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The weekly union record., 1866-03-17
The Snow.

1.-The following beautiful poem is said TO hav
in New York paper. several years ago. 1t Ia
been Iikened TO Hoods Bridge of Sighs' in it
touching pathos and smooth versi6catioa-l
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and the earth below;
Over the hoasetops, ever the street,
Over the heads Of the people you meet;
Dancing,
Flirting,
Skimming along,
Beautiful snow, it can do nothing wrong;
Flying to kiss fair lady'S cheek
Clinging 70 lips in a frolicsome freak
Beautiful snow from the heavens above,
Pure as al angel, and fckle as love
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow
How the flakes gather and laugh as they go
Whirling about in its madiening ian,
1t plays in its glee with every one:
Chasing,
Laughing.
Hurrying by,
II lights up the face. aud il sparhles the eye;
And even the dogs, with bark and bound,
Snap at the crystals that eddy around;
The town is aiIve, and its heart in a glow,
To welcome the coming of beautiful snow.
How the wild crowd goes swaying along
Hailing each other With humor aud song,
ipN sHS Say s4tuSSS, ithc luStc'l>. Edsu uN,
Bright for a moment, then lost to the eye;
Ringing.
Swinging,
Dashing they go,
Over the crust of the beautiful snow:
Snow so pure when il falls from the sky
To be trampled in mud by the crowd rushing by
To be trampled and tracked by the thousands Of
feet
Till it blends with the filth in the horrible street.
Once was pure the sncw-but fell.
Fell, like the snow flakes from Heaveu-to hell;
Fell, to be trampled filth OF the street
Fell. to be scotfed, to be spit on, and beat;
Pleading
Cursing.
Dreading TO die,
Selling my soul to whoever would buy;
Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread,
Hating the living and fearing the dead;
Mercltul God have fallen so low
And yet was once ike this beautiful snow,
Once I was fair as the beautiful snow,
With eye like its crystal heart like its glow
Once l was loved for my innocent grace
FlaItered and sought tor the charms of my face;
Father,
Mother.
Sister. all,
God and myself, have lost by my fall;
The veriest wretch that goes shivering by
Will take wide sweep, lest | wander too nigh;
For, Of all that is about me, know
There is nothing that's pure but the beautiful snow
How strange it should be that this beautiful snow
Should fall on sinner with no where to go
How strange it would be, when the night comes
again,
If the snow and the ice struck my desperate brain
Painting,
Freezing,
Dying alone.
Too wicked for prayer. too weak for my moan
To be heard in the crash of the crazy town,
Gone mad in their JOY at the SHOWS coming down
To lie and 10 die in my terrible woe,
With bed and shr9ud of the beautiful snow
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ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL,
OROVILLE,

TUvHE PROPRIETORS OF THIS FATORITE
4 Hotel would most respectfully inform the trav-
cling public and permanent Boarders that the ST.
NICHOLAS. is now being thoroughly REP AIRED
ENLARGED AND IMPROVED IN ALL ITS
DEPARTMENTS, and they are now prepared to
offer superior inducements their patrons and the
public in general.
Business men and travellers will find the ST.
NICHOLAS second to no Hotel in the State.
whether as regards LUXURY, COMFORT OR
ECONOMY.
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The MISSISSIPPI LEvEEs.-Maior

The MISSISSIPPI LEvEEs.-Malor
General Humphreys, who commanded
the Second Corps during the last period
of the rebellion, is, by order Of the War
Department, engaged in examining into
the extent of damages to the levees of
the Mississippi river, made by the war,
with view to repairing them. From
1850 10 1861, he was occupied in ascer-
taining the best method Of protecting
the valley from the effects of floods.
His report was very interesting, espe-
cially in a scientific point of view, and
his observations respecting the Missis-
sippi delta are directly opposed to the
theory of Sir Charles Lyell, the cele-
brated English geologist. The latter
has concluded that the delta has been
at least one hundred thousand years in
forming, and in his recent work on the
Antiquity Of Man, he admits ealcula-
ton, according to which a human skele-
ton found at the depth Of sixteen feet
below the surface is about fifty thousand
years old. General Humphreys. on the
other hand, demonstrates that it is only
between four and five years since the
delta began to be formed, and that the
present bed of the river, instead Of being
alluvial, is of blue clay, much older than
the present geological period. So far
as the evidence which Sir Charles
adduces in favor Of reckoning the age
of man on this planet at a hundred
thousand years or more, is derived from
the Valley of the Mississippi, it is not
sustained by the evidence furnished by
General Humphreys.
The total cost of levees which may
be depended upon, from the mouth Of
the Ohio to that of the Mississippi, will
be $26, 100000. The levees, in 1861,
were considered worth S2,000,000.-
Hartford Post.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-17

