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Year: 1861

TEE CONTEST CoNEs.-The last Pony
brings the gratifying intelligence that the
troops of the Republic are marching against
its enemies. Virginia is occupied by Fede-
ral troops, who are pushing On rapidly to
suppress the maddcned mobs who have ris-
en- in various parts of the South in viola
ton of law and order. The campaign is
begun, to end, we have no doubt, in the
restoration of peace to every corner of the
nation. The ports of the South are to be
sfectually blockaded by the navy, and from
the East and the West vast armies will un-
doubtedly be precipitated upon the rebels in
the seaboard States as well as in the Valley
of the Mississippi. The energies of the Gov
ernment are not half called forth as yet, but
the spirit that is aroused is sufficient to
oyerrun the belligerent States in a few
months and hold them subject to the dis
position of the Union men therein. When
snee the tyranical compression of secession
rule is removed by the strong arm of legit-
innate authority, the Union sentiment now
subdued by threats and violence will revive
And restore the reign of loyalty and peace


Wherever Union men exist it is the duty oi
the Government to give them support by
every means in its power. That the people
of the South are overawed by horde o.


desperate demagogues and thieves is beyond


II ;c hA will of the Government
to put An end to the reign of terror in 6
summary manner. The armies of the Re-
public are moving forward in the sacred
cause of freedom, and they must prevail.
Year: 1861

A LITTLE FAST, PERHAPs.-lf we under
stand the language of the sixty six gentle
men who issued an address IN the last Hy-
draulic Press in favor of the Union party
they pledge themselves to support nc
man for Office who is nominated by party
based on old issues. In other words, i


the Union movement fails these men will


vote for nobody. We understand this tc
be the tenor of the address,, and if so, the
boys are perhaps little too inconsiderate
Year: 1861

THTRrY-THREE Stars.-By a law of Congress
a new star is not to be added to the American
Flag for new state admitted into the Union
until the Fourth of July succeeding such ad-
mission. Properly there are, then, but thirty
fourth of July when the thirty fourth will be
added for Kansas.
Year: 1861

THE Scientific American does not favor
sending to Europe to purchase cannon. 1t
says the facilities are at hand at home, and
let the Government or individuals give or
ders and they can be filed sooner than can
non can be brought from Europe
Year: 1861

BRowSLow says; 1t was Pope who said
an honest man is the noblest work of God.
We believe it, and have only to regret that
God has not had a job among politicians
for quarter Of q century.
Year: 1861

T. BUTLER KING, formerly collector of the
Port of San Francisco, and a defaulter to
the Government, is very properly Com
missioner of the Confederate States in Eu
rope. On a recent occasion he was oblig-
ed to acknowledge himself citizen of the
United States in order to procure a pass
port in France.
Year: 1861

BROTHER DIBBLE, of the Grass Valley Ma
tional, sort O. denies the charge of having
written an anti-coercion article which had
been for polite reasons laid on the shelf,
and pretends to publish the identical thing
to prove he didn't do it. A fellow once
boasted of throwing by the tail a two year
old steer across the Mississippi, and e1hib-
tied bod-tailed animal on the banks as
proof of the fact.
Year: 1861

We have been authorized to announce the name
Oft. T. DAVENPORT, as candidate for the office
of Collector Of Nevada County, subject to the
nomination of the Union Democratic Convention
to be held june 20.
Year: 1861

