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Year: 1864

THURLow WEED DELIVERS ANOTHER OPNroN--
VOICE FROM THE ToMBs-The columns of the
Albany Ereaing Journal contain another long
winded letter from Thurlow Weed, giving his
opinion on the Presidential canvass. He seems
to think that his opinion is Of as much import
ance as that Of Chief Justice Taney when he
was alive. He takes as much pains in paradipg
it as though he considered the people OF the
whole country as completely under his thumb
as the Albany lobby was few years since,
before he encountered Vanderbilt on Harlem
shorts Just as though anybody cared fg
about Thurlow Weeds opinion. 1t is Of no
earthly account. All that he has said in his
last decree is borrowed from other people.
His egotism has overcome him. Every opinion
that he has delivered in the last two years has
been repudiated by events. He is not half as
reliable as the spirits Of the two sisters. Weed,
Amos Kendall, Old Blair, General Came
ron, General John Cochrane and Chevalier
Forney every now and then rise up from their
tombs and give their opinion OF events here
just as though what they said was of the least
Importance. Unfortunately for them they are
on the wrong side OF the tomb, and too near the
internal regions to obtain correct idea Of any
thing. The beet thing that these old fogies,
Weed, Old Blair, Amos Kendall, General
Cameron, General Cochrane and Forney, can
now do Is to get together and resolve them
selves into spiritual circle and try 10 get
some reliable information from the spirit land.
They are completely played out here, and for
the cake Of their own regulations had better
keep their mouths shut until they can End favor
with more reliable spirits than they have yet
found In the tombs where they have long since
bees laid BY public opinion.
Year: 1864

Cry CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS II A MUDDLE.-
There is universal dissatisfaction about the
nominations for Congress in this city. The
nominations are in great degree regarded in
all parts of the country as indicating the policy
Of the parties in the canvass. The fact, how
ever. is that the nominations in almost every
Congressional district are in decided muddie,
and the reverse Of what the democratic party
desire to do bids fair to be accomplished at the
polls There are numerous candidates in the
field in every district with fair prospect of
their increasing to an indefinite number Some
of them are put up to be withdrawn, others to be
bought off, and still others for the sole purpose
Of having them defeated and the conceit taken
out OF them 1t is in fact so mixed up that it
is hard to tell which is which or what is what.
Ben Wood has for some time past been in bad
way about his pet district, which he desires to
prevent from having any voice in Congress,
like the seeded States. For this purpose he
has been furnished with Southern lottery grants
and policies. with which il is boasted that he
can perpetualy buy up the district and its con-
vention. In the present muddle of affairs
there we think that this is the best thing that
he can do.


In each Of the adjoining districts we have
had candidate for every day in the week. As
to Brooks district, it is as badly mixed as
the trial Of the Ecening Erpress case in the
courts shows up that concern, in its accounts
without books, its management without head,
and it's dubious, inexplicable muddle in every
way. The Brooks partnership in small news
papers, secesh politics and Peter Funk stock
speculations have made money enough to COM
pete with Ben Wood in like speculations in the
Eighth district. In the upper district Herrick
has received the Tainmany nomination and
Fernando Wood the fag end Of Mozart, which
amounts to nothing. The only practical way
to settle the difficulty in this district is for
Woods friends to see Herrick's friends, and
harmonic BY sn agreement to pay zone hun
drsd dollars" vote during the two years OF
Congress, 80 that the honors and the profits
may be properly divided, this price being the
rate established in similar cases by the criminal
records in this city.
Year: 1864




The last Sim that kept your Crib tried your
dodge, alsoi but was glad, like q beA'en eur, to
sneak into his kennel; and you will shortly hide
your brainless head there also, in some cage OF
other.
Your brain is only a oonsIomerated mats Of blood


and matter,
A poor cracked skull to wear hat, to help the


halter.


OH shame shamel But we know there 10 ne
shame In you. The public are ashamed Of you,
and the WORTHY AUTHORITIES MAY CLOSE
you UP.


