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Year: 1861

COPPER MNE.-The Virginia City Enter
prise, of the 7th iust., says:


The Cook brothers, who have just returned
from the copper mine recently discovered in
Genessee Valley, give us some interesting par
ticnlars concerning it. The ore is found in a
white crystalized quartz lode about five feet
wide. the vein of copper being about two feet in
width-the balance of the lead contains some
gold. The copper ore assays from Is to so per
cent. of copper. About twenty-five tons Of ore
have already been taken out, and the company
will either ship it, or commence operations on
their own account in short time. The opin-
ion of those best acquainted with that region is
that the entire range in that section will prove
rich in various kinds of minerals.
Year: 1861

PAY OF SoLDIERs.-The following table
will show the amount paid per month to
the non ncommissOned officers and privates
of the regular and volunteer service, in
accordance with the late act of Congress
Year: 1861

Our work has been thoroughly tested at different
mining camps in this county and in evidence Of the
general satisfaction it has given, call the stsen
ton of those in want of Hose To the following
Year: 1861

who gave him severe castigation a,
traitor, and also clearly showed the falla
cy Of his traitorous arguments. Applause
from the galleries could scarcely be sup
pressed as Senator Baker applied the las h.
He told the traitor that he was indebted
to the beniguty of the Constitution for
his safety while giving "aid and comfort
to the rebels.


The House has sent resolution to
the Senate for adjourning to-day-but
Congress will not, probably, adjourn until
next week as the Senate Rules do not
admit of so great expedition in business
as the House Rules.


The weather has been excessively
warm, here, for few days past, but |
do not hear of any sickness n.camp from
this cause. Our troops are becoming &C.
climated and with the prospective care
under Gen. McClelland will not suffer
from change of climate. The army, here,
is being largely reinforced and reorgap.
lied and becoming more effective dailv
under the new regime.


LORzO
Year: 1861

The Republican Convention assemble,
at Des Moines on the 3lst day of July
1861, adopted the following resolutions


lst Renewing our declarations of un
aiterable devotion to the Constitution
and Union Of the States, to the doctrines
Of the Declaration Of Independence, and
to the law of submission to the will OF
the majority, constitutionally expressed,
we again commend each and all Of these
corner stones Of our Government to the
unchanging affections Of the people of
Iowa


I'd. That this Convention, in behalf
of its own immediate constituency and
all patriotic citizens, acknowledges with
profound gratitude the prompt dedication
of life and fortune by our gallant volun.
toers, in resronse to the appeal made to
loyal people by patriotic President,
aud in this action, creditable alike to the
Administration and to the people, we
witness return to the noble spirit of
the Revolution.


3D.. That the new doctrine of secession
is wicked abomination, as abhorrent to
patriotism as it is alien to the Constitu.
tion, demoralizing in its principle and
destructive in its action, disguise to
treason, and an apology for traitors, the
ruin of commerce and the dissolution of
political society, the mother of all polit-
ical crimes and the snm of all villainies
Year: 1861

have any specified object or end 70,


which to live, but pass a selfish, dreamy


exis:ence-"going it blind" 1t is un.


doubtedly the duty of the parent and


teacher to examine carefully the charac
ter and disposition of the child, and dc.
termine for what profession or calling he
is peculiarly fitted, aud educate him ac-
cordingly. If children are left to make
their ewn selections in this respect, they
are very apt to choose calling in which
they will ultimately fail; and then per-
haps becoming discouraged, try to drown
their troubles in alcohol, or end their
existence by some other equally suicidal
course. l am of the opinion that drink
ing intoxicating liquors is the effect as
we'll as the cause of many evils. Perhaps
majority of Incorporate men have be-
come such from failing in some enter
prise upon which their whole heart was
set. People are of different dispositions,
and consequently take different ways to
assuage the pangs of disappointment.


Let each person have some noble end
for which to live, and be imbued with
right principles and he will overcome
every obsticle and manfuIly resist temp
tations.


