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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-08-18

PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES,
The Largest and Cheapes Stock
ever offered i'm this City.
CHARLIE w. lid EA ",
Wholesale Dealer
French and German Baskets, Wood and
Willo,o Ware, Notions, Brushes, Oil
Cloths, Cotton Laps, Wadding,
&C., &C., &c.
No. 223 Market-Street, below Second,
(north side,)
PHILADELPHIA.
The subscriber has just opened an entire
ly new and complete stock of goods of the
best quality and description. to which he
would respectfully call the attention of Mer-
chants and Dealers, who wish TO find good
article cheap for Cash.
These goods were bought for Nett Cash,
at the greatly reduced prices consequent up
pom the stringency of the times, and believing
the "nimble sixpence" to be better than the
"slow shilling" they are now offered to the
public at prices that defy competition.
The following are few of the articles
always on hand:
Pals and Tubs of all kinds and qualities
Toy Pals, Salt and Sugar Boxes, Half
Bushel and Peck Measures, Well Buck
cts, Towel Rollers, Patent head and
straight clothes pins, wash boards,
Wooden Mop Handles, Grain
Scoops, Toy Wheelearrows,
Com Brooms. every variety
of shoe, paint, scrub, and
sweeping brushes, &c.
clothes brushes, baskets, willow and rattan
chairs, skirt ratans, bird cages, clothes lines,
bed cords, skirt cords, tie yarns, twine Of all
kinds, together with large assortment OF
notions and fancy goods.
Hosiery, Glopes, Shirts, DraWers, Threads,
&C., cheap from auction.
These goods nre all new and carefully SO.
lected, and are offered at prices that cannol
fail to attract attention.
Buyers will invariably find it to their own
interest to call before purchasing elsewhere
GParticular attention given to packing
goods for shipment, so as to prevent damage
or excessive charges for freight.
0TOrders by mail promptly attended to.
CHARLES w. DEAN.
223 Market-st, north side, below 2nd, Phila
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Just Received,
AT
BROWN & kELLER'S,

A large assortment of EXTRA PLATED
SPOONS, FORKS, &C.. of superior quality.
to take the place of SOLID SILVER WARE
Having made a large purchase, they are ena,
bled to supply housekeepers at astopishingIy
low rates. Call and examine.
Stroudsburg, May 9Th, 1864.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-08-18
PHOENIX DRUG STORE,
DREHER & BROTHER,
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, &C.,

II purchased with view to the ac
g9 tion of the new tax and tariff
49, laws, they are prepared to Offer
Ma rare bargains to purchasers.
eSE READER.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-04
DR.. STRICKLAND'S
MEILIFIUOUS
COUGH Balls AM

NURRs Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Asthma, and
v Consumption. 1t is only necessary for any ons
troubled with these complaints to try one bottle OF
ssrickI ,nd's MelIIfiuous Cough BaIsa m
to convince them that it is the best preparation
used. 1t not ouly cures the above affections OF the
Throat and Lungs but it cures Night sweats and spit
ting of blood ani excellent garge for any kind
of sore throat. 1t is pleasant to take and safe med
cine for infants Price so cents per bote. For sale
by druggists generally.
Sold BY Logan, List & Co, Wheeling.
Chas. W. Graham, E"
Jacob earns, Bridgeport, o,
Michael McKelvey, Belaire.
Sold by McMahen & Co., Cambridge Druggists.
Thos. Cummings, Washington.
W. F. Rogers, Morristown.
O. @. Metcalf, Belmont.
81 Welsh & Co., Druggists Bellar,
Richardson & Bro. Bellair. Front st.
Jacob Altmyer, Benwood, West Va.
Myers & Hays, Front street Belfair.
el6-ly-d&wTu&P .- --. ts.--
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
SUCH A RATTER.

