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We give below the concluding portion, and
all for which we can find space, of the exceed
ingly able letter of Mr.. Motley to the London
Times, to which we have before alluded
sThe great secession, therefore, Of 1861 is
a rebellion, like any other lnsurrectlon against
establishing authority, and has been followed
by civil war, as it's Immediate and inevitable
consequence. If successful, it is revolution,
and whether successful or not it will be judged
before the tribunal of mankind and pOsterity
according to the eternal laws of reason and JUS
tice
Time and history will decide whether it was
a good and sagacious deed to destroy fabric of
50 long duration, because of the election of MIR.
Lincoln whether it were wise and noble to
substitute over q large portion of the American
soil confederacy of of which Slavery, in the
words of it's Vice President, is the corner stone,
for the old republic, of which Washington, :,
with his own hand, laid the cornerstone.
1t is conceded by the North that it has re-
ceived from the Union innumerable blessings
But it would seem that the Union had also con-
ferred benefits on the South. 1t has carried its
mails at IL large expense. 1t has recaptured its
fugitive slaves. 1t has purchased vast tracts Of
foreign territory, out OF which whole tier OF
slave states has been constructed. 1t has an
nexed Texas. 1t has made war with Mexico
1t has made an otfer-not likely to he repeated,
however-to purchase Cuba, with its multitude
of slaves, at a price, according to report, as
large as the sum paid by England for the eman-
cination of her slaves. Individuals in the free
states have expressed themselves freely on slave
ry, as upon every topic of human thought, and
this must ever be the case where there is free
dom of the press and of speech. The number
of pro(essed abolitionists has hitherto been very
small while ahe great body of the two principal
political parties in the free states have been
strongly opposed to them
The Republican party was determined to
set bounds to the extension OF Slavery,
while the Democratic party favored that
system, but neither had designs, secret or ayoW-
ed, against Slavery within the States. They
knew that the question could only be legally
and nationally dealt with by the States them
selves. But both the parties, as present events
are SO signally demonstrating, Were imbued
with n passionate attachment to the Consttu
tion-to the established authority Of Govern
ment, by which alone onr laws and our liberty
are secured All parties in the free States are
now united as one man, inspired by IA noble and
generous emotion to vindicate the sullied honor
of their flag, and to save their Country from
the abyss Of perdition into which it seemed
descending.
OF the ultimate result we have no intention
of speakng. Only the presumptious will ven-
ture to lift the veil and effect to read with ac-
curacy coming events, the most momentous per-
haps Of our times. One resnt, is however, Sc
cured. The Montgomery constitution, with
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Literary Notices.

