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The Placer herald., 1863-07-04

Mr.. LINCOLN FAILING According to
the Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Times, no one who sees Mr.. Lincoln
now can fail to be struck with his altered
appearance as compared with his looks two
years ago. He looks ten years older, and
the expression Of his face is haggard and
careworn in the extreme. His eye is restless,
and is constantly wandering at most times
With a vacant expresslon; at Others, IN a
manner indicative Of positive terror. He
has exactly the demeanor Of q man whose
rest is broken By remorse and to whose
pillow tranquil sleep is stranger.
The Placer herald., 1863-07-04

A YOU'VE Carrie ON DRESS. s.-Wiie who
is just entering upon his 4h Winter, had
very attentively watched one of his sisters
dressing for an evening party; and as it was
summer time and fashionable, the dress did
not come as far on the neck as WiIlie's ideas
of propriety suggested, he went to her ward
robe, and in moment came back pulling a
close fitting basque after him, when the fol!
lowing conversation ensued:
Siser-"What is that fora"
WiIlie-"For you to put on"
Sster-"But am all dressed now, look
pretty, don't I"
Wllie-"Yes," giving modest glance
at her shoulders; but somebody might see
you!"
The Placer herald., 1863-07-04

A Musical Bed Several foreign journals
speak of an invention just produced in Ger
many, namely, a musical bed, so constructed
that by means of a concealed piece of me-
chanism the pressure of The body produces
the sottest harmony, which lasts long enough
to ull them to sleep. At the head of the
bed is a dial with hand, which can be pac-
ed at whatever hour the person wishes .to
to awake; and at the time fixed the be /
plays march of Spontin with drums and
cymbals, loud enough to awake the soundest
sleeper
The Placer herald., 1863-07-04

The One Hundred and Twenty second
Pennsylvania Volunteers left their homes,
nine months ago, 1900 strong, and returned
month since, numbering only 800. The
One Hundred and rwen,y-fourth New York,
left Goshen last fall with |, l,OOO and return.
ed with 30O An Indiana regiment at
Washington has only 200 left of the original
O45
The Placer herald., 1863-07-04

RAT EXTERMINAToR.-Take equal parts
of powdered nux vomica and oat meal and
mix them thoroughly together, and put the
mixture a short distance from the holes.
To MAKE THE TEETH WHIrE.-A mixture
of honey with the charcoal, will prove an
admirable cleaner. 1t should be applied
once day with tooth brush.
IRoNCLAD FOR CALIFoRNIA-The clipper
ship Aqulla sailed on the 2Sth May, from
New York for San Francisco, having in
freight the iron'clad gunboat Camanche,
built in sections, for the United States Gov
ernment.
E-Tbe Valley of the Connecticut river
will this season be appropriated almost exi
clusvely to the culture of tobacco.
The Oroville Union, Union party paper
indorses the action Of the late Convention
as follows:
NATURALIzED CIrzESs.-We advise the
Governor to call the Legislature together
instanter to pass law requiring nsturall-
zed citizens to show their payers al the polls
before voting.
The Placer herald., 1863-07-04
"Oh, Liberty! Liberty! What Crimes are
Committed in thy Name!'

