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Year: 1862

FATAL MINING ACCIDENTAL Portuguese
known as "Charley" was killed in a mining
claim at Hawkinsville, Siskiyou county, on the
18th inst. The deceased and several others
were at work setting sluices in tail race when
portion of the bank fell and covered him up
At1hrst it@was supposed he vas killed, but on
removing the dirt his companions found that
he was not injured, and in reply to a question
said che was all right" They had nearly res
cued him from his perilous situation, when an
other cave of the bank, larger than the first,
came down covering the poor fellow entirely up
again. Before he could be rescued his life was
extinct. Several of those assisting the unfor-
tunate man, came near sharing the same fate.
Year: 1862

ZoUAvE tactics SUCCESSFULLY follow
ing incident is related as having occurred
at the battle Of Pea Ridge:


One of the Texas soldiers was advancing with
his bayonet upon a lieutenant Of the 9th Iowa,
whose sword had been broken. The officer saw
his intention, avoided the thrust, fell down at
his foeman's feet, caught hold Of his legs threw
him heavily to the ground, and before he could
rise drew a long knife from his adyersarys belt
and buried it in his bosom. The Texan, with
dying grasp, seized the lieutenant by the hair,
and sank down lifeless, bathing the brown
leaves with his blood. So firm was the hold Of
the nerveless hand that'h was necessary to cut
the hair from the headof the officer before he
could be freed from the corpse of his foe.
Year: 1862

STARVATION IN MoNo.-A letter FROM
Mono says, provisions are scarce, and strong
as the expression may appear, it is neverthe.
less true that starvation is actually staring us
in the face"
Year: 1862

SEcEsH BREAST PLATE.-Messrs Buck &
Rayne1 have on exhibition at their store on
Clark street, an iron wsistcoat, taken from
the dead body OF rebel soldier at Pittsbuce


-" - Aee3oAA'
Landing, It is in the shape Of vest front,
and intended to be worn under that garment.
and undoubted1ya private speculation On the
part Of the person who wore it, this Invention
did not make him invulnerable to Yankee
bullets. The best breast p1ates are undoubt-
edlJ good cause, and clear conscience,
neither Of which trouble the cowardly seeesh
engaged in this rebellion,
Year: 1862

For the rensop, that most OF the political
teaching at the South is by "word OF mouth
the politicians have now, and will always
haSe, unlimited sway oyrr lhe ll1ussss. Thsy
were always able totAcitc them to the highest
pitch Of political frenzy, and finally to carry
them away into this most wicked rebellion,
which was undertaken solely in the interest
Of flaEery, and Of the politicians who have
always gotten into power upon that all en-
crossing topic


4 few hundred bales Of cotton have been
brought in l:re. Much Of it was purchased BY
speculatorss at low prices, contrary to the
been taken possession Of by Major Q. Cross.
Chief Quartermaster, who will not let = pound
Of it 50 into private hands. It will be shipped
North on Government account.


By the By, among the many Chic.go boys
praised for their conduct in the battle Of
Shiloh, there is none more highly than Lieut..
John c. Long, Of the regular army, and son Of
ex-Ald. James Long. Of your city He was
acting as Aid to Gen Hurlbut, and WIS as cool
and collected during the two days fighting as
if he had been on dress parade. +.
Year: 1862

The only fear now expressed in regard to
operations in front of Yorktown is that the
rebels will retreat and render Gen McClel-
lan's extensive preparations useless, but
doubtless they will be too closely watched to
be able to get away in safety. 1t is remark
able that they allow our works to be pushed
up closely to their own with very slight re-
sistance. The correspondents with the army
are not allowed to say what is going
on, but they all express the most unbounded
confidence of success. \ letter TO the New
York Times says: 1.-Two things l think l
can predict with perfect safety-frst, that
Gen Mcclellan will not commence the attack
until he is completely ready; and second,
/ that within twelve hours from the time be
does commence it, he will have taken York
town with all its guns, and made all itsgar-
rison prisoners. And / venture further to
saw that this will have been done with a
smaller loss of life than has ever attended a
similar battle Of equal importance in this
country. There are some who think that
Gen Mcclellan, on first arriving here, might
have carried Yorktown by a sudden dash,
and save the labor, cost and delay of regu-
lar siege. If he had been allowed 10 carry
out his original plan he would have turned
Yorktown, and been in Richmond now. But,
when he was suddenly deprived of the very
men he had relied on to accomplish this, he
had no choice but TO change his plan. He
then was compelled to take Yorktown by a
direct advance, and that advance was work


of the utmost difficulty. l have no doubt
that the possession of Yorktown viii be very


sharply contested, and if it is not the bloodi-
est fight of the campaign, it will be because