LADIES' RErosIToRY-New York Carlton &
Porter. Boston: James P. Magee Terms
81 90 year.
The June number of this interesting month
ly has been received. 1t is beautifully illustra-
ted by an engraving of the " Coast of Mount
Desert and an admirable likeness of the Rev.
Glezin Fillmore, D. D., the patriarch of the
Genesee Conference. Some our readers may
recolect q brief sketch given of Father Fillmore
and his labors as the first itinerant in western
eral Conference. In this number we have a
brief bograp phical sketch Of DR.. Fillmore and his
labors in connection with the introduction Of
Methodisn into Buffalo. DR.. Abel Stevens
Irish Rebellion, Irish Missionaries, Gideon Gus
ley, William Hamilton, and Death of Preach
ers. " Captain Davenport's VIII is pleas
ant story by Virginia f. Townsend. 1t contai ms
a pleasant variety of articles and is very read
able number.
NORTH BRITISH REvIEw.-May, 1861. Re-
printed by Leonard Scott Co., New York.
The following is the table of contents
Present Movement in the Church of Eng
land, Alexis de Tocqueville, The Poems and
Plays of Robert Browning, Bishop Herd aud his
Contem oraries Railway Accidents, Motley's
United Netherlands, Berkeey's Idealism, DR..
John Browns lIore Subsecive, The Education
al Question in Scotland The Christian Archi-
tect ire of Europe, The American Secession.
H.,
great variety of topics, ably treated The clo-
sing article on g American Secession" although
not free from objection, displays greater faith
in the perpetuity and future glory of our Re-
BLACKweoD's MAGAZINE. American reprint
By Leonard Scott 4 Co., New York.
The May number of this work has been re-
ceived The table of con tents is as follows:
The Ministry and the Budget, Mrs Beau
champs Vengeance, Motley's History of the
Netherlands, The Euthanasa of the Ottoman
Empire, The Executor, The Origin of Species
A New Song, Life of the Right Hon. William
Pitt, by Earl Stanhope.
ANTI TOBACCO JoURNAL-By Rev. Geo. Trask,
Fitchburg, Mass.
We have received the May and June numbers
of this Orthodox publication. The following is
the table of contents
DR.. John @. Warren on the Pernicious Eff
fects Of Tobacco; The Discovery of Tobacco
Maize and Tobacco, by L. Ii. S., Hartford, Ct.
A Christian Triumph over Tobacco; Appeal to
Wives, Mothers and Sisters; Rev, DR.. Justin
Edwards on Tobacco and Strong Drink; Testi
mony of Professional Men To Rev Dominic
Spittle; Touch of Humor from Father Aixley
Life Assurance Companies and Tobacco; How
Ladies South and West take Snuff; A Farmers
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Testimony The Street Smoker The Pet Skunk
General Correspondence Boys Department
Those who subscribe for this Journal viii
help good cause. Mr.. Trask says:
g publish this journal quarterly, and as
much oftener as funds enable me TO dou. Sub
scribers can have twelve copies year. Price
One Dollar. pay the postage. Each copy
can be divided and distributed as tracts. All
Fitchburg, Mass.
WORDS FOR THE HouR.-New York arlton &
Porter. Boston James P. Magee.
This little work is just the thing to purchase
by the thousand, to distribute among soldiers
and others. 1t contains appropriate words and
sentiments for our present national crisis.
BLACKwooDs EDlNBuRGu MAGAZINE for Nav.
Leonard Scott Il Go New York.
Contents The Ministry and the Budget
Mrs. Beau champs Vengeance ; Motley s History
Ottoman Empire; The Executor; The Origin
of Species-a New Song; Life of the Right
Hon William Pitt, by Earl Stanhope.
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The June number of this interesting work
has been received 1t has its full complement
of illustrated articles. Among these we notice
" The Coast Rangers of California;" Adven-
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attract the eye and entertain the reader The
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among the pleasing events of each month. The
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PRAYER AMONG UNlvERsALIs The Tru,,a-
pet of the 18th speaks Of the common idea that
the Universalsts are not men of prayer, admits
that the fault is a serious one, and concludes
with the following excellent language We
wish, then, to see the religion of prayer among
US; prayer in the home circle prayer in private
as we'll as in public. If we have hitherto neg
lected this duty, it is time for us to awake and
begin life anew-spiritualli life. This is ourwant
spiritual life; and the more of this there is among
as, the more shall we do for God and for Christ.
Gnd will bless with spiritual increase and great
shall be the peace nf the penple
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The Weapons Of this War.

