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Year: 1864

SEVERE on THE GIRLs.-An exchange
says The number of idle, useless girls in
all our large cities seems to be steadily in
creasing. They lounge or sleep in the morn
ings, parade The streets during the after
noon, and assemble in frivolous companies
of their own and other sex to pass away
the evenings. What store of unhappiness
for themselves and others are they laying up
for the coming time, when real duties and
high responsibilities shall be thoughtlessly
assumed They are skilled in no domestic
duties-nay, they despise them; have no
habits of industry nor taste for the useful.
What will they be as wives and mothers
Alas for the husbands and children, and alas
for themselves Who can wonder if domes-
tic unhappiness and domestic ruin follow.
Year: 1864

THE SELFIsH.-The worst of it is with
selfish persons, they never know they are
selfish. This is the most incurable systom
in their case-if they yield a little to others
they have no idea but that they cover the
whole ground They do not know how Of
ten they trample upon the rights and privi-
leges of those about them, because they new
er think of them; and not to think of 9th
ers, which is sometimes made an excuse by
the selfish, Is the very essence of all selfish
ness. They do not know they expose them
selves by the very refuge behind which they
attempt to hide Another Distinguishing
feature of selfish persons is, that they ac-
cept of the sacrifices of Others without know
ing that any have been made for them, so
completely are they absorbed by self. BY
these marks We may know them.
Year: 1864

The following account of the arrange
mcnts for the issue of the new Postage Cur
rency. appears in 1Hompson's Bank Vote
Reporter. 1t will be gcen that the size is to
be uniform, and better paper is to be used.
We have 80 cents Of it, and find it all it is
here represented to be. This currency. to-
gether with the large class Of bills called
..greenbaclls is the best paper money in the
world as it is based upon the faith and
credit of the best Government in the world ::


The public Is not generally aware that the Treas
urv Department Is making extensive preparation not
only for the engraving and printing Of the Is
sues of Postal Currency and Treasury Notes, but
that the ink and paper will also be manufactured in
the Treasury Building at ashingtnn. The Postal
Currency is already printed, and will be issued
soon n there demand for 1t by the withdrawal Of
the old issue. The fractional currency will be
of the same denominations the old. hut instead Of


being Of different sizes they will all b of the dimen-
sons of the present ten cent postal They are en-
graved in the highest style OF art, and the col"rs


which the distinguishing marks Of the different
values are of such chemical combination, I is as


serted as to defy photographing. But perhaps the
greatest safeguard against cOuntereitIng in all the
new issues. will be in the paper which they are
printed. This will be made a secret process in the
Treasury Department under the immediate superin-
tendence of the inventor. The paper in question is
thinner than that in common use and il VIII be very
much cheaper. ItS advantages will consist largely
in the fact that it Is forty times stranger than the pa


per now used. 1t be washed Ike piece of linen


without in any way injuring the engraving; and
withal it cannot be photographed it photographs
a dark brown instead of white like ordinary paper,


All these various Improvements in engraving. INK


paper and economy, due to the eNertons of ). NJ


Clarke tho SupcrlnrrUieut q -hp Currency
Department Of the Treasury. Mr. Clarke has invent
ed MANY of the ingenious machines which are used
for the purpose Of stamping, cutting and counting
the u1t,s and this in addition the ulo,iu- dutic>
Year: 1864

Talk Us We may about the bounce and
brag of our American brethren. they are a
nation of gigantic men. Their language i
much more in harmony with their true po-
sition than ours would be- Theiryery ideas
seem to share in the majesty of the king
dom OF nature around them. There are no
such forests in the world as theirs. no such
water falls no such rivers no such noun
taims, and, we might almost say. no such
men. We are indebted to America for our
sewing machines and for that little idol of
the hour. the stitching machine Add 10
this something mcalculahly y more important,
the prntn- machine 1t never entered IN
Year: 1864

war with the North; with tens of Thousands of YOUR
sons and brothers slain in battle and offered up as
sacrifices upon the altar of your ambiton-and for
what? we ask again. Is it for the overthrow of the
American Government, established by our common
ancestry cemented and built up by their sweat and
blood, and founded on the broad principles of right
Justice ard humanity?


