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Year: 1861

The following extract from letter late ly written by Hon. James H. Hammond of South Carolina, to friend in New York, explains in brief terms the causes of the whole southern movement:

 ."You are right in supposing that the congregations of the northern press-per- init me to say its infamous islanders and lies on the South-have greatly assisted in bringing about the present state of affairs. But the causes lie deeper. The North has always sought to share-and to have the lions share-of our productions, and seek 1t now.

 Slavery is not sin. Read the Bible with your own plain interpretation, if you are believer in revelation-and you will sec that Moses and the Israelites, Christ and Paul, did not so considerit. All this is fully set forth in sermon by Rev. MT. Van Dyke, in Brooklyn, on the 9th of December last. Get that and read 1t. If slavery is an evil, it is an evil for us, and leave us to grapple with it. It is mere question of politics and economy. We feel fully able to manage it, if we are not disturbed by outsiders. We think it a blessing to white and black here. We don't think ut all whether it is an evil with you That is none of our business. You can deal with it as you choose, but just let us alone with it. Anybody who can put two ideas together must know that we are as much bound to it as Mazeppa to the wild horse. Come what may, there is no riddance.

 We dissolve the Union-and it is for ever dissolved, be assured-to get clear of Yankee meddlesomeness and puritanical say this, being half puritan. We absolvc you, by this, from all the sin of slavery, and take upon ourselves all its supposed sin and evil. openly before the world and in the sight of God. Let us alone. We shall make no war on you-- Let us work out our salvation in our own way. We agree that you shall do the same. And, let me tell you, that if there
Year: 1861

WAR.-Treaehery stupidity and vacil lation have marked the course of the present administration ever since 1t came into power. The steps 1t has taken recently have increased our disgust and contempt. The knowledge we have gained of the character of the creature whose ignorance and vulgarity disgrace the chair once filled by the most august of men, has served us ln good stead. We read him in his in- augural, and the acts he has committed since the appearance of that enigmatical paper have given us a clearer idea of the choice of party of fanatics. We have made fine use of his characteristic mean ness and cunning. We have not been im- posed upon by one of his false ayowals. Satisfied that he intended to perpetuate the folly of coercion, we have prepared ourselves to meet force with force The signs of the times are obvious to the most dul-eyed and cold blooded, and the wis dom of the coulse our military authorities have pursued have been abundantly justi- fed

 We are prepared to apply the last argu- ment. We are growing impatient under the delay. It is time the matter was de cided. We are sick of the subject of evac uation. It is manifest that Lincoln has shifted the responsibility he assumed with such an air of clownish solemnity to the shoulders of the commandant of Fort Sumter. The man who sneaked into Washington has quailed at the curses and threats of the party that raised him to the dignity he has made contemptible, and the demand must be upon the soldier We would not presume to dictate to those who have the management of affairs. They have shown admirable discretion, and we cannot praise too highly their foresight, l zeal and energy. But has not the time ar rived when the next step should be taken? Shall we submit any longer to the annoy ance of impertinent and stupid messages and reports borne by persons whose com-- ing is an insult?

 We know the intention of our enemy. 1 We have taken advantage of his enforced delay. Braver and better soldiers than now occupy our Notifications, and that are ready to march at the blast of the bugle, | never drew sword or pulled a trigger. The spirit of our people is fairl y aroused. The brothers of those who won imperi6h able glories on the plains of Mexico are at the guns. Our hearts are fired by the rs. membrance of grievous wrongs, and by the anticipation of greater injustice; our arms are made strong by the justness of our cause. With implicit reliance on the god of battles, we go forth to meet the deadly foe. Let the strife begin--we have no fear of the issue.
Year: 1861

gentleman has laid down tue pen t- present and taken mp the sword

 volunteered as q private, and join .- ot. Thos. J. Churchills company ol light cavalry for the purpose of oxpolIing Old Abo's troops from It. Smith, and will probably be absent from his post as editor for some time. He will be missed by the readers of the paper from it's editorial CO., lumns and from the secession cause in the State, for whose principles he has so ably advocated and battled during the last three months, as editor of the True Demo crat. But his friends throughout the State may be assured that when he returns 10 his post, he will again do good service in the cause. If the South maintains the noble position she has been forced to assume in the " irrepressible conflict" the future promise bright hopes to the patriotic hearts that uphold and defend her against this unnatural and criminal crusade of northern fanatics. Every interest of the South is merged in this great issue of equality of the southern States. No true patriot doubts the result. It must be decided favorable to tue South.

