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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-08-29

\. VA. MOyI,AY EVENING, Angus
night. I do not find them this morning. They
said llat Mahone's division, with the excep.
tion Of one brigade, was there.
1S;oned) ". S HANCOCK,
Major General.
u. S. GRANT Lieut.. General.
Following is Just received
SECOND CoRps, II 80 ?. NJ,
August 26th, 1854
A safeguard that WAS let5 7I tne oatt!e-
field remained there until after daylight this
At that time the enemy had al di5apreared,
leaving their dead on the field unburled. Ihls
shows how severely they were punIsheo, an'
doubtless hearing Of the arrival OF reinforce
ments, thev feared the results to day Il they
remained (olgnea,( -
6. 6. MEADE Maj. E}en.
Following is just received:
SECOND ARMY CoRps-1 T. M.:
August 26, 1854
To Lieut Gen. Grant,
Since sending nay last dispatch: have con,
versed with the Safeguard referred 70. tie did
not leave the field until after sun rise. At
that time. nearly all the enemy had lsTt, NOV
ing towards Petersburg. He says they absn,
doned not onlv their dead but thelf wounded
also. He conversed with an officer who sald
their losses were greater than eyer before our.
ing the war. ), e.,
The safeguard says he was over the ,held,
and it was covered with the enemy $ oeac anu
wounded. He has seen great many DaIi1e
fields. but never such sight, Nearly all "
the enemy, and all our wounded were ofough'
off. but our dead were uuburled. nave Ia
strueted General Gregg TO send party TO the
field and hurry cur dead.
-l0-S' Stoned, ! GEORGE g. MEADE
Major General.
7. S. GRANT, Lieut.. General
Our forces hold the Weldon Railroad. ana II
clspach, dated 3 ?. NJ yesterday 6eneFai
Grant says that their loss or shl5 Eoao sso7i17
"a he > blow 90 the enemy he cannot STAND.
fh;nl 7 d. not oyerstate the loss Of the
e,en,v in the last two weeks at lOUJU k'lieo
and wounded. We have lost heavily, tut
ours has been mostly In captured when the
euemy gained temporary advantages Inc
nnroher Of rebe prisoners on our slue mas not
vet been reported.
Cen Grant makes the following report OF an
unsuccessful attack by the enemy on uebesa'
Buffers picket line on Thursday:
YESTERDAY Thursday morning, the enemy
drove ia Buffers pi,ket line. The picket
Guard soon rallied, however, drove the enemy
back, and re established their !ne
s.The result was one killed, sixteen wounded
and fourteen missing on our s'de Two COM
,nanding officers and So ENLISTED ,7S men were cap
tured from the enemy. Dat their casuaitles 3
were IN killed add wounded we do not kdoW.
"e'e - ''AAo~ : EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary OF War.
WASHINGTON, August 28, 1854.
~ H.. Mn, York
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puBLIsHED (DAILY) By
EDGAR sNOWDEN, JR
nsr OFF CE-No. lo4 King street, over
stones, formerly French's) Book Store,


