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OUR CANDIDATES.
Warren T. Sexton.
The Democratic convention of this county
having decide<l in favor of Warren T. Sex
ton, Esq , for the position of Judge of the
Fifteenth Judicial District, composed of the
counties of Butte, Plumas, Colusi, and Te
hama, we place his name in the ticket, sub
ject to the decision of the Judicial Conven
tion, which will assemble in Oroville on the
20th inst. We experience a double pleasure
in placing him before the Democracy of the
District as the choice of Butte county,
fiercely contested but fairly expressed, for
this important position, because we know
him to be a gentleman of fine legal attain
ments, a close student, whose character is
above reproach, and without the shadow of
a suspicion. He has been a resident of
this county since 1849, and has occupied
the positions of County Clerk, and District
Attorney. During the past three years, he
has studiously avoided the political arena,
aud confined himself to the practice of his
profession. It has, we believe, been conced
el by other counties in the District that
Butte should have the honor of furnishing
a candidate for District Judge Their
choice has fallen upon Mr. Sexton, and as
such wc sustain him, and ask for him the
favorable consideration of the counties
composing the District. There were other
candidates in the field for this position, sup
ported by friends as firm and warm as ever
honored men with their preference, but wc
have yet to learn that they object to the
choice of the Democracy of Butte as being
unjustly or unfairly made. His friends
presented his name for the position and it
was endorsed by the Convention.
Thomas Wells.
The nomination of this gentleman by the
Democratic convention, to tbe position of
County Judge, can but meet with the hearty
endorsement of the voteis of the county
Mr. Wei.ns is a pioneer of the county and
has filled various positions of honor and
trust since its organization, with honor to
himself and fidelity to his constituents. His
experience in the public affairs of the coun
ty, has rendered his acquaintance general,
and if the large vote he received may be
taken as an indication, we may safely assert
that no man stands higher in the c timation
of the public. He has been engages! in the
practice of the law since the spring of ’55,
and bis straight-forward, open and honora
ble course and candor, as a lawyer and as a
man, lias won for him an enviable reputa
tion. His election may be regarded ns cer
tain. and his former course in the various
public positions which he has been called
upon to fill, give assurance that he will oc
cupy the judicial bench of the county with
h.nor, dignity and impartiality.
A. S. Hart.
The Democracy of Butte have expressed
their preference for A. S. Hart, Esq , as a
candidate for State Senator, from the 14Ui
District, composed of the counties of Butte
and Plumas, by the election of delegates
favorable to Lis nomination. In accordance
with such action of the Butte County Con
vention, we place his name before the De
inocracy of the district as a candidate for
Senator, subject to the decision of the Sena
torial nominating convention. Mr. Hart,
is one of the most enterprising citizens of
Butte county, and has been during the past
three years, engaged in extensive mining
operations on Feather Bivee He is gener
ally and favorably known throughout the
county, as a gentleman well qualified to
represent the interests of these two counties
in the Senate, and hence his nomination by
the Democracy of Butte We need hardly
commend Mr. Hart's nomination to the
favorable consideration of the Senatorial
Convention, as bis nomination by Butte
county iiisursbis success in the Senatorial
nominating conventiou
lit. l>. Plum,
This gentleman is the-nominee of the Dem
ocratic party of this County for the office of
Sheriff lie is a resident of Forbestown, and
was one of the first settlers in the county,
ti.aving arrived here in'49, aud subsequently
fn '52. returned to the eastern Stctcs for his
family. Me is generally aud favorably
known throughout the county as a business
man, every way qualified to discharge the
duties appertaining to the office of Sheriff.—
Uis devotion todemocratic principles is only
equalled by his probity and honor as a busi
ness man. He has labored faithfully for
years for the success of the Democracy of
the county, and merited the confidence and
esteem of the parly expressed by bis nomi
nation. His name is a lower of strength to
the Democratic ticket throughout the cust
om porliou of the County, and will give it
an impetus that will render its election by
an overwhelming majority. He is a man
identified with the interests of the county, a
permanent resident, with hi? household gods
clustered around his California hearthstone,
an upright citizen, and his election does not
admit of a doubt.
AX* H* Unrrnrh.
The gentleman whose name heads this ar
ticle neeje no compliments at our hands.
The mere fact that he was the unanimous
choice of the County Convention, by which
body he was nominated by acclamation as
their candidate for County Clerk, is sufficient
guaranty (4 his popularity and capability,
and of the undivided support he has and
will receive from the Democracy of Butte
County. A gentleman of irreproachable
character and habits, and preeminently ca
pable, and known to every prominent man
of all parties in the County as the best fitted
raan witbin it lor the office, his nomination
is by all odds tbe most acceptable which
could be made, and is quite equivalent to an
election. With Captain Darracli's name
alone upon the ticket, its strength is most
materially increased agid the surety of its
success established.
John F. Klmmfl.
The gentlemou named above was selected
by a large vote of the delegates of our
Countv Conaenrion. the nominee of tho De
mocracy for Recorder of Butte county.-
That he is excellently well q ualified for the
position none will deny, and the many votes
he received in Convention pronounce him
the prominent favorite of the party. Mr
Kimmel has worked faithfully and ws»l ns a
deputy sheriff, and has made many warm
friends since his advent into Butte oounty,
and proved himself capable to transact any
and all business entrusted to him. As is
the esse with Mr. Hobart, he is known all
over the county, and is us strong a candi
date as could have been selected. Mr. Ivim
mel'i Democracy is indubitable, as he has
ever been one of tbe most faithful workers
in the cause. His election may be set down
as a jgertaipty.
