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in their dreadful results. At Montgomery,
as at Atlanta, we met Treasury Agent,
who was opposed to immediate reunion,
and warmly in favor Of a territorial condi,
ton for the Southern States. He mention.
cd incidentally that he had sonin.Iaw in
New Hampshire who would make 40 esce-
lent Provisional Governor, and cousin
who would do for territorial delegate to
Congress. Above all things, be hoped Con-
gress would not listen to the hypocri,ical
cries of Alabama loyalty. He assured US
that there was no loyalty in the State, ex-
cept in bis Office, and said it would be base
injustice to supersede him till he had finished
the making Of 100000.
We next proceeded to Charleston, South
Carolina. Here We had a long interview
with northern gentleman whom We knew
to be in every way reliable. He had re-
sponded to bis country's call. in the early
days Of the war. with a sutler wagon foil
Of Yankee notions, and had been unvarying
in his devotion to the cause ever since, ex.
cept at intervals when Gen. Gran: had or
dered suffers to the rear. Since The cessa-
ton Of armed hostility he had been down
South to see what could be done in the way
Of buying southern lands. He had found the
people Of South Carolina so rebellious at
heart as to refuse to sell their plantations
for twenty cents an acre in Federal currency.
lie convinced US that an armed force ought
TO be kept in Cbarlest for many years to
come. and that he ought to be appointed
sutler, as he had much experience in the
business. lie found in this hot-bed Of seces,
sion and cradle Of rebellion a decided pre-.
ference for gray over blue, which extended
i,sfelf even to the ladies' pe,ticoats, many Of
which your committe carefully exsmned.-
II is proper to state that the articles thus
scrutinized were hanging on line to dry
and had no ladies' in them.
Your committee next visited Savannah,
where they found disloyal,y mapiesting it.
self unmislakab'y on all sides. We met an
agent Of the Freedmen's Bureau, who gave
it as his opinion that the war was only half
over, and that unless the powers Of the Bu-
rsau we're enlarged so as to give him control
Of all the cotton exported from Savannah,
the glorious emblem OF our national liberty
would not Aoat unmolested very long. He
had not been invited to a single tea party,
though be had lived in Savannah for a year,
while returned Confederates were cordially
greeted by brothers, sisters, mothers and
sweethearts. lie himself had been on init.
mate terms with young lady who repre-,
sented many thousand bales Of cot,oo, but
Of late a one armed rebel had come home,
aud he Of the F. B. had been discarded in
favor of him who had raised bis parricidal
hand against the old flag. Here was prefer.
msnt for services rendered to the rebel cause,
and there are many such cases which your
committee regret 10 find Gen. Grant has
omitted entirely.
"Your committee do not deem It neces.
sary to 60 into further particulars to show
that the spiri, which animated the rebellion
still exists 10 the South, and that the time
has not yet come for the re- admission Of the
Southern States to the Union.
"THADDEus d Co."
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A loyal Foreign Miners Tax Collectr r
in CaIaverss county, with four hundred and
fifty Chinese miners in his district, returned
six dollars to the treasury as the result Of
bis sale Of Licenses. A Copperhead journal
has the bardihood to suggest that there is
something irregular 10 the business. We
think it entirely regular, perfectly consistent, t,
and thoroughly loyal.
The Placer herald., 1866-02-17

A CHAxoE.-Ths vet aud drsary weather
has been succeeded by number Of warm
pleasant day., that are very 'priug'like 10
.smpssasure-giving vigorous growth to veg.
sta.ioo, Is we'll - drying up the bad roads
Frui. buds are swelling rapidly, and fen
days continuance Of this weather will show
fruit trees ia full bloom.
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TAQAAS BoYCE: North East corner Of Mont
gc6&Ht and Warrington streets, San Francisco,
10 authorised to solicit advertisements and sub.
ecriptons in that city for the Herald, and receipt
for the same.
~. KNOWLTON / CO., Advertising Agents,
North.EAst corner Of Montgomery and California
streets, are authorised 10 solicit advertisements
and subscriptions for the Placer Herald, and re-
oeips for the nme.
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saov y asanis Chy u reported six i.ss
deep. - !, ]. 80
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influential Republican paper Of wide circula.
ton, says: "lhe policy of Charles Sumner
aud Thad. Stephens, which the Radicals are
all braying it is treason to oppose, comes to
this-,bst in the States lately in rebellion
that the whites shall be disfranchised and
the blacks enfrancbised; that these States
shall not be admitted to the privileges of
the Union until their governing class is
black. This is the actual issne, and every
mon who has the least seIGrespsct ought to
denounce at"
A GOVERNMENT CUSTOMS COLLECTOR Rob.
