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The hydraulic press., 1860-09-29

The BLADENsBURG DUEhING GRoUND.-An
about the famous dueling ground, Bladens-
burg
t'In isi4 Edward Hopkins was killed here
Ia duel,
III 1915 A. f. Mason, a u. S. Senator fought
with his sisters husband, John McCarty.
here. McCarty was averse to fighting, and
thought there was no necessity for it; but
Mason would fight. McCarty named musk
cts loaded with grape shot, and SO near to-
gether that they would hit heads if they fell
on their faces. This was changed by the
seconds to loading with bullets and taking
twelve feet as the distance. Mason was
killed instantly, and McCarty, who had his
collar bone broken, still lives with Mason's
sister in Georgetown.
In 1920 Commodore Decatur was killed in
duel here by Commodore Barron. At the
first fire both fell forward, with their heads
within ten feet of each other; and as each
supposed himself mortally wounded; each
fully and freely forgave the other, still lying
on the ground. Decatur expired immedi-
ately, but Barron eventually recovered.
In 1921 two strangers named Lega and
Sega appeared here, fought, and Sega was
instantly killed.
In 1922 Midshipman Locke was killed
here by clerk of the Treasury Department
named Gibson.
In 1926 Henry Clay fought with John
Randolph, just across the Potomac, as Ran
dolph preferred to die, if at all, on Virginia
soil.
In 1882 Martin was killed here ty Carr.
In 1888, Mr.. Key, brother to Barton Key,
of Sickles notoriety, met Mr.. Sherborn, and
exchanged shot, when Sherborn said;
"Mr. Key, have no desire to kill YOU"
''No matter" said Key, II came to Kill
you"
"yery well, them" said Sherborn, II will
now kill you"
In 1888 W. J. Graves of Kentucky, assn.
ming the quarrel of James Watson Webb
with Jonathan Cilley, of Maine, selected this
place for the duel; but the parties learning
that Webb, with two friends, Jackson and
Merrill, were armed and in pursuit, for the
purpose of assassinating Cilley, moved to-
ward the river and nearer the city. Their
pursuers moved toward the river, but missed
the parties, and then returned to the city, to
which they were soon followed by Graves
and the corpse of Ciliey.
In lS45 lawyer named Jones fought with
and killed DR.. Johnson.
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Con sf fah1e,s Sale.

CTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY, OF
SNevada, Township of Bloomfield, SIS. BY
virtue of an execution to me delivered; issued
from the court Of Levi Ayres, Esqj an acting
Justice of the Peace, in and for the county afore-
said, beating date September 7th, d. d. 1860, to
satirfy a Judgment rendered by Levi Ayres, on
the 10th day Of July; a. d. 1850, in favor of the
Eureka Lake Ditch Co... and against Evans & Co.
1924 and 50 cents, debt, interest, damages and
costs of suit, have taken in execution, and will
sell to the highest bidder for cash, all of Evans
& Cos. mining claims, situated on Chimney Hill
and known as the Evans & Co. claims. Said
claims will be sold in front of Levi Ayres' JUS
tice Office, on Columbia Hill, Nevada county,
California, on Saturday, the 9th day of October,
a: d.. 1860, between the hours of 9p'clock a. m.
an and o'clock p m, of said day. Taken as the
property of Evans Co., to satisfy the above de-
mands and accruing COSTS.
This 18th day of September, a. d. 1860. :.
I'd JNO. McBROWN, Constable.
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A LYRIC.

All within and all without me
Feel melancholy thrill,
And the darkness hangs about me,
Oh how still;
To my feet the riverflideth,
Through the shadow, sullen, dark,
On the stream the white moon rideth
Like bark,
And the linden beams above me,
Till think some things there be
In this weary world that love me
Even me.
Gentle Covers are springing near me,
Shedding sweetest breath around,
Countless voices rise to cheer me
From the ground;
And the lone-bird comesI hear it
In the tall and windy pine,
Pour the sadness of its spirit
Into mine;
There it swings and sings above me,
Till l think some things there be
In this dreary world that love me-
Even me.
Now the moon hath hoated near me,
On the stream see it sway,
Swinging, boat-ike, as 'twould Woo me
Far away
And the stars bend from the azure,
l could reach them where lie,
And they whisper all the pleasure
OF the sky.
There they hang and smile above me,
Till think some things there be
In the very heavens that love me
Even mes
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Constable'S Sale.

