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OROVILLE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27.
For President, in 1864.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
FOB VICE PRESIDENT.
ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tenn.
fur Soperrivjr First District,
T. FOGG.
Oar Nominee for Supervisor.
T. Fogg, Esq., of OroviUe, was chosen by
the Union District Convention, as the nomi
nee for the First Supervisor District, compo
sed of Hamilton, Oregon, and Ophir township;-.
To many of the voices of this District. Mr.
Fogg requires no commendation at our hands;
to those who may not bo acquainted with him,
we woo'd say. that Mr. Fogg is an old citizen
of our county, whose whole interests are con
nected with the best interests of the county—a
gentleman of good business qualifications, and
peculiarhfhted’for.lhe position to which he has
been nominated. He Las had lor many years,
in his native State, practical eiperience in a
similar position—acting as County Commis
eioner ; and we have no hesitancy in saying
that he will make one of the best Supervisors
the county ever bad.
The Prospect.
The prospect of the success of Lincoln and
Johnson, in the Presidential election, areas
propitious, as those of any of their predecessors,
those of Washington and Monroe, and perhaps,
that of Jackson, for his second term, excepted.
The horrors—anarchy and self stultification—
consequent upon the success of the Copperhead
candidates, make many persons of a nervous
temperament, who realise the extent of the
evils that would follow, anxious, or even fear
ful. It is well enough that it is so. "Kternal
vigilance is the price of liberie." -No matter
how just the cause, to ensure victory, men must
not indulge in indolence. 'I he forces of the
Union party must be rallied to the pulls, to a
man, it possible. We believe that this senti
ment is prevalent throughout the country, and
(cr this reason we believe the result of the
coming contest to be a foregone conclusion.
The Copperhead patty are about equally
divided in the country, bet wet n a War and
and a Peace candidate for the Presidency.
And nothing could more completely mark a
more utter destitution of all principle, than
such a shameful fact. War and Peace 111
Are war and peace more alike than heat and
cold, than black and while, than tire
and water, in short, than principle and
all destitution of principle? It is beyond
all dispute that the self-styled Democracy
are divided, and divided only, as to the nomi
nation of a Peace or War candidate for the
Presidency. Their views on all minor ques
tions culminate on this point. Those who be
lieve the war unconstitutional and inexpedient
must per force go for a Peace candidate.
Those who believe the war constitutional, and
who are opposed to the dismemberment of the
Union, must'go for a war candidate. And
herein is the weakness of that party. Whatev
er may be the disposition of the differing fac
lions in that party, to adopt policy, only, as a
means of success, instead of open, manly, mi
conceded principles, it is utterly impossible
for either laeiiuu to control thevotesofa large
minority of either taction. It this be so, and
we believe it is. this alone, insures the election
of Lincoln and Johnson.
It will be conceded on all sides that the war
faction or the Peace faction alone cannot pre
vent the election of the Union candidates.
And how is it possible to unite the mass s ol
either faction in one harmonious whole, on
principles so diametrically opposed as those of
War and Peace. The Peace portion scout
the idea that there can be such a thing as a
ar Democrat." that "it is a contradiction in
terms," and we concede that they have the ar
guincut. In truth, War Democrats cut a 11
diculous figure in any light. They are simply
m the position of those who acknowledging
the main fact of war to be an inevitable neces
sity, set themselves to making microscopic ob
serrations, to do nothing but criticise, snarl,
and carp at everything done, or proposed to
be done by the administration, instead of at
tending to the main feet in the case. They
ignore the most palpable and indisputable
proposition known, to wit: "that all things hu
man are impeded," to a greater or less degree,
and in this show the poverty of their beads as
well as hearts. The masses act mainly on
principles of common sense and attend but lit-
Ue to technicalities, metaphysical points, and
fine spun criticisms, in short they look at the
mom powt. And in this they are right.
Mankind would run out altogether, if they act
ed otherwise. Whatever may be done, or left
undone, at the Chicago convention, the nature
of the issues, the discordance of the factions,
in opposition to the Administration, and the
good common sense and patriotism ot the peo
ple, all point to hut one result, the vindication
of Republican Government, as intended by i;-
founders, in the re election to the Presidency,
of Abraham Lincoln, and the election of that
most truly democratic of all Southern States
men, Andrew Jobcsan. to the Vice Presidency
of these United States.
Why Disokimimtf? —Why do the Copper
heads. asks the Marysville Appeal, cuss and
pull their hair about Weller’s arrest, and sav
nothing about Hall? Is this an exhibition of
democratic principles? The rich aristocrat
and San Francisco nabob Weller is toasted,
cannonized by* resolutions, and serenaded,
while poor Hall, the real Democrat, and great
ly the superior ot W ellcr in everything but
purse, is allowed to go in and out of Aleatra -.
with scarcely a notice. In one characteristic.
Hail and M ellcr are precisely ou a par—they
both carry brass enough to cast a 300-pound
Parrott; and as the copperheads anj their pa
pers have made asses and fools of themselves
over Weller's incarceration, they ought to be
consistent, and make fools and asses of them
selves over Hall
Rostov hotels charge four dollar- a car now
and New York hotels lour dollars and a bai
Pursuant to a call of the Union County
Central Committee, the Union county conven
tion met at the court house, at Ororilie, on
Wednesday the 24;h instant.
The convection was called to order at II
o clock, a. x., by Robert Richey. Chairman of
the County Centra! Committee.
