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Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

ANOTHER DEAD SEA.-A writer in the
Union Democrat gives very interesting de.
scfiption of Mono Lake, which has recently
engrossed public attention, from the fact of
the discovery of deposits of gold in the neigh.
borhood. He says:
Mono Lake is more literally dead sea"
than the sea of Sodom According to DIR.
Clark, that "sea swarms with fishes. and
shells abound on its shores" Mono Lake
has neither. The extreme length and breadth
OF the Dead Sea, according to Merritt, are 75
Oy 10 miles, giving superficial area of 600
square miles. Whereas, Mono Lake contains
675 square miles. The river JORDAN and
Arnon, and the brook Kidron, besides MANY
rlvulets. empty into the Dead Sea. Into
Mono Lake, McLanes river falls from the
south, and three large brooks or creeks fall
into it from the west besides numerous rivu.
lets and springs all around its borders. But
this lake not only responds to the Greek
epithet monoS as being "alone solitary, de-
serted, forsaken," but it also answers to the
same adjective as explained in the Spanish as
being pretty, nice, neat" The lake takes
as many shapes as the points differ from
which you view it. From the west side
oDOub bSu illSS slTOIl lIS northern limit, 1t
appears like beautiful crescent, its horns
eurving delicately around you on the right
and left. From the north it appears to be
nearly circular, like the full moon, the islands
in its waters strikingly representing the
clouded spots on that planet. From the east
1t appears to have no particular shape. but
it stretches off irregularly among the noun
tains.
There is little or no echo around this lake.
ana indeed is difficult to understand a per.
son talking at a little distance. A dreamy,
spell'like spirit seems to pervade the atmos-
phere. The smooth, CLASSY surface of the
waters; the upheaved, disrupted, volcanic
mountains surrounding the lake. looking
down, as is were, into this abyss of their
election the illusion of vision, and the whit.
ened shores, thickly columned in many places
with vesicular lava which looks like monu-
ments erected to the mighty dead :" all con.
spire to impress the mind with the idea of a
hcticious scene, portrayed by the pencil of
an omnipotent hand.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

A CoRREsPoSDENT of the St. Louis Repub-
lican writes that the family of Jo Smith, the
Mormon prophet" still reside in Nauvoo.
No persuasions can prevail on them to re-
move to Utah. His widow has married
again, and. with iher husband, keeps the
Mansion House, the only house of entertain
ment that the city affords. The Oldest son
who bears his fathers name of "Joseph, is a
Justice of the peace, and a useful and very
respected citizen. Great inducements have
been offered him to remove to Great Salt
Lake City. but he steadily resists all such i'm
portunities.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

OK Sunday last Mexican named Filipe
Tellevea was arrested in the Catholic Church
at Stockton, charged, says the Argus, with
an assault upon Mexican woman by name
of Caomena Salceda, on the 18th of May last
by stabbing her in the head, the knife passed
down into the cheek and inflicting danger
Gus though not fatal wound. Tellevea made
his escape and has ever since succeeded in
evading arrest. although pursuit in several
OF the counties into which it was supposed
he had fled. When arrested, he was in the
most devOut attitude, and manifested but lit
tie surprise when approached by officer San.
born.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

SACRAMENTO LIBRARY.-A special meeting
of the Sacramento Library Association, was
held on Monday evening. Several import
ant amendments of the Constitution of the
Society was adopted, among which was one
constituting the President. Vice President,
Trustees and Treasurer, Board of Directors;
and an amendment reducing the initiation
fee from five dollars to two and half, and
fixing the monthly dues at seventy-five cents,
payable in advance at the Society's rooms.
Standard
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

A WONDERFUL ScoTcH DooToR-There is n
clairvoyant. or mesmerc physician, in this
city-Dr. Douglass. of Scotland, by name
who is said to possess the most astonishing
gifts. Well authenticated instances are mar
rated of his power to cure spasmodic, neu-
ralgic and paralytic affections by the sim
pie process of manipulation. In this way, it
is alleged, he has removed stubborn cases of
deafness, by few hours work has partial
ly cured blindness. has restored the use Of
paralysed limbs, and wrought other equally
astonishing results without the use of medi-
cines.-S. r. Alta.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

