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Colonel Z. ID. Baker appear for The prosecu-
tOn and Messrs. Love and Watson for the de-
tense. Freelon charged dead against IHE
jury. OF which the late Henry NJ. Newhall. auc-
tioneer, was foreman. held that the ohrnse was
one of misconception and not OF intent. ana SO
they could not agree. The Major was suose-
queDtiy nacaied Ivy an ample apology IN tne
columns of THE CALL. apd cons nted that
DOlle pros be entered. No honorable aud we'll
conducted newspaper should hesitate 10 right
wrong done under misconception OF facts. AS
u the effect OF THE CALLS general work IN re-
gard 10 this Mint matter, 1t was Drnenclai.
After investigation before the United States
Grand Jury, a revolution took place In tne
working ce of the Branch Mint, and business
was carried on correctly. smoother and more
effectively thereafter. The furry at the time
was considerable, but as is he case IN natural
processes in the calm following storm, the
office air was much more wholesome ana agree
able than II was before the trouble began. III Is
unnecessary TO DO more than allude o the other
suits that followed the Snyder litgatlons. As
before mentioned, they were frequent, but they
were mostly brought for the purpose OF veXa'
ton and blackmail. 1t became the fashion TO
sue THE CALL.
The majority of the suits were lost in the
shuttle OF cases on The court Calendar, and IN
those that were brought to trial no damages.
excepting in one case we're given. Inat case
was a suit brought by coored man named
Brown, who was storped when about 10 emba
on the unfortunate steamship Brother Jona-
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than. Mr. Nisbet who had just separated ed
ilorial connections with the Bulletin. and was
on his way to Victoria, B. c., was drowned by
the wreck of this vessel. Brown was detained
by a Sheriff's officer. with a writ OF ne exeat
respublica, or something TO that effect He
owed money and was not allowed TO leave un-
til he settled up. THE CALL reporter, In mar
rating the circumstance. called him "negro."
and rounded up bis paragraph by the remark,
$50 the rascality OF this man saved his llfe."
Orson C. Pratt sat in the case. He held that
the term "negr0." as applied to an American
citizen, was lbeous in tie strict sense, aud the
winding up OF the local item was also of The
same character. Brown sued for $4,000 and
the jury gave him $500. The defendants
bought up at small figure some judgments
against Tie man and turned them 10 In satsfac-
ton of damages. The result OF this case was
not uneS pected. 1t Is only mentioned TO show
what strained rulings were ito be expected
when the Judge was color blind and opposed TO
newspaper men and he press on principle.
One OF the struggles The CALL had to un-
dergo in the early part of It's career was that
for news by the overland telegraph, completed
ea,ly in 1861. The higll-priced papers of San
Francisco, and The Sacramento Union, chaIg-
ing twenty-five cents per we k, obtained a
monopoly OF this privilege, which they were
bound TO do in order to keep out popular
journal like THE CALL that charged only
twelve and a half cents, There was no difficulty
in getting the State and court news over the
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THE STORY OF "THE CALL"
RISE AND PROGRESS OF A GREAT JOURNAL

The conductors of THE CALL avail them
selves of the esent opportunity in the history
of their great journal to review. albeit In
cursorv way, It's past useful and honorable
record. to recall its battles in the interest of the
public, and the victories gained. BY the ex.
periences of the past, carefully studied, valu-
able lessons are learned for future guidance.
Scanty though the Information given, it will
at least be of interest TO the reader to follow
by Its means III" growth of one of the most
successful and valuable newspaper enterprises
on the Pacific Cost. He VIII be enabled to
find how. With ach succeeding year of this
Journals existence, its "cords have been
heightened and stakes strengfhened' until 1t
stands o-day impregnable in the confidence
and esteem of the people.
Incessant vigilance and clear judgment have
been necessary 10 gain and retain that proud
position. a new chapter has commenced in the
already ample and brilliant Iecord of THE
CALL, and, therefore, it is proper time TO turn
TO those already written with feeling of
respect for the men who helped to write them.
II is a long cry from 1898 TO 1856, when the
first number of this Journal appeared, but il is
intended to bridge as compactly as possible the
intervening thirly-Seven years by the narration
of such important events in THE CALLS career
as will give the public in general fair idea of
the character of The paper. of its management
and of the satisfactory results that have been
attained
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When the limited resources at command were
considered. he feat was applauded by the pub
lie and The CALL gained considerable prestige.
