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Year: 1866

HORSESHOE BEND.-Four or five workmen
are busily engaged in clearing away the
debris which accumulated in the tunnel dur
ing the winter, and in few days more the
waters of the Sacramento will be turned
from their regular channel, and several hun
dred yards of rich mining ground laid bare.
Quite number contemplate going up from
here to witness the knocking out of the head
dam which is to let the water into the tunnel.
Year: 1866

The MoRMoNs.-From the publisbed re.
port OF the committee appointed by Congress
to examine into Utah affairs, it is evident
that the Mormon problem is not very easy
one to solve. At first the committee discuss.
ed the plan of breaking up the institution of
polygamy by abolishing the present Terrific
rial Government, and substituting military
one in its stead, with General Connor at its
head, but tbs proposition was dismissed
Then it was proposed to divide the Territory
by attaching portions of it to Nevada and
adjoining Territories. But that idea was
also abandoned as impracticable and the
committee finally disbanded without coming
to any definite conclusion in regard to the
solution of the question.
Year: 1866

MAMMoTH.-On Wednesday the Mammoth
Companylrun a couple of tuns of rock from
the Harrison lode through their mill, and
cleaned up thirty-six ounces of amalgam as
the result. This amalgam will probably
assay as high as five dollars per ounce, which
will amount to $3.50 for the two tuns. The
company have 20 tuns of the same quality
of rock lying at the mill, which will now be
kept going night and day.
Year: 1866

The Union State Central Committee held
a special meeting in San Francisco this
week, and instructed our Congressional del
egation to attend the Southern Unionists'
Convention, to be held in Philadelphia on the
sympathy and approval of the loyal people
of California.
Year: 1866

FATAL AccrDENr.-Harvey Lee, Judge of
the Sixteenth Judicial District of this State.
met with an accident at Sacramento on Sun
day last. which resulted in his death. He
was driving a span of horses in buggy
around the Union Race Course, and urging
them on at full speed. when he was thrown
out and his skull fractured. He died in
about four hours after the accident
Year: 1866

No PLACE FOR THEM.-Johnson and Sew
ard have announced that they will attend
and take part in the Douglas monumental
ceremonies at Chicago next month. Ii hie
could only return to reanimate the form u
the illustrious dead, and Douglas couio arise
amid the scene, he would administer re.
buke to the two recreant functionaries tna'
would send them back to their deserted posts
in shame and dismay. These treason re-
vivers and unprincipled betrayers Oh Tue
people. trust have no right to approach 'ne
spot where the remains of such true and
fearless patriot as Douglas lies entOmbed,
Rather let the place, on that OCCASION be
sacred to the tread of those loyal sons ef
liberty whose brows are decked with the
fadeless laurels of freedom, and whose hearts
remain true to the principles which Douglas
commended even with his dying breath.
Year: 1866

Would you like to know the secrets
OF your neighbor's house and life
How he lives or how he doesn't,
And just how he treats his wife !?
How he spends his time of leisure,
Whether sorrowful or gay,
And where he goes Tor pleasure
To the concert or the play?


If you wish it | will tell you


Let me whisper to you sly
If your neighaor is but civil,


1t is not yoCr business WHY.
In short. instead of prying
into other folks affairs,
If you do your own but justice,
You will have no time for theirs.
Be attentive 10 such matters
As concern yourself alone,
And whatever fortune hatters
Let your business be your own.


One word by way OF fnis-


Let me whisper 10 you sly
If you wish to be respected,


You should cease to be PRY.
Year: 1866

The RICHMOND EXAMINER GEN. GRANT AND
THE "CoPPERHEAD' NEwsPAPERs.--NIr Pollard,
the editor of the Richmond Examiner, having re-
sumed publication Of his paper, states in the Sc
cond issue some additional facts relative to the
late suppression and resumption of that journal
He gives the following the text of his letter to
the President asking to continue the paper eff
the publication of the Richmond EetAsiee, is per-
mitted to be resumed, promise that it shall sup
port the Union, the constitution and the laws, and
the policy of your administration.


