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Year: 1863

The RETIRING BOARD OF Council
MEM he Board of Common Councilmen
for the city of Walla Walla for the past
year, should carry with them the thanks Of
this entire community. To be Common
Councilman in Walla Walla, as in most
other places, is about as thankless posi-
tion as is ever occupied by public officer;
but notwithstanding the fact that the mem
bers of the retiring board have received
more chicks" than thanks, they have done
their duty by economically managing the
moneys entrusted to their care and con-
sructing many works of utility. Their
successors may study their example with
profit to the city.
Year: 1863

ToBACCo.-Several of our farmers are
making preparations to put in consider
able crop of tobacco in this valley the pres
ent season. Past experiments have proven
that this plant will grow we'll here
Year: 1863

The SPRIxKLER.-The Sprinkler" is
already in operation, and "down with the
dust is the order of the day. The new
arrangement for subduing the pulverized
earth is under the management of Mr.. Lime
Seamen, and is an improvement on the one
heretofore in USE
Year: 1863

City ELEcT1oN.-There was a very
small turn out at the polls on Tuesday,
owing mainly, we suppose, to the fact that
there was but one ticket in the field. Only
about half the votes Of the city were polled.
The following are the officers chosen for
the ensuing year:
Year: 1863

SNAKE RIVER FERRY


FOR
B o Z . E MI Z M III s..
TIME UNDERSIGNED HAVE ESTABLISHED A
a Ferry on Snake river, at
The Mouth of Toayette River
on the direct road leading from
Walla Walla, Grand ROnde and Auburn


TO THE


BOISE MINES.
Year: 1863

Mr.. Editor:-You will do favor to
many soldier citizens of Old Cedar by
giving publicity to this short communi.
cation.


We have been grieyed and surprised
by hearing that reports were prevalent
in some parts of the county deleterious
to the character of our Captain, as an of
ticer, and as man; that he is much dis
liked by the majority of the company;
that petitions @ave been gotten up for
his removal, &C., &c.


In view of this We have only to say
that time increases our confidence in, and
respect for him; and that any such report
originated in a malicious heart, and is
false from Alpha to Omega.


If Cedar county is always as we'll rep
resented by Co. G as by its Captain, the
frienus of the company there will never
blush in ats behalf.


Yours &c. C.
Year: 1863

g John Van Buren publishes let
ter from highly influential Democrat Of
the South, proposing a reunion on. ed
dition of an amendment of the Conetxfk
tion so as to permit the peaceable sSSs1l
sion of any State after the lst of January
1869, or 1873 He thinks the South
will not come back except upon the re-
cogniton of her right to go out again if
things don't work to suit her at future
Presidential elections Prince John is
net prepared to approve the compromise.
We should think not The South might
as we'll be allowed to depart in peace if
she is not coming back to behave herself,
willingly or by compulsion, for all time
to come Chtcoqo Journal.
Year: 1863

city and its adjacent territory. His du-
ty, as prescribed by the Constitution and
laws, as well as by the instructions Of the
War Department, was to defend the city
and country at every hazard X 4
II, then, his power was commensurate
with his duty, and 10 follow the Ian
guage OF the courts he was authorized to
use the means essential to its perform
ance, and to exercise the power necessary
to It's accomplishment, he had a right to
declare martial law. X x There
are exiyenccs in the history of nations,
as well as individuals, when necessity be-
comes the paramount law to which all
other conscientious must yield


you have doubts touching the con.
stitutionality Of a suspension of that
great writ, tarry a moment aud on this,
the sth day of January, hear what your
immortal Jackson said:


"'Thcn STOP said General jackson
sit down beside me. | desire to return
YOU my thanks for that speech. You
are the first man that has ever relieved
my mind on a subject that has rested
upon it for thirty years My enemies
have always charged me with violating
the Constitution of my country by de-
clarinc martial law at New OrltSns, and
my friends have always admitted the
violation but have coutcndcd that cir
cumStances justified me in that violation


never could understand how it was
that the performance Of solemn duty to
ny country-a duty which. if neglected,
would have made me traitor in the
sight Of God and man-coud properly
be pronounced violation Of the Consti-
tuition, ] felt convinced in my own
mind that | was not guilty Of SO heinous
al otfcnSe, but never could make out
legal jurisdiction of my course; nor was
1t ever done, sir, until you, on the floor
of Congress, at the last session, estab-
lished it beyond the possibility Of cavil
or doubt. | thank you, sir. for that
speech. 1t has relieved my mind from
the only circumstance that rested pain
fully upon it. Throughout my whole
life | never performed IN official act
which | viewed as violation of the
. Constitution of my country, and | can
now 20 down to the grave in peace, with
the perfect consciousness that have not
broken at any period Of my life the Con-
stitution or laws Of my countrv.'' ~


