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Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-04-14
JOHN c. CRAWI.EY.
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WILL practice in Charlton and adjoining
w conntie; prosecute all claims entrusted /,
him with emptiness, and give special attention 4
Administration business.
g Office up stairs in the Court House.
March 81, 1888,
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-04-14
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BONN ETS!
V'HE largest and best assorted stock OF Bon
l. nets ever brought 10 this ma kct. cmhTacn;
all the new styles Of Straw, Gimp, Lace, Hair and
Silk, trimmed and unframed, are now offered for
sale at very low pr ce', by
inh24 LOGAN D. CAMERON.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-04-14

REhDI-MADE CLOTHING.
d ROWN and black cloth frocks and sack;
- Linen coat. p,nts and ves'
b own and black ftal an cloth coat;
Superior own aid black coats, beautiful
eli;
w lite bur and fancy Mlrsees vest
Cass mere. Linen and CO tonade pauk;
Together with general Us. tment of summer
Clothing, at low prices.
Inh24 LOGAN d. CAMERON.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-04-14

CtaE.T--2o00 BAYS G 4 salt;
- Iou do / G.;
200 bbls Il. 30.
in store and TO arrive fer sale by
mh3 PERRY Y BARTHOLOW.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-04-14

MOLASSES AND SYRUP.
40 d BA % s s5ae.ei sos ON "'=' 5
20 do BclcheI's do Do;
IS kegs do do 10;
10 bbs golden syrup;
IS kegs DO 90.
in store and for sale hv
1nE3 PERRY & BARTHOLOW.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-04-14

nOAN. KING s; CO. wish to direct the atten-
- ton Of Western Merchants to the extent
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
w Nj. CIV YNN.
Ophir Corresp0ndence.
OpHIR, July 29th, lS5

OpHIR, July 2eth, 1853.
Dear Herald:-Two weeks ago the
Heavens were black above US, clouds
lowered, horrid Phantoms rode upon the
air, and despair screamed his dirge song
in oar ears, for the Fire King had waved
his torch over our devoted town, and it
disappeared.
Notc, all is changed. Industry, activity
and energy are the ru ing spirits of the
place. "rhe noise of the builders" is
heard all the day, from early morn to
latest eve. Lumber is piled up all along
the streets, buildings are rapidly going up.
Standing on the hill, in front of the
"Brewery," | can count no less than eigh-
teen good substantial houses nearly com
pleted, and foundations being arranged
for many more. In fact Ophir will soon
be what it WAS month ago-one of the
prettiest, cieanIiest and most desirable
towns in the mines.
For very obvious reasons, pc itics rests
rather in the heads and hearts than on the
tongues of our citizens; hut we will show
when our present urgent strait is over,
and September comes, that Ophr Is yet
what the past has proved her-the Star
precinct Of the Star Township No. 9, of
Democratic Placer, with not single
Democratic bolter, but every Democratic
vote thrown for John Bigler, and the en-
tire ticket. PHeNIx
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

ORIGIN OF TExTs.--The taking of a
text seems to have originated with Ezra,
who, accompanied by several Levites, in
a public congregation of men and women,
ascended pulpit, opened the book of the
law, and after addressing prayer to del
ty, to which the people said amen, "read
in the law of God distinctly, and gave the
sense" Patriarchs delivered in public
assemblies other prophecies or moral in
structiOnS for the edIfication Of the peO-
pie It was not until after the return OF
the Jews from the Babyonish captivity
during which period they had almost lost
the language in which the Penrateuch was
written, that il became necessary to ex-
plain as well as TO read the scriptures t,
then-a practice adopted by Ezra, and
since universally followed. III latter time,
the Book Of MOSES was thus read in the
synagogue every Sabbath day. 10 thi,
custom the Savior confirmed, and, in ii
synagogue at Nazareth, read passages
from the Prophet Isaiah; then, closing the
book, returned il to the priest, andpreach
ell from the text. This custom, which
now prevails all over the christian world
was interrupted in the dark ages, wher
the ethics Of Aristotle were read in many
churches on Sunday, instead Of the Holy
scriptures,
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
The following letter ia a reply to Gov

The following letter is reply to Gov
Bigler's letter of the 10th inst, which we
published in our last issue:-
BENIcIA, July 18th, 1858.
To His Erceliency, JOHN BIaLrK:
S1R-Your note Of the 18th inst, re-
ceived on yesterday 1t seems that you
had decided upon your arrangements, tor
the campaign before you received my
answer. 1t was therefore useless for me
to accept your proposal unless | could
accede entirely to the course you had
marked out for your canvass. This was
npossib as had already incurred obll-
cations as to time and place, which diff
fer materially from yours.
| still adhere to the resolution express
>ed to you in NY last-not to engage IN
the discussion of national politics.
think these princip es have heen discussed
enough. All good citizens OF California
are too much Interested in the exarnina-
ton of those questions which SO vitality
affect her present prosperity, to he at
tracted by arguments upon obsolete ma
tional issues.
Respectfully, your ob't servant,
WIN. WALDO.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
Mexican Grants and American
Settlers.

