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Year: 1863

that the present hesitation 10 move upon the
intrenchments of the enemy is but the story
Of Manassas repeated. I beg to assure you
that l have never written or spoken to you
in greater kindness of feeling than now, or
with fuller purpose to sustain you 80 far as,
in my most anxious judgement, I consistently
can, but you must act.


Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN.
Year: 1863

AN exchange comes to US with notice
that Truth" is crowded out of this issue,
This Is almost as bad as the up-countiy
editor who said: "For the evil effects ofiny
toxicating drink, see our inside"
Year: 1863

No71cE.-The Reception Committee Of the
Canal Convention, are destrous Of procuring,
SIS far as possible, accommodations for the
delegates that will attend the Convention, and
as they are confident the various Hotels will
be inadequate to accommodate all who will bo
present, the Committee, in order to take the
best care of those who will attend, would re-
spectfnlly request the hotels, boarding hous-
e., and also citizens who arc willing to take
care Of delegates, to report the number
they will accommodate to Col. Foster, at the
Mercantile Association Rooms, on the corner
of Lake and State Streets at as early day
Is possible.
Year: 1863

walked never were satisfied until the object
that had called them forth was satisfied


As Judge he hid few, II any, equals on the
beIch In this State Indeed, the one voice Of
the bar ie, his place cannot be filled. In the
trial of causes he was emineutly careful, pa
tientand pa1netaking. In his intercourse with
The bar he was at al1 times kind and rcady to
make allowances for the heat of advocacy and
the ca1ncstncss of controversy that sometimes
lend counsel 10 20 to the yery line of duty.
His decisions were marked with great care
and research. and In MANY instances vcrc fine
specimens of logical reasoning and legal lore.
In constitutional and statutory construction
his mind emfnent1y fitted him to excel The
preat breadth and clearness ot his convention
with the thorough understanding nj the rcn;-
MS of thc law and Of our government 1,os-
sessed BIZ him made MANY of the decisions
| in this department Of great valuc-iudcca, in
this field he had no peer among us-and 1t Is
not too much to say that be was great con
stitutlonal lawyer. AS criminal judge he
had singular ability. We'll learned IN this
branch OF the law, his natural qualities made
him what hc was enlnently fitted for-a judge
where the question was life OF death, liberty
or Imprisonment. Here his qualities of mind
and hsart remind us so much Of Lord Camp
bell "a greater than whom never graced the
criminal law)-that We arc almost led to say


they we're brothers. Indeed, in looking for
his prototype ono finds 50 much alike in their
minds and learning that VIC are led to tic


conclusion that they were alike. The writer


Of this has seen him in some Of the crest


criminal trials OF this county, sitting day after


day watching every move Of The casc-ercr7


effort Of counsel to stay the hand Of the


ayenger Of blood-with so much earnestncss
Year: 1863

HONORABLE EMPLOYMENT - Lot the
young man remember there is nothing
dcrogatory in any employment which
ministers to the we'll being Of the race.
1t is the spirit that is carried into any
employment that elevates it or degrades
lie. The ploughman that turns the clod
may be a Cincinnatus or Washington,
or he may be brother to the clod he
turns. There is no glory in the act OF
Ofixing signature by which the treas
ures Of commerce are transferred, OF
treaties between nations are ratified
the glory consists in the rectitudc oi
purpose that approves the one, aud the
grandeur Of tho philanthropy that sane
titles the other.
Year: 1863

wish to know the feelings Of tht
people in general in Old Highland
and moreover if you allow that Hills
boro Gazette so advocate such doctrine
as it did in the last number I saw. In
it | saw the proceedings of Democrat
ic meeting,. where q certain citizen Of
Highland rsado'a speech, aud said that
if he had to fght he would fight for the
South, and his sentiments were hearth
ly endorsed by his brother Democrats.
Such stuff as this is an outrage, and
should not be allowed in a loyal county.


