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The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16
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A DEsoExDANr OF PocAHoxrAs.-The Alta

A DEsCEHDANT OF POCAHoXTAs. The Alta
has the following:
Emily Easement, alias Emily Edwards,
or the "Fire Queen" was called as wit
ness in the Fourth District Court, in a case
where both parties are white. Mrs. Ed
wards is dark In complexion, and the atior.
ney for the defense objected 10 her as a
witness. She was thereupon examined as
to her qualifications. She said she was
Virginian, descendant of Pocahontas, a
native Of Richmond, the daughter of q
white woman, and Of man said 20 be
white; she could not testify 10 his color, for
be died when she was small. She said she
had not a particle of African blood 10 her
veins, to the best of her knowledge. She
pushed back her bonnet aud showed abun-
dant black aud lustrious hair, free from all
kinkiness. She was allowed to testify.
Some of her remarks created not little
merFiment 10 Court. As soOn as she heard
that all objection would be made, she said.
without waiting for the attorney TO explain
himself "too black" When asked where
she was born. she replied at 6rst. "Bull
Rum" To question aslto the color OF her
father, she answered that ''it Is a wise child
that knows its father" The attorney told
her TO say nothing except in reply 10 his
question, and she told him that she was pre-.
pared for him. Whatever doubt there
might be as to her blood. there was oone
as TO her spirit or her wit.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16

ABOUT EMPLOYING NEGROEs.--The Lon
don correspondent of the N. Y. Times. who
seems TO know what he is talking about,
writes:
see that some Of the papers advocate
the employment OF negroes to dig, aud
some to fight. No doubt they can be used
TO some extent, in both capacities. But
they will not volunteer TO do either. Force
alone will make the negro, as a rule, work
10 the trenches, or charge on the field of
battle. The entire military system is, and
must be, rule of force. II the negroes
are compelled to dig or fight, il is not a..
certained which side coad command the
greatest Rumber. The assumption that the
great body Of negroes 10 the Sonth would
volunteer TO fight or dig against their pres.
ent masters Is a matter TO be proven. NY
observation Of the Southern negroes In
times past has not impressed me with the
idea of their willing availability.
Ii is as well, In considering such mat
ter, to look the facts fully in the face. The
negroes OF the South are religiOus-afler
the fashion. A larger proportion OF the
whites in the South are church members,
generally Melhodists or Baptis;s, than in
the North. The proportion Of blacks is
still larger. Their preachers have, natur-
ally, great Influence over them, aud they
are everywhere, almost to man. Seces-
sionists The negroes may be taken and
made TO work, or fight, but it will be found
that the South will still have the advantage
OF controlling the greater number.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16

An officer, in his official report Of the
baltic Of Baton Rouge, in which General
Breckinrdge aud bis troops got well whip.
ped, Gays:
The dercest part OF the cOnfci at this
tide Of The battle occurred before and with
in house which the rebels obsIinately de-
termined TO get possession Of. The most
conspicuous Of The rebels at this place was
huge negro, armed and equipped with
knapsack. musket aud uniform; be led the
rebels. and met bis death at the hands Of
one Of our men.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16

GEN. HUNTERS CoLORED BRIGADE.-Tbs
celebrated shining corps has come 70 grief.
Il has been disbanded. Theexperiment did
not seem to work we'll, and the colored sol.
diers we're treated badly by their white
comrades. The Hilton Head correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press Gays:
The negro brigade organized by General
Hunter has proved an unmiligaied failure
Out Of 800 contrabands on The muster roll
there we're some 500 who "skedaddled, :"
and many Of the remainder felt so uneasy
under military control and discipline, that
they watched for opportunities to escape.
On Saturday last rumor prevailed al ound
Hilton Head that the famous negro brigade
would be disbanded that afternoon. The
rumor Of the disbandment proved correct.
for Gen. Hunter bad despatched an adjuiaUI
and other officers TO ElliOtt's plantation.
where the brigade was In camp. On the ar
rival Of these officers their purpose soOD
spread through the camp-creating the
widest joy among the "soldiers." The frag-
mentary remnants of the brigade soon fell
In line, and were officially disbanded. They
were delighted, but not more so than the
white troops. The ex-soldiers rushed b.
aud fro. and we're soon busy in making
preparations to leave for their homes IN
Beaufort and other places.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16

