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Year: 1862

We publish to-day the great speech oi
Senator Henderson Of Missouri on the
Presidents Emancipation policy. Rising
above all party or local considerations, the
talented Missourian stands upon the Con
stitntion of his country, and is willing to
subordinate all other questions to that oil
the preservation of the Union. Like true
patriot, he espouses the policy of the Presi-
dent MS a means of saving the Border States
from the devastating influence of slavery in
the future, while it will tend to consol-
date the several sections in fraternity and
harmony hereafter.


The noble Senator enierlains no mawkish
feelings in regard 10 the nconstitntonality
of the proposition, hut is willing under the
force aud obligation of his oath as Senator
of the United States TO vote for it as a per
iectly legitimate measure.


We commend his remarks TO those of oui
Emancipation friends in Delaware, who
while protesting and coniessing desire tC
sec the curse of Slavery forever remove,
from our State, are yet willing to "ait
and abet" its continuance under the ex
tremely sensitive and conscientious notiOl
that its removal under national auspice
would be unconstitutional.
Year: 1862

A PLEASURE FOR CnILD.-Blessed be til" hand
that prepares pleasure for IA child for thrre ID
no saying when and where IL may again bloom
forth. Does not almost everybody remember
some klnd.heartcd man who showed him klnd'
ness in the days Of his childhood


The writer of this rcoollects himself at this
moment as q bare footed lad. standing ut lh'
wooden fence of poor little garden In his native
village with longing eyes be Gazed on the h'~'
that were blooming there quietly III the
brightness Of Sunday morning. The poss 'ss"r
came from his little cottage he WAS n woodcut.
ter by trade. aud spent the whole week at work
in the woods He had come into the garden to
gather flowers to stick In his coat when he wcut
to church. He saw the boy. and breaking "lf
the most beautiful of his carnations-it WAS
streaked with red and white--he gave it To him.
Neither the giver nor tho receiver spoke word.
and with bounding steps the boy ran horne aud
now, here at distance from that home. after tho
events of so many years. tho feeling OF grattud'
which animated the breast Of that bsy expresses
itself on paper. The carnation has long since
withered, but it now blooms afresh
Year: 1862

TAXING MINING CLAIMS.-Iere is what Holmes,
of the Marposa Gazette, says in his last issue up.
on the matter:


general and growing feeling is observable
throughout the State for the taxing of mining
claims which idea il broached and advocated
five years ago, would have rendered its advocate
n suitable subject for q mob, or II two years ago
would have made him the victim of anathemas
and execration of barking puppies, verbally and
Inv publication The theory of these prostitutes
was that miner must necessarily be " honest"
next hard workng-neXt, that he knew more
than most people. Mountain members of the
LEGISLATURE were afraid to touch the matter for
fear of dsapproval and loss OF popularity, and
consequently the business has been suffered to go
on and the great interest of the mountain cOun-


ties has not paid at all for its protection. This
county of Marposa has been put TO more expense
in protecting mining interests than IN any other
way Miners are always quarrelllng and when


thew complain to blind or hoodwinked goddess,
IL is TINS The People ps So and so. Yet not
n cent do they contribute. nor have contributed


To the support of local laws and for the adjudca-
ton of their diliiculties, except by POl Tax, which
is always avoided by running into the bushes If
the collector is seen in time to gam such cover


Thus il is that poor mans COW hls caon, his
Improvement connected with q nome ne mas come
here to establish, has to pay a rich mining mans
tax---bas to pay all of it. One robs the earth,
the other improves the surface OF it. One is. in
four 6lths of cases transient, and the other per-
manent. Then again a man can change his prop
erty from value in improvement whereOn he is
taxed to mining interests and escape tax Now is
tber. another such q condition attached to
revenue law in any State of the United States, or
in the world! That property of any description
can be changed from visible real value to an-
other of equally visible value-such as selling one
thousand head of cattle taxed, and buying por


ton of the Pine Tree Vein, Bear Valley, aud es.
cane tax, is an anomaly. We care very little
about the matter, for the people should have re-
gulated it long ago. What we hate however, is
TO see man, who has stuck up a house temporary
to improvement, and has a few ducks, chickens,
a COW or two and perhaps some sheep. pay the
tax of an owner OF $1,000 mining claim. The
law of making mining claims pay their proper
tion, if passed now, would be good deal like
locking the stable door after the horse had been
taken for easily worked and ready available
mines are gutted. No wonder that settlers get
along slowly and are discouraged, or that mining
counties, nine-tenths of them, are deeply in tebt
Year: 1862

The WRONG PERsoN.-Jef Davis has issued q
proclamation, appointing day OF fasting and
prayer, in which he says:


1t is meet and right, therefore. that we should
repair TO the only Giver of all victory, and hum
bling ourselves before Him, should pray that be
may strengthen our confidence in His mighty
power and righteous Judgment. Then we may
surely trust 10 Him that He will perform his
promise and encompass us as with shield"