A correspondent furnishes an amusing aci
count of his experience with terrier which
he bought from dealer on the recommend
alton that he was "sucE ratter." He had
some trouble at first in getting rat on
which to try his "purp." He succeeded at
last, and says:
"Ilowever, the next day | was so fortunate
as to secure from a boy in the market a fine
old line bob tailed rat, whose furious efforts
to chaw everything within reach gave prom
ise Of glorious sport for Nip.
took the rat home, called in my dog
and told my wife that if she wanted to see
the way terriers did rats, to come down in
the basement. She came down and Shut the
door, Just in time, as Nip, my ratter, for
which paid the old gent five dollars, made
a most unmistakahly cowardly movement
toward the ball. Wife, on chair, said the
dog did not appear to see the rat
Told my wife to keep her breath. Thought
would not give Nip any reason for not seei
ing the rat again; so tied the string that
held the rat to the dogs hind leg He saw
the rat that time, and jumped on the chair
by my wife. Wife laughed and showed him
off. Tried the stove next. Got off the stove
without being showed. The rat, however, an
old stager, and not being used to such treat
ment, made a demonstration on Nip's rear,
and don't believe little Flora Temple ever
made better time in the same limits than
that doc and rat made round the room.
First heat, dog had the lead closely fol
lowed by rat, who, on striking the half mile
pole, (toot stool in the corner) broke badly,
-, al M hnf Iva
could be brought down Che was sliding on
his back) dog led him by the whole length
Of the string. Didn't stop to take wind, but
started on the second heat Got off well to
gether (tied) and went finely around, neck
and tail, until they reached the judges stand
(wife standing on chair,) against which the
dog brought up solid, bringing the Judge
down in style pre-eminenty sudden If not
dignifed. That heat was decidedly against
the dog, you may bet, and it was only after
much persuasion that the Judge would again
take her stanl.
The third heat may be termed dead heat.
They got off as well apart as the dog con
veientIv could, and sailed lively until just as
they struck the last quarter. when the rat
which ran about as well on his back as on
his legs, sbied the track, aud GOT rather
queerly wound round table leg. Dog kept
on as fast as the string and the length of his
hind LEG would let him. On raising the rat
he was found to be non,compos, totally de-
funct, in fact, dead. Nip was not much
better.
Wife said that dog couldn't kill mice Told
her be bad certainly killed that rat; but on
viewing the feat in scientific light, | must
confess did not feel quite satisfied with the
performance of my pet, and the next morn
ing gave him away to a milknan who wanted
a ratter to free bis stable from the deprela
tons of the vermin. | have not been able
to ascertain which left him first, the rats or
the doc
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

the tract Persons who have invested in saw
mills, and who are engaged in saving or other
depredations on the public timber do it at their
peril. and they should be promptly warned against
the trespass and informed that the law will be
rigidy enforced against them. For the timber
they may have already cut, reasonable stamp
age, not less than one-sXth the value per 900
feet of manufactured lumber, must be eXacted;
and to secure such results you will consult with
and ask the cooperation Of the United States
District Attorney, so rs to secure a revenue from
the timber, payable at once on each and every
thousand feet sawed ut the respective mills, with
proportionate rates on cordwood, hewn or other
description of timber; a sworn statement to be
furnished of the number Of feet taken.
Should the mill owners, cordwood, hewn tim
Der or other timber holders refuse to enter into
such stipulation. you will notify them that the
timber is public property liable TO seizure, and
you will therefore at once seize the same.
The result OF your negotiations you will i'm
mediately report to this office and will under
stand it 10 be your duty, in the meantimc prompt
ly to seize any and all timber cut on the public
lands Respectfully yours
j. NJ. EDMUNDS, Commissioner
Register and Receiver, Marysville, Cal.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
Josh Billings, Prayer.

From tn many friends, and things at luce
ends, Good Lord deliver us.
From a wife who don't luv us, and from
children who don't like us, Good Lord de-
liver us.
From snaix 10 our boots, from torch. light
professions, and from all nu rum, Good Lord
deliver us
From pack-peddlers, from young folks in
uv, from old aunts without money, and from
koIera morbis Good Lord deliver us.
From wealth without charitee, from pride
without cense, from pedigrees worn out, and
from all rich relashun, Good Lord deliver us.
From newspaper sells and from pills that
ant fsick, from females who faint and from
men who iiatter, Good Lord deliver u.s.
From virtue without fragrance, from butter
that smells, from niger camp meetings, aud
from cats that are courtin', Good Lord de
liver u.s.
From other folks secrets and from oul
own, from mourmons and me9iums, and
wimmn committees, Good Lord deliver us
From poIyticians who pra and from saints
who tipple, from ri kofe, red herring and all
grass widders, Good Lord deliver us.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,

