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Year: 1866

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


If you wish I will tell you


Let me whisper to you sly.
II your neighbor is but civil.


1t is not your business WHY.
1u short, instead of prying
Iuto other folks affairs,
If you do your own but justice,
You will have no time for theirs.
Be attentive to such matters
AS concerns yourself alone,
And whatever fortune tlatters,
Let your business be your own,
One word by way of finis-


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


You should cease to be a PRY.
Year: 1866

On THIS side Joldan's wave,
In vale in the land of Moab,


There leth lonely grave:
And no man dug that sepulchre,


And no man saw it e'er,
Forthe Angels of God upturned the sod
And laid the dead man there.
This was the grandest funeral


That e'er passed on earth,
Butno man heard the trampling


Or saw the train go forth.
Silently as the daylight


Comes when the night is done,
And the crimson streak on oceans cheek
CLOVIS into the great red sun
Silently as the spring time


It's crown of yerdure weaves,
And all the trees on all the hills


Open their thousand leaves
So, without sound of music,


Or voice of him that wept,
Silently down from the r1ountains crown
The great procession swept.
Perchance the bald old eagle,


On dark Bethpeor's height,
Down, from his rocky eyrie,


Looked on the wondrous sight;
Perchance the lion stalking


Avoids the sacred spot
For beast and bird have seen and heard
That which man knoweth not.
But when the warrior dieth,


His comrades in the war,
With ms reversed and muh1ed drum,
Follow the funeral car;
They show his banners taken,


fThey tell his battles done,
And after him lead his masterless steed,
While peals the minute gun.
Amid the noblest of the land


Men lay the sage to rest,
And give the bard an horror : Ice
With costly marbles dressed
In the great minister transept,


Where lights like glories fall, rings
The sweet choir sings and the organ
Along the emblazoned wall.
This was the bravest warrior


That ever buckled sword
This was the most gifted poet


That ever breathed word;
And never earth's philosopher


Traced with his golden pen,
On the deathless page, truth half SO sage
As he wrote down for men.
And had he not high honor,


The hillside for his pail,
To lie in state while angels wait,


With stars for tapers tall
The dark rock-pines like tossing plumes
Over his bier to wave,
And Gods own hand in that lonely land,
To lay him in his grave3--
In that deep grave, without a name,
Whence his uncofined clay
Shall break again, oh wondrous thought!
Upon the Judgment day;
And stand in glory wrapt around,
On the hills he never trod,
And speak of the strife that won our life
With the incarnate Son of God
Oil lonely tomb in Moab's land,
OH dark Bethpeor's hill,
Speak to these curious hearts OF ours
And teach them to be still.
God hath his mysteries of grace,
Thoughts that we cannot tell,
And he hides them deep like the secret


sleep


OF him he loved so well.


ezss-e-------
Year: 1866




GEN. LEE IN WAsHINGToN.-The Re-
construction Committee having sum-
moned Gen. Robert E. Lee before it
as a witness, the Union thus speaks
his arrival and personal appearances


The1ate Confederate Commander is
in the city, and was the object of much
curiosity amongst the passengers who
came down on the train last night.
The mail agent on the Orange and Al
exander railroad informed Us he pro-
cured close carriage on leaving the
cars, and most probably had been
driven to Georgetown, where his
daughter Miss Mildred Lee) has for
some time past been modest and re-
tiring visitor. He did not go to the
place supposed, but was quietly con-
veyed to the Metropolitan Hotel, which
he entered in the most private manner,
not even registering his name, we be-
lieye. Very few of the numerous
guests of this seperb establishment
knew of his presence until he came
down from the breakfast table into the
hall about half-past nine this morning
A number of old acquaintance then
gathered around him, and succeeded
in OBTAINING him few moments in
their midst. He was evidently averse
to any demonstration of friendship or
partiality from any one, and seemed
anxious to retire from the crowd which
had suddenly surrounded him. This
he did the instant politeness permitted,
and. escorted by two of his friends,
passed out of the hotel down Pennsyl-
vania. avenue. His appearance is as
bright and martial as ever, and no
cloud of disappointed ambition can be
seen casting its shadows over his shi-
ming countenance. His hair and beard,
which are of an iron gray, are worn
short, the latter being neatly and ele-
gantly cropped. His cloak is black
semi-military one, and looks as if it
had accompanied him in some of his
last eventful campaigns. The remain
der of his dress is purely of civic
character, well-ftting, tasteful, and as
highly becoming to his condition Of
peace as the brilliant grey uniform Of
the South became his handsome figure
- H. ell 4 bo44Jo
Year: 1866

