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The Placer herald., 1865-07-22
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Passengers from San Francisco and Sacramento
for Virginia City, (State Of Nevada) Illinoisown,
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take the cars Of the Central Pacfc Railroad at
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and arriving at Virginia City the next day at 6
An; also, stages direct from Clipper Gap % lll-
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.. Also, lines from Auburn, connect with Forest
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and Squaw Valley daily.
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yos want u nice Game of Billiards, on
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~. ~ Pleased to see you; and where also you can
'''a'o tne best Of liquors and cigars.
ED. HOLLY
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Auburn Station, July LIST. lS65.-2w.
Mountain Democrat will please copy two weeks
, nd scnd hill to this office.
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MA VOICE FROM vICKsBURG.

v1cxooune, Ma, Aug. ., looo.
d. John bull-Dcar eir: an haepy 70 etake 10 =
that have used your valuable Csdroe Atssss wtther
bsnens 70 myss IN general debility al proersoooa
ny systsm, produced b. tAs1nhsal16U anA =.
ausncs o. the Mifspp river eround vicksburx havinr
bssn with Gen. GRANITE army ~ vhoieoou1.
srn campaign. ! oonAdsatly rscoamsnd III
psssons Who are exposed to unhealthy ellnsfss.
b. ". R0GLk
Agent o. 3. Sanitary Ooas3scssss
L0ulgy1Ia1. Ky, eept InGR
On the23A Of July Lest Isnbmitted tkroseS - 49,
Of mne TO the Medical Director the Dsparneat oft
Army OF the Cunberland. sample Of ny Ceaee Bisss
osaspecton, and requested IT, after analysis hs 6oun1
Notorious to sanction snd approve its aoas ON
n, following e the Medical Dirsctorsrspay s,d ~,
4en k0eecran DeFmson to chip 80 doeeu g once q
hexs L sold g satlsrs. JOHN bUII
Il satiS1ed that Osdron Dittsrs VII IS ~ ~
any one taken properly and in modssusioa e. No
objection 70 Dr. BuIls being permitted spoee Of n -
sutisrs. A. HENRY THURSTON.
Surgeon and Medical Director, D
HeoAqraxters Department Of CuuhsflanAe
Nashville, Tenn- July - 1SeS
Dr-yoan BuiPsagent, M, kas psrnission 70 ain
20 Nashville, Tenn Is gross or 800 dossn Of 1uIre @
dx0n Httefs Tor ale 70 sutlersin the army osiy.
mereea!aesc1s Of the Treasury Dspar1nsnt4rsto b.
complied with strictly.
- order Of Major 6sa. Rossxans.
MAJOR and Provost Massh&l 6sa.
Ser saie vaeisna1s and rstailby wtlktDoa Dhrtset
o0-AeokuAsievs- aprl3dkw1yr.
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IOWA ITEMS.