On motion, J. R. W. Thomas, was elected
temporary chairman.
On motion. John Hamilton was chosen tem
porary secretary.
On motion of Dr. Buffum. a committee of
five, on credentials, was appointed by the
Chair, as follows: A. C. Buffum, James E.
Caine. Robert Oliver, Wm. Sharkey. G. \V.
Hutchins.
J. M. Clark moved that a committee of five
on permanent organization be appointed. The
motion was adopted, and the following gentle
men were appointed as the committee—J. M.
Clark, F. L. Cary, Jacob Smith, R. Oliver,
J. H. Cochran.
On motion of the Hon. F. M. Smith, a
committee of five on resolutions were appointed
The following gentlemen constituted the
committee.
F. M. Smith, R. C. Gaskiil, J. C. .Vaude
ville, S. W. W. Coughey, R. F Floyd.
Hon. R. C. Gaskiil moved that the conven
tion adjourn, till three o'clock, v. m.; Seneca
Ewer named two o'clock, as an amendment, lo
the motion of Mr. Gaskiil. After some discus
sion. Mr. Ewer's amendment was adopted, and
the convention adjourued till the time specified.
The convention reassembled, at two o'clock
and was called to order by the chairman.
The report of the committee on credentials
being first in order, the committee made the
following report:
The committee on credentials have bad the
same under consideration, and find the follow
ing gentlemen are entitled lu seals in the con
vention:
Uroville. —G. C. Perkins. S. J. Wright. R.
O'Neal, J. M. Clark. R. Oliver. W. A. Wash
burn, E. Dunham, S. W. W. Coughey, Wa!
ter M. Elliott, I*. Maurer. F. M. Smith,
proxy for Elliott.
Wyandotte. —Amos Thatcher, W. Y. Bliss.
Jftingor. —R. F. Floyd, G. Osgood, E. 11.
Dodge.
Wilson's Ranch. — J. M. Wilson, H. B.
Happeudou.
Mooretotcn . —John S. Moore, A. 1,. Bragtr.
Moore, proxy for Brager.
Enti -F. N. Freeman, John Curley,
Joachim Meressncr.
Forbestown. —R. C. Gaskiil, E. P. Smith.
D. W . C. Gaskiil. D. W. C. Gaskiil, proxy
for Smith.
Dayton.—V. Jones, John Boyd.
Lower 1/ House.—J. \V. Gilkyson.
Rock Creek. —A. M. Barnard, Win. Shar
key. John Shannon.
Thompson's Flat. —Martin Cuddy, F. M.
McDowell.
Morns Ravine.— J. MeKinstay Smith, A.
Conanl.
Cherokee. —N. A. Harris, Wm. Abbott, T.
L. Vinton.
Crum - Ranch. —Seth Howland, D. S. Bon
oni.
Yankee Dili. —A. C. Turner.
Jludson House. — Wm. Leonard.
Inskip. —Eiy Piper, J. J. Mechlin. Piper,
proxy lor Mechlin.
Central House. —G. W. Hutchins, E. Knsly,
Doc. Malloon.
Cherokee Ravine. — Wm. Dew itt, S. B. Burn
ham.
Evansville. —B. Greenwell, J. E. Caine.
llonait Cily.—J ohn Hamitou.
Stnngtuwn. —C D. Woodman, M. Whittier.
Btdicell's Bar. —Geo. Mcßride, ft. A. Hunt.
Mcßride-, proxy for Hunt.
Mountain Home. —W. R. Dodjjj, G. W.
Shaw. Dodge, proxy for Shaw.
Clipper Mills. — L. Plant, E. Adams. J
D Givens, proxy for Adams.
Mon ill's Mills. —S. C. Hunnewell, J. C.
Morrill. Ira Weatherbee, two proxies.
Rmc Creek.— Geo. U. Adams, J. Smith.
CAico.—J. C Vaudeville, 1. Hull. E. Hallet,
J. E. Eddy, Ira Weatherbee, W. Lee, James
Stover, A. 11. Chopin. Stover, proxy for
Hallet.
Hamilton. —J. 11. Cochran. E. C. Ledyard.
Oregon City. —N. W. Slater, A. Wolf.
Slater, proxy for Wolf.
Messilla Valley —M. Pence, E. Chase. T.
Harrison, two proxies.
Unite I alley . —K. 11. Durham, W. L. Hop
kins. Durham, proxy lor Hopkins.
Caipenler’s Flat.— G. H. Felton. S. Young.
The following precincts bad no rr preset! la
lives in this convention—Kent's Ranch,Lump
kin, Peavine, Berry Creek, Little Kimshew,
Rock Spring House, Uelltown, Centreville.
Cascade Valley, Mountain Spring House,
Moorcville, Robinson’s Ranch, Amelia Citv,
Mineral Slide, Diamoodville.
Mr, Ewer moved the adoption of the report,
Mr. Gaskiil moved lo amend the motion by
striking out so much of the report of the com
mittee. as relates to the admission of the dele
gates from Carpenter's Fiat.
Hon. F. M Smith, Seneca Ewer, and S. W.
W. Coughey advocated their admission.
A long and desultory discussion here ensued
chiefly relating to parliamentary usage.
Hon. F M. Smith said that in order to test
the sense of the convention, on the question he
would submit the following resolution :
tieso.vtd. Thai it is the sense : thi- convention,
tint the delegates from Carpenter s Fiat are enti
tled to seats in this convention.