Desk-room for business purposes was leased
from George w. Ga TIM, who dabbled In news
parers and then had an officr on The east side
of Montgomery street, near Clay, where he was
preparing Nugent's moribund Herald for The
grave THE CALLS awkward arrangement
was continued for few months, and then IN
establishment was moved to new brick build
ing above aud adjoining the old United Sta es
Branch Mint (now the SubTreasury) on the
north side of Commercial street. above Mont
gomery. Here it r, maned till 1869, when the
new proprietors removed 1t to its present quar-
ters on Clay street, between Leide.dorf and
Sansome.
AS an illustration Of how closely The people
OF This Stat, and Particularly OF the city of
San Francisco, were welded 10 hard money
circulation In the early history of the war The
following incident, in which The CALL was
concerned. may be mentioned: The leading
Federal officers on the coast combined in 1868
in an ende vor TO force greeubacks into circu-
lation, an effort that was stubbornly resisted BY
The people at large. Their WAS also a struggle
in the State Legislature of 1868 to force a cur
ieDey NJ egal-tender notes on California. A
masS-meeting was called on one occasion at
what was known In those days as PIatts
Music Hal on Montgomery street. BY United
States Sub Treasurer Cheeseman ana other Off
cials, at which IL was urged that California
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was good beginning Its contemporaries
scarcely deigned 10 notice its appearance. and
If spoken of at all by the daily press. terms OF
contempt were used with predictions OF SPEEDY
death. Still this comparatively unnoticed seed
fell uron good ground and seemed 10 take root,
feebly, ii is true, from The first.
TIE gubc looked kindly. on the venture.
There was no end 10 serve by its publicaIio ion
excepting a legi innate one and at the same
time to furnish for public perusal clean and
reliable sheet
The inception of The CALL and its early
financial troubles at The hands OF faithless en-
pluyes aud worthless tduclary agents reminds
one of the genesis of two other jou nails (else-
where mentonrd), important, prominent aud
powerful Tor many years in the daily news
paper circles of the United States. if not of the
world-thc Pcayune of New Orleans. La, aud
the Union of Sacramento, Cal.-one altogether
now out OF existence and the other so changed
by tie lapse Of timh aud political mischance
that its best friends. prior to 1861, would not
know ii. Like THE CALL, both these papers
were started by an ASSOCIATION of practical
printers. who were high in hope and low in
coin, and for more than year The continuance
Gtiheir publIca ion WAS doubtful. II was only af-
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wires of another and smaller organization,
called the Alta Company, but tie more impor-
tant overland dispatches were tabu to the col
umns of a cheap daily. All sorts of expedents
were resorted 10 In order to get the
desired information, some of them most
ingenious, but they wouldn't work
against the business jealousies and
op osition OF THE CALLS rich and formidable
newspaper rivals. AT last plan was hill upon
which II was thought might measurably meet
the difficulty. A cipher was carefully prepared
strictly with a view 10 the nature of the matter
to b. commune lied-evenJS of the interneclne
war. Two copies were made, one of which was
LETT with The managing editor of THE CALL and
the other tax II East by one of the members of
the firm in the latter part of .S6l.
The Offices OF the Overland Telegraph man.
ayers were in ST. Louis at hat time, and after
a fruitess at" .npt to make an arrangement
with the directors for partial service al a rea-
sonable rate, the plan originally designed was
carried out. The cipher was inlrusted TO
competent man connected with one of he st.
Louis daies wi b instructions TO send cerl ain
number OF ciphers per day. These were trans
mitted By the telegraph for some time, and being
accurately decipheied and well EXPANDED by a
competent editor. a column would b evolved
from each dispatch. The telegr ph charge was
so cents per word, or $50 Ter we of six
issues The arrangement fretted the big
pap RS. but II was continued until one fine
morning, when The CALLS s.. Louis cor
res p0Ddent sent. in advance of the regular
press dispatches. cipher conveying news of
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NoalPs New York Times and Messenger
The room In the Blue Wing bundug soon
became too small for the Increasing business OF
1858 to the two-story house on the souIbeast
corner of Clay and Montgomery, where after
remaining hrer or four years. the office of tn
paper was partially destroyed by fire that broke
cut in the lower portion OF the building
Fortunately the hre occurred on Saturday
mo, Ming after the paper had gone TO press, and
While the "forms" were still in the pressroom.
