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Year: 1865

The DoG.-The man who conld. tire of
reading Fred. Cozzens' description of his dog,
must have nature deficient in the sublime
ingredients. 70 those who have never read.
or want to read it again, we present it.:


A dogs a good thing to have in the coun
try. ! have one that l have raised from a
pup. He is u good stout fellow, and a
hearty barker and feeder. The man of
whom bought him said he was thorough
bred, but he begins to have a mongrel look
about him. He is good watch dog though
the moment he sees any suspicious person
about the premises, he comes right into the
kitchen and gets behind the stove. First
We kept him in the house. and he scratched
all night to get out. Then we turned him
out. and be scratched all night to get in
Then we tied him up at the back, Of tie
garden, and he howled SO that our neighbor
shot at him twice before daybreak. Finally
we gave him away, and he came back, and
now he is just returning from fit in which
ne has torn up patch that has been sowNn
for our spring radishes.
Year: 1865

Moncure ID. Conway, Virginian, in some


Personal recollections of President Lin
coin, /" contributed to an English periodical,
gives the following:


HIS manner of speaking in public was
simple, direct and almost religious lie was
occasionally humorous, but rarely told anec


uotes as he did IN private conversation and
there was no sarcasm, no showing of the
teeth had not listened to him long, on
the occasion to which REFER before l per
celved that there was a certain artistic ability
IN IN him as public speaker, which his au-
olence would least recognize when it was
most employed. Early in the address some
adverse allusion to slavery brought a surge
OF misses, but when it broke at his feet there
was play of a faint smile on his face as he
gathered from it the important knowledge of
the exact proportions of Kentucky, which he
had to deal with on the occasion. have
often wondered that Mr.. Lincoln's power as
an orator-surpassed as it is by that of only
one other American-is so little known or
thought of in Europe and have even found
the impression that he was as speaker,
awkward, heavy any ungrammatical. It.is
singular misiudgment. For terse, well.
pronounced, clear speech for careful and
easy selection of the fit word for the right
place; for perfect tones for quiet, chaste
and dignifed manner-it would be hard to
lind the late Presidents superior


lie said, with an emphasis which made
the proposition seem novel, "Slayery is
wrong t'-thcn came hiss. After mo.
ments pause he continued-each word driv-
en- through and clinched-" 1 acknowledges
that you must maintain your opposition lust
there. if at ALL But | find that every man
comes into the world with a mouth to be fed
and back to be clothed that each has only
two hands and | infer that those hands were
meant to teed that mouth and to clothe that
back. And warn you Kentuckians, that
Whatever institution would fetter those hands
from so doing, violates that Justice which is
the only political wisdom, and is sure to
crumble around those who seek to uphold it.
This lS the constant testimony of the men
who founded this republic 1t was this that
made jefferson tremble for his country when
he remembered that God is Just !; and this
that made your own great statesman, Henry
Clay, pray that his tongue might cleave to
the roof of his mouth ere it voted to carry
slavery into any territory where it did not
exist. Your misses will not blow down the
walls of justice. Slavery is wrong: the
denial of that truth has brought on the angry
conflict of brother with brother; it has kin
died the fires of civil war in Kansas it has
raised the portents that overhang the future
of our nation. And be sure that no COM
promise. no political arrangement with slave
ry will ever last which does not deal with it
as great wrong" The Kentuckians had
nc sibllant arguments to bring forward now.
Year: 1865

TURNING GLAss.-Glass may even be
turned in a lathe. Strange as it seems, this
is literally true. No special tools even are
needed; any amateur turner who has opera.
ted on either of the metals may chuck a
piece of glass on his lathe, and turn it with
the same tools, and in the same way as he
would a piece of steel, only taking care to
keep the chips from his eyes. This strange
discovery was made. almost accidentally, in
the early part of 1860, by one of our most
celebrated mechanical engineers, and might
have been patented, but the inventor con-
tented himself with simply putting it on
record, and generously presented it to the
nation. The consequence was, that no one
cared or thought about it, and the idea has
been suffered to lie nearly barren, though
capable of being turned to account. Let
any amateur mechanic make the experiment,
and he will be surprised at the ease with
which this seemingly. intractable material
may be cut and fashioned according to his
Chambers Journal.
Year: 1865

