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l'hicnlx, Feb. 14. 6(j
NEW STOCK!
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TTAS recently received a largo and dlvcrsl-
XX lieu ansoruneni or
Hl'ltlNO AND WK1UHT
OLOOKS,
8ILVKH WATCIIKS,
DIAMOND JKWKMtY.
PKAUL. EMKUALD.nuil OAM KO SETS,
Together with a splendid lot of other
arasvasxsJwSsT
Drcast-Pins, Urooches,
Ear-lllngs, Finger Illugs,
Lockets, ItucUes. Clasps,
Hrnccli'U, Slccvo liuttons,
Necklaces,
Watch-Chalnt,
Cliatclains
nnd Seals.
All of which will be sold at i.ow .-.ijewi and
warranted.
J. NKURER still cnntlmira HEPAIR
WATCHES. JEWEWtY and CLOCKS.
as heretofore, In tlwi Uest manner and with dis
patch. All uitidcj iu hU line manufactured
promptly and with neutnoss. Call nnd sec his
stock ttt the 4J stand, corner of Third and
OnUfowa streets, Jacksonville. 4Hf.
A0K-8.RDHiS coulanlly on band at
my Hurucis uiul Saddlery rstubllshmeut.
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51 HENRY JUDGE.
Jacksonville nml Hnlmon Hlver
ltoiul Kxpcillllon.
The following Is a copy of a journal sent to
us by Mr. J. II. Wrlsley i
John Day's River, near Oiler Hnr, )
July 2d, 1802. f
To J. W. IJunNS. I send you a Journal of
the Road expedition. From tho Dcs Chuttcs
to this place tho trail U plain, but the route
is Imprnctlcublc for wagons. As for Iho dig'
glngs i there arc nono half as good as tho Dig
Uar, on Rogue River, where you are.
June 10th. Traveled nenrly an easterly
direction, for tho west fork of Dcs Chutes,
called Crooked river J first four miles timber,
pine and Juniper j then reached a sand-plain,
on which grew sage, grcaic-wood and scatter
ing juniper fifteen miles farther camo to n
dry ravine ', no water where trail cro.'scs
half milo down the ravine U an excellent
spring. Most of distance grass good. He
tween the two rivers, as yoti nppronch the cast
fork, the country becomes rolling. From this
place had n view of the the Tlirco Sisters,
Ml, JifTcrson, Mt. Hood nnd Diamond Teak.
Camped on Juniper Creek a small stream
running through n canon or cut in the plain.
We travelul down a cnfion to it, not difficult
descent, and camped distant from river seven
mites. At this point the river is about forty
yards wide, with a very swift current. This
It a wild, mountainous region.
Juno 12th. Moved half a mile up the
river, where we had (mill n rnfi. Hi fore wc
had nil crowd on it, commenced raining, with
thunder nnd lightning. Wc have seen more
thunder and lightning since wc croucd the
mountains than I saw nnd heard In Orrgnn
for the last eight years. After shower, Iruv
tied three nnd nnc-lmlf miles, there left the
river nnd traveled up a cation crossed over
n htgh ridge nnd descended Into a small val
ley, several hundred foct nbove the river.
Found an excellent camping place. The
country hero has the nppcuranec of a gold
region ; found somic nunrlx lint plenty j but
there Is a perceptible change In the country ;
the (marl Is mostly crystnllxcd. Commenced
raining nt sundown continued all night.
June mill. Morning, raining.. Remained
In camp till eight o'clock, then started on
trail. Within four miles came to n wagon
road, loading up a crock and away from the
liver. About noon sun came out, nnd found
wo wcro traveling In n fontlirastrrly direc
tion. CnmiKtl at two o'clock In view of the
Three Sitters. The road was very bad i the
country had been completely deluged with
ruin. A small company ahead of us had nil
of their nnlumts mired down at one time.
Wc went a hundred yunh nbovo them, and
crossed all of our nnlmaU mfely. The grass
In this country cannot be excelled. 1 think
from the appearance of tho country, the win
ters are not severe here. The grass nml
buihes do not Indlcato deep snows. VY
lliluli that the road on which we hnve been
traveling Is the one made by I.lcut. Mullin
two years ago. Commenced raining at sun
down and rained nt intervals nil night.
