January 5, 1859 (4 pages)

. The New Year. The exit of the Old and the advent of the New Year was celebrated in various ways by NEVADA DEMOGRAT() «yo, yin ar oeopad ca ste “Agent for this . fornis society, that universal end familiar gecity. “ite wil deliver the: Duwooeat > bers, and . nus, the Bummer, has received far less atten-. our citizens. The religious portion assembled 1 atria receipt for the same.” »**-. tion than its numbers and importance merits. Octavian Hoogs is our t for San Francisco. From what the term Bummer is derived, we . connecting the past with the coming year to He is authorised to receive sd ts, and collectand . pannot ascertain. The definition of lexicogra-. religious review and pious resolution; while a, a to, . Phers show no striking analogy between the. Pike county, as the representative of the SouthPiers ony mee ok he ev ime men: . term and its living representative of the pres. west, aided’ by Young America, faithfally performed the duty of banishing sleep from the town limits by the incessant discharge of firearms. With the rising sun, Gotham’s customs grew into favor, and those who survived the night’s campaign sallied forth to pay their respects to the ladies—a very simple ceremonial, consisting of washing down some palatable pastry with doses of poisonous whiskey, and wishing the hostess a number of recurrences of the day, ranging from one to one thousand, i ni Sen quavesamet ——-jentday. The word has, therefore, in our Cal“NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5, 1859. . ifornia nomenclature, acquired a new and peEEE ————— . ouliar signification. The Bummer is not so Lnomustive.—The Tenth lh agg much & specics or type of any particular genus tare convened at Sacramento on e He ag he is a condition; the connecting link in the telegraph wires were not in vole © cet a aie, . Same family, Berween that which benefits and terday, and we have been una i ae » : that which injures community. It is the cbrys‘patch, With a eres oo Me yi aline state, in which uselessness awaits the operator at this place learn nts ted Speaker of . CbanBe, Which develops positive vice. ton, of Placer county, was e Spe Your true Bummer is not a vicious or wicked the Asvembly. man. He gambles but little, for the reason . #¢cording to the spiritual condition of the wishthat cash is an essential, in that business, and . ¢t and the number of calls already made. The Scoot. Fuxp.—The State Board of Education your Bummer regards coin as the root of all . ladies, dear souls, in their exceeding amiability have apportioned the school fund of the State poi several counties, From their re-. evil, and most heartily eschews it. Intemperof chil-. ance, too, he is proof against. Of course he a gene woe en seertener and . drinks occasionally with his friends to promote eighteen, is 39,278. The sum of $32,207,06 was sociability, but when he becomes a sot he is enapportioned, being 82 centstoeach scholar. In tirely out ofthe circle of the Bummers. In Nevada county, 1,369 children were returned, short, he isa man without a positive vice, or a and the amount due the county is consequently single virtue ; a human leech that requires food $1,122.58. The following are the school dis. and clothing, as his prototype does blood, and tricts of this county, and the amount of funds like him, fastens upon whatever ean furnish to whieh each is entitled : them. Hotel keepers and clothing stores are gor9 Scholars, his special victims, and the light of his counte821. nance shines only on the best. At the hotel, in the pointed but doleful language of Boniface, he never misses a meal nor pays a cent. and no garment touches him, unless its fashion is the can do no less than to urge these visitors to call more frequently, and the gentleman backs and bows himself into the street, thoroughly convinced that he is a “fascinating cuss,”’ and has heretofore underrated himself. It may, perhaps, be imagined what effect these repeated renewals of consideration have upon the gentlemen. A more sedate body of young men could not be found than graced our streets on New Year’s morning, but in the language of Pike’s first poet, “‘at sunset, whar war they?’ Gladly would we drop the curtain, a blanket, guony sack, anything which would let our promising young men off the stage as creditably as they came on; but our duty as faithful chron4 neat acne onalt latest and its texture the finest. As a matter . iclers compels us to record, that as they became soa Biwi, eeneetenanes 3 of course, the Bummer’s patronage is certain . Spiritually minded they became week-kneed, Reman, at —_ and speedy ruin, and as he is by no means de. #0d though in some instances intellect triumphTotals. ++-r+++ nnd structively inclined, he graciously turns from . ed over physical weakaess, and genius unable — A DAvxozrvos Far1.—A man named Shaw, his beaten paths to any new inatitution that wihle coming into town last Saturday evening, . ™*Y offer variety, and relieve a depleted victim: from American Hill, fell into the ent of the . Having in view but one object, and that one Plymouth Rock Co., which is some sixty feet being bis end and aim, to live withont labor, deep. It was so dark at the time that he was the numberless artifices to which he resorts to anable to find the mouth of the eut; but his aecomplish this, show him an adept in the study eriés were heard by # miner living in the viciof human nature. To the old and wary deninity, who procured a lantern and piloted the . 2€0 of the mountains, he appears in gum boots, wolucky man out. Shaw says he turned two bespattered with mud, and carrying the nozzle or three somersaults while falling, but luckily . Of ® hose-pipe, and forthwith be finds credit unfor his neck, his feet first struck the ground. . *i! the day (far distant) he shall ‘clean up.” He received a few trifling scratches, in conseAlas for the victim! The only cleaning up this quence of occasionally coming in contact with bogus miner will ever do, will be to attire his the bank, but was otherwise uninjured. own dainty carcass in his ill-gotten purchases, 26 or in a clean ehirt stolen from his room-mate. By.asting Accipent.—Mr. Thomas Ryan was . To the enthusiastic trader jast up from below, dangerously injured last Saturday, at Cement . who has heard all about the Allison Ranch and Hill, by the explosion of a blast. He was en. Soulsby quartz ledges, the Bummer comes in a gaged with another man in drilling out an old different guise, and slyly produces a handful of blast, when it went off, throwing the rocks in . quartz specimens, the poorest in the first lot of every direction, a number of which struck the . ten tons that he is now having crushed. Your unfortunate man. His face was fearfully dis. merchant from below, of course knows that gold figured, and his left arm broken near the shoul. coin is never fourd in quartz, and forth goes der. It isnot yet known whether or not his . your quartz operator gorgeously sappareled, eyes are injured. The other man was injured leaving the dealer in raiment, to learn at his in the face, but not seriously. cost, that he is the softest lead the quartz dabbler has struck, or condescended to crush. Acowext.—A German named Fred. Leid-. Specimens of the Bummer are always found ding, was seriously injured on Thursday last, . in courts, either as jurors or witnesses. With while at work in * mining claim on Gold Ran, . nothing to do, they are the first caught by a near Weiss’ brewery. He had undermined ®. summons, and it would be out of the natural large rock, which fell upon him and crushed . order of events for anything to bappen without him to the ground. His left hip was dislocated . gome of this genus witnessing it. If upon the and he was otherwise "badly bruised. The dis. stand he is questioned eoncerning his occupalocated bones were adjusted the same evening . tion, he is always a miner, and if closely pressby Dr. Wickes, and the patient is now in @ fair . eq, will give the locality of his claim. This deway to recover. pends entirely upon the season ; if it is summer, Lapres’ Awenrcan Macaztne.—We are in. be owns dry diggings, if winter, he is interestdebted to Gea. W. Welch, of the Pioneer Book ed in river claims. No one ever remembers his Store, Main street, for the first number of the doing a day’s work, and the nearest approach above periodical, published manthly by Henry to it is to officiate upon extraordinary occasions White, New York. The number before us is. ® Proxy of some regular bur-keeper. Prosillustrated with beautiful ateel engravings, and . Pecting, he never attempts, and has his own contains 72 pages of interesting reading mat. Pinion of those who do. But should the dister. The magazine will be furnished to sub. Very of # mine enrich another, he is the first ecribers, at the Pioneer Book Store, for three and the loudest to deplore his own hard luck, dollars per annum. comforting himself at last with that maxim deigeekanieaaucoines signed by envious avarice for sluggish indoRopserizes at Grass VvLier.