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an apolhecary at Winchester, Indiana, n
quantity af antim"nial wine was sold TO a
Methodist society near that p ace for sacIa.
mental purp~s. 1t was quarterly meet
inv occasion when the wine WAS taken aud
the effect was frghttul. Although it was a
serious matter, the sinners, owing doubtless
to the hardness of their hearts, did laug b
excessively as the brethren and sisters, in
gang, of from. .half dozen TO dozen, were
leaving the church deposling the contents
of their slomachs in their hats and aprons
as they went.
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Touch SroKY.-Mr. Ayers made bal
loon ascension from Buffalo lately. as pa.
per ihereabouls relates. lie gained an alti.
tute of four miles, when he decended three
miles and suddenly struck whirwnd,
which bore him with constantly increasing
sreed distance Of thirty and forty miles in
seven minutes. lie then descended in safety
We go all of the above except 80 miles 10
seven minutes,
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The CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN He is above
mean thing. lie cannot sloop tn fraud.
lie -.a'l-s no secrets in the keeping of an
other. lie helrays no serre's c"ntd-d TO
own keeping. lie never struts in b .rrow-d
pIn,nage ,Ile takes no selfish advantages Of
man : mistakes. lie us no i2nnhle weapl
ons of controversy. Ils never s,abs in the
daIk lie is ashamed of inuenlnes. He is
not one thin to II mans face anl another
behind his back IT, hy accident, he comes
into possession of his neighb rs counsel ito
passes upon then An act of ns'ano ohny'n.
lie bears scale packages wilh"nt anper
ING. with the wax. Papers not me9uL !"r his
eve whether they futer ~ his win'l,w or lie
open before him in unguarl-d exp 'snrr, are
sacred to him lie i,rotanes no privacy Of
others. however soundly the sentry sleeps.
Bolts and bars. i" ks and keys, hedges and
pickets, bonds and securities, nntires TO tres,
passers are none of them for him. H. may
be trusted, himself out of sight-near the
otlic.', he sells none.---lle would rather fail
of his rights than win them through dishon.
or. lie will eat honest hrsal. lie tram.
pies on no sensitive feeling. lie Insults no
man. If he have rebuks for another. he is
igh'forward. open and manly. He rani
not descend to scnrriIiy BilIngsgaie don't
lie in his track. From all profane and wan.
ton dialect his words are chastened, OF
woman, and to her he speaks with decencv
and respect In short, whatever he judges
honorable, he practires towards every man.
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Almost a million and a half bushels Of
grain were shipped from New York for Eu
rope in one week. besides 35,432 barrels of
flour. This is fine fact. considering tha,
Europe is at peace, while we have a civil
war that employs million men on both
sides, rather more than less
The Placer herald., 1862-09-13

Gen. Geary, formerly Mayor Of San
Francisco, WAS wounded in the arm at the
battle of Rapldan, on the olh ultimo, and
the limb was smputated,
The Placer herald., 1862-09-13

John Van Buren,, son of the late Ex Presi
ident. is said to hs in very delicate state Of
health. He has heen an invalid for nearly
two years.
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County Court, and Court of Sessions.
E. II. Vandecar, Judge. Meets the fourth
Monday in January and May, and the second
Monday in September
Probate Court.
Meets on the fourth Monday in each month.
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COUNTY SEAT-At the election on We'd
nesdsy in Sisnislaus county, Knights Ferry
WAS elected IS The county seat Of that oouQ'
tv
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No HOPE FROM ESGLAND.-The Rich.
mond Examiner of Angus. 9th, discourses
thus concerning England:
1T is the interest Of Great Britain that
this war shall 90 on until the North is over
whelme, with debt and taxation, aud thor.
oughly exhausted of men, capital and
materials for conducting a successful ri
valrv in manufactures and commerce; and
until, also, the South shall be everywhere
overrun, her slaves taken off, and all the
circumstances which gave the S 'u.h a nom
opolv Of the cotton culture. shall be des!royl
ell, The talk abou, her starving operatives
is the silly cant of women and clrrgymen.
England could better afford, aud her Gov.
eminent Nould prefer, to see five millions
of her operatives starved to death, rather
than to sec the civil dissensiuns Of this
country healed and its affairs embarked
again on he career of prosperity on winch
they were m",n tw" Years ago. She has
htl the cunning and heavy Lr,brs. t" com
troll members Of the Republican, psrv Of
the Nnr'h, l." inaugnra'r the present troubles,
and despite If The s-nlm-n,ai>m which she
is u"~ preaching on the horrors of the war,
she is Ile real lgs'ga'or of the aggressive
measures # the North against The Souh.-
she has had L e address /" make the North
her rival in manufactures and commerce
do her own work upon the South-her
surcr>sful competitor in the cotton culture.
Her two rya in matters tourhing her vital
interests are engaged in deadly collision. and
she would this day choose rather that all
her starving operatives should perish than
that The North and South should lie at peace
until their work of mutual destruction is
Completed"
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CORPORATION OF AUBURN.

