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Year: 1866




The Washington correspondent of the Sac
ramento Union. in his letter of the 2sth of
February. which was published in the Union
: few days since, stated that Congressman
Highly had made long speech in the House
OF Representatives. sustaining the President
In his policy of reconstruction and the veto
of the Freedman's Bureau Bill. His friends
here were much surprised at the information
and could hardly believe it true. By the
last mail from the East. he sent to Mr.. W.
l.. Dudley copy of his speech, and also
wrote to him in reference to his position on
the Presidents veto and reconstruction poll
cy. We are permitted to make few ex-
tracts from the letter, which was written the
day after the speech referred to in the letter
published in the Union. He says:


"You have already seen by the papers the
perplexcd position we are in here. The Pres
ident claims to have policy of reconstruc-
ton, and is doing his best, think, to drive
Congress into support of that policy
Congress had committed itself to policy of
reconstruction before Johnson was President.
The Presidents plan cannot submit to, and
soiU not. So unless there is some way of re-
cancellation without sacrifice of principle,
we have to fight the President with the rest.


"What course California, or the Union
party will take cannot, at present, say, but
have great hopes that it will sustain Congress
in this struggle. shall fight Executive
dictation; 1 will struggle and contend 70
the right of the oppressed and for the de-
struction of the remnant of the slave power
without regard to future consequences to
myself personally. know am right, and
will not yield as long as there is ray of
hope left for success against Executive dicta-
tion. Firmness to right principles through
this Congress will save US. I still believe
we will prevail.


"The President has taken course in his
veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill and
his speech of the 22nd instant, that calls to
his side the worst class of men in the nation
and drives from him those who have been
our frmest and ablest men in sustaining the
Government in the time of greatest need.
Year: 1866

TIE RseIsrRr LAw.-The Registry Act
was approved by the Governor on the 10th
of this month, and will take effect on the
18th of May. Assessors have no right to
commence enrolling names until the latter
date. After the law is in operation, any cit
ixen may apply directly to the County Clerk
and have his name entered on the Great Re-
gister.
Year: 1866

THE WAY OUR COPPER INDUSTRY Is Pro
rRcrED.-Recently the Detroit Board of
Trade memoralized Congress to increase the
duty on foreign copper, in order to protect
the copper interests of that State. The pres
ent duty on imported copper is but d cents
per pound, while there is an internal revenue
tax of cents on each pound Of domestic
copper produced. Consequently the copper
producers of this country cannot compete
with foreign producers. The Government
virtually offers premium of d cents per
pound on foreign copper. This is a matter
which interests California still more than
Michigan, and therefore we propose that the
Legislature before it adjourns, memorable
Congress for an increase of duty on foreign
copper, at least to cents per pound, so that
our own producers shall not be taxed more
more than foreign importers. Either this or
an abatement of the internal revenue tax on
domestic copper to, say one cent per pound
Exchange.
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The Committee on
Ways and Means have agreed to an amend
ment of the tax bill providing that the lists
of incomes shall not be published nor fur
nished for publication, but they shall be
open 10 private inspection in the office of the
Collector.


The President has approved The bill to
prevent and punish Kidnapping. The fine
Year: 1866

"DECAY OF THE lNTERIOR."-lhe Nevada
Transcript, aIuding to the croakngs of Ger.
tain persons that the interior Of the State is
in state Of industrial decay, pertinently
says:


The agricultural statistics of the State will
show gradual improvement ia the cutiva
ton of the soil, unless ip exceptional cases
where crops are destroyed by flood or
drought. The number of acres under cult
vation is increased, and within the past few
years there has been marked improvement
on the system of cultivation in vogue in early
days. The advancement may not be fast
enough to satisfy the impatient, but the i'm.
provement though slow is sure. This state
Of things may be improved, but not by any
system of finance, or by the growing or the
threats Of such croakers as we have alluded
TO above. We want FIRST of all to get clear
Of these compainers. Then we want more
men of industry and enterprise, who are no,
carried off by every rumor of rich mines al
distance. We want men who are content,
I'd to make this State their home, and all
such will be richly rewarded in the mines or
on the farm. This class of citizens are in.
creasng, and this is the secret of our i'm
provement during the past two years. The
sooner the restless wanderers who are carried
off by every reputed discovery of rich mines
are out Of the country the better. Thou
sands of dollars are now being invested in
the mines Of this State, and capitalists are
ever ready to build mills and work mines
where labor uncovers good ledge.
Year: 1866

