The Nevada Democrat., 1862-08-26
Aevada gelrIutrat.
LOCAL MATTERS.

George Rockwell, but whose real name is sun
uosed to have been George Rockwell Town
send, fell from the Pine street bridge this
morning, and was SO badly injured that he died
in about an hour. He had worked on the
bridge when it was first erected, and had the
contract from Mr.. Halliday for rebuilding il.
The accident was occasiOned by his stepping
on the end of a plank, his weight tipping it up,
and he fell to the bed Of the creek, distance
of about fifty-ivc feet. His left arm and ribs
on the left side were broken, his head was Sc
yerely cut, and he was insensible from the time
of the accident until his death. We are in
formed that the deceased came to this country
three or four years ago, from Belfast, Maine.
He was at Dutch Flat, in Placer county, when
some robberies were perpetrated near that
place, and unfortunately came over to Grass
Valley in company with "Curly Bill" and 9TH
ers who were supposed to have committed the
robbery. He was arrested on suspicion, taken
to Auburn, where he was convicted and sem
,enced to the State Prison for two years. Az
ter serving out his time, he came to Nevada,
and has been regarded here as an honest and
industrious man. He informed an officer of
this place, year or two ago, that he was en-
,ircly innocent Of the crime for which he had
been convicted; but that he had determined
never again to write to his family, or let them
know what had become of him. The officer to
whom he communicated this, made an unsuc-
cessful search in Grass Valley for a carpet-bag
which Townsend left there when he was arres.
ted, and which contained portraits of members
ofhis family, and papers which he wished to
preserve.
Since the above was in type,we have learn
ed that we were in error in regard to some Of
the facts. Instead Of being convicted for
robbery in Placer county, he was convicted in
Nevada Of an attempt to rob sluices at Grass
Valley, and sentenced to two years imprison-
mcnt. The other circumstances-in regard to
the changing of his name, his assevcratiOns Of
innocence, and his resolving never again TO
write to his family-are substantially correct.
FIRE AT ROUGH & READY.-The stables of
the California Stage Company, at Rough &
Ready, were destroyed by fire last Sunday
night. Sixteen horses, thirty tuns of hay and
thirty tuns Of barley, besides harness, carria.
ges, ETC., we're consumed. The fire was first
discovered by lady at Willing's hotel, about
n quarter to eleven, who immediately gave the
alarm. A number Of men were in the bar
room at the time, but before they could reach
the stable the fire had got such headway that
they dare not 90 inside. Some of the employ.
ees of the company were sleeping in building
adjoining the stable, and they barely had time
TO escape. 1t is believed that the FIRE was the
work of an incendiary. The loss is estimated
at between $S,0O9 and $4,000.
THE MURDER ON THB HBNNRss Pass
In our Thursdays issue, we published a tele-
graph item from Forest City, giving some par.
ticulars of the murder of man on the Hen
ness road, whose body was found last Wednes-
day evening. We have not learned the name
of the murdered man, but are informed that he
was on his way to Washoe, and had some
three or four hundred dollars in his carpet-bag
Suspicion rests upon man who was former
ly a Chinese tax collector in this county, and
Who was seen in the vicinity of where the muir
der was committed with carpet-bag in his
hand, which is supposed &c have belonged to
the murdered man.
THE STEREOsCOME.-Therc was large au-
dience at the Theater last evening, to see the
paintings of the Stereoscome, which represent
some Of the most romantic, beautiful, and
grandest scenes in nature. The Ascent Of
Mount Blanc, the views of the White Noun
tains, and in fact most OF the other scenes,
were never exhibited here before, and are we'll |
worth seeing. Some twenty or thirty presents
were distributed yesterday evening to adverti'
sers, and larger number will be distributed !
this evening. The exhibition will remain here
during the remainder Of the week.
THE CoMET.-OT readers have perhaps no |
ticed accounts of comet which was discovered
some months ago at the Cambridge Observatory
and is now visible to the naked eye. The nu-
cleus appears to be about the size Of a star o.
the first magnitude, but the tail is only two or
three degrees in length, and is barely visible to
the naked eye. 1t is moving very rapidly across
the heavens, and at nine o'clock in the evening
can be seen in the northwest, about midway be-
tween the horizon and zenith.
COLLECTION FOR THE Poor IN IRELAND. Z.
"A collection was taken up at the Catholic
Church in this place, on Sunday last, for the