December 30, 1861 (4 pages)

aoa rnientonnieeniancnetamatianininiet cisco, Aevada Democrat, Thomas Boyce is our Agent for San FranHe is authorized to receive advertisements, and collect and receipt for the same, An ApvVANCcE oN Manassas Expecrep.— Simonton, the Washington correspondent of the Bulletio, in a Jetter of November 26tb, eays the impression continues to gain ground there, that McClellan’s grand effort will be A. Badlam, Jr., is our Agent for Sacramento, . directed at Manassas. There the rebels are to receive advertisements and collect for the same. . the strongest, and if broken there, the rebelMONDAY EVENING, DEC. 30, 181, lion will be virtually at an end, It is imTue Mais.—The interrvotion of the) mails duriug the late freshets, bas been a serious inconvenience to the citizens of Nevada county. During all the last week not a Sacramento stage reached Nevada, but for several days the Sacramento Postmaster continued to forward the mails to Lincoln. though be must bave known the stages were not ruoning above that place. Ono Friday morning, the Nevada mail was sent by way of Marysville, and reached bere on Saturday evening. Had the present Sacramento Postmaster done as his predeceesor used to do when there was any interruption on the direct route, and sent the mails by Marysville, only one mail would have been detained on the way, and the citizens of this connty would have had their papers and letters regularly. But the most outrageous case of official indifference to the public wants, that we ever beard of, occurred at the Marysville office yesterday morning. Mr. Doty, the stage driver, went to the Post. office for the Nevada mail, and although there were five bags of mail matter for this county, put up and ready to be thrown on the stage, the Postmaster refused to let them G0, because it was Sunday. We admire plety when regulated by common sense, but like all good qualities it is liable to be carried to extremes, and then becomes a vice. The most pious man we ever knew was a horse thief; and though we do not purpose to draw any ‘odious comparison.” we cannot help ‘thinking that the Marysville fostmaster bas reached that degree of piety that will bear watching. OverrLows.—The California Farmer endeavors to console the farmers, who have lost so heavily by the loes of their stock, the sweeping away of their fences, etc., in the late fluods, by telling them that the overflows will greatly enrich their lauds, We are informed that the overflows bave a contrary effect ; the large quantities of sand and grauite tailings carried down from the mountaia streams, instead of enriching, are destructive of the soil, The richest bottom lands on Bear river, the Yuba, aod Feather river, bave been ruined by the overflows, Important, 1 True.—A late St. Louis dispatch says the Government bas issued orders not to permit any more steamers to depart for Enrope, This intelligence, if true, is important, and indicates that our relations with European powers are of a more threatening character than bas geuerally been suppoved, The dispatch, giving this report, wae dated at St.Louis oo the 23d inst, ; but a dispatch dated at Quincy, on the 24th, has been received over the wires, aod no mention is made of such an order having been issued. No Fuston.—From the best information we can obtain, relative to the opinions of the Union Democratic members of the Leg: islature, will conclude that they will not fase with members of opposition parties, for the sordid purpose of securing offices for afew of their political friends. They will regard it as their chief duty to assist in sustaining the Governmentand the Union, aod this they can do more effectually by soting independent, avoiding all caucusses and political tricery and trafficing. No News.—In consequence of the delay of the mails, and the interruption of telegraph communieation, we have not been able to get any late news from below, The telegraph line iaatill working to Timbuctoo, but there isa break in the wires between that place and Marysville. The overland telegraph was not in working order on Saturday last, though it is possible dispatches may have been received from the East since that time. Srocxron.—The rains of last week extended into the southern part of the State, causing a great rise in the San Joaquin and branches. At latest accounts, Stockton was surrounded by water, but; the city proper had not been flooded. Guaries Upson, son of Lauren Upson, editor of the Union, died in Sutter townstilp, Sacramento county, on Friday last, from the effects of a kick from a horse, received the day before, possible in Eastern Virginia to bring such an army as McClellan commands into action at once in the same field, and it seems prob able, therefore, that while he will throw out powerful armies on each flank, be will seek the rebel center with bis best troops. In order to get the advantage to be derived from great numbers on a limited field, be will not subject a single column tothe work of fighting out the battle, but will press forward fresh column after column to take the place of those who bave become exbausted, until the quick suecession of vigorous blows ehall have accomplished the end in view, and compelled the fall of the rebel works, Tbe assault would thus be made on such a scale that the defeat of one division would not materially affect the result, The defeat of tbe rebels at Manassas, where their strongest force is centered, would do more towards crosbing the rebellion than fifty victories in Kentucky and Missouri. Tux Rat-voLe Squaprox.