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Year: 1863

The signs of the times indicate the Koo-
tenai country, as the region for the next
gold excitement. 1t has long been known
to the Jesuit fathers residing in that coun-
try, that gold deposits existed there in
greater or less quantities, and from speci-
mems of coarse gold found and shown them
by the Indians they have believed the
mines to be very rich. 1t was to that re-
gion that father De Schmet directly referred
in his history of the northern country, in
1916, when he said the Indians of the
Northwest Territories were daily travelling
over untold wealth. But with their pecu-
liar regard for the welfare of the Indians
under their charge, aud desire to shield
them from the miser;es that have ever fol-
invaded by white men, the fathers have
kept among themselves as much as possible
its are supposed or known to exist. But
the adventurous disposition of the Ameri-
can people and their desire to explore ev-
cry nook and corner of our vast territory,
has placed it beyond the power of any, by
silence, to allow the mineral wealth of the
country to longer lie dormant Several
prospecting parties visited that country
last summer, and the results of their re-
searches were uniformly satisfactory to
them Some of their statements we pub
Eshed last fall, and from private letter
written by one of the party of Californians
whose statement we published in October
last, we learn that the party will be here
again by the first of May, en- route for the
new Eldorado. They last fall gave their
opinion that large extent of country, on
the head-waters of the Spokane and Pen
de O'reille rivers, and on other streams
in that vicinity, prospected by them, would
yield wages from IS to $50 per day, and
it seems, as proof of their sincerity, that
they are willing to return to that country
the coming season for the purpose of min
ing. A party of gentlemen will also leave
this city for that country about the same
time, believing from. information received
from there, and from observations in trav-
cling over the country, that they will find
a mining region there richsr than Boise.
We wish them abundant success, and from
our own knowledge of the region they pro-
pose to visit are fully satisfied that their
expectations will be realized.
Year: 1863

John 7. Jeffreys-"sensation John," and now,
British COionist, and acknowledges that the re-
ported plot to seize the u S. Steamer Shubrick
and convert her into privateer was an actuality.
Johns article is characteristic, and were it not for
the fact that his statements are corroborated
through other sources, we should be inclined to
believe the whole thing humbug. He pitches
into the editor of the COIOnist, for exposing the
scheme, in this wise:


admit freely that there was Confederate
Commodore here, and that he had commission
in his pocket. admit that a crew was picked and
that the object was to injure Federal commerce
in these waters. In short, admit everything
that you have stated, except that the expedition
was piratical one, and that the design was to
burn the mail steamer. That would never have
been done, except in case of necessity, which. ]
think it safe to say would never have arisen
l make this statements boldly, not because
wish to render myself notorious, but because you
have meanly-with a meanness which your
friends never supposed you capable of-violated
a confidence reposed in you, and made an affair
public which you should have kept locked within
your own breast. True, the thing had fallen
through. True, the Commodore had left and
the scheme lad been abandoned but, sir, by
what right or by whose permission, did you fee
warranted in exposing the enterprise, without FIRST
consulting its leaders, the parties who furnished
you the information? l do not know who your
informant was, and do not care now, (timt
was when might have cared. thought but this
l will say, that he has betrayed sacred conf
dence reposed in him, which he should have rath.
er lost his life than to have done.


Pity that this betrayer of sacred confidence
did not have the power to do it in such a manner
as to have had the plotters "left dangling at Z
rope's end
Year: 1863




The Clark county delegation in the late
legislature, after having faithfully pledged
themselves tG nRPage stRRsry one of Eem
They asked of the eastern delegation that
the Capital bill might be first considered,
and like child who has given his penny
for stick Of candy and wants his penny
back when the candy is eaten, they stood
ready on the defeat of the Capital bill to
pledge themselves to the Olympia clique,
for consideration, to vote against the APP
portionment bill. The names Of these wor-
thies are Potter, Fletcher and Ranck Pot
ter's vanity was fattered by the Olympia
men with promise of nomination for
the delegateship-a position for which he
is not qualified in any respect, except it be
that his inordinate appetite for whisky
would recommend him to it. Fletcher vo-
ted against the bill for consideration, and
Ranck, a youthful saphead, voted against it
simply because Potter and Fletcher did
The people of the upper country would no
doubt like to see such man as Potter in
the field for the Delegateship. He would
not be hard to beat
Year: 1863