IT appears that one Of the pail bearers Of
Shakespeare is buried in the old burying-
ground at fredericksburg, Virginia. On
one Of the tombstOnes ia The following In
scription: "Here lies the body Of Edward
Helder, practitioner in physic and chirur
gerry. Born in BedfOIdshire. England, In
the year OF our Lord, 1912. Was cOLempo
rary With. aud one of the pail bearers TO
the body of William Shakespeare. After a
brief illness, his spirit aFcended in the year
Of our Lord. l6l8-aged 76."
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16

To MAKE DARK HAIR GRAY.-Gray hair
dye-not that designed 10 cOnceal this
color, but that warranted to produce it
has suddenly become very popular among
the rebel sympatbizers ct Baltimore, who
are afraid alto stand In the draft" and
barber who sells it is said 10 be making
money rapidly.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16

OLD SERvANTs.-Th Rev. Charles fsb.
am, rector Of PolebrOOk, Northamptonshire
who died on the 18th March, 1862, at the
age Of sc, (says the Notes and Queries,) }
bad been rector Of PolebrOOk for the unu-
sual long period Of sixty two years, having
been Instituted TO the living in the year
1900. But what makes bis case a very re.
markable one, If not altogether unprece-
dented, is this: His household consisted Of
lady housekeeper aud iise Indoor servants
and at the time Of his death, at Polebrook
Rectory, for the following periods: Lady
housekeeper, 70 years; cook, 800 years;
hons maid. "a years; kiicbeBmaid, IL years;
butler, 81 years; coachman, "a years. This
remarkable list speaks as much for the late
rector of PolebroOk as it does for bis serv-
ants; and In these days, when domestic
servants change their "masters aad missus-
ses" az readily as sheep change their pas.
ture, il reads like record Of past days that
are never more to be recalled.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16
"Nen change with Fortune,
Manners change with climes Z;
Tenets with bO ks,
And principles with times. "

S. A. Merritt, one OF the leading Breckn-
ridgers Of the State, supported the Union
Fusion ticket, at the recent election. Terry
said in the Sacramento convention, that
there is an impossible gulf between Breck-
inridge and Douglas. II is not so between
Breckenridge aud Lincoln men-as see
Dickinson, Holt. Butler, Merritt and 9th
ers.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16

FaEMoET.-Tbe last heard Of this famous
individual. be was addressing . Camp Noe
ting In Massachusetts,.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-09-16
Miscellaneous.
NIARYsvILLE
PIONEER ASSAY OFFICE.
III. HARRIS l. CO..

- ~ - - - "A ~ y A " 4 Z " Gfs
III. HARRIS & CO..
K Street, Near Corner Of2d, MarysyIlIe,
Also, 73 street, Sacramento.
lO0 SACRAMENTO STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
And Aurora, Esmeralda Mining District.
WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THE BUSINESS
w Of Melting, Refining and Assaying
Gold and Ores of Every Description
ADVANCES MADE ON GOLD DUST
Gold Bars bought and Sold Returns made In Bars
or Coin, IN SIX HOURS
shippers Of DUST can draw against consi0np,ert
on our houses at MARYSVlII.E. SACRAMENTO ana
SAN FRANCISCO, aud Check Books for that purnose
viii be furnished by us.
They would respectfully solicit from the Miners nd
Dealers, their patronage. As vouchers for the cor
rectness OF their Assays, they refer with permission
to the following Bankers who for nearly fonr years
have shipped Bars asssyed by them 10 the Eastern
States and Europe:
SAN FRANCISCO: MARYsyuIr.
r. Davidson ESQ Inv pros q o.
Mess. j. ParrOtt Il Co., Decker Jewett a p.xton
- Sather Il Church. REYNOLDS Bros '''"'
Reynolds, Refs &Co. NEw Yong
SAokAhENTo: b. Berend 4 Co.
~ F. hastings Co., Trevor Colgate.
QUICKSILVER AGENCY
OF THE NEW IDRIA MINES.
The best article the State sold at San Francisco
Agents rates. ''''s'o
August 9. 1861. H. HARRIS co.
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Rosin and Turpentino in California.