BED.-Mr. Adams, Collector af Customs for
the District Of Oregon, WAS among the pas
sengers on the steamship Oregon from Poru
land last Saturday. He was robbed Of $780,
900 on the way down 10 a very mysterious
manner. The cash was in trunk in Mr..
Adams stateroom. He says be did not lose
sight Of that trunk but once. and that was
while he was writing letter to bis wife at
the Purser's desk. He did not miss the mon.
ey till he got off the ship in this city. When
be opened the trunk and found that he had
been robbed, be at once informed the police;
but he was day after the fair-the thief had
escaped with his booty. Such case Of
downright careessness rarely occurs. To
most people it will seem strange that the
money WAS not placed in the ships safe.
Mr.. Adams has capital excuse for not do
ing so-the Purser WAS "disloysl." What
ridiculous subterfuge!
Major Hensley's will leaves $3.50, 900.
He gves onshalf to bis widow, and the 9th
er half he divides between the two children.
They are not 10 get it till the daughter is 25
years old.
About sixty soldiers. who fell at Balls
Bluff, have been rs inferred in q National
Cemetery At that place. under the direction
OF Captain Moore, Acting Qnartermastsr.
Proceedings Of tho Board Of Supervisors.
Friday, Feb. 9th.-1hs Board completed
the drawing Of the Grand and Trial Jurors
for the ensuing year.
Saturday. Feb. lO,h.-BilIs allowed TO tho
amount Of $3.50 40.
Nelson Peterson appointed Constable Of
Township No. 2, to 6II vacancy.
WIN. Q. Knight appointed Justice Of The
Peace Of Township No. s, to fIl vacancy.
James A. WardIow appointed Justice Of
the Peace Of Township No. 9, to gil vacancy.
SoIon N. Stevens appointed Public Ad.
ministrator vice Russell, deceased.
Monday, Feb. l2.-BiIls allowed to the
amount Of $2,S77,5S.
Richard Fuller granted license 10 keep
toll bridge across Auburn Ravins.
Keeper Of the County Hospital granted
two months leave Of absence from the lst Of
next March, provided the services Of Dr.. Fa-
gan or some other oompstsnt Physician are
secured.
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Y,
leaving hcr q widow of handsome estate.
The young gentleman desirous Of matri-
mony. and plantations, pressed bis suit, and
was progressing, as be thought most favora
bly, when one evening the widow told him
at tea party, in the presence OF large
number OF people, that she'd rather be bur.
led alive than marry Yankee" The patri.
OF school-teachsr no longer piled the rod OF
chastise,neut over refractory freedmen.-
The star Of his hope has gone down, and he
has gone back to Boston, = wreck Of bis for,
mer SELF
"Your committee went to Mont tpomery,
Alabama, where, as At Richmond, tue color.
Cd citizens focked to meet Us, and We'd with
each other for the carrying Of our baggage
We paid them fifty cents q carpet sack
from the depot, and they were enthusiastic
ia their demonstrations Of loyalty, in rsceiv
iog the currency from us. In this city evi.
dences Of disloyalty met us on every hand
A Vermont missionary had been insu!ted a
few days before our arrival for attempting to
introduce John Browns Body and Wen
bang JEFF Davis on Sour Apple Tree,' a.
Sabbath school hymns. A hop bad just ta.
ken place 1t the leading hotel, to which
whites we're only invited, and from which
the freedmen we're excluded on account OF
color. The consequence was 40 Indignation
meeting among the freedmen, at which equal
rights we're demanded. A repetition Of balls
and hops exclusively white 10 their character.
will lead to Jamaica insurreclions and Hav.
ten rsosllion' nsgni6sd thousand times
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Because we may be ready to forgive
our enemies, are we required to for
get our friends ! Does mercy to trai.
tors necessitate yengence upon pat
riOtsy BY all means let us rot be
more than Just toward the rebeliious
men of the South: but let us not
beless than Just toward the loyalists.
