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Year: 1866

Father, dear father, come home with me now
The clock in the steeple strikes one
You said you were coming right home from the


shop


As soon as your days work was done.
Our fire has gone out-our house is all dark
And mothers been watching since tea,
With poor Benny, so sick, in her arms,
And no one TO help her but me.


Come home come home come homol


Please, father, dear father, come homei
FatherT dear father come home with me now
The clock In the steeple strikes two
The night has grown colder-and Benny is worse
But he ms been calling for you.
Indeed, he is worse-ma SAYS he will die
Perhaps before morning shall dawn
And this is the message she seut me TO bring
Come quickly, or he will be gone
Father, dear father, come home with me now
The clock in the steeple strikes three;
The house is so lonely-the hours are so long
For poor weeping mother and mel
Yes, we are alone-poOr Benny is deadi
And gone with the angels Of light
And these were the very last words that he said
"I want TO kiss papa tonight"


Come home come home come homel


Please father, dear father, come home
Hear the sweet voice Of the child,


Which the nght-winds repeat as they roam
Oh who could resist the most plantive OF prayers
Please, father, dear father, come home
Year: 1866

WAsIiISGToS, July "A communication from
the Secretary of War; in response to resolution
of the senate enclosed report from Gen. Dyer,
chief OF ordnance, in which the latter says Harper
Ferry cannot, in his opinion he ever again used
to advantage for the manufacture of arms. The
detention of the property of the United States at
that point is not meet ssary or advantageous to
the public interests, beyond tile temporary use OF
so much us may be required for the orndance de-
partment. And he recommends that as soon as
that department can be broken up, all the public
land, buildings aud other property there be sold,
and the proceeds of the sale be applied to the con-
struction of,the armory in the West as now 'au-
thorized aud directed by law to be established.
Year: 1866

SOMETIME ago the Louisville Journal in its
magnanimity advocated the extension of the
right Of suffrage to traitors and returned
secesh soldiers of Kentucky. The people Of
Kentucky adopted the Journals advice, and
the secesh are about to take everything into
their own hands. And now the Journal 10
shreking over rebel insolence and rebel ma
lignity and exclusiveness ond exhorting Union
men of all shades to unite and save Kentucky
from rebel domination, from the policy and
the rule of the vengefnl seccsh who have no
love even for conservative Union men.


The exhortations of the Journal came too
late for Kentucky that is gone past hope, we
fear, but the Union men of all shades, and
the conservative men, especially of the loyal
States should take from the example Of Ken.
lucky, not to surrender the control OF the
legislation and government Of the United
States, to the hands Of these same vindictive
rebels, and their Copperhead allies who have
many an old grudge against Union soldiers,
"Lincoln's minions,' as they used to call
them, and the loyal men who stood by these
soldiers.
Year: 1866

We hear IL rumored on the streets that this
infamous combination of had men, have put
certain names forward for official positions;
among therest we hear of men who are NOM
mated as candidates for the Legislature. His
tory tells us Of league" composed of the
most unscrupulous and blood-thirsty men, un-
der charge of an "old man. called the Z" old
man of the mountain;" his band. for very
pertinent reasons, was named the assassins."
This Union League comes as near being fac
si,aie of the old mans" band as any we
have ever heard Of. During the war, when
the scum ofSSciety flOatcd to the surface, and
honest men were murdered because they
would not join hlor connive at the unmitiga-
ted atrocities of infamous thieves and miser-
able scoundrels. this "Union League" was
born and grey into formidable proportions.
Honest men were marked and ordered from
their homes and falling failing to obey the mandates
of this veiled monster. were brutally murder
ed. John /. johnson. rs good citizen as
there was in Fort Smith. was called out and
foully murdered on the portals of his own
house, and in the presence of his own family.
at they, Nest Of this same Union League by
some Of their hired assassins. Three of our
staunch and high-toned citizens. Of this place,
were put under the ban of this eXecrable
League" because they refused to vote in a
certain farce of an election on the Constitu-
ton. Steps were taken in the meeting of the
Union League" to have these three men of
whom we speak, banished from their homes.
One of the most detestable features in this bu-
siness is that some of the leading men, or. at
all events. they are said to be leading men, in
this infamous League are men who were
permitted by the magnanimity of the south
ern people to remain in our town, and con-
duct their business. when we knew them to
be the most miserable abolitionists. and could
easily. under the pressure of the times, have
been driven from among us.


