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Year: 1867

The Imperative and even absolute necessity
for railroad communication between the cities
of Van Buren, aud Fort Smith and the East, Is
felt not only by the mercantile world, but by
the country generally. Its good results are
too patent 10 require demonstration. The
road from Fort Smith via Van Buren, 10 the
road from Saint Louis Via Springfield. is the
road of all proposed roads for Northwestern
Arkansas. The great highway Oftrade from
the Pacific to the Atlantic must, Tor many
years, at all events, go by the way of saint
Louis, and in order to rapidly develop our sec
tlon we must put out a Jecfer to that road
from the Arkansas valley. The vast amount
of produce raised IN the border counties of
Arkansas has now almost no outlet at all, and
can have none save by rail. We are far be-
hind the times and must drag heavily in the
march of improvement until we have an out
let TO market. Thi. outlet can be had much
quicker and with smaller pecunlary outlay
by way of Springfield than any other now
suggested. The last Legislature passed an
act amending somewhat the act of incorpora-
ton of 1851, and appropriating $4,000
to make the survey ofthe road. This amount,
we are assured will be paid over by the
State treasurer, rs soon as the company
is fully organized and ready to proceed with
the survey. Then let us begin at once. We
publish elsewhere in this issue a notice of the
opening of books for subscriptions. Come
forward. now, all who desire to see the conn-
try awake from it, lethargy and spring into
full life. Be not afraid-any money you may
expend viii be returned to you an hundred
fold. Let u slumbcr no longer.
Year: 1867

Preparations are being made for the con- cert on Tuesday night next, which ought to ensure it success. In addition to the fine music of higher order.which we may expect from New York performers, there will be music of the old school rendered by the ''old folks themselves in appropriate costume. We have now, also, an excellent or ganwhichwill afford such support to the solos and choruses as we have never yet had in
Year: 1867

nEA It is stated that Binckley Mir. John sons Assistant Attorney Gen. was lately taken into the World office as an editor on recommendation of some one in Washing. ton. Here Binckley soon came to grief His first editorial was rejected and his Washington friend taken to task for recom mending man to such position who was clearly crazy.
Year: 1867

NEW York, September 27.-The Her
ads Richmond special says it has now
become definitely settled that the trial OF
Mr.. Davis will take place at the NOvem-
Der term of the circuit court here. Judge
Chase has expressed his intention OF pre-
siding, and if the rebel ex- president does
not fail 70 come to time on his straw bail,
questions Of great Importance will arise,
which will require all the diplomacy and
ability Of the chief justice to evade aud
decide. The opinion is expressed that
,allOwing Mr.. Davis will appear the
trial will be shirked by the government,
and the prisoner again be set at liberty
Oh bail


There is reason to contradict such an
erroneous impression. Indications lead
to the belief that the trial will be pro-
ceeded with, and mass of the most i'm
pOrtsnt events connected with the his
tory of the rebellion will be disclosed.
The counsel for the defense will demand
a trial, and If the government urge as an
excuse, mot ready,n the court will ex-
press its intention to remain in session q
sufficient time to prepare. Failing in this,
3 nOlle prosequi will then be entered, by
which the discharge of the prisoner may
be effected. The latter is not likely, and
the trial which the nation at large de-
maRd will be proceed ed with. Mr.. Davis
can scarcely be convicted.


Gen. ScOfield has refused to obey a
writ Of habeas corpus, in which the judge
Of the Richmond circuit court ordered an
enlisted minor brought before him for
discharge. sr r.e.
Year: 1867

THE Shasta Courier says the people of Mllville
school district, in that county, have subscribed
over two thousand dollars for the erection Of a
commodious school house, which is to be built
Of freestone and two stories high.
Year: 1867

The editor of the Red Bluff Independent makes
kindly mention of the decease of the Observer,
and only speaks the truth in saying that ii,
was staunch Union paper, and its publisher
a hard working, industrious man.
Year: 1867

