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Year: 1864

cans who have grown up under the wide
spreading branches of the Tree of Liberty,
to meet the issue. Then, bury your party
idols for a time, at least, even if you must
dig them up again after peace has been Sc
cured; and let every peace demagogue
remember whose blood is upon his hands.


Yours truly, w. N.
Year: 1864

From the assau Guar dian.


The following Form Of Prayer and Thanksgiving to
Almighty God for the Princess of Wales safe delivery
OF Prince, was prepared by His Grace, the Arch
bishop OF Canterbury


" Almighty and mos. m7rc.ful God, by whose gra.
cious gilt mankind is increased hunbIy thank Thee
or that Thou hast vOuchs lfei deliver Thy servant
the Princess. Of Wales from the periis of childbirth,
that hou hast made her joyful mother, ard granted
her the blessing of May Thy watchful eye and
atherly hand still be her, support and comfort
hsr In The hours of weakness day By day erew her
strength that she may arise and 20 forth TO praise
Thee in Thy church. and serve Thee ia all good works
to tie glory of Thy Holy Defend the infant
prince from every danger that may happen the bcdy
and from all evil thatnay assault and hurt the SOUL
Enrich him with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus
and as years advance may be increase in grace in Wis
dom, and all Christian virtues. Look down, we pray
Thee, with the favor that Thou Dearest unto Thy peo-
pie upon the royal parents fill them with ali heavenly
benedciion that they may faithfully live and walk ac
cording to Thy will n this life present. and may be par
takers of Thine everlasting glory in the life to come
lmplant III tie hearts of Thy people deep sense of
this and of Thy manifold mercies to US as church
and naton and give grace to shcw forth our thank
illness by dutul affection to Sovereign by bro
3ry love one towards another, and by constant obe
G:ence. to Thy commandments so that passing through
this lie in Thy faith and fear, we may attain to Thy
heavenly kingdom, through the m2rts ana mediation
Of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen"
Year: 1864

1t is thought by s2e that the four per cent bonds to
be issued Tor the present currency be be used in
business transactions and will be passed from hand to
hand as Treasury note is used. But this is q
mistake. The law authorizing the issue OF these per
cent bonds says the holders of all such Treasury
notes shall be allowed to fund the same in Registered
Bonds, payable 20 years after their date bearing in.
terest at the rate of per cent per arnun payable
the first day of January and July Of each year"


registered bond cannot be sold transferred with
out FIRST having the entries changed at the Treasury
Department. which operation would cost SO much time
and trouble that but few transactions of that kind will
be made And it is we'll thatt is so for if the bonds
could be used just as Treasury notes used there
would be little or 10 dminution of the circulating me.
dium and the country would be again clrsed with
too much currency. The bonds be used in payment
of taxes due the Confederate Government and they will
then be Immediately cancelled but they cannot be pass
ed from hand to hand without changing the entries
the Registers books This is opinion of the matter
and it is sustained by the experience OF others who have
dealt in reg iStered bonds.


But may conclude that if this is the case
be will not fund his money because he wants to trade
Oh it or use it in purchasing SUI articles he may
need. Such persons will fAd after the first of April
that they made great mistake in not funding, for they
will find, think that all notes of the present
above five dollars will to be curren-no one viii
take them because they subject discount of one
third and they are kept on hand till the st Janu
ary 1865 they taxed one hundred per cent, ane
the privilege of funding lost. And these who keef
their notes for the purpose Of exchanging them atte
the 1st of April for the issue at the rate of three
dollars for two, will find it incosvenent to effect tL
exchange speedily as they expect or may desire.


So, taking everything into consideration, we do no
believe that any do better than exchange hi
These bonds are not sphct to tax for the year 1864


UeStcfn Democrat
Year: 1864

OF COURsE.-AmOrg those most active in the work
OF obstruction at General Andersous iron works above
Richmond, a Yankee who had been liberated from
prison there, to receive employment in that establish


mcnt Again would call attention to the proprety
of guarding caefuly the pseudo Yankee "deserters"
sent to work in the mines in this State These people
often prove to be spies something else not good
Year: 1864

might derive sustenante and amusement from sucking
their paws after the manner Of the black b ar.


