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Year: 1863

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On the opening, on the 9Th inst, OF the ne r.


court in Washington, Chief Justice Cartter
charged tho grand jury especially in relation
to the law for the prevention Of frauds on
tue Government, and that for the punishment
OF treason. In regard to the latter he said,


their careful consideration of this charge was
demanded by the times and by the place in
Which they were called on to aid in the adj
mlnistration Of the Constitution and the laws.
"1his city, lie said, "ztands On the border
hIe between the loyal and the lis}oyal States


There are still left among us many who, if
1bty are in any sense loyal, love tl!eir country
with divided heart. There are some a1nono
Us, 1t is feared, who are traitors. Thcre arc
others who aid and comfort the rebellion. Il
is therefore Of TIC utmost Importance to the
Whole country that the capital of the Union
Should be free from any talnt Of disloyalty. It
Ii an important step towards restoring the
public peace and tranquility that all who aid
and assist the enemy should discontinue their
Offences, OF BE- punished according to the law
OF the land. Tie faithful performance of
yonr duty in making inquiry into all such
Offences will be no less honorable to rour-
sclTes than important to the country
Year: 1863

Our stock and gold market report, up to one
O'Clock to-day, shows that gold jumped down
to l49 at the first board, this morning, and Is
lingering at that point as wO go to press with
our first edition.
Year: 1863

JuD1c1AL ELEcrIoN.-ppion men should not
forget that Supreme District and County Judges,
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and
Justices Of the Peace are to be elected on the
2Ist of October The victory is only half gained (;
we must elect all The above officers to make IL
complete. Mr.. Garter, candidate for District
Judge, and Mr.. Murphy, nominee for County
Judge, will probably visit great portion Of the
county before the day Of election arrives
Whether they do or not, Union men should re-
member that it is their power to elect the whole
Judicial ticket if they do their duty. There is
some doubt whether the soldiers vote will be
registered for these officers, although the law
distinctly says that they shall be entitled to vote
for State. Judicial aud county officers II the
Union voters at homo do their duty there will be
no danger of a Copperbead triumph. We are
glad to know that Gov. Standard has postponed
the Brigade muster at Red Bluff. which would
have taken some 400 votes from this District, un-
til after the election.
Year: 1863

HoAxNG THE PUBLIo.-A few days since
poor Greeley announced, with the pomp and
circumstance of large type and prominent space
in his journal, that five thousand negroes
armed, equipped and drilled, we're to march
into the seeded States, abolish what little (s)
of slavery the Presidents emancipation pro-
clamation has left, and, in fact end the war,
cover themselves with glory, exalt the negro
race, bring about something as near the mil
lennium as can be conceived, and all eliminate
their glorious career by becoming subscribers
to the Tribune, which is negro's idea Of Para
disc. We are sorry to dispel this bright vision;
but truth forces upon us the assertion that poor
Greeley's black romance is-to use the elegant
terms which he has rendered familiar in his
columns" an unequivocal, baseless, highly
vanished lie." The famous five thousand only
exist in poor Grceley's imagination, along with
the nine hundred thousand which we once
heard so much about, but who have all pre-
ferred remaining in the dark President Lin
coin must now fully appreciate how utterly his
proclamation has failed and that upon the
white man, and not tho negro, must he rely We
hope he will get rid OF his niggerhead advisers,
and call to his aid and counsel safe and patriotic
men. Then he will find his course much
palmer and more effectual one than he was led
to believe by the fanatics who have surrounded
him up to the present time Drop the negro,
Mr.. President, and the white man will save the
Union.
Year: 1863

