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NIGHT THE DAY, Tnop cANsT NOT THEN De FALSE TO

Of Baltimore, arrived at Cape Race on Thurs.
day, bringing adyices from Liverpool to tho
18th instant. She brings G42, 900 in spccie.
s. The Borussia soiled with Ell ,000s
The sales &of cottoneon Wednesday and |
Thursday were 100000 bales, Of which specu-
.lators and exporters took 70 900. The mar
ket closea knoy.:s. at an advance of ID,
BrcadstufYs quiet and stcadys Provisions
steady Consols 500 to 90s
The London Times thinks that Lincnln's
SheavS taxation will induce tho Northcrncrs
to toreconsider their rejection Of all poace or
compromise measures. n ],
ABaltinogc student named Brecker slight
ly3wounded the King Prusia.
llicnMoNp, July 20 The Southern Con
grcss met at noon to- day. But few members.
were absent The Presidents Messagesand
accompanying documents were read, md five
thousand copies ordered to be printed, The
business otherwise was unimportant. IS
RICHMOND, July 20.-A despatch from,
Staunton, yesterday morning, to the Dtpateh,
Regiment has arrived safely at Monterey, to-
gctherswitll all tho survivors Of Col. Pcgram's
| command. se$asRs..
MANASSAS JUNCTION, July lot George
4 M Muse, of the Washington Artillery, of
Now Orleans, is dead. MajoryHarrison, of
the i 1th Virginia Rcginicnt, is dead, Lieut..
II, Miles, Priyates De LlaIClonte Wilkin-
\ son, Mallory aDd Thomas Snngster were
killed. # Captain Allen, Lieutenants English
and Iayris, and Privates Reilly and Whitaker,
land Sergeant Lumkin, were wounded. All
Z thcsc were members of Virginia companies.
d Asoldicr named Baldwin, from Arkansns,
! was killed, at Staunton, by the cars, on We'd
ncsday.
WAsnINTroN, (via Norfolk, July 20
Full particulars of tho Bull Crock engage
\ mont State that three Federal companies eros.
sing a rayine received raking fire, killing .
number, but they stood their ground, cover
s ing their retreat with brass cannon ano
Z Shcrn,an' Is battery, the horses Of which were
; disabled. -Four Regiments, which wero sup
ported by cayay, Joined in tho battle; Th'
!. Southcrncrs used their guns well. Tho te
y dcrals, again advancing, encountered a rakins
, fire. The Federal guns were putin position
\ and poured grape aud cauisterintothc South
I; clners till their ammunition was exhausted
/ Several federal guns were disabled Th
L total loss of the Fcderals is estimated at A
= n r. NJ ard nrcd
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VOL. xII,No. 5a
American Affairs Abroad,

The following Collections arc from late Esa,Z-25A
ropean pnpcla .5 ss.s
THE ENaL1sI PBEMIER ON TIE 3ATTLH
OF BETIlEL.-AIt is, however, believed that
tho Northern army, under command of Cen;
Scott, amounts to sixty thousand men, and,
that the enemy has in the field "a force which
is supposed to range from seventy tolninety
from, the recent affair near Fortress Monroe,
appeared to bo i'll disciplined and inefficiently
commanded. Tbs regiments which were dis
patched, d,undcrthclco,nmand of Gen. Pcarce,
E to attack the intrcanohcd camp atsGrcat BETH
81, were speedily yrepulsed, and the darkness
of tho night fired upon each other, This dis
nster is attributed to the lnsmanagcment of.
Gcn. Pcrce, who, it is stated, I" lost his head"
or to the disindIination of the raw Northern,
|lcyics to face masked! b. t.crics and to stand
g the Calling fire of ri1cd cannon" The mi-.
| litary operations which hitherto have taken.
| place in America seem to, European nationsto.
| bc utterly inexplicablc. In this country VIC,
knowscomparatvcly little eor nothing of the.
organization Of the Southern forces. We are,
obliged to form our conclusions from the not
very trustworthy ACCOUNTS with which tho
| New York papers favor the world 1t is,
however, clear that both in tho attack upon.
Fort Sumter and in tho recent affair at Great
| Bethel, the sccessionists were well provided
with artillery, and that their troops were suf-5
iciently we'll handled to secure success. We
suspect that the delay and hesitation which
have marked the policy Of the Federal Goy-,,
crnncnt arc to bcaattributcd mainly to tho:
circumstance that Gen. Scott, an ablc and,
experienced officer knows that militia regi7
mcnts cannot, in the short space of two months,
be converted into we'll trained and efficient
soldiers. Gen. Butler who directed the dis
astrous movement from Fort Monroe, was tho
other day a practising lawyer, who, Of course.
cannot be expected to become q general by
inspiration. The Northern army appears to
}, bc in great want of officers, owing to the cir-
cumstanccs that the great majority of tho Of
/, ficcrs of the regular army have thrown up
: their commissions to takc service with tho
: Southern insurgents. lnla few days wc may
expect to hear that Manassas Gap has been
: the scene of a great struggle, upon the issue
/. of which the fate of the Federal capital must
G depend Hitherto tho prestige of success has
been altogether on the side Of the SSouths5a
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POLL 1T TuCAa.
, Dcliverance to the South.