Yours truly,


ELIJAH OVERMAN,


Maj. Gen. Thomas's Escort.
Year: 1863

Il is reported that Gen. Hallcck recent
ly said:


"Sir, wc must either raise two hundred
thousand moo this fall for victory and
peace, or eight hundred thousand men
next Spring to prevent all that We have
won being wrung from III"


This states the question of the necessity
Of the draft in its simplest form. The
men are needed for the work, now; the
task may now bo accomplished; next
year it may be too late. A thousand cir
cumstances have brought affairs to this
condition; thousand others may inter-
pose to make delay fatal
Year: 1863

THE PRESIDENTS LETTER. The
Washington Intelligencer concludes an ed
itorialin its fridays issue,upon the Gre
construction" question, with the follow
ing highly interesting discourse upon the
Presidents letter;


"The reader may think that in this
pursuit of truth under difficulties, we
would naturally have sought for solu-
ton by interrogating the letter of the
President himself to the Springfield meet
ing. which reached us after the above ci-
tations We're prepared, and which appears
in this days paper, and this we have not
failed to do: but, truth to say. with every
sentiment of respect for the President, and
with every disposition TO treat his letter
with the candor due it, and also in the sin
Gle mndedness with which we are sure it
was written, we have not found it an easy
task on a single parusal to reduce it to its
simple elements, to subject it to an inter-
probation explicit enough to inspire US with
confidence in its correctness, or at least to
deduce from 1t anything to elucidate the
proiet put forth by the late Solicitor of
the War Department. We shall think it
our duty to examine with care as well as
with respect the exposition of his views
which the President has deemed it proper
to offer to the country in this letter, and
submit to our readers any thoughts which
its further perusal may suggest"


The country will await with the most
painful suspense, the reduction of the let
ter to its ''simple elements" and its sub
lection to an Interpretation by the Intelli-
gencer, explicit enough to inspire that hi
larious old cotemporary with confidence
in Its correctness, or at least to deduce
from it something ''to elucidate the pro-
jet" &c. We trust on the other hand,
with all due Difference, that the process of
submitting to the country the thoughts
which a re-perusal of the letter may sug-
gest, will not be gone through with by the
lntellgencer with such rapidity as to ex-
cite its nervous system.
Year: 1863

from this fair land, are being replaced By
men iohO acknowledge human liberty as The
only true Foundation Of human goUerR-
mem. May your efforts to restore your
city to the cause Of the Union be as sue
cessful as have been theirs to reclaim it
from the despouc rule of the leaders Of the
rebellion"


In letter to the president Gen. Grant
pledges himself not only to aid Adj. Gen,
Thomas in his labors, but also heartily en-
dorses the Emancipation Proclamation and
the raising of colored troops, and earnest
ly expresses the opinion that with the lat
ter great results can be attained.


In recent letter written from Murfrees-
boro and published in the Philadelphia
Press, Gen. Rosecrans says:


81 am glad TO see the splendid stand
you nave taken against slavery, wi h all
its horrors, barbarities and shocking i'm
moralties. Slavery is dead, and nothing
can resuscitate it. To understand this
fully you should pay us visit.
Slavery is doomed, and those who now up
hold it will soon be held up to public obi
um and execration. No statesman will
vindicate it, no friend of human progress
will stretch forth hand to break It's
fall.
Almighty God has certainly ordained the
destruction of slavery in this country,
where it has been more offensive and i'm
moral than in any other. x


The above is rank heretcal talk from
former democrats, and demands immediate
copperhead attention.
Year: 1863

The ELECTION. The election in this
state being as usual pretty much all on
one side, but little interest, comparatively,
is felt IN the returns, and for this reason
they come in slowly. We give elsewhere,
this morning, complete table of all the
returns yet received, embracing l79
towns, or about three -fourths of the whole
number in the state. We make the ma
jority for Smith in these l79 towns, IT,
749. The majority in the whole state will
probably not be very far from 10000


The vote polled in the state election of
1860, was considerably larger than now,
and accordingly the anti-democratic ma
jority-all other things being the same
should be considerably heavier than this
year; yet the majority for Fairbanks was
then but 2U,3l5.


