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Year: 1865

THE Fort. Dodge NORTH West says cam
mel Goa! has been discovered on both
sides Of the river at that place; also more
extensive and valuable dcposita Of gyp-
sun than was 8l'cretoffrs known to srf.t.
Year: 1865

the explosion. They had gone ashore
to examine the work, and fell victims
to their eXcusable curiosity.


OUR GuNBoATs IN cAPE FEAR RIVER.


This (Monday) morning Admiral Por-
ter, on ascertaining that Zekes Island
Battery was abandoned, sent five double
ender gunboats into Cape Fear River
following the little tugboat Wilderness,
from which grapples We're hung to
search for torpedoes. They had rounded
the mound, and disappeared behind the
woods on their way up the river, before
the Santiago sailed.


Their first object will be to establish
a base in the river for the landing OF
supplies for the army on the peninsula,
A small pier is already there, and an
extensive wharf will be Immediately
built The supplies now here will be
carried into the Run and landed to day.
At present everything has to be landed
in small boats through rough surf.
The coast survey are also relaying all
the buoys Of the channel, and all the
vessels of the feet that do not draw too
much water will go into safe and Sc
cure haTbOr inside.
Year: 1865

MoYKEYs-Monkeys are rising in the world.
A late letter from Paris informs US that one of
the equpages at the last March races attracted
universal attention from the fact tn It on tie box
next to the coachman sat an ourang.outsng
dressed in groom's livery, his top boots and white
leatters irreproachable in art and fitting to per-
fection. Every time the carriage stopped the
ourang -outang jumped off the box and stood at
the carriage door. For long time the Duke de
Morny had monkey who attended at table with
perfect decorum and the most imperturbab'e
gravity.
Year: 1865

A submarine torpedo was ex-
ploded four hundred and thirty-six feet
down in an oil well near Titusville,
Pennsylvania, on Saturday, making the
oil and water shoot thirty feet into the air,
and the earth groan likea monster in death
agonies. The well had ceased to yield, but
as soon as the disturbance had subsidized
oil appeared on the surface as fast as it
conld be dipped off with sand pump.
The theory is that the oil vents got stop
ped up by paraphine, and the torpedo
threw them open again.
Year: 1865

New YORK, Sept. 1.-The coin receipts
for customs have thus far in the current
calendar year reached sixty millions one
hundred and eighty-fve thousand four
hundred and thirty eight dollars. making
the yearly aggregate of ninety millions
three hundred Thousand dollars. vi TWEEN
ty-six millions more than the grand total
annual coin interest charged on the fund
ed debt Of the nation, and this for New
York alone.


Major General Terry has returned to
Richmond, suffering from the effects Of q
snnstroke, caught while reviewing troops
at Petersburg.
Year: 1865

A fellow stopping at the New Haven
House, New Haven, recently made the
acquaintance of gentleman in an ad-
joining room, who very iuconsiderately
told him how easy thief could get into
his room and steal his watch and money
The fellow was impressed with the cor
rectness of the observation, that he got
mp in the night and tried it in the way
indicated, and secured $3.50 in money
and two valuable watches
Year: 1865

New YORK, Sept The Tribune's
Matamoras correspondent says the
French are very touchy concerning wal
with the United States, and brag great
ly They say in case of war with Mexi
co, so long as it was under French sup
port, fifty Thousand men could be thrown
OH the line of the Rio Grande at once
which we could not hope to fight with
success, even with two men to one. They
said q force of $4,000 French could be
marched iuto the interior of the United
States.
Year: 1865

On the night of the 18th of June, says
correspondent of the New York Tribune,
man was received into this institution
OH an order from the Secretary If War,
and placed i'll cell adjoining hat of
Dick Taylor No one has seen him, uone
knew his name. his crime, nor the length
of time he is to be incarcerated, His
food is passed regularly in and none have
ever spoken to him. nor heard him speak
He is termed the mysterious stranger,
and many specnlatinns are indulged in
as to what may br -, connections


Such paragraphs ars becoming SO coni-
mon as To attract no attention. 1t is not
said that this Mysterious Stranger, is
accused of any crime; nor that he is In
carcerated upon due process OF law =
nor thas there is against him any indiet.
ment but simply that he is imprisoned
upon the order of the Secretary of War
Year: 1865

