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Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-16
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j UsT ARRIVED
sOAP--4O boxes Cincinnati German.
LARD-I5 kegs Leaf.
C0FFRE-5 bags Rio and Havaas,
FL0uR-40 barrels superfne.
BACON--Hama, Shoulders and Sides.
pORK-15 barrels full Mess.
C0RN-1oO bags White.
HAY-25 bales Western.
TEAL chest Imperial.
Which will be sold by tina package or ut RETAIL at
reasonable prices for the times.
july25 JOSHUA BkALs
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-16
Rg~A Danish writer spoke of q b,

EGA Danish writer spoke Of hut
so miserable that it did not know
which way to fall, and SO kept stand
ing. This is like the man that had
such complication of diseases that he
did not know what to die Of, and 10
lived ON.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-16
TAe Gagette & Gn,uet
G ENERAL NEWS.

AoShSU C@&uGyf tAU ~UAtn1A@
American millionaire banker of Lon
dom, will make a visit to this country
in the month of April next, perhaps
to remain permanently.
Thomas G. Reynolds, sxlieutsnant
governor of Missouri, arrived at Hava-
ma, from Vera Cruz, on the 2sth of
July.
The London Medical Times says
that "cholera may be completely avert
ed, and, when developed, cured, by
the persistent application Of the spin
al ice bag along the whole spine so
long as any symptom of the disease
continues"
A Detroit officer who was taking q
female prisoner from Saginaw in the
cars, left her for few minutes TO 20
into another car, when the conductor
came along, and the woman refusing
to pay her fare he put her off the
train. The officer was not little
choo-fallen on learning how he had
lost his prisoner.
The Crimean war lasted twenty-five
months. During it's course 95,6I5,
French, 22,1s2 English, 2,194 Pied
montese, $4,000 Turks, CSC, 900 Rus
slams perished--7S5, 900 human be-
ings in all.
The place of Naval Officer in. the
Z. s. Custom House az New York, 20
which Hon. Moses f. Odell has been
appointed, is worth from $50, 900 to
100000 per annum. The income
of the Collector Preston King) is
also near 100000.
Thirty Laplanders, dressed in furs
and skins, accompanied by twelve
Swedes, have arrived in Saint Paul TO
settle in Minnesota.
The total number of railroad acci.
dents that have occurred in the last
eight months is 129 total number of
persons killed, 266; and total num-
Der wounded, 1,l09.
The work of demolition preparatory
to building the new Gait House.
Louisville, has commenced. All the
tenements now standing on the ground
have been vacated.
We learn that Bishop Hawks, of
the Episcopal church in Mo-, has ad-
vised the clergy of his diocese to take
the Constitutional Oath, or il they
cannot conscientiously do so, to aban-
don preaching in that State.
The Agricultural College at Am.
herst, N. H., 10 to be o three story
stone structure, 16O by so feet, and
a granite quarry in Pelham has been
bought to furnish the stone. The
foundations are to be laid this fall.
Captain Jeremiah Lockwood, late
of the 9th Iowa Cavalry, has been ar
rested in St Paul on a charge Of horse
stealing.
Edwin Booths income in seventeen
thousand nine hundred and fifty.one
dollars.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-16
Cheap Light.

TUST RECEIVED-An invoice of arat quail.
ID ity COAL OIL which VIII be seld at the low
prizes of 81 70 per aslles, retail.
augsz JosEpA BRAL.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25
PARIS. ME, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25. 1865.

