.
Yet. after all we see no very cogsnt
arguments against the bill of Mr.. Kirk
patrick, in the main. The argu-
mentsof the opponents Of the bill
amount to this. "The present revc
nue. law is better than some laws.
1t is tolerably good-let us leave well
enough alone"-arguments which will
do for those, like us, who would prefer
to have more practical knowledge of
the minute workings of our revenue
system before pronouncing positive
ly in favor of so great an innovation as
that contemplated in the bill of Sena-
tor Kirkpatrick.
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1 acknowledge service of copy of the within.
WIN. +. ANDERSON, Dist. ATTY.
NILES SEARLS, District Judge.

STATE OF CALlFORNIA-County of Nevada-ss.
/, RUFUS SHoEMAKER, County Clerk in and for said
full and copy original notice of application
for Pardon of the above named LOUIS Godburg, this
day fled in my Office.
{, I In testimony whereof, I have hereun.o set
h D my hand and affixed the Seal of the County
Court at Office, in Nevada, this 9Th day of March, A.
d. 1859. RUFUS SHOEMAKER Co. Clerk.
BY WIN SMITH, Deputy mrlltd
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Why are cashmere shawls like deaf
people Because you can't make them
here.
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GEN. QUITMAN left a suger estate,
the income of which is about $50, 900 a
year. 1t goes to his daughter. wife of
Lieut.. Lowell.
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Excitement AT DurcH We
learn from L. Morrell, proprietor of the
Red Dog Stage Line, that most dia<
abolical deed was perpetrated at Dutch
Flat on Tuesday forenoon. at the Union
Hotel which created terrible excite.
ment. The proprietor of the Union Ho-
tel, Mr.. had been sick for
some time and employed man as nurse.
On Tuesday morning the nurse wished
to leave and presented his bill. The
landlord said it was not correct, that he
did not owe him SO much. Soon after
the landlord requested the nurse to ex-
ecute the order of the physician to strip
him of his clothes and rub his body
with liniment. The sick mans clothes
were removed to his shirt. The nurse
lifted that and plunged long bladed
bowie knife deep into the side of his
victim, inficting a frightful and mortal
wound. The excitement at Dutch Flat
became intense. The citizens assem-
bled in large numbers and took the
murderer into custody. He taunted
them and dared them to hang him, and
said he had killed one white man and
two Cinnamon before.
Sheriff King, with a posse, went up
to Dutch Flat on being informed ofthe
excitement, ami took the murderer from
the hands of the mob. He was taken
to Auburn and mcarcerated.
OREGON ADMITTED INTO THE UNION!
We are indebted to Mr.. John Pattison,
telegraph operator, for the welcome in
telligence that Oregon has been admit
ted to the Union as the thirty third
state. The particulars have not yet
been made public. The people of Cali
fornia have cause to rejoice that her in
fuence in the Congress of the United
States is strengthened by coadjutor
having the same general interests as
herself.
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Garden Seed: Garden Seed

EREsH GARDEN sEEDs-Alfafa, ornsmsn-
l. tai Glover and Grass Seeds.
Ms- R etail Dealers aupplied at city prices.
March lift g. w. WELcH, Main street.
FLOWER SEEDS (assorted) for sale by
E. T. SPENCE, Druggist,
MarchI1-tf Main street.
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FIR MAN & cos.