The modern system of every ones try.
ing to get livelihood by his wits, is
drifting US as people to the vortex of
ruin. 1t has been declared that by the
sweat of the brow man shall earn his
bread. Everything appears to have fix
ed laws and vibrates or revolves in its
appointed orbit but the creature man.
who, in his free moral agency, like the
comets, seem to be an exception to the
general rule, consequently the ruinous
results that follow. There cannot be too
much importance attached to having
young persons choose and pcrseveringl,
follow an appropriate calling, designated
by the parent and teacher
Year: 1861

The biographer of Horace Greely say
that, in his earlier days Horace was pas
slonately fond of fishing. He frequent,
went, in company with his classmates
on fishing excursions, and it is remarked
that while the other boys usually fshec
for fun, Horace "always fshed for fish. y
This is the talisman of his whole life
70 say nothing Of 'the error of his ways''
his political eccentricities-the great
sesret of his editorial notoriety is his
untiring diligence and perseverance -
The programme of his course he has al
ways mapped before him and he aims at
it with mathematical precision. When
all the elements of opposition combat his
reputation or honor he buffets the waves
gallantly and seeks to es ablish himself
high and dry on his position. The truth
at the bottom of his integrity and success
is that in his younger days che always
fshed for fish"


Greely, in this respect, at least, pre-
sents fine copy for every school boy.
He was green boy once, as green, per-
haps, as Franklin was, when he went
gawking up the streets of Philadelphia
eating dough- cake but Franklin when
boy always fshed in the same manner
that Greely did.


Diligence is the sure path to success
If you ever expect to acquire an educa-
tion and fish for fun you will find your
self hooking up the weeds of vice and
ignorance. The impetus you take when
a school-boy will impell you on through
life with as much certainty as if fate had
marked out the orbit of your career.


How poorly does it pay for one to
spend his few school.boy days simply to
make fun and have fun! usefulness
should be the highest object of your life


10 not 60 to school then to be second
In any thing; try to be first in keeping
good order, first in your classes, and first
10 the affections of your teacher Ever
bear in mind the motto, "Always fish for
fish,"
Year: 1861

A WILD MANA correspondent
writes to US from Wilton tn. for some
three months past man, almost naked,
has been seen wandering along the creek
in the vicinity of that place. lie is said
to have knife or pistol, or both, and
sometimes clnb, and is disposed to
chase women and little boys, but general.
ly running away at the approach of
man. He is said to be almost as fleet as
deer. He is supposed to be insane,
but who he is, where he lives or whence
he came no one can toll.-Nuscatine
Journal
Year: 1861

At present the composition Of General Davis brigade
reached u.s. the movements Of the troops having
been kept entirely secret to prevent the rebels gaining
any intelligence Of the proposed attack General Davis
was formerly Colonel OF the Twenty second Indiana
Volunteers md mado Brgadier General by General
Fremont which appointment will doubtless now be con-
lrmed by the President General Davis without


commission either general colonel tho attsr hav
Ing been resigned when he received General Fremonts
notice TO take command Of brigade.
Year: 1861

springfield ard tho lead mines q johnson county and s
proximity to Warensbnrg shows tho object Of the rebel.
holding t. The clearance Of tho rebels out from tho
northern section above the Usage agrounwork for
tho advance upon tho southwest of the State and the
souri,
Year: 1861

Hcw TO TAKE CARE OF THE HATr.-As tG
men, we say, when the hair begins to fall
out, the best plan is to have it cut short;
give it good brushing with moderately
stiff brush, while the hair is dry; then
wash it well with warm soap suds then
rub into the scalp, about the roots Of the
hair, a little bay rum, brandy or camphoT
water. Do these things twice month thu
brushing Of the scalp may be probably
done twice a week. Damp the hair with
water every time the toilet is made. Moth
ing ever made is better for the hair than
pure soft water, If the scalp is kept clean
in tfe way we have named. The use Of
oils, or pomatums, or grease Of any kind n
ruinous to the hair Of man or woman. VIZ
consider it filthy practice, almost univer-
sal though it be-, for it gathers dust and
dirt, and soils whatever it touches. Moth.
ing but pure soft water should ever BE- al
lowed on the heads of children. 1t is 4
different practice that roLs our women Of
their most beautiful ornament long before
their prime; the hair of our daughters
should be kept within two inches until thciv
twelfth ycar.-Halrs Journal Of Health.
Year: 1861