MR. GRIxxELI, in published letter, per.
mits his friends to make such use Of his name
las will best promote the harmony and sue
cess Of the great Party Of Freedom q tn
primary meetings and the Congressional Con
vention in the Fourth District.
Year: 1866

| From the Jackson Mississippian.]


Life is but deaths vestible: and oul
pilgrimage on earth is but Il journey to
the grave. The pulse that preserves
our being heats our dead march, and
the blood which circuatcs our life, is
floating onward to the depths of death.
To- day we see our friends in 8health ;
to morrow we hear of their decease.
We clasped the hand of the strong man
but yesterday, and to-day we close his
eyes. We rode in chariot of COM
fort but IN hour ago, and in a few more
hours the last black chariot must con
vey us to the home Of all the living.
Oh, how closely allied is death to life !!
The lamb that sYorteth in the field must
soon feel the knife. The OK that low
eth in the pasture is fattening for the
slaughter. Trees do but grow that they
may be fellcd. Yes, and grcatcp things
than these feel death. Empires rise
and flourish they flourish but to decay,
they rise but to fall.


How often do we take up the volume
of history and read Of the rise and fall
of empires! We hear of the cornation
and of the death of kings. Death is
the black servant who rides behind the
chariot of life. See life, and death rise
close behind it. Death reachcth far
throughout this world. and hath stamp
ed all terrestrial things with the broad
arrow of the grave. Stars die may
hap: it is said that conf1agrations have
been seen far off in the other, and as
ttonomers have marked the future of
other worlds-the decay of those nigh
to orbs that we have imagined set for
ever in sockets Of silver to glisten As
the lamps of eternity. But blessed be
God, there is one place where death is
not life's brother-where life reigns
alone; "to live is not the first syllable
which is to be followed ~ the next "to
die" There is land where the dark
knells are never tolled, where graves
are never dug. Blest land beyond the
skies. TO reach it me must die.
Year: 1866

From the New York Times.


Yesterday (Friday) neatly dressed
young man apparently about twenty
three years of age, possessing Il frank,
intelligent countenance, entered our
room. After hestating few moments
he approached the desk, and in aTquiet
manner said Can you tell me, sir,
where l can get work ~ We told him
we knew ofno vacant situations, where
upon he said, in Il voice trembling with
emotion, " l must have work, sir-I
don't care what it is, nor how little it
pays, if | can only earn something to
cat" In answer to our inquiries, he
continued" am an American, born
in Tennessee; I've had u good educa-
tiou, and have not been used to work
until recently; was a clerk in neigh.
boring city, but trade being light, was
dismissed came here to find work,
but have been unsuccessful. My mon
ey is all gone, and must have work
or starve" The tears came into his
eyes, and his voice was choked by his
sobs, as he concluded: 81 am an
American, sir, and have been too proud
to beg, but you have spoken so kindly,
sir, that feel as if i must smother that
pride and ask you little assistance
[ tell you that nave not eaten NOR
sci for two days. and last night walk
ed the streets all night because l had
no place to Sleep


AS he accepted our mite, he exclaimed
"God bless you, sir; if ever l can OBJ
tain work, you shall be repaid from the
very first money l earn" He was well
dressed, and fine looking, and not Il
soul would think, on meeting him, that
beneath that glossy silk hat and fash.
ionable coat was IN empty stomach'
What struggle he must have,h had with
himself and what he must have suffer-
cred before he could bring his proud
spirit to ask assistance from his fellow
man, none may know. Yet we venture
to say there are many such in this city


