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The Placer herald., 1864-02-06
The Russian Knout,

We have recently heard of the public
tlogging of ladies in Warsaw with the Rus.
sian knout, and, as many are not aware of
the nature Of this means of torture, we pub
lish the following description Of the instru-
ment: "The knout had short massive han,
die, and heavy leather lash about eigh.
feet long. 1t resembled those tremendou.
whips with which the Cossacks OF the Uk,
raiue, when they have brough. wolf to bay,
can kill at single blow. The lash was
formed Of leather, curved 90 As to give two
sharp edges along its entire length, and
sometimes bound with wire thread, the end
terminating in little iron hook. II had no
handle, but ono end was left supple, 90 that
the executioner could wind il round his
wrist. At every blow the sharp edges Of the
stiff curved lash fell on the criminals back,
and cut him as with eigh. yards OF a plant
double'edged sword. The executioner, sub.
tie in his cruelty, bad learnt not to roughly
withdraw the lash, but to draw i. toward him,
so as to remove the long haky bands of flesh
the hook being devised with devilish inge
nuity for this detestable purpose. The lash
was also purposely long, so that i. lap.
ped round the body and cut deep into the
chest at the sumo time that it DESTROYED the
whole of the back. Indeed to tell you the
frank truth my dear sir, it was we'll known
that the execu,ioner could if he chose, kill
any man at one blow Of the knout, by lap
ping him round the lungs and heart; but, as
the 'Bourrean' was generally bribed he sell
dom put forth his whole force When the
knout was honestly used, the criminal if he
survived the first blow, usually tainted a, the
third, and died about the fifth. A ukase OF
Peter The Great fixed the maximum of blows
at lol 1--WE Russians have n supersti.ious res
pect for odd numbers); but whether the
knout became heavier, or we became more
eftemlnate, the l0l blows-which, Of course
implied death, were never given in the En-
peror Nicholas time"
The Placer herald., 1864-02-06

AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY The Washl
ing,on correspondent of the N. Y. Journal
of Commerce writes that curious and in
terestng discovery has recently been made
in the Department Of State, bearing upon
the boundary line between the State of Min
nesota and the British provinces. From
time immemorial all the maps that have
represented the dividing line as barely touch
ing the utmost southern extremity of the
Lake of the Woods, and then passing di-
rectly to the westward A recent investiga.
ton Of the maps and treaty touching the
matter has brought to light the fact that the
boundary line, after reaching the lake, passes
through one half of its center, thence west.
ward up an extensive bay or arm, thence di,
rectly south again until it reaches the main
meridian, and then continues to the west.
The upshot Of the story is, that Minnesota
has big lump Of valuable land which she
did not know belonged to her, and that she
has full command Of the Lake Of the Woods.
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Sale Of Valuable City and EdgeaeId
Prnnnrfr


