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The Nevada journal., 1859-12-09
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MARYSVILLE AND NEVADA
WITH
Reliable Express,
TO ALL PARTS OF
CALIFORNIA,
ATLANTIC STATES AND EUROPE.
We will dispatch Daily Expresses from tho 70.
ing places:
IN SIERRA COUNTY.
Downieville, Goodyear's Bar, Monte Cristo,
Forest City, Morrison's, Sierra Valley,
Smiths Flat, Cr.ig's Fiat, Independence Hill,
Minnesota, Chips Flat. Eureka City,
IN yUBA COUNTY
Parks Bar, Greenville Gaiena, Hill.
Ousleys Bar, Oregon House, Young's Gold Hill,
Roses Bar Fosters Bor, Slate Range,
Long Bar, camptonyilIe, Indian Valley.
Timbuctoo.
IN NEVADA COUNTY.
Cherokee San Juan, Humbug Oity,
frenchcsrr.i. sweetland's Moore S Flat,
Marysyil1e and Nevada,
And every Saturday morning from Nevada to tn
following places in
UTAH TER RIT DRY:
FRANKrowN washoe Valley GOLD CANON.
GENOA. Carson Valley, CARSON CITY, E. Val.
CHINATOWN, DOWNTOWN,
TRUCKEE MEADOWS. VIRGINIA CITY,
WALKER RIVER MINES.
6yAlI Letters for the Western Atlantic States,
enclosed in Government -franked Envelopes, and
indorsed Overland. via. Salt Lake. will be for
warded and reach their destination sooner than by
any other line.
TTREASURE, Packages and Lotters, transmit
ted to and from the above points with unriyalcd
despatch and security.
Gold Dust and C.ln forwarded to all parts Of the
United States and Europe, insured or uninsured, At
So low rates as be done by any house with secu
rity.
Our Treasurer Express will always be accompani
cd by faithful Messengers.
Notes Drafts, Bills. &c. collected or nesotia: d.
aud all orders attended 10 promptly
Purchases "f every description made Forward
log of Merchandise and Commissions of every ma
ture attended 20 intelligcnfly. and with promrti-
tude.
Once in Eevada. next door below Wells Fargo
4 Co's jN0 PArTlSON,
Oct q, le5.4-if Agent.
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mosaic. each 500. 40. s2. 90


