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The weekly Placer herald., 1853-12-17

PACIFIC RAILROAD SuRvEY.-We no.
tce call in the San Francisco papers
for meeting of the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Committee to hear the report
of the expedition under Lieut.. Moore as
Engineer, and Major EbbetS as com
nandant of the escort, who after an ab-
Sence of two months, returned on Mon
day. They have explored two highly
favorable Passes across the Sierra, in
nearly the same latitude as that city, and
have succeeded in penetrating the inter
vening country in an east and ives. dlrec-
ton, to within three or four days of
Vegas de Santa lara, on Virgin River,
a portion Of country hitherto VI trodden
by the foot of any white man. The
whole route is reported as very favornb e
for Railroad and amply supplied with
water, and possessing an agricultural
character fitting it for settlements; aud the
ascent and descent of the Sierra of very
easy and practical grade.
The Coas, Range expedition under
Lieut.. Kennedy and Captain Rn>sel, also
arrived at San Francisco on Monday.
State Jour.
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Enligh"ere1 EnpIard.

Read the following description, fur
nished from authentic sources by one Of
its own citizens, Cor, rather s"b ,;'cfs,) of
the country that is setting itselfup as the
reformer CT America-and "the rest OF
mankind"
1t has been calculated that there are in
England and Wales 100000 persons
who can neither read nor write-that is
to say, about one third Of the population,
Including of course infants: but of all
the children between five and fourteen,
more than one-half attend no place of
public instruction. These statements
compiled by Mr.. Kay from official and
other authentic sources for his work on
the social conditions and education of the
poor in England and Europe-would be
hard to believe if we have not to encoun-
ler IN our every day life, degrees of litter
acy which would be startling if we were
not thoroughly used TO it. Wherever we
turn, ignorance, not always allied to
poverty, stares us in the face. If we
look IL the Gazette, at the list of partner
SHIPS dissolved, not a month passes but
some unhappy man, rolling perhaps in
wealth. but wallowing in ignorance, is put
to the erpeT7mentum crucis his mark. ="
The number of petty jurors, in rural
districts. especially, who can only sign
with cross is enormous. It is not IN
usual to see parish documents Of great
local Importance defaced with the same
humiliating symbol by persons whose
office not only shows them to be .smen of
mark, but men of substance" We have
printed already specimens Of the partial
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A Senator at His Ease.

One OF our Southern papers thus de.
scribes the ofaum cum dienitate enioved
by Senator Butler, of South Carolina.
Those who have been accustomed to see
the chivalrous southron in the arena of
debate, with his senatorial arrnor bright
with the frequent conflict of opinion and
repartee, will be amused at this descrip-
ton of his quiet retirement
SENATOR BUTLER. Hon. A. P.But-
Ter is again at his residence (Stonelands)
near our village, for the summer vacation.
We are glad to have it in our power to
state that his health and spirits are as
good as usual. Perhaps no no one of our
public men enjoys these intervals of rural
quiet and repose so fully as does our Sen
ator. Possessed of remarkably nice
appreciation Of natures beauties, he finds
IN almost every object around him, the
old oak, the limpd fountain, or the war
bling bird, q pleasant subject OF reyerv or
reflection as his mood may be. In keep
ing with this inclination of mind, he may
be found at almost any hour of the dav
rambling through the woods or fields
stopping here to Gull a wild flower, there
to watch the movements OF some playful
squirrel or sportive bird, and again, TO
listen to the murmured melody of the
running brook. Not unfreQuentlv YOU
will find him with book in hand. clancinr
occasionally at its pages as if for the
purpose of refreshing his mindwith some
pleasant literary Renaissance. On these
occasions, his author is apt to be of the
imaginative school, and always from the
list of the pure English classics. Indeed
the Judges literary library comprises
little else than these, feature of it which
we for one admire and recommend. But.
besides his tastes for these simple pleas
ureS, the Judge has remarkable foniness
iorfrce and unrestrained social intercol rse
with his neighbors and friends, and this
forms no small part Of his summer recre
alton. There is no man endowed with
more genuine sentiments of hospitality
than he. His friends feel it time after
time with the fullest qualification. Their
pleasure reacts upon the heart of their
genial host, and the hours pass lightly on
with him. Thus it is, that our Senator
rests from his labors. Thus it is that he
Is enabled to return to his post at each
succeeding session, braced and strength
ened anew for his winters work. May
he be thus blessed for may years Edge
field Advertiser.
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: arly Closinr.

