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Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
Douglas Jon his Birth PInoe and his Dc

gree OF Il. L.. ID.
Mr.. Lincoln tries to get over his abolition
sn by telling you he was ryised little east
OF here, laughter over beyond the Wabash in
Indiana, and he thinks that it makes a nigh
ty good man of him, and very sound on all
these questions, because he was raised in In
diana. do not know that the place where
man was born or raised has much to do
with his political principles The worst Alb.
otionists | have ever known in Illinois were
men who had sold their slaves in Alabama
or Kentucky, and became Abolitonists while
spending the money received for the slaves.
don't know that an Abolitionist from Ken
lucky or Indiana ought to have more credit
because he was born and raised among slave
holders. l don't know thata native of Ken.
lucky who was raised among slaves, and
whose father and mother were nursed bv
slaves is any more excusable when he comes
to Illinois and turns Abolitionist, to slander
the grave of his father and the institutions
under which he was born, and where his
father and mother lived. True, | was not
born out West here. | was born in the val
leys of the Green Mountains, with the high
mountains all around; and | love the old
hills and the green valleys where | was born
and where played in my childhood | came
away TO this State, and went back for the
first time for twenty years, and they treated
me kindly and Hospitality There was the
commencement of the College; they invited
me on the platform and conferred on me the
title of L. L. d., they same as they did on
Cd General Jackson when he went to a Col.
lege commencement. When they had given
my degree, they read it to me in Latin, and
give you my honor that | understood lust
as much of that Latin as Old Hickory did
Laughter Whea they got through that,
they called for speech from me, and while
my heart was swelling with gratitude aud
emotion as looked out on the mountains and
valleys, told my friends that Vermont was
the most glorious spot on the face of the
earth to be born in, provided one emigrates
when he is very young. Roars of laughter. !
l did, when | was very young. | came here
when was boy, and found that my mind
was liberalized and my opinions enlarged as
got on these wide and expansive prairies,
where only the heavens bound your vision,
instead of having them bounded by the lit
tie narrow valley where | was born, and |
discarded all those filings at the land where Il
man was born. | wish to be Judged by my
principles, by those great principles upon
which the peace, safety and prosperity of this
Government now rest. - From DouqLaS'
SPeech "doo0n IN Egypt
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

LOVE AND SEDUCTION IN HIGH LIFE.-The
New York Tribune of October llth Goa
tains the following case of love, seduction
and desertion:
A wealthy leather merchant of Williams
burgh, named James Flora, late of the firm
of Flora & Fenwick who does business in the
swamp, and has a branch establishment in
Manchester, England, was engaged to be
married to beautiful young lady of Viii
liamsburgh, but on the eve of the wedding
suddenly disappeared. The merchant is a
man about forty years of age, q widower,
and the father of five children. The young
lady is an orphan. She belongs to one of
the first families in Williamsburgh, and was
in every way a most eligible match. In ad
dition to her personal attractions, she is said
to be a most accomplished lady, and the
heiress to a considerable fortune She is the
junior of the gentleman to whom she was to
be united by some fifteen years
Mr. Flora lost his wife at the South some
time ago, and has since lived in Williams
burgh. OF late he has devoted himself to the
young lady referred to, and the wedding day
had been fixed. In an unguarded moment
her love over came her discretion AS is
too often the case under such circumstances,
his affection then abated, and, upon various
pretexts, he postponed the day fixed for their
marriage. At length, to bring matters to a
crisis the lady's brothers, one of whom is a
wealthy contractor of Brooklyn, and the
other large farmer in Pennsylvania, had an
interview with the gentleman in the early
part of last week, and told him that if he did
not fulfil his promise they would take sum
mary vengeance upon him. A second inter
view was had last Tuesday, at which the
lady was present. The merchant then fixed
upon Friday evening foa the celebration of
the nuptials. The wedding-d dress was er-
pared, the guests invited, and every prepara-
ton made for the ceremony. Friday eve
ming came, the guests were present, the
bride and her maids arrayed, and the cler-
gyman in waiting; but the bridegroom came
not. Saturday the brothers, accompanied
by the sister, waited upon the Mayor, and a
warrant for the merchants arrest was issued.
1t was supposed that he whould leave for
England in the steamer City of Washington,
and officer Hillard, armed with the warrant
and accompanied by the brothers, boarded
that vessel as she put into the stream, and
accompanied her to Sandy Hook. Captain
Petre afforded them every opportunity of
prosecuting their search, mastering all the
passengers on deck but the missing man
was not on board. lie had, however, ship
ped 80 tons of leather by the vessel, and
from subsequent information it is believed
that he sailed for Europe in the Cunard
steamer from Boston, last Wednesday. One
of the brothers will follow him in the Cunar-
der from this port next Wednesday, if it
should prove that he has gone to Europe
To. day, efforts will be made by the police
and Justice Welsh to ascertain where he has
gone. The young lady's brothers are resolv-
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

