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NT WILMINGTON, N. c.
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Stores Cotton, and other produce.
R Office at the Store of Messr5 Grady & Monk North
Water Street.
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TNIPORTER and Dealer in Hardware, Iron, Stoves
Nails, &c, FrOnt-street, doors South OF Market VIII
nington n C. [30v7ly]
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF
PLACER COUNTY.

'aVlhg seen poster sticking upon the
ourt touSe, in the town of Auburn. calling
upon you to meet in onvention on SATURDAY.
the I'm November, instant, we take this
method of informing the Democrats of Placer
county, that the said call is informal and i'm.
proper-that there has been no meeting ~
the Central Committee called, and that vonr
committee has never been convened by the
chairman to take action IN the natter Fur.
thermore, the undersigned believe that tho
ultimate object Of the author of the call (f0r
it was never written by the Central Commit.
tee,) is to try and get the Democracy of Pin.
Ger to nlorse the election of United States
Senator the coming wnter, and pledge them
to support some particular individual Mt San
Francisco in preference to any gentleman
who may happen to live in mountain or ae.
rcultural county. And, therefore, we the
undersigned nembers of the central Commit.
tee, appointed by the Democratic party Mt its
regular ANIMAL Convention, to serve as such
one year, under the rules organizing the par.
ty in the State of California, do protest
aga nst tn 8 Illegal and uncalled for step.
PHILIP W. THOMAS,
Chairman Central Committee.
JOHN T.. HARPER.
Auburn Nov 81, lS53-2t
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

THANKsGIvING PROCLAMATION. -
Whereas, 1t is the duty Of a Christian
peope in an appropriate manner to ac-
knowledge, wih gratitude, the many
blessings bestowed by an all-wise and su-
perintendng Providence;
And whereas, The goodness of Al
mighty God has been signaIIy manifested
toward tho people of the State of CaIifor-
MIA during the past year, in blessing them
with health. continued prosperity, and un-
paraleled advancement in al the ele-
ments of State greatness, and in their
preservation frott1 the po itcal and social
evils which have disturbed the peace aud
retarded the prosperity of other portions
Of the earth;
Now, therefore, John Bigler, Gov
ernor Of the State of California, do here
by appoint and set apart Thursday, the
Gath day of November, A. ID. 1853, as a
day of thanksgiving and prayer to AL
mighty God; and all good citizens of the
State are requested to observe the Same
as such
Witness my hand and the great Seal OF
State, at the City of Benicia, this Goth day
of October, A. ID. 1859.
JOHN BIGLER.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

"The Appearance of the combined
French and English squadrons at Besika
Bay s,' says the Constitutional, ''most
imposing. This bay is situated on the
coast Of Asia, at the entrance of the Dar-
daneles, is large and deep, and it is not
improbable that it contained the one thou
sand vessels which bore the Greeks be-
fore the walls of Troy. )ur modern
vessels, less numerous but more formi
dable, form long line opposite the plain
along which the petulant Achilles dragged
the body of Hector at the tail of his
chariot. The French vessels are at the
head of the line, the headmost ship being
the Bayard, of ninety guns. Between the
ships of the line and the shore are ranged
the smaller sailing vessels and the stea-
mers''
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05
CHERyFF3S SALE.--By virtue Of

SHEIsIFF'S SALE. ---By virtue Of
~ II execution to me directed and delivered,
issued out Of the Hon District ourt of the
lth Judicial District, on the Dist day of Oc-
tober, a. d 1898 i'll favor Of George w llment
and against the Gold Hill and Bear River
Water Company for the sum of 1857 ,05. with
interest on said sum from rendition of judg-
ment Mt the rate of 10 per cent per annum,
together with $166,45 costs of suit, l have
this day levied upon and will sell to the high
est bidder for cash, at the ourt House in
>uburn, on Saturday the 18th day of Novem.
ber a. d 1853 at the hour Of II o'clock, a m.
all the right, title. interest and claim of said
Gold Hill and Bear River Water Co., in and
to their canal or ditch being and situated in
Placer county, or so much thereof rs will sat.
lsfy SAID judgment and costs due and to be-
come due thereon. This October oath 1853.
S. g AS IN, Sheriff Placer county.
Auburn, oct29-n7 3t
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05
OOnstable's Sale.---By virtue of an