If the annals of time can produce a case
of blaeker ingratitude and baser treachery
than that of Dudley Mann, we know not in
what page of history to find it. Promoted
to high office of trust by the Government,
be once travelled abroad as the secret conf
Dental agent of the United States. When
the Hungarians were struggling Dudley
Mann proceeded to the scene of difficulties
by order of his Government to see and re-
port upon the state of affairs. 1t was while
on this mission that theChevalier Hulseman,
Minister to the United States from Austria,
threatened in celebrated state paper, the
fate of a spy to Dudley Mann. Daniel
Webster was the American Secretary of
State. The spirit of the mighty American
was aroused. He replied in letter that
will long be remembered by his country
He unfolded the broad ensign of his country
over Dudley Mann on a foreign soil, and
told the Austrian Minister in bold language
not to be misunderstood, that let but a fin
ger of the power of the House of Hapsburg
be laid on Dudley Mann, and it would call
forth the whole military and naval power
of the United States to revenge the wrong
The whole nation thrilled with delight on
reading the spirited words that came from
the soul of the greatest man our country
ever produced. The American Premier
Ha ha oh 6
his government. 1t was no idle threat An
American citizen must be protected by his
Government at any hazard, at any cost
The Republic of the West must not be tri-
fled with. Such was the position our Nation
assumed toward the Empire of Austria
Dudley Mann from that moment was safe in
the dominions of Francis Joseph as on
American soil. Had the Government been
vacilla.ing, or pusillanimous, Mr.. Mann
might have suffered the fate of spy, been
incarcerated, like La Fayette in the dun
geons of Olmutz, or driven ignominiously
out of the country. The flag of his nation
was his sword and shield in the hour of
need. He escaped unharmed from Austrian
despotism. The world looked on and felt a
higher respect fer the American Govern
ment. The London Times declared it was
the first real exhibition of nationality by
the United States. By that act our Repub-
lie advanced in the respect of the powers of
Europe.


But there is dark side to the picture
Our Republic stands before civilized ma
tions growing brighter and brighter as dan
gers threaten. Her honor is not impeach-
ed, her national lustre not obscured But
where is the poor mortal, humble and in
significant as he was, around whom the
@gis of his county was thrown in time of
danger and in such manner as never to
cease the gushing gratitude Of noble na-
ture, of patriotic heart? Dudley Mann
is the agent Of traitors in foreign land,
conspiring with those who sought his life
and against the glorious flag that defended
himl Oh, ingratitude, basest of crimesl
Can the records of shame produce paral-
lei? If so, we do not know it.
Year: 1861

The UNION MovEMKSTA AFAILURE.-Brother
Avery, of that able paper the Marysville
Appeal, in leader in that paper of the 5th
instant, announces his conviction that the
Union movement is a failure. The Repub-
licans are almost universally in favor of a
consolidated Union party, and few liberal
Douglas Democrats are so good as to favor
it too; but not single Douglas press will
commit itself to any thing but the old par
ty; and the bulk Of the voting population
do not take hold of the matter with that
spirit to insure success. The Appeal, there
fore, recommends to Republicans to stand
by their party organization and drop the
project of Union party. So far as the
movement has progressed it has been done
mostly at the expense of the Republicans.


Our cotemporary apologies in a manner
for what might be termed Inconsistency in
abandoning the proposed Union party or
ganization he favored, and returning to his
old allegiance. No excuse of the kind is
needed. We see no Inconsistency in the
course of the Appeal at all. 1t was, and we
presume would still be, in favor of prop
srly organized Union party, if it could be
constructed. But on trial, it has been found
the elements are too inharmonious and
sluggish to accomplish the great objec. in
time for the September election, without
running the great hazard of putting three
Union { ck,t' in the field. The Appeal, il
we could read correctly, has never pledged
itself unconditionally to support Union
ticket, unless it appeared to be fair one,
and had some show of success. Its course
has been straight and above-board and it
need not fear the charge of Inconsistency.


Doctor GwIN-Wm. NJ. Gwin, exU. S.
Senator returned on the last steamer to a
reception by his constituents as warm as
that which welcomed the immortal "Gosef
lain," of Oregon There are some rumors
and more surmises as to the probable course
the Doctor will pursue. The Doctors jig
is up in this State, emphatically. Politi-
eally, he is dead beyond the nope OF resur-
rection. In the present troubles of the
country new States have poor show for
settlement and coming into tie Union, and
the Doctor is old and cannot wait great
many years to represent new State in the
Senate. The prospect ahead for migration
is poor indeed. They know the old coon a
little too well in the niger Confederacy.
His presence there would create as fiery a
jealousy among the confederate thieves, as
the entrance of jeff. Davis into the internal
regions might produce in the breast of his
Satanic Majesty. The Doctor will hardly
migrate with the dismal prospects ahead for
dealing remuneratively in sound cur
rency.
Year: 1861

The West an Example to the East.


