A THAITOR'S liYKIG.
EASTEKS   I-VTKLLIGlflXCK.
Washington-, May 2 G.—Dispatches received
rom Admiral Porter fletailieg the operations of
the fleet since Gen. (3-raot Qpmiqjiiysed his movement to the reer of Vicksburg, say: "So Boon as
. the capture of Maine's Bluff was known to mo, I
I directed the gunboats from below to open fire oi
! the bin batteries, wbich fire was kept up for two
: or thrre hours. At miduigbt tliey moved up to
I the town and opened on it for an hour, and contin
i lied at intervals during the night to annoy the gar_
j mon. On the 19tb, I placed G moriars in position
;on the works, with' orders td fire night and day.'
At Hume's Bluff, the most formidable kind of
works covered many acres of ground—the fortifications and rifle-pita proper extendiug about a
I mile und a quarter. The rebels were a year in
constructing tbem, and all, says Porter's dispatch.
wen: rendered useless in nn hour. The gun carriages were burnt, the magazine? were blown up,
aud the* works generally destroyed. The rebels
had ammunition 9ffl*Bgb there to last a long siege.
Ttie Admiral -speaks in warm terms ot Grant's
succes tints far. .lie says that the fall of Vicks-
*; burg is a merjj question of a few hours.
! C.Miio, May 2b\— Midnight.—Tbe steamer which
: left the nioiii.li uf the Yazoo, at noon of the 24st'
says that all the steamers at Milliken's Bend had
been sent up the Taz&o, in order to be prepared
for every possible contingency. The battle still
raged, ami lhe forces in rear of lhe gunboats below
j and the mortar boats above, were all engaged. It
1 was asserted that General Grant had taken the bat.
. terieaon Walnut Hi Ik The "rebel force at Maine's
[I'lulfhml evacuated it, and had fallen back inside
ofthe fortifications at Vic Ies burg before onr forces
j came up, Johnson Had evidently doue the same
thing, but be was governed by Grant;s rapid
movements, who got between him and the fortifi-
jatlo'is ; and Johnson was left out iu the cold. Itis possible that the rebels may hold U3 at bay for
■everal days or even a week.
NbwYokk, May 2G.—The World's special Washington dispatch says that private letters from substantial citizens iu Louisiana mention that Slate
will willingly re-enter the Union as.soou aa the
armed hordes of the Confederacy are driven from
her borders.
Tbe Tribune's special telegram stales that the
Provost Mai ah als have beeu directed to draft forthwith, bui it iv doubtful whether any draft can be
made belore Uie mitHle oi" July. Volunteers may
be called tor in the mean  tiette.
Washington May 18th.—The following telegram
was received to-.l-.iy by General fiailecft :
Memphis,Maj 17th.—The papers ofthe 14th from
Vickeburg and Jackson report that General Grant
defeated Gregg's Brigade at Ravinon'! on Tue.-dav
the lEh. Tiie rebel loss is admit ied iu the papers
to be 700. The next day Gregg MS reiniorced by
Geueral Walker, when Grant, mi Attacked at Mississippi Springs and driven toward Jseksoo,
A telegram of Thursday, from Canton, Miss, r^vb
th* rebels had re-taken Jacksou irom the east probably by a Oivalry movement..
Gen. Ji'e Johnston arrived at Jackson on the 13th
and went out towaids Vicksburg with three brigades. He must have been wtst. bf Jacksou wben
the capture was made by our federal) forces.
Chicago. May 18.—The latest, dates from Geu.
explained in the Spanish as being i Grant's army, through Federal channels, is to the
! llth, and state that at that time Logan and Oster
BT   WAI.TEK   AN'ONYM.
Do you uphold the Nation's cause,
Aud think—as Daniel Webster thought—
The Constitution and the Laws
With Union's liie inwrought?
Does then your soul, iimignant, swell
With scorn for the tool fiend Who said
"Your Magna Charta is from Hell J"'
You are a "Copperhead '."
Do you revere our chartered rights?
And thus prove traitor:—us they say,
These -Ethiopian Zoophytes
-   Who now hold twby ; —
Do you despise the vulture   horde,
Upon the Country's vitals  fed,
Who serve con upturn as tbeir Lord I
You are a "Copperhead I"
Do you ever revert to former days,
The days of glory and renown.
When patriots won tbe statesman's bays ;
And wore the moral crown '!—
When not the place could make the mau,
But aye, tbe man the place instead :
Where honor proudly led the van*
Toa a»e » "CoppetftoewJ !.'■'
Do yon eVr pray tbat strife may cease,
1 hat war may stay his crimson band.
And that the broad, white wings ol peace
May brood the Land ?
It such your prayer, for one, I say
God's blessuig rest upon your fj ad I
Come, share with me the "soubriquet''
Of traitor, '-Copperhead I"
When through these clouds the Union star
Shall struggle Irom Its ead  eclipse,
And the ml'meteor of of the war
'Neath tlie horizon dips,
No higher eulogy be mine,
No epitaph—if haply dead—
Than this short, cabalistic line :
Walter, ihe "Copperhead .'"
* -The Constitution was dralted in Hell
Note.—Assuming this to 1k! Ra   above  r
the least reward which the discoverer of so
eating and historical a fact can lay claim to, is the
privilege of perusing the  original  document
Irom the brimsioue archives.
rserted'
hot
A recent writer gives the following very interesting description of  Mouo Lake:
Mono Lake is more literally a "dead sea'1 than
the sea of Sodom. According to Dr. Clark, that "sea
■warms with fishes, and shells abutind on its shores."