0Onstable7s Sale.---By virtue of an
" execution to me- directed, issued out of
ustce Court held b1 J G Hawthorne
Justice Of the Peace in and for Township No.
:, Placer County, on n judgment rendered on
the 29th day Of October, a. Il 1853, in favor
o. smith Scogn and against Thomas Aitkens
and John Thorn for two mining claims and
damages laid at $500, together with the sum
Of 1929 % cost Of suit, have ths day levied
upon and Will expose at public sale, on the
claims, to the highest bidder, for ca n, on the
0th day Of November. II. d 1873, Mt the hour
pt Z clock, p. m, all the right title interest
and claim Of the SAID Thomas Aitkens and
Joseph Thorn of and to the following described
property, to-wit: All Of their interest in Ger.
tain mining CLAIMS situated on branch of the
ecret Ravine, ndjoinng claims of orkins
y Love-said claims being 800 feet square,
also one undivided alf OF cooking stove and
fixtures belonging to the said stove or AZ
much AS will satisfy said demands and all
costs due to become due
STEPHEN JAM son, Constable Tp. No 2.
OphIr, Oct 29th 53-n3 IL
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

NOTlCE.---I hereby give notice to the
" public that e.. NJ. M Vicar s no longer
my agent for the sale of tickets in my Real
Estate anu Stock Grand RafH,," and will not
be accountable for any debts he may contract
IN t c sale the same. Il H. PORTER,
oct 3lst, '53 st
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

10 cure palptation of the heart, pro-
cure young woman-alive-and having
a,scertalned the region of her heart, press
the organ closely against your own tl!i the
pam ceases. For regimen, use coo'ng
drinks aud moonlight-about haii and
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

The San Joaquin Republican under
stands that the present Indian Reserva
tons in MaripOsa county will be abandon
ed. The lndiaiIs-Or such of them as are
disposed to place themselves under the
protection OF the United States Govern
ment-will be removed to new station
near Tejon Pass Here they will be un-
der a military form Of government, will
be taus hit habits of industry, mechanical
employment, SC. Lieut.. Beaie thinks
that in short time these tribes will have
the best ranch in California. TO show
what they can do when under proper con
troll and guidance, we may mention the
fact that they have raised and garnered
many thousands Of bushels of wheat, po.
tatoes, &C., in Mariposa county, this year.
Discovery OF A CAvEIN VALLEcITo.-
The Calavera. Chronic gives the par
tcnIars OF the dscOv 'ry of a curious cave
in the vicinity of Vallecto. 1t appears
that a Frenchuian was at work there at a
considerable depth, and his pick displac-
ed rock, which laid bare an entrance to
large cave. A party afterwards de-
scended and explored the subterranean
apartments Their report is most aston
ishing They assert that at the depth Of
about one hundred feet they came upon
a collection of over three hundred human
bodies, perfectly perfied; that the hall
contained an immense number of stalact-
tes. some of which rested on aud were
incorporated with the bodies Should
this rumor prove true, what glorious
subject for antiquarian research. Ii is
said that the skulls indicate race distinct
from our Indians.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05
ALLEN, FERRIS g. co
FRANKLIN HOUSE.

O0'"e| """ TF"HcFNr0 ma TutWc streets,
San Fran CISCO
Great care taken to insure comfort. All
necessary accommodations
ny his iiotel, since coming into the hands
OF the present proprietors has been thorough.
y repaired, with an addition Of ten rooms.
improvements III the bedding and table.
Good accommodation for families, and on
reasonable terms.
Proprietors-G. e. GRAVES, Wisconsin.
f. DARWIN SLOAT N York
nov5 '53 : 3mt
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

