The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 28, 1868, Page 2

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We hear considerable ¢ satisfaction expressed that the newsdealers do not get larger supplies. The circulation of Tir SUN is steadily and pretty rapidly increasing, which, we flatter purselves, comes of making a good paper in an sppeesistive Senet: peblaniatceannbeskadid The Southern Disclaimer—Is It Sincere t Gen. Wale Hampton and other Southern Democrats havo loudly complained that the tonstruction put upon their recent seemingly revolutionary utterances by the North does ned | whole fon in confi and callefpon the one who holds him in durance to show the grounds whercon he de- | face, tains him, | att it in” We tako leave to say, notwithetanding this disclaim Bla'r'a letter. forces, in the words of Gen. Blair, to porso the carpet-bag government) would inevitably kindle the flames of civi war, Hampton, Wise, Semme allies would fain have the North believe that of speculative Draina. But fi now looks as i pority te inclined, ‘This is th horiae es Judge Barnard Does bis Duty. Judge George G. habeas corpus and certiorart. provides that every person committed, d tnined, con! or restrained of his liberty within this State, for any criminal or sup. posed criminal matter, or under any pretence whatsoever, except by virtue of process In. Judgo thereof, in cases whero such Court or Julge has exclusive jurisdiction, or by vir. writ of habeas corpus or certiorari. powered to grant these writs, to grant them without delay. The writ of habeas corpus brings any per sment before the proper Court, The writ of certiorari is to compel the cer- tifleation to the Court of the time and cause of the commitment cases to be most properly a magistrate making the the clerk of the Court, where the Court has a It would seem in all dressed to the pinitment, or to them injustice, and they assert that they have never contemplated any but entirely peaceful and lawful measures for changing the State governments erected under the reconstruc tion legislation of Congress, When public men solemnly repudiate inferences which op- ponents have drawn from their hasty and in- considerate declarations, the point of honor tequires that this repudiation be accepted as conclisive, finless theFe are strong reasons for questioning ite truthfulness and sincer- ity. It cannot be denied that there were solid grounds for applying to the languayo used by Hampton, Wise, Vance, Toombs, Hill, and leading Southern journals, just after the ad- Journment of the Tammany Convention, the meaning which large numbers of Northern Presses and orators gave to it. It was the obvious meaning ; it was the sense which the ordinary rules of interpretation would neces- sarily educe from the text. The utterances of these gentlemen were clear and explicit. Their avowed purpose, so #oon as they ob- tained power, was (to quote the unmistaka ble language of Gen. Blair) to have their bew Pronident dechue the reconstruction acts “ null and void, compel th my to undo its usurpations at the South, disperec the carpet bag State governments, allow the white peo: ple to revrganize their own Fovernments, | and elect Senators and Rey resentatives.” Would it be poesile to avew a purpose in phraseology more transyarent than this? And when eminent Southern orators and editors repeated these sentiments of their fw vorite nomiuce before applauding agsemblios and through widely that portion of the country, and when they | had begun to be echoed, rather eauti Af testing the tem) bevertheloss an influ morracy, ireulated journals in all usly, as A, Lut \ er of the pablie mi with marked d ctnees, } portion of the Northern I was it surpris ny that men of every party accepted th: tions in the senso which the lauguag rably demanded ¢ Now, if the people of the North bave been mistaken in all this—and Gen. Hampton and his friends ins st that tl boen—their error may be traced to even a higher source than the letter of Gen Blair. The Democra tie platform proclaims that the reconstruction acts, and tho State goveruments erceted ander them, are “usurpations, unconstita ional, revolutionary, void.” ‘Th art be received asa mors sounding phrase meaning nothing. It isa solunn statement, pronounced by the highest authority k to the Democratic party tring and involves an inference. If thes acts are void, they are null, they are nothing, they are binding upon nobody, and the gov. ernments erected in pursuance of them rent ona basis which no person is bound to re spect. If they are usurpations and reve tionary—that is, if they are the offspring of mere force and viole then they may Le resisted by force, and overthrown by violence. rthern declare. y have and s can wh It embodies a doe vr Hampton and his associates may have meant by what they said, the Democratic platform author. ized them to declare what they have been charged with uttering. These Southern gentlemen having made their disclaimer, we yive them the benetit of ft, taking the liberty to remind th ever, that when Mr. Buckalow, in a spece), in the Senate, undertook to declare tha’ the platform was not liable to the interpretation they had placed upon it, the Richmond En quircr indignantly repudiated Ais interpreta. tion, and insisted that the Southern Demo eracy accepted the platform in the sense in which Hampton, Vance, and the! associates understood it, and that if Buckalew’s construction was to prevail, *- Canvention ought to reassemble “and vm, how clerk. But it is often dirceted to the Sheriff, or, in the United States Courts, to the Mar. shal. Any Court or officer authorized to grant writs of habews corpus or certiorari, who shall refuse to grant such wrt when logally applicd for, is liable ton very heavy penalty. Bo it is apparent that Judge Barnard only performed an imperative official duty in Hoalso did hia duty when the prisoners wero brought Lefore him. He remanded them to Just.co Shandloey, be tion had been com- He showed no partisanship what if be had been alive, could not have discharged the judicial weranting these writs fore whom their examin menced, ever, Chancellor Kent, function in this instance