DY virtue Of Deed Of Trust executed to me on
ID the 18th day Of September, lS6O, By George
W. H.tchings and wife, Melissa J. Hitchngss and onB
supplementary thereto, executed IS the same par
ties, on the ist day Of October 1850 the first regis
tered in the Registers Office Of Davidson County,
Book No. 81, pages 235 and Z36, and the second
registered in said Office Book No. 81, page 24l, and
for the purposes therein mentioned, to-Wt: To Sc
cure the payfnentof a debt die to A. NJ. Waddell,
viii, on the sd day Of April, 1854, at the Court
House door in the city of Nashville, expose to pub
lac sale to the highest BIDDER, for cash, the Follow
ing described real estate, situated in the CITY Of
Nashville and Edgehed the first bounded Is fol-
lows, to-Wt Being Lot No. 50, IN the plan Of the
city Of Nashville beginning az the northwest cor
ner- Of a lot owned by John 2. Erwin, trustee on
Gay street, running then westward with Gay street
ninety $50 feet thence s0uthwardiy parallel 70
Cherry street seventy l70) feet to the corner Of r.
). SHELLS lot, thence eastwarJty with SHELLS line
ninety (90) feet to the corner of said lot owned by
John p. Erwin, trustee, thence northWardly with
his line seventy (l0) feet to the beginning, and be-
ing the same that was conveyed to said Hitchings
by E. NJ. Reynolds, BY deed, recorded in the Reg
isters Office Of DAVIDSON county, Book No. 70, page
81, said lot has two tenemens thereon, one brick,
fronting 4O1z feet on Gay street. the other q frame
fronting 4S1 feet on said street. and viii be sold
separately to suit purchasers. Possession cannot
Dc gwen, unless by Agreements with tenants, until
Christmas next.
Also, at the same time and place, and upon the
same terms herein before stated, If the proceeds Of
the first be not sufficient, | will sch tie following
described premises: One lot IN Edgefeld, DIS
trlct No. Is on the north side Of Cumberland river,
adjoining Mary Ann Caldwell and others, known
and described rs Lot No. 3, containing two and one
half acres including the street Oralley on each side
and beginning az the northeast corner Of Lot No. 9
in the middle Of the Vaughan Turnpike, and run
ming south AZ poles 10 the middle OF street 50 feel
wide, thence east poles to stake, thence north AZ
poles to the middle Of Vaughan Turnpike, thence
west 10 poles TO the beginning being the same con
yeyed TO said HItchings by deed, recorded IN the
Registers Office Of Davidson county, in Book No.
%, page 40. The above property viii be sold with
out equity Of redemption, and with al right Of
dover waived, and deeds made to purchaser March
- 1851 ABNER TURNER, Trustee.
EDWARD II. EAST, Attorney for Beneficiary.
Mar l5-td
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peace in this country while slavery re-
mains We have no regrets that the
efforts of traitors to elevate the institu-
ton 10 supreme. pOWer-haYe brought it
70 ruin
We rejoice that tins war gives the
people Of Maryland the opportunity TO
remove from their midst an incubus on
their prosperity, and enables them to
do what our fathers could not see. their
way clear 10 DO, but what the Harpers
and Pinckneys, IN common with the
men of their DAYS, the golden days Of
Maryland, earnestly desired to do,-to
free every foot. Of their soil from the
tread of a slave, and consecrate it un-
reseryedly to freedom.
We urge you, fellow-citizens, to send
to the convention men who sympathize
with the glorious future which now
opens before the State, not men who
sigh regretfully after the past send
men Of Judgment, of honesty, Of firm
ness, who viii wisely plan and resolutely
execute.
Trample under foot all personal hos
tihty, and all bitterness Of past diyis-
ions; but let no cry Of union or harmo-
ny induce you 10 vote for men who do
not feel, and who will not vote. in ac-
cordance with these views.
Unite all loyal men, who are Eman-
cipationists, in earnest, in a common
effort to help our bleeding country and
our beloved State, that she may come
out of this great contest not only still
the centre Of united country, but pu-
rified by the baptism Of fire and blood
Then, fellow-citizens, we may still
more proudly claim her, not in the
spirit Of the apes Of false chivalry who
love her III proportion TO her nearness
to decay and destruction but with
wise, practical, benefeent patriotism, as
" Our MARYLAND
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Another Hero FalIen---Death OF Col.
n. n, TuDDeF.

