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Year: 1863

THE DYING NEVER WEEP.-The reason
why the dying never weep is because the
manufactures of life have stopped forever
the human system has run down at last
every gland Of the system has ceased its
functions. In almost all diseases the liv!ei
is the first mandatory that stops work


one by one the others follow, and alt the
fountains of life are at length dried up


there is no secretion anywhere. SO the ey'
in death weeps not; not that all affection i


dead to the heart, but because there Is no
tear drop in it, any more than there l.
moisture on the lip DR.. Hall. -t
Year: 1863

An efficient and thorough organization
Of our party Is all that is necessary to IN
sure triumphant success at the approach
mo election. Our full strength must De
brought out al the polls, and III no other
way can j, lie done. Every individual
D.mocra. should feel that be has a per-
senaI interest in the success OF bis party.
In the coming contest we must present
an unbroken front under the leadership
Of HENRY l.. PALMER. Our oppo
nents have no hope but in disunion
among ourselves. The cure for such 81
evil will only be found in the thorough
organization Of our party organiza-
lion which will embrace every farmer,
mechanic, and laboring man who has faith
80 the enduring principles Of Democracy
which will extend 10 them the mean.
Of comparing those principles with the
political doctrines Of their black Republi
can opporeuts-which will infuse into
each nm hottest pride in the good name
Of bis rar.y-and which will clear away
sverv pe.tv obstacle which personal bick
erius,, selfish aspirations, aud local jesl-
ousie, may cas-, in the way, and lead TO
q brilliant and glorious VICTORY Our
cause i. the peoples cause, aud the result
is in their hands. ORGANIZE. and
the pealing notes Of victory to Democracy
shall wake the echoes on the Sd day Of
November.
Year: 1863

Teams from this portion Of tho country
snd from. Washington county, as we'll as
frsighters, will find it to their advantage to
take the new road between here and SEN


ees, on their way to the Missouri river.
This road leaves the old road at the east
side Of town and runs on an air line to
Seneca, making . saving in the distance
usually travelled Of eight miles. There is
plenty Of good water and wood on this
road. a
Year: 1863

Eg- Along with the body guard of Gen
Grant rides bis son Fred, a stout lad of some
twelve summers, He endures all the march
60, follows his father under fire with all the
coolness Of an old soldier, and is in short "chip
Of the old block"
Year: 1863

THE Washington Republican and other
newspapers edited by friends Of General
Hooker have taken advantage of the publ
catou of General Halleck's official report
to claim that the battle Of Gettysburg was
in point of fact won by Hooker, that is,
that General Meade merely carried out the
plans Of his predecessor. This is clearly
absurd. When Hooker gave up the command
it was not known by either general when
or where the battle would be fought 1t
was finally brought on almost accidentiy.-
General Meade was pressing in the direction
of Carlisle Pa. to form junction with the
militia under General Couch, while General
Lee was aiming for bo til Baltimore and
Washington. The rival armies came into
collisionat Gettysburg, where neither wish
ed to fight.
Year: 1863

SIN accordance with our law, and the
general orders of the department, the "a
tions of the prisoners are precisely the same,
in quantity and in quality, as those served
out to our own gallant soldiers in the field,
and which have been found sufficient to
support them in their arduous campaigns,
while it is not pretended by the enemy that
they treat prisoners by the same generous
rule. By An indulgence perhaps unpecre-
dented, We have even allowed the prisoners
in our hands TO be supplied BY their friends
at home with comforts not enjoyed BY the
men who captured them in battle. -
Year: 1863

. (, From the Richmond Sentinel, Dec. IL.


We learn that President Lincoln, in his
Message, proposes that the States of our'
Confedercy shall take vote on the question
of returning to political union with the
States of the North. We have not been
able to see the Message ourselves. and do
not know the terms on which it is proposed
to receive US. We do not know whether
Lincoln proposes to suspend the war while
we are to consider the question, so as to
enable US to do so without intimidation
We do not know whether the proposed de-
cisiOns to which the States may arrive, are
to be acquisced in ,and finally, whatever the
decision may be, or whether they are only
to have virtue if given in particular way.
The right to decide involves the right to
choose; but, perhaps, Lincoln may not see
it so. We suspect that the invitation is
intended to blind his own people, and make
capital in Europe, while to us, it is but the
old song s---. ~..
"Wil you walk into my parlor," said the


spider to the fly.


''Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you


did spy.
The wav into my parlor is up a winding


stair,


And have many pretty things to showyou


when you are there"


sob! no, no.' said the little fly; "to ask me


sin vain.


For who goes up your winding stair, shall


never come down again"


State OF the Rebel Treasury.


The following table Of the receipts and
expenditures of the rebel Treasury, with the
funded and unfunded debt for the past year
exclusive of the foreign loan for the same
period,) appears in the report of the Secre-
tary submitted to the rebel Congress:
Year: 1863

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
World telsgrapbs from the front OF the Army
of the Potomac that the army has not gone
into winter qua rters, and probably will not
do so where it is.
Year: 1863

IT Is stated that for the first time since
the presidency Of General jackson, the ad-
ministration has been able to organize in its
interest the Congress elected for the last
two wears of its term.
Year: 1863

A NEGRO went to menagerle IN which
was large baboon in cage. He ap-
preached the cage closely, while the
baboon went through several gyranonSS'
such as nodding and shaking his head
holding out his hands for the negro to
shake, ETC., to the evident delight OF both
negro and baboon. Finally, the baboon
seemed so intelligent and knowing, the
negro addressed him some remarks, which
the baboon only answered by nod OF
the head. At this the negro was still
more delighted, and broke forth with the
remark: "You'se right, don't open your
mouth, kase if you spoke's word white
man I have shovel in your hands in less
dan mint - a
Year: 1863

The medical men of Paris recommend
the following as a good way of admins
tering castor oil to children The guam
tity of oil prescribed is poured into a
small earthen pan, over moderate tire
An egg is broken into it, and the mixture
Is then stirred up, so as to form something
like what cooks call buttered eggs; when
it is done, little salt or sugar, or few
drops of orange water, or some currant
jelly, is added. The sick child will eat 1t
eagerly and never discover the fraud.
Year: 1863

We DO NOT BLAME THEx.-We do not
blame the Republican party for disbelieving in
the morality of slavery What We despise
them for is their base hypocrisy. They have
pretended to regard the Constitution, ard to
wish for the preservation of the Union on the
old basis Their present conduct. in making
Abolilionism their sole motive and aim. shows
that they lied to the country, and UNANIMOUSLY,
when they asserted that they would wage the
existing war upon basis which could unite
all true Union-loving men. Democrats shrink
from the foul embrace. The Republican party
has proved very Judas to the Government,
betraying the Union with kiss.


Red Bluff Beacon.
Year: 1863

STRIKE IN THE BURNING Moscow. - The
Virginia Union of March 7th says:


A vein of fine looking aud evidently rich
silver bearing ore was opened on Thursday last
in the ground claimed by the Burning Moscow
Company. Ina chamber about halfway down,
and TO the north of their incline, the workmen
came upon a body of sulphurets from four to
six feet wide in much of which metallic silver
is visible. BY assay this ore yields at the rate
of two thousand dollars to the ton; and it is
believed the whole of it will average from four
to FIVE hundred dollars by the working process,
Several tons have already been taken out and
q large amount will be at once raised. This
ore is friable aud will be easily crushed That
the discovery is one of value is obvious from
the rapid appreciation of Moscow grounds,
%hlch have more than doubled in value since it
was made Few of the company seem disposed
to sell, there being a prospect that the stock
will advance to still higher figures IN a few
days"
Year: 1863

RIcH DIGGISGs.-It is reported by letter
that the miners at the crossing of Salmon, six
miles from Snake river, have made from S5 to
$50 per day all winter. About 600 men were
mining on Salmon river bar, from the mouth
to Slate Creek
Year: 1863

NEw MIsEs--A correspondent Of the Stock
ton Independent, writing from Telegraph City
March s, SAYS:


a new discovery in mining Is said to have
I been made here last week. 10 the claim oi
Scammon, Preston L Co.. one mile and q hall
west of this place In 1861 the above parties
prospected the claim for copper-sunk shaft
some fifty feet, aud got ont about sixty tons Of
rock mixed with what appeared to be sulphur
cts OF iron. Not thinking it Of any account
they let it lay until few weeks ago, when one
of the partners thought be would bave it as
sayed. The piece he had assaved yielded at
the rate of twenty-seven hundred dollars to the
ton in gold.


