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Year: 1865

1t has been decided at the general land
office in Washington that homesteads are
not liable to be taxed by State laws until
after the fee simple has passed, from the
United States to the purchaser and the
act Of congress requires FIVE years ccntinu-
Gus residence aud cultivation from the date
of entry before the department gives fec
simple title by patent. There is nothing in
the act to prevent improvements put upon
the land by the settler from being taxed by
the state in which the land is situated.
Year: 1865

A chap named Fuller who collected
$4,000 during the Presidential campaign,
under the pretense that he was authorized
to do SO by the n ational Union ConYentiOni
has been arrested He turns out to be q
graduate of the Missouri penitentiaEy.
Year: 1865




March 80


The route taken by portion Of this army is
the same over which il has travelled several times
heretofore, namely, the Vaughan and Halifax
roads running southwest across Hatchers run.
The column started at > O'Clock this morning.
A large cavalry force under Sheridan took the
Halifax road towards Dinwdde c H. and the
infantry column across Hatcher's run on the
Vaughan road, but met With no opposition until
they reached within a short distance of the Boyd
town plank road, where the enemy's pickers were
found and driven back


Grifbn's division was sent up the Quaker road
and about 3 O'Clock in the afternoon division of
the enemy made its appearance, and not knowing
the strength of our force formed in line of battle
and charged but the rebels were repulsed wi b
heavy loss


number of prisoners were taken aud brought
In. They said the move had been complete
surprise TO them they expected an attack IN
the vicinity of Fort Steadman and their troops
had been massed there 10 meet it,


1t is believed the rebels were hurrying their
troops towards he south side of tn iai road a |
the afternoon IN hope Of being able to prevent
its destruction. but Grant felt confident that
Sheridan would be n little ahead. and that by
the next night We would have news OF its de
struction at some point near Burksyille II this
should be accomplished i j. argued that the
evacuation OF Richmond must follow
Year: 1865

From New York


NEw York, March 81 THE Trbune's Wash
special says: An announcement has been
made that the army of the Potomac has again
assumed the offensive


Ii will not be improper to state that while the
troops of the army of the James on Monday
and Tuesday crossed the James river and joined
Grant in bis new movement, Gen. Grant HIM
self, LETT City Point for the front


On Tuesday Sheridan with his cavalry led the
advance. and by this time has probably cut the
only remaining communication with Richmond
somewhere between Burksyile and DaDville.


The rebels or Sunday and Monday had the
bulk of their army msssed on their right either
in anticipation Of an attack in that direction or
preparatory to the evacuation of Richmond.


The telegraph between here and City Point
has not been in working order for five or six
hours. and if there has been any fighting it is
known here however IL is supposed a heavy bat
tie took place to day


The Heralds " ashingtcn special SAYS:


IL Is now understood from the very highest
and most reliable sources of Information. that
Secretary Seward was set for by Mr.. Lincoln 10
come to City Point for consultation and that ar
rangements are actually in progress for mill
tary convention between Gems Grant and Lee,
supported on one side by Mr.. Lincoln and Secre-
tary Seward. and on the other by jeff Davis
and K. L. NJ Hunter


A grand movement of the army under Grant
was began on Wednesday morning That the
movement will result in compelling Lee 10 an
early capitulation Of his army is regarded in
military circles inevitable


A proposition to arrange for state conven
tiou to decide whether Georgia shall remain with
the rebel confederacy or return to the union has
been defeated in the legislature of that state.


A majority of the old members OF the Nir-
ginia legislature have been returned to the new
one which meets next winter.


Some were elected by 4 refugee constituency
numbering from one hundred to half a dezen


The Richmond Enquirer says a heavy col
dmn of the enemy moved down the jerusalem
plank road on Thursday last. The movement
is supposed to be diversion in favor of Sher
man. striking the Weldon rail road at the same
time, destroying the railroad between that point
and Steny creek
Year: 1865

the Constitution Of the United States and The State
Of Californis, and discharge the duties o.
Of this election to the best Of your ability 20 help
you God"


Returns to Be made to Secretary of State.
Sec. 5. When such votes shall have been count
ed all the ballots cast, together with the voting
list. checked as aforesaid, shall be sealed up by
the commanding officer, and BY him on
the day succeeding the day of election,
transmitted, by mail or otherwise, to the Sec
retary of State at Sacramento, and said COM
manding officer shall also make out and Ger
tify duplicate returns of votes given, accor-
ding 10 the forms hereinafter prescribed, seal
up and forthwith transmit the same by separ-
ate conveyance to the Secretary of State at
Sacramento.


