Daily national Democrat., 1860-01-19
sncrnmento Corresnondence.
SAcRAMBNTo, Jan. 18th.

There is but little said concerning it, Nc
Dougal, Hoge Weller, Lent, and other prom
inent men in the Administration ranks are
said to be favorable to harmony and a rGun-
ion of the Democracy. Whether the rumor
has any foundation or not l do not pretend
to know. The only big gun" disposed to
thunder its objections against such consum-
nation, is Wash. Wright, believe. His in
fuence is no doubt very weighty, but we
shall see, whether, in this crisis it is all pow
erful
The Express has, l see, caught up the howl
of the National against an imaginary propo-
sition to elect another u. g. Senator this win
ter. In this it exhibits weakness. The Ma
tonal is working for Gwin, and very likely
fears that the present Legislature may, before
it adjourns, endeaver to assuage the grief of
the Wellerites, by electing him (W.) to sue
ceed the "old grey steed." A few timid ones,
of those who voted for Latham, may possibly
imagine that they hear the virtues Of John b.
pleading
t. like angels trumpet tongued, against
The deep damnation of bis taking of"
Tney might, it is feared, strike hands with
those who voted for Weller, and thereby, Sc
cure his election, to the total annihlation of
the hopes of Gwin for next year. If am
right, the Express has been doing sorry work
for its great Chieftain, by adopting the tone
of Gwin's special organ. The editor should
remember that the alliance between Gwin
and Weller did not answer the purposes for
which it was intended, and that circumstan-
ces over which they had no control have can
celed it.
There is but one u s. Senator to be elect
ed now, and the Gwinites are in mortal fear
lest some arrangements be made for electing
him at this session. l heard two very dis
tinguished gentlemen, both strong anti
Weller men, discussing the matter the other
day, and they arrived at the conclusion that
no election could be had without repeating
the statute of 1855, and that if an act were
to be passed, for its repeal it might be
vetoed, and so two thirds vote be REQUIRED
There seemed to be no fears EXPRESSED that
Gov Downey would approve an act passed
with view to bringing on an election.
from what 1 heard, that the Wei.
lerites were the men who might wish TO
move in the matter. may however be mis-.
taken
have seen list of the standing commit,
tees, formed in the United States Senate in
the usual manner, i. c. by resolution. Sena-
tor Gwin is chairman of no committee
while Senator Haun is at the head of the
Committee on Enrolled Bills The former is
a member of the Finance, and Post Office
Committee, while the latter is on the Com
mittees on Indian Affairs and the Territorial
Committee. Senator Douglas is on the last
named Committee but Green, of Mo-, is the
Chairman. These facts will perhaps be in
teresting, unless you have list of the COM
mittees for publication in full. d.
The REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
The Republican National Committee met at
New York in December last and appointed
the 18th of June next as the time for holding
the National Republican Convention. The
place is to be the city of Chicago The Com
mittee invites all to participate with the Re
publican party who are Opposed to the policy
OF the present Adminstration-to federal cor
ruption and usurpation-to the extension of
slavery into territories-to the political doc
trine that the Constitution, of its own force,
carries slavery into all the Territories of the
United States-to any inequality of rights
among citizens and who are in favor of
the immediate admission of Kansas into the
Union, under the Constitution recently adop.
ted by its people-of restoring the federal
administration to system Of rigid economy
and to the principles of Washington and JEFF
ferson-of maintaining inviolate the rights
of the States, and defending the soil of every
State and Territory from lawless invasion,
and of preserving the integrity of this Union
and the supremacy of the Constitution and
laws passed in pursuance thereof against the
conspiracy of the leaders of the sectional
party, to resist the majority principle as es-
tablished in this government, even at the ex
pense of its existence"
This call pretty broad, and yet it excludes
those who believe that slavery may be ex-
tended into the Territories by consent of the
people. 1t opposes the extension of slavery
into the territories, but does hot state in
what manner. If the opposition to the ex-
tension of slavery be founded upon the doc
trine that Congress and not the people of the
Territories have the right to decide the ques
tion, of course no Douglas man can answe er to
any such call
The Douglas doctrine is that the people of
the erritories shall decide for themselves
whether they will have slavery or not
NArA COUNTY SILVER ORE.-A gentleman,
says the Alta. who arrived yesterday from
Napa, has in his possession quanty of ore
from that county. 1t is quite unlike any
other ore that we have seen, being of dull
brown color, and filled with sparkling sui
phurets There are a variety of opinions as
TO Its value, but the general impression seems
TO De that the Nopa farmers will get rich
great deal faster by attending to their ag
rieultural pursuits than by running after n
myth, which will probably turn out like most
of the mineral discoveries made outsida the