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Year: 1864

THE CHRIsTHAs TREE,-The largest audience
we have ever seen together in WalIa Walla as
sembed at the Masonic Hall on Friday evening
last to witness the Christmas Tree exhibition of
the Sunday School Children. The hall was
q full to overfowing," and many who went
not expecting to see anything more extraordin-
ary than is usually exhibited by children on
such occasions, returned home we'll satisfied
with the evenings entertainment. The little
ones; for whose especial beneftit was gotten up,
seemed to enjoy themselves immensely but as
is almost invariably the case, some of the little
fellows failed get presents from the Tree, which
was of course mOrtifying enough to them. This
occurred, perhaps, from the crowd being so
great that, during the distribution of the pres
ents the children were necessarily kept near the
tree, and in the confusion, some of the smaller
ones no doubt imagining it "free take" vol
unteered their services in the distribution and
helped themselves and their little friends to ar
tices that had been put on the tree for others,
and from this cause few articles were wrongly
distributed. This part of the exercise could
have been conducted more satisfactorily but as
it is always easier to see after the fact than
before where mistake could have been avoid
ed, we are sure that those persons who did
their best then to please could do much better
second time The ladies who decorated the
Tree received, as they deserved, many compli-
ments from the audience for the tasteful manner
in which they did it.
Year: 1864




ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.-On Monday night as
Mr.. ]. ]. Ryan was going from his saloon to his
dwelling, some one suddenly rose up before him
in the alley in the rear of his saloon, and as he
raised his arm before his face and inquired,
q Who is there ?' he received blow across his
arm from revolver. At this he Immediately
caught hold of his assailant to obtain possession
of the revolver, and scuf1e ensued in which
both fell to the ground. Mr.. R. finally got hold
of his own revolver and fired, when his assail-
anNgot up and ran away, R. firing at him again
as heAan but as the night was so dark he
could noesee him he perhaps did not hit him.
The object e the person was evidently robbery,
and 1t is supposed he was lying in wait for the
proprietor Of the y, George Chop House, (for
whom, in the darkness. he mistook Mr.. R. who
has been known to be inthe habit of taking his
money with him every nighS to his room, which
is near the residence of Mr.. hyan. It has for
some time been said that there we1e anumber of
thieves and cut-throats prowling aboutshe town,
and this proof that there is at least one OF such
here should be warning to those who are in
the habit of carrying money about upon their
persons after nightfall to be on the lookout for
him.
Year: 1864

THE RIVER OPEN.-Parties who have come
up from Wallula this week inform us that the
river is open at that point and entirely free from
floating ice. The river is very low. A boat is
hourly expected at Wallula.
Year: 1864

THE CAPITAL OF IDAHo.-The citizens Of
Lewiston have placed injunction upon the
removal of the capital from that place, on the
ground that the session of the legislature, at
which the bill was passed was not legally con-
vened. The Organic Act of the Territory pro-
yides that the legislature shall meet in January,
but at the session a year ago the time was
changed, by enactment, to October, in accord
ance with which the legislature met this year
The case is to have hearing before Judge
Smith, of the District Court, and in case be
sustains the injunction, it win be carried up to
the Supreme Court. 1t is supposed that the eff
feet of the injunction will only be to delay the
removal for short time.
Year: 1864

DURING the Mexican war, one Of the news
papers hurredly announced, as an item of news
from Mexico, that General Pillow and thirty
seven of his men had been lost in bottle
(battle). Some other paper informed the
public, not long ago, that man in brown
surtout was yesterday brought before the court
on the charge of having stolen small OK (box)
from lady's work bag. The stolen property
was found in bis waistcoat pocket. An English
paper once stated that the Russian General
Backinofi kosky was found dead with a long
word Sword 10 his mouth. 1t was perhaps,
the same paper that, in giving description of
battle between the Poles and Russians, said
that the conflict was dreadful, aud the enemy
was repused with great laughter (slaughter.l
Again: A gentleman was recently brought up
to answer the charge Of having eaten (beateD)
a stage driver for demanding more than his
fare. These are few oat of the innumerable
typographical errors which have occurred in
the newspapers of the country.
Year: 1864

