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Year: 1864

TROUBLE ANTIcIPATED--An anonymous
correspondent of the Mariposa Gazette, who
claims to have some peculiar facilities for pen
etratiDg the secret councils of the secessonists
Of this State, is of opinion that they contemplate
a general uprising and massacre of Union men.
The Shasta Courier speaks of secessionists in
that locality armDg themselves, aad similar
intimations reach US from various sections Of
Of the State We do not, however, apprehend
much trouble. The elections news from the
East will probably cool the arlor of the rebels
on this coast. They know better than to
attempt any act Of hostility against Union men
at this time. There are no doubt desperadoes
10 many localities whom Union men would do
well to look out for but We DO not anticipate
any general outbreak
Year: 1864




A BURST OF ELoouENcE.-Western
eloquence continues to improve. A Wis
consin reporter sends the following sketch.
A lawyer in Milwaukee was defending a
handsome young woman accused of steal
ing from large unoccupied dwelling in
the night time, and thus he spoke in con-
clusion:


Gentlemen of the Jury, 1 am done.
When gaze with enraptured eyes on the
matchless beauty of this peerless virgin,
on whose resplendent charms suspicion
never dared to breathe; when l behold
her radient in the glorious bloom of lus-
trous loveliness, which angelic sweetness
might envy but could eclipse; before
which the star on the brow of the night
grows pale, and the diamonds of Brazil
are dim, and then reflect upon the utter
madness and folly of supposing that so
much beauty would expose itself in the
terrors of an empty building in the cold,
damp dead of night, when innocense like
hers is hiding itself amidst the snowy pill
lows of repose; gentlemen of the Jury,
my feelings are too overpowering for ex-
preston, and throw her into your arms
for protection against this foul charge
which the outrageous malice of disap-
pointed scoundrel has invented to blast
the fair name of this lovely maiden, whose
smile shall be the reward of the verdict
which know you will give"


The Jury acquitted her without leav-
ing their seats
Year: 1864

THE DEsPAIRING SoUTH.-The signs
of want and misery at the South multiply
daily. The people are no longer able to
bear the enormous evils which have been
brought upon them by their guilty mad.
ness, from ors end of the Confederacy to
tha.other, thdAfseling ofs.dissatisfaetien,
with Davis and his Congress and their
war measures is threatening new rebellions
and secessions. 1t seems utterly impossi-
bic that the chaos and confusion can ever
be moulded into an effective organization
to continue the war. And yet mere des-
peration often accomplishes wonders and
there is reason to fear that we shall have
an example of its terrible power before
the war is over. The people of the North
should not feel too confident Davis and
his co-conspirators know that their necks
are in imminent peril, and they can still
rally "a great force by their remorseless con-
scription of every man in their territory
who is capable of holding musket.-
They intend to do it, and the true course
for US to pursue is to fill up our ranks and
pour armies into the field that shall over
whelm the most numerous and desperate
force produceable by the foe The one
thing needful above all others in the pres
ent state of things is fresh and abundant
military strength on the side of the Union.
Let the South know that we are stronger
than ever; that the power and the will to
crush this rebellion are mightier than at
any previous time that where they raise
one man by force, we raise FIVE orten cheer
ful, resolute volunteers, and the struggle
will soon be over.-PatS5wyh Gazette.
Year: 1864




SINGULAR EFFECT OF ELECTRICITY ON
NEGRoEs.-During the thunder storm Of
last week, friend relates the following


A gentleman residing few miles out
of town, recently carried home small cleo
trical machine for making experiments
As soon as he got home, the negroes as
usual hocked around him, eager to see
what their master had got. There was a
boy among these darkies that had evinced
a strong disposition to move things when
they wanted moving, or in other words to
pilfer occasionally. =


Now Jack" says his master " look
here; this machine is to make people tell
the truth, and ifyou have stolen anything,
or lied to me, it will knock you down"


Why, Master, L never lied or stole
anything in my life" said the boy.


Well, take hold of this )" and no soon
er had the lad received a slight shock,
than he fell on his knees and bawled out,


Oh, Master / did steal your cigars
and little knife, and have lied ever SO
many times; please to forgive me-"


The same experiment was tried with
bike success on half dozen juveniles
At last an old negro who had been look
ing very attentively, stepped up.


