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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-01-14

Statement of the amount of the Ireasurer's
account, as per Balance Sheet, Oct. IA,
1855:
Treasurer of Manistee Comfy
in account with Manistee Coun-
tv DR..
Oct. IA, 1856, To balance in
Treasury, March %, 1856, 1872 l3
Do. Receipts on account Of
fines, 48 90
Total, s 620 13
Oct. IA, 1856, Or. By amount
paid on accountof Contingent
Fund, s 103 20
Do. Building Fund, 500 90
By Balance in Treasury Oct.
IA, 1856, l6 S4
Total, $500 l3
Oct. IA, 1856, Building Fund
DR.. TO paid, since March %,
1856, s 500 90
Oct. IA, 1856, Cr By Balance
of March %, 1885, s 42S 80
Do. Amount advanced by Go.
Treasurer, II Gl
Total, $500 90
Oct. IA, 1856, Contingent
Fund, Dr. To Amount of Or
ders paid since March %, 1856, S1O3 20
Do. Balance, Oct. IA, 1856, 817
Total, Sill 46
Oct. IA, 1856, Or. By Balance
in Treasury, March %, 1856, Sill 46
Oct. IA, 1856, Library Fund
Dr. To Cash in Treasury, this
date, $51 90
Oct ID, 1856, Or. By Bal
ance Of March %, 1856, SO 90
Do Receipts of Fine Money,
since March %, 1856, 4S 90
Total, $500
Oct. Ia, 1855, Primary School
Fund DR.. To Cash on hand, $40 %
Oct. IA, 1856, Or. BY Balance
of March %, 1856, S29 2s
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-01-14

Annual Report of the Board Of Supervi-
sors of Manistee County-Receipts
and Expenditures Of the County Of
Manistee, during tile gear ending October
"a, 1856:
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-01-14

HENRY S. UDELL, Clerk.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
Abstract Of the Postmaster Genl. Report.

On the 18th of June, 1856, there were
25,565 post Offices being an increase OF 4 ,654
in four years.
On the 18th of June there were in opera
ton nearly 5000 mail routes, the total length
of which was estimated at 235,S42 miles,
costing sc, ,035, ,474. These mail routes were
divided as folows:-22, 1928 miles of railroad;
1851 of steamboat; 5O,453 coaches; and
nearly $4,000 inferior grades. The increase
during the last fiscal year was nearly 10000
miles OF railroad; 332 of steamboat; l $50 Of
coach, and $4,000 inferior grades. In Ne
braska and Kansas l0,23S miles were added
to the length Of the routes. Between the
lst Of July 1852, and the lst Of July, 1856,
the railroad ,eryice was increased l0177
miles, exhibiting the fact that within that
time, this description of service was more
than doubled. On the 1st of December, $50,
the length of the railroad routes had ncreas-
ed to 9 $40 miles The total cost for this
service, at that date, amounted to 50, ,403, 747.
The whole cost of the inland service on the
lst Of July, was $6,526,028.
The Postmaster General alludes to the
Panama Railroad Company selling on the
occasion of the withdrawal of the steamers
via Nicaragua, to force the Department to
pay what he considered an exorbitant price
across the lsthmus, and recommends regular
contracts with them, not exceeding $1,000
per annum, and contract not exceeding
$2OO,O0O per annum, via the Nicaragua or
Tehuantepec route, so as to give weekly
mail.
The California expenditures for the year
1856 were $lO,5002S6, and the gross reve-
nue., including annual appropriations for free
matter, S7,620,32l. The deficiency is $2,
$4,000.
lie recommends the abolition of the frank
ing privilege, and compulsory prepayment
on all transit printed matter; also, the repeal
Of the act of 1915, which gives the Posmas-
ter General discretionary power to make new
contracts for ocean steamship service. He
alludes to the fact-embracing the branch
from New Orleans to Havana-that there
are now four ocean steamship lines running
out Of New York, at an expense to Govern
ment of 81 ,49S,000 per annum and says that
there is no reason why one part Of the coun-
try should be preferred to the exclusion of
Others
Among other points it is stated that ne
gotiations are in progress with view to the
reduction of the British transit charge on
United States closed mails, and the rate Of
postage between the United States and Great
Britain to twelve cents single letter.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
Abstract of the Report Of the Secretary
War.

