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Year: 1867

WEATHER ITEMS FROM ABRoAD.-Frank Wheel
er, of the Shasta stage has made his last two
trips on horseback. On Monday the snow was
too deep on Trinity mountain to get over with
the stage. There being no connection from be-
low since that date, and no mails to bring, the
wagon was dispensed with on Wednesday. He
tells US that it had rained continually for three
days in the valley, and that most of the streams
were impossible At last accounts the northern
stage ran no farther than Trinity Center. being
prevented by high water between that point and
the New York House, and snow on Scott noun
tain, where it is said to be ten feet deep.
Year: 1867

GLAD TO HEAR Ir.-The Chico Press intmates
in connection with the departure of General Bid
we'll for the East, that he q goes to transplant
a rare and lovely flower to the sunny valley of
the Sacramento, to blossom and impart its fra
GRANGE, and make happy all around
Year: 1867

THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEw.-A few days
the long list of the past, and tie events of 1867
will have become history. Looking back upon
the past year we find many reasons to be thank
fu to kind Providence for manifold blessings
showered upon us. 1t is true that there have
been dark days and gloomy nights, filling our
hearts with sadness and fear, but the brightest
sunshine produces a shadow and the clearest
heaven becomes occasionally obscured by clouds.
The past year has wrought some important
changes in our town and county. The inexor-
able tyrant, Death, has demanded his yearly
tribute, and many heart has felt the pain of
parting with loved ones. But the solemn sound
of the funeral knell is drowned by the merry
sound of marriage bells, and if mourning broods
in some households, yet in others there is rea-
son for joy Little strangers, with smooth
brows and wondering eyes, rosy cheeks and
dimpled chns, who are to be future men and
women, and who are to play their parts in the
great drama of lfe have been welcomed in
many a household. Peace reigns supreme over
the land, and although country is not yet
fully restored to its normal state, yet immense
progress has been made, and it will not be long
ere we will be once more in both name and fact
the &C United States of America" The season
thus far prognosticates n coming year of plenty


The farmer as well as the miner has reason to
look forward with hope and confidence to the
future. We trust that nothing will happen to
mar these pleasant expectations. To our readers
we wish happy New Year, the return of many
more, and the realization of all of their hopes
| and wishes
Year: 1867

~ CossfH W,hrrssss and E'rsssSseks taken At
their ruling value in payment for subscriptions to this
paper TO soldiers in the Government service the JOURNAL
Will be furnished for Greenbacks at PAR
Year: 1867

FROM MoNTANA.-We are indebted to Captain
David H. Trufant, who lived here many years,
for file of the Helena Herald, brisk Union
daily Judging from the statement that the
receipts of this Office during the week ending
November llth, amounted to the handsome sum
of fifteen hundred and fifty dollars" we take it
that the Herald is in a healthy condition. Glad
of it
Year: 1867

sY- The Good Templa9s Of this village
held festival at their hall on Thursday
evening last. The weather was very un-
favorable, and it was prophesied by the
wiseacres that the affair would be failure
and that the receipts would not equal the
disbursements. But contrary to expecta-
ton, the attendance was very good, there
being about one hundred and fifty present.
The arrangement Of the tables, the cook
ing, and style Of serving oysters, fruit, &c.
was excellent, which was nearer perfect
than any affair of the kind which we have
attended for long time. The ladies' per
formed their part of the entertainment tc
perfection, and deserve the thanks of ths
community in general and the Lodge r
particular. The festival was repeated or
Friday evening, and proved a pleasant ant
profitable time. The net receipts wer,
about $55, which will be faithfully used il
advancing the good cause.
Year: 1867

CIRCUIT CouRT. The spring term of
the circuit court closed on Friday evening
last. The minutes of court will be found
elsewhere in this issue, showing the cases
disposed of and the business transacted
The suit brought by the Mineral Point
Mining Company against John j. Ross for
:respass, occupied considerable time over
fifty witnesses were examined. The case
involving the title Of the public grounds
and old court House in Mineral Point has
been taken, by change of venue, to La
fayette county.