W. W. Hobart.
This gentleman who Las so long served
the county as a deputy under Mr. Freer is
so universally known in the county, that a
notice of who he is and what his qualifications
are, is perhaps superfluous in this article.
Suffice it to say, that after the withdrawal
of his only competitor, Mr. Brown, he was
declared as by one voice, the nominee of
the Convention. Mr. Hobart deserves this
confidence from the people of this county,
having proved so amply by his industry
and energy to be so perfectly fitted for the
office, and so capable of filling it as it should
be filled. He has resided in the county since
’SO, has married and settled here, and is as
much a part and parcel of the county as the
name she bears. It would be folly for any
man to contend with him for the office, and
he and the party may rest assured of his
election. It is by the nomination of men
like Mr. Hobart that the Democratic ticket
is to triumph in September next.
James Hitching*.
The gentleman above named is the candidate
of the Democracy of Butte County for the
State Assembly. He is a young man of
most excellent habits, and affable, pleasing
manners His choice was almost an unan
imous one of the delegates assembled in
Convention, and has been very favorably
received by the party at large. Mr Hit
chens is an old resident of Butte County,
has been in the State several years and is
thoroughly identified with the interests of
the county, and will ever use the best means
in his power to aid in her advancement We
are pleased to be assured that the county
is to be represented by a democrat of such
unimpeachable honesty and so much devoted
to her welfare. The position is a most res
ponsible ouc, and one which reflects honor
on its incumbent, being as nc is, the sole
representative of one of the greatest, most
populous, and prosperous counties in the
State, embracing as it docs such a vast area
of rich mineral and agricultural lands
The popularity of Mr. Hitchins cannot fail
to ensure his elect lon/and wc take pleasure
in congratulating him upon the nomination
and in commending him to the people of this
county, as an upright, reliable, gentleman,
and one who, as a member of the Assembly
will faithfully represent the interests of his
constiuents. Wc shall be gratified to chron
icle his election by the people, and doubt
not we shall have the pleasure of doing so.
P. 11. Harris,
Everybody that has ever heard of Butte
County has heard of Pat. Harris, and every
body who has been here knows him, and
knowing him, respects and admires Dim.
Perhaps there is no man in the State who j
has more personal friends than he. lie has I
been a resident of this county since the ,
good old days of *49 and 50, and has grown j
up with her, and stands identified with her j
j very history. His extensive practice and !
his uniform success, as a legal practitioner
pronounce him just the man for the office
tor which he has been nominated.
| Joined to tlie democracy as to the only
conservative party, he is one of the “o.d
I line whigs*’ whose patriotism dictates his
political course, and directs him to shun the
various isms of the day as the most dan- j
gerous assailants of those gloriious prin- •
«iplcs upon which our success as a nation I
is based and which have been so long the
preservers of our unity and prosperity.
Mr. Harris needs none of these encomiums j
at our hands, we arc but repeating the I
voice of the people of this county. We hut
mention him and others we have allued to. j
to satisfy the democracy of the State at .
large, that as a party we arc united upon |
as strung and thoroughly democratic a ticket !
as has ever been offered for the suffrages of
the people. That Pat Harris will be the
next District Attorney of Butte County
none cun doubt, and no man could be a more
acceptable incumbent of the office than he.
11. V. .Jennings,
The office ot County Treasurer is the one
t > which Mr. Jennings has been nominated
by the Democrats of Butte county. A bet
ter selection could not possibly have been
made. An old resident of Butte, tho
oroughly identified with her best interests,
and known to be one of the most faithful and
reliable business men of the county, he is a
singular fortunate nomination, and sure as
lie is of election, wc foretell his term of
office will both result to the advancement of
the county's welfare and redound to his own
honor. Mr, Jennings is in fact one of the
most substantial, permanent men in this por
tion of the Slate.
Such men as this are the proper kind to
select for our offices, and so long as our pub
lie affair? are conducted by them, matters
will prosper and the county continue to
maintain her present fiourtfhipg condition.
Mr. Jennings is not only entirely qualified,
but is rigidly and scrupulously honest in all
his dealings, and a man in whom the com
munity at large has the most implicit con
fidence.
David Weaver.
Mr. Weaver is the Democratic candidate
for Assessor. He bears a high reputation
for honesty and capability, and is one of
the oldest and most worthy residents of the
valley portion of Butte county. His majori
ty over bis competitors in Convention is but
a forerunner of his success before the peo
ple, as it is that of the success of
Will lam loITVy,
Who, declared by Reclamation to be the
nominee of the Convention for the office of
Public Administrator, is by a thorough ed
ucation as a book keeper and accountant,
and early acquired habits of industry, fully
fitted for the position Mr. Coffey’s e'ection
is beyond a peradventure.
A. C. Morse.
This geatloman, who during the past year
occupied the position of Public Administra
tor and proved his faithfulness and capabil
ity as the incumbent of that office, has been
nominated by an immense vote, the nominee
for Superintcndant of Public Schools. Al
though of comparitively little consideration
the office is of considrable importance and
needs as reliable and competent a gentleman
as Mr. Morse Mr. M. is an actual resi
dent of the county and is as good a selection
as could be made for the office.
Georgf D. French
Mr. French has been nominated to tie of
fice of County Surveyor. He is one of our
oldest residents, is throughly qualified for
the office, and has political and personal
friends enough to elect him He is too gen
erally known to need further notice at our
hands, and may be said to have a "dead
thing" o» election.
