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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-01-27
NOTICE & CAUTIov

STRAS.--Camo to tho mh..-n
- township on tho 9Th instant, a 'PI PpSs q
with white spots over it, and wbi,o "hO N
forehead the shape Of heart, ,oid i" J, 'pa I
two years old The ownor is roop'.,,i s,''I 1
forward, prove property, pay cbors..''~ "
away, or it will be disposed of ns N S;s'sSd h
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-01-27
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MAINE STREET, JUhN H4'0
WIN. A. MASON, Proprle''m. y
rTHIs long established and well y tps' Nj
TEL, situated in the west ena s,.n,sr.l y
has been remoddled, enlarged ana i-f ,ai "a b
the proprietor respectfully annGGna" ,ll.' oubll
merous friends, and to the irave,llns n ~
he is BOW prepared to accommoa's
favor him with o call. -. ,,.hGri
Ample, safe and oomioriaOle =, :, 40
tached to the premises, and uu.v u."v.dssp
will always bt on hand. Ohs,gs' \. w
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

!. Subscribers who do not give express notice
10 the contrary, are considered as wishing to con-
;ipuc the subscription.
.. If subscribers wish their papers discontinu-
ed, publishers may continue 10 send them until
all charges are paid.
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse TO take their
papers from the office or place to which they are
sent; they are held responsible until they settle
their bills and give due notice to discontinue
them.
4. 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 paper from the office, or removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prina Jacie evidence
of Intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Whatever the end might be, did not intend
that Ashby or his friends should see it in my
face, or in my manner of taking leave that
|, for an instant, suspected such terminus
ton to our interview. In fact | had made
up my mind not to be taken without a strug.
gle; as 1t was but a few nights before that
two of our officers had been captured, while
upon visit TO some fair ones outside our
lines, and the incident had served for some
hard jokes on the now imprisoned amoratos.
1t was we'll worth bit of fight, therefore,
to avoid not only being taken prisoner but
being taken in so ignobe wav.
bade my fair entertainers good night.
regretting that it would Le so long eIe
should see them again, and advanced to do
the same by Colonel Ashby and his friends,
but found them on their feet, and also pre-
pairing to depart. | shall never forget the
minute it took us to reach the piazza; it
seemed an age. had picked up my sword
10y the way, having unbuckled and stood it
in a corner of the room when sat down to
chess, and grasped it tightly by the scabbard
in my left hand, prepared to use it on the
slightest demonstration. My horse stood
fastened within few feet, and felt that if |
once got on his back had no fear of the
whole party.
1t was just dark, and we all stood an in
slant, looking out upon the landscape. Every
moment | expected the words: captain,
you are my prisoner" when | noticed look
of intelligence pass between the colonel and
his adJuant. | grasped my sword tighter,
and looked in the direction of their eyes,
and, with great bound of the heart, saw my
own men coming slowly up toward the
house.
Whether they were deceived, and believed
them squad Of their own, in the dim light,
or really knew what they were anI trusted
to my generosity, could not tell, but after
they bad fairly emerged into the road, |
turned towards my companions, and, with
one glance into their inscrutable faces, ex'
tended my hand to Ashby.
Il must bid you good night, Colonel;
see a file of my men coming up after me,
and it might be unpleasant for you to meet
them"
Good night, Captain---I thank you" was
all the response; and, in moment was on
my horse and bad joined my men, who had
returned that they might warn me of several
wandering parties of "rebs" they knew to be
out, aud prevent me from being picked up
never knew whether was prisoner
that evening or not.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Daily Express, Narys'le,
Daily Beacon, Stockton.
Esmeralda Star, Aurora
Placer Hera Id, Auburn.
Colusa Sun.
Aurora Times.
Chronicle, lone City.
Democrat. Nevada.
Telegraph, Folsom.
Dispatch, Jackson.
Enquirer. Dutch Flat.
Journal. Yreka.
TrinityNationalist, Wea-
verville.
News, Knights Landing
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., 1864-06-11
THOMAS BOYCE,
ADVERTISING AGENCY,
NORTHEAST CORNER OF
Montgomery and Washington Streets,
SAN FRANCISCO.