The New Orleans correspondent of the n
Y. Herald, writing under date of May 27th,
says: ooh that our honest people of the
North could come here and be behind the
curtain for few weeks; how they would
hold up their hands in holy horror at seeing
poor Unlce Sam robbed on every side by
those who are so intensely patriotic that
they would, to use their own words, hang
every secesslonist and slave holder higher
than Haman! We have an army of these
patriots here, who Imagine they are practic-
,ng their rascality without fear of discovery.
Some very rich developments
will take place in a few days, showing in
what manner fortunes are made in this de-
partment, aud how men come here very
poor and in few months leave for the North
with pocket fall of plunder An examna-
ton is now going on in regard to levying
black mail that seriously compromises some
high government officials The proof is now
before General Emory, and it is of the most
positive character, so much so that it is i'm
possible for the parties above referred to to
escape They had 90, wind of the affair,
and were to have left on the steamer of the
29th: but they have been held over by the
authorities IN order to await the result of
the examination now going on. The charge
now under investigation is but one of series
OF the same character some of them involv,
ING large amounts of money and | shall be
much mistaken if you do not in a very short
time have a history of the greatest vaanies
ever perpetrated in this or any other coun,
try. Verify, this department is now den
of thieves. A private sale of one thousand
bales of cotton, lately made here by gov
eminent official, is also to be investigated;
for it was contrary to the law of Congress
on the subject. A merchant remarked to
me the day after | { was sold that he would
have paid one cent pound more for the
cotton at auction than was paid for it at
private sale. This would have made a defer
ence of $4,000 in favor of the government"
The Placer herald., 1863-07-04

". ?. Freemon's JOurNoz
One of the first acts committed by Grants
army, when they entered Jackson, Miss,
was to burn the Catholic church there
This was on their march to Vicksburg.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20

BulziRDs.-The habits Of buazards have recently be.
come an interesting subject Of inquiry, in connection
with the war; There hundreds of dead horaes ard
Yankees moro Or less exposed on the field of Chance.
Orsvle s1d yet up to this time no. blizzard has bee
anywhere in the neghbOrhooa It suggested BY
the Savannah Republican that they have been disguised
and taken fight to distant parts probably, as
some think, the of battle and offensive gases e1-
PEELED in the explosion of 50 much guupowder may have
driven them eff.
PercOHtra, gentleman recently from the Weststates
that buzzards in immense quantities. have made their
appearance in the couury around Vcksburg and as far
west as Jackson having gone there probably, as sug
gested by the Advertiser enjoy the feast prepared for
them by Grant This, however, explodes the gunpos-
der theory set forth above and leaves US still in the
dark regarding the habits and procliyes of the buzz
Zard.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20
rpnu MIDDLE TENNESSEE

The savannah Republicans army correspondence
a.,s New Fosterville, June Ia, has the following
from the front
g e,r a. diminishing or fighting Ia considered, no
-. of the Kind has taken place for some une' o"AV
1d experimepta movSments are developer uauy
e. s;ds or the other The force reconiosssnee ;
Iorg the whole of the enemy hneS 10" "a 80
proyed that he was still IN ioree ana pre-
s lion Later disclosures indicate that lie hfS
;ds,blv reinforced has drawn MS hnes more
SI together and made important ateratons ~ n.'
V'0sey roTce estimated at 10000 arrived al MUIR
eoS,,,oI ON Sunday. The numbers may nave ueen
- estimated but certain it is tnat tne eO.a
raw since il occupied six hours IN Pass
noint Il is believed to nave CONF ~ g5cb mint
po,uts in Kentucky IRON Nasns tr ooo
~,,or,sd ,hers remains a force OF 5,OOO'
"no,nv annears 10 have given the attack upon
rIL,;n bv Forrest a great deal OF attention. Hnu "
sisa. Il as a matter of consderaoie lnPota N";
~ d-ven entirely out Of Franklin anu enedSou
Iu.; hanks of the Harpeth under their siese suns'
Sghs porton of our forces thus eneageu sorss
=; ,hs roar bust themselves IN remofins
from the town have heard FORREST 'OSs Az he.
rom te 300 Int consider this exaggerated AS pc
as nsu ~ :, 2 understood that he suffered tne iTss ~
.OiS Of lght artillery The enemy 80
.,o;n, Sorce at 10000 and sent IN arg
ataoA'Ne So This engagement they have
en' $3.50 yorn LSvrrge and Gallatln upoA
w ,raUs,erred them to Trune on tneT
! - sosv snnporting dist nee OF FranEhp' hS;"sds
- ,bssc movements they have wthorAma Marssses
from Carthage on their LETT, anu seus iSca,e fear
-, Tbsse movements would seem 10 lnuoe va. -.
.Sas 40 VAS about attempting TO turn theT
Co. r,ovsment if made successfully, Wouiu WI VIZ y
-S,-. .,,rons 10 the enemy inasmuch Is u SotiS ~
~ communication, cut on has oase u ~
Diss and throw the Confederate army pesnesn s -
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20
tFtom the Central Pre,bytsrian.l
LETTER FROM REV. DIR. BO6k

