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Year: 1862

by certain treatment be rendered inyisib le
Matter which, in one Condition, is perfect
ly opaque and will not admit the least ray
of light to pass through it, will in another
form become quite transparent The cause
OF this wonderful effect Of the condition of
the matter is utterly inexplainable. Phil
osophers do not even breach theories upon
the subject, much less do they endeavor to
explain it. The substances dissolved in
water or burned in the air are not however
destroyed or lost.


By certain well known means they can
be recovered and again made visible some
exactly in the same state as they were be-
fore their invisibility others, though not
in the same state, can be shown in their
elementary condition. and thus it can be
proved that, having once existed, it never
ceases to exist, although it can change its
condition like the caterpillar, which becomes
a chrysalis, and then a gorgeous butter
fly. If pailful of the solution of silver
be cast into the stream, it is apparently lost
by its dispersion in the water; but it never
theless continues to exist So when bush
ell of charcoal is burned in stove it disap-
pears, in consequence of the gas produced
being mixed with the vast atmosphere !; but
yet the charcoal is still in the air. On the
brightest and sunniest day, when every OBJ
ject can be distinctly seen above the horizon,
hundreds of tons of charcoal, in an invis-
ible condition, pervade the air. Glass is a
beautiful illustration of tho transparency of
a compound which, in truth, is nothingy
but a mixture OF the rust of three metals


The power of matter to change its con-
ditions from solid capacity to limpid trans
parency causes some rather puzzling phe-
nomena. Substance increases in weight
without any apparent oanse for instance,
q plant goes on increasing in weight hun
dred fold for every atom that is missing
from the earth in which it is growing
Now the simple explanation of this is that
leaves of plants have the power of with,
drawing the invisible charcoal from the at;
mosphere, and restoring it to its visible
state in some shape or other The lungs
of animals and a smokeless furnace change
matter from its visible to it's invisible state.
The gills of fishes and the leaves of plants
reverse this operation, rendering invisible
or gaseous matter visible Thus the bal
ance in nature is maintained, although the
continual change has been going on long
prior to the creation of the "extinct ami.
fhals. ."-PteSse
Year: 1862




Not long since heard very sensible
old gentleman, in speaking of the schools of
to-day as compared with the schools that
iourished when he obtained his education.
say that after all, those who 90 to school
nowadays have not as much to show for
the time spent or for the opportunities they
possess as those who attended the moor
schools in the wretched old schoolhouses
forty years ago. The remark struck me quite
forciblyj both as being true, and as show
ing how much time is squandered by pupils
at school In the old times, when school
houses were like angels visits, few and
far between" when teachers possessed very
little knowledge, but vigorous, we'll exer-
clsed right arms, those who were so fortu-
nate as to attend school thought it neces-
sary to make the very best possible use of
their .scanty opportunities. To be sure,
they did not become specially learned in
books, but they formed such habits of in
dustry as have been greatly useful to them
in after ife q % ti a' t aa -


Any person who visits schools, cannot
fail to be impressed with one fact, that
yery few scholars learn as much as they
can; very many pass week after week al
most Eithout any perceptible progress, vast
ing their time in idleness, or in ANNOYING
the teacher and creating confusion in school.
This sad, almost universal fact is of suffi-
cient importance to justify us in inquiring
where the faslt lies; for every peason. will
admit that it is utterly sad that SO much
time and SO many priceless opportunities
should pass away uaimproved We may.
blame the children or youth, and affirm
that they ought to be wiser than to mis-
spend their time and, to certain extent,
we should be right in so doing. But, IN
less 4 am greatly in error, we must look
elsewhere for the principal blame. Do not
many teachers praczicdtly inenieate the
idea that time is of small value, by spend
ing their evenings and leisure days 10 mer-
riment or useless reading? Do they not
realty give the lie to all their good words
urging their pupils to diligence and care
ful study, by naisusiRg the time they them
selves might devote to self-improvement?. 2.
Are there not many teachers who hardly
advance single step in actual scholarship,
or make any progress in successful teach
ing, from the first day of their school to
the last? Is It possible that pupils shall
not be somewhat influenced by. such per-
nicious examples, and deem it no wrong 60
idle away the long evenings and the pre-
cious hours which the teacher finds so
worthless 2 tNA Il III