+ 1t will be seen by notice of the clerk
that special term of court will convene at
this place on the 10th of July next, at
which time the foreclosure suit of the coun-
ty on the Mineral Point Railroad, and 9TH
er important business will probably come
up, @
Year: 1867

in order to prove that Mrs. LINCOLN
is a liar, the Republicans are showing by
facts and figures that her husband was q
peculator. They prove that he saved
clear more than all his salary while in Of
fee. They make both cases clear.
Year: 1867

Rey- The following letter was addressed 10 a prominent citizen of this place, marked confidential. We give place to 1t that the rlaring absurdity of these lotteries may be seen, and the many who squander their hard earnings with these worthless swindlers may be detcrred from so doing.

 DEAR SR:-As we arc determined to send good Prize in your neighborhood, and with this resolution we have been looking around for an opening in which by presenting some discreet and reliable person with prize of a few hundred dollars, 1t would have the desir- ed effect to increase the number of our custo- mers. We accidentally met with your address, and the idea occurred to us at once that you were just the person 10 aid us in our enter prise We therefore make you proposition that must strike you as being no less novel, than it is liberal, and that you may not sup pose that there is any deception in it, we in form you that the prize money does not come out of our pocket, but out of the pocket oi the Lottery Managers, and we shall not lose by sending few hundred dollars in Prize l Money, but shall gain by it in the increased amount ofbusiness we shall expect from youi neighborhood, when you show the "Green Backs," and make it generally known thai they are the proceeds of Prize drawn at oui 1 office. We make this offer to you in stric | confdencc-the proposal is plain. We are t' 1 send n Certificate for chance to draw prize | of few hundred dollars. You arc to show 1 the money The result will be that hundreds of dollars will be sent to us for Tickets. iot may be the gainer of few hundred dollars we shall be gathers by our sales, and the par l ties who send for Tickets may be gainers D, drawing prizes. Every one that sends vii of course expect to draw prize, not know i ing the offer we made privately to you, whicl l is as follows: Send us $1O to pay the mana gers, and we will send to you securely sealed a Certificate of Package of Tickets in the en closed scheme, and to set at rest any doub you may have of our sincerity, we hereb, bind ourselves to send you second Certih cate in any of our brilliant Extra Lotteries for nothing if the first we send you does no draw you, clear of all expenses Twelve hun dred dollars, and mark this fact, to send yo' Twelve Hundred Dollars out of the Manager l Pocket will cost us nothing but to send yo' an Extra Certificate, will take money out our Pocket We mention this merely to shoy you that it is our interest to send you prize We hand you an envelope with our address Enclose to us $10, and state in your lette whether we shall send you a draft on you nearest bank, or shall we send you the amour in "Green Backs" by mail, which last perhap will suit you better. Please let us have you order by return mail as we shall have to or der the Certificate from the managers for you and believe us very sincerely

 FRANK, MASS & CO, Lottery

 Agents, No. s0 Nausau St..

 New York
Year: 1867

SOBER FOR ONcE.-A correspondent has good anecdote of man who rare- ly failed to go to bed intoxicated and disturb his wife the whole night:

 Upon his being charged by friend that he never went to bed sober, he in- dignantly denied it, and gave the incl dents of one particular night in proof.

 'sPretty soon after got into bed, my wife said:

 "Why, husband, what is the matter with you? You act strangely"

 "There is nothing the matter with me" said I, nothing at all.'

 ''I'm sure there is,' said she, ''you don't act natural at all. Shan't get up and get something for you?"

 And she got up and lighted candle and came to the bedside to look at me, shading the light with her hand.

 q knew there was something strange about you," said she, "why you are so- ber"

 Now this is fact and my wife will swear to it so don't you islander me any more by saying 1 haven't been to bed sober in six months, because have.
Year: 1867

A BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcT.-The vel vet moss grows on sterile rocks; the mistletoe, fourishes on the naked branch es the ivy clings to the mouldering ruins the pine and cedar remain fresh and fadeless amid the meditation of the year-and heaven be praised, something green and beautiful to see and greatful to the soul, will, in the darkest hour of fate still twine in tendrills around the crumb- ling altars and broken arches of the deso- late temple of the human heart
Year: 1867

geS-A good many years ago, when Gen. Cass was leader among Demo- crat, and consequently an object of dislike to the Wings, it was moved in the Legislature of Western State to bestew the name of Cass on Q new county. A Whig, meaning to be sar- castle, rose and moved as an amend ment, that the first letter of the pro posed name be struck out.