—The fleet o¢ stone laden vessels, that went south to seal up the rebel ports, bas been heard from. Captain Marwick, of the brig Castilian, at Bostuo, reports that on November 21st, in latitude 38:53, longitude 72:40, be saw twelve sail of old whalers, the roughest looking crafs afloat, bound south, with a fair wind and going in fine style. He spoke. one of them, and was informed that they were the rat hole squadron, bound south with sealed orders, It appears from a statement in the New Yoik Herald, that quite a number of small vessels have already been used to stop the rat-holes in Ocracoke Inlet, on the North Carolina coast, bat the large vessels, it ie supposed, are to be used to block up the barbors of Charleston and Savannah, Tue Nationa Dest.—The total amount of the natioual debt, as estimated in New York November Lith, was a little over one hundred and seventy millions of dollars At the close of Buchanan’s term the debt was nearly seventy-five millions, and the increave during the first eight months of Lincoln’s term was a little over ninety-five millions, Tbe heaviest expense was during the months of September and October, when the naval expedition was being fitted out, and large additions were being made to the military force and material for the army. The vational expenses are now ex timated at about one million dollars a day, or $365,000,000 a year, while the debt is accruing at the rate of about $250,000,000 © year, Murperrovus ArFair.—We understand that Wn. Ellis, a miner, near French Corral, killed his partner, by shooting him through the neck with a pistol, on Thursday, just before noon. After committing the deed, Ellis informed a couple of wood-choppers near by of the fact. On repairing to his (#llis’) cabin, they found the body of the murdered man, clotted with blond, and a knife and axe lying overt, both bloody. Ellis was taken into custody. An inuest was held on the body of deceased by Justice Roberts, the result of which we have not learned. Ellis was intoxicated at the time the ee was committed. [San Juan Press, ec. 28. Eastern Irems.—A St, Louis dispatch to the San Francisco Herald and its associates, of Dec, 23d, bas the following: Lieutenant General Scott has returned from Europe on the steamer Arago, just arrived. Orders have been issued from Washington not to permit any American steamers to depart for Europe. In the opinion of the Secretary of State, there is no ultimatnm fixed in the communication of Lord Lyons relative to the Trent affair; therefore there is ample room to settle all disputes by diplomacy. An iron-elad ship of war is now being constructed for the Government at Philadelpbia, It will take several months to complete it, Caxirornia Securitizs,—California seven per cent, boods were selling in New York, November 27th, at eighty-one and a half cents on the dollar. Specis.—On the 27th of November, the New York city banks held nearly forty-two millions of specie ; being a larger amount than ever reported before at apy one time. RetTuRNING Cuinzse.—Since the first of January this year, 3,767 live Chinamen have returned home from this State. The dead ones are not enumerated. Foreign Recognition of the Confederate States. The New York Journal of Commerce, of November 23d, thus clearly sets forth the preseat position of the rebel States, and the absurdity of the supposition that either Eogland or France is likely to recognize their independence : Let us now observe the position of the Government in regard to these States which ask foreign recognition, Beginnin with Virginia, it is not only abuudantly manifest that we not only possess a considerable jaa ae of the soil of that State, but we are undeniably masters of all her means of foreign intercourse. Any foreign Government desiring to communicate with her can do 80 only by passing under our forts and across inland waters which are the property and in possession of the Government at Washington. Jext we have North Carolina, where we hold the seacoast and inlets, with the same resulting facts. South Carolina, next, is no longer. able to boast of the entire suspension of United States authority on her soil. Her richest county 1s in our possession, and her finest harbor. One of her towns, at least, and many of her plantations are under Federal sway, while her city, beleagured on the’seaside, and trembling at the near soproach of the Federal armies on the land, is hardly a Capital to be regarded in Europe, or anywhere, as the seat of a power to be recognized as an established national existence, Georgia alone, of the seaboard States, is for the present in the entire pessession of the revolt, But Savannah is much more seriously threatened than even Charleston by the occupation of Port Royal, and, unless we greatly err, it will not be many weeks before either Savannah, Brunswick or Fernandina, and possibly all three ports, will hg to the fleet which has already captured the strong position at Hilton Head. In Florida we hold the keys of the Gulf, Key West and the Tortugas, with a force on Santa Rosa Island, at the mouth of Pensacola harbor, which only waits the order to seize on the Navy Yard and reoccupy all that the United States Government has any need to possess in that State. Alabama has a port, in Mobile, which is effectually sealed up by our blockade, while the possession of Ship Island may be regarded as the entire seacoast of Mississippi for all praetical purposes. The mouth of the Mississippi river is held by our navy, andthe bank of the river, at the head of the passes, is occupied by fortifications in our possession; so that Louisiana can only be reached by our permission, while Texas, with a long line of coast, is wholly at our mercy, and is not occupied simply because it is of no importance to us under present cireumstances to do 80, when men and force can be better employed elsewhere. Mi.itary Items.