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Year: 1865

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Gen. Grant will have military escort from
the Fifth Avenue Hotel down Broadway On
Tuesday at one clock he will ride in an open
barouche. and may be accompanied BY other
distinguished officers. The Seventh Regi-
ment will act as a guard Of honor. The Gen
raj leaves the city Tuesday afternoon. His
reception this evening promises to be q most
brilliant affair.


Gen Resecrans arrived in this city yester.
day BY the Henry Chaney, from a three
months tour through the gold and silver mines
Of the Pacific coast.
Year: 1865

lS regarding the present fossillized conser-
yatism of the Democracy, and its horror Of
radicaism, the New York Post is reminded
that the Democracy was formerly a progress.
sive party, and professedly so. That it waged
war upon the imbecility of conservatism and
quotes as illustrating this from the Demo.
cratic Reriew of 1899. That organ said then
in considering the situation:


This is, we repeat, no time to halt The
Democratic principle is most emphatically a
principle of movement, of progress, of re-
Communicating, uncompromislng. Let no
one suppose because we have now at length
secured the immensely important reform OF
the disconnection of the Federal Government
from the banking system, and the restoration
of the currency of the constitution now OF
at an early day to be consummated, and be-
cause the continuance of the present Demo
cratic regime in the administration of the
national affairs is placed beyond the reach of
danger-the formidable party of opposition
being at last fairly broken down and crushed
that, therefore, nothing more remains to
be done, nothing more to be attacked, nothing
more to be striven for.


we uust uOt ichE tIc scusStess lIUputa-
ton of radicalism and destructiveness We
must not object to the appellation of radical,
when there is so much evil to be attacked at
its roots; to that Of destructive when there
is so much that we are loudly called upon tc
destroy in the name of Democracy, Christi.
anity and humanity!


"Thus, to be fearlessly true to itself, to its
own vital principle, to the impulse which it
has received during the agitations of the
struggles wo have been passing through. te
its high and holy mission of social elevation
and improvement of the broad mass of our
race--that it is which we conceive to be now,
ut its present period of complete ascendancy
and triumph-the duty of the Democratic
party


Which professions Of radical faith we com
mend to those Democratic journals to whom
radicalism is now the consummation of po
htical unrighteousness. That party, radica
upon questions of mere internal administra
tive policy twenty-five years ago, should no
now in its professed adherents oppose th'
radicalism which favors Democratic liberty
and the rights of man.
Year: 1865

THE New WATER-PRooF CURRENCY
The community, it is said, will shortly be
supplied with a new fractional currency
printed on membrane paper new in
vention in the paper line-the successfulm-
itation of which will battle the skill of the
oldest counterfeiter 1t will be well nigh
impossible to produce the paper outside of
the Treasury Department at Washington,
and from its texture and finish the least ex-
pert in money will be able to distinguish the
genuine note Not the least among the
many excellencies of the new currency is the
fact that it will wash
Year: 1865

FINANCIAL AFFAIRs.--In New York, yes
terday, gold continued firm through the day,
closing at p m. at 1885, but if the telegraph
reports correctly it has black eye to-day
selling at 146. The break down we ascribe
to tho effect of the last statement Of the pub
lie dobt, the absence Of an export demand,
and the current rumor that the Treasury
Department proposes to part with portion
of its hoard. The course of the market shows
how the Herald has lost influence. A week
since It produced considerable excitement,
and somebody made somo money on one of
its sensation dispatches. Now, its stories
have no effect whatever in financial circles
On the street it is reported that large bust
ness is done in mercantile paper, at very full
rates. Occasionally, very prime short date
is taken at seven per cent, but large
amount generally ranked AL has to pay
eight per cent, and sometimes Gal per cent.
Second class names range at 1Oa15 per cent.
On call, the ruling rate is per cent.


For foreign exchange the demand is light
Bankers sixty day sterling bills are quoted
at 1881 to 100, and cotton bills at 1919 to
l0S. The supply Of cotton bills on the mar
ket is in excess Of the demand.


