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THE COUNTY.

The municipal election on Monday resulted
in the election of the entire Douglass Dem
ocratic ticket, as we learn from the Demo
crat The whole number of votes cast was
500. The names of tbs officers elected are
as follows: Trustees; II. II. Flagg, G. E.
Wilmington, T. II. Rolfe, j. A. Lancaster, John
Pattison; Marshall, f. o. Tompkins Treas
urer, T. T. Davenport Assessor James Fun
ston.
The Library Association has forwarded to
the East, by Mr.. Milford, the sum of 5000,
to be laid out in books.
The Court of Sessions will meet on the
9th inst, when Judge Caswell will be sue
ceeded by Mr. Belden.
The county Supervisors met on Monday.
There is little business before them, says the
Democrat. except to allow accounts.
We are informed that the Administration
Democratic county committee which met ON
Saturday last had a rather stormy session.
~ COuUtN COllN ClltlUu 10 CdllCu lOI lllC L LII
of June A meeting of the county committee
of the Douglass Democrats will be held at
Nevada this, Saturday, afternoon.
The Democrat says that Moses St. John,
who had his leg so terribly crushed at Gold
Hill on the 25th ult., was obliged to submit
to amputation on Friday, became delirious
and on Tuesday died.
GRASS VALLEY.-The last number of the
National comes to us with the valedictory of
its editor, Rufus Shoemaker, who says the
paper has not paid its way, but has fallen
short several hundred dollars, the amount of
which had to be paid out of his own pocket.
He has found that the promises of political
friends are not as good as cash. We are
sorry his editorial connection with the Nd-
tional has ceased and wish him better luck
next time
Mr.. Anderson played two nights and one
afternoon to full houses.
OMEGA-The Nevada Democrat learns from
d correspondence dJ lHlS DldOC vi bHC
by caving of bank, of Richard Merrell.
He was native of New Hampshire, and
leaves wife and several children who are
supposed to be on their way to this country.
WHAT DOES IT MEAy?-The writer of the
following communication evidently labors
under a mistake, in regard to the legal con-
duct of the case to which he refers but he
states some things which require explana-
ton, and we publish his remarks with view
to eliciting the facts
Editor Press: understand that the man
Coffin, who robbed the sluices at Emory s
Crossing, and was committed to Jail at Ne
vada about two months since, to await his
trial. has been set at liberty without an ex-
animation. Now, there has been some strange
proceedings in this case, and as the commu-
nifty at large are interested in having robbers
and outlaws punished, they should know
why this thief has been turned loose upon
them to again commit depredations, without
even a shadow or form ola trial. 1t appears
that he was. .indicted,fo grand larceny, & COM
mitted to Jail to stand a trial, and few days
since witnesses were summoned to appear in
Nevada to testify in his case. Two from the
neighborhood Of San Juan complied with
the summons. When they arrived at Neva-
da they found no District or County Court in
huf 1ao a1 tbot +bo ! IL
tried before Justice of the Peace. Well,
the trial was set for 3 oclockP. NJ, and when
the time arrived no prosecuting witnesses
were present except the two mentioned above.
and they were the most unimportant ones in
the case. They waited till night, and no
other witnesses appearing, the District At
torney informed them that as he had no
witnesses to eren proue that robbery lad bee,
committed, he could do nothing; and l sup
pose the sluice-robber and outlaw is now at
large.
Now, Mr.. Editor, l know nothing about
law, but it seems to me that this case has
been managed very badly; and | should like
to know why 1t is, that after man has been
committed to Jail for robbery of five or six
hundred dollars, he can be brought before a
Justice of the Peace for trial, when | sup
posed they could do nothing more in such
cases than commit them, and that the Coun.
ty or District Court was the proper tribunal
for such culprits to be tried before.
And again, Mr.. Editor should like to ask
those individuals at Emory's Crossing whose
sluices were robbed, and who were the prin-
cipal prosecuting witnesses in the case, why
it is that they did not make their appearance
at Nevada at the farce, if not trial, that was
attempted to be played on Thursday last?-
If they were notsummoned, some of the le-
gal fraternity have not done their duty and
if they acere summoned, they should answer
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