Some of the ''good-natured friends" of the
paper concluded that it could not survive tie
di>aster and there would be no further
ISSUE But they mistook the temper
and spirit of the young men who
had the infant enterprise in hand There
was no Monday morning issue, and con-
sequenty there were TWO clear days In which
TO turn around A notice was published In the
Alta that THE CALL would appear as usual on
Tuesday morning, which, after reading and
locking at the still smoking ruins, many smiled
incredulously. "How Will the boys be able to
do il? ?'' they asked each other. This is how
the emergency WAS met. section OF Munson
& Valentines printing establishment on Clay
street (wbere IL is still located) was leased. and
before many hours things were In train TO en-
able THE CALL proprietors to keep their prom
lse TO the public.
The paper appeared on Tuesday morning, the
regular day OF issue, as if nothing had hap
pen d. True the sheet was a little pachy in
places on accoun Of a diferenc In he face
of the type; but otherwise 1t was satisfactory
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the battle oil Fort DOnelsOn on February 10,
1861, aud the success Of the Union forces under
General Grant An extra was immediately is
sued and score made In tile public nina in
favor OF The CALLS enterprise. But unfor.
tunately this was The last news CIPHER received
over the wires. The telegraph magnates abso-
iulely refused to transmit any more for this
paper, although required to do so by law, ana
to all protests and threats of suits for damages
calmly replied they would take the conse-
quences. They could not afford 10 quarrel
with their high-Driced journalistic clients
Tor the sake OF The CALL. An expla-
nation was made to THE CALLS readers, and
particular attention paid TO revising, correcting
and amplifying the news dispatches of more
favored contemporaries copied in each morn
ing's issue. They were varied in die ion, and
such new matter germaue 10 the subject intro
duced that the republlshcd news had all the
charm OF novelty and freshness. At any rate,
the circulation OF THE CALL went up steadily.
Many OF its supporters were hard-handed sons
OF toll. and as they had learned TO labor so
Were they, in the mat er of teegraphic news,
coDiented to wait While attending to this
cirher business In the Elst the gentleman con-
nected WI h THE CALL also made contract
Tor the celebrated "S1tanea'' letters. for years
feature In its columns. Much curiosity was
Tell as to their author. ana wagers were freely
made That The writer was woman. The
letters came from the pen of Colonel
John 5. Du Sole, literary editor in 1861 of
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ter the New Orleans associated typos had found
financier in the person Of young Holbrook,
who showed them that they were several thou
sand dollars belt off than being bankrupt,
as they thought they were, that they too
heart, made Holbr0ok captain of the ship, and
sailed on. 1t was only when The Sacramento
Union party found on the levee OF that city a
clerk named James Anthony. who proved
Moses 10 lead them out of the wilderness OF
financial difficulty, that they b gan 10 believe
they had a valuable property fn their hands.
The accepted story is that the name ''MoRN-
ING CALL" was derived from the comediftta of
the same title. and the idea of adopting 1t oc-
CURED TO the parties proposing TO start the
paner on seeing a bill-poster passing an
afficbe to dead wall with a staring line an
nouncing that Charles Pope and Mrs. Julia
Dean Hayne would appear In The pretty little
piece at the Old Metropolitan Theater on Mont
gomery street. The story IS correct.
At The art tn. conductors OF THE CALL de-
cided 0 follow the advice given by Washington
in his farewell address. They would make no
eutangling alliances in tile management of
their aprr. The Vigilance Committee, the all
absorbing event of the year, Which began It's
extrajudtcial functions in May. 1886, had con-
cluded them and was in transition state,
passing into an organized local political party
tor the purpose OF controlling the municlpa /
policy of San Francisco. In other
words, the committee wished 10 keep
clean city government which it Lad
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already cleansed. IHE CALL being started
a few months after the disbandm nj of the COM
mittee its members resolved TO treat the vigil
ance question as dead Issue, and only to refer
10 when reference could not be avoided. IL
was judic0us conclusion, as whether for or
against the movement, no one cared to talk
about ii, and all felt pleased that the necessity
for the committees existence had ceased. By
a sort of tacit understanding among the best
men In the community the subject was laid on
the sief. The work THE CALL addressed it.
self to particularly was TO make as good local
paper as could be done by its limit resources,
and as the restricted wants of the city at that
time required. In Federal politics it was Union
Democratic. and retained its Democratic color
Ing up TO the time the paper changed hands in
1869. 1t was independent in local fairs. APP
plying The JefersoDian text, "Is lie hOnest?-ls
be capable?" 10 every candidate for munlcipal
office, whether he rained as a r publican,
Democrat or Know Nothing.
