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Year: 1865

RELIGION WITHOUT RooTs-Much Of what
is called religion has no roots. 1t is set up
and propped or it may be inserted in the
SOIL but it is not planted. 1t is like the
twigs which in our childhood we took, and
with gleeful delight put in our mimic gar
dcns, but which never grew. \ tree is new
er truly planted if it be dead You can no
more be said to plant dead tree than q
stone pillar The pillar may be as deeply
and firmly fixed in the earth as the tree, but
no one would speak of it as planted. 1t
was III no sympathy with the soil. 1t is
held up by mechanical pressure and con-
straint. a tree is never planted except it
is living and establishes vital affinity with
the soil. When its roots begin to send
forth its tender tihers, and they suck in
their appropriate nutriment from the soil,
and transmit it through trunk and branch
and twig, then it is planted 1t has taken
hold of the earth, ana therefore it lives
but when the earth takes hold of it, and
the tree does not return the friendly grasp,
it is dead And when it is dead the soil
which once fed its life, rots it just as the
atmosphere, which is our vital air while VIC
are living, will hasten the putrifacition OF
our bodies as soon as our last breath is
! drawn.
Year: 1865

Men are born with two eyes, but with
one tongue, in order that they should see
twice as much as they say but. from their
conduct one would suppose that they were
born with two tongues, ana one eye; for
those talk the most, who have observed the
least, and obtrudc their remarks upon
everything, who have seen into nothing.
Year: 1865

GooD FOR One PoUND-It is said that in
a dockyaEd Of England a ship of many thou
sand tons was once built, and a large null
titude assembled to witness the launching
The wedges were Knocked away, but the
immense mass remained motionless. Be
fore a feeling Of disappointment began to
manifest itself a little boy ran forward and
commenced pushing against the vessel
His efforts excited the ridicule of the spec
tators, but he turned Indignantly toward
them saying, Il can push a pound" and
continued his exertions They were all that
were needed to overcome the friction and
soon the huge ship, yielding to his pressure
gracefully glded into the waves. So many
a great and noble cause stands motionlcss,
when perhaps the efforts Of a child would
have overcome the obstacles that hinder its
progress A single grain will turn nice
ly balanced scale. \ single word or action,
or glance of the eye, may be fraught with
inestimablc consequences. We cannot be
the judges of the amount Of our influence
We l1R0w not how much it accomplishes
We cannot be aware through what a wide
circle it mag spread.
Year: 1865

AN English clergyman was lately depict
ing before a deeply interested audience the
alarming increase of intemperance, when
he astonished his hearers by exclaiming;
IA young woman in my neighborhood died
very suddenly last Sabbath, while was
preaching the Gospel in a state of intoxica-
ton"
Year: 1865

The LAUGH OF WoMAN.-A woman has
no natural gift moro bcwitching than sweet
laugh. It is like the sound Of flutes on the
water. 1t flows from her in clear, spark.
ling rill; and the heart that hears 1t feels as
if bathed in tho cool, cxhilerating spring.
Have you ever pursued an unseen fugitive
through trees, led on by fairy laugh, now
here, now there, now lost, now found We
have. And we arc pursuing that wandering
voice to this day. Sometimes 1t comes to US
in the midst of care or sorrow, or irksome
business and then we may turn away and
listen, and hear it ringing through tho room
like q silver bell, with power to scare away
the evil spirits of the mind. How much we
owe to that sweet laugh! II turns thepross
to poetry it fliugs showers of sunshine over
the darkness Of the wood in which wc are
travelling; it touches with light even our
sleep, which is no moro the image OF death,
but is consumed with dreams that arc the
shadows Of Immortality. ylTsr1 80
Year: 1865

This old and reliable journal which, after
nearly thirty years of good service in the field
ofjournalism, was suspended in the hard times
of the rebellion has resumed publication under
its old proprietor Mr.. W. w. Gates, and bids
fair to regain all It's former vigor and influence.
The editor issues an address to his old friends,
reviewing his past career and prophesying for
the South new era Of prosperity and happi-
ness. This address is honest, hearty, courage
Gus and emineutly hopeful in Its spirit. Wit
ness the following:


with regard to past political parties have
no ordinations or recriminations 10 make; such
would only tend to increase our embarrassment
and distress. No, no, "let by-goaes beby-
gones!'' Why should there be any more strife
between US? Are we not brethren? Let us
therefore cultivate kindly feeling toward
each other-'' mine shall be the plans of fair
delightful peace, to dwell like brothers p


And again.