Hon. R. C. Gaskiil spoke at length against
their obtaining seats in the convention. He
said that there was no polls opened at Car
penter's Flat at the election iast year, that the
Board of r-upervisors bad not authorized anv
election to be held there at that time. He
re'marked that the people of Carpenter s Flat
were represented in the convention, as one of
the citizens of that place was a member of tbe
Oroville delegation. He further said that
Carpenters Flat was not on the cal! of the
County Central Committee.
Mr. Coughey replied and said that in tbe
cal! of tbe County Central Committee. Robin
son's Hill precinct was specified. Sometimes
the precinct is called Carpenter's Fiat
and other times Robinson's Hill, as the two
places are in close proximity. He said there
were voters enough there to entitle them to
b..d at. election, and that the Union men there
held a meeting, respectable ic cambers. and
elected two delegates lo ibis convention, and
that it was nothing more than justice that the v
sboald be admitted.
The ayes and ooes were demanded on the
question;
Fending the call of the roll, a question
arose as to whether the delegate from Clipper
Mills, Mr Givens, was entitled to two or three
voles. Tie convention decided, after hearing
the delegates' credentials read, that be was
entitled to cast three votes in the convection.
The convention decided that the delegates
elected from Carpenter's Flat were not enti
tled to seats in the convention.
The report of the committee as amended was
adopted.
The report of the committee on permanent
organization being next in order, the committee
submitted the fallowing:
The committee on permanent organization
and order of business, met pursuant to order,
and recommend that the temporary Coairmac
act as permanent Chad man of the Convention.
Also, that the temporary Secretary act as
permanent Secretary of this Convention, and
that S. W. W. Coughey, act as assistant Sec
retar;, And recommend that the order of
business be. Ist. To elect eleven (II) delegates
to attend the Union Stale Conven ion. to be
held in Sacramento City, on the 30th day of
Aug. next, and to attend the convention of
the 3d. Congressional District, to be held at
Sacramento, immediately after the adjourn
ment of the Stale convention.
The report of the committee was adopted.
The Hon. F. M. Smith. Chairman of the
committee on resolutions, submitted the loliow
ing resolutions ;
Resolved, That the National Union Platform is
correct in principle, and sound in policy, and that
we approve of the same without exception or res
ervation.
Retolred, That the re-nomination of Abraham
chief office of the Republic, and the
nomination of the patriot, Andrew Johnson, a-
Vice Pre-ident. i< bat giving practical expression
of the wish of the friends of the Union, and to their
election we cheerfully pledge our support.
Received. That in the coarse of the Hon. John
Conm ss in the Senate of the United States, and of
Meins. Shannon. Hiahy and *’ole in the House of
Representatives: in their unwavering support of
the National Admini-tratioa and the cause ol the
Union, they have not only mantained their repu
tation of sound, unflinching patriotism, hut have
deservedly .-eeued The o-ufideuce of the loyal cili
z- ns of ( ’.i iiftirniii. and of them and to them we say
—“well done cood and faithful servants."
Reached, Tint the Democratic party of Calif r
trsi. is the right icing of the rebellion —true ou.y to
tiic i’uksC of human slavery— working only h r the
overthrow of iepuhli>-an institulions;that whilst we
may not be called upon to do better in front, we
wiii he vigilant and watchful of the interests of our
country at home, and see ta it that their aider*
and abettors of Jeff Davis do uot succeed in their
v\ oi ks of treason.
Resolved, That our confidence in the final and
triumphant success of the Army of the Reptile v i
unshaken—that we believe that tiod is juslaad His
vengeance stiw,' and to the end that the rehe.li
will be crushed out, and our national unity be
maintained, we pledge our unqualified suppoii of
the National Administration.
Mr.J.M. Clark moved their adaption.—
Carried.
Hon. K. C Gaskill, moved that the conven
tion proceed to vote by ballot for 11 delegates
to the State convention.—Carried.
On motion, the Chair appointed K F. Floyd
and Geo. H. Adams, as tellers, to count the
votes for delegate?.
On motion, the convention look a recess of
10 minute?, to enable delegates lo prepare
their ballots.
The convention reassembled at the staled
time, when there was some discussion in rein
tion to the representation from Hudson House,
Stringtovrn. and some other precincts. The
convention decided that each delegate present,
should be entitled lo cast the vote of any dele
gate from the same precinct, who wa. absent.
The convention proceeded to ballot, ami at
ter the Ist. ballot was taken, the following
named genthmen were declared duly elected :
Geo. ('. Perkins,.l. D.Givens, H. I!. Hunt,
,f. C. Mandeville. R. C. Gaskill, Wm. Shar
key, J. Bloch. B. \V. Durham. J. A. Watson.
,f. \V. Gilkysoo, G. C. Moon-.
On motion the election of the delegates was
made unanimous.
On motion, the convention adjourned stnc
die.
■T. K. W. THOMAS, C Hut man.
John Hamilton, Secretary.
First Supervisor District Convention.
The Union Convention called for the pur
pose of nominating a candidate for Supervisor
of the First Supervisor District, met at the
court bouse, at Orovillc. at eight o'clock.r. m.,
on the 24th instant. The convention was cal
led to order by J. M. Clark. lion. F. M.
Smith was chosen chairman, and John F.
