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Year: 1863

RELEASED FROM ARREsr.-The Easton
(Md.) Gazette states that the parties re-
Gently arrested in that town while at
tending political conven tion, have been
released after subscribing to the follow
ing:


"We the subscribers, do hereby pledge
ourselves and obligate by this written
agreement that we will not, during the
present rebellion against the government
and authority Of the United States, Or
ganize or assist in tho organization o1
any party inimioal or opposed to the ad'
ministration of said government-tha'
we will not nominate, assist in the nomi.
nation nor vote for any candidate or can.
didates for Office of district, county, State
or general government who are in sym
patty with the so.called Confederate
States government or opposed to the vig-
orous prosecution Of the war now waged
for the complete suppression Of the exist
ing rebellion. All this We promise and
pledge without any mental reservation
whatever, with full purpose to keep
and observe the same"
Year: 1863

We publish below the forms OF the
ticket which we print. containing the
names of ALL the candidates nominated
by the Union convention. Both forms
are headed Regular Unconditional Union
Ticket. Please make this FACT known,
so that our friends will not be deceived
by the clap-trap headings Of the tickets
circulated by independent candidates.
Unless the ticket is headed and printed
in the type and form which we give be-
low, you may rest assured that some
nominees name is stricken of, and some
independents name substituted IN it'
place.
Year: 1863




A HINT TO FARMERs.-Wer may send
to England for Durham COWS, Or Spain
or Saxony for the finest sheep; We may
search ,he world over for cattle that
please the eye, but unless they receive
the best care and liberal feeding, they
will most assuredly deteriorate, and
eventually become as WORTHLESS and as
unworthy of propagation as any Of tho
skeleton breeds that now haunt our rich
but neglected pasture lands. We re-
member an anecdote 10 point. and will
relate i. by way of illustration. A far
mer having purchased COW from the
country, abouuding in the richest past
urage, upon taking her 10 his own infs-
rior pastures, he found that she fell short
Of the yield which he was informed she
was accustomed to give. He complained
to the gentleman of whom he had pur-
chased. that the COW was not the one he
had bargained for; or in other words.
that she was not what she was cracked
up to be. 'Why.' said the seller, i
sold you my cow. but I did not sell you
my pasture too
Year: 1863

FALL OF RocK.-A day or two since
the large table rock, below the suspen-
sion bridge at Clifton. fell, taking with
it large section of the bank. Tho con-
cussion produced by the fall is said to
have shaken the bridge from end to end,
as we'll as the portion Of the land and
tenements in the vicinity, causing many
to imagine that an earthquake had
taken place. Tho rocks and earth have
formed a small island in the river, but
it is expected that the action of the wa
ter will speedily remove it, as the current
is very swift and strong at the spot. OF
late years the rock sliders have been
very frequent to give persons confidence
in their title deeds.-S. Catharine'
Journal.
Year: 1863

Tun KENTUCKY TOBACCO CRoP.-From
the best information it is in our power


get, we are satisfied the tobacco crop
in this State has not been materially in
iured by the frost. We have solicited
answers from correspondents and from
farmers, and they all tell us. as far as
we have heard, the injury to the stand
ing crop is by no means SO great as was
at first reported. No doubt the crop is
injured in Indiana and Illinois; the frost
was severer in thoseStates than in ours,
and we havs no doubt that the yield 10
Kentucky will be fully as large IS last
year, if not larger, because Of the large
planting in every section Of tho State. -
LouisuilLe Journal.
Year: 1863

PosrrIvELY THE LAST DAY or THE
sALr.-To-dsy win be the last day Of the
auction at Kilbournc's Of that fne stock
of China and Glassware. Here is an op.
porsun'ty to purchase crockery that will
not occur again soon. There are a great
many fine articles that yet remain and
must be sold. The ladies' are especially
invited to be present, as this is tie dsy
lhs. it all must be closed up. Sale to
commence at 10 o'clock.
Year: 1863

