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FAIRBANKS scAIEs.-It is with some busi
ness firms as it is with some individuals, that
they stand alone in the department. of trade
to which they direct their attention. 1t be-
comes specially with them, and by making
it such, they caro- it to the highest perfection
OF which it is capable. This is the case with
the Messrs. Fairbanks, the celebrated Scale
Makers. They havs devoted themselves SO
entirely, and with such thorough science
skill to he manufacture of Weighing Instru-
ments, that they seem to have left nothing to
be done by others.--N. Y. EvESINs Posi-.
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! tIC L fCStuSut TpCldlUdbltlIl
Calling for 300. 900 More Troops-The
Draft to Take Place february 10th,
1865.
WASHINGTON, December 90.
By the President of the Uaited States:
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, BY the Act of July 4th
1864, entitled an act further to. regulate
and provide Tor enrellIns and calling out
the National forcss, and Tor other par
poses; it is provided that the President
OF the United States, marat his discretion,
any time thereafter, cal for any mum ber-
oI men ~ yoiunteors isr the respective
terms OF one, TIVE aud three years for the
military service La case the quctai or
any part thereof Of any town, township,
wAlc or city, prescinct or electiea district
OF any county not SO su5divlsea, shall
not be Tiled within fifty days after such
call, then the President shaH imme diately
order draft for one year to fill such
quota, or any part thereof which may be
and 5aae
MnEREAs, BY the credits allowed in
accordance with the act. of Congress on
the cal for SOC, ,Ue0 men, made July is,
1864, the nun,ber3 of men to be obtained
under that call was reduced to 2SU, 500,
and
WHEFsAs The operations ef the enc
nv in csrIain States haYs renaered it I'M
possible to procure from. them their full
quotas of troops under said call, and
WHEREAS, From the he5joregoIng causes,
but 25o 600 men have been pat into the
army, navy aud marine corps under saId
call OF July 1S, lo64, leaving dehciency |
in that call OF 25u, 600 now, therefore, l. |
Ablaham Linceln, President of the Uni :
ted States Of America, in order to supply /
the aforesaid deficiency and provide for
calamities in the military aud naval SER
vice Of the United States, do issue this
my call for 10000 volunteers, to serve
for one, two or three years. The quotas
Of States, districts and Sub districts under
this call, will be assigned by the War
Department through the bureau OF the
States, and in case the quota or any part /
thereof of any town, township, ward of
c;ty. precinct or election district, or of
county net SO sub-divided, shall not be
filed before the 18th day of February,
1865, then draft shall be made to I'll
suck quota, or any part thereof unto this
call which may be. un6lled on said 10th
aay. of February 1865. In testimony
whereof | have hereunto set my hand aud |
sau.ed the seal or the Uaited States to
be affixed.
TE9S1 7Dene atthe city Of Washing {
ton, this 10Th daylof December, in the
year of eur Lord one thousand eight hun
arsd and sixty four, and of the indepen-
dence Of the United States of America
the 89th.
Signed by the President,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
VIM. II. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
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"a Gen. MoClells. has received .

appointment to the important and lucra-
tive position of Engneer-in- Chief Of the
Merris and Essex Railroad His salary,
if he accepts the offer, will be twenty Eve
thousand dollars year---fhe same that
he we'd have received had he beer eleote ]
President Of the U. States.-N T. Ea-
press,
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A cerr.sp pondsns from .tsJ Jintewn
sends US the following :,
.sasg GOOD ONE:

A certain blacks nith, net Thousand
miles from Cameron, said he kaev 4
blacksmith, IN Pennsylvania, who teOk
the lren 10 the bar and nade the shoes
and nails and dreSe on horse four shoes
in one hour.
T0eonfrn his rather remarkable stsry
he said that he had himself taken the
iron in the bar and made the shoes and
nails and drove two shoes on colt which
had never before bsen shed, in thirty
eight lniautes.
The bystaaders locking little more
dulsus, beadded;
But it was in the summer time when
the days were Tie .eagest.
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pW The 25th Ohio has been in three
or four more engagements since the one
in which Lieut.. Archbold was killed.
In enc they lost q, in another 80. We
have learned the names of none from this
county except Lieut.. Samuel Hutcheson
severely, and Jshn Walton slightly
wounded.
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9oaal gntelIigenes,
ADvERrIsTNG

has enlarged many small business;
Has revived many dull business;
Has saved many failing business;
Has preserved many large business;
Has created many new business.
TRY 1T.
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Sale of Real Estate by Orde
of Court.

