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The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18

EXHAUSTION OF TALK.-How long tho lamp
Of conversation holds out to burn between two
persons only, is curiously set down 10 the fol-
lowing passage from Count Gonfalionier's ac-
count Of his Imprisonment:
"Fifteen years existed 10 dungeon ten
feet square During six years had a COM
panion; during nine was alone. / never
could rightly distinguish the face of him who
shared my captivity in the eternal twilight of
our cell. The first year we talked necessarily
togethet;we related our past lives our joys
forever gone, over and over again. The next
year we communicated to each other our
thoughts and ideas on all subjects. The third
year we had no ideas to communicate we were
beginning to lose the power of reflection. The
fourth, at the interval of q month or 80, we
would open our lips TO ask each other If II were
possible that the world went on as gay and
bustlng as when we formed portion of man.
kind. The fifth we we're SILENT The sixth he
was taken away-I never knew where, to exc
cution or liberty. But l was glad when he was
gone-even solitude was better than the pale,
vacant face. One day Qt must have been q
year or two after my companion left mel the
dungeon door was opened, whence proceeding
! knew not, the following words were uttered
by order of his Imperial Majesty, l intimate to
you that your wife died year ago. Then the
door was Shut and heard no more; they had
but flung this great agony upon me, and left
me alone with it,
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18

DIAMOND WEDDTNG.-The ST. Louis cores
pondent of the Sacramento Union gives the fol-
lowing description of q diamond wedding"
which recently came of in that city:
"The bride was not so fair as Miss Bartlett
whatever may DO said by way Of comparison
between the respective coors of the BRIDE
grooms. In the most courtly language which
can be used, the parties to the matrimonial OIL
lance of Tuesday evening were "colored indi-
viduals," Of happy and aristocratic cognomen
Felix Doyle and Theodosia Hazlitt. The
bride is described to be blooming and pretty
quadroon Of seventeen, Of arstocratic lineage,
and the pride of mother worth 100000, who
lives in grand style on Franklin avenue. She
was gorgeously attired for the occasion in white
silk, and decorated. in dazzling profusion, with
diamonds and jewelry. The groom is o fine
looking, rich young darkey Of tweRty-four, who
has handsome residence on Gratiot street.
He was dressed in superb and faultless style.
Each Of the parties had four attendants, hand
somely attired. The service was performed in
the Cathedral on Walnut street, by Father
Ryan after which, the bridal party proceeded
in carriages to the residence of the BRIDES
mother, where q splendid entertainment was
given to the invited guests, numbering some
two hundred"
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18


The New PLANET.-The telescope with which
DR.. Lescarbault discovered the new planet near
er the sun than Mercury is very small. Its OBJ
ject-glass is only four inches in diameter, with
focal length of less than five feet, and it is
mounted on wooden frame which admits only
of two motions, one horizontal, the other YER
tical. 1t has q magnifying power of $50 times.
From DR.. Lescarbaults observations, NJ. lie
Verrier concludes that the new planet revolves
around the sun In 197 days; that the inclina-
tion of its orbit is l2o 10 the Longitude of its
ascending node, 100 So, and that its mass is one
seventeenth that Of Mercury. This mass is
much too small to account for all the anoma-
lies which have been observed In the movement
Of Mercury; the superstition is therefore
strengthened that there is a group of these
planets. The new planet can never be more
than 80 from the sun, as seen from the earth,
so that it can never set more than half an hour
before sunset or rise more than half an hour be-
fore sunrise. This, with its very small size,
renders 1t easy for us to understand why il has
never been observed before.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18

