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Year: 1861

STRANGE Co1Nc1DENcE.-Alet letter from
brother of Major Anderson to gentleman
in New York, mentions the following Curl
GUS coincidence:


1t is very strange coincidence that my
father was that Captain of the Continental
line" who by mistake of his superior began
the battle of Trenton, where Robert was so
long stationed. And, as Major, he was a
prisoner of war in actual jail, fed only on
rice, with the smallpox for dessert, in the
very Charleston where his son of the same
rank is now stationed--the former under
Tarlton, the latter under Buchanan. What
a coincidence.
Year: 1861

We are tired If hearing the girls say they
have ''no time" to read Macaulay or Milton.
when they will sit up half the night to find
out whether the hero of red pepper novel
ge;s knocked on the head or escapes from
the shipwreck, with his ladylove and her
bandboxes, on board four inches square!


We are tired of hearing women complain
that their husbands don't care so much for
them as they used to, and setting it down to
the score of heartlessness, when it is nothing
on earth but the sour bread and burnt ham
at the breakfast table. Knock at the doors
Of their affection with frying pan, and they
will open it fast enough!


We are tired of listening to the outcry of
"hard times" from business men, whe won
der "where on earth the money slips to-
when part of it is leaking out at the top of
their head through costly Panama hat and
part shut up in cigar case in their coat
pockets. and part going down their tnroats
in ''brandy smash"


We are tired of being brought up short"
by pair Of heels planted on the trails of our
silken raiment, and still more tired of being
transfxed by the scowl of fashionable lady
when we get swamped among her founces.
Won't the fair sex abbreviate their dresses


We are tired of the men who chew tobac-
CO in your face and rull out their pocket
knives to trim their nails, while they are
talking with you've are tired of the chill
dren who learn French and philosophy at FIVE
years old, and converse in four-syllabled
words out of the dictionary, and don't know
what buttercups mean: and we are tired of
the old ladies who dress in the style oi sweet
sixteen


Such are some of the things that the Edi-
tor of Life Illustrated complains Of being
tired of-and he concludes by asking, 'does
anybody blame us for being tired to death of
all these things ?"
Year: 1861

AT every period Of doubt and perplexity
in our annals, (says the National Latelligen.
cer,) there has been statesmen who, rising
above the spirit of party, and extricating
themselves from the passions of the hour,
have been able, with calm intelligence, to
point way of escape from the perils which
threatened our civil existence. Can it be
that the spirit of counsel and mt deration has
so far departed from the public men of the
present day that no plan of accommodation
can be concerted for the pacifcation Of exis-
ting dissenslons Are the difficulties which
beset pacific adjustment of our present dis-
contents greater than those which have been
surmounted by the sages and patriots of our
Government at successive periods in its hise
tory? Are they greater than those which
were encountered by the men who framed The
Articles of Confederation, or by those who
brought symmetry and beauty out of civil
dissolution in 1889, or 5y those who repres-
sed sectional animosities, and at the same
time prosecuted a successful war against the
first Power of the world in 1872. or by those
who composed the agitations of 1850 in a
pact of promise which rallied to its adj
hesion the support of the people in all sec-
tions We think not; and, believing, we
should be 10th to do so much discredlt to the
wisdom and patriotism of our contemporary
statesmen as to doubt tnat they will prove
equal to the emergencies Of the present cri.
sis.


Let there be above all things, no words of
elimination or recrimination uttered on the
floor of Congress. The time calls for calm
and sober reflection. not for the language of
hot debate. Let the Representatives of all
parties of al sections blend their counsels
and their labors in hearty and earnest effort
which shall look to the restoration of peace,
order aud fraternity on an enduring basis
Upon those who shall be first in this labos of
love the whole country would delight to be-
stow its choicest honors, while the pen of his-
tory would record their names for the admis
ration and homage Of unnambered genera
lions, not only among our postsrity, but
among the patrons of civil liberty through
the world, and to the remotest ages.
Year: 1861