ON the 2sth day of January, A. D. 1868,
" at two o'clock il the afternoon of said
day, at tie front door of the courthouse, in
the Town of Wopdsfeld. Msnroe County, Ohio.
will be sold toithe highest bidder, the foifow-
ing real estate, as the property of William
H. Davis, deceased, to wit:
LOTS NUMBERED Tw ENTY-SEV-
EN- AND SIXTY Y-BIG HT,
in the Townof Woodsfeld, aforesaid.
TERMS OF SALE-One third in hand, one
third in one yeai, and one third in two years
with interest OIL the deferred payments from
the day of sale. The deferred payments tc
be secured to the satisfaction of of the ande
signed. ELIZABETH DAVIS,
JOHN NJ. 3URKIEAD,
Executors of Wm H. Davis, deceased.
December 21, lS64-4w.
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alter Rings Estate.

Notice is hereby given, that the under
signed has been confirmed Executor of the
Estate of Walter Ring, deceased.
GEORGE RING.
December rs, 1ss4--3t. pd,
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Notice.

MARY GAKENHEIMER, of Nashville, In TIE
HIll State of Tennessee, is hereby notified
that Louis Gakenheimer, ON the 2lst day Of
Nsvem Der, A. d. 1864 fled his petition in
the Office of the Clerk Of the Court Of Coma
mon Pleas, within and for the county Of Nom
roe and State of Ohio, charging said Louis
Gakenheimer, with going away and living In
adultery with one Ly ydings, and zsk-
ing that he may be divorced from the saia
Mary Gakenheimer, which petition win Be
for hoaring at the term Of said Court, COM
mencing on the 9th day of February A. y.
1855. AMOS 4 PASSMoRR,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
y,v. 80, lss4--6w
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Legal Notice.

A GNES HATHAWAY and Adam C. Hathas
"A way, her husband, will take notice that
on he sth day of November 1854 Margaret
Path and Daniel Path her husband, fisd .
petition in the Court of Common Pleas cf
Monroe County, Ohio, wherein they demand
partition of the following real estate, situate
in Monroe County, Ohio, to wit:
The north half of the north east quarter
If .tion thirteen, township six, and range
si,. and that at the next term of said Court
he said Margaret Path and Daniel Path
will apply for an order that partition may Do
m made of said premises.
MARGARET PATH,
DANIEL PATH.
November Is, lS64- 6w.
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~ Wslsarn that the body of Lieut.
JOIN Archbold will be brought hsme for
internsnt.
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FOR SALE By

G.H. Davenport, weedsfeld; h. 9. Kossebss
Malaga; Christian Sander, Brownsville; vsssss
Alexander & Co., Cameron; john w. BsrDss.
Stafford; Wagonfeld Co., Jacobsburs TfptSa
&Powell, Jerusalem; Jacob 7. Morrill,, CiarSS
ton; J. H. d j. F. Thornbury, Bsallsvfiis snd
by Druggists and Merchants generally tArog8hi
not the United States and Canada.
JuDKINs i HALL, Weodsheid, o
Jan. 8, 1S6S.--1y. iA
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LANDS FOR THE LANDLESS
Homes for the Homeless!
I1e4D Acres

of prairie land in Ringgod County, Iowa, for
SALE OR BARTER.
These lands win be sold at bargain, or
traded for Monroe County lands, or fine mares
will be taken in part payment.
The land was all entered in 1853 and offers
frst-rate chance for farmers desiring to go
to the West.
Is For further particulars address
Il. B. MASON,
Woedsfeld, Ohio.
December I, 1se4-tf.
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- The installation Of the officers Of
Wosas6sld Chapter +. A. M will take
place il the Lodge room, at their meeting
on the 10th Of January. The oersmsnies
will net be public. a general attendance
of the members is desired. The newly
Jers. <Wilisns,xH p 80 49,
Jas. R. Morris, K. xoIsor
Elisl HeadleJ, S.
John S. Way, G. H. aefaH =
Hsrh9B Hill rsgS, OH
Daniel walton, R. A. 9:
Michael Hoeflsf, G. N: 3rd v. .
Daniel Neuhart, G. NJ. End v.
Frederic Koehler, &. n lst Y.
Gee. d , Davenport; &.
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office.

