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Year: 1866

We arc entering upon new epoch
in our history, The period ofstruggle
for,national existence is ended and we
have celebrated our thanksgiving to
God for deliverance. The war admin
istrations Of both Nation and State
have gone by, and we have begun an
era of peace with It's new duties and
new responsibilities. We have proven
that our Government is strong enough
to resist the IA st formidable efforts to
destroy it by force, and we are now to
show that it has such vitality that it
can assimilate the different elements
comprised under its rule, and harmon
ize the antagonisms necessarily re.
naming after so fierce strife.


For years all our energies and our
resources have been devoted to the
simple duty otsubduing great re-,
bclIion and what was demanded of us
was un4aunted courage and obstinate
determination, concentrating. our will
and our power upon the siugle pur,
pose before US, and refusing to be
turned aside for any object till that
was thoroughly accomplished. Now
we have put off the harness of war,
the grand army which saved the re-
public is disbanded; its veterans have
been quietly absorbed into the mass Of
their fellow citizens, and all are now
intently studying the problem of
changing q Union restored by force,
into whose permanence shall be guar
antied by mutual good will and com +.
mon interests, and be based upon uni
versal freedom and genuine republi-
canism. To do this will demand
qualities .of head and heart quite as
high as any that have been called in
to exercise hitherto. and If we succeed
in finding tho solution we seek, we
shall prove that the victories OF peace
arc far greater than those of war, On
tho one hand are the dangers of re-
ceiving into full participation in the
Government those who have staked
everything upon its overthrow, and
upon. the other, the obligations we are
under to the whole world to adhere to
those doctrines Of democratic liberty
and equality which lie at the founda-
tion of our system; while our rela.
tions to the unfortunate African race,
wh6se'slavery we have abolished and
whose freedom we are sacredly bound
to protect, come in to complioate both
classes Of difficulties Fr 'it-a IIIW


Congress and the President are now
at work on the details of complete res.
toration Of civil government in the
States lately rebellious, and we, in
common with the whole country, are
watching their progress with the most
EARNEST hope that they may speedily
agree upon. q national policy which
shalt thoroughly accordwith the high
est interests of the whole land. l do
not regard this proper time to dis
cuss specific measures which are before
our federal legislature and authorities,
bat oil our public acts in our State
Year: 1866

SUMMIT CRY NEws.-We are informed by
Mr.. Charles Morrison, who left Summit CITY
on Sunday last, that the snow was about five
feet deep in The town plaza, and from ten to
fifteen feet in other places in the neighbor-
hood. The town is pretty much 10 winter
quarters yet, in many places the roofs Of the
houses little more than projecting above the
snow. The last storm gave an additional
instament Of five feet of snow, but the late
mild weather has caused it to melt and settle
very fast, and renders travelling almost i'm.
possibe-lhe pedestrian going in knee deep
at every step. The trails ale unbroken and
animals cannot yet 60 in from the bonner
Lake road, but when our informant left the
trail WIS being broken open to Webber's on
the Henness pass route.


1t is estimated there are about 1900 per
sons now in the Excelsior District, and the
people are anxiously looking forward to the
disappearance of snow, for a large influx Of
population, and the commencement of active
prospecting. At present not much is being
done in mining g-and the depth of snow pre-
vents anything like surface work The in
habilans are sanguine that Excelsior District
possesses vast mineral wealth, and that in
the coming summer the developments will
make noise in the world.


Town lot speculation seems rife in that
section, and wherever a favorable spot of
ground presents ITSELF it has been located for
IA town site-said sites being now indicated
ty numerous poles (ma,king the boundaries
of lots or streets) projecting up through the
snow. Some building is going on. although
builders have to dig down from five to ten
feet through the snow to find foundation
for their structures.


The deep snow, although drawback to
mining, affords means by which the nhab
tan,s have enjoyed their isolation from the
outside world, by open air exercise on the
long Norwegian shoes. A person descend.
ing the hills on those runners, will outstrip
locomotive in speed. Both sexes indulge
in this recreation, and it has afforded all
much pleasure during what would otherwise
have been dreary winter.