—A boy named . lence: A Fool for good luck. Wm. Collins was robbed by three men, at Grass} So goes the California Bummer ; the drone Valley, on Tuesday evening of last week. Two . and curse of every community throughout the of the robbers held pistols to the boy’s head, . State; despised and detested alike by those while the other ransacked his ypockets, obtain. whose integrity and industry is his constant reing seventy-five cents. On the same evening, . proach, and also by those whose bold vices he and by three men, @ man was robbed near} dare not imitate. Ifdriven by necessity, he ‘“‘mud-town,’’ of two half dimes and a dime. . does shake off his lethargy, and act, itis geneHe raised an alarm, when the robbers placed a . rally in violation of the law, which rewards him knife close enough to leave a scratch near one . with the fate of the felon, or drives him a brandof his eyes, ed outlaw fromthe State. This isno fancy sketch, and there is nota mining town in the State that has not the original, andhas not witnessed this result. to stand achieved some poetical flights, yet these were the exceptions, and we trust that this illustration of the inebriating effect of cake, cheese and pickles, will in future prove a wholesome warning to the fair house-wives of our city. It may not be improper to mention one or two of the noticeable incidents of the day. Among others, one of our most enterprising quartz operators favored the denizens of Commercial street with some astonishing feats of equitation. He first rode through the street at full speed, guiding his horse by the pommel of the saddle; a series of astonishing postures followed, the daring rider changing upon the animal’s back at each bound, and concluding with a flying somersgult most thrilling to the spectators, but as the performer with admirable presence of mind lit directly upon his head, the only injury that resulted was the breaking of one or two timbers. In narrating the,next performance, we borrow a starterfrom G. P. R. James. The rays of the setting sun, tipped with a mellow light the Sugar Loaf, the calaboose, and other points of interest, while beneath its last rays Main street looked just asit was, ariver of mud. At this witching hour, three solitary horsemen were seen to ride down High street and boldly enter Main, The two who firat came we will endeavor to deecribe. The younger was mounted upon .a horse whoee tail was ingeniously done up in a knot, in the fashion of six or seven centuries; one of the stirrups was shorter than the other, which gave to the rider a picturesque and angularappearance. His complexion was the rich olive, peculiar to a sugar-cured ham, or a sick Chinaman, and his countenance wore that calm, benevolent expression, peculiar to inebriated individuals who have reasoned themselves into a thorough eonviction of their own sobriety. Theelder was mounted upon a horse whose tail was not done up. The countenance of the rider was of the composite order, and wore no expression whatever. He may have been one thousand years old, but probably was not. Behind these, came the third solitary horseman. The only noticeable feature in this individual was the length of bis legs, making it doubtful whether he carried the horse, or the horse carried him, and the splendor of his attire, a certain indieation of either a recent fire or a swindled Israelite. His countenance was of the character much sought after by Dutch architects for figure heads, iu the twelfth century. Scarcely had this horseman entered Main street, when down in the raging torrent went the horse and his rider, and had not the horseman, with prudeut forethought, thrown himself directly under the falling steed, a valuable animal might have been ,injured. Fortunately the horse sustained no injury, and the rider emerged to be recognized by his affinity for mud, asa well known citizen of the town, He eays his disguise was adopted to avoid his creditors, and but for this accident he would probably have succeeded. Upon the whole, the day passed off very pleasantly, and New Year’s may hereafter be considered one of the gala days of Nevada. State Reeister.—We have received from the publishers, Messrs. Langley & Morrison, the second volume of the ‘State Register and Year Book.of Faots,’’ for 1859. The book contains} Mountain Reviey Socrery.—The miners and 420 pages, and is filled with interesting and . other residents of the ridge, we learn from the valuable statistical information of the wealth. . Hydraulic Press, have organized a mutual relief resources, population, &c., of this State. The. society, under the above name. The object of book is for sale at the Pioneer Book Store, . the society is to assist the distressed and sufferMain street—price, three dollars. ing among its own members, the funds for this oe RE ere setae purpose to be raised by monthly dues of one dolDrrarrures.—Capt. G. W. Kidd, one of the lar from each member. Any person residing oldest citizens of this county, left last week for . 1. ine Ria ge, between the Middle and South the purpose of visiting hisold home ia the East. Yubs, in cound health at the time of applying, He was intending to leave on the steamer of may become a member. All members of the to-day, and will be sbeents few months. H. society are entitled to medical and surgical atTredgaghimaen, Haq, also goes East on. the tendance, and all other ‘necessaries, during = pn pp ototceth allied ents sickness, without any charge or expense to Rosert Burns.—We are pleased to learn that himeelf. The objects of this society are comour Scotch fellow citizens are making arrange. Mendable and humane, and it would be well if ments to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the . Similar institutions were established in all the birth of Robert Burns, which happens on the . mining sections of the State. 25th of this month. The day will also be observed in other parts of the State. Senatorial. Considerable excitement has been created among political circles at the State Capital, by a report that Senator Gwin had been offered a seat in the Cabinet, and that a Senator would consequently have to be elected this winter in his place. The authority for this statement is said to be a letter received from Dr. Gwin himself, by some of his friends in this State, in which he says that Secretary Cobb is about to retire from the Treasury Department, and the place had beer offered to him. The difference of opinion between the President and Secretaty Cobb on the tariff question, is too radical to be reconciled, and it ie not improbable that the latter may retire from the ,Cabinet on that account. We have doubts, however, of the truth of the report. Had the position been offered Dr. Gwin, the fact would have been pretty sure to have leaked out, and the Washington letter writers would have noticed it. The letter writers at the Federal Capital sometimes make blunders, but as a general thing they are able to announce in advance the intentions of the Federal officials. The report seems to have created considerable fluttering among the Senatorial aspirants in this State, and each one bas commenced laying traps for the vacancy. Weller, itis said has the lead, while Latham, Washington and Judge Terry each have their friends among the members of the Legislature. It is not improbable that the report was put in circulation for the purpose of accomplishing some private objects . before the Legislature. ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND Mart.—The over; land mail, by the central route, arrived at SacAttaxtic Parers.—We are indebted to J. E. . Tamento, Jan, Ist, having left St. Joseph, the Hamlin, of the Broad Street Book Store, for . esstern terminus, Dec. 14th. The trip was late copies of the Philadelphia Press, New York made from Salt Lake to Placerville in seven Herald and Tribune, and Baltimore Sun; to. days. The President’s message was brought Geo. Welch, of the Pioneer Book Store, for the . through by this mail, the carriers having proNew York Times, and New Orleans Delta. cured a copy at St. Louis Dec. 9th. From St. _— Joseph, the trip was made in good time, but RemovaL.—Messrs. Stiefel & Cohn will re-. some detention must have occurred between move their dry goods establishment to their . that place and St. Louis. The news by this arnew store on Commercial street, either to-mor. rival is some days later than any heretofore rerow or next day. ceived, but the intelligence is [not of impor. tance. The stock on the central route is said to be in good condition, and the snow offers no barrier to the rapid transmission of the mail, Report or tHe Postmaster GeneRAL.—We are indebted to Mr. Crenshaw, Postmaster at this place, for a copy of the late report of the P ‘ostmaster General. Fatat Accient.—A boy named Joseph P, Newsparers,—We ,are indebted to Wells, Leads, fifteen years of age, was accidentally Fargo &Co., and to Langton’s Express, for shot and instantly killed, by another boy namState exchanges during the past week. ed Serman, at San Francisco, last Saturday i ad ait ii morning. They had started together on a _ ga Master Wm. Stone, the active little. hunting excursion, and Serman had just loaded mossenger of Langton’s Express, has our thanks . his gun, when the cap he was placing on the for the early delivery of the Downieville pa-. tabe exploded, and the whole charge entered pers of Saturday, . the neck of Leads, killing him instantly. : The Next Congressional Apportionment, In our issue of last week was a paragraph in Senator Jefferson Davis. During hislate tour through the Eastern regard to the probable population of this State, . States, in search of health, Hon. Jefferson Da_ in 1860. We stated that California would . vis, of Mississippi, made a number of very fair at the Methodist Church, and devoted the hours . doubtless be entitled to five members of Con. Union speeches. An extract from a speech gress by the apportionment under the census . made by bim at Portland, Me., has been extenof 1860, but that they would not be entitled to. sively quoted, as showiog that he entertained their seats until the first Monday of December, . the same views, in regard tothe right of the 1863—nearly five years hence. The Marysville . people of a Territory to probibit slavery, as Express, after copying the paragraph, from the DeEMocRAT, Says : “The Democrat’s calculations are doubtless very nearly correct; but it isin error in supposing that we will not have our full representation under the census of 1860 until 1863, . The census will be completed early cnough in . 