smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

New QUARTZ MILL-We are informed by
the owners of the silver claim, known as the
Layne Claim, situated few miles from Fol-
som, in Placer county, that they are now
making arrangements for the erection of a
mill at a convenient point on the American
river, for the purpose of working the rock
taken from the claim Some time since they
erected works for the purpose of testing the
rock at the claim, and the result is such that
they intend at once to put up large mill.
The shaft on the claim is down about eighty
feet. The ledge is increasing in width, and
the rock is growing richer. We would
not be surprised to hear the music of four or
five quartz mills in this vicinity in less than
year from this time. Folsom Tel.
Year: 1865

No country can prosper for any consider
able time where money commands so high a
rate of interest as it does 10 California, and
nothing would tend more directly to reduce
that rate of interest than the introduction of
a sound paper circulating medium


Paper money has been found to be ne.
cessity in all commercial countries, and es.
pecally in the United States; and what is
true elsewhere must be true in California;
With her splendid climate, her fertile soil,
and her nexhaustible mines, her wealth and
population ought to have been more rapidly
increased than they have been for some
years past. With her great advantages,
what has prevented her from receiving a
constant flow of emigration from the other
States? What has prevented her from being
a commercial and manufacturing State?-
What is now repressing the enterprise of her
enterprising people, but the fact that money
is dear, and credit, to great degree, ignor-
ed?


California needs well regulated credit
system; she needs q paper circulation to
quicken enterprise and give impetus to bust
ness; she needs lower rate Of interest; she
needs to be cured of the mania for an excu.
sive metallic currency; in a word she needs,
in addition to the recognition of United
States notes as currency, sound banking
system-suc as is provided for by the Ma
tional Currency Act-and she will linger in
the career of greatness and prosperity until
these needs are supplied.


Regretting the necessity am under, by
reason of pressing official duties, Of replying
thus briefly and hastily to your letter,


| am, very truly, yours,


La.
Year: 1865

RAILROAD OPENING. - The early pas
senger train of the Central Pacific Railroad
will run for the first time to Auburn this
morning. The stage stock Of the California
Stage Co., was removed from Newcastle to
this place yesterday, preparatory to the
above change.


The laying Of track is being carried for
ward meanwhile, and it is confidently ex-
pected the road will be opened to Clipper
Gap, eight miles above town, during next
month, when the Virginia City, Dutch Flat,
Grass Valley and Nevada stages will connect
there.
Year: 1865

CLouDY.-Last evening was sultry and
cloudy, which ought to be rain indication,
but remembering that all signs fail in dry
time, we have no confidence in a wettipo
down until it comes.
Year: 1865

wealner IN the early part OF May, is
likely to destroy the expectations of farmers
who are cultivatng grain crops in the foot
bills. Most of the valley grain is said to
look we'll, but upland fields have suffered
much from dry north winds, and lately from
the drought, so that an average crop is now
scarcely within realization. Some fields will
hardly be worth the cutting and others
will not make much more than half crop.
This upon the supposition that wet weather
is over, and long California experience
shows that but few and light showers can
summer. The prospects, therefore, for our
foot.hill farmers are poor.
Year: 1865

The BALANcE.-Some of the Republican
papers are pretending to treat the Demo,
cratic party as defunct concern; we do no,
think it is, but were it so, we would have
the consolation Of knowing that we held
the ba ance of power. There is difference of
opinion enough now among the members
Of the Republican party to cause a DIVISION
and if we cant beat them we can make one
wing beat the other, and party holding
the balance of power always have some say
So look out you long and short haired"
fellows how you abuse us "Dmmycra's."


COiuSa San
Year: 1865

CcpoDSc.