Our hearts cannot but respond sym
pathetically to these our long-suffer-
ing fellow countrymen. Even as
their call reaches our ear. we are
impelled to assure them that they
shall not cry to us in vain. We are
not unmindful of what they have
already undergone we are not in
different to their present calamities;
and. with them, We have torebodings
painful and gloomy suggested by
/ Memphis. and by New Orleans. and
to he averted in their fultillment,
under God. only by vigilance and
fidelity at the polls i'll the pending
Congressional elections. We, too,
believe there must be controlling
Union majority i'll the Fortieth Con
grcss. and that the new amendment
of the Constitution must he ratified ;
and. with them. we do not doubt
that the acceptance and adoption OF
this amendment will admonlsh ''tral-
tors and their sympathizers that the
mighty power which crushed the re
bellion is still alive. and that those
who attempt to oppose or defy twill
do so ut the risk of their own de
struction.--BOst0p journal.
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a REBEL OUTBURST.-The Rich
mond Examiner vents its spite on
General Miles, who has been rclicy'
cd from Fortress Monroe, in the fol-
lowing bilingsgate:
1--WE bid Miles an allectionate
farewell Goand ncvcrrcturn-coW.
ard, inquisitor, torturcr. cXecutloner.
Malcdictions upon YOU! and may
YOU feel in your own person all the
pain you have inflicted upon the
defenselcss When YOU die may
your carrion be thrown to the dogs
and may they. loathing your we
flesh, leave it to the uniastldlou'
buzzard. You have polluted or AT
and soil too long. Go! Relieve u'
of an offensive object that provoke,
MS to blasphcmy. AS we revere aho
love Jefferson Davis, 80 do We deleIS'
and condemn thee, hateful kite--oo
soonest of birds. Go y
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PARsoN BROwNLOw.-A the
Union Methodist Church this morn
ing, Parson Brownlow delivered a
characteristic address. He is labor
ing under an attack Of palsy. He
said nothing could have " induced
him to attend the Convention in his
present physical condition but the
deep abiding interest he felt in the
cansc of his country, and the fierce
and terrible conflict now going on
btewecn the executive and lcglsla
tive departments of the federal gov
crnmcnt. lfthc President shall sue
cccd. shall conquer in his purpose
all the Southern Unionists and color
ed loyalists will have to leave ant
seek some other abode" lie adds
" So far IA am concerned, | have
fed from the South for the last time
and sought shelter In the mountain
gorgcs Of Tennessee for the las
time. | will sooner expire on a LAM
post under the Capitol OF Tennes
see"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-09-14

ANOTHER ATLANTIC CABLE
Hearts Content, Sept. S.-Slnce Sun
day morning uninterrupted success
has followed the Great Eastern, ana
she laid the shore end of the cable
of 1865 on Saturday evening at 4
o'clock. under salute from the ships
of war in the harbOr and tremen-
dous cheers from large crowd of
enthusiastic spectators. who had as
sembled from all parts to witness
this second triumph of ocean tele,
| graphy. even greater than that OF
July -. The electrical condition OF
this cable is most perfect, and mes
sages are now being sent and recelv'
ed over it.
The Great Eastern arrived at Rem
devious Bay, 65 miles from here,
on Friday evening, where she was
met by Her Majesty's ships Terrible,
Lilly and Marguerite Stevenson,
which accompanied her up the bay.
The night was dark but fine, and
everything Went on smoothly.
The steamer Hawk, with q large
party from st. johns. arrived to day
bringing a deputation from t III
Chamber of Commerce of st. johns
to present congratulatOry addresses
&c.
5 The Great Eastern sails on Sur
/, day for England. The Midway ais
leaves onISunday for the Gulf OF 81
Lawrence with Mpssrs. Cyrus W
Field and "A. NJ. Mackay on boar(
? to lay a second cable from Port a
/. Basque to Aspy Bay. The Medwa
$ is accompanied by the Terrible an
-, Lilly.
" When the shore end of the cab
was brought to the telegraph otii'
immense enthusiasm was NANTES
ed by the people. Messrs. Cannin
No. Clifford and Field We're several
G. seized by the crews from the memo
+, war. aided by civilians, hOisted ov
the heads of the people, and chc'
ed vocitcrously. This evening Il
rs st. Johns deputation were receive
II by the cable people. on board t
" Great Eastern.
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CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR.-Thc
Executive Committee of the Agricul.
tural Fair Ground Company at ST
Johnsbury are making efforts tn
have this fall one of the best fairs
ever held in old Caledonia. Over
5000 are offered in premiums, and
spirited exhibition of fast trottinl
horses is provided for The fair vii
he held ut st. Johnsbury, September
Is, 10, and Goth.
