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Weinto the the pro-?r it wase Demo-pany rc-;t on the rence inles hap-t; but as me half-of whom that they stworthy ud pleas-kind of le, when municat-at beside to Abe universal-ess has ry of the es in de-ng inter-mum, for is of dollars, the poor-uld affordwith theFaith.—The attention of our citizens is becoming more awakened every day to the duty of taking active measures for placing the Henness Pass Route to Washoe before the people of the State, in a manner to convince them of its superior claims as a mountain thoroughfare, and thus subserve their own best interests. We have the concurrent testimony of ali disinterested parties who are informed on the subject, in favor of thi6 route, including the Surveyor General,Simonton, of the Bulletin, who familiarised himself with this and rival routes before expressing an opinion—of merchants, teamsters and travelers generally, who pronounce the ascents gradual and easy for loaded teams, which can make the trips to Virginia City in shorter time, with greater ease to the animals, less wear and tear to the wagons, at much less cost, and earning front one to two tons more freight, than can possibly be transported over the Placerville road.It is to us a matter of no little astonishment that the Marysville people do not feel a deeper interest in this route. They remain idle and permit the Washoe trade to be taken from their doors, which might easily be secured, if a united effort of her citizens were made to that end.But our principal object in penning this article was to present the following—found the other day tacked against the post office bulletin board :“j. B. low’s prophecy.“Two years from this date, North San Juanwill be twice as large as Placerville.“August 8th, 1861.”Mr. Low is a resident of Silver City, Nevada Territory, and speaks with a full knowledge of the advantages to accrue from the completion of the Henness Pass route.What the War Proposes to Effect.—Not subjugation. Not to deprive a citizen of the South of one of his rights under the Constitution. Not to abolish slavery, nor to interfere with it in any respect. What then ? As we understand it, simply this:This rebellion is the work of disaffected politi-ticians. Only a portion of the Southern peopleare with it in heart—none in interest. In manylocalities the Union sentiment has been overslaughed, but has a latent existence, nevertheless. In others this sentiment has been proclaimed and maintained. The Government will 6end armies among these people, who, under its protection will proceed to call separate State Conventions. These Conventions, as in Western Virginia and Missouri, will depose the existing State officers, brand them as traitors, and choose loyal men to fill their places. When this has been done—when the Southern Unionists in the different rebel States feel that they arc strong enough to take care of themselves, the Federal armies will be withdrawn. Then let such men as Davis, Stevens, Beauregard, Rhett, Toombs and Y ancey take care of themselves. Their cases will be promptly disposed of by the Southern masses, whose fortunes they have infamously abused, before the General Government has an opportunity to take the job off their hands.This is a very simple programme, and easy to be understood.Bull’s Run.—The latest authentic newsestablishes, that at the battle of Bull’s Run lessthan 30,000 Federal troops were present, of whichbut 15,000, on a hungry stomach, with a ragingthirst, after a fourteen miles’ dusty march, werefor eight consecutive hours engaged.The panic has been shamefully exaggerated.G. P. Putnam, the famous publisher, who waspresent and witnessed it, says :Let me add that it was the 1st New Jersey Regiment, Col. Montgomery, coming up from Vienna, at 4 P. M., which so promptly and effectually stopped the stampede, put the wagonsJerfect order, regulated everything on thein perfect # ^ wroad, and then, at 5 P. M., marched on towards the battle-field. They deserve all credit for this important service. To show how effectual it was, I need only repeat that Mr. Tilley of Rhode Island, and myself remained till 64 o’clock at the very spot where the stampede was stopped, where we had the melancholy satisfaction of aiding with a cup of pure water the wounded and sick men w ho came limping from the field. The whole panic was stopped in 20 minutes. It was causeless and disgraceful during this time, and at the place wnere it occurred. The day was lost by it; but as far as the retreat or flight was concerned, it was stopped within two or three miles, and in less time than it takes to write about it.It is now asserted, that the rebels had on the battle ground, in all, 108,000 troops.Death of Hon. A. H. Stephens.