With two weeks continuance of the
present favorable weather, it is thought the
snow will have SO far disappeared as to open
the trails for travel, and bring the advance
guard Of the ten thousand people who are
expected to flock to Excelsior this season.
Year: 1866

SUFFER- Cors1r SHAKp-The official. Of
Sutter county have already assessed and coll


lected the poll taxes and personal property
tax from the citizens on Bear River and the
rest Of The territory that was given to Placer
county BY the last legislature in exchange
for land that was taken from Placer county.
Our officers not dreaming Of any "snap judg.
meot" Of this kind, will probably lose the
collection Of revenue this year in the new
district acquired, but also 10 the old one lost.
Year: 1866

degraded race of human beings upon
the face of the earth. 1t was not for
this that the soldiers shed their blood.
It was not for this that the people sub


mitted to a taxation more severe than


that borne by any other people on
the globe. 1t was not fol
this that men have endured
suffering and women have made sac
rifices of every comfort they once en-
joyed. And yet the very men who have
thus Knocked and disappointed the ma
tion's hope, who have given the people
stones in answer to their prayer
for bread, who have given them wal
when they longed for peace and dis
union instead of the Union for which
they shed their blood; these very men
now have the impudenee to pretend
that they have never been guilty OF
deceit! Away with such base hypoc-
risy! Down with radical Gisunionism
and false pretense. And let these fanat-
ical tricksters know that the sacrifices
of the people shall not be in rdin-their
victory shall not be frittered away in an
attempt to give negroes the right OF
voting, in order that the men who have


20 cruelty deceived us once may have
power and opportunity to do so again.


Tote them down and show that you will
no longer be deceived.
Year: 1866

We repeat and insist upon the coun-
selwe have heretofore given to our friends
in relation TO the radical procession
tonight. We earnestly hope that not
the slightest indignity may be offered
to the procession, but that, so far rs lies
in the power of conservative citizens,
it may be permitted to pass decently
and in order. We would rather sec it
guarded through the streets by Gordon
of Democratic police, than to see one
stone thrown at any of the Transparent
cies or the men bearing them, by any of
our party friends. The radicals have n
right to hold their meetings, and to
march in procession for political pur-
poses. We claim the right for ourselves,
and insist upon conceding it to our cp-
ponents. 1t matters not that they have
repeatedly interfered with our
privileges in this regard, or
that, so far as they had power
to do SO, they have trampled upon free
speech and every other right that we,
rs American citizens, hold dear. 1t
matters not that they have violated the
laws, stoned our professions, and at
tempted to murder the men who took
part in our political demonstrations.
Their crimes will not Justify us in re-
sorting to similar sutrages. We have a
principle at stake which must not be
forgotten nor disregarded. We believe
in freedom of political discussion and
party action within the bounds pre-
scribed by law. Let us be careful to
live up TO that belief and accord TO our


opponents that liberty which they


are too bigoted 10 show 10 us.


10 TINS course we are also influenced


by every consideration of sound policy.


Let the Radicalf enjoy all the credit


they can gain by their acts of ruffian-


ism and lawlessness. Let our opponents


monopolize the business of stonipr no.
litical professions and disturbing polit-
ical meetings. They are welcome to all
the votes that can be made in that way.
We prefer to have the support of the
orderly and the law-abiding; We prefer
to merit the appreciation of the quiet
and peaceable citizens of the community
rather than to enjoy the praises of row.
dies or to be dependent upon them for
political success. There is no danger
of the defeat of our county ticket, il
we but attend properly to the legiti.
mate work of the campaign and let our
opponents go their way without mo-
lestation. -'@f


We trust therefore that each Demo
crat in all the city will consider that he
has the honor Of the party in his person
Year: 1866

