The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-26
Arrada gedrOfrat.
LOCAL MATTERS.

A GRAND Juror INsULTED.-One I. Nc
Guire, Of North San Juan, publishes card in
Saturdays Hydraulic Press, stating, among
other things, that he was grossly insulted and
menaced at Nevada, by the "person in charge
of the Hospital" on account of temperate
reproo" which the said Mcclure administered
to the said "person," as a member of the late
Grand Jury. The Press understands that this
insult was the principal topic Of discussion in
Nevada, during all Of last week, and thinks it
somewhat strange that neither the Democrat
nor the Transcript should as much as refer to
it. In this case we shall have to ask pardon of
our readers for emitting to chronicle an inter-
esting item; and our oHense is the more mex
cusable from the fact that in a small town like
Nevada "locals" are scarce. But although we
were poking about town all last week, talking
with nearly every body upon every conceivable
subject, from the prospects of civil war to the
prospects Of the peach crop, and that, too, for
the express purpose of gathering "locals, yet
we never heard of this outrageous insult to a
Grand Juror until we saw the account Of it in
the Hydraulic Press. On reading Mr.. Nc
Cures card, and the comments Of the editor
thereon, we began making inquiries in order to
learn the particulars, for that paper does not
inform us in what the insult consisted. After
inquiring of about fifty persons, we at length
came across man who had heard Of the affair
in a roundabout way, and from what he inform
cd us the insult amounted to about this; After
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ed, DR.. Hunt met Mr.. Mcclure at the National
Exchange; told him that the statement he had
made to the Grand Jury was false, and that he
had allowed himself to be made the tool Of
designing party. Had the Press not given such
prominence to the affair, we should hardly have
considered it worth mentioning, and so far
from the matter having been notorious" we
are certain not one man in twenty who lives in
town had heard OF it last week.
ESCAPED JAIL.-Alfred Adams and two
Cinnamon named See Chick and All Lune es-
capped from the county Jail OF Sunday night.
They had been convicted of grand larceny and
sentenced to two years Imprisonment each,
and the Sheriff having arranged to start with
them for San Quentin yesterday morning, they
were left out in the corridor, as the Jail was
supposed to be perfectly secure. They pred
off one Of the iron bars used to fasten a cell
door, by means Of which they succeeded in dig
ging hole through the stone wall large enough
to enable them to crawl out The hole was
made Mt the side of one Of the windows. The
county has lately been at an expense Of five
hundred dollars IN putting an extra set of
CRATES in the windows, and no one but an ex-
perienced jail-breaker would have supposed it
possible to dig through the stone wall in the
course Of three or four hours. But it was done
in this case Adams is an experienced rascal,
and has served a term III the State Prison.
PINE STREET BRIDGE.-The bill authoriz-
ing the Trustees Of Nevada to levy special
tax of five bits on the 500, to rebuild the
Pine street bridge, has passed both branches Of
the Legislature 1t goes into effect in sixty
days after its passage, thus leaving it for the
Trustees who may be elected on the first Mon
day of next May to levy the tax. Mr.. Chase in
forms us in private note, that the Imembers
had been written to by taxpayers Of the city,
urging that the question Of leyying the tax be
left to vote of the people. But it was thought
this course was not legal, and the end sought
for can be attained by leaving the matter op-
tional with the next Board Of Trustees. If the
people are in favor Of rebuilding the bridge they
can elect Trustees who will levy the tax, or vice
versa. As national politics are not generally
made issues in our town elections, the question
of constructing another bridge can be fairly
tested.
SLUIcE RoBBER SHOT AT.-About three
o'clock last Monday morning, the night watch
man in the claims Of Sutton & Co., on Wet
Hill, discovered a suspicious-loolling individual
in the sluices, who was evidently there for the
purpose Of robbing the boxes. The watchman
waited until the robber got within ten or twelve
feet Of him, when he commenced firing at him
with revolver. Six shots were discharged,
but the robber escaped, and there we're no APP
pearances Of his having been wounded. The
claims are located about one mile from Neya.
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SCHOOL TRUsTEEs.-On the 9th Of April
next an election will be held in the several dis
tricts Of the county for School Trustees. Ey-
cry legal voter is entitled to take part in the
,neetinCs and Il Is 70 he hOped that more inter-