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Year: 1865

There is great Misrepresentation as to that
part of the Presidents proclamation which
announces the removal Of tho restrictions
upon trade. Worry fcw persons understand
tho proclamation As affecting the act of Con
gresS which provides for the payment Of
twenty-five per cont Of the products to the
Government. Tho proclamation is intended
and does entirely wipe out tho twenty five
per cont, clause, and totally Rbolishcs the
Treasury special agency for the purchase OF
products for tho Government, and puts an
end to the cotton agents. Tho occupation Of
those agents is gono--thoir torn of service
expired with tho issuing Of the proclamation
and now cotton and othor products of the
States recently in rebellion will move for
ward to the markets unrestricted, and sub.
ject only 10 such Sustom.house regulations
and internal revenue taxation Us is imposed
upon the products of other States.


This removal of tho restriction will give II
great impetus to tho trado in cotton, as the
requirement of twenty-five per cent to be
paid To the Government before the cotton
could be put into market had n paralyEing
effect upon it
Year: 1865

A "friend" sends the New Orr
leans Era the following amusing
incident of General Davidson's late
raid through rebeldom:-"During
the late raid; which left Baton
Rouge under General Davidson,
the End Illinois Cavalry, command.
ed by the Lieutenant. Colonel, was
ordered to prece1e the main body
into Franklintoo. About two
miles west of the town there is a
road ccmlng into the Tangipaho
road from the south, and Just as
the regiment reached The junction
there was a wedding party coming
into the road from the south. The
party consisted of tie bride and
groom, four officers and soldiers of
the rebel army, and five ladies'.
Seeing 'graybacks,' the colonel of
the 2ud ordered them TO halt, up.
on which the party turned to run,
when the colonel commanded the
advance of his regiment to fire and
give chase. When the firing be


gan the ladies placed themselves
between the cOntending parties;
and the lllinoisans, being too gal.
liant to fire upon the 'adies, had no
alternative but to run the rabs
down The chase lasted for two
miles, and resulted in the capture
OF the entire party except the bride.
She Strengthened herselfin the sad
die, put whip to her horse; and out
ran the squadron When the par.
ty was brought into the town the
commanding officer offered the
bridegroom to wait for him to send
Tor the bride and finish the we'd.
ding, If he desired, but the offer
was very politely declined"
Year: 1865

If a man wlehes to buy young
sheep, it is an easy matter to tell
their age by their teeth. A sheen
has 8 front teeth, ana, when one
year old they shed the 2 middle
teeth. and within 6 months from
the time of shedding, their places
are filled with 2 wider than the
tirs'; at 2 years the next 2 are shed,
and in 8 months their places are
filled with 2 wide teeth; at 8 years
the : third teeth from the centre
are shed and their places filled with
2 wide teeth, and at 4 years the
corner teeth are shed, and by the
time the sheep is s years old the
teeth will have grown out even,
and it will have full mouth of
testh; after that the teeth begin to
grow round and loug, and at 9 or
10 they begin to shed, and then is
the time to fatten for the butcher,
and let young sh2ep take their
place.


If q farmer would have a good
flock of sheep, he must Keep a few
Of bis pest eve lambs to take the
place of hia old sheep! Poor nurs-
es should not be kfeF. The same
ram should not he kept with flock
more than one year: neither should
he be used in the flock that he was
Raised from.


Sheep to De healthy should not
be kept in low, wet pastures. To
have a good iock of sheep. they
must be well fed summer and win.
ter 10 make sheep peaceable and
contented, never allow them out of
the pasture intended for them to
run, but if they should happen to
get out, return them Immediately
and make the fence sure. Sheep
should he taken to the field as soon
as harvest is done, as their drop,
pingsare worth as much 10 the field
as The grass they eat, and they will
thrive mueh faster in the field than
in the ePasture. Sheep should nev.
er feed their pasture so close but
tnat u horse or colt would find
plenty to eat with them; but COWS
should never be allowed to 90 in
the sheep pasture. To tell whether
a sheep has heavy fleece, pnt
your hand inlo the wool, and if
You can easily shut il the sheep
has a small fleece; if you get yonr
hand tuII it is heavy fleece. Rams
with no horns are most desirable
if other qualities are the same, as
they are not so apt t. injure the
cwes.-Eo. Scribner III Boston CuI.
Hr0t0r.
Year: 1865

