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Year: 1861

There is quite a stir among the office seek
ers Of the Breckinridge party. They seem to
he unaware of the fact that their party split
Just after the Presidential election; seven
Breckenridge States, aud their sympathzers
in other States having declared for secession,
while thousands of the Union Breckenridge
men have determined upon reunion of the
Democratic party upon an anti-Secession
platform. The candidates for County offices
will soon be obliged to show their hands.
The County organization in Yuba which acts
with the Lindley wing of the BrecknrdSo
State Committee will have no Offices to be
stow this year Nominations at its hands are
therefore hardly worth securing the county
for. The Breckinrdge Democrats who OPP
pose secession will ignore the Breckenridge
State Central Committee, and its insulting
test of submission to the rebels of the Cotton
States. They will assist in elccting good
delegates to the State Convention Of the
Democratic Union party soon to be called,
and the friends of ''the Union, the Constitu-
ton and the enforcement of the laws" who
have always been true to the cause of the
Union, will, together with right-thinking
Union men generally, cooperate with the
only party organization which is in a good
position TO rally the Union men of California
around the true standard. Trimmers will not
10 this time. They who ask favors from the
'eopc must be with and Of the People.
Year: 1861

We are highly gratified to know that our
feeble efforts towards promoting union OF
true Democrats, upon n common platform of
loyalty to the Union, are approved by many
prominent men in this county, among the
supporters, last fall, both Of Breckenridge and
Douglas We are elated with the prospect
that success is to attend similar efforts
throughout the State. The honest Democrats
who supported Breckenridge last fall have no
desire to fall into the hands of that portion o.
the party which has erected a new Republic
and adopted a new National emblem. The
agents of Jefferson Davis in this State cannot
corrupt or intimdate those who, however
willing to insist upon the rights Of the South
IN the Union, have no sympathy with those
who declare themselves oM of the Union.
The Democratic party will be strong, thus re-
united, and purged of its secession and fire.
eating element. 1t will command the respect
and confidence of true men. Its principles
will be unequivocally reiterated, and its
nominees will never try to drag our State
DOWN 10 Jne lcNel Ol " WlH lAunc anu ''te'oh
by clamoring in saloons and on street corners,
for Pacific Republic. 1t will succeed, be-
cause truth is mighty. We hope to see no
harsh terms applied, by our co-wcrkers for
Douglas in the last campaign to the Union
men who saw fit to support the Breckinridge
ticket Let us all unite, and make battle
for the Union
Year: 1861

Civil war has been inaugurated by Seccs-
zion traitors. The blood Of Americans, shed
by fratricidal hands, calls Jefferson Davis and
his followers to a reckoning. The Secession
authorities, upon refusal by Major Ander-
son to surrender Fort Sumter into their hands,
have taken the fort by superior force. The
flag of the Union is displaced by the rattle
snake emblem Of South Carolina and her ac-
completes Tired of waiting for hostile acts
on the part Of the Administration, the insane
adherents of the Southern Confederacy have
themselves opened the war. Where will it
end? Not in the humiliation of the loyal
citizens Of the United States. The hands
that wantonly precipitated this country into
all the horrors of civil war can never subdue
the friends of tho American Union.


The article upon the subject of civil war
in another column, was written before the
receipt of the Pony news. Its tone need not
be altered. The true condition Of things was
as it were, felt by Union men every where
before this. The destructives Of the rebel
States have never wanted peace. They only

sought to buy the border States over to their
cause, by waiting for the Federal authorities
to attempt their subjection. Anti-coercion
has been made the burden of their song. But
peace reigned too long to please them. The
thirst for blood could be restrained no longer.
War has been commenced against us by them,
and it is stated that formal declaration of
war is to be made by the Southern Conspira
tors Congress. Nop how do men stand in
California There are but two sides to this
fight Every man is either for the Union or
for the Southern Confederacy.


