The weekly Placer herald., 1854-01-21
The Bribery Case.

from Butte county, who was be levri to
| he opposed 10 the election, and directly
offered him the sum of $4,000, in cOnSlde-
ration of his voting TO bring it on during
| the present Sps>on-at the same time
proposing to place in his hands the addl
tional snm OF $4,000, to be gwen tn ano-
ther Senator from n NGthfrn Di-tr'ct
OF the State, in ord r ~ secWrs hia vote
for the same measure The pr"po-'t''n
was Indignantly rep~ll~d, and shortly
after the Sen ,so~ who h,,. been apprOach- H.
ed left ,hs citv for h~nici,.
Every nn>.ihlp means have srpra err
pI"ye Ell 20 prevent tine t-v~t"r'ners "f a."
facts. Emrrati~s, promise. M r~~.sh,
&nd finnii, threats Of par>o"al vi"is""~, -
as we ire Inlrrued, were IN turn mat"
use Of, but without svai!. YeNerd, w
! the dav before, the SrDntov co'l""uu,rat"i
the circumstances 80 G Judge Of ono Of
the State Courts, VINO emhodl'd them IN
The form Of AN affidavit, which has h~sG
subscribed and sworn To hy tn" $eaator
10 whom the hrihe WI. dr~ctiy offered -
These are substantially the facts we have
! obtained, and with fu authority {" use
the names Of onr infornants. We under
stand the aft iavit is probahiv already in
type. and will appear tomorrow m"rniny.
Until the facts shall be clearly set before
the public in this affidavit, we choose to
refrain from all comment
s F. Herald, 18th.
The Herald corrects ts former state
ment of this case as follows:
ain the statement concerning the hrbe
ry case, published in yesterdays Herald,
the person charged with the offence is
said 10 have offered, through the gentle
man first approached, an additional five
thousand dollars for the vote of a Senator
from one of the northern districts. This
is incorrect. Five thousand dollars was
the entire sum offered, and the pr opo-i.
tion, according to the statement of the
Senator from Butte, was substantially AS
follows: that five thousand dol ars shou d
he counted down to him on condition
thai he voted to bring on the Senatoria'
2 ectiOn this session; and furthermore,
should use every effort To induce another
member Of the Senate, from one of the
northern districts, 10 vote in the same
way. We have seen the gentleman who
drew up the statement of the Senator from
| Butte, at the dictaton Of the latter, in the
form Of an affidavit 1t has no, 40 vet
! been sworn TO, and We presume thr gen
t'eman intends to give a history Of the
affair in the SENATE to-day, and bring il
IN this manner before the public.
In referring 10 this SUBJECT, the Bencia
correspondent Of the San Francisco Led
ger saws:
I he report that Wr. Palmer, of the 6rm
Of Palmer, Cook 4 Co, bad offered MIR
Peek, Senator from Butte county, five
Thousand dollay. to vote FOR the slecton
vt Jri'rd States Senator ut this seSaion,
was rivculated here for some davs pr-v-
Gus To The publication in the Hera|h. -
There is no doubt Of the fact Of the offer
to brih. the Senator and also that large
amounts have been offered 70 the Senator
TO hush the matter up.
Expresses by the overland route from
Ssn Francisco, have arrived here At diff
fnrert times during the past week, eyi-
apncinc considerable uneasine-s in somp
quarters.
tha facts have produced hundreds Of
ru,no|R--on the one hand, that Dr.. Gwin
is .recia or silent partner in the House
pn'rnrr, Cook & Co., and people wonder,
such heing the fact, thar m offer of the
kind should have cnrnr from Palmer
Again, other. tell il that Palmer Is the
fsetof"., of hrodrrirk-r ii gnes At
any rate. there is something rotten Some
where, and am an advocate for thorough
e-'iEaton, that the guilty may he ex-
posed and held up 10 the execration he or
they Justly deserve.
The employer of Palmer-be he who
he nay-may write his epitaph, for he iS
forever and eterna " damned, both per-
sonalIy and poitirally.
Naws FROM SoUTH AMrRIcA.--By the
arrival of the COrtes at San Francisco,
we have dates from Va paraiso to the lst
| December.
CHILE--Catt'e are becoming scarce.
1t is difficult to get sufficient to work the
| farms.
The Jesuits are about TO build convent
in Valparaiso.
The engineer Of the Santiago Railroad.
Mr.. George Maugher, died on the 9th of
November.
The Electric Telegraph Company have
been compelled to temporarily abandon
their works, owing to the opposition offer
ed to il by the country people, who cur
the wires under the belief that it is an in
vpnflon of the DEVILS, and effects their
hopes of salvation
PEpU U.--A careful survey Of the Guano
Islands has Just been completed by an ex-
perienced French engineer. He reports
that the slnplv is NOT sufficient for more