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The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
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The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
Tlirtations of Married Women.

The recent occurrences in Boston form the
text for a sensible sermon by that stad old
journal, the Hartford Courant. Tho improper
q hirtations" of the two married women
with Young men have blasted their lives
forever, caused the death of an amiable but
weak young man, and imprisoned the husbads
on charge of murder. Says the Courant
The d" innocent tiirtation' Unmarried women
is one of the denominations of modern society.
Even a desire for promiscuous admiration
is wrong in the WIFE The love Of one and
his approval should be all that she should
desire. Let her be ever so beautiful it is Il
disgusting, an appalling sight, to see her
decorating that beauty for the public gaze
to see her seeking the attention of all the
senseess fops around her. and rejoicing at
the admiration of other eyes than those Of
her husband. Her beauty should be for him
alone not for the gaze Of those fools that
futter around her. There is always among
the sedate and wise sensation Of disgust
when married lady attempts to trap and
ensnare young men by Il profuse display Of
her charms, or unlicensed outlay Of her
smiles. Such charms and such smiles are
oahsome to the Indifferent beholder-
the trall OF the serpent Is over them ALL"
Such wives should know, if they do not
know it already, that their influence over
the virtue and the prudence of young men is
as deleterious as if they were the most
abandoned of women. They lead them to
believe that there is no puffy in the sex
that married virtue is but an outside show
and that delicacy and propriety are but masks
or outside dresses. The effect of their
character is that Of a silent corruption, sap
ping the foundation OF honnor and probity
and truth. Let them beware Let them
reserve their charms and the fascination Of
their fatterng attentions for their husbands,
to whom they belong; and if they must be
admired; let it be as faithful wives, as self
denying mothers, as the educators ofyour
generation ofimmortals' 1t was said in the
praise ofwomen in oncient times, Domum
monS}t: hnam tecH. Let such be the motto
Unmarried women now.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
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The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

Two more East Indian kingdoms, Nizan,
or Hyderbad, rich country of over $4,000
square miles, bordering on Bombay and Mad
ras and Dude, with an area Of over 10000
square miles, are to be crushed out Of exist
ence by the iron hand Of Great Britain. The
acquisition of these kingdoms, says the Lon
don Times, will pay splendidy. Twelve mil
lions sterling is absorbed and wasted by
princes whose abolition was not rendered
necessary. Yet the London Times presumes
to read moral lessons to the United States
about our lust for terrtory-very good les
sons, but badly sustained by the example for
the monitor
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

PoRK PAcN1NG.-The Alta of the Goth
ult. announces the pioneer establishment in
San Francisco Of an extensive company for
the packing, curing, &c, Of pork. 1t is
called the "CaIitornia Packing Company"
and their house is located on North Beach.
The editor says, the company have only been
in operation few weeks, and Judging from
their progress thus far, the success Of the
enterprise is placed beyond question.
They have just completed the slaughter of
the first purchase by the company Of a lot of
fifteen hundred and forty-two hogs, whose
average gross weight was one hundred and
sixty y-ive pounds, and will pack one thousand
barrels Thirty men are employed at the
establishment, and about one hundred and
fifty hogs are killed and packed per day.
They are disposing of the pork nearly as
fast they are able to prepare it for market,
at forty dollars per barrel which is an ad-
vance of about ten dollars upon the present
price of eastern mess pork in this market.
They have made several sales to the steam
ship companies, which certainly is very
good recommendation for the article they
are offering.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

NEVER FREEzEs.-The Placervile Ameri
can says the great lake Of the snowy Sierra,
at an elevation of six thousand feet above the
level of the sea, never freezes, though sur
rounded by everlasting SHOWS. A portion
of the lake shore consists of marshes or
meadows, and the numbers of trout, of all
sizes, but many from two to two and half
feet in length, that are found in these marshes
and shallow waters, during the thawy days
and nights of winter and spring, are almost
incredible.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

THE SAN Francisco Sen AToR.-!The s. +.
Chronicle asks whether the Know Nothings
are either iron or steel that such fiery sparks
should be knocked out of them By the action
of Flint,
The same paper also inquiries what right
they (the X. N.'s) had to expect that the Zion.
Wilson Flint would pursue any different
course from that which he has taken? He
was the nominee of the Democratic party Of
San Francisco and has rem aimed true to his
democracy.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

GREAT YGELD.-George W. Wells of
Mason county, Ky, has a twentyacre field
of corn which promises, from what has been
gathered, a yield of one hundred and eighty
bushels(c per acre. But the funny part
of the story is that he did not intend to
make such a crop.-The first planting, not
coming up well or looking promising, he
replanted between the row, and atterward,
not being able to decide which row was
best or which to plow up, as he intended to
do with the first planting, he let both stand;
the present great crop is the result.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