EXPRESS.
WE ARE NOW RUNNING A DAILY
w Express to all the following points. viz
Auburn, Mokeumne Hill,
Angels, Martinez,
Amador, Murphys,
Benicia Nevada,
Columbia, Napa,
Campo Seco, Negro Hill
Coloma. Orovl'e
Chinese Camp Petaluma,
Dutch Flat placerviiic,
Diamond Springs, Poverty Bar.
Douglas Flat, Redwood City
Drytown, Rough Ready,
Ell Dorado, San Francseo
Forest Hill, Sacramento,
Folsom, San Jose,
Georgetown, Santa Clara.
Grass Valley, Salmon Falls,
Greenwood, Stockton,
Iowa City, San Andreas
Iowa Hill, Shaw Flat
llnostown, Suffer Greek,
Jackson, Sonora,
jamestown, Volcano,
knights Ferry, Valecito,
Lancha Plana, Vallejo.
Marysvic, Yankee Jims.
Michigan Bar,
As arrangements be perfected, will run
A DAILY EXPIRES to all points in the Northern and
Southern mines also to all points the Northern and
Southern coast. C. s. HIGGINS, Snpt
Hr THE OFFICE of Freeman e. Co.'S Express In
this City is the junction Of Main and Commercial
Streets, right the bend of said Streets.
HENRY MACkIE, AosSr.
Nevada, March lift
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wrong? do circumstances oppose you -?
are you bcset by enemies Now is your
time Never lie there, depressed and
melancholy! Spend no more days in
idle whining. Up like lion! Make no
complaint, but if difficulty fights yol roar
your defiance. You know not what is in
you. You are at school; this is your ne
ceSsary discipline; poverty and pain are
your mas,ers-but use the powers God
has given you, and you shall be master
at last. Fear Of failure is the most fruit
fu cause of failure. Stand firm upon the
rock, and you will not fail What seems
failure at first is discipline. Accept the
lesson trust the grand result ; up and up
again; strike and strike again, and YOU
shall always gain, whatever the fortune
of to days or tomorrow's bat,lc.-Er,
Chomge.
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ed this p an is limited, in comparison with
the whole farming community. Besides
the advantage in heavier grain, we think
all will agree with us that it is a great
advantage in a wet harvest, allowing a
longer period to get in grain. Most of
our readers will, doubtless, remember.
that last Summer, just as the grain was
beginning to color, we had most delight
tuI and dry weather and just as the
gram was ripe, and the customary time
Tor harvest was at hand, the rains set in,
ana continued for month or more, and
the wheat was all more or less injured.
Those farmers who took advantage Of the
plan OF cutting in soft state, had their
gram housed before the wet weather, and,
OF course, could command the highest
price tor their perfect wheat Thousands
OF dollars IN the aggregate might have
been saved to the farmers OF this coun,
try, if they had taken ":ime bv the fore
lock, instead Of letting time drive them
IN their harvest. Have none of our read.
ers word of counsel for their brother far.
merS + Western 1WiculturaL.
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5elett purtry.
Good Morning.

"Oh, am so happy |" a little girl said,
AS she sprang like. p lark, from her low
trundle bed
''Ts morning, bright morning, good morn.
ing, papa;
Oh, give me one kiss for good morning,
mamma:
Only just look at my pretty canary,
Chirp,ng his sweet good morning to Mary.
The sun Is pccping straight into my eyes
Good morning to you, Mister Sun, for you
rise
Early TO wake up my birdie and me,
And make us happy rs happy can be-"
''llappy you may be my dear little GIRL"
curl;
"lIappy You can be, but think of the One
Who wakcncd, this morning, both you and
the sun"
The little girl turned her bright eyes with
nod,
Mamma, may say Good morning to
G1d!"
eyes, little darling one, surely you may +;
Knccl as you knee every morning to pray"
Mary knrlt solrmuIy down, with her eyes
Looking up earnestly into the skies;
And two little hands that were folded 10.
gcthcr,
Softly she laid on the lap Of her mother {:
"Good morning, dear Father in Heaven"
she said,
81 thank thee for watching my snug little
bed
For taking good care Of me all the dark
night,
And waking me up with the beautiful light.
Oh, keep me from naughtincss all the long
day,
Dear Saviour, who taugh, little children to
pray.
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What Makes the Man 2

\ man never knows what he is capable
OF until he has tried his powers. There
seems to be no bounds TO human capaci.
ty. insight, and enorgy will produce as
tonlshiug results. How often modest tai
ent, driven by circumstances to undertake
some formidable looking, " work, has felt its
own untried, aud hitherto unconscious
powers, rising up to grapple and master
and afterward stood, amazed at its own
unexpected success l.
Those circumstances, those people enc.
mics, friends, that provoke US to any no.
bic or manly undertaking, are our great
est benefactors. Opposition aud persecu
tion do more for man than any seemingly
good fortune The sneers Of critics deyel.
ope the latent fire in the young poet
The anathemas of the angry church on,
flame the zeal Of tho re(ormer. Tyranny
threats. fagots, torture, raise up heroes aud
martyrs, who might otherse have slept
away slothfpI and thoughtless lives, never
dreaming what splendid acts and words
lay buried in their bosoms. And who
knows, but the wrongs Of society are per.
mitted, because Of the liae gold which is
thus beaten ON, of the crude ore Of hu.
msnity /
Here is truth worth considering
Are you in poyertyi have you. suffered
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A Boy in a Quandary.