Men whose occupations have re
quired them to dress well, who, being
out of employment, have not the means
wherewith to purchase breakfast. So we.
say" All you who have wrrk, do it,
and stick to it, and thonk the Giver
of all good that you have it to do. Let
no frivolous reason cast you among
those who consume but do not earn,
lest you, too, be found with an empty
stomach All large cities are always
overstocked with labor, and a stranger
has no hope ofprocuring work upon
his merits alone. He must have some
friends to help him, and money to live
on until his efforts are successful.
Stay where you are, keep to your work.
We can better spare hundreds of our
laborers from the city than support one
new one.
Year: 1866

GENERAL j. b. MAGRrDER.--The
Houston Telegraph has good authority
for stating that General Magruder will
return to the United States short y, and
become a good loyal citizen thereof


The Telegraph says:


"We hope the old gentleman will
make up his mind to settle down, with
his family, in Texas. Thousands of
hearts would greet them warmly. The
State owes a debt of gratitude to the
old man which she can never pay
Had ii not been for his able manage
mcnt Of his little forces during the war,
the return of peace would not have
found silver spoon, q linger-ring, or
Il silk dress in the State and its whole
vast extent would have been plowed
with desolation from stem to stern.--
This none can gainsay who had just
comprehension Of the situation that
was.


"Since the downfall of the Confed-
eracy the old warrior has lived in power
ty and exile. We would be proud to
grasp his manly hand once more
Year: 1866

A most remarkable case Of mistaken
identy recently occurred in our city.
At the time of the explosion Of the Cen
eral Lytle, Schlarct, of our city, was
informed that his son was among those
killed. He went to the wharf, and there
saw the corpse of a young man, which
upon examination, he was satisfied was
that of his son. The body was remov-
ed to Mr. Schlarets residence, and the
family and neighbors after looking at
it, felt perfectly assured that it was the
remains Of "Bub" Schlaret. The fea-
lures of the face were not disiigured so
as to create any doubts, and we under
stand the corpse had the same marks
ink marks on the arm as young Schlar
ct bears. The family were in great
grief, the funeral took place, the body
was buried, and the family put on
mourning apparel. Last Saturday at:
tclnoon. however, Bob Schlaret arri-
we'd in the city from the South! His
appearance ut his fathers residence at
first created considerable fright and
CONSERVATION, but was aftcrward the
occasion of great joy. The upper end
of the city for little while was in q
state Of great excitement.


"Bub'' from his infancy has been an
adventurous youth, and we have been
looking for him to do something that
would create a commotion in the com
munity. We are truly glad that he has
turned up alive in the flesh, and bids
fair to live many days yet. But we are
sorry for the young man who was Kill
ell on the Lytle. and in identity was
and buried for him.-Iadian-
opohs Journal, Aagust %.
Year: 1866

A new instrument for breaking open
safes was captured with some burglars
in Philadelphia few days ago. II
consists ofa frame work that is design
ed to be fastened to the floor, and to be
bound together by cords. A heavy
iron bar weighing seventy pounds is
used for lever, and this has a hole in
the centre in which Il bit is inserted, and
with the bar adjusted to the framework,
it is used for boring in iron safes and
vault doors. A hole is cut with q thread
in it, and u screw is forced into this
which draws the door out when the bar
is turned, and so great power can be
applied to it that door Of almost any
thickness can be forced out Of place.
With this instrument, it is said, almost
any safe in the country could be open
ed sn three hours.
Year: 1866

Already Accomplished.


From the New York Times.l


When the news ofthe Grand Nation
al Convention was first circulated
throughout Central Europe, we took
occasion to notice the effect on our
securities abroad And it was safe to
predict, as we did that Il fuller statement
of the character and proceedings OF
that great assemblage would cause a
still further rise. On Saturday last
came the intelligence direct from Paris
that large demand for Five twenties
had sprung up in that city, and that
heavy orders for additional supplies
had been forwarded to New York.