The universal abhorrance Of the de-
testable assassina tion is fully participa-
ted In by the members, and they are,
therefore, in a situation eminentlv cal
culated to induce them in disregard law
IN stretching power for the punishment
OF so infamous Il crime. But they must
remember whilst Sling judicial posi-
ton in administering the criminal justice
Of the nation, tho inctement of the
most laudable resentment should have
n 0 influence on their action. They
must, in the first instance, with the
equ'nimity and the impartiality of we'll
trained judges, acertain whether they
have the legal power. To neglect this
primary duty would be not only to
neglect their highest duty tcward the
nation, but also what each one of them
owes to his own personal and official
honor.
Year: 1865

To the people Of New Oregon, and to
all who felt aggrieved by certain
chronicle, which was read at school
exhibition, given during the week of the
Institute held in this place, an apology
ia due, because am fully aware, it is
better to acknowledge faule, than
steutly bid defiance to public opinion
q. justify ourselves, when the justice of
our acts is called in question. No mer-
cenary motive prompts me to do it, for
otherwise, l would not have waited un-
til the prospects of litigation has
died out, and the 'isapprobation of the
public has been manifested to the full
est extent against the chronicle, which
also receives my condemnation because
it was reopening and irritating an old
wound which had healed over.


! knew that chronicle was to be
written, and that there would be some
facts in connection with the school
matters related, bus l did not know any
real names would be used. nor did |
see the chronicle or know what was in
it, farther than l have just stated, until
after it was read It was nv duty,
knowing as dd to some extent the
state of public feeling IN the communi-
ty, to ascertain what was in the paper,
and exclude everything that would be
likely to give offence; so far l am re-
sponsible and so far l ana willing to
bear the blame. ! wish also to Fl ee the
w,iter of the chrt nicIe from all blame
for she was urged to write it, though
without any encoura cement from me-
| am confident there was no vindictive
feeling on the part of any one who urg-
ed it, and besides they had no cause for
any such feeling, but they acted
thonohtlessly and are sorry for the
wrong they have done. L did not give
the subject that consideration which l
ought to have done as my mind was
fully occupied with other things and I
delivered the nasement Of the paper
to others, who, l am sure, had no evil
intentions and who with me, unite in
making this apology, and fully en-
dorse the statement and sentiments
herein contained.


II. w. PARTcH.


L A. PARTcH.


M. J. WALKER.
Year: 1865

AN ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF MATRIMoNY.-We
never remember to have seen the field canyassed
from the point of view here chosen. We present
it for the sage consideration of fair readers:


''No one will contend that there are no crimes
committed by married men. Facts would look
such an assertion out Of countenance. BUTT may
be said with truth that there are very few crimes
committed by married men compared with the
number committed by those who are unmarried.
Whatever faults Votaire may have had, he GER
tainly showed himself of sense when he
said, ''The more married men you have, the fewer
crimes there will be. Marriage renders man
more virtuous and more wise" An unmarried
man is but half of perfect being and it requires
the other half to make things right; and it can
not be expected that in this imperfect state he
can keep the straight path of rectitude any more
than a boat with one oar, or bird with one wing
can keep straight course. In nine cases out of
ten, where married men become drunka ards, or
where they commit crimes against the peace of the
community, the foundation Of these acts was laid
while in single state, or where the wife is as is
sometimes the case, an unsuitable match. Mar
riage changes the whole current of a mans feel
ings and gives him centre for his thoughts his
affections and his acts Here is home for the
entire man. and the counsel, the affections, the
example and the interests of his sbetter half keep
him from erratic courses and from falling into a
thousand temptations to which he would otherwise
be exposed Therefore the friend to marriage is
the friend to society and to his country And we
have no doubt but similar effect is produced by
marriag on the woman; though from the differ
ence IN their labors and the greater exposure to
temptation ON the part Of the man, we have no
doubt but that man reaps greater advantage from
the restraining influence Of marriage than woman
does -
Year: 1865

The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says:


The circular from the Bureau of the Refu-
gees in this city, addressed to the Bureau at
New Orleans, is not approved by the Presi-
dent, and will be of no effect whore a. ful
pardon is granted by the executive. The atl
tempt to retain possession Of the the con6is-
Gated lands in Louisiana is the same as has
been made in Tennessee, and the rebuke of
the former by the President will be no less
pointed and emphatic than was the latter.