Master" said he, "let dis Niger try
dat masheen is well enough to scare the
chider wild, but this niger knows better" "
The machine was then fully charged,
and he received stunning shock. He
looked first at his hand, then at the ma
chine, and at last rolling his eyes, said:


Master, it amt best to know too much
dars many soul gets to be damned by
KNOWN too much, an it's my 'pinion dat
de debil made dat masheen jest to ketch
your soul somehow, an reckon you had
best jest take an burn it up an have it
done gone. ."-Nontgonnery advertiser.
Year: 1864

The Hon PRICE OF BurrER-A REMEDY
FOR HIoH PRIcEs.-Butter is now sixty cents
per pound. Every one is complaining Of the
unnecessarily high price of this useful family
commodity, although the remedy is in their
own hands. Let every person in the city
man, woman and child-stop eating butter for
. week, and there will be such surplus on
hand that prices will soon become reasonable.
Year: 1864

The loss Of machinery by the burning Of
Colts Armory is estimated ct $500, 900.
There were six miles Of steam pipe in the
building, and the scene presented by the
ruins as they remsin resembles the an
oient city unearthed by modern explors-
ions there are nothing except crumbling
fragments where q splendid building so
recently existed. The question is now
asksd-Who fired the Armory? That the
superstition Of an emisssry coming from
the rebels to fire the building is not prepOs-
ferrous, is shown by the fact that not long
ago workman did come there with the
piteous story that he was deserter from
the rebels, end he was employed. But
when the FIRE broke out-itWss during the
only hslf-hour in the tWenty-four when o
wstehmsn Wss not present there being
an interval Of half an hour in the morning
between the going-aEay Of the night
wstchmsn for that foer and the one te.
low it, and the-coming of the day watch
man. 1t could not have been fired in the
night, because then the Watehmen were
all about, and no one could have got into
the building. II was kindled in the wing
connecting the two main buildings, 30 that
it was likely to take both and destroy the
rife as well as the pistol shops. It started
where the patterns and much choice dry
wood we're stored, which would readily
kindle. 1t is grestmystery how it could
have caught fire itself, and no one but 6
rebel sympstbiEer could have desired its
destruction.
Year: 1864

BALTIMORE, March 8


The Baltimore Conference Of the Metho.
dist Episcopal church in session here to-
day, adopted report BY vote Of 4S TO 10,
in which they declare IS follows:


That we wear pledge Of exclusive al.
legiance to the Government Of the United
States, in war and in peace, and to its con-
stitutionsl administration in every depart
ment thereof; and that we therefore af-
fectionately exhort our people, who by
position, kindred or interest may have been
tempted 10 sympsthEe with those who
seek the overthrow Of this Government, to
seek the word Of God as their guide and
not esteem loyalty thereto ss optional, or
matter Of taste, sympathy or preference,
but one Divine INDUCTION, and as involving
the religious duty Of prayers and effort for
the restoration Of our national unity, peace
and prosperity, or, in the language Of the
Disciples, to use all lsudable means to en-
join obedience to the powers that be.


That we will not receive into the Con-
ference or elect to Ministerial orders there
from to the local OF itinerant ranks, any
man Of known disloyslty; that in view Of
the great change in the Providence Of God,
which is taking place in the public mind,
in the direction Of emancipation Of the
State Of Maryland snd elsewhere, we be-
lieVe the time is not far distant when the
Baltimore Conference will no longer be
embarrassed in maintaining the we'll know
principles Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church upon The subject.
Year: 1864

When in March, May and July, 1862,
made earnest and successive appeals to the
Border States to favor compensated emanci-
patton, believe the Indispensable necessity
for military emancipation ard armins of the
blacks would come unless avelted by that
measure.


They declined the proposition, and I was
IN my best Judgment, driven to the alterns-
tive of either surrendering the Union and
with it the Constitution, or laying the strong
hand upon the colored element. | chose the
latter; in choosing it hoped for greater gain
than loss, but Of this was not entirely con-
tident.


More than year of trial now shows no
loss by it in our foreign relations, none in
our home popular sentiment, none in our
white military force. No loss by it any how
or any where. On the contrary it shows a
gain Of quite 100000 soldiers, seamen and
aborers. Z These are palpable facts, about
which, as facts, there can be no cayiling. We
have the men and we could not have had
them without the measure.


