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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-01-06
PRESIDENT LrNcoLSs PROCLAMATION.

The New York World, commenting on
Lincoln's proclamation requiring the citi-
zens Of the Confederate States to take sn
oath supporting his emancipation proclamar
tion. says: :" President Lincoln has shown
himself utterly destitute Of the statesman
like tact requisite Tor desl,ng with grsas
people in revolt. hssss blind as was Lord
North j he 10 40 blind a. was Philip the So
csnd A.spais. when he lost the Neither
lands. Never slnss the creatioh Of nan,
has there bess . people ss led csptiys BY
their imsginations, % subject 10 the des-
potism Of ideas. ss the people Of the South.
Call their ideal grievances prejudices, u
you Wills brand their srdor. their rover.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

THE words which were uttered by John
Adams after the adoption of the Declaration
of Independence, should always be recalled
on our national anniversary. They may we'll
impress and fire our hearts with thoir. strung
patriotism.
/" Whatever NAV be our fate, be assured
that this Declaration will stand 1t may
cnst treasure and it may cost blood. nut it
will richly compensate tor both. Through
the thick gloom Of the present | see the
bright ess uf the future as the sun in heaven.
We shall mike this II glorious and immortal
day When we are in our graves our chill
dren viii honor it. They will celebrate it
with thanksgiving. with festiv ties, with
b ~ fires and iliuminations. On its annual
return they will shed tears, not of suhjectl'n
and slavery, not OF agony and distress but
OF exultation. of gratitude and Of joy. Sir,
before God / believe that the hour is come
All thar | have, nll that | care, all that
hope for in thi. life. ! am now ready here tn
stake upon it, and leaye off as | began. that
sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish,
| an for the Declaration. 1t is nv liring
sentiment, and by the blesbng Of God il shall
be my dying sentiment. Independence
now and Independence forever.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30
DEATH TO THE TRAITORS.

Hurrahl for the flag that forefathers bore
In storm and in tempest, sea aud on shore.
Hurrah for the hearts that have ever been true,
In the days that are past, to the Red, White and
Blue,
Then rally, boys. rally from mountain and val
lev,
Speak death to the traitor and hope to the free;
Shake out the old banner with shout and hosan-
nah,
And see if the people love liberty seei
What fear we from those who invade without fear,
The rights that all nations and people revere?
Have our arms become weak, and our feet become
slow.
That we tremblingly pale in the sight of the fae'
No, rally. boys, rally from mountain and val
Speak death to the traitor aud hape to the free;
Shake out the old banner, with shout and hosan-
And see if the people love liberty, see!
The Union, We swear to preserve ii entire
Paptizing its pillars in blood and in fire,
For the exile and stranger recline in its shade,
And the no Of a world are engraved on its blade.
Then rally, boys, rally from mountain and val
lev.
Speak death to the traitor and hope to the free;
Shake out the old banner with shout and hosan-
nah.
And see if the people love liberty, see.
Let the heart of the Nation rejoice in its might,
AS the banner Of stars is unfured to the fight,
And the lightnings of Heaven blast the traitorous
hand
That blots out one star from the flag of our land
Then rally, boys, rally from mountain and val
ley,
Speak death to the traitor and hope to the freel
Shake out the old banner, with shout and hosan.
nah
And see if the people love liberty, see
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

