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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-14

The VERMONT STATE FAIR held NJ WIT
Rivex Junction September ~ IN rs awasded he hsles
inf,m 80 ~ ILr0ox GmBsv newfork, s,s the " Bt.
FAnILy Swine nACHrye." .ilI 0tf "a
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-14

:" NJ. ~ IAdYrHl.FDenfT
A great Reduction IN Prices OF ENGLISH CAR
Psrx, On CLorRs DRvaesrs, wisDcw sBasss, Tspu
oyERs etc. etc. the original TiIRAs AsDBRsoss, No
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-14
fAd-rilseuent.1

WINDOW oHADES. H.rr.
Golp, HoI1ssD &c. New Syie srADs Elx5raEs
BE DrcED PRICES. @. L. J. b. KELLY
TO- so Brosdssy.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-14

COuYTERFEIrERs ARRESTED. superintendent
Kennedy some tire slneo received information that
gang of counteTfet.gs engaged in attempting 70
Detectives Elder aud Moord we're Get Ia work 10 hunt
M the matter They discovered that II tho men on
whom suspicion he'd fallen was IN the habit Of visiting
Newark n j.. and his action While going, aud tho
mann r in which I've attempted b, conceal his move
was c,oely watched and on one ycasiOn was seeH 10
have in his possession printing plate lie was hnaly
traced % a tenemeni house. known "a the "C,ub
House. No. 200 Sixth street. aud after patient watch
ing tho detectives became satisfied tat al that building
counterfeit postal currency WA being nianuf cturcd
ON Monday. in company With Detectives Wilson and
McDougnll they forced an entrance INTO one of the
rvoms the third door OF the abnyc PROMISES and
foand there two men, nnincd Horny Siiimun and
Charles T. Hellerson engaged In clipping and folding
int bundles large quantity NJ counterfeit oceit postal
currency. They wcro arrested. and all tho glte'T In
the room. including 10000 OF the counterfeit issue
portion OF which was only printed on the back. Two
presses plates tor printing tho foo Vi the bits. &c,
seized. The accused were taken before u. > Marshal
Murray, bnt they positively reused 20 imlhcate Any
else IL IL believed tina, they form portion u
largo gang which IL extensively engaged in manuine.
ui and circulating 0inDfeTelt pOn,n! cpgiency al al
denOnnations The fact oftheir arrest supee ed
for few days in hopes thai shey would inform Orheis
sent teir0 AG Unlfd States Commissioner yosterday
for * unat;on The counterfeit Is We'll oxecled. and
would probably pass current. Tho back Is almost
,ssrioat. .sl "a. .its 4.sif ra Old geo. sir
A DlsArPoNrED LOVER sBoors IIrMsELF.-
On Wednesday nigh, bfidil party assembled 10 TIC
v silcnce 1T Mr.. Charles Wo~man. No. eOl Ernst
DURING the evening William f'ber. one Of the guesls
hO had bcel ongRged in conversation d.lng tAc even
uR With girioms pcrf0Ds, drew revolver ana MOI
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
Referees Sale.

Pierce County Circnit Court. State of Wis
consin. l.. ID. Newell. plaintiff. against
Hilton Doe. Louisa \. Doe. and W. II.
York, defendants
DI virtue and la pursuance of judgment
I'D and decree of foreclosure and sale. rem
&. reel in said court in the al,,re entitled ac-
ton. Gated the 9th iav If Nav 1853 sLali
cxlo.e tar sale and 81 to the Lish,st ld.icr
nj the front d'or nf 'lic City Bank of Pres
colt. III tbs, CITY of Prescott ia said county
ani State. nn Monday. tn" II N .lav of AliIl
1874 nj , or.ock in the ait,-ri."on of said slav
tie iuiiosing described morisags.d rrcins 8
or 50 "a urh thereof rs shall lie nc, cssary ia
satisfy The amor ~ nf said Judgment and COSTS
and expenses of sale TO- wit: 4 certain niece
of Ian adjoining Does 2d add lion 10 III,
yillagt (unw eiis Of Prescott iUrHded oii
the I4s5itii u, Hilton street. on the snnih b,
81 Croix stsr,t om tlir east hy Cha, Il street
and nm the west by Il sisie p rtllrl with antl
on the lrnr of Lake street; i'll str els he im
IN said Cd a,'d:ton. containing two acres
more q, l,ss ais" lnis iT.rts- an f,rr IN ilork
one il, D"rs 2d addit;mI Ia The village. (I.ow
city )'f Present. all in Fierce cnrniy. an:
State of " isrniiSii
Dated Il Prescott F..hrrarv 20 1854.
H. G.. BUTTON. Referee
YoUNG & FIrcH. PITS Attys VS.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
Slmmans--FOr Relief.