PAoaREss OF THE WIREs.-We learn from
the Delta, published at Visalia, that the tele
graph wires between that place and Gilroy
are being put up at the rate of one mile per
day. and are already one hundred miles be-
yond Gilroy.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

The Nevada Democrat understands that
Mr. Sherman Day. who is now engaged in
surveying railroad route from Folsom to
Auburn, offers to continue the survey and
give estimate of the cost of the road to Ne
vada for six hundred dollars The Democrat
asks that the money be raised for the survey
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

MURDER IN PErALUMA.--On the morning Of
the goth, man named James Tierney was
found dead in Petaluma, with three stabs in
his left breast. A man named Haley has
been arrested on charge of committing the
murder. He had not been examined at last
accounts.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

A GAMBLING CASE DISMISSED. In the San
Francisco Police Court, the case of Snowden
and other persons, charged with keeping
wheel of fortune" has been dismissed. on
the ground that the complaint was defective
inasmuch as it did not alege that any of the
articles placed on the wheel as prizes W ere
worth less sum than fifty cents.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

JAMES N. BRowN, Of Iberville, died a few
weeks ago, at the age Of "a, leaving an es-
tate which is vaIiOusly estimated at from
100000 to 81 100000, all accumulated in
sixteen years. from a small investment in SUI
gar planting.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

The BLOCKADE OF MEXICAN PoRTs.-The
San Francisco Herald, speaking of the block
ade of the ports of Mazatlan and San Bias.
says:
One authority gives it. that the reason for
this blockade was the Imprisonment of the
party, pa M for refusing to pay a forced Loan Of
two thousand dollars that had been imposed
upon him, and the forcble seizure of that
amount by the Liberal authorities The
other account is, that the blockade was insti-
tuted to obtain satisfaction for the imprison-
ment Of the British Consul at Topic, who had
refused to pay the duties on silver smuggled
by British shipo war;
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

A BULL AND BEAR FIGHT came off at Hughes
race track, near Grass Valley, on Saturday
last. There were between two and three
hundred persons present. The animals fought
till the spectators were satisfied, and called
to have them separated.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24
Tnr New Haven Palladium of Oct. 25th,

TIE NOW HaVeH TaIIHdIum OF OCT. z0Vni
says:
We learn that il is stated on good authoai.
ty in New Londol. that the bark Laurens,
whose seizure on suspicion Of being intended
as n SLAYER our readers will remember, haa
landed a cargo of about 600 slaves on the
Island of Cuba. The Captain and mate have
been seen in New York for three or four
days past. This intelligence comes through
passengers on the late California steamer
which touched at Havana and well informed
persons have no doubt of its substantial
truth.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

A NUMBER of young thieves, two or three
days since, enter the yard in the rear of a
liquor store in Sacramento, and stole lot of
empty bottles. which they took round to the
front of the store and sold again to the pro-
prietOr, making, in all, about 81 rs by the
operation.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

BosroN GAMBLERS DBruRBED.-A Boston
letter writer Gays that gambling establish
ment in that city was lately visited by off.
GERS with search warrant. While two of
them remained below to guard the door, the
rest mounted three flights Of stairs and as
t0nished crowd Of nearly hundred peo-
ple' who were engaged ut long table sha-
king props. They were panic struck. and a
number jumped out of the windows, but
quiet was finally restored and the officers
left. bearing as trophiesa roulette wheel and
cloth, quantity of dice, props, and chips,
and the keepers of the place. The prisoners
were conveyed to the Tombs, but were bailed
out subsequently, by their friends. The next
day they were held in $500 for trial.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

The city authorities of Boston are matu-
ring plan to unite all the horse railroads at
central station. and then taxing each car
$50 year. the income from which to form a
fund with which to widen streets for their
benefit,
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

THE PorAToE Ror.-It is pretty we'll ascer-
tained says a Philadelphia writer, that the
rot in the potato crop of this region is be
coming quite general and prices are advanc-
ing in consequence.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

