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On the 18th of April the Japanese Ambassadors paid
visit to Honolulu having arrived in the Powhatan Under
the conduct of Capt A. s. Taylor, of the marine corps
they left the ship with all their retnue and re
paired to the French Hotel the best in the town. They
had spacious rooms and spent in them their first night in
foreign land The arrival of the Embassy being earlier
than the King expected the arrangements for their
modation had not been completed 1t intended that
the Dudot House should be their home during their visit
but they said they preferred the Powhaan for their home
they would however accept of the of the house for
purposes of reception. On the 18th the Ambassadors
company with Commodore Tattna and the principal off,
of the POwhaan accompanied by Mr. Borden United
States Commissioner made call of etiquette upon the
Kings Ministers at the residence of Prince Kamehaeha
brother of the King adjoining the palace grounds On the
18th the whole party was received by the King of the
Islands The throne room fitted with all the speI
dor attaable The Japanese did understand the cr
Moline of the Queen and the ladies of her COURT and sup
posed that their shape indicated their full FORM and was
time before they could make out the mystery of hoops
and skirts One of them accidentally probed the mystery
aud discovered the of the as it
cayed in hecourse of the pressure to which it was oc
casiOnay exposed in moving about On the evening of
the 18th Dr. Guou of the United States Hospital in Ho
noluu, gave ball to Commodore Tattnall and his officers
and the King, Queen. Prince Kamehameha and some Of
the attaches OF the Embassy attended, On Tuesday, of
the second week, picnic gotten up in the native
STYLE OF Chickens pigs and fish cooked in the ground The
next night Judge Borden gave ball On Thursday night
the Honolulu Rifles, of which the King Colonel gave
ball at their armOry. He worked with his coat off in
getting things ready for the entertainment The English
residents at Honolulu proposed demonstration in honor
of Commodore Tattna account of his course at the
mouth of the Peiho, but the Comodsre was Obliged to
ds cline While lying at Honolulu the Rowhatan fred six
teen salutes making two hundred and eighty six guns The
rer6sgr yyere made from the of old crater 780
Eet high, called tie Devils Punch Bowl' SO .A.lt''s
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THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
MONDAY, APRIL 80, 1860.
IN SENATE
FIRST SESSION.

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Mr.. DOOLTTTLE moved that the Senate proceed TO
the consideration of the bill from the House of Represen
tatlves for the relief of Anson Dart.
Mr. (, LANE hoped the motion would not prevail that
the bill was which not only involved large amount of
money bnt principles that should only be decided when
the Senate was full. si'I'i ~ - sai
Mr.. DOOLITTLE would not press his motion then but
could not let the remark of the Senator from Oregon pass
without saying that the bill had twice passed the Senate
and had three times received the sanction of the other
branch 1t had been investigated and defended by some
OF the most competent and able members of both Houses
and he thought that when it up the facts would al
ready show that it ought to pass.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Arkansas, moved that when the Sem
hte adjourn it be to meet Wednesday next giving his
reason the thin attendance of the Senate and the implied
understanding that business of moment was TO be
taken up. 4s.5I ,6 ltf - ferta q
MT. HAMLlN saw many reasons why such motion
should not prevail There much business not import
ant that might be matIired and perfected.
The question being taken Mr.. JoHNsoN'S notion it
was decided in the affirmative. 80
Mr.. CLARK moved to take up House bill to provide
payment for depredaons committed by the whites the
Shawnee Indians in Kansas Territory affirming that
bill that ought to be passed, and to which, he thought
there could be no objection. 5t,isr ~
Mr. GREEN was averse to taking up any bills for dis
eussion while the Senate thn and moved that it
ADJOURN which motion prevailed, and the Senate adjourn
ed to Wednesday. 7t
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WEDNESDAY,. MAY 2, 1860.
IN SENATE.


