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The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

SONORA AND ITS RIcHEs.-Some idea
says the Times and Transcript, may be
formed of the value of the mineral dis
tricts of this province, when we state that
in one of the deserted mines of Jesus Ma
ria. the pillars that supported the mine at
the time of its desertion, were composed
almost exclusively of silver, and whose
average richness was about 80 per cent.
The pillars are many of them 90 feet in
diameter, and from 25 to 80 feet in hight.
The mine was worked in horizontal di-
rection, some 1000 feet, and supported
every few yards by the massive metallic
columns. The mine WAS deserted in con-
sequence of stream of wuter breaking
into it.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
SURVEYS AFTER CoNFIRMATIoN-By

SURVEYS AFTER CoNFIRMATION.-By
recent instructions from Washington, the
Surveyor General in California is directed
where claims have heen confirmed, to pro-
cure fronlthe office Of the Land Commits
sion transcript of the record of the
whole proceedings in each case, and upon
tn, evidences thus obtained of the limits
of the territory claimed to proceed to
make his surveys. The reduction of
force in the Office will not permit such
transcript to he furnished, but meantime,
however, every facility will be afforded
him for taking the necessary mrmoranda
from the papers on file. .4lta.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
CAnp1pArEs FOR GoyERNoR.-We pre-.

CANDIDATES FOR GovERNoR.-We pre-
sume before the present Legislature ad-
journs there will be call for State
Democratic Convention for the nomina-
ton of Governor and other State officers.
We have already heard the names of the
following gentlemen mentioned in connec-
sion with the gubernatorial office:-
Roman, of San Diego county; Judge
-Fitzsrnmons, of Placer; Peachv, of San
francisco; Purdy, Of San Joaquin; An
s.erson and Hubbs, of Tuolumne. ,. and we
dont knpw how many more.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
Store at MiIIertOwn.

/ HAV f. also established store at MlIF'
L lertown, where Miners and Traders cam
be supplied with C othing, mining tools''
liquors, sc, Sc, cheap for cashs
FRUIT TREES.-l have in my NUr-
sery achoice variety Of grafted Apple trees
also the Antwerp and Monthly Rasber-
ry cuttings, and fine lot'of the different
kinds of p ants-such as Cabbage, Let
tuce, Tomatoes, and various other kinds
"a. ..---. s,.- JOHN r. .GWYNNs
Lauruvills near Milertcwp. april . oRsa
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

The rains of the last few days have
swollen the American river with nnpre-
cedented rapidity. That river had reach
ed point almost as high as during the
last freshef, and so rapidly that feais have
been expressed as to the result. These,
we are hapy to state, are entirely un-
founded, rs we are informed by gentle
men who have been around the whole
line of the levee that it is perfectly secure
and in better condition than at any period
heretofore. We have no doubt the water
has attained it's highest point, and the
skies being now perfectly clear, the fall
will be as rapid rs the risc.~-State Jewy
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

ANOTHER LuMP.-Mr. Baker and party
took out at Kanaka bar, says the Ell
Dorado News, some ten or twelve days
ago, piece of gold weighing 81 ounces,
besides several other specimens of from
four to seventeen ounces. The largest
piece was found but ten inches from the
spot where piece weighing between ten
and eleven pounds, was found last year.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
w-The recent rains have caused

W-T The recent rains have caused n
tremendous high rise in the Yuba and
Feather rivers, inundating great portion
of MarysviIle-thc food being higher
has experienced any material loss. At
Sacramento the flood has a so been very
high, but the levee secured the city from
an overflow. Ha~ tt" .H"
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

SPANISH FLAT.-The miners in the
.neighborhood Of this old mining ground
are still doing very well, some of them
making as high as $s per day. There
will be no difficulty in working on the
fat all summer, as the miners will have
the advantage Of the water from the Bear
River canal
On Thursday, at the head Of the fiat, a
miner while excavating in a hill side was
severely hurt by the caving in of the
earth upon him-hs name we could not
learn.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

Vice President King it is stated, ex-
poets to return to Washington by the Isl
of April. Senator G emens has received
II letter from the commander of the steam
er Fulton, at Havana, stating that the
health Of Mr. King was much improved.
He takes exercise on foot daily. MIR.
King was offered salute by an Eng lish
man-of-w.r on his arrival at Havana,
which he declined.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

