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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-05

Among thco.Fcial documents found in the
rebel capita. on the entry Of our troops into
Richmond. Was d biii, offered 10 secret scs
SION of t.e rebel ulu-, of Representative.
January 90. ls6j, establishing Secret
Service Bureau. or The employment 81 So
crct agents. either m the Confederate
States ug within ,he enemy lines. o- IN any
iaI,i-l cuantrv, authorizing the cliei ot-i-
aar -.-. organize such a system. iIr tbu
application oi new means of wariarr apTro'-
ol. ari % -.oIc, -.rviee agcucIc-. joel may
teus Hr.t to -ecrre tn. objects pi Tie es-aH-
ii-amrui 0i rHe bureau.
Can it Dee lo--i1.. that Toh.rrs. r-.o.
r--.- --.uttiaa ar1 mHricr wsr -nlw
'r,an- of warfare vlich were tt.n rVprcy-
cd y the rebel Congress.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-05

TI.- -.-f' raai.r oI Nati uai .auk- ulv
chartered is oae thousand and i3rtv-0nc.
W.-h rai4-In rspi,alof two hundred and
furtv-nnc mf.iH1. Fix hundred and ninety
three ti'n-aui three hundred and forty
seven dollar. The amount OF circulating
note, ie-uei 90 rac banks j. one hundred and
nineteen million. nine hundred md -fyty-oue
thou-aud. eight hundred dollars. The
greater proportion of these are fves, tens.
twentie-. httie-. and one hundred dollars
hut some o' tho banks of larger CAPITAL have
beer furnished with note- OF five hundred
and ol ono thousand dollars One and two
Dollar notes are beins printed and Issued
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-05

AKREsr.-John McEeogh, General Ticket
Agent Of the Rutland and Washington Rail
road,aVas arrested at Rutland last week, by
ordefSf Gen. Dix, on charge, it Is said, Of
disloyal sentiments and practices.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-05

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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-05

a Happt CoN,a1- The Rochester DE-
a,o1ai s.y- ;nat 30 i- reported that certain
6cu. Sacrtalu H.e heavy silver OF gold
FORKS. ODD i've riue, each. marked "iib the
letter, '-F. r. k.-in memory ot the FTe
Fork N.rginie. or ;he First Families oi Nr-
-iria. Wun-e representative were compelled
go -.rilii. before Ii- victorious arms
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-05

Read eOIver' and Turk. advertisement n
another column.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-05
District of Wilmington.

Horace JAMES.
Capt. uHf-f. q ", = pf ef.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-05

Eliminated winu0ws, Wsen the moon en-.
,rgCd from TIE cloud, anu -hou, down
tsightlY upon him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
Judge Vim. G. harkey, Provisional Gov.
ernOr Of Mississippi.

The Cincinnati Times publishes the
following statement of an extraordinary
and revolving case, which was passed on
in the Mississippi Courts by Judge
Sharkey, some years ago:
A planter was afflicted with loath-
some disease. SO offensive were the Ill
GERS that he was deserted by his white
friends, and while thus afflicted and for
saken, a girl whom he owned as a slave,
kindly and patiently waited on him,
dressed his ulcers, cleansed his person,
and watched over him until he eventu-
ally recovered. With gratitude and
affection to his benefactor, he took her
to Cincinnati, Ohio, executed to her a
deed of manumission, had it. recorded,
returned to Mississippi, and there mar
ried her in legal form. They lived to-
gether afiectionately for many years,
reared a family of children, and as he
lay upon his deathbed, by will he divid-
ed his property between his wife and
children. His brothers hearing of his
death, came forward and demanded his
property. The widow and children
were indignant at the demand. They,
too, were seized, and the validity of
that marriage was tried before Judge
Sharkey, of that State, who decided
that the whole matter was fraud upon
the law OF Slavery-that the property
belonged to the collateral heirs. His
widow was sold by his surviving broth
ers, the children were bid off at public
auction, and both mother and children
now toll in chains or sleep in servile
orauaS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
Secretary Harlan Robbed of s. 700.

