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Year: 1865

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Before this hat was made


King George was on the throne,
Our Fathers all were rebels then
And fought with Washington;
The Tcries chccrcd for old King George
The Revolution through;
And Dragged about their loyalty,
IRE this old hat was new.
When this old hat 'O1s new


The sons Of that base crowd
Revived the cry of "Loyalty,"
And beloved it aloud;
The Government our Fathers made
For them would never doj
And they have torn it's bulwarks down
Since this old hat was new.
When this old hat was new


There was no public debt,
No Grcenbacks took the place Of GOLD
No millionaire had yet
His pile for Seven. Thlrlcs spent
On which 20 lax was due,
But each msn fairly p'id his tax


When this old hat was new.
When this old hat was new


Elections still we're !rce,
And every man was thought to have
A right to liberty;
Arrests were mads by course Of law,
Trials were speedy too,
Aud Seward rang no little bell,
When this old hat was new.
When this old bat was new


This land was in its prime,
Mi,ccgcnation was untaughl


In all this happy cline;
And white folksthen were thought good
As Samho, Cuff or Sue;
But things have sadly changed about
Since this old bat was new.
WhCu this Cd hat was new


The poor white man was free,
Aud every year bran new boy
Could daude on his knee:
But now, for every child he has,
He's taxed till all is b'uc
But things | tell you were not 50
When this old hat was new.
When this Old hat was new


God dollars did abound,
And not stamp in all the land
Could any where be found
But now you dare not kiss your wife
Unless you stamp her too
Bot thing, | tell YOU were not SO
When this old hat was new.
Year: 1865

The London Times calls upon President John
son to resign" "because the people have no 20 If.
dence in him." The people respond to this in
suit by subscribing for thirty millions and hall
Of the popular Government loan in a single day.
Year: 1865

That there are men among US who, pro-
Tossing to be Union above all others, and who
would, if they could. get up ticket in op-
position to the regular one, there is no doubt.
For their benefit we state that last week,
after the five" had met in certain Federal
officials room, and announced that a ticket
was made, prominent Democrat on the
street was heard to say he was glad of it, as
it would save them (the Democrats) the trou-
BILE of making nominations.


Now, for the benefit of the " five," we
suggest that they decline showing themselves
as mean as those g Peoples" ticket men in
the lower counties, by adopting their trans
parency, but boldly come out and say to the
Democrats, Nominate your ticket. and ace
will support it." In this way they would
avoid election expenses, and retain the credit
Of being consistent.


AL have the right to change their opinions
on political issues. They have the right to
determine wha. party they will work with.
But they have not the moral right to do these
things under false pretences. Let them be
manly. If they want Democratic votes, let
them 90 into that party; but, for the sake Of
decency, let them not claim Democratic votes
under some other guise. From the com
mencement to the close of the rebellion, there
has never been political organization that
we loved less than that known as Democratic,
nor did we suppose one could be framed for
which we could feel a greater disgust yet it
has been done. San Francisco took the lead
and from there it has spread over many parts
of the State, and is known as the 9 Peoples
Party"-principally composed of s,eaks from
the Union and Democratic parties. Ieexists
only for mischief It's object is entirely
merceuary no higher principle is found in
it. 1t was framed to dsorganize respect
able party, and to draw strength from anoth
er which, if it las no other merit, has that Of
having been bold in its treason.


Five We can spare you; we can gel
along without you; but, for the sake of old
associations, we beg you be manly. Come
out under true colors, for at this hour you
fool nobody with names.


Any ticke. run against the Union nomi-
necs is Democratic ticket in every sense
A change of name only makes it more con
temptibly mean.
Year: 1865