Il sbould be dearly bought. With his knife
IN his teeth and bis rife elubbed. be intent
~ Watched every movement. and tber as
quick As ligh,ning. the savage beast sprang
upon him with flashing eyes. open Jaws and
vibrating tail. Bg, the vary hunter wss
not 20 be deceived. He had watched both
the moment and the length Of the leap, and
The heavy banded butt of his weapon fell
With Tremendous power. and the panther
measured her length. quivsring upon the
floor. again and again the blows Of the hun
ter fen heavily. heavily. and his long knife
was buried 70 the heart.
Nov for tber cubs. boy.- he shouied.
almost out Of breath. as be sprang up from
his work Of death. A" Nov for-great Col -
Even While be had been busy 18th the
dam. the more than halfgro-n cubs had
sPrAng from their lair upon Harry. and be
was vAInly striving to defend himself One
he might have mastered. but two Il was be-
yond his poser 20 cope With. and vas fast
being dragged down when the old hunter
came % the rescue. In a moment more be
vas safe-safe from immediate danger; bat
By some means the door had fovn open.
and there stood the pan,ber's mate. the
very incarnation Of savage fury
The weapon Of the old hunter w.s broken.
Nothing bot the barrel remained ia bis
hands That Of the boy vas IN loaded. and
instant death 20 one or both vas nov star
ing them in the face. There vas no time
for delioerAtioD-none for thought The
hot blood Of bis slaughtered mates vas
steaming IN the very nostrils Of The monarch
Of the Northern forest Il was mad for re-
venge.
Bat though brute force Is superior in pow
CT and natural weapons. to hsmanity. yet
mInd Is peer Of matter. and in an instant
Burt Hammond oonprehended bis terrible
situation and resolved how 70 act. Even
While the panther was creeping slowly to-
ward him. with aattened bead and ears. and
wildly lAshing tail. be sprang to the ire
place. and seizing . blazing brand. struck
it fsll in the open mouth. Quiek as light
ming his blows fell. the curling hair and his
sing flesh answering every stroke until the
co-ed beast t1rned and Aed With n scream
Of pain. Savage as Was is nature. It could
not stand hre. and IcaPing up the neares;
tree. II bo-led in agony until a well-direeted
hAnd-fGll Of bullets from the gun Of the boy.
aimed BY the old hunter. brought il lifeles
70 the ground.
" ] have brought yer boy home safe and
sound ergin. Jest as promised" said Ham
mond - Mrs. Curtiss. the next morning.
At the same time throwing four panther skins
upon the floor. Yes, he's sound As er
silver dollar. but I reckon he WON'T want
ter hunt with me ergin in er hurry"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25
VOLUME 81, NO. al
b X b vITIE 8 .

Motto for the Great Eastern.-Cst and
come again.
What is it that every wise mother No
know shuns?-(Eeho ans-srs) Nations.
The editor Of . paper in Indiana want.
to kro~ IL Western vbiskey was ever seen
comm through the rye.
Love m q cottage Is all very well when
you own the cottage. and have plenty Of
money =; interest.
The vain nan and the ostenfatious man
may truly say. '' Il is the eyes Of the people
that ruin us.-
The burning Of Barnum's Museum
brought the poor whale 70 sash grief that
be blubbered.
DOIt live IN hope with your arms fold
ed Fortune smiles on those who roll I'd
their sleeves and pot their shoulder 70 The
wheel.
Never plead guilty TO poverty. So far
ss tbs world is concerned yOg might better
admit that you are = scosndrel.
law is like a sei.e you may see through
II. but you must be considerably reduced
before you can get through it.
"A lawyer" said Lord BrOsghsm. in
faeetious mood. - Is a learned gentIeman.
who reseues your estate from your enemies.
aud keeps IL himself
- Yes Mrs Mifhn. said visitor 10 her
hostess. " dear little Emma has your fea-
tures. but think she has her fathers hair
i" o, now / see. = said dear little Emma. il
Is because ! have pAPa's hair that be vea rs
a wig
In An Artiele on the subject Of exorbitant
prices the Cincinnati Gazette saws: .'And
90 Il Is With clothes; Lef the people 90 ~itA-
ouf clothes for a1oAile. and they viii soon be
able to buy them for bare song.
A Western editor. speaking Of aq.al-
driving contemporary. says "his intellect
Is 50 dense that IL would take the suger Of
common sense longer TO bore into il than
IL would 10 bore throegh Mont Blame with
a boiled carrOti-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25
OLD SERIES,

CoSseEIPr HuSrEks. A correspondent
Of The Cincinnati Gasstte. vho Is max ing .
tour through the mountain district Of West
ern North Carolina. writes IRON Danbury:
Each county had an organization con-
posed Of men exempted for vsrlozs reasons.
and it vas their duty 20 hunt do-n and cap
ture. dead or alive, all deserters. eonscripts
and nsn Who had taken TO the bssh- 70
avoid CONSUMPTION This vas the direction
in which middle aged rebels without capi-
tai looked TO secure exemption. May
shirked thsir duty a. often as they dared.
Still As ANY apparent lack Of willingness TO
perform ia insured the recall Of their ex-
emption and involved the necessity Of en-
tering the army. the best Union men we're
compelled 20 hunt At times. Bot n vas
strange how few eonseripts these men found.
Still. the majority we're over-zeal0us in the
work. lest they nigh, be relieved and cent
TO the front Hundreds Of men have been
shot down in cold blood. their property
destroyed and their families turned out 20
starve-
Husbands. fathers and sons have been fed
for three years in these woods by wives and
children; and often the steps Of these we're
tracked to find their hiding place. and when
found murder almost always followed. We
saw many who had lived in caves since the
first eonscriPtion. Now nearly all Of this
persecuting class are the most forward IN
their protestAtions Of Unionisua. and some
are even aspiring TO oabce. They co not
seem TO feel the " degrAdafion and deep
humiliAtiOn Of returning TO the old Uaion-
as keenly as Gov. Perry Of South Carolina
does One Of the worst Ct this class. who
not long since took An old grsy-beaden maa
from bis plo- and hung him on the charge
Of harboring deserters. and destroyed the
furniture Of POOR widow for the same rea-
son, ran for constable at a meeting Of the
magistrates. and only lacked few votes Of
an election.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

