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Year: 1864

A certain Sunday school teacher in New
York was in the habit Of taking collec-
'tion in his juvenile class, for missionary
objects. He was not little surprised one
day to find country note among the
weight of .coppers. BE was not long In
finding it to be of broken bank, and on
asking the class who put it there, the do
nor was pointed out to him by one who
had seen him deposit it. "Didn't you
know that the note was good for moth
ing?" said the teacher "Yes," answered
the boy. "Then what did you put it in the
box for2n The boy coolly replied, II
didn't suppose the little hesthens would
know the difference, and thoughtit would
be just as good for them"
Year: 1864

HALIFAX, February Gin the case of the
Chesapeake the Judge of the Admiralty Court
decided that the vessel and cargo should be re-
turned to the owners, they paying the expenses
of the Court.


Marshal Kane and number of Confederate
officers left on the steamer Alpha for Dixie to-
day.
Year: 1864

s,xo,1,R PuESoMExoS.-At the foo


of the first summit of the grand old 81
erras, at a point just south OF the Amador
and Sierra Nevada wagon road quietly
ncstles one of the most beautiful sheets OF
nurr crystal water to be found in all Cali
fornia. Surrounded with snow-clad
g;ant hills, resting in bed seemingly
Hewn out of solid granite, gives it pic
turesaue appearance; in fact, its situation
;s lovely and romantic in the extreme
Mountain trout are found here in abun-
dance, and ut this season OF the year in
no spot on the Pacific coast can the plea
sure-sceker realize more enjoyment than
at Silver Lake. But hold: we started
out to tell about a strange phenomenon
frequently occurring at that point. Of
calm morning, about ten o'clock, singu-
lar noise in the air is often heard passing
over the lake. At times, the sound re-
sembles that produced by the rapid flight
of ducks, as they seemingly descend; at
other times, like the ringing of bar of
iron passing swiftly through space; and
then again, like the cracking noise made
by the sudden bending of sheet iron. Now
the sound comes from the east, going
west, then from the north going west,
then from the north going south. 1t ap-
parently comes from some Of the lofty
mountain peaks surrounding the lake,
and loses itself on some other on the op-
posite side. The sound produced is a
strange. awe-inspiring sound, and it is
said the Indians avoid the lake as haunt
ed.-- -Amador Ledger. a0 .laTaa
Year: 1864

Years ago well-known novelist, man
of great GOODNESS and courage, was met by a
stout fellow who demanded his purse
Capital !" the other exclaimed; Il was
Just about to make the demand on you; but
come as l have fallen in with one Of our
selves; I'll give you share Of prime job
I've got in hand. Come along! Deceived
by this confidence the real rogue Joined the
counterfeiter and they stole along together
till they were met by patrol, into whose
hands the good-natured friend unklndly
LODGED his associate.
Year: 1864

The late great fair for the benefit of the
soldiers, held in Ohio it is said, made a
vast sum of money, but nobody can hear
what has become of it. Look in the pock-
cts of the managers and there is no doubt
they will account for it.
Year: 1864

p@We saw in the scrap of an old news
paper, the following curious advertisement:
" To be sold at public auction, next Monday
If not before. One Horse Cow and IA
sheep tails cut short.
Year: 1864

q In speaking Of the confirmation OF Della
hay. the Topeka Tribune says that Lane ode
liberately violated the instructions of almost the
entire Legislature" We are no apOlogizer for
Lane, but We would have those who assume all
the virture practice it. What did Pomeroy do
when he issued that uncalled for, scandalous,
and lying Chase cireulars Was he not as much
instructed to support Lincoln as Lane was to
oppose Delahayf We think more SO, because
it is question of more Importance to the people
But the Tribune endorsed the Senatorial fraud. II
and judging by it's onesided virtue. in meekly
bearing this assault upon our worthy President
I" is preparing for greater one"
Year: 1864

The Presidential campaign is approaching
The political Executive Committees of various
States have set the ball in notion preparatory to
the meeting of the Baltimore Convention. and
soon our whole civil society will be sea Of
commo.ion. The coming contest for the Presi-
dsheE is doubtless the most important since the
formation of the Government. There is more
principle involved, and the people have more
at stake than they have had In any past cam
paign It is therefore tiC:e every citizen in the
land was taking hold of the matter, and using
his sovereign power in the cho'ce OF ruler
All choice or power emanates from the people.
and when they attend to subject faithfully
there is but little danger Of its being corrupted
But when they lack in watchiulness their most
cherished rights will suffer 1t the hands OF Po-
litical gamblers.