All we have to say upon this subject is this.
If the people of Crawford County desire to
continue the miserable, ignorant, and worse
than all. corrupt men in power; if they desire
to send men to the Legislature who belong to
the party who fastened upon them the pres
ent enormous rate of taxation; who foisted
upon them the expense of paying the salary
of an Adjutant General for old Murphy
amounting to from four to five thousand dol
lars per year. besides many other superfluous
expensive and ridiculous officers; if they wish
to see one dollar on every hundred of their
property pocketed by the sharpers of this
same party. then we say vote for the Union
League Candidates. 1t is estimated that there
will be 100000 surplus money accruing from
the present enormous taxation. Send the
Union League Candidates. and you will find
the old system of stealing kept up. and no
one, save the drones about the governmental
wheels, will ever receive one dollar Of the sur
plus. This is matter the people certainly
and it's now for them to decide,


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Year: 1866

I. We ersgret- TO learn that this No. l boat was
sunk on Friday night the 22d inst while on
her way from Little Rock. She picked up a
fioatingIog in Hog Thief Bend. Knocking a
hole into her which caused her to sink in a
very few minutes. No lives were lost. Boat
and cargo are a total loss. The place of the
accident is some six miles above Galley Rock,
The Hall was very heavily loaded-too much
so for this stage of water. She had on board
the freight of the. Minnie from ST. Louis, re-
shipped at Little Rock. @ t
Year: 1866

tB Capt. LEVI CHAPMAN came verv near
meeting with a serious accident on Tues
dey morning last. He had just mounted a
horse, for short ride. and before he had got
mlrly seated in the saddle, the horse started
on a rum and the captain was thrown on to
the pavement In front of Roberts tin shop,
Although stunned by the fall we are glad to
Know that with the exception of few slight
bruises he is not seriously injured, and will
be all right again in few days.
Year: 1866

As Gov. Murphy has not seen fit to an
nouncc to the people the important fact that
all persons, whether formerly attached to the
Southern cause or not who possess the Con-
stitutional requirements. are entitled to vote


in the coming August election. we hereby
make il known to all. at the sham election
held some time ago, after the surrender great
pains were taken to have the people posted as
to who could and who could not vote.
Then the infamous "test oath was requir-
ed, before a free white male citizen could
exercise the right of voting. The Supreme
Court having wiped this disgraceful act from
the Statute Book, men who were attached to
the Southern army are not insulted by ignor-
ant chance-ofiicials, and can all vote. Some OF
the shallow-pated ones are. we learn, attemp-
ting to create the impression that those who
were in the Southern army must have taken
the "amnesty oath" six months before the
election i'm order to be entitled to vote. Ihls
is almost too absurd to refer to, but lest these
snakes in the grass should, by reason Of the
position they may occupy, succeed in impos-
ing upon the over credulons, we say to all who
are free, who are white, who are males and
twenty-one years of age. and have been resi-
ding in the State six months. "go to the polls
in August next and VOTE" Be not deferred
by any gabbling Of corrupt officials or other
parties. They are miserable time-serrers who
have accidently and unfortunately for the
country, been forced upon us, are resorting to
every disbonorable means to deceive the peo-
pie into permitting their sort to remain in Of
flee. We say to the people turn your backs
on all such, and declare. by your votes, that
YOU ca mot trust those who could be guilty
of enacting such odious laws as now disgrace
our statute book. They are unworthy the
confidence Of either party. Men capable of
such conduct. would have no hesitation in Vi
olating any right the people have. They may
attempt to excuse themselves by saying cir
cumstances justified these acts. If so why did
they not make them to cease after cessation of
hostilities. They could have so limited them.
No those laws are but the offspring of malig-
nant hatred and diabolical corruption. They
1iV paw uuN PtiSOi W ehO piNS'""'hN
now being enacted in the city ofWashington.
They intended to impose disabilities upon
class of their fellow-citizens that should crush
and oppress them for an unlimited time


