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Year: 1860




The Sacramento Union Of Thursday con-
tains the Presidents Message entire. The
document was telegraphed from st. Louis
to Fort Kearney, and brought from that
place by the Pony. A considerable portion
of the message is devoted to the disunion
movement, and the President makes an able
argument against the right Of any State to
secede, but thinks that neither the Execu-
tive nor Congress have the constitutional
right to compel State to remain in the
Union. This somewhat contradictory doc
trine, as put forth by the President was
probably the result Of conflicting views
among The members of the Cabinet on the
subject The views of the President, how
ever, upon the policy Of secession, are bigh-
ly conservative be argues that the election
of Lincoln is no cause for secession, as it is
not Ia the power of the Executive to infiict
injury upon the citizens Of any Of the States
while there is majority 10 both branches
of Congress against bis policy.


While arguing against secession, and ap-
parentIy deploring the present condition
Of affairs, the President reiterates the
ultra sectional doctrine, that the Constitu-
ton carries slavery into oil the Territories,
and proposes an amendment to the Consti-
tuition to that effect. This was the distinct
i've doctriue put forth in the platform OF
of the Breckenridge party, and which has
just been rejected by seven-eighths Of the
voters Of the Union.


Ia regard to matters in South Carolina,
the President does not anticipate that any
attempt will be made TO seize the govern
ment property but If any attempt should
be made by the seeessionists to seize Fort
Moultrie, the officers in command have been
instructed to act on the defensive. He
gives them to understand, also, that they
will not be permitted to interfere with the
eellectlon Of revenue.
Year: 1860

PROCLAMATION OF VICroR ExASUEL-
King Victor Emanuel has published the
following proclamation to the Neapolitan
and sicillian people, accepting the sove-
reigh Authority conferred on him BY uni
yersal suffrage:


To the Neapolitan and Sicilian People
Universal suffrage gives me the sovereign power
over these noble provinces. l accept this SOL
emn decree of the national will, not from any
ambition to reign, but from the consciousness
of being an Italian. My duties increase with
those Of all Italians. More than ever serious
accord and constant abnegation have become
necessary. All parties must vow with deyout-
ness before the Majesty Of Italy, which God has
rescued. Here we must establish Government
guaranteeing a line Of freedom to the people
and strict honesty Of purpose in the face Oh
public opinion. l rely upon the efficacious CO.
operation Of all honest men. Wherever a law
imposes curb on power and secures liberty
the Government can do as much for public
good as the people for virtue. We must prove
TO Europe that IL the irresistible force of events
has conquered the treaties established Tor the
secular thraldom of Italy, we know how to re-
store among the united nation the empire oil
those immutable principles, without which eve
ry nation is diseased, and every authority meet
ing with opposition is unstable.


VIcToR EMAHUzL.
Year: 1860

SMART PRAcTIcE.--The other day a woman
and child we're on the levee at Sacramento, says
the News, anxious for passage to the Bay. The
runners of the two boats surrounded her and
she did not know which way to go. At last the
runner for the Wright seized the child from the
mothers arms and made his way rapidly for
the steamer. The game was instantly made,
as the mother, true to her instinct, quick as
thought few from the crowd Of Antelope run
ners surrounding her, and joined the child on
board the J. 7. Wright.
Year: 1860

No PAPER CHRIsTMAs.-In order to give
the employees Of this Office an opportunity
to enjoy themselves on Christmas, we shall
omit one issue of the DEMocRAT next week.
The next number will be published on
Thursday.
Year: 1860

The Douglas papers in Oregon openly accuse
the " tusionists, or sol disdnt Democrats who
voted for Baker, as having been bought with
California gold. The Times and Advertiser. both
of Portland, and indeed. every Oregon paper
that we have since seen with the regular ticket
at its editorial head. has denounced the infa.
nous coalition as having been brought about
by the judicious and liberal use of gold.