Little Eddy on his way to school, fre.
quently Ioitered by small stream, which
he was obliged to pass, to witness the
gamboIs of his playmates while bathing;
the water being OF sufficient depth IN
some places for that purpose. Fearing
that some accident might befall him his
mother had told him never to venture
near, and iii the strongest terms never to
60 into the water. One day, however,
being overcome by temptation, and the
urgent solicitations OF boys older than
himself, he yielded to their importunities
and his own wishes, and for an hour, en-.
tered into their acquatic sports right hear.
tlIy. But, as i'll luck would have it, while
dressing himself, by some mismanage-
ment he put on his shirt rong side out,
entirely unnoticed by him at the time :.
but the quick eye of his mother saw 1t,
and OWNED the reason at once. Before
retiring for the night it was customary
for tie little boy to kneel by her side, and
repeat bis little prayer. While on his
knees she took the opportunity to reprove
him for disobeying her command.
Edmund, how is it that the buttons are,
on the inside Of your shirt collar y
y don't know, isn't that the right way.
mother y
No my son, you have disobeyed me,
am sorry to see; you have been in swim
ming-else how could you have turned.
your shirt .
The little boy felt that his mother had
| spoken the truth, and was for a moment
silent. However, the satisfactory expla.
nation az he thought, soon occurred
With triumphant look and bold voice
he replied
Mother, II guess I turned il gitiin'
over the fence =
Wonder how many men have turned 4
their coats 'gettin" over the fence.
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Experiment in Cutting Wheat

a practical farmer in this State has
sent to one cf our rural papers two SAM
pies of wheat, Of same kind, grown in
the same field, but cut at different times.
lie states that one sample was cut on the
10th of Jnly last, in green state, when
the crushed grain had the appearance of
thick dough ). the other sample. was cut
SIX days later in a, ripe stale, the cara
dropping and the grain firm and hard
Both samples remained in stack uatiI the
18th OF October. When the grain was
threshed,. 1t was found that the green cut
portion was equally dry with tie other
but, besides that, the green cut grain
weighed twenty eight ounces per busheI
more than that which was allotted to
stand till it was quite ripe, and the for.
mer has been also found to prodnco q
better sample Of flour, with one-twelftl
less bran.
II we have any doubling readers, here
is an experiment easily to be tested
Agricultural newspapers have, for a mum
Der Of years, urged farmers to cut thei
grain before it is fully ripe aud hard bur
we believe the number who have adopt
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sfltrtrG Sturu.
From the SATURDAY. Evening Post.
Solving tho "Ghost Question" I"