WE learn from the Telegram that Captain
Burns, we'll known to the commercial and
shipping community. has chartered the
steamer Santa Cruz for the Mazatlan trade
She will leave on her first trip on the 4th
proximo.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE AT WEYMOUTH,
MAss.-At Weymouth, Oct cath, small
building near the Almshouse was burned 1t
was occupied as place of confinement for
two poor. crazy, demented persons, named
Flavius Hayden and Tirrell. who for several
years have been kept in it in cages. At
times they have been quite violent, and have
torn their clothing into shreds and thrown
it from them. 1t is supposed that they did
so on this occasion, and that the pieces lodged
upon the stove which was in the building.
and were set on fire, and this communicated
fire to the building, or that they succeeded in
so fastening them upon the stove as to pull It
over as they did once a year or two since
When the fire was discovered the building
was wholly in flames, and as no outcry was
heard from the men, they were doubtless
dead before the fire was discovered
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

RIoH MINING IN CALAvERAs.-FourM Mexi-
can miners on Steep Gulch, Calaveras coun
ty. took from their claim last week, 2s pounds
of gold. A claim near Poverty Bar yielded
during the week 80 pounds of course cold
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

Very ILL.-Mr. Jacob Chappelle. the sus-
pended officer, we are informed by Doctor
McNulty, continues quite i'll from the effects
OF severe beating which he received on
Saturday night, and which produced tenn
porary insanity. Telegram
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

ANDREW JACKSON DAVIS, the "Poughkeep-
sic Seer" has taken up his residence at Or
ange, N. J.. Mrs, Lucy Stone Blackwell, who
is resident of the same town, has just re-
turned home after an absence OF six months
at the West. Lucy has recently denied that
Mr. Douglas is her correspondent, and rather
Indignantly declared that he is not the sort of
person she should apply to for assistance in
the recovery of woman's rights.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

The hand and wrist of Coe, the balloonist.
who fell with balloon i've miles high, with.
out injury, and then fell from the tree where
his balloon lodged, and broke his wrist, have
been amputated, to save his life.-Adantie
paper
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

EIoHT FooLa-A New York paper says
that eight persons will probably start in Mr..
loves great balloon, "City of New York,
on her trial trip across the Atlantic.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24
Spetial 9utires.
SPECIAL NOTICE

Ar the Agricultural Fair Of the Northern DIstrc, n,
California, the FIRST Premium was awarded 20 n
HANSCoM for the best DAoUERRKorYPEs, AMnRorrprs
and PHOTOGRAPHS (rhe editor Of the Democrat
to the contrary Notwithstanding For proof see Lis,
Of Awards, certified by Executive Committee, and for
further proof call and see the Pictures, At n ID
Street, opposite Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'S Express OmSe.
N. B.-superior Pictures taken as cheap as at
any other room. sepISsm7
Halps psSnrSaParillE, Yellow Dock aad
Iodide Of Potaa-Admlrable as Restorative and
PURIFIER Of the BLOOD. It cleanses the system
of all morbid and impure matter; removes blotches
pimpes and scorbutic eruptlons from the skin; re.
stores vitality to and strengthens the system
For Rheumatism, Lumbago and Gout, Il Is unequAled
Sold by druggists generally 81.
X. HALL CO., Propretors,
l43 ana lt5 Clay street,
seplS-om Below Montgomery.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

KILLED.-Manuel Cardarosa, native of
Chile. was killed on Thursday last, at the
Buena Vista Diggings. Nevada county, by a
bank caving upon him.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

A MEETING will be held at Nevada on the
Sd of next month for the purpose of devising
ways and means for the construction of
road to the Washoe country.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

LAST week, Mr.. W. H. Duryea sold his in
terest in the Manzanita claims. near Nevada,
for $ll,6OO. His interest consisted of one
third Of the claims.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

IaE prOprietors of the Boston Traveller
have discontinued the publication of the
morning edition oftheir paper The Travel
Ter will aim to be family paper
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

The Pennsylvania school for feeble minded
children is ready to commence operations
1t 10 located half mile from the village of
Media.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

Ma. EoFF, the driver of Princess, lately
drove in race at Detroit, and had his horse
declared distanced for his intentional foul
driving.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24
THE FATE OF AN AMERICAN TALr.-some

oouy Tells the IollOwlng curious story:
Curtis novel. "Trumps," has been regular
ly republished from Harpers Weekly in a
London newspaper called The Welcome
Guest, but the Tribune tells MS that a few
weeks ago it became necessary that The
Welcome Guest should be discontinued, and
the main difficulty was found to be Mr.. Cur
tis' story, which could not well be left un-
finished, and which it was not considered
proper to continue in the new journal inten.
ded to succeed the expiring one. In this
dilemma, a ready writer undertook to manu-
facture a termination to order. He did so;
and, if Mr. Curtis be q sensitive man, he will
probably suffer unspeakable torture when he
sees the extraordinary manner in which the
measure of his narration has been cut off.
The style is as infelicitious as the construc-
ton is awkward. 1t suggests the fabled idea
of the mermaid-a body full of grace and
beauty, with horribly distorted tail
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

