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Year: 1863




ton, has demonstrated one fact which Will
prove Of marked importance to our West:
ern farmers, and perhaps work something
Of revolution, in the partial substitution
Of one staple Tor another, and that is, that
Chinese sugar cane is harder than Indian
corn. Our Information from various parts
Of the district of country recently visited
by the frost, is to the effect that while the
crop OF Indian corn has been severely in
jured or almost entirely destroyed, the
crop Of Chinese sugar cane has suffered
Little Or nothing from the same cause, and
that for hog and cattle feeding purposes,
it has suffered nothing at all. Ourreaders
will recollect that At the general Sorghum
Convention held in Rockford last Decem-
ber, the fact was certainly established, by
the concurrent testimony Of several intel
bgent and well-known sorghum cultiyat-
ozs, that for hog and cattle fatten1ng pur~
poses, there was nothing like the juice of
the sugar cane. It WIS there assumed, and
the assumption INDICATED by concurrent
testimony, that two gallons Of cane juice
we're fully equal in fatten1ng properties to
one bushel Of corn, and that good acre
Of cane would produce from eight hundred
to one thousand gallons Of juice; and also
that the pork product from the cane juice
was even superior to that from the corn.
If this TACT can be further established land
we believe tive see no reason to doubt
that in a very few years Chinese sugar cane
and Indian corn will be produced in about
equal quantities in the Wcst-the former
for sugar and syrup making and hog and
cattle feeding, and the latter for mans con-
sumption. There is wide field opened
for Investigation here, and We want to see
our Western farmers take hold Of the mat
ter in earnest.
Year: 1863

A JUSTICE better versed in law than Gospel
married a couple in this way: Hold up your
hands. You solemnly swear that you will
faithfully perform the duties of your Office,
jointly and severaliy, according 10 your best
skill and Judgment, SO help you God that's all
fee one dollar"
Year: 1863

HORRIBLE AFFAIR.-For day or two ru-
NOR has been floating around, that FIVE Indians
had been smothered to death in tunnel back
of Gold Hill. but no one seemed to regard it
in any other light than as a sensation hoax
gotten up for the edifcation of strangers So
journing within our gates. However, we
asked Gold Hill man about it yesterday, and
he said there was no shadow of a Jest in it
that it was a dark and terrible reality. He
gave us the following story as being the
version generally accepted in Gold Hill -
That town was electrified on Sunday morning
with the intelligence that noted desperado
had just murdered two Virginia policemen,
and had fled in the general direction of Gold
Hill. Shortly aferward, some one arrived
with the exciting news that man had been
seen to run and hide IN a tunnel q mile or
mile and a half west Of Gold Hill. OF course
it was Campbell-who else would do such a
thing, on that particular morning, of all Others?
So party of citizens repaired to this spot,
but each felt natural delicacy about ap-
preaching an armed and desperate man in the
dark, and especially in such confined quarters:
wherefore they stopped up the mouth of the
tunnel, calculating to hold on to their prisoner
until some one coald be found whose duty
would oblige him to undertake the dsagreeable
task of bringing forth the captive. The next
day strong posse went up, rolled away the
stones from the mouth of the sepuchre went
in and found FIVE dead Indians three men.
one squaw and one child, who had gone in
there to sleep, perhaps, and been smothered by
the foul atmosphere after the tunnel had been
closed up. We still hope the story may prove
a fabrication. notwithstanding the positive as
Surances we have received that il is entirely
true. The intention of the citizens was good,
but the result was most unfortunate To shut
up a murderer in tunnel was well enough,
but to leave him there all night was calculated
to impair bis chances for a fair trial-the prin-
ciple was good. but the application was unnec.
essarily " betty" We have given the above
story for truth-we shall contiunc to regard it
as such until it is disproven.