Circuit Court. Pierce County William Will
ton. against Ca oline A. Mekune. Frank
Mckunr. Fred McKune. Julia Mckunr
Maral, Hotrhkiss. and William II. Baird
To the above named defendants
Won. and each of van. are hereby sum-
Il monei AID required To answer the COM
plant IN this action. which will be fil-d ~
the Office of the Clerk nf the Circuit Court
county Of Fierce. mt Parry. the County Seal
of said county ami Ia serve copy of youI
answer la the said complaint oh the sub-cri-
her. at the Office. of j =. White in the city al
Prescott. within twenty days after the srrvic,
Of this summnns on Won. excl sive ol The dav
of such servie. ard if YOU fail TO answer the
sal complaint Within the time aforesaid the
plaintiff in this action i'll apply Il" tin, couIi
for the relief demanded ia tie complaint.
Dated Fe5. lIih. 1864 42w6
WHITE d JAY, plffs attys.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
sHI,Ine.,s--For iselief.

Circuit Court. Piece County. State Of Wis
consin. Henry keiglrr. Plaintiff. agaiiri
James c. Hyatt. Louisa H at. g. " W.g
gin. and Mathew Anderson. def-niai.tS.
To Tie above named drfndaits. aud all u
them
XTDU are licreh, srmmenetl and required
4 To answer the c"isl liant in Il Is a..ion
which wal, he feed ia The, n.i.cv of tlt. Clerk
If the Circuit Coat. cn,lhy OF Pierce. ~
t.llswofih the Cor NV Se;ii ttreuf. aiii l.,
serve u c"ly al yn.r aiiswer ~. ihc s.;id COM
lli.nt nu tie sHlScri' erS. al iirir uii,e il
The r;iv ~ Pies. uii. within twenty tIISs al
i..i Tia. service If tbs S'.nitrois GIi son. tN-
81, si,r Of tie day If ch ss-rv;er aid II
Won tail lo answer the sIii cn!Hpitmi with u
il,c time aforesaid t.,r plantIG IN this acton.
will apply lea HE Coat fpf Isc relief demand
ed 10 the conn liant
Dated March ID 1864. 45Oe
70, NG & FiTCH. plff's aiiy'S
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09

Pierce Co,ntv Court Ia Probate. In the
matter of tire ts,ale al Caleb Eastman. de-
c,aSed.
IN y reading and filing the petition of Su-
~ san Eastman of Prcsentt. in SAID cnut ~.
rel,rc eiting among ether things. that Caleb
fastman late If Prescott. ~ sail coIny, GA
the 26ih das of February. S64. At his resi-
dcnc,.. di,.d iutrsiai. leaving uoois. ci,atirls
and estate within tins COUNTY and that sile.
the ~aid petitioner. IS the idow Of said de-
ceased an rrit, ing that administration of
said estate. ne To- her granted
1t Is ors.tre,l thai said PETITION Ire head
before The .Iudgrof ihi- Court on MONDAY.
the fourth tlav eff Al,fll Aexi M trm - clock a
u. at his office in ihe city uf Prescott
Aud it is frIther ordered thai motto. he Civ
en- to lie heirs 81 said sls c,aseG. ami to AL
ptrsoIis in,cresis,i. by Publishing a ct'py cal
ihis order for three successive weeks prior io
said ,lay ,,l hearing Ia the Prcscnit Journal
u weekly ne" spaier. published al Prescott "a
said cnlniv. Wa. IVES, Co. Judge
Dated March 9. 1854 n4tw3
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
NOTICE of Aiaachment.

