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The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CHERRIES -SALE.-By virtue 81

-
~ an execution, to me directed, issued out Of
the Honorable District Court of the Nth in.
'cial District in and for the County of Placer
on judgment rendered on the 18th day of
April, A. D., 1853 in favor of James Parkin.
son g. Son. and against H. M House and Eliza
Elliott, for the sum of seven hundred dollars.
with interest on the same from the Gath day of
March, A. D., 1858, at the rate OF three per
cent per month, together with eighty seven
dollars damages and c SITS, ave levied upon
and will expose to public auction before the
court house do r, in the town of Auburn, on
Saturday, the 7th day of May. 1858, between
the hours of o'clock A. NJ and 5 P NJ of
that day. all the right, title, interes and
claim of said H. M House, of in and to the
following described proper y lying and i, ing
in the town of Auburn, Placer county, to wit:
4 he hou known as the Empire Hotel" all
the sta bles, out houses and corrals, together
with the lot of ground on which said hotel
stables and out houses now stand, Also, all
of Eliza Elliott's right, title, interest and
claim of, in and to tw certain mortgages given
as, IL = 49, I~:L-I +. Or<. j --.--L
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said
execution and costs now due or to ecome due
S. G. ASTIN, Sheriff of Placer county
By E B. Boust, Deputy.
Auburn April IA, '53 3w
lie above sale is hereby postponed until
Saturday the 18th d y of May, A. D, 1853.
..l r. S. c. ASTIN, Sheriff
a9 By M. P H Love. Under Sheriff
Auburn, May l4th, SO 1t
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For the Placer Herald.
YANKEE JIM's, May 9Th,

g YANKEE JIM's, May 9Th, 1858. .
NJ Mr. Editor: see by late paper, that
the Democratic State Central Committee
have called a Convention, to be held in
the month of June, for the purpose OF
nominating a candidate for Governor and
other State officers. In accordance with
the above call the County Central Com
mittee have called a convention for the
4th of June, to nominate delegates to the
State Convention. l1Ha1ti'H FHt
Before that convention meets, wish to
call the attention of the Democratic vo-
ters to the Importance of selecting a can
didate for Governor from Placer county.
There are many among us who would re-
fleet great credit upon the State, if called
by the people to assume the rens of Gov
ernment, but there is one in particular in
whom the people have unlimited conf
dence, and upon whom tho popular will
unites, as the man above all, most capa-
bic and best fitted by reason of his sterl-
ing integrity and varied attainments to
fill that responsible Office. am satisfied
that the united voice of Placer county
can secure the nomination, and we look
to the balance of the county to assist US
in what we desire and instruct their dele
gates to use all honorable means to Sc
cure the nomination of VIM. Hatfield ESQ.
...,...... ....... t....t. A VOTER.
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San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN Francisco, Nav IL, 1853

.G..s SAN FRANCISCO, May IL, 1888.
Dear .lfitcheN:-The weather still re-
mains very unsettled, consider able rain
having fallen within the last twenty-four
hours, the streets are as muddy as they
have been any time during the winter,
but with the sun that is now shining will
soon dry up, so to remain, it is to be hop
ed, until the next rainy season.. z.....,
The Nj. w. Grand Lodge of f. s. A.
Masons closed its annual communication
in this city on Monday last, during whc h
time a charter was granted to lodge to
be known as Golden Gate Lodge No.
80, to be held in this city. On Mon
day afternoon the five local lodges and
the most worthy Grand Lodge, turned out
memory of deceased worthy member
Hon. P. A. Tompkins. They were very
numerous and the ceremonies were i'm
posing as well as impressive. 3.r
Our citizens are becoming rather watch
full for incendiarles, several attempts
to fire different portions of the city having
been frustrated very recently. We have
had but two alarms since Monday, and
last night fire occurred on Montgomery
street. near the corner of Pine, which for
a time threatened to battle the efforts OF
the firemen on the spot, but it was kept
within the hcuse and finally put out with
out much damage. HtHi N.u
| The American Theatre, which has been
for some time past undergoing repairs
e-opens tonight under the management
Of the former AdeIphi Theatre Co. Its
finish is represented as superior to any
thing of the kind in the states. Mrs.
Sine lair, formerly Mrs. Forest, is Great
ing quite Juror at the San francisco
Hall. "i4.''i
iaMfss Catherine Hayes appears for the
last time upon the boards OF California
this week, and leaves for South America,
believe, on Monday She has been ten
dered "A complimentary benefit by the cit
izens, to take place Tomorrow evening,
and another by the fire department on
Saturday evening. .9Ff lih
o Business is gradually improving, and
will continue if the recent slight rains do
not set it back There appears to-be but
little money in circulation, and every
body complains of its scarcity. under
stand thar one Of the heaviest business
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SALE. by VIRTUE