The authorized strength Of the army is now
1884 men. The actual strength at the
date of the returns, July 1st, 1856, was
1862. The number of enlistments made
during the twelve months ending Sept. 30th,
1856, was 4,14O. The number of offers re
fused on account of minority and unfitness
for service was 5,594. The number of casu-
alties during the same time was 6,696, of
which 1928 were by desertion.
All our Indian troubles in the West have
ceased, except with the Cheyennes.
The disposition of the troops is given IN
detail
1t is recommended to extinguish the pos
sessory rights of the Hudson Bay Company,
rs they owe no allegiance to our government,
and would be disposed to exercise a powerful
influence among the Indians against our peo-
pie if occasion required
A vigorous campaign has been projected
against the Florida Indians, Gen. Harvey
commanding the Military posts.
Much space is devoted to the consideration
of the present system of military posts on
the Western frontiers and a complete revolu-
ton of the whole system is urged. The ex-
penses at present are enormous, without any
corresponding benefit to the country oil
frontier.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
The Case of bred Scott.

Some Of the great political questions which
have agitated the country for several years
past, are now before the United States Su-
preme Court for decision. The case is that
of Dred Scott, a negro man, who claims his
''freedom' on the ground Of his master hay
ing taken him into the State Of Illinois. The
issues to be determined are substantially as
follows
l. Is free negro citizen of the United
States and entitled to sue in the federal
courts?
2. Can a slave avail himself of the fact of
having been carried into a free State if he
return voluntarily with his owner into a slave
State?
3. Was the Missouri Compromise a viola
ton of the Constitution?
Mr.. Montgomery Blair is the counsel for
the negro, while Reverdy Johnson and Sena-
tor Geyer are for the claimant. 1t is stated
as a remarkable fact, connected with this
case, that none of the renowned Abolition
agitators could be induced to take up the
case Of the 'poor negro" Mr.. Seward had
not time to prepare himself, Messrs. Hale,
Fessender and others made various excuses
indeed, not one would stir unless the dollars
were forthcoming. If the "French Spectators"
had wanted speech, Mr. Seward could, no
doubt, have prepared himself or had "the
higher law" needed defending, he would have
been on hand instanter.-Doy Book.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
December 9th. 1856.
CONSTABLE'S SALE.

HpY virtue of two executions issued by j. l.
HID Houston on two Judgments rendered by sad
Justice one on the 18th day of January, a. d. 1891,
in favor of Isaac p. LebO, for the sum ol forty
dollors. (S40) and costs of suit taxed at twenty
five dollars and fifty cents, ($25 50c) And the
other on the 18th day Of January A. p. 1867,
in favor of James Cook, for the sum Of fifty dol
lars, $500 and costs of suit taxed at thirty nine
dollars, $3.50 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 Fiddlcr's Green, on Saturday
The 7th day of February, A. D. 1857, at the hour
of II 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, priv
leges, apurtenances and immunities belonging
thereto arising therefrom. Also house +
building situated near by, on Rock Greek, togeth,
er with all the possessary right to the ground
upon which the said house or building stands, a
plle of talings from said Tunnel Mining Claim
Also pile eff Timber, and | will also sell one
tnlrd OF the Drift Dirt. or proceeds of one-third
ol 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,
Ierest on Side HILL located in the vicinity of said
lunnel Claim, or much Of the above described
property as may be sufficient to satisfy the above
demands, besides costs due and to become due
thereon.
NJ. p. ii. LOVE,
January 17th 1s56-3t. Constable.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24