—The Louisville Journal of June 26th contains the following dispatch :Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Southern Confederacy is dead. He was an abler man and a greater statesman than he has left behind him in the Confederate States. He resisted secession until he saw he could not resist it successful!}'. Well had it been for his fame if he had not yielded even then.»e of our dlv man-How the Fire Zouaves Received an Attack of Cavalry.—A spectator of the scene [at Bull Run] tells me that the Zouaves literally decimated the Black Horse Cavalry, the celebrated rebel troop. About the middle of the battle, the Zouaves fired by platoons upon the rebel infantry stationed in the woods. After they had fired, they discovered a troop of horses coming down on their rear. They carried the American flag, which deceived Col. Heintzeiman, and made him believe they were United States Cavalry, aud he so told the Zouaves. As they came nearer, their true character was discovered, but too late for all the Zouaves to reload. The regiment faced and received tec 1 y s t h e^ came down, with leveled bayonets, which threw them into confusion. Then away went muskets, and the Zouaves went in with their knives and pistols. They seized horses and stabbed their riders. In this band-to-hand conflict, the Black Horse troop were bandied in their own professed way of fighting. The sequel showed the Zouaves to be the most expert handlers of the knife. When the fight was over, there were not twenty of the four hundred cavalry left alive. Men and horses had been cut to pieces by the infuriated red-shirts. This troop of cavalry had boasted they would picket their horses in the grounds of the White House.The Great Central Route Across theSierra Nevada.A recent visit to a portion of the Henness Pass Route from Marysville to Nevada Territory, enables us to present some highly interesting and gratifying facts relating thereto. The Truckee Turnpike, which embraces so much of the route as extends from Grizzly Fort, Sierra county, to Jackson’s Ranch, near the Pass, is completed and in splendid condition ; and the IJenness Pass Turnpike is completed for two miles beyond the summit. This makes a distance of fortv-two miles of good wagon road, connecting with an equally good one leading this way by North San Juan to Marysville. The highest grade of the Truckee Turnpike does not exceed two feet to the rod, and only six rods are so steeply graded as that. The grade of other ascents is not over eighteen or twenty inches to the rod, while the general grade in overcoming ascent3 is from six to ten inches. The road is wide enough for loaded teams to pass each other, well banked up on the lower side, and keeps generally the south side of the ridge between the Middle and North Yuba. For a distance of nine miles beyond the farthest point named, down the eastern slope, the road is not completed, though usually in good traveling condition, the loose rocks removed, and only a week's labor needed to fit it for the transit of the heaviest laden teams. The nine miles of nearly finished road alluded to lead to the lower crossing of the Little Truckee river, where a bridge hasbeen erected. Thence a new grade has beenmade one mile and a half to Moore's at Tule Lake Valley. From this point to Sardine Valley, five miles, about two miles of light grading ha3 yet to be done, and beyond that the road is already finished to Virginia and Carson Cities. A force of eighty-six men, in two gangs, is employedon the incomplete sections of the route, under the supervision of the Truckcc and Henness Pass Turnpike Companies, who prosecute and own the road jointly beyond Jackson’s Ranch, a few miles this side of the summit, at which point the Marysville and Nevada roads intersect. We arc assured by Mr. Freeman, the principal contractor, that this great highway across the mountains will be finally completed by .September 5th. It may not be known to all of our readers that the Henuess Pass Route was early traversed by a portion of the overland emigration, and a tolerably good wagon roadthus formed which needed improvement atonly a few points where costly excavationand banking were required to obtain an easygrade around certain mountains which theemigrants used to climb directly over.These new’ grades having been made, theroute is fast becoming popular. Six andeight mule teams, hauling from sixty toeighty hundred pounds each, and even ashigh as eleven thousand pounds in oneinstance, and ox teams averaging loads ofabout seventy hundred, besides supplies offeed, are passing over the road constantly,going from Sacramento and Marysville byway of North San Juan. The freight fromMarysville to Virginia or Carson, ranges fromthree to four cents per pound. Over a goodportion of the road, except on the