ITO the old men who, like myself, have
been stripped of their property, would say,
never despond l am Of the opinion that a
few years will present very different state of
affairs in the South and that we will enter
upon a career of prosperity unparalleled in the
history of the country )"


The Wing is large paper. 1t will have a
wide circulation through all that section and
we do our Cairo business men favor when
means of its advertising columns, of extending
their trade in West Tennessee. We welcome
it among our exchanges.
Year: 1865

The States are one by one waking up to the


requirements made upon their patriotism-are


uniting in convention, repudiating the doctrine
of secession and the higher States Rights doc.
trine ignoring the Confederate debt and adopt
ing emancipation ordinances Radicals COM
plain that the rebellious States are choosing
for representative officers men who fought in
the rebel army. True they are so choosing.
But each and all Of them, so far as we have
been able to learn, were originally opposed to
secession, and were forced by the damnable,
though popular doctrine of States Rights, to
war has put quietus on their political heresy,
and it is now question whether it were better
for the Southern people to elect representative
men, those who met defeat with them and as
keenly and sensibly felt the depth and breadth
of their error, or to choose men who had neither
the courage to talk or fight FOR or against the
National Government. The Southerners have
exercised their prerogative and chosen the
former, and we very much miss our guess if
they be not sustained when the fruits of their
labor is made manifest


We therefore argue that the rebellious
States, by their act os rebellion have forfeited
their political rights under the Federal Con.
sttution, notwithstanding the fact that
they have never been out of the Union.
As criminal forfeits his civil rights while
under arrest and yet member of society, so
do States lose their political rights, though
still forming integral portions of the Govern
ment. They declared themselves aliens and
were conquered as enemies. Terms have now
been made them upon which they can resume
their rights equal with the loyal States.< They
are accepting the situation with commendable
promptness, and no doubt will soon fill chairs,
which, during the past four years, have been
vacant in the Congressional Halls of the Ma
tion, after which their political status will cor
respond with those of the loyal States Then
let the policy indicated by the President in our
dispatches of yesterday, be adopted, viz rep
resentation be governed by the number of legal
voters instead of population, and bright and
glorious future awaits US as a nation.
Year: 1865

The real wealth of this county is but just
being developed. Heretofore its status as q
rich placer mining district has been second
to none in the State; but for the past two or
three years it has stood on the list of mining
regions as one worked out f; and notwithstand-
ing the face of the country presents to the
eye of the careless observer groupings of good
looking quartz, but little interest has hereto-
fore been taken in the development or prov
ing the value Of the 50 signs" Recent efforts
in testing the indications have been surpris-
ingly successful. Hardly day passes but
that we do not hear of some new and valua-
bic discovery-some prospect in quartz that
borders On the marvellous as compared with
the experience of earlier davs-and yet the
work is but begun and discovery is in its IN
cipency.


Another year and Shasta will rank with
the richest quartz mining counties in the
mineral regions of this State or any adjoin-
ing. This fact, connected with another and
better demonstrated one, viz that the placer
diggings of this county yet pay well and will
continue to do so for many long years, should
be abundant source of congratulation to our
citizens and all mankind.


Our agricultural resources are second to no
other mining county in the State. We have
superabdndance of the best agricultural
lands uncultivated and awaiting the occu-
pancy of the farmer, besides there is sufficient
under cultivation aud well farmed by good
population to more than supply the present
wants of our population-a product that could
be largely increased by even the present pop
ulation if proper stimulus could be gotten
up This stimulus is necessarily greater
demand for agricultural products, which of
course must be consequent upon an increased
mining population and that mining popula-
ton can only be obtained by keeping con
stantly before the people the superior induce
ments this district presents over any other.
To do this we need the assistance of any and
all engaged in mining, and again we invite
the contribution of information on the sub
ject.