1860 for the Legislature of 1861 to provide for . the election of the fall gine si at the general election of that year. Thus the, full delegation will take their seats at the commencement of the session in December, 1861, instead of 1863.”’ We still believe that the statement in oar last issue was correct and that the editor of the . Expressis in error. The State Legislatures have nothing todo with making the apportionment; that is done by the Secretary of the Interior, under an act of Congress, which prescribes the time when the Representatives under cach decennial census are entitled to their seats. The Congressmen elected by the apportionment under the census of 1840, took their seats on the first Monday of December 1843— that being the commencement of the first session of the 28th Congress. The 33d Congress, the Representatives of which were the first elected under the census of 1850, convened in December 1853; and the 38th Congress, the members of which will be the first elected un. der the census of 1860, will not convene until December, 1863. Should the Legislature make . provision for the election, in 1861, of the full delegation to which the State will be entitled by the next census, it would be in contravention of the act of Congress, and they would not be admitted; besides, it will not be known for certain how many members this State will be entitled to, until the census is taken in all the States, and the apportionment is made out by the Secretary of the Interior. Considering the rapid increase of our population, itis undoubtedly a hardship, that the State must remain for five years longer with only two members of Congress, and the hardship will be severely felt by a large number of Congressional asvirants, who are anxiously waiting for an increased number of Represent. could not ordinarily retain it. atives; but the evil cannot be remedied except by a change of the act of Congress, Asa majority of the States will lose, instead of gaining members, there is no probability that the Senate will consent to change the present law. The Tariff Question. There is a radical difference of opinion between the President and the Secretary of the Treasury on the tariff question. The President recommends a tariff for the protection of home manufactures, specific duties, home valuation, &c. He speaks of the iron interests as having suffered more than any other, alludes to the sugar interests, and it is quite certain that his influence will be used to have the duties raised on those articles, In other words, he wonld tax the whole country for the purpose of protecting the comparatively few who are engaged in sugar planting, and in the manufacture ofiron. He says he has long entertained these Opinions on the tariff question, and if such is the case, we are surprised that he ever connected himself with the Democratic party, as his views are in perfect harmony with the exploded Whig doctrine of protection, and are diametrically opposed to the Democratic doctrine. Mr. Secretary Cobb, on the other hand, recommends an adherence to ad valorum duties, and argues in favor of levying the tax upon articles which are of universal consumption, such as tea and coffee, and which are not produced in the country. By this means the burden of government will be borne by all classes alike. It is not probable that the policy recommended by either the President or by Mr. Cobb will be adopted by Congress. The adoption of the protective policy is out of the question, The theory of Mr. Cobb is correct, but it can scarcely be considered fair or just that all classes should pay alike towards the support of the government, which will be the case if his recommendation is adopted. There is no justice in compelling the day laborer to pay as much asthe millionaire, and a tax upon coffee and tea will have that cffect. We had hoped that Congress would take measures to cut down the national expenses so as to bring them within the revenue, butifthat is impracticable, the . humiliate. Douglas bad expressed in his speech at Freeport. On his arrival at Jackson, Mississippi, Davis took occasion to explain away some portiene of his speeches in the North, and contended thathe had not been fairly reported. He contended that there was a wide difference between his own position and that of Douglas, and gave the following as the true version of the extract from his Portland speech : “Tf the inhabitants of any Territory should refuse to enact such laws and police regulations as would give security to their property or to his, it would be rendered more or less valueless, in proportion to the difficulty of holding it without such protection. In the case of property in the labor of man, or what is usually called slave property, the insecurity would be so great that the owner Therefore, though the = would remain, the remedy being withheld, it would follow that the owner would be practically debarred, by the circumstances of the case, from taking slave property into a Territory where the sense ofthe inhabitants was opposed to its introduction. So much for the oft-repeated fallacy of forcing slavery upon any community.’’ This extract is given by the Mississippi Senator as a true version of what he did say, and it would certainly puzzle even a hair-splitting politician to discover a particle of difference between the position of Davis and that taken by Douglas at Freeport. The language of the two Senators, it is true, is different, but their position upon this question is precisely the same. FavoritisM.—The Washington correspondent of the Alfa, writing Dec. 3d, stated the President had refused, up to that time, a copy of his message to go by the Central overland route . via Salt Lake, but had furnished a copy in advance to go by the Southern route. This statement was not deemed credible, but it has been corroberated by a later arrival. The contractors on each route had made arrangements to express the message throughin the shortest possible time, supposing of course that the carriers at St. Louis would leave the same day. The message left, however, by the southern route,on the morning of the 6th while the agents of the central route were not able to procure a copy until the 9th, when it was published in the papers of that city. It was brought through by the latter company, from St. Louis to Sacramento, in twenty-two days. The St, Louis Republican complains that the message was forwarded in advance to some of the cities to be given to the press as soon as a telegraph was received that the document was before Congress, while it was not forwarded to other places of equal importance. We can scarcely believe that the President would so belittle himself as to show such a marked partiality for one of the rival routes, but as the matter now stands the case is pretty well made out. Sevator CritrenpEN.—On the first of December, Senator Crittenden, who was then in New York, was waited on by the Whig committee and the association of Ashlanders, and presented with addresses from those bodies. The Kentucky Senator made an eloquent speech in reply, and in answer to their request, that he would allow his name to be placed at the head of a national party movement, he declared that he had no aspirations for the Presidency, and did not wish his name to be used in that connection. He said that hereafter he intended to act, not in obedience to any party requirement, but in accordance with his own convictions of the publie good. Tak Monroe Doctrine In France.—The Paris . Patric, protests against the doctrine that Europe is not to interfere in the affairs of this continent. and seouts the Monroe doctrine. It} concludes a long article on the subject as follows: The United States will not effect in the world what powerful Russia, with ber army of a million men, with her fleets, with the genius of her Czars, and with the dicipline and tenacity of her inbabitants, bas not been able to do in Europe. They will not succeed in contesting her legitimate sbare of influnce wherever she may usefully exercise it. Wedo not at all intend to oppress them, but hae must know that Europe will not allow herself either to exclude or It is necessary that they should know that we will not abandon either in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean or the Black sea, . the cause of right aud civilization. Doveras IN New Orveans.