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Year: 1862

ball partly spent, rjcbochets and rolls
with just the same force as though il
had been rolled by mans hand, and
no more. The force depends upon its
weight and velocity, Of course.


Mortal wounds, however, without
any bloodshed or breach of the skin,
are not generally made by spent balls,
but by those having great velocity,
and according to my theory, they
should be more frequent by the smooth
bore than by rifed cannon, The balls
rotate swiftly on the axis as they fly,
and III directions according to the
forces acting upon them as they leave
the gun. Now take thirty two pound
shot and hold it before a mans thigh
Oh the outside, or before his ribs, in
such wise that if you push 1t forward,
and he stand firm, the ball will pass,
by reason Of bis flesh yielding, one
inch that is, by being pressed inward
one Inch. The ball will thus have pass
ed through q space before occupied by
hesh or bone, because it passed slow
ly, or the parts yielded, and no harm
lS done. But II that same man is stand
ing firmly, and that same thirty-four
pound ball, rushing swift as lightning,
strikes him in the same direction, it
may roll over the skin without break
ING it, but may, nevertheless, dash it
inward with such sudden shock as to
paralyze all vital action, aud even crush
the bone. Jove's thunderbolt could
not strike d man dead more suddenly,
OF leave less scars.


Sometimes it is found that the inter
nal parts are rnptured, marked, or ev-
Ell pummeled to q jelly, though there
were no outward marks. Generally,
however. the discoloration shows itself
plainly on the surface in q short time
after death. War has real terrols
enough ; and q moving cannon ball is
a fearful missile bat we should get
rid Of all super stil1ous aD0uL H.
Year: 1862

claiming this ungrateful little State -
partly because we want the control of
her coast, and partly because we want
t" teach her that she cannot play the
game Of fugitive from justice with i'm
punity."
Year: 1862




The Confscation Bill is now law,
which strips the rebel Of all his possessions
and stamps him as fcloa. His slaves are
ffeemen. Hereafter it is made legal for
the only loyal men Of the South, as class,
to help the Union, and our Com
manders are to employ them in
any capacity in which they may be made
useful Niger catching is at an end in
OH camps. Hereafter the duties of our
soldiers will be to pursue and ha1rlss the
enemy, not to watch rebel plantations and
guard negro quarters. Hereafter our gen
erals are to seize snd use whatever rebel
property they eau lay their hands on for
the uses Of the government, By the mill
tia drafting bill the humanity Of the blacks
is recognized. They are to respond to the
call Of their country as members Of the
body polite, and all thus serving arc tt be
freq, only the loyal masters to be compen-
sated for their slaves. We are to have men
enough for a sharp, short and aggressive
war, since the militia Law empowers the
President to call out the militia. We are
hereafter to punish the rebels and push
them to the wall BY the use Of all the
means Providence has placed in our hands
Now, indeed, may loyal men thank God
and take courage. Now well nay the
rebels turn pale, for their day of reuibu'
ton is at, hand The end is near. The
armies Of Liberty and Union will encom.
pass them about and visit upon them swifl
Year: 1862

We, in common with the other true
friends Of the Union, are profoundly grad
fed to Congress for what it has done dur
ing the recent session. It's action reaches
beyond the present; it will favorably
affect the character Of the ne-
mendous contest in which we are
engaged, and make an era in our history
to which the historian will forever turn
with delight But in one thing it has been
criminally remiss- the legislation affecting
the currency. How members who have SO
clear 81 insight into the nature and prob
able duration cf the rebellion could have
consented to go home without having
passed sn act restraining the issues Of local
banks BY prohibitiye tax, and thus i'm
parting new value to the government
paper left in the channels Of trade, we
cannot conceive. Gold yesterday was
eighteen-anda-haf per cent premium. Il
not that fact alone enough to justify ou1
charger
Year: 1862

THE PRESIDENTss MESSAGE.