said that her children were willing to
maintain her, but not her husband; and
that his children would support him, but
were not willing to support her, and they
could not bear the thought of being sep
arated. She said "We have concluded
to live together and hope to die together" ="
A short time after this conversation there
was heavy rain during the night, which
caused an avalanche or slide in the hill
back of their house, which came down
with such force as to carry away the roof
and fill the entire house with earth to the
depth of about five feet The inhabitants
Immediately repaired to the place, as soon
as they were informed of it, and COM
menced removing the earth. which had in
moment of time unroofed the house and
buried Its occupants alive, while in bed.
apparently asleep, as appeared when the
cold, thick, heavy earthly covering was
removed from their lifeless remains. Near
the bed bible was found lying on the
stand. They had doubtless read the word
of God, and in prayer had committed to
him the keeping of their souls, and fell
asleep to wake no more on earth. And
thus it seems their desires were granted;
they were not separated in life nor divided
by death.
Year: 1865

If there is any truth in the following
incident, which we cut from the Vermont
Record, many of our subscribers in Burke
must have knowledge of it


An incident occurred near East Burke
which shows that God takes care of his
own through life, and takes them home to
himself as he pleases. There was a Mr..
and Mrs. Newell, some seventy years ago,
poor in the things Of this world, but rich
in faith and heirs of the kingdom. She
was his third wife, and he was her third
husband They lived in a small loe
house, at the foot of a steep bank in a re.
tired place Being destitute of food and
fuel, the neighbors carried in good sup.
ply, for which they were very thankful.
Mrs. Newell, in conversation with some
of her neighbors a few days after this,
remarked that they were poor and that ii
would be difficult to support themselves
as they hardly knew what to do. Shs
Year: 1865

CHARLESTON, Feb. %, 1865.


l have passed three days in this city.
conversing freely with all classes of peo-
pie to obtain accurate information.
have already given an account of the
evacuation and occupation Of the place,
the conduct of the colored soldiers, also
an account of the visit to Sumter. In
this letter | shall endeavor to give pic
ture of Charleston as it was and also as
Year: 1865

Though the republican state convention in
Wisconsin voted down negro suffrage, when
the question was directly presented, it in fact
Endorsed it in the ubjoined resolution:


ssResolped, That in the opinion of this conven
ton it is due to equal justice and to the altered
condition of things, that the constitution of the
United States should be amended as to make
the representation Of each state in the house of
representatives, proportionate to the number of
legally qualified male electors of full age in such
Year: 1865

The republican negro suffrage people are
very fond of asserting th.t the democracy of
the north desire disunion and encouraged the
late war Tor that purpose They should re-
member that history proves that the only dis
unionelementpast or present, in the north, we Q
the abolition element; that it allied itself
with the republican party to elect Mr.. Lin
coln that it obtained control of the party
after his election that it defeated the efforts
which were made by conservative men of all
parties to avert the war; that il" pressed" an d
tortured MIR. Lincoln into an abandonment of
the constitutional policy under which he
prosecuted the war at the comm cement ;
that it made emancipation the object and not
an incident of the war that when 'L- -.--e
-I~ ------- sosPe1aso ueciared that 1t
preferred disunion without slavery to union
with it, that under it's policies the blood
and lives OF our soldiers who volunteered to
confront the enemies of the Union on the
battle field were sacrificed to advance the
purposes of traitors who had denounced the
constitution as "a league with hell and COW
enant with death, 'and found in the march of
the soul OF an assassin and insurrectiouist
their battle cry and Inspiration
Year: 1865

state.o


Had Senator Doolittle, the author of the
resolution. said the south should be compell-
cd to choose between diminished representa-
'tion in congress or the enfranchisment of the
negroes, he would have plainly stated what
he meant There may be something of poll
cy in such pitiful, cowardly lodging as the
convention did in it's indirect approval of
what it dared not plainly and openly COM
mend. but there was "a plentiful lacking" of
manliness in it. Two of the most prominent
newspapers of the party in that state protest.
ed against suoh sneaking thin blerig before the
convention met What do they say now?
Year: 1865