The Indians about Shasta have again
commenced their depredations and mur-
ders They have recently attacked seve-
raj trains, and murdered several men,
among the number Lieut.. Russell, of the
u. S., A. These rascals need such a
brushing again as they got last fall.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

The Missouri Legislature has passed a
bill granting the State credit to the amount
Of $500 900, to Il railroad from Kansas to-
1T. Joseph. This makes $S, 10000 ap-
propriated tor railroads during tho pres
ent session.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

tB-ln the hurry Of going to press last
week we forgot to give friend jackson, of
Wells, Fargo g. Co.'s Express credit for
the New York Tribune, brought by the
Brother Jonathan, four days in advance of
the same dates brought by the Panama
route.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
For Sale---A Good Bargain.

THE subscriber will sell cheap, for
l. cash, the house and lot known as Odd
Fellows Hall, Immediately opposite the
Jenny Lind Restaurant. The lot is IS
feet front by 150-with all the Liquors,
Groceries, Household furniture, &c.
There is an excellent well Of water on the
premises. LEWIS OWEN.
auburn april n29 2w
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

PLACERvILLE ApPEAL-The first num-
ber of IA newspaper bearing the above title
has just been issued at PlacervilIe, Ivy w
5. Fleming. We have not seen the pa
per, but understand that it presents a neat
appearance. MIR. F. has our best wishes
for Success.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

NoMINATIoNs.- democrats of Sac
ramento have nominated ex-mayor Har-
denbergh for mayor Of the city for the en-
suing year, and the wings Judge Nc
Grew for the same office. Our politi-
cal friends at the "levee city" appear to
have an exciting time.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

LAND CoMMIssloN.--Ye Yesterday Judge
Thornton gave decision to the effect
that it was not within the duties of the
Land Commission to decide between con
testing claims to grants of land, and that
their duty was merely to decide Oh the
validity Of the grant itseIf.-S. +. Jour-
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

A Postal CoNvENTioN.-The National
lntelligencer states that negotiations are
now in progress at Paris for Postal
Convention between France and the Uni
ted States, and our minister ut London
has recently been instructed to reLew the
negotiations on postal communication
with England, commenced by Mr.. Law
renee, but not yet terminated.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

ANOTHER OpHIR LUMP. They never
do get tired of finding the big Jumps at
Ophir. A mass Of gold and quartz was
recently picked out near Jack Hammond's
diggings by Geo Hahn s. Co., and sold to
Mr.. Palmer of Wei $, Fargo g. Co.'s Ex-
press, for $50. 1t weighs 80 OF.
Another piece was taken out by Mr..
Herchemer, which weighed SO OF. and
yielded $50. We know or no place in
the mines which has produced as many
large and beautiful specimens of gold, as
Ophr has done this winter. Any one who
doubts it, has only to look at the cabinet
of specimens on deposit at Wells, Fargo
& Co.'s Office.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

More MURDERs.-NNe understand that
the Grass Valley Indians came down on
to Dry Creek, in this county, a few days
since, and commenced robbing the China
men, and before they got through with
their rascaIity, they murdered two of the
Chinese in cold blood. These things
should not he tolerated, even the life OF
a Chinaman is too precious to be taken
with impunity.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

RAIN.-We have been favored with
another plentiful shower of rain. Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday it rained incessant-
Iy, and has no doubt melted great deal
of SHOW in the mountains.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

DIED.-At MiIlertown, on the 28tk ult /,
Mr.. ARCHIBALD WINXLER, formerly from
Kentucky, but more recently from Oregon,
Territory.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

| A Foul MURDER.-A miner by the
name Of Jean Jacques Smith, or rather
,lohn James Schmidt, as his naturaliza-
ton papefs read, was most fou,ly muir
dered few days since in the big ravne
near this place. Schmidt had been missed
by his acquaIntances' several days, and
when found was nearly buried to his
waist in sand and tailings in one of the
mining holes, with two bullet holes pen
etrating his right side, which must have
caused his death instantly.
H. A. Scofeld, Esq, of this place, he d
an inquest over the body on Tuesday last,
and the jury brought in verdict in ac
cordance with the above facts.
No evidence has yet turned up by which
a clue can he had to the perpetrators of
this foul and diabolical deed. We hope
the officers Of justice will use their best
endeavors to ferret them out.
Schmidt was harmless, inoffensve
man and withal very Industrious. Up to
the l5th of last September he had accu-
mulated and sent home by Adams & Co.,
to the New York Savings Bank, the sum
of T2,62S, which according to menoran-
dunn found is drawing 6 per cent interest
per annum.
Mr. s., was Swiss by birth, and had
served as soldier under his native gov
ernment. 1t is thought whoever murder
ed him got some money from hm, as he
was known to have sold claim for = %,
but few days previous to his being
missed
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