GENERAL LAND OFFICE, July o, loof
Gentlemen: Herewith | enclose copy OF
communication dated 7tb May last, from 3. b.
Crocker, agent of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, representing that saw mills have been
erected and extensive depredations are commit
ted on valuable timber on the public lands
1t is your duty to take charge ol ana protect
the public timber from spoilaton and to this end
enclose you q circular dated oath of December,
1855, for your guidance.
AS regards privileges allowed pre-emptors and
homestead settlers, you are informed they are re-
stricted To the use Of timber growing on the land
on which they are settled, and that only for build
ing, fencing and repairs. Neither OF them can
cut timber for market until actual entry of the
land by the pre-. emptor, and the consummation
of the Homestead by residence of five years on
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
Law of Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, considered as wishing to con
tinuc the subscription.
2. If subscribers wish their papers dscontinu-
ed, publishers may continue TO send them until
all charges are paid.
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse TO take their
papers from the office or place 10 which they are
sent; they are held responsible until they settle
their bills and give due notice to discontinue
them.
A. If 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 uncaed for, is prima Jacie evidence
of Intentional fraud
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

Why IS THE WAR CoNriNUED?-No un-
prejudiced citized, be he Republican or
Democrat, can longer doubt AS to the true
answer to this question. 1t is clearly ds'
veloped in Lincolns communication ITO all
whom it may concern" published with the
Peace correspondence, in another part of this
paper, and is
Because Lincoln cares more for the NEGRO
that the WHITE MAN,-prefers freeing NE,
GRoEs to saving the lives of WHITE MEN.
If we had a President who regarded the
rights and interests of white men, North
and South, the war would cease in less than
ten days, and peace, prosperity and happi'
ness again prevail in all sections
PENNSYLVANIA Jefersonian,
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
NUMBER l.
MIR. Lincoln at the Front.

A correspon lent writes of President Lin>
coins recent visit to Gen. Buffers camp, as
follows:
ain passing along General Buffers line he
was compelled in acknow Lodging the salute,
to ride bare healed under the terrible sun
for distance of nearly three miles. But
this was only portion of the penalty he
must pay for being Commander in Chief of
the great armies of the United States. One
remarkable fact was noticeable in connection
with the Presidential visit, although the
rebels had timely notice of bis visit through
the columns of the Washington Shoddy
organ, and although he rode on several oc-
casions in plain view, ana within easy range
Of their rifles, not shot was fired at him.
At point where our men had been particu-
lary harassed 10y their sharp-spooters, and
where the unusual display must have par
ticuarly attracted attention, he went by as
safely as though he were riding down Penn
sylvana avenue surrounded by his body
guard. The shrewd reader need scarcely
ask the reason Of this uncommon courtesy
on the part of the rebels. They evidently
consider him the best General they have had
in the field since StonewalI Jackson, and woe
betde the unlucky rebel ignoramus who
should draw a bead on the illustrious joker
who occupies the seat of Washington. At
rebel hands this unfortunate would find
ready rope and a short shrift.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
The Stark county Democrat published at

Clinton, Ohio, says:
"A preacher in this city, last Sabbath, took
for his text the 18th verse of the 18th chap
ter of Hebrews. 1t reads as follows:
"Follow peace with all men, and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord"
The reverend gentleman red this text from
the verse as follows:
"Follow holiness, WithoM a0hich no man
shall see the Lord."
The words, 'peace with all men," were not
acceptable, and hence were omitted"
So it seems that the Abolition preachers
are going to take the same liberty with the
Word of God that old Abe does with the
Constitution.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

Daily Express, Marys'le
Daily Beacon, Stockton
Esmeralda Star, Aurora
Placer Herald, Auburn.
Colusa Sun.
Aurora Times.
Chronicle, lone City.
Democrat, Nevada.
Telegraph, Folsom.
Dispatch. jackson.
Enquirer. Dutch Flat.
Journal. Yreka.
TrinityNationalist, Wea
verville.
News, knights Landin g
Sentinel. Santa Cruz.
Pajaro Times, Watson
vile.
Tribune, San Jose.
Gazette. San Matco.
Pacific Echo, Napa.
Tuolumne Courier, Co
lumbia.
Democrat. Santa Rosa.
San Francisco, May 2
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

TnE CoNFEDERACY ON GEN. BANKs.-Tha
Mobile E0ening News contains the following
remarkable order from the Adutant and In.
spection>General's office, dated Richmond,
May 2lst, 1864.
Owing to the inestmable service rendered
to the Confederate States by Major General
N. 2. Banks, U. S. A., all officers and men
in the service Of the Confederate States are
hereby prohibited from harming a hair of his
head, and especially ordered under all cir,
cumstances to allow him to escape.
BY order. S. COOPER,
Adiutant and Iuspector General
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