Mr. stantons Dispatches
WAR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, August 27-lO A. NJ.
Mo;or General Di1, Nes0 York;
On Thursday the 25th, Gen Hancock, who
WAS south Of Realns' Station vas attacked
several times during the day, but he repuIsed
the enemy in every. assault, At half past i've
\ ~. 3 combined attack was made on his cen
ter aad left, which after one OF the most des-
narate battles OF the war, resulted in the enc
my With drawing from the field, leaving their
dead and wounded on the ground. The de.
tails are given ia the following brief official
renorfs Of Gen. Grant, Gen. Meade and GEN.
Hancock:
. City PoINr, Va, Noon, August 26, 1864
Following Just received:
SECOND ARMY Corps, August 26-for
Gen. Humphreys: The attack about D. 81 p
N. was probably intended to be Simultaneous 1s'
by Wilcox on my center and Heth on my le15.
Enemy formed ia the woods, placed their ar
tllery in position, and opened heavy cannon
ade. lasting about fifteen minutes then as
sauited Miles, force. He resisted tenaclously;
but enemy broke his line. Sore OF G1boons
troops were hurried over to repair the damage,
and enemy only gained asllght foothod lhey
soon attempted on my extreme IeIt, aflvlhg
Gibbons division from his line. His men had
been much wcaried, rushing over to Geneia!
Miles and back during the repeated assaults.
ssGen. Gibbons succeeded In forming strong
line. and the enemy, who were pressing on
with great enthusiasm, were severely checked
bv the dismounted cavalry under Gen. Uregg;
which he handled handsomely.
Miles regained most OF his entrenchmen1s
distinguishing himself. All ne had to Work 7,9
with were such small PARTIES as could oe faiilea
and formed by his staff officers. !, :,
The fighting was continued until dafk' the ,i
enemv being held in check, by artlllefy' ais.
mounted cavalry, and sklrmlshers. ,
AT dark we withdrew for reasons statea.
The chief Of artillery states tha5 ne loss
about $50 horses IT.
honr lasf n;sht. holding as far as could oe seen
some Of our captured guns with their sklrmlsh,
ing line.
They must have suffered severely,
NV own loss. including cavalry, Will perhaps
not eYceed twelve or fifteen hundred, though
thisisa surmise as the command IS not yet or
ganized -
Captain Brovnsor, Of my stat, was NOR
taly wounded. diving during the night
Col. Walker A. A. G. IS missing. .
This Is acknowledged to have been one or I
the most determined and desperate tights OF
the war. resembling Spottsylvanla 10 rs cnar-
scter, though the number engaged gives less less
Importance to it. A few more good. troops l3s
would have given a victory OF considerable
| forward this forenoon prisoners from the
field from Wilcox and Heath S division.
Major Angel, Of my staff, saw and conVersea 9: sea
With two prisonsrs of Mahone's dlvlslop tase
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WASHINGTON, August 28, 1864.

w asHlN5f f0l',
u dispat from General grant, !qSf o ves re-
terday 2th that Fort Hsd oFgah gatheS Is
the ~ o, fort was surrendered, or whether II was
blown up. 80, +ba following extract
from the Richmond Examiner OF yss!s5ue5 sass;on
Fort Morgan Is in the enemy po5soo91o 56osnn
1vhather blown up Or evaouateo - ''o1 >''>'
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Gen. Sheridan il . dispatch dated yesterday

at " ililal3SpHIF- 0IC t1ete "d2 1P oAsH's=U's
shown The Indications to-day are that they
will fall back ouc Of the valley.
Ofher reports state that the enemy IS leaving
the Shenandoah Valley.
Nothing has been received fIor2 Gen. Sl2er-
man for TWO days.
EDWIN M STANTON.
Secretary OF Var
The Richmond correspondent II the London
Times, in his letter Of August 3D. said:-
1.-TWO railroads feed Rich hnoud Groa The south
ONE the line from Wilmington TO Weldon,
Petersburg an Rjchnond-,he ether the rail-
road. which comes up froin Gcae0sooEongb
through the GENRE Of North Carolina, enters
Virginia at DAnviiIe, and, running ctroUsh the
heart Of tbs State, reaches Richmond from
the southwest. Il may be at oace comedies
that there is little likelihood ti2at the hrst-
the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad can be
kept open. Grant, army lies so closely II It's
proximity, and bis cavalry can strike Il III 50
many points a(ong she sixty miles which inter
yene betveeo Weldon ana Petersburg, rs 20
negative its utility It would be q waste Or
power for General Lee to. try and keep It III
operation. Upon the other railroad, Or rather
UPON the ninety miles Of {: between Richmond
ano .AA0 y >'''>s''So,' -, -ss'~.' L,1..os,
sl7s loS7HoAS} .NLll W vz...z--zo-. s-s,.--
Mobile papers have been received ae 'lcSs-
burg, containing some items OF interest," Geo'
Bucknes was to take She plao; Q. zen A"yE'@
in East louisiana. Ihe AoDile Register says
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night I do not find them thismornlng. They
said that Mahone's division, with the excep.
tion Of oDe brigade, was there.
(Signed) ". >: HANCOCK
Major General.
IT, S. GRANT, Lieut., General.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
Sensible Talk.

