The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-02
SINeuLAR DELusIoN.-Mr. Kendat
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SINGULAR DELusIoN.-Mr. KendaH
4, ;,s i iaate lsttsr to tks lpieayans,ff6h Paris.
telly illS foiiSIihg' very giagaiar ytory!1
ssfwilfciose this iattep BY lnedtiodihsg'the
ffatot fact thai Amos most understandable With, II
Whim it can be called, has recently ehtgrl
ed into the heads IF the lower classes III
Possesn e alicia, and has even spread into
SOME s,abiHp parts arts Of Bohemia and Hungary II
accounts Bs true. yg.according to the pa1
s@you may have already seen the 9reg
nortAit would seem That a story had got
out, aud that it Ifiswsa With the greatest I'd.
p;dity., tu the effect that the richesf Of tho
Rothchiids was under sentence Sf death
aid that his oofhiy chance of saving his life
was fhroughpa lotteryaa For thisePufppose
he offered what odr lottery ticket vendors
called a brilliant 9srheme,s ? the main feag
turreso oof Which are as follows His en-
Tire properly was 70 Be divided into sums
Of 5000 ifsorin2sl, and ahy and all who chose
to take ticket in the lottery, gratis, Of
course, woGld certainly draw Tie amour,
in yellow gold, save one person only" In
plain terms, every ticket placed in an
immense wheel, except one had num-
ber upon it, and was 70 draw,a prize of
5000 Hortns;. but the, holder Of the only
blank was to offer his head to the chop
inr knife instead of, Rdthsebildq who
transferred the honor ,<-s'4a3 f'a1oi
Notwithstanding the, risk, Of, drawing
the blank it. is positively asserted that the
rush for tickets, to manyiof the towns and
villages, has been immense. The fnagis-
trates, as well as the military authorities,
have had the greatest difficulty 4 ps con-
vincing ttkel POOR farmers oand peasants
that there is no such lottery III existence,
and thousands have been sants away dis
appointed,s becatse, they have s,beengde-
prived, of the, chance Of drawing 5000
forips at the trifling srlsk Of gracdng 'an
execntioner's block. btThis is ain age Of
progress and advancement. tInfhe same
section where the above strange excite.
ment has prevailed, tits also said that the
ideasobtains that Kossuth has been pro-
claimed Kihg of America, and that he is
shortly to appear again in in Europe at the the
head Of an immense army lEhat such a
story as this should get abroad is not SO
singular, however, as this lottery scheme
hoax, for the accounts Of ,Kossuth's, first
reception in the states might lead the mas-
ses of Europe tobelieDs almessl""ything.
oANaJoseUIE RIvER.-zF armers 0lnthe
banks Of the San Joaquin are lsnsously
awaiting the ripening Of their crepss,. In
two weeks we shallbe in receipt Dfve9e-
tables grown in this county, and thessuIi-
ply of which will continue throbgirtke
winter, until next May. Capt Haley
whose farp we suppose will bear favor
able comparisonl'with any in the State,
has a tremendous amount Of vegetables
of all kinds, and among them we can men
ton $4,000 head of cabbages,oq Fromhis
ranch we may confidently predice she first
receipts within three weeks from this
time, after which the supply viii be CON
stant,, and of such quality as, leannot ,be
surpassed. &This iss the 'feBturei In sour
State, that the fall supply of vegetables
only gives way to the spring growth, ,fa-
voring US at all times, with sa,T yearly sup
ply of fresh garden produces. e.-lSseckton
Journal. "a ex.,cy
OLD, D,MEN.--riA singular. feature, but
one none the less gratifying '7in so.ir
California life is the every day greet
ing we pass with some aged patriarch
whose hairs are IsilNered as whitley
as the snow-crowned SUBMITS of the
sierras over which he plodded his
. lonely way to achieve a home hear the
setting sun. N % with feeble, sr tottering
stepsqhekee his pace withethe, chill
dreni of this generation, but his hear
and eye leap and Q fash With their
wohted fire as he contemplates The
mighty progress his descendants are
malying in the paths sofa prospefods
and peaceful career These old smeh
are of the Westrrl Stamp whose affds
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