Penalty for neglect Of duty or improper inter


ference Of officers.


Sec. I. Any commanding officer who shall
neglect or refuse to make such return of votes
as is provided in the fifth and sixth sections of
this Act or who shall make false or fraudu-
lieut. return of such votes, and any officer who shall
by command, threats, or promises of any ad-
vantage preferment, or in any other improp
er manner, endeavor to control or influence the
vote of any soldier under his command or con-
troll, or in like manner endeavor to prevent or
induce any soldier to refrain from voting for
any particular candidate or candidates for whom
such soldier has a right to vote, as provided by
this Act, such officer shall forfeit, for every
such offense, the sum of two hundred dollars,
one half to him who shall prosecute to effect,
and the other half to the Treasury of the
county in which prosecution tor said offcnse
shall be commenced, and any act so committed
shall be considered, taken, and held to have
been committed by such officer within the jur-
isdiction of this State, and such officer shall be
liable to be prosecuted for such offense before
any Justice of the Peace in any county of this
State at any time within one year after such
officer shall return to reside in this State; and
if satisfactory evidence shall be presented to
the Governor of this State that any officer has
been guilty of any of the offences specified in
this Act, it shall be the duty of the Governor
Immediately to cause such evidence to be
transmitted to the President of the United States,
with the most urgent solicitations that the COM
mission of such officer be revoked, and his
name stricken from the army roll
Year: 1865

Sec T. On the day fixed by law for holding the
State election, and also for choosing Electors of
President and Vice President of the United States,
for the year A. d. eighteen hundred and sixty -four,
and for every general election thereafter, during
the war in which the National Government is now
engaged ballot box, other suitable receptacle
for votes shall be opened and votes received from
the electors whose upon said list, at each
place where regiment, detachment OF regiment,
a battaion squadron, or battery OF California SOL
diers in the service of the United States may be on
that day. at which time and place the electors be-
lonrinc To such regiment, detachment, squadron,


or battery shall be entitled to vote for the following
named officers viz


F;rs,-For members of the Legislature;


.Second-For members Of Congress-


THird-For Presidential Electors; and for which,
bv reason of their residence in the several counties
and districts of this State. they are authorized to
vote as fully as they would be authorized to vote
Mt elections in the several counties districts in
which they reside and the vote so given by such
electors at such time and place shall be considered,
taken. and held to have been given by them IN the
respeefive counties of which they are residents.
Sueh ballot box or other receptacle for votes shall
he opeped and such votes received under the super
vision and charge of the three highest or senior Off
GERS in command of such regiment detachment,
sonadrou or battery, in which shall be deposited by
said electors ballots for all officers for whom. under
the provisions of this Act they are entitled TO
vote, which ballots shall have the name ana
Office of the persons voted for fairly written or
printed on one piece of paper The name .of
each elector voting as aforesaid shall be check
ed at the time of voting hy one of the offlcers
having charge of the ballot box as aforesaid,
upon the list furnished, and the officers recelv-
ing said votes shall exercise due care and diil-
genee to prevent any soldier voting by mistake
for any officer except such as he is entitled TO
vote for: bat no officer shall open or examine
any ballotbefore the same shall ce deposited In
the ballot box. Said election shall.b be opened, Ii
practicable, at line o'clock in the morning Of
said day, OF, if not then, at such hour In said
day as may be agreed upon by the officers whose
duty 1t Is to open the same, and shall remain
! open a sufficient length of time to enable the
electors belonging to said regiment, detachment,
battalion, squadron or battery, to vote, and one
hours notice shall be publicly given by the
commanding officers before closing said election;
and when said election shall hare been closed.
the votes shalfbe, as soon aspossible thereafter,
counted by the offc cers having charge of said
ballot box, or persons by them appointed and
the senior officer in command of such regiment,
battalion or squadron, as the case may be, be-
fore opening said election, shall administer to
the officers conducting said election the follow
! ing oath, to wit:


a. You do solemnly swear that Jon viii support
Year: 1865

In Diseases Of the Blood Humors the Face, or any
and every part Of body Extract sarsaparila
plying to Pmplcs all external Hunors Eruptons
the Improved Rose Wash