The Corvallis Union thus alludes to the prin-
cipal actors:


The election of Baker and Nesmith will prove
to Oregon a most bitter calamity All her in.
terests will wither by their touch. The means
by which they have secured their seats Gf the
Senate should admit them) will advertise them
to the Senate of the United States as politically
and morally corrupt, as base men who have no
scruples when place and power are In question.
They will enter the Senate, one as occupvinp a
seat bought with corroding gold, the other MS
political renegade who sold his party for no.
sition; and while they may be allowed to walk
out and in the Senate Chamber and put on the
air and dignity of Senators, that will be all
they Will have to stand apart from majority of
that body, as unfit to receive the confidence so
necessary to success. Baker goes as a Repub-
lican from a Democratic State, and his party in
the Senate are and must be conscious of tho
fact that he comes with pollution on his hands
and his garments, that bribery has accomplish.
ed what honest legitimate means could not OBJ.
tain, and il they are honest themselves, can but
draw back from the touch of such man and
will not be over anxious to identify Themselves
with him or his measures
Year: 1860

WITuDRAwN.-T The Breckenridge Electoral
Ticket in New York was officially Withdrawn
the 10Th inst, in favor of the Union or fusion
ticket. So the opposition to RepubIcanism in
New York is thoroughly united, as it was not in
Pennsylvania, and will almost certainly carry
that great State AGAINST Lincoln.
Year: 1860

was he commencement of a new era in the treat
nen OF those Irregularities and distractions which
nAVconsigned so many thousands Of the young, the
Pqatitul and the benevolent to a Premature Grave.
Noemae can enjoy good health unless she is regular
ahwheneyer an obstruction takes place the general
beth begins 10 decline
Year: 1860

VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR THE PEoPLE.-
We find in the Appeal of yesterday morning
the following Characteristic specimen of Re
publican liberality. and readily lend our as
sistancc to give it publicity, hoping our doing
so may be conducive to the speedy restora-
ton of the "silver headed cane of the sword
species" to its proper owner, as well as bene-
fetal to the fortunate finder thereof in the
way of his obtaining the valuable informa-
ton and thankful reward SO freely promised
as the inducement to honesty:


LOST MIR. Geo. NJ. Hanson, of Yuba City,
has lost, in the streets of Marysville, a silver
headed cane. of the sword species. Any per-
son finding it will be thankfully rewarded by
leaving it at this office, where he will receive
some information which may be to his aJ-
vantage.
Year: 1860

SAN FEANCIsCo, Nov. Sd.


The Coroner held an inquest on the body
OF the woman whose throat was cut on Wed
nesday evening. The prisoner, her husband,
was ealledup for identification by the lead
ing witness. He was cool and the only
thing he seemed anxious about was to have
his name spelled Heirgan instead of Harri-
gan.


hhe Douglas folks are holding meeting to-
night at Musical Hall.


EXTENDING NEGRO SUFFRAGE The St.
Louis Herald, Of October llth, says:


A proposition which is now before the
people Of New York, to be acted on at the
next election, is that of extending the suf-
irage to negroes on no other conditions than
are imposed on the whites. The managers of
the Republican party have been good deal
exercised with thoughts and schemes in r.la.
tion to this question for some time past
They during that time brought it out and
aired and then put it back again, all the
while calculating the chances, and balancing
between hopes of a considerable gain from
the negroes and fears of loss from the whites
They have at last screwed up their courage
to the sticking point. The Legislature has
passed the act submitting the question to the
people, and the Governor has approved If.
The extension is popular with the bulk Of the
Black Republicans The journal of Com
merce thanks it doubtful whether the negro
equality plan will work to suit its projectors.
That paper says: We do not believe the
people OF this State are yet prepared to
place themselves on level socially or po-
litically, with a negro and however willing
~ they may be to avail themselves of such
"ld in political struggles, they will not, we
think, deliberately and solemnly change the
organic law OF the State, so as to introduce
such principle into our political system.
he Democracy, of all stripes, will generally
vote against it, and we shall be surprised if
many Republicans, and most of the old
Wings, do not do the same thing.


