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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-29

WARIIkE WORLD The opinion Ma.
tionsl of recent date gives q dism,l
picture of the present bei'igerent condl-
tion of the world:
II there be dead calm in politics a.
well rs business among us, it is not the
same in all parts of the little planet We
inhabit. Three quarters OF humanity. in
fact, are living in the bsrbarous stale OF
war.
Thsre is war in Poland. ..
War in Algeria.
War in Tunis.
War in Mexico.
War in the United Ststes.
War in Peru
War in New Zealand. .t.
War in China snd Eschgay
War in Japan.
War in AfghsnistaE.
War in twenty countries in Africa.
This unfortunately. is enough to dis
courage the fsiends of universal p'ac:;; and
who can say they will not still m,o, with
still gre,ter disappointment mex, YER? :?
Italy. Hungary. POLAND, Denmark. and
the Slavonian population OF Turkey. are
not. it must be confessed. in the most
pacific humor; and to those who study
the general situation, irs:egd of getting
better. goes on from day 10 day getting
more and more complicated
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-29

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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-29

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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-29

tween man and man.
To TEE PuBLlo.-Our townsmsn, o.
P. @. Sourcrout Du5vsldreck. having
been shot in the neck. has left of lager
beer, and resumed the business Of making
rolling-pins. Ifthe public do not gobbls
them up Is fast ss be manufactures them.
to make their Christmas cakes. he will
have enough to gil every broken window
light in his house.
"OwE No Man AsYTHrsa."-Ws fear
that many persons forget this injunction
Of the great Apostle. and sre not Is pune.
tual in rendering unto others their dues as
they should bs. It should be point Of
honor with every one to puuctually and
scrupulously pay every cent doe from him
to another. This is . cut at some one
who owes Us Eve cents. for an extra copy
Of the paper; or for which be lacked the
change. when he paid his subscription
SEvES.-Csnnot our young people,
and perbsps their great grandfather al
80. Join together and form some kind OF
audible grimscing society. for mutual
amusement. The exercises might consist
Of whistline. making mouths. and dscla-
nations from Mother Goose. Two or
three ladies might give ne lift. and our
business men might attend. and sci! few
lrinkets 10 The audience. Shoald this
not meet with favor. We might
It least blow our noses. No doubt some
private houses might open thsir doors for
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

people of his own State but vote down the
thirty two true Representatives of New York
with her teeming millions. Thus also few
false Representatives of seeded States the
creatures of military power, and single Rep.
resentatives Of those party creations and
executive appendages called new States,
carved out Of the western wilderness, NAV
come in and vote down the great States of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Can any man of common understanding
shut his eyes to the danger of carrying
elections, and especially that of President
by such means? Will the million. consent
to be governed by the thousands through
force and fraudl
The answer to these questions ought to be
warning to those in power to retrace their
steps, to confine the war to its legitimate
object, the suppression of the armed rebellion,
and leave the people of the redeemed as well
as the loyal States, to the free enjoyment Of
their natural and constitutional rights and
privileges.
In my next letter propose ito treat more
at length upon the FERTILITY of the Admins
tration, including Congress- towards the truly
loyal men North and South.
AMOS KENDALL.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

THE s. F. FLAG.-Ths abolition sheet was
some time since started at San Francisco
with great flourish. 1t has already become
disgusting to many of its own party. Some
of lis abolition contemporaries express them
selves thus
I'VE regret to see that our brilliant friends
of the Flag are in bad humor because the
State Central Committee did not see proper
to follow the exact course cholked out by
that paper, in regard to the Congressional
Conventions. That paper had right to
recommend that the District Conventions
should report their actions to the State Con
venton for confirmation or rejection, but be
cause the State Central Committee carried
out the expressed wish of the Union party
and called separate conventions it had no
night to abuse the committee. Has that pa
per adopted Fremont's tactics, rule or ruin!
We hope not. Is the Flag abusing the com
mittee because that body refused to adopt a
resolution indorsing it AS the party organ?'
A resolution aoas offered at the meeting of
the committee, which if adopted, would have
held the committee responsible for all the
indscretions of that paper- Petaluma ar.
gus.
The Nevada Gazette says:-"The Flag is
troubled with chronic attack Of swell-head
that's what's the matter 1t has been
pampered by Union men far beyond its de,
serts, until it now arrogates to itself the
functions of Grand Pontitf-the infalliable
am-of the Union party"
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18
Graphic Account from the Red River Bat
tlef1eld---Elard on Gen. Banks.

