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Year: 1863

We tried last Winter. unsuccessfully
but earnestly, TO ascertain on what CON
dltions the Rebel chiefs were ready 10
restore Peace TO this distracted country
We did not have to leave our desks TO
had Democrats who were very anxious
for Peace, and wished our aid in effect
ing II; but we never found one of them
IN possession Of authentic propositions
or suggestions from Rebel leaders look
ing TO any sort of tolerable Peace-we
mean. toIerable even for him. The
readiness of the Confederates to make an
acceptable Peace was always assumed
1t was never demonstrated, nor even
eountenanced, By any sort of evidence.
But TIE Richmond Enguirer-which
has been irona the first the more especial
organ OF jeff. Davis and bis Cabinet-on
the 10Th inst. favored its readers with
the following frank statement of the
terms on which the head traitors oiH not
make Peace. 1t says:


Save our own terms, we can accent
no peace whatever. and must fight till
Doomsday rather than yield an iota OF
them and our terms are


+" Recognition by the enemy of the in
dependence Of the Confederate States.


" Withdrawal of Yankee forces from
every foot Of Confederate ground, includ.
ing kentucky and .Nissouri.


:" Withdrawal of Yankee soldiers from
Maryland, until the State shall decide.
by free vote, whether she shall remain
IN the old Union, or ask admission into
the Confederacy.


Consent on the part of the Federal
Government to give up to the Confeder.
acy its proportion Of the Navy as it stood
at the time OF Secession. or to pay for
the same.


Yielding up all pretension on the
part OF the Federal Government TO that
portion of the old Territories which lies
west OF the Confederate States.


An equitable settlement, on he basis
OF our absolute independence and equal
rights, Of all accounts of the Public Debt
aud Public Lands. and the adv antapes
aecruing from foreign treaties.


These PROV isions. we apprehend.
comprise the minlmum OF what we mus.
require before we lay down our arms.
That is TO say, The Worth mus yield all !.
ace nothing The whole pretension OF
that country TO prevent by force the
separation of the States must be aban
doned, which will be equivalent TO an
avo"al tbat our enemies were wrong
from the first; and. of course. as they
waged a causeless and wicked war upon
us, they ought, in strict justice, to be
required. according 10 usage in such
case 10 reimburse 10 us the whole OF our
expenses and losses in the course OF the
war.


Whether this last proyiso is to be
insisted upon or not. certain we are that
we caanoi have any peace at all unit! we
shall be in position, not only to demand
and exact, but also to enforce and collect,
the treasure for our own reimbursement,
OUT OF the wealthy cities Of the enemy S
country. In other words unless we can
destroy or scatter their armies and break
up their Government. We can have nc
peace, ana il we can do that. then Ne
Year: 1863

The MEDINA NURDERs.-No clue has yet
been obtained tending to reveal the murder
ers of the Coy family, at Medina. They did
their bloody work thoroughly, and it would
seem are likely to escape.
Year: 1863

To THE PUBLIc.-Notce is hereby
given to all 1t may concern. that this office
will not heyeafter consider itself responsible
for the bills Of any person whomsoever. Tn
less the same be delivered on an order bear
ing the signature Of II. RICHARDSON
Year: 1863




the War.


The Cambridge (Md) Intelhgencer
says:


Before the war, it was absolutely i'm
possible to get at the true sentiment of a
slaveholding community. A majority of
its members might have been bitterly
opposed to slavery, and hailed with un-
feigned gladness its extinction, yet they
were afraid to communicate their opin-
ions to each other If any one doubts
the correctness of this assumption, we
advise him to ask the first ten Emanci-
pationists he meets this morning what
induced them to renounce' their pro-sla-
very views. We feel confident that eight
out of the ten will tell him that their sem
timents relative to slavery have under
gone no change whatever, but that it is
only since the commencement of the war
that they have been allowed to express
them. When, here and there, individu-
ais, more venturesome, came out openly
in opposition to slavery, they were gen.
orally ridiculed and insulted with impu-
nifty; often mobbed and driven from their
homes, and sometimes murdered. Every
one knows if the Intelligencer had advo-
Gated three years ago sentiments similar
to those it now does the Office would have
been mobbed, and the editor suspended
| in the air, with one end of rope around
his neck and the other attached to the
nearest tree OF course while such a
state of terrorism existed men were slow
to avow sentiments hostile to slavery
The current of popular opinion seemed
irresistibly and overwhelmingly that way
and they were forced along with the cur
! rent tsEIla
Year: 1863

wuIBe ana re(l7SttuG5 eIess -
of the black ants, yet they are thee very
insects to which the Scriptures refer us
to for wisdom. For every negro in
slavery in the South, there are more than
an hundred thousand negro ants in slave
ry in the same region.