Gen cCiellan's preparations have been SO
/, complete as to render resistance hopeless
If, however, the enemy choose to make 1t a


desperate contest, they can be accommodated.


Our army is in splendid fighting order, and
: has not the slightest thought, under any cu-
. cumstances, of turning back"


Many interesting stories ara told of the
Year: 1862

value of FIVE hundred dollars from attach
ment and sale on execution. The Judiciary
system of the state was materially altered by
establishing supreme court, to consist of
three Judges, and by dividing the state into
four judicial circuits, and electing a circuit
Judge for each circuit, these with the county
Judges forming a circuit entirely
distinct from the supreme court and its juig-
es. A general railroad law was enacted,
which, in all its material provisions, is still
in force. A law was also passed, by which it
was enacted, that whenever the death of a
person, should be caused, by the wrongful
act, neglect or default Of any person or cor
POI atiun, which,in case death had not ensued.
wonid have entitled the party injured, TO
maintain an action thereof, then the admin
lstrators OF tie deceased person might main
tam an action, to recover damages for such
injuries, for the sole benefit of the widow and
next OF kin of such deceased person. A
Joint resolution was also adopted in favor
of the peaceful annexation of Canada to the
United States-in case such union could be
effected without violation on the part of
the United States of the amicable relations
existing with the British Government, or of
the laws of nations.


He was elected in 1853 to the Senate Of
Vermont from Windsor county, and was re-
elected in 1854 and '555-and was frequently
called upon to preside over the deliberations
of that body as its president pro tempore;
in which capacity he was also at different
times the presiding officer of the joint as
sembly, during the protracted balloting for
governor in 1858.


AT the expiration of his term of office as
governor he resumed the practice of law at
Windsor, where he still resides in the list
year of his age.


Governor Coolidge received the honorary
degree of Master of Arts, from the Universi-
ty Of Vermont in 1855, and that of Doctor
of Laws from Middlebury College in 1919.
Year: 1862

to be taxed. We have never heard one
word against it ftom any lip. On the con-
trary, we never hear the subject mentioned
without impatience TO get at its results at the
earliest practicable moment.


1t is the remark of the English officers who
have recently visited our camps upon the Po-
tomac that they have never, in any part of
the world, seen so fine an army. Why
Simply because the men who compose it are
men of intelligence who came from the
people armed with great. patriotic purpose.
The armies Of the United States are not COM
posed of the off-scouring of great cities. the
poor and the helpless, or the dissipated and
the vicious. There are some of all these
classes represented in the army, without
doubt, but the masses are the bone, sinew
and intelligence of the nation, who enlisted
from sense of duty, and who fight because
they feel upon their own shoulders the re-
sponsibilities of the government. These men
understand what they are fighting for. They
cannot be defeated. They went voluntarily
into the field, their numbers limited only by
the necessities of the service, and they will
leave it if they leave it alive, to work in some
sphere of industry to pay the debts which the
war has rendered unavoidable.


So far as the United States are concerned,
the war is emphatically war of the people.
The humblest plowman feels the same re-
sponsibility that the president does-the
same in kind, if not in degree. The presi-
dent and all the members of the government
were private citizens Yesterday, and will be
again Tomorrow. To-day, they are only the
instruments the people use to accomplish
their purposes-their necessary executive
machinery for carrying on war and providing
means. Our neighbors across the water have
looked for, and predicted, mobs, but the mobs
will not appear. simply because the govern
ment is ihe instrument of the people. and the
people will not rise against the power which
they institute, so long as it obeys their wish
es. The taxes they are to pay are laid by
themselves, and will not be resisted or quar-
relied with. If this war be carried through
successfully, as the people are determined ii
shall be. it will be such lesson in self-gov-
ernment as will shake all the old world
thrones and theories to their foundations
Springfield Republican.
Year: 1862

