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Year: 1862

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Another Eldorado.


In conversation a few days ago with a
gentleman just down hom Colville, we
learned some interesting facts in relation
to the country east of that point. and as
the age of ''humbugs" in relation to gold
mines seems to be at an end, at least SO far
as the upper country is concerned, we are
prepared to believe his statements and to
agree with him that the hidden wealth of
the region above is not yet half revealed =
He spent the most of the summer with
party of prospectors who last spring left
COlville to search for gold on the head wa
tiers of the Pen d'Oreillc river. They fol-
lowed up this stream to its source, some
distance beyond the lake. and found favor
able indications of paying mines from the
foot to near the summit of the mountains
where the river takes its rise. Passing
over the divide to the Kootenai river they
found the prospects much more favorable
there, and in many places five to ten dollar
diggings. Returning, they crossed to the
Flathead and Big Blackfoot rivers, and
found prospects still more favorable; but
owing to the presence of Indians, whom
they supposed to- belong to the Bannock
tribe, they were afraid to remain long in
that section of ountry. They then turned
across the mountains to the heads Of the
St. Josephs and Occur d'Alene rivers, and
found better prospects than on either
Of the other streams and on a camas prai-
rie, or swail, between the St. Josephs and
Occur d'Alsne they found what our in
formant thinks will prove better diggings
than any yet discovered in the upper coun-
try. There were four men in this compa-
ny Of prospectors, named John Miner, Ben
Pagit f. X. Graves and r. R. Weed
One object of the company on leaving Col
vile was to find a party of miners who
were reported to be at work somewhere
near the Boundary Pass, they having been
told by Kootenai Indians that there was
such party there. They express the opin-
ion that it is too late for miners to go to
that country this fall, but promise to pilot
any number of men thither in the spring
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below to winter If their statement be true
and we have more reason to believe than
to doubt it, from the fact that it corrobor-
ates with Others heretofore publshed-the
opening of rich mines in that direction will
work material changes in the progress of
affairs in the upper country.
Year: 1862

On Wednesday morning our cltl-
zens were startled by the shrill and
long continued whistle of a steamboat,
which was nearing our port, crowds
rushed towards the levee to get a
souint at the stranger, which proved
70 be the Era No. 6, from Alexandria.
After bobbing about for fifteen days
from that distant port she succeeded
in running the blockade and reach


ing our city in safety. The gallant
cay.ain has evidently been doing
iuakiug business with his boat,
Year: 1862

A GENTS WISHING TO GET THE BEST PRIZE
"A Packets should We have many varieties, one
quite new before offered in this FORM which SELL
rapidly in the country especially soldiers Full partict
New York. Headquarters for Union Stationery.
Year: 1862




This is sound Company


The insurance of certain sum for ones family
is prudence that every man should adopt in these
critical times


The mau that would be respected and loved by
his family in life, and gratefully remembered in
DEATH will provide his fatnily against want"
"An our most prudent citizens and soldiers are
insuring a competence to their families in they
are drafted or killed in the service it is the only
saferu.rd in these critical times" nj 9m
Year: 1862

A KIND ACT, AND ITS REwARD.-The
Cleveland Piandealer sketches an incident
that lately occurred on one of the railroads
running thu ough Ohio. The sketch is inter
esting, though it is impersonal:


The train is running over the road at rap
id rate The car is full of well dressed, ar
istocratic passengers. The conductor enters
and proceeds to collect the accustomed fare.
Presently he comes to a lady Dire sed in deep
mourning, travelling with three children. and
calls for ticket The lady quickly puts her
hand in her pocket for the same, hut it was
gone, with the wallet containing all he mon
ey. within which the ticket was placed for
safe keeping. The lady is of an exceedingly
modest, retiring disposition. and in an agita
ted manner explains why she cannot pay the
fare. The conductor is one ofyour hard heart
ed kind-one of those men without a particle
of geEtle feeling-and without taking into
consideration any of the palliating circum-
stances in the case rung the bell stopped
the train, and the young woman and her lit
tie ones were ordered from the car. The en-
yineer had not been an uninterestcd spectator
of the scene. He had left the engine, and ad-
vanced to where the lady was standing. looking
distressed and friendless. The engineer had
a be-. warm heart. Putting his hand in his
pocket. tie produced fifty dollar gold piece,
and handing it to the lady, remarked:


Here. madam. take this and get into the
car 1t is shameful that you should be thus
treated"


The lady hesitated about receiving it. but
was in desperate strait; and after shower
ing numberless thanksupon the engineer in
sisted on receiving his name and address,; she
then returned TO her seat in the car, and went
on her way.


About month from this time, the engineer
received note requesting him to call at the
exnress Office and take from thence a pack
are addressed to him. He DID so.-Upon
opening the package he found fifty dollars
and an elegant gold watch, seals and chain.
Upon the inside of the case was inscribed the
Golden Rule, the substance of which is. . To
do to others as you would wish others to do to
vou.''
Year: 1862

HAVE associated with in business Mr. G.. w.
II Sloan, who has been assistant in the for
number of years past. Hereafter the business will be
continued M the old stand under the firm Of


BROWNING s. SLOAN.


feel grateful for the liberal patronage which have
ever receivedtrust by strict attention business and
the OF merit and retain the


x. BROWNING.
Year: 1862

TO overpoWer reason, 30 that he indulRes in
such intemperate and grossly offensive LANGUAGE
Il is time that he was subjected to court mar.
tiai. de Is melting riot here, when he ought
10 De about his business In putting down tho q
rebellion.


The danger Of the hour Is that such insane
and infamous language as this will set on fire
the passions OF men, that bad will lead to
worse, words to blows, and our freedom OF
speech voting and acting, will be lost. while
military and mob law sways the liberties of ibe
State. The New York Tribune paints the
natural progress of events 10 such fearful words
as theses ""'O'


in times OF great public peril like tho
present, II seems necessary to wink at official
acts OF arbitrary power, which would not be
endured for moment In O state of peace. w.
do not surrender our liberties, but we hold
them in aboyance while the nations fate trem-
bles In the balance. We are living under
regime not Of Law but Of force. In war the
law is silent is the gist of very old maxim.
ANY oil us may be snapped up at a moments
notice and immured in prison indefinitely,
without other warrant than come fnnctionsry's
order, and whoever Ia must make the best of
his late, knowing that all this is casual and
raneitory, ln our poor judgment, nine tenths
oil the arbitrary arrests thus far had far better
not be made; but would not deprive the gos erp
ment Of the power to make them In a ctis,,
Ike the present. Let il be distinctly under
etood, however, that each arrest will be made
the subject OF rigorous and dispassonate inquiry
after peace, and that when no one should suf-
Ter Tor his Innocent mistakes honestly endeay.
oring to serve and save his country, IL will 90
very hard with any one who is proved to have
gratihed his own mslic or bic love of exer.
cslng despo!ic power, withous the warrant OF
public necessity.


What we mainly apprehend, hoTeyer, is lot
that individuals shall suffer-they always do
and must suffer 10 conynIson like this bu. that
salutary popular instinct which regards with
jealousy every infringement Of the constitutional
safeguards for liberty mag be debauched and
broken down We fear there are too many
patriots this day who, il their hearts we're lad
open, would be willing to reward Eith au i'm.
perial crown the military genius who should
speedily and utterly crush out the rebellion.s'
Year: 1862

The following wonderful story is told
by the London correspondent of the Dub
lin EUening HAIL