FEMININE DEvorEDSEss.-At Lyons, when
that city became the theatre of daily execu-
tinns. woman learned hy chance that her
husbands name was on the list of the pro-
scrihed. and instantly ran to avert the I'M
pending deStrpctiun, by securing his imme-
date fight She compelled him to assume
her dress, gave him her money and jewels.
ami had the inexpressible happiness If see ng
him pass unsupported. A few hours after
wards the officers came to seize him. She had
prepared herself to rec i've them, by putting
on !, suit of her husbands clothes and an
swering also TO his nam. She was led be
f,re the revolutionary committee. In the
course of the examination her disguise was
discovered, and they demanded of her her
husband. {" Ny husband. she answered. in
a time Of exultation. .' is nut Of the reach of
your power. | planned his escape, and
glory in ri<king my fe in the preservation
of his They DISPLAYED before her the in
strument of punishment, and charged her To
reveal the route her husband had taken.-
:. Strikeln she replied ~ am prepared
$ But it is the interest of your country that
cammands you tn speak" said one of the
committee Barbarians." she answered.
"my country cannot command me to outrage
the laws of nature" Her dignity and firm
ness awed the members of the Revolutionary
Committee. and noble action for once over
came their spirit of desnla'ing cruelty.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR.-An interesting 9
anecdote. though of doubtful authenticity. is
related OF franklin, whn. it is alleged. in or
der to test the parental instinct existing be
tween mother and child, introduced himself
as a bel,ted traveller to his mothers house
after an absence of many years. Her hnuse
being filled with mole illustrious guests than
the unknown stranger, she refused him shell
ter, and would nave turned him from her
door. Hence he concluded that the so called
parental instinct WAS pleasant deluslye be
lief, not susceptible Of proof. The opposite
OF this lately occurred in Washington. In
one of the fierce engagements with the rebels
near Mechapicsville. IN May last young
Lieutenant of Rhode Island battery had his
right foot shattered hv IL shell that, on
reaching Washington after one uf those hor
rid Ambulance rides. aud II journey OF ii week :
duration, he was otlig d to undergo ampl-
tation Of the leg He telegra,.hed hume
hundreds of miles away. that all was going
WELL aud with u sol9iers'S fnrtiiude. enmno~-
ed himself 10 bear his >ufferings alone. I'm
known to him, however, his mother, one of
those dear reserves cf the army. fastened mp
to jeia TIE main force, She reached the city
at midnight and the nurses would have kept
her from him until morning. One sat by his
side tanning him as lie slept. her hand on the
feeble fuctuating pulsations which forbod-d
sad results. But what woman heart could
resist the pleadinss Of a mother then In the
darkness she was finally allowed to lije in
and take the place at his side She touched
his pulse ;ls the nurse had done not word
had been spoken, but the sleeping boy OPEN
ed his eyes and said THAT feels like INV
mothers hand who is this beside me? 1t is
my mother; turn up the gas and let me see
mother ~ The two dear faces met in one
long. j yful sobbing embrace, and the fond
ness pent up in each heart sobhed aud pan
ted, aud wert firth its expression. The gal
liant fellow. inst twenty one, his leg amputa
ted on the last dav of his three wears service
underwent operation after operation. and at
last, when death drew nigh. aitd he was told
10y tearful friends that it only remained to
make him crmiorrable, said :. he had looked
death in the face 100 many times TO he afraid
nnw," AMI died as gallantly as did the men
Of tie Cumberland. - Washington Cor. N Y
Ere Post 2lst
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30
straddiing the Fence.

The following from the Washoe Herald of
july sih. gives the status of what Democrat
ic journals are pleased to style the political
parties Of the day The reader may fancy
that the writer is radical. Maybee lie is, but
he has succeeded in fixing the line, on eth, r
side Of which the coming great p ltical hat
tie must he fought. That line is as plain as
the one between Grant and Lee:
The odor of apprehension is 50 distaste-
fnl to the people ot loyal communities th t
but few afflicted with its virus have the
courage to openly confess that they believe
il its teachings; lut Ike Satan quoting
scripture, they employ stale platitudes and
dull generalilies 10 conceal the fence on
which they sit astride. One paper We w"t IF
in this city, great on the fence, charges all
sorts eff evilheSs of purpose on those who be
leve in thnse whose business it is to give "a
public expres>inn to their opinions. dong so
wi,hoat equvocatinn. For ourselves we are
free to coutrss that we hate with a bitterness
heyand expression those who befriend the
enemies of ur country by word or deed: we
iespise those more who do so under the cloak
of !; lukewarm luyaltv. We have no wards
of softne>s. no smile o deceit for copperheads,
great or small, powerful or weak, we hate
Il en- al. and had we the power we would
cnnsign them TO that place where Gud sent
the first rebels Would these tence-stradillers
have loyal citizens whose brothers are being
murdered in eold blood, under tor nres most
Internal. >mile at and speak well .of Il ose
who abet such deeds? To us it appears to
be the duty Of press rightfully claiming to
be loyal. TO dennunce treason and traitors
under all circumstance not hy ar V means
to srraddle the fence, and be half rebel and
half patriot.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

How TO REMOVE FgEcKLEs When freck-
les, sunburn, or black spots c. flesh worms"
as they are often caledl. cannot be easi re-
moved. it would be advisable 10 adont the fol
lawing remedy, which. though simple, is very
efhcaciou>: Mix some fnpr ,f sulphur in
little milk let it star for couple of hours
and hen, without disturbing the sulphur,
use the milk as lotion, to lie we'll rubbed
into skin With atoyel. Almost immed atey
afterwards, the skin may be washed with
soap and cold water. Another excellent pre-
paration is the following: Take half pound
Of soft wax ; melt it over slow fire with three
nunces ofsweet oil add a small feacupfnl If
fine sand; stir well together. and afterwards
mould or press the mixture into cakes. 1t
may be scented with few drops of Gil of her
gamot or other perfume. 1t is TO be rubbed
on the skin at beltime. Either of these
preparations viii be found mnst useful in
beauiifving the ski.i. if the bodily health he
properly attended to at the same time.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