And, as such, must declare here n. have often
done before and which has been repeated bv the


greatest and wisest of statesmen and patriots in this
and other andS that it is the best and reest govern
mcnt-the most equal in its rights the most just in


Its decisions the most lcnent in its measures and the
most aspiring in its principles to elevate the race of
men, that the sun of heaven ever Shone upon Now
for You to attempt to overthrow such Il government
as this, under which we have lived for more than
three-qusrtcrs of ccntury-in which we have gain
ell our wealth, our standing nation our domes-
tie safety while the elements of peril are around US
with peace and tranquility accompanied with un-
bounded prosperity. and right un,,ssailed-is the
height of n'qdtess FOLLY and rickeh.ess to which
can neither lend my sanction nor my vote.
Year: 1864

in day time, and then dcfoited DIR. Stewart
for the night service, because he had ''other
fish to fry" What he taught his Methodist
brethren in the day time, We arc not adj
vised. but he set them the true Confederate er
ample after niqltl
Year: 1864

Why don't you take the papersf


They're " the life of my delight"
Except about election time,


Aud then | read for spite.
Subscribe, you cannot lose cent


Why should you be afraid
For cash thus paid is money lent


On interest four-fold paid.
Go then, and take the papers,


And pay to-day, nor pray delay,
And my word, it is Inferred


You'll live till you are gray.
An old newspaper friend Of mine,


While dying from cough,
Desired 10 hear the latest news,


Whilst he was going off.
took the paper, and read


OF some new bill in force;
lie bought box-and is he dead 2


No-hearty as horse.
knew a printers debtor once,


Racked with a scorching fever,
Who swore to pay her bill next day,
II her distress wonla leave her.
Next morning she was, at her work,


Divested Of her pain.
But did forget to pay her debt,


Till taken down again.
d" Here, jesse, take these silver Wheels
Go pay the printer now
She spoke, she slept, and then awoke
With health upon her brow.
knew two men as much alike
As e'er you saw two stumpB,
And no phrenologist could find
difference in their bumps.
One took the papers, and his life
is happier than kings
His children all can read and write;
And talk of men and things.
The other took no papers, and


While strolling through q wood,
A tree fell down upon his crown,
And killed him 'werry good"
Had he been reading of the news
At home like neighbor Jim
IN bet cent that accident


Would not have happened him.
Why don't you take the paperst
Not from the printer sneak,
Because you borrow Of his boy
A paper every week.
For he who takes the papers,
And prsys his bill when due,
Can live in Peace with God and man,
And with the printer too.
Year: 1864

The Most Wonderful Entertainment of the Age.
The Most Wonderful Entertainment of the Age
The Most Wonderful Entertainment oe the Age.
The Most w onderful Enterta nment of the Age
The Most W Wonderful Entertainment of the Age


The Nest Wonderful Enter tainrnent Of the Age,
Year: 1864

The assertion is often made that the
Presidential election will take place on
the first Tuesday in November, which is
a mistake The day appointed for cleo
ton is the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November As the lst of No
vember falls on Tuesday this year, the
election will take place on the Stn, which
is the LATEST dag of the mouth on which
it can take place; and the I'd is the earli-
est day on which it can be held. An
election on the lst day of November is
impossible as the law now stands.
Year: 1864

But Almighty God has granted to him
that clearness of vision which he gives to
the true hearted, and enabled him set his
honest foot in that promised land of free.
dom which is to be the patrimony of all
men, black or white-and from hence
forth nations shall rise up to call him
blessed.
Year: 1864

An Englishman boasting of the superior
ity of the horses in his country mentioned
that the celebrated Eclipse had run mile
in minute. My good fellow !" exclaimed
an American present, "that is less than the
average rate of common roadsters. live
in my country seat near Philadelphia, and
when ride in hurry to town of a morn.
ing my own shallow can't keep up with
me, but generally comes into the ware.
house to iind me from minute to minute
and half after my arrival, Ono morning
the beast was restless, and rode him as
hard as could several times round large
factory-just to take the old Harry out ol
him. Well, sir, lie went 30 fast that the
whole time saw my back directly before
and was twice in danger Of riding over
myself"
Year: 1864

The other night at tavern there was a
jovial corps of jokers, and each was trying
to outdo the other in the heavy line. One
Of the company had the greatest father
tout" He was so spry that he could bal
anoe forty-foot ladder on one end, run up
other, before it would fall" II have seen
my father" said his opponent, many a
tune, take forty-foot ladder, run TO the
top Of it, catch it by the top round, whirl
il up another length, and go over il IN the
same way before it would fall"
Year: 1864

THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING WOMAN
A woman says what she chooses without
being knocked down for it. She can take
a snooze after dinner, while her husband
goes to work. She can go into the street
without being asked to stand treat" at
every saloon. She can stay at home in
time of war, and get married again if her
husband gets killed. She can wear cor
sets, if too thick, and-other fixins, if too
thin. She can get divorced from her hus-
band, whenever she sees one she likes bet


ter. She can get her husband in debt all
over, until he warns the public not to
trust her OH his account. But all those
advantages are balanced by the great fact
that she cannot sing bass, go sparkling. or
climb tree, with any degree of propriety.
Year: 1864

CRowDgD.-" Mother, where's the man
going to sleepl' asked girl of fifteen of
her mother, who had just promised a trav-
eler nights rest in their out OF the way
hut. I'm have to put him in with you
and Jack and Kate and Sue and Bet, | sup
pose" was the reply and if it's too
crowded, one of you must turn in with me
and dad and Dick and the twins
Year: 1864

An avaricious man out west" is re-
ported to make practice Of always riding
in the last seat Of railway train, 10 save
the interest on his fare until tho conductor
gets around to him.
Year: 1864

An efIeeting incident occurred at the New
Haven barracks the other day. A woman
desired to see her husband-embrace
him, began to sob and cry violently. uus-
band gave her his handkerchief to wipe her
eyes, after which she curiously manipuIa-
tod it under her shawl and returned it to
him. Husband took il as if il were brick
bat. Officer Of the guard investigated, and
found bottle of old rye whisky in the
handkerchief
Year: 1864

same as if he was personally present. Any
election officer refusing to receive and cou
such vote. excepting when fraudulent. and
any elector to whom such ballot is sent re
fusing TO present it at the proper poll are
punishable by $500 fine and one years i'm
prsonmcnt. Any person making false oath
touching these matters is subject to a penal
ty of $1,000 fine and five years imprison


ment.


Section SO. The Secretary Of State shall
prepare and furnish the necessary blanks to
carry out this act.


Section &c. 10 case of an elector in mill
tary service on vessel, the master Of sand
vessel shall be competent to take affidavit
and written statement Of said clector,


Section 40. Assessors are required to as,
sess a county tax of ten cents or every non
commss ioned officer and. private, and the
usual tax on every commissioned officer,
known bV them to be in the military service
OF the United States or of the State, in the
army or navy, and when names shall have
been omitted they must be added Oh appl-
cation of any resident of The district. Non.
commissioned officers and privates are to be
exempt from all other personal taxes while
in service. Assessors must receive this lax
from, and furnish certificate Of payment to
any citizen Offering to pay the same for SAID
soldier Where the name has been entered
on the assessment books no certificate of as.
sessment shall be required. The certificate
Of payment shall set forth the name of the
person for whom the tax is paid,
the date of payment, aud year for
which it was assessed. THIS certf
cate shall only be evidence Of payment of
taxes, and shall not preclude demand tor
other evidence of right to vote. The pen-
atty for noncompliance on the part Of as.
SCISSORS, collectors or treasurers shall not be
less than $50 nor more than $500.
Year: 1864

CHINESE JUsTICE.-But few of our readers
are aware Of the fact that the Chinese Of this
city have Courts Of their own. and have Ger
tain laws which they rigidiy enforce, very fire.
qpently imposing tie death penalty. When
the latter Is the case the prisoner Is sent back
TO China, with record of the trial and find
ing Of the Court. These are given to the Chi
ne>e auhoriies. who forthwith proceed TO ex-
ccute the decree of the Court. One of the
greatest terrors of the Chinese thieves is to
be tried by their own Courts for their Judges
seem to know by intuition when an attempt is
made to cheat them by the introduction Of a
false witness, and although the Chinese have
no hesitation in perjuriug themselves in an
American Court Of Justice they are remarka
bly, careful not to do anything of the kind
when before their own Courts. Each com
merca company has a Court OF its own, and
q representive of each company composes a
sort Of Supreme Court. Several days since 4
Chinese thief was brought before Judge Sbep-
heard upon q charge Of grand larceny, but
the eviderce would not warrant his conviction.
He was. however Immediately arrested by the
Chinese and ha, been convicted. and will be
returned to China TO suffer the penalty i'm
posed by the Court.-CaU.
Year: 1864

