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The SANDMAN Converts Bill, as we learn

The SANDMAN CoSvENT's BILL, as we learn
from the Genoa correspondent Of the Newark
Daily Advertiser, is likely to pass. He says:
The bill has been discussed with much ability
for some days, and every opportunity having been
given TO the few Representatives Of the Eccesasti
cal party in the House of Deputies to presenting
their views on the subject II resolved yestcr-
day, am happy to say, to bring the question to a
vote without further delay. There Is no doubt that
It will pass both houses by commanding majorities.
This win be another grand step in the steady march
of Piedmont to full emancipation from civil and
religious bondage. A free press and free schools
are fast achieving their political results in this noble
country"
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22
"The Know-Nothing.s

A new paper with this name has just been
started at Notasulgd, Alabama published
every two weeks--with large type, and Of fair
dimensions, under the editorial charge of James
T. Osborn, Esq, at 81 90 per annum.
This paper is well conducted, and adopts
substantially the platform of the Organ, which
it publishes A new American paper is now
started almost every day in the year.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

THE CHURCH PRoPERrY BILL was ordered to
DO engrossed In the New York Senate, yester-
day, by vote Of 81 to 4. This bill viii de-
prive the Catholic Bishops Of that State OF
vast amount Of temporal power
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

A western editor thus delivers himself: We
would say 10 the individual who stole our shirt OIL
the pole while we were lying In bed waiting Tor Il
TO dry, that we sincerely hope the collar may cut
his throat
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Va, March QI, 1856

The municipal elections came off here on Mon
day. resulting in the election of the entire Know
Nothing ticket by most overwhelming msjorities.
This is the first election IN the State since the nom
nation Of Flournoy, Beale, and Patton, and must
exert powerful influence throughout the State.
Great enthusiasm prevails in the order, and per
feet confidence that all win be right In May.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

William Coffin, Esq, for upwards o. thirty
years cashier OF the Columbian Bank Of boston,
died in that city on Friday last; his age was rs.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

DREADFUL Coal Pr Explosion IN VIRGINIA.
On Monday evening last, about o'clock, an explo-
sion took place at the Midlothian Coal Pits, in
Chesterfield county, Virginia, near the, line Of the
Danville railroad, about twelve miles.from Rich
mond, which was attended by shocking loss of
life. There were fifty persons in the pit at the
time of the explosion, and not more than FIVE Of
this number will escape with their lives. Thirty
five were found dead, or died soon after they were
taken out and Of the remaining fifteen at least
ten, it is thought viii not recover All were
shockingly burnt. The sufferers were principally
colored men. Mr.. Samuel Gouldin, the 0verseer
of the hands, was amongst the whites who lost their
lives. This dreadful calamity was caused by a
blast in the pits, which broke down partition
wall between the pit in which the miners were at
work and an old deserted pit, which, contrary to
the expectations of the workmen, contained q
quantity Of gas, instead Of being filed with water.
As soon as the blast was fred and the assure made
in the wall between the two chambers, the explo-
sion followed, and the awful destruction of life
which we record took place. The pits are nearly
eight hundred feet deep. The injury which they
have sustained 10 serious, and it will cost consid
cradle outlay TO get them fairly under way again.
Mr.. John Atkins, In twenty years management,
has never before met with an accident Of this
kind.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22
From the North Carolina Standard, March II.
The late Bishop Ives-His Whereabouts
and WhatabOuts.

The following Is an extract from letter of DR..
Ives, received in this place, which we publish in
refutaton of the story going the rounds Of the
press representing him as In destitute circumstan-
ces. 1t was not Intended by him as a denial Of
such report but merely giving to friend the
news of his situation, which he knew would be
welcome:
"We are now pleasantly situated here on the
North river in the summer-house of Archbishop
Hughes. My employment is that Of Professor Of
Rhetoric and Pulpit Eloquence in the Theological
Seminary at Fordham, and az lecturer in two
neighboring converts, while our support is ample
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

The fine hotel known as the LA Pierre House,
located in Broad street. near Chestnut, Philadel.
phia, has been transferred to the proprietorship
Of Messrs Prcsbdry 4 Billings, the well known
and popular managers of the Girard House, in
Chestnut street, below Ninth, who have associated
with them, in the La Pierre, Messrs. Sykes and
Ward. Both these hotels are superbly built, fur
nshed and decorated, and hitherto, have We'd with
each other for the public favor, in which they held
the chief places.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