iuoas w seusorlutn OF WonueTIul capacity
in order that might have glimpse of III
glory and magnifcence of the Divinity, for
description of which earth has no language
nor is there anything in the wide world
garniture by which to compare or illustrat
it; neither is there capacity in Mortal man
if adequate ideas were presented of ueav
ems manifested glory and majesty Of the God
head to concur or appreciate it. There wa
his son, the Prince of peace, the Col incar
nate, into whose hands, for considerations o
infinite worth, the father had given the who'll
government of the moral AMI natural world
And oh what princely person, his benev
olent countenance partook of earth, and hi
soul beamed with Heavens glorious majesty
Had you collected all the mental powers, and
all the moral virtues Of all the sons AMI
daughters of Adam, and concentrated them
in one person. that person would have ap,
peared mean in comparison with Emanuel


And it would be vain, utterly vain, to ex-
haust all oriental energy, and all the rheto-
ric of the schools, in efforts to describe the
person and character of the King of Glory at
a glance of whose presence, hell, and death,
and sorrow, and solitude, forever fed away.
And as the millions of his poor pilgrim child
rem arrived from Earth, wearied with sin
and sorrow, He was constantly employed in
wiping away their tears, removing the last
vistage of corruption, taking away their filthy
garments, clothing them in imaculate robes
of infinite grandeur, and in putting into each
of their hands title deed, sealed vita his
own blood, to an eternal inheritance, "whe:e
sorrowing and signing is done away, where
the wicked cease from troubling and the
weary are at rest"


And whilst listening in ecstacy t6 the ho-
sannas, anthems, and songs of everlasting
gladness, which pervaded the very amos
phere, l awoke, and on raising my head from
the book upon which it had fallen, found it
saturated with tears, and great drops of per-
spiration rolling from every pore of my
frame. My lamp was still Pickering. BIT
with what JOY hailed its dim light, though
a striking emblem of tie evening of life, and
the end of our pilgrimage. Which, though
solemn, and often sorrowful, is constantly
surrounded with all the appliances necessa-
ry to render it tolerable, and to prepare us
for much higher and happier state of exis-
tence


The joy Of the Eastern Monarch. when
permitted to return to his gorgeous palace,
and the society of men, after long compan-
iOnship with the unsocial oxen of the field,
was tame, when compared with mine, upon
finding that l was still surrounded with SO
much that was calculated to call forth the
most profound gratitude.


had learned better how to appreciate,
AMI how to answer the question, "Why
should living man complain ?" l had felt
too intensely the effects of morbid sensibil-
ity. had learned something regarding the
sophistry and insidiousness of skepticism. :
And had learned that was still surroun-
ded with society, to whom was responsible,
and to whom l was deeply, and still becom-
ing more deeply indebted And above all, l
had learned more of my infinite indebtedness
to my God, ny Creator and Redeemer.


HOPE.
Year: 1861

MoNsIER FAIR FOR THs VOLUNTEER FvNp-The ladies' or
this cyCatholic well Protestant-haye united for
the first time since the days Of Luther for the purpose
holding monster Fair in aid of the wives and families Of
the volunteers engaged in the war Tho Fair viii be held
in tho splendid new store now being completed by Mr.
A. T. Stewart 1T the Of Tenth and Broad
way, and will be the largest record ever gotten up in
the world except at the national crystal palaces
Year: 1861

rI,HE NEW YORK ARGUS-THE NEW DEMOCRATIC,


weekly newspaper will be ready for delivery satur-
day morning T. To be had OF all deaera
and the publication office, OF Broadway and Park
place, New York
Year: 1861

THESE TERMS will be invariably ad,
hered to in all cases-of course giving our
present subscribers a reasonable time in
which to pay UP their subscriptions aom due,
say one month from date.


