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The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

mining counties will he recreant to the
people if they sustain and elect another
man from San Francisco, which city has
now three out of the four of the delega-
ton at Washington.
We can hard think that the represen-
tatives from Placer could prove thus rec
reant to the interests of their constituents.
In fact they know full well that the sen'i-
men's of the people here are aver>e tn
bringing on the election this winter at al !;
and all of them were we'll informed of
the fact before leaving for Benecia. Mes
SIS Walkup, Fairfield and O'Neill ex
presSIy declared to us they should vote
against II; and we were in hopes, from
these decided expressions, that our entire
delegation would he unanimous against
But from the tone of our "Benecia Cor
respondents" letter, it appears that some
of the Placer delegation are about to
prove recreant To the true interests of
their constituents. To prevent anything
of the kind, all classes Stou'd meet aud
condemn the election, or forward petitions
Immediately v n>trurting their representa-
t ves to vote against it.
If the entire democracy Of the noun
tain counties will pursue this course, and
compel their representatives to postpone
further action on the matter this winter,
then they can ut the next legislature, hy
concert of action and hy instructed and
pledged representatives, secure their just
representation in Congress. Then ct
every citizen, every good democrat who
has the interest and honor nf his party at
heart go to work and etltion for his CON
>tituriona rights, hich the money ven-
dlrs of San Francisco Won d wre>t from
him. 1t is well known if the election is
put nff until the proper time that the mi
nIng counri"s viii have some pro inent
democrat for the office " no would faith
fully represent them in the National coun,
ril. We have M'Corkle, Sprague, Pierce,
Cren~haw. keene and Others, " no would
fill the office with honor To thenISel, eS and
credit to The State. Therefore, we say
again. let this election he deferred until
its proper time, and We of the mountains
wi he able to secure our just represent
tation.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
Building Lots in tho M;,,--

fl bill for an .Act for the Protec,;o.
O,cners Of Build ng Lots IN The W"M W;":| %
Districts Introduced bv .Mr Dn'",'ns
The People Of the State of CaIGanesy
represented an Senate and .Hssem2h"'' ",a ~
enact as .foHo,vs: 10
SEC. l. All lots upon which bu;,d;
are erected, or may hereafter he er.r,'I ks
in tn, mining districts of this State 'tc",
the prosecution of IA legitimate business "'
or for residence, are hereby dee ared ss'
emptrd from the operation of the I,.'t
mining laws Of said districts. '''''
SIC. Q. The owners or persons a..
occupy such building lots are her.I,' "%"
guaranteed the pearenble possessin, r.
the same, and 40 much space ap,,ert.;"
ing and belonging thereto as is necess"..
for purposes of business or conven;o"!
of residence, until the Congress If ,ho
United States shall enact laws il, rpfaro.e "e
to such grounds.
SEC. 8 No person or persons shall ereo.
or cause to be- erected building or hu,I
ingS. or enclose lands by fencing or nths.
wise, on any of the mineral lands Of ,h;.
State, with the object of holding ground'
10 build upon, or enclosed tor future mn
ing operations.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
Major S,emmons. Democratic repre-

Major Sttmmons, Democratic repre-
sentative from San joaquin. in letter to
the editor of the Republican, dated Jan
uary 26th, holds the fol ing language.
There is pi,h in the Major, and such
''stuhborn" democracy as wi save the
party if followed in it's spirit, from inn
pending ruin. With such honest old
dutch democracy in the asrendancy, boil
terism would never be heard of:
Last nighr was informed there was Il
movement on foot to get upa -mocratIc
caucus, IT, nominate some great man Tor
United States Senator. UNI this morn
ing was, Quot in totaD but in IA KIND OF
darkness upon this important subject
After the morning business of the House
had heen attended to, | was presented IN
my seat with II preamble, drawn up IN
good style, the import of when was Z"
this effect; that we abide the decision OF
IA Democratic caucus and bind ourselves
to support for u. S. >enator the nominee
of such caucus. informed the gentle
man of fact that every person knows,
viz: | was one uf the hest humored o!d
Dutchtlen our, vet had some character
for Stubbornp>s, and that there was no
power this side of Heaven that rou M
d1re me to subscribe my name to such an
instrument. to 1t him WAS as good, as
firm Democrat rs he cnnld Jnmr up ON
this floor or elsewhere, nut Democrats
aid some things that IN! Judgment dld not
approve, and this movement was of that
character, and could not 90 for the nned-
.ure IN that shape. | ag eeh, however,
that if they would pass rero ut'"n 10y I"
lnut session of both Houses to go into
rhls ection, | won Il then, aS II Demo
rrat, 90 INTO Il caucus. Thi, they ho"ted
as anti democratic.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
Arrival ef sEae B"O Jonathan.