II is stated that a woman who was jealous
of her husband was burned to death in Canada
BY his becoming indignant at her reproaches
and throwing kerosene oil over her, which be
sfterwsrd touched lighted match to.
Year: 1864

A New IxvESTIoy.-The Gold Hill News
of November 22d describes new patent hoist
ing apparatus, which seems TO oe al improve
meat on anything Of the kind heretofore in use.
II consists Of double sheave at the top and a
single sheave below, which works with an
endless chain The vast weight Of three thou
sand pounds can be raised By this fall" by one
mau to any required hight. and after being
hoisted, the weight retains lis position without
prop or aid This machine is one Of the labor
saving kind, and will doubtless meet with
extensive use in a country where so much
hoistiDg is done.
Year: 1864


| The writer gives us his theory of the war
Although the war has not quite reached the
miscegenetic point yet, it itprogresses visibly
After showing how other wars have blend
ed the various bloOds Of the world, he
says:


1t will be our noble prerogatve to set the example
Of this blending Of blood. It is idle to maintain that
this present war is not war for the negro. 1t is
rights or his physical freedom; It is war, If you
pleaseof so calleda looking as its
final fruit, to the blending of the white and black
All attempts to end ii without recognition of the
political civil and social rights of the negro will on
~ lead TO still bloodier battles in the future Let us
be wise and look to the end let the war oon until
Il so on until the pride Of caste Is done away Let
go on until church and state pnd society recognize
NOT only the propety but the necessity Of the fusion
OF the white and black [laughterl in short until the
great truth shall be declared in public documents
and announced in the messages of our Presidents
that ii is desirable the white man should marry the
black woman and the white woman the black man
that the race should become melaleuketc before it
becomes miscegenetic. IGreat laughter.l


This Is the language of scientific prog
ress, soon to become familiar to the gen
tlemen on the other side. The author pro-
ceeds: ~
The next step will be the opening of California to
the teeming millions Of eastern Asia The patience
the industry, the ingenuity, the organizing the
skill in the mechanic arts which characterize the
japanese and Chinese must be transplanted TO our
soil, not merely by tho immigration Of the inhabi-
tants Of those nations but by their incorporation with
the composite race which will hereafter rule this
tinent. -
1t must be remembered that the Indians whom we
have displaced were copper-colored; and no other
complexion, psychologists affirm, can exist perma-
nenty in America. The white race which settled in
New England will be unable to maintain its vitality
as blond people, The darker shades Of color live
and thrive. and the consumption prevalent in our
Eastern States is mainly confined to the yellow-hair
cd and thin-blooded blondes.


What sad picture this for our New En-
gland friends! Oh, ye yellow-haired and
thin-blooded Yankees! Mingle! mingle!
mingle while ye may! 1t is the sure cure
for your asthmas and consumptions.


Still speaking of these thin-blooded New
Englanders, he says:


They need the intermingng of the rich tropic tenn
permanent of the negro to give watmth and fulness to
their natures. tLaughter.l They feel the yearnng,
and donot know how to interpretit. [Laughterl The
physician tells them they must travel to q warmer
climate. They recognize in this glimpse of the
want they feel though they hopeless Of its eica
cy to fully restore the lost vitality. Still they feel
the nameless longing,
Year: 1864

Asst will bake broi and roast better than any other
stove with saving Of rs per cent in fuel, aud very
large percentage in convenience. 2hF ~


They have the following advantagesI 2s


ls They are constructed with view Of great dura-
bility all the plates exposed to the FIRE made Of an


3D. The dues are lined With conducting cement,
thereby applying the heat directly to the oven and the
can be heated kept baking order with less -
el than any other Stove.