—The Washington correspondent of the Bulletin, writing November 26, furnishes the following items: General Sumner has been assigned to the command of a division, to be composed of twelve regiments of infantry, some of which are now here in the provisional army of the Potomac, and pot yet formed into brigades, and others are yet to arrive A proportionate amount of cavalry and artillery will be attached to the division, which will, for the present, oceupy @ position ut Springfield, on the line of the Orange and Alexund.ia Kailroad. The Army Retiring Board has at last adjourned sine die, or until called together by the Secretary of War. On Saturday, Major Christopher 8. Lovell, of the Third Infantry, was retired. Major Thomas 3S. English and Captain Abraham Brevoort, of the Marine Corps, have been retired at their own request, They have been in service more than torty years, the former baving entered it in 1817, and the latter in 1820. Major W. W. Leland, late Commissary of the Irish Brigade, and attached to the staff of acting Brigadier Geveral Thomas Francix Meagher has been promoted to a position on the staifof Maj General Halleck, of the regular army, and proceeded to St. Louis on Sunday evening. Colonel Charles Frederick Havelock, late of the British army, and brother of the late General Havelock, has been appointed an aid to General McClellan aod assigned to duty as Inspector General of Cavalry, his late position at home, : Comte de Villarean, an experienced French officer has also been appointed an aid to General McClellan. with the rank of Captain. , General Fremont is expected daily at Washington where it seems probable that a Court of Inquiry awaits him, Tue Great Atring TuNnnEL.—This gigantic undertaking, under the fostering eneres of that wonderful man who controls the estinies of the French Empire, is progressing with rapid strides considering the work. Monte Cenis is the ridge which is being pierced with this work, which may be classed as one of the modern wonders of the world. It will be traversed by a tunnel seven miles in lentgh, with a eanal in the middle to let the water leaking from the rocks run out. Two thousand five hundred laborers are now employed in digging holes, by means of a recently invented machine moved by compressed atmosphere. It is expected that the tunnel will be finished in about six years. Its principal objects will be to cement more firmly the ties which now exist between France and Italy, to bring Turin nearer to Paris, and by making the relations of the two countries and cities easier and more frequent, to better secure their mutual concurrence in all the politicaland social events which the times keep in store. This tunnel will — the distance which now separates Paris from Turin by one-half, and once completed, it will take only seventeen hours to go from one city to the other. TERRIFICALLY CLasstcaL.—The reporter of the San Francisco Mirror, whose imagination must be of the most elastic character, went to see the Great ten mile trot between “Gen. Taylor” and “W. H. Seward,” and he grows thus classical over the appearance of the trotting horses: As they left the score, “Whitey” reminded us by his general appearance of the Grecian Gray, mentioned in en as driven around the walls of Troy by Achilles, with the dead body of Hector at his heels, while Seward brought vividly before our mind’s eye the velvet-coated chestnut described by Tacitus, as the off leader of Boadicea’s he-armed chariot in the great battle in which the British queen was captured by the Romans, after death and devastation among their . Mission oF THE “STONE Friret.”—The a Department no longer makes a secret of ct that the “stone h re a > rts was ordeted to sail direct to left Eastern Savannah and Charleston, for the harbors 0 the purpose of ‘ all the shennell leading thereto. i little doubt that by this time those ports have been utterly destroye vis can demand, as a condition of non-intervated by European Powers. The main ship channel feading to Savannah is but 250 yards across in the narrowest place, and can be perfectly barred by half a dozen of these vessels. Charleston harbor is equally eligible to the same treatment. Once sunk, these old hulks become points for the accumulation of alluvials which the rivers bear down, and of the sands which the tides carry back. There isa natural tendency in such ports to form obstructions, and within a few weeks time bars will have . formed such as are not likely to be removed in many years. ‘ city will spring up at Beaufort, which must take the glace and trade of both the once proud and prosperous cities of Charleston and Savannah. Sumter has been nobly avenged—avenged, too, after no vulgar fashion—but still avenged most fearfully. Probably Forts Sumter and Moultrie will not much longer be considered ‘worth fighting for,” and we may expect their voluntary evacuation.—[ Washington Letter. Curate oF Monterey.