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Year: 1865

BYT. S. ARTHUR.


That man win be the death of me yet, .
said Paul Levering.


He looked worried, but not angry.


Thee means Dick Hardy ?"


Eyes.


What has he been doing to thee now ?'


The questioner was Friend named Isaac
Martina neighbor.


He always doing something, friend Mar
tin. Scarcely day passes that don t have
complaint of him. Yesterday one of the
boys came and told me that he saw him
throw stone at my new Durham COW, and
strike her in the head


That very bad, friend Isevering, Does
thee know why he did this Was thy Dur
ham trespassing on his grounds p


No, she was only looking over his fence
He has spite against me and mine, and
does all he can to injure me. You know the
fine Bartlett pear tree, that stands In the
corner of my lot adjoining his property ~


Yes


Two large limbs, full of fruit, stretched
over on his side. You hardly believe it, but
it S true. was out there just now, and dis
covered that he had sawed off these two fine
limbs that hung over on his side. They lay
down upon the ground, and his pigs were
eating the fruit. =


Why is Dick so spiteful to thee, friend
Leyering He doesn't annoy me. What
has thee done to him p


Nothing of any consequence. !


Thee must have done something, Try
and remember.


i know what first set him out | kicked
an ugly dog of his once The beast, half
starved at home, | suppose, was all the
while prOwling about here, and snatching up
everything that came in his way One day |
came upon him suddenly, and gave him
tremendous kick that sent him howling
through the gate. Unfortunately, as it has
turned out, the dog master happened to be
passing along the road. The way he swore
at me was dreadful. | never saw a more
vindictiye face. On the next morning, a
splendid Newfoundland, that | had raised
from pup, met me shiyering at the door,
Year: 1865

The Presbyterians are very uneasy. They
exhibit enlargement of the pupils Of the eyes
and itching Of the nose. They have been
making what they call 'deliverances," but
they are such deliverances as the inspired
prophet spoke of-they have brought forth
wind only


They say the man of sin troubles them.
We know-and so do many of their own peo-
ple-that men of sin abound among them
The man of sin is, in their view, the Pope
or Popery itself As a dying spasm they
try, once more, the old sing-song of abuse
OF the Catholic Church They have been
delivering on the matter in their annual
assembly. They are alarmed at the strides
ofPopery


Some religious body, lately Presbyteri-
an or Methodist, wanted to make a religious
matter OF insisting on the admission of ne
groes to the right to vote They wanted
them, they said, to counterbalance the Irish
andGerman Catholics They claimed the ne
groes as Protestants. But President John
son. who has lived all mis- lite in slave States,
told set of negro preachers that the ne
groes thus claimed as reliable Protestants-
to the number of -four millions - live in
open and notorious concubinage y is that
what makes them reliable as Protestants


There are, however, two bodies, each
claiming to be the Presbyterian Church, in
these States. One claims to be the genuine
Jacobs the other to be the original Jacobs.
They split and BACKED each other eyes,
in quarrel nearly thirty years ago on some
notions none of them knew anything about.
The gist of it was, that one party held it was
in the eternal DEGREES Of God to damn some
men eternally, and it was foolish in these to
try and save their souls. The other Church
we believe, held that some people ought to
wish to be damned eternallyi


These played out Presbyterian minis
ters think they can get up a persecution of
Catholics Poor fools That persecution
is fast coming on in the land, but Presbyte-
rians, or any other sect processing the name
of Christians, will not be as the dust in the
balance toward promoting it The time is
not Just yet.


We recommend to these feeble folks of
Presbyterianism, to put blankets round them
put their feet to the fire, and to take Fahns-
tock' S remedy. Fit don't do good it can't
do hurt, and they rein bad way
Year: 1865

A CERTAIN Judge was obliged to sleep
with an Irishman in a crowded hotel, when
the following conversation ensued:


Pat, You would have remained long
time in the old country before you could
haveslept with judge, would you nof?''


