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Year: 1865

srAKTNG ov THK GREAT CAVALRY RAID.


Ere this letter reaches you the long talked Of cxpedi
ton this place will be Its way rejoicing II wiz
Tuesday tho 2lst and will not be long before
Forrest and Dick Taylor will be satisfied Of i presence
In quarters too contiguous them 10 DO comfortable.
As stated In my last, the Fifth Division win remas
here until they armed equipped and mounted, which
will not DO long, whom Is understood they 10 join
the command at some point south Of this At present
this will be the bsse Of operation though tho expedition
has idea OF returning TO this place. as there
rebel armies in the department that resist their n
TO any dangerous degree The expedition takes
transportation, except few pack mules and will forage
the rich valleys " Alabama for supplies, after the
nations they draw here gone. will be the larges
cavalry raid OF the and trust will be fruitful In IL
results II would be contraband for give you the
number Of tho troops but you may rest assured thai
there h sufficient 10 overwhcm oil the combined cavalry
forces Of the rebels that be thrown in their way.


As the boat is just ready 10 leave, must close thh
short letter and will Try send you further particula
before mount my "Pegassus" and JOIN my fato Will
the expedition.
Year: 1865

SURPRISE VALLEY.-1he weather in Sur
prise Valley during the winter has cen
favorable for cattle, as we learn from cor
respondent. Almost all the land in the
Valley has been taken up. and the emgran,>
have brough, in an immense number Of cat
,ls and stock. A company is being raised
for the purpose Of settling Goose Lake Val


ley this summer. which will no doubt suree,


f the Indians are not too ,rouhlesome.-
Farms in Surprise Valley are selling for two
Thousand and three thousand dollars each.
Year: 1865

@ The weather continues mild and dry
and vegetation is assuming the gay and live
ly coIors that so bedeck and beautify a Cali
fornia landscape in the Spring season. Bu
although the weather is becoming somewba
warm, we hope for few more showers. te
carry US safely to good and bountiful har
vest season.
Year: 1865

NEARLY FINISHED. D.-Ths grading upon the
Pacific Railroad between Newcastle and Au,
burn is nearly finished, and will he en,reI,


|so on or about the 6rst Of tho coming
month. A very large force is also a. work
along the line to distance of twelve miles


above town. and it will not he long hsfor.
several miles are in order for ties and rails
BY the first Of June the road will 10 in
running order to this place. to 10 followed


shortly thereafter by opening an additional
section.
Year: 1865

BY our present law, the States Attor-
neys of the several counties are salaried ;
compensation. in this mode, is made more
TO depend upon the population of the
several counties than on the labor done
and service rendered to the State; and
submit to your Judgment whether this
mode has not natural tendency to di-
miuish wstchfulness over the public in
,eresis by those officers. As far as my
Year: 1865

days to set a table surpassed by none in This
upper country. We have now been seven
months without hotel in town.


In few days circular saw will be attach
ed to the quartz mill machinery of Messrs.
Serantin & Robinson. They have plenty of
power and will cut from five to six thousand
feet per day, and being both acquainted with
the saw mill business will be able to furnish
lumber cheaper than the whip sawyers have
been selling it and we hope make better
In padaar also 4tt.5
Year: 1865

Esop, who appearJ to have reflected
upon every subject, and who has fable
illustrative of every phase of life, has left
us a fable appropriate to the effort now
on f,ot to erect the negro into voter,
and to make him the white mans equal
Esop saws: "A certain man having
bought Blackamoor, was 80 simple as to
think that the color of his skin was only
dirt and filth, which he had contracted
for want of due care under his former
master. This fault he imagined might
easily be removed So he ordered the
poor black man to be put into tub, aud
was at considerable charge in providing
ashes, soap, and scrubbing-brushes for the
operation. To work they went, rubbing
and securing his skin all over, but to no
manner of purpose. for when they had
repeated their washings several times,
and were growing quito weary, all they
cot by it was that the. .,Oretched Bldckamoor
cauqht cold and died" The application is
thus given: Many people attempted
impossibilities for want of considering
the nature Of things Alright. For as pal.
pable blunder as this man in the fable
committed, there are those who are guilty
of as great mistakes, especially when
they endearor by Jimitlsss cultivation to raiss
qraees from, Ae mind or body Of Thich Meth
er is capable"
Year: 1865