@ TRAYED away from the subscriber, living
y in Cameron, Menroe County, Ohio, on the
I'D day of November, 1854, dark dapple
GRAY MARE, about Is hands high, about 4
years old, some white marks en- her left
shoulder, caused by the collar.
The subscriber will literally reward any
person who will give hlm information where
said mare can be found.
GOTTLEIB FRIRDLEY.
Nov, SO, 1se4-3w. pd.
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Hao!E'or the W est.
Lands for Sale or Exchange.

HAVE several tracts of Land ia the States
of Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, which, |
will sell or exchange for lands in Monroe
County. Title indspatable.
Ea Cali or. write to Weodsfielsi
Asnros County, Ohio.
H. R. MASON.
October IL. Is64--3m. pd.
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Proclamation

I'he President Proclamation
Calling for 300, 900 More Troops-The
Draft to Taks Place february 10th,
1865.
WASHINGTON, December 90.
BY the President OF the Uaited States:
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FACTS FOR gHE PEOPLE;

Nov. so, Ise4-3w. pd.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24
Foreign Protection.

In a remarkable article from the Richmond
ENQUIRER, Of the 9Th inst, which we COPIED
into the Chronicle yesterday, there occurs the
following significant hint Of what is passing
in the minds of the rebel chieftains at the
present time. The Enquirer says: ,
"The suggestion Of invoking the aid oil
France or England by the promise OF future
advantages will have to be carefully welgned;
What self.denial the depth Of national hatred
might make us prefer to subjugatlon 10 tne
Yankee, how the mere threat OF suomlttlngto
a foreign protectorate might affect the Polcy
of the enemy, and the probability OF Euro
pean Power accepting such an otter-these
are questions of the highest import.
We have seen no statement or admission
on the part of the rebels which so clearly ana
Enthusiastically indicates desperation as this;
How different it sounds from the tones o.
naughty insolence which marked the hrst
year of the war, as well as the many years oil
preparation for it In those vain glorious
days of arragant Boosting, cotton was oe-
lieyed to be king; and not only the Nortn,
but the whole world, we were told, would
soon be at the feet of the slaveholding Conted-
eracy. But the pleasing allusion has long
ago vanished, and the terrible reality OF war
upon Southern soil has humbled the pride, II
it has failed to remove the hatred Of the con-
spirators against Liberty and Union. They
have drunk the cup Of disappointment to its
dregs, and they are becoming humber, II not
otherwise better and wiser; and they are now
willing to sacrifice all their dreams Of great
ness and temper, together with their cherish
ed institution of slavery, in order to escape
what is them the deeper humiliation Of re-
turning to the authority of the Union, A
thousand times it has been proclaimed by
traitors and their sympathizers, that you
cannot subjugate the South" Long after
whole States had been overrun by the Union
armies, and after the population en- n,aSse had
taken the oath Of allegiance, this ridiculous
defiance was repeated. But this is no longer
the opinion at Richmond. 1t is clear that
the leaders of the rebellion have begun tore
gard "subjugation" by the Yankees as in
evitable, unless it can be avoided BY taking
upon themselves foreign yoke. This alter
native, the Enquirer informs us, has become
one of "the highest moment" while well
grounded apprehension haunts the rebel
Imagination that no European power twill
accept such an Washington Chronicle
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24

SUPERIORITY OF AMERICAN FIREARMS.
The recent trial of the Berdan rifle and
carbine, in comparison with the famous Eng
lish Whitworth rifle and such small arms as
has heretofore been in use in this country,
proves that superiority hitherto unexpect-
ed, and a belief which would excite ridicule
hitherto, is now attained on this continent.
Great as the power Of this weapon is, the ac-
curacy Of its discharge, its ready mode Of
loading, its immense range, and freedom
from being fouled, equal its penetration
We have no doubt that some European ma
ker will imagine the whole thing is Yankee
boast when told that we have rife in ser
vice here that can pierce its way through
thirty-one boards placed an inch apart, and
lodge Its bullets in another beyond! Moth
ing in modern history can equal this feat.
But this is not all. We are informed on
good authority that this rifle can be manu-
factured and sold at less cost than the ordi-
nary repeaters, while it is not so heavy nor
half so cumbersome. ..-t...
Our cannon are now superior to those man
ufactured in any other country, both in range
and accuracy. II we can only keep even
pace with foreigners in the production Of
small arms Of an improved character, the in
yentiye genius Of the American must every
where be acknowledged as supreme.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24