The rank and file of the radical party
are coming to the support OF negro SUI
frape more rapidly than we expected
they would. The leaders have based
the doctrine upon the ground of party
necessity, and the little whippers-in and
pot-house politicians of the party are
taking up the cry. The negroes must
be permitted to vote, or the party will
be defeated, and the politicians turned
out of office. They must have the negro
vote in order to retain their power.
Here and there they may elect a negro
TO office in order to secure for themsel-
YES the support of his tar heeled and
thick skulled friends. The necessities
of the party are paramount to every
consideration of decency, safety,
or pride of race, and by de-
grees the rank and file will embrace
the doctrine of negro suffrage, swallow
all their former declarations, forget
their white manhood and cater to the
negroes to secure their votes. We hear
almost every day of radicals within our
own acquaintance, saying they would
rather vote with a negro than with a
copperhead; that negro has as good
right to vote as an Irishman or Ger
man has; and thus rapidly advancing
10 the consummation of all the disgust
ing ideas Of negro equality advocated
by THEODORE TILToS and other leaders
of the radical party. Unless the radi-
cal party is defeated at the polls, negroes
will vote in West Virginia in few
years, and we will find the very same
men who now deny that they are in ia
vor of negro suffrage, hOb-nobbing with
negroes in the saloons just before the
election, appealing frantically through
their newspaper 10 their african
fellow citizens and almost lit
orally getting down upon their
knees before the negroes, begging for
their votes. Ii would tend considera-
bly, to relieve the anxiety of Ohio conn
ty radicals if they expected 10 be able
TO bring five hundred negroes to thr
polls tomorrow to counteract the vote
of an equal number of intelligent white


men; and to enable them to do this at
some future election, is the aim of theii
strenuous endeavors now. Whoever
wants to aid them in the attempt will
vote the radical ticket; whoever be-
lieves a white man better than a negro
will vote the ticket headed by Colonel
B. II. SMITH,
Year: 1866

d
al keeping, and will not only refrain
himself from any act of insult or vio-
lence tonight, but will do all that lies
in his power to prevent others from
disturbing the radical procession. Let
your revenge extend to voting them
down at the polls tomorrow, and win
ming there victory ten-fold more inn
portant more gratifying in its results
to all true friends of their country and
of law and order and peace and consti-
tutional liberty, than could possibly
come from visiting, upon the procession
tonight the punishment due to the per


petrators of the outrages of last Satur-
day evening. ..
Year: 1866

Ritchietown was not the only place
! in which the mob spirit of the radical


party was displayed last Saturday
night. In East Wheeling, number of
of stones and other missiles were hurl-
ed at the procession to the imminent
danger of the lives of those who We're
standing upon the sidewalks as well as
of those who were engaged in the dem
onstration. In East Wheeling, lady
who was standing upon the pavement
was struck on the arm by stone thrown
by some radical Oh the other side of the
street, and painfully bruised. Her arm
was rendered useless and it was, for
some time, supposed that it was broken.
A surgical examination showed that the
bone was not fractured, although the
muscles were terribly bruised. In an
other instance, in the same locality, a
stone which had been thrown with suf-


icient force to kill any person whom it
might strike, passed within u few inches
Of the head of a lady who was stand
ing upon the sidewalk, and struck the
wall of the house behind her. 1t was in
East Wheeling also, that the pyramid
transparency, belonging to the Work
mems Association, was assaulted and
one of its managers seriously. hurt.


The assault upon the procession was
neither more nor less than manifesto
ton of the same lawless spirit that has
mobbed public speakers in various pOr-
:ions of the State and has driven peace
able and law-abiding citizens away from
the polls on election day. We know
that there are many men in the radical
party who do not approve of these
things, bat it is remarkable fact that,
in this State at least, members of the
radical party alone have been guilty OF
these outrages. Evenin counties where
nine-tenths of the people are distran-
chised and are writhing under every
indignity that petty malevolence or
executive partizanship can invent, the
radicals have been permitted TO hold
their meetings and deposit their ballots
in peace. 1t is only the rutfians who
vote with and disgrace the radical party
who have ever been the aggressors i'll
any political outbreak or row in West
Virginia. How men who desire to see
peace and the enforcement of the laws
for the redress Of grievances can lend
their support TO men who practice, en-
courage or permit such things, is mys-
terry we do not pretend to explain.
Year: 1866