In Tennessee those in charge Of the Freed
mems Bureau were compelled, by order of the
President to restore to those who had been
pardoned property formerly in their posses
sion, and the rule will be applied to all the
STATES. | write thus sby authority" and you
may reply upon it that in all cases where Pres.
ident Johnson afixes his signature to full
pardon, that pardon will carry with it all the
right and title to property heretofore possessed
by the person to whom pardon is granted.
Year: 1865

FESTIVALS. The ladies connected with the
Presbyterian Church in this town expect to
have festival and concert in about three weeks
for the purpose Of furnishing a parsonage
We understand that preparations are being
made on a grand scale.


Since the above was in type, we learn that it
has been postponed indefinitely.


The fair, festival and proposed concert to be
held by the ladies of the Methodist church is
also progressing, and great efforts will he put
forth This festival is to raise funds to pur,
chase carpet for the church. The time fol
holding it has not been fixed.
Year: 1865

Dexterous as are our pckpockets in 6lch
ling pocket-handkerchi stealing purses
and practicing other larcenies, those of Can
ton are far more bold and ingenious, and
strange to say, there is seldom any interfer
snce from passers.by for the assistance Of
The robbed or the capture of the robber.
shop keeper will not leave his shup to de
nounce a thief whois committing depreda.iops
at his very door, but will probably laugh al
the cleverness of the impudent and success
fol vagabond, who, unnolested, carries off bis
prey. A single thief has been known to ar
rest sedan chair, and to rob the pariy con-
veyed with 1t, the bearers (they not being ac
complies, but considering the matter as no
concern OF theirs) stopping and looking on
while the nefarious deed was done.


In one case when short.sighted man was
being carried in his sedan, his spectaces we're
removed before his pockets were emptied. and
the robbery took place in long street where
multitudes OF persons were constantly pass.
ing.


Among the amusing modes Of punder in
ChinRiss the fishing for towels and catching
them with rod line and hook. A man will
be seen sometimes sitting on the wall of a
poullryyard bobbing his bait among the cocks
and hens, and every now and then, after

twisting its neck, conveying one away to his
bag; and that being replenished he will movs
on with a simplicity and serenity Of counte-
nance Ike the grayest of mandarines At
Macao, on the ground floor, large table was
spread for great dinner. 1t was covered with
many delicaeles, and as usual, there was a
great abundance of silver plate.


The sun had gone down, the wax candles
were lighted, the windows left open for the
benefit of the evening breeze Suddenly
great number OF bamboos were seen to epter
on all sides from the varandas, at the same
moment every bougie was extinguished by a
puff from the bamboo hollow tubes. The
apartment was involved in darkness, band
Of thieves Jumped in, and before the astound-
ed guests knew where they we're or what was
doing the whole Of the plate was conveyed
away; and boat having, no doubt, been
provided for the transport of the spoil either
to neighboring island or to the main land
of China no trace was ever found of the rob.
berry or the robbers.
Year: 1865

A paragraph is circulating widely in the
papers, advertising that certain goldsmiths
OF broadway, New York, have prepcred as
q present for Mrs General Grant a set Of
iewelry, into whichtwas wrought the wood OF
the famous apple tree under which the Gene
rel met Lee TO arrange terms of surrender.
The present may be beautiful and appropri-
ale, but there was no such tree
Year: 1865

The condition OF the Atlantic cable remained un
changed No had been resolved Of the Great East
Of her consos The delay in her return strength
cned the impression thai something might have hap
pened 10 the tanks In which the cable was slowed aud
that IL might have been necessary 10 buoy the cable
until the tanks made good.
Year: 1865


An ACT to provide for the improvement of the


grounds of the Government Hospital for the In-


sane by an exchange of land.