Seriously, things have gotto pass that is positively
alarming, and which threatens consequences OF the
gravest character We coss ourselves unable to see
what people are to do if things keep this way get
ting worse and orse, they will do The nearer the
first of April approaches.
Year: 1864

They occupied the place in March, 1862, when they
said they to protect the city against the repre-
hensble incendiarism Of of people and
after this profession of goodness, and making great
promises of an intention to hold the place forever, thus
dupng good many of citizens to take sides with
them in some sort of State gOvernmrnt which they
proposed, and finding much less of their kind of Union
ism than they expected but of military demon
stration in their front than they looked for, they de-
parted "bag and baggage after three weeks stay in
the "water oak city,
Year: 1864

We might remark here that understan the mCs
of the undny has been done by parties from the
rounding country and very little by either the citizens
temporary residents of town. 1t is siso to be re.
marked that the funding which has been DONE hee been
mostly for the purpose of paying taxes and compare
lively little by way of investment The tax bill is the
thing that will reduce the currency than anything
else large amount will certainly have to be funded
for the purpose Of paying taxes, and of what goes
the tax of 33 per cent. will absorb one third.
Year: 1864

FoUND Yesterday an opened letter
containing an ambrotype of lady in .
small case was found near the Post Ofkoe
The owner can get it BY calling At this
Office and paying for this notice.
Year: 1864

The BLACK Mans DEIyERAycE.-Wh Who
will pluck down the rainbow from the black
mans horizon? Who will arrest the sweep


ing angel sent forth with the flaming sword
and the equitable scales of Justice? Who
will repeal the emancipating proclamations of
Almighty God. written in bis Scriptures and
on the face of Nature, and executed by mil


lion of men, in tie home of Freedom. of Hu-
manity, and OF Religion? None other than
the Copperhead Democratic party That
mighty conservative power will withstand the
march Of civilization, and stretching It's scep-
ter over the turbulent fields will command
peace, and 10. there will be great calm 1t
was reserved for Abraham Lincoln to utter
proclamation which will be CONSPICUOUS 10 the
history of freedom whilever the English Ian
guage remains living tongue He has set up
"a landmark of his country's genius, rearing
itself amid legal ruins and national dissolution.
mental pyramid in the solitude of time.
beneath whose shade things mighty moulder.
and around whose summit eternity must play"
Year: 1864

STAGE STOPPED on TIE HIGHwAY-It becomes
onr duty to record another of these getting
common occurrences. On yesterday morning about
o'clock, the six horse opposition stage of the Cal
iiornia Stage Company, driven by Bill Younger.
was stopped about five miles below the city. on the
Sacramento road, and Jack Adams of the Globe
Hotel, got out and made pedestrian "stand and
deliver up $27 which he owed the Globe Hotel for
grub Jack says when he left the would be Jer-
envy Diddler, he sitting at the roadside, looking
Marysvillewaris, and singing


Oh why did leave my three square meals,


To come ont here to hunger:


Oh why did leave my nice pulu bed,


To be "nippei. by Billy YOUNGER!
Year: 1864

DR.. Livingston, at meeting recently held
at Nottingham, in connection with the Socie-
ty for the Propagation of the Gospel in For
eign parts, delivered speech on the subject
of Missions. He was received with great en-
thusiasm. When the applause had subsidized,
he said: "Before l second the resolution,
will try TO answer question very often put to
me, in the belief that some Of you may wish
to put it too. The question is,-"What sort Of
people are those that you wander amongst ?"
Now, think they are far from being savages.
Hear, hear.) On the coast we find them, l
believe, little blood-thirsty, especially those
who have been engaged In the slave trade;
but when we get inland, about 300 miles from
the coast, we meet with people who are quite
mild, and civil, and hospitable to all strangers.
There 1t is the duty OF the head man Of the
village to give every stranger supper, and
to show him as much friendship and hospital
ity as lies In his power. We find that these


people are not all engaged in hunting, as most
persons imagine them to be, but are engaged
in cultigating the soil-cultivatinQ it extern
tensively-having different kinds OF corn from
what we grow In this country. And we see
men, women, and children engaged In the cul-
ture of the soil. They also manufacture iron.
The native iron is of excellent quality I
brought some from there with me, and took


