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Year: 1863

SATURDAY, Dec. 20,-Evening.


The day has developed another tender OF
rosirnaton by a member of the cabinet-Gov.
Chase of the Treasury Department. II is
rumored that Postmaster General Blair will
follow, and indeed general resignation Is an
ticipated 1t does not yet appe'f that the
President has accepted any 0f the resigna-
tions. Some people tall as though we had
edoptgd the Britisl fashion of change of
cabinet correspeddiug to defeat of the min
i.trv in Ps,dament. But there has been no
,ririssera defeat in Congress: il anywhere
/, was at the late elections and the defeat is
not to appear in action until the next Con-
press, even If it does then These people
talk Of a new cabinet rejecting public opin-
ion. What do they mean Is it to reflect
the wishes of the Democracy in New York,
Pennsylvania Ohio and Illinois; Is it to be
a peace cabinet, or a compromise cabinet OR
IS the President to proceed on the theory
tha, the people have demanded more vigo-
r1gs prosecution of the war, so as to give us
go-ahead cabinet If the elections have
indicated anything thai the people wish for
should be glad 70 know what it is and so l
think will the President be. As it is, | do
not pretend to know whit is meant by a new
cabinet rejecting the popular will. can
well conceive that the cabinet gentlemen may
wish to be relieved, and that a change may be
for the best. But the latter will depend upon
the wisdom displayed in the formation of a
than human wisdom. May God give it.


In the Senate, yesterday, the bankrupt bill
met a, serious obstacle. Mr. Doolittle pro
posed to preserve the property exempted by
existing State laws 1t was objected that the
exemptions are not uniform in all the States,
and therefore such provision in the bank
rupt act will be unconstitutional, because
Congress has power to create a uniform bank
rupt act only Mr.. Doolittle thereupon said
he might give up the bankrupt bill rather than
disturb the State exemption and homestead
acts.
Year: 1863

|. TO cat when you do not feel like it -
brutal-nay, this is Il slandcr on the lower
animals, they do not so dcbasc themselves.


Q. DO not enter Il sick chamber on an
cmpty stomach, nor remain Il watcher or
nurse until you feel almos: exhausted, nor
sit between the patient and the fire, nor IN
the direction of current of air, nor cat or
drink ANYTHING after being in a sick room
until YOU have rinscd your mouth thoroughly.


3. DO rot sleep in any garment worn dur
ing the day.
soundlv and rcfrcshingly over seven hours i'll
Summer and eight in Winter; tho attempt
to force more sleep on the system BY 4 nap in
the davtimc, or i" second nap" in the monr-
ing, renders the whole OF the siecp disturbed
and imperfect. .


5. Some of the most painful "stohacIt
aches" are occasiUned by indigestion this
generates wind, and hence distcnsion. 1t is
often promptly remCdied by kneadinS the
abdomen with the hall Of the hand, skin to
skin, from one side to another, from the
lower edge of the ribs downward because
the accumulated air is forced on and outward
along the alimentary canal.


6. When you return to your house from
long walk or other exhaustive exercise, go to
the fire or warm room, and do not remove





taken 4 cup or more Of some kind Of warm
drink.


7. In going in n colder atmosphere keep
the mouth closed, and walk with a rapidity
sufficient to keep off Il feeling Of chillincss.


8. Two pairs of thin stockings will keep
the feet warmer than one pair of greater
thickness than both.


9. The night sweats of disease como on to.
ward daylight their deathly clamminess and
coklness is greatly modified by sleeping in
single, loose, long wooden shirt.


10. The man or woman who drinks a cup
of strong tea or coffee, or other stimulant, in
order to aid in the better performance Of amy
work OF duty, public or private, is fool, be-
cause it is to the body and brain and cxpend-
turc of what is not yet goti it is using power
in advance, and this can never be done, even
once with impunity.


II. The less a man drinks OF anything in
hot weather the better, for the iGore VIC drink
the more We want to drink, until even ice
water palcS and becomes of metallic taste
hence the longer you can put of drinking
cold water on the morning Of 1 hot day the
better you will feel at night.


u. Drinking largely at meals, even Of
cold water or simple teas, is mere habit,
and it is always hurtful. No one should
drink, ut any one meal more than quarter
Of pint of any liquid, even of cold water, for
it always rctardS, impairs, and intcrfcres
with hcalthful digestion.


l3. Ifyou sleep at all in the daytime It will
interfere with the soundncss Of your sleep at
night, much less if the nap be taken in the
forenoon.