June 1 Ith. Morning rainy. The country
Is rolling aud covered with n heavy growth of
grars. It Is considered by nil to be one of
tho finest stock countries they have ever seen.
It Is thought stock would wlutcr here and do
well.
Juno 15th. Left camp; turned to the
right ; came In the trail in two or three miles ;
dcsccndctl from tho table-land to tho valley nf
a stream forty or fifty feet wide, two to three
feet deep ; arccuded it ard soutli fork one and
n liair miles, crossed tho sou III loik ond as
cended Iho north fork over n strip of good
land 200 to .100 yards wide, for three miles,
then turned to tho right ami commenced the
aieent of a high mountain, from the top of
which wc could distinctly see the Cascade and
lltuc Mountain ranges In tho west. In as
cending the north fork of Thompson creek nc
camo In pine timber, the first wc hud seen, ex
cepting a few scattering trees near a range ol
hills nt our last camp, since leaving tho west
fcrk of Dcs Chutes. At our last camp were
numerous petrifications or Juniper wood.
Camped nhout three o'clock on n small stream,
distance traveled about fifteen miles; good
water. A company ahead of us, in ascend
ing tho mountains, shot a cinnamon bear.
Dr. Puree shot a panther. The grass on
Ihcie mountains Is the best I have ever seen
on mountains, Tail growth ol timber, but
scattering.
Juno Kith. Ascended a ridge or spur of
tho mountains, then descended in a north
easterly direction two miles, came on In a
beautiful stream, twenty feet wide, swift cur
rent, ascended stream eight miles until it be
came a little brook ; then crossed the divid
ing waters of the Dcs Chuttcs and John Day's
rivers and descended left ridge of u deep
canon eight miles nnd camped on a small
stream. On both sides of dividing ridgo is fir
and pine timber ; on from this camp to John
Day's river there are but few trees, mostly jun
iper. The grass everywhere Is good. The
country towards John Day's river Is broken
into numerous peaks, some of them very high.
Made sixteen miles,
June 17th. Traveled over a broken, rocky
country, Camped between two and three
o'clock. Made twelve miles.
June 16th. Camp was on a rapid stream
forty to fifty feet wide ; were compelled to
ormjje ma urcam ! no umoer arouud camp
excepting a few juniper trees ; came to John
Day river in ubout eight miles. Grass over
the whole country, excepting the bluffe, some
of which are of peculiar formation. In trav
eling np the river, iu some places wc had a
very narrow trail hundreds of feet nbovo the
river. Mndo fifteen miles and camped on
John Day's river. Tho river at this place is
eighty yards wide with a very swift current
Camped in a small volley hemmed In by high
bluffs no outlet except by the trail.
Juno 19lti. Left the river at this place,
where the trail passes out over the rocks thrco
or four hundred feet nbovo tho river, which
runs along tho ba?o of the rock ; tho trail is
steep and narrow j the point of rock over
which it runs tho boys cull Crown 1'olnl
Our gcncrnl direction this day was easterly ;
the trail was ono continued ascent nnd de
scent nt one point It led alongside of a high
bluff, very rocky nnd one thousand feet above
the bottom of tho ravine; animals passed
along with great difficulty ; many places the
trail was miry ; Ontman't horse, mired down,
und died in fifteen minutes after he was
dragged out of Iho mire. This day's travel
was over tho worst partof Iho trail that wc
had been on. Came to some scattering pines;
passed down n small ravine and camal In n
grove of pine. Mndc sixteen tulles.
Juno 20lh. Traveled southeasterly up n
cnfion thrco miles, uscemlod to n table-laud,
covered with loose rock ; ascent nnd descent
nlll day until wc came In sight of the river,
two miles distant and hundreds of feel below ;
descending, In one place horses slid twenty feet
down n rock. Sonic of tho hoys thought that
the man that made the trail cared nothing for
a en j use horse ; got down to tho river nil safe.