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

To-day primary election will be held in
San Francisco for delegates to State Ju-
dicial Convention, to make a nomination for
the Supreme Bench, in place of Hon. 5. w.
Sanderson whose term is closing; and also
delegates to County Convention, to NOM
mate Legislative ticket to represent the
City and County of San Francisco in the
approaching Legislature. From the bottom
OF our heart we hope it will be the last pri-
mary election that will ever be held in the
County For, whatever sins of omission or
commission John B. Weller may have been
guilty of, when Governor of the State of
California, his one act, in recommending that
primary elections be legalized, should cover
a multitude OF those sins, 1t was an en-
lnentiy sound recommendation, and one, ifit
had been acted upon and put in force long
since, would have saved the State much bad
legislation, and many of its prominent places
disgrace and degradation. Certainly we do
not use too harsh term, in thus expressing
ourselves, when we present in illustration
the scenes of disorder and bloodshed. which
have characterised several of the assemblages
which have lately sprung into life By means
of the primary system. We never have be.
lieved the system was an honest, fair ex-
preston of popular will, and we have always
advocated that the dictates of common Justice
demanded that it should be legalized, to give
it fairness, stability and character. The
circumstances which have lately transpired
in several localities in the State have
brought SO vividly before the public eye the
bad elements of the system, that the demand
is becoming universal for radical change;
either an entire adjustment of the whole
arrangement, or placing around it such
guards by legislative enactment, as to render
it unobjectionable. All good men must GER
tainly see the necessity of it, for, as matters
are conducted now, the evil effects arising
from the system are SO palpably brought into
view that the vital Importance of an entire
re- organization becomes more deeply i'm.
pressed upon the minds of the peoples f.
SPIRIT ofthe Times.


The legislator who shall draft law that
will work harmoniously, legalizing conyen-
tions and primary elections-such law as
will be sufficiently popular and just to in
sure its observance or enforcement of its
penalties, will have immortalized himself;
and the State that first places such law on
its statute books, will have taken step in
progress and morality far in advance of her
sisters.
Year: 1865

ENLARcED.- The Red Bluff Independent has
been enlarged nearly double its former size,
and is otherwise greatly improved. We wish
friend Chalmers much success, but think he
is wrong in sustaining bolter ticket for
county officers: All good Union papers should
stand by the regular organization. Ereka
Journal.
Year: 1865

And the Albany Regency are now real-
izing the practical common sense con
tanned in the aphorism. We shall watch
the quarrel With but little interest, for,
when united, the party in New York
was net very formidable; divided it viii
be farce.
Year: 1865

DEs MONIES NALPEY RoAp.-Messs sr
Barton " Hull, contractors on the Des
Moines end of the Valley Railroad extern
sion, are making good use OF the splendid
weather we are now having. They have
graded a handsome distance eastward
from the point where the ceremony of
breaking ground was performed some
days since, and are making preparations
at the same time for steady winter work
in the heavy cuts.-Register.
Year: 1865

Little Charles came to the table very
hungry, and he had his fork in n potato,
and the potato transferred To his plate be-
fore he thought of the usual blessing
Looking up To his father, he says:-'Pa,
YOU talk to Heaven while mash my po-
L,to' His hunger made him wish TO im-
Year: 1865

CURRENCY WAR.-At the annual meeting
Of the Board Of Directors Of the Iowa State
Bank, at Iowa City, in November last, it
was resolved to provide for the redemption
Of the issues Of the branches Of that bank
1t some bank in Chicago. The other banks
have been nnxiously waiting to have this
resolution carried into effect, but have wait
ed in vain, and it is now announced, We
understand, that the arrangement has fallen
through entirely, and this calls forth the
notice Of the First National Bank, which
will be found in another column. The no.
tice means that on and after the day speci-
fed, that bank will receive on deposit none
but Treasury notes and National Bank
notes. The step is properly taken. If the
State banks will not provide for par re-
demption in Chicago, it is not to be expect
ed that they can be handled at par by other
banks, or that they should be entitled to
current circulation among business men.