Do not listen, then, to the folly of these
creatures. Go to the polls and cast your
votes like men. THE grounaswell Of popular
Indignation Is fast Overtaking these fellows,
and soon the people will pronounce Judge
ment of eternal condemnation against them.
Remember that you owe them no thanks 70.
not placing us In the terrible condition of our
sister State Missouri. lfthe batch of preten-
ded delegates to our Convention had had
brains enough to make such Constitution as
they wished. then they would have had the
people of Arkansas in the same deplorable
condition of the people of Missouri. This
was one case where Ignorance was bliss"
not to Its possessor, but to the people of the
State.
Year: 1866

accept the call to become a candidate. at
the next General Election for the Office OF
Judge Of the Supreme Court. Whilst can
not but feel diffident Of my ability to fiji that
position fully. end with entire satisfaction to
myself and Others, think may, without un-
due assumption, promise that if elected. will
devote whatever of capacity may possess to
the faithful, honest and impartial discharge
of the duties of the office.


g- LIE. BARBER.
little Rock. June Z. 1866.
Year: 1866

that the President was inconsistent. and
changed his opinion with reference TO a
great measure and a great principle, is no
reason why Il Senator Or Representative
who had acted understandingly should
change his opinion. he said: Il hope the
Senate and House Of Representatives. who
have sanctioned the bill by more than a
two-thirls majority, will, according TO the
Constitution. exercise their privilege and
power. and let the bill become law of
the land, according TO the high behest Of
the American people,"
Year: 1866

Notwithstanding the frequent exposures
which gilt enterprise swinilers have re
ceived in the public press. they appear TO
flourish as heretofore. bearing out tho old
adage that .a- long a. there are fools in
the world there will always be knayes.''
Year: 1866

The following article from the N. Y.
Tribune meets our Views exactly. The
banks are abundantly able to pay,
where properly managed, and, SO far
as our observation extends, they are
perfectly willing. The Tribune says :


1t has been legally settled that the ex-
emption of National securities from Federal,
State or local taxation, does not empt
Bank stocks from such taxation, though the
capital of the Banks may he mainly vested
in those securities. mother words par
ticuIar use of those obligations is taxable,
though the securities themselves are not
The Government guarantees the holders
against taxation to the extent of a single
profit if they undertake to make second
on the same capital they must pay their
taxes on this use, like other people.


We hear with surprise that certain bank
ers are seeking TO have this most righteous
and wholesome adjudication subverted by
act Of Congress. We do not fear that they
will prevail; but we none the less regret the
attempt. Our National Banks, wherever
decently managed, have done well for their
stockholders. We hope they will continue
to do so. But we have very heavy debt
to shoulder, and no business is better able
to pay its part than that of Banking. 1t
will have to pay, and il may better do SO
with good grace. Let thore be no wry
faces, but general resolve to meet the re-
quirement heartily, manfully, and pay the
taxes.
Year: 1866

the moral and political corruption which has
long prevailed at the federal capital. Seek
ino after the emoluments and notoriety OF
places in the gift of the federal government
has always had q demoralizing influence mill
Eating directly and powerfully againsta whole
some and necessary local and State pride. II
our men of ability and worth are now to LOOK
for honors only at the hands OF their own
patriot neighbors and only in duties to be dis
charged at home tits al the better for them


Another cause of disquietude is the dispo-
sition of our people to contrast their present
poverty with the comparative wealth and
prosperity of the North. Yet if our people
will cultivate proper pride they will cease to
envy the prosperity Of the North, and Will
value their poor neighbors in rags as i'm
measurably above their late enemies, though
plated in gold or smothered in luxury.
Poverty though inconvenient is only disgrace
| full when the result of vice-the destltutlon
resulting from the sacrifices Of patriotism is
cause for Just pride We are not mendi-
cants and ought not to provoke the ostenta-
tious sympathy and insulting show of charity
with which some people VIII mock at our
repining and laugh at our calamity. While
extending a sincere welcome to capital from
any quarter in the hands of good men seek
ing a profitable Southern Investment, we ask
nothing from their bounty even TO feed the
! starving negroes who are in our midst. We
may let New England know, for it is true }
that the best of the patriot people Of the
South are prouder to-day of their compara-


tive poverty than they ever were in prosper
Gus days Of That wealth which excited North


ern cupidity.


