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Year: 1865

NEW YORK, Sept 1.-the nmercial
says the supply of gold is being heavily
drawn upon by the demand for dnties Tor
the South and for foreign export 1t is
impossible to say whether the sub-trea-
snry is selling, secrecy being observed in
most operations with the most scrurlous
care Merchants are embarrassed by
this secret management of public bust
ness


They can form no opinion as to the
probable movements of the treasury III
the matter of selling gold. and therefore
cannot Judge as to the probable cause ol
the premium. If the government should
sell fifteen millions of gold within tho
next sixty days, it is quite likely that il
would prevent rise of five per cent OF
the premium This uncertainty is very
embarrassing to buyers of gold and ex
change. and indeed to the mercantile
community generally. The price wa
steady to-day at S1.44f
Year: 1865

IBy Union Line, cor. Monroe and Water Sts,l


NEW YORK, Sept 1.-THE proclama-
tion of Provisional Governor Hamilton,
of Texas, already referred to, lays down
the regulations and prescribes the plan
Whereby the neople of the State shall be
enabled to take the oath of amnesty aud
allegiance to the National Government,
and qualify themselves to vote tor dele.
gates to the State Convention, and to
sit in that body The Chief Justices and
clerks of the county courts are to con-
stitute the board in several counties for
administering the oath and keeping
list of the names of those who subscribe
to it, and for the performance of the duty
they are required to be in session at least
one day in each week until their work is
accomplished. The Governor concludes
by urging the citizens to come forward
and take the preliminary step in the
work of restoring the civil government
Year: 1865




FRIEND KEELER:-I wrote you last from Me-
ridian. 1 then thought was writing nay last
letter to you from this State But instead of
being in camp at Cleveland Ohio, or at home,
in the family circle, enjoying the society of low
ed friends, we are still in Dixie, - surrounded
by @secesh" and "niggers." Instead of holding
our little ones ON our knees, gazing into their
faces, fondly thinking we can trace resemblance
to the loved one we have not seen or heard from
for so long a time, we are still in the Sunny
South, fondly thinking that our turn for home
will come next or at least that next mail will
bring us news FROM the loved ones at home


June 18th, we left Meridian and proceeded by
rail to Forest Station, on the Southern Railroad
where We remained until August Sd, when we
broke camp, arriving at this place (by rail Oh
the 9th. At Forest we became quite well ac-
auainted with the citizens who, though secesh,
were quite social. We formed many pleasant
acquaintance there and long shall remember
many favors received. Our headquarters and
four companies were at Forest, and Capt. Fair
banks with our company was sent to Rolla, 30
miles from Forest. The rest were stationed
along the railroad at different places. The same
dsy we left Forest we received orders to send
our 62 men and those who had been prisoners
at Andersonville, to Vicksburg to be mustered
out Col. Eaton went with them, and by this
time you have grasped his hand and gave our
gallant little Colonel a hearty greeting.


The immediate vicinity of Forest is rather
low and swampy land, but it is the entrepOt oi
a rich tract of cotton producing country.
have formed no very exalted opinion OF this
part of the State or the political honesty of the
citizens.


Soon after leaving Meridian, however, on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, we entered upon
better tact of country, and from there to Arte
sia, where we left the Mobile d Ohio Road fo
the branch to this place, we passed through a.
fine section of country as eye ever beheld.-
There is any amount of cotton, government anC
private, lying along this road waiting transpor
tation to a market


In many places the corn is already ripeneC
and the fodder gathered; in others it is not yet
in tassel, in others it is good roasting. There
are any quantity of peaches.


Columbus is the prize city of the State. Itis
situated at the extreme head of navigation of the
TOmbigbee river, and commands the trade of 8
very rich country Ius site is upon the eastern
side Ofthe river and is hilly and broken. In
times of peace and commercial prosperity il
might well be called the most beautiful place in
the State. never saw many fine residences
and lordly mansions in any other place of the
same size north or South The feeling of the
inhabitants is strongly tinctured with secession
yet all affirm their Joy the close of the war
Our regiment is doing duty in the city, while
our headquarters are at the fair ground, about a
mile from the court house. Col. johnson of the
18th Indiana cavalry commands the post.