ItIGHEsT MOUNTAINS IN THE UNITED STATES.
-ProtessorJ. ID. Whitney, the Superintend-
ent Of the California Geological Survey. in an
article in the 9 Proceedings of the California
Academy" announces his conclusion that
Mt. Shasta IA, 400 feet high. probably over
tops all other peaks within the limits of the
United States. Mount Hood. sometimes call.
ed the loftiest peak of the Cascade Ranges,
is probably not so high as Mounts Shasta.
Rainer, or Adams, and by no means entitled
t. the supremacy of the chain. although one
of the highest points it. Tri. gnnouetrical
measurements of Mount Hood, in | | .934 feet
Mount ST. Elias, in the Russian Possessions
has generally been considered the highest
mountain in North America, on the authority
ot Malespina's manuscripts, discovered by
Humboldt in the archives Of Mexico, which
assign to it an elevation of II .S54 feet. Mr..
Whitney, however, thinks this estimate err
roneous and the estimate given on the Bri-
tish lIydrograpical charts ofCaotain De- has,
Of IA 070, more nearly correct Mount Brown
and Mount Hooker in British Columbia. have
assigned to them hight of 10000 and 16,
$50 feet respectively. But the highest noun
tain on the North America continent is. be
yond all doubt the Mexican volcano Of Pnpo-
catape, which rises to the well ascertained
hight of IL 1S3 feet.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30
why Mr. Lincoln should be Re-eleeted.

The Atlantic Monthly, the leading organ
of New England opinion, in an article in fa-
vor of the reelection of Abraham Lincoln,
says:
The errors into which we fell in the early
drys of the contest were the effect OF the
want OF experience, and it would be but to
provide for their repetition, were we to call
"a new administration into existence. The
people understand this, and hence the very
general expression in favor of the reelection
OF President Lincnln. whose training through
bur most terrible years years such as no
other President ever knew-wili have quail
fled him to carry ON the Government through
a second term To satisfaction of all unset
ESh r'sl. Mr.. Iincnln's honesty is beyond
question:. and we need an honest man at the
head Of the Ration now more than ever.
That the rebels object to him is a recon-
mendation in the eyes Of loyal mer. The
substitution IF new man would not dispose
them 10 submission. and they weuld expect
TO profit from the Inevitable change of policy
which would follow from change of men,
As to the 'one term principle" we never
held It in much regard and we are less dis
psed to approve it now, than we should
have been had peace been maintained. Were
the President elected for six or eight years,
it might he wise to amend the Con, titutinIl
So as 10 prevent the re election of any man
but while the present arrangement shall ex
Ist, it would not he wise to insist upon Il
complete change of government every four
years. 10 hold out the Presidency as a prize
To be struggled for by new men at every ma
tional eection. is 10 increase the troubles of
the country. Among the causes of the civil
war. the ambition to be madc President must
be reekoned Every politician ..as carried a
term at the White House in his portfolio. as
every French conscript carries marshal's 5
baton Ia bis papsack and the disappointment
Of So many aspirants, swelled the numbers Of
the disafecfed to the proportions of an army,
counting all who expected Office as the conse-
qnence of this mans or that man $ elevation
to the Presidency. Were there no Other
reasons for desiring the election of President
Lincoln. the fact that it weuld be the first
step towards return toward the rule that
oblained during the first half century of our
national existence under the existing C9nsti-
tntion, should suffice to make us all advoc tes
Of his nomination for another term. The
popular voice designates him as the man for
tile times and the occasion, and the action of
the Convention will be nothing beyond
furmal process that shall give regular express
sion to a public sentiment which is too strong
to be deniel aad will be fognd of irresistible
farce
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30
NUMBER %.
War Record of Illinois.


