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Year: 1864

Professor Caswell contributes the following
to the Philadelphia Press of Wednesday even
ing: Last evening the tail of one of the most
magnificent comets on record was seen in
this CITY, when not obscured BY the mists and
clouds in the west. At II o'clock the tail ex-
tended nearly to the constellation Draco or
more than sixty degrees from the horizon
SupposIng the nucleus to be at least thirty
degrees below the horizon at that time, the
extent Of the tail would have ninety degrees.


OF the great historic comets, that of the
year 31l before Christ had tail of sixty de-
grees, according to Aristotle. The comet of
1913 is recorded AS having a tail hundred
and four degrees in length. That of 1880
had n tail from seventy to ninety degrees I;
that of 1869 tail of ninety seven degrees
and t!iat of lS43 tail of sixty five degrees.
These figures are taken from Hcrschel's ''Out.
lines of Astronomy


To persons not accustomed to measuring
by degrees, it NAV be useful to state that the
distance from the horizon to the zenith is
ninety degrees. This will give some idea of
the immense length of these appendages.-
Comets differ much in brightness.


A few have been bright enough to be seen
by the i.aked eye in the day time. Should
the present comet prove as remarkable for
briliancy as for size, it will be the most re,
markable one that has appeared to this gen.
Grafton. 1t will be looked for with great in
terest after sunset this evening. II may be
borne in mind, however, that the comet OF
1874 was much more brilliant on the first
evening, when nearest the sun, than on any
subsequent evening If, on the other hand
the present comet sho.id be approaching the
earth, as there is reason to believe, it will in
crease in apparent size and brilliancy.
Year: 1864

The opponents of Mcclellan were yestcr-
day engaged in the most earnest manner in
assuring everybody that the General is a res
ident of Ohio. This is a blunder Gen. Nc
Clellan never resided in Ohio, unless few
months spent in Cincinnati, considerably less
than would entltle him to a vote there, make
a resident He has never had home The
servant of the nation, he has done his work
wherever he was ordered to do it, on all sides
of the globe, here and in other countries, but
never having place of rest which he could
call his home, unless at his mothers house in
Philadelphia. He went to Illinois, after leav-
ing the army, and remained there short
time thence he removed and went to Ohio
in September. 1860, where he remained only
until the outbreak OF the war in April, 1861,
when he volunteered for the Union cause,
and having been called to Washington later
in the year, removed his family to that city.
During his service with the Army of the Po-
tomac he was resident in his tent, and it is a
remarkable fact that in the peninsular cam
paign he never passed three nights under a
roof. The contemptuous order of Mr.. Lin
coin which dissmised him from the command.
directed him to report at Trenton, New Jer-
sey, and he obeyed the order. He has since
that time resided in New Jersey, passing one
winter in New York city. 1t ha. been his
intention to make New Jersey his permanent
home, and to that end he has purchased a
small piece of land in a very quiet and re-
tired spot, where he was preparing to build q
house and seek repose. From this retire.
ment the people are about to drag him,
against his most earnest desires, and insist
on his occupation of their White House for
some years. 1t is hard, bat ne will be COM
PEELED to submit and make the best of it
lhe time will come, if he lives, when he will
bear TO his retirement even more Of the thanks
and love of the people than now.
Year: 1864

A loyal woman has written an able paper
on the crisis, in which she protests against
killing Off all the men. She say-"I do not
believe in fighting for the country and the flag
to the last man and it seems to me ANYBODY
is an idiot who talks such nonsense. What
would the country be to me or any other wo.
man if the 'last man was gone?
Year: 1864

II the poUT man pass thy door,
Give him Of thy bOunteous store.
Give him f'od and give him gold,
Give him shelter from the cold
Aid him bis Inne life to live,
For his angel-like to give.
Though world riches thou hast not,
Give TO him Of poorer lot;
Tbtnk thou Of the widows mite!
In the holy Masters sight
II was more, q thousand fold,
Than the rich man'S horde Of gold.
Give, 1t 10 the better part,
Give TO him, 81 the poor in heart !"
Give OF love in large degree,
Give Of hope and sympathy;
Cheer 10 them who sigh forlorn,
Light TO them whose lamp is gone.
Give the gray-haIred wanderer room,
Lead him gently to the tomb
Leave him OF IN frie endless cline,
Float Ad0w n the tide Of time
Hear the mothers lonely caIl,
She's the nearest one Of all.
And the most abandoned one
In thy pathway do not ahun;
OF thy kindness she hath need,
Bind with ba IN the bruised reed;
Give land gifts above all price
Shall be thine in Paradise
Year: 1864

