The weekly Placer herald., 1853-12-24

They are expected to arrive sbor,jv
is stated that the Chinese are verv .r. 1t
in working iron. NNper'
The Detroit Tribune estimates ,b,,
strip OF country at least thirty miles :"
length has been burned over by the a,n ~
fire in the vicinity, that twentv-seyan rso
houses have been destroyed, and the cro,',
aud wood on at least one hundred f,rnpS
have been entirely destroyed. '''
Knee-high Miah is said to be the .ho..
est man mentioned in the Bible.
The Amazon Gold Mines are said ,o n
a hunbug. W. W
COMMON SCHooLs-We learn from 20
liable authority, says the 5. +. Eren;nn-
Ne,rS, that the State will have .h"';,
$50, 900 at her disposal, on the l,t of ,Jan
uary next, for distribution, in supnor, ''r
Common Schools throughout the S,,,o
The Common School Fund of the Stato
we also learn, Is receiving the iuteros,,
upon $500, 900, invested in State secur;t;os
FILLIBusrERs.-lt is rumored thar fC,,
or sixty adventures departed for Sonora
! a day or two since, on the Paul .Jono.'
and that about 200 are now AWAITING
conveyance TO the same destination
Within the last week we have heard ~
the arrival of number of persons from,
the mines, bent on fillibustering exped;.
ton. S. f. Courier
1t is believed in Washington, the New
York Express says, that the next steam.
ship appropriations will be reduced bv
the next Congress, if not generally can.
celcd.
The total amount of California gold
deposited at the Philadelphia Mint and its
branches since the first discovery up to
November lst 1853, is 204,0OO,OO0.
The Sandwich Islands-twelve in mum.
ber-embrace superficial area of about
six thousand and one hundred square
miles. -Four of the islands are rocky and
uninhabitable.
A correspondent of the Yreka Herald
is in favor of creating new State. The
territory to be taken from northern Cali
fornia and southern Oregon.
The new American twenty five cent
pieces have been extensively counterfeit.
ed, and large numbers of the counterfeits
are in circulation.
SUGAR CANE.-This article, 80 great
favOrite with the Louisiana darkev, has
made its appearance in our market, and
can be obtained by those who dispense
peanuts and candy, at the moderate sum
Of four bits stalk The article thus un-
expectedly thrust upon us was grown in
Santa Clara county, and is very good
imitation Of what farmers grow rich in
cutivating on the farms of Cuba and Tex
as.-Stockton Jour.
Some one estimates that there are hogs
enough packed in Cincinnati every year,
to reach round the world, if they were
arranged in single file, the tail of each
hog in the mouth of his immediate ''suc-
cessor."
An arrangement has been made by the
city to purchase the improvements and
interests in the several slips where prop
erty is advertised to be sold at auction.
1t is understood that the Sacramento street
Wharf Company receives 100000, Cen
tral Wharf Company SIS, 900, and Clay
street Wharf Company $4,000.
s. F. Chronicle.
CHIcAGO.-This is one Of the most
prosperous cities in the United States.
Over 1000 miles of railroad will soon
center there. The Chicago and MissS-
spp railroad is completed to Blooming
ton, and passengers can now travel the
whole distance between Alton and Chica-
60 by railroad.
A project for submarine telegraph be-
tween the United States and Ireland has
been brought into the English market.
The capital required is Ell 100000 or
$500, 900, but the state of money Just
now, it is said, renders it doubtful if the
scheme meets more than a cool welcome.
At a recent meeting of the Farmers
Club in New York city, Mr.. Mundy
stated that he had succeeded in raising in
New Jersey the California ap-pIant.
He further stated, that from PAIR of Cal
ifornia quai he had raised some native
Jersey quails Of the California breed.
MINING NEAR PLAcERvILLE.-Cedar
Ravne, an old and well tried ravine, con-
;inues to yield gold in great abundance.
The Republican says that the income OF
the South Fork Canal is steadily on the
increase. The receipts of last week
amounted to $4,000.
On Thursday last, Mr.. j. R. Donovan,
in sinking a shaft at Coral Fiat, at the
depth of 25 feet, picked up piece of gold
in the shape Of shepherds crook, weigh
ing 80 ounces.
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