Jefferson has made slight mistake in the Pow
er to whom the scceshers aught TO " bend the
plant hinges of the knee' and ask assistance -
Davis great prototype His Satanic Majesty. is
the proper power to invoke. God has nothing to
do with traitors.
Year: 1862

Or THE RAMPAGE. editor of the Placer
vile Republican keeps garden and lives like
folks. But his neighbors live stock bother him,
and he thus lifts up a warning voice


If our neighbors think it is fun to let their
chicken prow around our farm, and scratch up
fresh planted flower seeds, aud permit their dogs
to rampage Oh our radish and lettuce beds. we
are perfectly satisfied, and will only suggest
that we are a good shot, that we consider all
birds, wild or domestic seen on our place, as
game, aud dogs as deer And if they miss either
chickens or dogs after this public notice, they
can calculate we have hen pot-pie for dinner,
or sausage meat in abundance.
Year: 1862

WHO WAS Sue An eastern paper ohrohie'eT.
as an awful warning to romps, the fact 'ha'
young lady inlCalifornia some time since broke
her neck while, attempting to prevent a gentle
man from kissing her An awful warn''s GER
tainly, but who was the girl!
Year: 1862

n We learn that there was quite a heavy
rain and wind storm yesterday on the st. Ste
veas road, between the city and Whistler,
accompanied by more and larger hail than has
been known to fall in this vicinity for years
The wind blew down a great deal of the corn
while the hail cut the blade into ribands. Melon
vines and tender vegetation were cut to pieces
and grapes were beaten off the vines in greaf
quantities Mobile Telegraph, July 3.
Year: 1862

We learn that all the vessels of the enemy,
which have for some weeks past been anchored
near Verina, six miles below Drewry's Bluff, de-
parted yesterday 1t is not known whether
they went down the river for the purpose of
bringing up reinforcements, or to be in convent
ent distance to take on the retreating army Of
Mcclellan
Year: 1862

HAVE You John w. Forney, writing
from Washington to the Philadelphia Press,
makes the following pertinent inquiries:
Have you ever heard secessionist talk
politics who did not claim to be Demo-
crat? Have you ever heard synpathiser
with secession talk politics who did not boast
of his Democracy? Forney declares that
the men who always tried to break down
the Democratic party in its days of honor
and loyalty, are now taking shelter under
the name Of Democracy, in order the more
successfully to assist the rebels in arms
against the constitution and the laws.
Year: 1862

This most vital subject to the people of West.
ern Kansas is rapidly assuming gratifying
shape. a bill has passed the lower house OF
Congress, for the building Of the road, which
makes Leavenworth the starting point, but leaves
it optional with the company as to the route
1t is certain to pass the Senate, perhaps so mod
flied as to suit us better As it is, however, all
things point up the Kansas Valley


Business will revive, and activity in all the
walks of life will soon characterizc our beautiful
country, and make it that which the God of
Nature intended it should be- With railroad
TO open up our resources, and bring us within a
few hours of a ready market, contemplate. if YOU
can, the inexhaustible wealth of Western Kansas
Property owners and real-estate holders should
begin Immediately the work of improvement
Five years hence will see our beautiful prairies
dotted with the farm house, and thriving VILLAGES
bespeck the land seape. To those desiring To-
cation, junction City offers superior inducements
as point where must centre the trade and travel
OF the great vallies of the Smoky Hill and Re
publican rivers
Year: 1862

The following sound patriotic resolution.
of Union meeting in Holt county, Mo.
We copy from the White Cloud Chief
Mark men who have shown a weakness Of
knees during the dark days Of the Repub
lie, and who have not at all times, shown
the most unlimited confidence in the Gov
crnment. Yes, mark the men who have
expressed "merely an opinion" which
exhibits want Of confidence in the Gov.
ernment, inexcusable in patriot:
Sd, That We deprecate the action of
Union men in becoming sureties for dis.
loyal men; We deem certain probaticn
necessary before they can be admitted to
any favors We therefore recommend that
all loyal men abstain from placing their
names upon the bonds of men of known
disloyalty. The property of rebels should
be hazarded to secure their good behavior.


4th, That the leaders and principal men
from our County, engaged in the present
rebellion, being guilty of the highest crime
known to our laws, are forever forbidded to
return among US.


5th, That We can forgive the masses who
have been led estray by the criminal repre-
sentstions of men in whom they have been
accustomed to repose confidence; bu. the
leaders, the men who have published,
incited, persuaded, and in various ways as
sisted, their misguided fellows to engage in
this rebellion, ar. the roots of the evil, and
must be removed.


9th, That nothing can expatiate the
crime of rebellion among the masses but a
complete retractioa, and the employment of
greater zeal to its overthrow than was en-
ployed In its favor. The simple expression
Ut regret for the evil done, is not sufic-
lent palliation.


