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Year: 1864

atty" than the Baltimore American, and yet forhsv4
ing in April, 1851, given "aii, countensnce, and
support to those in armed hostility to the United
States" Its editors must now submit to be disfran-
chised by the very Constitution whose adoption
they urge in their columns


We have recurred to this subject not because we
have any objection to any particular provision of
the projected Constitution. With our well-known
ideas on the subject of slavery no reader will sus-
pect us of any unwilingness to see constitutional
measures taken for the abolition of slavery by the
people of any State Believing that the institu-
tion in its best estate is provisional and transtory
we hail every step which looks to its peaceful and
benefcent extinction. But we arc Of those who
believe that good thing cannot be properly done
in bad way-that justice does not take tribute
from injustice, right from wrong, or truth from
error


History is full of examples in which arbitrary
power has sought to commend itself to popu-


lar favor by showing that it intends to substitute
the principles of popular liberty for olgarchic and
oppressive institutions. Thus James H. endeavor-
ed to break through the restraints of the British
Constitution, or perhaps ultimately to establish the
Catholic religion in England, by proclaiming lib
erty of conscience for all against the established
Church. Austria at one time urged measures ap-
parenty liberal for the peasants against the CALI
clan mobiles, aud in such cases, as has been well
said by DIR. Lieber in rejecting on this device Of
usurpers, Governments are sure to find numerous
persons that do not look beyond the single mea-
sure, nor to the means by which it is carried out;
yet the legality and constitutionality of these
means are of great and frequently Of greater i'm
portance than the measure itself Even histori-
ans" he adds, care frequently captivated by the
apparently liberal character of single measure,
forgetting that the dykes Of an institutional Gov
ernment once being broken through, the whole
country may soon be flooded by Irresistible tide
of arbitrary power"


Against all such seductive influences the intel
igent patriot is therefore called to be on his guard
and to stand up firmly for the right, whether regard
he had to ends or to means, and never directly or
indirectly to give his sanction to the odious
doctrine that good ends sanctify unrighteous
means
Year: 1864

1t is strange that with all the time Amer
lean women bestow upon dress, so few know
how to prepare a simple toilet with TASTE
To be well dressed means, with most, to
wear rich materials, made up IN gorgeous
style, and with all the usual accessories of
lace and jewelry, to add to the magnifcence
Of the general effect.


Never was there greater mistake. To
be well dressed is only to have attire suited
to the time, place and circumstances, made
in a becoming manner. This attire may be
a shilling calico, or rich silk, and yet in
either case, if it is adapted to the above con
ditions a woman may be said to be well
dressed


One of the secrets of dressing well is to
dress appropriately-anothcr, to be careful
of the details, the minutia of the toilet
Thorough personal cleanliness, glossy, well
brushed hair, neat shoes and stockings, are
as essential to good personal appearance
as the material and fashion of the dress
Indeed lady who is particular IN these mi
nor matters can hardly ever be said to be
i'll dressed, and this delicate refinement will
not only excuse faults, bat naturally show
itself in the good taste which will guide her
selection, no matter how small the cost may
be.


Some persons have an extreme horror Of
being caught as they call it, in the morn
ing dress. Why they should be 50 sensi-
tive on that point it is difficult to say. If
it is clean and adapted to the work in which
they are engaged, there is no shame in wear.
ing It; and, above all, it ought to be re-
merlbered that no attire is good enough for
the family which is not good enough fol
mere acquaintances who may favor you
with their society.
Year: 1864

Pray for my soul More things wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams Of Wherefore let my voice
Rise like fountain for me, night and day
For what are men better than sheep goats,
That nourish blind life within the brain,
If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer
Both fer themselves and those Who call them friends
For so the Whole round earth is every way
Bound by gold Chains about the feet of God


".a -Ieanyson.
Year: 1864

two fold mission to fulfill. The first
. is to press back, step by step, if nee
essary, the arbitrary power of the
Confederacy from the usurped soil Of
the seeding States and eventually
to subdue that power, and bring it to
terms ofpeace. The secondto develop
the principle of loyalty in the relieved
people, and protect them in its exer-
else and enjoyment, while they restore
the civil functions of. their State Gov
ernments, and unite them again with
their sister States under the provis-
ions of the National Constitution,


