San Mateo County Gazette Redwood City, San Mateo County, California Saturday Morning, August 10, 1861, Vol. 3 No. 19 NOTARIAL - The Governor has appointed John JOHNSTON, Esq., our able Justice of the Peace at Spanishtown, a Notary Public. This is an appointment well worthy to be made. REPUCLICAN CONVENTION - Curtis BAIRD, Esq., was appointed Chairman, and D.W. HELMES, Secretary, Stephen TILTON, B.J. WHITTIER and Joshua LEAVITT, were proposed as candidates for assembly, and on the second ballot Mr. TILTON received the nomination. It was resolved not to nominate for local offices. Messrs. B.F. FOX, A.F. GREEN and Rufus MURPHY were appointed delegates to the Senatorial Convention and Charles LIVINGSTON named as the first choice of the convention for Senator. WILLIAM A. CLARK The business and location of the People's Candidate for Tax Collector has perhaps given him a more extended personal acquaintance than many of the candidates on the ticket, and wherever he is known his personal popularity is unbounded. This popularity is well deserved. He is a young man of unblemished reputation and of good business habits. Not only is his reputation good wherever known in California, but it also good elsewhere. William A. CLARK has received high endorsements of character from his former neighbors in Illinois. SOLOMON SNYDER This is the name of the People's Nominee for Assessor. Our people have never appeared to fully realize the importance of this office. The validity of the entire assessment of the County - the legality of her taxes, and the ability to collect the whole or any portion of them, all depend upon the regularity of the acts of this one man. Mr. Snyder is not a politician, but a working man - not one of those whose trade it is to make officers, but one of that class who fill an official position, when by accident they are placed in one, with credit to themselves, and fidelity to their constituency. He has not sought this position, but the people have sought him for it. He has long been a resident of the Redwoods in this County, and has ever earned his bread by the sweat of his brow. Though the circle of his personal acquaintance is limited, his reputation is wide spread, and favorable. THEIR HOPE HAS FLED ..Let him look at the ticket. It is for District Attorney, D.J. MURPHY of San Francisco; Sheriff, J.D. HAVENS, of Redwood City; Treasurer, W.C. CROOK, of Redwood City; Collector, John AMES, of Redwood City; Assessor, J.J. HILL of Woodside, 3d Township; Surveyor, A.S. EASTON (People's candidate) of the Sand Hills; Public Administrator D.W. ALDRICH, of Redwood City; and Coroner, W.D. Church, an innocent gentleman on top of the mountain. They have some hopes of electing their Supervisor from the Second Township - J. P. AMES. The others don't stand a ghost of a chance. They are - First Township, James BYRNES, Third Township, W.C.R. SMITH. Patent Notice Notice is hereby given that on Monday the Nineteenth day of August 1861, at ten o'clock A. M. or as soon thereafter as Counsel can be heard, at the Court-room in Redwood City in the County of San Mateo, a Patent issued by the Government of the United States of American to MARIA CONCEPCION VALENCIA RODERIQUES for a portion of the Rancho known as the San Gregoria, which Rancho lies partly in the County of San Mateo and partly in the County of Santa Cruz, will be presented to the Hon. The District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District for its inspection and approval as a genuine instrument. B.G. Lathrop, Clerk Dated August 10, 1861 Patent Notice Notice is hereby given that on Monday the Nineteenth day of August 1861, at ten o'clock A. M. or as soon thereafter as Counsel can be heard, at the Court-room in Redwood City in the County of San Mateo, a Patent issued by the Government of the United States of American to SALVATOR CASTRO for a portion of the Rancho known as the San Gregoria, which Rancho lies partly in the County of San Mateo and partly in the County of Santa Cruz, will be presented to the Hon. The District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District for its inspection and approval as a genuine instrument. B.G. Lathrop, Clerk Dated August 10, 1861 Patent Notice All persons are hereby notified that the Patent issued by the Governor of the State of California for 198 24-100 acres of Marsh Land, in Township 5, South Range 3, West will be exhibited before the 12th District Court, in San Mateo County, at the Courthouse in Redwood City, on Monday, the 19th day of August, 1861, for the purpose of obtaining an order of said Court as to its being genuine document. WILLIAM HOLDER Redwood City, August 10th, 1861 Patent Notice All persons are hereby notified that the Patent issued by the Governor of the State of California for 229 acres of Marsh Land, in Township 5, South Range 3, West will be exhibited before the 12th District Court, in San Mateo County, at the Courthouse in Redwood City, on Monday, the 19th day of August, 1861, for the purpose of obtaining an order of said Court as to