Slavery, therefore, of the black to
the white man, is not incompatible with
the economy of nature. The insti-
tuition cannot be founded in sin, or we
would not have been referred to the in
sect slaveholdlng sinners to learn wis
dom. The products of slave labor form
very essential part of the wealth and
prosperity, not only of our entire republi-
can confederacy, but of the world at
large; a single product of that labor fur
nishes a cheap clothing for the inhabi-
tants of the globe, who, having less to
pay for clothing, have more to spend for
knowledge, and more time to spare in
cultivating the moral virtues fit be a
sin, it is unlike ans other sin, in doing
good to the whole world instead of evil
Year: 1863

1t would be bad enough to break up
our confederacy for the benefit of few
negroes, or even all Africa, at the ex-
pense of the white race; but it would be
madness to do so to impose on them a
thing liberty that has always been
ratsbane to their minds and morals.
Year: 1863

attack was made on the market. and Erie lost an


that it had gained between the boards. Central
rallied one per cent. and was pretty stubborn at the
advance. There is trap at work in the stock. il
is said and some day IL will not be any pleasanter
to be short Of II than il was to be short of Harlem
or Hudson. At the four P. NJ. call the market was
dull; large business was done In Southern old At
the best price Of the day. Other stocks were
pretty steady. The following we're the closing
Year: 1863

! Don't LIKE MY BUsINEss.-There is no
greater falacy in the world than that entertained
by many young men that some pursuit in life can
be found wholly suited to their lasts, whims, and
fancles. This philosophers stone can never be
discovered, and every one who makes his life a
search for it will be ruined. Much truth ia con.
tanned in the lrishman's remark " It's niver
aisy to work hard." Let, therefore, the fact be
always remembered by the young that no life.
work can be found entirely agreeable to man.
Success always lies at the top of hill if we
would reach it, we can do so only by hard, perse.
vering effort, while beset with difficulties of every
kind. Genius counts nothing in the battle of
life; determined obstinate perseverance in one
single channel is everything. Hence, should any
one of our young readers be debating in his mind
change of business, imagining he has a genius
for some other, let him at once dismiss the
thought as he would temptation to do evil. IF
you think you made mistake in choosing the
pursuit of profession you did, don't make another
by leaving it. Spend all your energies in work.
ing for and clingiug to it, as you would to the
life-boat that sustained you in the midst of the
ocean. If you leave it, it is almost certain that
you will 60 down but if you cling to it, inform
ing yourself about it till you are its master, bend
ing your every energy to the work. success is GER
Year: 1863

tain. Good, hard, honest effort steadily perse-
vered in, will make your love for your business
or profession grow since no one should expect
to reach such period when he can feel that his
llfe.work is just the one that he could have done
best and would have liked the best We are al
lowed to see and feel the roughness in our own
pathway but none in others ; yet all have them.
Hunts Merchants .Mdgazine.
Year: 1863




To A BRIDE.-The following letter was written
by an old friend to young lady on the eve of her
wedding day


have sent you few flowers to adorn the dy-
ing moments of your single life. They are the
gentlest types of delicate and durable friend
ship. They spring up by our side when others
over our graves when those who should cherish
have forgotten US. 1t seems that past, SO calm
and pure as yours, should expire with kindred
sweetness about it that flowers and music, kind
riends and earnest words, should consecrate the
hour when a sentiment is passing into a sacra-
ment.