h,y, been received recently from DR.. Hogs, from
"Aien N0 s'' PARIS, April "a, 1sCa
81 wrote you Of my plans for leaving Eogana ne IA o. s
and which we're hkely W w N - -
in the Wesi Inais t vessel which was going from
u Nassau On which could get BERTH aud on visiting
a. MAI Arrangt for taking my passage ne teu
@ ,bst vessel had in hAtmorning rom Nsisau, te
INC Oh Informed hug that the yellow fsyer wa mere Ae.
M ne fispds With consulted thought ought not 70 TIA
he dOube Of capture .na yOs S ou 10 Terrn to INV
% md CHURCH. know thai neither would Wish u.e = en-
an anu dnnbe danger and you people would pre-
bee 10 attempting get home under such as
nTsgns circumstances. iee TO be my ouy NO" VueuS "
await the s Who mt here in safety and who
me such success convey ma back again ID MS own good
us h og to be 1b!e 10 sometime during the summtr
P ~ Nova Scotia and Bermuda. do not think hsy have
Tb the delay great bat can axe
o pse Of nv time EAtter hov long am cemp.su 20 :
main here for can continue to oIt,n and orHsTd speh 'n
m are needed to supply spiritual wants OF er
pObsby 90 scotland, where think ran m ns
80 S .snsa in London and elsewhere In England
can DO STFf sSSt y cc@pesd 10
| main snalI improve my time and orpottunues; ,
Co0ne Lamar 70 81 Petersburg next week.
90 ~ him. must return to London on wednesday,
sSala nc, ~ and a, time ike this VIXEN my oouairyner
are struggling for sl that dear 70 man no no' liza
, and do no! care how hi over et the pl
yatiots you all suffer here more than ciu Then
Ibsye little relish for the pomps and pleasures anS
,,xes that surround In Europe. While the war lasts
We ud rather live pork and bread In the ~
| ,hs TuiIlerle. AZ The able Of the Emperor.
Rave not time room 10 write sn account Of whss nav
.a IN but The mention OF the EmL error reminds me 70 81
that was pessn. grand reyie. day before
which saw him and the Empress End thu Prince ana
ss NsnoIeon waking arm in arm with gentleman on VI
Clamps Eysses He in plain citizens SreS ana shs
hscr The fr was carriage escorted by spend
mounted guard The young Prince, pretty ong ioSts DU
sSin another carriage with guard OF his osn YESTERDAY
ernI,S raid visit 10 Mr. snde aud presented my letter
oans,;on II. AID Mrs gave very kind reception an
4 nv interview With him very interesting"
short letter. dated London, May 9Th, he speass OF al
anxiety 70 return and the tame difficulties in the vayl
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20
.laiIriAL ~ ceHNs.as,.
The Augusta COn;titutiOnaIi.t saws:
RIcanoSD, June 10, 1868.