Az AEEIEL YOYA0E A Paris corres-
Pondent writes; The aerial vessel invent
ed BY NJ Delamarne bids fair to realize The
antieiPatiOns we we're led 70 entertain a. 10
the successful application Of the vertical
helm IN controlling the currents Of wind by
which the courses Of balloons have hith-rso
been guided The vessel rose 20 a heisht
Of one thousand FIVE hundred yards. and
then took q course due south. VI. Dela-
marne. Who acted as belnsmas. steered the
vessel IN an opposite direction, and Il &c
eordingly sailed direct for Vinoennes. To
prove her obedience 10 the helm. VI. Dela-
mArne then took nortberly route At
tie request Of The passengers. without touch
ing the safety-valve. and simply by using
the helm. be descended near Nogent, and
fosted for some time 90 close 10 the earth
that the passengers spoke With some Of the
people Who bad assembled on The banks Of
the Marne 10 witness this strange sight.
The vessel then rose 10 the height Of $500
yards. and. although caught By two contrary
currents Of air. VI. Delamarne, by bis man
agement Of the helm. prevented the rotary
motion usually experienced in all balloon
travelling. At twenty minutes past seven
the passengers witnessed glorious sunset.
the magnificent effect Of which IN eloudland
appears 70 have de6ed al attempt at des-
erirtiOn. AT nigh, they we're sailing over
Choisy. when the air became 90 rarc6ed
that they lowered the vessel and sailed to-
ward Lansne. when they lost themselves IN
cloud banks. and the guide rope and sons
ballast were thrown out Tbe vessel then
rose sui higher. and after q s.H % an hour
and hall N azure space. they decided on
descending m rbe neighborbood Of Chosy.
Which NJ. Delarsarne accomplished without
the slighfes, difficulty. snd bis passenger,
landed on fyra frusa a. easily a. II thev
had stepped o1t Of an express train. To
results are evident by the borirontal 6eIu
plsoed az The Stern % the vessel Il asoend.
and desoeuds a. the belsnsrnan picsses and
By means q the heiices placed a. each side.
combined With the seton Of the helm. hor-
izontal course - Obtained.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

A CofScIDEScE. Giancinz over one Of
sabine's admirable reprints Of ancient pam
phiets. bearing on the history Of tbis com
Try. eutitled &" The State RevoiBtion in Neu
England.- snd originally dated 1859. ~e
snd fresh illustration Of the old proverb.
o. Tbere - nothing nsv Under the sun.
The people Of Ne~ England. determined no
longer % endure The oppressiou oftbe Gov.
ernor. SIR Edmond Andros. rose IN rsvol1-
ton. deposed and Imprisoned him. The
follovIng sentence. referring 10 this trans
action. has familiar ring We have aiso
Advice. that On Friday last. towards even
ing. Sfr Edward Aadros did attempt 20 make
an escspe IN Womans Apparel. and passed
two Gutrls. ard vas stopped 81 ne Third.
being discovered By his shoes. not having
changed them
Rafher striking corrcspondence in sn
important crisis in the lives Of The frst ty-
rant and the last traitor Of America
rSs- York Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

The NEwsPAFER AFPRUcIArED. With
out my newspaper. life would narrow itself
TO the small limits Of my personal sxperien-
ees. and humanity be compressed into the
ten or hheea people mix ~ifh. Nov. I
refuse 10 accept this. have not a sixpence
m eonsois. but ! want 90 know ho- they
stand. vAs Dever-f never in al likeli-
hood shall be-in Japan; bat have an m
tense curiosity 20 know What our troops did
a. Yokohama IdeplOre the people Who
suffered BY that railroad smash and syn-
PaiAize With the newly married couple 20
beautifully depicted in The Illustrated. a.
they drove OF IN a chAisc and four. the bald
Old gent IN the ball door waving them last
adieu. like the letters Of the correspond
ents. With their little grievances abou, IN
Punctual trains, or some unwarranfat le
omissions IN The liturgy. even Ike tbe
people vho chronicle the rainfall, and re-
cord lttle facts about the mildness Of tbe
season As for the sdvertisemenfs. re-
gard hem a. the glass and mirror Of The
age Sbo- me bat one page Of the Wants
Of any country. and I eagsge mvseif 70 give
q sketch Of the current civilization Of thc
period. What gliBpsss of rare interior.
DO -e gain BY these brief paragraphs 2
Hos isii Of soggestivencss and of story are
they. IBlack~Ood's Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

