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Year: 1865

Our TURN MUsT CoME-a Generation
after generation" says a fine writer,
g have felt as we now feel, and their
lives were active as our own. They pass
ed like a vapor, while nature wore the
same aspect of beauty as when her Crea-
tor commanded her to be- The heavens
shall be bright over our graves as they
are now around our paths. The world
will have the same attractions for our
offspring yet unborn, that she had once
for us as children. Yet a little while
and all will have happened. The throb-
bing heart will be satisfied, and we shall
be at rest. Our funeral will find its way,
and prayers will be said, and then we
shall be left alone in silence and darkness
for the worms. And it may be for q
short time we shall be spoken of, but the
things of life will creep in, and our
names will soon be forgotten. Days will
continue to move on, and laughter and
song will be heard in the room in which
we died and the eyes that meurned for


us will be dried, and glisten again with
'Ijoy; and even eur children will cease to
think of US, and will not remember to
lisp our names"
Year: 1865

and undeserved condescension Of your
infinite goodness. please to extend to your
most obsequious, devoted and humble
servant that pair ofignipotent digesters.
chat may exasperate tho excresences OF
this nocturnal cylindric luminary. in or.
der that the refulgent brightness of its
resplendent brilliancy may dazzle the
vision Of our occular optics more potent
ly?"
Year: 1865

The property this PowGcr possesses in in
creasing the quantity Of Milk in Cows, gives
it On importance and value which should
place it in the hands Of every person keeping
q Cow. BY actual experiment it has proven
that it will increase the quantity of Milk and
Cream twenty per cent, and make the Butter
firm and sweet. In fIttening Cattle, it gives
them an appetite, loosens their hide and
makes them thrive much faster.
Year: 1865

HINT TO BOTH SEXES.-How TO GAIN
AND RETAIN AFFEcrIoN.-It has been frequently
suggested that PLANTATION BITTERS are, in
another form, the elixir of Love" Of the
Ancients. That they do much to quiet family
jars" and reconcile fretful wives to cross hus-
bands, We verify believe. When domestic quiet
is restored and connubial felicity reisns supreme.


"How great the charm, how sweet the bliss
That finds expression in q kiss"


A free and proper use Of PLANTATION BIT
TIERS will inspire the souls of beth sexes with
pure and high. toned &C scntiments Of affection,t
and capacity for rare and exquisite enjeymen
in each other's society. Remember there is no
place like home, and no passion like love-and
nothing to link the two together and you to both
like the great Family BLESSING, PLANTATION
BITTBRS ap7-tN
Year: 1865

IF PEOPLE WHO BUFFER from the dull stupidity
that meets us everywhere in spring, and toe often
in all seasons of the year knew how quick it could
be cured by taking AYERS SARSAPAR1LLA to
purge the bile from their systems, We should have
better neishbors as we'll as clearer heads to deal
-
Year: 1865

CLosH At HAND--On Wednesday next the
election comes of. We cannot too earnestly
urge our Democratic friends to be prepared. -
II every Democrat turns out aud votes We will
carry the county BY large majority. A. the
last election many Of them, deceived by the
Boosting Of the Long Hairs, looked upon the
contest a. hopeless and did not 60 to the polls;
now they know thst little exertiOn will give
US the county. Let Us give one day to our
country and actively and aealOusy work for the
good old cause on Wednesday next. We have
candidate who is entitled 70 and worthy OF
our support; whose ability. integrity and fit
neSs NO respectable man questions, and whose
election will give California proud position
in the Union.
Year: 1865




GEN. LEE AT WASHINGTON CoLLEGE-We copy the
following card Of announcement from the Lexington
fVa) Gazette tt will be read with interest, fer il re-
fers to Gen r. f. Lee


The gratifying duty Of announcing to the country the
acceptance by Gen Robert L. Lee of the presidency
Of Washington college, has been deyolyed upon the
undersigned by the board of trustees Of that lnsttu-
ton. The accession of this distinguished gentleman
to the faculty of this venerable college, and as its
honored chief, is destined we trust to mark the COM
meucemeEt of new in its history, and most cor
daily do congratulate its numerous friends on this
most auspicous event. The high, noble and patriotic
motives which npeed our beloved chief, in accepting
the honorable but comparatively humble position ten
dered him by the authorities Of the college, must win
for him the admiration and love of his country
men The college, under the administration end
supervision Of Gen. Lee will resume its exercises on
the l4th inst.