Mono Lake has neither. The extreme length and
breadth oi the Dead Sea are seventy five by sixteen
miles, giving a superficial area of six. hundred square
miles. Whereas. Mono Lake contains six hundred
and seventy-five square miles. The river Jordan
and Anion, and lhe brook Kidron, besides, many
rivulets, empty into the .Dead Sea. Into Mouo
Lake, McLane's river fails from the south, mul three
large brooks or creeks fall iuto it from the w> at,
besides numerous rivulets and springs all around
its borders. But this lake not only responds to tbe
Greek epithet ' mon as ' as being "alone, solitary,
deserted, forsaken," bnt it also answers to the
same adject:
"pretty, nice, neat,'-' The lake takes many shapes as
the points differ from which you view it. From tbe
west side, about ten miles from its northern limit,
it appears, like a beautiful crescent, its horns curving delicately around vou on tbe right and left.—
From the north it appears to be nearly circular'
like the full moon, tbe islands in its waters strikingly representing the clouded spots on tbat planet.
From the east it appears to bave no particular
shape, but it stretches ©ff irregularly among the
mountains. There is little or no echo around this
lake, and indeed it is difficult to understand a person talking at a little distance. A dreamy, spell-*
like spirit seems to pervade the atr.iospliere. The
smooth, glassy surface of the water ; tbe upheaved,
disrupted, volcanic mountains surrounding the lake,
looking down, as it were, into tbis abyss of their
ejection | the illusion of vision, and the whitened
shores, thickly columned in many places with vis-
icularlava which look like monuments erected to the
"mighty dead;'' all conspire to impress the mind
with tbe idea of a fictitious scene, portrayed by the
pencil of an Omnipotent hand.
The Niagara Ship Canal.—At last this great
work ib about to be built—and our hitherto quiet
village transformed into a busy mart, with the
commerce of hundreds of millions of interests passing by our very doors—bringing with it changes
and re volution a not now contemplated. We bave received from Washington, among other documents
a bill reported by the committee ou naval affairs
to the House oi Representatives "to provide for
the construction of a ship canal (Or tbe. parage of
armed vessels around the Falls of Niagara.'; Our
citizens are aware of the long continued efforts of
Mr. Horace II. Day, under great discouragements,
at last completed by his own capita! and made
ready for immediate use, our water power aud canal, from which so much advantage had been expected.
The whole bed of the canal by tbe route proposed, is through a rocky foundation und is indeed a
herculean work. The deepest rock excavation
in all the distance to he opened is already penetrated by Mr. Day's canal ; this is the deep cut near
the railroad repair buildings, and waa originally
surveyed by corps of topographical engineei^un-
der order of the government in 1835. aud besides
being lhe shortest and cheapest route as then surveyed, passed through the village of Manchester—
the greatest manulacturing village conceived by
old Geueral Porter, whose original enterprise and
public spirit had projected and struggled at lhat
early day, to give birth thereby to the true and
only legitimate line of communication, haft Iiy nature for connecting the great lakes, lor navigation
purposes.
The whole length of the canal from the foot of
Grass Island, the proposed bead above the falls, to
the point near Lewiston, where it enters the Niagara river below the rapids, is less than seven
as, and the part to be yet opened about five
miles, making the shortest route possible, being
about one mile shorter than lhe Gill Creek route.
In the bill before us Dr. May proposes to give se
curity to complete the whole work, including a
double row of rocks, in three years. This is a short
time indeed yet if any man in the United Statea
can do it. Horace II.Day is thatman—and we wish
htm and his bill all the success they can have.—
JViagara Falls   Gazette.
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SUMMONS.
TATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Loe Angeles. Baring
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GEO. W. CHAPIN & CO.,
Lower side of Plaza, near Clay _
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT  OFFICE   and
GENERAL AGENCY.
'•'
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, Milling Compan
rip  for Families,  Hotel,
% Mills, Factories, Shopi
The leading organ of the Roman Catholics of
New York, and the official organ of Archbishop
Hughes—the Metropolitan Record—in a long
article on "The New War Policy—Proclamation
cf President Lincoln," saya—"It required only
this measure to render t.he work of restoring the
Uuion something very like an impossibility.1'
M. de Groof, oi Bruges, asserts that after 11
years' study he has invented the mens of flying in
tbe air in any direction, aud only needs money l©
demonstrate it beyond qustion. Tbe machine is
■mall, he says, and will enable a man to move Id
the air "wilh the swiftness of the swallow and the
vigor of the eagle."'
hau8 were marching toward Jackson, driving
Bowen before them, while Grant was marching up
to Black river, and expected to engage Peftibertou
near tbe bridge over that stream. Tiie women and
children, and all valuable movables had been
moved frOm Jackson, and al! the men hud beeu
forced into the rebel army. It is further stated
that Osterhaua had made large captures ot meu,
artillery, ammunition and comniisary stores, a few
miles Irom Raymond. Bowen's (rebel) forces are
estimated at 15,000, and Pemberton's at 50,000
The latter is reported strongly entrenched near the
bridge,and a great battle isiioiuinent. The health
of the army there was better than ever belore.
The rebels, S00 strong, with two or tliree peicesi
artillerv, fired into the steamer Warner, 15 miles
above Greenvilie. on Thursday, killing two and
woundup lour. Tlie ore waa returned aad several
rebels killed.
