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The Placer herald., 1865-11-25
Whisky and Newspapers.

A glass of whisky, says an exchange, is
manufactured from perhaps dozen grains
of mashed corn, the value of which is too
small to be estimated A pint of this mix.
turs sells at retail for one shilling, and if
good brand, is considered by its consumers
well worth the money 1t is drunk off in
minute or two; it fires the brain, rouses the
passion, sharpens the appetite, and deranges
and weakens the physical system. 1t is
gone, and swollen eyes, parched lips, and
aching head are its followers. On the same
side-board upon which this is served lies
newspaper, the new, white paper of which
costs about two cents. This is covered with
hundred thousand types; it brings intel,
gence from the tour quarters OF the globe; it
has in its clearly printed columns all that is
strange or new at home; it tells you the state
of the markets; gives accounts of the war,
the execution Of the last murderer, the last
steamboat explosion or disaster, articles on
philosophy, government, religion, etc. and
yet, for all this, the newspaper costs less than
the glass of grog, the juice of few grains
of corn.
! 1t is no less strange than true that there
are large portion of the community who
think the corn juice cheap and the newspa-
per dear, and the printer has hard work to
collect his dimes, when the liquor dealer is
paid cheerfuIly. How is this? Is the body
better paymaster than the head? Are
things of the moment more priced than
things of the future? Is the transient trick
ling of the stomach of more consequence
than the improvement of the mind, and the
information that is essential to a rational
being! II this had its real value would not
newspaper be worth many pints of whisky!
S. Il. Ezaminer.
The Index of Petersburg, publishes the
subjoined extract from private letter to one
of its editors from Gen. Lee: "It should be
the object of all to avoid controversy, to al
lay passion, give free scope to reason and
every kindly feeling. BY doing this, and en-,
couraging our citizens to engage in the du-
ties of life with all their heart mind, with
the determination not to be turned aside by
the thoughts of the past or the fears of the
future, our country will not only be restor.
ed in material prosperity, but will be advanc.
ed in science, n virtue and in religion
Wishing you every success, am, most truly
yours, r. E. LEE"
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LAWtCARDS.
JOHN T. CANNON,

Attorney and Counsellor at Laws
LINCOLN, PLACER COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WILL practice in the courts of Placer and
w adjoining counties. All business intrusted
to his care will be punctually attended to.
Lincoln. June 25th ,lS65-my
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q. r. MYR ES

q. r. MYRES,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, A III burn
OFFICE in building on nCourtstreet. nextdoor
~ to the Temple. Having resumed the practice
oflaw will attend to al intrust ed to his
care in the several courts ofthe State. jellmy
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Rates of Adve t.istng.
JOB PRINTING
Law Of Newspapers,

OF every variety, executed with neatness any
dispatch, at reasonable rates.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-09-05

The election passed off very quietly
in our town yesterday in fact, so very
calmly and with such dignity did every
person go up and deposit their vote,
(withoat any of the excitements usually
attendant upon elections, that a stran.
ger III our midst would never have
thought such a thing was going on, un-
less the information had been vouch.
sated by some citizen. This speaks
well for the citizens of our town and
District,
Elections, usually, are attended with
an amount Of riotoas proceedings, which,
we are pleased to chronicle, Fairfeldians
have entirely ignored.
There were Ave candidates in the field.
two OF whom however only consenting,
as we were informed, to run, on the
morning Of the election.
AS soon as returns are complete we
will give the vote Of the District entire;
in the meantime, however we give
the boxes heard from as they come in.
Our box, Winnsboro', stands thus:
Whole number of votes polled l65.
James H.. Rion, 1872; w. r. Robert.
son, 1906; John Bratton, l24;, w. J.
Alston, 81 Rev. J. Boyce, IA; Scat
tering, 6.
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MIsslssIpPI CONVENTION, The Mis-!
sssippi State Constitutional Convention.
insession at jackson by authority of
Governor Sharkey, is transacting some
business of interest to all of the South.
ern States. 1t has passed to its FIRST
reading an ordinance ratifyi6g all judi.
cial courts. marriages, Judgements; de-
crces, contracts, sales, deeds, indfct-
ments and State laws during the war :
also, an ordinance prohibiting the Leg
islature from passing any law imposing
any civil disability or punishment or for
,iture'upon any citizen engaged in the
..te war with the United States for his,
political opinions occasioned thereby.
