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Year: 1865

GRAND JuRY.-Tnis relic If barbarsm has
been in session in this county for the mas;
week The members are all good men, and
their being Grand Jurors is simply because
of the most nonsensical law knorn to an
intelligent people. Its not their fault thar
they are placed in ridiculous position. We
are not going to consume ink and space in
telling of the perfect absurditv Of this insi


tuition; but right here we would inquire Of
all learned in the law, if there is any valid
reason, based on utility or common sense, for
keeping up an institution so expensive, and
80 Ear as our knowledge goes, SO useless?
Year: 1865

A PARDON THAT SHOULD Nor HAVE BEEN
GRANTED.-Captain Paul. of the clipper lip
Great Republic, recently convicted in the [.
S. istrict Court at San Francisco. and SCI :
tencel to six months Imprisonment in the
County Jail. for brutality to his seamen, has
been parlnnei by President Johnson. The
petition and pardon were all accomplished by
telegraph. We hope tsis may be the last
amnesty act we will have to record where
the same evidence Of the backest guilt and
Larbarity is produced to obtain conviction
In his defense Captain Paul had every facility
for procuring his deliverance, if innocent,
that it is possible for any one to enjoy
Money and friends in unstinted quantity and
Numbers were Mt his beck. and it is no more
than fair to suppose he used them freely. To
the credit of the Court, he was convicted, and
sentenced. To the discredit of President
Johnson. he was parInned, on no better
hearing than couli be had by means of
telegraphic dispatch
Year: 1865

@- Hope for the Affiicted.-In another part
Of this paper will be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by DIR. J. C.
YOUNG. in 1850. In this age of deceit and char.
atansm it is boon to the suffering to point ont
to them where they of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure. Under the care of the skilful
Doctor the sick and troubled can divest themselves
of their burdens of pains and shame, lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
sick or in trouble, do not hesitate. Read the
advertisement and follow the advice. Do not for.
get the number the manner of directing you
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $40 Washing
N street, San Francisco.
Year: 1865

The printing of calico is attained by
the web passing over brass cylinders,
about six inches in diameter, upon
which the print or figures are engra-
we'd. These cylinders or rollers, hav-
ing length equal to the width of the
web, revolve in the ink or paste which
is to give the desired color. The web
is al the same time passing over these
rollers. But before the roller reaches
the cloth it has passed over a scraper
so nicely that every particle of that
coloring matter has been removed, ex-
cept that in the interstices of the en-
graved figure, SO that when the cloth
passes over it, it sucks this dye from
out these interstices, and thus bears
away the figure. For each different
color it must pass over cylinder a
separate time, since but one color CAN
be imprinted at one time. If piece
of calico have three different colors, it
must have as many passages over as
many different cylinders. The machine
ry for this must be of the most exact
kind, and its working conducted with
great skill. From the time the piece
of cloth enters the mill, its washings
and its soakings, its printings and It's
dyeings, its surging and its mergings,
until it comes to its foldings and turn
ing, must be very numerous.
Year: 1865

These are the military rates. Civil
ians pay nearly twice as much. Thus
you see it costs something to travel
by steamboat as we'll as by railway.
In consequence of the low stage of
water, our deeply laden vessel was
obliged to "lay up" at night. This
rendered the voyage somewhat
lengthy We were also delayed at
Cairo and Vicksburg. The time was
nine days from st. Louis to Natchez.


need hardly say that ! observed
with great interest those places on Ell
ther bank Of the river where our
troops had met and conquered the
armies of the Confederacy. They have
been so frequently described during
the rebellion that shall not undertake
their description. | will say, howev.
er, that while passing Fort Pillow
felt more like fighting than | ever be-
fore felt during the war. If, before
going into action with the colored
troops garrisoned at this place, an
called upon or have the opportunity
to address them, Fort Pillow shall
be the battle-cry, as they enter the
conflict.