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RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAY
MENTs.-The Economist oflast week
has an article on this subject, from
which we make the following cX.
tract in reply to the argument that
injurious consequences to business
would arise from any present move
ment toward resuming specie pay
mentS:
1t is to he presumed that we
should have no resumption without
the Government giving timely no
tice of its purpose to commence re
deeming its notes. Suppose that on
the first of this month the Secretary
of the Treasury had given public
notice that on and after the LIST of
January, 1867, greenbackS would be
convertible into gold ut the Sub
Treasury, New York, having first
provided an ample reserve of coin
to redeem any amount of notes like
~ to he presented, what would be
the effect upon the premium on
gold!
The price would commence all at
, once to decline, and the fall would
!. steadily continue until grcenback.
appreciated to about par; and tn,
o period of redemption would arriv,
q without any demand upon the Trea
h sury for redemption, beyond wha
might arise from half dozen pan
;. icky individuals, and the countr,
y would find itsel' almost imperccpti
:. bly, gliding into a condition of affair
r. in which gold and greenbacks woul
n circulate as equivalents. What o,
casiOn would there bc in such u pro
=, cess for panic or general injury t
" the community! True, we shoul
~ have within few months Il decliil
- of about forty-tive points in the pr
MUM on gold, which would produt
IL a corresponding change in the price
IL of all commodities and property
&c every kinda course Of affairs vcl
!" embarrassing to business but ;
~ the process would always confer {
!" advantage upon one party, in Il
settlement of obligations. as well
an injury upon the other party, an
he as the same party is alternately pa
III or and paree, there could be no 10
It. in the settlement of transactions q
to cept in those rare eases where q
IRIS party owes debts but has none OWL
or Ia himself.
nd IL is owing to this principle tn
ny We have found ~ little disaster ar
ill ing out of the violent fluctuations
'cr gold during the war. The injury
business arising from q protracti
Of u suspension of specie paymcl
no is infinitely greater than rcsumpti
CIV can possibly prove. The return
nj, specie payments would be acco
led panied with the general revival
ed confidence. with the investment
mi. capital in productive cntcrpris
il. and with removal Of all those q
MS barrassing uncertainties which
mir tend the use Of a currency consta
dc. ~ tiuctuating IN value"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-09-14

BURNING OF THE UNION LEAGUE
BUILDING IN PIuLADELPIIIA.-The
Bulletin of that city gives the follow
ing particulars of the damage by
fire, insurance, SC, on the Union
League building in Philadelphia,
Friday morning:
"The building was completely del
uCed with water. which was neccS-
sarily thrown into the upper part of
| it, and considerable damage was
done thereby. The elegantly frescOcd
ceilings throughout the building are
entirely ruined, but the lower stories
are otherwise in good order. The
costly furniture of the first and sec
ond floors received but little injury
! The furniture in the stewards apart
ments, and in the servants rooms
was totally destroyed. The servants
were all asleep at the time OF thu
fire. and many of them made theil
escape in their night clothes.
The valuable files of newspapers
are entirely lost, but the library es
capped with little or no damage
Everything was thrown into disor
, Ter. but there was no needless de
.ruction. The carpets were takeI
+ up and stored away ut the beginning
i of the summer, and these are Ell
:. tircly safe.
The totalcost of the Union Lcagu
building was about S2OO,OW. Til
u total insurance is Sl20, 900, of whic
l. 500, 900 is on the building, and $50
900 on the furniture. paintings, a.
The latter amount is divided equal
between the following companies
: State Of Pennsylvania, North Anne
o lea. Delaware. Mutual, Metropolis
is New York and Pennsylvania.
n. The loss is roughly estimated
= $4,000, of which S25,OOO is up,
~ the building and $4,000 upon Il
II furniture. &c.
ne There is little doubt of the buil
ID inc having been fred by an incc
nc diary. The fire originated in lar
ho closet in the laundry on the thi
,. floor, used for keeping broom
u buckets, and other household M
sii clcs."
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For the National Opinion.
THE SQUIRREL HUNT AT
STRAFFORD.
ANTIQUITY OF THIS GaME-Trs usE-MoRAL RE
EIIInN.

ANTIQUITY OF THIS GaMK-Irs usE-MoRn RE-
Election.
Games of this nature date back |
to the earliest history of our cOun-
ty-cOeval probably with its first
settlement. The date of which we
are not informed only by tradition.