Coon JuDGMENr.--A poor man being
very hungry, stayed 50 long in a cooks
shop, wherein m sat was being dished up,
that his stomach was satisfied with only
the smell thereof The cholnric cook de-
mandcd of him to pay for his breakfast !;
the poor man decided having had any, aud
the controversy was referred, to the next
man who should pass by, who Glanced to
be the most notorious idiot in the city
He, on tho relation oe the matter, dcterinin.
ed that the money should be put between
two empty dishes, and the cook should b.
recompensed by the jingling Of it, as ths
man was satisfied with the smell Of ths
cooks meat,
Year: 1861

u One Of Dean Trenches sermons on the
subject, What we can and cannot carry away
when we die." commences thus appositely -
Alexander the great, being upon his deathbed,
commanded that when he was carried forth to
the grave his hands should not be wrapped as
was usual in the serecloths, but should be left
outside the bier so that all men might see them,
and might sec that they were empty" 1t is a
suggestive fact that shrouds are always made
without pockets.
Year: 1861

The proprietor Of pistol gallery in
Milwaukee has prepared a target in the
shape Of man, over which is painted in
CONSPICUOUS letters: This is Jefferson Da-
Wis shoot the traitor He has plenty Of
custom.
Year: 1861

w-S Salt Lake is perhaps the salticst bo-
dy Of water OIL tho globe. Three barrels Of
this water are said to yield barrel Of salt.
The water is of light green color for about
ten or twenty rods, and then dark blue
No fish can live in it--no frogs abide in it,
and but few birds arc seen dipping in ito
water
Year: 1861

iD-'Prlde is as loud beggar as want,
and q great deal more saucy.' When you
have bought one fine thing, you must bny
ten more, that your appearance may
be all Of . piece but Poor Richard says,
'Itis easier 10 suppress the first desire than
to satisfy all that follow It, And it is tru.
~ folly for the poor man to ape the rich,
As the frog to swell in order TO reach the
size Of an or.
Year: 1861

FoUR Coon HABlrs.-Thcre arc four
good INDEPENDENTLY, accuracy, stead
mess and dispatch. Without the first Of
these time is wasted; without the second,
mistakes the most hurtful to our credit and
interest, and that Of others, may be COM
mittcd; without the third nothing can be
well done: and without the fourth oppor-
tunities Of great advantage are lost, which
are impossible to recall.
Year: 1861

A SNAKE SroRy.--'During the Florida
war; said the speaker, Il was in the Amcr-
can army. One day should red my gun,
and went in pursuit of game. In passing
through swamp, saw something few
feet ahead Of me, lying upon the ground,
which had every appearance Of a log, it be-
ing some forty feet in length, and near two
foot in diameter. So positive was l that it
was nothing but log, that paid no at
tcntion to it: the fact is would have sworn
before a court Of Justice that it was log
and nothing else. You see never heard
Of snakes growing to such huge dimen.
s,ons, and the fact il, never should have
believed it if | had. Well, between m.
and the log--as took it to bc--was miry
place, which it was necessary for me to
avoid. therefore placed the butt Of the
gun on the ground ahead of the, and spring
ing upon it, lit right on the top of--what
do you suppose
Year: 1861

THE KILLED AT CHARLEsToH.-The re-
ports received by Pony to the effect that
some three or four hundred Of ihe. secession
troops were killed during the fight at
Charleston, come from several differeUt
sources and appear to be we'll euthenticat-
ed. The first dispatches giving the partic-
ulars of the 6gbt, stated that not a single
one of the besiegers was hurt. A later dis
patch, however, stated that forty were kill
ed at Fort Moultrie, but as the matter was
not referred to afterwards, the general be-
lief was that no one was killed. AS there
were only about a hundred persons in Fort
Sumter during the bombardment, it lis not
particularly surprising that they should all
escape with their lives. In fight OF that
kind, the chances are, that With a force Of
thousand men in the fort, the mortality
would be ten times as great as it would be
with force of only hundred. But con.
sideriDg that constant firing was kept up
for thirty-six hours, 1t seems incredible that
not one of the seven or eight thousand be-
siegers should have been killed or even
hurt. The probability is that there is some
truth in the late reports, though the num-
Der said TO have been killed is doubtless
greatly exaggerated. Had three or four
hundred been killed, it would hardly have
been possible to have kept it "a secret for
two weeks.
Year: 1861

THERE is fatal disease prevalent among
hogs in TehAma county. One person has lost
as many as fifty hogs lately. The animals are
said to exhibit no symptoms Of illness till they
fall and die.
Year: 1861

NORTH ALABAMA.-It appears there is con-
siderable opposition in some parts of Ala
bama to the disunon movement. A letter
from Athens, North Alabama, published in
the Louisville Democrat says:


To-day has been a glorious day for the
town of Athens, in spite of the threats of
the arch traitor, Yancey to compel us, the
citizens of Limestone county, to submit to
treason and disunion. We have this day
run up the glorious flag of our Union on
the Court House, and the working men of
Athens have just been out and fired one
hundred guns in honor of the Union aud
the flag. Long may it wave. We did not
forget the music, for we had that same old
tune played frequently that our fathers used
to keep step TO the Union and for the Union


You may depend that this town will be
the first to meet any traitors on the line Of
North Alabama. AS TO the people here,
can say with confidence that there are no
disunion men here, and as for the ladies'
God bless them, they are all true blue
Long may they wave.
Year: 1861

What a Seceder once Thought of Seces-


sion.


The following passage is from an address
to the people of South Carolina, emanating
some years ago from Mr.. Boyce, now one Of
the South Carolina delegation in Congress,
aud of course engaged in the secession bus
mess himself:


South Carolina cannot become nation.
God makes nations--not man. You can
not extempoTize a nation out of South Car
Olina. 1t is simply impossible we have not
the resources. We could exist by tolerance;
and what that tolerance would be, when
we consider the present hostile spirit of the
age to the institution of slavery, all may
readily imagine. | trust we may never
have to look upon the painful and humili-
ating spectacle. From the weakness of our
national government feeling of insecurity
would arise, and capital would take the
alarm and leave us.


But it may be said, let capital go! To
this reply, that capital is the life-blood of
modern community and in losing 1t, you
loose the vitality of the State.


Secession, separate nationality, with all
IFS burdens, is no remedy. 1t is no redress
for the past It is no security for the future.
1t is only magnificent sacrifice of the pres
ent, without in anywise gaining in the fu-
ture. Such is the intensity of my convic-
tion on the subject, that if secession should
take place-of which have no idea, for
cannot believe in such stupendous madness
Il shall consider the institution of slavery
as doomed, aud that the great God, 10 our
blindness, has made US the instrument Of its
destruction.
Year: 1861

RHTMMG.-In the olden times, feudal
Lord was much distressed that he could not
hnd word that would rhyme with porrin-
ger, and offered prize to the bard who
should succeed in accomplishing IT. He
was only grati6ed as a last resource in


The Duke OF York daughter had,


He gave the Prince Of Orange her;


And now, my Lord, claim the prize,


For making rhyme with porringer.
Another queer and almost unutterable
rhyme might be sought for Euxine, had not
Byron told us that


-Euxine


The dirtiest little sea that mortal ever pukes in
Year: 1861

WANT TO kNow.-Our peace friends are
much opposed to this unnatural war;" and
are desirous to see an honorable peace estab-
lished. We put three questions to them, and
will make small bet that none of their or
gans can be induced to answer them, or
either of them


1. What do you precisely mean by an
honorable peace?


2. Is lin your honest private opinion) not
the United States entirely justifable in at
tempting to maintain the supremacy of the
Federal Government
8 3. Do you not at heart honestly hope that
JEFF. Davis may triumph in this contest
Year: 1861

There are a class of men in this State.
whose sympathies are with the rebellion now.
attempting the overthrow of this the most
thoroughly democratic government the world
has ever known, WHO are eternally yelpiag
that they 9 are Democrats, without having
thesslightest idea of the meaning of the term
employed by them. Let us examine them.
If by Democracy, as is likely, they have ref
erenee to the party of that name, will one of
them turn to the clause in any Democratic
platform ever writtenr anywhere, by any
body, that didn't in its spirit, and its plain
letter, inculcate the idea of loyalty to the
very fullest extent possible? Was there ever
a war in which the United States were en-
gagged that the Democratic party did not
stand up to the country in every event? Was
not the motto Of ''our country, right or
wrong, but right or wrong, our country"
sentiment adopted by the Democracy since
the days of Jefferson and Jacksen? Of the
fathers and founders of tie Democratic par
ty, mention the name of one who ever uttered
sentiment that gives countenance to the pre-
sent reasonable acts. of Secessia, with whom
our "peace" Democrats sympathize. so yiy-
idly. Under what auspices was it that the
boiling faction was ever authorized, in that
party, to presume to give laws to those who
did not bolt? According to every rule ever
established in Democratic councils, was not
the peace -Breckinridgers of last year bolters?
If they are boilers from the Democratic or
ganlzatlon, what right have they to call
themselves Democrats? The jingle of the
name of Democrat dupes many noodle who
never did, and never will know the meaning
of the term. but which, however diffusive its
definition may be, can never embrace an
enemy of the United States of North Amer
lea. There is place paved with just such
" Democrats" as these rebellion sympathi-
sers.
Year: 1861