AMONG the sports in Australia is that
of hunting the emu. A few months
ago, Sydney paper tells us, as a MIR.
Davidson, of the Black Range, was
riding into town, he fell in with an emu
at Belle Vale, and gave it chase. The
bird, which was an old stager, and fully
six feet high, took in the direction Of the
town, and its pursuer was in hopes OF
being able to drive it in alive; but, on
coming to the fences, many Of which
intervene between Belle Vale and Yass,
the bird succeeded in making for the
bush, still hotly pursued. Fortunately,
Mr.. Davidson was on staunch cob,
that kept we'll up to the game, and after
chase of between seven and eight
miles, the emu became fairly exhausted
and an easy prey TO its pursuer. Ihe
emu resembles the ostrich somewhat IN
size and appearance.
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In town in Connecticut resides a
man who made a fortune in the milk
business, by not giving full measures.
As be grew rich, he thought he would
change his occupation to something
more respectable, and accordingly
bought g grist mill. In conversation
with his wife, he said he did not feel
right about the cheating he had prac-
ticed in the milk business, and wished a
way could be devised whereby he could
repay in the grist mill what he had
cheated in the other. At last, they
settled OF the following plan, which was
to have the measures with which they
took toll as much too large as the milk
measures were too small.
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SHARp.-Judge Kelley was descan-
ting, in presence of President johnson,
upon the repulsive appearance of the
oyster. SIT isn't handsome, Judge" +"
said the President, "but it has the ad-
vantage of you in one thing" "What
is that ~ queried Kelley, who is an
exhaustless talker. 'sIt knows when to
shut its mouth" replied Mr.. johnson.
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MoRMoNIsM EXEMPLIFIED.-The

MoRMoNIsM EXEMPLIFIED.-The
Salt Lake Vedette of February Goth
says: "A Mormon at Coalville. Sum
NIT county, forty miles from here, had
two babies born to him the other
night, by two Of his wives, with just
forty minutes difference between the
infants ages! But what's the worst
about the barbarous thing is that one
of those wives is the others mother
not an uncommon case in Utah !"
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The proud have no friends-not In
prosperity, for then they know nobody;
nor in adversely, for then nobody knows
them.
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THE MurE DETECTIVE" No dogs

admitted, sir,'' said the porter to gay
assemblage, as young man appeared
at the entrance. Youmust leave him
behind if you go in"
every Well," said the young man.
" Stay about here. Prince, till | come
back"
And he Joined the crowd within but
by and by the young man wished to
refer to his watch, when, behold the
chain had been snapped in two, and the
valuable time piece was gone. He
consideded the case moment, and then
a sudden thought flashed in his mind.
So, stepping out, he whispered the fact
to the porter, and gained permission to
take his dog in for minute or two.
g Look here, Prince" said he, "you
knowing dog, my watch is stolen )" and
he showed him the empty pocket and
the cut chain. "Do you understand,
oldsfellow :! In there, sir, is the thief.
You find it, my good doggie, and III
get you famous treat. You under
stand, do you?'
Prince wagged his head and tail, and
gave his master wonderfully knowing
look, and then the two stole quietly into
the place again. Quietly his dumb
detective glided around among the peo
pie, smelling at this ones coat and that
ones chain, until at last he set his teeth
frmely into the coat-tail of genteel-
looking man, and could not be shaken
off. The young man quietly made
known the case to the bystanders, who
gathered around him, and had the
thief's pockets duly searched. Six
other watches were found upon him,
which he had gathered up in the course
of the morning, and which their right
full owners were glad to get their hands
on again. Prince selected out his mas
ter's property in twinkling, as that
was all he cared for, and gave it to him
joyfully. 1t would have taken very
keen police to do work so neatly and
quickly; and all agreed that he merited
as good dinner as dog could have.
A good beef bone and bowl of milk
satisfied all wants, and then he was
just as ready to do the same favor again.
SOME philosophical wretch says that
cage is venerable in man, and would be
in woman-if she ever grew oldn'
Every woman acknowledges that she is
growing old until she reaches twenty.
After that, nobody has right to ques-
ton her. There is belief current that
when she arrives at that age, she dis
covers the fountain of perpetual youth
so vainly sought by Ponce de Leon, but
whether it consists in exercise and fresh
air or cosmetics and cotton, We have
never ventured to inquire. There are
sanctuaries which would be profaned by
the footsteps of man, and chief among
these is the place where woman puts
herself together and takes herself apart.
Were mankind one-half as inquisitive
as the gentler sex $50 called), this mys-
terry would have been solved long ago;
and it is still questionable whether or
not some modern Paul Pry will not tell
US all about it, though we should be
sorry to have him do so. We prefer to
take the ladies at their word, and shall
thank no scoffing inhdel for undermining
our faith in the ability of woman to
remain young just as long as she chooses.
Champaign (Minois) Union.
AMONG the sports in Australia is that
of hunting the emu. A few months
ago, Sydney paper tells US, as MIR.
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The Agricultural Department at