Much gratuitious disquietude results from
The inability to become raconciled to the
changed relation between the negroes and


their late owners, and from the great difficulty
experienced in getting from them efficient
labor for fair wages. In this matter too much
has been anticipated and too great impatience


shown. The actual fact is that the white
people Of the South would be put to very con


siderable inconvenience if the whole race ot
freedmen were all at once sent to Africa. The
great trouble is that there are too many un


productive hands Since the freedmen, il


one way and another, will consume as mucl
as they earn the prosperity Of the white poo
pie will depend upon their own personal eS
: ertions Labor is not hardship, In som
= form it is essential to happiness There cal
be little morality, virtue, progress, prosperity
e independence or civilization without it.
Year: 1866




After the crisis of malignant disease, there
comes o time when the exhausted patient
ceases to require active medicines, and only
needs such repose as will give full effect to
country is in like convalescent state safe,
but weak languid and listless, but tranquil
and composed -shriveled III muscle, depleted
in circulation, exhausted in flesh, and pros
trate in energy, yet slowly returning to a
normal condition and gradually resuming its
accustomed strength. Our States now need
no medicines They require neither the nos
trums of the bureau, nor the tonics of poll
tieians, nor the dry-nursing of missionary
school MAINS, nor congressional emetics, nor
military blisters Nothing is needed but an
entire freedom from interference from abroad
and profound repose. Our States never de-
sired anything SO yehemently as to be let
alone; now, to relieve the ills foreign inter
meddling has caused, they need nothing SO
much as cessation of all foreign interference
first, and supreme internal quietude after
wards. Although we are not able to repel or
evade the evils that come from abroad, it is in
our power to remain quiescent, and to main
tain dignifed and wholesome repose under
the inevitable infiction, The remedy is not
IN our hands, we are not responsible for the
evil, we cannot lessen it by complaints, we
cannot mitigate it by agitation, and it is a
useless sacrifce of dignity and selfrespeet to
demonstrate Or repine. The cure must come
from other quarters. Having once put forth
our utmost strength in vain to ward off an i'm
Ipendinge evil, it becomes us to bear with heroic
silence the misfortune which heroic yaIor
could not prevent


One cause Of disqdietude will be avoided by
simply ignoring federal politics and politi-
clans The South never received anything
good from Washington even while Southern
representatives exercised their due Influence
in federal legislation and when The government
was welded by friends, There is no excuse
now for Southern gentlemen to fawn and in
trigue for admission as Representatives in the
fractional body which claims to be the Con-
gress of the United States There was never
any gain accFuiug from Southern contact with
Year: 1866

mot legal 10 hold such meetings within milo Of TIE
houses in order TO petition Parliament However Sir
Richard Mayne the Chief Commissioner OF Police has
IN the matter into hands and has issued his
dkase that meetings are TO be held In spite of tni
the people are ned TO hold meeting ON Monday,
In order to test the legal OF Sir Richard Mayne,
ard 1t Ia not impossible that something viii occur which
may permit the be carried into the Queens Bench
There s no question important for us TO have SEP
tied for whenever the pubic mind 10 mucn DISTURBED
Nayne always comes up the surface In order TO defeat
the constitutional expression OF opinion.


cLmsgr DANGERS


The poston IS DANGEROUS for Lord Derby. Either he
must say he VIII introduce reform bill, which
case he Is out OF Office month"; lie must promise
b, and that bin must al least be liberal Mr. Glad
stone 8 or he has chance of keeping IN office IL
would be idle attempt 10 pass bill Ike thai OF 1859,
and useless 10 try new series Of fancy
franchises Then. II Lord Derby Is to intro.
duoe hill liberal as Mr Gladstone g,
now can tho tories fairly take Office, for the very same
seven pound clause in beroughs It's equivalent must
be included and there would remain the fairness Of
the conduct of the opposition open Tor discussion IL
would be said that the opposition TO this bill had been
factious, aud that result had been obtained py
change Of government except years delay 10 'ne
tories.