SAN Francisco, Nov. 25.-The manu-
fscture Of turpentine and rosin has been
commenced by firm in Maryville
Eight thousand pine trees have, been
tapped at the foot Of the hills a few
miles distant from that place, and it is
calculated that they will yield eight
hundreds gallons of turpentine and sixty
barrels of rosin per week. tIEI|
California abounds in vast pine forests
and the manufacture Of rosin, tar and
turpentine, hitherto confined to the slave
States, will no doubt be exceedingly
profitable 10 her citizens. Without pre-
tending to possess the gift of prophecy
we may safely predict that these pro-
ducts of. the pine forests of California
manufactured by her intelligent free,
white laborers, will hold far higher
place in the market than those produced
by the stupid and barbarous slaves Of
North Carolina.
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or live. II innocent, let IL live, but If
guilty, let il die.
The very men who exclaim that now is
not the time to disturb the people, by a
discussion Of the slavery question, would.
if il were possible TO end this war with
out passing a sentence Of early death on
African slavery, exclaim, then. still more
loudly, that it would be the most mon
strous outrage imaginable, to commence
the discussion of so delicate question,
at time when the land had just found
peace. Such men will never discuss there
moval of slavery. These will never discuss
the removal Of anything. They have but
one idea, and that is compromise They be-
long to that class Of men who when pat
riots pitched the tea into Boston Harbor,
said that it was an unjustifiable
trespass upon private property; and
who insisted that General WARREN
should withdraw his Continentals from
Bunker Hill, and send apeace Commits
sioner to the British General Bnt we
desire to see slavery discussed some day,
says these self-styled conservatives,
When When there are 100000, in
stead of 100000 Of slaves to remove,
and the obstacles in the way of
their removal are twice as great; and
twice as numerous as they are now. We
doom our children TO grapple in death
struggle with a monster, in its matured
and full-developed strength, which we
fear to strike in its infancy. Men of the
Union-lriends of American nationality
everywhere-shall we act the part of
bold and resolute patriots, or shall we
skulk like int-hearted and selfish time
servers from the contest? If the first,
we can make this the brightest era in
the history of our country; if the last,
then all posterity will curse us as imbe-
Giles and towards.
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A CASE OF CoNsCIEEoE.--In her last
card of acknowledgment Of articles re-
ceived for the soldiers, Mrs. Harrison
Gray Otis, of Boston, relates the follow
ing incident:
"a lady, Salem, Mass, 500 Twenty
years since a valuable sapphire breast
pin, encircled with brillants, was stolen
from lady in Salem, Mass. Every eff
fort was unsuccessfully made TO discover
the thief. Recently a small package was
left after dark at the lady's door: on ex-
animation it contained the long lost jew
ell and $40 in new, crisp banknotes, one
for each year of the retention of the ar
ticle restored by the purloiner."
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Correction.

