The weekly Placer herald., 1853-01-29
VARIETIES.


at Meaco, as descendant of the Sun
Goddess, the tutelar deity of Japan.
"Our Spanish Relations" give us
as much trouble now as our "Mexi-
can Relations" did a few years since.
Relations are often troublesome, es-
pecially to the rich and powerful, if
they happen to be poor and lowly.
In Siam the King terminates his
dinner with an entertainment in the
open air. This consists of either the
batting of a tiger or the implement
of a missionary. Nice place that, to
expound the Prophets.
PITTsBURG PRoGREss.-There
are now seven daily railroad passen-
ger trains leaving Pittsburg East and
West. 1t is only sixteen months
since the first railroad car commenced
its trips from that city.
In A BAD WAY.-Arkansas has a
public debt of over $2,O00,OOO and
her revenues are not sufficient to pay
one dollar of the accruing interest.
Prince I.ucien Murat and his chill
dren are now members of the Impe-
rial Family of France. The prince
was not very exclusive in his choice
of friends in this country. 1t is said
he treats all of his old acquaintances
with the utmost cordiallty. This is
a hungry family to fall on the French
treasury, and the Empire is. a perfect
god send to them.
THE RAppERs' DELUsIoNs.-The
editor of the Cincinnati Advertiser,
who recently visited the State Luna
tic Asylum at Columbus, says that
there are IN that institution twenty
persons, whose insanity is clearly
traceable to spirit rappings; and it is
stated thst there are in the Utica IN.
W Lunatic Asylum, nine victims of
the same delusion.
JUST So.-The New York Mirror
says, very properly, that any man
who will buy his nomination or his
election to Congress, will sell his vote
to the highest bidder when he gets
there.
KANSAS TERRIToRY.-The St.
Louis Evening News confidently ex-
poets to see this new territory organ
Used during this session of Congress.
IL will probably extend north Of the
Great Platte, south to the Arkansas,
and west to the main ridge of the
Rocky Mountains.
A Preacher, who had been a prin-
ter, observed in one of his sermons.
"lhat youth might be compared to
comma, manhood to a semicolon, old
age to colon, to which death puts
period"
A PosER.-A member, in alluding
to the bill for the benefit of married
women before the Missouri Legisla
ture, asked if it would not be better
for the members to do something for
the benefit of SINGLE LADIES, and
not trouble themselves with OTHER
MEMS WIVES.
EXPLANATloN.-"Did you say
that my brother Jim didn't know as
much as Smiths yellow dog?" "No,
| said Smiths yellow dog knew more
than your brother Jim!"
The stamped envelopes which the
new postage law requires to be placed
in the hands of postmasters for sale,
will be ready in the present month
Mrs. Chisholm the English philan-
thropist, proposes to embark next
steamer from England to Australia,
with five hundred unmarried wo-
men, over one hundred of them have
been sent for, and their passage out
will be paid by young men at the
diggings.
The will of Mr.. Turutuza, who
died in Mexico, recently, contains a
bequest of $4,000 for the establish
ment of a hospital for the blind, in
that city.
Fanny Kcmble Butler, recently
knocked down a waiter at Leeds,
England.
1t is said that Gen. Pierce, Presi-
dent elect, receives, daily, two BUSH