Again the fault must be charged not
family upon parents. There are some pa /
rents who impress upon the minds of their
children the importance of rightly using
their time, who encourage them to improve
the evenings in study, who aid them in
their studies, and who set them good ex-
ample by using wisely their own leisure for
selfculture. But to one parent of this
sort, are there not fifty who seem to be to-
taiiyflndltterent to the progress and intel.
leetual growth of their children, who use
no effort to induce them to study, to en-,
Year: 1862

If piece of silver be put into nitric acid,
clear and colorless liquid, it is rapidly dis
solved and vanishes from the sight. The
solution of silver may be mixed with water,
and to appearance no effect whatever is
produced. Thus, in pail of water We
may dissolve and render invisible more than
ten pounds worth of silver, lead and iron !;
but every other metal can be treated in the
same way, with similar results. When
charcoal In burned, when candles are burn
cd, when paper is burned, these substances
all disappear and become invisible. In
fact, every material which is visible can .
Year: 1862

THE ELEVATION OF RIVER BEDS The sed
iment washed down from the mountains dur
ing the winter floods and deposited in the
bed of the river has raised the bed of the
Yuba, at MarysvIle, ten feet above its form
or position, according to the Express. The
same causes have, no doubt, operated to
raise the beds Of the American and Sacra
mento rivers to great extent, q fact which
should be borne in mind by those contem-
plating leveeing. Owing to this filing up
process, the river cannot hold near as much
water as formerly, so comparatively small
rise will cause a great overflow. Until the
mountains cease their travel towards the sea,
it is extremely doubtful if any general and
effective levee system can be adopted, as the
beds Of the rivers are raising much faster
than the people can raise the banks.
Year: 1862

At Lacrosse, Wis, man who first courted
daughter aged twenty years, then the moth.
or aged forty, and was rejected by them
both, was wedlocked according to law, to
the hired girl in the family he courted. That
chap did not intend to let his love run to
waste while there was a show LETT.
Year: 1862

TAX LAW DECIsION.-The same
firm doing business in different
places, must take licenses for each
place, where the business is carried
on.


Parties buying produce in the
country, in joint account, are not
required to take out license.


A party buying produce in the
country in joint account with his
agent in the city, is not required to
take out a license.


Castings are liable to a tax of 8
per cent, .,unless otherwise provided
When sold by the manufacturer
the tax must be assessed, as com
ponent parts of other articles, the
latter Chat is, the articles) will be
assessed without regard to the fact
of previous payment.


The general principle running
through the English Law is, that
each particular manufacturer is
taxed for its value, though matcri-
ais used in its production are in
themselves manufactures on which
a duty has been previously paid
This is true Of shoes made of taxed
leather, Of engines made from iron
on which tax has been paid, and
so forth.
Year: 1862

IL REV ENI COLDS In CHlLDhbN.
The best preventative of colds in
children is to dress them warm and
give them exercise daily in the
open air, and wash them thorough
ly every day in cold water, if they
are strong enough to bear it; if
not, add a little warm water, and
rub the skin dry. This keeps the
pores open. If they do take cold,
give them a warm bath as soon as
possible; if that is not convenient,
bathe the feet and hands, and wash
the body all over with warm water,
and give them a cup of warm tea,
and cover the patient in bed. A
void exposure the following day.
Year: 1862




Our hopes are bubbles, born
with breath and broken with a
sigh.


Somebody says that magma
ton may trace the noble dust of
hero and find it stopping a bung-
hole. Heroes may well stop bung-
holes after death, for some Of them
unstop good many in life.


If a lady has cross husband,
she needn't play cat to his dog.


The richest man on earth is but
a pauper fed and clothed by the
bounty of heaven.


The green turf is the poor mans
carpet; and God weaves the colors,
The miser isn't vain ;!ho thinks
a penny better worth saving than
his soul.


