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Year: 1862

X.


Against certain patent facts. We have a
strange legal fiction upon our Statute Book.
There is a law which now declares that Fea-
ther River is not navigable above the mouth
OF tie Yuba River. This law was passed as
an amendment to a previous law which de-
clared it navigable to point opposite the foot
of Huutoon street, 0rovie. at the investiga-
ton of certain ambitious individuals. who reside
at, and have large estates in Marystille, and
are also deeply interested in certain bridge
franchises across Feather River at Yuba City
Against this legal fiction are the following
facts In 1850 the steamer Lawrence came
up Feather river TO Yates Ranch, u miles
below Oroville, and landed heavy freight,
principally of frames for houses, which were
afterwards erected near there The Lawrence
made several trips In 1857 the Steam Nav
igation Company run their boats to 0roville
for nearly three months. In 1862 the Defiance
de6ed the bridges across the river at Yuba
City, by crcumnavigating them. and arrived
at Orovile on the 23d inst, with a light
freight of about 80 tons, being her trial trip up
here-and Captain Gibson informs US that he
will continue in the trade as long as he can get
freight to justify it.


Now We submit to candid people whether it
is not shame to deprive our people of the
benefit of the tried navigation of our river, by
the avaricious designs of certain citizens of a
sister city. They block up our river by brid-
ges without draws in them, so that boats can
not pass in suitable stages of water. and refuse
and neglect to put bridges across their impass
ible slough on the line of land travel to this
city. And thus we are now, and have been
for some time past, cut of from all means of
getting freight to our town.


Orovie does not pretend to any rivalry with
Nye's Ranch-late an island, surrounded by
Sufficient water to navigate steamboat, but
claims to be treated like place having some
importance to the people of this county. Nei-
ther do we complain of the high rate of toll
we all pay in passing from the Bay City home
ward, to your forwarding merchants. hack
drivers and hotel keepers. But we do COM
plain, and that justly, too, of being deprived
of the use of all practicable routes leading
from our Pacific commercial mart, to the heart
of our county, when nature furnished them and
the laws sanctioned them, until fierce and
far seeing monopoly blocked them up by le-
gal fiction.


Will our Legislators remedy this evil quick
ly, as far as they can, and oblige their consti-
tuents? ? and will the good people of Marys-
vile stand by and not interfere justice
may be done to our people?


The fact is, Feather River is as navigable
to Oroville, two thirds of the year, as it is to
Marysville, aud it should not be closed to nav
| igation it is one of natures highways and
should be allowed to be used as SUCH
Year: 1862

ss- CALlF0RNIANS shOuld test the merits of
it is highly paatable beverage, it is uneQualled
as a tonic and inyigorator In the pursuit Of for
tune at the mines many persons are exposed to the
attacks Of complaints of the digestive organs. and
Of various kinds of fever 1t Is the very article that
has so long been in demand At the mines Its daily
use viii restors the tone of a derarged stomach,
impart fresh vitality to the digestive functions, and
cheer the spirits Yet the Bitters is the safest OF
all stmulants. Let the miner who is exposed to hot
and dry. wet and cold, be certain TO obtain a sup
ply of the genuine Hostetter Ritter, and he will
find it a certain sates suard to health-Sold by Drug.
gists eyerywhen.l is
Year: 1862

II SrAGEs.-Pretty much all our Staging has
been brought to a stand during the past week,
except the little shebang that braves storm
and tide and runs regularly to Bidwell's Bar


Hardly day has passed that we have not
heard the voice of Billy cry All aboard for
Bidwell's Bar, Mountain House, ETC." The
stages all made a start on yesterday morning
IN every direction. Hope they will make the
rifle for we cannot stand to be without
stages and mails Put them through, Billy.
Year: 1862

LEvEE.-A leyee or bukhead has been
erected at the upper end of Chinatown, for the
purpose of turning the current, which rushes
through the principal street in high water in
to the main stream. The levee, or. more pro-
perly, breakwater, is constructed by mailing
plank to large posts firmly set in the ground,
against which, dirt is to be thrown as further
protection. We believe it is not intended to
protect the Celestial burgh from inundatiOn,
but to break and turn the force of the current