RAYMOND AND GREELEY ON RED TApE.-For
some time past Raymond and Greeley have
been keeping up in their respective journals
most animated debate, wasting therein vast
amount of brains, logic and money, and all for
the purpose Of deciding whether Secretary
Seward does or does not use red tape. In
other words, the above mentioned Raymond and
Greeley wish to ascertain whether Mr.. Seward
submits all his dispatches for foreign courts to
President Lincoln. The possibility Of the lat
ter remembering all these dispatches is point
not as yet introduced into the warm contro-
versy in question. Mr.. Seward, despite the
many calls upon his time, has himself taken a
part in the red tape debate, and even went so
far as to commit the extravaganza Of sending to
one Of the parties six line telegram, which had
the effect Of giving additional zest to the whole
affair. 1t must not be supposed that either
Raymond or Greeley Is SO silly Us to imagine
their debate will interest the few readers of
their journals; but the fact is all this argument
has arisen because the niggerheads are in favor
Of making way-politically we mean, of course
with Secretary Seward. The copperheads are
not quite 80 decided upon the subject, and
hence the great and momentous red tape de-
bate. If Raymond and Greeley are one-half so
tired Of the matter as their limited number of
readers must be, they will surely drop this vex-
ing question and endeavor to find some more
diverting subject for controversy.
Year: 1863

AhE oENATE OAuCCS TO OuST MR. oEWAFD.-
The resolutions against foreign mediation re-
ported by Mr.. Sumner, as Chairman of the
Compittee on Foreign Relations, are the result
ofa caucus of the radical portion Of the Sc
nate, who have conspired to oust Mr.. Seward
from his position as Secretary Of State, and
put Mr.. Sumner in his place. They are level
led against the sagacious proposition Of Mr..
Seward to the Emperor of the French to admit
the Confederate States to representation in
Congress- and there to settle oil difficulties


The object Of the radicals is to manufacture
public opinion against the Premier, and thus to
compel the President to remove him. In COM
bination with other resolutions, they produce
brief letter from Mr.. Seward to Mr.. Adams,
which they say the former never read to tho
President letter in which, with the eye Of
statesman, the Secretary of State penetrated the
dark designs of Sumner q Co. In that letter
he truly AYERS that the radicals are playing into
the hands of the sscessionists to break up the
republic. He says:-"It seems as H the extreme
advocates Of African slavery and its most vshe-
ment opponents were acting in concert together
to precipitate a servile war-the former by
making most desperate attempt to overthrow
the federal Union; the latter by demanding an
edict of universal emancipation as lawful and
necessary if not, as they say, the only legitimate
way Of saving the Union" If Mr.. Seward


desired to conceal this from the President, it is
not likely he would print it in book, as he did.
One thing is certain: he hit the nail on the head.
The difference between Mr.. Seward and his
abolition assaiants is that he is q statesman
and they are a set Of miserable fanatics. We
trust the Senate will vote down their resolutions
Mr.. Seward and the President desire the resto-
ration OF the Union, with or without slavery.
Sumner and his fellow conspirators, including
Greeley, regard the Union with slavery in it
"as covenant with death and an agreement
with Hell" and will never permit its restoration
If they can prevent it. AS one of them said
lately, they would "protract the war for thous-
and years" rather than make any compromise
which would suffer the Confederate States to
come back with their slave institution. The
people and the President, however, when the
proper times comes, will not ask the permission
of Sumner, Greeley & Co. to make peace on
such terms.
Year: 1863

have always lived Democrat ac
cord,ng to the stricteSt faith. l know Of
no better democracy than mine.


But at the present time new principles,
new measures, and neT thoughts Of the
future must occupy our minds, rather
than the burdened issues Of the past
The two years just gone By have taught
us great truths as nation. We hare
learned more in this than nations Of old
acquired in century. Today, with the
enemy laundering at the gate Of the cap
ital, the question arises, what can be done
to preserve the integrity of the Union
To rescue the nation is the great duty Of
ali patriots. To 90 this We must unite
with loyal men everywhere. The negro
question must not trouble Us it Is dead
issue Of the past. No one need trouble
themselves about that And now about
the habeas corpus According to the
Constitution it could be suspended only
when the safety of the country demanded
it. That is aud ever shall be my motto.


