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The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

There has been large increase OF
gambling among the Chinese Of late, says
the Christian Advocate We have often
heard that the nation were inveterate
gamblers, but were doubtful Of it till VIC
examined the crowded state of their little
cubby-rooms along Kearny and Dupont
streets. 1t has seemed that more than
half the Chnamen in the city were en-
gagged in the games. In some places they
have Chinese fddlers and drums quite
emulous of the bands of our large saloons
The game is one in all the places we
visited, and is called Chan Eau 1t con-
sists in csiIdishly guessing at the number
in a pile of copper coins, which are about
one-half the size of a cent, and perto'
rated by hole somewhat smaller than
the circumference Of five cent piece.
These are placed on the table in piles OF
one or two hundred; the dealer mixes
them up with his hands, then dropping
small brass, ova-shaped cover over
portion which he separates from the rest
he looks around for bets. The persons
around the table engaged in the game
cannot tell how much of pile is under
the cover, for with the dealers fingers
the oval-shaped thing may be secretly hI'
ell. Still there is no hestancy, the men
take number, and the counting pro-
ceeds; the dealer taking rapidly the pieces
away with two small sticks, when 10
dexterously handles. If the guess po
right, the banker pays three times lne
amount put down, and the game goes on
AT the conclusion ten per cent OF all '"o
winnings go to the keeper of the table, =,
In the course Of time the table has all 1po
money. At
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

From a conversation, we learn that it
is the intention of Senator Gwinn to leave
in few days for the southern part of the
State, tor the purpose of examining per-
sonaly several of the passes through the
mountains, that are spoken of as proper
for the Pacific Railroad. Ii is his nten-
ton to meet and accompany the explor-
ing expedition, appointed for this pur-
pose under an act Of the last Congress.
We have no doubt that personal OBJ
servation will convince Senator Gwinn,
tha; the positions he assumed in the
enate, on the practicability Of construct
ing Railroad through one or more of
these passes, will he found correct. His
journey cannot but result in the Obtaining
of vast amount of practical information
on the subject, which will greatly aid him
in his earnest endeavors to secure the &C
complshment of this great object. 1t
proves zeal in the promotion of the
hest interests of the State, that will be
appreciated. State Jour.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

Mining Operations. are informed
ny a friend who has lately visited the
bars of the North Fork of the American
river, that almost the entire. stream, from
its source to its junction with the South
Fork at Beale's Bar, is this year TO be
diverted from its natural channel.
Oregon Bar, which yielded so richly
last season, is again to be laid bare; as
are also Cayote, Junction, Norman, Rat
tlesnake, Dead Mans, Smiths, Doten's,
Condemned and Beale's Bars.
The New York Company have aban-
doned their claims, which have been
worked for the past three seasons with
great success.
There are other companies which in
tend fnmlng parts OF the stream, but up
to this time have not completed their ar
rangements.
The North Fork Of the American has
always been a favorite stream with the
miners, and up to this time has fully sus-
tanned its reputation of being one of the
richest mining localities of the Statc.-
Sac. Union .-... .-
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

RouGH & READY BURNED TO The
GRoUND.-On Tuesday morning last,
about O'Clock, fire broke out in or
near Comstock's carpenter shop, and in
an hour the entire business part of the
town was destroyed. The losses were
very heavy, as the merchants had recent
ly put in large stocks ofgoods. Downey's
Hotel, and two or three dwelling houses
ut that end Of the town are left; at the
other end the Post Office building, Major
Woods store, and a tin shop are saved.
Adams & Co.'s building is burned, but
everything valuable was saved in their
splendid safe, which withstood the fire,
although the heat was intense. Before
sunset they will be ready for business
again.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

The Pacific Railroad, the True Delta
says, has been opened to Kirkwood, thir-
teen miles and a half from ST. Louis
The cars ran the whole distance on the
11th inst. In a few weeks the road will
be completed to point thirty-nine miles
frou St. Louis.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

