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Year: 1865

The following letter from Inc president to a
Quaker preacher, Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney, dis
plays more religious feeling than has generally
been attributed to Mr.. Lincoln


My Esteemed Friend:


l have not forgotten, probably never shall
forget, the very impressive occasion when
yourself and friends visited me on a Sabbath
forenoon two years ago. Nor had your kind
letter, written nearly year later, ever been
forgotten. In all it has been your purpose to
strengthen my reliance in God. | am much
indebted to the good Christian people of the
country for their constant prayers and consO-
lations, aud to no one of them more than to
yourself. The purposes OF the Almighty are
perfect and must prevail, though we erring
mortals may fail to accurately perceive them
in advance. We hoped for a happy termina-
tion of this terrible war long before this, but
God knows best and has ruled otherwise
We shall yet acknowledge his wisdom and our
own errors therein meanwhile we must work
earnestly in the best lights he gives Us, trust
ing that so working still conduces to the great
ends He ordans. Surely He Intends some
great good to follow this mighty convusion
which no mortal could make, ard no mortal
could stay. Your peope-the Friends-have
had, aud still having very great trials, on
principle and faith opposed to. both war and
oppression. They eau only practically oppose
oppression by war. In this hard dilemma,
some have chosen one horn, and some the
other. For those appealing 10 me on CON
scientous grounds, have done, and shall do
the best l could, and can, in my own con-
science under nv oath to the law. That YOU
believe this l doubt not, and believing it, l
shall still receive for our country and myself
your earnest prayers to our Father in heaven.


Your sincere friend,


A. LINCOLN.
Year: 1865

The present population of San Francisco is
estimated at 112,50O. The city is making a
rapid and substantial growth while many of
the interior towns and villages are decreasing
10 population.
Year: 1865

The insane and Unsuitable passion
FOR accumulation, ever ready, when
circumstances favor, to seize upon
the public mind. is that Glove of mon
ev," which is the root of all evil, that
covetousness which ia idolatry. II
springs from an undue, and idOlatrous
estimate of the value of property.
Many are feeling that nothing will
do for them or for their children but
wealth. 1t is lheir god and the god
of their families. Their sons are
growing up to the same worship of it
and to an equally paneful reliance
upon it for the future; they are rush
ing into the expenses which the di-
vided property of their fathers house
will not enable them to sustain; and
they are pre- pairing to be, in turn and
from necessity the slave to the same
idol.


How truely is it written that
"they that will be rich fall into temp
tatiOn and = snare, and into many
foolish and huFtful lusts, which drown
men in destruction and perdition~
There is no need that they should be
rich, but they will be rich All the
noblest functions of life, may be dis
charged without wealth, all its high
est honors obtained; all its parest
pleasures enjoyed-yet, we repeat it
nothing will do it, but wealth. Dis
appoint man of this, and he mourns
as If the highest end of his life were
defeated. Strip him of this and this
gone allis gone. Strip him of this,
and we shall point to no unheard of
experiance when we say-he would
rather die than live
Year: 1865

NEWBORN Love FOR SoLDIEEs-lhe
leaders of the Democratic party. after
having opposed the war and voted to
withhold the right Of suffrage from the
brave defenders of their country. are now
manifestinc the utmost love for the sol
diers, and are even trying 20 make 1t ap-
pear that they are tho only true friends
of this class. This hypOcracy is however,
too apparent to deceive any one OF ordi-
nary intelligence. The brave men who
have spent the last four wears in the ser
vice OF their country, are not to be de
ceiyed in this way. They know who nave
been their friends during the war, and
this new movement can have no other
effect than TO disgust them still more with
the party who have been continually de-
rounciDg the struggle for cur national
existence as o war for the ''nigger" in.
augurated by the Aboltionists Of the
North, and which, owing to the superior
courage and military skill Of the rebels,
had proved failure on our part. They
must look upon a Union soldier rs an
embodiment of ignorance and stupidity,
to think him capable of being hUmbug-
ged in this manner. It is an insult to
the intelligence of the soldiers. which
they will resent by their votes when the
time arrives. All this, however Is per-
fectly cunsistent with Democracy. If the
right of suffrage were extended to the
colored man, the same party would soon
become the strongest advocates of the
black mans rights, and would try to
make it appear that they had always been
his friends, and The chef instruments in
securing his freedom.
Year: 1865

