January 24, 1861 (4 pages)

Aevada Democrat. Octavian Hoogs, is our Agent for San Franciseo, He is authorized to receive advertisements and collect and receipt for the same. A. Badlam, Jr., is our Agent for Sacramento to receive advertisements and collect for the same. THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 2, 1861. Pot, Tax.—Gov. Downey message, that the revenue derived from the poll tax of last year was only fifty thousand dollars, and that it should have been at least a hundred and fifty thousand. The Governor is of the opinion that there is not a more jast tax imposed than this, and suggests that no one be allowed to vote who has not paid bis poll tax. Such a law, if strictly enforced, would insure the collection ofa much larger revenue from this source, but unfortanately the Legislature has no authority to make euch a law. The qualifications of voters are prescribed hy the Constitution of the State, and a law making the payment of poli tax a qualification for voting would clearly be unconstitational. Porvnation or Nevapa Counry.—By the census of 1852, Nevada county contained 21.365 inhabitants; the census of 1860 gives us 16,454—showing a deoroase of 4,911 inhabitants, The total vote of the county at the Presidential election in 1852, was 5,690; at the Presidential election of 1860, the total vote was 6,967—being an inereaso of 1,277 voters. There are now at least three times as many women and children in the county as there were eight years ago; and it follows that our pepulation was either very much over-estimated by the census of 1852, ov all the inbabitante wore not incladed in the census of Jast year. MaapaLen Asyium.—The $5,000 appropriated by the last Legislature to assist the Sisters of Mercy in erecting an asylum at San Francisco for the reception and care of unfortunate and abandoned women, has beea expended in the erection of a four story brick edifice, on the oorner of Bryant and first atreets, IvTxnes? Funp.—The State Treasurer, in in his report, says there is now the sum of $106,049 69 surplasin the interest fund, which, under the present law cannot be used until February, 1862. He recommonds a change in the law, so that it can be used immediately. ~ Hore, Borntp.—A large hotel at Milpitas, Santa Clara county, was destroyed by fire last Thursday morning. So rapid was the spread of the flames, that the inmates barely had time to escape with their lives, Nearly everything in the house was consumed. Atremprep Svictox.—A married lady of San Jose attempted to commit suicide, on Thursday last, by swallowinga dose of arsenie, Physigians were immediately calledin, and they succeeded in. saving her life, New Paren.—The “Evening Journal’ is the name ofa paper lately started at San Francisco, by A. ©. Benham & Co, It is the size of the Democrat, and furnished (o city subscribers for twelve and a half cents a week, Lecturrs.—A ;course of leotures is to be delivered at Auburn, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the liquidation of the debt of the M. E, Church of that place. Dr. Wm. Grove Deal, of Nevada, delivers the first lecture. Missixo,.—A man named Moses Hard, of San Antonio, went to San Francisco on Tharsday last, was seen at the fire that eveniag, and singe then has been missing. Iysant.—Kramer, the German, who murGered one of his countrymen, at San Francisco, & few weeks ago, is a raving maniac, and bas to be kept chained. Howrternx.—On Sunday last, Chas, Patrick was shot bya man named Wasson, at Churntown, Shasta county. Wasson delivered himself up to the Sheriff. ee Eantuquakea.—Two severe shocks of earthquake were felt at San Francisco, Jast Monday night—one at nine, and the other about one o'clock, Orpaax Asrtwa.—The managers of the Protestant Orphan Asylum, in their report to the Legislature, say they have sixty-six orphans ander their charge. POPULATION OF CALIFORSIA. The Union of yesterday, gives a table, showing the total population of the State by counties. The retaras were furnished Governor Dowoey on his application to the United States Marshals, in December last. The figures differ somewhat from thoee given by the local papers, as furnished by the census agents of some of the counties, but they bave doubtiess been made up carefully and we presume are correct : Alamedaccccccccceepcococesocscccct ele AMAGOF sesossessecereseseraseeee 10,978 Putte ssdocsseccdscvcves cheoodooo sll Ole re wing spenadoeddks ceuces c0eeeeke OLUBA cccesereeeseseeessesesteees Contra Costascecsssccecssccsenees §,329 Del Nort@sccccescsccdeceecssosses 1,996 Fl Dorado .oocceccceiccccsersseccs D0 por Fresno ORCC R TO R BER EHH TEETH EE 4,605 Klamath.cccecccccccccccscvecees 804 Los Angeles.cesseeesescesseeeeell Ota Marin OOOO EH HEH TOE EHEH ES Ma: i Sa eee eee ee eeee reese eeeeseee Men OCINO secccccccces cosccesooes 3; ar POPP PPC STEERS ot ONLETCY seeesasecsreceraeersseee , Napa soseeccecet*** sewerscssovess 5,529 Nevada Placer AE Ee Plumas.e«esss eeeeee eee eeereaereee 4,369 Sacramento Pohede bo oae denheae cite San Bernardino .cccccccccocsscecs San Diego.cesceccccvecdssvacvees 4 San FYaNcisc0.oscesceccessesereesd1 00d oy, oe ab i bea 1782 San uis DisPpOrececevecerecscees ’ San Mated.ccerccesccessccseseees 3,221 Santa Barbartecccccccccsesscccece Santa CHAR cc ccceccccceccesccovce 1,918 Santa CruSircececccces secccacceccs 4, BUGS ccccccccecccseeeceenee céoes 4; see eee teeta rer een eee ereee 6,454 Sierra bptdécssecicibissidtiinitnt Siskiyou CRRA Ree eee wemeeeeeerneee SolanOseedacveccaccececcevveveced 7,176 SONOMA cacccevasacccececcscccees Stanislaus eee eee eee erereeee 2,347 Sutter sscaccvccvascevecesssoesees 3,424 ‘Tehama eee eee eee eeeeeeseeee Tulare (including the unorganized ; county of Buena Vista.