Cum herland Presbyter,
Pacheco.
A lameda Gazette, San
Leandro.
Solano Herald, Suisun.
Marin Journal, San Ra-
i flel.
Oakland Press.
Oregon Democrat. AL
bany.
Oregon Union, Corvallis.
Cosmopolitan, Mazatlan.
iOregon 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.
Ct 1S63
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

The editor of the Green Bay Advocate
gives the following account of his horse:-
The editor hereof rejoces in the possessions
of horse who seizes every occasion that he
is his own master to go where he lsteth, at
such speed as to him seemeth best. Coming
down the street one day last winter, he cap
sized us into snow bank, and then exhibited
to the astonished denizens of Green Bay
such going as was absolutely marvellous
cutter bottom side up-strewing the road
with all sorts of things. Here was buffalo
and whip, there horsebanket and halter,
and here again another rope, our wife and
some other articles of little value"
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

LIVING DoG-The Westminster Review has
paper on the "Philosophy of Sleep giving
some experiments made by Mr.. Durnham of
Guys Hospital. This gentleman "chloro
formed dog, and then cut away piece
of the bone of the skull, about the size of a
shilling, and the subacent dura matter. lie
then replaced the bone by accurately fitting
watch glasses, aud rendered the junction OF
their edges air-tight by means of inspssated
Canada balsam" He could then observe
the changes in the brain produced by sleep
through these windows.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

A RARE FISH. y No doubt many have
heretofore supposed, who have enjoyed lob,
ster salad as one Of the epirurean dishes of
the land, that this article of food was ind-
genous to the waters of California. But
such we are informed is not the fact, being
called upon to chronicle the first California
fresh water lobster ever known to have been
discovered 1t was taken few days ago
out of Johnson's Creek, in Marin county
1t is about six inches in length and quite
perfect in its formation, having all the ugly
appendages in the shape Of claws, etc, which
belong to this species of shell fish -F2ag.
These Holsters are found imbedded few
inches deep in the sand at the mouth of San
Pablo creek, Contra Costa county, and are Of
the same size as the one above mentioned. -
In the Steamboat Slough, at Stockton, they
were formerly taken in great numbers, and
we believe are still abundant; they are of a
delicate pink hue and of a most delicious
tlavor.-Sac. Star.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

For ONCE IN HUNDRED YEARs.-Gov.
Connolly, of New Mexico, recently requested
the citizens of that Territory to observe
day Of thanksgiving, in view Of the termina
of the war with the Navajos. He said in his
proclamation that, with slight intermissions,
the wars with that people have existed one
hundred and eight years.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

One of the officers from Libby Prison pre-
sented Gen. Spinner, u. S. Treasurer, with a
five dollar note, manufactured by the o officers
in imitation of greenbacks so well executed
that even Spinner was al first deceived. 1t
was done with pen. Its manufacture was
resorted to by the officers to obtain the ne.
cessaries of life.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

A white man not long since sued black
man in one ofthe courts of "a free State, and
while the trial was before the Judge the iti
gants came to an amicable settlement, and
so the counsel stated to the court A verbal
settlement will not answer, replied the Judge,
it must be in writing Here is the agree.
ment in black and white, responded the,
counsel, pointing to the parties; pray what
does Your honor want more than this2
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Mr.. Charles w. Barber, who resides in
Cordova, New York, recently lifted, in a mill,
in Dunkrk, a weight Of two thousand eight
hundred and twenty four pounds. This is
240 pounds more than the celebrated DR..
Winship has lifted, and was accomplished
without the use of shoulder straps or other
apparatus for distributing the weight.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

During the recent performance of "Romeo,
and Juliet" at provincial theatre, the fair
Jaiets question, in the soiloquy before tax
ing the sleeping draught. What if this mix.
ure do not work at alla" was answered BY
an urchin in the gallery, Then take dose
of Mills"
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11
The Alleged Report of the Secretary Of the
Re bel Navy.

ln the house of Commons, on the 18th Of
April, Lord K. Cecil asked the Attorney
General whether he still considered that a
certain alleged report of Mr. Mallory, the
Secretary to the Confederate navy, was of
character entirely unques;ionabIe. Uaugh'
ter) He also wished to know whether he
would lay on the table the despatch of Mr..
Seward having reference to that report.
The Attorney General said the noble lord
had given him an opportunity of assuring
the House that when he referred to the doc,
ument on previous occasion, and used the
word "unquestonable, bis meaning was
simply this: that never having heard at the
time doubt suggested that the document
was not what 1t purported to be, and know
ING that it was treated as such by Mr.. Se-
ward, and sent as such By Mr. adams to her
Wyesty's go0ernment- Opposition cheers)-
and being ignorant of the peculiar form in
which such documents are presented to the
Confederate governments; ami also not being
aware at the time of what was pointed out
IN the course of the debate as to the reasons
for doubling the genuineness Of the docu
ments he, under these circumstances. did in
the simplicity of his heart believe that it was
what it purported to be. and it was in that
sense that be spoke of it as "unquestionabe,"
because he supposed the House would be of
opinion that it bad emanated from Mr.. Nal
lory, and been presented to the COME lerate
Congress, it would have been an unquestion.
able document. (Lsughter.) The letter OF
Mr.. Mallory and Mr.. Adams would be laid
on the table.
Mr.. Layard-No; the letter of Lord Lyons.
The Attorney General-Yes; the letter of
Lord Lyons will be Laid on the table.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Personal advertisements charged full rates.
Obituary, Birth and Marriage Notices, published
without charge.
mss-Liberal deductions made TO monthly OF
yearly advertisers.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11
THE PLACER HERALD.
u PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
n, Nevada St., Auburn, Placer County, Cal, by
r. & c. n. MITCHELL.
Terms of bscription-lnvariably in Advance;
RATES OF ADVERTISING:

One square of Ten LINES, Qhis sized typc,)
First insertion. ....... ....... .... ....S2 90
Each subsequent insertion. ......... OO
For half q square five lnes,) or less ...... l 90
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Mr. LINCoLN's ESTIMATE OF THE SENATE.
The President says that in the Senate he
towns nine of the Senators and one half Of
another" "Who owns the other half9" asked
a gentleman to whom the President was
speaking, Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts"
replied the Chief Magistrate. "Wlson is
for me-" says the President, "before break
fast: rather against me when his digestion is
going on after it; loves me like pie during
the hours which he spends visiting the vari.
GUS departments and asking for places and
patronage; and bitterly my enemy from seven
in the evening until he goes to bed, drops
asleep and commences snoring. Wilson is
carrying water on both shoulders, but guess
he'll get wetting and soil his clothes before.
he gets through"
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Mr.. Grinnel, a genuine Abolition Con-
giessman, in speech in the debate on ex.
pusion, remarked-"I would rather cav =
thousand times, e. the country be divided
the South go their way all slave and the
North all free-rather than to see the coun.
try once more under Democratic misrule."
This Grinnel is loyal and voted for the ex
pusion of Mr. Harris for reasonable Ian
guage. M0untain Democrat
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

A philosopher. who married vulg gar but
amiable girl, used to call bis wife brown
sugar" b4e.ws4 tie eall she WAS sweet but
unrefueii
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

"A frog" says Professor Bump, sis an am
phibious animal, what lickers on cold water,
and consequently invented the teetotal so
ciety. He always walks with Jump, he
does; and when he sits down has to stand
up. Being lover of native melodies, he
gives free concerts every night, he does, him'
self. He perwides music for the million,
which has been so called because it usually
is heard in a millpond. He is warmint
what amt so bad when broiled on grdiron." >"
REBEL DEsERrERs.- exchange says
that a statistician who has kept count Of
the rebel deserters that have been reported
announces that since the war commenced,
three million three hundred thousand rebel
soldiers have come within our lines If
some other "statStcian' could also tel us
hou many times our forces have "relrea' pl
IN good order" after killing three times their
own number of the enemy; how many times
Mcclellan pushed 'em to the wall" how
many times the Administration determined
on more vigorous prosecution Of the war;"
how often Richmond has been taken; h"w
often the backbone of the rebellion WAS
broken; how many times we should soon
hear the most astonishing and cheering news
which it would "be contrabaId TO tell h~f"fe
next week" ETC., etc, be would certainly
make an important contribution to history.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11
Strategy, Wy BOY!