This was the steepest mountain that wn had
to descend on tho whole route. Camped on
tho Imnk of the river, which was hero fifty
yards wide with n swift current. The general
direction this day was n lllttlo south of east.
Junn 21st. Crotsed the river In a canvass
boat ; traveled down six or seven miles, crossed
several high points that camo down In the
river. Course n little south of cast. Came
to the north fork of John Day's river; passed
by the Junction. The north fork Is snmuhat
longer than the south fork ; but little bottom
land nlong It ; the mountains nrchlgh nn both
sides; very much resembles the north fork of
American river ; no timber nlong tho river,
passed up the north fork three tulles and
oaniied on n small stream coming out of
cation nnd emptying into the river ; no timber
hut balm nnd willows ; course, northeasterly,
flood grnv.
Juno JIM. Followed up stream six or
seven miles, crrxslng points! of mountains
coming down to the river, then useended a
small stream three nr four miles nnd crossed
n high divide, from the top of which could be
scon very high hluffc ahead and Indications of
Iho river hrruMng through the mountains ; be
yond the liver could be dimly deflnd, stretch
ing away to the north and south, n range of
mountain!, supposed to be the Illuo Moun
tains. Puned down a en ft on nuj camped nn
a bluff hall a mile from the river. Found on
going down to the rlvir that thero were four
streams coming In from tho Illue Mountains,
forming n Junction. Course two degrees
north of cast We were at a Ion to determ
ine whether these wcro tho two brunches of
John Day's river, laid down on the map, nr
the one which no had crossed ; they were
nearly equal as tn slr.e. Made eighteen mites.
June 2X1. Went down to the ferry, two
miles. Tho crossing Is at the junction of the
two streams. A Mr. Totman, of Mnrysvlllc,
the gentleman who crossed us nt the other
fork, was on hand with his canvass boat. Tills
stream was more difficult to cros than the
last ; the current being more rapid. Cot over
safe by three o'clock nnd camped on a low
bar. Pat ties prrxjicctctl the bir nnd could
get the color of gold from the top down ns far
they went, but did not go to the bed rock.
It would nmnge one cent to the pan; it is
very lino ; much irsembles tho gold on Apple
gate It cannot be saved without quicksilver ;
In some I 'ins could get a thousand colors of
gold. All were much encouraged. Hero Is
the grave of n man by Iho name of Robert
Sthnley, aged 21 jenrs, who was drowned Iho
18tli Inst., while crossing the river.
Juno 2 Ith. Morning rainy ; commenced
raining evening before nnd continued all night.
Censed raining nt T a. u.; traveled up north
fork mountains, timbered with pine and fir;
course a few points north of cast, trail near
the river ; crossed tlirco largo creeks within
four miles of the junction. Most of distance
traveled Ibis day trail very good ; crossed a
few rocky points ; no bottom land along the
river; soil on the mountuln better than wc
had seen for somo days ; inudo twelve miles ;
camped on a bar iu n bend of tho river;
pleasant grove ; on bar parties prospected ;
got tho color, but not as good as wo got at
at first bnr.
June 23 Trnll this day led near the river,
on a strip of low land, occasionally crossing
high points putting down to tho river ; the
strip of bottom land varied in width from one
yard tn two hundred covered with scattering
timber : mountain high on both sides of the
river; 10 miles from camp crossed a stream a
rod wide, 2ft. deep, coming in from the north;
two or three miles from this stream came down
to a tioat hauled out on Iho bank of the river;
near tho boat was a grave with a cros3 fixed
at tho head of It ; tbe boat was well construct
ed, capable ol carrying ten or twelve men. We
were at a loss to tell whether the man was
drowned or killed by the Indians. This was
the boat constructed by tho unfortunate men
on Otter Rar, last winter, to descend the river,
and were compelled to leavo it here, on account
of the ice. Five or six miles from the last
stream came to another, coining in from tho
cast. Bitwccn tbe two rivers Is a high moun
tain, rising out of which is n sharp point com
ing down to the junction; as wo ascended, wc
caught sight of the loft fork; it appeared to
be 30 or 40 yards wide above the junction and
fifty feet higher than the main stream, Into
which It ran with a plunging current; the
mountains along the river have a scattering
growth of pine and fir timber; good grass ev
erywhere; In -1 or 5 miles from tho hut Junc
tion wo wcro compelled to nscend the moun
tain; the river ran through a cation; when on
the top wc were 2,000 feet nbovo the rlcr;
here wo found a large section of table land of
an excellent quality, principally prairie, with
scattering groves of pine; crossed the prairie
and camped In a grovo near n small brook.