SrAaEs.-Tuesday was an extra day
for staging. Travellers, all seemed to be
on the GO. Mr.. j. G. Read, of Birche's
Line, started for Sacramento with no less
than twenty-one passengers. This was
certainly good load, and if Birch could
have them every day, he might soon Gre
tire"
The same day the Yankee Jim Line
came in with Ia passengers. This line
has been extended OH to Michigan Bluff,
and travellers can now without any in
convenience, travel by stages high up on
the waters of the American river, where
two years ago it was thought almost inn
possible to get single mule. ~
Woodward, has now daily line of
stages running to Marysville, and we be-
lieve is well patronized. BY this line
travellers can 60 through to Shasta, or
to almost any part of the Feather rive
district.
Within a week or two, the Mouutain in
and Coloma. The proprietor certainly
deserves great credit, and liberal patro-
mage from the travelling community,
which, we have no doubt he will receive.
We notice the lllnoistown Line comes
in daily with a goodly number of passen-
gers. This Line seems to be well patro-
d,-many travellers coming from Bear
river and the upper portion of the North
Fork of the American, prefer the route
through Auburn to that Of Nevada.
The Nevada stage makes very regular
time, generally arriving about l 1 O'Clock,
and we are pleased to say, well crowded
with passengers.
We venture to say there is no town in
California, Of its size, that is better ac-
comodated with travelling facilities than
Auburn. A traveller can start North,
East, South or West, and be put through
on the "fast line"
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

A team made its appearance in Stock
four days from the summit of the Sierras.
This is the first attempt, says the Stock
ton Journal, to supply our market with
the native article, and it was so success
fu that we may lock to it with confidence
in the event the stock from other parts
tail hereafter to keep us from want The
prlce for which it sold was twenty cents
per pound.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

The squatters on the Farralones' ha''"l
ceased their opposition to the erecs'o" y.
the light house by the Government ~
their territory, the contractor lett ye''..
day with workmen and materials to eli'''
upon this important enterprise
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

The Lighthouses at Monterey and on
Acatraz Island in San Frrncicco Bay,
and at Fort Point in the Go den Gate, are
now completed, and only await the illu-
minating apparatus to go into operation.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02
Per Wells, Fargo & Co..
RRIVAL OF THE PANAMA.

ARRIVAL OF IHE PANAMA.
The Panama arrived at San Francisco
on Wednesday last bringing New York
dates up to the sOth of May, ten days
later intelligence. Three passengers died
on the way up, two were buried at Aca-
pulco.
The news brought by this arrival is Of
very little interest. .....
The passengers. per steamship Golden
Gate, hence for Panama May LIST, were
landed in New York in twenty three days
and in New Orleans in twenty days from
San Francisco, being the shortest passage
ever made between these ports. The
health of the Isthmus continues very good
The Boston papers report the arrival
at that port of the clipper Northern Light
from San Francisco in rs days.
Property to the value of $4,000 was
destroyed by the burning of the Oregon
Iron Furnace in Baltimore county, Md.
yesterday morning.
In the Gardiner case at Washington,
the jury being unable to agree were dis
missed. rff
The Navy Department announces that
a bounty of thirty dollars will he given to
able, and twenty dollars to ordinary sea
men, who enlist in the navy after June s.
Informa .ion from RockIand, Maine, an
nounces that nearly all that place has
been destroyed by fire.
Gov. Trias, of Chihuhua, at last nc
counts, was marching with his troops to
oppose the occupation of the Messlla
valley by the Americans under Governor
Lane, of New Mexico.
We learn that the British war steamer
Argus, has arrived at Halifax, and will
sail without delay for the Gulf Of St.
Lawrence, for the purpose Of protecting
the co onia fishermen. She is to be fol
lowed by another steamer and several
sailing vessels. Between the fishery
troubles in the East and Santa Anna's
movements in the South, we are appa-
rentIy destined to have e1ively times before
Il great while.
Foreign .Appo ntments The Tribune
of the 24th May, makes the announce
nents of the Diplomatic aud Consular
appointments, from which we extract tie
fO lowing:
.Ninisters-To Central America, Solon
Bor and, of Arkansas; Secretary of Lega-
tion, Frederick A. Belier, of Pennsylva-
mia; to Chile, Samuel Medary, of Ohio;
to Peru, John r. Clay, late Charge d'Af-
faires in Peru.
Charge d'.9faireS Bolivia, Charles
Levi Woodbury., of Mass; New Grena-
da, James S. Green, of Missouri.
Consuls. Honolulu, Benjamin +. An
gel, of New York; Panama, Thomas w
Ward, of Texas; Tacahuano, VIM. R
Plato, of Illinois; Valparaiso, Reuben
Mood, of Ohio.
Miss Catherine Hayes left Panama or
the 10Th inst for Paris.
The roads on the Isthmus are yet in a
miserable condition.
The Panama Railroad Company have
purchased the islands of Flaninco, Perico
and Naos. 1t is supposed that they pro-
pose connecting them with the main land
by a mole.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

