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Year: 1865




GossIp-6uca the fire everybody is talking
each man, woman and child has something
to gossip about, something to say Of what they
saw, heard or did "at the Gre" A gentleman
ofrotuud corporosity meets his leaner proper
toned neghbor, and Mr. lean man asks his
rotundship whether he was out at the fire last
night? "At the fire din you see me- Why
l was the FIRST man out Bless your soul man,
if it hadn't been for me the whole town would
have burned down, surel Yes, kept the fire from
crossing Third street at ar. so-and-sos; never
worked SO hard before in all my life. But were
You ouJ?' t'Hhy, of course, worked all night
--thought at one time, when the wind COM
meaced to blow that there UouIdn t be 50 much
as p China wash-h3use saved; kept pouring on
water, and just at the most critical moment the
fellow on the roof became excited and com
menced rolling a game of ten-pins at my head
with the heavy wooden buckets; saw stars, ad
iafnih0n, and came near falling off the lader, but
reganed my equilbrium-kept passing up the
water and--saved the City, certain" The
men get in the streets in squads and gossip by
platoous; tell Of daring Hdeeds that never were
done, for the most part, and repeat and rehash
ridiculous stories. Andthe females but didn't
they talk though They had heard it all and
perhaps little more, if they hadn't done or
seen very much. One had heard that six men
and poor sick woman had been burned to a
cnder in the City Hotel ae6de as5eepl Another
had heard that four or FIVE thieves had been shot
while jumping out of windows with stooen
booty ENobody was burned to death, nor were
any boots stolen that we have heard Of, though
it is said one man was shot al. Many strange
things were freely circulated; but stalk is talk,
and most of that article Isl just at this time
"muddled to the bedrock" and remarkably
unreliable
Year: 1865

Many the thoughts they bring


This sunny lock Of hair,
This severed lock. and this little ring
Ny own love used to wear.
They cut this shining curl


From my lost darling's head;
They took this hoop of gold and pearl
From the finger Of the dead.
Down in the old churchyard


They laid my maiden sweet,
With marble cross her head to guard,
And rose-tree at her feet.
Bat though she's sleeping there,


I'm not of all bereft-
Although she's gone, the dear and fair,
Still have something left.
She's gonefrom N Y embrace,


Yet treasures three have L
The golden ring, and the waving tress,
And sweet, sweet memory.
Year: 1865

THERE is a school district in the
western part Of York County, Maine,
consisting of forty families, Of whom
three are too poor to taxed at all, and
thirty there of the remainder are taxed
only poll apiece, and that has to be
abated each year.
Year: 1865

SKEEDADDLING OF THIEvEs.-The ex-
citement throughout the community con-
sequent upon the recent cattle and horse
thieying operations has tended to promote
the vigilante" sentiment among the set
tiers, and many who have heretofore favored
the doctrine that claw and order" should
reign supreme evince disposition now to al
ly themselves with the "strongest side" and
help to rid the country, in some summary
manner, of the band of horse and cattle
thieves who have of late been infesting it.
In consequence of this, the thieying frater
nifty have also been exhibiting an unusual
degree of "feeling," and during the week a
number of suspicious characters have sud-
denly left the city and taken up the line of
march for regions where, to use the elegant
language of one who beat a very precipitate
retreat on Wednesday, it won't be so odd
hot for them, Judging from what we
know of public sentiment, we incline to the
opinion that " there is point beyond which
endurance ceases to be virtue" even here,
and we would advise these skeedaddling
worthless that the farther they travel away
from this valley and the longer they remain
away from it the less will be the chances Of
their being found some morning dangling
at ropes end.
Year: 1865

CACHE OF STOLEN CATTLE FOUND
Mr.. Sam'l Johnson, who has lost some sixty
head of cattle out of his Dand, and supposes
them to have been stolen, was out hunting
for them week before last and found trail
which he followed from opposite the mouth
of the Touchet to point on the Columbia
river about sixty miles above Priest Rapids.
There he found a band of thirty-two work
oxen, four horses and two mules. They are
located on fiat near the river, surrounded
by high rocks, and only accessible by going
up the river some distance above them and
coming down the trail. They have evidently
been driven in there by thieves, who are
probably cncamped somewhere in the vicin-
ity, though Mr.. johnson and party saw no
evidences of any one being about. About
half of the oxen are branded with V on
the left hip, and four of them are dew
Tapped"
Year: 1865