 Col Black is also now absent, and has been since about the middle of1Iarch. Oar readers will not, therefore, expect the usual amount of editorial matter in our colamns. We will endeayor to give them the latest current news received by telegraph
Year: 1861

The constitution of the old United States has been often styled the greatest docu- ment of the world, and no doubt with much truth. But loi greater, a far greater has just appeared, and now in rapid pro cess of ratification by the several seeded States, by uninimity of sentiment, almost without precedent in the history of states or nations. The grand perfection of 1t as whole, is rapidly inviting the admiration of every true friend of the South, and is rapidly stripping revolution itself of its formidable terrors A brilliant light is bursting from unde the dark and stormy clouds of the impending crisis, and the joy over the approaching restoration of equal and improved rights of the South IS now gladening the hearts of thousands, while those who have feared and trembled on the brink of revolution are becoming hopeful, and the doubtful are confirmed; but 1t grats as sickening dose, only with those who at heart, desire the triumph of the North; and it is even hoped many of them will be silenced, that they may escape the odlum that befel the tories of the revolutionary war.

 And why should not all admire the now greatest constitutional document of the world? Does it not settle, by clearly de- fning every doubtful issue, in the old con stitution? Is it not purged of all the obiec- tions of the old? Is it not the old adopted, with all its virtues and without its faults? | All of which can be claimed without a shadow of doubt And why should any 1 have had serious doubts that such would not be the case? Has not B years trial ot the old been sufficient to find out its faults as we'll as its beauties? And Is not the intelligence of the South sufficient to pro- fit by the experience of the past? Surely l it is, and the great document now before us is abundant proof of this great truth .- l For in it, there is no doubt that every item of the old constitution that was of doubtful construction is made plain in the new, and also every point in the old that has been the cause of contention and dissatisfaction, Is now vastly improved; so as to place the rights of States, as well as the rights dele gated to the Confederate Congress, in so clear light that it does seem tlat each party (the States) must move in perfect harmony in their respective orbits without fear of being disturbed by the approach of any great wandering or disturbing comet. The purse is much better guarded in the new than in the old and it is truly gratify- ing to see in the new that it is perfectly purged of every temptation for the Presi- dent to use corruptly his appointing power to secure second election; and in the new high protective tariff is utterly discarded; and the principles of free trade, equality and State rights fully vindicated; and no scratching or scrambling for extra allowance on government contracts allowed.

 Surely it is a constitution never surpass- ed or equaled for purity. Leteyery reader in Arkansas read 1t, and then if the lack of intelligence and prejudice could only be removed, surely there would not be one dissenting voice against secession the l8t Monday in August next.

 ONE oP THE PEOPLE.
Year: 1861

We have been requested by the p at of the meeting recently held in Lo. township in this county to state,

 h as meeting to raise secession pole out 27th inst, and the barbecue intend ed ome off on that day, have been post
Year: 1861

isiana 10 seize and pay for Mt a fair price, all
the pork in New Orleans held by specule tors,
with the object of furnish ing it to the people
~ n living price, was a wise, patriotic, and
righteous act. 1t may well be considered ifit
would not be equally proper for our Governor
10 adopt the same course in reference 10 the
salt in the hands of the monnpoIsts and spec
ulatoTs in our principal towns. The coun-
try, believe, is fully prepared to applaud
him for such a measure. Some decisive and
effective measures ought to be taken without
delay to arrest the maddened and prostitute
spirit Of speculation in the necessaries of life,
nov so rife in the country.