We could not see the site Of the
Fort from the deck of the steamer, il
being some little distance from the
shore and over the high bank Of the
river. The bank at that place is be
ing gradually washed away by the
Father Of Waters Rise and roll
Year: 1865

1t is great mistake in female edu-
cation, to keep young lady's time
and attention devoted to the faShiona-
BILE literature Of the day. If you would
qualify her for conversation you must
give her something to talk about
give her education with this actual
world and its transpiring events.
Urge her to read the newspapers, and
become familiar with the present. char
acter and improvement of our race.
History is of some Importance but
the past world is dead Our thoughts
and our concerns should be for the
present world, to know what it is, and
improve the condition of it. Let her
have an intelligent opinion, and be
able to sustain an intelligent conyer-
sation concerning the mental, moral,
political and religious Improvement of
our times. Let the gilded annals and
poems of the centre-table be kept part
of the time covered with weekly and
daily journals. Let the whole family
men and women and children-read
the newspapers.
Year: 1865

In these days of practical ideas, no.
body will deny that sewing-machine
is an Indispensable article in every
well-regulated family that the work
of good machine is quite as durable
and more beautiful than the best hand
sewing, nobody will doubt and that
it will go through as much work in a
day as could be performed in a week
by hand, ten thousand workshops, and
ten times ten thousand firesides will
testify. But amid the variety of ma
chimes which are offered to the public,
it is sometimes difficult for the pur-
chaser to decide which is the best. A
trial of two years, in our own family,
enables us to say with the greatest
confidence that there is no better ma
chine for general family use than that
manufactured by the Grover & Baker
Sewing-Machine Company. 1t makes
beautiful elastic seam that does not
rip or wear with washing runs al
most noiselessly is plain, simple, ca
sy to work, and not liable to get out
of repair fastens the end of its own
thread, and uses threads and silks di-
rectly from the spools on which they
are bought. In this opinion we are
sustained by the judges in all parts of
the country, who have awarded the
Grover & Baker Machines the first pre-
miums at all the State Fairs in 1864.
The Grover & Baker stitch is peculiar
to this Machine, and is patented and
owned by the Company whose name it
bears. 1t differs essentially from the
"lock stitch" being much stronger and
more elastic.


There has been much discussion as
to the relative economy of the two
stitches but it is now generally con-
ceded that for family sewing, where
there are short seams, the Grover &
Baker stitch is found to be the most
economical. While it uses one-fith
more thread in making a given length
of seam, it wastes none, as is the case
with the lock-stitch machines, where
there is usually waste of four inches
of thread at the beginning and at the
end of each seam, to which must be
added the loss of time in fastening the
ends of the seam, so as to prevent rip
ping.


Any one wishing to purchase sew
ing machine will do well to apply to
the editor of this paper for further in
formation.
Year: 1865

FRIEND HILDRETH Il have been too
busy and unsettled to write you until
now, and shall probably not have time
to finish this to-day. AS this is my
first communication since leaving
home, | will begin at the beginning,
and if say any thing that will inter-
est the readers of the Intelligencer,
you are at liberty to lay it before
them.


On my arrival at St. Louis l found
three steamers bound down the river.
The best of the three, and believe
the best on the Mississippi river, was
the Leriathan, and on her l took pas
sage. She is registered at little less
than one thousand tons, but will carry
about twenty-five hundred. Her freight
was valued at nearly million dollars.
There was some talk about danger
from those land pirates yclept gueril-
las, but there are several gunboats pa
trolling the river, and although most
of them are poor substitutes for ships
of-war, the brigands fear them exceed
ingly, and but little danger need be
apprehendcd. "


The voyage down the river was
peaceful and pleasant--a little too
tame forme, though | wished little
music from old Oceans god Neptune.
But the boat was all that could bc de-
sired. The first clerk and steward
were very polite and obliging. The
first cabin was spacious and elegant.
The fare the best | ever had on sea or
shore. The taste displayed by the
seward in spreading the tables could
hardly be excelled The crew of the
boat, all told, numbered one hundred
and forty-four The expenses per day
amounted to eleven hundred dollars
The custom house at St. Louis sends
an officer on each boat to prevent CON
traband trade. Gen. Candy regulates
the charges for freight and passage.
| will give you the distances and fare,
as copied from his printed order, from
st. Louis to
Year: 1865

Young woman! if rich young
man asks you to marry him, and has
no occupation or trade, or calling, by
which he could make living if he be
thrown on his own resources, you may
give him your respects but give him
the mitten.-Dr. Hall.
Year: 1865