DAMAGE TO nrHH PROPERLY Considera-
BILE damage has bcsn suffered by the Feather
River & Ophir Water Co., during the late
flood, by the partial washing away of the head
dam on the South Fork, above Enterprise,-
the loss of several hundred feet of fume, and
the filing up of the ditch by land Slides
Preparations are already being made by the
company, to repair damages, and they conf
IDENTIFY expect-weather permitting-to have
the water running again by the first of April
We have heard no estimate made of the dam
ages sustained, but they will amount to several
thousand dollars The loss of water will be
seriously felt by the miners and community
generally.
Year: 1862

R9- A. T. WlGttlesey, the Vaudeville
nominee for the State Senate, we see
from the Evansville Journal, has with
drawn from the field as a candidate.
The Journal says it took him an hour
and half to tell his reasons for with
drawing, which summed up was simply
fear of defeat. We are not surprised at
his fears He is not the only nominee of
that Convention that is beginning to real
ize that the latter is mill stone around
their necks that will drag them down to
a deep political grave. Whittlesey did
not quit the old sinking hulk minute
too soon. Col E. r. James, the Union
candidate for Senator will doubtless,
walk the track alone, since it is not
probable that any other man can be found
willing to make burnt offering of him
self by opposing the Colonel-M Yer
non Adrouate. m Laa a
Year: 1862

SHARP Trick BY AN INDIAN BoY-The
Marquette, Lake Superior) Journal tells
the following story:


When the Planet arrived here the 9TH
er day on her downward trip the steward
sent a colored man ashore to buy fish.
AS he reached the dock he was met by
small Indian boy with string of brook
trout, and the following colloquy en-
sued:


Contraband-Hi, you red skin; want
to sell dem fish?


Boy-Ya; me want twenty cents pound
for EN-.


The colored man took the trout and
W. returning to the boat, when he dis
covered that a number of them had a
hard lump inside, and this gave him an
idea that something was wrong. So he
laid them down on the dock, and procee-
ded to squeeze them with his fingers
The lump proved to be large conical
rife ball, and each of the larger fish con-
tanned one. These had been put in by
the young Indian to make them weigh
we'll After all had been abstracted, the
lead was found to weigh pound and a
quarter, and the fish pound. The In
dian boy watched the extrication of the
bullets with profound grief, and exclaim-
ed as the last one was being taken out,
Ne will cheat you mex time, sure"
Year: 1862

A MIRACULOUS EscAPE.--At the late
battle of New Ulm, Mrs. Caruthers, who
escaped from Beaver Creek, was at first
taken prisoner, but two Indians became
engaged in quarrel as to who should
have her for a squaw, and while the quar-
rel was progressing she made her es-
cape with her two children. She was
out one day and two nights, and finally
reached the Minnesota river, where she
found canoe and tried to paddle across,
but not understanding the mcdus ope-
randi, was oafted down the river some
six miles and landed near the fort in
safety, with one child in her arms and
another on her back, and is now at St
Peter


Mrs. Harrington was shot in the back
at Leavenworth. The same ball shot a
finger of her infant child Mrs. H. and
child were out in the brush nine days,
and su5sisted on hazel nuts She re-
mained secreted from the Indians all
this time, working her way towards white
settlements as best she could. Her child,
usually fretful, remained remarkably
quiet, and whenever she would hear In
dians, she would kneel down and pray to
God to keep the infant quiet and deliver
her from danger Her rescue was made
by one of our pickets, while crawling to
wards our line Our picket snapped two
cans at her before he discovered she was
n white woman. She first hailed the
picket in the Sioux language, and he
supposed her to be an Indian. Her es
cape was most miraculous throughout.
Year: 1862

Men seldom think of the great event
o. death until the shadows fall aero, the.r
own path, hiding forever from their eyes
the traces of loved ones whose living
smiles were thesunlight of their existence.
Death is the great antagonist of life, and
the cold thought ofthe tomb is the sIlel-
eton of all feasts. We do not want to 20
through the dark valley, although its pass
age may lead to Paradise; and we do not
want to lie down in the muddy grave, even
with kings and princes for our bed-fel-
lows. But the fiat of nature IS inexorable.
There is no appeal from the great law
which dooms us to dust. We flourish
and we fade as the leaves of the forest,
and the flower that blooms and withers
in a day has not Trailer hold upon life
than the mightest monarch that ever
shook the earth with his footsteps. Gen
erations of men appear and vanish as the
grass, and the countless multitude which
fills the world to day will tomorrow dis
appear as footsteps on the shore.
Year: 1862

and gives it to your enemies, whereby
thousands of your men may die in vain
upon the field of battle, and all brought


about by this slippery Shiny traitor


There are men, who would get up after


ward in this Senate, and, with tears in


their eyes, plead the cause of just such a
wretch as that who, with all the evidence
OF guilt upon him, was sent off for little


while to sojourn in one of our fortifica-


tons, and call it inQuisitorial, tyrannical,
devilish.