We are part of the Great Amarican Re
public Who in our midst is an enemy to the
Government? Who will have the insoence
TO proclaim himself traitor, by publicly de-
Tending the assailants of Fort Sumter? If
anv such there be in this vicinity, let the
next United States Grand Jury for the
Northern District Of California be informed
of the fact. The Federal laws, including those
ngainst treason, can be enforced here. Let
this be remembered.
Year: 1861

A LADY, on mercy bent. was making a visit
to the Penitentiary, and was permitted to
look through the various wards. In one
room she saw three women engaged in sew
ing, and turning to the keeyer who was
showing her about, she said to him in an un-
der tone, "Dear me the most vicious-looking
women | ever saw in my life What are
they put here for :" "They are here" he re
piled, because am here they are my wife
and daughters, madam" But madam was
travelling ont As fast as possible.
Year: 1861

LTvELy.-The city presents an unusually
lively appearance, owing to the number of
strangers who are here to attend the Spring
races. The number of persons in attendance
upon the District Court as litigants and wit.
nesses is also quite large.
Year: 1861

Is IT NOT SO ?-The liberalty of the Seces-
sion Committee of this State, in offering to
reunite the Democratic party upon the test
of submission to jeff. Davis, by the Federal
Government, will doubtless meet the entire
approval of that distinguished individual
Jefferson would be willing to unite his gov
ernment with ours on those terms He is
reasonable He only wants all that he does
want. Let him do as he pleases, say the
Lipdey Committee, and those who followed
him out of the Union respond, 'let him do as
he pleases" The test can create no i'll feel
ing between secession brethren. Is it not SO?
Year: 1861

Every person in the United States is is-
directly benefited by the railroads in it;
and it is reliably estimated that one out of
every Dirty i've of all the inhabitants of
this vast RepuLlia IRE directly dependent
upon the wages of railroad servi5e for their
Likelihood.
Year: 1861

Fhe New York papers mention
suit which is now in progress in that city
IN which woman charges man with per-
suading her to commit suicide, in order
shat he might retain pos session of some
property which he had frau lulentlv depriv-
ed her OF As an inducement he offered to
pay the funeral expenses, and if by any
mshap she failed in killing herself, he
would return the money.
Year: 1861

The newly elected Dixie officials Of Tu-
lare county are in fix, not being able to
get the Union men of that county, who are
the heavy men to go on their bonds. The
;udpe will not take straw bail" and re-
quires bondsmen to prove from the tax list
that they are worth the amount proposed to
he sworn to.
Year: 1861

WooD.-Will those subscribers who de.
sign paying in wood, please bring it along
as soon as possible? Some Of our wood
subscribers pay honorably, but some are
quite remiss, and wo shall be obliged to
give them "the cold shoulder" if they do
not bring US something to warm it.
Year: 1861

have fearful range. Only a few Of
them are yet in position, and the
work Of mounting pieces Of this calibre


in the easemates is necessarily slow
one. There is large amount of artil-
lery stores, consisting of about 40, 900
pounds of powder, and rroportionate
quantity ofshot and shell The work


men engaged here sleep in the fort ev-
cry night, owing to want of any regu-
lar communication with the city. The
wharf or Handing is on the Soath side,
and is, of course, exposed to cross
FIRE from all the openings on that side
Year: 1861

The New York Post says: An Off
Ger at Fort Monltrie, having a policy
of insurane in one of our leading insu-
rance companies, wrote to the company
on the % inst, stating the probability
that the fort would soon be attacked,
and the certainty that it would be
defended to the last extremity" and
inquiring what wonld be the effect upon
his policy if he should fall. He was
promptly answered that although the
company was not legally liable where
the assured fell in battle, yet, If he
should fall in battle now, while doing
his duty gloriously and abandoned by
the Government, he need have no fears
but that his policy wonld be paid"
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Year: 1861

The PREss will be Woservient to none but
Sill be free to advocate our own honest opinions
trough we may stsEd slone.


Wewill advocate WI at We believe to be for ouI
couDtry's good, avciiipg tFs one-sided views Of
the bigoted portisans and the cant Of the ultra
sectionalist.


We viii advocate liigh-toned morality-be-
iisving the press to be the grand lever by which
civilization is isadvanced, and the problem of mans
social and political happiness completely solved
The Press will have a large space devoted tc
Literature, and the Arts and Sciences, besides
choice selections from the best writer's and &
considerable amount of original matter


A summary of the daily news which will be
likely to interest the general reader, and care
al report Of the Markets, at home and abroad
will be given each week


To make the6PREss a welcome visitant tC
the family circle shall be our highest aim.
THE "PRESS" HAS BEEN ELECT
ed to the highest Office in the gifts ofthe


People of fHunterdOn, that of being the


Best Local Paper, by 800 majority.
Year: 1861

The Lambertville Press has o
'arger circulation than any other pa
per in the County.


