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Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

WHAT IT THINKS OF THE DOUGLAS DOCTRINE.
The Express, the other day, spoke of the
Douglas doctrine of this paper, as "the mon
stro1s doctrine of Congressional powers advo-
Gated by that journal a doctrine which, in
our opinion, if successfully advocated, wiH sap
the reryfondation Of this nation"
The idea that allowing the people to gov
ern themselves would sap the foundation of
this nation, ,"-is too ridiculous to be serious
ly treated. Such a doctrine might be in dan
ger of sapping a monarchieal government, it
is true and the Lecompton notion of Federal
power is a very near approximation to the
monarchical theory. The Express is there
fore not wholly inconsistent 1t always keeps
its own theory of the American Government
in view.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

THE mining towns in Upper Placer are in a
Aourishing condition. Deadwood and Last
Chance are expected to receive large acces
sons to their population. Numbers of mi
ners are removing to Oak Diggings. At Yam
kee Jim's the Gilbert boys have been making
for week or two past in their claim, one
hundred dollars per day to the man. New
diggings have been struck at Oregon Bar on
the Middle Fork of rhe American River
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

Duck EGGs.-We are Informed by the hun
ters that the tules on the west side of Feath-
er river, in Sutter county, are full of wild
duck eggs. The rancheros over there have
fine time eating them. The laying season
will last for a week or two longer. In the
summer the tules are full of young ducks,
which make tine eating.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

RECENTLY, we published the fact, that
fine mule and gold watch had been stolen
from man living on the road to Hamilton,
in Butte county, by a fellow who had been
working for him We learn from the Record,
that the theft was committed at Moores
Ranch below Hamilton, and that the name Of
the thief is John Mclaughlin. He was found
in possession of the mule by Hiram Eckert,
who gained his confidence, so far, as to cause
him to confess that he stole the mule. Nc
Laughlin has been arrested and is now il
custody. He also confessed his guilt to th'
Tailor, and to other officers. When first found
by Eckert, he had fine gold watch on hi
person. After his arrest, this was missed l
is thought that he threw it away, or hid it.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

Observer of Wednesday says
Yesterday another citizen of this place re-
turned from prospecting excursion to Brock
liss' diggings. He states that several of the
claims which are being worked are Welding
from Sl6 to 500 per day to the hand, but
that there is little chance for mining at pres
ent on account of the scarcity of water lie
states that this trouble can be easily rene
died by bringing the water in a ditch from
Silver Creek, distance of 10 miles and this
will doubtless be done Immediately.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

A BIG Roor.-The Placer Press says pos
SO of hands while at work on the new reser-
voir of the Gold Hill Ditch, on Dotys ravine
few days ago, dug up a 'man.root,' which
weighed rs pounds
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
l. 0. OF KIN Sacramento on Friday, this
Order elected the following officers:

w; s. Kendall, NJ. w. r., Folsom w. V.
knehart, N W. d. r., Napoleon, Oregon /;
5. W. Prothero, NJ. W. Secretary, Michigan
Bar; Z. A. Rice, NJ, W. L., jacksonville, Ore
gon II. b. Meredith, M. w. Treasurer. Fol
som E. b. Nanny, NJ, w. p, San Jose G.
Hall, M. W. Herald; II. H. Fellows, M. W.
G., Sacramento.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

Two men recently arrived at Victoria and
deposited with Wells, Fargo 81 Co. S5,OOO
the result thirteen days sluice washing of
dirt, which they had been throwing up" for
forty days previous The locality of their
operations was Hills Bar.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

A VICTORIA paper says the bars are filling
up between Yale and Hope with miners from
the upper country, provisions being too high
to remain above. On some claims near Yale
81 to IS wages was paid.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

SERIOUS Aoc1DENT-The Placer Press says
Thomas Orchard, ranchman living on the
road to Sacramento, via the Plains, about
four miles below Dodd's ranch, was very Sc
riously injured on the llth inst, by being
run over by wild steer. His injuries are
internal, and the result cannot be anticipa-
probably not fatal
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

THE North Californian says that Mr. Isaac
Cox has been engaged for some time past in
collecting statistics for the ANNALS of Hum
boldt County"
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

A BAND of horse thieves We're recently dis
covered at the Dalles, Oregon. One man
was drowned in attempting to escape, and the
others were arrested.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

