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Year: 1864

Away up in Idaho Territory, where VIM
ter holds his icy empire for more than half
the year, the people are rushing to hunt for
gold. The mystical Ell Dorada where for
tunes lurk in every gulch and hillside, has
been transferred from the worn out placers
of California to that far distant region, and
everyb body is going there. The steamer
Brother Jonathan; which leaves Broadway
wharf to morrow, has already as much freight
engaged as she carry, while every staterocm
and bunk, and every foot of standing room
on board has been taken up by persons who
have taken passage. One hundred and torfy
wagons were waiting in line yesterday stretch
ing IN continuous line from the wharf up
Davis street 10 California, and up California
to Battery street, for the purpose of getting
freight on board the vessel. And the same
excitement continues to-lay. Draymen load
their wagons with goods, and to retain their
place in the line, unhilch their animals 10
feed them, and leave man to watch the
wagon. An the excitement extends
throughout the State, and up to Oregon in
relation to the new mines. A gentleman
from Portland, Oregon informs us that the
people up in that country are all going to
the ne" mines, and are sending word to their
friends down here to 60 also, for they say
the gold fields are extensive, and as rich AS
ever California was in her palmest days
llo. for Boise River! is now the cry through
out all the country. Good luck attend the
adyenturer say we.
Year: 1864

The Republicans everywhere appear
to look upon gold as one of their great
enemies. They seem to beat almost
as much hatred to it as they do for the
institutions of the South. They have
banished it as circulating medium
among US. They propose to tax it
heavily, or to hedge it in with all mans
ner of disabilities, so that no man can
keep it. Their aim is apparently to
drive it from the codntry, and every
steamer shows that they are very sue
ccssful in that-a million or two of
dollars week constantly leaves our
shores for Europe. The Republicans
hate gold because twas the Democrat
ic currency, and they cann6t abide
anything Democratic.


We have in our State Treasury
some seventy thousand dollars in gold,
and it is a source of great uheasihess
to the Republicans in the Legislature.
They will not be satisfied until they
have compelled the State to sell it.


II is true that it is for the payment
of our interest on the State debt, and
thatto pay in deprecated paper would
be practical reputation of the debt,
but nevertheless they are determined
that the gold shall be sold. They
considerit unpatriotic and Democrat
ic to keep the article, and hence it
must be sold and shipped out of the
country. The Democrats propose to
pay the soldiers in gold, or its equiv
alent in paperI but this shocks the Re
publcans, and they insist that he shall
take his pay in deprecated paper
The soldier himself would likd to have
the gold or its equivalent per month
in paper, but the Republicans look up
on it rs almost reasonable to talk of
paying out the old Democratic curren-
cy. 1t is settled, therefore, that as
long as We are afflicted with a Repub-
lican Administration, gold or silver
coins will be as rare in the peoples
pockets as diamonds. So obnoxious
is a metallic currency to the Republi-
cans, that they have absolutely driven
the copper cents out of circulation;
and this country, which We are told is
considerably richer than all the fest
of the globe, can not afford to keep
copper cents in circuls tion. We are
gold, silver and copper producing
country, but we will not use the arti-
cles. We ship them to Europe and
pass notes of paper in their place.
T Gin. Enc.
Year: 1864

Owing 10 the position We have taken
upon the Senatorial swindle We have called
down upon our heads the ire of all OF Car.
ney's hired organs. The following pa
pers are at present advertising The BIG
BLUE UNION the Leavenworth Bulletin,
the Topeka Tribune, the Grasshopper Jef
fersonian the Troy Investigator, the White
Cloud Chief aud the Leavenworth Times.
These papers seem anxious 10 kick Us into
nolorety Gentlemen, we neither deserve
or desire the extensive and fat (tering)
notices you are giving US, for the Union
is an humble, honest sheet, smali IN SIZE
and less in pretensions, and if you viii let
US alone you will do yourselves more good
and US more harm; but if you persist iu
your course, We shall have to enlarge our
paper and Increase our stock of brains, and
to do which We have neither the means
for the first or capacity for the last.
Year: 1864

The Troy Investigator puts "query' to
US, and as we bail from Vermont we shall
exercise the Yankee privilege of answer
ing question by asking one.


