The weekly union record., 1864-06-25

dIG NOrtu ID tEtig plEStut 5lAtS-Guu-u- bi
one to two dollars per grain on the average
and they weigh about twelve grains when cut
and polished they will weigh but little more
than half what they do now, and the expense
of cutting about as much as their origina
value. but when done will pay good profit.
hope you will put people on the track to look
for them, as feel sure it will be one of the
great products Of the country, and shall bt
glad to see the time when we can supply the
demand for diamonds in our own mines. We
will have them cut and polished in the best
manner, and hope TO return them to you in a
few weeks Yours truly, CRosBY i MORSE,
240, Washington street, Boston.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE REBELL1oS.-T
Fogg. Esq, of this place, has just received TIE
ead iidngs of the death Of his sou, Lucen B.
Fogg, who was killed III the bloody battle oi
Spottsylvania, on the 10Th of May. while
fighting hand to hand in the trenches. He was
aged twenty one years. He volunteered in the
Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, at the COM
meseement of the present rebellion, was 10 the
Peninsula campaign, under Mcclellan in both
assaults upon Fredericksburg, with Burnside
and Hooker, at the battle of Antietam, Gettys-
burgh, and in the present campaign in the Se-
cond Division, Sixth Corps, under Sedgwick.
lie volunteered for three years, and had served
faithfully and truly thirty FIVE months of the
time. By letters received by his friends. be
is represented to have been highly esteemed
by his officers and Others and to have deported
himself within the strictest rules of propriety.
When told by his surgeon he could not live,
he made not a murmur, but died resignedly, a
martyr to his country.
POSTPONED TILL TUESDAY NExT.-The
juvenile concert that was to have come off en-
Wednesday last was unayoldably postponed till
Tuesday evening next, June 30ih. The concert
will be held ia Armory Hall, commencing at
s o'clock 7. NJ. After the concert, dancing will
be the order of evening. Admission, % cents;
children half price. The proceeds are to be
applied for the benefit OF the Sanitary Fund,
and we trust our citizens will turn cut and
patronize literally the noble undertaking OF our
scholars. 1t will not only encourage and give
confidence to the Juveniles, but will give aid
and comfort TO the sick and dying soldier who
has done battle in defense of our Union aud
our liberties
SECTION THIRD Of an Act concerning the
State Revenue" says: "All dues 10 the Public
Treasury of the State, or any county or city,
snail be payable and be paid exclusively iu gold
and silver coin of the United States" 1t would
appear from this clause of this section that not
only the fees Of county officers, but judgments
and fines going into the State or County
Treasury must be paid in gold and silver com
of the United States, instead of green backs,
as heretofore.
STILL THEY CoME.-The rush this way from
Virginia City, says the Appeal is still on the
increase, and every one that We have had any
talk with says that employment cannot be had
in the Territory. This agrees exactly with the
dolefu story told US by parties who visited the
"silverland' from this locality, and who, having
exhausted their patience. ETC., in a fruitless
search for something to do came back home,
sadder yet wiser men.
LIST Of Grand Jurors drawn for the July
Term of the county court Of this county A.
Fits, Thomas Morgan, j. II. Titus. JAS 5.
Crane James Diamond, George Faulkuer, II.
Fairchild, Allen Clymer W. II. Duren, Seth
Howland John Albert, j. W Gilkyson, \.
S. Benner. VIM. Armstrong. f. Dunkum j ohm
Beall, Thomas Fox. F. F. johnson. W. II.
Bigbee, james Andrews. b. NJ Harber, II.
Maddox, W. Gregory and j. \. Moore.
THE ORoyItLg ScHooL.-A correspondent
writing to US from Rock Creek in this county.
speaks of having frequently visited our public
school, during the past four months, and in the
highest terms of the progress OF its attendants.
and management under Mr.. Upham If other
teachers throughout the county would follow
the industrious Example set by Mr.. Upham.
parents could note more decided improve
rent in their children, and but comparatively
few complaints Will be entered against teachers
SCHooL CENsUs MARsuALs,-The law Of the
State makes II the duty oi the School Trustees
of each district to appoint School Census
Marshal on or before the lst day Of Iuly. The
time is near at haud for these appointments to
be made.
LETTER FROM IpAuo.-A letter from our
valued correspondent in Idaho Territory, Geo.
T. Shaw, Esq, will be found 10 days paper.
Mr.. Shaw appears sangni0e that good mines
exist in Idaho, but very wisely concludes that
not every "honest miner" emgra,iug thiiher
will make bis pile"
WIDE AWAKE CLUB-The citizens Of Ono
vile and vicinity are requested 10 meet at the
Court House, July second at eight o'clock, F.
N. for the purpose Of forming Lincoln and
johnson club. Several able speakers viii be
present