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Year: 1865

CoSrESTEpSEss-N compare thy con
dition with those above thee; but to secure thy
content, look upon those thousands with whom
thou wouldst not for any interest change tiny
fortune and condition.


And vet there is no wise Or good man that
wonld change persons or conditions with any
man in the world. 1t may be he would have
one mans wealth added to himself, or the pow
or of second, or the learning of thlrd' but
still he would receive those into his own per-
Son, because he. loves that best and therefore q
esteems it best, and therefore overvalues an IL
that which he is, before all that which he Il, IS
before all that which any other man can pc D,
For eyery man hath desires OF his OWL ana
objects fist fitted to them, without when ne ne
cannot be- unless he were not himself, Ano
Lett every man that loves himself SO well as te !.
1--we himself before all the world, consider Il
he have not something for which in the whole
he values himself far more than he can value
anv man else. There is therefore no reasol
to fake the finest feathers from all the wlnge'
nation. to deck that bird that thinks alread
she is more valuable tnan any OF the mhapl
tauts of the air Either change all or none @ e:
Cease TO lJve yourself best, or be content Ma u,
that ,ortion Of being and blessing tor wh'ci


rou love yourself SO we'll:
Year: 1865

One of the most modern and most remark
able achievements of electricity is thus refer
to by writer in Once Week.


Another greut element of our present clvlll-
cation is beginning to make signs Of its exis-
tence in the South Kensington Museum. We
allude to the electric telegraph BakewelFs
copying machine is one of the most interest
ing of this class; as it brings before the pub
lie eye the means that can be employed TO
write with pen thousand miles in length.
If the Atlantic cable were in working order.
for instance, a man through Its instrument
tality could sit down to write a letter to Lon
don, and feel certain that a fac-simile OF his
handwriting was at the same moment coming
out Of the telegraph office at New York. The
manner in whichth this astoundingmachine works
is as follows: The message is originally writ
ten on conducting material, such as TIM toll,
with resin or some non-conducting ink. Over
the face of this letter, which is, placed on a
like cylinder, a point of ihetal revolves this


point is in connection with the conducting
wire at New York say piece of chemically


prepared paper is placed On like cylinder to


to receive the message both cylinders are


made to move round by clockwork. AS the


point at this end of the wire passes over the


non-conducting resin writing, co current pas


scs, hence the point which moves synony'
: mousIy with it at New York does not change


the color of the paper, but al! the other sur
face of the writing tablet being conductor,


the currents pass and deepen its color by che
mical action on the far distant recording
tablet. The receiver thus obtains a pertec
: fac-simile of his correspondents hand-writin!


done in white upon blue ground Speci
: mems of this electrical handwriting are place'
, beside the telegraphic machine in the Muse
: um of Kensington, and afford an admlrabl
a }example Of the caligraphy Of the hghtn'n'
Year: 1865

TuE bed of the Mississippi river from Cairo
to the Gulf, over thousand miles, is pretty
thickly strewn with the relics OF rebel rams
and gunboats; the remains of whole fleet
lie scattered along the bottom of the Yazoo 4:
the fragments of several folilla rest in the
Red river and harbor; from Mobile around the
coast to Richmond, the changing tides roll
over the broken skeleton of the rebel clads.
built only to be blown up. Perhaps the only
one now remaining above water carrying the
rebel ensign is that at Halifax, or the Roanoke
which ought to be caught alive, if possible,
aud preserved as the last Of the rebel rams
Year: 1865

No SFcEssIox-Fronl what We can gather
from our Eastern exchanges. says the Call,
it seems that President johnson is determined
TO insist that there has been 10 such thing as
Secession in the South that the pretended
Acts Of Secession, being illegal, are a7d al
ways have been null that the rebel States
still exist as before the rebellion, with this
difference, that traitorous force has for q
while suspended The operation OF the legal
State Governments. This we believe to be
the correct doctrine, for 10 acknowledge that
certain States have seeded is to admit that
secession is possible. and the true Union dec
trne is that secession is legally impossible.
and can result only from the exercises of force
sufficient TO overpower the strength Of the
Government. Reconstruction then is simpli-
fed into the work Of putting the old State
machinery into operation under the control Of
loyal officers, taking care that prominent
rebels are not allowed to have q hand 10 the
operation.
Year: 1865