Gates, was appointed secretary.
On motion, the delegation from Carpenter's
Fiat was admitted lo seats in the convention.
On motion, the convention proceeded to vote
by ballot for candidate for Supervisor.
After the third ballot, Mr. T. Fogg, having
received a majority of all the votes cast, was
declared by the chairman, the Union nominee
for Supervisor of the First Supervise r District.
The convention then adjourned.
Letter from a Soldier.
Camp laqca, Aug. 4, '64.
Mr. Kpitob:— Lieut. Taylor of Company
K, of the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, C. V„
arrived in camp today with twenty six priso
ners, Red-skins, captured near Red Bluffs.
The scouting party left this camp on the llih
of duly, and have been on their trail ever
since. The party consisted of Lieut. Taylor,
in command. Lieut. Oaks and forty men. Lt.
Oaks is still in the Indian country with Ihir’v
men. He continues on the war path, and if
perseverance will accomplish anything, he will
give a good account of himself. The return
party were eight days coming home: so you
can form some kind of an idea of the countrv
they had to travel over. A short time ago.
the people thought the Indian war here was
over, but according to present appearances, it
is only really begun. There is nothing of
news transpiring around the camp. I travel
ed for’y miles, last week, to attend a bail, at
Fori Humboldt; so you see I still look to the
pleasures of life some. No more at present.
Yours, etc.. EMORY WING.
Onk Name.—There is a Dutchman in town
with whom we have some dealings. He
brought us a bill the other day. with a name
upon it that we could not exactly make out,
and asked him to read it for us. "That" said
be. "is Bill Green.” We asked him to spoil it
and be commenced—" Lib, Bill. B-i e n
Green." But we suppose we would spell just
about that way in Dutch.— Coiusa Sun.
That should not astonish you, for it is
the way most of the boisterous copperheads
spell.
Copperhead Love for the Constitute in. :
The Copperhead leaders are ringing charges
od the freedom of speech, sacs the Shasta
Courier, aud of the press, aud declaiming, in ail
the hollowness of hypocrisy, agoinst alleged
infractions of the Constitulion. in the vain hope
of deluding the people into the belief that they
are its especial guardians. Bat they sigca iv
fan in this; for their course for years past in
spires distrust in the sincerity of their love for
the Constitution, and defeats the claim they
would establish of being its defenders.
It wii! be remembered that for twenty Tears
or o re there has been no such thing as free
dom of speech, so far a; the question of slavery
was concert I, tl States of tie
South, and yet tnesegentlemen had not a w:r«l
to utter in behalf of the constitutional r ghts.
It will also be recollected that from Van Ke
ren s time to the present, liberty of the press
has been denied from the Pot ulnae to the Cult
oi Mexico. by public sentiment aud legislative
I meets, except, perhaps, in the District of
Colombia, and yet these constitutional gei
men had no protest to enter, it will likewise
be borne in mind that in leoti and 1860 the
advococy of Freeoont in the former, aud of
Lincoln the latter year, hr the Presidencv,
was practical y denied, wherever slavery hud
an distance in the land, except at the risk of
the property and lives of those who would at
tempt it, and yet they were as silent as the
tomb. It is well known that where the "pecu
liar institution” has flourished, it has been lor
a generation dangerous to any one s safety to
be suspecsed of entertaining an opinion adverse
to the expediency or morality of human bend
age; but this was all right with these consti
tutional expounders. It will uot be forgotten
that when a United States Senator was strick
en down at a post iu tiie Capitol of the Na
tion. by a bludgeon iu the the hands of a c/ur
us son ol South Carolina, for words sj k
in debate, this class dreamed not of infractions
of the Conslilation-
P.ul now. when war is in the land, when a gi
gantic and iniquitous rebellion is seeking to
disrupt the Union and subvert the Kcpubhc,
not content wiuh their endeavors to paralvze
the arm of the Government and magnifying its
reverses, deploring its victories, depreciating
its credit, and refraining from everything by
which good citizens attest their loyalty, they
invoke the constitutional guarantees w hich they
have' heretofore uniformly ignored, to shield
those who abuse the freedom of speech and lib
erty of the press, by using them to di-courage
enlistments, incite insurrections, and giving aid
and comfort to the country's enemies.
Therefore it is uot strange that loyal ci’izecs
do not consider than very proper men to read
homilies on constitutional rights, or pen dia
tribes on constitutional infractions. They are
looked upon as blind guided, and uot the tuou
to whose keeping that instrument, framed by
the wisdom ol our fathers, should be intrusted
As the sacred fire of the Romans was confided
to the fair of none but the vestals, who relig
iously observed their vows, so the spirit of the
Federal Constitution will be presetved bv
those only who conscientiously regard the ob
ligations of patriotism.
County Convention.
The County Convention of Ruttc county
convened al Oroville, on 1 lie* 24ih instant, as
annonneri] by tlio Central (.Vmmillce. Ibe
Precincts were pretty generally represented,
and the results may be considered a lair ex
pression of the will of the people. There was
no contest in the organization of tbc conven
tion as to officers or committees, though there
was a strong fight made as to representation
of several precincts, more especially as to the
precinel of Carpenter's Flat, which was finally
excluded. It did not, however, alter the final
result. The contest for Congressional honors
was between Gen. John Bijwcll and the Hon.
F M. Smith. The ticket of delegates for
Bid well was elected by a handsome majority.
