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Year: 1864

OLYMPIA, June Sth, '64.


was much surprised, last evening, on
being informed that Frank Clark, ESQ, Of
StcilacoOm, had on exhibition, prior to the
late election, letter purpOrting to have
come from me; the said letter stating that
Mr.. Spinning, Candidate for the LegsIa-
ture from Pierce County, if elected, would
advocate the removal of the Capital from
this section by legislation next winter.


If it is true that Mr.. Clark had such a
letter, he must find another author for it,
or permit the impression that it is child
Of his own begetting, as have written no
such letter, nor have entertained any such
opinion in regard to Mr.. Spinning. On
the contrary, l believe that any and all
legislation which might tend to advance
the prosperity and interest Of the Puget
Sound District of the Territory would have
in Mr.. Spinning faithful advocate and sup
porter, and by what know Of his past
actions and expressions on national issues,
| believe him to be, like myself, consist
ent supporter of the principles of liberty
and popular government


l conceive the object Of such letter to
be the defeat of Mr.. Spinning, the accom-.
plishing of which would but be the success
Of the COpperhead (alias DemOcat) party,
a measure which no consideration would
induce me to support, believing, as l do, the
success Of that party nationally to be the
success of secession, and that the sympa-
thy which they manifest for and with trea-
son justly merits the execratiOn of all true
Datriots
Year: 1864

Another of those terrible and heartsicken. ing murders which seem periodically to aflict one and another of the communities of this county, was perpetrated on Monday last in the town of Sharon. Aside from the brief partic- ulars which are given elsewhere of the tragic affair, we have every reason to believe that it was one of the most fragrant cases of deliberate and diabolical murder ever committed in the State, and has such chain of circumstances connected with it, of'which the final act was but the crowning wickedness, that the whole forms tragedy sickening and terrible beyond description.

 We do not wish, however, to preiudge the case Of the prisoner, who now awaits his trial with what fortitude he may, at the next term Of our Court. We know not what defence Will be offered for the man who, if We hear arght, first violates the home of an absent sol. dier, and on his return upon brief furlough murders him while asleep Nor is it material to consider the fact that the parties concerned are ofa low grade in society, little raised above the level of the brute creation. The fact IS patent-another brutal musder has been committed in this county. Will the perpetra- tor receive the punishment the deed deserves ? We are informed by the States Attorney that this is the JifieenM murder which has been perpetrated in this county within the space of eight years. And We also learn that this is but fair per centage of the number of murders committed in the State. Murders are every- where on the increase. Scarcely week pass. es but that we hear of them, committed some. where in the state Our paper to-day chron- icles three cases of this kind. two of them in this county. And yet how rare it is that we read of an execution following the crime!

 When are these crimes to cease and by what means may their number be lessened We conceive there is but one way. Our Ju- ries dodge it. our Courts manifesty err on the side of leniency, which is not mercy. A con- mltment to the States Prison for the term of ten, fifteen or twenty years, has no terror for such criminals. Let every plain case of mur- der be rigidly followed by the death penalty. and we shall have fewer of theso crimes to re- cord, for which the blood of murdered man cries from the grouad for vengeance. Him that sheddeth mans blood, by man let his blood be shed.
Year: 1864

1a~The 5th and 7th Regiments, which have both re-enlisted for the war, arrived at home on thirty days furlough, this week, and the boys are now scattered all over the State. en toying once more the comforts of home life There are many of these brave boys in this county. Let our people welcome them home and do what they can to make their brief stay among us happy. For they are as worthy ot our best Inequalities as ever were conquerors and only take this brief holiday before they re. turn once more to the field to fight the last great battle and win the prize ofa Re-estabsh ed Union and Free and United Country.
Year: 1864

9rThe editor of the Stamford Advocote has had quite windfall He very medestly relates the main facts in the case, in his last paper, as follows:

 "We found the other day, among some odds and ends, a little coin very much discolored, positively dingy in appearance and were about to toss it aside as counterfeit cent. An old tamiliar look about the the things made us examine it more closely, when it proved to be veritable silver dime of the coinage of 184l. Fact"

 The old proverb of "Poor as Printer will have to be amended to suit his case.
Year: 1864