Again, we advise our readers to be on
their guard against the thieves who in
fest our city. The latest exploit was
robbing recently several boarders at
the National Hotel. Mrs. Harlan, wife
of the Secretary of the Interior, was
robbed, we understand, to the amount
of some $4,000. Her room was entered
during her absence, her trunks ransack-
ed, aud everything of value distracted.
At the sfrtoe time the room Of a gentle
man in the hotel was visited by robbers,
md over $500 in money and valuable
portmanteau carried off. In addition
to those mentioned, other rooms were
entered and robbed, the scamps sue
cssaiue in escaping unmolested. Last
night, however, about IL o'clock, de-
tectivs Barry succeeded III arresting, at
Grover's theatre, two young men,
named John Be;gland and James Kier-
nan, on suspicion of having committed
the above robberies. Herman claims
to have been discharged from the
steamer Niagara ten days since, and
both profess to hail from Philadelphia
They were held for a hearing at police
headquarters. - Washington Chronicle
S4tHs sEe.z-E-1-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
Foreign Items.

The day after Prince Napoleon re-
turned to Paris from Corsica, he receiv-
I'd q letter from Tho Minister Of the In
terror, to say that the Empress wished
to see him. The Prince, who knew. very
well what it was all about, resolved to
put the best face he could On the mat
ter. He entered the Empress apart
ments IN careless, Joyous sort of man
her. ''Falr cousin, said he, 1.-The Min
lister Of the Interior has asked me for
my head, and [ now bring it to you. :"
Sir" replied the Empress, with as
much statnliness and gravity as she
could muster up, "the Minister has con-
veyed my orders to you, I am now
awaiting those OF the Emperor; I wish
you good morning." She then left
the room. Prince Napoleon went home
to the Palias Royal, and is how at Men,
don, awaiting the Emperor's orders. LIE
Presse denies that Prince Napoleon has
any intention OF quitting France.
The father of the celebrated Grace
Darling has lately died at Bamburgh,
England, in his eightieth year. Ills
noble and celebrated daughter, died in
1912. The father was thus described
few years before his death by visitor
to Bamburg: Gas you sit waiting for
the service to begin you will see an old
man, still hale and strong, but with a
wrin1led brow and hair of silvery
white, enter the church. He is clad in
the old blue coat and brass buttons,
which was fashionable forty years ago,
and his neither limbs are draped in
trousers of white nankeen. The old
man is worth a close inspection for his
own sake, for it is not often that yon
will see face SO singnlar]y calm and
beautiful as his, but that is not the rea-
son call your attention to him. Yon
old man bears name which still has
power to send thrill through the
breasts not easily impressed, and which
once WAS famous in the farthest corner
of the earth"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06

told me that, when the meeting closed,
and he and the Secretary of the Interi-
or went away together, and the latter
told him, that, if the President earned
out that policy, he might count on los
ing Indiana sure - ''He never SAID
anything of the kind to me-" returned
the President. "And how" said L,
..does Mr.. Blair feel about it now ?"
"Oh,'' was the prompt reply, she
proved right in regard to the fall cleo
ttions. but he is satisfied that we have
since gained more than we have lost. y
81 have been told,' said I, "that Judge
Bates doubted the constitutionality OF
the proclamation ''He never express
ed such an opinion in my hearing, re-
piled Mr.. Lincoln. ''No member OF the
Cabinet ever dissented from the policy,
in anv conversation with me.
| MIR. Chase told me that at the meetlr
immediately after the battle OF Antle-
tam, and Just prior to the issue OF the
September proclamation, the President
entered upon the business before them
by saving thai ''the time for the enun-
citation of the emancipation policy could
no longer be delayed. Pubic sen'l-
ment,' he thought, "would sustain 1t
MANY of his warmest friends and sup
porters demanded it; and he had prom
ised his God that he would do it!' The
last part of this WIS uttered in a low
tone, and appeared to be heard by nc
one but Secretary Chase, who was sit
ting near him. He asked the President
if he correctly understood him. He
asked the President if he correctly un-
derstood him. 81 mate q solemn rou
before God, haty General Lee acas drte'
en- back from Pennsylvania, l arom1
cyoaen the result ,tsM decIaratio" Of free
dom to tie Slnres!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
An Extensive Joke.