—The Monterey Union of Dec. 20th, says: We see our citizens are pruning their shrubbery, transplanting flowers, &c.; and what will be remarked on the At lantic side, we saw the honey bee extracting honey from fresh blooming pinks and other flowers in the garden, on the 17th inst.; and what will strike them more sensibly, is the fact that from this time forward, is our seeding an growing season, and now the hills and vales are green with fresh grown grass and in a few weeks will be strewn and fragrant with myriads of flowers. METROPOLITAN THEATER. : NEW YEARS’ EVE ! VANKEE LOCKE, Assisted by Miss Belle Divine, Mrs. E. G. Locke, HARRY TAYLOR, F. ALEXANDER. Will have the honor of giving one of his peculiar, popular and pleasing Entertainments at the Metropolitan Theater, Nevada, on New Years’ Eve. THREE SPLENDID PIECES! PODIJAH P. PEASLEY, His * Mark, YANKEE DUELIST, and the FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Singing, Yankee Stories, &c. TUESDAY EVENING, DEC, 3ist. The performance will commence with the very laughable Farce entitled PODIJAH P. PEASLEY, His >4 Mark Podijah P. Peasley...+ YANKEE LOCKE. Charles Garland... «Harry Taylor, Fanny Harwood,..+.s00+6 Mrs, G. E, Locke. After which MISS BELLE DIVINE, In her Great [MITATION SCENE from the Widow’s Victim, assisted by Mr. Harry Taylor, in which she will give imitations of Miss Rosalie Durand, Mrs. Stark, Jenny Mandeville, F. D. Hanks and others To be followed by the side-splitting sketch called The Yankee Duelist ; OR, THE STEAMBOAT EXCURSION, SOME cccnecsncceceasacesccace Miss Belle Divine. Yarkee Beery .ccccccocccccccese YANKEE LOCKE. The whole to conclude with the glorious Farce of The Fool in the Family ! PRICES OF ADMISSION : Dress Circle & Orchestra Seats...One Dollar. PRLGUOTEG 0.0.05 circeeencen pns:s9 scien cede GOON P, M. STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S GOLDEN AGE, Will leave Folsom street Wharf, On Wednesday,..Jan. 1st, 1862. At 9o’clock, A. M., punctually. FOR PANAMA, _Passengers will be conveyed from Panama to Aspinwall by the PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY, And from Aspinwall to N, Y. by the Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Co. FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents. Cor, Sacramento and Leidesdortf sts. San Peantioee, MODERN DENTISTRY, . Great Improvements, VULCANITE FQ, THE BEST, MOST COMFORTABLE AND CHEAPEST MODE OF PLATE! FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH. CALL ON DR. LEVASON, Examine Specimens, at his Office, UP STAIRS OVER BLOCK’S, Anp Opposir: Cuzar Joun’s, Nevapa Crry, ALWAYS TO BE FOUND AT HOME! Nevada, Dec, 14, 1861, THE FULTON MEAT MARKET. NO. 6 COMMERCIAL 8T, (Two doors above Mayers & Cu’s Shoe Sture.) AT. MULCAHY Wovu RM the citizens of Nevada and se sae ity that he has epened a FIRST CLASS MEAT MARKET, and will keep constantly on hand the very best quality ped yey Pork, re _ete,, and he hopes by liberal dealing to receiv ronage of this community, Me % the patNevada, Dec. 27, 1861. eet’ which recently . sinking the stone-laden hulks . There is . d, and their blockade, . therefore, made quite as effectual as even Jeff . Now is the Accepted Time. . . } . . . . (a . In the meantime a “Yankee” . It must be confessed that the siege of . HOLLIDAY GIFT BOOKS; FULL GILT & MOROCCO BOUND, BOOKS FOR OLD AND YOUNg. What is Better Than Gola? A FINE BOOK! 1 Tho Best Selected Stock of Gift-Books . CAN BE FOUND AT . THE BROAD STREET BOOK STonE . eee ! . GENTLEMEN WISHING 10 . . Make Fine Presents to Young Ladies OR CHILDREN, ARE INVITED TO CALL AND EXAMINE The assortment at . . Dec. 17, 1861. A. P. CHURCH & CO's, 1 sinus shi SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, The Original and Genuine Article, ENDORSED BY THE Medical Faculty as Being the Best, An@ Purest EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA MADF, Ganps: SARSAPARILLA; Purifies the Blood. ! ! . . . . SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, Cures Scrofula, SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, Cures Stubborn Ulcers. SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, Cures Cutaneous Eruptions, SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, May be safely taken at atl times,—it will secure to Ladies a regular periodic habit—and is the very best medicine they can take when arrived at the period called ‘turn of life.” Price $1,00 per bottle, or 6 bottles for $5,00. Ask for Sands’ Sarsaparilla, and take no otber, Prepared by A. B, & D. SANDS, Liruggists, 100 Fulton street, corner of Wilham, New York. . For sale by C. M, BATES, and KE. F. SPENCE, Ne vada; and all other Druggists. Dec, 24, 1861. BROAD STREET DRUG STORE. . . CORNER PINE & Broad Sts, NO. 57 BROAD St., Nevada, R.C.M. BATES, WHOLESALE AND Retail Draggist & Apothecary, is just in receipt of a large assortment of staple Drugs, Oils, Perfumery, Paints, Patent Medicines, Toilet and Fancy ARTICLES, WHICH WILL BE SOLD As Cheap as the Cheapest! Cc. M, Bates, M. D., Office In the Drug Store, CALL AGAIN GENTLEMEN, rit IF YOU WANTA FINE PAIR OF BOOTS; OR ANY KIND OF BOOTS OR SHOES, From the Best Material, and Made in® Superior Manner! ALL OF MY WORK is guaranteed to BE THE BFST, and from the finest stock that can be obtained in Nevada City. ag All Kinds Repairing Done to Order and at Cheap Rates. -@8 On Pine street, next door to Cheap John’s JOHN HERZINGER. Nevada, June 15, 1861. ~ THE UNION SALOON. NO, 46 PINE STREET, NEVADA CITY. jou" GRIMES WOULD INFORM His many friends, and the public at large, that be keeps his Saloon supplied with The Finest Liquors, Cigars, &c. Persons wishing to indulge in a “light summer drink” or take something ‘‘straight’’ can be accom modated by calling at the UNION, Nevada, Dec. 5, 1861. NOTICE TO SCRIP OWNEBS. County TREASURER’S ant Nevada, Dec. 3, 1861. .y WARRANTS DRAWN ON THE General Fund of the County, registered prior ' January Ist, 1859, will be paid on presentation at this office. “Interest on the same ceases from this date. E.G. WAITE, Treasurer of Nevada County.

