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Year: 1860

RESOLVED, That we the Democracy of the
Union, in Convention assembled, hereby declare
our afhrmancc of the Resolutions unanimously
adopted and declared as u Platform of Principles
by the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, in
the year 1885, believing that Democratic princi-
Piles are unehangeabe In their nature when ap-
piled TO the same subject-matters.


RESOLVED, That il is the duty of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection to
all its citizens, whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.


RESOLVED, That one of the necessities of
the age, in military, commercial, and postal
point of vew is speedy communication between
the Atlantic and Pacific States; and the Demo-
cratic party pledge such Constitutional Govern
nent aid as will insure the construction of a rail
road to the Pacific coast, at the earliest practical
period.


That the Democratic party are in favor of
the acquisition of the Island of Cuba on such
terms as shall be honorable to ourselves and Just
tO Spain.


RESOLVED, That the enactmeuts of State
Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution of
TIE Fugitive Slave Law are hostile in character
subyersiye of the Constitution, and revolutions
ry in their effect.


RESOLVED, That it is in accordance with TIE
Cincinnati platform, that during the existence Vt
Territorial Governments, the measure of restrc-
tion. whatever it may be, imposed by the Fed
eral Constitution on the power of the Territorial
Legislature, over the subject of the domestic re-
lations, as the same has been, shall hereaff @r
be, finally determined by the Supreme Court If
the United States, should be respected by all good
citizens, and enforced with promptness and idel-
ity by every branch of the General GovernmeT
Year: 1860

Tie Republicans are for Congressional inter
rention to prohibit slavery in the Territories.


The seceders are for Congressional interven-
ton to protect slavery in the Territories.


Thus both are N taror Of Congressional in
tervention-and to that extent stand en- common
ground. They both are in favor Of keeping the
slavery question in the halls Of Congress. The
great purpose of the Nebraska Bill was the ex-
pulsion of this question from the halls OF Con-
gress forever. R. NJ. T. Hunter of Virginia
voted for it simply because, as he then avowed
it would have that effect. And the Cincinnati
platform declared in favor of sc Congressional
non-interference with slavery in State Territory
or the District of Columbia" 1t said never a
word about this new doctrine of Territorial
non-intervention.


Verify those Democrats who denounce Black
Repubiicanism and yet swallow Breckenridge
Intervention" remind US of an old lady in
Pennsylvania who had a great aversion to rye
and never ate it in any form, but of late, said
she, "they have got to making it into whisky,
and find that can now and then worry little
of it down."
Year: 1860

JOHN S. P. BAss.-This gentleman is the
regular nominee Of the Breckinbridge wing OF
the Democracy for Assemblyman. We frankly
admit that Mr.. Bass is most excellent man
and citizen, and well qualified to represent this
county in the Legislature. We have no single
wcrtt to say against him, save that he is out OF
the regular Democratic organization. Hence,
Notwithstanding our personal friendship for the
man, we shall aid in his defeat, which is as GER
tain as any future event can be. So we think
at least, although we are free to confess that on
this point he and his friends differ from us
However the 9Th of November will tell the tale
when the result win generally be expressed
thus: Je-e-e-ru-sa-lem how that id little
John White does run
Year: 1860

CLAM BAKE.-The second of August was
set apart by the Democracy of Rhode Island for
a mammoth Clam Bake in honor of Judge
Douglas visit to that State. The assemblage
estimated the number present at $4,000 the
greatest outpouring of the masses ever witness
ed in little Rhody. Douglas, of course, made a
grand speech to them. He spoke to n larger
number of men than there are voters in the
entire State. They came in steamboat loads
from the neighboring States. Upwards of two
thousand carriages reached Rocky Point by the
different roads during the day.
Year: 1860