The Grass Valley National says: The
Marysville appeal, the blacklist of the black,
yet having some honest principles, gives the
miserable Sacramento Union Just scoring
for the atter's bigoted and sensless whining
over the Supreme Courts decision on the
soldiers vote. The Appeals alusion to Tod
Boblnson Is an ungenerOus one, for though
Judge Robinson is strict constructionist Of
what is known as States Rights Whiggery,
espousing Democracy only when he had no
other party to 90 to, he is an upright,
conscious gentleman and christian, and on
the Supreme Bench would give neither Cop
perhead nor Abolition decisions Comment
ing on dirty paragraph in the Union in
which that consistent pink speakes of the
decision on the soldiers vote as "such
decision as might have been expected from
the Bench nominated by the Copperhead
Convention" The appeal says
"Other things being equal, it is just such
a decision as Copperhead Supreme Court
would not have rendered. If the soldier
vote had given Copperhead majority, and
the Bench been composed of Tod Robinson
q Co., we should have looked for decision
up with the spirit Of the times" and the
law declared constitutional. Therefore the
decision is not such one AS would be look
ed for from a Copperhead Bench. But,
seriously, this talk about Republican Judges,
and Copperhead Supreme Courts, is in very
bad taste. Our Judicial Election was made
distinct from the politically an amendment
of the Constitution, in order to purify the
Bench of political bias. Though we expresl
sed the opinion at the time that the attempt
would prove a failure, (Which is now beng
confirmed by the comments of the press since
this decsion,) we admitted the experiment
worthy Of trial. The Union also advocated
separate elections to the end that politics
might not besmear the judicial ermne. But
it is the first to advocate political judgment
from that Court, and talk about Copperhead
decisions by Republican Courts. The sober
minded people of California take higher
view Of this decision, and while the Union
men regret what seemed to be necessary
and imperative, they will sustain tue Court
in its decision"
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
NUMBER 26.
Mules in Central Americn.

One of the most striking characteristics
of the mule is his aversion to the ass and
the pride be takes in his relationship TO the
horse; which instincts are met by obtrusive,
ness in the ass, and by Indifference in the
horse. If an ass at any time-urged BY the
vanity peculiar to bis race as related to the
mue-happens to fall in with drove of
mules, he will, in all probability be kicked
and lammed by his proud relatives. A horse,
on the contrary, takes distinguished posi-
tion in drove of mules. The latter crowd
around him, and follow his movements,
exhibiting a violent jealousy, each irving to
stand nearest his high-bred relative This
instinct is employed to keep together the
droves of mules, on q journey or at pasture,
by putting 4 mare to the drove width bell
round her neck, and called the bell mare.
This animal is led day and night by cord,
and the whole drove is kept under control.
and will not leave their queen. I: is there
fore very difficult to separate the drove.-
The man who leads the mare is instructed.
in case of an attack by the Indians, to leap
upon the back of the animal, and take refuge
IN the wagon encampment, where the
drove is sure to follow him. Even if the
Indians succeed in separating any from the
drove, they find it difficult to carry them off.
The animals necessarily attempt to turn back,
and the travellers are thus enabled to over
take the robbers and recover the stolen
animals. The indians, in consequence, use
every means to get possession of the mare;
and if they succeed in this, the whole drove
| Is lost TO their owners. If several horses are
in drove of mules, the danger is that the
latter becomes dispersed; and this is the
reason that, in these journeys, saddle horses
are not allowed to go loose, but are led by a
| cord - ErObpI
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27

