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Year: 1860

Bound FOR WAsHoE!-Not day goes by
that we do not see travellers pass through
town on their way to Washoe, either singly
or in little companies, on foot or horseback.
A number of large mule trains have also
gone in that direction during the week from
the northern mines, aggregating, we should
think, fully three hundred. Some Of these
trains were taking freight others were light,
and appeared to be on the search for bust
ness
Year: 1860

The Bulkhcad Bill passed the Assembly on
Thursday by q vote of 43 in favor, to 80 in oppo-
sition. An amendment was made to the bill in
the House to the effect that the Company should
pay five per cent of their gross proceeds into the
State Treasury for the benefit of the School Fund


There appears to be much speculation as to the
action of the Governor on this bill. No one
seems to be informed as to his views on the mea-
sure
Year: 1860

On Thursday the Senate indefinitely postponed
the bill calling Constitutional Convention. A
notice of reconsideration was given.


II this bill is finally killed, we hope no time
will be lost in passing bill again submitting it
to the people at the next general election. The
interest now felt in this matter will certainly
cause the majority Of the whole vote of the State
10 be favorable next fall
Year: 1860

Exs~ The San Francisco Board of Super.
visors have passed resolution requesting
permission of the Assembly to admit counsel
from them on the floor Of the House to show
cause why the Bukhead Bill shall not pass.


San Francscans are an odd people, and
this is their latest novelty,
Year: 1860

YouSG AxERTcA.-A gentleman recently
took charge Of little six year old specimen
of humanity. who was on his way from Sac
ramento to this place. The little fellow was
very inquisitive, and on approaching, the
mountains. was much delighted OF the
change in the scenery, and wished to know
who made them and piled them up so high.
On being told that God made the noun
tains, the little fellow looked up with thsi
peculiar expression, which can be assumed
by none other than genuine specimen OF
" "Young America" said Didn't he think
be was doing something great!"
Year: 1860

A proposition Of some considerable i'm
portance has been introduced into the Leg
islature by Senator Crittenden Of Rldorado,
as an amendment to the Revenue Eill. The
proposition Is to lay a nominal tax on the
Indians residing within the limits Of the
State, so that they may be enumerated 10
the next census II is thought that their
enumeration will give us an additional Rep
resentative in the next Congress. This tax
may be levied and the Indians thus enume-
rated by provision in Article l, Section 2
Of the Constitution Of the United States


This provision of the Constitution is also
substantially engrafted into the census law.
The proposition as introduced reads as fol-
lows:


Each and every male Indian over q
years of age, shall pay 4 poll tax OF fifty
cents, and the money arising from the poll
tax upon Indians shall be paid into the
Treasury Of the County where such Indians
reside or such tax is collected, and shall
constitute fund which shall be used and
appropriated by the Board Of Supervisors
Of the County for the care, management and
prote of intirm and INDECENT Indians
and for no other purpose whatsoever"
Year: 1860

A MOUSE IN THE MAIL BAG-0n taking
home our usual budget of Atlantic papers
after the arrival Of the last Steamer mail
we noticed a peculiar perfume, which we
did not recollect TO have ever me { with
among the odoriierous wares of 'Lubin, but
which evidently proceeded from the contents
of our Post Office Box. On further examine
tion we found the. same TO emanate from the
remains of deceased mouse, which had ev-
identity crept into the mail bag ION the 9TH
er side Of Jordan" and quietly enssonc ed
itself within the folds OF a copy Of 1.-THE Prin-
ter" addressed TO the " National" The
pressure Of the middle passage" seemed
TO have proved to heavy for him and he in
continentIy gave up the ghost"
Year: 1860

REMEMBERING TExr.-A pious old LADY
who was too i'll to attend church berself, de-
sired her husband. man OF rather poor
memory and somewhat careless OF things
spiritual. to attend in her stead, and remem-
bcr the text and as mnch Of the sermon as
he could, aud repeat i. to her on his return.
The accommodating husband, contrary to his
usual custom, attended service and listened
to sermon from the following words;


"An angel came down from heaven and
took live coal from the altar"