RegUIlr meetings Oi the Trust"ts on INC HrSt
Wednesday evening of every Mouth.
TRusrsE5 -Tal, Mitchell. Prrsidpnf; John K
Gwvnn &. J Hillyrr William Miller and VIM.
O>burn. CLERK William Sexton. TREASURER
j. H. Brown. MlRSH,i.- John q. Boggs.
Committee on Ju liciary J. Hillyrr.
Fin,nce-Wm. H. Miller.
Streets-John r. Gwynn.
Police-Willam Osbnrn.
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Fee Bill Of Town Marshal.

Pass" aud approved Sept. 25th. A. d. 1861
For killing each dog. not tagged. 81 80
For selling each uOg tag........ ........ l 90
For each License sold for exhibitions . so
For services rs Collector, six per cent of the
amount of revenue collected on taxable property
levied by the Trustees.
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District Court.
BE-. Myres Judge. Meetson the second Mon
day in January, April and July, and the third
Monday in October
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NUMBER. 2.
Clear the Track for a Prophet.

The "priva'r astrnl"gisl' Of the Spr nyfield
Republican thus casts the horoscope CT the
rebellion
l. may not be generally known that Gem.
mi is the ruling i'm of America; and when
America declared her independence, the
planet Hrrsrh-l was in the same degree of
Gemin that it was when South Carolina
passed the Seression Act, December, goth,
1860. The Union has lasted just one rev.
oluiion of Herschel round the heavens and
until IIerschel gets out of Ge,nini, which
will be- in July, 1868. such a state Of peace
"a before existed need not he expected
Peace aud unity will then rule. The f'low-
ny is a compendium of events during The
remainder "f the present year. The position
Of Saturn is opposition with Her@hel in
August indicates a very important move
menr in the Sou,hwes'; u terrible engage.
m-nt may he expected IN whi'h the Union
army is vrIoriois hu, thousands are killed
and wonnIpd. Jupiter in Leo, he 'a-l +
the month in Iiratps ,inve,n-nt with Met
Clellan, but Richmond will not I've takrn
this month. pemher--graot engagement
of the army ~ Rrhm'nd; terri .e BATTLE,
the most serious of the war | Am. howev-
er, sorry to say the Federal army are re.
pulsed through the tr-a,hrrv or inrompe-
tency Of An officer "f hiLh posth n. Ortn-
her--Some movement is male by the Com
ftiera,es on or near New Orleans but Sat.
urn in Virgo denotes no serious loss on our
side, but the interest of the public will be
turned to tha. section. Gener i Bniler
must beware of sickness or accident. No
vember--'lhis month is the most important
Of any. Mars, the ruling planet Of Charles
ton, is in the 4'E degree OF Taurus, and
that city will he in possession of The F-!erals
ere the month closes Another move
ment "n Richmond; the rebels will evaclate
without fighting Decemher-A draft for
troops during this month may be expected;
much scknes in the army and several skirm'
ishes are described Also some more trouble
with Europe. and fear mediation from the
influence Of Uranus. | close this calculation;
the war will not end this year.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-09