COMPLIMENTS AMONG DEMOCRATIC EDrToRs.-
One of the democratic papers in this city copies
approyingly an article from democratic paper
in another city, stating that Ben Wood, of the
Ne,os, made bargain with President Lincoln
by which Wood agreed to keep neutral and de-
feat Mcclellan, in consideration of share in
the recent Singleton tobacco speculation. If
stead Of prize. He had better stick to his
own lotteries in future. Tobacco lotteries are
very uncertain, and often end in smoke.
Year: 1865

Others set out on their expedition to capture
and destroy the passenger steamers on Lake
Erie. That all these enterprises, in violation
OF the rules of legitimate warfare, and in
the execution of which two of his subor-
dinates have been brought to the gallows, were
undertaken with his knowledge and approval,
there can be no doubt. And they are no more
than the natural sequence of the perfdy with
which Davis, Mason, Slideli and others aban-
doned high positions in the government to take
up arms for its destruction. The punishment
it deserves has fallen heavily upon many of
the guilty subordinates, and it is to be hoped
that the more guilty principals may not all
escape.
Year: 1865

Advertisements for the wEsKLY HERALD must be handed
in before ten clock every Wednesday evening It's cir
cuation among the enterprising mechanics farmers,
merchants manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the
country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements IN
serted in the WEEKLY will thus be seen by large
portion Of the active and energetic people Of the United
States
Year: 1865

Notwithstanding the sanguine expectations OF our
citizens that Sufficient portion Of the State bounty FUND
OF thirty million dollars would be at the disposal Of our
SUPERVISOR Volunteering Committee yesterday TO enable
them TO comply with Assistant Provost Marshal General
Dodgc's demand for payment Of bounos 70 hundred
recruits per day in the city, the money not forth
coming and II Is expected that drafting will be resumed
in some Of tho wards 70 The Supervisors have
used their best endeavors procure the counys alo


uaeaa of lho stats fund. but % Car with.
Year: 1865

~ Many bodies of the victims OF the Sui
tana catastrophe can be seen floating in the
river and lying on the banks and in the drift
wood on both sides, as far down as Whita
River. Many of them, owing to the tempera-
Some of them have been made the prey Of dogs
and hogs, and doubtless other animals. Fif-
teen miles below M emphis, on the east side OF
the Mississippi. near the head of Cow Island,
the nude and purified body Of q lady was
seen. Many of the bodies have been picked up
in the river by gunboats, wrapped In canvass,
and thrown overheard.
Year: 1865

IL The entire length of the new railroad
between Vera Cruz and Mexico will be three
hundred and fifteen miles, the highest summit
level, eight Thousand three hun dred feet above
the sea, being double the height of any ether
railroad in the world; 1t will have an incline
Of twenty three miles and grade OF curves
have q radius Of five hundred feet. There Is
one bridge to be built two hundred and ninety
feet high, besides several tunnels.
Year: 1865

Boise Cry April 26th, 1865.


EDlroR World Not noticing in your
columns of late, any thing relative to affairs
in Boise City prompts me to snatch the pen
and do what can in the way of keeping the
books posted. The Hon. C. Dewitt Smith is
circulating among us, and from personal
association with him since be arrived in our
midst, | believe can truly say that be will
endeavor to discharge his whole duty ire.
spectiye of political parties while acting as
Federal officer. The prompt and energetic
course pursued by him in removing the Seal
and Archives from Lewiston to this place,
meets the hearty approval of this community.
And alta recent ratification meeting, the
unanimous thanks of the entire community
was rendered him. Notwithstanding the
fairness of the Hon. C. Dewitt, in the dis
charge of his duties, some are disposed 10
grumbIe, and the following will give you
hint of what is going on among the blacks
On the arrival of the Hon. G. Dewitt
Smith, Secretary and Acting Governor of our
Territory, land before he had time to take
drink it is said, Montgomery sent in petit
tion for the appointment of Probate Judge
of Oneida county. Walker sent in a petition
for the appointment of Sheriff, and Heffer-
man the man who keeps hotel sent in his
petition for the appointment of Auditor and
Recorder ofthe same county. The Governor
it appears was a little tardy (as they thought)
in issuing commissions of appointment, aud
one Of the number magined he saw the hand
writing on the wall, and away they went and
withdrew their petitions.