~ an order of sale, to me directed and de-
livered, issued out of the County Court of
Place Coanty, AMI State of I aliforDia. on
judgment rendered in said Court on the 23d
day Of Marc S53, in favor of John T Reid
and against II. NJ House for the foreclosure
Of n mechanics lien on the house in Auburn
in the county and tate aforesaid known ps
the Empire Hotel, for the sum of s220 ."ebta
and so costs of suits, have levied on and
will expose to sale on the Cd day Of June.
A. D 1858, between t e hours of 10 and 4 of
sand day. at eCourt House "oor in Auburn,
all the right, title and interest Of the said II,
House III and to the said Empire Hotel in
Auburn aforesaid and the ground :whereor,
said hotel stands, to satisfy the said Judgment
and costs above set forth together with ac-
cruing costs ASTTN, Sheriff
Ry NJ. P. II. Love, Under Sheriff.
Auburn, Ma 13, '53 re.- n35 3w
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HEREFF'S SALE.-By virtue of

S HEREFF'S SALE.-By virtue of
~ an execution to me directed issued out of
the honorable District Court of the 1lth Ju-
dical district in and for Placer county State
of Californin, on judgment rendered on the
9Th day of January, A. D 1858. in favor of
Br tia n & Co ), and against M House, for,
the sum Of $28S8,94 debt, together With
SlO097 costs of suit, upon which Judgment
the sum of $3.50 h s been paid, l have levied
upon and will sill at the Court House door in
the to of Auburn County and State afore.
said, all the right, title, interes' and claim o.,
said IL M. House n and to the Empire Hotel
situate in the town of Auburn State afore-
said. between the hours of 8 and 5 o'clock on
the Sd day of June A. D 1858; also all of
said House s interest in and TO the furniture
Of said house: consisting of stoves tables and
table turn ture, bedsteds bedding, bar and
bar fixtures; also his right in and to the lot
upon which said hotel stands to ether with
out houses, stab es. and corral, with the lot
upon VIII ch such out houses. sta bles and cor
raj stands.for so much thereof rs may be suf-
fcient to satisfy said demand and costs.
-.-a-----~- s. g. ASrIN Sheriff
.7se.e, ByM p n Low !, Under Sheriff
Auburn, May l3, 1853 n35 3w
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Green Valley Correspondence. ~
. h GREEN VALLEY, May 5, 1858.

Friend MitcheU:-Sin writing YOU
last but little of importance has transpir-
ed out of the usual routine of mining OPP
erations. say, but little, for what is
thore that can keep up an excitement in
any district over night?
About a week ago the miners on both
sides of the river were thrown into quite
an excitement in consequence of an ava
lanche or slide which came down from
the mountain on the south side of the
river with most tremendous crash. 1t
seemed as though nature was disembow-
cling herself. Several acres in extent at
first started, a portion of which only came
down to the river. This on its way re-
sembled the loudest peals of thunder, and
carried in its progress oaks, pines and
every thing else that was on the mountain
sitle. This slide created little excite
ment for the time but soon passed off. =
The next morning at an early hour it was
found that the slide was off of bed of
gravel Soon the whole bill side was
staked off into mining claims sixtichee t
square. Some of the miners have since
prospected their claims and find that some
of the dirt two feet above the bed rock
pays from fifty cents to one dollar to the
pan. A few days may tell pleasing
story. "N H1 "3.tb a0 ---...
Business is picking up, we have two
new stores and quite number of miners
are coming in. }. X. Z.
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MORTGAGE SALE.-Py virtue o

WI powe Of sale contained in MORTGAGE
executed by Fl House to Eliza Elliott to
secure the payment of $1,000. and 5 per cent
interest o or before November Goth, 1859.
VIII ch mortgage was executed July 1st, 1852
and recorded on page - of Book of Mort
cages in the Rec rders office of Placer coun-
ty and to me duly assigned by Eliza Elliott,
January 29th 1853, which assignment is re-
corded on page 129 of said Book of Mort
cages; said assignment made to secure he
payment of S76O due upon q prommissory
note executed by Eliza Elliott to me on said
18th January, 1853, and paya HE two months
after date with interest Mt fve per cent per
month, will sell at pu bio auction in 'front.' of
the Court House in Auburn, for cash on Frr
day, the Sd day of June next, between the
ours of 10 and o'clock of said day, the
said mortgaged premises o-wit All that
property q the said town of Auburn known
as the Empire Hotel with the appurte-
nanoes hereto belonging, and now in the oc-,
cupancy of Fl. NJ. House or so much hereol.
as will be necessary to satisfy said demand OF
$500 with inte est and costs, due and to be-
come due thereon A. BRONX
Auburn, May 13, SO ms 3w
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CHERlFF,s SALE.--By virtue of an