 The laugh was on his side hugely, until the Democrat retorted that he might not have any objection, but that it was very unusual for member to rise and propose that a county in the State should be named after himself, and then the other side had the laugh.
Year: 1867

The policy Of the majority of the
Legislature in relation to the freedmen
is fully developed. They should To
made to understand it. 1t amounts to
this: that no man charged with being
~ Rebel" or sympatlising with the
South in the late civil war, shall vote or
hold oilice---tilt the right of uotiny shall
be confined to tho Radicals and the
freedmen. b. tue freeman is deprived
Of the power Of Aolding office. Iu 9th
er words he has the right Of voting for
his proiessed friends, the Radicals, U:
not for QUO ofhis own color. He may
cut the wood to make the fire, but the
Radicals arc to sit by it This is stand
ing by the freedmen with vengeance!
The bill ought to be entitled, ian at
providing that the Radicals shall bold
all the offices and the negroes shall vote
for them" Was the negro excluded
from holding office lest perchance he
might think it right to vote for one Of
his own color and thus compel somo
poor Radical to stand out in the cold 2


or for what other reason p Union and
, DtSDotch
Year: 1867




F.. DREss.-ln dress as in everything
else, cEaggcration is the one thing to
he avoided. Yet there arc those who
who cannot be happy unless they are
launching into some extreme. In the
Young this is objectionable, because
they always look best IN the most sim.
pie attire There is Il beauty in youth
itself which need no adventitious orna'
mcnt. For dowagers and married
women it is another story. They may
have to repair the rayagcs Of time, or
to conceal impcrfcctions which in youth
were overlooked. But even they only
make matters worse if they show at
tcntion to themselves by the eyaggcr,
atcd use Of any prevailing fashion. II
it is easy for the young to dress well,
because nothing comes amiss to them.
it is difficult for their elders to do 50,
who will not acceptthe fact that they
are no longer young. "
Year: 1867

pie. .. -...--a-~


In the sense the term ''loyal repre-


scntatiyes" is used by the Republican
party, it implies terms of admission to
Congress which spirited and free pco.
pie will never submit to, even should
it deprive them permanently Of the
privilege. lfthc North is to say 'yhoss
the South shall send to Congress, the
very spirit and essence Of representa-.
ton is destroyed. The men sent will


no longer represent the Southern peo.
pie, but the Northern people Tho
constitutional privilege is worth moth
ing when it comes with restrictions Of
named in that instrument We should
no longer be a free people. Instead OF
being sovereign States, we shall be de
pendent Provinces, acting our part in
the Government not in accordance with
our own independent conviction, but
in conformity to. the dictation of q
Northern majority, who would, in point
OF fact, become our masters. Will the
Southern people submit to such terms
as'tLese2 We hope NEVER. Far bet
ter live under . military dcspotism al
once for then We shall not he the al


tAors Of our degradation, whilst oNi
real condition will be 10 worse. .


No: so long as the North insists UP


on standing at our ballot boxes ant
saying we Shall vote for this man OF
shall not vote for that, there is no free
dom of elections, and we hope the
South will never disgrace herself by en-
agaging in any such disgusting mocller!
Of Republican institutions. Ii We sen,
Representatives to CongIess at all, i
must be'done on the ground that W
are true to the Union, and the men o
our choice must be received and hel(
as loyal until it shall be proved to tn
contrary. Their willingness to take Al
oath to support the Constitution OF tn


