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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-27
USIoy LEAGUE CLUB RECEPTION.

UNION LEAGUE CLUB hECEPTioN.-An ITO
officers iucnding Of the coored Chaplain OF tho
9Osh Regiment United states Colored Troops with
largo nlnber of the members Of the Club met at the
Union Lsague Cab headquarters near the corner %
Broadway and 18th street, on Thursday evening and
had very pleasant entertainment Among the promi'
nert gontlomen present the following; COL Bai'
tram Lt-Col Mather. Major Wells Gen. Strong, IL
lot C. Cowdin Peter Sinclair, Rev. w. Ls Vere'
Chaplain, Edward Walker Geo. w. Blunt X H. Reoee-
s Schulz, Surgeon Cushing. Levi A. Dswlsy, George
Bliss jr. ...,,.s
Alter sumptuous dinner, patriotic and spr nes
sooeches were made ard the delivered ~ inc CnaP
lain was Noticeable for its terse and vigorous Ennsn
90 well as for the loyalty Of its sentiment t ~
lbs accomplished great and good work having -.
short time recruited 10 the maximum t"o I've
h. 81 Nook regiments IN the camp OF IN the hea.
Cyrr tentb nan stands six feet In his sociings ana
stout ard L. Ise enemy srS 10 cases
~ sesc~on hays been reported indeed their ndeny
az unqaoned fact sna their sn, SssdsD'e r.. cus
t - ,york for their welfare aud VIII NOT ioses luce
n Ss.r t sS Them when they go 10 the "aT.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-27

s.,xs op REAL EsrATE.-The following sa aSs
q, rrsl estate were made yesterday BY A. :. I'es'''
Son e. Co.: ,,, .. lsoeh-st each $50
Lots on Knsshrdse road eomueneng 9 - 80 ~
ioi, on Brosdwsy, between lss1 80 l"N
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17

GE- General Mcdowell has issued an orr
der to commanders of troops, forbidding
them to execute any Indians they may capt
ture. All prisoners accused of crime must
be handed over to civil authorities for trial.
Tx SBssIoN.--Tbe Idaho Legislature is
now in session and doing considerable york.
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17

COTTON CULTURE.


iae Cotton fever is lust setting in some
few tar seeing men have been experimenting
ia rolton culture in Mexico during the last
two years, and their enterprise has proven
ennently successful. Cotton can be raised
with profit at ten cents per pound, while il Is
now worth about sixty cents. 1t can he
raised as cheaply in Mexico with Chinese or
peon labor as in the Southern States with
slave labor. People therefore are turning
their attention to the growth of this staple
product with every prospect of different re-
suits from those that attended mining invest
ments. The vicinity of Mazatlan seems to
be preferred the land there being parlcu
larry adapted to the growth of the fibre a
correspondent Of the Democratic Press, who
seems to be well informed on the subject,
writes: -
"lhe fibre and texture OF the staple grown
in the Pacific Mexican States, is unsurpassed
by any produced in the Southern States,
The soil is prepared for planting about
June or July, and the cotton is matured and
picked in December.
Within the past eight months there has
been a cotton mill, for the manufacturing of
manta or cloth, erected in the city of Mazat'
Ian, and Lowell company now have on the
way immense machinery and spindles for
the same purpose. A company also from
California went down on the last steamer
with machinery for ginning out the seed,
also purchasing from the natives and small
planters.
We hear of companies Of individuals who
are preparing to 90 down, obtain lands and
! opto int Il, G, l,ot Ia
another year we should not be astonisbed at
an immense demand for vessels for shipment
Of cotton, coffee and sugar produced in the
State of Sinaoa; and the increased travel
and commerce combined will also Justify q
direct line of steamers to connect With the
lsthmus unless our California steamers touch
going and coming at the port of Mazatlan.
Anv plantation within twenty five miles OF
that port must in very few years become
immensely valuable, and it is fair to presume
that the city Of 10000 inhabitants will soon
reach $4,000, when American enterprise is
fairly started.
BY governmental Decree all machinery
and agricultural supplements are admitted
free of duty, and all individuals or compan
les are exempted from taxes for five years,
and no matter what government or dynasty
is in power the same DEGREES will ever hold
good. Private property of foreigners must
and always will be respected, so upon this
point there can be no question.
In former years cotton was produced in
the United States at six and eight cents per
pound with profit, while now it commands
immense figures, and under the most favor
able circumstances must continue to do so
for some time to come; vet we know it can
be produced As cheap in Mexico to-day as it
ever could in the United States.
California Led0er
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17
Janus Faced Republicans,

