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Year: 1865

President LINCoLN.-Mr. Carp inter,
in the last number of the Independent,
tells the following good story of the
manner in which Mr.. Lincoln regarded
tie Wade and Davis manifesto


When the President had thought pro-
foundlv, however, upon certain measures,
and felt sure of his ground. criticism
either public or private, did not disturb
him Last year. upon the appearance e
of what was known as the Nv ade and
Davis manifesto" an intimate friend and
supporter. who was very indignant that
such document should have been put
forth lust previous to the Presidential
f election. took occasion to animadvert
very severly upon the course that prompt
ed it. ut is not worth fretting about"
said the President, lit reminds me of
an old acquaintance who, having a son Of
a scientific turn. bought him a micro
/ scope The boy went around expert
menting with his glass upon everything
that came in his way. One day. at the
dinner table, his father took up piece
of cheese Don't eat that. father said
the boy it is full of wrigglers.' MY
SON. replied the old gentleman, taking
at the same time huge bite: let EN-


wriggle; can stand it if they can
Year: 1865

A fellow known as "Old Jim Smith, y
who had been leader in outrages upon
Union men in Tennessee, was recently
arrested near Nashville. The sheriff
stepped aside to give some curious per
sons an opportunity TO look at the outlaw,
and instantly several bullets went buzz
ing through Old Jim Smiths body
The Union men, who have suffered SC
terribly 81 the hands of ruffians, desired
TO have sure punishment for them
Year: 1865

The captain Of a vessel now unloading
in New London has hive Of bees which
came on the vessel at City point in May
last When in port the bees go ashore
for food when at sea he feeds them
with molasses.
Year: 1865

that some will act ftom the mistaken notion
that freedom means liberty to be idle. This
class of persons, known as vagrants, must at
once correct this mistake. They will not be al.
lowed to live in idleness when there is work 10
be bad.


You are not TO suppose that your former mas
ters have become your enemies because you are
free. All good men among them will recognize
your new relations to them az free laborers
md as you prove yourselves honest, industrious
lnd frugal you will receive from them Kindness
md consideration. II others tail to recognize
your right to equal freedom with white persons,
you will fnd the government, through the agents
Of this bureau, as ready to secure to you as to
them liberty and justice


Schools, as far as possible, will be established
among you, under the protection of the govern
ernment. You will remember that in your con-
IitiOn as ireemen, education is Of the highest
Importance, and it is hoped that you will avail
yourselves to the utmost, Of the opportunities
offered you.


In the new career before you each one must
feel the great responsibility that rests upon HIM
self in shaping the destinies of his race. The
special care that the government now exercises

aud you will be left to work and provide Tor
yourselves.


IL is then, of the greatest importance that
you take immediate advantage of the protection
and assistance now afforded you to place your
selves in position in which you can do 50, All
officers and employees OF this Bureau will aid
you in doing this. II you are in location
where work is to be obtained at fair wages 1t is
much better for you to remain than to be look
ing for something better You must remember
that, owing to the unsettled state of the coun-
try, work is scarce, and the chances are against
finding constant employment at high wages.


Be quiet peaceable, law-abding citizens. Be
industrious, bo frugal and the glory Of passing
successfully from slavery to freedom will, by the
blessing OF God be yours o. Baows,


Colonel and ASS! Commissioner. "
Year: 1865

RE-rouenED THE PIcruBS.-A young PArl-
sian artist lately painted portrait OF duchess,
with which her friends wer> not satisfied, de-
cloring that it was totally unlike The painter
proposed that thequestion Of resemblance should
be lef, to a little dog belonging to the duchess
which was agreed TO Accordingly the picture
was sent TO the hotel of the lady, the next day
aud a large party assembled to witness the test
The dog was called in, and no sooner did he see
the portrait than he licked it all over, and
showed every demonstration Of joy. The tri-
umph OF the painter was complete, and all
present insisted that the picture had been &C.
touched during the night, which was actually
70, the artist having rubbed it over with a thin
coating of lard The dogs nose was sharper
than the critics eyes.
Year: 1865