Use Extract Buchu for all diseases requiring the aid
of Durec except those of the Urinary Organs such as
Gonorrhea and Gleet in these the Extract Euchu
and inject with the Improved Rose WASH


Ev THESE EXTRACTS HAVE BEEN ADMITTED
TO USE IN TIE UNITED STATES ARMY and also
In very general in all the STATE HOSPITALS AND
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS throughout the land, well as
In private practice and considered cs Invaluable
remedies.
Year: 1865

o, could there in this world oe found
Some little spot OF happy ground,
Where village pleasures might go round,


Without the village tattlingi
Eow doubly blest that spot would be
Where all night dwell in liberty.
Free from the bitter misery


OF gossips endless prattling.
Ii such spot were really known,
Dame Peace might call it as her owl,
And in it she might fix her throne


Forever and forever; 3t
Then like queen might reign and live,
While every one might soon forgive
The little sights they may receire,


And be offended never.
'Tis mischief makers that remove
Far from our hearts that warmth Of love,
And lead us all 20 disapproye


What gives another pleasure;
Ihey seem to take ones part; but when
They've heard our cares, unkindly then
They soon retail them oat again,


Mixed up with poisonous measure.
And then they've. such a cunning way
of telling illemeant tales-they say,
Don't mention it. pray


would not tell another"
Straight TO your neighbors then they 90,
Narrating everything they know,
And breaking the peace of High and low,


Wife, husband, friend and brother.
o, that this misunderstanding crew
Were all reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red OF blue.


That every one might know them,
Then would our Villagers forgets
To rage and quarrel, fume and f-tt,
And fall into an angry pet


With things SO much beneath them.
For 't,s cad, degrading part,
To make anOther's bosom smart,
And plant dagger in the heart


We ought 10 love and cherish!
Then let us evermore be found
In guietness with all around,
While friendship, JOY and peace abound,


And angry feelings perish.
Year: 1865

Boys and girls, what is it that
YOU can never catch, though you
chase after it as on the wings OF
the windl


You can never catch the word
that has once gone out of your lips
Once spoken, it is out Of your
reach do your best, you can never
recall it.


Therefore, take care what you
say. everspeak an unkind word,
an impure word--a lying words
profane word. l
Year: 1865

THE NEGH0 QUESTION IN LUUTSTzFH.


Correspondence OF the Philadelphia Ledger


hear from reliable in Louisiana that IL s the
determination Of the citizens OF that State make short
work Of the negro suffrage question: and TO the seal
Of tho Pelican State at upon her positive refusal
entertain the project In any shape whatever The pro-
camaton Of President johnson TO the people Of North
Carolina will be fully accepted the proper ground to
stand upon, and the suffrage question will be settled in
Louisiana in accordance with the spirit Of that document
Free white citizens Of tho state who have attained the
age of twenty years and all white citizens of the
United States who have lived at least year in tho
State, will be allowed 10 vote, bnt condition will
the elective franchise be extended beyond the class Of
voters specified. The restoration Of Louisiana TO tho
Union has been effected in o much satisfactory
than will be the with the remaining South
States She has her Governor IA native Of the
Stae) who s fully recognized by the President and the
drawbacks the others will experience in the appointment
OF provisional Governors have thus been avoided
Louisiana therefore, has but TO 60 ahead and fulfil the
high destiny that awaits her.
Year: 1865

foVv
Under the Instructions Of the Navy Department,
League Island visited yesterday for the purpose OF
preparing It for the iron.clads, which arc oil 70 DO
laid up.


There several Monitors In the stream, OF the city,
which up yesterday from the South Atlantic squad
ron, including the iron clad Monadnock
League Island the sito offered by the city to the
government for the Navy Yard
Year: 1865




TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.


nnd the following in this mornings issue Of the
HERALD


General Rosecrans the next speaker His remarks
directed principally TO favor the establishment Of
military schools throughout the counrya nursery for u
national militia.


