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The Placer herald., 1866-09-29
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The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

OBJ FRATERS1Ty.-A gentleman travelling
through Me- kIenburg about thirty years ago
was witness to the following curious circum-
stance in the pos,-house at New Stargard:-
"Atrtr dinner the landlord placed on the
floor large dish of soup. and gave loud
whistle. Immediately there came into the
room masllff, a fine Angora cat, an old ra
ven, and a remarkably large rat with bell
about its neck. These four animals went TO
the dish, and without disturbing each other,
fed together; after which the dog. cat and
rat lay before the fire, while the raven hop
pad about the ROOM"
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

CoNTITUTIoNAL AMENDMENTS IN New
IlAMpsHIRE.- The people Of New IIamp
Shire will vote in October for members of
State Convention to assemble in November,
for the purpose Of re,siug the Constitution
Of the State. One of the principal duties of
the Convention will be to determine whether
soldiers, when upon duty out Of the State,
shall be allowed to vote. Another matter
to be considered 10y the new Convention,
and most important one, is the abolition
Of that part Of the Constitution which eslab
Iishes religious test. Ia New Hampshire
no Catholic is eligible to be Governor or
member Of the Legislature. a singular pro
hibtion in I constitution which processes to
be democratic and liberal, and which is
traceabe to strong infusion of the Scotch
Irish element among the original settlers.
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

TuIEvlNG ON A LARGE SCALE "A recen,
telgram from New York, makes the follow
ing know wledgmeni:
The Evening Post. It September ll,b
says, one OF the most supendous frauds on
the Government, that ever came to light has
been discovered in Brooklyn, and involves
The contractors for supplies at a very low
bid, they having previously entered into an
agreement with the Government officials at
the Nvy Yard to superin,cul the delivery of
the goods, BY which they would get receipts
or three or four times the amount delivered.
and get pay for them. In this way, for the
last three or four years The Government has
been Gefrauded of over 81 900 900. The
Information WAS givenby one Of the parties
implicated, who TUNED States evidence
The case Is now undergoing invesli .alion.
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

There is now in Paris Signor Muratori
who iprofesses TO make any description Of
clothing shot.proof. The results of bis
invention are said to he almost miraculous
A tbinljacket, weighing only two pounds.
which bad been previously prepared by him
is reported to have successfully resisted
Mimic ball fred from rifle
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

SOMEBODY has been making curious cacu
Iations about the large wheat crop of Illinois,
in 1865, and finds that if made into Johnny
cake it would feed the population Of the
world for two days; and to store the wheat
would require crib feet high by s feet wide,
allowing l.2 feet TO busbe!, 3,276 miles
in length. reaching from Passamaquoddy
Bay TO San Francisco, and good share OF
the distance back. f.....o. ..
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29
The P.under of Sherman's March.


gigantic army spreads in its hostile march
through country, even under the discipline
Of the most conscientious and elevated lead
ership. The southern people. through whose
states the c, lrssaI march of Sherman carried
its inevitable calamilies Of fire and death,
with all The crimes and denominations which
ugly passion in such masses Of men engenders
are much condemned by their conquerors,
for the bitter denuncaions which they have
sometimes invoked, while smaring under
their cslamities, upon the Northern people.
We lave, on the contrary. often wondered
their patience and their silence, and especi
ally have we thus felt as often as specimens
Of The trophies SO abounding in this city.
brought hilher by Sher'nsn's returning
victorious troops, have fallen under our
observation.
We have been led 10 these reflections by
what has recently fallen to our notice.
One soldier showed us. not long since, a
very elegant lady's gold watch, with a fine
heavy gold chain and rich ornaments, that
came from near Columbia. South Carolina.
The plundering soldiers rushed into fine
residence as they passed, and in chamber,
from which a young lady had just in terror
fed, this watch and chain were lying upon
The dressing table.
At the aucioneer establishment and loan
office Of VIM. Smith & Co.. No. SOP Ninth
street, near the avenue, in this city, may be
seen fremans trumpet, some foot and r
half or more in length, Of solid silver upon
which are the following inscriptions: -
presidents Of the IndependenttFire Engine
Company: George Kerr December 2l. ls36,
p. Bpyce, Dec:lo, 1887; VIM. Cunningham.
Dec II, 1888; VIM. B. Stanley. December
II, 1889; |. |. Ma key, December 10, ls46;
John NJ Krnzie, December Is, 1851; |. |.
Markey. Decemper l6, 1856" Presented
to the Independent Fire Engine Company,
Of Columbia, South Carolina, by the Eagle
B. G. Company, of Charleston, South Caro- J.
ma, November lG, 1858.
This trumpet was put in pawn at Messrs.
Smith & Cos establishment by one OF Sher-
ma"s soldiers, who had a Munchausen story
Of fsrce encounter with the rebels eonner,
ted with its capture in tae streets of Colun-
tia. Al The same store may be seen also 40
ancient pair of gold spec'acles, in heavy
silver case, brought likewise 10y a soldier from
Columbia. The name upon each of the na',
heavy bows near the glasses, is, u. Rain. '
They are evidently Of ancient German
manufacture. At the same place is also
large. heavy silver seal, belonging, as
the soldier said. down in Virginia. 1t is
the property OF sons ASSOCIATION, which
will no douIt be glad to find il, and we
understood Mr.. Smith that he would be very
glad to surrender it 10 the owHers without
compensation. The following is the hand
some ly"ut ioscri p,ion: "As,rea Lodge, No.
S5. HoncstaS ct uirtns"- honesty and va or,
curious motto for ,hieving soldier to be
bearing about upon one OF his stolen lro
phies The seal bears the fignre of Justice
holding up the scales. There is no positive
evidence on it to identify it as belonging
either to Masonic or an Old Fellows
lodge, but i, belongs undoubtedly to one or
the other Of these fralernliies.
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