Brethren be Of good cheer, Jackson,
though dead, yet speakcth Ills voice
is potent for the prc~eryation of the Fed.
cral Union at any sacrifice Let us who
profess bis name be as magnanrmous, as
wise as he Ifwickcd con>pirators, born
beneath our own vine and ig tree, shall
stand up and stab at the heart Of the
/ Republic, shall we hesitate over what in
strumentalitics We shalt employ for their
destruction? Nay; let there now be Que
grand, mi ghty effort Of the white and
black, of the bond and free TO preserve
to ourselves and our remotcst posterity,


the rich Inheritance of IA free and enlight-


ened Republic, based upon equal and
exact justice to all mon.


These who are not pleased with this


guide will he permitted 20 retire and


read the Mu>ratine 'oUricr.
Year: 1863

A good dye for wool-or woollen cloth is made Of
white oak and spanish oak barks. Make strong
decoction CT these barks and let the goodsremain
IN day or two, then set the dye by dipping the
cloth in weak lime water.
Year: 1863

of the people, and is so thoroughly educated
in the love of civil liberty-which is the best
guaranty for the permanence of our republican
lnstitutions-that it would itself be the first to
oppose any attempt to continue the exercise
oil military authority after the establishment
oil peace by the overthrow of the rebellion.
No man on earth can lead our citizen soldiery
to the establishment of military depotism,
and no man living would have the folly to at
tempt It, To do so would be to seal his own
doom. On this point there can be no ground
for apprehension on the part of the people.


1t is said that we can have peace If we lay
down our arms All sensible men know this
TO be untrue. Were it so, ought we to be so
cowardly as to lay them down until the au-
thority of the government is acknowledged


l call upon the fathers, mothers. bro
thers, sisters sons, daughters, relatives friends
and neighbors of the soldiers in the field to aid
me In stopping this license and Incorporate
discussion which is discouraging our armies,
weakening the hands of the government. and
thereby strengthening the enemy. II we use
our honest efforts God will bless us with a
glorious peace and united country. Men OF
every shade of opinion have the same vital in
terest in the suppression of this rebellion; for,
should we fail in the task, the dread horrors of
ruined and distracted nation will fall alike on
all, whether patriots or traitors.


These are substantially my reasons for issu-
ing General Order No. 3S, my reasons for the
determination to enforce it, and also nv reas-
ons for the arrest of the Hon. c. l.. Vallandig-
ham for supposed violation of that order, for
which he has been tried. The result of that
trial is now in my hands.


In enforcing this order can be unanimously
sustained by the people, or can be opposed
by factious bad men. In the former event,
quieteness will prevail in the latter event, the
responsibility and retribution will attach to the
men who resist authority and the neigh
borhoods that allow it.


All of which is respectfully submitted.


A. L. BURNSIDE, Major General
Commanding Department of the Ohio.
Year: 1863

READY THIS DAY:
new and elegant bary edition Of this rscy book printed
On tinted paper aud beautifully bound in cloth Price 81 IS
Having been out of pra for time this superb fresb
edition Of book which already become classic among
humoo.s works will be eagerly caught up by every lover OF
ADe books
Year: 1863

