The Nevada Democrat., 1860-10-18
Merada Senlutrat.
LOCAL MATTERS.

menced on Broad street, yesterday afternoon.
The ceremonies werenot particularly imposing,
the principal object being to deposit some arti-
cles that would be of interest to the curious a
century or two hence, when the building shall
have goneto decay. 4 large number of citi-
zens were present, and the Nevada Brass Band
lent their services to enliven the occasion. The
ceremony of laying the stone was performed by
Messrs /. Williamson, President of the Hook
and Ladder Co., and w. p. Harrington, Fore
man of the Pennsylvania Co. The following
records and articles were placed in a tin box,
which was deposited in the stone and hermetri-
cally sealed:
Printed Catalogue of Books in Nevada Lii
brary, May, 1860.
A copy Of each of the local papers-the Dem
ocrat, Transcript, Journal, and Campaigner.
A copy of the San Francisco Spirit of the
Times and Fireman's Journal.
Copies of the Constitution and Bylaws,
and roll of members of Pennsylvania Co. and
of the Hook and Ladder Co.
A sketch of the services performed by the
Pennsylvania Co., from its Organization to date
The contract with Kent & Mackay for erect
ing the building.
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date of the deposit, the names of the town
officers, population, and other statistics.
American and other coins, presented by
Messrs. Kent, Turner, Easley, Patterson, Bar
ton, Josephs, Jeffrey, Young, Dreifuss, Len
hart, Stone, McGittigan, Harrington, Thomp-
son, Davidson, Williamson, Wymore,. Fisher,
Williams, and others.
Specimens of Washoe gold and silver ore,
presented by Messrs. Laird and Scott
phntOoranh ikanp nf tho late Henry More
dith, by Liebert
Several other articles we're deposited, among
which was sketch of the Sacramento fire de-
partment. Among the coins deposited, were
quite number that had passed through the
FIRE of 1856. The box containing the articles
was then deposited in its appropriate place,
hermetrically sealed, and after few apprOpri-
ate and eloquent remarks by Judge Belden,
the corner stone was adjusted, and the crowd
dispersed to the music Of the Band.
DEMOCRATIC MERTING.-The Democracy
of Nevada turned out in large numbers yester-
day evening, to hear Humphrey Griffith, DEM
Ocratic candidate for Elector. The meeting
was held at the corner of Broad and Pine
streets, and was one of the largest of the sea-
son. Judge Belden presided, and on taking
the chair made short, but eloquent and telling
speech. Mr.. Griffith was then introduced and
received with perfect storm of applause. He
spoke about an hour and half his remarks
were argumentative and eloquent, and his stall
wart blows against the Breckenridge and Lin
coin parties were dealt with telling effect. He
was listened to with marked attention, the
crowd remaining to the end, and at the conclu-
sion he was vociferously cheered. Several 9TH
er speakers were called for, but the evening
being cold and dsagreeable, the meeting ad-
journed at the conclusion of Griffiths speech,
with three rousing cheers for Douglas, and
three for Watt, our popular candidate for the
Senate.
STRAws.-An expression of Presidential
preferences was taken at the Circus last Tues
day evening, at the instigation of the clown, by
the clapping of hands and cheers. There were
some four or five hundred persons in the Circus
and even the opposition admit that three
fourths Of the crowd cheered for Douglas. The
cheering for the other candidates was very faint
indeed. The Lincoln cheers all came from the
pit, Commodore Perry" leading off, The Cir
Gus men inform us that at every point where
they took the political preferences of the audi
dence, the result was the same as at this place.
AS the Circus is an institution attended by all
classes OF people, the expression the other eve
ming was undoubtedly fair indication of what
the vote of the county will be at the election.
REPUBLICAN MEETING.-The Republicans
held meeting in this place on Tuesday even
ing last, Messrs. Stanford, Weeks and Sargent
being the speakers. Quite large crowd was
in attendance, and considerable enthusiasm
prevailed while Weeks was delivering his
speech. As usual, the speakers asserted that
the Breckinridgers were the party the Republi-
cans had to fight, and then "pitched in" to.
Douglas and his friends, thus showing that
they regarded the latter as their real a1tapo-
nists The meeting adjourned about ten o'clock.
STEWARDS STovaS-Messrs. Tallman &
Turner, hardware dealers, Commercial street,
have just received number of "Stewart's air
tight patent cooking stoves" We took look
at the stoves yesterday, and to the best of our
Judgment, they are the best, most convenient
ard economical cooking apparatus now in use.
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