DANGERous POWER OF THE NATIONAL
BANKs.-Fi Fifteen hundred or two thousand
national banks, says the N. Y. Herald, issuing
all, or nearly all, The currency, and CONTROL
ing the moneyed power Of the republic, will
place the people, the government and the
whole industry Of the nation at their mercy
The old National Bank was a pigmy beside
this monster. 1t will have its grip upon the
agriculture, manufactures and trade of the
country, and its thousands Of directors and
others interested will be able to foresta|l the
markets, regulate the prices to suit their own
specuIa,ions, and destroy everybody or every.
thing that should raise its head against them.
Such is the prospect before us, unless Con
gress take some steps 10 put this dangerous
monopolizing institution out Of existence. If
that body can raise itself to the magnitude Of
the subject it will begin at once to reduce the
banks, TO substitute Government money for
their circulation, and, finally, to break them
up altogether.
Year: 1866

FUN AT HoME.-Don't be afraid of
little fun at home, good people
Don't shut up your house lest the sun
should fade your carpets, also your
heart, lest some hearty laugh shake
down some of the musty old cobwebs
there. Ifyou want to ruin yoursons,
let them think that all mirth and social
enjoyment must be left on the threshold
without, when they come home
When once home is regarded as only
place to eat, drink and sleep in, the
work begins that ends in gambling
houses and reckless dissipation
Young people must have fun and re-
laxntion somewhere, if they do not
find it at their own hearthstones il
will be sought at other and perhaps
less profitable places. Therefore lei
the fire burn brightly at night, and
make the homestead delightful with
all those little arts which parents SO
perfectly understand. Don't repress
the buoyant spirits Of your children


half an hour Of merriment around the
lamp and freight of a home, blots
out the remembrance of many a care
and annoyance during the day. The
best safeguard they can take with
them into the world, is the unseen in.
fuence of q bright little domestic fire.
side.
Year: 1866

The following is that part Of
Louis Napoleon's recent publication
which turned sunshine into storm
among the money changers of London:


see with pleasure that the mem
ory of the first empire has not been
effaced from your minds. Believe
me, for my own part / have inherited
the feelings entertained 10y the chief
of my family for this energetic and
patriotic people, who sustained the
Emperor in his exile. have a feel
ing of gratitude to discharge toward
Yonne. This department was the
first to give me its suffrage in 184S,
for it knew, with the majority of the
French people, that its interests were
my interests at all times, and that 1
detested equally with them those
treaties of 1915, which it is now
sought to make the sole base of our
foreign policy. I thank you for the
sentiments you have expressed toward
me. Among you l breathe freely, for
it is among the working population,
both in town and country, that find
the genius of France. a y at3'tia
Year: 1866

lll" I KSowE'p Yotpp BFAr.- The
Rev. sSoloman Stoddard, of North
ampton,, the ancestor of all the Stod-
dards--and a troop they are of wor-
thy sons of a worthy sire-had a
black boy in his employ, who was,
like most black boys, full Of fun and


mischief and up to joke no matter
at whose expense. He went with the
parsons horse every morning to drive
the cowst to pasture. 1t was piece
of table land some little distance from
the village; and here, out of sight
the neighbors' boys were wont TO meet
and "race horses" every Sunday morn
ing. Parson Stoddard heard of it,
and resolved to catch them at il and


put an end to the sport. Next Sum
day morning he told Bill he would
ride the mare to pasture with the
cows, and he (BilD might stay at
home. Bill knew what was in the
wind, and taking q short cut across
lots was up to- the pasture away ahead
of the parson. The boys were there
waiting for Bill and his masters
mare. He told the boys to be ready,
and as soon as the old gentleman ar
rived to give the word "Go" Bill
hid himself, at the other end of the
field, where the race always ended
The parson came jogging along up,
and the boys sat deInurely on their
steeds as if waiting for y.tservice to
begin" But as the good old mare
rode into line they cried "Go " and
away went the mare with the reverend
rider sticking fast, like John Gilpin,
but there was no stop to her or him.
Away, head Of all the rest, he went
like the wind and at the end of the
field Bill jumped up from under the
fence, and sung out 81 knowe,d you'd
beat Massa ! l knowe'd you'd beat J"
Year: 1866