A REGIMENT OF VETERAN CALIPoRS1ANs
FOR THE EAsT.-Nearly all our Californian
volunteers enlisted originally with the expec-
tation of being called on to take an active
part in the war on the Atlantic coast, and a
very large number Of the veterans now being
mustered out of service are extremely anxious
even now to go home and do battle for the
Union. Some hundreds of .he discharged
veterans have already gone home at their own
expense to offer themselves to the Govern
ment, and hundreds more would do the same
il they were able to do so. We are credibly
informed that the hint, conveyed in the re-
cent dispatches from the East, regarding the
formation Of veteran corps under command
Of Gen. Hancock, has already been acted up
on, and Gen. Mason has telegraphed to the
War Department for permission to raise a
regiment of veteran Californians under ve-
teran officers, Immediately, and that there is
little doubt that favorable reply will be re-
ceived, in which case the required number of
men will be forthcoming within sixty, and
possibly thirty days. This regiment would
be the first to really represent California in
the East-the companies first raised here be-
ing credited to another State-and its men,
bers would take that pride in their character
which would be the surest guarantee of their
earning distinction on the battlefield Of the
Union.-Ah0.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24

"PAp PRICE" AND HIS HOG THIEvRs.-A
correspondent of the Missouri Republican,
speaking Of the late raid of Sterling Price
through Missouri, denounces that General as
a barbarian, and in cruelty and beastliness
on par with the most infamous characters
Of history. He says ravishing women, burn
ing houses, and in cold blood numbering I'M
offending citizens, were the common business
of his army, and that those who exeelled In
this fiendish work are ranked among the most
favored Of Prices officers. He concludes his
letter in the following language: 1.-The mVa-
sion has shown that II England has James,
Ireland Cromwell, Scotland Graham,
France Murat, and Sicily Bomba, Mis-.
souri, has Sterling Price, who has conniyed
and permitted the commission Of deeds as
horrible as any Of those which have rendered
forever infamous the dead butchers"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24
SENATOR NYE.

Hon. James W. Nye left Carson City
yesterday morning. BY one of the Pioneer
coaches, onlhis way to San Francisco, to
take the steamer of the Sd Of January,
and 20 enter upon his duties as U. S.
Senator from Nevada. The old Governor
was in good health and spirits, and on
taking his departure was attended by
many warm-hearted friends who shook
the old war-horse heartily by the hand
and babe him God-speed on his journey
We noticed that the Governor felt with
deep emotion the kindly demonstration
bestowed upon him by his friends, and
that he was leaving for brief period
community upon which his best affections
were bestowed, and which in return held
him in afFectionate remembrance. In the
course of our life, we have been person.
ally acquainted with number OF public
men-Cwe knew the lamented Douglas
intimatelyl-but none Of them were more
dearly beloved by their personal friends
than is James W. Nye, our new Senator.
And while saying this much for the old
Governor and his friends, it is sef-evi-
dent fact that he also has some enemies
mean, sordid-souled, INSCRIPTIONS enc
mies-whose principal object for several
monthslpast has been to drag him down
TO q level with their own insgnifcanee,
their own sman-souled position in life.
But they have failed, utterly failed, in
their selfish and INSCRIPTIONS designs;
and to-day the old hero looms up head
and shoulders above his enemies in
triumph and complete refutation Of the
various iaae,,aoes against his loyalty and
integrity, which the old Ishmaelite of the
Carson Post has been so industriously
publishing in his obscure paper for q
month or two past-and which were con-
temptuously disregarded by the represen-
tatives of the people of our new State,
and their author consigned to the position
of wllful falsi6er and unprincipled NUS
ance in the community.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24
THE SPECIFIC CONTRACT LAW.