longestascents, stage teams can travel at a roundtrot. The newness of some Darts of it*makes it very dusty and rather heavy pulling for the first teams passing ; but after the first rains these sections will pack hard and be superior to much of the old grade. Until lately, heavily laden teams were obliged to divide their loads in going from Truckee Lake to Sardine Valley, a distance of about fifteen miles ; but in a week from this date they can go through the entire one hundred and thirty miles from Marysville to Virginia without unloading or meeting with any other impediment. To give an idea of the amount of freight and travel already going over the Henness Pass route, we will state that on Saturday last thirty teams Washoe were en route from San Juan, and eight heavily were counted between Milton a distauce of ten miles, besides numerous smaller vehicles, horsemen and pack trains. In response to queries addressed to them, the teamsters we encountered expressed themselves delighted with the route and the new road, and some of them, who have previously hauled goods by the Placerville route, characterize the latter as much iuferior iu point of light grade, hardness, and facilities for obtaining feed and water. After leavingthe Middle Yuba ridge the road passes through a succession of fine level pasture valleys, in which large quantities of hay are cut and sold on the spot and transported to Washoe, bringing thirty dollars a ton. These valleys, lying at the summit—the Henness Pass itself being one of them—and along the channel of the Little Truckee till it strikes the vast meadows of the Big Truckee at the foot of the Eastern Slope, have been all taken up and occupied by settlers. There are public houses at intervals of from four to six miles, where fair accommodations for man and beast can be porcured. There are three toll gates on the whole route from Grizzly Fort, the collections at which last month amounted to $1,100. Th.s month the tolls will reach about $1,500, and next month at least #2,000. They are put low, and will probably be reduced hereafter. Three stages make regular weekly and semiweekly trips on the route from Nevada, North San Juan and Downieville, the latter stage going by Sierra Valley and strikingthe new road at Sardine Valiev. After the•»thorough completion of the road, say by September 5th, it will command an immense amount of freight and travel and receive the first installment of the popularity which it is certain to obtain, and which will make it contribute vastly to the prosperity of all the towns on its course and at its termini. Marysville especially will be a gainer by it, and has thus early, we are told, obtained some accesions of trade through its instrumentality. Next year it will be traversed by a daily line of passenger and mail coaches, and be made a branch of the great central mail route across the continent. To this latter end our legislators should see that the next Congress be petitoned, and Marysville be designated as a distributing office for Northern California.destined for Marysville to loaded teams and Jackson.NEW, THIS WEEKFOR Jl’STICE.The undersigned presents himself to the voters of Bridgeport township as a candidate for Justice of the Peace. A. J. ELDER*Notice to the Public*MY WIFE MINERVA HAVING LEFT MY bed and board without just cause, I hereby Hive notice to all persons, that I will pay no debts of her contracting- JOHN MARKER.Forest City. Aug. 12, 1861.auglDissolution of Partnership.TtHE copartnership heretofore existing between Meek A Strayer, iu the hotel business, is this dav dissolved by mutual consent. A. L. MEEK.Aug. 14,1861. S. J. STRAYERThe Sierra Nevada Hotel will hereafter be conducted by the nndersighed, who will be responsible for all debts contracted by the late firm, and with whom those who are indebted to the firm will please settle as soon as possible. nugIT4t S. J. STRAYER.SOCIAL BALL!ASocial Ball will bo given at MITCHELL’SHOTEL. COLUMBIA HILL, (J. H. Mitchell,Proprietor.) onWednesday Even’g, Aug. 21st, 1861*An extensive pavilion has been erected adjoining tho Hotel, for laying the supper table, with accommodations in room and viands for all who may be present on the occasion.The public generally are respectfully invited to attend.Music by Samelson A Curtis’ Quadrille Band.CANDIDATES’ BALL.fT^TIE undersigned will give a grand Social Ball, ■ for the benefit of the numerous candidates now before the people for office, onWednesday Eveu’g, Aug. 28th, 1861,AT THEMONTEZUMA HOTEL, MONTEZUMA,To which the candidates and tho public generally are respectfully invited. DANIEL LIGGETT.Music by Samelson Curtis’Quadrille Band.