Washington diplomacy, or rather Stewards
artful management of our political relations
with Foreign Governments, like supernal
wisdom. passeh human understandings
Whilst Republicans are cursing Louis Napo.
leon for gobbling up Mexico, what il it turns
out that Seward consented to the whole
thing? Two years ago the President and
Seward were alarmed out of all proprietv at
the certain prospects Of foreign Intervention.
Suddenly Mr., Dayton, Minister 20 France,
announces that there will be no Intervention
nor recognition of the Southern Con federacy
by the Emperor Napoleon. Pretty soon
word comes that no Southern (French) block,
ado runners would be permitted; also that
Southern privateers would not be allowed to
fit out in the ports of France. On the heels
OF these announcements came intelligence
that France had concluded to invade Mexico,
and soon did so, our Government not object.
ing. Immediately orders came to San Fran.
cisco that our Government would preserve
the strlcteSt neutrality. Every vessel leaving
this port for Mexico was searched for arms
and ammunition. Everything of the size or
shape OF a shooting iron, and whatever had
the odor of sulphur, charcoal or saltpetre,
was detained as contraband of war. Yet,
say Republicans, to the people, "only just
you wait till we conquer the South, and
then we will drive Maximilian out of Mexico"
Democratic Press
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17
NUMBER IS.
Josh Billings on Shanghais.

The Shanohi reuster is gentle and speaks
in forrn tung. He IL bilt on piles like a
Sandy Hill crane II he had bin bit with
legs, he wud resembul the peruvian lama.
lie IL not game animal, but quite often
comes off sekund best in ruff and tumble
tte; like the iniuns tha kant stand civiliza.
lion, and are fast disappearing. Tba roost
on the ground similar tew the mud turkle.
lha ottin go tew sleep standing, and sum
times pitch over, and when tha dew, tha
enter the ground like a pick-axe. There
food cons;s ov korn in the ear. Tha crow
like Jackass troubled with broom skeesucks.
Iha will eat az much tew onst as a district
skule master, and cnerally sit down rite of
tew keep trum tipping over. Tha are dred.
ful uuhandy two cook, yu kant git them awl
into potash ktte to ons. The female
reuster lays an egg as big az a kokernut,
and sick for week afterwards, and when
she baIches out litter ov young shanghis
she has tew brood them standing, and then
kant kiver up 3 ov them, the rest stan roun
on the outside, like boys around cirkus.
tent, gittin peep under the kanvass when
ever tina can. The man who iust brought
the breed into this country ought tew own
them all and be obliged tew feed them on
grasshoppers, caught bi hand. | never own
ed but one and he got choked tn deth bi
kink in clothes line. but no, until he had
swaIled g feet ov it. Not emmy shanghi for
me if you please; | would rather board A
travelling kol lporer, and as for eating one,
civ me billed owl rare dun, or turkee buz.
2ard, toasted hole, and stuffed with pair Of
injin rubber boots; but not emmy shangh for
me; not emmy shanohi
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17
The Wheat Notwithstanding for Farm-
crs to think About.