1t is objected, perhaps, that the
loyal people of the South are too few
IN numbers to assume, or be trusted
with the powers of the State GoYeBa-
ment. A fair test will demonstrate
this assumption to be unwarranted.
In addition to the large body who, in
almost every Southern State, opposed
the ordinances Of secession, many
thousands have been converted by the
progress, and many thousands moro
will be released and flock to the
standard upon the suppression of
the rebellion, and the subjngs-
ton of its military power. The
lessons of privation, suffering and
misery entailed upon the people of
the South by the wicked leaders in
this war viii suffice, at least, for the
present generation; and with whole
some and benefcent government again
restored to a loyal or repentant peo-
pie, viii live in history as a warning
to future generations not slightly to
put in peril of destruction such a form
of government, at the command of
wicked and unprincipled leaders, only
for the establishment of an oigarchy
in its stead, with nothing but civil war
as its means, and despotism as its re-
suit. But the loyal people of the
Southern States, be they few or many,
can alone be entrusted with this great
work of recognition.


While we desire peace, therefore, We
must as a necessary means, prosecute
the contest. To this end our armies
must be REINFORCED and increased,
and the brave men who accept this
duty must be cared for and protected.
The past has had its gloom, but the
future is full of hope. The call of
duty in the field and the council is
earnest and cheerful, and your re-
sponse and mine must not be laggard
or uncertain. To this end you are
chosen; and mine shall at all times be
a cooperation cordial and effective.


And soIemnly invoking the Divine
blessing upon our State and National
Governments, 1 am ready, in your
presence, to assume the oath Of Office.


JOHN BR0UGH.
Year: 1864

South winds blow soft where the soldier is


lying,


Tread with your lightest step. whisper more


Low
Oh, watt to its home this spirit undying-
Never a mission more pure shall ye know
Ever let roses, their fragrance disilling,
Weep Ger the mound of the hallOwed dead /;
And while their cups with dew-tears are fill


ing,


Let the daisies and blue-bells wave over his


head.
Long be his name, his fame, and his glory
Joined in our hearts with the land Of his


birth
And let his deeds live brightest in story,
Chanted and sung by the fairest of earth.
Keep bright the stars he left to your keep


ing,


Soil not the Banner-for aye let it wave
Over the land where the hero is sleeping
Never should land be so proud of a grave
Year: 1864

APoCALYPTIC STUDIEs.-God, in the
New Testament, hath placed all histo-
rical and practical matter (nsedful for
Christians to know and believe) in the
beginning of the gospel. All such
truths lie above ground, plainly visible
in the literal sense. The prophetical
and difficult part comes in :he close.
But though the Testament was written
in Greek, too many read it like He
brew, beginning at the end thereof.
How many trouble themselves about
the Revelation, who might be better
busted in plain divinity.
Year: 1864

Sing to the Lorjl The shades OF night


At his command have passed away,
And the mornings doubtful light


Hath frightened to the full Orbed day.
watched by that Eye that never sleeps,
Safe and in confidence we slept;
Who sun and stars innumerable keeps,


Ills servants faithfully have kept.
No earthquake shock, no hungry fame


No tempest with destroying breath,
At midnight to our dwelling came,


To make our sleep the sleep of death.
Thy guardian angels, Lord! were near
To smooth the pulse and Noothe the breast
Nor tor,urirg pain, nor haunting fear


Broke the sweet quiet of our rest.
Now called to duty by the light,


Our morning thanks to thee we pray
For the kind ministry of the night,


For the new glory of the day;
For lie preserved, for strength renewed,


For the der Love that guards us still;
Rnt best we speak our gratitude


Bv wills submissive to tiny will.
Year: 1864

The first wear of married life is an i'm
Dortant era in the history of man and wife
Generally. as it is spent, so is all suhse-
duent existence. The wife and the husband
then assimilate their views and their desires,
or else, conjuring upon their dislikes, they
adj fuel to their animosities forever after
wards.


. | have somewhere read, says Rev. Mr..
Wise, IN his Bridal Greetings, of BRIDE
groom who gloried in his ecceutricities. He
requested his bride to accompany him into
the garden, day or two after the wedding.
He then drew a line over the roof OF tn cir
cottage. Giving his wife one end of, he
retreated to the other side, and exclaimed:


Pull the line.