We desire to enlist every voter in the prehm''
naries of the campaign. For herein lies the
danger. Let every man turn politician, and
those whose trade it is will be checked IN their
career of chicanery and deception We plead
with every voter to attend each and every caucus
held from now until the time when you may
have secured the delegates who will express your
choice. The State Central Committee nave
called State Convention, to meet on the 2'st
of April, to choose delegates to represent the
State in the Baltimore Nominating Convention.
The apportionment is one delegate from each
representative district, and primary meetings
are called for April 18th to select these delegates


The State Convention. which is called, will
do more than choose our representatives to the
Baltimore Convention. By those representatives
it will express our will. Let US see to it in time
that our will is expressed, and that we may not
be betrayed.


We have already expressed our choice, and We
believe the choice Of Davis County and Western
Kansas. That man is ABRAHAM LINCOLN, whose
name We to-day raise at the head Of our paper.
Our intent now is not to urge Mr.. LINCOLN, but
to warn the people. whose choice he is, ere the
golden opportunity slips. 1t is universally con.
ceied that the nominee of the Baltimore Conyen-
tion will De our next Presient-that the contest
is, practically. within the Republican party.
Mcclellan will doubtless be the Copperhead can
didate, but the prospects that he will not get
single State. The people must therefore be on
hand at the primary caueuses. It's no ordinary
occasion, that few may do it. The life Of the
Nation is at stake. Probably the greatest task
every intrusted to human wisdom will deYOlve
upon the next Administration-and that is.
= DEMONSTRATION. You have tried ABRAHAM LIN
coin, and he has not been found wanting. Then
let every man who appreciates his citizenship,
be up and doing, that he be our nominee.
Year: 1864

FrS At HoNE.-Don't be afraid of a little fun
at home, good people Don't shut your houses
lest the sun should fade the carpets and you
heart, lest hearty laugh shake down some OF
the musty old cobEebs there If You want 20
rum your sons let them think that all mirth and
social enjoyment must be left on the threshold
without when they come home evenings


When home is once regarded as only place
to eat, drink and sleep 10, the work Is begun
that ends in gambling houses and reckless deg
radiation. Young people must have fun and re-
taxation somewhere if they DO not find il At
their own hearthstones, it will be sought at other
and less profitable places. Therefore, le, the
FIRE burn brightly at night, and make the home
stead delightful with all those little arts which
parents so perfectly understand.


Don't repress the buoyant spirits Of your chl
dren. Half an hour Of merriment round the
lamp and FIRE light of home, blots out the re.
mem6rsnce OF many care, AID the best safe
guard they can take with them into the world
Is the influence of bright little domestic sane
tum.
Year: 1864

After the introduction which has prefaced
the above salutatory, it needs no comments
from us to put it and its author in their
true light bsfore our readers. The brave
men in the ield-the former comrades Of
the unworthy writer-have made such a
comment as the salutatory deserves, and
such an one too, as ought to forever forfeit
from him all respect-ail influence, aud
even all federation among those whom he
distinctively addresses. Surely the people
of Monroe county, Ohio, will not follow the
lead of such a man. They cannot feel that
there is any bond OF fellowship, political
or social, between them and such man.
We ask their serious attention to the ex-
pose above made of the man who asPires
now, in the beginning of great political
conflict, to be their leader.


The following closing paragraph from
the article on "Peace Negotiations" which
we published yesterday from HarpsrJ'


Weekly, so BELTS the salutatory of Will
liams, that we, IN conclusion, reproduce it:
-[EDs. INTEL.


'Ought it not, indeed, to be enough to
name the names and contemplate the char
acters aud careers of the men who are the
most vociferpus and acknowledged cham
pions of the peace policyH Think of them,
think of the most eminent among them,
and then ask whether such leaders can
houorabIy save any nation under any cir
cumstances whatever. When men who
are universally respected declare that peace
is possible with honor, the people will cry
Amen But while those who command re-
spect neither by character nor sbility in
cessautly vituperate the Government and
clamor for peace upon rebel terms, the
people will contiune to cry "Pooh "
Year: 1864

ssSaye ON our own terms we can accept no
peace whatever, and must fight till doomsday
rather than yield an iota Of them, and our terms
are:


Recognition by enemy Of theindependence
O the Confederate States.


