The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-01
Rome, the ancient mistress ofthe world,
now lighted with gas-the only evil
j.nce Of modern days she bears about her.


T, ia stated that the Military Committee of
~ ,he House of Representatives will in
tav saw days report a bill providing that, If
~. S. Army officer shall have served
oertain period, and being ordered upon
Univ. W. pleads inability on the score of in
s.ntv. or, if the President shall consider
him. h;' by reason of length Of service. en-
,tled to indulgence, board of officers
shall be assembled. of not more than
shrteen. nor less than seven members,
re,;red from service. The pay of retired
officers will be the pay proper, with the
Longevity rations, equal to about half full
pay.
There were 1873 railroad accidents in
,be United States in 1853, killed 234 per
sons, S99 wounded.
CLERGyMEN. Some people talk great
deal about ministers, and the cost Of
keeping them, paying their house rent,
,abIe expenses, and other items of salary.
Did such crOakers ever think that 1t costs
thrty-five millions Of dollars to pay the
salaries of American lawyers; and 12 mil
lions of dollars to keep the dogs in the
midst of us alive, willy only six millions
of dollars are spent annually to keep six
thousand preachers in the United States?
These are facts, and statistics will show
them to be facts. Sole Herald.
A Judges duty is to snub the counsel
on both sides, and bother the jury by fur
nishing them with third method of look
ing at a case. We got this from wag
who once went to law to get damages; and
he got what he went after, enough to last
him lifetime.
The English are running 'Unce Tom''
into the ground. They have Uncle Tom
dramas, Uncle Tom songs and Uncle Tom
dinner sets. The last notion rather
stakes US off at the knees" viz: Uncle
Tom dough nuts They are made of rye
hour, vanished with stove backing.
When you see young lady so very
delicate that she can't make her bed, or
put couple of plates upon the table,
and yet trots all over town daily with the
speed of a race horse, to tumble nonsense
with the Sofpates and Shippers, and
jenkins, and Duzenberries, just chalk it
down that she's piece of calico you can't
invest a single penny or pulsation in.
A friend once visiting an unwordly
philosopher, whose mind was his king
dom, expressed his surprise at the small
ness of his apartment: "Why, you have
not room to swing catH' "My triend."
was the serene, unappreciatve answer,
81 do not want to swing cat"
Nor MURDERED. The San joaquin
Republican learns from DR.. Leach, just
down from the Frezno, that the report of
the murder of Mr.. Howard was totally
unfounded. He has been heard from at a
date since the report of the murder.
LATER FROM CALCUTTA AND BuRMAH-
We have received our full files of the CAL
cutta Star, .Norning Chronicle. and Indian
Times, to Dec. Is, considerably later than
previous advices; we have only space at
present for the following important item
from the Star: "The semi-wiId hordes of
khiva, Bokhara, Atfghanistan, and else
where adjacent to the Russian domitIions,
have caught the crusade infection and are
preparing to support the Turks in the
cause OF the Prophet. The war has as
sumed religious character among the
Mohammedans S. f. Herald.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY RAILRoAD.-We
have seen a letter from Col. Wilson, Pre-
sident of the Sacramento Valley Railroad
to R. P. Johnson, Esq, dated February
20th, in which he says he should be ready
TO leave New York on the eth of March.
He may, therefore, be expected by the
next steamer.
Col. Wilson had everything at that date
nearly ready to complete the road twenty
miles, and would ship most of the iron
before he left. Locomotives, passenger
cars, freight cars, and everything neces-
sary to furnish railroad had been pre-
pared, and workmen employed to put up
The machinery, who will come out for
that purpose. When Col. Wilson ar
rives, he will be prepared to drive the
road ahead without delay.
We congratulate our fellow citizens
upon the hattering prospects presented
for the completion Of this road as far as
Mississippi Bar the coming summer:
Sac. Union.
The NEXT TRIAL OF THE EXPEDITION
rsTs.-Messrs. F. Emory, accompanied
by his counsel, Calhoun Benham, Esq,
and George R. Davidson, with his coun
sci, Mr. Page, appeared in the United
States District Court yesterday morning,
to have some time fixed for the trial of
their causes. Both parties demanded an
immediate trial. The District Attorney
stated that he was not fully prepared to