THE EXODUS OF THE IRIsH.--In what de-
spending tone the Dublin Nation speaks Of the
hegira Of 1880. The article is headed "Flying"
and thus the Nation pours forth its grief:
Through Dublin our flying people pour
daily In weeping crowds. For years our
streets have not beheld such scenes as those OF
the past week, though, alas the ebb of popu-
lation has not wholly ceased at any time for a
quarter of century. Long lines of wofnl IA
ces, strangely mocking the holiday attire In
which the poor creatures attire themselves as
they quit forever their fathers clay /; caravans
Of vehicles, piled with the bright red painted
boxes and trunks, with owners names marked
rudely on the front; aged women, with hair
white as the boar Of December; old men, bent
and broken by sixty years of toll In furrow and
trench; young men who try to look hopeful
that the mother may weep the less young wo-
men, feeling all the more deeply, as women do
at rending the thousand silent ties that link
them to home while children, too young to
know the cause Of all the sorrow that they see
on every face, are only delighted with the
wonders OF tho great streets through which
they pass. Away, away, away-and not will
lIngIy nor happily. They are NOT a nomade
race. II Is not an Arab community that has
struck the tent poles they are not dul-hearted
pl0dding Saxon people, who for meal the
more In the mouth would cross the globe ITSELF
and call II folly to feel less at home in KAN
schatka than 10 the land where their fathers
ashes for centuries repose. No, no these are
people whose very heart-strings are wrung by
the idea of eternal exile people, who, almost
to q fault--if virtue so beautiful could ever
be fauit--cling to the ancestral home a peo-
pie who II they could bnt eat an humble crust,
broken amid the hardest toll, in Ireland-the
land of their hearts, afIections-would deem 1t
sweoter than tho bread OF luxury In q foreign
cline. Away, away, away Men thought it
had ceased, this terrible exodus; they thought
this fearful hemorrhage had ceased to drain the
llfe.blood of our country. But here 1t is, full
upon us again tho walls are rising once more
in every village. Whole communities are quit
ting forever, in sorrow and despair, a land for
which they would freely die"
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18

Society is 10 organized that there must al
WAYS be social and political distinctions between
its members. These Distinctions intuitively
recognized BY the individuals themselves, natu-
rally form them into classes, cliques, grades,
etc, generally distinguished as the elte ana
vulgar, the superior and the Inferior the high
and the low, the privileged and the restricted
the rich aud the poor, and finally into the chlv-
airy and the mudsiIls, or the ins and the outs
q distinction peculiarly well adapted to society
as organized 10 California. This distinction,
BY the most astonishing instructive and mystic.
rious arran cement, without any preconcerted
agreement has so perfected aud improved upon
ali others. that where In them, there might be
doubt as to which side an individual should
take, because OF having some OF the traits COM
mon TO both, this decides the matter ct once,
by simply ascertaining If be be entirely devoid
Of moral principle. If so he is an In, chiv
be belongs to the upper crust, and Is entitled to
all its immunities. He can club, cut, shoot and
kill whomsoever be pleases, without the least
fear Of punishment and the more he clubs, cuts
shoots and kills, the higher he stands in the
high circle TO which he belongs. or course
there must be some pretense of trial, whenev-
err one Of these little affairs occur, to pacify the
roughs, the mudsills, the outs, as they are by
far the most numerous and should they object,
might disturb the nice arrangements To make
sure tn0t tnlH matter hll WOTkb TlBntI ~ 10 nSO-
essary that the right man shall be in the right
place TO manage them. 1t was In view OF this
fact, that Governor Weller appointed jim
Hardy, q District Judge. There was likely to
be some little business Of this kind going on
soon, and as James had shown himself an adept
OF It while District Attorney In this county, in
o certain Varnard case, he was the man Inc
appointment has been entirely INDICATED the
affairs of the order can be safely entrusted to
his care, as witness the late Terry affair, and
we may safely say that there is not now the
least danger Of slip in any future case. Thus
we see this important organization duly forti.
fed against all mishaps by the wisdom and
foresight of its leaders while the other lacking
all the essential qualities OF organization, is ex-
posed to all the dangers Of the law for the
slightest offence, showing conclusively its utter
inferiority.-Sac. Post.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18

"STRANoE EvENTFUL HISTORY" OF A Car
The San Andreas Independent relates the fol-
lowing: A few months ago miner killed
catamount some seven or eight miles from here.
After taking off its hide neatly for preservation
he gave the carcass to some Portuguese, telling
them it was buck rabbit. They 10 turn sold
1t to on Italian butcher, giving the same gentle
pedigree to his catship. The butcher had some
favorite Observation-Disclosures Miners to whom
he kindly consented to sell it for the occasion
of grand dinner party which was to be given
their friends, and which, of course, rabbit
weighing thirteen pounds would render doably
grand. They bought it at a good round price,
and on the day of the rcpast, 1t was eaten to
the bone with many q compliment to the quail
ity of flesh, and fiattering tribute to the unver-
sal rabbit family. After q few days the miner
who was at the bottom ofthe joke, divulged the
cheat and "lct the cat out of the bag" There
upon the dinner party waxed as savage as a
garden full of cats, and one Of them went to
the unfortunate butcher, who was totally igno'
rant of what he had done, aud told him If he
(the butcher) did not remit an amount of about
$75, he (the dinner many would prosecute him
for selling unlawful "game." The butcher was
perfectly astonished and "wlted" of course,
letting the dinner man dictate his own terms;
and so the cat cost the butcher SIS.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18