The share market is weaker.
Year: 1865

WE HAVE NOT THE DOCUMENTS AT HAND
with which to refresh our memory, but we
will venture to ask the British holders of
rebel cotton bonds to examine their certif-
Gates the act of the confederate congress $50
called under which they were issued, and
the circulars of the (so-called) confederate
States secretary of the treasury, and then to
consider point or two Of lave. g.:


l. Whether their certificates arc anything
more than bills of sale of given quantity of
cotton, which the sellers agreed to hold for
account of the purchasers until the latter
should order it to be shipped through the
blockade?


2. Whether this purchase of cotton was
made from party who had the right to sell i?


Maxim appropriate to this case Let the
buyer beware -
Year: 1865

In view Of the many false statements that
have been made relative to the movements
Of our squadron in the Pacific, we are author
insd to mako the following statement. The
Pacific squadron will consist Of the following
Year: 1865

Gov PIcKER1NG.-Our Olympia Correspond
ent says that the Republican Central Commit
tee have selected Gov. Pickering as the Repub-
lcan candidate for next Delegate to Congress
This is probably the work of one old gray-beard-
ed sinner, known as DR.. Henry Henry's wide
spread unpopularity forbids him putting him
self forward for the Delegateship, he knows
he would suffer an overwhelmi defeat if he
should come before the people for that position.
But he wants office, probably worse than any
body, and it would not surprise us if it turns
out that he has posted off to Washington to see
Old Abe about securing the Governorshp.-
1t is just like one of Hcnry's moves, to persuade
the silly Pickering that be is the very man to
represent the people of Washington Territory


in Congress; that he will make more money oat
of it than he can out of the Governorship, &C.,
&c. When Pickering runs for Delegate some
pop into the Guberuatorial chair as DR.. Henry.
He possesses some influence with the Govern
ment at Washington. He sleeps with it, it is
said, when he is there, and helps it review the
army VI JIG OtOLHdCJ anu no uOuDL WleluS
just enough influence to secure the Governor
ship, if he wants it, and that he wants it there
is no good reason to doubt. He wanted to run
for Delegate at the last election, but he couldn't
muster quite enough votes to gain him the nom
inationj and now he knows that he could neither
get the nomination next time nor get the popu-
uar vote. He gets small salary as Surveyor
General, but he could make more out of the
Governorship, besides having the satisfaction of
holding the veto power in his own hands and
Iording it over this people. But Gov. Pickering
might not fare SO well. The story that he will
veto the Specific Contract Act, if passed by the
Legislature, appears to be well authenticated,
and that step, once taken, will be bad ,apital
to make canvass on before the people. He
has little or no popularity now that we are aware
of, and on exercising the veto powerin this case,
he would have very little popularity indeed
If he is to be the Union candidate for Delegate
it will please the Democracy.
Year: 1865

notwithstanding the immense wealth of
the Boise Basin, the financial affairs of Boise
county appear to be in bad condition.
The Idaho World, speaking of county affairs,
says:


"The county is now foundering in pit
of indebtedness as redemptionless as that
which separated Lazarus from the bosom of
Abraham, and unless something is done
county scrip will soon be worthless, and the
county bankrupt The county expenditures
should be kept within its revenues, and
fund set apart for the gradual redemption of
the present Indebtedness. Nearly all of the
counties in California have adopted SINH
lar provision as the only ife-preserver left
for their salvation, and the sooner it is done
here the better for the people"


.And the sooner measures of this kind are
adopted in Walla Walla county, the better
II will be for the people
Year: 1865

JAIL IMPRoyENENT.-T City Council have
given up the building HERETOFORE used as city
prison, and made arrangements to get the use of
the county jail for the odgment of city prison.
ers. AS condition of the agreement, the city
will proceed at once TO repair the jail and build
asubstantial fence around it. This arrangement
will be better for both the city and county the
county saving the expense of the improv ement,
and the city saving $40 per month"; which has
heretofore been paid for the use of the city pris-
on building. Another saping will be that of the
prisoners confined in the Jail for the erection of
high fence around the jail win prevent that
class of fPhilanhropsts who exhibit the poor taste
of going to the prison, unattended, and at all
hours, to sympathize with convicted felons,
from furnishing them the means with which to
effect their escape. Therehas never been an es-
cape from the county jail without the prisoner
being aided BY oussids partieTa
Year: 1865