II & We find the following article in tho last
Ahnmbcr Of the Southern Recorder, Miledsc
&illc:
&3sI The dealings of Providence with nations
with individuals, often appear strange,
md the best men arc opprcsscdin tlleirminds
y contemplating the mystery. There is
3hnt one suppurt in seasons OF danger and trl-
and that is faith in the goodness and
SSiJGYcy Of the Creator, who will not turn from
3g4SSc who seek His favor in II becoming spirits
RfWhcn we have done our best by conforming
Ito His will, and made diigcnt use of all the
4|l6SA ltics and means woposscss to advance His
then we may confidently expect His
S&Szt Ysshg, even dclivcrancc in the last cxtrc-
"Form thoughtsarc not your thoughts,
|5lS53 itllor urc your ways my ways, saith the
brd. For rs tho heavens arc higher than
90 earth, so arc my ways higher than your
lays. and my thoughts than your thoughts"
Nc have hccn led to this train of reelection
.kiYsrending the message of President Lincoln,
fin Ifick he recommends Congress to pass
q acts for raising four hundred thousand troops,
Eand4our hundfcd million of dollars to prose
q cute tho war against the South averaging ono
6 thousand dollars to each soldicri in the way Of
= cSponse. This indeed at first view seems to
be anovcrwhcning army but there was
ptiMc aud mn occasion when double this force
z was scattcred, and five hundred thousand of
/ them we're slain in battle, as may be seen in
!. tho divine Record:
n "And Abijah set the battle in array with
an army offvolani mon of war, even four
huaarcd thousand chosen men: Jcroboam
}alao set the battle in array against him with
Il eight hundred thousand chosen mon, being
|lnGsl men Of valor. x
! Il. J,..l. L. >l.ol
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! - q, n; }|iSSs sSs g z