From au ar#cle in tlie Ghatlanooga Rebel ol the
1.7th, on the aflWa in Mississippi, we nave the fol-
.lowing : Coi. Pet tue, who was taken prisoner by
the Yankees, and afierwanjs escapfed, says the
Yankee strength is between forty and fifty thousand. General Grant occupies a position very
favorable for resisting an attack on bis right, as
forming bis front ip that direction, tils flanks would
meet upon the Big Black and Bayou Pierre, and if
worsted, he can retreat upon Grand Gull ; at the
same time it is a pretty line to cut and if while the
fresh troops now arriving siiould "attack his right
the Vicksburg garrison should throw themselves
between Willow S|>rior:s :uirl Gr*ud Gulf Grant
would be in an awkward place;
Tbe Mobile Register takes a cheerful view ofthe
situation in Mississippi, and says, we believe that
Geueral Grant has alter infinite pains to get at the
vulnerable point of Vicksburg, got himself anc]
nto a trap. If he stays where he now is
much longer, defeat and ruin await him. Grant
disposed of on one side, and Banks on the otber, a
fine opening will be offered to recover the rich re
gion of confederate country heretofore overrun by
the thieving Yankee troop**". We do not despond
of raising the Confederate Rag in New Orleans, before summer is over.
Fiiuit Breakfasts.—In!Italy, France, Spain and
Turkey, and in all civilized lands within the tropics, fruit is eaten for breakfast*. But we Americans, however scorching the temperature may be.
must have our half raw beefsteak before we commence the business of the day. Like Sbylocks-, we
rigidly VK-itit our modicum of flesh, and cannot be
contented without it. A Mussulman's light and
lesoate morning meal of grapes and bread is,
ur eyes, ouly lit for such id lid els, and quite beneath the notice of muscular Christianity as developed iu the laud of the free and the    borne   of tbe
re. And yet when the quick
riot among the superlatives of tl
bread are really a more wholesome aliment than
flesh. Peaches and milk, for example, are the very
thing for breakfast at this season. But no—blood-
red beef—great chunks of it—an inordinate quantity of butter, and coffee strong enough to swim an
egg in- these are what the American stomach demands for his initial repast. A man might utmost
as well have a small stove inside of bim as such a
meal. Tin; morning in August, is the most enjoyable portion of the day ; but how can a man enjo;*-**
his August mornings under ihe stimulus of mort
raw meat than his stomach can diges!, ami mort
strong coffee than hs nerves can bear''.— JVou
York Led&er.
in tlio oiru-.e
The P&njpla
bsnty Daitoa
,   with  the seal of our aaid
t Los .Angeles, tbo 2SlliJaj of
JOHN W. SHOES, Clerk,
By Josm-'ii IIuhku, Jr. Deputy.
hi I'lninlj-   of Los Aiigek-H,
■A  Hi-.rict Court,
tlornia  semi greeting; To
are hei-obv   r«qu3re<i   to
■linst*.  you    by    tiu:    ftMovfe
Court of the First Judicial
lim.    in   mul   for   the   Said
u«u The comptatoi  filtjd
l.eX" of   servii*-****-,")    after
Also, have a  Real Estate Agency, and attend to
business in that line. feb2'i
F O R
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
San Pedro and San Diego.
ON ami alter thc first of April, and until furtficj
.notice, the .''
■ tbe first of
. steaniHtiip
SENATOR,
Will Make two trips por- nmnth on thc Souths
Cooiil; le'nring Broadway Wfini-l,
On the 3d and 18th of each Month
h
EAA
i fail to appeal
plnmt an above Te*j'iii"*M,
fgmeot frg&tnst ymi, apply
■Ar.  :.''■■ :'.-      "tricl Court
i District or ttie State of Cult-
he ((tld County of I-os Angel-
Nov-Mnfecr, A. 1>.  1863.
J0UN W. SHORE, Clerk.
i O'CLOCK*, A. Hi.
■ fnniirtlied  by ift.
S XJ M M O l¥ S .
£g" Bills ol Lading
Purser on lionrd.
For freight or passage apply on board, or at tli&
ollice of S. J, Ileusiey, corner of Front and Jack-
son streets.
doe!) S. J. IIEXSLEY, President.
citltivadoiies se visas:
Modo de Cultivar las Vinas, Haoer
y 3\<Iodo de Tratar los Vinos.
CON NOTAS   sbbre AgricnUnrn y HortT.ilt.ir_.
prrpnrRftfjs   por A. 0. H&RAPZTHY, Co-
misioniulo nombiitdn por )a Li'iiislatiira   para in-
fni-iinir Bofep'e Ih QifjorU y el modo
culhvur Ins   vinas.    Con  mimero-s
Un t'Hiio L'i'fiiide '120 pnsfinuf, st_ puede
eiislo uin^iiiio por SfjfjO.
jYola.    FA libro arriba mencionado
mus <|tic por lo que se ofreoa al publico.
^f~Oidenes paru conr-eyuirlo Fe rtelws d; (HjL.
A. ROW Ally CA
lprcianu*, v  piiblirist-**...
Montgomery, San Francisco
rms   propio il„
a iltislrneiniioK,
: puede remit ir mi)
"vtilo inucho
Lih.---.ro-*. coi
il7 v 419 Colic
nirzol4 to'A.
VIHE   GROWERS.
j Grape Culture, Wines and Wine
Making.