Yes, yer honor, said Pat, and 4 think
yer honor would have been a long time in
the ould country before ye'd been Judge.
too -
Year: 1865

Up in the State of Maine colored men
vote, and the Democracy, at it. late State
Convention


Resolved, That the ballot is the right Of
every American citizen. to be restricted only
by such limitations as the public safety may
require; and that the Constitution recog-
nizes the right of the people of each State
to prescribe the qualifications of electors
power the people of the separate States
comprising the Federal Union have right
fully exercised from the origin of the Gov
ernment to the present time


In Ohio colored men don't vote, except
under certain conditions prescribed by au-
thority ofa Democratic Court, and the Ohio
Democracy in convention assembled:


Resolred, That the effort new being made
to confer the right Of suffrage upon negroes,
is an insidieus attempt to overthrow popu-
lar institutions by bringing the right to vote
into disgrace; that the negroes are not COM
petent to the exercise of that right, nor is
it necessary to their safety or protection; on
the contrary, its exercise by them, if at
tempted, would be fraught with terrible ca
lamities to both them and the whites; we
are therefore unequivocally opposed to ne
gro suffrage.
Year: 1865

Il, Farmers and business men generally, who
have been in the habit of doing business without
keeping an account of their receipts and expen-
ditures, experience great difficulty in making
correct return of their income TO the 0. s. AS
SCISSOR. To avoid this perplexity in the future,
every man doing business should provide himself
with memorandum book and carry it in his
pocket, and whenever he makes apurchase, il it
is but five cents worth, put it down. And In
like manner if he disposeS of anything from MS
workshop, or his farm, be should write it down,
then at the end of the year he would have no
difficulty Of arriving at his income and expendi-
ture, and could make out his return to the Y: =:
Assessor accurately and without difficulty. Let
every one commence this method Of doing busi-
ness at once, and he will soon become accustom-
ed to it, when it will be just as easy to do 1t as
any other branch of business. As it is not at all
probable that the present debt of the United
States will be paid off within the next fifty years,
every man should educate his children to. the
keeping of accounts. Teach to them IN Inelr
childhood as you would to read or write. .--Doy-
leStoacn Pa J Democrat.
Year: 1865




The tax sale appointed for the 10th OF
AnrT at st. Augustine Fla, has been sus-
nended until further orders.


A gentleman whe to-day arrived from
the front says that while on Saturday NOR
ming General Grant and the President and
his party were on their way from City
Point to witness the review in the Army
of the Potomac, and when about twenty
miles from that place, General Park, just
from the battle field, approached and gave
a eircumstantial account of the fight st
Fort Stesdman General Grant thanked
him. and the President also complimented
him highly for the manner in which ne
and the officers and men under him
had conducted themselves in the conflict
The party resumed their way, and stopped
ats fort within mile and half OF th'
Year: 1865

The Times Washington special says the
trial of bounty brokers arrested in New
York by Col. Baker, is proceeding here
rapidly before the Military Commission.
They win get summary justice very speed
Year: 1865

rae WHITE HOUSE ~ MOURNING.


Tho solemn sadness of everything around the Exocu-
tive Mansion during the morning one OF the charac
teristics of the day. No person admitted except
those who bad charge OF the arrangements for the
ra such had some labor 70 perform In completing
the preparations aud the invited guests It was in
realty the house Of mourning and those very rooms
which the public have State occasions Aed with
lie animation and JOY dressed in the habiiiments
Of Entering the front door this stiffness seemed
almost deathke Every person moved along on tlptoc,
as if fearful Of disturbing the long and deep sleep Of
the great and good whose body lay within those
walls.


TICKET


necessary 20 obtain aimittance 10 the house OF
mourning The card adopted for the and fur
ni.hcd TO those who to be present about ye
inches by three with black band around the odgc with
the following words upon its face



ROOM.
Admit the bearer 10 the Executive Mansion on
Wednesday, the. 18th of April, 1855. :

With this entrance obtained - the sacred spot
where lay the body Of our late Chief Magistrate


THE GREEN ROOM


dar<ened and shade OF night seemed TO hang ovei
H. The blinds nearly closed, allowing but faint
streak Of light 10 enter the Window The DOORS win
dows, cornccs and chandelier richly hung with the
weeds Of grief and mourning through which could bc
'fany seen the rich dimask and lace curtains which
adorned the room on all other The numerous
largo mirrors also heavily drapcd with a panel OF
white Grape covering the facc Of the glass In fact
everywhere we're the OF sorrow which spoke Of
bereavement Of hearts Of household ties severed and
nation weeping and mourning a chief that hss
fallen.