-+.+.§ 4,641 Trinity COCO eE Tea E TEETH Oe 5,127 Tuolumne SOC eeeeeeeeeee Yolo SOCORRO ETRE THREE THEE 4,747 VubOeccc coscsvestcececese seoecee¢s 9,116 Total ssicrcdesscicccesecess SIAR The population of the State is much less than was generally estimated before the census was taken, bat we presume the figures given above are not far from correct, According to the State census of 1852, exclusive of El Dorado which was not return. ed, the total population was 224,435 ; showing an increase in eight years of only 151,612, The agricultural counties, including San Francisco, have from 50,000 to 75,000 more inhabitants than the mining counties, Tue Aracurs.—The Tucson correspondent of the S. F, Times, writing January 7th, says: About a week ago a party of Apaches carried off two senoritas and an old woman froma ranch near Finaja, in Sonora; they took the three out into the road, about seven miles from the house, and then gave the old woman a wooden cross and told her to proceed to Tucson, and show the crucifix to “Yuma,” an Indian interreter here, with the request that he would ing powder, lead, whisky and cotton cloths to ransom the two young girls, The woman has not yet made her a oe. A Mexican hombre was killed at the same time. It is hard to penetrate into the secret and hidden mysteries ofthe Apaches, They have curious customs, and their ways are devious and past finding out, A Letter from Charleston published in the New York World, says that the table upon which the Declaration of the I dence of the United States was signed, is now in the session of a lady in that city, On December 20th, she was u by the secessionists to permit them to use it for the signing of their declaration, The lady told the Committee, who made the request, that rather than have the Ordinance of Secession signed thereon, she would burn the table to ashes, Water Srrixs.—A number of miners residing in Yankee Jim’s and Yorktown Placer county, held a meeting on the 14th inst., and resolved that they weald not purchase any more water until the company would reduce it to twelve anda half cents per inch, AN Ivposine Founsrat.—John Sheebaa one of the returned soldiers of the Papa; Brigade, died recently ia Cork, and his re. mains were attended to the grave by thirt y thousand people, It was the most impeosing pageant ever witnessed in that city. Lanes Yre.p,—Mesere. Talloch and Stacy bave recently opened a quarts: lode below Voleano and near where Kise’s creck empties iato Sutter. Last week they cleancd up eighteen handred dollars, the result of six day’s rua, Tue Grave or Irvino.—A writer in the Hom? Journal, in closing some pleasant reminiscences of Irving says: “It is now nearly a year since Irvi us, but the stranger visit ing his grave finds fresh flowers, placed there by some loving hand.” PoronEp.A man, late from Visalia, died in his at Stockton, on Sunday evening, January from being poisoned by excess of drinking. ‘The liquor is supposed to have contained particles of strychnine. 1918 949 360 7,636 11,869 4,063 245 1 LATER FROM THE EAST. The Pony arrived at Fort Churebill yeeterday. We make up the following from dispatches to the Marysville papers of this morning: Sr. Lovts, Jan. 4. The arsenal, at Mobile, containing 78,000 arms, 1500 barrels of gunpowder and other ammunition, bas been seized by the Secee. by sioniste. It is ramored that the Forts at Key West and Pensacola, Fort Morgan, Ship Island, Fort Johnson, Cape Fear river and the arsenal at Baton Rouge, will be seized and gar. risoned by the respective States within whose limits they are. The South Carolina Commissioners have left Washington, treating the refusal of the President to grant their demands as a declaration of war. The steamer Waconsta is ordered to be in readiness to assist McIntyre in the execution of his duties as Collector of the port of Charleston. The sloop-of-war Brooklyn is ordered on a cruise, supposed to be for Charleston. A report that four companies, from Fort Monree, have been ordered to Charlestoa, has created great excitement at Norfolk. A committee of New York Democrats, headed by Moses Taylor, arrived at Wash-. ¥ ton, on the 34. They visited Senator Seward and urged bis appoval of the Crittenden Compromise, but not very successfally. Benjamin Marceda has presented South Carolina with the sum of $10,000. The seceesion fag was raised at Wilmington, N. C., on the 3d of January. Capt, Charlies Stone, on the recommendation of General Scott, has been appointed Inspector General of the Military District of Columbia, to prevent invasion, suppress insurrection ahd preserve the public property. The Mayor of Wasbington is also organing a police force for an emergency. It was rumored that an attempt had been made to assinate Senator Wade. The Senate Committee of Thirteen,. it was reported, could not agree on any plan of adjustment. A meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia is called for to-morrow night, to sustain Major Anderson and support the efforts of the Government and. to reinforce him. The news of the rescinding of the order for the removal of the cannon, at Pittsburg Arsenal, was received there with the greateet satisfaction. To the U. S. Senate, on the 3d of January Mr. Bigler presented petitions, extensively signed, from citizens of Peunsylvania, in favor of Crittenden’s Compromise. The Governor of Nebraska, has vetoed the bill probibitiog slavery in the Territory. It has passed one House, and will pass the other over the Governor’s veto, ae DreaMs OF THE DisuNIONISTs.