The AUSTRIAN PRoTEsT.-The Paris
Siecie has the following remarks on the
Austrian Protest in the Kosta affair:
"The principles set forth in tn memo
randum are true, bat who Is it that has
violated them? Evidently .Austria, which,
IN d neutral port, caused to be arrested !,
in a most offensive manner, man placed
under the protection of the flag Of the
United States. If the Austrian Consul
had any doubt as to the legality of kosta's
naturalization, he was bound to app to
The officer il command of the American
station, and to ask him to oppose the
escape of that refugee until the point of
lazy had been properly cleared up. Aus
trla, diSdaning the Use of legal proceed
ing, attempted to obtain Justice for her
self by force. And now she complains Of
having met with legitimate opposition
to Ter acts of violence. We do not en-
terrain the slightest doubt that the Amer-
can corvette St. Louis would, without a
moments Recitation, have opened fire on
the Hussar brig5 if the captain of the
Austrian vessel had refused t. give up M.
kosta until the question of nationality
should have been decided. M. X kosta
was admitted to swear tidelit, to the
American Government, and he received
an American passport. 1t was on the
faith OF that passport that he had pro-
ceeded to Turkey in Asia, and 1t is allow
abe to declare that the affair does not
concern him amy more; it lies between
the Government Of the Union and every
Government which undertakes to violate
the guaranty given by the United States
to NJ. kosta. Austria has taken good care
not TO place the dispute on that ground.
"ln the hope of gaining over To her side
France, who has always sustained the
cause Of neutralS, the Cabinet at Vienna
has indu ged in the lucubration which it
has lately published, and which, of itself,
condemns the Austrian Consul; for, once
more, if the right of neutraIs has been vio-
lated, it was 10y that tunctionary who seized
can Commodore, and without deigning to
take the opinion of the authorities of
Smyrna. Turkey, always accustomed to
vie Il to a protection which does not pro-
tect her, has dismissed Al Pasha, the
Governor of smyrna, formerly Grand
Vizier, and one of the most intelligent
men Of he Ottoman Empire. ] here is
no danger that the same treatment viii tall
ON the American captain. The Unl'ed
States W /! uphold the respect due to their
Nag, and, rather than abandon a man
protected by an American passport, they
would burn down Trieste, and again raise
up the Republic Of Venice. They care
little about the treaties of 1915, before
which the Governments of Europe stop
short, because these treaties were the
affairs of Princes at the expense of the
Fights Of nations.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

Col. Fremont has returned to st. Louis
on account of i'll health. He will post
pone his tour of exploration for the pres
ent, remaining at ST. Louis until his
health is sufficiently recovered
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05
DubIic Administrators Notice

DubliC AdministTatOr'sN Notice.
l. ALL persons having claims against the
estate of Andrew King, deceased are hereby
notlhed to present the same with the vouch-
ers thereof to Nm NJ Jordan, Public Ad-
ministrator, within ten months from this date
or they will be forever barred from all enc
fit of said estte and all persons indebted arc
requested to make Immediate payment.
WM NJ JORDAN, Public Admir-
Auburn noV5-4t plocar Eounty
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

MAKING THE BEST OF 1T A Yankee,
ont walking, in Virginia, at Wheeling,
while to himself Il talking, experienced
feeing-strange! painful and aarmin'! !!
from his caput to hi, knees, as he sudden
ly discoverpd he was covered o'er with
"bees !" They rested on his eye-lids,
and rerched upon his nose; they colonixed
his peaked face, and swarmed upon his
clothes. They exp '0red his swelling nos-
trils, dove deep into his ears; they craw
led up his "trousers," and fl led his eyes
with tears Did he yell like a hyena'
Did he boiler like loonP Was he scarf
and did he ''cut and un?" or did the crit
ter-s s,Uoon? Meier one. He wasn't
scarf IA mite; he never swoons-or hoIIers;
but h. hived 'em in nail keg hght, and
sold 'em for taco dollars!
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

The London News frankly admits that
England is iaIrly beaten at every point
where Americans have attempted ~ rival
her. Ii attributes the fact to the better
education Of our people.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

