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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-12
TO ERIC H Am T S

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Lady friends notice that,
ON 18TH OF SEPTEMBER,
will open stock of Bonnets and MIln ~ Goods un-
surpassed beauty, n"vey Of desgn sNes and mate
lIal Al retail esb hment in he world; not excepting
Pans prices fully 40 pc cent. lower
ave jut received beautiful aTty Head dres es
snd rich Flowers of the latest designs and he largest STOCK
OF blooms ever opened IN Nashville. CONSISTING as lo
lows:
100 Pieces Of Ribbons every sUd beautiful style:
$40 cantOns Paris Flowers, for BOnBss Bantys, NC;
so do Rich MauabOn and Ostrich plumes new designs;
20 Of ich aud medium price cOlOred u ups and
plain Straw;
10 casg Co ored Leghorn Flats, Misses Gipseys, Plain
StrRws,6c
25u boxes Rush caps and n usions
Our stock OF Fancy bonnets viii surpass anythT we
have dispayed at cur previous openings arg stock Of
'smas and c!oaks, latest shapes, at halt the price oil
any ID the city collars and LaCes very large stock;
I'm bToidrTes Needle ok Goods endless variety 200
Hoped every des gu; vii large stock
Fancy and Ornamental goods consisting OF nne Chobas
combs, style BOuneI mO anu Gumelas lie Head
article, Extrats,a superior article al so cents
prices good ock Of NOeR Goods for chHdTen- ! al
mas Jackets. Ms egings. Hose yle, Rsoslts Tor
and nty; La lies Worked and Fancy Dress caps
MohaIr and silk Fancy addresses, theme vel
ard Biul, large stock Of Cheuiels.
Now ladies it is give description Of the entire
stock, for ~ require personal attention 10 exam ne
great dspa goods selected with 10 years experience
at Nashville suit The astiiuUs. FaIeTiDg ms sell
should know how TO nlsa.e by this tm-.
The great increase business this year has fully eab
lhed haeT ourselves pie sag and selling OBS
low. Il viii ndeayOr satisfaction
air dealing. punc'uaiy, and deception regards
the latest ely le, having nj a. P- and ndon to
keep pssd We profess TO show th latest f. mons as
The in Europe Trust 10 receive the same lib
patronage received years past Nsr
chanls and MReTs supplied with small DILL of goods as
low purchs sing east Of ta.s city.
IT BOnnes done superior sly lie at Partisan Millinery
Bsz arr. Il. " Use, agent
sep 3 No. &c, Union street, door to State Bank
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-12
h. A. Enhne.tnck,s Nermifnge.

B. A. Fahne-tOCk'S NeTmiiuge.
Regular practitioners make exception 10 favor OF lhls
Vermifuge aud only g. preference to their own
PIE pa atoms give their voluntary testimony IN its favor
Ihc following from PHI seian OF high character, in l
nUls.
Su,wNErowv, III, June 4th, 1888.
-Ucsgrs. b. 4. FdlHEstoa. g. Co
tTKNF. FurN:-i have used B a. FauUestOc6's Nerml-
fuge IN the pracce Medicine This aud The Soutdern
States for years, aud commend as THs
medicine for purpose which u intended bring
g al one tom small girl, Of say ten wears Of age,
ONE HUNDEED AND SEWN fF-NlNE WORMS. As a
uruggf town, have sold great quantity and
invariably given satisfaction. in c. b Is the only
1gorm medicine nov called Tor. H. STMES, %.
sold wholesale and rel AND bv all The principal drug
gs country throughout me United States
sept 9-Im
Havana CigaTs.-NR. tDHUR Please tell your
readers opening large and well selected lot OF I'm
ported Havana Segars lust such rarely reach this mar
ket We have also very large stock O." German and DO
mestic Segus, Virgins Chewing and fine ut Smoking
Tobacco Turkish do, Pipes, Garrett SNUFF and indeed all
articles usually Sept rsJ class ,zuSrs Tobacco esao
hsbmen;, aud you TO say big capitals WE SUI
PER NO HOUSE To TNDERSELL Us.
J. W. LANGLEY d CO.,
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PROCLAMATION