The Nicaragua steamer Bro. Jonathan,
arrived at San Francisco, on Thursday
morning last, bringing later dates from
the east. The Turkish news is up 10 the
18th of December. IN the late engage,
mentS the Russian army has been SllrrrSS-
tuI, defeating the Turks in every battle.
Persia has declared war against Turkey.
The accounts Of the battle between III"
Russian and Turkish fleets are very con.
f1rtIng; one account representing the
Russians as victorious. another that The
fleet was a cut to pieces.
A recent fire in New York destroyed
IA immense amount of property The
largest merchant ship in the world, the
"Great Republic" was consumed
In the Senate, on the 23I, Mr. Gwin in
troduced II hlli to continue in force the
act to ascertain and settle private land
claims in California. 1t was reported
back, Immediately taken up and passed
The Senate have confirmed the follow
ing appointments for the Branch lint in
California: John VI Btkteldt, to be Coin
or; John Hewron, Melt-r and Refner;
and Augustus Hazraszthey, As>ayer.
Smith O'Brien.-A communication
from the editor OF the Limerick Rep ,rtpr
~ the Freema.'S journal of New York
dated Dee. 18th, announces The esrape Of
Smith O'BrIen from \u-tral liza. The ac-
count states that he was released through
the aid of his Irish friends in the colony
and the sympathy of the commander of
an American trading vessel. O'Breii
was bound by no parole.
The interest on the California 7 PER
cent. bonds in New York, falling due on
the l>t.of January, were not paid The
bonds, in consequence, fell rapidly. The
interest was aiterward paid by Messrs
Sherman & TO.
KoSsuth has left London for Constant-
nople, supposed at the invitation OF The
Sultan.
MIR. >oule, the United States Minister
to Spain, has fought due with the Mar
qui~ de 1urges, the French Minister,
owing to c' rtaim remarks of the latter on
Mrs. Soule's dress, betnre referred to- "A
duel has aIso been fought bptw cen young
>oule and the Duke Of Alba, grow ing o,,r
of the same affair; IN neither case had
any harm heeb done
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
Opinion Of the AttorneyG Gener,,
on the Validity of chOOI AMI
~ranf

"1o the Honorable, the Senate and q.
semd'y Of the Stale of a',forn,o:
"ln HrcOrdanre with your coucurr.n,
resolution of the 10Th inst, ,irertiny rho
Attorney General to prepare and prp.pn,
tn the LEGISLATURE now in session. an ,,,;'
mon of the egality of the location rs
School Land Warrants AS now practiced
in this State, beg leave to submit III.
f Towing:
l>t. do not think school land warrauts
can be egal Y located on public lands be.
fore they are surveyed, hrcnu.e the 40,
OF Congress of Sept. 4th, lS4l, donating
TO each of the new States five hundred
thousand acres of and, directs that III.
same "tnay be located after it Sh II have
been surveyed according to existing law.n
Cd. After survey there can be no doubt
that school band warrants can he legally
located on public lands, for the act Of
Congress above referred 10 provides that
"rhe land granted to the State may lie
>elrrtrtl in such manner as the State Ley
I>lature shall direct" and our Legislature
has, y the act of Nay 81. 1852, .sdrprtpdn
such lands to he located b, the holders Of
school land warrants, whom for this plr.
pose ii has made the agents of the State.
81. | consider that IA location under our
act of May 81. upon uuSu'veypd land,
can confer no right of possession or pro-
pert> in such land as against subs, qupnt
purchaser or settler under the General
Government, unless it be followed up by
an nrtua pns>e>si on of the land so located.
But such naked ocatIon, WITHOUT pos.
session, will be valid as against sub.e-
quent loraton under the same act, or any
other State law.
4h, A school land warrant for one hum
drad and sixty acres only cannot he orat-
ed alone. but two or more warrants, each
for 100 acres, may he ,orated at the SAME
time, and ifthe " hole nunIier of acres To-
Gated under the two, are in a compact body
aud conform 10 the "sectiona divisions
and sub divisions" the location will be
valid. j. r McCuNNELL,
Attorney General.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