The Napa Reporter of Sd December re.
marks:
The prospects of third dry winter,
which were omnous ten days ago, had the
effect TO create speculative demand for
grain and flour, and wheat had attained the
high figure of 4 10. But shipments from
Oregon, Chile and the Eastern States, to ar
rive, or already in port, have changed the
aspect of the market entirely and Just pre-.
vious to the rain, wheat commenced going
down in price, with no demand. The drench
ing rain of the past week, which has been
bounteous all over the State, has had crush.
ing effect on the Inflated market, and the al
most certainty of fair crops in the ensuing
year has brought wheat down to So II
is not possible it will attain higher figure,
unless for choice lots for seed, all ideas of
famine having been dissipated by the facts
above set forth. 1t may remain at or near
this quotation for a month or so, but il the
season proves in every way propitlous for
good crops in 1865, the cereals will not
command as high figures as are ruling at
present. The late inflated prices were not
Of a healthy nature, but entirely speculative,
and as the heavy shipments from abroad will
more than keep up with the demand of the
market, Spectators will not be able again to
control the market.
Not few of our farmers have withstood
the temptation of four cents, holding on to
their wheat for something better, and this
sudden fall has proved disastrous to their
plans. Those who are free from debt and
are able to bear loss, may not be blamed
for running such risks, but to the large class
of our farmers who are pecuniarily embar-
rassed, it is safer and wiser policy to real-
ze good compensating prices than to wait in
anxious doubt for better. Few fortuitous
circumstances or lucky chances" can ab.
solve them for the risks they run, and we
have no hesitancy in declaring that those
who follow the rule to sell their produce at
fair paying figures in the end are the most
prosperous farmers. On the other hand,
those who keep out Of market until the
quotations reach double or more the cost Of
production, may make large sums one seas
on, and most likely the next-the prices
never attaining that in their greedy eyes
sell at figures that result in a corresponding
loss. "A bird in the hand" etc.
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17
THE FOOTSTEPS OF DECAY.

The following is q translation from an ancien
Spanish poem, which, says the Edinburgh RI
view, is surpassed by nothing with which we ar
acquainted in the Spanish language, except tn
"Ode of Louis de Leon
Oh! let the soul its slumbers break -
Arouse its senses aud awake
To see how soon
Life, in its glories, glides away,
And the stern footsteps of decay
Come stealing on.
And while we view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Away so fast.
Let US the pre.ent hour employ,
And deem each future dream a JOY
Already past
Let no vain hope deceive the mind
No happier let us hope TO find
morrow, than to-day.
Our golden dreams Of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight
Like them decay.
Our lives like hastng streams must be
That into one engulphng sea
Are doomed to fall
The sea of Death, whose waves roll on
Ger king and kingdom. crown and throne,
And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide
Alike the human rvulct's glide
To that sad wave;
Death levels poverty and pride
The rich and poor sleep side by side
Within the grave .
Our birth is but starting place;
Life is the running OF the race,
And death the goal
There all our glittering toys are brought
That path alone Of all unsought
Is found of all.
See then. how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth
That lure us here!
Dreams of a sleep that death must break.
Alas. before ii bids us wake
We disappear
Long Gre the damp Of death can blight,
The checks pure glow of red and white
Has passed away.
Youth smiled, and all was heavenly fair
Age came and laid his finger there,
And where are they?
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The steps that roved so light and gay,
The hearts blithe tone?
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And joy grows wea earisomc, and woe!
When age comes on.
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17
Wendell Phillips ON the Stand.

Wendell Phillips bas been making a speech
in Boston on the war which is characterized
by his usual frankness and honesty. We Sc
lect the following sentences from it as it
appears in a Boston paper:
speaking Of the prospects OF peace, Mr.
Phillips said our institutions must first rest
on the basis of universal equality, Toward
that goal the nation struggles to-day, and
there never can be peace till we reach it.
There is no reconstruction possible within
twenty years unless the black and white are
admitted alike to suffrage lie had labored
for twenty five years TO break up the Union
in the interest of justice, and now he labored
to save it for the same end. Nationality was
nothing to him when weighed against free
dom and Justice. The North did not take
up arms in 1861 from mere love Of Union,
bat, in bis opinion, because war would give
the nation the right to abolish slavery. III
aoaS the result of the work of the Abolition
lists that the nation accepted the gauntlet Of
aoar."
MIR. Lincoln and Phillips agree exactly,
VIZ that it was adherence to negro freedom
that caused the war. How much palmer
must these men talk before the people will
oct their eyes open!
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17
Law OF Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, considered as wishing to con-
tinuc the subscription.
.. If Subscribers wish their papers discontinn-
ed. publishers may continue TO send them until
all charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse TO take their
papers from the Office or place to which they are
sent; they are held responsible until they settle
their bills and give due notice to discontinue
them.
i. II subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher. and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held Responsible
Notice should always be given of removal,
s. The Courts have decided, that refusing to
take a paper from the Office. or removing and
leaving it uncalled for is prinia facie evidence
of intentional fraud
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17
Valley cf Mexico.