On the day that the National Conven-
ton was organized the Gable reported
Five-twenties in London at 6SI. On
the day that the notice Of large orders
from Paris was received Saturday eve
ning) the same securities had advanced
by the Cable report to 70I. In the
London markets yesterday the quota
ton was 724. The great operating
cause in this steady appreciation -four
securities abroad is the perfect accord
of the Northern and Southern delegates
assembled at Philadelphia as to the al.
legiance due by all the States to the
Federal Constitution; the formal re-
nunciation by the South of the right of
secession the pledge of security to the
freedmen in their personal and proper
ty rights, and the solemn declaration
that, while we regard us utterly in
valid and never to be assumed or made
of binding force any obligation incur
red or undertaken in making war a.
gainst the United States, we hold the
debt of the nation to be sacred and in
violable, and we proclaim our purpose
in discharging this, as in performing
all other national obligations, to main
tain unimpaircd and uni!npeached the
honor and the faith Of the Republc.'


The report Of these resolutions in
Europe has not even now had its full
effect. 1t has not yet been circulated
as it will be- with the accompanying
Address of the Conventional few days
hence. Meanwhile, we can see how
eagerly lockers on abroad have been
watching the progress Of Restoration
here, and how practical a shape their
estimate begins to take.
Year: 1866

From an article on this subject in
the World, we extract the following:


A few facts have been established by
this last cholera visitation which it
would be well to bear in mind for fu-
ture guidance In the first place, it has
been tolerably well settled that the
choleraic poison is propagated mainly
by the discharges Of those suffering
from the disease. If it were possible
to utterly destroy all the elections of
persons afflicted with cholera, the dis
ease would soon become extinct; at
least such is the expressedj Judgment of
our most eminent physician. This is
a fact of very great importance, as ii
points out the means by which the raw
ages of the pestilence may be stayed.


1t is also settled that stringent sani-
tary regulations will prevent the spread
of the disease. What was done at
Elizabeth City and the Almshouse es-
tablishes that point. Another fact is
worth noticing. Cholera never lasts
much longer than twenty days at one
centre of infection. 1t may be months
in large city, but it is constantly chan
ging its quarters from one foul spot to
another.


In our department of inquiry there
has been absolutely no progress. We
allude to the treatment Of the disease.
The mortality is as great as ever, and
physicians have made no progress In
the application of remedies. What the
best medicines are, after the disease has
been established, is as much mystery
as il ever was. The fact that cholera
is preventable, however, rObs the dis
ease of all its tcrrOrs.
Year: 1866




We learn from the Mobile 4Adpdrtiser
and Register, that while some laborers
were exhuming the bodies inferred 10
the potter's field of the new grave yard
in that city, one of the collins broke and
revealed to the astonished gaze Of the
grave.diggers the remains of a federal
soldier perfectly petrifed, and looking
rs natural as life. What was further
remarkable, he had not been buried
more than nine mouths. A new coffin
was procured, and this remarkable i'm
age Of natures workmanship recommit-
ted to its mother earth in the soldiers
burying ground. Several prominent
gentlemen of Mobile visited the spot
and examined tim petrified warrior,
and they testify that he had turned to
solid stone, with all the features and
limbs AS natural as life. The ground
where he was buried is very low and
damp most Of the year.
Year: 1866

IT is stated by persons who are in
positions to have the knowledge. that
the negroes in the South are less in
clined to marry since their cmancipa-
ton than they were before. This is
said to be natural, and results from the
fact that under the new regime the hus-
band assumes directly the responsible
ty of the step he takcs-must maintain
bis own family by his own labor The
women are as much inclined TO marri-
age as formerly, but the man sees that
IL is decidedly easier to support a wife
and children.
Year: 1866

VULGAR LANGUAGE.-There is ~
much connection between the words and


thoughts as there is between the thoughts


and the actions. The latter are not only


the expression of the former, but they


have power to react upon the soul and


leave the stain of their corruption there.