Territorial Enterprise
Year: 1863

The Atnta dp1ed quotes the borrowing from The Ius
caoosa Cbsrrer:-


In all patriotism cxtincr Have the farmers no con.
ecienco' 10 they intend ruin tho country by their
avarce We have had hope for the country until the late
Developments In regard TO the wheat crop. U is fact
that the farmers holding back their wheat crop for
higher prices and thus the wives and children OF our
brave soldiers at the door OF starvation while the
grsnarss u those whose property they defending are
bursting We do not believe that the God OF the universe
viii prosper the Of such people. We feel confident
that shall be BY the enemy and utterly desc
lated, in order TO teach that liberty Is worth more
than money and that those who value money than
ther freedom, not worthy be free Alas for our
country Alasl alas
Year: 1863

Character is formed, more as the result ol
habits of daily reading, than we are accus-
toned to think. Scarcely less depends on
| these than on the cha. acter Of books read.
One man will glance over dozen books,
gaining some general conception Of their
contents, but without mastering a single
thought and making it his own while an
other, in the perusal of sin gle work, will
gather materials of thought AMI converse
! ton for lifetime. Grimke, Of South Car
Dina, an eminent scholar and orator, at
tributed his distinction to the influence OF
the thorough reading and study Of a single
book-Butler's Analogy,-while thousands,
if they would confess the truth, might as
cribe their mental dissipation and imbccility
to the indiscriminats and cursory reading Of
whatever comes in their way.


There is an evil in this direction that lies
back of the character Of the popular ltera-
tire and that could not but work immense
mischief, even if what is SO universally
read were great deal better than it is. We
allude to the habit of reading for amuse.
meat or excitement. There are multitudes
who have no other higher object in reading.
If the book is only interesting" it suffices.
No matter whether it contains single val
liable thought, fact or principle; no matter
If It is true or false. 1t is enough that a
morbid love for what is wonderful or amaz-
ing is gra.ifed. 1t helps to kill time. "
satisfies an appetite that is as craving, and
about as healthful as that Of the drunkard
for his cups.


1t is truly melancholy to see so many
minds employed in catering for the risibles
and technicals Of weak men and silly VIC
men, who spend the best part of lifetime
in an imaginary world, living in castles in
the air" and feeding on husks of sentiment
tality. If there were no duties to be per-
formed in this matter-of-fac world and
if men had not immortal souls; and ii there
were no day of final account, it might be
well enough. perhaps, to yield ones self to
the control of fancy, and surrender the
mind to become the plaything of every lit.
cray harlequin who chooses to amuse and
and delight US. But we have duties, and
we have souls, and there will be a iud dsment
day; and we protest solemnly against the
prevalent neglect of all these, in the habit
of simply reading for amusement. We
object,


FIRST. Because it is wanton and wicked
aoaste of time.


| SECOND. Because it eneruates and dissi.
pates the mind.


THIRD. Because it units the mind for
solid and Instructive reading.
FoURTu. Because it enjenders such false
taste that even the Bible, and serious books,
and the preached Gospel become powerless,
or are only valued in the degree that they
excite or amuse.


Eddyville, October 9th, 1868.
Year: 1863

Some years since, an accen.ric old genius
whom, 70. convenience, we will call Barnes,
was employed by farmer living some six
or seven miles westerly from the Penobscot
river, to dig well, the sod and substratun
being mostly sand, old Barnes having pro-
gressed downward some forty feet found
one morning on going out early to his work
that the well had essentially caved in, and
was nearly full to the top. So, having that
desire which men have, of knowing what
is said Of them after they are dead, and no
one being astir, he concealed himself in a
rank growth of burdocks by the side Of a
board fence near by the mouth of the well,
having first left his hat and frock upon the
MINDLESS over the well. At length, break
fast being ready, boy was dispatched to
call him to his meal, when 10 it was seen
that Barnes was buried in grave uncon-
sciously dug by his own hands. The alarm
was given, and the family assembled. 1t
was decided first to eat breakfast, and then
send for the c,roner, the minister, and his
wife and children. Such apathy did not
flatter Barnes self esteem bit, but he wait
ed patiently, to hear what was to be said,
and see what was to he seen.


Presently all parties arrived and began
prospecting" the scene Of the catastrophe,
as the people usually do in such cases. At
length they drew together to exchange
opinions as to what should be done. The
minister at once gave his opinion that they
had better level up the well and let Barnes
remain. The coroner likewise agreed that
"it would be needless expense to his family
or the town, to disintcr him when he was
So effectually buried" and therefore entirely
coincided with the minister. His wife
thought that, as " he had left his hat AID
frock, it would hardly be worth while to dig
him out for the rest of his clothes; and SO
it was settled to let him remain.


