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Year: 1865

IN The course OF his Journey in the West
General Grant stopped for day at his birth
place-Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio
The people poured out from their houses to see
him, and he was constrained to make the fol-
lowing speech-the longe st he was ever known
to deliver:


Ladies and gentlemen of Brown county:
I ou are all aware that am not in the habit
OF making speeches. l am glad that l never
learned to make peeches when was young
and now that am old | have no desire to
begln. had rather start out in anything else
than IN making n speech. And now, ladies
ana gentlematn, | can only say to you that it
affords me very much pleasure to got back to
Brown county, where my hoyhood was spent. :"
Year: 1865

The CATTLE PLAGUE-We have heard within the
past few days of the death of quitea number of cat
tie in this city and vicinity, mostly cows. They have
died very suddenly, and no applied remedies have
have survived more than twenty four hours after be-
ing attacked The general symptoms are loss of ap-
petite sudden drying up of the milk, and violent
fever We heard Of one instance where noble COW
gave ten quarts of milk in the morning. night was
completely dried up and was dead the next morning
Is it the cattle plague ?-Ueueiand Herald
Year: 1865

HE TORNADO IN MINNEsoTA.-An IN
stance of the fury of the tornado near
Red Wing, Minnesota, on the l7tIi inst,
is given in the St Paul Press of the 10th;
The escape of Sheriff Chandler was re-
markable He was riding through Vasa
township, when suddenly the air grew
sitting. He instinctively sprang from
his buggy, and, seizing young sapling,
Law fat upon the ground. Nosooner had
he done so than his horse and buggy
were literally carried away. The buggy
was torn into splinters. and the horse was
carried forty rods by actual measure
ment, lodged in the tops OF some small
trees, and so entaRgled in the brush and
harness as to be unable TO extricate him
self. He vas found, trembling with fear
in this condition. Mr.. Chandler only
saved himselfby clinging to the sapling
and. as il was, he was blown straight
into the air, and for a moment hung by
his hands.


Numerous stories are aflOat as to the
freaks of the storm, such as the blowing
of cattle across the river, tearing the
feathers from chickens, infiicting sudden
death upon numerous cats, dogs, &c, II
a singular manner, all of which though
they may not be impossible, we cannot
vouch for.
Year: 1865

THERE are some who believe that the
quarrel between the Emperor Napoleon
and his cousin, Prince Napoleon, is only
part of a cunning policy of the Emperor,
to give his relative greater importance
with the radical or democratic party in
France, to which he pretends TO belong
1t is convenient TO have one member Of
his family who can be III the radical Sc
crets, influence them by his advice, and
expose them to him.
Year: 1865

What, then, is the cause of the W fnds ?
The simple aeswer is-the sun. If ypu light
a fire in roo n. and afterwards stop DIP every
chink by which air can gain accesS to the
fire, except the chimney, the fire vii gs out
in short time. Again, it a lamp is burning
on the table. and you stop up the chimney,
at the top. the lamp will 60 out nj onf". The
reason of this is that the flame. in each case,
attracts the air, and if either the supply of air
is cat off below or its es ape above is Locked
the fame cannot go on i.urniug Till expla.
nation, however, does not bear to b, pushed
too far. The reason the fire goes out if the
supply of air IS cut offs. that the fame, so
to speak, feeds on air; while the sun cannot
be sal l. in any ense. to be dependent. on the
earth's atmosphere for the fuel for his fir, =
We have chosen the illustration OF the fame s
because the facts are SO we'll known. If, in
Year: 1865

CALCuLArIsG Hen The Canton No
Press, is responsible for the following, which
is certainly different frorl any hen prefOrm-
ances in these parts. Our hens are ambti-
Gus to sit as extensively as possible "a few
days ago, hen was fouEd on neighboring
farm. iucubatins upon nest Of five eggs.
Considering that 700 small an undertaking
for full grown hen, The owner removed these
and placed thirteen fresh eggs IN the nest
On examination soon after, 1t was discovered
that the old biddv had deliberately rolled
out eight, thus refusing to covering more
than the original number. Four times the
experiment was repeated with similar re-
suit, and the obstinate hen was finally left to
her select number, thus furnishing evidence
not only of her reasoning powers, but OF true
feminine spunk."
Year: 1865