See the New York Clipper, where It says where
ever the Model.Artist man goes, he always hiss
trouble with the authorities. You Tememb Der when
you were Ia the second degree Of The
Year: 1864

We are glad to see that Rev. WILLIAM M.
THAyER, author OF the Pioneer Boy" aud
other popular works, is engaged upon His
tory Of the Rebellion Tor the young, and that
Messrs. Walker, Wise, 4 Co., OF Boston, will
issue the first volume about the first OF April.
The importance of such work cannot be
over-estimated. The young ought to under
stand the nature and history OF this struggle,
as a means of inspiring their hearts with pat
riotism, and attaching them with oil the ar
dor OF youth to free institutions. There are
les ons for them in this war that can be de-
rived from no other source, and we rejoice
that they are going to appear in permanent
shapes. All intelligent parents will desire to
have their children instructed on this subject,
that they may not lose the lesson Of the hour
Tue value OF the History will not be confined
to the young. Many families cannot afford
to purchase either OF the histories of the Re-
belhon written avowedIy for adults, the cheap
est OF which will cost seven or eight dollars.
As this work of Mr.. TuAYERs, when com.
pleted, will not probably cost half that, and
vet will contain the substance Of tho larger
works, families who cannot afford the larger
works (made large by the introduction Of
public documents, long speeches, &C., that few
desire to read) will find this valuable history
for their use, whether they have children or
not. Condeusation-th most in the smallest
space-is what our people crave; and this,
we understand, will be characteristic OF this
History o the Rebellion Tor the young.


This work, the price OF which We learn
from the publishers is to be sl,25, should at
tract the attention Of Book Agents, rs it is
destined to have an immense sale ell over
the country.
Year: 1864

These, besides others the diocese whose names can
not be now rendered. with guests Of the Very Rev. Vicar
from New York snd Canada sweed the number 10
seventy priests Father George Mcoskey, OF New York.
and guests OF the Vicar General present


The Archbishop returned thanks 10 fcw remarks, i'm
pressed with warm emotions He spoke OF the love and
devotedness he had always experienced from bis clergy
OF their zeal 10 the OF religion OF
honor and glory Of God II desire OF hs TO 20
from among those with whom he had been happy and
from whom he had received such consolation. IL
was the voice OF the Holy Father that called
him TO Albany seventeen years ago. The
authority designated another field OF labor. To him
10 the voice OF God--and though be had hoped


pend the remainder OF bs days amongst them, he
obey. But he elt that he not ~ be entirely
ra ted from them. He had spent In Albany seventeen
yasvs-tbe best Of his existence. There lew
wbeSe. But those years had been cheered by the
operation OF these his friends They had him
priests sustain their bishop. He left them not from
choice, but from spirit OF obedience. What was his
loss their gam. Another, with greater energy and
zeal would take his place and renew his work. The
Nee OF Rome bad given him the privilege OF naming


tminf Of the diocese, with power ordinary
Extraordinary tbe Rev Father Conroy) and 10 him they
VIII lock until their bishop appointed. Who no may
be could not say. The Holy Father alone conferred
this position.


He spoke the affairs OF the diocese OF seminary
and OF the prosperous condition which their zeal under
providence Of God bad secured for the church in


le gNs which the clergy have prepared for the Bsh-
op beautiful and appropriate. They consist OF the
portut, Archepscopai and ring. The conrieu
nor the purpose which promptly MADE, amount
I'd to over tour Thousand dollars


Tber, have been many other tributes OF private friend
ship and OF DUTY 10 the distinguished preate But this
agectorNe disciples, must have been toe grateful
Of all
Year: 1864