This is the age of discoveries, and one
of such startling nature has just been
made in an English county that it seems
out of place in the region of sober fact,
and to belong purely to the atmosphere of
the three-volume novel. Here are the
circumstances-the names fo- the moment
l am not at liberty to indicate: The Earl
of - married not long ago, and brought
his BRIDE home TO one of the old family
mansions which members of the English
aristocracy regard with an affection
amounting to veneration. The lady, how
ever, being more continental in her tastes,
after a short residence in the apartments
appropriated to her use, expressed wish
to have a boudoir in the vicinity of her
bed room. The noble Earl would gladly
have complied with the request, but,upon
examination, it was found that rooms, as
sometimes happens in antique buildings,
were SO awkwardly distributed that by nc
conceivable plan of Encouragement could
the desired boudoir be fitted in. There
upon it became necessary to invoke pro-
fessional assistance, and an eminent arch
itect was summoned from London. He
examined the house narrowly, and said
said there seemed to be nothing for it but
to build, though at the same time he
could not resist the impression that there
must be another undiscovered room some
where in that wing of the mansion. The
noble old Earl laughed at the idea the
eldest servants and retainers of the fam
lily were questioned, and declared that
they never heard even rumor of its ex-
istence The ordinary methods of tap
ping, &c, were resorted to, but without
effect Still the architect retained his
conviction and declared himself ready to
stake his professional reputation on the
result.


The Earl at last consented to the walls
being bored, and, when the opening had
been made, not only the room was found,
but sight presented itself which almost
defeats attempts at description. The
apartment was fitted up in the richest
and most luxurious style of $50 years
ago. A quantity of ladys apparel lay
about the room, jewels were scattered on
the dressing table, and, but for the.faded
aspect which everything wore, the cham
Der might have been tenanted half an
hour previously. On approaching the
bed the most curious sight of all was
seen, and this it is which affords the only
clue to the mystery. The couch held the
skeleton of female and on the floor un-
derneath the bed, half in and half out,
lay another skeleton, that of man, pre-
senting evident traces of violence, and
proving that, before he expired in that
position, he must have received some
dreadful injury.


The secret connected with this tale of
blood has been well kept, for not merely
had all tradition of the scene faded away,
but even the existence of the room itself
Year: 1862

a CHARMING MANNER.-We raise in our own
opinion in such presence we feel ourselves ap-
preciated, our powers are quickened, we are at
ease and show ourselves at our hest. What is it
that makes some women eharming-some men
so pleasant. What quality that dfuses an inhu-
ence as of rose-leayes about them that manifests
itself in hands that receive US with grateful
warmth, in eyes that beam with kindly pleasure,
in smiles genuine, so tender; in the general ra-
dance of reception Surely it is natural sweet
ness, an inherent tenderness of sympathy, acting
upon desire to please. There are some persons
on whom society acts almost chemically, compel
ling them to be almost charming. It is a part of
themselves to meet advances, to labor In their
graceful way, to create favorable impression, and
to give pleasure.
Year: 1862

E11' Since the editor Of the IPatchman d
Journal has so far gained strength as to be
able to write moderately, it is proper that
the contributions of others to these columns
gushing them from his own. The comments
upon the communication of our venerable
friend &c" should have been so marked
The reader may well imagine our unwilling
ness to stand between such combatants, since
that would be to cross their swords within
our body So, we prefer to stand aside, and i,
whenever we can, to do our own thinking,
and writing and fighting, Independently.
Year: 1862

RB Al correspondent Of the New Al
.bany Ledger gives thrilling account of
the death of Lieutenant Colonel WoLFE,


who was killed at the battle Of Rich
mond, Kentucky, at seven o'clock in the
evening when our broken columns were
retreating toward Lexington A little
west of Richmond they were attacked by
an overwhelming force of rebel cavalry
and artillery 1t was at this terrible mo-
ment that Col WOLFE turned his weary
and dispirited men and in clear, ring
ing and steady voice cried out: 9 Rally
around me, men of Indiana, and let us
make our graves upon this spot. Let
those desert the old flag and US who
chose, but we must cut our way through
or die rather than be taken prisoners.
Come on, follow me, my brave soldiers"


And they did rally and they did dash
| forward with wild cheer They did
cut their way through and their pathway


was marked with dead and dying men,
but alasl where was their gallant leader
Year: 1862