IDAHO AND CHICO Road The Idaho States.
man Of the 18th ut. says that the first wagons
with teams arrived there from Chico last Tues.
day, owned by Messrs. Parker, Christie and
Prlchard. They had been on the road but
iweuiy-nine days. and laid over FIVE or six on
the way. All that have come through this
Spring agree in saying that The worst part of
the road is between Idaho City and Jordan
Creek, and that an eight mule team could haul
from sixty to eighty hundred through without
dilhcaly.
Year: 1865

Apart from sll this, we deem tie OILY safe
course for the Government 10 pursue is to
abolish entirely the whole system Of slavery.
and strive by education and enlightenment of
the Southern people, to enable them to judge
Individually for themselves what is most for
the good of the commonwealth and their own
interests. Such is the course Of the Govern
nent a. We understand il, and We bid it God
sueed
Year: 1865

fast being ground into fine powder by the many army
wagons passing up and down, giving the pedestrian
State of New Jersey pr ncpa street of the rebel
capital Whether the stores and houses DESTROYED viii
ever be rebuilt Il quest on of me and money Ger
tain is however that Northern enterprise and capital
will have to do IL, II done at ALL


RACE FOR srorEs


In consequence Of the demolition OF the many stores
there is scarcity Of houses an there being so
persons here eking establish business there is
great demand for places and the owners havns their
eye TO profit demand exorbtant prices, and n
some instances inferior stor have rented for the
enormous sum of $500 per annum. Whether the
amount of trade which these an culstora anac N do
Year: 1865

sERvIcEs AT ST. pAUL's EPISCOPAL CHURCH


At st. Paus Episcopal church the pastor oday prayed
for 'a those in authority leaving out the President Of
the United States This was the church TO which MIR.
Jefferson Davis and family in the habit Of going for
the purpose Of displaying their pious ~ devotion Tho
congregation presented sorry sight II was mostly
composed OF women. These were nearly all dressed in
black During the services not few Of them were
much touched and even cried


There are about five hundred guests to night at the
Spotswood Hotel Major General Silas Carey and several
other distinguished officers stopping here.
Year: 1865




uORAE-RAILWAx SHlNDLEs


The owners Of the South Side Horse Rail-
way arc all, or nearly all, members Of the
Board of Trade. Many Of the owners Of the
North and West Side Railways are also mem.
be1s OF the Board Of Trnde.


These facts will easily account for any pro-
test, or counter action, Of small minority oi
the Board against the action Of the Board
itself, on Friday, on the horse-raflway swim
die, Members Of the Legislature will be
enabled 10 estimntc, ut its proper value, the
protest of members of the Board who nrc
gorged with horse-railway stock, and q few
others who hare been prevailed upon BY con-
eidcrations of friendship, backed By business
connections and personal appeals, to oppose
the large majority Of the Board and the
whole people Of Chicago save the horse-1ail.
road men md their employees.


We have never affirmed that the horse rail
why stockholders, as class, were opposed
to this bill. Some OF the more conscientious
among them arc opposed to it, bud the largo
majority Of them are tremendously in favor
ofit-those. for instance, who were so busy
on Friday and Saturday in trying to counter
act the effect Of the action Of the Board OF
Trade. When man has fifty thousand rea-
sons in his pocket, and hundred Thousand
almost in his grasp, for running hither and
thilhcr on the Board of 1rade-for hiring all
the halls In the city to prevent the people
from having any place to meet and protest
against The outrage-for engaging all the
sleeping cars On the railroad to deter men
from going to Springfield to protest against
it-fo1.h filling the air with all manner Of false
hoods against those who do protest against
tive say, when men have fifty OF hundred
thousand reasons each Tor doing al these
things, surely no member Of the Legislature
need be deceived by Tie agility they display
or the no5se they make.
Year: 1865

40 GET JOB PRINTING DONE QUICK.


Call at the Argus 0ffics
TO GET JOB PRINTING DONE QUICK,


Gel at the Argus Office.
TO GET JOB PRINTING DONE QUICK,


Call at the Argus Office


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TO GET JOB PRINTING DONE QUICK.


Call AT the Argus Office.
TO GET JOB PRINTING DONE QUICK.


Cal at the Argus Office.
TO GET JOB PRINTING DONE QUICK.