A greenhorn standing by a sewing
machine at which a youag lady was
at work, looking alternately at the
machine and at its fair operator, at
length gave vent to his admiration
With
Year: 1861

He will also give special attention to bust
ness before the Departments of the General
Government at Washington, and especially te
Land Cases, and obtaining Land Patents.


AS the head of one of the Land Patent Blu.
reaus in the General Land Office at Wash
ington for several years. and possessing a
large experience in the transaction of public
business, he possesses extensive facilities for
the transaction of business with the Govern
ment. nS4v2yl
Year: 1861

They have much more wealth and hence
pay really less than we do. and do less
fighting.


Indiana soldiers and officers are high on
tho roll af fame-and next to her those of
Illinois. Glory be ours. We hope that
President Lincoln will see that they of
New England respond to the call in full.
This is no time for shuffling the response
blity on the sons of toll of the West
and we in common with Western people
feel not little chagrin at the laggards Of
the East. Let them no longer boast of
their endurance, their patriotism, or their
prowess.


The Chicago Tribune has furnished
what will serve as fit conclusion to this
article. That paper says:


"The West will demand, not for the
purpose Of compelling her SONS to their
duty, but for securing to the army Of the
East the services of cowardly or uppatri-
otic New England, New York and Penn.
sylvania, that the work Of drafting be al
once begun. But in this heavy draf: made
upon us in the face of imminent danger
there is this consolation : With our brave
boys in the van Of McClellan' IS army, there
will be no more such piliable exhibitions
as we saw at G.eat Bethel and Bull Run
They will teach your Fire Zouaves and
such like cattle the art Of war. But if fol
nothing else. let the East be subjected tC
and to serve as cooks in ."--For
Wayne Times.
Year: 1861

Dickens tells the following story of an Amer
ican sea captain:


On bis last voyage home, the captain had on
board a young lady of remarkable personal at
tractons--a phrase use as 'oDe being entirely
new, and one you never met with in the news
papers. This young lady was beloved intensely
by five young gentlemen, and In turn was in
love with them all very ardently, but without
any particular preference for either. Not know
ing how to make up her determination in this
dilemma, sbe consulted my friend the captain.
The captain being of an original turn of mind
says to the young lady: slump overheard, and
marry the one that jumps after you" The
young lady, struck with the idea, and being
naturally fond Of bathing, especially in warm
weather, as it then was, took the advice of the
captain, who had boat ready manned in case
of accident. Accordingly, the next morning,
the FIVE lovers being on deck, and looking very
devotedly at the young lady, she plunged into
the sea, head foremost. Four of the lovers i'm.
mediately plunged in after her. When the lady
and her four lovers were out again, she says to
the captain, "What am to do with them now,
they are so wet2" Says the captain, "Take
the dry one" and the young lady did, and mar.
ried him.
Year: 1861




The Chinese correspondent of the London
Times writes copiously about things inside oil
Pekin. Among other things is picture Of O
In the streets: "EIe first of all spoke for about
fifteen minutes with oil the volubiity Of fCharles
Matthews, evidently saying something witty,
for the people round laughed heartily. In the
middle Of bis harangue, however, he was seized
with fit of choking, and after an effort Of try
ing to get something out of his throat, drew
forth little slip of bamboo, like Lisbon tooth
pick, then another and another, then he sneezed,
and out they came from his nostrils, then from
his eyes, until he completed the number Of thir-
ty-seven, by making one appear half way out
of each orifce at the same time, and then
threw the lot on the ground for any one to ex-
anime. He next took three glass balls about
an inch in diameter, and placing them sing
ly between his lips, sucked them into
his mouth and swallowed fret q red
one. then blue, and last Of all q white one;
here was little interlude Of toothpcks aud talk
ing; after which he walked gravely round the
ring, stopping four times; each time he gave
himself shake and jump, when the balls
were distinctly heard to jingle inside of him
On completing his round, after several efforts,
he spat upon the ground the balls in the same
order he had swallowed them-the red first and
the white last. He then took two more balls
one of polished steel about the size of hens
egg, and another of glass the same size. These
first he let fall on the ground to show they were
solid; then, placing them between his lips,
he swallowed them like the smaller ones, but
with more difficulty, the ball swelling the
throat very perceptibly as it went down; here
more tootbpicks and talking, while he prepared
two swords, about an inch wide and twenty
long, very like polished hoop iron, clashed
them together to show that they were real, and
passed both of them down his throat at once,
until they struck the balls with an audible click;
withdrawing these, he placed his hands behind
him, and, after several painful trials, each ball
rose in the throat, and fell from his mouth to
the ground with heavy thump"
Year: 1861