SHELDoN's JEwELRY RECovERED-ARREsT OF
THE TmEvEs.-The police have been active
i'll ferreting ont the perpetrators of the rob
berry Of Sheldon's Gift Jewelry, under the
Forest Theater, on last Sunday evening. and
have so far succeeded as to recover the whole
of the property, and to arrest no less than
nine well known thieves, supposed to have
been connected Herewith 1t is not deemed
advisable, at this time, to give the particu
lars as the statement might thwart other op-
erations. 1t may be mentioned, however.
that other articles of value were recovered at
the same time, including the gold watch which
was taken ut the muzzle of a pistol, one
night few weeks since, from Winters, at the
corner of L and Second streets. One of the
parties arrested made desperate resistance
under the following circumstances: Captain
Watson, late Captain of the Prison Brig,
discovered him about noon, yesterday, stand
ing in front of the United States Hotel, Cd
posite the Public Square, and advancing.
told him he wanted him; the prisoner IAN
old State Prison convict named Pacing Bill, >
Gently pardoned by Gov. Weler,) mmedi
ately shot at the Captain, and then retreated
up street, and entered the hardware store
of Marvin & Sewall, few doors above.
Watson shooting at him meantime. "Bin'
re appeared, and again shot at Watson, who
jumped into the fruit store of J. J. Leving-
son, two doors below "Bill" then retreated
up street, and, being followed by Watson,
again turned and attempted to shoot, but the
cap merely exploded. lie then ran around
upon Tenth street, and being hard pressed
both by Watson and Mr.. Kimball, a neigh
bor who appeared to the assistance of the
former with double barrelled gun, made a
| stand at the corner of the alley between X
and l. streets, where his arm was arrested
and the pistol taken from him by exofficer
Depue. He was then secured, put into 6
wagon, and brought to the Station House
The first ball shot by Watson narrowly es
capped Mr.. Marvin, who had his foot upon 9
box on which the articles were placed pass
ing through two tin spittoons, a tin pail, tir
pan, and an oil can, and was picked up sub
sequently by lady, on the sidewalk in front
of the store. The ball discharged by "BnP
passed sufficiently close to Mrs Livingston
who was standing in front of the store, tc
| frighten her sensibly and create a general
supposition that she had been shot. Fortu
tunately, no other damage was done than
above related. Our citizens are to be con
graduated that such an extensive inroad
has been made upon the thieving corps that
seemed to be in possession of the city. We
hope that the police will continue on the
alert and push their investigations to the ex.
treme limit in the detection and arrest of the
entire fraternity.-Sac, Union, yesterday
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

ALMADEN MINE REPoRT.--This document
IRON Special Commissioner IL l. Thornton
In relation to the New Almaden Quicksilver
mine, Is entirely too lengthy, says the Times,
Tor publication. The Telegram gives the pith
oil the report, as follows: "The rancho has
TWO leagues of uncultivated land, very little
TIMBER and enclosed by wire and post fence
Ahe mine and reduction works are in good
order and to preserve the former from dam
ase nc recommends the pump to be kept go
ing ana an engineer and five other men en-
Pioyed Tor preserving the mine from damage
Ahere were fifteen hundred tons of excavated
ore containing eighteen per cent. melal, and
tli'een thousand, six hundred and seventy
hVe pounds of quicksilver in store Also
TWO hundred thousand metal adobes under
No'er at the hacienda, and over two hundred
thousand bricks in the kiln, burned and ready
lor use If the floor of the condensers in fur
mace were cleansed out, from twenty-five to
'nlrty fasks, or from eighteen hundred and
SeVenty-hve pounds to twenty-five hundred
ana nifty pounds of quicksilver could be OBJ
'ained. The mine has been skillfully worked
ana well secured from caving Water flows
i"'o the works at the rate of twenty gallons
per minute, or twenty-eight thousand and
eight hundred gallons per day of twenty -four
hours' The action of the Court on the re-
port has been deferred, in order to afford the
parties in the suit time for an arrangement
iOr The working of the mine by defendants,
under bonds
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