An article appeared in yesterday g
UNION, containing several forms of Bonds
for Good Conduct, Oath Of Allegiance,
Guarantee Of Protection, &c, followed
by some remarks from General ROSE
GRAMS. The article was preceded by a
few brief paragraphs, which should have
appeared as communications but, through
an oversight of the composition, they APP
peared as EDITORIAL We correct this, be-
cause one Of these PREDATORY remarks
was directly contrary to what we have
stated before, namely: "The form of
Bond aud Protection, heretofore publish
ed, is intended for loyal citizens only
We have positively stated the contrary,
on previous occasion, and if we under
stand the meaning of plain language,
Governor Johnson and General Rose
GRAMS, take the same view Of the matter
that we do, and certainly they speak by
authority, inasmuch as the Bonds, etc,
are issued by their authority. Loyal
citizens are not required, nor desired, to
give Bond, or take the oath Of allegiance.
The Government asks no oath or bond Of
such, unless no other evidence of their
loyalty exists. We sincerely hope that
all who have departed from the path of
loyalty, will take the oath and observe
it, faithfully. A bleeding State asks it
of her misguided citizens.
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over Hans, Republican, by, about 10000.
Major Develin is elected Corporation
Counsel over Bradford, Republican, by
nearly 15, 600 majority.
A number of transports with (roops
and provisions for Gen, Banks expedi-
ton sailed to-day.
LANCASTER, O., Dec. "A special
election was held to-day to gil the va
canoy of Representative for this county.
DR.. Edison 3. Odds, the Democratic can
didate, was elected.
CAIRO, Dec. 1.-The Memphis Bulletin
says it has information that the "rebels
at Abbeville are receiving large rein
forcements that already a portion of
Bragg's army had arrived there, and that
Gen. Holmes was to come over and take
part in the great pending battle" 1t
says the impression seems 10 be that q
determined stand will be made at that
place. 1t even hints that JEFF. Davis is
neglectiDg the struggle in the East TO
defend Mississippi. Gen. Joseph e..
johnson supersedes Pemberton in COM
mand of the West, and great things are
expected of him.
Van Dorm has been tried by court
martial and acquitted. One charge a
gainst him was drunkenness.
WASHINGTON, December Colon ell
Lyle and Colonel Moore, of the I'd Ger
man) Ohio, have been made Brigadier
Generals.
Fernando Wood, in a speech, in New
York, on Saturday night, said he had re-
ceived information, and had communi-
Gated it to the Government, that, under
certain circumstances, the South was
ready TO return. Away from leading
statesmen in the South, men of position
and influence in the Southern Confede-
racy had expressed a desire 10 return
under Democratic rule-the past to be
forgotten, the public debt on both sides
to be provided for, and they were willing
to let by cones be by cones, if the North
would, and the Union once again be re-
stored.
This announcement was received with
tremendous cheers. This is a symptom.
The general impression here, of the
Presidents Message, is that it is an in
consequential document
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The Presidents
Message is spoken of on all hands, as the
best written and best considered of any
he has submitted. The radical Repre-
are not particularly we'll |
pleased with his lengthy argument in
favor of compensated emancipation, but
the Secession sympathizing members
are far worse pleased. The quiet way |
in which he treats the emancipation proc
lamation as a thing accomplished, and
with which Congress has nothing to do,
much attention.
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PAPER FROM Corn HUsKs.-The Ne
cRanic's Magazine says that excellent pa
per is now made in Europe from the
leaves of Indian corn. There is one pa
per mill in operation in Switzerland, and
one in Austria, in which paper is made
from such leaves exclusively. The husks
which envelope the ears of corn make the
best quality" 1t is also said in an ex-
change that a foreigner has filed at
Washington an application for patent
for various uses made of corn shucks.
The varieties include yarn, maize cloth,
paper Of beautiful quality (white and
colored) from silk to parchment texture,
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AT the late grand exhibition in England
there were consumed by way of light re
freshmcnts, 100000 ices, 554, 900 Bath
buns, 133,5OO sponge cakes, AS, 400 plum
buns, G0,2OO lbs. of Genoa cakes, $4,000
queen cakes, 5000 fancy cakes at I'd.
each, p, 900 pastry tarts, 10000 small
cakes and biscuits, and $4,000 macarons.
OF "drinks" there were appropriated
$4,000 bottles of ginger beer, 10l 600 of
lemonade, 81 900 of soda water, 10000 of
Settler water, and $50 of stronger Ii
quOr.
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Hhe Richmond Examiner says, that by
Christmas, not man not connected with
the Government can keep horse in Rich
mond Lou. Journal
If we remember rightly, RICHARD the
Third, found such great difficulty in OBJ
taing horse when he was in the Vicinity Of
Richmond, that he offered his Kingdom for
one. But then what do asses want with
horses?
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Mcclellan is a snug built little fellow,
weighing about $50 pounds. But COM
pare this with the following record
of the weight of the officers of the
Revolutionary army, as weighed at
West Point in 1888: General Washing
ton, 200 pounds General Lincoln, 224
General Knox, 800; General Huntingdon,
1875, General Creation, 1863; Colonel Swift,
PIG; Colonel Michael Jackson, 252; Col.
Henry Jackson, 239; Lieutenant Colo
mel Cobb, 1872; and Lieutenant Colonel
Humphrey, Oil"
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A CoNEECTICUT SECEssIoNIsT OUTDoSE.
"A secessionist, VINO lives between Shelf
field and Cauoyan, Connecticut, attempt
ed to raise a flag but a loyal neighbor
was resolved thst he should not -
Getting all ready for hosting, he seized
the rope anO began 10 pull, but the pa
triol pulled also on the other rope. The
secessiouiSt thought to tire the Union
man out, and hung on. The neighbor
sent for his supper and the secessionist
for bis lunch When the Union man
called also for buffalo skin for his bed
over night the secessiouist gave ia, bum
died up bis flag, and went home amid
the jccrs Of a crowd.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-04

A SPIRAL FLUTFD NAIL-The London
Builder says a company has been formed
TO bring into practical use a spiral luted
nail recently invented in England They
are fluted and twisted in a machine, and
are manufactured as chcaply as common
nails The holding qualities Of the nails
are remarkable, no holes are required to
be made before driving those Of the larg-
est size, aud there is no danger of the
board splitting, however near to the edge
the nail is driven. The spiral point
causes the nail to reyolve as it advances,
and its tenacity OF holding is equal to
that of wood screw.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-04

The catalogue of Yale College for
1862-63 has just been issued. The
number of students in all departments is
6l7, of whom there are 1877 professional
students classified as follows: Theology,
%; law, 81; medicine, 81; philosophy
and arts, AZ. The academical students
are classed thus: Seniors, 122; Juniors,
10, Sophomores, 10Y; Freshman, 121.
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Nov is the Accepted Time.