The three great stages of our being are the
birth, the bridal, and the burial. 10 the first we
bring only weakness for the last we have nothing
but dust But here at the altar, where life Joins
life, the pair come throbbing up to the holy man,
whispering the deep promises that arms each
others heart to help on in the life struggle of
care and duty. The beautiful will be there, bor-
rowing new beauties from the scene The CAV
and the frivolous, they and their tlounces will
look solemn for once. And youth will come to
gaze on all its sacred thoughts pant for ; and age
will totter up to hear the old words repeated
that to their own lives have given the charm.
Some will weep over it as If it were tomb, and
some laugh over it asf it were joke but ttco
must stand by it, for it is fate, not fun this ever
astlng locking of their lives


And now, can you, who have queened it over
so many bending forms, can you come down to
the frugal diet OF single heart ? Hitherto you
have been clock giving your time to all the
world Now you are watch, buried in one par
ucuar bosom, warming only his breast, marking
only his hours and ticking only to the beat of his
heart where time and feeling shall be in unison,
until these lower ties are lost in that higher we'd
lock where all hearts are united around the Gen.
tral Heart of all.


Hoping that calm and sunshine may haow
your clasped hands, sink silently into sigma
ture.
Year: 1863

flakes, or masses, were of such huge dimensions
that they could be distinctly seen aloft, as far as
the eye could reach, and traced without confusion
in their descent to the ground while to more
dlscursve view the entire hemisphere of the upper
air seemed teeming with winged life.


Words fail for description of the pleasing
grandeur of this novel spectacle. There is no i'm
age in nature with which we are familiar, to as
sist US in the comparison. Many persons contin-
ued gazing at this scene, quite unable to withdraw
attention from it as long as it lasted.


Over what area of country this curious fall OF
snow extended We are not advised. At North
Conway, eighteen miles north Of this place, and
at places ten or twelve miles south of us, the ap
pearance was much the same as here. At Jack
son, in the near vicinity of the White Mountains,
we learn that the snow fell on this day to the
depth of six inches.


Here, however, the accumulation, though rapid
for the time, was not great, as the showing was
all over in an hour. Yet in this time the ground
was completely covered, and so densely that a
sleigh might run with toerable rapidity on smooth
rords, as by experiment was proved, by some
more romantic than the rest of u.s. who were fan
to improve their chance Of sleigh-ride in the mid
die of May. BY 2 o'clock, P. NJ, the snow had
mostly disappeared and the verdure of the morn
ing clothed thu hills and wales in liveer and more
brilliant hues than eyer-Boston Recorder.
Year: 1863

gomery Alabama informs one Of the Government OFF,
that the address to the Christians Of the world
which prt forth some time since nominly belonged
to the clergy Of the South protested against by
large number Of Episcopalan and methodist mnisters
on account Of tho passage in it attempting to Justify
Slavery The dissenting clergy agreed to the greater
part Of the address, but opposed unanimously the
Slavery euogium. Subsequently they seat copy Of
their protest to the Richmond papers, and to an Atlanta
paper; but before their documents had reached the
editors official orders from Richmond had been received
warning oil newspapers against publishing them. This
is fair illustration Of the boasted liberty Of opinion
that exists Soufh
Year: 1863

We give the following tales during the week.
Some lots we're sold by the head on an estimated
weight. Sometimes this is given rather high, but
those sold BY actual weight will Justify our quota
Year: 1863

Mr.. EDITOR My last communication
was from Arkansas now write you from
near Vicksburg. The 9th ILL., Cavalry
was ordered to vicksburg on the 28th Of
May. We embarked ON transports and
arrived above the city on the lst day of
June. We were in full view of the city
and water batteries and saw the mortar
boats throwing shell into the town. We
were then ordered up the Yazoo to Chick
asaw Bayou, then disembalked and march
ed to Haines' Bluffs and camped for the
night on the ground The enemy left
but few days ago, and left very exten-
sive earth Notifications here, and our ar
my now occupy theIa and are strengthen
ing them and making more extensive
works. The expectation is that the enc
my are massing large force to relieve
pemberton Grant has the city surroun-
ded and working upon them all the time.
There is no earthly chance for them to
escape it. 1t is only question Of time
for the downfall of Vicksburg. If our
army should make an assault on their
works, the slaughter of human beings
would be awful. No doubt people in the
New England states are very impatient
to hear that the "Gibaraltcr" of the South
ern Confederacy is subdued but you
must wait patiently. Could you rec the
formation Of the country, and what our
army have to contend with, you could
then form some idea Of what is to DO done