Dumas and General G. were dining some
days ago at the house of mutual friend
The conversation turned upon the existence
Of a God. "Oh," said the General, Il never
think about that, one way or the other"
"Genera," replied Dumas, Il have two stag
hounds at home who share your sentiments
eyactly-they never think OF it either
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

In FLoURIsHING CoNDuIoN.-The
Supervisors of Ell Dorado County, in their
report, made on the cath instant, Of the
financial condition of that county says that
there is on hand Sl75 SO over and above
all existing liabilities Few coutes cans how
so favorable Il record.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

LARGE RoBBERY.--$l5OO SroLEN-Mr,
Peters, tcamster, stopped at the Oak Grove
ming, and gave VIM LIemphill, the balkeepev
$500, to put in the safe for him. Some
time during the night 1e,nphill stole a horse
from the stable, took the money and left
IIemphill was afterwards arrested, and $74a
of the money recovered.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

Thackeray says woman's heart is just
like photographers stone-what once is
written upon it can't be rubbed out. This is
so. Let an heiress once fix her affections on
a stable boy, and all the preaching in the
world cannot get her heart above oat-boXes
and curry combs. " What is written on her
heart can't be rubbed out" This fact shows
itself, not only in love but in religion. Men
change their Gods dozen times; woman
never. TO convert Sister of Charity to
Methodism would require a greater amount
Of power than you would have to overturn
the pyramids.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

A HARD SuBJEcr.-Lady Buwer in her
new novel against her husband, thus de-
scribes character that was once her better
half:-"A solid block of vice, gnarled, with
vllainy, veneered with virtue and highly
vanished with hypocrisy" She ought to
have added: 'To be used as the receptacle
Of oil Of vitriol Jars, filled to the storple."
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

Euclid, the mathematician, being asked by
king whether he could not explain his art
to him in more compendious manner, re-
piled, 'there is no royal road to geometry"
Other things may be seized by might, or
purchased by money but knowledge is to be-
gained only by study and study to be pros
ecuted only in retirement.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
FOR ADVERTISING:

One square of TEN LINES, more than live, first
insertion $500; each subsequent insertion, 81 80.
For half square of FIVE LINES, less, $780, each
subsequent insertion LOO
ty" Liberal deductions made to monthly adver
tisers.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

FAME Is NOT FOR WoMAN.-Fame is a
great unrest to a true woman,s heart. The
fret, and tumult and din of battle are not
for her The vul gar sneer for which there
is no preventive, save the unrecognized one
Of honor; the impertinent tone of familiarity,
supposed to be acceptable by those to whom
a womans heart is yet a sealed book: what
are tears to oppose to such bludgeon weapons:
No, the fret and din of battle are not for her;
but if, at the call Of trumpet-tongued
necessity, she buckle on the amor let her
fight with what good courage her God may
give her, vauing far above the laurel crown
when won, the loving hearts for which she
toils-which beat glad welcom home.
Funny Ferns "Ross Clarkn
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

IL CmcULATIoN.-It is said that about
$40, 100000 Of Nicaragua scrip has been
issued, and is now in the market. Parker
ii. French is entrusted with the greater
portion of it, and the balance is in San
Francisco or floating about Central America.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

What is the difference between butcher
and gay young lady9 The former kills to
dress, while the latter dresses to kill.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

Consequences OF SMoKING.-A lady once
declared that she could not understand how
gentlemen could smoke. at certainly short
ems their lives,' said She Il don't know
that replied gentleman; there's my faith
er, who smokes every day, and he is now
seventy years DID," "Well," was the reply,
''if he had never smoked he might have been
ei~hty."
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
JOB PRINTING.

Large additions have recently been made to th'
Job Office and work Of all descriptions will bc
executed in superior manner
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

HEAVY PnoFns. to the ". Y.
Tri5une, Mdlle. Rachel, the actress, may be
safely supposed to have lodged in bank as
the clear profits of her engagements, in New
York and Boston, for less than two months
acting a sum exceeding forty-fve thousand
dollars.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
TERMS:

Subscriptions invariably in advance. For one
year, $500; six months S400; three months $3.50;
one month Sl,00; single copies, twenty five cents.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

COSTA RrcA-Thc Washington correspon-
dent Of the New York Eoning Post says:
" Costa Rica, if she had the power, is too
timid, too rich, and, it may be added, too sell
fish to risk any thing for the establishment of
a former regime IN neighboring country
She has had before much stronger provoca
ton to engage in war-as, for instance, the
unlawful invasion Of her territory few
months since by the NicraQuan forces-but
after parading out her four thousand soldiers,
and clustering little has RETIRED without
obtaining the least satisfaction. She needed
her men on the coffee plantations. 1t is one
Of the primary and ott-repeated lessons OF
her craftsmanship, that her superior prosper
ity is owing chiefly to the policy of her non
interference, and to her eXemtion from the
wars which have desolated her sister States
of Central America. OF course, to a nation
so disinclined to hostiitses, an adequate
caSas belH can hardly arise. AS to Honduras
and san Salvador, they are too weak to
trouble Walker seriously, and have quite
enough to do in suppressing their own
internal Instructions, and repelling foreign
incursions against their own dominions
without assisting to overturn the authorities
of Nicaragua"
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