The following from the Cincinnati Sun
is so we'll suited to the merchants and
clerks Of the Metropolis, that we copy
and commend it to their attention:
The carpenter, the smith and the Shoe
maker have had their strikes and gained
their demand. The poor scamstress has
found friends to aid and sympathize with
her. But there remains class who are
not often thought of. yet it con; aims many
admirable men, men Of intelligence and
moral worth we mean the clerks. They
are compelled to dress we'll and are
obliged to have certain amount ofmental
cultivation. Yet they have often to en-
dure a grinding tyranny that the hard
listed sons Of toll would spurn to submi.
to.
When the mechanic has done his DAYS
work he returns to his home, and in the
bosom Of his family enjoys that repose
which labor has rendered sweet. But the
clerk, after seriously attending to his
employers interest throughout Tie day, is
toe often detained until late at night
Why should this be? Why should the
dry goods store be o pen late in the even
ING any more than o Their places of bust
ness? There is plai,lly no necessity for
It. Let any one look into the windows
and he will see those 81 ores that during
the day were tmonged, a.'e in the evening
empty And yet the clerks must be
there. Recreation and O, Dor,unities for
mental cultivation are deni, d him. The
farmers cattle, that have labored through
the day may rest at night but ;hc har
raised, jaded clerk is denied that priv
leGc.
This is wrongAand we are g''ad to see
there are employers ready to aclln owledct
it. What will The clerks do ? They arr
American citizens, and are at libt rty TO
use free speech and free action will they
not claim and secure their own rights;
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TIE METROPOLITAN RAILROAD,

The Commissioners appointed by the
Legislature Of Maryland to give effect to
the Metropolitan Railroad charter, held a
meeting in Georgetown on yesterday, and
took the preliminary stcpsin the discharge
of their important duty. The prompt
tude and zeal which appeared to animate
the respectable and leading gentlemen as
sembled from the counties through which
the road is to pass, augur well for the sue
cess ofthis interesting project, This road
we conceive to be one of the most import
ant works of Improvement now on foot in
any part of the country. 1t has become
public want and whatever object be-
comes such in this country is bound to be
done. AS it is important, and will be the
highway for thousands of travellers, to say
nothing of its great agricultural and com
mercial custom, so must it be profita BILE
to those who build and own it. As an
investment, nothing can be more safe or
less precarious than the stock of such a
railroad.
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Pleasant Virginia Town.

\ travelling correspondent Of the Bog
ton Morning Post, thus speaks of the
town ofLynchburg-one OF the plesantost
in these parts:
There are two daily, and one semi
weekly naners issued here. The citizens
are wealthy, intelligent, social and hospi
table. The inhabitants multiply rapidly
and the emigration Of northern men to
this section of Virginia, gives it the an
nearsnce in many things, Of "Yankec
land" The internal improvements of
the last few years have opened the long
pent IN resources of the "Old Dominion"
and will. ifencouragcd and fostered, place
Virginia beside her sister States in few
years. But the taxes are enormous. The
city of Lynchburg am informed, guaran-
tied six per cent. to all who would take
stock in the Virginia and Tennessee rail-
road, which is now opened as far as Salem,
some sixty miles. The consequence is,
that Lynchburg has some forty thousand
dollars interest money to pay annually:
this amount Of money added to the ordi-
nary city expenses, makes the taxes large
and heavy, especially as there are but
four thousand citizens TO ray the amount
The POLL tax is seven dollars. Watches,
salary, and everything is taxed, and vet
The people pay the taxation cheerfully,
prosper, accumulate wealth, and are hap
Cy.
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ignorance which passes under the pen of
the post office authorities. and we may
venture to assert that such specimens of
penmaship and photography are not to
be matched in any other country in Eu
rome: A housewife in humble life need
only turn to the file of her husbands bills
to discover hieroslyphics which render
them s, many arithmetical puzzles. In
short, he practical evidences Of the low
ebb to which the plainest rudiments of
education in this country has fallen are
too common to bear repetition. We can
not pass through the streets, we cannot
enter a place of public assembly, or ram
BILE in the fields, without the gloomy shad
ow of ignorance sweeping over us. The
rural population is indeed in worse
plight than the other classes.
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EIIsIn.