Query l. WAy don't the Investigator put
the name of Its editor at the head of its
columns so that everybody may know who
the irresponsible" is! We happen to
know.


Query 9. Will the editor of the ZnUesti-
gator make enough out of its support of
Carney to pay up several little whiskey,
hotel, dry goods and wash bills that are
standing against him In this place?
g Query 3. When you get that little re-
mi,tance you expect for your support, will
you have honor enough to pay the former
editor of the Union that five dollars you
borrowed of him to help yourself away
from Marysville between two days!
Year: 1864

s01p.


We wish to submit few facts to the
voters of MarysvilIe Township through the
columns of the Union in regard to the
Township election On the fourth Monday
of this month";.


lst. Il viii be to your interest to elect
Township Trustee who will so divide the
Township into read districts tina, we can
have the roads worked and put in condi.
tion to be travelled. It is fact that can
not be disputed, .hatthe road from Marys-
vile to Guittards is in worse condition
than any portion of fthe road from Mays.
vile TO the No. river. This could be
remedied if the township was properly di.
vided into road districts.


Cd. We wanta Trustee who will see
what has become of the road tax LEVIED
upon the taxable property in Marysvil.
Township for the last two years, and wha
disposition has been made of the large
levies for Township taxes when the only
expense of the Township was the salar,
Of the Trustee and the expense OF ten dol
lars for Township election


Sd. We want Road Overseer in lbi:
road district who will work the roads and
compel those liable to work on the roads t,
perform the labor required Of them by Law
under the la'e acts of the Legislature, ane
that in case such persons refuse to perform
such labor that they be dealt with accord
ing to law. We want no Road Overseel
who is too modest to notify his neighbor'
to work on the road for fear of gainins
their dispIeasure or Injuring his business
away with such men for officers!
Unless something is done to repair th'
roads in the corporation of MarysvilIe, W.
are ceriain TO lose FIVE hundred times NOR,
han what their repair will cost; and a
the corporation of Marysvile is one roat
district, and as the law does not authoriz,
any road tax to be levied upon persona
property or town lots, The only revenue
We have to repair the roads in the corpo
rate lin is of the city is by the two day
work Of the persons liable to perform worl
on the public highways.


Let Us then elect officers who will d,
their duty and We shall have good roads
and not have the condemnation of th,
whole travelling public upon our ,owa a
account of our bad roads.


A TAX PAYER
Year: 1864

It is generally understood that at the
next City election, the Lane men will run
Yates for Mayor HIS electioo would be
a merited rebuke to the action of cor
rupt Legislature in refusing to act in the
matter Of negro sufrage.-Chan.pion.
Year: 1864

nave Decu ny Tue prayers anu Dclctllc-
tons of every patriot and Christian in
the habitable globe, who is there so bold
as to pronounce that the frightful waste
of individual happiness and public pros
perity which is daily saddening the uni
versal heart, might not have terminated:
OF if the desolation and carnage of war
must still be endured through weary years
of blood and suffering, that there might
not at least have been infused into its con-
duct something more Of the spirit which
softens and partially redeems its brutali-
ties? Instead OF the safe conduct whieo
we solicited, and which your first letter
gave us every reason to suppose would
be extended for the purpose of initiating
a negotiation in which neither Govern
ment would compromise its rights or its
dignity, document has been presented
which provokes as much Indignation as
surprise. 1t bears no feature of rescm-
blance to that which was originally o.
fered, and is unlike any paper which ever
before emanated from the constitutional
Executive of free people. Addressed
Ito whom it may concern" it precludes
negotiation, and preScribes in advance
the terms and conditions of peace. Il
returns to the original policy Of 'No bal
gaming. no negotiations, no truces with
rebels except to bury their dead, until
every man shall have laid down his arms.
submitted TO the Government, and sued
for mercy What may be the explans-
ton of this sudden and entire change in
the views of the President, of this rude
withdrawal of a courteous overture fer
negotiation at the moment it was likely
to be accepted, of this emphatic recall cf
words of peace just uttered, and fresh
blasts of war to the bitter end, we leave
for the speculation of those who have the
means or inclination to penetrate the
mysteries of his Cabinet, or fathom the
caprice Of his imperial will. 1t is enough
for us to say that we have no use what
ever for the paper which has been placed
in our hands. We could not transmit it
to the President Of the Confederate States
without Offering him an indignity, dis
honoring ourselves and incurring the well
merited scorn Of our countrymen.


