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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31
A Paragraph on Mules.

If YOU want TO Try the calibre Of
mans profanity, get hun TO ride mule.
and listen atteniively to the remarks he
addresses 10 the animal, when, as is sure
to occur before the close Of the trip, di-
vision of sentiment springs up between
the Two as to which is the proper road TO
travel. Even chaplains have been known
10 utter small "damns" under such trying
circumstances. II The reader wants 10
render implicit obedience 10 the second
commandment, my advice to him is, to
keep out OF such scrapes as got into on
the battle field Of Chrmpion Hill, which
was as follows: My horse giving de-
cded evidences of physical exhaustion.
borrowed mule TO drive along the lines.
We (.he mnle and | were travelling to.
ward the left, in the immediate rear Of
Hovey's division, then fighting desperate
ly for the ground on which it stood. Pret-
ty soon Hovey had TO fall bsck. ! tried
to indicate 10 my long cared steed that !
wished to do the same, but be evinced
stubborn disposition 10 advance instead OF
retreat. l pulled first one rein and then
the other, but the mnle wouldn't stir. I
spurred the animal. but il only made him
lick, and was obliged TO desist. in pros
pee. OF being left on the roadside. The
rebels were advancing; were already win
in rifle range, and the bullets were whist.
ling in pursuit OF our men not Of me, |.
thought: for they surely would not hit
non combattant. And still the mule
would not turn back. pulled again on
the reins with all my might, but the way.
ward animal only backed himself up
against tree in response. and Iesolu,ely
refused 10 fall back. II | had had rat.
tail file | should have spiked and abau-
doned him. He then commenced an un-
earthly bawl, which Interpreted as my
funeral dirge, and which would updoudt.
ediy have proven so, had I not dismount-
ed ann led him to the rear, arriving there
just in time to save myself. ! have stu
diously avoided mules ever since. and in
tend to do so for three years. or during tie
war, Reader. ifyou don't wani an inceu-
live 10 swearing don't ride q mule
VickSJurg Correspondence.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31
BLUE EYES AND DARK EYES. LIN trop

BLUE EYES AND DARK EYEs.-..In tropc
al countries the tendency is TO become
dark like the natives. For instance, when
blue-eyed New Englanders settle in Ala.
bama or Louisiana, they become the pa.
rents of dark-eved children. The FIRST
one born TO them will be shade dark.
er Than The parents. the second still dark.
er and so on ill lhe sixth, eighth, or tenth,
whose eyes will be black, and their grand.
children will all have black eyes. Bul
should they-.-lhe grenbchildren--.re'urr
to the northern home OF their ancestors,
settle, and become parents. their descend
ants will, in time, recover the blue or ligh
eyes Of their ancestry. The eye is The
first to show the effects Of the change. anc
the hair the aext then the skin becomes
shade darker. il in the tropics, or light
er, il in the temperate zones.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31

THE UKIoN FLEET AT CHARLESTON "A
letter from gentleman in the service al
the Navy Department at Port Royal, in
recent letter, stated that the available
ships Of the South Atlantic feet are
eighteen in number. with a tonnage OF
1905, ,669 guns and 5, 940 officers and
men. The Wabash has the larges, mum
OF guns, (4U,) the new Ironsides (iron.
clad has 2U. the steam sloop Powhsttan
IL and the steam sIoop Housa'onic l2.-.-
Included 10 The feet sIe the iron. .clads
Weehawken, Montauk, Patapsco. and
Nahant. and the steam gunboats Paul
Jones, Cimmerone, Conemrugh. Tobago,
Puron.o Ottawa. Senacs, Wissahckon,
and Msrblebead. The iron 'clads are in
excellent condition. ..r.p .,.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31

GRAM ELEvAToRs IN NCHIcAGo.-Another
immense Grain Elevator. said to be the
largest in tho world, has just been finished
in Chicago, and still another Of equal size,
is nearly completed. They have been built
in the most substantial manner, and are
furnished throughout, With the most perfect
machinery, including a large nutnbor OF
Fairbanks 80 Busbel Hopper Scales. which
insures correct weight to buyers aud sellers
of grain. The amount of grain, which can
DO handled in these Elevators in . single
day is enormous, The increased production
of grain 10 the North. vest, is perhaps ssowr
in no way more clearly than by the rapid in
crease in Chicago of the facilities for 70
eeiving and shipping it.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31
THERE Is NO DEATH.
By J. L NJ cREARY.