Constance Kent would shortly be trans
ported to Freemantle, Western Australia.
1t is said that the information that her
life had been spared produced no visable
effect upon her when it was comnuni'
Gated


DR.. Pritchard, who poisoned his wife
and mother-in-law was executed in Glas.
VOW on the oath July, in the presence OF
au immense crowd, estimated by some at
nearly one hundred thousand people
The wretched man, when on the scaffold,
briefly acknowledged the justice OF his
sentence, and met his fate In q calm and
stoical manner He mounted the scatfold
without assistance, but when the drop
fell he appeared to suffer considerably
The convict hesitated about going to bed
the previous night, apparently from ner
vousness, or feeling that his time would
be better spent in devotion, and 1t was
only after much persuasion that he CON
sented to 60 about twelve o'clock. He
slept we'll until five, when he rose re.
frsshed, and, having taken q cup OF cot
fee, he calmly engaged in prayer with the
prison chaplain and two other clergymen
until he was summoned to meet Calcraft
the hangman He conducted himself We,
ry firmly from that time Calcraft had
some difficulty, by reason of the culprit's
long hair and beard, in arranging the
rope and cap, which was drawn over the
convict's head.
Year: 1865

New YORK, August l3.-Concerning
the removal from and the restoration to
command of General Torbett by General
Emory, the former has sent to the Times
the following soldierly explanation:


General Emory's standing in the army
rendered it impossible for him TO overlook
any breach, however sight, of military
propriety, and he adopeed the surest
method in this case to bring the matter
to the notice of the proper authority
General Hancock did not return me to my
command until General Emory advised
it, which he did in q most geHtlemanly
manner, as soon as the true construction
of the case had been laid before him.
Year: 1865

A USELESS DEBATE.-Tuesday's pro-
ceediugs in the Temperance Convention
at Saratoga, New York, were enlivened
by spicy debate over resolution in.
viting General Hooker to attend the Con-
vention, some gentlemen warmly insist
ing that the General had no sympathy
with the temperance cause emitting him
to this special recognition. Finally the
resolution was adopted, when it was
found that the General had left town
Year: 1865

garded by them as full permission to in'
Hict such punishment upon their em,
ployees as to them seemed proper. The
commandant in question is by the tone
of the above order seriously reported,
and to be signally punished for permit
ing the insertion Of clause 80 repug-
nant to the principles upon which the
freedmen system is founded The mis-
guided stubborn planters who are at
tempting to embarrass the. success full
application of the negro labor system
are warned in direct terms by the above
order that their policy is short-sighted
and self-iniurious, and the Objectionable
clause for the punishment of freedmen
is rescinded from all contracts into which
it has been inserted.
Year: 1865

Demand Tor civil government ~


New Quarter.


One of the Tribune's correspondents
sent out to Texas to write up the situa-
ton in the interest of the radical scheme
of evaporation, has come to this concln.
sion respecting the management of at.
fairs in Texas:


Opinions are not worth much, but
observation can teach something. And
the results of observation on one mind
that has brought whatever of intellect
and intelligence it could command to
bear upon this vexed question, are; First,
that justice to all parties will not be se-
cured by leaving the control of this mat
ter in the hands of military command
ants. It must come from
civil authority specially designated and
dedicated to this purpose, and on whose
action the eye of q christian civilizatio n
will be specially fixed. To this author
ity let the military power be subordinate
as the hand to the head.
Year: 1865

NEW YORK, August IA man named
Wiseman was arrested with largo
amount of postal counterfeit fifty cent
stamps and counterfeit bills on the Wa
basset bank Of Providence in his posses
sion. The arrest was made while he was
negotiating their sale.
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, Aug. I3-The Pacific
Railroad bonds, amounting to $2,259, 900.
mentioned in the last official statement
of the public debt, were issued to the
Central Pacific Railroad company Of Cal
ifornia, instead of the Union Pacific
Railroad company. The word Union was
inserted in the statement by mistake, in
stead of Central This correction is
made by authority.