its being genuine document. W.C.R. SMITH Redwood City, August 10th, 1861 Declaration as Sole Trader Be it remembered that I, MARIAM W. RAND, wife of Joseph RAND, of the said County of San Mateo, desiring to avail myself of the Benefit of the Act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled "An Act to authorize married women to carry on and transact business in their own names, as sole traders," approved April 12th,1852 and of the several acts amendatory thereof, do herby make known publish and declare that I am a married woman the wife of Joseph Rand aforesaid that from and after this date, to wit: August 9th, 1861, I intend to carry on business in my own name and upon my own account as a Sole trader, said business to consists in keeping a hotel, raising stock and a general dairy business to be kept and carried on in the said County of San Mateo. And I further declare that the amount of capital invested by me in said business not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. Witness my hand and seal, this Ninth day of August 1861. MARIAM W. RAND State of California, County of San Mateo I, B.G. LATHROP, County Recorder of the County of San Mateo do hereby certify that Mariam W. Rand, well known to me to be the person named in the foregoing declaration freely and voluntarily made published and declared signed said deed before me on the day and year thereon named. Witness my hand and official seal this 9th day of August 1861. B.G. LATHROP County Recorder ASSEMBLY. - The candidates for Assembly are now both before the people. The Republicans have placed in nomination, STEPHEN TILTON, one of the patriarchs of the party, and a man of whom, if elected, the county need not be ashamed. He is at present one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Sessions, and as such is probably known to most of our readers. We do not think that he would be an ardent worker in a political canvass, but in the Legislative Halls, his good practical sense, sound judgment and strict integrity of purpose, would be a guaranty that the interests of his constituency would not be neglected, not their wishes set at naught. A.T. SWART, the Democratic candidate we have noticed elsewhere. He is a much younger man, and will be more active in the canvass or at the capital, than the judge can be. Whether he is more worthy of confidence, we leave for the people themselves to judge. The nomination of A.T. SWART by the Democratic Convention on Tuesday last, is one of the strongest indications we have seen, that the power of the Highlanders is fading away. Although a Democrat, Mr. SWART has never been one of the Highland clan, but has been in open hostility to them. His name is one that will give character to any ticket, and it was placed at the head of this one to give character to the faction who nominated it. OUR COUNTY The County of San Mateo has hitherto been the most fortunate County in the State. She sprang into existence in the most trying times which California has ever seen - fraud and dripping corruption gathered around her cradle at the period of her birth; stuffed ballot boxes and forged election returns were brought into requisition to fill her offices with shoulder strikers, rowdies and gamblers, but thanks to a firm and fearless administration of justice, these vipers were driven from the doors of her offices, and a set of officials were place to watch over her infancy who well faithfully executed the high trust reposed in them. VERDICT IN THE BONNEY CASE. - The jury on July 27th, in the BONNEY case, at San Leandro, returned a verdict of guilt of murder in the first degree. The trial of BONNEY for the murder of HIRSCH has been one of the most remarkable in the annals of crime in the United States. Had it not been for the indefatigable exertions, industry and fixedness of purpose of Dr. BURKE, Chief of Police of San Francisco, and officers LEES, JOHNSON, BOVEE, CHAPPELLE, and others of the police force, the mystery of this foul murder would never have been discovered. The cause of justice owes much to their efforts, although the locale of the deed was in an adjoining county. The attorneys for the defence adopted a peculiar line of denunciation to shake the belief of the jury in the testimony of the police, and did not avail themselves of every technical chance to invalidate their statements, but it seems unavailingly. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE ! The undersigned offers for sale lots Nos. 5 and 8 Block 2, Range B in Redwood City, together with all the improvements thereon, consisting of TWO FRAME DWELLINGS, stable and barn, etc. The Dwellings are substantially built, and well furnished throughout. The Cottage is one the neatest and most comfortable residences in Redwood City. This property is in every respect the most desirable now for sale in the town. Apply to: WM. GODFREY August 3d, 1861, Redwood City To see other old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com <http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/>