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Year: 1867

The corn bows its head to the sickle,


The nightingale's murmur is hush'd,
Rain tears from the arbutus' trickle,


Beech fruits in the forest lie crush'd.
We have fought, but the battle is ending;


We are wounded and sick from the fight;
Blue shadows around US descending
Breathe kisses of night
We have journeyed, not needing our danger,


Cried in wild supplication above;
We have loved till our eyes lost their anger,


And hearts became sleepy with love,
Red roses are dying which wreathed US,


We are stampd with the iron that sears;
Dead lovein compassion bequeathedus


Its relic of tears.
All, met but the summer was pleasant.


Shall we die and lie dreaming again?
Would we yield the dull days of the present


For an hour of the past and its pam?
Do we hunger for kisses that stung US?


Or long for the lips that have lied?
Must we stoop for the gauntlet they We flung US?


Weep? creep to their side:
We clinge to these sewers of sorrow;


We cry for blighted caress;
We dream for a night; on the morrow,


We gather the tarcs of distress.
We bow to our grief and privation;


Wepay for the pleasures that cloy
Our work is to build the foundation


They love to destroy.
Oh! women with hearts brimming over
With the passions we never can feel,
The world is too weak to discover


The mystical love you conceal.
Our sorrow, not ours the reproving;
Your triumph, and ours the defeat;
Our lives are made bitter from loving,
Why you are so sweet?
Year: 1867

AhtEat OA bBSEA DASDAhu AhSknAelEeS-


Br0wMiOW's EXcheqUer NOT Respon-


sfVe.


From the Paris Intelligencer. 18th


We understand thirty of the militia, sta
toned at this place, deserted on last Satur-
day. The reason assigned for this impor-
taht service to the community and the
State, was neglect of the paymaster to set
tie arrearages with them. 1t is complained
that they have not been paid cent since
their enlistment. 1t is further stated that
they alleged that there was no use for sol
diers in this county. In this they were
right, and as "one good turn deserves an
other" we will say in return for this Just
compliment to our community, that con-
sidering the master whom they serve, the
business they are on and the fact that the
great mass of them have been without
money during their stay here, they behaved
themselves surprisingly well. Excepting
a few irregularities, such as are generally
expected from all soldiers, and one very
gross one of which we promised to say
nothing, on an assurance from the Captain
it had been properly punished we have
heard no serious complaint They have
shown themselves, as a general thing
models for the imitation of some Of their
more disorderly comrades in other parts of
the State.
Year: 1867

pended from Office from the moment arti
cles of impeachment are presented Will
the loyal American people permit a trea-
cherous Executive to exercise unchecked
sway for months / will not SO discredit
the sound sense and patriotism of the
| American people as to think so. / think
the first step at this time should be to wake
| up the loyal elements Of the Republican
| party to the danger that is before the coun-
| try; TO call an assembly of the whole peo-
pie, or a convention of all the loyal Gov
ernors, like that held at Altoona during
the war, to devise some plan to thBart the
| mad ambition of johnson. We ought not
to allow the sixty days to pass without all
proper moral checks being provided that
| can bear upon the Executive. He has yet
sixty days before the meeting of Congress,
and in that time he could do immense
harm he could put affairs in such shape
| that it would take years to rectify. | be-
| lieyed in impeachment two years ago. In
July, 1865, undertook to say that John9
son had Tylerized-that he had deserted
his party, as Tyler had done before him.
And for that men ridiculed me. Then,
in the October following, ] undertook
to say, johnson is not mistaken friend,
but he is an embittered foe" And / be-
lieve now, that from that time to this
he has been ever moved by one object,
which is to defeat the results of the war,
and this present scheme of amnesty is the
last effort of Johnson and the Southern
party 70 get such a control over the States
as will enable them substantially 70 erase
all the good results of the war. Promi-
nent Senators from the Middle States
boasted, any time three years ago, that when
the Southern States got back they would so
shape their laws, under the old idea of
States rights, as would throw the colored
race back into substantial serfdom. This
is no idle or groundless suspicion. 1t has
been openly declared as the determination
Of those Senators, over and over again, on
the floor of the Senate.


MR.. PHILLIPS IDEA OF THE FIRST DUTY OF


CONGRESS.