Ny Democratic friends : my pecu2tar-
~ e,cceiicnt Democratic friends 4 man
high IN Office once thought Of suspsnding
the habeas corpus Would YOU ike to
know the circumstances 1t was the
occasion of the conspiracy of Aaron Burr,
and the actor was Thomas Jefferson
Once it was really suspended at New Or
leans ald by whom Gen. Andrew
jackson. We have a rebellion on one
side, aud an invasion by Lee on the other,
and if the Constitution ever justifes the
suspension of this writ, it would do 50
under our present circumstances. When
the war is over, | will 20 as far to Protec,
those privileges as any Democrats who
now stay at home and mock me. Ny
Democratic friends, Irepeat it-put down
this rebellion, and you won't hear any,
thing more about the suspension Of the
habeas corpus.


We hear a great deal from the Demo,
crats about settling Up this matter I ask
the question, shall We compromise to-day
Shall Brecklnrigde, with hands imbued
with the blood Of your brothers, come
back and take his seat in the Senate Of
the United States ? Shall WigfslI come
back and take his place in the halls of
National Legislation I agree with ny
friends, they shall not aad in closing !
can only say that there is one duty for Us
all in this hour of national peril it IS to
sustain the Government of the United
States When peace and reunited ma,
tion comes again, then re can settle al
cur minor diterenoes.-Speech ct Con-
cord
Year: 1863

+x*Devoted to the cause of Republicanism,
the interests of Agriculture, the advancement
of Education, and the best good of Potter
county. Owning no guide except that Of
Principle, it will endeaver TO aid in the work
of more fully Freedomizing our Country.
Year: 1863

back toward the North, their sstonish-
ment could not have been greater. Had
their houses been buried from over their
heads, their venom could not have been
more bitter. A scene like this would
no doubt arouse the indignation of some
Of the copperheads in the North. But
this it is, and the sooner the people of
South accept the new order Of things the
better it will be for them Many of the
more considerate have already discovered
this, and been "convinced Of their sin Of
righteousness, and of Judgment to come ]"
The daily attendance at the Provost Mar.
shal's of6cc is conclusive attestatiou of
this fact. Uncle Sans great Church
doors are continually open; the mourner's 8
bench is there, and hundreds are coming
in daily-both men and women. They
bow at the tribunal of justice, take the
oath, repent of their sins, and swear
eternal fidelity to the Constitution of the
United States. This is the only remedy;
aud not only the rebels of the South, but
the copperheads of the North will event.
ually yield to the powers that be the si-
lent tribute Of their respect, and the pail
Of moral death which has 80 long shroud-
ed this country in gloom will pass away,
and the bright angel OF peace will again
fold his protecting wings over this happy
land Of ours.


Yours truly, e. W.
Year: 1863

Ice FOR DlrTHERIA-A correspond
ent of the Providence Journal vouches
very strongly for the efficacy of ice as a
cure for diptheria and all ordinary in.
Examinations Of the throat. The manner
of application is as follows:


"Break up small lump of ice in a
towel and put pieces in bowl. Take
position slightly inclined backward eth
er IN a chair or on sofa. Proceed for
half an hour with teaspoon to feed
yourself with small Jumps Of ice, letting
them dissolve slowly in the1 =
the mouth or the entrance ot :.
A single such application will ON ~IGfssk
up common sore throat, which other.
wise would have course of two or three
days. In case of very bad sore throat,
use the ice frequently and freely. In
case of liberation or diptheria, keep
small lump of ice constantly in the mouth.
Year: 1863

n.Frederick IT,, of Prussia, received
petition from oae Of his districts pray
lng ~ that that 9 certain elersymep be suspend:
the punishment Of the wicked would
come to an end. The King took his pen
and wrote the following answer: II have
considered the above petition, and do
hereby give my royal permission to all
my loyal subjects to be damned to all
eternity if they choose it; but l do pos.
i'ivcly forbid their quarrel|ing with their
neighbors who are not willing to keep
their company so long"
Year: 1863

Three brothers were heirs to their
fathers oxen, seventeen in number. BY
the Mohamcdan law of Inheritance the
eldest brother was cntitl d to one half,
the second to one third, and the young.
est to one ninth Of the whole number
As the animals could not be divided
without destroying them, the subject
was referred to the decision Of the com
mandcr Of the faithful Ali The caliph
added an OK to the number and then
made the division. This gave each broth
or more tnan his sharc-the eldest nine,
the next six, and the youngest two-and
yet left to the prince the OK he had
added
Year: 1863