The long bombsrdmont is ct en- end, and
tie "Gibraltar Of the Vest has fallen.
The ingenuity and perseverance, Of our Fed.
sFal forces we're toO much for The bOastsd
inprsgnsbilI,y Of the rebels. Gen. POPehav-
ing hrnly established himself ct New Mad
nd, d,thsrsby blOekadiRg the river, the means
Of transporting men end muaiiOas 70 the
Fsbels Ht the Island was necessarily slow
and haEardous. The Federal gun boats
have always laborsd under . disadvantage
atthiS place in consequence Of being better
atted % aght up stream, IS at Forts Henry
And DOnelsOn, than down stream. This
difficulty Was ObviAtsd, after immense
labor sad mnoh time, BY cutting channel
or canal across The Missouri point between
the Federal feet and New Madrid, ss
shown In the map We published yesterday.
Having conveyed esvsEal transports and
gun beats through tae slough into the Mis-.
OissiPPi below the Island, cur forces had the
rebels ct 3 dissdvbnlsge, and the latter
surrendered.
The number Of msn EuFrendsring is not
Known 1t this writing. Il Is not inPrOb
able that the rebels have been quietly and
gradually svaoustieg for week or more,
asFOSs the main land, and that the actual
force captured vas small. But We have ell
he PrsStigs Of success, and the Confsderaey
have another dishsartsnihg dose to sRal-
lev.
We shall now look for stirring operations
towards Memphis and OOrinth. Our asei
viii soon, be down she river in the rear Of
Bssurogard, and moving IS rapidly as may
be toward the New Orleans leVes, there 70
Rsst Con. POrtsr's mortar hssL and pay
their combined respects 70 the city.
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NoWn ofIhe surrendsr.

Tbs Evening H6rald and Plain Dealer Of
last evening contained only brief Cairo
announcement Of ths surrender Of Island
No 10 to our forces. The Evening LEADER
of Lass evening contained the official report
Of Com. FoOts to The Navy Department at
Washington, forwarded to Us by special
dispatsh. That report will be found at the
bead Of the tslegraphio column on the first
page.
On Monday morning the LzADER contained
nearly two columns of special dispatches
from Cairo and New Madrid, giving q great
many facts and details which our eOntem-
POEaries did not receive. Among many
other items Of aswS which have been pub
Hshed hrst in the special dispatches to the
L1ADEH was the pardon Of Rev. Geo. Cor
don, and We daily give important and valu-
able newt items from the seat Of war on the
Potomac and on tbs Mississippi, which are
furnIahed By no otksF paper IN Northern
okso.
Ths Herald heads some Of ia telegrsphie
reports special RspOrts," or Especial Dis
patOhes." but the public speedily discover
that these are special to the New York
end Okieago paPsrs Of the morning before,
and are the zane In substance Is thOss Of
TIE hoRHIHo LEADHR, Issued twelve hOurl
bsfors.
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HsR siasEets are Elsas.

The Committee who are examining the
contracts for ordnance, have had prepared
for them, By AessFs Jenks 4 Co, Of Brides
burg, near Philadelphia q complete oollec.
ton Of the numerous pieoss used In construct
ing q Springfield musket The wooden
stock passes through sixteen machines before
Il iS completed. They have furnished each
piece 90 the machine leaves Il, thus at e
glance, showing the whole process OF max
ing gun. The nipple, which is the sm .ll-
est piece, requires twenty-five distinct ope-
rationS. The trigger fourteen. The ramrOd
hVe, and the hsyonet eighteen. The whole
detail Of the mandatory would be very In
teFesdnR, but for the present must be With
held. The factory Of jerks & On. Is said by
the Committee to be the most perfect Of any
in the country. Their contract was endorS-
cd by the Committee and ordered 70 be con-
tinued By the Secretary of War.
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Rsssl RsporI q sss nIsrrInas.
IFrom ,ho charleaton Nereurrl ]

