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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-03-01

The idea evidently intended to be con-
veyed in the above resolutions, was that
the people of Jackson county had ever
been loyal TO our institutions; that they
had never invaded our Territory in any
form and they closed by profering their
assistance 10 the President to aid In sub
jugating the people of the Territory
If they were not concerned in those out
RACES, why did they feel called upon to
pass such series of resolutions? The
whole world knows that there have been
inyasions from Missouri that our organ
ic laws were set at defiance by them ;
that code as Infamous as that of the
bloody Calisula has been enacted by
them for our government, and We have
no doubt it would afford them great
pleasure to aid the President in enforc-
ing that code upon US. They never have
violated those laws-probably have not
for all their outrages upon the people
ofthe Territory since the adoption of those
laws are, probably, in accordance with
the spirit and intention of that collection
of-sbsurdities and villainies.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
NATURALIZATION.

To obtain a certificate of naturalization, appll-
cation must be made to the District Courts OF this
State,
Any free white male person arriving IN the
United States shall make bis declaration OF inten-
ton to become such citizen before the Clerk of
said Court. two years before he shall be entitled
to the certificate; Provided, that if he has arrived
in the United States before be was eighteen years
of age, such declaration may be made at the time
of applying for certificate of citizenship.
1t is necessary in obtaining certificate OF natu-
ralizaton, to produce two citizens OF the United
States. each of whom have been personally &C
quainted with tine applicant and who can testify
that ne has resided in the United States for the
fun term of FIVE years and in this State within the
wear last past That during all this time he has
behaved as a man OF good moral character, at
tached to the principles of the Constitution OF the
United States and well disposed TO the good order
and happiness Of the same
In case it has been necessary for the applicant
TO make his declaration OF intention he must pro-
duce evidence OF that
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

|. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary are considered as wishing to con-
tnue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order their papers discontnu-
ed Publishers may continue to send them until
all charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they are
sent they are held responsible until they settle
their bill and give notice to discontinue them.
L. If subscribers move to other places without
Informing the publisher. and the paper is sent to
the former direction. they are held Responsible
ms- Notice should always be given OF removal
5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
{. paper or periodical from the office or removing
and leaving it uncaed for, is prima facie evl-
dence of intentional fraud.
nS- Postmasters would oblige, by strict ful-
filment of the regulations requiring them to notl-
fy Publishers once in three months, of papers not
taken from their Office by subscribers.
Msy- Under the law OF congress papers are hot
charged postage in the county in which they are
publiSbpd
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

American statesmen should appear in our
midst, advocating the doctrines he did, in
1887, the present leaders of the Democratic
party would drive him from their ranks, if
they did not hang him for treason. Unless
this question is settled, as proposed by the
republicans, it will continue to convulse the
nation for years to come. We appeal there
fore to all of our fellow citizens, who desire
to see this great question finally settled upon
sound Jeffersonian principles to unite with us
in sustaining the Republican party.
E. b. CROCKER.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
RATES OF POSTAGE.

The postage on all letters to any part OF the
country must be prepaid
Letters not exceeding OF. within 5000 miles.
3 cents, prepaid; over 5000 miles, 10 cents If
conveyed wholly or partly by sea; and to and from
a foreign country, 10 cents within, and 20 cents
over 25OO miles, unless otherwise fixed 10y treaty
&c Every additional ] OF. or fraction, carries an
additional postage.
Letters dropped for delivery at the same post
Office, cent Advertised letters cent.
Newspapers, periodicals, unsealed circulars or
other articles of printed matter, except books)
when sent to any part of the United States and
weighing not over ozs, / cent, and for every ad'
dtional ounce, or part thereof cents. II within
the State not weighing over ID o., cent.
Books bound or unbound not weighing over
4 lbs, for any distance under 3ooo cent pr o.;
over 5000 2 centspr OF. The above must be pre-
paid, or double these rates
Weekly Newspapers, Zone copy only0 sent to
actual subscribers within the County where print
ed and published free.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
Stirring up the Animals.