message received from the President of the Uni
ted States communicating compliance with resolution,
further papers relative to the compulsory service OF c
zens of the United States p the army of Prussia which
Mr.. SUMNER observed that these documents cup
Elemental TO those heretofore communicated and which had
already been ordered to be printed He would therefore
ask the consent of the Senate to allow this to be printed
also without the ormaty of sending it to the Committee
on Printing; which agreed to.
1.-The Secretary of State says his letter to the Pres
dent that since the other document relating the subject
had been printed discovered that the instruction to
Mr. Wright at Berlin of the 10Th May last hsd been
dentally omitted, which is now supplied
Mr. PEARCE, from the Committee on the Library, to
which referred the joint resolution for supplying the
Choctaw. Cherokee and Chickasaw nations with such
pies of the laws Journals and public printed documents
furnished to the States and Territories reported it
back without amendment and asked its immediate
deraton which agreed to, and the joint resolution
was read third time and passed.
Also, from the same committee reported Joint resol
ton in relation to the works of the Exploring Expedition
and asked its immediate consideration which was agreed
to, and the joint resolution was passed
On motion by Mr.. DAVIS, the resolutions relating to
interference with slavery and the right of every species
cfpropery to protection in the Territories were taken up
and made the special order for Monday next at O'Clock
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of Ex
ecutive business and after brief session therein the
doors opened and the Senate adjourned to Friday
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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1860.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.


The SPEAKER laid before the House communication
from the Treasury Department, transmitting the annual
report of the Secretary OF the Treasury showing the state
of the Chickasaw trustlnd which was laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
Alse communication from the Post Office Department
in regard to the fitting of the custom house New Or
leans for post Office; which referred to the Commit
tee of Ways and Means.
Mr. LEAKE, of Virginia presented communication
from the Librarian of the House, setting forth the great
necessity for additional accommodations for the library
and asked leave to introduce resolution directing the
Clerk of the House. in consultation with the Commissioner
of Public Buildings the Superintendent and Architect of
the Capitol Extension and the Committee Public Build
ngs and Grounds to make arrangements for the removal of
the House library to the old ball other suitable part of
the Capitol.
After some discussion the resolution was referred to the
Committee Public Buildings and Grounds which already
had the subject under consideration.
THE TARIFF BILL
Mr. SHERMAN moved that debate in Committee of the
Whole be confined to the tariff and loan bill and said he
proposed after two three days. to terminate de-
bate 30 as to get vote upon the bill next week
Mr.. HOUSTON objected TO making the bill the special
order.
After very general discussion it was agreed that gene
raj debate should close and all debate committee be con-
fined to the tariff bill after to-day.
The House then went into Committee of the Whole
r CURTIS In the chair aud resumed the consideration
of the tariff and loan bill.
Mr.. GOOCH, of Massachusetts, addressed the Commit
tee the slavery question: replying to the remarks of Mr.
SMITH, of North Carolina and reviewing the Dred Scott
decision by which, he contended nothing was decided
except that Dred Scott citizen of the United
States q
Mr. HALE, of Pennsylvania spoke upon the same sub
ject defending the principles of the Republican party
which be understood to be opposition to slavery extension
and protection to American industry
Mr.. STANTON of Ohio, addressed the committee on
the political questions of the day. defending the RepubH
party against the charge of ayorng negro equality
and replying to the argument of Mr.. CURRY, of Alabama
defence of the institution of slavery He denied In the
outset that man had any natural right ensave his fellow
man. Robinson Crusoe had right to make cbatfel
of his Friday than Friday had to make chattel
of him, unless the right derived from superiority
either of strength intellect and that argument weud
equally justify despot in enslaying millions Of men was
the negro rational accountable beings proper subject
of civil government-or was be piece OF property-a
brains with club he would be indicted by grand jury
but if horse kicked out his masters brains he would not
be indicted and this showed the difference between them
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ming from the Supreme Court had played among their
ranks and dashed their weapons to the ground
At quarter past o'clock the committee rose, and the
House adjourned
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this dirty work which God designed they should do
Tremendous cheering.
Gentlemen it is further said that this judicial ques
ton 1t Is true it is judicial question, but it is also
political question of the highest the grayest and the most
significant import 1t is a judicial question between a
citizen whose property is taken away from him and him who
wrongs him. Ii he chooses to take it to the courts of the
United States, becomes Judicial question if he does
not to take his wrongs to the courts of the United
States it is not Judicial question The citizen himself
interested IN his individual rights may may not assert it,
Ihe celebrated Missouri restrictions remained for thirty
odd years uncontested in the courts State after State
equaing in extent of domain and in fertility of soil OF
the European nations admitted into this Union under
the unconstitutional act which prohibited the South from
having the least chance of habng those territories and
yet the Judicial power rested there and dormant and
inefficient to check it, Oh how vain What a mere
mOckery it is to tell the sovereign States of the South that
their rights are to depend upon the mutabe and vacang
Will OF an individual who may may not want to contest
30 great power the laws of this Government Mark
you the United States Bank question great const
tutiona question: and when Gen jackson sprung it upon
POLITICAL but purely judicial Question 1t was judi
cial question in the aspect of any individual who was
wronged by it, and who chose to question it, or Issue his
writ of quo ,carranfo but it grand, magnificent,
powerful political question among the people of this whole
country whether their money should be kept in the
vaults of moneyed Institution, who should make profit
out of them at the of others and at last the people
of the country decided with Gen. Jackson that while it
was Judicial it was also great political question; and
the old hero obtained an overwhelming and triumphant
victory under his administration and the question, finally
under that of Mr.. Van Buren,. IS l...
turn then, from that aspect of the question And
gentlemen why why will you not accord to the South sim
pie protection We told here to-day in to this
yon that the fate Of party hangs the issue but
tell you gentlemen that the fate country hangs upon
the issue! [Cheers1 meet your partisan arguments
with the tate OF the par-aye and Of the county itself
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