kHrom the Charleqton hefcary
The Virginia iS now In the dry dock for
repalrs Her iron plates are said to have
Withstood, with the most complete success
the feet Of the terrific canonnading Of the
enemy some Of the sections only being riven.
Her smoke stack and veptillatoFs were rid
qled By the eneny'S balls 90 As to give them
the appearance, 90 our Informant describes
hem, Of huge nutmeg grAters. We are glad
10 learn from TIE Norfolk Day Book that the
large gun, recently cast in Richmond for the
Virginia, has been placed In its position on
board Of that vessel II throws q solid shot
weighing $50 pounds.
The shot is OF wrought iron, long, and has
3 steel point. This polnt Is not conieAl, Is
Ia the common rife cannon ball, but shaped
ike that Of the ordinary instrument for
punching iron. Recent experiments show
Ihis 70 b an ugly weapon, even against thick
iron plates. The gun for this new projeolile,
with the two Armstrong guns put on board
he Virninia since she returned from New
port News gives her one OF the most for
midRble batteries in the world, in addition
70 her being both shot and shell proof
The Richmond Dispatch, Of the goth says:
Private information from Norfolk assures
Us that the Ajax OF the Roads will not long
be idle, and thht when she makes her seo-
Ond excursion It will fall with crushing sf-
feet upon the old hulks Of the Federal navy
since her gallant exploits Of the 9Th and 9Th
the people of Norfolk breathe freer, and less
danger Is apprehsnded Of q visit from Burn
side
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Aid for he .oIdIern.


In visW Of the impending great battle ct
corinth, let uI urge upon our readers gen.
srally, and especially upon aIl auxiliary Sol
eisEI Aid Societies throughout Northern
Ohio, to redOuble their efforts for the relief
Of the sick and wounded soldiers who viii
al victims. At forts Henry and Don;
slsoa there were not enough hospital stores,
o. handageI and clothing for the wounded,
aad many brave fellow now lies in an IN
marked grave who might, but for this want
Be At home with his friends OF recovering In
TIE military hospitals. Let not this be said
Of Oorinth, bat let every effort be made,
through the sOldiers' Aid Society Of North
en- Ohio whose head quarters are ct e5
Bank street, Cleveland, to be ready to ten.
der comfort to the suffering ones who fall Ia
the great battle.
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We give above q map of the region toward
which, ct this time, the eyes Of the whole
country are turned. Il presents the main
points In the Eastern Mississippi Valley from
Cairo &c Memphis. The great rebel line Of
defence has stretched from Island No. 10 to
Corinth, and 90 on toward the Esstern Gull
and Atlantic States. For three weeks our
gunbOats and mortarS have bombarded and
shslled Island No. 10, with no very crafty
ing indications Of speedy success, until at
length We have the glorious news that the
entire rebsl force upon the Island, with men,
gunG transports, and stores, has surrendered
to our Gag. That great Stronghold has fallen
and che river is clear to Fort Randolph, sixty
miles sbOvs Memphis.
Until within q few days, the rebels have
had possession of Union City, twenty miles
from HickmsD, but that point is now
in the hands Of our troops. The rebels are
in force at Humboldt and Jackson, on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad; at Grand Juno
ton, hfty miles east Of Memphis, and at Cor
inth, about one hundred miles from Memphis
At the latter point the largest rebel force In
the West is oODgregsted under Gen. Beaure-
gard, and here the passage Of cur troops TO-
ward the Gulf will probably be the most
hotly contested. It will be the greatest bat
lie Of the waF, for more troops are ranged
against each other than have looked each
other in the face before during the year Of
hostility. Our forces under Gems. Grant and
Buell., are at and about Savannah, but whsl
their number ID, we would not be allowed to
tel II We knew. Enough that our generals
are conf ent and that our boys are ready
for the 6gbt Ohio is largely interested In
the impending battle, for the larger portion
Of her sons are in the combined Union army
at that point Island No 10 having surrend-
cred, part of our forces ct that point can be
spared TO continue down the river, engaging
the forts and batteries as the land srmies en-
gage Beauregard.
OF the defenses Of Memphis We have no
definite information. It has been supposed
that FSt Randolph was very sting posi-
ton, but probably portion of its heavy arm
ament had been transported to Island No. 10
70 aid In is defenOes. If 50, we have Grip
pied Fort Randolph in capturing the Island,
and the way to Memphis Is easy. Then, on
70 New Orleans and the Calf.
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Our sOIdIers at = ashI0Eto1.