We regret to learn that Col Nathan
w. Upper, Of the 10th Illinois VOlun-
teers, died al his residence at Decatur,
yesterday morning
After the call for six hundred thou
sand volunteers in the summer of 1862,
Col Upper entered with zeal and ener-
gy into the work Of organizing a regi-
ment The earnestness of his patriot
ism was perhaps intensified by the fact
that his brother, Lieut.. Col Ansel Tup-
per, of the 4lst Illinois, had surrender
ed up his life in behalf of his country
few months before on the battlefield of
Shiloh The 10th Illinois was muster
ed into the service at Decatur, IN Sep
TENDER, 1862, and Col Upper was che
sen its commander In November ls62
it started for the field, and took part;
we believe, in the FIRST attack on Vicks-
burg by Genela Sherman in December
following During the next few months
Col Topper with his regiment, was 1t
YOung's Point or 3lillikens Bend, and
in May, 1863, he started with General
Grant on that splendid and memorable
campaign which resulted in the eaptare
OF ' tChnbAiE
When Gen Grant assumed command
Of the Department Of the Cumberland,
Col Tuppers regiment, among others,
was sent to Chattanooga 70 relieve Gen
Thomas's beleagured forces az that
place They participated in the second
hard fought battles near the old Chicka-
manga battle ground in December last,
and shared in the honors Of the bril-
liant victory which crowned the Union
arms. 1t was during that three days
series Of engagements that Col Upper,
in consequence Of long continued ex-
posture, contracted the disease when
has finally resulted in bis death He
returned home soon after only TO com
plete the sacrifice which he had begun
upon the field, by yielding up his he
in the midst Of his iamily.-Spragfsd
(IlL) Journal
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Abolition Of slavery In Virginia.

ALEXANDRIA, March 10 The following
report Of the Committee on Emaneipa-
ton was passed at l2oclOck, u, to-day,
by the Constitutional Convention now
in session in this city There Was but
one dissenting vote -
First Slavery and involuntary ser
Vitude, except for crime is hereby aboi-
.ished and prohibited in the State for
ever.
Second Courts Of competent juris-
dietion may apprentice minors Of Afri-
can descent on like conditions pr0vid-
ed By law for appFentieing white chill
dren.
Third The General Assembly shall
make no law establishing slavery or
recognizing property in human beings
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TO ADVERTISERS IN DETAIL.

MARRIAGE AND FUNERAL NOTICES
VIII be charged at the usual advertising rates.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CANDIDATES.
For State Officers. %
We, the undersigned, have this day adopted the
above rates. to which we bind ourselves strictly 10
adhere. WIN. CAMERON for the UaiOH,
JOHN WALLACE, for the Dispatch.
NASHVILLE, TENN, July Is, 1868.
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United States Of America.

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNEsSEE-No 40
UTHEREAS, on the 10Th day Of February, 1864,
w an information was filed in the District Court
of the United States for the Middle District Of Ten
nessee, by Horace II. Harrison, Esq, Attorney Of
the United States for said District against copper
rollers lot of iron pipe lot of iron scraps small
cast-irOn furnace and lot Of small wooden rollers
owned 10y W. s. Whiteman, and against all persons
lawfully intervening for their interests therein, al
legng that said property was seized by Charles Da-
Wis IN said District, on land forfeited 10 the Uni
ted States for causes in said information set forth
and alleged to be true, and praying for the usual
process and monitiOn
Now, therefore, hereby give public warning to
all persons concerned in interest in said property
To appear before said Court, at the Federal Court
Room, in the Capitol st Nashville, on the Sd Mon
day in April next, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, then and
there to interpose their claims and make their ale
cations. f. r. GLASCOCk,
U. s. Marshal for the Mid. Dist. Tennessee.
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COEREcTIOx-On the fable Of a tele-
graphic despatch from Harrisburg we
stated this morning that Major White,
whose detention in Richmond prevent
ed the organization Of the Pennsylya-
MIA Senate Of which he vas a member,
had been released by the Rebels. We
learn now that Il was another officer
Of the same name, Major IL A. Waite,
Of the Pennsylvania Cavalry. Major
White the late Senator, is still IN close
confinement at Salisbury, North Caro-
lima. -BaIhmors Amerioaa
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United States Of America.