aoa rnientonnieeniancnetamatianininiet cisco, Aevada Democrat, Thomas Boyce is our Agent for San FranHe is authorized to receive advertisements, and collect and receipt for the same, An ApvVANCcE oN Manassas Expecrep.— Simonton, the Washington correspondent of the Bulletio, in a Jetter of November 26tb, eays the impression continues to gain ground there, that McClellan’s grand effort will be A. Badlam, Jr., is our Agent for Sacramento, . directed at Manassas. There the rebels are to receive advertisements and collect for the same. . the strongest, and if broken there, the rebelMONDAY EVENING, DEC. 30, 181, lion will be virtually at an end, It is imTue Mais.—The interrvotion of the) mails duriug the late freshets, bas been a serious inconvenience to the citizens of Nevada county. During all the last week not a Sacramento stage reached Nevada, but for several days the Sacramento Postmaster continued to forward the mails to Lincoln. though be must bave known the stages were not ruoning above that place. Ono Friday morning, the Nevada mail was sent by way of Marysville, and reached bere on Saturday evening. Had the present Sacramento Postmaster done as his predeceesor used to do when there was any interruption on the direct route, and sent the mails by Marysville, only one mail would have been detained on the way, and the citizens of this connty would have had their papers and letters regularly. But the most outrageous case of official indifference to the public wants, that we ever beard of, occurred at the Marysville office yesterday morning. Mr. Doty, the stage driver, went to the Post. office for the Nevada mail, and although there were five bags of mail matter for this county, put up and ready to be thrown on the stage, the Postmaster refused to let them G0, because it was Sunday. We admire plety when regulated by common sense, but like all good qualities it is liable to be carried to extremes, and then becomes a vice. The most pious man we ever knew was a horse thief; and though we do not purpose to draw any ‘odious comparison.” we cannot help ‘thinking that the Marysville fostmaster bas reached that degree of piety that will bear watching. OverrLows.—The California Farmer endeavors to console the farmers, who have lost so heavily by the loes of their stock, the sweeping away of their fences, etc., in the late fluods, by telling them that the overflows will greatly enrich their lauds, We are informed that the overflows bave a contrary effect ; the large quantities of sand and grauite tailings carried down from the mountaia streams, instead of enriching, are destructive of the soil, The richest bottom lands on Bear river, the Yuba, aod Feather river, bave been ruined by the overflows, Important, 1 True.—A late St. Louis dispatch says the Government bas issued orders not to permit any more steamers to depart for Enrope, This intelligence, if true, is important, and indicates that our relations with European powers are of a more threatening character than bas geuerally been suppoved, The dispatch, giving this report, wae dated at St.Louis oo the 23d inst, ; but a dispatch dated at Quincy, on the 24th, has been received over the wires, aod no mention is made of such an order having been issued. No Fuston.—From the best information we can obtain, relative to the opinions of the Union Democratic members of the Leg: islature, will conclude that they will not fase with members of opposition parties, for the sordid purpose of securing offices for afew of their political friends. They will regard it as their chief duty to assist in sustaining the Governmentand the Union, aod this they can do more effectually by soting independent, avoiding all caucusses and political tricery and trafficing. No News.—In consequence of the delay of the mails, and the interruption of telegraph communieation, we have not been able to get any late news from below, The telegraph line iaatill working to Timbuctoo, but there isa break in the wires between that place and Marysville. The overland telegraph was not in working order on Saturday last, though it is possible dispatches may have been received from the East since that time. Srocxron.—The rains of last week extended into the southern part of the State, causing a great rise in the San Joaquin and branches. At latest accounts, Stockton was surrounded by water, but; the city proper had not been flooded. Guaries Upson, son of Lauren Upson, editor of the Union, died in Sutter townstilp, Sacramento county, on Friday last, from the effects of a kick from a horse, received the day before, possible in Eastern Virginia to bring such an army as McClellan commands into action at once in the same field, and it seems prob able, therefore, that while he will throw out powerful armies on each flank, be will seek the rebel center with bis best troops. In order to get the advantage to be derived from great numbers on a limited field, be will not subject a single column tothe work of fighting out the battle, but will press forward fresh column after column to take the place of those who bave become exbausted, until the quick suecession of vigorous blows ehall have accomplished the end in view, and compelled the fall of the rebel works, Tbe assault would thus be made on such a scale that the defeat of one division would not materially affect the result, The defeat of tbe rebels at Manassas, where their strongest force is centered, would do more towards crosbing the rebellion than fifty victories in Kentucky and Missouri. Tux Rat-voLe Squaprox.