We began our march in the mOruing, and
kept winding round bills covered with thick
woods OF pines, and carpeied with a variety
Of wild flowers, until about eleven O'Clock,
when we reached the summit Of the noun.
tain. and obtained view OF the lar>famed
valley OF Mexico. -, scrption is tame when
one tries to convey the impression which this
scene usually makes on all who see it for the
first time It is cerain the most magniti
cent view in Mexico: perhaps, of the pecu-
liar description, the first in the world. At
an elevation Of about 5000 feet the specta-
tor sees, Il, if spread at his feet like map,
the whole of the valley of Mexico, its cir
cumfprence at he base of the mountains
which form the sides of the mighty basin,
1870 miles, aud at the crest of the mountains
22O miles. The whole of the plain, from
the hight on which the spectator stands, is
distinctly taken in at one view, and the mi
mute details are distinctly defined and delin>
eated, owing to the transparency and purity
Of the atmosphere The towers and spires
Of the city Of Mexico, twenty-five miles dis
tant, are distinctly seen peering out from the
foliage and trees; almost the only part of the
valley where trees are to be seen. by the by,
is that round the city. The remainder of
the valley presents the uniform appearance
of large green plain, dotted with white
churches, spires, and haciendas, and CON
tanning several large sheets of water, the
remains Of the lakes which are said to have
once nearly covered the whole valley. Sew
era small insulated mountains may also be
\; ha ly 10
that rise on the surface Of the vast unbroken
plain. The mountains Of Popocatepetel,
and Iztaccihuati, lis brother giant, rise about
twenty miles to the left Of the spot where
the spectator is standing, though owing to
the bright atmosphere and the sun shining
on the snow, they seem only two or three
miles distant. The whole of this beautiful
valley is hemmed in by complete circle OF
stupendously rugged and dark looking noun
tains, the rough but sublime setting of nature
to one of her most inimitable pictures a
most perfect combination of the sublime and
beautiful. Yes, seen from that elevation, the
valley of Mexico is a most g orious and mag
nificent sight, "but tits distance lends en-
chaDtment to the view," and as we descend
into it. its beauties vanish. The lakes be-
come marshes, the fields are not cultivated,
the villages are mud, and the inhabitants
vretcbed looking poems, in rags and squalid
Misery French Correspondent
G9y- General Mcdowell has issued an or,
der to commanders of troops, forbidding
them to execute any Indians they may capt
ture. All prisoners accused of crime must
be handed over to civil authorities for trial.
IE Session The Idaho Leoislalnra is
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17

Personal advertisements charged full rates
Obituary Birth and Marriage Notices, published.
without charge.
re Liberal deductions made TO monthly or
yearly advertisers.
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17

A theatrical license in Washington costs
fifty dollars a night. A circus manager must
pay one hundred and fifty dollars, which.
licenses HIM for six ngils.
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17

CoNsCRIprIoN OF NEGRoEs. " esterday
was truly one of excitement among the 'free
American citizens of African descent" in and
about Cairo. At an early hour the streets
were patroed by squads of coored soldiers,
who took in charge every brother darkey
within hailng distance; others entered the
houses, and by diligent search, brought out
every male creature of color to be found
therein. The barber shops were emptied,
saloons became waiterless, and we began to
think at one time Cairo was in fair way to
become niggeress. And yet with all this
arrestug, impressng, and gobbling, 20 one
was able to tell what it meant, or the why
or wherefore Of its being done. We our
selves were among the ignorant and cannot,
as yet, give any explanation of the matter
that we would swear to- The impressment
was made by General Meredith, and we have
heard that the destination OF the untor:u
mates is Paducah Up to last evening about
four hundred and fifty were taken in all,
nearly fifty of whom were released before
dark. Several hundred, it is thought, took
to the woods and escaped. Cairo (W) Dem.
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17
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The Placer herald., 1864-12-17

INp1ANAPoLIs AND CINCiNNNArL-Cincin
natl has eight times the population of In
dianapois, or 100000 to $4,000 people,
yet Indianapolis polls 10000 votes to Cin-
cinuati's $4,000, or one to two and half.
A large portion Of the six thousand ma
iority in indianapolis for Morton is grossly
fraudulent, aud should not be allowed.
Cincinnati Enqurer,
The Placer herald., 1864-12-17

A FEAr.-An EngIisbman named Ham
ilton has wagered to walk one hundred hours
without sleep or rest at Portland, Oregon
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-21
Letter from the Secretary or thu
Treasury.