There are said to be in this city five or
six thousand persons belonging to fani-
lies whose natural protectors have gone
to the North (perhaps Joined the North
ern army and left those dependent upon
them to be supported by public charity.
1t is also said that these deserted fami-
lies would be glad of an opportunity to
reioin their husbands and fathers in the
Northern States and it would certainly
be great relief to this community if
their wishes could be gratiticd. We
have endeavored to provide for them to
the extent of our ability. The utmost
energies and resources of our charitable
people have been taxed for that purpose,
and no one fails to sympathize actively
and practically with their necessities
| But the time may come when we shall
no longer be able to do all that we could
wish, and when we must choose between
providing for the wives and families Of
our own soldiers, nobly fighting for oul
defence in the field, and those whose
husbands and fathers have deliberately
deserted and cast them upon our bounty
1t is certain that, in no event, can VI
permit the wives and little ones Of oul
faithful and heroic defenders to s.,ffe


while we have q crust to share will


them. The movement of the City Coun
Gil to ascertain the number of person


who have been left here by those goinI


North, and to devise some means Q


relieving this community Of the burdc'


Of their support, cannot be rushe


through too promptly.
Year: 1865

prosperous and powerful country under
his reign. If the sagacious ruler Of
France lives long enough, Maximilian
will receive from that powerful empire
support which will render it question:
able in the extreme whether the United
States will find it any child's play to un'
dertake the overthrow of the new Power.
Certainly, if the present war is pro-
tracted any considerable length Of time,
the United States may hid goodbye to
its cherished schemes of territorial ex-
tension southwark. Mexico and Cuba
will be safe from the swoop Of the eagle.
With bankrupt finances, and the South
ern population under the hoof of op-
preston, driven to madness by the exc
cution Of their. leaders and tho confisca-
ton of their property, it will be no safe
enterprise to attempt the invasion of
country so distant, and supported by the
military power of France. That will be
very different enterprise from making
war, ten to one, upon the struggling
South, cut off from the world, without
a navy, and without friends among the
nations. But even this they have not
accomplished after war Of four years
in which they have passed the culmi
mating point Of their capacity for con
quest without effecting that result. We
rather think that the "manifest des-
tiny of Mexico points in different di
rection from formerly.
Year: 1865

front of General Grant. Why do not
that "immense reserve force Of stalwart
men" answer the call of Abraham Lin
coin, instead of buying substitutes, who
desert as soon as they are enlisted, and
ransacking the South for negroes to fight
their battles? As soon as Lincoln tries
to force them to the front, the war will
be ended. Holiday parades " arc the
only military exhibitions they ever intend
to make for the glorious Union.
Year: 1865

Our correspondent must have misun-
understood his LAWYER, who could only
have spoken politician contemplating
a peace signed by power with power when
he said the debts signed by the Confeder~
acv must be recognized. The inducement
to lend was no doubt that which an !"
mentions; but the getting cotton at Cd
per pound was contingent on the success
Of the Con(ederates They failed-no
peace has been signed no peace will he
signed. The Union Government main
tains that the seeded states have never
been legally out Of the Union, and that no
persons had a right to contract n debt
with 4" VI and his fellow bond holders in
their name to the injury Of the larger
political body Of which they formed part
In their view, therefore, the obligation Of
paying the Confederate debt has no exist
cnce either rs binding on the Union or on
the Southern States. M confounds he
Ii@erency with Independence If the Gov
ernment of the United States had reco.-
nized the Confederacy as an independent
power. and afterward absorbed its com
ponent states. It would have been bound
to assume its dehts-hut only then. The
Government and people of the Union have
been fighting to hold n section Of the
whole body to its federal obligations, and
this implies TIE prohibition of any act
contrary 10 those obligations. We fear
M. is mistaken in supposino that Mr.
Johnson wonld please the people of the
South by taxing them now t. paw off Com
fedcrate bonds. There was n time. per-
haps so late as the conference Of Hamp-
ton Roads, when such an art would have
perhaps =ared them suffering and woe
such rs we haze really seen in our days ;
hut that occasion vas allowed TO pass un~
improved and the people. in their deep
distress, have enough to think about with
out caring for the interest Of those who
too incorsideratelv furnished their lead
ers with the means Of ruin. M " is
Just in tie position of creditor whose
debtor has died leaving no executor and
no 7ssets I
Year: 1865

