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The weekly Placer herald., 1854-06-24

hotels and saloons throughout the CITY anu
State.
1st Grand Prize-Ten Thousand Dol
lars in cash, $4,000
ond Grand Prize-One handsome Resi-
dence, consisting of three acres Of
land with a beautiful cottage house,
in the city of Oakland, on Broadway,
within 5 minutes walk of the steam
boat landing rhe proprietors own
the property under the eralta title
and two years possession-thes same,
with warrantee deed will be given
the drawer Valued at 5000
Sd Grand Prize One Ranch, consist
ing Of 100 acres Of land. with good
House, Farming Utensils, &c, &C.
This valuable ranch is ocated in San
Jose Valley and is held under a con-
frmed Spanish title. A warrantee
deed will be given the drawer Value 4C00
4 to 254 Two hundred and fifty Val
liable Building Lots in the City of
Oakland, the Brooklyn of San Fran
cisco, situated on Broadway, within
five minutes walk of the landing
These lots are unquestionaby the
most beautiful sites for residences in
the State, and are too well known to
need description. The proprietors
hold the Peralta title and have pos
session The drawer will receive
warrantee deeds Size, 25x100 Val
ued low at $500 each, 10000
255 to 465-rwo hundred and ten Fine
Gold Lever Watches, Hunting Cases,
each of equal value Valued at 800 21 900
466 to 666-Two hundred elegant Chi
nese Shawls, high cost. These shawls
are of the same quality as are sold
daily in this city at $50 each; each
one of equal value Valued at $50 10000
Certifcate.---We the undersigned. are ac-
quainted with the parties owning the proper
ty offered in this Rattle, and also know the
Real Estate referred to, and we assure the
Public that we consider the title to the prop
erty as indisputable.
Hon D S. SHATTUCK,
JAMES MORRISON NJ. D.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-06-24
Job Printing.

JOD frInIIHS.
The Job Office of the HERALD has re-
Gently received large additions, and pa
irons can now have printing done, of all
descriptions, in a superior manner. Or
ders from distance must invariably be
ACCOMPANIED with the money.
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-06-24
Tickets One Dollar Each.

To be had of the proprietors, at their office
north west corner Of Montgomery and Mer-
chant streets, or all the principal book stores,
hotels and saloons throughout the city and
State,
The weekly Placer herald., 1854-06-24
LPACER HER AID.
Published every Saturday Morning by
TABB MITCHELL.
At the HERALD OFFICE, on Main Street,
opposite the National Hotel.
TERMS.
AdVertiSiLae.

AdVertiSiIag.
One square, Of 10 lines, and more
than lines, first insertion, 500
Each subsequent insertion, 1,5O
For half square of five lines or less, 200
Each subsequent insertion, 100
q All legal advertisements must be
accompanied with the CASH, otherwise
they will not be published. This rule
will be strictly adhered to.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

NO. IS.

The FAIRY LIGHT GUARDs.-The Borough
Item, published at Harrisburgh, Pa, in
speaking of the reported visit of the Female
Light Guards to New York, says that from
certain facts which have recently come to its
knowledge, it has reason to believe that tho
whole affair originated in Harrisburg, in
consequence of a wager having been made
at convivial assembly of gay young
=" bloods," that one of the party would do
the great father of humbugs, Barnum, within
six months. 1t is some four weeks since
this wager has been made. In the mean
time its author has left the place and this
fact, in connection that Harrisburg was
named as one of the places from which the
company of Amazons was to hail, and the
striking similarity in the agents name with
that of the aforesaid gentleman, all combine
to render it quite certain that the wager has
been won, and Barnum has for once been
completely gummed by Pennsylvania
Dutchman.-[N. Y. Tribune.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

CURE FOR CoRNs.-Mr. Cooper. in his :" Die
tionary of Surgery" has the following infal-
lible cure for corns: Take two ounces of gum
ammoniac, two ounces of yellow wax, and
six drachms of verdigris; melt them togeth-
er, and spread the composition on soft leath-
er cut away as much of the corn as you can,
then apply the plaster, and renew it every
fortnight till the corn is away.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