A letter from a Wisconsin boy in the
Chicago Battery lost at Pleasant Hill. Lou.
isiana, writing from the battlefield, says:
We remained until our horses commenced
to drop, when Capt. White told US to Timber
up and make for the rear, as we could not
do thing more without support. So we
limbered up and started. Just then Lieut..
Throod was mortal!y wounded shot in the
bowels. We could not 90 great way,
however. as the wagon train loaded with
forage blocked up the road, and we had to
90 through the dense pine woods. But we
got our guns and caissous about two miles,
the rebels right after us. crying out Halt
and surrender, you id Yankees" 1t was
not long before we got stuck fast between
about dozen wagons logs and in mud
hole. Then the Captain told us to cut the
traces and save ourselves. Well we started,
leaving everything we had behind us, except
the clothes on our backs and what we had in
our pockets. 1t was a perfect rabble, a
regular Bull Run, it was devil take the hind
most, sure enough. Wagoners on mules
niggers, cavalry, artillery, men on foot and
horseback, generals and officers of every
rank, everlastngly getting to the rear or any
other place of safety General Ransom
remained on the field by our guns, trying to
rally the men, until he was wounded and
had to be taken to the rear. The ammuni-
tion train was to the rear, and our infantry,
what few there were, were entirely out
Thus we went about two miles from where
we left our guns, when the Nineteenth Corps
came up and formed in line of battle. The
rebels came on and they did pour The volleys
into them from away back They checked
them for time, and as it was almost dark
the rebels did not follow us. Our force fell
back nine miles that night. We saw Gen.
Smith, he was very angry, and swore terribly Y
about the way things were Conducted
Well, his division came up, about eight thou
sand strong. He massed his forces again
and got everything ready to receive the
rebels Oh, how g lad the troops were to see
some one fit to command The Third Dvi-
sion stacked their arms and swore they
would not fight under Banks, but would stay
by Smith as long as man was left.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

lHE TREATMENT OF SMALL>Pox-An Eng
lish surgeon in China is said to have discov-
cred in April last, new and efficient mode
OF curing that scourge of our race small
pox, in its earlier stages of development. -
The treatment is mild daphoretlcs and cooli
ing drinks, with simple aperients; and before
the rash or first eruption of pimpe spots
gets headway to make application of croton
oil and tartar emetic ointment to the chest
or stomach within as confined space as a
small blister. This is said to have the effect
of drawing all the inflammation to one part
Of the body, as it were locating the feverish
poison Of the disease, and not only render
ing it more manageable but amelioralng g
its strength, By this system of treatment
the dlscoverer is said to have succeeded in
curing great numbers of Chinese who have
never been vaccinated-in almost every in
stance at least greatly modifying its banetu
effects. We regret that no other than limit
ed notices OF this metl cd of treatment have
come under our notice. The smal.p is
still prevalent, to a limited extent, in remote
districts of California. This new method o
treating the disease is worthy the attention
Of our medical men. s. +. Bulletin.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18
Law of Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary are considered as wishing to con-
tinue the subscription.
q II subscribers wish their papers discontinue
ed. publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
g. 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.
T. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher and the p per 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 uncaled for, is prima facie evidence
of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

Daniel Webster, the defender of the Con-
sttutiop," was the real author of the phrase
now everywhere inscribed upon Democratic
banners THE Constitution as it is - the
Union as it was" Our readers will find re-
corded on the l5sth page of Benton's Thirty
Years, volume first, the following words,
spoken in the Senate during the Wisconsin
controversy: "The Union itself is too full Of
benefit to be bazarded in propositions for
changing its original basis. go for the
Constitution as it is and for the Union as it
is."
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