A number Of young rascals in Troy collie cted
some roses and bought a quantity OF Scotch
snuff TIE snuff was deicately inserted among
the rose leaves so as to render it invisible.
When a lady came along, ono Of the party woul ID
step forward and say, very gallanily Won't
YOU have a rose 20 The flower was usually
accepted, aud the most natural impulse in the
world was Tor the recipient, TO apply It to the
nose, to inhale its del lcate perfume The result
may be imagined. Away would 20 the rose,
and the lady would hasten along, either blush.
ing amid th sneezes, OF wondering where the
police were.
Year: 1865

RouGu On TIM RATS "A correspondent pro-
poses q new way to kill rats. His own house
being oyerrun with the yermiu servant girl
who had seen the effect of " Old Bourbon whis-
key on bipeds thought she would try an eI-
pertinent on the rats Accordingly she took
small quantity, made it very sweet with sugar
crumblvd in bread enough for the crowd, and
set the dish in the cellar. few hours after
she went down and found several rats glorously
luddlld, engaged in throwing potato-parings
and hauliug one another up to drink These
were easily disposed Of those not killed left tho
premises immediately, suffering with G severe
headache.
Year: 1865

A LADY Mowm.-The St. Adams Messenger
says that at the close Of recent trial of NOW.
ing machines on the farm OF Amherst W Kel-
log, Mics Matte Kellogg tlok the scat Of the
Buckeye and drove round the field twice in
handsome style, executing the work in most
admirable manner and to the great qualification
Of all present.
Year: 1865

q This is to whom 1t may consern. In
consequences Of the shutting of Edmund
Hart, a member of my command, by a
detachment of a regiment of Kansas
Jayhawkers and Wisconsin Cavalry it is


order that all feds taken with arms shall
Year: 1865

benceforth and forever be Union Of Free
States and a Nation of Frccmen. or Congress
will be grossly delinquent and oulpable. Gov.
Perry's objection to the second section OF the
Constitutional Amendment may, indeed. have
been "qucrulors and unreasonable" since it is
unwise to resist the inevitable or 10 object to
the strongest possible guarantees Of individual
and general liberty; but we cannot regard his
construction OF the great Amendment as strained
or illogical. If Congress shall forbear to
"legislatc for the negroes or for Others. it will
so forbear simply because the States act 80
wisely and justly that no further legislation is
needed
Year: 1865

Tire Senate of Tennessee has passed law
making persons of African descent" compe-
tent witnesses in the courts Of that State. 1t is
hard to see why one who understands the nature
and responsibility Of an oath is not competent
to exercise the right Of suffrage. But it will be
said that minors and women are permitted to
testify but not permitted to vote Any thinker
will see at once that the argument is sophistcal
IL IS not a question Is between men and women,
or mon and minors, but meH and mer. II l.
whether you will concede a right to one portion
of class and deny it TO another equally vel
nnAlifini.
Year: 1865

tersl change but rates anything favor thsseer The opn
ion gains ground that tho Secretary of the Treasury will
mend very gradual return to specie payment and that he
will do nothing 70 make sharp contraction Exchange Is
dull. bu; i-.. Frtights easier
Year: 1865

GEN GRANT is to leave Washington to-
day for Burlington, New Jersey He will
pr6DabIy go hext week 20 hicnmonu'
which he has not yet visited. The Pres
ident and Cabinet are anxious he should
remain as much as possible in Washing
ton, in order that they may have his ad
vice in cabinet meetings at this impor
tant crisis of national affairs. General
Grant and President johnson have had
lengthy interview and they agree per
fcctly as to the policy for the future
Gen. Grant spoke in the highest terms OF
the President.
Year: 1865

In Virginia is the constant and increas
ing influx of the negroes into Richmond
1t is doubly an evil. They multiply SC
much an already too extensive pauper
population, and they denude the farm
lands of the labor necessary to putting
in the crops and securing the harvests
the present year 1t is not intended to
imply that these negroes should remain
on the plantations in their former condi,
tion, but facts plainly stated will show
that the Government should now, when
all danger of their deportation by their
former masters is over, discourage, if not
positively prohibit, their hegira into the
cities. Here they are the most unproti'
table of consumers.