HOBBS NoNPLUssED.-The London cores
pondent of the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can writes that Mr.. Hobbs, the celebrated
locksmith. who opened the thief-defying
locks of Bramah & Chubb, has met with
more than his match. He was recently
challenged by Mr.. Edward Cotterill, of Bir-
mingham, to pick his patent climax detector
lock, who offered to present him with 5000
if he picked it in twenty-four hours. Mr.
Hobbs made the essay and persevered for
twenty four hours, but at the expiration of
that time he had wholly failed. He after
wards examined the interior of the lock and
acknowledged that if longer time had been
extended to him he should not have succeed
ed, as he had not contemplated some of the
combinations Alb. Reg.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

The Secretary of the Treasury has author
lied the Director of the United States Mint
to have the Medals of the Association for
the Exhibition of All Nations struck at the
Mint-the Association merely furnishing
the material and paying the actual expense
incurred. The medals for 1858 will be COM
pleted during the present month. The
Diplomas for 1853 are nearly all ready.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

We once saw young man bravely turning
up his glass; he was true-hearted, glorious
fellow, and was, he said, sowing his wild
oats. We afterwards saw a policeman
hauling miserable drunkard from the gutter
to the watch-house. The wild oats were
being harvested.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

Happiness is butterfly, which when pur-
sued. is always just beyond your grasp, but
which, if you will sit down quietly, may
alight upon you.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

NOVEL AND IMPORTANT INvENTIoN.--
Prof. Webster, of the Portsmouth, (Va.) In
stitute, has invented nicely contrived but
simple instrument, which he calls Meteo-
rograph, or practical &c clerk OF the weather" -"
1t combines barometer, thermometer, pull
viometer, hydrometer and aueometer, and
writes down or records with accuracy the
various phenomena of the weather, such as
the pressure of the atmosphere, temperature
amount of rain and vapor, and the force and
direction Of the wind. This instrument
will prove a valuable assistant to the extern
sive system of meteorological observations,
settled upon by the late scientific conference
at Brussels.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

The Maine Law men in Vermont are rails
ing fund of $25O,OO0, " to aid the cause
of temperance in that State" The Treasur~
er. of the State Temperance Society publishes
a card urging the agents to hurry ap sub
scriptions.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

PoRrRAIT OF SIR CHARLES NAPIER.-An
English paper uses rather free pencil in the
following sketch:
"A farmer looking man with fat face,
thick lips, and tremendous nose, covered
with snuff. large ears. like two flaps of a
saddle and like Uncle Ned in lyric history,
with no wool to speak of on the top OF his
head, altho' his chronological Developments
display an extensive surface where the wool
oug Int to grow his head placed on the shoul-
ders of stunted alderman, whose clothes
appear to have been pitchforked on his back,
with one shirt collar up and the other down,
his waistcoat buttoned awry. and shirt
fronts smeared with snuff--and you have the
portrait Of Sir Charles Napier"
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

A CoNFEssloN.-Th Louisville Journal
SAYS: 1t is undoubtedly true that men are
too often permitted to take vengeance into
their own hands in Kentucky, and are sus-
tanned by the unwritten law" but it is
also true that the same condition of things
exists in all the Southern States. Those
states have some important virtues that the
Northern States have not, but they are less
rigid in the punishment of man-killing :
Wealth can very frequently purchase exemp-
ton from legal conviction for murder or
mansaughter both in the North and in the
South, but in the South high social posi-
ton has very often proved itself sufficient
for the purpose.
We do not think an instance can be
named where man of social position in
Kentucky has ever been hung or sent to the
penitentiary, for killing man in open day
light, though there seemed to be very aggra-
waited cases of killing; and SO far as we
know, this is true of the whole South.
We doubt if case can be named where a
man in any Southern State, enjoying high
social position, has ever been legally pun
ished for killing in open day, no matter what
the circumstances.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

