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Year: 1864

Why cannot the circulation of Democratic
treason be left to Beriah's Press, Streets
Express, and other one-horse journals that
are maintained at an expense to traitors far
above their value. even in the circulation OF
such sentiments. The Marysville Appeal
almost daily gives circulation to column OF
Streets virus. Would it not be better to
leave it in the depository prepared for 1t 10y
his associates? The S. F. Flag daily devotes
space to the circulation of Beriah's poison
Why not leave it where it will receive only
natural circulation? Why poison the minds
of loyal men and women with their treason
We see much harm and no good, to arise
from it. Take our advice. gentlemen let
the poison accumulate in the reservoirs with
which such reptiles are provided by nature
leave them unmalested as we'll as unfeared.
and in their great struggle to gain notorietv
they will bite themselves some fine day-and
then we are rid of them. Leave them in their
dens. Don't sun them by the light of your
circulation. In the dark and undisturbed





their existence will pass from the minds of
all good men. In their own peculiar chan
nels they are harmless. 1t is only by mix
ing then. with decency that they become at
all dangerous or troublesome. Let them
alone Some things we have heard of be-
comes more offensive as it is strickland it's
Just so with taese nasty reptiles. Look
somewhere else for topics or ideas for your
leaders, ard great shall be your reward
great the relief of your readers. a loyal
medium for the circulation of their treason is
just what they want, and daily do they re-
joice in. their success in "quartering on the
enemy" They could not obtain the same cir
culation, or the same number of readers, by
the expenditure of thousands, that they now
obtain through the charity of the loyal press.


ORIGINAL TWENTY -SIx.-This company are
running tunnel through their series of
lodges, and are now in los feet. On the
back lode Of the series the manager has re-
Gently sunk small prospecting shaft, and
has been rewarded by revelations that would
astonish "Jacinto' or any other man who
thinks Pittsburg played out. The copper
specimens which we have seen are certainly
very rich. and we take pleasure in eongratu.
lating the Twenty SIX" and all interested
in Pittsburg district. on the evidences here
exhibited of the solid foundation upon which
their enterprise is based. The wise man
buildeth his house upon rock. Is he not
wiser who buideth on copper? Sale of de-
linquent stock takes place to day, at o'clock
p NJ.
Year: 1864

On the 30th of August next will be held at
Sacramento Convention, and Immediately
thereafter will be held Congressional District
Conventions in the three respective districts
Ours being the Third District, we shall con-
6ne ourself to it and the nominee of its con
vention. While we win cordially support
any good Union man WHO may receive that
nomination, we will here say that we have
preference as TO who that nominee shall be,
and further, we hold it to be the duty of every
voter to SO express himself before the dele
gates to the convention are elected, and vote
for the men who will carry out his views.


Since the organization of the system OF
primary elections for delegates to act in con-
yentions. too little interest has been mani
tested by the people at large, leaving to pollt-
ical trcksters the getting up and manage
ment of these vital first steps. Hence the
door has been open to roguery and dema-
gogueism, giving Office to wire workers
instead of worthy men, who, conscious OF
their own rectitude, cared not to dabble IN
the puddle made dirty by the rough merce-
grown rich by Office and plunder. For long
wears San Francisco was governed by
:. Roughs.' New York by Shoulder Strik-
ers." Philadelphia by the Killers" and
Baltimore by the ''Plug Ugies," where
they became so numerous that they could af
ford to send detachment to the relief of
friends in Washington or Philadelphia.


Prior to a primary election, little is said of
who are to be the candidates for positions to
be filled, but great ca is taken in the selec-
tion and election of delegates, and as there
arc no penalties for voting any number of
times. the party most corrupt, because most
reckless as to the means to be used, elect
their delegates This done, the rest is easy,
and instead of nomination being made by
body of patriotic men. the thing is done by
a very few unscrnpulous rascals behind the
scenes. We would have no such things in
the Union party. Our conscience was suf
fcienty strained when we were a Democrat.
And now while we repeat that we will sup
port any good Union man who may be the
nominee of the convention, we wouid much
prefer that the nominee should be Thomas
3. Shannon. our present representative and
for the reasons following: All concede that
Mr. Shannon has well represented the Union
sentiment of the State. He has been indus,
trious, and unlike McDougal, has been re-
spectacle among respectable men. He has
been a good member though a new one, and
now we believe him better qualified f:om the
experience he has had, than any new man
can be. No new man could be as efficient
under the circumstances, and, besides. the
Union party owe him denomination and
re election as an evidence that the Third
District is not ungrateful for services ably
| and loyaly rendered.
Year: 1864