q ssS u ~ The
case 5, ndkerobiolEsy hose, Jackets,
drawers, boeks, shirts, towels, blaHEcts, cover
lets. Food. teas, coilcc, arrow root, rice,
sugar, corn starch, isinglass, limo juice, grist
in bags, medicines of all kinds, bandages,
wines, brandy, liquorcc, rose water, candies
and lozcnges for colds, and flax seed. Old
tracts are much needed, as,ncw ones cannot
be bought. s
WAsnlSuroN,July 27.--G en-. Mcclellan
has arrived. a committee is horc from, New
York to urge the active employment Of Gen.
1t is asccrtancd thai she Southerncrs had
accurate information conccrningstle Federal
movements. 4 he Withdrawal from FairfaX
was a part OF their plan to draw the Fedcrals
into an ambuscadc.
The Senate passed bill to define and pun-
ish conspiracy, and u bill for the suppression
of rebellion.
@Thc Michigan regiment lost nine officers
and 1eS men. This regiment went into tho
field 475 strongf ST.
The Southcrners arc concentrating at
Winchester, dn,l pnlcli Nnnepsipnsa is felt in
rcationio an apprehendcd attack OH Harpcr's
berry. %Saa,,.3
TSSo sooo;,5:a1eess regiment. have delivered
ptheittsa|rGmny M ts| ms and gene hosac, They npnibor
Is The cSnfSdesates are mounting siege guns
! fTairfax ,S s. 9. M f
ssge,al qmcers, as a reward fortneiirscoprs;
/ aagc, NSc bcenSautlorizcd to raisc IS
MeM resMents, however, are beingScohsfa fant-.
In tho lfdse, .NIr. NIeGlerannd slid tic
liouso sh9gsasssnake provision sforS further
/ Isresourccss9Sso the GayciYmcnt credit would,
PM; MMaYrighesGSSdst had failed al,eady.l
,,,, me i.euseS Went into Committee of the,
fnolo aaa bill to providcf6t 1t direct tux:
~ meets: m q s VIM yioentsopp oppositions
a. othines ll.asSet been heard from the OK
psalton 20 y Dfarlls '. flag Of truce for tic pnr-
poss OF burying tllaSead nor from Col. Ga.
merons oy peditioil. ~. 81 5l5s B 4
It's supposed that gtResssouthornsrs have
schemes all foot 5wlichthey smish to- l,e iKont
secret, r! and detain wishin,
In tho Senate, bills,wore passod to Bs;ld 4
ERrldge near the present ono, to snro;r M,
Long bridge, and to iiivestiglto the spn. ynnt
of,salariesI received by ofieialsf Sresolution
maintaining all the supremacy Sfoe the Union
passed by thirty yeas 's to one nay Brecks
CIS IScINFATJ July 81 Cox hos oosa apicd
Charlesto9 oItRci lSanawfa. & ttrhs SoatIorns
ers have burned the bridges aud lfallen back.
EoRrR 3 hss M oNt,of II expo-
dltlony coIst Ting of six hume shaye burned,
nine ll S'onfeloIa F| sloops aud cliooners.
LouisyhLn July S7 Accounts of on.I
tlllsiastioh ettrned lfee montl,s
y0lunteo noticed Sin various places whose
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5 g g IfGD POE TRY.
80 Front the Southern Enterprise.
Lest Request of a South Carolina Volun-

5 81 From the Southern Enterprise
Last Request of a South Carolina Volun-
a m teer.
4 tx 10 my loved Carolina shore,
field lfaN, takc me home once
- eatly rest boncath her bright bluetl
4 Il BOD on my youthful breast, there
|iry mo back ;&hen the bloody strife
- er dchr, w,h grateful tear, shall
- 81 2yernl22ST 2
s 81 kill not rcigct brothers last re-
but one comrade spared, he'll take
rest ; ~.
j Cd ones there, The mourning house
81 ~ $St.esS&N, tho bssfu shore Of a brighter
: esSS Jrry me back, carry me i'll die,
FhrTS NSSes sicme, nu more to rome, there only
q i@oUE7sl lic.i
lad a dream Inst night, dream so full Of hlisf:
rslIand was ON my BROW felt sister
ta on Tecdy's s'rcom-tle old moss covered
seat bcncetl'thc rce-the College on the
Rh, boys! carry mic there in sight Of noun
= ID .ins blue, ;,
ki ,lS ba,ivc town, thcrelny me down, Ills all
|{ AY, too, in my dream, n maiden young and in'r'
3ntlc, loving girl WAS she, with sunny golden
5R Smir;
was sitting by my side, md We whispered VOWS
y OF love-
y y Iough shc may never be my bride, still may We
{me ct above
Ia boys! carry Inc back, there only would
IS 5jd tic MAIDEN fair with her golden lair, o'c
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l. - !. i.3- ~ I'M s.as
l. WHAT GIonoIA HAS DONE ASpils DoISa.,-
summing up the outpo,ring of troops from tic !.
State of Georgia, and tho spirit still peryadihg; ;s
that State to organize and send forth Volunteers
the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle shys: rs 5,s5 $ s 81
BESIDES tho Regiment Of regulars, at SavaRnnnh 4.
undcr command of Col. ClaFles j Williams Geos5sS
g sent 10 ;the field Ten yglems Of volunteers
under Coils. Ramsey, Scnhlos. Wright, Docs,
Jackson, Colql,itt, Gartrcl. lslumby Gopidingr -
ticid oflioe.s appointed by the President under
Co.'s. Sartow, MthaWs n,ld johnson OF Kontucky,;
two ,battalions commanded by Majors Yjllipigtio
and IIardsiran, besides two independent companos M
There are also in Virginia Georgia compnnics y
s.s;igh 70 organize another regiment. Soitlatwe III
have now raised and sent off some 1900 soldiers
besides tl,e regnlais The Brigade Of Gen phillps,
goomBs regiment Fourth independent lis now Or.
ganized under Col. Ector who fought the Mexican
war, Ntthc Eleventh and Twelfth regiments MID,
organize IN "a tlanta ncxtsWeck under command,
doubtless Of Hon. W. II Stiles and Ion. Tlea,-
as wv. Thomas. To these mtst bp added Tom s
Gobb's Legion. Col.l Cobb sndtnen regiment, Ri
Col Hammond's Col hloal anssSand Col. Under
Yood's which VII increase Georgia's ing force
Including the rogalars md Philips Iri eadc, 70
near twenty. fyo thousand troops. And tlisis onyS
one -half or one. third of what deorga cn and wilt
dc, IL necessary y. 81 i,
BRiLLiasT VicroRf ny I,ESsloS. ,Yo' B
lonrn from Dir Pollen, principal surgeon in Gel., IN,
Wise 3 brigodo, t&lio afrivcd in llichmnnd last
night that battle took place last - y
ESyha county. betweSn portion Of isnoTafs&
Wise s fofeas.s namkarng eac, -
Of Captains 3Pattassa nd slefssp ~ II rS
eral troops. "a Our troops roMtcl tho chsSSSNSt
ing 25O, and taking iine otfeers and Sa
EWbeeliig I.egs slaturo. mud correspondent o
an alnlitionpaperp publ in Cincinnati NNSI 81
oficors ken se,!ers vi arti u
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n,canlcemcnt Of q oampassaaii , Jan ss,nppliod
pgps wol " Organized organ army; ebss
neoa sna sax aiSf ssiss ~ ss
than they ss1 sS sharp al0 ayo
say,Ssis { initiate sss
aesss asPSapss soPoa and sssS -
courage anu
two armies were each other, and
the fight which sec .mminent al, Manassas
Gap will, insdl probability, decide moi, tho
'fi EI1onelon Post, .June 38X
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26