The key to this non-action Of the State
Bank is this, as we believe: They are de.
termined-each and all-at an early day to


withdraw from the State Bank system and
60 into the National system. We noticed
few days since, that the Muscatine Branch
was about to do so, and since that time we
learn that the Burlington Branch--the hea-


West in the famly-is going to take the
same step. So will they oil.


The public will please pay particular at
tention to the "notice," and handle funds
accordingly.
Year: 1865

IA man who took the night boat at New
pert for New York, recently slept all night,
and waking the next morning early, took his
travelling bag, went ashore, good into n hack,
and asked TO be driven TO the Astor House.
The astOnisbment of the hackman led to the
travellers discovery of the fact that the boat
had been weather-bound at the wharf in New
mort all night
Year: 1865

Kirby Smith and party at Piedras Negras, about fifty
miles from Eagle Pass. train of seventyfve wagons
four pieces of artillery and nine hundred muskets are
said to have been surrendered by Kirby Smith and party
who are parole.


The above news was received In Brownsville on the
18th inst, from Major Texxier of Cortna's staff
GENERAL SHELBY SELLS OUT NExIcASs


clip the following from the San Antonio Herald


Our information from Eagle Pass and Piedras Neeras
Is up to July We learn that General Shelby had reach
ell the first named point in quiet and peaceable manner
but was informed by the authorities Piedras Negras
that he would not be allowed to take his men into Mexico
with arms their hands but that If he would leave his
arms there would be objection TO his entrance INTO the
country emgrants with himself and men, We are in
formed that General Shelby finally agreed to this and
sold his arms and cannon to the liberals at Fiedras Ne
gras There two thousand five hundred stands OF
small three pieces of artillery for which Shelby
received eleven thousand dollars-sx thousand in specie
and five thousand in bonds issued by the liberals The
arms were Immediately shipped for Chihuahua the
Governor Of the State OF Coahua acted as agent for the
liberals.


General Shelby entered Mexico with about two hundred
and fifty


GENERAL MgRRIrTs CAVALRY COLUMN
:, The column of cavalry under the command OF Major
General Merritt which left Shreveport on the Sth inst
has arrived at Marshall, Texas


The march through the State will probably occupy
month Forage and water il Is expected will be very
scarce along certain portions Of the route but up TO the
present time there has been abundance of both.


The correspondent of the New Orleans Times writing
from Shreveport the Sh inst in speaking of the
route which General Merritt intends to take, says
starting from Austin the command crosses Onion creek
in am eight mile march; Woody Spring is good hating
place thence but ten miles; Marco river is distant
but ten miles; the Guadalonpe river is erred by long
stretch OF twenty seven miles thence nineteen miles
and Cibolo creek is crossed; sixteen miles on home
stretch and the end OF the present march, San Antonio
Is reached The above is tho chart that will guide the
expedition on the San Antonio, distance of
four hundred and twenty five miles There twenty
eght camping spots twenty eight water sources at which
the command will halt II is a thirty day march
THE RAlLIoAD BETWEEN SHREVEPORT AND MARSHALL,


TEXAS.


On the 9th inst, delegation of the Board OF Directors
OF the Southern Pacific Railroad Company arrived in
shreveport for the purpose of comforting with General
Veach in regard to the completion of the road between
that town and Marshall, Texas
Year: 1865

CRocKET's LAST --Davy Urocket says
in his life he once went o hunting and af.
ter hunting for three or four hours, he
came to the conclusion that the game was
scarce, 80 to pare away time. to use his
own expression,he put up mark against
tree and commenced to fire target, when
be had fred all but one load, deer
came bounding i'm mDediately in the front
OF Davy-who sprang right in pursuit of
1.-THE followed il up until lie came to dees
creek,where be saw the deer drinking un-
der large tree. Davy was about to fire
his remaining load, when a large flock of
wild turkeys happened to alight on limb
of the tree that hung over the water
Drawing back his gun and resting it on
the ground he thought he would try a lit
tie, stTotegy,so creeping on his hands and
feet until he came to deep ravine, here
he came 10 one Of them wise coucl,,SioHs,
Of which Crockes was noted for which
Was, "if he fired at the turkeys he would
of course sker thesdeer and il he fred at
tne deer he would "Skcr,' the turkeys" as
he only had one load left be would resort
to said strategy. Taking out a pocket
knife, he split the ball in half and ram
med down one half, and then broke off
the blade of his knife and rammed that