Before another issue of the Report
er, the great contest between patriot
| ism and treason, will have been end
ed. As to the success of the national
ticket, We have not a doubt but the
patriotism of the people will vindicate
the course and policy of the ad minis
tration, in the conduct of the war, by
re-electing Abraham Lincoln, and
placing that old war horse of liberty,
Andrew Johnson, in the honorable
and next highest position in the gift
of the American people. Everything
indicates success. The October cleo
tions presage victory in November
They are the shadow cast by the com
ing event Of the present month, which
interests, and to a certain extent, is to
decide the course of conduct to be
pursued by the European powers in
the future. Still, the union loving peo-
pie should not become dormant in the
almost certain prospect of Success
The enemies of the government are
bringing into play every energy that
will tend to cripple and enbarrass the
government. Documents based on
| lies; gold from the Golfers of the
EotIschilds, through the hands Of Au-
gust Jew Belmont, and money with
out stint from the pockets Of private
individuals, are being scattered broad
cast, to turn the tide of patriotism in
to the channel Of treason, drcdged by
the Chicago Convention. We must
be diigcnt. Every precaution must
be taken to prevent Illegal voting, and
TO see that every union vote in every
town or precinct is polled.


The Union party Of Wood County
have presented to the people q ticket
loyal from the top to the bottom. Ey-
cry man is loyal to the core, and the
whole ticket should receive the vote
of every union loving man, without
respect to party proelivities.


McIndoc, the representative man
Of the northwest, should and will re-
ceive the unanimous vote OF his par
ty. Sessions, an old war democrat,
who stands fair and square on the
union platform, merits every loyal vote
in the county Of Wood. He IS a man
Of large ability, and will make an ear
nest and faithful representative Of the
9th Senatorial District.


AS to the nominees for the various
county offices, every man is known to
the people of Wood County, as true
to the great issues at stake. A better
ticket has never been presented to the
people for their su@rages. Every
man is qualified to fill the respective
position for which lie is nominated.


Again we call upon the voters to be
dilligent in their endeavors to poll ev-
cry union vote in this county. Let
one day be given to yoer country and
the holy cause at stake. Apathy
should not be indulged in work faith
fully, and when the sun goes down on
the sth of November, the contents OF
the ballot-box will reveal a victory
that will gladden. the hearts of the
people.


Everything depends upon the sue
cessful issue Of the approaching can
vass. The people are with us; the
soldiers in the field are with US, and
success will certainly be ours, if a
proper spirit is made manifest on the
coming sth Of the present month. -
Be active and watchful, and no fear
is to be apprehended for the tiual re-
suit.
Year: 1864

JUDGE B. BIGHAM.-Judge BighAm of Full
ton superior court Is winning golden opinions
from Ice lovers Of good order in this community,
by his fearless administration Of the law to all
offenders. be is an upright, christian Judge,
and seems disposed to make true the scnPturAl
assertion that the way of the trAnSgresSor is
bavdIB
Year: 1864

n A letter from Eagle Pass, in the HoGs-
ton Telegraph, says that that port is open and
cotton passes freely over the RIO GTsnds. The
imports arc larger than ever before. The writer
states that the whole army and people can be
supplied through that port.
Year: 1864

E The Richmond Examiner is informed
that the obligation to which ali the Protestant
clsrgymen of Norfolk and Portsmouth have sui
scribed, is not that of allegiance, but only that
denOminAted as the amnesty OATH and the
ordinary parole. This obligation commits them
to neutrality or to forbesrsnce from all acts Of
VAR and is so far of a negative character and
of no practical importance with the nOn-cOm-
bAtsnt classes of our population.
Year: 1864