3d. They have hot air draft which not only make.
the fuel burn freely, and last longer but adds TO the
heating and baking facilities ha usiii< ai


4th They consume all the gasses from the fuel there
by adding largely to the amount of heat obtained from
the amount of fuel used


5th, The Stove is made, mounted and finished in the
most superior The oven is large and well-ven-
tilated The Stove is convenient in form, and made eI
use to adopt the language of who have used this
Stove t will do work with less fuel than any 9th
er Stove" = ff{ite- - gees q
Year: 1864

ADVANCE OF CrOLD.-in tins connection
the New York Post remarks as follows:
: The advance in gold, unchecked bv the
Gratifying news from the army, is attracting
considerable attention. 1t is attributed part


ly to the large foreign shipments, and partly
Ito the increasing demand for customs. but
chiefly to to the continual increase in the
volume Of the currency. Our circulating
medium now consists Of two hundred mil
lions of State Bank notes. four hundred and
forty millions of grcenbacks, and over two
|hundaed millions Of five per cent. legal ten


,iers. TO these must be added twenty mil


lions Of the National Bank notes. The vol
June of the circulation is now believed to be-
fully twice as large as is required for the


necessities Of business. and by we'll known


law which is always found to segulatc the
value of paper money, the quantity being
'amoat double Of what is nccdtnl, the paper
dollar has sunk in value till it is now worth
only iifty-four cents in gold At this rate


our gold bearing bonds are offered for sale .
The only safe way Of permanently lowering


the premium on gold is to reduce the amount


of the currency. Instead of this, however.


the volume OF the currency is being aug


mented and its value deprecated by issues


both of five per cent. legal tenders and of


National Bank notes.
Year: 1864

Tom HooD called the sIsmming of door
BY person in passion "a wooden OATH"
Most men swear by word or deed, and
there is perhaps no particular difference in
the sinfulness OF The two modes.
Year: 1864

A DEsERT-Whai a solemn stiffness
Teigns on these vast arid AsiaIic plains,
deserted alike by man, beast and bird
Men speak OF the solitude of dense for
es:s I have ridden through Their Gark
shades for days together, but there was The
signing OF the breeze, the rustling of leaves.
the creaking of The branches; sometimes
the crash of one OF these giants OF the for
esi which on falling woke up many an echo
causing the wild animals to growl and the
frightened birds TO utter shrieks oi alarm
This was moi solitude the leaves and the
branches found tongues, and sent forth
voices; but on these dreary deserts no
sound was heard 10 break the deathlike Ell
Ience which hangs perpetually over the
bliQhisd region
Year: 1864

Correspondence ofthe Nashville Unionl


Nothing is stronger evidence Of low
breeding and vulgarity of mind, than
supercilious and contemptuous treat
ment of those we affect to consider
below us, or who are in any way
dependent upon us. Everybody has
heard the anecdote Of Washington,
who was as remarkable for the polite
ness of his manners as for their dignity,
illustrative of this remark. 1t is said
that great man was riding one day up
on the highway, in company, when,
meeting a negro slave who respectfully
lifted his hat, he raised his also and
politely bowed 10 the sable son of a de-
graded race. One expressing surprise
that he would thus condescend to treat
a negro; "Sir," said the first Of men,
" do you suppose can allow negro to
outdo me in politeness 2" Whether
this ever occurred or not makes but lit
tie difference. The anecdote suggests
and illustrates a great principle and
truth Nothing is more characteristic
of good breeding, a good heart and a
good and pure mind, than politeness
towards the unfortunate, the weak and
ignorant Those who act differently,
not only show TO others a want of these
noble and manly OF womanly qualities,
but betray a consciousness in them
selves of their absence. The best eyi-
dence of the want of all Just title to so
cial position and respect, is the fear Of
losing it, by polite and respectful at
tention to those esteemed interiors
No one ever entertains this fear who is
certain Of his or her right on the
grounds of personal merit, 10 the social
position which he or she claims In a
vain attempt to make up by pretension
the lack of real merit, such persons put
on airs of superiority, and act as if it
were smart to treat harshly and rashly
the weak and ignorant, and compare
lively helpless. They falsely suppose,
in this, they exhibit their superiority
over those whom they thus treat


am constantly reminded Of these
self-eyident propositions by what 1
almost every day hear people say, and
see them do, in regard to poor unfor-
tunate class among US allude TO the
negro They are perfectly guiltless Of
being here, IS much so as those who
make fools of themselves, and show
tn cir low breeding, by mistreating them.
Year: 1864