A NDREV JOHNSON, Governor Of ia PA
n tha STATE of Tenne all Who sssisssS4 -
shall see these pressnt~-6rseung; sStLSssszS
Whereas it has been made kUovn to ne mat cIrtala
Holm n ZEN chirE-d WIKI having committed iou' ana
sfyi ms Murder on me Jay June 1857, upon TIC body O
NICAIAH lTLEY late Of our co MY OF "lliamsohhas
ia from usti o nd Is row runDtr 6 at large.
Nov re, Andrew .hU>OH, Ivvernora sl0res1ld
h. virtue Of the power and ko in me vested GO hefeo
"a, Teward Of Two hundred Dollars, to any person or
Who NAV approhpnd he said Dn D en- ana De
b,er hin, N he Shef Jai"r Of co1 " VIM am
nv ~ i, mai Justice in that behalf may be had and ex
etuled. .,. .-o.r 7 have bsDsurt, act
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We nra authorized To announce, WILkIAM McGHHsoR,
Of McMinnviie candidate for Comptroller Of thesae-
sep 4-tes
We are authorised snnaube HbsH FRA scIs. Of VIM
chester candidate for Comptroller o. The STATE aug 29tes
We are Authorised to announce esr JANIS T. DuNP of
Pans candidate for State Comptroller. aug este
we are authorized to snnounce GRoReR R. MrCLELLAE,
Of sullivan County, candidate or Comptroller sug2Ite
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-12

lEyEys& nv hand and taussd the Great seal Of the
IS fsSs IA state - BE- atFxd Nashville, on the lOth
liz 4tSs-ssf day CT August 1857 - 1890
By the Governor:
IN w ANTON Secretary Of tate.
DESCRIPTION
Sd Oven "a about 30 years Of age, feet or 10 inches
- 6i1n weighs sbsu rs and well formed lie Is
- srt on daFS complexion and dark hair, and has
& bss,d Ttis presumed no gone In the direction Of
-, re- nas,ss o, alabama. iaug llW4J
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
The Pennsylvania Senatorial Election.

The election in the above named State on the
4th day of November last, clearly indicated the
desire of the people for the reign of democratic
policy in our National Administration. The pop
ular vote was with the democracy and the Legis-
]ature. as elected by the people, was politically
divided Democrats 6S, Republicans and Amer-
cans Ga; and when the balloting came off there
was one of the Republicans absent from sickness
yet Simon Cameron, the Republican candidate,
was elected.
Considering all these facts, it is clear that the
good people of the old Keystone have had a spec
linen of California political swindling. Three
brave! and hOnesH democrats went over to the
enemy, and the people were cheated Four know
nothings voted for him, who two years ago when
he was a candidate for the same position, and the
nominee of the opposition caucus, bolted him and
denounced him ''as man whose whole history is
but the history of an intrigue" only remembered
by the democratic party to which he once belong
ed, "because of his treachery," and "an old party
hack" in whom "tbere was not character to i'm
pose upon credulity itself"
Vermin that crawl into such positions by such
means, and leaving Shiny track to mark their
ascent to position, cannot have much respect from
those high toned honorable men composing that
heretofore dignifed body-the United States SEN
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
THE PLACER HERALD
Hon A. P. X. Stafford.

We find in the Placervile American of the l4th
inst. the following tribute to a worthy member
from Placer county. 1t is not the fulsome adula-
tion of an over jealous friend, but as it were,
praise extcrted by noble bearing, from an oppo-
nent, and therefore the more tattering to the
friends of the gentleman
"The independence which manifested by
Mr.. Stafford, in the presentation of resolution in
the House of Representatives, censuring James
NJ Estill for having transcended and abused the
prvilege which the House had granted him, is
worthy of all praise 1t is notorious that Mr.. Es-
tell etaiIed such things, and in such language
was only suited to brothel and utterly unbe-
coming the place in which it was uttered. 1t dis
praced the author Of it, and the House was imp-
Gated in his disgrace by having listened to his un-
precedented TRADE of vtuperation. The moral
courage displayed by Mr.. Stafford in his effort to
wine off the reproach from the House, and place
the whole stigma upon Mr.. Estell himself, tho a
failure does not in the least, detract from the
merit of his motion. He fearessly "bearded the
lion in his den and had his effort been successful
st would have been marked progress in putting
down the monster of political inquties. If the
democratic party expect te remain in the ascen-
dant they must discard James NJ. Estel. and cast
him off, though he should endeavor to adhere to
it with as much tenacity as the Old Man of the
Sea did to the shoulders of Sinbad. The constit-
uency of Mr.. Stafford is ably, faithfully and hon
estly represented, and if all our representatives
were to take the same high moral stand and ex-
ercse the same fearless independence which he
did, our body polite would soon present a differ
ent phase"
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