Ralph Waldo Emerson, after long dis
sortation upon the subject of manners, and
the power which belongs to them in many
Of the most important transactions of life,
winds up with the very correct conclusion,
that they are not after all to be learned BY
r,,lc. Manners he says ARE not TO be
directly cultivated That is frivolous; leave
IT to children What lac means, no doubt, is
this That manners are the outward expires
sion Of the inward man or woman Social
intercourse and an acquaintance with the
mere forms of society (Which Is easily ac-
CURED are necessary to give that free play
to the faculties in which alone the soul in Its
true strength can shine out There must of
course be a certain amountof self possession,
or the whole man is off his balance Self
possession is the first requisite. After that
come the real manners OF the man and in
those manners will be displayed something
very much like his true character. If he be
truly noble in his feelings and aspirations
that nobility will be impaired to his manners,
and when we say that ''his manners are at.
tractive," We really say at the same time that
he himself is mentally or morally possessed of
those qualities which are in themselves at
tractive. No disguises can conceal the base
or the cringing spirit No art can hide from
the intelligent observer the inborn hypocrite,
or coward, or liar. His manners will as GER
tainly betray him TO a true Judge of men as
the eye and step of the cat, or the open face
Of mans Jos., foithfulle.t quadrupedal friend,
! the character it holds in the animal kingdom


The most unganly form WILL to the man of


mind, display the grace and beauty Of the


soul within, and the finest shape and coun-


tenance not more than half conceal mean


despicable nature Thus it is that the un-
cultivated savage OF the forest will, in some
! instances, far overtop, in dignity Of mein and
expression, and in every movement and ges
/ ture indicative of manhood, the most care
/ fully educated barbarian in So,d, who still is
brute, notwithstanding the atmosphere of
refinement which surrounds him. 1t is re-
corded of keoBuk, the late chief of the SGcs
and Foxes, that he was barn gentleman.
The natural grace and symmetry Of his char
acter shone out in all his actions, and he bore
himself with a noble ease and dignity.
wherever he went, which astonished all be-
holders. In his public receptions at Wash
ington, surrounded 10y the intellect, beauty
and refinement Of the country, he was the
same graceful, selfpossessed and dignided
chieftan as in his own wigwam, receiving
the white man as friend and visitor, or in
the grand council of his tribe, pouring forth
the eloquence of which lcswas master.


Fine manners are, then, that indescrbable
something which belongs to the man as the
aroma to the rose, OF the melody to the
stream. They cannot be put on like gar
ment, nor purchased at the sale-shops They
spring from the man himself II he be true
man, his manners are natural. If he be not
they are affeetation. And it does not take
long to distinguish between the two, for the
ass can never successfully wear the lions
skin. 1t wont it him, and his ears ,ciH stick
out.
Year: 1860

They are in ludicrous hobble at Troy,
n Y. That city is, says an eastern exchange
full of cents, coppers and nickcls; they are
increasing so rapidly that the people are
growing superstitious, thinking that they
either multiply themselves or that they at
tract other cents thither They bid fair TO
become the exclusive currency of the city;
already, ladies who buy for cash are forced
to take with them a boy and basket TO car
ry the circulating medium.
Year: 1860

"OLD ADAMS" who shipped his bears from
San Francisco to New York, is now exhibit
ing them in the latter city. The Tribune
says he was recently attacked by one of the
grizzlies, and had his arm mangled consider
ably. 1t adds that "the bear found cold
Adams an ugly customer, and was soon glad
to relinquish his hold of that individual. A
lacerated arm is but a trihe to man whose
scalp and skull were taken off in a similar
encounter, and whose brain is now exposed
20 view as the result of the contest The
performance proceeds as usual every day.
Year: 1860

The LOST Is FoUND.-By a communication
in another column, it will be seen that our IA.
vorite dog, Bill, whom we had mournod as
lost to us forever, is found, and will be sent
to us to-day by the Fosters Bar stage There
is a mystery connected with the original dis
appearance of Bill which remains to be ex-
planned; but we are too much rejoiced at his
recovery to be very particular just at pres
ont, about that. We will offer reward for
the head Of the rext man that steals Bill
Year: 1860

A dream Of the past, confused and dim,


Last night was round my heart,
Ani saw again the passing years


Like vision of love depart;
But the strqnger-star in its lofty sphere,
With its wing spread eastward bright and clear
Shone like the sun in a brilliant tear.
In the midnight dream once more saw


The friends of early days;
Friends that loved before knew


Iife's varied and shadowy ways
Friends whose hearts were as real and true
To me as the sun to the far off blue,
And loved this dream confused and dim
AS love the notes of some half-heard hymn.
And heard again the signing of wind