Some foolish people, who are not exact
ly mad at the prospect of their freedom,
mistreat them, because they suppose it
would be equalizing themselves with
the negroes to act kindly and Justly
towards them. If any one would think
a moment he would see the absurdity
of such a notion. No conduct is so no
bic as acts of generous kindness to-
wards the weak and humble. 1t can
not degrade me to elevate by enlight-
ening and purifying the ignorant and
degraded-not if reach down my hand
and assist him to arise. No one ever
seeks degraded and dishonorable assO-
Citations, except in obedience to his own
instincts and corrupt propensities, and
to be kind to the bad even is not to
make associates of them. Such only
are in danger of that social negro
equality which has been the affected
terror of so many people in the South.
This terror is manifested by two classes
in the South.


l. Some poor white people who never
owned a negro slave, and who, in con-
sequence, have never been held in as
high esteem by the shareholders as their
negro slaves. The negroes themselves
denominate this class "poor white
trash, and hence in their strong preiu-
dices against the negro they have a
horror of being regarded his equal
The shareholders have always been able
to use this prejudice as a strong lever
when they have wished to use this
class. In this they have been but too
successful


,. This second eli ass is, the slavehold-
ers themselv es With this class, as
suggested above, the talk Of negro
equality has lways been affectation
and pretence They know they are
the class TO which practical negro equal
ty is confined. Whenever you hear
one of these talking on this subject
examine his genealogy, if you think il
worth while, and you will see in his re
lations, illustrations of who degrades
his race by mingling its blood with an
inferior and seryile race. Nine time.
out of ten he or she is grandfather, OF
Grandmother, or father, or uncle OF
aunt, halfbrother, or halfsister, neice
or nephew, or cousin of a negro. The
vast number of mulattoes you see every
day tells how true this assertion is. II
would seem that persons about whom
this is all so true ought to keep silent
on this subject. Somebody may be
provoked, having the means to do so
to tear the lion skin off this class, and
show them forth as the only practicerf
of negro equality The records Of the
orphans courts are not without testi
mony, of some family relationships o
this kind. 1t would not be a very diff
cult thing to call names. SorTH
Year: 1864

An old citizen of Texas writes a good
letter to the New York Times, from
which we make the following extract ::


WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE


Perhaps there was never people
more bewitched, beguilded AMI befool-
ed than we were when we drifted into
this rebellion. We have been kept so
to an amazing extent Our editors
(most of them Northern renegades,1 J
our preachers and stump-speakers, in
famed the people with talsehOods of
rights violated, constitutions broken,
laws disregarded on the one hand, and
easy victories on the other; and it is
astonishing how easily the pretended
secession was made and the war began
President Lincoln ought to have made
the very first class of exceptions, in his
Amnesty Proclamation, the editors,
preachers and stump-speakers. They
were and are more responsible for the
beginning and continuance of the re-
bellion than all others. They led the
people into it. They have kept them
in it. True, the peoples ignorance
made it an easy matter; but that does
not excuse their persevering misrepres-
entations Statements like this (by
one since an officer of high rank, were
common 81 will give good bond to
drink all the blood shed in a war caus-
ed by secession" This is specimen.
And this class is one of the last who
should have been pardoned, for they
are all of them SHINING yet. But let
that pass.
Year: 1864

Rev. G. D, of Fayette Co., Ar
kansas, one of the genuine "forest born"
orators, preaching not long since on the
''glory of the saints" delivered the follow
ing burst of native eloquence, which is
TOO good to be lost