Licenses.
We yesterday heard of another instance
where our show license law has proved itself
particularly oppressive and exorbitant. It
was in the case of Jacobs “the Wizard.” His
license for exhibition one night, is,—State
county and town combined— twenty four
dollars. As much or more than the rent of
the Hall. Is such a system of taxation as
this in conformity with the spirit of our
boasted liberty? Is the virtual exclusion
of exhibitions of this kind in accordance
with our much talked of freedom of action?
It certainly strikes us that such oppressive
ordinances as this are neither right or con
stitutional. They are radically wrong, and
in violation of all ideas of common sense and
Republican customs.
We have no particular love for Mr. Jacobs,
nor much anxiety to see him perform ; but
so long as his exhibition is of as harmless a
nature as it is, he has a right to give it
without beiug subjected to such an unrea
sonable license We confess to a desire for
the gratification of our tastes, and our tasUs
lead us to visit exhibitions of all kinds that
are novel, instructive and amusing, and we
don’t want to be deprived of the exercise of
our inclinations through the stupidity and
illy conceived and worse executed laws of a
corporation, which simply because it has a
vested power sees fit to abuse it.
Oroville charges a higher price for show
licenses than any city or town in the United
States ; and why? Through a false notion
of economy. Through (he idea that by
driving away exhibitions of all kinds wc
shall eventually be better off, financially
Nothing else can he a consistent reason, and
this in our way of thinking is far from con
sistent.
If our people want to go to the jJggler,
the theatre, the concert, let them hate a
chance for doing so. Don't drive them into
grog shops, houses of ill-fame and gambling
saloons by your chorbitaut license law, as
you surely do and will so long as you drive
showmen out of town by your license system.
We urge it upon the Hoard of Trustees to re
peal the obnoxious 01 JinancC, and modify
the law so it may be within the bounds of
reason. The very idea of a young town like
Orovide setting her price of license so I.rifin
tively above that cf all others elsewhere, is
supremely absurd, and as a most unwise
provision should be set aside. We hope the
Hoard will see fit to act upon this matter,
md at once. What has been done regard
ng ilie petition which was laid before the
[austecs? Is it lost? If not, why not act
upon it?
Tehama County Convention.
Wc arc indebted to C W. Stiles, Editor
of the Red Bluff Beaton , for the following
result of the County Convention;
Delegates to Slate Convention—C. W.
Stile?, D. Dunn, and A. Winemiller.
Delegates to Senatorial Convention—J C.
Bradley, L Cro<*>by, and X. Hall.
Delegates to Judicial District Convention,
Col Talham, L. Cro?>by, J. Earl, R C. Ba
ker and W. K. Harrison. [Tehama has
elected 5 delegates, but upon the basis
adopted by Bute and Piumas counties,
is entitled to but three votes ]
Delegates to Convention
tor the counties of Colusi and Tehama—A.
H. Webb, I P. Doll, D. Bradley. Wra. Bur
gess and J. C. Denison. They are favorable
to the nomination of Col. E J. Lewis for
.Member of Assembly.
For County Judge—N HaM.
For District Attorney—W Earl.
For Assessor —Win, Burgess.
For Public Administrator—A. 11. Webb.
County Treasurer—l P. Doll.
Coroner —Sinclair Jackson.
County Surveyor —ll. 0 Biker.
Accidental Death.
The Scott river correspondent of the
Yrekft Union, under date of June 28th,
furnishes that paper with the following par
ticulars of two sad accidents which recently
occurred in that region:
I have to perform a melancholy dnty in
announcing through your columns the death
of Mr. 13. F. Holden, formerly from Angola,
Steuben county Indiana, and for several
years back a resident of the this county.
Mr Holden with three others started on a
aft of lumber this morning, and when with
in a couple of hundred yards of Tyson k
Co’s bridge, the raft struck a rock and was
capsized. The others swam to shore, but
Mr Holden being unable to swim, sunk to
rise no more in life. His death has cast a
gloom over a large circle of friends upon
this river. All efforts have been made to
recovc the body, but so far, have proved
ineffectual. Mr Holden was one of the
partners in the claim on French I3ar, from
which but yesterday, a lump of gold weigh
ing ounces, (impregnated with quartz,)
valued at about was taken.
J have another fatal accident to add.
Last evening, Mr. Fauley, a young and in
dustrious miner on Johnson’s Bar, whilst
carrying a bucket of water to his cabin, ac
cidentally lost his balance ani was precipi
tated into the cut, about forty or fifty feet
deep, .striking Lbs bjeod and shoulders on the
bed rock. He received a severe concussion
of the brain, which cannot but prove fatal
He was not expected to survive to-djiy
Mr. F. was a native of Ireland
Kesolutjoiis,
We have been furnished with the Besolu
tutlons adopted by the County Convention.
They are important as expressing the course
of the Convention upon a subject submitted
to the people of the State at the approach
ing election, and we take pleasure in pub
lishing them.
Resolved , That this Convention of the
People of Butte, is wholly and unreservedly
opposed to the calling of a State Convention
at this time to adopt a new Constitution of
the State and regards this measure a“ un
wise, unjust, and calculated to add greatly
to the present onerous indebtedness of the
State, and consequently would have a di
rect tendency to impair our state credit
abroad, and oppress our citizens at home
with increased taxation, and thus impair
our unexampled prosperity.