ONCE upon time circus rider lying
at the point Of death. was asked by his
employer If he would like TO see q minis.
ter. The dying man said he would, and
accordingly a reverend gentleman was
summoned to his bedside. After few
commonplace remarks, the minister pro


pounded in sepulchral tones the following
question. "Do YOU know who died to
save sinnersG" The nearly lifeless circus
rider, with tremendous effort. raised
himself partially in bed. and after fiercely
eyeing his holy visitor for an instant, ex,
claimed "This is a devilish pretty time
to ask conundrums I" He then fell back
and expired. The minister left in dis.
Year: 1864

Fun Is the most conservative element Of
society, and ought to be cherished and
encouraged by all lawful means People
never plot mischief when they are merry.
Lnug ghter is an enemy to malice, foe to
scandal and friend to every virtue. 1t
promotes good temper, enlivens the heart
and brightens the intellect Let us laugh
when We can.
Year: 1864

SUCCESS OF GRN. BANKS FREE Labor
IARRANaEMENrs.-Co James McKaye of
New York, one Of a commission appointed
some time ago by Secretary Stanton to exam
inc into the condition Of the freedmen of the
South, has made supplementary report as
to the condition OF the negroes in Gen. Banks
department. He says:


" The negroes accept the condition Of labor
for their own maintenance, and the musket
for their freedom. They demand, in the first
instance, that, to whatever punishment they
may be subjected, they shall not be fogged
second, that they shall labor only when they
are we'll treated: third, that families shall
not be separated fourth that their children
shall be educated. With these stipulations,
have never found any person of that race
who did not readily accept the necessity Of
continuous and faithful labor at just rates of
compensation, which they seem willing to
leave to the government. As far as the ex-
pertinent goes in this department, they have
justified in the fullest degree this conclusion,
and, subject to the conditions which they i'm
pose, they are willing to and have rendered
faithful labor" The free col
ored people of Louisiana are, as body. as
well educated, as intelligent, as orderly and
as industrious AS any other equal portion Of
the common population of the state on an
average, as rich as the mass Of the people of
the free states and certainly far more loyal
than their white fellow-citizens in the state
There are about 5000 free negroes in Louis
lana, and their property is estimated at from
l3 to / ) million dollars.
Year: 1864

Some Of the copper-neads in this region
talked as though the Government. had gone
to the bugs when Sec. Chase resigned. And
that was a great compliment TO Mr.. Chase,
though doubtless entirely undersigned. The
strength and security Of the Government is
not in one man or many, but in the Lord Of
lords. We trust that He will raise up the
righ; men for its safety.
Year: 1864

The Treasury DEPAR rMENr.--An addi-
tional reason for the resignation Of Secretary
Chase is supposed to be difference Of opin-
ion between the President and Secretary as
to the assistant treasurer at New York yet
it seems that this was satisfactorily arranged.
Indeed the reports from Washington now i'm
ply that there was no absolute reason for re-
signAtion, and that Secretary Chase did not
suppose his letter would be accepted as such.
1t was perhaps a flank movement on the Pres
ident as well as Congress, and not designed
to bring on a collision aud since it really
did not, we do not see why Mr. Chase should
no, have withdrawn his letter. The appoint
ment Of Senator Fssselden is on several ac-
counts the very best that could have been
made and yet, from our knowledge Of bis
nervous temperament, his feeble health, and
his anxiety for relief from the terrible labor
and anxiety attendant upon the financial de-
partment, Of which ne is chairman Of the f.
nance committee, has had quite as large a
share as the Secretary himself, we fear he will
not consent to take the office.
Year: 1864