Cum berland Presbyter,
Pacheco.
Alameda Gazette, San
Leandro.
Solano Herald, Suisun.
Marin Journal, San Ra-
fael.
Oakland Press.
Oregon Democrat, Al
bany.
Oregon Union, Corvallis.
Cosmopolitan, Mazatlan.
,Oregon Sentinel, Jack
sonville.
Herald of Reform, Eu =
gene City.
Democratic State Jour
nal. Dalles.
Review, Eugene City.
Wa hington Standard
Olympia. .
British Columbian, West
minister.
st 1863.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

"Had Douglas lived" excaims Lincoln
newspaper, "he would still stand where he
stood at the time of his death" At the
time of his death he said that when the war
should become war for. emancipation, he
would fly to the assistance of the South.
He said that in one of the two last speeches
he ever made. Why do not the Abolition.
lists resurrect his remains and send them to
Fort Lafayette. Chicago Times.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
Appearance of the sun from the North
Pole.

To person standing at the north pole the
sun appears to sweep horizontally around
the sky every twenty four hours without any
perceptibe variation during its circuit IN It's
distance from the horizon. On the 2lst OF
June it is 23 deg % min. above the horizon,
a little more than one-fourth of the distance
to the zenith, the highest point that it ever
reaches From this altitude it slowly de-
scends, its track being represented 10y spiral
or screw with very fine thread, and in the
course of three months it worms It's way
down to the horizon, which it reaches on
the 23l of September. On this day it Slow
ly sweeps around the sky with its face half
hidden below the icy sea. 1t still continues
to descend and after it has entirely disap
peared it is still so near the horizon that IL
carries a bright twilight around the heavens
in its daily circuit. As the sun sinks lower
and lower, this twilight gradually grows
fainter till it fades away. On the 20th OF
December the sun is 23 deg % min. below
the horizon. and this is the midnight of the
dark winter of the pole. From this date the
sun begins to ascend, and after a time his
return is heralded by faint dawn which
circles slowly around the horizon, completing
its circuit every twenty.four hours. This
dawn grows gradually brighter, and on the
2Oth of March the peaks of ice are gilded
with the first level rays of the siX-months
day The brnger of this long day continues
to wind bis spiral way upward, till he reach
es his highest place on the 2lst of June, and
his annual coarse is completed.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

WARS THE Color OF YOUR Doc Stall.
"A correspondent of The Country Gentle-
man says: Every spotted dog has the end of
his tail white, and every spotted cat the end
of the tail black. OF the fact there can be
no doubt | have examined dogs and cats
without number in France, in England, and
in America, and always noticed the same
result. The dog affair is not original with
me- but the cat is. Our former minister to
Japan, Mr.. Harris, first mentioned the fact
concerning the dog in a letter to the New
York Times, published some years since.
have looked at many paintings of dogs in
the galleries of Paris and elsewhere in re-
gard to this, and found even there the dogs
spotted, always sin order" proving to me
that the artists had invariably copied after
nature"
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

Es- Among the English fashionabes the
latest rage" is the Pony Mania. No lady
of ton is now complete without her park
phaton and her couple of housekeeping
ponies. The country has been ransacked for
perfect animals of this class for the London
market. The leading fashonabIes have
started Lady's Pony Club, and just as the
fourin-hands jingle along in procession to
the Star and Garter, so the lady'whips, with
their high stepping ponies, their parasols
mounted on their whips, fancy gauntlets, and
in bright line.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

IB- A week before Grant crossed tbs
Rapdan Chase told member of Congress
that without immediate military means, a
financial breakdown would, at an early day,
end the war When it was evident that
Grants campaign was a wretched failure,
Chase run from the Cabinet.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

"Mr. Bouter, my father wants you to
come over to our house and preach funeral!''
"To preach funeral! sermon, guess you
mean But who is dead, my little sonF'
"My little brother, sir" "Ah, how old was
he?" "He wasn't no old, sir-he died
bornn''"
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
THE PLACER HERALD.
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On Nevada ST., Auburn, Placer county, Oai'' ny
r. & c. n. MITCHELL.
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One square of Ten LINES, Ohis sized typc)
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The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

Personal advertisements charged full rates.
Obituary. Birth and Marriage Notices, published
without charge.
re Liberal deductions lmade TO monthly or
yearly advertisers.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