We clip the following from New York
city correspondent of one of our exchanges.
The letter is dated 25th of February last
"In addition to the usual animals indigen-
Gus to a city, such as puppies, donkevs, &c,
we have had this winter an unusually large
number of wild beasts quartered among us,
| in the way Of lions, tigers, bears, &c. In the
very centre Of our most dense population,
| there is one of the largest collections, ma
king night hideous with their roarings and
waiIings. Last week, an cultivated Greek,
unobserved, dropped asleep under one of the
cages. Waking, about midnight, he endeav-
ored to find his whereabouts, and was appre-
hended by a paw of a tiger fastened in the
seat of his pantaloons. Terrified, he broke
loose, and rushing up stairs, he threw open a
window which offered retreat to an ada
cent roof. This aroused the "happv family"
near by, when the great ape Of that well
known coter5e, incontnently broke his chain,
and leaping through the top of the cage
achieved his liberty through the open win
dow also. Skipping over to the next roof, it
being a hotel, Jocko found an open window
and alarmed by the cries of the atfrighted
Greek aforesaid, and by the unanimous roars
and yells Of the menagarie he had just left,
he boted into the room and took refuge in
snug warm bed between two of the female
heIp ps Of the establishment. They, upon dis
covering the genus of the intruder, rushed
from his embraces, and thus raised their
household and added to the din of the ad
joining building Fire! murder, rape were
the alarms, and the fire department and the
police were speedily there to give their aid,
The wild monarchs of the forest, were duly
soused with cold water by the FRENCH
.Jocko was bravely captured by the Chief of
Police, the tender and virtuous tumults of
the frightened damsels were soothed by nu-
merous sympathsers and finally the city re-
lapsed into repose."
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

An Inch OF RAIN ON THE ATLANTIC We
have been struck with that passage of Lieut..
Maurys "Physcal Geography Of the sea"
in which he computes the effect of a single
inch of rain falling upon the Atlantic ocean.
The Atlantic includes an area of twenty five
millions Of square miles. Suppose an inch
OF rain to fall upon only one-titth of this vast
expanse. 1t would weigh, says our author
three hundred and sixty thousand millions
of tons; and the salt which, as water it held
in solution in the sea, and which when the
water was taken up as vapor, was left behind
to disturb equilibrium, weighed sixteen mil
lions more tons, or nearly twice as much as
all the ships of the world could carry at a
cargo each 1t might fall in day; but, oc-
cupy what time it might in falling, this rain
is calculated to exert so much force-which
is inconceivably great-in disturbing the
equilibrium of the ocean. If all the waters
discharged by the Mississippi river during
the year were taken up in one mighty meas
ure and cast into the ocean at one effort, it
would not make a greater disturbance in the
equilibrium of the sea than would the fall of
rain supposed. "And yet so gentle are the
operations of nature that movements 50 vast
are unperceived'
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

To TELL THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE
MONTH BY COUNTING THE KNUcKLEs.-By
counting the knurkIes on the hand, with the
spaces between them, all the months with
thirty-one days will fall on the knuckles;
and those with thirty days, or less, will come
on the spaces. January, first knuekle; Feb
ruary first space; March, second knuckle;
April, second space; May, third knuckle; June,
third space; July, fourth knuckle; August,
first knucke September, first space; October,
second knuckle; November, second space;
December, third h,uckle.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

A REGISTRY LAw-The San Francisco
Sun (Dem.) of Wednesday, contains scath-
ing article on the subject Of the proposed
humbng Registry Law. That paper says:
To those who have not contemplated this
question of a registry law in all its bearings
and tendencies. the idea of its beuetit seems
plausible, and its object ~eommendable, but
the nearer we approached it the less can it
be regarded as a measure likely to forward
the ends of justice and promote the purity
of elections. Wherever the experiment has
been tried it has failed of fsuccess in satisfying
the honest of any party Of its utility, and on
trial it has uniformly been secuted and repudi-
ated. With the fairness Of semblance it
has proven itself to be ready weapon of
wrong in the hands of Il dishonest dominant
party, and no sooner have its workings been
fairly tested. than it has been visited by the
indignation of outraged treemen. We may
be in error, but il is our present belief that
the law does not now exist on the statute
books of single State it the Union.
The idea OF the fair registration of names
of persons entitled to suffrage is well enough,
and it is this idea which has ever been the
card intavor of the enactment of the law
but unfortunately it has never been, nor
can it be while mankind are imperfect, car
red ont. 1t is susceptible of more corrup-
ton than all the ballot box stuffng that ever
was resorted to. Indeed it forestals and
out -herods all other frauds for the reasons
that it gives to corrnpt partizans weeks be-
fore an election, the power of accomplishing
their neEarious objects.
P,o,ictrntipn IN 40 vary Oatura of thntrs
cannot be compulsory on the part of the reg
istering officials, and hence the facility of
excluding persons who may be entitled to
suffrage and of admitting others who are
not. 1t also offers the opportunity of hav-
ING an entire election figured up weeks be-
fore its occurrence, and throws open the
door to bribery and corruption. Through
its means, party no matter how corrupt it
may be- can be retained in power long after
it has become odious to the people
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