to be bound by the restraints of law, or
der and decency. DR.. Rucker is a man
whose devotion to the Union cause can
not be questioned. He was confined for
sixteen months in "A rebel prison, was I'M
der sentence of death and managed to
make his escape. He served in the Union
army; was for some time chief of General
Crooks staff; fought gallantly for the
Union on several bloody battle fields,
and now, bccaua.. h. does not agree with
the destructives in the city OF Wheeling,
and labOrs to convince them, by gentle
manly argument and discussion, of the
impolicy and wrongtnlness Of their
course, he is insnlted aud threatened and
accused of treason by men who have
never shouldered q musket or gone forth
to meet the foe Shame on such lawless-
ness and folly.
Year: 1865

of Davis morals or discretion, but Il
seemed to him incredible how man o.
education aud culture, of refined taste. 8
member of the church who sat u. Christs
table and partook of the sanct,ned bod,
|,and blood of the worlds crucified Re


deemer, could possibly harbor thought
of completely in the assassination he
supposed President johnson had good
evidence, however, bat il such compiler
ty was proved il wOnld materially dam
age his respect for human nature.


The Governor said the war Was sub
stantially over when Grant took kich'
mond; all the South agreed to that. No
organized guerrilla warfare will be car,
ried on. The people of the South " Ill
not permit it. A selfish instinct to tie
fend themselves will stimulate them to
hunt down gusrrillas. He spoke with
pride of having recently presided nj a
meeting in Charleston to express regret
and indignation at the murder of MIR.
Lincoln. He said he had lost nearly all
his property in the war (some seven or
eight million dollarS) but if he saved
enough for his support he should not
mourn the loss.
Year: 1865

ENGLISH 0PINIoN.-A late number Of
the London Times in its resume Of the
year, a!ludiug to the present attitude of
The north toward Canada, SAYS in the pre-
sent state of northern feeling, there is too
much reason to apprehend some outrage,
which may render rupture inevitable


1t also says Americans neither appre-
cia,e the strength Of England, nor under
stand the unanimily with which war will
be prosecuted if forced upon reluctant
government and nation. The first results
Of war would be the immediate establish
ment Of southern Independence.
Year: 1865

The new Atlantic cable, now nearly
completed in England is wonder OF me
chanlcel skill. There are seven copper
wires TO form the conductor. The entire
length Of the telegraph will be 1890 miles,
90 this. there are 160 600 miles of copper
wire. Every portion Of this copper wire
i' subjected to electrical tests to ascertain
its quality for conduclion before it is al
lowed to be worked up. The next stage
is 10 coat these wires with eight success
sive coats of the insulating material, equal
to an aggregate length of l0,40O miles.
This coat is next covered with jute wound
round it from ten strands making % 900
miles Of juse yarn. Then comes the cutter
coating formed Of the ten covered iron
wires The iron wire itself is 5000
miles in length, and each wire is covered
separately with five strands of tarred
hemp, $4,000 miles Of the latter being
required, making together an aggregate
length Of material employed OF Ok, 500
miles, or very nearly as much as would
put ten girdles around the earth, O! form
a line that would stretch almost from the
earth to the moon.


A letter from GEO. SAwARp, ESQ sec
re.ary and general agent of the Atlantic
telegraph company, TO CYHUs w. FIELD
after aluding to tho absolute electrical!
perfection Of the cable now being manu-
featured, states the amount completed up
to the 30tb Of December at $50 miles.
The cable is now being manufactured at
The rate of so miles per week, without.
hurry and without night work. Ii will be
finished by the first week in June There
are two tanks on board the Great Eastern
for the stowage Of the cable, and the
third is rapidly progressing. There is 20
reason to doubt that the cable will all be
on board and the great ship ready for sea,
with every appliance of the kind and in
the best order, during tue month of June
Mr.. Saward has nc doubt that the cable
will be successfully laid and worked.
Year: 1865