10 the Editor Of The London Neacs


| feel very grateful, and so do many
holders OF Confederate cotton bonds for
your lmpartiallty in inserting my letter
did consult an able international LAWYER
tetore bought my bonds, and he laid
GOWN the law as you yourself represented
i6-Ylz that loan to either oeiligerent
IS not inconsistent with neutrality, and
.lat whenever peace came the debts of
pcth bellIgerents 30 neutrals must be re-
eognized. The inducemeat of nine-tenths
OF the holders of these bonds to buy them
was that they had the option of exchang-
ing them Tor cotton at Sd per 10. in six
months after peace had teen signed. This,
VIII venture to assert, was the induce
ment tor nlne>tenths of the holders Of
Confederate cotton bonds to buy them,
ana most certainly we did not lend our
money to Mr.. Davis, but TO the Confeder~
ate States


| ask not the North to assume the Con-
ieaerate cotton debt; all ask for is that
the south may be suffered to pay it, for,
although the Confederacy may be oztingu-
is"en ~ the South laying down their arms,
thS states that formed the Coufederacy
still exist


Whether those States had a right or
otherwise to secede from the Union I know
not. on think they had not; they thought
that they had but if the North hold them
as conquerors, and do away with their
State rights and Independence, they must
in Justice assume their liabilities, Of which
the Confederate cotton loan is enc You
state that If the government of the Union
should ever assume any portion of the
secession debt it would not be on the
ground of duty or right but as Il means
of facilitating peace


] entirely agree with you that an act of
Justice, recognizing and paying the Con-
federate cotton debt, would tend greatly
TO facilitate peace, but | feel convinced
that the North will do so on higher
grounds, viz, sense Of Justice toward
neutrals and that, if necessary, thev will
parcel this debt out among certain States
lately confederatcd, anil tax the export Of
cotton until every shilling of the debt is
discharged


! need not add that, whether the hold =
ers of cotton bonds have been foolish or
otherwise in advancing their money, thew
will feel grateful to you for allowing their
views TO be made public through your
columns, for the cotton loan, because it
was n cotton loan, was raised at 90 and is
now at 10, and thev have Mt least, sustain
ed loss Of 50 500, 900 OF this fact No
difference Of opini9e. can exist
Year: 1865

10 Hope for the Amicted.-Iy another part Of


this paper will be found the advertisement of the celebrated
Institute established by Dr. j. c. Young 1850. In this
of deceit and charlatansm il boon the suffering
point out to them where they of obtaining the wish
ell for relief and Under the Of the sifu


the sick and troubled yes themselves of their burdens
of pain and shame lay aside their health
and happiness If you sick in trouble do not hesi
tate Read the advertisement and follow the advice Do not
forget the number the Of directing your letter
CONSULTATION OFFICE. $40 Washington Fran
cisco. 443m
Year: 1865

An OPINION AS TO THE LATE EXPLOSION .-Opin-
ions eagerly sought for and read BY the pub.
lie, whether profted by or not Wm. W Barnes
who was passenger on the Yosemite at the time
of the explosion furnishes the Bulletin with his
theory to the cause The officers testified
that they were authorized to carry thirty-fve
pounds of steam, but had not over twenty-five
on at the time of the explosion, and that there
was plenty of water in the boilers. Mr.. Barnes
closes his opinion to the cause of the accident
in the following language


The idea that the Yoseanaes boiler exploded
under n pressure Of twenty-five pounds of steam,
with four cocks Of water, is TO me as absurd as
seemed to the officers of the company the sugges-
ton that " listing or - careening' the boat
caused the explosion. The cause simply
this, and nothing more The steamer was run
ming under twenty-five pounds of steam, with
the water low in the boilers at the Rio Vista
landing she was careened long enough to bring
the exposed fues probably almost to "a red heat !;
the first effort of the engine to give the wheels
revolution either way must be powerful effort
to . trim the steamer, or bring her to her nat
ural position, because the wheel which is deeply
submerged must have an immense advantage in
power-working from the same shaft--over the
wheel which scarcely touches the water add to
this the satisfied curiosity of the pas sengers
their return to various portions of the boat, and
you will have sufficient reason for the righting
UP OF the steamer then the water rushes to the
over-heated fues-generates not steam but a gas
which is as irresistible as gunpowder. The steam
guage does not then point to twenty-five nor yet
to thirty-iye pounds-but has in an instant gone
beyond the capacity of bad iron good iron,
and the explosion is inevitable.
Year: 1865