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESsEE-No. 81.
HTHEREAs, an information was filed in the Dis
w triet Court Of the United States for the Mid
die District of Tennessee the Ifth day Of March,
1854, by Horace H. Harrison, ESD, Attorney Of the
Uuited States for said District, who prOsecutes
therein. well behalf Of the United States Of
Joseph X. Dillin, Esq, Surveyor Of Customs Al
Nashville, Tennessee, against three thousand nine
hundred and ninety-two dollars snd half in gold,
of which one Robert Dickson is the reputed owner,
and against all persons lawfully intervening for their
interests therein, alleging that said property had
been heretofore seized III said District, on land as
forfeited for causes in said Information set forth and
averred to be true, and praying for the usual pro-
cess and monitor.
Now, therefore, pursuant 20 the mention under
the seal Of said Court, 10 directed, hereby give
public warning TO all persons concerned in interest
IN said property to appear before said Court on the
ID Monday in April next, at the Federal Court
Room, in the Capitol at Nashville, in said District,
then and there 70 PROFOUND their claims and make
their allegations in that behalf
Z. r. GLASCOCK,
L. s. Marshal for the Mid. Dist. Of Tennessee.
Mar l7--2Ot
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Guerrilla Outrage.

Tie Steamer C. f. HilLnan Tracked Jy a
Party at Island lS-Ttco Hen Killed,
Sic Wounded anil One Captlred-Gaer-
riHas Lose -Four Killed, Scgeray Wound
ed, and take to the Woods.
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5000
ACRES OF LAND
FOR SALE.

WE have for sale 900 ACRES OF VERY DE-
w SIRABLE TIMBERED LAND, located in
Cheatham County, on TuTnbIi Creek and near the
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad, = miles from
the city of Nashville. This tract Of Land Is well
tmbered with poplar and other timber suitable for
building purposes, and Is possessed Of the finest
Water-power in Tennessee, rendering Il admirably
adapted for The establishment Of s SaW-Mlli-
Those DESTROYS Of engaging in the Lumber and
Wood business, will find il TO be profitable invest
ment. About 100 acres is cleared and highly pro-
ductiTe and no place N tennessee i better aaapt
ted for Orchards and Vineyards. The whole tract
has been surveyed and sub-diTided into tracts o.
Us to 307 acres A plot can be seen al cur Office
TERNs.-1% cash and the balance On a credit Of
one and two years.
DEsIDENCE in Watkins Grove, coutaining
IL rooms Price, 5000.
DEsIDENcE in Watkins Grove, containing OF
IL rooms. Price, $500.
nEsTDENcE on Cedar street. containing TFooms.
II Price, $500, half in Planters Bank
DEIDENCE on North side Cumberland river,
IL 20 acres Of Land. This IL magnificent house
and fine Garden Land. Price, $1,000
A FINE FARM, 3 miles from the city. I57 acres
"a Of Land, magnificent House, built in tie latest
style Of architecture. Price, SO 30 IA Gold, or ts
equivalent N Z. :. currency
A MOST desirable piece Of Property o. Broad
"A. street, free from taxation. Price, 500
A VERY desirable residence on Church street.
"A Price, $1,000.
INCUR COTTAGE RESIDENCES, near the Re-
4 sorvoir. Price, 500 each.
nFsIDENcE on College street, near the resi-
liz, dence Of Isaae Paif, ESQ. Price, 5000.
DFsIDENCE IN Edgeheld, corner Of Spring and
IL Wetnofe streets. Price, 1870
100 ACRES OF LAND, 81 miles from the
IOO city, unimpscged PIiee, 500 per acre.
WE hsye also, 40 vacant Lots in the eily and
w suburbs Tor sale and lease.
For particulars, apply %
Vs. MATT BROWN 4 Co,
Real Estate and General Business Agents,
Mar lin No Al Cherry street.
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PoLrcY WITH PRIsOSERs-Ihe War De-
partment declines 70 grant applications
Tor the release Of rebel prisoners on
taking tho oath Of allegiance. Itre-
serves them, however, for further con
sideration, prohibiting, ia the mean
time, sending such persons South.
Forty OF fly applications are made
daily and it d not unlikely that in q
short time commissions viii be organ
led 70 visit prisoners camps for the
purpose Of examining and reporting
upon the merits IN each case
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SsQashrille Anioa.
wv. CAMERON & co.. Publishers.
FERMS 0F SUBSCRIPTION /.

