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Year: 1865

Senator DoolittIe, of Wisconsin, stated in
his Milwaukee speech that General Grant re
Gently said to him that a considerable por-
ton Of the troubles between the whites and
blacks that had already occurred was in con,
sequence Of the unwise attempt to force ne
gro suffrage on those States. He said fur,
ther that if the Federal Government were to
attempt to enforce it, it would undoubtedly
produce war between the two races there.
Year: 1865

We have Already, from time to time no.
ted the renewed interest which has of late
been awakened to the quartz mining inter-
est in Placer county, and particularly in
the vicinity of Auburn. We had the plea
sure, a few days since, Of an interview with
Captain w. Holdridge. a gentleman we'll
known in this city as one Of the chief origi
nators and most efficient Directors of the
Fireman's Fund and Home Mutual Insur-
ance Companies, who has recently carefully
examined most OF the mines about Auburn
The Captain assures us that the value of
those mines has not been at all over estima
ted, and SO well impressed is he of their rich
ness that he left on the steamer Of the 3Oth
uI,.. for New York. with the view of inter.
esting Eastern capital in their development
Previous TO his leaving. some thirty gentle
men Of this city, shareholders and directors
in The insurance companies above named :,
with whom he has been long associated in
business, joined in testimonial letter ex>
pressive Of their high regard Of his capacity
and integrity as business man, and wishing
him the fullest success in the new enterprise
upon which he was embarking to enlist the
assistance of Eastern capitalists in the de.
velopment of our mines. We understand
that two of the late heavy owners in Gould
& Curry have recently made a purchase of
two quartz mines near Auburn. Scientific
Press.
Year: 1865

II is not the writing of the leading article itself
bptthe obligation to write that article, whether in
clihed or not in sickness or in HEALTH in winter
and summer, year in and year out, tied down to
the task, remaining in one spot that worries the
editor. 1t is something like walking so many miles
in q like number Of hours, In itself It appears
nothing; the labor is not manifest but it is the CON


tinual attention it requires, Your life becomes as
1t were the publication, One weeks paper is no
sooner corrected and printed than on comes anoth


upon the intellect and spirits, demanding all teex-
ertons Of your faculties and at the same time that
you are compelled to do the severcst drudgery.-
Country editors, at least find It 50. To write for
a newspaper is very well, as you can measure your
own time hut to edit one is to condemn yourself to
slavery, M Cdrma Democrat.
Year: 1865

The QUESTION OF WAITS AND STRAYS.-The To-
lice Commissioners have issued curious de-
cree with regard to the right of property in
articles picked up in the streets. It appears
that lady picked up some article of property
which q policeman, observing, very rhdely
attempted to take from her. She claimed her
right to 1t, as there was no legal owner forth
coming, but the policeman took the article of
to the station house. This incident furnished
an opportunity for sagacious decision on the
part Of the Commissioners to the effect that
waits and strays, picked up on the street, or In
stages, cars, or ferryboats, are the property or
the Commissioners, and must be delivered up to
them. Conscientious people were generally In
the habit when they found anything on . ferry
boat or in 8 car or stage Of giving it mp to the
officials Of these institutions, where the owner
woaid be likely to apply for 1t. People with
out consciences of course had the habit Of put
ting the same in their pocket; but now
il appears that pocketbcok, or parasoi,
or handkerchief or cane, found without an
owner must be delivered to the property man
at police headquarters, and, If not claimed, will
be sold for the benefit Of what we really do not
know, except it be for the benefit Of the Police
Commissioners. There was an old proverb
that "Hnders should be keepers" where no
rightful owner appeared. Henceforth the Po-
lice. Commissioners are to be keepers; and il
there are great many honest people in the
community the property man will have plenty
Of work to do, to say nothing of tho handsome
thing the Commissioners or the police fund will


realize. All lost children are sent to the Com.


