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Year: 1865

The large steel bell in the spire oi Il
Catholic Church, in consequence Of II
breaking of the iron work on which it N
hung, fell from its place while being run
on Sabbath morning, and In its des csi
carried away everything beneath it-to Il
very ground. Its weight is abou. thr
thousand pounds, and Notwithstanding
terrible force with which it fell, II 81
tanned no injury. The person who y
ringing it had narrow escape, but p.s
of the way in time to avoid the dang
We learn the parties from whom the I
was purchased warranted everything
one year, and if such is the case they
be obliged to make all loss good andstlo
be compelled to furnish bell-frams str
enough to support the weight placed "
it without,the liability Of breaking ~
time it is used.
Year: 1865

"a Should the water in the lower Mis-
sissippi continue at its present high stage
until increased in volume by the usual
June rise, the damage will be almost in
calculably great. In some places the river
is now thirty or forty miles wide. Oppo-
site Vicksburg the water is several feet
deep all over the peninsula, and is still
flowing in and the town of De Soto is sub
merged. One of the houses caved in few
days since, and four or five ofits occupants
were drowned.
Year: 1865

"a The Council B,u1ls Bugle does not
blame Booth for the assassination of the
President, but charges the awful crime up
on Deity! To what devilish, impious rea-
soning will not thorough Copperhead de-
scend in order to screen the diabolical
wretches with whom he is In sympathy,
when they outrage humanity as in the case
in question?
Year: 1865

Ia It should be borne in mind that rev.
enue stamps do not pay the postage on let
ters; also that letters wholly unpaid are
not forwarded to their destination but sent
to the Dead Letter Office, Washington. It
would seem as if these facts would never
be learned by some people.
Year: 1865

PLEASURE PARTY.-One of the most
pleasant and agreeable parties that has
been given here for long time came OIL
last night ON board the popular steamer
Wild Wagner. The clever and accom-
uodating Capt browne made his guests
feel at home, aud i'll the maizes OF the
dance the participants drowned their
cares About midnight an excellent sup
per was prepared and served up in fine
style After doing ample justice to the
repast, the party resumed the dance,
which continued until near daybreak
tins morning Considering the fact that
It was an impromptu affair, it was one
Of the most social and Jjovial gatherings
eyel assembled Oh a steamboat.
Year: 1865

san FRANCISCO, March Ga fire in
Grass Valley yesterday destroyed s25 900
worth of property.


There is considerable prospecting for
petroleum going on in several PORTIONS Of
the State, with results not yet ascertain.
ed.


A large trade is growing up on the Col
orado river where five steamers and II
number of barges are running from the
mouth of the stream to Fort Yumalapu-
yes and Fort MOhave. The Salt Lake
trade by that route is augmentng.


The work on the California end OF the
Pacific railroad is progressing tavorably,
and will be pushed more vigorously since
the favorable action of Congress


Owing to long drought, the stock Of
wheat in California is very light. There
is scarcely enough for seed purposes -
More than an average amount of rain
has fallen this season. The prospects Of
a large crop this season is good
Year: 1865

Children who do not like castor oil can have
i prepared in the recent Paris fashion The
quantity Of the oil prescribed is placed in a
pipkin over the fire, and an egg is broken into
It and stirred up When cooked, little salt
Or sugar OF onHant Jelly should be added =
cine, and will most likely cry for some more
Of the mixture. H
Year: 1865

LIFE AND DEA~H.-How brief the distance
between life and death Life is but the ves-
tibule Of death, and our pilgrimage on earth


is but a journey to the grave The pulse that
denotes our life stay beats our dead march;
the blood which circulates through our bod


les, while it flows with the tide of life, floats
them onward to deeps of death. Oh! how
closely allied is death to life! Trees do but
grow that they may be felled. Empires rise
and flourish; they flourish but to decay, they
rise but to fall. Death is the black servant
WHO rides behind the chariot of life Death
reaches far throughout this world, and has
stamped all terrestrial things with the broad al
row Of the grave. But blessed be God, there
is place where death is not lite's equal, fol-
lowing hard its track as evening shades the
suns meridian, nor 'iite's companion like
brother sticking fast and cleaving close There
life rcigns alone there death knells are never
toIed Blessed land above the skies! To
reach it We must die; but if, after death, We
obtain glorious Immortality, then to die is
gain"
Year: 1865