To dress man in fashion, you must begin by
giving him good HAT. mutt be elegant in shape oeauu
Ia finish ne plus ultra in fit, and it then becomes al Acs
both OF dros and ornament Such hat can be had o
No 2la Broadway, Of Pu.ont whose fame III 'S'
line ia known everywhere This one OF the places 00
made a note Of" when found.
Year: 1863

s1-The recklessness of the South in
money matters, proves their desperation,
their disbonesty-or both. The Georgia
Legislature has Just appropriated Thirteen
Million Dollars for War purposes. The
Confederate debt is equal to that Of the
Union, and worth one twelfth Of its face.
They now propose to compel their s per
cent creditors to receive new bonds at 6
per cent, or forfeit their claims. Contrast
these facts with the financial condition of
the Union, and any one can Zee which is
o reality and which is bubble.
Year: 1863

r9.The Soldiers Fair in Boston is
stated to have realized One Hundred
thousand Dollars. That in Cincinnati is
now in progress. If relief could reach
them, not man in all our Union army or
navy should suffer for anything really
needed that could be given them.
Year: 1863

To KILL WORMS IN PEACH TREE RooTs.
Our people do not sufficiently attend to
their fruit trees hence the defective char
acter Of much Of our fruit. A simple plan
for destroying the worm that infest the root
of the peach tree is hereuuto annexed, and
is at least worth trial. Many tree might
thus be madeto bear perfectly which would
otherwise fail


aTake small hoe, or other suitable I'M
plement, and excavate the earth from the
roots Of the tree to the depth that the worms
usually penetrate. Then take about 9
pound of unslacked lime, broken into small
fragments !; mix it with the earthfremoved
from the tree root, and pack theFmixture
into, the excavation around the tree; then
pour water upon the mixture in sufficient
quantity to slack the lime. The heat evolv.
ed by this means, together with the corro.
sive quality of the lime will, within few
minutes, destroy every worm, even when
Year: 1863

In the case Of the schooner Prince Alfred captured by
the United States steamer SusQuehanna September Q,
1861 and the schooner Juan captured by the Same
vessel September % prize lists have not bsen for
warded 10 the Department. and the distribution Of the
prize money Ia thereby prevented.


The Department therefore finds necessary that the
share Of prize money which would have accrued in
cases 70 Captain John A. Chaunccy who commanded the
steamer squehanpa 1t the time Of the captures Is for
feited. " 80


The "Act for the better government Of the Navy Of tho
United States approved April o. 1850, directed (artce
7, section ID that 1.-THE commanding officer Of every
ship vessel In the navy who shall capture seize upon
papers and writings found board and transmit the
whole Of the originals unmutated to the Judge Of the
district to which such prize s ordered to proceed and
shall transmit TO the Navy Department and TO the agent
appointed to pay the prize money complete lists OF the
officers and men entitled TO share OF the capture, In
serting therein the quality Of every person rating, ON
pain Of orfeng the whole share Of the prize money re-
sulticg from such capture and suffering such further
punishment as court martial shall adjudge.


similar law, providing the same penalty FOR failure
to transmit prize lists to the Navy Department, is
tained in the act for the better OF the navy
Of the United States approved July IL. 1852


The Department. has no discretionary power to remit
Of it, clear that the intent OF the law has
been violated and Its purpose defeated and that those
entitled to prize money are suffering tho consequences OF
cupable neglect by their commanding of1cer OF duty
80 strongly enjoiped


Its power order court martial, with view 10 the
further punishment OF the offender is discretionary and
may be compelled this power But It trusts
tive and certain penalty provided by the law will have
the effect OF preventing similar neglect OF duty tho
part OF commanding officers making captures


GIDEON WEILES, Secretary OF the Navy
Year: 1863

A DETERMINED DEMoCRAT.--There lives a
in this city who such tremendous a,cr OF monarchy
that he would until lately HAT because there is
in It. This resolution, which necessarily source
of much modification his friends at length overcome
by sight Of Of the Fan HATS Of the newest style and
graceful shape manufactured by knox, No 22 Broad
way Iuscnsibe all other arguments be could not ress,
the subtle cnaon excited by this latest triumph Of the Hat
ter
Year: 1863

"Not but what we think they have been
the cause of doing great deal Of good, but
for the reason that we are persistent advo.
Gates of law and order. We sustain the Unit
ed States government in all of its efforts to
reassert Federal authority and enforce law
and order. We will, to the best of our ability,
aid and assist the just and proper adminis-
tration of all laws, and also win we be ever
ready to denounce those who set them at
defiance. Should all other means be ex-
hausted, liberty and life imperiled by the
connivanre of those properly constituted to
administer the laws, as last resort, then We
say let the people organize and deal out
merited retribution. Presuming our posi-.
to tot the g extreme anti.Yigilantes, vi who, as a
general thing, belong to that class the first
to violate the law, and afterwards the most
loud mouthed in their appeals to the law for
protection" .. .t.....,...
Year: 1863