Ne have often dwelt with pride upon the
Vest, with lie natural advantages, its CONNER
sa enterprise, and rapid expahsion-bus pew


cause for exultation is presented by its conduct


in this fight While the Eastern troops are keep.
ing time on the banks Of the Potomac, the Wes-
tern at double quick" have answered 70 the
cal, and are now black, grim, and bloody, in their
rsolute endeavors to crush out treason. They
nay not boast the fine uniforms of some of their
U-patriots around Washington, but they have
De muscle and thews which will soon wiring the
aeck Of the pest wherever they can get at it
they have not the precise drill Of troops from


EASTERN cities, but they have the indomitable
wit which will save the Union in spite of
] u md to them belong the fairest trophies won
ias campaign. Nothing yet has equslled the
decisive and successful management Of affairs
Missouri, now crowned by the stubborn fights


md masterly manoeuvres which have lately


tEea place there. No where else have the


ssels been so persistently watched, harrassed


md scattered, and only there has a rebel Gov


amor been compelled to. taste the fruit Of his
treason in ignominious fight in order to save his


LIE. Like the infant Hercules the west is strang-
Cling the serpent at time when it was hardly


supposed capable Of defending ITSELF Let the


Example be followed by the military forces
dong the Eastern and Northern line, and we
shall see the extinction of treason ere long,


peace without compromise, prosperity without


instability, and Union without peril of a breach,


Good for the. West! and may it surpass it


psesent achievements in this crusade. 5mi "a
Year: 1861

| was lecturing in a small town once, and
when the lecture was over persons came
up to sign the pledge \ number Of young
ladies' were standing by aud looking at the
signers with interest. Directly some Of
them came to NE


Mr.. Cough, 60 out there to the door
ond set Joe to sign the pledge


Why, | don't know Joe


'Wen he's standing out by la door


Out [ went, and standing there was
poor fellow with tattered cap on his head,
a torn shirt, dirty clothes, old boots, and
woe-begoDe look Says l to myself this
man must be Joe


How do you do, Joe 2 said /


How do you do, sir 2


Joe, | want you &c sign the pledge


What for?'


Why, Joe, those ladies in there sent
me after you


What, who? Why l didn't think had
Z friend in the world.


Come on Joe-ccme on, said /.


He stopped and said.


Look here, some fellows told me TO bring
e bottle Of LIQUOR in the meeting tonight,
and get up and drink and say here's to
your health They said they would give
me fifty cents if | did Them's 'cm all
along the gallery up there; there they are.
| amt going to do it,


He went to the door and we heard him
Year: 1861

From that period in the history cf the
chosen people, when every man did that
which vas right in his own eyes, down to
the present moment, the annals Of mankind
may be challenged for a parallel to the spr-
it Of insubcrdination .ghich for years has
run riot among the American people. All
classes, from the most educated to the most
ignorant; all sections, from the snow-clad
limits Of Canada to the tropic shores Of
the Gulf, have exhibited the prevalence CT
an influence which is utterly Incompatible
with the preservation Of morals and the
stability Of Government, aud which is grad
ually undermining the whole fabric Of
American society.


Such a thing as authority is almost totally
ignored IN both Church and State, as well it
may be, when 1t is abandoned by those to
whom it is committed by the Creator himself,
in the control of the household circle, which
is the most efficient school for the education OF
the Christian and the citizen. Parental re


straint is not as much thrown off by children
as it is relinquished by parents, either to save
themselves trouble, or from false notion Of
| cuItivating spirit of maniiness and indepen-
dence in their hopeful progeny. Our children
become little men and women before their
| time. They never know what il is to bear the


woke 10 their youth. They grow mp with no
Year: 1861

from each Congressional District, and two at


large, from each of the thirty-three States,
and we request the Legislatures Of the seve-
raj States to take steps for the Convention of
States, for the purposes Aforesaid.