Neto York Ne,os.
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WLNNSBORO.
Tuesday Morning, September s, 1866:
The reader will please excuse the
nonappearance of our usual variety Of
editorial matter in this mornings issue.

1t is our unpleasant duty to announce
this morning the death of the Hon. r.
B. BoYLsToN, which occurred last even.
ing about seven o'clock. a true friend,
patriotic citizen, kind.hearted father
and doting husband, has thus been cut
off from n community that priced his
services and honored him in many public
positions. His funeral will take place
this afternoon, at six o'clock, at his late
residence.
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THE NUMBER OF BATTLEs.--The
number of battles fought during the war
is given by an exchange, who, we think,
mder.states the number as two hundred
and sixty.two. OF these, the soil Of Viri'
ginia drank the blood Of eighty nine,
Tennessee witnessed thirty.seven, Mis-
sour twenty-five, Georgia twelve, South
Carolina ten, North Carolina eleven,
Alabama sevcn,, Florida five, Kentucky
fourteen, the Indian Territory and New
Mexico one each. Once the wave Of
war rolled into Northern State, and
broke in the great billow Of Gettysburg.
Of the battles enumerated, sixteen were
naval engagements.
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GEN. LEE.-Tle Chicago Repabh.
can (edited by G.. A. Dana, late Assis.
tant Secretary cfWar) contains an ar
ticle complaining Of the terms made by
Gen Grant with Lee at the surrender of
the Army of Northern Virginia. 1t
blames Grant for permitting a parole to
be given Lee and his men which pro.
tects them from arrest and punishment,
but says that inasmuch as the bargain
was made, tile Government decided to
stand by it in, good faith. The article.
we suppose, shows what the opinion of
the Secretary of War was at the time
OF the surrender, VIZ hostility to Gen.
Grants terms, and it also shows that the
writer Gntertains malicious feelings for
Gen. Lee especially. Here is an ex-
tract j.:
so long as General Lee remains in
this country, and is allowed not only to
go about without punishment, but to pro.
claim disloyal and obnoxious opinions,
such as he fought for against the United
States, there will always be feeling of
dissatisfaction among loyal citizens.
There is something intensely CALLING in
the fact that the articles of convention
between him and Grant were so loosely
worded as to afford a loophole for the
escape of such a traitor from the clutch.
es of the law! Nothing could have
been more unfortunate than this clerical
lapsus 1t furnishes what would other.
wise have been the spotless glory of the
surrender on the part Of our great Gene.
raj. A little lawyer cunning, less
magnanimity and generosity toward a
cruel and inscriptions foe whom he
had already vanquished, whose armies
were at his mercy, out-generaled and
beaten at every point, would have left
the rebel chief, who was the intellect
and the heart of the ferocious war waged
against us, to be dealt with according to
the forms and usages OF law.
AS the case now stands, Gen. Grant,
whose presence IN the field is inspiration,
and whose battles are conquests suffer.
ed himself to be drawn into an amnesty.
The result is, that our Government de.
cided to accept the literal reading of the
convention, and to permit that arch.
traitor to the Union to go at large, with
out arrest or trouble"
We think it would be hard work to
prove that Gen. Lee was cruel or that
he las used disloval language since the
surrender Charlotte Democrat
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PENNSYLVANIA REsoLUTIoNs.-The
resolutions passed BY the Democratic
Convention held at Harrisburg last week,
for the nomination of State officers, assert
that the rebellious States are entitled to
all the rights which they possessed pre-.
vious to the rebellion, and immediate
and unconditional representation in Con-
gress /; denunciation pf military arrests
and trials and negro suffrage. The
resolutions are of u strong State rights
character, and promise President John
son support Sin all constitutional efforts
to restore to the States the exercise Of
their rights and power" f fi
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Mobile 4aeerttsS, 18Th inst.