—Amos Kendall in a late letter on the secession movement says: ‘Already the men who expect to lead in the Southern Confederacy have declared themselves in favor of re-opening the African slave trade. They have no hope of the accomplishment of that object so long as their respective States constitute a portion of the present Confederacy. But should a new Confederac composed of the cotton States be established, undoubtedly one of their first acts would be to legalize the African slave trade. Its immediate effect would be ta depreciate the value of slaves more than fifty per cent, throughout all the slaveholding States; for while the cost of » hand from _ in the cotton States is not less than $1,000, able hands brought direct from Africa under an unrestricted slave trade, can soon be purchased for $200. And if the Southern Confederacy should then conquer Mexico and annex Cuba, what a magnificent empire it will beoome.” oe EsMBRALDA.—About the 15th of December last, a company of five men in the Esmeraiila Mining District, discovered a quartz lode, on the south side of Last Chance Hill, which they named St. Mary’s, and located twelve hundred feet, including two hundred for discovery. ‘This es composed of working men, are diligently prospecting their claims, and from recent assays, seem to be among the fortunate few, who by a lucky strike, have made themselves independent. Specimens of rock submitted to the assayer of van City, give returns the moat flattering. Specimen No. 1, shows over nine thousand dollars to the tum, in gold. No. 2, shows four thousand six hundred and odd dollars. The Company, for the purpose of obtaining a thorough and fair test of their rock, intend taking a tun of the ore to Silver City for crushing, at am early day.—[Silver Age. A Sap Case or Juatovsy.—Two frail sisters, of our Digger Indians, have for some few months been fascinated by the charms ofa white hombre, each claiming him as her domestic propesty. For some time past the “gay deceiver” has been paying particular attention to one of the sirens, much to the chagrin of the other. On Saturday evening the dusky maidens met, and after much crimination and recrimination on theiz comparative claims to the hombre, one took to even sharper weapons than a woman's tongue, the result was. that the fair aboriginee was severely cut in three places; the other used such weapons as nature had. nished her with, and literally denuded the bloody minded one of all the calizo, she decked her fair form. The parties were finally separated, and the wounded one bids fair to recover.—[Calaveras Chronicle. APPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE. Gov. Downey, in his late message, makes the following recommendations relative to apportioning the State into Senatorial aod Assembly districts: I trust that action will be had the apportionment of and stem districts among the different counties et mt according to the white population as the last decennial census, taken by ty of the United States, copies of which will be found on file in the Secretary of State’s office for your guidance. I think the interest of the State would be served if the number of Assem-~ blymen and Senators were redueed so as to apoximate to the minimum number y the Constitution. Both bodies might thus be rendered more efficient, and the cost to the State reduced materially. Mileage should be abolished and actual traveling expenses only allowed. Governor Downey, being a citizen of an agricultural county, is, of course, anxious that the representation of the mining counties shall be cut down as much as possible, for the purpose ef giving the agricultuarl districts a preponderance in the Legislatare. For this purpose he recommends that the white population be taken as the basis of representation, instead of the total number of inhabitants, as our State Constitution clearly prescribes. The Chinése, who are mostly ia the mining counties, are not regarded as white people, and if they e not ineluded in the apportionment the proportional representation of the mining counties will be considerably diminished. In apportioning members of Congress the Chinese are included, and no good reason can be given why they should not be included in the appostionment for members of the Legislature. The suggestion of the Governor, relative to reducing the number of the Assemblymen and Senators, is worthy of consideration, though the “minumum number designated by the Constitution’’—ten Senators and