The editor Of Wilkes IN. ~ Spirit of lhe
Times is soldier now in Washington. In a
late letter to the Spirit, he thus remarks on the
weapons with which the battles are likely to be
won
Some Importance has been attributed to the
fact that the Southern men, as Il general thing,
are better markSnen than the soldiers of the
North, and that they will consequently possess
great advantage through such superiority, in
the hour Of battle. But while do not believe
that this is the case to any great extent,i would
not, even il 1T were so, give much consideration
to the TACT for in battle but lew special shots
are made, and the coming struggle is not design
ed to be a contest OF mere workmanship or ev0-
luton. War began with the spear for its wea-
pom after variety OF changes, through several
centuries it yielded its retinements, Sand under
Napoleon Ill, on the fields of Magenta and Sol
lerlno, came back to the spear again. On those
bloody and bitterly contested fields the alert
Z0uaUes and the athletic ChaSSeurS d AfriqMe
refused to accept Of the rations of powder and
ball, when served out to the troops, just previous
to battle, nay, when the charge was given,
refused even to discharge the loads which were
already in their weapons, but, rushing forward
through the fire, they engaged the Austrians
hand to hand land bayoneted them in the ranks.
This is unquestionably the true resource Of su-
perior physical condition. On this plan the
coming war between the North and South will
surely be contested; and in part evidence
thereof, will merely point to the fact that the
Government has already taken away the little
costly breech loading toys which the munificence
of New York put in the hands of Col. Ellis
worth's regiment, and served out to them the
spear, in the shape Of sabre on the end of
MIME musket, and may Heaven help those un-
der the edge Of whose bayonets these '' pet
lambs" shall succeed in getting. There will
be some strange fighting, in which, possibly,
even g butting" and wrestling and throttling
may form II part but, after short turmoil the
result will be a heap of slain and flying rem
nant, each of whom will probably render his
verdict of the struggle in the exclamation that
=" those fellows are not gentlemen = The sabre
bayonet is also to be distributed throughout the
entire army, and [ feel certain, from what
have gathered through military men, that the
actual embrace of battle, man to man, is what
the Northern captains Of this war intend mostly
to rely upon.
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The Paw and Pension of our Volunteers.
The following recapituation affords useful in
formation 10 volunteers and their families

The following recapltulatlon affords useful IN
formation TO volunteers and their families:
|. After being mustered into the service of
the United States, volunteers are entitled to pay
the same as regular troops.
9 If disabled by wounds received in service
or disease contracted in service they entitled
to an invalid pension during life, or as long as
the disability continues.
3 If any are killed or die in the service OF
the United States, leaving a widow, she is entlt-
led to what pay was due her husband, and
nension. If there is no widow the child or
children of such volunteer is entitled to the pay
and penson until they are sixteen years otage
4 IF there is no widow, or child under six
teen wears of age, the other heirs OF decedent are
entitled to the pay due the volunteer at the time
of his death-no pension. At this time neither
tho volunteers nor any heir is entitled to land
warrants. but there is no doubt an act of Con
oress will be passed early in July, granting lou
acres to every volunteer who shall serve Il days
or engage in battle and be ably discharged
first to the widow, second to the children, thrd
to the mother, fourth to the iather ana II al
the foregoing heirs be dead, fifth the orothcrs
and sisters of those who may so serve ana dle
without receiving warrant, IN ike manner as
the volunteers who served in Mexico are now re-
warded. Seamen ana oCheiS WY V"No F., 'Ho''
and those performing meritorious fea's will un-
Jonbtedlv be rewarded with the fruits of their
valor Those patriotic men and women VINO
suffer suffer from robbery in the slave States, under the
name Of con6scation will almost certainly be re-
warded, according to the scripture rule, Ouri9ld
from the property of the rebels-all State conns-
cations being wholly illegal--and mere piracy
will be punished ,and Congress will undou btedly
ass W." a nroncr and effectuaI act whereby the U s.
PPonrts will take from the unfaithful and unjust
stewards what property they may have ana
a;ve il to the faithful and true servants.
In addition to what the volunteers and
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THE FULFILLMENT OF PRoPHECY.--A
correspondent of the Rutland Herald thinks
the time has come for the fulfllment OF the
following prophecy:
And at the time of the end shall the King
of the South push at him and the King Of
the North shall come against him like a
whirlwind, with chariots and horsenen, and
with ships and shall overflow and pass over
Daniel xi: 40.
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OLD MEN FOR COUNSEL" An old Ban
tist" writes to the Biblical Recorder as
follows: "One of the first evidences of
decline in religion is an Indifference to the
religious paper. I have sat in Churches
where scores of members have been excluded
IF the excluded were reading men, and took
a religious paper, 1 have noticed that the first
palpable backward step was discontinuance
of the paper. This is the result of thirty
years observation.'"
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CHURCH AND STATE.-When ministers of
the gospel become half century old, they
are thought to be too old for popular efficient
service, and younger men are preferred.
But while the matter is regarded thus in
Church, how is it in State Mr.. Seward is
sixty years old +; Mr.. Chase, fifty three ; Mr..
Cameron, sixty Mr.. Wees, sixty two
Mr.. Smith, fifty six; Mr.. Blair, forty six
and Mr.. Bates, sixty eight. Can any one
tell why years as they multiply exert such
damaging influence upon the clergy, and not
upon the laity Upon ministers of Christ,
and not upon statesmen !-Religious Herald.
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A WORTHY Mission. The Boston Journa!