whilst an ardent desire for peace pr
vades the people Of the Confederate
States, we rejoice to believe that there
are few, if any among them, who would
purchase it at the expense of liberty, hon-
or and se!frespect. II it can be secured
only by their submission to terms of con-
quest, the generation is yet unborn which
will witness its restitution. If there be
any military autocrat in the North wto
is entitled to proiier the conditions OF
this manifesto, there is none in the South
authorized to entertain them. Those
who control our armies are the servants
of the people, not their masters, and they
have no more inclination, than they have
right, to subvert the social institutions OF
the sovereign States, 10 overthrow their
established Constitution, and to barter
away their precious heritage Of self-gov-
ernment."
Year: 1864

Waste and extravsgaDce appear to be the order
Of the day. Economy. frugality and thrift are no
longer commended and practised. as in the purer
and better days of the Repulic- IL our women
instead of volunteering to take the places of men
who would enlist for the war had associated
themselves together to resist and overcome the
wasteful and absurd extavagance Of the times,
their example 10 that regard would have been Of
great service in restoring virtue and purity which
are the strength and glory of a nation. The
criminal extravagance OF the people at the pres
ent time is without parallel. The resources Of
the nation are being wasted in riotous living
and at time when retrenchment and re-
fern should be the rule This is a work
to which they should direct their attention and
energy, and for which they are peculiarly fitted.
II they desire to do good and accomplish real
benefit to the nation, let them make war upon
the extravaganza which pervades every class Of
society. for it is the cause of more demoraliza-
ton and crime thsRvaIl other causes combined.


But enough We only make these sugges-
tons to show what can be done and what should
be done by those who have personal or official
influence. and whose duty il is to exert it for the
public good.
Year: 1864

Under the contract between the Governors of
Ohio, Illinois. Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa and
the President, Governor MORTON issued his call
to the people Of Indiana to raise twenty thousand
men for the service of the United States for one
hundred days Governor BRoUGH. of Ohio. issues
a different proclamation He orders out the or
ganized or active militia of the State to the
extent Of twenty thousand. and of course for
service icithin the State. for he has authority
to command them to engage in any service ous-
side OF it, Why this, difference between the
action of the Governors of Indiana and Ohio?
Did Governor BRouGH have better. understand
ing with the Secretary OF War to the service
in which the eighty five thousand troops were to
be employed than our own wise and energetic
Governor?


We understand that Secretary STANTON has
directed the military authorities OF Indiana, to
issue call upon the active militia Of the State.
upon the persons liable to military duty. similar
to that Of the Governor Of Ohio There s a dis
tinction between the service of the State and the
service Of the United States, the latter being
considered more honorable and desirable than
the former. If the Secretary of War has issued
the instructions we have stated, then it appears
he has no intention of using the eighty-fve thou
sand one hundred days men on any other duty
but to garrison the camps and Notifications with
in the several States. and for that duty the Lee
gion Of Indiana are to be call ed out and detailed.


Ifsuch be the case, and the action of Cover
nor BRoUGH warrants the supposition that it IS,
in what light does il place the pompous procla-
nation of o. P. NJ calling for twenty thousand
volunteers for service in any State of the Union
for one hundred days. and the teleg raphic
announcements that our chivalric aud self sac
rifcing Governor intended to place himself at
their head to fight the rebels and perhaps to
lead them to glory or the gravef WaS be
aware when these sensational announcements
were sent over the wires that the call upon the
miIitia of Indiana only for guard duty at
camp Morton, and other camps and Notifications
within the State, or to patrol the streets of In
dianapoIis as police guardsf How is iti
Year: 1864

