Posted on 07/13/2020 6:35:22 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
SAN FRANCISCO, Monday, June 20, 1860. We heard on Monday of the failure of two houses in Marysville -- WM. HAWLEY & CO., and SCOTT, VANTINE & CO. They, jointly, were indebted to R.E. BREWSTER & CO., of this city, some $40,000. Yesterday, rumors were around all the morning, that this extensive house had failed. At 2 o'clock it came out that they had confessed judgment for $104,921, and that they acknowledged their liabilities to be $300,000. Some said it was Washoe that did it; others said it was the blight of the shadow of the old "Attachment Law," which was revived by the late stupid and how happily dead Legislature, and which, goes into effect on the 28th. And those who began to curse the "Attachment Revival," said this was only the beginning of trouble; that every shaky house in town would be running up to Court to confess judgment, and after that a long procession of insolvents. I asked one what was the nature of this outrageous act, which nobody had found out until since Sunday. "Suppose you owe me $20," said he; "I see you go your pile on a splendid chance for doubling your money in a week, and while you're short, I pop in with a demand for payment; you tell me you can't do it till next day, and that afternoon I can make the Sheriff peel the coat off your back, and sell every tool in your shop. That's the Attachment Law -- a little overdrawn, perhaps -- but it's catamout to that."
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As I was reading that I looked at the dollar amounts and the wording and checked the date of the article because it looked like something someone might have written a century ago.
And then I scrolled down. :)
Kinda wish poster would start off with the date.
The date is in the title. Hard to start off any earlier than that.
It is always interesting to read local history and to understand how critically important my backyard was at the time. Plum Valley is a place I’ve been meaning to visit, especially after enjoying the over the top bloody Mary’s in Camptonville. And some of the events described in Marysville still color events to this day, most especially with the latest mandated closures due to COVID.
Exploring Timbuctoo with a local historian was a great experience, and I regret not taking more pictures that day, since much of it collapsed during heavy rains the following winter.
Happy almost-10-year Freeperversary, btw.
Airborne panic? No worries....we’re all supposed to be wearing masks.
I feel the same about the area I lived for many years - south Fresno County. There is a nice little town called Visalia, just across the Tulare County line. (Now it is in Devin Nunes’s district.) Today it is an unremarkable farming community, but in mid-1860 it was an important stop on the Butterfield stagecoach line to the east.
Hi.
I met Cassius Clay in downtown Miami circa 1964 at the gym off 5th? I believe Angelo Dundee owned the facility.
He used to give speeches too, during sparing sessions. Said he was gonna whip Sonny Liston. I thought he was full of sh!t.
I won $20.
5.56mm
I wonder if Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali had anything in common with his namesake besides the name.
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