~ execution issued out of the District Court
of the 9th Judicial District, in and for the
County of Sacramento, State Of California,
on Judgment rendered on the I'd day of May,
1853. and to me directed in favor of John
I'll liz and against H W. House, for the sum
Of $5lSS1 debt with int rest on the said. sum
of $51S8l from the second day of Nay, 1853,
at the rate of ten per ent per annum. togeth.
err with cost of suit and 80 cost of execution,
have levied upon and will sell at the Court
House door, in the town of Auburn, county
of Placer and State aforesaid. on the Sd day
OF June 1858 between the hours of A. NJ,
and P w. o. said day, all the right, title,
interest and claim of r. NJ House in and to
the Empire hotel and lot upon which it stands
also all the Bar and Bar futures, househ Id
furnitur ,eto etc., belonging to said hotel.
or so much ther of as may be sufficient to
satisfy said plaintiffs demand and costs
s. G. ASrlN, Sheriff
BY NJ. p H.;Love, Under Sheriff
Aubarn, May 1S, 1858 n35 3w ..
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houses in this city has failed, and rumor
hath it that two or three up river occupy
such precarious position as to very much
endanger the stability of several here.
Flour is quoted a: ss10,S7 S ,S7 for
Gallego and Haxall, $3.50 for mixed
brands, and for Chile snperfne $lOa O,25.
Barley 1-Sa2 Ia, Oats Id 2 3-Scts.
Clear Pork S2s, so so, western Pork "a
Hams 19 I-2 90 Butter SO 12 Soc.
Dutch do. 50 l-2 cts $50 &At
tst/ il. Respectfully yours.
.eu' ..3 - REFLEX.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

DlED.-On Sunday night, the Sth inst
at the National Hotel, in Auburn, Mr..
MYERS, of Bennington, Vermont "8'
Mr.. NJ, arrived recently in this coun-
try from the states. On the Isthmus he
contracted the fever which finally led ia
his death. lie was careful Iy attended by
DR.. Johnston of Opbir, and his brethren
of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows and decently Inferred by them.
- Died, on Saturday, May 7th, w, H
upper, resident Of this place ssi
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

The following from the Nevada Jour
nal will find an echo in every mountain
city and town in the State:
It. j. Henley is appointed Postmaster
at San Francisco. We hope he will re-
form the gross. abuses at that office to-
wards the interior. A letter was sent by
mistake from the Nevada office for Aus
traIia, in an unpaid package, in January
last The past week it was returned for
inland postage, three cents, to he prepaid
having laid dead in that office four months.
At the Sacralnento' ofiioo tho '"'eri""
mails are left much at chance, and we are
informed on what we believe credible au-
thority, that the Nevada bags were re-
Gently allowed to lay two days on the
levee.
We received copy of the California
Express one day this week, mailed in
February last. We suppose that the
Postmaster on the route got tired of seeing
it lie in his office any longer.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

DEATH FROM EXHAUSTION "A fireman
lat San Francisco, named Edward Larra-
gan, a member. of Knickerbocker Engine
Co. No. 5, after returning from an alarm
of fire on Monday evening; sat himself
down in the Engine House and died from
sheer exhaustion.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

DUNH.M, THE MURDERER.-A gentle
man in this city has received letter from
passenger who sailed to San Juan del
Sur, on board the steamer Pacific, stating
that Dunham was among the passengers,
who knew him, and had determined upon
hanging him the first opportunity that
presented itself on shore, Union.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

Senator Ralston has introduced a Bi |
into the Legislature 20 convey the interest
Of the State in the lands embraced within
the limits of Sacramento, to the citizens
thereof, f,upon The predication that the tile
of Sutter is invalid, and that the same are
elhbraced within the prcvisi rs of the ac,
of Congress to ''ensole the State of Ar
kansas and other States to reclaim the
swamp lauds within their liunits.'' .... .
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

A SLIGHT MIsTAKE.-A Dutchman in
our office the other day, picked up vol
ume of public documents, on the back of
which was stamped ''Pub. Docs % j-''.H
"Tyfel," said he, "what kinder pooks
will dey brint next. Ash lif here is one
on Pup Iogs" a Gaat
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Administrators Notice-AlI \,

"A sons having claims against the estate Of
w u Topper. deceased, late of The town of
Auburn Placer county, W II present the same
Immediately, and persons owing said Tupper
will pay the same to the under igned ut Au
burn A BRONX. Public Admin;strator
Auburn, May IA, SO mas A.
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; Mis- tNo- -Let a miner from Nevada, Pla.

