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Year: 1862

According to Aristotle, the word poem
is from a Greek word, signifying to make;
as our lives are noble or ignoble. just as
we make them; they may not inaptly be
termed Eviag poems. Then every life is a
poem. Some poetry is brilliant only; we
read it, and the perusal gives us pleasure,
and oft times instruction. Though we de
rive pleasure and profit from such poetry,
we know that the writer might have ex-
erted upon the world far greater influence
for good. Many lives are brilliant only /:
such leave behind them bright and shin
ing light, which is reflected far down the
track of time; but these lives, ''like the
lunar beam. afford light, but not heat
Truly, a brilliant light brightens the world;
a good life does more, for it irradiates and
purifies the earth. A brilliant life is like
the moon-a good life is like the sun,
which gives heat as well as light, and as
the heat of the sun causes the noxious
weeds to scOrch up and die, but the flow
ers to bloom more brightly, even so does
good person exert an influence, beneath
whose pure and holy rays falsehood and
meannGss of every kind will wither, but
the fair flowers of truth and justice will





lives are like poems lofty in conception
poems that glow with inspiration, and
cannot but awaken aspiration. These
good lives emit light which will shine for
ever-mOre and more unto the perfect
day


Though we may not write poems, though
we may not call forth the admiration of
the multitude by high intellectual gifts, 1T
is in the power of each one to make life
true. We are entranced with glowing
strains from the old masters, but know
there is loftier poetry in the life of no
BILE philanthropist. Those who write poe
try, picture to us noble lives, though he
aspires to such too often, we say these are
mere creations of the brain. it is impossi-
BILE for frail humanity TO reach such per-
fectiOn. When wesee persons living good
and pure lives, we know it is possible to
reach a vast height IN the scale of good
ness. when we read some beautiful po-
EN-. for instance, "Evangeline, I'VE admire
the heroine, but we feel that we can nev-
er become Eyangelines. When real he
ro or heroine comes upon the stage OF lie,
and does not ,grite but Eres grandchar-
acter, this Erdng poetry speaks farmorefor-
clbly than that which Is written. There
is q vast difference between written and
living poetry-one emanates from the
head, the other from the heart; one is
ideal, the other real. All written strains,
however lofty, are inferior to the deeper
poetry of human life. The world reads
very many extracts from every life-poem,
but there are passages read only by the
OnniScient Often these are the grand
est portions which are kept from the f.
mite vision, and reserved for the Infinite
The bards of other days wrote glorious
poems of wars between angels of light
and darkness. Thereare continual strug-
giles between the evil and the God-like in
man-when the latter is victorious. does
not this living poetry transcend all writ
ten by Milton and Dante? So do all
grand and glowing passages from the life
poems of the noble. Though we may not
write beautiful poems, each one may do
what is nobler far-Live a grand poem.
Year: 1862

WoRDs IN THEIR FIRST MEASING.-The
time was when every word was picture.
He who used a word first-almost any
word-had a clear and vivid presentation
to his mind of some object. and used that
object as a type and analogy to certain
ideas, and pictures images present to his
mind. Dean Trench furnishes many in
stances. Look at a word or two. DiLapi-
dated-dilapidated fortunes, a dilapidated
character, dilapidated house. Is there
not a vivid picture here, when we identi-
fy the word with the Latin delapidare-the
falling apart of stones-and so survey stone
after stone falling away, and leaving only
a place of ruin?