We are advised by persons recently from
Yreka1tha George Observation-Disclosures of
that eminent young man, Ridgely Great.
house, who was convicted of piracy and
breaking his parol, at San Francisco, and
from there sent, at Uncle Sam s expense. to
Fort Lafayette, from whence he escaped-is
now Lying around loose" in the northern
part of this county, fugitive from justice,
there being warrant out for his arrest on a
charge of treason. Poor George! We knew
him when good men sought him for his yir-
tues, real or supposed, that they might grasp
his hand in friendship, smile and bid him
God speed as he passed through our town.
Now how changed Good men shun him as
they would leper. and all because he would
have torn the country of his birth from the
map of the world. A mere trife in 1860
but in 1865 the thing is different. Now talk
ing treason and |" free speech" have different
meanings in the eye of the law.
Year: 1865

PRoGREssIoN.-Inventio and improve
ments are lot entirely confined to the Yankee
nation. Chickens up this way are on it some.
In the vicinity of our town is young rooster
who came into this world with the locomotive
improvement of an extra leg, set little
abaft the two which are natural to the nom
progressive, ordinary bantam. For time he
used this limb as a propeller up hill, and a
sort of break when descending. Now he
uses it, not as propelling power, neither as
stopper on down grades, but lets it stick
out behind as convenience to rest upon
when he crows, or wishes to throw himself
back on his dignity.
Year: 1865

THE CONCERT. The most pleasing enter
tainment ever given in Shasta, took place on
Monday evening last. They came among us
just after the Bell Ringers. Our citizens had
been samewhat sold by the big illuminated
bills of that company, - la circus and as
natural consequence, the turn out to hear
Hayward & Hall was not as large as it other
wise would have been. The performance
was excellent, Mr. Hayward fully sustaining
the reputation given him by the press all
over the State. Mr.. Halls performance
upon his magic bugle is magical. His play
ing is so far superior to anything we had
thought possible that we cannot account for
it by any natural law-there must be magic
in it. The miserable apology for a bugler
that accompanies the Bell Ringers-ofcourse
as compared with Mr.. Hall-for his own
credits sake should have his bills so changed
as not to expose him to comparison with the
man he SO poorly initiates. When Hayward
d Hall return this way they may safely look
for bumper. There is nobody mad here
except those who did not attend.
Year: 1865

At the present moment it may be said that
what constitutes the whole country, and
makes in reality respectable Nation and
giant Power, is the, Union, or majority party
now in power throughout the land. 1t may
with truth be said, TOO, that all parties or
factions found in opposition to the political
organization known by the name of Union,
are, to put the mildest possible point on it,
too selfish to love anything they cannot con-
troll; so lacking in patriotic spirit as to care
for nothing but the carrying out their own
rule or RUM policy. The "ruling" class
were not all born south of Mason and Dix
on's line. Verify, every Copperhead north
may be safely classed with them, either as
leader or tool


Taking this view of the case-and we be-
lieye we are borne out in it by stern facts
We are justified in saying that the great Union
Party is the Nation the opposition, an ele-
ment that seeks for power, even at the ex-
pense of that Nations division, and conse
quent destruction. Then how necessary it is
that the great saving power of the Nation
should be kept intact how now, even more
than heretofore, is it necessary that every
friend of his country, every lover ofit every


individual who has heretofore been identified
as one of that great organization, should con-
tinue to work within it until the great work
of regeneration, so nearly finished, shall be
complete. The very fact that we have been
of it is reason that to quit it now Is conces.
sion that we were wrong in the first place,
for no issue has been raised that has not ex.
listed since the birth of the Union party.


When peace shall have been declared all
over the land; when the Government has no
enemies that the civil laws of the country
cannot control when military power is no
longer necessary for the protection of the
citizen when a political organization known
as the Democratic party shall no longer exist,
or any other whose interests are antagonistc
to the Government. then will be time soon
enough for individuals to crafty personal
ambition in the creation of parties or factions
to accomplish their ends; but never, never,
so long as '' Democrat" is the synonym of
treason, and the rallying cry of organized
traitors.


The man who does it stultifes himself,
gives the lie to his acts and professions for the
past four years. and loses the confidence of
every true, unselfsh lover of his country
There cannot be man so dead to pride in
the record he has made as an unconditional
Union man, and member of that party, as to
now willingly, thoughtlessly cast it aside for
the qualification of some feeling in which the
interests of the people occupy no position.


