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p. OFFICE—In Mathews' Brick Build-
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* gomery and Bird Strt
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OROVIL.L.K.
JAMES O’BRIEN, M. D.,
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and all others common to this country. Has liad
large eiperien e in hospital and family practice,
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Myers st.. Oroyille.
DR. D.W. C. WILLOUGHBY
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Oct. 11th. IS6I.
ATTENTION: SIR KXIGHTS!
The Oroville Commanders* ol Knights Templar
3?0.5. will assemble at Masonic Hall, on the second
ami fourth Wednesday of eaeh month. Sir Knights
frora abroad are invited to attend whenever con
venient. THO’S CAt.LOW.Com.
Arthur McDermott. Recorder.
OROVILI.K I.OIKiK No. 103, F. A. M.
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THK ST ATED COM M V NIC AT lON sOF
Oroville Lodge, No. 103. of F. A. M., are
held on the last Saturday of each month.
tud called meetings every Saturday, at the Masonic
Hall, over A. McDermott s Drug Store.
GKO, W, ELLIOT, W. M.
Pam. C. Dvssos, Sec'j.
UNITED STATES
LIVERY STABLE.
E/ill'.lKfl SOirDKM. Proprietor.
The proprietor would kesppctfi l
ly intnmi the public that he has rMintly made
1 extensive additions of tine stock and TehK.es to the
tutted states livery Establishment. which .an be
had ai all times it reasesaWe rates.
Horses kept on Livery at moderate rates, and the
best Hay and Barley supplied.
FOR SALE.
Tai above Stable, with Horses. Cam sues ind
anrrartensnees. w-iU besold wry cheap, tor Cash
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Corner Montgomery md Lincoln ftf.,
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JI.OWBT, HAVING PURCHASED
o an interest in this well known and popular
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of Ororille and the traveling public, that no means
will be left untried to enable them to deserve a
share of their patronage.
THE TABLE
li tnpp’.ied with every luxury of the season, and
every thing will t* done to insure the comfort of
the guests at this house.
THE BAR
Will always be supplied with choice liquors and
cigars.
Single Meals 50 Cents.
5O to 75 Cents.
•%. The Office* of the California Stage Company
is at the International.
adr Stages leave this hotel every day hr all
parts of the country.
RALPH BIRD.
JAMES LOWRY.
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Cor. Montgomery & Tlnntoon Sts.,
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- Mierebv informs the Public that
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night, composed of all the substantial* and delica
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BALLS, PARTIES,
Aud Assemblies of every nature,
will be supplied with Dinners,*6uppera and Colla
tions, in the best style and on the most liberal
terms.
Connected with the Restaurant is a BAR. where
can always be found the best and every description
of Liquors.
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ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL,
O r ovlllo.
'■THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT-
I fully inform his friends and the public gene
rally that he has rented the
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(formerly kept by Frank Johnson,) In Orovillc,
and he would be pleased to see his friend-,, when
ever they will give him a cali.
ROBERT O'NEIL, Proprietor.
Orovillc. June 10th, ISG3.
LONGVILLE HOTEL
Humbug Valley.
■ILI.I'X J. WOOD, Proprietor.
THE PROPRIETOR REGS LEAVE TO
trjflj • 'all the attention of the traveling public to
this well known Hotel situated in Humbug
Valley, on the road to Honev Lake.
As a summer resort, the Valley is one of the most
delightful in the State. mj3l-6m
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
Main Street,
UNION VILLB
Humboldt Co., X. T.
Jsn.I.ISS3.
EDWARDS 4 EVANS.
Proprietor
BROOKLYN HOTEL,
San Franrisen. Cal.
JOHX KKLLV,Jb Proprietor.
THIS OLD ESTABLISHMENT HAS^j
amoved to the elegant and
brick building at the southeast corner *f PINK and
SAN SOM E streets, where the proprietor will be
enabled to accommodate his former patrons and
the public in good style, with his increased facili
ties. The Brooklyn Hotel Omnibus will convey
passengers from the steamboats FKEEof CHAR* IK.