A reduction in the terms of subscription of
Year: 1861

is certainly very great, but if we can get all
to pay in advance we will lose nothing by
the change, for the simple reason that, under
tho credit system, we lose nearly half of all
sums yearly due from subscribers. In Cali
fornia men change their residence more fire.
quently than perhaps in any other portion of
the world, and it is remarkable fact that
Printers bill is about the very last indebted
ness that people of a migratory disposition
ever think of liquidating. We haye upon
our books more than $40, 900 of just such in
debtedness, which we will readily dispose of
at twenty five cents on the dollar:


Besides, we expect an increase in the num-
Der of our subscription list at these exceed
ingly low rates. Certainly no head of FAM
lily, no resident of the county who is not now
a subscriber to some one of the county pa
pers. can hereafter offer reasonable excuse
for not taking paper. Five Dollars will
surely not oversize any mans purse.


We also expect many persons to subscribe
for the COURIER at the low price of


FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR,
to be mailed to their friends in the eastern
States.
Year: 1861

When DR.. Dodgs, the Electric Physician,
lcctured through this State on the laws of
health, and particularly en- the evils of tea
and coffee, he happened to meet one morn
ing at the breakfast table. witty son of
Erin of the better class. Conversation turn
ed on the Doctors favorite subject, as fol-
lows


Perhaps you think would be unable to
convince you sf she deleterious effects of tea
and coffee 7


I don't know said Erin, but I'd like to
be there when you do it.


WELL said the Doctor, if convince you
that they are injurious to your health, will
you abstain their use ?


Sure, and will SIR"


'How often do you use coffee and tcag
asked the Doctor.


Morning and night SIR


Well said the Doctor, DO you ever ex-
perience slight dizziness of the brain on
going to bed ]?


L do, indeed dor replied Erin.


and sharp pain through the temples in
and about the eyes in the morning:


Truth do, sir.


WELL said the Doctor with an air Of con-
fidence in has manner, that is the tea and
coffee


Is It indeed! Faith and always thought
it was the whiskey | drank


The company roared with laughter, and
the Doctor quietly retired He was beaten
Year: 1861

There is practice quite prevalent among
young ladies of The present Gay, says an eX
change, which old fashioned people consider
improper. We allude to their giving daguer-
reotypes Of themselves to young men who
arc merely acquaintances. We consider it
indicate in TIE highest degree. We are
astonshcd that any young lady should hold
herself as cheap as this With an accepted
lover it is Of course ali right Even in this
case, the likeness should be returned If by
any misunderstanding the engagement should
cease. IL this little paragraph should meet
the eye of any young girl who is about 10
give her daguerreotype TO any gentleman a.
quaintance, let her know that the remarks
made by young men when together, concern
ing what is perhaps on her part but . piece
Of ignorance OF imprudence, would, il she
heard them, cause her cheeks to crimson
with shame and anger. Were Il sister Of
ours we have often said with flashing eye
were it a sister of ours but that not be-
ing the case we give the advice TO anybody q
sister, who needs il, with our best bow and
most anxious desire that she should at
all times preserve her dignity and selfres-
pect
Year: 1861

With measured stroke the old clock rings
out the hour Of ten; and ] am not sorry,
though every peal is a knell for departed
hours, telling me that another day is forever
gone, and its record of both good and evil
forever sealed One day the less to live
One days journey nearer to the shadowy
valet 1t is solemn thought, yet the mind |
is unable to comprehend it in its true light /
and is ever rushing on with impetuous speed, |
impatient to solve the problem OF its exist |
ence. The night comes, overshadowing the
earth with her sable wing, and we look
with aR~ious impatence for the bin tn Of an
other morning. Day dawns, with flood of
golden light, awakens man and nature to a
new existence yet still we find ourselves
just as anxiously watching for the advent OF
night again. And so our lives pass.


''Man never is, but always to be blessed


The cry of the mind is ever tomorrow
tomorrow = Yesterday is a forgotten dream,
to-day harsh reality but the future is
poets vision, clothed in a halo of fairy like
beauty. Our minds a. cend upon the airy
wings of imagination until they reach a
height all too lofty for them to see the lit
| tie flowers that bloom around the pathway
of to-day; but, gazing off into the dim and
misty future, they behold land of enchant-
ing beauty. The hills, that in that far off
distance SO softly melt into the horizon, seem
to us as the point where earth and heaven
meet. ...