Please permit me TO say that my remarks were TO
recommend the establishment, Of schools Of technology
throughout the country wherein our young men could
learn the sciences and their applications TO agriculture
manufactures and all the useful and ornamental arts
and professions that the best and continually ncreas
ing lights Of science might ut be brought to aid in
developing the mighty OF young but giant
country; that thus should ennobe the minds Of
youth and direct their ambition into channels Of peace
full industrial progress bringing honor 70 themselves
and prosperity 10 the nation.


That to counteract the influence Of petty military
schools springng from individual enterprise and des
tined to perish with their founders and to render such
schools unnecessary should like to these scientific
schools governed by military discipline and giving such
rudimentary military instruction would qualify their
pupils to be efficient officers of the militia which, for the
of liberty well economy, hoped would be
organized by Congress- the of It's constitu-
tional perogative.


That insure the successful establishment work
ing Of such schools, should like TO each State
tablish the foundation OF the late donation o.
Congress- or, without it, to render the government and
patronage OF Tue ctate aS west TOlnL S unuer
the milton.


That the Emperor Of Russia made Demidon prince for
his improvements in iron working and did not know
why great republic free States should be be-
hind him in encouraging scientific industry


Let me add, MIR Editor, that the immense advantage
Of opening 10 wealth and honor by the
applications Of science agriculture, engineering, min
ing, metal working, and all the arts and trades will be
nesiimabe blessing to many who would otherwise be
crowded into the professions OF law, medicine and theo
logy 20 starve and tester penury under all the incen
tive 10 dishonest practices which spring from IT when as
soc,ated with talent and disappointed ambition.


In asking you, as do the other journals who may
have published the paragraph aludng to my remarks,
TO publish this correction hope you will give some at
tention to the matter herein suggested. Few OF tho
States have yet determined in what they will use
the of the sales Of the lands donated To them by
Congress for the promotion Of schools Of agriculture and
the arts


Should they each establish such school as l hav
suggested providing free Scholarships, ALLOWING
such be made by individuals or corporal
bodies conditions calcu lated to promote learning
common and other schools, and permitting man
pay scholars choose come under suitable qualities
lions and restrictions, doubt not should soon SO
flowing from the system the most beneficial results
W. \ ROSECRANS, Major General
Year: 1865

Feeling Among the Firemen.


The great body OF the nremen Of the city seem per-
fectly satisfied with the order OF things and
ready yield prompt obedience 10 the Commissioner
The only company that have heard of that has ex
hbited ANY feeling Of animosity Engine Company No
l. They draped their house in mourning, ran the appa-
ratns tongre in, and put notice the door OF Rooms
TO let" Whether this s mere acetious trick on the
part OF the company or that they seriously meant TO
make themselves ridiculous is not known but the Com
missioners have made arrangements that in Of
fire, the engine will be manned ~ efficiently as ever
The Police and the Paid Fire Depart


The following order In reference TO the paid fire de-
partment was issued by Superintendent Kennedy last
'evening:--


The Court OF Appeals having decided in favor Of the
new Fire Commissioner law, you will keep more
than usually careful lockout for fires Report forthwith
by telegraph to the central office every refusal neglect
OF any fire company to operate within its districts
Year: 1865

In little work By Gail Hamilton. just
published, that lady gives her idea Of Chris
tian as follows: -.f