missioners. Why not the pocketbooks and
watches?
Year: 1865

MEUOO-"MAsTERLY INACrIvrrY."-Presiden
johnson is just now absorbed in the great work
of. the reorganization of the late rebellious
States OF the South, on the platform Of the
abolition Of slavery and loyalty to the Union.
He knows that he can settle the Mexican ques-
ton at any time; but he knows. too, that the
elephant Is getting so troublesome and costly
to Louis Napoleon that "masterly inactivity"
ON our part will probably serve the Monroe
doctrine as efectually and as quickly as any
other policy. The debate in tho French Cham-
Der which we published yesterday very plainly
signifies that Louis Napoleon must very soon
abandon Mexico, unless he can get recognition
of Macmillan from President johnson. That
recognition Napoleon will not obtain. Presi-
dent johnson and the people of the United
States, who stand at his back, are bound and
resolved to give no countenance in any way to
this European monarchical establishment set
up over Mexico. But as the question between
the European usurpation and the Canning
Monroe doctrine is working very satisfactorily
at present. we dare say that President johnson
will adhere to the policy Of mastery inac-
tivity" yet little longer, in order to give to
Napoleon . fair opportunity TO make virtue Of
necessity, and gracefully retire with bis prot<gt
from hostile country, the holding of which
by France has depended from the beginning
upon the success of JEFF. Davis and his so-called
Southern confederacy.
Year: 1865

A LITTLE Too FAsr.-C. H. Wynne, the
proprietor Of the Richmond Times, who has
been lately threatening what the State Of vir-
ginia will do or will not permit to be done In
the work Of reconstruction, just as II she were
meditating upon another rebellion for State
rights, has been suddenly admonished that he
is driving his new wagon q little too fast for the
public safety. He says, in bis issue of the 22d
instant that "having been sent fer and notified
by tho proper military authority that our edito-
rails for the past month, and more especially
for the last few days, are only calculated TO
excite anger and bitterness, and that unless the
tone and policy Of the Times are changed 1t
will be suppressed" the proprietor asks tho
kind indulgence Of his readers "for the absence
ofmatter pertaining to national and State public
policy" The particular mistake of this Southern
rights editor has been, we, suspect, rather too
violent agitation from Southern point ofview OF
negro suffrage as an outrage which Old Vir-
pinia, with "her honor untarnished and her
spirit unbroken," never will permit within her
borders. This is cutting it rather fat; and the
silly editor, thus thrusting himself, in the midst
Of the ruins of the rebel capital into this negro
suffrage agitation, we presume will now under
stand that his instructions and threats upon
this subject are not wanted, and that the bust
ness of providing q republican form Of govern
ment for the State of Virginia has, from the
failure of Jeff Davis, devolved upon President
| Johnson.
Year: 1865

-msak pf TIE grea. West, andw dare say Of the
entire Nofth,. excsp. II may be Massachusetts,
and Vermont, and Q few radical disunionis0
here and there. The large number Of our mill
sary heroes in the Convention and ths marked
preference shown for them IN mixing the
nominations are Encouraging signs. 1t shows
that the people of Ohio fully appreciate their
services, and have more faith in the patriotism
Of the man who has sealed his love for
the Union with his blood than those in
triguers who would, for the sake Of office, en-
danger their country's best interests. This Is
the commencement Of the reward which awaits
our soldiers from the people Of the North. 1t is
the opening Of new era in politics. The days
of the political charlatan are past What Q
contrast between the two meetings at Boston
and Columbusl The latter represented the
sentiment Of the great mass Of the people,
the former small band Of disunion agitators
The logical conclusion to be drawn is that
the soldiers who have fought our battles, won
our victories, and saved the nation, will now
support the President in his reconstruction
policy, even against the disunionisS of the
North
Year: 1865

SICKNESS. Des Moines Register man
complains Of the prevale 'ce of sickness at
the capital city. Let him come to Daven
port and he will be safe. His trying to bury
one Of our most respected citizens with .
melancholy Dispatch" attests the height
Of the panic which he is undoubtedly in
The fact is, . man can live longer. live bet
ter. and make more monev in Davenport
than in any other city in Iowa.
Year: 1865