Speech Of Mr.. Yancey, Of alabama, an support Of
the Southern DraugM Of a Nerc Platform.
The hydraulic press., 1860-11-03
Columbia Hill Correspondence.
NOVEMBER l. 1860

NONEMBEk lCOV.
Our village is still improving, and bids
fair to become one of the most prosperous
mining towns in the State. The different
hills of auriferous gravel that contribute to
the prosperity of this place, are miles in
extent, and of unknown depth, and when
sufficient taiingway is furnished this vicin-
ity will become famous. OF our particular
and late improvements, notice the compile
ton OF the fine store of Levi Ayres, J. p,
now occupied by him as post and express
Office, and also with drugs and "apothecary
stuffs." This establishment is quite fea-
ture of the place.
Among the events of the week in our
neighborhood, was an attempted sluce rob-
berry and the shooting of the thief The
circumstances are as follow Last night
Mr.. Nypher, the watchman on the claims of
Haskell 4 Co., at Lake City, while on duty
heard couple of men conversng-one ap-
parenty an American and the other French
man. He concealed himself in a by place of
the tunnel. The Frenchman entered the
shaft from above and descended to his level,
his companion remarking to him as he came
down, II will go and let on some water, and
if you see any id son of b-h of watch
in there, kill hlm!'' The Frenchman replied,
"Oni, oui,' and striking light, advanced
with pistol in hand, ready to fire. As he
approached the spot where Mr.. Nypher was
concealed, the latter fred upon him with a
pistol, the bullet striking him in the breast
and passing out at the back, killing him in
stantly. Fearing he might be attacked if he
ascended from the tunnel, Mr.. Nypher re-
manned in it till daylight. In the meantime,
of course, the remaining confederate made
his escape. We may rejoice that one villain
has met his deserts, and wish the same fate
to all of his vocation OBS.
The hydraulic press., 1860-11-03