The Oregonian says that steam communi-
cation is at last opened to the Walla Walla
country. The new steamer Col Wright,
built by II. R. Thompson and associates, is
now running from the Des Chutes to Priests
Rapids regularly.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

THE Butte Record speaks of the night as
being unusually cold at Oroville during the
first half of last week. On Monday night, a
considerable frost fell
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

THE PArAGoNIAN MINE-The Arizonian of
April 2sth says:
At the establishment, under superinten-
dence of Mr.. VIM. Godfrey, from five to eight
hundred pounds of ore per day is being
smeted with one furnace of limited capacity
Preparations are making to carry on the
works on much larger scale as soon as ma
chinery and workmen can be procured The
mine is a good one and if properly worked
will pay large profit.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

SENATOR GREEN, of Missouri, is spoken of
by his friends as a proper man to nut for
ward for the Presidency. Judge Bates. of
Missouri, is spoken of in connection with that
office, by the Opposition party in his State
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

Hon. J. II. JEwErTE will be a can ddate for
Congress in the Fifth District of Kentucky,
subject to the decision of the Democratic
Convention.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

OK the 9th April Danford Balsh, Frank
Gurnsey, Charles Clayton, and Stewart
Haight, succeeded in making their escape
from the county jail in Portland
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

GEORGE and Thomas Hoyt, alias Fyfeld,
have been sentenced to the chain gang in San
Francisco, for ninety days.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
T.. FRENCH,

"HOLEsALE DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Oils,
w Fluids, Paints and Brushes, at San
Francisco prices, freight and charges added. Place
of business, l51 FIRST STREET, LOWER PLAZA
MARYsyILLE. [my14'my
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

CHERRrEs Es-George Laws, the great Fruit
Man at the Depot, next door to the Post Of
flee, with his usual liberality, has presented
us with basket of red ripe cherries Mr..
Laws is.agent for George G. Briggs, and will
have in a short time 100 bushels Of cherries
for sale from Briggs Ranch.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

FRANK BLAIR, of Missouri, has high hopes.
He expects to secure his seat in the next Con-
gress 1t is said that ''higher aspirations, he
modestly suppresses for the present"
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 18th.

"ISA."-A beautiful poem, from our fair
friend, "Ina," will tie found in to.days pa
per.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

Their NAMEs-The names of the two Ger
mans, who were recently killed by a cave at
Dutch Flat, Placer county, were Heinrich
Schilling and T. Buekram.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

TUE Bulletins correspondent says as st.
Louis is the filthiest city in the known world.
l say this without fear of contradiction or
dread Of consequences"
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

A RICH lode Of decomposed quartz, was re-
Gently discovered on Cincinnati Hill, near
Grass Valley
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

ANNOYING NEeLIGENoE-The news by the
Overland Mail, which we should have had
yesterday in the DEMooRAr, did not appear.
This was no fault of ours 1t was owing to
the extraordinary and wholly unwarrantable
neglect of the Operator of the Northern
Line to inform us that the mail had arrived.
Two or three more such oversights will dis
pose us very favorably towards that line.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

The races over the Oroville Course, at
Wallaces Ranch, viii commence on Thurs
day the 10th Of June
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
SAN MArEo CoUNTY.-The San Mateo Ga
zette saws:

SAN MArEo CoUNTY.-The San Mateo Ga
zette says;
Never before has San Mateo county had so
great an area of land under grain as at pres
ent We heard it estimated, a few days ago,
that there were 5000 acres more now grow
ing in the county than have ever been raised
in any one year before. This estimate may
be rather high, but we know from our own
observation, that the amount is much greater
than it has been heretofore.
The Gazette goes on to say that the farmers
have sown comparatively little barley, and
have given their attention almost exclusively
to the cultivation of wheat The stock rails
ers have set themselves at work in earnest
to introduce good American and imported
stock, instead of the ma tive California and
ordinary breed. In horned cattle, this effort
at Improvement has been equally successful
and will be more general.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
TIE MAGNIF ICENT STEAMSHIP
~F5sS1S. JOHN L. STEPHENS,
S<lss LIZ
sAEFaszr-s11
r L. WHITING .............. Commander.