DENoMINATIoNAL OXEN IN TExAs.-Texas is .
great State. It has not only large, growing
mixed popHlatiOn--every variety Of climate
and SOIL game and stock-bnt It's very oxen
have become dominaLional, IL not sectarian in
name, character and spirit. In proof of this we
give the following incident A minister travel
ing along the road meets n stranger driving his
wagon, which was pulled by four oxen; as the
minister approached be heard the driver say !:
"Get up, Presbyterian 70 Gee, Cambellitev'
"Haw, BaptistW "What are you doing, Meth
odist ~
The minister, struck with the singularity Of
such names being given to oxen, remarked,
"Stranger, you have strange names for your
oxen, and wish to know why they had such
names given them 2"
The driver replied X call that lead or in
front Presbyterian. because be is true blue, and
never fails; he believes 10 pulling through ev-
cry difficult place, persevering to the end, and
then he knows more than all the rest. The one
by his side call Cambellite; be does very well
when you let him go his own way, until he sees
water and then all the world could not keep
him out Of it, and there he stands as If his jour-
ney was ended. This OF OK, behind is a real
Baptist, for he is all the time after water and
will not eat with the others, but is constantly
looking, first on one side, and then on the other
and at everything that comes near him. The
other, which call Methodist, makes q great
noise and great TODD, and you would think
that he was pulling all creation, but he don't
pull half pound"
The minister, having his curiosity gratided
with the explanation given, rode on, wondering
what he should next see and hear in Texas
This is 70 dream, but fact, as we have heard
it; nor are we influenced by dyspeptic feelings,
in telling our readers the ecclesiastic relation
OF Texas Oxen.-IFue Waness.
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18

The famous case Of the two mothers aud one
baby, which gave Solomon SO fine a chance to
show his sagacty, has been repeated recently
in Rutland. vt, where woman charged anoth-
err with stealing her child from the cradle. She
brought suit for the baby, and the magistrate,
after hearing good deal Of conflicting testi-
moDy, decided 10 favor of the woman who cried
the most That was substantially the judgment
of Solomon in the other case, aud ia probably
correct
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Ordinance Number A.

NINOHIbII NUISH AMUSEHIENTSs-
The Iru sees of the City of Nevada ordan follows
SECTION l. ANY person or persons who shall uron any
OF me puohe streets of this city, engage in the game
baseball Vny other game calculated TO dis
turo The peace and quiet of the neghborhood
pedestrians, shall upon conviction thereof be fined in
any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars be mpris
oned Tor a term not exceeding Eve days.
Passed May Gath 1850 JOHN WILLIAMS Pros't
l. H. RoIFF Clerk
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Notice of Dissolution.
C,oNsrAnLE,s sALE.-stnte OF Cal,fornlI

~ County Of Nevada, Township of Nevada, IS.
BY virtue Of execution TO delivered issued from
the Court Of John Anderson ESD acting Justice ofhe
Peace in and for the county aforesaid bearing date the
18th day Of June A. 1860, TO satisfy Judgment
dersd by said Court the 3st day Of May 1850 in
favor Of Michael MeDonough, and against Mary Jenkins
and Hamilton Mccormick, for the sum oftwo hundred
and sixteen dollars and thrtyfvo cents debt interest
damages and costs of suit. have taken In execution,
and will sell to the highest bidder for cash. the following
described property TO wit All the right title and in.
terest that the defendants have In and to the House and
lot known as the Jenkins house and lot the east side
OF Gold Flat, Nevada Township will sell the same in
front of the Court House door TUESDAY the 3lst day
Of July A. 1850, between the hours of9 O'Clock A.
and O'Clock P. N. Of said day.
Taken the property Of Mary Jenkins to satisfy the
above demands aud accruing costs.
Nevada city, July 10th 1860.
H.td W. C. ASHER Constable.
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ExCoMMUNICATED.-An unusual ceremony re-
Gently took place in church in Boston. Three
men were formally communicated; one for
rejecting the doctrine of the atonement and
neglectng public worship; another for believ-
Ing in spiritualism; and . third for wicked
treatment of his wife.
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TNsOLvENTN OTICE.-state of California,