WILMINGTON, May 19.-The following
letter has been addressed by the secretar1
of the treasury to bank officer under date
SIR.-Your letter Of the 18th making in
quiries, IN regard TO the kind OF currency
with which the $40 years six per cent, and
three years 80 per cent. notes are to be
redeemed, has been received. It has been
the constant usage of the department to re-.
deem all coupon and registered bond form.
ing part Of the funded or permanent debt
ofthe United States, in coin, and the usage
has not been departed from during NV "a n
ministration of its affairs.
All treasury notes and other obligations
forming part Of the temporary loan. are
payable, and will be redeemed In lawfnI
money. that is TO say, United States notes
until the resumption of specie DAvmpnt.
when they will also doubtless Be retloam,
ed IN coin or equivalent notes. The non
So, being payable twenty years from S1ote
though redeemable after Eve wears arj
considered a. belonging to the funded ~
permanent debt, and 90 also ara the tu,. -
ty-year S., into which the three-vesr. n a.
notes are convertible. mn 4
These bonds, therefore, accordine to tho
usage Of the government. are navah,a IN
coin. The three years seyen.thirtv fros.m-
~ notes are part of the temnorsrv iosn
and Will be paid in United States nota.'
ment. ~ 10y
Very respectfully yours,
8. p. CHASE,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-21
Ferei1n Nexs.

SANDY Hook, May TSP. M.-The Per.
Gle, from Liverpool. via Queenstown On the
LONDON, May az onsols closed yester.
day after official hours ct 803@90 Il
"A Berlin paper says that the Germans will
agree to an armistice on the condition that
Denmark raises the blockade and gives up
Alsen. They have evacuated Jutiand, the
war contribution having been paid.
Paris Bourse firlner and closed yesterday
at 63f 55c for the rentes,
LIVERPOOL, May .7.-Breadstufs gen.
orally firmer, caused by the feeling that
England may be dragged into the Danish
war. Flour arm and advanced Sd. Wheat
1921 higher. Red Western 8s@8s "a;
Southern s. 4d@8s Sd. Corn s. Sd HIGHER;
mixed 29s. Pork steady, Beef steady and
unchanged. VA
IConscls closed ct sos@ 800 for money. 20
American stocks-I. G. rs. "a discount;
The Bank Of England's rates Of dis.
counts remains ct 8 per cent. -,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-21


The Richmond Sentinel says the enemy's
cavalry are making raid on Danville.--
Gen. J. f. b. Stuart died on Friday night,
He was shot in the left side, the ball pass
ing through his body. @+s4
The Richmond Enquirer Extra Of Satur.
day. p. Undated
GUINEAs STATION, May 12.-This morn.
heavy forces in front of Johnson's division
made q most vigorous assault ON Jones'
brigade.
For while our line of battle was broken,
and the enemy pressed over our breast
works, gaining possession Of several pieces
OF artillery and capturing . number OF
prisoners! Our forces, however, were
gagged, and the enemy was driven back.
About 10 o'clock this morning the enemy
made most vigorous and repeated assaults
upon Fields division, but were driven back
with great slaughter. 3
At O'Clock p. m. the enemy were ma
king q most desperate assault on Ewelrs
front, but all accounts concur that we are
driving them back, and Furnishing them
with great slaughter. The uusketry firing
to-day was the heaviest of the war. The
battle extended along the whole line, and
has been fought by the Yankees with more
bravery than any other fought on Virgins
soil. .s1Hs5
Among our casualties are Brig. GEM Per.
rim, killed Brig. Gen. Walker, of Stone
wall brigade, wounded in arm; Brig. Gen.
MCGOWAN, reported wounded; Gen., Ed.
johnson and g. III. Stuart, missing and
supposed to have been captured. 10
A second dispatch in the same paper, da-
ted Spottsylvania G. H., May 18th, adds 9
few unimportant particulars. It il said
the enemy yesterday certainly bayoneted
some of our men in the breastworks. IS
The enemy are still in our front, strongly
fortified, and show no signs offalling back.
10th Miss, Col. Harding, Of the 10th Miss,
and Lieut.. Col, Numer, Of Va, are among
the killed.
Col. III. G. Pate, of Kansas notoriety, was
among the killed in Sheridan's fight with
Stuart.