The Augusta Constitutionali.t says:
We do net know how ay Treasury were Issued prtyors
to the lst December nor how have since funded
estimate howeVt that the ssc thea OUTSTANDING exclusive OF
interest no5, two notes and
fusds6s was about two hundred AID fifty millions ProSsby
seyeny five millions funded 10 the 22d Apl hoped
that the amount In all sach hundred millions by ku
gust II the amount OF those left viii re only h millions
every dollar Of which good gold tdres ana will
sosbed under he tax bill - that there sts
why speeUlaors and banks should refuse recevs
prior Decemberthus diseredg tn. csrfeLcy country
tie issues Of the Confederate Treasury Those just =
good as an. Treasury issues and parties rng receive
Know b6y always receivable for taxes and payable
monts amer The nctz ss after Is, Of December
pevsus TO 9Th April equs Sodand hy ndable amer
LIST August though only four recen ust Al oer Tres
sury notes Issued sft 9th April fuIdsbie only four psr
cents twtye months Aer issue II Is therefore only
interested psrtss this attempt disit Tresy notes. walsh
are as good Issues And the idea that August e
viii be secretly Of Money ns well sustained by Tie
tmates-wheh i3T20O OC0 from Januasy tin July end
s396pO0COo om Jay I'll Jsnu.ya total Of
dred Millions
Az Messrs Sumner * Arents' auction sale, tot day
the following prices obtained for tie leading sold
Manufactured tobscco-prne medium 726lll2; con-
mon unsouni and mouldy 2HT2f NJ o. sugar hits ~
DO 90 10 obls lSSi N o. syrup, In bbs 92H nolsIes
500 vinegar 70; smoking tobsco. In bbS, G1asIH; r.
bser GclCO 10 D. bses $50 02 msehes $50 90 gross
solid fed iy l,e1H toS; green tea 66s1E; soap 62 etc.
etc. ~ 80
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20
rnE GEORGIA LEGION.
Hv.pouARIERs, Cav. GEosGIA LEsloN,
June 10th, 1858.

Jlue lothi Ao"'s
81 a., Editor Of che WlUg:
-oos 5,al has been said and written about the
..ast cavalry fight at Brandy Station. Different oif
80 and regiments have been mentioned as aAlps
49, ,eiiye paris in that bloody contest o9t tneIe
.ee;r,ent in General Hsmptous brigade Whien 'OoA d
,iva nart in the ght that has not been aluueu 'o
49, Cc'enel p NJ B. YouDgs regiment-kno"n as
80. : cso,g;a LEGION" They were among the nrs'
On the batte ground after the fght commenced me
brDsbooters Of the regiment we're olsmountt9 ana
80, No tbe zolds under Cdpts Rcb, King and louhg
SIT the dismounted Yankee cavalry ana ihiahuy
r6ev charged the enemy in the WOODS anu uIv'e euH
hack three hundred yards upon their es'aFy ua"n "
- Inc who subsequently cha ged upon our dismOuneu
-. a3d look number Of them prisoners, among "uVn,
- CsDtaip Riteh Lieut. SDhhs.d was "ouhueu
whilst sSirmi hing in the weeds go, -,
to ~ the dismOunted men refused 70 SURRENDER
IN over,,ken by the Yankees turned upon tne,i
"a sbot too of them-one Captain-out oil their s1o'
5lss One OF the Young men mace MS eseS pe, u ~
ether was captured. The former was suOse9ueuuy
orn5ed m he charge which the regiment naNe near
$3.50 SInsrt's headquarters All who witnessed TINS
charge say that il one OF the moss s4AAn' maui
during the day. .. q, Can
ro'opel Young had been ordered 10 report 10 zen
n,r,s beadouarters Immediately, aud was pIocseens
- h,t Sireetiop at gallop when be observed the an
Sas reViment 10 tho In and rear OF General stuart
headquarters advancing upon them ana eViusn'y
in 10 cut The Legion o being d,ludeo WIN tne iueA
that the Legion were tying to escape aney 'sy sOOn
learued the reverse, 10 tbeir sorrow Iney came up
6nelV until they got within lew PAGES oil our Lhe'
Is5 tSsr hearts began 10 fall and they attempted 70
$50 a their moaon" but il was 700 late, and crash
,rs tha two columns together Our men charged Win
s5sir sabres and The YSnkees with their PlsecS We
tasd 6fteen. in,lading Major, and captured lieut.
co1el and FORTY prisoners. The casualties Oh 1ne Le
Ne-e-~- rfvEt EEontV-fOur WOunQeO
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20
Col. ST. LEGER GEENFEL The Western srmy COZ
-..rnr don't of thn Mnh:ln q. r;-ton uu:L.. q.