Many Books require no thought
from those who read them, and for a
very simple reason--they made no
such demand upon those who wrote
them. Those works, therefore, are the
most valuable that set our thinking
faculties in the fullest operation. For
as the solar light calls forth all the la
tent powers and dormant principles of
vegetation contained in the kernel,
but which, without such stimulus,
would neither have struck root down
ward, nor borne fruit upward, SO it is
with the light that is intellectual it
calls forth and awakens into energy
those latent principles of thought in
the minds of others, which, without
this stimulus, reflection would not
have matured, nor examination improv-
ed, nor action embodied .-Coltoa.
Year: 1865

A soldiers letter comes to us with
the following superscription:


Soldiers letter" Nary Red"


lizard tack in place Of bread


Postmaster. shove this through
Nary stamp and ten months due.
Year: 1865

1t may not be generally known that
minors who entei ed the army, are enti-
tied by a recent act Of the Legislature,
to free education in any one of the
State Universities they may select, for
a period equal to that embraced be
tween the time of their enlistment and
that at which they attain their majority.
For instance, soldier who enlisted at
16 would be entitled under this law to
five years, or one who entered at eigh-
teen to three years tuition in the State
Institutions gratis. This Enactment
gives to any who may desire to avail
themselves of it, right to whatsoever
facilities the State may be able to fur
nish toward giving them a good educa
ton, and we doubt not many Of our re-
turned soldiers will avail themselves Of
its provisions.
Year: 1865

aud in knowing and loving her, feel in
my soul


cts better TO have loved and lost,


Than never to have loved at all.'


When the world became so dark 10 me,
| ihoughl | should be destroyed in the
gu.f of despair.s Soldier as I was. home,
country, freedom and wsrring hosts were
all bloned from existence, and ] was only
one poor wretch lying PROSTATE in great
uustarred night OF grief. But after awhile
! saw .he face OF my lost Eoine far above
me, cleaning like star on the gloomy
heighls, and her voice came silver sound
ing down the black abyss, and bade me
rise. gird my srmor about me, and live
for my country and the great brotherhood
Of mankind. 1t was a hard struggle, but
with tina, mnistrant spirit ever near me,
and by the help Of Heaven, conquered
al last,


And now | am ready to do the work
appointed me. again feel the thrill of
! freedoms trumpe! tones calling me TO
arms, and the blood leaps wildly through
my veins as 'scent the battle afar."
My country, bright, beautiful land of my
birth, is bleeding at every pore she sits
like Niobe among the nations Of earth,
and, If God spares me, never shall my
hand cease 10 war until all tears are wiped
from her eyes, and she rises from the
ashes of her desolaIion bright and beauti-
ful as the stars Of the morning. am
learning more and more every day Of the
nobleness and grandeur Of mans true
mission 10 his brothers, and wish 10 live
until I have made myself worthy in some
degree to enter the starry portals Of Eden,
and live forever with God and my Eoine
! believe have aspirations-not 10 do
g.ea, in The worlds popular estimation,
but to be great in goodnesS-to make
myself blessing 10 mankind, an honor
10 my country, and 10 help my fellow.
men elevate themselves to the high stan.
dard that God designed they should reach,
and know | shall in time have my re.
ward.


But through all this her spirit is ever
with me to guide and cheer, and encour-
age me if | falter by the way, and cry out
again for the earthly love that made the
world full of joy. On the march, the
sweet presence of my lost Eoline is ever
! by my side when rest upon my hard
bod eh thy-groond, she hovers near and
kisses me in my dreams if give cup
of water TO a eaiTering comrade, or pillow
his weary head, seem TO see her sweet
eyes smiling their approval, and in the
wild alarm and shock of the battle, her
spirit is near me then, nerving my arm 10
deeds of valor, and inspiring my voice to
Shout the war.cry of the sunny South. !
sometimes think she is neither dead nor
sleeping" SO sensible am ] ever of her
presence about me but know it is only
wild fancy, and il is | that live, and am
waiting for the blessed time when | shall
be re united TO my angel Eoline amid the
great glory of Heavens "starry courts"
where the loved are never lost forever
more,
Year: 1865

-
Raise me, c,mrade, slowly-gent'y,
Let me rest my head on you,
For the night is fast approaching'
And my brow is wet with dew.
What! you say the sun is shining
(Ah how painful comes my breath ,
Is il then I'm dying, comraje


Tell me, comrade, is this death
True, they said my wound was NO Otal,
Though | might survive the DAY :
But these rel drops oOzing-oozing,
Slowly steal my lie away
And this chilling, death-like faintncss
Stealing all my being o'er,
Warns me that soon must leave YOU
Leave you to return no moe
Comrade, do you not remember