At meeting Of the board of trustees of the college,
convened in Lexington Thursday, the 31st ult the
following resolution was unanimously passed. the pub
caon of which is demandedas an act of justice alike
to Gen. Lee and themselves.


Resolved, That the board heartily concurs in, and
fully endorses the sentiments SO well expressed by
Gen Lee in his letter of acceptance Of the presidency
of Washington college, that sit is the duty of every
citizen in the present condition of the country to~do
all in his power to aid in tue restoration Of peace and
harmony, and in way to oppose the policy OF the
State or general government, directed to that
obec and that Tit particularly incumbent or those
charged with the instruction of the young set
ample of submission to authority sentiments that
cannot fail to commend themselves to the president OF
the United States and to the unqualified assent Of all
sensible and VirtuOus citizens.


In dedicating his future life to the holy work Of
educating the youth of his country Gen Lee presents


new and interesting phase Of his grand heroic char
actera character than which no more perfect model
exists among living men. 'Tis solid fabric, and will
well support the aures that adorn it." Let the young
of +I,a wpll south hn wise
and profit not less by bis precepts than by bis great
example JOHN VI. BROCKENBR0UGH,
Rector of Washington College.
Lexington, Va, Sept. |, 1865.
Year: 1865

The supply Of beevss at 44h street was not quite so
large at the opening II week ago and on this
account brokers advanced the price per h. on the
best droyes. There were several lots OF very supe
ror cattle which have had counterpart for weeks and
which sold for very high prices because they were very
superior animals OHe lot, especially superior drove
of heavy grade Durhams, faitened in Bourbon county
Ky. cost their owners sl6O per head at Buffalo and un
less sold for than lSc per d. here they xould
money; but out at sis02lO and the best al saI7
each, they made baDisome commission at least n Is
worthy OF note that the highest priced cattle are the
safest for stock TO buy they are always IN ouek
demand, while ordinary and inferior frequently 90 on
slowly. as j. especially the case this week


The fs0wing are the quotations:
Year: 1865

LIVE WITHIN Your MEANs-We don't like
stinginess, we don't like economy, when it
comes down to rags and starvation. We
have no sympathy with the notion that the
poor man should hitch himself to post and
stand still, while the rest of the world moves
forward. 1t is no mans duty to deny him
self every amusement, every recreation,
every comfort that he may get rich. 1t is
no mans duty to make an iceberg Of him
self, to shut his eyes and ears to the suffer
ings of his fellows, and to deny himself the
enjoyment that results from generous ac-
tions, merely that he may hoard wealth for
his heirs to quarrel about But there is an
economy in every mans duty, which is es-
pecially commendable in the man who
struggles with poverty--an economy which
must be practiced if the poor man would
secure independence. 1t is almost every
mans privilege, and it becomes his duty, to
live within his means not UP TO, but with
in them. Wealth does not make the man,
we admit, and should never be taken into
account in our judgment of men but com,
petence should always be secured, when it
can be, by the practice of economy and
self-denial onl y to a tolerable extent. 1t
should be secured not so much for others
to look upon or to raise us in the estima-
ton of others, as to secure the consciousness
of independence and the satisfaction which
is derived from its requirement and posses
sion
Year: 1865

WEAR SMLE.-Which will you do, smile
and make others happy, or be grabbed,
and make everybody around you misera-
BILE You can live among beautiful flow
ers, or in the mire surrounded by fogs and
frogs The amount of happiness which
you can produce is incalculable, if you will
show smiling face, kind heart, and
speak pleasant words. On the other hand,
by sour looks, cross words, and a fretful
disposition, you can make hundreds un,
happy almost beyond endurance. Which
will you do? Wear a pleasant counten-
ance, let joy beam in your eye and love
glow on your forehead, There is no JOY so
great as that which springs from a kind
act or pleasant deed, and you may feel it
at night when you rest, and at morning
when you rise, and through the day when
about your daily business.
Year: 1865