Call at the Argus Office
To GET JOB PRINTING DONE QUICK.
Call at the Argus Oflce
Year: 1865

more to matters Of directly local interest,
such as the bailding mp OF THE New CRY
OF THE South on the shores OF this mag
nifcent bay OF Port Royal. IL order,
however, to show the great advance in
the right direction already made by some
Of the most influential former resi-
dents of this section We propose from
time to time 10 give extracts from the
best letters We receive.


The following indicates the change of
sentiment and disposition to yield quick
" to the altered condition of society here.
It is sure step il the right direction. 1t
cannot be long before harmonious action
between North and South must be the re-
suit of such sentiments


"We are now at the beginning of anew
era. Society, after the suDversion Of
many of its former principal clements, is
Just commencing to morld itself in new
forms, and to assume new phases. Moth
ing hereafter, either politically or social
", can be exclusively Southern, while
at the same time no moral forces, set in
motion by mere conquest, can so entire
" obliterate ancient prcjudIces rs to make
everything exclusively Northcrn.'


eve will boldly and honestly recognize
the fixed political fact Of the abolition OF
slavery, together with its numerous
trains OF important consequences, such
as the destruction of the preponderance
of the large planters, while, on the other
hand, we will consistently avoid and op-
pose the extreme radicalism of that class
who would elevate the negro, to his own
dctriment and the ruin OF the country,
above his normal condition as the work
ing class under the new system of hired
labor. We will consider the extreme
Calhoun doctrine of State Rights, with
it's logical Observation-Disclosures
and Secession, IS forever decided against
b. the issue OF the present conflict. We
will avoid the bitter and malignant spir-
it which at present distinguishes the
press in dealing with errors whose mag
nitude at least should make them rcspcc-
table; and we will assume tone cf kind
ness and moderation, so as to heal as
soon as possible tie wounds which have
been inflicted il the long end terrible
strife now so fortunately ended.
Year: 1865

South plunged the Nation into this horrid


war. Shall we not, therefore, teach COM


ing ggenerations by living examples that
political powerisnot gained but tirretrieva-


bly, lost by rebellion against the United
States? Beside, the common mind at the
South has been heretofore SO much con-
trolled by the leading men that such de-
priyation of political power is absolutely
necessary to deprive the leading class
there of that influence over the Southern
thought, which has heretofore been and
will hereafter be exerted against the
Union. Being Democrat, / would
break down the landholding and slave
holding aristocracy of the South, which
has brought so much evil upon us. Is
not'the deprivation of political rights the
appropriate and mildest form of punish
ment of treason? Is this not necessary
measure of precaution against future
evilss For these reasons, therefore,
which I have scarcely hinted at, would
insist, before any that the inhabitants,
in their primary and fundamental law as
q part OF the frame of government should
solemnly. provide that there should
be neither SldrHy or Secession in their
State; and that Rebel debts and Rebel
rotes should be alike repudiated."
Year: 1865

to work that you will become thievish


vaSabonds. So yo1r enemies say; so,


too, great many people that are not


your enemies seriously fear.


1t is for, you to show whether it shall


be so or not. You need not in the mean


time be particularly anxious what people
say about you. Show that you will be


honest, temperate, industrious and faith
full in your employments that you are


ready to do honest work for honest


wages be economical, lay up portion


of every days or every months earnings
in some sayings bank for yourselves and
families for rainy day. Do everything
in your power to increase the products Of
the country; doing this with all your
might you will save yourselves and reflect
credit upon those who have been your
friends.


God forbid that before I die 1 shall be
obliged to hang my head and say, l ex-
pected great deal of this people, be-
lieYed them to be honest industrious and
orderly, and l find have been mistaken;
that they allowed miserable prejudices to
grow up amongst them that they per-
mitted themselves to be controlled BY
vindictiveness offeeling that they were
unwilling to labor for their living.