Recreation can be fully enjoyed only by the
man who has some earnest occupation. The
end Of work is 10 enjoy leisure; but to en-
Joy leisure you must have gone through work.
Play time must come after school time, other
wise It loses its SAVIOR. Play, after ALL is a
relative thing; it is not thing which has an
absolute existence. There is no such thing as
play, except to the worker. It GENES out by
contrast Put white upon white, and you can
hardly see it; put white upon black, and how
plain it is. Light your lamp in the sunshine,
and it is nothing; you must have darkness
around it. to make its presence felt. And be-
sides this, a great part Of the enjoyment Of re-
creation consists in the feeling that we have
earned il by previous hard work. One goes
out for the afternoon walk with a light heart
when one has done good task since breakfast.
It is one thing for dawdling idIer to set of
to the Continent or TO the Highlands, just be-
cause he Is sick Of everything around him. and
quite another thing when hard-wrought man
Sio is Of some use in life, sets of, as gay as a
lark, walh The pleasant feeling that be has
brought some worthy work to an end on the
self same hour. And then busy man finds a
relish in simple recreations; while man who
has nothing 10 do finds all things wearisome,
and thinks that life is 'used up" 1t takes
something quite out Of the way to tickle that
indurated palate; you might as well think TO
prick the hide Of hippopOtamus with nee
die as to excite the interest OF that adse be-
ing by any amusement which is not highly
spieed with the cayenne of ReeYeatiOnS
bg Country Parson
Year: 1863

ed yoke, the yoke firmly rests on the
heaviest part of the neck, and as
the OK straightens his leg in moving,
the incalculable power of the strong
muscles of. the middles part of the
shoulders and the lower part of the
chest are directly applied to the
yoke, and the load moves. In the
use of the crooked yoke the full
crum is brought near the weight,
and in the use of the straight yoke
the fulcrum is removed further from
the weight. As regards the bows
worked on oxen, l have known them
so tight on the upper portion of the
neck as to infict injuries upon the
ear and neck, in the act of backing
or holding load down hill. Let
your bow holes be eight and half
inches apart, for good sized oxen,
and the yoke wide in the neck, then
the bows will slip by the ears, and
the yoke strike the horns; and then
the OK will hold his load easily and
willingly. As a general rule, make
bows the shape of an egg.-[New
England Farmer.
Year: 1863

Watering Newly set out Plants


In certain seasons, when long Pc
riods of dry, parching weather oc-
cur, it is difficult to establish young
plants of celery, cabbage, &c. The
application Of water to individual
plants involves an amount of labor
which few can accomplish so as to
render it effective. Were it practi-
cable to remove every root or fibre
with the plants, they might then be
transplanted with as much facility
as the removal of a green house
plant from one pot into another
But since this cannot we'll be accom-
plished, it becomes necessary to re-
sort to expedients for their preser-
vation.


Plants that have been raised in
crowded seed bed, can seldom be re-
moved with roots proportioned to
their foliage. 1t is, therefore, nee
essary to restore the balance of pow
er by diminishing the foliage to some
extent. Celery, strawberry plants,
and indeed all young plants should
be prepared by cutting away the
greater portion of the active foliage,
and pudding the roots with mud at
the time of planting. No shading
or watering will afterwards be re-
quisite; stirring the soil around the
young plants, and mulching when
further established, will insure a
more speedy and healthy root ac-
tion, than when attempts are made
to remove the plants with all their
foliage, without all their roots. Wa
tering alone will not suffice until
roots are again formed, except so
far as it tends to create moist at
mosphere around the plants, and
this can only be of limited benefit,
since it rapidly flies off Vegetation
is so active during favorable wealth
er in summer, that few dull, moist
days will allow plants to overcome
the effects of removal without much
precaution or care, but where the
plantation is extensive it is not ad-
visable to trust altogether to the
hope of such naturally favorable
conditions.-Farmer and Gardener.
Year: 1863

