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The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
COMMUNE
HOAX Us HOOKS.

This case, which has occupied the at
tention of great many Inquirers after
truth and inceniariSm, and upon which
the eyes of all Placer county have been
InnxioI<ly directed in one concentrated 70
cal glance, has lately been tried IN the
Court of Public Opinion, on which occa-
sion the venerable Judge Time gave ex-
preston TO the following cal"ric senti-
mentS, in his pathetic charge to the red
~hrted jury:
"T hat according to the evidence in the
case, the defendants, Hooks, together with
his aSSociutes Ladder s. Co. had utterl,
failed to prove their fnIfil!nent of the CON
tract made with Hoax. That while they
had fonily trusted to the spontaneous
growing of certain poles, yciept Hook
handles, and while the brothers Ladder
had been reckIr>>Iy lnafing about town,
upon no useful business whatever, t" the
detritneut of an honorable society recent
" organized, they had betrayed the trust
lrepo>ed in them and had talSitied the hope
that they " uld be ready to act on amy
other occasion but thai Immediately fol-
lowing tne great elleT9e'lcy, "ueh VI
course, it is afftctionately believed, they
would do wonders"
1 he jury without retiring, or allowing
the reflection of their scarlet veStnreS to
influence their marh e TEXTURES, brought
| in "A verdict "rhat the defendants, styling
themselves coIlecti, the Hook 4 Lad
der onlplny of Auburn, Placer county,
be forthwith transported to New York,
for imprisonment in the Crystal Palace.
as Il warning to all ncipient fire co'npan
les, and that Hoax the plaintiff, i@ al
lowed on future orcasiohs to blow his
| Horn all over town"
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
For the Placer Herald.
EMPIRE FLATS, March sOth, ls,

EMPIRE FLATS, March SOth, 1888.
Mr.. Editor: There is t. wish on the
part "f many miners in this immediate
vicinity that there should he, through the
columns of public Journal as accurate
an account given of the successes and re-
verses of miners in the different mining
localities of this county as circumstances
will allow. 1t cannot be denied that n
vast amount of time and money is spent
to no purpose whatsoever 10y men who,
through ignorance, are led to leave their
own ".liggins" in search of better; and
who invariably, pitch upon some lncati""
known by reputation in the mining com
munity, but about which they Individually
know nothing. In nine cases out OF ten,
rs you and every one else knows, the
prospector jumps out of the frying pan
into the fire. Should Individuals IN each
mining community, men of Judgment aud
observation, (and such are everyw here
through this State,) take but lit t time
aud trouble, the " hole community could
be made acquainted with the actual state
of things, receipts, prospects, water priv
lleges and prlces III each and every par
tlcnlar community within our own county
or amy particular mining range. leave
it to you to su gg-st this matter to The mi
ners and to ask them to forward to you
letters descri ptlve of averages in mining
receipts ana expenditures, together with
suggestions as to the propriety of increas-
ed labor at amy particular point or loca-
tion. . ...i,.
The time has come when miners should
take an interest in this matter and Il strong
one too. Under the present ignorance Of
localities the average product of labor per
man IN the mines does not exceed 80 per
day; and the reason is one third OF the
miners, or thereahout, are continually on
the march for better "diggins," which
Hio>t of theu don't find; and another one
third are doing nothing because their own
'diggns" WON'T pay, and they Que so
much, or are SO poor that they can't get
away to prospect. If such IL system of
correspondence as have limited at could
he cOnsuinnated, this stumbling about IN
the dark, unprodurtve fitting from place
to place, spending time, spending money,
and more an all, spending that physical
strength which should he aud might he
productive, would be almost tuta iy
avoided. 81. .r...
There is another matter also, TO which
wish to call the attention of the mining
community through you, and that is, the
suggestions made toy your correspondent
A. w. L., with regard to s,n,e improve
ment IN present nlnIg machinery. Is it
not possible that, among the thousands of
M real in IN -
is some one who has the practical lnVen-
tive tacu ~ sufficiently developed to give
some apparatus superior to the Long
Tom or uce, by which we can save all
the gold? wish my contreres of the pick
aud shovel would think oi it.
Yours in haste, A MINER.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
NUMBER 2e.

