May 28, 1859 (4 pages)

ee 1 eT OhO e e gerne Rte sa ee erertete= Senne co eaten TORE a RN ere RTE ee ee BY AVERY & WATERS. ca NORTH SAN JUAN, NEVADA CO , SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1859. VOL. NO. 41 THE HYDRAULIC PRESS. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING RG~Office on Main street, adjoining the Drug Store.~“G& Terms for the Paper. One Year, invariably in advance ..-.++-+. ssvecsereeSd 00 Six Months, “~~ © cssecccvcdeneeeseneecves 3 00 Stel Terms for Advertising. One Square, (12 lines) first insertion,.....$3 00 Each subsequent insertion, ..+.-++-s0 shaeieetines dee 1 60 &@> Business: cards not exceeding four lines of this type, will be inserted fur $6 00 a quarter. Guris. eee Wines and Liquors. BILLIARDS, 25 CTS. AGAME! SAN JUAN EXCHANGE. C. SCHARDIN & CO., AVING purchased the interest of John Woods in the above San Juan Exchange.and male large additions and improvements, the Saloon now compares favorably with any in the Mountains. Three Billiard Tables, In first-rate order—two of them new Marble Beds and equal toany in the State. The wood bed is the favorite of the place. It isthe intention of the proprietor to use every exertion to make the Exchange the favorite resort of all seckers of healthy pleasurable exercise. THE BAR I. FARQUHAR JUSTICE OF THE} will be furnished with the very best R. Peace. Bridgeport Township. Office, on Flume st., 2deors from Main s reet, San Juan. 1 ttf north side of Main «treet. one door west of EV. Hatfiel4’s store. oppositethe Pioneer, NORTH SAN JUAN Noy. 13, 1857. 1 G C. HARVEY, ATTORNEY & COUNe sellor at Law. All business appertaining to the Legal profession strictly and faithfully attended to. WM. F. ANDERSON, NDERSON Jat Law. Office, corner of Commercial and Pine streets, near the Court louse, NEVADA CITY. 10tf 32 3m WM. H. MARTIN. & MARTIN, ATTORNEYS M<« ‘ONNELL & NILES, ATTORNEYS & Counsellors at Law. will practice in all the Courts of the 14th Judicial District. and in the Supreme Court. Orrice— Kidd's Brick Building, up stairs. 213m WILSON HILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, e wiil attend promptly toall business confided to his care in Nevada and adjoining counties. Of fiee — In Abbott's Building, NEVADA. tf16 VROOMAN, M. D., PHYSICIAN, eSurgeon. Accoucheur. Office at the San Juan Drug Store, Main street, North San Juan, Nevada county, March 17, °59. ol qy AM. ABBEY, NEWS AGENT AND EXKOpressman. Runsa Daily Express from North San Jum toSebastopol, Sweetland. Birchville and French Corral. Celifornia and Atlantic napers for sale, : J. E. FULLER, EXPRESSMAN AND GENERAL AGENT, Runs a Daily Express from Camptonville to Gvens ill. Young's Hill, Indian Hill. Indian Valley. and Railroad Hill, California Dailies and Weeklies. and Atlantic papers and periodicals delivered promptly. Agent for the Hydraulic Press. &e-Cullections made. GEORGE THEALL, ' Expressman and General Agent. Runs a Daily Express from Forest City to Alleghanytown, Chips’ Flat and Minnesota. &_pCalifornia awl Atlantic Newspapers and Magazines on hand and delivered to order.“ FRAgint for TUE WYDRATLIC PRESS. J. W. SULLIVAN’S Great Pacific Emporium, And General Agency of Periodical Literature, Ani sole Acent for the California Trne Delta} California Boston Journal, Missouri Republican, Cincinnatti Commercial, N. ¥. Courier des Etats Unis, New York Herald, Tribune and Times. &e. &c. &e. Washington street, next door to the Post Office, SAN FRANCISCO. GUSTAVE HANSEN, JEWELLER, WATCHMAKER, AND BNERBAY EB. AS located in this place, and opened his shop on Main street. next door to Cheap John’s. where he will always be found, ready to give prompt attention to all business entrusted to his tare.— (5) Every kind of Jewelry manufactured, and all ss 3 County Surveyor’s Office. Court ITouse, Nevada. JOUN L. acne J. OSTROM, Connty Surveyor. Deputy. LL persens are hereby cautioned against employAt: other Surveyors than such as may be deputized from this office. Extract from the Laws of California. Crap. 20. Sec. 3—No survey or re-survey hereafter made by any person except the County Surveyor or his Deputy, shall be considered legal evidence in any court within this Etate. JOIN L. GAMBLE. 28tr County Surveyor. . PAINTING. WY. CURTIS respectfully informs the citi@ zeus of North San Juan and vicinity that he has commenced business here asa_ House and Sign Painter. a=-Carriage Painting and Varnishing dove in the best st¥le. Also, Graining and Marbling ! Glazing and Paper Hanging. Shop on Main street. opposite the Soda Factory. April 16, °59. 35 3m NEW MARKET. HE subscribers have opened a New Market in the store occupsed by PECK & COLEY, «where they will offer for sale the best of Beef, Pork, Mutton &c. &e-A share of patronage is solicited. CRAWFORD & CO. Norh San Juan, Dec’r.22d, 58, lott Stationery, Paper Hangings &e. 66, D Street, Marysville, Opposite the Theatre, * Have constantly on hand a lurge and well selected stock of Blank Books Legal, Bill, Cap, Letter, May Note and Wrapping Papers, PAPER: HANGINGS, Borders and Window Shades, ne Feather Dusters, Pocket Knives, Golg end; Steel Pens, Inks and Inkstands, §c., which they offer for sale at a small advance on San Francisco pricee. 30 3m Framed Pictures! ALL at SAMUELSON’S, if you want PICTURES THAT ARB PICTURES! A large variety just received. RAHAM FLOUR: at jan 8. PECK & COLEY'S. P. STIDGER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . O e Notary Public, and Conveyancer. Office on the . . kinds of Engraving, plain and Ornamental, done in the . Cigars. neatest style. Watches carefully repaired, and warran . The proprictors will alse spread a eee ee Free Lunch Every Night! WINES AND LIQUORS To be had in the San Francisco Market, and no pains will be spared to make everything pleasant and attractive. 10 Fine Old Brandies C. E. HELFRICH, DEALER IN FINE BRANDIES, Wines, Ale, Porter &c. ~ Brandivs, of the following brands: Old Sazerac. Otard, Jules, Robin & Co., United Vineyards, Martelle, Champaigne, Otard, &c., &c. Philadelphia and Holland Gin, Old Tom. Santa Cruz and Jamaica Rum, Monongahela, Bourbon, Irish and Scotch Whiskey: Heidsick, Sclireider and Morizette Champaigne: Port, Sherry, Ginger, Hock, Sauterne Claret Wines. 1 e Assorted Case Liquors, and SYRUPS. Ilis extensive stock is now complete in every department, and will be offered at SACRAMENTO PRICES. San Juan North, Nov. (7, 1857. f1 3m] Pioneer Saloon. SPERO ANDERSON, » TAVING RETURNED trom Frazer river . and purchased the above establishment. re. that he intends to keepa fine Wholesale and Retail Stock Winesand Liquors. Ale, Porter Beer, Cider, Champaign, Syrups, Cordials, Bitters, Pure California Wine, CIGARS AND TOBACCO. His BAR will be supplied with the choicest kinds of the above articles, and he trusts to maintain his old reputation as the keeper of a first-rate saloon. Nerth San Juan, Nev €th, 1858. 