Rooms wi’l l>e let by the night, week or month.with
or without board: al*o. elegant suites of rooms to
families or others, at reduced rates. The table will
always be supplied with an abundance of the choi
cest and best tuemarket can afford, and no expense
will bo spared to set a table that will defy the crili
cisra of the most fastidious epicure.
feb2<-3m JOHN KELLY. Jr.
BRANNON HOUSE!
Sntnn vllle. Honey Lake Valley,
PLUMAS COUNTY .
J. I. STEWARD,
PROPRIETOR.
Having taken, and thoroughly
refitted and refurnished the Brannon House,
would assure the travelling public that no pains
will be spared for the accommodation of guests,
and hopes to receive a share or patronage.
The Table will be supplied with the substantial*
and luxuries oi the scaaon. and ihe Bar with choice
liquor* and ngarw
1 STEWARD.
OEOVILLE, SATURDAY MOEXIXG, DECEMBER 5, 1863.
The Buffalo Courier, of October 27,
contains the speech of Gov. Seymour, at
a democratic meeting in Buffalo on the
26th. It says;
Beside the vast union demonstration
of last evening, all the previous meet
ings of this campaign, democratic or ab
olition are completely, dwarfed. Not
only in numbers but in enthusiasm, it
was beyond comparison the great meet
ing of this autumn.
The meeting was called to order by
H. S. Cutting, Esq., who nominated
Hon. John Ganson for President.
Mr. Ganson said it had been expect
ed that Gov. Bramlette, of Kentucky,
would address the meeting, and read
hi* despatch as follow* :
FRAKiroRT. Ky.. Oci. 34. 1563.
Dttn Richmond, Esq., Chairman Democratic Con
tra! Committee:
We bare a formidable raid epon ns—our banks
robbed, towns sacked, and within forty miles of the
capital. No m.ia can think of quitting his post
while this continues.
T.E. BRAMLETTE.
Gov. Bramletto is at homo fighting
the rebels, and cannot be here to aid in
the fight against the rebels in N. York.
I have the pleasure of introducing to
you his Excellency, Governor Seymour
of N. Y., who will address you in behalf
of the Union, the constitution, and the
euforccment of the laws.
gov. Seymour's speech.
I sincerely regret that Gov. Bramlet'.e
is not here to night to speak to you. I
w ished you to learn from the lips of a
patriot of Kentucky that the language
of those who love, and mean to uphold,
the constitution, and intend to preserve
the Union, is alike uttered by men from
the north or the south, from the east
and tho west. You would hare* found
that that distinguished man, who lives
in a community particularly affected bv
thc war in which we aro ' engaged, and
who has stood up with others abreast of
the tide of secession, was in full accord
and sympathy with us who meet here
to-night to utter words which we hope
may be calculated to preserve that Un
ion of our land which wo have so much
at heart. [Cheers.] In his absence I
shall address vou britflv in regard to
m J O
the great questions of the day.
Our land is afflicted with a civil war
of proportions unexampled in the history
of the world. The flame of a great
conflagration is lapping up the blood of
our citizens ; is destroying the property
of our people; is carrying mourning
and death into our homes, and threat
ening the very fabric of our Union. Un
der circumstances like these, my friends
when we assemble together, we ought to
come up with an honest purpose to take
that course at the coming election which
shall be calculated to advance our coun
try’s good—to make our nation once
again what it was a few years since—
the envy and admiration of the whole
world. [Applause.] Unfortunately at
times like these, when so much is at
stake, and when there is every reason
why men should be calm, dispassionate,
thoughtful, and patriotic, we all of us
too prone to give way to passion and
prejudice. You hear from some quar
ters only the language of denunciation,
of abuse; appeals to passion, where
there should be arguments addressed to
our consciences and our convictions of
duty. Let us meet the questions we
are here to discuss to-night with an
anxious purpose to discover where the
right is, and, having succeeded in that,
manfully, patriotically, to sustain and
maintain it.