thirty Assemblymen—is altogether too small for a State having 375,000 inhabitants, and so many diversified interests as California, With the mioumum number, Nevada county would have but one Assemblyman, and the three counties of Placer, Nevada aod Sierra, bat one Senator. Sixty Assemblymen aud twenty Senators would be none too many for a State like this, Tux London Times, of November 21st, regrets that Mr. Lincoln will have the services neither of Mr. Webster nor Mr. Everett in his Cabinet, those gentlemen having allied themselves with bis opponents. Thereupon the Boston Transcript observes: If Lord Derby be made Prime Minister of England, we understand that neither Fox, Pitt, nor Burke will go inta Ais Cabinet. MARRIED. At Marysville, January 2ist, Mr. James Host, of = and Mrs. Sagan M. Sanpers, of the former ce, . At American Ranch, Jan. 17th, by Rev. Mr. Kim' ll, Mr. TaapDevs W. Meap, and Miss Many R. iOoNN, —_———— BIRTHS. At Long Ravine, Placer County, Jan, 234, the wife of Mr. Wm. B. Hayford, of a daughter. In this city, Jan. 24th, the wife of Mr. W. P. Harringten, of a daughter. Special Notice. Sarsaparilla—has long been endorsed by the medical faculty as a mild, safe and effective aperient and alterative. To extend its usefulness, all the scientific appliances of modern chemistry have been put in requisition by Messrs, Sanpa, to obtain a pure extract of its medicinal properties. Combining therewith vegetable products, they are enabled with eong00d . fidence to offer to the public a sure and certain rémedy for all diseases arising from impurity of the blood or derangement of the biliary functions. jan24 ISSOLUTION.—The C o-Partnership heretofore existing between Wm, C. Groves and Joseph Todd, in the Carpentering business, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. WM. C, GROVES, JOSEPH TODD. Nevada Jan, lst 1861.—jan24-3w* SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA. THE GREAT AMERICAN REMEDY For Purifying the Blood. This is the original and CURES genuine article, which by its wonderful cures has sePCROPULA eured ed a = fore‘ most place in public estiTRYER peor #9 : at +4 now be— come imlispensable in faimSALT RERUM, ilies for the most delicate female, and the youngest child may take it all times with perfect safety. It not only cures Scrofula and all diseases arising from a vitiated and inflamed condition of the blood, but if timely used will BOLLS AXD PIMPLES, SUDBORN ULCERS, CUPARROUS RRUPTIONR, PAINTERS’ COLIC, earry of in a perfect! RERUMATION, pn manner all on ealthy secretions, and MRYAIPELAS, prevent the breaking out of those unsightly blotches MERCURIAL DISRASHR, sores and pimples, to which persons of scrofulous tendency are all more or less subject. Erc, Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for $5. aa Ask k for Sand *’ Sarsa saparilla ead take no other, _ Prepa i . SAN Drugg' Fulton street, cor, William, N. Y ro GERBRAL DERILITY, BIC. ETC, For Sale by Redington: & Co, Francisco ; H. MeDonald ko sea Dr, Justin, Getee a Bro, iat: Nemgtte ; H. Hi Wickes & Co, , and Rudol ph & ee EEE ee G60 aND ARROW ; y MOOT, FOR SALE E. F. SPENCB, 47 Broad street. fans aa AMERICAN -Ga DRY GOODS STORE. Cor. Washington and Main streets, NEVADA. $25,000 WORTH OF DRY GOODS, To be Closed Out. THIS IS NO HUMBUG SALE! HAGADORN & BOWLEY, jj ~ RBETERMINED TOCLOSE OUT their entire STOCK OF DRY GOODS Between this and the Fourth of March, 1861. And im order to do this they offer their whole Stock OF FANCY DRY GOODS, At Less than San Francisco Wholesale Prices. In order to convince the LADIES that this is NO DODGE OR SWINDLE—to get upa rush—we would call your attention to a few articles, asa sample of the REDUCTION we have made in our Goods : Splendid Black Silks... $1 per yard Fancy Silks.. cikb anon 50cts per yard Best French Prints... 18cts per yard Best Bonnets... ie bere vesas $5 to 37 Best Mantillas and Cloaks..$3 to $10 3-Ply Carpets.... $1 25 per yard Brussels Carpet... $1 12} per yard Best Bleached Muslio.. 12} cts per yard Common Merrimac Prints Given Away, Together with 10,000 Other Articles Too Numerous to Mention. CALL AND EXAMINE Our Tremendous Stock!! Before Making Purchases. Ladies, you can rest assured of NOT GETTING any S47 SHELF-WORN GOODS -<@ But Goods that have been brought into this markot within ONE YEAR and DIRECT from the MANUFACTORIES,. Persons having Accounts against us will please Present them for Payment. And all Persons knowing themselves indebted to ue are hereby invited a@eTO CALL AND SETTLE-G3 At the Earlivst opportunity. Janpary 15th 1860.—tf T. M. WOOD'S PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS!! NO. 29 COMMERCIAL ST., NEVADA. A= KINDS OF PICTURES KNOWN te the Art willbe taken in the BEST STYLK, unsurpassed for their durability or beauty of finish. CHILDREN FPAKEN 1N LESS THAN. ONE. SECOND OF TIME, At all times and in all kinds of Weather. DECEASED PERSONS, taken in the most Appropriate Manner. OLD DAGUERREOTYPES and othe Fesees Copied, Improved and rendered Imperishable, PERSONS heretofore unsuccessful) in this or other county in obtaining GOOD and PERFECT are particularly invited to call. PARTICULAR ATTENTION given © jan24-lm. =. taking CHILDREN. T. MM. WooD. No. 29 Commercial street, Nevada.