Pacific REPUBLIo-The Democratic Her.
aid, published at Eugene City, Oregon, copies
Congressman SCOTS letter advocating the
formation Of Pacific Republic, and remarks
as follows:


From the tone of the California press, we
think this proposition finds but little favor in.
our sister State, and from our knowledge of
the sentiment of the people of Oregon, we
can safely say there are not a thousand men
in the State in favor of this movement. There
are besides our general fealty TO the Union
several substantial reasons why we should
oppose it one is that it would ieopardize our
pI aspects for the early construction of the
Pacific Railroad another is found in our Just,
but long deferred, claims against the Gem
eral Government on account of Indian hos
tlities, amounting to several millions; and
yet another is, that Republic thus formed
would be subjected, probably, to insult and
injury, without power to obtain redress by
the great powers of Europe If the present
secession movements terminate in the forma-
tion of Southern confederacy, we believe
there would be greater number of our cti-
zens in favor of this State being attached to
the new confederation, than there would be
advocating Pacific Republic.
Year: 1861




PACIFIC REPuBLIc.-O -One of the most absurd
eyes to which the present time has given
birth is that of Pacific Republic. 1t is well
known in enlightened circles that we get
much more from the General Government
than we pay to 1t. and that it is our interest
to remain in the Union. The General Gov
ernment suffers dead loss of over a million
year upon postage; one hundred and fifty
thousand on the mint; one million on the
army of two thousand soldiers which it main.
tains for our protection against the Indians;
for the care of the Indians and the suppress
sion of their outbreaks, half million for
the Federal Judiciary, fifty thousand; and
for the completion Of forti6cations and main
tenance of lighthouses, at least five hundred
thousand dollars more. For reimbursement
it has TO look alone to the Custom House, and
that does not net a million and half over
expenses. 1t can thus be seen at a glance the
great interest which we have in the preser-
walton of the Union. 1t is favorite argu
ment with those who squint towUrds an in
dependent republic that we send eastward
millions of dollars annually, and that bv
continuing the connection we are losers to
that amount but that is all the merest fus-
tian and nonsense. Nobody in California re-
mits money to the Eastern States as a gift to
them. We ship our bullion to pay for the
goods we consume, and to support our fami-
lies temporarily sojourning there. If we
were independent, we would do precisely the
same thing 1t is a waste of space almost TO
consider the subiect-Ahd.
Year: 1861

WEALTH OF CALIFoRNIA.-Almost every
week we hear of some new discovery of
mineral wealth, inside the borders of our
State. New gold deposits the miner is con-
tinually finding. But this is not all. Cop
per mines are being successfully worked in
Del Norte county, and have been found in
Calayeras. These last are considered rich as
well as extensive, and will be worked, we
doubt not, on large scale before long.


Then there are the quicksilver mines in
Napa county, accounts of which have fre-
quently been published. They have not as
yet been worked, but will be ere long. And
lastly, there are the silver mines in Nevada
county, discovered not more than a month
ago. The Nevada papers tell us the silver is
there, and in large quantities. The mine is
near Grass Valley, and we are told that it
bids fair to rival in richness the ar-famed
silver mines of Washoe. Some further ac.
count of it is published in another place
Verify, the wealth that is hidden in the soil
of California cannot be told.
Year: 1861

SrEREosooPIc VIEWS OF THE GREAT EASTERN
We were called on yesterday morning by
Mr. Henry Van Ness, who exhibited to us
views of the Great Eastern taken on board
during the process of building and daring the
trial trip 1t is no doubt a faithful represen
tation ofthe big ship, and well worth seeing.
Mr.. Van Ness tells Us that he was on board
at the time of the explosion, at which time
he lost leg. He will stay in the city a suf-
ficient length of time to give all, who wish,
an opportunity to see the views
Year: 1861

telegFaphic dispatch from the East leads
US to hope that Senator Seward will assent
to the adoption of Senator Critsenden's pro
positions for an adjustment Of the National
troubles. We are told that the disunionists
do not like Stewards speech for the reason
that it "may injure them in the South When
men want disunion, anyhow, they don't like
anything that tends TO turn them from their
course. The beckoniDgs of Justice in her
temple, and the offers of mediation are alike
unheeded by them. But let us not antici-
pate. 1t is hard for us to believe that any
Southern Senator would so far exhibit de-
sire for dissolution of his country in prefer
ence to a compromise, as to express his dis
like of a conciliatory speech by any Republi-
can.


