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Year: 1862

Arc you indeed? Then we honor you from
the depths of our nature, for the world con.
tains unquestionably some very good, very
excellent people. There are those whose dai.
ly life is a religion, whose hearts are full Of
the child.likesweetness olreverence and trust.
They are prone to forget themselves in their
brotherly kindness toward neighbor. It's
a pleasure to be near them, and you, wo are
glad to learn, are quito as good as they.


No, you don't mean that, exactly. You
only mean to assert your social equality with
the lof,iest and the proudcst. Liberty, equal
ity and fraternity are o condensed summary
of your social creed. Very we'll. Society
is known to contain limited number Of ac-
complished men and women. 1t boasts o
few stars Of the first magnitude, as well Us
myriads Of lesser lights. from the luminous
point that stud the blue, to the millions that
are only pcrceptiblo in groups as lustrou'
and nebulous haze. There are men and won.
en- who exhibit rare harmony Of develop
ment-the result Of happy accidentso of birth
and training. There are graceful forms ami
mated by serene and beautiful souls-choicc
buds Of being, unfolded by the most judic-
ious culture, and enlarging our conceptions
of the possibilities Of the race. There are
those whose fine instincts are almost unerring
who glide into tho right place as by magic
who drop the right word at the fitting mo-
ment. and act on the spur Of the occasion as
We afterward deliberately wish that We had
done. In tho group were they are leaders,
is unity and pleasure. Differences are rec
onciled, excellencies blended, strong points
displayed in an agreeable light, and conces'
sions yielded with alacrity where they are nc
longer Extensively claimed. Social angels are
these pcople-not always through moral su'
periority, bat through happy equability Of
temper, and O rare endowment OF TACT
They help to soften and bcautify the aspcri'
ties of life; they "breathe through tho sky
of March the airs Of May" They are like
moonlight to the landscape, or fragrance to
the flower. ... ....... ...


No, this is by no means what you claim
In truth, you have never been remarkable
for polish and suavity of manner. You des'
ire hypocrisy, and your genuine nature, fairly
acted out is little harsh and abrupt. You
do not always place your own undcniably
good qualities in the most attractive light
and you often fail to impress people with the
bonignity Of tho impulses you really feel.-
You arc not eminent for the traits that win
acceptance in society; these are not your
boast, and you add to this admission dis.
claimcr of unusual wealth, beauty, and in.
tcllectual or physical power. You do no,
claim to be ono of the remarkable men OF
or women of tho age, but only to be their
equal in the mere fact Of your humanity
This is the last analysis, Is the sum Of your
self.asscrtion. This is all, and II is also
much. To be human is to possess inexhaus-
table capacities for improvement, and one Of
their most hopeful manifestations is the rev.
crent appreciation ofpersons batter than your
sdf.-Iimothy Titeonb.
Year: 1862

Mr.. EDIToR: 1t is my desire to disclose a few
thoughts at this important crisis on the passing
events of the day, including the probability of
negro slavery being crushed out of these United
States and the consequences that must inevitably
follow in their train. 1t is not my design to be
mixed up in discussion of the cause or causes
that led to this fratricidal strife, but merely to
speak of things as they are, and what may be
their ultimate condition. Previous to the war
cotton was cultivated the full extent of the de-
mands made by the manufacturers of the raw ar
ticle, both in Europe and in country and
offered to the purchaser of their fabrics at
very reasonable rate, SO that the most INDECENT
persons in community could clothe themselves
with ease from their daily earnings. This deci-
ded advantage to the poor had grown out of a
well digested organized system of slave labor
which had become domestic and patriarchal in
stituton; and should it be seriously disturbed in
its long established organization, that now seems
to threaten it, will be attended with more serious
difficulties and disasters than can be imagined
at the pres mt moment by the most far-seeing
statesmen


1t is an established fact that no man can ration
controvert, that a system OF organized labor
whether it be free or slave, is the backbone and
bulwark of any nation. Ii is the nucleus of
wealth and prosperity which concentrates and
gives vitality to all other branches of industry;
tits the base upon which all departments ofgovern-
ment must rest, without which government would
haveno adhesive quality; would crumbe to pieces
like rope of sand; discord and confusion would
prevail; continual intestine wars, no government,
no safety of life or property. And to prove these
assertions, it will be only necessary to point to
Mexico and the States of South America, or any
other country that has not secured this important
and fundamental condition in the construction of
of its government.
Year: 1862

Village taxation is omitted in this aggregate;
that the total, allowing for the increase of this
year, may be fairly stated at twenty millions.
The canal tolls this year four millions, which
20 10 meet the interest and Sinking Fund of the
Canal debt, and carry surplus to the general
fund debt.