Now, in the discussions which arc
going on in this country, there are cer
tain point* upon which all men are
agreed. Let us at the outset ascertain
what they are, so that we may more
clearly understand the nature of the
disagreements which exist between us.
All men agree in this —that if this war
is prolonged for a certain period of time
with a contiually increasing debt, that
there must come a time when it will
reach an amount that will overwhelm
us with national bankruptcy. Men
may not agree as to what that sum may
be—one may say two thousand millions
and perchance a more sanguine man
still may fixthe amount at four thousand
millions, but there is no man who does
not agree that there is an amount of
public indebtedness which, if fastened
upon us, must bring upon us the calam
ity and disgrace of national bankrupt
cy. There is no other point of agree,
ment. There is no man who does not
admit that if this war countinues ou for
a certain period it must overwhelm us
with national ruin. Then here are two
points on which, although we may differ
as to amount or lime, we essentially
agree—two events that all admit must
bring upon us individual and national
Spoeca of Governor Seymour.
ruin. ATI agree that we must bring
this war to a successful issue before we
have been overwhelmed by these nation
al evils. We agree, too, that the exi
gency is so great and the peril so immi
nent that we are bound to pat forth ev
ery exertion to save our country from
these calamities which lie in our path
way, as soon as may be. W e say to
our opponents, we are ready with you
to put forth every effort of physical
power—we consecrate ourselves and all
that we have for the salvation and per
petuation of our country. In all solem
nity I say it, with a heart full of love
for my country ; with a desire to sacri
fice anything and everything for its
preservation and its happiness—vith all
solemnity I say it, that here again, as
we hare before done, do wo dedicate
ourselves to this most holy and patriotic
work of saving this fair land of ours
from ruin and disintegration. Now in
this we are agreed. Where then, com
mences the point of divergence ? Where
do our footways branch off from each
other ?
We go further than they, and agree
to add one further influence against re
bellion—that of conciliation. [Great
cheers.j We desire to put the North
upon a platform upon which all can
stand, so that we shall present one un
broken front. We will not only bring
all the powers of force against the re
bellion, but we will more than that—we
will carry disunion into their ranks by
extending to them in this hour when
victory has crowned us, and when it is
great and magnanimous so to do, every
inducement that honest and honorable
men can offer to them to return to the
Union. [Cheers.] In this we differ
from our political opponents—we do not
refuse to exert one single energy less
than they ; we propose to bring to boar
those influences which the history of the
world, your own good judgment, every
thing, teaches you is essential to
bring to a successful termination any
contest, whether between individuals or
nations. We feel that upon this point
therefore, we hold a higher ground than
is held by those who stigmatise us as
being untrue to our country. Why do
they stigmatize us thus ? They would
hardly make that imputation against
the hundreds and thousands who have
gone forth from the democratic ranks
to battle for the flag of our Union.—
[Great cheering.] Why then ? Is it
because we are willing not only to sus
tain our soldiers in the field, to sacrifice
property and life, but that we say that,
more than this, we will sacrifice upon
upon the altar of our country our pride
and pa’sions, when pride and passion
stand in the way of our success!
But this not the only point of differ
ence. Who will not concede that, un
less there is more energy, more skill,
more judgment exhibited than lias here
tofore marked the progress of this war,
we are coming to certain destruction ?
A man may float along the beautiful
river that runs by your city, in safety,
for a time ; but, if he continues day af
ter day, to float idly along, and allows
the time to pass by when he can reach
the margin in safety, be will find him
self at last in sight of that mighty cat
aract whose name is famous throughout
the world, and will find himself within
the swift vortex of its w aters which
will whelm him into utter destruction.
So with our nation, unless we put forth
every exertion, not only of martial pow
er bat of wise statesmanship, of Chris
tian consideration, of patriotic sacrifice
of passion and prejudice, wo, too, shall
find, alas ! too late, that the period is
past when we can rescue ourselves from
the dangers in our course. [Cheers.]