In replying lately to Powell of Kentucky and
speaking of the insi dious movements of traitors
in the North the Senator said with great impress
siveness


Senators, if ever this Capitol falls, it will be
because of traitors in the North. If you fail to
put down this secession movement, if the hour of
calamity come upon us,I make the prediction that
it will come from the hand of traitors in the North
/ am not sure that that there was not concoted
plan within the last ten days to bring into this
city two regiments to cooperate with the Seces-
sionists with view to surrender this Capitol
The rebel ennis saries are about you; they may be
in these very halls. Sometimes they come under
one name, sometimes under another. Sometimes
the Government is attacked in the name of De-
mocracy sometimes fault is found with with ar
rests; sometimes the army but the effect of all
these attacks result in the accomplishment of the
same bad end, the destruction of the Government.
/ say that every loyal man and woman in this
country ought to be protected; but | repeat, and
the honest Democracy of Indiana will sustain me
in the statement, if there is other way to save
this country let destruction do its work among the
enemies of the Republic, for the Government
must and shall be preserved, cost what it may
Let the Senator, if he will, come into my State
and talk of the widows of the South. will point
him to fresh-made graves all over my State. In
diana has lost more than fifteen thousand men in
! this war. To day there are five thousand widows
in my State, and fifteen thousand orphan children
made so by this rebellion, by these rebels. tell
you now that the people of Indiana are ready to
send another hundred thousand, and then another
hundred thousand of her brave sons before one
inch ofthe territory of this Union shall be wrested
| from it.
Year: 1863

IMAGINATIoN.-We observe that cor
respondent of the Golden Age alludes to


the route from Lewiston to Boise mines as
nearer and better one than any other
These mines are in almost southerly di-
rection from Walla Walla, and Lewiston
is 25 miles north and 69 miles east of this
point and by what rules of legerdemain
the distance from Lewiston to Boise can
be made less than that from Walla Walla
to Boise are certainly new features in math-
ematical science, In addition to these facts
it is well known that the most abrupt noun
tain ranges in this interior country inter-
vene between those two points We are
inclined to believe that the editor of the
Age was not romancing when he stated to
some of his friends here, that if there was
nothing else to fill the columns of his paper
with they would be filled with glorious I'M
dginationS .lr H-
Year: 1863

MCCLELLAN Our dispatches make
no further reference to the probable call Of
Gen. Mcclellan to the command of the ar
my, and the only allusion made to him is
that he has applied for active service.
Year: 1863

The following statement is taken from the
narrative of Rev. J. II. Aughey, refugee
from Mis-, ssipp:


About til. q O'CLOCK in the morning, lie
came with tun horses, one of which he
mounted, and the other. The horse |
rode was blooded animal, and to use my
friends expression, could run like a streak


of lightning. l provided myself with Il
good whip, resolved in case of danger, to
put my horse to his utmost speed. A short
time after daylight, we reached friend No.
3, who promised to conduct me TO Rierzi.
While at his house, learned that Union
ist, Mr.. N, had been killed under cir
cumstances of the greatest cruelty. His
sentence had hoon known to the rebels.
He had been arrested by their cavalry, and
refusing to take oath, they resolved to put
him to death on the spot. He had large
family of small children, who, together with
his wife, begged that his life might be
spared. He himself had no favors to ask
of the SecegSionists, Among his foes, the
only point of dispute was, as to the mode of
his death. Some favored shooting, some
hanging; but the prevailing majority were
in favor of scalding him to death. And
there, in the presence of his weeping and
helpless family, these fends in human form
deliberately heated water, with which they
scalded to death their cherished ana de-
fenceless victim, Thus perished patriot
of whom the State was not worthy. The
corpse was then suspended from tree,
with label on the breast, stating that who
ever cut him down and buried him, should
suffer the same fate. My companions cut
down the corpse by night, and barred it in
tho forest May God reward them
Year: 1863