IA. 4 short nap in the daytime may be ne
cessary TO some. Let it not exceed ten min
utcs to this end sleep with the forehead
resting on chair-back or edge Of the table.
ID. Never swallow an atom Of food while
in passion, or if under any great mental
excitement whether of a depressing or Gle
waiting character; brutes won't do it.-H1PS
Journal Of Heath.
Year: 1863

as wealth. Now who believes that with
a tax upon the mines, the production of
gold daring the past two years would
have been as generous as it has been; The
free mines of the United States have ell
ticcd swarming population into regions
that would have been silent and hushcd
in unbrokcn repose to this day but for
their mineral attractions. The untaxcd
mines are drawing men of all trades and
pursuits into Arizona, New Mexico, Ida
ho, Misunderstanding and planting set
tiers there who will civilizc the deserts
and make the black soil Of the most scclu-
dcd valleys prolific with harvcsts. Tax
the mines, and the whole American sys-
tenn of colonization will be upset. 1t will
not do to make the mines pay too many
parties and in too many ways at once.


There arc abundant evidences that the
men of Washington, New Hor k and Phil
adclphia arc little crazy in their notions
of the production, present and prospcc-
tive, of the mines. The price at which
New Almadcn was stocked in Wall street,
and the figure at which Mariposa was spur
chased, show that they believe them to
fairly gush with gold, as maple tree i'll
spring time runs sap at the first tspping'
They make the most ridiculous estimates
of the future production of mines which
men are bankrupting themselves to open.
They forget on believe it is piece of old
fogyiSm, that it takes mine to work j
mine. There was some hope that they
might be induced to read bit of Mexican
mining history, to revise their impressions
and look at the facts rather than the fam
cies which men who had mine to sell have
imposed upon them as facts, to take COM
mon sense views and not judge every
ledge Comstock, every shaft an Ophir,
and every owner of Il piece Of mining
scrip a millionaire. We didput great faith
in the logic Of New Almadcn's and Mari
posa's yields for the next year or two to
correct their mining doctrines, but if Ne
vada and California plunge i'll TO make
their revenue out of mines which they do
not own. that faith must wanc. If the
States which should know that rapid pro-
duction from the mines is their chief
source of prosperity igIorc the fact and
make every ounce OF dust or grain of the
metal pay toll before it gets to the mint,
We cannot expect Uncle Sam to forget who
own the goose. If anybody is allowed to
kill her and pocket the grand cluster OF
golden eggs, he and nobody else is the par
ty to do it.
Year: 1863

A ACoMrL1MENT.-An accomplished Eng
lish lady, in recent contribution to Fra
zcr's Magazine, says: "If at any time l
needed to find gentleman who should aid
me in my little difficulties oftravel, or show
me kindness with that consideration for
n woman which is the truest of manly
courtesy, then l should desire to find Il
North American gentleman. They arc
simply the most kind and courteous of
any kind of people" We won't go to
war with England after that.
Year: 1863

STATE GEoLoGIsr-The Subcommittee Of
tho Committee on Mines and Mining Inter-
es's, who were appointed to proceed to San
Francisco and meet Professor Whitney
State GeoogisO and confer with him in re-
gard to what had been effected under his
appointment, returned several days ago and
yesterday submitted to the Assembly their
report, which WAS ordered printed. We un,
derstand that the Committee was agreeaby
surprised at the amount of work that had
been done by the Professor. His collection
of specimens illustrative of the natural his
tory of the State is very large, and an inval-
liable acquisition to the State. In the prosel
cutton of his duties he has prepared an un-
usually full table Of statistics of the transac-
tons of mining companies in the State. AS
test, one of the Committee, meeting friend
in the city who was interested in certain
mining company, took him to the Office and
exhibited to him the statistics in regard to
his own company, which he pronounced very
faithful except that he thought (and he was
excusable for thaD that the average value of
the rock was placed rather zoo low. The re-


port of the Committee is, we understand,
very interesting. Sac. Republican.
Year: 1863