Our grazing lands are inexhaustible. The
foot hills and the mountains within our boun-
daries are innumerable and covered with feed.
Springs gush forth in thousands of ravines,
gulches and from the mountain sides, afford
ing abundance of that beverage SO desireable
to-brutes Timber for lumber abounds.-
Wood is plenty and roads are good. Above
all this, no people are more healthy, more
moral, more happy in their virtue than tho-e
of this most favored county.


Fruit, too, we have ii abundance and of
quality unparalleled. And then we have
wine of Il quality and flavor that maketh the
mouth water and the partaker of the beverage
to feel rich, not only in pocket, but in love
for the whole human family.


All this would seem to be enough but
who ever had enough except in the way of
beatirg? We want some experienced men in
quartz mining and milling who know when
they have good thing, and possess the 'kale'
and the disposition to improve 1t. That's
just what's the matter
Year: 1865

The Grass Valley Union would find the
COURIER more valuable exchange if on
copying its editorials without credit, it would
correct the punctuation and orthography.-
Carelessly our leader of some three weeks
ago, entitled State Rights" escaped our
Office with many errors typographical, and
we felt mortified on seeing it duplicated in
the Grass Valley Daily Union, verbatum.-
We like to see our ideas appreciated. 1t is
little fattering even to have them stolen,
but for Gods sake, we ask that hereafter
any one eabbaging will have the decency to
put good clothes on them.
Year: 1865

MORE QUARTz.-Messrs. Eames, Scammon
& Iigginsbotham recently located what they
believed to be a quartz lode within half
mile of the centre Of our town, and placed a
couple of men on the ground some weeks
since TO prospect it. Their enterprise has
been rewarded by the discovery of remark
ably well defined gold bearing quartz lode Of
some ten inches in width The rock pros.
poets beautifully and can be taken out with
but little expense. 1t is astonishing what
mines of wealth a;e brought to light by lit
tie effort. The ledge in question bids fair to
yield fortune to the lucky discoverers.
Year: 1865

BLowED 'EM UP.-Immediately after the
capture of Fort Fisher by our forces, the
rebels blew up an adjacent fertilization known
as Fort Caswell; also the rebel pirate ships
CLickamauga and Florida. Our forces now
have undisturbed possession of the mouth
of Cape Fear river, with their nets securely
set for any blockade runners that may hap
pen that way. Already five of these inno-
cents have been bagged. and it is reported
that there are some twelve or fifteen more
steering for that haven. unconscious Of the
fact that Uncle Samuel has taken possession
of another piece of his property. With
favorable gales they will soon be safely in
Abraham bosom.
Year: 1865

TELEGRAPHIc.-We publish the latest dis
patches from the East From the fact of tho
prevailing storm the line worked hard and
the report is very imperfect. Enough may
be CLEANED from it to show that there has
been hard fighting on the James and at Will
mingtonr and that victory wrea.hes the brows
of our brave soldiers, we might say, as usual;
for since Grant assumed chief command our
armies have not known repulse. The end is
near. The. rebels have found that blows,
and not blowing, are necessary to win fights.
All their capital being invested in the blow
ing line, the results are natural
Year: 1865

WHEN General Sherman WIS told that
General Corse was wounded, he remarked
/" Well, if he had half of his head blown off,
he would still have more brains than some
Generals have under me-"
Year: 1865

CORRECTION week we said Pierre
Boursier took Paul Duprey's mule. Now,
that mule was horse and not a mule. We
hope the explanation may prove satisfactory
to all concerned. If it is not let us know
and we will correct again next week. Any
thing for an item.
Year: 1865

THERE are two amendments proposed to
the Constitution of the United States. One
is to abolish slavery forever in the United
States; the other is to provide for the elec
United States by direct vote Of the people,
and not, as at present, by an electoral col
le0e
Year: 1865

GENERAL TERRY. General Alfred II.
Terry. says the Bee who has been so sue
cessful, in connection with Admiral Porter,
in capturing Fort Fisher, is one of the few
civilians who have proved successful generals
during this war. He was commissioned a
Brigadier General from civil life, and as a
brigade, division and corps commander, has
performed successful service His knowledge
of military tactics was acquired from books
and service in the home militia, but having a
natural aptitude for the service this knowl-
edge has enabled him to render good service
to the cause in many battle fields, the crown
ing glory of his achievements being the cap
ture of Fort Fisher. He is native of Con-
necticut, from which State he was appointed
lie now holds the position of brevet Major
General
Year: 1865