MEASURES OF DIFFERENT CoUNTRIEs.--
The Newbury Herald, in the course Of an
article on weights and measures, remarks
that no two nations have the same-though
the same name to designate them may be
used in many countries Take the mile
measure for instance. In England and the
United States, mile measures l7GO yards;
in the Netherlands, it is 1893 yards; while
in Germany it is lo,l3O yards, or nearly six
English miles; in France il is 1862 yards.
The Scotch mile is 1884 yards and the
Irish 2,O3S yards. The Spanish mile is 2, ,482
wards, and the Swedish mile H., 700 yards
These are composed in English yards, but the
yard itself, Of three feet in length, has divers
signifcations in different places. The Eng
lish yard is 36 inches; the French 1913 in
ches; the Geneva yard, $3.50; the Austrian
37.35; the Spanish yard 33 o.; the Prussan
36.57; Russian 1851. For measures OF
capacity, the difference is still wider and
more perplexing.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
WE SHALL MEET AGAES.-ln the beauti-

WE SHALL MEET AGAtS.-ln the beauti-
full drama of Ion, the instinct Of immortality
so eloquenty uttered by the death-deyoted
Greek, finds a response in every thoughtful
soul When about to yield his young existence
as q sacrifice to fate, his betrothed Cleman-
the asks if they shall not meet again, to
which he replies: II have asked that dread
f,l question of the hills that iook eternal; OF
the flowing streams that flow forever; Of the
stars among whose fields of azure my raised
spirit hath walked in glory. All were dumb
But while gaze upon thy living face fee
there's something in the love which mantles
through it's beauty that eonnot wholly perish
We shall meet sgain, Clemanthe."
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

BLACK REPUBLICAN SAYINGs.--"Sharpe'
rifles are better than Bibles says the Rer.
Henry Ward Beecher. The "Constitution is
a reproach and league with Tophet," says
Garrison. The Union is not worth sup
porting in connexion with the South" says
the disciples Of the Tribune school. Let
the Union slide,' says Mr.. Speaker Banks,
In the language of a cotemporary, these
black-republican sayings should be passed
round until the fathers have to father and
support their offspring"
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
Otto of Roses.

The principal seat Of the manufacture is
in the district of Hassanlik, which comprises
about 35 villages, and is situated in Bulgaria
about 200 miles northwest of Constantine
pie. This district is devoted almost entirely
to the cultivation of roses, and during the
season of harvesting. which is from the first
of May to the middle of June, the country
for miles beyond the borders of the district
is redclent with the odor of roses. The cul-
tvaion of the rose and the extraction of
the oil, occupy nearly all the time of the
people. In the distillation Of the roses, the
water which comes off is successfully re.dis-
titled, and finally the oil, being the lightest,
rises to the top and is SKINNED off. 1t is
limped, with tinge Of orange color. 1t is
said to take three hundred thousand roses
to yield one ounce Of oil.
This oil is brought to Constantinople in
Theoretically sealed copper vessels, varying in
size from those capable of holding an ounce
to those which hold seven pounds--so that
at the regular market price, CSC an ounce,)
one Of these copper cases may be worth $500.
The oil is worth six times its weight in silver
The ordinary amount of oil produced in
Hassanlk, is little less than 5000 pounds
At Constantinople the oil is put up in gilt
bottle manufactured expressly for the purpose
in Bohemia. The rose water which remains
from the distillation after the oil has been
skinned off is sold for eight or ten cents a
quart, and is used by the Greeks and Arme
mans on all festival occasions.
1t has been stated that the otto is worth in
the land Of its manufacture six dollars an
ounce; and it is frequently sold here for a
considerably less amount. This apparent
Inconsistency 10 owing TO the tact that the
oil is susceptible of an extraordinary degree
of adulteration. 1t was formerly mixed with
sandal wood oil, which is valuable at about
one twelfth as much as the otto of roses. 1t
is much less imped and flowing than the oil
of roses.
OF late years, however, a new oil has been
introduced to dilute oil of roses and render
it less overpowering. 1t is brought by the
Arabs from Mecca, and is called by them
''Sheperd's perfume" 1t is extracted from a
kind of geranium, at cost of two dollars per
pound, or one thirty sixth the price Of otto Of
roses. Both on account Of its cbeapness, a
certain similarity Of odor, and its likeness in
color and weight to otto of roses, no other oil
is so we'll adapted to mix with it and reduce
its strength. In the common oil of roses,
found in the shops, there is probably fifty
per cent of foreign oils; and the ditfusabiity
of its aroma is such, that it may receive
without perceivable depreciation in the opin-
ion of ordinary judges, eighty per cent. of
pure foreign specially of the oil of
geranum. Hunts Magazine
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