The number of men who defend sla-
very per Sc is exceedingly small, not being
as great, by any means, as the number OF
slave owners, most of whom have hith-
erto apologized for, rather than defended,
the system of compulsory labor for its
intrinsic merits. All The original, comPre-
hensiUe, first class Statesmen Of the South
have left on record their emphatic pro-
test against the injustice, the moral, So
cial economic, and political evils of
African slavery. The men who Sc
riously controvert the opinions of WASH
INGToN, of JEFFERSON, of Chief Justice
MARSHALL, and of HENRY CLAY are in
significant in numbers, and in character.
The difficulty in removing this system
which looms up among us, like dark and
flame. crowned volcano, in the midst of
howery island, rignates in that universal
timidity which men feel in assailing an
inyeterate and ancient evil. Loudly as we
eulogize martyrs there are but lew of us
who are willing to riskthe perils of
martydom We "see the right and
approve it," but dread to reach it by
travelling thorny paths, and climbing pre-
cipitous sleeps. We indulge the hope,
that by some unknown process, "the evil
will remedy ITSELF" and natural indo
lence, combining with timidity, per-
suadcs us to let it alone. Slavery is a
great evil-it is a great misfortune that
ever a slave was brought here--it would
be an excellent thing if every slave was
removed from the country,--but no,O is
an unpropitious time TO agitate the pro-
priety and mode of its extinction.
Strange that at be very time, 10Een The sy8.
tenn Of slauery is rocking, and beaUing the ma
tion, ,oih fearful agitation, the nation must
not agitate SlaUeryi Slavery may drench
the land in carnage and robe it in the
pail Of death, and load it with a tire
mendous debt, and lasten on il a contest
which seems endless, but when We sug-
gest the propriety of destroying slavery,
we are eravcly told that there is danger
of exciting the people! or all seasons
the present seems to US, the most iayora-
bic for discussing the slavery question
fully, freely and honestly. No other
species Of property is exempted from the
most liberal discussion. Nobody con-
tends that tariffs should not be discussed |
for fear Of exciting manufacturers and |
nobody contends that the policy and |
Justice of the banking system should not |
be probcd TO the bottom, although hun
dreds of millions of capitol are concern |
cd in this issue. The right of free, un-
trammelled discussion must be protected |
on every topic Discussion must be as
free 40 thought itself If the nation were
perfectly pacific there would be much
greater FEASIBILITY in the plea that we
ought not TO excite or agitate the public
mind but rs the people are already ox-
cited, and excited by the unproyoked act
of the slave interest itself, we cannot
but think that this is peculiarly fitting
time for arraigning slavery at the bar of
common sense, justice, and patriotism,
and trying it TO see whether it will die
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The great benefactors of the human
race, who have immortalized themselves
by their original ideas in politics, sci
ence, in mechanics, and in art have all
been called fanatics by their contempo-
raries. The Savior was crucified, and
his disciples martyred by men who
dreaded their innovations in religion.
CALLED, COLUMBUS, and Fulton were
regarded as visionary madmen. JETFER-
son and WASHINGTON were called uto-
plans by the High Tory Conservatives of
Europe. Thus, in every age Of the world,
we see that the fanaticism of TO- day, be-
comes the philosophy and conservatism
Of Tomorrow.
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YoLTAIR, speaking Of law, said; i
never was but twice in my life completely
on the verge of ruin; first, when lost a
suit in court, and secondly, when gain
ed one"
The seeded States might make a SINH
lar remark in reference to the rebellion
They will be nearly ruined, if they fail
in their revolt, and they will be utterly
ruined if they succeed Lawsuits and
rebellion are perillous methodt of obtain
ng individual and national rights.
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II appears that JRFF DAVIS is cndeayor-
ing to bring General PRIoE into disgrace
He better not. PRICE is the most neces-
sary officer in the rebel army.
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New YORK, Nov "A The steamer
Ariel has arrived from AspinwaIl with
1912, 600 in'specic