But poor Barnes, who had no breakfast,
and was not at all pleased with the result
of the inquest, laid quiet until the shades Of
evening stole over the landscape; then he
quietly decamped for parts unknown. And
after remaining incognito for about three
years, he suddenly appeared one morning,
hatless and frockless as he went, at tho door
of the farmer for whom he had agreed to
dig the unfortunate well. To say that an
avalanche of questions were raincd upon him
as to his mysterious appearance, &C., would
convey but feeble idea of the excitement
which his bodily presence created. And
the old man bore it quietly, and at length
informed that, on finding himself buried,
he waited for them to dig him out, until bis
patience was exhausted, when be set to
work to dig hmself out, and only the day
before had succeeded for his ideas being
confused by the pressure Of the earth at the
| time he was buried, he had dug very much
at random, and instead of coming directly
to the surface, he came out in thea town OF
Holden six miles east of the Penobscot river.
No further explanations were sought for
by those who were so distressed and sorrow
ful over his supposed resting place-Bangor
Jettrsonian.
Year: 1863

1t is stated that such is the pressure of
goods coming West, that the New York
Central Railroad hal one day last week five
hundred car loads beyond the cabacity ol
the road to transport.
Year: 1863

A Western editor says Of hail storm on
the lakes in his vicinity, that it come so
suddenly that the pilot looked around to see
which one of the passengers was throwing
stones at him
Year: 1863

The Greenville Train This morning a
large number of our citizens desired the
pleasure Of attending the Democratic mass
meeting at Greenvle to-day The first
train left the depot FIVE minutes before the
customary time, and the second train refused
TO convey them without pay, as was under
stood But one car was provided for the
transportation of passengers by the first train
Our Greenyille friends can, in this way &C
count dor the smallness of the Montgomery
delegation
Year: 1863

The HrsToRY OF THE CrviL WAR IN AMERICA. -
This is the title Of work, the first volume Of
which is now in press and will be ready for de-
livery in the course Of next month. The second
volume will be ready for delivery soon after the
close Of the war. 1t is to comprise 70 full and
impartial account Of the origin and progress OF
the rebellion" and is written by J. T. Headley,
whose reputation as writer is well known to
the reading public. MIR. John G. Hanna, the
agent for this county, is soliciting subscriptions
for the work, and as the book will be one of in.
terest to every one, we have no doubt that be
will meet with success.
Year: 1863

Tue Position or MEADE AND LEE IN Vim.
GNn.-Though it is reported from the Array Of
the Potomac that General Lees force was
drawn up in line Of battle near Gainesville on
Monday last, we do not believe that battle Il
at present 'immincnr or even probable in tina.
vicinity. We several days ago expressed our
conviction that Lees late advance was made
only to cover movements in some other dircc-
tion--perhaps against Burnside in Tennessee;
and We have already seen that as soon as Gene
raj Meade came 10 stand still General Lee
was gone. And though our cavalry may find
Lee in line Of battle, Il ia only line of battle
hastily formed to protect the retreat, and when
our infantry comes up it will be found that
Lee is again upon the go. Some evidence that
General Lee did not intend OF expect to fight
may be found in what took place at Brstoc
Station. That little fight as visit TO the field
by one Of our correspondents discloses. was
very severe one to the body Of rebels who made
IT, and who were thrown forward to be slaugh-
tered without the power to fight


Nevertheless, though battle near Gaines
Vile is not in the rebel programme, no one can
count entirely upon what may happen when
two large armies lie near 10 one another. Ac
cident, any little dispute between pickets,
may precipitate battle that the general would
wish to avoid, and thus It Is not impossible that
we may hear Of battle in Virginia very soon.
Year: 1863

THE New CALL FOR VoLUNrEERs.-Tbe re-
cent proc! !aniation OF the President Of the Unit
ed States, calling for three hundred thousand
volunteers, and tire unanimous action of Cover
nor Seymour and all our public authorities,
must convince the robels Of the South that the
determination Of the country to restore the
Union is fixed and unalterable The rebels
have been largely depending upon the action
Of the peace party and the copperhesds Of the
North to make diversion in their favor; but
they must have found out by this time that all
these peace agitators are nearly, If not alto
gether, demolished. We are now forming a
grand national coalition for the defence Of the
Union--a coalition like that Of the French re-
public. when il arose 10 its might and defed all
Europe. Should there be any combinations Of
France and England or any other European
Powers, against us ard in favor Of the rebels,
they will soon find that, like the French re-
public, we will put forth such tremendous
power as will drive them all before us.
Year: 1863

Cotton, to pay the interest of the
public debtin gold. The action of the
British merchants and Bankers in this
matter is the judgment Of the most
sensitive and intelligent tribunal on
earth, that our independence is esrab.
lished and that our public faith will be
observed.