IMPORTANT DECISION IN REFERENCE TO
NArURALIzATIoN.-In the matter of Patrick
Cormick, application for final certificate Of
naturalization, a decision was rendered yes
terdav by Judge John NJ Wilson, of the Court
Of Common Pleas, which may be Of material
Importance to many who are desirous of be-
coming citizens Of the United States 1t
has heretofore been the practice of the clerk
of all the Courts in this city to require that
the two witnesses who, under the law, must
be brought forward to prove the good moral
character Of the applicant and that he has
resided under the jurisdiction of the United
States for five wears, shall be citizens Of the
United States If the applicant was unable
to produce such witnesses his application
was denied. This was the case with the
party in this instance. He offered as wit
nesses persons who were acquainted with
him in the old country, and who had also
known him since his arrival in America; but
being themselves aliens, the clerk refused to
take them. The matter was taken before
the Court by Andrew Harvice Esq who ar
gued that there was no requirement in the
law that the witnesses should be citizens Of
the United States, this language being used
only IN that part OF the law which referred
to aliens who resided in the country prior to
1902, and who asked for final certificate
without having made the usual declaration
of intention. In reference to others, it was
only required that certain facts should be
proved to the satisfaction of the Court,
which might be done as we'll by those who
were not citizens of the country as by those
who were.
The Court fully sustained this position,
and decided that person weIe not disqualified
as witnesses by reason of their being aliens
There was no reason that person who were
competent as witnesses in other cases pctore
| the Courts Of the United States, should be
| incompetent in tases Of tots kind.
The clerk was therefore, directed to issue
the certificate of naturalization on the testi-
monv of the witnesses otlerod.-
Chicoqo Times, Feb 27.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

Ey- Mr.. Secretary Guthrie is after the
government defauters with "sharp sticks."-
He has already recovered some 100000
from defaulters since 1871; and, now, acting
upon a view of the act of 1871, which he
shares with the law officers Of the admins
tration who contend that no statute of llm-
tation or bankruptcy can be pleaded against
government, he has directed legal proceed
ings to be instituted against the old defau-
tiers, who availed themselves Of the aforesaid
act by going through bankruptcy and sur
rendering the whole of their property. The
case is now under the consideration of Judge
Belts. The amount thus due the nation
when Mr. Guthrie became Secretary was
Sl32 2,52l,704 Ca part of it having been
due as much as twenty years.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

SoLD--That portion Of the American par
tv in Maine, not dyed in -the-wool abolition
lists, must feel cheapIy sold by the bad end
Of their party. The American nomination,
pure and simple, finds no response from any
press in Maine, out of some forty journals
here that run the X. n. machine, none tavors
the election Of Mr. Fillmore. No. those
presses, which were full Of anti Catholicism
bibe-in-schools and thorough reorganization
on American principles, are dumb. Not
one Of them but spurns the nomination Of
the party with which they protessed so close
an Identification Could there be a more
conclusive proof of what we urged upon the
American party in Maine, that they were
but the tools Of Designing scctionalists, and
abolition fanatics?-Joarnal, (BeydSt, Me)
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