A most important decision was an
nounced by the Board of Land Commits
sioners yesterday, involving the construc-
ton of the late Prescription Act, passed
tSv Gapsrssav Erie M38rfh i{aAt lsaas af shEaa MshREaa
sketch for our evenings issue Jacob H.
Slower, by his counsel-Gen John Will
son, moved recently, for leave to inter
vene adversely to Gen. Sutter, on the
hearing of the petition of the latter for
the confirmation Of his grants. Mr.. Sto-
YER, in his affidavit, states that in 1850.
he settled, and has ever since resided .on,
tract of land lying east of the Feather
River, in Yuba county which is now
averred by Gen Sutter, Cor those claim
ing under him. to be within his grants
and for which Sutter claims confirma-
ton. The affiant also states that at the
time when he settled, he believed, and
still believes, that the land is public land {;
that if allowed to appear, he can show it
to be so; that unless he is allowed to APP
pear before the Board, he is in danger of
losing his exemption, which he con-
siders worth $4,000; that he has no
other remedy; and that if the Board re
fuse him this right, hundreds of other
American citizens, similarly situated, will
in the same way, lose their claims with
out hearing.
This is believed to he the first time that
this question has been before the Board
in this direct form. In the argument Of
the motion Stover's counsel maintained
that while Gen. Sutter processes to claim
only SO leagues ofland, (under two grants,
the one of II leagues, the other of 22, }
vet the boundaries which he sets forth in
fact include nearly $50 leagues. The en-
tire argument of Gen. Wilson was mark
ed by careful research and forcible rea-
soning.
The Board in their decision said that
the Act of Congress had not empowered
them to receive evidence of the conflict
ing claims of third persons, arising out
of the late Presumption Act They were
compelled therefore to deny the motion t"
intervene, for want Of jurisdiction in their
body. AT the same time, they intimated
that the Law Agent of the Government
won d cooperate with Prescription claim
ants; their claims being in fact Identical
with those of the United States.
This subject is one Of the highest in
terest to a large number of our citizens,
who have, in entire good faith, settled on
what they honestly believed to he Pubic
Land. While we would not deprive
holders under Mexican grants to single
acre, to which they have legal and just
title, we at the same time believe that, in
defining boundaries, the authorized tri-
Luna! should give the benefit of any
doubts which may arise as to exact limits,
to the Government, and those claiming
under it.-Evening Journal.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
RELIGION AND II here

RELIGION AND PRoFEssIoN.-There is
a wide difference between religion and
profession, so to their advantages. TO
bend the knee, morning and evening, be-
fore the God of Heaven, in a spirit of
Enrmality, will avl but little, Ell her rs to
the direction, or consolation of life. l.
will not arm us against calamity; it will
not de iver us in danger; it will not con-
sole us in af1liction; it will not guard lis
against the wles Of temptation, or the
frownS of persecution. Re igion will do
this; but not the form of godliness.-
W hile the countenance Of the christian
glows with the brightness of divine com
mnnion, the professor rises from his knees
with an understanding as dark, a heart as
waveriug, IA will as perverse, passions as
corrupt, as when he approached the
throne f mercy. The first returns from
the closet as child who has held an af-
fectionate intercourse with father, the
second, as blind pagan retreating from
the temple, where he had been offering
few grains of incense upon the altar OF
An unknown God.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
BRITIsH SLAvEs.-The N Y. Courie

BRIrIsH SLAvEs.-The N. Y. Courier
is nn,nasking British philanthropy AS it
exists in the East Indies. 1t proves how
utterly hypocri'lca and heartless is their
pretended sympathy for the three millions
of African slaves in the United States,
while it can oat over and fatten upon
the unheard of misery of $50 millions of
British slaves in India, from whom they
ANNUALLY fxGa8fTt net reXenuf s OF yy s!Xyy
sacrifice of more lives than there are
slaves in the whole United States.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