Yesterday, in the Yorkshire Sheriff S
Court at Leeds, before Mr.. Wheelhouse,
barrister at law, the High Sheriffs as
SCISSOR, 2Ol. damages were awarded to
Walter Shaw. bobbin manufacturer, of
Dewsbury, who was the plaintiff in an
undefended action against Messrs John
and James Gomersel and William
Thackrah, manufacturers of the same
place. On the 18th of February the
plaintiff wrote a letter to Miss Sarah
Jane Gomersal, asking for an interview.
As the plaintiff had no intimacy with
the family to warrant this step, the de-
PENDANTS, who are the young lady's
brothers, sent a letter to the plaintiff,
which appeared to have come from
their sister, and which invited him TO
their house On the night of the 23d of
February. When he made his appear
ance on the premises the defendants
seized him and threw him into horse
trough full of water, in which they kept
him three minutes. After that they
drenched him by means of hose at
tached to a water main, and then put
him in the water trough a second time,
and finally kicked him off the premises
In his letter to the young lady he had
stated that he had his eye upon anoth-
er fair creature in York, but he wished
to give Miss Gomersal the first chance.
In his action for assault and battrey he
laid the damages at 50Ol.-London Times.
Nay II.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
Yankee NOti0n.-Dr. Dio Lewis. thu

Yankee NOtI0n.-Dr. Dlo Lewis, the
latest apostle of gymnastics, is the prin-
cipal OF what we may perhaps term a
HYGIENE Educational Seminary for
Young Ladies, at Lexington, Mass. near
Boston, wherein Theodore D. Weld is
one of the associates. We hear that, at
a recent closing examination at this
seminary, one of the exercises lit we
may so characterize it, consisted of a
careful measurement of the waist of the
pupils respectively, aud a comparison of
the result in each instance with a record
preserved of similar measurement at
the opening Of the term, showing an
average net gain of 2 IL inches in cir
cumference since the LIST of October last.
Some girls who entered upon the term
invalids had meantime been trained to
walk ten miles without fatigue; while
their intellectual progress has kept full
pace with their physical. A veteran
graduate of Harvard declared that he
had never listened to Latin recitations
at that renowned university equal to
those OF the girls at Lexington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
This Rebe. General Buckner's Fare
well Address.

HEADQUARTERS, BUCKNER's CoRPs,
SHREVEPORT, La, June 8, 1S65.-SoL-
ERs.-The struggle for independence
has ceased. AS soldiers of the Confed-
crate States-an army defending the
rights Of your country you won the re-
spect of your enemies and the aduniray
ton Of the civilized world The power
when you could not resist has crushed
the hopes which you had cherished, and
compelled, by force of arms, obedience
to the authority of the United States.
You have obliged yourselves to abstain
from further acts of hostilities, and are
permitted to return to your homes to
follow your peaceful avocations without
molestat!on of your persons. The same
fidelity which you displayed upon the
battle fields should be shown in the new
engagements into which you have vol
unfairly entered. Go peacefully to
your homes, cultivate friendly relations
with all, abst in from all hostile acts,
and dlscouptenance every attempt at
disorder. You will have to forgive and
MUCH to endure; but as courage has
been your characteristic on the field, let
the spirit of magnanimity and fortitude
Sulue your actiOuS III private lie. When
the passions of the hour shall have sub
sided, returning sense of justice vii,
compel the people whom We have so
long resisted to concede that jrstice
must have been the basis of the cause
which inspired SO many acts of heroism
and gave rise to the spirit of self-sacri-
flee and devotion which you have SO
often displayed. To the Missouri troops
of my corps my Communications are es-
pecialiy que for the orderly department
and firm. discipline WHICH they have
shown in the most trying emergencies.
Soldiers, our official relations are now
severed. You will carry with you, in
your homes or into exile, my warmest
wishes for your prosperity and happi-
ness. S. B. BUCKNER, Lieut.. Gen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
How a Dead Man came to Life.