Lower CALIroRNIA NEws.-A new
road to the Valley Of San Bernardino Ivy
the way Of San Louis R-y. T-,nacia and
Jacinto, is about to he surveyed.
The road from the Cuj ora.io across thc
desert is descrbrd as bt ing almost lined
with S"norans, who are leaving their
houses in the south to settle under the
protection Of the American fa&-so,ne on
the borders of the Gi a and Colorado
rivers, and othres near Los Ange es and
San Louis R-y. The Aljaches have stolen
their all from them.
We hear that there i- q uantity IF cop.
per ore which will shortly he brought up
here from the vicinity Of Enc-nada and
Guadalupe. 1t is To he sent 10 San Fran.
cisco to have its yield tested, 80 thar some
idea can bt formed as to its vaIue.-
$ D. Herald.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
5 D. Herald.

The DEAD WIrE.-in compari.on with
the loss, of Il wife, all other bereavements
are trlf1es. The wife, she " no fl = 40
large space in the domestic heaven, she
who is bu>ied, so unwearied in luborins
for the precious sons around her-bittrr,
bitter is the tear that aIlS on her cod cIay!
You stand beside her coffin and think of
The past. 1t seems al amber CO ored
pathway, where the sun shone u pon beau.
'lful flowers, or The stars glittering over.
head. Fain would The soul linyer there.
No thorns nre remembered above that
sweet clay. save those vour hand n,ny
have un"'l ingy planted. Her noble,
tender heart, hes open to your inrnust
sight. You mink of her now as All gen.
tlrneSS, al beauty and purity. But she is
dead! The dear head tn It aid ulrn yo,ir
bosom, rests in the still darkness, upon
a pillow of clay. The hands that have
m'n'stered :" untiring y, are folded, white
and cold beneath the gloomy portals
The hearI, whose every beat rlenslir.d an
eternity of love, lies under your feet. The
flowers she bent over with SMILES, bend
now above her with tears, shaking the
dew rom their petals, that the v-r,lurs
around her may be kept green and beau.
liful.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

The Buff !" Express narrntes the fol.
lowing auecdotc, which illustrates i'm a
humorous tnanner the capriciuusness Of
the memory:
A young boy was sent 10 schonl, and
commenced learning the alphabet. He
readily mastered the "liSt of letters" savc
one-lhe u was ii poser. DO what he
could me wa una ',e To retain it's name -
fiIsI ,dustry and ndappIicatinn were strength.
ened by the frequent me,neni0es Of tho
rod, but al to no purpose--he could NOT
remember the B. At close of schoul ono
evening, after his body had suffered mar
tyrdon tor his mind, he D .sSed along tho
road tending homeward, drnpping walnut.
sized tears the while, when one Of his
comrades accosted him with, "BlfI, what
are you cry ing for" "Can't remember
the ,"says Bill "Wel ,"-rcjnns his
companion "don't cry; and if you will
forget il lay To morrow uornilg | will
give you three fish hooks" The result
was that Bill tried 81, hard t., forget the
fatal letter that he has IA ways remember
ed it from th day to thus.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

RAILROAD BsEAKF,srS-A GooD ID i.
By an arrangement just cnfnplefed, pas
>fnger~ before eaviny Butfnto tor New
York, while purch ,.ing their tickets as
the office there, are h ,nded Il b Of fare,
from which they 80 ert such articles as
they desire. | he orders are immediate '
forwarded 10y Il t-I-graphIc co,n,luuica-
tion To the refre>hmrnt room ut Warsaw,
and numbered tickets are hanhed tn the
different passengers. Upon arriving NJ
Warsaw, each fnd> upon the table whose
number CORE ponds with thu card, the
breakfast he ordered in Buff,ln, aud the
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

THE faint OF SELFIsHNEss.-Th There
are some characters " ho possess an mex
pressbIe charm in their manners; wlthouI
wealth, rank, or talents, still dignity
hoyers ronnd them and enno'ass every
action. What is it.! They have free
dom from Sc f-hness Let man have
gtnlius, rank, beauty. fame, and let him
I've selfish-w hat is he, with all these en-
dowinents, superior to hog. with some
gold bells ,inkling at his Decks
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
PREsip FlLLMoRE At HoME.-Tht