The Brig Storm Ktng.-The reason of the
DELAY in Capt Lockhart's trial, is sta ted to be
that the Dis trict Attorney il making an effort T.
10 hunt up more evidence. After taking the
testimony of all the crew, the persons found
in command of the vessel and in charge of the
negroes, We're promptly acquitted by the jury.
II was proved that the vessel was transferred
on the coast of Africa. and the inference is
clear, TO our mind, that Mr.. Lockhart was Il
passenger, on his way to his home in the United
States Then why should he not have an
equal chance of acquittal with the foreigners,
who are now at liberty, while he remains con-
fined in jail? We think this is the view the
public will take of the case.
Year: 1861

A New PHASE or THE CANADA ExrRADITIoN
CAsE.-Accordng to the Montreal Commercial
Advertiser of the I'd instant, there Will be some
difficulty in conveying the fugitive slave An
dersou TO England. The Advertiser says 1T
is unGers tood that the next steailer VIII bring
an officer of the Court OF Queen Bench charg-
ed with the service OF the writ OF hdoe@s corpus
in this case And it is to be presumed that
the administrator of the Government Will al
once cause the surrender of Anderson to the
bearer. But in that case how is he to be taken
out of the country at this seasons lie cannon
uo thronph the u nj ted States without certainty
of capture, and the land route to Halifax Is
utterly imprac ticable. If he is, however,
brought to Montreal i'll the meantime, to await
the opening of navigation, the friends OF free
dom here will have an opportunity OF bring
ing him on a writ of habeds corpus before the
Superior Court of the district, and ITS deei-
sion will render his remission TO fhslana uh
necessary and yindicate the character of our
Judges from the reproach brought on 1T by
their brethren at Toronto
Year: 1861

The Young Guard under the command OF
Capt. Geo. j. Austin evince disposition to
preserve the military reputation acquired by
years OF service. We therefore hope that any
move they may make by way of securing a
subs tan tial basis of operation, will be gener-
ously encouraged by our citizens. They pro
pose to give their eleventh annual ball on the
22d of February, at the Central Hotel, and
those who attend are sure of receivingl Z
guid pro quo. The particulars are set forth
in an advertisement which We publish this
morning.
Year: 1861

BIsHoP McGILL on THE NATIONAL TROUBLES.
We find the following reference TO onr national
affairs in pastoral letter from Bishop McGill,
of Richmond, Va:


The fortunes and fate of our beloved coun-
try are now trembling in the scales, and we
know not what ruins and disasters may be i'm
pending. Our chief hope is in the merciful
providence of God. Let us pray TO Him, who
holdeth in His hands the fate of nations, to
control events SO to conduce to His own
greater honor and glory and to the greater good
of his people. The Redecmer came to bring
peace on earth TO men of good will Let us
pray for union and peace. We appoint the
Collect Pro Pace 10 be read by the Reverend
Clergy at the Mass until Holy Week, and we
exhort them to unite with their tiocks i'll
PRAYERS to God for the welfare of the Republic
Year: 1861

mules and horned cattle of the plantation.


a milton bales Of cotton, worth sixty mil
Ions OF dollars, could be handed over to
the Government next Fau by the emauci-
pated colored people Of South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama, if the rebels shall
be driven out Of those States this winter,
Ihe expense to the Government Of raising
this cotton need not be more than one
third efThat it would bring in open market.