The M0RMONs AT SAN BERNARDINo.-
4 writer in the Star, who visited this set
Element early in the present month, and
Was present at public conference meet
ing to set in order The affairs of the So
ciety, says:
'Elder Rich presented a full report of
the financial affairs of The Mormon Camp,
from the time of their entering the rancho,
etc, and notifying the people to be reody
TO meet payment of $50, 600, due for the
rancho on the first March next.
In the afternoon, President Lyman
preached Oh the duties of parents and
children. He was followed by Elder
Rich on the temporal affairs of the
rancho.
On Sunday an affecting address was
delivered by IA returned Missionary from
the Society Islands. The French had
hung six of the Mormon elders at Tahiti,
and the Saints are suffering "A severe per
secution there. This touching address
was succeeded by a discourse from Elder
Rich upon Divine Revelation.
Elder Lyman fol owed on the subject
of 'Our Conceptions of the Deity aud
1t is but justice to say that his ideas were
sublime beyond what We generally hear
Three addresses were delivered in the
afternoon; after which, President Lyman
proposed the sum of 800 as the average
price of the town lots A call was made
for relief tor the suffering Mormons on
the Society Islands and other parts, which
was responded to by ii handsome cash
subscription. The meeting then adjourn
ed to meet again on the 10th OF April
next.
Thursday and Friday next are appoint
ed for genera. turnout to complete the
new mill-race, and Saturday is to be en-
joyed in feaeting and dancing,
This, my first visit to San Bernardino,
has been indeed a peasant one. And
1t was morally impossible to view the
good order and industry Of this singular
peopIe--to consider the strange commln-
Cling of the sublime with the laughab'e,
the moral with the physical - the appa-
rent sincere piety with the heariest mer
riment--without awakening in NY mind
pecuiar reflections. The Mormon7, no
doubt, like others, have difficulties to sur
mount, evils to root out, and imperfec-
tions to overcome; but their motto is,
Progress and Developments both in the
useful and ornamental. And, with the
VIII, tHey nave tHe Po"eI W "CCoIIP P''o"
whatever they wish; for what diffiru ty
is to be overcome where the people are
all of one mind, and are ready to concen-
trate all their energies to accomp'l lSh
whatever appears conducive to their well
fare.
OF the Mormon creed have nothing
to say here, but that they are good ana
useful citizens, one has only to VISIT san
Barnardno to be convinced. The style
which will he adopted in building the
new town has not yet transplred; but 1t is
intended to erect the public buildings
upon liberal plan; and | believe that
IN TWO years San BernardIno VIII he one
oftbe most bea ~tiful towns III California"
The London News frankly admits that
England Is ialrly beaten at every point
where Americans have attempted 10 rival
her. 1t attributes the fact to the better
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

DubGic AdMinistrat0r'sN Notice.
l. ALL persons having claims against the
estate Of h. y Keith, deceased, are hereby
notified to exhibit the same with the ouchers
thereof to VIM NJ Jordan, Public Admins.
tratCr, within ten month from this date, or
they will be forever barred from all benefit Of
said estate, and all persons indebted are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
WV. VI, JORDAN, Public Admir-.
Auburn 5 53-4t
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

hN SUPP tOuFtJtu NeI. w ore
to Quebec, is still afoat, under the name
OF "Willlam and Ann" she was built
IN 1895 for honp ketch, and was in
dock in the Thames recently, sound, and
is likely To endure many years yet. She
is now engaged in the Honduras and
African timber trade.
Out of the thirty-one Governors Of the
States, the Wings have at this time four
Clifford of Mass, Fairbanks, OF Vermont.
Brown, of Florida, and FarweII, of Wis,
consin. Vermont is the only State whose
Legislature nullifed the Fugitive Slave
Law.
"I'EL ASK MY WIFE. ."-That is what
old Judge Thatcher, of MaSsa chusetts,
said to Blount, or North Carolina; when
they were members Of Congress; at Pbila-
delphia, and when the latter challenged
the Judge TO fight duel. "I'll ask nv
wife, sir" replied the Judge, taking of
his three cornered hat and making bow.
"and if she is willing, I'll meet you"
WEALTH OF SAN FRANcIsco.-The
Assessors returns for the current fiscal
year, of the value of real and personal
property III this city, amount TO twenty
nine millions of dollars This, to her
population OF forty thousand, gives (S725)
seven hundred and twenty five dollars to
every lnhabtant, man, woman and child.
In the city OF Sacramento it is $6S9. In
New York city it is 1927; but in Boston
it is 1892. Thus it will be seen, that
the "City of Notions," tops her high rival
(the "Empire City,'O in wealth, and the
EXHIBIT will lnclte no little pride in the
natives of Boston. But with regard to
"this city IF ours" San francisco, it may
not be out of place to remark, that the
present marketable value of the property
may be fairly (and yet moderately set
down at three times the amount on the
assessment roll, which would, of course
raise our average to $2l75!
There are about 76 persons n New
Hampshire, between the ages of fourteen
and twenty-one, who cannot read and
write. There are 10000 pupils on the
school lists of the State
The gas-pipes are being laid in most
of the principal streets of San Francisco
to furnish the city with gas-light.
There are about three hundred and ffiv
more newspapers published in America
than in all the known world besidest
Since 1874, when the Atlantic and St.
Lawrence railroad was first under discus
sion, the valuation Of property in Port
land, Me-, has advanced eight millions of
dollars.
About 800 Danes are soon to start
from their native country, for the Great
Salt Lake.
The substance of the verdict Of recent
coronrr's jury; Oh a man who died in a
state of inehration, was death by hang
ing-r0und rum shop"
Integrity is the sureSt way or srccess in
tie long ruin. He who is underIandpd
may apparently prosper for Il time, but
during those years Of seeming success,
there is growing up in the public mind Il
distrust of him.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