Santa Anna is at present residing
at the island of St. Thomas. He has is,
sued a pronuncismento, in which he
denonnce$ the attempted empire in
Mexico; calls for q rally inf favor Of de.
rnocracy, and urges the Mexicans to
3fght against theinvaders. He explains
that his declaration in favor Of French
intervention was forced upon him by
requiring him to sign such q paper be.
fore he would be permitted TO land in
Mexico and visit his sick wife. y
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PoLITICAL STATUS OF THE SouTH.---
The South has been conquered, but it
is still an open question how 1T is
henceforth to be ruled 4 The combat
between Federals and ConfederaLes may
be over but the contest between
Republicans and Democrats is about
to be recommended Under these cir.
cumstances it is impossible to avoid
feeling that the Southern people are
exercising sound discretion in accepting
the consequences of the military success
of their late opponents, and once more
undertaking the duties Of loyal citizens
to the established Government. In
many respects the South is much better
placed than such nations as the Polish
or the hungarian, which have endea.
yored in vain to'frce themselves from au
oppressive yoke. The Government in
the United States is constantly chang.
ing, and, although in the minority at
present, the Democrats may once more
secure tho ascendant. What may be
the future of the South it is impossible
to say, but it could never be such as to
bear the faintest resemblance to that
of Poland or Hungary. Nor is it i'm
possible, or even improbable, that
public opinion may change in America
in respect to the cHpediency of retain.
ing the Northern and Southern States
IN the same Confcderacy and although
unsuccessful in its recent attempt to
establish its independence, the South
may, at no distant period, obtain,
as the result of an amicable arrange.
ment, that separate political existence
to secure which thousands of human
lives have been sacrificed in vain. In
any event, however the people Of the
Southern States do well to accept their
present lot with resignation, and are
wise in endeavoring, by such consti
tutona means as are afforded to them,
to secure respect and consideration al
the hands of their former foes.
Neto York Herald.
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b JACKSON, Aug. 22.;--l'he State Con.
vention to-day passedan ordinance declar.
ing nnlland void the ordinance of Sc.
cession, and repeating all ordinances en-
acted by the Convention ofl86l, except
the revenue ordinance. which is left for
the action of the Legislature, No
other business ofimpprtanco was trsns.
acted. G
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A Washington dispatch to the N. Y.
Times, dated 22d, says:
The sentiments Of Governor Perry. as
expressed in his latest speech at Green.
vile, s. G., quoted and commended in
this mornings Times, are the same that
he expressed to the President when here,
accompanied by the assurance that the
reforms in the political condition Of
South Carolir would be accomplished
at an early day. He also expressed tho
same sentiments in public, and they
were quoted in this correspondence at
the time. & q 3 .535,g
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MEETING ExTRAoRDINARy.- Upon
the testimony of an old citizen who was
preseBt, we have to report the proceed.
ings OF very extraordinary meeting of
negroes which took place on Sunday,
near this city, in the direction of Dog
River. Nine hundred of them assem-.
bled to consider their condition, their
rights and duties under the new state of
existence upon which they have been
so suddenly launched, Our informant
was surprised at the hard, practical
sense, and moderation of tone with
which, the spokesman of the meeting
urged. their views. After long and
careful deliberations. this meeting re.
solved " vote of seven hundred
voices to two hundred, that they had
made a practical trial tor three months OF
the freedom which the war had be.
queathed to them--that it's realities
were far from being so hattering as their
imagination had painted it--that tt ,y
had discovered that the prejudices Of
color were by no means confined to the
people of the South but, on the contra
ry, it was stronger and more marked
against them IN the strangers from the
North, than in the home people of the
South, among whom they had been
reared that negroes, no more than white
men, could live without work. or be
comfortable without homes that their
Northern deliverers from bondage had
not, as they had expected, and been
| taught to expect, undertaken to provide
tor their happy existence in their new
| state of freedom and that their old
masters had ceased to take any interest
IN them, or have care for them and
finally, that their "last state was worse
than the first" and it was their deliber.
ate conclusion that their true happiness
| and welfare require them to return to
the homes which they had abandoned in
a moment of excitement, and go 10 work
again under their old masters. And so
the resolutions were passed, and at last
accounts the wanderers were packing ND
their little stock Of movable goods, pre-.
paratory to the execution of their sensi.
bic purposes.