Aevada Democrat. Octavian Hoogs, is our Agent for San Franciseo, He is authorized to receive advertisements and collect and receipt for the same. A. Badlam, Jr., is our Agent for Sacramento to receive advertisements and collect for the same. THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 2, 1861. Pot, Tax.—Gov. Downey message, that the revenue derived from the poll tax of last year was only fifty thousand dollars, and that it should have been at least a hundred and fifty thousand. The Governor is of the opinion that there is not a more jast tax imposed than this, and suggests that no one be allowed to vote who has not paid bis poll tax. Such a law, if strictly enforced, would insure the collection ofa much larger revenue from this source, but unfortanately the Legislature has no authority to make euch a law. The qualifications of voters are prescribed hy the Constitution of the State, and a law making the payment of poli tax a qualification for voting would clearly be unconstitational. Porvnation or Nevapa Counry.—By the census of 1852, Nevada county contained 21.365 inhabitants; the census of 1860 gives us 16,454—showing a deoroase of 4,911 inhabitants, The total vote of the county at the Presidential election in 1852, was 5,690; at the Presidential election of 1860, the total vote was 6,967—being an inereaso of 1,277 voters. There are now at least three times as many women and children in the county as there were eight years ago; and it follows that our pepulation was either very much over-estimated by the census of 1852, ov all the inbabitante wore not incladed in the census of Jast year. MaapaLen Asyium.—The $5,000 appropriated by the last Legislature to assist the Sisters of Mercy in erecting an asylum at San Francisco for the reception and care of unfortunate and abandoned women, has beea expended in the erection of a four story brick edifice, on the oorner of Bryant and first atreets, IvTxnes? Funp.—The State Treasurer, in in his report, says there is now the sum of $106,049 69 surplasin the interest fund, which, under the present law cannot be used until February, 1862. He recommonds a change in the law, so that it can be used immediately. ~ Hore, Borntp.—A large hotel at Milpitas, Santa Clara county, was destroyed by fire last Thursday morning. So rapid was the spread of the flames, that the inmates barely had time to escape with their lives, Nearly everything in the house was consumed. Atremprep Svictox.—A married lady of San Jose attempted to commit suicide, on Thursday last, by swallowinga dose of arsenie, Physigians were immediately calledin, and they succeeded in. saving her life, New Paren.—The “Evening Journal’ is the name ofa paper lately started at San Francisco, by A. ©. Benham & Co, It is the size of the Democrat, and furnished (o city subscribers for twelve and a half cents a week, Lecturrs.—A ;course of leotures is to be delivered at Auburn, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the liquidation of the debt of the M. E, Church of that place. Dr. Wm. Grove Deal, of Nevada, delivers the first lecture. Missixo,.—A man named Moses Hard, of San Antonio, went to San Francisco on Tharsday last, was seen at the fire that eveniag, and singe then has been missing. Iysant.—Kramer, the German, who murGered one of his countrymen, at San Francisco, & few weeks ago, is a raving maniac, and bas to be kept chained. Howrternx.—On Sunday last, Chas, Patrick was shot bya man named Wasson, at Churntown, Shasta county. Wasson delivered himself up to the Sheriff. ee Eantuquakea.—Two severe shocks of earthquake were felt at San Francisco, Jast Monday night—one at nine, and the other about one o'clock, Orpaax Asrtwa.—The managers of the Protestant Orphan Asylum, in their report to the Legislature, say they have sixty-six orphans ander their charge. POPULATION OF CALIFORSIA. The Union of yesterday, gives a table, showing the total population of the State by counties. The retaras were furnished Governor Dowoey on his application to the United States Marshals, in December last. The figures differ somewhat from thoee given by the local papers, as furnished by the census agents of some of the counties, but they bave doubtiess been made up carefully and we presume are correct : Alamedaccccccccceepcococesocscccct ele AMAGOF sesossessecereseseraseeee 10,978 Putte ssdocsseccdscvcves cheoodooo sll Ole re wing spenadoeddks ceuces c0eeeeke OLUBA cccesereeeseseeessesesteees Contra Costascecsssccecssccsenees §,329 Del Nort@sccccescsccdeceecssosses 1,996 Fl Dorado .oocceccceiccccsersseccs D0 por Fresno ORCC R TO R BER EHH TEETH EE 4,605 Klamath.cccecccccccccccscvecees 804 Los Angeles..cesseeesescesseeeeell Ota Marin OOOO EH HEH TOE EHEH ES Ma: i Sa eee eee ee eeee reese eeeeseee Men OCINO secccccccces cosccesooes 3; ar POPP PPC STEERS ot ONLETCY seeesasecsreceraeersseee , Napa soseeccecet*** sewerscssovess 5,529 Nevada Placer AE Ee Plumas.e«esss eeeeee eee eeereaereee 4,369 Sacramento Pohede bo oae denheae cite San Bernardino .cccccccccocsscecs San Diego.cesceccccvecdssvacvees 4 San FYaNcisc0.oscesceccessesereesd1 00d oy, oe ab i bea 1782 San uis DisPpOrececevecerecscees ’ San Mated.ccerccesccessccseseees 3,221 Santa Barbartecccccccccsesscccece Santa CHAR cc ccceccccceccesccovce 1,918 Santa CruSircececccces secccacceccs 4, BUGS ccccccccecccseeeceenee céoes 4; see eee teeta rer een eee ereee 6,454 Sierra bptdécssecicibissidtiinitnt Siskiyou CRRA Ree eee wemeeeeeerneee SolanOseedacveccaccececcevveveced 7,176 SONOMA cacccevasacccececcscccees Stanislaus eee eee eee erereeee 2,347 Sutter sscaccvccvascevecesssoesees 3,424 ‘Tehama eee eee eee eeeeeeseeee Tulare (including the unorganized ; county of Buena Vista..