he London Times states that 500
British exhibitors, comprising the leading
houses in important departments of British
nationn industry, have sent contributions
to the New York Exhibition.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02
The DARIEN SHIP CANAL PRoJrc,

HE DAR1EN SHIP CANAL PRoJrcT
The Washington correspondent of N.
Charleston Courier, says:
We have here in the State Depar,m.,,
some evidence of the fact, that the Dar;.I,
ship canal is to be carried on and .h."
lutely executed. | have seen the re-
and surveys of the engineers ofthe Kr;,;as
company, The canal is to be forty n;Ioa ;,su
in length, from the foot Of Escora to es SO
Miguel. 1t will be 100 feet wide and en-
feet deep. Its cos. is estimated bv ,ho
engineers, Osborne and Forde, at only, Iu
sixty millions Of dollars. The money !.
already raised. The British Governm.n.
has sanctioned it. The French Govern.
ment approves Of it, and promises il sur
port. The enlightened Emperor had ,bp,
subject in view while he resided in En-
land, as will be seen from his reply to ,bs
address on this subject, from the Presi.
dent of the Company, Sir Charles Fox,
the Railway Prince, of the house of Fox
& Henderson. 1t is not general known
perhaps, but it is fact; Louis Napoleon
was the first person who ever obtained A
grant to construct canal across tho
Nicaraguan lsthmus. He lost it, however
by inability to fulfil the contract; never
theless, he takes great interest in the sub
Ject OF communications between the Puc;6,
and Atlantic. ......
The Darien ship canal is to be finisbe,
before the Tehuantepec Railroad will he
begun according to present appearances
SMUGGLING OF OPIUM IN SAN F,,x
cIsCo.-The smuggling of opium. suvs
the "Sun," has become quite busincss
amongst the Chinese passengers who ~.
rive at our port, and large quantities Of
the article have been seized by the officers
of the customs who have been or fhs
lookout for the smugglers for some time
past. There was quite an exci,emen,
in the harbor last week, on the arrival of
vessel from China. Several boats bad
been allowed to leave her before the ar.
rival of the Custom House Officers, which
gave rise to suspicion, as they stroye IN
avoid the scrutiny Of the officer. On
their being pursued they made for Souce-
Ito, and escaped, with the exception of
one, which was captured, with quite a
quantity of the article on board. 'Tbos.
engaged in the business seem to be well
up to the tricks, and are doubtless old
hands at the work. Amongst other con-
trlvances for carrying it ashore, they have
adopted that of sewing it in belts SINH
lar to those worn as money be Is; Others
have it stitched in the Innings of their
clothes, i'll their shoes, and in all i,nagina-
bile p aces. Quite lot of it was found
IN the bottom of pork barrel, by officer
Hall, of the Customs, who has been main
ly instrumental in attracting the notice Of
the Surveyor of the Port to the fraud
upon the revenue.-State Journal
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

In a country newsroom in Yorkshire
the following notice is written over Wv
chimney: "Gentemen learning to sPe"'
are requested to use yesterdays paper
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

FrRE.-The recent fire at Rough and
Ready should again remind our citizens
that we are but poorly prepared to resist
q confagration. Last winter wlien we
were startled by the awful conhagrations
that visited our State, some zeal was
manifested in organizing fire company,
but for some months we have heard
nothing OF it,. The ladders are permitted
10 lie aboat the streets, and the hooks half
finished, TO hang in the blacksmith shop.
If, unfortunately, we should be visited
with confagration like Shasta or Rough
aud Ready has been, then, we doubt not,
great enthusiasm can be raised in the
sire department" but it wi be like lock
ing the stable after the horse has been
stolen.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