HARDWOOD.
Year: 1865


There is no DEATH The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine forever more.
There is no death! The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow tinted flowers
The granite rocks disorganize


To feed the hurry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no deathl The leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours,
The coming of the May.
There is no deathl An angel form
Walks Ger the earth with silent tread
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them dead"
He leaves our hearts all desolate-
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now
AdOrn immortal bowers.
The bird-hke voice whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene of sin and strife,
Sings now in everlasting song


Amid the tree of life
And where he sees smile too bright,
Or hearts too pure for taint and vice,
He bears it to the world of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born into that undying life,


They leave us but to come again;
With Joy We welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless Universe


Is life-there are no dead
Year: 1865

1bEAb1Ntt, 4 h.' %~pIll IOs lCuts


Dr. WIsHART-Dedr Scr: One year ago the
Examining Surgeon of this district told me l
had Consumption of the Lungs, and that could
not be cured; and Judging from all my symptoms
at that time, myself supposed this to be true.
/ was for more than one year troubled with q
hacking cough, which gradually grew so bad
that l could not have q severe fit of coughing
without splitting up blood in large quantities.


For months | could not work at anything,
and was obliged to keep my bed most of the
time. While in this condition l was in Mr..
Rowbothams s store in this city, and he seeing
how low l was recommended me to try your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. He said be had sold a
great deal of it. and that as it had cured so many
others, he believed it would do some good 1
bought bottle and commenced using it. In a
very short time l saw that i was getting better
very fast, and after taking several bottles l was
entirely restored to health, SO that l could work
every day at my business, which is very heavy
work, in an iron foundry. When commenced
to use your Pine Tree Tar Cordial, my weight
was only one hundred and thirty-five pounds;
since the use of it | have weighed on an average
one hundred and fifty y-five. L shall be glad to
have you publish this, as L believe should not
have been living at this time if | had not used
your great medicine, and wish all who suffer
to receive its benefit.


Very truly yours,


Capt. SAMUEL HARNER.


E.n.I,t - d.
Year: 1865

did not vote to repeal this law, that we mus
retire, and that our places would be filed with
better men. To this think the COMMITTEE
would not take any exceptions as trust we
all should like to have the best men come
here that we can get. But, Mr.. President. is
the petitioner in this case to be the stand.
point from which we are to be iudgedp t.
lie to tell US how we shall meet these oues.
tions-bow we shall act, and how we Shall
vote? 1t appears that he has given us notice
that we may know what to expect in the fu-
ture If we do not carry out his views. da.5 I


Mr.. President, l think it is my privilege and
my duty while | occupy this seat, at this
Board, to decide for myself according to nv
best Judgment how shall meet these oues-
tions, and how shall vote upon them as they
come up, independent of any one, and / feel
quite sure that all the members OF this Senate


will do the same. arY 70 lienoo 3df I,it I
We cannot all see these questions alike. 1t
cannot be expected that we should Suppose.
gentlemen, that twelve painters, artists Of the
first order, should paint the portrait of either
member of this Board, and that the pictures
were, so to speak,, true to life--they would
look like him, yet they would all be different
from each other. The artist would paint the
picture as he saw the original. ,. o,9s. ,F


And so it is with us with these questions
and bills as as they come up, We act upon
them as we see them. 1t is my wish to act
right in all these matters. 1t has been my de-
sire ever since came here to go for the great
interests of my State as well as for the inter-
est OF my adopted city. And the more I have
examined this question the more convinced I
am that it is for the interest of Portland that
this law should not be repealed. shall there
fore cast my vote against the repeal. sii'ia
Year: 1865

DIR. Holland, the editor of the Springfield
Mass Republican, has been up in Vermont
to where he came FROM and he thus
sketches what he should have been If be had
not left home and became an editor: a


:" Your correspondent would have grown
stalwart and strong, with horny hands and a
face as black as the ace Of spades He would
have taught school winters, worked on the
farm summers, and gone out haying fifteen
days in July, and taken for pay the running
gears and iron works of a wagon. oE


At two-and twenty, or thereabouts he would
have begun to pay atteations to a girl with a
father worth two thousand dollars and a spit
curl on her forehead-a girl who always went
TO singing school and set in the seats" and
sung without opening her mouth--a pretty
girl, anyway. Well, after seeing her home
from singing school two or three years TAX
ing her to a Fourth of July, and getting
about one hundred dollars together, he would
have married and settled down Years would
pass away, and that girl with the spit curl
would have eleven children-just as sure a
you liye-seyen boys and four girls. Er..