By r. EL E G r A p n .
From San Francisco.

SAN FRANCIsCo. October 25.
By the Sarah Chase, we have dates from
the Amoor river to September /. The bark
Mongol had arrived there, l4S days from
Boston. and while proceeding up the river in
charge of pilot got ashore on a sands pit off
Cape Catarna about August II, in three
fathonls of water. The captain and crew
were rescned. The vessel was total wreck,
At the request of the several heads of
departments within the Mint, that institution
was closed, to day, in respect to the memory
of General Baker, and in token of sympathy
with the Superintendent, upon whom the
loss falls so heavily.
A large number of flags, that were run up
in honor of the completion of the Transcon-
tinental Telegraph, are at haf-mast in re-
.pect to the memory of General Baker
The Pony Express has been withdrawn.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26

CALFoRNIA ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES.
AT the last meeting of this society, speci-
mems of the puis fern from the Sandwich Is
land were shown, and the source of the pulu
or tbrous material used to fiji our mattresses
explained. This fern is very abundant on
the islands, and rises to the height of four
feet or more, reminding one, the strength of
the stalks and spread of the leaf, of the de-
scriptions of the ancient vegetation of the
coal period, 10y Hugh Miller. The pulu is
collected from the roots, or base of the stalks
at certain seasons of the year
DIR. Kellogg mentioned the reception of an
interesting plant of the SguiH family, from
near the summit of the Sierra Nevada. w
p. Blake read a short paper calling the at
tenlon of the Academy to the recent discov-
cry 10y Col Whitman, of brown coal, or
Ignite in regular strata about miles from
Virginia City, and on the borders of Carson
Valley. When he visited the place, a bed
only six inches thick was exposed; since that,
one two feet thick has been reported This
Ignite is found between strata of bituminous
aud clay shales, all Of which are uplited.
The facts show the former existence of
broad sheet of water in that region, and a
vegetable growth of considerable luXuriance,
under conditions of climate very different
from the present, and at no very remote pc,
riod, geologically. The quality of the sam
pies Of Ignite is fair, and it may be used
with profit for fuel, if found in beds thick
enough to be economically worked which
can only be determined satisfactorily by
further explorations -BuAeeUl, Thursday.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26
TO INVALIDS.