She pulled it at his request, so far as she
could. He cried:


Pull it over.


can't she replied.


But pull with all your might, still shout
ed the whimsical husband.


But in vain were all the efforts of the
bride to pull over the line, so long as her
husband held the opposite end. But when
he came rond, and they pulled at the sam g
end, it came over with great ease.


There! as the line fell from the roof, you
sea how hard and Intellectual was our labor
when we both pulled in opposition to each
other; but how easy and pleasant it was
when we both pulled together! 1t will be
so with us through life!


In this illustration, homely as it may be,
there is sound philosophy. Husband and
wife must mutually bear and concede, if
thew wish to make home a retreat Of JOY
and bliss. One alone cannot make home
bsrpv. There needs unison of action,
sweetness of spirit and great forbear-


Al, j ,,,;f
to secure the great end of happiness in the
dom estic circle.


Homo is no unmixed paradise of sweets;
the elements of peace aud true happiness
are there, and so, too, are the elements OF
discord and misery; and it needs only the
bitter spirit of the world without to make it
a paudemonium, or the loving genius OF
harmony to make it the prompter of every
affectiOnate impulse.
Year: 1864

An Irishman by the name of Patrick
Murphy recently made his appearance at
the United States Hotel, when the landlord
said to him: why don't you go to work.
A g-r-e-a-t big, doubled -fsted goodfor-
nothing stand up in the corner and drink
glass of lager-Irishman like you should
not be begging He said he could not
find any work, We'll then enter, the army.
There you can get $500 bounty, besides
SIG month and found' Found! replies
Murphy, be iabers, found dead on the bat
tie field an, I'm not the man to see it in
that That's what the matter with Pat
Murphy.
Year: 1864

To RAISE A LARGE ARMY.-Let Lincoln
place rife in the hands of each of his four
hundred thousand lazy, and cowardly Office
hold ers, and order them to the front. Most
of them have had considerable experience
in riJ1ing. and you may bet that all of them
know particularly how to charge. What
brilliant and loyal army they would make.
Will these patriotic towards go?-Ex.
Year: 1864

WHY THE DYING NEVER WEEP.-The
reason the dying never weep is because the
manufactures of life have stopped forever;
every gland of the system has ceased its
functions. In almost all diseases, the liver
is thu first mandatory that stops work; one
by one others follow, and all the fnpct ions
of life are at length dried up; there is no Sc
cretion anywhere. No, the eye in death
weaps not; not that all affection is dead In
the heart, but because there is not a tear
drop in it, any more than there is moisture
on the lip.
Year: 1864

SMALL. HOME FAULTs.-Homes are more
often darkeued by the continual recurrence
of small faults than by the actual presence
of anv decided vice. THESE evils are ap-
parently of very similar magnitude, yet it
is easier to grapple with the other. The
elstern Traveller can combine his forces and
hunt down the tiger that prowls upon his
path; but he can scarcely escape the mus
outos that iufest the air he breathes, or the
daas that swarm in the sand be treads. The
druukard has been known to renounce his
darling vice; the slave to dress and eXtraVa-
gance, her besetting sin; but the warpish
temp r, the irritating tone, the rude domes-
tic manners. and the hundred nameless
negHgences that spoil the beauty of associa-
ton, have rarely done other than proceed
till tue action of disgust and gradual aliena-
ton has turned all the currents of affection
from their course, leaving nothing but a
barren track over which the mere skeleton
OF the panionship stalks alone.
Year: 1864

see the continent of America sink into
the ocean with all that dWells upon it
than see our nationality destroyed !; who
will not endure this constant usurpation
of authority and encroachment upon their
rights; and whom you may drive into .
dreadful conflict, in which the abolition
lists aud the negro may find themselves
arrayed against all who will ,unitedly
stand, hand in hand and shoulder TO
shoulder, in defence of the Consultations
and the fundamentallaws of the land.
Very respectfully, i


HENRY NJ. NAGLEE.,
Year: 1864

| Under the above heading the Marysville
Appeal of the 17th inst. has a long article, in
which it quotes from the San Francisco
Spirit of the Times, and takes that paper to
task for some of its political representations,
and in its comments thereon uses language
quite as objectionable to members of the
Union party as that of the Times.