The following are the total amounts received
by NJ. Clark, ESD as contributions from the
citizens Of Butte county to the Sanitary Fund,
and forwarded TO San Francisco to be sent
East for the relief of our sick and wounded
sol1iarc
Year: 1864

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
December /, 10 p. MA great deal of artillery
firing has prevailed to-day in the vicinity of the
Jerusalem road; but without any result worth
mentioning. At this hour an unusual stiffness
reigns along the entire line, THE pckets seeming to
have become wearied of their continual firing at
each other


This afternoon the Maryland Brigade received
the new flags which were ordered for them by
the Legislature Of that State at its last session.
After the brigade had passed in review, Governor
Bradford made a speech to the officers and men,
which was responded to In feeling terms by
Colonel Dennson, who commands the brigade


The men composing the brigade have seen
some OF the hardest fighting of the war, and their
thiuned ranks and tattcred coors show how they
bore their part in each engagement. The new
colors are very handsome, and made of heavy
blue silk, with fringe and tassols of gold.


On the flags are the names of the different bat
ties the regiments participated in. The entire
affair was one of the most agreeable character,
and would no doubt have good effect on the
men. The Governor and staT leave tomorrow
for General Buffers Department, when the regi-
meuts there will receive their colors.
Year: 1864

lSG6-A PaorHsT.c YEAR-A London
paper calls attention to tie fact that the year
1866, which Louis Napoleon has fixed as the
time for Withdrawing his troops from Rome
which will be virtually leaving the Papacy in
that city to its fa,e-is the very year which
nearly all our most eminent commentators Oh
the New Testament and writer's on prophecy,
from the time Of Bishop Newton downwards,
have, hy wonderful concurrence of opinion.
named as tie year in which Popery is to
receive its deathbow.n
Year: 1864

SOLDIERS OF FosrUSE-Many of the Poles
engaged in the late revelation intend to take
service under the rev Emperor Of Mexico. The
Austrian Authorities give every encouragement
TO the scheme.
Year: 1864

IL GooD CoSpITIoS--The State Treasury
Is IN good condition again, snd warrants are as
good as gold. There is money on hand to pay
all warrants drawn on the general fund to date
and Surplus of 100000 in the fund.
Year: 1864

TnR world is coming to an end in 1865
Professor Neumayer. Of Munich, says so.-
He adds that . comet will run against the
earth and absorb it, as one drop Of mercury
absorbs another. Office e-seekers will be graf
flied to learn that the fusion of earth and
comet will not take place till near the end OF
the year. 80 that they may have little time
left to profit by the coming Presidential
election and the consequent division Of spoils.
Year: 1864

The marriage Of young lady with gen.
tleman some twenty years her seLior Is n
very frequent occurrence; yet, whenever
such marriage does take place, there are
always fifty people ready to talk about the
sacrifice, and to aver that il is impossible she
cah love him-that she has only married for
wealth and position--and, in fact, that il is
altogether shocking. Some blame her, some
pity her, some call her poor, dear thing, and


some designate her as "a shameless crea-


ture;" but none ever give her credit for love,
affection or respect toward the person on


whom she has bestowed her hand. This
stereotype idea, that people must be born in
the same year to love each other properly is
oil nonsense. 1t is on par with cruel


father and designing mother hallucination--
very well upon the stage, but not applicable
to real life. For our part VIC think It is just
as possible fo- girl to fall in love with a
middle aged man as with young one. In
fact, we think they are twenty times more
agreeable, and often considerably handsomer.
A boy is only girl in coat and cravat. lie
thinks just as she does, has the same inter.
est in nothing, is just as delicate and pretty,
and about as reliable. a man is something
greater. If she has any sense, she involun.


tarily feels it and admires him. As the best
things improve as they grow older, truly
admirable man must become more so as he
grows older; and if some women discover
this, it is ridiculous to oyerwhelm them with
the same sweeping censure. OF course, some
women do marry for money but there are
rich young men as well as rich old men, and
the mere fact Of difference in years does
not prove the assertion. Years alone do not
make the disparity between them it is the
heart, the brain, tho soul, which should be
alike in marriage. Where these are matched
one with the other, welded pair is happy
otherwise they are miserable. In the beau.


