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VOL. I
THE JOURNAL
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Furnished with material for every deicr ption
of Book, Job and Fancy Printing We
•re prepared to execute orders for
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Circular!, Bill head*,
Certificate! of Stock,
and Book Work
ef every description, tn the best style, snd at
prises as low as tha same description of
work can be obtained in any part ef
California.
AGENTS.
Thomas Beatty—Grass Valley.
L. B. Austin—Grass Valley.
Mr- West—Boston Ravine.
E. W. Roberts—Rough snd Ready
Octavian Hoegs—Saa Kranoiaco
W- Hammond—Gold Flat
■ Francisco Advertisements.
SA.V FRA.VCISCO AGENCY- —Octavian
llooui is the Agent for thif paper for San
Frsnetsco, and is nmhoriied to receive money,
sign receipts for the same, and transect ether
business rsla'ing to newspaper and job print
ing as the representative of
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San Francisco Advertisements.
The Patrons ei tbe “Nsvada Journai-,”
will find a box at Mnrriatt’s Exchange, corner
•f Ssnsome and California streets —and one
•Uo at Bennestell & Williams* /Took and Sta
tionary Stsra, on Clay, near Kearney street—
and one at tne Despatch Printing Office, on
■Montgomery street, over Messrs. Drexcl, 6'a
thcr and Church, wheie all advertisements in
tended for that paper may be lelt, and will be
promptly forwarded.
OCTAVIAN HOOGS, Agent.
CLOTHING of every kind and variety,
now receivin'; per the recent arrivals by
the ship* Alert, N. U. Palmer, and flying
Cload, comprising the fullest and largest as
sortment in this market, ail which is manu
factured by ourselves, and can therefore re
commend, either as regards styles, quality
or fabric.
Our stock consist* in par: of—
Frock coats of various qualities and colors.
Dress coats, sicks, shooting coats, bag over
sacks, cloth, petersham, &c.
Blanket, pilot, flushing nud forfeit cloth
sacks, over sacks.
Monkey jackets, pilot, plankct, satinett, for
est cloth and Hushing.
Cloaks of sundry qualities.
Pants, black doeskin, blaek figured French
eassimere, satinett, sheep's grey, pilot, for
rest cloth, Taylor grey, cottonadcs, color
ed or fancy cassimeres.
Veils, satin, cloth and fancy, among which
are some of the richest and most costly
ever seen in this or any other country.
Dine and red flannel shirts, with and without
pockets, hickory shirts, white and colored
shirts.
ats of all qualities, by the case; moicskm,
beaver, brush, fur and wool.
Boots, grain long leged, a superior article.
Waterproof cloth for jackets and pant*.
Oilcloth, bleached sheetings—for sale by
JOHNSON ii CANFIELD,
0ct.4,A7 lm. No. 15 Clay st. San Francisco.
QUAKTZ MINING AGENCY.—Office
on Clay street,a few doors above Mont
gomery, San Francisco —where all kinds of
Minerals will be Assayed at the shortest no
tice. Information given relative to working
the various Minerals to the best advantage,
and the proper machinery to be used,
oct 4,47-1 m Dr. WEIGHT, Ag’t San Fran.
lONEER BOOK STORE— Maevim
A Hitchcock importers and dealer*
in books and stationary, offer to the trade
and public generally, their large and hand
some stocc of goods in their line, on the
most favorable terms. Consisting in part of
Blank books full and half bound in every va
riety, pass, lock and memorandum books ;
ink, email 2oz, pints and quarts; Foolscap
and Letter paper; gold and steel pens; Rodg
er* and Westelholms superior pocket cutle
ry, together with the best stock of misrella
neons Books on science, history and fiction;
also, all the Magazines and Periodicals of
the day. One of onr firm being constantly
in Mew York, we are in regular semi-menth
ly receipt of goods adapted to this market.
Montgomery street corner of .Merchant, San
Francisco. 4*-lm.