have ever since hung about it.
seemed to drift about without aim or ob-
Ject, at the mercy of every breeze; my heart
wanted anchorage. was naturally suscept-
ible, and tried to form other attachments, but
my heart would not hold on; it would con-
tinually recur to what it had lost; and when
ever there was pause in the hurry of novel
ty and excitement, would sink into dismal
detection. For years could not talk on the
subject of this hopeless regret; could not
even mention her name; but her image was
continually before me, and l dreamt of her
necessarily


Such was the language in which Irving
poured forth sorrows and sad memories, in a
letter written many years ago to lady who
wondered at his celibacy and expressed the
wish to know why he had never married.
Can words more graphically describe the
shipwreck of hope, Or more tenderly depict
the chivalric devotion of faithful lover p
How sweetly, too, does Irving portray with
his artist-pen the lineaments of his loved one.
He says in the same letter:


The more saw of her the more | had rea-
son to admire her. Her mind seemed to un-
fold itself leaf by leaf, and every time to dis
cover new sweetness. Nobody knew her SO
well as |, for she was generally timid and ST.
lent; but | in manner studied her excel
ence. Never did / meet with more intuitive
rectitude of mind, more native delicacy, more
exquisite propriety in word, thought and &C
ton, than in this young creature. am not
exaggerating; what l say was acknowledged
by all that knew her. Her brilliant little sis
ter used to say that people began by admir-
ing her. but ended by loving Matilda. For
my part idolized her. felt at times re-
buked by her superior delicacy and purity,
and as if | was coarse, unworthy being in
comparison


Irving seldom or never alluded to this sad
event nor was the name Of Matilda ever spo-
ken in his presence. Thirty years after he.
death Irving was visiting Mr. Hoffman, and
a granddaughter in drawing out some sheets
of music to be performed upon the piano, ac-
cidentally brought with them piece of en-
broidery, which dropped upon the floor
Washington said Mr. Hoffman, this IS a
piece of poor Matilda's workmanship His
biographer describes the effect as electric
lie had been conversing in the sprightliest
mood before says Pierre NJ. Irving, 'and he
sunk at once into utter silence, and in a few
minutes got up and left tie house Do any
of tie pages that record the loves Of the po-
cts giisten with purer, brighter halo than
is thrown around the name and character and
memory of Matilda Hoffman by the lifelong
constancy and the graceful tributes of one
whose name, destined to deathless renown
may no. henceiorth be discovered from that
of the early lost and dearly loved. who's.
death made Washington Irving what he wa.
and what the world admires ?"
Year: 1862

y principal reason why foreign writer's and
foreign politicians have failed to apprehend
the real characteristics of the present war in
America, and to prophesy correctly touching
its issues, is, that they do not understand
that the people are waging it. They speak
of the government as if it were one of the
European sort-a central power, residing in
certain men, who possess certain preroga-
tiyes. When the government was so weak
that fort after fort fell into the hands of the
rebels without even an effort at resistance,
they thought that the country was, even then,
hopelessly ruined. They will not now see
any possibility of its being restored to unity.
What could a government do which had no
army, no navy, and no money? Nay, what
could government do which had no power
except what it derived from the people p
And what could the people do when they
were divided? They gave us over to politi-
cal perdition, and they will not have it any
other way.


The historian of this rebellion will notice
this difference between the loyal and the dis
loyal powers,-that one is purely popular and
the other purely political or personal. The


rebellion was not a popular movement. 1t
was initiated and perfected by politicians
To carry it into operation, and carry it on, it


