Sawdust.
--This substance has been sprinkled in considerable quantities on Wall street, fronting the St. Charles Hotel, to deaden the sound of passing vehicles to the sick and wounded soldiers now there. It answers its purpose ‘"first rats."’
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The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 10, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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