mosaic. each 500. 40. 30. 90 la2
5S to 81. Four fine German
mosaic sets, broach aud ear rings
each SIS. 80, 35, 80 l72
62 to "a, Three cameo sets
broach and ear rings, each sos,
50, % 115
65 to 81, Three lava sets,
broach and ear rings, each S35,
40, 25 - 100
6S to "a, Seven fine gold and
enamelled sets. broach and ear
rings, each S26, 26, 26, 25, 24,22,
% s~ r IL III
rs to rs. Four fine gold sets
broach and ear rings, each S35,
35. 32. SO 1874
70 to 50. Four bracelets. each
SIS. 16, s.S 10T
SO to "a, Two sets broach and
ear rings, malachite,each S3S, % &c
S5. One set broach and ear
rings, miniature 90
sc to SO, Three gold sets
pearEand cameo. each, S35, 20,
20 rs
80 to 110. Twenty-Five sets
breach and ear rings. each SIP 264
III, One set gold and coral 16
1l2 to ia, Three sets broach
and ear rings, each 10 so
lis to LAG, Thirty. one ladies'
breaches, each $40, 20, 90. IS,
IL, 12, 90. 20. 16, 2S. 10. Is, 1s,
IA. 16, IL. 10, 9. 9, 8. 9, 10, 10,
s, s. s, 7,7,7 4, A, 394
147, to ISL, Five sets quartz
ear rings, each. S34. IS, 10, 1919 81
152 TO 166, Fifteen sets Cali
fornia made ear rings. each IA,
10, S, 10, Q, 7, 7, 1916, 5, 5,
>, 5, 112
ICY, to 16e, Three quartz pins,
each $50, IA, 12 As
ITO to III, Two quartz slides,
each 16, II, 2S
172 to 175, Four quarts seals,
each S45, 80, 20. 2S. 1913
176, One California bracelet,
quartz setting, 40
177 to 17s, Two magnificent
California cane heads, quartz
setting, each, Sl0O, SIS, l55
179, One quarts locket, IA
$50 to 1873, Four sets quartz
studs, each $50, is, IL, 16, sc
1S4, One set quartz sleeve
buttons, IA
1S5 to 1S6. Two gents scarf
pins, each9 is
1S7 to 1874. Eight Odd Fellows
pins, each, SO, s, S. 6, 6, &C, 6, Sc
1875 to 200, Six gents pins,
each 50, &c, 6. 6, 6, 80
20l to 205, Five Masonic pins,
each, $40, 6, 6, 6, 6. "a
206 to 20S, Three Odd Eel
lows pins, each. IS, s, 5, 21
209 to 227, Niaeteen sets ear
rings, each $40, 10. 10, 9. 9, 8, 9, A,
8, 3, 5. S, 5, z, G. Z, 9, ~, 1872
22S to 237, Ten California
made. belt buckles, each %, 22,
20, 20, 20, Is. II, 10, II, 10, 1914
23S. to 244, Seven California
sob buckles, each SIS. Is, 2O.12,
12. 12. ~, 1O4
245 to 255, Eleven sets gold
studs, each IS. 8, S, s, s. 6, 9,1O,
0, 5, 8, 81
256. One set sleeve buttons
and studs, 90
257, TO 261, Five gold slides,
each S4,50, 4,50 4, 4, 4. 81
262, to 2GS, Seven California
rings. each g., Sc
26o to 27S, S,TenCalifornia rings
each Sc, 60
279 to 2S2, Four California
rings, each 8, Sc
2s3 to 2ss, Six California
rings, each S, so
2S9, One gold ring, 4
200, One fine gold hunting ell
namelled diamfnd set, lever
watch, Pernoud Robert. maker,
No. S707. 14O
Total $1,000
| The Prizes will be distributed on Saturday Even
ing December 3lst, 1889. in the manuer as in
| the preceding ones, towit :-AH Drawn Number.
| from the first to the twohundred and ninetieth in
elusive to take the articles in the order III which
| they appear on the list
TICKETS ONE DOLLAR.
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Art Amid the sierra
HELIOGRAPHY.

TJVIE suhsbscriber takes this method Of informing
i the citizens Of California that he has refitted
the rooms and ia prepared to take all kinds OF
Pictures known to the
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MRS. L. STONE,

f m | e 2 hysi clan,
Student of Gezin College, Germany.
Re sidenee on Broad. street, Nevada next to
he II ti1 dist church
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NEVADA 4AG A.sEMY.
MIR, r. II. RAYMOND
IS opened;n
ACADEMICAL sc HOOL

Tin the room formerly occupied by ]. Stratton,
i for the Instruction of Young Gentlemen in Mathe
mstics and the Natural sciences also, in the Gram
matical Construction of the English Language
Part cular attention will b. givt n to younger
scholars in reading writing, and spclling and other
rimary branches, Girls will be admitted to the
school Discipline, strict and moral.
Terms of Tuition, s 90, per week.
Nevada Aup Ist ls59 augl2tf
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VOLUME 10, No, 40
Business Cards.
SARGENT 4 NILES.

Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
A. c. NILES. Notary Public
A. \. SARGENT. Com. for New York.
OFFICE INKIDp & KSox's Brick Building, Broad
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n-THE PRoPRIEToRs Of this est.biishmen
would inform the citizens of Nevada county. that
they arc always prepared to execute
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GEORGE s. HUpP,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
0ficc-0ver Harrington L Pattersons saloon,
Broad street.
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a4oO I'm CASH::

Among which tn ere are Thirty one Fine Gold I
Silves W atches and
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-06
RALEIGH, NORTH CARROLL Ma APRIL 6, 1859.

ment, he continued-"Here's death to the
traitor" and he drained mis- glass to the
bottom.
A dark scowl was seen to pass over the
features of Harry Somerville as the speaker
drank his toast. For moment he sat still
then staggering mp, at the same time
overthrowing the table at which they sat,
whilst an evil light was shining in-his dark
black eyes, he fercely exclaimed "Me-
thinks, by HaaNen,- -yos,,ye branded me as a
trstite4, -seeausesT ffesftateti Is come With
you tonight"
Il meant to do no slcn thing, Harry !;
and to -."
LIAR" he shouted, whilst his whole
frame trembled and his lips quiyered with
excitement.
"Well now," cried the other, being now
fully aroused, "by the heavens above me
you need not look so fierce for I don't fear
you, Harry SomervilIe; and to prove the
truth Of my assertion | repeat my boast
and say 10 you if the " traitors" cap fits
you, aOear 1t
Stung to the quick by the speakers
words, and drunk mad, crazy with wine
Harry-whilst his eye wore the expression
of an excited demon-seizcd an unemptied
bottle and threw it with maniac's power
at the head of the speaker; it struck him
directly on the temple and breaking thro
the skull-William Percival sank to the
floor without groan-A CORPSE! and
Harry Somerville was his MURDERER.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-06

might not only have been a lloy and pride
to his parents, but an ornament to society
an honor to his country lone of the
brightest stars of which the ration could
boast.
It was warm, pleasant evening, a few
days after the events recorde sboye-that
Mrs. Someryille sat in her 4 easy chair
before an open window. z IA IS 4 the beau
tllab tlfa ls sHs ssd tSr ssvslsI sss sas
she was happy too, for her thoughts dwelt
upon her "dear boy" Oh, little did she
know where then that "dear boy" was
She sat thus for some time, tracing in her
mind brilliant course for that only son,
when she was interrupted in her thoughts
by the entrance of a servant who with a
low bow handed her letter. A sweet
smile of joy o'erspread her features as with
eagerness she broke the seal, for she imme-
diately recognized the hand writing to be
her dear Harry's. She read the first few
lines-a deadly pallor o'ersprcad her face,
whilst her thin lips quivered in agony and
oOuDU. OuO ICdQ Oll--lCCtQ AZ VA1OuSAs
She sprang from her seat-for moment
stood still--as pale as marble-with eyes
fixed upon the fatal sheet-then uttering a
low mournful cry, she fell to the floor,
whilst stream Of blood gushed from her
mouth and nostrils. Poor, fragile flower,
the stroke was too much--the spirit of the
invalid mother was waited to the skies.
And alas where now is that fond, that
doting father! He is IN the Asylum, and
laughs the maniac's augh. Sometimes he
will rave and curse them for taking away
this noble boy-while again you may hear
him monrnfully calling on "his Harry
and begging him to "come back to his old
gray-haired father and see him die" But
why all this? The spirit from the dead
gives the answer-"The Demon of the wine
cup" "7he Broken Pledge"
Ransom's Bridge, N. c.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-06
NO. 80.
Mechanics.