AGGREGATE OF VICE AND VIRruE.-It is
misanthropicOl arrangement that causes men
to speak through the public journals and
say; ""Oh see here the aggregate of vice
in societyis greater than the aggregate of
virtue!" When the journalist permits him
self to pursue such an idea until it becomes
an ever-harnessed hobby, he is depriving
himself of pleasant moments of thought do
ing nothing for virtue and making everything
appear sour and dark; whereas there is light,
and sweetness, and beauty, and enough TO
delight the view whithersoever he NAV turn
1t is well to denounce wrong, but in doing
it viciously there is no merit The corrun
ton of party and the dishonesty of dema-
gogues are more worthy of condemnation
than society. The one may be kept in a 20
sition where policy dictates at least semi
morality, but the other cannot be purified
and preserved cleanly by the assertion that
chastity has gone away, and that all kinds of
wickedness prevail.-Sierra Citizen
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
Man Shot near slippery Ford.

PLACERvILLE Nov. 9th.
This morning a man came down from the
Wagon Road after DR.. Clark, and stated that
a person known as "Big John" had been shot
three times through the body last night, at a
point below Slippery Ford, by some unknown
party My informant did not mention names,
but said that certain parties are suspected,
and that the shots were probably intended
for an other person. Dr. Clark went out this
morning, and has not yet returned
nemed W. il. H. Lamb, died of typhoid fe-
yer, and today his remains were inferred by
the Sons of Temperance. The neighboring
Divisions of Cold Springs and Diamond
Springs were well represented, and the pro.
cession was the largess ever witnessed in
this county, Union tei
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

ANTICS OF A CRAzY MAN.--We gave last
week, says the Nevada Democrat of yester
day, an account of the arrest of a man named
Chandler, on charge of insanity. During
his confinement, the physicians could discov-
er no evidences of insanity and he was dis.
charged, on the promise that he would go to
Omega where his friends reside On Satur-
day evening, however, while the theatrical
company were giving their performance, he
made his way upon the stage, having his
face blaeked and darE-lantern in his hand.
He was arrested and lodged in the calaboose.
1t was supposed that his object was to rob
the company, but as this was thought to be
pretty good evidence of insanity he was dis
charged on Monday morning. In the after
noon of the same day, he climbed up into
the fume that extends over Cayotevile
which is about seventy-iive feet in height
and amused himself for some time in dancing
in the hume-boXes. About IL o'clock Mon
day night, he was discovered by policeman
McFadden exercising on the school gymna
stun, when he was again taken into custody
Tuesday morning he was discharged, and
started off on a run toward Hunts Hill The
man is undoubtedly insane, and should either
be taken care of by his friends or sent to the
Asylum. He is said to beperfeetly harmless
but is likely to get into difficulty where he
Is not known.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
n5g- On last Saturday a man named Pe

Wy- On last Saturday, man named Peter
Smith, in the employ of G.. p. Loucks, aeci-
IDENTIFY shot himself in the right arm, tearing
and bruising the arteries very badly. The
cause of the accident was as follows: There
are considerable quantities of wild duck and
geese at present in the immediate vicinity OF
Loucks warehouse, and Mr. Smith, seeing a
large flock alght within shooting distance,
went on board one of the sloops and got a
gun for the purpose of shooting some Of the
game As he was coming off the vessel, an
other person IA strangely asked him for a
drink of water, when Smith, quickly laying
down the gun to get him one, the trigger
came in contact with the deck, and the gun
went Off Smith receiving the whole charge
in his right arm Mr.. Smith has gone to San
Francisco to be surgically attended to-
Contra Costa Gazette.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
To Dru ,gists, physicians aud TRADERS.