DECLINE IN Coal AND BEEF F-The
withdrawal of the Government from the
market as consumer is having a ten.
dency to bring down prices OF different
articles materially. In New York the
purchases of coal have been reduced
from ten thousand tons day to nine
thousand tons week CorrespondingTy
reduced purchases have been made in
the West The effect has been to great
ly unsettle the coal market and reduce
prices


The beef market is also beginning to
feel the effects Of the withdrawal of Gov
ernment patronage.


i The Boston Journal Of Friday last
says


1t will be seen by the reports of the
cattle markets the present week that the
decline in prices has at last reached the
beef market and there is a prospect that
we shall soon be able to get good steak
without paying forty-fye or ffty cents a
pound for it. Both at Cambridge and
Brighton there were a large number of
cattle left over this week Cattle for
which seventeen cents pound was
confidently expected we're sold at four
teen, and butchers bought very shy even
at this decline The reduction of the
army will take the Government out of
the market as a purchaser, and lower
prices still may be expected. -
Year: 1865

One cents worth of stout wire, bent
in the shape Of a letter U, is q very good
protection against burglars. Hang the
curved part of the wire on the door
knob, and let the two extremities pass
through the bow of the key after the
door is locked. Then the burglars may
rage in vain, unless they break the door
down.


Many of our citizens have had their
houses entered by means of outsiders" "
and robbed. The use of the above sim
pie precaution may prevent similar oc-
currences in the future. The remedy is
so simple every one will justified in try.
ing it.
Year: 1865

There is poetic justice in the fact that
the very rebel telegraph lines over which
Davis ordered Beauregard to open FIRE
on Fort Sumter, are now used to trans
init the Proclamation of President J ohm
son offering a reward for the arch trait
or's arrest, and if he is caught, il will be
mainly through the fundamentally of
those telegraph lines.
Year: 1865

The Chattanooga Gazette learns
that the Government intends to vaeate
one of the large buildings on Lookout
Mountain, which has been in use for
some time as a hospital, and parties are
making preparations to open it as q
hotel Such place of resort would be
highly appreciated by the residents
during the coming summer, and viii no
doubt prove remuneratiye.
Year: 1865

Nothing is more significant of return
ing peace 10 our war-worn and blood
stained land than the abolition of the
pass system between Louisville aud
Nashville. Military is fast giving way
to the civil law.
Year: 1865




Dos the Ohio Statesman hold that the
son.hsrp States were justiRsble in insugu-
rating war-ss they did by firing upon the
Star Of the West and Fort sumter-e7An
though they knew that the effect of pre-
-ontino the extension of slavery into new
territory would cause the final overthrow
Of the system2 Would the Statesman have
sdvised the insertion into the Constitution
Of a oIsuse making slavery perpetual in Sll
tbe Southern States and Territories IS 8
means Of preventing a wicked minority
from raising the standard of rebellion and
l.ving war upon the government If 80
the people want to know it, if not, cease
your esscOnAde about the responsibility ol
Che war resting with the party which elect
ed Abraham Lincoln in the mode pre-
scyibed by the Constitution.
Year: 1865

The accident on the Oil Greek Railroad,
near Titusville, was caused by the engine
of q freight train running upon the main
track to get on switch st about the time
that the mail train was due. The mail
train, coming around corner, could not
see the freight engine, and the two came
togsthsr.w with such force - 10 throw the
Year: 1865

The Tribune's special says the Presidents
and Superintendenfs Of the railroads in.
the Gulf States are now trying to replace
their worn out rolling stock by purchasing
that used by the United States during the
war. They have no money and no credit
il the general market, and are therefore
trying to buy on time. Many of the en-
gine and car wheels used by the Govern
ment on the Virginia railroad have been
sold to the Virginia Railroad Company on
six months time. The remainder will Be
sold st auction for cash.
Year: 1865