EXCELLENCE Is WHAT PAYs.-The man
who is first in his calling is pretty sure OF
makinga fortune, no matter what his calling
may be, SO only it be not disreputable or
criminal. Some fifteen years ago, Ken
tuckian who could "beat the world at
whistling" used to draw crowds, at twenty
five cents a head, to hear him whistle. He
was doing a fine stroke Of business, and
would no doubt have, laid up something
handsome for rainy day, had he not unfor-
tunately got into the habit Of "wetting his
whistle" so often that he spoiled it. The
fruit-grower whose peaches, pears, apples,
etc., are decidedly better than anybody else's.
is certain to make fortune. Increase Of
excellence is paid for at rates that enable It
to outstrip increase of quantity. A diamond
as large as ones thumb is worth peck or so
Of diminutive sparklers. A horse that can
trot a mile in 2:40 is worth stableful OF g.
minute nags. The highest excellence is the
thing that pays best. Let the young remember
this in time, so that excellence in whatever
they may have to do may become second
nature to them. This will insure to them
success, fame and fortune.
Year: 1864

A large party of gentlemen we're en-
joying themselves in a saloon, when one
of them said that he would like to make
an "April Fool y Of his brother, who
was not then present. A method was de-
vised at once, and man was sent to in
form the absentee that his brother had
been killed in an ARRAY, and was lying in
the saloon. Of course the story was told
in a very pathetic manner. When he
arrived at the saloon his brother was ly-
ing on the counter, with red scarf tied
closely around his neck. He ethought the
red scarf was blood certainly, and in q
terrible fit of excitement he demanded
the person who had slain his brother


Here the joke should have been explain
ed, but was carried little too far. Some
body who appreciated the fun Immediate
ly pointed to man as the guilty party.
In a moment the enrsged brother drew a
revolver and shot Chicago Post.
Year: 1864

yarn our friends TO beware Of SPURIOUS
TICKETS. In time past, men in our county
have voted for candidates they did not
desire to elect, because they took tickets
from traitors in our ganks, who had the
names of opposition candidates mixed in
with ours, and palmed them off as our
regular ticket Now if a man wants to
divide bis choice, he has right to do SO,
but let him do i, openly, and lie. none be
deceived in the case Therefore We cay
to al!-in Kelly, Buffalo, and every other
election district


Read your Ticket before you


put Ii In the BOX:
There are SEVEN Offices TO be filled aud
NINE men to be voted for. See if your
tickets correspond with the following:


For CONGRESS
Year: 1864

heavier calibre and longer range for the Navy
Department and Admiral FArragut is the man.
Forney's vocation lies In the party newspaper
business or in managing secret service party
electioneering fund. as ex-President Buchanan
can testify; or in gathering up the odds and
ends and marrow bones Of the lobby and
kitchen, SO that nothing may be lost. Let the
shoemaker stick to bis last, and let Forney
stick to his vocation. Old Abe. we guess.
will not catch the joke of the qualifications OF
Forney for place in the Cabinet We guess
that be knows the length and breadth Of
FOrney
Year: 1864

HANCocx's CoRps.--A regiment or more could
be easily furnished in this city IL the men Of
wealth would but initiate tho example already
viz:-each to furnish one man. There are moro
than ten thousand persons in this city, not in.
cluding those who have grown rich by the war.
who could we'll afford to send one representa-
tive to the front. Will they do it2
Year: 1864

DISAPPOINTMENT or THE FOREIGN CoRREsPoND-
ENTs.-It is very interesting to note the manner
in which the correspondents for foreign jour
nails speak Of our late election. They conf
IDENTIFY expected . scene Of riot, bloodshcd,
arson and military interposition, and they were
wofully disappointed at finding everything 60
off so quietly. The correspondent OF the Lon
don Times dates his letter from this city Just
after sundovn on election day. Iie evidently
watched all day for the tocsin Of war; but
when the sun went down upon a peaceful city
he set about announcing the fact that the great
national contest was finished in the midst OF
country torn with civil war, and yot not blow
was struck nor an angry word spoken. We
can fancy the chagrin with which he wrote the
sentences Mr.. Goldwin Smith, too, who
writes for the London Nc,cs, and who remained
all day in the vicinity Of the Hoffman House
the military headquarters at that timc-expcct-
Ing every moment to see ordcrlies and couricrs
riding about. conveying orders from this and
that point of tho battle ground, was amazed to
fad no soldiers in the streets, no turbulent
civilians, no indications OF anything particular
going on. Broadway was as gay and fes tive as
ever No deploying Of infantry columns, no
charging Of cavalry disturbed the even tenor
Of the promenader's way; and so Professor
Goldwin Smith pronounces II "a sublime spec
tacle.n Hc "looked In vain for evidence Of the
tyranny OF the majority. lie could scarcely
conceive nation in the midst Of great politi-
cal struggle more temperate. orderly or
Year: 1864