Next in beauty to the flowers and
Towering vines, and equal in point
of ornamental effect to both, we
class the disposition of shrubbery
around the country home. 1t mat
ters not how small the lawn may be,
whether it contains but a hundred
square yards, or extends to the di-
mensions of an acre, groups of shrubs
adapt themselves to all the require
ments of the situation and clothe
what would otherwise appear bare
and common with those graceful and
natural adjuncts which never appear
to so great an advantage as when
beautifying dwelling IN the coun-
try. Trees of large growth, unless
there is ample space for them to
spread their branches far and wide,
are not at all so desirable as shrub
berry, because they are not capable
of producing the same results. In
decorating small lawns, the land
scape gardner elicits the same effect
upon diminished scale with shrubs
that he would obtain on a larger
area with trees. There is, however
this additional advantage in favor of
shrubbery which is not to be had
with trees. Shrubs of fine form
can readily be selected that they
shall, in addition to their rich foil
age, produce flowers in succession
throughout the whole season. There
are, for instance, the different vari-
cites of magnolia, which require to
be backed by evergreens to exhibit
them in perfection-there is the py-
rus iaponica, with its rich crimson
blossoms, the SNOWFALL, the flower
ing currant, the burning bush, the
delicate orange blossoms; the hlacs,
purple and white, and a host of 9TH
ers, all beautiful, and many of them
fragrant, and all of them hardy
enough to stand successfully our
winters with little or no protection.
Groups of these interspersed about
a lawn, and rising in the form of
pyramid, with here and there a de-
ciduous tree lifting itself from the
mass, give an aspect of taste and
neatness to the smallest enclosure
which can never be attained in any
other way. We throw out these
hints at this time as Introductory to
some practical suggestions on fu-
ture occasion, which we trust our
readers are willing to adopt.-[R Ru-
raj Register.
Year: 1863

.Iok6A tOE O46us


1t has been my painful conviction
that oxen exercise their muscular
strength, and tax their noble pow
ers to a great disadvantage. There
is a fearful waste of muscular ex-
ertion to the OK, and consequent
loss to its owner, in the use of i'm
proper yokes and bows. Owners of
working oxen, in the majority of
cases, l believe, pay Indifferent at
tention to the shape of their yokes
and bows. The bulk of farmers, in
many places, subject their oxen to
enormous outlays Of strength in the
use of yokes too straight. In the
use of a straight yoke the OK is
obliged to awkardly exert the mus
cles of the upper part of the shoul-
der and chest, to the exclusion of
the powers that lie ct the base of
the chest and neck, The weight or
load attached is,too high. A yoke
that is deep through the staple holes
and crooked, brings the load down
to the power of the OK. By bring
ing the load down to the middle Of
the neck, which is done by crook
Year: 1863

1t is astonishing how many people there are
who neglect punctuality. Thousands have
failed in life from this cause alone. 1t is not
only serious vice in itself, but it is ths fruit.
full parent of numerous other vices SO that he
who becomes the victim of it, gets involved
in tolls from which it is almest impossible to
escape. It makes the merchant wasteful of
time; it saps the business and reputation Of
the lawyer, aud it Injuries the prospects of the
mechanic. In word, there is not a profes-
sion, nor station in life, which is not liable
to the canker Of the destructive habit. Many
and many a time has the failure of enc man
to meet his obligations brought on the ruin OI
a score Of others. Thousands remain poor all
their lives, who, if they were more faithful in
their word, would secure larger run Of Gus
tom, and so make their fortunes. Be panctu-
al if you would succeed
Year: 1863

stock, is more economical, than per-
mitting it to decay on the soil, is a
question as yet rather problematic-
al. The quantity of decomposable
matter contained in the produce of
an acre of well set grass, would no
doubt greatly augment the humus of
the soil, provided it were allowed to
remain on the ground, though it
would be more effectual could it be
put beneath the surface. The pres
ence of large mass of undecayed
vegetable matter on the surface of a
moving field is certainly not desira-
able, and although it may act bene-
ficially by keeping the soil light
around the roots, and protecting to
a limited extent from cold during
the winter, its removal is neverthe-
less to be recommended when the
crop can be applied as above.--AN
OLD FARMER, in Germantown Tele-
graph.
Year: 1863

A correspondent of the Oalifor-
MIA Culturist says:


l have about sixty trees which
are now five years old, and for the
past three years have blossomed
full; and when the fruit became as
large as hazelnut would all fall off.
In the autumn of 1857 I applied
salt at the roots of one-half of them
and the result was that / had a good
crop of fine fruit from the trees
which were salted, whilst those with
out salt produced not one, although
they all blossomed and set fruit alike,
and were of the same variety and
on similar sofia deep, sandy loan.
Year: 1863