As it signed long; long, ago,
When it passed through the yellow leaves in fall


Musical, soft and low;
AMI Tie raven perched on the same dead limb
With glist'niBg eye aud neck stretched slim,
Is the same 1 saw there ia those years
When Hope made rainbcBs oer our tears.
1t seems long and weary path


To tread the hills of life,
To walk the varied wales of earth


With their pleasures and pains and strife;
But with pleasures now we fain look back,
To the Past iife's sunny and shady track,
Aud dreams of the Past make as sweet spell
AS the music of waves or an ocean she'll.
There are none that have Lever felt the touch


OF sorrows dark-hued wing,
And there are none but in dark hours


WilI to some bright hope cling;
And thus with sorrow, joy and strife,
We pass through the shade and shine of life
Till, like the suns last ray at even,
Our spirits pass to the far-of heaven.
Year: 1860

While his own Hudson rolls It's mighty tide
to the ocean, bis memory must live lie dies
TO earth, but it is to add another star to The
bright galaxy of those, who have reached forth
and seized an immortality.
Year: 1860

LITTER FROM JOHN G. HEENAS-Anothey
Fgh.-Wilkes' Spirit Of the Times contains a
letter from Heenan, dated London, May S, in
which he says:


81 am happy to inform you that am very well g,
and that the little scar got under the eye is al
most entirely gone. In week or more no one
would suppose for a moment that had ever been
hit at all. i need not say anything to you about
the manner In which the fight was brought to
enthusiastically this: have no fault with savers
for anything that was done. IL was natural that
he should avail himself of every opportunity that
offered to save his belt and his hard-earned repu-
tation; but there are others whom hold response
BILE for deprivin2 me Of what earned, aud all
that am sorry for is that there Is no earthly way
In which Can get redress"


Heenan then adds that day has been fixed for
another fight between him and Savers. The time
Is 70 be kept a secret, TO avoid arrest, and only
twenty-five persons ON each side will be present
Although confident he will whip Savers In less
than half an hour, be has little hope Of securing
the belt. Heenan says he will 90 to Ireland TO
train for the fight.
Year: 1860

bD~ Our Correspondent, "The Old Man of the Mountains" closes his communications for the present with an excellent and timely article on the use of Tobacco. Weinvite all our young men and boys to give it an attentive perusal. There is no more unnecessary, not to say vicious, indulgence than the use of the weed.
Year: 1860

The ROADS are improving rapidly under
the influence of the present delicious atmos-
phere and los ely spring weather, aidel too,
by the commendable and energetic efforts oil
Messrs. Kendall and Allen, Road Overseers,
Main street is in fair way TO have a bot
tom put in II. 20 that the next time brother
Waite, of the Journal, comes down, we hope
be will not mistake Woolf creek for the road


We must say, in commendation OF our
present Road 0verseers, that thus far they
appear to be doing their work to good ad-
vantage 1t must undoubtedly be satisfac-
tory to the people at large, to find iha,
hereafter there will be a chance of getting
into. through and out Of the town of Grass
Valley without making ones self stick
in -the-mud," upon every occasion that be
attempts to travel.


We are also informed that Mr.. Williams
Of Rough and Ready district, Is rapidly i'm.
proving the Telegraph road with a view to
permanent benefit. The bils at each end Of
Rough and Ready have been put in good
order. and teams can now take full load:
over them.
Year: 1860

es- A piece OF ore was sent to Theall d
CO.. a day or two since TO he assayed. which
proved to be almost pure zinc The party
sending it has kept the place Of discovery a
secret thinking he had found a silver mime
Circumstances lead to the belief that the zinz
was found in Ynba county.-Marysville Ap-
neal
Year: 1860

Miss MoSsoy The Trance Medium,
will give lecture on Sunday evening at
Hamilton Hall. Her lectures have been
highly spoken OF wherever she has been. and
We bespeak for her large audience. We
have heard one Of her lecture. as yet. hut will
do so, aud give our views more at length in
our next issue.
Year: 1860

IL the atlantic Monthly for the present
month an article on ''The Progress of the
Electric Telegraph" concludes thus:


''When Shakespeare made Puck promise
to put girdle round about the earth in
forty minutes he undoubtedly supposed
he would thereby accomplish remarkable
feat; but when the great Russo American
line via Behring's Strait and the Amoor is
completed, and the Atlantic cable is again
in operation, we can put an electric girdle
round about the curth before Puck could
have time to spread his wings! t~+


In view ofwhat must actually take place
at no distant -day-the girdling of the
earth by the electric wirCs-a singular
question arises: If we send current of
electricity east, it will lose twenty-four
hours in going round the globe; if we send
one west, it will gain twenty-fOur, or, in
other words, will get back to the starting
place twcnty-four hours before it sets out.
Now, if we send current half way round
the world, it will get there twelve hours
in advance OF, or twelve hours behind,
our time, according as we send it east or
west; the question which naturally sug-
gests itself, therefore, is, What is the
time ut the antipodes? is it ytsterday.o or to-
Lp0TTOtc.
Year: 1860

Mr. Wheedon, lunatic confined in the
asylum at Cleveland, has recently made
his escape three times in n very singular
manner; once by cutting hole in the floor
of his cell with his false teeth, and thence
dropping to the floor of the Hall below
once by picking the lock upon the door
with n pin; and once by cutting away the
door Ground the lock, With a broken ring
which he managed to conceal in his hair.
The amount of patient labor it must have
required for the accomplishment of the
tasks, makes them most remarkable.
Year: 1860

A singular law suit is going on in Lon
don. gentleman sued a confecttoner for
putting too many portraits of Mr.. Sturgeon
upon "A supply of bonbons he had order
ed He had ordered the lids of the bon
bons ornnmented with portraits of celebra-
ted living personages, and the confectiOn-
er had put FIVE Spurgeohs in each dozen.
The plaintiff had no objection to a fair
proportion of Spurgeou in his sweetmeats,
but he thought five out of twelve was
more than he or his guests could stand
The Court adjourned in order to obtain in
formation as to the list of portraits from
which the confectioner selected.
Year: 1860

General Tom thumb, who is only %
years of age, has his yacht, his fast trotter,
is without wife, and is rich, is about to
start again to make an exhibition of him
self. He is tired of quiet life and longs
to be spectacle again to odmiring
crowds
Year: 1860

The Boston Courier says of Theodore
Parker


He was man Of vigorous intellect, and
that was all. He was not great teacher or
architect he could build nothing. His pc.
eular religious notions were 50 near to nom
belief that he could scarcely. with propriety,
have been ranked as a religious man. lie
was an unrelenting opponent; and the grave
was no protection to those who differed with
during lite His assaults on Daniel Webster,
which were printed in the Tribune, were
among the most ferocious of his many fern-
E0Os productions. lie never sung the uni
'ersal prayer


Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault


Isee;


Thatmercy to others show, that mercy show to me.
But he is gone and let no man initiate hi:
bad qualities.
Year: 1860

AT last accounts there was a Washington
rumor to the effect that n scheme was on foot
between the Postmaster General and Butter.
field of the Overland Mail Company, by
which the latter shall contract to move the
eastern section of the route down upon the
San Antonio line from Ell Paso.
Year: 1860

lNcENDIARIsM The two story brick build
ing owned by Alex. Scroggs the east side of
Tenth street between and X streets, and
used as stable, was fired in the second story
about half past O'Clock yesterday morning,
and the roof and flooring badly burned. the
former being probably ruined.-.Sac Netos,
SRHddH
Year: 1860

The DERBY RACE &c Gorge Wilkes believes
that Umpire lost the Derby race, through the
fault of the new trainer, who had only
reached the country from America ten days


revious. lie says:


Ignorant, of course, of the climate and the
ground, and never having had the opportu-
nifty to study the tie Iring effects of brer2ing a
horse for long distance over the turf in II
straight line, he took the horse out and spun
him over the entire Derby Course on the
saturday previous To the race and on the
very day before it sent him round at speed
again. The result was that the horse, wa,
thus made actually to run the Derby twice
within three days, was galloped to death,
and used up when called upon to start upon
the actual event AS proof that he was
thus beaten and exhausted, the race was not
fnst race, being run as it was in two min
utes and fifty seconds, time which Umpire
could easily reduce by five seconds, ifhe
were right.
Year: 1860