After the condscated estates Of parri-
cdes have been sold By the Government
to loyal men, the blacks would find ample
and steady employment at good wages to
cultivate them for the purchasers. Both
classes would be thoroughly patriotic
oEners and ti1lers Of the sui1, There
would he no more secession and rebellion
ever attempted in that country. The
emancipated blacks would ever after be
the most enthusiastic and infexible Union
men in the whole nation. Secretaries
Cameron and Chase have devised the most
practicable and speedy solution of the
double question-rebellion and slavery,
that has yet been presented to the public.
1t is SO simple that all can understand it,
and so perfect that it makes complete fin
ish Of the rebellion and the cause Of the
rebellion, and gives to the Republic il
demnity for the past and security for the
future. It will bring the war to 8 speedy
and beneficial termination, and indissolubly
unite all interests Of the country upon the
enduring basis of universal freedom.
Year: 1861

AS part Of the machinery 10 delay and
draw of troops from the expedition down
the Mississippi, Gen. Price again appears
in Missouri, and at latest reports vas at
Osceola, one hundred and twenty-three
miles in southT esterly direction from
Jefferson City. If there are in that part of
Missouri Union men, nov will be their
time to aid the Cause Of the Government.
Price will be defeated in one part Of his
errand, probably in all. The first move
ment Of the expedition Will cause q hasty
recall Of his troops to the quarter more
immediately menaced by our forces. 1t
will be flank movement which he will
take especial good care shall not cut him
off from the seciion whence his army is
drawn.
Year: 1861

e There are "two Richmonds in the
field" and one OF them is at Nashville,
whitner the rebel Congress is to instantly
remove. Isn't it little severe on the Old
Dominion to make her the chopping block,
to eat her fields barren, trample hard her
soil with the feet Of two great armies,
plsce her in danger of disnemberment; ;
set all the ginger co1ored children of her
il1ust1ious sons flying North, and after
al net give her the capital: sOld Virgin
ny" would tire Of that if she was (which
she Is NOT a barleycorn's breadth above
the business Of growing mulattoes. She
must follow her market.
Year: 1861

Within few days past, the County War
Committee chosen by the Board Of Super
visors in June last, to disburse the fund
for the equipment Of the Hecker-Jaeger
regiment and the Irish Brigade Of this
city, have received from the Federal GOV.
eminent 1000 on the claim for reimburs-
ipg the amount expended, which is a!l in
process OF adjustment. OF the money
thus received the Committee have placed
s., 600 in the hands Of the Union Defence
Committee for the relief Of families of
ToluEeers IN this city, and the first named
Committee are meeting the call from fami-
lies Of volunteers within the county, out
side Of the city limits.
Year: 1861

and oppressed as they are, they deserve the pro-
lection of the Federal arms. The Government
to which they still declare hearty allegiance and
which they will not forswear, should protect
them in their homes, their persons and property.
They stand in danger, daily and hourly, Of being
seized, torn from their homes and confined as
prisoners. The guerrilla bands of Davis are
prowling the country over, and nearly every day
make prisoners of this class of men. Their prop
erty will be burnt as Hampton was burnt. What
are our troops here for if not to protect these
men and their property What more worthy
than such an object, on which to base claim
for more troops especially if there be added to
it the fact that these gueTillas and the Rebel
forces will be driven back in defeat, If the
troops be furnished TO Gen. Wool


The Monticello, an old favorte, has returned
to the Roads. She has long had the reputation
of being the fighting boat OF the Squadron, and
80 long as Brain remains the fighting Captain,
she will doubtless retain the name.
Year: 1861

EXCITING SCENE IN CHARLESTON HARBoR.
The following description Of an exciting
scene in Charleston harbor, we take from
the correspondence of the Providence Jour-
nal: Qnite an exciting scene was enacted
yesterday at Morris Island in consequence
of the firing of the salute. One of the mill
tary companies of the city went on target
excursion to the island, and while actively
engaged in the fort, the battery at Sullivan's
Island commenced firing, and, simultane-
ously guns we're heard from Fort Moultrie.
when, on looking, they observed large
steamer at the entrance of the channel.
Now it had been previously reported that
the steamer Daniel Webster, with troops on
board, had been seen of the harbor early
in the morning. and it was thought prob
able that her destination was Fort Sumter,
and on seeing the steamer they supposed il
to be her, and instantly all was excitement
and confusion. The guns we're manned aud
loaded in double quick time and every
thing made ready for an attack upon their
supposed enemy when it was discovered
10 be the steamer Columbia, of the New
York line Their hopes and fears immedi-
ately quieted down, the guns being only
solicitations in honor of the day.