THE New York Evening Post (Rspublican)
is alarmed at the course of its ;parly leaders.
and says, "they will make sf the Federal
Government flhey have their way. as over
shadowng and al-devouring monster a.
he Government of Napoleon in France!" this
is the reluctant confession of paper which
gave its powerful aid to placing these sama
men in the positions they occupy.
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

The shor! session of this Congress will
commence on the lst Monday in Decem-
ber and end on the 4th Of March. 1867
making ninety days. For this length of SER
vice the Republican Congress have voted
they shall have S.. 600. (which makes their
compensation per day little over fhy6ve
dollars and baIf. Comfortable wages these
dull times. ioiS na1'sn
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

TIE. Hlonrs OF NATURALIzED CITIZENS IN
The LAND OF THEIR BlRrH-SrArEMsNT OF
SECRETARY SEWARD - A dispatch from
Nashville, Tenn, SAYS:
correspondence has taken place between
the Secelary OF Stare and lawyer Of this
city. about the rights Of naiuralizel citizens
Of the United States in foreign countries
Mr.. Seward replies that the suj j-ct of the
right ofnaluralized citizens of The United
States to exemption from military proscrp
ton in countries Of their birth is the sui ject
of correspondence. Until some agreement
upon princi pies On the subject has been ar
rived at, the ouly thing the United States
Government can do in the way Of inierposlion
is to direct its diplomatic agents TO exert
their good offices in such eases when they
occur France is the exception to this condi
lion Of things, and it is only necessary for
Frenchman, who has been fully nalurazed in
the United States, on his return to France TO
report al once to the project of his district in
which bis name is enrolled, producing his
evidence of ma ionall,y, and ask to have his
uame erased from the consc,ipiion list. when,
according to the laws Of France, he is exempt
from military service.
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

THE adopted ciizens in Massachusetts are
after Henry Wilson with a sharp stick.
Since his Iate>fpeech demanding imnedi.
ate ne .ro suffrage. ihs is,very often reminded
that in 1854 hs- stood in the same place and
insisted that no European immigrant should
vote until be had lived there twenty one
years. and that be should never be eligible
TO office.
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

WERE you guarded in your conduct while
in New York;" said father to bis son who
bad Just returned from bis visit TO the oity.
Yes, Sir, part Of the time BY two policsmsn.'
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

"The rebels have carried KentucKv,"
shout the Radical dsnnion papers. The
Springfield Republican. one Of the oldest and
most talented Repub lean journals in the
country, don't see it in that light" 1t says:
"Both parties were committed to the Presi-
dent and his policy The only thing indicated
by the result is that Kentucky is unanimously
with the President. There is no Republican
party in the State. The large majority for
Duvall will be interpreted to mean that
Kentucky is disoyal; but this is a strained
and unfair conclusion"
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29

THE agent ofrthe Freedman's Bureau, in
Annapolis. lately applied to Gen. Howard for
troops to aid hiM in enforcing the Civil
Rights Bill. on the plea that the ofirers of
the civil law did not punish the white people
severely enough for their offences towards the
n. croes. General Howard applied to Gen.
Anger, and he referred the case 10 Gen. Grant.
who declined. on the ground that Maryland
had not seeded, and the military law was
not applicable to her citizens.
The Placer herald., 1866-09-29
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The Placer herald., 1866-09-29
LAW CARDS.
JON Mt. CANNON,

Attorney and Counsellor Law,
LINCOLN, PLACER COUNTY. CALF FORNlA
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w adjoining counties. All businessintrused
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The Placer herald., 1866-09-29
Good News from Montana.