About the year Is -, business had
called me TO a remote part Of B
county, Tcuuc>Sec, and was staving a,
the house Of NJ. Rubert.
The family consisted e Mr. Rubert and
wife, one son, and two daughters The
4 sons name WAS Austin he WAS about
twenty wears "f age, "nd seemed to be
very intelligent. The girls were no less
inie Ngrnt than AuS.in a leila. the elL
ct, VAS about seventeen, aud Julia, the
Youngest, about fifteen,
them both as soon rs had seen them.
We were sitting by blazing fire, talk
1nS aud laughing as lively rs if We had
been acquainted for years when Il sud. q.
den noise, As il some large building was
falling, interrupted is
Ugh ugh ! ugh = y said some one
rs 1t frightened out Of bis senses.
All of the family rushed to the door,
except julia, who sat still, and remarked,
1t is Bill jenkins running from the
ghosts again
Scarcely had the words escaped her
lips, when in rushed tall, gawky, awk-
ward, almost beardless fellow, putting and
blowing like a locomotive.
What's the matter 2 said Mr.. Rubert.
Matter enough ! said Bill, his eyes
locking almost as large as the bottoms Of
two common.sized tea cups. Out yon
der, he continued, throwing himself down
upon chair out yonder, heard ba
by cryin. and then somebody q groan
IN and snufliin'; and tell ye jest got
away from thar
At this | could not suppress a laugh
You needn't laugh, old hoss,' continu.
cd he turning to me 'you needn't laugh
for I'll swear it's no fun It's jest SOIL
swear 1t
turned to Austin and said,
Let us accompany him back 10 the
place where be heard the noise, and 'so!ge
the ghost for him.
Austin was silent.
viii you go = | asked.
Austin began to stammer out some.
hing.
Darn me ! interrupted Bill, darn me,
gentlemen il you get me back thar any
more See it. you do =
Then tell Us where it was SAID |, 'and
i we can hear it, we'll solve il sure
Austin don't care much about going,
believe, said Adela.
You're not superstilous, ara you,' l
asked him.
No. said he, I'm not supenti,ious,
but I'm afraid Of catching cold that's
ALL
Il PROPOSE said Julia, who had been
slent till now, that we all 90, Mr.. Mari
on, Austin, Adela, and myself The
moon is now up, and it would be a pleaa.
ant walk for US, besides, we might have
some real fun
After some hesitation on Austin's part,
this proposition was accepted. Bill told
ps where he. had heard the ghost, but
would not go with us,
OFF We started. When we came TO
sthe spo:, we found that Bill had knocked
down about twenty pannels. Of the fence.
We had gone two or. three hundred
yards, talking very lively, when we eoier-
ed low, dark place in the road the
timber was very tall and thick, which
caused it to be darker than anywhere
else.
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wife! wife our cows dead, choked on

wife! wife our cows dead, choked on
turnp.'
4 told you so, | always knew that she
~onl! choke herself with them turnips.'
But 1t was pumpkin-a darn big
one
wal, !, is all the same. l know'd all
along how 1t would be. Nobody but you
would feed COW on pumpkins that were
not chopt.'
The pumpkins was chopt. And 'twant
the pumpkins nuther, what choked her,
twas the tray-the end ont is sticking
out Of her mouth now
Ugh! ugh There goes my bread tray.
No longer ago than yesterday I told you
the COW would swallow that tray
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a short time ago, a schoolmaster was
wanted for western village. A pom
Pous little ielIow,one Of the applicants, be.
ing asked to give phy!osial reason why
cream was put with tea, replied Because
the gIobu'ar particle, OF the cream render
tEe acute angles of the tea more obtuse |!
III WAS elected
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A wag said of a woman who had oh.
tanned divorce from her husband be.
cause he had bald head, which he con.
eealed by wig during the period ofurg-
ing his matrimonial suit and the consum,
nation of the bargain, that she wig -gled
out Of wedOck on bald assumption.
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TIE LORDS TAELE.-In illustration of
Old Henry Ward Beecher's liberal styIe.
OF invitation to the communion, the an
ecdote is quoted Of an English Judge,
who, on being refused the bread and the
cup because he was not member Of his
dispensing church, quietly remarked:
y beg your pardon, thought this
was the Lords table: | have nothing
more to say if it is only private little
supper of your own y
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'Oh, dear J exclaimed Henrietta, throw
ing herself into the rocking chair, 'Im
never go to that Postofiice again, to be
looked out Of countenance by all those
men o.: the conner It's so provoking
What can do, Sarah Jane, to stop those
awful men staring me so in the face -
DO AS do replied Sarah Jane, with a
sly look show your ankle y
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i lady friend of Ours savs ,Lo 6r.. ,;,,,

a lady friend of ours says the first time
she was kissed she felt like big tub of
roses swimming in honey, cologne, nut.
megs, and cranberlies. She also felt as
II something was running through her
nerves on feet of diamonds, escorted by
angels, shaded by honey suckles and the
whole spread with melted rainbows. Je.
ruSaiem what power there is in n full
breasted kiss.
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Spare moments are the gold dust of
time. Of all the portions Of life, spare
moments are the most fruitful in good or
evil. They are gaps through which temp,
tations find tho easiest access TO the soul
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LANCASTER H. SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE o. 1885,