So the word hus5dnd-the stay and sup
port and binder together of the household
as old Tusser has said in his Point of
Husbandry"- II


''The name of husband-what is il TO say7


Ofwife and of household the band and the Stayl'
And the word ,oife is like it; it is only an
other form of the word weave and 'woof;'
and in it we have not only picture of
what was supposed to be principal char
acteristic of female industry, but the NOR
al idea, too, of our weaving, by her influ-
ence and affection, heart to heart and the
whole household into one. In the same
way, pity grows into piety.
Year: 1862

Push is the Shiboleth of our age. If
you do not move with the enterprising
crowd, it will sweep over you. The day
for waiting upon providence in busi-
ness matters, is past. Providence has con-
cluded not to help any man that can't get
up a good head of steam for himself
Tax all your energies; use every new sue
cess as a stepping stone to another tri-
umph; wrestle resolutely with every diff
Guilty; and be sure that the Great Artificer
who created and keeps in motion all the
forces of the Universe, will smile propiti-
ously on your undertakings.
Year: 1862

Among the excuses offered for military
exemptions, some are extremely ludicrous.
In Smith county, we learn, one man in
enrolling himself, wrote opposite his name
lone leg too short" The next man that
came in, noticing the excurse, and deem
ing it pretty good, thought he would
make his better, and wrote opposite his
name" both legs too short W
Year: 1862

A boy and a girl of tender years were
disputing as to what their mothers could
do. Getting impatient, the little damsel
blurted out, by way of climax and elinch-
er, ''Wel, there is one thing my mother
can do that yours cant-my mother can
take every one of her teeth out at oncew
Year: 1862

ATTAcKFD.-A crazy man, on Wednesday
last attacked one of our we'll known citizens
on the street and inflicted considerable inju-
ry on him before he could be carried off,
The poor fellow is hopelessly crazed from a
blow once received by him on the head.
Year: 1862

The When this body will
adjourn is not known. The Hardy Impeach-
ment case will probably take month. Ten
days ought to be sufficient. The people are
not satisfied particularly with the conduct of
their Legislative servants, this session, and
the quicker they return home the better for
all concerned
Year: 1862

ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE Of
ace of the Shasta COURIER, either for subscription
advertising or job work, requested to call at
the Office and settle Immediately. and thus SAVE
COSTS.


All those indebted to the late firm of Skilman &
Dosh, are notified that unless payment is made by
the LIST of May, proceedings to compel payment will
be commenced, as the affairs of the late firm must
be settled.
Year: 1862

It is gratifying to the friends Of Quarter
master r, B. HATCH, that his vindication
has come at last, fully exonerating him
from the charges Of na1-administration in
his Office At the same time, it should be
stated that those who know the man have
never doubted, for moment, his perfect
integrity, in the midst of the grave accusa-
tions preferred against him. We reioice
that his record is clear, not only for his
own sake, but for that Of the State from
which he was selected for his responsible
duty, and for that Of the country which he
has served faithfully and well.
Year: 1862

accepted in patriotic speech, and the former
being called upon, followed in thorough
going and decided protest against secession
sympathy and dilatory policy.
There is another war meeting tonight.


u
Year: 1862

TIC poor fools were trying to defad bob !
t >lmsclTes and their enemies; that they
oou1d not save their constitution without
lemcripg the cause Of its peril; that vic
tory, coupled with the conditions which
they were trying to impose on themselves,
would be little less fatal than defeat We
should be in the right We could not help
borrowing for their misfortunes, LOT could
we help e1ecrating their suicidal folly.
Aiore than 1his-they would in the end be
ignominiously put down; and the honest
verdict Of mankind, rendered il the Ian
guage Of the prophet, would be that they
we're destroyed for lack Of knowledge"


All this would be plain to the compre~
hension Of an American it might not be
plain to the comprehension Of an English
man. Our great folly in conducting the
war as we have heretofore done is appR-
rent to him. he cannot conceive how sls-
very, having abolished the federal const~
! tuition in several Of the States Of the repub-
lie, should sill be considered as part
| of the federal constitution. He cannot
conceive how We are to put down the re-
he1lion Of slavery without first putting


down slavery itself He has been FAST set.


ling down into the belief that We shall Ia


the end be beaten by the rebels, and thai


success on the terms which we have been
trying to'impose on ourselves would be nc


SUCCESS at all Nor is it likely that our pro


posed change of policy will change his con


victions unless it be followed by deeds
The call Of the President for 100000 mors


men, swelling the grand army Of the Uniol


10 considerably more than million, is I


fact which Europe can comprehend. Tha


with the confseation bill, seizing the prop


erty and freeing the slaves Of rebels, an'
the recent orders Of our generals not t.
guard rebel property, will show to tn
wtrld that our government is really mean


ing to put down the rebellion The Lon
don Times as usual, may continue to grow
ard lie, but the progress Of the last mont
. | will cheer the friends Of freedom every
i, where, and inspire hope and confidence
that liberty soon shall triumph.
Year: 1862

Of tie contract, is to be constructed before
the 1st of January, 1SGG3.


