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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-11-07

"SHERIDAN' RIDE 1T was Col.
Thomas Colt of Pittsfeld, Mass,
who, as aide, took Sheridan the news
of the fight, which led to his famous
ride. Col. Colt told how General
W fright came breathless snd said, 81
have put the army in order for re-
treat" and Sheridan answered. in
wrath, "Retreat! -! we'll whip
'em yeti" and he told what grand
sight it was when, looking across
Middletown meadows, they saw the
instantaneously reorganized Union
army rush in upon the rebel TANKS
and scatter them like mist, till, has
tening to the scene, they rode over
half a mile strewn thick with dead
and dying men who twenty minutes
before, had shouted "victory;" and
how still it was when at night they
rode back over the field which had
been the scene of such mad strife
and tumult, now only the low groans
of the dying, and the thousands of
white dead faces upturned to the
stars; and how after the victory the
Generals one after another came up
to the little hero, and hugged him,
and wept over him, and lifted him
off from the ground, till he gasped
"Hold enoughw When we hear OF
such men and such deeds, and look
at our own lives, we realize how we
grovel; for an instant, till the werld
comes in, we believe that VIC also
could perform our work heroically.--
Enefor11 11Dne9
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-11-07

wRev. J John Selby Watson, in his
new book on "The Reasoning Power
of Animals" gives as a reason why
dogs howl on Sunday morning when
they hear the church bells ringing,
that ''they know there is no hunting
for them on that day" This may
be so with English dogs, but cannot
apply to American. for the bells
never ring for hunts here. Probably
the American dogs howl because
they know they can't go to church.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-11-07

mo, we will go together-we must
not be separated"
As often as look at my ''hospital
diary" l am reminded OF the woman
who was maid, wife, and widow in
the space Of one day.
The above incident is literal
fact Washington Chronicle.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-11-07

Aw Thurlow Weed writes: ''It is
only in qniet times when the people
select their Presidential nominee
calmly, and because of his fitness, by
education, discipline, experience and
virtues, that such men as Governors
Morton and Mergon, or Senators
Sherman and Fessenden are thought
of. Now, when the times are out of
joint, they must, like stock actors,
give way to stars. -"
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

The TEETH OF A HoRsE.-At Ave years
OF age the horse has 40 teeth-24 molar or
jaw teeth, 12 incsor or front teeth, between
the molars and incisors; but usually want
ing in the mare.
At birth only the two uippers or middle
ncsors appear.
At a year old the incisors are all visible
on the first or milk set.
Before three years, the permanent nip.
pers have come through.
At four years old, the permanent dviders
next to the nppers are cut.
At five the mouth is perfect, the second
set Of teeth having been completed.
At six. the hollow under the nippers call
ed the mark, has disappeared from the nip
pers, and diminished in the dividers.
At seven the mark has disappeared from
the dividers, and the next teeth, or corners,
nre level, though showing the mark.
AT eight the mark has gone from the
corners, and the horse is said to be aged.
After this time, indeed good authorities say
after five years, the age of horse can only
be copjectured. But the teeth gradually
change their form, the iucisors becoming
round, oval and then triangular. Dealers
sometimes bishop the teeth Of old horses;
that is, SCOPE them out TO initiate the mark;
but this can be known by the absence Of the
white edge Of enamel which always SUR
rounds the real mark, by the shape of the
teeth, and other marks Of age about the
animal.-Rural Gentleman.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

WEBSTER ON MILITARY REpuBLIcs.-Ws
commend the following extract from Web.
ser's oration on the completion of. tbe Bunk
er Hill Monument, June 7lh, l843, to the
careful consideration Of all the admirers of the
Sherman bill, and supporters of the Rump.
1t is refreshing 10 think how we'll the Ian
guage Of these old statesmen accord with
ours.
A military republic government founded
on mock elections and supportedlonly by
.he sword, is a movement from the retrogade
and disastrous movement from the regular
and old fashioned monarohial system. If
men would enjoy the blessings Of republican
government they must govern themselves by
reason, by mutual counsel and consultation,
by sense of feeling and general interest.
and by the acquiesceuce of the minority in
the will Of the majority properly expressed;
and above all, the military must be kept,
according to the language of our bill OF
rights, in strict subordination 10 the civil
authorities. Wherever this lesson is not
both learned and prac,ised there can be no
political freedom. Absurd, preposterous il
is, scof and a satire upon free form of
constitutional liberty, for forms of govern.
ment to be prescribed by military leaders,
and the right Of suffrage to be exercised at
the point Of the sword.-(Works, vol. !,
page 90.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