THE CAsLE. The first teiegrapbie des-
patch reosived from AsPy Bay about the
Atlantic cable. on Tuesday morning. Va.
70 ibe effect that large vessel gaily decor.
stcd vss IN sight oouing INTO that harbor
In The depressioa vhicb succeeded the later
ne-s brought by the schooner First Fruit.
The teiegraphic people forgot 10 explain ths
pbcnomenon. and some sp-cuiafion has
been excited a. % vhst it could D.. A
theory. Which a Ne- rork reporter bard
a ccrtain forcigner expanding % rs con-
rades bears an ar u Probaoiliiy. The for
eigner remarked
Al bisrst "a, gentlemen. the fact is.
yog see. isaf. that. Big ship 9TH ball them
hags. -bioh heveybody thought vas tbe
Great ueasern, turns hout 10 ave been
nothing more Or les than q snail 6shinz
smack. 9TH The red shiri 81 ore o. TIE ksb-
ermen hang up in fhe rigging - dry. ard
-hich ball those hapcs a. Haspy bay mis-
took ior the voyai ensign. A. IA. hai
Positively, demme -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

81 Let me look at some collars said a
ga INT. rougb-lOOking fellow, addressing
the proprietor Of a country store not hun
dred miles from Montreal. with pleas
ure. ar" was the response; and the stock
Of collars vAs shown 70 the customer. Who
fumbled them over, and then. With a ges-
ture Of confempt. turned away uith the re-
marx that they we're not the Kind he want
ed. What Kind DO you vant'- queried
the shop keeper. We have most every
Kind Well. its secesh collars; them's
The style for me-" "WaIk right fhis way
ne have that kind too vas the response.
a. the shop keeper unrolIed about eight feet
Of bemPea cord, and. quickly twisting 4 in
70 loop. held it up before the astoni.bed
gaEe of the q" sscesher- He had no more
10 say. bet quietly took bis departure.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

CCRIosrrIEs or NATURE. Among the
papers Pablished in costly style BY the
Smithsonian Institute At Washington, Is one
on the microscopic plants and animals which
live on and in the human body. IL describes
quite number Of insects. The animal
which produces the disease called itch i IL
lustrated by an engraving half an inch m
diameter. which shows not only the ugly
little fellows body and legs. bat bis very
toes. although the animal himself Is entirely
invisible TO The naked eye. When Lieuten-
Ant Bergman was sounding the ocean. pre-
Paratory 10 laying the Atlantic telegraph.
the quill At the end Of the sounding line
brought up mud. which. on being dried. be-
came powder 80 6ne that. on rubbing rs
between the thumb anI finger. it disappear
ed m the erevices Of the skin. On placing
this dust under the microscope. h was dis
covered 70 consist Of millions Of perfect
shells, each Of which had living animal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

A genuine son of he Esersld Isle. 6nd-
ing only thrve persons IN aitendance upon
his proposed lecture. made the ioIlowinx
addrcss. " ladies and gsntiesan. a. there
. nobody here. 1 DISMISS yos an The
performance Of his night -ill nos be per-
formed. but they uia be rePesaed ,o-~or-
rov evening"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

Among the ssyings attributed 10 Adniral
Fsrrsgut . one that you ear no nors
mske ssaiior out ofa landiubbsr By dress
ing hin up IN ses-toggsry and putting
commission in his pocket. than yoa oould
make q shoemaker of him By sling hsm
vith sherry coJ1lers.-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

The next novelty 10 70 be a bun frog
sbow. Mr. Frank Cabli. formerly Jour
nalist. bu, lately a soldier ~ brouehs from
The South large collection of ball frogs,
which be proposes 20 sxhibit. ~ish a lecture
Illustrating the habits Of The orsaturs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-08-25

The Boston Post thinks that Mr. A Mr..
wsiss are giving theuaselvs, " bsirs~
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