rHR GRAND CArAFALQUE.
Near the centre Of the stood The grand cotatus
1upon which rested the mortal remains or the ustrious
dead enclosed In metallic coffin finished in the most
elaborate style with four silver handles each side,
stars gscning between each handle and vein Of silver
winding around the whole serpenne form To the
edges of the lid hung arich silver assc making chase
aud elaborate fringe to the whole Tho catJtqae
stood engthwse 10 the room, or north al south, anc
Immediately in front of the double doors whiCn lead to
the wide hall The door Of the catf1Ie about four
feet in height, and approached by step all sides,
making 1t easy to view the face Of the hono,ed dead
Above this s canopy, in arched form lined the
under ide with white duted satin covered otherwise
miIhrlaek velvet and craDe Ths wss sapporteg hy
Year: 1865

JonN said stingy old hunk TO his hired
man, as he was taking dinner, do you know
how many pan cakes you have eaten? No


Well you have eaten fourteen. Well, said
John, you count and Ill eat.
Year: 1865

The following is an extract of letter from
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to an
assessor in New York.


There is, in the first place, no provision in
the law for exsmpting farm products sold
from tax on account of their having paid one
tax already; aud, in the second place, it is
clear that, in the majority OF cases, it is ouly
apparently the fact that second tax is paid.
There may be exceptional cases to the CON
traryi but, as general rule, farmers sell the
same portion Of their products each and
every year, and there will remain over, alter
the last year Of tax, the Complementary frac-
tion OF the products lett unsoid year by year
aud consequently escaping taxation"
Year: 1865




Now that many persons have been arrested
for their participation in the rebellion the
Government will soon be required TO develop
its policy in reference to the punishment Of
those who may be convicted Of treason. In
doing 10 there are certain considerations
which cannot be disregardcd.


l. The MmRbcy Of SnconfioMS must he Inn.
1tcd, There are in the country several thou
sand persons who can be convicted If the
crime Of treason. Tho majority of these can.
not he tried The indictments even will be
limited to the leaders in the civil aud mill
tAry movements Of the rebels, II Is doubtful
whether the Government will proceed against
any below the grade Of general Ia, the army,
and that of civil officers criminal proceedings
viii be confined 20 the socRlled President,
Cabinet, Congress, Judges, and Governors,
These constitute n list of from three to Ave
hundred men. Only few Of these will suffer
the death penalty. The President may par.
don the remainder, or he may commute their
punishment with such limitations upon their
personal and political rights as ho may think
necessary.


2, Those MOHh 6s p"HiShGd oapifaHy
WROSc crCeRtioH is essential 10 MC IHfHn
pdacs Of TIC OHNiry. 1t is, US il seems to US,
quite clear that the rebel leaders arc now and
hencelorth altogether pOwerless to disturb
seriously the peace Of the country. Are,
then, all these men to escape with their
lives Certainly not But we cannot execute
all the guilty nor can we execute criminals
upon any theory that may be entertained oI
their relative guilt, nor upon the strength
OF direction Of the public judgment. Tn,
end sought is security against another re
bellion. How shall this end bo reachod2 BY
the inliction Of the death penalty upon those
who are c-ominently the leaders Of the re
bellion. Who arc they DAVIS and LEI
are unquestionably of this class II thes,
men suffer death the country will understand
and ambitious men will understand, that they
who become the leaders Of a rebellion ar,
sure to suffer death in case of the failure 0
the undertaking,


Without leaders spirit and purpose o
rebellion cannot be so organized us to he
come dangerous. The trial, conviction, sen
tence and execution Of DAVIS and LIE ar,
the needed example and warning for all time
DAVIS was the head Of the civil government
and Of the army and navy. LEE was tn,
general in chief in the field Considered
morally, they may not be guilty bryonJ
many Others, but the positions thoy ocoupicl
mark them as the responsible leaders,


The formal trial and execution Of CuARI.E'
has been warning to every monarch VIII,
has since sat upon tho British throne. Tn,
execution Of DAVIS and LEE will be warn
ing 10 every ambitious and discontontod mar
that the leader Of an unsuccessful rebellion
is sure to suffer death. This Is the only So
curity that eau be taken by the agency Of the
gallOws for the future tranquility of the
country. Let this security bo taken, and
thon let the olemency Of the Executive be
exercised in reference TO all others.