Col. FREMoNT's PARTY.--A Mormon,
named Smith, wrote to the Deseret News
from Parowen, that on the 7th February
Col. Fremont and his party had reached
that place. He says:
They reported that they had eaten twenty
seven broken-down animals that when
horse or mule could 60 no further, it was
killed and divided out, giving one-half to the
Delawares, and the other to the Colonel and
his men the hide was cut in pieces and
cast lots for. After the bones had been
made into soup, they were burned, and car
red along by the men for luncheon. The
entrails were shaken and made into soup,
together with the feet and eyes, thus using
up the mule. They stated they had travelled
45 days living on this kind of fare.
Although Col. Fremont was considered
by the people an enemy to the saints, and
had no money, he was kindly treated and
supplied on credit with provisions for him
self and men while at Parowen, and fitted
out with ANIMALS and provisions to pursue
his journey, and went on his way rejoicing
on the Goth of February.
Fremont has since that reached the
Pacific, and reported all of his party safe.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

Gen. Sam Houston first entered Congress
as Representative (from Tennessee,) 30
years ago. He has since been, Governor OF
Tennessee, then fugitive from her borders
then an Indian chief-then pioneer OF Tex
as-then leader of her revolution--thenl
President--then out of power and esteemed
a dissipated, broken-down demagogue-then
President again--a reformed man and Tenn.
perance advocate--then ard finally Senator OF
The United States, which position he has held
for the last eight years. He may yet 60
higher.-[N. Y. Tribune.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

SLAVERY IN MIssouRI--The st. Louis
Herald saws that in Missouri slavery is at a
stand, if not retrograding 1t may be said
With almost literal truth, that the slave
holding immigration to Missouri, entirely
ceased three years ago. There is now an
emigration from Missouri. Besides slaves
are constantly being sold to the South. The
prospect is that ten years hence their number
will be far less than it is now There are
no more slaves in Missouri to- day than there
were three years ago. There are now IN that
state 100000 whites and $1,000 slaves
Ten years hence there will be at least ,2OO,-
900 whites, and probably less than oO,oOO
slaves. There are now more than eight tree
men to one slave. Ten years hence. IN all
human probability, there will be twenty
freemen to one slave.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03
VOL. 2.

DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN. The late
and lamemted Judge Talfourd, in the case OF
Wag Us. Kelson, tried at the Bristol, Eng
land. Assizes shortly before his sudden
death. thWs defined the character of a gen.
teman:
The evidence proved that the defendant,
while ip the theatre, had said to the plain
tiff, ' Dc not speak to me, | am gentleman
and YOU are a tradesman." Gentleman,
said the learned Judge, " is term which
does not apply to any station, but to the
mind aud feelings in every station. The
man of rank who deports himself with dig
ntv and candor, and the tradesman who
discharges the duties of life with honor and
integrity. are alike entitled to 1t, the hum
blest artizan, who fulfills the obligations
cast upon him with virtue and with honor is
more entitled to the name of gentleman
than the man who could indulge in offensive
and rihald remarks, however big his station
The best honey is made by bees which
have the privilege of roaming abroad In
search of their food. If they gather their
sweets in your garden, beware of onions, for
The least taste of that vegetable will spoil
all your honey. Have no onions or garllck
on your premises. Boxwood likewise should
he excluded Good honey is made from
roses. lilies, violets, rosemary, and especial
~ thyme, which was in high esteem among
the aucients, for that purpose. Orange
blossoms, if you can have them, are most
desirable. The delicious honey from the Isle
of Bourbon, will taste for years of the orange
blossoms from which it has been gathered,
and on opening bottle of it, the room will
be filed with its fragrance. The best rule
is to have a great variety of flowers for the
use of your bees, and their instinct will
reach them what suits their purpose best
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03