1t is difficult to estimate the value and
Importance of Mechanics to community.
Not only docs present present progress and
advancement but the permanent pros
perity of every town or city depends
largely on the number and character of its
Mechanics. Wherever we find mechanics,
as class, occupying an elevated position
in communtty-honored aud respected
for their moral and intellectual wofth as
well as for their energy and uniform deport-
ment, there you will surely fiRd, not only
brisk and lively trade, but population free
from most of these fopperies and follies
which are degenerating and impoverishing
the present generation. 1t is a lamentable
fact-but nevertheless it is fact-that it
is a common thing in this country for mon
led snobs and brainless fops to look down
upon Mechanics as an inferior class of be-
ings; and, unfortunately for the cause Of
labor, many Mechanics encourage, rather
than repel with disgust, this assumption on
the part of snobbery, because they refuse
to exercise those noble elements with
which God has endowed them to rend as
under those tyranical bands with which,
what is miscalled social life, has so long
kept them fettered. We would have
every Mechanic in the land feel his impor-
tance, and to realize that it is the noble
brotherhood, of which he is part, coupled
with the cultiyators of the soil, that form
the great basis upon which all other inter
ests depend. Because your daily toll may
confne you within the walls OF small
room, it is no reason why you should re-
main ignorant of the principles of science
or the great truths of philosophy. Take
for your guide some one Of the i'm
mortal names that have gone before You,
men who, though passed from the scene of
actual operations have left their names en-
balmed in the hearts of ccming generations
and determine to be MEN!
To be good Mechanic the mind must
be cultivated as well as the muscles, for it is
impossible to excel in any branch, however
insignificant, without some knowledge OF
general laws
Whatever your business may be, devote
your whole time and attention to its pros
ccution; be diligent in your researches af-
ter all the plausible and practicable i'm
provements that may nreSeRtss,it}rr znu' IN
terest, but be enabled to give the better
satisfaction to those who sustain yOu. And
other interests should not lose sight of the
fact that the more they do to foster and ell
evate the Mechanical interests of place,
the more they do to push the place upward
and onward. While these interests languish
it cannot be expected that trade and traffic
should flourish.--Ne1Obern Progress.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-06
ANECDOTES.

When Sampson had slain the Lion,
there came honey out Of the lionf BY slay
ing sin, we get this honey Of peace.
Three things that never agree-two cats
over one mouse, two wives la one house,
or two lovers after one maiden
The strongest kind of hiRt--a young
lady asking a gentleman to see if one Of
her rings would fit his little. finger.
There are more lies told In the brief SEN
tence, glad to see you,' than in any other
sentence in the English language.
"Mr. Brown, why do you wear that bad
hat? 2" sBecause, my dear sir Mrs. Brown
VOWS she will not 90 out of the house With
me until / get a new one"
The leaf of an album on which Lord
Byron had written feur lines Of poetry, was
recently sold at Venice, Italy, and Rus
sian noaleman gave 81, 900 for it.
The best bank ever knowa, is a bank of
earth it never refuses to discount to hon.
est labor. And the best share is the plow-
share, on which dividends are always libe-
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For the Spirit Of the Age.
Read This.

Mr.. EDIToR:-The learned Rhetorician
(Quackenbos,) gives us six leading divis-
ions of Prose Composition. Letters, Mar
ratives, Fiction, Essays, Theses, Argumen-
tatives, Diiscourses and Orations. "Quaa-
tuDa sutScet," say you? so do we, yet some
years since while glancing over Parley's
curiosities of aNatural Art" we were favor
Sbly impressed with what you might term
In our vernacular an Epistolary Souvenir,
from the stylus of newly married lady to
friend of hers: the perusal of which we
recommend to all the fair readers of the
Age. 1t purports the forlorn situation Of
the inventor and also reveals the inhuman
spirit of a jealous old husband. You will
see the point BY reading the first and every
alternate line, THAT is every other line:)
Il cannot be satisfied, my dearest friend,
blest as | am in the matrimonial state,
unless | pour into your friendly bosom,
which has ever been in unison with mine,
the various sensations which swell,
with the liveliest emotions of pleasure,
my almost bursting heart. Itellyo my dear
husband is the most amiable of men,
have now been married seven weeks, and
have never found the least reason to
repent the day that Joined u.s. My husband is
both in person&manners far from resembling
ugly, cross, old, disagreeable, and jealous
monsters who think by combining to secure
wife, it is his maxim to treat as
bosom friend and confident, and not as a
plaything or menial slave, the woman
chosen to be his companion. Neither party,
he says should always obey implicitly,
but each yield to the other by turns
An ancient maiden aunt, near seventy,
a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady,
lives in the house with US. She is the de-
light of both young ard old; she is ci-
vii to all the neighborhood around
generous and charitable to the poor
am sure my husband loves nothing more
than he does me; he fatters me more
than a glass, and his intoxication,
Gor so | must call the excess of his love-, J
often makes me blush for the unworthiness
ofits object, ,&wish could be more deserving
of the man whose name | bear. To
say all in a word, my dear, and to
crown the whole, my former gallant lover
is now my indulgent husband; my fondnes.
! is returned, and I-nai4-h-
The ladies should not grumble at the
above exposition of woman's duplicity fol
"Dux femina facti." p.
Clay Hill, S. c.
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For the Spirit of the Age.
Old Friends.
Hope not to find