Mobile Aaoerttscr, ] 9th inst.
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PRIsoNERs CAPTURED. - Statistics Of
the War Department show that during
the rebellion our armies captured over
300, 900 prisoners Of war, besides parol.
ing about one hundred and sixty thous.
and more ofthe final surrender Of
different rebel armies. These records
are,now undergoing complete cofnpila.
ton, and the facts developed thereby afe
5ofmach interest. - E,xcl.2a4e.
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PARDON REvoKED.--We had occa.
sion day or two ago to express our
qualification at the pardon" OF Alexan.
der Dudley, President ofthe York Riv.
er Railroad, for the. reason thatit opened
the way to resumption of operations on
that important line. We regret now to
have to state that Mr. Dudley has been
required by General Terry, acting, we
presume under instructions from Wash.
lngton, to surrender his pardon. We
have heardno reason stated or surmised.
The event will have an unfortunate
tendency in disquieting others who have
received pardons, and who, doubtless felt
that they could rely on them as final
and irrevocable, 1t is to be regretted,
too. on account of the public work over
which Mr. ID. presides.
Ricimond Times.
We confess to no little surprise at the
foregoing. 1t must, however, be certain
that Mr.. ID had violated the conditions
of his pardon, and not chat his pardon
was revoked because of something going
before it. We had supposed that the
exercise of Executive clemency was
irrevocable. Indeed, that the pardoned
person alone could make null his pardon
by some subsequent misdeed :,
Raleigh Sentinel
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The SURBURBAN CROPS. A short trip
in the country, a day or two ago, afford
ed us an opportunity of seeing and hear
ing something ofcrop results and pros.
poets. We are sorry to conclude that
in the counties of Henrico and Hanover
the corn crop will be, as Tho wheat crop
.was, short. The fine rains of the past
few days are powerless to relieve tic
restricted planting and the inadequate
cultivation. But the fruit crop has been
and is extraordinarily plentiful, and,
with vegetables, has quite recompensed
the truckmen and small farmers for any
loss they may have experienced o1ac.
count of short cereal crops, Throughout
the two. counties named, there is gen.
eral spirit of industry ard enterprise
prevailing. White labor is, to con.
siderable extent, employed upon the
farms, but negro labor is not tabooed,
and would be largely employed fits
reliability could be guaranteed. The
great mass of the labor is being perform.
cd bv the late soldiers of the Confederate
army, many of whom have no homes,
and are dependent upon their daily wages
for their daily bread. Another year
will show this labor thoroughly sys.
tcmatized and sealously employed in
farming operations. --Rtchtnond Whtg.
CHAMP FERGUSON, THU GUERRILLA
-NashoiHe, Aug. l9.--Thc Dispatch
Of this morning contains long and
interesting report of an interview be.
tween the local editor and the noted
guerrilla chieftian Champ Ferguson, now
in this city. The interview was grant.
ed by General Thomas. This is the first
conversation he has had since his arrest,
excepting with his counsel He gives
a complete history ofh his career, and ex.
presses. himself freely on everything
relative to the charges against him. He
denies ever having committed many ol
the acts charged against him. He states
! that those whom he killed were seek.
ing his life, were in arms hunting him
down, and waylaying him. He says
he has never harmed a Federal soldier
in the regular service, though he has
taken many prisoners, He states Iii
could not have been takenin ten years
if he had remained in Clinton county
Ky, his home, >and not surrendered
that he surrendered in good faith as q
regular Confederate officer, not antici
pating prosecution.
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PAapoNs.--Up to this time, twenty.
five thousand petitions for pardon have
been received at the Attorney Generals
Office. Those who, in.the opinionof the
Attorney General, have just claims to
Executive clemency are duly recon-.
mended and forwardtd,to to the President
for his action. It is said, ON the authority
of an officer Of the State Department
t':at the signature of the President has
been affixed to less than one hundred of
the applications received for orapardons;
the number daily announced as pardoned
are simply the names of those recon-.
mended and forwarded from the Office Of
the Acknowledgement. The President
has exercised the utmost caution and
discrimination in the matter OF pardons
and has invariably rejected all applica.
tons unless good and sufficient reasons ]
were produced to show the necessity for
Executive clemency. ~ z. 6
Rtchmo,aa Republic.