There is ne death Tho stars go down
To rise upon somo fairor shore;
Aud bright IN beavons jrwelod crown
Thoy shine forcvermote
There 10 no death Tho dust we tread
Shall change beneaih tho summer
showers
To golden grain. or mellow Iruit,
Or ,aiDbow- tinted flowers.
There is no death The lcaves may fall
The flowers may fade aud pass nway -
They only wait through wiutry hours
Tho coming of the May.
Tbore is no death An gel form
Walks oor the earth With silent tread
He bears our best loved things away.
Aud then we call them "doad
He leaves our hoarts all desolatc;
He plucks our faircst sweetest flOwors--
Transpantcd into bliss, they now
Adorn Immortal bowers.
Tho birdlik voica, whose joyous tones
Made glad this sccno OF SIN and strife
Sings now her cvul lasting song
Amid tho Tree of Life.
And whore b secs smilo too bright,
Or hearts too pure for taiDt OF vice,
He bears it 10 that word of light,
To dwell in Paradise @
Born into that undying life.
They leave US but to come again;
With joy We wolconio tLeh--,he satno,
Except in sin AID pain.
And over uoar us,'though unscon,
Tho dear, Immortal spi,its ,rcad
For all tho boundlcss Universe
Is Life There ARE NO DEApi
Homo .Ndguzine. .-.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31

ABOUT LIFE-lf II is well for man 10
live at all. he should endesvor to avoid
all those influences which detract from the
beauty aud harmony Of human existence.
In other words. he should make the more
Of life," founded by anything. He should
fully possess himself, being at peace with
his own soul. and having great good will
for all mankind. Lille. then. will have q
beautiful significance TO him; its current
will be deep and flow gently on---.iu all
the beauties of the world reflected.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31
Rebel Joy Over the New York Riots.
(From the Richmond Enquil cr, Juy 49,
BEGINNING oP CHAOS

BEGINNING oP CHAOS.
Riot, murder and conila grafton have be-
gun in New York. 1t is worlds wonder
that his good roork did not commence lon,
ago aud this crcsiirnt outbreak may 5'
tho opening scene of tho inevitable revoIu
ton which is to tear to pieces that most rot
tsu society and irare The Northern hoy o.
the old .4meriean Union a desert Of blood
soaked ashes. We oid il good speed.
Bur all this may have little or no effec
on the war, at teast FOR u long tune. Lee,
US not deceive ourselves for internal rovo.
luton and even utter ruin ia a nation BY hu
means weakons it for foreign aggression
OF which revolutionary France is q notable
example. The ners is cheering TO US. in.
deed because it portonds the breaking down
of the whole structure Of Yankee society,"
Yot tho process May be long and in the
meantime the desperate energy of their wa,
tor conquest of the confedsracy may grow
more furious for a season.
No matter; we can at least now sec Ia
the end of il. This ono instruction may
be suppressed Cor the moment, but it will
be tho parent of othor and still worse con
vulsions. We have but to persovCre in ou,
determined resistance. grid ourselves to the
task of winning our independence more
sternly than ever. yet little while. aud We
shall SEQ the giant but hollow bulk Of the
Yankee nation bursiing into fragments and
rushing do,oa into perdilion in flames ana
blood. .4nien.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31

HoMR TYRANrs-.-Fo his rule over his
family, and for his conduct 10 his wife and
children. subjects over whom his power 10
monsrchial. any one who watches the
world must think with trembling OF the ac-
count which many man will have to ren.
der. For in onr society there is no Law
to control the king Of !he 6reside. He 10
master Of property. happiness. life almost.
He is free to punish, 70 make happy or
unhappy, to ruin or to torture. He may
kill a wife gradually. and be no more
questioned than the grand se,gnor who
browns a slave at midnight. He may
make slaves and hypocrltes Of his chill
dreu, or friends and treemen; or drive
them into revolt and enmity against the
natural law Of love. have heard poliu.
clans andl coffee-house wiseacres talking
over the newspapers. and railing at the
tyranny OF the emperor, and wondered
how these, who are monarchs. too. iu
their way. govern their own dominions at
home, where each man rules absolute.
When the annals of each little reign arc
shown to the Supreme Master under
whom we hold sovereignty, histories will
be laid bare of household tyrants cruel as
Amurah, savage as Nero, and reckless
and dissolute as Charles.--. 1haeksroy.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31
How to Treat Drafted Men.