A NRw ERA IN AISIxG.-The San Francisco
Bulletin furnished very interesting mining re-
view at the commencement of the year. The au-
thor alludes to the fact that nearly all that has
yet been done in mining is merely experimental
and that the explorations of miners thus far par
take largely of a preliminary nature. This is a
fact. The entire theory and practical operation
in this great industrial enterprise is built upon
the experience of the miner of the Pacific coast.
There is still boundless field for research and
study in regard to the mineral deposits, and no.
where can intelligent labor be so well employed
or more handsomely remunerated. In the course
of the article the writer makes the following ref
erence to the cement mines of Nevada county
a class of mines never yet worked in Trinity, but
which in the opinion of many of our best prac-
tical miners exist here -" Little or nothing was
then known of the gravel and cement beds that,
occupying the channels of ancient rivers, under
lie so large portion of the mineral region and ,
beside which, the early diggings appear so mea-
gre and ephemeral as to scarcely deserve the
name of mines. Nor was the presence of these
prolific gold fields, lying deep in the cavernous
bowels of the earth, made sure without much re-
search and toll years of patient labor and the
expenditure of large sums of money having been
required to ascertain their position and bring
them to light
Year: 1867

THE WEATHER.-The first frost of the season
of sufficient severity to harden the ground, visit
ed this section Thursday night. 1t rained
almost continuously for two months, the wealth
er during the time being warm and pleasant
more favorable mining season, thus far, never
was enjoyed in the Weavervile Basin. The sur
rounding hills are at present covered with few
inches of snow, but on the high mountains the
depth cannot be estimated. The hard frost of
last night will shorten the supply of water for
the present, but the mild weather and sun-shiny
days of February will soon bring abundance
again. The heavy rain of last week did mischief
to some claims and bitches, but nothing of
rous nature, that we can learn. Considering
the great amount of rain which has fallen, min
ers and ditch owners have been unusually for
tunate this winter.
Year: 1867

BIDwELL FOR GovERSoR.-The Chico Courvnt.
printed at General Bidwell's home, has the fol-
lowing =" A friend in Sacramento, who is con-
nected with the press, and well posted, writes US
that General Bidwell is the only man talked of
there for Governor, and that his success. if he
consents to be candidate, is beyond peradven-
ture-in fact if the general voice of the people
has anything to do with nominations, the Cen
eral will be almost the unanimous choice of the
Union party, at least, and even Democrats admit
that the State would be honored in such choice
and his majority would be greater than that of
any other man that the party could nominate
General Bidwell will accept the nomination for
Governor with pride, but he will not compromise
his self-respect and independence to secure a
nomination. He will make no bargains and
sales, but will accept the nomination as the ex-
pressed will of the people, and not the sharp
practice of political chicanery and wire-puling.
The General is right, and we hope for once to
see the people take the matter of nominations
into their own hands, and not suffer Governor
ships to be traded for U. S. Senatorships, and
vice versa, and every other petty Office in the
State be mixed up with, and depend upon the
sale of the Office of Governor"
Year: 1867

TIE republicans now deny that they ever
thought of impeachment How long will
it be, before they will declare that they
never had any want Of confidence in the
patriotism and integrity Of Andrew John
son. ..H.
Year: 1867

SAD MIsroRU-SE-Ay youRg lady OF
Canandaigua, y Y, went TO a dentist
10 have some teeth extracted, and IN the
operation he cracked her Jaw, but She be-
ing under the influence Of ChlorUfoIm,
was insensible 10 her misfortune. The
dentist lid not discover it, but attempted
10 extract another tooth, pulling out 4
piece of the jaw bone of sufficient size 10
contain two teeth. by this time she be
gan TO recover from the effects of the
opiates, and they were again admins
tered and a physician and surgeon being
Immediately summoned, her Jaw was
set. About SIX weeks after, the young
lady (being Obliged TO breakfast, dine
and sup on grueD WAS informed 10y her
physician in attendance that she might
loosen the bandage and commence to use
her Jaw, which being done. she found
that her Jaws were set and after VAIN
efforts TO operate them they gave up in
despair, feeling that they were locked
forever.
Year: 1867