The manufacture of fsugarisa process which
has lately attracted largely the attention of free
men, as it formerly was an important item in
the labor of slaves. Within the past few years
various substances have been successfully
treated for sugar, and it is well known that all


the cereals contain it, but has hitherto been
practically impossible, though the sacharine
principle has been largely drawn upon for the
base of fermented liquors. But we have oI
late surmounted the difficulty sugar has been
obtained in Chicago from corn, and BY very
Year: 1865




"Lovc is like the devil, because it torments
US, ike heaven because it wraps the soul in
bliss, like ealt because il is relishing, like pep
per because it often sets one on FIRE, like sn-
gar because it is sweet, like rope because
it is often the death of man, like a prison
because it makes one miserable, like mar.
because It is here to-day and gone tomorrow,
like woman because there is no getting rid
of it, like beacon beeausait guides one 40
the wishedfor port, Ike will-o -the-wisp be-
cause it often lends one into bog, like a
fierce courser because it often runs away with
one like pony because it anihles nicely like
one, ike the bite Of mad dog or the kiss Of
pretty woman because they both make man
run mad, like goose because it is silly like
rabbit because there is nothing like it---in q
word it is like ghost because it is like every
thing, and like nothing--often talked about,
tut nsver seen touched nor understood.
Year: 1865

New YORK, Jan THE Tribune's Nor
folk correspondent says OF the Whining
ton expedition, that the transports We're
off Fort Fisher three days before the War
ships arrived in good weather and the
enemy known to be in small force, that
their coal was exhausted, and then they
had to return to Beaufort, leaving again
as soon as possible, that without waiting
for their return as agreed, Porter explo-
ded the powder boat and opened hre,
that troops were to land when the pow
der boat was exploded and take advan-
tage of the shock produced, and that
when the troops did land Weitzel found
the fort uninjured, and an assaulting par
ty would meet with more bloody re-
pulss than at Fort Wagner. He ordered
a withdrawal, to which Butler assented.


The Wilmington correspondent OF the
Richmond Dispatch says our forces were
at one time between Fort Fisher and
Wilmington, cutting off communication
both by land and water. If they had
not been dislOdged soon, Fort f1sher
would have fallen AS Fort Morgrn did,
and with its fall the fate OF Wilmington
would have been sealed.


The Richmond Sentinel says the banks
ara becoming bankrupt, by which the
South is sure to gain her independence;


The military authorities expected
Porter would run the gauntlet and get
in the rear of the fort on Cape Fear river,
and with the fort cut off Wilmington,
and thus shut up the river. When on
the ground the Admiral was requested to
do this, but refused. The flag that was
captured was taken from the ditch out
side of the fort by brave officer, and
the dispatch bearer was shot one-third of
mile from the fort Not one OF our
men got inside of the fort or any OF its
defenses. While the transports We're
awaiting for the war ships the first three
days, the rebels sent down heavy rein-
forcements to Sugar Loaf camp, in the
vicinity of the fort, and these reinforce
ments were ready to assist the fort
against attack.
Year: 1865

BosToN, jan THE large stone build
ing on the southeast corner of State and
Washington streets, was badly Quilted by
fire early this morning. The lower floor
was vacant The second floor was occu-
pied by Brown Bros, Bankers, and the
upper portion principally by Officers
The occupants do not lo-e much. The
loss of tn owner is heavy.
Year: 1865




ITALIAN OrzRA B1ooKLYS-HARErzEK's BHSRrr-rhe
complimentary benefit to Mr. Maretzek came on at
the Brooklyn Academy last night on which occasion
Bellins grand opera Puritan given in manner
which elected continuous applause, and encor Of the
finer passages Of tho work almost without limit Piey
and patriotism being the strong points Of the resi-
dents Of Brooklyn, the fact that this 10 holy week,
the last Of Lent and that General Lee has surrendered
lcss affected tho house regards numbers but
not At all in enthusasm for both artists and mprssario
were received in the warmest manner Tho opera was
very finely sung throughout by Kellogg Lott Beni and
Susn This evening Mr. Marezek will accept the graceful
compliment from his artists and his friends Of farewell
benefit in the New York Academy. We believe the house
is led nearly in anticipation; and expect that
the well merited favor to the most conscientious Of
directors will be such he deserves from the public


onto the third act Of La FbzG and other attractions
the programme That there will be magnificent
house this evening there can be no doubt
Year: 1865

