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The Placer herald., 1865-09-23

"THE DicKENs!"-A. N. Dickens, Of this
city, brother Of Charles Dickens. the great
English novelist, has been made the father of
three children at one birth. The "Great
Expectations" Of the uncle are more than
realized, (which they was"
Chicago Journal
The Placer herald., 1865-09-23

James W. Marshall, who picked up the
frat piece Of gold at Suffers mill, and who
planted the first vineyard in the mining re.
gion, at CoIoma. e. Dorado county, has been
elected an honorary member OF tbs State
Agricultural Society.
The Placer herald., 1865-09-23
LAW CARDS.
B. F. M Y r ES,

Attorney and Co OunsellOr at Law "A uburn.
OFFICE in building on Court street, next door
" to the Temple. Having med the practice
oflaw will attend to all business intrusted to his
care in the several courts of the State. jellmy
The Placer herald., 1865-09-23
UNITED STATES HOUSE

VIE undersigned has recently taken this old
n stand. Gone mile below Auburn, on the
turnpike Road,) and refitted it in neat manner
He has the best of
L1ca1aor0 a1ad C1gar0,
always on hand.
IL 'sjust pleasant buggy drive from town,
~here all who call will be accommodated in the
best Of style.
ANDY. POLAND.
June 18th, ls66-my.
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HALE. H. ii. Eel
HALE K FELLOWS.
ATTORNEYS at Law,
j. Z. HALE.

WILL PRACTICE in all the courts OF Placer
w and adjoining counties, and in the Supreme
Court. Office in brick b ock opposite Temple.
Auburn, March llth, 1865.
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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
FOR "A GRAND
HOLIDAY ON THE FOURTH OF
MARCH.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-At meeting of
the merchants of this city to-day in Col
lector Diapers office, Moses Taylor presid-
ing, it was -. ..-. lido. 49,, - f,
Resolved, That measures be taken to duly cell
citrate the recent victories In a manner COM
mensurate with the grandeur of the vic
tories of the Union armies over the rebel
hordes. and that the appreciation felt by the
people of this city and the country of the fact
OF the re-occupation. of Charleston BY our
loyal brothers in arms, together with the fact
that the flag of our country again floats over
the walls of Sumter, should be made apparent
IN fitting manner.
It was voted to suspend all business on
the 4th Of March next, and that the bus
mess communities and people of the whole
country, from Maine to San Francisco,
be requested to unite in fitting demon
STATIONS of JOY on that day. .9l
The Boards Of Trade and Chambers of
Commerce of the principal cities of the
Union, including San Francisco, have sig
mined their hearty cooperation in this
patriotic movement, and the 4th of March
will undoubtedly be observed throughout
the land as day of jubilation and as the
peoples Union holiday. H
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03

SyrHTf 2ggEF CETGF
Il will take some time, he said, for the
Provost Marshal in your State to effect a
draft. Therefore, without granting any
postponement of the time when it is liza BILE
to begin, you are authorized to state to
the General Assembly that so long as
Rhode Island is diligently engaged in fur
nishing men by voluntary enlistments, so
that the Government can see that it is
being as we'll served as it could be in any
other way, no order shall be issued for a
draft in the State. 90 pit y
The interview here concluded, upon the
President requesting your committee to
see the Secretary of War and Provost
Marshal General, and communicate to
them bis wishes upon the subject. -;.
The conference with the Secretary Of
War, before whom your committee were
without delay admitted, was in every re-
spect entirely satisfactory. The plan the
President had suggested was deemed to
be desirable one in the case of this
State. The committee were informed
that before a draft could take place in any
district, an order to that effect must first
issue from the Secretary through the Pro-
vost Marshal General land that 80 long as
the business of recruiting should be pur-
sued with results satisfactory to the de-
partment, no order for draft would be
issued for this State. The Secretary was
equally firm with the President in the de-
claration that no particular extension of
time could be allowed, and that while a
full assurance would be given that no draft
should be had while recruiting was ac-
lively progressing, that this must be I'M
derstood as the condition upon which the
liability to have one was suspended. Il .
From Gen. Fry, the Provost Marshal
General, your committee were again as
sured that the practice in his department
was to issue special order to the Assist
ant Provost Marshals before the draft in
any district was to be commenced; and
that while, it would be most prejudicial to
the public interest to have j it understood
that the day for commencing the draft
was to be postponed in any particular
district, yet, that the plan, which had been
proposed of filling the, quota by enlist
ments received his. hearty approval; and
that, if she saw as, many men were being
secured to the government from this
source daily as would be the average re-
suit from draft, taking into, the account
the necessary delay. incident to the noti-,
fication, examination, and deciding upon
exemption claims of men obtained in that
way, he should issue no order to do any
thing which whould be disagreeable to the
people of this state. a.. ,,,s,..;, =, g
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
REBEL Ram CAPTURED AT GAL.