-+.+.§ 4,641 Trinity COCO eE Tea E TEETH Oe 5,127 Tuolumne SOC eeeeeeeeeee Yolo SOCORRO ETRE THREE THEE 4,747 VubOeccc coscsvestcececese seoecee¢s 9,116 Total ssicrcdesscicccesecess SIAR The population of the State is much less than was generally estimated before the census was taken, bat we presume the figures given above are not far from correct, According to the State census of 1852, exclusive of El Dorado which was not return. ed, the total population was 224,435 ; showing an increase in eight years of only 151,612, The agricultural counties, including San Francisco, have from 50,000 to 75,000 more inhabitants than the mining counties, Tue Aracurs.—The Tucson correspondent of the S. F, Times, writing January 7th, says: About a week ago a party of Apaches carried off two senoritas and an old woman froma ranch near Finaja, in Sonora; they took the three out into the road, about seven miles from the house, and then gave the old woman a wooden cross and told her to proceed to Tucson, and show the crucifix to “Yuma,” an Indian interreter here, with the request that he would ing powder, lead, whisky and cotton cloths to ransom the two young girls, The woman has not yet made her a oe. A Mexican hombre was killed at the same time. It is hard to penetrate into the secret and hidden mysteries ofthe Apaches, They have curious customs, and their ways are devious and past finding out, A Letter from Charleston published in the New York World, says that the table upon which the Declaration of the I dence of the United States was signed, is now in the session of a lady in that city, On December 20th, she was u by the secessionists to permit them to use it for the signing of their declaration, The lady told the Committee, who made the request, that rather than have the Ordinance of Secession signed thereon, she would burn the table to ashes, Water Srrixs.—A number of miners residing in Yankee Jim’s and Yorktown Placer county, held a meeting on the 14th inst., and resolved that they weald not purchase any more water until the company would reduce it to twelve anda half cents per inch, AN Ivposine Founsrat.—John Sheebaa one of the returned soldiers of the Papa; Brigade, died recently ia Cork, and his re. mains were attended to the grave by thirt y thousand people, It was the most impeosing pageant ever witnessed in that city. Lanes Yre.p,—Mesere. Talloch and Stacy bave recently opened a quarts: lode below Voleano and near where Kise’s creck empties iato Sutter. Last week they cleancd up eighteen handred dollars, the result of six day’s rua, Tue Grave or Irvino.—A writer in the Hom? Journal, in closing some pleasant reminiscences of Irving says: “It is now nearly a year since Irvi us, but the stranger visit ing his grave finds fresh flowers, placed there by some loving hand.” PoronEp.A man, late from Visalia, died in his at Stockton, on Sunday evening, January from being poisoned by excess of drinking. ‘The liquor is supposed to have contained particles of strychnine. 1918 949 360 7,636 11,869 4,063 245 1 LATER FROM THE EAST. The Pony arrived at Fort Churebill yeeterday. We make up the following from dispatches to the Marysville papers of this morning: Sr. Lovts, Jan. 4. The arsenal, at Mobile, containing 78,000 arms, 1500 barrels of gunpowder and other ammunition, bas been seized by the Secee. by sioniste. It is ramored that the Forts at Key West and Pensacola, Fort Morgan, Ship Island, Fort Johnson, Cape Fear river and the arsenal at Baton Rouge, will be seized and gar. risoned by the respective States within whose limits they are. The South Carolina Commissioners have left Washington, treating the refusal of the President to grant their demands as a declaration of war. The steamer Waconsta is ordered to be in readiness to assist McIntyre in the execution of his duties as Collector of the port of Charleston. The sloop-of-war Brooklyn is ordered on a cruise, supposed to be for Charleston. A report that four companies, from Fort Monree, have been ordered to Charlestoa, has created great excitement at Norfolk. A committee of New York Democrats, headed by Moses Taylor, arrived at Wash-. ¥ ton, on the 34. They visited Senator Seward and urged bis appoval of the Crittenden Compromise, but not very successfally. Benjamin Marceda has presented South Carolina with the sum of $10,000. The seceesion fag was raised at Wilmington, N. C., on the 3d of January. Capt, Charlies Stone, on the recommendation of General Scott, has been appointed Inspector General of the Military District of Columbia, to prevent invasion, suppress insurrection ahd preserve the public property. The Mayor of Wasbington is also organing a police force for an emergency. It was rumored that an attempt had been made to assinate Senator Wade. The Senate Committee of Thirteen,. it was reported, could not agree on any plan of adjustment. A meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia is called for to-morrow night, to sustain Major Anderson and support the efforts of the Government and. to reinforce him. The news of the rescinding of the order for the removal of the cannon, at Pittsburg Arsenal, was received there with the greateet satisfaction. To the U. S. Senate, on the 3d of January Mr. Bigler presented petitions, extensively