Resolved,' That neither the uneasy and
restless ambition of professional politicians
nor the schemes of unscrupulous speculators
and moneyed aristocracies; neither the sel
fishness of the holders of Spanish grants
purchased with the sole wish to speculate,
nor the immaterial amendments advocated,
nor even the hankering of hungry spoilsmen
for a division of the State, to increase in
definitely the number of public offices, for
their special benefit, should induce the good
people of this State, to disturb the founda
tion of their government, by undermining
their present condition —universally ac
knowledged as jt has been, by the wisest
men of the Vnited States, to be one of the
very best in the confederacy.
The Slowest Time ox Becord. A
“critter” called Jenny IValker won a "slow
race” of one mile at the recent Tehama
races in 28 minutes ’ There are mighty few
aaud-turtles that can beat that, much
Our State Ticket.
At the head of our columns we place to
day the names of the nominees of the Demo
cratic State Convention. The large vote
which each and every one of them received,
points them out as the decided choice of
Democracy, and as such we recognize them,
and towards their election shall lend wb&t
aid we can command. There is not a man
among them whose Democracy we can for a
moment question, and none whom we shall
fail to support as the file leaders of our
State Democracy. We believe the ticket to
be a strong one, and one which will triumph
overall the parties and isms that will Ee
arrayed against it. We believe there will
be the utmost unanimity of feeling add the
most ardent co-operation among the mem
bers of the party in support of these nomi
nees, and once elected, we are proud to
think that a better set of officers were never
entrusted with high position, within ibis or
any other State of the confederacy From
our personal knowledge and the reputation
of these gentlemen, we believe them each to
be eminently qualified to the office which
they have been selected to fulfil?, and are
glad to possess the menus of offering support
such as it is to aid in their advancement
The Democracy can well congratulate them
tfelvgs that so strong a ticket Bus been nomi
nated.
Busy Times.
These political limes make things lively in
ami about our hotels, anti other public
places. The stages come ami go crowded
with earnest, deceitful, faithful, swindling,
reliable, slippery, patriotic and treacherous
delegates and candidates going to see and
mix up in the great political treadmill which
is to bo put in motion at the Capital on Tues
day next. They all go with love of country
and ftilTibgness to serve her within their
breasts, the beating of their hearts keeping
time to imaginary “Hail Columbias” and
the jingling of official “ fees ” and generous
considerations.” Faces arc wreathed in
smiles while they peer from coach windows
as they roll toward that bourne from whence
so few happy aspirants ever return, and
trembling with excitement and expectations,
novices in the business of office-seeking
move swiftly down to the vortex which will
either engulph them completely forever, or
cast them up, high and dry on the shores ol
the fabled stream up which defeated candi
dates are said to be carn?d to recruit and
renovate. These are glorious times though,
and long may they last; and when they ter
minate, may Democracy be but on a surer
basis than ever, and may unflinching Demo
crats occupy every responsible position
within the gift of the people.
The Difficulties Settled.
On Tuesday, Capt. Mark Dobbins an 1
Lance Nightingill accompanied by Jack
Kiramcl as a guide, passed through here on
their way to Berry Creek, the scene of the
recent Indian disturbances. The errand of
Captain Dobbins, was the arrangement of a
peace between the Indians and whites, and
speaking the language perfectly as he does
and knowing the habits and customs of the
Indians, he is perhaps the very best man
who could be selected fur sueh un under
taking.
They arrived at Berry Creek late on
Tuesday night, and on Wednesday morning
Captain Dobbins held an interview with the
chief (Wack-ki-hoo.) The name of the tribe
is Eston Coyo, which numbers some foua
hundred and fifty or five hundred.
At the fir.-t interview the chief addressed
the captain in a speech of about half an
hour, when he related his grievances, and
stated his intentions and wishes. After the
speech, the captain retired, and in the af
ternoon replied to W’ack ki-hoo, or Black
Hawk, and told the exact state of affairs,
and what he must expect if he warred
against the whites.
Subsequent to the parley, Black Hawk
held a conference with his warriors and
finally concluded to makepeace, and by a
string with ten knots in it, signified his
promise to keep on friendly terms with the
whites for ten years. The services of Capt.
Dobbins were really invaluable, concluding
as they did the only reliable treaty of peace
ever established between these Indians and
the whiles.
1 For the Unite Uecord.l
The Senatorial Convention.
An arbitrary exercise of power is not al
ways in sound policy. It is natural for the
human mind to revolt against such exorcise,
unless it be based upon strict justice.—
Should a nation, because it has the power,
regardless of the rights of a weaker nation,
destroy the weaker, or improperly control
its government; the nation exercising such
power would merit and receive the severest
censure of the civilized world. What is
true in reference to governments, and also
as a general principle, would of course prove
true, when applied to such Conventions as
the one to convene on the 20th instant, to
nominate Senators for this and Plumas
counties. Without doubt, the delegates
from Butte wijl have the power to nominate
such men ns they pleaee for Senatorial hon
ors, and so far as the Senator who may be
nominated to represent the interests of
Butte county is concerned, it is proper the
Butte delegates should name their choice.