Cherries without stones have been pro-
duced in France by the following method: !:
In the spring, before the crcu alton of
the sap, a young seed ing cherry tree is
split from the upper extremity down to
the fork of its roots; then, by means of Il
piece of wood in the form of IL Spatula,
the pith is carefully removed from the
tree in such manner as to avoid any ex-
roriation or other injury-a knife is used
on'y for commencing the split. After
wards, the two sections are brought to-
gethpr and tied with woolen, care being
taken TO close hermetrically with lay, the
whole length of the cleft. The sap soon
reunites the separated portions of the tree,
and, two years afterwards, cherries are
produced Of the usual appearance, but,
instead Of stones, there will only be small
soft peIlirks.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
JU II N =, CCU I =.
Yankee Jim, July %, lS53-46 2w

GONSTABLE'S SALE.-By virtue of
" an execution issued by James Kenne
dy, Justice Of the Peace Of Township No.
6, Placer County. CAL, on the 10th day
of July 1858, in favor Of George Hollis,
and against }. F. Johnson, the amount OF
judgment is $50, ,4S-lOO, to satisfy execu-
ton | will expose the following property
to the highest bidder for cash, on the 5h
day of August, A. d 1853, ut 10 o'c ork
\. M.-to-wit: one canvass house, situat-
ed on the North Fork Of the American
River, one garden " which consists of about
two acres or more, which lies CONVENIENT
to the house. The above mentioned pro-
perty will he offered for sa at Ground
Hogs Glory, at DR.. Morse's house.
WILLIAM HAssoN, Constable.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

A correspondent of the San Joaquin
Republican, says: "Two men escaped
from Jail at Mokeumne Hill on Saturday
last, by the aid of IA saw with which they
cut irons off their persons. One of them,
a man named Mills, had been committed
for horse stealing; the other, named Linds-
ley, for robbing Cinnamon. They were
immediately pursued but nothing has been
heard of them.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

Sort VS.. HARD WArER.--A paper was
lately read before the Institute of British
Architects, setting forth that, contrary to
the opinion of the London Board of
Health, soft water, instead Of hard, is
injurious to animal lite. The position is
sustained by numerous facts, showing the
low tone Of the system, and the glandular
affections introduced by the absence of
lime, in any form, in the water, to he As
decided RS the excessive development Of
the sanguine temperament produced by
two great portion Of these substances.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
New DISCOVERY or ELECTRICAr ~

New DISCOVERY or ELEcTKIcAL IN.
FLuENcE.-lt is the general impression
among Scientific men, that only a small
portion of the power and influence of
electricity has as yet Teen developed
One of its recent applications has been
the lighting of cities. AS one of the re.
suits OF this new application, we notice
the following statement, which we COW
from the Paris correspondence Of the M
tional Intelligencer:
Since, particularly electrical science.
seems to be making fresh triu,nphs every
day. We have now to record new nm.
pltcation of electricity by Or. Josenb
borhood Of Wadsworth. The great fen.
ture of the invention is, that the materials
consumed in the production of electrical
light are employed for profitable pur
Pose, independent of the illumination, and
more than relnunera;ing tie entire ex.
pense, so that the light, which is rendered
constant and brilliant, is produced for
nothing. Thus, while the light is being
produced by galvanic action, materials are
introduced into the battery by which pig
nIents of the finest quality are obtained;
these are so valuable, that they consider
ably exceed the entire cost of the opara.
ton DIR. Watson thus speaks of his in.
vention in pamph ct not yet published:
"Our battery we have termed the chro.
maticbattery, and its produce is coors
1t may seem difficult to imagine how anv
number of galvanic arrangements can bs
made to yield a great variety of colors:
but when it is remembered that the real
number Of natural coIors is small, and
that Il difference of tint and shade i'm
parts to each seperate product di>tincs
commercial existence as Il color, we may
then he believed when we say, that by the
use of not more than five substances in
troduced into our batteries, we are able
to produce no less than one hundred val
liable pigments, exceeding in valuable, hy
IA great per centage, the original value Of
the article'eontrhuting towards their pro-
duction. Our mode of producing these
co ors consists, not in any subsequent mix.
ing of the products resulting from the
working of our batteries, but is the resu
of the actual development of the electric
ity in the battery"
! he exact process cannot be made in.
telligihle l,y short extract from the PAM
phlet, hut the discovery is al owed to he
most valuable, and its perfect accomplish
inent undoubted.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
Bear Riper Coryespondence.