The Springfield, Illinois. Journal, under
date of June 18th, gives a record of the num-
Der of troops furnished up to Anril 3Oth.
1864, from a report from General Frv PRO
vost Marshal General. to the Governor of the
State. The quota of Illinois pnder ali tbs
different calls is l45,3O3. The amoun, Is
credited by III ,256. being the nnmbsr f,r.
nished exclusive of the hundred daxs mon
re enlisted veterans or recruits sine tho be-
ginning of May, being an excess over calls Of
81. .953. -
This is a glorious record. and one of which
even Hiinoisans should be Proud, not only in
the number OF troops she has sent to the field.
but OF their heroic valor. untiriag energy
and devoted patriotism. Figures alone DO
not express the valuable gift of this noble
State. From it came LINCOLN. Grant. Nc
Ciernand, Logan, Saith, and host of others,
great leaders in the cause
The brave sons of tho Prairie State appre.
ciated the slories and worth of the Union
and OF their own central position, and were
determined to maintain it. Their great out
let tn the sea was the Mississippi. which,
with Its branches gives over three thousand
miles OF navigation to the State This the
traitors in Congress among their other threats
threatened TO close, and well may they have
trembled when the brave General Logan,
then Member of Congress, declared that
should they attempt such thing the people
of his State would with their swords hew q
road to the sea. Logan's words have been
made good-the rebels attempted to closa
the Mississippi, and one year ago surrender.
ed Nicksburg. their last stronghold, TO Grant,
the hero from Illinois,
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

New ERA IN PoRTRAITuRE.--We notice the
following III late number of the New York
Evening Post:
A new era in portraiture Is predicted from
the discovery of Swan, who presents solid
true life like likeness, incosed in crystal
tube. The effect of the new process is to ex
hibt the subject of portraiture with lire
like verisimiltude, and in natural relief. You
take upa small case, and look through hat
appears to be little window, and there
stands or sits before you, in pleasantly
lighted room marvellous effigy of lady, or
gentleman, as the case may be. The projection
Of the nose, the moulding cf the lips. and all
the gradatons of contour, are as distinct as
if an able sculptor had exercised his skill
but the hair and the flesh are of the proper
tint. and the whole thing has singularly
vital and comfortable look. Indeed. we're it
not for the reduction in size, it would be diff
ficult to avoid the belief that an actual man
or woman. IN ordinary dress and with charac-
.eristic expression, was presented to your eye.
The Swan system is about to be introduced
into the United States.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

OLDEST COMMERCIAL CITY.-The most an
cient center OF trade in the world, and one
which still retains its mercantile currents, is
Damascus. The caravan comes and caes as
it did one Thousand years ago: there still the
sheik. the ass and the waterwheel the mer
chants of the Euphrates and Of the Meiiter-
ranen still occupy with the multitude Of
their wares" From Damascus came the
damson. blue plum and the delicious apricot
of Portugal; Damascus damask, the beauti-
ful fabric of cotton and silk with vines and
flowers raised upon smooth. bright ground ;
the danask rose, introduced into England in
the time of Henry VIll the Damascus blade
so famous the world over for its keen edge
and wonderful elasticity. the secret Of whose
manufacture was lost when Tamerlane car
ried off the arts into Persia; and that beau
titul art of wood and steel with silver and gold
IA kind of Mosaic engraving and sculpture
unied-ralled Damaskeening, with which
blxes and bureaus and swords aud guns are
ornamented. Damascus remains what it was
before the days of Abraham-a center of
trade and travel--an island of verdure in Il
desert-a "presdental capital. /" through more
than thirty centuries. Ii was near Damas.
cu,e" that Saul of Tarsus saw the light of
heaven above the brightness of the SUM- and
the street which is called Straight, i: which
it is said che prayeth,' still runs thrnugi
the city. The city which Mahomet survey
ed from neghbering height. and was afraid
to enter. because it was given to men to have
but one Paradise, and for his par, he was re-
solved not to have his in this world. is. to this
day, what julian called the eve of the
east. and Isaiah. +" the head cf Syra.' Itis
still a city of flowers and bright waters; '.the
streams from Lebanon, and the rivers of
Damascus" the rivers Of gold" still mur-
mur and suarkle in the wilderness of SYRIAN
gardens, VIII lie Tvreand Sdon have crumbled
on the shore; Eaalbec is a ruin Palmvra is
buried in tbs sands of the DESERT and Nine
Yah and Babylon have disappeared from the
Tigris and Euphrates.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