MODERN DEMocRATs.-Who are the present
| democratic party? Let the answer be can.
did: A riff raft, many of whom can scarcely
discern between their right hands and their
left who havn'i intelligence enough to think
| for themselves, bnt believe whatever is told
them by the demagogues who manage to ride
upon their shoulders? Thousands of them
| are impervious to argument: if COP should
write the doom of slavery in letters of fire
across the sky, they would still trot after the
bell wethers of pro slavery. These are the
tools that craftier traitors work with. To
expect to change the opinions of such by ar.
gument, were as foolish as it would be to un.
dertake to arrest the headlong course of a
drove ofswine by reeiting :. Hiawathau when
the wind had begun to thresh down acorns in
the eforest......And who are the a. Delnocratico
leaders? Broken down politicians in whom
the better class of people have no trust; shy-
ster lawyers, third rate men who were mere
underlngs IN their own party until the ADLER
and more influential leaders went to Dixie
traitors whose infdelty to the Union no loyal
citizen thinks of doubling, and whose veno-
nous hatred of the Federal Government oozes
from their lips whenever the hinges of the
tongue have been moistened by liquor. Every
new shock on the battlefield shakes loose
scores who perceive that they are in the en-
brace ofa skeleton death who is bearing then,
down to the depths of the traitors hell; and
1t will not be SIX months before every citizen
who is not an abandoned traitor, will have
broken away from that debased and sinking
party, leaving the sinking casrion to the
mouthngs OF dogs.-Sonora Flag.
Year: 1863

The following, in reply to the above, We
extract from the Trinity journal Of the GOTH
1t is interesting, as going to show that the
majority of our adopted citizens cannot be led
astray by the hollow name of q Democracy :"
A Gard from Loyal Irishmen Of Douglas


CITY.
Year: 1863




The following capital parody on Hamlet's so
hloquy is from the Knicksrbocker Magazine;
To we'd or not to wed-that is the question
Whether tits happier in the mind to stifs


The hearts and tumults Of outrageous passion,
Or with some prudent fair in solemn contract
Of matrimony join. To have--to hold
No more-and by that shave" to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand love-siek pangs
Of celibacy-'twere a consummation


Devoutly to be wished In nuptial band
To Join till death dissolves-aye, there's the rubj
For in that space what dull remorse may come,
When we have taken our solemn leave of liberty,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That slacks our speed in suing for a change.
Else, who would bear the scorns and sneers
When age feel-the pains and futtering fevers
Which each new face must give TO rowing fancy,
When he might rid himself at once of all
By bare yes Who would with patience bear
To fret and linger out single life,


But that the dread of something yet untried
Some hazard in a state from whose strict bond
Death only can release, puzzles the will,
And makes US rather choose those ills we have
Than fly to others which we fancy grea.erp
This last reflection makes US slow and weary,
Filling the dubious mind with dreadful thoughts
OF curtain lectures, jeaousies End cares
Extravagantly great, entaiea on wedlock,
Which to avoid, the lover checks his passion,
And miserable, dies bachelor.
Year: 1863

An obstinate man does not hold
opinions, but they hold him; for
when he is once possessed with
an error, it is like a devil, and
cast out with great difficulty
Whatsoever he lays hold on, like
a drowning man, he never loses,
though it do help to sink him the
sooner. His ignorance is abrupt
and inaccessible, impregnable
both by art and nature, and will
hold out to the last. though it has
nothing but rubbish to defend. 1t
is as dark as pitch, and sticks to
anything it lays hold on. His
skull is so thick it is proof against
any reason, and never cracks but
on the wrong side, just opposite
to that against which the impress
sion is made, which surgeons say
does happen very frequently
The slighter and more incOnsist-
ent his opinions are, the faster he
holds them, otherwise they would
fall asunder of themselves for
opinions that are false are to be
held with more strictness and as
surance than those that are true,
otherwise they will be apt to be-
tray their owners before they are
aware. He delights most Of all
to differ in things most indiffer-
ent; no matter how frivolous
they are, they are weighty
enough in proportion to his weak
judgment; and he will rather
suffer self-martyrdOm than part
with the least scruple of his free
hold ; for it is impossible to dye
his dark ignorance into any light
er color, He is resolved to un-
derstand no mans reason but his
own, because he finds no man
can understand it but himself
His wits are like a sack, which
the French proverb says is tied
faster before it is full than when
it is and his opinions are like
plants that grow upon rocks, that
stick fast though they have no
roofing. His understanding is
burdened like Pharaoh's heart,
and is proof against all sorts OF
judgments whatsoever.
Year: 1863