TNSOLVENT NOTICE.-State Of California,
County Of Nevada In the District Court Of the
lIth Judicial District.
In the Matter of the Petition of BAILEY GATZERT, an
InSOlyent Debtor.
Pursuant TO order OF the Hon. Niles Sear Judge OF
the said District Court notice hereby given to aA the
creditors Of said Insovcnt Bailey Gatser to " and ap
pear before the Hon. Niles Seas aforesaid m open Court
at tho Court OF said Court in the City and County
Of Nevada on the I'd day Of August, D. 1900 at 10
O'Clock r. OK thst day. then and there to show
should granted and an assignment Of his be
made and he be discharged from his debts and liabilities
in pursuance of the Statute in such made and
vidcd and in the meantime all proceedings against said
6 solvent be stayed.
~ Witness my hand and the seaf Of safi Court
seal this the 2Sth day Of June A. d. 1866.
III JOHN $. LAMBERT Clerk.
Thos p. Hawley, Atty for Petitioner 4Otd
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CONsTABLE's sALE.-state OF caiiforni.

~ County Of Nevada Township of Little York, IS.
by virtue Of execution TO me delivered issued from
the Court ofW W. CozEens Esq an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for the county aforesaid bearing date July
eth A. D. 1850 to satisfy judgment rendered by said
Court the 26h day of June 1860 in favor Of j. b.
WOOD and against JOHNSON \ OTHERS, comprising the
Railroad Co., for the of thirty dollars and eighyHve
taken in execution and will sell to the highest bidder
for cath all and singular, that certain set OF mining
claims situated Christmas Hill Little York Township
and known the Railroad Co. claims. The above sale
TO take place In front Of the Justices Office In Little York
Saturday the 9TH day Of August A. 1860 between
the hours Of O'Clock and O'Clock of said day
Taken the property OF the Railroad Coz, to satisfy
the above demands and accrung costs.
Given under my hand this 9th July A. D. 1860.
4l-3w j. MCCONNELL, Constable.
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NOTICE no CREDITORs.-In tlle Count,

IN Court of Nevada county State Of California in tie
matter Of the petition Of IT, J. T Insolvent debtor
Pursuant to order OF the Hon. David Belden judge
Of said County Court notice il hereby given to all the
Creditors OF the said insolvent H j. TEL to be and ap
pear before the Hon. David Beden aforesaid in open
Court in the City and County Of Nevada the Sd day Of
September D. $780, at 10 O'Clock then and there
to show cause any they can why the prayer Of said IN
solvent should not be granted and assignment Of his
estate be made and he be discharged from his debts and
liabilities in pursuance Of the statute In such made
and provided and in the meantime all proceedings against
said insolvent be stayed.
Witness my hand and seal Of said Court this Ait day
~ OF Nay A. d. 1850.
seal J0HS s. LAMBERT, Clerk
I'll By Jos. ii. Levy, Deputy.
Geo. s. Hupp, Atty for Petitioner. 34,Sw
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Upon reading the affidavit filed in this and ap-
pearng theefrom that the said Defendant Is resi-
dent Of the State Of California and that said plaintiffs
good of action against the said defendant il is
hereby ordered that service of summons therein be made
by publication of the in the Nevada Democrat for
the period of three months successfully from this date,
Given under my hand this 2lst day OF April 1890
L. W. SMITH, J. =.
Geo. S. Hupp, Atty for Plaintiff 3O.3m
The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1860-07-18

The following list Of Books belonging to the Nevada Ii
brary are missing Parties having any Of them in thei
possession are requested 10 return them Immediately
They can be left at the store Of Gregory Boring, juno
ton of Main and Commercial streets:
Bancroft's History
Yelowplush PapersT
Old London Bridge;
White Jacket;
Blackwood, 1857;
Bakewells Geology;
Vol. I'd, Herndon's Exploration Of Amazon;
Redburn;
Gil Bias;
Painters and Sculptors;
Bryant's American Poets;
Potter's Eschylus;
Ben Johnson's Works;
Representative Men;
Acadia
Swiss Family, (Robinson).
Nevada April Sd 1s6O.-27-H
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CUMMoNs.-state Cd CsIlfornla, County %