A young lady went out with a rather
timid beau sleighing one evening, re-
marking TO him that She seldom went
ont sleighing but she GOT chaps on her
lips, The young man took tLo hint and
| lchapped.
Year: 1867

People not we'll posted in biblical
lore should be a little careful how they
quote from memory. Very grave mis-
takes have occurred before now; but
the following, told by Mark Twain,
shows conclusively that different COM
mandments refer to different things,
and that the captain unwittingly made
confession:


why, Captain, you appear to have
a very bad cold


Yes, madam said the captain, who
. is fond of working in his garden early
in the morning, in his shirt sleeves, Il
suppose deserve it. caught it while
breaking the Seventh Commandment,
lat Sunday


The party male and female started,
and looked blank; and then the lady
who had brought out the remark said,
as well as a choking fit of laughter
would let her,


We'll upon my word, captain, con-
sdering the unusual circumstances of
the case, and your present surround
ings, it was hardly necessary for you
to enter SO much into particulars


When the innocent captain got home,
he found, to his dismay, that the Sew
enth Commandment does not say, Re
member the Sabbath day to keep it
holyp
Year: 1867

Royal palaces are rarely the homes
of high virtue or true happiness, and
the daughters of George III seemed
to have been impatient of the burdens
imposed by court.etiquette, if one may
judge from the following extract:


The daughters Of George III were
often weary of court etiquette, and
used to get rid of it by spending their
mornings at Frogmore, near Windsor,
small establishment, where they en-
joyed rural pleasures, and were never
intruded on by company. There they
had their dumb pets, and fed their own
chickens, ran out and in unattended,
and were entirely free from the tram
mels of royalty. l have been there
just after they had left the place, and
found their work and their books lying
around, and everything looking like
the home of private family The wife
of an officer in the army, who had
apartments in Windsor Castle, said
that the princesses would escape into
her room sometimes, and beg for
glass Of beer to quench their thirst,
alleging as a reason for their doing SO,
that if they asked for it in their own
home, they must wait for barrel to
be tapped, and that would cause new
office to be created, for serving beer
to them between meals, and that bar
rel would become the perquisite of
some one Of the household, and fresh
barrel of beer would be tapped every
time glass of beer was called for So
great was the discomfort of a royal
household in those days. The great
good sense of Queen Victoria has al
tered many ofthese things for the bot
ter.
Year: 1867




LOVE, LIKE THE GRAVE, A GREAT LEVEL


ER-THE DAUGHTER OF AN ARIsToCRAT


ELoPEs WITH MECHANIC.


Some time ago a wealthy gentleman
of this city (who had once followed
the river for profession, but had re-
tired from active life on his wealth
and his laurels) employed some car.
penters to repair his palatial residence.
He has Cor rather had, for she now
isn't his'n) a beautiful and accomplished
daughter. She saw one of the hands
1--WE are requested to suppress real
names for obvious reasons, and will
consequently substitute fictitious in Or
der to preserve the unities of our story)
who is model of manly beauty. She
looked upon him and loved him. There
is species of electricity between two
young hearts. When the attraction
begins it is neither centrifugal nor GEN.
tripetal, but both, and a good deal of
each. She saw that he was too modest
to make the first advance, and so she
broke the ice by inviting him into the
dining room to partake of refreshments.
She drew him into conversation, and
bacame satisfied he was no fool In
| deed he possessed graces of person,
mind and character that might we'll
have been envied by many a scion of
arlstocracy who would be offended if
mechanic passed between them and
their nobility. She knew that her
lover (for he acknowledged that he
returned her passion) would not be
allowed to enter the parental residence,
and so, when she met him on the street
she not only recognized him, but ac-
tually made appointments for him to
meet her on the street and accompany
her to certain fashionable church, of
which she was a member and constant
attendant Thus it went on, in stolen
interviews, until last Tuesday night,
when she left her fathers roof and
cloped with her mechanic lover They
were traced to Jacksonville yester-
day morning, but too late to arrest
their fight. They have gone to Gin
cinnati or some other point east, and
ere this have been joined in the holy
bonds of wedlock Of course there
was a good deal Of excitement and a
good deal of modification in the fam.
lily; but we advise her parents to make
the best of that which cannot be helped.
We have taken some pains to inquire
into the young mans character, and
we assure them that they have secured
one of natures noblemen for son in.
law, even if he is Observation-Disclosures
UiHe Journal.
Year: 1867