A miraculous escape from the hor-
rors of actually being buried alive has
just taken place in New Orleans. A
person by the name of Martin was sup
posed to have died from disease of the
heart, and to every outward appearance
was dead The attending physician
had given his certificate of burial, GER
tifying to the cause of death, and the
supposed corpse had been prepared,
shrouded III the lab,liments of death
and encoffined. Near and dear ones
had shed tears over the loss of ole
whom they supposed dead, and whose
body they had carefully prepared for
the silent precints of the tomb, when the
fortunate thoughtssuggested itself that
the body should be embalmed. The
necessary steps were taken, the coffin
carefully closed up and the body sent
to an embalmlng establishment Here
the process of embalmlng was in due
time entered upon. It appears that III
the process which preserves the body
from immediate decomposition the pre-
serving quality is infused into the main
artery of the arm. The incision with a
lancet is in the same manner as in the
case of blood-letting. The embalmer
had commenced his work by making the
necessary incision.and to his surprise
he discovered blood slowly oozing from
the vein. He knew there must be life
where blood would flow, and de-
sisted from his work Of embalnllug. In a
few minutes more there was Il slight
motion of his body, and presently the
man IN he coffin made an effort to raise
himself, and, tHsssistance, did rise up
and speak. Gentle restoratives were
administered, AM" he desired to kno W
how it was that he found himself in a
coffin clothed with shroud. His friends,
to their utter joy, were advised of what
had taken place, and he was sent to the
hospital instead of the grave, where he
is in fair way of recovering. This is,
indeed, a miraculous escape from the
clutches of DEATH
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
Cost Of the War to the South.

The cost to the South by the War is
stated thus by a Mr.. Williams, merchant
of Charleston, South Carolina:
"Thus JEFF. Davis and his coadjutors,
upon the plea Of a military necessity,
took all the cash not only OF South Car
olina, but of Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Missis-
sippi, which in the aggregate amounts to
SIC, OOO,0 900 las my informant speaks adj
visedly, as far as he does speak,, but as
he supposes they have abandoned all
their money and property in the seceed-
ed States, Mr.. Williams presumes the
same rules apply to other States as do
to the one OF his adoption.
In his State her citizens now find their
lands under their feet bare, their money,
merchandise and products gone, slavery
abolished, and the entire population
without the means of subsistence except
as they go to work and with their own
hands, hitherto unaccustomed to labor,
plant cereals and cotton, living upon
these productions Thus, then, we can
see what a scene the entire Southern
country must present. They have lost
in slave property $4,000, 900, 600 also
five crops of cotton and rice, 81, 900, 900,
600; banking capital, SIG, 100000; rail
roads, in stock and destruction, 1924,
10000 tobacco, grain. &c, s30O,O0O,-
OO0-so that their entire loss actual
capital is $500, 600, 900, larger sum
than the entire federal debt. Add to
this their outstanding Indebtedness, to
remain forever unpaid, Of s., 900, 0OO,-
00O and we sea an entire loss and IN
debtedness of Sc, 500, 900, 900 of the Con-
federate States, to say nothing Of the
los ga qf haMen ts The E!e people now
slave labor, without clothing and the
comforts of life.Sz
A wonderful sum it has cost to teach
this people "that all men are born free
and equal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
What do we Love q Woman for |?

Some one speaking of beautiful girl
with enthusiasm, said he was almost in
love with her, though her understand
ing was by no means brilliant. 'Poohr'
said Goethe, laughing, ''as if love had
anything to do with understanding.
We love girl for very different things
than understanding. We love her for
her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her
con6dingness, her character, with its
faults, caprices, and heaven knows
what other indispensable charms; but
we do not love her understanding. Her
mind we esteem, Gf it is brilliant and
it may greatly elevate her i'll our opin-
ion; nay, more, it may enchain us when
we already love. But her understand
ing is not that which awakens ana in
flames our passions. What brute
Goethe wasi ,'--
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
Great Fire at Quebec.

A disastrous fire took place at Quebec,
Canada East, on the 22d inst. The
flames broke out in a small wooden
house on Champlain street, and spread
with such rapidity that in few hours
between ninety and one hundred sub
stantial houses and forty and fifty wood
en- tenements on the river front were
destroyed, rendering homeless nearly
three thousand persons. A number OF
vessels were in great danger, but were
towed out with but slight damage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
The state Prisoners.