has been necessary to resort TO all the ma


chinery of terrorism and conscrption. The


loans have all been forced loans. An ire


sponsable despotism has used the people


simply as its tool for effecting its ambitious


purposes. Now this was something tha,
the European presses could understand and


measure. This was after their own sort and


style, and they did not perceive what there


was to meet and master it. The power of a


united people, using the machinery of thu


government for its purposes in crushing ou


rebellion, was something that it was not pos


sible for them to appreciate. Their educa
ton, habits of thought and ideas of govern
ment rendered full appreciation impossible
. The consequence is that all their reasoning
and all their predictions have ben wrong.
The uprising Of the American people con
sequently upon the war opened by the rebel
upon the national flag, was, in fact, the reyi
. vification of the government, and from tha
t moment to this the people have carried it or
The people have told the government. to bo,
E row, and to promise in their name to pay
! They have done this in good faith, and with
: out the first thought of ever repudiating.-
e The people have called upon the governmer
f to tax them, and the government is only to
e slow for them in this business. The peopl
e on the other side of the water have locke
e On and seen our government piling up Its II
: debtedness, and confidently predicting thu
4 as soon as taxation should touch the peop
d it would destroy the government or dethror
b its policy. But the people absolutely clame
Year: 1862

Beneht.-We learn that the ladies aud
gehtleman connected with the mission
School, u on Buckeye street, intend giving a
Festival week from New Years for the BENG
1T of the School We hope it will be well
Year: 1862

Do You REMEMBER 2-Do you remember
that you have put of your wife for over year
with promises that you would buy her Sew.
ing Machine after while2 Now, open your
heart, and on Christmas morning, give her a
happy surprise with Wheeler Il Wilson.
Year: 1862

Holding Good couple Of months
since we announced that Weather-Seer--a
venerable gentleman of the typographical
profession-had made prediction that the
winter would be what, in common parlance,
is styled an 'open" one We stated that he
based his prediction on certain appearances,
and data, and by aid of system which he
was not able fully to explain. He described to
us the style Of weatherwe would have between
that period and New Years as faithfully as
though he had waited until after the date
He has been faithful predicator thus far
and we feel like giving him a prophetic title
until the elements shall strip him Of the pres
tige he has already earned.


Our ancient friend renews his prediction
and says that we will have very little bittei
cold weather this winter, and that after New
Year we will have "rains and foods" He
don't believe the wheat crop win be Of much
account next year. unless some unforeseen
fortunate aid should soon arise and he CAM
imagine what il could be- We are TO take Il
that the price of breadstuffs next season will
be unusually high


AS far as "open" winter is concerned, We
favor IT, 1t viii be worth great deal to the
poor and will be very convenient to all
We hope that in regard to the wheat, oul
friends prediction will fail We shall see,
Year: 1862

Whole Hog.-A rather queer exhibition
was given yesterday on Centre street. by a
gentleman who was the proprietor Of half.
grown porker Piggy had run away from his
owner, and when found refused to accompany
the inconsolabe fellow home After numer-
Gus attempts to induce or compel an advance
of master piggy in the direction of his sty,
oil of which were highly unsatisfactory ow.
ing, probably, to the kink in his tail being
turned the contrary way, the owner at length
grabbed the recusant porker, and resolutey
struggled to carry him home. But the large
crowd of spectators predicted disaster to the
expedent, from the violence Of master pig
gys commissions to get free. And it soon
came for the pig kicked the owner violently
in the face, and the next instant the strug-
Cling pair were in the gutterl The pig got
up first and ran away, the disconnected owner
following rather slowly, and scratching his
head
Year: 1862

WASHINGTON TREMBLING.-We take
the following from Washington letter to
a Northern paper:


Poor old Washington had another ague
fit yesterday, upon reception Of the news of
a fight between "stonewall" Jackson and
Gen. Pope. We are not even yet in pos
session of sufficient information to allay ex-
citement, and consequently it is confidently
expected that the city will be in rebel hands
before the end of the week at fsrthest.-
Washington is. subject to big scares, and
has them frequently. Like prudish vir-
gin who shrinks with alarm and horror
from the slightest contact with man, Wash
ington trembles at every battle in Virginia,
and imagines at the flash of a musket or
the roar of six-pounder, that an immedi-
ate attempt will be made upon her immac-
ulateness by the rebel libertines, and yes
terday she shivered >" day as if the rough
hand of the destroyer were already upon
her; and last night her slumbers were of
that light and broken kind that attends the
rest of the timorous 10 the midst of dan
gers \
Year: 1862

Considerable agitation has been produced
in this and other cities by the discovery in
circulation of q large amount of Confede
rate notes supposed to be counterfeit
Many good judges doubt whether they are
not genuine, and the Treasury Department
at Richmond has been appealed to to decide
the question-though we doubt if the off.
cials in that department would be compe,
tent. judges in the case-some of the sup
posed counterfeits having, We learn, been
paid out by them. Until their decision is
had, it would be better to refrain from re.
ceiving or passing the suspected notes, and
to put our readers on their guard, we ap
pend the marks of those considered doubt
full: i.