The military parade at San Francisco
on the approaching 4th of July, promises
to be magnificent affair. The regiment
of volunteers is to be marshaled on the
Plaza, under the command of Major Gen.
John A. Sutter. A 5. +. paper says the
encampment grounds are being cleared
and put in fine order. The encampment
is to continue for three days; and it is uh
derstood that distinguished lady of the
bay city conte'nplates the presentation of
a suit of coors to the regiment on the 4th
State Journal
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

lNDKPENDENT LABoR.-When we were
At Gold Hill. a few days since, we were
told an incident which we consider wor-
thy of note. Two miners, one day last
week, went to work at their long tom,
filled it up, and then betook themselves to
shade tree, the heat being rather op-
pressive; and there they remained until
nearly noon, having whled away almost
half day beneath the shade of wide
spreading oak, the two hombres took the
contents Of the rifle box, about painful
of dirt altogether, and upon washing it
down found they had over two ounces of
pure, bright gold, in the pan.
,o Now if this is not independence in Ia
Dor, what ,ss Oh! laborer what jewel
hast thou found in California;!
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

MORE IMPRovEMENrs.-F days the
workmen have been at work lathng Mr..
Gwynn's house, preparatory to plasterlng.
It is divided into two rooms--one is the
Billiard Saloon, and the other is intended
for Adams & Co.'s Express Office and
Banking House. When completed they
will make two of the best business rooms
IN town.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

r Mr.. Jackson has left upon our ta-
BILE late No. Of Gleason's Pictorial and
the New York Illustrated News, brought
by the Panama. They are richly embel-
lished. We tender our thanks for the
above, as well rs for copies of the Pic
torial Union and Mountain Herald.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

QuIcK WoRK.-Night before last Mr..
Clark, of Big Canon, El Eorado county,
had trunk taken from his house and
broken open by negro, who took from it
$500, and started it is supposed for the
Atlantic States; he was fol owed to this
city by Mr.. Ward, neghbor Of Mr..
Clark's and was arrested last evening,
near Suffers Fort, with all the money in
his possession. He was placed under the
care of Capt. McClory, at the station
house, and will be sent back to Ell Dorado
for trial to-day Slate Jour.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

U There are almost as many miners
about Gold Hill now, as there were dur
ing the winter. On Tuesday we saw a
sluice erecting on the flat below town.
which will he quarter of a mile long.
It's owned by Messrs. Smith g. Co. We
understand that the miners generally are
doing well in the neighborhood. Also,
the miners near the negbboring towns of
Orc City, and Virginia, are making mo-
ney. There is a demand for laborers.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02
TaE GaAvE YARD.-A friend has sug-

TRE GRAvE YARD.-A friend has sug-
gested to US few hints in regard to the
miserable state in which our grave yard is
at the present time, Some action ought
TO be taken in regard to it by our citizens.
From the rapidity with which houses are
being built and will be built during the
summer, it is necessary that new loca-
tion should be selected for the burial of
the dead, as the present one is too near to
the town, and from the careless manner
in which our Chinese population bury
.heir dead, only few inches below the
surface Of the earth, is very apt to pro-
duce sickness in the families residing in
the immediate vicinity.
We would suggest that our citizens
select spot of ground some distance out
Of town, large enough for the wants of
2 the place for some years to come, and
that subscription be raised for the pur-
pose of putting suitable fence around
il. All this can be done without much
trouble or expense, and certainly it would
be much better for the character of our
place than the little patch of ground on
the hial, left open for the cattle to ramble
through and tramp down and disfigure
the graves Of our departed friends.
z; Another place should be selected and
given to the Chinese for their especial
use. Who'll attend to this. ,... ..t.......
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

BALL AT OPHIR. There will be n
grand Ball at Ophir on the 4th Ample
arrangements have been made, and our
friends expect to have delightful time.
Over a hundred ladies are expected to be
in attendance. That's glorious news for
you gents!
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

From almost every bar along the Amer
lean river we hear of the miners prepar-
ing to aume again the present season.
Al lumber is great deal cheaper than it
was last year, we have no doubt as many
miners will fume as have any previous
season since the discovery Of gold.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

Nearly all the counties in the State
have elected delegates to the Wing Con-
vention, to be held at Sacramento OH the
9th instant
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