CoTroN AND ToBAcCo.-The Visa;a Delia
advise the farmers Of rulare Valley to cull
tivate cotton and tobacco. 1t estimates that
an acre Of tobacco will yield three hundred
dollars, and an acre of cotton two hundred
dollars nett profit.
A French journal says that on the average
there are six hundred persons drowned every
year in Paris, aud that from eighty to nine.
ty thousand French seamen have perished
by shipwreck within the last thirty years..
A girl, hearing the lady of the house, at
dinner, ask her husband to bring "Dombey'
and Son" with him when he came home to
tea, laid two extra plates on the suppsr'table
for the supposed visitors.
There is many slip between the cup and
the lip, bat there are many more slips alter
the cup I..s been ds"ined 10y the lips.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
Mountain Democrat.

GOLD IN IDAHo The Commissioner of
the General Land Office to day received an
interesting letter from G. E. Upson, dated
Bannock City Idaho Territory, November
23, 1868, giving description of the gold
region in that vicinity. He says:
Bannock City, or East Bannock, is situat-
ed on a tributary of Beaver Head, called
Grasshopper River. The mountains on 9th
er side of the stream in the vicinity of the
city are fully 5000 feet above the level of
the stream. In this valley or gulch, and
clear up the sides Of the mountains "dig'
gings" for over 20 miles have been discovi
cred, and have been staked off wherever a
show of gold in is to be seen. The highest
yield thus far to the pan has been .fre hum
dred dollars. The average yield to the pan
is about flee dollars.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
WARFEELD MINING CO.,
4 oun STAR niSfrict pJacer COmnfy Cal

NFFiCE No. 16, Metropolitan Block San Fran
W cisco, California is hereby given
that in accordance with the laws of the State of
California, and an order duly made by the Board
OF Trustees of the Wariicld Mining Company,
there will be sold at public auction, at the sales
room of JEROME RICE Il CO., No. 327 Mont
gomery street, San Francisco, Cal, on MONDAY,
the 7th day OF March, at II NJ SCI to the high
est bidder for cash, payable in U. S. gold coin
so many shares of the capital stock OF said Com
pany, Standing in the names of the following
shareholders as shall be necessary for the payment
of assessments Nos. 3 and 4, Of (10) ten cents per
share on each assessment, together with costs OF
sale and ADVERTISING unless said assessments and
charges are paid before the day of sale, to the
Secretary. or to Y. ROSS, Gold Hill, Plac er
conntv California.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
Law of Newspapers.

Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary, are considered as wishing 10 con-
tinue the subscription.
. IF subscribers wish, their papers discontinued.
publishers may continue to send them until all
e If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
noncrs from the office or place to which they are
cent they are held responsible until they settle
their bill and give due notice to discontinue
4. If subscribers move to other place without
informing the publisher, and the paper is sent
to the former direction, they are held responsl-
ale. Notice should always be given of removal
& The Courts have decided, that refusing to
take paper from the office, or removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prima Jac'e evidence
of Intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
sU M MON S.

TIE PEOPLE OF TIE STATE OF CALIFORNIA: To
T.. l.. WIGGlESwORTH.
VOY are hereby Summoned to appear before
Il me, at my office in Mountaineer House, Pla-
Ger county, on Thursday. the 18th day of Feb
ruary. A. D. 1864. at II o'clock, NJ, TO answer the
complaint of Thomas Hutchinson, wherein he
prays judgment against you for the sum Of
Twenty-seven Dollars, in an action for the direct
payment Of money on contract expressed, and
take notice, if you fail so to appear and answer,
Plaintiff will take Judgment as aforesaid, with
costs Of suit.
Given under my hand, this 18th day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1861.
L.C. BROWN,
Justice Of the Peace. Township No. 9.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
THE MAID L LOVE.