THE PRESENT CONDITION OF JEFF. DAVIS.
The Philadelphia Press gives the follow
ing sketch of Davis condition in Fortress
Monroe 1t is hopeless enough;


s. At the first fort, an entire easement,
comprising two rooms, was set apart for his
use. In front of it line of sentinels, max
ing three sides of square, of which the front
of the easement is the fourth. prevents all
approach to the locality. Within this line is
an officer on duty, who, for the time being, is
not allowed TO leave the established enclo-
sure. and who holds one of the keys to the
door of the easement. In the interior, two
sentinels are on duty with their backs to the
door, under orders not to speak during their
tour of duty. but continually to observe the
prisoner Between them sits an officer, who
is also not allowed to speak, and who holds
the kew of the second or interior lock of the
door, which cannot be opened. except by the
concurre ce of the two officers named. AT
the door between the rooms is another sen
tinel, and in the inner room are two others
who are ali enjoined to the same strict ST.
lence. Mr.. Davis cannot thus be lost sight
OF for a moment, day or night. The window
of the inner room is, of course, the embrasuTe
of the casemate, looking out on the broad
-moat of the fort, and beyond it line OF SEN
tinels observe the embrasure, The prisoner
is provided with feed from that prepared for
the guard furnishing the above details. He
is in continual, uninterrupted silence. 1t he
makes request it is written down and Tor
warded to the military commandant. who
returns brief answer in writing, grant
ing or denying the favor. He is furnished
with Bible, and that only"
Year: 1865

tbs LITTLE DEVIL This wonderful
little quartz mill was subjected to trial
this morning at the laundry of Goss Lam
bard, in the presence of large number OF
spectators. Who were delighted with its work
and warmly congratulated Kendall on his
success. It's weight is only 5000 pounds,
and it can be carried anywhere. The crush
ing is done with set of rotary hammers on
steel die. With six horse power it will crush
FIVE tuns per day This morning it occupied
lust sixteen minutes in crushing $50 pounds
of the very hardest white quartz. The cost
of the apparatus is but S800.-Bee.
Year: 1865

The Union men of Tehama county have
been disgustingly bored for the past two
months or more by chronic ofice-holdery and
office seekers. 1t has been piled on so thick
that it would turn dogs stomach, and GER
tainly ought to disgust any decent man.
Bed Bluff Independent.


Though the boring might turn a dogs
stomach" or decent mans. it took the ac-
ton of the Union Convention of that county
to naGseate the stomach of the independent
man.
Year: 1865

We had hoped that NO element of discord
in the Union party of Shasta county would
come to the surface. We still hope it we
still be!icvs it. Notwithstanding we hear of
secret caucuses in cur town, to the end tha.
few, very few, disaRected old line Re.
rablicans may be enabled publicly to make
rery big noodles of themselves. There can
not IN reason be any truth in tie rumor.-
Reason dwelleth not in the head of the man
who would commit saicide, reason dwelleth
not in the head of hir, who would leave a
party that stands On the great platform of
Union )" has for its watchword "Union !"
has for its guiding star Union" whose
faith and efforts are given to the integrity of
the whole Nation, and quietly throw him
self into the arms and counsels of a set OF
deniagogues. whose efforts for the last four
years, or longer, have been given to the de-
struction of that fair fabric of nationality
The man who does i. gives the lie to four
years Of apparent respectability. lie says !:
My motives heretofore have been entirely
selfish. Isought not so much the advance
ment Of the cause as of myself; and now that
have failed in carrying out my own ends,
I will do the most can to destroy the beat
tiful and worthy organization l helped to
construct. i'll cannot rule III ruin
Is there in Shasta county man, who
could command ten votes, SO lost t, his own
record and selfrespect as to be caught in the
commission of such an act? There is in it so
much of degradation, so much that is humil-
iating. as to place the man who would do It
past our comprehension. Such man, if
possessing ordinary reasoning powers on
other subjects, would certainly be found to
be insane on this by any competent board of
examiners.


The Union party of Shasta county has
been - beacon light to that Of other coun-
ties. For the sake of decency let it remain
so,
Year: 1865

RA1LRoAD.-Napa is happy. Napa has
railroad to Suscol, the steamboat landing
The happy completion and opening of the
road took place week ago last Tuesday,
The Register says champagne was absorbed
IN large quantities on that day, and on the
following "went up'-whether in price OF
IN bulk that paper does not state.
Year: 1865

RAIS.-Sunday night last. about O'Clock,
the heavens smiled. Rain fell at intervals
during the night. and the following day and
night. At least three quarters of an inch Of
rain fell during that time.
Year: 1865

GERRETr Smith says treason is not a crime.
He ought to know. Until the last four years
he spent his lifetime at it, and only lacked
the overt act of the brave soul, John Brown,
to secure to himself the fate of that misguided
man, and the probable one of JEFF. Davis.
Year: 1865