The New York Tribune says, in our
JOY over the reelection Of Abraham
Lincoln as President and the election
of a Congress in which three-fourths
Of the members of each House will
vote for the abolition of slavery, we are
apt to under estimate our gains in the
State Governments A cursory glance
at them will show that they are no less
sweeping and noless important


We have a majority in each House of
every Legislature of the original free
States with the sole exception of the
Senate of New Jersey. The Senate of
Indiana had until recently a Demo-
cratic majority of one, but the recent
disclosures of the reasonable plots of
the "Sons of Liberty" to which we are
indebted for a gain of so many thou
sand votes at the late elections, have
also carried over to our side one of the
Senators, thus giving us a majority.
We control, besides, both Houses of the
Legislatures of Nevada, West Virginia,
Missouri, Louisiana, and Arkansas. In
Maryland the Democrats have major
ity of one in the Senate, but we have a
large majority on joint ballot This
gives as control of tscsnbfUs Legisla-
lures


IfCongress should vote Tor an amend
ment to the Constitution abollshing
Slavery, such amendments must be
ratified by threefourths of the State
Legislatures or of State Conventions,
as Congress may propose. In case the
Rebellion, by the time Of the adoption
Of this amendment, should not yet be
completely subdued, Congress will
have to decide whether a three-fourths
majority of all the Ssates or only Of the
States actually in the Union shall be
required. Even in the former case, it
will be seen from our above statement,
we are now very near having the re-
auired three-fourths majority. The
political complexion of the next Legis-
lature to be chosen in Tennessee will,
without doubt, be anti-Slavery, and the
same will be the ease with the first
Legislatures of the New States, Colorado
and Nebraska. These three States
will give us. 2g Legislatures out Of 80,
the number requisite


We need no longer fear any factious
opposi ton from the State Executives
The Governors of all the twenty-nine
States which we have just enumerated
are loyal and anti-Slavery men, with
the exception only Of the GovernOrsof
New jersey and Kentucky. Rebel
sympathizers in England will have no
longer q Governor Seymour to whom
they can look for the Inauguration of
civil war in the North. There Is now
the greatest harmony between the
National Government and the State |
Governments-one omen more for the |
speedy suppression of the Rebellion.
Year: 1864

The soul of John Brown is still
on the march. Last week Frederick


Douglas, once the slave and always the
son of.an F. F. V, gave a public ad.
dress in the city'of Baltimore, the town
where for a portion Of his seryitude he
lived, and the town he ran from when
he took it into his head (or rather his
feet to put in practice the first clause
Of the American Declaration Of Inde-
pendence. In aIlusion to bis contem-
plated trip to Baltimore, Mr. Douglas
publicly said last Sunday evening in
Rochester:


What wonderful change few short
years have wrought left Maryland
a slave, / return 10 her feemani
left her a slave State, 1 return 70 find
her clothed in her new garments OF
Liberty and Justice, free State Ny
life has had two criges-the day on
which left Maryland, and the day on
which | return ] expect to have a
good old fashioned visit, for have not
been there for long time. may
meet my old master there, whom 1
have not seen for many years Ga
voice SIS he living yetT) Yes; at
least heard 40 only a short time ago,
and he viii be'there, for he Is on the
right side. ] made a convert Of him
years ago Laughter and applause ]
He was a very good maa with a high
sense of honor, and have no malice TO
overcome in going back among those
former slavehOlders, for / used 70 think
that We were all parts Of one great
social system, only We were - the bot
tom and they 40 the top II the shack
les we're around our ankles, they were
alsa on their neeks The Common
Council and city authorities have prom
ised 20 be present at the next meeting
in Baltimore ] shall be glad to see
them ! shall return 10 them with free
dom in my hand, and point to her free
Constitution, and as the olive branch
was a sign that the waters Of the food
were retiring, so will the freedom which
shah find there be a sign that the bii-
lows Of slavery are rolling back 70
leave the law blooming again IN the
purer air Of Liberty and Justice. Great
applause
Year: 1864