viii leave Folsom Street Wharffor Panama ,withthe
regular Mails, Passengers and Treasure, on
FRIDAY,............ MAY goth, 1889.
AT O'CLOCK, A. M.
~ Passengers by the p NJ. S. Co.'s Line arelanded
on their arrival at Panama, upon the Wharf of the
Railroad terminus, by the Company's Steam Ferry
Boat, and proceed Immediately
BY RAILROAD ACROSS THE ISTHMUS
TO ASPINWALL., where the steamers of the o. s. Mail
s. s. Co. are always in readiness to convey them TO
New York or New Orleans.
Passengers for New oreansproceedby directsteam-
er from Aspinwall.
THROUGH TICKETS
Are furnished, including the transit Oft Isthmus
Passengers are notified that all tickets for the Steam
ers the u S. NJ S. s. Co. must be presented to their
Agent at Aspnwa for registry and exchange, as they
will not be otherwise available
g1s- Treasure for shipment will be received on
board the steamer until twelve O'Clock, midnight, on
MaG 10Th
No Merchandise freight will be received on board az
ter O'Clock Thursday, May 10Th, and a written order
must be procured at the Office for its shipment.
For Freight or Passage apply to
| A. b. FORBES, I ..
| w. r. BABCOCK, ( Ase"'''
Corner Sacramento and Leidesdorfstreets, San Fran
| cisco.
choice ofberths on the Atlantic steamers secured
by the early purchase Of tickets in San Francisco.
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Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

DlsUN1oN-Redpath, who, during the Ere
mont campaign, was the Kansas correspon-
dent Of the New York Tribune and other
sectional presses, has lately got out book.
He entities it "The Rowing Editor; or Talks
with Slaves in the Southern States" He
says:
81 more than agree NTH the DisuniOa A5oli-
tioniSts. They are in favor of free Northern
| Republic So am |. But as to boundary lines
we differ While they would fix the Southern
boundary at the dividing line between Ohio and
Kentucky, Virginia and the Keystone State,
would wash it with the warm waters of the Gull
of Mexico. "But what shall we do with the
slaves?" Make free men of them. "And with
the slave holding classes? Abolish them
"And with the Legrees of the plantations ?"-
Them annihilate Drive them into the sea as
Christ once drove the swine; or chase them into
the dismal swamps and black morasses of the
South. Anywhere anywhere out of the world"
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
Saeu| Aduertisem
Where

Is the place you can find the best HAVANA OldAha'
In the El Dorado Cigar Store where you can ma inc
very best HAVANA CIGARS, 4 for fifty cents
Il. LAVY ~ CO.,
Ell DORADO CIGAR STORE,
mh29-my 26D street, near Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
DIED.

At her residence IN Sutter county, south OF the
BuItes on Saturday, May 14th Mrs mary bFo"h'
wife of Mr. A. S. Brown, aged 59yeaEs
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
Masonic.

Washington r. A. Chapter No. 13, holds its stated
meetings the I'd and 4th FRIDAY EVENINGS in
each month, at o'clock. Visiting companions IN
good standngare cordially invited to attend.
j. E. STEVENS, II. p.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15

SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS,
Under the management and controof
SAM WELLS AND FRANK HUSSEY.
The only regularly organized Band now travelling
in the State will have the honor Of appearing at the
Marysve Theatre, on
Monday Evening, May 10TH
The Company comprises the following well known and
talented Artistes:
SAM WELLS, FRANK HUssEY,
W. NJ. BARKER, JIM DARLING,
MAX ZoRER, W. d. CORRlSTER
PRICES OF ADMISSION:
Dress Circle and Parquette. e...................H 90
Upper Tier. .......s.s''.s' OV
Private Boxes w
~ Doors open att o'clock. Performance to com
mence at S O'Clock. Box Office open from 10 A. NJ
to p. NJ.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-21
Remarkable Natourac EsapI0nE
CIkGn.