Whenever there shall be two patriotic par
ties, each striving for the best interests of
the nation, then factious politicians may
claim honor in proportion to their success ;
now boilers from the Union party occupy
much the same position as deserters from the
Union army.
Year: 1865

As He APPEARs.-Preside johnson is a
man of medium stature, compact and strong
built, of dark complexion and deep set black
eyes. He is of bilious temperament. of strong
intellect, indomitable energy and iron will,
in whose character the strongest feature of
all is stern justice, mingled with genuine
hatred of all forms of aristocracy and oppres-


sion, and patriotism so ardent that it
Year: 1865

THE JUNCTION HILL The junction Hill
Mining Company are prosecuting work in
prospecting their lode, vigorously. They
have struck, within day or two, some very
fine looking veins of rock, rich in gold, which
they believe to be feeders to the main ledge.
About thirty feet more will test the matter.
Iffavorable, we shall soon hear the stamps of
a mill in town.
Year: 1865

DEMocRATIC.-A Canada paper (the To-
ronto Leader) is in mourning for the assassin
Booth, AID says his death was a cold blooded
murder. Verify, Canada should be annexed
to our Government, in order that the Democ-
racy might have chance for power once
Year: 1865

COUNTY CONVENTIONAL Wednesday next
the Union County Convention will assemble
in Shasta. In connection with this subject
we have written much, and we feel even more
than we have expressed. Vow we have but
to ezhort the various precincts to be sure and
send delegates. We want to see full Con-
vention, every precinct represented, and ev-
cry representative determined to vote for the
best men, thereby insuring to the county
good set of officers. The interests of the
party and of the county are best subseryed
by such course. ANY dissatisfaction that
may be felt by disappointed aspirants is much
easier anpeased when he sees as good or a
better man in the place he sought than he
would he if he found himself set aside for
poor material. Place it in the power of ev-
cry defeated candidate before you to say =
"Well, if was beaten, it was by good
man." Good men for the Offices, unity in the
party, and the country is safe.
Year: 1865

THURsDAY-The day set apart by our
President and Governor as a day of humilia-
ton and prayer by the people of the State
and Nation, was very generally observed in
Shasta. All places of business were closed,
and the town presented an appearance en-
tirely in keeping with the holy purpose of the
day,
Year: 1865

FRuirLEss TAsK.-The Paiaro Times is
preaching political decency and respectability
to his Democrats down there. You are vast
ing ink and space, Mr. Times. We have
tried it. All who had the germ of decency
In them went to the Southern Confederacv
after the formation of the Union nartv
Year: 1865




self a candidate for the Office of County Clerk
subject to the action of the Union County Conven-
ton. myl3
SAMUEL COOPER will be a candidate for
the office of County Clerk of Shasta county, sub
ject to the decision of the Union County Conyen-
ton. myl3~
Year: 1865

at shsta. On motion of James Leary, the follow
ing test was adopted to qualify voters:


Resolved, That no man be allowed TO east vote
at the Primary Meetings who did not vote for and
support Abraham Lincoln and Andrew johnson at
the last Presidential election, and who will not
pledge his support to the candidates that may be
nominated by the Union Convention


The following apportienment adopted Tor
delegates to the Convention
Year: 1865

These bonds are now worth premium of nine
per cent, including gold interest from November
which makes the actual profit on the 80 loan at
current rates, including interest, about ten per
cent. per annum besides its EXEMPTION FROM
STATE AND MUNICIPAL TAXATION, WHICH ADDS
FROM ONE NO THREE PER CENT. MORE, according
to the rate levied on other property The interest
is payable in currency, semi-anuually, by coupons
attached to each note, which may be cut off and
sold to any bank or banker.