DR.. EopAcK's STOMACH BIrrERs.-Wc profess
to have more than superficial knowledge of the
healing art and while We are fully prepared to ad
nit that hnmbug is but another word for imposi
ton, and, therefore, do not allow any advertise
ment or notice to appear in our paper that has the
least tendency to corrupt the human mind, we are
always glad to recommend what we believe to be a
real boon to society, and having made an expert
mental use of DR.. Roback's Stomach Bitters, we
bear testimony to their real, genuine and very
beneficial use. DR.. RS bitters far surpass any
preparation of the kind we have ever used; and we
urge all who need a mild safe, and most agreeable
tonic, to try this medicine at once. If you try 1t
once you viii be to try it again. 1t Is just
the thing for the stomach in hot weather.-l Eaton
(0hio) Democrat of May so, '6l,


See advertisement see
Year: 1864

hardly hold my pen tight enough to write
You must excuse me for not informing
you that l received your papers. l was
not able to write / am not fit to write
yet, it does me out so much. | would
like very much to take your paper regu-
larly, but the trouble is / am not likely
to be long in one place, but send it to me
as long as | amin this Hospital, and l
will make it right with you Well, l
must close for the present.


Respectfully yours,


JOSEPH MCASKEY.
Year: 1864

SANITARY.-Messrs. Knox & King have
most literally donated the proceeds of one Of
their splendid billiard tables to the Sanitary
Fund. The table will be adorned with sig
nihcant sign, and box for the reception of
the money conveniently arranged. Gentle
men of thecue may now blaze away. Their
wives won't scold if they are out little late
ifthey can only say truthfully that they hare
been playing on the Sanitary table.
Year: 1864

TowEK HousE FEsTrvAL.-Those who fail
to attend at the above festival will have
something to regret so long as the power Of
retrospective thought is permitted them. =
There great enjoyments, physical men
tal-awaits the attendants-not the least
pleasure being the consciousness that the
money expended for so much amusement. will
go to soothe the pains and anguish of the sick
and wounded soldiers who are battling for
our nationality.
Year: 1864

To morrow being Christmas, we take time
by the forelock and greet our readers with
our best wishes aad MERRY CHRISTMAS.


During the past week we have been much
amused to see the number of children on the
side walks so disproportiored with that of
adults. Occasionally parent Of some of this
Young stock may be seen, cautiously vending
his way along, watching that none of his
offspring shall catch him. Slyly he glides
along. with both hands in his pockets, ten
aciously grasping and determinedly holding
to his last quarter but of no use his resolves
and care. Young America has an eagle eye,
and lights on the paternal head Of the house
hold, when with mouth wide spread and
arms extended, papa is his prisoner, without
power to escape until the pockets, 50 we'll
guarded but moment before, are emptied
into the itching palm of the institution ma
tion is fighting for-rising generation.


Colt, little onesl If the old folks can t stand
it, let them 60 under, and we'll get parents
that can, or set up for ourselves.
Year: 1864

In Marysville, and that he is now prepared to
accommodate all who may call upon him.


The proprietor feels confident that the reputation
of the house under his former management, and
under the late propretors, of being the best hotel
in the city, will not suffer under mis- future control


Omnibuses will convey passengers from the
steamers and cars to the Hotel free of charge,


Attached to the. house is large and well selected
Library, to which guests have free access


ms =. - W. C. STOKES
Year: 1864

Sunny eyes may lose their brightness;
Nimble feet forget their lightness;
Pearly teeth may know decay; Z
Raven tresses turn to gray; IL Al Z
Cheeks be pale and eyes be dim,
Faint the voice and weak the limb;
But though youth and strength depart,
Fadeless is loving heart.
Like the little mountain flower,
Peeping forth in wintry hour,
When the summers breath is fed,
And the gaudier fiowerets dead; BE
So when outward charms are gone,
Brighter still doth blossom on,
Despite of Times destroying dart,
The gentle, kindly, loving heart.
Wealth and talents will avail
When on life's rough seas we sail,
Yet the wealth may melt like snow,
And the wit no longer glow;
But more smooth we find the sea,
And our course the fairei be,
If our pilot, when we start,
Be kindly, loving heart.
Ye in worldly wisdom old
Ye who bow the knee TO gold
Does this earth as lovely seem
As it did in life's young dream,
Ere the world had erusteG DER
Feelings good and pure before
Ere you sold in Mamnon's mart
The best yearnings of the heartl
Grant me, Heaven, my earnest prayer
Whether life of ease or care
Be the one TO me assigned,
That each coming year may find
Loving thoughts AMI gentle words
Twined within my bosom's chords,
And that age may but impart
Ripper freshness to my heartl
Year: 1864