IT appears from the dispatches that Lee
begun the battle at Richmond. He no
no doubt felt compelled to choose the alter
native of bad defeat to awaiting Sherman's
arrival at Richmond and having himself and
his whole army captured. This has evil
IDENTIFY been the plan with Grant and Sher-
man since the commencement of Shermans
campaign, and had Lee remained quiet few
weeks longer they would undoubtedly have
consummated it.
Year: 1865

Some few persons in the vicnnity of Walla
Walla are preparing considerable ground for
the culture of tobacco this season. We are in
who proposes to set up an establishment in this
City next Fall for the purpose of manufacturing
cigars, ETC., out of the raw material
Year: 1865

BAD RoADs.-The road to Boise is now
in worse condition than it has ever been
since it has been Travelled. The stages get
over the road with the utmost difficulty, and
it is ''next to impossible" for freight teams
to travel at all. In many places the roads
are blocked up by snow slides, and in others
it is almost impossible to wade through the
slush and water made by the melting snow.
Altogether, trip to Boise just now is a
most disagreeable undertaking.
Year: 1865

CoURT.-Judge Wyche arrived on Sun
day and opened Court on Monday No
important cases have yet been brought up
for trial, and the week has been mainly oc-
cupi ed in arguing demurrers. We are glad
to chronicle the fact that everything is be-
ing done decently and in order, and no such
outlandish proceedings are likely to occur as
disgraced the last term. To-day was set
apart for the trial of divorce cases, some two
or three of which are on the docket The
Grand Jury have been in session since
Tuesday.
Year: 1865




PURSUIT OF CATTLE THIEvEs.-A Mr..
-Jeffries arrived here from Wild Horse
Greek on Tuesday in search of band of
some sixty-odd cattle, which had been sto-
len from him. On describing his cattle, he
was told that there was man a short distance
from town who had band which he was Of
fering for sale, and among which there were
a number of cattle marked with his brand
Mr.. j. procured the assistance Of the sher-
iff and his deputies and a posse of citizens
and started in pursuit of the cattle and the
thief. Simultaneous with the departure of
the pursuing party, man known as Doc
Reed left town, and, travelling by nearer
road overlook the cattle thief and warned
him of the approach of his pursuers. AS
the party approached, they saw the two
men riding off rapidly together and started
an pursuit Of them, following them, from the
starting point, three miles below town, to a
point on Mill Greek, three miles above town
A1OlC IhC pulouEIS SOG 81 ClOS6 Ou " Iu6
thieves that they abandoned their horses
and took to the brush The party were un-
able to follow them any farther on account
of the dense growth of brush, and gave up
the chase; but they brought back with them
the horses and coat and pair of boots which
the thieves left in their flight


Reed, it will be remembered played a
very active part here last week in denoun-
cling vigilance organizations, and threatened
the life of one man whom he supposed to be
member of an organization of the kind,
and also used threatening and abusive Ian
guage to the men who were under arrest for
the Walla Walla river affair The cause of
his great distaste for such organizations can
now readily be seen.


A report has since been in circulation
that one of the men was caught by the vigi-
lantes and hanged, but the story appears to
be without foundation.


Mr., Jeffries found eleven of his cattle in
the drove.
Year: 1865

corporate WIN every movement tfdt ids
for its object the political humiliation of
ahe Radicals. He would be poor aly 10
cause, who should reject any legitimate
element in the grand combination without
which .snccess is impossible. Letthe coun.
sci of all such be discarded; let Us rally to
our support every man who is in antagon.
ism with our enemies and the enemies of
the South; let us leave nothing undone
that is calculated 10 bring about the speed.
lest release Of the Southern people from
their present harrassing condition, KNOW
ING AS WE Do, THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE
TRUE PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOM CAN COME ONLY THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY.
Year: 1865

| BY Union Line, cor. Monroe and water Stsl


new YORK, August l8 The Tribune s
Tyler, Texas, correspondent describes
Camp Ford, near that place, as prison
pen second only to Andersonville in the
barbarism and atrocities inflicted upon
Union prisoners for two years. The cor
respondent says: Shot, scourged, beat
en- and tortured, these prisoners were too
far off and too closely guarded for their
groans to be heard by those in the out
side world. Their sad story only became
known from their own shrunken lips at
ter they had been exchanged 1t is a
stockaded inclosure of, judge, eight or
ten acres. This estimate includes all
adiucts of the prison. 1t is situated on
the side of sandy slope, at the lower
edge of which, and just within the stock
ade, is a spring that supplied water to
the prisoners.