ELEcrIoS-The School Trustees of the
various district will take notice that an elec
tion for one or more Trustees must be held in
each district on the first Saturday in Au.
gust The necessary blanks have been for
warded to each district by mail.
Year: 1865

MARY PARKER.-This interesting lady, of
the contraband persuasion, came TO our relief
on Tuesday last in the item line, by first
getting corned, and then kicking up a row on
the street to such an extent as to attract the
attention of Young America, who first swap
ped lip with her, then showered stale eggs
upon her corpus, aud followed up the appli-
cations with copious showers of water; ali OF
which being against the peace and dignity of
the people, was noticed by Sheriff Hopping
who Immediately took steps to remove the
primary cause of the row to the Jail, to wit :
the whisky, and the turbulent jug contain
ing it, Mary. Mary would not walk, so she
was hoisted into a lumber wagon and freight
ed to the lock up, shrilly crying . Murder !
murder!' nor ceased until the iron door of a
cell shut her out from the world.
Year: 1865

iHE Spring Creek Mill Company are
sinking deep shaft on one of their princi.
pal lodges We understand they contemplate
going down three hundred feet. unless stop-
ped by solid masses of gold, or something
worse
Year: 1865

How TO PREsERvE A BooUET. florist of
many years. experience sends the following re-
ceipt for preserving bouquets to the American
Artisan -


When you receive q bouquet, sprinkle II
lightly with fresh water then put in vessel
containing some soapsuds, which noursh tho
roots and keep the flowers as good as new.
Take the bouquet out of tho suds every morn ..
ing and lay it sideways in fresh water, the stock
entering first into the water keep it there O
minute or two, then take it out, and sprinkle the
flowers lightly by the band, with pure water
Replace the bouquet in the soap suds, and tn,
gathered"
Year: 1865

py the appearance Of some men ct distance,
sns was deferred from making an effort, and the
onlu . was then out Of sight and at the bottom of
sne muddy water. Wandering up and down the
bank few minutes, she turned and left the
scene Of her crime.


ehe was away when the body was taken from
.ne water an hour or So later, aud had taken
refuge at house in the west part of the city,
wneIe she was acquainted. She carried the
celld's clothing thither-the sane that had been
gwen her at the penitentlary by Mrs. Fulton,
wife OF the Superintendent She made herself
au apron OF a long gown worn by the child, and
retained other articles which the police have
recovered


The magistrate could do nothing further than
commit the accused 10 answer for murder.
Year: 1865

shows any of them TO be wong, let
them be set right. | think l can per-
ceive in the freedom of trade which Mr..
Durant urges, that he would relieve
both friends and enemies from the pres
sure of the blockade. By this he would
serve the enemy more effectively than
the enemy is able to serve himself.


do not say or believe that to serve
the enemy is the purpose of Mr.. Du-
rant, or that he is conscious of any pur-
pose other than national and patriotic
ones. Still, if there were class of men,
who, having no choice of sides in the
contest, were anxious only to have quiet
and comfort for themselves while it
RACES, and to fall in with the victorious
side at the end of 1t, without loss to them
selves, their advice as to the mode Of
conducting the contest would be pre-
cisely such as his.


He speaks of no duty, apparently
thinks of none, resting upon the Union
men. He even thinks it injurious to the
Union cause that they should be re-
strained in trade and passage without
taking sides. They are to touch neither
sail nor pump-live merely passen-
gers {" dead heads" at thaO to be car
red Throughout the storm, and safely
landed right side up. Nay, more-eyen
mutineer is to go untouched, lest these
sacred passengers receive an accidental
wound.


OF course, the Rebellion will never be
suppressed in Louisiana, If the pro-
| fessed Union men will neither help to do
it, nor permit the Government to do it
without their help.


Now | think the true remedy is very
Htt.;-rnt rrcnt from Sst is suggested by Mr..
| Durant. 1t does not lie in rounding the
rough angles of the war, but in remov-
ing the necessity for the war. The peo-
| Pile of Louisiana who wish protection to
person and property, have but to reach
! forth their hands and take it. Let them
in good faith re-inaugurate the National
authority, and set up State govern
ment conforming thereto under the Con-
stitution. They know how to do it, and
can have the protection Of the army
while doing it. The army will be with
drawn so soon as such governments can
dispense with its presence, and the peo-
pie of the State can then, upon the old
terms govern themselves to their own
| IlhInS. IHlS is very slLuple anu easy.
If they will not do this-if they prefer to
hazard all for the sake of destroying the
Government-it is for them to consider
whether it is probable l will surrender
the Government to save them from los
ing all If they decline what suggest,
you scarcely need to ask what / will
do.