The great number Of designations in the
army show the necessity for an increase of
pay. 1t evidences a policy injurious to pro-
fessional pride, while the hard service and
frontier stations of the officers require of
them sacrifices which no other officers of the
government are called upon to make. The
expense of living has been greatly augmented
and the pay is about the same as it was fifty
years ago. 1t is bad policy, the report con
tinues, to drive the active and intelligent
from the service which they adorn.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
NUMBER 20,

never fell The sad soldiers sorrow was
respected They left him to die in peace
here--enough punishment that the magnii-
cent drama of the Revolution was played
out, independent of one who had enacted SO
splendid part in the earliest acts.
These three old wooden houses are the
visible remains of three vigorous lives-in
them, to the musing eye, the spirit of Gates,
and Lee, and Stephen hover around them
still, speaking in every whisper of the pine
trees and the oaks-those ancient oaks of the
noble English looking "chase," which mur
mur yonder beneath the window-through
whose heightened vista appear the lone
mansion of Gen. Adam Stephen. Here,
within gunshot almost of each other, these
men of history repose-though not happily
we must conclude-after all their struggles.
The current of the Opequon, resonant in old
days with savage shouts, and dyed with blood
murmured by them, and perhaps spoke to
their minds of other days-typifying human
things which bud and flow, and change like
the skies of autumn yonder-thc gorgeous
leaves whose colors vary with each day.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
F. |. HOUSTON, J. 7
Notice to enforce Mechanics Lien.

District Court lM 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 27th 1855" 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 asa aRestau-
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. fail
ure to exhibit such proofs will be deemed wal
Yer Of such lien.
CROCKER ~ LANGDON.
dec IS, 1S56-4w. Att'ys for Plaintiff.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
THE OLD SEXTON.

We find the following old song in a late number
Of the New York Sunday Mercury We do not
know when we have heard Il more graphic effu
sion. 1t appeared originally, we believe, in one
of the leading papers of Boston:
Nigh to the grave that was newly made,
Leaned sexton old on his earth worn spade;
His work was done and he paused to wait
The funeral train through the open gate;
relic of by-gone days was he,
And his locks were white as the foamy sea
And those words came from his lips so thin
Il gather them in. gather them I'M"
II gather them in for, man and boy,
Year after year of grief and joy
I've bulded the houses that lie around
In every nook of this burial ground.
Mother and daughter, father and son,
Come TO my solitude, one by one
But come they strangers, or come they kim
Il gather them in! gather them n'
"Many are with me, but still I'm alone"
/ am king of the dead--and / make my throne
On monument slab of marble cold,
And my sceptre Of rule is the spade hold
Come they from cottage come they from hall
Mankind are my subjects, all, all, all!
Let them oiter in pleasure, or toilfully spin,
II gather them in. gather them in.
II gather them in-and their final rest,
Is here, down here in the earth's dark breast
And the sexton ceased-for the funaral train
Wound mutely over that solemn plain;
And | said to my heart-when time is told,
A mghtier voice than the sections old
viii sound DER the last trump's dreadful din
Il gather them in! gather them in!''
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24

THE GAMBLIYG AcT.-The Sacramento
Union of the Sth inst, contains full report
Of the decision Of Chief Justice Murray in the
case of the People VS.. Markham, for dealing
a banking game of cards. The Judge decid-
ed that under the 46Oth section Of the Criml-
nal Practice Act, persons fined for the crime
of Gambling contrary to law, could be i'm
prisoned upon the non-payment of the fine.
In regard to this point in the case, the Judge
said:-
'sThe law has fixed the fine, viz ten days
for each one hundred dollars, and, as it does
not yet appear that the prisoner has been in
custody for ten days, he must be remanded
until the payment Of the fine, or the explra-
ton of that term"
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
o.
81 MI MONS,

The People Of tie State Of California to ID
Welch.
VOU are hereby summoned to appear before me
i at my Office in Auburn Placer county, on the
18th day Of January, a. d, 1851, at 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 30th day of Decem-
ber 1856. f. |. HOUSTON
Justice of the Peace TIP. No. 3.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24