United States is the highest eyidenc
Of their moral qualification, and no MAJ
has a right, after that is done, to cal
their sentiments INTO question. M
other terms will be honorable to us O
consistent with the great compact o
Union and the South should plant her
self immovably on that ground. Thu
Southern people desire peace, reunion
harmony, friendship, and even did W.
have such among us, it will lily com
port with her sentiments and interests
to invest disorganizers with represen
tative power. While some Of the dele.
gates, already chosen, bore prominen
parts in the late war for independence
there is not one in the long list that can
not be trusted to maintain the Consti.
tuition and the Union in good faith, ever
against those enemies at tho North whc
would overthrow both. ...r.. ... ..i
Year: 1867

We ayan urge u2on the people o! the
county the necessity Of having 3 full dele
CATION at the County Convention which as>
sembles at the Court House in This city in
accordance with the call at the head Of our
columns. Believing that majority Of the
taxpayers Of the county are satisfied Of the
necessity of . change in county officers they
should at once take such steps as will fully
and correctly express their choice in the
candidates for the several Offices
Year: 1867

DEING in receipt OF strictly choice dry White
ID Corn can now furnish superior article OF
fresh ground Corn Mea-something that VIII not
spoil before you can get 1t home:


apr9 1oSnuA ohAh
Year: 1867

Who can account for the apparent Inconsistencies every, day happening among and around us? We live in what is termed an enlightened, civil ized and christian communityy in the midst of facilities and improvements superior to any age of the world, un- der the broad disc of the saR of erudi- tion, with tho .hallowcd influences of the gospel of peace and Charity show cred upon us and ssdisseminated in eve- " ayenue.; yet, how strange, if aught in the imperfection of human reason can seem strange, is the fact that so many preach and so many practice the precepts of, the book they plofess to revere. LEk at the Church, or the various communities styling them selves christians, protesting to be the disciples of the meek and lowly Naza- rine--thc practical teacher of benevo- lcnce, forgiveness and charity; who taught that filthy enemy smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the left, to do good for evil, to love thy enemy, to forgive Chose that maltreat you, te visit the widow and the orphan in their af- f1ictions, and all the other noble traits that spring from charity. But how do we find itnow of days in the "so called" Church or out of it? whois there that cannot answer it? We have the form, the ceremonial pomp, the studied rou- tine of Pharasee, with a fearful want of the vital spiritual substance, of which it is but the empty mockery. But apart from the Church we have or. ganizations protesting brotherly love and charity the members of which profess to be bound together by the silken cord of love and fellowship, with Faith, Hope and Charity as a ladder reaching to the celestial abode, where good men are to meet. And how is it with these? But few days ago, a member of the time-honored institu- tion called masonry, worn and emaci- ated by that slow, but sure destroyer, called the consumption, died in our town almost alone, at the house of Q good Samaritan widow, in the midst of his fellows and laborers of his or der; and did they visit him in his last trying, suffering hours? did they when called or summoned to put his corpse in Saercoffin and quietly follow his re- mains to the place where dust was to mingle with dust, promptly, willingly respond and then practice what they preach? One member of that order of which he had been associated for. fif- teen years attended him to his resting place. Have these things no meaning ? has the once benevolent order of free masonry become as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal? We hope not.

 N
Year: 1867

SOMETHING NIcE.-We were the recipient a few days since, of bottle of excellent blackberry wine. And when we say excel lent we mean it. It came from the Drug factured by these gentlemen, aEd is entirely free from the poisonous drugs that go to make up the wines that are being used throughout the country. Now thst there is so much need of wholesome wine in cases of sickness, it is quite necessary to have a pure article. We would advise all who want a first rate article of pure blackberry wine, to go to Johnson & Davis and get it.
Year: 1867

Il A couple in Detroit were
married by mistake the other
evening. Two couples went to
the church, one to get married,
the other to act as groomsman
and bridesmaid. They all stood
up before the altar, and the
officiating clergyman, suppos-
ing that both couples were to
married, requested the gentle
men to join hands with their
respective ladies, which was
done, and in a very short space
of time the four were made
two. The situation being fully
realized by the latter couple,
they concluded to accept what
they could not very well help.
and all adjourned to their board.
ing house quite well pleased
with theresult of the preachers
mistake.-[ Boston Post.
Year: 1867