SINGLE COPIES. cents
PEk NEEkA.--.-- Is cents
WEEKLY tssnge copy per year %
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FoRrUSArE AocIDEy4.-A young ladyof
cur asonainf nee says she she lost hel
temper GA readinv Mr. Arneil sspeeeh.
Il viii prove 'gr.un e acc .aehi -
her friends ana neighboFs, as i was .
very bad one.-C5hsa.Jia SsHs.Act
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Sally gRteIligeufFt.
an Amsrous asronhut.
..-o.,-g,,~Cv.-n,v


The tonogipg eharaeteristie story is told
By late French Journal:
swhiIe II .ns. GODDARD vas filing an i'm
mense balloon n ihs Champ de Mars, be
amused the spectators BY seuding up the
Ems,I 6Eure OF man, the perfect sem
bi.ses Of N.THfers, HIihout speetaeles,-
TIE IttIs Gao 6eiog 6lled With gas, noas
nj -s:ieaIIy into the air, AID vas sO0n lOst
&c TlvW amuug the clouds. His adventures,
VbIcn became keoWH tse nett day, we're
curious. Th.nke 20 q siropg aud favorable
gale, which imPsiied him On his course
the HGtle bsiscoG MAJ arrived the SANE
afternoon ID sight OF fne country hoase
iu the heigbborboOd Of Blevfo. II WIS
near the hour of dinasF. and the iady Of
the m Tnsioo, VINO naturally thought her
self perfectly safe. vas occupied In the
myc cries OF her toilet.
/. was q warm day, Edd she had opened
oae OF tue windows which looked out on
the pars, and Gas safe from any prying
eyes. While tr4uquiIIy engaged, By the
assistance OF corset facing, IA reducing
her vase 10 a siz> sod shape that would
r,fsct credit 90 Der huEoaud's taste, she
W4s suddenly startled By a blast Of wind,
followed by i strange noise; aud immedi-
HIsly The cAsTmsut vas thrown open and
our little balloon nl4n catered her chamber
uoaopounctd. The lady uttered CRY oil
terror oad threw a shavli over her sh0Gl.
ders. Tue iittie nan, driven by the wind
tatg~s himself upon the unhsppy Woman
Who screaming touder than ever pushed
bin of, and DO couceals himself nader tbs
bed.
JIss az the vie, IS \ s6ppIicaiing voice
ssys to tins noteI Dun Juan, '.Ah, Mon
i.ur, 90 away. or you wit min mel" IN,
husband furiUu=iy rushed 10, crying, 'Ah
the wretch, hsvH him uOw i's and goes ii
search OF his sword 10 ron him through thu
body. the vile, more dead than alive, re
iierates. ia tho midst OF sobs, "Fly, fy
MpnsieurI and save me ;he sight OF
dreadful iragedy!r
The husband arrives, armed to the teeth
followed by the whole household, VIII
go k TO mollify his anger. While two o
his friends hold the husband, a third
STOPPING down, perceives our little FREUD
who. tor good cause uIters not a word, aut
catching him by the leg, draws him fortE
from his concealment- when, lot Mon
sirur Balloon, no longer held down by I'd,
bedStead. raises himself erect, sweIts ou
and rises msjesticaliy IN the ceiling, 70 tbs
immense amusement of the spectators
while the poor, jealons husband sinks
away, sword aud all, heartily ashamed Of
his cause ess wrath. 1f
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commissioners Gale