9Th, That We condemn the appointment
Of men to Office, whose knees have sheen
a weakness during the dark days Of the
Union in Northern Missouri, and recon-.
mend that system Of probation be adopt
Year: 1862

We, whose names head this paper, are
responsible for anything and everything
that appears in these columns, whether it
pertains to weak kaeed Union men at Fort
Riley or grog shops in Junction City. No
threats of personal chastiscment or legal
prosecution can swerve us from that line OF
conduct which we have marked out as the
path of duty, and we want all whom il
interests to SO understand it.


In making assertions We are ever careful
TO make only such as can be substantiated
by facts and undoubted proof, and We
intend to stand up to those to the best OF
our ability, at all hazards. Pursuing, as
we believe, just and honorable course
towards all, we are not to be intimidated
by threats, but shall continue to assail rcb-
els, and all other pests of society, wherever
they may be found. We intend to use
what little power we possess against rebels,
whether they are upon soil made glorious
by freedom, or rendered cursed BY the
bllghting hand of slavery. We are war
ring against traitors to the fullest extent of
our limited means, and when the occasion
requires it We shall have as little compunc-
tion in shooting down a rebel upon the
plains of free Kansas as among the rugged
Ozarks of slavery cursed Missouri. And
now, whoever the shoe fits IN any remarks
that we have put forth, let them attempt
to carry out the threats that have been
made, and We will endeavor to give them
such reception as they justly merit.
Year: 1862

| becoming inpatient for the last ditch" We
will, however, venture the idea that it is all
owing to the " broughten up: the one army was
educated in the school of Freedom, and the other
depressed in spirit and manhood by their system
of Human Slavery. Through many reliable
sources the almost total generalization of their
army is learned, and their consequent inability
to continue further hostiities, unless perhaps it
be as guerrllas, together with the interesting
intelligence conveyed to the rebel headquarters
at Richmond by the French minister, to the
effect that they fairly beaten in arms, that
a guerrilla warfare would be return to barb4r-
ism. and admonished that a cessation of hostil-
tiles is duty they owe to themselves and to the
world, which all civilized nations will unite in
requiring of them," is pleasing indication, we
think, that peace, with all its blessings will soon
be upon US.


The telegraph also brings US tire startling
intelligence that the Democratic members OF
Congress threaten to withdraw in case the
4" radicals" persist in their efforts to pass the
Confscation Bill, thereby leaving Congress with
out the necessary quorum to do business. Such
men cannot certainly have the first spark Of love
Of country, who would thus tamper with the
life of the Nation, lest Slavery would get hurt
They assert that it is unconstitutional! which
suggests the oft repeated, but never answered,
question, What right have rebels under Con-
stitution, which they are warring against? We
propose that the South shall foot the bill. But
the Democracy Of to-day is badly tainted with
secession, for all their efforts are put forth to
screen the rebels, much to the detriment of their
county's cause, from the consequences of their
treason. They oppose the Confscatoa Bill, and
howl about and denounce taxation, yet suggest
no way tc sustain the Government. Verify,
such conduct is calculated to leave the impression
that they are rank traitors! The time for trifing
has past. If any should leave their seats in
Congress for such purpose, we hope it may be
to the classic shades of Lafayette or Warren.


The New York Heralds Washington cores
pondent says an amnesty is soon to be made
to the rebels. 1t should he received with q wide
latitude, owing to its sensational source.


Since the above was written, the mails have
brought us news of additional successes to the
Federal arms in Virginia. Williamsburg and
West Point are added to the list. The sacred
soil' of Virginia will soon be redeemed.
Year: 1862

Gold is drug in the market, and nc
amount of interested putting can force it


upon the people as present necessary
financial agent. This is condition Of
things which no one foresaw eight months
ago; but we must ACCEPT facts, however
much they may run across our previous
notions. We admit that we were wholly
incredulous as to the success of purely
paper system; but it is now working so we'll
in its new national character, that our faith
in the financial divinity of gold is mater.
tally shaken. The history Of this whole
matter, however, would be deeply inter
esting study even to commercial casuist,
and shows what great people can do in a
tight place. With confidence at the base
of the government, and government at the
foundation Of currency, commercially all
things are possible with the intelligent, self.
reliant people. And to-day, in the midst
Of unprecedented expenditures, we fnd
country exhibiting the most sublime spec
tacle ever witnessed-co confidence unshaieu.
credit untarnished. Amidst all the draw.
backs which civil commotion has forced
upon the country, the condition of its finan-
ces, resting on the patriotism of the people.
is source of unalloyed qualification, and
challenges the world for parallel. We
say this in no spirit of boast but feel all
We say.-Democrat.
Year: 1862

Females nurses ~ cents per day and one ra
ton


Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and IS
cents per day when actually on duty.