A New FEATURE IN MINING ENTERPRIsE-
REWARDS FOR THE Discovery OF $40 Rock
fhe Ste5kfo- lndependent of July 18th ,e-
marks: F. L. Gmstead whc is manager
for the company owning tie Mariposa estate
has adopted a rev method for enlarging the
company 5 works and ievelpning the mineral
resources Of the estate lie Offers pro-
pectnrs and discoyerers of paying quartz veins
a scale Of premiums and suoh other induce
ments that can hardly fail to be highly al.
vantageou< To the owners of the grant, and to
give remunsrative employment to hundreds
of min rs who must otherwise remain idle
IIs plan is this: $3.50 premium will he
paid t." any person or party who will omen
and prove any quartz out-crop on the proper
~ of he Mariposa company, a sample of
which. taken by the prospectors. from dis
tance OF nn NOT less than 10 feet from the sur
face. amounting to not less than 90 tons of
the average Vt fhe whole contents Of the vein
shall be found to yield at any of the compa
nv's mills: and by ordinary mill treatment,
so or more per ton."
We should think that many veins of this
standard might he found in Mariposa, or in
deed. in almost any of tie mining counties
$40 per ron is a low average Ifthe rock az.
erages 500 per ton. Mr. Omstead offers a nre
mium of $50: 1850. the premium of $3.50;
if $40, then $3.50: if $50 then $3.50 ifSl0O
or more per ton. $1,000 premium will be naid
and if a prospect is found within distance
of two miles Of the mills on the Merced, or
one mile IF the Mount Ophir mill, the pre-
MUM vii, he increased one half. The Com
ranv provides Transportation of the rock TO
th mill After the 20 tons as above stated.
shall have been milied, and satisfactorily
tested. the Company pays the premium. Then
if they choose to 20 on with the work of min
ing and milling from the new discovery until
l.000 tons Of the rock shall have been tested
and nrnven To Weld an average of so per ton.
the disceverers premium will be raised from
$3.50 TO 5000: if the same quantity rock
fl.000 tnns1 average $50 per ton. the prem
INN TO be raised to $1,000; $50 per ton
$4,000; fSiO per ton, to 5000; and 500
per ton, 10 $4,000.
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30
IN 1851 John W. Scales fed from Zane

IN 1851 John w. Scales fed frnm Zanes-
vile. OAio. leaving his wife and children
Without p,ayi>ion for their support. Two
wears af er she commenced proceedings for a
divorce. VII ch were suspelied on hearing
that the >caly husband was d a. The wife
inls55 marri d aeai !. and ha. snce lived at
Ss. Paul. Recently the irst hgsb md appear
I'd and tesnpted to enforce his rights ty
nr..sernting the sec nd husband for .ltery,
but Il e eompla MT was dismissed. the VII.
rem ins W tn her sec md choice. and hi sband
No. | is left out in the cold, as be deserves;
The Shasta courier., 1864-07-30

A ROMANTIC SrokY.-The Puughkeepsie
IN. " Eagle of June Goth tells the follow.
ing
Among the passengers on the New York
Express train upon the Hudson River Rail-
road, on Monday. was brave fellow from
the Army of the Potomac, with comrade
accompanying him, both dressed in the uni
form of the United States, With canteens, etc.
AT the first glance nothing uncommon cnuld
be detected in the looks of the pair, nor should
we have been able 10 recite the romantic his.
tory connected with the couple were we not
made acquainted with it by friend. who was
told it by a hospital nurse. 1t appears that
at the breaking out Of the rebellion, these
lovers stfor one Of them was a Young CIR,
dressed in the garb of soldier) were engag-
to be married, which ceremony mus: either
be postponed on account of the lover going
to defend the flag Of his country, or else the
marriage must take place, and his fair inam-
orata must follow him. She chose the latter,
and married they were, he enlisted afterward
in the Second Michigan regiment as private
and she. donning the blue, y followed him.
Amid the crash of shot and she'll at he bat
tie of the Wilderness. this heroic girl ODD by
the side of her husband, and with her good
musket defended him, and struck for her
country at the heart of the chivalry Pass.
ing safely through that desperate f. b. they
pressed on with their regiment to the hloodY
field of Spottsyvania, where the brave MICH.
igander had his arm broken by ri 'ce of
shell. Seeing him fall she bound up his
wound. and raised him from the ground,
amid the thickest of the fight she led him to
the rear. and placinghm on acaiss which
was about starting back for ammunition, she
had the satisfaction cf seeing him carried to
place of safety. He being soon after con-
veyed to Carver Hospital, the heroine and
young wife attended him until he got well
enough to start for their home in the Far
West they being en- route for there yesterday.
Could some skilfal novelist get hold of the
details of this affair, they could be worked up
into a first class romance and as such com.
mand heavy sales. Such woman is worth
her weight in gold.