120f C. SCHARDIN & CO., et aoe Wholesale and Retail Dealers in i: —— he Liquors, Cigarsand Tobacco. Also— a geneial assortment of FRESH AND DRIED FRUITS, And Confectionery. SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET. fl tf] North San Juan, Nor. V7. W857. Mileghany Saloon. BILLIARDS! BILEFARDS! FORD & SPENCER NFOR Mi the lovers of this noble game that they will find at their Saloon in Alleghanytown, Two Marble Bed Billiard Tables, which are in excellent condition. The Bar Ts always stocked with the best Wines, Liquors and Alleghanytown, Oct. 23, 1858. Lumber Dealers. ——or ee Lumber, Lumber? HE inderatgned take this opportunity to inform the public that they have recently purchased of French & Sawyer. their new and splendid steam sawmill, situated at Central Ranch, near San Juan. where they are now prepared tefurnish on the shortest notice Sluice and Building Lumber, and Blocks of all kinds. All Orders satisfactorily filled and promptly delivered. J. F. CLARK, J. B. JOHNSON. Central Ranch, Apri! 8th, 1858. 21 tf LUMBER! LUMBER!! HE PROPRIETORS OF THE North San Juan Saw-Mill take this opportunity to inform the public that they have recently purchased the above-named property, Which has been refitted at great expense, and that they are now prepared to furnish Sluice and Building Lumber, And Blocks of all kinds, on short notice. All orders satisfactorily filled and promptly delivered. N. B. ISAMAN, Agent. January Ist, 1858. itt NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! AT Franchere’s Stationery Depot HE subscriber has just received from New York. Che Hydraulic Press. PIFGDPDPPPPPDDOEEE FRPP B. P. AVERY, EDITOR. CuaNnce For A Fortune.—We flatter ourselves that this caption will attract more eyes than any other in the paper. Everybody is after a fortune, and the least hint . how to obtain one is eagerly read. Give heed, then, to the following practicable suggestion. unimpeachable authority—that a Paris danc. ing master keeps a large quantity of young gentlemen all curled, dressed, gloved, wellmannered, &c., aged between twenty and twenty-cight, for hire to ball givers who, having an unexpected dearth of guests, desire to crowd their rooms. They cost a Napoleon apiece. and are warranted to dance, to be animated, discreet, and moral. Now our suggestion is, that some enterprising . gentleman of impregnable virtue, in every California town, but especially in every mountain town, keep a large quantity of young ladies, all curled, crinolined, perfum. ed, gloved, and well-behaved, aged from five to fifty, for hire at balls, when there is a fearful disproportion of bachelors. They should not cost more than a California five apicec, should be waranted to dance from seven o’clock, P. M. until day-break, without stopping, not to want champaigne nor ices; to be amiable, discreet, and moral—in short, persons with whom any young gentleman might dance with perfect safety. Such an enterprise as this would not only make the fortune of every man who undertook and properly conducted it, but it would materially promote the peace and welfare of society, prevent much bickering, heartburning and jealousy, stimulate the clothing spectfully informs his friends aud the public . business and carpenter trade, and restore the . equality of the sexes. Besides this, it would remove the necessity of emptying the nurseries of our State to fill the ball rooms, and prevent that premature development of the pedal extremities of young femininity, which threatens to make our first indigenous growth of women the very antipodes of their Chinese sisters. War ano Rumors or War.—Theold tragic farce, in which the warrior is the principal actor and blood, flame and tears the chief incidents, is not yet played out, but begins another act with our modern, Christian ciyilization. The internecine strife of Mexico and the Republics of South America, with the portentious rumors from across the Atlantic, form now the great topic of interest in the world’s budget of news. Hardly had the bloody fields of the Crimea donned their first robe of peaceful green, when the Sepoys revolted against British rule and war raged in the land of Bramah. Then followed the inglorious struggle with the Chinese,scarcely yet ended, while, for interludes to all these grand tragedies, numberless civil wars, fillibuster expeditions, Indian raids and other petty conflicts of arms rang fiercely out.— The latest tidings from the old world seem to indicate that peace for Europe will not much longer continue, but that there will break out a contest that will pale every other since the days of Bonaparte. The very air comes tainted with the breath of human slaughter even now. Again we hear = rumors of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war,—” of nation going forth to meet nation, armed to commit murder. Iiow few of us, in the comparatively peaceful shades of our California wilderness homes, but indicate by an intense interest in these tidings of broil, battle and bloodshed, a strong sympathy with the master passion of nations. How few of us can turn aside from the horrible fascinations of the battlefield, from the dazzling aspect ofa victorious soldier, to contemplate the nobler fields of intellectual conflict and the peace-crowned brows of the priests of science! Mooney’s Express says that Folsom wants some plain, industrious young women, who will marry when they are asked. The unmarried there refuse almost everybody. The Express is a funny paper, with its Irish antiquities, Irish wit, Irish egotism, and curious make up. The last number contains a column and a half of persenal items in ref. direct, a choice stock of Varieties in his line of ; eTence to the editor’s late successful love adbusiness. Amongst other things he hasa lot of Rodgers’ Pocket Cutlery, Dirks, Rodgers’ Scissors, Revolvers, Silver Teaspoons : and Thimbles, Fancy Pipes; Genuine Havana Cigars, which he will warrant as such. A handsome.collection of Gift Books, Valentines! Valentines!! Valentines!!! Ofevery variety, from the broadly comic to the deeply sentimental, fron: the aide-splitting to the heart bursting. i A fine assortment of French Tinted Studios. Wh. The publie are invited to call at the Post-Office Building and examine fcr themselves. 