CuURcu ABANDoNEp.-The German Catho
lies Of Boston, have been obliged, owing to
the emigration of large number of their
body to the Western States, to abandon the
Church which they had in course of erection
at the corner of Canton and fremont streets.
The foundation and ground floor have been
aid-which with the land, has already cost
O,0OO-and if the church had been COM
pleted according to the plan, it would have
been the most beautiful ediice Of the kind
in the city. AS it is, the property is to be
sold in few weeks for the benefit of those
whom it may concern.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24

SUCCEssoE TO GEN. CAss.-Ihere are no
less than Mirty-nine candidates for u. S.
Senator in Michigan, in place Of Gen. Cass.
The Black Republicans always have more
trouble after they get into power than before.
SLAVE INsuRREc1IoN.-Gre excitement
has been caused in Florida, Kentucky, Mary
land, Virginia and Louisiana, on account of
supposed nsurrecton of the slave popula-
ton A number of slaves were executed
and the fears were about blown over.
''The British Empire Sir" exclaimed
John Bull to a Jonathan, sis one on which the
sun never sets" "And one" replied Jona-
than, ''in which the tax-gatherer never goes
to bed"
Supposng the sea to have a mean depth
of 900 feet, it has been calculated that the
amount of common salt it would contain,
would be equal in extent to five times the
mass Of the Al ps.
VOTE OF MISSISSIPPI AT THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELEcroN.-1he majority for Buchanan and
breckenridge in the State Of Mississippi, is
11,175.
"What time is it, TomG' 'Just time to
pay that little account you owe me-" "Oh,
indeed Well, didn't think it was half SO
late'
The public debt of the United States
amounts to $50, 100000 all which might be
paid within the present year without embar-
rassing the public service.
A wolf trap has been patented, which
catches the animal, opens its mouth and fires
two pistols down its throat just so sure as it
attempts to remove the bait.
The amount of banking capital employed
in New York city is about $53 3,O47 900; in
New Orleans slO,30o,0o0; in Tennessee,
$l1 100000
Among the recent deaths in Baltimore
was that of James Bankhead, Colonel of the
Cd Regiment of Artillery; U. s. A., and
brevet Brgadier General.
There are about 10000 Indians in Cal
ifornia, according to official estimates, TO-
900 of whom are located upon the different
Reserves.
There is a place in Africa where people
exists without water using instead the milk
of goats and cows, the animals deriving their
fluids from a kind of ice plant that abounds
in the vicinity.
There is man in New Orleans with
whom the ''two thirds rule" is such favor
ite measure that whenever himself and wife
have three eggs for breakfast, he invariably
chooses two of them.
&c. is very close" it was observed, "he
will squabble about q farthing" SWELL"
remarked W., Il have always thought the
less one squabbles about the better"
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
Mrs. Harman, In Justice Houston's Court
os. Township No. 3, Placer county
d. WeLch. J California

1t appearing to my satisfaction, by the affida-
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-officc, directed to the said Defendant
at his last known residence, and that the same
shall be considered complete service upon said
Defendant.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
The saving that there's nothing to be &C

The saying that there's nothing to be got
by cheating" came from the fact that man
once passed away a bad cent for a handful
of chestnuts which proved to be rotten.
"a place for everything and everything
in its place" said an old lady, when she
slowed the broom, bellows, balls of yarn,
cards, caps currycomb, three cats and grid
iron into an old oven.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24

PoLrIcAL GRArIrUDE.-The Democratic
party of North eastern Virginia have pre-
sented to the editor of the Wheeling Argus
the sum of thousand dollars, cash, to enable
him to purchase new types and increase the
efficiency of his paper. They also presented
the eector for that district, Hon. Sherrard
Clemens, with a magnificent suit of clothes,
hat, boots, and all the requisites of gen
teman's complete costume.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
The Report Of the Secretary of the Trea-
SurV