When the news like lightning few
When the shock of Sumpter'S thunder
Woke all loyal hearts and true
Since that day we've been together,
And our hearts have been as one,
Knit by ties Of truest friendship
Ties that ne'r might be undone.
Comrade, I have been an orphan,

And wanderer alone
Death berelt me of my kindred,


Fer my tender years had flown
And this hour OF pain and anguish
| might pass unheeded through,
And OH earth be soon forgotten


If it had rot been for you.
Yen, you'll miss me in the battle
Miss me when the field i, won
And you'll miss me at the campfire
When the weary march is done.
But be faithful 10 our country,


IN whose holy cause ] fell
Trusting in the Great Commander,
For He "doelh all things we'll"
Comrade, when my weary spirit


Leaves this frail and earthly shell,
Wrap me in lha, starry emblem


That we both have loved SO we'll
And in yondcf grove of cypress,


Where The shadows gather deep,
There, amid the solemn stiffness,


Lay me down in peace 10 sleep.
Mark the spot, that when the stranger,
Passing there with careless tread,
Seeing it, perohance Taay murmur
Blessings on the patrot dead.
Hark what Heavenly strains Of music
On my ear enraptured swell ;
Angels wait to guide my spirit
Farewell, comrade-fJrc you well
Year: 1865

The President may have made mistake
in the liberal terms of restoration he has
proposed, but Ikno,1 he is right on princi-
Pile. His plan may fail, as | think it will,
but then you will find him standing by the
right. He should not be deserted, in my
opinion, but sustained as far as possible.
It is but just that his policy should have a
fair test but right and justice demand that
Congress should protect the nation against
the slave power, if the Southern people
should attempt to send its representatives
into its halls.


But 1 feel gloomy, and perhaps am wri-
ting too much SO. I fear our people are
determined to utterly ruin themselves. 1t
appears to me fearful thing to continue to
invoke the retributions of justice,


Very truly your friend
Year: 1865

Life is but ieeting dream.


Care destroys the zest of it
Swiftly glideth like a stream
Mi nd you make the best Of it!
Talk not of your weary woes,


Trou bles or the rest of it;
If we have but brief repose,


Let US make the best of it.
If your friend has got heart,
There is something fine in him;
Cast away his darker part,


Cling to what's divine in him,
Friendship Is our best relief


Make no heartless jest of it;
1t will brighten every grief,


If we make the best of it.
Happiness despises state;


nTis no sage experiment,
Simply that the wise and great,
May have joy and merriment;
Rank is not its spell refined
Moneys not the test of it,
But calm contented mind,


That will make the best of it.
Trusting in the Power above,


Which. sustaining all of US
In one common bond of love.


Bindeth great and small of US.
Whatsoever may befall-


Sorrows OF the rest of it
We shall overcome them all,


If we make the best of it.
Year: 1865

A lawyer, who. .prided himself upon his
skill in cross examining witness, had once
an odd looking genius upon whom to oper-
ate. You say, sir, that the prisoner is a
thief?' Yes, sir, because she confess it.
And you swear that she bound shoes for
you subsequent to the confession? j do sir. ;
Then, giving sagacious look to the court,
are we to understand that you employ dis
honest people to work for you even after
their rascalities are known?


of course. how else, pray, could [ get
assistance from lawyer? The witness
was peremptorily ordered to stand down.
Year: 1865




England Spurgeon says about it.


In a recent address before a Protestant
audience. gathered from all parts of London,
Mr. Spurgeon spoke as follows:


1T is most fearful fact, that in no age
since the Reformation has Popery made
such fearful strides in England as during
the lasts few years. | had confidently be-
lieved that Popery was only feeding itself
upon foreign subscriptions, upon few titled
perverts, and imported Monks and Nuns.
| dreamed that its progress was not real.
In fact, | often smiled at the alarm of many
of my brethren at the progress of Papacy.
But my dear friends. we have been mistak-
en-, previously mistaken. If you will read a
valuable paper in the magazine called Chris
rain Work, those of you who are not ac-
quainted with it, will be perfectly startled
covered with a net work of Monks, and
Priests, and Sisters of Mercy, and the con-
versions made are not by ones or twos, but
by scores, till England is being regarded
as the most hopeful spot for R5mish mis-
sionary enterprise in the world and at
the present moment there is not mission
which is succeeding to anything like the ex-
tent which the English mission is. | covet
not their money; despise their sophistries !;
but marvel at the way in which they gain
their funds for the erection of their ecclesi-
astical buildings. 1t is really an alarming
matter to see so many of our countrymen
going off to that superstition which as a
nation, we once rejected, and which it was
supposed we would never again receive.
Popery is making advances such as you
would never believe, though spectator
should tell it to you. Close to your very
doors, perhaps even in your own houses,
you may have evidence, ere long, of what a
march Romanism is making. And to what
is it to be ascribed? / say with every
ground of probability, that there is no mar
vel that Popery, should increase when we
First of all, the falsehood of those who pro-
fess a faith which they do not believe,
which is quite contrary to the honesty of the
Romanist, who does, through good report
and evil report, hold his faith and then you
have. secondly this form of error known as
Babtismal Regeneration, and called Pusey
ism, but Church of Englandism, because it
is in the Prayer Book as plain as words can
express it; you have this Babtismal Regen-
Grafton preparing stepping stones to make it
easy for men to go to Rome. We want
John Knox back again. Do not talk to me
of mild and gentle men. of soft manners and
squeamish words We want the fiery Knox,
and even though his vehemance would ding
our pulpits into blads, it were well if he did
but rouse our hearts to action We want
Luther, to tell men the truth unmistakably
in homely phrase. The velvet has got into
our ministers mouths of late, but We must
unrobe ourselves of soft raiment and truth
must be spoken for of all lies which have
dragged millions down to hell l look upon
this as being one of the most atrocious-that
in a Protestant Church there should be
found those who swear that Baptism saves
the soul. +"
Year: 1865

We do not wish that anything said BY
us yesterday should be construed into
disrespect to Mr.. Raymond, or that we
meant to insinuate any doubt of his
ability His was an able as well as al
elaborate" speech. We merely de-
sgred to say, that when one has no solid
ground to stand on, it is an impossibility
to bear up heavily to push an opponent
to the wall, no matter how strong the
individual may be.


It may as well be added here that a
War Department cannot be indicted,
on rather il is not considered expedient
to indict il, collectively, and yet we
should certainly not say that the rebel
War Department had not been guilty of
treason; and if each individual eompos-
ing it were tried and found guilty, it
surely would not be improper to say
the Department had been convicted and
sns been guilty of treason. To contend


erwise is to quibble, it seems to us,


d to run politics, as was the habit and
successful policy of the Southern
Statesmen of old, into metaphy
nonsense.


If we had been aware that the speech
in question was "the gentleman from
New York's" maiden effort in the House
we should not have written in appa-
rently SO disrespectful terms D.
Year: 1865

A good story is told of a clergyman not
far from Titusvlle, who had lately invested
considerably in "ile." In giving out his text
one Sabbath morning be said it would be
found in the last chapter of Acts, the last
verse, and last half of the verse, and one
third of the OIL
Year: 1865

The vagabond portion of the Abolition
party are bowling for the destruction of our
office. 1t is with pleasure, hewever, we state
that their desires are not seconded by any
considerable number of that party Those
who have property themselves and an in
terest in the maintenance of law and order,
frown down such ebultions of fanatical
fury, as destructive to the peace and welfare
of society. Sonora Dem.
Year: 1865

one ounce of haxseed in aquart of water for
a half an hour; strain and add to the liquid
the juice of two or three lemons and half
a pound of rock candy; let this simmer for
half an hour If the cough is accompanied
by weakness, add half an ounce Of gum
Arabic, simmer as before and stir OCCASION
aly,
Year: 1865

YEAST CAKES OR PRESERVED YEAsT.-Put
large handful of hops into two quarts Of
boiling water. Boil three large potatoes
until they are tender. Mash them and add
to them two pounds of -four. Pour the
boiling hop water over the flour through a
seve or cullender, and beat it until it is quite
smooth. While it is warm, add two table'
spoonfuIs of salt, and half teacupful Of
sugar. Before it is quite cold, stir in pint
or more Of good yeast. After the yeast has
become quite light, stir in as much Indian
meal as it will take, roll it out in cakes, and
place them on a cloth in dry place. When
used take one of these cakes, soak it in some
mk-warm water, mash it up smooth, and
use it as any other kind of yeast.