We eallude to the canal revenues in connection
with this subject of taxation, because in many OF
the States the revenues Of the public works are
wholly Inadequate TO meet the interest OF the
debts for their construction, or, IN some cases,
even to pay the cost of maintenance and repair.
In such States the interest of the debt must be
met by taxation; as portions of it. for q long
series of years have had to be even in this State


In estimating the capacity of the people of the
loyal States to bear Federal taxation, we must
take into consideration existing State taxes and
State debts.


II is estimated that one fifth of the taxation of
the Federal Government will fail upon the State
of New York. Indeed, IL has nearly one-fiith Of
the representation Of the loyal States, and would
bear that proportion Of direct taxes. OF indirect
taxation il would bear larger proportion.


Thus, of a Federal war tax of $500 ,O00.O00
raised by imposts, taxes and excise, New York
would bear for its shcre $40 900 900, and in add-
ton must continue to pay its own State tax oil
500, 900, ,000 This is at the rate Of sixty millions
year This amount raised from four millions OF
people is very large. and more, We believe. than
the people of Great Britain and Ireland ever sus
tanned at any one time


In England there are but few cities Liverpool,
for instance is still townl Aud such things as
Year: 1862

PLANT PEAS DEEP. The theory re-
Gently advocated of planting peas very
deep in the earth, in order to prolong the
bearing capacity of the vines, has been
well tested in Williamstown, and found to
be correct. A farmer tod me that be
plowed furrow beam deep, than scattered
the seed peas at the bottom; after which
he turned deep furrow upon them with
bis plow, covering them if possible, to the
depth of twelve or fourteen inches. They
pushed their way up through the thick mass
of earth very soon, and instead Of turning
yellow at the bottom and dying after the
first gathering, they blossomed and bore
until he was tired ofpicking the pods
If such result will uniformly be realized
from the plan, pea culture may be made
more profitable than hitherto,
Year: 1862

sav Be not above your profession, a71
always consider it as the fs,s any moo can
follow. Never shrink from doing anytAias
which your businass calls you to do. The
man who is above his business may one
day End his business above him.
Year: 1862

ADAPTING THEMSELVES TO CIRoUM-
STANCES. A spruce young couple
visited a neighboring Western city,
one day last week, to see friends in
the - regiment They applied
at hotel for lodgings, but were told
that all the rooms were full, except
a small one with a single bed
This embarrassed them for a while;
but after whispered and earnest con
snltation, these young Americans
told the landlord they would take
the room, as they thoughtthey could
adapt themselves to the circnmstan'
ces.' So they went to q clergyman
and had the nuptial knot tied, and
then returned to their room at the
hotel, eminently satisfied with thei
new relation.
Year: 1862

new Legislature will assemble on the sth of Janu-
arynext- Its action will have deep interest for the
citizens OF Indiana The Sentinel will contain faithful
and intelligent report Of its proceedings, that the
reader understand from day day what their Repre-
sentatves are doing
Year: 1862

wont do the work, there is no use trying,)
the sooner the people here are assured Of
the unwelcome truth, the better. Unless We
have high water this winter, thousands will
harbor for another year the fear that there
is danger as IA consequence, improve.
ments in streets and buildings will drag
along under the pressure of doubts and pos.
sibli,ies. The day after our Ievees are
known to be safe against great floods, real
estate will advance as rapidly as il fell last
year, and all kinds of mechanical business
will revive. Sacramento ought to be the
Pittsburg Of California her mechanics for.
nish;ng all the machinery for Northern
California and Nevada Territory. Let perfect
confidence be restored, and We will not only
build the western link Of the Pacific Railroad,
but our capitalists and mechanics will give
San Francisco lively opposition in the
manufacture Of machinery for the develop
ment OF the inexhaus,ble mines on the
other side of the Sierra. MORE ANON.
Year: 1862