The Agricultural Department at
Washington is in receipt of the seeds
of some $4,000 trees, shrubs, plants,
fruits, and vegetables, sent home BY cur
Consul in Japan, all indigenous to that
country, and a very large majority of
them total strangers among US.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-17

MEN will always be apt to think the
money market is tight if they are in
the unfortunate habit of getting so
themselves.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-01
roNNI Sl' ArED.

A contributor To tho Richmond Erdra iner sub.
scribirg himself A Soldier Of tho Army of North
ern Virginia. who asserts 'has lac Was In every
battle fought by that army, says that "hs never
had the pleasure of seeing Mr GirxER under fire."
nor had any ,oldier In his - extensive circle of
acquaintance ;" and that, until better Informed,
he wants to vote for one who has appeared In
the ranks ~ well ~ on the muster roll"
Mr.. GILNER, to my knowledge, Was in The ranks
before Virginia Joined the Southern Confederacy.
and-with the exception Of six months disease,
contracted In the army-was not only In tho ncld
and in the ran AZ, but there till LEE surrender.
do no, think that Sir. GiLNER claims to have
been in any two battles fought at once in different
parts Of the Statc-that is TO say. he does not claim
t, have been in two places at the same time.
Neither, ranlidly speaking, do | believe WAS " 4
Soldier Of tn. Army of Northern Virginia"
Iwould, with Difference, advise him that several
things have occurred and exist in the world Of
which neither he with his extensive acquaintance
and no doubt his co.extsnsive knowledge) nor
have any suspicion. am glad to be able to con
tribute one item Ia that extensive stock. ], Tor
instance, saw HARNgR GiLxER at Cobb Point ex-
posed during the whole attack to the fire OF four-
teen gunboats. and there, to begin with, " Sol
disr Of the Army OF Northern Virginia light
have had the pleasure Of seeing Mr.. GILsEk un-
der fire and exhibiting all the coolness oi vete'
ran e. =. HESXISasES.
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The City lleIcgatr.


To THE VOTERS or RIrHAoND.--The EJ"miner f
yesterday, III All editorial sustaining Judge tktAP
election used the following language:
THAT his father j. already in the Senate, ana ne
u. H. GiLAEk, Jr.,I If elected would bo al lh' pesA
a nd nod Of his father. J. H. hiLAhh,' '''
j. in public life. A Senator from Richmond, and We
think IL j. rather too much H. give him ahother
voice and vote in the House "f Delegates.
Thus writes the Erdnin'r. This language hecde
EXPLANATION. Hits intended toimr"'e "h"' Is Inc
main English Of the paragraph. 1t Is wani"n as'
III, an H. f,,ber and the son II IL was mere para.
,h,,.. uw.s an improper license, neither war
a,,d NV fact nor allowable IN electloneering x
..h.r.s These matters had better not be alluded
IN They are known to be incorrect, and so far
from Senator GILaER desiring another voice and
vote in the House Of Delegates II Is well known
that he d,sired ami intended 10 resign his seat ia
the Senate this sum msr but WAS prevented by the
advice OF friends. How unl lust then, to apply this
language TO either father or son.
Again, the Examiner is the only paper In this
city which has taken a decided stand in this can.
vass for either candidate. Why Is this, Might II
not as well be bald that, II elected, Judge CRrxf
would ba "at the beck aui cal" of the Eami.
atr? The patron In one case Is not less intuentis
than in the other. To all who will reflect, thi'
is manifest. In plain Language, the Eramine'
adopts Judge CKuxP us its representative. How
far this will benefit tho Judge is not for the write
Of this to decide.
But one inference Is manifest. The Elai.iael
advises, and Insists, that the people Of ktchmon'
should elect Judge CkcAP because his competito
Is the - son OF Senator GILAsK.p From this, IL
= plain inference that the Examiner wishes III
election Of one ON the ground that he viii oppos
the views, policy, aud "legisistive eouse o
! Senator GlLagE." This Is all very WELL Bas per
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PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION - MEETING
OF CIrIzExs.-On Monday night meet :
ing Of the citizens of Manchester was held
in the Town Hall, for the purpose OF CON
sidering the question of appointing dele
gates to the Philadelphia Convention.
Colonel William Ambcrs explained the
object of the meeting, and offered pre-
amplc and resolutions approving of the
Convention i'll Philadelphia, sustaining the
policy of the President, and requesting
the Central Committees to appoint dele
gates for the district in which Manchester
is located.
Captain Clopton offered substitute for
the preamble and resolutions of Colonel
Ambers, which asserted the belief that
the Convention was intended to form a
party to reinstatc the Constitution
strongly affirmed the determination of Eir-
ginia to contend for her rights, and urged
the appointment of delegates by the central
committees.
4 debate cnsucd, in which the propricty
of sending delegates TO the Convention
and sustaining the Presidents policy was
supported by McSsrs. Ambcrs, c. C..
McRae, and b. III. Nash. General Wise
opposed very earnestly the sending of dele
gates to the Convention, and moved that
the resolutions be laii on the table, which
motion prevailed, and the meeting ad-
jonrncd.
Manchester Is counted out OH this sub
ject.
CRIMINAL CouRr.-Tanny Gaines, color
ed, was on yesterday arraigncd before
Justice Hancock, on the charge of assault
ing Rachael Scott, colored. In default OF
one hundred dollars security to keep the
peace, and behave herself, she will be sent
10 the county Jail.
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E:,y rIn,t;ou for T.epi.iaturc.