Amid those bright fields of fancy we can


see none of the rugged asperites against


which our weary feet are now bruised, we


can there see none Of the sharp and Jagged
rocks over which We to-day are dragging


our lives But there all seems fair and beau


tiful, and We, like child who chases the


tieeting beauty of rainbow, forget, in def


ance OF all experience, that when the gauzy


veil of distance is ton 81 aside, and the yet


unborn future is made a living present, that


those very hills will be found as rugged and


as hard to climb as those of the despised


present
And why will we close our understand


ings to the teachings of our own experience


and the experience of all the past, and so
make our lives like the fevcrish dreams Of
; one who on Sahara's burning sands dreams


of shady groves and bubbling fountains q
Whv viii we close our eyes to the Thousand
beauties which shine around our pathway
t every day? Why wander off into the illimi
3 table fields of imagination, in the vain pur
: suit of shadows, while within our very gras
e we hold the substance?
Year: 1861

The man who stands upon his own soil,
who feels, by the laws of the land in which
he ives-by the laws of civilized nations
that he is the rightful and exclusive owner of
the land which he tills, 5, by the constitution
of our nature, under wholesome influence,
not easily imbibed from any other source
He feels another, the eberacter Of a man as
lord of an i7animats worta. OF this great
and wonderful sphere which, fashioned by
the hand of God, and upheld by His power.
is rolling through the heatens, part is his
his from the centre sky. 1t IS the space
on which the generation before moved in It's
round of duties, and he feels himself connec-
ted by a visible link with those who follow
him, and to whom he is to transmit home.
Perhaps his farm has come down to him from
his fathers. They have gone TO their last
home but he can trace their footsteps over
the scenes If their daily labors. The roof
that shelters him WAS reared by those to
whom he owes his being. Some inte-ertlng
domestic tradition is connected with every
enclosure. The favorite fruit tree was plan
ted by his fathers hand. He sported in boy
hood beside the brook which still winds
through the mead IN. Through the field
lays the path to the village-school of his ear =
lier days. He still hears from his window
the voice of the Sabbath bell, which called
his fathers to the house of God, and near at
hand is the spot where his parents laid down
TO rest and where, when the time has come.
he shall be laid by his child en-. These are
the feelings Of the owners of the soil. Word;
cannot paint theln-gold cannot buy then,
they fiow out Of the deepest fountains OF
the human heart they are life springs of a
fresh, healthy, and generous national charac-
Year: 1861

the dying testimony of criminals themselves,
as they expiate their crime OF the gallows.
We are told that the scene between young
Powers and his mother, sister and brother,
was affecting beyond description. The mo-
ther and sister were the first to leave and
when the brother was at last persuaded to
retire, the doomed man kissed him and said,
DO as told you, and let liquor alone Here
is volume of instruction to the young men
of our country The moderate and social
use of liquor may lead to the most danger
Gus consequences. There is no safety in it !;
no control over it. 1t suddenly excites and
leads a youth, ere he is aware, to some deed
of desperation, for which there is no reputa-
ton. o young men of America be wise
and let liquor alone Then you are safe
Then all the fruit Of the vineyard, and all
the outporings of the distillery never can
harm you. Then you will have self control
in the hour of excitement, and never be
called to taste that bitter cup which young
| Powers was called upon to drink.
Year: 1861

JEFFERsoN's Ten RuLEs.-Neyer put of till
tomorrow what you can do to-day Never
trouble another for what you can do your
self Never spend your money before you
have IT. Never buy what yen do not want
because it is cheap. Pride cost Us mose than
hunger, thirst and colo. We sehom repens
ofhavng eat, n too little. Nothing is tseable-
some that We do willingly. How much
PAINS and evils have cost which have never
happened Take every thing always by the
smooth handle. When angry count ten be-
fore you speak if very angry hundred.
Year: 1861

1t is uncertain whether the Presidents
message will be transmitted to Congress to-
morrow or Friday, probably the latter |, is
definitely stated that no copies of the mes
sage will be out in advance.


