Daily national Democrat., 1860-04-06


for US the thanks and kind wishes of the pres.
ent and all succeeding generations, and as
the representatives Of the people and know
ing their wants, we should pass this bill.
Atlantic News.
BY the Overland Mail we have dates from
St Louis to March 18th. We gather the fol-
loving from a dispatch to the Union:
The House has passed the bill favoring
proposals for carrying the Pacific mails over
"a single route
The prospect for the passage of bill estab.
lishiug telegraph line to California is said
to be improving.
The Post Office Committee believe a daily
Overland Mail can be carried for one million
year, instead of fourteen hundred thousand
as was first supposed.
The last Washington report states that Nc
Lane leaves to-day for Vera Cruz, to resist
the blockade of that port by Miramon.
The election in New Hampshire took place
March 18th. One hundred and sixty y~two
towns gave Goodwin (Rep.) for Governor,
30,259; Cate (Dem.) 25627 The Republi.
cans have III members in the Legislature,
and the Democrats so.
The steamer Arizona, from Brazos, March
10, reports Brownsville quiet.
Marquee has pronounced in favor of Santa
Anna, in the city of Mexico. Woll, at Guada-
lajara, had Marquee ARRESTED. He after
wards escaped.
A dispatch from New York says the Dem
ocratic National Central Committee is con-
sidering the propriety of changing the place
for holding the Convention from Charleston
to Baltimore, on account of the outrageous
prices fixed upon by the hotel keepers and
others.
The bill granting aid to the railroads in
Missouri has passed the House by large
majority, and will pass the Senate.
Yesterday the last number of the Washing
ton Republican was issued, and after ten
more numbers the National Era will be sus-
pended-cause, the Withdrawal Of the public
patronage
A Mexican mail rider was killed and scalp
ed by Camanches March 9th. A blacksmith
employed by the Overland Mail Company
was killed ty the same band, near Ft Chad
bourne.
Tuesday the Theatre, Union Cotton Press,
several buildings and 1000 bales of cotton
were burned at Mobile. Loss $275, 900.
MININe ENrERPR1sE.-The San Andreas
Independent says An ingenious and enter
prising miner, named William Highley has
succeeded in raising water thirty feet high.
from the f1ume, at point about three miles
above Mokelumne Hill and conducts it to
Red Hill by means of "a fume and ditch for
mining purposes. The water is first run from
the fiume into large square box. Across
the box is placed drum a strong chain, to
which is attached number of buckets, re-
wolves around these drums. The buckets dip
the water from the box under the lower drum
and discharge it into a flume at the top of
the upper one. The power used to drive
this machinery, is two water wheels, each
twenty feet IN diameter, one placed a few
feet lower than the other so that the same
water turns both wheels. At present he can
raise fifty inches every twenty-four hours );
but Mr. NJ. designs adding another wheel
forty feet in diameter, which will afford pow
er to raise one hundred inches in the same
time, using fifty iuehes to drive the wheels
The JAPANESE AND CHINEsE.-The S.
Telegram relates tAe following incident
which, it says, "goes far to prove that the
japanese and Chinese, if not the same peo-
pie, are very closely allied to one another: :"
One of the subordnates of the embassy
was carrying on conversation in writing
with Chinaman. Each of them took the
book and brush by turns and corresponded,
each replying to the other in what he had
written There was no hesitation exhibited
by either party, beyond a shrewd look at the
characters, nod Of the head, a laugh, and
then the reply was Immediately and unhesi-
tatingly written, They were unable to un-
derstand each others language, and adopted
this mode of communication.
We compared the characters made by the
two Orienlals, and their shape and con-
struction were closely simiar-the one being
Chinese and the other japanese the only
distinction being that the japanese characters
were more finely cut and dotted. We asked
a well-dressed and intelligent John, who was
standing by, if the writing of the individuals
were understood by each. yes" he replied,
'they write the same"
WIDDows WIDOWED. The 5. F. Call relates
the following