But whether the proposition succeeds or
fails, the objects Of the Republican schemers
will be in part successful. They will earn
the reputation of being the friends of the
poor negro, and will thereby draw closer to
their organization the thorough bred Aboli-
tionlsts, who have hitherto hesitated about
placing faith in the integrity or sincerity of
that class of politicians. We shall soon know
whether, in the State of New York. NEGRO
is as good" politically, "as "A white man"
and whether the elections in this State are to
be controlled by that class of our popula-
ton"
Year: 1860

EcGorEAN information from high and re-
liable source at Washington, states that the
Pope will not leave Rome. 1t is his present
iEtsntion TO remain in the Holy City. 81
should" says the writer, consider it fatal
mistake for him to leave at present He is
safe where he is; even Garibaldi would not
modest him should he take possession of the
Holy CITY"
Year: 1860

The course of Buchanan's Administration
is lined with Democratic heads. He has cut
off the head of every official who had the
audacity to think for himself and preserved
only those that were worthless and sycoph-
alt:e


TIE National Democracy have the ring of
the true metal. The people of California will
no sooner endorse the G win Breckinridge or
Republican factions, than they would endorse
Bank shin plasters and operators in bogus
dust.-Butte Record
Year: 1860




The propeller Bay State, which arrived
from Ogdensburg at Cleveland recently, re-
ports that, coming through the ice at Port
Colborne, a man was discovered, standing on
the ice, and through the prompt endeavors of
the Captain and officers, was rescued, when
nearly dead, in consequence of the cold,
hunger and wet state of his clothing. His
name was Alfred Denton, belonging to the
schooner Georg" Thurston which entered the
ice on Sunday. He was very kindly treated,
and when thoroughly warmed reclothed
and fed, was, in accordance with his desire,
put ashore, to make his way to the Canal for
a tug, in order that the vessel might soon
have relief He left the Thwston at seven
o'clock P. NJ, in company with her Captain
and another man, stimulated by the sickness
OF some of her crew and the great scarcity of
provisions, to maket he noble attempt to reach
the shore by walking on the Jumps of ice, in
order that assistance might be obtained.
After some two hours the Captain and the
other returned, but Denton, being separated
from them by the parting of the ice, could
not, and was forced to continue on his route,
every moment being immersed to his neck,
and saved from drowning only by the use of
a piece of board he had with him. He was
picked up about eight miles from the Thurs
ton and two from the land, at six in the even
ing. He declared he had about given up,
and for long time death appeared certain.
Year: 1860

GAh.ASr ha;n .s5ra.S k5raY OF "A sUlToRA young
older than herself, observed to him that the
only objection she had to union with him
was the probability of his dying before her
andAeaving her to the sorrows of widow
hood. To which he made the apt and deli
cately complimentary reply BLESSED is the
man who hath a virtuous wife, for the num-
ber of his days shall be doubled"
Year: 1860

REVIVAL OF THE SLAvE-TRADE IN THE
SoUTH.-During recent visit to the South,
says the Richmond (Ya.) Dispatch, we were
gratified to learn that the project of reviving
the African slave-trade has never met with
anything like general favor in any of the
Southern States The immense majority of
the people in every Southern State of the
Union are out and out against IL. There
never has been time when it was otherwise,
and, we venture to predict, never will be.
Year: 1860

RULE OF TESTING A RoPE.-The rule for
estimating the strength for oordage, as given
by Prof Robinson, is to square the circum-
ference of the rope in inches, and take one
fifth of the number for the weight In tunS
which the rope will bear.
Year: 1860

toudon tmuch mind being only common
place man in all other respects If only there
be one respect in which you can fond1y be-
lieve you are superior to every one else. A
very little thing win Suffice. A man is taller
than anybody else in town or country; he has
longer hair; he can walk faster; he is the first
person who ever crossed the new bridge; he
was the earliest in the neighborhood who
got the postage stamps; be has the swiftest
horse in the district; he has the largest cab
bages he has the oldest watch; one Smith
spells his name as no other Smith was ever
known to do. 1t is quite wonderful how it is
possible for men 10 find reason for cherishing
in their heart a deep-seated belief that in
something or other they stand on higher
platform than all the remainder of mankind


Few men live who do not imagine that in
some respect they stand alone in the world,
or stand first. / have seen people quite proud
of the unexampled disease under which they
were suffering, 1t was none of the common
maladies that the people round about suffered
from. have known country woman
boast, with undisguised elation, that the
doctor had more difficulty in pulling her
tooth than he ever before had in the case of
mortal man. There is not little country
village but its population are persuaded that
in several respects, and for several reasons it
is quite the most important in the country.
Year: 1860