The following incident is recorded in The
Philadelphia Press. 1t makes us think
better Of human nature, while il magni.
6es aud exalts true, patriotic, loyalty
The example is worthy of all imitation.
Says the Press:
THAT the draft must and will be en-.
forced is beyoud doubt. Tha: by its
enforcement the families OF hundreds oI
men will be dependent upon the support
OF the pnb\lc is equally unqnestionabe
70 this plan there seems no objection; i
is simple. practical, Its application vii
be immediate. and its benefits impartial
We may easily inier its reception by al
incident which occurred yesterday. A
gentleman who employs number of re.
spectacle mechanics visited the place in
which they we,e working, and inquired
the reason Of the absence Of one OF their
number. lie was told the man bad been
drafted, and WAS then absent erdeavoring
% obtain some means of supporting bis
family during his term OF military service.
"Tell him." said the employer. ",o come
to me before he leaves the city, and will
assure him that his vile and children
sh all be cared for by me. while he fights
for us all, whether he is gone six month:
or three years. "And if am drafted
said the man he addressed. "will you dc
that for my wife and children?" Il vii
do it, the gentleman replied. The otbel
looked up quickly, saw his employer was
in downright earnest. and wept tears ol
delicious relief"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31

The Lifetime of Man.

When tho world was created, and all
creatures assembled TO bayo their lifotime
appointed, the ass first acsauccj, and uskcd
how long he would have to live.
Thirty yosrs.' replied Nature, twill that
be agreeable to thee Z"
"Aias answered the ass. at is long
whlo. Remember what n woarisomo OK.
istence.wil be mino; from morning ill night
l will thsvo to bear heavy burdens. drag corn.
sacks to tho mill, that others may cat bread
whilo shall have no encouragement nor be
refreshed by anything bat blows and kicks.
Givo mo but portion Of that time, ] pray"
Nature was moved with compassion, aud
gave him but eighteen yeors. The asa went
away comtorted, and the dog came forward.
"How long dost thou require to live e
asked Nature 'thirty years were too many
for the uss, but wilt thou be contented with
them 2"
"ls 1t thy will that shon'd :" replied tho
dog. Think how much will have TO be
about; my foot will not last so long time ;
aud whom | shall bavo lost my voice for
barking. and my teeth for bitiog. what else
shall BIZ fit for but to lilo down in the cor.
ner aud grow =
Nature though, he was right, and gave
him twelve years.
The ape then appeared.
Thou wilt, doubtless, willingly We thr
ty years" said Nature, "you will not hav,
to labor as the ass and dog. Lifo will b,
pleasant to thee"
"Ah no t. ho cried, $50 il may seem t,
others, but 1t will not be! Should pudding
ever rain down, shall excite laughter b,
my grimaces, and then be rewarded with q
sour apple. How often sorrow Iios con
cua led behind jcs, l shall not be abb,
10 endure thirty ycars."
Nature was gracious, and he received but
ten.
At last came man, healthy and strong
aud asked tho measure of his days.
"Wi'l thirty years coutent thee Z"
"What short time T. exclaimed the man
when l shall have built my house, and
kindled fire on my own hear h-when ;h,
trees l have planted are about TO bloom au
boar fruit-~hen liie shall seem most d.
sirablc, shalt do. On, Nature, grant IN
a longer period"
"Tnen thou shalt have the eighteon year
of tho uss besides.
That 10 not enough" replied tho man.
Take iikowise the twelve yoars of th,
dog"
ut 10 DOT yet sufficient" reiterated man
give mo more" .''.....
Il will give thoe, then. the ton years o
the ape; aud in vain wilt thou claim moro.
Man departed onsatisfod.
Ihas man lives seventy. Tho first ,hirt
are his human years. and pass vif,!y by
He is then heal,hy and happy. He labor
carefully, and rcjoices in his existence. TIL
eighteen of the ass como next burden afte
burden Is heaped upon him-he carries tn
corn tha: is to feed others blows and kick
are tho reward of his faithful service. Th
twelve years of the dog follow. and he lose
his teeth, and lies down in the corner ant
growls. When these are gone, the apes tol
torn conclusion. Then man, weak and
silly, becomes the sport of children. -
Translated from The German
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31