HIGHwAYMEN AGAIN-The Stockton
stage was stopped on the morning of the
18th at 3 O'clock at Cherokee Camp, about
two miles from Angels Camp, in Calaveras
County, and robbed of both Express treasure
boxes, containing $4,000 in gold dust
Wells, Fargo e. Co. of $4,000, and Pacific
Express Co. of $4,000. The robbery was
committed by three men, one on horseback
and two on foot. There was but one passcn
ger in the stage at the time, and it was near
pitch dark.
The robbers have been caught and money
all recovered.
They proved to be some honest miners
who lived by the road side.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

DISTINGUISHED HoNoR.-James Kenno-
van the pedestrian, was presented by his
numerous admirers" at Sonora, with a gold
medal, in the form of a shield, after his per-
romance of walking hundred hours. They
must be hard up for subject of "testimon-
ials" in Sonora.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

OBERpEENER.-Always up to time, often
ahead Of the Express, comes this bully
newsman and Book vendor, with rich offer
erings to the genius Of the tripod.
On the arrival Of the Stephens be was on
hand with all the valuable Eastern weekly
papers, also Harpers monthly Magazine, the
Yankee Notions, and the Tribune Almanac
for 1857.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
Revelations of a Horse Thief.

A person named VIM. Sheridan, says
the Oroville Record in the Court of Ses
sions, on Thursday, plead guilty to the charge
of grand larceny. He stole horse from
Messrs Deamer & Bordwell of that place
in December last and was traced to Grass
Valley Nevada county, where he was ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff Mclaughlin, and
brought back. lie was induced to take the
horse from here by one Charley Hardy,
who pointed out the house and barn, and
stood gaurd for him, he never having seen
the place until it was shown him by Hardy.
Hardy was to meet him at Placerville with
another horse, when they intended going to
Salt lake, and from thence to the Atlantic
States in the coming spring.
lie came to California in 1913, IN Com
pany F. Third Artillery. and after his dis
charge, served as a volunteer, in Captain
Bowlin's Co. during the Indian troubles of
81. Followed mining until '54, when he
was arrested for grand larcency, at Mokel-
umne Hill, Caaveras county, and sentenced
to State Prison for term of two years,
eighteen months of which he served out, and
then effected his escape while the Prison
was under the management of Estell, then
when it was under the management of
the State Directors, and that the prisoners
had better fare, After his escape, he went
south, and at Sonora, became associated
with gang of horse thieves. There was
also an organized band of horse thieves at
Grass Valley, which has been broken up by
the arrest of Jim Webster, now in the
Marysvile jail Webster had just been con-
victed of grand arcency in Yuba county.
Sheridan says Webster is an escaped con
vict, aud was known in prison as Rattlesnake
Dick.
This organized band of horse thieves ex-
tends throughout the State, with agencies
for selling stolen horses at Jackson, Sonora
and Shasta. Tom Edwards was their agent
in Sonora, and Jack Boylo in Jackson
He was unacquanted with the agents name
in Shasta as he had never been at that
place; but says that Frank Stone and Bob
O'Neil, of Shasta are connected with the
band. lie says there are more thieves at
the present time in the State than ever, and
that nearly every town contains an organ
lied band IL states that there is an estab-
lishment near Auburn, Placer county, where
he assures us was exceedingly well execnted
and calculated to deceive the most expert
enced money changers.
When he first came to Oroville, he recog-
nized about fifty old offenders, with whom
he was formerly acquainted He says they
extend from Oroville, to Spanishtown and
Wyandotte. When he entered Smiths
gambling house in OroviIc, and glanced at
the crowd there assembled, he really con
sdered himself in the "den of forty thieves
They had congregated here from every por-
ton of the State.
Some time in December, plan was laid
by these scoundrels, to fire Oroville and
plunder the town, but that it was postponed
until next spring, when the miners would
be at work in the immediate vicinity, and
money much more plenty. lie was so in
formed by person called "Dublin Jack"
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
January 3Ist. lS57,-H
Residence for Sale or to Let.