The editor of the Spirit of the Times ac-
cuses the friends of Stanford, Phelps and
Sargent Of endeavoring to form combina-
ton at the capital for the purpose of sending
delegation to the Union National Conven-
ton that shall have for its object the break
ing down of the influence of Corness and his
friends. Now this may be so, but we have
been unable to see any indication of such a
move or desire on the part of these distin-
guished gentlemen. The language of the
Times is uncalled for, and has evidently for
its Object desire to form some clique that
may be able to carry out its particular views
about who should hold Office in San Francis
CO. The people will remember that the ed
itor of the Times is but recent convert to
the Union party, and modesty would suggest
that he wait until out of his leading strings
before warning the Union party of its duty
in the approaching Convention. That paper
may rest assured that the people will not
sanction anything, however or by whomso-
ever gotten up, that will not look to the one
great object of the Union paIty,-the un.
qualified support of the Government.


On the other hand, we regret to see the
feeling manifested by the Appeal, making
distinction between Union Democrats and
Republicans. For ourself, we know no such
parties in this State as Union Democratic and
Republican. The people have buried these
old fogies deep in the tomb of oblivion, and
there let them rest Until the war is brought
to close.


We want to see those papers claiming to
be unconditionally for the Union, lay aside
all this old party pickering and jealousy,
and unitedly assist in binding more firmly
the bands of fellowship, until every man who
feels a spark of patriotism shall see that the
only safety for our country lies in the act of
their giving to the persons chosen as repre-
sentatives of the Union party their united
support, in whatever position they may be
called to fill, and that particular men or
cliques shall not be allowed to sunder the
ties that bind the highest hopes and aspira-
tions of our people to the one object-that of
restoring to our distracted country more
perfect and lasting Union, and the removal
from our land of all causes for future dis.
turbances or dissensions.


If faction should be allowed to arise in
our counsels, such as we do not now antici
pate, we promise those engaged in it that the
delegations from this portion of the State
will frown upon their efforts to divide the
Union party, and will stand by the princi-
Piles of the great Douglas, so eloquently an
nounced in his last speech to the country
to lay aside all party differences of opinion
and animosties, and unite in one great party
whose sole object shall be the preservation Of
our common country from traitors at home
and enemies abroad.
Year: 1864

TRIAL OF THE MAGRUpER MURDERERs.-The
editor of the Lewiston Il. IT, Golden Age
thus describes scene during the late trial :


From the position we happened to occupy
during the time Page gave in his testimony
while he was coolly describing the scene of
the horrid massacre-in casting our eye in
the direction of the culprits, just over t,eir
heads through the window, and in a direct
line about fifty yards away, we caught sight
of a most impressive scene, one which will
be ineffacable while life lasts. There were
the innocent orphans of the late lamented
Magruder, in sportivc play on the porch eff
the residence of his heart stricken widow
in full view, while we were hearing all the
ample minute of detail, of the axe crashing
through the skulls and brains of some of our
best citizens; and how the murderers, in
order to avoid suspicion and exposure, burnt
and scraped the blood off the deadly wea
pons. That men have been so debased be-
fore, we have often read of, but this was the
first time we had ever been disgusted with
the sight of such cold blooded and accom-.
plished villains, and G d grant that we NAV
never witness the like again.
Year: 1864

1T appearing to the Court, by the petition OF Den
mis- H. Dunn, administrator of said deceased,
presented and filed in said Court, praying for
order to sell all the real estate belonging said
tate at private sale, that it is necessary to sell the
whole of said real estate to pay the debts expenses
and charges of administration, and that the said
administrator, under an order of sale heretofore
made by this Court, and after proceedings thereunto
in accordance with law offered said real estate at
public auction, the 18th day of June, A D. 1868,
on the premises. and unable to obtain bid for
the same and that he has since received offer for
said real estate private sale. which be believes is
as much as can be obtained for the same at public
auction thereby saving the expenses of a public
sale-and it appearing to the Court that 1t Is for
the best interest of said estate that said property be
sold at private sale is therefore ordered by the
Court that all persons interested IN said estate ap-
pear before the said Probate Court,


On the 2Ist day of March, A. ID. 1864,
at the Clerks Office, in the Court House, IN the
town and county of Shasta, at 10 o'clock, a. NJ,
of said day then and there TO show cause why an
order should not be granted to said administrator
to sell the whole of said real estate al private se
or so much thereof as may be necessary anu 'nat
notice be given of the time and place OF SAID nearing
bv ratification in the Shasta COURIER 1our success
sive weeks.