—The New Orleans TJyue Delta, in referring to the reception of Senator Douglas in that city, says : That Douglas could carry the democracy of this State with him in any mere party contest, in defiance of all combinations, no one will dispute; above all others he is the first choice of Louisiana and will be the candidate of his party here above all competitors, and should there proper course to pursue will be to levy a higher duty upon silks, laces, broadcloths, and other articles which are principally consumed by the wealthier classes. The national treasury will then be replenished from the pockets of those best able to pay. No one, of course, wishes that any particular class of the community shall pay all the expenses of government, but a revenue derived from duties levied upon imports, cannot be so devised as to make all classes pay the tax in proportion to their property, but it should be the duty of Congress to approximate, as near as possible, towards that result, It is probable that the tariff question will be the principal subject of discussion during the present session of Congress. OreGon.—Gov. Geo, L. Curry hus addressed his annual message to the Territorial Legislature of Oregon. He says the present system of territorial governments, under the supervision of Congress, cannot be sustained by any strict construction of the Constitution. It is an infringement of that instrument, wrong in principle, and does not work harmoniously with that instrument. In his opinion, Congress has no constitutional authority to establish governments anywhere upon the public domain, or to create and ordain any species of constitutional or organic law for the government of any civil community anywhere within the boundaries of the United States. Nor is it requisite for the welfare, growth and prosperity of the republie, that Congress should exercise this extraordinary power. Happily, the genius of our government, and the constitution itself, afford ample provision for the preparation and development of the incipient State, with a view to its ultimate assumption of independent sovereignty in becoming a member of the confederacy. The constitution boa gives the power to enlarge the territorial limits of the United States by the admiesion of new States, and by that means only, be, as it is feared, in 1860, a sectional contest, or rather a contest between fanaticism on one side, and State rights democracy on the other; there cannot be a doubt of Douglas’ receiving the undivided vote of Louisiana, either before a nominating convention or before the whole people. Indeed, already on every lip we hear the desire expressed to bring Douglas immediately forward as the national candidate for the Presidency in 1860; and, at this moment, ninety-nine of every hundred of our population would gladly hail the announcement of his name for that truly great, but now sadly abused trust. Proressor Acqassiz.—A good anecdote of Professor Agassiz is told ina new volume in Press at Boston. The Professor had declined to deliver a lecture before some lyceum, or public society, on account of the inroads which previous lectures given by him had made upon his studies and habits of thought. The gentleman who had been deputed to invite him, continued to press the invitation, assuring pbim that the society were ready to pay him liberally for his services. “That is no inducement to me,” replied Agassiz; ‘I cannot afford to waste my time in making money.” SraRVING OUT THE INDIANS.—A party of hostile Indians, says the Trinity Journal, recently came to fish in a creek on the ground hunted by Messec’s men. They besought a neighboring ranchman to permit them to catch some fish, as they and their people were starving, not daring to hunt, fish or make a fire. Word was, however, sent to camp, and it was designed to take them prisoners, to be sent to the Reservation. Prisoners at camp are not anxious to run away; they are rather pleased by improved diet. Cruel as it may seem to pursue these naked, starving devils, it is a necessity. Tar Next U.S. Senate.—The U. S. Senate which convenes in December, 1859, and ends on the 4th of March, 1861—will be constituted politically as follows : Northern democrats 9 . Southern opposition 2 Southerndemocrats28 . Northern opposition 25 37 27 . Datty Reoisten.n—A Democratic paper of ‘the above name, was to have made its appearance in Sacramento Inst Monday morning. A golden wedding anniversar mem oral at Pawtueket, ye uly. tae h and hostess were a Mr. and Mra. Dexter ro interesting incident of the oceasion was 4 . presence of an old printer, Captain Jones, 2 ane up’ the ae notice for the Couple y years ago, who read i from the poe A paper, on ae ty are MARRIED. At Grass Valley, Jan. 2nd by Father j C. CLarx, to Miss Jura Raaktes; all of Newaia Jacon In this city, Dec. 27th, by Rev. J, Rangen to Mine Many Lucey woth oe ee orfaems Mrs The members of Nevada Library tion, are hereby notified, that at a regular ja association, held on Monday evening Dec. 234, a pi the was adopted, that all members, who may be three Me in arrears for dues, on the first of February next ery suspended from all the rights and Privileges of the hong ation. Cc. y Nevada, Dec. 28th 1858.13.94” YOUNG, Seer, ae "PR eeeeen Library Meeting, The members of Nevada Library tion, are hereby notified that the annual — lacers will be held’ at the Library Tidtetens os » OD Thursday evening Jan. 6th 1859, at 7 o'clock A punctual atteadance of all the members ig ra " A. C. NILES, Nevada Dec, 28th 1858,—13-2t 9 NILES, President, LL PERSO .n a as NS INDEBTED TO THE A firm of KENT & JACOBS, are hereby notified at 7 the accounts of said firm have been assigned and 4 ferred to GEO. F. JACOBS, who alone is authorized to eo). lect and receipt for the same. Said Jacobs wil] tol. bills against the said firm. All persons wishi Nag dion any of the business of the late firm, will find Geo fy” cobs at the office of A. A. Sargent Esq., on Broad Street. : C.’ W. KENT, Nevada, Jan. 4th 1859. GEO. F. JACOns, PREMIUM HAIR TONIC, ® FOR SALE BY E. F. SPENCE,” Druggist and Apothecary, Main St. Nevada, pr= PORT WINE, For Sale by . E. F. SPENCE, Druggist & Apothecary, Main St, Nevada, 7. F. HOOKG, cy DEALER IN BOOTS AND SHOES ! + IN LANDECKR’S BRICK BUILDING, COMMERCIAL STREET, NEVADA, full asortment ef LADIES and CHILDREN A and GAITERS. Also— B Shors Leonard Benkerts Quuilted-Bottom Boots Constantly on hand, and for sale at Reasonable rates, aq BOOTS MADE TO ORDER, -ga And REPAIRING done on the SHORTEST NOTICE, J. F. HOOK. 14-tf Nevada, Jan. 4th 1859.—14-tf NEW STORE! — Milinery & Dry Goods! SOLD AT SACRAMENTO PRICES}! Ss. LUBICE & co., Kidd & Knox’s Brick Building, BROAD STREET, NEVADA. ILL OPEN A New Dry. Goods Store, AT THE Stand tormerly occupied by Stiefel & Cohn. We have received, and are now opening a complete and unsurpassable assortment of FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY, Of the moxt Beautiful Selections, Dry Goods, Ladies and Childrens Gaiter Shoes, Slippers in every variety, and Boys Boots, Silk and Moire Antique Dressea. Bonnets and Head Dresses, Silk and Velvet Ribbon. French Merino, French and English Delaines. Cashmere Gilded. Berdered Shawls and Scarfs. Embroidery ina great variety. Chenille Scarfs. Drugget Matting, Oil Cloth, Fancy Table Ol Cloths, Printed Table Covers. And a good assortment of Genta Underwear. The entire Stock will be sold at SACRAMENTO PRICES. Ray COUNTRY ORDERS Promptly ATTENDED 170. S. LUBICK & CO. Nevada, Jan 4th 1859.—14-tf HEREAS MY WIFE CATHERINE, has left my bed and board without any just cause or provocation, therefore] hereby caution all persons against harboring or trusting heron my account, asl will pay no debts of her contracting after this date unless compelled by law. Liberty Hill, Nevada Co Dec. 30th 1558. Bt ; ROBERT DRYNAN, TRUSTEES’ REPORT. In accordance with the provisions of the act to incorporate the City of Nevada, the undersigned submit the following Report, showing the Receipts and Expenditures of the City Government from July 19th 1858, to January Ist, 1859 :-— : RECEIPTS. Cash received from Road Tax,.. +. $ 180 00 ss a ao 888 55 io eee ree ee ey ey ee $1,068 55 EXPENDITURES. POUGO Renee is cassseess cts ceeteee tests 1,075 00 Streets and Bridges 1,254 00 Merchandise, . 72 82 Justices Fees,,. 12 0 sg OE has 50 00 PPUMGU, od Vick okavie's 0 he ade e ches oda ilaedes 80 00 Attorney's Fees. 6. cccscc cess enescessoesgeye 25 00 AmmenbOe's FOR, o.oo cscs cccccsccccsescccccess 250 00 TOU cise ic Vereacneatcsacsseecentees $2,819 72 Ii. H, FLAGG, President. A. H. Hanson, Clerk. Nevada, Jan, 4th 1858.—1l4-3w R. JOHN P. BULL’S PECTORAL BALSAM, For Sule by E. F. SPENCE, Druggist & Apothecary, Main St. 13-tf Nevada. ta E. COOPER’S MAGNETIC BALM, For Sale by E. F. SPENCE, : Druggist & Apothecary, Main St. Nevads. STIBFEL & COHN Beg leave to announce to their friends and patrons that they will Ee =” WHE CGRP WW Their Large and Elegant Stoek of Dry Goods, Carpetings, &c. &c. a =D) Seventh of January: To their New Fire-Proof Store, on . COMMERCIAL STREET, Next door to Keeney’s Hardware Store. Nevada Dec. 28th 1858. NEW ESTABLISHMENT. NEW CORNER CIGAR STORE. M. GREENHOOD, On Broad St., next door to Block & Co’s., NEVADA CITY. hy RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT he has opened a Cigar and Fruit Store, And solicits a share of patronage. He has a large Stock of choice articles in his line, and will sellat Wholesale or Retail, At the Lowest Prices for CASH. 4&B~ Country Dealers supplied at Sacramento Prices. “es M. GREENHOOD. Nevada, Dec. 21st 1858,—12-tf SELECT SCHOOL. i ic School SELECT SCHOOL will be opened at Public House, in Nevada, on MONDAY the 6th inst., By J.A. JENNINGS, A. M., i iting, $4,00 TERMS—For Reading, Spelling and Writing, $4, For Arithmetic, Grammar and Geography, 5,00 “ Higher Mathematics or Natural Scien-cos, Latin, Greek &c., (per month) aa oe Payment will be expected invariably at ibe mi each month. Nevada Dec, Sth 1858. 10-tf