BY N. P WILLIS.
love to look on n scene like this
VI wild and careless play,
And persuade myself that am not old
ana my locks are not yet gray;
FOR 1t strs the blood of an old mans heart.
-, And makes his pulses fy.
IL catch the thrill of happy voice
And the light of pleasant eye
have walked the world for four score years,
~ And they say that am old
4hat my heart is ripe for the reaper Death,
ANA my years are well nigh told.
IL IS very true-it is very true


am old, and bide nv time"
But my heart will leap at a scene like this.
And half renew my prime.
fiay onl play on! ! am with you there
In the midst of your merry ring;
can feel the thrill Of the daring iump
AND the rush of the breathless swing
hlde with you in the fragrant hay
And whoop the smothered call,
Ana my feet slip up on the seedy floor,
And care not for the fall.
am willing to die when my time shall come,
And shall be glad to 90
For the world, at best, is n weary place,
And my pulse * getting low;
But the grave is dark, and the heart will fail
In treading its gloomy way;
And II wlles my breast from its dreariness
10 see the young so gay.
Year: 1867

We are assured by the Directors Of the Union
Pacific Railroad that the railway from the Mis-
souri, to the Pacific Will be completed In 1870,
that in three years from this date the time from
New York to San Francisco will be less than
week. 1t is hard to realize that so great q dis
tance may be accomplished in so short time;
but the results thus far attained by the Union
Pacific Railroad Company are such as to in
spire strong confidence In the fulhlment of its
promises. Thus we find that the road is now
In complete order and active operation for 525
miles west from Omaha; and the practical
beueht to be derived from this fact win be we'll
illustrated TO. day or tomorrow by the receipt
of foreign mails which LEFT San Francisco only
fourteen days ago. When the time usually
occupied in the transit of mails and passengers
from that city to this is considered, the Inn
mense advantages offered by this railway route
are apparent to every business man. Even O
saving OF single day will determine the mer-
chants choice OF routes for the sending or
bringing OF mails or freights; and when, as in
this case, the railroad running from Omaha to
the Rocky Mountains effects a saving of more
than q week in the time between the Pacific
and Atlantic ports, its value to the mercantile
community can hardly be calculated. From
San Francisco to New York In fifteen days is
an achievement worth celebrating.-N Y
Year: 1867

We have received the gratifying information
that the gallant Sidney De Kay, wounded, 1t was
supposed mortally, In Crete, was doing we'll at
and appears to be in fair way to recover un.
mutilated-perhaps to do further generous ser
vice In the cause OF his adoption.
Year: 1867

These results show that Tammany rules the
roost; that Mozart Hall may be pronounced a
defunct institution that for at least
another year or Two the taxes and spoliations
the general shaking up OF the Presidential
election can make break In the spoils and
plumber combinations and their wheels within
wheels Of this metropolis.
Year: 1867

The Union Party of the State of California
in Convention assembled. hereby present to
the people of this State their platform and
declaration of party principles


Resolred, That in the present, as in the
past, we are irreconcilably opposed to treason
and to traitors, whether the same shall at
tempt to subvert our Union and control our
Government by fraud and treachery from
within, or force from without; and that up
on the loyalty of the Nation, tried and prov
en-, we rely to re-establish firmly and forever
the bonds of our National Union.