The interest amounts to
Year: 1865

VHvIlE Officers and Directors of this Company


4 have the pleasure of presenting to their pat
and the public generally, the SEMI-ANNUAL
SWORN STATEMENT of the financial condition
of the PHOENIX, on the
Year: 1865

New YORK, Nov. l8.--At special
meeting of the board of supervisors
yesterday it appears from the minority
report of volunteer commissioners on
the subject Of paying census enumerators
that the committee have had three
districts of the FIRST Ward enumeratei, |,
and find deficiency in the state census
Of 2505. They state if they were autho-
rized to go on with their work they
would 6nd the population of the city
considerably over a million. The board
adjourned until Tuesday without any
action on report.
Year: 1865

TIE EyANsyILLE Journal. - This
staunch Republican daily comes to us
considerably enlarged, and boasting
proudly Of it's approximation to the size
Of the "largest daily in the State" 1t
has been an element OF great power for
the right in Southern Indiana, and re-
fleets creditsbly upon Evansville as one
among the 6rstcities in the State. The
relative enterprise and prosperity of
rival cities may be judged by their news
papers We state it as an infallible
rule Of comparison. Show as a daily
paper filled with displayed advertise
ments and spicy special notices, and we
accept the assurance of an active, go
ahead city, on the right road to wealth
and pre- eminence The advertising col
umns of the Evansville Journal bear
substantial evidences of prosperous
business both to paper and people, and
20 far to vindicate the high claims of
that city as the FIRST commercial city of
Indiana Success to the Journal La
fdyette Courier.
Year: 1865

by the Ordinances Department. foI sale
shortly.


The Posts special says the subject of
reconstruction was considered in the
Cabinet yesterday. 1t is stated that the
President is dissatisfied with the con
duct of leading men of the South, many.
of whom he pardoned


The body of a man was found in Hud-
son river to-day. 1t was supposed to be
at first Mr.. Kings, but it proved to be
that of a German mar. Expression
gains ground that the body will not be
found q ii 6 Ee tBift5


Preparations for the reception of Gen.
Grant at the Fifth Avenue Hotel ia be-
ing made regardless of expense.
Year: 1865

ORDER FOR A PLANK SIDEWALK.


And nov IL is hereby ordered and directed BY
the Common Council Of the city Of Evansville
that the owners Of all lots parts of lots, front
log on or adjoining the northeast side Of Canal
street, from Ingle street TO Bond street, in
said city cause the side walks thereon to be
brought to q proper grade, and that they cause q
sidewalk Of class No. TO be laid down thereon
within thirty days from the publication Of this
order. A M. MoGRIFF. Clerk


City Clerks 0fics. Nov. 20, 1865. MOST
TTJnion conv1
Year: 1865

A London paper describes an immon Sc
steam hammer now being made by
Messrs. Nasmyth & Co, of PaticrOft 1t
is of gigantic proportions, and will strike
"a blow equal to seventy-iive tons. This
of course will require an immense anvil
block, and the process of casting one for
it weighing two hundred tons, was a
work of unusual interest. The process
of manufacture was as follows:


The iron was melted in two large pat
tent upper tuyere cupola furnaces, twen-
ty-four feet in height and seven feet in
diameter The molten metal was ran
Into mould in 4 constant stream, sup
piled alternately from each furnace
The process occupied ten hours The
metal was kept in state of fusion by
means of burning charcoal until the
whole quantity was poured in. The an
vii block measures twelve feet square at
the base, and twelve feet six inches in
depth. The figure is pyramidical, and it


is cast base upward. The metal con
tans certain proportion of Bcssemer
steel The huge casting is not likely to
be perfectly cold at three months hence,
and it will certainly not be reduced to a
sufficiently low temperature to be dealt
with under two months When cold
enough it will be turned over The bed
for the reception Of the block will be
enclosed in "a large circular wrought-iron
cyliBdcr measuring twenty feet in depth
and eighteen feet in diameter This
will be sunk in the ground and filled
with concrete, and, when finally depos-
tied in its bed, the anvil will appear
about two feet six inches above the
gronnd
Year: 1865

A NEW YORK letter says: The Rev. Mr.
Newman, who waited on the President
the other day to see if he could not get
permission to retain possession of a Ger,
tain church edifce in New Orleans
which he had occupied since the time OF
General Butler, was formerly pastor OF
the Fourth street Methodist Church in
this city He is said to be quite disgnst,
ed at the Presidents refusal to acqn' see
in his request, aud to have already writ
ten to his friends here that "the war is
dead failure" &,
Year: 1865

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Sept. 2O.--Thc re-
construction convention to day adopted
Il resolution requesting the Provisional
Governor to call out the militia of each
county Immediately, to repress the dis
order and lawlessness which exist in ma
NY counties The ordinance Tor the
abolition of slavery was debated at
length and further consideration was
postponed until tomorrow
Year: 1865