PUsHING AHEAD.--As an evidence of the
energy with Which Mcssrs. Warwick 4
Barksdale are pushing forward their new
building, we will mention the fact that
for the last few days there have been an
average of twenty thousand bricks laid in
the walls per dav.
Year: 1866

FAIR FOR ST. Marks CHUReH.--On Mon
day night the ladies of st. Marks Church
will open their Fair at the corner OF Elght'i
and Main streets. At this late season II y
very difficult to find anything novel or
original in a fairroom; but we can promise
ourcitizens that they will see at st. Mark $
Fair some attractive features that have not
been noticed at any. Among the great at
fractions will be the "Jacob's Well, filled,
not with water, but with deliciOusly cool
lemonade, which will be drawn up in a
bucket and dispensed to the comers by one
OF the most charming OF the young ladies
of this city. In addition to this, there will
be Washington's Chair" described al
ready in the Dispatch, in which visitors to
the Fair will he permitted to sit upon pay


ment Of a small fee. OF course the tables
are tasteflllly and prettily decorated, and
crowded with articles of use and orna-
ment; and if our charitable people will
only give their patronage to the Fair OF St.
Marks Church-which needs assistance
more, perhaps, than its larger neighbors-
they will have the consolation OF knowing
that they have made a success Of work un-
dcrtakcn for most deserving object.
Year: 1866

New YORK, June 1.-THE American
and Western Union Telegraph Compa-
MES are about completing an agreement
of union, which amounts to consoli-
dation of interests. The public de-
mand for the prompt and uninterrupted
transaction of messages renders it in
dispensable to get rid of all delays in
checking and booking from one line to
another. The new consolidation will
control and operate over one hundred
and four thousand miles of telegraph
wire, covering all the territory aud con-
Meeting all the points of Importance
from Newfoundland to San Francisco
and Vancouver's Island. From the latter
point line of fourteen thousand miles
to st. Petersburg will be done within q
year. Cuba and the West Indies are to
be connected, and the success Of the
Atlantic Cable in August next is conf
IDENTIFY hoped for.


1t is to be regretted that the telegraph
business cannot have the lively stimulus
and restraint which so favorably affects
every other business. At least Eve
attempts within the last fifteen years,
by men of energy and large capital, to
build up aQu SUSTAIN IN oppooie'oh, ho y o
signally failed. When the United States
Telegraph Company had acquired over
10000 miles of lines, the people looked
for the fruits of opposition in the reduc
tion of rates, but the rates had to be
twice advanced, to enable the business
done to support two companies instead
of one, the formidable opposition OF
being compelled at last to succumb and
sell out at q loss.


The question seems settled for the pres
ent that the telegraph business will not
yet bear competition, and against the
immense advantages of this combination
1T would be rash to attempt it, One
company can do all the business and do
it cheaper than two can, for two organ.
izations, with a duplicate of officers and
employees, must double the expense OF
deing the aggregate business, and the
customers must be taxed the doubled ex.
penses. Let enlarged views govern this
mammoth corporation, and let them
serve the public promptly, ,courteously
and as cheap as they can afford and the
! press and public viii ts satisfied.
Year: 1866

be recovered. BE would most assuredly
proclaim them and stand by them as
long as a single citizen OF the Conteder-
ate States was in chains, or subject to
penalty for assisting them.
Year: 1866

Editors 4idrocdte: An article has been
shown me in the Chronicle of this week
assailng my character as man and as Q
member of the Union party, which shall
not stop to notice except to correct one OF
the falsehcods therein. II stated that
resigned my position as Provost Marshal.
fearing a removal. will state the facts
concerning my re 4ignation.


While holding the position of Provost
Marshal | received letter from soldier
who had been shot down near Atlanta,
asking mo to try to get his case made an
exception to the general order of the War
Department, ordering I'll officers who could
not report for duty in sixty days to be mus
tered out [ replied, stating that the ex-
ception uld not be made, but that he
should return home as soon as able and |
would give him my position. He was then
living on his back, and as soon as he was
able to travel, he came home and accepted
the position which resigned in his. favor.
His name was Captain JoHN A. NORRIS,
now holding the position OF State School
Go nmiSsoner at Columbus, to whom refer
for veri6cation of what say, as well as to
John II. Mulvean, of New Conner 'town, his
spccial friend, to whom made the same
statement.