When the iniernecine war broke out in 1861
the union sentiment in the Site OF California
was fostered and defended by THE CALL of
San Francisco and Union of Sacramento with
out reserve. while other journals published in
the Two cities mentioned were at the time only
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News Items.


The Hon. Samuel Hoar died on the 2d ult. at
Concord, Mass, aged 78 years. He was re-
tanned In nearly all the great cases, civil and
criminal in the State, for thirty or forty years.
He was a nerfeet type OF the sterling virtues Of
the New Engl,nd character, with but few OF
its rrejudices.
The amount of money subject to draft in the
U. S. Treasury is upward of s25,o0o,oo0-of
which amount there is reported at San Fran
ciscO the sum of S2.750000.
The news from Kansas is TO the 2Sth ult. On
that day numerouSly attended convention
organized at Big Springs and nominated GOV.
Reeder as The Free State candidate for delegate
TO Congress. The State prisoners were on trial
at Lecompt0n.
An accident occurred on tie Willamsport
and Elmira Railroad. when near Crescent sta.
tion, on the 1st inst In consequence of break
ing rail the whole train was thrown of the
track. baggage master was killed Instantly
aud S veral passengers badly hurt.
a duel was fought on the 1st inst. few miles
below Richmond, Va, between Rog A. Pryor,
editor OF the Richmond Enquirer. and DR.. Fin
ney, Senator from Accomac County. DR.. Fin
ney was wounded in the right hip.
There was violent gale on the 4th inst. on
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. A large number
OF vessels were wrecked. 80
Montreal was VISITED on the 4th last. by
terrific hurricane. good deal of damage was
done To the buildings IN the city and neighbor-
hood, but no loss of life is reported.
The Church of the Epiphany al Philadelphia
sustained the vestry In the rebuke given 10 The
pastor, Rev. Dudley A. Tying for preaching
politics from the pulpit. DR.. Tying Will resign
the pastorate.
The powder mill OF Nathan Pratt atnSouth
Acton exploded on The 1t lust. and killed Two
men employed In the building.
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Arrival OF the Columbia.

BY the arrival of the steamship Columbia last
evening we are placed In possession OF Oregon
papers to the 22d ult. The following is the
memoranda and list of passengers:
MEMORANDA.
Left San Francisco at 10 A. NJ. Nov. 90, aud
crossed Columbia Bar Nov. Path and arrived at
Portland on the evening of the same day. Dis
charged freight, mails and passengers. eft for
San Francisco at IL the 9th. Arrived at
Port Oxford on the 2Sth, delivered mail and left
for {. City, where we arrived at A. NJ. on the
29th. Left at II NJ. the same day: experienced
succession OF heavy S. E. gales, which prevented
any communication with the shore on the up trip,
either at Port Oxford or Crescent City.
PASSENGERS.
Flagg. Mr. Meek, Mrs Stanton and son, s VII.
sou, H Ekins, S Blummer, j Mitchell, Mr. Kel-
lendge, Manning and family. Geo White,
Knapp, Kohn, Stork, Pritchard, French and lady
Mrs Hunt. w Ward, W Smith, D Ingalls,, Major
Garret, A. Lieut. Wandell, S A, Captain
wnder and lady. Dr. Mapon and lady, Mrs Coyle
and 81 in the steerage.
The Oregonlan contains news OF the CAPTURE
Of Leschi, the head chief of the Nisqualys, who
was leader in the late difficulties West of the
Cascade mountains. He was made drunk by
some friendly Indians aud delivered into the
hands of the whites. He was to have Trial In
the U. S. District Court, Judge Lander presiding.
In that Court Col. Shaw OF the Washington
Territory Volunteers was fined TIRE hundred
dollars for contempt of Court last Spring In eX-
ecuting the order Of Governor Stevens enforc-
ing martial Law.
The U. 5. troops under Major Haller were
all stationed at Port ownsend.
The revenue cutter JEFF Davis was cruising
in the Sound. The U. s. steamer Massachusetts
was at Seattle
A gambler by the name OF Orlando Neili was
shot at the DalIes ON the 18th ulL Three balls
entered his breast Suspicion rests on a man
by The name of Dennis.