My idea, therefore, is that the first act of
Congress should be to impeach and suspend
the President. The next, that Congress
should incorporate in the constitution three
more Limitations over State sovereignty
First, that no State should ever discrimi-
nate in the elective franchise on account of
race or color, and, if had my Individual
way, or on account of sex. Second, that
every State should provide a system of free
schools, and if they omitted to do that, the
national government should do il at the
expense of the State so negligent and
third, which ought, however, to be the first,
that every man, every person born on
American soil or of American parents any
where, is a citizen both of the nation and
of the State to which his parents belong
That is, l would put the definition of citi-
zenship and the protection of the citizen
in the hands of the national government,
and not in the hands of Safe govern
ment, and make them universal instead of
local. And indeed | shall not think the
war ended till these amendments are incor-
pOrated in the American constitution.
Year: 1867

The Yreka Journal says that the boiler and
machinery for the steam Touring mill at
Fort Jones, are on the ground. The teams which
loaded this heavy freight at Red Bluff were
,rowed in on Scott mountain nearly three months
ago. but the enterprising projectors resurrected
boilers aud machinery from their snowy resting
nl,ce and with The aid of seighs and plenty of
motive power, landed the heavy freight at Its
destination. We learn from resident of Siski-
vou that the steamer and team freight would
amount to IS, 900.
Year: 1867

PASSAGE OF STEVENS BILL.-This bill dashes
TO the ground at one stroke the edi6ce which
Johnson has built up, and which, that he might
triumphantly crown, it was only necessary that
Congress should register his edict, and admit to
their deliberations the rebels he had reconstruct
ed. It undoes all that his treachery has done,
and in spite of his and Mr.. Stewards reconstruc-
tion of the existence of State Governments in the
rebelious territory puts it in precisely the same
condition as it was when the deed Of an assassin
placed Johnson in Liucoln's stead. With the
ground thus cleared, the task of reconstruction
will be easy, and the path plain, and the worh,
when finished, will be secure. 1t would be hard
to estimate the disaster which has been caused
by those who have stood between the loyal peo-
pie and their just demands All the dirncuity,
DELAY and alteration which have ensued upon
this question of reconstruction might have been
avoided had not grasping Executive sought 10
exert powers not belonging to his once, ana
taught the conquered South to demand as rights
what, little while before, they did not imagine
the most lenient mercy could have EXTENDED 10
them. But. after all, good may come out Of the
evil The educational process, though severe,
will be thorough, and perhaps firm foundation
for Union, divested of sectional feeling and
cause for strife, could be obtained in no other
way The passage of this bill will teach the
Southern people how much they lost by taking
the advice of their Lord Protector, and rejecting
the Constitutional Amendments which offered
them liberal terms. This light is dawning upon
the minds Of their leaders assembled at Washing
ton. but does not seem to have penetrated far
south of the Potomac, for the North Carolina
Legislature which was expected to lead off, re-
fuses to accept even the one-sided compromise
fixed mp for them by the Southern Governors
San. Francisco Times.
Year: 1867

Az ENGLISH VIEW OF AMERICAN FISAScEs.-
The London Economist says :-' Government
which one year ago had no internal revenue at
all, whose tax-gatherer never came to the home,
or intcrvened in the dealings of the people, being
able to raise ESQ, 900, 900, AT such sum, is
a miracle. In any other country the bare at
tempt would have caused revolution. But in
America these taxes are borne patiently as
taxes are ever borne in any country. There is
no more idea of resisting them than of declaring
a monarchy No endeavor has been made up to
,sweeten the impost by nicely of adjustment, or
by delicate selection. Congress simply laid a
tax upon everything it could think of and let it
hit whom it could. Yet this financial decima-
ton of the people exctes little murmuring
The Americans are little apt to imagine that the
acts of their Government can be tvrunncal.
They are the acts Of the persons for whom they
voted, of their agents and there is no semblance
of the bitter feeling which prevails in most
countries at taxes imposed hy superior author
ity felt or fanccd to be other than the people.
The Americans, too, have the money; everybody
is we'll of and everybody seemingly wishes that
the Government should he well off also
Year: 1867