MAINE PoLIrros.-A dispatch from Bath,
Maine, October 26th. says:
Thos D. Robinson and Charles B. Stetson
were elected delegates to the Charleston Con-
vention by the District Convention at Top
sham to dav. Both are strong Douglas men,
and strong Douglas resolutions were passed.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

Posr OFFcE on TaANKseIvISG DAY.-The
post office will be open to-day from till A
HM The rest of the day will be spent in
thanksgiving.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24
A BosroN letter writer snvs .

The boys who pleaded guilty before the
Supreme Court at Worcester of having set
fire to the Reform School building at West
boro', have been sentenced to the House of
Correction for the following terms: Daniel
Creadon for three years, james Simpson for
two years and six months, John Kinney for
two years and John Quinan for two years.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

ABNER JUDKNs, native of Maine, was
drowned on the goth inst, in the San Joa-
quin river, at SlOcum's Ferry.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

Mn. ToNLrSsoS's sluices at Nevada, were
robbed lately. of about three thousand dol
lars
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

MIssING.-A youn; man named Richard
Penny, formerly employed on the steamer
Henrietta, plying between Stockton and the
Upper San Joaquin has not been heard from
for a .-Erchanqe.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

The roads between Nevada and Sacrament
to are in a miserable condition, and team
sters charge 2i cents per pound for freight,
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

OK next Sunday evening. at St. Mary's
Cathedral San Francisco, grand Grafton
will be delivered.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

MRs. L. HAMILTON HoLv, daughter of Gen
Alexander Hamilton, died recently at Wash
ington.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

AT last accounts the iron machinery mold
srs of Philadelphia were contemplating
"strike."
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

AN attempt was made to FIRE Potaluma on
the night of the goth.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

ANOTHER Arctic EXPEDITION PRoPosED. -
The Medical Times, published in England,
intmates that another expedition should be
sent out in search of any possible survivors
of the Franklin party, and regrets that the
English Government did not follow the ad-
vice of Dr. King, who, on several occasions,
proposed to go by the Great Fish River to
the Western Land of North Somerset, to seek
the missing navigators. The Medical Times
says:
Capt. McClintocks discoveries show that
Crozier and his companions Travelled from the
southern shore of King Williams Island,
which lies off the Western Land of North
Somerset, where the franklin ships were
wrecked, to Point Ogie on the Continent of
America, and thence to Montreal Island in
the estuary of the Great Fish River. Had
Dr. Kings offer been accepted, not only would
our gallant countrymen have been rescued,
but no necessity would have arisen .for the
expeditions of Ross, Richardson, Collision,
Austin, Penny, Belcher, or Kellett, at a Gov
ernmenG expense of two millions; nor for
the private expeditions under Ross, Kennedy
and McClintock or the American efforts of
De Hoven and Kane We do not mention
this in any spirit of vain regret, but to point
out that Summer land search up the Great
Fish River would be devoid of danger,
would be inexpensive, and might be sucress
ful in rescuing some of the l05 survivors, all
Of whom can scarcely have perished in a
country whore there is plenty of game.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24
Railroad Notice.
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
DU NORD,
High Street, Marysville.

FIRE PROOF BUILDING.
TWNHIS HOUSE IS situated in the center of the
n business portion of the city, and Is furnished
with all the requisites TO make II first class hotel 1t
is kept open all night, and residents Of the city
strangers from the country will be furnished with
meals to order at any hour of the day or night. An
assortment of the cholsest Wines and Liquors con-
stantly on hand.
The lodging department IS well arranged. The
rooms commodious and comfortable and large
number Of them are furnished with Spring Beds.
Board. per week .................... .......S7.
With lodging, according to room. $1O-$l2-Sl4.
single meals. ..OUcts.
Lodging per ri ght. rs, so, rs and g..
b. RICAUD,
J. SAJOUs,
oc11-my Proprietors.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