In military point of view, then, we
are safe, whether we look to land or
sea. In matters Of finance, it is onl y
necessary that we should practice the
sagacity that selfinterest makes clear
to the dimmest intellect The ques-
ton Of subsistence is all that remains,
and that, luckily, falls to q class of men
who never yet have failed, when q
great emergency, calling for manly
sacrifice and energy, has come upon
any people. The tillers of the soil
have ever been the best hope and
surest reIiaaco of nations contending
for liberty and rights They have
upheld this great struggle thus far,
and we feel sure will uphold it to the
end. Thus animated, thus sustained,
and determined to stand manfully to
their posts, what have onr people to
fcar-"lct tho hoathon rage" ever 50
fercely.
Year: 1863

We must have rags in order to get paper,
and urge all persons who can furnish us any
to SEND them at once to our office. Any sort
except wooden taken. For clean ch'te rags
we will pay 7a8 cents dtt.
Year: 1863

We clip tho following items from the
Vicksburg Wing:


The Yankees who have been in
camp on the peninsula for the last six
or seven weeks, were Oh the NOV t
yesterday. Troops were moving to
and fro all day and every tent in
Whites field, with the exception Of u
few on the levco, which formerly wore
the appearance ofa pretty good sized
city, was struck and carried away
Four largo transports loaded with
troops departed during the day, and
others appeared to be preparing to
start. These troops are no doubt des.
tined to reinforce the Yazoo Pass eX.
pedition where such strenuous efforts
are to be made for our annihilation
Year: 1863

AN ITEM FOR GREY IIEADs.-An English
writer recently asserted that an undue pro
portion Of lime in the system, is the cause Of
Premature grey hair. and advises 10 avoid
hard water, for drinking pure, or when con,
verted into tea or coffee; or soup, because
hard water is always mpregns.ed with lime.
Hard water may be sof' f'eued by boiling it;
let it become col then use it ~a beverage.
1t is also stated that liquid that will color
the human hair black, and not stain the skin,
may be made by taking one part Of bay rum
three parts Of olive oil and one part Of good
brandy, by measure. The hair must be
washed with the mixture every morning, and


in short time the hair will be beautifully
black, without iujuring it in the least.
Year: 1863

WISER THAN HIS GENERArIoN.-A Cap
tain belonging to an Iowa regiment declined
to receive a sword from his alniring friends,
on the ground tha. if he accepted the sword
itwould be extremely disagrssabe to kick
some one OF the donors out OF bis company
at some future time. He sugg- sted that the
money be given to the families of hs men.
Who knows but this obscure Captain. whose
name 10 not mentioned is the coming mani
Year: 1863

HALF THE PAY IN CoIN.-The United
States Paymaster, in San Francisco, received
a letter from the Paymaster General of the
United States, informing him that it had
been decided to pay half the dues Of the
private soldiers on the Pacific coast in coin,
the order to take effect Immediately.


The order has since been revoked, and
greenbancks alone will be paid
Year: 1863

HARD Ur:-A letter Was mailed at the post
Office in this city, q few days since, with the
following inscribed upon the envelope. It Is
very suggestive:


.4Tm hard up With hard beef, pork, and bread,
With hard ground for q hard bed,


And hard training for hard steel and cold lead;
And, harder yet, 1haint got hard red,
For three cent postage stamp: but can't forget,
Year: 1863

BOARD OF TRADE ANNUAL A1PAMPHLET.-Sub-
'scriptions for the Board Of Trade Annual Re-
view Of the Trade md Commerce Of the CtfT
of Chicago will be received by the Secretary
of the Board ut their rooms-


Particulars will be found In our advertising
~r1nrnr6
Year: 1863

CANF OF ISsTRUcTIeS The 0roville Guard
take their departure to day, for the Brigade
Camp of Instruction al Red Bluff. They will
BE absent about tea days.