The absence Of the Marine Band from
the Capitol Grounds last evening was the
cause of a great disappointment to crowds
Of people. We had premonition that
the musicians would come UP wanting,
and so avoided the heat and dust by stay
ing At home.
There is prospect of IN increase in
the number Of instruments. Good
Now let the place for the Band to per
form in he more elevated, and the people
will be satisfied. Ifrot. not.
Y. B.-We learn that it was the Gus
tom, in the days Of President Polk, to
send an omnibus for the Band. Can it
not be done now ?
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PERsoNAL.-Nlrs Mowatt, the favorite
actress, is at present in Boston, accom-
panied by VIM F. Richie, esq, editor of
The Richmond Enquirer. The Transcript
says:
" Mrs. Mowatt will not appear again
during this season, her own health not
Icing quite re established. In Scptem
Der she will commence a round of fare
we'll engagements in the principal cities
OF the Union, and early in the spring she
will lay aside her stage attire fer bridal
robes, and retire to Richmond to private
life. Her last engagement and final fare
well Of the stage will take place in Bos-
ton, where also her nuptials with Mr..
Richie will be celebrated"
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BANIsITED Gen. Arista. late President of
Mexico arrived at Havana on the 5th inst.
in the English mail steamer from Vera
Cruz, and proceeded in her to England
1t appears he has been hanished by Santa
Anna, ordered to 60 Europe, and there
remain. He will be allowed to retain his
rank in the Mexican army. and the pay
pertaining to it. A desire to maintain
public tranquility is alleged as the reason
for his Punishment. Arista publicly pro
tested against the decree as tyrannical,
and declared his purpose to demand
PREPARATION for injuries. He avows his
sympathy for the North American inst
tutions: desire for the establishment Of
federal institutions in Mexico: and, if
desirable, annexation TO the United States,
which he predicts will yet happen.
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and Citizens. =

~ - st"sU%r5~ and Citizens
- 10y T''H EAs'a;#EorYPEs are unsurpass-
= anv. foT ,g'lness of execution and
be- "a. y of I.isi- .i,.ish.
Ills assiduorz ei.or.s TO establish frs. class
ailery i'll this city, and his continued en-
'eavors to please visiters. and patrons have
not been unrewarded. An examination of
h'S Pictures recently made is particularly So
.ielted. He is prepared to take Pictures of
every size and style, at reasonable prices
Gallery. north side of Pennsylvania avenue.
3e-w"en : ard 9Th streets, Lane & Tuckers
Ting. feb %
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OPEN TREASON AND INf1DELrrY.-T.le
masks are fairly thrown aside at las,
We are to have no more fighting in The
dark. There is to be no more attempts
at concealment, no more fimsy coverings
Or transparent DISCUSSES. Adolf. ioniSln
has unfuricd its true flag, black as the
ancient Egyptian midnight, with treason
to the Union, infidclity in religion, and
treachcry to the country. The speeches
at the recent meetings in the city of New
York Of Garrison, Quincy, Philips. and
others of various colors, leave no room
for doubt Or dispute on this point. We
are to have fresh crusade against the
peace and prosperity Of the Union. BY a
ncw phase Of the Hartford Convention
traitors, backed up by the gold of the
British aristocracy.
Forewarncd is 10 be forearmed. The
attack upon our national Liberties is no.
20 be made sneakinSly and cowardly
under the mantle Of concealment, but i
is TO be open and above board We are
plainly told Just what we have to expect.
All that British hate and jealousy can
accomplish. backed up by their AmeTi
can allies, is to be consummated to the
utmost extent. The battle will come
on which side do YOU, who are true pa
riots, intend to rally ?-PeanS ylrGnian.
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THE FAST AGE.