ROBERT RODGERS, Clay street, be
tween Montgomery Q- Ssnsome ats offers
for sole, from recent arrivals, fresh Chili flour,
in half and qr. bags • beam; superior Cincin
nati hams; smoked beef; mess pork ; prime
beef; split pe*J; pearl barley ; vermicelli;
molasses syrup; Amer can butter, in bladders;
Cork hatter, in firkins; cheese; tapioca; cloves;
nutmegs; prunes ; raisins ; pickles ; mustard ;
abeyntne; champagne; jams and jellies; table
•alt; vary flae old port and sherry wine, in
weodand bottles; white lead; green, red. blue
tad faaoy paints ; Havana cigars ; blankets ;
slothing; dry geod* ; glass ware ; lampblack,
*o,, Ice.
HITE Lead and 011.-5 lone pure white
lead s 10 bblt linseed oil; landing and
i by SHELTON, DA. VIELL ♦ Co.,
SasvsinenSe below Kearny »•.
NEVADA JOURNAL
Ban Francisco Advertisements.
NEW YORK boot &shoe ware
house in Gordon's Iron Block, corn
er Front end Washington st, San Francis
co—constantly on hand a large and well as
sorted stock cf boots A shoes, expressly,'prs
pared for this country trade-
Consisting of Long Leg Grain Mining Boots;
Do do Wax do do;
Do do do Hungarian Boots;
Do da Grain do do;
Besides Kipp, Calf grain and Wax fine and
business Boots; shoes and brogans of every
kind and quality.
LEATHER.—The only assortment in
California, comprising harness, bridle, listing
and rein leather.
.Machine banding and belt leather of all
sizes
Wax, grain and kip upper Leather; hem.
lock and oak sole leather ; French and Phil
adelphia calf skins ; sheep skins of every
kind and color.
Country merchants are particularly invited
to call and examine our large stock, as this
is the only exclusive Boot, Shoe and Leath
er Warehouse in the country
47 KELSEY, SMITH & RISLEY
INFORMATION of Joseph VV. Cummings
formerly of Boston, Mass, wanted. When
last heard from, he was at the Rough & Ready
mines, and thought of going farther north.—
Should this reach the eye of any knowing his
whereabouts, or his death, will confer a favor
upon his anxious family, by addressing J. TV.
Usnforth, care of Quearean & Johnson, San
Francisco. ocl. 4, 47, 41,
Sutter Iron Works,
Rincon Point, San Francisco.
STEAM ENGINES and boilers, machin
ery for crushing and pulverizing quartz
rock, castings in iron and brass, wrought
iron work, water wheel castings, and all
kinds of machinery made to order.
Being largely engaged in manufacturing
quartz rock machinery, and having an ex
tensive assortment of patterns on hand, an
prepared to receive and execute orders will
dispatch.
Parties wishing farther information, or to
contract for machiaery, by addressing Geo.
K. Gluyas, Superintcodant, as above, or
Jns. Blair, Esq., Agent, San Francisco, will
be promptly attended to.
Aug. 30—3m*
PANIIL OKKaON, JOHN DZNNIK.
OKESON and DENNIeT
SHIP AND GENERAL MERCHAN
DISE BROKERS-
Long Wharf, cur Sansome sc, San Francisco.
REFER TO
Messrs. Macoudruy and Co.
“ Darling and Co.
“ Thompson! liriffin and Co.
“ Mel and Co auTB-6m
DONAHUE’S
UNION IRON & BRASS FOUNDRY,
Corner First and Mission sis, Happy Valley,
£an Francisco.
Quart* mining machinery made to order,
after the most approved plana, castings of iron
or trass, smithing, boiler making, steamboat
repairing, turning and finishing executed with
despatch, and every thing connected with the
business promptly attwniiod to. a2B-*3m
liurnham and Mann’s
M A li A E T.
Pacific »t, bet Battery and Front, north Ride,
San F rancisco.
Fresh snd salt provisions, and vegetables of
ail kinds, constantly ou hand and lor sale at
prices suiting tiles limes, wholesale and retail.
au3rf Jm
FAINTS, Oils, Window Class, etc. The
subscriber oilers for s le s full assortment
ol sizes of English and F'rcnch window glass
from 10 by II to 36 by 39.
Also— faints, oils, Spirits of Tcrpemii)*,
Varnishes, Pully, Brushes, tic. etc. Feeing
grateful for past favors from a generous pub
lic, ho would still solicit a share of patronage.
Roux. .Marsh,
Jackson st, 8 doors above iS'anaonie,
40-3 m Son Francisco.