CHARLESTON IN RuINs.-The Appeal, Mir
ror and Alta have dispatches conirmatory OF
the destruction of Charleston by fire. II
was by far the most extensive confagration
ever seen on the continent. The statement
is that it was burned in slave insurrection,
which e do not believe Our readers will
have the full particulars in short time
The same dispatch mentions a rumor that the
Federal forces have won great victory in
Virginia.
Year: 1861

RED BLuFF.-Red Bluff, standing at the
head of navigation, goes on improving, con
scious that she stands high above the foods
and is destined to be the most important
commercial point in Northern California
Independent


We are glad to hear the above We fear.
ed that g she' was rather shaky as to hel
"posish," but we only Judged so from the
perturbation and nervousness exhibited by
the editors thereabouts. By the way, who
is that ''Veritas' Town lots in Reading,
Union and Lincoln have gone up incredibly
since his arguments against the navigability
of the river have been made public.s
Year: 1861

BALL AT rWHIsKrrowN.-Itis hardly worth
while calling attention to the ball to come off
at Whiskytown on Christmas Night, as every
one of our readers knows it already, and are
all going. A pleasant time is expected
Friend Mcclure will make his guests very
comfortable,
Year: 1861

THos. STARR KING.-Some of the interior
papers are indulging in unjust filings at this
gentleman. Speaking of his appeals to the
moneyed men to subscribe literally to the
National Loan, they spitefully insinuate that
he would do much better if he would indulge
in example rather than precept, and show
his loyalty by taking portion of this loan
We would inform those journals that Mr.
Kings example in this matter has far out
stripped his precepts. In the name of HIM
self, wife, child and sister, he has subscribed
more to the National Loan than any other
man in the State.-,S. f. Call.
Year: 1861

The Town OF LINcoLN.-The Union does
not like the name of the new town laid out
at Reid's ferry in this county, because there
is already one place named Lincoln in Cali
fornia. Some other name should be given it,
and in the absence of any other suggestion,
we would say that Dupont or Sherman
would do very well, and at the same time be
something of a compliment to the leaders in
the Beaufort expedition.
Year: 1861

IT is mistaken notion that humbuggery
succeeds. The people love the truth best,
and in the long run will pay more for it
Humbugging, like all cheating, may show a
temporary gain over honesty. But it is only
temporary, and in the long pull fair dealing
with all communities will ensure the best re-
turn
Year: 1861

propose to incorporate themselves for the
purpose of building Turnpike Road from
Grizzly Gulch to the Tower House. The
county road between these points has been
destroyed by the recent rains.
Year: 1861

BAD FOR JOHN.-The Auburn Herald gives
an account of the drowning of forty-fve
Cinnamon at Oregon Bar, on the North Fork
of the American river, in the late freshet,
and expresses the opinion that at least one
hundred Of these people have been drowned
in Placer county alone. by the recent floods.
Year: 1861

We ought to whip them rebel chaps;
l think so, more and more;
We've got an armed feet on the sea
And fleet army on the shore.
Yet Madame L., with jocund smile.
Deems it but glorious fun,
To call my Bethel fight bull,


And my last Bully Ran.
"Bob" threw my message out the cars
The reason now I'll tell;
That inaugural he though bore
And didn't augur we'll
There is no commerce on the sea,
All traffic now is dead;
Some say this comes from my blockade
And some from my block head.
cannot reunite the States,


That cherished hope is gone,
And though the link is severed now
The cry is still link on.
Fain would | in secret weep


'Twould free my soul from care
But rebel Jeff has sternly said,


Don't drop prioate tear.
Year: 1861

larty acquired by this truly invaluable medicine is
as extended as it is richly merited II the tens Of
thousands of scrOfuOus ulcers which have been cica
tried and permanently healed by this extraordinary
antiSeptic had each tongue, chorus of testimony
would attest its efficacy, not only in scrofua and all
external manifestations of disease, but in dyspepsia
bilious complaints, general debility and the various


internal disorders in which it affords speedy and last.
ing relief