—The fleet o¢ stone laden vessels, that went south to seal up the rebel ports, bas been heard from. Captain Marwick, of the brig Castilian, at Bostuo, reports that on November 21st, in latitude 38:53, longitude 72:40, be saw twelve sail of old whalers, the roughest looking crafs afloat, bound south, with a fair wind and going in fine style. He spoke. one of them, and was informed that they were the rat hole squadron, bound south with sealed orders, It appears from a statement in the New Yoik Herald, that quite a number of small vessels have already been used to stop the rat-holes in Ocracoke Inlet, on the North Carolina coast, bat the large vessels, it ie supposed, are to be used to block up the barbors of Charleston and Savannah, Tue Nationa Dest.—The total amount of the natioual debt, as estimated in New York November Lith, was a little over one hundred and seventy millions of dollars At the close of Buchanan’s term the debt was nearly seventy-five millions, and the increave during the first eight months of Lincoln’s term was a little over ninety-five millions, Tbe heaviest expense was during the months of September and October, when the naval expedition was being fitted out, and large additions were being made to the military force and material for the army. The vational expenses are now ex timated at about one million dollars a day, or $365,000,000 a year, while the debt is accruing at the rate of about $250,000,000 © year, Murperrovus ArFair.—We understand that Wn. Ellis, a miner, near French Corral, killed his partner, by shooting him through the neck with a pistol, on Thursday, just before noon. After committing the deed, Ellis informed a couple of wood-choppers near by of the fact. On repairing to his (#llis’) cabin, they found the body of the murdered man, clotted with blond, and a knife and axe lying overt, both bloody. Ellis was taken into custody. An inuest was held on the body of deceased by Justice Roberts, the result of which we have not learned. Ellis was intoxicated at the time the ee was committed. [San Juan Press, ec. 28. Eastern Irems.—A St, Louis dispatch to the San Francisco Herald and its associates, of Dec, 23d, bas the following: Lieutenant General Scott has returned from Europe on the steamer Arago, just arrived. Orders have been issued from Washington not to permit any American steamers to depart for Europe. In the opinion of the Secretary of State, there is no ultimatnm fixed in the communication of Lord Lyons relative to the Trent affair; therefore there is ample room to settle all disputes by diplomacy. An iron-elad ship of war is now being constructed for the Government at Philadelpbia, It will take several months to complete it, Caxirornia Securitizs,—California seven per cent, boods were selling in New York, November 27th, at eighty-one and a half cents on the dollar. Specis.—On the 27th of November, the New York city banks held nearly forty-two millions of specie ; being a larger amount than ever reported before at apy one time. RetTuRNING Cuinzse.—Since the first of January this year, 3,767 live Chinamen have returned home from this State. The dead ones are not enumerated. Foreign Recognition of the Confederate States. The New York Journal of Commerce, of November 23d, thus clearly sets forth the preseat position of the rebel States, and the absurdity of the supposition that either Eogland or France is likely to recognize their independence : Let us now observe the position of the Government in regard to these States which ask foreign recognition, Beginnin with Virginia, it is not only abuudantly manifest that we not only possess a considerable jaa ae of the soil of that State, but we are undeniably masters of all her means of foreign intercourse. Any foreign Government desiring to communicate with her can do 80 only by passing under our forts and across inland waters which are the property and in possession of the Government at Washington. Jext we have North Carolina, where we hold the seacoast and inlets, with the same resulting facts. South Carolina, next, is no longer. able to boast of the entire suspension of United States authority on her soil. Her richest county 1s in our possession, and her finest harbor. One of her towns, at least, and many of her plantations are under Federal sway, while her city, beleagured on the’seaside, and trembling at the near soproach of the Federal armies on the land, is hardly a Capital to be regarded in Europe, or anywhere, as the seat of a power to be recognized as an established national existence, Georgia alone, of the seaboard States, is for the present in the entire pessession of the revolt, But Savannah is much more seriously threatened than even Charleston by the occupation of Port Royal, and, unless we greatly err, it will not be many weeks before either Savannah, Brunswick or Fernandina, and possibly all three ports, will hg to the fleet which has already captured the strong position at Hilton Head. In Florida we hold the keys of the Gulf, Key West and the Tortugas, with a force on Santa Rosa Island, at the mouth of Pensacola harbor, which only waits the order to seize on the Navy Yard and reoccupy all that the United States Government has any need to possess in that State. Alabama has a port, in Mobile, which is effectually sealed up by our blockade, while the possession of Ship Island may be regarded as the entire seacoast of Mississippi for all praetical purposes. The mouth of the Mississippi river is held by our navy, andthe bank of the river, at the head of the passes, is occupied by fortifications in our possession; so that Louisiana can only be reached by our permission, while Texas, with a long line of coast, is wholly at our mercy, and is not occupied simply because it is of no importance to us under present cireumstances to do 80, when men and force can be better employed elsewhere. Mi.itary Items.