On Saturday afternoon, between ha}f past
two and four O'Clock, occurred one of The
most beautiful and splendid meteoric dis.
plays that ever came under our observation.
The whole he8vepR were overspre ID w tn q
slight haz", yet not sufficiently dense to d.
mnish the brillancy of the sun to any ap-
prcciable extent. The snn was surrounded
with halo, brighter ard more clearly defn.
ed than is often witnessed. At the same
time there were two "sun dogs" one on
each side o. the sun at the distance of alb u,
Fl teen degrees, displaying all the coIo's Of
the rainbow, with equal briIliancy, while a
luminous belt or zone encirclcd the heavens,
porAliel 10 the horizon, and, Of course, hav-
ing the zenith for its pole. This belt PISS
ed directly through the app rent place OF the
SUP and The two sun dogs" and of course
intersected the halo, dividing it into two
nearly equal parts. The "sun dogs" were
just without the point Of intersection. At
two points in the belt, dividing the larger
segment of the circle contained between the
sun dog into nearly equal arcs, were two
enlarged luminous portions OF the belt, "p.
parently bearing the same relation to the
sun dogs that the mock rainbow ICES to the
real. At the same time an arc OF a circle.
like crescent, with the horns upwards,
rested upon the highest portion of the halo.
The lower portion Of this WIS more Iumig-
ou5 aud fiery than the halo, while brilliant
radiatiJns proceeded from the poits OF union
On either side, and filled the soace between
the halo ard The crescent resting upon it.
Such YVES the appearance OF the meteor at
the time o. the fullest tevcIopnont. When
coming on ard passing away, it was of
course less distinct and marked, according
to the time 0! observation. 1t was, indeed,
most 5eonti'u and magnificent di, ,pIay-
one of those r0re and peculiar occurrences
which is never seen but once in lifetime.
bat which, having been seen, is never for
gotten.-- IEorchester Spy, AprU 4.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-21
JAMES W. sOMERVILLE, Editor.
Thursday, April 81, 1859.
Republican Honesty,

There is clause in the Constitution o.
Ohio which provides that no money shall
be drawn from the Treasury except in pur.
suance of an appropriation made by law.
The Subtreasury law throws guards around
this provision, and enacts penalties for its
violation.
Governor Chase, Attorney General VOL
colt, Auditor Wright and Treasurer Stone
took solemn oath to support this Consti-
tuition. In direct violation Of their oa,hs,
these men took from The Treasury, last
summer, $4,000, which they claim to have
appropriated on those sinks of corruption
the canals. Last winter they had the har.
dlhood and effrontery to ask the legislature
to endorse their plundering scheme, by ma
King an appropriation to pay their over
draft. The Republicans, true to their in.
stincts, voted for it, but the Democrats de-.
leated it. We hope the Republicans may
soon learn that there are some things in
the Constitution (which G white man is
bound to respect"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-21
Pixies Peak,

The evidence that the wonderful stories
told of the Pixies Peak gold diggings are
fictitious grows stronger every day, and
there is little doubt but the glowing and Sc.
ductive accounts of the glittering treasure
to be found there, are gotten up and circu.
lated by parties who have direct interest
in inducing emigration thther. Fortunate.
ly we sometimes get true statement of
facts respecting the condition of affairs.
In the last Kansas City Journal of Com.
merce, there is published a letter from the
late Mayor of Nebraska City, in which the
Pixies Peak gold mines are emphaticaly
denounced as a humbug, and the friends of
the writer are earnestly advised TO stay away
from them. He says that his company
" have ound the best quality yet discovered,
and cannot make one collar per day."
We were quite surprised few days
since when we read the gold accounts in
the Missouri River papers, of what the min-
ers are doing out here. pronounce them
q pack Of lies, written and reported back by
a set of pious one horse town spectators,
and are calculated to ruin may poor devil
besides your humble servant That there
may be gold discovered to pay, will not
deny-hope it will. am here and may as
well stay till satisfied. Should anything
lurn up, vii! infotm you.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-21
Cuba.

The New York Sun of Wednesday dis.
plays the "Aag Of free Cuba at the head Of
its columns, and says that II revolt has not
already broken out in Cubs, it will soon.-
The outbreak, it ssys, will originate ex.
clusively with the Cubans themselves, who
have organized patriot clubs throughout the
Island, and the members count by thou.
sands. They have, however, been aided in
all their plans by their co.patriOts in the
United States, but no organized American
expedition has sailed from this country
The Sun adds:
"The New York Convention Of Cuba pa
triots-a small but determined band-saileC
on their dangerous mission in the lsttel
part OF March. If the patriots in the ISLAND
had not already risen on the day fixed, the
landing of the New York Conve ntion woulG
be the signal for revolt. Arms and ammu.
milton have been provided, and all are bound
by solemn obligation to stand by the cause
until victory crowns their effort, or the lss
man has fallen. Most OF the Cubans who
have gone from New York, are young man
many of them sons of the leading men o.
the island, and all fired with the determin
alton to free their native soil or die in the
attempt. They 60 forth taking their lives
in their hands,"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-21
Supremacy Silly lying.