/ am net before the people for any posi-
Year: 1866

It was not as geologist; It was not as a
loglcIan; 1t was not as literary composer,
that Hugh Miller arrived principally at dis
tlnctlon. The deepest vein in his nature
was his Christianity, and it was as a Chris
tian that his loftiest aspiration displayed its
elf. 10 have told Hugh Miller that he had
yielded hairs breadth of the defences OF
Bible Christianity would have been to tell
him that he had shed extinguishing drops
on the altar fire which warmed and lit the
inmost shrine of his own existence. "It is
done, he said, referring to the Testimony
Of the hochs, on the last day of his life, 1T
Is done, DE spoke the words not In vain
exultatlon, but IN the serene and noble satis-
faction of one whose work was finished, and
who saw in that reward greater than any
which man could bestow. And what was
the work which he believed he had compile
ted? He believed he had exhibited more


plainly than had been done before, the har-
n1ony between the word and works of God;
and it is our solemn conviction, that exclu-
ding the express historical evidence of the
New Testament facts no arS Rinent for the
lnsplratlon.of Scripture is more express, dis
tinct, or irresistible, than that 20 which the


IestmoRg o. the Rocks, to say the least
points the way. It is an argument, which
may be said, with hardly any figure OF
speech, to convert faith into sight. Already
it appears to us, to be sufficient to convince
any reasonable man we say not of the exis-
tence of God, but of the positive, superna-
tural inspiration of Scripture, and were ii
perfectly elaborated, as we believe it will be,
We maintain, might be fairly pleaded as lit
orally and demonstrably equal to the rising
Of one from the dead The Christian apol-
ogist is already able by Hugh Miller theo-
ry to propose to the infdel this dilemma
Either wandering tribe of the Arabian
desert was acquainted three thousand years
ago, with the most recent revelations of sci
enCe, or the first chapter of Genesis was
written by the inspiration of the Almighty.
Not the slightest intimation exists that Mo-
ses scientifically understood what he was
made the instrument of revealing, and it is
certain that no succeeding generation till
the present, could scientifically explain his
writings The proposition on which Hugh
Miller's theory radically rests, is this GER
tain facts and sequences revealed in the
rocks have correspondence with certain
facts and sequences revealed in the first
chapter OF Genesis, a correspondence so
clear and SO precise that it caunot possibly
be accounted for. except on the grounds of
supernatural revelation, but in the wisdom
of God it was uncomprehenled for many
generations, that it is written in characters
of perfect defniteness, but in characters
belonging to an unknown tongue and that
only, when, at length, the light of science is
flashed upon the inscription, only VIXEN the
lost language is studied and known, is its
meaning plain and unmistakable Peter
Baylie.
Year: 1866

Nature, like art seems to require border
in order to be finished The dress maker
hens and rufies; the carpenter has his beads
and pilasters; the painter never rests till his
piece is framed If we should say nature
loves bordering, as it used to be said she
abhorred vacuum, we might state the
whole truth. An uninterrupted plan
continuity of similar surface, vast mOnoton-
GUS, silent is intolerable So column must
have It's cap; and a house its cornice; so
along the highway spring innumerable flow


ers, and on It's margin the forest is lavish of
its foliage; SO the sea is terminated by the
sky and we look at the sky through vlstas
of embankment and woofy cloud. Were
YOU ever in a fine grove of a bright moonlight
night? How different from standing upon
a mountain at such timel We recon-
mend to any one on an eminence to go
back from the brink thereof and stand in
the forest and look out through the breaks
and crevices. A moss rose is an instance In
point, beautiful because it is bordered; It is
q landscape seen through trees 30 view
through half raised window curtains, end
distant scenery through long spite Of rooms
SO are light on fairgrounds and shadows op
back gFuAads, IN ii pictures, sSgtees''.. '''
Year: 1866

The sun that sinks into the main


Shall gid another morn,
The moon with pearly band again


The evenings brow adorn;
And stars, though lost in day, shall yet
Hume the heavenly plain
But love, when once its life is set,
Shall never rise again.
The cuckoo far from winter flies,