And ex-oficio Judge of the Probate Court
Dated at Shasta this 18th day OF


February, A. d. 1864.


OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE PROBATE COURT


OF the town and county of Shasta


1. JR Durick, County Recorder OF the town
and county of Shasta State of California, ana ex-
oficio Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said
town and county, do hereby certify the foregoing
be a t-ue and correct copy Of an order duly made
and entered upon the minutes of said Probate Court


Witness my hand. and the seal of the said
LIS Court, this sixteenth day Of February,


A. D. 1854.


f2o J. r. DURIcK, Clerk.
Year: 1864




rebel atrocities.


1t is understood that when the portion
Of the tax bill affecting whisky comes up,
Mr.. Washburns will renew his fight for
taxing stock on hand, for which the
House voted several times by decided ma
jOrities.


The House ct last begins to work like
legislating in earnest with view to q
speedy adjournment.


The bank bill went through to-day by 8
decided majority, very nearly in the shape
in which the original bill, subsequently,
amended to death, WAS reported.


The panic in New York speculative cir
cles, and the tumble of gold and stocks
gives decided satisfaction to him. secre-
tary Chase is expected back tonight, and
it is understood that he returns in decided
ly better humor than when he went. None
expect permanent depression Of stocks
and geld till Congress shall take decided
sction on the tax and currency questions,
and until military success shall again give
assurance that the bottom is not out Of
everything.


Lincoln, Seward, COlfsx end others have
gone to Baltimore to open the Fair for the
benefit of the Sanitary Christian Commits
sion.


Major General Wsshburn has been ord
cred to West Tennessee to take command,
vice Hurlbut relieved. He leaves Wash
ington this evening.


Evening sessions are to be held regular
ly from and alter tomorrow.


The tax bill will be the special order for
tomorrow, and from day to day thereafter
until passed. Other current business will
be pushed over to the evening sessions.


The Supreme Court adjourned to-day,
sine die. Chief Justice Tsney presided,
apparently in his accustomed good health
and strength.


The efforts to stop the imitation Of cur
rency and the rise in gold are already
taking shape in several acts of both Houses


The Senate has passed the gold bill.


The House has passed the Bank bill and
will push forward the Tax bill.


Propositions were made in the House
to-day to raise the tariff to fifty per cent
is being looked to in the same end, it be-
ing supposed that it will check the exces.
sive importstions now going on under the
idea that the tariff is soon to be raised an(
SO lesson the demand for gold. The vOt'
on the Bank bill to tax the State Banks
of which the Associated Press furnishes
particulars, is part Of the same genera
policy.


| THE INDIAN TREATY.


Chippewa Indian chiefs are now in the
city to execute treaty with the Govern
ment. They visited the President to-day
Chief Hale to-day made speech in hi
native tongue, which was responded to b.
| the President.
Year: 1864

An accident, which the superstitious
would call ominous, recently occurred in
the studio Of distinguished French sculp-
tor. The city of Rouen had ordered fine
equestrian statue of Louis Napoleon. Az
ter much labor it was completed but as
the artist, in exhibiting it to the commit
tee, was turning it upon its axis, the great
horse and rider fell to the floor broken into
q thousand pieces. But this is really
nothing Of a warning to the French En-
peror compared with the results Of the last
two elections in Paris. The Government
did not even put up any candidate, but
only favored one Of the opposition csndi-
dates IS the least obnoxious. The whole
representation, we believe, Of the city Of
Paris is now in the oppOsition-aad ''Paris
is France" according to the old saying
The uniform result Of these elections ex-
tending over considerable space of time,
shows that they are no demonstrations Of
popular whim, due to any single cause of
offence in the imperial region, but g mat
ured md earnest warning to the Emperor
that France wants and will have more
freedom for her people, or his dynasty will
not be respected as in the past.
Year: 1864

II was admitted in recent debate in the
House Of Commons that during the last
ten years Ireland has lost 100000 Of its
population, and that the exodus is still go
ing on OF the rate Of 10000 per snnum.