The inclosure, which seems to have
been enlarged at different times to meet
the requirements of the rebel captures, is
filled with huts and shanties of almost
every imaginable shape, and constructed
of every available material. Two bar
rels, one on top of the other. form the
chimney of hut, made of brushes, the
limbs of which have been pressed to-
gether and plastered with mud. Near
the point at which we entered there Is q
number of gravelike mounds scattered
over the space of about one acre. | at
first thought they were graves, but on
examining found that they were excava-
tions in the ground which had been COW
ered, first with bushes and then with dirt.
They had been made by those of our men
who had been captured last, and for
whom there was no room in huts above
ground. Every where are blackened
spots which show where fires had former
ly been, by means of which those who
had no shelter at all cooked their daily
mite of meal The cooking utensils
which they had used are strewn about,
as | noticed. In one Of the huts they
were piled up with care to wait further
use.


Toward the upper side of the inclosure,
where there seems to have been prison
for the confinement of offenders, are sew
eral stumps, on the tops of which those
who violated any of the prison rules were
made to stand and mark time for perhaps
a whole day, while the guard had i'm
perative orders to shoot any one that
stopped or fell off from exhaustion.


The whole scene, with it's associations,
is horrid illustration of the inhumanity
that originated and carried OH the rebel
lion until its overthrow
Year: 1865

CHICAGO, Aug. 1a.-General Grant and
party left for Galena by special train
this morning, and were enthusiastically
received all along the route. The train
arrived at Galena at 3 o'clock p. m.
where great preparations for a gI and re
ception had been going on for several
days. An immense concourse OF people
were in waiting to greet him Demon
strations of qualification were of the most
overwhelming character. The General
was led to platform prepared for the
purpose, and was welcomed by Hon. E
b. Washburn in an eloquent speech.
Year: 1865

New YORK, Aug. ls.-The girl Genevive
Brown, alias Lyons, made a statement In
Court this morning, which the Judge, at
its conclusion, said he felt in his heart
was true, and that she ought to be set at
liberty Concerning her connection with
Jenkins, she stated that she met Jenkins
first in q Concert Saloon to which she
was obliged to 60 for employment, that
her employer told her to pay particular
attention to him, that he would give her
much money, that she did as she was
old, and Jenkins did give her much
money, that he gave her $1,000 to buy a
watch, but she sent tito pay her brothers
schooling. Jenkins told her he was rich
and owned oil wells, ne gave her 500 to
fusnirh rooms, and he came to see her
frequently. She thought she had re
ceived from him nearly $4,000.
Year: 1865

MILITARY Posi- To BE CLosED.-Tht
Cincinnati Commercial is informed that
General Ord, now in command of that
department, contemplates closing tie
military post headquarters Of Cincinnati
at the close of the present month. there
now being no necessity for such an Office
Year: 1865

RAILWAY SwITCH.-There is on exhibition
at No. 60 Johnst an improved safety switch for rail-
ways. which fgeneraly used would We think. prevent
many Of the disasters in connection with railroad
switches. This improvement consists in the employ
ment Of freddie by which the movement of the switch
is more easily accomplished, and when once in its place
cannot be displaced by any strain to which may be sub
eeied BY this method the switch is made secure as
any portion OF the permanent ways 1t 10 worthy the
ait1ntion Of railroad managers.
Year: 1865

FOURTH DAY.


The grounds were never SO denscly
crowded at any previous fair as to day. The
ticket Offices were thronged from eight In
the morning until three in the afternoon
The weather is hot and sultry, butt sothcr-
wise the day is all that any one could wish
for. 1t is estimuted that the crowd to-day
will exceed ten thousand personsf and all
seem to be enjoying themselves extensively.