Considering the smaller aggregate vote
this year the absence of Union voters in
the military service, and the capital which
the copperheads expected to make out of
their clamor against conserption, taxation,
and other war measures, this result is es-
pecially gratifying, and shows that Ver-
mont patriotism and loyalty are unwaver-
ing under any sacrifice necessary to put
down treason and maintain the Union.
Year: 1863

REBEL TESTIMONY. The following
testimony as to the origin, purpose and
effect of northern copperhead labors, is
from Maury, the rebel agent in England.
In letter to the London Times, speaking
of the plans of the rebels and their mode
of operating in the North "to offset the
tide of military reverses which in the first
weeks of July ran so strong against the
South" he says;


Other agents have to be called into
play. What are they 2 Let us inquire.
They are decisions IN the camp Of the en-
eng, diSSeatioas among the people Of the
North. There is already peace party
there. All the embarrassments with
which that party can surround Mr.. Lin
coin, and all the difficulties that it can
throw in the way of the war party in the
North, operate directly as so much aid
and comfort to the South.
Year: 1863

- The great West is sound and
true in loyalty. We have already rejoiced
mildly over the glorious result in Califor-
mia. To this we must now add Nevada
Territory, a noble Free State in embryo,
who indicates her territorial opinion by
electing straightout Republican Union
ticket by an overwhelming majority.
Year: 1863

=
ltFfom tie Grrep Bay twisconsiu) Advocate.
| Counsels of a Loyal Democratic Jour.
nni.


So far rs this war is concerned.
every true American will support the
President now--not because lie is
the President, but because he ia the
only channel through Which we can
give practical aid to the country, to
our state. to our neighbors and to
ourselves. The people arc the power,
hut they cannot administer it, This
war cannot hc carried on through
mass meetings. IL we withhold pow
or. the President cannot exercise it.
He has no Inherent power because he
lis President. He is personally weak
er than almost any man youwill meet
ON the farm or in the street. But be
ing the only medium through which
we can oNercisc power, We can only
7 defeat ourselves in defeating him. -
We shall not injure him any moro
than we shall each other II he has
done wrong in any particular-and
we think he has in a great many---we
may overthrow him and prevent his
doing wrong again, but we will de
prive him of the means to do right,
and at the same time despoil ourselves
of the means to rid the country of
other and very greater evils. lie has
imprisoned certain men and suppress
ed certain newspapers. II is an ir-
relevant question Mt this moment
whether those men and newspapers
were right or wrong. We can afford
TO sacrifice for n while those few men
and newspapers for the public good,
just rs We take private property for
public uses. Their grieis will have
their remedy when there is timn n,,d
;rstvuu OF nnirng now to adludlcatc
them we had better address ourselves
to worse dangers which are hesetting
us. We have no faith in the loyalty
and patriotism of those men and
newspapers who, if ever SO deeply
wrongcd even, are crying out that the
attention of the land should he turn.
ed to them The walls of Fort La
faycttc are probably unpleasant to the
few who may he sent within them.
but the terror of anarchy or the rule
of the rebellion will he found more
/ unpleasant to us all il we encounter
them. There il no danger of the
North losing its liberties through sup
porting the Administration in its con


duet of the war. We have now bcel


engaged for two years, with all the
energy and will Of the nation, in the
work of suhdung n rebellion whicl


no decent man dare say is not unho
~, and our efforts have only me-


with indifferent success. Is it more
possible to cope with the ontcrpris,


OF taking away the liberties of tn,


North? If it is costing two millions


u day in cndcayoring to make til,


South obey the Just laws of the land


no arithmetic within our knowlcdg,


contains formula for estimating tn,


expense of making the North yiclC


obedience to UNJUST ones. The mel


who are continually crying out tina


course, honest, and cannot desire tha
: their forcbodings prove correct; bu


we have noticed since II very promi


ncnt one among them has been nomi
, mated for Governor in consequence
of losing his liberty, the number adj


vchemence of this class of patriot


has vastly increased. They eXcee'


the anxiety of those ancient maiden


who, ut the taking of some city, W
forget where wondered when tn


snckinp and so on would commence.
Year: 1863

Government" judged by the standard
of Democracy in 1913, is "an incon-
sistency never exceeded in the annals
of the world, which justly subjects
them to the scorn and contempt of
every upright man." The charge Of
Inconsistency we are free to admit docs
not apply to the the standard bearer
of the Copperhead faction, who from
the first has justified the rebels and
lopposed the war; but it applies with
double force to those who have pro
fessed to differ with him, but have
been driven by the party lash into his
support.