Col. st. LEGER GRENFEL The Western army cor
respondent of the Mobile Register writes as follows
TIE famous Colonel St Lcger Grenfc who served
with Morgan last summer, aud since that lime has been
Assistant Inspec General of General Bragg was ar.
rested fen days since by the civil Authorizes TIE
sheriff ard his officers called upon The bold Engishman
before he had arisen in the morning and after TIE form
had performed his toilet duties be buckled on his
belt and trusy pi.tois. The officer Of the Ia remons
irated, and the Eag.isher damned snd struggle of
halt an hour egsued in which the stout Br;her made
powerful resistance, but by overpoSefng force was
at last placed h0rS de c0Jdtand armed The charges
that he Tetslaed in bis possession the slave Of
Confederate citizen and refused TO deliver Lin or her
up; that meeting soldier coming to the army leading
horse, be accused him of being deserter dsmounted
him. took his horses and equipments and money! stating
that deserer5 not worthy to have either horses or
money and sent the owner thereof eff where he would
not be heard OF again The result Of the affair vac
that Colonel Grenis whether guilty or not guilty de.
vered up the Negro horses and money to The civil
horities. If the charges sgaipt him ire proven true
then there doubt that The course of General Bragg
will be dismiss him from his Staff but if on the con.
trary, malicious s!pudes defining this ally he is
Hercules enough aud brave enough to punish them -
Ills bravery ard galantry conspicuous throughout
tie Kentucky campaign and il is hoped that this late
taF1ish on bis fame wi be removed it be not that
be will.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20

PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN CANADA correspondent of
the Savannah Republican at New Fostervlle Tenn, ia.
cludes in his letter the following statement:
fund is being raised in Canada 10 assist in pUrcbas
ing the monument Of the second immortal General jack
son-Stonewall. The Toronto Leader states that the
subscription lit is IN its office, and that the donations
are LIBERAL IL has only become well known since the
commencement OF the war that a strong Southern sym
patty has existed in Canada. Tracing her ntecests with
England, to whom she owes allegiance, Southerners
have been prone TO loOk upon that portion of the con-
tnent aboiitionized and regard with aia5e feel
Dgs country which has been the constant shelter of
fugitive slaves. This feeling is unjust and unloundad
Having lived ia the Canadas for number of years
know whereof speak The sentiment has always been
Southern, and enmity towards the Abolitioniss who
have filed Canadian territory with tie curse Of free ne
groism. There are one points near Michigan
Windsor and Chatham-setiled by abononis;s and pop.
ulated entirely with fugitive slaves, where opposition
is for All instant tolerated. but oil upper Canada
the baefu influence of this worthless class is felt ana
sympathy whatever is exercised toward them. Snce
the outbreak Of the the Canadian people have, in
many instances, made US their debtors, many q wt
entertained Confederate viii testify.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20
From TIE VALLEY.-The Lynchburg Republican thus
sums up the reports from the Yallav Z; VIRGINIA :