They say-Ah, well suppose they DO,
But n.tbey prove the story true:
Suspicion may arise from naught
But malice. envy, want of thought;
Why count yourself among the "thev"
Who whisper what they dare not say
They say-But why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worse.
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untrue;
And is it not nobler plan
10 speak of all The best you can:
They say-Well. if it should be so,
Why need you tell the tale of woe:
Will it the bitter wrong redress,
Or make one pang of sorrow less:
Will it the erring one restore,


Henceforth to "go and sin no more:"
They say-Oh pause, and look within,
See how thine heart incllnes to sin;
Watch, lest in dark temptations hour
Thou, too. shouldst sink beneath its power
Pity the frail. weep Ger their fall.
But speak Of good, or not at all.
Year: 1867

Discovered and used by the Resident Physician,
are the only remedies which are safe and sure to
have the effect. The large number of cases in
which they have been used, is guarantee of their
success. Great care should be taken in visiting the
Institute IN remeuher he
Year: 1867

In the town of Fly y-up-the- creek there
was shoemaker who at times ofhciated
. aspreacher Healways otethe notice
himself, in order to save the expense of
printing. Here is one of them There
will be preaching in the pines this Sun
day afternoon on the subject, "All who
DO not believe will be damned at three
o'clock"
Year: 1867

The American Waltham Watch is made By
no such uncertain process-and by no such
incompetent workmen. All the rompany's
operations from the reception of the raw ma
terials 10 the completion of the Watch are
carried on under one roof, and under one
skil!ful and competent direction. But
the great distinguishing feature of their
Watches. is the fact that their several parts
are all made by the finest the most perfect
and delicate machinery ever brought to the
aid of human industry. Every one of the
more than hundred parts of every watch is
made by a machine-that iniallibly repro
duces every succeeding part with the most
unyarying accuracy. 1t was only necessary
to make one perfect watch of any particular
style and then 10 adjust the hundred ma
chimes necessary to reproduce every part of
that watch. and it follows that every succeed
ing watch must be like il.


The Company respectfully submit their
watches on tscU merits only. They claim
to make
Year: 1867

AS some curiosity has been expressed
to see the provisions of the law for which
petitions have been extensively signed in
this county, we republish it below. We
believe the intention is to add clause
prohibiting the sale of all liquors on elec-
ton days.
Year: 1867

Our fair lady readers will agree with
us in pronouncing The author Of the fol.
lowing an i'll tempered bachelor, whose
rawlings are altogether unworthy Of notice:
Take four pounds of rags and bunch Of sha.


wings,


An old tn-pan and bunch OF straw;
Then steal an old hat of somebody's leavings
And swear its your own 10 get clear Of the


law
Next get an old stocking and stuff it with pa


per,


And if it is possible-put in mole;
Then get some old china, and nutmeg crater,
And make them all up in nice little roll.
Put all these things in net of red,
And glistenlng beads must crown them all,
Then fasten it on the back Of your head,
And behold beauteous waterfall.
Year: 1867

The following poem is indeed very touching,
and though it will appeal more deeply to the
world-N orn than the gay, is not without
charm for ALL lis author is unknown.
Oh, why should The spirit of mortal be proud
Like swift ieetng meteor--a fast flying cloud,
A fash Of the lightning-a break Of the wave
He passeth from life TO his rest IN The grave.
The leaves Of the oak and the willow shall fade:
Be scattered around and together be laid
As the Young, and the old and the low, and the


high,
Shall crumble to dust and together shall lie.
The infant mother attended and loved,
The mother, that infants affection who proved; /;
The father, that mother and infant who blest-
Each, all are away to their dwelling oil rest.
The maid on whose brow, on whose cheek, IN


whose eye,
Shone beauty and peasure-her triumPhs are


by.
And like from the minds of the living erased
Are the memories Of mortals who loved her and


praised.
The hand of the King, that the sceptsr hath
The brow of the Priest, that the inter hath


worn,
The eye Of the sage, and the heart of the brave,
Are hidden and lost IN the depths Of the grave.
The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap;
The herds man, who climbed with his goats up


the steep;
The beggar who wandered in search of his


bread,
Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
So the multitude goes, like the Aower Of the


weed,
That withers away to let others succeed
So the multitude come, even those we behold,
To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same our fathers have been,
We see the same sights our fathers have seen
Ne drink the same stream, we see the same


sun,
And run the same course our fathers have rum
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers did