We have before us the Montana Democrat
of September 9Th. from which we extract
the following cheering news:
Montana all rights 900 Majority Rqdi.
coliSm Ertinguished.
At the recent election the Democracy
have swept The Territory, and the maj
will not be less lhan TWO THOUSAND.
The policy of the President is sustained and
Congress rehuked. The Legislature will
star.d about as follows,
Council il-Democrais II; Radicals. House
Of Representatives s-Denocrats. %; Radi
Gals 6. A Democratic majority Of 27 in
the Legislature.
This is triumph Of the people over the
Federal officers, who endeavored to deprive
the people Of the right to elect Lpgisla
lure. 1t is, also, an endorsement Of the pol.
icy Of President johnson. and rebuke to
Radicals. We are oratifvd TO send this
good news to our friends in lhetSates, .who
wli be called on soon to vote on the policy
Of the Presi lent The Democrats and Con-
servatives of Montana rdaIIy endorse the
p, licy Of Andrew Johnson in desiring that
laws shall be passed i,y the Representatives
of 80 States, instead of "a. The policy of
Andrew Johnson is, that representation
Should 90 With taxalion. Montana agrees
with him The Radicals here in Montana,
aS in the ats. pronounce the President a
traitor, whist HE true men here and else
where, regatd him as a patriot. We hope
to chronicle responses to the vote of Mon
fana on Monday last. in all the elections
held in the States this fall! Mon,ana'and
Idaho have pronounced IN favor OF al full
restoration Of all the rights and privileges
guaranteed 10y the Constitution. and will
>tand bv Andrew johnson in his Efforts to
maintain the rights and liberties Of the
American peop'e.
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
The Trouble at New Madrid, Mo.


a day or two since, says the. Memphis Ar
gus, we mentioned some serious troubles at
New Madrid. Yesterday we. received a let
ter from a well known gentleman of this
city, who has been there on a visit, contain
ing full particulars Of the affair. It seems
that portion of the negro population, mad
dened by the killing Of one Of their number
by an ex-United States soldier had formed
q conspiracy to murder all the whites in the
town. The plot was fortunately discovered
in time to prevent the massacre, and the
lives Of the leading conspiratorsl were for
feited to appease the wrath of the infuriated
pOpulace. The letter is given below:
NEW AIADR1D No. March Il, 1866.
+ EDITORS ARGUs-H Gu have already heard,
perhaps, of the insurrection plotted and par
italy carried into effect by the negroes. at
New Madrid, on last Saturday night 1t ap-
pears that discharged Federal soldier killed
u negro in an affray near New Madrid, on the
Sunday before, for which the negroes swore
they would have revenge. HOne named Dan
gerfeld headed plot, notifying thirty-fye
others to meet on Saturday night, to sack
New Madrid, kill all the whites and rob the
houses. Only Dangerfeld and two others
came up to time, and not to be disappointed,
they commenced firing into the houses, hop
ing to get the citizens out to shoot them.
They found one man in the streets and fred
several shots at him. Several shots were
fired at a young lady who was in. the act Of
kneeling to pray; one ball passing immedi-
ately above her head as she knelt below the
range of the1WindOyy. Several other houses
were fired into, when the citizens, having
been aroused, arrested one of the negroes,
and he readily confessed his part and point
ed out the others. On Sunday about two
hundred citizens gathered, hung one of the
captured negroes and shot the other two.
The citizens believe the negroes generally
knew of the matter beforehand, and say that
if one white person had been killed, not q
Negro should have been left alive. The
mother of one of the cOnspiratOrs had been
making inquiries of some neighbOFing white
families about what rooms they sleptin No
further arrests have been made, though some
bad characters that have left are being
SedFcHeU Iora - a. ~ II; II; u l.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
Moss

you first fell in love with ,0he another, you
would probably hare heenth happieste coup
le alive. The Miss Purple Of 1856 was
quite different from the Miss Purple of 1866,
and Mrs Brown would have been an iu
proyement on either So with the gentle
man-Mr. Brown, absorbed in his own sell
fshness, is by no means the same frank
young fellow that went courting in 1856
We alter, but we don't always improve.
Therefore we say again, there is a dread
ful fallacy Ia all the arguments adduced by
those who are in favor of long engagements.
If you are honestly and earnestly in love,
yOu should put the sign and seal Of parson
and wedding-ring on it as soon as possible
Where Is the use Of delay Life is not long
enough to spend IN fruitless deliberation. If
you are poor and fIiendless, can not two
fight the battle, hand in hand, with a far bet
ter chance of victory II you are weak
hearted, borrow strength from Gods benef-
cenee, But, unless you are predetermined
to be miserable, don't let the spring time Of
your life 60 by while you are vilinly waiting
for an opportunity" Make the 0ppor-
tunity for yourself or take it, and stand
your chance bravely like the restef the
world.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