It is expected that the work will be con-
tss11ned next year west OF Marsha1ltown, to the
Missouri River, at a point not yet designated,
tut upon line favorable too connection with
the proposed road to the Pacific coast


We truly congratulate the Galena and Chi
eago road upon the completion Of this con-
tract 1t cannot but be beneficial to this old
and well established company, and add great
Is to ito present enormous business. It will,
We doubt not, prove equally advantageous to
the other Nnes-mak1ng one trunk line Of the
three We ehall thus have an unbroken line,
under one direction, without change Of cars,
{the crossing OF the Mississippi being accom-


plished mainly by bridge and short steam
terry,) into the centre Of lows, opening up tc
this city country unsurpassed IN beauty o,
fertility,
Year: 1862




At meeting of the Directors of the Ameri-
can Express Company held here, it was unani-
mously resolved that any OF their present
employees who may promptly enlist under the
recent call for troops, shall continue to receive
half pay during their term of service in the
war, and their situations be restored to them
on their return. There are 1000 men in the
regular employ of the company, at an average
salary of over 5000 per annum.
Year: 1862

Very frequently children get burned or
scalded, and parents do not know what
should be done Immediately before ply
sician can arrive.


At once, ary clothing covering the parts
that have been injured should be removed,
and all ashes or shreds of clothing should be
carefully washed off by means of cold water
and sponge or soft cloth, but without rub
bing the wound. All this must be done with
delicacy, so as not to irritate or iDjure the
raw surface. If there are blisters filed with
water, these blisters should not be broken,
unless they are 80 full that the pressure
causes pain.


AS soon as possible, Eminent, composed
of equal parts of liAseed oil and the lime
water of the apothecary; these should be
mixed ip a wash basin or other convenient
vessel, so that it can be used readily; then
strips of cloth should be thoroughly satura
ted with the liniment and gently laid upon
the place burned or scalded, SO as to com
pletely cover all the injury and protect it
from the air.


The clothes should be carefully removed,
and fresh ones applied, as often as once in
| three or four hours; and perhaps it will be
| all the dressing needed until the burn is
| healed up. When the mouth or throat are
scalded, this liniment should be taken fire.
| quently, in small quantities, until the


scalded surface heals. ....T
| In all cases, even If not very severe, oi
burns or scalds, it is best to obtain the serv.
| ices Of good physician as soon as possible
and follow his directions carefully aud fully


and not toAdspend upon the advice of thos


who has special knowledge iD the mat
Year: 1862




The following extract is by an officer on
board the United States steamer Richmond,
after the bombardm,nt of Fort Pickens:


went, by invitation of Lieut.. -, of
the engineers, to visit the fort Took q
circuit first Of the covered way. then of the
parapet and ramparts. All around the fort,
inside and out, were marks of the enemy's
shot and shell. On the glacis, here and
there, are deep grooves, ending in q large
hole, where the shot had pumped into it,
and where there had been shell which had
burst. The hole was great excavation,
into which you could drive an OK cart.
Where the projectiles have struck the stand
ing walls, they have clipped off patches of
the brick work (it is brick and not o stone
fort) perhaps eight or ten feet deep, and,
where they struck the corners, larger por.
tions have been removed but in no case hos
any part of the Notifications received an
injury tending in the least to weaken it,
and this after two days heavy firing. The
only man who was killed outright, during
the two days action, was an artillery-man,
who was passing into the casemates with
some bread from the bake-house. A shell
exploded at the other side of the area, and
one piece flying distance of some two or
three hundred feet, passed through his body,
under his arms. lie walked few steps
and fell dead. There were many almost
miraculous escapes. A shell was heard
coming toward gun on the parapet, and
the men lodged under their bomb-proOfs.
The she'll hit fair on top of the bomb proof,
went through and dropped into pail Of
water beside the officer, where it exploded.
no Ynan tn
their work, all they saw of the officer was
his heels sticking out of pile of rubbish.
After digging him out, they stood amazed
to see that he was not even hurt He rose up,
shook the sand from his hair and clothes
and coolly said, "Come, comel what are you
standing there gaping at? Load that gun
there" AT it they went again, as If moth
ing had happened. Another officer who
had charge of a battery of mortars had no
less than seventeen shells strike within ten
yards of him. saw the ground plowed up
in every direction, and yet not u man was
hurt. About twenty of the men, who had
been relieved froA their guns, were sitting
corner protected from shot by the walls,
when half of huge shell struck and buried
itself right in the middle.of the group with
out disturbing Inem IN the leasI w n@C
that?" asked one. "The devil knows and
he won't tell" indifferently responded an
other, and went on smoking. A ten inch
columbiad came rolling toward group, the
fuse whizzing and smoking. "Wonder if
that'll hit u.s." "Guess nol we're too near
it' Crack went the she'll, flying in every
direction, but fortunately escaping them
all. The rebel powder was poor, as also
their shot, and except that portion which
they succeeded in stealing before the rebel
lion broke out. Their practice, however, was
said to be good-how could it have been
otherwise2 Uncle Sam taught them at his
unparalleled school at West Point, but with
little thought that the teaching would bt
thus employed.
Year: 1862

NEW YORK, January 27.-The fire in Full
ton and Pearl. streets was completely extin-
guished this morning. The Fulton Bank
building, at the corner Of Fulton and Pearl,
is completely gutted, but the vaults were
found in good condition when the ruins were
removed. This morning the specie reserve
of the bank, and considerable amount of
specie deposited, were recovered safely. The
entire contents of the vault were in perfect
condition. The amount of specie was stated
at 100000.


The aggregate insurance on the loss by
the late fire is over a quarter of million of
dollars.
Year: 1862

We have a class of persons among us that
are eternally grumbling and crying out
"hard times" These creatures should be
gathered into MACS, marched to some one
Of our inland seas and formed with
their rueful faces toward the water and
feel sure that one look from them would
turn that pure element into the sourest vim
egar that ever was heard of. l know of no
other use that such persons could be put to;
they are sorrow TO themselves, and grief
to their cheerful acquaintance. These
knights Of dolorous countenanco are eternslly
crying out "hard times" 1t is their pass.
word-their enter and countersign.


will just call the attention of these rueful
ones to Our present, and times past and try
what dose of figures will do for them, to.
Year: 1862

The Military Committee of the Senate
unanimously resolved to day to report in
favor of the confirmation of Daniel Sickles
as Brigadier. General. 1t is understood that
Secretary Stanton commended this decision.
Year: 1862

tinue the list, would be found to bear the
same proportion. We have increased our
wants, and think that we can not live as in
1924. Oar wives and daughters, then, were
content with six to seven and half yards of
calico for dress; noW, they can not think
Of less than twelve or fifteen yards for a pat
tern. Then, sun. bonnet would do; now,
So to $40 has to be invested in that article
that does not near cover the head. Then
men and boys were clad in home-spuu; now,
nothing short of store clio hes will suit them
The fact is, we have become extravagant and
wastetul, and are trying TO outdo each other
in glare sDdshow. have known men who
owned from 100 to GAO acres of land hard
pressed to raise money enough to pay post.
age. Then, the news came once a week and
often once fortnight; now, we want it
once an hour, and can not bear the delay of
a day. .