The report of the Secretary of the Treasury
is quite volumnious, and recapituates much
Of the material suggestions submitted to Con
gress at the last session. owing to the failure
of Legislation on them. 1t will embrace
valuable information, never heretofore com
municated in the same shape, including among
other matters the operations of capital, stock,
bonds and Indebtedness of Railroad Com
panies in the United States.
The information under this head is quite
perfect from half the States, and approximate
ly so from the others, where the corporations
refused to give the desired information, thus
subjecting themselves to suspicious that
might not otherwise have been excited.
The deficiency in the Post Office Depart
ment for this fiscal year, is about 50, 1000
or something more than 100000 over last
year. Its operations have been greatly ex-
tended, and the facilities largely increased.
A single fact in this connection, furnishes
a gratifying fact in the growth Of the coun-
try. During the last four years there have
been added to the post office service some
10000 miles of railroad, being as much as
had been brought into requsition in the pre-
ceding ten years.-Phiiadd. ". Americon.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24

While all our exchanges says the Placer
yUle American, are complaining of dull times
throughout the country, and the general
scarcity of money in circulation, we are re-
joiced to witness on every hand hereabouts
the evidences Of returning prosperity to our
unfortunate inland city.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24

SALT LAKE.-Desert papers to the Sd of
December have been received. Jedediah NJ.
Grant. leading man among the Mormons
died December ist. The last hand cart
company of the season, arrived on the 30th
of November having Suffered considerably
from storms and cold weather. The Legis-
ture was to assemble early last month
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
CO-PARTNERSHIP.

NHE undersgned have formed a Co-Partner
= 4 ship, for the purpose of conducting a Bank
ing and Gold Dust Business, at Auburn and Todd S
ssaley Placer county, under the style and firm
OF Hall and Allen
EDWD. M. HALL.
BENZ. c. ALLEN.
Auburn, January 9th, 1s57.-4t
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
DISSOLUTION.

NY mutual consent the copartnershp hereto
- = lore existing between the undersigned was
dissolved on the 2nd of January, 1857. James X.
Evans is authorized to settle all the business of
the firm
JAS X. EVANS,
w. Y. REDDEN.
Jan. 10th, lS57.-3t
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
State of California, County Of Placer, S!

State OF California, county OF RACER, SS.
District Court, IeUenh Jndiciei District.
The People of the State of California, to Robert
Jackson, Greetings
UOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to nnswer
\ 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 of fservce. Wherein they pray judgment against
YOU for the sum of S36l l2Rc for materials and
work and labor, furnished in the construction Of a
certain house described in complaint,) for you.
and for an 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 whereofI, a. S. Grant, Clerk
ISL of the Eleventh Judicial District Court
|--) aforesaid, do hcreunto set my hand and
impress the Seal of said Court, at office in Auburn
4hs 21st day of June, a. ID. 1856.
A. S. GRANT, Clerk.
By VIM. II. Martin, Deputy.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
County Judge of Placer coun
Notice of Application for Pardon.

TO Hon James T.. Hafe. PreSldtRG JUdge Of the
Court Of Sessions Of Placer county, C0k:
SIR: Please take notice that under the pro
visions of act Of the Legislature of this State
entitled ''An Act prescribing the mode OF apply
ing for pardons. passed May 49, 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 years
Imprisonment in the county Jail.
JAMES ONEILL.
December 9th. 1856.
Acknowledge service hereof this 9th day Of
December, A. d. 1856 }. E. HALE,
County Judge Placer County, Cal.
STATE of CALIFORNIA. COUNTY of PLACER
L, Alfred S. Grant. Clerk of the Court of Ses-
sions in and for said county, do hereby certify that
The foregoing is true copy of notice OF applca-
ton for pardon Of Thomas Butllill, and this day
filed in my office, and that the endorsements here
in are true copies Of the endorsements upon said
notice.
this Hi;' i ''y 2; e.: &; ;;' seat
By +. b. Higgins Deputy.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
TERMS:

Subscriptions invariably In advance. For one
year, 5000; six months $500; three months $3.50;
one month 81 90; single copies, twenty five cents.
The Placer herald., 1857-01-24
4. S. GRANT, Clerk.
By VIM. II. Martin, Deputy.

1T appearing to me from the affidavit of Wm.
r. Henson. Sherlfof said county that the defend
ant ia the above cause, Robert Jackson, cannot
be found after diigent 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, 1886.
J. f. HALE,
County Judge of Placer county.