The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
T., ,rcTroNEERING.-T Marvsville ErDyess

saws: The most pracucal ana sensible man
ner of securing the votes Of Legislators which
we have heard of, was adopted by our towns
man. J. j. Frasier, who was elected to the
most of Door keeper to the Assembly, the
other day. About a week previous to the
convening of that body, the Little Aigle"
wended his way to Sacramento, and finding
the street in front of the State House
very muddy, he went to work and built a
splendid crossing. Placing himself at one
end of it, he accosted the members as they
passed, in rich Irish brogue, with" "Afther
enjoying the blessing of that crassing, can
vez find it in yer grateful heart to vote against
the Little Aigle, its builder, candidate for
the humble position of doorkeeper to yer
honorable body, and who it is that now has
the honor Of addressing yez?" No odoubt our
friend Frazier secured enough of votes by
this ingenious stratagem to effect his election
There are many, with more pretensions and
less GOOD hard sense than the Little Aigle."
HEAVY Snow IN THE MoUNrA1Ns.-Ac-
counts from all parts Of the mountains, says
the Butte Record, apprises us that most un-
usual quantities Of snow have fallen. A friend
living at Brandy City, locality in the
neighborhood of Camptonville, writes to us
that the severe weather, and the great depth
of snow had caused an entire suspension of
mining operations in that vicinity. He says:
"Snow has blocked up the bitches, and it has
been stormng here for the last six weeks
almost constantly; but when the spring opens
great will be yield of the precious metal"
The great drawback to the advantageous
working Of mountain diggings, is the want
of proper aqueducts, and water from the melt
ING SHOWS has heretofore, for lack of bitches,
run to waste. But the preparations that
have been made during the last summer and
fall, to collect the water as it runs from the
mountain sides, promises prosperous season
for the miners the coming spring. No season
has promised such harvest of gold as this,
and may the result verify the predictions Of
the confident miners
The MAN WITH THE Iron MAsK-The Pied
montese correspondent of Florentine paper,
the Spectators, writes from Pinerolo-in
the once famous fortress of which little sub
alpine town it will be remembered that the
"Man with the Iron Mask" passed eleven
years of his mysterious mprisonment-that
the lonG-kept secret of bis name and fate
has at length been penetrated. Sgnor Grill
10 Mussi, whom the liedmontese writer calls
''the learned and indefatigabe historian of
Pinerolo," has, he says, in the course of re-
searches among the archieves of the town.
met with a document which affords the long
sought information. The facts discovered
are declared by Signor Mussi, to rest on un-
mistakeable and irrefllable evidence: and he
only waits to crafty the curiosity of the
world until he shall have succeeded in finding
publisher willing to purchase the MSS, in
which he has narrated his discovery Let
lis hope that sine qad non may soon be met
with.
The Southern Commercial Convention
passed resolutions in favor of the Pacific
Railroad and Tehuantepec Mail route.
\ great and enthusiastic meeting of Wal
ker sympathizers was held in the Tabernacle,
n. Y city, on the evening of the Goth Dec,
Gen. Ward b. Burnett, presided. Speeches
were made 10y the President Mr.. Oak Smith,
Gen. Duff Green, Gen. Wheat and Green
of Texas. A series of resolutions pledging
aid to Walker and calling upon Government
to send Government vessels to San Juan, were
adopted-$l, 300 was subscribed. The St.
Nicholas Hotel would send by the steamer
of the oath, 100 bbls. Of bread, and the Me-
tropolitan Hotel, 5000 lbs. bacon to Walkers
men. Secretary Marcy is keeping a sharp
look out for fibustering.
The difficulty between Prussia and Switz-
erland appears to be windening. Prussia on
one side has suspended communication with
the Swiss Government, and the Federal
Council on the other have rejected the sug
gestion Of Napoleon for the release Of the
Neufchetal prisoners.
SELLING AccoUNTs IN PARls.-The fash
ionable clubs in Paris have recently been
thrown into some excitement by the publ
cation of the names Of the most nonular dan