signed, from citizens of Peunsylvania, in favor of Crittenden’s Compromise. The Governor of Nebraska, has vetoed the bill probibitiog slavery in the Territory. It has passed one House, and will pass the other over the Governor’s veto, ae DreaMs OF THE DisuNIONISTs.—Amos Kendall in a late letter on the secession movement says: ‘Already the men who expect to lead in the Southern Confederacy have declared themselves in favor of re-opening the African slave trade. They have no hope of the accomplishment of that object so long as their respective States constitute a portion of the present Confederacy. But should a new Confederac composed of the cotton States be established, undoubtedly one of their first acts would be to legalize the African slave trade. Its immediate effect would be ta depreciate the value of slaves more than fifty per cent, throughout all the slaveholding States; for while the cost of » hand from _ in the cotton States is not less than $1,000, able hands brought direct from Africa under an unrestricted slave trade, can soon be purchased for $200. And if the Southern Confederacy should then conquer Mexico and annex Cuba, what a magnificent empire it will beoome.” oe EsMBRALDA.—About the 15th of December last, a company of five men in the Esmeraiila Mining District, discovered a quartz lode, on the south side of Last Chance Hill, which they named St. Mary’s, and located twelve hundred feet, including two hundred for discovery. ‘This es composed of working men, are diligently prospecting their claims, and from recent assays, seem to be among the fortunate few, who by a lucky strike, have made themselves independent. Specimens of rock submitted to the assayer of van City, give returns the moat flattering. Specimen No. 1, shows over nine thousand dollars to the tum, in gold. No. 2, shows four thousand six hundred and odd dollars. The Company, for the purpose of obtaining a thorough and fair test of their rock, intend taking a tun of the ore to Silver City for crushing, at am early day.—[Silver Age. A Sap Case or Juatovsy.—Two frail sisters, of our Digger Indians, have for some few months been fascinated by the charms ofa white hombre, each claiming him as her domestic propesty. For some time past the “gay deceiver” has been paying particular attention to one of the sirens, much to the chagrin of the other. On Saturday evening the dusky maidens met, and after much crimination and recrimination on theiz comparative claims to the hombre, one took to even sharper weapons than a woman's tongue, the result was. that the fair aboriginee was severely cut in three places; the other used such weapons as nature had. nished her with, and literally denuded the bloody minded one of all the calizo, she decked her fair form. The parties were finally separated, and the wounded one bids fair to recover.—[Calaveras Chronicle. APPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE. Gov. Downey, in his late message, makes the following recommendations relative to apportioning the State into Senatorial aod Assembly districts: I trust that action will be had the apportionment of and stem districts among the different counties et mt according to the white population as the last decennial census, taken by ty of the United States, copies of which will be found on file in the Secretary of State’s office for your guidance. I think the interest of the State would be served if the number of Assem-~ blymen and Senators were redueed so as to apoximate to the minimum number y the Constitution. Both bodies might thus be rendered more efficient, and the cost to the State reduced materially. Mileage should be abolished and actual traveling expenses only allowed. Governor Downey, being a citizen of an agricultural county, is, of course, anxious that the representation of the mining counties shall be cut down as much as possible, for the purpose ef giving the agricultuarl districts a preponderance in the Legislatare. For this purpose he recommends that the white population be taken as the basis of representation, instead of the total number of inhabitants, as our State Constitution clearly prescribes. The Chinése, who are mostly ia the mining counties, are not regarded as white people, and if they e not ineluded in the apportionment the proportional representation of the mining counties will be considerably diminished. In apportioning members of Congress the Chinese are included, and no good reason can be given why they should not be included in the appostionment for members of the Legislature. The suggestion of the Governor, relative to reducing the number of the Assemblymen and Senators, is worthy of consideration, though the “minumum number designated by the Constitution’’—ten Senators and thirty Assemblymen—is