1t would not do for me to state the dis
position of troops around the city, but
suffice to say, they are not asleep, nor
will they until the work is cffectually
done which they have in hand.
Year: 1863

A correspondent of the Commercial Id.
certiser thus describes some Of the troops
of the gallant Grierson -" Just before
our departure, the travcl-stained cavalry
regiments of Colonels Gricrson and Prince
came into town from the interior, and we
had brief account of their SPLENDID raid
of seven hundred and eighty miles through
the cnemy's country. Although dust
or and worse soiled cavalcade was never
seen, the men rode erect, and even look
cd fresh enough to do another hundred
miles OF so in the saddle, with q change
Of horses. Nearly every one bore scme
plunder as memento Of the affair. One
old fellow amused us greatly. He rode q
switch.tailed mule, for which he had OK.
changed his worn out horse. He carried
two Confederate sabres swung at his sad.
die bow in addition to his own. double.
barreled shotgun hung beside his carbine
and to crown all, he carried fddle.box
under his left arm. AS he smiled from
under his slouched hat, and glanced be-
nignly upon us through a pair Of huge
green goggles, the disposition to outra.
geous mirth was irrepiessiblo Such q
ludicrous combination Of all the best
traits Of the Yankee character--courage
dash, endurance, and thrift--was never
seen before. Several hundred mounted
contrabands who came in with them,
we're at once turned over 10 our brig
ade.
Year: 1863

Ii Is whispered in Washington that General
McClellans report IS passing under critical
examination. and that, cotemporaneous with
lis publication. will appear comments to break
lis force upon the public mind. OF course
Official reports aud facts must be perverted o
sustain the partisan policy Of the Admiaistra
Year: 1863

WE regret to learn that the non arrival Of
iron will cause some delay in finishing the track
the track Of the railroad to Oroville The iron
is overdue, however, may be expected at any
time, if S-rnmes has not appropriated it for
another rebel Merimac The track is in run
ming order to point four miles distant
Year: 1863

An excursion was made over the San Jose
railroad recently, from San Francisco as far a
Belmont disiace of about 20 miles The
cars and road are well spoken of, and the time
made was excellent
Year: 1863

Will accomplish this desirable reliable revolution
in the system, regulating the secretons. giving
tone to the animal juices which dissolve the food
strengthen every relaxed nerve. muscle and fibre,
and brings the whole machinery Of vitality into
vigorous and healthful play.
Year: 1863

WAsHoE. says the Nevada Transcript, will
probably be admi ted as a State during the
next session Of Congress. A bill for that pur-
pose passed the Senate at the last session the
night before the adjournment but vas too late
for the House.
Year: 1863

Communication City fathers are
doing very commendable act in hav-
ing those Canada tbistlss extracted,
ON the vacant lot at the corner of 9th
and main streets. The seed was scattered
there some time ago, by the empty ing oi
Cookery Crates, and they have been Gu,
down every year since, which only had
the effect Of making them the more luxu-
rant the coming season.
Year: 1863

BOSTON, Nov. 1O.-About 800 navy-yard
Workmen assembled Today on Bunker Hill to
hear the report OF their committee sent TO confer
with the commodore of the yard. They re-
ported that the commodore said his instr ructions
from Washington were that the men should 20
to work at sunrise, whenever there were but
ten hours between sunrise and sunset, and he
could not 60 behind that order. He also said
he had appointed a committee to inquire into
the operations Of outside yards, and would
communicate the result ts Washington. He
said he would receive such men as came to
work at rOl l-can in the morning The work
men, however, decided that they would not
work except under the same hours as hereto
fore constituted a days work OF 3.S00 men
employed in the yard only 500 continue at
work. 1t is rumored that q general strike is
South Boston and other parts OF the city.
Year: 1863