On his return home, in answer to his good
wife's request, to repeat the text, after
assuring her that be remembered every
word Of it, be repeated as follows:


"An Ingun came down from New Haven
and took a live colt by the tail and jsrked
him out OF the halter"
Year: 1860

- We received call, the other day
from Brother Waite OF the Nevada Journal
While at our efflce be looked as smiling and
hearty as ever. but we regret to feel obliged
to infer from his paper Of yesterday, that
he was so ''oblivious," either going or COM
ing, as evidently to have mistake the bed
Of Wolf Greek. in its present high stage Of
water, for the southern terminus of the
Grass Valley Turnpike.
Year: 1860

Gs- The Methodist meeting house, in this
place is being thoroughly renovated, and
painted inside and out. A gallery is also
being erected. Grass Valley is ahead OF
any town or city on the Pacific coast, In
proportion to her population, in Church and
School Accommodations, and also in the gen
eral average attendance upon the same.
Year: 1860

- Those who may feel interested in the
success Of the Grass Valley Library are i'm
formed that constant additions are being
made to the shelves. We hope that the pub
lie win not forget the great good which will
result from proper regard aud patronage
Of the Society.
Year: 1860

Should Lincoln be chosen President, there
will be a sad and mournful procession of d.
lapidated office holders from the various de.
partments. Protected as Mr. Lincoln would
be, from the avalanch of southern applica-
tions, which has rolled in so terribly upon
every new President since the organization
ofthe government, and no doubt rescued by
patriotic designations on the part of those
who declnre that his election will dissolve
the Union, it will be most significant spec.
tacle to see men who have grown gray in
ofice-who are, indeed, the checks, stops,
and obstacles Of that great circumlocution
system which has become vast evil here
turning their trembling steps to the homes
they so rarely see, and to the avocations they
have so long abandoned. We shall then as
certain whether certain men are indispensa-
ble in the management of public affairs
whether the Union will collapse like great
balloon, when the gas of the official fire-eat-
ers is withdrawn from Washington, and
whether new men and fresh men may not be
able to prove that this republic depends upon
no particular individual, and that even a
change, no matter how drastic and purging
it may sometimes be, may not save bilious
and constipated system.


The venerables who carry gold canes along
the avenue every day at 3 o'clock P. NJ, at
about 81 800 year piece, and who have
grown gouty before dusty desks and in cosy
snuggeries, realize the possibility Of a new
regime. Their dissolution of the Union is
their removal from office their idea of the
destruction of the democratic rarty is the
receipt of yellow envelope enclosing a po-
lite request to leave, and their only violation
of the Constitution is the apprehension tina
the places which know them now may, after
the 4th of March. 1861, know them no more
forever Wash. Cor. Phil Press.
Year: 1860

tism in the United States-a society, that
under the presidency of the veteran suppor-
ter of despotism, the willy Metternich, has
sent perhaps millions of money to this coun-
try-are not forgotten. Men inquire if the
time has come for bold stroke to be made
for the supremacy of Catholicism in this
land; and instinctively, almost, glance
across the ocean to that active Propaganda
as the source whence the money for power
ful but concealed attempt upon American
liberty is to come.


1t is well that all citizens should ask why
Judge Douglas draws about every priest,
bishop. layman and newspaper of the Cath
olc Church in this country. Their devo-
ton can not grow out of his reputed Democ-
racy, because there are other Democrats as
good as he to whom they are not devoted at
ALL Who has ever known Of the atten-
dance of Archbishop Hughes upon partisan
meetings, except in this one case that we
have cited, in which Judge Douglas inter-
ests were at stake. It cannot be personal
friendship; the Archbishop has greater
friendship for Mr.. Seward than for the Sen
ator from Illinois; but when hid he ever 60
to a Republican mass meeting to forward MI.
Stewards claims? What secret influence
is powerful enough to array an united
Church under the Judges banners, and
make the members as one man in his sup
port? These are questions which concern
the voters; and at the risk of being charged
with desire to bring theology into politics,
we are going to ask them, and ask others to
ask them, too, and keep asking until the
whole truth in this matter is declared. If
Senator Douglas became member of the
Catholic Church when in Europe, or if there
is any secret understanding between him and
the leading men of the organization in Amer
lea, whereby he is to have their votes and
the votes of their followers, for a consider
alton, the fact must be known. We call up
on his organs to explain. The evidence is
accumulating-will soon be overwhelmin G.
Let us get at the truth, even though Judge
Douglas should be defeated and this govern
ment still remain in Protestant control!
Year: 1860