Sir, the man that makes use of these
arguments need not tell me he is loyal


tell you the danger to our institution IS
not so great from traitors in the field with
arms in their hand as it is from the nim-
6le-tongued, slippery hypocrites who 90
forth apoloyi yizing and countermanding ev-
cry energetic measure Of the Administra-
ton and endeavoring TO deceive
the people and stir them up to hos
tllity against this wise, this just, this most
moderate Administration. | do not be-


leye the people are going to be deceived
by 1t. do not believe that your night
meetings to reconstruct the Democratic
party, your resolutions of censure accus-
ing them of tyranny here and intimidation
abroad-I do not believe all these things
and all your Vaccinations will be able to
deceive an awakened people who under
stand all your arts, and are determined to
back a wise Administration in the course
1t shall pursue.


Mr.. President, in conclusion / will say,
! have no fears in this great controversy,
l do not agree with many of my breth-
ren whose hearts seem to fail them before
the magnitude Of the great issues in which
we are embarked. | believe in the JUS
tIce of God, in His overruling providence,
that lie will nerve the arms of those who
are contending for the right, and will
make them victorious at last. ! have no
fears oft. When this great contest is over;
when rebellion shall be trampled underfoo
when Southern men shall see the error of
their ways, and the interest they have in
the great principles of our Constitution,
which has ministered so much to their
prosperity, divested of passion, and the
conceit that they have entertained so
long whipped out of them, they will come
back again, and glory in us who have saw
ed them from themselves; and, reunited
again upon a real basis of freedom and
republicanism, this great nation will rise
from this commotion like the pheniX
from its ashes and whoever shall survive
twenty years hence, will see this the lead
ing nation on Gods earth, existing with
out reproach, and, conscious of her impos-
ing power, she will be the pride, the boast
and the hope of all the nations of the
earth.
Year: 1862

THE REBEL IDEA OF GRANDEUR.-A New
Orleans rebel, writing to the Mobile Trib-
une before the surrender. declares that
the cotton burning on the levee was ''the
grandest spectacle the world ever beheld. -
and gives his reasons for this belief as fol-
lows:


1t was grand, because its huge flame
climbing high in the air, told the enemy
that that which they wanted most thev
would get the least of. Grand. because it
was but the beginning of sacrifices that
our patriotic people would offer upon the
altar of their country. Grand. because it
will show England and France that in
leaning toward the enemy they have lean
ed upon bruised reed, that will break
and pierce them. 1t will convince them
that we are terribly in earnest.
Year: 1862

LOCAL PAPERs.-The Boston Journal
pays its compliments to those whos take
foreign to the exclusion of their own home
papers as follows:


mot tenth part of al the local news
which transpires in a country town finds
its way into the city newspapers, and he
who takes the latter to the exclusion of
his own town or county paper does not
fulfill his duty as citizen. Such a per-
son is unworthy to fill town Office, for
he most certainly lacks local pride.
Year: 1862

\ Mormon woman thus writes to a fe-
male friend in New York State: while
YOU of the North and South have gone to
killing each other oil. we of Salt Lake are
the country with extraordinary
One of our elders recently had
no less than nine children born to him in
one week
Year: 1862