Thus far about 1000 applications for
pardon under the proclamation Of the
President have been favorably acted Oh
by the Attorney General, but not more
than one-fourth have been sent out by the
State Depai tment to the interested par
ties. The remainder await the signature
of the President and Secretary Seward
Year: 1865

sazud stand back, and think because you
haven't the figure of Adonis or the face
of Apollo, yon stand no chance at all
It is not mustaches and isht noses
that DO the business, women, bless their
souls, don't care fig for such things
Only remember few little preliminaries.
and you can make them like you, even if
your hair is red and your mouth wide !!
When you go to make an evening call J.
don't start too early. Ladies are not we'll
pleased to be eaught before their curls
and basques are arranged.


Re particularly careful not to sit down
on the cat or kick the dog across the
noor-thc girls are sure to appreciate any
one who knows how to be kind to their
pets If there's piece Of worsted work,
admire it don't mistake the artificial
flowers in the vase for real if the young
ladv is doing crotchet- work, ask her il
she can't teach you. Beyond everything,
don't tip back in your chair for every
crack in the fragile furniture, therell be
a worse fracture in your friendshlp.-
And when she begins to yawn behind
her pocket handkerchief, take UP your





bitter, is the motto.


When you are walking with a lady,
-iop't be striding along until she has to
run to keep up with you--the first thing
sou know, she Will vln oil home. No
.ice lust how she walks. and moderate
sour gate accordingly. If she muet,
feminine acquaintance and stops for


:. oI
should not manifest i:npatiencc by balan-
cing first on enc foot and then on the
other. If she wants to look into shop
window, stop and admire 100, though yoE
may not know n ribbon. from railway
station. When you come to a crossing,
give her the whole OF it and so meekly
into She mud. Tell her how becoming
her bonnet is. aud jmp!orc her to wear
it the next time she goes to the opera with
you. If you meet a rival young gentle
man at her house, don't be rude to him,
it is the worst policy in the world. lie
as polite as possible to him crush him
if you can, with courtesy.


Never laugh loud in a parlor, and re-
member to speak low. 1t is just as we'll
not to talk very much yourself let the
!,dies have the preference, and they Will
prefer your society accordingly BE
blind and deaf to whatever they choose
t. keep from your sight and hearing--a
steel spring escaping from a crlnollne,
for instance, or papa III the hall wonder
ing whether that young fellow mean to
90 home tonight or not ? Nothing IS
easier than to be favorte with the Ia
dies. Humor them, wait on them, study
their pcculiaritcs, be always ready to es-
cort them any where, amuse them when
they are dull, and laugh with them when
they are lively and though you may be
homely as hedge fence, they will like
you ten times better than the handsome
blockhead who thinks that his looks are
going to do everything for him.
Year: 1865

: The following apologize about the
angel, in one of Franklin's 5 letters to
his daughter,is full of the force and
beauty. that characterized every
thing of this kind from his pen, and
manifests his deep horror of war.


4 young angel of distinction, be
ing sent down to our world Oh some
business for the first time, had an
old courier spirit assigned him: They
arrived over the seas of the Martin
icus in the middle of the hong day
of an obstinate fight between the
fleets of Rodney and DeGrasse.
When through the clouds of smoke
he saw the fire of the guns, the
decks covered with mangled limbs,
and bodies dead or dying, the ships
sinking or being blown up and
burned, and the quantity of misery
and destruction, he turned angrily
7 to his guide and said +:


you undertook to conduct me
to earth, and you brought me to
hell No, sir, says the guide


81 have made no mistake: This
is really the earth, and these are
men devils never treat one anot---
er in this cruel manner, they have
more sense, and more of what men
yainly call humanity
Year: 1865

It IL proposed to commemorate tho
next 4th of July by laying the corner
stone of the monument over the National
Cemetery at Gettysburg. PENNSYLVANIA.
Governor Curtin is now in Washington
making preparations for the ceremony.


The Gettysburg Star gives the fol-
lowing account Of the progress of the
work Of inclosing and decorating the
grounds:


We understand that upward of sixty
laborers are now employed in the various
departments, with still room for more
if they could be procured The substan-
tial granite wall extending along the
west side is completed, with the excep-
ton of the coping This wall. for finish
and compactness. challenges the admi-
ration of all. The heavy IRON fence, ex-
tending from thegraniIe wall on the west
to the Evergreen Cemetery on the south,
is completed, aud presents fire appear
ance. The iron railing dividing the Ma
tional Cemetery from Evergreen is also
finished 1t is constructed Of gas pipe
and metal posts, and is to be lined with
hedge shruhbtry. The gateway Las just
been completed. and is said to be one of
the finest entrances in the State.