But it does not follow that it is just, that
the Butte delegation name the man whom
Plumas, in conjunction with Butte, shall
support, even though the lot fall upon a
resident of Plumas, while the injustice of
such a nomination will appear more fully
by supposing that the Butte delegation
having a majority in Convention, nominate
both Senators from Butte county, irrespect
ive of the wishes of the Plumas delegation
A result like this, probably need not be fear
ed. but to me it appears that the second
choice ot Senatejs should be frankly offered
to the Plumas delegation, that they may
confidently name their candidate, whether
from this or their own county, and that
they may be satisfied, they will be treated
by Butte county with due courtesy and
strict justice Such a course would inspire
a mutual confidence between the two coun
ties, and cause them to act in unity through
out the campaign.
Respectfully yours, ALEXP..
Crops in Tehama County. —The drouth
which has proved po ruinous to the farms
below here and in this neighborhood, has
had little or no effect on the crops in Teha
ma County. Barley and wheat have yielded
very largely, and all kinds of products are
most abundant. The crops in the western
portion of Butte County, are also in excel
lent condition
Communicated.
Edward Loyd.
CTpon the first exam; nation of Edward Loyd before
Esq. Elli Jlf.the North Col horuiau published an article
calculated to present the matter in a wrong light,
and lending to prejudice the community unreasona
bly against Loid. That it was a moat unfortunate
affair no one doubts, but that it was done upon the
excitement of the occasion, without malice afore
thought the testimony can scarcely fail to convince
every unprejudiced mind. The testimony upon the
Habeas Corpus examination before Judgo Lewis is
very clear, and the following abstract takes down at
the lime, in justice to all parties oug .t to r>e pub
lUhed. It is all the reply which the friends of Loyd
ask to be given to the unjust article aforesaid against
him in the North Californian:
I>r. McGuiie showed that the deceased (fliles 8
Thornton) came to his death on the sth day of July
lust fro n a gun «-r pistol shot wound, the ball enter
ing on the right side and passing through ino body.
Mr, Lathrup was at the Bank Exchange in this
place, on the night *>f the 4lh, and saw the difficulty
between Loyd ami Thornton theie about 10 o’clock
at night. t'HW Lo v d comea..d .-it down nearTliorn
ou, who wn- sitting by the table wh re witness was.
Loyd, and deceased tsmverstd together—had a go <1
many words—t )•< y aro.-.»* to ihoir ■ t i.i the sine!
lime. witness also springing t » his ft el at dial mo
ment. VViinttss neasd .h« Him bit r strike, anj heard
the report i f the pistol •Vhu.odfaiely -if.»-r. Fresertly
paw anoiher tumbler throw n tn Iho d» ceased to
ward Loyd. Ihe mo'.iu i, {‘raw tho pistol tlawp
posed) was made before thv "inibb r w.is thrown. I
saw but two shots fired—hear*: Hit* IpifU ope. I did
not pay particular attention to the converstlitm be
tween Loyd and Thornton. Heard Loyd say l"
Thornton that he had beaU-u him oucc. and h >{Lovdi
had a grudge against id in for it; a tl I oy«l adyod
Thornton to stand up to fight. Heart! the words
•‘liyr” used ! y one and “coward” by the ethej, hi*
Thornton slip 1»i-* hand along the table for Ihe crib
bage board be:ore rising, and lie s- izetl two tumblers
and rose with them one in each hand Thisoceuired
in the Bank Exchange in Butte county.
Cross-Examined.—l was sitting at an ob'ong
square table—deceased was silling near the same
table in a choir. '1 he first I saw of Loyed was when
became uns sal down by my side. Lo\d’»remarks
were mild when he commenced talking—decided!}
so. 1 could not say which arose Aral; myself, Loyd
and Thornton arose simultaneously. Heard Loyd as
he arose call something or speak to some person. 1
think the pistol was drawn as he was rising; kept my
eye upon him. I, ml said “you c*!l me a *l—d son
of a bitch,” and sprang back from the table Thu
tumblers were thrown in quick succession ; saw two
of them throw n. Deceased was not shot by the first
ball; that fired into the ceiling. Do nut think 1 saw
the first tumbler thrown.
By the Fourt —The tumbler was thrown first—alter
the first pistol fired another tumbler was thrown
Mr A} p s.— I saw the dilfieulty. 1 called Loyd,
who was standing by the counter wih another man,
lie came and sal down on my left m ar Thornton.—
dpoke* to Loyd about a former d.tficu iy he Ijad that
day. In the conversation with me, Loyd turned and
said ‘'-here is Hie only man that ev« r whipped me.”
pointing to Thornton, and asked Thornton if it was
not so. Thornton replied that he believed it was.—
Loyd then said, *T have a grudge against yuu,Thorn
ton, ever since. fi»r you look a me in a ivanta’dage of
me, when I was sick from chills a’nd fever.” and he
naked Thornton it he thought he could whip him
now; said that he would like to have Thornton come
out and hare a 'air stand up light Thornton replied
lie was not on lh * light.then, that it anybody would
strike him hv would fight. Loyd replied, ‘-yes. you
are like all cowards, they want to be struck firs..”
and asked him if he would jtainl up Thornton said
••you needn’t wait for me to get ready—pilch in—l
am always ready.” ami be then slipped his hand
al jug tiie table stealthily and got ho <1 of the crib uge
board and pniliy raised up. L< yd said, vdon’t throw
the tumbler, \on sou of a bitch.” Thornton rose |
wilh tumblers in f.is hard, and throw at Loyd, who !
rose at the same lime; (lie tumbler struck Loyed on
the breast before the pistol was fired; Die tumbler
did not break till it struck the ground.
