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Year: 1865

PRoGREss OF Tns RArLRoAD.-Ths track
Of the Pacific Railroad has been laid some
three miles beyond Clipper Gap, and the
work will be continued without Interruption
until it reaches Colfax. It is thought the
road will be opened to the latter place by
The first Of September.
Year: 1865

Gen. Sherman had with him III
his Georgia campaign, one of the best
and most reliable scouts or guides in
the south-west-an old man, a native
Georgian, and a wealthy planter and
STAKEHOLDER at that. 1t would not be
proper of course, to mention his name,
but he is well known to all who were
in the habit of visiting headquarters
a year ago. When the war broke
out he denounced the Southern lea
ders, and in consequence of his Union
sentiments was compelled to leave
his home, near Macon, between two
days. His neighbors missed him,
and suspecting, rightly, that he had
gone off to join the Yankees, they
followed so closely that he was
obliged to hide in the mountains in
the northern part ofthe State for sev-
eral weeks. They have since organ
lied all kinds of raids for no other
object than to catch this one man.
After being in the service some time
he volunteered his services TO Gen
eral Buel, but that officer didn't need
much Southern guidance" Next,
he received a position as volunteer
aid to Gen. Rosecrans, to whom he
was of great service in the campaign
terminating at Chattanooga. He has
been with Gen. Sherman since last
June. There is not a highway or
a by-way in the interior Of Georgia
with which he is unacquamted, and
scarcely town Or village in which
he is not known. -.


He used to say that with bri-
gade of cavalry, he conld find cotton
and niggers enough within hundred
miles Of Atlanta to liquidate the Ma
tional debt. He is one Of the few
rich men of tac South who have re-
NAMED faithful to the Union cause,
when they knew that to do so was to
loose their property, their homes and
their comfort. On his present trip
he carries with him a black. list Of
those who took pleasure in prosecut-
ing him four years ago. He thinks
that he will make it more than even
with them before he gets through.
Year: 1865

NOT only does death beautify our
lifeIcss forms, but the thought Of it
gives more beautiful expression
even in life, as rosemary is both
placed as a chapel on the brows Of
ibe dead, and gives life to the faint
ing by its viyifying essence.
Year: 1865

AN AvpAc1oUs RoppER.-Ou Thursday
evening. between eight and nine o'clock, a
man dismounted from horse in front VI
uouscr's Clothing Store, and going in made
purchases Of clothing amounting to about
800. lie then stated that he bal left his
money with Mr.. Dickerson, the County
Treasurer, and in company with Clerk
from The store started towards the residence
Of the Treasurer, but no sooner had he got
the Clerk in quiet portion Of the stree,
leading to the house, than he drew revol'
YER upon him, telling him that he was
ION the rob-" and to come out with his mo-
nsy. The Clerk having no money the rob-
Der took his watch, Of the value Of $50 and
telling him if he moved out Of his 'rs' Is tor
twenty minutes hs would kill him, he then
ed bis horse and rode out Of town un.
molest-d.


A few minutes after the departure Of the
rascal, a livery stable man from New Castle,
Mr.. Smith, arrived in town looking for a
horse he had hired to man who answered.
the description Of the robber. The fellow
had reached New Castle on the down train
from Colfax. and going to the livery stable
had hired horse to come to Auburn, and
falling to return within The time promised,
Mr.. Smith became uneasy, and came to
town Just in time to learn of the rascalily of
his customer, and his departure to parts un.
known with bis horse and tho watch he La |
taken from the Ceik


Officers are now out looking for this en-
terprisng thief. HIS LETT arm is represented
10 be stiff and this will serve to identify him.
The animal he stole is brown mare, and
blind in one eye.
Year: 1865

CURg OF CONSUMPTION 1T has been found
that if this terrible disease has not arrived
At its last stage. it may be certainly cured
hy the constant and continual use of a pap
made with the -four Of maizs OF good quality
this is essential, An eminent French
physician. who has great experience on the
subject. recommends that on the FIRST appear
ance If the maIady the pap should be made
to constitute the chief article Of food. 1t is
prepared by adding the maize TO mixture
of half milk and half water. This is to be
kept stirred on the fire until it bois, after
which the fire is to be rendered less intense
by the addition Of cind-rs, anil the pap is to
be left on for eight or ten minutes, but wilh>
ou. being stirred. 1t is then to be taken
from the fire, and little salt is 10 he put in
it. If the pa,isn, cannot take milk, broth
may be substituted for it, or water-butler
being added but milk is best.
Year: 1865