That party is the most tme to the
country which proposes to wage this
war for purposes which are attainable—
which are within reach. On the other
hand, that party does the most to en
danger our future and bring us to des
truction which opposes new and greater
obstacles to the successful termination
of the war.
Now I ask you to listen for a moment
while I state to you the altitude of the
two great parties upon this subject.—
We say cn our part, that we wage this
war for purpose of restoring the Union,
for the purpose of upholding our consti
tution, and of maintaining and defend
ing those personal, home, hearth-stone
rights of the citizen which are guaran
teed in that constitution. These cer
tainly are objects worthy the approval
of all good men. They are more easi
ly reached than the objects sought for
by our opponents in this war. It is
easier to bring back the southern States
when we say that if they come back to
the performance of their duties. they
shall also enjoy their rights as States,
than it is if we say that they mast,
when they return, bow abjectly to the
dictation of passionate and infuriated
men. iCheers.] Let me call your at
tention to the history of this war.—
When it began, by the unanimous vote
of Congress, representing all parties, it
was solemnly declared that the object
of this contest was to put down resist
ance to the laws, to maintain the do
minion of the constitution over the whole
country, and to restore the Union of
our fathers. A. that time there was no
division of sentiment in the North. All
were united in carrying on the contest.
All gave their contributions of men and
money, and for a time the voice of partv
seemed to bo hushed. But a little
while after that we were tUd the war
was to be continued for a different pur
pose—that there was cause for this dif
ficulty—that slavery was the cause and
slavery was to be removed. We pro
tested against this issue. Time has
moved on, and now we have another is
sue. Not content to have the war end
with the restoration of the honor and
die supremacy of the constitution, or
even with die destruction of slavery,
you have recently heard the declaration
from the Vice President of the United
States and by Senators from eastern
States, who not only prognosticate, but
make the policy of this Administration,
that tins war is to go on until the gen
eral government lias added to it new
power over and new relations to the
vast regions of the South, which, they
say, once were States. You have heard
the boast by one Senator that, not only
should the war on. but that it had gone
on until the great and imperial State of
New York was dragged at die heels of
a conqueror. I Laughter and applause.]
Can wo hope for a successful termina
tion of tiiis war within a period of time
that will save us from national bank
ruptcy and national ruin, if we are to
have, day after day. new and more dif
ficult issues presented, and if, day: after
day in its progress wo are to he told
that its ends objects are to be more and
more revolutionary and subversive of all
we have been taught to honor or hold
dear in our system of government ? We
propose to wage this war for a purpose
upon which the whole north is united—
for a purpose which will draw to our
standard hundreds and thousands of
hearts in the south, that yet beat with
love for our old banner and ouroid con
stitution. [Cheers.] They propose
that we shall carry on the war for pur
poses that we at the north cannot unan
imously consent to ; they propose not to
put down revolution, but to make revo
lution ; they propose to offer no induce
ment for rebels to submit to the laws,
but they say to us and to them, that we"
shall no longer have guarantee of the
constitution, for the preservation of our
-iberties hereafter, as they have been
preserved before. I appeal to you if
this is not their attitude. Can the war
be brought to a successful conclusion by
a party that coolly proposes that when
every interest of the South shall vibrate
towards the Union, we shall plunge into
an abyss of controversy and discussion,
instead of saying that the constitution
shall then, as in times past, be our
guide 1
Consider, I pray you, seriously, the
propositions that have been laid before
the community by our opponents, in
reference to this war. See if it is not
true that they make this war one for
indefinite purposes, for objects that we
cannot attain, if they do not go further
than saying it is a war for the purpose
of restoring the Union and the constitu
tion. They declare openly and boldly
that we are to abandon the laws and
traditions of our fathers. To attain
their ends it is necessary to trample up
on the constitution, so that the gcneial
government .-hall be vested with greater
powers than we have ever heretofore
been willing to confer upon it. They
tell you that we want a strong govern
ment at Washington. They say that
if we take jurisdiction from localities,
from towns, and counties, and States,
and centralize it Washington, we shall
O <
have a stronger government. I deny
that proposition. (Applause.) I in
sist up it if they should succeed in that
policy, so far from making the govern
ment stronger, they will make it weaker.