Owing to the high water on the Sacra-
mento road, the stages failed to arrive for
several days, but are now running regula-
w, as usual. a
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

WANTS. The tax collectors Of this
county want, the State officer, whose du-
ty it is to attend to the mntter, to forward
the tax receipts for Placer county.
The bridge at the Oak Grove House is
in miserable condition, and wants fixing
badly. The proprietor at the Grove
should have public spirit enough to attend
70 this matter.
'Fhe road on the hill opposite Ophir, on
the Sacramento side, is in very bad repute.
The supervisors or some good citizen
should have an eye to it..
The hill, Immediately as you enter Au-
burn, is in bad fix. How long is it to
be before the community will have these
small matters attended to.
WANTED about 500 more subscribers
to the Placer Herald.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

MIR. Charles informs Us that the waters
at Sacramento are still very high, but no
fears are felt Of the Ievee brenking.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

Hon. P. Canney paid us a short visit
this week, Mr.. c. looks well; legislating
certainly has a beneficial effect upon him.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

The robber Joaquin is supposed to bt
in the vicinity of Shasta.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

Messrs. Oliver, Myres and Canney, o
the House, and Wakup of the Senate
will accept our thanks for pub. documents
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

In the legislature nothing of importance
was done on the goth, except discuss the
Extension Bill.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

Of all the claims presented to the Land
Commissioners for confirmation not one
lies within the borders of Placer county,
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
CRESCENT CITY

adjoining the International. He would
further add that he is the sole agent in
Auburn of DR.. Williard's celebrated
Hair Invigorator, Carrinston's Bay Rum,
and Williams Yankee Soap.
SHAVING % cents. apr 9 n29
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
JUSTICES COURT.
Before Fl. II. Scofeid, ESQ.
Auburn, april LIST,


The People VS. Wm. Smith, Wan. Nor
grand larceny, in stealing mule from
Justice Smith at Goid Hi |, valued ut S. so
Defendants plead guilty Of taking the
mule, but only wanted to pack their blan-
kets on the aforesaid mule ii few miles and
then turn him loose, but had not the slight
est idea of stealing the mule. of course
the court did not consider this a lawful
defense. They were held to answer the
charge at the next Court of Sessions, and
required to give bail in the sum of $1,000
each, and for the want thereof they were
committed to Jail.
The Poop vs. Nicholas Beden and
Nicholas Yennig, Hungariaris. Petit lar
ceny. Stealing mining tools to the value
Of $25, from Shipley & Rogers, miners.
Fined $50 each. In default of the funds
they were committed to Jail for five days;
and on Sheriff Astin searching the afore-
said for weapons, $63 in good, clean ore
was found upon them, which was taken
and their incarceration abridged to two
days. They seemed, however, to prefer
working the whole out in Jail to paying
part cash.
~ II. S. Fitch, Esq, of San Fran
cisco, offers prize of $4,000 for the
most comprehensive treatise upon the
construction ot railroad from the Allan
tic to the Pacific Ocean, and It's immediate
and prospective benefits to the whole
American Union.
2d. The future trade Of the Pacific ami
East Indies, setting forth in clear and
concise form the natural resources of
Russian America, Oregon, Lower Cali
fornia, New Mexico and the whole south
ern coast of Cape Horn.
81. The wealth of California, embra-
cling full and reliable information concern
ing the natural resources of the State, the
salubrity Of its climate, Sc, &c.
The above premium to be awarded for
a complete work on the three topics above
mentioned, or for the first alone $4,000,
and for the second and third $250O; each
of the three topics to be treated Oh under
separate and distinct heads.
This bril- liant offer will without doubt
attract the attention of men both in Amer
ica and Europe.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
Removal.
NEW YORK SHAVING SALOON!!!