ately named after him; and it is a question
with us whether he is the more noted as fu-
elist or duelist. We can say little more
of him than he was Of Southern, but honest
parents, and has acquired some fame as an
artillerist by the management of the celebra-
ted Buchanan, which will be discharged on
the 4th of March next. Mr. Breckenridge
is rather sharp in conversation, as is proved
by the following
Year: 1860

claim sovereign power in the Territories, or to deny that the constitution recog- nizes property in the services of negro slaves, or to deny that such property can exist. zafrs- sranE g.glsh aaaj lg

 Inexorable logic, which works its steady way through clouds and passion, eompels the country to meet the issue. There IS no evasve middle ground. Already the signs multiply of fanatical and growing party which denies that under the constl- tuition, or by any other law, slave property can exist; and ultimately the struggle must come between this party and the National Democracy, sustained by all the other conservative elements of the Union.

 I think it will be impossible for can did mind to discover hostility to the Union or a taint of sectionalism in the resolu- tions adopted by the convention The constitution and the Union repose on the equality of the States, which lies like a broad foundation underneath our whole political structure. As I construe them, the resolutions simply assert this equality. They demand nothing for any State or section that is not cheerfully conceded to all the rest. It is well to remember that the chief disorders which have afflicted our country have grown out of the viola tion of State equality, and that as long as this great principle has been respected, we have been blessed with harmony and peace. Nor will it be easy to persuade the country that resolutions are sectional which command the support of majority of the States, and are approved by the bone and body of the old Democracy, and by vast mass of conservative opinion ev- anywhere without regard to party.

 It has been necessary more than once in our history to pause and solemnly assert the true character of this Government A memorable instance occurred in the strug- gle which ended the civil revolution ot 1900. The Republicans of that day, like the Democrats of this, were stigmatlzed as disunionists, but they nobly conducted the contest under the constitution, and saved our political system. By like constitutional struggle it Is intended now to assert and establish the equality of the States as the only basis of Union and peace. When this object, so national, so constitutional, SC just, shall bo-aeeeaip4ish- ed, the last cloud will disappear from the American sky, and with common hands and hearts, the States and the people will unite 10 develop the resources of the whole country, to bind it together with the bonds of intercourse and brotherhood, and to lm- pei it onward in it's career. The constl- tution and the equality of the States These are symbols of everlastinging Union. Let these be the rallying cries of the peo- pie.

 trust that this canvass will be conduct ed without rancor ,and that Temperate argu- ments will take the place of hot words and passionate accusations. Above all, ven- ture humbly to hope that Divine Provi- dence, to whom we owe our origin, our growth, and all our prosperity, will con- tinue to protect our beloved country against all danger, foreign and domestic.

 am, with great respect, your friend,

 JOHN c. BRECKENRIDGE,

 Hon. c. CUSHING, Prest Dem. Con.
Year: 1860



 HoN. c. CUSHING, PRESIDENT: 1a-g e

 I have the honor 10 acknowledge the re- cept of communication oumake Tn be- half of the Democratic National Conven- ton, at which, you inform me, that on the 23d l was unanimously nominated by that body for the office of Vice President of the United States, with the request that l should accept the nomination. The plat form adopted, and of which you inclose me a copy. meets my hearty approval, as it embodies what have been contending for as the only means of stopping sectional agitation by securing to all equality and constitutional rights, the denial of which has led to the present unhappy condition of public affairs. Compromise of consti- tutional principles are ever dangerous, and am rejoiced that the Democracy has seen fit to plant firm foot on the rock of truth, and to give the people an opportunity to piadieate tAeiF lee+e of justice ++atef- nal regard for each others rights. Non- intervention on the subject of slavery, l may emphalically say, is the cardinal max