INFORMATION WAN f I.U-Ul Wm. A,
K Tl/ellen, late of Boston. He was lasi
heard from at "Miners’ Rost,” some 3b« miles
up the Sacramento river, about November last.
Any iulormation of his whereabouts will great
ly relieve his anxious friends at home. Please
address the subscribers,
John Patsy & Co,
45-lm cor. Montgomery and S-naome Ms.
DAVIS & Co,
Importers of Hardware, Agri
cnltaral and mining Imple
ments, store on the corner of Siuseme
and Clav streets, San Francisco, near
Central Wharf, have constantly on hand
a large assortment of the above named
articles, and will sell, at the lowest market
rates, blasting and sporting powder and shot.
We would invite the attention of buyers to
our stock, and request a call before purchas
ing elsewhere. 48-Ira.
NIANTIC HOTEL.—The undersigned
would respectfully announce that this
new and commodious Hotel, situated at the
corner of Olay and Sansomo streets, i« now
open for the reception of company. The House
is located upon the site of the old ship Nian
lie, in the very heart of the city, and whether
for the man of business or pleasure, the loca
tion is not excelled by any other in town.
The parlors are spacious and tastefully furn
ished, while the sleeping rooms arc neat, airy
and pleasant. The larder will be amply sup
plied with every substantial and luxury which
the market affords, and the choicest wines
snd I quors will always be found at the bar.
In short, the undersigned pledges himself that
nothing shall bs wanting to render the Aun
tie Hotel an agreeable resort for cither the
traveller of business or pleasure.
L. It. Roms, Proprietor,
jy, n —The subscriber respectfully informs
the public that lie has secured ihe services of
JMr. Choi. F. Davenport, formerly of the Ex
change Cofloe House, Boston, Mass. 49-im
SUNDRIES— Flour, choice Chile, in
halves and quarters, Gatlego in bbls.
Richmond, &c, in do; barley, Chili, in 118
lb sacks; oats, prime American and Eng
lish; bran, fresh Chili, prime Central Amer
ican ; corn, prime Central American; com
meat, in bf bbls ; pork, mess in hf bbls. mess
in qrs; ploughs, Finch's premium Peek
skill. For sale hy Dunn* t Co.
49-3 w Sanio'me street, near Jackson.
F LOU R. —Choice Chili, In halves and quar
ters. for sets by Dirnre A Co.
49-lw near lesksoe.
NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 25 1851.
Baa Fnnclm A<«rll«fmniU.
WTOW landing and In store—3oo bbld mack
1™ crel. In halvas and qra.
600 bbls clear and mess pork, balvea and qrs
-230 bags prime Rio and CosU Rica cotlee.
200 bbls crushed and refined sugar.
200 boxes pure burnt and ground coffee, war
ranted.
200 boxes pure sperm and adamantine candies
90 bbls prime bams,
60 bales drills. .
Packages sundries, vix.: case lard, cheese,
Sardines, Dorchester starch, Smyrna figs,
Wine bitters, lemon and ginger syrups,
Blackberry cordial, cherry bounce and brandy,
Cayenne and black pepper, Durham mustard,!
Raspberry viaegar, extract ground mint,
Pulverized herbs, (ins crackers, tomato catsup,
Case brandy, sherry and Madeira wines,
Crown anchor champagne, London dock port,
Old Irish and Monongnhela whiskey, limcjuice,
Stuart’s syrup, sour krout, Lir as brown stout,
Boyd’s brown stout champagne cider,
Lobsters, clams and codfish, in tins, split peas.
Extracts lemon, ginger, peach, cinnamon and
Celery, cigars of various brands, Central
American beana, bbls Carolina rice, in prime
order. For sale by
HUSSEY, BOND * HALE,
no4B 1m Sacrameoto st. corner Battery.
BELLS. Church, Academy, and Factory
Bells of various flees from 300 to 1800
pounds weight, to arrive, For tale by
CROSS <f- Co.
Sansome st. San Francisco. 50 6t
CHILI FLOUR, California Potatoes, On
ions, and other Produce, from the Bodega
district, of the largest aad finest qualities.
LIA/S from the San Raphael Quarries sr
riving regularly. LAMONT, HU. V TER 4"Co.