Vanity in women is not invarl-
ably, though it is too often, the
sign of cold and selfish heart
in men it always is; therefore We
ridicule it in society, and in private
hate it,
Year: 1862

No. One of those rare and sad in
stances recently occurred at New
port, R: l., in which a young lady
was buried on the day appointed
for her bridal. Consumption had
marked her for its own several
months previously.
Year: 1862

AL right, Madam, said he, bowling, I
wish to make you small present


If you wish to do me favor said /,
make your present to my husband.


He smiled, as he looked from one to the
other; and seemed to understand the state d
the case in an instant.


You are quite right, Madam, said he; 1t
shall be as you desire


Then he endorsed the ships manifest with
the fact of her capture, and he made over
ship and cargo to Captain Walter. 1t was
not a legal document, of course, but it had
its weight with my father.


Our captor took his leave with such stores
as We could get him to accept His boat $
crew looked at them wonderngly as they
we're passed over the side to them, and even
still more wonderingly at the manner in
which their captain took his leave Of us.


In Il week or more We were safe in an En-.
glsh harbor and on English ground. The
war lasted two Or three years, and many pri.
zes were taken on both sides. and some hard
battles fought by land and sea, but never
heard that any ship ever escaped as we did
Year: 1862

GOODNESS GRAcIoUs.-The candidate for
District Attorney in one of the middle -ccun-
ties, on the Cotton ticket, has made speech.
A local paper, in the same political interest,
thus does Justice" to the effort of the young
orator. The orator took up the issues of
the day


80 commencing as the gentle and beautiful
rivulct, and as he foated majestically on its
smooth waters to the rushing, roaring river,
down which he swept, carrying everything
by storm before him, until he entered the
deep and almost unfathomless depths of
reason and logical argument, in which he
proyed himself equal TO the task Of elucida-
ting the principles Of Democracy; during
which he emitted such brilliant flashes of
lofty eloquence and oratorical excellences as
to move, almost to tears, the majority of his
attentive listeners


That about a man when he had reached
the "deep and almost unfathomable depths
of reason proving himself equal to the
task of calculating the principles of Democ-
cacy,' is good.
Year: 1862

Below we give the vote of Shasta county,
as far as we have been able to learn it. The
vote is rather small one,- compared with
that of preceding elections This is owing to
the fact that good many of our rcitizens are
now absent from.the State. Besides, some
secesh thought that it was not worth while to
struggle, and some Union men on their part
thought that the result was safe enough any
way So they stayed a. home. Enough has
been done to give Shasta county the badge of
the banner county of the State. Auyc unty
that beats this will do to rely on:


For Superintendent Pub. Instruction
Year: 1862

Hon. E. GARTER.-The citizens of the
county of Shasta, and indeed Oft the whole
State, owe many thanks to this gentleman
for services rendered by him in the recent
campaign in behalf of the Union cause
He has given his voice and the full weight
of his influence to this movement, and is en-
titled to very high praise for his earnestness
and efficiency therein. He was among the
first in the county to recognize the necessity
for Union men to be together, and that such
desirable consammation has been reached
inthis coanty, is largely attributable to his
efforts
Year: 1862

The ELECTION IN SHAsTa.-~he election
passed off at this place very quietly There
was but little bad feeling manifested. There
was considerable scratching carried on in
relation to the Offices of Roadmaster and Jus
tices of the Peace As will be seen eise-
where, the Union ticket swept the county by
a great majority. Secesh and its coadjutors
are PLAYED OUT in Shasta county.
Year: 1862

A BEAUTIFUL ExPERIxENr.-If an acorn
be suspended by piece of thread to within
half an inch of some water, contained in a
hyacinth glass. and so permitted to remain
without being disturbed, it will in few
months burst and throw a root down into the
water, and shoot upward its tapering stem,
with beautiful little green leaves. a young
oak tree, growing in this way on mantle
shelf of room, is very interesting object.
Year: 1862

GRAND JrRY.-A special Grand Jury was
drawn at this place on Thursday last. for
the purpose of examining into the facts of
the murder perpetrated in this place on last
Sunday night. some of the particulars of
<hch are detailed elsewhere.
Year: 1862

UNMINDFUL.-The Union men of California
seem, in the late election, to have paid but
little attention to the black letter heading of
many turgid column of secesh driveling,
" Let moderation prevail" They elected
their ticket by a most immoderate majority.
Year: 1862