What would you do in my position :


Would you drop the war where it is
or would you prosecute it in future with
elderstalk squirts, charged with rose
water? Would you deaf lighter blows
rather than heavier ones Would you
give up the contest, leaving every avail
able means unapplied ? n


am in no boastful mood. shall
not do more than can, but shall do all
/ can to save the Government which Is
my sworn duty, as well as my personal
inclination. shall do nothing in mai
ice. What deal with is too vast fel
malicious dealing. ,~


Yours very truly, -..sF


A. LINCOLN.


Washington, D. c., July 49, 1852.
Year: 1865

GUTBERTH BULL1TT, ESQ, Neso Orleans,


Louisiana.


SIR: The copy of letter addressed
to yourself by Mr.. Thomas j. Durant
has been shown to me. The writer ap.
pears to be an able, dispassiOnate, and
an entirely sincere man. The first part
Of the letter is devoted to an effort to
show that the secession ordinance of
Louisiana was adopted against the will
of majority of the people. This is
probably true, and in that fact may be
found some instruction. Why did they
allow the ordinance to go into effect !?
Why did they not exert themselves
Why stand passive and allow them
selves to be trodden down by minori-
ty Why did they not hold popular
meetings, and have convention of
their own to express and enforce the
true sentiments of the State If pre-
organization was against them, then
why not do this, now that the United
States army is present to protect them
The paralyzer-the dead palsy of the
Government in the whole struggle is,
that this class of men will do nothing
for the GoVernment-nothing for them
selves-except that the Government
shall not strike its enemies, less they
should be struck by accident.


Mr.. Durant complains that in various
ways, the relation of master and slave
is disturbed by the presence of our army;
and he considers it particularly vexa-
tiDus that this, in part, is done under
cover Of an act of Congress, while con-
stitutional guarantees are suspended on
the plea OF military necessity. The
truth is, that what is done and omitted
about slaves is done and omitted on the
same military necessity. 1t is militia
~ necessity to have men and money;
and we cannot get either in sufficient
numbers or amounts, if we keep from or
drive from our lines slaves coming to
them.


Mr.. Durant cannot be ignorant Of the
pressure in this direction, nor of my eff
forts to hold it within bounds, till he,
and such as he, shall have time to help
themselves.


l am not posted to speak understand
ingly on the public relations of which
Mr.. Durant complains. If experience
Year: 1865

WHAT Is TO BECOME OF THE NEGRO p
Fred. Douglass answers the question by
saying, give him freedom and he will
take care Of himself. Heretofore he has
had to support his master, too; but now
he is relieved of that burden, he Ger
tainly ought to be able to gain liveli-
hood for himself Give him chance to
work for wages, and he will get along
well enough. II, however, he will not
work, he has the privilege of starving,
"a condition that neither white or
black men are supposed especially to
banker after" We imagine there will
be far less trouble with the negro in
freedom than there was with him when
held as q slave.
Year: 1865

ACCIDENT TO A HoRsE.-Mr. W. P. Mer
riam was on Saturday saving wood in
the rear of the Bardwell House, with his
circular saw, when some part of the
rigging gave way, in consequence Of
which one of his horses backed right
back upon the saw which instantly
sawed him nearly in two. The horse
ran out into the street on three legs,
dropped down, and was soon relieved of
his misery by being shot.
Year: 1865

e3' A good story is told Of a gallant
brigadier who made visit to the asy-
lum for the deaf and dumb, and was so
much delighted that he sent his band
over TO serenade the inmates. The facts
becoming known, he was importuned to
invite the inmates of the blind asylum
to see his next parade.
Year: 1865