But with the breath of spring,
How swift she speeds from southern skies
Their blue upon her wing.
From waving boughs her song is trilled,
As sweet as e'er before
But love, when once its voice is stilled,
Its echoes wake no more!
Rude hands may pluck the blossoms rare
That scent the air to. day
New flowers as fragrant and as fair


Shall greet another May;
But loves rich glory and perfume


Withered, revives no more
In vain your care-that tender bloom
No spring viii e'er restore.
Year: 1866

VERY much against his viii, DIR. Chap
pan was made yestryman in his parish
church, and one of his duties was to pass
the plate for the contributions at the morn
ing service. He presented it with great
politeness and becoming gravity to the gem
tleman at the head of the pew nearest the
chancel, who was not disposed to contri-
butte. The faithful collector, nothing Gaun-
tee, neId the plapU l,~R--- a-.--.---E e. =
as if he would urge him to think the mat
ter over and give something, little some
thing, and refused to go on till he had seen
his silver on the plate In this way he pro-
ceeded down the aisle, victimizing every
man till he came to the pew nearest the
door, where sat an aged coiored waman To
his surprise she laid down piece of gold
Dear me?' said the astonished Doctor,
you must be a Guinea niger. They
never troubled the Doctor to go around with
the plate after that
Year: 1866

ARTIFICIAL WANTS -Bulwer says that
poverty is only an idea in nine cases out of
ten. Some men with ten thousand dollars
a year suffer more for want of means than
Others with three hundred The reason is
the richer man has artificial wants. His in
come is ten thousand, and he se1ers enough
from being dunned for unpaid debts to kill
a sensitive man. A man who earns dollar
a day and does not run1in debt, is the hap
pier of the two Very few people who have
been rich viii believe this, but it is as true
as Gods word-There are thousands with
princely incomes who never know a moment
of peace, because they live above their means
There is really more happiness among the
working people than among those who are
called rich.
Year: 1866

Little wives if ever halfsuppressed
sigh finds place with you, or half.unloying
word escapes you to the husband whom you
love, let your heart go back to some tender
word in those first love-daye; remember
how you loved him then, how tenderly he
wooed you, how timidly you responded; and
if you can feel that goa have not grown un-
worthy, trust him for the same fond love
now If you do feel that through many
cares and trials of life you have become
less loyeable and attractive than you then
were, turn-by all that you love on earth,
or hope for in heaTen-turn back, and Be
the pattern Of loveiness that won him; be
the dear one your attractions made you
then. Be the gentle, loving, winning maid
en- still; and doubt not, the lover you ad
mired win live forever in your husband.
Nestle by his side, cling to his love, and let
his confidence in you never fail and my
word for it, the husband will be dearer than
the lover ever was. Above all things, do
not forget the love he gave you first. Do
not seek to 'emancipate' yourself-do not
strive to unsex yourself, and become Lucy
Stone, or Rev. Miss Brown; but love the
higher honor ordained by Sur Savior of old
that of a loving wife. A happy wife, a
blessed mother, can have no higher station,
needs no greater honor
Year: 1866

THE ART OF BEING POLITE First and
foremost, don't try to be polite It will
spoil all | YOU keep overwhelming your
guests with ostentatious entreaties to make
themselves at home, they win very soon be-
gin to wish they were there Let them find
out that you are happy to see them by your
actions rather than words. Always remem-
ber let bashful people alone at first 1t is
the only way to set them at ease. Trying to
draw them out has sometimes the contrary
effect Of driving them out-of the house
Leading the conversation is dangerous ex-
pertinent Better follow in its wake, and if
you want to endeaF yourself to takers, learn
to listen well. Never make fuss about
anything never talk about yourself-and
always preserve your composure, no matter
what soleeiems or blunders others may COM
nit. Remember that it is very foolish
proceeding to lament that you cannot offer
to your guest a better house, or furniture,
or Viands. 1t is fair to presume that the
visit Is to You and not to these surround
ings. Give people pleasant impression Of
themselves, and they win be pretty sure to
go away with pleasant impression of your
qualities. On just such slender wheels as
these the whole fabric of society turns; it is
your business. then, to keep them in revolv.
ing order.