BEAR RIVER Mill, July IS, 1853.
.Messrs Editors:-Gentlemen, the Bear
River and Gold Hill Water and Mining
Company, have not repaired their bridges
over their ditch. 1t is certainly shameful
for company to dig bitches over roads
and across roads, There has been sew
eral horses and mules had their legs bro
ken, and several of the stage horses have
been severely injured.
You will. please give that Company a
small notice in your next paper to repair
and fit the bridge so that teams can pass
once, and oblIge
WM CwVNN
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

HONSTABLE'S SALE.-By virtue OF
~ an execution issued by George Hollis
Justice of the Peace of Township No. o.
Placer county, Ca, execution issued July
9th, A d. 1858, IN favor of Lewis Hall
lick, and against the goods and chaf'les
of James Crewey for the sum of $92,6o'
100, to satisfy the execution have TINS
day levied upon the following properly'
to-wit: James Crewey's interest in floon
and Claim known as the Pleasant bar
Union Co., situated on the Middle orr
Of the American River, Of which ! WIN
offer for sac to the highest bidder iO'
cash on the 9th day of August, A. ".
1858, at 10 O'Clock A. H., or as !fut"
thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy e..
ecution and accruing costs, the aoose
mentioned property will be oftereu w.
sale on the ground where located.
46-lts VIM. HAssON, COnStah'e'
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
Nj ORTGAGE SAl.E.-By virtue of u

MORTGAGE SAl.E.-By virtue of Il
1fl power of Attorney to me executed
by E. Daggy on the 25th day Of Aprilv
1850, v'.iod pages and Is in book
of Powers Of Attorney, in the Recor-
der's office in Placer county, and by vir-
tue of, and in conformity with n power
of sale contained in a certain mortgage
executed by Henry w. Niles and Tabor
his wife, to said F.. Daggy, on the 9Th
day Of April, A D 1858, aud recorded in
book of Mortgages on pages l73 and ia
in the Recorders Office in said county;
said mortgage being given to secure the
payment of certain promisory note for
the sum of $63S ,33 with interest at the
rate of per cent per month from the
date Of said mortgage, made by said
Niles to said F.. Daggy, will offer at
public sale to the highest bidder for cash,
at the "Phople's Store' in the town of
Yankee Jim, in said county, on the 18th
day of August next, between the hours
Of 10 and O'Clock of said day, a that
property situated in Yankee Jim and
known as "Nile's Hotel" together with
all the lot ground on which said "Hotel'
stands, and will make, execute and deilv-
er to such purchaser at such sale, good
and sufficient deed Of conveyance Of said
property.
JOHN s. SCOTT.
Yankee linn Iulv 90 1919 -d6 Ow
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30
ANoTuER Boar FOR THE SACRAMENTO

ANOTHER Boat FOR THE SACRAMENTO.
-. r,,.~,-,--,i-,---r- ---y- .h... C.-,...;a
FriShee has just concluded Il contract, in
that city, for one of The most splendid
boats yet built at this place, l he fo.-
lowing particulars may be Of interest to
the general reatlar. She is intended for
semi weekly packet from San Francisco
to MarysviIe in California. The hull is
building hy Messrs. Wm McFalI & Co.,
of California, on the MonongaheIa river,
length 204 feet; beam 3S feet; hold fleet
The hull will be bolted together, taken
apart and shipped to California via New
Orleans. ! he engines are bu ding by
Messrs. james Nelson & Co.; cylinders
% inches in diameter, with feet length
of stroke; she will he furnished with two
doctOrS; the boilers will be Of Mr. Barn
hill 5 patent, length Is feet inches; di-
ameter S feet inches; wheels 81 xet in
diameter, with 9 feet length of buckets.
I he cabin, by Messrs Gullett, Applegatc
s. Mason, will he superior to anything
now afloat. The cabin furniture will he
of superior order. This boat is hui d.
ing expressly for "A passenger packet in
regard to flush and furnish. She will
stand A No l. Capt. Frisbee is an ex-
perienced office, and man of great en-
rerprise and perseverance. This is the
second boat that Captain f.. has bui t and
taken to Cnlitornia. The whole job is
to be completed and ready for shipment
on the first of September. l he estinat-
ell cost is $50, ,O0O.-Slate j. ur.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

PUBLIC SpEAKING.-Gov. Bigler ad-
dressed the citizens Of Auburn, on Monday
evening last, in a speech Of some two
hours length. We did not have the plea
sure of hearing the Governor, only in his
closing remarks. We have been inform
ed that his entire vindicaton of the Water
Lot Extension was ample and well sus-
tanned. The Governor is expected to
address the Democratic Convention,
which meets in Auburn to-day.
Mr.. j. r. Mcconnell, of Nevada, can
didate for Attorney General, also address
ed the meeting in few pertinent re-
marks.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