We would remind our friends that
there is a vast amount of political work
to be done to-day. Lay aside your usu-
al business and see that the interests OF
the campaign are properly cared for.
Don't depend upon Committees. Go and
attend for yourself to whatever may
suggest itself to you as ilnportantto to be
done. Be satisfied that every arrange
ment for bringing out the full vote to-
morrow is made perfect. Don't omit
any effort OF any sacrifice that may be
necessary to bring conservative voter
TO the polls. We owe it to ourselves to
infict upon our opponents an over
whelming defeat tomorrow, and we Will
do it if we do but half what we can.
Year: 1866

extent, are growing small by degrees,
and beautifully less" and he might as
we'll call for t'spirits from the vasty
deep" to do his bidding as to expect the
radical ticket to receive seyenty-fve
majority in Union township. If they
have no better reliance than this,
saltpetre can't save the radical party in
Ohio county after next Thursday.
Year: 1866

The mock heroic and almost pathetic


style in which the negro suffrage organ
appeals to the people of the Fourth
Ward to come to the rescue of him and
his ticket, will scarcely accomplish its
purpose. The boys of the Fourth Ward
know too well the motives which
prompt the appeal and the character of
the man who makes it, to pay much
heed to his frantic entreaties. Our
neighbor's prospects for the State Sem
ate. never flattering to any alarming
Year: 1866




Cotton has somewhere said, that The
plainest mau that can convince woman
that he is really in love with her, has done
more to make her in love with him than the
handsomest man, if be can produce no such
conviction. For the love of woman is a
shoot, not seed, and fourishes most vigo,
rously only when ipgrafted on that love
which is rooted in the breast of another


There is much philosophical truth and
common sense in such statement, and it
almost always occurs that man, in his igno
rance of this fundamental fact, brings into
his own heart sorrow that shades and dark.
ems his whole after life.


In the pride and sel6shness of his heart,
man uses every effort to win the love of wo-
man to himself, supposing that such a
course is absolutely necessary before be can
consistently offer his heart and hand in mar
risge whereas the reverse is precisely the
more successful, because the more natural
course of action. Do not be so careful and
solicitous to possess the absolute certainty of
her love, as to make the impression on her
mind and heart that you love her. The
pleasure of being lovedis the emotion which
you wish to bring about in her heart.


Now. how can we wonder that so many
men are rejected, so many discarded and
disappointed in their love plans, when such
a strange and unnatural method of action
is adopted? This sudden, il.timed aud
unexpected declaration of love is almost ever
unsuccessful, for the simple reason that it
is surprise, an attack under cover of dark
ness, whereas plain, open, unmasked ad-
vance, by gradual approaches, would
bring about the unconditional surrender of
the heart.


For instance: Where is the wisdom, the
forethought, or even the common sense, in
suddenly pouring upon the ear of woman a
deluge of the most passionate expressions
of love, and then offer her your heart and
hand at the conclusion Where, repeat,
is the sense of all this, if in all the days
and weeks and months of your intimacy
you have never even so much as hinted
your love, or made the least attempt to i'm
press upon her mind the fact of your unal-
tersble attachment and devotion?


Now, why should not the attributes of
the mind be brought into action hele as
we'll as in the other pursuits of life g? Why
should they be held in reserve, while the
unaided forces of the heart alone advance
to the contest? Is reason, judgment, fore.
thought, sagacity and tact to be put aside
altogether in our love matters Must pas
sion and caprice be harnessed to our souls,
and driven, without bit or bride, right
over all the noble instincts and attributes of
the intellect? Absurd !


If you love woman enough to marry
Year: 1866

IMPORTANT 10 BREwERs.-The Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue has called the at
tention of the revenue officers TO the fact that
the law requiring monthly returns from
brewers since the use Of stamps has been
adopted for the payment of the tax, must be
so administered that the stamp will be
protection additional to those afforded by
the old law, and not merely substitute. He
says:


"To this end monthly return should be
insisted upon; and the same care should be
taken as under the former law, to ascertain
its correctness. The number of stamps pur-
chased by the brewer during any month
should be ascertained by the collector, and
if not sufficient for the payment of the tax
upon the quantity brewed and removed, an
immediate investigation should be had"
Year: 1866