MARE SToLEs.-A valuable mare vas stolen
from the stable Of August Meyers, at schanm-
berg. In this county few nights since. Farm
ers would do well to look ont for their stock
as horse thieves are abundant,
Year: 1862

ABOUT CoMrLETED.-The laying down Of
Nicholson pavement, from Wabash avenue
to the Central Depot, is about completed, so
that Lake street from the bridge to the depot
is as perfect a roadway as can bc found In any
CITY in the Union.
Year: 1862

SLATE CREEK, March oh, 1862.


NEssRS. FDIToRs As the Express is passing
have few words from this portion of the El-
dorado of the North. The winter here, Gas at
other places) has been cold and severe, hut the
snow along the river and the sides of the mount
aims has not been deep, so that animals that
were not entirely worn out with last seasons work
have come through in fair order Fifteen pack
horses of w. S. Poks sold here few days ago
for 80 23O: the number Of animals fit for packing
here and on the way to Lewiston being about
300 Numbers Of men are coming here every
: dav from the dggingS in search OF provisions.
Some beef is obtained from the Indians but at
high prices, 40 and so cents pound and those
purchasing have to pay coin, as some person from
whom they took gold dust on formei occasions
cheated them. They have not any amount OF fat
cattle now, not enough to supply the miners one
week


Slate creek empties into Salmon river at the
foot of the mountain before crossing into the
dggngs There is one house kept here for the
accommodation of the public, owned by Charley
Silvernan, but now closed the reason, scarcity
of provisions The snow trail hOm this place to
the mines is bad and il is the opinion of those well
acquainted with snow countries that 1t cannot be
travelled by pack trains for nearly six weeks or two
months. There is no provisions here for sale ex-
cept about 1000 pounds of -four, held by some
sDrCulatOr at the small um OF ~ cents pound.
These who wrote to your paper giving reason
for miners coming early into the diggings to be
on the ground to prospect, ought, also, to have
distinctly stated for th m to have their provisions
with them as}no man ought to start to the mines
except he has provisions or is behind a train that
will furnish them. Remember, mo credit is the
motto in the Salmon river dggings. 5ro


| say truly that for six weeks no man need come
TO the diggngs as he can get neither work nor
grub-no matter what others may say to the con-
trary. JQ


have no interest but tie welfare Of the honest
miner in making the above statements, but if you
wish to escape misery and be strong and able to
combat good summers work stay where food is
plenty until the snow begins TO disappear and you
can do something for yourselves. When you do
come bring your rifles with you, and ammunition
as the opinion of great many is, we will have
trouble and perhaps sooner than expected. No
matter how good the Indian may be he cannot
bear close intimacy with the white man, so come
all prepared Beside the benefit YOU will derive
from your rifle in a game ceHptry ahounding with
elk, deer and mountain sheep-Uerbum sap, it is
TOO late to lock the stable after the horse is
stolen.


Great credit is due to Mcbride and Mr.. Miller,
expressmen for their manly and noble conduct
on several occasions assisting persons found on
the Camas prairie and carrying their loads in
some cases. Honest industry is bound to win.


SINE TREMORE
Year: 1862

From Powder River---New Discoveries.


Mr. T. j. Paine, who arrived in this city
on Saturday last, from Powder river, gives
us the following items in relation to the
Powder river mines. Mr.P left here in No
vember last, in company with Messrs. Iba,
Caughran and Gray, to prospect that re-
gion Of country When they arrived there
;hey found the snow so deep in the noun
tains that it was difficult to prospect, They
however, spent considerable time in look
ing about the country, and went as far
south as Burnt river. On this stream they
found indications of the presence of In
dams, and did not deem it expedient to re-
main there. They sunk one hole, (in
which they did not reach the bed rock
and found gold in small quantities. Re-
turning, they prospected the ga ches on
Powder river, and found gold everywhere
they prospected-in many places paying
diggings They went up Powder river
about twenty miles above Grifin's Gulch,
Gn which Mr.. Littefeld and party are min
ing) and found surface diggings on a fiat, or
bench on the mountain, about mile back
from the river. where they obtained pros
poets which they think will pay from SIG
. to $40 per day. This fat is some two
miles in length. and prospects about the
same throughout The gold is coarse. re-
sembing very much that obtained in jack
son county, Oregon, and is supposed to be
worth from $l7 to S1S per ounce. We
were shown specimens of the gold taken
from the grqvel near the surface, and it
may also be classed as coarse gold.