The old War Horse convened the little
band to ascertain the cause of their fears
and of course understanding Jargon very
well, volunteered as an interpreter for my
friends, when overheard the following speech
in Jargon, made by the aspirant for the office
of Probate Judge. you ask Sir, why did
we withdraw our petitions? assure you sir,
re were right. He's pretty Union man
amt he, H4GHAss CLOSE scUcUM Boston man.
Why, sir, have you been this long in finding
out his political principles. Don't you see
him walking arm-and-arm with that renown-
ed secessionist /. n Smith. That is enough
to convince any man of his politics. You
bet. BY gar, he cant put any of his sweet
ming in my coffee. will write to Abraham
right away, and have him removed"


learn since, that his friends persuaded
him not to write to Lincoln. That it is bet
ter to bear the ills we have, than to fly to
others that we know not Of"


BEEswAx.
Year: 1865

The property this Powder possesses in In
creasing the quantity of Milk in Cows, gives
1t an Importance and value which should
place it in the hands of every person keeping
Cow. BY actual experiment it has. proven
that it will increase the quantity of Milk and
Cream twenty per cent, and make the Butter
firm and sweet. In fattening Cattle, it gives
them an appetite, loosens their hide and
makes them thrive much faster. ...


T n n
Year: 1865

An act defining the duties of certain State


Officers, and for the protection and ben


eft of the Treasury.


1t is hereby enacted, sc.


Sec. |. The auditor Of accounts Of this
State shall procure and examine all the
papers. vouchers and statements of any
and all kinds of disbursements made by
by any person for or Oh account OF the
State of Vermont from the lst day of
Jan. 1861, to the lst day of Jan. 1866,
and he shall arrange such vouchers for
payments or disbursements in proper form
and place the same on file in his office,
and for any and all expenses or disburse-
ments made by any officer of this State.
by or under authority of this State or its
officials in any way, so far as the said
payments or expenditures may have been
in any way appropriated or used to pro-
cure, furnish or provide, or in any form
have been used to furnish men or means
of auy kind to aid and assist the general
government of the United States in furn-
ishipg or supplying itself with any kind
Of material used in the late war for the
suppression of the rebellion of the south
ern states, or in any way expended in de-
Tending the frontier against invasion Of
raid from Canada; he shall obtain all the
evidence if possible SO to do, necessary to
enable him to prepare and present a
statement to the said general government
of the United States, Of all such claims,
with their proper vouchers And it is
hereby made the duty of said auditor to
prepare such statement of these claims as
soon as practicable, and present them and
secure their payment If he can do so; but
if such claims are not paid by said gene.
raj government Of the United States upon
presentation, said auditor of accounts is
hereby instructed to obtain their adjust
ment if possible, and to have the same
Year: 1865

An act to protect butter and cheese man


ufacturcrs.


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


Sec /. Whoever shall knowingly sell,
supply or bring to be manufactured to any
cheese mandatory in this state, any milk
diluted with water, or in any way adul-
terated or milk from which any cream
has been taker, or milk commonly known
as SKINNED milk; or whoever shall keep
back any part of the milk known as
"strippings," or whoever shall knowingly
bring or supply milk to any cheese man
ufactory that is tainted or partly soul
from want of proper care in keeping pals
strainers or any vessels in which said
milk is kept, clean and sweet after being
notified of such taint or carelessness; OF
any cheese manufacturer who shall know
ingly use, or direct any of his employees
to use, for his or their individual benefit
any cream from the milk brought to sale
cheese mandatory, without the consen
of all the owners thereof, shall for cacl
and every otfense, forfeit and pay a sun
not less than $25 nor more than 500
with costs of suit, to be recovered in al
action founded upon this statute before ;
justice of the peace, in the name and fo
the benefit of the person or persons, firm
association or corporation upon whom sucl
fraud shall be committed.


Sec. 2, This act shall take effect from
its passage.