LYscHBuRe TopAcco- -Crumpton, Payne Co.,
ofLynchburg, received the diploma for manufac-
tured tobacco at the late Mechanics Fair in this
city Their tobacco Is unrivslIed for its high favor
and purity Of TASTE
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

We observe that Congress has passed an act au-
thorizing the purchase Of Arabian Camels for the
use Of the army in the western department
Query: Would il not be well 10 place one Of
those sure-paced carriers in the mail service, the
Campbell at present employed not having proved
as reliable as his foreign namesake IL supposed TO
bef We think even the Know-Nothings would
favor the proposition.
Brandon (3i.,) Rsppblican.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

PATRIoTIc.-In letter received from Greenup
(Ky.) yesterday, was enclosed $40 and $5 bill,
and upon the largest was inscribed the following
"By Native Americans Of the old school" To
the American Organ, Washington, DC, U. s. A.,
from Greenup. Ky. May your principles ever pros
per, and may America be governed only by Ameri-
cans, is our prayer Greenup is all right on the
g Sam" question: as is the hope ofthe undersigned.
If Greenup does frequently hang and otherwise
punish those who commit murders, and violate her
laws, she does it according to law. Hurrah for
Greenup! and Kentucky, and America, and the
Union as it exists by one who does not belong to
the Nothing party" On the smaller note
was discovered" Americans only should rule
their country. Hurah for Clay and Cass, and
Webster and Fillmore, and the Compromise
measures and our glorious Unionl"
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22

Do all the members Of the Democratic party
or all the members of the Wing party, agree in
all thingsf Are there not Nebraska Wings
and Nebraska Democrats Are there not anti.
Nebraska Wings and anti-Nebraska Demo.
cratsp
Are there not Wings who sustain, and Wings
who oppose, and Democrats who sustain, and
Democrats who oppose, the institution Of sla-
veryf We ask the same question as to pro-
tective tariff And the same as to the home
stead bill 7 And the same question as to every
other measure Of national policyp No man
viii deny this, and yet there are men, who are
inconsiderate enough to require, that all the
members Of the American party" shall agree
upon the question Of slavery, when that ques-
ton forms no part Of the platform of the
American partyp The requirement is UNI
reasonable and compliance with il impracti-
cable Men must be allowed to think and to
say what they please, upon questions outside
Of our purposes.
1t is enough that the American party" az
such, will stand shoulder to shoulder, IN de-
fence Of the union Of all and the rights Of
each Of the States, without the surrender Of
individual opinion upon questions, which this
party has not assumed 70 control
There are men in our party, as in the Wing
and Democratic parties, who are opposed TO
the extension of slavery, and men who are in
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10
THE COURTS.
County Court.---HoN. J. E. HALE.
.. November, 5th, 1855.


November, 5th, 1855.
Thos. ". Fitzgerald vs.. T. NJ. Johns-C Continued
until next term.
James Burns VS.. Margaret Kelly and Charles
Winters-Dsmissed by appellants at their cost.
o. N May & Co. VS.. W. S. Brock-Judgment in
favor Of plaintiff.
o. N May Co. VS.. Phelps Il May-Judgment
for plaintiffs.
Williams ct. al. vs. Herrick & Blood-Cause
settled by parties and appeal dismissed at cost of
appellants
Emmons ct. al. VS.. Charles Rce-Jury returned
verdict in favor of defendant; motion for new
trial made by plaintiff granted.
A. NJ. Cheesebro VS.. w. II. Dickson-Cause con-
tinued.
P. B. Pagan VS.. P. Woodward et al-Jury re-
turned verdict in favor of defendants; Judgment
accordingly.
Lone Star Co. VS.. West Point Co.-Transferred
to the County Court of Ell Dorado county.
j. Holder q Co. vs. Thurman Il Co.--Submitted
to the Court; judgment rendered in favor of plain
tiff
W. L. Chrysup VS.. Ormsby, Bailey ct. al.-Ap-
peal dismissed at appellants cost.
r. Mcclure VS.. VIM. Siewart-Jury rendered a
special verdict in favor of defendant, which was
reserved for argument
Indian Canon Road Co. vs.. W. L. Chrysup-Dis-
missed at the cost of the plaintiff.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10
%. From Smiths ranch, via Yankee Jims