To Dru ygists, Physicians and Traders.
The Subscriber respectfully invites the attention of
Druggists and Country Dealers t, his large and well
selected stock of DRCGs, MEDICINES, &C., which he is
preparedto supply at tthelowestmarket prices.
My long experience in the business affords guar
antee that all orders entrusted me will be executed
on the most favorable terms, and by puttingup my
goods in the bestmanner careful packing and prompt
ness in forwarding, trust not only to give sasfac
tioni but to oIrr inducements to purchasers unsur
passed by any other house. ST. WATTS,
Importer and Wholesale Druggist,
First street, Marysville.
For sale by 4. f. SPENCE
je5tf Druggist, 32 Main street Nevada.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
TAIL SLUIcEs.-In spite of the thoroughly
careful and sYstematic manner in which hY

TAIL SLUICEs.-ln spite of the thoroughly
careful and systematic manner in which by
draulic mining is pursued in this vicinity--in
spite of the great length of sluice boxes EN-.
ployed, amounting to many hundreds of feet
and the use of quicksilver, and all the ingen-
ious appliances for arresting the precious
metal sucL as false bottoms of wooden or
granite blocks, and the many kinds of rifles
though the latter are mostly discarded
nova large portin Of the gold ciH escape,
going to the enrichment of ravine and river
channels. 1t is asserted by some that at least
cne half tbs gold originally contained in the
earth is lost to the parties who do the first
washing. Whether this be correct or not,
the amount which escapes is really very
great There are many reasons for this loss.
the principal one of which ais the conceded
impossbility of saving all the gold even un-
der the most favorable circumstances, by rea
son of the extreme Hghtness ofemuch of it
The loss is greater in the diggings surround
ing San Juan than it would otherwise be on
account of the stone like hardness of some OF
the earth, which rattles in Jumps along the
sluices, and passes off, a great deal of it, un-
dissolved, with all its auriferous PARTICLES
Strata of pipe clay are also found and the
pieces Of this, as they roll along are supposed
| to pick up gold and steal off with it. To re
move these causes of loss as much as possible
the miners long ago concluded the best plan
was to have a great length of sluice it being
reasonably supposed that the more friction
and soaking the difficulty soluble earth was
subjected to the less of it would scape unds
solved. But at the end of the longest sluices
the talings, as the washed gravel and dirt
are called after they leave the boxes, are
found to contain gold in considerable quanti-
ties These tailings accumulate in ravines
and hOllows, and on hill sides in deep banks
though the largest portions find their way to
the river channels, and go down to impede
the navigation of the Yuba. Where the ma
! ture of the ground admits of it they are con.
Quoted through another and longer set OF
sluices, which are generally laid in sections
each section being lower by many feet than
the preceding one, thus Occasoning a sue
cession of falls plunging down which the
stubborn cement is crumbled in a great de-
gree and made to yield its treasures. Some
times it Stacks" on exposure to the air, and
when reconducted into boxes dissolves read
lily. This re-washing of escaped dirt consti
tutes what is termed tail-sluicing, and has
become a very important branch of mining
in this vicinity. The tailings are thus col.
lected and submitted to a second washing
sometimes by those from whose claims they
ran but more frequently and Systematically
by other parties who purchase the right to
them either for given period or in perpetu-
| ity.-HydrduLic Press.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

e3 Let false delicacy prevent you from consult
ing DR.. CHAs, H. TozER, of Sacramento, who has at
tended and cured many within the last four years ;
and all you who have to pay, can find in
him friend who will make no charges for examina-
tons advice We would recommend all who are in
trouble to call on him and also to look over his rea-
se OH venercal in another part of this paper. The
Doctors office is Sixth street, between ] and X,
Sacramento. nov4-yr
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

ed to follow him to the end of the world, if
necessary, and bring him back to wed their
sister OF make terrible example of him for
his crimes.
Flora was U. S. Consul, at Manchester
England, during the administration of Van
Buren aud Polk but was displaced by Gen.
Taylor
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
IIOIlOyvay's Oint

HOIlOwHy's Ointment and PIlIs.-The first
OF these peerless remedies eradicates all diseases Of
the skin, fesh MUSCLES glands and sinews, while the
Pills relieve every disorder of the stomach and bow
els. Sold so Maiden Lane, NY.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
TO Druggists, Physicians and
Traders.

