Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-10

Inc hnONNllle tnn w ing OF The ltlh ult.,
thus discourses concerning the Presidents S
proclamation Of April 10Th:
I'VE have looked the matter full in the
face, and We are still on the side Of the Cow
erEment We shall take sides with the Stars
and Stripes, and in the face of all the bully
Ing and clustering of Dsunionists we en-
dorse the action Of our Government. Insult
after insult has been offered, without resent
ment on the part of our Government; and
worse than all, "a deliberate purpose to march
upon the Capitol at Washington. by the
rebels OF the southern ContederacV, has come
to light and it is the duty of the Government
to defend it until the Potomac runs with
blood to lis mouth This army called for i,
ready to offend the Capital, in part AT least
/ Troops, horses. boats, PROVISIONS, munitions
Gt war, fast sailing steamers, hl!cd with pro-
Visions and war steamers to back them NJ
aud Iaud supplies at the forts occupied b}
American officer. and soldiers. 20 ont To- s,a
1 daily, with sealed H,ttucNou,; aud sn ropii-
, j. are they accumuiAlin@ III The Southern
.,at,rs That the mental vision of IN. ultiug fire
eaters and huIiyin5 traitors Is dazzlrd in thr
efforts to follow Iacm. We are g,ad to see
/ it, uhch n- we depyecate tie shcj ding O
blood. IL demonstrates that we haNeH Gov
,Wmcnt, aud We say !et that fact stand oUl
bctorc The We Id in bold relict, il il requires
"a seven years war 10 demonstrate H. ALI
this u.,hi TO have occurred under Buchanan
months ago, aud il ougut to have occurred
under Lincoln weeks ago; but better late
than newer.
A SMALL PANIC ABOUT FIELD P!Ecas AND
iloWuAlRs | WAS whispered about, yesterday
ihat quantity OF guns aud dumuuiliou h'd
! 4
sec, s.uu o2ilaturs and we're deposited i'll II
Store ia ti!r lower part OF the ei)y. Getting
the direction Of the supposed hostile arma-
mcul our reporter started out on an eNpio, =
/ ing expedition, and soon traced up the sus-
/ picous articles to the store of we'll known
| iron and bard are dedler--a thorough going
| Uuun rnan aui who reveres the name and
memories Of the "Slars and Stripes win
| al the lerNor of II true patriot No sooner
did he get nu inblIng OF the odiuu that had
/ been ATTACHED 10 the guns, than his wrath
| knew no bounds The de that he should 10,
suspected Of even having a secession gun
within the walls Of his ,toIe! Before TIE
guns should he used Tor such II purpose. they
should he uk to the lotion OF the sea 81
am WORTH said he. '&huut two hundred
thoHsnnd dollars, md viii give every cent
and 90 barefoot and barthtaded to susan
the Government and the good old flag IT
fact. it took nur friend about halt an hour /,
! give fun expression to his sentiments in favor
Of Constitutional Union and the laws.
The guns consist of two six pound field
pieces, like those fnimerii used by he First
California Guard four muunlain hoWitzer,
and to howilZer lo,t-gUns They were or
drrcd in New York to lie sent hence to some
port nu the P"ciic, whore the beigerrut iu-
h1Uitan7 proposed TO use them for each
others destruction They arrived ON rbt
18th of April from New York in the shi
| Nimg Eage aud are accompanied toy II
great quantity of shot and shell with the
fuse in, ud rIso the requisite carr, ges, Gals
sons, aud all the gear.
We bcheve that these guns could he bought
for reasonable sum, though We are not au-
thorized to say thvt their original destih,-
ton can be altered The Old Guard have
been without battery for the last six yeal'
their two brass pieces being now used Il,
San Quentin to oyerowr thieves and robber,
at the state Prison. The Guard ale now
as always, on hand TO defend the country
being constantly in efficient condition, as fan
as the artillery practice is concerned and il
this connection, we suggest thet such of oul
citizens as feel disposed to complete the
equipment of this fine company, purchas,
the guns, and hand them over to the only
artillery company in the State, to be useC
in time of need, The mountain howitzrrs
too, might be retained here We are sadly
deficient in arms in Californin-plenty o
muscle but less than 1000 stand of arms il
the State 4H0 SLh