There is good reason for believing that gold
was the first metal with which man became ac-
qualnted. Its peculiar properties render it the
best for the purpose of being worked by prim-
tive people. Gold is the only metal which is
found in q metallic state, such as we see it used in
the arts and manufactures. The process of ex-
tracing all other metal from their matrix or ore,
is so tedious and difficult that without gold it is
probable our toretathers wolld have had no met
ais at all to use. We who live at this period Of
the worlds history can well believe how little
advancement could be made in civilization with
out metal of some kind. Now these qualities
which we recognize as metallic in the highest de-
gree are possessed by gold, and it is thus we see
even in this single instance, proof of the Crea-
tors wisdom, the adaptation of a means to an end
Gold, the most easily worked of all met lis, the
most mpershable, the most brilliant and attrac.
tive, was the first that was given to man. No
other metal could have served the purpose so well
as the one we lind him possessed OF. No wonder
gold is typfed 10 the scriptures as the purest
metal no wonder that it was chosen as the
means Tin the shape of coin) of representing the
products of labor, that man should select what
age after age has proved to be the most fitting
thing for this purpose AS an assurance TO US
that the supply Of gold shall be adequate to our
wants, this metal has been found in the ratio of
the increase of the human family. 1t is diffused
over The whole earth, and has acted as stimulus
to man to visit regions previously unoultivated.
The wids Of Australia and California have thus
been peopled in our day in the same way that the
Spaniards peopled South America years ago
ScptlmuS PieSse.
Year: 1863

to the mill, nor gave them longer rest than the
cuckoos note lasted, or they could sing a song.
But that qlern was such that it ground any thing
that the grinder chose, though until then it had
ground nothing but gold and peace. So the
madens ground and ground, and one sang their
pteous p tale in strain worthy of Eschylus as
but trodi was deaf. Then they turned in giant
mood, and ground no longer peace and plenty but
hre and war. Then the quern went fast and furi-
Gus, and that very night came Mysing the Sea-
rover, and sew Frodi and all his men, and carried
OF the quern and SO Frodi's peace ended. The
madens the Sea-rover took with him, and when
he got on the high seas he bade them grind salt.


80 they ground and at midnight they asked
hlm If he had not enough, but he babe them
still grind on. So they ground till the shin was
fall and sank, Mysing, maids, and mill, and all.
i 4 mats why the sea is salt.-Popular Tales from
Year: 1863

of twelve years, when young law student
agreed with him that if he would catch and
put out his horse for given length of time.
he might ride his horse to see his friends
at thanksgiving. So they made the bargain,
In the same spring there was beautiful lamb
born, and sporting on the hills near by. When
thanksgiving had arrived, and young Nathan.
the boy, was mounted for his journey, his
friend the student, calls to him, sa,


"' Nathan, have you any money to spend
if you need =


es sir, | have three nine penny pieces


The student knew that be had been yerv
faithful, and handed him silver dollar. Ma.
than took it, surprised, glad, wondering How
large 1T looked He had never been so rich
before How carefully he put it in his pocket.
and how often he let the horse walk that he
might thrust his hand in his pocket and feel
of it, and turn it over, and then take it out
and look at it What should he do with it 2
At last he thought Of the beautiful lamb. and
determined to buy it. And buy it he did. But
he had no home and no place to keep il, and
so he tied string around its neck and led Ito
an honest man, who took it, and agreed to
give him half the increase. For Just torty
years he held on to his sheep, letting them
out here and there to people who wanted them
Then he found how he could increase his nron-
erty if he had his sheep in money. The little
lamb had increased TO one thousand and siiz-
ty Jour and he sold them for fifteen Auu.
dred and ninety six dollars , From that time
his property increased very fast. He is now.
an old man but at his own expense he has
lust reared that beautiful building, and has
done much Tor the college besides - '. 9'"