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GhlH o5.-tyasS Slatsq u Wsss 1SSvisEs, - tAs
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eat Balfaes SD 0&iS RgiIrosd rfth IL
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opaty, g tGs CEty n Wzeelfsg, ". "a, -
bAD6ASQA1s lhs IA dag SfJEss, 1854 eols.
Hsnefaa e 70 oelosE, a. u.
RaEs9l1es q tie decree Of ~ CIreuit court
N loeFe A1d other4 p1Alnftha aud k6lly, HoIIo-
way Co. al1 0thsEa IllIS - 4 - ~,
g AgEill - ne 1ndoEsisnsd, apPoihtsd special
GletT1a - The hlgh6st a1 S6eIt biddSF lf5S ~,
terms ator Delttn1SI Is the frUlt door oi TIE ot
WodhssdAy, the 9ath day e Ians 1854. IL s'isT-
ing pFOpoGty, 70 Wit: 9hs9 knnIfh - ne YfTFfuis
Ina WoIka, ~ BsaEood Aforesaid. bsing Ihs sanlo
PEOPsr4y Usottoned and described in tna dssd Of
Ernst nun Kelly, HolloEay 4 To- 20 Z Jaoob dafsd
the 11th DAY q Nsy, 1sSB, adhsxsd . plaiufFG, ?
III u tts ea1sa e their eGhitit % ThiS properly
eon.tsts mainly q hAid IFOh WorEA, al eEtsnafTs
oGal privilege ard TtSht, With OVenlsnts fSr
UUrktnS the s1nle, and TaII traek faInFuE; hroil
the eoa1 bank % ths md, elsa o. iarRe number Of
P1itdl1S lets, tmprgHed and untmproIeds With COM
toEtAbIe dHellinE houssS on part Of them. capable
81 aeeOmmOdat NJ q We are ted, about siEhBy
EaultIieG, and yisi1fnE ~ Ne are also fnIorne 4
yssriy rental Il near i1ur - o,rT Iri,ttSt,
Win good tEo steEY bEiek GtorS h0lSs. ma ToiIs
ING and iron null Possesses, e Ge bolsEsS one al
order Exteel ll6i boiling tlFnSeal three heating
furnaces, tour RAIL flTn1oss,-S ooublS tram llef
TOllS aud eqoeeIefEs with Necessary machines and
aEturns 1or manUiAelurinE according 70 oar fnfor-
attons four hundrod 1901 kegs of nails per day. q
best quality. III dSSiled GunOesssGFy 70 n Sny
more PAEtiealar deEeIptiOn II the property, q Ws
rtquest and pEal1ulo thai parson8 Wishing " DIr-
chase Vii e1hEnine fOr themselves.
As sad prEperty 9 % Eiu.ted, on the bank d
Tie Ohio River, - the JUNCTION % sid Railroads,
Iron and other nnt0riAls 10 the operation Of aid
work. can b. reeety5d - tbs milI, Rnd prOduet
shipped direct thersfrom, vi. hout further haalng
l OF landing.
Is - PsrT Of tie dseEeaiundnr which iris sale d
MADE that The purchaser EhAl ,toI - disturbed q
tbo ppssasio1 OF title Of tue property BY any fur
theE o. futnrO ltttE 8tiOn between Hltd pGTtinS.
| y 1kk1b W 9AEE-rho purchase 70 pay saek
gun IL hand ~ he nay desire, but net leGI t11nobs
l third OF the amount % the purehAso money: Snt
Tie balsnee theEeOTin equal tnstAiimsnIs, payable
IN onesTWO Rnd Ihreo years from the DAY Of sale
with interest from satd day OF sale; the p1TChaSeI
TO give b1nd With aPproTo1 personal security, ii
| tbs tusTallnenE Of the purchase money Payabfe q
one ear hOm aid day Of sale; and The tlEls To b
/ rstaIned a. further sseartty NATL the whole o
aid purchase money shall have been fuity Istd u
and discharged. rs
WheslIng, April Isth, 1885,
4 -eE- --.r JANIS \. WHEAT,
q ApTlS -A- 4 49, AlpSeiat fl6pausf iaoi9eTa-