tiful passage in David Copperfield," where
after long and quiet suffering, Annie at last
opens her heart to her kind old husband, and
unveils her own truth with Jack MaIdon's
teachings, she utters these words: "There
can be no disparity in marriage like unsuita.


bility Of mind and purpose and these
words embody our meaning better than all
we can say. II is better, certainly, for young
people to marry. It generally is the case !;
it is well and natural. Yet love may be lust
as strong with years Of difference Between


the parties, and the outer world has nothing
to do with it. We know as much Of each
others lives and purposes as We do of the
man in the moon and why we should ever
take upon ourselves The fight Of ,ascriting a
motive, which suits with our own ideas, to
all our fellow creatures actions, IL to US a
mystery. We are willing, for our part, to
permit even . young beauty to unite herself
to middle aged millionaire, without stating
for positive fact that she cannot love him.
Loves arrows are aimed at random-and IL
at times he pierces an old and young heart
at the same time, there is little cause for
wonder and sufmises, and insinuations are
neither necessary nor delicate.
Year: 1864

A Chaplain Of an inquiring turn of mind,
observing an artillery man in recent battle
keeping perfectly cool and tranquil under a
heavy fr,. asked if he was supported by
Divine Providence. lie was horrfied by an
answer in the negative. with the explanatory
assurance that the battery was supported By
the 9th New Jersey.
Year: 1864

RESULT OF THE LATE DRAFT.-Mr. Whiting,
Solicitor of the War Department, said, In his
speech in Boston, on Monday evening, that
there could be no improprie.y in stating that,
on the first day of October, we had received
under the last call over one hundred and
twenty thousand volunteers, and he had been


informed by authority, 10 which he gave the
highest credit, that the last draft, when com
pleted, would furnish all the men that would
be needed for the war.
Year: 1864

THE Mobile Register once told the
following story:


About twenty three years old Jake
Willard had cultivated the soil of Bald
win county, and had drawn therefore a
support for himself and wife. He is
childless. Not long ago Jake left his
house In search of a missing COW. His
route led him through an old worn out
patch Of clay land about six acres in ex-
tent, in the center of which was a well
twenty-five or thirty feet deep, that at
some time probably had furnished the
inhabitants of a ruined house near by
with water. In passing this spot an i'll
wind lifted Jake's hat from his head and
maIiciously waited it to the edge Of the
well, and in it tumbled.


Now Jake had always praoticed the
virtue of economy, and he Immediately
set about the recovery Of the lost hat.
He ran to the well, and finding that it
was dry at the bottom, he uncoiled the
rope which he had brought for the pur-
pose Of capturing the truant COW, and
after several attempts to catch the hat
with moose he concluded to save time
BY going down the well himself To
accomplish this he made one end Of the
rope fast to a stump hard by, and was
quickly on his way down the well.


1t was fact Of which Jake was no less
obliyious than the reader hereof, that
Ned Wells vas in the ruined building
aforesaid, and that an cid blind horse
with a bell ON his neck, who had been
turned out to die, was Iazily grazing
within a short distance Of the well.


The devil himself, or some other wick
ed spirit, put into Ned's Uranium to have
little fun; 50 he quietly slipped up to
the horse and unbuckliHg the bell strap,
approached with a slow and measured


ting a ling to the edge Of the well.


Dang that old blind horser said Jake,
he's a cumnin' this way, and hain't got
ne more sense than to fall in here. Whoa,
Banr


But Tho continued approach of the


ting ling said just as plainly as words,
that Bali BouidH't whoa. Besides, Jake
was at the bottom, resting before trying
to shin it up the rope.


Great JorusolomI said he, the old
ouss viii be atop of me before I can
say Jack Robinson. Whoa, dang you,
whoap


Oh, Lordr exclaimed Jake, falling
upon his knees at the bottom. I'm
gone now, whoal Now I lay NE down
to sIeep-w-h-o-a, Ball Ipray the Lord
my soul to-w-h-o-a, now, Oh, Lord,
have mercy on mer


Ned could hold in no longer, and fear
ing that Jake might suffer from his
fright, revealed himself.


Probably Ned didn'tmake tracks with
his heels from that well Maybe Jake
was not up to the top of it in a short
time; and you might think he didn't try
every night for two weeks to get shot
with his rife at Ned. Maybe not. 1
don't know. But I do know that if Jake
finds out who sent you this it will be the
last squib you viii ever get from this
writer.