Ny friend paused, and we walked on ST.
lently. An said to myself, if that
boy had spent his first dollar on something to
eat, or to drink, OR to smoke, how different
might have been his whole life How much
may turn on the skip Of the lamb, that drew
his eyes to it, or to word dropped by some
friend He might have wasted bis dollar, but
now that building will stand and be doing
good, long, long, after he is dead and gone /


lhe babe bow In his mothers arms will come
here and be student, and bless that man.
Such a way of doing good is like that of Ia.
cob In digging bis well. 1t gave drink TO him.
sell, and to his children, and to his cattle, but
ltremalned, to give drink to every generation,
tAl Christ came to it, and met the poor Sa.
marian woman there, and preached the first
gospetl sermon there, and gave to those who
drank OF that we'll the waters of eternal life"


AS L unused and thought of it, l seemed to
hear voice saying Write out this story
perhaps 1t may fall on the eyes of some boy
who Will take his first dollar, and so use il
that ne may yet found school, rear college
building, OR ondow professorship, where
there will be faithful teaching, and immortal
minds trained up for Gods glory, long, long
after he has gone to the dead -


50 | write it, and send it out with a
prayer. Who can tell the result ?--S. s.
Year: 1863

What beautiful building'' said l, as
we paused--my friend and lin our walk
under the trees in the colleges grounds, and
looked at new building just finished. 1t was
handsome, and useful, and will probably stand
there for generations to come.


That building, said my friend, was built
by little lamb.


Do explain yourself


We'll, many years ago there was poor
boy who lived in the south part of the coun-
try. He was motherless boy, his mother
having died when he was four months old. lie
was living with married sister at the age
Year: 1863

The subject we are here met to discuss is one
Of ofsurpassng interest, and exCtes at this moment,
and has excited for several years past, the atte =
ton and astonishment of the civilized world.
(Hear) We see country which for many years
during the lifetime Of the Oldest among US
has been the most peaceful, the most prosperous,
and the most free amongst the great nations OF
the earth. CLEAR, he2r) We see it plunged all
at once into the midst Of a sanguinary revolution,
whose proportions are SO gigantic as to dwa1f all
other revolutionary records and events of which
we have any knowledge (Hear) But l do not
wonder at this revolution No man canread the
Year: 1863

Tighten our darkness, Lord of Light
Disperse from US the shades OF night.
The right is deep where shall we go,
But to thy sunlight's bless ed glow?
We grOpe, We grieve, are lost are lone
Oh guide us to thy spotess throne
The twilight of our being raise
Unto thy starlight's hsllowed gaze
From starlight to thy crovning day,
Which takes our darkest shades away
Tighten our darkness, Lord Of Ligh!
Afar the day CLEANS on our sight
The distances lie distant still


We wait the moving Of thy will.
The valleys where dim footsteps go,
Are full Of music sweet and low,
Which sounds from Thy angelic choirs,
To kindle all our kind desires
We long from darkness to upsoar
Where night enfoIds US neYermore.


Tighten our darkness, Lord of Light a
Guard thou our slumbers through he night ;
Watch o er the world, where our repose
Is watched by irieRds and watched by foes ;
Where gloom and brightness interblend,
Till sleep and deathlike stiffness end.
When thy eternal morning breaks
The spell this earthly slumber makes,
For all the blackness of the night,
Give US thy glory, Lord of Light
Year: 1863

WAsHINGToS, CoPPERHEAD-" = George
Washington was copperbead.a according
to the Republican definition of that word. II
the following extracts from his Farewell Ad.
dress are not . eopperhead remarks" we know
not what are


Indignantly frown upon the first dawuing
OF every attempt TO alleDianate any portion Of
our country from the rest or to enfeeble the
sacred ties which now link together the various
parts.


The Constitution which ST any time exists,
till changed by an explicit and authentic act of
tie people, is sacredly obligatory upon all


Resist with care the spirit of innovation
upon its principles, however specious the pre-
texts.


The spirit Of eueroachment tends to consolid-
ale the powers of all departments in one, and
thus create, whatever the form of government,
real despotism.


Let there be no change By usurpation for
though this in one Instance may be the instru-
meut Of good, it IS the customary Instrument
by which free government is destroyed"
Year: 1863

Is lscomposei entirely Of healing gums, andvegetahe
oils and herbs. 1t is perfectly safe for the most
delicate to use. l car most sincerely say that |
have never known any. however delicate, 20 be iu
jured by ii in the least. will continue 10 ask the
afflicted, who have not used it, to try it for the
following diseases. Ifthey are not satisfied with
its healing properties the money will be cheerfaly
refunded by the agent where the medicine is for
sale.