altogether too small for a State having 375,000 inhabitants, and so many diversified interests as California, With the mioumum number, Nevada county would have but one Assemblyman, and the three counties of Placer, Nevada aod Sierra, bat one Senator. Sixty Assemblymen aud twenty Senators would be none too many for a State like this, Tux London Times, of November 21st, regrets that Mr. Lincoln will have the services neither of Mr. Webster nor Mr. Everett in his Cabinet, those gentlemen having allied themselves with bis opponents. Thereupon the Boston Transcript observes: If Lord Derby be made Prime Minister of England, we understand that neither Fox, Pitt, nor Burke will go inta Ais Cabinet. MARRIED. At Marysville, January 2ist, Mr. James Host, of = and Mrs. Sagan M. Sanpers, of the former ce, . At American Ranch, Jan. 17th, by Rev. Mr. Kim' ll, Mr. TaapDevs W. Meap, and Miss Many R. iOoNN, —_———— BIRTHS. At Long Ravine, Placer County, Jan, 234, the wife of Mr. Wm. B. Hayford, of a daughter. In this city, Jan. 24th, the wife of Mr. W. P. Harringten, of a daughter. Special Notice. Sarsaparilla—has long been endorsed by the medical faculty as a mild, safe and effective aperient and alterative. To extend its usefulness, all the scientific appliances of modern chemistry have been put in requisition by Messrs, Sanpa, to obtain a pure extract of its medicinal properties. Combining therewith vegetable products, they are enabled with eong00d . fidence to offer to the public a sure and certain rémedy for all diseases arising from impurity of the blood or derangement of the biliary functions. jan24 ISSOLUTION.—The C o-Partnership heretofore existing between Wm, C. Groves and Joseph Todd, in the Carpentering business, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. WM. C, GROVES, JOSEPH TODD. Nevada Jan, lst 1861.—jan24-3w* SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA. THE GREAT AMERICAN REMEDY For Purifying the Blood. This is the original and CURES genuine article, which by its wonderful cures has sePCROPULA eured ed a = fore‘ most place in public estiTRYER peor #9 : at +4 now be— come imlispensable in faimSALT RERUM, ilies for the most delicate female, and the youngest child may take it all times with perfect safety. It not only cures Scrofula and all diseases arising from a vitiated and inflamed condition of the blood, but if timely used will BOLLS AXD PIMPLES, SUDBORN ULCERS, CUPARROUS RRUPTIONR, PAINTERS’ COLIC, earry of in a perfect! RERUMATION, pn manner all on ealthy secretions, and MRYAIPELAS, prevent the breaking out of those unsightly blotches MERCURIAL DISRASHR, sores and pimples, to which persons of scrofulous tendency are all more or less subject. Erc, Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for $5. aa Ask k for Sand *’ Sarsa saparilla ead take no other, _ Prepa i . SAN Drugg' Fulton street, cor, William, N. Y ro GERBRAL DERILITY, BIC. ETC, For Sale by Redington: & Co, Francisco ; H. MeDonald ko sea Dr, Justin, Getee a Bro, iat: Nemgtte ; H. Hi Wickes & Co, , and Rudol ph & ee EEE ee G60 aND ARROW ; y MOOT, FOR SALE E. F. SPENCB, 47 Broad street. fans aa AMERICAN -Ga DRY GOODS STORE. Cor. Washington and Main streets, NEVADA. $25,000 WORTH OF DRY GOODS, To be Closed Out. THIS IS NO HUMBUG SALE! HAGADORN & BOWLEY, jj ~ RBETERMINED TOCLOSE OUT their entire STOCK OF DRY GOODS Between this and the Fourth of March, 1861. And im order to do this they offer their whole Stock OF FANCY DRY GOODS, At Less than San Francisco Wholesale Prices. In order to convince the LADIES that this is NO DODGE OR SWINDLE—to get upa rush—we would call your attention to a few articles, asa sample of the REDUCTION we have made in our Goods : Splendid Black Silks..... $1 per yard Fancy Silks.... cikb anon 50cts per yard Best French Prints..... 18cts per yard Best Bonnets..... ie bere vesas $5 to 37 Best Mantillas and Cloaks...$3 to $10 3-Ply Carpets....... $1 25 per yard Brussels Carpet..... $1 12} per yard Best Bleached Muslio... 12} cts per yard Common Merrimac Prints Given Away, Together with 10,000 Other Articles Too Numerous to Mention. CALL AND EXAMINE Our Tremendous Stock!! Before Making Purchases. Ladies, you can rest assured of NOT GETTING any S47 SHELF-WORN GOODS -<@ But Goods that have been brought into this markot within ONE YEAR and DIRECT from the MANUFACTORIES,. Persons having Accounts against us will please Present them for Payment. And all Persons knowing themselves indebted to ue are hereby invited a@eTO CALL AND SETTLE-G3 At the Earlivst opportunity. Janpary 15th 1860.—tf T. M. WOOD'S PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS!! NO. 29 COMMERCIAL ST., NEVADA. A= KINDS OF PICTURES KNOWN te the Art willbe taken in the BEST STYLK, unsurpassed for their durability or beauty of finish. CHILDREN FPAKEN 1N LESS THAN. ONE. SECOND OF TIME, At all times and in all kinds of Weather. DECEASED PERSONS, taken in the most Appropriate Manner. OLD DAGUERREOTYPES and othe Fesees Copied, Improved and rendered Imperishable, PERSONS heretofore unsuccessful) in this or other county in obtaining GOOD and PERFECT are particularly invited to call. PARTICULAR ATTENTION given © jan24-lm. =. taking CHILDREN. T. MM. WooD. No. 29 Commercial street, Nevada.