Non. .CoMMITAL-In one Of the Washoe
courts lately a man who was called upon to
appear AS witness could not be found. On
the Judge asking where he was, gray, ell
derIy gentleman rose up, and with much en-
phasis, said:
Your honor, he's gone.
Gone! gone! said the Judge, where is he
gone!
That l cannot inform you, replied the
communicative gentleman, but he's dead.
This is considered the most guarded an
swer on record.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18
PoLIrICAL GENERALs-Th New Haven

PoLTTcAL GENERALs.-The New Haven
Register, speaking of political Generals, very
forcibly remarks, General Banks great
military skill" has at last beon demonstrated,
in rather expensive as well as unfortunate
manner; and is a good illustration of the folly
of putting civilians at the head of armes.-
1t would be quite as reasonable to put men
Of military educalion in the seats of Judges
aud expect them to satisfactorily expound
law, as to look for military genius in men
who have neither the theoretical or practical
knowledge of such matters. Other nations
are not guilty of such nonsense, but on the
contrary, commit the leading of armies to
the most experienced captains.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18
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The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

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telegram. Folsom.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

HARD ON BANKs-The New Orleans Era,
loyal paper, is responsible for the following:
"Just before the battle on Red River, 400
Confederate prisoners were sent up the river
for exchange. The occurrence of the battle
prevented it, and they were ordered back.
AS they passed Gen. Banks army at Grand
Ecore, they gave three cheers for Banks
the Commissary General of the Confederate
army alludng to the large amount of sup
plies he had ef; for their use"
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

HEAVY HIrrING.-In speaking Of the mag
nilude of the rebellion, Mr.. Long said that
there seemed to be plenty of patriots who
were glad to resign their commissions as
Generals and secure seats in Congress where
they might wage a windy, but not dangerous,
war on the "rebes." This was a tolerabe
heavy stroke. No wonder Garfield tried to
make big speech, and Schenck to explode
himself. lie hit them both between the
eyes. Dayton Empire.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

SUIT TO Recover DoCKAGE AND STORAGE.
Charles W. Hathaway and George p. Par
ker have commenced sui: in the Fourth Dis.
trict Court, San Francisco, against Jonas
Secor, James T. Ryan and Peter Donabue,
to recover the sum of $4,000, alleged to be
due for the use and occupation of the Rim
con Point Dock, from January 18th to June
LIST, 1864. The complaint alleges that de-
fendauts are still further indebted to plain
titis in the sum of $4,000, for the use of
Rincon Dock as discharging place for the
Aqailla.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

THE WAYS OF TRADE.--The Garibaldi.
from New York, brought out about 200 cases
Of spirits of turpen,ine-tbe first imported
here in over year. The same parcel had
previously been sent out here from New
York, was then returned home and reshipped
back again. and now the owner has decided
to send it to New York again on the same
ship, If she will convey it, otherwise on the
fast sailing clipper ship Panama. Turpen,ne
from California and Oregon, and excessive
stocks of old North Carolina, have killed
this market for "turps." Bulletin.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18
NUMBER AZ.