The Sioux City Journal says the
streams up in that country won't stay in
their channels, and are lily behaved gen.
orally. They have carried away bridges.
rendered themselves impossible and
spread themselves over the surrounding
country. The F ort Dodge North. West
makes similar complaint.
Col. Preston and A. 8. Belt came
very nearly drowning in crossing swol.
len stream near Vinton, tho other day.
Their horses were drowned.
The Hawk Eye learns from citizen
Of Peoria, that meeting held in that
place last week for the purpose Of consid.
ering whether there should be any oeIe.
BRETON on the 4th of March. motion
was made to let the day pass unnoticsd,
when soldier with one arm and wood
on leg arose 10 the audience and declared
that if "no other celebration coald Be had
over the late victories that have attended
our glorious armies and the re.inaueurs.
zion OF our noble Chief Magistrate. the
maimed soldiers Of Peoria and vicinity
would bring together their wooden lses
and with them build boo6re!' Such
are the feelings Of patriotism that inspire
the hearts of our noble eoldiera
-Dubuqus is excited over the pres.
ence Of large number Of thieves and
house-breakers Who infsst that place and
have been recently despoiling the eitissas.
A druggist named Haas VA shot and 4.
tally wounded BY tho gang while he -
attempting 70 expsl them from his house
There vas severe thuudsr etorm ~
Burlington Monday night. There wasa's
much rain but the thunder and lightaing
were terri6oally huge.
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We would again remind readers that thie $500
the year time when they constantly lishls 70 80
den coughs, nhuenxa, throat &C. While thechiSron
are In constant danger from Group thruas al Itnx
plaants 1t e important that every head q kniiy
Should provide remedy that ID ready Ct III hs fhPf-
1se whether assaied o. the dead hsarof night
vita the breaking out Of hard cold ~ r,clir9 al
violent cough, the chdren With that most
Of all dseasescroupora t the midday hour ~ sAculd
ewav De pfepsrsQ. In Coe Cough balnam you vii
md ready and sectuAl remedy II grappss ma con-
tros tho most stubborn couss while
In crop, Il Is soveregn The price Il bat lrty
cents per botlehe bottles twce the siss Of ny othe
at the came price. Delays dangerous. Yos sAouId
aivays have IL in the house. 1t be found q al ouY
drug stores. is.9sS
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1hs parties In 81. Leuis md C1nennat uho hSvsbsn
oountsrsiting ths Mustang ninsnt under prs1snce
proTrisogshp, have besn thoroughly est0Ped b H.
Courts. 10 guard Against further impoGtion, hays
procured FROM the q. States Treasury, prvas stssl
plate revenue stamp, which plased oVse 1Aets3 fA
bottle. Each stamp bsar shs ~ sints o. N 0gnar
tnre and without which the artlcls b Ooubtef3lt,
danqMo.s and 4Wthlsae imitation Rxansine 49,
de- has been IL and growing II 6vor ~
nany years. There hardly sxistsa hamlet % tbs hah
sbls Globs that dos nre contain Evidence Of IL uoa
mi effects. II q the best eB0lient In the world Win
IL present improved ingredents eects upon Dana1d
bat perfectly remarkable 6ores hsalsd psns
relieved lives savsd valuable animals nade ussfal cd
untold s asnaged For cuts, bruises, sprains rhsana
us svslfings bites cuts caked breasts ssansd hoeses
&c. Il b Sovereign Remedy that shoald never b dr.
psnssd With. II should bo In every any. Sold BY Ill
brugGists.
octll-dkv D. NAHNIS New York
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u prepared to farnish 1iA With then On short -
ttca There u - q1estiOn Int they great Iabor-
saving nachine WHICH, fof disability and seonoay cn-
not BE- equalsd Ms aarhses will b sold ", ~
b seen -, Iu-ksr Dros Hardwarc etuse cofAF ~ -
and Aaie stfese also, at r. ". Rosherts Main ~
tween Sth and eh streees Orders for then tsial Of
tbs sams, can Be LETT Il other Of those stores
Nm ANnQII.
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II Ohm PERDRW,

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HAIR DYEl HAIR DYDll

Dor sa!e, whsiaais By WiIktDon. ISrtlsea
o., Keokuk Iowa. aori3 dIvivr
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09
miscellaneous Items.