A LAcoNIc DEspATcH-Among the little
bits of the picture of the capture of Sebas-
topol is one hat has Produced immense effect
upon the army in France 1t is a despatch
sent by Gen"l McNlahon to Gen. Peissier
from the Malakoff' which he had just entered,
and the missive was comprised in these words:
'I am in the Malakott and | will remain III
If"
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

A farmer in Nebraska declares that the
pumpkins in his field are SO large as TO en-
danger the life Of his entire household. A
few days since one Of his family had by
means of a rope ladder, climbed to the top
of a tremendous sqush, when he was seized
with dizziness, and, falling off, fractured both
Of his arms, broke his leg, and hurt himself
besides
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

A portion of the remains Of a mastadon
has been discovered in FL Dorado county
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

GRINNELL ExrEDIroNs-Mr Henry Grin
nell, who fitted out several Arctic expeditions
from this country in search Of Sir John
Franklin, is not a member of the house of
Grinnell, Minturn g. Co., and in no wise
benefited by the immense orders made by
the British Government upon that house for
grain. The story Of his having made SO
much money in return for bis liberality is of
course without foundation; and the $4,000
which he is said to have expended comes far
short of the real amount.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
Eating Meat on a Friday.

Quite circumstance occurred on a new
building in this city yesterday, in consequence
Of difference in faith. Two persons, one a
German and the other an Irishman, at noon
went to eating their dinner side by SIDE and :,
after pulling out their respective lunches, the
following colloquy, ending by ground and
lofty tumbling, ensued:
Pat.-"What's that yer ating there, Dutch
man.
Hans.--"Des is mine mttogessen" (dnner).
pat-"An' what the divil is mittengased,
sure; it is mate We mane!"
Hans.-"Yaw,' said Hans, holding up
beetsteak bone, "yaw, dat ish goot."
Pat.-"An is it mate yer ating on Fri
day."
1Ians.-(Biting off large chunk "Yaw,
das ish goot beef"
Pat-"Ye blazing hereto, would We ate
mate agn the Pope" And Selling his ina
sonic" utensil, "a trowe) he dealt Hans a
blow on the head with it, and general muss
ensued. Pat finally destroyed the "mate the
hereto was ating," and established the faith,
and gave the German regular pounding-tor
which Pat appeared this morning to answer
the charge. lie was fined ten dollars which
he paid, thus destroying all hope of Christ
mas dinner, and Friday fish for month to
come. BH9alo RcpuJlicon.
a friend who recently happened on the
same car with Horace Greeley tells the fol
lowiug:-Mr Greeley was trying to read
newspaper by the " dim religious light of
a car lamp. In order to see he raised the
wick; but hardly had he done So before the
lamp trimmer came along and turned it down.
The moment his back was turned Greeley
turhed it up again. The Knight of the
Ozark Lantern" presently came alonw again
and partly shut off the light by which the
philosopher was reading. Greeley remon-
strcted. The official thrust his lantern in
his face, surveyed him with a contemptuous
air moment, and coolly replied: Old fellow,
YOU talk too mnch.
A NOISY FElLow,-A curious point Of law
has just been decided in England by coun-
try Judge in Exeter. The question was
whether an inhabitant of a town was at lib
erty to keep animals whose noise proved a
serious annoyance to their neighbors 1t
was shown on the part of Mr.. Abraham,
that nejghbor, Mr.. Minty, had Il cock which
croWed 50 times in 25 minutes. The learn
ed Judge thought this an amount Of growing
which human nature was not bound TO put
up with, and awarded to the plaintiff Is.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

When bill granting pensions to certain
revolutionary veterans was pending in the
Pennsylvania House Of Representatives in
1888, a motion was made to amend by ad-
ding gratuity Of $40 to one Sarah Cross,
"Me s~ecthea" Of an old soldier which mo-
ton prevailed, As to SO.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
AGENTS.