AN AUDAcIoUs THIEF.->Burleigh the


rom de Plume under which Rev Matthew


Hale Smith writes to the Boston Jour


nal, tells of remarkable robbery in


New York. He says The broker was
inside the counter, near the safe. A
man came in without hat, and with a
pen behind his ear. He walked round
to the SPOT where the banker stood, who
was talking to gentleman and said to
him, Please to move sir, and the banker
did. The fellow coolly took out of the
safe several thousand u. S. bonds, and
,ooly walked away, and has never been
seen from that time to this. Near the
closing hours Of business the bends were
ought for and could not be found. The
oanker turned to one of the clerks and
asked him for them, stating that he saw
I'm remove them from the drawer.
fortunately the clerk was able to prove
n allbi, and then the audacity of the
h'ef was made apparent,
Year: 1865

a!ceFULL CoNDUcT.- We are


ohear of our Charches becom>
k1eatre of disgraceful conduct Oh
EFF some of the colored frequen-
8 is a matte of surprise to US


calling themselves so, would


house of God and disturbe the


s there assembled in their holy
The devil himself has a holy
hman who goes to church to per-
1iuties to himself and his Maker.
Rould seem that his children lacks
ding Of their father.


rust that we will never be called
speak Of this matter again, but
uch conduct not stop with this
We would call upon the church
hes who are disturbed in their
j 70 furnish US with the names
finding parties, when we shall
them to the public gaze.
Year: 1865

When the news Of Buffers defeat at
Fort Fisher reached England, 1t was very
scientifically proved that no bombardment Of
feet could seriously damage IN earthwork
veil built and well armed. The capture OF
the fort. BY showing the actual work done by
Porter's second bombardmcnt, has dissipatcd
another o. the fal1acfes Of European theories
Of war, and taught us and them new lesson
Of the prodfgious power and accuracy of our
new artillery. All the. guns but one on the
sea face Of Fort Fisher, it is now ascertafned.
were either disabled or dlsmountcd by The
heavy aud accurate fire of the fleet.
Year: 1865

DIR. Wishart ~ wish to add my testi-
mony to the hundreds you receive, to the
healing properties Of your Pine Tree Cor
dial. For fifteen years sufferer, ten years
Of that time have slept only in my chair
not being able to lie down for fear Of suiFo
cation. ! have employed seven Of tht
best physicians in Philadelphia, who all
pronounced my case incurable. was Ia
ken to the College, where the Faculty, hav-
ing done what they could, declared my dis.
ease an incurable case of Asthma and
Chronic Dyspepsia, in its last stage, and
that my lungs were partly gone. Finding
one of your circulars, my wife prosured
from your store a bottle Of your cordial.


Persevering used seven bottles, and a
box and half Of your Dyspepsia Pills,
when felt that my disease had wholly Civ
en- way, and the cordial had given me new
vigor and strength. continued to improve,
and for the last three months have been able
to sleep in my bed as souudly as ever did.
am now well and have gained twenty five
pounds in my weight am able to work
and provide for my family. send you this
true and faithful statement for the bene
fit Of the suffering. Friends, call and sec
me, near Oxford Church Post Office,
Twenty third Ward, Philadelphia.


ISAAC HELLERNAN
Year: 1865

BL'csr.-The blight among The wheat is
doing some damage in this locality. The
late rain will undoubtedly affect the grain
unfavorably. If our farmers should be
blessed with season Of fair weather. the
harvest would be bounteous
Year: 1865

Ok Dr.-The editor Of the Rock Island
drgus is preparing an article which will
give brief history Of all the newspapers
ever published in that county, and wishes
everybody who has any information on
the subject to let him know it.
Year: 1865

REAL EsrArE.-A gentleman is now in
Rock Island, who designs to purchase .
considerable portion of some vacant prairie
land belonging to Geo. l.. Davenport, back
Of that city. The land lies opposite to the
Jonah Case place, and will be converted
into race course and beer garden, if pur.
chased.
Year: 1865

There arc many who arc anxious to
produee sugar from sorghum Juice
who are disappointed that it docs not
grain so readily as the syrup mana.
tactured from the sap of the maple
This juice Of the sorghum is not 50
rich in cane sugar, and contains more
OF what is known to manufacturers as
grape sugar But it will crystalize If
the evaporation has been well done
il il has been rapidly boiled and the
syrup has been brought to the requir-
cd density. 1t must lose its ropy
character and become crisp-"break'
readily. Then it should be coofed
uniformly and kept at temperature
Of near ninety degrees. 1t will, thas
prepared, and thus kept, crystalize in
forty eight hours, if at all If there
is no haste in crystalizing it, the ZEN.
perature of the room in which it is
kept need not be so high, though it
should not 60 below seventy degrees
Fahrenheit.