If you wish to know whether you are
Christian inquire of yourself whether, in and
for the love of God, you seek to make happy
those about you by smiles and pleasant say
ings? Is it matter of concernment when you
sit dowp to your breakfast. to say a bright
word of sympathy or cndearment or playful
ness or cheer to your wife, your son, your
daughter? Do yon give Tommy prelimina-
ry toss as you place him in his high chair,
Or do you praise Kitty's first awkward attempt
to smooth her har?-Do you notice the little
arrangements that have been made for vour
comfort and convenience? Do you compl-
ment the cook on the nice coffee, or the light
bu ckwheat cakes, or the beautiful brown
toast which she sets before you particularly
if the cook bears your own name? When the
cat puts up her soft paw to remind you that
she is there, does your hand slide down to rub
her fur, and thus make her happier for your
thought of hcr-or, if the law of tho Medes
and Persians forbids her the dining room, do
you throw her a bit Of bread to console her
exile? Is the faithful dog rewarded by his
share, not only of food. but of fayoritism? If
you have yourself an unconquerable aversion
to cats and dogs, do you still SEQ to it that
their lives are not q burden TO them. IF you
meet a child crying in the street, do you en-
dcavor to console it? Do you ever buy pen
ny's worth of candy for the ragged boy who
is looking at it with eager eyes through the
shop window on Christmas eve? DO you take
pains now and then to speak cherry word to
the widow whose only son is gone on long
sea voyage? AS your sons and daughters ap-
proach maturity, do their obedience or affec-
ton increase or diminish? Do they 60 out
from your house as from prison or from home
with eager feet indeed or with a tender lingcr-
ing at the last' When you come into the
house, do you bring sunshine with you? If
there be a cloud On your brow, do your fami-
ly seem more anxious to dissipate it, Or get
out of your way? If your sons sec you on the
other side of the street, do they run over to
join you, or keep their own side till they are
obliged to cross? Do the clerks in your
warehouse, the carpenters who are building
your house, the Irshmen who are laying your
pipes, the plowman who is furrowing your
land, the gardener who is pruning your trees,
like to have you pass by, for the plcasantncss
Of your manner in commending their labor,
or the courtcousness with which you listen to
their complaints or requests, or the quiet con-
sderation with which you suggest alterations
and improvements DO mothers like to have
their sons work on your farm during the sum
mer months and do the boys like to come! In
short, arc you comfortable person to i've
with? Are you pleasant to have about?
Year: 1865

THE MORMON PLAGUR-SPoT-A Salt Lake
letter states that the Mormon leaders proclaim
that they will sustain polygamy by force of
arms, and defy openly the authority Of the
Federal Government The Hon. Schuyler
Colfax, in a recent letter in Chicago, said he
was al a loss TO know how to deal with the
evil OF Mormonism. He spoke Of United States
officials in the territory OF the Mormons who
had several wives, and said il should not be his
fault II those officials Were not discharged
Year: 1865

~ Bishop Whittingham, of the Diocese OF
Maryland, has issued an address 10 the Epis-
copal clergy, in reference to the obseTy vance Of
the National Thanksgiving day appointed by
the President OF the United States The Bish-
op appoints for the occasion the special pray-
ers set forth by the House of Bishops at the re-
cent session of the General Convention of the
Church on the occasion of their special thanks
giving for the return of peace. He also recon-
mends that offerings be made on the occasion
in the Southern States
Year: 1865

Smuch progress is being made in the work
OF raising the ram merrImac, sunk by the
Rebels near Craney Island on their evacuation
OF Norfolk. Portions of the machinery of this
once formidable vessel have already been taken
out, and the hull has been raised clear of the
bottom, ana now hangs suspended by two
enormous chains.
Year: 1865

We have seen some letters from officers
lately mustered out Of service which show
that there Is likely to be a good deal of i'm
patience among our warriors under the peace
regime. Young men who have gone home,
where they are in the possession Of ease and
luxury, find their peaceful life quite irksome,
and they are signing for new fields of war.
fare. Army life has its fascinRtions as well
as its hardships and perils and there is an
element in the country at this moment which
could easily be worked up into Il war spirit.
Year: 1865

We understand that grand tournament,
similar to those lately witnessed on Analos-
tan Island, was performed near Alexandria,
on Thursday afternoon, by n number of the
ehivalric colored citizens of that place The
riding was superb, and the Queen of Love
and Beauty was crowned after the approved
fashion. The knightly jousts were followed by
ball in the evening at a hall in Alexandra,
and all went merry as n marriage bell"
These chivalric tournaments are becoming
very popular.
Year: 1865

SALE or RAILROAD SroCK.-The interest
of the city of Baltimore in the Northern
Central railroad was sold yesterday for 1881,
900. 1t is understood that the Northern
Central Railroad Company was the purchaser.
Year: 1865

The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
this morning decided as follows a party
who holds o license as retail liquor dealer


and wishes to retire from the business, may
sell his entire stock to another person without
procuring Wholesale liquor dealers license.