A correspondent writing from Constan-
tnople says of the deaths by cholera;


Fifty thousand is fair estimate, inclu-
ding all quarters of the city--the militia
ry garrison and the naval contingent -
More than one hundred Thousand per-
sons beside5 have fled from the city -
This number of deaths, in addition to
those who have fled, III a population of
million, has changed the city from a
busy mart of trade to city of the dead
and diving. Whole families have been
swept off in a day, aud hundreds of
houses left tenantless 1know several
Egnlish families where the father and all
the children have died within a week.
know of family which consisted of a
grand father, his son, his sons wife and
four children. No cholera had appeared
in their quarter of the city; but sudden
" it came, and in two days left the old
grandfather the sole living representa-
tive of the family Certain quarters have
suffered so severely that the surviving
inhabitants have left their houses, their
unburied dead-everything not easily
moved-and have fed in dismay TO open
fields beyond the city. At certain points
dead bodies, in some cases uncof1ned and
naked, have literally been piled up by
scores waiting transportation to the bu-
rial places One of the cholera hospitals
on the old city wall next the sea had a
slide arranged down which the dead bo-
dies were shot into boats to be buried in
the sea
Year: 1865

WE continue to hear Of the progress of
the potato rot. Phe Lafayette Qndi-
anal Courier says apprehensions are felt
in that vicinity Lest the crop should
prove failure Clear weather is great
ly needed The Cleveland Herald says
there are complains of the disease in
that part of Ohio, although no fears are
entertained of the failure of the crop.
Year: 1865

Is richly assorted. Being exclusively In the
Clothing Business, we can furnish the above 60
better advantage to dealers and on better terms
than can DO had elsewhere.


We have the most complete stock aud largest
assortment OF goods OF any house In our limo "
the city. ....-.


We are selling goods lower than any othct
house in the city, We bought our goods when
gold was at the lowest.


We have large stock OF -a4
Year: 1865

As we understand the matter, the clerk o
the house of representatives is bound by th,
act of Congress in regard to the matter, ant
he has no discretion whatever in the premises
The following is the law of Congress on thi
subject:


Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives of the United States Of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That before tn,
first meeting of the next Congress, and O
every subsequent congress, the clerk of the
next preceding house Of representatives shall
make roll of the representatives elect, and
place thereon the names of all persons, and
such persons only, whose credentials show
that they were regularly elected in accord
ance with the laws of their states respectively
or the laws of the United States.


Approved, March Sd, 1868.


We would ask every intelligent person
after reading the laws Of Congress, what righ
the clerk has to refuse to place on the roll O.
the members the name of any person who pre-
sent himself, with credentials showing that
he has been regularly elected member o
congress according to the laws of his state ant
the laws of the United States Reconciliation


Undoubtedly the clerk Of the Honse il
bound by the act of Congress quoted, bu
certainly no intelligent person can claim thai
a provisional governor is appointed in pur
suance of an act of Congress, nor that hi:
proclamation for state election, is in acc or
dance with the law of the State.


Provisional Governors are appointed b,
the President, as executive agents to aid hin
in the administration of the affairs of State,
whose constitutions and laws were suspended
by act of rebellion. And there exists no law
Of Congress providing for his appointment
nor law of the States lately in rebellion, 70,
the election of members of Congress, under
the proclamation Of Provisional Governors.
Therefore no Provisional Governor can truth.
fully certify that member of Congress has
been elected from his State in accordance
with the laws thereof, or in pursuance of the
laws of the United States.


If the facts are certified, the certificate will
show on its face, that members were not elec-
ted in accordance either with the laws of the
State or OF the United States, and it is the
duty of the House of Representatives to refuse
to place the names of any member on the roll
whose certificate does not set forth those
facts.


Why is it,that copperhead leaders are all sc
anxious that the clerk should decide SO i'm
portant question of the right of traitors, te
seats in Congress, and admit them to vote in
their own case, rather than to leave it to tbs
unbiased judgement Of loyal House O
Representatives? Simply we take it because
copperhead leaders have stronger sympathie.
with traitors and their cause, than they have
with loyal men and the cause of the country
which they supported through the war.