The demand for-the Second Series Of the
7-30 Notes was so great that the Treasury.
Department was unable to print them with
sufficient rapidity to fill the orders. 1t will
be remembered that hundred million were
subscribed and paid for in single week.
The printing presses have finally surmount-
ed the difficulty, and on Wednesday, June
7th, the deliveries Of the Third Series COM
menced, and will be continued with the
same promptness that marked the supply of
the notes of the first and second series. it
has been this interruption of delivery at the
time Of subscription which has given an ap
pearance Of falling off in the popular tax
ing Of the loan,-the great body Of small
takers being unwilling to pay their money
unless they receive their notes right in hand,
to carry them home. 1t is expected that
after this week the daily subscriptions to
the Seven-Thirties will run up into millions,
as they will undoubtedly be stimulated By
the opening Of the farmers wool markets
East and West. . 1t is not ut all likely that
the Government will ever again offer 80 de-
slrabe a security as those notes, and about
two hundred millions only remain to be
taken.


With the close of the war the national
expenses will be vastly reduced, aud invest.
ors must look for sharp reduction in the
rate OF interest as soon as the present loans
become due, and can be paid of. There is
no reason why the United States credit for
money should ever again fall below its credit
for courage. The same spirit that presery-
ed the geographical integrity of the coun
try will place its pecmtaY integrity on
par with that of the most favored nations
and that will represent u rate of intoestr-un-
der rather than over four per cent-E.c4
change
Year: 1865

American farmers work too hard. Our
seasons are SO short, help so scarce, and
there is so much to do, that it is almost I'M.
possible to lind time to attend to mental i'm
provement and the cultivation of some
feelings. ''All work and no play makes
Jack dull boy" 1t is so with those who
have attained to ripper years. We all need
relaxation<and We will take it one way or
another. Would it not be well to find it by
visiting little more among our brother far
mers? DO not make formal visits. Get
INTO your buggy some evening before dark
and visit some good farmer friend.
Talk over your agricultural plans and pros
pect. Look at the crops and the stock, and
you will be almost sure to get some hint
that will prove useful.


II you see anything particularly good say
So 1t VIII encourage your friend and stim-
uIatc him to renewed exertions. If your
own crops are better than his, you feel none
the worse for knowing the fact. Don't
gossip. Leave that to those who have no.
thing better than personalities to talk about.
Don't stay too long. Don't bore your friend
or let him bore you Be cheerful and pleas
ant. Return home carly, and you will be
aStonlshed with how much more spirit You
will go to work the next morning. Things
which had depressed you for days and weeks
VIII put on different aspect. We can all
accomplish much more thanwe do if we on
y think to and have courage to 90 systemat-
ically to work, A little. relaxation, a con-
yersatlon with one who has the same trials
and lahors, give us new courage, and we at.
tempt to accomplish with ease things which
before oppressed us with their magnitude.
Year: 1865

A few days since stranger came into a
boot and shoe store in Canal street, New
York, to purchase pair of shoes. He was
long time engaged in trying shoes before
he could find pair to fit. Meantime an
other gentleman came in to buy a pair of
boots. He soon found pair, which he
drew on, and which fitted exactly. and
while he was thrusting his hands into his
pockets for the ready" the shoe mr.
chaser darted off with the shoes without
either payment, or even saying as much as
''by your leave, sir" "The Villain eT-
claimed the boot purchaser and the boot
maker, in the same breath, and both osve
chase. The man in the new boots how
ever, had the best wind and the eIeanest
heels He soon shot ahead of Crispin,
while the latter urged him to push for
ward and overtake the shoes. There was
no need OF urging. The shoes turned the
corner, the boots followed. and. for anv-
thing Crispin knows, they are pursuing
each other yet.
Year: 1865