Why BOsTON WENT IN FOR THE LATE
War; A recent correspondence from Boston
to the San Francisco Alta, among other
things says:
Boston and its suburbs have grown rapid
ly since 1860. The city proper, or-peniusnla,
contains 10000 inhabitants, alld the adj ,in
ing towns of Charlestown, Cambridge, Rox
bury Dorchester and East Boston, 100000
more, making an aggregate of $4,000 with.
in four miles of the State House. In a
pecuniary sense. Boston was benefited by
the rebeion.-The great rice in the price
Of manufactured goods, of which vast quan.
titles were stored in this city, put two
hundred millions of dollars into the pockets
of mill and machine shop owners, in the
years 1864. Conversing with a leading
merchant, he said: POLITICALLY, l have op-
posed some of the measures Of the Adminst.
ration during the war, but personally, it
would be godsend to me to have civil
war once in twenty years."
Since the close of the war there has been
decline in the business of Boston compared
with New York. This has alarmed the
capitalists here, and both personal effort and
legislative aid are invoked to check this
tendency, and to strengthen the facilities Of
trade with the West by an improved railway
system, and Of commerce abroad, by establish
ing additional lines of ocean steamers
Boston is not content to be the mere nu-
cleus of the cotton, boot and shoe, and ice
trade"
Let the reader ponder the above and draw
bis own conclusion.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

The Zrespass says: We are informed by
F. A. Tri.tle, Superintendent of the Belcher
Mine, Gold Hill. and an old and thorough
miner, that be has Of late been using gun
cotton, for blasting purposes, in the mines
The drift where the cotton is being used is
800 feet from the surface; the air is very hot,
aud Mr.. Trittle assures US that be finds gun
cotton 10 be much superior to powder, and
for these reasons: it is less dangerous; the
smoke caused by the explosion is neither
offensive nor dsnce, and quickly clears from
The drift; it does more execution; and it also
costs less. These combined advantages
should insure the general adoption.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

WHY BEES Work IN THE DARK.-A life.
time might be spent in investigating the
nv steres bid in bee hive, and still many
of the secrets would he undiscovered. The
formation Of the cell has long been celeb
rated problem for the mathematician, whilst
the changes which the honey undergoes Of
fer at least an equal interest to the chemist.
Eyery one knows what honey fresh from the
comb is like. 1t is clear yellow syrup.
without trace OF solid sugar in it. Upon
s,rainiug, however, it gradually assumes a
orystalliziug appearance-it candies" as
The saying is, and ultimately becomes a solid
lump Of sugar. It has not been suspected
that this change was due to Photographic
action; that the same agent which alters the
molecular arrangement Of the iodine of silver
on the excited coIlodiou plate, and determines
the formation of camphor and iodine crystals
in bottle, causes thesyrup honey to assume
acrystaline form. This, however is the case.
MI. Scbeiber has enclosed honey in stoppered
TASKS, some of which be has kept in perfect
darkness, whilst others have been exposed
to the light. The invariable results have
been that the summed portion rapidly crys>
talizes, whilst that KEEP, in the dark has
remained perfectly liquid. We now see
why bees are SO careful TO work in perfect
darkness, and why they are SO careful to
obscure the glass windows which are some
times placed in their hives. The existence
Of their young depends on the lquidity oI
the saccarine food presented to them, and il
light were allowed access to this syrup i,
would gradually acquire more or less solid
consistency; it would seal up the cells, and
in all probability prove fatal to the inmates
Of the hive.-[CAronicle of Optics.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15
Personal BEAurY-Let the ladies observe

PERSONAL BEAurY-L the ladies observe
the following rules:
In The morning use pure water as a pre-
parato,v ablution; after which they must
abstain from all sudden gusts OF passion,
envy, as that gives the skin salIow paleness.
II may seem tri1ing to talk Of temperance,
yet must this be attended TO, both in eating
and drinking. if they would avoid those
pmples for which the advertised washes are
a cure. Instead Of rough, let them use
moderate exercise. which will raise natural
bloom in their check, inimitable by art.
Ingenious csndor, and unaffected good hu.
NOR, will give an openness TO their connten-
ance that will make them universally agreea.
BILE. A desire ofpleasing viii add fire to their
eyes, and breathing the morning air at sun.
rise will give their lips vermllion hue.
That amiabe vivacity which they now possess
may be happily heightened and preserved, il
they avoid late hours and reading by candle.
light; for the first gives the face drowsy,
dissgreeable aspect, the second is fruitful
source Of weak eyes and sallow complexion.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15
LAW OF newspapers.

7. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to The contrary, are considered as wishing to
continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers wish their papers discontln, n
ued. publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid. ..,.o
their napers from the office or place to which
they arc sent, they are held responsible until they
settle their bills and give due notice to dlscon-
tinue. .n
l. If subscribers move to other places with
out informing the publisher, and the paper is
sent to the former direction, they are heid re-
sponsblc. Notice should always be given of the
removal.
s. The Courts have decided, that refusing to
take a paper from the Office, or removing aud
leaving it uncalled for, is prima iacia evidence
Of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

How TO HAVE MEALY PorAToEs.-Pare
the raw potatoes and let them stand an hour
or 80 10 a basin Of water to which pinch OF
sal. has been added. Boil quickly, when
done drain off The water carefully, and re-
place The potatoes upon the stove in the
same vessel 10 which they were cooked, to
dry for five or ten minutes. When ready to
serve, take each po,atoe and squeeze it gen
tly-but not enough to destroy the form =
10 dry napkin, and place Immediately on
the table. The squeezing in the napkin
takes out, all The water and leaves The pota.
toes that were before wet and heavy, dry,
mealy and delicious,
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

INDIAN TRouBLEs.-There appears to be
no doubt that the hostilities on the plains is
the commencement ofa great Indian war.
Alarmed at the encroachments OF the whites,
the savages appear to have combined to drive
them back from their hunting grounds
They seem to bave particular dread Of the
railroad, and their efforts are directed to pre-.
venting its construction. The poor Indians
begin TO realize the fate in store for them.
They are being bemmed 10, pushed back,
and crowded out, and they see they must
eventually become extiuguisbed by the whites.
We anticipate the most extensive Indian war
that probably has ever occurred. The result
is not doubtful, but we regret The necessity.
Many more million dollars will be added TO
the public debt Vanguard.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15
NUMBER AZ.

Coal DISCOVERY IN ALAMEDA County,
Mr.. John s. Royal has recently made what
bids fair to be a valuable coal discovery in
Corral Hallow, in township three east and
three south from Mount Diablo meridian.
The coal was discovered at point 10 a raw
inc near where the late rains had washed out
the earth some thirty feet deep. Mr.. Royal
assures US that the vein is fully eight feet
thick. Being near the surface, it is, Of course,
very much decomposed, and shows the un.
changed coal only in thin seams, one Of which,
however. is some six or eigh. inches thick.
The character of the samples brought in gives
evidence Of most promising vein, and its
position is such that it will require but q
small amount of capital to develop it. 1t
is convenient Of access by an excellent road
already constructed TO the San Joaquin River,
while the line of the Pacific Railroad from
San Jose to Stockton is located within four
miles of the mine. Coal has been known TO
exist in this vicinity for several years past,
and several hundred tons have been brought
from thence to this city. 1t is a portion of
the Mount Diablo coal bed, but has been
elevated by an east and west up throw. It
is evidently Of very superior quality, con.
tanning less sulphur and more bituminous
matter than most of the Mount Diablo Goals.
The discovery is certainly most promising
one, and we'll worth the attention Of capital.
lists, whose assistance is needed for its devel.
opment. Mining and Scientific Press.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15
Too Much Bad French,