PREsIptsr FllLMoRE At HoME.-The
c,ty councils Of Buffalo have adopted res
olutIons congratuIatng President Fillmore
upon his approaching re ease from the
duties of office, and upon the fact that he
is soon to come among them again, to
ming in the more congenal avoratlonS
of unofficial life. They also express the
hope that on his return he may be accom-
panied by the distinguished statesmen
who have participated in the care and
shared in the glory 0f his administration +.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
No ACCOUNTING For TAsrE.-We

No ACCOUNTING For TAsrE.-Ws
chew tobacro, the Hind ~ takes to lime,
viii the Patagonian finls contentH,ent
in IA bite of g,iano. The chi dren of this
country delight in candy, tho>e Of Africa
IN rock salt. Frenchaan goes his length
for fried f'ogS, while an E>quinaux In
di III thinks IA stewed camille he elm * Of
daiIries. The South Sea Islanders differ
from all these, their favorite dish being
boiled clergynien or a roasted missionary.
Ne,o Orleans Paper.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

JUST REBUKE.-The California Leg
is ature, IN our estimation, Is composed of
gentlemen of as high-toned feeling, aud
character, gentlemen of as nee sense Of
h nor and nlegr ~ as can he found
among the same number of men in any
of the legislatures of the southwestern
States, OF hIch we have any knowledge.
And why not! 1 hey are all from the At
lantic States. AS many ct them in pre-
portion 10 numbers, and we I~lIeve more,
are we'll educated and informed, and as
free from personal habits of AN objection
able character, or wees, as mem ers of
legislative bodies in other new States.
But the pres, has seemingly Denounced
and accused for such a length Of time,
that no other sly le Of notice for legislative
proceedings is considered spirited or in
dependent. Wou it not be advisable
for Us to be n little more charitable Zone
towards anOiher," aud to recollect that
these who tSne charge, against State oti :
GERS and Legislators, hy the public press,
are calculated to lover the character OF
the tate aud people in he estimation of
strangers. The press is the source from
which is derived ali the evidence upon
which pub ic opinion of liornia, in the
civilized world, must he made up. How
important, hen, that it shnu d speak with
caution and candor; never utterlng who e.
sale charges against public men and bo-
dies, uuless founded. On prvot irrsfrag'hie
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

An author Of "a love II 'ry, IN describing
his heroine, say>:-slunrcsnce d"ells IN
the RI h clusters of her d ,rk hair" A
way suggests that IA 6.e tooth cosab would
Jring it vut. a.H aF
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
FRUIT TREES.

i HAVE in my Nursery choice ,Sxa
= variety Of grated Apple trees, al ~ ~
80 The Antwerp and Monthly Rasber-
~ cuttings, and a fine lot of the different
Kinds of p ants-such MS Cabbage, Let
luce, Tomatoes, and various other kinds
.sy,.. JOHN r. GWYNN,
Lgprsyiila near Millertowrss maria II
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
Becoming a Medium.

Becoming Medium.
The fascinating spiritual rappines are
without doubt gaining strength among
us, and some very ludicrous incidents Of
ten grow out of them ut times, rs well as
more seriou. and deplorable ones.
| A few nights since, within this week, a
young male friend oi ours. who from, n
>neeriny skeptic, had become Il devout
believer, retired to rest, after having bis
nervous system partially destroyed with
the Information, through the spirit of his
grandfather, that he won d become IL pow
ertu medium. He was i'm hi. first com
Portable suooze when C licking noise in
the direction of the door awoke him. lie
listened utenIly; the noise was still going
on-very Ike the raps of the spirit Oh the
table indepdl
"W hos there? ??
There was no answer, and the noise
stopped.
SAP, body there"
"No," NaS the answer.
"lt must have been spirit" he said 10
himself "l must he Il medium. l'll try.
[ Aloud] If there is ii spirit in the room
II will signify the same by saying 'aye'-
spirit in the room, will it ease to rap
three tines!'
Three very distinct raps were given in
the direction of the bureau.
"ls it the spirit Of my sisteil 7"
No answer
"Is it the spirit of my mother3"
Three taps.
care you happy"
Nine taps.
no you want anything?"
A succession of very loud raps.
"Wi you give me a communication if
get 7"
No answer.
"ShalI hear from you Tomorrow ?"
RnpS very loud again; this time in the
direction of the door. He waited for an
answer to his last question:, but none came.
lhe spirit had gone and after thinking on
the extraordinary visit he turned over and
fell asleep.
y" getting up in the morning he found
that the spirit OF his mother had carried
Off his wauh AMI purse, his Ion,> down
INTO The ha !, and his great coat off alto
gether. Detroit .4dvert1ser.
OMGIN OF FooLsC.P. Every school
boy knows what foolscap paper is, but we
doubt whether one in hundred that daily
use it, can tell why it was so called.
" hen o iver Cromwell became Pro-
tector, after the execution of Charles L.,
he caused the stamp of the cap of liberty
to be placed upon the paper used hy the
government. soon after the restoration
of Charles IL :, having occasion to use
some paper for dispatches, some of this
government paper was brought to him.
On looking at it, and discovering the
stamp, he inquired the meaning Of il,
aud, on being told, he said, "rakr it away;
I'I have nothing to do with the fools
cap"
Thus originated the term "Foo >cap,"
which : since been applied to a -ze of
writing paper, usually about Ii by Is
inches.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