Bred all their lives to agricultural pur-
suits. they are ignorant Of the mechani-
cal trades, and cannot expect employ
ment that would be profitable to them
selves or the community On the other
hand, they would be Invaluable on the
plantations during the present season.
A trip over any of the Virginia railroads
reveals the fact that a large proportion
of the soil is lying idle, while the whole
State is numbered with starving popu.
lation. This soil must be cultivated, and
as in many instances its owners have fed,
sound policy would dictate that, for a
season at least, it be turned over to the
negroes, to make what they can from it.
They could certainly support themselves,
and that is more than they are doing here.


General Ord has this matter of the in
flux of stranger population, both white
and black, under consideration, and some
policy in respect to it will shortly be an
nounced by general orders, and in his
hands it may safely be left.
Year: 1865

IT isa very curious fact that the at
tempt to murder Secretary Seward has
proven to he benefit to him and proba'
bly, the means of saving his life. Blood
had been gathering in his face for some
days. and the very lay that he was stab
bed the physicians had disctfssed the
proposal to lance it in order TO relieve
him. The assassin did this very work by
cutting gashes in each cheek. No donbt
of his recovery is now entertained.
Year: 1865

IT is believed that the extended publ


cation which has been made of the arrests


and subsequent investigation of persons


believed to he concerned in the terrible


tragedy of Friday last, has defeated,


somewhat, the ends of justice. A re-
quest has therefore been made that no
such publication be made for the pres.
ent When all of the conspirators are
arrested and imprisoned there will prob
ably be no objection to the full details
being given. In the meantime the coun-
try may rest assured that the efforts of
the Government are being crowned with
rapid success, in fact TO such an extent
that the Presidents murderer may be
forthcoming at any moment. Ii is
thought that it will appear that many of
the speculations as TO the extent of this
will prove correct. zus,
Year: 1865

The PORTUGUESE OUTRAGE.-LateE Eu.
ropean advices confirm the report that
ample satisfaction has bea given by the
Portuguese authorities for the recent out
rage on our flag in the harbor of Lisbon
The military commandant of Fort Belen,
who fired on the Niagara, has been dis.
missed on the demand of the American
Minister, and the flag of the United States
on board our vessels has been saluted
from the forts. 1t is not likely that the
national ensign will again be insulted in
the ports Of any foreign nation now that
we have shown our capability to maiu-
tain the integrity of the republic both at
home and abroad
Year: 1865

LIVE OAK-In the fore part of the week
we were shown a piece of rock from the Live
Oak, which looked well, though it did not
indicate anything like extraordinary rich
ness, few specks of gold being visible to
the eye. Some one proposed that it should
be weighed, put through the mortar process
of crushing and result obtained. Bully.
said the man with the rock. 1t weighed a
half pound, avordupois, on Gilbert's scale !;
was crushed, but not fine; was put in pan
and washed out in the ordinary manner. in
clear water ;'the gold dried and blowed out !;
result four bits-heavy. This we saw and
youch for.
Year: 1865

YouTn' COMPANION. This paper, publish
ed in San Francisco, has commenced its third
volume, and is the best paper of the kind we
ever saw Teachers and parents should have
it. No family should be without it. The
subscription price is only 50 so, and the
more than worth the price, in any family of
children. The style of its articles seems to
win the youthful to read, and boy having
once begun to read it seems poweress to quit
until the contents of every column have been
devoured. Any one wishing to see copies of
the paper, may do so by calling at this
office
Year: 1865

DELINQUENT TAX PAYERs.-Cast your eyes
over little card in to days issue, signed by
the County Auditor. Twenty days from
Friday your goose will he cooked. unless YOU
have previously called on the County Treas
urer and settled all delinquences. The
District Attorney says he will promptly com
mence action against all who are in debt to
the State and county at that time, and we
believe he will do it. We never knew him to
utter an untruth, and don't think be is going
to make the present an exceptional case.
Year: 1865

