Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-11

upon. The masses Of the people Will approve
them, and will see to ii that good men are
sent TO the state Convention.
TIM GENERAL FErLING.-There seems to be
but one opinion concerning the old Breckin-
ridge faction, and that is, that it is dead.
Those who left it when the state Address
committed it to the cause of rebellion and
Secession, have &. cd cause TO be satisfied
with their course. Those who stood by it,
hoping 10 be admitted to fellowship with
Union men, will be compelled to sink with
the ship. And so farewell to the petty souls
that thought to drag California into the black
gulf Of treason.
The SroET YET TO coMn.-The I.iudlcyites
have made most pathetic appeals for some
time TO be received into fellowship with the
"Broderick Republicans" Of whom they raved
50 much last summer, and were quite certain
that no real difference existed between the
1.-TWO wings Of the great Democratic party"
1t viii be amusing, now that we have shut
the door in their faces to hear them denouncc
us. The Express ought to be full Of abuse
this morning Perhaps, however, it may,
like the san Francisco Herald, be "rcticent
SUDDEN DEArn.-Dicd at San Francisco, on
the Sth inst, OF a. congcstivc chill, brought
on by standing out in the cold" California
Scccssionism aged several years. His decease
will create a void in our midst which will
never be flied.
"With rapture we delight to see
The cuss removed. - Watts.
TuE CUREENr FuND.-We notice that the
Board OF Supervisors recently made an al
lowance, to one Of their own members, (AIr.
Whtcomb) Of $l22, to be paid out of the
current fund If the sum was due for seryi-
cea as Supervisor, it was not right to pay it
out Of the current fund. That fanl was ere
atcd by a special law to provide for paying
current expenses otAer than the salaries or
other compensation Of county officers, and
should not be diverted from its proper use.
The UMoNs OrNloN-Relcring to the
State Committee and their Convention call,
the Sacramento Union says:
A. wa expected, the Douglas Committee
took broad and positive ground in favor Of
the Uuion and the support OF the Govern
ncnt Of the nation. The members wisely
determined to ignore strict party lines, and
lay down basis Of representation so com
prehensiye that all Union men may stand
upon IT, The entire vote of the State was
tl, l,5 e !
gates, and the only question asked will be-
Are you for the Union and the Government
of the naton?' An affirmative answer is all
that can he asked of a delegate to the Union
Convention to meet on the 4th of July The
people may send men to it without reference
to their previous political associatious All
they are expected to do is to send Union men.
There is but one issue now-Union or Dis
union.
RrcoNciLMuoS.-Ihe following exquisite
spcciman of sweet tempered gall is from one
of the fountains Of bitterness which supply
the San francisco Times with editorial mat
ter:
The Bulletin, in its struggle to get into
/ good society, has moved its editorial rooms
to our building. Its door is Just opposite
ours We must Gruif," Merryman and
"Snarcyow every day, in the hall and on
| the stairs, and are the best Of Friends In
| the paper they call us " Forger," and hint
/ that we amt quite particular enough aJOnt
that virtue that lies at the bottom OF Il well :;
but this only in Picbwickian sense. They
don't mean it, for when they meet us on the
stairs and ask us how are You getting on ?'
We say, "prctty well, thaul you-had one
L.. / 4. l., T.
our circulation is Increasing the straight
Republican ticket will be elected and we
shall be city printcr-and with all the city
Offices, and all the Federal offices, and all
the Government Job printing, and few
thousand of donations, and all the posmas-
ters to act as agents, and a siuecure position
in the Custom House for one or two of our
editors, and with good deal of industry
and more talent than anybody clse-impu-
dence enough to say what we mean, and
pluck enough TO stand up to what We say,
we think we will get along fer about four
years" And then to see then to see them
smile: such a warm, genial, hearty smile as
breaks over their faces, really convinccs lis
of their sincere friendship, and Kenyon turns
his ninOle siXpencc more nimbly, and shakes
hands, and we part the best Of friends. Be
ing so near, we have found out some Of the
Bulletins secrets. They edit the paper with
blauks the same as many practice law. Their
article on the Straight Republicans, where
they claim the reform movement as their cX-
elusive property y--where they arrogate to
themselves all the virtue, all the decencv, all
the intelligence, all the wealth, all the patri-
otism of this city, runs in this wise and after
the following formula:
Bohemian; reform movement purity
best and purest return ballot box stulling;
Republican; conspracy incompetent; dis
honest; needless; unfair; worst pure in
corruptibIe patriotic; disntcrested; sala-
ries pledge; reduction; new editor; forge
ry; Bulletin; Lull Wells Wetherbee and
Battles; Dempster, Diblee, Cole and Mageg-
nos; $4,000; $1,000; S1000O $4,000
Doane; New Orleans; Bartlett; Georgia
Ellis; Maryland; Battalion Louisiana Bull
lctin; Bulletin; Bulletin.
DwmERM-ALMosr INcuRAnLr.-Tho Pa
cic Medical and Surgical journal contains a
short article in relation to the terrible dis
ease known as Dipthera orpuhid sore throat,
which for the benefit Of our readers we copy
entire:
DmrnnnM.-Duringt the first two weeks Of
April this disease manifested itself with all
its usual malignity in this city; there were
eight well authenticated cases. Ofthis mum
Der, six died, the mortality being seycnty.fve
per cent. This accolls with our investiga-
ton Of the relative mortality Of the epidemic
Of 1859, which spread over the State that
year; the result of those inquiries developed
the fact that in all the cases that could be
well authenticated at that time the ratio of