The weekly Placer herald., 1852-11-27

i4, VI 80 ~ rlIi~ cTs'SS' y .@sf2G m III
ssbenlpn:uaih amaslH esit,ra btn .4gor
-iB sskhave, gone through a contest to
which | had noheart. and into which
was forced by combinations against
life and honor and from which [
gladly escape What Is a seat in
nC6ngress to ME? Ihave sat thirty
Years in the highest branch Of Con
y4gfess--havc made a name to which
qIscanJexpectto add nothing--rand L
should only be anxious to- save what
has been gained. Ihave domestic
affections sorely .laeerated in these
Halter times-a wife whom / have
iniIeyer' neglected, and who needs my
- attention now more than everAchil-
.dren, some separated from me by, the
TWide expanse Of oceans and cont
sanents, others byithe slender bonds
which separate time from eternity
'isIh tohcho the age which the Psalmist
assigns for the limit Of manly life;
rand ymust be thoughtless, indeed9 if
Il LIDO not think Of, something beyond
TO the heeting and shadowy, pursuits Of
glthis life, of all whichI have seenthe
81 avahIity.. N2'tl ''Ha t..l = -Aeaa
% ,l,,'W ,''sWbat is my occupation2 ask the
-iatrnqtertaker, that good Mr.. Lynch,
sMhosed face, present on so many
lmournfuli occasions, has become plea
T." SAINT to me. He knows what occupies
my thoughts and cares gathering
the bones of the dead-a mother
sister-ztWo sons-a grandchild-
planting the cypress over assembled
'd'graves, and marking the spot where
= 4 and those who are dear to me, ave
!, soon TO- be. laid; all Oh the, sun set
adlside sof the Father of Floods; the
hutoweringo city of St.HLouis on one
t"lside, and Hthe rolling stream of the
Il Missouri on the other; and where a
% cemetery of large dimensions is to be
sg the future metropolis of llnnumbered
generations. These dremy thoughts
and cares, and the undertaken knows
thelnNoa. eAa.& u.tr
-z.-i Wheat RAfs1NalN MARPosN- ~
81 Judge M.alB. Lewis, who arrived in
= !, town last week from Mariposa, in
y, - forms us that, the settlers in that
-o1 county are already, busily engaged
su'infencingtheir farms preparatory to
oi the cornnfencementq of the rainy sea-
y 'i son, and in all proba bility there will.
j be sufficient quantity of wheat PIT
Il. in this, yeareto keep a ilonring mill
sd busy all heXt season. There is some
! "dotlbt as TO the quantity of wheat
~ =. necessary to be, sown on, an acre of
ground in California, sQme Of, the
IA farmers contending that three pecks
% iss sufficient, while others believe
that five pecks would not be more
Il ,d than enough From the best iiifor-
saa nation we Can gain from experienced
40 farmers, we believe that a bashel Of
i'S seed is the smallest possible quantity
that should be put upon an acre of
,sn ground this year, as there is no suth-
hn cient data to make an accurate esti-
u ee1flate,1 sand as the cost of one addi-
a' 'tional'speck is nothing to what the
r.. profit or loss might be in The event
1.-The crops TUNED out good ,Som3'of
our farmers intend to SOW five peclS
to theiacre, and in the long run, We
- do not Believe they will regret it
"a There is no probability that wheat
! will decline inI price from its present
which will render the farmer
" who Hembarks in this business, sure
-" ~ Of ample reward for his labor, time
oar and outlay Journal. as aiil ~
, u.Do3 nhHi7T73175HTFT -J777U r-7 ,s9u tyti.
aBURL nsaUB- ON NAMES. The
Herald says, the published returns Of
the recent election have brought to
"a light some sngularly named pre-
ID cincts,, showing a disposition on the
"opart of some of Our people to adopt
- the iipost ridiculous and outre names.
~ In Siskiyou, we read Of such clas-
% sic localities as Lower IEumbug, Up
nrs per Hpnbug, Humbug city,, Green-
horn: in Shasta One Horse Town,
= One Mule Town, One Dog Town,
+. Whiskey creek. In other counties
~ we, find Jac1asS p1llcht Pine ,Op