"1'HE HAsHIsH EATERS A terrible affair
has Just come to light in Paris, which is caus


ing great deal of sensation. A celebrated
physician, deSirous of aScertaining and miuutely
recording the effects of the "hashish," or Indian
hemp, upon the human mind, induced three
young men to lock themselves up in q room
with him and partake of it. The servants
were all sent away, but, after waiting twenty


four hours aud the inmates not coming forth,
the doors were demolished, when horrible
sight presented itself within. On the floor lay
the doctor, insenSibe, and bleeding profusely
from wound 10 bis head one of the young
men extended beside him, groaniDg in agony.
his left arm aud leg broken by the fall of the
chandelier. which. by some extraordinary acc-
dent had slipped from its chain, and lay scat
tered in fragments all over the carpet Another
of the eXperlmentalizers was seated on the floor
close beside the doctor, graspng one OF the
brass candelabrums from the mantlepiece, with
which ii was evident the victim had been
wounded he was found to have become a
raviug maniac; while the third was lying qui


ety beneath the table-in siupor from which
no medical skill has yet been able to arouse
him. The doctor, whose wound is not serious
and whose insensibllity proceeded from the loss
of blood. gives vague. confused account OF the
scene as yet. The revelations made in the
pages of his pocket book are said to be extra
ordinary, and to have caused the greatest ex-
element amongst the medical men of Paris.
Year: 1865

GARIBALDI.-It is not easy 10 conceive any
thing finer. simpler, more thoroughly unaffected
or more truly dignifed than the man himself.
His noble head; bis clear, honest, brown eye !;
his finely traced mouth, beautiful as woman 5
and only strung up to sternness when anything
ignoble or mean had outraged him; and, last
Of all, bis voice contains fascination perfectly
irresistible, allied, as you knew and felt these
graces were with a thoroughly pure, untar
nished nature. The true nature of the mau
lies in the fact that, though his life has been
series of the boldest and most daring achieve
ments. his courage is about the very last quality
uppermost in your mind when You meet him.
1t is of the winning soltness Of his look aud
manner, his kind ihoughliuuess for Others, his
sincere pity for all suffering, his eenileuess bis
modesty, his manly sense Of brotherhood with
the very humbest OF the men who have loved
him, that you thiuk these are the traits that
throw all bis heroism into shadow and ell the
glory Of the eonqueror pales before the simple
virtues of the man-Biqekr0od.
Year: 1865

TIE OUrnAGEs In RANDoLPH-A friend writing
us from Randolph County, says:


"If you wish any evidences Of the hanging and
torturing Of men and women in this and other
Counties by militia and home guard officers, let me
know, and will furnish the proofs Of the most
cruel and savage Outrages ever perpetrated in this
or any other country"


We are obliged to our friend for the suggestion,
and hope be will send US the proofs. Randolph
County has been especially scourged, because her
people gave large msjorty at the last election for
the true Conservative candidates. 1t is high
crime in this country for poor man or soldier to
vote as he peases. Hundreds of detailed men and
hundreds Of soldiers were sent to the front to be
slaughtered, because they voted last August against
Gov. Vance and tie Destructive candidates. This
was nothing more less than murder for opinions
sake The wrath of the people will yet burn after
and consume the authors of these outrages. JUS
tice may tarry long, but it will come at last with
sharp sword and an UOalterable purpose
Year: 1865

threat what might be done If the people were here


II the peoples representatives, win not do rs they
are bid by certain despots violence is TO be resort


ed to, to "hurl " them "headlong" from the capi.
toll We wish the people were here g. We wish We
could see them In Raleigh, at this time filing our
streets the capitol square, and all our public squares


Such shouts for peace would go up as were never
kSArd before in Raleigh. Petty despots, and those
who are trampling on the popular will by urging
on the war to the last extremity would quiver like
aspen leaves those shouts rang in their ears and
shook the heavens We can tell Mr.. Ellis that the
peace men do not fear the people and that the hor-
rors of the Tarpean rock are not in reserve for
Year: 1865

The four commissioners appointed BY our Legis-
lature 10 visit Richmond, to confer with the Presi-
dent and our members of Congress on the state Of
the country and the prospects of peace, returned
10 this City on Friday last and on Saturday evening
they made their report to the two Houses in secret
session. The commissioners, as the public are
already informed, were Mr.. Pool, OF BERTHE, Mr..
Garter, of Beaufort and Mr.. Hall add Mr.. Person,
of New Hanover.