WHAT WE THoUGHT.-Sometimes an editor
conceives happy thought, but failing to indite
1t at the time, suffers the modification of seeing
it in print as the production of some other smart
chap. When we read MONEYS article-gotten
off with fiourish-in which he expressed de-
termination to do justice to the steerage passen-
gers of steamships, an idea occurred to us pre-
cisely as it has done to the editor of the Shasta
Courier, and which he has so graphically ex-
pressed in the following paragraph:
"He (Mooney) appears to be laboring under
the impression that the steerage passengers have
heretofore suffered tremendous oppression in
not having their names printed in the papers,
Never did any poor devil of an editor fall into a
greater error. Why, hundreds of those who are
forced by lack of means to travel in the steerage
will agree to pay handsomely to have their
names omitted from Brother Moneys ''black
list" And we venture the assertion that, if
Brother Mooney persists in his undertaking, he
will, ere long, get soundly drubbed by one of the
unappreciative subjects of his ridiculous kind
ness. much better plan, Brother Mooney,
would be to publish the names of all passengers
without designating at which end of the ship
they boarded during the voyage"
The hydraulic press., 1860-11-03
GOV. D0wNEY.

An upright ruler is not only source of pride
and happiness to his people, but he experiences
in his own mind that delightful consolation
which invariably flows from the consciousness of
having done what was right This spothegm is
founded upon belief that we have such desid-
eratum in the person Of Gov. john G. Downey.
His official acts thus far, are marked by bold
ness and independence, considering the circum-
stances shat called some of them forth, not
State, nor attempted to be exercised where the
ruler is lost in the baser material of the trucking
politician. We shall not stop to particularise.
Gov. Downeyfs public history is recent and we'll
known. 1t has secured him the commentators
of all parties, creeds, kinds and conditions of
honest people. No more, then, upon that head.
We wish to speak of the man, bearing about with
him. to be sure, an honorable title which is rem
dered subservient to his private plans, and shows
with all the more luster from the fact that he who
wears it dignifes it, and never avails himself of
the cheap yet extraordinary immunities which it
is calculated to bestow.
We have lately had an opportunity of seeing
OO's Do"ASy oihOuo ehS oV'SiSiShot iAAo pSSAos
The timid, who entertain a traditional reverence
for majesty, and humble themselves in its pres.
encc, had here no cause for trepidation. They
beheld, in the person of their Chief Executive,
man, who boasted the nobler attributes of that
honorable designation-a gentleman who under
stood the courtesies of life, and found real
pleasure in practising them. He did not wait
Co. a. of q
but being among the people-one of thcm-ad-
vanced in the ceremony of introduction, took
them by the hand, shook it warmly, conversed
freely, and thus secured the signet of popular
appreciation to his letters-patent of nobility,
written on the tablets of generous and genial
heart.
No man possesses in a more eminent degree
the talent of being agreeable-or, we might
rather say, good-nature is genius with him. He
feels what he utters, and utters what he feels.
There is no mock sentimentality about him-no
atfectation of superiority-no contemplate fun
keyism. He enjoys joke, perpetrates satire,
and appreciates an agreeable companion-all of
which virtues, in the great world that surrounds
us, are at premium valuation, whether practised
before the multitude, or in the quiet seclusion of
social intercourse.
But we are saying more about Gov. Downey
than intended at the outstart. The fact is,
however, that having watched his conduct close
ly while he mingled for two or three days with
the masses, and discovered where his sterling
qualities lay, we could not withhold him the puff
which we thought he so richly merited. We
write it, not partisan friend, nor as hungry
expectant of official favors. There is nothing of
the kind in his keeping that we would ask, nor
accept if he should make an offer-further than
his friendship and esteem, which any gentleman
might desire, and feel fattered by its bestowal.
His official career has thus far been matter of
pride and benefit to the people. May it so con-
tinue to the end
The hydraulic press., 1860-11-03
OUR RALLYING CRY.