1t is easy for an undecided man to be-
come a dishonest one. Innocence de-
parts with childhood, and leaves man to
battle for the attainment of virtue, or sur.
render to the temptations of vice. He
cannot stand still, for the world presses
in upon him from the one side or the
other. If he be a man of decision and
Of virtuons motives, he will be an honest
man, and we know where to find him ;
if a man of decision and vicious motives,
he will be dishonest man, and we know
where to find him also. But if he be a
man of indecision we know not where to
find him. To-day he hovers about the
armies of virtue, and perhaps stands
braveIy for a while tomorrow he de-
serts TO the ranks Of vice, traitor to hi,
manhood. Even the honesty of a man,
who may possess a character which is
in the main strongly disposed TO virtue,
is to be trusted with great caution, if from
a lack of decision we find him vacilaling
in the midst of conflicting influences.
Year: 1865

A New York writer says the chief
pleasure derived by the Bostoniaus at a
musical entertainment is criticism, and
he ventures the statement that "when
they 60 to Heaven they will declare that
some Of the harps are out Of tune, thai
one of the angels takes liberties with the
composers text, and that another sings
fiat. They will also deplore the absence
Of tie Boston organ"
Year: 1865

A contemporary says that the kind
lady who sent him a strawberry shorts
cake, marked "please insert" may rest
assured that her contribution" will mot
be crowded out by press of other matter"
Year: 1865

GRASS Fields may be plowed
and sowed with grass seed this month,
without any kind Of grain. Sill it is
better to sow two or three pecks Of rye
per acre, to partially shade the young
grass.
Year: 1865

Whoever intends TO purchase q good Family
Sewing Machine, of any kind, will do well to
call at tho News Office. We can furnish them
at all times upon the most advantageous terms.


PRoPRIEreRs or THE News.
Year: 1865

A large and enthusiastic meeting, on behalf OF
the Southern people, was held last evening at
the Brooklyn Academy Of Music. The addresses
Of the several speakers were listened to with
great satisfaction by the audience, that portion
of Gen. Fisks, wherein he repeated the sub
stance Of recent conversation with President
Johnson elieiting the most marked appreciation
and pleasure The Presidents assurance that
he should carry out the purposes of his prede-
ceSsor in regard to the Southern Blacks and
that the Freedmens Bureau would be continued
and supported till the rights of that class were
established, viii be gladly accepted all over the
country by loyal and humane people and quiet
any uneasness that has recently arisen on that
subject.
Year: 1865

We hold that the Union party as such mas
nothing to do With the City Election. lA1
party exists To maintain certain pnncipes'
None of those principles are N issue IN lo'
coming contest. Some men are protesting
against. "disbanding the party II it wouir
relieve us permanently OF those who cling ION
for tho sake of plpnder, We should be lneOh"
TO try the experiment.
Year: 1865

WORKING MEN WANTED.-As soon as spring
opens, which every body predicts will be at
ON earlier date than usual, there will be need
ed a thousand additional working men in
the vicinity of Pioneer city.


The new ditch coming in from Upper
Grimes creek will cover large district of
very valuable placer mining ground which
has here tofore laid idle for want of water.
This will be available for use several times
and isau Improvement required by the in
creasing enterprise in that locality. Some
of the ground covered by this new ditch, on
the Big Muddy, is SO rich that large wages
have been made by wheeling the dirt long
distance and rocking it out. and claims there
about have sold for from $4,000 to $4,000.
Men at distance who have the sound dis
cretion to appreciate good wages and sure
pay instead brushing to another excitement,
where the claims are all taken will do we'll to
turn up in the vicinity of Hog'em at early
spring. Such a course will prove much more
advantageous to them than chasing the illu-
sorry phantoms of the Upper Columbia mines
or Blackfoot. The mines about Pioneer city
including the Big and Little Muddles, the
Apple Jack, &C., are settled districts where
the claims are all valuable rules and regula-
tions, have been adapted to the wants of the
community, law and order prevails supplies
of all kinds are cheap aud plenty, society
with women, children. schools and churches,
has been planted, and we know Of no better
or more attractive locality to which steady.
reliable working men, or those possessed Of
small capital which they wish to pro6tably
invest might direct their attention.
Year: 1865

A HEFrY CcNUNDRUM.-The following
hefty conundrum is probably by the sam.
man who inquired why Julius Cesar was
like a pump handler" and who said he
"hadn't made the answer yet -