#This is positively the last day Of II Wlliams's
Great Picture, at Metropolitan Hal1. Open AFTER
noon and evening. Those who have not seen this
Panorama should not let these opportunities pass
without doing go as It ia certainly the best ever
brought to tans city. janas1t
Year: 1862

FRAUDULENT CoNTRACToRs.-W are aware
that the Investigating Committee on the War
has proposed bill for the punishment of con-
tractors detected in committing frauds on the
government; but this is moi. enough. We re-
quire action as well as talk in matter where
the finances of the country and the health and
efficiency cf the army are concerned 1t is the
duty of Congress to take it into immediate con-
sideration, and pass a stringent law, making it
"a penal offence for any army or navy con-
tractor to defraud the government by substi-
-tutng an inferior article for that stipulated in
his contract.


In the army of Napoleon very severe as well
as summary measures were adopted. But, as the
contractors here are at distance from the
army, and not amenable to military law, the
same rule cannot apply. Nevertheless, we can
make the terrors of the civil and criminal law
as great as were those of the will of the Com
mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army, and cause
such examples to be made Of few as will be
sufficient warning to the rest. 1t is for Con-
gress to say the word.
Year: 1862

daring robbery Of funds in Nassau street.
Saturday afternoon published in yesterdays HERALD,
proves to be correct The Navy Agent upon whom the
loss will fall declines give tho exact amount Of money
solen but says II will not reach s. 0O0 The clerk from
whom the taken has given the detectives
minute description Of tho who nveigled him into
No. Is Nassau street. and it is confidently expected that
the officers will be successful In the search. The bold
in which the robbery was effected has created
considerable talk among the money dealers Of Wall street
and effort will be spared to bring the guilty parties TO
Justice.
Year: 1862

General Scott has abandoned the idea Of going TO Key
West and vial leave this city for time
Due de Chartres returned to Washington yesterday


Due do Penthievrs left tho Brevoort House yesterday
for Newport Rhode Island to resume his studies at the
Naval Academy at that place. His father the Prince de
Jonyiis, will probably leave for Washington today.
Year: 1862

OUR SOMERSET CORRESPONDENCE.


soMERssy KY, Jan. 20, 1852.
Military NoremestsneC Comditiom of the Union Quarter


master Department Of General Thomas Diu


sion, dc.


The movements here and at Mill Spring are in unison,
and though they tend southward is not the direction
Of East Tennessee The idea of invading East Tennessee
to aid her loyal men, such idea existed in the
minds of generals, has doubtless exploded 1t has
not the experience Of the brigade and regnental quar-
should be plainly and orclby told our COM
manders and the explosion will follow It s almost ut
terly impossible to feed troops at this point An idea
may be had Of the state Of this country whom say that
in trip from Stanford to beyond Monticello saw not
shock Of fodder, stack Of hay crib of corn. The
presence Of friendly army in East Tennessee would be
devastating that Of rebel army nasmuch as they
would prove guests who would have be subssted by
hosts who poor ali times hardly able to sub
sist themselves.


But confident movement OF this kind is in
tended. General Schoeprs brigade has been moved
south five miles from Somerset to the river, and
General Thomas has now possession OF this place.
General Mansons brigade occupies the ntrenchments at
Mill Spring. where they cannot long remain unless they
subsst half rations at present General Wood
Is at Stanford and with thousand ab0rers and four
regiments, s engaged in building military road from
range the supply trains General SchoepT will move for
ward Monticello with General Manson's and General
Curtins brigadesand his own while the river points
further south will be held by General Boyle's
brigade. This route to Nashville will be held at all
hazards its present occupation threatens the Of
General Buckner This force will prove strong and able
one and may yet act in concert with General McCoOk in
an attack upon Bowling Groen if such an attack is ever
made which s extremely doubtful.
Year: 1862

Business at the Custom House.
A BRISK BUsINEss-THE GOODS IMPORTED INsuFFI-


CIENr TO sUPPLY THE DEAAND-TREAsURY


N0TEs-A NEW REGULATION, ETC.