. The New Year. The exit of the Old and the advent of the New Year was celebrated in various ways by NEVADA DEMOGRAT() «yo, yin ar oeopad ca ste “Agent for this . fornis society, that universal end familiar gecity. “ite wil deliver the: Duwooeat > bers, and . nus, the Bummer, has received far less atten-. our citizens. The religious portion assembled 1 atria receipt for the same.” »**-. tion than its numbers and importance merits. Octavian Hoogs is our t for San Francisco. From what the term Bummer is derived, we . connecting the past with the coming year to He is authorised to receive sd ts, and collectand . pannot ascertain. The definition of lexicogra-. religious review and pious resolution; while a, a to, . Phers show no striking analogy between the. Pike county, as the representative of the SouthPiers ony mee ok he ev ime men: . term and its living representative of the pres. west, aided’ by Young America, faithfally performed the duty of banishing sleep from the town limits by the incessant discharge of firearms. With the rising sun, Gotham’s customs grew into favor, and those who survived the night’s campaign sallied forth to pay their respects to the ladies—a very simple ceremonial, consisting of washing down some palatable pastry with doses of poisonous whiskey, and wishing the hostess a number of recurrences of the day, ranging from one to one thousand, i ni Sen quavesamet ——-jentday. The word has, therefore, in our Cal“NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5, 1859. . ifornia nomenclature, acquired a new and peEEE ————— . ouliar signification. The Bummer is not so Lnomustive.—The Tenth lh agg much & specics or type of any particular genus tare convened at Sacramento on e He ag he is a condition; the connecting link in the telegraph wires were not in vole © cet a aie, . Same family, Berween that which benefits and terday, and we have been una i ae » : that which injures community. It is the cbrys‘patch, With a eres oo Me yi aline state, in which uselessness awaits the operator at this place learn nts ted Speaker of . CbanBe, Which develops positive vice. ton, of Placer county, was e Spe Your true Bummer is not a vicious or wicked the Asvembly. man. He gambles but little, for the reason . #¢cording to the spiritual condition of the wishthat cash is an essential, in that business, and . ¢t and the number of calls already made. The Scoot. Fuxp.—The State Board of Education your Bummer regards coin as the root of all . ladies, dear souls, in their exceeding amiability have apportioned the school fund of the State poi several counties, From their re-. evil, and most heartily eschews it. Intemperof chil-. ance, too, he is proof against. Of course he a gene woe en seertener and . drinks occasionally with his friends to promote eighteen, is 39,278. The sum of $32,207,06 was sociability, but when he becomes a sot he is enapportioned, being 82 centstoeach scholar. In tirely out ofthe circle of the Bummers. In Nevada county, 1,369 children were returned, short, he isa man without a positive vice, or a and the amount due the county is consequently single virtue ; a human leech that requires food $1,122.58. The following are the school dis. and clothing, as his prototype does blood, and tricts of this county, and the amount of funds like him, fastens upon whatever ean furnish to whieh each is entitled : them. Hotel keepers and clothing stores are gor9 Scholars, his special victims, and the light of his counte821.. nance shines only on the best. At the hotel, in the pointed but doleful language of Boniface, he never misses a meal nor pays a cent. and no garment touches him, unless its fashion is the can do no less than to urge these visitors to call more frequently, and the gentleman backs and bows himself into the street, thoroughly convinced that he is a “fascinating cuss,”’ and has heretofore underrated himself. It may, perhaps, be imagined what effect these repeated renewals of consideration have upon the gentlemen. A more sedate body of young men could not be found than graced our streets on New Year’s morning, but in the language of Pike’s first poet, “‘at sunset, whar war they?’ Gladly would we drop the curtain, a blanket, guony sack, anything which would let our promising young men off the stage as creditably as they came on; but our duty as faithful chron4 neat acne onalt latest and its texture the finest. As a matter . iclers compels us to record, that as they became soa Biwi, eeneetenanes 3 of course, the Bummer’s patronage is certain . Spiritually minded they became week-kneed, Reman, at —_ and speedy ruin, and as he is by no means de. #0d though in some instances intellect triumphTotals.. ++-r+++ nnd structively inclined, he graciously turns from . ed over physical weakaess, and genius unable — A DAvxozrvos Far1.—A man named Shaw, his beaten paths to any new inatitution that wihle coming into town last Saturday evening, . ™*Y offer variety, and relieve a depleted victim: from American Hill, fell into the ent of the . Having in view but one object, and that one Plymouth Rock Co., which is some sixty feet being bis end and aim, to live withont labor, deep. It was so dark at the time that he was the numberless artifices to which he resorts to anable to find the mouth of the eut; but his aecomplish this, show him an adept in the study eriés were heard by # miner living in the viciof human nature. To the old and wary deninity, who procured a lantern and piloted the . 2€0 of the mountains, he appears in gum boots, wolucky man out. Shaw says he turned two bespattered with mud, and carrying the nozzle or three somersaults while falling, but luckily . Of ® hose-pipe, and forthwith be finds credit unfor his neck, his feet first struck the ground. . *i! the day (far distant) he shall ‘clean up.” He received a few trifling scratches, in conseAlas for the victim! The only cleaning up this quence of occasionally coming in contact with bogus miner will ever do, will be to attire his the bank, but was otherwise uninjured. own dainty carcass in his ill-gotten purchases, 26 or in a clean ehirt stolen from his room-mate. By.asting Accipent.—Mr. Thomas Ryan was . To the enthusiastic trader jast up from below, dangerously injured last Saturday, at Cement . who has heard all about the Allison Ranch and Hill, by the explosion of a blast. He was en. Soulsby quartz ledges, the Bummer comes in a gaged with another man in drilling out an old different guise, and slyly produces a handful of blast, when it went off, throwing the rocks in . quartz specimens, the poorest in the first lot of every direction, a number of which struck the . ten tons that he is now having crushed. Your unfortunate man. His face was fearfully dis. merchant from below, of course knows that gold figured, and his left arm broken near the shoul. coin is never fourd in quartz, and forth goes der. It isnot yet known whether or not his . your quartz operator gorgeously sappareled, eyes are injured. The other man was injured leaving the dealer in raiment, to learn at his in the face, but not seriously. cost, that he is the softest lead the quartz dabbler has struck, or condescended to crush. Acowext.—A German named Fred. Leid-. Specimens of the Bummer are always found ding, was seriously injured on Thursday last, . in courts, either as jurors or witnesses. With while at work in * mining claim on Gold Ran, . nothing to do, they are the first caught by a near Weiss’ brewery. He had undermined ®. summons, and it would be out of the natural large rock, which fell upon him and crushed . order of events for anything to bappen without him to the ground. His left hip was dislocated . gome of this genus witnessing it. If upon the and he was otherwise "badly bruised. The dis. stand he is questioned eoncerning his occupalocated bones were adjusted the same evening . tion, he is always a miner, and if closely pressby Dr. Wickes, and the patient is now in @ fair . eq, will give the locality of his claim. This deway to recover. pends entirely upon the season ; if it is summer, Lapres’ Awenrcan Macaztne.—We are in. be owns dry diggings, if winter, he is interestdebted to Gea. W. Welch, of the Pioneer Book ed in river claims. No one ever remembers his Store, Main street, for the first number of the doing a day’s work, and the nearest approach above periodical, published manthly by Henry to it is to officiate upon extraordinary occasions White, New York. The number before us is. ® Proxy of some regular bur-keeper. Prosillustrated with beautiful ateel engravings, and . Pecting, he never attempts, and has his own contains 72 pages of interesting reading mat. Pinion of those who do. But should the dister. The magazine will be furnished to sub. Very of # mine enrich another, he is the first ecribers, at the Pioneer Book Store, for three and the loudest to deplore his own hard luck, dollars per annum. comforting himself at last with that maxim deigeekanieaaucoines signed by envious avarice for sluggish indoRopserizes at Grass VvLier.