y Nevada-Bel0re T. ". smith J. r.
The People Of the State Of California, to H. HAHN
You hereby Summoned to appear before the UNDER
signed Justice Of the Peace, at his Office in said Township
THURSDAY the 26th day Of July A D. 1850 at ten
O'Clock A. NJ, to to the complaint OF PET1TGEAN
Co. who demand of you the sum Of one hundred doll
lars with legal interest said from June 10th 1852
as per complaint file in my Office On failure
appear and answer Judgment will be rendered against
You for the said Of 500 and interest above and
costs Of suit.
Given under my hand this 21st day Of April 1862
E. w. SMITH, J. T..
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Ordinance Number as.
WING A ROAD AND POLL TAXAEn

i EN1 lNG a AND TAX AND
IL providing for the collection Of the same.
The trustees Of the City of Nevada orain follows
SECTION l. Road Tax four dollars hereby levied
upon every able bodied male nhabant between the ages
OF twenty one and City years
Sic q shall be the duty Of the City Marshal to col
ec the Road Tax, and for this purpose he Is hereby in
vested with the authority conferred upon Road
Overseers by the act Of the Legislature Of 1880 entitled
ian act concerning roads and Nevada county,
and the tax shall be collected in the prescribed
in said act.
skc s. The Clerk Of the Board shall prepare and de-
liver to the Marshal sufficient number Of blank receipts,
which shall be numbered and signed by the Clerk said
receipts shall be countesgned by the Marshal and dey
cred to persons paying the road tax and the Marshal
shall specify in each receipt delivered whether the
tax is paid in labor money.
SKo. 4. The Marshal shall keep correct list Of the
Of all persons paying their road tax IN cash. and
TO the Board on the first Of each month"; All mon,
les collected the road tax, less his commission the
the direction Of the Board Of Trustees for road pur
poses
SEC There shall be and is hereby levied upon every
male nhabtant Of the City, Of twenyone years Of age
and upwards poll tax of dollar for the year ending
May 1861 and it is hereby made the duty Of the Marshal
SEC 8, The Clerk of the Board shall prepare and dev
er to the Marshal proper blank poll tax receipts which
shall be numbered and signed by the Clerk. Upon the
payment of each and every poll tax the Marshal shall de-
liver one of said receipts eountergned by himself to the
person so paying.
sEo. !. To enforce the collection Of the poll tax the
Marshal may seze much OF any and every species OF
property owned claimed by any person liable to and re-
fusng to pay said poll tax will be sufficient pay the
same and costs OF SEIZURE and may sell the any
time place, within the city limits upon giving verbal
notice one hour previous to such sale delivery Of the
possession of the property by the Marshal to any pur,
chaser shall be deemed sufficient title in the purchaser
After having deducted the poll tax for which such prop
ery Sold and the necessary fees and costs Of sale
the Marshal shall return the surplus money any there
be- TO the Of such property Any person indebted
to another liable to poll tax and negecting or refusing
to pay the shall be liable to pay the after SER
vice upon him, by the City Marshal OF notice in writ
ing stating the name names Of the person persons
SO liable and owing such poll tax and may deduct the
amount thereof from such indebtedness
SIC s. The Marshal shall keep correct list of the
names OF all persons paying their poll tax and shall re-
port the same to the Board the first OF each month
Passed June LIST 1860.
7. II. RoLFE, Clerk.
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~ MNUNSs@Stbtt OF OhIEHOrhTn, NOuhty OF
- Nevada township Of Nevada before f. W. Smith p.
The People of the State Of California, II. HAHN:
You hereby summoned to appear before the under
signed Justice of the Peace at his Office in said Township
THURSDAY the Goth day of July D. 1860, at ten
O'Clock A. NJ, to to the complaint of PETlTGEAN
CO., who demands Of you the sum OF twenty five dol
lars per complaint Gle in my Office.
On failure To appear and answer, Judgment will be
rendered against you for the said of $50 and
suit.
Given under my hand this 2sd day OF April 4. D. 1890
E. ". SMITH, J. P.
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NOTICE o CREDITORS.-Est state n
IN JOHN DAVIS deceased. Notice is hereby given By
the undersigned executors Of the above named estate
the creditors Of and all persons having claims against
John Davis deceased to exhibit the same with the
sary vouchers within ten months from the first pubica-
ton of this notice to the undersigned at Lowell Hill Little
York Township Nevada county.
May Goth 1860 JOHN PATTINS0N,
+. T. MAGUIRE.
355 Executors Of the last will and testament Of
John Davis deceased.