Why is man in mammoth balloon a
Central Park, with wicker basket full OF
Johnson's last pardon, supported on his
right arm, and keg of lager beer on the
other, having had nothing to cat for several
days, nor the wherewithal to purchase the
same, and in full view Of Grace Church
steeple in the foreground, and the Croton
aqueduct in the rear, in the presence of q
big crowd Of spectators, including the Eng,
lish capitalists and Sir Morton Peto, the
Tunisian visitors, Horace Greeley and Ben.
Wood, like boarding school miss wearing
q jockey hat and partridge feather, with a
two pound waterfall, loaded with gun cot.
ton and pumpkins, mounted on an Amos
keag steam engine, making its way to the
race between the Winooski and Algonquin,
her mother at the same time not knowing
that she was out. and unmindful of the
many pitfalls that surround Barnum's old
Museum lot and other localities Of . similar
character, to say nothing Of the withering
rebuke administered to Earl Russell BY
Minister Adams previous to the outbreak
by the Fenians shortly to come off, for the
performance of which bonds have been
given, also to ascertain previous to the elec.
ton whether Gems Slocum or Barlow stole
the cotton, and whether some Of that same
cotton is not the identical cotton with which
the young lady referred TO is loaded, Why
is all that like all this?
Year: 1865

The Chicago Journal says that by push
ing the question of negro suffrage upon
our party now, while the popular prejudice
against negro equality still strongly ex.
lists. we are not only imperilag the success
Of the Republican party, but postponing
still further the realization of the very
rights and privileges which it is sought to
secure to our colored population" &c. Il
also says that had the Republican party in
Wisconsin adopted as plank in its plat.
form the doctrine that negro suffrage in
the south must be conceded before the
States can be admitted to representation in
Congress, it would have been defeated. In
asmuch as that is the doctrine Of the lead.
ers Of the Republican party. it follows that
the Republican successes this fall have been
achieved by means Of fraud upon shs peo.
pie. Frseport Bulletin.
Year: 1865

Judge SrRAGUE, in his decision of the Army
Warwick case in the United States District
Court at Boston, laid down this principle:


1t has been supposed that after the rebellion
is suppressed, the Government will have the
right of conquest; that State and its inhabit-
ants may be permantly dives.ed Of all political
privileges, aud treated as foreign territory ac-
quired by arms. This is an error. Under dcs-
pptic Governments the power of municipal
confscation may be unlimited: but under our
Government the right of sovereignty over any
portion of a State is given and limited by the
Constitution, and will be the same after the
war as it was before. When the United States
takes possession Of any rebel district, they
acquire no new title, but merely yindicate that
which previously existed.
Year: 1865

A State fair is a queen; an Agricultural fair
ts farmers daughter church fair is par
sons wife q soldiers fair is the best lookin.
girl he can get hold Of a charity fair is y
female pauper and the most unpopular fair in
the Notwithstanding house fare.
Year: 1865

young man to take charge of pair of horses
Of religious turn Of mind. A school cammit
tee man writes: We have school.house large
enough to accommodate four hundred pupils
four stories high A newspaper says: "A
child was run over by wagon three years old
and cross eyed with pantalets which never spoke
afterwards" Parasol--A protection against
the sun. used by ladies made of cotton aud
whale bone. Straps-Articles worn under the
boots Of gentlemen made OF calfskin An
exchange describing celebration, says: The
procession was very fine and nearly two miles
in length as was also the prayer Of DR.. Perry
the Chaplain.
Year: 1865

DURING the last Presidential election young
lawyer, noted for the length of his neck, his
tongue. and his bill, was on the stump, blowing
his horn for Gen. Mcclellan.


Getting on his eloquence, he spread himself,
and said:


81 would that on the 9th of next November


might have the wings of bird. and would
dy to every city and village, to every town and
hamlet, to every hut, and proclaim to every
man, woman and chid-George B. Mcclellan
as the President of the United States"


At this moment a youngster in the crowd
sang out:


"Dry up, you fool. You'd be shot for goose
before you few mile"