—A boy named . lence: A Fool for good luck. Wm. Collins was robbed by three men, at Grass} So goes the California Bummer ; the drone Valley, on Tuesday evening of last week. Two . and curse of every community throughout the of the robbers held pistols to the boy’s head, . State; despised and detested alike by those while the other ransacked his ypockets, obtain. whose integrity and industry is his constant reing seventy-five cents. On the same evening, . proach, and also by those whose bold vices he and by three men, @ man was robbed near} dare not imitate. Ifdriven by necessity, he ‘“‘mud-town,’’ of two half dimes and a dime. . does shake off his lethargy, and act, itis geneHe raised an alarm, when the robbers placed a . rally in violation of the law, which rewards him knife close enough to leave a scratch near one . with the fate of the felon, or drives him a brandof his eyes, ed outlaw fromthe State. This isno fancy sketch, and there is nota mining town in the State that has not the original, andhas not witnessed this result. to stand achieved some poetical flights, yet these were the exceptions, and we trust that this illustration of the inebriating effect of cake, cheese and pickles, will in future prove a wholesome warning to the fair house-wives of our city. It may not be improper to mention one or two of the noticeable incidents of the day. Among others, one of our most enterprising quartz operators favored the denizens of Commercial street with some astonishing feats of equitation. He first rode through the street at full speed, guiding his horse by the pommel of the saddle; a series of astonishing postures followed, the daring rider changing upon the animal’s back at each bound, and concluding with a flying somersgult most thrilling to the spectators, but as the performer with admirable presence of mind lit directly upon his head, the only injury that resulted was the breaking of one or two timbers. In narrating the,next performance, we borrow a starterfrom G. P. R. James. The rays of the setting sun, tipped with a mellow light the Sugar Loaf, the calaboose, and other points of interest, while beneath its last rays Main street looked just asit was, ariver of mud. At this witching hour, three solitary horsemen were seen to ride down High street and boldly enter Main, The two who firat came we will endeavor to deecribe. The younger was mounted upon .a horse whoee tail was ingeniously done up in a knot, in the fashion of six or seven centuries; one of the stirrups was shorter than the other, which gave to the rider a picturesque and angularappearance. His complexion was the rich olive, peculiar to a sugar-cured ham, or a sick Chinaman, and his countenance wore that calm, benevolent expression, peculiar to inebriated individuals who have reasoned themselves into a thorough eonviction of their own sobriety. Theelder was mounted upon a horse whose tail was not done up. The countenance of the rider was of the composite order, and wore no expression whatever. He may have been one thousand years old, but probably was not. Behind these, came the third solitary horseman. The only noticeable feature in this individual was the length of bis legs, making it doubtful whether he carried the horse, or the horse carried him, and the splendor of his attire, a certain indieation of either a recent fire or a swindled Israelite. His countenance was of the character much sought after by Dutch architects for figure heads, iu the twelfth century. Scarcely had this horseman entered Main street, when down in the raging torrent went the horse and his rider, and had not the horseman, with prudeut forethought, thrown himself directly under the falling steed, a valuable animal might have been ,injured. Fortunately the horse sustained no injury, and the rider emerged to be recognized by his affinity for mud, asa well known citizen of the town, He eays his disguise was adopted to avoid his creditors, and but for this accident he would probably have succeeded. Upon the whole, the day passed off very pleasantly, and New Year’s may hereafter be considered one of the gala days of Nevada. State Reeister.—We have received from the publishers, Messrs. Langley & Morrison, the second volume of the ‘State Register and Year Book.of Faots,’’ for 1859. The book contains} Mountain Reviey Socrery.—The miners and 420 pages, and is filled with interesting and . other residents of the ridge, we learn from the valuable statistical information of the wealth. . Hydraulic Press, have organized a mutual relief resources, population, &c., of this State. The. society, under the above name. The object of book is for sale at the Pioneer Book Store, . the society is to assist the distressed and sufferMain street—price, three dollars. ing among its own members, the funds for this oe RE ere setae purpose to be raised by monthly dues of one dolDrrarrures.—Capt. G. W. Kidd, one of the lar from each member. Any person residing oldest citizens of this county, left last week for . 1. ine Ria ge, between the Middle and South the purpose of visiting hisold home ia the East. Yubs, in cound health at the time of applying, He was intending to leave on the steamer of may become a member. All members of the to-day, and will be sbeents few months. H. society are entitled to medical and surgical atTredgaghimaen, Haq, also goes East on. the tendance, and all other ‘necessaries, during = pn pp ototceth allied ents sickness, without any charge or expense to Rosert Burns.—We are pleased to learn that himeelf. The objects of this society are comour Scotch fellow citizens are making arrange. Mendable and humane, and it would be well if ments to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the . Similar institutions were established in all the birth of Robert Burns, which happens on the . mining sections of the State. 25th of this month. The day will also be observed in other parts of the State. Senatorial. Considerable excitement has been created among political circles at the State Capital, by a report that Senator Gwin had been offered a seat in the Cabinet, and that a Senator would consequently have to be elected this winter in his place. The authority for this statement is said to be a letter received from Dr. Gwin himself, by some of his friends in this State, in which he says that Secretary Cobb is about to retire from the Treasury Department, and the place had beer offered to him. The difference of opinion between the President and Secretaty Cobb on the tariff question, is too radical to be reconciled, and it ie not improbable that the latter may retire from the ,Cabinet on that account. We have doubts, however, of the truth of the report. Had the position been offered Dr. Gwin, the fact would have been pretty sure to have leaked out, and the Washington letter writers would have noticed it. The letter writers at the Federal Capital sometimes make blunders, but as a general thing they are able to announce in advance the intentions of the Federal officials. The report seems to have created considerable fluttering among the Senatorial aspirants in this State, and each one bas commenced laying traps for the vacancy. Weller, itis said has the lead, while Latham, Washington and Judge Terry each have their friends among the members of the Legislature. It is not improbable that the report was put in circulation for the purpose of accomplishing some private objects . before the Legislature. ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND Mart.—The over; land mail, by the central route, arrived at SacAttaxtic Parers.—We are indebted to J. E. . Tamento, Jan, Ist, having left St. Joseph, the Hamlin, of the Broad Street Book Store, for . esstern terminus, Dec. 14th. The trip was late copies of the Philadelphia Press, New York made from Salt Lake to Placerville in seven Herald and Tribune, and Baltimore Sun; to. days. The President’s message was brought Geo. Welch, of the Pioneer Book Store, for the . through by this mail, the carriers having proNew York Times, and New Orleans Delta. cured a copy at St. Louis Dec. 9th. From St. _— Joseph, the trip was made in good time, but RemovaL.—Messrs. Stiefel & Cohn will re-. some detention must have occurred between move their dry goods establishment to their . that place and St. Louis. The news by this arnew store on Commercial street, either to-mor. rival is some days later than any heretofore rerow or next day. ceived, but the intelligence is [not of impor. tance. The stock on the central route is said to be in good condition, and the snow offers no barrier to the rapid transmission of the mail, Report or tHe Postmaster GeneRAL.—We are indebted to Mr. Crenshaw, Postmaster at this place, for a copy of the late report of the P ‘ostmaster General. Fatat Accient.—A boy named Joseph P, Newsparers,—We ,are indebted to Wells, Leads, fifteen years of age, was accidentally Fargo &Co., and to Langton’s Express, for shot and instantly killed, by another boy namState exchanges during the past week. ed Serman, at San Francisco, last Saturday i ad ait ii morning. They had started together on a _ ga Master Wm. Stone, the active little. hunting excursion, and Serman had just loaded mossenger of Langton’s Express, has our thanks . his gun, when the cap he was placing on the for the early delivery of the Downieville pa-. tabe exploded, and the whole charge entered pers of Saturday, . the neck of Leads, killing him instantly. : The Next Congressional Apportionment, In our issue of last week was a paragraph in Senator Jefferson Davis. During hislate tour through the Eastern regard to the probable population of this State, . States, in search of health, Hon. Jefferson Da_ in 1860. We stated that California would . vis, of Mississippi, made a number of very fair at the Methodist Church, and devoted the hours . doubtless be entitled to five members of Con. Union speeches. An extract from a speech gress by the apportionment under the census . made by bim at Portland, Me., has been extenof 1860, but that they would not be entitled to. sively quoted, as showiog that he entertained their seats until the first Monday of December, . the same views, in regard tothe right of the 1863—nearly five years hence. The Marysville . people of a Territory to probibit slavery, as Express, after copying the paragraph, from the DeEMocRAT, Says : “The Democrat’s calculations are doubtless very nearly correct; but it isin error in supposing that we will not have our full representation under the census of 1860 until 1863, . The census will be completed early cnough in . 