AwoMAN of genius. who has tho sagacity
to choose perfectly true man as her COM
pauion, shows more of the divine gift in so
doing. than in her finest talk or her most
brilliant work of letters or of art. ......
DoN'r fear having your faith unsettled.
Faith like evory other living thing, requires
exercise, and. like a feather-bed, Is ali the
better Tor shaking up now and then.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-07-31

D., WE must not hide onr faces 10 the LAP
Of the familiar Past when the strange Flu.
,ure holds out her arms aud asks us 70
come to her. i' I 80 y. .'''
No faithful workman 6nds his task .
pastime. We must all toll or steal, no
matter how we name our stealing.
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AUGUSTINE said "Dehver ne, G
Lord, from that evil man, nyseV."
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The mountain Democrat., 1863-01-17
KItsy with the Benny Blus Eye.
III wM. wooDsraN.

Dear to me stin 10 the vale Of AvOca,
Though far, far away from its every loved Seene.
The home ofthe daisy and sweet scented primrose.
And ETin's own tTue-love, the shamrock 20 greesi
on have I Strayed through Its wave rolling mesa-
To list to the iarL a. II warblsd on high,
And euH for my Kitty the deW-drOSPiDs vioLets
That wore the bright hue Of her bOnny, blue eye
There nOws through this vale an enchanting r1VsF'
More beautiful than the shannon or SUR
Il Winds through the hAunts OF the thrusn sue '"s
hnnet,
Its grandeur nwoke the sweet numbers Of Moore
Upon its green banks have sat With my Atty,
And watched the glad waves that Usni nurmHxlnS
a, -. -Ss. tAs Wild song. a. our eSH s.i''e
Whilst b.sninS With love Va, her bOuuy. blue eye.
I've seea sunny spots In the land Of Columbia,
And dAmsslS 10 nation on earth can suTPass,
Bat deareT 70 me 10 the vale Of AvOea
where duells witehing Kitty, ny sweet wicklow
Lass,
Her step waS ss graceful and light ss fairy,
The bllAsh on her cheeks with the roses might vie
Her tEesses we're gemmed with the ~i;d 'oTes1
flowers,
The Iustre Of diamonds was in her bOnny blue eye.
No more shall visit those grand wicklow noun
tains,
That sAjeId thi; sweet vale from the HsTee, stormy
gale, 4
Or listen al eve to the song birds OF Erin
In the green shady bowers around AVondale'
And were to die in this land Of the stranger,
ny sole wish would be, ere heAV'd the last sigh,
To sleep near my friends, in the vale Of AVocAI
I3eAide my own love with the bonuy, blue eye
The mountain Democrat., 1863-01-17

SUFFICIENTLY ExPLIcIT.-The HonorA.
BILE Joel Parker, the distinguished Pro-
fessor in the Cambridge Law School and
University, recognized as an able public
list, is also remarkable for using great
plainncsS Of speech in giving expression to
his ideas. Called recently to comment
on some observations made on the "proc.
lamation Of freedom" by one Of those
clergymen who imagine themselves pro.
found lawyers-for no other reason, per.
baps, than they know little or nothing Of
theology-he writes as follows:
~ need hardly say that respect and
reverence the clergyman who gives evi-
dence that be duly appreciates the high
and holy nature Of bis mission. And
do not deny him the right, At the proper
time and in the proper manner. Of discnnss-
ing important political principleG But
when clergy man assumes to know more
Of constitutional law than those who have
spent their lives in the Investigation Of
its principles, he is apt to exhibit him.
sclfas an unmitigated ass"
The mountain Democrat., 1863-01-17
CoNsTABLE's sALE.R

DY virtue Of writ Of execution, to me directed.
ID issued out Of Justice G. II. Rolke's Court, Kel-
sey Township, County Of II Dorado, State Of Cali.
fornia, upon . Judgment rendered In sad Court on
the I'd day Of December 1862, in favor ~ M.-hael
Guiltner ::1 against Norman E. seOneld a. Squire
BFees, for the ::.u OF two hundred and y-eiEht
SS 100 dollAFS, debt, and ten s5l0O dollars costs
and aeeruinG eosss, I have levied upon and shAll
expose for sale At public auction, st the mining
claim below described,
On the S1st Day of January, 1853,
st 10 o'clock NJ, all the right. title and interest Of
the said Squire BTees, in and to one undivided
third Of the following described properly, lying In
the township, county AID State above named, to-
vii:
]. A certain mining claim, situated on the nrst
Favine which lies west Of David Martins ranch, and
runs nearly north and south, commencing at two
little reservoirs said TAvine, and opposite said
GuiltneV's cabin, and running up the FaVine one
thousand feet. more or less, and known a. Squire
Brees Co.'S Ravine Claim.
2. A certain ditch, commencing at, and conveying
water from Blue RaVine, In said township, and run
ming 70 Squire Brees Co.'S high nume which :rosS
es Columbia Plat, and conveys water to the claim
above named, and known AS Squire Brees ( Co.'S
ditch.
Given under my hand this 9th day OF January,
1SoS. JOHN IRONS,
Constable.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-01-17