From TIE VALLEY.-The Lynchburg Republican thus
sums up the reports from the Yallav - VIRGINIA:
These reports which H.. YONG, =.
their truth 90 90. we give Wi'ho". w. -'hnS ior
; ,,o tho number Of prisoners. captured to
ooo md fnr,her that the capture wa not made az
but between that place and Aartinsburg.
7, Il stated tn t Mory, finding nc coud not defend
~ I'm ,rains the force brought to bear against &
cu>ted il Sunday night with the larger portion Of
lis Command leaving only small force to esieud the
ols and retard our advance and attempted 70 escape
hv wav Of Martinsburg. General Ewei! hed however,
Anticipated this movement and intercepted Ills retreat
| somewhere between Winchester ana hartnsourg when
| ,,e Yankees surrendered without n battle. We see
notb;no in this statement to make it improbable, and
tb;nk i more probable than the report ct the capture
If the enemy in the sormiog OF tho entertainments at
Winchester, though We are not yet fully prepared to
give implicit credit 10 either,
report is stated to have been current in Staunton
Yesterday that the infamous Mlroy, against whom there
s,nds proclamation by the Confederate authorities Of
on,la ~ Is prisoner and in confinement 10 the JAZZ III
WINCHESTER. This is very doubtful.
We are greatly gradfed to be able to state that Gen
Smith is entirely uuhrrG Relative to the rePoriee
younding Of Gen. Rodes, We are sorry 10 nad the re-
port still reiterated, but trust that later integence VIII
assure US that he escaped injury
There arg ipnumerabe rupors brought by passenger.
Lat NIGHT of G movements Of General LSe subsequent
70 the capture of Winchester. One nas " tna1 nc w
c,nipred Uarpers Ferry and crossed over INTO hary
land DESTROYING the Baltimore aud 0dio Railroad anC
il advancing Northwards. All such rumors are pos'iD
p,elaature though they doubtless precede, DOT DeHe
the resul. OF movements yet 10 90 Hiade.
We are TO have exciting times On the me OF oeLciI
, Ewelrs march in few days, and We await WIN muci
interest further news from him,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20
FHs MEMORY OF sroNEwAL JACKSON IN
ENGTLNn


The English press have numerous editorial, on the
death of Gen. T. os, J. Jackson. The London Post,
(Gov,rnment crgan) May 26, says;
Jackson like the Puritans, was austere end devout
but whilst his religion taught him humility aud depen-
dence upon the Creator il did not lead him 10 confound
the of the objects for which both he and his
followers striving and to suppose that because
their ends noble, that therefore, they were the
champions of God If be was occasionally preacher
in the camp he was also skilfu and gallant general in
the field and it is not surprising that those who had
frequently followed him to victory should we con-
sdered tm as speedily favored by Providence, and
have regarded him with feelings akin to devotion. Dis
soldier he wiH hold probably tie foremost place
ia the history of the great american ciUit Gar
His name is indel5ly associated with the most
brilliant achievements of the Confederate armies
for those achievements by his genius and his cour
age he more than any else specially contributed -
Strategic ability is the most valuable qualification
General possess but it is not alSays that censum
ate military tacticians command the confidence CT
their followers insure the of the operation
they conduct 1t vas, however, the good fortune of
General jackson, to lead Wno whilst their cCucage
exalted in extraordinary degree by the convic-
ton that nothing could be worse Than defeat, were in.
spired With an unsbaken faith in the genius and ability
oftheir General To follow Jackson they know waito
march certain victory and if il was necessary that
success should be purchased at the cost of many lives
that reflection did not disprit tbem for the in
which ey were lighting stripped death of all It's
terrors
The London Herald Derby organ of the 9th says:
He was animated by the spirit which rendered the
soldiers Of the Commonwealth irresistible in fight
which carried Hayeock through incredible dangers to
the gates of Lucknow in triumph. The Northern Re.
public has produced heroes OF the stamp of Jack
One such might be the salvation of them yet.
Blatant denagOgues at home, Dragging mbecies in the
field afford spectacle so absurd, aud yet painful
that Europe knows whether laugh weep at the
degradation of her children. The Northerners want a
to do mans work. The only great m.n of the
war have been developed in the South. Il is very diff
cut TO explain this. Some may call it fatality some
providentia arrangement Thatit is fact is at pies.
ent enoVgh for US.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-20

for secure retreat supplies and vigorous defence In
case the chances Of should drive him from kuiess.
bcro This is evidently Hoserrsns view q The suhro,
disclosed BY his reeeut ma Jpayres