A plain man, usually considered an esti'
mable citizen, but one whose yea is yea and
bis nay nay, wishes to inquire whether be
pays anything extra for the French names
on bills of fare, and If so, how much.- II be
gets it without extra charge, be does not
ieel willing to incur the obligation Of taking
il; it be pays for it, be does not wish 10 take
il, considering it neither savory or digesti
BILE. What is the use, he asks. Of offering
him choice between 4 la Sev;gner, Riz a
Ia Turque, and Consonme soups, when be
was obliged, finding the waiter looked the
picture Of vacancy at bis order for beef soup
to resort to the first principles Of signs, and
point to his open mouth, in answer to which
appeal be finally got something 10 eat,
though for the life of him he could not tell
what its name was in the vernacular French.
Calling, in very desperation. for eotlellette de
mouton, prcvencale and Homard tarcie, be
received mutton chop and some stuffed
lobster; and be begs to be told why the bills
do not say lobster and mutton chop if they
mean to be comprehended, and if they are
not SO meant. why there are any bills at
all! The waiter, as it happened, was Celtic,
instead Of Gallo, and it was not possible to
forget that the place was not Paris, but New
York; yet the waiter, whose nose was slightly
retrousse. was tolerably au fait-Anglice,
"wel up"--in bis part, because ola merely
habitual knowledge that this phrase stood
for that dish, wherein he had the advantage
of our inquirer, who has no such famil-
liarity.
The custom Of interlardiug bills Of fare
with French is fair subject for such in
quiries as our plain citizen makes. On such
occasions, receptions, and the like, Eng lish
quite disappears, and the guests try to i'm
agine themselves in eysium, that is in Paris,
although the unfamiliar language does
make many of them feel out Of their place.
When the stork invited the fox to dinner,
and set before him only mince'meat in mar
row.uecked jars, she very neatly retaliated
upon him bis own trick of offering her, in a
shallow dish, what we CALI with equal defer
euce to both languages, soup la chick
emo, platiere. Est u possible that putting
French in the bills is shrewd device of
mine host to keep people from calling for
TOO manv articles lest they expose their un.
fashionable ignorance of the polite phrase
ology9 II SO, tant mieur, and it is tres bien.
Or is the custom only one out-crop Of the
pitiful worship Of anything foreign, which
makes the youth with the foreign air the
most wise and witty person in the drawing
room. stamps Paris on cheap hats that were
never out OF Massachusetts, until they came
to New York 10 be sold, and makes it polite
for Miss Smith from Connecticut to take
The name of Siguora Somethinginninni be.
fore she appears on the operate styea If
we are Anglais let US talk so.-N, Y. Ga
zette.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

A MoNGREL UUMoRlsr-There is an idiotic
individual, says the Crisis, recognized as the
Abolition humorist Of The time, known as
Nasty, who has published book containing
letters written with an imbecile idea Of
ridicolug the Democratic party. His style
OF photography is stolen outright from
Artemus Ward as to the wit or fun there
is neither in the book, which is much puffed
by the Abolition newspapers. The man who
can read Nasby's idiocy, and find enough in
it to provoke laugh, must be on the intel
lectual level Of mule, and bis popularity
isa fair standard of the literary imbecillty
which prevails among the half educated and
wholly infatuated philanthropists. who look
at the world through goosequil, and sea
nothing but little niger dangling at the
end OF cotton string.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

FoUNp TRRAsURE.-In New Orleans,
recently, IN an old unclaimed barrel OF
damaged pork, was found treasure oftwsnty
thousand dollars worth Of jewels and gold.
Il Eschangs.
That treasure ought TO 60 to Butler for
the fellow was evidently hiding it from him
when he put it in the pork barrel. II will
vex the old beast to think that he left $20,.
900 worth Of jewels and gold in New Orleans.
II Colusa Sun.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

A REMARKABLE FRoa.-There is at the
Nashville Brewery mammoth Frog, weigh.
ing twelve pounds, which is supposed to
have attained bis enormous size from the
nourisLment received from the eaIth'giving
beverage manufactured at that establishment.
He is kept iu the cellar, with no compaulona
but his thoughts, and drinks his regular al
Iowauce Of lager with all tho apparent satis-
faction and relish Of a portly Mynhser Of the
oden time.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

A Paris correspondent Of the New York
Ezpress says Head Center Stevens is -four.
isbiug there as luxuriant'y as an emperor.
He is the observed Of all observers on the
Grand Boulevard and on the fashionable
drives Of The Bois de Boulogne
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