So the voice of Butte, as expressed through
the delegates of the people assembled in coun
ty convention, is for the old Pioneer, a man
who is every way identified with the interests,
and prosperity of the county and State. ll
successful iu the district convention, we shall
have a man in Congress, that Ids county,
the State, and the country will have reason to
be proud of—one who may always be relied
upou to perform bis whole duty.
dhe result was unexpected to many, and
particularly to the friends*of bis opponent, Mr.
Smith, who has many warm admirers and
blends. Notwithstanding the warm and close
ly contested election for Congressional favors,
the greatest harmony and general good feeling
prevailed throughout the convention, and a
determination to abide the decision with the
grace becoming true patriots. We shall look
earnestly to the action of the District Conven
tion to confirm the choice of Butte, but will
nail to the mast, willingly, any man it mav
nominate.
Grant and M eCl.ki.lan.— From the New
Gospel of Peace. Book Third, Chapter vii, says
the Pacerville News, we take the follow ing ;
54. And Ulysses, after he had threatened to
take the chief city of the Ephtphvces from the
north fide thereof, marched suddenly to the
river called Djeemz, and attacked the city up
on the south side.
55. Then said all the men who would have
had Liliimak the Unready chief ruler. 1,-),
Ulysses doeth that which I.itolmak hath done
before him. (For I.itulmak had aiso marched
to the Djeemz. Uobbutleeh hard after him.)
And they glorified the wisdom of Lituluiak.
56. And it was told unto Abraham that tbc
Kansuvvuiives and the Kopurhcdds said thus.
And Abraham answered and said : I'hey speak
truly, lor I.itulmak and Ulysses did go trom
the north side of the city of the Ephcphvees
unto the river Djeemz. And this remindeth
me of another little parable.
57- Two men entered into an house ; bat
they entered it not together. And both of
these men went oat ot that house ; but they
also went not out together.
sc. And the first was thrust oat by the neck
and shoulders, and was beaten until he was
half dead But the last went ont because he
would go. and tb«y that were in the bouse
were not able either to stay bint or to follow
him.
55. Judge ye nov. therefore, which of these
men was iike unto Litulmak and which was
like unto Ulysses.
A San Francisco dispatch, to the Sacratnen
to L cion, of Aug. 16, states that eleven As
sistant Assessors in the United States Interna!
Revenue Office, hav; resigned on account of
the alleged iniufficicicy of the pay.
Sews of the Week.
The World has the following, dated head
quarters, Arrav of the Potomac. August 19th,
The brilliant hank movement made by the
Fifth Corps yesterday morning is a complete
success. The enemy s forces had been nearly
a!, withdrawn fr,m this direction and sent
across the James to meet the attack of the
second and Tenth Corps. Only a strong
picket was found guarding the r-.,ad. These
retreated so rapidly that our men anticipated
no opposition, and commenced deliberately to
destroy the track, wheu a mild was destroyed,
a btavy rebel force advanced and gave batik.
The rebels were repulsed iu three different at
tacks, each time meeting with a severe loss,
ieavi. g their dead and wounded in our bands.
The Tribune's special dispatch says. War
ren is entrenched, and intends to destroy the
t\ elo. u railroad. Half of the rebels in V;r
gtnia are in the S . . valley awai og
bheridar ... r half b Idst
Petersburg and Richmond.
A dispatch from headquarters Army of the
Potomac. August til. s’ates that our losses at
the \\ eldon radroad were three thousand.
U e captured 210 prisoners. and several stands
of colors.
Prom city Point heavy canonading was
heard on Saturday night. It was caused by
the enemy attempting to drive us from the
Weldan railroad. Important news from that
quarter may be looked 1 >r.
The New Orleans lira of the Mth Las the
following : The Keystone, from Mooile Bay.
arrived this morning, She reports that oran
ger's forces ate within five hundred yards o!
tort Morgan. The fact that the enemy does
not fire is considered a proof that the fort will
be surrendered. The mortar and other hatter
ies, with the gunboats, were ready to begin the
bombardment as soon as ordered. The sur
render of the place was hourly expected.
Advices from Atlanta state that on Aug.
13lh, in front of that place, the Fifteenth Corps
charged the rebel works. At the same lime
Carlme s line of skirmishers called upon the
soldiers in the nlle pits to come over. About
two hundred escaped and came into our lines
amid the fire of the remaining rebels Carlme
then advanced, and a strong skirmish line toek
possos-iou of the rifle pits, and now holds them.
They arc within three hundred yards ol the
enemy’s works.
The Rail Splitter and the Tailor
A Copperhead oracle, whose maligni'y usa
ally outweighs its folly, thus rails at the nomi
nation of Lincoln and Johnson :
■The only in pt we can discover in this
Baltimore ticket is the merit of consistency; it
is all of a piece; the tail dees not shame the
tail. A rail splitting buffoon, and a boorish
tailor, both from the back woods, both grow
ing up in nncoutb ignorance, they would affud
a grotesque subject for a satiric poet, etc.''