1t to Birmingham, where 1t was made into an


Enfield rife; and the, opinion of those who


saw 1t was, that it was equal to the best Swe-
dish iron. They have very much inferior
tools to work with, to what we have In this
country, and much more labor is required in
producing the iron. Then they manufacture
copper from Malaehite. They also make nets,
basket work, &c. When we get among them
we find them SO far from being savages, that
they rather think we are savages. They do
not understand where those poor black people
90 that are taken out of the country. We
canuot go anywhere without meeting slave
parties, or young men in what are called
"slave sticks" A "slave stickn Is piece oi
wood about eight or ten feet long, with fork
at the end ; and the fork is put round the neck
Of the captive, SO that 1t Is quite impossible
for him to get his neck out of it, or to get to
Year: 1864

the other end, by which he is tied to a tree at
night. They wonder where all the people ta-
ken out OF the country 60 to. They think tie
white people eat them. They loDk upon us
as cannib Ais, and we look upon them as sava-
ges. II we knew each other better, we should
find that we are very much better than we
suppose each other to be. This is the case
with different bodies Of Christians-one body
thinks themselves better than another body.
Having seen them at q distance, look upon
them as whole, and look upon them as much
better, as whole, than they imagine them
selves to be-" (Hear, hear.
Year: 1864

Inc KIP van "lnklta OF our huCes


One Of the most suocinet and eompre-
hsnsive statements Of the kind we have
ever seen appears in speech made by the
Rev. s. Coley, at Wesleyan missionary
anniversary. 1t is passage worth pre-
serving: 81 suppose that no country has
ever had such power Of invention and
such stunted intellectual development as
China. The Chinese is the largest, yet
beyond its own realm the least influential
Of monarchies. From China no mission
ever started, no conqueror ever marched.
Before all people in rudimental invention,
they are behind all people in development.
They had both gold and silver coins before
the first Dsrio was minted, yet they traf-
fc by the scales to this day. They first
had gunpoWder, but have got little further
with its use than 10 blaze it away in
crackers. They were long beforehand
with the magnet, but no junk ever crossed
the ocean except in tow Of British ship.
They have printed from time immemorial,
but their literature sWskes no progressive
intellect. They have made glsss for two
thousand years, and ordinarily do not
make it clear enough to see through yet
Their astronomy is still astrology, nor
has their chemistry awoke from dreams Of
alchemy. They have politeness, but its
odd forms and slavery Of etiquette only
make them more Hnsoeisble. They have q
wonderful language, but its elaborate
eleverness is curse and fetter to their
minds, making it the labor Of life to
learn 70 read. They are not without no.
tions Of dignity; but the men find it in
nails long enough for claws, and the wo-
man in feet crushed into the shapelessness
of hoofs. In the South Atlantic there is g
sea-the great SargszO. All the currents
pass by it. Dull, dead, hesving waves
just move the hesped-up tsngle Of weeds
that grow and the drift Of wrecks that rot
in that stagnsnt, melancholy ocean limbo
China is the sargsEO sea in the ocean Of
humanity"
Year: 1864

We publish the following extract from o
letter from Fremont, giving the feeling
entertained there towards General Buck
land. The writer does not deny that Gem
eral B. demanded that the children should
be surrendered, but speaks Of his character
ct home.


We know General Bucklsnd here; we
know him TO be an snti-slsvery man we
know him TO be sn ineorruptible man We
know him to be man of such frmness
and Independence Of character, that the
cajolery, the Establishments, the position Of
no mortal man can sway him hairs
breadth from what he oonceives to be right
To tell US, that the Spanish segar, the pat
ronizing smile Of slave holder was
enough 10 Whifle him around, to violate
conscience, TO belle the record Of his life,
to make Of him what he never was, and
what God never meant man like him to
be-a man false to the dictates Of human
ity-to talk so to US, who know him, is
simply ridiculous.


don't know what there is Of this story;
l don't know what there is Of it, when
fairly and truthfully told, but l am very
certain that when what there is Of it comes
to be properly understood, it will be found
that General Buckland did just what any
other man Of good sense, of a human heart
acting under q proper understanding Of
his responsibility would do, who dared to
do right. It may be found that after all,
the colored gentleman is mt alone in the
fuel. In the meantime don let us hang
the General. FREMONT.
Year: 1864

The Weather and the Wheat Crop.


