The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-16
lArCHAPTER OF ITEMS.


lias iA4CffAPFER, OF ITEMS. on
yYl9A + 48u8ii,VL Ait7 aN'hhlhH ftoot \
THE STORM. M.n-Aceol,nts continue 10
Aaw ilnnpun ts frnAi the south, relative
90 the haze disat,traus Storm III the vit.in-
nifty Of .augu>ta, Georgia, we hear ofthe
most frighIiul havoc. I'he principal streets
we're overfowetf fd the depth of ,four Or
five feet, houses and bridges, were swept
away, anti, what is by far the most mel
ancholy part. Of the narrative, II great
many persons lost their lives. But it is
nor billy IN Georgia thai thei Effects ofthis
gale have. beet ieil. 1t appears 10 have
been almost entirely confined to within
90 miles from the sea shore, and to have
made a general sweepalf alolig from Mo
bile "a New York -'of course being felt
more severely III some places Than IN 9th
era. It's destrnctiyetes, to properly Of
every description il probably MS great If
not greater than was ever before expert
ienced from ii similar visitation. 60
y The Chief Engineer of the Illinois en-
terprise has made his report. The rail
road, with its brallches, is to be 500 miles
road; 2S5 miles will be level; llS miles
the ascent will beuIess than tell ft.et t,lthe
mile. II, extends tfainh CliieagoAand Ga
lena to Cairo, at the mouth pt The Ohio
The amount Of land whirh has .I,een APP
propriated by Government, for, the bene-
mt OF the road is. 2,5t3l 900 acres, whlrh
now has in estiipat.d value OF. So ,40O, 900
The superiptepdem Of the road has ,ad-
'yertised for l0, 200 men lo, work, on it.,a.
J NIcxRAGuA,--I'he news from Nicara-
qua relative to the canal throa&h the ter
rirpry, issf a character somewhat similar
to that lately received from Mexico in
regardto the Iehuantepec route Both
governments granted certain rights to Ger
rain parties for the construction or canals
loriraiiroads, and lfah governments SEEK
to- get rid ofrhese grants after the parties
fprncuriHg them have spent large SUMS
of rrohey m developing the vuue Of the
routes To the w,jrld .7hi lih lal 10 ilrg Ydb
s,t.,.i1 ne.,,g..fs,y. IN 1t -Iu5d d4loE llJt
The death of,Mr., Clay leaves but sin
gle surviving memHr-the Hon, Richard
Rush--of those who composed the cal,iIe,
OF John Quincy .A'Iam,ss ] he Bhiladel-
iphia Enquirer says he isnow living in the
epjoyn nieilt ofexcelfent~ health, and unusu-
ally active habits at his country seat in
that vicinity. Mr.. Rush is Also the only
surviving member of .Mr. Madisoh's at
psijIistratIMi, in whose cabinet he filled
the post of Attorney General, at tlie age
cf thirfy-three. irG ailduq sdt o. 3aaDoh|
Hon. JOHN N CLAyros is indu>triously
cultivating hts farm, three miles from
New Ca<fle, Delaware; AMI, instead OF
running n race with competitors IN the po-
litical field, is endeavoring to distance his
overseer IN Agricultural si,ursui,s. Each
has selected his field, and wager lies be-
between them Which Jhaij produce tile
richest cctoP, from his allotted portiSp, p,.ue,l
-Y The pproduct, of tho Sydney Di~utrcrI
Gold ini,ies in Australia, is estimated at
ciO0,00O per week, nr $500. 900, or ut the
rate aftnore than $4,000 900, perxnnu,n,
or S25s000, ,000si d1the g.ild excite,nent in
England, ut iistaeeMtnts WAS iile feasin.
There were loading on the 5th ofisAuaust
at LiverpoOi ainnc,s for the G9hl mines,
forsy,o"e first class sbiPsofhrgs lt,ennpasge.
Bayard 1ayior, in his, last. letter from
ths Upper, Nile, nIentjons a large sru nlI,er
Of Arabs there who, he Says recagniza. |
the nrights Of wonsan" more ,thorouyhIyJ
II 10 any other people, iD, the world,--a
When q woman alnopg themi isi ,illarrietl.
Che says, lber father reserves one fnurth
OF her life thenceforth for her own use and
the husband j., Obliged TO cresps;s l,hh
FeserVallop. ail isdi aitdrq sdi 'Toi J.
TOBY 4 'siecision Of One Of the French
coGlts, the NWner of;a'aHg who, Fin Vii a,tu
Jack 1f hy4fa1 1,hot,ia, HAD Bitten .aiid cau,is-
I'd NE death Of a1other fiarty,p III c6nsA-e
luepce of II neglect sf the .police 'reguts.
lops.i wst gHlcted i'm idslnaafshto The
.o ..s' anu cl''s nlss - 'r0 s'SS'p1fHfa1 AZ
+ People who Do ss,sstss ssnatbda bokinsss
'eveyiadyeEtlps,qus 10 sonloihssn 1saia
& NTH'Wa Ti'-eol arois ndoTHA ad