WRINKLES. Those democrats that never
fatter,' as Byron calls them, may be fastened
or delayed according to the habits, pursuits
and dietetic regimen of the individual
Violent exercise, although it may be benef-
cial to the general system, makes the skin
old and changes its color. as we'll as its tex
ture. 1t is remarked that persons the most
inactive in their habits, have the best COM
pexions and smoothest skins. Exercise I'M
mediately after eating, is exceedingly prejudi-
cial. Pork is an abonination. Also, oysters
and other shell fish, honey, almonds, pickles,
vinegar, strawberries, raspberries and cucum-
bers are forbidden those who dread wrinkles
The use of wines, coffee and tea, in moder-
ate quantities gives freshness and brilliancy
to the skin. The Home Journal, good au-
thority on subjects of this kind, however,
asserts that wrinkles are, after all, not such
enemies of female beauty as the fair crea-
lures of the other sex regard them. Ninety
nine women out of every hundred who are
accustomed to scan their features in the
glass, believe themselves less handsome than
they really are. The reason is, other people
are not SO observing, and cannot recall even
the shape of the nose or the size of the
mouth. Besides, the agreeable expression,
which is the greatest charm of the face, is
called forth by the thoughts suggested in the
presence or conversation of others. The
fact itself will crafty many lady who
watches with anxiety the approach of wrink
les, and the practical deduction is, to attend
to the expression of the face and not think
too much of wrinkles.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-03-30

The Burlington Free Press laughs about
the story we published some weeks since of
the young lady having her nose frozen in bed,
in Maine in the cold snap in February,
(which vas a fact) and recommends match
between the old. bachelor Of Upper Canada,
we believe it was, whose predicament Is de-
scribed in the following
We don't like to joke at the expense of
bachelors, but this story, told by the Mans
field Herald, is too good to be lost
* morning or two since cries of assist
ance were heard to proceed from the room Of
highly respectable old bachelor. On burst
ing open the door he was found frozea fast in
tub of water having been troubled with
a bad cold, he thought to take a bath in a
tub Of warm water, the night before, and felt
so comfortable while sitting in it, that he drop
ped to sleep and did not awake till morning
He was Of course unable to stir and was
compelled to call for help. To his great hor-
ror the first person rushing to his aid was an
' old maid who had felt Partially for him.
She, supposing he intended joke upon her,
broke into the street again, her countenancc
filled with Indignation and wounded vanity,
threw her hands violently about. exclaiming
o, the hateful villain His continued cries,
however, brought onr friend speedy assistance,
when by chopping him out with hatchet,a
turning him round and round like spit be-
fore the fire, he was soon thawed out. He
wishes US to say he is now candidate for
matrimony."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-03-30

FROM Inc hialnc fafme
CULTURE OF OsIER W1LLow.-Mr. Editor:
The culture of the osier OF. basket willow,
which is well adapted to the climate and soil
of this country, is said to yield large profits
under good management. IA
England has for many years >producsa
large quantities of the wiileEN,yithbut any
diminution but rather an advance in price.
it is stated that American fields are fully as
productive and prices higher. We have cul-
tlyated it for the last ten years, growing very
Iuxuriantly, not unfrequentiy the shoots in
one season attaining the length Of ten feet,
and in no instance have VIC noticed any inju-
ry from our northern winters.
The cultivation of it to reasonable ex-
tent would be quite valuable to every farmer
to obtain withes for lenses, binding corn grain
No., yet far more so as an article Of, com.
mcrce, as it has already become an impor.
tant item. The willow is easily grown from
cuttings if properly prepared and planted in
early spring. Cultivatprs recommend plant.
ing from 10000 to $4,000 cuttings to the acre
which in very favorable situations yield fronl
3 to 4 annually after coming to maturity, Il
Vassoiboro, 1854. D. TABEa. 2
How does our friend Colby, Of Bolton, get
along with his willow planting. Suppose he
just lets lis know about these days. Ed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-03-30

We learn from the Pittsburgh Union, that
an excellent opportunity for philanthropic
young man of an educational and agriealtur-
al turn Of mind, is now open 'out West. -
The Chief of the Haynse Indians, i'll Oregon,
offers one thousand head Of horses to any re-
spectacle young man, well recommended, who
will marry his daughter, girl Of about Is,
settle down among them, and teach them ag-
riculture.
A correspondent Of the Sturgis Prairie Jour
aaI, in making the matter known, says:
NNsThe horses are worth from fifty to eighty
,thoheand dollars. / have seen this valuable
sqaHN Sbs is about the medium size, with
itolerably regular features high cheek bones,
aoping forehead, black eyes and dark hair.
Hen form Is square and stout Her long hair
hung oyer her shoulders, profusey ornament
ed with shells and beads, She wore "a robe
made of fawn skins, most beautifully orna-
rnented with beads and Shells Her step was
light and proud, and gait easy and graceful.
A fine chaseA for al the objects mepdream
dreams aboptN Fame, power, fortune, love
and romance, Nlin h bunch. dangling from
the, hand Of nEndii I'm Princess, only eighteen
yearsold. WHOSE hind and its accompan-
ments await the ACCEPTANCE of any respecta-
bic, well recommended young white man.
Who wants recommend 2?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-03-30
poetry.
For the Green Mountain Freeman.