County t,a. y o. Pierce. IS. S. In Justice Court
To ;, Iyanus Taylor;
" on are hereby untitled that warrant
Il u attachment b been iss ,ed against
yon. aud yoIr property attached to satisfy The
demand of john Harvell, amounting To twei.
Is uine dollars Now unless voa shall an
pear befre- J. c. Baton. Police ] slice IN
ond for said city Of Prescott. al his ufii e ~
said city. on the 9Th day OF April 4 d 1854
at one oclnck in The afternoon. indgmeist will
be rendered against yon aud your property
sold to pay the debt joan HAEwaLL,
Dated March ls. 1864 Plaintiff.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
surnr,ons--For Relief.

Pierce County Circuit Court. David Nc
Noah against David BoHstead.
To David Boustead
W on are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint la this action
wi ich sill be filed in the office of the Clerk
of The Circuit Court. COT MY of Pierce, al
Perry. the County Seat of said county, and
To serve copy IF your answer Ia tic said
complaint ON The subscriber. al the office Of
]. :. White. IN the city Of Prescott. within
twenty ia, after the service Of this Summon
an Won, exclusive al the day of such service
and If Won full To answer the said enfhplaini
W III n the time af'n sad. the plaintiff ia ilIis
action viii apllv 10 the court for the RELIEF
demanded in tie com rlaint.
Dated Prescott. Fe.,. 9th 1864. 40 &C
WHITE d Jar. plf's aii'ys
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
Pierce 20. Court--En Probate.

Ia the matter of The estate of n. n. Powell
dee, ased.
N n railing and fling the petition of l.
~ Pnweil aud " A. iowcll. ahn,inisirT-
tors of tie es ate Of sad decreased. ra, Ing f'r
au extension of time 10 pay the Indebtedness
oil sand estate:
II is ordered that saHi petition be heard be-
fore tils. ,Judg, of this Court on Monday the
fourth day "f April next, "A; ONE o'clock u
at his office in the city If Prescott. And IT is
iurlhrr ordered that notice thereof be given
la all PARSONS Interested. by Publishing a
copy Of ih:S order for three weeks siccrsSiv.l =
prior ia said dav of hearing. in th. Prescott
Jnurpal, i weekly ueWspap r. printed at Pres
colt ~ said county.
WM HovEs. County Judge
Dated March Ia. 1864. n45w3
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
Administrators sale.

Pierce Co niy CoIri--In Pro- ate T., The
ueiicr Of the csiaieof Allen u Wilson, DE-
ceased
NOTICE is hereby given that l.r virtue
/ ' ana ia pTrs auct. of a,i order oi lie Is
Ei;, :e in said matter 1n The 9Th day nf MIrrh.
1864 I,y The county cart 9 { said cnGs,iy tia,
rnGers,i ned administrator uf the tEiai. viii.
oi The 4iiI day 81 April next. at ten o'c'"tA
uI ihe fHeutoii. al tie front ,lnnr of Il. :.
Coulers store. in the town of iimaiIi Bllif,
IN sid unity. offer for sale al pnIlic veiid e
tin, following 'itsefib,t lands in-wii
Lot j, block \. IN the iiiase ol Mnn'a
Diamond. La, ,. IN 81 elton I'D ~ 80 ltO
acres iari al lot /. IN section Il. - s5-IGO
res iari # lot :. in SECTION Ia. airil ,
acres. Al of ile above ,!rscrib, d lalI.is ar,
ia town - range 49, la sad county I he
terms Of sale vii be made known al The tim,
and place of s ,l,
- ) COULTER. Administrator
Dated March 10. 1854 45w3
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
Tax Sails Notice.
sTArs OF wIscesslS, \
nnurs~,f p..ra a.

- AEN-8.n
County ~ Pierce, o..
NOTICE IL hereby Civ
en- that each and every
piece Of the follouing
described real estate, or
- much thereof - nav
be necessary, will be sold
for taxes. interest aud
charges thereon, fnrthe
year 1S6S. on the Sc
ond Teusfiav Of MAY, A.
D. IStA, aud such sue
eeedinz DAYS ~ NAV be
necessary IN complete
the sale. unless the tax
ga interest and charges
shall BE- paid or said
described raj estate be-
fore ssii day Of ssle.-
Sale to commences AT 3
O'clock A. NJ at the Go.
TreasareT's Once, in the
toxn o. Perry, County
aud State aforesaid
Dated NJ she Office OF
the Count Treasurer,
April Gin, 1864.
A GIBSON,
Co. Treasured
Eors.--ThoR picces
Of land "a which the
taxes were paid sstsr
this .ist Vas pot ~ the
printers hands, bat be-
tore tue dav of sale. gill
not i.s sold. although
inel led ia tsis list
TorTl "a. Range Is.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09