CONFEsSING OUR FAULTS
A writer has said, Il was mis-
taken,' are the three hardest
words to pronounce in the Eng
lish language. Yet it seems
but acknowledging that we are
wiser than than we were be-
fore, to see our error, and hum
bier than we were before to
own it. But SO it is; and Gold
smith observes that Frederick
the Great did himself more
honor by his letter to his Sem
ate, stating that he had just lost
a battle by his own fault, than
all the victories won. Perhaps
our greater perfection here is
not to escape the imperfections,
but to acknowledge and la
ment.- Jay.
Year: 1867

- The courtship of DR..
Sam Johnson was a model one
as a evidence of disregard of
position in society. When pay
ing his addresses to his partner
he stated that he was of mean
extraction, poor, and had an
uncle who was hanged. His
sweetheart responded that she
felt it no disgrace to be poor,
as she was poor herself, and al
though she never had any rela-
tive who was hanged, she had
fifty who deserved to be.
Year: 1867

About 100000 were destroyed in the kiln by
rain The bricks have sold for $3.50 per thou
sand, which is just about as cheap as they can
be manufactured at present prices of labor and
wood There will probably be wintered over
in the county, from 100000 to 100000, which
will find here their principal market. So we
Year: 1867

SOME men are like cats. You may
stroke the fur the right way for years
and hear nothing but purring; but ac-
cidentally tread on the tail, and all
memory Of former kindness is obliterat-
ed.
Year: 1867

The cure of an evil tongue must be
done at the heart. The weights and
wheels are there, and the clock strikes
according to their motion. A guileful
heart makes guileful tongue and lips
It is the workhousc where is the forge
of deceits and ISLANDERS and the tongue
is only the outer shop, where they are
vended, and the door of it. Such ware
as is made within, such, and no other,
can come out 1eighton.
Year: 1867

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.-A large crowd,
as usual assembled in the great hall at the
University on Saturday evening, to see and
hear the exercises of the 18th of April, which
occasion is always commemorated by the JET
ierson Society. The ugly Club held an
election on Saturday afternoon to decide who
should be the recipients of the honors annually
awarded by the Society. The election took
place on the lawn, the candidates standing on
the Rotunda steps. The terraces on each side
OF the lawn were lined with fair faces.


In making selections for the different honors,
merit Of course was the controlling consldera-
ton; but reference was also had to the wit
and speaking abilities of the parties, as it IS
Of the last Importance that the successful can
ddates shall be able to demean themselves
with credit to the society at the final exercises
at At, the close Of the session. = Charlottesville
Chronqcle.
Year: 1867

A VENERABLE ENGLIsH JUDGE They
tell capital story of ex- Chief Baron Pollock,
that one who wished him to resign waited On
him, and limited at it, and suggested it, for h is
own sake, entirely with view to the prolong-
alton of his valued lite, and so forth. The
old man rose, and said with his grim dry gray
ity, "Will you dance with me? p The guest
stood aghast as the Lord Chief Baron, who
prdes himself particularly upon his legs, began
to caper about with certain youthike Vivaci
ty. Seeing his visitor standing surprised, he
capered up to him and said "Well, if you
won't dance with me, will you box with me-?
And with that he squared up to him and halt
in jest, half in earnest, fairly boxed him out Of
the room The old Chief Baron had no more
visitors anxiousy inquiring after his health,
and courteous]y suggesting retirement.


The Lord Chief Baron was prone to the
expression of strong general views, which he
conveyed In a manner eminently characteristic,
with an idomatic vigor and originality almost
amusing If said he, on one occasion, every
man was to take advantage Of every occasion
to have the law Of his neighbor, life would not
be long enough for the litigation which would
result. AU flesh and blood aooull be turned
into plaintiffs and DEFENDANTS The reader
must imagine this uttered in slow distinct
deliberate, solemn voice, with considerable
energy and raising Of the tone at the words
in italics