IA view Of ihe approaching Presidential
canvass, aud the mighty iatcrest- involved
in The contest it is important that the Pc :
PIE should be kept well informed on the
state of affairs This can be best done by
extending the circulation of sound Demo-
cratic papers. Every democrat Should
take his own democratic county paper. at
least. and rs many others as he can sfford
the time to read: he should also induce his
neighbors 10 do the same The admins
traton party are making stupendous efforts
to deceive the people and perpetuate their
arbitrary AMI unconstitutional course of
mi,government they should be met by cor
responding efforts on the part ofdemocrats
to spread the truth ard give the people
light The township committees could do
much IN this matter. and should feel u du


tv TO do so. This will be the most mo-
mentous struggle the country has ever
been engaged in since the formation of the
government The safety Of the country
the preservation of our Republican form Of
government. are al stake. and will be de-
cided bv the issue of the contest If the
radicals who now control The administration
should succeed in keeping the reins OF
! power for another four years, we ti;mly
! believe that our present form OF govern
ment will be DESTROYED and military des-
potism erected on is ruins. with such :,
concentration of power in its hands as to
make the reconstruction of free govern
mcnt such As was bcqueathcd TO us ty
tie sages and patriots of l,7d utterly im-
possible without another revolution and
bloody civil war. Every patriot must see


his, and see the Importance OF spreading


information among the people, and keep


ing them fully posted on the state of aaairs
and the life and death nature of The s,rug-
gle. by general circulation Of democrat. C
papcr..-H Wayae Seht'asl
Year: 1864

% Tuesday evening an unprecedented hail
storm visited this neighborhood. doing much
damage to corn and window glass. Many of
the stones were the size Of a hens egg. but the
average size was half that.
Year: 1864

and the teTocity of tie tiger, white every living heart
on board was throbbiug with auxiety for saatg fin
were suddenly called upon to render the last and rnst
solemn rites known to our existence. no time then 10
Dust" ashes to ashes went up in presence Of tie
grim destroyer, but still dashrg onwards through tEe
waves-a short and buried service-a heavy splash
and body sank tor its e,eri al resting place in the
broad cceans bosom while all that was dear to i. n
life sped from it its way, like the arrow from tue
Year: 1864

AB'EATKEs-1he press requested to call upon all alb
sentees from the Army OF Tennessee to return at to
their different corps without regard to any circumstances
authorizing their delay This appeal comes from General
Sharp, Chief of Staff of Gen. Hoods army and it ia to be
hoped that all soldiers absent will respond to the call
without delay as their country requires their services in
front
Year: 1864

ATLANTA Sug. 4.


Late yesterday afternoon heavy ssrmishing ooourred
on our entire ne and continued until ugbt-fal-
Every effort made to diaodge skirmish line with
out effect. We sil hold original line The firing Of
musketry and artillery brisk portion Of The line
prisoners captured front he city was
occasionally sheiled in the time. During the night
ore 5cG1g lady was killed by she'll
Year: 1864

The State Of California, although it hGs politically
fallen into the hands CT the Republicans, shows no dis
position to sustain the upon the South by sending
men or money. No volunteers have been raised there
among the bona de ctzers of the State and we ques
ton if any troops have been there raised by draft.


So far as the present struggle is concerued the Pa
cfc States determined be pacific in more ways
than one, and it is likely enough that they will soon
ach point at which they Themselves will seek inde-
pendence OF the Washington government than one st
which they will consent to give blood treasure to
prevent tie South from maintaining her independence.


What is said of California will apply to Oregon
and Washington. ALI these comnuoities are 50 far
separated from the scenes of strife this side of The
continent that they wish to keep wholly cut OF the
vortex.
Year: 1864

the country impaired, that the Admins
tration is usurpation and calls for ces-
sation of hostiliiies but says not one word
against the rebels.


This is. no time for quibbling and
doubIe-dealing. The times are earnest
and big with the dsstinies of q nation.
The existence of the government trembIes
in the balances. The Copperheads demand
that they be placed in power. The people
have righ. to demand of them the
grounds upon which their claim rests /;
that they define their attitude towards
the rebellion. Are they for their govern
ment! Then why not labor with the
great Union party of the country, for di-
vision helps the South? Are they against
it? Then let them not vince il We cali
them traitors.