I do not charge that they do not honest
ly entertain the convictions they ex
press, but I charge, if carried out they
wiii involve the government in ruin.—
The strength of the general government
lies not alone in the power which has
been conferred upon it. but the restraint
which the constitution throw? around it.
It is made strong net only by what the
constitutio n says it may do. but by
what the constitution says it may nut
do The constitution forbids Congress
faun taking away the rg’it to make
laws interfering with religion, wit;, the
rights of home, with the rights of free
speech, because the power of exercMru
those rights would shatter it to atoms.
(Great applause.) If I might make a
very pap'pable illustration. I would
say that tiic nation is like a well-bound
cask. Suppose a cask should take it
into its head, reasoning perhaps, as
wisely as they sometimes do at Wash
ington, that if it should burst its hoop?
it might become a hogshead—it might
increase its strength and dimensions.—
Why, if it should burst its hoops it
would not even remain a barrel; it
would be a mere bundle of staves. —
(Laughter and cheers. Now when our
general government at Washington
shall succeed in bursting these res
traints upon its power which are placed
there fur the purpose of its preservation;
for the purpose of binding the govern
ment together, so far will it be from true
that they have strengthened the govern
merit the fact will be that they will have
brought upon it weakness, discomfiture,
dishonor and disgrace. Lot us see if
these views are purely theoretical. Last
winter I was called upon by a friend of
very different opinions from myself—for
I have friends on the other side, not
withstanding so much is said about my
“friends”—concerning the draft, and he
wanted to know if 1 feared for the rights
and existence of the States from its
operation. I told him I had no such
fears. I told him I should not fear for
the States, but that I should tremble
for the general government itself, and 1
then tried to make him see that the at
tempted exorcise of such powers on the
part of the general government so far
from arming it with greater strength,
would prove perilous to it. I begged
him to see, and to tell those who sent
him to see me, that the strength of the
government should be based upon the
affections of the people. (Loud cheers.)
I begged him to tell them that if they
would make this government strong and
powerful, it was by addressing them
selves to the affections and regard of
the whole American people. (Cheers.)
Not many months have rolled away
since, in response to a call from the
government, the people of this country
sent six hundred thousand men to fight
the battles of the country. Why did
they go ? Was it because they were
called for by the voice of power? It
was because they were sent for. to vol
unteer fur the defence of the nation,
and they came from school district,
village, town, city and State, until they
swelled into the mightiest militaryarrav
the world has ever seen. Well, as a
result of this voluntary action of the
public, the administration found itself
in control of a mighty army, and for
getting from whence it derived its
strength—that it was the power and
strength of the people alone which they
held—they wore bewildered with the
splendor of their position, and they de
clared that they would no longer live
upon the charity of the community, and
send around a contribution box when
they wanted men or money, but, when
ever men wore wanted, they would send
officers to force the people imo the
ranks. I warned them of the result of
that experiment, I implored them for
their own sakes, for the sake of the
cause in which the\% had engaged, not
to make the attempt. If I had been
influenced by personal or party con.-id
erations, I should not have said one
word when they persisted in the way
that was to lead them to dficomfiture
and disgrace. But I told them that if
they would pursue a policy that would
appeal to the hearts of the people there
would be no limit to their strength ; but
if they should attempt to subvert the
whole policy of our government, and
should suppose that they were armed
with power to compel a frej people in
any course, they would nut only endan
ger themselves but endanger the gov
ernment. I humiliated myself before
these men rather than I would see the m
enter the homes of our citizens with
"orce. Against my most earnest prayer
that this our glorious State should be
saved from this ignominy and disgrace,
and be allowed to send forth her sons
cheerfully and freely to the battle-field
the measure was adopted. I was told
there was no time to wait for New York
—though there was time to wait for N.