The third resolution is applicable
both to the candidate and his sup
portcrs. They have justified the reh-
els, denounced their own government;
and are doing more to stimulate the
traitors to continued resistance, more
to prolong the war, and prevent The
accomplishment Of all honorable and
permanent peace, than any other cause
or causes whatever and, if the wal
is continued until after the expiration
of Mr.. Lincoln's term, it will he main.
ly owing TO the morally troasonahle
conduct Of the Coppcrheads. The
Union men of to-day, like the Demo
Gratis Of 1S4S, hold that "no conclus-
ion of the war can be honorable to the
United States which shall not bring
us indemnity for the past and securi-
tv for the future In all respects
the parallel is complete. Democrats
who have condemned and opposed the
Fcdcralists of 1872, and the Wings
of 1913, are bound in consistency and
good faith to condemn and oppose the
Coppcrheads and Peace Men of the
present day. These resolutions will
shut the mouth of any demagogue or
party hack who shall pretand th"t
they are under any kind of obligation
to support the Coppcrhead ticket. In
no way can they maintain their con-
sistency, or aid in giving effect to the
time honored principles of the De
mocracy, but bv voting for John
Brough, who, as in 1913. is true to
every article and letter of the old De
mocratic creed.--Napoleon Press.
Year: 1863

ES-General Halleck recently
remarked, with reference TO the
draft "Sir, we must either raise
two hundred thousand men this Fall
for victory and peace, or eight hund-
red thousand men next Spring to
prevent all that we have won being
wrling from us.
Year: 1863

!, says the Sacramento Union, with mv por-


cupine quill, killed Cock Robin? The fore


going was suggested By the following. which
appeared in that delectable sheet this week:


Is MENoEIAH-The Butte Record still flies


the Mcclellan banner for the next Presidency.


Old Ziskas skin, stretched upon a drum, en-
couraged the Hussites in the hour OF battle.
The defunct head of the Copperbead has been
hayed by recent Developments, but we ques-
tion whether the drum Of victory can be man
ufactured from bis cuticle


The hatred Of that paper Is so diabolical
towards Gen. Mcclellan that it cannot permit
him to remain at peace in that grave to which
it has so often consigned him. So bitterly
virulent has it been in its uuwarranted attacks
upon the General that it has shown 10 want
of petty mendacity in writing him into politi-
cal oblivion. Its well schooled correspondents
at the East have seized upon every idle rumor
of his enemies, and wrought it up to suit
the taste Of the General at the head of that
" independent sheet But, like the reference
in the above " memoriam," to Ziska's skin be-
ing used as a drum head, it is as equally fabu-
lous. Such thing never was done, or limited
at, and the history Of the old Bohemian Gene
raj and the vindcator Of his sisters honor,
treat the whole thing as a fable. But this
reference is only in strict keeping with the dis
position Of the Sacramento Union to magnify
everything against its self created enemy, and
to display its love to hate and vilify him
But no one-sided set of statements from that
purely Independent journal will ever deter
US from flying the Mcclellan flag at the head
of this paper for the next Presidency. Gen
tlemen. you must fear the potency of the man
and the name of the great General to so often
violate the sacred tomb to which you have
consigned his ashes. Pieiy and morality {of
which you possess SO much towards your enc
N.Y. should teach you not to disturb his lonely
grave. You have written his epitaph and sung
bis requiem, therefore, let your soug hereafter
be seldh.
Year: 1863

The OBJECT OF THE WAR-Senator Sum
ner's organ, the Boston Commonwealth, in a
recent article on the war and its objects says ;