Withdrawal of the Yankee forces from every
fDOt of Confederate ground, including Kentucky
tad Missouri.
withdrawal of the Yankee soldiers from Mary
land until that State shall decide by a free vote
whether she shall remain in the old Union or ask
admission into the Confederacy.


Consent on the part OF the Federal Govern
ment to give up to the Confederacy its proper
tion Of the navy it stood at the time OF seces-
sion, or 10 pay for the same.
Yielding up of all pretension on the part OF
the Federal Government to that portion OF the
old Territories which lies west Of the Confeder-
ate States.


An equitable settlement on the basis Of our
absolute independence and equal rights, of all
accounts of the public debt and public lands,
aud the advantages accruing from foreign treat
es.


These provisions, we apprehend. comprise the
minimum Of what we must require before We
lay down our arms. That is to say, the North
must yield ALIVE nothing The whole pre-
tension of that country to prevent by force the
separation of the States must be abandoned,
which will be equivalent to an avowal that oar
enemies were wrong from the frst, and. of
course as they waged causeless and wicked
war upon us, they ought in strict justice To be
required, according TO usage In such cases. to re-
imburse TO us the whole of our expenses and
losses in the course of that war. Ones
more we say II is all or nothing. This Confeder
soy or the Yankee nation, one or other, goe
down. down TO perdition. That's to say, one o
the other must forfeit its national existence an
lie AT the mercy of its mortal enemy. ~ Rfeh
moad Enquirer, Oct. l6, 1868.
Year: 1864

ssIt [peaeel has become a hateful word, and
should be lett exclusively TO the use of Buffalo
orators in neighboring State, if any of that
sort still driyel and sniyel. Let get rid of the
whole vile cant, and say at once We are for war,
and nothing but war, until, as Davis is said to
have said, ''the last of this generation falls in
his tracks, and then we mean To pass it to the
next as an inheritance II is for those who have
uniustly invaded our country to offer us peace;
and when they do, they will still offer il in vain
until their armed men are withdrawn from the
soil Of these Confederate States, and the felon
flag of stripes is hauled down from every fort
within our borders. Afier that it win be time
enough 10 pirate about peace. Now the very
word is snonsense.-l Richmond Examiner.
Year: 1864

ssThe North may cease to carry on active hos


tilites long before it will consent 70 recognize
our Independence, and enter into formal terms |,
dread Of an invasion by us of the North, and
more busy in trying to devise ways and means
70 repel such apprehended invasion than IN re-
Year: 1864

Bar A Troy paper states that at the
very moment when General Wadsworth
fell on the field of battle. extensive prep
sratons rers being made 70 celebrats
the marriage ef his only son. With one
OF the most accomplished aud beautiful
ladies' Of that city-tbs daughter of one
Of the most extensive and wealthy man.
ufaetnrers there.
Year: 1864

FAULTS on BorH SIDES,
You call me "a hearlless jilt"-
"a pitiless, vain eoquettew
But there is another and truer way
OF looking at tyet!
Say that triaed while


Do you, in your vain conceit,
Think every girl who jests with man
Is to throw herself at MS Feet'
Well We were both in fault


I, that l drew you on,
For the foolish whim ef an idle hour,
To mock, and to smile upon;
You, that your folly mistook


A "will-o'- the wisp' for star;
See, if a woman but lifts her eyes,
How vain all these young men are
What would you have me say


The little words Il lover"
Would you have me utter Yea for Nay,
Then throw you of Ike glove?
Better to break at once


The chain that your folly made
Than to linger On, in sight of the sun
Then find yourself in the shade.
Let Us part with our foolish dream,