Now let any man, who complains of the
measure, test himself by writing down in
one line that he is for subduing the rebe!io
by force of arms, and the next that he is for
taking these 10000 men from The Union
side and placing them where they would be
but for the measure he condemns. If he
cannot face his cause so stated it is becau> e
he cannot face the truth.


add word, which was not in the verbal
conversation. In telling this tale | attempt
no compliment to my sagacity. | claim not
to have controlled events, but confess plainly
that events have controlled me. Now, at
the end Of three years struggle, the nation 5
condition is not what either party, or any
man devised or expected


God alone can claim it. Whittier it is
tending seems plain. If God now wills the
removal Of great wrong, and wills also that
we Of the North as well as you Of the South
shall pay fairly for our completely in that
wrong, impartial history will find therein
new cause to attest and revere the justice and
goodness of Cod Yours truly,
\. LINCOLN.
Year: 1864

MAxIMs.-Use no reproachfullanguage against
any one-neither curses or revilings.


Be not too hasty to believe lying reports to
the disRaragement of any one.


In your apparel be modest and endeavor to
accommodate nature, rather than to procure ad-
miraton


Associate yourself only with men of good
quality, If you esteem your reputation, for it is
better to be alone than in bad company.


Let your conversation be without malice or
envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and com
mendable spirit and in cases Of passion, ad-
NIT reason to govern.


Use not base and frivolous things against
grown and learned men, nor very difficult ques-
tiOns or subjects among the ignorant, nor things
hard to believe.


Speak not doeful things in the time of mrth
nor at the table; nor Of melancholy things as
deaths or wounds, and if others mention them
change, if you can, the discourse.


Break not a jest when none take pleasure in
mrth. Laugh not loud, nor at all without oc-
casion. Deride no mans misfortune, though
there seems to be some cause


Speak not in furious words either in Jest or in
earnest. Scof at no one, though you may get
occasion.


Be not forward, but friendly and courteous
the first to salute, hear an answer-and not be
pensiye when it is time to converse.


Go not thither when you know not whether
you shall be welcome or not


Reprehend not the mperfections Of others,
fer that belongs to parents, masters and super
visors.


Speak not in ar unknown tongue in company
but in your own language, and that as those of
quality do, and not as the vulgar


Sublime matters treat seriously.
Year: 1864

A roller boy of printing Office summoned his
employer for FIVE dollars due him for labor The
judge decided for the plaintiff on authority old
er than anything to be found in Coke or Black
stone-on the we'll recognized maxim that "the
devil should have his due"
Year: 1864

PRoGREss OF REFINENEYT.--Th other day, on
looking over the marriages in Utica paper, we
observed that the names Of every bride in the
list was made to end in lie and not one Of said
names were proper orc, according to old fash
ion notions, but were nick-names and baby
names in conformity with the refined tastes Of
the day They were all Carrie, Maggie, Susie
Lizzie, and last of all Molie which last we sup
pose is a corruption Of the beautiful name of
Mary, for which the anathema Of the Virgin Ma
~, if she ever pronounces any, ought to fall on
those who display such refined shallowness.


Judging from the progress n this line, which
we have been forced to witness in the past, We
may calculate in a few years at the longest that
all the tty names Of women which have
stood prominent for centuries in Eng b itera-
ture will be banished entirely from the fashion
able part Of it. Nick-names are not applied to
the male sex yet, to much extent, b if things
progress the probabilities that ere long we
shall see the marriage Of Mr.. Bubble Jones and
Miss SiSsie Smith.
Year: 1864

FINGER TALKING IN FACTORIEs.-The female
operatives in some of the factories in Lowell,
being prevented by the noise and clatter of the
machinery from indulging in the indispensable
amusement Of the gentler sex, have resorted to a
new mode of telegraphing.


Fingers have been substituted for tongues, and
through the instrumentality of the alphabet of
signs, invented for the use of the deaf and
dumb, while away their "hours" with discus
sions on matters and things in general.


The new mode has a great advantage over
the old science; the whole party can talk at once
without any confusion. hundred feet being as
little interruption to these communications as
FIVE.