1860 for the Legislature of 1861 to provide for . the election of the fall gine si at the general election of that year. Thus the, full delegation will take their seats at the commencement of the session in December, 1861, instead of 1863.”’ We still believe that the statement in oar last issue was correct and that the editor of the . Expressis in error. The State Legislatures have nothing todo with making the apportionment; that is done by the Secretary of the Interior, under an act of Congress, which prescribes the time when the Representatives under cach decennial census are entitled to their seats. The Congressmen elected by the apportionment under the census of 1840, took their seats on the first Monday of December 1843— that being the commencement of the first session of the 28th Congress. The 33d Congress, the Representatives of which were the first elected under the census of 1850, convened in December 1853; and the 38th Congress, the members of which will be the first elected un. der the census of 1860, will not convene until December, 1863. Should the Legislature make . provision for the election, in 1861, of the full delegation to which the State will be entitled by the next census, it would be in contravention of the act of Congress, and they would not be admitted; besides, it will not be known for certain how many members this State will be entitled to, until the census is taken in all the States, and the apportionment is made out by the Secretary of the Interior. Considering the rapid increase of our population, itis undoubtedly a hardship, that the State must remain for five years longer with only two members of Congress, and the hardship will be severely felt by a large number of Congressional asvirants, who are anxiously waiting for an increased number of Represent. could not ordinarily retain it. atives; but the evil cannot be remedied except by a change of the act of Congress, Asa majority of the States will lose, instead of gaining members, there is no probability that the Senate will consent to change the present law. The Tariff Question. There is a radical difference of opinion between the President and the Secretary of the Treasury on the tariff question. The President recommends a tariff for the protection of home manufactures, specific duties, home valuation, &c. He speaks of the iron interests as having suffered more than any other, alludes to the sugar interests, and it is quite certain that his influence will be used to have the duties raised on those articles, In other words, he wonld tax the whole country for the purpose of protecting the comparatively few who are engaged in sugar planting, and in the manufacture ofiron. He says he has long entertained these Opinions on the tariff question, and if such is the case, we are surprised that he ever connected himself with the Democratic party, as his views are in perfect harmony with the exploded Whig doctrine of protection, and are diametrically opposed to the Democratic doctrine. Mr. Secretary Cobb, on the other hand, recommends an adherence to ad valorum duties, and argues in favor of levying the tax upon articles which are of universal consumption, such as tea and coffee, and which are not produced in the country. By this means the burden of government will be borne by all classes alike. It is not probable that the policy recommended by either the President or by Mr. Cobb will be adopted by Congress. The adoption of the protective policy is out of the question, The theory of Mr. Cobb is correct, but it can scarcely be considered fair or just that all classes should pay alike towards the support of the government, which will be the case if his recommendation is adopted. There is no justice in compelling the day laborer to pay as much asthe millionaire, and a tax upon coffee and tea will have that cffect. We had hoped that Congress would take measures to cut down the national expenses so as to bring them within the revenue, butifthat is impracticable, the . humiliate. Douglas bad expressed in his speech at Freeport. On his arrival at Jackson, Mississippi, Davis took occasion to explain away some portiene of his speeches in the North, and contended thathe had not been fairly reported. He

contended that there was a wide difference between his own position and that of Douglas, and gave the following as the true version of the extract from his Portland speech : “Tf the inhabitants of any Territory should refuse to enact such laws and police regulations as would give security to their property or to his, it would be rendered more or less valueless, in proportion to the difficulty of holding it without such protection. In the case of property in the labor of man, or what is usually called slave property, the insecurity would be so great that the owner Therefore, though the = would remain, the remedy being withheld, it would follow that the owner would be practically debarred, by the circumstances of the case, from taking slave property into a Territory where the sense ofthe inhabitants was opposed to its introduction. So much for the oft-repeated fallacy of forcing slavery upon any community.’’ This extract is given by the Mississippi Senator as a true version of what he did say, and it would certainly puzzle even a hair-splitting politician to discover a particle of difference between the position of Davis and that taken by Douglas at Freeport. The language of the two Senators, it is true, is different, but their position upon this question is precisely the same. FavoritisM.—The Washington correspondent of the Alfa, writing Dec. 3d, stated the President had refused, up to that time, a copy of his message to go by the Central overland route . via Salt Lake, but had furnished a copy in advance to go by the Southern route. This statement was not deemed credible, but it has been corroberated by a later arrival. The contractors on each route had made arrangements to express the message throughin the shortest possible time, supposing of course that the carriers at St. Louis would leave the same day. The message left, however, by the southern route,on the morning of the 6th while the agents of the central route were not able to procure a copy until the 9th, when it was published in the papers of that city. It was brought through by the latter company, from St. Louis to Sacramento, in twenty-two days. The St, Louis Republican complains that the message was forwarded in advance to some of the cities to be given to the press as soon as a telegraph was received that the document was before Congress, while it was not forwarded to other places of equal importance. We can scarcely believe that the President would so belittle himself as to show such a marked partiality for one of the rival routes, but as the matter now stands the case is pretty well made out. Sevator CritrenpEN.—On the first of December, Senator Crittenden, who was then in New York, was waited on by the Whig committee and the association of Ashlanders, and presented with addresses from those bodies. The Kentucky Senator made an eloquent speech in reply, and in answer to their request, that he would allow his name to be placed at the head of a national party movement, he declared that he had no aspirations for the Presidency, and did not wish his name to be used in that connection. He said that hereafter he intended to act, not in obedience to any party requirement, but in accordance with his own convictions of the publie good. Tak Monroe Doctrine In France.—The Paris . Patric, protests against the doctrine that Europe is not to interfere in the affairs of this continent. and seouts the Monroe doctrine. It} concludes a long article on the subject as follows: The United States will not effect in the world what powerful Russia, with ber army of a million men, with her fleets, with the genius of her Czars, and with the dicipline and tenacity of her inbabitants, bas not been able to do in Europe. They will not succeed in contesting her legitimate sbare of influnce wherever she may usefully exercise it. Wedo not at all intend to oppress them, but hae must know that Europe will not allow herself either to exclude or It is necessary that they should know that we will not abandon either in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean or the Black sea, . the cause of right aud civilization. Doveras IN New Orveans.