10. o. F.-The following gentlemen
are elected officers of Yuba Lodge No.
for the present term:
N. G., D. w. c. Rice; V. G., J. w.
Winter; Secretary, Lewis Badolet; Treas.
ThoS. A. StombS; Warden, A. Pollard;
Conductor, Richard Rust; I. G., J. b
Parrish; o. g., F. Rumrill; P. G., R.
Gilmore. .
The following are the elective officers
of Auburn Lodge No. 7. for the presen,
terms
N. G., II. Mitchell; V. G.. H. O. Ry-
erson; Secretary, James Anderson; Trea-
surer, Robert j. Fisher.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

Hon. Jos. WALKup presented us yes
terday with u fine melon, the product OF
his farm, which, by the bye, is situated
our rcounty-jus bordering the edge Of the
Sacramento valley. Friend w. informs
us that he has finished his harvesting and
barley, and 1000 bushels of wheat. He
will realize not less than $1,000 for the
products of his farm this season. Wei
done Placer.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

The .4lta says thar 2,4oO bags of pota-
toes are said to he on their way TO market
from Santa Cruz That paper also learns
that the lands of the Valley have been.
leased at as hi gh rate as one hundred
dollars per acre for the season, or for the
growth OF this years potatoes.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

We see by card published in the
DownevilIe Echo, William S. Spear,
Esq, the Wing candidate for Senator, in
the county of Sierra has resigned, and a
meeting of the Wing Central Committee
was called for last Tuesday evening to
fill the vacancy.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

By the steamship Golah, at San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles papers to July 2Sl
have been received:-
INsURRECTIoN IN Los ANGELES COUNTY.
The Star of the 10th inst states that
"this county is in a state of insurrection,
clearly aud plainly so. A large gang of
outlaws, many of them expelled for crime
from the mines, are in open rebellion
against the laws, and are daily committing
the most daring murders and robheries. I.
Good citizens should devise plans To de-
fend themselves. One of two things must
result: the orderly, Industrious inhabitants
must drive out this worthless scum of
humanity, or they must give way before
the pirates and he driven out themselves
In the times of Mcheltorreno, " hen
the country was infested by horde of
Cholos, thieves and murderers; the citi-
zens mustered and drove the scamps to
the sea board, and then shipped them of
to Mexico, where they belonged. This
was called revolution; and Just such
another revolution is needed now. Ii is
needed for self protection, but will be too
late when the assassin'> knife has depriv
ed the country of half her best citizens" :"
From THE PLAINs.-Mr. Hugh Dick
son, from Chilcothe, Ohio, called upon
us Yesterday, says the Downievi Echo,
having Just arrived from the Plains. He
eft Fort Laramie, in company with Geo.
Prkerel and Henry Lyon, of Sanganon
county, ILL.,, on the 10th of June, and
reached DownieviIe in forty days. Mir.
Dickson thinks the emigration this year
is heavier than it ever has been, but Il
great many are Oregon bound. He left
500 wagons at Fort Laramie, waiting to
yet on the north side ot the river. lie
thinks he was about the centre of the
emigration, and on ii rough estimate he
passed fifty wagons per day from the
time he left Fort Laramie til he arrived
at the Sink of the Humholdt. He reports
IA great many fani les on the road, and
good number of young !adIes. He made
some calculatlon of the number OF cattle
that would cross the Plains for Oregon
and California, and he is sure that SOC, 900
head would not be too high an estimate
The fumboldt was very h gh and etnl-
grants were compelled to keep the ridge
road, on the north side all the way down.
He met with no trouble from the Indians,
and thinks they will not he annoying this
season. He passed through Salt Lake,
and found times hard and provsinls high.
Flour was selling at 25 cents per POUND,
which at this time last year was selling
at 8 or cents. He passed Kit Carsom
on the humboldt, with 1000 head of
sheep. The party came into Downlevi le
by way of Jackson'S Ranch, and report it
IA very practicable route. They met with
ready ga for their animals to Mr.. Jack
son, and at liberal prices, Stale Journal.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-07-30

The Placer County Convention meets
Tomorrow. A correspondent writes t
us that our old friend p. Lynch. Esq
is a candidate for the Assemh y W.
have known him long, and as Demo
crat he has always been true t" the great
prineiples of the party. Sac. Jour.