48 I a Ssi onset, comer V -jahington.
EIRE ENGINES.— Two very uperiorof
Hannemm’a oclebraled make, villi hose,
carriages, leading and snetion hose, xes, buc
kets, etc-, complete, for sale cheap by
HUSSEY, BOM) 4- HA E,
no4Blm Corner Sacramento and Batte v sis.
BANKING HOUSE of Bourgoyne 4t Co.,
Corner of Washington and Montgomery
streets, Exchange for sale at sight or on time, on
Baring Bros, and Co., London.
Ilottinguer and Co. Paris.
Drake I’ros. and to. Havana,
Jno. F. Thayer and Bros. Boston.
Merchants’ Bank, N st on.
Bebee and t;e. New York.
Merchants’ Bank, New York.
Chubb, Schcnck and Co. Washington city.
L A. Benoist and Co. St. Louis,
Mansel While and Co. N. Orleans.
Gold Dust purchased at the highest rales,
shipped and insured at the lowest rates to the
Atlantic cities and bank of England. no4B Ira
LOOMIS & BROTHERS—GeneraI Com
mission Merchants.
FORBES & Co., General Auction and
Commission Merchants—lron Warehouse
opposite bonded stores. Battery street. n0491m
BRYANT & Co.’a Agricultural Warehouse
and General Hardware Store, north west
corner of Clay and Saasome streets, San Fran
cisco.—Constantly on band- a select assort
ment of Agricultural Implements, Mining
Tools, and Garden Seeds. Also a full and com
plete stock of Hardware and Cutlery.
\V. r. SBYANT. IUCIIAED PAYSOtt, JS.
EGERY & HINCKLEY, manufacturers
of Mill, Steam Engine and Quartz Pulv
erizing .Machinery, and Iron castings of every
description, First et., [between Mission and
Howard] San Francisco, Sign of the Pacific
Iron Foundry. n 049 Ira
JONES’ HOTEL.—Corner Sansome and
California streets, San Francisco. —The
proprielor of the above Hotel begs to inform
his friends and the public generally, through
out the state, that he has just completed in the
very best manner, extensive additions and ren
ovations to the same, and is now prepared to
accommodate them in a mote superior style
than formerly.
The Hotel fronts on Smsome stroct 142 feet,
and on California 65, and is three storieshigh.
The Ladies’ Parlor 2S by 60, is elegantly fitted
up with everv regard to comfort and conveni
ence. The Z)ining Rooms 70 by 22. is the larg
est and most roomy in the state. The building
contains 89 rooms, furnished in a manner not
to bo surpassed, with every attention to care
and luxury, and the terms for board as low as
any first class hotel in the city. 3mn048
Jacks and Woodruff
Inform their friends and the public
that they are prepared to offer
batches and Jewelry of the beat and most
fashionable styles at the lowest cash prices.—
They comprise fire London levers, anchor es
capements, and lepines, from the most celebra
ted manufacturers of Europe. Also, Diamond,
Pearl. Ruby, Emerald, and Opal Jewelry of
the richest nnd most splendid description, all of
which are offered at 60 per cent less than form
er prices.
fty-Jewelry manufactured from California gold.
Quartz separated and refined.
rated by transit.
fltp-Wiileh repairing executed with punctuali
ty nnd despatch. >"o. 274 Montgomery «». in
Bolton and Barron’s building. 43-3 m.
JLIVER & McGLYNN.
talers In Pnlnts, Oils,Window
Glass. Brmshes, Ac.
on hand White I cad, Linseed Oil, raw
boiled, Spirits Turpentine, Window Glass
rted sizes, Artist Colors, Varniah, Putty,
Brushes of all descriptions. The trade
lied on the most liberal terms,
ores. Sacra” onto street, two doors below
itgomery and Pacific above Battery at.,
Francisco. 49-3 m.
SOU SID.VEY DIRECT.—The fast sail
ing clipper built Brig SARAH ABI
- 300 tons burden, Charles A. Falken
g. master, will aail for the above port on or
mt the 25th October.
Tie Sarah Abigail made the quickest passage
rutade from Sidney to this port, and is si
ted to make the fastest passage of the sea
on her return trip.