We should have had hard time in bring
ing them up, but they would soon be able
enough to do the milking and help their moth
er on wash days, and I. getting Independent
at last, and feeling little stiff in the joints
would be elected a member of the Legislature
having been an assessor and school committe,
man for years In the evening Of my days
with my pipe in my month. thirteen barrels
Of cider in my cellar, and newspaper in m,
gold-mounted spectacles and wonder why suel
a strange, silly piece as this should be publish
/ al -
Year: 1865

I received Dispatch and supposed i meant something.
Immediately set about looking up the laws, and am
well satisfied the Illinois Central Company must build


bridge. To that end drew up joint Resolution decIr


Ing their lands not sold forfeited To the Government al
directnthe secretary ot Interior o from the
State Of Illinois the price received for lands sold j
think t will THE sanction 0f the Land COMMITTEES
If not intend to offer Il my own account and am
much deceived II Il does not receive arge v0te. Mr.
Osborn, President OF the Central, called on me last
night told him intended 10 offer some propositions
compelling them to build a bridge. He said he did not
care; that he thought bridge should be built and could
be built and their company wanted to control II, and
that he wonld like 20 take further action that
would justify the expenditure 81 the stockholders. He
says that Mr. Douglass the Vice President and attorney
Of the road advises the building Of the bridge rather
than the risk IL the legal question He concluded by
say ing that he thought they would commence bridge
al the opening of summer His conversation only
frmed me in my purpose 10 Oner the resolution.


a.## Very truly yours, -
Year: 1865

B&p men are never completely happy. al
though possessed Of everything that this
world can bestow; and good men are never
completely miserable, although deprived Of
everything that the world can take away.
Year: 1865

and The Barn Yard from the same ar
list. "A table and bureau shread with
crochet work. eight chairs and :he bed,
were all the furniture. Upon this bed,
low walnut four-poster, lay the dying
President the blood oozing FROM the
fiightful wound in the head and staining
the pillow. All that medical aid Of
half-dozen accomplished surgeons could
do had been done to prolong life evil
identity cbbing from a mortal hurt.
Year: 1865

Giving thcae data to the Btock on hand probable
supply and demand with the fluctuations OF gold ast
Tear re leave to those Interested, proguoScations
able business IN lumber during M65.
Year: 1865

so if every man would quietly drop his
letter in the box without a word.
! Dealing with oil sorts of people whose
peculiarities and foibles must all be ac-
comlnodated, submitting in patience to the
most incorrigible bcres, tormented by in
Vulnerable school children who make q
point of coming to enquire for letters four
or five times a day, scolded by ill humored
people whose papers have not come, the P.
NJ. has not an easy time Oft. Old Job had
an easier. A man who has kept Post Office
one year successfully need have no fears
as to his future state.


Between three and four thousand letters
are received for delivery at the office in
this place every quarter, Of which about
two hundred and fifty fail to reach the par
ties addressed and are returned to the
Dead Letter Office. These letters remain
in the office from six to eight weeks, the
longest time allowed by law, before being
"sent up" Every effort is made to find
owners for them, and some of them are al
most worn out in going the rounds OF
trial


Bnt with all the trials and difficulties of
keeping a Post Office it has its pleasant
side, and this we may sketch another
time.
Year: 1865

SEdward Il. Ketchum was arraigned on
Saturday in the Court of General Sessions,
New York, and pleaded guilty TO forgery in
the third degree. His counsel moved for
postponement of the sentence until Ketchun's
testimony was taken in a number Of civil suits
now pending, and stated that evidence would
be furnished to the court showing that he was
young man OF correct habits previous to the
commission of the offence. District Attorney
Hall acceded 10 the motion, and the Recorder
postponed the sentence.
Year: 1865