GARDNER & KIRK, Sacramento, at their Book
Store Post Office Block
Thomas BoYcE, San Francisco, No. 81, Merchant
street.
WELLS, FARGO & CO., and the PACIFIC
EXPRESS co. are our General Agents for Placer
County,; Advertisements. Job Work or Subscrp-
tons to the Herald left at either of their offices
will be promptly forwarded to us.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

AMERICAN LIrERATURE.-A correspondent
of the Newark Ad0crtiser, writing from
Rome, remarks:
You will not be surprised to hear it said
that the progress of letters and science in the
United States is doing more to conciliate
respect for the country abroad than its noisy
and anomalous politics. While it would | c
difficult to find name in its multtudnous
body Of Legislators. policemen and aspirants,
which is ever heard outside of the circle OF
its immediate relations, your men of letters
are famliarly known and honored in all the
intelligent circles Of Europe. Irving, Pres
colt, Bancroft. Ticknor Wheaton, Sparks,
Cooper, Bryant, IIaIcci LongfeIlow, Emer-
son, Hawthorne, are not only republshcd in
England, but most of them, at Paris and
Leipsic, and, in some instances, Vienna.
Such is, in fact, the popular taste for
American writer's, that even such books as
The Wide, Wide World and The Lamp
lighter, are extensively read both in French
and German editions. Irving's and Bancroft s
Histories are as yet the only American
works-excepting, Of course, the cosmopolitan
Uncle Tom known and read in all tongues
that have received an Italian version; but the
English language is now SO generally studied
by reading people on the continent that the
great publishing houses Of Leipsic-the Ger
man mart of the book trade where the pub
fishers have an exchange Of their own-tind
it their interest to reproduce in cheap form
the original text of American books. The
cheap editions Of Tauchnitz-the Harper o
Germany, are to be found in all the book
stores of Europe.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

TABLE MoUNrA1H.-The wealth Of Table
Mountain is indeed almost fabulous. Last
week, Turner & Co., took $4,000 from ten
buckets of earth.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

BIGoTRy WELL DEscR1BED-OConnell de-
scribes religious bigotry in the following
language:-"She has no head, and cannot
think; no heart and cannot feel! When she
moves, it is in wrath; when she pauses, it is
amid ruin; her prayers are curses; her God
is demon; her communion is death; her
vengeance is eternity; her decalogue is writ
ten in the blood of her victims; and if she
stops for moment in her Internal flight, it
is upon a kindred rock, to whet her vulture
fang for more sanguinary desolation."
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

DAGUDRREOTYPING TIE LUNGS OF LIv-
ING PERSONA Mr. Robert G. Clark of Phila-
delphia, claims to have discovered a process
by which he can take an accurate portrait
or daguerreotype of the lungs of living
persons. The discovery is said to have been
successfully tested by actual experiment.
Mr.. c. intends giving his discovery to the
world, and will lay the matter before Con
gress the next session, petitioning that a
committee Of physicians be appointed to
examine into its merits and that an appro-
priation be made in consideration of his
giving it to the public which would be done
now, were he not fearful that others would
endeayor TO deprive him of the discovery if
the secret were disclosed before committee
examined it at Washington.
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09
THE PLACER HERALD.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. AT THE OFFICE,
Main Street, Auburn, Cal Cat the old stand,) by
TABB MITCHELL. JAMES ANDERSON.
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The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

METROP0uTAN fINANCIEmNG.-We take
the following capital description Of metropo-
Titan fnanciering from the Detroit Daily
Advertiser. Perhaps some Of our own
money-changers" Of Wall street may see
themselves i'll the picture as others see
them:
'Finance has a language of its own. Its
thieves are not thieves, but detaulters. Its
refusal to pay is a lucuS q non luccado, called
liquidation. Having more notes ahoat thau
means to pap them, is being short OF
currency; the world calls it poverty and
insolvency. Pawning is hypothecation; shin
ming and borrowing is fnanccring. Swim
ding is Incorporating; taking mems and
women's money to keep safely, and squan
dering it or losing it on specuation; is
suspending Loaning out other peoples money
is accommodation. Paying out doubtful
issues in redeeming their own is retireing
circulation. Embezzlcment is extending
liabilities. Stealing State and Government
bonds is an oyer-issuo: and managing a bank
well is contliying to make somebody not
interested furnish means to bank upon.
Finance has a smooth business name for
almost every act relating to money-its safe
keeping, disbursement, and prompt payment;
the reverse Of which, in private individual
is called by harsh Saxon Names such as are
found in bills ofindictment and penal statutes.
The votaries ofiinance never steal; they over
draw They are never poor, though often
very close They never refuse to pay honest
debts; they suspend. The commercial his
tory of this country, for the past twenty-five
years, is a history Of fnanciering, not only
or chiefly by bankers nor even by brokers,
but by a class Of adventurers who have seized
upon these capacities to shroud design Of
plunder under technical names"
The Placer herald., 1856-02-09

The following toast was given at recent
charlottesville rights of Woman-lf she
cannot be captain of ship, she may always
command a smack"
A MELANCHOLY TRuTH.-A magazine re-
port of the "fashions" says, There is not
much change in gentlemep's pantaloons this
month"
The statement that the ladies of the first
families of New York, employ cooper to
hoop them, on great occasions, proves un-
founded.
Which is the best way to make coat
last: Why, make the vest and trousers first.