Election day is approaching. In fact, that
interesting period will be upon us next
Tuesday. Every man has public duty to
discharge, and we are about to tell him how,
if he has his own self-respeet and the inter-
ests of the country at heart.
Vote. By this We mean to say that no
man should seek to shirk responsibility.
But, in the first place, be sure you are
entitled to exercise that privilege.
Vote for whom you please.
Vote for the best men.
Drop half dollar ipto the contribution
box of the Washington Monument Fund.
After voting, retire from the polls, and give
others chance.
Be civil and quiet on election day.
Keep sober.
Avoid all rows and noisy disputes.
Remember that, upon this day, every man
is a sovereign.
The poor man votes-the rich one can do
no more.
Scan every name on your ticket.
Carry out the Jeffersonian rule of voting
for those who are honest and capable.
Cast "party' to the dogs.
Think what it has cost the State, in mis-
rule, money and reputation. Think of our
defective laws, which require wise heads to
amend them. Think of past extravagances,
and vote for those who will reform them
Think of the necessity of having men of
influence and ability in the Legislature. In
fine, think Of your duty to yourself and fam
lily, as tax -payer-to the State-to poster
ity-and vote as an honest man should do.
Vote for Constitutional Convention.
Vote to pay the debt.
Be cautious about making rash bets. In
these affairs mans wish more frequently
controls him than his judgment.
If you should chance to be victorious in
the contest, moderate your transports.
If defeated, call philosophy to your aid.
Much greater men have shared the same
fate
And this ends the sermon. We have
sought to counsel you for the best. If you
don't like our admonitions, do as you please,
and bear the consequences.
The hydraulic press., 1860-11-03

THE BARBEcUE.-Having some business at
Grass Valley last week, we became an invol-
untary spectator of the Barbecue proceed
ings. There was respectable meeting and
torchlight procession at that place Friday
evening At the race-course, on the day
following, where the roast took place, there
were two thousand, or perhaps twenty five
hundred people. But the Barbecue part of
the affair was failure. In Nevada, on the
same night, there was second torchlight
procession, much larger and more imposing
than the first. On the whole-leaving the
ten oxen and and twenty fatted calves (l)
where the butchers left them, unslaughter-
ed-the affair was a success, and quite
creditable.
The array of oratorical talent in attend
ance was imposing, and much beyond gen.
eral anticipation. The list included Gov
Downey, ]. P. Hoge, R. P. Hammond, Gen.
Denver, R. NJ. Briggs, John R. Mcconnell,
and T. D. Reardon.
The hydraulic press., 1860-11-03
ELECTION DEPARTMENT.
TO THE INDEPENDENT VOTERS
OF NEVADA COUNTY.

Owing to severe irtfisposition, which utterly
precludes me from visiting you at your respec-
tive precincts, and thus conversing with you face
to face, am forced to the necessity of addressing
you by card, to make known to you my views
upon matters and things which now agitate the
public mind.
Ny name is before you as an Independent cam
didate for Legislative honors. If should be
elected, / will oppose all Bulkhead schemes
which may lie gotten up by individuals, compa-
nies or cliques, for their own aggrandisement, or
to the detriment of the good people of San Fran
sisco, or of the people at large.
/ am in favor of reducing the contingent sala-
ries the extra clerk salaries, the postage, porter
and incidental fees of State officers.
1 will oppose all thieving schemes which may
be introduced to rob the State Treasury.
will do all in my power to reform the abuses
which have crept into our State Government, and
to relieve our citizens from the heavy taxation
which now burthens them, by discountenancing
the principle of voting extra compensation to
the clerks, pages, and other officers employed by
the Assembly.
l will lend my aid in the passage of such laws
may be useful and beneficial to my mining
and other immediate constituents, and to the
people of the State generally; and shall endea-
vor to discharge my whole duty as representa-
tive of the people, with an eye singly to their
welfare.
As regards the choice Of United States SEN
ator, l am free to say, that while l have never
been one of Mr.. Gwins traducers, he cannot,
in any contingency or under any circumstances
secure my vote for that position. l shall go for
California man, who viii prove true to Cali
fornia interests.
In short, if l am elected, will endeavor so
to acquit myself as to be worthy OF your future
eommendation, one who was swerved from
the right neither by fear, favor, nor affection.
These, fellow-citizens, are the principles which
shall govern me if | receive a majority of Your
sutfrages. If YOU like them, vote for me. II you
like them not, vote for some one else; for 1 as
sure you will not depart one jot nor title from
them even slough my hopes for salvation de-
pended upon it. CHARLES P. ROBERTS.
NORTH SAN jean, Oct. 26, 1860.