ResolUed. That in reconstructing the Ma
tion its foundation should be justice and its
architect loyalty, and we are not willing
that those so active to destroy should be
chosen and preferred builders to erect it. and
until it shall appear that in the States lately
in rebellion loyal Committees exist. capable
and ready to administer Justice and enforce
law in accordance with the principles of
government of freemen, and equally is it our
wish that the Government be administered
and the law enforced by the loyal agents of
the Federal Government.


ResolUed, That in the reconstruction plan
of the late Congress we recognize policy as
wise as it is magnanimous, and when the re-
spective States late in rebellion shall bring
themselves within its provisions. we will
welcome them as sisters. and receive them as
equals in a reconstructed Union.


Resolued. That we deem the passage by the
Legislature of law establishing eight hours
labor as a legal days work, eminently just
and proper.


Resolred. That the importation of Chinese
or any other people of the Mongolian race
into the Pacific States or Territories, is in
every respect injurious and degrading to
American labor, by forcing it into unjust and
ruinous competition, and an evil that should
be restricted by legislation and abated by
such legal and constitutional means as are in
our power.


Resoired, That the future primary elections
of the Union party in this State should be
held under the provisions of the primary
election law, and that such test should be
prescribed and enforced as shall exclude all
persons not members of the Union party.


ResoIred, That we fully approve the amend
ment to the Constitution of the State, pre-
sented by the Legislature of 1866, and pro-
viding that the Legislature shall have no
power to make an appropriation of money
for any purpose whatever, for period longer
than two years; that the same should be ac-
eepted by the Legislature, adopted by the
people and become part of the Constitution
of the State.
Year: 1867

Up hill-but up to light,
As recompense for all the wayside tolls,


In climbing out of night
To win from struggling life immortal spoils.


Up hill-but up to peace,
The land forever tranquil ard serene,


Where tears and sorrows cease,
And no dark wave of troubling care is seen.


Up hill-but up to bliss.
To be forever free from stains of sin,


When earth's last good night kiss
Becomes the seal of Heavens glad wei


come in


Up hill-but up to life
A life which never wearies nor grows old,


Unvexed by care and strife;
Immortal in the shining upper fold.


Up hill-but to my home,
To father and the dear ones of my love!


A stranger here l roam,
But still press up to that high home above
Year: 1867

Stanton. The contents of the letter have not
been made public, nor exhibited to any one,
but enough is known ofits character to warrant
financial patriotic, and other considera-
tions, not TO make the removal. To this
the President replied at length in O letter cover
ing ten or twelve pages of PAPER. He argued
the case in his usual style, and closed with q
reiteratton Of his determination. This cores
pondence ought all to be made public. The
paper is pure guess work, the invention of the
correspondents own brain, and unreliable in
every point General Grant was to-day be-
sieged by representatives of the press, who were
anxious to obtain copies OF the letters. He
declined to have interviews with any of them
Year: 1867

How strange it seems with so much gone
Of life and love, to still live on i7 T.
All, brother. only and thou


Are left of all that circle now
The dear home faces whereupon
That fitful freight paled and shone,
Henceforward, hasten as we will,
The voices Of that hearth are still;
Look where we may the wide earth DER
Those lighted faces shine no more.
We tread the paths their feet hath worn,
We sit beneath the orchard trees,
We hear like them the hum of bees
And rustic of the bladed corn;


We turn the pages they have read,
Their written words we hnger Ger
But in the sun they cast no shade,
No voice is heard. no sign is made,
No step is on the conscious floor! 'l d.
Yet love will dream, and faith will trust
Since he who knows our need is just,
That somehow, somewhere, meet we must
The stars shine through the cypress trees
Where hopeless he lays his head away,
Nor looks 20 see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play! ~
Who hath not learned in hours of faith,
The truth to flesh and sense unkno own,
That Life is ever Lord of Death,


And love can never lose its own!