Lively CAStNG ArFA1g.-On Saturdy, in the
clerks office of Recorder Blache's Court lawyer
abused and grossly insulted one of the polite and
gentlemany affidavit clerks who hold forth there.
The latter at once went in lemons' with his cane,
caned the lawyer out of the office, down stairs,
and along the street, until others put stop to it
in charity to the sufferer. We won't say what the
insult was; but it was outrageous, and the insult
ing limb Of the law deserved every lick he got.
He afterward returned to the court to make an aft
dayit against the clerk. The Recorder will look
into the matter soon.
Year: 1860




ELEGANT WAHEs.-frhe other day we spent half
hour very pleasantly in making an inspection of
the aud beautifully artistic wares of Mr.. ]. G..
Fleming, gas,ftterand dealerin gas fixtures, whose
sale and manufacturing establishment is way up
town al 512 Magazine street. No more recherche,
artistic and elegant articles in the way Of ehande-
lers and ornamental gas burners were ever in this
city or in any other Many of the styles are of
exquisite design and finish and OF real merit as
works of art, being the chef d'oeuvres of the best
skill of Europeap and American artists, and fit TO
adorn the halls of palace. With these choice ar
tcles Mr.. Fleming expects to adorn the beautiful
residences of our merchant princes in the Garden
District and elsewhere in the city, and he is also
prepared with Il vast assortment of palmer gas
fittings and fixtures Of the best description and
most improved make, to fit up business establish
ments and meet all ordinary demands. OF gas pipe
he has enough to run q submarine pipe across the
Atlantic and with all other furnishings he is in like
manner abundantly supplied. Mr. f. is praeti-
cal workman HIMSELF of great skill and experience,
and he gives his personal supervision to his exten-
sive businesss in all its departments Those want


ing goods or having work in his line ought most
certainly to call on him. He guarantees all work
and warrants all material.
Year: 1860

stands frat and foremost In all where Exhibition
IS had showing the merits Of different kinds And
Interested person will dispute the justice aud proprey Of
these decisions test o years hard use has
satisfied all competent judges that
Year: 1860

Have the courage to discharge a deb
while YOU have the money in your poek'
el.


Have the courage TO do without tha
which You do not need, however much
your eyes may ccveti il.


Have The courage 10 speak your mlnd,
when il is necessary you should 90 So,
and to hold your tongue when you should
do so.


Have the courage 10 address a friend
in 'seedy' coat, even though you are in
company with rich one, ard richly at
tired.


Have the courage to own you are
poor, and thus disarW poverty ofi's sharp
eat sting.


Have The courage to 'cu.' The most
agfseable acquaintance You have, when
YOU are convinced that he lacks principle.


Have The courage 10 show your resp"c>
for honesty, in whatever gnise it sppea :.


Have the courage TO wear Your old
clothes until yon can pay for new ones.


Have the courage to prefer comfort and
proprieiy TO fashion, in all things.


Have the courage TO obey your Maker,
at the risk of being riJicuIed by man.


Have the courage to oNledge your
ignorance rather lhsn 10 seek credit Tor
knowledge by false PEetensss.
Year: 1860

DR.. Stephen Ware, Of Boston, in his
testimony in recent case which grew
from the bite OF dog, furnished the fol-
lowing valuable advice


In the case Of The bite Of dog where
the teeth Of The animal Prnelrsted the
flesh, whether the dog was known 10 be
mad or not. he should use lhe same pre-
cautions. He would wash the wound
with warm water. extract all the virus
possible by sucking the wound with his
lips, and then cauterize it deeply with the
caus,c most readily obtained, but should
use potash if could be procured at once.
The time in which the effects Of the bite
of rabid dog would be seen varied from
two to three days to as many years, butii
no efTecrs were felt after two or three
months, as a general thing the patient
nigh, feel himself safe. Bites made
through clothing are seldom productive OF
much harm, even if the dog is mad the
clothing absorbs the virus before the teeth
reach the flesh. Most of all the fatal ca
ses occurred where the person was bitten
on some naked parl. Concerning the
possibility Of cure in a real case Of hy-
drophobia nothing was said.
Year: 1860