’arties intending to sail to the above port,
particularly requested to inspect thieves
as her accommodations are superior to that
any other vessel, while her provisions are
oared on the moat liberal terms,
inply to CAPT. PATTI SON, Rose Ship
g Office, or to NREFUSA TICHEnOR,
corner Washington and front streets,
48-td San Francisco.
BACIFIC HOTEL—Pine, near Afontaom
-9 err at., San Franoiseo, kapt by Mrs,
yee, from Chicago—offers to hoarders the
nforta of horns and tha conveniences of a
,„[ Raomt fomiahed ia ganteal style. Ta
supplied with all the market affords. No
kept ll'la
POETRY (1)
Yo Editor Nevada Journal
Accept a rhyme infernal.
It may be somewhat critical
To touch on point* political,
But whether w* be ead or merry,
The thing ie sometime* necessary.
I'm not a high distinguished sawyer,
Tm not a doctor nor a lawyer;
I never peeped in Biddle’s pocket,
Nor held a hunting light to Crocket,
Nor walked the golden lane of Drury,
But came from Hike, in old Missouri.
A word or two yet Ist me state, sir,
To the member* of tke Legislature.
In popular elections, as we know,
The fastest nag may have no show;
The greatest fools, by dint of gas
In proper doses to that ass,
Yclept th* public— may the story
Impress they arc sol# heirs of glory,
And gain position and renown,
ITbile modest men are hooted down.
Excuse my stylo—but her*’* th* rub,
(live me more daylight in my tub, —
How would th* many aspirants fare,
Who grasp at office as the share,
By right divine to them entailed,
If humbug only were unveiled.
Now who can tell unless 'tis Bennslt,
Who bsst will fit the U. S. Senatsl
A* for myself, I think it well
That Tm not in the ungodly swell,
That call to loud for public pap.
And annually discharge their sap.
Her* is ray home —I love it dearly,
Thon let me give ray notions merely.
Old nags there are that have the face
To fairly enter in this race.
Madame Rumor—sure truth teller,
Heads th* list with J. B. Weller;
Then comes anothsr, greater still,
’Tie old Virginia’s “extra Bill;”
Then you hear the voice of Henly,
“You can’t do better than send me."
These men are oil quite well enough,
And of good Democratic stuff,
Bat thoy wore out in other States
And shouldn’t here recast their fates.
1 fear they'll find tho road quite thorny
To Senateship in Califurn'a.
Yet let these hacks be once elected,
They’llwish instead they'd been rejected
Condemned to toil to furbish rubbish—
Kneads to reward, and foe* to punish—
Weknow these things mustall bemended
Or patrons all will be offended;
While California—youngest daughter—
Is e’en curtailed a feet—or shorter.
Some man we want of judgment good,
His views and feelings understood,
One who rides no bobby horse,
Who feels a publie gain or loss.
Then you’ll see our miners thrive,
Machinery then ahead will drive,
And peace and plenty seek th* land
Whose laws withwisdom pur* ard plann’d
Wo want a man fresh from the mines,
(Those brow is marked with labor’s lines,
No broken hack—no galled jade,
Who cobbles lavra with halt his trade.
Pike.
Any one who was in San Francisco
during the winter of 1849-50 will en
joy the following from tho Picayune:
Interesting Relics.— We learn
that the workmen engaged in digging
out the sewer in Clay street, near
Montgomery, discovered some very
curious remains, the relics of a by
gone age. How they came to be lying
on the spot no one can imagine, but
wc suppose a dissertation will be
written on the subject, by some learn
ed Theban, and read befors the V. C.
Library and Life and Trust Associas
lion, as soon as it gets into operation.
One of the men, it seems, who was
engaged in the honest art by which
Father Adam raised potatoes, struck,
with his spade, something which re
sisted every effort to dislodge it. Af
ter numerous attempts to force it opt,
it was determined to dig around it, and
after an hour’s work it was laid upon
the pavement. How to describe it,
we scarcely know, but it seems to be
composed of a substance resembling
India rubber, and is not unlike a gar
ment of some sort or other. It is
“ bifurcated,” and looks as though a
large pair of clumsy boots had been
extended into a pair of uncomforta
ble breeches, from the waistband
of which a pair of straps extended
up, crossing each other, as though
they meant to pass over the shoulders.
Our own impression is, that it is some
portion of the apparel of a man—an
impression which was strengthened
by a slip of paper, which was found
in a kind of pocket, the writing on
which was deciphered with difficulty.