Efforts are being made IN some sections of
the country to monopolize the pork, the beef
and even the grain of the country, as has al
ready been su 'cessfully done with the impo rt-'
ant article of leather. To effect the latter,
speoulators in person, and by agents, rapidly
trayersed large sections of the country, visit
ing every tannery, great and small, and pur
chasing, at small advance on former prices,
the stocks of leather intended for the neigh
borhoods in which they were tanned, to he
sold under monopoly, st prices two or three
times greater than they cost the willy and ex-
acting speculator. JUSTICE.
Year: 1861

We shall feel under obligations to any of
our friends who may from time to time get
possession Of late Northern papers, If thew
viii bring or send the same 10 this office


We viii also pay lberally for such papers
to any one who will furnish MS with them.
Year: 1861

We are in receipt Of the Inaugural of Pres
ident Lincoln, by the last Pony. AS State
paper, it will compare favorably with that Of
most of the Presidents; it shows a scholarly
ability in its frame work. and contains such
sentiments and ideas as would do honor TO any
consistent, Union-loving patriot. 1t is con-
sistent address, aud the only kind that the
responsible attitude the President bears to the
People and Constitution would warrant. Be-
fore its delivery he had just taken the oath
required by the Constitution, to faithfully ere-
cute the office Of President Of the United States,
and to the best Of his ability to preserre protect,
and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and, says the Constitution, it shall be
his duty q to take care that the laws be faith
fully executed"


The secessionists see coercion and civil war,
painted throughout the address, and make a
great blow about the last hope being destroyed;
but we have looked in vain for any war clause
in it. If, when he says to the secessionsts,
that the Government will not assail them
without they are the aggressors, and that he
will faithfully execute the laws in all the States,
unless the American people shall withhold the
requisite means, and that he will hold and de-
fend, the property belonging TO the Govern
ment, as required by the Constitution and laws,
means coercion and civil war; then it is such
coercion and war as the Constitution and laws
of the United States and laws of Nature, war
rant; for self-defence of person and property
is the first great law of our nature.


We must admit that the inaugural is much
milder and more conservative paper than we
had been led to expect from the champion of
the Chicago platform. But, since the cars
are in motion" we presume the President has
thought best to retire somewhat, from the
danger of standing on the extreme edge" of
the platform and this precaution of the new
President-must be conceded-is statesman
like, if not patriotic. We cannot but regard


it as q Union document-consistent with the
position of its author, under the responsibility
duu SOltlIuIty VI us OlliCldl Odlu. Ii tue utW
President only sticks to the policy he fore
shadows in his address, and will not be induced
to recede, as the defunct old Public Function
airy did from his, then we predict, that his Ad-
mnistration may not be q failure, and that the
country will gradually seek its equilibrium
Mr. Lincon's accession to the Presidency, at
this time, is so radically different from that of
any of his predecessors, that we are led to ex-
pect much, in which We may be disappointed ;
our only hope is, that it all may rebound to
the future success of a Union-loving, National
Democracy There is such living Democra-
cy in the country, and upon the faith and rec
titude of its principles, and the patriotism of
Its advocates and supporters, we look for a
perpetual Union, administered with justice and
cnnalltY.
Year: 1861

On the goth inst. the Legislature, in Joint
Convention, ended the Senatorial contest by
electing Gen. James A. McDougal to fill the
place of the old Lime Pointer, who, it is sup
posed, will enter into contract with the horde
of l44 Republican Office seekers now in Wash
ington City, for transportation by the Pacific
Mail S. S. Co. to their homes in California


We hail the election of Gen McDougal as a
triumph over secession in all its hideous shapes,
and as a rebuke to wire.workers and political
tricksters. The roar of Indignation set up by
the secession organs, assures us that Union
man has triumphed over all their Vaccinations.
We all know The Gen'l to be a man of sterling
ability as statesman Of undoubted integrity
as a citizen and patriot conservative in his
political views, and one in whom the people
can safely repose confidence in the time of
trouble and need And we cannot help smil-
ing at the puny efforts of those who, knolc only
how to pull down and destroy, III vain at
tempt to reduce high and noble character to
their own inferior level We congratulate the
people of California upon the elevation Of such
an able representative TO the responsible posi-
ton of U. S. Senator, as we feel confident
Gen. McDougal will make. He is a Calfor-
nian, in the full sense of the term; all his in
teTests. family and future hopes are here, and
from his future course in Congress, we can rest
assured, that California interests will receive
his first attention. We consider his election
behind the record and certificate of the Con
venton.
Year: 1861

MINING IN DEL NoRTE.-The Crescent City
Herald of the 9th inst. says: From the
Bald Hills we hear that up to yesterday all
the companies have been doing well, and ma
king from good to large wages. Now how
ever, their water has given out, or nearly so,
and they are anxiously waiting more rain.