Said gentleman the other day TO ser
van, a, the hotel where he was stopping :


BLESS my soul, Sambo. how bl'ck you
are how in The name Of wonder did you
gel so black :


.Why. look a here. mssss. de reason
am d.s-de day dis child was born dare
was an eclipse.
Year: 1860

This young gentleman has returned to
England. after having been short time in
the United States in order to improve his
mannor., which bad become somewhat too
stiff from continual intercourse with the rigid
freouenters Of courts The American airing
which the Prince got has doubtless done him
deal Of good lie can now spit upon the
size Of half dollar. at the distance Of ten
feet. an accomplishment which Dickens once
said was peculiar to this side Of the water
The general judgment regarding the Prince
seems to be that he is very clever Young
fellow, five feet eight inches in height, and
gifted with pedal eXtremities of more than
ordinary size. 1t is a matter of dispute as to
whether he is naturally Stupid" or not
but good judges say he Is man of merely
respectable sense, aud very considerable
polish, in the English acceptation of the
word OF course, his American requirements
must also now be thrown into the scale and
taken into consideration; especially his
hitting ahalr a dollar at ten feet


correspondent of one of the papers said
that he carried his head little to one side
This fact led many to suppose that he was
taking Old Buck, of the White House, as his
pattern, bat it was finally aseertained that
the thing was alike involuntary with him as
with Old Buck.


There is one evidence of the filsity of the
charge that the Prince is stupid, and that is,
that he invariably selects, in all his dances,
the re,y best look;,tG ladies for his partners.
Notwithstanding the wife of Gov. Banks, of
Massachusetts, used to be factory girl, he
chose her for waltz, on account of her
beauty, and danced his prottiest. However,
it is proper to state, that the Prince may
have made some allowance on the score of
his own descent, few generations back,
from the daughter of brewer, or shoemaker
or something of the kind, we don't exactly
recollect what


Well joy go with the Prince, say we, and
we mean it in no satirical sense We rather
like the young fellow, so far as we know
about him, and hope he may reign over Eng
land and Ireland, during his natural life, pro
yidcd Irelaad is willing.
Year: 1860

A SENSIBLE VIEw.-The London Times, in a
leader on the slavery question in the United
States, and the revulsion in favor of the South
ern States caused by the vagaries of the Aboli-
tionists, says that the union of the American
people is not only of importance to themselves,
but the world at large.


1t has been fully proved not only on the
American continent but in our own colonies,
that the enforced equality of the European and
African tends not only to the elevation of the
black, but to the degradation of the white man.
We cannot find any sympathy for those who
would try in the United States the plan of half
caste republic, and we trust that the Federal
Government, and the right thinking part of the
community, will protect the South from rep
etiton of such outrages as that Of Harper
Ferry"
Year: 1860

ADJOURNED The Railroad Convention, after
members for several days were considerably ex-
ercised over the subject of employing a report
er. Some of the members said the people should
be informed of all that was said and done by the
Convention. Our opinion is that of all that was
said and done by the Convention, not more than
one column is worth space ii any newspaper.
For lack of interest or utility, the proceedings
of the late meeting of members of the State Fair
can only equal it-and sensible people generally
feel contempt for both.
Year: 1860

How DO You LIKE Ir?-It being announced
that the Partisan ladies have adopted the style
of dress of the first Napoleon, the editor of the
Boston Post has hunted up description of it,
which is as follows. How do you like it, ladies +?


The dress was loose muslin robe, drawn up
and festooned at the right knee, so as to show
the whole of the leg. The robe passed under
the left breast, which was left entirely naked,
and was fastened above the left hip. Both arms
were naked from the shoulder; their length was
relieved only by two bracelets. The effect of
this dress shall not attempt to describe, but
the gentlemen all allowed that it was fascinating
in the extreme. The ladies have dispensed en-
tirely with the chemise. as the folds of it, they
say, prevent their elegant shape from being
seen and the taffeta robes they wear are suited
to display every grace in the most striking man
ner.