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Year: 1866

THE subjoined poem-we do not know who wro
it's one of the most beautiful OF it kind ha
ever seen. We do not envy the hear. that does 4
thrill TO its wild and tender music
BAcKwARD, turn backward Oh, Time in your fight,
Make a child again, just for tonight:
Mother, come back from the echoless shore,
Take me az ain TO your heart Of yore-


Kiss from mv forehead the burrows of care,


Smooth the few silver threads out Of my hair
Over my sumbers your loving watch keep


Rock me to sleep, motber-rock me to sleep!


Backward, flow backward, oh, tide of years!


] am so weary of tolls and tears


Toll without recompeuse-tears all in vain
Take and give my childhood again
I have grown weary of dust and decay,


Weary of fnging my souls wealth away


Weary of sowing for others TO reap;
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep!


Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue,


Mother, OH mother, nv heart calls for you!


Many a summer the grass has grown green,


Blossomed and faded-our faces between


Yet with strong yearnings and passionate pain,
Long to night for your presence again


Come from the silence SO long and so deep
Rock me TO sleep, mother-rock me to sleepI
Over my heart in days that flown,
No love like mother-love ever has shown
No other worship abides and endures,
Faithful, unselfsh and patient like yours.
None like mother charm away pain
From the sick soul and world cary brain;
Slumber's soft calm DER my heavy lids creep
Rock me TO sleep, nother-rock me to sleep!
Come let your brown hair, just lighted with gold,
Fall your shoulders again as of old
Let it fall my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the light
For with its sunny edged shadows once more,
Hap'iy will throng the sweet visions of yore,
Lovingly, softly, its bright pillows sweep
Rock me TO sleep, mother-rock me to sleep!
Mother, dear mother the years have been long
Since last hushed to your lullaby song
Sing them, and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhood's years have been but dream;
Clasp to your arms in a loving embrace,
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep.
Year: 1866

DE CAUTIOUS when you are told byHany
ID one that they have as good Sewing Machin es
for sale as any one, etc. The Singer is the
Oldest and most reliable machine and best
now in use, will do all kinds of work from the
finest to the heaviest that any family ever wants
DONE and will last a lifetime if properly taken
care of | have been agent for other machines
aud have got rid of them. Please give me a call
and examine tor yourselves.


Sewing neatly done to order.


also have machine twist and thread for eale.


Any one wishing to purchase please give me a
cali w. T. NORRIS, Agent,
next door to Babcoek's new hall, up stairs, ON


Illinois street,
Year: 1866

ALL BUSINESS AND PROBES lONAL kEs


Should Advertise in the AIgusL
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus.
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus.
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN


Should Advertise in the Argus
ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL NEl


Should Advertise in the Acua
Year: 1866

\ MINING ENrERPRIsE-It is well known
that Cherokee Flat notwithstanding the rich
ness and extent Gifts miues, can only be worked
during the heavy winter rains. This is owing
to the fact Of its altitude being greater than
that of all points Immediately surrounding.
Plans TO overcome this difficulty have been
discussed for years, but no steps that we are
aware OF have yet been taken in the matter
The most feasible project We have heard is that
of purchasing Concow valley, and using it as
reservoir This valley, which is twelve miles
distant from Cherokee Flat, is deep basin in
the mountains, about two and half miles long
aud varying in breadth from one to one and a
half mile. The East Branch of the West
Branch flows through the valley and leaves it
througha narrow gorge, with high hills rising
abruptly on either side this affords location
for dam by which an almost Unlimited supply
of water cculd be gathered from the streams in
the valley and those flowing into the West
Branch above. This project would necessitate
the conveyance of the water across the canyon
of the West Branch in iron pipes, and would
involve great expense, but would probably be
the most certain way of securing plentiful
supply OF water throughout the year. There
are number of valuable ranches in Coucow
valley, but, as the mines of Cherokee Flat
have the "spondulix" to pay for all damages, !"
agricultural interests will no doubt gracefully
give way, and the inhabitants of this beautiful
mountain retreat seek homes elsewhere should
the enterprise spoken Of be carried out
Year: 1866

ArrEMRr TO BREAK JAIL-On Thursday
night last, two stout, hearty looking young
men occupying the same cell in the Oroville
Jail came near making their escape before
being discovered. They have been occupants


but short time, one for burglary at the ST.