friend, but has found friend in thee,
All like the purchas g, few the price will pay;
And this makes friends such miracles below.
You've.
Who can estimate the worth of old
friends! What can we do without them
Who eyerrose to eminence without friendss
Trace the history of the pasti Can we
Ltind any great or good mxn, who dTd not
in the beginning at least, have friends p
And if in the course of their lives they fell
from the position they occupied; was not
their downfall more or less occasioned by
mistreating and discarding old friends and
changing them for new and untried ones
How often is this the case. Mankind are
prone to this mistake. Whatever attrac-
ton new faces and new friends may pre-
sent, in the changing events of a progress
ing condition, they may be many, it is not
right or polite to throw off and disregard
those who have clung to US in the chequer-
ed part. Life is not all sunshine and pros
perity. There may have been moments
when sorrow and misfortune with their
crushing weight had we'll nigh borne US
down to the dust. In those trying hours
friendship, pure friendship, not acting from
self-elevating motives, lifted our spirits up
! by kind consoling words and whisperings
of hope for the future. Shall we then in
our prosperity cast them aside because we
do not for the present need their aid or
counsel! God forbid Perchance the
angel Of disease has passed over the land,
and stretched upon your couch you lay
helpless sufferer There comes a hand
prompted by kind heart, to perform those
offices that seemed fitted onl y for friends.
What nero cypher you are-how totally
helpless and dependent on the charity and
kindness of others! How grateful for their
kindness you are then! If there be one
period more than another in our lives,
when friendship is more valuable than all
other interests but love, it is when helpless
from infirmities we are unable to do for
ourselves. In all phases of life, from in
fancy to old age, friendship is necessary,
and should be appreciated. 1t is as neces.
sary to the heart, as sustenance to the body
and relaxation to the mind. There may
be those who have many friends and are
not happy; still, those who have no friends
must be wretched indeed. Discard not
old friends" is an old SAVING IThA-.-:-- = : :.
ioice and never, never forget "Old friends
WILL WAUMPUM.
Camden, n. G.
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friends-intoricated Henry was sent
home to his parents with sad tale upon
his lips!
need not stop here to say how his head
was bowed in shame-how bitter We're his
feelings-how remerse was gnawing at his
inmost soul. Need say how that loving
mothers heart was rent with anguish for
her boy-how in silence that fond father
bore his grief! No { indeed. / will leave
the reader to mag q, Time passed on,
and a third sessioa ~ alsl- MeGad,
Harry once moro, thro1gh the intercession
of his father, within the old college walls
Thus far he has been studying hard, and
has not drank drop; and already he has
reinstated himself in the confidence of the
Faculty.
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A Remarkable Life.