The committees have been at work dill
gently for two days making up their awards,
been awarded As rule, we shall announce
no premiums until we give the entire list.
by particular request, however, We
notice the fact that in the Stove department
Jas. II. Dumont swept the board IN coal
stoves, taking the first premium for the
Eureka cook, Heating stove and Hotel cook,
also for his superior patent Kerosene lamp
"a new and highly improved style, which
every family should have in the house. He
uiSo tooa tiiC iftSl PiCUAu utoh tib W a. 70
and Farmers boiler.


Ia malble line Messrs. NcCosh & Dona-
hue very dcseryedly received all the first
premiums. His specimens this time, as
ever before, were of the very highest style
Of workmanship. One mantle which they
exhibited would do honor to the parlors Of
the best parlor in the country The style
Of work which they turu out is unquestion-
ably the most artistic in the country.


The Fair will close to morrow. Those
who have drawn premiums are requested to
appear at the Treasurer's Office at 8 o'clock
in the afternoon at which time the Treasur-
ef will meet all demands in cash. Come for
ward and set your money.


The PosT OFFICE MATrER.-In speaking
OF cur remarks yesterday, in relation to the
want of accommodations at the present To-
cation of the post office, the Gosttte says ::


The .Dcmocrat forsets that it is precisely
in the want Of "suitable rooms to be rent
ed at all that the difficulty really lies. Eve.
ry merchant knows, that store rooms Of oil
kinds are wholly occupied in our city, and
that at good re.lts.


We are well aware that suitable rooms arc
scarce, aud that when found, that good
rents are required for obtaining them, but
IS that any reason why our citizens should
be cramnel and josted tw &C day into a
lobby not Of sufficient dimensions for three
persons to travel abreast, ard not large
enough for country village. We believe
if our post master had to obtain his mail
matter from the outside instead of the an
side that he would coincide with our re-
marks Can our neigl6or give any reason
why business men should sacrifice the most
valuable portion Of theig time in awaiting
"their turn for applying for their mail =
Is that any reason why we must be com
pcllel to remain out Of doors this winter
for trying periods of time, awaiting one on
another. If private firms can afford to pay
good rents for suitable rooms, the public
can afford it, Cold weather is neal at hand
and lromt action should be instituted.
Year: 1865

WOMEN HrNG-The following state
ment of tie Chattanooga Gazette,
March lst, is q striking evidence Of the
superior moral and social culture Of
the chivalry. By lady who has ar
rived in Chattanooga, from Rome, Ga,
we learn that the country around that
city is infested by gangs Of guerrillas
who are roaming over it and sparing
none, young or old, male or female,
Union or rebel. About the first Of
January party of guerrillas hung the
wife and daughter of Dr. Joshua King,
of Rome, on the charge of loyalty to
the Federal Government. Mrs. King
and her daughter were taking a ride in
the country in carriage, when they
were met by the guerrillas, taken out
Of the carriage and hung upon the
nearest limb. The Doctor himself is a
rebel and went South when Rome was
evacuated by the rebels last Spring"
Year: 1865

The story of Garibaldi's wooing is
this:


He was one day sitting in the cabin
Of q sloop on the lake of Santa Catha
rina, and looking towards the shore,
when suddenly he saw, at farm house
situated on a neigbboring hill, three or
four girls busiy engaged 10 domestic
duties. They were all remarkable for
beauty; but one in particular arrested
his attention for her uncommon grace
and loveliness. lie was still watching
them, when he received an order to 90
on shore. Immediately on landing be
directed his steps to the house. lie
was admitted by the owner, whom he
happened to know slightly, having met
him once or twice before.


The impulse which had prompted
him to go to the house WAS to address
the girl he had so much admired. On
seeing her, he Immediately besought her
10 become his wife. The girl, it seems =,
conceived an affection as warm and
sudden as he had felt for her; and
after the lapse of few short days
they were man and wife. The sur
name of this lovely Brazilian girl oI
The province of Santa Catharina, who
became, under such peculiarly romantic
circumstances, the wife Of Garibaldi


las never been revealed. In all the


biographies Of our hero, she is alone


mentioned by her Christian name o.


Amity. She seems to have been {


brunette of rich warm complexion, viii


black and piercing eyes; of beautiful


rounded figure, and sort of qneenI,


majesty Of department; active, daring


high.spiri'ed, and in every respoc


worthy Of being the companion for lifj
of such man as Gsribaldi.