A WORTHY Mission. The Boston Journa!
says:
"Rev. G. II. Hepworth of this city has
gone to Forts Monroe and McHenry. His
mission is to ascertain what can be done for
the comfort of our troops during the hot
weather. The interest of Mr.. Hepworth in
those who are serving their country is active
and unceasing"
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heirs are entitled to, and may become entitled to
from the U. s., the several States have passed
and will pass acts granting pay from the State
Treasury.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09

LIHPITT's REGIMENT.-It is stated that a
special dispatch from the Secretary of War
ives received 10y Col. Lippit! by the last
Pony, in reply to his tender 10 the Govern
ment Of his regiment Of California Volun
teers. Secretary Cameron Informed Col
Llppitt that it wOnld be inconvenient to
accept the regiment, but desired him to hold
il in readiness for future demand for its
services.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09
TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 0, 1861.

THE PEATFOitM adopted by the Union
Democratic Convention at Sacramento, will
be found in another column. The resOlu.
tious fairly and squarely meet the great is
sue now before the country, and it is wor-
Thy Of remark that they were unanimously
adopted by the Convention. The several
candidates for Governor. Con0ess, DOwney,
Casserly, MCOorkle and BldweII, when their
names were presented, appeared before the
Convention and endorsed the resolutions.
The Convention very properly regarded the
question OF sustaining the Federal Govern
rneht in its efforts to put down the rebellion
as Of paramount Importance, and upon this
subject the resolutions are to the point, and
their meaning cannot be mistaken. We in-
vite for the resolutions a careful perusal
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09

CALIFORNIA PRACTICES ACT.-We have re-
ceived copy Of the fourth edition of the
California Practice Act, just published by
Kenny " Alexander, San Francisco. In
this edition isinCorPorated the amendments
to the Act by Che Legislatures of 1859 aud
1860, aud the practice decisions rendered
by the Supreme Court Of this State and of
New York, TO the latest date. The volume
contains 1868 pages, bound in law style, and
is for sale at the book store of Geo. w.
Welch, Commercial street, Nevada.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09

s'SERvED HIM RIGHT. The notorious
Sam. Brown, was killed at Lutte Olds', ten
miles from Genoa, on the 9th inst. A dis
patch TO the Union, dated Genoa. July 7tb,
gives the following particulars:
Brown passed through here yesterday in
company with another man, route to Esmer-
aida, and appeared to be somewhat intoxicated.
He stopped at Vansickle's house, three miles
from here, and dismounted to adjust his leg
gings, when Vansickle appeared on the porch
and asked Brown if he would have his horse
put up. Brown replied that he would not stop
with such S. of b.; at the same time he
drew and cooked his revolver, saying, your
time has come and will kill you now" or
words to that effect, whereupon Van ran into
the bar room, through the dining room, and out
of the back door Brown following as far as the
dining room, remaining there some three or
four minutes. Not finding his man, he return
ed, mounted his horse and started up the valley.
Vansickle and several others Immediately arm
ed themselves and started in pursuit, both. par
ties exchanging shots occasionally until they
arrived at Lutte Olds', where the parties came
into close quarters, when Vansickle shot Brown
with doube-barreled shot gun, killing him In
stantly-others also shooting at him, lodging
twelve balls in his body. Browns body was
brought here this morning and an inquest held.
The verdict of the jury was, "they served nm
right"
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09