For after all, labor must be the cardi-
nal law of your lives. 1 was, myself, q
Western boy, and in the log cabins ofthe
West We Jared just as roughly as most
of you have Jared. We had very little
capital, nothing to go upon but our own
good will, patient hearts and free school
education, which, thank God, this coun-
try gave. to all her white children,
and is now going to give to all the
blacks who will take it. Well, upon
such capital we went to work, and We
aaIaaa- -sanaAth hinn- ----------zSs-
y. You can do the same thing if you viii
go to work in the same way. But if YOU
spend your time in fretting because this
or that white man has better time than
you have or more advantages, and take
short cuts to whatyou may think success,
you will, in the end, be very sadly disap-
pointed. Take things patiently, and Ia
Dor faithfully the result will be glorious.
Let the soldier fight well, let the preach
er preach well, let the carpenter shove
his plane with all his might, and the
planter put in and gather in as.much
corn or cotton rs he can--working for
fair wages, and as he gets able, to hire
others, paying them fair wages too. Act
thus, and I have no fears for your fu-
ture."
Year: 1865

By the death of Commodore John
Collins Long, which occurred at North
Conway, n. H., the navy has lost one of
its oldest, most faithful and best trust
ed officials. Commodore Long was q
native of Portsmouth, N. H., where he
was born in l79j. He entered the navy
in 1872, on the outbreak of hostilities
with England, and as a midshipman
participated in the famous capture Of
the Macedonian by the United States.
He was gradually promoted, and after
service in the East India, Pacific and
other squadrons, attained the rank of
Post Captain In lS49 he was placed in
command of the steamer Mississippi
and sent out to the Mediterranean.
After cruising in that sea for about two
wears, he was ordered TO take on board
Kossuth and the other hungarian ex-
lies, who were then refugees in Turkey,
and bring them to this country. He
performed this task so much to the
satisfaction of the Government, though
the eloquent and irritable Magyar lead
er. on some fsncied atfront, left the yes
sci at Gibraltar, that he was second
time sent to the Mediterranean. This
mark Of confidence on the part of the
Government was especially fattering,
as the Mediterranean is the most agree
able of cruising grounds, and some
overzealous admirers of Kossuth had
accused the Captain of not treating his
guest with sufficient consideration.
We should not have alluded to this
subject, had it not been matter of mis-
representation in some prominent
journals.


During his second Mediterranean
cruise Captain Long commanded the fine
steamer Saranac. His next commission
was to the Pacific lie was now made
Commodore and put in command Of
the squadron cruising On the west
coast Of South America. This was his
last voyage An injury from a fall on
shipboard, and the infrmities of ad-
yaneing years heneeiorth kept him on
land. lie was compelled to ask to be
excused from taking the command of
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, most re-
sponsible position, assigned him by the
Government In 1851 he was placed
upon the IcbiEeu list out MS heart
knew no abatement in It's zeal for
his country, though his hand
could no longer strike blow In It's de
fense His remaining days were spent
in the pleasant retirement Of his home
st Exeter, n Il, and in occasional
lourneyings to the places of summer
resort, during one of which his decesse
occurred. II. l.


In all his social as well as official re-
lations, Commodore Long was a more
than ordinary man. His simple and
genial manners, sound common sense
and genuine beneyolence. won him
friends and admirers among all classes


The veterans OF the Revolution are
now sll or nearly all, gone. Death Is
fast thinning the ranks of those who
sustained the honor Of our flag in the
second war with Great Britain. and the
few venerable survivors Of the marine
triumps Of that contest will let fall a
tear at the departure Of their gallant
o0mpeeT.
Year: 1865

There is box of one hundred copies Of Brown
lows book on the Rebellion" for sale at the office
of the KNOXVILLE WHO. Persons wishing to
purchase can apply at said Office Price Sl.5o
Year: 1865

The country will rejoice to learn this
morning that the President has deemed it
consistent with the public safety to restore
throughout the loyal States the writ of habeaS
corpus, suspended during almost two years
past. In the iDsurgent States, and also in
the District Of Columbia and the Territories
Of New Mexico and Arizona, the suspension
Of the writ remains in force. There, to a
great extent, martial law still rules and un.
iii the people Of the South manifest u wish
to come loyalty and heartily back into the
Union, doing justice also TO their lately
emancipAtod slaves, some degree of military
force must continue TO be necessary-the
writ OF hHJeas corpus remaining, meanwhile,
in abeyanoe.