Nicholas Hotel, the other for stealing some


FIVE hundred dollars from butcher near the
Houcut. They appear to excel the CASA.
ways in the science of Jail breaking. On
close examination it was found that two small
rivets on the inside of the cell which held the
bolt to its place had been sawed off, which
allowed the bolt to pass backward and for
ward by either hand or key, and the culprits to
enter the passage leading round the outer wall.
Directly opposite their cell, and under the
window, the bricks and mortar were torn out
sufficiently large to allow the head and shoul-
ders to pass through the wall Here, one foot
distant, solid upright brick wall built for the
out side protection of the window and to emit
light, was the obstacle that prevented their
escape. The arrival of the Jaiior twenty
minutes later would have allowed them to reach
the outside.
Year: 1866

AGGRAyArISG.-In Senator Smiths speech
on the bill to repeal the Specific Contract Act,
published 10 the RECORD Of last week, mistake
occurred, aggravating, because. in the copy
from which it was put in type, the same error
occurred; but the trrong word had been
erased, and the right one written rather dimly
in pencil The mistake is in the fourth line
of the paragraph next to the last where it
reads, "It is for the want of abundant, active
and successful capital" it should have read,
accessible capital" Mistakes will happen.
Year: 1866

To BIS REsUnr.-Evans' Bridge across the
West Branch, on the road to Yankee Hill,
having been swept of its foundations and
carried away BY the freshet of last November,
We learn that it will be rebuilt, above high
water mark, the coming Spring.
Year: 1866

Road BELOW THE Snow LISE.-The Quincy
Union, after copying an article from this paper
in relation to the necessity Of road below the
snow line, up Feather river, to Plumas county.
and from thence to Lassen county. intersecting
the Humboldt and Idaho road, says:


"We are pleased to learn that, at last, the
Orovllle people are getting their eyes open on
the subject of roads. For several years past,
the citizens of Butte and Yuba counties have
given the cold shoulder to the Feather river
route, and We had almost come to the conclusion
that they never would see it in its proper
light. No road could be built which would
be of greater benefit to the two counties above
named than road up one or the other forks
of Feather river. It has been our pet scheme
for years past, bet Plumas cannot build the
road without some assistance"


Now that there is q certainty of the speedy
completion of railroad connection between
Marysville and Sacramento. thus making
continuous line of railroad from Oroville to
tide-water, il is to be regretted that We have
not already completed good road to Pumas
county. The mines thus far developed 10 that
county, both Of gold and copper, are very rich,
and there is no doubt they are also extensive.
But the want of open communications is an
obstacle TO their complete development, pre-
venting those who would otherwise invest their
capital there from doing so. Yuba, Butte and
Plumas are nearly equally interested in this
route, and what should hinder its being opened?
Year: 1866

A farmer should not depend on sim
gle variety of grass alone to stock his
land. Neither clover, timothy, blue
grass, red top, or any other of the
grasses will yield as largely when
grown separate as will different kinds
mixed in the same field. In pastures
the difference in profit is greater than
in meadows. between stocking with one
or several varities. Where there is va
riety there is the best for each season,
one kind starts early; another grows
vigorously in the summer time, and
withstands dry weather; third may
supply an abundance of fall feed, ELI
during frOsts well. Then stock has u
choice and variety, and the land is
apt to have denser covering and more
pasture is thereby afforded.