To the public Mr.. Pollard says ..a-s-
81 made the promise i'll good faith, of my own
free will and accord, and shall faithfully and hon
orably keep it. knew nothing of Gen. Grants
order for the release of the Office until read it in
the papers. I saw that officer but once when he
refused emphatically to revoke the order for the
seizure of The office. It was evident that had
nothing to hope from him. for he said to me ex-
pressly that, if he had the authority, he would,
that day, suppress the New York Neacs, the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, and the Chicago Times, adding
that the 'copperhead papers of the North, as he
designated them, doing quite much harm
as the papers in the South. Deriving satisfac-
ton from him. was forced to appeal to the Presi-
dent, giving him the pledge contained in the let
ter above. It was written during my last inter
view with the President and in his own Office.


'sTo this kind and considerate hearing, and to
his sense of Justice, feel that the restora-
ton of my paper Without attempting to enter
upon the details of my interview, [ may say with
propriety that enough transpired to convince me
that the President is the true friend of the South,
and that it is the duty Of people, as it shall be
pleasure lii the future, to extend to him cor
dial and general support.
Year: 1866




Many who have no access to or communication
with the political managers at Washington have
wondered at the great Importance attached to an
apparently insignificant resolution that driven
through the House of Representatives last week,
by Thad. Stevens, with railroad speed. The Na-
HonaI Iatehige'cer of the 26th explains follows


So project exists for the removal of Andrew
johnson from the Office of President of the United
has been definitely compassed by these bad men.
But that EXISTS IN the boSOnS Of men of mind, Qf
acM, Of influence, and Of high o6icd saion there IS
no doubt


E'The first step toward such result must be, of
course, to promote pretext. This would be fit
tingly initiated by the measure passed already by
the House, virtually declaring by resolution of
Congress- secession Of the north and ,cest from the
south. We insert here the resolution:


"EReSoJced By the House of Representatives. (the
Senate concurring,) That in order to close the
agitation upon question which likely to
disturb the action of the government, well as to
quiet the uncertainty which exists in the minds of
the people OF the eleven states which have been
declared in insurrection, senator representa-
tive shall be admitted into either branch of Con-
gress from any of said states till Congress shall
have declared such state entitled to representa-
ton.


CHOW, let us consider:


'"The President, in his recent annual message,
gave Congress, required by the constitution in
formation Of the state of the Union, and now
stands awaiting, as the executive of the laws the
action of the legislature The national legislature
is to declare part of the Union out of constitu-
tional relations with the remainder and proceed
to legisate for it as alien territory. The Presi
dent may shortly issue a proclamation declaring
restored between
the States and the general government. The Presi-
dent must execute the laws of the Union, and pre-
serve, protect and defend the constitution of the
United States But he as the executive is neces-
sarily the Judge of obstruction to the execution of
the laws, its measure, quality and tendency and
the question is whether, if he meets resistance
to the laws of the Union there is any other power
to declare state of insurgency, contumacy, or
abnormal relation between people and govern
ment And if laws be put on the statute book
declaring the fact of state of popular contumacy,
how they to be carried into executive effect by
a magistrate makes the competent decision
that there is no subject matter for them ? Upon
swch u conflict impeachment aoOud be eSSdyed and
the Naatte. tried amid ,0aWtStdhaGLe caLQrnies."
Year: 1866


Let us love while life is given,
For we cannot tell its length
Death may call us in orr weasness.
1t may snatch US In our strength.
Let us love oh, fully, freely,
Let the blessed fountain play,
Washing every stain of anger,
From each bosom, ali away.
Let US love in work and action
Not alone in word and thought;
Time is swiftly, surely passing,
Have we on its pages wrought
Some kind act, some silent blessing,
Prompted 10y loving heart.
Daily. with an earnest purpose,
Choosing thus the better partf
Let US love oh, love will tighten
Every burden or complaint;
1t will strengthen weary footsteps,
1t will cheer the sad and faint.
Let us love give out the sunlight,
On the darkened why's of life,
Let its sweet rays melt the hardness,
And subdue the wrong and strife.
Let us love | oh, love will hallow
Every duty, pain or care:
Give 1t freely, give it fully,


1t is needed everywhere.
Let us love while life is given,
For We cannot tell its length,
Death may call us in our weakness,
1t may snatch us in our strength.
Year: 1866