That veritable gentleman, the " Oldest
inhabitant," declares that never within
his memory has he known such a season
before; and we are half inclined to be-
lieve him, The clustering winds of
MARCH, lingering in the lap Of April,
has been binding the eyes and .blacken-
ing the faces of the most scdate and fas.
tideous of our towns people; and during
the past ten days the frequent heavy and
cold rains have chilled the growth of
the wheat crop and greatly dishcartencd
the planter and farmer; though we have
learned from many throughout the dis
trict, that at this time the crop presents
fair average appearance, and should
the future Of the season prove favorable,
We may be blessed with an abundance Of
the staff, Of life. And we have
no doubt should every planter and
farmer in our section, conclude to sell
their surplus of The coming crop to gov
ernment and the non.producer, at a rca-
sonable living price, that kind Providence
would smile on their honest excrtions
and render them Invaluable assistance.
in cnlarging the yield.
Year: 1864

In speaking of Confederate prisoners,
the New York Herald says: GAS gen.
eral rule, the prisoners seem happy and
contented, There are but few, if any,
that would subscribe to the President s
amnesty. Two only hayo done SO, and
these have been sent away. On the con-
trary, they are exceedingly obstinate in
their adherence to the bogus Confederacy,
and no sentiment of a contrary nature is
permitted among them. The two men,
toned as subscribing allegiance to the
Federal Government had narrow escape
from assassination at the hands of their
fcllow-prisoners rendering their removal
necessary. Stories have been set ahoatof
a large and growing Union sentiment
among them, which are simply absurd
and groundleA."
Year: 1864

There may BE many of our people
holding Sly Per Cent Bonds, who arc not
aware that the coupons on the same are
made payable at any time after the 1st
instant, in the new issue. Holders will
no doubt find it to their interest to give
this their attention, especially if they
may have immediate use for the funds.
Year: 1864

The refusal, by the Supreme Court, of the
writ of esrtordri, yesterday, petitioned for by
Vallandigham, was on the ground that even IL
the arrest, trial, and punishment Of the peti-
TONER were illegal, there is no authority In the
court TO grant relief, nor any law by which
any appeal from a military commission to
the Supreme Court can be taken,
Year: 1864

The new city officers were sworn into
office on Monday night, and Immediately
thereafter Mayor Brewster delivered the
following:


GENTLEMEN or THE Council: The lin
tied time our City Charter preScribes for
/ the members Of the Council to convene
after being chosen 10 represent and admin.
lister the affairs thereof, does not admit Of
my presenting 10 you detailed statement
as regards the finances OF our City, but |


trust that at our next monthly meeting
shall be able 10 lay before you all the facts
of interest relating TO finances, our Fire
| Department and City Schools, all Of which
demand your careful attention. You are
doubtless appriScd of the fact that the law
governing our City Schools, was amended
this last winter, for the purpose Of giving
/ the people an opportunity to elect Board
. Of Directors who would devote their time
With the especial view Of guarding aud
| elevating our Schools to a standard that
we would be justly proud OF, and 20 ena-
blr the Directors and superintendent to
carry out the above laudnbIe object, it " i'll
be necessary for you to be as liberal in
levying the tax for School purposes, AZ the
finances Of the city will admit. Any aid
that is requisite, that yor may deem pro
per to exteRd to our Fire Department. " i'll
receive my hearty cooperation. There is
no class Of citizens that have greater
claims upon your generosity. They are
always ready with strong arm, and a
/ 1nol ,n1ty l. 20, Er,,,,.T
aud battle with the devouring element
! We all unite in feeling degree Of pride
that our efforts to connect Placerville with
! tide. water by railroad, is now no longer
| doubt, NC can look forward with an
assurance that the road will be completed
/ early in the summer Of 1865. The liber.
al policy which our citiZ-ns have pursued
! in connection with the City and County,
in furnishing means TO aid and complete
the road, will be fully reimbursed by the
impetus to all branches Of trade, which is
! sure to follow the completion of the road.
" ith the increase of trade, there will be
a corresponding increase and value to real
estate. Our mines aud mining interests,
which have always maintained a high
reputation, will come in for q share Of the
general prosperity. With cheap trans,
portation our lumber merchants will be
able to manufacture lumber and place it
in the market at prices that will defy
competition, and thereby augment their
business to an extent that will warrant
the belief that that branch Of industry
alone will GO far towards supporting US
in our ambition to make Placerville the
leading mountain CITY in the State.