All persons having claims against the above trIn
will pre- sent the the undersigned an all those
owing the requested TO call and settle with
out delay He will pay the highest price for greese
and tallOw, in cash or exchane hard or soft soap


r. sARTORE.
Year: 1864

The author OF "Ten Acres Enough"
who is an experienced horticulturist,
gives what he has found to be a sure pre-
ventive of the borer in peach trees. He
first experimental with ten old peach
trees that we're nearly destroyed by the
borer. He barred the roots of the trees
and carefully removed all the worms he
could find, then washed the roots with
soap suds and left them uncoyereda week
to make sure work of any worms that
might have escaped his notice. He then
applied tar to the diseased parts and to
the trunk of the tree two or three inches
above ground. The trees recovered their
original Vigor and have been fruitful
bearers ever since. Tar applied to young
trees near the surface of the ground viii
effectuslly prevent the borers from mo-
testing them. Coal tar answers the same
purpose. Care must be taken not to
cover more than couple of inches above
ground.
Year: 1864

Night in Australia How impossible
TO describe its beauty Heaven seems,
in that new world, so much nearer TO
earth Every star stands out so bright
and particular, as if fresh from the time
when the Maker willed it. And the moon,


like large silvery sun-the least objec-
tion to which is, it shines so distinct and
so still. Il have frequently" says Mr..
Wilkinson, in his work on South Austria
liza, "been on a journey in such a night,
and while allowing my horse his own time
to walk along the road, have solaced my
self by reading in the still soft moonlight" !"
Now and then a sound breaks the silence,
but a sound so much in harmony with the
solitude that it only deepens its charms.
Hark the low cry of the night bird from
yonder glen, amid the small, grey, gleamy
rocks. Hark as the night deepens, the
bark of the distant Watchdog, or the low,
strange howl of his more savage species
from which he defends the fold Hark
the echo catches the sound and filings it
sportingly from hill TO hill-farther and
farther down, till again it is hushed, and
thefiowers hang noislessly over your head,
as you ride through a grove of giant gum
trees. Now the air is literally charged
with odors, and the sense grows almost
painful in its pleasure. You quicken
your pace and again escape into the open
plains and the full moonlight, enjoy the
exquisite ineness of the atmosphere, and
the slender tea trees catch a
gleam of the river and hear the soothing
sounds of its gentle murmur.
Year: 1864

RHUBARB WINE-A fair article of wine
for family use may be made from the juice,
of the rhubarb in the following manner I:
Grind or mash, and press the stalks, in
any convenient manner. A portable or
hand cider mill and press answer well for
this purpose. Add as puch water as there
is juice, and three to four pounds light
colored sugar to each gallon of the mix
ture. Put in casks and set in the cellar,
with the bung out, leaving it until fer
mentation ceases, keeping the casks full
in the meantime. When done working,
bung up tight or bottle for use. Small
quantities may be put at first into glass
bottles or stone jugs.
Year: 1864

MUsTY BARRELs.-Many barrels at this
season are found to have become musty,
and in that case are unfit for use. Put
into them pint of unslacked, fresh lime,
pour thereon one or two gallons of water;
bung up and shake the barrel; while
shaking, loosen it occasionally TO give
vent; when it has stood from three to six
hours, pour out, and then rinse with clean
cold water. If not perfectly sweet repeat
the dose. Usually one application will
be sufficient.
Year: 1864

A Coon WAY OF COOKING OSIoSs.-It Is
a good plan to boil onions in milk and
water; it diminishes the strong taste Of
that vegetable. 1t is an excellent way Of
serving up onions, to chop them after
they are boiled, and put them in q stew
pan, with little milk, butter, salt, and
pepper, and let them stew about fifteen
minutes. This gives them tine flavor.
and they can be served up very hot.
Year: 1864

a number of other similar rhymes are
more or less perfectly remembered. but
the present dose will probably be enough.
Whatever may be said of the Stiffness of
these superstitions. they were at least
harmless, which is more than can be said
of the spiritual superstitions of the
present age; nor do we think the modern
supernsturalism any less SILLY" than its
more unlearned predecessors.
Year: 1864

"Truth i stronger than fiction" A gen
tlemsn from a city in the South, whom We
will designate "a Mr.. recently came North
leaving his family behind. and bis business
In charge Of sn agent While on the way a
letter was addressed 20 him from a friend in
New York, in which he stated that he had
sent on the dress. and hoped that IL would
prove satisfactory Ia quantity and EQUALITY.
The agent AZ the South received the letter
from Mr. N I, aud sent 20 Madam n. to know
II she had received the dress. The trusted
aud devoted wife not having received any
thing Of the kind from her "licge lord" con-
cluded hastily that all was not right, and in
s,antly dispatched letter to her husband az
the North that che had made the discovery
of iufdelity and hesrtlessnes in sending new
dresses TO another woman" The green
eyed monster" had set bis iron hoof upon the
happiness Of the too cor fidng wife. and she
resolved that, great as must be the sacrifice,
separation must and should be the der
nier