Mr. GILMrR AID Jcpds CRrNr.-A very conn.,
Dental individual signing himself "CoSfED,
who teems TO have gotten the idea into his head
that the lawyers control the town. says he Is ICON.
fden,, Mr.. GlLasR will not get a vote from the
bar The tar may have sone influence In this
election bu, So far as the lawyers are concerned,
CuxFEp is much mistaken. !nasmuch a. We know
81 many lawyers who will not vote for crump. and
OF others who will vote for GILAER. Lett"SfEp,
while h" is about 1t, make better acquaintance
with the lawyers. He may be Il lawyer himself,
and doubtless will vote FOR Crump (which We
blame nob"iy for doing but let him not s"s
through Crumps gld,srs too darkly. There are
lawyers who will nat v"t" for CrumP, ana thete
Ar. others who will vote .or GIIaER. lie courts
with due RESPECTS to CoNFEDl without hts host,
and calls hi. chicken, before they are hatched.
I ct CoSrED wait" awhile. kbB.
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THE DISPATCH.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING:

haps the people Of Richmond should r. asc, bsfoYs
they vote. IA "senator GILsgRs" eourse 40 oh.
noxious as to need the election Of one IN opposs
and ,Lwart Il! What did he accomplish th.t Judge
CKuxp disapproves OF, j. the election Of Judge
CRrxp designed a. = reflection on Senator "Gu.
sgR,n IL so, 1T sHor>LD BE 80 ASSorScED, and
no one would sooner bow TO to the popular will
than Senator GILxER."
Father and son" in public lfo' What mis-.
fortune, All else is now dropped. and family re.
r..;ions are harped upon. viii the people be mis-.
led by this new issue, started when all others had
failed ? Ii il said the "whole bar, the "coun'
ell" the court" are for Judge CRrsP. ls not
that power enough to invoke against Mr. oiL'
xga," Must he now be stricken down through hi'
fRhsrt
Let the soldiers. the working men, the people,
r.acc, on this last desperate afterthou2n All ene
falling. this is now resorted to- When did 'the
father deceive mislead, bctray the people Ana
yet now that the son, against the strongest ana
most persistent, combinations before witnessed
III this city, Il about 10 be- elected. IL Is sought 10
strike him down through hi, father. Let the peo-
pie decide. "s.nator GlIxgs" will ever yield TO
the asccrtained will Of the people.
OxgwHo KNOWS.
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soldier of til. Array of Northern ' liglnia' WI"
had gone through all the principal battles 'ouSht
in IN. State tuairs, in the capacity of detail of
cooks or ambuiauc" corps without having every
bone in him broken, or having been promoted Tor
his brav. " to a very high distinction, must u"
cnrio,.ty Such an humble individual appears In
III. Erauiner OF yesterday with regard to Mr. J.
n GILuER, Jr., Of whose military service he has
heard nothing. Indeed, this admirable soldier,
,l,r proui cnnqu.rur of Death IL hundred bat
ties who conli II ght and 1t tn" salne time see WHO
else was fighting along the miles oi lines declares
lie has - never heard etc -
Ths record of Mr. GILMEE'- military sersic" Is
pure. Hitherto any stepping beyond tue Douhu VI
modcsty has been caused by the lmmodrnt ana VIZ
may say, impcrinent intcrrosaiIons ot irrcsP"is''
hi. oppou.nts. Every man shrinks from the pub
licity OF his domestic affairs, and modest men
place Iaurcls they have won in the same category
hence the friend, Of Mr. GILNgg have only pre-
.ruted him to the public as eminently htsed men
taIIy, morally, socially, and politically, for the
,o.i,inu of legislator. With the I'm form aud the
s,br, they had laid aside the proud record of chi
yalrv Had H. been candidate tor military
honors his friends would have framed fand can do
10 now from his history such record As any 'it-