A TRUE WoMAN.-ller very soul is in
home, and in the discharge Of all those
quiet virtues Of which home is The centre.
Her husband will be to her what her faith
or is now-thc object of all her care, sole
itude, and affection. She will see nothing.
and connect herself with nothing, but by
or through him. If he be man of sense
and virtue, she will sympathse in his sor-
rows, divert his fatigucs, and share his
pleasures If she become the portion of a
churlish or negligent husband, she will
suit his taste also. for she will not long
survive his unkindness.-Scott.
Year: 1866

fixed eternal law by which the necessity Of
change Is established; or rather, except only
God, who includes in himself all being, all
truth and all law. The subject of mans
thoughts remains tho same; but the sum of
his acquisitions ever grow with time; so that
his last system Of philosophy is always the
best for it includes every one that went be-
FORE" And the author of tho History of
Modern Philosophy says: "Every age has
some thoughts or principles which appear
and re-appear in a thousand different forms.
they show themselves in the habits and Gus
toms which arise; in the spirit of the laws
and institutions which are then established
They show themselves in the different schools
Of the Fine Arts, which ever take the color
ing and type of the age that gives them
birth; they show themselves In the literature
which is then most ardently pursued and to
no little extent do they show themselves in
the popular forms of religion, which then
gain favor and celebrity"-to lay bare these
forms and discover the principles which lie
hidden at their roots is the part of Philoso-
phy-to sum them up when discovered and
transmit them to future generations is the
part of the historian. Philosophy is enevi-
table, and the acquisitions of mankind are
not lost.


We, like the Ancients are working for
posterity; making achievements which will
be their inheritance from us. Let us ever
remember, then, that moral causes are more
powerful than physical in influencing man.
kind; that true progress is obtained only by
observing the great laws of eternal right
that if the infancy of our race had its fabu-
ulous golden age, the future may have yet
a brighter one-coming, though distant, wor-
thy of the endurance-the labors and the
sacrifices by which it is to be ushered in.


1t is coming, it is coming,


Men of thonght and men of action


- clear the way. W.
Year: 1866

WILL ATTEND TO THE BUYING AND


w selling of REAL ESTATE, and pur-
chase and sale of oil descriptions Of property.
He will attend to the hiring of house servants
and farm hands. persons wishing to employ
laborers will be able to procure them by
communicating with him. He will be ready
at all times to attend to any business in the
departments mentioned, either here or else
where. Having been twenty years engaged
in the business and enjoying an extensive
acquaintance through the country, he feels
confident of his ability to advance the inter-
ests of all who may call for his services.


p. S. He will make it to the interest of
those wishing situations, in the city or
country to call on him.


August lS, lS65-tf
Year: 1866

B A Baton Rouge paper says -
The shoes made at the State Prison are
heavier, better made, extra lined, bet
ter shaped, and are as cheap in price
as those made anywhere else. and yet
such is the infatuation of our people
that many thousand pairs of Northern
made shoes are consumed here whilst
bare retail demand is all that rewards
the prison enterprise.
Year: 1866

IL A railroad conductor at Buffalo
has been fined $500 for eiecting a man
from a car because he refused to give
up his seat to a woman. The Court
was ungallant enough to hold that
ladies have no more rights and priyi-
lleges in a public conveyance than men
Year: 1866

THE HUMAN TIDES. Forty thou
sand and forty-nine aien-born imrni-
grants arrived at this port during the
last month. This is nearly double the
arrivals in the corresponding month of
last year, and those of the first i've
months of this year are nearly double
those the same period last year. From
the opening of January up to the date
the numbers rise as high as one hum
dred thousand. Those who understand
the matter, estimate that we shall get
up to a quarter of o million before the
close of the year. Though even this
will fall far short of 1s54-the great
emigration year-it will surpass any
other recent year. Any reflections
that can be made upon this far-reach-
ing subject are necessarily trite, but
they are none the less worthy Of re-
consideration by the people Of Ameri-
cam. Y. Times.
Year: 1866