A Montreal paper states that ten
gentlemen of the reOel persuasion, have
on deposit in that city 100000.
-Thad. Stevens, the grim old Joker,
says Col Forney has hired Roger A.
Pryor to edit his Washington Chron-
icle.
Rev. Mr.. Adams, in a temperance
lecture recently, in Portsmouth, said
there were one hundred and twenty
grog shops in that city, and S360,000
was paid annually for rum.
The government declines 10 regi-
ments Of hundred day men for garrison
ing the captured forts, which were Of
fered by Gov Fenton of New York as
means Of lodging the draft.
Cen Hooker has been before the
Committee on the Conduct of the War,
who have questioned him on the sub
iect of the battle of Charlottesville,
and he is preparing reply giving a his
tory Of that engagement.
The House passed the Senate bill
approprating 81 500 for Mrs Lucy A.
Wright, of Richmond, Va, for her COur
age and patriotic devotion in secreting
Col. Streight and his party, and ena-
bling them to make their escape from
the rebels.
"A case is pending in, the New York
Supreme Court, in which a child was
left in pawn or pledge for the payment
Of debt. We should not think it would
take long for the Supreme Court, or any
other court, to decide such a case.
"A. 0. P. Nicholson, formerly SEN
atOr in Congress, has just been released
from the Tennessee Penltentiarv and or
dered to be tried for conspiracy against
the Government. He has been trying
for three years to be both loyal and
rebel at the same time.
Annie Kittezer a German orphan of
IS years and heiress to q fortune of $50
900, lately suddenly disappeared from a
Catholic school in ST. Louis. 1t is sup
posed that her friends stole her away,
fearing that she would take the veil and
give her property to the church.
"A raw recruit named Coombs, fif-
teen years Of age, from Providence died
very suddenly at Fort Adams, Newport
on the 9Th ult. The cause Of his death
is found in his diet the day before, when
he ate three pounds of candy, twelve
pies, and two cans -four pounds) of pre-
served peaches.
The Montreal Witness has petit
toned the Canadian Legislature to be
allowed sale of it's papers at the rail
road stations, complaining that the
Grand TruHk Railroad allows none but
the Telegraph to be sold, which is a
& Secesh" paper and calculated to give
travellers a wrong impression Of the
sentiment Of Montreal
@-The latest and most marvellous in
vention of " Druid" the secesh Balti-
more correspondent Of the New York
World is that Gen. Lee has a grand
scheme for abandoning Richmond to
Grant while he moves on Washington,
where he will establish himself as mill
tary dictator, dissolve both the federal
and the confederate governments and
re organize on the old basis as before
the war. The details Of this magnif-
cent scheme are very properly left to the
imagination.
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state News.

The st. Adams Messenger says that
complaint is made that the Cavalry boys
stationed there do not have enough to
eat. Gentlemen who are to be believed
and who have seen the "rations" say
that the complaint is just. Should not
the matter be remedied 2
The Burlington Times understands
that debtor in Washington county,
under arrest, must take his quarters in
felons cell; remarks that it is not so
in Chittenden county, and asks MIR,
Walton how about IL, The latter replies
that he has been told it is so; but to the
best Of his knowledge and belief said
quarters are more comfortable than
debtors usually get elsewhere, and he Is
not aware that the debtor complains
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09

CONCLUSION OF THE SIKGE.-fhe Charles
ton Mercury continued down To the
very day of its flight, to ridieule the
bombardment, and on that day an
nounced "Siege Matters-flve hundred
and eighty-ninth day" In another col
umn 1t had the following announce
ment;
"A brief suspension of this paper, with
view TO its temporary removal TO an
other point, is rendered necessary by the
progress of military events cutting II
of from its mail facilities for distrlhut-
ing the paper to a large portion OF It's
subscribers. while the lack of trans port
alton renders Its supply of paper prcca-
nous'
This is the "chivalric" method orimi
tating cold Shady.
"skuse dis niger faugh takin' his
leebin'.'
The following is the conclusion OF the
Siege business;
SlE9E MATTRRs-FIvE HUNDRED AND
NNETIETH DAY,-The confederate armies
retire from the city, and blow up their
women and children
SIEGE MATTRRs-FIvE HUNDRED AND
NINETY FIRST DAY.-The federal forces
take possession, rescue the city from
flames and famine, capture two hundred
guns, &c, &c. The federal flag waves
over Fort Sumter
"And the Star Spang,ed Banner forever shall
wave
DER the land Of the tree and the home Of the
brave
This ends the siege of Charleston And
Babylon has fallen -- Troy Times.
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10. We acknowledge the receipt Of
several enthusiastic and eloquent cpis-
ties, commencing, Calculating and en-
bracing a magnificent project for paying
off forthwith the National Debt by
concerted, spontaneous exhibition Of
National generosity and patriotism. We
have not a word to say against the
scheme, and may in due time have some
thing to Offer in its favor, Just at pres
ent, however, it is not in order Let us
finish the War, stop mourning more debt,
and then see what we can best do with
that already rolled up They work most
efficiently who undertake one job after
another, not half dozen at once.
How is it that people seem to have
leisure and thought, in times like these,
for so many matters that can wait .
Nea0 York Tribune.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09