A GENTLEMAN residing in Janesville, Wis,
has invented an instrument by which any
person, whether skilled in music or not, may
play any tune correctly The invention is
on exhibition in New York city, and is
eliciting mucn praise from the musical frater
nifty.
Year: 1862

2 ~ Those who have agreed to bring
rs wood and Scrub" in subscriptions.
should remember that our family and
Office are to be warmed and fed while
we are gone, and that we depend upon
them to fulfill their promises. Don't
hang back and put it of because We are
not with you to urge the matter. How
many of you will give us reason, upon
our return, to pronounce you Gentlemen.
Scholars, and Christians
Year: 1862

A nation resting and rustling in idleness
now calls for fighting men and fighting
measures. Millions and hundred of millions
of capital are now ready, waiting that en-
ployment which peace can only give it. Bus
mess men here and elsewhere, at home and
abroad, in England, France, China-every-
where, have come to pause. They wait
and will wait, for movement on the ever
"peaceful Potomac" Whoever else waits
and is idle, let not an army Of six hundred
thousand men wait or be idle day longer,
while rebellion, disgrace, and ruin-all
stare us in the face, We cannot, must not,
fritter away another hour; we must strike
the rebels so they will feel it. Thus far
we have been dealing with "our dear South
ern brethern." 1t is high time that we
knew our men-that we knew the enemy
"a wicked band of conspirators--and dealt
with them in becoming manner. Every
man of these traitors, should be made i'm
mediatcly to feel the crushing power with
which they are contending. The "peculial
institution" should no longer remain un
touched. A stroke there will make them
feel. The property of every rebel il
arms should be con6scatcd. Such a blow
to their pockets would make them feel. l
all such blows fail, the neck should be tn


next spot in order. Try them there, fey
hundreds of them, and they will think w
are in earnest.
Year: 1862

The New York Times which has long
been unfriendly to Gen. Fremont, renders,
through lettor from its Washington cores
pondent tho following tardy justice 10 that
commander:


"Spcaking of the success of Foote and
Porter, does it occur to you to look back
and give credit where credit is due, TO the
man who planned the enterprises which
have yielded such abundant returns? Do
you rccollcct that among the first charges
that were brought against Fremont was the
one that he was wasting meney 10 building
gun-boats to be used on the Western rivers,
and that an unending flood Of ridicule and
abuse was heaped upon what was called his
visionary schemeG Fremont has not been
permitted to reap the full harvest Of the
seed he planted, but the future will know
that for the fall Of Fort Henry and probably
for the ultimate reduction of Columbus and
the clearing out of the Mississippi, the ma
ton will be indebted to Gen. Fremonts
foresight and adaptation of means to an end.
The campaign Of the west is coming back
to the lines upon (which Fremont stood
when his triumphant career was cut short.
1t is demonstrated that it will be success
hereafter, only 10 that his well-digested
plans are carried out Thus time and cir
cumstances are vindicating him almost be.
fore the ink is dry upon the paper that
doomed him to inaction, and for time TO
public censure."


Thus truth prevails at last
Year: 1862

I3LaNU NVA IUt


We have nothing later from Island No.
10, but our correspondence from Cairo and
from the feet is late and Interesting. The
forces have not yet come to close quarters,
and but little damage has been inflicted to
gther party, while each has learned some
thing Of the Practice and disposition. Of
The other. It was expected that with q
combined movement On lane, a determined
effort would he made today to take the
Islnnd, and TO this result the experience Of
the week hes.pointed We may therefore
expect to hear something by Tomorrow
Year: 1862

On Sunday morning our entire leet Vas
anchored near the city, and some Of our gun
boats advanced up the Neuse some distance
to prevent surprise by the rebels from Colds
boro. The railroad can be commanded By on,
gunboats q considerable distance above New
bern,
Year: 1862

Great excitement was createdin Buffa-
10 on election day. II was rumored that
a gentleman known 10 be loyal citizen
had secession flag flying from his house.
OF course a tremendous hue and cry was
raised, and an excited party started for
the premises. On reaching the house it
was found TO be lsdy's Balmoral that had
been washed and hung from back win
dow TO dry. The husband ayowed his
determination to stand by that flag as
long as be lived, and the excited crowd
exploded and vanished.
Year: 1862