l abominate the padded, rouged, dyed old
sham; but heartily respect the man or woman,
pensve and sad, as some little Circumstance has
impressed upon them the fact that they are be-
ginning to grow old. A man Or woman is fool
who is ndgnen. at being called the old lady or
the old gentleman, when these phrases state the
truth; but there is nothing foolish or unworthy
when some such occurrence brings it home to us
with something of shock, that we are no longer
reckoned among the young, and that the innocent
and impressionable days of childhood, so well re-
membered, are beginning to be far away. We
are drawing nearer, we know, to certain solemn
realities of which we speak much and feel little;
the undiscovered country humbly sought, through
the pilgrimage of life, is looming in the distance
before We feel that this is not long, and is not
commonplace when it is regarded as the portal to
eternity. And probably nothing will bring back
the season of infancy and early youth upon any
thoughtful mans mind so wildly as the sense
that he is growing old. How short time since
then You look at your great brown hand. 1t
seems like yesterday since boy companion tried
to print your name upon the little paw, and there
was not room. You remember it as it looked
when laid on the head of friendly dog two or
three days before you found him poisoned and
dead and helped, not without tears, to bury him
in the garden under an apple-tree. You see, as
plainly as if you saw it now, his brown eye, as it
looked at you in life for the last time. And as
you feel these things, you quite unafectedly and
sincerely Put off, time after time, the period at
which you will accept it as fact that you are old.
Twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-fve, fory-eght, mark
years on reaching which you will still feel your
self youngj many men honestly think that sixty
FIVE or sixty-eight is the prime of life.
Year: 1862

The Editor viii be greatly obliged to
persons making up clubs for The UNION if
they will remit to the publishers and not
TO himself Communication and sub
scriptions are sometimes mixed up with
private information in such manner as
to cause needless delay and trouble to
al na,fine
Year: 1862

WE WILL SELL GOODS DURING 1862 FOR


w cash only. M books or memorandums will be
will be kept No goods will be allowed to leave the
store until fully settled for No orders will be filed
unless accompanied by the cash. This notice is in
tended Tor one and all /; and very much hope that
will ask to depart from this rule, as we are
determined to adhere to it without respect OF


Dec 20 3m MARONEY, BOSW ELL d BRO.
Year: 1862

A contribution was taken up last week
in all the Catholic Churchs in the diocese
Cf Chicago, out Of which one thousand
dollars have been already sent TO Arch
bishop McHale, and five hundred dollars
TO the central committee in Dublin, Ire
land for the relief of the sufferers from
the famine.
Year: 1862

Correspondents will confer a great
favor on us by leaving their communica-
tions for inspection at our leisure. We
have no time to hear communications
read over by their authors. We are al
ways glad to hear from any one who has
a fact to impart or thought to suggest,
and hope to hear often from those who
can contribute to the pnhlic information.
Year: 1862

The Burlington Tme' Of the 18th ex
pended column in developing the opinion
that the voice of no man "who processes to
be loyal man and gives any evidence Of his
loyalty" ought to be suppressed because
he condemns the policy Of Mr.. Lincoln.-


This, if the article Is meant, as in spots it
seems to be, to be defence of the right Of
criticism on the administration, is trouble
thrown away. The Times knows perfectly
well, that no one has been suppressed or
molested for criticism or snimadyersion on
the administration. No one questions that
right. A powerful anti-administratio1 party
is organizing to-day, on the ruins of the
Democratic party. It's managers have bought
in the n. Y. World, and IN buying that.
have probably secured its humble follower,
the Burlington Times. The cue of this
party and it's organs, is bitter denunciatiOn
OF the administration but no one denies
them the privilege or interferes with it in
the slightest degree, The civil arrests which
have been made, have been for rendering Gid
comfort and sympathy TO the rebels. or for
conduct afording suspicion of fredson.-
And this, too, the Times knows very well.


We do not agree with the Times that
profession of loyalty Is enough, in all cases.
The worst SPY in the rebel service undOubt-
edly professes 10 be a loyal man, and gives
any amount of evidence of his lOyslty, in
uJrds. Let the Government lay its hand on
rebels anywhere and everywhere it can, say
We. If there is evidence of loyalty as well as
Of disloyalty in any case. let it be impartial
ly investigated, and let the preponderance Of
testimony determine the guilt or innocence
of the accused. Why should profession Of
loyalty clear man from the charge Of trea-
son any more than profession of honesty clear
horse thief of the crime Of robbery?
Year: 1862

A friend writes from Huntington that tie
selectmen of that town have received letter
from the Adjutant General stating that their
quota was not as large as he had assigned to
them. THUS we have The saYsl more vol
unteers than our quota. We pay our three
years volunteers, fifty dollars, and our nine
months men ninety dollars" That strikes
as rather queer disposition of bounty mOn-
ey-the shorter the time the greater the
bounty
Year: 1862

z. J. PARK, Esq.-Dear Sir: have been engaged in
tanning and manufacturing leather for fifteen years
and may be considered to understand it practically as
well as theoretically and feel it but simple justice to
state that your system Of tanning is decidedly superior
to anything with which am acquainted It saves at
least fifty per cent. Of bark when is is used and equally
that in cost when bark is employed and tans in q
vastly shorter period than possibly be done by the
Old plan. The most Important feature Of course is the
great economy, in time and money, and the facility Of
using bark tanning without it. TIE system must
prove satisfactory to any purchaser.