s-Y We make the following extract
from the San joaquin Republican Of the
9th ult. AS that paper is one of the old
est ard most re liable democratic presses
in the State, its warning voice must be
heard with respect. Democrats, we com
mend it to your attentions:
The SENATorIAL QUEsTIoN. - The
great argument of those who advorate the
election of ii United States Senator this
winter, is that the Denoctatic party
should take advantage OF The large ma
lorlty they have in the LEGISLATURE this
inter, for the reason that it is possible
We may nn' have it next year. We are
as strict and good parrlzans aS those " ho
make use of this >ophlSfn, aS our past
acts have proven; but, notwithstanding,
we say that This is no argument; that the
doctrine thus ,aid down is ant-Demo-
cratic in spirit.
True, Democracy "stoops TO no base
ness" and most hA<e would it he to
rob The people of the riaht which i>rheir>
ina ienaLIy TO have The "Say" IN this mat
ter. The Democratic party depends not
for success or exl>renre upon wire pulling
aud logrol'lng amongst the peoples rep
reSentativfS, but upon the votes of the
people themselves. True Democrats
never dreaded to sui NIT Il question of
>urh vast importance rs the one under
discussion, 10 the suffrage Of the voters.
1t is not "A question affecting the qua if
cations If men, but II rule is involved,
" hlrh, if established, will eventually ruin
the Democratic party in this state, tor it
would he contrary to usage and would le
considered u>urpall"n of power. R"h
the people of their privileges, and rest
assured, they will lie quick to work their
revenge.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

Ntw ttRKtT"ky. 1t seems the peO-
pie IN the northern portion of this State
and the southern portion Of Oregon, are
moving IN earnest in favor of the creation
of II new territory. ! hey were elerting
delegates to attend \ convention which
was to have been he at jacksonville, ON
the 25rh inst.
Ia referring to one Of these meetings
the Mountain Herald says:
On our first page will be found the pro-
reednys of the Mass Meeting OF the cit-
zens of Siskiy"u county. Able and en-
thu-ia>lic remarks were made by Judge
Robertson, John osby, Esq, Fl G. Fer
ris, Esq. and others. ] hr list Of dele
gates from this county to the general con
vention at jacksonville, ON the 25rh, may
be found in the proceedings. >iskiyou
will have full delegation there. Never
were the people more unanimous on any
subject than are the people Of the p o.
posed new Territory on This. Let the
sentiments Of the people be heard at their
general convention, so that our Nationa !,
State and Territorial Representatives, in
their respective legislative bodies, may
fully represent our wishes in this import
ant tnatter.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

TOWNSHIP OFFICERs-At the recent
election in Township No. 8, John +.
Freeman, and John Il, O'Bren were
elected Justices, and George adsworth
and w. c. Whlnsey, onstahles.
In Township No. 9 Philip Lynch and
H. w. Rice, are the Justices elect, and
P. Sunderland and VIM. Carpenter, Con
stables.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
Jan. Goth, 1854.

GOLDEN GATE.-lhe manner in which
this tavorlte steamer WAS got oft, Is thus
ie.crlbed by the AN Francisco ourler:
The steamship Columbia, which left
this port on the 18Th inst, to 60 in search
of and assist the Golden Gate, arrived at
an Diego at 4 P. Nj on the 20ih instant.
Found the Go den Gate badly ashore IN
Zwinga >hoaI, having but nlne feet OF
water around her and ridge with ony
seven feet of water ut low tide 50 pass
over, before she could be got afoat; next
day commenced to tighten her OF her
freight, and carried out anchors, &c.-
BY constant steaning aud heavlng parh
day ut high water, the vessel was gradu'
ally drawn off, and ON the morning OF the
25th, was towed into the inner harhor'
" here she awaits the arrival OF steam
pumps before proceeding to SantranrIs o.
The vessel is less injured than has been
reported, and will be enabled 10 resume
her trp pS in few weeks, 80 soon as me
shall have bren dorked, and her narhlte'
ry repaired. The I oIumhIa received on
board her remaining passengers, Sl9 III
number, Is having lett the day previous
on the clipper schooner Varqu'r"' IN
addition to those taken by the Souther"ef
ana GoIiah, chartered for that purpo's
10y the company.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
LEGISLATIVE CAUcrs Some of TIT