The maid love has violet eyes,
And rose eleaf lips of red,
She wears the moonshiue around her neck,
The sunshine around her head;
And she is rich in every grace,
And poor in every guile,
And crowned kings might envy me
The splendor Of her smile
She walks the earth with such grace,
The lilies turn to look,
And waves rise up to catch glance,
And stir the quiet brook;
Nor ever will they rest again,
But chatter as they flow,
And babble of her crimson lips,
And of her breast of snow.
And cen the leaves upon the trees
Are whispering tales of her,
And tattlc till they grow SO warm.
That in the general stir,
They twist them from the mother branch.
And through the air they fly,
Till, fainting with the love they feel,
They hutter down and die.
And what is stranger still than all
The wonder Of her grace,
Her minds the only thing to match
The gories of her face.
o! she's Natures paragon
All innocent of art,
And she has promised me herhand,
And given me her heart.
And when the Spring again shall flush
Our glorious Southern bowers,
My love Will wear 4 bridal veil,
wreath of orange flowers;
And so | care not if the Sun
Should founder in the sea,
For, o! the heaven of her love
Is light enough for me.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
SUM MONS.

THE PEOPLE OF TIE STATE OF CALIFORNIA: To
+. l.. WIGGLEswoRTH.
VOU are hereby Summoned TO appear before
Il me, at my Office in Mountaineer House, Pla
Ger county, on Thursday, the 18th day of Febru-
ary, A. D. 1864 at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, to answer the
complaint Of John H. Mitchell wherein he prays
judgment against you for the sum of Twenty
seven Dollars and Seventy-scven cents, in an
action for the direct payment Of money on con-
tract expressed and take notice, if you fail to
appear and answer, Plaintiff will take judgment
rs aforesaid. with costs of suit.
Given under my hand, this 18th day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1864.
L. G. BROWN.
Justice of the Peace, Township No. 8.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
PLACER COUNTY.
Before L. G. Brown. Justice of the Peace, Town
ship No. ., February Is, 1864.
Thomas Hutchinson us. L. l.. Wigglesworth.
1t appearing to me on reading the account
and affidavit of Plaintiff in the above cause that
good cause of action exists against Defendant,
and that Defendant has and does now secret him
self away from his usual place of residence, to
evadc service Of Summons | hereby order the
above Summons published for three weeks in the
Placer Herald, a weekly newspaper published in
Auburn, Placer county.
AIRY, A. D. 1864.
l.. G. BROWN.
Justice Of the Peace, Township No.9
Feb. Is, lS64.-3t
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
PLACER COUNTY.
Before L. C. Brown, J. p, Township No. 8,
February 18th, 1864.
John II. Hitchell Us. E. l.. Wigglesworth.
1t appearing to me on reading the account and
affidavit of Plaintiff in the above cause that
good cause of action exists against Defendant,
and that Defendant has and does now secrete
himself away from his usual place OF residence
to evade service Of Summons. [ hereby order
the above Summons published Tor three weeks
in the Placer Herald, weekly newspaper pub
lished in Auburn, Placer county.
Given under my hand. this 18th day of Febru-
ary, A. D. 1864.
L. G.. BROWN,
Justice Of the Peace Township No. 9.
Feb 20th. 1S64.-3t
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
Coal Oh the Colorado.