y How CoLuMBus LOOKED The personal
appearance Of Columbus was not a bad in
dex of his character. His general air ex-
pressed the authority which he knew so well
how to exercise His light gray eyes kin
died easily at subjects of interest. He was
tall and well made. His complexion was
fair and freckled, and inclined to rnddy.
Trouble soon turned his light hair gray, and
at thirty it was quite white Moderate in
food and simple In dress, temperate In Ian.
guage, bearing himself with courteous and
gentle gravity, religious without being for
malist, repressihg his irritable temper with
lofty piety, he was the modelof a Christ
ian gentleman. The deyout reference of
his successes to Divine favor with which he
concludes the report of his first voyage to
the sovsrrisns OF CASTLE is highly eflarac-
teristic Of the man.
Year: 1865

A SAN FRANcIsco dispatch is devoted
mainly to horse-race, and the sage announce
ment that better time would have been made
but for high winds. As matter Of inferior
importance the telegrapher appends few
lines about an earthquake, but what is an
earthuuake to two mile stretch
Year: 1865

MORALITY. Most men are not 50 dead
to moral principles but what they feel a
spontaneous glow of admiration for the man
who does right because it is right, no matter
If he does make less money by it. Some.
few men. say he was foolor a lunatic not TO
make the most Of his advantage, right or
wrong; but the heart of many Is loyal to
reetitude We look and admire and praise.


We cannot helpit. He who in selfish,
eoyeteus age, when all men are fighting and
scrambling for money, stands up strong IN


his integrity, and modestly does the thing
not that is legal, not that is expected, not


that is customary, not that Is as others do


or as many pTeach--but does the thing which
is right--such a man is worthy of all imita-
ton. If the heavenly minded are few 1.-THE
world. are not the righteous few l1kewise2
| A moral character that is genuine is seen as
DioEenes, man, when hunted for with lan-
! tern at MONDAY. e
Year: 1865

THERE is kind of eowardice-so called
is when a man saves his head from being
unnecessarily "punched" when assaulted
by pugilistic individual, by turning his
back upon him and acting upon the princi-
pie that nobody but gentleman can insult
him and no gentleman will do it. And
there is another kind of coWardice-that
clustering and blowing about what one
tcoNld do in case of danger, when there is
no danger to be apprehended, and then
sinking away like frightened puppy when
Threatened danger comes, that is more
discreditable, Numerous specimens of both
of these kinds Of men have been brought to
light during the past four years in the Uni
ted States The former, when threatened
with determination for avowing principles
that did not accord with those of the domi-
nant party that surrounded him has coolly
turned his back upon them, and while exer-
cising a wise discretion in his associations,
has treated such threats with the contempt
they nerited, and still held on to his prin-
iciples as dearer than even life or property.
The latter, arrested in the midst of one of
his flights of fancy" by bastile or confs
cation threat, has cowed at once and yielded
his principles-if they may be called prin-
ciples--into the keeping of the threatening
party, and thenceforth subsequently did the
bidding of the would-be despots. This has
been the case both North and South. But
those of the North are the ones that we
alone have seen. First and loudest in their
opposition to those who have been placed
to "rule over them" they have been first to
become frightened by what they had termed
the unlawful edicts of their rulers, and given
up principle, and what they pretended to
believe--perhaps did believe-was for the
best interests of their homes and their coun-
try, through fear Of threats which never
would have been executed had they stood
like men and honestly battled, by sound and
temperate argument, in defense of what they
conscientiously believed to be the right.
Not as rebels; who adopt worse than des-
pots theory to compel men to bow to their
behests by animal force, but as sane men,
who, when they see a wrong seek to right
it by logical means. This class of towards
may be more properly called subjugated," "
and it may be questioned whether they are
not more dangerous to the perpetuity of
a republican government than those who.ez.
hibit an openly rebellious spirit; for one can
know where to find the latter and the for
mer will be one day here and another there,
always seeking to be on the strongest side,
or the side upon which his Interests are least
likely to be jeopardized. They are the gen
uine "copperheads" that have been pro
duced by the war. They haze hunted
their holes;" and now that the danger is
past that the old order Of things is about
being restored, they may be seen peering
cautiously out and making ready to crawl
again into the strongest party" We could
even respect politician who has taken Ell
ther of the very extremes of politics in the
late struggle, and done so from purely hon
est convictions Of the right, but "subju-
gated" never Between him and the trait
or there is simply distin ction without a
difference.
Year: 1865