COA1o1dOlO todlC.
State of California, county of Nerada, S..
Toicasship of Bloomfield.
DY virtue of decree of foreclosure of mort
Dgage and order of sale to me delivered, is-
sued from the court of Levi Ayres, Esq, an act
ing justice of the peace, in and for the county
aforesaid, bearing date September 10th, a. d.
1860, to satisfy Judgment rendered by Levi
Ayres, on the 10th day of September, a. d. 1860,
in favor of 6. Mcdonald, and against A. Mason,
for the sum of $l23 and "a cents, debt, interest,
damages and costs of suit, am commanded to
sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following
property, to-wit: A set of mining claims situa-
ted in Kennebec district, and bounded as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner of said
claims, at pine tree, being the northeast corner
of G. w. Leet & Cos. claims, running southerly
straight to the center ofthe hill, along The line of
Leet & Co.'S. claims thence along The Ridge in
an easterly direction to the corner 6f .Teffy x
Cos. claiihs four hundred feet; thehes lii a hori
thetly direction alohg The line bf. Terry x Cos.
claims, to stake buriea; thence Ii d westerly
direction to the place of beginning -beihg four
full mining claims of 100 feet front, hohting
north. Said claims will be sold in froht of Levi
Ayres' justice Office on Columbia. Hill; Nevada
county, California, on Saturday, TIE 9Th day of
October a. d. 1860, between The hohts of O o'clock
a; m. and o'clock p. m. of said day. Taken as
the property of A. Mason, to satisfy the above
demands and accruing costs. ,sr
This 18th September. a. d. 1860.
is JNO. MeBROWN, Constable.
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THE BEAUTY OF THE FAMILY-We leave it
to you, ifshe don't invariably "turn out" the
worst of the lot? IF she don't cultivate the
outside of her head to total forgetfulness of
the inside? Ifshe is not petted, and fondled,
aad fattered, and shown off, till sel6shness
| is written all over her? IF she is not sure to
marry some lazy fellow, or some drunken
brute, who wall bruise her body-or heart
to jelly, and be glad to come, with her for.
lorn children, for morsei of bread, to the
| comfortable home Of that snubbed me Ii Der
of the family who was only "our john" or
martha" ," and who never, by any possibility,
was supposed by them capable of doing or
Being anything? We leave it to you If the
.beauty of the family" be he a boy, if he
don't always grow up an assY IF he is not
sure to disgust everybody with his concet
and affectaton, while he fancies he is the
admired ofall eyes,-esen ifhe don't sduan-
der away all the money he can lay his hands
on, and finally die in the gutter? We never
see very handsome child of either sex, set
up on the family pedestal to be admired by
that family and its friends, to the exclusion
Of the other children, that we don't feel like
patting these last on the head, and saying
thank Providence, my dears, that you were
not born 'sbeauties."
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How CONGRESS ELEcTs.-As there are
many of our readers who are not posted on
the manner ofchoosirg President and Vice
President of the United States, in case the
people, or rather the electors, fail to elect,
we propose to lay the subject plainly before
the public. 1t rsqtires majority of all the
| electors to make choice. That is to say,
the electoral college is composed of 303
votes, and whoever is elected will have to
receive l52 votes. Should no candidate for
either President or Vice President receive
the required majority, Vice President is
elected by the Senate, from the two highest
candidates, each Senator having one vote.
If no President be chosen by the electors,
the House of Representatives may choose
the President, their choice being restricted
to the persons having the highest number,
not exceeding three on the list of those voted
for President. In voting for the President
in the House each State has only ore vote.
New York, with her thirty-five members of
Congress, has no more voice in the election
than Delaware, with her one Congressman.
Where the members from State are equally
divided, the vote of such State is net count
ed at ALL It also requires a majority of the
States voting to elect. If the House fails to
elect before the 4th of March next following,
then the Vice President, whether elected by
the electors or by the Senate, shall act as
President
The House of Representatives has nothing
whatever to do with the election of Vice
President, nor the Senate with the election
Of President. The powers of each body
are distinct and entirely independent of the
other.-Red Bluff Beacon.
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TIE 1srAsr.-A lovely child lay sleeping,
the moonbeams kissed his forehead, and in
every ray of light an angel sported. No
wonder they should leave their Eden home
to linger awhile on earth to gaze upon aught
so lovely. Pure as the snow wreath which
mahtles the Alpine hills. or the lily with its
brow decked with pearls, was this infant
sin had never touched it. Its little heart
was far from guile as was the seraph's which
looked upon its beauty. Nor were the angels
alone gazing; no, no, a fond mother watched
it, and as the moonbeams played around its
cheek she thought of the innocency which
dwelt within the heart of her cherished in
FAINT.
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YEARs.-Years may pass over our beads
without affording any opportunity for acts of
high beni6cence or extensive utility; where
as, not day passes, but, in the common
transactions Of life, and especially in the in
tercourse of domestic society. gentleness
finds place in promoting the happiness of
others, and strengthening in ourselves the
habit of virtue; nay, by seasonable discove-
ries of humane spirit, we sometimes con-
tribute more materially to the advancement
of happiness, than by actions which are,
seemingly, more important.-Blar.
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Constablo,s sale.
I COnsfab1e,s Sale. ;. = !.
State of lifornia, County of Nerada, To,cnship
of B,j16&c6tt