BOGUS GOLD AMALGAM.-A gentleman
connected with a mercantile house of this
city has exhibited to us specimen of bogus
gold Of the most adroit manufacture that we
have ever seen, and one that would defy
detection by any means except by breaking
it, The specimen, about six ounces in
weight is conglomerate of pieces of zinc,
gold and quicksilver. A very smallfquantity
Of fine gold dust had been mixed with the
bits of zinc, and the whole made to adhere
together by means of quicksilver. This
composition was rolled into ball, and com.
pletely coated with clean gold and ama gam,
after which the quicksilver had been evapo-
rated leaving the mass a lump of apparently
pure gold. The party to whom the speci-
men was offered for sale, without any suspi.
clon of its character, broke the ball in two
parts when he discovered the cheat, which
was perfectly transparent after the outer
coating was broken.
From the apparent care and skill with
which this specimen has been manufactured,
1t is possible that the cheat has been practis.
ed systematically and on a considerable scale,
somewhere. Parties purchasing cannot,
therefore, be too cautious in taking quick.
silver gold. When presented in solid Jumps,
the pieces should always be broken up, for
the deception cannot be detected in any other
way, as acids have no effect upon this sample
whatever, the base metal being covered with
thin layer of pure gold. S. F. argus.
The same thing is noticed by The C alaveras
Chronicle, in its issue of the llth inst, as
follows:
BOGUS GoLp Dusr.-We were this week
shown several specimens Of the bogus gold
dust found in the possession of The Chinamen
arrested last week at Vallecto by Constable
| lhayer. Their manner of preparing it is
subs' antially as follows: They file up a half
dollar piece as fine as possible, and then by
means of quicksilver, amalgamate it with
gold dust, making the ratio about one of
silver to three of gold. The quicksilver is
then burned off aud the dust sold 1t is
supposed that the business has been exten,
siveIy carried on in this and the adjoining
county for the past year and halt. This
may account for mint returns falling short,
RErURNING REAsoN.-Senator Colamer,
of Vermont, a strong Republican, is disgust.
ed with the levity and contempt too often
manifested in the Senate by the Abolilionists
for the Constitution. 1t is healthy sign
and shows returning reason, when Republican
Senators rebuke their colleagues for sneering
at the Constitution. He says:
II do not wish to occupy the time Of the
Senate by making any remarks about the
Constitution of the United States think
it a subject almost of derison herewith
many gentlemen it is an object of derision.
AS 1t is so in great measure, and a man is
sneered at for mentioning the Constitution,
and If he has decent respect for it and for
his own oath he is called q 'tmd' man
do not wish to take up much of the attention
of body where such subject is treated in
such manner"
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE THE New STATE -
A Nashville, Tennessee, letter of May 5th
says:
"A little excitement was created in legal
circles in this city yesterday, by Judge
Catron, of the United States Supreme Court,
who is holding Circuit Court in the United
States Court room. An attorney was read
ing declaration, setting forth that one John
Doe, citizen OF West Virginia.
Stop said Judge Catron.
The attorney halted.
Read that again. continued the Judge
John Doe, citizen Of West Virginia.
interrupted by the Judge; strike out the
word West before Virginia.
The plea was amended accordingly and
duly filed"
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

To DETERMINE THE VALUE OF GREEN
BAcKs.-A simple method of determining
the value of greenbarks is as follows: Di-
vide the sum of 10000 by the price of gold
in New York. Per example, say that the
price of gold in New York to day is 1893;
10000 divided bv 1913 is so lOO-l98th, or
very nearly so l>2; that is to say, one doll
lar greenback in New York is worth so 2
cents. The brokers in this city usually add
per cent which would make the value here
at the above price for gold in New York 55
l-2 cents.-S. +. CaW
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

Personal advertisements charged full rates.
Obituary. Birth and Marriage Notices, published
without charge.
Ms,-Liberal deductions made 10 monthly or
yearly advertisers.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18
THE PLACER HERALD.
Ia PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
On Nevada St., Auburn, Placer County Cal, by
r. & C.. n. MITCHELL.
Terms of cription-1nvariably in Advances
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The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

Springfield, Illinois, the home Of Mr.. Lin-
coin, has repudiated him by majorities rang
ing from IL to lO4. Possibly the fact may
remind him Of "litle story"
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18
MIR. LINCoLN's CRAFTSMANSHIP.