more decorously Judge Barnard declared that he could not interfere, pending the examination of the oy must await, he sald, tho re- It the injured men recovered, the case would be one if either of them should ase of murder or man. prisoners,’ sult of the injuries to the wounded. of felonious neavult ; die, it would We a slaughter. ——— The Westchester County Bricklayer A Westchester county j indentured apprentice case will doubtless Tho verdict pions. ction in this ety, But those who are so deli It of the ther te also that we are indebted to Southern journals and orators for the outlines of a sheme for testing the validity of these new State go- assemble conventions in those States, and frame new conetitutiona, without any refer- ence to the existing governments, and set | go there with certificates of character in their them in operation as is proposed in Gen, | pockets, Tho ruling element in the Bouth seems Of course, a conflict of au thority, and doubtless a bloody collision, would promptly arise between there State governments, and tho President would be then called upon to employ the Federal line This Forrest, and their these are harmless theories, the mere coinage | tp, conservative men, who prefer peace and pros other sanguinary convulsion, would micke assurance doubly sure by turning their | backs on the party to which they were before and giving their votes toa man under whose administration these hotspurs will not deem it pradent to even attempt to reduce their dangerous theories to practice. preseut prospect, and no sign of any change is now visible on the politieal Barnard has done his aty ja the ease of the Sheriff's offi. ra. Ilo did right to grant the writs of The statute sued by any Court of the United States, or tue of a final judgment, may prosecute a It in made the duty of any Coust or officer em- ry hos found some: of the bricklayers belonging to Union No.11, in Morrisauia, guilty of a conspirucy, because they adhered to the rules of their Union and refused to work for a boss employing @ non. this be hailed with joy by the chemics of the workingmen of every trade, as demonstrating the unlawfuluess of all the reyrulations they have adoptod in their trades | io We should not be surprised if an | 1 | MMorE were to be amwde to procure w siuiur nted with the | Westchester caso exult alto: shor need any journeyman and “ squatters,” and their position is to be rendered decidedly un- comfortable, ‘The Yankees, the Germans, and the Irish are gregarious, but they prefer to go where they can tr, vornments in the event of Mr. Seymour's | bo received without letters of introduction, and election, over which, in its Inciplent | ean think aud say what they please, and not be | eteges, he could exert no control. It is to | put on their good behavior in advance, The great 1] West was built ap by settlers who were not ashamed to be called squatters, and wuo did not not to have the faintest idea of those tolerant principles which are necessary to draw thither the capital, skill, and Inbor essential to lift it from its impoverished condition, Itlooks as if the generation that took part in the rebellion must pass avay ere the sunshine of prosperity will dawn upon that blasted section of the Union, a 1 The Alany Argus, which has a special grudge against Mr. Staxtow, aske the following question Did Flwin M. @tanton, when Arcretary of Wa t | furnish transportation 19 Wounded Repabtiean sol: diers to return home ant vote, and did he retm ortation to wounded Democratic roldiers un- they would. pledge themse.ves to vote the Ito- puvilean ticket? Never! ——$—__- The Hon, Join Moniissey writes to the World that he has not a dollar of money bet on Grant's election, and that he is fur Seymour, and always supports the regular nominations, We stared all these facts some time and are glad to have this official confirmation, There is, how. ever, another tittle difficulty fu the way of Mr. Morrissey’s renomination to Congress. He is wainst Joun T. Hovrman as the F voratic ean. didate for Governor, That isa more serious fault even than betting in favor of Grant would be. It is an attack upon the unity and honor of the New York Democracy, thus to go back upon their favorite champion, If Mr. Morrissey were sound upon this vital su there would, we presume, be no trouble about his renomination and reélee- tion by the D of the Fourth District; but as the case now stands, itis not so certain, mint endintah Acitizen of Boston recently went a $10 greenback to the United States Treasurer at wton, the Hon. F. E. Spianer, accompa nied with a note, of which this forms the most important paragraph : f veracy The only d in fret, with in extaulisbed I now de. enclosed note in ine thereof, wiich ‘gold dolinrs certitied seding to the pr by your signature. Y proper and reasonable request Mr, Spinner replied in substance that he was ely an officer appointed to execute the laws of the United States, and those laws at present do not ath him to redeem the greenbacks in gold cording to the language expressed ou their He nays: the giving of one Irredecmable oblign- ner, ws be Deen prowosed he re. pile det » t the p-eseat unwillingn the i Of teudering you Y ange tor that which you pres payment.” Here we have the whole matter in a nutshell, While we are debating whether or not we shail re- pudiate the bonded debt not due for fifteen years y tt, We are practically repudiating a past due debt of $366,000,000. Mr, Spinner goes on to detail o plan by which « four per cent, loan may be issued in piace of the six per cent, one but as he himself admits that “any plo for Avantayeous conversion and fund ing of all the Goverament liabilities into @ single vonsolidated stock, bearing # much lowes Fate of interest than (he pres: st be through an un- faith in w lasting resumption of specie Paymeats by the whole country, as w condition jens to digouss it at pri us first make up our minds to pay what is already due, before we talk about paying what will become due Ofieen years hence, echoes Tho New Hampshire Patriot makes tho following state mts “One of the earpet-hae Congressmen, T neven minutes betore th Man stealing. This commence till bo was a