EIGHT Hour LABOR SYsrEN.-Laborers
throughout the land are agitatng the ques-
tion of making eight hours legal days
work instead Of ten, as now. We have had
some experience in the employment of men
BY the day. and thereby have become con-
yinced that laborers will do as much work in
eight hours as in ten, and do it better and
more cheerfully. On that ground alone the
movement should be success. But there is
another and better reason. By thus linn
iting the days work. the laborer has time to
make his own home comfortable with his
own hands. He has time to read. He has
time to attend an egening school. He has
time to make himself man instead of ma.
chine Again, the employer loses nothing
by the change, for with him rests the max.
ing of the price for days work, and everv-
BODY knows that will be made in accordance
with the benefits derived from the labor to
be naid for, whether it he done in dav of
eight hours or of ten For the sake Of con-
sistencv, the Government should at once
comply with the demand Now. while ex-
,ctinc ten hours of hard labor from the me-
chanic, six only is exacted from the clerk.
Year: 1865

LOWER SPRINGS UNION Co.-Mr. Kelly,
superintendent, is working hard to get his
mill and machinery in operation. The en-
gine will be running by the middle of next
week; the mill in about two weeks. For
want Of the engine for pumping purposes,
work in the deep shaft has been abandoned
and new one started, which is down about
ten feet. AT the bottom of this last shaft.
Kelly scraped up pan of fine quartz and
washed it out, without any further process OF
crushing than that to which it had been sub


jected in the working of the shaft. The re-
suit was very discouraging. Kelly should
have crushed it fine and used quicksilver. In
that case he might have got something worth
reporting. As it was. he only got four dol
lars. Results obtained in thi. careless man
ner 90 forth to the world gaining the same
credence as those carefully obtained by assay.
and it is Just this careless manner Of doing
things which throws discredit upon our quartz
mines, and gives crcakers the ascendency
with their cries of played OUT Of couree
we have no right to quarrel with Mr.. Kelly
about the manner in which he prospects his
lode. 1t belongs to the Union Company, and
they have the right to employ whom they
please to superintend their business, and IT
they are satisfied to go on and spend their
money, with such prospects, so obtained, 1t
is all right. 1t looks ciscouraging, though.
and we rather feel to join those who lack
confidence in the future of Shasta, cut our
moorings and go adrift. Such prospect,
after all we have said about the superiority
of our mines, is truly mortifying. Land of
sage brush. horned toads, alkali water, ta-
rantulas. scorpions and copperbeads where
quartz mining is good thing, how far is it
to YOUR blessed boundaries? Write soon.
Year: 1865

INCOME TAx.--Tho law of Congress, as
amended the preseat session, imposes a
tax of ) per cent. on all incomes less than
$4,000 per aunum, and 10 per cent Oh


all exceeding that amount. The sum OF
5000 is exempt from taxation as under
the present law, and. the amount paid by
any person for the rent of the homestead
used or occupied by himself or his family
and the rental value of any homestead
used or occupied by any person, or by his
family, in his own right or the right ol
his wife, will not be included and assess.
ed as part Of the income of such persons
Year: 1865

Last night, about one o'clock, Mr..
Il. Barnd heard sound in his kitchen
as of some one walking over the floor.
After listening few minutes he be-


came satisfied that some one had eff
fected an entrance into that part Of
his residence, and he at once arose and
struck a light, and arming himself
with poker, proceeded to the room
whence came the sound. Opening the
door he came upon tho burglar una
wares, who Immediately attempted to
retreat, but a blow upon the head with
the poker laid him low, breaking his
skull and causing almost instant death.
The burglar had effected an entrance
by making a circular hole through the
floor, near the wash-board. BY his
features he is supposed to be a Nor
wegian, and is supposed to belong to
a gang of his countrymen, who have
for some years subsisted by pilfering
from our citizens. 1t is hoped that
the doom he met will have a salutary
effect upon his companions in crime.


p. S,-Since writing the above we
learn that an inquest held upon the
burglars remains sascertained the name
of the deceased to be n. Orr Wayrat.
Year: 1865

THE FIRST TURNPIKE FIVE
hundred years have elapsed since a
hermit, weary Of the labor of having
nothing to do, and tired of sitting the
dull day through by the side of the
stone which supported the sun dial in
front of st. Anthony's Chapel, on
Highgate Hill-that stone which sub
sequently became known as Whiting
ton's-resolved to mend the ways be-
tween the summit of the hill and the
low part of the vale ending in Isling-
ton. This hermit was q man of some
means, and he devoted them to bring
ing gravel from the top of the hill
and laying it along the unclean track,
which then, as now, bore the name of
Hollow Way" BY digging out
gravel, he gave pond TO the folks on
the hill, where it was greatly needed I;
and he contributed cleanliness and Sc
curity to the vale, where neither had
hitherto been known.


