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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22

Our CANDIDATE FOR ATToRNEY GENE
aA We place under our editorial head.
10 day. theSname Of the nominee of the.
Democratic Convention. held at -Rich>
binond ON The inst. for Attorney
General: x
Mr.. Tucker is young man Of fine abil-
lilies. who has already won for himself an
exalted reputation as q member Of the lie,
gal profession. AS there is no doubt of
his election, We congratulate the Com
monwealth upon securing the services of
SO eminent lawyer. TIE Richmond
Examiner. in speaking of him. says:
It will be seen from the published
proceedings that John Randolph Tucker.
Esq, of Winchester, was nominated on
the first ballot BY a decided majority of
the Convention. Mr.. Tucker is well
known to the people Of Virginia as gen
tleman Of. first rate talents. fine intellec
tual cultivation, great neral worth, and
finished legal attainments. His age is
not as ripe as his mind and scholarship /;
hut that only makes the pleasure OF vo-
tlnS LOT ElS elevation 10 An honorable OIL
fee the greater to generous Virginia suf>
fragans.
cit is needless to advert to Mr.. Tuck
er's claims to the support and confidence
Of the Democracy OF Virginia. His ser
vices 10 the memorable campaign OF 1855
would Of themselves entille him to this
mark OF consideration and appreciation
from his party, to say nothing Of his la.
bors through many years of ardent con-
test and strife for the principles OF consti
tutional faith and policy which have ever
been cherished as the apple of their eye
by the State Rights Democracy of our
Commonwealth. Mr.. Tucker was dis
tinguished advocate of the nomination Of
Mr.. Buchanan for the Pre- .idency, and
had large agency in bringing about
that Proyidential nomination TO which is
due the present existence of our beloved
Union. The same Democracy who gave
thirty thousand majority at the last cleo
tien for Mr.. Buchanan. will most cheer
fully. we are sure. give an approximate
majority TO the able, learned and worthy
young Tucker. even if he should have op-
position, which is improbable"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22

.T The sgisest Of modern Statesmen, and
,a6o had TEE keeaest and deepest glance into
.fsstgriy { Edmund BurkeJ truly said that
ADD, THAT TO DISTRIBUTE THE
REVENUE. IN "A !" ,CONFEDERA-
TED COMMUNITY. AMONG ITS
MEMBERS. is. TO DISSOLVE. THE
COMMUNITY THAT is. WITH US.
THEuSIoS, AS TIME WILL PROVE.
If EVER THIS FATAL MEASURE
SHOULD RE ADO .Dpl Is PIED TED. ni,1oda C..
81. satse'1TGitae elat q, ha2 $40 " a..
=. eFFhere . laang a issooa vic Who
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22

Ma. COOPER
Dear THE above communication
was LET. At my Office by very intelligent
and highly respectable, gentleman. Of this
county. with request that notice the
same and hand 20 you for publication.
The section OF the Code of Virginia
TO which "a Taxpayer" rsfers has been
amended and e.enacted so as to read as
follows:
No Person shall. without. Obtaining
license as merchant. sslI al any stsnd
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22

q RLet every Democrat bear in mind
that last Fall in this place. in a discussion
with Col. Hays, that John S. Garlic. ,the
same man who now begs your support
called the Democratic party "wholps.
hounds, curs.' who had followed the
lead OF Henry A. Wise. Mr.. Garlic
&n.t Sen-, ft,t, 49,. Fz-.sJ
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22
NWe publish in another c

~We. publish in another column a
letter from an intelligent Virgiuian. at
present resident in Washington. His
ironical allusion to the relative merits and
demands of shetwo portions Of our State
are we'll timed. We hope that GOV. Floyd
will neutrality-suspicious. made ofhis rec
-tifying the Discrimination which has so
long been made against Western Virginia.
: GomArss1oNEa OF REvESUk.-By an ar
fpngement mase by Messrs, Brooks. Rog.
ers and Richards. and their friends. Mr..
Vim, NJ. Richards, wass,ons Thursday
last, declared the Democrats candidate
for Commissioner of The Revenue for the
Lower District.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22

French PRorEsrANrs EMroRArtno TO
VIROIStA.-Mr. J. O. Underwood, score.
tary of the American Bnigrant Aid and
Homestead Company. reports that Rev.
Mr.. Lorviaux, French Protestant minis
ter. has made aspurchase Of three tbou.
sand acres ofgood land for eongrega-
ton Of some Eve hundred ofthe freedom.
loving Wilderness OF the High Alps 10
the southeast part Of France. ia MOhgs-
lIa county, Va. within eight miles OF the
Monographs river. and within twenty
miles OF the Pennsylvania line. a. tho
moderate price of seyepty-6ve cents per
acre. Hethinks the report be will bear
to the French Prosestants will induce
many thousands TO emigrate to Virginia.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22