Approved Nov. ., 1866.
Year: 1865

1t was perhaps we'll enough for the
Fenlans to get up temporary excite
msnts as 2 relief from the dullness which
this country. Patriotic ardor must find
vent in some way. But there is some
danger of tho joke being carried too far;
not in the sense of creating international
trouble-but in this regard: Hundreds,
aud probably thousands of poor, honest,
unsusp pecting Irish, living in the unso,
phsticated sections of this country, have
been csjoled into making rcmittanccs to
the managers Of the Order here and else.
where-not one tithe of which, they may
depend on it, is used for any other pur,
pose than maintaining a set of scamps in
idleness. Stories come to US Of remit
tances of Fenan funds to Ireland. Most
Of these stories are doubtless intended te
show that the contributions received are
actually expended for some revolutionary
end. Even if au honest share Of The
funds were sent to Ireland, tho result
would apparently be merely to send few
moro i'll advised young people to jail
But we do not believe that the money is
used for any other purpose than getting
notoriety and patent leather boots for /
set Of idlers in this country. 1t is really
time, that those who arc in position te
advise the unsophisticated people in th'
rural districts as to tho real nature o
the Fenian swindle, should SO do. 1t il
a crime to bolster up the concern ever
as joke. The clergy, on whose minis
trations the Irish Americans chiefly dc
pend, arc probably doing their best t
stop the swindle. But every one VIII
wishes we'll to Ireland and her peopl
should lend helping hand in exposin


what is really an unmitigated impostur'
-Near York Times.
Year: 1865

ng" We fnd the following in the last
Charles City ntelligencer. We DO not
vouch for its truth, for Hildreth some
times Snakes up" such things. But
the moral is good:


DIDN'T LIKE THE SWINDLE
Legislature had just convened at the
capital of Iowa. Governor Grimes had
arrived the night before, and taken rooms
at certain hote!-at least SO young
aspirant for Office from distant portion
of the State ascertained, as he drove up
and alighted from his carriage at the
steps Of that public house. The hostler
threw out his trunk, and the landlord
conducted him to his room, leaving his
trunk in the bar.room. Wishing his
trunk, the young man demanded to have
it brought up, and seeing man passing
through the lower hall, whom be took to
be the porter, he gave his commands in
an inperious and lofty tone. The order
was obeyed, ard the man charging a
quarter Of dollar for his services, q
marked quarter, that was good for only
twenty cents, was slipped slyly into his
hand, and was put into his pocket by the
man, with smile.
Year: 1865

A WEDDING.-About week ago an old
man living on ranch some thirteen miles
from Virginia, on the Overland road. having
induced an ancient damsel to change the tenor
of her life and experience the Joys of connu
bal bliss with him, all the neighbors. far
and near, were invited to the ranch in order
to have one of the old fashioned country wed.
dings. The neighbors all came. of course,
and a Justice of the Peace from Dayton per
formed the ceremony of making the twain
both over fifty years of age one flesh" Oh
the amount of cake and wine consumed on
this festive occasion, of the music and the
dancing. and of the number of kisses given
to the fair bride, deponent saith not but by
and 10y bed time came and the old couple
must be put to bed. The ladies all got after
the old woman and the gents after the old
man. but they had taken alarm and skedad
died, and for some time neither was 10 be
found. AT length the old woman was found
sitting on potato sack in the cellar. She
was captured by the ladies and duly stripped
to put to bed, but where aoas the bed? Alas
some unmitigated scamp had stolen it away
bodily. 1t was gone. \ couple of movable
hunks were, however, placed beside each
other, and the old lady placed on one of them;
but the old fellow, when they got after him
just peeled off his coat and struck out for the
sagebrush. Our informant, who left the next
morning, says the old Benedict was Just
found, and it is presumed things have beer
satisfactorily arranged long before this time
- ViTyiRid Bulletin.
Year: 1865

PaETrY MEN.-The San Francisco Police
Gazette. little ironically. thus refers to a
class of - handsome men" who are contin-
uallv on exhibition in the streets and at the
hotel and saloon doors in that city:


We believe there are more handsome
men in San Francisco than in any other city
of its size in the Union! If any of our read
ers don't agree with us on this point, just let
them take a passear through some of our
principal streets along in the afternoon
You can't help seeing them. Take Mont.
gomery street, for instance. All along that
thoroughfare. on the corners, in the door
ways of the Lick House, Russ House, and
other buildings, they are posted, perfectly
bewtching eounterparts Of the original
Adonis. Haven't you seen them? OF
course you have. With all their pretty and
bewitching airs, though. there is something
about the most of them that elicits our sym
pathy. Pity it is that with all this outward
sign of perfection. there should be lacking
beneath those well-oied locks the peculiar
essence that distinguishes the lord of creation
from the chattering ape."