C. W. BREWSTER, Mayor.
Year: 1864

N. Marsszek announces in his advertsemcut-to which
we call at,enton-hat his box ONCE opens day for sub
scriptions for his first season Of Italian OPERA which
will consist Of series OF eighteen performances, and
commence the Sd Of October. Tomorrow tho regular
sale OF tickets will list Of the artists and
recapulaton OF OF the operas to be produced
contained in the advertisement


GERMAN OPERA.


Tonight tho artists OF the German opera give their last
performance Of Faust.


THE OPERA AT BROOKLYN.


Robert le Diable given last night at the Brook
lyu Academy to another immeuse house, the receipts
exceeding these Of the proceeding Tuesday. Having
already fully noticed the representation OF this
Hne work by the German troupe, It is unnecessary
for TO say than that it gave even greater
satisfaction than the previous night This even
ing Faust will be given for the last time, and on
Thursday MARTHA Formcs sustaining the role OF Plunket
the part originally composed for bin by Fiotow The
production of the Jewess s reser we'd for Friday.
Year: 1864

As promised short time since, we
this week present the Intclligencer in
a new dress. 1t is now printed on
new, clear and beautiful type, and
makes a neat and tasty appearance.
We are enabled to make these improve
ments through the kind and liberal
patronage extended to us the past year.
Should this liberality be continued,
and we trust it will be, we shall from
time to time make still further improve
ments, both cditorially and mechanic
ally, and hope that, at no distant day,
the Ltclligencer will stand unrivalled,
in beauty and excellence, among all
the newspapers of the Great West.
Year: 1864

The importance of the capture of
Wilmington can hardly be exaggera-
ted. Probably three-fourths of the
supplies for the rebel army that have
come from abroad have been run into
this port. From the nature of the
coast and the number of channels to
be guarded, it has been an impossibili-
ty to make the blockade of Whining
ton effectual, and it has been for a
long time the purpose of the Govern
ment to effect its capture at the carli-
est moment. The naval force now
sent under Admiral Porter is large
enough to accomplish this purpose.
The difficulties in the way of an ap.
proach to Wilmington are numerous
and formidable, but we have the ut
most confidence that the skill and dar-
ing of our naval officers will overcome
them all. ...


Gen. Butler, in conjunction with
Gen. Weitzel, has gone down the coast
with large fleet, and left Gen. Ord
in command of his department for a
brief space. The presumption is that
General Butler will cooperate with
Admiral Porter in the capture of Will
mington.


The Richmond papers state that, on
the 23d, twenty-six vessels Of the Will
mington expedition had re-appearcd.
Year: 1864

A private letter from Des Moines,
under date of Dec. 18th says: We are
all very busy preparing for Festival
to raise funds for the soldiers families :
i. e. the people are invited to meet at
the State House and eat and drink as
much as they can for the needy fami-
lies ! Well, money must be had, and
this is perhaps as successful way as
can be devised to raise it.


The Proprietor of the Register has
procured one of Hoes fast cylinder
presses, and soon the Register, Daily
and Weekly, will be enlarged and be
printed on new type. With the tele-
graph and other facilities for news, we
shall then have newspaper at the
Capital worthy the noble Hawkcye
State.
Year: 1864

Samuel Bugher left his horses stand
ing in front of saloon at De Witt
the other day while he went in to get
a drink When he came out they had
disappeared, and he heard nothing of
them until five days afterwards, when
they were found entangled in some
bushes where they had been standing
the entire time without food or water,
and portion of the time the mercury
was below zero.
Year: 1864

We again beg to remind our sub
scribcrs, whose terms of payment have
expired, that their subscriptions should
be renewed at this time if they desire
to continue taking the Intelligencer
for another year. If payment is not
made during the coming week, the pa
per will be discontinued. We hope,
however, that all our present subscri-
bers will continue their patronage, and
that many new names will be added to
our subscription list.
Year: 1864

A man at Dubuque undertook to
punish his son for some misdemeanor,
when a large Newfoundland dog, the
companion and playmate of the boy,
flew at the parent and severely bit
him, and had it not been that the lad
called the infuriated animal off the
probabilities are he would have done
him still greater injury.
Year: 1864

The Pittsburgh Chronicle says: "a
young and singularly beautiful girl,
not yet sixteen yecrs Of age, who six
months ago was petted as a beautiful
and brilliant scholar, with every ad.
vantage that wealth aud influence
could secure, was an inmate of the
New Haven Station House on Friday
last" Sad and bad.