For manurial purposes it is also bet
ter to grow a variety of grasses, and
plants on the same spot. Some draw
nutriment from the air, others more
from the soil; some send their roots
down deep into the subsoil, others
thrive near the surface. Perhaps, too,
the soil may be wanting in some ma
terials necessary to the proper growth
of one kind of grass, but it may be well
supplied with what will protect the sue;
sass of another Tboro is room and food
enough in the soil for many kinds to
use at once; give nature time enough
and she will put them there. The far
mer should anticipate and place them
in his soil i'll the bcginning.-RurGl NcC
Yorker. -. ....
Year: 1866

Is there any position mother can
covet for her daughter, more glorious
than to be the wife of an honest, indie
pendent, happy farmer, in a country
like thisi To be the wife of one who
is looked up to by the neighbors as one
whose example may he safely followed


one whose farm is noted far and near
as model of neatness and perfection of
cultivation 7 To be mistress of man.
sion of her own, that may be the envy
of every passer-by, because it is neat
and cOmtortable--a sweet and lovely
home To be the angel that firts
through the garden, bidding the flowers
bloom,' and twining roses and honey
suckles around the bedroom, or sweet
ening their fragrance with her sweetest
smile; or spreading the snowy cloth be-
meath the old oak at the door to well
come her husband as he retnrns from
his toll or ever tipping the cradle with
her foot as she plies the dasher with
her hand, or busily moves the needle,
at the same time humming a Joyous
song of praise that she is the happy and
fondly beloved wife of an American
farmcr-One of the true noblemen of
this free country-One that should by
right, rank as the pride and glory of
America.-CO!mdR' Rural.
Year: 1866

We are glad to be able to lay before
our readers the clec tion returns from
nine OF the eleven senatorial districts
of West Virginia. We have been at
some pains to secure accuracy III these
returns. and think they contain very
few. if any, errors. We do not care to
boast. as does our negro suffrage neigh
Dor, of any special enterprise and
trouble" in getting up election news,
but we are certain our returns are
more reliable than his, as will appear
by Il comparison. He, for example
concludes that Captain WILSON, the
Democratic candidate Tor Senator, car
ried Brooke county by Il majority OF
seven. We are sorry that such was not
the case, but our figures show that the
Radicals beat us in that county.
Year: 1866

The position of.the Democratic party
in relation to the question of negro
suffrage is, either willingly or ignorant
ly, misunderstood by the radicals. 1t
has always been the belief of Democrats
that, by the Constitution of the United
States, certain questions of domestic
policy, the question of suffrage among
the rest, are left to the disposition OF
the several States. The only check
upon the action of the States is found in
the Federal Constitution, and, subordi-
nate to this instrument, which is ''the
supreme law of the land" the people of
each State have right to regulate


their domestic affairs in accordance


with their own will. The Federal gov
ernment has no right to interfere, to
forbid or direct or compel the action of
the people OF any State in relation to
those subjects which, by the Constitu-
ton, are left within State control.


This principle has been thoroughly
established. 1t has been recognized by
the Federal government and by the
States from the time of the formation
of the Federal government down to
the evil hour in which the radical par
ty obtained control. While this princi-
pal was acted upon, the nation enjoyed
unexampled prosperity and peace;
when it was departed from, all our
national woes began. There is little
probability of our extrication from the
perils that now environ us, until this
distinction between the powers of the
general government and the powers of
therespectiveStates is sre-established ,and
made the basis of congressional legis-
lation.


In accordance with this principle, the
Democratic party contends that each
State has the right and the power to
regulate the question of suffrage for it
self. If any State chooses, like Massa-
chusetts or New York, to permit negroes
to vote, the Democratic party, in its
national organization, does not inter
fere to forbid. If any State chooses,
like Connecticut, (where the question
has been recently tested,) to refuse to
negroes the privilege of voting, the
Democratic party does not interfere to
compel. The question of suffrage is one
of purely State concern, and neither
the Federal government nor the people
of one State nor any number of States
have the right to control the action of
single State in this respect. So, if the
people of the southern States, of their
own free will and accord, give suffrage
to the negroes, no Democrat north of
Mason and DIXoN's line will raise his
voice in denial of their perfect right to
do so.