Yours, ETC. I OLDRTDGR
Year: 1862

COLES CORNERS, Tenn, January 1Ith, 1862


e. J. PARK Esq; Permit me- sir, to tell you about
my experience with your new system Of tanning


supposed yours was hot process, using hot ooze
which had fully tested but which found vo7ld not
answer the purpose was pleased to nd that you de-
nouneed the hot ooze in tanning. have used bark e-
elusivey, and have tanned as good sole leather a.
ever sold in thirty days by your process, with
great deal less labor and with nearly half less bark
After get my hides haired and free Of lime and pat
them in your first mixture AID then put the oozs on
can accomplish more in day in tanning than could
before in month. don't want any better system
than yoaTs it wiz perform al and more than you claim
fer it The kip which tan in ten days used to
work hard to get out in five months am pleased
with it. and believe it will save bark enough and labor
enough to Pay for itself in SIX month";
Year: 1862


IThe following lullaby is sufficiently tender
and musical to make every woman who reads
it wish for baby to sing it to:
Come to my arms, you bewildering elf,
Let me gather YOU, body and soul, to myself
Bury your scintillant eyes and hair,
And all the glory and grace you wear.
From twinkling feet to golden crown.
Clasping you close to my bosom and heart,
A thing of my holiest being part;
Grooming a song in olden rhyme,
Tender and sweet as a vesper chime.
Sleep, baby boy;


The little birds rest,


Downy and soft,


In the mother birds nest;
The lambkins are safe


In the shepherds warm fold;
The dewdrop's asleep


In the butter-cup's gold.
The violet mods "A


To the daisy'S dream


The lily lies hushed
On the lap of the stream;
And holy and calm


Like motherly eyes,


The stars look down


From the silent skies.


Sleep, baby boy,


My birding, my flower,
My lily, my lambkin,


My dew-drop, my DOVER
While heart against heart


Beats softly in time


To the murrnuring flow


Of my tender old rhyme.
Year: 1862

THE loyal people of this congressional
District are soon to decide as to who shall
be our next congressman. Several news
papers, among which is the Perryshurg
JOnHdi are out for the denomination of Gen.
Ashley. 1t seems to he the policy of the
Union party to hold fast to all officers wheth-
er Democratic or Republican. who prove
themselves faithful and worthy officials


The object of this IS to prevent q general
scramble among rival Office seekers for place
and position and to preserve harmony and
good feeling in the party. This policy has
generally worked well and az far as our feel
ings are concerned We believe it the correct
policy, il is desirable at this time to avoid
q heated political canvass, and if the envia-
Bile position ofCOngressman is to be thrown
open to new men, there will be at least half
dozen new candidates in the District pre-
scnting their claims ior the place. 1t is easy
70 see shat this will produce as many differ
ent factions in the district, and it may be al
most an impOssiblity 10 agree upon the man.
This is poor time to swap horses and five
have in Genera! Ashley truo and efficient
representative, let Us keep him another
term. With Gen. Ashley course as a Rep
resentatiVe, we believe all parties are now
satisfied He has heen in favor of "taking
Jun ny liib lOIuS from lllt start, ana we
sincerely believe that if his policy of treat
ing the rebels as hell-deserving cut throats
and outlaws, and as forfeiting every polite
al right under the constitution, had been o.
dopted by the Government we should have
had less war, less taxes, and less butchery OF
Union men, lie has been radical man, hut
no more so than thousands of Democrats,
who now unite with that class in demanding
. vigorous prosecution of the war, and that
evorymeans which God has given us be used
to smash the rebels. Therefore at this late
hour his radicalism strongly recomends him


TO the people. The idea of concilation is now
an exploded theory. Tie Tebols can't be
conciliated, or compromised or conquered
by Kindness they must be whipped. Al
9enaible men believe this, and all loyal mel
believe that we can do it, if we show oul
strength and take advantage of their weak
ness. The nationis passing most trying or
deal, and it is q matter of vital Importance
that Congress be made up Ct Uue, tried an(
efficient men,-- ViH.GsaS co. Ledtier.