We understand that the new town (bat
is TO be) at the terminus of the san Joa-
quin Railroad, twenty-elght IN es from
Stockton, has been named Benton As
oar readers are aware, this Is the point
from which it is proposed to distribute
supplies, Iy turnpike roads, through the
Southern mines.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02

| A GREEK Y,NKEE-Rev. William S.
i}aIrh, Of n. Y, now travelling in the
Holy Land, met at syria, in the Arrhpell
60, IA Greek, educated in this country, of
whom he says:
We called on Mr.. Evangeider, the
American Consul, "A Grrek-a Nlacedo-
nian b, birth but an American by edura-
non and spirit. A more c"ngenal spirit
| have not met in many days. He has II
large soul, and cherisheS broad and l,her-
al views Of human rights, and responsible
ltleS and ties. He is a rrue man. httle
expected to meet his Ike IN this quarter
of the globe BY him | was Introduced TO
Gen. BoZ,ris, brother of the Iainenlcd
Marco BoZAriS, immortal zrd IN this coun-
Try by his noble herosn ~ the cause ot
liberty, and in ours by the requiem OF
FitZ Greene la lpck This man bore
his dead brother from the fi-Id of >iaugh-
ter, and then returned To fight with re-
doubled nr,lor the battles of his country.
He is IL fine, venerable old man, still no d.
ing the office of Genera and serving aS
IA Senator IN his country. He is poor IN
the worlds goods, has the care of large
Ifnnily-ot his own and his hrothrr'S-l,ut
wavers not M his love of trpedotu, and his
admiration of our own great w aShlngton.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
YANKEE JIM'S
StovalI. Cravens. s. Co

DEOPLE'S STORE, Yankee Jims.
J. keep constantly on hand a large and
we'll selected stock Of provisions, liquors,
and miners supplies in general. Miners
and others wishing to purchase are re-
spectfully invited to call and examine for
themselves. GooLs packed to order.
sept is my
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
BUSINESS CARDS.
Hale s. Hopkins,

4 TTORNEYS and Counsellors at
N Law, Placer Co CAL, will give their
iioint attention to allcivl business entrus-
ted to their care
JAS. E. HALE, Yankee Jim's.
R. D. HopKINs, District Attorney
Auburn. silU.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
Edward Field.

THE SUBSCRIBER begs leave to m
l. form the public that he constantly
keeps on hand general assortment of
machinery for mining. Original designs
gotten up in a manner that cannot. fail to
give satisfaction. r. J. FISHER.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-02
PRINCIPAL OFFICES,
Ophir, Auburn and Yankee Jim'S

A L these Offices Daily Express is
IA received from, aud dispatched to
'fornia, AIhe lea and Europe.
Our routes extend to all parts of the
County. f
We are prepared to continue an Ex-
press. Exchange and Banking business on
the most liberal scale. tau
: Our facilities for Obtaining Post Office
Letters continue, as the public has hither-
TO found them to be, unegualed and unal'-
Sproachahle in Placer County.
:, Gold Dust bought at the highest, and
forwarded at the lowest rates. [o2S-t
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-09
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
M o NE Y M A n X f. II .
FRIDAy Anril q