But here, at the North, II is pretty we'll
understood that tho Jurisdiction Of Military
Commissions is 1T an end-perhaps might
have come properly to an end some time
sinse4- 4-snd We welcome most heartily the
festoEation Of one Of those great safeguards
pf personal liberty most precious TO every
bee Psopls.-NHp York Tribune.
Year: 1865

The speech of eI-Gov. HAHN, of Louisiana,
which we publish on the first page of to-day s
REPUBLICAN,, will attract general attention.
Coming as ii does from one who was educated
and has lived all his days in the extreme
South, and who has had a large experience
in the reconstruction experiment in his own
State, it will be read with more than ordi.
nary interest
Year: 1865

RVfL


communication was received on Monday at
the Land Office, from the Surveyor General of
Kansas, covering a contract ordered for the sur
vey of land on the direct route from Siour City
to Montana aud Idaho. and the opening of road
on the route
Year: 1865

CANINE oAGACITY.-A gentleman. one Of
the survivors af the ill-fated steamer Anglo
Saxon, gives the following narrative of the
escape of one of the boats through the pilot
age oftwo Newfoundland dogs: "The last time
| saw Cant. Burgess ithe commander of the
Anglo Saxon he was assisting to lower the
small boat, in which were embarked twenty
two men, one lady and myself We left with
out food, compass or sufficient clothing. We
were knocked about in fog all day, not know
ing whittier we We're drifting. Towards eve.
however, we espied cliff of Belle Isle, when
We steered for Cape Race, which we made
Approaching the shore, saw Il man carry
ing gun, accompanied by two large New
louhdland dogs He evidently saw us. and
made signal for us TO approach the shore
cautiously We followed his course for some
time, till he WAS hid from us by a large cliff,
which it was impossible he could descend
The two dogs, however. soon appeared
descending this dangerous headlond, and,
upon reaching the water. dashed precipitately
into the sea- howling dreadfully. Having swan
out close TO the boat, they then turned close to
the shore, keeping little distance ahead of
us, indicating that we were to follow them
Our singular pilots seemed to understand the
danger Of our position, as We did not dcviate
from the course they were leading us without
a loud howl being uttered by them. At last
we arrived in a natural creek, where Il safe
landing was effected. No other similar crecl,
was to be seen, which caused us all to wonder
at the sagacity displayed by these dumb ami
mails. No doubt our preservation was in a
great measure attributable to these noble dogs.
An alarm having been raised, Il rope was let
down by a pully, and we were taken up the
cliff. which is one hundred and fifty feet in
height. We we're shortly after enabled to
reach the lighthouse, where every attention
was paid to us
Year: 1865

IMPORTANT DECISION BY TIE SECRETARY or
THE INTERIOR. The Secretary of the Interior
has decided that person born in the United
States and who removes to a foreign country
and takes the oath of allegiance to the Govern
ment thereof, and subsequently returns to the
United States, must, on making application for
patent, be regarded as a subject of the Gov
ernment to which he removed, until he COM
plies with the naturalization laws of the United
States.


The decision was occasioned bv the applca.
ton for patent by an individual born in the
State of Maine, who removed to Nova Scotia
and swore allegiance to the Queen, and who
at the expiration of ten years returned to the
United States.
Year: 1865

ACSIlN, IeNaS, sept. y, 1860.


: : In times past, no man in Texas
had Il stronger hold upon the public confidence
than tie writer of this address. He has done
nothing TO forfeit that confidence except to
consen. reluctantly, as / believe, to engage in
the mad experiment Of secession He has
seen and deplores the wickedness and folly
which brought upon the people their present
troubles, and now seeks by his warning voice,
issuing from prison cell, to induce this pco-
pie to repair, as far as may be, by their future
course the injuries of the past.


II especially request the publication of
the address in your paper, and hope that the
press Of the State generally will do the same
IF every man in our State who is and has
been engaged in throwing discredit upon the
justice and policy of the Government would,
with the same honesty of purpose, discuss the
present and future interests Of the people, its
return to its proper and constitutional position
in the Union would be both sure and expedi-
tious.


II earnestly commend the address 10 the
honest and thoughtful consideration of the
people of Texas,


Very respectfully,


"a. }. HAMuroN."
Year: 1865

POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES THE
UNITED STATEs.-The question frequently arises in
familiar discussions and generally at times and places
when the official data for its solution is not at hand
as to The relative population and rank of the chief
cities fthe Union. We append below for the infor-
nation of our readers who have not access
to the census volumes, the population of the cities
having over fifty thousand inhabitants, shown by
data at the Department Of the Interior in the order
i'll which they stand together with the percentage OF
foreign natives in each:-