member of the Hou No member ean be paid for time previous to bi wdinission, nor can one be paid fur time that he sas been absent, Instead of receiving $5,000, a whole yeur's salary, he got just no salary at all, He had not earned any, The romark attributed by the Jutriot to Oen. Butler is tletitious, of of a port « 8 erroneous, Mr. Tul’s pay could not Is is w epecimen f wit which those who dislike the Gen- eral are fuad of, cleaner aaa Tt is said that, in view of the unsettled political afuirs in the Southern States, « of leading dry goods dealers in this city d among themselves to sell ne more on to Southern This uction is pre caused by the remembrance of th The same kind of talk which proc is now beard so fr have agi Ay thi for ash. Horehauts, except whut 1880. bel there orators tliat cautious merchants caunot help being alarmed at it bly son ed the quently from Sy — « disheartened by it, ‘The end of the mat movement in favor of negro sulfra ter ie not yet. Tho Judge who tried the caso progress among the Southern Democracy 4 to have left it to the jury to suy what | we bay peatedly noticed, is stokingly mani the law was, and they have decided that for | feted in Avkaneas, The following copy of a men to peaceably leave off work was acon. | Uedbill, lately posted at Helena and that vieiui- spircy! Now it the Judgo wae right in | + Merde wo interesting iMustration of the | thus letting the jury settle the question of | se Mat Ne saline piso alee Labo law, New York workmen will ha eddy) Aus iy Li men Was no more master masons! leag: th tion of men for the purpose of regulating tl terms of labor is unlawful, thou assed tion of all kinds wil have to be given uy The absurd t North aud from Euro, Y CONE: thinly populated and fur behind the re: country in weulth and prosperity of ul Nove of this class, who come with r of introducti hiv deportment, ever received other ut with tho vagabonds who ouly «gu ong us!” Thou able of h the Wig is one of the most reaso the influential journals that sustain the rebellion, we presuiue it would bo impossible to convinge it that its apologetic and explanato: article unconsciously seis forth the very obsta- cles that prevent independent men from emi. | traction, wrating to the South, It is willing to receive them means that immigrants from on conditions, the North, and from Germany and Ireland, wi be tolerated, provided they come well introduced, und will conform to the prevailing toue of sent hing i nbinw ted ae. tis conclusion is so plain, that even if the courts should come to it, the Legislature will, beyond @ doubt, override their decision, — | In answering the objection that the Southern States have discouraged immigration from the ently the Richmond iy says the Southern people are glad ww re, or who proved his worth than But the ease is very to fear. If he was wrong, the question of ate tt what constitutes a conspiracy will have to Lo discussed in a higher court, before t iv definitcly answered. In either caso, | FAT teak BURHON 5 Committer tho trades unions of this elty will be pro | ‘the attr to’ the negroes of absolute social tected for sone time to come, Our own | «quality, which is bere Re uoine eee op nion is that the action of the Morrisauia | of He \ is, no doubt, merely the means employe @ | ed to putdown @ Radical calumny. It is not to be taken as indicating 4 tendency to any gi by thew I ocrate of Arkansas | that in w social point of view the negroes stand Buch re derstand (he subject, is not contern= plated by politicians of any party, in any purt of the country, Hut it is certain from this baud bill (hat the political equality of black voters ix udmitted there, by Democrats just as fully as by Radivals reeognitio on the ne plane with the uition, ifwe 4 _ Answers to Correspondents, A.M." —-Mr, Cornell's loiter respecting the Cornell University was published ta Tue Son. for Aug. 17, first pope, sixth column, We have written for more explicit infor to wee and terms of © | adiniesion, and will answer you asain when we re coive tt... A Constant Keader."—KFor a pardon (or @ | wdeserier, applioution must be made to the Presi: dent, Uhrough the Seeretary of War... Marion, ‘Tho fare from this ety to Newport, Ro 1, by the Fall River line, ts §3....%0, B.C." —'The salary of the President of the United States is $25,000, tn grew. backs... Musie.—Mr, derome Hopkins is wow at Saratoga, Notice of the resumption of his classes will M- | begiven In due time ia Tue SUN... *8imou."—The H ] qualidcations of am actor are, ta general, a good ne a figure, a pleasing voles, and a natoral talent for ry | wilmicry, ‘The only way we know of to learn the profession is to apply to some experieaced actor for No compensation worth speaking of can be expected until, by practice, eonsideravle skill bas been attained... Reader.”—Gen, MeClella resignation of his commission was the election, and rescued Washington the day after, A Subscriber.” Minnesota Is probably the ti- 1 best Western State for hunting and trapping, POLITICAL pee Wade Hampton is to edit a paper in Colam- bia, 8, C., In the interest of the Democratic party. People who have been saying that Gov. Swann, of Maryland, was going for Grant and Cot fux were mistaken, He has Just made a ety ong Demo- cratic apeesh at York, Penn. =—The Republican Stete Central Committee will be glad to receive copies of such Repadilean news papers as may be gent them from part of the State, Headquarters, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York Clty. —The Democracy of the Southwest have nomi- nated Major Charles B, MeAfee, Gov. Phelpa's law partner, as thelr candidate for Congress arainat Mr Loyd, from the Fourth Miscunrt Distriet. In the Bixth District of Missvurl the Democracy have noi nated Gen, Shielts. —A correspondent sends us the following straw: “A vote was taken on board the etramer ear. Fring Paseongers trom Warhinuton and Baltimore to nactne of ihe Lite Aght beween Bama, Collyer and Billy Edwards, Ldn d an follows: For Seymour and P . &. For Grant and Colm, ONE OF THE PABSENGKIS, Joho H. Reagan, of Texas, late Postinaster- General of the rebel confederacy, made @ apeceh at Galveston afew since, in whieh he eave