Hufeland, in his treatise on sleep, has some
curious as we'll as forcible ideas on the neces.
sity Of devo;ing midnight to rest and sleep
He considers the period of twenty-foul
hours. which is prodnced by the regular rev
olulon of the earth upon its axis, marks it.
influence most definitely on the physical
economy of man, Disease show the regular


influence in their daily rise and fall. Set
tied, regular fever exhibits twenty-four
hours f1ux and ret1ux. In the healthful state
there is manifest the same regular influence
and the more habitual our meals, our hours
Of exercise and employment, and hours o.
sleep, the more power is in the system te
resist disease. In the morning the pulse i.
slow and the nerves camer, and the mind
and the body better fitted for labor. As we
advanced towards the evening of the d;y,
the pulse becomes accelerated, and an almos;
feverish state is produced, which, in excital
ble persons, become An absolute evening fe


yer. Rest carries off this fever by its sleep,
and the refreshing opening of its pores which
sleep produces. In this nightly respiration
there is An absolute crisis of this evening
fever, and this periodical crisis is necessary
IOT every IuuiNIuud', rs ~ carries OH Whatever
useless or pernicous particles our bodies have
imhibed. This evening fever. Hufeand
thinks, is not entirely owing to the accession
Of new chyle to the system, but to the de.
parture OF the sun and of the light. The
crisis of this fever, to be most effective by its
regularity, ought to take place at midnight
when the sun is in its nadir and the body
will become refreshed for the early morning
labor Those who neglected this period
either push the durnal crisis into the morn
ing and this undermine the Importance OF
its regularity, or lose it entirely, and arise to
their labors unrefreshed by Sleep Their
bodies will not have been purified by the
crisis, and the disease will have thus been
planted. Nervous people are peculiarly
subject to the influence of this evening fever,
and they think they cannot labor without its
excitement Hence their mental efforts are
performed in the night alone; the important
time for the crisis Of their nervous excite


ment passes over 10 wakefuness, and no re-,
freshing perspraton cleanses the body or
strengthens the nerves. Such people will
wear out soon, unless they change their hab-
its and seek rest when nature and the human
constitution dictate. These considerations
ought to be deeply studied and regarded by
all who are in the ruinous habit of turning
night into day, aud Of changing the func-
tions of both failure of health will soon
manifest the truth Of these remarks.
Year: 1863

There is no dsputing one fact that the
feeling against New Eng since the out
break of the war, has been daily increasing
in intensity. If any one, two years ago
gave as free expression to his antipalhy to
the Northeast as people do now, grea,
would be the Indignation Of public opinion
1t is not our province to judge Of the pro-
priety or improperly of finding fault wit.
New England, but some Of the people of ,ha,
section Of the country have ways and mani
ners as extraxagant and, it may be AS un
pleasant to strangers, as those of any people
from Europe. A want of forbearance-s
harsh unyelding tenacity to his own opin
ion, and conte,nptous disrespect for the
opinions Of others, have made the character
of the New Englanler a special object of ha-
tired to the South and Western people,
This trait is manifested in everything-poli
ties social life, and even theology Ever
talking of liberty, they never hesi,ated to
crush an opponent; and ifhe did not submit,
body and soul, to their opinions, he was con-
sidered unworthy of civil rights. These
people are now reaping the reward of their
universal antipathy and seIfshness.


We have seen this intolerant characters
tic displayed even in small matters. Take
for instance, New Highlander who does
not smoke. Now, because be refrains from
that enjoyment, SO must every human being
lie is uninerciful; he denounces, scolds, in.
suits, and makes himself, in every possible
way, disagreeable and vulgar, by the mpu
dence with which he insists on forcing bis
notions on the minds Of others. Another
will not use sugar in his coffee-hence ht
concludes that he has received call Of
commission to assal whoever uses "sweet
min" Another must have fresh air in win
ter, and he will ride in a railroad car with
the window open to the annoyance Of all
but to the perfect sefcomp of his
own exalted sense of fdecorum, propriety and
good sense. When they have no eccentric
ties by nature, they will assume them; the,
think its so dreadful smart to lie singular
If this war teaches this class of the New
Englanders little modesty, a little respect
for the opinions Of other people, it will be q
fortunate thing for them; and should there
be u new settlement of the Union, may help
to keep them inside of it, Justice, sooner
or later, must be vndicated, and the people
above all others in unchari,able denunciation
Of foreign nations, in ridculing their habits
and insulting the poor emigrant on account
of his birthplace, his creed and his speech
is obliged at this moment to drink the dregs
of the bitter cup which it had SO often pre-.
pared, through mere malice for the lips OF
others. Cincinnati Telegraph.
Year: 1863