—The New Orleans TJyue Delta, in referring to the reception of Senator Douglas in that city, says : That Douglas could carry the democracy of this State with him in any mere party contest, in defiance of all combinations, no one will dispute; above all others he is the first choice of Louisiana and will be the candidate of his party here above all competitors, and should there proper course to pursue will be to levy a higher duty upon silks, laces, broadcloths, and other articles which are principally consumed by the wealthier classes. The national treasury will then be replenished from the pockets of those best able to pay. No one, of course, wishes that any particular class of the community shall pay all the expenses of government, but a revenue derived from duties levied upon imports, cannot be so devised as to make all classes pay the tax in proportion to their property, but it should be the duty of Congress to approximate, as near as possible, towards that result, It is probable that the tariff question will be the principal subject of discussion during the present session of Congress. OreGon.—Gov. Geo, L. Curry hus addressed his annual message to the Territorial Legislature of Oregon. He says the present system of territorial governments, under the supervision of Congress, cannot be sustained by any strict construction of the Constitution. It is an infringement of that instrument, wrong in principle, and does not work harmoniously with that instrument. In his opinion, Congress has no constitutional authority to establish governments anywhere upon the public domain, or to create and ordain any species of constitutional or organic law for the government of any civil community anywhere within the boundaries of the United States. Nor is it requisite for the welfare, growth and prosperity of the republie, that Congress should exercise this extraordinary power. Happily, the genius of our government, and the constitution itself, afford ample provision for the preparation and development of the incipient State, with a view to its ultimate assumption of independent sovereignty in becoming a member of the confederacy. The constitution boa gives the power to enlarge the territorial limits of the United States by the admiesion of new States, and by that means only, be, as it is feared, in 1860, a sectional contest, or rather a contest between fanaticism on one side, and State rights democracy on the other; there cannot be a doubt of Douglas’ receiving the undivided vote of Louisiana, either before a nominating convention or before the whole people. Indeed, already on every lip we hear the desire expressed to bring Douglas immediately forward as the national candidate for the Presidency in 1860; and, at this moment, ninety-nine of every hundred of our population would gladly hail the announcement of his name for that truly great, but now sadly abused trust. Proressor Acqassiz.—A good anecdote of Professor Agassiz is told ina new volume in Press at Boston. The Professor had declined to deliver a lecture before some lyceum, or public society, on account of the inroads which previous lectures given by him had made upon his studies and habits of thought. The gentleman who had been deputed to invite him, continued to press the invitation, assuring pbim that the society were ready to pay him liberally for his services. “That is no inducement to me,” replied Agassiz; ‘I cannot afford to waste my time in making money.” SraRVING OUT THE INDIANS.—A party of hostile Indians, says the Trinity Journal, recently came to fish in a creek on the ground hunted by Messec’s men. They besought a neighboring ranchman to permit them to catch some fish, as they and their people were starving, not daring to hunt, fish or make a fire. Word was, however, sent to camp, and it was designed to take them prisoners, to be sent to the Reservation. Prisoners at camp are not anxious to run away; they are rather pleased by improved diet. Cruel as it may seem to pursue these naked, starving devils, it is a necessity. Tar Next U.S. Senate.—The U. S. Senate which convenes in December, 1859, and ends on the 4th of March, 1861—will be constituted politically as follows : Northern democrats 9 . Southern opposition 2 Southerndemocrats28 . Northern opposition 25 37 27 . Datty Reoisten.n—A Democratic paper of ‘the above name, was to have made its appearance in Sacramento Inst Monday morning. A golden wedding anniversar mem oral at Pawtueket, ye uly. tae h and hostess were a Mr. and Mra. Dexter ro interesting incident of the oceasion was 4 . presence of an old printer, Captain Jones, 2 ane up’ the ae notice for the Couple y years ago, who read i from the poe A paper, on ae ty are MARRIED. At Grass Valley, Jan. 2nd by Father j C. CLarx, to Miss Jura Raaktes; all of Newaia Jacon In this city, Dec. 27th, by Rev. J, Rangen to Mine Many Lucey woth oe ee orfaems Mrs The members of Nevada Library tion, are hereby notified, that at a regular ja association, held on Monday evening Dec. 234, a pi the was adopted, that all members, who may be three Me in arrears for dues, on the first of February next ery suspended from all the rights and Privileges of the hong ation. Cc. y Nevada, Dec. 28th 1858.13.94” YOUNG, Seer, ae "PR eeeeen Library Meeting, The members of Nevada Library tion, are hereby notified that the annual — lacers will be held’ at the Library Tidtetens os » OD Thursday evening Jan. 6th 1859, at 7 o'clock A punctual atteadance of all the members ig ra " A. C. NILES, Nevada Dec, 28th 1858,—13-2t 9 NILES, President, LL PERSO .n a as NS INDEBTED TO THE A firm of KENT & JACOBS, are hereby notified at 7 the accounts of said firm have been assigned and 4 ferred to GEO. F. JACOBS, who alone is authorized to eo). lect and receipt for the same. Said Jacobs wil] tol. bills against the said firm. All persons wishi Nag dion any of the business of the late firm, will find Geo fy” cobs at the office of A. A. Sargent Esq., on Broad Street. : C.’ W. KENT, Nevada, Jan. 4th 1859. GEO. F. JACOns, PREMIUM HAIR TONIC, ® FOR SALE BY E. F. SPENCE,” Druggist and Apothecary, Main St. Nevada, pr= PORT WINE, For Sale by . E. F. SPENCE, Druggist & Apothecary, Main St, Nevada, 7. F. HOOKG, cy DEALER IN BOOTS AND SHOES ! + IN LANDECKR’S BRICK BUILDING, COMMERCIAL STREET, NEVADA, full asortment ef LADIES and CHILDREN A and GAITERS. Also— B Shors Leonard Benkerts Quuilted-Bottom Boots Constantly on hand, and for sale at Reasonable rates, aq BOOTS MADE TO ORDER, -ga And REPAIRING done on the SHORTEST NOTICE, J. F. HOOK. 14-tf Nevada, Jan. 4th 1859.—14-tf NEW STORE! — Milinery & Dry Goods! SOLD AT SACRAMENTO PRICES}! Ss. LUBICE & co., Kidd & Knox’s Brick Building, BROAD STREET, NEVADA. ILL OPEN A New Dry. Goods Store, AT THE Stand tormerly occupied by Stiefel & Cohn. We have received, and are now opening a complete and unsurpassable assortment of FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY, Of the moxt Beautiful Selections, Dry Goods, Ladies and Childrens Gaiter Shoes, Slippers in every variety, and Boys Boots, Silk and Moire Antique Dressea. Bonnets and Head Dresses, Silk and Velvet Ribbon. French Merino, French and English Delaines. Cashmere Gilded. Berdered Shawls and Scarfs. Embroidery ina great variety. Chenille Scarfs. Drugget Matting, Oil Cloth, Fancy Table Ol Cloths, Printed Table Covers. And a good assortment of Genta Underwear. The entire Stock will be sold at SACRAMENTO PRICES. Ray COUNTRY ORDERS Promptly ATTENDED 170. S. LUBICK & CO. Nevada, Jan 4th 1859.—14-tf HEREAS MY WIFE CATHERINE, has left my bed and board without any just cause or provocation, therefore] hereby caution all persons against harboring or trusting heron my account, asl will pay no debts of her contracting after this date unless compelled by law. Liberty Hill, Nevada Co Dec. 30th 1558. Bt ; ROBERT DRYNAN, TRUSTEES’ REPORT. In accordance with the provisions of the act to incorporate the City of Nevada, the undersigned submit the following Report, showing the Receipts and Expenditures of the City Government from July 19th 1858, to January Ist, 1859 :-— : RECEIPTS. Cash received from Road Tax,... +.. $ 180 00 ss a ao 888 55 io eee ree ee ey ey ee $1,068 55 EXPENDITURES. POUGO Renee is cassseess cts ceeteee tests 1,075 00 Streets and Bridges 1,254 00 Merchandise, .. 72 82 Justices Fees,,. 12 0 sg OE has 50 00 PPUMGU, od Vick okavie's 0 he ade e ches oda ilaedes 80 00 Attorney's Fees.. 6. cccscc cess enescessoesgeye 25 00 AmmenbOe's FOR, o.oo cscs cccccsccccsescccccess 250 00 TOU cise ic Vereacneatcsacsseecentees $2,819 72 Ii. H, FLAGG, President. A. H. Hanson, Clerk. Nevada, Jan, 4th 1858.—1l4-3w R. JOHN P. BULL’S PECTORAL BALSAM, For Sule by E. F. SPENCE, Druggist & Apothecary, Main St. 13-tf Nevada. ta E. COOPER’S MAGNETIC BALM, For Sale by E. F. SPENCE, : Druggist & Apothecary, Main St. Nevads. STIBFEL & COHN Beg leave to announce to their friends and patrons that they will Ee =” WHE CGRP WW Their Large and Elegant Stoek of Dry Goods, Carpetings, &c. &c. a =D) Seventh of January: To their New Fire-Proof Store, on . COMMERCIAL STREET, Next door to Keeney’s Hardware Store. Nevada Dec. 28th 1858. NEW ESTABLISHMENT. NEW CORNER CIGAR STORE. M. GREENHOOD, On Broad St., next door to Block & Co’s., NEVADA CITY. hy RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT he has opened a Cigar and Fruit Store, And solicits a share of patronage. He has a large Stock of choice articles in his line, and will sellat Wholesale or Retail, At the Lowest Prices for CASH. 4&B~ Country Dealers supplied at Sacramento Prices. “es M. GREENHOOD. Nevada, Dec. 21st 1858,—12-tf SELECT SCHOOL. i ic School SELECT SCHOOL will be opened at Public House, in Nevada, on MONDAY the 6th inst., By J.A. JENNINGS, A. M., i iting, $4,00 TERMS—For Reading, Spelling and Writing, $4, For Arithmetic, Grammar and Geography, 5,00 “ Higher Mathematics or Natural Scien-cos, Latin, Greek &c., (per month) aa oe Payment will be expected invariably at ibe mi each month. Nevada Dec, Sth 1858. 10-tf