Ew The question occurs to the miner
who sinks down shaft for three or four hum
dred feet, "How far might descend without
being burnt out or frozen out, and which?"
To answer this, the student Of natural sci.
ence has only to bear in mind that the in.
crease Of temperature is estimated at about
one degree of Fahrenheit for every fifteen
yards Of decent. The increase is said 10 he
in geometrical progression; and, taking as
correct the present observed rate of increase,
the Temperature would be as follows:
Water will boil at the depth Of 2,43o
yards.
Lead will melt at the depth Of 8,40o yards
Red heat will obtain at the depth of seven
miles.
Gold will melt at the depth of tweuty-ous
miles.
The standard works on pyrometry, or the
m measurement Of heat, have i. that the plan
ct is fluid at depth Of one hundred miles
from where we stand. If this should be So,
we are not so far from "heI upon earth"
as old bachelors and ip6dels imagine.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

SHuN THEM.-The Examiner says the
propretors of the Lick House and Russ
House, San Francisco, are so extremely loyal
that they will not allow Democratic papers
10 their reading room. This action on the
part of the proprietors is plain notice to
Democrats and conservative men generally
that their patronage 10 not wanted.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

The New York Times contends that the
Chinese have right 10 avail themselves Of
the ballot. under lbe Civil Rights Bill. A
Radical Congress, aware of this fact, passed
the Civil Rights Bill over the veto Of the
President; and the Radical State Central
Committee Of California approved this odious
act Of Congress- White men, what think
you Of Radical legislation Z! Progressive, isn't
it'll Erchange.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15
NOT GENERALLY KNOWN.

The following sections Of The Registry
Law show the manner 10 which persons can
become voters after the 1st Of July next,
who are not on the Great Register. The
sections fer alone to those naturalized,
becoming Of age. or coming into the county
to reside thirty y.6ve days next preceding The
day of election:
SECTION 27. "Prior to the first day of
July, 1867, registration IN the Great Reg
lister shall not be an indispensable pre-
requisite to enrolment on the >poll lists. but
during said interval, persons duly qualified,
whether native or naturalized citizens, but
not registered, as aforesaid, may, nevertheless,
be enrolled on the poll lists on producing to
the proper Board Of Registration the same
proof Of citizenship as would be required to
entitle them to registration in the Great Reg
ister, and in making up and completing said
poll lists all other provisions 'of this Act
shall be strictly observed, as we'll before as
after said date; provided, that said regstra-
tiou in the Great Register aforesaid, when
existing. as we'll before as after the said first
day of July, 1867, shall, until the contrary
is proved, be received by the Board Of Reg
istration as sufficiend evidence that the
person registered was, at the time OF regis
tration, citizen Of the United States, domi
ciled 10 the county.
SEC. 90. After the first day Of July, 1867,
registration in The Great Register being the
only authentic record Of domiciliation and
citizenship. made upon the prerequisite and
proper evidence, presented at the time and
in the manner prescribed by law, none but
those whose names stand registered and
uncanceled upon the Great Register Of the
county, shall be enrolled upon the poll lists
iu such county, except only persons natur-
allied, becoming Of age, or coming into the
county to reside within thirty.five days next
preceding the day of the election for which
the poll lists are made up In all cases. both
before and after the said first day Of July,
1866, persons not registered in the Great
Register of the county where they may
apply to be enrolled on the poll lists or to
vote, shall be required to prove their residen
ce 10 the proper election district in the same
manner as is mentioned and specified in the
first subdivision Of section twenty.six and
with the same particularly; and If they fall
within the first or third exception contained
in the first clause Of this section, they shall,
after the first day Of July, A. D. 1857, also
be required to produce to the Board of Reg
istration certified abstract OF registration
10 some osber county, given in pursuance
of this Act; but if they fall within the
second exception contained in first said
clause, and claim citizenship by virtue of the
naturalization of themselves or of their
fathers, they shall be required to produce
the certificate Of such naturalization in due
form as the only evidence thereof"
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15

PANTHER.-Last week, says the Shasta
Courier; while Mr.. Smith Of South Crow
Creek, was walking out near Lis house, bis
dogs chased panther out Of a tbicket
close by. The animal ran a short distance
and took refuge in a large pine tree. Smith
sent bis boy for gun and shot the "var.
mint" which, when stretched out, measured
over nine feet from tip to tip.
The Placer herald., 1867-06-15
JOB PRINTING

OF every variety, executed with nes tness and
dispatch, at reasonable rates.