The French Chorivara has cut represent.
ing two men leaning against guide post
One has telescope looking towards Ameri.
ca. The other asks: "Is the American wal
yet ended" "No, l still see some inhabi
tants."
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
EY- A new spider has been discovered il

EY- A new spider has been discovered IN
the Ararat diggings, in Australia. 1t ii
about half the size of the common tarantula,
and is banded ongitudinally, with alternate
stripes of very dark green and gray. The
back is furnished with kind of shell, to
which there are fifty entrances, from which
young spiders may be seen leaving and again
returning after a short stay outside.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

A DIRTY CITY dumas was lately vaunt-
inc to a fellow Hterdteur tho beauty OF Ma
pies, and disparsging Paris. The Partisan
tartly replied that it was known that the city
was so dirty that it was impossible to put a
foot down anywhere in safety.
"But the sky is pure and celestial" said
Dumas.
"Yes," responded his antagonist, "because
it is beyond the reach of the Neapolitan to
dirty it,"
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

A COMMON SIGHT.-A Washington special
to the the N. Y. Tribune, says: at is not
uncommon now to see colored ladies and
gentlemen in the galleries Of both Houses Of
Congress"
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

CRusuING THE REBELLroN.-Forney, Lin
coins fugleman, thus writes from Washing
ton to his paper: The vast reserve army
the men in civil life, the men Of middle age,
and the youth, between seventeen and eight
cen years, will, in all probability, be called
for to help to finish the work"
There is the prospect before you, fellow
citizens. If the abolition plan for prosecu-
ting the war is to be carried out, it will un'
questionably require million more men
than are now-in the field and to raise that
million it will be necessary to draft the youth
of seventeen and the men of fifty and sixty.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03
BRADLEY JOHNSON BURNS HIS HOMESTEAD

BRADLEY JOHNSON BURNS HIS HOMESTEAD.
When Bradley Johnson entered Frederick,
he directed bis steps to his old dwelling,
where he and his family once resided. lie
found his old homestead occupied by a
Northern man, who had purchased it from
the Government. He asked for the occu.
pant, who appeared, and, after few peril.
nent inquiries, Johnson informed him that he
was the rightful owner Of the house, and at
once demanded the rent of 81 400, at the
rate of 800 per month, the man having re-
sided in it for fourteen months. lie gave
him thirty minutes to collect the rent, which
was DONE Bradley asked him if he wanted
a receipt. The occupant said he did not,
and then Bradley gave him two hours to
move his goods out, which being done, the
house was set on fire, and in a little time
was a mass Of ruins.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

A CHEAP AND VALUABLE LINrMENT.-The
following recipe, originally given, nearly one
hundred years ago, and constantly in use in
one family for more than eighty years:
zone quarter Of a pound of camphor and
the same quantity of pure CASTLE soap; mash
the camphor and add to it wine glass full
of high'proof brandy or alcohol--scrape the
soap fine, and put both into junk bottle,
and add pint of spirits of turpentine. Put
in the cork, not very tight and set the bottle
in warm water, increasing the heat until the
contents of the bottle are malgamated.-
This lniment is exceent for bathing sprains
and bruises, and for internal soreness-eightl
cen drops taken in a spoonful Of sugar will
be found highly eilicacious. am confident
that all who will try this simple medicine,
will ever after keep it constantly on hand as
ready safe and certain remedy"
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03

The fortfcatons of Cincinnati cover an
area Of nine acres, and mount eighty cannon
The Placer herald., 1864-09-03


FoLLowING THEIR ExAMPLE.-A Shoshone
Indian owed one of our merchants two doll
lars, which the said merchant tied for a
long time to obtain, and never let an oppor-
tunitv escape that he did not refresh the In
dams memory in regard to his little indebt-
edness. which was of no avail but at last a
bright thought struck the Shoshone. He
heard of his white brethren paying in green
backs, so he went forthwith, and for one
dollar in silver procured two dollars in green
backs, with which be went Immediately and
Cancelled his account. Such is The force Of
example. ReeSe R'0~ Re0e'fle
FUNNY CANARD.-The French papers have
got up a queer canard of an escaped convict
who, disguised as woman, had been doing
service as ladys maid, for six months,
when re~arrested The husband and wife
were quite mortified when the officer entered
the lady's boudor, and, with the words,
This Young woman is the man | want"
seized the petticoated offender. 1t is very
good story for the marines. The question
is, how often did the lady's maid shave?