think
From the death we are shrinking our fathers


did shrink,
TO the life we are clinging our fathers did cling,
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wing.
They loved-Lut the story we cannot unfold
They scorned-bnt the heart of the naughty is


cold +;
They grie eved-but no wall from their slumbers


will come
They joyed-but ,he tongue Of their gladness is


dumb.
They died-ah they dieG-we, things that are


now,
That walk on the turf that was over their brow
And make in their dwellings transient abode
Meet the things that they met on their pilgrim


age roa0.
Yea hope and despondency, pleasure and pain,
Are mingled together in sunshine and rain,
And The smile and the tear, and the song and the


dirge,
Still follow each other, like surge upon surge.
IT'S the wink of an eye It's the draught of a


breath,
From the blossom of health to the palenesssof


death,
From the gilded saloon 10 the bier and de


shroud =; ns
OH why should the spirit Of mortal be proad !;
Year: 1867

The influence Of the war to put


down the rebellion, and the conse.
quent emancipation Of all the slaves
in the United States, is spreading
and widening. While slavery
existed in this country, the infam-
Gus system was so endorsed as to
justify the wrong every where.
So great and powerful.a a nation as
ours, republican in its form of gov
ornment, and boastlhg of its free
dom, afforded by its example in
holding human beings in bondage,
full justification for q similar
infamy wherever legalized and
practiced. Now that the curse has
been removed in our land, no
other nation can shelter its wrong
to the African race under the
wings of the American eagle.
While thus protected, this crime
against humanity was scarcely
noticed, as we stood forth so boldly
before all the world, and defied its
censure. Now, however, the change
which has been wrought here,
leaves to our former associates in
iniquity mo cloak for their sin.
They stand out unsheltered by our
rock. They cannot endure the
pointing of the finger which shows
that the world looks on and won-
ders that the stupendous wrong
should still bc perpetrated. One
by one those nations who buy and
sell and oppress poor humanity in
black binding, grow ashamed OF
the position they occupy, if not of
the wickedness they are commit
ting, and they let the oppressed go
free.


Thus our influence, when it was
exerted to perpetuate and justify
human slavery, worked a double
offense Ito ourselves, as nation
protesting to be free--and for our
neighbors in giving them encour-
agement to perBevore in a griev-
ously evil way. Now, when we
assert the great principle Of our
Declaration, and show by our
practice that we honor and main.
tain II, our noighbOrs who were in
Year: 1867

The Supreme Court of Ohio has
decided that temporary closing Of
the polls on election day is a viola,
ton of the law and vitiates tho e.
lection. The case was made on an
election for Mayor in Mt. Airy
Hamilton county, Thejudges-and
clerk took away the ballot box
when they went to dinner, and the
polls were then closed for an hour
or more.
Year: 1867

The simon pure" wing of the radical
party in Minnesota held state conven.
ton on Tuesday last, and adopted resolu-
tions protesting against the action of the
other wing of that party in emitting the
temperance and Sunday planks from the
declaration of issues in the coming election.
The resolutions denounce the platform for
betraying the timidity and cowardice of
a minority of the party in seeking to
dodge one Of the most vital doctrines Of
its creed; but inasmuch as the doctrine
still remains, albeit not mentioned in tho
platform, the majority conclude that it
would be injudicious to render defeat
certain by the nomination of new ticket.
They therefore accept the ticket, reserving
the privilege of splitting upon the platform.
So they go in Minnesota. The radicals
are in "stew" there as well as in Iowa.
Yet everybody knows how they legislate
when they get into power. They 60 the
Maine law up to tho "hub.'
Year: 1867

DICKENS is on Pleasant Bridge, to give dancer,
good Music till Spring. Tue 18th Iowa String Band
will be ready for calls in any part of North Iowa
Low prices and the BEST music in the Northwest.
57lM3
Year: 1867

Whether men reap or SOW the fields,
Her admOnitions nature yields:
That not by bread alone we live,
Or what the hand of flesh can give;
That every day should leave some part
Free for Sabbath of the heart:
So shall the eventh be truly blest
From morn till eve with hallowed rest.
in the Vest.
Year: 1867




Logic of Radicalism-W Drifting.