But OF the Hughes claim, last week. they
washed out two hundred and sixty ounces Of
gold in eight days washing. This was from a
part of the dirt they had been taking out all
summer. The more this claim IS worked the
richer it seems TO grow, both in gold and cop
per.


The Napoleon Company are progressing
fast in the development of their mine. They
have now, at depth of one hundred and twen-
ty feet, well defined lead, and are now sink
ing deeper on two different points of their
claim. They work their shafts altogether by
steam, dispensing with windlasses on the sur
face entirely.


In the Camp & McNulty claim understand
one interest was sold last week at a figure
somewhere between three and four thousand
dollars, to al enterprising merchant of your
city"
Year: 1863

"A piece of candle may be made to burn all
night in a sick room or elsewhere, where dull
light is wished by putting finely powdered salt on
the candle until it reaches the black part of the
wick. In this way mild and steady light may
be kept through the night from small piece of
candle.
Year: 1863

We notice that by some of our Democratic
I papers an effort is being made 20 cast blame on
GoY. Blair for what they term criminal delay F"
10 issuing his call for volunteers to I'LL the next
I draft, and for Withdrawing the State bounty 10
such volunteers


We do NOT know the reasons which influenced
the Governor in the course he pursued. but We
thiuA party press can occupy its columns 90
better advantage than in assailing our State
Executive for such acts a. this Whatever the
Governors reasons were. we believe he has
acted in manner he believes Tor the best inter
est OF the State. Regarding the delay in issuing
tie last call, If DELAY there was-Whch We cane
sect worked no injury TO any one. for it had
been already announced by the President that
all excess over the last quota would be credited
10 the coming draft IL could not therefore,
make any dferelce whether the call was issued
in one day or in one month, as regards volnn-
teering


AS 10 Withdrawing the State bounty, it is
true It is a small matter and, therefore, a snall
matter TO keep harping about We have 10
doubt but the Governor considers the matter of
volunteering about played out, and in this he is
not alone. Many good men in the State have
considered from the first, that the draft was the
best way 10 replenish the army in the field, and
that the system OF paying exOrbitsnt bOUnties
by individuals. towns, counties and States was
all wrong, and the sooner the bounty system
was abolished the better. Every citizen owes
bis services 10 the country that protects him
when il is IN danger, and no plan that has been
devised, so equitably distributes this service,
and equaizes the burthens as the drait.-Jack-
son Patriot.
Year: 1863

A WORD 10 MIcHIGAs COSGREssMRS We
desire to call the attention Of the Michigan dele
CATION in Congress 70 the matter Of the enlarge
rnent of the New York and Illinois canals pro-
posed over year since-in immediate c0nnec-
lion With the last scare concerning the Canadian
rebel plot. IL the light OF the recent explosion,
We may see how easily the lake cities might
be placed at the mercy Of an invader, provided
Canada was hostile instead Of friendly how easi.
ly England, IN case OF war with that power
breaking out suddenly and before We had time
10 prepare for defense, could destroy our lake
marine aud place cur border cities under con-
triDution.