The remains Of Mr.. Mason, late Minister
te France, have arrived 1T New York,
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

A ST.. LOUIS correspondent contradicts the
story of the elopement of clergyman in
Maine with the daughter of another clergy
man. He says:
The facts are that the girl was niece Of
the clergyman, and had lived with him al
most from her birth, having been reared by
him as if she had been his own child. The
father, after permitting this for some thirteen
years, attempted to reclaim the child against
her own wishes as she owed all she is, as the
fruit of an excellent education. to her uncle,
and felt towards him as she would to father,
who had been equally faithful to her The
insinuation of an elopement was a base and
malicious lie. The clergyman fled with his
charge, and thereby evRded legal process
This step is not to be justified in any one. but
may be pallated to some extent, even in the
case of a clergyman, by the peculiar circum-
stance of this case.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

FATE OF THE Son OF JoHN HANCOCK. At q
recent meeting of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, Col. Samuel SWEET
presented to the society manuscript poem
on the death of the only son of Governor
John Hancock, at the age of ten wears Gov.
Hancock had one daughtet, who died in ear
ly infancy, and he was thus left childless.
like many other of the Revolutionary pa.
triOts and heroes The circumstances of the
death Of Governor Hancock's son, said Col
SWEET, were peculiar and interesting. In the
Arabian Knights we have an account of
Kings son, whose fate, it was foretold, would
be to be killed by lion. His anxious par.
ents accordingly took every precaution to
keep him aloof from menaced fatality. He
was not allowed to hunt, and was much con-
fined in palace, where, for his amusement
many animals of the forest were painted on
the walls, and among them his dreaded foe
the lion. Provoked ut his confinement, the
restrained youth struck violent blow at the
hateful lion, and q concealed nail under the
picture inflicted fatal wound and verified
the dreadful prophecy. Similar was the fate
OF Hancocks only son. His parents, to
avoid the dangers of skating, sent him to
practice it under the especial care of an old
retired domestic of the Governor at Braintree
Henry Smith. The poor youth, while en-
gagged in this amusement, under all these
precautions, fell upon the ice and was NOR
tally wounded in the head. These circum-
stances are described in the striking illustra-
ted manuscript obituary notice of him by a
schoolmate of his at the time of his death
the late Samuel Adams Dorr, of Roxbury.
This manuscript has been preserved in re-
markably unimpaired state, said Col. SWEET,
and was lately presented to me by the fami-
ly of Mr.. Dorr, and l have the pleasure OF
presenting it now to this society, in the hope
that the same devoted care will be extended
to il by them
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-24

SLAVERY AND THB AMERICAN BOARD OF
MIssIoNs.-Mr. Thomas P. Atchinson, of Dan.
ville late corporate member of the Ameri-
can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-.
sions, resigned his membership in that body
on account Of its action in regard to the
slaveholding portion of the Choetaw Ma.
tion. In q letter to the Richmond Whig.
stating the cause of his resignation, he says:
For the last ten years the Prudential Com
mittee, to whom the immediate control of
Mission Stations have been entrusted, have
required the Missionaries among the Choctaw
Indians to exclude from the Church every
member who held slaves; thus endeavoring
to establish a test of Christianity as well as
condition of membership unknown in the
early and purer days of the Church. For
their contumacy, in refusing to obey this re.
quirement, these devoted men, whose char.
acters have been extolled by the committee.
and whose faithful efforts to benefit the Door
Indian have been crowned with great sue
cess, have been persecuted and oppressed
and now they have been entirely cut off from
all support by recent action Of the Board
itself, which has formerly cast them off and
solemnly declared that they will no longer
have connection with such sinners-their
offence being their liberation of Shareholders
as members of the Church.
In his letter of resignation addressed to
the Board Of Commissioners, he says:
l hereby resign my position as a corporate
member Of the American Board of Commits
sioners for Foreign Missions, a position as
signed me by your predecessors, more than
thirty years ago, and before the accursed
fiend Abolitionism was let loose and coul-
missioned to rend the Church, and to de-
stroy the Union of these States, by sowing
the seeds of distrust. discord and division
among those who should ever feel and act
together as brethren. That you may soon be
restored to right mind, is the earnest de-
sire of your former associate.