Her courage was remarkable. /
short time after their marriage, sh
went through an engagement at sea


with her husband, refusing to 60 ashore
e and during the fight would stay nc
s where but on deck, where she welded
= carbine and cheered the men. In th
= heat of the battle she was standing o
$ deck, Aourishing q sabre and inspirin
e the men to deeds of valor, when sh
: was knocked down by the wind of


cannon-ball, that bad killed two me
= standing by her side. Garibaldi wa
Q spriuging forward to her, thinking thG
n he would find her corpse, when sh


rose to her feet, covered with the bloo
d Of the mon who had fallen close to he
d but quite unhurt. He begged her to 9
below and remain there till the actic
d was over. 81 will go below" was b
e reply, "but only to drive out the snoal
t. ing towards who are skulking there
i. for only few seconds before, she hG
Is seen three men leave the deck and hu
U ry rapidly down the hatchway, 80 as


escape out of danger Of tbesssorm
it bullets that was sweeping the dec
al And going below, she Immediately aft
j. re,appeared, driving before her tho thr


men, overcome with shame that tn


should have been surpassed in coura
,e by woman. She accompanied h
At husband in all his undertakings, a
ID died while flying with him from t
ie Austrians. .-ECalifornian.
Year: 1865

to be divided according to the following regulations


Certificates of thsvarious articles are put into en-
velopes indiscriminately sealed up and when order
ed are taken out without regard to choice and sent
by mail, thus showing no faVoritism On receipt of
the certificate, you will see what you are to have,
and then it is at your option to send the dollar and
take the article or not Purchasers may thus OBJ
tain Gold Watch, Diamond Ring, OF any set of
Jewelry on our list for One Dollar. , - =
Year: 1865

The ladies Of the First Methodist Episco-
pal church South of Lexington, says the
Obserrer and Reporter, having determined to
hold fair for the benefit Of their church,
applied for and obtained from the owners
the use Of the building on the corner OF Short
and Market streets, formerly occupied by
the government for military purposes. For
two or three days they occupied the second
story in making preparations for their fair,
when guard Of negro soldiers was placed
over the premises, and they were no longer
permitted to enter there. No explanation
Of the proceeding has been vOuchsafcd to
them, and we are left to conjecture its cause
The one generally assigned is the removal,
by the congregation few days since, OF GER
tain radical officials Of the church How
ever this may be, we have seldom heard OF
a pettier or more contemplate use TO which
the United States army could be put, than
this indirect prohibition Of the holding OF
ladies fair for the benefit of a church.
Year: 1865

We alluded few days since to the fact
that Memorial, emanating from New Eng
land, was in circulation, copies of which had
been sent to Tennessee for signatures, asking
the impeachment of the President The
class of individuals among whom such a
paper would circulate are not patrons to our
office, and therefore, we were unable to pro-
cure copy The Nashville Union has been
furnished with copy by gentleman en-
dorsed by that paper as "of high character
and responsibility" We give it below as
one of the curiosities of the times. Those
engaged in getting up signatures in Nash
vile will oblige us by furnishing a list for
publication:
Year: 1865

DErArcn BOAT ELIZA HAsoox, Jan. 14-3P. NJ


A large column Of our troops s now moving up the
beach in the direction Of Fort Fisher, and being
heavily sheed from two rebel sunboats in the Cape
Fear river truly bloody drama is Immediately pend
Ing large Gre s now raging within the fort.
Year: 1865

The Monitors and the Ironsides have just opened on
the fort that work replying At considerable intervals
The first troops TO land the 13h yesterday tho
Third brigade Of the Second (Ames DIVISION Colonel
Louis Bell commanding hoy at once took repossesson
Of Half Noon battery, capturing three thirty-two
FOUNDERS The spikes were drawn and they turned
the enemy after the rcversion OF the work. Colonel
Bell also captured eighty head Of cattle We have
nrm footing tho land, and shall doubtless remain


Is thought that there considerable rebel force in
the woods that skirt the beach to the right OF Fort
Fisher They cutting down trees and throwing up
works They will be shoed out Our present position
may be said to be in all respects favorable The health
Of the troops is universally excellent there having been
but death from natural since the Inauguration
ofthe expeditonthat OF private Dunn Thirteenth
Indiana Two casualties have occurred on the picket
line Tho weather is all that could be desired at this
writing. The despatch boat R. R. Cuyler just leaving
for the North.