,3nNEw YORK, Feb 251i4!Eheed Hsralds
New Orleans correspondent says that on
the night of the 18th two boats crews
from the United States steamers Princess
Royal and; Bienvil1e under Acting Ensign
GeorgeeH French boasded, ucaptmed and
ran to the bloekading fleet from under the
guns Of the rebel forts il Galveston hlst Har-
Dor, the blockade :rdnaing schooners
Peter and Annie Sophia laden With about
250 bales of cotton eaoh Won the night
Of the Sd, the somewhat noted blockade
running steamer, Will O'Wisp while at+
tempting to run into Galveston went
ashore and was rendered useless'By the
guns of the blockaders.J 1lThet steamer
Wren attempted to run the blockade OUT
ward on the night, Of the 9Th, but was
driven back by the Union guns.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
re. |, H. \: |! ! 81 o; 4;

% q n
/ pes ssa skssAtypsgsstM i.inl
calves in this way, Is to feed each Soalf bJ
itself, so that each one shall have his real
ular mes& as some willidtink q great deal
faster than others.
|3i Ihaye always noticed where 10 lot OF
calves were fed all together in a long
trough, there would be some very pool
ones, and that is owing to some drinking
faster than Others, Now to those that ard
skeptical i'm regard to raising calves on
skinned milk, Iisay tryit, andIsee il, on
the principles of economy, you cannot
make it pay, If you wish to ,fatten, add
shorts or meal, and have no doubt you
viii succeed to your entire satisfaction.
'GaH MAKE YOUR own NEArsroor on.
IA correspondent of the Germantown
Tsleqraph tells what they doiwith beeves'
legs in bis family eli e8g dora Il t1J
/ e The, hoofs, are, chopped of, and the
! oNer portions are cracked and boiled
tno,'ughly. e From the surface to the
Doiieo mass, about one plat ofapure neatst
foot OIL . SKINNED, which is unsurpassed
~ any s0her loleaginogs matter for har-
L ANSs - S1, NC. xAlleF LIE OIL 10 ldAo0
OH, the water is strained to separate from
it any fatty particles that may remain, and
then 1t is boiled again, until upon trying,
tits found to settle into a stiff jelly It Is
then poured into fat-hottomed dishes, and
| when cold cut into suitable sized pieces.
It bardens in a few days, and You will
then have very fine article. Of glue, free
from Impurities of every kind, sufficient
for family use for al q twelve lyls, month,
tug 7sa-y GROWING TOBACCO vol,
| M. Greenough writes the Maine Farm
er :" Tobacco requires from the First Of
P May to the Goth Of September to gr ON and
ripen. A neighbor of mine told: me he
sprouted the seed between two sods by
putting the seed between two scotton rags,
and ip eight or ten, days they sprouted !;
he then put q few in each hill and they
soon sprang up, grew finely and healthy,
4 This saves transplanting and makes the
plants come to maturity o month earlier.
# sown in open air beds, seeds generally
lay in the ground six or seven weeks bel
! fore they come up, 'which9naase IT. late be-
fore coming to maturity ION 9Ia
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
KENTUCKY LEGIsLArURE.

!, C1NoNSArI, Feb. A.-The Kentucky
House of Representatives, yesterday re-
jected the amendment to the federal con-
stitution by overweight majority. /.
Advices from Columbus represent re-
cruiting very active, companies reporting
faster than they can be mustered in.
1t is expected that Ohio viii put more
regiments into the field than was author
lied by the Secretary Of War.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
9GRANT,s.,a ARMY.
Extraordinary AetiyIty In Lees Ar
.-., r, my..Changes, Of Location.