WE
9   running
fruit and
•TATI*: ()!■" <'.U.!i*"Ol;X:A. C-.r,
t ofthe first
, Deputy
.     In  t.h,
ITH KOTES upon Agrirultnrn nnd ITortlcul-
by A. 0. HARASZTHY, CommL
Pioner to report, on i!M, Improvement and Culture d
tbe Vina in California. Xiimeruna IllliatratfoM
One liirire volume of 4*20 pages. Price,
to anv !iddic*-s, $5  50.
K. B.    Tlie above work is   well worth te
its price lo iliiv vine grower in the State.
CST Addict order* tp
A. 110.MAN ft CO
P.ool^eliors. import*-.Band   I*uMi-hIipbi
4IT .imUlflM. ntgonie.vst.e.t     San   FraOK^,
]iuirl4-iii:S
post puid,
times
nv.
■; Chap.*-.;ax   and   lii-ut   Ahma\
tbt
r J. Al.
armament aod contraband g iod?. The Fcliooner
was -first sold, and uUer a spirited bidding was
knocked down to W". R. Wads worth, aH agent for
the U. S. Consul at Mazatjatf, for tliesum ol $7,100
in coin. Tbe same gontleman purchased the
chronometer for $106; The IT. S. Government
secured the two 12-pound bras* howitzers, shells
etc., $1,950 each, in legal tender notes. Ilobbs &,
Gilmore purchased the rifle;* at $3 each; pislols
aud aecoatremenls S20 50 each, and n lot of caps'
for $8 50. The powder brought ITkij per pound
-Herald.
A Live Coppbbeibad.—A regular live American
eagle,—lhe engte of classic fame and lhe national
emblem of liberty,—has found its way to thi*-city
aud has been purchased by one of our prominent
citizens lor presentation to the Milwaukee Democratic Club. Tbe heed of tbe bird is a shining
copper coi&r, and measures S feet from tip to tip.
-—Milwaukee: .\eius.
Wonders Off AnatomT.—In a life of fifty yean
a man makes upward of500,000,000 of respiration:
drawing through his lungs 170 tons weight ofair,
and discharging nearly 20 tons of the deleterious
carbonic acid, and a quantity of 10 cubic feet o'
air per minute ia required to supply him witb the
amount oi oxygen necessary for the performance
of this function, whilst tbe constant change of tbe
atmosphere is evidently imperative to get rid ai
tbe products of respiration aod the effluvia from
tbe body.
A large number of Republican patriots are said
to be arriving in Washington from various parts of
the country for appointment a3 provost-marshalls.
The War Department officials are lairly overrun by
them.
The London Court Journal says: "It may be interest ug to state that the Prince of Woles first met
the princess at the Prince Ivar I e Hotel. I. Id (Jul berg,
the interview being arranged by the Piiucess Royal, who bad heard so much that was good and lo
admire of tiie oharacter and person of tbe Princess
Alexandra, that the Princess Royal deemed the
match likely to be a happy one for her brother^
Tbe copperhead Journals say the Connecticut
election was carried by bribery, corruption, kidnap pint; Democrats, sending soldiers home to vote,
using Gover n ment secret Ber vice money, bridging
in foreign stump speakers, rowdyism, ballot-box
stuffing, and otherwise a shameful interference
wiih tbo popular will.
The I'iciHrU *Rettre from  before Fnebln.
, Jjlaw York. May 24.—The steamer * Roanoke
from Havana, brings news thut the French have
been obliged to raise the siego of Puebla. Tiu
French uccounts sny that the action is on account
of the inipo,-.Ht.il!tv of taking lhe place without reinforcements ami heavier guns, while English and
Mexican eouices repoit the defeat of the French,
and their retreat toward, and probably to, Orizaba.
VeraCfetffi dates of Muy lkh. have been received
by the French steamer. She reports no news had
been received from the army i-inee April 2*7th; that
the seigfj of Puebla had been raised or suspended,
until tho arrival of reinforcements and heavie
It has been found impossible to penetrate the city
H*th the artillery they now have. The barricades
were eighteen feet thick oi earth and stones, and
tho Mexicans have filled fhe parapets of the lirst
line of houses whh earth. The fife si cans again oc^
cupy   Fort San Javier, which they are repairing.
The British frigate Imniolatite (?) brought news
that the French Had been dettjajed and were retiring to Orizaba It Ih understood they go into
qnauers at Orizaba to await, rei-oforeenients and
heavier guns from France. Operations cannot be
resumed before October.
"Report says a convoy of one million dollars from
Vera Cruz had been captured by the Mexican
guerrillas.
The property of Nicholas Longworth,   the   pioneer wine-mnker of America, is valued   at   $15,
000,000.    And this   splendid   property   was   not
made by adulterating  liquors  and  poisoning   and
maddening   his   fellow- men,   but   by   pure   and
wholesome wine from his own vineyards.
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Saya G-:o. Preiulee : 'The muiteriDji of twojei;
hundred thousand negroes aud their operations in* rE
the field would be bad enougli, but what in thei*-*
name of all conceivable horrors would their disban- [ _'.<-.
dirirrlie? Or is it contemplated that they shall
not be disbanded at all, but remain as a standing
ni-my—one of the permanent institutions of the
counlry V:
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C'hamlier.-: Ea&tnburgh •'<
HortiuuUui-i>it M:i({a./iiiu-
A young womah weariflg eoldier% ft-p(firel,   and
belonging to the 16th Iowa regimeut, shot hersell
In Cairo, because her sex was discovered. She was
a eorvaut ol Coptain Crane, Company li.
tope,
"Why, I thought you were ill,*'said one friend
to another mooting him in a lager beer saloon
"Wall don't yon see I aia ale-lng I" was the reply
with a hitter smile I
IUiifax. May 25.—The .jh/u with dates from
Liverpool to the ICib, and fromQtieeastown tothe
17th, has arriverl.