ADMINISTERING MEDICINE TO uoRsEs.-


George Beaver writes thus to the Amer-
can Agricuturist: Il consider the usual
method Of giving medicine to horses, by
drenching, as it is called, highly objection
able. In this process, the horses head is
raised and held up, bottle introduced into
his mouth, his tongue pulled out, and the
liquid poured down. In his struggle some
of the medicine is quite likely to be drawn
into his windpipe and lungs, and inflammation
and fatal results sometimes follow. bet
ter way is, to mix the medicine with meal
or rye bran-make it into balls, pull out the
horses tongue, and place ball as far back


in his mouth as possible, then release his
tongue and he will almost certainly swall ow
the ball. Or, the dose may be mixed with
honey. or any other substance that will
form kind of jelly, placed upon wooden
blade made of a shngle and thrust into the
back part of his mouth-when he will very
easily swallow it.
Year: 1863

Awake, awake! for the flaming East
Is red with the coming day;
My struggling breast disdans its rest,
And haste DER the hill away.
Up from the valley!-up from the plainl
Up from the rivers side!
For come with gush. torrents rush,
And there's wealth in my swelling tide.
am fed by the melting rills that start
Where the sparkling snow peaks CLEAN;
My course is free, and with greatest glee
leap in the suns broad beam.
Tho torn from the channel deep and old
have worn through the craggy hill,
Yet flow on in pride as my waters glide,
And there's mrth in my music STILL
! sought the shore of the sounding sea
From the far Sicrras hight,
With starry breast and a snow capped crest,
foamed in path Of light;
But they bore me thence in a winding way
They fcttered me like Il slave,
As serts of old were sold for gold,


So they bartered my soil-stained wave.
Through the deep tunnel down the dark shaft
Search for the shining ore;
Hoist it away to the light of day


Which it never has seen before
Spade and shovel, mattock and pick
Ply them with eager haste
For my golden shower is sold by the hour,
And the drops are too dear to waste.
Lift me uloft to the the mountain brow,
Fathom the deep blue vein!
And III slit the soil for the shining spoil,
AS sink to the valley again,
The swell Of my swarthy breast shall bear
Pebble and rock away,
Though they brave my strength, they shall


yield at length,


But the glittcring gold shall stay.
Mine is no stern and warrior march,


Nor stormy trump and drum;
No banners CLEAN in my darkened stream,
AS with conquering step come;
But touch the tributary earth


Till it owns a monarch's sway,
And with eager hand, from conquered land,
bear its wealth away.
Awake. ;,wake!-th ire are loving hearts
In the land you left afar;
There arc fearful eyes in the homes you prize
As they gaze on the western star.
Then up from the valley!-up from the Hill
Up from the rivers side!
For come with Il gush aud a torrents rush,
And there's wealth in my swelling tide!
Year: 1863

The Confederate Congress has passed a
bill providing for the sale of all negroes
taken in arms during the war, the captors to
share the prize money. Gree Americans OF
African descent" will not be exchanged like
white prisoners. This will operate as dam
per on the military enthusiasm Of some OF
the free blacks.
Year: 1863

A young fellow Of the name Of Takes had
the misfortune to be refused the other day:
and the only reason the lady would give
was, that if they should ever have girls they
would all be Miss Takes.
Year: 1863

A gentleman Of Buffalo recently received
AS n New Years present, from an absent son,
a cup and saucer, accompanied by letter
abounding in puns. BY this time the son is
in possession of the following "cuts" lines:
have my dear Sam, your sauce and your saucer,
The China's all sound, the wit has flaw, sir.


Don't minsle again your puns and your teacups,
They make people laugh and give them the hiccups-
thark you, my son, for this saucer and cup,
shall drink from them now, AS oft as sup,


Your wit did not crack them--a joy to know
The ware has been found that can stand such blow
Year: 1863

"ONLY Few MILLIONS The New York
Journal of Commerce gives the following
specimen of the careessness of Post Office
clerks "a few days ago, over two millions
of dollars in notes were stolen from the De.
partment at Washington, it is said, and but
. few days ago there was great stir created
here about two and half millions of this
paper money which had been made up in
very large denominations and WAS lost in
transmission to Washington. The Bank
Note Company, insisted that the package was
sent, and the Treasury Department insisted
that it had not been received. Both the
Company and the Department suddenly be,
came quiet on the subject, and our most per.
tinacious researches failed for a while to
ascertain the result. At last it leaked out
through some Of the parties that the missing
package had been found in one of the re-
turned bags from Washington, which had
been thrown aside and sent back as empty.
Year: 1863