The husband in the meantime. received
her letter, aud mortified and surprised az
such news TO him. wrote TO his friend in New
\ ork 10 know what on earth be had written
or sent that had thus caused such an estrsnge-
ment, and also 90 his wife, demanding the
letter which Was the cause Of the trouble.
But before the reply came. another epistle
reached the distracted husband from his low
ing but too jealous wife. which explained the
whole thing With trembling hands he
broke the seal and found the problem solved
thus:


Reader wonld Won believe nf The TREND
had purchased. ..on account OF Mr.. N, IN
New York. some gold. which he had forwar-
dei to him in previous steamer. which he
had in letter denomiuated as ''dross. and
which he hoped would proved satisfactory in
quantity and quality


The wife had sent 10 the agent for the
original letter, and read the lines correctly
which the laundering agent had failed 10 do.
She apolsgised. she prayed for forgiveness.
for tho continuance OF that happiness which
had ever been vouchsafed her The husband
received il with tears OF JOY, and thus ended
the farce OF 'much ado about nothing
Year: 1864




WASHINGTON, July 6.-9P.M


The Presidents proclamation. about
Kentucky is generally interpreted to mean
that, whoever stands inishe way Of arrnin g
negro slaves, will have bad time of it in
resisting.


Foolish stories are in circulation about
the rebels being in the vicinity of the
Chain Bridge, but they are so evidently
the fabrications of some scared sensational
ist that nobody pays the slightest attention
to them. The general expectation is that
the raid will be practically over by to-mor-
row, and that it will then be seen to have
failed in everything but its horse stealing.


The War Department takes things very
composedly, and has from the first express
ed no apprehension whatever.


Our special correspondent in the field
promises to forward, later in the night,
full details of the fighting at Harper's
Ferry


The inhabitants of Maryland and
Pennsylvania are as usual in dreadful
state of excitement. There may be a
more scary set of towards somewhere else
in the country than along this border, but
if SO they have not yet been been heard
from. The news of the appearance of the
rebels caused no little excitement at
Frederick. All Government property,
and the sick and wounded were removed
at once from the hospitals. The excite
ment at Hagerstown on Sunday night
and Monday morning was intense. The
merchants were intently engaged in send
ing their goods into the interior of Penn
sylvania, over the Hagerstown & Cham
bersburg Railroad, which was still in run
ming order. In consequence of the
severe LOSSES heretofore sustained
by the merchants of the town, ana In anti
cipation Of the possibility of another raid.
They have but small stocks of goods on
hand and were the rebels to visit Hagers-
town with the expectation of getting any
amount of supplies they would be greatly
disappointed. The cashiers of the Hagers-
town and Washington county banks have
removed the effects of their banks to Har-
risburg for safety. The millers of Wash
ington courtyard there are large numbers,
are also sending their -four out Of harms
way. Here, in Washington everything is
as quiet as May morning. This town IS
used to scares, and half of Lees army
could hardly get up an excitement.


Fessenden's first days work in the
Treasury Department is humorously de-
scribed as signing great batch of an
swers to letters he had never read, and
from people he had never heard of Moth
ing else was done and nothing except
study into the working of the huge ma
chine is expected for some little time.
Year: 1864

A writer IN the Prairie Farmer sayss


Some years since concluded on raising
some cabbages for winter for my cows
With the assistance of my boys, 1 planted
several acres, and the next morning on
looking at them found a great manly Of
them destroyed by cut-worms; we planted
more and killed what worms we could find
but the next morning found hundreds of
the plants killed. We planted more iand
strewed ashes, salt, cows manure, and in
fact everything / could then think Of but
did not succeed in stopping their depredg
tions; at last I came 10 the conclusion that
the CRITTERS had learned to chew, andthat
my best way would be to supply them with
tobacco at once, 1 therefore put half
pound of tobacco into a bucket Of boiling
water and when it was cool I took a pint
cup and put little on each plant as
picked them out. I looked next morning
and fnunt one plant destroyed and. the
worm dead. always practice the same
plan and do not think 1 have lost plant
since that year saved 800 out Of 5000.
have tried tobacco for the bugs that in
fest cumbers and melons, but it does not
effect them as it does eut-warms
Year: 1864