s- - .
State of California, County Of jNerada, Township
Of BtidgHott.
pY virtue of an execution to me delivered,
Dissued from the court of r. H. Farquhar, Esq.
acting Justice of the Peace In and for the
county afotesaid, bearing date August 25th, a. d.
1860, to Satisfy judgment retidered by said JUS
tice of the peace, the 23d day of August, a. d.
1860, ih favor of Frank Soule and against Clark
Rowland & Co., for the sum of Sl25 and Is cts,
debt, interest, damages and costs of suit, have
taken in execution and will sen, to the highest
bidder for cash, to satisfy balance of $50 and
81 cents on said execution; one-sixth; of thirty
two claims in the Empire Co., on San Juan Hill,
state and county aforesaid, on
Saturday, the 10Th day of September, a. d. 1860,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and o.
clock p. M, in front of the office of r. H. Far
quhar, in the town of North San Juan, county
and State aforesaid.
Taken as the property Of Clark Rowland, to
satisfy the above demands and accruing costs.
North San Juan, Sept 1lth, a. d. 1850.
w. S. EDWARDS,
sep15tds Constable.
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NO. 8
Legal Advertisements.

CTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY
Sof Nevada-ss.--In the Probate Court of the coun-
ty of Nevada. In the matter of the estate of John
Michael Stoeff1er deceased.
Upon reading and filing the petition of G.. ". Koch
executor of the last will and testament of John Mi
chael StoeeI deceased for authority to sell certain
real estate belonging to the estate Of said wig
The undivided haf of the SAP Brewery, situated
at North San Juan, Nevada county, and the undivided
onetenth of certain set Of mining claims, situated
near Hunts Hill, Nevada county, and known as the
olive Oak Co.'S" claims. -.
1t is ordered that all persons interested in said estate
appear before the Probate Court of the county of Ne
vada, at the court thereof at the city of Nevada
on Monday; the Oath day ofseptember, a. d. $780, at
10 O'Clock III. of said day, thep and there to show
cause why authority should not te given said execu
tor to sell said property. ,,, 80.
And it is ordered that copy of this order be pub
lished in the Hydraulic Press, newspaer printed and
published in said county of Nevada for four
sive weeks previous to said oath day of September ad
1860. DAVID BELDEN,
true copy. -, Probate Judge.
Attest, JOHN 3. LAMBERT, Clerk.
aug1S 4w By Jos. NJ. LEvEY, Deputy.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
County Of Nerada,
To,c,ashiD of Brsd0eDorf.