If you have Pain in the Stomach or Bowels. try a
dose of Pain Panaeea internally, bathe externally
over the parts affected, aud you will at once restore
the proper action and relieve the pain.


If you have Bruise or Wound bathe il web with
the Pain Panacea four times day. 1t viii relieve
the pain and take out all the poison and heal the
wound in a short time.


If you are suffering from Neuralgia or Rheumatic
Pains, apply the Pain Panacea freely. and take a
dose OF It internally, morning. noon and night il
Will not only cure the pain, bat viii remove the
cause OF the disease


lfyou have the Dyspepsia, and your food dis
tresses your stomach after eating, take dose CT
Pain Panacea after each meal


If You have Canbered or Sore mouth or Throat
apply the Pain Panacea To the affected parts, aud
gargle the mouth or thsoat three four times
day.


If you have the Diarrhoia or a relaxed state af
the bowels, take few doses of Pain Panacea, and
they will soon be restored If YOU have painful
swelling. battle the parts freely. and YOU will
relieve the pain. and the swelling viii be reduced
If you have severe toothache, apply the Pain
Panacea on piece of cotton and blthe the gum at
the same time it will stop the pain instantly.
If you have pain in the Breast. Side Back or
Kidneys, bathe the parts affected morning and
night at the same time take dose Of Panacea
internally.


If a Mother has a Caked Breast, apply the
Pain Panacea as hot as it can be borne.


If you feel chilly or cold as though you were go
ing to have fever, take dose of Panacea.
If you have wound. cut, or gals on your horse,
apply the Pain Panacea; it will take out all the
inflammation and heal the sore in a short time.
Sold by all the principal druggists, and by


REDINGTON d CO., A gents


4l6 and AS Front street. San Francisco.


No OPIUM OR cALo'InL.-


DR.. WM. HALLS BALSAM FOR


THE LUNGS HAS NO EQUAL ASA


LUNG MEDICINE, AND IS ESPE-
CIALLY ADAPTED TO THE CON


sTITUTIONs OF FEMALES AND


THOSE SUFFERING FROM con


SUMPTION OR ANY LUNG COM


PLANT. GIVE IT A TRIAL.


REDINGTOS d CO..


Wholesale Agents, ZIG and AS Front


street. San Francisco.
Year: 1863

CoNsIsrKXr.-The Loyal LeagueTs are for
the war aud down on political parties. In
their estimation every man who is in favor Of
peace Is traitor and a supporter ofJetf Davis.
Yet these same immaculate patriots recently
elected a man to State Office in Rhode Island
who declared that " this war has lasted long
enough, and am in favor Of letting the Soa,h
GO" They also defeated a canidate for Con-
gress who is now At the head Of regiment in
the field, solely because be is q Democrat.
What insolence and baseness for such fellows
to talk about their love for the Union and their
-hstved Of political narties in this emergency.
Year: 1863

B The snobs of the English aristocracy
cre sometimes " nice people for small ten
party" Wehayejust got through our amaze
ment over the Champion scandal, and now
VIC find Lady Clinton appearing in the divorce
court with petition for separation from
her lord. She had been left quite destitute
In the world because she Ind refused to live
in the same'house with her husbands mis-
tress, and she did not know what course to
Year: 1863

Because the President decided against
the Radicals of Missouri and Kansas in
the sohofeld matter, to their no small re-
gret and indignation, the Republican and
other seymOurites have very cOOlly claim
ed Mr.. Lincoln as oa their side. In view
of this fact it is matter of interest to
quote the Presidents latest expression, 60
ing to show with which side his sympa-
thies are, In a letter recently written by
him to Governor Bradford, of Maryland,
en- the subject of the election in that State,
he uses the following truthful language;


"In this struggle for the nations life I
cannot so confidently rely on those whose
election may have depended upon disloyal
votes. Such men when elected may prove
true, but such votes are given them iu the
expectation that they will prove false"


These ere noble words, and the heart of
the man that uLters them cannot be very
far astray. Is it not slightly cool, to say
the least of it, to claim man entertaining
such views, to be on the side of party
which got twelve hundred majority in Cal
lsWsy county, fifteen hundred in Howard,
one thousand in Platte, twelve hundred in
Clay, and received the vote of every rebel
voting in the State of Missouri.