The Fortress Monroe correspondent
of the Philadelphia Enquirer, of the 23d
inst, gives the following sketch
Mitchell, Clay and jeff. Davis:
JOHN MITCHELL
Is treated very much in the style OF the
more important rebels. He subsists on
Government army rations, is closely
guarded, and is not allowed the where
withal to manufacture reasonable news
paper articles nor is he furnished with
papers or any reading matter, save the
Bible, or any prayer book that he may
desire. John wiles away the weary
hours of his prison life with smoking.
He brought pipe with him, and is al
lowed tobacco. No Conversations per-
mitted with him, nor does he court any.
Thus far he has shown himself rather
taciturn than otherwise.
GLEN CLAY
Smokes with philosophic Indifference.
He occasionally addresses pleasant re-
mark to his guards. AS prisoner he
has given very little trouble. From the
beginning, he has subsisted on the army
ration. He eats but little, smokes a
great deal, and has evidently made up
his mind that neither fretting nor grum-
bling will help his case, and the best
course to be pursued is to take things
easily and quietly.
JEFF. DAVIS,
The chief of all offenders, has fully re-
covered his health. He has not yet been
returned to his first diet, the army ra-
ton. His food is prescribed by DR..
Craven, and is such as will conduce most
to his health. Since the tone of his
physical health has been restored, he,
too, has taken to putting the Indian
weed. He uses an elegant meerschaum
pipe, which he brought with him into
the Fortress. The bowl is wrought in
the semb]ance of a turbaned head a la
zouare. The stem and mouth-piece are
of the pure amber. This pipe is doubt
less relic or rHe pseudo royalty that
jeff maintained while presiding over
the fortunes of the ignis tfiltuus Confed-
eracy.
As not a word is allowed to be said
to Davis, he speaks very little. No one
is allowed to see him. Occasionally
highly imaginative or positively menda
cious individual, passing through here,
gives out that he has seen JEFF. Davis.
These statements are utterly false; no
one, whatever, exec ting only the
guards, and Gen. Mills, have looked
upon the ''fallen Lucifer" since. his in
generation. Cabinet officers have visi
ted the Fortress since Jeff's imprison-
ment there, but not even to them was
accorded the privilege OF looking upon
him. Passes to enter the Fort can only
be obtained by persons well known here,
and these must have most urgent bust
ness. Then, when within the coveted
Enclosure, they are obliged to transact
their business and then leave, not even
seeing the row of easements where jeff s
cell is situated. The jeff. Davis see
ers had better not be taken at their word.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1865-07-06
MILWAUKEE MARKET.
MILWAUKEE, July /

MILWAUKEE,, July !.
NHEAT-lesterday afternoon prices fell of lc, but
~ the evening there was full recovery to the noon
ices, closing quiet. fs -ss -f.s
This morning s1o4 y was paid for a few ,bo,,..,.
ushels at the opening, but downward turn took
Il &c, and the market closed weak at 81 o. .:-E:
On Change prices held pretty steady at
the inside figure of the morning with but limited ia
mand, the market closing weak
FLoUI-Dull and heavy. Spring extra S5O0A
3 II" NH S. asa $50. Sales, 200 bbIs at IS O5. Ito
bbls at 1910; 65 Xxx at SIS, 20 -
oATS-Dul and heavy at 40942. No salss ~ . e.
CORA-Nothing doing; nominal at 5o@55c.
BARLEY-Quiet and nominal at 55@7Cc. tzGE, 81
RYE-Nothing doing; nominal at 6O@R6sc ---
BUTTER-Unchanged 17@1a. Sales, eco Tbs jar
at 1871. Is -., 90. f-- ~ ,s7s5ssI RI =.
EGGS-Qniet at l7@ls. - s.. .---f q -
WooL-More inquiry at 42@4s SIZES 900 lbs
at 471zc. - .- et=lfn u. :. = =
HIGHWINEs- Scarce at So 04a2.O5..~
HIDES quiet. - '-''' = ~ '>f-t''' ~
' ~ IL. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. tk@S1
Cured Cur d.; ,,.... " q &c
~ n',,. ....-.H -Nla-
sELDS-Quiet.= "a mas. ...-rs Elzss s,sfeea e
rnm I,a.@ sO
c covsns sas1 1.7s@ "
oo'oi Doou 7,UQap
PoTATOEs-Quiet. 3Oa40 for common; stE.fa
to fancy $1,000. -, ss.eE efIA ~
PEAs-Quiet at 75c@s1.oo.
BEANS-Unchanged tsa-s = ms SfsSs
d mixed. 50 g Is
CArrAE-Lower. Ordinary to fair So, 5c@45O:
good to chci ice s5,co@6.5o.
HOGS-Quiet at St, U0@sS,5o.
sHEEP-Quiet at 81. 60 a5. 90 for shearlings.
CALYEs-Pienty at $500 to $40 acco riding to
age and condition.