Paulding in his admirable work, en-
titled, "Old times in the New World
mentions games of this nature which
dates back prior to the settlement OF
New England by our Puritan faith
er's. This game has been followed
up. wear after year, from the dawn
of tho settlement of Virginia down
to the present era. Its uses are
manifold. One in particular is to
rid the country of noxiOus game
that commit depredaticns on the
productions of the farmer. ana Sc
riOusly lessen the stores of sGsten'
ance. The games for the destruction
of those animals injurious to the in
terest of the community, as they
have hitherto been conducted, arr
not in the least Objectionable, bu'
, are rather to be commended. A
game of this nature is ATTENDED
f with much pleasureable excitement
This excitement, pleasure, and re
Taxation, is just what our physica
; and mental system requires.
f There was one feature in tina
Hunt mentioned by your CORES
pondent from STAFFORD, struck m
as being highly reprehensible. II
/, says ITO lie, cheat, and steal wer
5 the order of the day" This shout
Z, not be so. All games of chance shOul
> be based on the strict principles {
! moral rectitude. TO lie, cheat, an
steal in a case of this nature is jus
q as lllutu al NlolttlUll vi thV hhoA"
'. civil and divine law as it would b
e to take property whose value is +
= ceived in dollars and cents.
Young men of Stratford, think
n this, think that you are settinga b;
so example to those younger than 20
" by so doing. Think, that when "
Il arc engaged in a strife Of this /
III tue, to steal your opponents gan
ny has the same moral turpitude
III those acts of theft recognized in o
1o judiciary as petty larceny. Its
GO tluence is even worse. :" Vice to
ST. hated is but to be seen," here it
10. not seen, the participant is imp
lly ceptibly led on to the path Il
Of. leads to ruin. No doubt in the go
,er ~ town OF Stanford where tn
or. young men reside they are char
The terized by IA high moral tone, 9
ed would scorn a mean act, but thou!
the lessly incorporated this wrong
wicked act in their programme.
Hoping all games of this nat
may in the future be cOnduc
uE t,uMfuUy and honestly, without CHI
he ing or stealing, is the sincere wisl
NV. HUNTER
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A woman at Essex Junction who
was boiling some kerosene oil u few
days since. for use in mixing paint,
accidentally ignited it. and burned
herself ~ seriously that she died
the next day. The fire cOnmuni.
Gated to the house and burnid 1t,
with $500 in money. The womall's
father was ~ affected by the affair
that he attempted to commit suicide.
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a Western paper strikes NV ~.
names of two subscribers from IT.
list because they were recently nun
The publisher says he was compe'p",
TO be- severe, because he did W.
know their present address.
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New Hampshire il suffering nm.
der q visitation of squirrels, which
arc pluudering the fields and orch.
ards most disastrouslv.
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Charles Coburn, Esq. of Fairlee,
now in his Send year, voted this year
at Frecmen's Meeting for the six
tieth time-voting every year since
he became of age. Always casting
republican vote, or vote sustain
ing Republican Institutions.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-09-14

Austria IL about to introduce extcn.
sivc reforms in the organization Of
her army.
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week, and lislocated his thumb. and
also the thumb bone near the wrist.
LARCENY.-The granery of Mr..
Phineas Richardson, at the South
Village, was broken open last Friday
night, and oats taken therefrom, 1t
is Judged about ten bushels. 1t APP
pears the thief met with mishap as
he was passing from the granary to
the street. One of his bags seemed
to have broken open and some bush
81 or more oats were left on the
ground. probably too dark to gath
or them up.
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A GooD CoLT.-Mr. Ahncr Clog
stone of this town has Il colt two
years old that deserves notice. This
colt has been stabbed during the sea
son and his feed has been hay and
water alone. lie weighed Septcm-
her 9th 932. lie was sired by the
Morrill, horse "Gcn. Grant owned
by James NJ. Soule. His dam iSono
of the purest blood horses in the
county. was sired by "BriStol Bill
her dam was from the old " Bulrusl
Morgan This colt is characterized
for his beau,y.symmctry and all thos'
points that mark our best thorough
bred horses. We understand that
Mr.. Clogstonc will exhibit him. will
his dam and her ioal ut her side al
The Valley Fair to be holden at Brad
ford the present month.
AccIDEyr.--Mrs. Monroe Abbott
of this town was thrown from {
wagon one day last week near Thct
ford Hill and injured very severely
by breaking her ribs and hy othe
bruises and Commissions. She was tab
IN up insensihlc, and it was though
Mt first had life become extinct. Sh
Ia now in % fair way to recover.
Mr.. Jonathan Kendall was throw
from a wagon Tuesday eve, Of las