Jamaica letters received from England by the
West India Mail reported that on the Tih of Api
a eea ii^'ht took place at Pedro Blarff between
large eea steamer strikingly lik-'i tho pirate Afar
bama arid three other vessels. Heavy firing was
heard at 0 x. «., and the vessels wnre diatinotly to
beseen from the .shore poiiMng brondsideB into
each other. Tlie firing lasted until 2 p, m. No
particulars are known.
The London Mem-i} and SVavy Gazette says that
the Federal eO'nits recently QMH_e in Loudon to
r-iuse a I'y.m h'-r.vo i.LOt* h-.iv.v, -.uccerrrsfal.
A Bali. Room of Snow.—A ball was given last
night by the non-commissioned officers of the Royal
Artillery in I.be ''Snow Palace." It is constructed
in the gothic style of arch i tec cure, and is perfectly
unique ; the ceilipg is supported by largo pillars
of ice, which run parallel with each other. Adjoining the ball-room are four smaller rooms, three
used ac dret-sing-rooms and one as a refreshment-
room, ab biiin ofthe natural production—-ice. The
1 with all the success that could be
g was kept up until twelve o'clock
ted manner. Several officers of
ve in litin were present, and all.ar-
a conclusion, that the ball exit sanguine expectations.—Qw&ee
desired.    DafiCli
in the most spin
line and ac'i
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Demontlc Slatt: Central Committee.
SACfUMKNi'o City, May 5th 18(13.
Pursuant to a call, the Democratic State Central
Committee met in tliis city, at the office of the
late Humphrey Griffith at 1*2 M. Very full attendance.
In consequence of tbe death of Honorable Humphrey Griibu:, late Chairman, and of Hon, Wm J.
Hooten, Secretary, the Committee wan caled to
order hy T. H. Williams, when Charlea R. Street,
Of Guides, wan elected Chairman,and E. T. Wilkins,
of Yuba county, was elected Secretary.
On motion, a Committee consisting of Thomas
II. Williams. J. F. Thompson <and H. T. Wilkins
were appointed hy thn Chair, to express tho -senHe
of tim Comraitee upon the lo?s of their late Chairman, and Secretary. On motion, the Chairman
was added to the above named Committee. The
following resolution*, reported by the Committee
were unanimously adopted:
Whkkkas, Since our last meeting the hand of
Providence has removed Irom us two of the offl-
cer« of the committee, we will avail ourselves of
ibiB as a fitting opportunity for expressing the
profound regret entertained by us, and by the de-
mocrcy throughout the Stute, at the loi>s of these
dist.ingui.shed members ofour p
Resolved,
th late Obai
Re
ehe ri
id u
ompbrey Grif-
we have lo»t an
■iloqueut cbam-
rcle of I
r   demor
'ids,
id who,
ititled
ali !
with all citizens we
nts of regard for the
n, onr late Secretary
ne: osity. and his mimed himself to a wide
hiw labors in the cause
ii self   to   the  ppecial
■otved, That w
ed our moat fl
id to the relativee of tbe
sympathy in   their be-
eeteei
Re:
decea:
reavi
On motion, tbe following resolutions wero unanimously adopted:
Reso'lved, First—That a Democratic State Convention for the purpose of makiug nominations for
state officers and membert of Congress, and for the
transaction of Buch other business as may he deemed proper, be, and the fame is herehy called to
meet in the city of Sacramento on Tuesday, the
14th day of July. A. I>. 1868. at 12 m.
Second—It is recommended lhat al! persons
shall be entitled to vote at the primary electiou
who are opposed to. the principles uf lhe republican
pfirty. aud lo the war policy of the present administration.
Third—That the representation in said convention hereby called be thesaxe as tbe representation in the State Convention of 1862, ae follows :
Alameda    5[Sncrnmento    12
ad or,
Butte	
Calaveras
Colusa	
Contra Costa..
Del Norte....
Fl dorado	
Fresno	
Humboldt	
Kbuni.th	
L/\ke	
Lo* Angeles..
M.uia	
Mariposa	
Merced	
Mendocino....
Nevada	
Ptocer	
Plumas	
It is enrne*
Clutch-at o
All democt
to publish tli
On icotioii
...12
Bernardino.
■aftDtegfo	
San  Fraucisco...
San Joaquin	
Sao Luis Obispo..
3au Mateo	
Santa Barbara...
Santa Clara	
Santa Cruz	
flans	
...   2
...17
... 3
... 2
.. .   2
    7
E. T. Wilkixs   Secretary.
Siskiyou...
Solano	
I Sonoma...
r Sutter	
i Tuolumne .
! Tehama...
r Trinity ....
.nd Buena Vista S
..lOJYolo    8
..   6 Yuba 15
lommended    tlat   Democratic
mod  throughout the State.
iperfl in the State are requested
proceedings.
unmittee adjurned.
i;s R. Street, Chairman.
Bttsinxss
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TIIE.FOLW OP CIVIL WAR.
TVe republish with pleasure the following able
and eloquent extract from the great speech o!