THE Hoo CHOLERA tx YoRk CopsTY.
P3A.-According % the York Pehnsylya.
nian the g hog cholera Is very fassl IN
that county. i. states that Messrs. P. A.
q s Small have lost 14o head: Most Of
these have been bought from, western
drovers and have since been running ..
large. Several other porous are also nam.
60 co as having "a, lost q large number Of hogs
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22

REFUSED FREEDOM. AT thellast Circuit
Court of Pulaski county. Virginia. An.
deacon Newman applied To- Judge Fulton
for leave to ensIaYe jhimself.d alleging
that he would rather be a slavesin 5Hif.
ginia. than free man in free State. He
was valued at Sl!1o0. Mr. "A. oaens,
as his masters paid onethalf they amount
into the court and assumed the fesponsi.
bilI.y Of Newmsn's future conduct
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-05-22

: ~ There i nany good vie Ebo
san sakbsr danse nor slsa
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
CONSTABLE'S SALE.

DY virtue of two executions issued by f. |.
ID Houston on two Judgments rendered by said
Justice, one on the 18th day of January A. d. 1857,
in favor of Isaac p. Lebo, for the sum OF forty
dollors, (S40) and costs of suit taxed at twenty
five dollars and fifty cents, (S25 50c,) And the
other on the 18th day of January, A. ID. 1867,
in favor of James Cook, for the sum of fifty dol
lars, $500 and costs of suit taxed at thirty nine
dollars, ($39) and to me directed both against
Lane Il Bailey, l have levied upon. seized, and
taken in execution and will expose to public sale
on the premises at Fiddler's Green on Saturday,
the 7th day of February A. d. 1857, at the hour
of IL o'clock, A. NJ, of said day, all the right,
title, interest and claim of Lane ~ Bailey, (or
either of them) in and to the following described
property, to-wit:-A Tunnel Mining Claim. privl-
leges, apurtenances and immunties belonging
thereto, or arising therefrom. Also house
building situated near by, on Rock Creek, togeth.
ar with all the possessary right to the ground
upon which the said house or building stands,
pile of tailings from said Tunnel Mining Claim
Also pile eff Timber and | will also sell one
third of the Drift Dirt, or proceeds of one-thrd
OF Mining, Drifting, Washing and Working OF
said Tunnel, by the Lessees up to the 10th day
Of February, A. D. 1857. And also the right.
title, interest and claim of the said Lane Bailey,
or either of them, in and to certain Mining In
terest on Side Hill, located in the vicinity OF said
Tunnel Claim, or SO much of the above described
property as may be sufficient to satisfy the above
demands besides costs due and to become due
thereon.
M. P. II. LOVE,
January 18th, 1S56.-3t Constable.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
F. I. HOUSTON, J. p.
Notice to enforce Mechanics Lien,

District Court 1lh Judicial District, Placer Co.
New England Company VS.. Robert Jackson
A LII PERSONS HOLDING OR CLAIMING
II liens under the provisions of an act of the le
gislature of this State, entitled "An Act for Sc
curing Liens of Mechanics and Others" approved
April 9th, 1856" upon building and lot in the
town Of Auburn. in said county, the second build
ing north Of the Methodist Church on Sacramento
street, formerly kept by said Jackson as a Restau-
rant, are hereby notified to be and appear before
said court on the first day Of next term thereof,
at the opening Of the Court on that day, then and
there to exhibit the proofs of such liens. A fail
ure to exhibit such proofs will be deemed a wal
yer of such lien.
CROCKER & LANGDON.
dee. 13, 1S56-4w. Attys for Plaintiff.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
County Judge of Placer count
Notice of Application for Pardon.

To Hon. James E. Haie Presidjng Judge ofMe
Court Of Sessions of Placer county, cal:
SIR: Please take notice that under the pro-
visSns of an act Of the legislature of this State
entitled 'An Act prescribing the mode Of apply
ing for pardons." passed May IS, 1853. the under
signed will apply to the Governor of the State
for the pardon Of Thomas Butkill. convicted in
the Court of Sessions Of said county on the 2nd
day Of October, 1856, of the crime of assault and
battery, and sentenced by said court to one year s
imprisonment in the county Jail.
JAMES O'NEILL.
December 9th, 1856
acknowledge service hereof this 9th day of
December A. d. 1856. j. E. HALE.
County Judge Placer County, Cal.
STATE of CALIFORNIA, COUNTY of PLACER
], Alfred S. Grant. Clerk of the Court of Ses-
sons in and for said county, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is "a true copy of notice of appca-
tion for pardon of Thomas Butkill, and this day
filed in my Office, and that the endorsements here
in are true copies of the endorsements upon said
notice.
this 'S;'' ''S d'y q sHSS4 S:.s
By F. B. Higgins, Deputy.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

RATHER SENSIBLE TOWARDS THE LAST
We are informed of rather seriO-conaic affair
which came off near Fairmount, few even
ings since. A lady, whose home, in conse-
quence of the continued dissipation and
brutality Of her husband, had been rendered
irksomely obnoxious, concluded to end what
she could not apparently mend. So, in thin
garments, and with dire resolution, the wo-
man sought the river. Stars twinkled 10 the
high arched heaven, and the moon with pale
and Indifferent fire illuminated the quiet earth.
She soon reached the dark and muddy
stream, her heart
'Like muffled drum was beating
Funeral marches to the grave"
She paused, she looked around; all was
hushed, the unbroken silence of that hour
"when church-yards yawn," checked her res
piration, while the cold, bleak wind and nip
ping dampness, froze her blood and made
death the more painful to contemplate. But
as fate to her dread purpose, she breathed
one brief, last fond prayer for him,
"a prayer he could not hear"
and plunging in--but alas!-she forgot to
take off her crnoline, and could not sink;
shivering and shaking, she gazed around, and
hurrying home as fast as her mortal feet
could carry her, got on dry stockings. ex-
caming:-'It's too blamed cold, and I'll
see him to Halifax before I'll make such a
goose of myself for any mans sake.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
WOODEN w A Il f!

DASKETS &c, including Brooms, Tubs, Pals,
ID Wood and Zinc Wash Boards, Chopping
Trays. Rolling Pins Barrel Covers Clothes Pins,
Clothes and Market Baskets Shoe, Scrub and Dust
Brushes hair and wire Selves. Cotton and Linen
Twine, Bed Cords. and Clothes Lines, with every
other article belonging to the WOOD AND WILL
LOW WARE business. at the lowest wholesale
prices by W. HAWAHuRST,
1l2 and | IA Front, near Washington street,
San Francisco.
F. ST. am still doing business in the same old
wooden building, at a very low rent; saving Of
expense which about all goes to the benefit OF my
customers; and Merchants who do not, at least.
call and see me before they buy elsewhere, cannot
be wide awake TO their own interests. jel4 6m
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

DIVIDING SANTA CLARA CouNrY.-Prop-
positions are on foot to attach portion of
Santa Clara county to San Mateo and by
detaching township in the southern portion
and affixing it to part of Monterey, create
new county. The Tribune is opposed to
both propositions
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

A WAGoNER's REToRr-A rich merchant
named Hogg, once requested wagner to
bring him load of corn in a stated time,
which he failed to do, and did not take the
corn till the next day after that which he
had promised. The merchant as might be
expected refused it. "Well, replied the wag-
oner, "you're the first hog 1 ever knew to
refuse cornt"
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

MARYLAND QUARTZ MILL.-I'his property
in the town Of Placerville, which has been idle
for about a year, has been purchased by j..
NJ. Douglas and J. Hines, of that place 1t
will at once be put in order, and it is thought
will be in operation in six or eight weeks.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
NUMBER 81.

DEAD TO THE LAw.---Some years ago a
man without a family or relatives lived in
county in Arkansas, and was possessed of an
estate worth $4,000 He went to New Or
leans, and was absent four years without
being heard from. The probate Judge grant
ed administration on his estate-wound it up
and discharged the administrator. The man
returned-had been to Mexco-when in
open court the following dialogue took place:
Dead Mdn-If your honor please, | want
my effects returned to me, as you see | am
not dead.
Court know-that is as a man
that you are alive and in court, but as court
| know you are dead for the records of this
court say so, and against their verify there
can be no averment--so says Lord Corke,
and good many other books | never read.
Dead Man-But | want my property,
and it's no matter to me whether your rec
ords lie or not | am alive, and have not
transferred my property, and to deprive me
of it without my consent is against the law.
Court-lf you intimate that the records
of this court lie, this court will send you
to Jail
Dead Nan-Send a dead man to Jail.
Cowt-Mr Sheriff, take this apparition
out.
Sher0-"Come let's 90 and take some
thing to drink"
The Judge stuck to it, that so far as his
court WAS concerned, he paS dead, and
cassed, If he shouldn't stag dead and the
poor fellow went into chancerv and spent
all he made in Mexico, and all the rest.
EAST INDIAN JuGG1ERY-M Madame Pfeif-
fer, in her Second Journey Round the World
gives the following description of uncertain
unexplainable teats Of Juggling witnessed by
her while sojournng through the east Indies:
"At the close of the entertainment the per-
tormance Of Hercules was really curious in
its way. He appeared with nothing on but
pair of drawers, and cord was passed
around his neck, and with this his hands and
arms were so firmly tied behind him that
he could not make the smallest movement
He came to us to have the knots examined,
and then he crept under high covered bas-
ket, beneath which various garments were
placed, and after the lapse of few minutes
the basket was lifted up and the Hercules
made bis appearance completely clothed in
them. Then he crept again under the bas-
ket and came out without them, but holding
the cord with all its knots in his hands, and So
forth. All this would, of course, have been
nothing in a theatre, where assistance might
have been given him, but this was in "A mead
ow, whore no assistance was possible. One
of the gentlemen present offered him twenty
five rupees for his mystery, but he declined
the offer.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

MISS PELLET.-Miss Pellet has gone to
Kansas to superntend the distribution of six
hundred garments, costing $1,000, which
Edward G.. Deavan, of Albany, has given to
the sufferers in that territory.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

NoTE.-Santa Cruz reported after apportion-
ment. From Colusi, Fresno, klamath, San Luis
Obspo, Santa Barbara aud Trinity, no report
Apportionnent proved Dec. Is, 1856
J. NEEIY JOHNSON,
JoHN A. BREWSTER,
PAUL X. TUBBs,
State Board of Education.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
Apportionment of the State School Fund

The Sacramento american has been furnished
with the following table, showing the proportion
of school moneys assigned to each county:
Semi annual apportionmcnt of the State School
Fund, according to annual census returns Of the
number Of children residing within school dis
trcts, where schools have been maintained in
accordance with law for three months or more,
in the year ending October 3lst, 1856.
County. Children Children where Amount
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

A ieweer advertses that he has number
of precious stones to dispose of; adding, that
they sparkle like the tears Of young wild
ow.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
LEGAL NOTICES.
State of California, County Of Placer, SIS.

0taCc OI Call1OTuld, COuHCy VI 1ldcer, %.
District Court, Eleventh JudiciaI District.
The People of the State of California, to Robert
Jackson, Greeting:
VOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to nnswer
II the complaint of The New England Mill
Company. in said Court, filed against you, within
ten days from the service of this Writ, exclusive
of the day of service, if served on you in this
county, but if served on you without said county,
and within said District, twenty days; and if serv
ed on you without said County and District, then
in forty days from such service, exclusive of the
day ofservce. Wherein theyp dgment against
you for the sum of $36l l2ac for materials and
work and labor, furnished in the construction of
certain house described in complaint,) for you
and for order of sale of said property to satisfy
the Judgment and his costs herein expended
And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
answer the complaint as directed, Plaintiff will
take judgment by default for said sum and apply
to the Court for the order of sale and for other
relief prayed for.
(-) In witness whereof I, A. S. Grant, Clerk
ISL : of the Eleventh Judicial District Court
~ aforesaid, do hereuntO set my hand and
impress the Seal of said Court at office in Auburn
this 2lst day of June, A. D. 1856.
A. S. GRANT, Clerk.
By VIM. II. Martin, Deputy.
1T appearing to me from the affidavit of VIM.
4. Henson. Sheriff of said county that the defend
ant in the above cause, Robert jackson, cannot
be found after dilgent search, and that he is pro-
badly within said State, therefore order that the
Summons in said cause be published in the Placer
Herald newspaper, for four weeks, and that the
same shall be considered complete service upon
said Defendant in said cause
Given under my hand at Auburn this llth day
of December, 1856.
j. E. HALE,
County Judge of Placer county.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

CALIFORNIA UNIvERsITY.-A meeting
was held in San Francisco on the evening of
the 18th instant to take into consideration
the question of establishing and endowing
a college or university for California.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

ODD Fellows BURIAL GRoUND.-The Odd
Fellows of Marysvle are about purchasing
a lot to be dedicated to the use of their Or
der.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

1t appears that in New Zealand, when the
marriage ceremony takes place, it is very
old custom to knock the heads of the bride
and bridegroom together previous to their
union.
In Christian lands it isn't so;
The bridegroom and the bride
To loggerheads but seldom go
Unit the knot is tied.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

AMUSING BLUNDER-We find the fol-
lowing in an English paper: "The General
Dunlop american ship,) with tobacco and
slaves, was totally wrecked near Gibraltar,
on November g." The cargo Of the Gener-
al Dunlop consisted of slaves and tobacco.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
LEGAL NOTICES.
SUMMONS,

The People Of the State Of California to d.
Welch.
YOU are hereby summoned to appear before me
L at my office in Auburn Placer county, on the
10Th day of January, A. D. 1857, at o'clock, p NJ,
to answer the complaint of Mrs. Mary Harman,
wherein she prays judgment against you for the
sum of one hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty
two cents in an account for debt, balance on
book account; and take notice, if you fail so to
appear and answer, Plaintiff will take judgment
as aforesaid.
Given under my hand, this Both day of Decem-
Der, 1856. T. l. HOUSTON,
Justice Of the Peace TIP. No. 3.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
THE OLD MANS DREAM.

The old man sits in his oaken chair,
BY the ingle-sde to-day,
With his wrinkled brow and his frame so weak,
And his palsed limbs and his shrinken cheek,
And his locks so thin and gray.
And he gazed long at the ruddy blaze,
AS it curles and fickers and grows,
And he seems to see in its graceful light,
The forms that the years in their rapid fight,
Have borne to the death-repose.
There cometh the form of Maiden fair,
With laughing, mischevous eyes;
He hath never beheld such another pair;
And the love-light soft that he seeth there,
Seems borrowed from out the skies.
And she wreathed a smile with her ruby lips,
Such as ne'er another hath done,
And she cometh again as she did of yore,
And bendeth low DER his forehead hoar,
AS she did in the days long gone.
And she twneth her arms with loving embrace
Round his neck, and she presseth kiss
" ltu ucI SioNlHS Ups OH LIS aScu DTOW,
And the shriveled old man is young again now
Living over rich seasons of bliss
And there cometh tiny form,
That shareth her kind caress,
And his heart yearenth over the tiny one,
AS father yearncth over his first born son,
And prayeth kind Heaven to bless.
And it changeth again. and prattling boy
Is nestled upon his knee,
And other wee forms are around him now,
And pride sits enthroned on the old mans brow
AS he lists to their childish glee.
The beautiful maiden with laughing eyes,
Is the wife of his early years,
And that tiny one was his Oldest child,
And that prattling group that his heart beguil'd
Are the babes of his prayers and tears.
But the fire burns low, and a dimness steals
Ger the old mans vision now,
And there comeh the shape of the bier and pail
And his fondly loved wife and his children all
Are shrouded beneath it now
The fame dies out, and stihed groan
Bursts forth from the old mans heart,
The vision hath ned-he's awake again.
A lonely old man, with anguish and pain,
Awaiting his call to depart.
RATHER COMPREHENsIvE.-1he following
is extracted from letter received by the
last steamer from away down east:-"Yes
Sam, I'm twenty-one years old to-day. I'm
free Father has bestowed upon me my patri-
mony, in the shape of a deal of good advice
which summed up in as brief sentence as
| can command, amounts to this Now,
George, you are going out into the world to
shift for yourself don't be id fool any
longer !"
The individual who perpetrated the fol-
lowing choice stanza was genius and man
of observation.-He grew up some distance
off towards the setting sun. Hear him:-
Men scorn to kiss among Themselves
And scarce will kiss brother;
Women oft want to kiss so bad,
They smack and kiss each other.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

MARRIAGES IN SAN Joaquin CoUNTY.-By
an examination of the records of San Joa-
qun county, says the Stockton Republican,
we find that fifty eight marriages were con
summated within the county, during 1855.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31
DISSOLUTION.

QY mutual consent the co-partnership hereto
- fore existing between the undersign gned was
dissolved on the End of January, 1857. James K.
Evans is authorized to settle all the business Of
the firm.
JAS. X. EVANS,
w. Y. REDDEN.
Jan. 10th, lS57.-3t
The Placer herald., 1857-01-31

.Nrs. Harman Tn Justice HOuston's Court,
Us. Township No. 3, Placer county,
d. Welch. California
1t appearing to my satisfaction by the aflida-
Wit OF Mrs. Mary Harman, that cause of action
exists against the above named Defendant and
that Defendant aforesaid cannot be found in this
State, order that the summons in this action be
served on Defendant by the publication thereof
once in each week for three successive weeks in
the newspaper printed in the town of Auburn
county of Placer. and State of California called
the Placer Herald, and | direct that copy of
the summons in this action be forthwith deposited
in the Post Office, directed to the said Defendant,
at his last known residence, and that the same
shall be considered complete service upon said
Defendant.
r T IIOTTSTON r