MIN Iso.-Let a miner from Nevada, Pla-
cerville or Son ra come into the Auburn dis
trict and he would be surprised at its appear
ancs. He would at once say to himself, that
we were "a very lazy set of people, or were
very ignorant Of the present appliances that
can be brought to bear in mining at the pres
ent time. As he traversed the country he
would become confirmed in his first impress
sion; and simply because he would find an
excellent gold district almost untouched; hun
dreds Of hills, containing millions of gold,
with but few prospects ever having been made
in,o them 'Tis true, few of cur miners
have prospected the hill south of town and
the majority of them have done well by
il, but the greater portion of our miners have
an apathy in regard to hill diggngs, and
thus they will feel. from all appearances un
til a more enterprising and sagacious class
come in, who y i'll 60 to work and run in tun'
nels- and in many cases realise thousands of
dollars--then, those who now feel so careless
and indifferent will wonder at their own lack
Of judgment. A. ...s ~r,l...4 .s,..'..q.
The miners of this district should take pat
tern from the enterpri~ing miners other
districts, who are now washing dirt that two
years ago no one could be pursuaded even to
prosrect. Let every miner around here gath
er ali the information he can Of the latest i'm
proyements and the most successful plan of
saving. gold, and let it be applied in is dis
trict, and we venture the prediction that our
miners will make five dollars where they now
make one; and not only. that, but that we will
have five miners where we now have one.
Let the hills be prospected! = 'a i-.a-la
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

On last Saturday, MIR. Myres re-
ported bill in the House, entitled, can
act to provide rneans to pay the civil debt
of the State rf' California; 1t provides
for Board of Commissioners, whose
duty 1t shall be to dispose of the interest
OF the State in the water property within
the present limits of San Francisco, in
.cludmg the Government Reserves The
Commissioners to have power to enforce
the provisions of the law in the Courts
of the State, in case Of its being resisted.
No process enjoining or restraining the
Commissioners in the performance of their
duties, as defined in the proposed law,
shall issue from any Court of the State,
without the consent of the Governor and
Attorney General. The bill is long one,
and drawn with great care, with view
to prevent evasion of its provisions. in
case it becomes a law, which we earn is
very probable, as the sentiment is fast
gaining in the Legislature, that it will
never do to adjourn till some provision is
made to relieve the State of her financial
eInDarfaSSmentS. IJE" sI .I.....|" ..a
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OTICE--All persons are cautioned
~ against receiving or in any wise negptia'
ing a County Order on the face No. 1874, on
the back S25, and drawn in favor of VIM NC
Narty for $l26, ofdate April 12i 1885, said or
der having been lost and the payment t7ereof'
having been stopped
VIM MCCARTHY
Auburn, May 14tb, 1853, nos 1tpd
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Since our last issue, four fine, large yes
sells have arrived from Atlantic ports
The Oriental and Celestial from New
York, the Hussar, from Boston, and the
Hermann from Baltimore, all bringing
large cargoes OF assorted merchandise
The quantity of -four brought by these
vessels was about five thousand barrels
Times and Trans .
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

The contract for the erection of the
Branch Mint at San Francisco has been
awarded to ]. S. Pardee for 900 600.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

as.'.Messrs.l Adams s. Co., and Wells,
Fargo & Co.. are our general agents for
Placer county. Any Advertisements, job
Work or Subscriptions left at either of
their Express Offices will be promptly
forwarded to us.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

The Sacramento Union says:-Mrs.
Sinclair is doubt ess a passably fair ac-
tress. The Eastern press haverpronounc-
ed her such, and the attempt to palm her
off as a ''stnr"' of extraordinary magni-
tude is to belle history, and cIothe the
lady with Il reputation which she has not
the talents to sustain. If she is refulgent,
it is well known from whence she bor-
rows her light; and that 1t as ''borrowed''
or refracted light from another and a
self-creative source
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

The last week has been an unpleasant
one. Sunshine and rain seem to have
been about equally divided.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