BnNxrrr or ruz THEATRICAL MsczAMcAL ASSOCIATION
This association which ID composed Of the men belonging
mechanical departments Of the theatres and Opera
House, will give grand matinse performance at the
Academy Of Music 70 morrow. The different managers
have beany contributed the talent Of their estab


shments TO render the performance worthy Of public
support, which We have no doubt Il will receive
Year: 1865

we're acuated by wild ambition, aud


sought their own selfish sggrandisemeat


at the expense OF the welfare Of the coun.


try, and the lives Of millions Of their
countrymen. They deceived many BY
their false pretensions, but their inaugura-
ton Of military despotism 10 the name
of liberty. which is stripping the people
OF their substance and their slaves in the
name Of independence, unmasks them to
the world as band of shallow and selfish
inferior in oil the elements
Of principle and responsibility to band Of
roaming banditli, or crew Of rowing
pirates. TO whose condition We hope soon
70 see them reduced, that they may event
'aiiy meet their deserts upon the gallows
Year: 1865

Our streets have rarely afforded a more Gu
rious sight than has been presented for several
days in the hundreds of Southern soidirrs. in
transit hom@Nelrd from the military Prisons
Clad in unwholcsome-looking dingy gr!v-an
army uniform i'll name, but never in color
s4ualld, unkempt an lorlom, they are permit
ted to wander about at will, exciting some Share
OF interest wherever they 20. The dominating
expression upon the faces Of these men from
the South IS amaZement at what they see.-
Naturally SO, as they mainly belong to that
class OF the Southern people known as the
poor whites, who never before were favor
Ell with chance to look upon the activities of
a great city.


1t is very plain that they are not of high
grade of intelligence When, as often han
pens, group OF citizens gathers about them
and their state OF quiet, gaping wondcrmcnt is
interrupted by question, their reply comes in
a plantation patols, scarcely to be understood
by unaccuStOmed ears. Our citizens treat them
with respect and kindness looking upon them
with unaffected pity, and show them many a
tangible expression of good will by contribu-
tons OF money and cigars, and grateful draughts
from the sndawater fountain


We do not know who should be commended
for giving these, our late enemies the liberty
to see see the city, which they evidently enjoy SO
luIIy; but 1t certainly is a wise thing Not a
man ot them will return South without cnlar-
ged Ideas concerning the wealth, enterprise.
SIKH, magnilcence and power Of the North
growing out of which will spring up within
thefl love Tor the government and pride in
the institutions Of the whole country. They
VIII do kind Of missionary work in developing
the patriotic sentiment of their ncighhors who
nave 1;! not been similarly privileged. York
Times.
Year: 1865

Shol religious ceremonies Were coneth.orgh
with at thc.grave when the battalion oflnarines
were drawn up in front of the burial ground
and the ceremonies ended with the usual mill
tary salute Directly after the interment Gen
eral Meade and number of the naval officers
proceeded to the residence Of Admiral Dupont 8
family, and extended their sympatiies in their
severe atlctiOn, after which they drove to the
cars and reached Philadelphia during the eve
ming.


None Of the ladies connected with any of the
Dupont families were present ut the funeral.
Year: 1865

stltution. They seem to think negro suffrage
a paadccd tol Southern ills.


But by the conservatives quite different
opinion is entertained. While they think that
the negro should be entitled to vote when pro-
perly educated and otherwise qualified, thew
have some doubt as to the propriaty OF grant
ing the ballot to 400 900 persons profoundly ig-
nOrant Of government and almost every thing
else. President johnson is of this class. Many
Southern men have expressed the same idea.
They are the class most interested, and the
best qualified to Judge of the propriety or i'm
propriety OF the measures by which they are
to be governed. 1t is asserted by Southern
Union men, also, (and not without reason) that
If the negroes get the ballot it is not certain
they would all use it as the radicals DESIRE
Many rebel planters still have the affections of
their late slaves; they can still control their
acts in many respects by this means men
who have now but one vote could have twenty,
fifty, one hundred, &C., as the case might be-