Revenue the Amendatory Tariff and the Indian Appro-
priaton bills were not read 70 the House. being
numerous, but all non-concurrsd in bodily, and
forthwith sent to the conference oommitses whose
reports and with but brief and occasionally imperfect
explanations they were adopted; and again, 70
bill merely to define the pay Of on1cers SER
wants, twenty or thirty sections were added In re-
lation to military Affairs, including an amendatory
Enrolment bill and kindred objects; and these thcre
had to be committee Of conference and rushed through
without IN intelligent knowledge Of their character.
The Civil Appropriation bill It's defeat 10 being
loaded down with oxtraneous amendments and the want
Of time to adjust tho differences between the houses


The Amendatory Tariff bill imposes additional duty
Of two dollars ton on railroad iron.
Year: 1865

circulating here though The holders snSs our occupsnsy


nave quickly settled upon the wisdom Of holding 70 IT.


But yet they part with Il In small suns and the morU
ignorant fail TO appreciate s value An ocsr bought
dozen OF eggs. the price Of which nfty cents O.


fy cents in silver for change Newsboys sell Northern
papers the streets for twenty cents receiving pay
ment from citizens In hard money with no grumbiinx
Still this state Of things will not last long The gold ana
silver here and In circulation win find its way
in>e the hands Of specuato or hoarders and the influx
Is already stopped Paper henceforth must be the cur
roncy long shall remain currency at the North
Year: 1865

Sermon by Rev. Thomas E. Vcrmilye.


The Rev. Thomas + vermilye delivered forcible
70 his congregation, in tho Reformed Dutch church.
at the corner of Falton and William Streets yesterday
the subject OF reforming the Legislature and the city gov
ornment to procure better sanitary condition Of
the city After reviewing the relations OF the citizen to
the government Of free country general and showing
tho Importance OF every good performing his indi
vdua part in controlling its management he passed
to the immediate part of his subject He said New
York is the metropolis Of tho United States the chief
city OF the continent, and almost tho chief commercial
mart OF the world Her citizens Of mean origin.
Her history Is most honorable her progress and wealth
unparalleled yet In other respects she Is the meanest
city on the globe Moro healshful In stuat on
than London Boston Philadelphia, the percentage
of mortality Is greater hSe than in any of them
The cause OF tn Is to be found In the msmanagcment
or her affairs Eight hundred thousand dollars
ceivcd annually by the inspector Of the department which
has control OF tho cleansing OF the city, yet the markets.


the streets and the vacant lots disgrace and dan
ger The preacher pictured tho miserable condition Of
several tenements which he visited. and showed that
there Is work for the benevolent also In these. Tho
remedy for all the evils Is TO place rioters convlcts
In the Offices Of conncIlmon heads OF departments.
The debt OF the city Is 0O0 and the annual
expenditure SIS, 900 0OO-or more than the whole
penses OF tho government when John Quincy Adams
was President and people crying out against his
travagance Ho mpr, ssed upon his congregation that
they have tho remedy for all this waste and dan
ger in thcir own power, and that God will hold them
accountable II they do not use it.
Year: 1865

Tue Best AND SAFEST SrIMuLAST.-Th
Rel Jdcket Bitters are free from all acidties
usually f.und in ordinary tonics aud stomach
btters Of the present day. They are made
from sound and fresh material; nothing
that is not entirely wholesome and healthy
onters into the composition Of them.
Year: 1865

WY Nor!-It is known that General
Grant will soon be in this part Of the
country in q few days. on visit to his
home in Galena. During his visit there
Why should not the citizens of Davenport
this place. Let US tender him the hos
pitalities Of our thriving city.
Year: 1865

CHICAGO MARKETS. The Rock Island
A'yus very sensibly thinks that there
ought to be energy enough in the telegraph
managers at Chicago, to send US daily
market report from their city. We arc Of
the same opinion, and urge the matter still
more strongly. II they can afford to send
US the New York markets, they can also
afford to send US their own. If they can
afford to send US but one market report. let
us have the ono from their city by all
means. A correct and regular Chicago Re
port would obviatc the necessity of one
from New York, for our prices are entirely
governed by those Of the Chicago market
We think We ask for nothing more than jus.
tice for our grain bvyerss Our dispatches
could contain nothing moro valaablc to our
business men tian reliable Chicago mar
ket report.
Year: 1865