The Importance Of enlarging the New York
and Lake Erie Canal, and OF the Illinois and Fox
River Canal, so that gunbOats can pass from the
Atlantic ocean into Lake Erie, and from the
Mississippi river into Lake Michigan, becomes
strkingy prominent and clear in the light Of
the recent scare. IL is great National mill
tarY necessity that may, at any moment,
become Of vital importance; and we trust that
our delegation in Congress will not forget their
duty in this matter a. Representatives and Sena-
tore from that border State which is most ex-
posed, and which has most at stake in the matter
Grand Rapids Eagle.
Year: 1863

There Is no death The stars 60 down
To rise upon some fsrer shore,
And bright IN Heavens jeweled crown
They shine f0revermore-
There is no death The dust We tread
shall change beneath the summer bowers
To golden grain or mellow fruit,


Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorgSnize


To feed the hungry moss they bear,
The forest leaves drink daily lifo


Prom out the viewless air.
There IS 30 death The leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours,
The coming Of the Nay.
There is no death An angel form


Walks Ger the earth with silent tread,
He bears our best loved things away,
And then We call them " dead"
He leaves our hearts all des0late-
He piucks our fairest sweetest aowers,
Transplanted into bliss, they now
AdOrn immortal bowers
The bird like voice whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene Of sin and strife,
El1k5 DuW III ever LtstlAS -lAb


Amid the tree Of life.
And where He sees a smile too bright,
or heart too pure for taint and vice,
He bears It 70 that world Of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born into that undying lie,


They leave Us but 10 come again,
With JOY We welcome theIn-the same
Except IN sin and pain
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the bOundless Universe
Is life-There are no dead.
Year: 1863

side they :aIe The next is very large class
Of men who, for precisely opposite reasons, some
how are opposed to the North ard in favor oi
the South; namely, those who have been accus-
toned TO make money, but find this interruptiDg
=ar has stopped their profits; and men that
want TO make money, but DO not, they are op-
posed to Is And between these two classes
lies al intermediate one OF men who are bewil-
derered and perplexed. aud see that business is
more or less affected, as it Is over the whole con-
tinent, by It's sympathetic relations with this con
tineut They say when will this war end; snd
as the offensive is on the Northern side, they
feel as though whenever the North viii stop az
gressing the South the war will stop. So in the
main they are against Us. 1t may be lowered
down TO this: that while there are very noble
exceptions here and there al through England
Inch that stand out of their class, above it and
against 1t, not speaking mpTehensivel y-the
commercial class OF England are against the North
and in favor of the South.


Mr. Beecher then spoke of the feeling of the
religious class aud the nobility, showing how and
Why both have in the main thrown their influ-
ence against the North and in favor Of the South
But Of Queen Victoria and the late Prince Con-
sort, he says:


1t is the impression throughout the realm that
the sovereign Of Great Britain has been from
the first our judicous but our steadfast friend
Ii is believed, and so represented 10 ME, that
her never rightly estimated consort was our fasi
friend, and that among the last acts of his life
were those which erased from documents presen-
ted to him sentences which would have inham-
ed the growing anger. lie died with the bles-
sing upon his head, Blessed are the peace-ma-
kers"


Of the present Administration he says


All through the British government, as at
present constituted land shall read you their
names by and by,) there are several that are
known to be warm and disnterested in regard
for the North, as there are others ia that gov
eminent who, it is known in Enghnd-at least it
was so represented 10 me by those who ought to
knOw-who would not hesitate to plunge the con
tinent into war for the sake Of dsrupting this
nation.
Year: 1863

Ever offered this city To old friends and Gus
toners We extend our thanks for their former very lib
era patronage, and invite them and the rest u the
Boot and shoe wearing public 70 an examination of our
new stock n Boots and shoes which has been selected
with great care and strict reference 10 the wants Of the
people.


Boots and shoes have materially advanced since last
Spring and must advance still more but we are deter
mined 70 sell stock mostly at Old Prices and there
by give customers Rbeneft. In our store may be
found all the
Year: 1863

There is a growing enlightened sympathy in
our favor, also, throughout the realm. There
are more public men, more public lecturers
aud more public writings Influencing opinion in
our favor than ever before. And when men say
to you that they doubt this English feeling,
always bring this fact to them that the English
Parliament as il is now known to be adverse TO
the North, dare not vote against the North tor
fear Of their own people. / allege this additions
al fact, that out Of four or five hundred public
meetings that have been held in Great Britain,
not more than twelve or fifteen OF them carried
resolutions against the North-that out of eight
or ten public meetings held in Liverpool, there
has not been one that has been carried against
the North. Aud that at the great meeting
which it was my privilege to attend there
taughter)-the vote was five to one in favor OF
the North. The noise and tumult with which it
was conducted would have given one an expec-
tstion of very different result but when it
came 70 vote there was but one in five against
US, and the men who were there for peace and
quietness were four out of five for it.