Ooss-ExamSned —Ido not know long Loyd bad
hccii in the room before I called him; he did not
come t, the table !. u I called lorn twice. I com
menced tho conversation myself. It was not
particularly in a goou not "red in; mier, nor by any
means in an ugly manner i«.. Loyd arose a little
first ; directly w ben he got on Ids fee. h" suiu ■•*.. ‘ n t
thr.ov that tumbler you ton ofald'.ch.” I about
three feet from Thornton and about five feet trod 1
Loyd when the first tumbler was thrown Did not
see the pistol drawn at that lime, do not think it
was drawn.
By the Court—From tha character of the conversa
tion did y m think he win.led to light any other way
than with the fist? I did not think othei wise
Mr llimmel —Between 9 and lo o’cloch on the
night of the 4ih. 1 was spling at a lablu in Bank Ex
change with Mr Lathrop; d. ceased whs sitting in re.
, Loyd came and sal between Mr Latlm p and de
■ .s-d. \\ h. ii hey conversed. I thought they were
iin a j*»ke. Loyd mid, “you whipped me one —I was
sick then—can urn whip me now? Deceased re
marked he wa- mu on a fight Defendant said ‘ you
. r.r a row;*nil) sou of a bitch.” At that both arose;
I h ..niton had the rribbage board in his hand when
lheyar.se; Ihornion when he arose put his hand
against defendant apq pushed bun back. Thornton
ihen threw the g.a-s. exci outing. -you d—d Irish son
if a biich.” U ben the glass struck the defendant the
pistol went off, and went nearer Lathrop than Thorn
ion, the ball lodged ii. the window frame The pistol
was not diawn when the first tumbler was throw n.
Cross-Examined. —I was nearer Tb oral on than La
throp was. When d<-‘ :,, ndanl pul his hand across
I himself he whs standing; ho rod deceased west
lacing when they arose, iheir heads within one tool
of each other. Deceased had criobage board in
his hand just before lie arose; 1 was using it and no
need Toruton tako h >ld ot it; think lie threw it when
lie was standing up.
Wil.iessei ex tunned by defense
Mr. Lynch —Was tmi ling bur at th 3 Bank Ex
change when the difficulty occurred ; was standing
behind the counter when T hornUm threw the tumbler
which struck Loyd on the face. Thornton throw
three glas-es, two before the first shot was tired; hr
bad two tumblers in his hau ls wh**n he aros. ; after
the second turn!*;* r was thrown the pist d find ; the
second tumbler struck Loyed on the left band, as he
threw up his hand toward bis brea-l .o ward off the
blow. [Here the defendant held up his left band at
the reque-t of ttie Lourt, where there is a deep
w ound on the back near the left sidevidently cut
ny the second tumbler.J I saw distinctly the defend
ant when be drew the pistol; it was after the second
tumbler struck him. Me then drew and the pi-tol
went »»ll at random into the ceiling Deceased then
threw another tumbler tnuir the pillar.
Tims. Ford.—Saw the difficulty; ?aw two tumblers
thrown by Tlyoriitou strike Loyd, then be drew the
pistol One of the tumblers struck Loyd on the back
ot the hand, as he was trying to ward < tf me tumblers.
Mr. Mur*ay—Saw the difficulty—saw two or three
tumblers ihtown; c u!d not say how many, but it was
two or three, belore the pis'ol fired.
Mr Dotul.— - \v the difficulty—saw something,
supposed it *o bo a tumbler, bit Loyd on the band
belore the pistol was drawn,
Mr a!u —Was bar keeper a; the Bank Ex
change ar hen the difficulty occurred. i-a:.v Taorntou
throw three tumblers 1 stood behind the counter at
the lime The firs* shot was not fired until the third
tumbler was being thrown. Immediately after th£
uifflculty I found the three tumblers on the door near
where Loyd had been standing two were broken —
the other was whole lying by too side of the count r.
Thornton threw th in w ith great force—the pis ol was
not then drawn—Loyd was dodging the tumbler.—
Am certain that two tumblers were thrown before the
first shot was fired, or the pistol drown
Esqu re Jones—Saw tho fight—saw Thornton and
Loyd rise up log-ther Thornton threw something
that struck Limerick on the shoulder. There was one
glass thrown by Thorqlon. and the cnblwge board,
which was thrown first, before the pistol fired, Loyd
fell or dodged ajiqos* to Ins knees when the glass
struck him. Did not see the pistol until alter that—
had a clear view of the transaction up to that time.
J. fiangan—Was with Loyd that evening; went
into the Bank Exchange with him ; he was called la
sit down at the table by a gentleman who is a witness
Accipew* in Grass Valley.—A Cor
nishman was filled on Saturday last in
Grass Valley, while working in a shaft on
Conway’s quar'.js lead, by the bank caving in
upon him.
Another man was so severely injured the
same day, in a ball court on Mill street,
that he died on Monday morning. It
teems that a ball had lodged near the sky
light, and h# wept up on the roof after it,
and in reaching through the sky-light, lost
his balance, and fell to the floor, striking
on his head. He was insensible up to the
time of his death. We were not able to
learn the names of either the unfortunate
men. —*Yeyada Democrat
Rumored Loss of Stock - —Large
droves of cattle are being driven from
Oregon to Sacramento Valley over ibe
Fill River waeon road. In tho early
part of this week a rumor reached this
place that a great many bad been sto
len by the Indians. We have b-en
unable to learn any particulars. As
the Pitt River and Hat Creek Indians.
■re known to be very troblesome, we
are disposed to believe that the rumor
is lounded in tact.— Shasta RcpvMican.