The opinion Of the Solicitor of the War
Department, published last August, is
semi-ofRcially reproduced as applicable to
the present enrolment and call for 9OO,-
600 men to supply deficiencies under for
mer calls. In that opinion the Solicitor
said if the number of men were taken
into consideration, it is clear the grosser
inequality would exist in the respective
contribution on the different districts to
the aggregate military service OF the coun-
try and each successive call All accounts
of service preceding that call are made
up, and the call for quotas should be such
as shall equalize the amount of service re-
ouired from each district in proportion to
the persons therein liable to military ser
vice. That district which, in the present
draft furnishes one year men cuts up its
burden into three parts, and shoulders only
one part at the present year, and leaves
the next to be met at the next call. That
district which furnishes three years. men,
receives again at once in its account with
the Provost Marshal General the same
benefit on the quota of the next draft as
though it had furnished three times as
many men for one year service. 1t is
the duty of each district to furnish the
full number of men designated as its quota.
These men should be received whether for
one, two, or three years service; those
districts which furnish three years. men
now will be entitled to the full benefits
thereof on all future calls.
Year: 1865

By order of the Secretary of War, when
an enlisted man arrives at draft rendez-
vous, any money he may have with him
exceeding $40 will be taken and placed
in the hands of the Paymaster at the
rendezvous, who shall enter the amount in
a check book, to be given to the soldier at
the time the money is taken. Money
thus taken to be deposited in public
Depository of the United States or Ma
tional Bank. After arriving at his regi-
ment, the soldier may claim the payment
of the amount of his deposit from the
Paymaster who pays his regiment, when
the first regular payments are being made
him. The object of this order is to pre-
vent bounty jumping.
Year: 1865

A remarkable surgical operation for ne


crosB Of the lower jaw was performed N


this city about fortnight ago on . Ger
man boy twelve years Of age, by the emil
nent surgeon, Dr.. Raphael, Professor Of
Surgery in the Thirteenth street Medical
College. This terrible and fortunately rare
disease was induced By the fumes Of phos-
phorus arising from lucifer natches-the
boy being a worker at the matchmaking


business and having had tooth extracted
over yesr ago, which gave the mAlady
the opportunity to gain 3 foothold In bus
system. The disease had been going on for
thirteen months, until it had involved near
y the whole Of the lower Jaw; and the ex-
terna appearance Of the boy was pitifI
in the extreme, the face being swollen to
greatly abnormal proportions, and pus ex-
udlng from large sinuses or openings along
the line of the bone on the left sids Of the
Jaw. With difficulty the patient vas got
ten under the influence Of ehloroform, and
when the bone was exposed from its upper
left extremity to the middle Of the the chin,
il was found that the whole mass Wss In
the worst stage Of disease. At the latter
point the bone was severed with the saw
and hope entertained Of saving the right
half Of the jaw, or part Of it but on ex-
animation, the disease was found to extend
upward on that side also and involved 9
farther removal of that half Of the bone,
which was also executed with mastery skill
and grest delicscy. The heshy parts were
then brought together with the suture, and
tastefully dressed by the operating sur
geon-


Hardly fortnight has elapsed since the
and already the union (by frs
has gone on 50 finely that the
boy enjoys great comfort, and Is able to
walk out in the air, and his speedy perfect
recovery is certain. Several distinguished
members of the medical profession were
nraaant ko uuiEn ass Az -------. - = n
phael.


This eAsa ue fu aibSaGffA u aG Who WORK ia fuci-
fer matches, or are exposed to the fumes Of
phosphorus.-M 2. Times.
Year: 1865

For the benefit and use of gents who are
over twenty and over Sorty.h7e, and are
liable to be wheeled into the army, we
publish a few of the causes that will ex-
empt them:


l. If you are q constitutional HquAker,
quake st the sight of Provo; quake be-
fore you get on the battlefield, and quake
afterwards; quake at the sight of pair Of
shoulder-strsps quake even at the sight Of
8 reYolution-of the draft-Wheel.