hold in my hand letter from Richard Cob
den. Tremendous applause. He says: " Yos
will carry back all intimate acquaintance with
state of feeling in this country among what, for
better name, call the ruling class. Their
sympathy is undoubtedly strongly for the South
With the instructive satisfaction az the prospect
of the disruption of ths great republic. It is
natural enough But do not forget that we have
in this case, for the first time in our history
seen the masses of the British people taking sdes
for foreign government against its rebeious
citizens. (Tremenders applause) In every
other instance-whether in the case Of the Poles
Italians, Hungarians aud Cor-icans, Greeks or
South Amercans-the popular sympathy of the
country has always leaned to the eide of the in
surgents the moment the rebellion has broken
out In the present case our masses have an
instructive feeling that their cause is bound up
in the prosperity of the States-the United
States. Ii is true they nave not particle OF
power in the direct form of vote, but when
millions in this country are led by the religious
middle class they can 60 and prevent the gov
erning class from pursuing a policy hostile to
their sympathies. (LoDg and tremendous ap-
plause)
Year: 1863

First there is the great commercial class of
Engand-those that are making money, and
those that have made it; if you please call them
the Plutocrscy. They are against us In the
hrst place there IS large class of men that are
actively employed in supplying the South with
all It's necessaries-except principle-ClAughter)
and they are making, or suppose that they are
making, large fc tunes. We cannot doubt which
Year: 1863

The best way the people at home can
help the Government in the prosecution
of the war, is to sell their meat and bread
at ordinary prices. Cannot the farmers
of this State hold meetings and agree
upon some schedule Of prices2 Some
thing must be done and that quickly to
put down speculation and extortion at
h me, or the most disastrous consequcn-
ces may follow. Virginia is moving in
this matter. OF the effort at reform
there the Charleston Mercury says:


The farmers of the Old Dominion have
Joined, with spirit of unanimity that does
them infinite credit, in the movement for
the reduction of prices and the liberal
distribution of the necessaries of liie.-
Five of the largest counties in the State
have, in public meetings of their citizens,
adopted resolutions honorable to their
humanity and their patriotism. Their
patriotic examples should be followed
universally. The citizens taking part in
the meeting resolved to pay in their tenth
to the Government and to sell their sur
plus produce at the price fixed by the
Government Assessors; and they further
resolved to report all farmers who refuse
TO do this to the Government officers, in
order that their surplus might be i'm
| pressed. Albemarle, Buckingham, Lou
lisa, Augusta and Monroe counties lead
the way in these honorable resolutions.
Old Augusta, especially, takes strong
ground. Senator Wigflli and General
Smith, the Governor elect Of Virginia,
are doing signal service in their public
appeals to the country people to stand
shoulder to shoulder with our soldiers
in the field, in supporting the cause o
our country in this her hour of trial, anc
III lifting the Government along.


If the farmers and planters throughoa
the Coniederacy would but initiate tn
course Of these patriotic Virginians, on
prospects would soon begin to wear NOR
cheerful hue. If the Government i
backward, the people may help it to col
ect the taxys.
Year: 1863

TIE CONFEDERATE Where
there is so much smoke there must be
some fire." 1t is certain that quite
number of Confederate navy officers have
sailed recently for Nassau, where they
can apparently have no other business
than to ia ke command of armed ships to
be added to the small but most efficient
Confederate navy. Whether some of
these ships are already at or about Mas
sau, as has been reported, is not certain,
but We think there can bo little doubt
that some of those recently built i'll Eng
land will be there very soon, for the Ia
| test accounts show that the British gov
ernment had seen no cause for OBTAINING
them, and they were about to sail The
sudden appearance of fleet of iron


clads before New 0rlerns or Charleston,


or some yankee city, would create stir


in alt- yankeedom, and put a new face
upon affairs. Such an event is not un-


likely