It ran thus:—
Mondy Mornin, Dec.
Mr. Smith,
To washing 8 shirts k
1 pr of stockings. - - * SIB,OO
The date is lost, and the bill does
not appear to have been paid, as no
receipt is attached; probably the
party thought the bill exhorbitant.
The general impression amonglhose
on the ground was that it was a por
tion of the raiment of some early nav
igator, who probably landed on our
shores years and years ago, and per
ished without leaving a record of his
movemcqU
P. S. We learn that the mystery
has since been solved. The relics are
no relics at all. A gentleman who
happened to be passing by recognised
the garment as a kind of rubber suit
which were frequently brought out by
inexperienced young men, who hugged
themselves into the delusion that they
were knowing once. The owner of
this probably got mired in the deep
mire which was so plentiful in De
cember '49, and was glad to escape
with his life leaving his boots behind.
THE FLIOELANTEB,
The “Flagclantes,” or self-whippers,
were a sect of great notoriety in the
middle ages, but the system is still
pursued in Rome, and there are, even
in this nineteenth century, persons
who imagine they con atone for their
sins by the laceration of their bodies,
whilst the great head (A the Roman
Catholic Church provides them with
ample accommodation for the purpose.
Being resolved to satisfy my curiosity
on this singular subject by being pre
sent at the ceremony, I went one
evening, along with several friends,
to the church of Carivata, where it is
performed on Tuesdays and Thurs
days of Dent. The services com
menced about an hour after sunset.
The church is spacious, and the num
ber of men present was, as nearly as
we could judge, about five hundred.
There were only six or eight small
candles, so that from the first we could
only see indistinctly. During prayers
two of the attendants entered, each
having an iron hoop, on which was
suspended about a hundred leather
thongs, which were distributed among
the congregation; but some had brought
their whips along with them. We
examined the thongs and found them
exactly like good sm%ll English dog
whips, hard and well knotted towards
the point, but we did not succeed in
obtaining one. After prayers we had
a sermon of some length, on the ad
vantages of punishing the body for
the good of the soul, and especially
that sort of punishment which is in
flicted by means of whips. During
the sermon the lights were extinguish
ed, one after another, and the con
cluding part of it was in total darkness.
After the sermon was concluded, a
bell rang, and there was a slight bustle
and hustling, as if those present were
remering part of their dress; a second
bell rang, and the flagellation com
menced. It lasted fully a quarter of
an hour; hundreds were certainly
flogging something; but whether their
own bare backs or the pavement of
the church, we could not tell. To
judge from the sounds some used tho
whips, and others their hands; hut the
darkness was so total we could see
nothing; and besides having some
little fear for our persons we had got.
into a corner whore we calculated nd
thong could reach us. The groaning
and crying were horrible. When the
flagellation ceased prayers were read,
during which the penitents put on their
clothes and composed their counte
nances. Lights were brought in and
congreaation dismissed with the usual
benediction. —[Fact* from Horae.
AMERICAN SELF-GOVERNMENT.
Mr. Stansbury, for many years a
reporter in the House of Representa
tives for the National Intelligencer,
and now the draughtsman for the Ge
neral Land Office, has been writing a
very interesting scries of papers for
Arthur’s Horae Gazette, entitled “Re
collections and Anecdotes of the Presi
dents of the United Sta’os.” He
write* with equal force and eloquence,
and draws with the facility of a Cruik
shank. In a late number of the “Re
collections” he gives a very graphic
account of tho Hall of the House of
of Representatives, on the eventful
and exciting pccasiqn of the election
by that body of a President of the
United States. After describing the
intense and absorbing interest evinced
by every human being in ITashington,
and the successful opposition ot Mr.
McDuffie to an attempt to exclude the
people from witnessing the acts of
their representatives—that gentleman
pledging himself for their orderly de
portment while looking on such a
spectacle— the writer thus proceeds:
“At length the Speaker's hammer
fell. A dead silence instantly pre
vailed, and tbe respective delegates
assembled and look their seats around
the tables prepared for them.