Such suicidal attacks, among a people so
invincibly democratic as onrs. who. where rail
splitting buffoons" and "boorish tailors" vote
and their votes count a par with those of scho
lars and millienaries, are utterly unaccountable
Simon Snyder was twice chosen Governor ol
Pennsylvania, becoming the idol ol her masses,
by virtue of jast such splenatic and short
sighted malice. The lad that Abraham Lin
coln rose from rail splitting to the Prrsidencv.
and that Andrew Johnson, an illiterate and
penniless nobody, one of the 'poor while trash'
so generally kept under in the South, height
his way up through the Legislature, House,
and Uovercoiship of his adopted State, elo
quent tributes alike to Ihe character of our
institutions and the personal w orth of these
men. Billy Gray, said an incensed Bostonian
to the mercantile niilliouure, o( his day, I
knew you when you were but a drummer boy.
Certainly, responded Uilli. and didn't I drum
well! The fact that he had since risen from
indigence and obscurity to wealth and power,
justifies a strong presumption that he did.
Facts of History.— When yon hear Cop
perheads charging the rebellion upon the Re
publicans, confront them with these truths of
history.
1. The rebellion was inaugurated under a
Democratic National Administration.
2. It was conceived and matured under
Democratic auspices.
3. It bad its nucleus and headquarters in the
Democratic Cabinet ol Buchanan.
•t. Its chief instructors and engineers were
leaders of the Democratic parly in Congress,
and Government Departments.
h. Its principal agents abroad were Demo
cralic Ambassadors and Consuls serving the
cause of treason under pay.
G. It was in progress for months before Mr.
Lincoln was inaugurated.
7. Seven Stales had gone out of the Union
before the Democratic Buchanan had left the
Executive chair.
War had been declared by the insurgents
i.i firing upon the Star of the West long be
fore the present Administration came in power.
Howard Marshall, formerly an employe ol
this office, says the Muscatine (Iowa) Journal,
gave us a call yesterday. He has had an
eventful career since leaving Muscatine, four
years ago. He was at Vicksburg at the
breaking out of the rebellion, and was forced
with all other northern men, to take sides
against the flag of his country. He succeeded,
however, by virtue of being a printer, in keep
ing out the service, and worked eighteen
mouths at his trade in Richmond. In Sen
tember iast the sweeping conscription act took
him into the rebel army as a conscript. On
the 17th of that month he was captured by
our forces. During the entire winter be was a
prisoner in the bleak camp on Point Lookout,
Md , although making efforts for discharge by
taking the oath of allegiance. In this he at
last succeeded, and fc cow glad to remain
among friends and kindred under the protec
tion of the stars and stripes.
Ho confirms reports of great demoralization
at Richmond, and says it is impossible for the
people of the North to conceive the state of
society there and throughout the South.
The San Jose Mercury wants Beriah Brown
or some other good 'Constitutional Democrat,’
to inform him why it is that every one of the
P'acervihe stage robbers and their accomplices
now arrested, twelve in all. are Democrats.
The bens of New England last year laid
ever four million egg,.
Who are the Rebels' Friends?
The following extract from a speech deliver
ed a; T&lhadega oc ibe second of May last, by
J. M. Currev. a member of the Jef Davis
Congress from Alabama, shows who the reb
els look npchi as their friends, and from whom
they draw ihe consolations of hope, aad the
aid ard comfort which s Irene'bens the unholy
rebellion :
My bearers, we should remember that much
depends upon the choice the Northern p< ople
make ;.r President the incoming fail. There
will boat least two parties represented, to wit;
the war party, who w.l doubtless trv to have
i c ; retained, and the iV < f . * . who
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man pledged to g*vr the Co !■, hrates • .
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prayed for peace to our bleedi: g country. We
hope, we trust, w. pray that they may be suc
g
be successful. such a shout a.- was never heard
afflicted S
Songs, s I songs of praise «
from every heart to the mao iocs of Paradise,
and the many myriads of holy a: w! o sur
round the bright and dazrliog throne of Om
nipotence would join the chorus and tune their
harps to a aew song of liberty to all men cn
earth. If such be the happy resalt, our ir.de-
Cheers
Hat should Lincoln bo reelected, our fond
hopes wid bo dashed to the ground ; ’ r we
have exhausted our resources, and o n d i t
P *ss:bly hope to continue the war four years
•ongcr. Fast experience has taught ns that
ivors at I •* of I
indomitable tyrant and usurper. Abraham
Lincoln.
Primary Meeting at Bangor—The pri
mary meeting at Bangor was organi red by
Martin Frazier being called to the chair, aid
the cha ice of N. Duval as secretary. R. F
Floyd, it. Osgood, and K. K Dodge, were
eiectcd delegates to the County convention.
The following resolutions, offered by R. F
Floyd, were adopted :
Required— -That we have confidence in the ureal
S
> of Hun, ,i:ul Pi nnas. an i we roc il.*-
c-r;Uion delivered by him oa the 4dietJe.ly last,
at Oniviiie. as an able exposition «•* the i.ndumeM
the Am
founded.
s
'
1 'S triu the \ art hern Pisir.ct Tali; >rnia.
the Nat B -
t-» prevent the taxiii -a <•: the mines, and hr
hi> unswerving devotion u» L'nion. and Anti--slav
ery principles.
Coin Contract i
head j ‘iirnals of this State. s.»ys the Tni isei ipt
art* endeavoring to show that the specific eon
tract Act is the nullilie.ition of a law of Con
gross Not aus
for tin- t 1 s'Vfrmrent or like its paper, but be
cause the law was passed by a loyal Stale
legislature and its constitutionality sustained
by loyal Supreme Judges; because no act of
Nat ...
however righteous, can secure their support.