Made 22 miles; had a heavy shower nhout
sundown.
JuncSC Rained hard n few mtnutrs; left
camp nt 7 a. m.j traveled down a ravine tn
the river, i)S miles, to Otter liar; 2.1 or .10
men had taken up the bars on each side of the
river; on the opposite side of the river some
of them were sluicing nnd others sawing lum
ber. Otter liar Is eighty rods long and from
20 to 100 yards wide. The bar on the north
sldu Is low, prospects poor, one-fourth cent to
the pan; Iho best prospect ever got or report.
cd was -l cents. The company nre ntl talking
nf leaving; they have n long string of sluices,
nnd have brought a creek on the bar; they
Imvo nn excellent chance to ground ilulce;
they have washed up nnd have not made ono
dollar per day to the hand. Here wc sec men
from Ponder River, who ray thoc Is few
claims there that wilt pay grub. Ittght here
I will say that John Day River nnd Powder
Itixcr mines nre the greatest humbug that was
ever gotten up on this coast.
June 27 Ult camp nt 7 a. )t.. kept up the
river, the course of which Is 15 or 7 deg. south
of cast.; trail rocky and much blocked up by
logs; traveled 8 miles; camped to proscct.
June 28 Day spent In proscctltig. There
is more quarlx hero than I hae ever seen In
any country, but you can only rnlse the color
In tho most favorable gulches, In fact wc only
got the color In one gulch. Here Is quartz of
all kinds, blue, crystiilizcd and honey-comb. 1
think there will be good diggings found on
this range in the course nf the summer, Ap-
plegato refuse quartz (In Jackson) prpiects
much better than this. The bars ore all low,
nnd wo cannot yet down to the bed rock for
water. I saw one hole sunk ten feet lower
than the water in the river without striking
the licd-inck, only now nnd then a pan that
they could sec the color of gold in. Hirewas
a poor Dutchman whom 1 hoard exclaim, 'My
d'otl I vlih 1 ns dead.' There was the lung
est vlnigcd set of men around the cairpCris
this night that I had sail on tho trip.
Juno 2i This, day Col. Ross cnlhd the
company together and proposed tn them to
lake the nearest trail to Salmon River; he
said there were two trulls, one by Wullu
Wul'a and the other by way of Ponder Ithcr;
that he thought the trail by Wulla Walla the
but; that parties were at liberty to take
whichever route they chose. Ten mcndicldcd
tn go by Ponder Rlur thirteen to go by
Wnlla Wnlla.
June .10 Col. Ross, Jacob Thompson, D.
Itathbun, V, Ply male, Jns. Layman, Dr. Our-
beck, I). J. S. Pkicc, Jas. ljudon, Wwle
.Manning, Joseph Russell, A. II. Stone and
J. II. Wrlsley, left camp for Walla Walla.
O. M. Rowloy, II. Abbot, 0. Nye, John Hill
man, (Icorgo llillmaii, Vincent Jones, C. C.
Myers, John Sessions, Drumnnd nnd K.
Mini, left for Ponder River. Wo of the Wulla
Wnlla party started down the river to Otter
liar. Upon arriving, wc found Dr. McIIrhlo,
who requested an Interview with Col. Itoss.
Wo passed down the river two miles, ascended
one mile to table land, and camped on n small
stream. Tho Doctor stated In tho Colonel
that a man by the name of Glllnmn had left
California with over 100 men en route for
Salmon Rlcr; Hint they came by Pitt River,;
im stiver mm tioo.-c i-aue: had iieen lost in
a high district ; hnd crossed streams flowing
northwest ; had followed up a canon and struck
the trull coming don 11 the river; CO miles
hack from where they struck this trail, the;
had prospected nnd found from four cents to
one dollar to the pan ; they had left their
party nt work ; they had prospected the coun
try for ten miles and found It nil rich. Doctor
Mcllrhlc is the father of our Union Congress
man, J. R. Mcllrhlc, nnd n very reliable man.