There are sundry patented ways Of
separating the gummy vegetable mat
ter from the sugar crystals Some Of
these, doubtless, have some merits
We have seen water and alcohol used.
But the prctentions Of some of these
venders Of patent rights "tor making
sugar from sorghum are huge. They
make the credulous lover of home
made "swcctnin" believe that their
patents compass all possibilities-tha
the syrup can be transformed without
fail, by their patented processes, into
barrels of genuine sugar. They for
get to say that the sugar must be first
made before their patents are of any
use; and then they are only available
for cleansing the sugar of its impuri.
ties.


There are plenty of men who aver
that sugar can be prcftabIy produced
from sorghum, but the experience oi
sugar refners, aided by their anaIyti.
cal chemists, does not warrant such a
conclusion. There is more hope for
the sugar beet than Of sorghum as a
sugar producing plant. But Tor syr-
up we know of nothing that will equal
it, especially for use in cooking. The
bakers have learned its value com.
pared with the southern syrups for use
in their manufactures; and the better
it becomes known, and the more skill
and experience perfects the processes
by which it is made, the greater viii
be the demand for il; and it will bC
found profitable to produce and mar.
ket it in this shape rather than attemp
its crystalization.
Year: 1865

The now rebel dag ID ofhcialiy described follows
The width twothrds Of It's length, with tho Union
(now used as the battle ag to be in width threo hs
Of the width OF the flag and propoioned leave
tho length Of the field the side OF the Union twice the
width below II; TO have the ground red and broad
blue satier thereon borered with white embazoned
with mullets or five pointed stars corresponding in num-
ber to that Of the Confederate Sates the field TO be
white except the outer half the Union which shall
b . red bar extending the width Of the nag.n
Year: 1865

VIM. Murphy, for several years OF our New York
and Sandy Hook pilots who enlisted private the
night the arrived here Of the firing Fort SUMTER
and has served faithfully since has just been
mssioned by the Governor Of New Jersey scutenant
Year: 1865

The wind Is unseen, but Il cools the brow
of the fevered one; sweetens the summer
atmosphere and ripples the surface Of the
lake into silver spangles of beauty. So
goodness of heart. though invisible to the
material eye, makes its presence felt; and,
from its effects upon surrounding things
we are assured of its existence.
Year: 1865

TAX ON MATCHES. The Government
collects on every three and a half dollars
worth of friction matches, about fourteen
and a half dollars in stamps. In other
words, the tax is about four times as much
as the article is worth.-Erchange.


The tax referred to is disgrace to the
common sense of Congress. The tax is so
enormous that it costs less to import
matches than it does to make them. The
same is true of cigars. The result is that
our workshops are being closed for the
benefit of those of Canada and England
Alb. Salesman


The Portland Advertiser says matches
are now imported into the United States
from New Brunswick, and sold in pack
ages suitable for the retail trade, without
being stamped or paying any tax under
the internal revenue law. The duty upon
Year: 1865

Miscellaneous.-The religious in
terest manifested in different parts of
our country, and the revivals in constant
progress, not only in the civil depart
ments of life, but among the armies of
the Republic, is one of the hopeful signs
of the times, and the friends of
Christ have reason to hope that the day
is fast approaching when true and con-
sistent Christianity shall bless the whole
land, and when every species of in6del-
ity, whether it comes in the bewitching
forms of various worldly amusements or
in the more direct and open denial Of
the teachings of Gods Law, shall be
known no more, and when every person
shall find real enjoyment and happiness
in the church and prayer meetings, in
stead of the theatre, balls, and smaller
sinful and worldly amusements, and
when the chief topic of conversation OF
men and women who call themselves
members of the Church of Christ, shall
no longer be in regard to the splendid
performance of last nights theatre.


ALIBERAI MERcHAEr.-St. Patrick
Cathedral, Dublin, was built alone by
Lee Guinness, q merchant of that city.
To the last gas burner, to the last nail in
the velvet of the cushioned stall, to the
last leaf on the carved marble of the
pulpit-bells, organ, altar, Bishops
throne-he did the whole, and drew hi
checks for the uttermost farthing.