FRIDAY, April Sc p. M.
There was more activity and better feeling in the
stock market this morning. All the leading fancies
were in demand, and closed at prices showing an
improvement from the opening. At the first board
Morris Canal went up per cent; New Jersey Zinc,
/; Nicaragua Transit, 4; Portsmouth, /; Cumber-
land B; Phoenix, II; Norwich and Worcester IL:
Erie Railroad, /; Harlem, 4; Hudson River Railroad.
H. Michigan Central Railroad, 1. Montgomery Mining
declined per cent The market looked stronger to-
day than we have noticed for sometime past but we
see no reason why it should hold. The improvement
has no new basis, and there is no accession to the
number of operators It is confined to the street. and
must therefore support itself or disappear. Money
has been little more abundant within the past day
or two, to which fact may be attributed the slight
let up in quotations for stocks Holders of the largo
fancies will seize any opportunity TO redeem their
supplies, and they may become more distributed but
there very little prospect Of the quantity on the
market pressing for sale becoming reduced.
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session sf Congress, tbs following information VIZ
county railroad, canal and other corporation bonds,
Stocks other evidences Of debt held in Europe
other foreign countries on the sosn .. june 1920 spe
the amount OF each of the above description Of bonds and
stocks.
The Senator from Pennsylvania, in introducing
this resolution, said that the information could be
obtained from the governors of States presidents Of
railroad and canal companies, executive officers OF
cities, &C., &c. Now, il the Senator had examined
the subject little more carefully, he would have
become convinced that it is utterly impossible to
arrive at anything like correctness in su,h an inves-
tigaton. Government State, and city stocks, rail-
road bonds and other evidences Of public indebted
ness are issued in such shape that no record will
show who holds them or where they are owned
Certificates Of stocks, with coupons attached can be
taken to any part of the world and the interest col
lected here and RENTED, without any record being
made of their actual ownership Railroad bonds are
issued with coupons and their whereabouts ia as lit
tie known as United States stocks issued in similar
way. An immense amount Of public stocks owned
by foreigners stands on the transfer books in the
names of parties here Railroad stocks are held in the
same way. Several attempts have been made by our
contemporaries to show the amount Of American secu-
rites held by foreigners but they have been imper
feet that no reliance could be placed on them state
ment might be most carefully made, upon the best
data, that might not be within many millions OF dol
lars Of being correct. It would, after all, be no bet
ter than an estimate and, such, should be taken
with many allowances. We do not see what the pur-
chase of American securities by foreigners has to do
with the tariff, with revenue laws or with pro-
lection. So long as credit CONTINUES = Gcnd
- -oavau IN our public stocks unshaken, we
shall find markets for them no matter what the ia
riff is. If we can pay for our imports in railroad
bonds, it matters very little whether the average
rate of duty is twenty or thirty per cent No check
can be put on the investment of foreign capital in
American stocks by altering the tariff We would
like to see an official statement showing what amount
Of American securities foreigners hold if it only
Appropriated to correctness, and are therefore, in
favor of the resolution as it passed the Senate.
The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and
value Of foreign dry goods entered at this port for
consumption, for warehousing, and the Withdrawals
from warehouse during tho week ending and in
Guiding Thursday, April T. 1853 =
MOVEMENTS IN FOREIGN DRY GOODS.
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note In brown shestngs and shrt1ngs which In
derste supply and request 81 steady prices Blesched
goods are not very brisk but being IN rather msagre
stock they command full and nrm rates. The export
transacted in denms at former quotations. Drills dis
play less animation though remaining rm and uniform
and styles offering ample and select and readily
bought at current rates. holders quoting them thus:
Gas. plain colors. 10 Marshalls plaid Ill
Do plaid. .............11 Manchester ........ 10X
Lancaster .............. IL New York Mills plain IL
There prevails revivng inquiry for the desrAbl
kinds OF lawns, which command full and satisfactory
prices Nankns saleable aud Arm at lie for plain;
Ice for striped and 13c for checked and twied Both
the receipts and sales Of osnaburgs very moderate
and though the supplies rather the increase
prices retain their stability and buoyancy Thsss goods