NV NJ. STEVEN, Hairdresser, Iate of
w New York, takes this method of in
forming his patrons and the public in gen
eral that he has established his quarters,
until further notice, at the -.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

.s.Messrs. Adams 5, Co, and Wells,
Fargo g. Co.. are our general agents for
Placer county. Any Advertisements, job
Work or Sul,scri ptions left at either of
their Express Offices will be promptly
forwarded to US.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-03-04
PROTECTION AND LABOR.

Ohio (who says he has long been our
reader and admirer,) writes requesting us to
solve for him this problem:
"You tell us that, ifa Protective Tariff were
established, the manufacturer would be able to
obtain better price and sale for his fabrics,
the farmer for his products, aud the laborer for
his lime and labor. Each then would receive
more for that which he might have to dispose
of, and would have to give more for that which
he might need. In other words, the same a.
mount Of money would obtain less farm pro.
ducts, less labor, and less amount of fabrics.
The effect would be a general depreciation OF
the value OF the currency, and what would be
gained"
We'll, neghbor: Let US try to answer
you concisely, as this is about the fifteen hun
dred and sixty-eighth time that we have ans
wered this very question:
Dilly Jones, farmer lives in Illinois, where
he grows Wheat for living. selling a thous
and bushels year for about sixty cents q
bushcl. Sandy Jenkins lives in England and
makes Crockery, which is exchanged for Mr.
Jones's Wheat aforesaid. But before sale
Wheat reaches said Jones, (duty free,) il
has passed through dozen hands, paid wag
oning, railway carriage, freigh, on the Lakes
then down our Canals over the Atlantic, ant
Transportation inland. so that il costs Jenkin,
every cent Of double the money that Jones re-
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FOREIGN NEWS.
NEWS BY THE ARA

rcHIiEN NEWS BY THE ARABIA.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE INsURREc-
TON IN MILAN.
PrOcIamations of KOssuth and Mazz;ni
-.Ireat Excitement all through Italy.
The London Morning Advertiser saws, ed.
itorially:-
sour intelligence respecting the irsurrec.
tion which broke out at Milan on Sunday, is
necessarily scanty, owing not only to the fact
of its being telegraphed, but to the channel
through which it reached us.
"a distinguished Italian exile, writing us
last night, expresses his conviction that it is
more serious affair than would appear from
the brief notice which the telegraph pives.
He mentions that Kossuth has addressed a
warm proclamation to the Hungarian soldiers
IN Radetzsky's army, exhorting them to Join
the Italian insurgents. Our correspondent
points to the curious coincidence that the
day, the 9th of February, on which the intel
ligence of the insurrection reached England,
was the anniversary Of the proclamation of
the Republic at Rome, and deposition of the
Pope, in lS4S. ..-
at was boldly asserted in Paris that the
outoican Hau ueeu encouraged by Austrian
agents as pretext to advance their armies
further into Italy"
The Daily News of the llth says:-"Ad-
ditional particulars are looked Cor from Milan
with deep interest, and the non-arriyal of any
telegraphic message is regarded by the friends
of Mazzini as favorable symptom"
A rumor Of the death of the Emperor of
France has been current in Milan, and doubt
less hurried on the revolt. According to hints
dropped, simultaneous rising in other parts
OF Lombardy may be looked !or. 1t was sta
ted on Bourse that two additional rcgiments
had been ordered to embark at TouIon for
Cevitia Veccha, to ensure tranquility in the
Roman States.
Mazzini has been in the Canton of Tessino. !
Switzerland. for month past. |
From Paris papers Of The I'm Februarv.
The Journal des Debats says:-"We have
not received the connected details of the ont. |
burst at Milan, which appears to have been
oppressed with as much rapidity as energy.
or it is impossible to gather either its extent
'r cause from the confused accounts received
o-doy in Paris. Private correspondence
rom Milan, Of the 9th, says:-"The whole.
'ale arrests made have spread desoI,ton
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Is THE DAUPHIN OF LOUIS XVI. OF
FRANCE ALIVE AND IN THIS COUN-