An unwontod degree activity has been apparent ut
tho Custom House during the past week Tho arrival of
several about the tmc, each bringing


large go has been the Of the increased Dusi
Tho long lines of Importers and importers clerks
awaiting their turn remind the observer OF the brisk
times of year ago. The receipts Of duty larger
than for time previous.


The activity has not bcen apparent in the warehouse
department, inasmuch most Of the goods imported
last week have been withdrawn Immediately on arrival
few comparatively having been placed in bond. Tho
quantity Of foreign merchandise imported during the
month of January insufficient to supply the demand
for the quantity thrown the market exceede that i'm
ported during the month by about million OF dollars
tho value Of the merchandise withdrawn from warehouse
exceeding the value of that placed in store by about this
sum. There has been constant, though gradual, de-
crease in tho amount OF goods in bond almost every
month since the rebellion assume its formidable propor-
tions. Tho humorous changes in tho tariff, making
it uncertain whether tho importation OF certain
articles would be profitable, and the decreased de-
anand for goods OF foreign growth and manufacture,
as compared with that of other years. have led importers
TO bc oxcec ingy cautious in their transactions and the
result has bccn has already bscn stated that the i'm
poraons havo equal even to the decrolsei de-
mand.


The Treasury noos bearing rate Of interest as high as


eleven and twelve per cent issued last year. under the
Buchanap administration, still received in payment
of duties at the House, but tho interest is not
allowed after tho 31st Of January Large amounts Of
duties havo been paid during the past two months in
those notes importers who had bought them at the time
they wero ssucd having kept them until nearly matured
in order to realize the high interest which they bore
The interest all notes bearing rate higher than six
per cent Is not calculated later than tho 3ls of January
when they arc presented payment Of duties This
mark does apply To the 730 cent notes
as they not receivable In payment Of duty.
Year: 1862

CONFIRMATION OF MILITARY APPOINTMENTS
We notice that the Senate has recently confirm
ed large batch Of military appointments This
is step in the right direction, and should be
followed up by immediate action upon all the
appointments not yet confirmed. No officer can
display his entire ability while he is not GER
tain whether or not his command is permanent;
and thus the delay in the confirmation of the
appointments really impairs the efficiency of
the army. The cases in which there are any
well grounded objections to the persons APP
pointed are comparatively very few, and should
be reserved until all those which are unobjec-
tionable are passed upon. Then prompt de-
cision, one way or the other, upon these doubt
full cases should follow, and the whole matter
be settled speedily. We desire to have the
army we'll Oficered, but at the same time it is
necessary that our officers should feel secure
before they can feel at home in their positions.
Year: 1862

TIE PRIvArEERsMEN.-We perceive that the
government have concluded to place the priva-
teersmen ON the same footing with other prison.
-ers taken from the rebels, thus getting rid OF
vexatious question of law as to whether they
are pirates in legal sense or not. We have
expressed an opinion that the men captured
on board the privateers ought to be placed in
the same category with those taken on the
field. The soldiers are enemies taken on land
the privateersmen are enemies taken at sea-
Both are entitled to the same treatment If
the sailors ought to be- hanged, so ought the
soldiers.


There is now prospect that the brave Of
liicers and men taken at the battle of Bull Run,
whose lives were in danger from the exercise
of the ler taHonis in the event of the Southern
privateersmen in our hands being hanged will
now be released from prison. The new ar
rangement is better for all parties; for, as has
been well said, the worst use to which man
can be put is to hang him.
Year: 1862

artillerymen all along the coast that foreign
at any point Our home guards are at present
of no real value whatever and their officers
enjoy the dignities of fuss and feathers without
any possible chance Of being called upon to
render an equivalent in active service. Ii, how
ever, our home guards and other militia were
trained to the use of heavy guns, and thus made
available for service in our forts and batteries,
they would be of inestimabc use in case the
threats of foreign intervention should take
practical shape. Let the Old City Guard be
rivalled by similar corps Immediately.