-. - My. York, Feb. 25.A- The LHerall,s
City Point correspondent says unusual
movements and activity have been OBJ
SERVED in the rebel lines around Richmond
during the past few days, indicating de-
sighs Of some new enterprise on the part
of Gen. Lee. . It is surmised and alarmed
by the progress Of Sherman and. other ma
tional forces, and has concluded that the
time f0r giving up, both, Richmond and
Petersburg and falling back to, Lynch
burg or some other defehsibe position has
at last arrived. did .sI5d9oi T5d n io-sa =
Y Gen. A. P. Hills corps Of his army is
said to have been under orders on Thurs
day of this week, to be prepared to march
at moments notice. and sloonsiderable
eommotion within the rebel lines was dis
played yesterday. There are also rumors
that Lee meditates an attack on Grant.
All matters taken in connection with the
fact that the rebel journals have received
orders from the rebel authorities to be
particularly reticent regarding military af-
fairs, gives color to the belief that some
thing more than ordinary is in process Of
execution within, their lines. The influx
Of rebel deserters however remains unin-
terruptsd. ,95a,I Ss-iTJ ST J9T ,g@..gs :
New, YoRk, Feb. 23.-The news Of
Shermsns successes in South Carolina be-
came generally, known throughout the
rebel army to-day, and caused a feeling Of
universal depression to prevail. The pri-
Yates make no secret of their intention to
desert, and Lee has placed a heavy guard
in his rear to prevent them gsing back to
their, homes. They confirm the statement.
made few nights since that the siege
guns have been removed from Petersburg
and carried to some point, ID the rear Of
that city Rebel officers openly express;
their opinion that nothing can stop Sher-
mans advance, and hence privates desert
BY scores. Two more desefters have just
been brought In. They belong to Aahons
division, and have brought their, arms
along. Major Brown, Sd division, has of
late been up nearly the whole night receiv--
ing deserters and forwarding them to the
lc<sI.i .s7. -a..g.i.! T-:3 fg 54-Ni-,E.lf g..E
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
GREAT SOUTHERN movEmENr

PHnADEIPHfA, Feb. "a The Bulzstin,s
special Cincinnati dispatch says adyices
from below Indicate grand preparations
for threshold movement TO Alabama
and Mississippi, Thomas from. the north
with strong force o. infantry from Vicks-
burg via Jackson, and Candy from Pensa-
cola,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
A. Large Income.

Somebody in the New York sun, who
has figured up the case, speaks as follows
Of the income Of A. T. Stewart, Of New
York: ,uU.lJ S!J Ivi 3gOt z Sgi2BGii
! One million eight hundred and forty.three
thousand six hundred and thirty seven dollars
net income for asingle year, "Whew !" says
the reader, as he owrites, down the, immense
sum and ciphers out its relation to months,
weeks, days. hours and minutes, in erder to-
dred and fifty-three thousand six hundred and
forty-six dollars per month thirty fSe thou
sand tour hundred and fifty dollars per week ;;
five thousand and fifty-one dollars every day 4
two hundred ndten dollars per hour three
dollars and; o half eachl minutes Awake or
sleeping, in every passing moment that brings
Mr.. Stewart nearer to eternity, his gains are
equal to the days work Of 2 skillful working
. IT, z. $1,000
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
Stamp Duties on Transfers of. stock
" ,7h" OF and Checks. '!sA '1HAI
The annexed official letter contains in
formation of interest to The public: edy
= o TaEAsURY DHPARTMENT, }
OppICr ou IpeTrpN ATsRrvuuuu


. rin.y g4 d, TsEAsyRY DRPARTMEsr, y
OFFICE OF INTERNAL RxvKNuE,
Washington, Feb. 9, 1865.
To F. X. Wombats, No. 374 WdInsa street,
PHILADELPHIA: s3gns
S1R-In your letter Of the tn inst. you ask
the question II all transactions of stock on the
books of a company are subject to stamp
duty. - s..H 2'-'1 80 10 eI9'0sOd
In answer I have TO say that an assignment
of stock made BY the owner which passes the
title to the purchaser, whether made upon the
books Of that corporation, or upon the cortifi-
cate, is subject to stamp duty Of five cent? as
an agreement or contract, bat If such lasgipn-
ment contains authority to the purchaser or
any other party to make the transfer upon the
books of the corporation, it is subject to q
stamp duty Of twenty-five cents. as power of
attorney for the sale or transfer of stocks.
A bank check, draft or order, payable at
sight, drawn upon any bank, broker or trust
company, Is subject to stamp, duty, no matter
what the amount called for If such an instru.
ment is drawn upon any other person or per.
sons, companies or corporations, it IL exempt
from stamp duty unless the amount exceeds
ten dollars. 1T Il ,E'.- JaJ1.l42 81
zs Very respectfully, ,,e.9 q.
e. A. ROLLINS,
- tsfi Department COMMISSIONS
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
e. 4. ROLLINS,
Department Commissions.