The most striking featu about it is
the six massive iron posts, three of which
are placed at either side Upon each Of
the two principal posts is perched the
American eagle, majesticalIy looking
down upon those who pass the portals Of
this sacred spot On these posts is also
inscribed in raised letters the names Of
each State, Whose sons are buried with
in the inclosure. The principal avenue
is undergoing Decentralization, and the
trees and shrubbery are being planted
each one being set and arranged strictly
in accordance with the plot We un-
dcrstand that about ninety FIVE different
kinds Of trees have been selected for this
purpose, consisting of the choi cest varia.
ties, numbering in all about one thous-
and trees. These trees have been Sc
'cted, and are f riIshed thru ugh the
agency Of one of the most successful and
energetic nurserymen III the state


The contractors for setting the head
stones have commenced the work, and
from present indications are making
complete job Of it. The material for
the National Monument is now being
collected, and the work upon it will bs
| commenced during the summer 1t is
to stand in central position on the
summit, and will be beautiful piece Of
work. The contract for it's construction
we believe, has not yet been given out
The natural beauty Of the location of
this cemetery, we believe. is unrivaled
anywhere, while art is bestowing It's en-
ergies upon it with lavish hand Add
to this the historic interest associated
with it, and America can produce no
spot around which so many hallowed as
sociations will cluster.
Year: 1865

NEW 1OKKI June z.
A reception to our returned soldiers will
be given here on the 4lh of July, and the
entire first division Of the militia is ordered
out as an escort.


Special to the Post: Governor Holden,
of North Carolina reports the work of re-
construction going on most satisfactorily,
Year: 1865

brown is a married man n.w A few davs
since he thought of taking q trip to Paris.
One ot his friend meeting him in the street
inquired, Well, Brown. my boy, when are
you oil 2 Next week. Going to take
your wife with you - No; it is voyage
of pleasure
Year: 1865

peace that is coming; and the voice Of the
army will be the balance Of power In this
view, John Van Buren, in recognizing the col
lapse of the Chicago democracy, has pointed to
one OF the heroes Of the war, whose achieve
ments furnish the required popularity and
whose stalesmanlke letters supply the neces-
sary platform for new and powerful opposi-
ton party. The events of Me next six months,
we suspect, will go far to determine The saga
city Of this proposition and the shaping of tho
momentous campaign for the succession.
Year: 1865

band had been killed, and she had come


to ask the President 10 release her oldest


son. Being satisfied OF the truthfulness


Of her story he said, "Certainly, if her


prop was taken away she was justly en-


titled to one of her boys." He imEedi-


ate wrote an order for the discharge Of
the young man. The poor woman
thanked him very gratefully, and went
away. On reaching the army she found
that this son had been in a recent en-
gagemenL was wounded, and taken to
an hospital She found the hospital,
but the boy was dead, or died while she


was there. The surgeon in charge
made a memorandum of the facts upon
the back of the Presidents order, and,
almost broken-hearted, the poor woman
found her way again into his presence.
He was much afe cted by her appear.
ance and story, and said, ~ know what
you wish me to do now, and | shall do it
without your asking; / shalt release to
you your second son" Upon this be
took up his pen and commenced writing
the order While he was writing the
poor woman stood by his side, the tears
Iunning down her face, aud passed her
hand smoothly over his head, stroking
his rough hair, as | have seen fond
mother do a son. By the time he had
finished writing his heart and eyes were
full. He handed her the paper. "Now,"
said he, lyon have one and one of the
other two left; that is no more than
right. She took the paper, and reversntly
placing her hand again upon his head,
the tears still upon her cheeks, said,
"The Lord bless you, Mr.. President.
May you live thousand years, and may
you always be the head of this great
nation I"
Year: 1865

A large number of those whom he
saw every day, came with appeals to his
feeling in reference to relatives and
friends in confinement and under sen.
tence Of death. 1t was constant mar
vel to me that, with all his other cares
aud duties, he could give so much time,
and be so patient with this multitude. |
have known him sit for hours patiently
listening to details Of domestic troubles
from poor people--much of which, of
course, irreleVant-carefully sitting the
facts and manifesting as much anxiety
to do exactly right, as in the matters of
greatest interest Poorly clad people
were more likely to get a good hearing
than those who came in silks and velvets.
No one was ever turned away from his
door because of poverty. If he erred it
was sure 10 be on the side of mercy. 1t
was one Of his most painful tasks to con-
firm a sentence of death. / recollect
the case of a somewhat noted rebel pris-
oner, who had been condemned to death,
l believe as a spy. A strong applica-
ton had been made to have his sentence
commuted. While this was pending he
attempted to escape from confinement,
and was shot by sentinel on guard.
Although he richly deserved death, Mr..
Lincoln told Judge Holt, in my presence,
"it was a great relief to him that the
man took his fate into his own hands.