ea interest snd charges
shall BE- paid or said
described raj estate be-
6bFe szii day Of ssle.-
Sale To commence At 3
O'clock A. NJ st the Co.
Treasarer's Ofiice, in the
town o. Perry, County
and State aforesaid
Dated NJ she Office Of
the Count Treasurer,
April Gin, 1854.
A GIBSON,
Co. Treasurer.
Eors--Tho~ picces
Of land 81 which the
taxes were paid sitsr
this .ist vas pot in the
printer's hands, bet be-
fere tue day of sale. gill
net ia sold. although
inel led ia tsis list
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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
TOWN "a. RANGE II,
COa,inurd.


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the So coFner.thence
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linz ef said svv ar,
theme " TO place II
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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
Tn &c. Range ls

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exc. p' 10 acres
il ~ cGrT e. laid
oHi into lots IN
the Niiagp Of
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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09
Probate Notice.

Pierce Corntv Court In Probate IN the
matter of tire ts,ale uf Caleb E,lsTiGan. de-
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-13

F1sy@ UNION LEAGUE HOUSE, NO. 1916
- CHESSgr Street.
DEoHuBER I, 1884.
NOTICE.
Tho stated Annual Meeting Ofihe Union League OF PhA
dopha viii be held at co ACERT HALL, on MONDAY,
December ~, at O'Clock y, NJ,
ickes, admitting members only be had appoe-
uOn TO Mr.. Clement X. Wtipple, assistant Secretary.
l2.9l9 GEORGE II, BOXER, Secretary.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-13
aCoIumnIA .THE aEM OR THE orEAN.,

"COLN HIA THE GEM DF' THE OOEAN.'
II has been generally asserted that the Amerl-
cans stole the national song, "Columbis, the
Gem Of the Ocean," from the English. From
the following very interesting letter, which ap-
pears in the Chicago Song Messenger" 1t would
appear that the reverse is the case:-
CHICAGO, October 10, lS64.-Messrs. Root and
Cady.-Gentlemen Permit me TO give you a
history of Columbia the Gem of the Ocean" "
In 1913, Mr.. ID. 4. Shaw, then Csncert- singer at
the Chipese Museum, Philadelphia, waited upon
me at the Chesnut Street Theatre, with request
that would write him a song for his benefit
night, producing at the same time, some poetry ,
with the above title which he claimed as his
Cwn composition.
On reading n, found the measure so defective
as 70 be entirely unfit TO be set to music. We
adjourned 10 the house Of friend CMr. Richard
HarbOrd, Decatur stree), where wrote the two
first verses in pencil, and at Miss Harbords piano
] composed the melody. Shaw was much pleased
and we parted. On reaching home, added the
third verse wrote the symphonies and arran ged
the sopg for the pianO-forte. The next day l
gave Mr. Shaw fair copy in ink, with the iniunc-
tion that he should not publish, give, OF sell a
copy.
few weeks afterwards / left Philadelphia to fulfil
an engagement in New Orleans, and was much
surprised during my stay in that city TO see pub
lished copy of my song. On my return upbraided
Shaw for having broken faith with me. He
answered. 'lllhk llt hNuk uhNl boNolAg ~ fNtNAe'i
he thought il advantageous 70 both OF us to pub
lish It, and that he bad sent hundred copies by
the hands Of Mr.. Plumer.' This Mr. Plumer
Indignantly denied
| Immediately waited on Mr.. Willig, the pub
Usher, who informed me that he had purchased
the song OF Shaw. / showed him (Mr. Wtlig)
the original pencil copy, and claimed the copy
right / then proceeded to Mr.. T. Osborne, music
publisher, Third street. above Walnut, aud made
an agreement with him to publish the song IN
partnership, and in less than week the song
was placed before the public, under its proper
title, viz, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
written and composed by Thomas A. Beckett
and sung by David Z. Shaw"
Mr.. Il. l.. Davenport, the eminent tragedian,
took the song to London, where he sang it nightly
for some weeks. 1t became popular, and was
published (without authority by I. Williams
CheOpside, under the title OF britannia, the Gem
OF the Ocean"
visited London in 1917, and found the sons
claimed as an English composition (porhaps it is
/ being an Englshman by birth). During my
absence Osborne gave up business, and the plato
of the song we're sold; thus the song went out o
my possession.
am, gentlemen, yours, etc,
THOMAS A. BECKETT,
Woods Museum, Chicago.
/ Author Of columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,
"He Died upon the Battle Field" etc., etc.
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50 PHmA RLPHIA AND READING