also down, in the centre of his rife bar


rel, and then forced the other, part Of the


ball home, one half OF the ball now being


on one side of the blade and the other, he


(David) brought his rife to an aim at the


deer, ,and then as quick as fash Of greas-


ed tightening be drew of and fired at the


turkeys which split the limb OH which
the turkeys had been roosting. He had


now done what be wanted to do, one half


OF his bullet lodged in the brain of the
deer, which killed him as dead as door
nail and the other hall ball split the limb


on which the turkeys had been standing,
which went together as soon, as the ball
had traversed the limb, and caught The
turkeys By The feet. Davy then climbed the
{ tree and cut the limb off, which fell into
the creek, going in the creek for to drag
i the limb on shore, he thought he was get.
o ting heavy in his legs all at once, pulling


of his boots be recoled with terror for ou
of his boots rolled fish to the amount of fu


bushels.
Year: 1865

sar 1t is doubtful if any place in the
world can rival New York ia enterprise
The other day a poor omnibus horse fell
by the way, aud died opposite the Astor
House, and before the animal had ceased
kicking an enterprising bill.poster had him
covered with "Cash paid for old rags a
No 10 Ann street."
Year: 1865

The number of people who like to be swindlcd
is always large, and the number who like to
accommodate them does not seem to be small.


1t is no matter Of surprise when new method


Of gullng the unwary is exposed, but the
remarkable thing is how often the old tricks are


played over again, and with what persistence a
system of roguery that has been thoroughly


laid open is adhered to, ard what success it


meets with. Last year., for instance, the
certificate jewelry business was so completely
unmarked in these columns that the enterprise


of its conductors was good deal discouraged.


But this year We find them again at work under
another and more ambitious name. Then it


was as the individual firm Of Brown, Jones &


Robinson they did business. Now, in Boston


and Washington, swindling has become joint


stock enterprise, rasoaIity get. itself incorpo-


ratei aud under the name Of the NewYork
Year: 1865

alleging that the relation which led to such
disposition Of the property was an immoral one,
and emancipation contrary to the policy of
Mississippi Sharkey evidently believes, with
Taneys revolutionary patriots, that negroes
have no rights which white men are bound to
respect; and it will take very keen observa.
ton, q nice discernment, to discover the differ.
cnce between Slavery and the condition OF the
Mississippi negroes under his unchecked sway.


Yerger, who has been appointed q. s. District
Judge for Mississippi, is also Whig OF the
oden time and (if the Yerger we presume him)
q worthy, able man. Either he or his brother
was State Judge by popular election some
twenty years ago, and gave judgment that the
State must pay her bonds. The district was OF
doubtful politics; but at the ensuing election
the Democrats put up repudiator against
Yerger and ran him out. To decide that the
State must pay her debts may have been very
good law and unquestionable justice, but was
not favorable to judicial longevity in Mississippi
about those days.


Both Sharkey and Yerger must be rather
astonished at finding themselves on the ruling
side in their State. They had probably outlived
the hope of this some years ago.
Year: 1865

The CourTier des Efats tnis-true TO it,
instructive and unfaiiing hostility TO Human
lLiberty-says:


I'VE are not Of those who are resolved e. refuse


indefinitely and with pIedeterminaion, the night OF
suffrage u gToes but dOcs not usually iniTust


instrument, 20 those capable Of handling w. mud the
fret cor 1iilon ~ the Obtanment of right 10 To know
day without education almost without the iii Of reason.
without ideas OF general politics or government,
On, moved Dy instincts they capable all al once Of
making a use Of the suffrage wLCn would be sintafy
TO o,hers or 10 themselves We do not think So Here
are men. rather children, who do rot even compIe
bend that il Ia necessary To labor In order TO have the
right 10 iiye-and you would gave them instantly thc
share in the government Of the State This Is neither
possible nor sane. Here is ace which absolutely
needs uelagea race of minor. Who must be protected
against themselves and you would ctll the pupils TO
govern their teachers Is that reasonable q