A young man who allows himself to use
one vulgar or profane word has not only
shown that there is foul spot upon his
mind, but by the utterance OF that word
he extends the spot and infames il till
by indulgence, 1T will polute and ruin
the whole soul. BE careful Of your
words as of your thoughts. If you con.
troll tha tongue that no improper words
are pronounced by it, you will soon be
able to control the mind, and save that
from corruption. You extinguish the
hames by smotheriugit it, or by preventing
bad thoughts bursting out by language.
Never utter word anywhere which YOU
would be ashamed to speak in the pres.


nee of the most refined female, or the
eligious man. Try this practice a little
While, and you will soon have command
# yourself
Year: 1866

Jrsr so-Some Of the exultAnt residents OF
Chico say that they sent BIDvKLL to Congress to


make that the end of the Idaho mail route OF course
then, he having faithfully performed the business
entrusted to him, they should award him the
praise Of well done. good and faithful servant
and re-elect him. Joke, Ha.ha
Year: 1866

for some time engaged in Missionary service in this
county has gone to San Jose, to supply the place
OF the absent minister Of Vestry Church. He will
be detained there for about three months. after
which, he informs by letter, it is his intention
to return to Orovie and en- ndeavor to organize u
Church here. We hope he may be able to do so.-
For some reason, the people Of Oroville are very
dilIatory in attending Church. Last Sabbath there
were but six grown persons, and eight children in
attendance at Church. Why is it? Mr.. MEssEx-
GERS services were somewhat better attended than
this, and We trust he may be permitted to return
and arouse our slumbering inhabitants to the exhi
bition Of q greater attention to Church matters.
Year: 1866

THE SUsANvILLE Sage Brush ought to be .
good advertising medium for our business men. and
could conscientiously recommend it as such
should take pleasure in doing ~. It's advertising
columns has announced during the entire winter
that the U. S. Mail left Susanville for Chico tri-
weekly and arrived at Susanville from that point
tri-weekly. The facts are that both mail and ex
press matter from Chico to Susanville have been
carried over the Oroville route. for the past six
months. How is that, friend Longmore, Can the
public place confidence in the announcements they
see in your advertising columns? However there
Is no humbug about your Oroville advertisements.
But why not present the facts as they exist-"No-
thing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice;n
aud give false information concerning kite yng
routes. We suppose the business men of Oroville
who advertise wiz you are simply "heaping Goals
OF fire on your head If they do not thus induce
you to fairly represent Oroville shall advise them
to try the effect Of little hot water on you.
Year: 1866

A ASESsATIoS.-Quite commotion was created
on Montgomery street, Monday afternoon. by reg.
ular weldefined fight between Butcher Shop and
Brewery. The onset was lively, Is the day was


warm and both parties to the contest felt the nec-


essity Of victory at as early . moment as posi-.
bic. Whack came the cleaver ofthe butcher on the
head of the brewer; but it only served to unbung
the pent up wrath and fury of the latter, and a
stream of infuriate lager a.sailed the sturdy
butcher with irresistible force. 1t muscle vs..
spirit. The ponderous blows Of the butcher were
fearful to behold, as they swept around with the
force and steadiness of huge arms Of q win dmill,
cleaving the air and countering heavily on the
head OF his opponent. But they were no guard
against the lively spirit that assailed him.
1t was here on his nob-t was there on his smeller
it closed his peeper-it filled his fy-trap-it
punched his bread basket-it enveloped him in an
overpowering stream of kissing, izzing, and sense
confoundng and pungent froth, and to cap the eli
mate of the butchers mistortunes, the ground flew
up and hi. him in the face and he rolled and roared
in the street like dying calf the Brewery had just
got finely at work with the double back action of an
oscillating engine, and perceivng his advantage,
evidently determined that his opponent should on
ly arise radically reconstructed. Doubling up like
a jackknife, digital and pedal extremities were
converted into catapults, propelled by the explo-
sive force Of nitro glycerine. This was too much
for conservative Major, and he ''went in with
his coat Off made diversion in favor of the butcher
by removing the man OF malt-whom he thought
was mattreating his PROSTATE opponent. peace
commissioner then appeared upon the scene, and
transferred the settlement of this miniature Schles
wig Hostein embroglio to Justice Dick Court, who
ordered the belgerents into bonds to preserve the
peace.