The Cathedral, complete, cost on
hundred and fifty thousand pornd
sterling, three quarters of million dol
Year: 1865

The RICHEST BEQUEsT OF ALL.-The
closing paragraph of the last will and
testament of the noble and Christian pa
triot, Patrick Henry, shows the profound
veneration he felt for the religion of the
Cross:


have now disposed of all my proper
ty to my family; there is one thing more
/ wish / could give them, and that is the
Christian religion. If they had this, and
1 had not given them one shilling, they
would be rich; and if they had not that,
and had given them all the world, they
would be poor.
Year: 1865

S144EH


do not fancy precocious children,
for the reason that they are almost al
ways in some abnormal physical condi-
ton. 1t isn't natural for a child to be
precocious. A healthy, right kind Of q
child, is foolish and unrefecting at the
best You haze to plant yourself plump
against their little iron Wills and stout
muscles With q still stouter will and
stronger muscles. When you reason
with them, your arguments meet shoal
logic. The verses you teach them and
the bright sayings theysretail are always
pert moralizings. fg


The whole natural, characteristic life
of q child 10 noisy, rolieking, kicking,
tumbling, brnising, cracking, breaking.
You endure their savage presence for the
hope you have in them. You love them
far more for what they viii be than for
what they are to you. No; do not
want any Of your proper children. De-
pertinent is more alien than cannibalism
to their nature. Original sin shows
itself before pride and judgment in them.
6rst tooth, and the best Of them are
jealous and envious little reprobates.


Iwould rather start to train a strong
willed child, with healthy body--one
decidedly of the earth, ear'h'y--than o+c
of your children over-freighted with
spirit. Some years ago I watched with
nnwearied earnestness over the fragile
form Of little one who gave promise of
fair and beautiful soul life. He left
me. He did not die to NE; he simply
passed ont of sight. The immortal in
his nature so far cutweighed the mortal
that his passage from time to eternity
seemed to me only like the fading of q
beautiful vision; and even to this day I
feel like stretching out my arms to some
unreal thing, which, in the shape of q
wonderful child, cajoled me into the be-
lief that was the mother Of that beanti-
full boy.


have no reason to believe that any
angel children have since lodged with
me unawares; but, true to my theory, i
rejoice in the rough, hardy bodies Of my
little ones, fearing not 30 much lest they
should not be comely and graceful, aa
that may fail to keep their bodies and
souls in harmony with God 3 natural and
Divine laws.--Springfeld Republican.


why am Not q ChrIstIans


l. Is it because lam afraid of ridicule,
and what others may say of me2


"Whosoever shall be ashamed of Me,
and My words, of him shall the Son Of
man be ashamed.


2 Is it because Of the inconsistencies
of protesting Christians7


"Every man shall give an account Of
himself to God" ta3


3. Is it because / am not willing to
give up all to Christi


what shall it profit man if he shall
gain the whole werld, and lose his own
soulP'


f. Is it because l am afraid that l
shall not be accepted


"Him that cometh unto Ne, will in
no wise cast out.


5. Is it because fear am too great
a sinner?


1.-THE blood of Jesus Christ clsanseth
from all sin. -
Year: 1865

THE EYE, BEING THE MOST DELICATE
Organ, and Of the most vital importance 70
the sheppinegs and prosperity Of man, should
never be ta1qpered With, either by the individual,
OF thoee whe for more profit take upon themselves
the selling Of artificial sights, and who know
nothing Of tho anatomy Of the Eye.


These Celebrated Bpectacles
Year: 1865

On this day, the Board ordered that the
territory included within the following de-
scribed boundaries, Road District No. /, to-
wit-Commencing where the Boise City road
crosses Moore's creek the last time, thence
east to where the Goodrich trail strikes the
Alturas and Boise county line !; thence along
said line to where the upper South Boise
trail crosses said line; thence in a northwest
erly direction to strike Moore's creek about
twelve miles above Idaho City,-from thence
to the place Of beginning. 1t was further
ordered that Samuel Stewart be aud hereby
is appointed Supervisor of said district
And it is further ordered, that tax of one
dollar be and the same is hereby levied upon
each able-bodied man in said district, and
that the Supervisor thereof proceed to collect
the same in the manner prescribed by law.


TAXES FOR 1866.