The National Bank system may now be
considered as fully established; and as it
will have power to perpetuate itself, it
must be looked 1pou as permanent in
stitutiou. It provides we'll, as a substitute
for the local banke, which have always
failed us in time of commercial Ievulsions
1t would have been we'll if the national
system could have been tried in time of
peace At home and abroad, or before specie
payments were necessarily suspended, by
the Government ae we'll 8s the State banks
Whether, If in existence at the beginning
of this war, it could have sustained the
Government in an efJrt to carry on the
war with specie as the basis of the curren
cy is a doubtful question. We will have
occasion, however, after the close of the
war, to ascertain whether it can render its
bills convertible ieto specie in period of
peace and prosperous commerce. One
thing is certain, that the country will not
suffer, as it has done formerly, from spu-
rious local bank currency, which was
worse than the mor6u8 numericus which af.
ficted States in the form of spurious coin.
The late Congress has completed the de-
struction of the local banks by imposing a
tax of ten per cent. upon their issues. They
are allowed, however, till July, 1866, to





that day-and, indeed, long before it
they will either wind up or organize upon
the national basis


Some doubt is expressed whether some
Of the old and strong banking institutions
in the city of New York, which have but a
merely nominal circulation of their own
notes, will accept the new system They
may continue to do very safe aud profit.
able business as banks of deposit and dis
count, without issuing any paper of their
own. They will thus enhance tue profits
Of the national banks-their neigbbors-
as derived from the large deposits Of the
Government.


It is plain that there is to be no bank
paper circulation in this country, except
that of the national banks, and their notes
must be good because they are receivable
for all p1olic dues, and because their pay
nent is secured by the deposit of Govern
ment bonds. They will be entitled TO just
as much credit as the hve-tWen'ies or the
ten-forties, or other securities of the UOi
ed States which are held in pledge for theiI
redemption:
Year: 1865

The following song said have been favorite with
Mr. Lincoln, has mornfu Significance at the present
time.


Oh, why should the spirit Of mortal be proud
Like swift, feeting meteor fast-fying cloud
fash ofthe tightening, break of the wave,
He passeth from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves Of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around and together be laid;
And the young and the old and the low and the high
Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie.
The IN fant and mother attended and loved
The mother that infants affection who proved;
The husband that III other and infant who blessed,
Each, all are away to their dwellings of Rest.
The hand Of the king that the sceptre had borne;
The brow of the priest that the mitre had worn;
The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave,
Are hidden and los in the depths Of the grave
The peasant whose lot was to SOW and TO reap;
The herdsan who climbed with his goats up the steep
The beggar, who wandered in search Of his bread,
Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
SO the multitude goes, like the flower or the weed
That wthers away to let others succeed;
S. the multitude comes even those we behold,
To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same our fathers have been
We see the same sights our fathers have seen;
We drink the same stream and view the same sun,
And run the same course fathers have
The thoughts thinking fathers would think;
From the death we are shrinking fathers woul Id


shrink


To the life we clinging they also would cling;
But it speeds for MS all, like bird the wing.
They loved, but the story cannot unfold;
They scorned, but the heart of the naughty is colds
They grieycd, but no vail from their slumber will


come;


They oyed but the tongue of their gIadness is dumb
They died-ah!-they died we things that are now,
That walk the turf that lies over their brow,
And make in their dwellings transient abode,
Meet the things that they met their pilgrimage road
Yea hope and dependency, pleasure and pain,
We mingle together in sunshine and rain;
And he smile and the tear the song and the dirge,
Still follow each other, like surge upon surge.
IT'S the wink of an eye It's the draught of breath,
From the blossom of health to the paeness ofdeath
From the gilied saloon to the bier and the Stroud;
Oh why should the spirit Of mortal be proud
Year: 1865

AN INCIDENT OF THE BATTLE FIELD.--Be-
fore great battle two young soldiers sat
side by side, thinking of pleasant, peaceful
homes, far away. Said one, Tomorrow
will be a bloody struggle, worse if possible
than our last fight, through which you and
passed unharmed, but we cannot expect
such good luck always. / want you to
promise me that if I ana shot you will send
my body to my mother, that will be all the
comfort she will have, and if live to see
you shot, | will promise the same. With
such promises and kind good night they
parted, never to meet again in this world.
Terrible was the slaughter among our brave
troops the following morning. Early in the
day the same shell killed the two friends
who had so pleasantly parted the night pre-
vious. But one who had been silent list
ener to the conversation took the two bodies
and carried them to the green hills Of Yer
mont where they now silently rest side by
side.