Nll5" FHILAL LLFHIA AND KEADINU
49, Railroad Company. ONCE, 10 3. FOURTH Street
pHLADkLPHIA, November ", 1854
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Tie Transfer Boots OF this Company wi bs closed on
Thursday, December To- and reopensd Tuesday Janu
ATy lc, 1868.
A dividend Of FIFTEEN PER CENT. on the Common
and Preferred Stock clear Of National and state taxes has
been declared, payab8 In COamOn Stock the 3lBt OF
December next, all stock standing the books OF die
Company At the close Of bu ncss on the 10TH prOXmo
StOckhulc sss whose rHmes registered on the New
York Books Wi be paid al the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company.
l2,i-tB s. BRADFORD, Treasursr.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-13


The war has familiarized us with talk of iron
clads and tn-cads, tut who ever dreamed that
paper would ever be used for the plating of
war vessels, or the material of guns? Yet re-
cent experiments in Europe indicate that neither
is improbable. From trials at Battersea it was
ascertaiued that rockets made Of paper tubes
were as strong as those made of metal. Paper
boards of one inch in thickness were tested by
ball and found TO be superior In power of resist
ance TO ten inches of solid oak. The bullet, which
made small round hole in the paper, perforating
so far as TO raise projection in the rear, would
have passed through the oak, making an ugly
fracture. SO far as the process of manufacture
has ranspired to the public, 1t consists in placing
upon each other sheets of paper, dampened with
a solution composed mainly of zopissa, till the
required thickness is attained, and exposing the
boards till they become hardened. Iopissa is a
gum like substance found to a considerable
extent in Egypt. 1t impnrts great hardness TO
any surface upon which IL is placed, and has en-
tered extensively into the compositions employed
for preserving the stone walls of public buildings
in England.
The uses to which this paper may be put pro-
mise to be multifOrm. The boards are said to be
well suited for the platings of ships being lighter
in weight than oak, and easily fixed ID the frame
work They do not require sheathng, are non
absorbent, incombusiible, and will not sustain on
their surface any form Of animal or vegetable lie
! and, in addition to these recommendations, are
cheaper than oak and iron.
The inventor has used il successfully in the
construction OF light feld-peces. 1t is also suit
! able for carpets, which can be made from II IL
every variety of pattern and color Experiment.
are in progress to show its fitness for housebuild
| ing Excellent leather for boots and shoes arr
made from it. In fact there seems to be few use
10 which it is not pplicabe.-HarJoTd Co"TaR'
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-13

From statistical accounts just published it ap-
pears that there are now in Paris one hundred and
nine schools for boys, containing twenty-eight
thousand pupils, of which siXty-hree are kept by
lay masters and forty-siX by members of the rel
gious fraternties one hundred and eleven schools
for girls with about twenty seven thousand Fu-
pills, of which fifty seven are managed by lay mis-
tresses snd fifty-iour by sisters Of the religious
communities who devote themselves 70 educa-
thousand children; sixty-two classes of male
curriers' or workshops for the employment of
for men, and nine for females. In addition TO
these there are forty -four educational estab-
lishments authorized during the present year
are directed by laymen, and five by fraternties /;
and nine for females, of which six are by Law
mistresses and three by the communities. These
are maintained out of the annual funds allotted
! by the Department Of Public Instruction,
amounting. for 1864, to over four million francs,
including cost of instsment repairs, etc. In all
! there are over sixty thousand boys and girls re.
| ceiving instruction. One circumstance deserving
| of notice is the large number OF schools in PART,
directed by the religious traerniIies.
| Besides these estab ishments supported by
| State funda the city of Paris pays an annual sun
for the maintenance of nine free schools tor boys
seven of which are directed by the Christian
brethren and eight for girls, all directed by nuns
| so that Paris with its University aud its norma
! primary schools, counts nearly as many c9ngre
! gationists as lay ones.