INDIAN WEALTH IN HoRsEs.-A CORES
pondent of Portland paper, writing from the
Nez Perces country, says:
The generality of the Nez Perces' horses are
much finer than any Indian horses have ever
seen. Still there are many which are not bet
ter than the ordinary Cayuse. A great many
are large, fine bred American stock, with fine
limbs rising withers, sloping well back and are
uncommonly snewy and surefooted. Their
best gaits are usually gallop and a walk. |
have seen thousands Ct these horses grazing on
the mountains, apparently the property of few
lodges. In one place-tO be more exact-these
lodges of common Indians, calling themselves
poor, have six or seven hundred of them, run
ming from common Cayuse to elegant chargers,
fit to mount prince. They value their fine
horses beyond all price, and viii not sell them,
unless forced to. or those which they have for
sale, the range of prices may be from $l5 to
800 piece. think that 1000 Nez Perces
may be set down as the owners of atleast 5000
horses.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09

GEN. SCoTT The Washington CORES.
pondent of the New York Times, referring
to Gen. Scott's plans, says:
Gen. Scott yesterday remarked to Gen. Morse
of Massachusetts, that he should not move in
the direction of the enemy until he was ready,
and that when he makes movement it will be
conducted with a scrupulous regard to the saw
ing of any unnecessary bloodshed, first among
his own troops, then among the ranks of the
rebels, but that he will bag as many prisoners
as possible, firmly believing that, as in the case
of Capt. Ball and his company of Fairfax cav
airy, when they are brought into contact with
the truth concerning the real intentions Of the
Government, and are convinced, as they will
be when out of the reach Of the pernicious in
huences now surrounding them, of the utter
folly and madness of rebeling against the Gov
ernment, they will be glad to return to their al
legiance."
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09

FELL INTO SHAFT.-A man by the name
of Thomas McFay, in the employ of the Lone
Jack Mining Company, fell into an air shaft,
at that mine, last night, and was terribly, if not
mortally injured. The shaft is sixty feet deep,
and in the fall, the chin of the unfortunate man
was laid completely bare to the bone, and the
ghastly wound filled with mud and de his
back was also seriously bruised, in the region
of the kidneys-the most dangerous Of all his
wounds-both shoulders were badly injured,
and both ankles sprained. His body was 9TH
erwise more or less scratched and bruised, in
almost every part.-[G. V. National, 9th.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09

TREASON DIscOvERED.-It is rumored
about town that certain letters from parties in
this city and directed to the seeded States have
been returned to the Federal Postmaster here,
by the authorities at Washington. The letters,
it is said, are altogether reasonable, and ifpub
hshed, must render the situation of the writers
anything but agreeable in this community. The
letters reached Washington, instead of their
destination, on account of the suspension of the
U. S. mails in the disloyal States.-[San Fran
cisco Journal.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09

JOHN CONFESS. s.-Dispatches were received
in town yesterday evening, stating that
John Couness had been nomina ted for Gov
ernor, by the Convention now in session at
Sacramento. He was nominated on the
l4th ballot, the vote standing, Conness,
1856; Casserly, 1873; DOwnCy, 1913. The
nomination of MIR. Conness was not the re-
suit Of accident. He was understood to be
a candidate for Governor before the pri-
mary elections were held, and the large
vote which he received on the 6rst ballot
shows, that if he was not the first choice of
majority of the party, he was at least the
first choice of large plurality. Those
who keep posted in the political affairs of
the State, need not be told that John Con-
ness is a man of talent, of indomitable en-
ergy, and true and loyal to the Union. He
will make a worthy leader of the Union
Democracy Of the State. Mr.. Bdwell was
was our first choice for Governor, but the
Convention having nominated Conness, we
shall give him cordial support
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-09
ThE C6EvfErI0N. Richard Irwin, Of Plu

ThE C6StEETIoN. Richard Irwin, orPlu-
mas. was nominated for Lieutenant Gov
ernOr, alta late hour last night, aud Henry
EdgertOn Dis the Candidate from the South
ern district for Congtess. 1t was thought
McKibbin would be nominated from the
Northern district. We presume the ticket
will be completed to-day, bat we have not
been able to get any report by telegraph.