CHANGE OF FCOUNTENANCE.-Cnarl Bergen
aprivate in one Of the New York regiments
which left this city for the seatoi war in 1861.
was taken sick soon after reaching the field
when the surgeon-of the command to which
he was attached ian incompetent mani dnsed
him with calomel until he was completely
saiiyated, and could scarcely move hand or
foot What seemed to be cancerous forma-
ton made its appearance in his throat. and
he was finally discharged from the army on
ground of physical disability He came home
to die. and in December, 1862, was admitted
TO the New York Hospital. where his case ex-
cited much interest. His upper jaw, lip and
one eye. has been eaten away, and the cartil-
agenons portion of his nose terribly multila-
ted by the corrosive nature of the drug ad-
ministered 10 him. Dr. Buck, one of the
oldest surgeons attached to Thu excellent In


stitution. at once stopped the desses OF cal
omel and set to work to make his patient
new face. Incisions were made in one cheek
and pieces of flesh drawn over from which
lip was formed hese pieces were carefully
joined and at the expiration OF few months
the Doctor had the pleasure OF finding the
parts firmly united. An artificial jaw was
then formed from one source and glass eye
from another. and properly inserted. Ber-
gen continued to improve rapidly. and, with
his new countenance, can hardly be recog-
nized by his friends At presnt he Is enga-
ged as one of the corps nurses attached to
the institution Shortly after his admission.
Superintendent Roberts. Of the Hospital, had
a plaster cast made of Bergen's face, which
when compared with his present features,
cannot f ii to excite wonder at the remarka-
bic change efected.-N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1864

IMmIGRArIoN-The English press and pub
lie are greatly distressed at the immensely
increasing emigration from Ireland to this
country Europe is throwing the most stall
wart, and possibly the most valuable portion
of her population into our cities by thous.
sands For years immigration has not been
so large as it is now. The demand for labor
consequent upon the war; the vacant places
to be filed in the workshops, farms and fac
tories throughout the land. from which thou
sands have gone forth to battle for the Union,
and the advanced rate of wages which labor
commands are. no doubt. the inducements
which have quickened emigration. And it
is only beginnings for when the war is over,
there will be an illimitable field for Euro
pean laborers in the South. In the course of
a year or two there will be room and abun-
dant employment for some three or four mil
lions of foreign laborers. We are therefore
but in the infancy Of an immense immigra-
ton
Year: 1864

GIVE US THIS DAY OuR DAILY BREAD. :
1t is honorable to get living by honest m
dustry, and it is but right that every one
should have the chanee'of SO doing. 1t Is a
disgrace for any one to eat the bread OF idle
ness if not absolutely forced to do it, in which
case il is humiliating as well as enervatlng in
the extreme To a sensitive being, there Is
nothing which tends more directly to blast
soul and body than a feeling of uncertainty
and dependence. II bows such being into
the very dust, and makes happiness mock
cry and life a burden.


oh the longing and pining for independ
ence-the desire to feel that our destiny is in
our hands, and that We may walk abroad in
perfect freedom, breathing the fresh air ard
enjoying the beauties of nature as one of her
darling children, with none to say, why do
you so % There is eternal desire in the
human breast to feel dependent on God alone
Ito have our destiny unlinked with that Of
any other erring dependent mortal. further
than we choose from our free will. 1t is ter
rible to feel that others have unnatural power
over US, from which it is impossible to- ex-
tricate ourselves-to feel that we are depen-
dent on others for the bread that we eat. for
the very maintenance OF our existence. And
oh how much more terrible is the idea that
others still are dependent on us-are looking
ep to us for the privilege of living. Heaven
have pity on those poor beings who, from
youth, age or sex, are incapable Of engaging
successfully in the great battle of life, and
are left the needy dependents of one who
must


Beg a brother of the earth


To give him lief to toll,


And see his lordly fellow-worm


The poor petition spurn,


Unmindful though weeping wife
Year: 1864

NJ Office is hereby given that will, at the ex-
~ piration of thirty days after the publication of
this notice, soon thereafter my application
can be heard make application to the Hon. Board
OF Supervisors of Shasta county for license to
tablish and keep public ferry across the Sacra-
mento riN er at the most eligible point above, and
within one half mile of the mouth of Cow Creek,
where said creek empties into said river.


