The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-23
NUMBER AS.
The IRISH EXODUS. "A letter received
in New York, dated Parsontown, Ireland,

The IRISH EXODUS. "A letter received
in New York, dated Parsontown, Ireland,
March Goth, says: 10 a3
. oAll Ireland is in motion. | left Dub
lin for this place eighteen days ago.. On
my route | met the people in gangs of
forty to sixty, in all directions, vending
their way to the coast to emigrate to
America. The emigration is terrible. Ii
it continues few years longer at this
rate, Old Ireland will be depopulatcd.
Our best farmers and mechanics, servants
and ci devant soldiers and policemen out
of employment, have all taken the Semi
grafton fever,' and are preparing to emf
CRATE. Our wonder here is, how you
find employment for all these people.
E.NrERpRIsE.-We have heard Of per-
sons going to California with Wheel
barrow and hand-carts, but yesterday saw
something new in the shape of small,
stout wagon, bearing about 400 weight,
to which two dogs were harnessed. The
proprietor of the dog team was from
'downeast," and bound for the land of
gold. He expects to perform the whole
Journey with his dogs, and to be able to
reach MarysvilIe by the middle of Sep
temher. Who but ii yankae would have
dreamed OF this expedient for transit
across the plainS! The fellow says, elf
his dogs GIN eout, he'll have catemount
ard n wolf broke into the traces in a
iify "-Sandusky Register, June lst.
LIME.-We were shown a wagon load
of this most necessary material for build
ing, on Thursday last, made on Slaaw's
Flat, for persons in Sonora. We are
told by good Judges that 1t is far etter
than the lime heretofore imported into this
country. There are inexhaustibie GUAR
ries of limestone in this vicinity, AMI we
are glad TO see them at length made avail
able. We trust that hundreds of tons of
this useful article viii be put in requsi-
tinn within year from this date.-Sonora
Herald. He
SoNoRA TUNNEL Co.-This company
is faithfully burrowng away, day by day,
and getting nearer and nearer their place
of destination. We paid their tunnel
another visit yesterday morning, and
learned that they were within six feet Of
the White House, beneath which they
intend to gain their entrance into Wash"
ngton street. They are still penetrating
the rock, but will soon reach the deep
ground which is known to be beyond ID.
The OVERLAND EMIGRATloN.-The
overland emigration to California and
Oregon appears to be on the Increase
Fron. haze nu,i,uIity we learn tnat emgrat-
ing parties were first met five miles from
Fort Laramie, and from that point to the
boundary line, there had passed Fort
Kearny up to May Goth, 334S men, 905
women, 1907 children, 1920 wagons, 34,-
151 catt e, 1861 horses, 740 mules, and
1900 sheep.
STEAM ENGINE.-We we're yesterday
shown small steam engine of about two
horse power, manufactured by Mr.. Geo.
Reed, at his machine shop, on the corner
of Pine and Montgomery streets, destined
for working the press of the Sacramento
! Daily Union. In point Of workmanship
and finish, we have never seen anything
of the kind so complete. Wing.
CHEvALIER WYKoFF, AGAIN.-Private
letters from London, the Tribune says,
state that Chivalier Wykof, of whose
strange love adventures the public have
been apprised, had reappeared in that
city in company with Miss Gamble, Cat
whose nstigation he was locked up at
Genoa, be believe,) and the story now is
that the pair are such warm friends that
their marriage is looked for ut any mo-
ment; in fact, that their intention of mar
rage has been publicly avowed by them.
| ScoTTs BAR.-We are informed that
some men employed by Mr.. Whelock,
to work in his claim, the other morning,
while be was yet in bed, took out $500.
Pretty good We would like to have
such claim, paying us hundred dollars
an hour, while we were "snooZelng" in
the morning. We would "snooze" on
while, rs old Grip Van WinkIe" did, in
fact we would not care whether we awoke
at all or not.-.Mountain Herald.
We are informed that the two COM
panies list Dragons, under the command
of Lieut. Radford, will leave Fort James,
Scott Valley, for lula and Goose Lakes,
ON the emigrant road between this and
the Humboldt river, to protect the emil
grants on the mo haw navigation, from
the depredatiOns of the Indians on that
part of the route. --.Mountain Herald.
| GEN. HARRIsON's REMAINs---I is pro-
posed to remove the remains of General
Harrison, which are now entombed at
North Bend, to the bait efield Of Tippe-
canoe, there TO sIulnber with those Of
the intrepid Col. Joe Davis and their
cOmpatrotS.
MaZzini was at last accounts
safe in London, where it was said there