Uicbard O'fiorman, of New York, delivered by invitation before the Central Democratic Club, of
Philadelphia. It ia in striking contrast with the
abuf-ive tiradeB of the demagogues who are clamoring lor war and hounding the American poople on
to tbeir own destruction :
There in do glory in civil war. There are no
laurels to be gathered there. It ia a national disgrace, and only admiBHable when nome overruling
necessity renders it inevitable. The cause of quarts! in thia instance is of old standing, aud was
really arid in fact in tbe beginning only between
certain of tbe southern and eertain of the eastern
states. The southern states complained that their
eastern brethern were bad neighbors, meddling,
troublesome, inquisitive and interfering iu the con"
duct of domestic cor.cerns, over which they could
havo no conceivable right or control, and they
gave repeated warnings that unless that meddling
was discontinued they should part oompany. The
eastern states, on the other hand, averred that
their southern neighbors were, in fact in a
vicious, God-forsaken condition ; that they manned tlieir domestic affairs ina highly disreputable manner; that they (the easterns) would meddle just as much and when ever they pleased, and
that whather tbeir southern neighbors liked it or
not they should mend tbeir waysaa instructed, and
stay in the Uuion to tbe end of time,
Can you unite a people by war ? By war you
can overpswer, subjugate, devastate, annihilate ;
but can you unite ? "War for union sounds to me
like nonsense. The experiment bas been often
tried belore now, but I know of no case in whieh it
has^completely succeeded. Holland tried It in
1830, when Belgium revolted, and Holland failed.
Russia ia in a state of chronic war tor union with
Poland. It triea the bnyonet, tbe gallows, the
knout, and can't succeed. Austria plays the same
game with Venice and Hungary, with what success
we all know. Eren England and Ireland, for six
hundred years, have been vigorously prosecuting a
war for union, and I verily believe tbat tbey are as
far from any real, cordial, reliable union now aa
tliey wore on the day when they commenced-
[Loud cheers,] History is against the experiment
—reason revolts at it. By war. you repel, not attract or unite. Every battle fought, every town
destroyed, every field laid waste, ia a drop more
in the chalice of bitter memories which mike aver
sion instinctive and eternal. If tbis be bo—if by
war we cannot restore the Union, but rather reader
it impossible—on what grounds can this war be
defended ?    [Continued applause.]
But I may be told by suece'uslul war we may be
able to conquer the southern people and confiscate
and pofsess the southern land. We can then set
the neproes to work for us, aud grow cotton and
rice, and sugar for ourselves. That idea is intelligible enough. That, however is not restoring
the Union. To unite the laud, and not the people
is what simple men are in the habit of calling subjugation, and subjugation of a mest cruel, barbarous, and inhuman kind. But even at the beat,
such subjugation never is complete. Destroy Gbar"
leston ; destroy Vicksburg ; open the Mississippi'
brsak the back of the southern power ; trample i*
under foot ; you will still bave to keep it under
foot ; and for tbis purpose, an army of occupation
and a fleet will be a permanent necessity ; and a
permanent army, and a permanent navy, such as
would be needed for such service, would be, ns
"Washington warns you in his Farewell Address, a
permanent danger tothe Republic. [Great applause.] You see what inroads on republican liberty liave been made thus far. But these find men
to excuse them on the ground of temporary necessity—tlfc passing exigency of the war. But think o'
a future, when this necessity shall be oontinued,
the war power permanent!
But some of my friends in the war for the Union
party—and let me say that I have friends in that
partv whom I esteem and love, for I know them to
be as sincere in their views as I am in mine—tbey
Sav to me : ''If yon think no good result will como
of tbe war, what would you do T You would not
surely negotiate with traitors with arms in tbeir
hands?" I would, assuredly, if by that negotiation
I couldjget them to lay down their arms and agree
on Btfm-e reasonable terms oa which they and we
Could live for the future in peace. I am eure that
there are numbers of moderate and honest mon
still in tbe southern states who are sick nnd tired
of tbia war. Tbe southern statet bave fought a
wonderful fight. Against numbers, wealth, man-
ufactuting skill, against the heaviest odds, they
have contended witb a courage and fortitude
scarce equaled in the history of human endurance,
but they must know that they are outnumbered,
overweighted, tired out, and in apite of all their
brave words it canuot be but tbat they would gladly accept any reasonable terms by which their lives
their rights, and their honor be guaranteed them.
[Loud cheers.]
If ever this Union ia restored it will surely be
by some compromise. [Renewed cheers.] This
war must end some time. Peace is tbe only legitimate end and purpose of war. Peace on some
terms must come at last. Wbat better day could
there be to speak of peace than tbis day, sacred to
the memory of Washington! Wbat fitter place
than the city of Philadelphia? Nay, there are
some reasons, to», why a man from the island in
wbich I was born in not tha less fitted on that account to utter the word. I will toll yon why. In
the year 1775, when tba struggle between Great
Britain and her revolted colonies was just commencing, wben from end to end of England ran
one cry of indignation at tbe audacity of the treason, one voice even in the British Senate, waB raised in their behalf. ThBt voice was an Irishman's
—Edmund Burke. Others were hot for war, subjugation, and devastation. He counseled conciliation, redress of grievances, concession, forgivenesst
pence. His voice was then unheeded. Great
Britain iu ber arrogance would listen to no concession, and drew the sword. The colonies resiated.
Perpetually defeated, broken up  by  the British
arms—at one time their whole army did not number eighty men—their final eubjligation was pro
uiiaed from month to month, and seemed only i
question of time. Yet they were not subdued, k
hundred opportunities for conciliation were wasted. They became free states, and were lost to Bri.
tain forever.