SNuBBEp.-The Caucasian says that Gen
Butler received no ovation in New York
With the exception Of a few radical sboli-
tionists, none we're so poor as to do him
reverence. 1t adds that his brutality and
wholesale plundering Of the people of New
Orleans have made his name as odious as
that of Haynau, the Austrian tyrant.
Year: 1863

The delusion that nothing is needed e1.
ccpt 10 marry into q slayemonger's family
and become interested in wool, to entitle
1l,m who docs SO, to such official honors
as he may ask, is not yet dissipated even
here where negro alliances are quoted in
the matrimonial market as below par. But
Us the opinion seems to be gaining ground,
in spite Of the cant and snif1le Of pro
slavery preachers and the twaddle Of pro-
slavery politicians, that to rob men, even
black men, Of their labor is near akin to
robbipg other men Of their money, and
that the Law Of bondage is only rule Of
piracy, the "conceit' Of which We speak
will probably be taken out Of the heads
that it has been accustomed to control:
and hereafter, when men agk for Office,
they will do 60 upon any other justification
than the fact which allies them with rob-
bers and pirates. The backbone Of the
slayeholding aristocracy Is broken; and the
awakened conscience Of the nation will no
longer tolerate pretensions to superior
breeding, higher morality or more gene
rous civilization, which are founded on the
whip, the branding-iron and packs Of
bloodhounds. This is an advance; and il
: the feeling that has been awakened can be
carried further and deeper into the social
life Of the North, so tnat he who supports
man-se1liDg and women-whipplng upon
principle shall be regarded as culpable a


one who apologies for murder and exten


yates arson. q great good will be done


Then the people will begin to live accord


ing to the Democracy that they hare pro


{easa6
Year: 1863

When forced loans and the impress
ment Of property are rcsoHed to BY the
South, to secure the means Of carrying on
the Wat against the Union, the desperation
Of the cause which demands such agencies
is confessed. Alen OF the North the signs
of disintegzation and dissolution in that
bogus Confedcracy are so apparent that
even the Coppe1heads see that without
further help from them, the rebellion must
fail. Hence The spasmodic vitality TINT our
home traitors have lately exhibited; hence
their visible increase Of malignity. But
loyalty has them On the hip; and an effort
for the right, If only half rs earnest and
half as wc1l-directed as that which they
make for the wrong, will finish the job that
the Government commenced, and give the
country freedom and peace. But one yic-
tory is needed to make JEFF. Davis fly for
his life, and that, we believe, is not Tar of.
Year: 1863

AAAS M10 u - A1AASNA AONs


The Union men Of this city will permit
As to tell them that they fool themselves, if
they believe that the contest of Tuesday
last, out Of which the Union ticket emery
ed With nearly three thousand majority, was
any test Of the relative strength Of the two
political Organizations in Chicago. Wed
not doubt that the friends of the govern
ment are largely in the ascendant when
compared with the friends Of JEFF. Davis;
but the proof Of the fact is not in Tues
days voting nor in the jubilation over the
unfounded assumption that disloyalty in
Chicago has been knocked into the middle
OF next week or into cockcd-h hat And
if loyal effort is now intermittcd, upon the
suppoaition that treason is dead aud that
We have none except the armed enemy Of
the South to contend against, the very next
election will teach those who make it the
folly and bitterness Of their mistake. To-
day the Government has the moral, as It
always had, the physical ascendancy; the
hopes Of the people are high, and we trust,
VII prevail; the financial condition OF the
country Is e1n1nenty sanslactory, and the
outlook over the field OF war is full Of en-
couragement. At such 3 period, treason,
Which thrases upon national misfor-
tunes and grows fat over the news Of nation
al defeat, would Of necessity be dumb and
motionless; or, if it stirred at all, would
show only the languid effort Of wounded
snake. But q single quarter may change
al these premises Of victory IN the future,
10 encouragement Of o'saster and defeat;
and the honzon. now seemingly 50 clear,
may be olack "1th angry clouds, the por-
tents OF measureless woe. Then treason
would again show itself; and every cop
perhead orer whose hole Unionism has set
up q political graye-stone, would crawl
out, warmed and quiclened by the Repub.
lies misfortunes, ready to strike with
poisoned iangs at every defender Of the
country's cause. Friends, this is so; and
we prefer to tell you the truth than to urge