This language of signs is well worth acquir-
ing, as the facilities which it affords are often
valuable especially in the sick room


A distinguished philanthropist of Massachu-
setts has become so habituated from the force of
circumstances, to the use of this mode of inter-
changing thought that its superiority over the
old system is a theme which he never tires Of
discussing. Upon his showing, the tongue is
not only an unruly, but very nearly useless
member.
Year: 1864

On the 1st instant the following address, bearing the
signatures OF Hundred and sixty members OF tho
patona Association for the Advancement OF Social
Science lately IN session at Amster presented
the United States Consul at Amsterdam for transmits
sion 10 Mr.. Lincoln


We have followed with profound interest, from Its
origin the struggle between the energetic cisns Of the
North and the Shareholders Of the South While regret
Ing the boodshod and the evils resulting from war We
congratulate upon the constant rmness with which
you and the nation which elected have defeuded
Justice humanity Convinced that the United States
nation will issue from this trial stronger than ever and
with future definitely separated from eoery serue ins
tui0n, await the speedy triumph OF the holy cause Of


liberty We that the des.ines OF the great
public will never be compromised BY you
Year: 1864

you to say by what term he deserves to
be known.


WAR.


But two caamities greater than war,
can befalI a nation. BY the present war,
we hope to be preserved from both, first
from secession which is death, aud sec
ond from slavery which leads to barbar-
ism. and is worse than death. We are
told this is a cruel war how could it be
otherwise? Could you expect a war wa
eed for the extension of barbaroHs in
stitution, to be other than a barbarous
war? Yet in justice we see the burden
of the calamity fall where it belongs.
The crack of the slave drivers whip, and
the voice Of the auctioneer have died
away in the sound of freedoms cannon.
The chattle has received musket for his
chains, and for the cries of the whipping
post. we have the cries of victory. The
barbarism of the Cavalier has cost him
his life. The rayageg Of war have made
the plantation a desolate plain, family
reared IN luxury and Incidence and left
in want, beg few hard tack from cotor-
ed sollicr to sustain life. How hard and
vet how iust-Now listen to what Abra-
ham Lincoln said in his inaugural address.
In speaking to these people, he said, '' 10"
can haze no ray ,rH this g7serRmgm IN
less you are yoarsclcsj he aggressors.'
They became the aggressors and the re
sponsibility is with them.


But there are some who say this is an
% Aboiljoa war" Well this is so just
as the Ram Tennessee is now Union YES
sci. The rebels built her at great eS-
pcnso. armed her, and plated her for the
purpose Of destroying our feet, but now
she is captured and formidable Union
gunboat The rebels built this war, and
one of their best, guuboats was the Ram
slavery. sue ulliiCA .ONGl W A9 'iiN' w
have re-fittcd her, put in engines OF ilee-
dom and now she is one Of the best gun
boats we have got Al | have to say is,
if any man is not in favor Of sucAfboli
tion he is no Union man, and consequent
" must be a traitor


1t has already become a historical fact
that a war waged for the extension of
slavery in this country has resulted in its
abolition, some are not pleased with this
part of our national history and they
blame the Abolitionists. They never
could have done it--somc blame the Re
publicans. but they dous tao much ho"or,
Some blame Abraham Lincoln, but the
true author of SO great a caiamity is to
be found in him who died that all might
be free.
Year: 1864




When | was boy heard the Union
was in danger, but believe it is stron-
ger to-day than it was then, because the
ties that bind us together remain the same,
and the institution that sought to divide
us is practically doad, but the fact is, this
Union is how being Jo0gH Jor, your sons,
your brothers, your fathers, are fighting
nobly and these same men who then cried
the Union is in danger, now cry cease
firing" therefore | have become suspic-
ious of these Union savers. You know
your merchants here to be solvent, but
if YOU would see advertisements upon the
streets, that they 1serc So{rcat, that mo-
mcnt YOU would become suspicious. In
reading Lincoln's letter of acceptance, |
do not find the word Union once, but Nc
Clellan used it fifteen times and | became
suspicious, but had he used it fifteen hun
drcd times you could not have made any
sensible man believe but the Chicago
Platform meant, if the South would con-
descend to live with us, we would be their
slaves, but if not, We would build them
as good a house as we could on one half
of Uncle Sans farm, for they had always
been very good brethren, andwe didvery
wrong to FIRE on them first at Fort Sum
ter