THE FAsH1oNs. New York Tribune
has the following concerning the spring
modes
Suits will be worn this spring as much as
ever That is, dress, cloak and bonnet Of
the same color, if not of the same material.
It is a quiet, lady-ike and useful fashion,
adapting one set of garments for the street,
and preserving all others from its defiie-
ments. The short pettieoats and lOoped
frocks arc still the mode.
For the house almost all dresses are cus
gored. While hoops are popular. no other
method insures graceful folds to the drapcry,
and it Is economical as well.
Flounces are again fashionable, one deep
being considered most stylish. skirts in
tunic form, very long behind, are much
worn and the premeditated extravagnce Of
double skirts threatens to be popular
Round waists are much more worn than
points, the belt matching the trimming in
hue. Fanciful jackets for neglige, Of velvet
silk or alpacas, very jaunty and pretty, have
the most secure hold on fashionable protee-
ton. Sleeves are still very small, shaped at
the elbow, and permitting only the narrow
est undersleeve. Narrow collars, and deep
cuffs in linen, and deeply pointed collars in
lace, arc the rule.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
The Foundation Of a Home.


Low lHany mistaken ideas are there as fs
what constitutes home Home Is 4 wo4d
OF our language sadly misnsed It is often
spoken, but seldom IN Its true sense. In lis
false Interpretation It includes every nIace
where human beings are passing their lives.
The thatshed cottage Of the peasant; the
rough log cabin Of the cioneeri the house
Of poverty with It's broken window panes.
through which the winter blasts whsle tkg
white walled frame Of the farmer; the eapa.
csOAs brick of the merchant; the Eornies.g
and portie0ed mansion OF. tho -ns;llienairg4s
and the golden laid palace Of ske king, all
are eiassed ss bono. That they, are pia
ces where many arc passing their lives we
well know, but h0w many of them are homes
IN the true sense Of that sacred word
There IS a wide difference between n
home and ' residence One. IS heay-
en- upon earth. the other wel nigh pande-
mouium. Love and conteutment make a
home. These 9re It's guardian, angels
While they hover around It's walls It is n
home IN reality as well as IN name. When
thsy take their flight there is sad change
In the. crowded thoroughfare, in. the conn
try village, by the wayside, on every Hand
hundred timss aIrnost each dag, we hear
the expression ~i.st Us GO home" Alas 8
hew few of you have the homes Of which
you speak. ~ 4. s.s as.-a f.sz,nse
u on are q wife That white cottage,
with its neat garden fence, its green and
well trained shrubbery, its rich and fra-
grant flowers, with their scented leaves
sprinkled thiekly along. the pared walk
that place so beautiful to look upon, Is
yours, with but one shareF, your husband
Is the scene as fair. asI& beautiful tolOek
upon within its walls Is the angel Love a.
guardian there2 Is there faith and conf
denee existing between Its inmates ever .uIi,-
shaken? If there is, then that eottake is d
home, and. better live in such than benea5lfa
a tapestry Of gold, where the household Rn=f
gels Love and GoRtentment keep. no vigil
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
. q Great lExample.

Me have q great example in the Savior.
Would any one knew how TO liYe les hiui
turn to Christ's history and let him learn
there. Sec how he lived devoted to the glory
of God and the good Of men how be made it
his meat and nrini1 to do his Fathers will,
and also ireEerenced and obeyedf fhis parents
how he honOred the Sabbath day and kept
the whole law of God how, neither envious
of the rich nor ambitious to rise above his
circumstances, he submitted to a humble lot,
and patiently endured its trials how be bore
n lifelong humiliation with eontentment.
and his few brief honOrs with humility
how he cherished his friends, and forgayc
his bitteFest enemies how, gently FebukiHg
the bad, md kindly raising the fallen, in
struggling the Ignorant helping the weak,
shielding the oppressed, plying all that
sorrOwed, relieveing all that suffered, loving
all that lived, he lived for others not for him
self AS n weaver on his loom working the
beautiful flowers Of q pattern into his web,
let US by Gods gracious hOlp try to weave .
copy of Christs life into the body of our
own. Men of God, for you no better shield
against temptation, or stouter buckler In
batle-dayI no better curb to pull us up on
the edge of sin, nor sharper spur to urge us
onward In the path Of duty than a constant
imitation of Christ-the habit Of bringing
all our conduct to this holy test Haa
Christ been in our circumstances, how
would he have acted Would he have felt,
would he have spoken, would he have acted
as we are deing The Spirit helping as, we
shall thus become living epistles of Jesus
Christ, seen, read Of all men-true followers
Of Him whose history is summed up IN this
brief but weighty sentence lie went
about doing good" With aims no less lofty,
let Ills holy, beautiful, benefcent life be the
model Of ours and its motto-nobler than
any ever emblazoned on banners Of silk, ia
letters Of gold, and borne before the great
est kings-this :; To ME- To LIVE IS CHRIST,
ASD TO DIE Is GAIN