and you have not asked Julia to be your
wife. TO and ask her at once Remem.
Der, Marion > .
instantly | rushed forward and threw
my arms around the ghost. She shrek.
ed, and started up; | held fast, and up
we went.
No pen can describe, no tongue can
tell, IN fact no one can imagine nv feel.
lngs at this moment.
Up we went. Still I held on to the
ghost. But | WAS becoming sick of nv
situation. | had my whole weirh, TO
Mold up, by holding to the phantom.
Let me down! shouted /.
Promise me one thing said the ghost.
Promise that you will leave the spot as
soon as you touch the ground
i promise ANYTHING to get from here,
sad |.
Let us down = she shouted as loud AS
! had.
Down we went. But AS we went down,
| was very busy trying to find out some.
thing more about her. | found that she
bad large rope around her, and was
drawn up by it. A loop was made for
her feet, then one for each baud and she
could stand upright with the greatest
ease.
Just as we ,opcbor H., oror,I r.,aI.
out nv knife and emf tho r9no ;n,, aLonn o
/ the head Of the rhos,
! She sbriakeI orJ c.u - a., ,,,.,, .
! raised her nm
'Oh y said she .H.e,zehuh will J., Lo
in noner, ,Lor, ~, "''' ~ ''.'~
/ IIo,e sh, ,,,aL =, L,ano ,,,o L',, fI",i
on to her. heard = ,orr;hIe ro;sa !, M ~
dry leaves inst L.h;nJ ma 'Y'o L'o.,'"I 49, '"'
round. and some,Linn ,.a,, a,,,~t,;.
AS near AS cnnIJ J;seor" ~ ;n "tPa0To + ',o'I.
resembleJ a very large ,nan y
|. came I'M vcr, cio.o - ,,,o o,l .,..,
still for "A moment then !, ,.nnaI ,no. ~,
the shoulder and s,iJ in :, rlnnL hoar"a ""
voice ''''''
Come
! i pu, nv hand dawn - ,bo oro,nI
and. a, luck would have il mn, !, nm -
( s,irl. ,L,u, -. I,,,n.,...
snatched !, NJ. and cav, .EcorznLni, .
blow with il which Lrou,ht linn =" ,bg
ground.
| MY chas.ly camparion acain sLri,Led
and retrea:ad AS Gas, rs NV ,eGs conLi
carry me. Presently ran oos;r., ,ba
fence, and knocked a. much IS !, down
as Bil Jenkins did, But I din No, s.,n
bu, went on and into the house.
sat the ghost upon chair and called
for light. She here made great effort
to escape but all was in vain.
a hight was brought; veil covered
her face, and it was with grea. difficulty
that removed it. After considerable
! struggle the veil was removed, and 10 i,
was JULIA RUBERT!
She shrieked and fell to the. ground,
and was then carried off to her room.
Just heEe, in came negro girl, slave
Of Mr.. Rubert's looking as if she was
frightened out of her senses.
'Massa massa run in de kitchen right
quick. cause Sambo come in dar all bloc.
| DIV, an "A b.eelin' vet. he rot he boal
broke
Austin and myself went into the kitch-
en-, to examine Sambo's head. There
was Il very large cash, cut to thy bone,
just above his left temple.
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Mr.. PuIlup, coming home late pretty
fuli,' finds the walking slippery, and ex-
claims: 'V.ervery singular; wh.when ever
water freezes it allus fr-freezes with the
slippery side up; singular"
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When Jack Jones discovered that he
had polished his bedmates boots instead
o. his own, he called it an aggravated in
stance Of 'labaring under mistake
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What does man think Of when he
thinks of nothing 2 said young lady to
gentleman with whom she had broken
an engagement. He thinks, miss, of a
woman's PROMISE
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AjulllurallG.

walker said the other night, that mar,
rage used to be matrimony-but now its
a matter o'money.'
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"Oh, am so happy" u little girl said,
AS she sprang like. ? lark, from her low
trundle bed :