Pursuant to the provisions of the revenue
law of the Territory, it is ordered by the
Board that the following ad valorem taxes
be and the same are hereby levied upon the
taxable property of said county, to wit;


Seventy cents upon each one hundred
dollars value of taxable property in said
county, for Territorial purposes; one hund-
red and fifty cents upon each one hundred
dollars value thereof, for county expenditures
one-fourth of one per cent, or twenty five
cents upon each one hundred dollars value
thereof, for the support of the INDECENT sick
of the county. It is further ordered that a
capitation tax of two dollars be and the same
is hereby levied upon each taxable inhabitant
of said county, for the maintenance of the
INDECENT sick of said county; and it is fur
ther ordered that said taxes be collected in
the manner prescribed by law.


CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1865

The dispatches we publish to-day
are not OF the most cheering charac-
ter, and coming as they do through


northern channel, it may be we'll not
10 place too much confidence in them
Year: 1865

s0- A perpetual motion clock'
is being exhibited at the New Zealand
exhibition, and there is said to be no
deception in its construction. A cor
respondent of the Scientific American,
from Nelson, New Zealand, says the
inventor has had clock openly going
in his house for the last fifteen months
without being touched, and there
seems no reason why it should not
continue to 60 as long as the material
will wear.
Year: 1865

Last summer q cargo OF Ice was import
ed into England from Norway. Not hay
ing such an srtiele in the custom house
schedules, application was made to the
Treasury and &c the Board of Trade; and
after long delay it wss decided that the
ice should be entered as dry goods; but
the whole cargo was melted before doubt
was cleared up.
Year: 1865

General Sherman, in responding, alluded
to the fact that the old State House was
gone but that the old flag was still on the
newORe, where he hoped it would always
remain. He spoke of the large eontribu.
tiOns Ohio had made to the support of the
Union, during the war now so successfully
brought 10 close. He said that no State
had furnished better men or oficers He
eulogizsd Grant and said that ne once be-
lieved that Mcpherson would be the crown
ing hero of the war.
Year: 1865

He told the people that General Cox,
their candidate for Governor, was a gentle
man, scholar, and soldier; one who had
always done his duty, and, be had no doubt,
would always continue to do it. He thought
that Ohio had furnished enough Gener-
sis to keep the gubernstorial Office running
until the next war.
Year: 1865

A very important feature in me-
gotiating q sale of an oil well is to
know how to measure the depth
of oil. We heard ofa case in
which every thing depended upon
that, on that the bargain finally
hinged. 1t was one of those un-
developed wells, where a hole had
been dug, and water and oil struck
rather more water, however
than oil. But the oil, of course,
was on top. The we'll had been
dug only to the first indications OF
oil, and by the measure on a stick,
there were six inches of eil float,
ing on the water in a very few
hours. but the trade hitched.


The next morning the stick was
produced, which showed oil foot
in depth. The oil fever in the buy.
er began to rage; the papers were
being made out, When the seller
brought in the stick again, SHOW
ing still greater depth. The bar
gain was struck. >t.


When the buyer came to in
spect his well, he found an ole
hole, half-filled with water, and a
bout an inch of oil floating, ant
that had been there time out o
mind. The buyer soon found how
to measure an oil well, the process
being only to get depth of waite
sufficient to permit the stick tt
run down, for on coming up tn,
oil, beig on top would leave the i'm
preston on the stick just as far a
the stick was inserted.
Year: 1865

From the N. Y. Times of March End, ]
The Good Understanding with Russia


For the first time an all history,
the service of the russolGreek
Church was performed ON this
continent, in a public house, of
worship, yesterday. Through the
comfy of the Episcopal bishop of
dioceose Trinity, Chapal was open
ed to the small band of the men,
bers of that communion resident
in the city; and the Greek litergy
was chanted by ordainec priest OF
the church, now on a visit to this
country, assisted by several of the
chapel yocalists. A large number
Fof Americans were present, both
clerical and lay, and were al i'm.
pressed with the simple grandeur
of the music and solemnity of the
service. Ny- -


Upon the religious Significance
of this act of friendly regard, il
not positive fellowship, between a
Representative of tho great Greek
Church, embracing within its
pale some sixty millions, and one
of the chief branches of American
Professionalism, it is not our Prov
ince to dwell. We content our.
selves with the simple expression
ola trust that this new event will
do something to promote that mu.
tual understanding, the want Of
which has always been one of the
chief causes of religious divisions
Madame de Stael we'll said. etc
bray together in any language
with any rites, whatever they are
is the most touching fraternity o.
hope and sympathy which mer
can contract on EARTH"