Daily national Democrat., 1861-04-16
MAIL FACILITIES The soIano Herald has


uance Of certain mail facilities in this con-
nection
The postoffices of Vacavile and Putah, in
section containing over $500 inhabitants
are now abolished, and the community is en-,
tirely without mail privileges, and dependent
on their own enterprise and private means
for a mail. These Offices were on the route
from Petaluma to Sacramento, the carrier on
which route has been informed by Postmas-
ter Weller, of San Francisco, that the mails
must discontinue Consequently, the mail
for Nacaville and Putah stops at Suisun,
where it accumulates in uncomfortable pro.
fusion. That the route from Petaluma to
Sacramento does not pay in its entirety, We
do not wonder, for it is a long route. and of
no benefit except to the two Offices of Va
cayile and Putah but the route between
Suisun and these places should not be dis
continued, since that course leaves them
without any mail. 4 petition from the peo-
pie in that section, praying for daily mails
from Suisun to Sacramento, should at once
be sent to the head Department.
PGoNouNcED SLANDER.-Nr Montgomery
made very violent speech on his school bill
the other day, and u very foolish one, too
In the course Of his remarks he said
8" know this, Mr.. Speaker, that the crimes
to which | alude are of too infamous a char.
aeter to name in this body. | wonder if the
gentleman from San Francisco denies it os
matter of fact, that illegtimate offspring
have come from these schools in San Fran
CISCO"
The San Francisco Board of Education
held meeting yesterday, and unanimously
passed the following resolutions:
"That this Board unhesitatngly denounce
the charge against the morality of our pub
lie schools, contained in the above extracts,
as maliciously falseand sanderous, and with
ont the least shadow of foundation in truth
ID That we deeply regret that the enc
mics Of the public schools, in their efforts to
destroy them, are compelled to appeal to
the lowest passions of human nature and
and TO resort to the sllndcr and villifcation
Of the common school children of our city.
> !. That the Secretary be directed to for
ward to Mr.. Banks a copy Of these resou-
tions with the request that he read them in
the Assembly, and publicly demand of Mr.
Montgomery, on behalf Of this Board, as the
legal guardians of the schools Of this city,
the name Of the author Of the charges above
quoted
Now, then, let Mr. Montgomery give the
name Of the author, or if not, he will have
to accept the only other altelnative-that Of
assuming the authorship himself The charge
is denied emphalcal1y 10y competent author
ily Let il tie proved. or its promulgators
branded as the most infamous of human kind
-Sdc Bce
TIE PRESIDENT ASpiRuuALlsr.-'rheC Cleyo.
land Plaindealer is responsible for the follow
ing:
"lt so happened that Conkin, the ce,ebra-
ted test medium, was in town the day that
President Lincoln arrived, on his way to
Washington. Being a Republican himself,
and not wishing to run an opposition to the
distinguished visitor, he broke up his own
levces at the Johnson to attend that Of the
President at the 'Weddell. The moment he
sat eyes on the lion Of the occasion, he reeog-
nized in him very peculiar individual he
had formerly met at his rooms in New York,
but at the time did not know his name. lie
used to come alone, sit silently, and depart
quietly On one occasion he got an eXtlAor~
dinary test, which was thus chroniclcd in
The Spirituulist,' published in New York at
the time
GOOD TEST
A gentleman called upon Mr.. Conkiin on
the evening of March 2lst for the purpose Of
communicating with his spirit friends aud
after asking some twenty mental questions,
all of which were correctly answered, he
wrote the following question,
"Can yon inform ne Of Nh j 5 conditou?'
1t was swcred--''Y y es, he is present now.
O. When did lie die p
A-"Y esterday morning; he is happy, but
cannot communicate yet"
The gentleman stated that lTr. x. was a
friend Of his, and that he had left him three
days previously in Wisconsin, twelve hun
dred miles Jistant--srid by his physician TO
be fast recovering Eom long and severe i'll
ness.
The gentleman called again the next morn
ing, and stated that brother-in-law of MIR.
X. ,, had just received a telegrrphic dispatch,
informing him Of the death of Mr.. X, on the
morning mentioned by the spirit
Here was intelligence received twelve
hours in advance of the dispatch, of an event
which had occurred twelve hundred miles
distant (Savans, please e%plain.)
"Mr. Conklin says that Mr. Lincoln Is the
identical 'gcntlemau' referred to in the above
eXtract-that he remelnbers him from his pc
culiarities Of person, his frequent calls aud as
the recipient of This particular test So with
this link Of connection established between
the spheres. spiritual association with the
patriots of the past thus ayaiiiug himself of
the wisdom of The two worlds, President Lin
coin ought to have his political pathway so
enlightened as to give the country assurances
of perpetual union and peace"
NEW SILVER LoDE.-The San Francisco
Times says that James ". Townsend, of that
city, while on visit to the interior, few
days since, accidentally discovered, in Stan
slaus county, what from assay, promises to
be a rich silver lode.
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Arrivals OF the st. Nicholas Hotel.
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