If the slightest occasion existed for
showing clemency, he was sure to i'm
prove it.


Judge Bates, in the same conversa-
ton referred to above, said that he had
often told the President that "he was
hardly ft to be entrusted with the par
doning power" "Why," said the Judge,
"he can hardly turn away from the ap-
plication (if it touches his feslings) Of a
man, and the tears of woman are sure
to overcome him"
Year: 1865

A touching instance of his kindness
of heart occurred quite recently, and


was told me incidentally by one of the
servants. A poor woman from Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, had been waiting
with baby in her arms, for three days
to see the President Her husband had


furnished a substitute for the army, bat
some time afterward was one day made
intoxicated by some companions, and in
this state induced TO enlist Soon after
he reached the army he deserted, think
ing that, as he had provided substitute,
the Government was not entitled to his
services Returning home, he was, of
course, arrested, tried, convicted, and
sentenced to be shot The sentence was
to be executed on Saturday. On Mon
day his wife left her home, with her baby,
to endesvor to see the President Said
old Daniel: "She had been waiting here
three days, and there was no chance for
her To get in. Late in the afternoon of
the third day the President was going
through the back passage to bis private
rooms to get cup of tea and take some
rest. (This passage-way has lately
been constructed, and shuts the person
passing entirely out of the view of the
occupants of the ante-room. ION his
way through he heard a little baby cry.
He instantly went back 10 his Office and
rang the bell Daniel, said he, is there
woman with baby in the ante-room


| said there was, and If he would allow
me to say it, | thought it was a case be
! ought TO see, for it was matter of life
and death. Said he: Send her to me al
once. She went in, told her story, and


the President pardoned her husband


As the woman came out from his pres


enee, her eyes were lifted and her lip.
moving in prayer, the tears streaming
down her cheeks Said Daniel: q


went up to her, and, pulling her shawl


said Madam, it was the baby that di,
Year: 1865

TIHHE EYE, BEING TIE MOST DELICATE
Il Organ, and Of the most vital Importance TO
the happfness and prosperity Of man, should
never be tampersd with, either by the individual,
or hose who for mere profit take upon themselves
the selling Of artificial sights, and who know
nothing Of the anatomy Of the Eye.


These Celebrated 5pectaeles
Year: 1865

THE BODY OF PRESTON KING STILL CSRE.
coyrREp-persons were still eupoyed yesterday in
dredging tie river for the body Of Preston King. bat
up TO late hour las, night It had not been recovered
Some Of biz friends have hoped against hope that tie
Collector might still re alive, but they have now been
forced 10 believe that the genial man they had so Ions
known and loved has ceased to cYist
Year: 1865

Cairo, June 60.
Additional particulars Of the Red river
disaster cast the blame upon the officers
of the transport for not running the boat
ashore. Had this teen done it is believed
that no lives would have been lost
The new steamer Orixaba was recently
sank IN Galveston bay. Part Of her ma
chinery was saved. but the hull is total
loss.


Bishop Grazey, Of Texas, in pastoral
letter, instructs the clergy Of the Episco-
pal Church to return to the liturgy q il
was before the war.
Year: 1865

IFrOm RIchmOnd SentlneI, FED 6.


The new Confederate flag adopted by the
Senate on Saturday is as follows: The width
two-thirds OF its length, with the union now
used as battle flag, to be I'D width three fitths
of the width of the flag, and so proporio Toned
as TO leave the length of the field on the side OF
the union twice the width below IL, to have a
ground of red and broad blue saltier thereon,
bordered with white and emblazoued With
mullets Of five pointed stars, corresponding In
number to that of the Confederate States; tha
field to be white, except the outer half from
the union, which shall be a red bar extending
the width of tn flag