32,797,9sl


These figures show a startling result. They
should be. well considered. The balance of
trade to be paid in gold for the FIRST three months
of the present year is within fraction of thirty
three millions of dollars. How long could any
nation stand such drain upon its resources with
out national bankruptcy And'yet in the face o.
figures like these. and with the inevitable result
which must follow the present policy of the Gov
eminent and the individual extravaganza of the
people. not thought is given to the matter by
those in authority. or any effort made to remedy
the evil On the other hand five wise Western
Governors, to advance schemes of personal ag-
grandzemeDt, have contracted with Mr. LINCOLN,
on their own account. to withdraw eighty five
thousand from the Northwestern AgricuI-
tural States, just at a time when labor is most
needed to put in the spring crops and tend and har
vest the growing ones. without which the people
at home, the soldiers in the field, and of course
the government itself must suffer. And if we
raise no surplus produce for expectation. we shall
of course have nothing but gold to pay the bal
ance of trade against What then? Can it
be otherwise than bankruptcy general and ind-
vidual1 t.c rer


In view of the present and prospective condi
ton Of affairs. one of our most sagacious and
successful merchants, decided Republican in
politics and literally responding to every call
upon him for public purposes, remarked TO US.
yesterday, that be could not see the
policy of the Western Governors voluntarily
Withdrawing labor from their States just at this
period. Some popnjays, however. who have not
brains CROUCH to comprehend more than one idea
at a time. make parade OF their loyalty by de-
claring that every business must be dropped but
war. Let that advice be followed. aud the means
of prosecuting the war and the war itself would
soon drop out. We advise such men to look at
the startling exhibit of the condition of the ex-
ports and imports of the first three months of
this year. given at the head Of this article, and il
they have an idea above oyster they cannot
fail to comprehend the road to ruin which the
present financial policy of the country s fast
driving US. s.,..
Year: 1864

BEAUTY RTsING oCr OF CHAos.-Moss
will grow upon gravestones, the ivy will
cling to the mouldering pile; the mistletoe
springs from the dying branch; and God
be praised-something green, something
fair to the sight and graceful, will yet
twine around and grow out of the seams
and cracks Of the desolate temple Of the
human heart.
Year: 1864

M. ABOUT, in q recent publication, says
Of an avaricious man. that ut had been
proved that, after having kiDdled his fire,
he stuck a cork in the end of the bellows
to save the little wind that was lsft in
them"
Year: 1864

Few but those who have visited France
can form any idea of the high price Of fuel
in that country, or of the vast variety OF
methods which are employed to econo-
mize this necessary of life. Patents with
out number have been granted In France
for the manufacture of artificial fuel. In
order to explain this subject more thor
oughly, we subjoin one or two of the pro-
cesses which are largely employed, not
only in Europe, but also among the half
civilized Orientals.


In the neighborhood of the Caspian Sea,
where petroleum springs are abundant,
the inhabitants manufacture fuel by i'm
pregnating clay with the combustible
fluid; the clods are afterwards burtRd on
an ordinary hearth. The Norwegians
have long economised the. saw-dust Of
their mills, by incorporating it with lit
tie clay and tar, and moulding it into the
form of bricks. Of late years, in England,
much attention has been given to artificial
fuel manufacture in many districts, but
not with much success, owing to the want
of suitable combustion, which petroleum
is, above all others, best adapted to supply.
In France, charcoal is prepared from the
refuse of the charcoal furnaces, by mixing
it with charred peat or spent tar, and then
adding tar or pitch. The materials are
ground together and subjected to heat in
close vessels, to expel volatile gasses.
From seven to nine gallons of tar are
mixed with two hundred weight of char
coal powder.