Our last nights dispatches give us With
The brief message Of President Lincoln ap-
proving the Confscation Bill the draught
Of the veto message, the latter submitted
without signature, evidently to guard
against misconstruction Of the nature of
the objections he had made to the bill.
These have q less limit than we we1e led
to infer from the tone Of our dispatches Of
"wednesday night The President sees
nothing startling in the Federal Govern
1nent freeing the slaves confiscated under
This act, and especially approves the en-
ployment Of any persons Of African desr
cent in any manner in which they may be
made useful to the Government against its
enemies. The House was not pleased at
the anomalous instance Of veto submit
led unsigned, and aoEaatad without directly
rejecting its being printed. The bill, as
signed, is amended BY the supplementary
section, elsewhere printed, removing the
constitutional objections of the President
BY limi'ing the forfeiture Of real estate to
The life Of the person attained.
Year: 1862

NORTH BLOOMFIELD, Feb. l0j 1862.


EDIToR DEMocRAr There has been cOnsid-
erable talk among our citizens relative to the
proposed action OF the Board Of Supervisors, IN
appropriating the road tax collected in this dis
trict towards the construction Of the Henness
Turnpike road. It has also been rumored that
this action has been already accomplished,
which II true, is an outrage and an assumption
Of power which the people of this district will
not soon forget. This proposed turnpike road
in its present location, can not possibly be of
any benefit to the district, but to the contrary
an absolute injury, as it will be mile or more
from our centre Of business, and the intervening
space being so precipitous as to make 1t almost
Inaccessible. Those who have examined the
topography of the country between this place
and Nevada City are surprised beyond measure
that a company of sane men could be found IN
this progressive age who are willing to expend
thousands Of dollars in an enterprise which in
very few years at farthest must In the nature
of things be almost valueless. There are stock
holders in said company who areno doubt actu-
ated bV seIf-interest in so strenuOusly insisting
uuon lis present location, and for them allow
anee mast be made, but the majority are evil
IDENTIFY not actuated by the same motive, and
must have concuTed in consequence of their
ignorance of the facts which 1t is the object Of
this communication to disclose II is not the
writer's intention to find fault or dictate the
course of policy which said company should
pursue, for they have the undoubted right to
build roads where they please, but 1t should be
done with their own hard earnings, nor should
they expect the earnings of others to be appro-
priated for their individual benefit. There is
but one practical route between this place and
Nevada City for a turnpike road, and the con-
struction OF a road upon this route will most
positiyely command the travel, and II is also
equally certain that this object will eventaally
be consumated. The route referred 70 leads
down Humbug Canon and strikes the South
Yuba river at point about twOniles above the
Illinois Bar bridge and thence across the ridge
by natural outlet or opening until the summit
is gained, being mile more or less above Blue
Tent. The grade Is very easy while che forfna-
ron of the country is highly favorable for the
construction of a road, much cheaper than
either of the roads hitherto built besides lessen


ing the distance two miles, which is also very
material consideration. This is the only route
upon which a road can be built of a permanent
and paying character, for II will insure the
travel of heavy teams, and will mos: certainly
become the main thoroughfare Of travel across
the mountains. The writer has no axe to grind,
and is actuated solely by desire that the mon
ey expended upon an enterprise of this chal ac-
ter may be conducive of the greatest good, and
without the possibility Of an improvement,


Yours, &C., CHESTER.
Year: 1862

THE WAR TAXA bill has passed the
Senate leyyiug special tax Of twenty-five
cents on every hundred dollars valuation,
for the purpose Of paying CALIFORNIA; pro-
portion of the war tax levied by Congress.
A bill was introduced providing for raising
the money by the issue of bonds, but the
Senate very properly rejected the PROPOSE
ton, and decided that the tax sheuid.be COL
Looted this year. No opposition was made
in the Senate TO the payment of the tan
The taxes will have TO be levied by the
County Supervisors on or before Monday
next. and the bill should be passed and
signed by the Governor before that time.
Year: 1862

Friend FurnaS: If / understand the
objects of the Farmer they are to elevate
and improve the farming interests of our
country, and to make them in the public
mind what they are in fact, the most i'm
portant, and the most honorable, and the
most useful of all the callings of life,
while at the same time they are, or at
least should be, as lucrative as other cal
lings. Placing this to the credit of the
Farmer we welcome its visits as a true
friend, and peruse its pages with deep
and heartfelt interest, and always feel a
desire to aid, if possible, its worthy OBJ
jeois. Wiz you allowpe to make a few
remarks and suggestions on the subject
We have placed al the head Of ihis nrsi-
cle-


do not wish 10 underrate The 'sleaFn-
ed professions" so called, nor depreci-
ate any honorable calling. They are all
important in their places and help to
make up the sum total of nations pros
perity nor would array them against
each other. The true philosophy we
should study end practice, to assign to
each its appropriate sphere of action, and
protect each from the aggressions sought
to be made upon it by others.