Since We lovers cannot be;
Go your way as true man should,


And mover look back on NE
Year: 1864

As yet we have no further o6icial light on
this dark subject-no word of avowal or
disavowal from The Adm iHistration-no
hint VII ether this poor, MANNED boy, for
such he was, was sent on his errand of ad-
venture with this programe of murder aud
arson, or not; or whether it was his own
recklessness that prompted it. We see ed
itoral, and we have heard faint feminine
deuials of the genuiness Of the document,
but the public has right to something
more authoritative. If Secretary Stanton,
alike careless of the reputation of the Ad-
ministration of which he forms part, and of
his soldiers, scorns to say q word, let tn g
Committee on the conduct of the War for a
moment turn aside from its work defaming
living brave men, to do little justice to a
dead one. Let US known the truth. ii
will the better prepare US for the investi-
CATION which it appears the Confederate
authorities are uiskingof this subject. On
the hypothesis to which we now reluctantly
incline, that tn document is genuine. and
putting aside all questions of blood-guilti
ness. can any one fail to be struck with the
folly, the absolute insanity, of such an act,
and of the military uthorities entrusting
such duty to SO very young, and however
brave, SO fnconsiderate man-who would
ride into the enemy's ines-the very val
ley of death'-with such document upon
his person. Its discovery is more likely to
unite and animate the South THAI anything
vet done.
Year: 1864

IN tnat region teach tn EN- that the war IS tol
negroes and not for white men; they being
white men cannot ympathize with such a
war. OF the final results of this bloody
strife, the author says he never found sim
gle man in doubt in all his journey, over
every part of the South:


"All are prepared to undergo still greater
sacri6ces-they contemplate and prepare to
receive greater reverses, which it is impos-
sible to avert. They look to successful
termination of the war as certain, although
few are sanguine enough to fix a speedy
date for it and nearly all bargain for its last
ing as long as Lincoln's Presidency. AL
though l have always been with the Con
federates in the time of their misfortunes,
yet never heard any person use despond-
Ing word as to the result of the struggle"
Col. Freemantle's book effectually dis
poses of the innumerable falsehoods "the
government has been sending over the wires
for three years, in relation to demoraliz alton
and iDsubordination in the Southern army
He says:


81 have lived in bivouacs with all the
Southern armies, which are as distinct from
one another as the British is from the Aus
trian, and have never once seen an instance
of insubordination."


In like manner he refutes the legion of
lies we have had from the govern m ent tele-
graph about cruelty to the northern prison.
ers of war. He says:


"I never saw a Federal prisoner of war
ill-treated or insulted in any way, although
1 have travelled hundreds of miles in their
company"


The conclusion this impartial aud disin-
terested observer comes to after visiting
every part of the South lis that the North
is engaged in hopeless effort at subjuga-
tion. He says:


"This war is essentially a war of con-.
quest. II ever nation did wage such war, I,
the North is now engaged with determine
ton worthy of more hopeful cause, in en-
deavorlng to conquer the South; but the
more I think of all that have see in tn
Confed crate States of the devotion of tn
whole population. the more 1 feel inclined
to say with Gen. Polk: How can you sub
jugate people like th;s?' aud even sup
posing that their determination were feasi-
BILE plan. 1 never can believe that in the
Nineteenth Century, the civilized world
will be condemned to witness the destruction
of such gallant race"


This is the last sentence of Col. freeman
ties most interesting book. We envy not
the man who has such bad heart that he
does not say amen to the closing lines.-
The man that wishes to see that people ex-
term mated, or subjugatod even, is himself,
at least. villain. The day for calling hard
things by soft names is past. 1t is too late
to tamper any longer with the atrocious
despotism that tramples the States and the
Constitution under the same hoof of lawless
power.


The conclusion of Col. Freemantls will
be the verdict of the. civilized world. We
are in the wrong-even more so if possible,
the gallant Poles. We are making for our
selves a name which will be, and ought to
be, despised by the friends of justice and
liberty all over the world! The day shall
come when our own sons shall despiss US
when new and wiser generation shall say
that we were mad!
Year: 1864

CURE FOB BRoNcHITIs.-One of onr clev-
crest and most reliable friends, says the
Holly Spring Herald, informs as that COM
mon mullen leaves, smoked in a new pipe
ono in which tobacco had never been
used-is a sure and certain cure for bron-
chitis. The remedy is simple and innocent
and within the reach of all, and we can GER
tainly discover no harm likely to arise FROM
a trial
Year: 1864

reasct that sound mind and body are the most nsees


sary requisites to promote connubal happiness. In
deed without these the journey through life becomes
weary pilgrimage the prospect hourly darkens TO ths
view; the mind becomes shadowsd Eltn despair sno