SENATOR Howard on THE TRIAL OF TRAr-
roRs.-The following is condensed report
Of the speech Of Mr.. Howard Of Michigan,
in the Cnlted States Senate, on Thursday,
on his resolution recommending the trial of
JEFF. Davis and c. c. Clay by military COM
mission


eff there be any expectation said Mr..
Howard, which has been more prevalent than
another among the loyal people Of the United
States 1t is this That it is due to our dignity
as q nation and to the obligations we eve to the
constitution of the nation, that there should be
an arraignment and punishment according to
the forms of law Of sJme, at least, of the ring
leaders Of the rebellion. / think do not over
state the truth when say that this expectation
is not at this time diminished in any degree,
hut that unless some bona fde endeavors shall
be made to execute the law upon some at least
Of the traitors who have done such wrong TO the
government Of the United States, feeling Of
despondency, not to say disgust, will be very
strong and pervading throughout the United
States. Davis was the President Of the rebel
government, and, as such, Commander-in-Chief
of its armies and navy. His commands in car
ryiug on the war we're irresistible /; his viii was
the origin of every movement in conducting the
| operations Of the rebel armies. 1t pervaded and
directed every hostile act. He was the monster
of the rebellion, and gave it animation and acti-
witty throughout its whole extent, from the At
lantic to the Rio Grande. His commands dir
ectly or remotely, put in every case efectuslly
and responsively, caused every advance Of the
rebel force, every attack, every battle, every
death among the Union forces. His orders
alone gave energy to every blow, on every field
and along whole line of fifteen hundred miles;
from the East to the West from the Gulf Of
Mexico to the Canadian frontier. II was his
command that shed the blood or caused the
! death Of more than quarter Of million Of
Year: 1866

/ \ KoVANcE or REAL LIrE.-The following
story Is declared to be true


About the spring Of the year of 1920, a Mr.
Garuett, living near Auburn, n Y, was ar
rested for forgery, He was tried, found guilty,
aal sentenced TO three years in the State Prison
at Auburn. He denied his guilt to the end,
add being man Of very sensitive feelings snd
having a wife and family, il bore quite heavy
upon him. He served his time and was re-
leased a mere wreck Of his former self, des-
psad by his once loving wife, vino refused to live
with him, and Stunned him as a guilty culprit
Sad and broken hearted, be disposed Of his
property and went TO Central Pennsylvania,
whore he married a beautiful and excellent
young lady.


They lived happily and prospered. Several
years after his departure, the first wife became
fully convinced that he was innocent and had
been wronged. The conviction proved true by
the death-bed confession Of a man who ackuoT-
leiged the commission Of the crime Of which
Mr.. Garrett had been convicted. The SORROW
ing woman repented her former act, and with
friend vent in pursuit Of her discarded hus-
band.


After the object eff several weeks, they at
length arrived in the neighborhOOd Of their
search. Just at dark they drove up to the door
Of snug and pleasant little cottage, when Mrs.
Garnett entered the house, and there beheld her
once beloved husband apparently happy il the
society Of his second wife. She rushed up to
him, and throwing her arms about his neck
wept bitterly. Soon the scene became affecting,
the two wives clinging to him, each claiming
him as her husband.


After calming their feelings, ard candidly
considering tho case, the second wife decided TO
give up the husband, believing that the first
had the lawful claim After a few days Mr.
Garnett and his first wife removed to the
vicinity Of Rochester. y. Y, where they now
reside. The second wife makes them an annual
visit, and Mr. q. keeps her supplied with all
the necessaries Of life.
Year: 1866

The ST. Adams Messenger writing on the
Report of the Committee on the conduct Of
the War, says:


Perhaps the selection Of Gen. Meade, st the
time it was made, was the most fortunate thing
that could have happened to the army He was
scarcely known, through fame, to the soldiers.
One of his first orders was full Of the rigor and
steraness of war. Any soldier who disobeyed
any order, on The march or in the fight, might
be shot in his tracks. This order stood in the
place Of needed discipline, and it showed the
army that il was under a commander who meant
TO be obeyed at all hazards. and the very want
of knowledge Of the man, under the circum-
stances, magniied his power. In day an ar
my whose attention was distracted by the
thoughts OF recent disaster. the offensive ap-
proach Of its old enemy, and the change OF its
chef commander from one not fully trusted to
one not fully known, was turned TsTTard, with
the visage Of Mars It was as if that fabled
god had descended to the command. The rank
and file hailed the order as ''just what We want
| ed" Probably no man was shot under it, for
its show Of power and unity was enough. The
army fought at Gettysburgh as 1t would not
have done under better known commander,
and succeeded.