—The Washington correspondent of the Bulletin, writing November 26, furnishes the following items: General Sumner has been assigned to the command of a division, to be composed of twelve regiments of infantry, some of which are now here in the provisional army of the Potomac, and pot yet formed into brigades, and others are yet to arrive A proportionate amount of cavalry and artillery will be attached to the division, which will, for the present, oceupy @ position ut Springfield, on the line of the Orange and Alexund.ia Kailroad. The Army Retiring Board has at last adjourned sine die, or until called together by the Secretary of War. On Saturday, Major Christopher 8. Lovell, of the Third Infantry, was retired. Major Thomas 3S. English and Captain Abraham Brevoort, of the Marine Corps, have been retired at their own request, They have been in service more than torty years, the former baving entered it in 1817, and the latter in 1820. Major W. W. Leland, late Commissary of the Irish Brigade, and attached to the staff of acting Brigadier Geveral Thomas Francix Meagher has been promoted to a position on the staifof Maj General Halleck, of the regular army, and proceeded to St. Louis on Sunday evening. Colonel Charles Frederick Havelock, late of the British army, and brother of the late General Havelock, has been appointed an aid to General McClellan aod assigned to duty as Inspector General of Cavalry, his late position at home, : Comte de Villarean, an experienced French officer has also been appointed an aid to General McClellan. with the rank of Captain. ,

General Fremont is expected daily at Washington where it seems probable that a Court of Inquiry awaits him, Tue Great Atring TuNnnEL.—This gigantic undertaking, under the fostering eneres of that wonderful man who controls the estinies of the French Empire, is progressing with rapid strides considering the work. Monte Cenis is the ridge which is being pierced with this work, which may be classed as one of the modern wonders of the world. It will be traversed by a tunnel seven miles in lentgh, with a eanal in the middle to let the water leaking from the rocks run out. Two thousand five hundred laborers are now employed in digging holes, by means of a recently invented machine moved by compressed atmosphere. It is expected that the tunnel will be finished in about six years. Its principal objects will be to cement more firmly the ties which now exist between France and Italy, to bring Turin nearer to Paris, and by making the relations of the two countries and cities easier and more frequent, to better secure their mutual concurrence in all the politicaland social events which the times keep in store. This tunnel will — the distance which now separates Paris from Turin by one-half, and once completed, it will take only seventeen hours to go from one city to the other. TERRIFICALLY CLasstcaL.—The reporter of the San Francisco Mirror, whose imagination must be of the most elastic character, went to see the Great ten mile trot between “Gen. Taylor” and “W. H. Seward,” and he grows thus classical over the appearance of the trotting horses: As they left the score, “Whitey” reminded us by his general appearance of the Grecian Gray, mentioned in en as driven around the walls of Troy by Achilles, with the dead body of Hector at his heels, while Seward brought vividly before our mind’s eye the velvet-coated chestnut described by Tacitus, as the off leader of Boadicea’s he-armed chariot in the great battle in which the British queen was captured by the Romans, after death and devastation among their . Mission oF THE “STONE Friret.”—The a Department no longer makes a secret of ct that the “stone h re a > rts was ordeted to sail direct to left Eastern Savannah and Charleston, for the harbors 0 the purpose of ‘ all the shennell leading thereto. i little doubt that by this time those ports have been utterly destroye vis can demand, as a condition of non-intervated by European Powers. The main ship channel feading to Savannah is but 250 yards across in the narrowest place, and can be perfectly barred by half a dozen of these vessels. Charleston harbor is equally eligible to the same treatment. Once sunk, these old hulks become points for the accumulation of alluvials which the rivers bear down, and of the sands which the tides carry back. There isa natural tendency in such ports to form obstructions, and within a few weeks time bars will have . formed such as are not likely to be removed in many years. ‘ city will spring up at Beaufort, which must take the glace and trade of both the once proud and prosperous cities of Charleston and Savannah. Sumter has been nobly avenged—avenged, too, after no vulgar fashion—but still avenged most fearfully. Probably Forts Sumter and Moultrie will not much longer be considered ‘worth fighting for,” and we may expect their voluntary evacuation.—[ Washington Letter. Curate oF Monterey.