A note from Capt. Aubrey, who has
started on his perilous trip across the un-
explored regions between the Upper
Colorado and the Rio Grande informs
us that he will pass the Sierra Nevada
about sixty miles south of Walkers Pass,
and cross the Colorado about two hun
dred and fifty or three hundred miles
above the mouth of the ella, continuing
his course upwards of hundred miles
north Of the Mohave Indians. His route
is therefore not the same represented to
have been travelled by somebody else
within the past few years.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

- We learn that MIR. Lowell, has got
NE contract for grading and planking the
streets of Sacramento under the contem-
plated Improvement The terms are 80
cents per cubic yard for grading, $62 DO
per M for planking, the work will be
finished October LIST, 1853, in default of
which the indemnity bond of $4,000 to
he forfeited. Cash payments to be made
on the 10th days of July, August, Sep
tember and October-when the final set
Element will be made. .a.. sls..
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

cunning contrivance in the shape of
IL kite, was got up (in the air) by "A China
man in Sacramento street, yesterday
afternoon. 1t was ingeniousy made to
represent an eagle, with wings which
seemed to have the intrinsic power OF
motion, and a tail alike endowed. The
evolutions- Of this odd device of the in
genious Celestial were eccentric in the
extreme, and crowd of several hundred
stood gazing for some time upon the nove
sky scraper.-Iimes and Trans.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

On Monday last the Ten Mile House
Plank Road, leading into Sacramento,
was commenced at the Oak Hill House.
The grading will he comparatively light.
The Stock, $4,000 was all taken a
week since, and the road joins with that
of the city at the Fort, making a speedy
line Of communication with the interior,
over the road so difficult to travel with
loaded teams in summer, for the accumu-
latiOn of dust.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

Col. Benton has declared himself can
didate for the United States before the
next Missouri Legislature.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

R- Adams & Co., will accept our
thanks for various favors during the week
The citizens of Stockton intend to cele
brate the 4th of July. Hon. Fl. A. Crabb
has been selected as the orator OF the day
The Columbia Gazette says, the In
dians are very troublesome about the head
waters of the Stanislaus river.
New and extensive gold mines have
been discovered in Peru.
The total value Of taxable property in
Sacramento city is $6,5lS,S50.
The California Express is out in favor
cfthc Democratic nominees.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-02

The following are the delegates from
San Joaquin county to the Wing Conven-
tion:-
Samuel Knight, J. Haley, D. j. Sta
pies, A. f. Rudler, Jno. McMulen, Sam.
Langdon, j. N. Burlington, G. A. Shirt
leef, f. H Allen, Madison Walthall, F.
D. Clark, j. H. SanderSon, J. r. War
rem, Geo. Congdon, John O'Neil, j. w.
Hunter. .-..
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-05-31
InnnunANr NOTICE.

Several of The returns for the election OF ooha"lssio"c''
If ,hs BOARD Of Public Works. having been illegally maze
and no, bv the proper officers, i. will be seen by a notice III
-..,ho-oa,rrn that The Secretary of the Commonwealth
~. called H.. attention Of Sheriiis and Officers conducting
E,.c,,,ns +, me several Court Houses, and the Clerks Of the
c,,n,y and Corporation Courts in the Commohwcaish y
me law passed on the 9Th OF March last. The third sec'io"
or,sctibr, t!,at ut shall he the duty Of the Sher!g O"N
officer conducting The election at hc Court House " '""
county and c;fv, on the eighth day after the day III (" :.
election COZ. menccd, 10 attend al the ClrIA o"''
county or cry, with tbr entire poll book OF MS ""'', "
who, together NTH the Clerk Of such county or cay '"" -
rstd 10 ascri ain the number OF votes cast III '"' ),
ci,v for ,rch ncrson voted Tor ms Commisslo""' NV ,'''
certify The same 10 the Secretary of the Common" ea""' -
,,,,do f,,,v written out and notIn figures, unoer 'helr ha"as
an, s.,rs. and shall subjoin 10 such certificate IN ahiaaf'
Inn, IN, same has heen fairly, truly and lunpa''aHy o'he.-
.r,e cor ifcate shall be sealed up in the presence OF eae''
nd deposited in The post Office, addressed 10 me secretary
# The Common wealth. They shall deposit a copy oi sacn
certificate, together with the poll book, 10 'hc ONCE Oh 'he
Clerk of such county or corporation, who shall he and pre-
tho NINA ~