A plain, unlettered man from the back
country in the State Of Alabama, came up
to TusealoOsa, and on the Sabbath went to
church. He selected a seat ia a cohveni-
ent slip, and awaited patiently the COM
meneement Of the services. Presently the
music of a fHll-tOned organ burst uD6n his
astonished ears; he had never heard one
before. At the same time the gentle
man who owned the slip came up the
aisle, with his wife hanging on his arm
As he approached the door Of the slipe
he motioned the stranger to give
place to the lady. This movement
he did not comprehend, and from
the situation Of the lady and
gentleman, associated as it was in
his mind with the music, he Immediately
concluded that a cotillion or French contra
dance, or some other dance was intended.
Rising partly from his seat, he said to him;
Excuse me, sir-excuse me, if you please,
] don't dancer
Year: 1864

An old bachelor in New York offered
young lady pony for kiss. She gave
him the kiss. He refused her the pony
She sued him. He pleaded mo considera-
ton The Court decided that kiss was
a legal consideration Certainly it has Of
ten been a matter of earnest consideration
with US, and, We have no doubt, with a
good many other young fellows
Year: 1864

At night we can see the path through
all its journey, lighted as it is by the
burning fuse. When the range is two
miles, the track of shell from NOR
tar describes very near half the are Of a
circle. On leaving the mortar it grace
fully moves on, climbing up the heavens
till it is nearly or quite-a mile above the
earth and then it glides, and for a mo-
ment; apparently in horizontal liue; but
you quickly see that the little fiery orb is
describing the other segment of the circle.
A she'll from Parrott rife gun in going
two and half miles, deviates from
straight line not quite as much as shell
from a mortar. But in passing over this
space considerable time is required. The
report travels much faster than the shot.
A she'll from mortar will make dis
lance of two miles in about thirty seconds
aud from Parrott gun about half that
time. The flash at night, and the white
smoke by day, indicates the moment Of
discharge and fifteen or twenty seconds
give time to fnda cover, in splinter roof,
behind trench, or something else.
Year: 1864

DRAWING STYLE OF SNGING.-In
many of our churches the hymn Is an
inhiotion, whereas it should be a re-
freshment and Joy. The organist
must show off his skill, and the slow
movements of the song something's
make one yawn. A capital reform
will be accomplished when we sup
press the interludes, or limit them
to ten seconds, and then ourselves to
rapid, cheerful songs of praise. Mr..
Spurgeon's congregation did not sing
fast enough Satisfy him no the sab
bath. Twas there and he begged them to
sing faster request which secured
a great improvement in the next
hymn. It's an interesting fact that
the idea of more rapid singing is eY-
erywhere prevalent and growing in
England, and that a few years prom
ise to secure the greatest improve
ment in the spirit and pleasure of
public praise.-London Letter.
Year: 1864

Besides in one place "large stores" in an
other four thousand four hundred pounds
powder and one hundred and fifty thousand
rounds of cartridges, and in another, in the
language of Gen. Grant, earns and muni-
tions Of war for an army of sixty thousand
men,"


From this it appears that our loss during
the year in killed, wounded and missing
was ninety-two thousand seven hundred
and seventy men.


If the rebel skilled and wounded" of
which we have no account in this report,
bear the same proportion to ''prisoners"
that ours does, their loss during the year
must have been enormous, reaching to over
three hundred thousand men.
Year: 1864

That a joint committee Of three members
of the Senate, and three members Of the
House Of Representatives be appointed to
inquire into the conduct and expenditures
Of the present war, and it may further in
quire into oil facts and circumstances Of
contracts already made, or that may be
made prior to the final report
Of the Committee, by or with any
Department of the Government in
any way connected with or growing out
of the operations of Government in sup
pressing The rebellion against its authOri-
ty, and that the said committee shall have
authority to sit during the session Of either
House Of Congress and during the recess
Of Congress, and at such time and place as
they may sppOiRt.