MILITARY INTERFERENCE-The Presi-
dent has signed and approved the act
to prevent officers of the army and navy
and other persons engaged in the mill
tary and, naval service of the United
States from interfering in elections in
the States. No troops or armed men are
to be brought to the polls unless it shall
be. necessary to repel armed enemies. or
keep the peace; nor shall it be lawful
for any officer to prescribe or fix by
proclamation, order or otherwise, the
qualifications of voters, or in any man
ner interfere with the free right of suf-
frage. Officers so offending are liable,
to indictment for misdemeanor and on
conviction to be fined not exceeding five
thousand dollars, and suffer imprisOn-
ment in the pententiary for term not
less than three months nor more than
five years, at discretion, and shall be dis
qualified from holding any Office of hon
or or profit under the United States
Government Other guards are thrown
around the elective franchise.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09

VERMONT SHEEP.-At meeting of the
Franklin Farmers Club, at Bernards-
town, Mass, last week, the Springfield
Republican says;
"Some hard things were said of the
hot house sheep of Vermont, and their
peculiar relationship. A delicate race
must be the result of such unnatural
forcing. Mr. Hammond is said to have
sold $4,000 worth OF sheep the past
year without diminishing the value Of
his flock He doubtless makes more
money than those who buy Of him or
the public can realize. The sheep fever
in Vermont may be reckoned akin TO
petroleum stocks fifty years hence
There is more or less oil to be founo ID
both operations.
The first of May was said to be the
hest time to sheer sheep. Later the
wool becomes burden and loses rather
than gains Washing sheep is a farce,
and is only a point for BUYERS to talk OF.
Grease isn't easily dissolved in cold wa
ter. Coarse wool shriDks less by wash
ing than fine. Dealers deduct from
fourth to a third for shrinking. The
real Vermont Hammond wool won't
bring as much a pound as Some other
merinoes into II cents. American wool
is better than English, and Cheshire
county, N. H., produces some of the best
wool in New England .....a.
All which shows conclusiVely that
the members of the Franklin Mass. }
Farmers Club are set of Rip Van Vim
kles.
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SCENE IN THE CHARLEsron HARBoI-

SCENE IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOE-
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Cm-
mercial gives the following account:
1--WE were soon in what had LATELY
been the debatable waters, gong
straight to Charleston, at the rat Of
thirteen knots an. hour through there
giOn where, advancing that many
Ches few days before, was successfully
resisted On our right hand, as we not
ahead, was Fort Moultrie, with its ma
sorry hidden under huge, brown en-
bankments Of sand, line of immnse
batteries connecting with it, and extend
ing to the opposite end of Sullivan SIS
land. These batteries were fully as
formidable as theoFOrt itself, each gun
being protected by traVerses, which 40
ball could go through. On the left was
Fort Johnson, on James Island, another
impregnable work, mounting many guns
and looking as if it were much better
content to have cried "gramercy' to
Sherman, hundred miles away, than to
have been taken in the deadly imminent
breach. Ahead was Fort Ripley, its flag
staff ornamented by a sailors decayed
shirt. On the right shore again, and
near Charleston, were other massive bat.
teries, one o. them a square work, with
parapets Of pure white sand. For miles
on the right and left, the shores were
lined with works ensuring a converging
fire, the terrors of which our navy has
done well not to encounter. No one who
gazes, even from a distance, can feel sur
prise that Charleston has defed all at
tack from the water side for nearly four
years."
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Total receipts,
By amount expended at varlou.
$987 &C
Rutland, February 4th, 1865.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. c. N. GAY, Treasurer

SALE OF WooL.-An auction sale {
Cape (of Good Hope) wool took plac
in Boston on Tuesday. The attendance
of buyers was quite large, but the bid
ding was not very spirited, and the wod
sold at prices rather below the averag.
The highest price bid was 81 ceAg 4
pound, and the lowest was A. whia
was for 1000 pounds of loose wod.
These woods were imported by Mess.
Harding Brothers & Co, and are said o
be the best ever brought to this county
in quality condition, length and strength
of staple. The number of bales sold WIS
733.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09