The world is full ofpeople who
can't imagine why they don t
prosper like their neighbors, when
the real obstacle is not in banks
or tariffs, in bad public policy or
hard times, but in their own eX-
travagance and needless ostenta-
ton. The young clerk marries
and takes a house, which he pro-
ceeds to furnish twice as eXpen-
sively as he can afford, and then
his wife instead of taking hold to
earn a livelihood by doing her
own work, must have a hired SER
want to help spend his limited
earnings. Ten years afterward
you will find him struggling on
under load of debt and chill
dren, wondering why luck was
always against him, while his
friends regret his unhappy desti-
tuition and financial ability. Had
they from the first been frank and
honest, he need not have been so
unlucky. The single man ''hired
out" in the country at ten to fiji
teen dollars per month, who con-
trives to dissolve his years earn
ings in frolics and fine clothes !;
the clerk who has five hundred
year, and melts fifty of it in Ii
quors and cigars, are paralleled by
the young merchant who fills his
house with costly furniture, gives
dinners and drives a fast horse on
the strength of the profits he ex-
poets to realize when his goods
are sold and his notes all paid.
Let man have a good genius for
spending, and whether his in
come be a dollar day or dol
lar a minute, it is equally certain
to prove inadequate. The man
who being single] does not save
money on twenty dollars a week
will not be able to do so on fifty !;
and he who does not lay up some
thing in his first year of indepen-
dent exertion will be pretty apt
to wear a poor mans hair to his
grave.
Year: 1863

Mars has lately presented a ia
vorable opportunity for the ex-
animation of its surface. The
constitution of this planet more
nearly approaches that of the
earth, than any other in the sys-
TEN. Snow can be detected at
both poles, the white circle in
creasing in winter and decreas-
ing in summer. 1t has been found
that the center of this region of
snow does not coincide exactly
with the poles of the planet. And
in this respect it is like the earth
whose greatest cold is not exact
ly at the pole. A greenish belt
with deep bays and inlets, near
the equator, which is suspected
to be sea, has recently been de-
tected. The termination of the
snowy region is very sharp and
abrupt, giving an idea of a lofty
cliff. A reddish island in the
above sea has also been detected.
The probability of Mars being in
habited is greater than that of any
other planet. Its density is very
nearly that of the earth. The
heat ond light Of the sun would
only be half that enjoyed on our
globe; but then this may be COM
pensated by an atmosphere which
may form a warmer wrapping
than ours. A great part of the
surface of the globe is covered
with snow for half the year, The
people in mars would not be
worse off than we are in Canada,
and life is tolerable here. People
emigrating from this planet to
Mars would find that they were
only half as heavy as they are
here, which some would not re-
gard as disadvantage.-Leit
Year: 1863

PATRICK said a judge, "what
do you say to the charge-are you
guilty or not guilty %


"Faith that is difficult for your
honor to tell, let alone myself
Wait till hear the ividence."
Year: 1863

SKRIPTER.-Blessed is he that
is ugly in form and features, for
the girls shan't molest him. Bles-
sed is he who would get married
but can't for the consultations of
the gospel are hers. Blessed are
the orphan children, for they have
no mothers to spank them. BIes-
sed are they who expect nothing,
for they shall not be disappointed.
Blessed are they who have no
money, for they are not in danger
of being robbed. Blessed is he
who has a wooden leg, for he
shall not be troubled with corns.
Blessed are they who are sick.
for they need not work.