And could Edmund Baric, under the eye of ft
haughty and insulted monarch, stemming the
fierco current of popular prejudice, with the frowi
of angry England npon bim—could be dare to ex
cuse the revolt of the American people, and pray
that to the spirit of liberty, by which "thoy wer
moved, something might bo pardoned, and I in tlii
republic, tbat but yesterday was free, in the city
where Washington presided—witbin sight of the
room where the Declaration of American Independence was Bigned—is it unbecoming in me to
entreat the American people to think of their own
origin from successful revolt—to take warning by
the errors of their former rtilera, to remember that
it was the passion and obstinacy of Great Britain
tbat fixed and hardened the wavering policy of
their forefathers into a unity of resistance that no
power on earth could break, and to beware lest by
following the same fatal path, they, too.crente and
confirm among the people of the southern stales
tbe power of cohesion, which, I am persuadi-tl_
even still they lack, and eo render their return
the aucient confederacy on any terms undesirable
or impossible?    [Applause.]
I am the more emboldened to Fpeak thusbecanse
I know tbat my wordrf can claim no force from th.
position or authority of the speaker, can carry with
ihem only such weight as tbeir own inherent justice
can command. For I do not speak for any party
or any man, but only for myself. I am no pollti
clan. I aspire to lead no taction. I would not
consent to be its slave. But grateful to this republic that has given me a welcome and a home-—
joving it for the sake of my children, whose birthplace it is—hoping for the restoration of its integ
rity withjan anxiety, wbich is perhaps intensified bj
the conviction of thejsuperior blessings of its institutions as compared with those of olher lands—
bound to it by every strong tie tbat loyalty can
weave between the citizens and tb" atnte, I shudder at lbe idea that in ibe tanalioism of some, the
apathy of others, in obstinacy, dishonesty, Svlfisb-
ne-fl aod folly, the golden hours of opportunity are
ilying by, and soon tbe inexorable logic of eveuts
will pronounce the fatal words "too late."
In one word, I am for reconciliafion and peace
Peace, pure and simple. Peace to be obtained by
euch means as may best befit the honor of a nation
too great to be vindictive, too powerful to bat
dued, too generous to care to crush and trample
on a foe. [Tbe applause here was of the most en.
itiusiastic description, and it waa several minutes
before the speaker could prooeed.] But.men
''we must punish the south." Merciful heavens !
have tliey not been punished? Their cities pillaged
and ruined, their fields wasted, lbeir best blood
poured out liko water, shut in from commeree with
lbe world, their wealthiest reduced to poverty, their
proudest humbled—wbat have tliey to depend on
in tbeir contest again-it our power but the grim
giant energy of despair. Against arms, that may
still be proof. Beware of it; it baa effected wood
era before now. Against kindness it cannot avail-
it will thaw and melt like the snow of to-day before tbe sun of spring.
[From theN. Y. Herald.]
The Enrolment of tfcgro SoUI^rs—tJttex FutU
Ity of t!iel<len.
We perceive by tbe letters ofour correspondents
in Louisiana, Ibat Adjutant General Thomas h
recently arrived out West, ostensibly to look after
the welfare ol the army, but really to undertake
the serious business of organizing negro regiments
and brigades for Ihe Federal service. As an initiatory step in tbis direction, we are told that four
regiments are already in formation at Lake Providence, and that in olher places officers were recruiting "wilh some degree of success.'' We think
it high time that the government should look inlo tbia absurd and dangerous matter. It is nothing
but un absolute waste ot time aud roo;iey lo attempt anything so Quixotic as the formation of a
negro military force. Iu tbe first place, tbere is no
necessity whatever for such auxiliaries; aud iu tbe
next, the idea can never be carried out to any
practical result. So far as the experiment bas
been tried it has not only ended in lameulable
failure, but it has brought about some o! tbe most
deplorable disasters et ihe war. For t«vo years
past our disorganizing and blood thirsty abolition
ists bave been incessantly prating about the invincibility of black soldiers, nnd yet every attempt
to solve the Question by the organization of a single uselul regiment bas ended in complete failure.
Hour generals in North Carolina, Florida,
South Carolina, Louisiana and other places, had
always conBued themselves to the care and discipline of the regular while army, and bad left the
foolish illusion of negro regiments alone, we should
certainly have bad fewer reverses and more victories to record. The lailnre of tbe late attack upon
Charleston is principally to be attributed to t'ie
extraordinary notions ofour generals ou the negro queslion. Instead of looking boldly at lho
difficulties attendant on military operations again.-1
that almost impregnable rebel city, Gen. Hunter
spent nearly alibis time drumming np negro recruits for regiments whieh never had nnd never
will bavo anj positive existence. Everywhere
elae where the same scheire lies been put in operation, it bas miserably failed.
With an army of trained white soldiers In lhe
field more than sufficient to overrun the whole
South, we go on from day to day, procrastinating
and disputing about the organization of a handful
of poor negroes, wbo, instead of being uselul would
be a positive obstacle to tbe progress of our arms.
If we bad not soldiers enough to figbt onr battles,
tbere would be some excuse for this fanatical delusion; but with a magnificent army In tbe field—
auch an army as the world lias never before seen—
and witb miUiona yet ready and willing to fill the
places of tbose who may fall in battle, it is worse
than ridiculous to talk of arming ignorant negro
slaves, who have neither inclination nor intelligence for so important a Wtffk.