LEGISLATIVE CAUCrs Some of the
democratic members held Il cauru> it, the
Senate rh,nl er on Tue SHAY evening last &.
Many Of the democratic members refused
to 90 INTO it or have anything to do with
the proceedings. Our of IS democratic
Senators only IS were present. e have
still hopes from this tavorah e indie ,tlnn
However, it would he well tor the people
to he up aud doing Send down your pc.
ttlol,S aud let your representa- YES know
your sentiments. Do not he traded off
without protesting against il.
FRozEN.-On "Wednesday, the 9th of
December, two men were frozen tn death
in attempting to go from Jim Crow Canon
to Gallouay's Rauch, in Sierra county.
"OLD Block has sent us Il CHIP of 40,
for which we tender our thanks. We
>ha | take great pleasure in presenting it
to our READERS next week.
Some hombre informs the State Journal
that certain parties are only recognized by
the Democratic party a. the Central Com
mlttee of this county. We think before
the ide> of september next the "Indlvd-
unI'>" recognition viii undergo change.
We do!
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
SACRAMENTO, Feb.

A man by the name of Wn. NJ. Peters
killed Patrick FarriS, at ii restaurant oh
street. Peters was captured by the Mar
shall and put IN prison. An attempt was
made to take the prisoner from the Off
GERS, but proved unsuccessful.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

SILVER MINE.-'i he Stockton Post pub
li>h an interesting account of the dis
rovery of silver mine in the Joaquin
Val ey, situated $50 miles south of stock
ton An intelligent Mexican says there is
hnt one r,ine in Mexico that snrpaSes il
for richness. The vie d is 100 ounces to
"A cargo of 900 HIS.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

The bark George " eh>ter arrived at
San Francisco, on Tuesday last in IS
days from China. The rebels have adj
vanced to within GO miles of P-kin, and
will no doubt eventually take the city.
The Emperor of japan is dead. The
American feet will soon visit the country
again.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

On Saturday last there was riot at
Eureka, Nevada county, between the
Irish and Americans of the place in re
gard to some claims, and difficulty that
has been of long standing. Five of the
Iri>hlnen were shot, although none are
supposed to he dangerously wounded.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

CONGRESSIONAL FAvoRs.-We have re-
ceived various Congressional favOrs from
Messrs. Gwin s. Seward of lhe u. S.
Senate, and Nlessrs. M'DougalI and La
than OF the House Of Representatives.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
Agents.
Agents.
J. NJ. SHEPHERD, Sacramento City
w. B. RICE, Rattlesn"ke Bar
J. w. SPANx, Gold Hill aud Virginia

Democratic County Central ozatnittee
Philip w Thomas, Auburn, Chairman;
Or. John P. Harper, do;
DR. Thomas, do;
VIM A Johnson, do;
Joseph Scohey Ophir;
p. Lynch, Secret Ravine;
Col. Newman. do.
Thomas Coffee do
Thomas Wood, Rnttlesnake Rsr.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04


SUTTER'> 80 ia notice appeared in
the city papers few days since of an
ii, vertI>emtut offering at public auction
sale, the revered spot, known the world
over as "Sutter'S Fort.' "Sutier'~ Fort
for sale" Who would have believed il?
Who could think that the people of
Sacramento would stand heedles>Iy 10y
aud see sold wlth"u' IA word of oppo,i-
tion, the oldest land mark of our State
the spot made almost >a red by its early
aSsncIatIOn with the pioneers of Callfor
MIA. 1t Is not too late yet to do Soneihng.
Let their first endeavor he to obtain pos
session of Suffers Fort, and retain il aS
the property of the a>>orinton; and " hen
able. make such repairs upon 1t AZ to
preserve it in the future from the rude
grasp of the andaI. Let it be held sacred
rs ii spot dear to all old CaIItn,nianS,
that in future Years we may point to it ~
The spot where General utter first cul-
tIvated the soil, and laid the foundation
tor one of the prrttie~f and most enter
priSlng cities IN the Union. Slate Jour.
those WITNEssEs.-it s worthy of
note that the Illnesses who t. stuffed in
'tiC uSV Ip' ar an ''VI-
Ir+rned, in II business or personal relation,
with the house of Palmer. Cook s. Go
We don't say this would make them swear
more favorable to- Mr.. Palmer, but we do
say that it is Il circumstance worthy of
note. They are the men too no over
heard Mr.. Peck say so much favorable TO
Mr.. Palmer, and also, the men to honI
MIR. Palmer made those communications,
which the Senate permitted to be detailed
before that body aS testimony for Mr..
Palmer. hat is, he was permitted to
make his own testimony, through his oW u
Witnesses. Well, we suppose it must be
call right"
1t was some of these same witnesses
"h" made trip, hy express, from San
Francisco to Renmia, in the night, and 10y
and, t" prevent, if possible, that threat
rned exposure.
Does any unpr'judiced man believe
that trip would have been made, men,
aroused from their beds in the night, Mr..
Peek sent for in hot haste, if the party
charged had been perfectly conscious of
his Innocence! Union.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