Mill Creek has not turned out equal to its
prospects, and there will not probably be much
mining done there.


Copper mining is still going on to some ex-
tent, the Evoca company being still engaged
in going on with the tunnel of which we have
before spoken. Some excitement was caused
two days since by the report that they had
struck sivcr ore in that tunnel, but we believe
the assay did not show it.
Year: 1861

FOR JFdIER PER MONTH FOR IRRE-


GATION


For all lots less than 100 square yards. SO 90
More than 100 and not over 200 - 90
For surplussage, more than 200 yards cent per
square yard. In all cases where trees are on the
outer line OF the sidewalk one-half the area of the
walk will be included in the measurment.
No hose shall be used for sprinkling, or water for
irrigation except by special contract, all persons
are forbidden the use of water for such purposes
until said contract is made.


All rates for water are payable monthly in ad-
vance, on the first day of each month"; at the Office
Of the Water Works, or upon presentation of bill.
Payments will not be received for less period than
one month.


No person shall tap any pipe, and no alteration
whatever, in or about any tap, pipe water cock,
shall be made without the written permission of the
proprietor.


No person supplied from the works will be per-
mtted to use the water for any other purposes than
those stated in his application nor to supply water
in any way to other persons.


Any person violating the above rules will be held
responsible for damages, and the water shall be
shut OF.


JOSEPH GLUCkAUF,
m23-lm Proprietor.
Year: 1861

NORTH Fork FEATHER-Rich and exten-
sive bill diggings have recently been struck on
the North Fork of Feather River, just above
the mouth of Musquito Creek. We are in
formed that wherever the hills in this vicinity
have been prospected, good pay is found, while
many claims that have been thoroughly tested
prove exceedingly rich. There is an abundance
of water, and several companies are about
erecting hydraulics.
Year: 1861

Warrants drawn on the General County Fund
registered on the lst and I'd DAYS of August 1854
except warrant No. lS6; also warrant No. III, on
the INDECENT Sick Fund, registered August ID
1859, will be paid on presentation at this
Office, and will cease to bear interest from this date;
if not presented within sixty days, the money set
apart for their redemption will be appropriated to
pay warrants next in order of registry


W.R. BROWN,


County Treasurer
Year: 1861

Rss~ The BeIvidere Ill.) STANDARD saws ::
g We learn that meteoric stone fell ON Fri
day morning last, about two miles from Svca-
more, on the road to Genoa 1t fell with such
shock as TO jar the ground like an earthquake
on a small scale, and with noise like thunder.
The report was heard by several in our village.
The stone is judged to weigh about ton, and
IS reported to look US if it was half iron. The
ground about it tor the space of half an acre
Is strewn with a substance like ashes or Gin
ders.
Year: 1861