UNHAPPY DyIsIov.-The Washington Stand
ard says


''There is no fact more apparent than that of
of the present unhappy division amongst Union
men in this Territory"


Itis very apparent, and although it may be
an unhappy thing among the Repubs, it makes
the Cops feel happy. The Standard affects to
regret the division in the party, but that paper
has in a great measure caused the breech by
its continued attacks upon specific contracts acts,
and by dragging portion of the party into op-
position to an act of the kind in this Territory.
It denounces all Republicans as disloyal who
favor the passage of such an act. The Stand
ard goes on to say


'It appears some few men cannot be profted
by experience; that there are in the party few
who seem bent on ruling the organization to
subserve their individual purposes, or to involve
it in one common and disastrous ruin Their
patriotism goes just far enough to include all as
their party colleagues who favor their peculiar
schemes, and no further"


If that had been written to apply to the Hen
ry clique and their organ, it would have been
exactly the thing.
Year: 1865

Thomas b Co.'S stage arrived from the Dalles
large mail. The river is open between Portland
and Dalles. The stage left again for the Dalles
on Thursday. Another stage, which went out
last week, is expected back in two orthree days.
They make the trip through in from four to four
and half days,
Year: 1865

Important 10 Omccrs who Have Been


Captives In Rebel Hands.


II has been decided BY the Second Comp
trolier Of the Currency that an officer cap
tured by the enemy Is entitled, during his
captivity, to tho same pay, subsistence, and
allowance to which he may DO entitled while
in the actual service Of tho United States
The pay, Subsistence, and allowance thus
granted are such rs pertain to his position
and grade as an officer, and are not acci.
dental or dependent on the will Of another.


A Captain or Lieutenant in the actual
command Of company at the time Of his
capture, and thus entitled, under law Of
March 2, 1927, to $40 per month for rcponsi.
bility Of arms, &o., would not be entitled to
a continuance Of this additional pay during
his captivity, as that would, Of course, dsvolye
on his successor in command. so in the case
Of an Aid-de-eAmp selected from the line
whose appointment and consequent increase
Of pay depend upon the will of the General
appointing him, and are liable to be with
drawn at any moment. whether he be cap.
tured or not.


As q general rule, some other officer takes
the place Of tho captured officer aid, and
the captive is entitled, under the law, only to
the pay, subsistence and allowance attached
to his lineal rank. .. "a.
Year: 1865

There was good old woman-now list tn,


song | sing
Who with tin pail on her arm, did star


forth to the spring;
Her steps were very feeble, and her form


was spare and bent,
But her daughter was loving one, and help


ed her as she went.
This good old woman wore veil--a thick


ly folded veil
As if she still were anxious her complexion
ehouldn't fail;
For female Vanity remains when Bcauty's
charms are past,
And, like her gift of speech, endures unto
the very last.
A soldier passing in the road the good old
woman spied,
And wondered at the kindness of the daugh-
ter by her side,
eSure never love like this was seen or told
in any tale
And then, twas very strange, the old one
bore the pail.
The soldier was inquisitivc-hc had right
to be
And cooked his pistol and his eye, that bet
ter he might see;
And he was soon rewarded, and richly, too,
guess,
For he saw pair of high old boots beneath
the old ones dress.
A death-like silence then ensued-the sold
one'' stood stock still,
Because she was not quite prepared to AXE
leaden pill.
The soldier did not ''drop a tear" but he
dropped, instead, his hand
Upon the sold ones shoulder, and said,
jeff Davis stand -
"You have played out, JEFF. Davis. Not one
step or you die!''
Your GOccrnment has gone up, and yOu'H go
by-and-by,
No single word of pity shall e,er be breath
ed for you;
The apple tree and The Devil, they both
shall have their due ~
Year: 1865

An open widow with the direct rays of


the sun coming in, will be good for the


little one. On hot summer day, to Law


it down near the window, quite nude, and


let it lie for some minutes where the rays


of the sun may fall on its skin, will give
1T new life. There is new vital relation


between sunshine and vigorous human


being. Seclusion from sunshine is one
OF the greatest misfortunes of civilized
life. 1ils same cause which makes po-
tato vlnesswhite and sickly when grown
in dark cellars operates to produce the
pale, sickly girls that are reared in our
parlors. Expose either to the direct rays
of the sun, and they 5 gin to show
color. health and strength. When in
Lincoln, some years ago, visited an
establishment which had acquired wide
reputation for the cure of those diseases
In which prostration and nervous derange-
ment were prominent symptoms.