The Contederacy is pretty nearly "played
out. Their finances are in ruins. Their ar
mics are more than decimated by death de-
sertion, and disease. Their conscription is
working very badly, and is exciting an in
tense animosity against the rebel Govern
ment. The blockade is pinching them closer
and harder as their former supplies are con-
suned The last hope of foreign interyen
tion is departing from their minds. An
immense land and naval force is gathering
upon their coasts, that augurs the speedy
downfall OF their seabOard cities. The Mis-
sissippi, too, is swarmins with transports
and gunboats. Only one point now inter-
venes 10 obstruct the navigation of that
river; and Vicksburgh can not resist the
power that is soon to invest il by land and
water. This thoroughfare once opened.
and the rebellion is cleft asunder, and must
perish. Their only and last hope now is
in the aid and comfort that they receive by
the fire in the rear that our Copperheads
are inaugurating. The rebels of the North
are now the recognized allies of those in
the South, and to this power for evil in the
North, the power of revolution, disoreani-
zation, disunion, the rebels of the South
now look for protection and success. And
IN this they lean upon broken reed. Those
Copperheads are becoming so utterly dis
loyal and venOmous that they must perish
by their own poison. They are rapidly
reaching the verge of public endurance,
and will not fail to fall into tho very snare
they have endeavored to lay for others.
Year: 1863

THE MEMORY OF MoTHER.-When temp
tation appears, and We are almost per-
suaded to do wrong, how often a mothers
word of warning will call to mind vows
that are rarely broken. Yes, the memory
of mother has saved many poor wretch
from going astray Tall grass may be grow
ing over the hallowed spot where all her
earthly remains repose the dying leaves of
autumn may be whirled over it,, or the white
yet the spirit of her, when he walks in the
right path, appears, and gently, softly
mOurnfully calls to him when wandering of
into the ways of error,
Year: 1863




on the tissues of the cows body. On the
other hand, cows which in farmers par
lance "run TO milk J" may be made poor,
even their bones weakened, and if preg-
nanu, their calves rendered small and
weak by protracting the milking period
and keeping them on scanty and innutri-
tious fare, In connection TO i'll treatment
otherwise.


1t has been said that the milking habit
in cows is 10 a great degree induced by
cultivation, as when left 10 themselves fOr
several generations, they cease to yield
more than is barely necessary to sustain
their calves for shcrt time from their
birth, or until they can live on other food,
No doubt this is true to certain extent
but we see that there is a great differ
eRce in cows; naturally, both in regard
10 their daily yield Of milk under the
same treatment and circumstances, as
well as to the length of time they con-
linue in milk. Those which give the least
milk might of course be MIXED longer
time without injury to themselves or their
calves; but generally speaking such cows
will go dry for some time in spite of all
efforts to the contrary, while great milk
ers under fair feeding are often dried
with difficulty, even for the period requir-
ed for the support of their own system
and that of their offspring.


Again, the object for which COWS are
kept are somewhat various. The man
who has but one COW, generally keeps
that one for her milk He wants milk
every day in the year, and he wants to
get it if possible from his own cow. He
cares nothing for her calf, as he never
rears one, and the longevity of the COW
is of less consequence than a constant
supply of milk. Everything is subordin-
ate to this, and when the COW is worn out
another takes her place. Where cows
are kept wholly for the sale of milk, a
course similar to the above is sometimes
pursued. 90 ta8
|. But where cows are kept for the man.
ufacture of butter and cheese, the system
of management is different. 1t is not
desired to have much milk in cold wealth
er, as neither butter nor cheese can gen.
orally be made to advantage on alarge
scale except under mild temperature,
Hence the object is to have all the cows
''cOme in'' near the commencement of
the butter or cheese. making season, and
they are usually dried up at its close, or
at the recurrence Of cold weather. By
this course the cows do not require so
high feeding as they would if MIXED
longer. Good hay, In connection with
proper shelter and care, would be suf-
cient to sustain them In fair condition.
Their constitutions will not be impaired,
their calves will be born strong and
healthy, and all the essential requisites
of thrifty and profitable stock secured.