In these remarks we have not referred Ia
the persons who may have participated in
the murder of MIR. LISCoLN. OF these, ll
who are convicted should suffer death
Year: 1865

No attentive and intelligent observer OF
the present political signs, be be Long Hair,
Short Hair or Democrat, can come to any
other conclusion than that the Adminis,ra
ton party in California is irremedably split
and broken apart their party edtice rent
from dome to base-and that the like fate
is fastening upon it in the other States Of
the Union. Here, the Senatorial question
is made the pre,ext, on the part of the Long
Hairs, bu, the truth is, that there are radical
differences Of opinion in the party. upon
questions now becoming national in discus
sion, that admit Of no reconcilement in a
party made up of such ncongruous and dis
cordant material


The boltings that commenced few weeks
ago, IN defiance of regular organization,
have spread from county to- county - each
faction pursuing that course when find>
ing itself in The minority - and the spirit
OF disorganization will be carried into the
State Convention, TO meet on the 24th cf
August, and BY means Of the double deega
tions that will hs present there from nearly
all the large counties, the disruption vii be
made final and complete.


The State Convention will dissolve as
promptly and decisively as the Sacramento
possibly not with such violen!
bity and bitterness Of feeling that will be
little short of desire TO pomnel each Other
with bludgeons and brass knuckles.
Year: 1865

To the Editors of the Herald: - Seeing a
statement to day in the filthy sheet called
Stars and Stripes, that had encouraged an
attack upon the office and private property
of the Auburn Herald wish to say through
your columns. that although being strong
advocate Of the Union party have always
opposed mob law. 10 show the falsitv of
this infamous report l will state that bad
not f'e-n in the town OF Auburn for more
than Two weeks before the assassination OF
President Lincoln, and not until his funeral.
And can ,ru,hfuy say that have never
used any language that could have conveyed
ANY snch Impression.


CHOATE
Year: 1865

MORE BoLTING.-In Solaoo county, the
other day. the Long Hairs finding themsel-
yes in minority in convention, bolted, and
called mass meeting to make nominations
in opposition to the Short Haired ticket.


In this manner the work of disintegralion
goes on, and lie extending throughout the
State. There is no longer any union in the
Union party Of California, and the hostility
between the factions is becoming more en-
bttered every day.


The Democratic press Of the country long
since assured the people that the
dominant party could not hold together
moment after the clash Of arms should cease,
and we have the propbesy verified to the
latter.
Year: 1865

SALE OF LoTs AT CoLFAx.-In another
column will! be found the advertisement of
the sale of lots in the new town of Cultax,
on the line of the Pacific Railroad one half
mile above Ilinoistown. The sale will take
place to-day. As the site of the TOWN is up.
on an odd, and agricultural section of land,
it will, in due time, be patented to the Rail-
road Company by the United States. 1t will
therefore be Of the first Importance to pur-
chasers Of lots TO understand whether the
title they obtain carries with it the prospect
i've claim Of the r. r. Co., or is merely pos
sessory.
Year: 1865

Judge Clark decided in Sacramento, last
week, that the gambling law does not Justify
the indictment of any persons except the
propretors of the game, or the building in
which gaming is conducted. Under the rul
ing ten men were discharged who bad bee,
arrested for gambling.
Year: 1865

PAT ON THE PIKE Recently. after put,
ting on the line of stages on the OrovilIe and
WoodvIle pike, a large cedar limb, near
Forbestown, overhanging the road, was found
to obstruct their passage. The overseer Of
some work hands was informed of the fact
when be started with an industrious son Of
the Emerald Isle, who had lust landed on
our shores. The stretching limb of the
giant cedar reached low to the ground on
the opposite, when Pat, with axe in hand,
was helped into its branches and ordsred to
cut off the offender. With but little expe


rence in America, particularly in pruning
with an an AK, he indusrously commenced
his work, thoughtlessy standing upon the
portion of the limb he vas severing from
the tree, when suddenly down came Pat


limb and aae, with a tremendous crash
The overseer hearing the crash and screams
Of Pat instantly ran to his relief, but found
him worse scared than hurt, fortunately es-
Gaping without scratch OrouiUe Record
Year: 1865

-
Long Hair, and the part he acted looks as if his
faction had an understood programme. that was
to be carried out; and in the attempt to place
their Secretary at the desk, is related above it
shows that the Longs were ready for the wager
of battle, even to indulging in those tistc accom-
plishments SO generally attributed TO their Short
adversares That they made mistake, is evil
dent from the result.