When man tells me he is il favor OF
this Union, and in the next breath tells
me he is opposed to .ji9htiag for Il, l tell
him he is a liar and the truth is not in
him. Did you ever know man own q
farm as large as Virginia or Georgia and
you 90 to take it from him, and he would
ent fight for it. But have not the lead
ers of the Democracy told us thousand
times, that these States did not belong to
us that they had right to secede and
we had no right to coerce them? These
are the men who would have you believe
that cowardice will bring victory, and that
dishonor, disunion, anarchy, and eternaI
ruin are preferable to noble war for the
Government Of your sires. Voters ot
Pennsylvania remember, our brethren
slain upon every battle field, and let nc
cowardly act of yours dishonor the cause
for which they died The responsibility
is with us Let us show to traitors in this
the hour of our nations peril that We are
really the Keystone State. We have the
coal, the oil, the iron-thc power, the
light, and the sinew; we will give the
power to free labor, the light to free
! thought, and the sinew to the Onion Q
Year: 1864

SOMETHING To BE THANKFUL FoR.
The hat was passed around in certain
for the purpose Of taking up
collection. After it had made the cir
cult Of the church it was handed to the
minister, who by the-way, had exchanged
upits with the regular preacher, and he
found not penny in it. He inverted
the hat over the pulpit cushion aud shook
it, that its emptiness might be known,
then raising his eyes toward the ceiling,
he exclaimed with great fervor, " thank
God that l got back my hat from this
congregation"
Year: 1864

SMART-VERY.-At Whiskytown, in this
county, Democrat (?) who had been much
talked to in regard to the manner in which
he should vote, finally determined that be
would take neutral ground, and not vote the
Presidential ticket at all SO on visiting the
polls, Union ticket was handed him, when
he quietly tore off the names of Lincoln and
johnson and voted the balance. The Silver
Mountain Bulletin gives us another instance
where a shrewd Democrat in that county vo.
ted g red back" telling the boys he was
going for the Union The ticket was marked
and on examination it was found this cum
ming euss had marked out A be and Andy and
interlined Mcclellan and Pendleton. the bal
ance of the ticket being. undisturbed When
we consider the amount ofstudy these shrewd
fellows bad given to the subject, the result is
wonderful
Year: 1864

A SENTIMENT WoRTHY OF HERo.-feter
Donahue relates to us an incident connected
with the death of our respected townsman,
John p Buckley, which, for the sake OF the
example, and for the honor of a truly loyal
mans memory, re think should be made
public On the afternoon of the accident
which cost most valuable life, Donahue
rode up to the residence of Buckley, ands on
entering the house, was shocked to hear that
the injured foot had been already amputated.
Entering the room in which the surgeons
were dressing the mu.ilated limb, Donahue
advanced to the sde of his suffering friend,
and remarked, as he pressed his hand, with
deep emotion, This is terriblel' The suf-
ferer, looking up with a calm smile, said -


. Yes, this is terrible for my family but
how much worse off are those Of many poor
fellow who has laid down his life, or lost an
arm, or whole leg, fighting for his country
and the Union | lost my limb in the
launching of vessel intended to defend my
country and sustainsa glorious cause; it
could not be helped, and have not word of
complaint to make. Kiss E,e, old friend y
and drawing Donahue's head down to his
pillow, he kissed him with lips moist with
the sweat of mortal agony.-S. f.. Ala.
Year: 1864

VINO WILL BEGIN Ir.AIt has been sug
gested, as matter of interest to all, that one
or more companies might. could and should
be formed for the purpose of more thorough
ly prospecting this region for gold bearing
quartz. Our informant says he knows a
competent and Industrious man, of good
moral character and sober habits, who would
work faithfully, at three dollars per day,
and become member of the company. His
services, then, would amount to eighteen
dollars per week. A company of our cltl-
zens, to the number of eighteen, would have
to pay in one dollar per week, and each would
be an equal share holder in any discoveries
that might be made. But apart from the
direct personal interest of any, our citizens
would only be taking one step in the direct
way of reviving old Shasta, and that, too, at
very cheap cost. Let some one OF our citi-
zens move in the matter and the thing is
done. We will take chance.