Be ii enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentGtiUeS the United States America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is
hereby authorized to deed to John Perkins portion
of the extreme south point angle of the farm OF
the Government Hospital for the Insane, in exchange
for two acres OF land. more or less, now owned and
occupied by the said Perkins, and situated the
middle of that side of the Hospital farm which fronts
upon the public roads, PrOUided, That not more
than three acres are given for contained in the
last described piece OF land belonging to the said
Perkins nd prOuided, further, That the said Per-
kins is able to give and does give TO the United
States good and sufficient title to the piece oil land
now owned and occupied by him.


Sec. .. And be it further enacted, That the Sccre.
tary of the Interior is further authorized To defray
the expenses of moving the dwelling house the
present Perkins tract the tract exchanged for it,
and Of digging and walllng WELL out of any apPro-
prIalion already made or that may be made for en-
closing the grounds of the hospital


Approved, June %, 1864.
Year: 1865

might bear my impris 'nment, but here | shall
have no one to live for. Mudd dccIalc cd.when
his paroxySm of grief had subsidized that lie
should lose no opportunity to effect his escape.
When asked where he would 20 if he succeed
ed in eluding the vigilance of the garrison, he
cried out, Home Government would not
touch me there 1t would not hunt me down
in the midst of NV wife and children.
Year: 1865

Two lawyers in a county court-one of whom
as his learned friend, had hair which looked
suspiciously black-had some alteration about
question of practice, in which the gentleman
with the black hair remarked to his opponent:


"A person at your time of like, sir, looking
at the barrister'S gray head. Ought to have
long enough experience to know what is GUS
tomary in such cases"


Z" les, sir was the reply, "You may stare
at my gray hair if you like. My hair will be
gray as long as lie, and yours will be black
as long as you dye"
Year: 1865

Would respectfully inform his friends and the public


in that he has just opened at the old stand OF
Mrs =. Carr. on Market Street, opposite WOrden's
MoIasses Factory large and complete assortment of
every article generally kept in first class
Year: 1865

new YORK. Jan. l2-The Worlds
Washington special says the Democratic
politician who has gone OH peace mis-
sion with the approval of the President
is General Singleton, of Illinois. He
preceded Blair a day or two. 1t is said
the rebel Congress adopted i'll secret ses-
sion the resolution to appoint peace com
missioners, and they have been selected
and sent to Grant $ headquarters. Messrs
Orr, of South Carolina; Gilmer, of North
Carolina, and Alexander II. Stephens are
Of the commission. 1t is also said that
Grant has telegraphed that Stephens has
solicited a pass through his lines to visit
Washington 1t is known that Blair
goes to Richmond with the full knOwl-
edge and consent Of the President and
was clothed with the authority requisite
to opeu negotiations with jeff Davis,
with view to restore peace, and the
rebel authorities will feel assured of this
when he shows his credentials His in
structions are embraced in three prOpo-
sitions, first, amnesty to all, no matter
what they have done since the war be-
gan; second, the Constitution rs it is and
the Union as il was, the South to return
TO the Union with all the rights and
privileges which it had before any of the
States seeded; third, the total abolition
of slavery From this point the President
will not retract one iota He does not
insist upon immediate abolition, but he
does that measures be taken to secure its
extinction within reasonable length of
time.


1t is stated on what seems to be good
authority, that jeff. Davis is strongly in-
clined to peace measures and willing to
adopt more liberal terms than it was at
first supposed he would Lincoln, OH the
other hand, is disposed to be as lenient
as possible, but insists that the first pub
lie action on the part of the South must
be to lay down their arms and acknowl-
edge the supremacy of the United States
He has no desire to humiliate the South
1t is to bow to the Union, not to the
North Under no circumstances will any
proposition he acceded to which does not
embrace, as the first step, the laying
down of arms on the part of the South


As an instance of the temper of the
administration to obtain peace, it is sta
ted that General Butler was removed
not solely for his incompetence and mis-
demeanors, but also as an evidence that
our Government is disposed to treat with
the South OH liberal terms, and is willing
to remove any obstacles that may stand
in the way of perfect understanding
with that section.