DEMOCRATIC RULE.-This nation, under
Democratic rule, was the wonder Of the
age for its prosperity and the happiness
of its people. But three years and hall
Of Lincolnism has brought 1t to the.verge
of ruin. These truths should be borne in
mind, and every patriot should labor as
industriou>ly in the dissemination Of
truth as Abolitionists have, under Lin
coin. in the dissemination Of (als-hoods. -
A change OF measures with patriotic and
competent men to carry them into effect
is our only prospect Of present safety and
a better future. The voice Of the people
will demand this change in November
next, and woe to the man or men who
shall forcibiy attempt to prevent free
expression Of that voice. The people are
in earnest; they have suffered long ant
patiently, and are not willing TO sufel
longer for the benefit Of swindlers anc
negroes.
Year: 1864

CoxiN0 0vER-Day by day thousands
Of those who voted for Lincoln four years
ago, and who have warmly sustained un,
til recently his policy and Administration
are coming out from his party and de-
noun cling in the most withering terms the
policy that would continue the war at its
immense sacrifice for the sole purpose OF
liberating the negro. They see that the
war has finally merged into that object ;
Lincoln so declared in his communication
to the peace Commissioners at Niagara
Falls, and his brutal declaration has driv-
en- from bis support the best men Of his
own party. Take from him those who
owe their position to his favor and his
subsidized organs; and he would be will
out a party.
Year: 1864

WAETRD.-A man--white or colored-ls want.
ed to run stationary Steam engine. Any person
having any experience in that way will hear Of
q good situation, work light and pay liberal
For further information apply at this office. A.
Year: 1864

PAT was employed at furnace He was
ordered to take the two-wheeled cart with
the oxen, and draw some iron to a particu-
lar spot and dump il He brought the load
to the place designed, and after gesticula-
ting wildly TO his meek oxen, exclaimed:
Rare up rare up ye bastes. and throw
the load overheard. .
Year: 1864

Here is what Ruskin says Of his country
men: We English as a nation, know not,
and care not to know a single broad or basic
principle Of human justice. We have only
our instincts to guide us. We will hit any
body again who hits US. We will take care
of our own families and our own pockets
aud we are characterized in our present
phase of enlightenment mainly by rage in
speculation, lavish expenditure on suspicion
% panic, generosity wherein generosity Is
gardless of those of civilized nations enthu-
siasm for the liberation of the blacks, apa-
thy to enslavement Of whites, proper horror
for regicide, polite respect for populicide,
sympathy for those whom we can no longer
serve, and reverence for the dead whom we
have ourselves delivered to death -
Year: 1864

A man who never loved pretty woman
was lately seen by some Grecnlanders, gong
round the North Pole, with an icicle yard
long hanging to his nasal organ, and asharp
nor easter after him, whistling, Never fall
In love Poor fellow
Year: 1864

kEEP BUsY.-Mcn who have half doz-
en- irons in the fire are not the ones to go
crazy. 1t is the man OF voluntary or com
PEELED leisure who mopes or pines and thinks
himself into the mad house or the grave
Notion is all Nature law Action is man s
salvation, physical and mental. And yet,
nine out of ten are wistfully looking forward
to the covet hour when they shall have leis-
qre doing nothing or something, only if they
ieeI like 1.-THE very siren that has lured to
death many successful man. He only
Is truly wise who lays himself out to work
I'll fife's latest hour, and that is the man
who will live the longest, and will live to
most purpose.
Year: 1864

THE SOLDIERS VoTE,-The Supreme Court of
State has recently decided, that the law extend
inc the right of voting to the soldiers is illegal.
We are not informed of the grounds upon which
this tribunal bases its decision, most probably
some technicality of the law has been the cause
of defeating the expressed will of the loyal peo-
pie. Be this it may, the loyal men of this
State will receive the news with regret. The
brave men who in the hour of trial have come
forward manfully to the rescue, are denied the
privileges which are extended to men at home
loud in their denunciations of I" Lincoln's hire
ling soldiers" We believe a law can be framed
that will effectually override the bubbles and
technicalities of law, and superior to the over
strained and far-fetched construction of the Con-
stitution, which seemed to show that instrument
so cunningly devised, to put it of the
power of the Legislature to do anything what
ever for the general welfare, either in the way Of
correcting old abuses or inaugurating wholesome
corrections. We will not say that in the elec-
ton of the Supreme Bench we have been de-
livered over to the Philstnes, but we will say
that the loyal people of California look to the
Legislature to have this great mistake corrected
and have law passed which will secure to the
soldier the exercise of this nestimable gift
Yreka Journal.
Year: 1864