1t must be manifest on the slightest
observation, that there is a striking
disProportion between the prices of the
labors and products of the farmer and
those of other men, and that if this dis
proportion continues long it must great
ly cripple if not entirely ruin the farm
ing interests of our country. If the far
mer calls on the lawyer for counsel the
latter magnifies himself into undue pro-
portions, and demands at least S25 to at
tend to his case. But if the lawyer re-
ceive the same amount of service stom
the farmer he would not be willing to
pay him more than % cents. Two months
of hard labor would be required to pay
the bill.


If doctor is called to visit a patient
he must have so cents mile for his ride
Sl,00 a visit, and high prices for his
medicines and prescription besides. Ii
the farmer performs the same amount
Of labor for the physician, he could not
get 10 per cent on the Doctors charges.
If the farmer calls on The mechanis for
repairs on his Wagon on plow, he is net
.vish similar dispFopOriion in prices.
Il will take days Of bard labor 70 foot
the mechanics bill, made perhaps in a
single hour. And so great is the dis
proportion between the prices Of the pro-
duce of the farm and the articles of mer-
chandlse he is obliged to purchase, that
a hundred bushels of corn viii scarcely
pay for a pair Of boots.


Under this state Of things it would
seem impossible that our farming inter.
ests should prosper. The farmer cannot
ever raise to independence with this state
Of things. He must tax his energies TO
the utmost for bare subsistence, and,
sooner or later, break up in despair
The privations and sacrifices Of settling
a new country are sufficient for the strong
est minds, without this ruinous disprOpor-
tiOn in prices. These facts stare the
farmers of Nebraska in the face, and
are throwing the shades Of despair over
many a stout heart. It is useless for Us
to complain, and we do not stop now to
inquire into the causes of this inequality
in prices. Il cannot be in the superior
Year: 1862

o" the Management Of Young Tines The


Ffra Year.


As soon as Spring opens uncover the
yo,lng plants that have been set out in
Autumn, using great prncau.ion not to in.
jurc the slender shoot by bruising it, OF
by rubbing off the remaining buds, or tc
destroy its life altogether by breaking the
vino.


II the shoots have as yet not been GU,
back to the two bottom buds, agreeabiy &c
the directions given in the last chapter, dc
so now without delay and what should have
been mentioned then make smooth cu'
upward, and from tie opposite side Of the
bud, so that. should the vine bleed, the
tears may not fall Oh the bud and drown
it, This rule must be followed not mere
ly in regard to young vines but at all
times and under all circumstances, when
the Spring, leaving Lot less than an inch
of blank wood beyond the terminal bud.


Now-whcther the vineyard has been
planted with cutting. or with roo:s--whcrc
two buds have been retained at each it is
very likely that they both show life and
try to grow; but this must not be permit
ted. All the young growth from extra
buds. or sleeping eyes must be rubbed of
at once on cuttings and only one shoot lcf;
10 grow the first year. (Thcir trcatmcn,
the second year is the same as that of roots
the first year, etc


Two shoots are allowed to grow on root
ed vines; but only for a few weeks, or till
their danger Of being blown of by the
wind or otherwise broken off, is over and
then ore. and always the weaker of the
two. has to be removed, retaining but
one shoot to vine throughout the Sum
mer


There remains little to DO in the young
vineyard during the Summer. To keep
down weed. that may show themselves and
where no props have been providcd-to
pinch of the ends of the shoots that have
grown two feet or more in length. or what
is letter. to tic them to their stakes, com
pr.cs the whole work ot the season


1t is best not 20 grow any tuck be.
tween the rows of vines or if attempted
to avoid at leas: suck is have deep roots
or tall tops.
Year: 1862

in the selection Of soil and aspect, not to
speak of its infcriority as riae grape
compared TO the other. So that. all things
considered, would give preference to the
Catawba.