RESPECT THE AGED-Many an old person
has the pain-not bodily, but sharper still
of feeling himself in the way. Some
one wants his place. His very chair in
the chimney corner is grudged him. He is
a burden to his son or daughter The
very arm that props him is taken away
from some productive labor. AS he sits at
the table, his own guests are too idle or
too unkind to make him a sharer in their
mirth. They grudge the trouble of that
raised voice which alone could make him
one of them and when he speaks, it is
only to be put aside as ignorant or des=
pissed, as old-fashiOned and obsolete Oh,
little do younger persons know their power
of giving pain OF pleasure ! 1t is "a pain
for any man, still in the world, to be made
to feel that he is no longer Of it, to be driv
Ell in upon his own little world of conscious
isolation and buried enjoyment. But this
is his condition ; and if any fretfulness or
querulousness of temper has aggravated ii
If others love him not because he is not
amiable-shall we pity that condition less
-and shall we upbraid it with that fault
which is itself the worst part Of it
Year: 1865

There is no death! The stars go down


To rise npon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens iewelled crown


They shine forevermore.
There is no death! The dust we tread


Shall change beneath the summer showers
TO golden grain or mellow fruit,


Or rainbow tinted flowers
The granite rocks disorganize


TO feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life


From out the viewless air.
There is no death! The leaves may fail,
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours,
The coming OF the May
There is no death! An angel form


Walks DER the earth with silent tread,
He bears our best loved things away
And then we call them dead.
He leaves our hearts all desolate-


He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers
Iransplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene of JOY and strife
Sings now in everlasting song


Amid the tree of life.
And when He sees il smile too bright,
Or hearts too pure for taint and vice,
He bears it to that world of light


TO dwell in paradise
Born into that undying life,


They leave us but to come again
With joy we welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,


The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless Universe


Is Hfe-they are not dead.
Year: 1865

GENERAL JAcKsoN's MorTo-"Think be,
fore you act, but when the time for action
comes, stop thinking" This is true doc
trine. Many men fail in life and go down
to the grave with hopes blasted and pros
poets of happiness unrealized because
they did not adopt and act upon this motto.
Nothing so prepares man for action as
thought; but nothing so units a man for
action in the course of action. Better by
far adopt some course and pursue it ener-
getically, even though it may not be the
best than to keep continually thinking with
out action. "Go ahead ought to be prin-
ted in every young mans hat, and read
until it becomes a part of his nature, until
he can act upon his judgment, and not be
turned from his course by every wind of
interested advice In conclusion we would
say: "Think before you act; but when the
time for action comes stop thinking"
Year: 1865

A Man OF Acknowledgement Grant is a
man of action and not man of words or
fussy preparation. When he was directed
to visit Sherman in North Carolina, he re-
ceived the order, folded it up, took his leave
of the President with carpet bag in one
hand and full cigar case in his pocket
aud in few days had the terms of the
treaty revoked and Johnson laying down
his arms,


"Pa, why do they plant guns-do they
grow and have leaves?"


No. my son, but like plants they shoot,
and the others do the leaving"
Year: 1865

IT is certain sign of an i'll heart, to be
inclined to defamation They who are
harmless and innocent, can have no gratifi-
cation that way: but it ever arises from
neglect of what is laudable in a mans self,
and an impatience of seeing it in another,
Year: 1865

TINE FOR MISUNDERSTANDING the ancient
Germans, than whom a finer race never
existed, it was death for any woman to
marry before she was twenty years old
In this country, very few ladies are fit, Ell
ther physically or mentally, to become
mothers, before they reach the age of twen-
ty one, twenty two, or one or two years OIL
der The unsound condition and constitu-
of the parent is usually transmitted, with
increased intensity, to the offspring. By
the laws of Lycurgus, the most special at
tention was paid to the physical education
of women; and no delicate or sickly wO-
men were, on any account allowed TO mar
ry. DR.. johnson, in his work on the Econ
omy of Health, says that matrimony should
not be contracted before the first year of
the fourth septennial, on the part of the la
dy, nor before the last year of the same in
the case of the gentlemen; in other words,
the female should be at least twenty one
years Of age, and the male twenty eight
years.