%. From Smiths ranch, via Yankee Jims
& Forest Shade to Bakers ranch. E. Bum
overseer. Bond $500.
"a. From Smiths ranch via Spring Gar
den, to Forrest Shade, & from Todd's Valley
to Yankee Jim's. VIM. Randlett overseer.
Bond $500.
25. From Bakers ranch to Forks House,
G. w. Bandy overseer. Bond 500.
26. From Bakers ranch to Michigan Bluff,
VIM, N. Leet, overseer. Bond $500.
81. From junction ranch miles, from
Auburn to Mammoth saw mill, A. G. Neill
overseer Bond $780,
%. From Mammoth mill via Phelps ranch
Il the Bear river House to the Mountain
House, Oliver p Owens overseer. Bond
800.
80. From point where the road to Men
denhall mill ntersects the main road, on
through Illinois Town, to the west end of
Rockwell and mills road, J. G. Stocking over
seer. Bond 5000.
80. From the East end of Rockwell and
mills road, through to mountain Springs &
l--2 miles to the road that intersects the
Dutch Flat road, D. NJ Revis overseer.-
Bond 800.
81. From Mountain Springs mile west,
intersecting Illinois Town & Mount Springs
road, through Dutch Flat, 2 miles on the
Emigrant road. Samuel Herman overseer.
Bond 5000.
80. Beginning at or near the Mammoth
mill diverging thence to the right running
up Dry Creek via Messrs. Lyons ranch,
thence to the Single Machine, also the road
leading by O. N. May & Cos mills. Chas.
Lyon overseer. Bond 800.
33. Ordered that DR.. Henry Hubbard be
and he is hereby appointed Road Overseer of
all the streets in, and roads running out of
the town of Auburn: said district running
out on the Sacramento road to where it in
tersects the New Castle road Bond $500.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7th.
Ordered that Road Tax of four Dollars
be levied, to be collected by the overseers,
and that said year date from lst Oct. 1855.
Ordered, that the road leading from Rat
tlesnake Bar to Horse Shoe via Whiskev Bar
Bridge road to the Union House. is declared
public highway under the supervision of
B. B. Hale, supervisor of district No. 10.
The resignation Of G. II. Colby as County
Surveyor was accepted. Board adjourned
until Monday, the 10th day of November.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10
Another Flour MONOPOLY,

The Town Talk says that it has reliable
information, that movement is now in pro-
gress in San Francisco for the purpose of
raising -four to eighteen or twenty dollars a
barrel. 1t says:
"This scheme is no more or less than the
formation of company with an immense
capital which in short time will have the
control of the bulk of the wheat in this
State. We have been put in posses
ssion of some Of the details Of the pro-
posed plans which are being carried out to
consummate the project, and which we shall
take occasion to make public as soon as they
are ascertained. A we'll known operator is
al the head of the monopoly, and the parties
to it are men of unlimited means, and who
have heretofore turned a deaf ear to the wall
ings of distress caused by their operations of
1852, among the poor of our city. God
forbid their succeeding again in such a ne
farious scheme.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10


The State Of California; County of Placer
IN the District Court of the Eleventh judicial
District of said State.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
To g. W. Sutlif Paul De Latray, Patrick Coyle
Norman Fulton, George W. Mattocks, John Coyle
John Fellon, under the name style and firm Of
John Coyle Co., greeting: You are hereby re.
qulred to appear and answer, in said Court unto
the complaint Of W. Z. Rico, wherein he demands
Judgment against you for one thousand and three
dollars and ninety-fve cents (SlOO3, ,95) for goods
wares and merchandise sold and delivered, for
money lent paid, laid out and expended and for
work and labor done. as stated in account on file,
which said complaint was this day filed in said
Court, within ten days after the service of this
writ. If served in said county, and within forty
days If served within any other county, and you
are hereby notified that if you fail to answer tbe
complaint as directed Plaintiff will apply for
Judgment for said amount and for costs OF suit
witness my hand and the seal of said Court,
this 18th day of September, A. D.. 1855.
A. S. GRANT, Clerk,
Sept. Is '55 3m By F. B. HJGGINs. Dent
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10
Sale of Stock.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the following
I y shares of stock in the Gold Hill * Bear River
Water Company. located at the town of Gold Hill
in Placer County, will be sold at public auction,
at the Court House door, in the town of Auburn,
in said county, at l O'Clock, A.. NJ,
ON TUESDAY THE 4TH DAY OF DECEMBER.
1855, to-wit Thrtytwo shares numbering from
49 to SO and from 60 to Ga. and from los to 40
both numbers inclusive, which shares stand upon
the books Of said company in the name of Samuel
c. Astin. and upon which there is an assessmen,
of two thousand two hundred and forty dollars
Also Shares Nos. 81, 80, 40, Al. AZ, As, 46, A.
&c. l29, 1923, l3l, 1873, 134, 1856. 1876 137 l38 139
140, l4l l42, 143, IA. 49, LAG. 149, 15O ISL and
l52, being in all thirty shares, standing upon the
books of said company in the name of Z. B. Mas
tick, and upon which there is an assessment Of
twenty-one hundred dollars Also Shares Nos
l47 and l4S standing upon said company books as
the property of James II. Ray. and upon which
there is an assessment of one hundred and forty
dollars Said shares OF stock will be sold to psy
said assessments, and whoever will agree to pay
the assessments so due, upon each lot of shares
respectively, together with the expense of this ad
vertisement and the other expenses of sale, for
the smallest number Of whole shares, shall be
deemed the highest bidder. RUFUS SMITH.
Sec'y Gold Hill d. Bear River Water Co.
lat
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