Jersey and Ohio and other States. I
told them of our services. 1 told them
what was true, that New V rk v as the
only Atlantic State that had .riven more
than its proportion of tv p; m.lcr the
calls of the President. Great cheer
ing.) 1 implored in vain. The rash
experiment was made. What was die
result 1 Why y. ; have roen that New
d ork one year ag > v 1 inttrilv _r-r. eone
hundred and twenty tko.i-and of her
t the service f her : untry, an 1
yet under the draft with the whole en
ergy of the government put forth, with
armed men paraded throughout
the State, with the threats .; legal pro
ceedings and military force, you have
seen < u i awaj ss tl :n tl is
and men, more than half . f whom were
in truth volunteers, because they were
bought with a price. Now that is the'
doctrine of con.-olidation carried into
practical effect. I !ms one method by
which our government was to be made
strong has been tried. Is this strength
or weakness ! Is this success or failure?
I implpre you look into these ques
tions yourselves. Idon. t complain of
what may bo sai lof mysv if; that 1 have
been misrepresented; that lam charg
ed with treason ; w ith almost all the
offences to he tound in the catalogue of
crime. I have not one word to sav in
my own defence, but I do complain that
citizens of this State who are our polit
ical opponents j in in the calumnies
against their own State, which has done
so much to sustain the government. —
(Cheers.) Whenever I have asked for
justice for the State—and I have only
asked for justice—it lias always led
immediately to the charge that there
was a desire te embarrass the general
government. As 1 have said, ours was
the only Atlantic State which on tho
first day of January last, had sent to
the war such numbers that it was enti
tled to credit for surplus that was con
ceded at \\ ashington. And it was con
ceded too, that Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey. and every New England State,
save the little State of Rhode Island,
were behind. (Cheers.) Since the first
day of January last, the State of New
\ ork has sent fifteen thousand men out
of its limits to defend Pennsylvania.
(Loud applause.)
[I he Seventh \V aid Democratic
Club here entered the ball, with an
American flag, and a banner inscribed,
‘•Union, Liberty, and the Law=,” amid
great cheering. Cheers were also given
for Governor Seymour and General Mc-
Clellan. W hen order was restored,
Gov. Seymour continued:]
M hen we were so agreeably inter
rupted by our friends from the Seventh
Ward, I was speaking of tie service of
New York. New York is the only State
in the Union that has given bounties to
volunteers from its State treasury with
out regard to the question w hether there
was or was not to bo a draft made.—
Since the adjournment rf ti o Legisla
ture I have been laboriously employed,
with the whole of ray -taff, in the work
of filling up the ranks of volunteers.
(Loud cheers.) Suddenly there came
up a midnight cry from Washington for
help. A proclamation was issued to
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland,
calling for a hundred thousand men to
rally immediately to save the nation's
capitol. A friend of mine at Washing
ton asked t'.icm why they did not call
on N. \ork, “Oh,” they -aid, “New
\ork has got a copp ;head Governor;
he will do nothing." {Laughter.) But
New \ ork was called on, and the result
wa that New ork was about the only
State that did anything in re-informing
the array already in the field. [Laugh
ter and cheers, j Ido not speak of this
because I claim any m-.-rit. I did but
my duty. When the President of the
L mted States, the Constitutional head
of this government, called upon mo, as
he had a right to call upon me under
the constitution, I responded as it be
came my duty to do. Cheers.) New,
I want to state, in justice to New York
and in justice to the administration,
that while many republican citizens of
N. Y. were traducing our own great
State. I received a despatch from the
Secretary of \\ ar thanking me for my
prompt response, and begging that I
would send on our troops at once so as
to stir up Pennsylvania and other States
to come to the re-cue. Applause.)'—
Read the history of the battle of Get
tysburg—the record of that four days’
fight, where the battle ea.hday surged
from side to side, so that it was not
known until the very last moment which
army were the victors—see how closely
we battled there and then. What man
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