With due Difference to the military critic
of the Messenger, we must say that most of
the above sounds to us like very absurd talk.
We never heard till now, Of the order al
Iuded to. though in position to know some
thing about such orders at the time,; and II
any such was generally promulgated to the
rank and file, it had nothing to do with the
success at Gettysburgh. Our army marched
as it did, and fought as it did, there, not be-
cause the men were afraid of being "shOt in
their tracks by their officers, but be-
cause they generally appreciated the po-
sition They all knew that Lee had got 10
be ,chipped, or Baltimore and Washington
would fall, and the confederncy be acknowl-
edged at once By England and France. Gen.
| Meade brought no enthusiasm 10 the army
with his assumption Of the command. How
good general Mars would have made IN
modern times. we can not say but the army
didn't feel as if they had any God of War
in command. They hoped they had good
general now; but they were bound to make
a stout fight 0nyhOlo. OF course they did
better than they would have done If they
had been dispirited by positive knowledge
tha. they had an inefficient head but to
maintain that they did better than they
would have done under better known and


better trusted commander, is Of course
nonsense. Our own opinion is that the CON-
manding general had not very much to do,
individually with our success there. He had
as little to do with the selection of the
ground for the battle as any man in his ar.
my /; no maneuvres ordered from headquar.
ters, or genius of single guiding spirit


won the fight. And Gen. Meade's failure to
order an attack on the beaten enemy after


their final repulse, was one Of the most mel


ancholy mistakes ever made by mortal man
Year: 1866

Sir Any owner Of seyen-thirty Treasury
note may insert his name as payee in the blank
left in the body Of the note for that purpose,
and if be thereup0n notifies the Secretary Of
Of the Treasury Of such fact, giving the name
inserted, and the number, denomination, and
the date Of the note, q record will be made &c
eordingly in this department Unless such note
is afterEard endorsed by the payte, it will be
paid to no other person, and if lost or destroyed
It will nevertheless be redeemed in his favor
afer maturity, upon satisfactory proof. and
under the regulations in such cases provided.


Very respectfully,


L. V. HARTLEY,


Assistant Secretary
Year: 1866

BEAUTY IN WoMEN.---A beautiful face and
figure are the tive things in woman that first
attract the attention of a man. The second is
fine taste, both in dress and habits, and the
third is common sense. What man most
disEkes in lady is untidiness. sloyenly hab-
its and affectation.


There is medium between prudery and
relaxed behavior, which a man appreciates
almost by instinct. Place man of genial
disposition, with disengaged heart, in the
society of a woman of beauty, sense and spirit
---not too much of the latter--and the chan
ces are Of Immediately falling desperately in
love. The poor wretch cannot avoid it, and
in his frantic efforts to escape, he falls on his
knees at her feet and aVows the might and ma
jesty of her beauty. All you have to do will
be to treat the poor fellow as kindly as you
can, and make no effort to please him. Let
nature have her own way, and depend upon
it, yous will be fondly pressed to the warm
bosom of some generous hearted fellow.
Year: 1866

Bank from orby which it was formed. 1t is
different political person--its name has
been altered-it has been created and exists
under the authority of different jurisdic-
tion--it is a new institution. We are, /
think, no more to look for the rule of its
taxation to the laws which applied to the
former State Bank, than, in the case Of a
National Bank formed by individuals, we
are to look for the rule Of its taxation to
the laws which applied to I'll individuals
who formed it.


We are, I conceive, to regard the status
not of the deceased progenitor, but of the
living progeny and if the latter be within
the terms of the act he cannot take himself
out ofthem, by showing that the former was
uot


These considerations appear to show that
the legislation of the Commonwealth is not
involved in the injustice of taxing one por-
ton of the National Banks and exempting
another portion, while there is in fact no
difference whatever between the two por-
tions as they now exist.


Lam, therefore, of opinion that the sec
ond section of the act of Both April, 1864,
embraces all the National Banks within the
Commonwealth.


| am quite aware that grave land perhaps
some new and difficulty questions may be
raised under the Constitution of the United
States, on the subject to which this opinion
relates. express no opinion on them, be-
cause [ conceive that the Auditor General
would in no event be justifablc in deciding
them peremptorily and finally against the
Commonwealth, by refusing to execute the
act of Assembly on which they may arise.


w. NJ. MEREDITH,


Attorney General.
Attoraoy Generals Office,


22d December 1865.