A late number of the New Orleans Chris
tian Adyocate contains an interesting
sketch of man, who came in boyhood
from Scotland to Galveston Island studied
law, and became successful practitioner
served in the wars against the MeKicans
and Indians, as comrade of Samuel Walk
er and Addison Gillespie was taken pris-
oner by tie Mexcans and narrowly escaped |
perishing became leader of the public |
affairs of his State, while at the same time
he was an active "exhorter' in the Metho-
dist Church and finally, in the year 1857,
was generally designated in all parts Of the
State as the first choice of his party to sue
ceed General Houston in the Senate Of the
United States. During all this time he
had frequently felt it his duty to enter the
ministry, but was restrained from doing so,
chiefly by the opposition of his wife, who,
although "an excellent and pious lady,"
had no fancy for the life of an itinerant
preachers wife. Finally the crisis in bis
history arrived, when he was on the eve of
being sent to the Senate. We copy the
dramatic account of what followed, as CIV
en- by the AdUooate
taking the letters and papers from all
l parts Of the State, giving him assurance Of
election, he went to his wife and said 81
can 90 to the United States Senate. Here
are the evidences. If you wish it, will
go. But if l 60, hell is my doom. ! shall
die drunkard as certain as go to Wash
/, ington. l can yet escape. If l pass this
point, | never can. / can enter the minis
try, which | ought to have done long ago
r and save rnyecif from drunkard's grave
f and my soul from hell But you shall de
) eide"
5 "His poor wife, unwilling to relinquisl
K the glittering prize in view, replied, weep
|. ing, that she could not sec why he coulC
not be great man and Christian too
But after. prayerful reflection, she woulc
not incur the fearful responsibility of dec
ding against his conscience, and told hir
to 60 into the itinerancy, and she woul
e 90 with him.
D To the astonishment of the whole Stat,
n letter appeared in the papers, just befor
ul the meeting of the Legislature, declinin
u the nomination, and announcing his retire
d, ment from political life. The next thin
III that was heard of him was, that he Wa
n, preaching"
'E The editor (who vouches for the trut
st Of the narrative) says that the hopes el
y, tertained of his success as preacher ha,
k been moro than realized. He adds:
er "What renders the case more remark
BILE, is the fact that before he declined I'll
nd United States Senatorship, by legacy le
ay him in England, he became possessed Of /;
lat ample fortune. Wealth, and the hope
'et high position, have kept many out of Il
en- itinerancy; but how few, very few, a
those who have declined eminent earth
advantages for it, or rather, brought the
as additional forces into it, that they mig
as be the more largely useful"
pes No name is given in the narrative, h
she we presume that those familiar with t
political history of Texas will have no d
!. ficulty in filling the blank,
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The Giant Farmer of the West.

Mr. Jacob Straun, of this State, (says the
Rockford, H., Republican, has earned for
himself the reputation of the giant farmer
of the West. Twenty seven years ago be
came to this State poor man. His ope7-
ations were small at first, but continued to
increase each year until he had reduced
over 10000 acres Of land to state of cul-
tivation. lie has one farm of 1900 acres
and another of 10000 lie has usually
employed from 200 to 800 men, and
large number of horses. Every year until
quite recently, he has stalled from 5000 to
6,O00 head Of cattle, and kept other live
stock in proportionate numbers
In this twenty-seven years he has made
fortune of million of dollars, and he is
still hale and vigorous to enjoy it. lie has
one corn field in Morgan county, nearly
six miles long, but has been latterly cur
failing his business, and converting some OF
his real estate into cash. He is monu-
mcnt of what patience, perseverance, in
dustry and continuous exertion IN one di-
rection will do for a man who has deter.
mined upon the accomplishment of a ceD
tain end
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w While there are but ashes on man

~ While there are but ashes on many
an altar once clustering with trophies, we
rejoice to know that others have yet their
flames burning brightly, and tho ranks Of
the good and true unbroken. Many an
old standard Red, White and Blue has
gone down, and no echoing footstep in the
deserted hall. But others, though torn,
are flying! The Order is yet power in
the land, and its bugles like the anthem Of
triumph to the slumbering bands. Close
up, Brothers, and the palmy days of our
history shall have more glorious chapters
added. Rebuild the altars which have fall
len down, and by the light of Faith and
Hope again kindle the watchfres for the
struggle.