slnian miy yht well be proud oi
Do the opponents II Mr. GlLsER desire la make Ca.
p,t,l o, his military services; Mr. GILAER served
comfor,ab bly, situated rcd.tape Government saperl'
or. ordered him--and among these latter was Judge
wuIrIa w. CRuAP. Thcse positions were iaIth-
fully ably nlled Wss there any word ol con'
pl,in, against Mr. GILAEK In the iulhllmsnt oi his
arduous tasks, Wds there a"y c"mptaim dgdt"a
yutys Crurny? Memory mus, bo excessively trea-
cherols that gives II negative answer.
To the people who have felt AL interest In tue
military career of Mr.. GILAER his friends honesty
and candidly say, once for ALL that no young man
who entered the southern ranks from th!s cry Mas
more faithful In the discharge OF duties, more per-
sist.nt In the maintenance OF his seni iments. The
i'll -natnred cross grained instnuation oi some per.
sonal enemy, who's. very card proves him but
braygart and who comes before the public rapu-
dated by Mr.. CKUAP, having called forth this as
sertion his friends are ready TO prove their conf
dence bv their votes and, since the issue Is made,
We demand the unanimous support OF the defend.
.rs mot the 30 callsdI Of the hag and faith at the
polls for the brave and self denying soldier who
went where he ordered, amid the camps, The
| fields, and the bvouacs. against the easy, red
tape onacial mo matter how courteous and uroan-)
| who served his country amid the Iuxuries OF the
| capital.
FlprY SOLDIERS OF THE Army or SogrHERS VIZ.
| GINA.
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eighty miles of the cable to repair it. On
the 29th of July, when seven hundred
miles of cable had been laid, Insulation
again suddenly ceased. The ship was
stopped, and the cable transferred to the
picking -Hp gear, which commenced hauling
in. After picking up two and a quarter
miles Of cable the fault was found to be
the presence of stout piece Of wire which
had been driven through the cable. Two
and quarter miles of cable were re-
covered from a depth of nineteen hundred
iathoms. The defect being repaired, the
work was resumed and continued with
success until August ,, when, after one
thousand three hundred and&wclvc miles
had been paid out, the insulation again
ceased.
The ship was soon afterwards stopped,
and the cable transferred to the picking-up
gear at the bows. The operation of haul
ing in commenced. By noon the engine
used for picking up stopped for want of
water for considerable time. Two miles
Lad been recovered, and the cable was cut
10 see if the fault had come on board. At
about half-paSt II 7. NJ. the cable caught
and chaicd on the mouth of the "horSc
pipe" and was with considerable difficulty
removed, and at twenty-five minutes IL
it parted on board where it was injured,
just behind the shoppers, and in moment
the end disappeared in the water.
After three unsuccessful attempts to
raise it by graphing, the Great Eastern,
with the remainder of the cable on board,
returned to ShccrncSs on the llth. II
seems there was no difficulty in graphing
the cable even at the great depth of water
of two thousand fathoms; and the object
of the return of the Great Eastern was to
obtain stronger graphing gear, that on
board having been broken three times.
The place at which the cable had sunk
was buoycd, and the vessels abandoned the
attempt for the year.
THE CABLE OF 1866.
1t was settled that the next attempt
should be crowned with success. The his
tory Of that attempt, and how it succeeded,
is given in the Dipatch of yesterday
morning in the diary Of Cyrus W. Field.
The Great Eastern has yet another duty
to perform i'll the attempt To be made to
raise the cable of lSG5 and finish it to
Hearts Content; and this stupcndous work
may yet be Il success.