SHASTA COPPER MINEs.-We have been reliably
informed that some time last week the Original
Williams 4 Kellenger Company received returns
from working test of ten tons of copper ore
taken from their claim, and worked by the Swan
sea Company, of San Francisco, which yielded
an average of $ll7 per ton of copper, besides
the other metals contained therein. The Swan.
sea Company have agreed to make an advance of
so per cent, about $71 per ton, on any
amount of the same kind of rock that may be
delivered to them at San Francisco, and make
returns to the owners for all other metals that
may be obtained after the ore is thoroughly
worked Preparations are now being made for
the continuous shipment of ore to San Francisco.


Nine tons of gold bearing rock, taken from the
claim of the Original Williams and Kellenger
Company, have been crushed by an arastra,
which yielded "a ounces of gold amalgum. The
company have also a large quantity of silver
bearing rock lying at the mouth of their tunnel,
which has not yet been fully tested. The owners
are awaiting the advent of mill in that dis
trct to work it at the mne.-Shasta Courier.
Year: 1864

A CTION BROUGHT IN THE DISTRICT Court
N of the Ninth Judicial District of the State
of California, in and for the county of Trinity,
and the complaint filed in said county of Trinity
in the office of the Clerk of said District Court
The People of the STATE or CGnfernfa send


greeting to LE.nUEL e. .NE.sD.


You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named plain
tiff in the District Court of the Ninth Judicial
District of the State of California in and for the
county of Trinity, and to answer the complaint
filed therein, Ga copy of which accompanies this
Summons) within ten days, exclusive of the day
of service after the service you of this Sum-
mons-f served within this county or, if serv-
ed out of this county, but within this Judicial
District within twenty days; or if served out of
said District, then within forty days-or judg-
ment by default will be taken against you accor-
ding to the prayer of said complaint.


The said action is brought to obtain decree
dvorciug the above named plalntih from the
bonds of matrimony contracted with SAID defen-
dant, that she may be permitted to assume her
maiden name, and again to contract marriage
if it should please said plaintiff so to do, that
she have by said decree the right TO hold to her
own use any and all property, credits, debts and
demands made by her during said marriage win
defendant, and that she have such oiher ana fui-
ther relief in the premises as to this Hon. Court
may seem meet, just and proper, costs OF sun,
&c. And you are hereby notlhed that you iali
to appear and answer the said complaint as above
required, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for
the relief in said complaint demanded
Given under my hand and the seal OF


the District Court of the Ninth Judicial
- District of the State of California in
lis. and for the county of Trinity, this 2sth
- day of January, in the year of our Lord


One Thousand, Ei ght Hundred and Sixty
four. VI. F. GRIFFIN, Clerk.
BaT Published once week for three months
by order of the Comfy Judpe 3.l3.
Year: 1864

REFERRING to the Marysville Appeals statement
that John K. Ridga was engaged as % local - on
the democratic Press the Erening Journal says
g The Appeal is mistaken. John r, Ridge to
our certain knowledge, is in no manner whatever
connected with the Democratic Press We under
stand that he has abandoned politics forever, and
that his pen is now employed in the field of gen.
eral literature.
Year: 1864

To men, the star of love is like Venus in the
sky In early youth it is a dreamy Hesperus, or
an evening star, filling their world with twi-
light of flowers, and the songs of nightngales ;
later. it is the morning star of purity and power
that makes known the day; and they can be
united so as both to become one STAR only
through the fit time of their appearance.
Year: 1864

IT is n curious and unsuspected fact that solar
light is defective as to the showing of colors.
Those shown by the spectrum in the sodium
flame are invisible in daylight. This is a provi-
dental defect, otherwise we should be con-
founded by perpetual display of colors in the
air.
Year: 1864

AT San Francisco, girl named Eugenia Boy
mel, employed in lager beer cellar, died Friday
night, from the effects of poison, taken some
days previous with the intention of suicide The
motive for suicide WEAKNESS of life OF
shame.