The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-01

ONeTWIeIHl lfle eIlel1IeS OI senator OWll
with frightful avalanche of condemna-
ton. Honesty will prevail; the selection
of y. S. Senator VIII be left where it be-
longs, to the nert Legislature, which will
come fresh from the people, instructed on
this point, and they will know their inter-
ests too well not to return to w ashngton
their present interchangeable Senator, who
has done and can do more for his constit-
uency than any man in Congress.
Too TRUE.-Gon. Houston, in his lee
ture at Providence on Tuesday evening,
sad-"From early boyhood | have lived
on the borders Of civilization, and have
seen much of Indian life and character;
and never knew an Indian treaty violated,
but what, when shifted to its bottom, it
was found that its first violaters were
white men,
The PIANO AND ELEcTRIcITY.-We
see that it is proposed to apply the cleo
tric telegraph to the piano, so that LIstz,
for instance, may sit in his parlor in Paris
and playing Oh his electric piano, com
municate by wires, at once, by cores
ponding instruments at Berlin, Vienna,
Madrid and Rome; or, going farther even,
might extend the same harmony to ST.
Petersburg and Constantnople. A sub
marine telegraph is all that Is necessary
to put US in the musical category of
Monsieur ListZ.
ANTIQUITY OF WaKEs.-The custom
of s'waking'' the dead, so general in Ire
land, and the Highlands of Scotland is
thought to be Druidical. However this
may be, waking the dead has been con-
sidered sort of religious duty from the
earliest period known to the Irish people.
1t is supposed that the custom did not
originate in the British Islands; but that
it came from either Carthage or PhGnicia.
1t is fact, singular in itself, that a pas
sage in Plautus proves that the language
used by the Carthagenians was identical
with that of the ancient Irish, as it can
be read by any lettered Irishman of this
day. If the languages were identical, 1t
is fair to presume that the customs of
those distant nations were the same.
The length of the river Amazon is
about 1000 miles, and its snavigable course
in direct line is upwards of three thou
sand. 1t is said to be entirely free from
sand banks and everything that would
tend to obstruct navigation. The mar
rowminded Emperor of Brazil, however,
still continues to deprive his own people
and the rest of the world, of the benefits
which would accrue from its being thrown
open to the vessels of all nations.
A good locomotive engine costs from
$4,000 to $4,000, and it would take nlne
men whole year to build one well, with
all the machine power OF the best machine
shops to aid them in the work.
OF the 23l ,791 soldiers who participate
ed in the American Revolutionary war,
there are it is said, less than 400 now
alive.
1t is of great Importance to make your
self and your goods known. frog in
the night attracts more attention than an
OK, for he cries aloud and spares not
The profits arising from advertising are
not conceived by those who have not tried
it. TO those wo have we need not say a
word, for they will never discontinue the
custom.
Losses BY FIRE.-The New York In.
surance Monitor furnishes an estimate
of the losses by fire in the United States
during the year 1853. The aggregate
loss is estimated at $l2, 1892, ,64S, of which
| S6,1O2, ,943 is put down to the city o
! New York. This estimate does not in
clude fires where the loss was under 500,
| 900. The addition of these would pro
badly show that the whole amount of the
destruction Of property by fire during thu
year was not less than twenty millions o
dollars. A sum so important as to de
monstrate the necessity of careful ant
deliberate consideration of the whole sub
iact at issue. e.-.Anaerican
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