DESTRUCTION OF DIsrILLERY.-The Nov
city Distillery works were destroyed at San
Francisco, on the 3rd inst.-loss over $3.50
900. The cause of the disaster was owing
to defect in the alcohol still, which had
just been filled, and contained 5000 gallons
OF spirit; some men being set to work re-
pairing it exploded with frightful force, the
scaIdlng liquor scattering in every direction,
'njurlng some six or eight of the men EN-,
ployed in the Distillery, three of them in
most shocking manner. Thirty thousand
gallons of spirits were DESTROYED.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10
SIMMONS
Stote OF California, County of Placer, District
Court Of the 1lh Judicial District for said


State Of California, County of Placer, District
Court Of the 1lM Judicial District for said
State
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIF0R
MA, To THOMAS II. PLACE Greeting: You are
hereby commanded to appear and answer the com
plant Of Catharine Place filed against you. with.
IN ten days. exclusive of the day of service Of
this writ, if served within said county, in twenty
days II served within any other county in this Ju'
d'cial District. and within forty days If served
within any other county in this State, wherein she
prays Judgment against you for decree of Court
TO dissolve the bands of matrimony exsting0 BE-
tween yourself and her.
And you are notified that if you fail to appear
and answer as aforesaid, Plaintiff will take juds
ment against you by default for costs and dam
ages and will apply at the District Court for the
remedy prayed for.
In testimony whereof l have hereunto set n.y.
hand and caused to be affixed the seal o.
[sEAL.] said Court at my office in Auburn, thisHA
day of March. A. D., 1855.
WM. A. JOHNSON, Clerk
Nov. 3d. 1S55 4w
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10
Cannon,

The State Journal, of this city, always ''wise
about what is written has recently made some
remarkable discoveries, in relation to instructions
which the American order in this State has re-
ceived from the National Council. Singular that
the State Journal such warm friend of the
"Thugs" and "Hindooe" Of California, should be
made the medium of these communications.
State Tribune
Does the State Tribune say that the statement
Of our Little Bird" is not true! No. Our con-
temporary kno,os that the Know-Nohing Order Of
this State will be compelled to take the malignant
oath that not even native American Catholics shall
ever be supported for any Office of trust under
the Govcrnment-shall ever be allowed to repre-
sent the people in the councils of the nation; or
remain unrepresented in the National Convention
and break itself loose from this precious national
organization. The Tribune knows that if all
else failed this question will tear the Know Moth
ing organization of California into shreds. Our
contemporary would do we'll to swallow the pill
with good grace, making no wry faces over the
dose take back all that was said about religious
freedom during the late canvass, and erase the
section referring thereto from the State platform.
By the way why does not the Tribune speak
out upon the subject-denounce the order of the
National Council; or bend the plant hinges of the
knee and acknowledge its all-worthiness? OF what
IL our contemdorary afraid? State Journal
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10
500 REWARD.

