Daily national Democrat., 1861-04-02
COMMON COUNCIL.
REGULAR NETTING.


after the usual preliminary business was tranHac-
ted, petition from the odd Fellows Hall Assoc
ciaton was presented for the use uf the Pavilion .
on TIE Zjth Of April for the purpose OF giving .
dinner. Petition granted.
The Committee on Streets and Roads reported /
tha' the ordinance in relation to distinctions, &C., /.
which had been reported to them was net acccp- .
table, and submitted substitute.
Finance Committee reported the following bills /
as being correct: n. Wescoatt $z32 Hover " /
Cook S9o,69;J +. smith %55,56. a. "4IEI' ~ |
40; > W orms 8 Wm. Manuucl 81; }. NJ. Bel |
rude $3.50; j. May6eld So; Z. DAVIS $40; ). Da-
Wis $3.50; d. Hcalcy sl6.
Committee on VI harves and Landings reported
that it was neXpedicut to build any wharves on
Feather River as proposed
Committee on the Cortcz Square improvements
reported that q contract for five years time had
been made with responsible parties for the I'M
provemeut Of the Square, and presented the con-
tract and bond which was accepted aud flied.
Special Committee to whom had been referred
the petition Of the Northern Railroad Company,
reported that it was, in their opinion, better to
refer the whole matter to the taxpayers of the
city.
The annual message Of the Mayor was read and
received, and the annual reports Of the Clerk OF
the Recorders G urt, City Clerk Treasurer
Funding Commissioners, Marshal, Powder House
Keeper and City E5ugneer were received and
laid upon the table.
Clerk read returns ofspecal election of the 26th
March, and the Committee on Elections reported
that the total number Of votes cast was 81, of
which 3l9 were in favor and j5 against the
special tax.
lerk authorized TO draw warrants in favor Ol
officers special election.
Special committee to whom had been referred
the matter Of ChaS. Covaud, empowered to have
said Coyilaud's bond for $500 cancelled relating
to Reform School Lands.
CITY officers salaries ordered paid
dan. gr1,r ,ni IN
for cisern covers.
Resolution to pay the Mayor $500 for salary
was introduced, opposed by Aid Love, aud was
finally laid upon the table.
Council went into election Of officers for the en-.
suing year. W. +. Hicks was unanimously elcc
ted City Printer.
+. Hamilton elected Sexton; y. Weseoatt Sur
vcyor; S. {. lloaton Powder House Keeper: Van
dyke, Perkins Cunningham and Uuger, police
men; Murray City Jauitor.
Council elected j. a. Paxton, " Bolinger and
| w. G. BuchCr as committee on disbursement OF
the 81 900 fund, and Aids. Shields Dickey and
Davis added from the Council.
Gas ordered introduced INTO tie Iuba Engine
House.
Marshal instructed to enforce all ordinances in
relation to Instructions Of streets
Mayor allowed 500 salary.
Sundry reports and The Mayors message order
Substitute for Ordnauc to amend article con-
CeTnlug ODStTuCtIOuS etc. adopted.
Aid. Mann introduced ordinance granting
the right Of way to the Northern Railroad Go.
through the city to Washington square, and the
use OF said suqare for depot purposes. Read a
second and third time, referred to the Judiciary
Committee and ordered printed.
Judiciary Committee authorized to contract
with soue competent attorney to act as city at
toruoy.
Petition Of California S. n Co. taken from the
table and referred TO Com. on Ways ana Means,
with instructions 10 prepare an ordnance con-
ceruug it.
on Fire and Water with power to make alterations
asked for.
Petition Of Geo Lambdin and Thos. Patteu Ia.
ken up, but 30 disposition made ot It.
Alderman Mann presented a draft Of propos-
cd bill to be introduced in the Legislature, amend
ing the city charter in many respects. LIST and
I'd sections endorsed seriatlm, and all the other
sections endorsed en- massc.
The father of the bill was instructed to take it
/ to the Legislature aud introduce it.
Substitute for Nuisance Ordinance read a third
! time and passed.
| Adjourned
GIVING Ur or Fonr Srurra-The Cal4ye-
ras Chronicle (Dcmocratic) bus speaks This
proposition:
The idea of being great nation, and yet
not able to count ON any force in time of
public danger, is a iallAcioUs one. No state
-hoali have the right to withdraw from the
Uuion. Once part Of the Government, al
ways; when dissatisfied " Nijh it, do as our
fathers did against the power Of England
reyolutiouize; but this playing the part Of
very Young men or fu..y old ladies' and fall
ing back on reserved rights, IS as di,gra "cful
o the seeding States as the withdrawal Of
the troops from Sumpter is disrcpatable to
| the Government There was time in the
! history of our country when a man Of iron
nerve presided over its drsliuies, and the man
did not live who would have dared TO pro-
pose the surrender Of fortress to him. In
these days, Uncle Sam takes off his hat and
asks to send food to his soldiers and when
refused, begs the privilege of withdrawing
them from the sight of seceders, lest their
delicate scnsiGliies should be shocked by the
sight of blood.
! We expect to hear next that modest de-
mand will be made on the Government to
| leave the Capitol, and as it is south of Mason
and DiXon's line, rather than quarrel about
the matter, the President will withdraw. 1t
would not be worth while TO have row
about so trifing a thing as National Capt.
tai. After our forts have been given up. our
should give up Washington without strug-
gle, and find on the plains of "bleeding Kan
sas or, perhaps, further still from danger, at
Salt Lake, new site for n northern capitol,
AN EDITORIAL JoKE-A good double-head-
ed joke is rarity and ought to be preserved.
One OF this description has recently come into
our possession, which we mean to tell, al
though at the risk of exposing some of the
secrets Of the profession:
1t seems that when the Daily Transcript
was first started at Nevada, its editor sen.
A., anxious to make as good display as pos
sible Of original matte: for the first number
engaged cold Block" of this place, to write
an article for it. press Of business. how
ever, prevented Old Block from fulfilling his
engagement, and the General, with a com.
menda6le spirit of enterprise which would
not allow him o disappoint his readers. wrote
an article himself in Old Blocks best vrin
to which lie attached his (Old Bock'sl sigma
ture.
The affair passed off as such affairs usually
do. without anything being said about it, and
without the worlds being any the wiser fot
it, that last clause is moi intended as Joke
until recently, when the General happened to
be conversing in his sanctum, with a visitor
and among other subjects introduced was the
comparative merits of several Of our most
eminent EcraieurS. When Old Block claim
was canvassed, the gentleman was hy no
means complimentary of his genius, and de-
clared that he had never written anything fit
10 read whereupon the General took up his
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