Daily national Democrat., 1860-04-07
Routes TO Washoe.

been started for the Silver Land, ana nave
furthermore, reached their destination. Par
les have also left thi. section Of country for
Pyramid Lake. and other localities to the
north Of Wnshoe, confidently expecting to get
through the mountains
All other routes through the Sierra Nevada
are generally admitted to be now imPossaGle
and hundreds Of persons are now waiting f"r
a modrrating Of the weather in order to get
over the mountains upon those routes Not.
withs,anding the utmost diligence of parties
interested in keeping the roads open, they
cannot he made passable. Now. if these per-
sons who ire thus unnecessarily delayed,
would Just steer their course for Mnrysville
we can put them upon a road. may we can
put them upon several roads, which will take
them straight through. without hindrancs.
They may 60 hy the Jamison City Route, or
the Henness Route or the Yuba Gap Route :;
10y Dow melville, or 10y San Juan or Quincy.
1t is u little singular that, with such excel
lent trails opeu all the year round from
Mnrysville to the Utah Territory, SO many
persons will blindly persist in going over the
Sacramento and Plaeerville Route. which the
utmost labor only can make tit for travel in
bad weather, and which in very bad weather
is utterly impassable.
1t is well known that persons. ordering
goods the last winter from Virginia and Carr
son Cities, have directed that they shonld be
brought 10y the Marysville Route. in prefer
ence to any other. 1t is cheaper to bring
them over this route, much more expeditions
and in every way preferable.
1t stands to reason, too that the iossest pass
through the entire extent Of the Sierra Ne
vada should be the most practicable for travel
in the stormy seasons. The Yuha Gap route
is at least 500 feet lower than any pass now
known. and This is no small amount in the
estimate of attitudes.
Time. experience and o servation are bound
to determine in favor of the Marysvile route,
ultimately. We are not at all uneasy as to
the result. but it is to the benefit of the coul-
try at large that the vast superiority of this
route should be known. Utah Territory can
lie reached from this point sooner and at one
half the expense that ii can he reached by
any other Of the routes from California.
Tue YuBA COUNTY FEE BILL This bill
was drafted bya committee appointed by Il
mass meeting of the people OF this county, af
ter due notice from the press, and directly
urged pom the consideration of the Legislu-
ture We believe it has passed the lower
house. If So, We do hope that our Senators
from Yuha will not allow it to he buried in
the rubbish Of the committees in the other
Dody, but see that it is taken up and urged
through the Senate 1t is very necessary that
the expenses of our county government should
he reduced and that speedily The fees aud
salaries Of our county officers are altogether
TOO his h, aud this hill contemplntes their re-
ducton. The people. here, are anxously
booking for the passage OF the BILL and it is II
the ulkheuds, state Capitols aud the like that
could possibly engage the attention of the
Legislature.
It is important to urge the passage of the
measure now, because it meets with 10 oppo-
,ition from parties holding office. If it lies
| over till the next session, it will lie opposed
hy the then elected officers, or their friends
in the Legislature, unless changed, and, if
changed, it could not then go into operation
before the expiration of another year. and
uhs two years and more of heavy expense
and severe taxation will have to he borne by
our citizens.
We trust that this gentle reminder will not
lie lost upon the good sense and local patriot
ism Of our Yuba county representatives.
THOSE HEAruExs.-The reception with
met ut San Francisco has favorahly Impressed
them towards Americans, and they will pro-
ceed to Washington in a very pleasant frame
Of mind. No doubt they will be received
with distinguished consideration at the ma
tional capitol. 1t is not likely that the
Representatives Of the Federal Government
will forget common decency in order to ex-
hibit the superiority Of American over Jap
anese blood. They will probably be content
with n consciousness of said superiority, with
out a turkey cock supercliousness in the dis
play Of it. At any rate, they will have policy
enough to make good imp ession on the
Embassy. for the sake of the Unreasonable
benefits TO he derived from an extensive com,
merce with SO vast and rich an empire n:
japan. So favorable an opportunity for cul
liyating friendly relations with this people
has never before been presented and mny
never be again. This fact seems to be gen
orally conceded by sensible men, and yet
there are those who are petty enough to be
thinking about the propriety oftreating these
visitors in such q way as to make them dis
tnctly feel that we regard them as our infe-
riors. They would have our people look at
them with turned.up noses and an cab, dem
me" air, us who should say, you are nothing
hut black heather, after all" True dignity
and genuine superiority are not SO pestifer-
ously afraid Of compromising themselves.
CHARLESTON CONyENTGoN. On March 10th
says nm eastern Dispatch. the National Demo-
cratic Committee At Baltimore were making
inquiries relative to the me ting OF the MAJ
tional Convention, which were satisfactorily
answered. The plan is that the Convention
shall meet informally at Charleston and ud-
journ to Baltimore.
AMONG those who left on the Golden Age
Thnrslnr thn Rnllntin nnentinns I'm Inhn-