Ho is acquainted with Gillman, nnd says his
statements can be relied upon. Colonel lies',
Jacob Thompson, Dr. Ovcrbck, Daniel Rath
bun, nnd F. Ply male volunteered to go and
ascertain the truth or falsity of this report.
July 1 The parly of five left camp with
sixteen days' provisions for the new El Dorado.
I lorgot to mention that Oillman stated there
wasun excellent route for a wagon road by
nay of (Jooso lake. We can find no one
who knows the distanco from here to Wulla
Walla it is variously estimated ut from CO
to 123 miles.
July 2 To-day saw n son of Dr. Mcllrhlc,
who says the Otter Uar Company are going
to leave. They done 21 days' ground sluicing,
with plenty of water, and clcuncd up seventeen
dollars. It Is the only company at nork on
tho river. Tho gold is all on tho surface.
Truly yours, J. B. Wkislkv.
VoomiBEi op Indian." I say to you,
my constituents, that as your representative, I
will never vote ono dollar, one man, or ono
gun to tho administration of Abraui Lincoln
to make, war upon the South."
Voorhees is ono of the Immortal fourteen
who issued tho fumous Vullandigham address
to tbe Democrats of the nation,
Tho Situation-Military and Political-
Within the last few days the whole" situa
tion," military and political, has undergone a
very considerable ohange. The Southwest,
which, ever since the evacuation of Corinth,
has presented no features of especial interest,
has all of a sudden begun to assume Import
ance again. Vandorn, or some other rebel
chieftain, succeeded in surprising the garrison
at Raton Rogne, nnd captured come fifteen
hundred prisoners, llrtcklnrldgo has taken
Murlrccsboro', a town situated about forty
miles due south of Nashville, and is reported
advancing on the lultcr city, being nt last
dates at Sovereign, seventeen miles south,
while Klrby Smith, with fifteen thousand reb
els who fur so long a llmo held the Cumber
land Gap, Is reported to bo moving on the
same place from the northeast. Tnc National
troops garrisoned nt Nashville were at last
dales fortifying Capitol Hill ond preparing
for defense.
The scouts of tho enemy have shown them
selves south of Memphis, and it is reported
that there nre 35,006 rebels at Holly Springs,
located on the branch railroad running from
la Orange, nn the Memphis and Charleston
road, to CofTecvUle, and thence to New Or
leans 1 while Van Horn Is, with -10,000, nt a
place reported by telegraph as Jupcllo, but
which w care unatile to find in nny gazetteer,
or upon nny map. If it be true that he has
taken Iliiton Ilogue, It must be somewhere in
the vicinity of that clly. In addition to this,
Morgan, the guerrilla, has made an Incursion
into Kentucky, nnd nt last dates was at Ver
sailles, nn the Kentucky River, from which
place ho menaces both Frankfurt mid Lexing
ton. These movements arc so diverse that it is
impossible to form nil idon of the gcncrnl plan
to which they belong, If, Indeed, there be nny.
Ilnllciks line extends, we presume, along the
line of tho Memphis nnd Charcsllon Railroad.
probably ns far ns .Stevenson, There has
been n contot for tho posesslon of Chatta
nooga, f.-r wc rend in n dispatch published
yesterday, that It was turmhed at Corinth
that the object of the rebel, in taking posses
sion of Holly Springs, was to cover a move
ment of Van born to reinforce the place
to which reference ha been made. Tuklng
ult In nil, It li totally evident that the reln-ls
ure going to attempt n "countcr-lrrilntlon,"
us they call it In the South-west after the
fashion nf Jucl;nn, lately In the valley of the
Shenandoah, llonuregurd Is reported sick nt
Richmond, and this may account for the fuel
that np have hoard but little ol that bombas
tic Individual lately, but then wc read that
Mugruder has been transferred to some new
quarter. In his parting nddn-ss tn his soldiers,
he is reported tn have raid that ho was going
to nn Important aud distant command. From
this nc conclude that he Is to take charge of
operations in the South-west.