The misfortune of Mr.. Lincoln is to have
studied craftsmanship where no one else ever
thought of studying tin partisan books
and platforms, on the stump. and in the low
minded and obscure traditions of country
lawyers and politicians. The early scenes
of his life play also an important part in his
judgments of men and things, as it appears
from bis habit of matching the most import
ant events of his administration with the fa'
miIiar and trivial pictures of his youth
Every one is familiar with his consta ant prac-
tice of likening the most complicated ques-
tons to a squabbe between country Judges,
of comparing rout of the Union force to
drove of cattle chased by dogs, and his cabl
met to yoke of oxen tied on opposite sides
of the same plow and bound to pillow the
same field to tn, end. This association Of
ideas which has been so often tritled with is
perhaps the most serious and important
symptom of the utter incapacily Of our Pres
ident to fill the post he occupies. 1t shows
what standard be takes of human affairs,
and by what vulgar and common process he
thinks they may be settled. A seriously
minded man would not certainly seek in the
"reminiscences Of his youth a solution for the
problem of state affairs, nor strive to dis
cover in the way bulls are fighting a scheme
for the suhjugation of his enemies. And
when thin6 that this man is a candidate
for reelection to the most responsible office
of the country, do not know which to de-.
plore most, the blindness and ignorance of
the party who is supporting his claims to
power, or the afiront which such a choice
inticts upon the intelligence and honor of
the American people.
MR.. LINCOLN COMPARATIVELY GREAT MAN.
Another of Mr.. Lincoln's misfortunes is
to have believed in himself in his cabinet,
and in the purity of the radicals. 1t was,
perhaps, excusabe enough tor him to think
a great deal of himself The immense power
with which he was invested having suddenly
raised around him an atmosphere of servility,
meanness, and ncapacity, led him to the
conclusion that be was superior to Others,
and he believed in his greatness because his
creatures were small. His confidence in his
cabinet was produced by another cause 1t
sprang from the fact that each member com
posing it, having more experience and ability
than he had himself had no trouble to con
vince him of their own indispensa5ility.-
Then he was afraid of the self-assumed im
portance of certain men and factions of the
Republican party. He believed in clubs and
barroom influence, in New York kilograms
and in wide awake lanterns He was soon
tossed, however, by the waves of the hungry
factions he had called to his assistance
Radicals and conservatives. themselves sub
divided into clques, soon waged in his pres'
encs ferocious and relentless war. Mr.
Lincoln spent. in adjusting their quarrel, the
time which he ought to have devoted to the
success Of our arms, and to the restoration
Of the Union
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

The LIBERATED NEGRoEs.-The negroes
liberated by the edict of President Lincoln,
are having "happy time" if the statements
of their self constituted guardians may be
believed. They are no longer slaves: they
are free, and their freedom has bettered their
condition vastly. Cut adrift from their legal
protectors and providers, they are wandering
as vagabonds from one camp to another,
with neglect, poverty and starvation staring
them in the face. Sickness and suffering
and death are sweeping them away at fear
ful rate. A Vickshurg correspondent of the
New York Tribune says:
Some 5000 slaves of all ages and colors
reached here few days ago. 1t was one of
the saddest spectacles witnessed for long
time in Vcksburg. The women and chill
dren were almost starved and half naked
Such terrible picture of abject want and
squald misery can neither be imagined nor
portrayed with pen.
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18

War, says Herodotus, reverses the order
of nature In times of peace sons bury their
fathers hut in time Of war fathers bury their
sous
The Placer herald., 1864-06-18
April 2, 1864.

SINGULAR CoINCIDENCE.-A strange fact
is related in connexion with the losses of
the Montreal line. In every case the steam
er that has taken back to Liv verpool the effects
of a wrecked vessel of this line, has been the
next victim. The first steamer of this line
lost was the Canadian; the India brought
back that portion of her cargo raised, and
was the next to succumb to the wrath of the
watery element. The Hungarian carried the
effects of the India, and she, in turn, was the
next victim; but the Hungarian proved a
toa! loss. The next vessel was the New
Canadian, whose cargo went back by the
North Bliton. The North Briton was soon
after wrecked, and the Anglo Saxon carried
home what was left of her cargo. The An.
glo Saxon in regular succession, became the
next victim, and the Norwegian carried back
her "remains" Next came the loss of the
Norwegian, whose material effects were
transported to Liverpool by the Bohemian,
next in regular succession to 90 under, has
recently made her final record on AIdon's
Rock. 1t is even said that some of the em.
poyees of the company had superstitous
fear of the Bohemian, and sometime since
predicted her fate, because it avas her turn to
90 neat.