We don’t believe they would take the oath
prescribed by the Administration- unless they
should happen to get in U'eller’s fix—when it
would be taken as a military necessity.
IUK Buavk Fast 1 ennk.->kans.— M v conn
try men I my heart yearns towards yon ; I love
you. 1 have climbed yonder mountains that
you have climb'*! yonder mountains rock
ribbed ai d growing in the sunshine—in whose
caverns, your sons, hunted like wild beasts,
have fallen to rise no more. Ido not speak of
these things to draw your tears. It is no lime
for tears, but lor blows, i speak <=f them that
1 may fire your hearts with indigna-iun and
nerve y- ur arms lor unconquerable tight.—
And 1 speak of them because ihe mountains
'"■in i• • t»lk to me. My home is among the
mountains, and though it is not far awav, 1
cannot go loir. It is the place where .1 ;
her 4 and loved her. and niarried her who is ihe
ir. 'fh. r ol my children. Do I not love tin
mouula'Ms. then? And if liberty is to expire,
il freedom is to be destroyed, il my country, in
ad its length and breadth, i- to tremble
beucath the oppre-or's tread, i l the flag, the
dear old fi ig. be planted on yon toeky high’s ;
and upon i; let there be thin inscription : ‘ Here
is the end of all that is dear to the heart and
fai til to the in. m >ry of man.’’—f .v J hn
'OU S i at h.n XCtUt.
John Bull.—This old gentleman i. “loach
ed off " in the follow ing excellent style, bv the
editor ef Ihe iinmboldt Ir’gislcr ;
It si ms i . us that a great deal of lament*
lion is poorly expended, over the tael that
Gnat Britain do sn‘f sympathize with us in
our war against the rebellion. ‘There is too
much of it. AH of it is very sickish. Wt
came into the lists without it, and don’t need
it now. t ireat Britain is our hereditary enemv.
A great deal of lugubrious stuff is promulged,
about our being of English stock. A very
large portion of ihe best blood in Ibe land
owes nothing to England, and was always at
enmity w ith her. U e never sympathized w ith
the oi l hag, never owed her anything—but
hale—and don t want anything of her now.
Let h. r dart in. when she feels so inclined—
and she il be reminded of the da vs when our
father- were boys; and of the ‘ good old colony
times.”
The Convention.—The Fn’ron county Con
vention met last Saturday, in this place, and
elected delegates to Stale and Congressional
Conventions
We are unable to distinguish what gentle
■ ielegat for Cot
greesman. It is pretty well divided however,
between Gcu. Bidwell. Jesse O. Goodwin. Mr.
shannon, and \V. IL Parks. Should the fight
narrow down to Parks and Shannon, we think
Shannon will get a majority of the vote from
this county. Some feeling was exhibited on
the part of some of the delegates, but we reck
on when the Congressional Convention shall
decide who our nominee for Congress will be.
that personal preference- will give way to the
general good.— Quincy Union .
It is stated by a Copperhead paper, says
the Humboldt Times, that cx-President Bu
chanan sent fifty dollars and his autograph to
the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair at St.
Louis. If the old fellow has done this ONE
good act, be will stand so fair in history as
Byron’s Corsair, who
“Left a name to other tirao-
Linkcd with one virtue and a thousand crime.-."
Mrs. Winchester. who died recently in Charles
town. Ma--.. bequeathed fifteen thousand do!ia>- t-.
a Methodist church in that city, and ten th u and
dollars to the city to provide a home fur aged indi
gent females in that city.
••Do You enjoy going to church now?" asked a
lady caiier ot Mrs. Porting! an. * Law me, Ido.
replied Mrs, P. “Nothing does me so much good
- • get op real ear!]
and go to church, and hear a real smart minister
dispense with the gospel."
.Sam Langton, an old expressman, died in
Virginia city recently.
A company of capitalists have been formed
to cut a tunnel to drain the mines of Gold
Hill.
The fare from Reese river to Marysville is
oow only $25,
>*ew advertisements.
To the Public.
IS JUSTICE ' - .
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Chinatown—our: -:ty which j r mpted others in
.... t‘; :.:o : v>.i U.-vn. and w... e I « 4 , x
u: *to their Jo-’a. a wax tvare. su-i'eaded in ne :
the h 'use-. i wa- ;.ted and ! ruta.iy treat*-; , v
a wretch and . w bla kguard. David Hilton. (wl »
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with & overt..; bead, will.:- ;: any os ih ? r
provocation. I pon complaint. he *ta< .ure-v j
and i;n<i guilty by a Jury, And as a ; .rtn-.-r e\
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I his charge
.art :act-ua !a.>th. d.taat the ~ .•: ;.
discharged nu\ am-d tbi a*i.g:at a;. -.. m\
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lL> Mbjt N. ZAMBFLICK
OROVILLE MARKET!
B jav:\ rv- A"; ;« ci w v x \
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I'WS Hall, we shall or,.inn- the bi-ines.- at tin ;
stand. We keep a-nstantv o:\ h.tn.l
The Very Best of Meats,
And oi every vaiiety the market a:’ >rds, N j**r -
Hill be -pared to Jill ail orders ;u ; e m »t sat*- »•
lory manner, while pr.rch.t-ers van re-1 a» .re. ;
that they will l*c served with such an article a- n p
relented.