As these events nre progrcwlng wo learn
that Ocncrul Curtis, nllh 11,000 Western
troops, has arrived at lUlma, m the MIm!
sip river, about fifty miles below Memphis.
It will be recollected that nftrr the battle of
Poa Ridge-, Curtis pursued Van Horn nml
Price for n short distance into Arkansas, but
afterwards fell back to Missouri. When It
was ascertained that tho rebel generals sue-
cccdeil in marching through Arkansas to
Memphis, Curtis set out, and wc now hear of
his arrival, probably at the opportune, mo
ment, on the western bank of the Mississippi,
lly that movement thorcklsat Holly Springs
have been outflanked, and they will lmvo tn
fall back towards New Orleans, while llutlcr,
wc piesumr, will drlvo Van Doru upwards
Tho result nf such operations would be to
forco tho rebels tn retire north-easterly, to
wards Chattanooga, If that bo not now the
real Intention, and, doubling upon Mailed; nt
that point, nttempt a raid northwards into
Tennessee nnd 1C ntueky. The activity which
the rebels in tho South-west have of late
M10"" - wI hcnellt their cause In so much a
it will prevent tho transfer of nny portion of
the armies now stationed there to irglnl.i.
Simultaneously with these military move
ments, vvu lmvo news of political prncnillngs
of scarcely less Importance. Tho President,
nsour readers are nwure, some time ago recom
mended, nnd Congress declared, that the policy
of the (iovernmenl In relation to slavery, here
ufter, would be to old nny Stale, pecuniarily
that should resolve cither upon immediate 01
gradual emancipation. This left the initatlvc
with the slave States Ihemsolvcs. It now ap
pears that tho President has had recently rev
cral interviews with the Representatives in
Congress from tho Holder States. Of the pre-
clsa object of these interviews, wc have no in
formation. W c Infer, however, that It was
to urge upon those gentlemen the propriety of
at once taking the Initiative on emancipation,
on the ground that such a step would do much
towards bringing the war to an end. A syn
opsis of tho reply which Iho llorder Stato
men intend to return, will bo found among our
dispatches today. Iu it they decline to com
mit themselves to tho support of Iho policy
urged by the President, but My that they will
recommend their States to consider it respect
fully.
In the meantime, the reply Is withheld till
the determination of tbe President upon the
Confiscation Hill, which provides for the re
ception of runaway slaves Into tho service of
the United States, to bo employed In erecting
fortifications, or in any other way that they
can bo made useful, and declares tho slaves of
all persons In arms against tho Government,
or giving aid and comlort to the enemy, free,
is known. W hy they hive detcrmiued to
withhold their reply, till the President's views
on this matter arc made public, it Is not easy
to determine, unless In case of on approval
they arc going to secede after tho fashion of
some of their predecessors. That tho war, in
any event, Is going to be prosecuted with
renewed vigor, is evident from tho passago of
the bill authorising tho President to call out
the whole militia ol the country. If the loyal.
Ists hi the llorder States kIiouM becomo re
fractory, it might complicate things somewhat,
but their good sense ought to suggest to them
to adhere to tho President. Alta California,
July 17li
Cecil.- Sixteen to day I These aro my
birth-day gifts, this ring, that bracelet, that
rote-wood writing-desk, I don't care for nny
of them U'diif my liappincst. I want some,
one to love mo a very, very great deal, better
than any one clso In the wide world I some
body who will understand mo and believe in
me ; somebody who will never speak of my
faults to anybody but myself; somebody that
will never hear a whisper against me, though
It should cost a life somo body who will ray,
This little friend of mine Is not perfect, any
more than I myself, but woo to anybody who
dare cay that to me. llmt'i what I want,
said Cecil, springing up and confronting her
birth-day gifts. Now I wonder do other girls
think that way? There is Julia .Smith all
sho wants is fine bonnets nml fine decsscs ;
Clara wants admiration, nnd cares not a pin
for love, nnd Helen longs for a carriage and a
fino establishment like her mamma's. I want
worlds of love ; I can give it, too, If it be to a
true, loyal nature, that I can trust implicitly,
and I don't care what comes If I have that.
