The Placer herald., 1856-06-21

of power.
We will have peace upon such terms, and
when that propensity to ntermeddle is appli-
ed to the Spanish American States, our policy
changes. When those States crumble to pieces
as they are gradually doing, when the fruit from
over ripeness must fall into some ones lap-he
people of the United States must hare Them
This has long since been decided upon, and If it
is position that England, France, and Spain
cannot concede us-ct the fight come. The
struggle is to be avoided if possible, but in that
possibility we do not include sacrifice of national
honor nor a retraction of the principle we have
enunciated.
KANSAS AFFARs-Anoher seems to have
burst forth in this unhappy Territory. Since the
shooting Sheriff Jones his successor has run very
narrow risks of sharing his predecessors fate
Men were arming throughout the territory at last
accounts. The abolitionsts bring cannon and
rifles into the Territory and their opponents in
dict for treason, then the fight occurs over the
arrests If the pulpit politicians in the East could
be reached by these indictments we should be
strongly in favor of prosecuting, it is, it seems
to us, they only waste their powder upon the
those willy demagogues
THE San MArRo ELECTION FRAUDs.-An enquiry
into the manner in which the elections were con-
Quoted in this county in May last. is now going
forward. before B. F. Fox County Judge of that
county. The developments are rich, exhibiting
in strong light the respect had on that occasion
by some of the officers of the election for the
~; of of Of
scoundrels never were before collected in one
poor county.
MORE WArER.-We learn from the Nevada
Journal that the mammoth ditch of the Snowy
Mountain Co., is already completed so as to
mingle the waters of the South Iuba with those
of Bear River. The ditch is now made available
to the miners of Little York and vicinity. About
three thousand inches can be brought into market
The completion of this ditch will be very bene-
fetal to the extensive bitches in this county
taking water from Bear River. as it will materi
ally increase their supply, and thus enable them
to supply many points during the summer they
would otherwise have to deny.
MATTERS IN SAN FRANcIsCo.-Ou exchanges re-
port matters quiet at the Bay The war fever
the Governors call, in sufficient numbers to war
rant the Commander-in-chief in taking the field
The Governor backed out of his position grace
fully as the bird called the -graciously in
forming the Committee who waited upon him
with the petitions for the withdrawal of his pro-
clamation of the Sd of June, that he would not
authorize anything further to be done under it,
but that he would not recall it. The Vigilance
Committee have made several arrests and the
steamer of the 10th probably bore several patriots
out or Ine CUuutty, rlvov ai'senct il quite de-
sirable as their presence. Among them are pro-
badly Bill Lewis, Thomas B. Cunnin CHAM, Frank
Murray, Thomas Murray. and Bob Lipsey.
The District Attorney has given notice to those
persons doing business to come forward and pay
up their license dues. The advertisement will
be found in another column and commend it
to the attention of those interested. 1t is the
duty of this officer to enforce the collection of the
tax, and this warning is given to save expense.
The Treasurer of the county has made a report
which will be found in another column. 1t
braces that period between the I'd of June, 50,
and the I'd of June, Sc.
John Duane brother of the banished Charley,
fell afoul of a little Dutch tailor and beat him
most numerically, in San Francisco on the 18th.
John sought refuge in the station house, where he
remains at this writing.
William Wilson was tried on the 10th inst, in
the 4th District Court, San Francisco, for the MUIR
der of Daniel Steton on the LIST of April last and
the Jury returned verdict of guilty in the
second degree"
PROLIFIC YIELD.-Mr. Henry Blanchard of this
place, raised this season on the Fountain House
farm, from one kernal of California barley eighty
four heads of barley. Each head an average
contained thirty.four kernels. This is certainly
a prolific yield.
Brooks, the energetic agent Of the Pacific Ex-
press, was first with Eastern papers.
Wells, Fargo & Co., also supplied us.
Oberdeener with full files from the East maga-
zines, &c, &c, came as usual.
TROUBLE IN THE X. n. CAMp-Mr. Alexan-
der Bell one of the present State Prison Di-
rectors it appears has applied, several times
for the Bond of Gen Estell, to which no
notice has been given by the State officer to
whom he applied. This has so disguised Mr..
Bell that he contempates resigning his office
He does not speak in very high terms of
Know Nothing honesty. We copy the fol-
lowing letter of his taken from the Town
Talk
SAN FRANcIsco, Junel1th, 1856
To FRIEND-sir: My rwly to your note
of this date | hope will prove satisfactory.
was elected by the people of this State, and