For the Green Mountain Freeman
FAREWELL TO HOME.
Farewell, long farewell dear home,
Dear, ever dear to me-
Although within thy walls is heard,
No mors the voice Of gieej
No more for darling sisters voice,
Is hushed in deaths domain;
The tones that gaidened hearts and homo,
We meier shall hear again.
But homo, my early home will be,
Dear, ever, ever dear to me-
uh quiet orchard, fare thee WE'LL
; How Oft within tho shade
OF thyswide spreading treee,
Sister and have played:
!. Pleasant old orchard, dearly loved.
Sadly say good bye
And for thy quiet, cooling shade,
Ny heart viii often sigh,
Yes, green old orchard, thou wilt bs,
Dear, ever, ever dear to me.
Farewell my darling posy bed,
Fond memories do ye bring
OF many busy by-gone hour
OF many by-gone Spring.
There in this corner, grows flower,
By garden breeses famed
We love it--for twas planted theirs
BY sister Annie's,hand
And need say that flowers will b.,
Dear, ever, ever doar to me.
Farewell my lowly humble home,
Thou shalt nc. be forgot
l read on every rock and tree,
Where s'er go-forgot me not
Twas here knelt--her hand in mine
Here, in dear sisters room
While sister Annie's spirit sought
Another, and lasting home.
Last earthly home of a spirit fyse, =
Dear, ever, ever dear to me. EoLAH'
Northheld, March, 1851
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-03-30
THE WATER RAM.

THE WATER RAM.
We give the following extract Of a letter
as the text -
"At meeting Of the Farmers Club last
summer you stated thataa person in New Jer,.
sey had so arranged acwatering ram .(where
there was no natural fall Of water) that it
threw water at considerable distance on his
farm, and referred to it as showing how an
ARTIFICIAL CT stream could be made where n9Pat-
That we have seen done in several fnstail-
ces. Take any PLACE that is natuEa y wet,
and lay down under drains until Ytd accumu-
late water enough at the out1ES which is ca
silly done to drive water rain, and you can
send one-eighth of the stream any distance
you please through lead pipes rising twenty
feet to every foot fall.
Water rams can be set at any spring or
stream whefe- tlsere is a fall, and will give a
constant streaurat the house on the hill, a
mile from the spring and hundred feet above.
~ Yss1ribunc. 10Th Dee
The idea conveyed by tho above is, that
u pom a1perfoctIy dead leyel--a ditch in
II swamp for an cxample-wherc water
can be accumulated one foot deep, it will
throw onc-eighth of that quantity through
800 or 1000 feet Of pipe to the hight OF 70
Ieet.. Elwater ram will not operate unless
there j.. d natural )al-an inclined plane.
The factory canal at Cohoes, n. T., is an an
tiioial WORK, bnt the fall is no less natural
what is an.runnatural fall.) If one foot of
water can throw one-eighth Of its volume ~
ieet high, then the result produced is to the
cause as 1890 is to 62.5, without allowing
for friction. There are 62'5Abs in cubic
loot; the, eighth of that 10 ISL multiplied
by 20 equals 156'2O. Wsatss this but per-
petual motion. A water raao> theoretically
will throw one-twsntietllof the sNeter from
the reservoir.2g feet high,for each foa pffall,
and no more, ~. n
The last paragraph in the above isY lso
wrong. A water ram canpot be set at 9ify
spring or stream where these is fall, to
throw constant stream through a mile of
pipe, to the top of theS hilla 400 feet high.
The capacity Of every water ram is circum-
scribcd by the hight of the fall and the guam
tity Of water which flows into il in given
time. Sci Amcrican