Allied with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
Year: 1864




Entire New and Fresh Stock.
NNTE would call the attention of COUNTRY
wv MERCHANTS to our usually lage stock Of
Goods Our stock comprises every article in the
Clothing and furnishing line. We have constantly
on hand the largest stock and greatest variety of
Cashmere and DOL HATS of any House in San
Francisco, and our prices for these goods less
than those of any house, receive them direct
from the manufacturer s consignment Our stock
of Fall and Winter Goods is particularly attractive
and the great feature to the country merchant is the
unusually low prices


Less than the Cost of Importation
We also keep the STAPLE ARTICLES in the Dry
Goods line which Goods we have purchased in this
market under the hammer, and are offering them at
New York cost, and less.


We publish this card in order that we may make
new acquaintance, and induce those who have not
heretofore purchased of us to call and examine our
stock.


Good Articles and Low Prices
Are the great inducements to all who purchase to
sell again Merchants who buy of us can make a
good profit and sell to their customers at low fig
ure. We remain, respectfully,


Your obedient servants,


BADGER & LINDENBERGER,


Wholesale Clothing and Hat Warehouse


Nos. All, Alb, and 4l5, Battery street,
San Francisco Aug.5, 1854 34m3
Year: 1864

PIcrUREs.-A room with pictures in it and
room without pictures, differ by nearly as much
as room without windows. Nothing, we
think, is more melancholy, particularly to per-
son who has to pass much time in his room,
than blank walls and nothing on them, for pic
lures are loopholes of escape to the soul, lead
ing it to other scenes and other spheres. 1t is
such an inexpressible relief to person engaged
in writing, or even reading, on looking up, not
to have his line of vision chopped square off by
an odious white wall, but to hnd his soul esca-
ping, as it were, through the frame of an ex-
quisite picture, to other beautiful and. perhaps
Idyllic scenes, where the fancy of a momentmay
revel refreshed and delighted. Is it winter in
your world ?-perhaps it is summer in the pic
ture; what charming momentary change and
contrast And thus pictures are CONSIDERS of
loneliness; they are relief to the jaded mind;
they are windows to the imprisoned thought
they are books; they are histories and sermons
which we can read without the trouble of
turning over the leaves
Year: 1864


The light at home how bright it beams


When evening shades around us fall,
And from the lattice far it CLEANS


To love, and rest, and comfort all!
When wearied with the tolls of day,


And strife for glory, gold or fame,
How sweet to seek the quiet way


Where loving lips will lisp our name
When through the dark and stormy night
The wayward wanderer hOmeward hies,
How cheering is the twinkling light


Which through the forest CLEANS he spies
1t is the light of home-he feels


That loving hearts will greet him there,
And softly through his bosom steals


The Joy and love that Danish care.
The light at home |! How still and sweet
1t peeps from yonder cottage door,
The weary labOrer to greet


When the rough tolls of day are DER
Sad is the soul that does not know


The blessings that its beams impsrt
The cheerful hopes and joys that flow,


And tighten up the heaviest heart.
Year: 1864

UThe Boston Transcript says tho
butter spectators, with large stocks on
hand are not little uneasy at the ro-
solve of people to leave off consuming
butter, and fe,rful of warm weather, arc
round the country in wagons offering to
sell at much lower figure than asked in
the market. We hope the people will
adopt the same course in regard to every
article of luxury, the prices of which
spectators are controlling.
Year: 1864

A PLEDGE OF TIE RIGHT SoRr.-Says
reformed man, II had no hat except an
old one; the better one had pledged for
liquor. l had pledged my wife's dresses.
also, and my furniture, and in fact every
thing but my credit. That could not
pledge, for had no credit to part with,
and at last thought l would pledge my
self. l did pledge to total abstinence.
and ever since l have been a happy man."
Year: 1864

Some of the stanzas which arc
sent to the daily dress for publication by
ambitious poctical tyros remind US OF
the recent attempt Of young friend Of
ours


A man there was who built mill


And then he built dam;


A saw.mill log rolled over him,


And killed him-,chop
Year: 1864

Jenny said a landlady to her servant.
was there any FIRE in the kitchen last
night while you were setting up? Yes.
unrm.' said Jenny, there was . spark
there when l went down. and / soon
famed it into fame The landlady
looked suspicious at Jenny. but tho in
nocent. girl went on scrubbing, and hum
ming Katie darling