Gas used as fuel for culinary purposes,
is daily becoming more common in Eu-
rope. 1t is easy to understand why this
source of fuel should be preferred where
civilization and luxury have converted
mere comforts into actual necessaries of
life, which are always secured if money
can purchase them. In rural districts.
where common fuel is often very expen-
sive, gas manufactured in portable works
would be largely used for culinary opera
tions, as itnow is where the supply of gas
is constant and cheap. But there is no
necessity to convert petroleum into gas,
in order to use it as fuel. Stoves have
been constructed for the combustion of
this substance without the use of glass
chimney, and without the production of
smoke. 1t will necessarily, from its cheap
ness supersede alcohol, which is COM
monty used for cooking purposes during
the summer months. As we may soon
look for its adoption as fuel for the gen.
Grafton of steam in our ocean steamers,
where economy in bulk and weight is so
great a desideratum. Petroleum is, as it
were, the essence of coal and the question
of its adoption as steam generator is de-
pendent upon the abundance of the sup
ply, to which satisfactory answer has
recently been given by the " flowing
wells" of Enniskillen.


The cost ofrelaying the wooden ties and
sleepers of railways is enormous. Our
readers are familiar with Koanizing and
similar processes. Wood stepped in Pc
troleum, or, what is still better, having
petroleum forced into its pores by pressure
is proof against decay for many years.
Canada paper.
Year: 1864

The Discovery OF THE PROPERTIES
OF KELP OR SEAwBED.-1t has been dis
covered by the chemists of France that
kelp or seaweed has been found to con-
tain the properties necessary to give tone
to the stomach, and impart a vigorous and
healthy digestion. By distillation and
analysis it is found to contain iodine hy-
dropotassium, iron, lime, and the hypo-
phosphites, and other very important
chemical agents, which act on the food in
the stomach, similar to the gastric juice,
cause it to dissolve, and a perfect diges-
ton is the result. It is remarkable how
it produces strength and vigor to the sys-
TEN, making the most slender, heshy and
robust, with hale and hearty eonstitu-
ton. In Ireland, the Irish moss has been
used by physicians for many years, with
marked success, and it contains many
properties similar to kelp, but in such
feeble proportions that the seaweed is des-
tined to supersede it entirely. Professor
Faraday of London, has discovered that
the kelp possesses also anthlemintic, or
worm destroying property, in an eminent
degree and as it is perfectly safe under
all circumstances, the day is rapidly ap-
preaching when the seaweed will be the
only remedy that will be used as ver-
mifuge for children and adults for tape
worm, and all other kinds of worms that
the human system is liable to. Professor
Faraday will prosecute his investigations
still further on this interesting subject
and the public would do well to keep
themselves posted as to the result of his
labors. ~
Year: 1864

INTERESTING EXPERIMENT WITH SHOT
AND IRoN PLATBs.-A private letter
from an officer Of the gunboat Essex, in
Red river, published in the Cincinnati
Commercial, gives this account of an inter-
esting series of experiments at Fort de
Russy: Some experiments were tried with
the nine-inch guns of the Essex on
the iron casemated battery of Fort de
Russy, prior to its destruction, to test its
power of resistance and the strength of
the guns. The writer says: "Our nine
inch pierced the iron and twenty inches of
wood, throwing the bars ofiron all around.
Some ofthe pieces ofiron were thrown up
ward some sixty feet. One piece about
ten feet long came down endways with
such force that it run plumb through q
log four feet in circumference. Nobody
could possibly have stood behind the case
mate, the conclusion was so tremendous,
and the splinters would have killed them.
We then tried the hundred-pounders,
with the same effect. We threw our solid
shot against it, and in the same hole
planted shell, which exploded, throwing
up the iron for ten feet all around. After
we had experimental till the captain was
satisfied that the place was not impregna-
bic, as the rebels thought we set fire to it
and burned the remaining timbers.
Year: 1864

BoARD.-It is impossible now to get
any kind of a respectable boarding house
for less than five dollars week for males
and four dollars for females. Two young
working women, who have been boarding
in house at the west side of the city for
several years, had the price of board lately
raised from two to three dollars. Yester-
day their landlord informed them that he
should further raise the price of board to
four dollars per week. As this would
take the whole of their weekly earnings,
these poor girls are compelled to look for
cheaper, and of course less respectable
place. AS it was they had only one dol
lar week to find clothing, etc., but with
the rise proposed they would have moth
ing left.-N. Y. Sun, April 2lR. ,