 No individual is entitled to greater respect than the noble statesman. His mission is ho. ly and sublime. His purpose is high and en- nobling. We all admire his deeds and are proud of his moral and intellectual wealth; of his influence and his fame. He is true phi lanthropist, true benefactor to the world-- There is no higher patriotism than he evinces. There is no purer philosophy than he exhibits. It is high perogative to govern the opinions of men, and mould the destiny of empires. In peace or in war he is regarded as true pilot, safe counsellor. His voice is the trumpet signal that echoes from city to city, from con. tinent to continent. It carries in it's accents the breathings of power, the language of hope, the inspiration of wisdom.

 It moves the hearts of the people as the wind moves the waters of the deep. When nation is threatened by faction and riven with strife, the eye of hope is turned to the statesman, like the magnet to the pole. He is the nations guiding star, that Eliminates the path of the timid and the doubtful, in the hour of nations agony and grief. We pay him the tribute of our respect, because he labors to elevate hu- manity, and ameliorate the condition of man. kind. The beacon light of the ocean is net more welcome to the storm driven mariner than are the worthy, timely deeds of our great and good men. The statesman is a man of high aspirations, whose mind runs above the com. mon level of his race.

 We live at time when the highest order of talent is demanded at home and abroad, in the field, and in the halls of Congress, in public and private. It is day when the truly intel ligent and patriotic can exert an influence that shall tell for ages to come. We have had in- ternational questions of the gravest nature to decide now we have one of still greater mo- ment on which to pass our decision, and every sound philosopher and real statesman will hon. or his name by recording his vote in favor of the colored soldier. Proud will be the citizen whose deeds shall show that Ee befriended long abused class of the human race. Such acts will cheer the heart in the evening of ones days, and make the last moments of their lives the most valuable and pleasant of any they ever experienced. Young men aspire high and let the monument that bears the record of your life and history show thatyou were great bene- factors to the world. It is no time for half way men or halt way measures. Providence bids every one of you rise to the honorable and exalted position of the American Statesman. SPENCER.
Year: 1865

dication of the sentiment of the peopls
of Virginia, The Times is jubilant, and
asserts that those elected are as good
loyal men as their opponents. The Bull
letin, which is just as disloyal as it dares
to be, says:


"The election of yesterday simply
means that the people of Virginia, so far
at least as Richmond can be taken as a
representative of that people, turn not
with the spirit of the craven and the
renegade from opinions which their kith
and kin have died for"
Year: 1865

INTELLIGENT CENSUS TAKBRs.-The
New York papers are showing up the
brainless character of some Of the per-
sons appointed to take the census in that
State. To the question-"What other
changes in the social condition of the
people have you observed since 1S6O2"
the enumerator of the town of Coles
vile returns the following answer:


"a majority of the people have not
been as sociable or as companionable as
previous to the commencement of the
war. They charge republicans and
abilisihionists ov being the caus of the
war and propesied their success and a
divided country But change has come
over the spirits Of their dreams they now
appear sullen and disappointed and say
little or nothing about the war"


Another says "the war widows have
been too sociable." A third states since
he commenced to "tak" the census, the
number of deaths "have not varie much, u
although there have been twelve or fif-
teen cases of the small pox.
Year: 1865

SMUGGLING ON THE FRoNTIBR.-The
Treasury Department has received in
formation that several buildings have
been erected directly on the boundary
line between Vermont and Canada,
where smuggling is carried on at brisk
rate, the houses being situated half on
the Canada side and half on the Yer
mont side of the line so that goods can
be taken in at the front door in Canada
and out at the back door into the United
States, without paying duties.