“It was my privilege, from an ele
vated position on the right hand of the
chair, to enjoy a full view of all the
groups; and 1 have preserved a rude
and hasty (ketch which I caught of
their positions whilst the first ballot
was proceeding. Each delegation
NO. 53
appointed one of their number to eel
as chairman, collect their votes, and!
report the result. The delegates vo-*
ted by pluralities. There were tweni
ty-four of these groups; and when
the votes had been gathered in each;
they were called upon to report, whiol
they did in succession, viva voce*
commencing with Maine. The silent
was like that of a sepulchre. Men’i
breath was suspended as State aftei
State uttered its voice; and oh, can 1
ever forget the moment when th*
Speaker, standing up in his place,
dared, in a clear, sonorous voice, tha
seemed to pierce through bone an<
marrow, that “John Q. Adams, hat
ing received a majority of the vote.'
cast, was duly elected President o
the United Slates, for four years fron
the fourth of March next ensuing. l
“ Then rose such a shout from tk<
galleries as seemed to lift the ver,
dome of the hall. Mr. McDuffie (who*
candidate had been defeated) whos<
personal pledge for the good order p
the assembly was remembered by all
sprang up in much excitement fron
the door, and in a voice that run?
above all the tumultuous plaudits o
the spectators, cried, 'Mr. Speaker, ]
move the gallery be cleared.’ Tht
question was put and carried. ‘Yes,
said a foreign minister, to another wh<
stood by bis side, ‘but how are yotj
going to do it?'—a natural questioj
for an European, ignorant of tbe coun
try and the people. Here were nt
guards, no gens d’armes, not even t
constable; bow was the order to b<
enforced?
“He soon saw. and while he gazed
r.semed penetrated with speechlesi
wonder. No sooner had the .Speakei
given the order, ‘the Sergeanl-at-Arm,
will clear the galleries,’ than an actm
slender young man, of graceful form
and with a brilliant black eye, starter
from his place, and mounting (I die
not see how) to the broad stone cor*
nice which runs all round the hall ic
front of and below the breast work o|
the galleries, motioned with his arm
to the dark, dense and almost suffo
cated mass of human beings befort
him, exclaiming, ‘ Gentlemen, thi
Speaker orders the galleries to b<
cleared ; you must retire; clear thf
galleries ’ And at his word, like I
flock of quiet sheep, when the gate oj
their pen is thrown open, out went!
the entire crowd, withoqt a word of'
complaint or remonstrance, and in an
incredibly short time not a soul was
left behind. The foreign ministcrj
lifted up his hands jn amazement, and
exclaimed, ‘What a government, what
a people !’ ”
ASH-REST OUTRAGES
The State Register wishes tp know i
if there is no means of putting down
anti-rentism in the counties of Albany
and liensselear? As a friend of fair
play, we answer yes—all that is ren
quired to check the violence of which,
the fire-eater of the .Register com
plains, is to do justice to the tenantry.
Had the last legislature listened to the
reasonable requests of the tenants,,
and stayed the collection of rents (
until Mr. Van Rensselear could
satisfy a jury that he had a right to i
receive them, the outrages over which'
the .State Register and a few other
hypocritical old noodles are now weep
ing “ crockadiles,” would never have
arisen. The legislature and our courts
are so determined to keep the anti
renters where they are—so bent on
continuing them the serfs of the pa
troon, that we should not be surprised
at any violence which vengeance may (
draw the tenantry into the commis
sion of. From the experience of the 1
last thirty years, the law-givers of tbif (
Stale must be satisfied that pqwor,
unaccompanied by justice, can never
arrest anti-rent agitation. All the ,
tenants ask, is first a fair, honorable j
trial, one single verdict from an un
prejudiced jury, that the unstgne4l
patents of the palroon give him a
good title to the immense domain over
which ho now exerts his blighting
influence; secondly, that the collec
tion of rents may bo “ stayed ” until
such title is obtained. Grant the anti
renters this, and you can arrest tlio i
outrages of which the Registeh speaks )
in twenty-four hours. Persist in de
nying them this, and the history of the
last quarter of a century will be the
history of the next. The whole mat*
ter rests with the legislature. In
three hours they could perfect a IfW
that would render Sand Lake as free
from anti-rent outrages as Vew York.
—f Albany Knickerbocke.
CALIFORNIA HERALDRY. i
Two posts standant,
One beam crossant.
One rope pendaat, ,
And a knave on the end on*t.