The ellen TAHITI WH1es or New
ENGLAND. THE Cincinnati Commercial
in the course of an article on the action of
the Senate in refusing to take of the pro-
hibitory duty on paper, says:- d3oa
We dislike, exceedingly, to say any
thing that encourages the formationo of q
feeling Of sectional antagonism between
the east and west, but we do not hesitate
to observe in this connection, that the
high tariff Wings of New England, are en-
tirely too much devoted to their special
interests, and that the time MIDST he hast
ened when western Senators and Repre-
sentatives shall represents their States and
the people at home rather than the squad
OF New England capitalists. ~ -.
= sgal
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wv 10 ooi1E.l tNI ,
WELLINGTON,
The City IA. eur Observation-Disclosures
of Admiral Rorter...CO.OperattO
with sherman. AZ S1i'Aiiivo ~.

WAsH1NeroN, Feb. 24.-The Navy De-
partment has Just received the following :
'9~I12 40 u 8. FLAGSHIP MALBERN, J
4CJN aFg CAPE FEAR RIyBB, Feb. 22d,
VIA FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. 24.l
To Hon. Gideon WeAes, Secretary of tie Nary,
~ have the honor to inform you that Will
mington is in possession of our troops.
DAVID d. PORTER, Rear Admiral.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03

The Constitutional saasendmeDt gwaG rati.
fed by the Legislature Ct Wisconsin on Tues
day last.
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-06-09
Heart Disease and Tobacco.

Scientific men in France have little
friendship for the Odious wepd, and the
following extract from the Medical Times
aud Gazette shows that they have good
cause for autipathy. We wish it might
convey warning to young men in tLis
country.
NJ. Decaisne, in a communication to the
Accidents des Sciences, exhibits another
clause in the heavy bill, of indictment
against the abuse of tobacco. He states
tbat IN the course fssthree years he has
met, among eighty three inveterate smo-
kers, tweny-Oue instances Of marked in.
termittance of the pulse, occurring in
men Of 81 to ~ years of age, and not to
be explained by organic lesion Of tie
heart. The absence Of such lesion or
other conditions Of health capable of iul
ducing iutermissUn Of tue action Of the
heart, and the fact that in niue Of these
instances, in which the Use of tobacco was
abandoned, the normrl action Of the sys-
TEN was restored, NJ. Dscai.ue believes
will justify him in concluding that in GER
tam subjects the abuse Of tobacco may
give rise to a condition which may be
termed narcotism IF the heart" char
actcrized BY intermission in the move
ments Of that organ aDdin the pulsations
of the radical artery; aud that, in some
cases, suspension or dlminution in the
practice Of smoking is sufficient to cause
an entire disappearance Of this irregular
ity."
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-06-09
Love of Homo.

It is only shallow-mindcd pretenders
who either make distinguished origin or
personal merit a personal mIt,er to boast
Of. A man who Is not ashamed of him
self need not be ash med Of his early con-
ditiop. 1t did not happen to me to be
b rn in a Log cabin, but my elder broth
ers and sisters were b bJrn in a log cabin,
raised among the snow drifts of New
Hampshire, at q period 50 early that
when the smoke first rose from its rude
chimney, aud curled over the frozen hill,
there was no similar evideu:e of a white
mans habitati0n between it AMI the set
Elements on the rivers Of Canada. It's re-
mains still exist; make it IN annual Wis
it. carry my children to it to te1ch
them the hardships endured by the gen
erations which have lone before them. l
love to dwell on the tender recollections,
the kindred ties, the early affections, and
the nara ions aud incidents which mingle
with all I know of this primitive family
abOde.-DaHjeL WebSler.
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-06-09