Three Degrees of Character.—
An excellent turn was made, a few
days since, at a dinner table, by Judge
Hoar, ol Massachusetts, altogether too
good to be lost. A gentleman remark
ed that B , who used to be given
to sharp practice, was getting more cir
cumspect. ‘Yes.’ replied Hoar, ‘he
has reached the superlative of life—he
began by seeking to get on —then he
sought to get honor— and now he is
trying to get honest.'
Cold in San Francisco County.
The Mountain Lake Water Com
pany.—The recent municipal action iu
reference !o the introduction of fresh
water into the city, has rejuvenated
the Mountain Lake Water Company,
and stimulated it into action. The
work has been resumed, and at pres
ent some forty men aie laboriously en
gaged in irunncllmg and excavating in
the vicinity of the lake, it ha* been
resolved to adopt Major Barnaid’s plan
otf draining tH» hike previous to the
build ng of the reservoirs , and the men
are now excavating a basin for that
purpose. The parties engaged in this
v.-oik are miners, the majority from
Sierra county, the contract for tin
same having been taken by several
quartz companies from that vicinity.
On Tuesday last whilst excavating they
came across a quartz ledge some six
feet below the surface, and the scene
ensuing was of a highly exciting char
acter. Claims were immediately stak
ed off, as it prospects well. The rook
is of more than ordinary excellence,
and experienced miners have pronounc
ed it Wi 11 worth woiking. The ledge
is now b. ing tested thoroughly, and il
it will yield remuneratively is to be
work d immediately. It may bo that
the Mountain Lake Water Company
will be enabled to turn it to account
in the speedy arcc-mplisment of then
works.
The English Embassy.— A Wash
ington letter says :
A suggestion was made, evidently
through one of the embassies here, to
the Secretary of State, that England
tfould fill the vacant mission, if certain
concessions wore granted which amount
ed to a virtual retraction of the posi
tion so properly assumed by our gov
ernment, But it was rebuked in a
manner that will prevent the repitilion
of an experiment involving something
of national humiliation. Consequently
the vacancy will remain open until th
new Administration shall he installed,
and it is not beyond the reach of pro
bability that Palmerston may even ven
lure to send his credentials through
Sii John E. Crampton, if any encour
agement be extend' d by M . Buchan
an. This opinion is, however, specu
lative, and not derived from any inti
mation which has been givi n.
Chinf.'e Sugar Cane.—A Wash
ingt m dispatch of the 24th ult says :
The Commissioners of Put uts is
,:()«■ sending to the several State Agri
cultural Societies, a pircel of Chinese
sugar cage seeJ raised under the di
rect sup rvisicn of tho I atent Office,
sufficient to plant sixteen acre 0 . with a
view ei extending the '*ultu"‘’ ol his
flint, I; has, since its introduction
into this country, proved itself well
adapted to our geognipieal range o
Indian corn. It is of easy cultivation,
being similar to that of maize or broom
corn, but will prosper iu a much poor
er soil. A correspondent writing to
the Commissioner, speaks of the extra
ordinary richness and delicious flavor
of the milk of cows which had been fed
on that description ot food.
Several gentlemen have likewise rc
ceniL acquaint 'd the office with the
fact of the success of the liquorice plant,
which is hardy as far North a- Con
n -client. It. is employed not only foi
medical purposes, but is an important
element, they say, in preparing s utie
of Ihe best ale an I porter in Great
Britain.
The Buffalo Commercial ins heard
of a good thing recently said by Mr.
Buchanan, in reply to a distinguished
politician who bad assured tin- Presi
dent elect that he wished no office him
self, an l had no friend whom he desir
iu to press for a place in the Cabinet.
But, sir, he continued, I am not su;e
that I mav not wish to keep sonic man
out of it. Mr. Buchanan replied, it is
easier to keep a man out, than to get
Lira in.
From Carson Valley.— Mr. T. F.
Tracv, of Tracy’s Express, arrived
from Carson Valley yesterday afer
uo n Mr T. left here Wednesday af
ternoon after the arrival of the Atlan
tic mail, and made the entire trip in
two days, arriving at the Mormon Sta
tion, from here, in twelve hours. No
express had arrived in the Valley over
the Big Tree Route, when Mr. 'l', left
on his re'urn —Thursday afternoon.
U. 0. Mills and party left Mormon
Station, en route for the States, Thiyrs
day morning, all well. No later arriv
als from Salt Lake. A part of Torn
j-h & Gibbs’ train had passed the sum
mit this side of Lake Valley, they
have GOO head of cattle in the Valley
It was very stormy on the mountains
Wednesday and Thursday, but no snow
fell. The grading of Slippery Font
Hill was delayed a few days by the
rain, but had been resumed when Mr.
Tracy returned- Ibe Government
train had reached Silver Creek Sta
tion.—Mountain Democrat.
The Difference. —The entire debt
of the United Stales, and of all the
States of the Union combined, is not
< qual to one years interes't oq the debt
of England ; our entire debt, State and
National, being $220,000.000 or its
equivalent, £44,000,000, English cur
r,-ncy —a small diff-rence. If a na
tional debt be, as some w riters contend,
a bond of union, a national blessing—
the British empire is bound together
bv indissoluble bands and bonds, and
blest to their h art’s content.