The reports of the secretaries Of War. Ma
w and Treasury are now completed, but they
are as unattanable as the message ITSELF
Notwithstanding former reports of rumors
about Major Gen. Fremont's command it was
not till to-day that a conclusion was reached
by the government. He had long inter
view with the President last night and will
at once leave Washington to take command
of the Great Western movement.
Year: 1861

DR.. Dixon, in his New York Monthly Seal
pei, states that gentleman of the highest We
racty related to him the following snake sto
ry, which beats anything We have read lately


Going into very public ordinary for his
dinner, he was surprised to observe the extra
care with which gentleman, who took seat
opposite to him, took off his hat He turned
his head as nearly upside down as possible
without breaking his neck then placing his
hand over the inside Of his hat, he again
turned it, and received its carefully guarded
contents, concealed by pocket handkerchief
in his hand; then gently laying the back of
his hand on the cushion, he slid the hat and
its contents off, and commenced dinner The
attention of my friend was irrisistiby direc-
ted toward the hat, and his surprise greatly
increased, the reader may we'll imagine, on
observing the head of sizable snake thrust
out and looking sharply about him. The
gentleman perceiying the discovery addressed
him; My dear sir, was in hopes to have
dined alone, and not to annoy any one with
my poor pet. Allow me to explain he is
perfectly harmless onl Y common black
snake. | was advised to carry him on my
head for rheumatism have done so for a
few weeks, and | am cured positively cured
of most agonizng malady. dare not yet
part with him the memory of my suferings
is too vivid all my care is to avoid discovery
ant: treat my pet as well as possible in his irk-
some confinement. feed him on milk and
eggs, and he does not seem to suffer. Pardon
me for the annoyancc-you have my story
1t is true. am thankful to my intormer for
the cure, and to you for your courtesy in not
leaving your dinner disgusted.'
Year: 1861

FATAL AeoIdENT.-A son of William Al,
len, who resides in San Joaquin county, lad
about fourteen years old, went out with gun
on Tuesday last to shoot rabbits. Not having a
percussion cap, he placed friction match on
the nipple and then snapped the gun. AS it
did not explode, he hastily put the muzzle to
his mouth and commenced blowing in the bar
rel when the charge went off, knocking out
his front teeth, and passing into the roof his
mouth, causing his death.
Year: 1861

FIRE IN THE MoUNTAINs.-The mountains
above La Porte have recnetly been on fire. The
Messenger says sold Bald Mountain is fairly
striped with black and green, the fiery element
having cut some funny shades in its curious
winding flight from base to summit" Several
evenings the people Of La Porte were favored
with fireworks that outstip those of the most
scientific pyrotechnist.
Year: 1861

WAsnNGT'N September 25.--It is understood
that the Government will take no immediate
action in the case of General Fremont. The
General will be allowed full opportunities to
carry out his plan OF attacking the rebel forces
under Price and McCulloch before any inter
ference with his command is made.
Year: 1861

NEITHER Proud NOR PARTcULAR,-On the
morning after the late inundation, a large hog
was found in we'll furnished residence in the
eastern portion of the city, taking warm and
comfortable snooze in the best bed in the house,
He was evidently neither proud nor particular
as to where he slept Union.
Year: 1861

A RoUGu RIDE.-A miner at Omega, says
The Nevada journal, took perilous ride one
day last week. He was at work in Stewart
d. Co.'S claims which are situated on de-
clivity above Scotchman's creek. AT the
edge of the claim is tall Of some feet. The
pick of the miner dropped and was about to
fall over the bank he clutched for it, and
at the same moment q large mass of earth
and water came down from the hydraulic
works. sweeping over him. He was dug out
Of the mud some four hundred feet from the
place of starting between four and five hours
after, and though badly hurt is in a fair way
to recover He passed over several perpen
dicular heights of few feet. and when
found was one hundred and fifto feet lower
than the point Of departure.