ARIzoNA.-A lengthy and interesting
letter from Hardyville, Arizona, to the
S. F. Bulletin, contains the following piece
of advice:
Residents of California must not believe
all the reports they hear OF this county.
In this section there are no placer diggings
nothing but feet; and as feet require
money they had better think twice before
they come here, and when they do come
to be sure and bring large quantity Of
mineral substance along. In the Walker
country can be found good placer diggings,
but there is no water.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

RATHER EARLY.-Several of our IN
terror contemporaries are agitating the
question as to who shall be our next
United States Senator. to fill the position
to be made vacant by the expiration of
McDougalrs term. This vacancy will
not occur until the 4th of March, 1867.
The election cannot take place until the
next Legislature meets, year from this
time; so that it appears to US the discus
sion of the question now is little prema-
ture. There is no telling what year may
bring forth.-S. F. Flag.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

AccIpENr.-This morning four-horse
team, the property Of Mr.. Chas. H. john
son, took fright on the Geiger Grade, and
run away, turning over the wagon, and
smashing things generally. After running
about one mile, the horses were stopped
by teamster, and were fortunately found
to be uninjured.
ANswER.-My dear Dan: Yours Of
this morning at hand. Contents noted.
Naturally enough, you do virtuous be-
ing injustice; and yet we are willing TO
suffer all the arrows of misfortune if sped
from friendly bow. Will you take a
drop of gin and peppermint, Daus
DoN'r FoReEr.-vrginia Engine Co.,
No. l, takes benefit this evening. at Max
Walters Music Hall. Everybody should
attend, and help crack company get out
OF debt, which was incurred in saving the
property of the citizens of Virginia.
WINDY.-Old Boreas got on the ram
page again last night, and in company
with Ned Chaplin, Hen. ABBOTT, Charley
Parker, and other members of the Para
goric Club, had a very fine time flying the
windy kite. ....
ASSESSMENT SALEs.-The following as
sessment sales will take place tomorrow,
as reported by Thomas o 'Brien, Brokers
No. SO South c street. Virginia City.
Cresus Company, Gold Hill District.
l. o. B. B.-King Solomon Lodge, I.
o. B. B., will meet this evening at Odd
Fellows Hall, B street, Virginia, at 7
o'clock. All members in good standing
are requested to attend.
We take pleasure in referring those en-
gagged in litigation to the advertisement of
o. C. Pratt, Esq, which appears in our
column of "new to-day"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

GRACEFULLY does Mrs. James Gordon
Bennett assume the leadership in q fashion
which it is to be hoped may henceforth
prevail among our millionaires, when, on
Christmas Day, she spread in her palatial
mansion at Washington Nights, sump-
tuous banquet for all the poor children in
that vicinity. The handsome hostess,
fianked by her opulent neighbors, presid-
ed, and hundred and fifty little mouths
were filed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

STATE SrAT1sTIcs.-The debts Of the
States of Maine, Massachusetts, Illinois
and Michigan, as stated in the annual
messages of the Governors, are as follows:
Maine, S5,337, 900; Massachusetts,, $22,-
1913 900; Illinois, $ll,l7S, 900; Michigan,
IS, 54l, 900. The same States have fur
nished the following number of troops to
the army since the outbreak of the rebel
lion: Maine, l,000-one-tenth of her
whole population; Massachusetts, 1885,
1856; Illinois, 1871, 1853 Michigan, $4,000.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

In Sherman's march through Georgia,
the honor of capturing General Howell
Cobb's celebrated pacing mare, which cost
him $4,000 in New York before the
commencement of the war, belongs to
private Walter Burns. of Company E, 2lst
OHIO. The poor fellow, however, was
afterward captured and murdered by the
rebels. His companions found him dead,
with bullet through his brain and his
throat cut. His death was retaliated.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

JOHN BIeBLow, American Consul at
Paris, has been confrmen by the Senate
as Charge 6Affaires, pending the appoint
ment Of new Ambassador in place OF the
late Mr.. Dayton. Commander Thornton,
of the Kearsarge, was advanced several
grades for gallant services in the battle
with the Alabama, and Commander Ma
comb was also advanced for bravery on
the North Carolina coast.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

A COTTON speculator, who has just re-
turned from Mobile, says that there are
over 10, 900 bales of cotton stored in that
city, held principally on French and Eng
lish account. The total number of bales
of cotton in the Confederacy at the present
time is estimated by rebel cotton dealers
at 100000 bales. They have not sue
ceeded in getting out more than 100000
bales since the war began.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16

The Placerville Nesos says that several
droves of beef cattle from Washoe have
lately passed through that town destined
for the San Francisco market. g,