How do you know that the Freedmen "do
not even comprehend that it is necessary to
labor in order TO have the right to liye" We
probably see at least a. many of the Freedmen
as you do, and we never yet met one who did
not perfectly comprehend what you say they
do not. And We say with perfect confidence
that there is not one able-bodied Freedman in
five hundred who would not gladly work for
fair wages if he could only be sure of obtaining
them when earned, and of not being reduced
again to bondage. But there are comparatively
few able to pay wages at the South, while
thousands of planters hate their late slaves,
and swear that, if compelled To pay wages,
they will not pay them TO negroes. Hence
widespread anarchy and idleness.


This cry that the poor will not work is very
old one.. The English think the Irish indolent
or inefficient; yet in this country the Irish are
GOOD workers. Who has not heard of the ncOr-
rigibly idle Lazzaroni Of Naples Yet we hear
that idleness in Naples is receding before the
advances of Liberty. Wherever you hear that
the Poor are indolent, be sure that there the
Rich do not comprehend their duties or do not
accept them. Comparatively few men will
persist in hunger and idleness when they can
get fair compensation for work.


But "here is race which absolutely needs
tutelage." Why they have had five or six gen.
erations Of it already; and you say that " they
are without education" (very truc,) and sal
most without the gift of reason -" only
moved BY instincts" &c. If that lie what ever
so much "tutelage" has done for them, is MT
it high time to try something elsei


1t is cruel-nay, it is villainous-that Oppres
sion should put out ita victims eyes, and then
make their blindness an excuse for mmuring
them indefinitely. Shame that the cause Of
Despotism should find its most dextrOus adyo.
Year: 1865

We are advised from Washington that all
civilians from this State now before the Mill
tary Commission sitting in that city have been
concusively remanded to their proper civil ju-
risdiction. We greet this as an earnest that
all exceptional military jurisdiction is very soon
to be terminated.
Year: 1865

The Vienna PreSse relates the following
incident: On Monday last manufacturer
Of this city was going 10 celebrate his mar
riage with young girl without any fortune.
On arriving al the church the intended
bridegroom wished 10 leave his hat in the
carriage. He raised il from his head, but
unfortunately brought away his WIG as well.
No sooner did the young lady see the arti-
fetal head OF hair detached from the skull
OF her lover than she refused TO become his
wife, and each returned home, 10 the great
disappointment OF the witnesses and 9th
ers who were present"
Year: 1865

From Rev. J. Newton Brown, d. H., Editor OF the En-


cyclopedia Oi Religious knowledge and the Chris


tan Chronicle. Philadelphia,


Although not disposed to favor OF rocOmmsnd Pat
et Medicines IN general through distrUst Of their
INGREDIENTS and effects, yet know Of no sufficient
reasons Why 4 man may not testify to the benefits
hs believes himself 70 have received from any simple
preparation in the hope that he may thus contribute
10 the benefit Of others.


do this the more readily in regard to Hollands
German Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. n Jackson, OF
this City because was prejudiced against them for
many years under the impression that they were
chiefly an alcoholic mixture / am indebted to my
friend Robert shoemaker Esq for the removal OF
tins prejudice by proper tests ami for encouragement
to try them when suffering from great and long con
tinued debility. The Of three bottles Of these
bitters At the beginning Of the present year was fol
lowed by evident relief and restoration To degree
u bodily ana mental vgor which had not folt for
SIX months before. and had almost despaEed of re
gaming therefore thank God and My friend for
directing me 10 use them.
Year: 1865

stamping and clapping, and gush of song
rose from those manly hearts which might
have been heard for miles OH there is joy
in heaven over one sinner that repentcth," aud
should there not be JOY on earth?


We hope God converted the soul Of Mr..
Rose. for he became good man, and his
family we're very happy But We hope no
other daughter will have to resort to so painful
remedy to save father ETHEL.