24atf Garden Seeds, of California Growth. A complete assortment, raised by A. P, Smith, Sacramento, for sale by DORNIN, P. 0. Building. BPAsts and OILS, at the SAN JUAN DRUG STORE. ventures, culled from various papers, and headed “Mooney.” Elsewhere the editor says, that “Folsom will soon be as celehrated in the world as Mooney!” Jasus! Tue body of Peter Lassen, the pioneer who was lately killed by Honey Lake Indians, has been recoveredand buried. The Plumas Argus anys, that Mr. Lassen having no heirs in this country, and the citizens of Honey Lake Valley not recognizing the jurisdiction of this State, Messrs. Neale, Ward; and Smith, have at a public meeting, been appointed Administrators. They advertise to sell the real and personal property of the deceased, on Saturday, July 2d, on the premises, and for cash, It is stated by the newspapers—_ ELECT TRIED MEN. . The most common cause of inefficiency in office, is inexperience. If parties made it a rule to nominate none but the educated and ‘intelligent, lack of experience in a particu: lar capacity would be no great objection to ‘a man; bnt when the single accomplishment of partizanship is made the all suffi‘cient qualification for office—or, in other ' words, when the fact that a man has been, ‘or is, “useful to the party” is made the only test of official capacity, parties owe it to the country to prefer those for nominations who have already enjoyed some experience as servants of the people. This is the least concession they can make to public interests; and every citizen’s private welfare demands so much. A selfish politician, with experience, ability and common honesty, can serve the public more efficiently than an independent simple-minded man with little talent A common weakness . with the so-called reform parties, has been to confer office upon men “fresh from the “people,” as they phrase it—that is, upon . persons of supposed integrity but mediocre ability; good quiet citizens of some repute ‘in village circles, but green and infirm. No party need look forgpermanent ‘success with ;and less experience. such instruments, no matter how excellent are its principles. The most common cause of bad—or weak . legislation, especially—is the, inexperience of legislators. This produces slowness, con‘fusion, neglect ; renders the passage of un. rightcous or unconstitutional laws an easy . task to those who desire it, and places the majority of conscientious representatives at ithe mercy of skillful parliamentary tactiicians. The legislature is a great school, in which a man must complete an education . before he can be yery serviceable to either is constituents or his party. Many of our . famous Congressmen owe their reputatlon and influence solely to long experience in . one capacity—they have been educated into the position they occupy. In other branches of the public service—in the various county or State offices—the inexperienced incumbent can employ well qualified subordinates for the proper performance of his duties ; but the legislator can avail himself of no such vicarious aid—he must be himself qualified, or all goes wrong. Hence the necessity of sending tried men to the capitol, of re-clecting those who have been found worthy, or even those who have merely acquired experience, if they failed to display great talents. There is not so much difference in men’s capacities but what most any person of sound judgement could be made, by a little drilling, a useful public servant. But the drilling experiment ought not to be too frequently repeated. Better elect men who have been already tried, than be eternally trying new ones. It is to be hoped that the three political conventions which are to tell the people who they may vote for, will be influenced in their choice of nominees, by some such consideration as here presented. Even that party which is considered, or considers itself, in the minority, should, so far as possible, nominate experienced men. Ionesty without experience is, of course, better than experience without honesty; but we think they can be found united. Better be defeated with a good ticket, than succeed with a bad one. Such defeat will only pave the way to a more gratifying triumph hereafter. Voters have duties in this connection, as well as conventions. They owe it to themselves and to the commonwealth, to exercise a wise selection at the ballot box. We cannot be convinced that any man is a good citizen who invariably votes a clean ticket, and de-net doubt that the number of scratched tickets in any precinct, would prove a correct criterion by which to judge of the intelligence of a community. A tried man who is honest, ought to have the preference with voters, no matter on what ticket his name be found, to one who has never been tried at all, and has not the endorsement of private acquaintance. Raitroap To Suasta.—The Shasta Repudlican alludes with satisfaction to the progress making on the Marysville and Vallejo Railroad, and expresses a conviction that the road must eventually be extended to Shasta, and, in time, still farther north.— The large and increasing travel, the immense transportation of goods, the difficult nayigation of the river for a considerable portion of the year, and the expense of land transit, all make the extension a necessity, and will attract the attention of capitalists, The Republican says : “The distance from Vallejo to Shasta, on a practical line of railroad, does not excced 198 miles, (less than half the distance by the windings of the Sacramento River,) The grade of road is as easy as any in thé [nited States of equal length, The consumation of this work would make Vallejo (it being the head of ship navigation,) one of the first cities of California—would stimulate and increase to a wonderful degree the trade and population of Marysville, Oroville, Red Bluff, Shasta, and other northern towns,” eterna sn snnensisuenensi essen shen th ston sissies Sst sss Na snnsSNSRSSGNAS HOME MENTION. The Sacramento Union chronicles the fact that John E. Ager, S. W. Langton and others have filed in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate of their association under the name of the “California and Utah Camel Association,” the object of which is the introduction and employment of the Camel on the Pacific coast. The capital stock is $12,000, in shares of $100 each—the duration of the company to be twenty years. The trustees of the company are John E. Ager, E. G. Bryant, and John J. Cooper. The principal office will be at Downieville, Sierra county. It is to be hoped that the enterprise will prove successful. Fourteen prisoners escaped from San Quentin ‘on the 22d, by breaking through three cells and climbing, by means of some planking, over the outer wall. The notorious Orlinski was one of the number. MeCauley offers one hundred dollars for the . capture of each convict. At Red Bluff, on Saturday last, a mob took from jail the Indian boy who caused the death of Mrs. Kronk, Mrs. Stevenson and five children, and hung him in defiance of the law. The original crime was dreadful, but did not justify popular violence. ec The San Francisco “Dashaways” now number at least five hundred. The number of letters carried by the Ovcrland mails is steadily increasing. The last mail on the southern route took out over sixteen hundred. The trick Elephants are now performing at San Francisco. Albert weighed 2,600 pounds when he left New York, and Victoria . 2,280 pounds. Both increased much in weight while at sea. They have been sold to Wilson, of the Lyceum, for $22,000. The prospectus of a quarterly work, to be called the “California Telegraphic Dictiona. ry,” has been issued by E. O. Wait & Co.— It will contain valuable statistics, historical sketches, and general information in regard to the various telegraph lines throughout the State. Mrs. M. G. Blanding, the ViceRegent in this State for the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Association, acknowledges the receipt of $3,297 75 from the lady managers since April 20th, . and of $1,951 30 prior to that time—nearly all from the mining towns. The Telegram, in alluding to the prosecution of the publishers of the Bulletin, under . the obscene publication act, says it is to be . hoped that next year the law-makers will . extend the controlling sentiment which produced the present law, in their own private . rules of speech. Three different parties are about introducing water into Auburn from springs, through . logs. . The Union thinks that the farming counties are gradually gaining an ascendancy . over the mining counties that shall continue forever. Isaac Cox, after collecting statistics for the “Annals of Humboldt County,” has determined to extend his researches and pub. lish a book, “which will contain a concise history of the discovery, settlement, progress, . and a full and reliable description of the resources and present condition of Northern California;” to consist of about 500 pages. The S. F. Times mentions, that an individu. al at San Leandro has this spring gathered . from a rood of ground a ton of mushroons, which he sold at fifty cents a pound. A suspension flume, of a capacity to carry . 400 inches of water, is to be constructed at . Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne county, says a eorrespondent of the Alta. It will be suspended in the air at a distance of more than 250 feet from the earth, will be 2,200 feet in Iength, and supported by eleven towers. : The Marysville Democrat attributes the . tardy spring, with its extraordinary cold and heavy gales, to the uncommon activity of . the internal forces of the earth, as indicated . by remarkable volcanic eruptions and earth. quakes. ne jn ne composed o: The Sierra Citizen says, that in Hog the mill of Primrose Compary, crushing rock that pays about $4 Tue Northern Railroad Company regularly organized at Oroville, cord says that $60,000 of the ready been taken; that favorable tions have been entered into for the mater: necessary to the construction of the ‘road, and a final survey and report have been oydered, The road is to connect with the Fol. som railway at Marysville. The coinage at the mint last week amounted to $600,000—all in double cagles, The famous old war ship Decatur, is now . undergoing repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard. The Times describes strawberries selling at the Bay, about sixty of which go to make @ pound—néarly a fourth of an ounce each in weight! Bonner has induced Charles Dickens to write a tale for the Ledger, while Bayard . Taylor receives ftom the N. Y. Mercury $7,000 for one year’s exclusive contributions. GLANCES ABROAD. The southern overland mail which arrived the 21st inst, brought intelligence of the acquittal of Sickles. The verdict of the jury was received amid deafening applause, the audience huzzaing and waving their hands. The closing argument for the defense was an elaborate attempt to prove that assassination for adultery is not a crime, and that it has Biblical sanction. Porter, the Kentucky giant, is dead. He was seven feet nine inches in height. It is said of him that he seemed to labor under the consciousness that he was an object of universal curiosity, and shunned rather than sought the public gaze. He was modest and retiring—the very soul of honor and honesty; social and affectionate in his nature, very intelligent and influential. The naval force in the Gulf of Mexico is to be strengthened. Assurances have been given by the President, that the settlers in Arizona will be fully protected from the inroads of the Apacha Indians. Accounts from Pike's Peak, like all reports from mining regions, are contradictory, but there is a large emigration under way to test the diggings fully. Peace in Europe is regarded as hopeless. The movements of the French troops are threatening, and the military preparations in every branch continue without abatement. Austria positively refuses to take part in the proposed Congress without a previous disarming. This is not acceptable to France, but not being able to take the field immediately, Napoleon seeks delay. ANotueER southern overland mail reached San Jose on the 24th inst., bringing later news from the Atlantic. The War Department had received from Col. Jolinston, commanding the forees in Utah, an explanation of the complications and difficulties between the Federal and Judicial officersin that territory. It appears that Gov. Cumming was acting under special instructions from the State Department, and directly opposite to the instructions of Col. Johnston and the Judicial officers. Dr. Forney wrote that he had positive testimony xing upon the Mormons complicity in the Mountain Meadow massacre. England has signified her willingness to accept Secretary Marcy’s proposition substantially for the exemption of all private property from seizure on the ocean, but Mr. Buchanan insists upon a condition respecting blockades, which effectually prevents the conclusion of the negotiation. The Treasury receipts are coming up to the estimate of the Secretary, and it is not determined when the Treasury notes authorized by the late law will be issued. Tue Kanaka Goppess.—Dr. Frick gives the Alta some entertaining particulars concerning the heathen mythology of the Sandwich Islands. He represents the Goddess Pele, who has her home in an active volcano, as being the chief and most fearful of the 40,000 divinities which formerly bedeviled the Hawaiian Islands. Peleis married toa gigar.tic monster, half hog and half man, but like the consort of the Queen of England, he is but acipher in power. The offspring ofthat unnatural union, for the male was a centauric son of the sea, were about twelve in 'number, with names characteristic of their different stations, and were drawn hy the Kanaka divines from the natural phenomena of the whole exhibition, such as King of steam and vapor, Explosion in the living palace. The rain shining in the night, Thundering god, Fire-throwing child of disaster; these were song,’ then came the Fiery-eyed canoe Backes cloud-holder in the sky, that were ¢ oll regarded with great swe. usual residence was at/ volcanic hot bed, they x now and theninan airing mountains of the envirens. excursions they Were aécom thunders, ir egress from —Why is it, that nearly HF 3 can uses tho word terse, in roference to style in writing, In the sense of strong, or vigorous? Webster, with other etymologists, defines it to mean cleanly written, neat, elegant without pompousness; and gives its derivation as the Latin ¢ersus, from tergo, to wipe. Yet many of our best writers, and nearly all newspaper ‘writers, usc it in the limited sense of nervous, Does not this employment of the word constitute an Americanism? Ar the recent Democratic primary election in San Francisco, the whole number of votes cast was 5,070—exceeding by upwards of two thousand the number of votes polled for Baldwin in 1858. Rather a remarkable circumstance, and one over which the National exults with an “O! Be joyful!”

ee 1 eT OhO e e gerne Rte sa ee erertete= Senne co eaten TORE a RN ere RTE ee ee BY AVERY & WATERS. ca NORTH SAN JUAN, NEVADA CO , SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1859. VOL.. NO. 41 THE HYDRAULIC PRESS. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING RG~Office on Main street, adjoining the Drug Store.~“G& Terms for the Paper. One Year, invariably in advance ...-.++-+. ssvecsereeSd 00 Six Months, “~~ © cssecccvcdeneeeseneecves 3 00 Stel Terms for Advertising. One Square, (12 lines) first insertion,.........$3 00 Each subsequent insertion, ...+.-++-s0 shaeieetines dee 1 60 &@> Business: cards not exceeding four lines of this type, will be inserted fur $6 00 a quarter. Guris. eee Wines and Liquors. BILLIARDS, 25 CTS. AGAME! SAN JUAN EXCHANGE. C. SCHARDIN & CO., AVING purchased the interest of John Woods in the above San Juan Exchange.and male large additions and improvements, the Saloon now compares favorably with any in the Mountains. Three Billiard Tables, In first-rate order—two of them new Marble Beds and equal toany in the State. The wood bed is the favorite of the place. It isthe intention of the proprietor to use every exertion to make the Exchange the favorite resort of all seckers of healthy pleasurable exercise. THE BAR I. FARQUHAR JUSTICE OF THE} will be furnished with the very best R. Peace. Bridgeport Township. Office, on Flume st., 2deors from Main s reet, San Juan. 1 ttf north side of Main «treet. one door west of EV. Hatfiel4’s store. oppositethe Pioneer, NORTH SAN JUAN Noy. 13, 1857. 1 G C. HARVEY, ATTORNEY & COUNe sellor at Law. All business appertaining to the Legal profession strictly and faithfully attended to. WM. F. ANDERSON, NDERSON Jat Law. Office, corner of Commercial and Pine streets, near the Court louse, NEVADA CITY. 10tf 32 3m WM. H. MARTIN. & MARTIN, ATTORNEYS M<« ‘ONNELL & NILES, ATTORNEYS & Counsellors at Law. will practice in all the Courts of the 14th Judicial District. and in the Supreme Court. Orrice— Kidd's Brick Building, up stairs. 213m WILSON HILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, e wiil attend promptly toall business confided to his care in Nevada and adjoining counties. Of fiee — In Abbott's Building, NEVADA. tf16 VROOMAN, M. D., PHYSICIAN, eSurgeon. Accoucheur. Office at the San Juan Drug Store, Main street, North San Juan, Nevada county, March 17, °59. ol qy AM. ABBEY, NEWS AGENT AND EXKOpressman. Runsa Daily Express from North San Jum toSebastopol, Sweetland. Birchville and French Corral. Celifornia and Atlantic napers for sale, : J. E. FULLER, EXPRESSMAN AND GENERAL AGENT, Runs a Daily Express from Camptonville to Gvens ill. Young's Hill, Indian Hill. Indian Valley. and Railroad Hill, California Dailies and Weeklies. and Atlantic papers and periodicals delivered promptly. Agent for the Hydraulic Press. &e-Cullections made. GEORGE THEALL, ' Expressman and General Agent. Runs a Daily Express from Forest City to Alleghanytown, Chips’ Flat and Minnesota. &_pCalifornia awl Atlantic Newspapers and Magazines on hand and delivered to order.“ FRAgint for TUE WYDRATLIC PRESS. J. W. SULLIVAN’S Great Pacific Emporium, And General Agency of Periodical Literature, Ani sole Acent for the California Trne Delta} California Boston Journal, Missouri Republican, Cincinnatti Commercial, N. ¥. Courier des Etats Unis, New York Herald, Tribune and Times. &e. &c. &e. Washington street, next door to the Post Office, SAN FRANCISCO. GUSTAVE HANSEN, JEWELLER, WATCHMAKER, AND BNERBAY EB. AS located in this place, and opened his shop on Main street. next door to Cheap John’s. where he will always be found, ready to give prompt attention to all business entrusted to his tare.— (5) Every kind of Jewelry manufactured, and all ss 3 County Surveyor’s Office. Court ITouse, Nevada. JOUN L. acne J. OSTROM, Connty Surveyor. Deputy. LL persens are hereby cautioned against employAt: other Surveyors than such as may be deputized from this office. Extract from the Laws of California. Crap. 20. Sec. 3—No survey or re-survey hereafter made by any person except the County Surveyor or his Deputy, shall be considered legal evidence in any court within this Etate. JOIN L. GAMBLE. 28tr County Surveyor. . PAINTING. WY. CURTIS respectfully informs the citi@ zeus of North San Juan and vicinity that he has commenced business here asa_ House and Sign Painter. a=-Carriage Painting and Varnishing dove in the best st¥le. Also, Graining and Marbling ! Glazing and Paper Hanging. Shop on Main street. opposite the Soda Factory. April 16, °59. 35 3m NEW MARKET. HE subscribers have opened a New Market in the store occupsed by PECK & COLEY, «where they will offer for sale the best of Beef, Pork, Mutton &c. &e-A share of patronage is solicited. CRAWFORD & CO. Norh San Juan, Dec’r.22d, 58, lott Stationery, Paper Hangings &e. 66, D Street, Marysville, Opposite the Theatre, * Have constantly on hand a lurge and well selected stock of Blank Books Legal, Bill, Cap, Letter, May Note and Wrapping Papers, PAPER: HANGINGS, Borders and Window Shades, ne Feather Dusters, Pocket Knives, Golg end; Steel Pens, Inks and Inkstands, §c., which they offer for sale at a small advance on San Francisco pricee. 30 3m Framed Pictures! ALL at SAMUELSON’S, if you want PICTURES THAT ARB PICTURES! A large variety just received. RAHAM FLOUR: at jan 8. PECK & COLEY'S. P. STIDGER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . O e Notary Public, and Conveyancer. Office on the . . kinds of Engraving, plain and Ornamental, done in the . Cigars. neatest style. Watches carefully repaired, and warran . The proprictors will alse spread a eee ee Free Lunch Every Night! WINES AND LIQUORS To be had in the San Francisco Market, and no pains will be spared to make everything pleasant and attractive. 10 Fine Old Brandies C. E. HELFRICH, DEALER IN FINE BRANDIES, Wines, Ale, Porter &c. ~ Brandivs, of the following brands: Old Sazerac. Otard, Jules, Robin & Co., United Vineyards, Martelle, Champaigne, Otard, &c., &c. Philadelphia and Holland Gin, Old Tom. Santa Cruz and Jamaica Rum, Monongahela, Bourbon, Irish and Scotch Whiskey: Heidsick, Sclireider and Morizette Champaigne: Port, Sherry, Ginger, Hock, Sauterne Claret Wines. 1 e Assorted Case Liquors, and SYRUPS. Ilis extensive stock is now complete in every department, and will be offered at SACRAMENTO PRICES. San Juan North, Nov. (7, 1857. f1 3m] Pioneer Saloon. SPERO ANDERSON, » TAVING RETURNED trom Frazer river . and purchased the above establishment. re. that he intends to keepa fine Wholesale and Retail Stock Winesand Liquors. Ale, Porter Beer, Cider, Champaign, Syrups, Cordials, Bitters, Pure California Wine, CIGARS AND TOBACCO. His BAR will be supplied with the choicest kinds of the above articles, and he trusts to maintain his old reputation as the keeper of a first-rate saloon. Nerth San Juan, Nev €th, 1858. 120f C. SCHARDIN & CO., et aoe Wholesale and Retail Dealers in i: —— he Liquors, Cigarsand Tobacco. Also— a geneial assortment of FRESH AND DRIED FRUITS, And Confectionery. SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET. fl tf] North San Juan, Nor. V7. W857. Mileghany Saloon. BILLIARDS! BILEFARDS! FORD & SPENCER NFOR Mi the lovers of this noble game that they will find at their Saloon in Alleghanytown, Two Marble Bed Billiard Tables, which are in excellent condition. The Bar Ts always stocked with the best Wines, Liquors and Alleghanytown, Oct. 23, 1858. Lumber Dealers. ——or ee Lumber, Lumber? HE inderatgned take this opportunity to inform the public that they have recently purchased of French & Sawyer. their new and splendid steam sawmill, situated at Central Ranch, near San Juan. where they are now prepared tefurnish on the shortest notice Sluice and Building Lumber, and Blocks of all kinds. All Orders satisfactorily filled and promptly delivered. J. F. CLARK, J. B. JOHNSON. Central Ranch, Apri! 8th, 1858. 21 tf LUMBER! LUMBER!! HE PROPRIETORS OF THE North San Juan Saw-Mill take this opportunity to inform the public that they have recently purchased the above-named property, Which has been refitted at great expense, and that they are now prepared to furnish Sluice and Building Lumber, And Blocks of all kinds, on short notice. All orders satisfactorily filled and promptly delivered. N. B. ISAMAN, Agent. January Ist, 1858. itt NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! AT Franchere’s Stationery Depot HE subscriber has just received from New York. Che Hydraulic Press. PIFGDPDPPPPPDDOEEE FRPP B. P. AVERY, EDITOR. CuaNnce For A Fortune.—We flatter ourselves that this caption will attract more eyes than any other in the paper. Everybody is after a fortune, and the least hint . how to obtain one is eagerly read. Give heed, then, to the following practicable suggestion. unimpeachable authority—that a Paris danc. ing master keeps a large quantity of young gentlemen all curled, dressed, gloved, wellmannered, &c., aged between twenty and twenty-cight, for hire to ball givers who, having an unexpected dearth of guests, desire to crowd their rooms. They cost a Napoleon apiece. and are warranted to dance, to be animated, discreet, and moral. Now our suggestion is, that some enterprising . gentleman of impregnable virtue, in every California town, but especially in every mountain town, keep a large quantity of young ladies, all curled, crinolined, perfum. ed, gloved, and well-behaved, aged from five to fifty, for hire at balls, when there is a fearful disproportion of bachelors. They should not cost more than a California five apicec, should be waranted to dance from seven o’clock, P. M. until day-break, without stopping, not to want champaigne nor ices; to be amiable, discreet, and moral—in short, persons with whom any young gentleman might dance with perfect safety. Such an enterprise as this would not only make the fortune of every man who undertook and properly conducted it, but it would materially promote the peace and welfare of society, prevent much bickering, heartburning and jealousy, stimulate the clothing spectfully informs his friends aud the public . business and carpenter trade, and restore the . equality of the sexes. Besides this, it would remove the necessity of emptying the nurseries of our State to fill the ball rooms, and prevent that premature development of the pedal extremities of young femininity, which threatens to make our first indigenous growth of women the very antipodes of their Chinese sisters. War ano Rumors or War.—Theold tragic farce, in which the warrior is the principal actor and blood, flame and tears the chief incidents, is not yet played out, but begins another act with our modern, Christian ciyilization. The internecine strife of Mexico and the Republics of South America, with the portentious rumors from across the Atlantic, form now the great topic of interest in the world’s budget of news. Hardly had the bloody fields of the Crimea donned their first robe of peaceful green, when the Sepoys revolted against British rule and war raged in the land of Bramah. Then followed the inglorious struggle with the Chinese,scarcely yet ended, while, for interludes to all these grand tragedies, numberless civil wars, fillibuster expeditions, Indian raids and other petty conflicts of arms rang fiercely out.— The latest tidings from the old world seem to indicate that peace for Europe will not much longer continue, but that there will break out a contest that will pale every other since the days of Bonaparte. The very air comes tainted with the breath of human slaughter even now. Again we hear = rumors of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war,—” of nation going forth to meet nation, armed to commit murder. Iiow few of us, in the comparatively peaceful shades of our California wilderness homes, but indicate by an intense interest in these tidings of broil, battle and bloodshed, a strong sympathy with the master passion of nations. How few of us can turn aside from the horrible fascinations of the battlefield, from the dazzling aspect ofa victorious soldier, to contemplate the nobler fields of intellectual conflict and the peace-crowned brows of the priests of science! Mooney’s Express says that Folsom wants some plain, industrious young women, who will marry when they are asked. The unmarried there refuse almost everybody. The Express is a funny paper, with its Irish antiquities, Irish wit, Irish egotism, and curious make up. The last number contains a column and a half of persenal items in ref. direct, a choice stock of Varieties in his line of ; eTence to the editor’s late successful love adbusiness. Amongst other things he hasa lot of Rodgers’ Pocket Cutlery, Dirks, Rodgers’ Scissors, Revolvers, Silver Teaspoons : and Thimbles, Fancy Pipes; Genuine Havana Cigars, which he will warrant as such. A handsome.collection of Gift Books, Valentines! Valentines!! Valentines!!! Ofevery variety, from the broadly comic to the deeply sentimental, fron: the aide-splitting to the heart bursting. i

A fine assortment of French Tinted Studios. Wh. The publie are invited to call at the Post-Office Building and examine fcr themselves. 24atf Garden Seeds, of California Growth. A complete assortment, raised by A. P, Smith, Sacramento, for sale by DORNIN, P. 0. Building. BPAsts and OILS, at the SAN JUAN DRUG STORE. ventures, culled from various papers, and headed “Mooney.” Elsewhere the editor says, that “Folsom will soon be as celehrated in the world as Mooney!” Jasus! Tue body of Peter Lassen, the pioneer who was lately killed by Honey Lake Indians, has been recoveredand buried. The Plumas Argus anys, that Mr. Lassen having no heirs in this country, and the citizens of Honey Lake Valley not recognizing the jurisdiction of this State, Messrs. Neale, Ward; and Smith, have at a public meeting, been appointed Administrators. They advertise to sell the real and personal property of the deceased, on Saturday, July 2d, on the premises, and for cash, It is stated by the newspapers—_ ELECT TRIED MEN. . The most common cause of inefficiency in office, is inexperience. If parties made it a rule to nominate none but the educated and ‘intelligent, lack of experience in a particu: lar capacity would be no great objection to ‘a man; bnt when the single accomplishment of partizanship is made the all suffi‘cient qualification for office—or, in other ' words, when the fact that a man has been, ‘or is, “useful to the party” is made the only test of official capacity, parties owe it to the country to prefer those for nominations who have already enjoyed some experience as servants of the people. This is the least concession they can make to public interests; and every citizen’s private welfare demands so much. A selfish politician, with experience, ability and common honesty, can serve the public more efficiently than an independent simple-minded man with little talent A common weakness . with the so-called reform parties, has been to confer office upon men “fresh from the “people,” as they phrase it—that is, upon . persons of supposed integrity but mediocre ability; good quiet citizens of some repute ‘in village circles, but green and infirm. No party need look forgpermanent ‘success with ;and less experience. such instruments, no matter how excellent are its principles. The most common cause of bad—or weak . legislation, especially—is the, inexperience of legislators. This produces slowness, con‘fusion, neglect ; renders the passage of un. rightcous or unconstitutional laws an easy . task to those who desire it, and places the majority of conscientious representatives at ithe mercy of skillful parliamentary tactiicians. The legislature is a great school, in which a man must complete an education . before he can be yery serviceable to either is constituents or his party. Many of our . famous Congressmen owe their reputatlon and influence solely to long experience in . one capacity—they have been educated into the position they occupy. In other branches of the public service—in the various county or State offices—the inexperienced incumbent can employ well qualified subordinates for the proper performance of his duties ; but the legislator can avail himself of no such vicarious aid—he must be himself qualified, or all goes wrong. Hence the necessity of sending tried men to the capitol, of re-clecting those who have been found worthy, or even those who have merely acquired experience, if they failed to display great talents. There is not so much difference in men’s capacities but what most any person of sound judgement could be made, by a little drilling, a useful public servant. But the drilling experiment ought not to be too frequently repeated. Better elect men who have been already tried, than be eternally trying new ones. It is to be hoped that the three political conventions which are to tell the people who they may vote for, will be influenced in their choice of nominees, by some such consideration as here presented. Even that party which is considered, or considers itself, in the minority, should, so far as possible, nominate experienced men. Ionesty without experience is, of course, better than experience without honesty; but we think they can be found united. Better be defeated with a good ticket, than succeed with a bad one. Such defeat will only pave the way to a more gratifying triumph hereafter. Voters have duties in this connection, as well as conventions. They owe it to themselves and to the commonwealth, to exercise a wise selection at the ballot box. We cannot be convinced that any man is a good citizen who invariably votes a clean ticket, and de-net doubt that the number of scratched tickets in any precinct, would prove a correct criterion by which to judge of the intelligence of a community. A tried man who is honest, ought to have the preference with voters, no matter on what ticket his name be found, to one who has never been tried at all, and has not the endorsement of private acquaintance. Raitroap To Suasta.—The Shasta Repudlican alludes with satisfaction to the progress making on the Marysville and Vallejo Railroad, and expresses a conviction that the road must eventually be extended to Shasta, and, in time, still farther north.— The large and increasing travel, the immense transportation of goods, the difficult nayigation of the river for a considerable portion of the year, and the expense of land transit, all make the extension a necessity, and will attract the attention of capitalists, The Republican says : “The distance from Vallejo to Shasta, on a practical line of railroad, does not excced 198 miles, (less than half the distance by the windings of the Sacramento River,) The grade of road is as easy as any in thé [nited States of equal length, The consumation of this work would make Vallejo (it being the head of ship navigation,) one of the first cities of California—would stimulate and increase to a wonderful degree the trade and population of Marysville, Oroville, Red Bluff, Shasta, and other northern towns,” eterna sn snnensisuenensi essen shen th ston sissies Sst sss Na snnsSNSRSSGNAS HOME MENTION. The Sacramento Union chronicles the fact that John E. Ager, S. W. Langton and others have filed in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate of their association under the name of the “California and Utah Camel Association,” the object of which is the introduction and employment of the Camel on the Pacific coast. The capital stock is $12,000, in shares of $100 each—the duration of the company to be twenty years. The trustees of the company are John E. Ager, E. G. Bryant, and John J. Cooper. The principal office will be at Downieville, Sierra county. It is to be hoped that the enterprise will prove successful. Fourteen prisoners escaped from San Quentin ‘on the 22d, by breaking through three cells and climbing, by means of some planking, over the outer wall. The notorious Orlinski was one of the number. MeCauley offers one hundred dollars for the . capture of each convict. At Red Bluff, on Saturday last, a mob took from jail the Indian boy who caused the death of Mrs. Kronk, Mrs. Stevenson and five children, and hung him in defiance of the law. The original crime was dreadful, but did not justify popular violence. ec The San Francisco “Dashaways” now number at least five hundred. The number of letters carried by the Ovcrland mails is steadily increasing. The last mail on the southern route took out over sixteen hundred. The trick Elephants are now performing at San Francisco. Albert weighed 2,600 pounds when he left New York, and Victoria . 2,280 pounds. Both increased much in weight while at sea. They have been sold to Wilson, of the Lyceum, for $22,000. The prospectus of a quarterly work, to be called the “California Telegraphic Dictiona. ry,” has been issued by E. O. Wait & Co.— It will contain valuable statistics, historical sketches, and general information in regard to the various telegraph lines throughout the State. Mrs. M. G. Blanding, the ViceRegent in this State for the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Association, acknowledges the receipt of $3,297 75 from the lady managers since April 20th, . and of $1,951 30 prior to that time—nearly all from the mining towns. The Telegram, in alluding to the prosecution of the publishers of the Bulletin, under . the obscene publication act, says it is to be . hoped that next year the law-makers will . extend the controlling sentiment which produced the present law, in their own private . rules of speech. Three different parties are about introducing water into Auburn from springs, through . logs. . The Union thinks that the farming counties are gradually gaining an ascendancy . over the mining counties that shall continue forever. Isaac Cox, after collecting statistics for the “Annals of Humboldt County,” has determined to extend his researches and pub. lish a book, “which will contain a concise history of the discovery, settlement, progress, . and a full and reliable description of the resources and present condition of Northern California;” to consist of about 500 pages. The S. F. Times mentions, that an individu. al at San Leandro has this spring gathered . from a rood of ground a ton of mushroons, which he sold at fifty cents a pound. A suspension flume, of a capacity to carry . 400 inches of water, is to be constructed at . Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne county, says a eorrespondent of the Alta. It will be suspended in the air at a distance of more than 250 feet from the earth, will be 2,200 feet in Iength, and supported by eleven towers. : The Marysville Democrat attributes the . tardy spring, with its extraordinary cold and heavy gales, to the uncommon activity of . the internal forces of the earth, as indicated . by remarkable volcanic eruptions and earth. quakes. ne jn ne composed o: The Sierra Citizen says, that in Hog the mill of Primrose Compary, crushing rock that pays about $4 Tue Northern Railroad Company regularly organized at Oroville, cord says that $60,000 of the ready been taken; that favorable tions have been entered into for the mater: necessary to the construction of the ‘road, and a final survey and report have been oydered, The road is to connect with the Fol. som railway at Marysville. The coinage at the mint last week amounted to $600,000—all in double cagles, The famous old war ship Decatur, is now . undergoing repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard. The Times describes strawberries selling at the Bay, about sixty of which go to make @ pound—néarly a fourth of an ounce each in weight! Bonner has induced Charles Dickens to write a tale for the Ledger, while Bayard . Taylor receives ftom the N. Y. Mercury $7,000 for one year’s exclusive contributions. GLANCES ABROAD. The southern overland mail which arrived the 21st inst, brought intelligence of the acquittal of Sickles. The verdict of the jury was received amid deafening applause, the audience huzzaing and waving their hands. The closing argument for the defense was an elaborate attempt to prove that assassination for adultery is not a crime, and that it has Biblical sanction. Porter, the Kentucky giant, is dead. He was seven feet nine inches in height. It is said of him that he seemed to labor under the consciousness that he was an object of universal curiosity, and shunned rather than sought the public gaze. He was modest and retiring—the very soul of honor and honesty; social and affectionate in his nature, very intelligent and influential. The naval force in the Gulf of Mexico is to be strengthened. Assurances have been given by the President, that the settlers in Arizona will be fully protected from the inroads of the Apacha Indians. Accounts from Pike's Peak, like all reports from mining regions, are contradictory, but there is a large emigration under way to test the diggings fully. Peace in Europe is regarded as hopeless. The movements of the French troops are threatening, and the military preparations in every branch continue without abatement. Austria positively refuses to take part in the proposed Congress without a previous disarming. This is not acceptable to France, but not being able to take the field immediately, Napoleon seeks delay. ANotueER southern overland mail reached San Jose on the 24th inst., bringing later news from the Atlantic. The War Department had received from Col. Jolinston, commanding the forees in Utah, an explanation of the complications and difficulties between the Federal and Judicial officersin that territory. It appears that Gov. Cumming was acting under special instructions from the State Department, and directly opposite to the instructions of Col. Johnston and the Judicial officers. Dr. Forney wrote that he had positive testimony xing upon the Mormons complicity in the Mountain Meadow massacre. England has signified her willingness to accept Secretary Marcy’s proposition substantially for the exemption of all private property from seizure on the ocean, but Mr. Buchanan insists upon a condition respecting blockades, which effectually prevents the conclusion of the negotiation. The Treasury receipts are coming up to the estimate of the Secretary, and it is not determined when the Treasury notes authorized by the late law will be issued. Tue Kanaka Goppess.—Dr. Frick gives the Alta some entertaining particulars concerning the heathen mythology of the Sandwich Islands. He represents the Goddess Pele, who has her home in an active volcano, as being the chief and most fearful of the 40,000 divinities which formerly bedeviled the Hawaiian Islands. Peleis married toa gigar.tic monster, half hog and half man, but like the consort of the Queen of England, he is but acipher in power. The offspring ofthat unnatural union, for the male was a centauric son of the sea, were about twelve in 'number, with names characteristic of their different stations, and were drawn hy the Kanaka divines from the natural phenomena of the whole exhibition, such as King of steam and vapor, Explosion in the living palace. The rain shining in the night, Thundering god, Fire-throwing child of disaster; these were song,’ then came the Fiery-eyed canoe Backes cloud-holder in the sky, that were ¢ oll regarded with great swe. usual residence was at/ volcanic hot bed, they x now and theninan airing mountains of the envirens. excursions they Were aécom thunders, ir egress from —Why is it, that nearly HF 3 can uses tho word terse, in roference to style in writing, In the sense of strong, or vigorous? Webster, with other etymologists, defines it to mean cleanly written, neat, elegant without pompousness; and gives its derivation as the Latin ¢ersus, from tergo, to wipe. Yet many of our best writers, and nearly all newspaper ‘writers, usc it in the limited sense of nervous, Does not this employment of the word constitute an Americanism? Ar the recent Democratic primary election in San Francisco, the whole number of votes cast was 5,070—exceeding by upwards of two thousand the number of votes polled for Baldwin in 1858. Rather a remarkable circumstance, and one over which the National exults with an “O! Be joyful!”