Travellers blessed the hermit who
had turned constructor of highways !;
the pilgrims to st. Anthony's found
their access to the shrine of the saint
made easy and pleasant by him; and
as for the beneficent hermit himself,
his only regreSswas that, in accom-
plishing his meritorious act for the
benefit Of his fellow men, he had en-
tirely exhausted all his fortune. The
king, however, came to the rescue
He sat up toll-bar, and published a
decree addressed TO "our well-beloved
William Phelippe, the hermit" that
he and the public might know where
fore. The king declared that he high
iy appreciated the motive which had
induced the hermit TO benefit "our
people passing through the highway
between Highgate and Smethfelde, in
many places VIGOROUSLY miry and
deep." And, in order that the way
might be maintained and kept in re-
pair, the King licensed the hermit to
take toll, and keep the road in order,
and himself in comfort and dignity.
This was the first road-bar erected in
England and William Phelippe, the
hermit, was the father of that race Of
turnpike-keepers whose sovereignty of
the roads, within fifteen miles of Lon
don, came to an end, after reign of
five centuries, on tho first day of the
mouth of July, of this present year
IS64.-C CornhW Magazine.
Year: 1865

ly in the business. There is one popularity
in respect to this territory which arrests
the attention of practical men, who are well
posted in oil business, to wit: No well has
yet been snnk where oil has not been found,
with the proper appliances,-in paying
quantities. The value of some of the best
wells is estimated at almost fabulous prices,
but eligible lots of one acre or more, and
which may prove quite as prolific, can be
purchased for a thousand or twelve hundred
dollars-more or less. 1t is worthy of no.
tice that the oil interest of Canada is chiefly
in the hands of Americans. Heavy capital
lists of New York and Connecticut have in
vested largely in the enterprise, and hand
some investments have also been made by
the citizens OF Michigan, Illinois and Wis
consin. The oil territory in Canada is found
to be much more extensive than was at first
supposed, embracing an area of more than
one hundred square miles
Year: 1865

A lazy girl was Lizzie idler. She would
lie In bed every morning, after being called
several times, until her mother would go to


her room and almost force her out of bed.
Breakfast was always ready before she could
be got down stairs to the breakfast room
and when she did make her appearance, her
hair was not combed, nor her clothes put on
tidy. And we fear she often forgot, in her
hurry not to miss her breakfast, to say her
prayers. She was always hurried; soon as
breakfast and worship were over, she had to
hurry to get ready for school, where she
very often arrived after it had been opened
hours she should have devoted to study were
spent in idling about, or wasted in the pleas
ant morning hours by lysng in bed


But Jennie Sprightly, though very lit
tie girl, was up with the lark, and after
thanking God for his watchful care over her
during the night, and asking his guidance
during the day, and washing her face and
combing her hair, was out in the fresh air
of heaven, bringing the roses to her cheeks,
as bright as those she gathered in the gar
den, and health in every pulsation. She
saw the glorious sun rise beyond the distant
hilltops, and heard the sweet songs of the
robin and blackbird as they chanted their
morning lay. Out in the garden she gath
cred boquet of flowers to carry to her kind
mother. who made SO many nice things for
her little girl She thus showed that she
had heart to appreciate all her mother
kindness to her. She never sat down to
hurried breakfast, and was never late at the
schoolroom. Her lessons were always well
prepared, and she had plenty of time to play.
This was because she never idled away the
best hours of the morning in bed, or of the
day in foolish acts and conversation. We
love these Jennie Sprightlies; for they are al
ways cheerful and happy, and no frowns or
looks of discomfort mar their pleasant faces:
They are ever obedient to their parents, and
hasten to do as they are hidden without
murnur, cheerily. They bring sunshine
wherever they come, and are welcomed by
all. Is this the case with you, dear readers?
Are you little Jennie Sprightly