Individually and viewing the matter
merely as one of the State policy, we
would earnestly oppose granting suf-
frage to the negroes in West Virginia.
Upon that question, being citizens of
the State, we would have right to do
all that We legally could to prevent
what we believe would be an irremedi-
able calamity. And, for the same and
still stronger reasons, we join with the
Democratic party in the nation at large
in protesting against any action upon
tho part of the Federal government
Year: 1866

Some farmers treat their horses IN
winter much as they do their fattening
cattle and sheep; they give them album
dant food, and but little exercise, keep
them in a warm and dimly lighted
stable, and if they do but grow fat,
with their cattle and sheep, they deem
it convincing proof that the proper
course has been pursued. Now horses
in good working condition, at least,
should always be seen on the premises
of a good farmer, but his gratitude to-
ward these faithful servants should not
induce him, at any time of the year, to
stall feed them. The butcher wants
thick meat and plenty of tallow in the
cattle and sheep, but the plowman looks
for strong muscle, spirit and endurance
In his team. The food and care of the
different animals should be consistent
with the ultimate purpose they are to
serve. Fat horses that have been win
tered mostly in the stable, without much
exercise, are not fit for hard service at
the opening of the working season in
the spring, and prolific source of dis
ease is the hard work they are COM
PEELED to do when they are not in proper
condition.


The ordinary winter business of the
farmer does not call for much exercise
of his team, and if he have several most
of them may be entirely idle. In such
cases it is an excellent plan to have
ward for their especial benefit, well lit
tered and safe, and let them have access
to it several hours each day. The horses
should be unshod, and if any arc vic
ious they may be turned loose ut differ
ent hours from the others. The horses
will show by their playful actions how
much they enjoy this temporary relief
from the stall. Another very Important
thing, often neglected by farmers, is the
grooming of their teams. In the sum
mer time the horse, by rolling i'll the
pasture, to Il certain extent cleans hlm-
self; besides the rains have some effect.
But in the stable he relies on the care
of his master, and the keen enjoyment
the curry-cOmb and brush evidently
give him, should be ample reward for
the labor. A well lighted stable, thor
oughy ventilated yet free from currents
of air, should also be provided.


In regard to the feed of horses, most
farmers, we think, will agree TO the
proposition that it is always good econ
omy to grind or mash all kinds of grain
before feedingit. 1t is well established
that cut straw, coarse cornstock, or
other coarse fodder, fed with some
grain, is cheaper than to winter the
horses wholly on hay. Without stop
ping to assign reasons, we think they
also come out i'll the spring in better
condition than when fed on hay alone.
good wheaton oat straw, fed with bran,
strengthened with corn meal has been
found excellent. When the weather is
not too cold it is preferable to dampen
the cut hay or straw and sprinkle the
meal on it.


The watering of horses should begin
with the approach of cold autumn
nights. No work horse should now be
left in the pasture except in the day
time. Exposure to a single autumn
storm may cause damage enough TO the
farmers teams to have paid for years OF
timely carc.-Nep Yorker.
Year: 1866

which looks towards forcing the people
of any State, whether North or South,
to permit negroes to vote. The oppo-
sition of the national Democratic party
to negro suffrage hath this extent-no
more.


The radicalparty in Congress proposes
to exclude the people of ten States from
all representation in the national gov
ernment, until the people of those States
give the negroes within their limits the
privilege of voting. The men who have
control over the legislative branch of
the general government have even AFRO
gated to themselves the right to regu-
late, by general law, the question of
suffrage in all the States, saying who
may vote and who shall not. 1t is
against this heresy that the Democratic
party and the conservative masses of
the people stand arrayed. The question
is not simply whether any particular
race of men ought to be in
vested with the elective franchise,
but whether the Federal govern
ment has any right to interfere with
the action of any State i'll this regard.
The Democratic party, in accordance
with the letter and spirit of the Consti-
tuition and the practice of the govern
ment in the past, says that the Congress
has no control over this question what
ever; the radical party affirms that the
several States have no rights which the
Congress cannot annul, and that the
Federal government has right to force
negro suffrage upon any State, no
matter how unwilling the citizens OF
that State may be. Upon the one hand
we have government of equal States,
each republican in form, banded together
for certain specified purposes, and re-
tanning in themselves certain specified
powers; upon the other hand we have a
central government which is supreme
in all things, obliterating State lines
and attempting to regulate the diverse
interests and wishes of thirty-six diff,
ferent States by one sweeping and in.
flexible rule. Under the former system
our nation has enjoyed domestic peace
and our people have been free, prosper
ous and happy; under the Latter
we have had civil war and the loss o
popular liberty. The former is tho sys
TEN of government for which the Demo
cratic party contends; the latter is what
the radicals have in part accomplished
and now labor to perfect.
Year: 1866