An important discovery of coal has re-
Gently been made near La Paz, on the
Colorado. There are at present five lodes
developed, upon which work is either in
actual progress or soon will be- The dis
covery Of this coal in the immediate vicinity
of the Colorado copper mines is of great
value. The Los Angeles News speaks of its
Importance as follows: Scarcity of fuel has
been the great drawback to the mines along
the Colorado river, added to the great ex-
pense of procuring supplies for the mines
10y shipment, the most positive certainty
that all ores would have to be shipped in
bulk, has always stared capitalists in the
face, and to a great degree has prevented
investment and the opening of lodes. Ores
can now be reduced to less than one quarter
of their weight. Numbers of small lodes
have been discovered, which, with plenty of
fuel, may be worked with profit; without it,
they are valueless. We learn that quantity
of the coal from the discovery above men.
toned, is en- route for tbs place by the teams
of Captain Tyson, and in sufficient quantity
for making thorough trial of its properties"
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27

THE IssUE.-It is evident that every day
the issue is becoming more sharply defined
between the party of the Constitution and
the party of the Revolutions; and that the
Democracy are to constitute the nucleus and
main strength of the former party. If the
Government is to be preserved and we
believe it is and are laboring for that object
it will be by the Democratic party. We
will go into the fight with Governor Sey-
mour's motto: "Ihe Union and the Con-
stitution and the Laws. The Union upon
equal terms, the whole Constitution, and all
the Laws" 1t is holy cause for men to
fight for, and no sacrifice is too great for
men to make for its success. Let the people
clearly understand, as they soon will, that
the Democracy are fighting to preserve, the
Aboitionsts to destroy the Union, and the
party in power will be crushed and only be
mentioned to be execrated. A party whose
''principes are Infamous and purposes treas
enable" cannot long deceive the people and
receive their Endorsement.
Mountain Democrat.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27

porsonol advertisements charged full rates
Obituary, Birth and Marriage NOTICES. published
without charge; ao 20 ,ontb,v or
vcarly advertisers.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27

The following extract from Webster's
great oration on tho completion of the
Bunker Hill monument, June l7th, lS43
may be proftab|y read and considered by all
good citizens, in connection with the out
RACES, mentioned by Gov. Bradford:
"A military republic, a government
founded on mock elections, and supported
only by the sword, is movement, indeed,
but retrograde and disastrous movement,
from the regular and old fashioned monarch
ia. system. If men would enjoy the Blessings
OF republican government, they must govern
themselves by reason, by mutual counsel
and consultation, by sense and feeling of
general interest, aud by the acquiescence of
the minority in the will of the majority,
properly expressed; and above all, the mill
tary must be kept, according to the language
of our bill Of rights, in strict subordnation
to the civil authority Wherever this les
son is not both learned and practced there
can be no political freedom. Absurd, pre-
posterous it Is, scotf and satire upon free
forms of constitutional liberty, for forms of
government to be prescribed by military
leaders, and right of suffrage to be exerczed
at the point of the sword"
Words vol. l, p. 90.
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
THE PLACER HERALD.
,,h,i.hed every Saturday Morning.
On uNsvadastreyt, Auburn 'PlaceTo0un'y 'o"'.'O'
& C.. n. MITCHELL.
If ,,cription---Invariably in Advance
u.rrs OF ADVERTISING.

One square Of '7''@':V' 49,
First insertion. .....:...' nv nv
racn subsequent Insertion. ..,....''.' ! W w
For r half a square Give lines) or less. w
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27
TO ALL OF WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

UDETITIONS having been presented to the
Il Board of Supervisors for the establishing of
a new School District at Christian Valley. also for
the establishing of new School District AT the
town of Wilson; also, fora change of the line be-
tween Franklin and Dry Creek Districts, notice
is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors
will meet on the 2nd day of May next for the
purpose of hearing any remonstrance why said
petitions should not be granted.
By order of the Board,
W. H. PATTON, Clerk.
Feb. 9th, 1964.-3t
The Placer herald., 1864-02-27

Daily California Rcpub
lican, Sacramento.
Daily Express, Marys'lle
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. Yrcka.
Trinity Nationalist Wea
vcrville.
News, Knights Landin G
Sentinel. Santa Cruz.
Pajaro Times, Watson
Vile.
Tribune. San Jose.
Gazette. San Mateo.
Pacific Echo. Napa.
Tuolumnc Courier, Co
lumbia.
San Francisco, MAY