We might say, then, that where it is
intended to rear stock, and the keeping
of the cows is not superior to good hay
in winter and grass in summer, both the
cows and their progeny will do better to
go dry not less than two months. -BoS-
ton CuItiUGtor.
Year: 1863

A friend asks How long should
cows go dry g" The question involves
many points. If it is considered wholly
in reference to the preservation Of the
life and strength of the cow, and the pro-
duction of offspring of vigorous constitu-
tions, we might say as general answer.
she should 90 dry from two 10 three
months before calving. But even in this
view, much depends upon keeping. A
COW if we'll kept can be MIXED for a
longer period without injury 10 herself or
calf, than if she were kept poorly. A
full supply of nutritious food furnishes the
elements et ;ik elk without much draughi
Year: 1863

1t isan approved adage that an open enemy


is better than prcfessed friend. The policy


of the Democratic party for long years pas,


has been to hoodwink its followers by fran.


ing an ambiguous platform, and placing up.


on the canvass candidate whose principles


and whose history were alike obscure and


undefnable. This is the secret of their pre-


tensions to sagacity and their former success


in carrying elections. The normal feeling of


the Democratic party is one of close affinity


with the prime movers Of this rebellion, and,


in consequence, the predictions of that par


ty have ever been for peaceful relations with


the South, no matter at what cost. Since the
outbreak of war, however, and the astonish-
ing exhibition ofloyalty it instantly produced
in the North, the party has felt itself compel
led to affect belligerent aspect, in order to
carry any respectable portion of voters with
them. The wisdom of this policy is much
more apparent than its honesty. No Demo-
crat ticket has yet been elected in any State.
during the progress of the war, without the
pretense of a hearty support of the wal to put
down the rebellion; and in cases where the
attempt was made without this profession,
their defeat has been signal and uniform.


But the Tory Convention of Ohio, embold-
ened by few untimely acts of concession
from the Executive at Washington, has bodily
lifted the mask and placed the Democracy of
that State IN an unequivocal position-a posi-
ton openly antagonistic to the war and to
the Union. Loyal men have hung their
heads in shame to think that there is a party
in that loyal State, in time of civil war, that
has the STAINLESS effrontery to nominate
convicted and banished traitor for the guber-
material chair, but we are more inclined to
praise than to censure this rare display of
Democratic honesty and righteousness. The
butternut crew has for once laid off all dis
guises and marches to the front with the rat
tlesnake banner broadly unfnrled. The
Union men of Ohio will suffer none of the
occasionally encountered by
our soldiers in the field, when, by the false
artifices of the enemy, they could not cor
rectly distinguish friend from foe.-
Every rebel candidate in Ohio stands out in
bold relief, and may effectually be popped
over with the simplest weapon known to free
government-the ballot. The great peace
back -down-slavery-w -worshiping question is for
once squarely presented to the people at the
ballot-box. Let them settle 1t there beyond
the faintest hope Of resuscitation, and Ohio is
saved from everlasting disgrace. while good
men everywhere will lift up their heads and
rejoice.
Year: 1863

The Democracy Of Ohio, in convention as


sembled, has enthusiastically declared against


the Federal Government and in support of


the rebellion, by nominating the convicted


and banished traitor, vallandisham, for the


Executive chair of the State. The event does


not take any attentive reader by surprise,


and does not, so far as the loyal masses are


concerned, occasion any alarm. We have


here but re- confirmation of the fact so often
alleged, and, on their part, denied, to-wit !:
that the so-called Democratic party of the


North is not only in active sympathy, but in


actual league with the blood stained rebels


Of the South 1t is a serious question, we


apprehend, whether the joy Of the boastful


and valorous Democracy represented by the


party organ in this city, or that which kin


dies and swells in the ranks Of the armed


foes of the country, at the reception of this
intelligence, is the more intense, heartfelt and


exhuberant. Both here and there banners
are flung to the breeze, wild hurras uttered,
and the warm grasp of the hand conveys
from traitor to traitor the most fervent con-
gratulations. Harmonious heretofore in the
expression of their views and feelings with
regard to the man and his merits. the rebel
press of the South and the Democratic press
of the North will sound no discordant note
over the news of consummation for which
they have mutually wished, and prayed, if
such thing be possible, and labored.