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIF
teenth Judicial District of the State Of California,
in and for the county of Butte. Daniel G. o DOnne
vs.. Thomas Bsset. Action brought in the District
Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District and the
Complaint filed in the County of Butte, in the Office
Of the Clerk of said District Court The people of
the State of California send greeting to Thomas Bis
set. You are hereby required to appear IN an ac-
ton brought against you by the above named Plain
tiff in the District Court of the Fifteenth judicial
District of the State of California in and for the
County of Butte, and to answer the complaint filed
therein, Ga copy of which follows this summons)
within ten days, Exclusive of the day OF scrvce)
after the service on you of this summons-n served
within this County if served out of this County
but in this Judicial District within twenty days );
or if served out of said District, then within forty
days-or judgment by default will be taken against
you. The said action is brought to obtain decree
of this Court for the foreclosure of certain mort
gage described in the complaint, and executed by
the said Thomas Bisset and A. Bisset his wife, on
the lst day of June A. D., 1858 to secure the pay
ment of a certain Promissory Note for the sum of
one thousand dollars, with interest thereon at the
rate OF three per cent. per month, from June lst
\. D., 1858, that the premises conveyed thereby
may be sOld and the proceeds applied to the pay
ment OF said note and costs of suit, said premises
being part of Lots Nos. and ., in Block 2, as laid
down on the map Of the town of Oroyile, and in
such proceeds are not sufficient to pay the same
then to obtain execution against said defendant
Thomas Bisset, for the balance remaining due, and
also that the said defendant, and all persons claim
ing by, through OF under him, may be barred and
foreclosed of all right, title and interest in and to
said mortgaged premises, and for other and further
relief and if you fail to appear and answer the said
Complaint above required, the Plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the ree prayed for in his
Complaint on file herein.


Given under my hand and Seal of the
! sr,, | District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial


District, this Goth day of March, in the
~ year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one.


H. NJ. PTIPPS, CLERK.


S. W. W. CoUGHEY Atty for Pltf. m23-3m
Year: 1861

Congress has, for once, consulted the inter
ests of the people of California and abolished
the mail contract over the Southern Cape
Horn-route and established Daily Mail
over the Central route The schedule time
for the letter mail is fixed at twenty days j;
that of printed documents in thirty-fve, or
twenty-five by steamer, at the option of the
contractors. A Pony Express is also estab-
lished with fixed schedule time of eight days
in the summer and twelve in winter The SER
vice is to commence by the lst of July.
Year: 1861

The points of superiority peculiarly its own in
this Machine may be briefly stated:


FIRsT.-The remarkable simplicity and accuracy
of its mechanism manifested in the fact that it is
capable of making. unerringlv,
Year: 1861




CHARLESTON, Dec 81, 1860.


If the same anxiety prevails ct the North
ms here, l am sure my letter will be welcome,
even lit should not contain any facts of
which you are unnfolmed. The effect of
this madness of secession is feaffully apparent
in the aspect of the city Trade is almost
entirely stopped and money scarce enough
to alarm the most sanguine. The market is
badly Trovided, and already serious fears are
entertained as to the possibility of famine
As pass from my hotel down Meeting street,
aEd thence to King, as far as the Battery,
am struck with the woe-begone appearance
of the city. The same ia observable at the
wharves Broad street has no longer that
sterling look about it, although the Palmett
flag waves so boastully over it, The Post
Office looks more rickety than ever, and the
only one bright prospect is to be had out on
the Bay from the southeast corner of the
Battery. Anxiety is depicted on the faces of
those whose interests are so seriously involv-
ed, aud there is no longer that brisk, dapper
air for which many of the inhabitants were
wont to be distinguished. All the bars are
doing a brisk business; bad rum and inham>
matory talk seem to go well together The
railroads suffer less than other industrial
speculations, as there is good deal of freight
necessarily in transitu over the Wilmington
and Manchester and the South Carolina roads
How long this frightful condition of things
will last is more than the wisest of us know.


Some grumbling has already been heard
from those who have the hard work, and
more still from those taxed for the expenses
of this political game. The upper classes are
SO di lni6ed and secret that it is only on an
occasion like the present that one discovers
that they ever feel the money pressure. The
most seriously compromised parties are mer-
chants, and those whose relations are with
places and persons outside. They see only
bankruptcy and ruin before them, and it will
require more than Southern oratory to put
their balances on the credit side for them. -
They and all who now suffer must he pre-
pared to discover that to crazed and selfish
politicians, struggling for the votes of the
poorer people, is attributable nearly the
whole evil. Blindy rushing into a contest
runous from the first, they have, by fiattery
and cajolery, raised the widest excitement,
snd now furious and maddened mob will
be their ruin. A gentleman informed me the
other day that he was in despair at the pros
pect ahead, unless the whole action of the
State would bring speedy relief to commerce
rand to private means-a kope at once vague
and useless.