CRors IN NAPA CouNrY.-The Napa Re-
colter of Saturday says: Farmers in the
Valley are nearly through with their Barley
harvesting The Wheat and Barley harvest
will he very heavy, and the former grain is
said to be unusually free from smut The
Weld of the cereals in Napa county, and
throughout the whole State has been larger
and cleaner than in previous years.
Year: 1860

WATER FoR PErALuMA.-A company has
been organized in Petaluma, styled the "Pet
aluma Mountain Water Company" for the
purpose of supplying the citizens of that
town with pure fresh water from the noun
tain stream known as the Adobe creek
Year: 1860

preme Court; but the Constitution it is, with
our rights guaranteed to That is the position Of the
South, and think that is the position OF the State of
Maryland. applause long and loud.


Of the South bound together by homogCneity Of
interest think alike and feel alike We hear it often
said that the United States form government could be
adapted the whole globe That is all humbug-there
is too much disparity of interest The principle which
cemens form of government is derived from the
sent of the governed If the rights contend for
denied u.s. will by homogeneity Of interests form
stronger government than that Of the old thirteen
States.


We can't do without slavery, and will not do with
out it, If the dire calamity should upon which
requires to form distinct government, will be the
strongest and happest of people We think there is
necessity to take this step-the election of Lincoln
pels us to act at We have very little time to
and intend to act before the 4h of March am not adVis
ing Maryland what to do speak only for Mississippi
must act before Lincoln into power and before he
comes into power will be of his dominions. We
don't intend to let Abraham Lincoln and his myrmidonS
rule unless they give the amendments to the
Constitution which we ask for.


The position of Mississippi and other Southern States
Is, that they determined to go ouare determined to
get their rights in the Union; and extreme
begin by looping off branches give vgor to the
South at the present time. have lived in Mississippi
for twenty-four years, and have much agitation
there but there less excitement than have
SEEM greater unanimiy Of feeng-feeng which is calm
and quiet and determined like that of men who know
their rights, and are determined to maintain them.


The Judge then referred to the threats which had been
made to the South with troops should
secede and coerce her back They feared nothing they
Monterey, and Buena VISTA and the American
flag to victory. If they fought with such bravery
foreign soil, what might not he expected of them when
fighting for their wives and daughters? The speaker
finally closed by thanking the meeting for the attention
bestowed upon him. and sat down amid loud applause
The meeting then adjourned.
Year: 1860

The Providence Or. I.) Journal says that there
is nothing doing in Print Cloths There is not yet
much accumulation of stock, owing to the fact that
the production OF many mills to January l had
been contracted for previous to November. New
contracts cannot be made at any price that will
leave margin for the manufacturer.
Year: 1860

A man named Joseph Lorck was arrested in the
act of robbing house in Washington on Tuesday
morning. He offered some resistance to the owner
of the property, who discovered him, and in the
struggle was struck on the head, which injured him
so much as to cause his death short time after
wards.
Year: 1860

Near Havre-de-Grace, on Thursday last, child
three years old was left by its mother while she
went to a neighbor's to do some work. The fire
went out soon after the mother left her home, and
when she returned she found her little one frozen to
death.
Year: 1860

river is now firmly closed from Albany to Pough-
keepsie. South of that city the river is full of
heavy floating ice to a point opposite Piermont,
with the exception Of few miles between West
Point and Fort Montgomery, which is still open.
Year: 1860

GEN. WooL AND GEN. CAss.-It was stated pub
lcly in this city day two ago, that our fellow
toWnsman, MaJor-General Wool, had written Sec
retary Cass q patriotic and able letter. in which
he took advantage of his many years of friendship
to offer some advice in reference to the present
crisis. General Wool is open, undisguised op-
ponent OF secession, and We understand he advised
General Cass that the first duty of the government
was the arming of Fort Moultrie. 1t is quite
probable, in view of the important action of Gen.
Cass, that the advice of his distinguished friend
may not have been without its weight and effect
18th.
Year: 1860

The Common Council of Boston have appointed
Joint special committee to consider the expedency
of the city inSurng against losses by fire within its
borders, and making the Cochituate water free to
all persons living in Boston.