Be good natured if you can, for there is no
charm SO great, no attraction so admirable
A face that is always full of the expression of
amiabiiity, is always beautiful 1t needs no
paint and no powder. Cosmetics are super
fuous for it. Rouge cannot improve its cheeks,
nor lilly-white mend its complexion. It's low
illness lies beyond all this. 1t is not the gaze
into the face of noble man or woman, it is
not the shape of the features that you really
see, nor yet the tint of the cheek, the hue Of
the lip, the brillianey of the eye; you see the
nameless something which animates all these,
and leaves for your instinct sense of CRATE
full fascination; you see an indescribable en-
bodiment of heartfelt goodness within, which
wins your regard in spite Of external appear
ance, and defes all the critical rules Of the
aesthetic.
Year: 1863

at is laid down as general rule that can
non should be at least one hundred times heav-
Ter than its shot" Ifit is so, then mans
character should be hundred times heavier
than what he says. For the want of this,
many a mans tongue has exploded bis outside
reputation. Truth for ordinance; rifle with
discresiop; charged with justice; and the gol-
den rule used as the "fre-tipped rod" then, all
the danger there is Of an explosion is that
which the enemy, and not the gunner, may
fear
Year: 1863

When female is in trouble or afflicted with
disease, and requires medical or surgical assist
ance the inquiry should he, where i, there a ply
sican who is fully competent to administer re-
lief whose knowledge of the fem lie system
is perfect, who thoroughly understands the ap.
plcation of medicine to disease. whose scientific
attanments in surgery have made him pree ninent
in his profession, and whose respectable standing
in society recommends him to the confidence of
the community? Unless these. and many more
questions, can be satisfactorily answered. the
afflicted should pause before consulting any one


DR.. &c. YOUNG understanding how impera-
lively necessary these requirements are. feels
called upon TO nterpose. and by calling the at
tenion OF the afflicted to the fact that be has been
a professor of obstetrics and female diseases for
twenty years, and is fully qualified to administer
in all cases. both medically and SUI gcally not
in a superficial manner, but in as thorough
manner as years of study and practice both in
hospitals and private amilies-can make to save
them from the hands of the unqualified unscru-
pulous ana designing, Therefore, families can
rely upon him rs upon father All in ailiction
can lind in him one who can feel and sympathize
with and beiriend them in troublesome in whose
secrecy the utmost confidence can be placed
Come, all ye that are afflicted and in trouble.
and you will be relieved and cured


Apartments privately arranged. so as to
preclude the possibility of exposure. and afford
those who wish home all the advantages of con.
slant attention and unremittng private attend.
ance.
Year: 1863

Whisper of peace, whisper tenderly, softly,
And bear its sweet breezes Ger mountain and


glen;


Till the angel of God from portals celestial,
Shall calm with sweet power the fierce passions


of men.
Whisper of Peace, It's the music of Heaven,
The chorus angelic resounding above,
The voice of the presence of glory eternal.
The beautiful essence of wisdom and love.
Whisper of Peace. All the fresides deserted
The passionate sobs for the loved and the brave =,
Shall the demon Of carnage exult thus forever,
And comes there an gel to comfort and save.
The beautiful forms, the fond heart cold and


pulseless.


What boon do we clasp for the treasure gave,
The blood of our heroes, the love of our idols.
We lavish them freely, we clasp but grave.
Whisper of Peace by the camp of the soldier,
The heart beateth strong in the brave heros


breast,


Whisper of Peace to the fond wife and mother
The maiden who murmurs his name in her rest
Let the whisper float onward the whisper angelic
Through camp and through cottage, Ger valley


and hill


Till theiheart Of the nation aw kens to duty,
And over the world floats magical thrill,
Whisper Of Peace, tits the music of Heaven,
The music that swells from the throne of his


love,


All! methinks even now, gently puming her


pinions


We herald the ght of the beautiful dove.
She comes with the light of his love lowering


DER her.


oh mcrcilul Father, speed, speed her 81 d fight,
Till the music resounds in glorious anthem,
Peace, Love and Reunion, thus deeth the night,
-.Nount Holly HerdH JERSEY BLUE.
Year: 1863

A list Of Confederate prisoners who have
died in Union hospitals since the commence
ment of the war. between to AID three
thousand in number, is in course of prepara
ton ,Lunder the direction of the u. 5 Surgeon
General and will shortly be transmitted to
Richmond The Confederates, some time
ago, extended a similar courtesy to the Fed
eral Government.