The Shawmut Mill Co., vs.. Clark Rugg.
TOTICE is hereby given to all persons hold
IN ing or claiming liens on that certain lot of
land, with the building thereon, situated in the
village of French Corral. county and State afore-
said, and described as follows: That certain town
lot, on the opposite side of the road from the
dwelling-house Of Geo. w. Parshley, and very
near the small ravine leading down the hill from
the garden of VIM. Glaister, together with the
blacksmith shop built, thereon, to be and appear
before me at my courtroom, corner of Main and
Flume streets, North San Juan, on the lst dayof
October, a. d. 1860, at 10 o'clock a. M. and then
and there exhibit the proof of said liens.s; -.
Dated this 10th day of Septembersa q, 4. 1860.
r. n. FARQUHAR,
4w Justice 81 the Peace.
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METRE.-First class in music stand up
How many kinds of metre are there? "Three,
sir; long metre, short metres and 'nseet her
by moonlight alone"
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THE AGES Vanity Fair says the three
ages ofa Senator are mileage, postage, and
patronage.
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NATURE has perfections, in order to show
that she is the image of God; and defects, in
order to show that she is only his image.
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THE BANK EXCHANGE.
Fire Proof Brick,
Corner of Main and Flume streets, North San Juan
BROWN e. CLARK
ID RESPECTFULLY inform their old friends
1Nthat they have removed into their new and splen-
did building, which has been gorgeously ished and
supplied with the very best of Liquors, Cigars &c.,
and prepared to furnish the creature comforts
to suit the tastes of all. Having of the finest
looms in the mountains aud the most accommodating
of Barkeepers the propretors respectfully ask con-
tinuance of favors from the public. july17tf
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Mrs. Mu1Er McNEw died in Washington county,
Va. on the LIST inst, at the advanced age Of one
hundred and five years
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PRIZE FrGur.-The Memphis Araiancbe says two
women tcourtesans) engaged in prize fight at Fort
Pickering on Sunday evening last Who says Mem
phis is not 8 fast place.
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Markets by Telegraph.

Nav ORLEANS, April l6-COtton steady sales to-day 5000
bales, Mddling lOH9ll; Sugar quiet 697K Flour quiet
Corn buOyant 1905 Freghts Liverpool p
Exchange unaltered.
NEw ORLEANS, April l7-CotOn quiet, sales day 5000
bales Sales Of three days 600 Receipts three days
1900 bales against - $50 bales during the corresponding
last Total receipts at this port ahead OF last year $40
bsle At all southern ports 7675OO bale Sugar dull 6
Molases dull 1889; Bacon m IO9lI5z; Freghs Cot.
ton to Liverpool l6 Exchange unalt5red
NEw ORLEAN April Is.Cotton, sales day GOO bales Mid
ding Sugar and Molasses unchanged Flour quiet
IS Freight Cotton Liverpool ZIG Sterng exchange
7R95, bills Of lAding 7g7 New York sight exchange
discount and 4 premium.
CIScNNATI April Is-Mess Pork sI7 2j Lard in bbs I0E
SIOI Flour is improved demand but quotations
changed. Whisky unchanged. Sugar dull at 71z9slI.
NV YoiK, April 1s.-Cotton unreDortsd Flodr declined
cents, sales 700 bales 30 Mess Pork s7 597 62 Lard
sales SO bbls at 08l. Sugar. Orleans, sales 300 bb at
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ing
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as renders 1t difficult fOrhe manufacture keep with the
demand This is the result Of perevene energy in its intro
ducon sustained by determination adopted st the outset AID
an instant departed FROM that Its original purity and
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impostor AID an inferior and spurious article pamed Of
the community to the great detrment Of the public well
injury to the manufacturer both in emolumen and we'll earned
repu Every effort has made guard against piracy
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caution the public against this imposition upon them and
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those VITO It. by having Tcmized otherwise,
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