Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-01
A PROCLAMATION.

His Majesty, Emperor Norton, Reg
ulates Things from she Spirft
World.
WHEREAS, Various and diversified occur.
rences have taken place In the world Of
late and since the issuance OF my last
pronounciamento, L deem it necessary and
proper at this time to issue this proclama-
ton for the direction and guidance Of all
parties whom it may concern.
First-It was, in my judgment, in very
i'll taste, a seeming breach Of the laws, and
deserving of severe retribution at the
hands Of an outraged community, to say
nothing Of the spirits, for the officers Of
the Eureka Con. Company to blow their
whistles and loot their horns upon the
receipt OF the news of q favorable decision,
in law, by a subordinate tribunal. These
people ought to remember that this case
will be further appealed.
And / therefore order q proclaim,
b this case be Immediately appealed to
the Court Of Queens Bench, and that if
the Richmond is there unsuccessful that it
be taken to the House Of Lords, the last
resort of an Englishman. Then people
will see at which end Of the town the
whistle will blow. Then will the Duke Of
Richmond be made Lord Chancellor, and
the limpid waters Of the frog pond will
evaporate in air to form feecy clouds
tingled with silver by the sun that never
sets on Brittani's domains, notwithstand-
ing the end lines.
The Albion case has attracted my most
profound attention. 1t was tried and ar
gued with all the ability that could be had,
some that could not be had, and some that
might as well have not been had. The
features of the case are SO inextricably
complicated, the principles Of law involved
being such that no one but q Congressman
or United States Senator could possibly
understand, / find it very hard to
tell how this should be decided. II
it were a "small" mining case, in
volving the very same principles Of
law, / could easily understand it.
Indeed, most any ordinary mortal could,
but a big body Of ore makes a vast differ
ence, and hence my perplexity. 1 have
arrived at this conclusion, however. and
that is, that it must be decided on the
theories Of the "Anticlinal" or "Strati-
graphical" but I can't say which. These
words are Of sufficient importance to de-
eide any case regardless of the size Of the
ore body-they are only to be found in
rare books, like Webster'si Dictionary
and they astonisb the spirits all around me.
And for fear that in course Of time the
English language shall become extinct in
books, / therefore order that these two
words be chisseled at intervals OF ten feet
apart on each side in the solid limestone
Of the drift six hundred feet long, that
connected any ore in the Eureka Consoli-
dated with the celebrated Potts chamber.
But some things can be lone as we'll as
others, and for underground craftsmanship
give me a blonde all the time they can
make a limestone ledge across the whole
country il necessary.
I think it highly important that the
speeches OF both "counsei" in the Albion
case be published (no attorney allowed),
and / therefore order that Senator Stew
arts speech be published in the g Leader"
to the end that if this case is finally
brought before the House of Lords that
it may be submitted on these arguments
alone. Then, and not till then, will the
world be safe.
l lave been wondering if those five
Supreme Judges at Washington heard those
steam whistles, and concluded that il they
did they would know just about as much
about what they meant as they do about
whether there is or is not q ledge or Ruby
Hill. I sigh for the follies of mankind in
whatever station they may be placed.
NORTON I, late Emperor Of America.