The Placer herald., 1856-01-26

simply suggest to ece1Y member OF the Amer
lean party to watch the bills Of any and eve
ry description that issue from or are in favor
Of our Bay brothers.
In fact let us take singular stand and
don't give an inch either, that no bill shall
pass at this or any other session, unless the
pcople of San Francisco require our mountain
aid"
CONTEMPLATED SCIENTIFIC PnGRIMAGE.-
The editor Of the Iowa Hill NeWs informs MS,
in the last issue of that paper, that he has
often heard of Bird Flat and of the wealth
of the mines there and that he intends visit
ing that place for the purpose Of asceraining
the richness thereof. When that expedition
fits out, we may expect rise in the market
upon Colts revolvers, Sharp's rifles, sausage,
crackers and cheese.
Should the adventurers make the trip
alive, a new book will probably be given to
the world
Bird Flat is one mile from Iowa Hill.
AupuHN-The Placer HYall recommends
the passage of bill for the incorporation of
the town of Auburn. State Journal
You are slightly in error. There are gen
era laws upon the subject, and it was under
these we urged our citizens to organise a cor
poration for police purposes.
An INLAND SEA Discovered IN AFRICA
A great central sea has been discovered in
Africa bv Dr. Rehman. 1t is called Uker
eve, or Inner Sea. It is as large as the
Black Sea This is an important discovery.
RA1N.-The rains have come at last! Dry
in and day out; al day long; all night long,
down comes the be wet. The miners laugh
on general princip'es-the merchant laughs
and counts his profits doubled-the banker
laughs and recounts his cash-the ranch men
laugh and watch the grass as it starts up be
fore their eyes, and is eagerly nipped by the
famished cattle-subsrriber roll in at the
rate of twenty a day, and Old ones wW pay
up, and we laugh--al on account Of the ran.
Roll on, roll on, sweet moments, roll on
DRIED BEEF-Wc have been presented
with a'specimen Of this article, by our friend
John r. Gwynn, Esq, of the LauravIIe farm,
which is Of his own curing 1t is fine in fla
>or not so salt as is commonly found, and
is fine for lunch,--even without whisky to
wash it down. Our cotemporary of the Iowa
Hill Ners, would do well to invest before
starting for Bird Flat
Iys- One John has obtainel a Judgment
in a District Court at San Francisco, against
another John, of $500, on a complaint for
false imprisonment These Cinnamon fall
into our mode of redlessng civil injuries
with amazing facility.
Gs.- The boundary line between Placer
and Washington () counties has been fixed
by a committee appointed at the Wisconsin
Hill meeting, as follows:
"Commencing at point on the Middle
Fork, at Poverty Bar, running west to kcl
ly's Bar, on the North Fork, thence to Dig
ger Point, on Bear River"
Only two of the committee sign the report
One gentleman assumes to art as proxy for
the third. NJ. NJ. Robinson disagreed with
the rest, and Mr.. II Lawrence declined act
ing upon'the committee.
The public are much agta:ed. Will the
county be split wide open or not?
re Our thanks are due to Col. Weller
for congressional documents, and to Haw-
thorne and Westmoreland of the State SEN
ate, and Stout of the Assembly, for docu-
ments of interest.
1NsrALLArIoN Dist. Deputy G. NJ IIyne-
man. has installed rs the officers of Auburn
l. O. O F. for the term commencing the first
of this month, Wm X. Parkinson, n. g.;
Jas. X. Evans, V. G.: A. S. Grant, Secretary,
and c. T. Palmer, Treas
Dsg- The Dstrist Court adjourned for the
term, on Wednesday evening last. There
were torty-two cases acted upon.
GS- We have received the first number of
the Ell Dorofo County Journal published at
Diamond Springs
EARS vs. EYEs.-Our Stockton friend OF the
Argus should he careful how he touches on the
subject OF prominent ears, those who rpnd HI ed
itor.als in this vicinity. do not need the failed
eyes of an Argus to both discover the length of
his, and the provilenta dsp,nsat,on VIII ch loca-
ten h'm IN such close proximity toan Insane .fsy-
Inn. s. f. sun.
Sharp hits those at the ears and eyes. Glad we
don I've near Stockton.
CoRREsP oNDENTs.-Ou friend who writes
us from Millerown, is too late to appear in
this issue If he will furnish us with his
name, and wishes his remarks to appear, we