2. If you have jocose veins and an ex-
cessiYe flow of humor if you regard the
draft aS a good joke, and think Uncle Abe
q funny fellow.


3. Short sight-if you can't see the OBJ
ject of the war; OF, if your sight is i'm
paired by looking throug gh the bottom of .
tumbler; or, If you are confirmed tum-
bier yourself


4. By joining the Temperance Society
and keeping the pledge, you will escape
some Of the most dangerous draughts that
have ever visited this land, either in peace
OF war.


These rules have been prepared by q
celebrated drsughtsmAn Of this city and
are authentic.
Year: 1865

LET Gen. Sanders notify the authorities
at Washington that he will not accept the
appointment under the existing circum
stances, and afterwards inform Mr.. Russell
if he wishes the position, we do not believe
that he would care to hold it longer. Linn
County Register.


There is q rare specimen Of rural limo
cence for you The General, be it known
to the Register, has but just returned from
Washington with his commission in his
pocket On arriving there he asct rtained
that Mr. Russell AMI all his friends and
hackers had been doing their utmost TO
choke him off. That don't look much as
though he would stand much Of chance
for it, were he to make the experiment the
Register suggests. Night as well throw q
fat to a hungry shark, and trust to his
generosity and forbearance not to touch it
Year: 1865

WnEs every other prescription has dis
appointed expectation, in cases where the
system is suffering from the effects Of min
eral medicines, the powerful vegetable cor
receive Red .Ltckef Bifters will restore the
nerves, and arrest the action Of the poison
upon the secretive organs and the blood.
Year: 1865

So far the season has not been particular


ly favorable for handling the hog crop of
this part Of the State. While the supply 10
unquestionably a great oil through the
country a. it was last year at this time, the
same reasons do not exist for hurrying it
into market. Last season cold weather set
in early-corn was seventy five and eighty
cents per bushel-consequently there was
nothing to be gained in holding. This sea-
son, on the other hand, the weather contin-
ues warm, and hogs fatten fast ; corn is
cheap-worth about 2O03O cents, which by
feeding to hogs brings from 80 cents to 800
per bushel-hence farmers are holding
and are not losing money by doing SO. We
are informed on the best authority that the
average weight of hogs throughout this
part Of the country will be from Is to 80
per lent greater than last year-and for the
reasons above given.


The packing prospects are not as favor
able as could be wished. Those who would
embark IN that enterprise cannot see their
way clear at present prices. The remem-
brance of severe losses in the business last
year will deter them from running any ex-
tensiye risks Should the price of hogs fall
to five and half, or six dollars per hundred
there will undoubtedly be considerable pack
ing, but there is no present probability that
there will be any such decline, though the
New York and Chicago markets have been
receeding for two or three weeks past, and the
hog market in the latter place is rather
weak, and declining At $40 per hundred
which is decline Of 81 per hundred within
the past six or eight weeks. The fair
market value Of pork here to day is s. 5O@
9.00-now coming forward. Should there
be cold snap presently there will be
rush for the market, but the probabilities
now are that the great hog crop Of this part
of Iowa will not he packed before il reaches
the Chicago market.
Year: 1865

Com AND PoRK.-It is claimed that 1t
the present prices Of corn and pork, that
every bushel Of the farmer fed to hogs. will
bring the farmer about one dollar per bush.
el. That being the case no wonder both
corn and hogs are slow to come to market.
Year: 1865

aney they SO fondly oovet, which has been
their passion and their bane.


That these politicians should expect the
new agricultural and manufacturing popu-
lation they propose to introduce will adopt
the Southern political philosophy Of placing
the rule In the hands Of few Of the First
Families, Is only another evidence Of that ju-
dicial blindness which could not foresee the
inevitable results of q struggle for human
slavery upon our soil We cannot believe
that the Houston Telegraph echoes the senti-
ments Of a very large portion of the Southern
people since the war; II 1t does, we much
fear that Southern blood has been shed in
vain" But we anticipate quite different
results from the proposed infusion of new
element into the population Of the South !
that 1t will extend to those regions the prin.
ciple Of republican government, of the dOmi.
nance Of the majority; that il will dispel
tho miasmatic influences of the Southern
political schools, and advance the true polit.
ioal greatness Of the nation.