I.lfo Is love, and love is life. I believe In that
first, and other things aftcrwnrJs,
L.tnon. Why, man ol Idleness, labor has
rocked you In the cradly, and nourished your
pampered life ; without it, tho woven silk nnd
wool about your bark would be In the shop-
herd's fold. For the meanest thing that min
isters to human want, save tho air of heaven,
man Is Indebted to toll ; and even the nlr, In
Hod's wise ordination, Is breathed with labor.
It Is only the drones who toil not, who infest
Iho hives of the active like masses of corrup
tion and decay. The lords of Iho earth aro
working men, who build or cast down at their
will, nml who retort the sneer of the "soft
headed " by pointing to their trophies whcr
ever urt, science, civilization and humanity are
known. Work nn, man of toll I thy royalty
is yet to be acknowledged, ns labor rises on
ward to the highest throne of power.
A Hi:rr.i. (j:si:itAi, Dr.trron to Major Am
pkiiko.v. The New Oilcans Delhi of June 7tli
says :
General Cocke, of this city, is In a " tight
place." Just beforo the war broko nut ho an
nounced that he would never pay his North
ern debts. Among his crcbllors was Major
Anderson of Kentucky, tho defender of Fort
Sumter. Coike oned him 82.1,000 or S30,
000. Cocke onus n good dcul of properly In
Ihls city. Already SSO.000 worth of it las
been se-lreil by order of General llutlcr. It
will be confiscated, nnd wc trust that Major
Anderson will be paid nut of the proceeds.
Pt'NisiiiNn RfiiKM. The Stockton Jmc
ptniknl of July lClh has tho following:
As the Third Regiment was on its march
on Monday to the Mokclumno river, n man
appeared from the ranch of T. 11. Parker glv.
Isi three cheers for Jeff. Davis. Tho circum
stances so excited some of the soldiers that
they foil upon the rebel ami gave him a sound
drubbing. When tho regiment had arrived at
Its camping place, Colonel Connnnr sent n
squad of men to arrest the man who cheered
for JclF. Davis. They captured him, took him
to camp, and the last wc hoard of Mm he wai
engaged In packing sand upon his back as a
punhhment for his treason.
Tls sweet, on winter's night at home, to
sit by fire and taper; but nh I It Is n wiser
thing, by far, to read our paper. Won't you
lake our paper? Can't you take our paper?
The joys of heart are little worth unless you
tuko our paper. Maidens, nwaltlng lovers
true, you must take our paper. Swains, who
would not Idly woo, you must take oar paper.
Won't you take our paper ? Can't yon tako
our pnper? Iovc' joys below you'll never
know unless you tako our paper.
IlnioiiT Hov'rs, Thero Is on earth much
sorrow nnd much darkness ; there is crimo
and sickness, and shriek of despair, and tho
deep, long, silent torture. Ah I who can namo
them all, tho tull.-rir.gs of humanity, in their
manifold, pale dispensation! Hut, God bo
praised 1 there Is also nn influence of goodness
and joy ; there nro noblo deeds, fulfilled hopes,
moments of raptures, decades of blissful
peace, bright marriage days, and calm, holy
death-bed.
Once in a crowd which were laughing at a
very grave monkey, Davy Crockett remarked,
half aloud and half to himself, " If the critter
woro specs, he'd look tho picture of Slnjor
Wright I" Whereupon the Major, whom tho
Colonel had not noticed before, announced his
presence, and called upon him to npolugizcj,
"To irWi," replied Davy very seriously,
" you or tht monlty ?"
An Englishman's Idea nf Fraser river
" My hopinion Is the minlny reason is toa
bloody short the blnretcd winter Is too long,
and In summer the river Is too 'igh, yer know;
so wat can a uiau licsncct to do 'ere hanny
"ow,"
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