The miners on GriAin's Gulch had done
much better than they expected to do last
fall,=making as high as $50 per day with
rocker,-and had found some very coarse
gold-pieces weighing from $40 to $l8.
Mr.tP. inc. exhibited us one piece worth
$3.50 which he obtained from them. The
gold in the diggings discovered by Mr..
P. and his party is not 50 coarse as that OBJ
tanned here


The party were compelled to do most Of
their prospecting in from three to five feet
of snow; yet they saw sufficient of the
country 70 convince them that it is in ev-
cry respect a gold bearing region.


In the mountains, the snow was from
three to five feet deep when the party left
but in the Po, der river valley there was
very little, and it had not been over six
inches deep at any time during the winter,
and then II did not lie on the ground bat a
few days The horses belonging to the
party ere kept in use most of the winter
and continued in good condition.


The party viii return to Powder river
as soon as the snow leaves the mountains.
SO that they can cross with pack animals
They give it as their opinion that the
mines will prove extensive; yet they leave
Others to act upon their own judgment in
relation to going there


This party came in by way of the Una
Fila, but there is an equally good and much
nearer roate to the Granl Ronde valley
leading direct across the mountains from
this city. Fremont travelled over this route
in 1913. The distance is shortened nearly
one half--being only about 40 miles from
here to the Grand Ronde valley.


In another column, we publish the min
ing laws adopted by this party
Year: 1862

RREer.-Persons lately up from the
that lace that there are no provisions or
goods for sale in this market This is in
correct, though our supply Of provisions
mo in Portland, for a considerable length
of time there is yet enough and to spare.
Many articles of miners supplies are be-
coming scarce, yet most of our merchants
have large supplies lying at the Dalles and
Des Chute which will3be brought up on
the first trips of the boat after which min
ers may come through with the assurance
that they can obtain supplies and outfits in
this city.
Year: 1862

TUE INEVITABLE RESULT. The St. Louis cor
respondent of the Red Bluff Reacon in his last
letter, makes the following allnsion to the Presi-
dents emancipation proclamation


"The Presidents Proclamation is the absorb
ing topic in our State at the present moment.-
Doubtless your Missouri readers will desire to
know how it is received. | reply that it is re
garded by the mass Of the people as one of the
Inevitable results Of the rebellion an upheaving
of the great civil war that looms up as do noun
tains by volcanic eruptions of the earth. 1t is
astounding and yet almost everybody was look
ing for 1t as act-a stroke of pOlicy--as newt.
able in its natule us thai Eject follows cause"
Year: 1862

The NEws.--The dispatches from the East,
though not numerous or extensive, are significant
of active work. The rebels seem to be threat
ening Memphis and there are wild reports Of
their strength-worthy Of the imaginative genius
of that correspondent whom General Grant once
placed in a cell to allow his fervor of Invention
TO cool. The Federal forces in that department
have proved themselves equal to any emergency.
They are numerous, Injured to battle and skill
fully commanded Pressed by want of supplies
Sterling Price may make another desperate eff
fort to gain foothold in Tennessee and recover
the prestige lost at Iuka aud Corinth, but judg-
ing from recent experience he is hurng the
wave against the rock His seUeaty thousand
men wear buckram.- Union, 29M.
Year: 1862

We extract the following from
Agassiz's article on - Methods of Study
in Natural History in the May number
of the Atlantic Monthly:


Among the astounding discoveries of
modern sciences is that of the immense
periods which have passed in the gradu-
al formation of our earth. So vast
were the cycles of time proceeding even
the appearance of man on the surface of
our globe, that our own period seems as
yesterday when compared with the epochs
that have gone before it. lIad we only
the evidence of the deposits of rock
heaped above each other in regular strata
by the slow accumulation of materials,
they alone would convince us of the long
and slow maturing Of Gods work on the
earth, but when we add to these the
successive populations of whose life this
world has been The theatre, and whose
remains are hidden in the rocks into
which the mud, or sand, or soil of what
ever kind on which they lived has hard
ened in the course of time-or the enor-
nous chains of mountains whose up
heaval divided these periods of quiet
accumulation by great convulsions-or
the changes of different nature in the
confguration of our globe, and the sink
ing of lands beneath our ocean, or the
gradual rising of continents and island
above it-or the wearing of great river
beds, or the filling of extensive water
basins, till marshes first and then dry
land succeeded to island seas-or the
slow growth of coral reefs these wonder
full sea-walls raised by the little ocean
architects whose own bodies furnish both
the building stones and the cement that
binds them together, and who have work.
ed so busily during the long centuries,
that there are extensive countries, noun
tain chains, islands, and long lines of
coast consisting solely Of their remains
or the countless forests that must have
grown up, hourished, died and deeayed.
to fill the storehouses of coal that feed
the fires of the human race to day-if
we consider all these records of the past,
the intellect fails to grasp a chronology
for which our experience furnishes no
data, and the time that lies behind US
seems as much an eternity to our eoncep-
tion as the future that stretches indefi-
nitely before us,
Year: 1862

AMERICAN GENTILITY.-In Euro
pean countries the aim at anything like
gentility implies keeping one or more do
mestics to perform household labOrs; but
in our free states every family aims at
gentility, while not one in five keeps a
domestic. The aim is not foolish one,
though follies may accompany it,--for
the average ambition of our people in
cludes a certain amount of refined culti-
walton 1T is only that the process is
exhausting. Every woman must have a
best parlor with haircloth furniture and a
photograph book; she must have piano,
or some cheaper substitute; her little
girls must have embroidered skirts and
much mathematical knowledge: her hus-
band must have two or even three hot
meals every day of his life; and yet her
house must be in perfect order early in
the afternoon, and she prepared to 60
out and pay calls, with black silk dress
and a card case. In the evening she will
90 TO a concert or a lecture, and then, at
the end of all, she will very possibly sit
up after midnight with her sewing ma
chine. doing extra shop-work to pay for
little Elias music lessons. All this every
capable" New England woman will do,
or die. She does it, and dies; and then
we are astonished that her vital energy
gives out sooner than that of an Irish
woman in a shanty, with no ambition on
earth but to supply her young Patricks
with adequate potatoes.-E ". Higgin-
SON
Year: 1862

Behold this ruin! Twas a skull


Once of ethereal spirit full.


This narrow cell was life's retreat,


This space was Thoughts mysterious seat.
What beauteous visions filed this spot,
What dreams of pleasure, long forgot,
Nor Hope, nor Love, nor Joy, nor Fear,
Have left one trace of record here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye;
But start not at the dismal void
If social love that eye employed;
If with no Iawless fire it CLEANED,
But through the dews of kindness beamed,
That eye shall be forever bright


When stars and suns are sunk in night.
Within this hollow cavern hung
The ready, swift, and tuneful tongue.
If Falsehoods honey is disdained,
and where it could not praise was chained +;
If bold in virtues cause it spoke,
Yet gentle concord never broke
This silent tongue shall plead for thee
When Time unveils Eternity.
Say did these fingers delve the mine
Or with It enyied rubies shinei
To hew the rock or wear the gem,
Can little now avail to them.
But if the page of Truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mourner brought,
These hands a richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on Wealth or Fame.
Ayails it whether bare or shod
These feet the paths of duty trod?
If from the bowers Of Ease they fed,
To seek Affections humble shed
If Grandeur's guilty bride they spurned,
And home to virtues cot returned
These feet with Angels wings shall vie,
And tread the palace Of the sky.
Year: 1862

CT Tom,' said girl to her sweet
heart, "you have been paying your dis
tresses to me long enough. 1t is time
you made known your contention, so as
not to keep me in expense any longer"