In France and Germany where the
price Of land is high and wine cheap. the
vinc-grower tills his vines diligently year
after year asd considers his money and
labor well invested. were he to get a crop
af grapes but once in six or seven years.
How much better can IRE, where land is
comparatively low, while wine rules high
afford to sustain an occasional loss from
failure. if loss il be; since the vine there
by acquires additional strength to pro-
ducc an additional quantity Of fruit the
following year
Year: 1862

We shall be under the necessity hereafter until
the close of the war, until the price OF printing
paper is reduced, of furnishing our Semi Weekly
subscribers with half sheet. We are noX paying
more than double the amount which we paid before
the war for paper, and four times more than we
formerly paid for ink and both these articles are
difficult to he procured, even at these prices The
Petersburg and Richmond papers, and others Of our
contemporaries, have been issuing half sheets for
several months past We only follow their exam
pie, in yielding to necessity almost imperative.


Our Semi Weekly will contain in half sheet
quite as much reading matter as we have heretofore
furnished Our Weekly will continue to be issued
on whole sheet, and will contain all the reading
matter of the Semi Weekly.


We had one or two courses before us-either to
advance the price of the Standard, or reduce the
Semi.Weekly to half sheet. We think our pat
rons and friends will prefer the latter course, as we
have.


While on the subject we may as well add, that
there is no better advertising medum in the State
than the Standard. Its circulation is probably
larger than that of any paper in the State and con
stantly increasing
Year: 1862

IL.


BY LULA.


The following article was written for and read
before the Springfield Literary Society, and publish
ed by request.


Although am not shrieking fanatic imploring
my to disenthrall themselves from their present
restrictions yet if you will allow me- will raise my
protest against shameful practice which has here.
tofore been indulged in. l mean the practice of
sending proane, immoral men to our halls of legisla-
ton. immortality, no matter in what stage of so.
ciety it may be placed, always sheds corrupting
influence. If one child of family is immoral, the
rest catching the breeze from the very atmosphere
around it are tainted with spiritual poison. But
how much darker and deeper is the fatal influence
spread when the parents, the head of the family,
wields it. So it is in any section of country as
County or State. immortality in private individ-
ual sheds corrupting influence il very limited
sphere but IN public individual it is extended un.
limited, unrestrained, mfusing it's direfnl poison
over all the land tsinting the atmosphere with its
putrid stencil, and covering the whole county over
which they rule with deep, dark mantle of sin.
Can it be possible that our fathers, brothers, and
friends, will continue to send immoral men to the
exclusion of moral? Can We believe that they will
continue to send drunksrds, swearers and gamblers,
to the exclusion of good, honest noble, patriotic
citizens How long, Oh how long will this con-
tinue? How long will our once boasted land of
liberty and peace groan under the Calling yoke of
tyranny welded by immoral hands! When will
the pure dove Of peace and the noble eagle of tree
dom plume their wings and hover over us, untanted
by vice and unpouted by the fumes of rum and the
oaths of wickedness! When will the roar of artil-
lery, the clash and dim of arms be hushed! when
will the cry Of war and the loud peal of the cannon
be heard no more9 Never while you disgrace the
name of the Confederacy by sending prodigates to
fill her Offices


The sacred word of God solemnly assures US that
the judgement of heaven shall rest upon nation on
account of the wickedness of her rulers. Then may
not the people Of the Conederacy Justly fear for their
safety when they are sending men to Congress who
spend their time in all kinds Of wickedness.


The examples of men in authority are seen, and
every one feeling themselves at liberty to act in the
same way, we can now see many Of our friends
posting the downward road to degradation and ruin


In Richmond city We havs examples Of this bane-
full influence. Members Of that body graphing un.
der the effects Of intoxication there ss rspresen
tivea Shame to the honorable Of our country, mo.
rality and religion. Arews to be governed BY laws
made by such meni Surely that i not " military
nseesity." Now We appeal to you, the Sons of the
South. for "our saks, for the sake Of our almost
ruined country and for hssaks Of al that i sacred
never ssnd immoral msn to oar halls Of legislation
Year: 1862

We were about to ask the abolitionists.
what shall we say TO escape being arrested
But it is useless TO ask them, for If we dare 10
repeat their precise language we would be in
limbo IN less than twenty four hours. Base
Williams who have denounced Gen Scott as a
traitor; Gen. Mcclellan as a coward and
scoundrel; Major Anderson of Fort Sumter.
as selling our men 10 the enemy, and charged
all manner of crime on the President, are try
inc to find some man they can hire TO Stredr
falsely against Democrats for the purpose OF
getting them arrested. These are facts. These
scoundrels have been heard TO discuss their
plans in the streets of Freeport Wemay give
some of their names before long. They shall
not always 60 free from the scorn and condem
nation of an honest people