Paying the Debt of Nature- No,
it is not paying a debt, it is rather Like
bringing a note to a bank tO- obtain
solid gold for it In this case you bring
this cumbrous body, which i,s nothing
worth, and which you coujd not wish
to retain long; you lay it dowcp and
receive for it, from the eternal trea
sure, liberty, victory, knowledge, rap
turn-
A hole dug in the ground is a well,
but a candidate for Gov’r is a Weller.
How to Educate cl'R Girls. —‘In-
stead of educating every girl as though
she were born to be a aQ independent,
sell-supporting member of society, we
educate her to become a mere dopeodr
ent, a hanger-on, or, ns the law deli
cately phrases it, a chattel. la some
respects, indeed, we err more barbar
ously than those nations among whom
a plurality of wives is permitted, and
who regard women purely as so much
live slock ; for among such people wo
men are, at all events, provided with
food, and clothing—they are cared for,
as cattle are. There is a complete
ness in such a system.
'Bui among omselves we treat wo
men as cattle, without providing for
.them as cattle. We take the worst
-part of barbarism, and the worst parti,
of civilization, and work them into a
heterogeneous whol'. We bring up
our women to be dependent, and then
leave them without any one to depend
on. There is no one, there is nothing
for them to lean upon,, and they fail to
the groun I. Now. w hat every woman
no less th in every man, should have
to depend upon, is an ability, after
some fashion or other, t> turn labor in
to money. She may or may not be
compelled to exercise it, b.ut every ono
ought to possess it. If she belong to
the richer classes, she may have to ex
ercise it: if to the poorer, she assured
ly will.’
A White Black-Bird —Among
iho flicks of black-birds that every
morning make their rendezvous upon
the levee, gatherering up the waste
grain and sending forth their notes of
doubtful melody, has recently been ob
served a beaut'ful snow-whtie bird of
the same species, who mingles in the
company of ils ebony companions ap
parently unconscious of any distinction
of color. The fact of so close a rela
tionship existing in nature between the
white and black is a ‘strong point,’
which Abolitionists will do well to note,
Tne birds makes its home in the trees
of'Wiber's garden, and when assem
bled with bis companions in council,
presents a contrast of color tbat at
once singl'-s him out as a rara avis,
who seems an ambassador of Nature,
whose mi re presence iu the company
in which he is found, would seem to
question the infallibility of the old
adage, that ‘birds of a feather flock to
gether.’— Sloclon Argus.
A Problem. —If twenty-seven jnoh
es of snow gives three inches of water,
how much milk will a cow give wheq
fed on ruta-baga turnips ? Multiply
the flakes of snow by the hair on the
cows tail ; then divide the product by
a turnip ; add a pound of chalk, and
the sum will bo the answer.
The Way of the World.—First
Bov—‘Say I]■]!. then you ate getting
a dollar a week now ?’
Second Boy—‘Well, yon might a
knew that by soein’ all the fellers come
soapin’ around me, that wouldn’t a
noticed me when I was poor.’
Very pretty and philosophical is the
following from the Chicago Journal:
‘lf a man die, shall he live again ?*
And once a vear have daisies answer
ed it, and ‘Spring’s little infant’ giv
ing its fragrant testimony ; and every
day the morning testified, and yet the
world is murmuring still —‘If a man
die, shall he live again ?’
A Farmer was once asked what in
ference he could draw from the text
in Job, ‘And the wild asses snuffed up
the wind.’ ‘Wei!,’ he replied, ‘the
only inference that I can draw is this,
that it would be a long lime before
they would grow fit upon it.’
A voter, deficient in personal beau
ty, said to Shend ;n, ‘I mean to with
draw my countenance from you.’ ‘Ma
ny thanks for the favor,’ replied the
candidate, ‘for it is the ugliest mug {
ever saw.’
A Tradition of the Akars —King
Nimrod one day eommanded his three
sons to enter his presence, and he
caused to be placled before them by his
slaves three sealed urns. One of the
urns was of gold, the second of amber,
and the last of clay. The king desir
ed bis eldest son to choose among them
tbit whio'i appeared to contun the
treasure of greatest price. The eldest
chose the vase of gold, on which was
written ‘F.ippire-’ He opened it and
found it full of blood. The second
chose the amber vase, on which was
written ‘Glory,’ Ho opened it and
found *t filled with the ashes of men
who ha I been famous on earth- The
thiid took the remaining vase—that of
clay He opened it and found it emp
ty ; but in the bottom of the vase the
potter hud written one of the names of
God. ‘Which ef these vases weighs
most ?’ demanded the king of his court.
The ambitious replied, the vase ofgold ;
the conquerors, the vase of amber ; the
sages answered and said, ‘The mpty
vase, because a single lot tor in the
name of God weighs more than the en
tire globe.’
The Star Spangler Hanner..---
Through some accident the halliards
of the liberty po)e on Portsmouth
Squ ire h-d got and. were it
not for the daring of a sajor named
John Green- Ute of the ship. ‘Star of
Hope,* the Amcnricao flag woule not
have floated there on the glorious
Fourth- He cliracd the tapering mast,
and repaired all damage, thus meriting
the warmest thanks of our citizens.
For this during service, he was reward,
with a purse made up on the spot, eon
; taming s2l. During the day a sub
scription w.is set on fool, and $23 was
soon, collected and appropriated to the
purchase of a new flag. — Wide West.
Chance or Venue. —The case of Sutler
for the murder of MoSt in Dowmeville, baa
been transferred to Nevada. The case is so
well known in Sierra county, tbat it was
impossible to obtain a jury to try hit case,
hence the change of venue