 i'm of the Democracy. Non-inlervention by Congress and non-intervenlion by Ter ritorial Legislatures is fully stated in the first resolution of the adopted platform. In vain would we declare the former with out insisting upon the letter, because, to permit Territorial Legislatures to prohibit such slavery or by unfriendly legislation to invaidate property would be granting powers to the creature or agent which Ii IS admitted do not appertain to the principal or power that creates; besides which, Il would be fostering an element of agitation in the Territories that must necessarily ex- tend to Congress and the people of all the States-the right of every citizen to enter the common territory with whatever pro perly he legally possesses. Unnecessarily devolves upon the Federal Government the duty to protect this right of the citizen whenever and wherever a: sailed or inirin- ged upon. The democratic party honestly meets this agitallng question, which IS
Year: 1860

threatening to sever and destroy this bro- therhood of States. It does not propose to legslate for the extension of slavery, nor for its restriction, but to give to each State and to every citizen all that our forcfathers proposed to give, viz: Perfect equality of rights. and then to commit to the people and to the climate and soil the determination as to the kind of institutions best fitted to their requirements Tn ther constitutional limits, and declaring as a fundamental maxim that the people of a territory can only establish or prohibit slavery when they come to form constl- tuition, preparatory to their admission as State into the Union. If happily our prin- ciples shall prevail, an era of peace and harmony will be restored to our distracted country, and no more shall we be troubled with the agitation of this dangerous ques. ton, because it will be removed, as well from the Territorial Legislatures as from the halls of Congress, when we shall be free to turn cur attention to more useful issues. Our Union must be preserved |; but this can only be done by maintaining the Constitution inviolate in all its pro- visions and guarantees. The judicial au- thority, as provided by the Constitution, must be maintained and its decisions i'm plctly obeyed, as well in regard to the rights of property in the Territories as in all our other matters. Hoping for success, and trusting in the truth and justice of the principles of our party, and in that Divine Providence that has watched over us and made us one of the greatest nations of the earth, and that we may continue to merit Divine protection, cheerfully accept the nomination so unanimously conferred on me, and I cordially indorse the platform adopted by the convention.

 I have the honor to be, Sir,

 With much respect,

 Your friend and obedient servant,

 JOSEPH LANE.
Year: 1860

sA1 A QUESTION FOR LAwYERs.-A nice ques-
ton IN law Is about to grow out Of the finding
Of thirty thousand dollars of the money stolen
from the Marine Bank Agency, at Columbus


It seems that negro in crossing small ditch
over which planks were laid, saw the end Of
a newspaper projecting from under them. His
curiosity was excited, and pulling the paper
out he discovered more money than his mind
ever conceived the world contained. Honest
Sanibo brought the matter to light, and now


the reward is claimed by both his hirer and


owner, and the bank will pay neither until the
question Of right is decided. Who shall have
IL? We say Sambo. The law will doubtless


say somebody else, most probably the hirer.-
Sdrdndb Republican, 14th.
Year: 1860

Or A regular meeting Of the Kinds coun-
ty Agricultural Society will be held at the
Courthouse, in Raymond, on the first Mon
day in May ensuing, at 12o'clock M. Busi-
ness of importance will come before the meet
ting, and full attendance on the part of the
members IS earnestly desired. Officers for
the ensuing year are then to be chosen the
premium list for the Fair next fall viii then
be reported and acted on; and last, though
not least, this will be the proper time for ev-
cry member to pay his annual contribution
to the funds Of the Society. Let every men,
Der attend, and assist in the necessary prepa,
ration for q rousing exhibition next fall. Now
is the time 10 perfect the arrangements. Ray
faogd Gazette.
Year: 1860

The New York Tribune has an article upon
this subject, from which we take the following
recapitulation of the average earnings and pro-
iessions during the whole year. In many cases
workmen lose three and four months in the
whole year, while the wintry weather, when
they are employed, their receipts are reduced
nv reason of short hours
Year: 1860

or The publishers Of the Now York Chris
tan Advocate and Journal has received .
communication from a postmaster in Virginia
that he has decided not TO permit that paper to
be circulated through his Office.
Year: 1860