The traitors and Williams who would form
clubs to hire men 10 swear falsely against their
neighbors, would do the false swearing them
selves if they had the courage They have the
brutal disposition to do what they have not the
courage 10 carry out. Thieves have some
honor about them, but the vile traitor who
seeks in a secret manner the destruction Of his
neighbor is at heart worse than the thief.


Democrats who have always been loyal to
their country, should not allow any vile aboli-
tion Wendell Phillips traitor TO aggrarate them
to express one disloya word. Stand by your
country as in all times past, and resent insults
coming from the mean wretches who have =" Ia
bored for nineteen years to dissolve the Ameri-
can Union but sustain the country. Stick
TO Gen. Mcclellan and the other brave men
who are battling for the Constitution and the
restoration of the Union. If the Democracy
do not stand up to the country it is gone. They
must and will save it from the vile devils North
and South who are laboring to destroy it, The
Democracy will always be found rallying under
the old American banner, battling manfuly
for the proud old imehonored principles that
have so long blessed this once happy land.


Freeport iIll.) Bulletin
Year: 1862

Since the reception of the late election news
from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and other
States, it has been very amusing to watch the
awkward and ridiculous antics Of certain pa
pers in this State. The Sacramento Union
has gyra;ed around so. it can scarcely fnd
time TO belabor its target Of spleen-General
Mcclellan. At first, it charged the result as
a " raid in the rear Of the Administration. :"
caused by the non-euforeement of the draft in
Ohio. anl then that it was because all the Re
publicans had left the State and gone to the
war. leaving hopeless minority to fight the
disloyal Democracy. o temPora that any
decent paper having the least claim to veraci-
ty should ever be forced to such a strait as to
intimate that the great Northwest had not
furnished more Democrats for the war than of,
fee seeking stay-athome Republicans But
drowning men catch at straws. And then, it
again changes and announces that sad ex-
perience Of official treachery and dishonorable
intrigue have rendered the nation apprehensive
and suspicious" Here it nearly hits the mark,
for, without doubt, the recent disasters to Re
publican rule have been occasioned by the
uprising of a great people in the exercise
of their right to choose their representatives,
to check the usurpations of party power, and
to hold to strict accountability their official
servants. The old m0narchical dogma, that
the king can do no wrong, cannot be revived
in this enlightened day and generation.


Dishonorable intrigue checked and defeated
McClellan's we'll matured plan of the Peniusu-
lar campaign-if the Eastern press is correctly
informed-and that one thing had its effect
upon the people and aroused their suspicious
for few could fail 10 see that the Major Gene
raj had political strength that might work in.
jury to the powers that be- In this fact. the
fault-inding Sacramento Union finds q pretext
to lampoon Mcclellan and the Democracy, 10
its article of the Dist inst, on " the Democracy
and the war" But it is all too late" Gen
eral Mcclellan has shown himself patriot, a
soldier and q General of which any nation
might be proud. He knows his sphere of duty
, and adheres to it, while the redoubtable chief
tain of the Union cuts the figure of the boy on
a corn stalk horse, paper cooked hat and wood
en- sword going through ncipient motions that
be wots not of. Then this sapient " General, -
and farseeing politician, says that if the rebels
had Only made an invasion into Ohio and de-
stroyed few hundred thousand dollars worth
of property, the result of the election there
would, doubtless, have been as overwhelmingly
Union it was in Pennsylvania. Just so, Gen
eral,' when you know that the Democracy car
rlcd the State on the State ticket and gained
on the Congressional Wouldn't it be well to
get up rebel raid into New York Just before
their election, so as to head off the Democrats
Fudge on all such balderdash of pretended
loyal sheets.
Year: 1862

HoNEY LAKE.-This part of our county
says the Quincy (Plumas county, Union, is
rapidly improving. Real estate has advanced
almost double in value the present season, and
it being the most accessible point to the Hum
bold mines, will give it a market for all of its
produce, etc. Honey Lake Valley will be in
State.