And at the same time l will petition the said
Board or Supervisors to lay out and declare a pub
lie road, commencing on the Shasta and Copper
City road in Bear Valley thence running south to
Cow Creek Valley, and down on the west side of
said creek, by way of Fort Reading, crossing the
Sacramento river, and continuing on in direct line
so as to intersect the present Shasta and Red Bluff
road at Lean and Fosters on Cottonwood creek
mr5 WM MAGEE
Year: 1864

is purely scientific preparation. discovered by
long research aud study, and can be depended
as being all that it is represented is perfectly
harmless, and will not stain the finest eambrie.


If the use of this preparation is persevered in.
according to the directions (which will be found in
full on each bottle). there will be no necessity of
any one having gray hairs, no matter to what age
the person may live
Year: 1864

Mr.. CoLAMEk, of Vermont told the follow
ing good story of recruiting in lSl2-l3, in a
speech he made the other day in the United
States Senate g We had Lieutenant by the
name OF Rezeau. who was famous recruiting
officer. | say we, because | was then in
the service. lie was sent down to Middle
bury. in Vermont. TO recruit in the Winter
of lSl2-l3. In the Spring the recruits were
brought, in; there were about seventy or eigh
ty of them. When we came to muster them
in according to their enlistment, it was found
on examining the men that he enlisted one as
a Major, two as Chaplains, about twenty men
to each bass drum. and three or four as Lieu
tenants. When we came to take off the eiti-
zen clothes and put the soldiers uniform on
them and place them in the ranks, there was
distress and trouble enough If we had been
compelled to carry out the assurances they
had received, | do not know how we should
ever have done it. | will only add that
Rezeau took care to stipulate that he should
never serve-with his own recruits
Year: 1864

DR.. KEMP, an English chemist. in recent
work on his favorite science. remarks 80
it is, that, as we all sprang from putrefac
ton, or from dead matter that had never be
fore been vitalized, so. in like manner. must
all our frames return through the ordeal of
putrefaction TO the dead wo ID The muscle
of the strong man, the bloom of beauty. the
brain of the philosopher, must once more
rot, as, doubtless, they have often rptted be-
fore, and are destined, in the continual pha


sis and circulation of matter. to rot again
The hand that writes this sentence, nay, the
very brain that conceives the thought that the
hand is marking down, was once earth, such
as we all trample on, and soon will be earth
again, and, perhaps, ere even the writer's
name has ceased to be mentioned by those
with whom he holds familiar intercourse,
will be transformed into the cyyress of the
cemetery, or the daisies of the country
church-yard. Nay, also the matter of that
eye which reads this saying. and of the brain
which receives that saying. and is. perhaps,
startled at it, little while ago was allied to
the elements of inorganic matter; and the
time can not be very distant ere some have
to mourn over those terrible words read over
it, of dust to dust and ashes to ashes The
very tear of affection was once water and a
little rock salt; and after little time it will
lie water and rock-salt ono, more.n
Year: 1864

A SALUTARY THouaHT.-When l was
young man, there lived in our neigh
borhood farmer who was usually report
ed to be very liberal man, uncommonly
upright in his dealings. When he had
any of the produce of his farm to dis
pose Of he made it an invariable rule to
give good measure--rather more than
would be required of him. One Of his
friends observing him frequently doing so,
questioned him as to why he did It; he
told him he gave too much, and said it
would be to his disadvantage. Now, dear
reader, mark the answer Of this excellent
man:


"God has permitted me but one jour
ney through the world, and when am
gone l cannot return to rectify mistakes" /"


Think Of this. There is but one Jour
ney through life.
Year: 1864

While walking with friend, gentle
man accidently stepped upon lady's
trailing dress; she turned with frown-
ing look and strong expression of anger,
With his usual urbanity he replied: al
am sorry, madam, very sorry, indeed
but really ! didn't know that was with
in quarter of mile Of your
Year: 1864

THE North American Review argues
that profanity indicates chronic weak
ness Of intellect and poor education; I;
for it requires no genius to swear, while
it does require some learning and talent
to converse in genteel language. Let the
people make note of this.
Year: 1864