The doctor says that there should I've a
difference of seven years between the sexes,
at whatever period of life the connection is
contracted There is difference of seven
years, not in the actual duration of life, in
the two sexes, but in the stamina of the
constitution, the symmetry Of the form, and
the linaments of the face. In respect to
the early marriage so far as it concerns
the softer sex, for every year at which mar
riage is entered upon before the age of
twenty one, there will be, on an average,
three years of premature decay more or less
apparent, of the corpOreal fabric.
Year: 1865

DusT, &c, IN THE EYE-When the eye is
irritated by dust, or intrusive particles of
any kind the sufferer invariably shuts and
rubs his eye, and not unfrequently the re-
moval of the irritating cause thereby be-


comes more difficult The proper practice
is to keep the eye open, as if staring; a
sort of rotary movement of the ball takes
place, the surface becomes covered with
water, the particle is gradually impelled
to the corner of the eye, without any of the
disagreeable consequences that attend
shutting and rubbing, Equally effective
is this mode when fly is an intruder. He
does not wish to remain where accident
has placed him; but you close the prison


door and like the starting, che can't get


out" Keep the eye open and he will be
glad to relieve you,
Year: 1865

| had thought that Dan Ellis was pilot
ing us, and rode forward to see about the
young lady.


There she was, surely enough | cou Id
not scrutinize her face in the darkness, but
it was said to be comely | could see
that her form was graceful, and the ease
and iirmness with which she sat on her
horse would have been a lesson for rid
ng-master.


She resided at the Union house, where
Dan had gone for news. The moment she
learned his need she volunteered to pilot
him out of that neighborhood, where she
was born and bred, and knew every acre.
The only accessible horse Zone belonging
to Rebel officer, but just then kept in her
fathers barn) was brought out and sad
died. She mounted, came to our camp at
midnight, and was now stealthily guiding
us, avoiding farm-houses where the rebels
were quartered, going round their camps,
evading their pickets.


She led us for seven miles Then, while
we remained in the wood, she rode forward
over the long bridge which spanned the
Nolechucky River, to see if there were
any guard upon it went to the first Union
house beyond to learn whether the roads
were picketed came back and told us the
coast was clear Then she rode by our
long line toward her home We should
have given her three rousing cheers, had
it been safe to cheer. ] hope the time is
not far distant when her name may be
made public. Until the Rebel guerrillas
are driven out from their hiding places
near her mountain home, it will not be pru-
dent.
Year: 1865

The Inman steamer City Of Washington Captain
Brooks which left Liverpool half past two o'clock on
tho afternoon OF the oath and Queenstown on the 25th
Of May, arrived here yesterday


Queen Victorias birthday celebrated with the Gus
somary rejoicngs.


Tho Prince OF Wales and distinguished party visited
shc Great Eastern steamship, off sheerness on tho 24h
70 inspect the works in connection with the shipment Of
the Atlantic telegraph cable on board that vessel.


More than two thousand miles Of the cable have been
shipped on board the Great Eastern in the OF
this month she will leave the Medway and proceed on
her course across the Atlantic to lay the cable.


10 stated that although Lord Palmerston has come
oack TO the House Of Commons, his health still far
nom being Estored and the slowDcss Of his recovery
was a subject Of some uncasness to his friends


Thunder storms were unusually prevalent throughout
England, and some damage had been sustained The
weather was very hot for the season.


Tho City Of London a9d the Glasgow arrived at Queens
town on the morning Of the 23d and reached LiveDesa
- the morning Of tho oath uit
Year: 1865

The Paris correspondent OF the London Times states
that Prince Napoeons discourse has produced on
the Emperor the effect anticipated by the Empress
gent and the ministers. His Majesty has taken the
ter very cooy and probably thinks that the democratic
vehemence OF his cousin will rally round himself the
moro backward conservatives The Court Is said TO be
angry, because the Emperor not angry itself the
Prince, because the Court is angry and the Emperor in
different; and the ministers, knowing whether IN
disavowing the Prince they may in reality be dig
avowing their master, arc as angry as the othera
Year: 1865

INTERESTING LErrER-We publish in this
issue very interesting letter from our cor
respondent g Thomas Of the goth By q
perusal thereof it will be seen that the
boys appreciate very highly the truly be,
nevolent and highly patriotic scheme Of the
Asylum in Iowa, for the orphans Of our
dead soldiers.
Year: 1865

STREET 1MPRovEMENTs.-Mr. Boles, the
Township Road Commissioner, is engaged in
grading the rough and uneven places on Sac
ramento street, leading south from town.
The bill has been persistently bad as a high
way, for 10! these years, and the Commission
er is entitled to thanks for the improvement.