How IT WAS DISCOVERED The fol-
lowing is the history of the discovery of
Rockfellow's new quartz lode, on the
Boise road which has its interest, as all
such things have. Two men (names not
recollected) were going to Boise; one of
them had never been in the mines and
had never seen any quartz. AS they were
riding along he meLticned this fact, when
his companion observing some pieces lying
by the road side told him that was quartz,
and they got off and picked up some of
the pieces. After carrying them along
some distance they found, upon close in
spection, that they contained gold, and
they took the pieces into Bannock city.
On their arrival there their horses were
stolen, and they left without means. They
went into Rockfeilow & Cos express Of
flee, and while there, exhibited their quartz
specimens Mr.. R. examined the speci-
mems, and purchased one of the men
horse and brought him back as guide to





show him where he found the quartz. On
their arrival upon the ground they found
more of it, and traced it to the lode with
out difficulty, some two miles mp the hill
side. A brief examination of the lode
proved to them that, in miners parlance,
they had "found it., and the unfortunate,
houseless, moneyless man who went into
the express office two weeks ago with his
quartz specimens, little dreaming of what
was in Store for him, is to day the owner
of an interest in probably one of the rich
est quartz lodes ever found on the Pacific
.coast-a mine Of wealth equal to tens of
thousands of dollars.
Year: 1863

SWEET PoTAToEs.-Several of our
farmers have been experimenting this
season in raising sweet potatoes, and the
result has shown that the soil and climate
of the valley is admirably adapted
to this vegetable One gentleman informs
us that he put out some plants as late as
the 4th of July, and now there are potatoes
on these vines of good average size
Away down in the murky land of "Web-
foot they can't produce sweet potatoes
One gentleman from there says he set out
plants there every spring for four years, but
never succeeded in producing single
root" big or little He moved out of
that country and settled in the Walla
Walla simply because he could not raise
these delicious vegetables there. He can
? raise them here to his hearts content, as
often as he likes, as many as he wants and
just as big and sweet as nybody,; and so
can 'any other man" and we hope he will
do it next season.
Year: 1863

For OR AGAINsT.-The Golden Age of
last week takes up with the Republican
hobby and asserts that "new issues have
arose, and the question now is, are you
for or against the Union" The Repub-
lican organs invariably repeat that "dost'
about thousand times just before an cleo
tion is to take place. We find no fault
with the doctrine that man must be either
for or against the Union, but if these
most loyal papers would put the question
in the following light it would come nearer
to what they mean, viz: Are you tor or
against the Republican party? OF course
if you should not believe in all the match
less principles of that party-or call your
self democrat--you are set down as
against the Government. The Age is be-
coming fuiously Republican since his
Majesty's Coy. Wallace) arrival at Lew
iston.
Year: 1863

Leaving on hand from this fund. s5Ol,27s IS


Against this fund, or against the trea-
.urv account of the agencies referred to,
there are no outstanding claims, except
such as loyal owners of property sold
may present and substantiate. ~


Among the items of expenditure will
be found one for the purchase, renting,
and running of the steamer Flora.


In the prosecution of their work by the ne
special agents, steamer OF hghV cI ural,
and large carving capacity was found
necessary for the purpose of conveying
property from the several plantations to
the transports. Accordingly, the Flora
was purchased for this purpose from the he
nroceeds of the sales, and it is proper tC
add that she is reported to have rendered
important service in military operations
both while under the charge of the agent
of this department and since her transie
Year: 1863

sign to the nations that have prophesied our
carly decline. Rest assured the disiplinc
through which we are now passing, is not
for destruction. Our national disease is not
unto death, but to display the healing pow
cr Of the great Physician who is yet to estab-
lish royal throne on earth-a kingdom
that cannot be moved. Our Government
must be established in righteousness, right
cousncss that respects tho rights of all men,
and will not sacrifice tho manhood OF the
weak to the caprice or convenience OF the
strong. / have an abiding faith and conf.
dcncc in the future Of our country. We OF
the loyal States need only to be loyal to
truth and righteousness, loyal to the great
Law Giycr-united in this loyalty, united in
sharing whatever of sacrifice and suffering
may yet bc necessary, and tho day OF deliv-
erance draws near. Lot US have courage
and patience to do and dare and wait.


had designed to speak of local matters,
but must defer for another occasion.


Yours truly, r. .. Q. PEARL.