It is a common remark, that we are
living in a fast age. Fast discoveries of
gold have led to fast annexations, fast
emigrations, fast steamers, fast railroad
cars, fast clippers, fast horses, fast men,
fast women, and fast children. A fast
time, generally, all around the board!
But our object this evening was to al
lude to one of the most alarming indica-
tons Of fastness in this very fast age:
that is, the rapidity with which the
public crimes and popular calamities of
our country are passed over and forgot
ten. Was there ever any thing like it in
the history of the world? We hope not
The fast works began their worst by
blowing up steamboats, on our western
waters. At first the people really appear
ed to be alarmed, and kept the fearful in
cidcnts in becoming remembrance. But,
ere long, these bloody occurrences, these
living panoran,as of flying bodies in the
air, and manSlcd corses sinking in the red
rivers and lakes, became so common that
they were soon forgotten. No human
memory is sufficiently retentive to per-
petuate in the mind such succession Of
indiscriminate massacres.
It used to be said of q accidents by field
and food of terrible slaughter, fires and
casualties, that they were {" a nine days
wonder" But even that limited period
is not required in this fast age. A week
suffices all the purpose. Alter that time,
the great public NAV becomes glutted
with past novelties, satiated with recent
horrors, and opens its ponderous jaws,
through the medium of the printing press,
and, like the daughter of the horse-leech,
cries-"Give give" Or like the grave,
Or the fire, the famine, or the pcstilence,
it shrieks aga;n-"Not yet enough =
What new murders have you to day 2"
Look at this terribly frightful and wick
edly criminal occurrence at Norwalk. The
ink is scarcely dry on the paper that re-
cords its shocking particulars, ere they
are beginning to be forgotten There
comes to us picture of the awful scene
in the papers, and the people buy it and
gloat over it, and chat about it, as they
would with the last novel, popular play.
or new dress! The mangled dead are
gathered up and buried. That's the end
of them. The managers Of the guilty
corporation, with their hands reeking
with TIE blood of The victims Of their
fast engine of death, coolly wipe their
mouths, saw they are uery sorry for the
accident: really it is quite unfortunate it
will be likely, alas to ininre the stock Of
the roaf: but, then, g" nobcdy's to blame"
and this is fast age-therefore, go ahead
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Attention, Gavs9-r Corps !-FonT1
MEM 2ERS. ALL OF WHICH HAVE PAID FRY.
DOLLARS. THE AMOUNT OF THE FIRST INSTALL
MENT.-A Stated Meeting of the Corres will be
held a Casnaris's Hotel Capitol Hill.) Oh
MONDAY EVENING" May %. at o'clock
Members are requested 20 be punctual in their
attendance. as the Officers are to be elected
md arrangements comn'e' ed for Moonigh
Parade RICHARD WALLACE. Chairman,
GEO. ". McLANE. Secretary.
\. B.-'The cost of he Uniform and Tran
pings is no5 to exceed Fifty Dollars.
nav Isl
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4 RARE PLAcE.-One Of the most at
t-ac.ivs places in Washington is the book
store Of Taylor & Maury. It is a rich
treat when the duties Of the Gay are over,
to drop into that we'll managed establish
ment, and note the many new and valua-
bic publications our friends T. & NJ. are
receiving. Such a book store is credit
to the Capital.
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DIR. Kane has so far recovered from his
late illness, that his Arctic Expedition
Will be able to start as soon as the vari
ous minor details of the outfit can be ac.
complished. In few wees az the far
thest, the Doctor expects to be upon his
way to the Polar regions once more.
The life insurance upon persons who
were killed at the Norwalk slaughter
amount to $50 COO and the Life Insu
rance Companies have determined to pro
secute the Railroad Company to collect
their losses.
The Boston Aldermen have resolved to
furnish music on the Common two even
lngs IN each week, during June, July,
and August, at an expense of 5 200.
Orders have been received at the Cos,
port Navy Yard to rebuild the old frigate
Constellation, Of historical rcnown.
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X t'P I0NF

/ \ order 70 DO so. furnish yourself viii err,-
mcr UNDER GARMENTS, such a. Game
Mcrlno. Shaker. Cotton and Isle Thread IN
l,ERSlIIRTS and DRAWERS. Linen DRAW
ERS Of superior quality and STYLE. large as
sortment of Fancy Silk and Summer TIES
Mohair STOCKS. HOSIERY and GLOVES.
Fine French Bosom dress SHIRTS. made to
order at HOPKINS
New Gentlemens' Furnishing Store,
One door from 9Th ST. bet. Browns and Ma
ID 1o-3t tional Hotels
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% : -.frE'3 ~ = $50 s-ry-
- of Washington favorable to The FORM
ION OF 4 Library AssociG+ion'' viii he he'1
IN The Lec+ure-room of the Smithsonian r.
S'!utIon on Thursday evening at 8 o'clocl
.: he committee appointed 70 draft constitr-
tioH viii be ready to renort.
AZ "erFons feeling an interest in the sun-
cess Of nc Association are respectfully ~
" 'e.i - attena
b. ordes Of he Committed.
TiiN%. Y. HILLS.
nlnE I Secretary
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sS&o''S sFcn*estui Dagucrreo,ypcs.
90 TO nooT;s , No matter whether
l. he clear or cloudy weather
Sill, with equal truth, he traces,
Msiitudes Of lovely faces,
Eoo:'s GAilcrr, Pennsylvania avenue. near
We street mar u
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. .5ae s',55giucron receives all the new
looks and News"aHers as fast as published
re is agent for Iarrer's and all the other
NJ, gaines, ard oug readers will ALWAYS find a
2FTe and good ASSOC 'ment of Blank Books and
-'a-ionery al his HooFs-ore Odeon building.
aorEer of Is stree anl Penn. avenue. feb
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SSAP.-A gentleman Of our acquain-
lance who has been troubled with slow
horse, was observed yesterday going alta
rapid pace toward his pleasant home on
Greenleafs Point. On inquiring of him
the cause of the change, he merely held
up one of Lutz's new and elegant whips,
and added: L have only to shake it at
the animal, and he goes ~ Fact.
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'FSa VFssh Dasucrrcofypcs