NEW HAMPsHlRE.-The reports from
all parts OF the State, says the Dover
Enquirer are OF the most cheering
character Fred Smyth will be elected
Governor by not less than 5000 majority.
Rollins and Patterson, in the ID and Sd
Districts, will have-20Q0 majority each.
1t il only ina thfs DiStrlcJ ihaJ any
doubt ia entertained by anybody as TO
the result and here we are glad to
learn, all doubt is fast being dispelled.
There are but a few towns in the Dis
trict-not half a dOzen-where there is
any disposition to oppose General Mars
ton, and his opponents in these, howcv-
er respectable, are inconsiderable in
numbers.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09

JOKING IN CoNGREss.-They had a
funny time in Congress on Thursday
last. In the House a bill was under
consideration providing that all persons
mustered into the service shall be cred
tied to the state and to the ward or
township precinct or enrolment sub
district where they belong by actual
residence.
After some debate, Mr.. Wadsworth Of
fered the following amendment: off the
substitute desert, the principal shall be
shot; if the substitute RIM away, the
principal shall be imprisoned during
the war at the Dry TortugaS; if the sub
stitute rob hen rOost, the principal
shall carry a rail on his shoulder for
two hours.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09
REMARKABLE MILITARY MARCH.

REMARKABLE MILITARY MARCH.-Ac-
cordiug to the Missouri Democrat the
twenty third army corps (Gen. SchO-
feld's) has been transferred from Cliff
ton, on the Upper Tennessee, to City
Point to cooperate with Gen. Grant.
The fact that this army, numbering
some 10000 with all its arms, mum
tions and equipages, including eight
hundred horses, has been transported
some fifteen hundred miles by river and
rail and across mountains, in mid-win-
ter, within the short space Of ten days,
without accident is both fortunate and
remarkable.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09

PRAYER FOR SoLDIERs.-A soldier who
had been in prison at Andersonville,
Ga, and had come home on an exchange.
being at the Fulton Street Prayer Meet
ing, said:
II am here, verify believe, in an
swer to prayer. You know | was for
merly in the habit of almost daily at
tending this meeting. Often | took
part in the services of the hour. When
| went away | asked you to pray for
me. have been kept in answer to
prayer. | am confident Of this. know
that $4,000 out OF 900 of my fellow
prisoners were buried while / was at
Andersonville. Twice I endeavOred to
escape, and succeeded in getting out. I
was tracked with blood hounds, | hid
myself away in the grass. | knew they
were after me. knew it was impOSsi-
| bic for me to escape their search. l
prayed to Daniels God that He would
shut their mouths and not allow them
to hurt me. One of them rubbed his
nose over my face; but neither offered
to bite me. | was saved and | was
! always confident that it was in answer
to PRAYER. | have been in the thickest
rebel muskets have been leveled against
| me; and yet not single bullet has hit
me. Ibeleve I owe to God, as apswer-
ing prayer, that my life has been spared.
| I have felt assured in every battle that
| no harm would come nigh me.
1t does me good to come in here, and
hear your prayers for the soldiers. No
matter how bad soldiers may be, there
are none so bad that they DO not fee
| grateful for your prayers have seer
many a soldiers eyes fill with tears
when l have told them how you pray
for them. Oh, keep on praying How
much they need your prayers Pray
continually for these men, who leopard
ize their hives TO defend your homes and
your tiresides. They need the prayers
of all who know how to pray.-N 7
Observer.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09

The TOAD AND THB SOLDIER.-A num-
Der of wounded from the battle of Pc
tersburg were lying in hospital tent,
among whom was q negro whose leg
had been taken Off He was on mat
tress on the ground, and the weather
being hot, the dressed stump of his leg
was exposed, and a swarm of file were
settling upon it, Presently a large toad
hoped into the tent, and taking his
station near the edge of the bed, began
gobbling up the blue bottles in double
quick. The moment one alighted within
six inches of the spot, he would square
himself for the attack, his eye twinkhng
with excitement, and then, with a nash
OF his tongue aud a smack Of his mouth
the unlucky insect would disappear
The boy was asleep when TINS com
menced, but soon awoke, and was at
first frightened at the ugly toad SO
near him; but our friend babe him he
quiet, and pointed out the service the
creature was rendering, when the negro
and all present voted him member OF
the commission, with many thanks and
his kindred were at once in high favor.