It's reported that Ex-Governor Rives
and Ex-Governor Orr are now Oh their
way to Washington on peace mission


The Times Washington special learns
that, the peace Commission consists OF
Vice President Stevens and Judge White,
of Georgia. Messrs Boyce and Orr, of
South Carolina; Leech and Gilmer, OF
North Carolina Rives, of Virginia, and
Smith and Singleton, of Mississippi
This special also says it is feared there is
no hope of passing the constitutional
amendment abolishing slavery
Year: 1865

INV foRK, Sept. 1.-THE proclamation of
Provisional Governor Hamilton, of Texas, al
ready referred TO, lays down the resolutions and
prescribes the plan whereby the people of the
State shall be enabled TO take the oath Of am
nesty AID allegiance TO the National Govern
ment, and qualify themselves to vote for dele
gates to the State Convention TO sit ia that body
The Chief Justices and Clerks OF the County
Courts are to constitute the Board 10 The several
counties for administering the oath aud keeping
a list OF the names Of those who subscribe to il,
and for he performance of this duty they are re
quired 10 be IN session At least one day in each
week until their work is accomplished The Gov
ernor concludes toy urging The citizens to come
forward and take the preliminary steps in the
work o. restoring the civil government
Year: 1865

though the proportion Of "The Shores popu-
lation thoroughly educated is very small COM
pared with the proportion in any non-slave-
holding State as long settled as Maryland. This
is but an incident Of the prevalence OF
slavery which, here as elewhere, has
monopolized for it's class nearly all knowl-
edge from books as surely as 1t has appro-
priated to Itself nearly all the property
This fact is the key to the condition OF the
white labor OF the rebellious States, which, in
turn, accounts for the apparent ease with
which the oligarchy, supported by their class


usurped all power iii the affairs OF the Con
federacy, reducing all others to a condition of
practical slayery-as the subjects OF a naked
military despotism, as absolute so far as rights
of person OF property are concerned, as the
negro slavery existing in our South-nay, as
absolute as that Of the Kim gdom of Dahomey.
This state OF things has up to this time been an
almost insuperable bar to emigration to sThe
Shore" Few men not Shareholders or not able
to live without labor and to give their children
thorough education without looking to the
State for aid in so doing, could dream oI
casting their lot where to labor with ones
hands was regarded as degrading, and where
it was inculcated into the minds of the ig-
norant and poor, that they must thug the
source or cause OF their ignorance and poverty
-slayery-ciose to their hearts, as their only
possible insurance against negro equality. As
illustrative Of this point 1 may not inappro-
priately mention that among the eighteen thou
sand souls in Dorchester county there are not
more than Dozen all males-born out OF the
limits of the United States while there are also
far fewer persons living here born elsewhere
in the United States than son The Shore"
than one can conceive, who is not familiar
with its almost entire isolation up to this time.


The lesson to be drawn from these facts is
the opportunities Of all desirable descriptions
for all men OF enterprise, Information and en-.
ergy, with or without means, come from where
they may, which the adjustment OF slavery
has opened up upon Marylands Eastern Shore


mines Of future wealth in its undeveloped soil,
fisheries, forests and facilities, amid climatic
advantages such as are to be found nowhere
else or this continent. w. u. w.
Year: 1865

THE DRABT.-There are still no official in
structions from Washington in reference 10
the coming draft Matters are in such shape
at the offices of the different pro vost marshals
that draft can take place almost at any
time. In the meantime, recruiting is said to
be going on quite briskly, not only in the city,
but throughout the State, and should it con-
and sub-districts will succeed in filling their
quotas, and thus avoid the draft altogether -
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