the fol lowing advieo: “The duty of the Soatherners is to obey the laws, nocept the situation with regard to suifrage as it now stands, and Hike true and honest men to labor for the restoration of peace and har. mony between the section —An extensive traveller sends the Awhurn News veveral votes taken In the ears, For example, ‘on the train from New York to Albany, July 9, ty vote stood: Grant, SH; Beymour, 65. Albuny to Utien, July 1, Grant, 911; weymour, #2 Udea to Syrocuse, Aug. 1, Grant, 111; Seymour, #8. Syracnen to Auburn, Aug, 1, Grant, : Seymoar, 141. Aube n to Geneva, Ang. 3, Grant, 89; Seymour, 19% Geneva to Cliiton, Aug. 4, Grant, 73; Seymour, 16, Gayusn tw Itinen, per steamboat ua Cayuga Lake, Grant, 22; Seymour, 21, —The ing State elections are yet to oc cur this year, To save answerl g a thommund ques tions, we ask people lo cul out this table and save it In their pockets : —The Democracy of the Fifth District of New Jorsey,cmbracing Hudson County and the City of Newark, yesterd#y nombvatod for Congress ex: Mayor Orestes Cleveland, of Jersey City, At the election two years ago, the Hon, Ge: publican, earried the district against Robert Gil- christ, Demoe by 93% majority, M. Halsey now flods It Impossible, through press of busi to ptarcnomivation, Were he to taxe it itis net FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 improbabie that he would be rediectea, But finco he eannot the Repablicans will bave to pat their bert man forward if they wold win, Among the aspirants for n mination on their side we Lave Leard mentioned Benjamin G, Clarke, Iq, of the Merehant’s Horel, Cortiandt street, ex-Mu Gopsill, and Maj, ZK. Langborn, of Jersey Chiy, ‘The declination of Mr, Talsey gives the came tdate to Hudson county. If the Repabiieans are amart, they will we te Ma). born, hat gentionan, as & Journalist aod public speaker ably and ferved bis party, He knows Mayor Cleveland preity intimately, Bhould they meet ay would he likely to the Mutat Coa) Consumers Be ness in ® maNHer hat Might eub to explain, ‘The Mayor is one of the e Hest, sua test campaigners in the country, cout Lump Orestes, tia novody could, Other nominations Were also made in Now Jersey yesteraay. The Toird Distriet Democracy put tor- ward Jolin 'T, Bird, of Hunting on, tor Con ‘The Seound District Repubiicans nouanated Gen. James F, tus! To the Bastor Of Lie S Sin: Ina recent number of Tie Sex Lobserve ! Licle on this sulyeet, In Which Was eaprensed a desire ty know the origin of the story, ‘An reli byw trend of t follows: Rome yours sin Wenoad « avaus ay where the ev him that t wan generally ee OF eveape tor han, The him, and tor that purpose | the Hecused Was lunane, and, U ho insiructed the fellow to answer al quesiions put to him by the jailer and others by tue mo omyllable “spoons,” whieh inetructions he followed mi faith fully that sure enongh uli nunds, the Court included, concluded he was crazy In good curnest, ‘The result was, be Was elurid: and when, some time alter wards, the Genemt estied on bimfor hs (ve all, be got in reply wa 1“ Spoone! * Thos, white his cose, the General lost hi ed the story of Gen, Buti rs . tie story is a good reat at in eval didn't have hia fee in advance, ‘hut part ie eertiiuly te not in accord: establinhed character for All the hue and ery tr bg spoons bis, iy cruth, dation than this story, ‘Their Hatred of bu be the Nigheat pouee that can be bestowed upow bis tu the Cetin abou OF loyst mom, A have wlwayn anrerted, and #tiU thot the war devel ped wo wan oF chara 1 WW de Butler, Th ved was the one be hung wt Dix tolhed te Buther did it, Wd y Way, P Would Have ail the wntecons Gen ithe Butler was ein wal euurge, ce Was so strong aun t veded there wae no hope nerw be ned to clear J Ge theory that curry out that hea, Hy me moran I's 10 OLE OF Deiter & nln t.n, er so wdudrubiy ut they deverved av € a be New Oreane could have With FoLe® ae bel structed States lute one grind tilitary district, Commander With Absolute ed 0H DEM CH LO Bae aesasnh AL NOW FeQueh Uhas CeQ.on a be AG Vermont tial aint ar HM ciiae kim Hak wort pre suche our a® Gon, Buen be LOVALiot + Aug. 25, Loti. Gov Sevsoun's Poutioar tmport This ix of Gov, Bey ations, mudd OM Reoow © eompilatiy ruck al and compl U's HUMUTOUS BLE cual correnpo deuce in reference Lo ato val atfaies, fom. the prevent tine, A very cool ue ana Lteak index baw beeu aided, covering (wentyeul ¥ pronted, d OClAVO pues, and Ning Upward Of three thourand reHrences to cuis, upinions, Rent Mb ph bruced in the vody of v large vetave volun dred pages ed for the us outs, of between four und tive han H-partisan publication, design of bot p “ny und will Nive of editors and canyon iu the pend be an invaiuuble work of poliiieul refurence, OF course, trou ity very nature, ab eould Mot be ex pected 16 bE IM general request 5 but a smuli edition has been printed, and the matter bar not been OLyped, row a glance wt the contents we Judge thet politicians of both parties will tne in it abundant ul tor tuck and deiner, Gov. Seymour, 9 & Hole Lo CMe OF the editors, mays: wot that you Will see that PHMLerA, ele, ele, are corres vot Went anything ehonged which ean aitect te But some of the report ed.” Bo it seems the ennai tare x wi ing to sland on his record, Ty thie v-ew of the enx Nils oMelas publication Naw Increased vaiue and bm portance, Ut is published by 1 W. Bnxiund, New York Sun Buildings. See adverusement, — apeceies wre badly Demovra: Poneman ow Mu. Flot, he artist, arriv by E. D. Palmer and Charles Oa veriy, seulpter Lang, Sanford Thayer, &. 