Fox has had his trial at Portland for shooting
1. d. Crawford some time since and acquitted
Crawford nad seduced the sister of Fox and re-
fused TO marry her. OK shot him, and the Jury
considered him justitiable.
IHE DEAD AND THE LoST.-From forty to
nifty children are lost annually in New York
City, and none Of their relatives ever hear of
them afIerward. Double ana triple the number
OF dead bodies are found every year, of which
no one knows any hing and for which no one
appears TO care, except TO remove them as
nuisance.
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either the Fillmore or Buchanan ticket were
driven away. In the m lee that ensued some
fifty persons were wounded. and one man shot
dead. The fighting In different sec ions of The
city was carried on all DAY, and altogether 1t
was one of the bIoode>t riots that has ever
taken place In the country.
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This is the summing up of the New York
Herald, which gives the particulars of The vote
in different States as far as heard from.
NEW YoRK.-Buchanan 134s02; Fremont.
145,285; Fillmore, 1854. Fremonps major
ity over Buchanan, 10.4SG.
PENSsYLvANIA.-In this State the Demo-
cratic gains since the late election have en-
very large, and the 81 votes have without any
doubt been given to Buchanan.
MICHIGAN.-Has gone for Fremont by about
$500 maio,ly.
ILLINoIs.-Result not ascertained. but set
down for Buchanan by decided majority.
TENNESSEE. - The twelve electoral votes
given 10 Buchanan by over 5000 majority.
INDIANA. - Returns received sufficient to
know that the State has gwen Buchanan a de-
cIded majority.
WIsCoNsIN.-Has given her FIVE electoral
votes for Fremont by over 1000 majority.
KENTUCKY Buchanan has carried the state
by at least 5000 majority.
OHIo.-It is sau has gone for Fremont by
about 10000 majority.
DELAwARE.-Gives near 1000 majority for
Buchanan.
MARYLAND-The only State voting for Fill.
more gives him near 5000 majority. H.
YIRGINIA.7yThe Democratic majority very
,large-fguresfnotg given. ..u.
NORTH CARoLINA.AThe same.
an elector with instructions TO vote for Br-
chanan.
GEoRGIA.-Democratic by $4,000 majority
ALABAMA.-5,0 900 majority for Buchanan.
MIssIssIPPI. Returns show Democratic
galna-cerIain for Buchanan.
|. LoUIsIANA.-Democratic by a small majority.
MAINE.-Gives a very large majority, say
20, 600 for Fremont.
RHODE IsLAND.-Has gone for Fremont by
900 majority.
NEW HAMPsHIRE.-A far as heard from
Fremonu's majorltyis 4.154
VERMoNT.-Fremonr majority will reach
$4,000.
MAssACHUsETTs.-The vote complete gives
Fremont majority or 42,2O7.
CONNECTICUT. = Fremonts plurality Will
reach 1000.
From all these returns we may set down to
certainty the following as the result:
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ANOTHER TERRIBLE RIOT AT BALTIMORE.

ELECTION NEWS FROM ALL THE STATES.
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ELECTION OF JAMES BUCHANAN,
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FoR BUCHANAN.


Whole number of votes. ..........296
Necessary TO a choice. lag
In the House OF Representatives. the members
Will stand, as near as can now be ascerIaned,
as follows:
Deinocralc ..-......--... ......-s.-...... ..-13o
All OPPOSITION. 80
Democratic majority Observation-Disclosures SO
The Democrats will therefore have a decided
majority ID both houses oil next Congress.
Election Riot in Baltimore.
From the Baltimore American of November
we learn that tue election on the preceding
day was characterized by the widest excite
ment. AT an early hour In the morning several
OF the polls were taken possession Of by bands
OF armed men, aud all those who did not favor
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Important News Items-Later From Europe

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's
steamer Golden Age, Commodore Watkins,
with the mails aud passengers. arrived last
evening S1s O'clock. She brings dates from
New York TO Nov. 9Th. and from Liverpool to
25Lh Oct.
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Montgomery street was intense. Thousands
we're in waiting 10 hear the news and poll
ticians on each side were sanguine to the
success of their favoriies for the Presidency
The result of the vote, as far as known 10 GER
tainty, is:
For Buchanan.
Fremont. ,,...,..1l4
Fillmore \
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ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER GOLDEN AGE

Monday Morning. December /. 1856.
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By the arrival of the steamship Columbia last
evening we are placed In possession OF Oregon
papers to the 22d ult. The following is she
memoranda and list of passengers: