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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-11
scor1Arp-SoRrn AND WEST COASTS


Beacon Sroma Skerries Penfiand nfor-
nation has been received this Office that Commissioners
of Northern Lighthouses have given notice that
recently been erected the
res of Sroma which extends from the Sc side Ma head
cd the Island OF sroma and covered by he high
water.
The beacon consists Of framework IRON
mounted by cylindrical cage; in all ~ above high
ter, and painted red.
Beacon DO Caoas, Loeb Inver-Also that
been erected 30 Caolas rock which high
water and lies at the entrance Loeb Inver
Sutherlandshre.
The beacon is composed Of iron pillars by
cylindrical elevated about 80 feet high
and painted red.
Beacon Screen Rocks, Whthorn-A beacon has also
recently been placed the
the port of Whhorn the southeastern OF wigon
shire
This beacon of iron, with barrel top, painted red
By order Of the Lighthouse Board,
THORNTON A JENKINS, Secretary.
Wnrhi nrton IL
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
A Rich Joke.

All is not gold that shines, and the loudest
mouthed philanthropists and reformers some
times cave in when put to severe practical
test, like the following:
had brother-in-law, said Moses Perkins,
who was one of the ravinest maddest and
hottest abolitionists you ever see. | liked
the pesky critter we'll enough, and should
have been very glad to see him cum and
spend day, fetchin my sister to see me and
my wife, if he hadn't loved his tongue to run
on so bout niggers and slavvry, and the
equality of races, and the duty of overthrow
ing the Constitution of the United States,
and lot of other things, some of which
made me mad, and the best part of 'em right
sick. | puzzled my brains good deal to
think how could make him shet up his
noisy head about abolitionism.
Wall, one time when brother-in-law come
over to stay, an idee struck me. hired a
nigeer to help me in hayin time. He was
the biggest, strongest, greatest niger you
ever seed. Black. he was blacker than a
stack O rats, and jist as shiney as a new
beaver hat, spoke to him. Jake" sez !,
"when you hear the breakfast bell ring
don't you say word, but you come into the
parlor and set right down amongst the folks
and eat your breakfast" The nigger's eyes
stuck out of his head about feet 'Your
jokin, massa," sez he. "Jollin." sez l. "rm
sober as deacon" "But, 'sez he, 81 shan't
have time to wash myself and change my
shirt" $50 much better" sez /. Wall
breakfast come, so did Jake, and he sot down
long side my brother-in-aw He started,
but he didn't say word. There warnt no
mistake about it. Shet your eyes and you'd
know it-for he was loud, tell you. There
was fustrate chance to talk abolitonism,
but my brother-in law never opened his head.
"Jalle," sez |, "you be on hand at dinner
time" and he was. He had been workin in
the medder all the afternoon--it was hot as
hickory and bilin pitch-and-b leave
the rest to your imagination.
Wall-in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT law
come up to me, madder than short tailed
bull in hornet-time.
"Mose," said he, 81 want to speak to you"
"Sing it out" sez |.
Il haven't but few words to say, but if
that ere confounded nigger comes to the
table again while I'm stoppin here, rll clear
out"
Jake eat his supper that night in the
kitchen, but from that day to this | never
heard my brother-in-law open his head about
abolitionism. When the fugitive slave bill
was passed, | thought he'd let out some,
but he din't, for he hneD that Jake acas still
tC0rking on the ta1n.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
The Work Goes Bravely On.

Since the abatement Of the storm, which
has seriously retarded the work ofre building,
our town has assumed an appearance sug-
gestive of "Iowa Hill as it was"
We observe that Mr.. Creamer has moved
from his temporary shelter in the Temper
ance Hall building, to his new house on the
site of the old stand A little more than
two weeks since every vestige of his Hotel,
one of the best furnished in the mountains
was swept away by fire. Yet twenty-four
hours have not passed since that time, that
he has not been able to supply the wants OF
the inner man, and a comfortable shelter.
The commencement of tasty and substan-
tial fronts to the new buildings, the erection
of awnings and side walks, together with
several clean new signs, give Main street a
neat and vivifying appearance.
With the exception Of the charred plank
ing on the street, and a few blackened lots
on the extremes, a stranger would scarcely
surmise that less than three weeks ago the
town was destroyed, unless perhaps the rapid
building up of California towns and villages
has become an established indication that
there has been a visitation of the destroying
element.-Zoaoo Hill NeaUs.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
AN ACT

Concerning county officers in the County of Placer
The People Of the State of CalJ6tnia, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly,' do enact as
.f0U0Ws:
SEC. |. All County officers who shall hereafter
be elected in and for the county Of Placer, except
those who shall be elected at the General Elec-
ton in the year one thousand eight hundred and
ifty-eight, shall enter upon the discharge of the
duties of their respective Offices, on the first Mon
day of December next succeeding their election.
SEC. 2. There shall be elected in and for the
county of Placer, at the next General Election In
the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight, one Clerk, one Sheriff, one County Treasu-
rer. one County Assessor one Public Admnstra-
tor, one District Attorney. one County Surveyor,
and one Coroner, and shall enter upon the duties
of their respective Offices at the expiration of the
terms of their predecessors, and shall continue to
hold their offices until the first Monday in Decem-
Der one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
SEC. 8. The successors of the officers whose
terms of office is prescribed in the second section
of this act shall be elected at the General Elec-
ton in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty, and at the general election every two years
thereafter.
Approved January 29th, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

A Justice of the peace, meeting minis
ter mounted on a fine looking horse, peevish-
ly asked him why be did not ride on a don
key or ass. in imitation of his humble Mas
ter!"
"One important reason is" returned the
minister, ''that at this time they are scarce,
having been transformed by an allwise Prov
idencc into magistrates.
Magistrate incontinently left.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
A Picture of Disunion.
FROM GEN. JACksoN's FAREWELL ADDRESS,

In his farewell address to his countrvmen
upon retiring from the Presidency, the pa
triot, statesman and hero of the Hermitage
said:
"What have you to gain by division and
dissension? Delude not yourself with the
hope that the breach once made would be
afterwards easily repaired. If the Union is
once severed, the separation will grow wider
and wider, and the controversies which are
now debated and settled in the halls of legis-
lation, will be tried in the field of battle and
determined by the sword. Neither should
you deceive yourselves with the hope that
the first line of separation would be the per-
manent one Local
interests would still be found there, and un-
cnastened ambition. And if the recollection
of common dangers, in which the people of
the United States have stood against the
common foe-the memory of victories won
by their united valor-the prosperity and
happiness they have enjoyed under the pres
ent Constitution; if all these recolections
and proofs of common interest are not strong
enough to bind us together as people, what
tie will hold united the new divisions of en-
pre when these bonds have been broken and
this Union dissolved! The first line of sepa
ration would not last long; new fragments
would be torn of.-new leaders would spring
up-and this great and glorious Republic
would soon be broken into multitude of
petty States, armed for mutual aggression
loaded with taxes to pay armies and leaders
seeking aid against each other from foreign
powers-nsulted and trampled upon by the
nations of Europe-till, harrassed with con
tlicts and humbed and debased in spirit,
they would be willing to submit to the domi
nation of any military adventurer and sur
render their liberty for the sake of repose."
FROM wEBs1ER's REPLY TO nAYNE.
"When my eyes sha. be turned to behold
for the last time the sun in the heavens, may
| not see him shining on the broken and
dishonored fragments of a once glorious
Unon--on States discovered, dscordant, bel
ligerent-on a land rent with teuds, or
drenched it may be with fraternal blood
Let their last feeble and lingering glance,
rather, behold the glorious ensign of the Re
public, now known and honored throughout
the earth, still full high advanced--its arms
and tropics streaming in their original lustre
not a stripe erased or polluted, not SIN
ole star obscured-bear for its motto no
such miserable interrogatoly as, what is all
this worth?-nor those other words of deu-
sion and folly, Liberty first, and the Union
afterwards. But everywhere-spread all over
in characters Of living light-bazing on all
its ample folds, as they float over the sea and
over the land and in every wind under the
,vhoia hnavanc--thet ot n ar snnfimant dear to
every true American heart - Liberty and
Union, now and forever, one and insepara-
ble"
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

ANOTHER HUMBUG ExpLoDEp.-The In
dianapolis Sentinel pronounces the story ot
the murder of a man at Jackson, Miss, for
avowing that he was in favor OF Fremont
"a hoax. The story was got up by the
Franklin Qowa) Republican, and copied and
paraded and howed over by the Evening
journal, of this city 1t related how Mrs.
Helen Sacia had lived eight years in Jackson
Miss Mr.. Sacia, her husband, having avow
ed his partiality for Fremont, was waited
upon by deputation of men, who inform
ed him that he must cease propagating his
principles which he refused to do. One of
the men took hold of Sacia, when S. knock
ed him down, and was himself shot by one
of them, and his wife notified to quit forth
with, which she did and came to Franklin
Iowa, in pursuit of sympathy. The friends
of bleeding Kansas furnished her with a
purse; and she disappeared and has not since
been heard FROM She is probably making
her way towards Albany, to be embraced in
the expecting arms of the Journal men. In
quires into her story go to show she is an
imposter. We have had a great many swim
dlers dealing in the Kansas humbug; but
these Fremontish women are the most dan
gerous.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

A Psychologist Of Cincinnati has discov-
cred that wearing moustaches strengthens
the eye sight, and that the removal of these
hair appendages has the effect Of causing sev-
eral diseases Of the eyes.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

A PRESENTATION SPEEoH-The negroes
(slaves) employed at pork house at Louis
Vile, Ky, on Christmas Day, presented the
superintendent with beautiful gold headed
cane. Jim Tyler, q trump among the dar-
kes, spoke as follows on making the presen-
tation;-" "1Nassa George.-My respects to
you de Captain of de niggers, and hopin dat
you will be our captain all the time and as
kin ofyou to please 'cept dis cane, and wish
in dat you may never die, and may live all
de time, and hopin dat in de morpin' of de
general 'sembly, when Gabriel comes down
and places one foot on de mighty sea and
odder on de dry land, and swar by him dat
liveth dat time shall be no longer dat you
may get up when de good old angel blows his
trumpet, and shakn' off de grave dust may
live wild de bood-washed millions, and go
away up through tribulation.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

A DEEP WELL.--The Toledo (Ohio)
Times says, they are sinking well in that
city which will be twenty five hundred feet
deep. This will be the deepest well in the
world. '
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

Judge Crane is lecturing in Stockton on
the subject Of Ancient and Modern geograph-
discogeries.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

GOLD HUNDRED."-This favorite tune is
of very ancient date, as well as name, the
music Of it having been first printed by the
French, in 1916.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

CLERICAL TYRANNY.-We see it stated
that the Seventh Day Baptist Church at
Walworth, Wisconsin, has communicated
all its members who refused to vote for FIRE.
mont at the late election.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
Experiment in Potato Planting.

Mr.. Brown OF Long Island, has recently
published an interesting experiment touching
the planting Of the butt ends and seed ends
of potatoes. Last spring he planted rows
of equal length of two varieties of potatoes
In one row, with each variety he only plant
ed the ''seed ends'' of the potato; in the
other, the opposite or "butt nds."-These
were the pink eyes and the peach blows.
We quote the results from the concluding
portion of his statement:
The yield of these four rows was as follows
Pink eyes, butt ends 2l7 pounds.
do seed ends, 40 do
Peach blows butt ends, 225 do
do seed ends ITO do
The potatoes raised from the butt ends
were much larger than those from the seed
ends, and appeared to be from week to
ten days earlier. Had the whole field been
planted with butt ends, the yield would have
been more than 500 bushels to the acre.
| also planted two rows next to the above
in one which | put only large potatoes, half
tuber in each hill, cut lengthwise, so as
to divide the eyes equally, and in the other
row dropped only small potatoes, one in
each hill. From the former | dug 81
pounds, and from the latter 1874 pounds. |
should add that the average yield of the field
was about l30 pounds to the row; and that
large (not the very largest) potatoes were
used for seed cut lengthwise with half of a
tuber in each hill.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

ORIGIN oF THE "PRINTER's DEvIL."-ln
the year 1861 book was printed called the
Anatomy Of the Mass. 1t had only l72
pages in it; but the author, pious old monk
was obliged to add fifteen pages to o,eorrect
the blunders. These he attributed 70 the
special investigation of the 'devil," to de-
feat the work.
Since this time, printers like many others
have been in the habit Of charging their own
faults upon devil; and as the youth that
has charge Of the rollers is generally the
bIackest and most mischevous of the inmates
of the printers office, the name became at
tached to him.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
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T-yLiberal deductions made to monthly adver-
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The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
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one month Sl,00; single copies, twenty five cents
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07

The Value of slave property in Washing
ton City is assessed at S39l, ,465.
The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
THE PLACER HERALD.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE OFFICE,
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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-10

A GREAT FIRE AT CANNELToN.-On the
morning of the Sd inst, the row of stores
and houses known as Charles H. Mason's
Block, took fire, and in a few minutes the
whole row was In flames, and in the course of
half an hour was reduced to a heap Of ruins;
fortunately most of the contents of the build
ings were saved. The fire originated from
one of the flues in the back part and lower
end of the house, occupied by 10. Bruning, as
coffee-house. The flames spread furiously,
and the adjoining large properties were only
saved by the activity of the firemen. The
remainder of the houses were occupied by
G. Fl. Mason and ]. B. Huckeby as law offices
who saved all their books and papers Loss
of property about $4,000. We are sorry to
= learn there was no insurance on the property
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-10

o. The prospect from our sanctum win
dow is dreary enough. A waste of ice con
meets the. two Shores and the dreariness of
winter has settled down upon everything
Our comm ssion merchants still fill the wharf
with freight intended for shipment some flu
ture day, giving employment to the draymen,
and affording us an item. Every one who
can spare an hours time is sharpening up neg
lected skates. or purchasing new ones for a
stretch up the canal or on the uncertain ice of
the river. We only need fall of snow, to
place in motion our sleighs, and start the mu-
sic Of our bells, to make the picture of win
ter in Evansville complete. With the short
cold days, we have long nights of lnoonllt
beauty and evening for mental culture. Fire
sides are appreciated now. We mean real
old fashioned firesides; where the world and
fashion are crowded out, to make room for
ease and comfort The breathing places in
life, for men of business, where figures AMI
balan sheets are discarded for tete tete
with the folks at home,' or the perusal of a
refre ,hng book. These home tableaux are
the bright scenes in life's drama The cold
without is suggestive Of comfort within, and
we say BLESSED are they who have firesdes,
and appreciate them"
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-10

CEtF The difficulty in organizing the Sen
ate, originated from report that Gov. Will
lard, had determined to refuse to swear in the
three Republican Senators whose seats were
contested and by refusing them seats, tie
would be produced, which would give the cast
ing vote to the chair. This report produced
great excitement, and the Republicans to de-
feat this intended outrage of the Democrats and
to anticipate their opponents by organizing at
an early hour by themselves, assembled
in the Senate Chamber for that purpose
The Democrats assembled at the same time
and began their organization. Both parties
proceeding at once, produced scene Of con-
JUS o., which was increased by an excited
crowd in the Hobbies. Both parties went
into the election Of officers, and went through
with it. Each one had a clerk, and it was
| ludcrous sometimes to hear them calling
their rolls and receiving responses at the
same time. Until their fragramentary or
CARNATIONS were perfected there was no de-
batting or speaking. Each party seemed bent
on going straight ahead and breaking down the
other. But after the officers Were elected
they had to talk, and then came charges, ex.
plantations and threats. Finally after decla-
ration from Gov Willard that the reports 0
any improper design on his part were false
the Republ cans yielded and the Senate wa,
duly organised in the old way and the mem
bers whose seats were contested, sworn in
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DIR GooDs SALE-Messrs, NELSON &
WooLsEY will offer fine stock Of rich silks.
linens musIins, &c, &c. to the ladies, this
morning. We are told by those who are
judges, that the sale is worthy of the atten-
ton of those who wish to purchase nice goods
at low prices. They will be sold without re-
serve.
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CEr The Knickerbocker for January. is a
choice number. Gaylord Clark seems to
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NV ORLEANS. Jam. s
The Legislature.

SENATE-Thursday.-Dr. Cooper, Senator
from Rush county, whose seat was contested
sworn in and allowed to take his seat.
iona. Harvey, Of Marion, was elected prn-
cipal Secretary of the Senate, and james G.
Tyncr assistant Secretary,a and Simeon Cheney
doo:-leeper. The Senate informed the House
of its organization, and adjourned.
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OYSTERS FREsH-Everybody who wants a
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ing. Everybody give Mac call and get a
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THE MYSTICAL EMPIRE-On the 4th OF
September last, the American consular flag
was unftlrled for the first time in the mystical
empire Of Japan, Mr.. Harris having been re-
ceiyed as consul OF the United States at
Simoda. 4 Buddhist temple is assigned for
his residence.