2, Avery, and Frederick 8. Cosaens is son a ‘They were received at the Natlonal Acodemy of Design, where sort, ~The remains of Mr. 1 here reed yorlertay, exe tae brothers, wine o'olvek hiv morning, AL two ole) will be taken to Groom youd tor int Tue Late Jason Koons, This gentleman, who has long been at tne heal of the great locomotive manufactory at Paterson, N. J, died on Wednesday, At huis reeidence, im Morrivumia, Several years ago Mr, Rogers was struck with pacalysis, and weldom left Wis house afterwards, although conttun tug his business, ‘Tho enging manufactory at Puters ‘fon hus for a fow yours pass beon in the hands of « Joint stock company, Gf which Mr, Kugers was & large owner and manager, Mo bad socumulated & jarge fortune 1868, ANEW BOOK ANOUT CALIFORNIA. ——— A Hi. Baneroft & Co., of San Francisco, have tntely pablished The Nuturat Wealth of Caltfornia, oy Trrus Fey Caoxien, It | & sort of cyclopmdin on every subject connected with that State, giving com. plete Information aa to {te history, commerce, and industrial pursuits, as well as the vast natural re- sources whieh it possesses. The early history, which ils the opening chapter, begins with an account of the discovery of Colifornia ty Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo, In 15% ‘The coast was afterward visited at intervals by sailors and adventarers, and several at- tempts were made to explore the conntry, owing to tumors that ft was rich in gold and preeions stoner, ‘The first white settlement tn Callfornia wus ander the enidanes of the Catholic priesthood. The Jesuit missionaries had beon expelled from Lower California by order of Charles IT. of Spain, and their property bestowed ap in the Franciseans, wLo extended thelr missions into the appor territory, ‘The andertaking wae enstained by Hheral grants from the Spanish erown, and by contribations from the plows Caiholies of Spain and Mexico, For mxty years the Franeiseans held andistarhed domluion over the conntey. ‘They establisied mts sions at tatervats of twenty or thirty miles from Sun Diego to Kan Francisco, and by causing the lanta of one mission to join those of another obtained euch on of the soll that secular aeitiors were excindod, After founding twenty-one anlesions along tie count, the teal of tie Pithers ap- peure ty have gradually fated away, and, abandoning any scheme for converting tho natives of the Interior, they devoted themselves to a porceful le In the established missions. With the hardships of the enterprise there disp. peared also the spirit of religions entiasiaem and self-racrifies which bad prompted It, and the athers were soon given over to the cure of their flocks and and the manazement of tietr own revert ‘Thetr power wassuprome, and they lived tn patri- wehal state, all the Initians converted and domesti- cated at the m'ssions laboring In thetr service. The accounts gives by the Fathers represent the natives a8 soecimons of the very lowest form of tin- monity, more deflevent tn Intellizence and degraded fu character than the most miserable savages of Africa and Australia, Bat this testimony, which Aypears to have been toagreat extent dictated by thelr own interests, is dirretly contradicted by the reports of other witnesses, The early travellors who visited the const describe the tnhabitante ax hving in vill utes of their own, ant as being Intelll- cent, brave, hovest, and remarkable for the firmness of their friendships and the warm aCection existing between parents and children. Owing to the mild- ness of the climate and the fertility of the suil, they competied to labor but ll tle, and ted a qaict ant indolent Ife, rarely qaarreiting or fightinz, and amusing themselves principally with mimes and dancing, They held some belief ina fature state, and many of the narratives describe them ns physically a large and fine race. From many pointe of resem: diaveo between thelr lancaave ant that of the Chi- hose, as well an oer clrcumstincial evidence, it his + en sapposed (hut the rice must have descended from Asisiie voyazers who hat linded upon the const, Aiter the overtirow of the Spanish Government tn Mexico m 1822, the missions bezan to decline. The Mexican Congrosa disapproved of the great wealth Under their control, and laws were Dissod at various times depriving them of different privileges, until the on aystom gradually fell Into decay, and was Mually abandoned. Meanwitle plonsers of other nations made thelr way into the country, and Little by little permancat ectilemonts wore furmed. Fora long ime these were very email, and their mhaoitants ted a hale savege life, At tuis time the trade of th country was mainly couflned to the products of ite finmense herds of cattle, Ships left the eastern shore of Amortea with grocerics and conrac goods, and returned laden with bides and tal- Jow, whieh it wad tuken them two or three years to ‘The treaty by whieh Cali of Mex co, was ceded to United States, wis sigved im 158s, the d.scovery of gold at Colom two oF there mouths bofvee being ua- know. to both parties, In consequence of this din- covery, nex® Of which Koon spread far and wide, California was imme iiately overran with a popata- hon of miners. From that time to tits the Stite has steadily continued (@ Anereass tu popu.ation and pros perily, walle ite vist natural capabilities prom ive an equally brilliant future, — Foremost among these the gold mines, which Have hitherto been the greutest source of wealth. Althongh the metal fe found in amall qountitier in soie other parts of the Blue, the great guld-proun- cing region is tue western slope of the Sirra Nevada, mountaing, A belt of metamorphic slate, bearing & kreater or les# quantity of guld, extends from Fort ‘Vegon noriheast along the slope of the Sierras Into Oregon; the principal mining ground of the Sime being the central portio: of this boi Tho gold is eeldom found peri generally alloyed with more or los of #ilver or other tals, It ts usuaily found tn one of two distinet Vitions: either with quarts in veins in the solid rock, or in alluvial deposits in the form of grains or Larger tragmenia, more or lew water-woru, and mixed with wand and gravel, It is gathered from euch deporite by placer mining, and from rocks by quarts oF vein minty In pacer miiing gold ts obtained by washing the aurifirons gravel; We wind is carried ult by 4 cur rent of water, Walle the goll, owing to ite greater oleht, ix lub bolind, and i elluer collected tn the metalli¢ sta e or amalgamated with mercury. Many contrivances (or the applica ion of this process have deon Invented, bat the last and mom suceowafil Iv the #uec, which hus almost entiwly auyerseded ail for mor methols, Th ice Isa trough, or series of Wourhs, with a gentle downward inclination, vary- my in length frow a few tort te several (iousand. A fopid ateamn of water flows throug) it, ea rylig down el, The bottom Is provide! with «o;ae euit- for cate’ing and retalning ¢ F particios, while (he Ligiier anes are dis Wi lr the Water at the lower ena lw ordinary inode of ec tie gold ts by meae of a number Of ceate called FMes ma lod across the botrom of the box, the edges of wat lulu the heavy metal, In # ome cas ploy square bivese of wood, eat uo tly pure, being fe mivors ein, mae the rain, ind placed on the bot o wluce tu sneh @ way ws t leave marrow spaces between thew, In suteb the gold jodgos, Others preier ty use cobbie stones, oF to combiue all thee. La all casos, the ine tereiiocs are soon nearly filed by sand, upon the top of which the gold collects, Mercury Is distributed profusely throughout tae sluice, in order that from ite strong aliraction for gold they may combine to Crm an amalgam, In this way & Lingo quanity of he metal is saved which Would otucrwise be carried on by the current, Whea the slutce has heen ran ength of for a suMetent cleaved up,” the (ree goid lx collcoted and a the amalgam, ‘The latter is pliced Inu rotort and kept ate dark-red heat ual Cie mercury is devea of in we of vapor, ‘Phe gold wh ch remains in ex ceedingly and buy to t J aud run into orm burs belure it Ws Mited for (ngsportation Poucer mining is dist ed into two elasson, shallow and deop. In shallow placers the gold deposits are found or while In deep placors they He at a great tance below, wad are reached with dittic placers are the re C wr the surlice, Doop a tol wriver system much oller the present, and entirely difering fou it tn for ou, They are frequuntly hu dreds of feck in depth and covered with enormous assem Of voleanie mat ter, ‘Those antique river beds are often found to be ex- coedin dy Heh in the dosired imetel, amd wevoral ult Jorent modes of extracting it have been adopie! The wt Common meio is ay digeng tunmets Inte the side of the bill where the deposit Hes, from an adja cont valluy. ‘The gravel excavated Is drawn to the wouth of the tunaclin care, Its sometimes found cemented tovether in such a Urm mass that it is no y to crush Mt by miehinery In hydraube mining, alter the tunnel has been completed, the mus of cemented sand i» torn away frou the surrounding lone by directing against it heavy strouns of water, ‘Tho water is conveyed tn lange com pipes to the apot, and by the fores ofa great vi lume coming from abeight of one or two Hundred feet above the bed of the rack, the gravel in rupidly detached and w she! down inte the alu.ces, where it is broken still more thoroughly by the fulls an other crushing agencies which it encounters on the passage, Ju quarts or vein mining, tunools of shafts are driven tuto the rock; the quarts containing the gold j@ taken out wad carried to the mills, where th uw frot crushed to @ suitable size, aod them ground by stumps, The .tamp lsaioug stem, with a heavy fron head, whieh fs lifted by machinery and suffered to by ite welgbt the rock placed in « trough below. T! iron box, cilled the mortar, whien the stamps play, I furnished with a dis. charge opening, into which Is Mited an tron sereen punched with fine holes, Water is contina ily intro duced into the battery, and with the agitation eaused by the motion of the stamp, the ore te carried through the ereen as soon as it becones sulticlently vi rized. The crushed ore and water, called pulp. is afterward led throazh shallow siaices, Accorting to one #ystem, the bottom of the siatces fs covered with coarse woollen blankets, on the nap of which the gold is caught as it pisses along. From time to tine the blankets are taken wy aad washed, and the washings subjected to amalgamation, in orter ty « cure the gold. By another process, called “ ama) ra- mation In battery,” mereary Is intr duced tnto the battery iteelf, and the amalgam which {t forms col- fects apon the aurfice of aucet copper plates placed there for that parpose, The mills are occasionally stopped to “clean up," and the amalgam is collected aud retorted as in ot.er cases, By the Mirtposa process, the erushed ore ts ro- duced to Impalpadle powder, by plicing It witha number of chilled half-inch east-iron ballets in a jurge revolving cylinder. Thence the ore is conveyed toastrong air-tight tron chainber, where It i+ sub- Jected to the action of vapor of merency, with which itimmediately unites. ‘The apparatas is ten allowed to cool down, and the pulp i# washed upon a long copper shaking table, to collvet the amalgam, With the increased didicwity of getting at the pre- clone motal, and tie exmatintly dsereasnt chances for lucky accidents of sudden fo-tunes, the character of the mininginterest has greatly altered. It has be- come an established business, demanding for it pro- seention large capital, and paying tolerably secure profits, Gold, althongh the most eagerly sought for, ts by no means the only valuable mineral of the Stite. Silver has been discovered in simall qaantitice ‘There are several coal mives on the Monte Diablo range. Quicksilver # abundant, and many compa nies are ulroady eng iged in mining for cinnabar, the ore in which it occurs, Near Clear Lage, tn Sonoma county, are tituated the Geysers, @ collcetion of more hondred hot springs and jets of largest among them t# the Witchos* Jdron, & eavity about seven fot in diameter, filled with a black, viscid uid, whieh bolls eontina- ally at two hundred degrees Fatreuheli, and ocea- sionally rises two or three feet above the rim of the caldron without running over, ‘The Steamboat Spring, abort distance off, 1s an opening In the rocks at the buttom of the calon about two feet in diameter, through whieh there is constantly a body of storm, wivieh,on a elear day, ris column to a height of more than three hundred feet, ‘The earth near the larger springs is hot, and the ground trembles around them, If, at any point, the thin crust of the earth is broken through, suiphurous steam Immediately bursts from the opening. ‘There fs necontinunl sound tn the valley, caused by the #toam esenping on all sides, A little way from Clear Lake in sitnated Borax Lake, & pod covering from two to four bandred acres, Tue watirs of the pond hold in solution « considerable proportion of borax, and beneath lies a bed of binek mud, of the eonsistency of jelly, in whlels tho erystals of bivorate of soda are found in im- mense quantities. Under this is a bod of tour blue clay, contalning erystals of a larzer size, ‘Tue com: pany owning the Inke have tested the bottom tom depth of sixty fect, and found it tu be heaviy charged with borax to that point, ‘The mud is taken from the lake by © dredgi chine the erysta's coslected and diss: boiling water, when the impurities fall to the boitom, parity, On the shore of Clear Lake lies an immense bank of sulnbur, covering an ares of 40,00) square yards, from which are refined from six to ten tons of fu phar daily, Boilie #prn and deposits Of gait are may ros in ‘One of the greatoat natural curiosities yet discov: ered in California ts the big trees, a ayecios of ggan- We evergreen, many having a trunk thirty feet in diameter, Four ur five groves of these enormous trees are already known, and Mt I* provable that others will be disevver:d iu ie yet unexplored por- tions of te Serra Nevada, A striking peculiarity of Calvornia is the growth of large plants, gigantic dimensions t only large and Oue, but remains in xeasvu for am unusual length of UUme, ‘The soi) is ‘ertile to a marvellous extent, and the elimate is extremely favoravie to azriculture, Along the coast and in the valleys exposed to the ocean wind the temperature is peculiarly agreeable the year through. ‘There are but two winter months, December, and January da tng which there is @ constant fall of rai ¢ often the thermom frecaing point, In the su ‘ocean keeps the atinosphere sy cool as to make wool- len clotuing necessary, Farther back tn the country the #ua exercises greater power lu the daytiae, and the nights are colder, During the winter the valleys of the Laterior are filled with snow, to be succeeded in the spring by the most luxuriant vegetation ‘The numerous mountain ranges and the diverence evation of the various distr ets cause great di ty of chmate throash tie Stare, Olives, Oy and oranges flourish in sme localiticn, Wile not tar otf the grams and iruits of the No a and Mi Btates grow in projusion, The attcmpt to cultivate the grape las proved so sace ssful that the produc: tion of wine promises to bea must proftable branch of industry. ‘The exports of California at present comprise Hot only the precious Weis, but tie pro- duets of the roll and of tae tinue ise flocks and herds In which the interior aboun, as Well as sole Lew Articles of manutuccure De the proscnt site of the elty of San Fran: eiseo, th rein te js cuuducted,w Now it poss # population of ubout 1:3,0.0 persons, comprasing almost every nationality, 46 cuureues, numerous sclentide, kerary, charitable tustitutions, ag well as an uodeually buble we Kvory auiject w ouglily eal county ol myetoun. b alr, Cro ise takes up is The pecuiurtes of each sep re uainutely d 4, and wo full ac yunt is given af (he gevlog. + bot Tai Fesou: ces, Matural productions, and com the entire Wo. K is nut Only Valuabic aso bouk of roiwrence, bul Would be useful to any one Who desired practical tistruction und advice, Lt may be (vat thy in ormation given ix in one oF two Instances euljeot LO the sume alight inwccurseios which appear in the licrery part of the work, but Auere cin be no doubt that in general the book bas beow ewrelully compiled, and tha: ik embraces In one Vo Jule a mass OF useful knowledge Which Ik Would be utherwine didiouit to atuun, A Very serious Chare From the spr vnyfient Ki There is in one of the Bureaus at Washington, the procedings of a military coIMUL.rslol, coMpored Of dindugiiehed oflccrs, one Oo. Whowly trmuras gave up tes doe In battie Wit more than Spartan hee Tolvin and dévotk in Wh (tie dietinedy and fi maby coarged Git ao iiek god (reasonabie (rave Wis Cried on With tie en my Werows (he Vacs Ob teu, sta Who inet pall ame coruin military depalment, and that near reiations aude s0ciiie® OF Moe departivent commander (uot Gen, Grant, OF any frend Of lk) were enoaged th this infunons traaies teat United Staten cot uis SIFY SUPE WERE Lakoo for Lt purpose, invoiced Ou tue Liane of mistence dupartinent at Washinton, @xCLanKed KO HOE COLOR, FeCKIVed by rebel wink forwarded to Gen, Lee's Aimy. Ani this report, os we andersbind it, goes on Lo recommend that these parties be triva lor These hives, fur tuctitnalng ald wind & ty. We eam ulsy tat copies of th are now in the hans Of privute pers ek, in the interes: at ouce of taw Way there charges bave tot been invent Uiewe partion Lave vort to the ene progeedin. We wish ind loyalty, who thu b what wanted I the no truth questionable,” nothing Aile't, nothing dis how can ty toficer those men, ‘bay charged, (rom & whic 1 respect tou ow the chares (0 rewiin ual co. Us have the papers, - wna Bostox, Manteo, anv £ the Bostot Ha sor, and rie 0 Fishkill, Ww v0W under” oni ract fa tly uaserted that the western end plete betore the close of 14, Tho Mate Manle ad omuulssioners, Win. A. Cummings, ot Darien, Sas uel Fitch, of Rockwell, ke, of Sierting met to-vay in Waterbury sel, and and consulting enzineer of the road, for the pur © cousilering any objections whielt may be im the recent location of the roud, whieh Is now Aitely lid ont between Waterbury and the State line, 1 —Uerttord SUNEEAMS. scalilflaontins —Silk raising is much discussed In California, —Mr. Grau will open the French Theatre with the comic opera of “ Genevieve of Brabant.” —The latest report is that Mr. Fillmore has not got the gout, —The traditional English summer has been sald to cr nsist of three bot days and a thandersto rm, —Mr. Palmer pays Mr. Wheatley $50,000 foa luis case of Niblo’s Garden, The lease bas three years to ram, —Mile, Tostée leaves on Saturday with a com. pany for Montreal, where she is going to play the “Grande Duchesse,’ =In Paris the Empress Eugénie called op Queen Victoria, but the Queen did not return the Viewt —The Prince of Wales is very anxious for # new grant from Parlinment, to pay his dette, He has £109,000 ster ing @ your already, =Queen Victoria slept through the journey from Cherbourg to Paris, Tt took eight hours, She travels with thirty cooks und Qunkies, Jolm Brows, tm full \d costume, 14 one of them, a millionaire from Fall River, Norman’y hors, shod with felt, and with belle about their necks. =A correspondent of the Cleveland Herald os timates Wat in the Lake Erie teland vinayarde the Catawha will not yield one-quarcor of an avar= Probably theve-tourtus of the planting are kinds are dot well. of iron ore was dug out ot Mt, whieh Is TH fort decp, at Me . near Brixham, Devon, and oe breaking it there crept out a Hazard six fnehes to g. the belly yellow, aud the baek of a browntsh color, —Sfhe following epigram on the marriage of Patti is corrent Bor Pica's ron. age crop. . Who has succeeded in tora “wall off tinr hands, mined to open a eb © the instruction of young ladies in the art of hasbvand catching, [tls to be culled the * Schoo! of Dein.” —A widow of Louisvilie eloped with a promis: ing younz merch int and get up housekeeping in In- diana, only to tind that ber devotion was uaapprect- ated, one morning, that her quest husbaad tad azain elo; with Wer daughter, aged sev ntecn, —The Princess Louise, Queen Victoria’s ith anghiter, is a heoutliul eel, fair, tall, and graceful Uke a U1), with welleut featares, a pensive ewst of counte ance, and blac, German eyes, Hor walk te Aingu urly distingué. Her youngest ister, Beatrice, in ugiy, pert and self-conscious, Mr. Houcicault bas a now play, called “After Dark.” Ttis adapted from the Bronehy and the titie istuken from Wilkie Coliinw’s nove most of. fetive iInchlent Is borrowel from Mr. Aucustine Daly's * Under the Gustizht." It ls very suceossiul in London. —An ill-notured woman at Saratoga says that “some w for as a general thing ions on millinery, But the «y woman don't dross to please anybody ¢ they dress to worry wowen,” wuraful effusion ix from the mie citizen, whose wile is old wand the mewmid ys moat d Fhwns Hee pathway <It is proposed to wamber the in Engl nd, and leense thom, in order to insue theta inbment in eusen oF mis p of Ox.ord, on hearing of the as he wes cor 1, he had £ (he oF gam organ-grindere Mirainon, who was exe: cuted along with the Archduke Muximilian, bas ap plied to the K 1 Queen of Belsiam for (he per formonee of Misimilian'’s wish that the Princess Ww insane, should support J edncate hie ehiktven, ‘The request has Leow referred to the Emperor of Austria, . dobu Douglas Cooke, editor of the Lom don Saturday Revie, \s Te was a emart man, His paper besides bein conceit He niised it frou the height of power ant influence whet «Tle was a hater aad du. er of the Miramon's and killed himseli by working too hard: was the cleverest in London, eid, pretentious, and dy sp pti nothing U ad wife, of Keon ebrated thelr gollen welding on the 1th inst ‘They reevived many va uable presen'# from thel friends, Du ing their half century of married life this couple lave never removed from tw house wi ero tht t began housckoeping, and which wut the scene of the touching and thankiul fesuvities ot their golden wedd —Wihat may be called a successful attempt has been made t» introdu € the European system ob #umbling salvons into this country. At one of oa» mont fashionable wavering plac # an Instiiution o Unis kind arcady exists, and is tn a flourishing con dition No accrrey is attempter, bat the place by ene tirely open to the public, #0 that even bulice attend we Wines and elgars are supplicd te every fwure of tue Budew N, H., looker: 01 n hele ibied, What nett {before the death of Mr, Bovditeh, the Fwd netma:y of chusotts Hospital apany, he pe Mr. Natta A Mr Appleton, you have cy, and have all tust you e ed Mr, Appl toa, * TP tink quit bus DP waibly, # Take my advice at Jone in bustaess. Tein o take for men to go out of bustnons, We all aetve pursiit; It ia law of our ma e+, 4 great busin woll anced bee vith youth of ei chtwen smart the other das, He had a conph Aud you propose mers got of girls with bi, and (nvending 10 ov Ju them, he stood op o trick OF wrt il the engine Mum with w d pron rls were and (ie yout was but bis joy was tor w grief, Or the en . who did appreeiito Lis talent, turned on w litle water ~ ood a stream of dirty wat Huld struels bia fale in the fig spittering all ove mito etre clothes, ‘The result hardly paid bin for the invest very litle boy, afer giving everybody » hiss, kneoed at his mother's ride to say ayer, His wo Wer had that day tewebing him the piece expect one of my ax uuwencing “You'd saree and it appears that & versoe were runnin hohis mins, He com noed che prayer us follows: “Now flay me duwp to sleep, E pray the Lord my woul bo keep, IT showid ofall below Demosthenes or Cleceo, a ¢ With a orickets ey6 Stop, mt Dis mo ber, * that taa’t a par © prayer: the Hittle fellow reptiods yen Hee don't view me with w cricket's eye, It is related of Lord Cranworth, deconsed, that in the trial of Rush, te marder-r, he oxlibited w remarkable instance of that plucldlty of dstincuished him at the bar and om the beneh, Rush had been putting questious of @ most offensive nature to one of the wit enses, Al tile lad cone oo for some time, Lord Crinworb stopped lit, and suid that he we uld pot permit sue questions to be put, Ruri repi ship were on trint fo# your life, you would be stopped in putting questions whieh yo material for your definee.” ‘The meek dudge was,” You ase ight; [beg your pardon, on.” Yeo mine; roevntly —The admirers of the late remember his whitusicat comin,” with inside eu for the moment of wa Puris eorreaponden aunouners Hat an i this notion and. impr it, He hue evolved from his internal eon es a Respiratory Ade vertising Apparatus for preeipitute Inhumations.” ‘The provipitat:ly inhumed person, explainy the cow respondent, manitains commuanteatton with the liv: tag by means of w tube Axed over the mouthploce, the other end projecting from the earth or stone Above." If, to * quote the prospectus, "he fluids hime ‘self uneasy In his position (1) he has only to demand the attention o” the guardians of the ecu tery, Wile he can eusily do, and his case will be att.uded ta a once,” A. Poo will notion of a Jons for comfort, and spr nae tleman who does temporaries Vas adopted for o1 veutive Fr veil up aavnaiaeiaiadeaamadane —