But the policy of admission adopted by the
President is contrary to that recommended by
the radicals. lie does not believe in treating
| the people of the Southern States as conquer
ed enemies; that his acW is their law. In his
speech to the South Carolina delegation the
other day he said, "both Northern and South
ern States maintain certain relations to the
Government. y State cannot go out of the
Union, and therefore none having gone Out
we must deal with the question of restoration,
not reconstruction, He proposes TO restore
them under the Constitution, recognizing that
as the rule of his action. To impose arbitrary
measures of the war power is looked upon as
injurious and as establishing a dangerous pre-
cedent. five can disregard the provisions Of
the Constitution for the war power so can S.
Carolina The Constitution gave authority to
war for the suppression Of the rcbclon-by
that authority the rcbcllious States must be
restored, The Constitution is reinstated in
the rchcllious, and we are bound by its provi-
I sions in our treatment of them So argue the
conservatives. They very properly desire the
! loyal voters OF the Southern States to decide
this. Both parties agree that the right nlog
be granted to them.
Year: 1865

If you Advertise in your County PapR
fOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If you Advertise in your County Paper.
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE -


If you Advertise in your County Papsr.
JOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If you Advertise in your County Paper.
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If you Advertise in your County Paper.
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE 80


II you Advertise In your County Papsp
Year: 1865

They treating Catarrh on a new system which
is Sure Cue for the Disease.


Experience ha. proved that Catarrh cannot be
cured by local treatment alone; hence the many
advertised cures tor Catarrh, all of which local
remedies, give relief only while the patient is
ing them, but never cure.


Understanding the disease and we know it can
not be cured by local treatment alone, therefore,
we also prescribe a constitutional remedy to be
taken, and by the combined local and constitution
al treatment, enabled to remove the cause
of Casarrh, and thereby effect
Year: 1865

FINE S1ocA ARRivED.-A drove Of about
twenty bead Of as fine thorough bred cat
tie as ever grew, arrived from Illinois to-
day. to compete At our County Fair next
week. There can be no question but there
will be the largest slow OF fine stock OH
Exhibition here on Fail week, that was ever
Seen in this Statc
Year: 1865

Ode to my New Bonnet.
Soft triangle of straw and lace
That curves around my blushing face
With such toy, bewitching grace,
No mortal man would dream your place


Was on my head.
Your airy touch can scarcely press
The shape from curl or flowing tress,
So light, so next to nothingness,
You surely could not well be less


And be bonnet.
A bit of straw adorned with leather,
yard of lace, spray Of heather,
Some bugles and tossing feather,
These trifles shaken up together


Thus were you made.
No cape with starchy netting lined,
No buckram crown projects behind;
But streamcrs nutter in the wind,
There flows, in silken mesh confined,


My waterfall.
Yet most your dainty form prize.
As sweeping back above mine eyes,
1t lets the crhkicd hillocks rise,
And underneath in ambush lies


My pair of mice.
But when rough autumn winds sweeps past,
And all your lac,s shake ashast,
Then can you shield me from the blast,
And round my neck shelter cast


To keep mo warm?
Alas, a summer friend are you,
And only kind when skies are blue;
long have known the saying true
Old friends are better than the new


When trouble comes.
So ere the dog day heats be fled.
Let me your hirnsy glorics spread;
For soon IS winter whistles dread
I'll tie once more about my head


My old scoop bonnet.
Year: 1865

SHASTA Brass BAND.-Last Wednesday
night we were the pleased recipients OF
most pleasant surprise serenade by the above
band. Several difficult pieces were rendered
in style worthy of band Of much longer
practice. The worry consequent upon pub
fishing a paper-even a weekly-consisting
in the fact that we cannot please everybody /;
for seme we are too radical, for others too
conservative; some would have the paper
devoted to agricultural interests, othersexclu-
sively to the mining interests sometimes we
are attacked by newly made Benedict
because we did not publish notice of his
marriage, and frequently we are stopped in
the street with a remark like this: Mr..
c., my wife had baby last week; why
didn't you put it in the paper ?"-some pay
up, others do not; and with all we have to
do the best We can. With all these troubles
IL it strange that we sometimes feel that 1T
would have been better had we cast our lines
in other waters? Under the oppressive
weather of the past two weeks we had so felt,
and was so feeling. when the strains of
Hail Columbia" fell upon our ear. We
went forth, welcomed our friends, listened
to the sweet harmony Of sounds, and felt
glad that within ourself we had the means
of making our gratitude, and the progress
of our band to perfection, known to all
mankind.
Year: 1865

SPRING CREEK MILL.-For the past month
the elements have somewhat interfered with
the irritable working of this mill, vet for the
work done the clean up pays WELL We must
keep In view the fact that this mill is but
starting. that their lodes are only partially
prospeeted, and that up to the present time
it has not made full run on any one of their
lodes. Iii enough to say the company are
fully satisfied that they have good thing.