The February number of Putnam's Month
ly has a lengthy article, which, if its state
ments are reliable, will create a sensation
throughout the civilized world. The article
is written by Rev. Mr., Hanson, of the Eps.
copal Church, aud has an air Of probability
about it. The story is too long for our col
umns, but the main facts are as follows: Louis
XVI. had three children by Marie Antoinette,
of Austria, the eldest was girl, the second
died quite young, and the third was son,
the Dauphin, and the heir apparent to the
French throne. Hewas born March 25 1855,
The French Revolution broke out in all its
horrors soon aiterward, and in 1893, Louis
XVI. and his Queen were beheaded. The
Dauphn was put in charge of brute, who
abused and beat him 'tll he became an IDIOT
The republican leaders finally determined
to send him out of Europe, but, about that
time, he was reported as having died of scrof-
ula, in Paris. This is the version of the af-
fair as generally received.
Subsequent developments have seemed to
indicate that the Dauphin was brought to
this country, and left with the Indians in the
northwestern part of New York. In few
years his reason returned. He is called Ele-
azur Williams. He was educated in Massa-
chusetts; was a soldier in the war of 1912,
and was wounded at Pattsburg. He after
wards studied divinity, and has for many years
been minister of the Episcopal church. He
has been missionary among the Indians,
and an Indian agent. At present he is set
tied at st. Regis, st. Lawrence county, New
York. ....,
Several incidents are mentioned which
60 20 prove that Mr.. Williams is heir to the
throne OF France. DR.. Francis, of New York,
testifies that in 1918, Genet, the French Min
ister, declared that the Dauphin was not dead,
but was somewhere in America. In lsis, a
man by the name of Belanger died in New
Orleans, who confessed, upon his death, that
he was the person who brought the Dauphin
to this country, and placed him among the
Indians in the northern part of New York
In is4i, the Prince de Joinville Travelled
through this country. After inquiry, &C., he
found Mr.. Williams at Mackinaw. He had
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Con intended all woman to be beautiful,
just as much as he did morning glories and
roses, and what he intended they should be-
come, they would, if they would only obey
his laws, and cut Incidence and corset strings
and indulge in freedom and fresh air. For
girl to expect to be beautiful with the. ac-
tion of her lungs depending upon the expan
sive nature of cents worth of tape, is as
absurd as to look for tulips in snow bani
or full grown oak tree in flower pot
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Knick Knacks tells story of Of celcbra-
ted physician who recently prescribed for one
of his patients that safe and palatablc reme-
dy, "syrup Of birch thorn" and wrote his
prescription in the usual cabalistic charac-
ters, "Syr.Rham. Cath" On enquiring of
the patient If she had taken the medicine,
she flashed her eyes and exclaimed, "No! |
can't read your doctor writing, and ] amt
going to take your Syrup Of Ram Cats for
any body under heaven"
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VFA CLERGYMAN. An old valuable sub
scrlber has sent us a certificate from one of
his Parishioners, which he wishes published
tor the benefit of his neighbors, and the COM
munlty at large. 1t states on authority that
needs no confirmation, the particulars of
remarkable cure by Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
an article we have already taken occasion to
notice, and which we have reason to believe
Is worth notice. This sufferer had been re-
duced very low from the effects of a Cold g.
Cough, caused by over exertion at fire,
nearly three years since, and from which it
was evident to his friends that he was fast
fastening to premature grave. Many of
the remedies of the day and the advice of
eminent Physicians had all failed to afford
him relief, when he was induced to try the
Cherry Pectora, which soon cured him. The
crowded state of our columns will not admit
the full particulars, but we earnestly invite
the attentionIof our readers to the ADVERTISE
ment in another part of our paper Christian
Chronicle.
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li.-W. B. Allison, Ashland;
ia. Ban. Norton, Knox;
l6.-Edwin Corner, Morgan;
l7.-Clfford Arrck, Belmont
1S.--W. A. Hanford Summit
l9.-John Coon, Cuyahoga;
20.-Thos. McClain, Warren; /;
2I.-A. L. Brewer, Columbia
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The Republic publishes from r. Butler
King to Senotor Dawsen, reltive to the Pacific
Railroad, in which he indicates his preference
far the route from st. Louis, through Walkers
Pass, via Albuquerque and the valley of San
joaquin, to San Francisco.
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On motion, the Convention then adjourned.
7. r. STANLEY, President.
II. A. GULF, Secretary.