What effect the speech of Senator Seward
will have upon his brother Republican MEM
bers of the Senate, remains to be seen. Their
opinions are so strongly set, that it will re-
quire great force to move them. Even in
the case of Seward, we can only hope that
he will support the Crittendan resolutions
Yet, the conciliatory tone of his speech may
be regarded as something of moment, mas
much as it bespeaks compromise policy on
his part at least We shall see now whether
the influential power which he has welded
in the Republican party in the cause Of "no
more slave territory" viii be felt in Congress
~ IN G -,
behalf of compromise with the Shareholders
"a compromise that is intended to give to
the STAKEHOLDER rights in portion of the ter.
ritories which have been all along denied to
them by the Republican party.


PmATICAL SCuEME.-The Charleston Mer-
curry, the leading organ of the disunionsts, in
recent appeal to the people of Florida to
capture the forts located in that State, dis
closes new feature in the secession pro-
gramme. 1t recommends that piratical ex-
petitions should be fitted out to prey upon
Northern commerce, and suggests that the
gold of California, on its way through the
Gulf of Mexico, will be amply sufficient to
pay the expenses The Mercury says:


But let Florida hold these forts. and the
entire aspect of affairs is changed Such yes
sells, in time of war, will have no port of en-
try, and must be supplied in every way from
a very long distance, and that at sea /; while
the commerce of the North in the Gulf will
fall an easy prey to our bold privateers; anG
California gold will pay all such little expen
ses on our part. We leave the matter for tn,
reflection and decision of the people o
Florida.


If after reflection, the people of Florida
decide to adopt the recommendation of the
secession organ, they may be able to inter-
cept one or two California mail steamers, and
ofcourse would make rich haul but they
will stand good chance OF being caught and
hung as pirates.
Year: 1861

A fundamental principle, underlying all hui
man government is, that all the members of the
society shall participate equally in the advanta-
ges and disadvantages, the benefits and burdens,
of the social condition, or State. However this
principle NAV be ignored and violated by the
ruling class in different countries, my PROPOSE
ton is no less true; because all men of the same
race, in a state of nature being upon perfect
equality of rights with each other, and each df
I may so speak, an Independent government in
himself they never would have banded together
in societies for the purpose Of establishing gov
crnmcnts over themselves-thereby abridging
their natural rights and independence
there had been a preliminary understanding,


that the blessings and the evils of such govern
ments should be equally shared, in due proper
ton, by each and every member of these volun-
tary associations, respectively. No individual
in state Of nature, being perfectly free and in
dependent, would have consented to enter into
any such association, upon the condition that he
was to enjoy fewer privileges bear heavier bur-
dens, than any other member. In organizing
themselves iDtO pOhltCdl tnct Nete
actuated by the desire for security in their per-
sons and possessions, and for the quiet enjoy
ment of their reserved rights They were
ed by a desire to protect the weak against
,ne Strong, and the good and the simple against
the vicious and the crafty. They had no motive
for granting monopolies or creating privileged
classes Their sole object was, to secure what
is termed civil liberty, thing which is 50 diff
cult to define, and so rarely, if ever, realized
but IL may be permitted humbly TO offer def


inition, should say it was that condition of or
ganized society which makes the least possible
abridgment of the natural rights Of its mem
bers that is consistent with the perfect protec


ton Of the remainder or it is the result Of that
system Of government which makes the mos
complete compensation for the natural rights
which each individual has surrendered, that I
consistent with the welfare Of the whole body


And although governments, when once organ


lied, have gradually absorbed power, until, IN
many instances, the last vestige Of this origina


principle Of equality and mutual benefit has be


come extinct il is nevertheless the only tru,
foundation Of al human authority and govern


nIort among men Of the same race; and ali fc'
Year: 1861

part Of them as may be employed in the service
of the Confederacy, reserving to the States re-
spectively the appointment of the officers, and
the authority of training the militia according
to the discipline prescribed by Congress; and


IL. To make all laws which shall be necessary
and proper for carrying into execution the fore
going powers and all other powers expressly
delegated by this Constitution to this Provision
al Government.