"The shipments for the last nine months
are at the rate of about fifty-seven mil
lions for twelve months however the late
falling off in the shipments indicates that
this rate of export will not be sustained
through the year, and it is not improba-
BILE the whole export for 1862 will reach
about S50,000,000 or q little over that
amount, which is just about equal to the
average of the six years enumerated"


1t thus appears that the export of gold,
30 far from being unusal, is just equal to
the average of the six years prior of 1861,
and all the ingenious arguments daily
paraded in the columns of the newspaper
organs of the bullionists, to account
for panic which they were steadily
aiming to create, are shown TO have had
very little, if any foundation. So far
from the speculative rise in gold having
prevented its expectation, as was claimed
by the spectators, it turns out that this
very mania has fostered and increased
the export, for the shipments have COM
menced falling off cOrrespondingly with
the bursting of the gold bubble.


We have shown by numerous citations
from commercial authorities, that this
mania had arrested the movements Of
produce from the interior to the seaboard;
the facts stated by the Economist indicate
that it increased the export of specie to
Europe; and now we have also figures to
prove that it has stopped or reduced the
receipts Of gold from California.


The following table shows the weekly
importation for the first nine months Of
1861 and 1862:
Year: 1862

Successive are gladjto learn that
friend Strasssr made . very comfortable thing
out of his Concert. He netted about seventy.
Eve dollars out Of the operation! That 10 the
best return on q twenty. five cent concert that
We have noticed In this country. We hope be
will try again one Of these fine days.
Year: 1862

TUE Ice MoyISG.-There was q pref
ty strong effort on the part Of the Father Of
Waters yesterday, to kick off his bedclothes.
but with NO very marked success. We have
strong hopes. however, that navigation will
be open to this point in the course of this week
at the farlhest, In the vicinity Of the bridge.
are some pretty large piles of ice accumulated
Year: 1862

It certainly cannot be wrong to view the
transpiring events In the light Of definite
convictions though the convenience of hav.
ing no principles and drifting with the
current os the tide has recently received
many striking Illustrations. Principles are
the artillery. baggage, poutOons, provisions
munitions of great army, which fetteF its
action and impede its progress; the gueril.
las and light armed irregularS who dispense
with these, living on what they can catch,
have great advantage in all that concerns
celerily of movements aud readiness Of eS.
cape. And yet great results have not usu-
ally been achieved in our day by will-o'
wisps.


A very grave question has been raised by
the Shareholders Rebellion concerning the
legal stalHS of regions essentially diSloyal
yet recovered by force of arms to the Union.
1t has been contended on one side that a
seeded Stste.--say North Carolina retains
all her rights as n member Of the Union
that those rights are simply in allegiance
during her rebellion, and are revived by the
mere fact of her restoration by force to the
Republic In the contemplation of this
theory the State was never ont of the Uni
on; the disloyal acts of her Governor, Leg.
slature, Convention, and People. were and
are simple nullities; and whenever the loyal
portion of her people no matter in what
numbers see fit to choose Members Of Con.
gress they are to be received Of course, and
the State thus resumes Of right all that her
disloyal majority vainly sought to repudiate,
The laws of the State, enacted by loyal
legislatures. though but a handful, shall
choose a Legislature, that Legislature will
be entitled to obedience at home and respect
abroad Such is in substance the theory
which maintains that rebel State is still a
member of the Union.


The opposite or territorial theory re-
CARDS Treason as voiding absolutely the po'
Ii ical rights or franchises Of the trsitor, and
this as fully in the case Of State as OF an
individual The soil of a seeded State is
still portion Of the Union; it's people still
owe allegiance TO the Federal Government
but their State Rights, as such, have been
forfeited by State Of treason, and have
lapsed until deliberately revived by some
authentic National act. In other words q
State plunged into rebellion by the forma
action OF her constituted authorities anC
people has placed herself in purely Terri
torial relation to the Federal Government
and is to be regarded and governed accord
iDgly.