&TRAYED OR STOLEN from Noodles 1I>
~ Ranch, on the Auburn and Illinois ID
town road about the 18th or goth April last, SIX
pack mules: one Grey Horse Mule with some
black spots and Spanish brand, one Bay Mare
Mule little lame in left hind leg, three Ligsa'
norrei Mare Mules, white some in the face OF esca,
light names and tails, and one Bright SoIs, Sore,
Mare Mule, blind in the right eye apd when e, sa
lame in the right fore foot The above reEspla
Will be paid for the delivery of the above deYTnF
ed mules to the undersigned at Richardson ii'lt
in Township No. 7, Placer County. or at Noodle
ranch. KING j. 90,
Richardson's Hill, July 7tb, If a
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

ARE THE CHINESE INJURING THE STATE?-
The amount of revenue collected by the
Sheriff of Trinity county in three months,
for foreign miners licenses, is $l7,O74 Sc, of
which amount 7,945 IA goes into the State
Treasury. Is it best to drive the Chinese
from the mines, when they occupy such dig
gings as white men cannot afford to work,
and thus render direct taxation on our cit
liens double what it is now? Were it not
for the taxes paid by the Chinese, the credit
of nearly every mining county would now
be verglng on bankruptcy. Alta
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

TROOPS FOR THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN IN THE
NoR1H.-By the Colorado, which arrived
here this forenoon from Humboldt Bay, we
learn that Col. Buchanan, of the U. S. A..
was waiting there with one hundred regulars,
for the steamer California, to carry him and
his force to the seat Of war in the North.
The California, which left this on Monday,
with Gen. Wool and large body of troops
for Oregon, would touch at Humboldt Bay
on her passage, and take Col. Buchanan's
troops on boards. r. Ghronicle
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

SECRETARY OF STATES OFFIcE.-On yes
terday, this cause of contention was settled
by the Governors commissioning the officers
elected at the last election, in the official
statement of the vote made by Gen. Denver
through his Deputy, and accepting the Cen
erals resignation, which takes effect on that
day; whereupon, the office of Secretary of
State was delivered up to his appoinee, Mr..
Hampstead State Tribune, Nov. 6.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

FWe give place this week to the COM
munication of Arroyo, proceedings of the
Board of Supervisors, the organization of the
Democratic Club at Secret Ravine They
exclude several article we had prepared for
publication.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10
Married,

AT lllinoistown, October llth. 1855. by the Rev.
Mr. Dolton, of Grass Valley, John T. Hill ESD. of
Iowa Hill, to Miss Della Reed, of the same place.
=, At Newtown. November 9th, by the Rev. J. s.
McCullom, Mr.. Joseph Myers to Miss Jane s. Mar
rs.. '' ~ ~
- AT the same time and by the same. Mr.. John
Hartford to Miss Margaret N Harris
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

Several spirited speeches were made by
members of the Club. The best of feeling
prevailed.
Several intelligent National Wings were
present and seemed to be pleased with the
organization.
On motion, the proceedings and Constitu-
ton were ordered published in the Placer
Herald.
SIN HOLMES, Pres't.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

STATE PRIsoN.-From the Alta we learn
that the wall around the State Prison grounds
is now completed, with the exception of the
Gaping, which will be finished this week.
There are 4o7 prisoners confined at San
Quentin.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

NUT FOR THE LAWYERS TO CRAcK.-The
Supreme Court having decided that the law
giving five hundred dollars jurisdiction to
Justices is unconstitutional, and there being
no other law giving them ciuH jurisdiction,
have they any ciuI jurisdiction whateverl
What say you, gentlemen of the awl
Mountain Democrat.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

THEATRIcAL.-Tbe chapman Family"
performed to very good houses here on Tues
day and Wednesday night last They went
from here to Rattlesnake, where they expect
to play until Saturday evening. They per-
formed on Monday evening at Baeys', in Ell
Dorado county.
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

D. A. Enyart and Mr.. Fisher, the founder
Of Know-Nothing organizations in this State,
left for Nicaragua on the Cortes.- UnAon.
The papers noticed short time since that
the X. Ms were circulating subscription
papers to raise money for the latter gentle
man to return to his family in louisiana
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

HALL & ScorT.-By reference to our ad-
vertising columns it will be noticed that Hall
4 Scott have opened banking houses in this
place and Yankee Jim. We wish the firm
great Success
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

Why IS Ir?-The Placer Herald never
reaches this office-.State Journal
Simply because the Expressmen at Sacra-
n,ento fail to deliver it. The offices here are
furnished regularly for our exchanges. We
will send by mail to the Journal hereafter
The Placer herald., 1855-11-10

GEN. Wool GONE TO OREGoN-This
veteran soldier, accompanied by his staff,
and the disposable troops in this State under
his command, left for Oregon last Tuesday
on the steamer Columbia.