A new company has been organized to
establish a new line of steamers from
San Francisco to China, with capital of
ten millions of dollars, and to commence
operations as soon as Congress slla | offer
inducements for the enterprise. This un-
dertaking is backed up by some of the
heaviest names in the city. Mayor Gar
rson is President of the company. re-
gard this movement, carried out, as preg-
nant with great results to our State. 1t
viii do much to stimulate and increase
our commerce with China; it will concen-
trate the trade to this port, not only OF
merchants in the cities upon the Atlantic
slope, but will cause goods designed for
the Pacific coast down as far us Chile and
Europe, to he bonded in our San Fran
cisco warehouses for reshlpment. AS
soon as :he railroad shall be completed
uniting Panama and Aspinwall, light
china goods will no longer go round Cape
Horn, but will be freighted across the
isthmus by railroad When that railroad
's completed line or lines of screw
steamers will ply between this port and
ranama, and the demand for transporta'
non uon VIII necessarily increase very rapid y.
his will make Panama and Aspnwall
places of considerable importance, and
the Panama and Aspinwall railroad, if
properly managed, magnificent stock, till
the completion Of the great work Of our
gay and generation, the Atlantic and
FacIfic Railroad. - Union.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05
The Sacramento Union, in a

The Sacramento Union, IN a
lengthy article upon the anniversary
of the great fire, one year ago, thus
speaks of the present prospects of the
Ievee City:"-
Our facilities for intercourse with
the mines, are daily increasing
STAGES now run from this city to all
important points, and constant I'M
movements are being made in the
roads communicating with the noun
tains.
A plank road is completed ten
miles from the city. The line of a
railroad has been surveyed from here
to the foot hills, towards Nevada, the
road located, and we have good and
sufficient reason to know that twenty
miles of it will be laid and the cars
running over it before another fire
anniversary rolls round. When this
road is completed, Sacramento will
become THE lumber market of Cali
fornla.
In society, education, morals, and
religion, we are gradually but surely
advancing. Several churches have
already risen from the ruins OF those
which melted before the devourlng
element; good schools are now in ex-
is.ence, and in few months, we
shall have complete system of pub
lie schools established on a firm
basis.
In five years from this, should we
be blessed with life and health, we
expect to be able to claim, and have
it admitted that Sacramento is the
most beautiful city on the Pacific, as
we'll as the most prosperous and most
desirable for a residence. She will
then contain a population of at least
thirty thousand; will be acknowl-
edged the second city on the Pacific
side, and put down on the map as
the Capital of the State of California.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05
PACIFIC RAlLROAD.-Ihe Time

Pacific RAlLRoAD.-Ihe Times
and Transcript says:
Our enterprising feIlow-citizen, Mr.
Samuel Brannan, has arranged for
himself and others to secure two mil
lions of Pacific Railroad stock, and
there is no doubt but that other men
of wealth IN San Francisco will take
large interests in the road.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-05

A GANDER's INSTINCT. - Some
time since a gander was son duty"
near the canal basin, at Albany, in
keeping guard over a flock of goslings
which led to a reconter between his
gandership and rooster. The con
test, however, was of short duration,
for the gander seized the cock by the
neck, and straightway flew into the
canlI, where he thrust his antagonist
under water, and there held him un-
Ill he was deadl