Ali the spurious bills are limitations Of
the genuine imprint Of Hoyer & Ludwig,
are on much better paper than the genuine,
and of better style of engraving, and da
ted September 2, 1861, To the sl00's
genuine, the mule near the cotton press in
the vignet is. very indistinct, and stands
With its head from the spectator-the spokes
in the wagon wheels are more plainly en-.
graved than in the counterfeit. In the
counterfeit, the mule is plainly engraved,
and stands with his head towards the spec.
tator; there are too small rocks in the gen.
uine, near the sailors right foot, in the left
hand lower corner, while there are three in
the Counterfeit. There is slight circular
hair stroke across the right leg and left foot
of>the sailor in the genuine, which is omit
ted, in the counterfeit. This last mark is
doubtful, as tits said it does not exist in some
of the genuine. The ink of the counter
felt is darker.


In the SOS, the hair on the right side of
mechanics head stands off in the counter
felt as if blown off by the wind in the
genuine, it lies smooth the sledge ham,
mer in his hand has streak of light upon
it in the counterfeit, which gives it more
the appearance of a churn-dasher; there is
no lock on the chest in the vignette of the
spurious, while it is to be distinguished in
the genuine; there. is wide space in the
counterfeit between the P and T in the
"except" in the words "Receivable for all
dues except export dues"


In the genuine EOS, there are two ships
in the vignette-iu the counterfeit, the
smaller and most distant is omitted; (this
mark is doubted J in the counterfeit, the
two hearts between the two KS, in the
lower right hand corner, join, and the let,
ters L. G.. on the cotton bale in the lower
left hand corner are distinctly legible-in
the genuine, there is some space between
the hearts, and the letter L is distinctly
visible on the cotton BALE


augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
Year: 1862

V'HE ESE MEDlClNES have Ow been before the pub


lie Tor period of thirty wears, and during that time
have maintained high character III almost every part
OF the globe for their eXt'aordpary sud immediate
power OF restoring perfect health persons suffering
under nearly every kind disease which human flesh is
liable


The following among the Distressing variety o..
human diseases in which the


VEGETABLE LIFE MEDICINES
Year: 1862

TIE Republican papers are shedding
crocodile tears over what they pretended
was the disrespect shown By the late
Democratic State Convention to the memo
ry of Douglas. Those who followed him
through life with malgni.y, rather
develish than human, now that he is dead.
are excessively tender Of his memory.
But recently they aided in burning the
portrait Douglas in elfigy. branded him as
traitor, and applied to him every other
epithet which was vile; but now, forsooth,
they chide his lifelong friends for what
they choose to call failure to honor
properly the dead Douglas:


The name and memory of Douglas are
sacred to the hearts Of Democrats, and his
national principles are cherished by them
as the chief hope for the salvation of the
republic. They need pass no resolution
eulogizing single act of his. such as was
the resolution offered in the State Conyen-
ton, when they know that all HIS pubic
acts were prompted by devotion to the
country. In all his consistsnt and patriot
ic lfe-consistent. despite the falsehood of
his enemies asserting the contrary-pa.ri.
otic. not alone a; its close, but at all times
and under all circumstances-we defy
those who are now so excessively anxious
10 pay him posshumous tonors. 10 End
one act. one sentiment Of his which can
be cited in approval Of the narrow and
sectional principles which mos, Of them
advocate. His principles were as broad
as the Union. and based upon the Cons.i-
tuition; and he Eeld aboliIionists in equal
deteststion with Southern traitors. With
these facts SO we'll known, il is foolish in
deed for Northern sectioualiss to claim 10
be his especial admirers and champions.
The fraud ID too Transparent Goshen
Democrat