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tutional means as are afforded to them,
to secure respect and consideration at
the hands of their former foes.
Neto York .Hcrald.
a well.informed correspondent at
Washington writes us that Jefferson
Davis will be tried before a civil court,
and probably at Richmond, before the
United States Circuit Court there.
We have reason to believe, further,
that the trial of Davis will not be be.
gun until that Of NVirtz' is concluded.
The friends and counsel OF Wirtz hope,
it is said, to clear him, by proving
that he was acting under the authority
and order of Davis and tile rebel Sec.
cretary of War. IT they can produce
satisfactory proofs of this, of course
that would furnish important testi-
mcny for use upon tho trial of Davis.
This and other circumstances are
likely to postpone the trial of Davis
for some months. 1t is probable that
the rebel archives, captured after the
surrender of johnson. and now under
DIR. Lieber's charge at Washington
will be thoroughly examined for docu
mcntary evidence before the trial is
begun. OF course, if Davis is tried
in Richmond, new indictment will
have to be drawn and found by tho
Grand Jury Of that district. At pre-.
sent, he has been indicted only in tho
District of Columbia. The new in.
dic,ment will probably arra,gn him on
other counts than levying war it will
perhaps contain connt charging him
with the slow and deliberate murder Of
prisoners of war.~-Erchange.
-. .~.~----
GENERAL WEBSTER AND THE SoUTH.
ERN RAlLRoADs.-The press of New
Orleans are jubilant over the arrival of
Brigadier General James d. Webster,
Chief of Major General Sherman's staff.
General Webster is on tour of in.
spection OF the condition of the Soutlf
ern railroads. His orders from Wash.
ington are to report, if possible, 'ths cost
OF placing them in running order. In
referring to this the True Delta has the
following: This mission is supposed to
be preparatory'to an offer of sufficient
aid of the Government to restore roads
to operation at the earliest possible
moment. This would be an act of noble
generosity on the part of the Government
ana at the same time one by which the
whole country would largely profit.
Speedy and safe means Of inter.com.
municanon are absolutely necessary for
the revival of business prosperity in the
South, and upon this prosporitya great
deal of the success ofthe North is depen.
dent; and the era Of restored harmony
and good feeling will also be hastened by
the same means. Ndr is this all the
benefit the nation may derive hv assist.
ling to reat and repair the. Southern rail,
roads. In case ofwar with the French
I'm Mexco--an event by no means i'm,
! probable, or one against which the
feelings Of the "A American people would
4 rebel every line of railway in the Soutl,
would be needed for the transportation
of men, supplies and munitions of war,
70 the Atlantic Gulfposts and President
tJohnson is too Yfarssighted not TO have 4
Thought Of this momentons fact. We
fatgsain say that General Webster & Is 4
highly impotant mission. ri
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About thirty paroled Cohfederates
.haye arrived at ST. Lionis, and reported
that they had been forcibly prevented
fron ing at their homes in Jackson
county, Mos W !.
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> "A SMuaGLER's DoGE.--'rhe treasury
department at Washington has received
information that several buildipgsbaye
been erected directly on athe boundary
line between ,Vermont and Canada.
wbsse smuggling is carried ON At a brisk
rate, the .bonses being sitnated all on
the 4Canada side and halfon the Yer.
mont side ofthe lines that goods can
be taken in al the front dor in Canada.
and out attsIIiis aitttsIIiis back cl into tie United
States, without paving duties. This
dodgei is to be squglched immediately.
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Noman in Virginia, however popular
and able 'shonld become q candidate for
Congress, unless he feels assured that he
can find ready admission into Congress.
This, zoe hnog, no original Secessionist
or prominent Confederate officer can do.
The perlls which environ lis require that
we should speak upon this'subject in the
plainest possible language, and We have
tried to do so.---Richmond Times.
The same may be said Of other South.
ern States. However much a majority
of the people might prefer "Confed.
crate officer" or ''secessionist," we think
it would be a waste of time to elect such
at present. - Charlotte N. G. Democrat.