EENECIA, located in a climate that is the medium
between the heat of the interior and the cold of the
coast is particularly adapted to the treatment Of
the sick, and especially to the prostrating, endemic
fevers of the interior.
The subscriber has been practitioner In Benecls
for nine years, having found by experience the pecu
liar heahfuness of the climate, to which he partially
attributes the success which has attended his treatmen
of many dangerous cases, has determined to open
Hospital for the sick
The Hospital will be fitted up for the accommoda-
ton of both and will be made in every respect
comfortable as home; no particular treatment will
be adapted good common sense will teach that ev-
cry and every system wants peculiar treatment
The undersigned will be prepared to have accomoda-
tions for baths, &c.
Excellent Springs are in the neignborhood Nothing
will be spared 10 assure quick and permanent cure
in the most chronic diseases.
Consultation in all modern languages and privacy
strictly attended to- "
A. VERHAVE, NJ. D.,
au3O BIN Benecia.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26

Hair Dye! Hair Dye! !--W1LLIAMA.
BATCHEL0R'S celebrated Hair Dye IS THE BEST
IN THE WORLD the only HARMLESS AND RELl-
ABLE DYE KNOWN. This splendid Hair Dye is per-
feet; changes red, rusty gray hair instantly to a
glossy black or natural brown, without injuring the
hair or staining the skin. All others mere imita-
tions and should be avoided.
The genuine has the signature, WILLIAM A.
BATCHELOR on the four sides of the engraving o
each box. Sold Wholesale and Retail by Il. II. Nc
DONALD & CO., Sacramento, and CHARLES LANG
LEY San Francisco, and respectable Druggists gener
ally.
Wholesale Factory, ST. Barclay street, late 233
Broadway, and 16, Bond street, New York. se13-3s
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26
JENKINS
HAIR RESTORATIVE.

NOR PRESERVING AND RESTORING THE
l. HAIR TO BALD HEADS.-It cures the sup
pressed secretons which productive of the loss OF
hair and the inspssated secretions, which yarahly
produces n violent pain in the head and the dtbilita-
ted cutce, which frequently produces loss OF halr
II also cures the dstended build which forces the shaft
Of the hair from the capillary sack, destroying hair
eaters scaly eruptons of the scalp, dandruf altered
and dryness of the hair and all other diseases
of the hair.
Prepared only by JOHN G. JENKINS the Hair Re-
storer, St. Nicholas Hotel building, Marysville.
Agent for Sacramento-W. IL. G. STEPHENSON, M.
D.. X Street, between Fourth and Fifth.
REFERENcEs-Hon. c. H. Bryan, Ex Judge Of the
Supreme Court Hon Gordon n. Mott, EX-Judge Of
the District Court Hon. Jesse .. Goodwin, ENState
Senator; Hon. Lloyd Magruder, State Senator +. f.
Rice, Esq; ). G. Cooper, Esq; W. H. Hamilton, Fsq
John Nash ESQ; MIR. John Banks, Mr.. C. p. Robin
son, Mr. Henry Howe, Matysville; Mr.. +. w. Shores
Yuba City; Mr.. Robert Kelly, Tmbuctoo; Mr. s. Spar
row, Sau Francisco; Mr. Truman Neal sacramento.
OCtl
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26

A PRAcrGcAL PEACE-S -SEcEsLIoNlsT.-T The
Louisville journal cf the ID inst, relates the
following incident:
A large secession flag not less than twen-
ty or twenty-five feet in length was brought
to us yesterday. 1t was torn down from the
house Of Secessionst on the Burdstown
ranch of the Nashville railroad 10y order of
the gallant Colonel at the head of the Indi-
ana Tenth The proprietor of the house had
often sworn that none could take down his
flag without walking over his dead body but
upon the first indication of the approach of
the troops, he fled cross lots, leaving his wife
to protect the flag and herself. The wife, as
ifto make amends for the flight of her man,
showed considerable spunk, but when the
gallant soldiers, after taking down the seces-
sion flag, put better one, the star spangled
banner, in its place the frown passed from
her brow, the word Of anger died upon her
lips, and she absolutely smiled.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26
Sperial 'gotirea.
APPEAL TO SCIENCE.