L soon found the success in the use
made of sunshine. The salt roof had
been removed and glass one substituted.
The upper story was divided into sixteen
small rooms, each provided with lounges,
washing apparatus, etc. The patient, on
entering each his little apartment, remov-.
ed all his clothing and exposed himself
to the direct rays of the sun. Lying on
the lounge and turning over from time
to time, each and every part Of his body
was thus exposed to the life giving rays
of the sun.


Several London physician candidly con-
fessed to me that many cases which
seemed only for the shroud were galvan-
inzed into life and health by this process.
DR.. Dio Lelces.
Year: 1865

We desire to call the attention of our
readers to the following prevalent mis-
takes:


1t is mistake to suppose that the sub
scription price of a newspaper is clear
gain to the..publisher.


1t is mistake to suppose that he gets
his white paper for nothing.


1t is mistake to suppose it is printed
without cost.


1t is mistake to suppose, that he. can
live bodily by faith.


1t is a mistake to suppose that it is an
easy thing to please everybody.


1t is a mistake to suppose that paper
is not worth buying which contains only
what we know and believe already.


1t is mistake to suppose that money
due for paper would be as good to us a
year hence as it is now.


1t is mistake to believe that We would
not be thankful for what is due for sub
scription.-Ex. Paper.
Year: 1865

The Commissioner of internal Revenue has
Giade the following rulings:


A person employed by an Insurance Com
pany to take the general care and supervis-
ion of the interests Of the Company, either IT
a fixed place Or by travelling from place to
place, must have license as an insurance
sgent whether be solicits risk and ncgotiates
insurance Or not


The assignment or transfer of judgment
shold be stamped as an agreement or con-
tract


Domestic bills of lading are considered as
receipts for the delivery of property, and
should be stamped as such.


The bond given by the guardian the mi
nor heirs of deceased soldier in order to a p
ply for the pension. bounty. or arreages OF
pay, is subject 10 stamp duty of 81 asa bond
given for the due execution and performance
Of the duties Of any Office.
Year: 1865

The sagacity of the canine species has
often been a subject of admiration, and
inrumerabEe instances have been record
ed where human life has been preserved
by the noble animal. An illustration of
this occurred few days ago near New
port, Perry county, Pennsylvania. A
party Of ladies were gathering whortleber-
ries. One of the ladies had child with
her, which she seated on fat stone near
where.she. was picking berries. Shortly
after deg, which accompanied the party
set UP loud barking around the child
and smelling at the edge OF the stone
The child was taken away and the stone
turned over, when large rattlesmake
was found under it. The dog attacked
the snake, was bitten twice, and died
shortly after.
Year: 1865

r@-John w. Foruey in a letter to the
Philadelphia Press, charges that an Or
ganized conspiracy is on foot to repudi-
ate the National debt. He intimates that
some of the most prominent leaders of
the Northern Democracy are now actual
ly working to bring about this end
Their plan is to get a sufficient number
of Representatives into Congress from the
late Rebel States, to form working ma
jority in both houses, when the ball will
be opened. 1t becomes our cities whose
saving are invested in Government bonds,
to see that this gigantic conspiracy is
promptly squelched. Rational honor and
self-interest, alike call for vigilance on
the part of the loyal people of the cOun-
try.
Year: 1865

Men work for it, fight for it, beg for it, steal
for it, starve for it, lie for it, and die for it.
And all the while, from the cradle to the
grave. Nature and God are laundering in
our ears, the solemn question-"what shall


it profit man, if he gains the whole world
and lose his own soul % This mad
ness for money is the strongest and lowest
of the passions it is the insatiate Moloch
of the human heart, before whose remorseless
alter all the finer attributes of humanity are
sacrificed. 1t makes merchandise Of all that


is sacred in human affections and even traf-
fics in the awful solemnitles of the eternal.
Year: 1865