There s therefore, little chance Tor Lord Derby OF
even his son Lord Stanley. Perhaps the crisis may
end by some decent respectable good old whig OF 1855
| forming temporary administration. man like the
Duke OF Somerset or the Earl OF Clarendon great
nonenty like Lord Granville might do this and then IN
| q year when The two demcral'Zed parties had re-
covered their political health and lines were drawn
Mr. Gladstone may again como 10 tho top. We shal
have really strong administration til there has peer
q general election When the country has selected ane
chosen the TO represent reform and conservative
principles the battle will be cloee, short and sharp bu
| in the end the reform bin will be carried.
Year: 1866

4 don't see anything the matter with
this plum pudding said fellow at q
thanksgiving dinner. Well, who said
there wasp growled out. his neighbor.
why, said the first, 4 concluded there.
was yen all seem to be running it down
Year: 1866

The wife of GaribaIdi was a woman of
extraordinary daring aud bravery. short
time after their marriage, she wsht through
an engagement at sea, with her husband,
refusing 10 so ashore, and dnring the fighi
would stay nowhere but On deck where she
welded a carbne and cheered the men
In the heat of The battle she was standing
on deck, fiourishns a saber, ard inspiring
the men 10 deeds of valor, when she was
knocked down by the wind OF canon ball
that had killed TWO men standing by her
side. Garioadi was spfingiIg forward 10
her, thinking that he would find her corpse
when she rose TO her feet, covered with the
blood OF the men who had fallen close 10
her, but quite unhur. He begged her 10 60
below and remain there till the action was
over. 81 will GO below" was her reply,
''but only 10 drive out the sneaking towards
who are skulking Ihere;" for only few
seconds before she had seen three men
leave The deck and hurry rapidly down the
halchway, SO as 10 escape ont OF danger of
the storm OF bullets that was sweeping the
deck. And going below, che Immediately
alter re-appeared, driving before her the
three men, overcome with shame that they
should have been surpassed ia courage By
a woman.
Year: 1866

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Very Respectfully, Yours
Year: 1866

MIyING.-We hear that the upper end of the
county is just thawing out, and that the pros
poets for good mining season about Trinity
Center were never better. At Minersyile but
little has been done yet on account of deep snow
We are informed that Mead & Ellis. in the old
Fred Leach claim, have struck the old French
Gulch lead, and that their dggngs are doing
the fair thing in return for their labor From
what we learn Fred. is loser to the tune of
nearly $4,000 since he abandoned that claim for
one in Humboldt. last autumn The fact will be
more consoiing TO the present owners than to
him, probably. Ga Buckeye Creek. this side of
Bates ranch. sam Griffith not long since picked
up a sample of pure gold weighing a triiie less
than sixteen ounces. The miners on that stream
have had fine slnicing season, and water will
be plenty for two months vet. Wm. Ruch, from
Kellogg diggings, Hay Fork, informs us that
it has been 4 splendid working season, and that
water fer slucing will last until August The
gold yield in that section will be large this year
This has undoubtedly been the most favorable
mining season for most localities in this county
ever known. From present appearances water
will be plenty everywhere until July. Send us
mining items.
Year: 1866

AcqrITrEp.-ln the County Court, this week,
the jury in the case of The People VS.. China
man, TOR assault with intent to kill Allen Butler,
returned verdict of not guilty, and the prison
was discharged
Year: 1866

ARTICLES OF AssocIAT1oN.-The Red Bluff Oh
serrer publishes the constitution and bylaws of
the Teamsters' Association, lately organized
there We shall print the most requisite portion
of them next week
Year: 1866

JusT THE TnouBLE.-The american Flag hits
the nail square on the head when it says - The
Alta regrets that the Specific Contract question
has created prejudice in the country against
the city, and says that . city and country on ght
to 90 hand in hand All, there's the trouble,
mistress Alta. They have been going hand in
hand until the grasping hand of the city has so
hugely expanded as to crush and shrivel the hon
est hand Of the country. and press from its pow
crless fingers the best vitality of the State