you wish 10 he of obtaining perfect hair dye
without any deleterous element, Crstadoro's Excel
sor Dye the only submitted to this ordeal
1t has been
ANNALYZED BY chiffon,
the first chemist in the country, and his certificate
setting forth its harmlessness is within the reach Of
every buyer.
TIE EXQUISITE BEAUTY
of the lusrCus blacks and browns, which it produces
with unerr certainty in ten minutes he's fairly won
for it the appeation ofthe most natural hair dye
invented. Sold everywhere. Applied by all Hair
Dressers. CRIsrAnoRo, No. q Astor House, NY.
GEO. W. SMELL Agent,
se29 100 Washington St, San Francisco.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26

Some ofthe First Dispatches.
The following were among the dispatc

The following were among the dispatches
sent over the erland Telegraph Thursday
Evening, upon the first opening of cummuni-
cation:
SALT LAKE, October "a
II. W. Carpenter, President Overland Tel
egraph Company, San Francisco
l am very much obliged for your kind
feelings, manifested through my friend, Mr.
Street, in giving me the privilege of a first
message to California. May success ever at
tend the enterprise The success ofMr. Street
in completing his end of the line under
many unfavorahe circumstances, in SO short
a time, is beyond our most sanguine antici-
pations. Join your wires with the Russian
Empire, and we will converse with Europe
Your friend BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26
All Chronic Diseases,
Lung Il ThrOatAncctiOns
Female Affections,
Diseases of the Eye and Ear,
And norticuIorIv a II caSoS of Sacracy

And will perform any, even the most delicate Surgical
FOperation.
DIR. FLATTERY proposes here, as everywhere, to
instruct persons Individually by classes, in the pc
cuarites of his successful treatment of the above
named complaints
DIR. f. would also respectfully inform the public,
that his mode Of treatment and examination are en-
tirely newly invented Stethoscope for the ex-
animation of the Lungs, (unlike the old enables him
further detect disease in this delecate organ and
by his Laryngea Specuum, he is prepared to convey
light within the throat sufficient to expose to view,
distinctly and unmistakably, its disease thus afording
knowledge which has long since been desideratum
in the treatment of malignant Throat Diseases.
His treatment for the CURE OF CONSUMPTION,
and Bronchial Diseases, is principally by inhalans,
and Nutrition which bear the closest Philosophical
examination.
N. B.-Letters addressed to DR.. ] FLATTERY San
Francisco, will be promptly answered.
CIScINSATI, o, March 5th, 1880.
We certify Or. j. FLATTERY TO be a graduate Of
medicine OF the highest order, and entitled to all the
honors and privileges thereto belonging. 1t is there
fore with great pleasure that we recommend him as
Physician and Surgeon OF tie highest capabilities,
competent to the discharge OF any duty the of
t. v. MORROW, NJ D.
Professor of Pathology, and Theory and Practice of
Medicine.
L.E.JoNEs, MD.
Professor of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics.
JOSEPH X. BUCHANAN, NJ. ID.
Professor Physiology, and Institutes Of Medicine.
ii. GATOHELL, NJ. ID.
Professor of Anatomy, Special and General.
b. L. HEEL, NJ. d.
Professor of Obstetrics, Diseases of Women and Chill
dren, and Operative Surgery.
J. d. sTALLO, AN.
professor Of Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence.
Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-26
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 24-7:4Op. NJ.

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 24-E4O p. NJ.
To Abraham Lincoln, the President of the
United States:
In the temporary absence of the Governor
of the State, am requested to send to you
the first message which will be transmitted
over the wires of the telegraph line which
connects the Pacific with the Atlantic States.
The people of California desire to congratu
late you upon the completion of the great
work. They believe that it will be the
means of strengthening the attachment which
binds both the East and the West to the
Union, and they desire in this-the first
message across the continent-to express
their loyalty to that Union, and their deter
mination to stand by its Government in this
its day of trial. They regard that Govern
ment with affection, and will adhere to it
under all fortunes. STEPHEN j. FIELD,
Chief Justice of California.