RIGnr OF SUFFRAGE IN MAssACHusETTs-'
The Senate, on the goth February, passed by
vote of 20 yeas to nays, the resolve and
article of amendment to the Constitution,
limiting the right of suffrage, by providing
that foreigners shall reside in the country 2l
years before voting.
We have always supposed that the subject
of naturalization and the rights of citizen
ship incident thereto, was by the Constitu-
ton vested exclusively in Congress.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

An innkeeper observed a postllion with
only one spur, and enquired the reason:
Why what would be the use Of another''
said the postiiion, "if one side Of the horse
goes, the other can't lag behind"
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
THE PLACER HERALD.

puRIt,uED EVERY SATURDAY. AT THE OFFICE,
Main Street, Auburn, Cal, (at the old stand') ny
rABD MITCHELL JAMES ANphN'oN'
MITCHELL. & ANDERSON.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
FOR ADVERTIS' NC:

One square of TEN LINES, or more than hve' ''rs'
insertion 3 90; each subsequent insertion, Sl,9o.
For half square of FIVE LINES, or less s2'oo each
subsequent insertion Sl,0O
IT Liberal deductions made to monthly ad'er-
tiserS
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
NUMBER 3d..
The "CHURcHMAN" ON THE SABBATH
The New York Churchman says:

The "CHURCHMAN" ON THE SABBATH
The New York Churchman says:
ave are no advocates Of a proclamation or
desecration of this most holy feast Sunday.
The Catholic Protestant Episcopal Church,
indeed, commands us to abstain from all SER
vile work, to observe the day holly and if
possible, to be present at the celebration of
the Holy Sacrifice at the Altar. But we are
very much adverse to anything like JUDAH
cal or Puritanc observance Of the day. Per-
haps the Purtans drove the churchmen too
far; and we should decidedly object to any
thing like revival Of King James "Decla
ration of sports;' for in these times men
would abuse such liberty, turning it into IL
centiousness. But we do say innocent recre
alton (divine service being over) is not only
lawful, but useful. Indeed by giving the
day joyous character, it rather enhances
its sanctity"
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

A NEW MISE.-The Evening Ne,0s says a
new and valuable mine Of bituminous coal
has been lately discovered in the vicinity Of
San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

A man without an enemy passes through
life mere accommodated among the vul-
car herd. This fellow must have something
in him." says the world, COR so many would
not find it worth while to abuse him."
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
JOB PRINTING.
tisers.

Large additions have recently been made to the
Job Office, and work OF all descrip''ons wiz ~
executed in q superior manner.
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03
TERMS:

Subscriptions invariably in advance. For one
year, $500; six months S4,oO; three months sz'oo'
one month 81, 90; single copies, twenty five cents
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

An exchange says that large quantities Of
sausages are made of horsetlesh. A friend Of
ours says he believes it, as he Invariably has
the mig ghtmara when he has eaten them for
supper,
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

A newspaper contained an advertisement
announcing as lost, cloth cloak, belonging
to Q gentleman lined with biue-
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

Somebody tells us that "the best protection
against the rigors Of winter is matrmony."
But he harn't told us what is the protection
against the rigors ofmatrimony.
A young lady being told that her lover
was suddenly killed, exclaimed, "Oh. that
splendid gold watch of his!--givs mo that
give me something to remember him by!'
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

*Eeoted to the next Senate are Anthony
Kennedy, Maryland, and Jefferson Davis,
Mississippi
The Placer herald., 1856-05-03

SNow BREAD.--We find the annexed para
graph in one Of our exchanges 1t is curl
Gus if true:
"AIl persons where snow abounds, are not
perhaps aware of the value Of the fleecy flakes
in making light, delicious and wholesome
bread. There is no "raising' in the world
SO perfectly physiological as good, fresh,
sweet snow; it raises bread or cakes as beau.
tifuIIy as the best yeast, or the purest acids
and akaies, while it leaves no taint or fer
mentation, like the former, nor injurious
neutral salt, like the latter Indeed, it raises
by supplying atmosphere wherewith to puff
up the dough, while the other methods only
supply carbonic acid gas