Concerning the Encampment, the Red Bluff
Beacon Brigadier General Bidwell ar
rived in town yesterday morning on the stage
He came up for the purpose of selecting the
ground for the EDeampment which commences
on Monday next. He will return to Chico to
dag. aud will be up again next Saturday. The
place selected for the Encampment is three and
a half miles southwest Of Red Buf, on Red
Bank Greek
Year: 1863

GRgESBAcK OPERATION The following
communication signed by a Taxpayer" ap-
pears in the BuiletIn:


| see by the papers that State Treasurer
Ashley has resigned his Office and that his
successor elect has been appointed by Govern
or Stanford to ill the vacancy. ASthere were
some treasury GreenbacI transactions during
Ashley'S term OF office, would cat the atteu-
ton of the Treasurer to the fact. SO that he
can examine aud see that the State has been
SToperly dealt with. do this because in one
freturn made by Treasurer Ashley no credit was
given the State for over $4,000 premium made
oy one payment of greenbacks instead caiu.-
Since then there has been another and a much
larger payment made in greeubacks at a still
greater premium or per ceutaee favorable 10
the State, of which, as far As l know. u cred
was given As the receipts of the tax were in
coin, and the payments as made in greenback,
were credited as paid in the same no dedcen-
-cy will appear upon the books. There should
however, appear under some head or account a
debit OF the amount of Frcmium mad1. As a
payer 10 coin Of my proportion OF the Federal
war tax. | wish to see that as the Stale has
had the disgrace OF making these payments IN
greeubacks. she shah receive and not the
Treasurer, the shave made on the transaction
Year: 1863

We have nothing like complete and accurate
returns of the Judicial election in this county.
Enough is known however to announce the
result, as the complete triumph Of he Repubi
can candidates. There may be one or two
Democratic justices chosen in the county, but
that is about all. The vote is very light
aud the Republican majority about The same
at the September election. We gre the
reported majoritieS on the District aud County
Judge as far as heard from:


NJ. ~ -
Year: 1863

In the decline Of life the loss Of vital force conse
quent upon physical decay. only be safely sup-
piled by some yiyifying preparation which recruits
the strength and spirits without entailing the ex
hanston which is always the final effect Of ordinary
stimuIants. We tender to the aged
Year: 1863

VIII accomplish this desirable reliable revolution


in the system, regulating the secretions, giving
tone to the animal juices which dissolve the food
strengthen every relaxed nerve muscle and fibre.
and brings the whole machinery of vitality into
vigorous and healthfal play.
Year: 1863

When You find - before your name on
your paper, please renew your subscription
as it is a notice that the time for which it
has been paid will expire in a few days


Articles of much length, intended for publ
cation, must be handed in in the forenoon 70
insure publication next day
Year: 1863

GEN. LEE ANGRY.-The Richmond
correspondent of the Charleston Mer.
curry says


In his congratulatory order General
Lee calls the victory "glorious"a
very strong tern for him to use. lam
satisfied hat old man Bob's back was
up as it never was before. You see
both his arms were gone-Jackson
wounded and Longstreet away-and
he was forced to the ungraceful process
of kicking " Fighting Joe" out of his
path. This made him mad, really mad,
for the first timo since the war begun ;
and so when he had settled Sedwick,
he rushed back through a terrible storm
to finish Hooker ewas in for blood,
and no mistake. Hooker, delighted at
the excuse of freshet, had departed.
Year: 1863

Abiding to the re election of Governor
Brown, the Richmond Enquirer says


Without disparagement to either of his
competitors, we, as allies and confedsrates
Of this good State of Georgia feel entitled
to congratulate that State on the result
Governor Brown is, beyond dispute, man
of great administrative ability, and, by gen
eral consent, has done very much to i'm
prove the resources and industry of the
Commonwealth OF this the Georgians are
the best and sole judges; but, in the inter
est of the common cause, where we are all
leagued together, it must be satisfactory to
all Confederates that Georgia has again Civ
en- herself Chief Magistrate so prompt
and zealous in the common cause, and one
who has so lately checked the insolent in
termeddling Of pretended foreign 'Consuls,
who were no consuls, and whose dismissa
followed so quick upon Governor Brown
correspondence with Fullarton.