C'occalional" to the Philadelphis PresI)
ItiB noticeable aud significant that the
moment 9 regiment is disgorged from the
cars, the hFst place the soldiers look for is
the Capitol Of the United States. II they
get here ct night, they are up bright and
early next morning 10 look ct the outside
Of the massive pile. II they arrive at noSn,
they Immediately strike Tor the Senate and
House, blling the galleries Of both, aud
looking with curious end surprised vision
upon the grsVe Legislators. have hun
derd times come upon freshly landed vol
anteer, who had only heard Of the great city
through the newspapers or gaEettsers, and
who, ct his own home, was q man Of oon.
siderstion, and watched him IS he stood in
deep study before the marble and printed
ef3gies and illustrations Of the heroes and
events Of American history. It is q novel
pleasure to them. Everything surprises
and grstihes them. They meet ct the very
threshold Of their career, q thousand beau
tiful incidents 70 stimulate them to continue
in II. Every object Of q nstiOnsl charae-
ter is but q new impulse to the faithful
and gallant performance Of q patriotic
duty. The figure Of Washington inVokes
them to 90 on in more than expressive stti-
tude. he seems to talk to them from can
Vsss and stone. Inspiration breathes from
the resolute lips Of Jacks In the rotunda
from the figure Of Jefferson n-from .ae
form Of Lafayetto-from William Penn
from Benjamin Franklin-even from the
portrait Of james Z. Polk, whose handsome
but stately widow, ct Nashville, could not
omit the opportunity Of insulting the SOL
diers Of the Republic when they came to
rescue the grave Of Jackson from the hands
Of the desPoilers Of the Union. There is
something almost sublime in the manner
which our soldiers are received in Wash
inEton, and In the msnnsr iH-Which they
are here prepared for the great work before !
them. II It asd been designed to impress
them alike with the dignity Of their task
and the hellish depth Of the scuthern |
treason, both these objects could not have
been affected than BY impressing upon |
them, immediately on their srrival in
Washington, BY every conceivable process,
the inesimable value Of the Union and the /
Constitution, and the amsEing perRdy Of |
those who are nov working to destroy both.
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Rn.OrrnnIanrInn.
From the Providence Journal.l


The Democratic party begins It's re-organi-
sStion under 6ns suspices Vsllandigbam
ushers It on to the stage Of action. Ofa the
patriots in the ranks of the party, this pre-
cious specimen was chosen to lead the new
movement When We remember bis course
during the present session Of Congress how
be has opposed almost everything that the
Government has done, how be has embar
rassed Congress, 90 far as he could, In all its
efforts to make the war energetic and effect.
I've, how be has constantly been on terms Of
intimacy with the secessionisis in and out Of
congress, how be appeared at Baltimore with
Breckinridge and Burnett, when they tried
10 make trsitorous speeches there on their
way to the rebel camps IN Kentucky, how bis
words have been quoted all through the
South to prove that there is sympathy in the
North with the cause Of the rebels, how be
has In every way made bis name q Kissing
and by.Word smonR loyal men Of all part.
les; when we recall all this, and see that he
Of al men is chosen as chairman of the com
mittee TO set the party again on its legs, we
csn have little doubt in what path the party
will be invited to travel
Is It possible thst the patriotic members
Of the old Democratic party, that the OOch-
ranes and Dickinsous and Buffers are willing
70 revive the old organisation under such a
leader as that fellow, and on such 9 basis ss
be desires2 Ars they willing to cast their
politicsl fortunes with these men, who have
been dallyiug with seoessionists and tFsm-
bling on the verge Of treason for many
month"; Dare the men who met in secret
conference 60 before the country with such
man as their spokesman If the Demo-
cratic party Is aiming to regain its power 70
act only in the spirit Of Vallandigham,
then It is folly even more conspicuous than
1t was at the Charleston and Baltimore Con-
ventions. The American people are not
bearing the heavy burden Of this war in vain.
One thing they must learn, if nothing else,
that treason and secession are not TO be brook
cd, that men or parties who look with indul-
Rence on loyalty can never be trusted II
this is not learned and remembered, and al
lowed to determine our action, our csreer ss
a nstion is ended. We cannot believe that
the true patriots Of the Democratic party
will follow the LEAD Of such men as this Val
andigham. But there ID great danger that
unless they are on their guard they will be
drawn into an organisation which will be
controlled by the conditional Unionists of the
'lave States, and the semi. secsssionists ofthe
North.
Against the upbnilding Of such q parties
it "a our duty to labor with unremitting seal
lis duty, too, which will not be neglected