Traders.
The undersigned, Importers and Wholesale Drug
gists, keep constantly hand the largest and most
extensive assortment of Goods, in their line to be
found n California, which they offer to the trade at
the very lowest market prices. They are also Sole
Agents, for the Northern District of California for the
following Patent Medicines:
Sands SnrsdpariId,
ayers Cherry PectordI,
G~ysOtt's YelIooO Dock and SrrsdpariUa,
Ayers CIthdrtie Pills,
Perry Ddois' Pain Killer,
Graegenbwrg Co.'S Family Medicines
Woods OLioe Pect0rdL,
DR.. GiddiRgs Fan,iIy Medicines,
LdurdR's So1idifed cod Lioer oil,
WiL5Or's Cod Liner oil and Lime,
Roman Eye BttlSdm,
ChaidR AgHe PuLs dc.
All articles purchased from them guaranteed Of the
bestquaty and purchases for distant points care
fully packed, and promptly forwarded.
RICE COFFIN & CO.,
aug2l-tf 27 and 20 street, Marysville
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
Sperial Dotites.

Board of Delegates.-The Regular meeting
of the Board of Delegates of the Marysvile Fire De-
partment, will be held at the City Hall, on TUESDAY
EVENING, November 9th, at ~ o'clock.
P.J. J0CELYN, Secretary Ed.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

Vss A party went out from San Francisco
70 Angel Island and caught 116 pounds of
rock cod The fish bit so fast, they couldn't
SINK the bait to the bottom,
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11
Daily National democrat.

REcoRDER's CoURT, YEsTERDAY.-Mr. Han
pers-Imprisonment remitted, fine of 500
paid.
All Ping, charged with petit larceny, dis.
charged Hard swearing on both sides, but
amount of evidence for defendant prepon.
derated. The celestial has gone to his wash.
inc. Cinnamon never steal.
Mexican arraigned fo~ cutting another
ones ear of. A scaly old greaser gave evi-
dence-saw devil of fight IN the dark,
lint couldn't tell rho cut or who didn't cut
He saw several parties go into defendants
room. and defendant drew his sword and
told them to stay out. A fight then begun,
which terminated in the defendants throwing
n couple of his antagonists down stairs, and
If was then ascertained that one had his ear
cut off.
Capt Cook testified that he went to the
house and found defendant lying between
some aparejos, with his sword by him, pre-
tending to be asleep.
Dr. Teed testified as to how the wound
must have been inflicted
Defendant held to answer in $4,000 for
mayhem.
STEVENSON FOR KEEPING GAMBLING
HousE-Spaniole examined as witness
Testified that Stevenson kept bar and bill.
lard saloon known as the Orleans House, on
C street, opposite the Shades; that monte
bank had been kept there from the time that
he (SpaniOle) got back from Fraser river, a
few days, until the bank was robbed didn't
know whether Stevenson was proprietor or
not; he (Spaniole) used to go in and come
out in the night; monte game was kept in
back room; door was not locked, but .gener
ally pushed to; saw generally two persons
there-they were not betting; has seen bet
ting going on.
Bennett sworn: Don't know whether Ste
yenson isproprietor Of the Orleans House or
not; Stevenson has generally been recog-
nized as the proprietor; there has been bet
ting going ON in the House.
Vandyke Sworn: Stevenson has always
paid license for the Orleans House Steven
sons brother seemed to be as active about
the house as himself
Conaor Swoyn: Testified that Stevenson
always paid license.
Spaaiole recalled: Don't recolect of ever
seeing Stevenson present when gambling was
going on; don't know whether Stevenson
knew that pan,hlin.r was roin0 IN
Case continued till this morning.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

Citizens Steam Navigation Company.
dividend of two per cent. has been declared by
the Trustees Of this Company payable on and after
the 2Sth inst.
Marysville, October 26, 1858.
oc2S-t0d HORACE BEACH sec,v
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

Vas A rude fellow was found guilty, on
monday, of jostling ladies in the street at
0an Francisco, and fined $3.50.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-11

DsGRAoEFUL PRooEEDINGs.-The several
charges against Kate Bennett and Ellen
Pearl were heard Monday, says the S. F.
Times, in the police court The two women,
accompanied by man named George Rey-
nolds, baker on jackson street, went to the
saloon of Maria Brooks on California street
and after drinking with her the women com
menced quarrel, grabbed Mrs Brooks and
threw her on the sofa. The man Reynolds
interfered, dragged of one of the women,
when the other was thrust out of the door
by Mrs Brooks In the melee gold watch
and chain was taken from Mrs B. and thrown
with violence on the floor, and pistol wa:
drawn 10y Kate, but taken away from her by
George Ellen returned to the attack, threw
stones into the house, broke about dozen
Panes Of glass with her fist, and overturned
and smashed up the bottles and tumblers in
the saloon, doing damage to the value OF
5000 They We're convicted of the charge.