If this war is not for the abolition Of sla-
very, what is it for? Is it to recover FIVE OF
six stone and dirt forts? ? Is it to get few
small towns, as Richmond or Charleston? Is
it to get few thousand dollars in the shape
of revenue from States which refuse to pay it .?
Is it to bring back Floyd Wigfall, and Davis
to Washington as Congressmen whom they
have been unable to take as Generals Is it
for these glorious objects that We are spending
more money than all the revenues ever given
by the seeded States put together? Is it for
this that we have sacrificed. North and South,
twice as many young men as there are slave
holders in America? If so. the Yankees are
foolish race who are not worth saving, and
will not be saved"
Year: 1863

The members of the Democratic party of
the State of California, are requested to elect
delegates to q Democratic State Convention,
TO meet at Sacramento, on the twenty-fourth
day of June, 1868, for the purpose of nomina-
ting State Officers TO be supported at the next
general election, and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before the Con
ventiOn.


The representation will be in accordance
with the following app0rtionment
Year: 1863

The San Juan Press says that a dead Chi


namau was discovered hanging by the neck to
a madrone tree. in 4 dark and lonely spot of a
deep canon which emptics into the Middle
Iuba, one day last week. He had been dead
perhaps two weeks, the time he was missed by
his mining partner, and was offensive TO the
sight and smell lrom the saperyening Of decay.
Year: 1863

THERE is one place IN San Francisco where
a man can get decent oulfit-we mean as to
quality as well as appearance. Houston, Has
tings & Cos Clothing Store is not only the
largest and most beautiful in San Francisco
bnt the stock consists of nothing but articles
of prime quality and manufacture If you
wish to avoid the risk of disappointment, aud
to obtain the worth of your money, you will


trade with them.
Year: 1863

rn- DIR. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS
should be in the possession of everybody in the
mining region. As preventative of the various
dangerous diseases to which the gold seeker is liza
bic, it has superior. While it is quite palatable
beverage, it is speedy and powerful in its effect
upon the system. In all cases of Diarrh0a, Dysen-
terry and the prevailing feyers consequent upon
exposure, the Bitters viii be found invaluable as a
corrective. No man should enter upon the exposed
camp life of a miner without being provided with
Hostetters preventive of stomach disease, nor
should any of those who are engaged in the occupa-
ton, fail to have recourse to the Biters. Sold by
all Druggists and dealers everywhere.
Year: 1863

The Stockton Independent says that the
quantity Of hides and wool making its appear.
ance in that market at this time, exceeds that
Of the corresponding season last year. The
quality Of both excels the product and the clip
Of last spring, while the prices realized are on
ly improved so far as wool is concerned.
Year: 1863

ANOTHER STEIKE.-A rich copper lode was
discovered on Wednesday last by a man while
bunting. He broke small piece of rock from
ledge, and upon examination it was found
to be rich in copper.
Year: 1863

THE Red Bluff Independent says that the
silver mines reported to have been found in
Tehama county turn out to be humbug.
The more the prospectoFs went down, the more
they didn't find it.
Year: 1863

RIcH QuARTz,-The Sierra Citizen says
" About as rich a specimen of auriferous
quartz as we have seen for many day was
shown us at Sierra City few days ago. 1t
was taken from the ledge of Chips Quartz
Mining Co, whose claims are located about
two miles above Sierra City, upon what is
supposed to be an extension of the Sierra
Bates ledge. Mr.. English, a shareholder
informed Us that the Chips Co. had excavated
a new tunnel, from which an opening had been
made on the ledge one hundred and fifty feet
below their old works. The streak from which
the specimen was obtained is three feet wide
and about eighteen inches thick, and is said
to be the richest gold-bearing quartz ever
discovered in this part of Sierra county. The
specimen alluded to will, al an off-hand venture
yield at the rate of $4,000 per ton, and leave
handsome margin at that.
Year: 1863

The peculiar taint or


infection which We call


ScRoFULA Turks in


the constitutions Of


multitudes of men. 1t


either produces or is


produced by an en-


feebled, vitiated state
OF the blood, wherein
that fluid becomes in
competent TO sustain
1.-THE vital forces in their
vigorous action, and
leaves the system TO
fall into disorder and


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