AN Ingenious application Of the art Of photo
graphy was made in the recent trial of John W
Hunter, charged with the forgery Of drafts. Mr.
Cisco swore positively that the signature on the
drafts was the veritable handwriting of Mr.. Hun
ter. The counsel for the defendant had had s
magniied Photographic copy Of the signature
made, from which it appeared most clearly that the
signatures in question were forged The different
strokes of the pen Of the forger could be distinctly
traced in tle photograph, showing that the writing
was not genuine but the elaborate work Of knaye
SO expertly done as to deceive the best judges.
Year: 1864

ESsMALLMENr.-0wing to the stringency of
the paper market, and not being abls to procure
a supply Of psper Of our usual siss in time, the
% APPEAL appears this evening, shorn of its fair
prcPoriions We expect to resume our usual
sss IL a few days.
Year: 1864




The mail steamer Cossack arrived here at
one o'clock to. day from City Point.


She confirms the reported massing OF the Sec
ond and fifth corps near the jerusalem plank
road Tuesday night, and their subsequent
march towards Stony Greek Station on We'd
nesday night.


Up to the hour at which the Cossack left City
Point-10 O'Clock yesterday morning--nothing
definite had been heard as to the result OF the
movement, and there was nothing to indicate
that the progress OF the troops had been STOP
ped, or that q fight was going on.


The cold weather Is having telling effect
upon the rank and file of Lees army, and
large numbers OF deserters are again coming
into our lines. The Oossack brought up about
fifty OF these poor fellows, who suffered much
from the cold, being thinly clad in most in.
stances and without blankets.


The Cossack ran aground last night off Mary
land Point, where she laid about four hours
before being able to get of, which will account
for her late arrival here.
Year: 1864

o ONE OF YOU CAN'T. AND WE PITY
- you. You have tried every remedy but the one
destined by its intrinsic merit, to supersede all sim
liar preparations 1t is not surprising you should be
reluctant to try something else after the many exper
iments you have made Of trashy compounds foisted
on the public as Il certain cure /: but
Year: 1864




If there is any one quality which is abb
solutily necessary tosuccess and happiness,
that quality is gumption and,of all un-
fortunate and to be pitied, are those who
lack this inestimable blessing. Not that
there is anything very. bad about such
people Indeed, they are generally we'll
meaning, but they haven't any gump-
ton" That is all one can say about it,
No other expression, no elaborate descrip-
tion even, can convey to the mind the pre-
else condition of the class referred to.
1t would be hard matter, in facts to de-
fine gumption, yet every one knows just
what is lacking in those who do not pos
sess it, yet every one is aware Of the de-
ficency except the individuals them
selves. 49,


If we might venture into the domain
of mental science, we would say that
gumption is a faculty of the mind some
what akin to original suggestion, sort of
instinct; sixth sense, it may be, inclin-
ing now to tact, now to common sense ac-
coiding as it is more or less symetrically
developed


The unfortunate individuals who lack
gumption seem to fall chiefly in due ap-
probation Of the eternal fitness Of things.
They have no proper sense of where
things belong, no idea of the awkward
and the ridiculous. They do the right
things often enough, but always at the
wrong time. They seem have genius
for getting things by the wrong handle
They will bring you the sheep-shears to
cut piece of florence silk, or pair of
embroidery scissors to cut hemp rope.
Invite them to call, and they will be sure
to come in the morning--most likely on
washing day. If they have an engage
ment, they will be prompt enough, unless
the business is pressing, in which case it
is as morally certain that they WILDE late
as that the sun will rise tomorrow morn
ing.


But we may as well be patient, and call
it an infrmity of poor human nature. 1t
seems to be the province of some people
to get things bottom side up, wrong side
to, and inside out They are like lathe
out of order When the power is APP
piled, no one short of a genuine prophet
can tell whether it will turn out butter
bowl or a broom handle OF one thing,
however, you may restassured. IL there
is chance to get out of place, they
will find it; if it is possible to make an
awkward blonder, they will demonstrateit,
and if thing can be misunderstood, or
misinterpreted, they are just the ones to
do it. ,+ II, ,.t.ll