Wells, Fargo & Co., we're the first 10
deliver us eastern papers ny the Dr"'"''
Jonathan Adams s. Co., were but II III
tie behind them with the same. 10 the
courtesy of both companies we are ~
debl+d for many tavors during the "efS'
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
SAN FR.Nciscn, Friday noon, Feb ST..

NAN FRANCISC0, TTT'"y H"''!, TT" o'''
The Golden Gate has u>t arrived from
San Diego al safe-great rejoicing.
Forty-two men came up on the Gate
from Walkers camp; among thrnh Is
Corporal Mullan of the "Ohl Guard y
These men complain that they Jared bad,
the officers resprv'ng the best of every
thing for themselves. Wa ker is about
leaving for the Apnche country with his
band. He made II speech to his men Oh
the eve of leaving.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

The schooner E. l.. Frost brings 2S
days later news from the Sandwich Is
lands. The small p"x still prevails thp' q
to Il considerable extent. The vote for
Members of Parliament was the largest
ever cast. The HawaiainS are talk ing
about erecting mint at Honolulu.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

FIRE.-Ihe Theatre "a, Plarervile vas
dpStro. ed hy fire on the morning of the
SO,h alt The citizens are indebted to
the Hook and Lnd'Ier Co. for the preser-
yation of the town.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
Telegraphic.
GRASS VALLEY, Jan. 3l>t.
Tar of ihe PLncer Herald:

To The EdI10r OF Ihe F7NceT HPTdTU:
Old Blocks comp nentS If you break
tasted with hlm in '49, he hopes You wi !
dine with him in sd; oyster soup and
roast duck now. instead Of slap jacks and
mn asses of '49 - no extra charge for
gravy.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

President Walker of over California,
has issued decree uniting that country
to the State Of Sonora-and declaring the
two Republic.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

LEGISLATIVE FAvoRs - -MessrS Wal.
kup, O'NeiIl, Van Cleft, Hastings and
Fairfield, have forwarded Us numerous
Legislative documents during the past
week
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

The Jury in the case Of Hughes, in
dicted for the killing of Mahonpy in E
Dorado county, have rendered verdict
of man>laughter.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04
DLClAkAIlCN.--- . all ~b'n

nLCl lAkAIlCN.-.- all whom
~ may cui.ceIh: know !e. that "'.'.ho .ho
kosenthal, wife OF Lewis R sentha', OF 'n0
town of Michigan lty, County OF l"..,i
State OF al tolnn, do hereby eclare "nI
make known that from and after this d"'o
intend to carry on business in my own 'la"'I g
md my own use and benefit by virtue e;.d u
n act entitled An Act to authorize 'na' ''e.
women to transact business III the'' 1.h
me rs sole traders, approved way 1'n'
1852" and that the said business is tue Ae,r
.ng n Fruit and Book Store, together ,'at WI"
other articles usually kept in said eStaoi'odD nd
ments in the town If Michigan ity Az. .ad
do further declare that the capital 'nVe'''N
does moi exceed FIVE thousand dollars.
Michigan City, Jan 27th. 1854. r
,AROLlNE kOsENThh0'
n2l--feb4 St
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

The DownievllIe Echo Is to assume
the name Of the Sierra Gatissn.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

DUE NOTICE.---Not having aar ne","
- II ON my former partner, Mr. :. IA.sh
mo LETT this city on the 9th inst ne,t .hot
give notice to all whom it may concern Wv" Wv.
will not be responsible for a'y dep'S 9rS
tracted bv him. kkEDERI X MULLER
Michigan City, Jan. 25th, 1S54-teos ~
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

.s.Messrs. Adams s. Co, and Wells
Fargo s. 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., 1854-02-04

Judge Howell, of this judicial di trct,
has been granted leave of absence four
munt hs
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-04

San Francisco Agency HOS BOYCE.
Is the authorized Agent OF the Weekly Place
Herald in San Francisco city and county; all
advertisements intrusted to him will be care
fully attended to as he may contract. Office
At the Sun Printing OF e. on Sansome street
between Merchant and Washington.