"Who, my brethren, can describe the
glory of a saint? Why, nothing on earth
can liken it. If you drill hole through
the sun, and put it on your head for
crown, and split the moon asunder, and
put the pieces on y our shoulders for
epaulets i you tear down the starry
curtain of the skies aud wrap it round
your body for robe, and ride to heaven
on the lightning wings of the tempest
this will be as nothing to the glory of the
saints !"
Year: 1864


lay upon the headland height, and listened
To the incessant sobbing Of the sea


In cayerns under me.
And watched the waves, that tossed, and fled
and glistened,
Until the rolling meadows of amethyst


Melted away in mist.
Then suddenly, as from sleep, started;
For round about me all the sunny capes


Seemed peopled with the shapes
Of those whom had known in days departed,
Apparelled in the loneliness which CLEANS


On faces seen in dreams.
A moment only, and the light and glory
Faded away, and the disconsolate shore


Stood lonely as before;
And the wild roses of the promontory
Around me shuddered in the wind, and shed


Their petals of pale red.
There was an old belief that in the embers
Of all things their primordial form exists,


And cunning alchemists
Could recreate the rose with all its members
From its own ashes, but without the bloom,


Without the lost perfume.
Ah, me what wonder-worklng, occult science
Can form the ashes in our hearts once more


The rose of youth restore
What craft of alchemy can bid defiance
To time and change, and for single hour


Renew this phantom-hower
30, give me back, cried, "the vanished splen
doris,


The breath of morn, and the exultant strife,


When the swift stream of life
Bounds DER its rocky channel, and surrcnders
The pond, with all its lilies, for the leap


Into the unknown deep"
And the sea answered, with a lamentation,
Like some old prophet wailing, and it said,


"Aas thy youth is dead
It breathes no more, its heart has no pulsation
In the dark places with the dead of old


1t lies forever cold "
Then said /, From its consecrated cerements
viii not drag this sacred dust again,


Only to give me pain;
Bat, still remembering all the lost endearments,
Go on my way, like one who looks before,


And turns to weep no more"
Into what lands of harvest, what plantations
Bright with autumnal foliage and the glow


Of sunsets burning low;
Beneath what midnight skies, whose constelia-
tions
Light up the spacious avenue between


THIS world and the unseen
Amid what friendly greetings and caresses,
What households, though not alien, yet not
mine,


What bowers Of rest divine;
To what temptations in lone wilderness,
What famine Of the heart, what pain and loss,


The bearing of what cross!
l do not know nor viii vainly question
Those pages of the mystic book which hold


The story still untold,
But without rash conjecture or suggestion
Turn its last leaves in reverence and good heed,


Until "The End" read.
Year: 1864

We trust that the report that JosErn HoIr
Is to bc the successor OF Hr. Bates in office or
Attorney General may prove correct. There
is not better lawyer, or a trucr man, or a
more cordial hater Of slavery in the Union
than he. Mr. Holt is statesman and n ren
tleman In the broadest sense Of the terms.
and VIC happen to know that the nd vice which
he has given to the President on NIL Questions
affecting slavery has been strongly and radl.
cally In the right direction, even when the
reacuonary policy seemed 10 control the
Government To his tirmness the country Is
indebted for the conviction and expulsion
from the army Of Fitx John Porter, and the
ideas Of which that traitor was the arch ex-
poncnt. To his upright decision we are In
debted also for the first practical enforcement
Of the law Of Congress declaring the slaves of
rebels to he free men, when coming within the
military lines Of the United States, and the
fact that the enforcement took place in Ken
lucky detracts nothing from Its merit.


The place vacated by Mr.. Bates belongs
geographically to the south side Of Mason
and Dixon. We cannot name any NAN in
that, or any other section, more worthy Of
the appointment than he who tonght scces.
sion in Mr. Duchanan's cabinet with the ear
ncstncss and power which distinguished
Joseph Holt in that trying period.
Year: 1864

The gold fever is raging fearfully in
many parts Of the State. aud will carry
off its hundreds il no. thousands
to Bannock, then TO poverty. then to The
grave. One out Of every hundred will
gel rich.