A Charleston (Virginia) paper says:


''The memory of the oldest inhabi-
tants cannot call to mind an autumn
when the wheat crop presented finer
than that now shown by the
crop recently seeded. The wheat every
where seems to have come up well, and
the broad acres of our farmers are smil-
ing in their garb of velvety green. II
is earnestly hoped that benign Provi-
dence will so order events as to secure
a fruition of the present promise, and
bless the labor Of the farmer with a
prolific yield"
Year: 1866

Madame" said very polite traveller
to testy old landlady. 'if ] see proper
to help myself to this milk, is there any
impropriety in it'" =.


IL don't know what you mean; but if
you mean to insinuate that there is any
thing nasty in the milk, I'll give you TO
understand that you've struck the wrong
house! There amt q first hair in it, for
as soon as Marthy Ann told me the cat
was drowned in the milk, l wenti right
straight and strained it over"


The young man tainted. . y
Year: 1866

very reasons. The latter days of his
career as an official were fruitful of
evidences of his want Of independence;
his conduct upon his removal showed
how much dearer to him was patron
age than principle; and his present irri
liability indicates no healthy sensitive
ness, but only the lingering tenderness
of the loathsome scab, hardening from
the festerings of political corruption.
Year: 1866

~ Secretary Seward could not wind
up the stumping tour without showing
the country that be could get as low down
in the dirt ss it was possible for johnson
to do. At Louisville, be told the Ken
tucky rebels that the people of the South
were more loyal than those of the North;
for at the South the people were united.
while at the North they were divided !
30 the people of the South were united
during the rebellion. and when they tried
70 cut Stewards throat-were they loyal
then =?
Year: 1866

WAsHINGroN, Oct. 20 Prepara-
tions are in progress for the removal
next week OF the archives, &C., of the
State Department to the recently
erected Washington City Orphan Asy-
Ium on Fourteenth Street, which has
been rented for term of years until
the new State Department building
shall be erected on its present site.


A large part of the capital has al
ready been subscribed in this city for
the establishment Of a new Steamship
Line between Washington and New
York. There is a fine prospect for
an early consummation Of this plan
for cheap regular transportation Of
supplies and merchandise 10 this
point.
Year: 1866

Love and Friendship are the two miehtess
feelings Of man, from which all other emotions
take shape and action.


Love is the sun of the heart, for through is
the flowers of hope, joy and happiness germi-
nate. bud and bloom


Friendship is the dew that freshens and
strengthens these flowers.


The young heart that is first moved by the
glowing breath of Love is like the violet, that
has been slumbering on the bosom of the earth,
all unconscious of the charms that We're hidden
in it, until it was awakened by the spring air.
to delight God and man with its beauty and
fragrance.


Friendship is like the tree, that bends over
the violet, and spreads its branches so that the
gentle flower is sheltered from the rude wind
and raging storm.


Love enriches our heart to such an extent that
we can give Of the abundance thereof to the
lonely and unhappy.


Friendship strengthens the soul, SO that We
can endure our own Affections calmly, and also
bend over the pain of others to soothe and re-
lieve them; and to the merciful God has prom
ised the kingdom Of Heaven


Love convinces us, through the joy with
which it fills our heart, that real bliss exists.


And Friendship teaches us, through its faith,
that eternity is no empty word.