The residents of considerable portion OF
American township were quite SURPRISED a
few days ago to find in their midst survey
ing corps, healed by the County Surveyor
of Sntter. county, engaged in running the
boundary line of that county through the
middle of the township. 1t appears on an
investigation of the facts that law WIS
passed by the last Legislature modifying the
boundary of Sutter county by coolIy annex
ing some twelve thousand acres of land from
Sacramento county and nearly as much more
from Placer county. The bill divides Sacra>
mento and Sutter counties by line com-
mencing at llancock's Mound, on the Sacra-
mento, aud running in a norlheaslerlv line to
Camp Far West. This line cuts off a port
ton of the swamp land of District No. |,
Which is owned chiefly by residents of this
city. All the swamp lands of Placer county
are also annexed to Sutter a, zone fel swoop."
A bill of this character passed the Legisla-
ture and became law without a word of
discussion, and it is said that, being "read
10y tlle,' its provisions were unnoticed and
unknown by our delegation
The above is from the Sacramento Union
of Saturday last. 1t will be seen that the
officers Of Sutter county fully understand the
law passed last winter in relation to their
county boundary, in giving large slice
from Sacramento and Placer counties Sure
enough it WAS strategy.
Since writing the above, the Union says:
"We are Informed that the Suter county
boundary survey, to which we referred in
SATURDAYS issue, was not made by the coun
ty surveyor of Suffer, as we stated but by
Bowers, a duly authorized deputy of the Sur
veyor General. The line as run and marked
by him is now the established boundary,
which would not be the case if run by the
county surveyor of Sutter."
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Everybody at Washington seems to be af
tllcted with "stuaton on the bran"-which,
however, is but patriotic anxiety for the
success of the Union army and desire to
demonstrate how easy it can he brought
about, and how certain it is to be achieved
In front Of every hotel and at every street
corner you will see little groups of honor.
able gentlemen, and gentlemen who are not
as honorable as they might be, perhaps, dis
cussng the relative positions of Lee and
Grant with great vehemence, aud demon
strating how Grant will flank Lee and get
into Rchmend, or how Lee will flank Grant
and try to get into Washing gton-every
proposition happily illustrated by the point
of a walking cane in the dust Of the side
walk. washington is good place for
such illustrations. You can always sketch
out map of the world, either in the dust or
the mud on the sidewaIk) The "arlist"
makes a straigh BIT line
That's Grants army"
"Yes," very WELL" says the bystander
Another straight line-"That's Lee"
"Of course, that's plain enough"
swell, here's Richmond" the artist
perforales a little mud heap in the rear of
both lines.
The problem is now pretty nearly solved.
With the whole sidewalk to operate upon it
would be very strange if Grant couldn't
swing his line around into the rear of Lees
and march into the rebel capital In the
ardor of their patriotism the citizen cam.
to forlfy-or even fall back before the in
viocible columns Of the Union eaders.--
Here's Grant; here's Lee, and here's Richl
mond, all done in two strokes and dot
of the walking stick. Carlyes "IlIad in a
NUTSHELL is nowhere compared with this la
comic demonstration of Grant vs. Lee
Walking stick strategy is the thing after ALL
1t will break the backbone of the rebellion
quicker than anything know Of
Washington correspondent
How SEA BIRDS OBTAIN Fresh WATER
The question is often asked where sea birds
obtain fresh water to slake their thirst, but
we have never seen it satisfactorily answered
ill few days ago. An old skipper, with
whom we were conversng on the subject,
said that he had frequently seen these birds
at sea, far from any land that could furnish
water, hover'ng around and under storm
cloud, clattering like so many ducks on a
hot day at pond, and drinking in drops of
rain as they fell. They will smell rain
squall one hundred miles or even further off,
and scud for it with almost inconceivable
swiltness. How sea birds can subsist with.
out water is only a matter Of mcclure, but
probably their powers Of enduring thirst are
increased by habit, and possibly they 60
without it for many days, if not for several
weeks. CaL Ledger.
A curious discovery has been made in the
Isle of Man, where it has been ascertainsd
that certain old cannon long used as posts
on the quay, in the seaport town of Pee
were rifed. The British Government has
ordered them to be transferred to Woolwich
where they are to be preserved as The earliest
specimens of rhed ordnance
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

A great tobacco fair was to have been held
in Louisville, KY, on Wednesday last
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Heenan's brother has returned to New
York. He says the Benecia Boy was not
drugged at the fight, but that he Is very ILL.,
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

A curious discovery has been made in the
Isle of Man, where it has been ascertainsd
that certain old cannon long used as posts
on the quay, in the seaport town of Peel ,
were rifled The British Government has
ordered them to be transferred to Woowich,
where they are to be preserved as The earliest
specimens of riAed ordnance,
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11

Coal LANDs.-The Virginia (N.T) Old
Piute says:
About two miles from the Fort, the officers
and soldiers have located about 1900 acres
of coal lands and organized company,
designated the "Contraband Coal Mining
Company" The Company have run tun-
mel sixty five feet in length, and now propose
to sink a shaft two hundred feet deep at the
end of it. The ndipatons" are pronounced
by experienced miners as the best the TeFris
tory affords.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-11
NUMBER Al.
The Abolition Recruit.

1t is noticeable fact that the more recent
converts to abolitionism far outstrip their
older fellow traitors in vtuperative abuse of
the Democracy, and in fawnng servility and
knee-suppeness at the feet Of King Abrs-
ham. 1t is not surprising, however, that
such should be the case, for it is a we'll estab.
llshed rule that your bought man is more
vehement, boisterous and intolerant than he
who advocates cause honestly and from
conviction of its truth. We find no fault
with this, because it is course of action
that naturally flows from the situation Of the
political bravo and renegade; in the language
of the day, it is the strategy forced upon him
by his change Of base He must 90 far in
the lead of his new associates in order to
divert attention from his newness in the
faith; as he is an abolitonist for hire, be
must do something extra to earn his wages;
and, as he is generally as destitute of intellect
as of honesty, he intrenches himself in his
own filth and, with all the ferocity of his
basely nature, assaults men whose only crime
is loyal devotion to the principles of govern.
ment taught by the fathers of the Republic.
This class of men abound on the Pacific
coast. There are scores of them in the front
ranks OF the tory party now, who, but short
time back, were such blatant advocates Of
Democracy as TO put to shame the old guard
of the party and cause many to :hink the
latter lukewarm and Indifferent. They are
no more sincere or honest now than they
were then and when abolitionism shall have
passed its zenith and begun its descent from
power-when it can no longer pay them
they will betray and desert it, as they have
the Democracy. Mountain Democrat.
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