A report of a Committee of the Massa-
chusetts Legis ature on the subject of re-
ducing the hours of industrial labor, has
been made by the Chairman, Mr. A. w. Ide.
He was a member of the Senate of this
year, and appears to have given very ycare-
iul attention to the subject. After a re-
capitulation the evidence presented to
the notice Of the ommittee-evidence
coming fiOm many and varied sources
the Committee avow their concurrence in
the conclusion arrived at by the witness
es, viz: that a reduction of the standard
Of a legal dry's labor to eight hours, so
far from being loss or injlry to industry
or wealth, would be certain and speedy
good to both, and greatly aid in the social,
moral and intellectual condition Of the la
boring class. The Committee having rec
omwended the appointment by the Gov
ernOr Of Commission to loct infurma-
ton and statistics in regard to the hours
of labor, the condition and prospects Of
the industrial classes, and to report the re-
suit of their inquiries to tho next Legis-
lature, the resolve to that affect vas agresd
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-06-09
Tho President and the Secretary of
State.

from Harper's Weekly
For some time afer the late terrible
even 5, it was feared that Mr. Seward
might have been 50 seriously injured by
his accident aud the subsequent murder
Gus assault,as to be compe led toretire from
the public service. As that appre-
hension has been happily djspeled, and
as the characteristic assertion Of some OF
the Nor hern friends Of the rebellioa that
Mr.. Seward ought to retire brcause his
presence in the Cabinet would be so dis
tisteful 10 Messrs. Lee, Davis, WigfalI
& Company, as to disincline them to SUBJ
mission, has also disappeared in deri,ive
laughter; it is now iusiuuated by those
who suggest what they 6esire, that Presi-
dent Johnson's policy will not have the
cordial support of the S crctary, aud that
therefore, Mr.. StwarI will resign. Those
who say this are not aFare, perhaps, that
Mr.. S,ward's friends in the Baltimore
Convention cf last June, secured the
nomination Of Mr.. johnson as Vice Pres
ident, and that it is therefore great waste
of ingenuity to assume any grave dlff.r-
ence between the President dud Secretary
in their general policy.
Mr. johnson and Mr.. Seward had
served together in the Senate, where they
were firm personal friends. There Mr.
Seward had seen that his fellow Senator,
a Ind reformer, stern Union man, a
trusted representative of the people of the
South, as distinguished from the plInting
ar s:ocr ICY, was the very kind of lead.
er by whom the political power of the ar
isiocrley was ultimately to be OverthrOwn
in its own section. Mr.. Seward had
watched Mr.. Juhnsou's heroic position in
tue dark winter Of 1660-6I. He had
heard his terrible denunciation of the
conspirators in the Senate. As Secretary
of State, Mr. Seward had supported Mr.
LincOln's " Border Safe policy" as it
was impatiently called, and it was while
pursuing that policy that Mr.. Lincoln
had appointed his ilirnd Mr.. johnson,
Military Governor of Tennessee. With
his administration there, Mr.. Seward had
Of course been officially familiar.
As the time for the meeting of the
Union Nominating Convection approach
ed, the perilous chances Of the civil war
made it esseftill that candidate for the
Vice Presidency should be named
whose character aud career certified that,
in case of his succession to the Presidency,
the established policy of the Government,
would net be changed or menaced. And
we venture to say that the man whose
nomination MIR. Seward most earnestly de-
sired was Andrew Johuson.
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-06-09
The Tender Passion.

Thackeray says that "when a man
is in love with-one woman in a fami-
ly, it is astonishing how fond he be-
comes Of every one connected with
it. He ingratiates himself with the
maids ; he is -bland with the butler
he interests himself with the footman;
he runs on errands for the daughters /;
he gives and lends money to the young
son at college; he pats little dogs
which he would kick otherwise; he
smiles at old stories, which would make
him break out in yawns were they ut>
tered by any one but papa he drinks
sweet Port wine, for which he would
curse the steward and the whole com
mittce at club he bears even with
the cantankerous old mai len aunt; he
beats time when darling little Fanny
performs her piece on the piano
and smiles when wicked, lively little
BODY uPsets the coffee over his shirt.