ALL MEATS DELIVERED Fin * OF i : >R <:y
All orders will peer A e prom;** ,
. fair share of the public patronage is r» -: .t • a I.»
solicited. JOHN NRNENFIEI .•
Dr. Rosenbaum's
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bear our signature. r.»i .-ale ... a 1 Druggists uu l
Liquor Dealers. or bv
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opott the foil lering described ;> ea w ■ ■ lot ■ i
■ eeied 1 ttu ■
■i.i'i previous thei t uwnl ■ ■
posile the names til U*e te-pt oiivo .- ..■=: *!»■• n-r-? a.s
loiiuvi >:
NO. ITS. v*.?nu- AMI
F. MeDerniot# I• a •. ■ u
J. W. Mauve. -j: * i<*. r
David Rogers 2 A ■ 1... M -
And m i»t tt-rdan. <■ wii !i law ami an me.vi of Uir
Boardol \- -U v uutdeou|be 26ib lay ; iugu
A. lb. 1 s*' v. S»» many slmies «•! ea. h pa rev'. «•!
-aid st-vk n.> may Ik. - n* »r.\ will be ><»id at the
♦»-h. »• deu-r «•! A. Maurice Jr.. m «;r«• >«!.• -m i!h-
Septerabei A. U.,1- i a I u .
o'clock M.. • : said day. t<» pay -aid d. i n , n ut
-f“'>aicnl.s then-on. 1 aether wiiu t oi a iveit >
ing and e.xpen.'t s vl tlie sale.
A. MAURICE Jt.. S 1 etiiry.
OShee of the Company, Bulle 1 «u;ily.Cal.ioi’ma
Hiiiic (»o!c! Hitting < «..
Butte county, California «mth k
at 1 .aporte, Sierra County. N..iirr berebc
given, that at a meeting of The Trustees ~1 sui’d.
company, held this day at their oUi.'e. an a-se*-
mvnt (N 0.2) was duly levied of lilty vents per
share 011 each and eveiy -hare of tlie capital stock
ot the compaKV. due and paya’de on the -Id day of
Augo-t. a. 1> . I - f in United Stai**- P- .d t'.-in.
to Fred II -ward, the m retary ..{ -.0 i C ';npany,:o
it U • • - | . -• •
upon wh' -h said as-e.-sment shall remain unpaid
ou the 'Jllli day ol Septendier w ~i be auv^i
tised on that day a- deliaqaett, iad anless pay
lueiit be made beloie, will be -old on the s lh day of
■' tober, 1861,t0 pay the delinq lent assessm 51 t.t
gel her with costs oj advertising and Sam. By or
dc-rol the Boaid of Trustees.
FRED HOWARD,Secretary.
Laporte. Aug-t.-t 22d. {w 4
Sampson (.old X sili n Minina C o.
mg NKUAL SLIDE DISTRICT, BUTTi. CO.
a»B Ca.ilo! ni», 1 . . r.ie deiimpiont the b-.
lowing described Stock 01: n •uni ->f as.w
evied July, 1 • t ■ |
W. H. 1 arn :, SOOshan $73,00
S Vl.Spr.ml, U 7.» • I 7 .
Thos. Travis, *.<» •* 12
And in a cordance with law and .in order (>» the
Board ol 1 ru.*i* es.-o many p; h par ♦
ol said Slock a- may be nece-sarj. wnii he «<dd u’
Public A action at t:..- office of said Coapuj, in
the town of Ciii-’o.oj *.1..., |,y. 1;,.. ;.tij .Jay oi Vy»p
temlir, 1864, at 2 o'clock !’. M.. ol that day. 1 > puy
said delinquent a.->e—ment theieon. P-~etb‘ r w ith
costs o! advertising and expenses of sale.
U. L. POND, Secretary.
Chico. Aug. 2Dh, T^Ol.
Notice,
rjiHERE WILL BE AN ELECTION HELD IN
D
a 6 ' th of Scpti
the purpose ol submitting to a vole of the j*-* :d* ,
a tax >d three hundred dollars. Jo; the purpo-r
g and - . • g
said District. Also, to select an Assessor and b -
lector to and collect the aforesaid tax. !*.»!
will bo open from one to five o’clock P. M. By or
dcr 0! the Trustees.
THOMAS COX, ,
ITS. BABCOCK . Trustees
LYMAN ENSTERT '
For Sale.
r a :T1 PL Ai E KNOWN AS HEN DIE’S o .All
fl den. yilualed in Oroville, Butte C unty Ca
fornia, and within fifty yard- of the Brick Church.
j?aid pla.e v 'Dtain-. Iruit trees ol a., varieties
Apples, Pears. Poaches, Plum-. Apricot*. Ne-
Pigs ; .
Most of the trees are ,01 seven year- old. Also,
1000 bearing grape vines. Ate) two acre- of good
garden land, who every U r :r t :-ai.
Liberal terms will be given lor v>h. F r further
particulars, enquire ol E. B. HFNDEK.
STOO.
■TOR SALE- THREE YOKE N»>. 1 C \IN
and a No. 1 Iron Ax Wag i u—Vckt-. Chains
Ac., ail in good order. ud7
Address. W. S.GREEN. Dogtown.
For Sale.
UNDERPINNED OFFERS FOR SALE
J. one-third ot the Dogtown Brewerv. For
ther mlormatiOD. apj v u
4*41 ‘ JACOB STUEMER.