CoMING TO IT.-The New Orleans Delta
relates that social party was given in Mo
bile recently to which were invited num-
Der of both Union and Confederate officers.
In the early part of the evening an evident
restraint hung over the assemblage, and any
thing but pleasant time seemed in pros
pect. At last the brave rebel Colonel -
of the -st Alabama, proposed song, and
upon being pressed to start one, he broke
forth in that stirring national air, "The
Star Spangled Banner" After a few mo-
ments of blank astonishment, the whole
party, Union and rebel joined in, and the
utmost good feeling and conviviality pre-
vailed from that time forth until the break
ing day warned the merry company to dis
perse to their separate abodes The good
fruits that may spring from this little Incl
dent are incalculable
Year: 1865

THE Petersburg papers say that the earth
in that vicinity is full Of old iron Among
these mineral deposits are occasional shells
which have never exploded Therefore, if
it should hereafter happen that an agricul-
turist should occasionally be sent with hor-
ses and plow skywards, the thing may be
thus explained.
Year: 1865

He that enters into matrimony without
counting the cost" is apt to find more and
weightier responsibilities than he anticipa-
ted; but he that enters into it cautiously
and in apparent dread of the responsibilities
is most apt to see his imaginary mountains
converted into mole hills No man who
has reached the years of discretion should
be without Gan helpmete;" but every one
to properly appreciate the advantages and
blessings to be derived from marriage,
should enter first consider we'll upon
the step he is taking. The same advice
will apply to the women.
Year: 1865

PErRoLEUM.-A man named Knox, of the
quicksilver mines in Lake county, says the
Clear Lake Times, struck oil short time
ago under rather singular circumstances, and
when he least expected it. Knox was sink.
ing shaft not far from the old tunnel, and
had gone down one hundred aud twenty feet
without even the appearance of water, and
while the workmen had gone to dinner, wa
ter bursted up the bottom and filed it to a
depth Of twenty feet in few minutes. A
quantity Of dirt was thrown back, but the
water continued until it had come within
twenty feet Of the top, and from the top ol
this water was taken five gallons of pure
petroleum.
Year: 1865

STEAMSHIPS TO CHINA.-Postmaste Gen
eral Dennison is advertising for proposals to
carry the mail, between San Francisco and
China, by steamship service, in accordance
with the law of the last session of Congress.


A steam line TO China has been favorite
bobby in California, for number Of years,
and the final consummation of the project
may we'll be regarded as opening an avenue
Of commerce along which will flow streams
Of wealth and prosperity to California, that
il is now difficult to estimate or realize.
Year: 1865

WANTED A NoTICE.-The Humboldt Regis
ter says the miners in that section are
anxious to have the paper speak favorably Of
their claims, but few Of them subscribe for
the paper. Recently, man jumped claim
belonging to the editor of the Register, and
then insisted that the paper should puff the
claim, so as to induce capitalists to invest
and assist in its development. Decidedly
cool,
Year: 1865

FooTE GOES TO CANADA The New York
Tribune says Henry S. Foote, late of the
rebel Congress, who was some time since
released from prison here on paro, was a
few days since notified that he must stand
trial for treason or quit the country. lie
accepted the latter alternative, and is now
supposed to be in Canada.
Year: 1865

RAILROAD STAr1oN.-The railroad trains.
will to-day, or on Monday, run to the regular
station east of town, instead of stopping at
the crossing of the Sacramento road on the
south side. The freight and passenger build.
ings are ready for business, and the tracks
are about laid. When turn table is put in
everything will be in order for regular traffic
Year: 1865

A person answering the description Of the
Assassin who attempted the life Of Secretary
SEWARD, was arrested in the suburbs Of the
city this afternoon. lie was disguised In
female attire, After making a change Of
clothing he was conveyed to the Old Capitol
prison. Sometime before reaching that place
he was attacked by the populAeo with stones
and bricks, and II hs had been obliged 20
travel hfty yards more he would have been
killed before entering the building. We do
not learn how badly he was hurt. This Is
the first evidence Of excess that has been dis.
played since the murder Of the President.
We hope tho people will maintain order
and trust in tho Goyernme Mt to execute jus.
tice