We see that number of our exchanges
still mention the name of Gen. James l..
Selfridge, as one of the candidates for the
Surveyor Generalship of this State. We
have been authorized by the General HIM
self to state that he is not a candidate, nor
does he desire to be one.-EaSton Express.
Year: 1865

Here, Barnum A Mercer County, Pa, pa
per says a child was recently born in the
western part of the county, with two per-
fectly formed heads On one body, and is now
doing well. Freeze to it
Year: 1865

nTA man on fire with benzine was
saved from a horrible death, in New
York, by being rolled in a gutter. Pro
vided the man does not die of the
cholera, hereafter he will have occasion
TO be grateful for foul streets
Year: 1865

TnR KIDNAPPING UAsE.-This case con-
tinucs to attract the attention Of the public
Magistrate and large number Of ble-bod-
led citizens, who are anxious to learn the
solution Of the negro question. We arc
unable to throw any light upon this dark
transaction to-day, but live in hope.
Year: 1865

REPoRr.-We expected ere this to be
able to furnish report Of the receipts and
expenditures Of the Donation Fund raised
for the benefit of the needy families Of SOL
diers on the 31st Of December, but up to
this time we have been unable to do SO, the
donation and relief books not having been
closed. The public may rest assured that
the committee will do justice to oil concern
ed in this respect, IS soon as may be.
Year: 1865

New YORK, Sept. IA correspondent
informs the Post Of a narrow escape
from another slaughter ON the Long Is
land railroad on Monday evening. The
coupling on train broke, leaving a
car filled with passengers behind. After
while the train returned for the dissev-
cred car, but before it started another
train came laundering down the road in
the rear. The correspondent asked the
conductor if he had taken any measure
to prevent collision, and he said that
would be all right, and forthwith several
brakemen, with lantern, warned the
approaching train, which was stopped
Il few rods from the rear car In the
meantime all the passengers had jumped
off the car, and fled across an adjoining
field. The express train was as usual
much behind time.
Year: 1865

There is yet hope for our country and
humanity. Let us not despair. Follow
ing the example of our illustrious martyr
President, let us stand firmly by truth
nal triumph will be sure and complete.


A. L. SEoHAND.
Year: 1865

GEN GRANT AS a BoY.-The venerable father of
General Grant is the recipient of marked and re-
speetful attention On being questioned to the
saw him show his grit, when boy, but once, and
that was trying. to break vicious colt. 1t was a
tough fight. but the colt had to surrender"
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Thc newspaper press of
many of the principal cities will be supplied with
copies of all the reports of the heads of the Depart
ments in better season than heretofore, without a
resort to clcgraphc facilities and such arrangements
will be made as will enable publishers to also lay the
Presidents message before their readers much sooner
after its transmission to Congress than at any similar
period within the last four years.
Year: 1865

Dick Winder has been sent to Richmond, Major
Lee to Raleigh and Captain Duncan to Savannah,
where they are to be tried by court martial General
Sterling Price has applied for pardon.


A CASE OF YELLOW FEVER.
case of genuine yellow fever has been discovered
on board the ram Stonewa and she has been sent
down the river for quarantine.
Year: 1865

The rebel Congress, before taking its
recent hasty leave of Richmond, and after
refusing to adopt any of the measures urged
by Davis as requisite to save the rebel
cause, issued an address to the Southern
people. It begins by saying they cannot
have peace except BY the sacrifice of inde-
pendence and property-thst confscstion
and determination are the only terms they
can get. 1t refers to what it regards as the
evils of reunion, and makes an appeal TO
Southern manhood. It gives colored
view of the resources of the South, and
calls upon the people to driveinto the ranks
again absentees and skulkers. It coDgrat-
ulates the country upon the appoint
ment of Lee as General-in-ehief, and spolo-
gizes for the heavy burden of taxation they
have been obliged to impose. The believe
the people of the United States have be-
come tired of the war, and ssy they can st
any time have peace by abandoning the
wicked attempt at subjugstion.


They recite again their grievances under
the old government and call upon ths
people 70 emulate the example Of the
RussIens when Napoleon invaded
their territory. They wind up with q
stirring appeal, saying success is within
their reach, that the battle Is not to be
strong, and the shades of their msrtyred
heroes hover over and beckon them on.