Chaplain in volunteers Sl46 so


In addition to the pay as above stated. one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant supply of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier. Quarters
fuel and medical attendance are always provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay. If soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties. the law provides for m
a pension or he may, if he prefer it. obtain ad
mission into the Military Asylum, which will
afford him a comfortable home &C long as he may
wish TO receive its benefits.


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional 50 month to be paid du-
ring service. the 500 bounty at the end of the
war which has already been provided for. and
the quarter section Of land that Congress will
provide for at It's coming session. The bounty
and land apply to officers and privates alike
Year: 1862

has won tor itself such renown for the cure of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaints
that il is entirely unnecessary for us to recount
the evidence Of its virtues, wherever il has been
employed. AS it has long been in constant Use
throughout this section, we need not do more
than assure the people its quality is kept up to
the best it ever has been and that it may be re
lied on TO do for their relief all it has been
found IN do
Year: 1862

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no other weekly paper published in this country
ure there found such full commercial and market
reports, and geneaal news intelligence, combined
with SO much editorial matter and variety of mis-
cellaneous reading. as in the Weekly World.


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No. 35 Park Row, New York
Year: 1862

found my Tressy milking il
In the blithsome summer morn,
When the dew was on the clover, t
And the tassel on the corn, -a
Sweeter than my red rose n


In her royal, reigning hours;
The yellow hair about her eyes,


And her bare feet in the fowersi
o day Of days ! thy memory
Will never fade, nor pass; ie
Patches of snowy violets st7
Were olouding all the grass nea
The jealous brook law fretting s.st
Between his banks of moss,
And shrugged his dimpled shoulders
As lightly leap'd across
Adown her cheek the bushes s
Ran ripping like vail,
Into her bosom warm and white


As the milk within eer pail
As told my love to Tressy


In the blithsome summer morn,
When the dew was on the clover,


And the tassel on the corn.
Year: 1862

Those numbered as missing taken prisoners, and
have been paroed and nearly all returned.


The Enquirer SAYS


The above is than half Of the entire loss in the
battle of Fredericksburg side The enemys loss
is believed, from the best information thus far obtained,
have been at least twenty thusand. They already
confess 10 from fifteen to eighteen thousand.


The following statement is made in regard to federal
prisoners


The whole number OF abolition prisoners taken by our
troops Fredericksburg in the recent battles
thousand six hundred and twentysx, of whom two hun
drcd and seventy six paroed the field, and the
test-thirteen hundred and ffty-scnt 10 Richmond
Four hundred Of these ready be sent away
parole, and will depart the abolition steamer
reaches City Point to convey them Off


sLowNEss or THE REBELS IN HEARING BAD NEWS.


The people at Richmond TO have just received IN.
formation of the successful movement Of General Ncglcy
in the vicinity of Gloucester Court House. account of
which published in the HERALD few davs after IL
occurred They treat IL the attempt 10
cooperate with the movement Of General Burnside.
Year: 1862

rom the KlChmOnu Enquirer, Dec. ZUJ


Tho Information from Fredericksburg yesterday
ing leads 10 the belief that tho epemy falling back
from the line or the Rappahannock, with indications
that Washington city is the object or his enterprise
II he take capital he will take his before
the roads become impossible.


We learnthat save show of force opposite both
Fredericksburg and Port Royal enemy far back
from the river that their camp fires cannot anywhere
be seem while returned prisoner reports them In large
force at Dumfries.
Year: 1862

Five Of The enemy's gunboats anchored az Young's
Point couple OF days since, aud another expected
TO join the feet from above last evening. Yesterday
some OF the boats moved up Yazoo river, and firing
heard during the afternoon in the direction Of snyder's
Bluffs We do not know the strength condition
batteries at that point but VI the opinion that
they sufficiently strong repel any assault great


deal Of work has been done there heavy guns
went there some time since.
Year: 1862

Recognition and Intervention have grevously agitated
we were sangune that the create Powers with whom we
have held commercial intercourse forsso long aperod
would not long delay extending the right hand Of fellow
Year: 1862


s'howl of indignation" than wrIful submis-
sion by free people 10 the violation Of their
Constitution the Contestant IS not prepared to
believe, because while acts of legislation have
always been regarded as temporary and change
able the safety Of the citizens has rtposed upon
the idea that the fundamental law nf bis State
was permanent and certain, ard could only be
altered BY the forms therein prescribed.


The Contestant comes here backed BY more
than one thousand majority Of the voters ofhis
county, submits his claim for decision TO the
tribunal fixed by the Constitution Of the State,
confident that that tribunal will be guided BY the
Constitution they have sworn TO support, the
practice OF the Commonwealth in lime past,
aud proper regard for the great doctrines Of a
community Of interest and equality of repre-
sentation going hand IN hand to preserve the
rights Of the .citizen.