—The Monterey Union of Dec. 20th, says: We see our citizens are pruning their shrubbery, transplanting flowers, &c.; and what will be remarked on the At lantic side, we saw the honey bee extracting honey from fresh blooming pinks and other flowers in the garden, on the 17th inst.; and what will strike them more sensibly, is the fact that from this time forward, is our seeding an growing season, and now the hills and vales are green with fresh grown grass and in a few weeks will be strewn and fragrant with myriads of flowers. METROPOLITAN THEATER. : NEW YEARS’ EVE ! VANKEE LOCKE, Assisted by Miss Belle Divine, Mrs. E. G. Locke, HARRY TAYLOR, F. ALEXANDER. Will have the honor of giving one of his peculiar, popular and pleasing Entertainments at the Metropolitan Theater, Nevada, on New Years’ Eve. THREE SPLENDID PIECES! PODIJAH P. PEASLEY, His * Mark, YANKEE DUELIST, and the FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Singing, Yankee Stories, &c. TUESDAY EVENING, DEC, 3ist. The performance will commence with the very laughable Farce entitled PODIJAH P. PEASLEY, His >4 Mark Podijah P. Peasley.....+ YANKEE LOCKE. Charles Garland...... «Harry Taylor, Fanny Harwood,...+.s00+6 Mrs, G. E, Locke. After which MISS BELLE DIVINE, In her Great [MITATION SCENE from the Widow’s Victim, assisted by Mr. Harry Taylor, in which she will give imitations of Miss Rosalie Durand, Mrs. Stark, Jenny Mandeville, F. D. Hanks and others To be followed by the side-splitting sketch called The Yankee Duelist ; OR, THE STEAMBOAT EXCURSION, SOME cccnecsncceceasacesccace Miss Belle Divine. Yarkee Beery .ccccccocccccccese YANKEE LOCKE. The whole to conclude with the glorious Farce of The Fool in the Family ! PRICES OF ADMISSION : Dress Circle & Orchestra Seats.....One Dollar. PRLGUOTEG 0.0.05 circeeencen pns:s9 scien cede GOON P, M. STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S GOLDEN AGE, Will leave Folsom street Wharf, On Wednesday,...Jan. 1st, 1862. At 9o’clock, A. M., punctually. FOR PANAMA, _Passengers will be conveyed from Panama to Aspinwall by the PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY, And from Aspinwall to N, Y. by the Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Co. FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents. Cor, Sacramento and Leidesdortf sts. San Peantioee, MODERN DENTISTRY, . Great Improvements, VULCANITE FQ, THE BEST, MOST COMFORTABLE AND CHEAPEST MODE OF PLATE! FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH. CALL ON DR. LEVASON, Examine Specimens, at his Office, UP STAIRS OVER BLOCK’S, Anp Opposir: Cuzar Joun’s, Nevapa Crry, ALWAYS TO BE FOUND AT HOME! Nevada, Dec, 14, 1861, THE FULTON MEAT MARKET. NO. 6 COMMERCIAL 8T, (Two doors above Mayers & Cu’s Shoe Sture.) AT. MULCAHY Wovu RM the citizens of Nevada and se sae ity that he has epened a FIRST CLASS MEAT MARKET, and will keep constantly on hand the very best quality ped yey Pork, re _ete,, and he hopes by liberal dealing to receiv ronage of this community, Me % the patNevada, Dec. 27, 1861. eet’ which recently . sinking the stone-laden hulks . There is . d, and their blockade, . therefore, made quite as effectual as even Jeff . Now is the Accepted Time. . . } . . . . (a . In the meantime a “Yankee” . It must be confessed that the siege of . HOLLIDAY GIFT BOOKS; FULL GILT & MOROCCO BOUND, BOOKS FOR OLD AND YOUNg. What is Better Than Gola? A FINE BOOK! 1 Tho Best Selected Stock of Gift-Books . CAN BE FOUND AT . THE BROAD STREET BOOK STonE . eee ! . GENTLEMEN WISHING 10 . . Make Fine Presents to Young Ladies OR CHILDREN, ARE INVITED TO CALL AND EXAMINE The assortment at . . Dec. 17, 1861. A. P. CHURCH & CO's, 1 sinus shi SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, The Original and Genuine Article, ENDORSED BY THE Medical Faculty as Being the Best, An@ Purest EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA MADF, Ganps: SARSAPARILLA; Purifies the Blood. ! ! . . . . SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, Cures Scrofula, SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, Cures Stubborn Ulcers. SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, Cures Cutaneous Eruptions, SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA, May be safely taken at atl times,—it will secure to Ladies a regular periodic habit—and is the very best medicine they can take when arrived at the period called ‘turn of life.” Price $1,00 per bottle, or 6 bottles for $5,00. Ask for Sands’ Sarsaparilla, and take no otber, Prepared by A. B, & D. SANDS, Liruggists, 100 Fulton street, corner of Wilham, New York. . For sale by C. M, BATES, and KE. F. SPENCE, Ne vada; and all other Druggists. Dec, 24, 1861. BROAD STREET DRUG STORE. . . CORNER PINE & Broad Sts, NO. 57 BROAD St., Nevada, R.C.M. BATES, WHOLESALE AND Retail Draggist & Apothecary, is just in receipt of a large assortment of staple Drugs, Oils, Perfumery, Paints, Patent Medicines, Toilet and Fancy ARTICLES, WHICH WILL BE SOLD As Cheap as the Cheapest! Cc. M, Bates, M. D., Office In the Drug Store, CALL AGAIN GENTLEMEN, rit IF YOU WANTA FINE PAIR OF BOOTS; OR ANY KIND OF BOOTS OR SHOES, From the Best Material, and Made in® Superior Manner! ALL OF MY WORK is guaranteed to BE THE BFST, and from the finest stock that can be obtained in Nevada City. ag All Kinds Repairing Done to Order and at Cheap Rates. -@8 On Pine street, next door to Cheap John’s JOHN HERZINGER. Nevada, June 15, 1861. ~ THE UNION SALOON. NO, 46 PINE STREET, NEVADA CITY. jou" GRIMES WOULD INFORM His many friends, and the public at large, that be keeps his Saloon supplied with The Finest Liquors, Cigars, &c. Persons wishing to indulge in a “light summer drink” or take something ‘‘straight’’ can be accom modated by calling at the UNION, Nevada, Dec. 5, 1861. NOTICE TO SCRIP OWNEBS. County TREASURER’S ant Nevada, Dec. 3, 1861. .y WARRANTS DRAWN ON THE General Fund of the County, registered prior ' January Ist, 1859, will be paid on presentation at this office. “Interest on the same ceases from this date. E.G. WAITE, Treasurer of Nevada County.