1t does seem TO me that we ought to he
willing to cut off some of the superhuities to
save Union that our Fathers of lT76 built
up-wilingly denying themselves many of
the necessaries of life. Our volunteers have
gone forth with a determination to suffer
much to put down this wicked rebellion, but
our stay.at-home grumblers are not willing
to suffer a single privation. They grumble
at the Cabinet, our Generals, our soldiers;
they want every thing done in minute,
and done well. To hear these rueful ones
talk, one would think that they ought to
have the destiny of the nation placed in their
hsnds-when they are hardly capable of
managing their little six .by-nine concerns.
This continual complaining vexes me, and l
have no doubt you, Messrs Editors, feel sore
on the same subject.


Let US all-yes, ALL--have faith that all
will be well, and be thankful that we do not
live in days that, to make small change, we
have to use a cold chisel on the dollar, the
halt dollar and the quarter; and agree to
sacrifice much to save the most glorious
Government the sun ever shone on.


CITIZEN.
Year: 1862

saw the General to-day, looking as bright
in hair and beard. His interest in the cause
is undiminished; he bates not one jot of
heart or hope. He stands ready for the word
of command, which will not be long in
coming. The President has never spoken Of
Fremont otherwise than in the kindest
manner
Year: 1862

THE BATTLE OF BOYER.

 On the l4th inst, the enemy was busy throwing his forces of every arm around us, extending his line of investment around our position, and completely enyeloplng us: On the evening of this day we ascertained that the enemy had received additional re- Inducements by steomboats. We were now surrounded by an immense force, sali by persons to amount to fifty-two regiments, and every road and possible ayenne of de- .parturc were cut off, with the certainty that our sources of supply by the river would soon be cut off by the enemy's bat teries placed upon the river above ns

 At a meeting of the general officers, called by Gen. Floyd, it was unanimously determined to give the enemy battle next day at daylight, so as to cut open route of exile for our troops to the interior oi the country, and thus to save our army. We had knowledge that the principal portion of the enenfy's forces were massed m en- campmcnt in front of our extreme left, commanding the two roads leading into the interior, one of which we must take m leaving our position. We knew that ne had massed in encampment another large force on the Union Ferry road, opposite the center of our left wing. His fresh arrival
Year: 1862

Of hdspendenos Is self-svdent Considered with re-
ference 10 the political structure Of the late federal
government, the South 10 legally and constitu-
tonally indeIW ant. This view Of the subject, and
the facts an arguments TO demonstrate IL, have
not been sufficiently presented TO the European mind.
Our has sent argue ths abstract
question Of slavery, and 10 exhibit the
Of the South but the great fact OF tho legal and
constitutional Independence " the Suth has not fnex
hibted IN Europe Doubtless Messrs Slide and Mason,
thoroughly conversant with the whole argument they
are viii present and mako plain the cabinets OF
Europe but 1t would have realty advanced Our cause
abroad Ii the argument had been popularity and familiar
ly presented TO the public mind through their public
journas We have lost the advantage Of the tact OF
legal and constitutional ndependence upon the
mind and driven to rely exclusively upon tho
ton that may have been established there, that in mate
rial sources and power our coniedoracy presents nds
putab.e claims to recognition.


Hap for cause, there great leading facts,
pean mind. We noloneer obliged go into painful
and careful enumeration If our agricultural produc-
tons and mineral, manufacturing and CONNIE cal
resources. These have boAn exhibited in conspicuous
and imposing figures The great fact, Independently OF
these arguments is that although it has been necessary
the hsid to create navy Of many hundred vessels TO
incur an expenditure OF thousand millions OF dollars.
and although this immense force has been enjoyed
against us Tor the greater part o year, still we have
beaten tho enemy with but one or two cyccpt on
every field. and are far from subjugaon
enemy has found II necessary TO put forth for sub
jngacn affords the best evidence that could possibly
be addnced OF the salwart energy and tho sefreant
prowess Of our new republic.


The is clearly made out The enemy himself is
Witness and the fact Of recognition, If there be just
purpose magnanimous sentiment, and fair dealing
spirit acttng the nations rs fxed determined and con-
cluGed.