| Senator Douglas is said to have stated
that he would not be a candidate for the
Presidency in 1860, BECAUSE" " the Opposi-
ton are sure to succeed" Stephens, Of
Georgia, it is reported, gives q similar rea-
son for his retiring at present from public
lie. "As there is bound 10 be smash
up" he racily says, i" an for getting eff at
the first stalion."- Gin. Commercial.
A great deal of very fit lying is now
being put forth by the opposition press, the
p''ernity of which is given to " is SAID"
The above, to say the least, is q sample Of
stupid fa'sifcation-as must appear to any
one who is posted on public men and meas
urea, and who understands what he reads.
The Veriest novice in political matters will
feel very sure that Mr.. Douglas never made
the declaration that "the opposition are
sure to succeed in 1860" It is canard.
gotten up without the slightest regard to
truth. The opposition press must be ex.
ceedIney hard run for capital upon which
to work, when they sfoop to such silly mis-.
representations; it plainly shows the des.
perate condition into which they have fallen
and indicates that they are blindly catching
at straws to keep above the waves that are
threatening to enguIf them. If it is abso.
utely necessary for them to lie, for the sake
OF ordn1ry intelligence let them tell lies
which have very little color of plau.ibiliry
in them.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-21
Democratic State Rights CoMvcm-
a5Osa

HARRISBURG, April 14-Tho Democrat
lc State Rights Convention nd pied resou.
tions to the following effect ThYt NC are
here to-day to resist every attempt to weak
en- or oHfrthTow the creed Of the Democratic
party. To unite tor the purpose Of restoring
IN all their Vi'or and pDIiy, the great truths
that have hereto ore md" the Democracy
the "oHqnerng Organization, that hoy. con.
tTlbuted to the fnturipg wei ara Of the Un
ION. That this Convention most soemny
decI9res its warm attachm mt to the Union
Of States, 10 mhnluin which il pledges all
lis power, and that for this end it is our duty
10 oppose every infrartion OF those principles
which constitute the only basis of that union,
because faithful observance OF them cen
only secure its existence and public h9ppi.
ness. That we are bound 10 regord the ed.
minlstration as having forfeited the conf.
dence o The people, and to Genounce it as
unworthy OF the support OF the Democratic
p rty. That the attempt of the administra.
ton to disregard the covenant of 1856, and
in IFS stead erect despoic test to compel
obedience to doctrines subversive of Repub-
lican liberty, was the work, not o. the Dem
ocraiic party, but of men who had resolved
upon ambitious purposes. That we endorse
the principles OF popular sovereignty, nom
Intervention in the territories by the States,
non-intervention by the federal executive
with the franchises of the people of the
States. That we repudiate the platform of
the Convention OF March, and that no mat.
ter what the decision of the Supreme Court
may be in that abstract question, still the
right of the people to make slave territory
or free territory is perfect and complete
under the Nebraska bill. The Convention
then adjourned sine die.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-21

" The Nashville Union states that O
man named James R. Torlton, has Just com.
pIeted his fifth term in the Tennessee peni.
tentlary, having passed twenty-three of the
last twenty'eeven years Of his life, in that
institution. He is now about sixty years OF
age. The crime of which he was convicted
was, in every instance, larceny; and he con.
fesses that he was guilty every time, but
the last. His Oldest son, who is treadino
in the SAME footsteps as-or rather going
ahead Oils father, was, q few months
since, sentenced TO the same prison for
twenty one years. Low theiving runs in
that family, just as genteel, aristocratic
thieving, runs in other families. In either
case it is weakness; in the former it is O
crime.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-21

The jury in the case of the OberIin Wei.
lington Rescue case, has returned verdict
of guilty, and nine of the "Rescuers' are in
the Cuyahoga County Jail. The Fugitive
Slave Law is law of the land, and what
ever may be Cur individual opinions ubou,
the justice Of it, al should respect it until
its repeal. Oberlin has always been cell
brated fer its opposition 10 this law, ard the
WAYS and means for its success Ful resistance
have always been at comm1nd. We hope
Judge Wilson illput the sentence at such
fine and Imprisonment as will satisfy the
" higher law" gentlemen Of O6erlin that,
while among mortals, the requirements Of
the laws must be obeyed. When class Of
divines, professors, and other learned men
teach resistance to law as christian duty,
it any of them are convicted they ought to
be punished to the utmost extent Of the law.
twill do them good.