[advertisement.]National Democratic Nominations.For Governor,John R. McConnell.For Lieut. Governor,Jasper O’Farrell.For Judge of the Supreme Court,W. C. Wallace.For Congress,II. I*. Ilarber.II. O. Shattuck.For State Controller,Samuel II. llrooks.For State Treasurer,Thomas Findley.For Attorney General,Tod Robinson.For Surveyor General,II. A. Iligley.For Clerk of the Supreme Court,Charles S. Fairfax.For State Printer,M. I. Carr.ForForFor Asscmblvmen....• • • •Countv Ticket.District Judge.............Niles Searls.Senator............George D. Roberts.[R. B. Moyes,I' E. McSorley, J. W. Coleman, A. A. Olinger.1 or Sheriff.•••••••••••••••• John II. Dixson.1*or Collector•••«•••••••••••• Amos r. Laird.For Recorder..............John S. Lambert.F or County Clerk.................. H. Dai is.For Treasurer............Samuel McBrown.For District Attorney..........E. W. Maslin.I*or AssessorDr. O. F. Clark.For Public Administrator.........J. M. Gray.For County Surveyor...........John Ostrom.f or Coroner............... .Dr. £■ Cr. Meek.For Supt. Public Schools..1)r. C. T. Overton. For Supervisor (3d Dist.)........H. H. Sweet.LIST OF LETTERSREMAINING in the Post office at North San Juan, California, August 16, 1861.O“Pers0ns calling for letters in the list, will please say, “Advertised August 16th.”GEO. D. DORNIN, P. M.Altimus, Abram Black, Samuel Benton, Abram Bickford, L H Buchanan, Geo W F Bryan, D C Brown, Daniel Battersby, Capt R Chamberlain, E J 2Caldwell, R P 2Davis, Aurelia 2 Dewey, Edw M Davis, John Greely, Julia A Hart, Ambrose L Holden, \V Harris, Thomas J Harmishfeger, J Houston, John 2 Lewis, Samuel J Lingara, Samuel Langin, NicholasLebby, E H Kennedy, Pat’k Michael, Joseph McKinley, Wm Middleton, Geo McCourt, Bernard Mercer, Edw’dMonosmith Levi Manchester E C Powers Michael Pearce David 2 Powell J C Richard Sam’l L Ryan Dennis Rapp Peter Shankland D Stephens Raphael Storr Alonzo Sanford Alford Soule F Smith Andrew Truesdell Jas W Thomas Cornelius Taylor Rich’d VanHook J B 2 White Harrison Willson Wm H Wood Artemus Wooster Welton 2 Wells Mary D Wright S W Wolf Wm Wilson Wm Homer Wettig Auguste Warfield JasP. M. STEAMSHIP G0. SUNCLE SAM!Will leave Folsom street Wharf, onWednesday, Aug. 21st, 1861,At 9 o'clock, A. M., Punctually,Passengers will be conveyed from Panama to Aspin-wall by the Panama Rail Road Co., andfrom A«pinwall to New York by the Atlantic andPacillc Steamship Company.FORBES k LaBCOCK,Corner Sacramento and Leidesdorff streets, auglTtd San Francisco.“Colonel Skinner of Texas,” who was going it on “a high figure” before the right kind of audiences, thus settled a long-disputed fact in history and “elevated” himself: “Feller-citizens,” said he, with a veryknowing look, “I was at the battle whereTecuovsey was killed—I was. I commanded a regiment there—I did. I’m not agwine to say who killed Tecumsey—I ain’t. But this much I will say—he was killed with one of my pistols. And, gentlemen, I leave it to your knowledge of human nature, if a man would be very apt to lend out bis pistol on an occasion of that sort!”•We are told that our troops are the bravest fellows in the world, only they were taken with a panic that caused them to run twenty-eight miles, although no foe pursued.—Marysville Express.Observe how the venomous sting is thrust intothis sentence. “Only they were taken with apanic that caused them to run twenty-eightmiles.” No person or paper, so far as we havenoticed, has ever stated the precise distance that the Federal troops retreated. The Express obtained its splenetic information, no doubt, by consulting the scale of the map and measuring its lines.Our troops! That sounds loyal, don’t it, fora sympathiser with the Jeff. Davis rebellion U -{UpTo collect a Chinese multitude, let a wagon load of chickens be driven through their quarter.iiuimuinS. J. STRAYER. PROPRIETOR.THE undersigned having leased for a term of years, the abore well known and popular Hotel, is determinedto keep it in the future asA First Glass House.This Hotel is eligibly located on toe Main street, is plastered throughout and has superior ventillation. The proprietors has given it a thorough renovation— linn added many essential additions to its convenience and comfort, and is prepared to assert, that no public house in the mountains can excel it in all tho perfect accommodation for guests. tfB, Coki Baths, free of charge.A Bar, containing clioiec Liqnors and Cigars, hasbeen attached to the Hotel; and aGreat Reduction mfcdeFruits! Fruits!Those desirous of procuring pooches or plums, to j preserve, can be accommodated by calling onB. T. CONGER.San Francisco street, North San Juan.All Persons are ForbidNegotiating for anj' NOTE against Isaac Anderson and iu favor of Albert McMullen, as the same will not be paid. ISAAC ANDERSON.August 12,1861. aug!7-3t*in the prices of Board jy6-61S. J. STRAYER,Proprietor. |
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