The duty whicli rests upon onr government and
army, i* to defeat the rebel forces in the field, ai
tbe surest, and, in fact, the only means of crushing
the rebellion. It la not tbeir interest nor tbeir duty to interfere with tbe established Jaws of labor
of the States in which tbey happen to come.—
Witb tbis we have nothing to do. The President's
proclamation of general emancipation has had no
effect upon these immutable lawn, and it ib idle to
suppose tbat the enrolment of a few negro regiments could effect Bach a sweeping change. Different kinds of labor are suitable to different
clime;' and countries, and it is shuer folly to attempt to subvert the lessons of long and salutary
experience. We may as well attempt to overturn
the laws of marriage, of civil rights, of property,
of gravitation itself, as te strike at tbe foundation
of tbe laws that regulate labor. Tbe slaves ot tha
South for a bundred years have been in the condition of dependents on the superior intelligence of
the wbite race; they bave been cared for and kindly guarded in sickness and in health; and, though
there have been some instances in which brutal
owners bare brought odium on the patriarchal relations of master aud servant, in the majority of
cases the negro bas been largely benefitted. Any
interference on our part with tbia long established
system of Southern labor can only bring more disaster to ourselves, and more misery and wretchedness to tbe unfortunate slaves than they have
ever dreamt of in tbeir masters'service.
Let tbe Government, therefore set its face firmly
against the further organization of negro regiments, and let our generals and other officers tarn
tbeir attemion to tbe solemn duties now resting
upon them—to defeat tbe rebels and seatter their
armies. We know that with tbe gradual advance
of tbe federal array, large numbers of negroes wil'
be thrown upon tbeir hands; but these people can
be servlceabiy employed in a variety of ways—on
the trenches, in erecting fortifications, in ploughing up the fields for cultivalion, and in ministering to the many other wanta of the advancing
army. Let their services be employed in any way;
but to enrol them as soldiers, is to demoralize the
regular army and to increase the difficulties we
would avoid.
Wheu the rebellion is over; when the rebel
armies are destroyed, if it must be bo; wben peaco
returns to the land, and tbe calm sober second
thought of tbo people shall take the place of the
dreadful passions now agitating North and South,
then tbe States themselves can coolly take up tha
question of labor, and discuss and decide it; for
ihere is no power out of tbe independent States
io pass upon it.
■t-Vlint a   licndlng   R^jmblicnn    I'aper   In   "Sew
Yovle thinks of tlie Prospccis of the War.
The New York Times, edited by Henry J. Raymond, one ofthe most vigorous, intelligent, and
able war papers of the country, intensely Republican, gives its views of the prospects of the war.
It saye:
"More Delusive Prophecies.—We perceive,
witb great regret and apprehensions, tbat various
writers and oratori havfc once more begun to
prophesy that the war will be over by a certain
day of a certain month. Only a week ago wa
learned from one oi these seers that the next 4th
of July was to dawn on a prosperous, peaceful aod
united Republic. We have no doubt tbat for the
next quarter we shall have these predictions on
every side, and have editors debating furiously
whether it shall be on the llth or 13th day of tbe
month that Jefferson Davis will try to make his
escape into Cuba, and the Confederate Congress
take refuge in tbe Dismal Swamp. 'Reliable gentlemen' and 'intei li gent contrabands' wit] swarm in
every town, with full, true aud particularaccounts
of conversations overheard by tbem between rebel
functionaries and tbeir wives, wondering whether
tbey will be hanged or only imprisoned, if they
surrender. The 'backbone of the rebellion,' flexible as it has shown itself to be, will be declared
'broken' every time we capture an earihwork or
occupy a village, and we shall havo long discussions about the best manner of punishing the Southern leaders. Bellicose politicians will be found
belaboriug eacb otber as to whether they will execute or only banish men who, at tbat very moment,
will probably be surrounded by 200,000 soldiers—
desperate, well organized aud well led.
We had hoped that there was an end to this
sort of ihing, aud we protest earnestly against ita
recommencement. The influence of this prophesying on the public mind is evil, and only evil. * *
* * Ii is just as absurd to attempt to fix tbe dato
of the extinction ot the Confederacy as tbe date of
Jefferson Davis' death. We uone of us know one
whit more about one than the other. What we do
know is, that tbe rebels will resist as long as they
ean : but bow long tba* will be, will depend upou
tbe result of balf a dozen battlts not yet fought,
and of one or tw« Beiges not yet begun. We earnestly advise every body who wishes to retain
some little repat'tiioB for judgment, %9 leave the
task of predicting the result of all these operations
to female necromancers of Greenwich street and
the Bowery.
We would warn the public, too, that tbe capture
of both Vicksburg and Charleston, and Richmond
to boot, would not be at all likely to closethe contest. It would, no doubt, hasten the ond very
materially, but it would not bring it. A war in
which the eombatanl» are earnest, brave and determined, is never ended by a capture of places,
but by tlii der-ririioiion oi fcrmias. Iu ao far as the
capture ofthe two plrotigkotda we are now besieging will tend to disperse or destroy the Confederate armies, they help lo bring about the final collapse, but no further. Ii lbeir falling ioto our
bands does not midi-r it. more difficult for the
lorce ol Lee and Johnston to keep the field, we
aie nearly as well without tlnm.
It Ib our opinion that tbetr  tall  will materially
crease tbe difficulties attending tbe Confederals operations in the interior; but it will not render those operations impossible, and consequently
will not bring tbe war to nn immediate end. Before that comes, we shall bave eitber to inflict on
the main body of their forces two or three euch
erushing aitd'decisive defeats as wilt make it   Im-
Baible to rally or reorganize them; or else to
figbt doable that number of snefi bnt ties as wo
have hitherto fought, inflicting as well as suffer-
aDoarmous losses; which we era repair, and
they can not/'