Of the four papers published in this
county, the Enterprise is the only one
which favors the action of the Senate in
striking out the clause making the Speci-
tic Contract Law retroactive in its opera
ton. The Union and the Constitution op-
pose it on the ground of public policy and
common honesty; we passed no opinion
upon the subject, but stated our knowl-
edge of the public sentiment upon the
question. The Enterprise puts on its old
robes of pomposity, and contemptuously
sneering at the ignorance and presump-
tons ofits contemporaries, proceeds to favor
the community with disquisition upon
constitutional law. The editorial corps
of that paper are pretty well known in the
community-but if there is any occupant
of that sanctum whose profound knowl-
edge of the law qualities him for teacher
of that abstruse science, the fact has thus
far been hidden from the'world. This is
somewhat astonishing, in a land where
first-class legal talent has ever been in re-
quest, and has reaped harvest of reward
far beyond the stipend Of the ordinary
ink-slingers Of the daily press. The
decision" or more properly speaking,
the dictuua of the briefess barrister of the
Enterprise, may or may not be considered
by the Legislature and the public of
Nevada as entitled to greater weight than
the decisions of mere California judges.
We confess our inability to cope with the
Enterprise in discussions of knotty points
of law, and shall not attempt it. We
have, however, the faculty of ascertaining
the nature of public opinion in our midst,
upon questions of public interest; and we
reiterate that the passage of a Specific
Contract Law, not retroactive in its op-
Grafton, is not what is demanded by the
people.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24
MILITARY ORDER.

4 common proceeding in the Police
Courts, of both California and Nevada,
has been the release eff criminals charged
with petty ofenses, on condition that they
would enlist in the army. This practice
has drawn forth the following sharp or
der from Brigadier Gen. Mason, the JUS
tice and propriety Of which strikes us
most forcibly.
HEADQUARTERS SrP'T Vol. Recruiting
SERVICE, SAN FRANCISCO, (CAL.,l
December l6, 1864.
Recruiting officers will be careful not to
enlist anv persons who have been discharged
by the civil authorities on promising that
they will enlist in the army. Mastering on
GERS will tske especial pains to prevent such
persons from coming into the army, and
will discharge them at once If presented for
muster. II is 4 mistaken notion that the
civil authorities seem to have, that the army
is an ASYLUM for robbers, perlurers, etc.,
with whom it is doubted even If they, should
they be drafted, would like to mess or asso-
ciate, although they seem DESTROYS OF max
ing them the equals Of those patriots who
nobly come forward to sustain their country
in its hour Of need.
JNO. S. MASON, Brig. Gen. Volunteers,
and Sup't Vol. Recruiting Service.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24

The LEGIsLArURE.-The Senate ad-
journed yesterday to meet again on next
Tuesday at IL o'clock. Some of the
Senators have gone to their homes to en-
joy the festivities of Christmas. The
House yesterday refused to adjourn to
Tuesday-but we expect that on meeting
this morning, the members, finding the
Senate Chamber empty, concluded to do
likewise. Considering the time, that the
Legislature has been in session, the mem
bers have certainly given evidence of con-
siderable Legislative tact, ability and en-
ergy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24
The New CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY,

The New CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY,
Mr.. Gillespie, who has been identified
with the Legislature of Nevada for some
years, resigned his position as Clerk of
the Assembly on Tuesday, because ne
considered $40 in State scrip not pay
enough for the work to be done. We
admit that the position of Chief Clerk is
an arduous one, but ten dollars per day
is tolerable good pay these hard times.
Colonel Allen, Clerk of the last House,
was elected to fill the vacancy, and his
appointment seems TO give very general
satisfaction. The Colonel has had con-
siderable legislative experience, and will
make a good Clerk. Gillespie fills the
Reportorial chair of the Enterprise, and
he does it well.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24
RnllnInna NnfIcea.

METHODIST CHURCH.-There will be Methodist
preaching every Sunday evening, In Odd Fellows
Hall, Gold Hill. at O'Clock.
There will be Methodist preaching at Chrysopos
Hall. Silver City, every Sabbath at "a O'Clock r. NJ.
All are cordially invited ...F
ST. JOHNS CHURCH-Protestant EplscOpal-Rev.
o. W. Whitaker, Rector. Divine service In the
new Church, Gold HILL every Sunday at II A. ".
Sunday School at lko'clock pm.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.-Services will be held each
Sunday at the Church, Gold HILL at 10 O'Clock AN.
Father 0'ReIlly. Pastor.
CHURCH OF THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT EpIsco-
paL.-Rev. Q. W. Whitaker. Rector.-DlvIne service
In the Odd Fellows Hall, Dayton, tomorrow, Nov.
Gth at IL AN.
METopIsT CHURCH-Dayton-Rev. A. H. Hitch
cock. Pastor.-Preaching every Sabbath at II 4. NJ.
and P. NJ: Sabbath School at Ia Pm. All are cor
daily invited. -. ....H