LUCKY SPECULATION IN GoLD.--The
Brooklyn Times relates the successful ex.
perience of o gold speculator whose op
eratiOns may be briefly stated as fol.
lows: When gold was at premium of
o per cent, the gentleman had 81, 900
which he invested in the yellow coin,
upon which he borrowed $1,000 and i'm.
mediately rcinvested it in gold, and then
again upon the gold purchased, borrowed
all the money he could, and so he has
kept on constantly purchasing and Dor.
rowing on that which he purchased. As
gold advanced he still kept borrowing
within 5 per cent of its market value.
When gold was worth $3.50 he would
borrow 1925 upon each 800 of coin,
until he now absolutely controls more
than $500,000, and has cleared upwards
Of 100000 by purchasing and borrow.
ing upon his original capital of $1,000.
That is what may be called good finan.
c:ering.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-01-17

"TuE only exodus Of the slave is over
the ruins Of the American Constitution. "
So said Wendell Phillips, and Presi'
dent Lincoln has evidently adopted this
opinion. Ills emancipation proclamation
supersedes the Constitution, so far as the
latter relates to slavery, and as Webster
said, "a contract broken in part is bro
ken altogether" Webster was a states.
man, Lincoln is . follower of Phillips,
Garrison & Co., and his highest ambition
seems to be to crafty the fanatical spirit
of his leaders. The election OF Lincoln has
convinced the people how dangerous it is
to place in power weak and vain man,
without experience or capacity.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-01-17

ABOLITION As VIEWED ~ TIE NEW
YoRx TErBuxE m 1S44.-We copy the
following arguments from campaign
electiOneering tract issued by Greeley and
McElrath, from the Tribune otBce, New
York, 10 1874. Current events, 10
great measure, produced BY that very
paper, since it changed its ground, are
established the truth and force Of this
reasoning in . striking manner. The
same paper now would pronounce such
arguments treason, or at least an evil
dence Of sympathy with the rebels" il
t6ey we're pc EJr42 I , . Democratic pa
per:
1--WE are not Go0d of alarming topics.
nor disposed to excite unnecessary Snx'
iety. But the evils Of Political Abolition
risinglup in the North must be faced, and
the consequences it tends to must be con.
sidered, However aVerse the people Of
the free States may be to slavery, land
we believe they are almost universally
so,) yet they cannot but feel that tins
remedy Of Political Abolition is worse than
Ibe disease: first, because the rudeneSS
NnSa %YSIeSTee " Ine Nsra[t,AenN N,IiJ S6STS-
vate it; and next, because they fear
that the medicine, if administered as pro-
posed, will kill both the doctor and the
S.;i3cSs. =. Ais4Nlntion Of the Union
would be as certain as any effect Of 4
moral cause that can be reckoned on.
Nor is it likely that this would be the
end. The political aspirations and exas'
perations that would themselves naturally
be breeders Of other convultions and it
would not be strange il some chieftain or
chieftainS should rise up in the struggle,
to make slaves Of ell freemen, and bind in
stronger chains those whom, by such
means, is proposed to set free.
We are . family Of States, bound to-
gether by q covenant solemnly ratified,
which prescribes the rights Of each. In
this family concord is beautiful; but
family quarrels arc worst Of all. Civil
war is the most terrible and desolating Of
all wars, and most difficult to be brought
to an end. Look at Spain. Will any
one say, that such a movement as the po'
li;ical abolition Of the North, does not
put in jeopardy the peace of this Union
and the Union itself? And can any hu-
man foresight tell what scenes Of strife 1t
is likely to produce if it should be en-
couraged to pass on its way towards the
supreme power Of the nation, which is
now its avowed aim p Tribune Junius
Tract, 1874.