Special Dispatch 10 the Cincinnati Enquirer


WASHINGTON, Nov. IA, 1s66.-The fol-


lowing is portion Of communication TO-


day addressed by member of the Cabinet


TO friend Of the Administration in New


England, who seemed to be apprehensive


that the difficulties between the President


and Congress might induce action on the


part of the former which would tend to widen


the breach, if it did not put important inter-


ests in peril. The member of the Cabinet


says: Notwithstanding hislong public career,


few men seem to be less understood than


President JOHNSON; that he is a man of


strong convictions and earnest purposes is
| evident from the manner in which he advo-


Gated and pushed forward important mea-


sures in Congress like the Homestead bill


and the stand which hetook against secession
in favor of the Government, during the late
civil war.


He believes that the manner in which he
proposed that the Government should deal
with the Southern States was not only a
magnanimOus one, but the only one likely
to result in a speedy and hearty reconcile
ation between the sections; and ne has felt
1t to be his duty to sustain his views by the
exercise Of such powers as the Constitution
had clothed him with; but while this has.
and doubtless will continue to be his course,
he will violate no law, nor fail to perform |
the duties which are legally devolved upon
him. He will veto every bill that he may |
regard unconstitutional, no matter how un- |
popular It may be fer him to do so. But he |
will execute with unscrupulous fidelity all |
laws, especially those to which he has de-
clined to give his Executive sanction.


The apprehensions which you seem to feel,
and which many others share with you, that
Mr.. JOHNSON will attempt TO force Southern
Representatives into Congress, or do any
other imprudent thing by which the public
peace will be disturbed, or the public credit
be endangered, is entirely unfounded. While
he will exercise an earnestly in the power
which he possesses under the Constitution
in the furtherance of the measures which he
may think is best calculated to promote the
public veal, he will not quarrel with Con-
gress for pursuing the same independent
course.


He regrets the disagreement between the
Legislative and Executive branches of the
Government and would, | doubt not, yield
much to effect a reconciliation. He will not,
however, sacrifice his principles nor violate
he Constitution, according to his interpre-
alton of IT, no matter what pressure may be
brought to bear upon him. He means to do {
light, as he understands the right and will
rust to timefor the yindication of his course.
He will be as true to the Constitution and
Government, as President of the United
States, as he was tried and steadfast to the {
Union in the darkest days Of its trials.
Year: 1866

THE WHEAT CROP IN VIRGINIA.
Charlestown (Virginia) paper says:


The memory of the oldest inhabitant
cannot call to mind an autumn when the
wheat crop presented a finer appearance than
that now shown by the crop recently seeded.
The wheat everywhere seems to have come
up well, and the broad acres of our farmers
are smiling in their garb of velvety green.
1t is earnestly hoped that a 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
vicld y
Year: 1866

I am decidedly Of the opinion that this
amendment should not be ratified. The first
section embodies principle which | regard
as dangerous to the liberties of the people Of
the whole country. That principle is as aI'-
plicahle 10 New York and Massachusetts as
10 Alabama. The second section proposes a
change in feature Of cur Government
which has never been complained Of before.
The question Of representation has never
been a source OF trouble or Inconvenience.
i contributed in no way 10 the recent trou-
bles Of the country, and a change IN II can
not be legitimately claimed AZ forming any
part Of the results Of the war. The third
section would bring o possible good to the
represented States, while it would reduce
those that are unrepresented TO utter anarchy
and ruin.


We are sincerely desirous for a complete
restoration Of the Union. We want ooaeili-
alton, harmony and national tranquility
We feel that We have given every evidence
which human action can furnish, Of an hon
Year: 1866

We have a large number Of MANNED and
disabled soldiers, for whom provision should
.be made by the State Those who have lost
limbs. and are unable to procure artificial
ones should have them supplied by the
State. This is due them for their gallantry
and patriotic sacrifices in the States ser
vice.
Year: 1866

Prentice of the Louisville Journal thus speaks
of the following beautiful lines: Zone might al
most wish to die, if he knew that so beautiful a
tribute as this would be written to his memory"