ETIQUETTE AND PRECEDENCE. The
New York Commercial, in an article on
Etiquette and Precedence, tells it's readers
what are the rules and regulations OBJ
served, in that connection, at Washington: :
The representatives of foreign govern
ments are somewhat punctilious on points
of etiquette, and attach considerable i'm
portance to the right of the first visit, and
to precedence in entering IA room or being
seated at table. We believe that for
merly Senators of the United States on
going to Washington for the session, cali
ed upon the President and Vice President
and there stopped, receiving the first call
from all others, inc uding Judges of the
Supreme Court, Cabinet Minister'S, For
eign Representatives etc. -.D ....sJi
The Judges of the Supreme Court now
claim the Fl st visit, and consequently pre-
cedence of place, for the one necessari y
implies the other; and Senators are un-
derstood generally to waive the question
in favor of the Judges, though MIR. Clay
and some of the cider Senators are said
to have resisted the concession. A con-
cesSon of precedence has a so been made
IN TaVOf OF tue speaker OF the mouse OF
epresentatives, on the ground that he is
next to the Vice President in the line of
succession to the Pres ldency, in case of
death, resignation, etc. So that the fol-
lowing would seem to he the order of
official precedency: i. President; 2. Vice
President; s Speaker Of the House, a
Judges ofthe Supreme Court; 5. Crhine
and Foreign Ministers; s. House ST Rep
resentatives. The Secretary of State
we believe, takes preceder.ce ct the Other
members of the Cabine,t, but we are no
sure that the claim Is a.llowed. ,a
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

SoNoMA ELECTIoN.-At the recent
Charter Election in Sonoma; Judge Hop
kIns was elected Mayor. Gen. Vallejo
was the opposing candidate. John Shar-
key was elected Marshal; B. F. Shattuck
City Attorney; Benz. Mitchell, Assessor
and Israel Brockman, Jesse Duvisson,
G. w. Ryder, w. M. Boggs and David
Cook, City Council. .s
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

Bus1NEss.-For,sO time past business
has been rather dull In Auburn. g Money
has been scarce, and our business men
generally complain Of the hardness of the
times. We think there must he change
for the better soon. orhd .0"tn 'a's'
Some of the miners who left early in the
spring to- go into the mountains prospect
inc. have returned tn their old mining 10
calites, while others are securing claims
upon the American river, near by, to try
their .'luck' in fuming and daming, In
q short time, from these causes, business
is bound to revive and our business men
will yet be the recipients of better times
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

Notwithstanding the reports on the sub
ject, we have seen nothing TO convince us
that the President has any intention of re-
calling The Japan Expedition. The most
relia' lie accounts from Washington, admit
that it has been in contemplation to re-
duce the squadron from 256 gums to l9O,
and to about 2100 men, instead of Sl24;
but even the correctness of this report is
disputed. Indeed, it is possible, that all
the rumors on the subject originated il,
the fact that the U. S. ship Vermont, now
in Boston, will not he sent Out to Join the
squadron, as was originally intended, sim
ply because seamen cannot be got to man
her, at the wages paid by Government.
Times s, Iransc apt.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

SPANISH FLAT.-We have encouraging
news from, the old fiat this week. On the
old Collins claim, now owned by Mr.
HilIman and three others 24ozs ten dol
lars and seventy cents were taken out ny
them on Tuesday, and on Thursday the
claim yielded 25.o o.alro, aHnI7fh. .s-
This is certainly encouraging to the
miners on the fiat. Mr.. Collins orgina'-
" bought this claim for 5000, which at
the time was thought an exorbitant price,
took out several thousand dollars and
then sold it for fifteen hundred to MIR.
Hillman and companions, who paid for it
out of the claim in two week. 'aF
There are acres Of ground on the fiat
that we're thrown up in '49 and $50 to
wash, but no work has been done for
want Of water, and the original claimants
are. now scattered far and near--some
have gone to the states. .nma -4'nHi
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

o1rY%ro Welis, Fargo s. Co,we are in
dsbeed for late humber of the Oregon-
fun ysnd other papers, BY Adams & Co,
we have been furnished with late NUM-
bers Of the Placervil.e Herald, Nevada
Journal, and packets, bundles and piles
Of other papers.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

The Legislature have rescinded the re-
solution to adjourn on the 11th, and have
decided 20 proIong the session until the
18Th inst. Many of the most important
measures of the session are yet unacted
upon, and although speedy Adjournment
is desirable, there is no one who will
complain at this extension OF time, if the
needed reforms are brought about in con-
Isequence.-Ii Times E. IranSer9pt.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-14

Mr.. Hotchkiss has made proposition
70 our citizens to keep our town watered
dtirink the .sdusty season." We hope he
Will he encouraged,