MONUMENT TO FATHER MATTHEw.-The
Father Matthew Temperance Benefit Society,
of New York propose to erect monument
in the Central Park, to the memory of the
great temperance advocate, from whom they
take their name.
Year: 1860

OF The officers of the Government Assay
Office in New York say that nine-tenths Of
all the gold ornaments now do not contain, on
an average, over twenty per cent Of real gold.
A heavy gold fob chain, that cost eighty dol
lars on Broadway, when melted down at the
assay office yielded but eight dollars in gold,
the balance being an alloy Of copper and zinc.
Year: 1860

OF The following we insert to show our


readers what the people across the Atant'c


think Of the institutions of the United States


South. To their assertions in relation to free
labor we would merely remark, that # they
will make our African Supply as liberal as
that of the oppressed of Europe in the North
ern States, we will show them prosperity
unequaled in the world before. 1t is labor
we want:


{ From the GLASGOW Shipping Gazette.
The American Cotton Supply and the
-. Slavery Question.
Year: 1860

has won Tor itself such renown for the cure of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that
= is entiraly unnecessary for us TO recount tho
evidence of its virtues. wherever il has been em-
ployed. Az il has long been in constant use
throughout this section. We need not do more than
assure the people its quality is kept up to the best
4 ever has been, and that II may be relied on TO
do for their relief all it has ever been found to do
Year: 1860

ment of the moment. be went to the barn and
saddled the horse which had been the cause Of
all his trouble. Mounting him, he rode furi-
ously down the road. Ss


The wife retired to her chamber, and finish.
ed the day in weeping over the coldness and
indifference of her husband. She was conscious
that she had done nothing that could reason
ably offend her husband. The night darkened
upon her, and Charles did not come. One by
one the hours struck through the long, long
night, and be came not.
Year: 1860

A mans religious connections should be a
part of himself, not like harness, which you
can take off from the horse and lay aside for
9 while and then put on again when you wish
to, but like mans lungs, which you can't take
out of the man but he dies. &
Year: 1860

to DEATH So you have said often, and are
alive still, and 10 good health too. ~


/ have not had wink of sleep all night.
And yet your bed fellow heard you snore sew
eral times F- E#
Year: 1860

Bot it will look so very strange. They
depend upon having you there


The best calculations fail at times replied
Charles, indifferently. =


Il am 50 disappointed


Charles whistled an opera air. When peo
pie begin TO whistle in the house, after con
troversy. the presumption is that they DO moi
ieel all right.


During the week preceding the Fourth Of
July. the disappointed wife tried in vain to
persuade her husband to attend the picnic
Charles was obstinate. 1t was asking too
much of him to attend picnic, and he even
got ill-natured as she continued to importune
him. Ii 4a il u


. 1t is wrong and selfish of you, Mary Ann,
to wish me to go to place of which have
decided abhorrence'


Isn't it selfish of you to refuse to go to a
place where wish to go so muchf'


That will do; don't let me hear any more
about picnics. If do will quit the house.


The young and loving wife wept. They
had been married only two years. and she had
not yet learned to submit to all her husbands
csprices. EhrI
Year: 1860

heifer's back. She is in my farm yard not
even a blow has been struck her; she is
where thee can get her at any time.
know thee shot my filly. but the evil one
prompted thee 10 do it, and lay no evil in
my heart against my neighbors. I came TO
tell thee where thy heifer is, and Phi go
home"


Obadiah rose from his chair and was
about TO descend from the steps, when he
was stopped by Watt. who hastily asked


"What was your flly worth ?'


GA hundred dollars is what | asked for
her," replied Obadiah.


"Wait a moment" and Dood rushed in
10 the house, from whence he soon re-
turned holding some gold in his hand -
"Here's the price of your filly; and here
after let there be pleasantness between u.s."


Obadiah mounted his horse and rode
home with lighter heart, and from that
day to this, Dood has been as good a
neighbor as any one could wish 10 have
being completely reformed by the returning
good for evil.