There are other streets and bills in the
town We hope to see served in the same
manner.
Year: 1865

EN-S School District Trustees are required
to place a two cent revenue stamp on each
order on the County Superintendent Of
Public Schools. A n-compliance with
this requirement will render Trustees liable
to fine.
Year: 1865

RAILROAD PRoGREss.-1he Pacific Rail,
road Company are working from six to seven
hundred white and Chinese laborers, from
New Castle to a distance Of three miles
above Auburn, and with the present fine
weather are making rapid headway. The
heaviest portion of the work in the mmedi~
ate vicinity of Auburn is done, and the cuts
fills and trestle work near New Castle are
we'll advanced. With continued weather
the engineers are confident of being able to
commence laying the track some time in
April. Yet little while and the iron horse
will be snoring at our doors.
Year: 1865

EF a quartz vein, immensely rich in
gold, has recently been discovered at Rough
and Ready, Nevada county, and a big quartz
excitement has followed in that quiet old
mining town. Rough and Ready may take
a new lease Of prosperity from this discovery.
Year: 1865


Notes of Third Series Of 7"3O Loan now


Ready.


The demand for the Second Series Of the
80 Notes was so great that the Treasury De
partment was unable to print them with sufi
cient rapdity to fill the orders. 1t will be re
memherod that hundred millions We're sub
scrilcd and paid for in Il single week The
printing presses have finally >uylnountcd the
difficulty, and on Wednesday, June 1th, the
deliveries of the Sd Series commenced and
will be continued with the same promptness
that marked the supply Of the notes of the
first and second series 1t has been this inter
rupton Of delivery at the time of subscription
which has given an appearance of falling off III
the popular taking of the loan,-thc great
body Of small takers being unwilling to pay
their money unless they receive their note,
right i'll hand to carry them home. 1t Is
expected that after this week the daily sub
scriptions to the cn-Thirties will run VI
into millions, as they will undoubtedly be
stimulated BY the farmers wool markets Eas
and West. 1t is not at all likely that the Gov
ernment will ever again offer so desirable Sc
curity as these notes, and about two hundred
millions only remain to be taken.


With the close of the war the national cX
penseS will be vastly reduced, and investor
must look for sharp reduction in the rate o
interest as soon as the present loans become
due, and can be paid off There is no reasOl
why the United States cre4it for n'oa'y Shoul'
ever again fall below its credit for coUrtg'
The same spirit that preserved the gcoyreYh'
ccd integrity Of the country will place its pcco
n'ct,y integrity on par with that Of the mos
favored nations-anl that will represent a rat
of interest under rather than over four per cent
Year: 1865

UNIoN SENTIMENT IN y. CARoLINA The
developments Of true Union sentiment in North
Carolina are more encouraging than in any
other State The Raleigh papers are daily
filled with the proceedings of enthusiastic meet
ings. a large meeting recently held in Ran
dolph county resolved thus strongly:
RcoIrnt, That being once betrayed by our
public servants, we will support no man for any
office in our gift who was Sece>siunSt, or
who perSiStently advocated rebellion and the
prosecution Of the war to the bitter end of ut


ter poverty and the extinction of civil exis-
tCncC
Year: 1865

ingly to her recent admirer, and had the
audacity to hint that her heart walked
out at the door at his departure.


I was half inclined to Quit the field;
but l loved the gypsy heartily, and could
not give her up. Luckily l had sun
stroke. Now sun-stroke is not gener-
ally fortunate event, but for me it open
ed the way to my present happiness. I
was in the garden, hatless. and busy about
some fruit which was being gathered,
when all the face of nature turned dark,
and I fell.


"Marston Marstonl Only speak to
mel 1t is Nina. Oh! Marston, do speak
to me-


Hot tears fell fast on my face. I had
been carried into the house, and it was
the second hour of my stupor when the
words struck my ear muff1ed and dim; but
deliciously sweet the dear voice sounded
in its agony. Thon Will said:


"Feel his pulse now, Nina. He is
coming round. I will leave you here
while l go and bring mother


1 could not move but could feel her kis-
ses rained on my face: her sobbing regrets
for past unkindness, and her low prayers,
prayers whispered for my safety. At last
1 opened my eyes.


With my head resting on her arm, my
face raised to hers, land my hand clasping
hers, she could not escape. So she sur
rendered at discretion, and We were mar
ried nearly three months before / told
her who made her her second offer.