The Copperhead Democracy assume a
positive and negative position They are
negatively 10 favor of the government,
positively in favor of the rebels. They
talk OF the Union and the Constitution
just as though there would be any unless
We pnt down the rebellion. They profess
love for both, claim that both can be
saved ouly by peace. and yet show US no
road to peace by which they will be saved.
other than that pursued by the admins
tratiou. They are the lett wing of the
rebellion, and their profession of love for
the soldiers and the Union cannot save
them from the fate that awaits all traitors
North and South They have been
weighed in the scales and are found want
ing. The bulIeis Of Union soldiers will
play out the rebellion. The ballots OF
Union voters will play out the Peace
Democracy.
Year: 1864

Two KINDS or RELIGION. Il have met
some men whose religion was a mixture
Of vinegar and pepper; and others whose
religion reseInbled sugar and milk !; the
former are severe on the faults of others
and indulgent on their own: the latter re-
verses the practice. Query which Of
them make the best neighbors not to say
the best ChristiansH I have known men
very courteous to ones face, but stabbing
his character when he has gone. My father
had dog Of this stamp; he was a coward
ly cur that fled at the approach of man;
but bit the heels of children. A powerful
mastiff paid his respects to his throat one
day, with great cordiality, and nobody
wept over the death Of the brute. Moral
-Backbiters are gladly forgotten. Noble
minds shun the serpent's trail. He no
would live in the memory of the good
must himself be virtuous. This is the
policy of insurance for bonus at death.
and righteous survivors never fail to pay
IL
Year: 1864

TIE New York Tribune approvingly
states that the negroes under Burnside, at
the Spottsylvania battle, "took no prison.
ers alive" The Tribune adds: Nor is
it possible to deny that the black troops
are legally and morally right" That is,


it is legal and moral to murder wounded
and helpless menl The ideas Of the Tri-
bune concerning law and morality are
quite worthy of the cause it serves, and
the cause it serves is worthy Of it. Be.
tween the two, humanity is impaled as
the Son Of Man was between two thieves.
Year: 1864

Good Heavens | Arc we in America OF
Russia Is this man our President. OF
are we his slavesl Have we made him,
called him forth out Of nothingness, OF
were we born his thrallse Are we the
Sovereign People, or 10 that my th, Q yer.
bal cheat, the mere echo Of 9 dead soundi
Year: 1864

WOMEN AT TwENTY-ONE. - When a
young girl reaches the age of fifteen or six
teen years, she begin to think of the mystic
rious subject of matrimony. state the de-
lights of which her youthful imagination
shadows forth in all its most captivating
forms. 1t is made the subject of light and
incidental discourse among her companions,
and it is recurred to with increasing interest
every time it is brought upon the tapis. When
she grows older she ceases to smattcr about
matrimony, and thinks more intently on the
all-important subject. 1t cngrosses her
thoughts by day and her dreams by night,
and she pictures to herself being welded to
the youth for whom she cherishes a secret
but consuming fame. She surveys hers''lf in
the mirror, and, it generally tells a 6 stter-
ing tale," she turns from it with pleasing
conviction that her beauty will enable her
to conquer the heart of the most obdurate,
and that whoever else may de in state of
"single blesscdne.s," she is destined to be-
come, ere many years roll by, happy bride
and fond mother.


from the age of eighteen to twenty is
1.-THE very witching time of female life
During that period the female heart is more
suscep ible to the soft and tender Influences
of love than at any other; and we appeal
to our fair readers to say whether, if inc!ina-
ton was alone consulted in the business, more
marriages would not take place during that
tmkiish season than in any by which ii is
preceded or followed. 1t is the grand cli-
macteric of love; and she who passes it
without entering into state OF marimony
may chance to pass several years of her life
ere she is caught in the meshes of Hymcn.
The truth is the majority of women begin to
be moro thoughtful when they have turned
the age of twenty. The giddiness Of the
girl gives way to the sobriety of the woman.
Frivolity is succeeded by reflection, and
reason reigns where passion formerly held un
disputed sway. The cares and anxieties of
life press themselves more; they tend to
weaken the effect of the sanguine anticipa-
ton in the married state, which the mind had
formed in youthful day-dreams. Young
men should never choose their wives too
young.