James Hughes, of Indiana, says the
! Cincinnati Enquirer, is one of the ablest
and most prominent of the Radical lead
ers in that State. He is bold and pos
tive man, of very decided views upon
public questions. He is the Intimate
friend of Morton aud of other Republican
leaders, and is thoroughly acquainted
with their secret views and with the
objects at which they ultimately aim. As
member Of the Indiana Legislature
from Monroe county he lately gave an
account of his stewardship, at Blooming
ton. The Indianapolis Herald had a
special reporter there, who thus reports
the leading portion of his speech:


l am opposed to negro suffrage, not
because they are negroes, or are black,
for those are matters of taste and preju-
dice, but because the right of suffrage
has already been too much extended and
cheapened in this country. While | am
opposed to extending the right of suffrage
to the negroes, am in favor of disfran-
chisiug one half of the white people in
this country. Our fathers committed a
great and fatal mistake in extending as
they did the right of suffrage. All his
tory proves that there is but one interest
that is conservative, and that can be
safely intrusted with the governing
power, and that is the property interest.
When man is possessed of property he
has stake in the country and desires a
strong and stable government, and will
not endanger his property by unwise
legislation or by involving the country in
a war. The great defect in our form of
government has been the want ofstrength
and power in the Federal Government.
1t will be impossible 10 govern this vast
and rapidly increasing country under
| the operation of universal suffrage.
Our system Of government has been
materially and radically changed dur
ing the war, and it can never be
restored TO what it was prior to
the war. The Constitution is not worth
the paper upon which it is written. The
first effect Of universal suffrage will be
TO make the Government more nearly
approach a pure democracy, but this can
not last long We will follow the ex-
ample Of other governments. The strife
Of factions will 70 on until, ultimately,
either the Senate or the President will
assume the control, when We will have a
strong and stable government The
British Government is the best gov
ernment that has ever existed on Gods
earth, and the sooner ours assimilates
itself 20 that Of the British Government,
the bstlor It viii be for the county. i
DO not hesitate 10 declare, no matter how
unpopular Il may be, that II the negro
race, and one-hslf Of the white race, had
good masters and mistresses, they would
be much better OF ans the Government
would be safer aud stronger"


For the truth OF this report the Herald
refers 70 the leading Radicals Of Bloom
ington, and adds that when he concluded
his speech. il vas received with rounds
! or applause. There is little doubt that
Year: 1867

the Radical managers agree substantially
with Mr.. Hughes, and that they are fa-
voring negro suffrage in the belief and
expectation that it will tend TO bring the
whole system Of popular suffrage into
disrepute and odum, and thus pave the


way for its entire abandonment and the
establishment of another form Of govern
meut, in which the people have no share:
Year: 1867

The Union Party Of the STATE California in Convention


nhbie hereby present the people Of this State their
platform and declaration Of party principles:


hcsotrcd, That in the present. IN the past We ~
rhcilably opposed to and to traitors e
attempt Union and control our
srnmen by fraud and treachery from within or force from
without that upon the loyalty Of the Naon tfed anu
proven rely reesaL firmly and forever the bonds
Of our National Union -, . -
should be Justice and architects loyalty and
willing that destroy shond be chosen and
preferred builders il, and until it shall appear that
lately rebellion loyal Committees exist
bic ready administer justice and
with the principles of government OF freedmen, and
equally, wish that the Government
and the Law enorcel By r loyal agents Of the Federal
ernment.


Resolved That in the reeonsructiOn plan Of the late Con-
recognize policy wise agnanmous, and
when the respective States late in rebellion shall bring
themselves within the provisions will welcome them
sisters and receive them equals Union


hesrd That deem the passage by the Legislature Of


law establishing eight hours labor legal work.
emnently just and proper.


Res{red, That the importation of Chinese any other
people Of the Mongolian into the Pacific
ritories IN respect aud degrading
lean competition. and evil that should
legislation and abated by such legal and
a. are in power.


R,se-o That the future primary elections the Union
party In this State should be held provisions Of the
primary election law and that such prescribed
and enforced shall exclude all persons
Union party


Resored Tb. We fully approve the amendments the
Constitution Of the State presented by the Legislature
iStb and providing that the Legislature shall have power
to make an appropriation Of money for purpose whaev
be accepted by the Legislature adopted by people and
become o the of the state