A new discovery has recently been made
and located by this company, about half a
mile from their mill, that prospect richer
than anything yet struck. The ledge is trac-
able for a hundred yards on the surface, pros
pecting we'll for the whole distance. They
have sunk a shaft ON it in one place, about
eight feet, and find the ledge we'll defined to
that depth. and the rock richer as they 20
down. They are now running drift that
will strike the lode City feet below the surface,
and are already within eight feet of the lode.
The Company believe this lode to be richer
than any yet struck, and their other lodges
are good enough for modest men.
Year: 1865

EDUCATION AND FuN.-The Lyon Light
Infantry company of this town, being OBJ
serving citizens, have noticed the present
preponderance of Young America in our
midst, and the necessity of fully educating
that branch of the body polite, as also the
shortness of the fund for the support of our
public school. To see want is to insure
action on the part of our soldier boys; hence
we have been requested to announce that they
will give ball on the 2od inst, the net
proceeds of which will be donated for the
benefit of the public school OF Shasta district
Thus they hope to avoid the necessity of
levying a special tax for its support. Pro
gramme next week.
Year: 1865

Under the above caption the telegraph
comes freighted with divers and sundry
rumors. We are sick of it. We, the people
of this coast, have read enough Of it, and
very few take stock in it. Even If faith in
the truth Of such reports conld be gotten up.
the Government would lose popularity there
by. The tendency of such stuff is only for
evil, therefore let US have no more of it.


At the late Presidential election the whole
people of the United States had an opportu.
nifty of voting directly on this subject, and
then and there expressed their views in such
terms and numbers as should convince the
Administration that peace is only desirable
when the rebels submit and their leaders are
hung. For the President to negotiate peace
that would extend amnesty TO JEFF. Davis and
the other leaders, would damn him and all
concerned to an infamy as deep as that which
the leading rebels have reached.


Those of our soldiers who may survive this
war, and the relatives of those who have
perished, demand that the laws they have so
bravely fought to sustain shall be fully car
ried out and their penalties enforced. Am
nesty would not be mercy when extended to
the murderers of tens of thousands of our
people, but, on the contrary, would be the
basest ingratitude to those who have given
blood like water, and treasure without stint.
to sustain the integrity of the nation. The
people are not prepared to endorse peace
made of patchwork, nor is it fair to exercise
the minds of loyal men by publishing rumors
that any peace, but such as they have fought
for, is or win be made acceptable to the
Government. Rather than such a peace as
old Blair or any other emissary could obtain,
give us secession in its broadest sense. Let
the wayward sisters" 90 if We cannot SUBJ
due them; for to live with them unsubdued,
or subdued by red tape alone, would be
utterly impossible.


We remember once to have seen picture
of two persons who had been engaged in the
prize ring. contesting under its rules for a
large wager. The smaller man and leas.
scientific of the two, had been whipped blind
punished so much that his chance to win
the fight was as one to million but in this
condition his seconds raised him to his feet
and placed him in the centre of the ring for
another round. The man hit out in the dark
to him, for his eyes were closed, his an
tagonist fell without even receiving the blow
aimed, and his seconds threw up the sponge.
Without scratch the victim marched out Of
the ring, his tongue stuck in his cheek,
expressive of the triumph he felt in having
sold the fight.


Is our fight to be sold Are we to throw
up the sponge just as victory perches upon
our bannerf Are we afraid to hang rebel
and satisfy the holy cravings of an outraged
people forjustice? The Administration that
comes short in this matter will occupy page
in history second in infany alone to that of
Jefferson I.
Year: 1865

fore part OF last week the carcass of a white
horse, apparently Spanish, was found about
mile above Whiskytown. on the bank of
Clear Greek. The horse had evidently been
drowned. Upon him were found saddle
and bride, and tied to the saddle a white
rubber coat. The inference is that the horse
had rider, and that both were drowned in
attempting to ford Clear Creek during late
freshet