The affair was disgraceful TO all the parties en-
gagged in it. 1t was disgracciul to the Capital of
the State and particularly disgraceul to the
party that claim in the name of patriotism and
fidelity TO the Union, the right to rule the desti
nies Of the country.


Never in the history OF California has similar
scene been enacted in a Convention. In our
early political contests. when the Democracy was
dominant. and frequently quarreled and some
times splitthey never indulsed in such outra geous
and )awless exhibitors rs this. The "Chvs." so
long the target OF Abolition abuse and derison,
never strewed the floor OF their Conventions with
wounded and dying men, or redeemed the water
tanks of Capital or town until they were pools Of
blood.


The dominant party, in their own household,
have inaugurated riot and bloodshed in the Cap
itol OF the State. Is this the kind OF feast that
the electors OF California are nvte to in the
present State canvass?
Year: 1865

UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.-We are glad to know
that the Executive Committee Of the Emancpa-
tion League OF this city. in conjunction with
gentlemen of all professions are devsing meas.
u,e for the expression of popular sentiment on
the great question OF universal suffrage. Mass
meetings, the dissemination of information
through the press, and the exercise OF proper in
fucnces, by the delegations and otherwise, upon
the Executive and Congress, are among the in
strumentalities to be used Boston Common
,ceaHh.


Some of the socalled Union papers, but really
miscegenarian institutions, of California should
copy the above The question Of negro suffrage
is not to come up at the next election, say some
Of the dodgers. This is mere cunning, to throw
voters off their guard. As it is elsewhere, so will
Year: 1865

READING, Pa, April 19, 1864.


DK. WIsHART-DeGr Sir: One wear ago the
Examining Surgeon of this district told me
had Consumption of the Lungs and that could
not be cured; and Judging from all my symptoms
at that time, myself supposed this to be true.
was for more than one year troubled with a
hacking cough, which gradually grew so bad
that / could not have a severe fit of coughing
without splitting up blood in Large quantities.


For months could not work at ANYTHING
and was obliged to keep my bed most of the
tune. While in this condition was in Mr..
RowbOtham's store, in this CITY, and he seeing
how low was, recommended me to try your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. He said he had sold
great deal of it. and that as it had cured so many
others, he believed it would do some GOOD. /
bought bottle and commenced using it. Iu
very short time saw that was getting better
very fast, and after taking several bottles was
entirely restored to health, SO that could work
every day at my business, which is very heavy
work, in an iron foundry. When | commenced
to use your Pine Tree Tar Cordial, my weight
was only one hundred and thirty-five pounds;
since the use of it | have weighed on an average
one hundred and fifty-ive shall be glad to
have you publish this, as / believe should not
have been living at this time if l had not used
your great medicine, and | wish all who suffer
to receive its benefit.


Very truly yours,
Year: 1865

also manufacture another equally excellent machine
known Pitts Separator. They manufactured with
great and are good machine. They have become
well established and justly celebrated both for rapd
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have selected such patterns only have fully test
ed by long use and in offering the two above believe
the very best that made 1t is claimed BY those
them, that they will thresh, clean and t for


market grain in given time, and do better than
any other machine. In fact the only limit to the am
cunt they thresh, depends the facilities at hand
for getting the grain to the machine and taking care of
the straw &c. after it is threshed These machines are
both of hem strong and dursbe the joints all fast
ened with bolts and fitted with Cast Steel Cvn-
der Shaft piDoted pth Brass Bozes The cylinder is SO
inches IN length; and am making the Separator
81 inches wtder than the cyiHder-making the canvas
belt grain carrier S61 inches ride Width of shoe in
side 81 inches The bester shaft s furnished with brass
boxes brass boxes also for Canvas Belt Shaft and Fan
Shaft Steel journals with Iron boxes for Fan Side SHAFT
Iron pueys Ieathersd and cast iron COnyeyor In ev
cry particular they constructed in the very best


in every part they easily, easily tended
requiring about 400 revolutions per minute.


In the manufacture of these machines, have made
some improvements on the original patterns and am
ready to make such other changes experience NAV
suggest as being valuable.