20 Essesc wis w5.h Dasucrrcorrncs
AIKEN in the highest perfection of the art,
will of course, call on WHITEHURsT. be being
he recipient of the highest premium award
81 TO Dasuerreotypists at the late Fair of the
metropolitan Mechanics Institute.
His GALLERY is or Pennsylvania avenue near
! street mar 81
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For the Daily Evening Star.l

Yankee fohHiFms Washing Day.
What ais the women?
What Ills he ren9
What ais the old ROSTERS,
VIA ais lie hen?
The chickens fly.
And the children cry,
The old wives scold,
And the husbands sigh:
Ard rock-a by-baby,' the sister SIM,
IF was dove ard had silver wings
In the church-steeple and far away.
I'd fly at the dawn of a washing day"
For never n minute
OF reace I get,
The Sancho is in it
The floor is wet;
For soan ard suds.
And scalding and choking,
Ard dirty buds
And Tuning and smoking,
And nuff and spatter,
And wiring and souse,
And swc,b a clatter
Al over the house,
What ale The women
What ais the men!
What oils the old rooster
What ails tie hem
Tie hon is scratching,
ForCot+cn. forlorn.
Tie rooster is watching
In vain for corn.
The men are all mad.
And The women say,
A 7'ichod mp dinner
Or none to-day.
:" Lea. Tn tired" the old dame cries.
Nlnlng the soan-suds ont of her eyes.
Mercy unon '" the daughter sings.
= IF was dove. and had silver WINS.
IN Ire chrrch-steer'e and far away
II ay at tie dawn of a washing day"
YANKEE JOHN.
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80" sT'z w persons f.iari'y o lie e.e
',"o of his Hall arc :avi eA "a a4'er}
nee it.t 20 he he'd IN the Comet Char,'o
- ho C:'y Ha''. on FRIDAY EVEN INC -
2Hth ms ant. n haIf-nas o,"1n,k. p. NJ.
3 order Of the Board of Management, d.
Metropolitan Mechanics Tns'i,u.e.
VIM. II. WARD.
NAV Tf-3t F;nan.;al Ca.ra-or-
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2rTIc z OF SECRETA:.- or TUr SENATE >.
Mn -, 1882.
Ct"TTn proposals will be received at
' .hiS Office ur-i' - o'clock. m. on wed
nce.ier. TIE S1h Of !:rr TeZf. Tor lurI'Sii ing
nd 1oriyor;rr in TIE y,irs of tie Capitol,
o., a. before he Ist dav Of September next,
ore hrnd.csi Tor s hest anthracite coal. Prop
or,v brcte., ard serccrc.l for use in the fur
races. Also. for one hrrd~ed ard fifty, cords
est hickory wool. 20 he measured at the ek--
renSe of he contractor. in the Capitol yard,
sawed a-a nrqrerlv racfcd away the whole
TO ;, q, 81 ion. 20 he ins''c"';on and approval
as y =. c~C--e'rrv.
Sperr;.- for the faithful performance Of the
,or' roo, To- frrn'sfi'g Re above articles. TO
% satisrqnsion of the Secretary of the Sen
40 yc;1r he required.
Proposals sHould be endorsed Proposals
for coal and wood and Re directed TO the
Secretary of the Senate a Washington.
mav 16-1aw9w
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Trains on the New Haven Railroad
have received orders to come to q full
stop at every draw bridge.
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+ P TIL BTU III --TaN

II : Z n ,. 5-ItN
'5NHE warm weather is chasin,c c-owds or
\ Ladies and Gentlemen to M92nICON'S.
,orner o. Z and 7+h streets. TO re class os
his snneTior SODA WATER They ALWAYS 90
away refreshed. Try one cr'nyv YOU will be
sur % call again. His SYRI Pc are S,,nerb.
- Don forget corner Of f and 9TH SITS.
opposite he General Post Office.
IN 1S-eo2w
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u shi!lington's papers are received
in good time-Barnm's and Glcason's
plctorlals. The Magazines for June will
be on hand in dav or two.