But the blind infatuation or wicked fanati-
cism which has ventured to fling defiance and
at the Government presumes too far
when it expects to carry its reasonable pro-
ject successfully through. The fate Of Ma
hony, the victim of similar ovation in this |
State, should have prefgurcd to Ohio traitors
the woful sequel Of their acts. 1t will be re-
that, by recent act of the Ohio |
Legislature, the soldiers of that State are al
lowed to vote. Vallandlgham, the choice of
the rebels North and South, is therefore of all
men the most desirable to be pitted againt
the Union phalanx of Ohio in and out of the
field. His name will be the rallying cry of
every shade of apprehension, and treason
thus brought to a head will be mercilessly
crushed under the heels of an outraged loyal
people and an insulted patriot soldiery.


We doubt whether Vallandigham himself
will be restored to prosecute the canvass,
though he may be enabled to do what the
Chattanooga Rebel sometime since suggested
,e should do-namely, effect landing in
canada, and from that chilly cline issue an
ADDRESS to his friends in Ohio. This would
De "change of base" in accordance with
he true principles of Mcclellan strategy.


Senator Pugh, the nominee for Lieutenant
Governor, is admirably suited as the compan-
on to Vallandigham in this revolutionary
nvass-nearly as much so as he would be,
n our opinion, to share with him the pleas
Tres of Punishment. Pugh's record in Con.
;ress, his narrow escape from expulsion, and
lis violent and incendiary speech before the
nominating convention, appeal most beseech.
ngly to the President and to Gen. Burnside
or similar evidence of kindly recognition
md appreciation. .terf
Year: 1863

The Copperhead p:ace-sneaks are wont to
declare that Mcclellan is the best General we
ever had and the only man to pros
ecute the war successfully. Yet strange
feature of the New York City peace meeting
was its demonstrations of enthusiasm at the
mention of the name of Mcclellan. The ap-
plause at that was quite as uproarious as at
the reading of that passage Of the address
which declares: 'The war cannot succeed.
We have been beaten. We cannot conquer
the South" or as at the argument of one of
the speakers that the Scripture required that
as Christians, instead of offering resistance
to violence, we should turn the other cheek
when smitten.


How singular it is that all those who de-
clare they never were at heart for the war,
and that we never ought to have succeeded
in it, have the same attachment for this Gen.
eral. Indeed, it used to be affirmed by them
that the Confederates thought him the great
est General on our side. This at one time
was quite irresistible with our credulous
people, and was used to stop the mouths of
doubters. 1t is now shown that if McClel-
Ian were in command the New York peace
party would be satisfied that the war is to be
conducted in such way as not to violate
their principles. With all these inducements
and Endorsements, it is singular that this
General should be unemployed.


The professed Democrat, therefore,
who is deliberately for the war, is not Dem
ocrat, in fact, but an Aboitionist of the most
radical, violent and destructive kind.


So says the address of the Fernando Wood
faction in New York. So, also, say the Cop
perhead leaders, and that filthy cess pool of
all unutterable denominations, the Copper.
herd press Of Iowa. No man is "Demo-
crat" who is for the war;" On the con-
trary he is ian Abolitionist of the most radi-
cal, violent and destructive kind.''


Thus we have the Copperhead idea of an
"Abolitionist" He who sis for the war;
ellis up the definition. Whoever is opposed
to the war, is democrat. There they
stand. The Abolitionists are for the war,
the Democrats opposed to it. .--i-1r. ... q.i


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