This secret session was necessary, because the
commissioners had received Information in conh-
dence from the President which it would not have
been proper to communicate with open doors.


1t was not to be expected that this commission
would secure peace, or even make any important
approaches to it But it was step in the right di-
rection as far as it went ..--


We had a rumor . few days since, that Mr.. Lin
coin had appointed Elk Presidents Fillmore and
Pierce and Mr.. Chase, to meet the Confederate
Commissioners at Washington, but it appears, from
the latest news, that Mr.. Seward has been sent to
meet them, and that they will stop at Fortress
Monroe. We confess we are not sanguine as to the
result OF this mission. We are still of the opinion
that peace-permanent peace-can be obtained on
ly through the intervention of the States We have
reason believe that the eyes of the peace men in
the army and in all the States, are turned implOr
ingly towards North Carolina in the hope that she
will do something to end the war and restore peace
to our bleeding and afflicted country. North Car
olina is so situated that she act, while other
States that would, cannot move.s Shall they look to
US in vain2


The do-nothing policy of our Legislature in re-
gard to peace has so won upon the confidence Of
the Confederate one of the organs Of the Destruc-
tves, that it congratulates that body its deter
mination not to call Convention at its present
session. There is large minority of the Legisla-
ture in favor of submitting the question Of Conven-
ton to the people, but such is the influence of the
patronage and power of the Richmond and Raleigh
administrations, and such the stubbornuess with
which certain members resist the known will Of
the people, that we cannot hope that they WILL at
the present session. allow the people to vote up
on the question. They are AFRAID to trust the peO-
pie They are enemies to popular gOUernssent-
We trust the people will al once realize the great
imeort1ncs of action on the part of the States to
secure peace. Let them agitGte for peace in every
neighborhood. Let them hold meetings, and in
that way, as we'll as by memorials and by word of
mouth instruct their representatives, and compel
them to obey the popular will or resign. Every
thing valuable and dear to our people depends on
an early peace. We must have it soon, or utter
ruin will overtake all of US who may survive the
approaching campaign. Now is the time to strike
for it. Strike for it through the Legislature. Let
the members of that body find no rest until they
pledge themselves to submit the question of Con-
vention or no Convention to the people.
Year: 1865

We are much obliged to friend, a Postmaster in
Chatham County, for club Of five subscribers, four
young ladies may all obtain good husbands in due
time if fth<y should GGnt them. We are constantly
cheered By the addition of the names of ladies' to
our list of subscribers
Year: 1865

What will bring peace Immediately? One bold
act by the Legislature of this State Let that body
submit the question of Convention to the people,
and peace WiN JollO0, and that soon. But if
the Legislature should adjourn without providing
for Convention, the day of peace will be put off
another campaign will be commenced, and no one
can foresee the result. NoD is the time. If peace
should not be made during the next six months, let
the people and let the army bear in mind that the
fault will rest at the door of Gov. Vance and his
Destructive and proessedly Conservative friends in
the Legislature.
Year: 1865

Robt. J. Walker publishes card In
the Chronicle to-day denying the story Of
fne Montreal Gazette that he had visited
Canada to propose annexation. He says
his visit was purely of private nature
and that he does not know the views OF
either government on the subject of
annexation.


Recruiting is dull every where and
drafting will be again resorted to to OBJ.
tain men. 1t begun in Baltimore this
morning..


Everything is going on well in the
armies
Year: 1865

GB1F 1t is estimated that one hundred
millions OF years has elapsed since the
earth was red hot liquid and the hard
and cold crust OF the surface is not tbick
enough yet to prevent the evaporation of
the vapors from the burning cauldron 10
Its bowels from finding its way to the sur.
race condensed into coal oil.