Y1lIE undersigned offers for Sale or Rent his re-
i sdcnce, situated on Court House Hill, in the
town of Auburn, next adjoining the Office of the
Bear River Company and within two doors of
the Court House. The location is tic most pleas
ant and degirable in the town. The house is large
conveniently situated, and built in the most sub
stantiai manner. The grounds in front and rear
are extensive, and an abundant and constant sup
ply of good water is conducted in pipes to the
building. The said premises present the peculiar
advantages of proximity to the town-rcmoved
from noise and dust and protection from fire =
having passed unscathcd through the burning of
Auburn in 1855. Said property will be sold ex-
trcmey low. Apply to III. FITZSIMMONS.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
Positively Selling off at Cost.

Positively Selling off at Cost.
TENHE UNDERSIGNED, being determined to
l. close out their business, will sell their entire
stock of goods, consisting of Clothing, Boots and
Shoes. Hats Caps, NC, at cost prices, at the Head
Quarters Clothing Store, on Main Street, opposite
the American Hotel.
They will also sell their new FireproOf Brick
Building. situated on the corner of Main and Com
mcrcial streets The attention of the public are
respectfully called to the above. bargain can
be had by applying carly.
A. q |. DAVIDSON.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

MORE TERRITORY are rife that
Mr. Forsyth, our Minister at Mexico, has
treated for the purchase of Sonora, the ter
sitory of Lower California, and a part of
Chihuahua, for the sum Of fifteen millions OF
dollars. Some have it that the territory OF
Mexico down to the Tehuantepec trapsit
route is simply pledged, for the repayment OF
loan Of that SUM by us to the Mexican
Republic, but we don't believe Uncle Sam
cares to do banking business.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

The Metropolitan Theatrical Company
played at Holmes Hall in this place, on
Monday and Tuesday evenings last, drawing
respectable houses.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
The "windows of Heaven" we're opened the

The "windows of Heaven" were opened the
evening of the 18th, and kept up for three
or four days. Every ravine and guch be-
came torrent, but no damage was done in
this county that we have heard Of Not so
with our neighbors as the subjoined tele-
graph reports will show.
Ravages of the Flood at Nevada Great
Destruction Of Property Upwards
of 5000
NEVADA, Feb. l7th-ll Pm.
On Sunday morning, reservoir on Deer
Creek, miles above town, covering $50
acres of ground, under contract bv Messrs.
Moore & Foss, for Amos f. Laird. of Nevada
but not finished, gave away, and at twenty
minutes past A. NJ, flood reached the
town, Carrying destruction in its path-miners
cabins and drift wood came down like an
avalanche, leaving not vestige of Main
street, Broad street, and the old bridge,
and wrecking the Spring street bridge so as
to be impassabe The latter bridge is
some 80 or 40 feet above low water mark
Drift coming in contact with the Pacific
Hotel, carried half of it away leaving the
rest perfect Boswell & Hanson's provision,
store, with contents, was swept away, the
occupants barely escaping with their lives.
They were even unable to save 81 1000, un-
der one of their heads. Four other buildings
in town were also carried away. Every
mill, of all kinds situated on the creek be-
low here, was entirely destroyed. Heavy
castings Of quartz mills, weighing tons, were
carried hundreds of yards down the stream.
The losses so far as have been able to
ascertain are about as follows
Moore e. Foss Cons of Reservoir $4,000
Boswell Il Hanson, store and stock $4,000
Rogers & Co., saw mill 1000
S. w. Crush Pacific Hotel 5000
Gold Tunnel Quartz Mill 1000
Ely q Co., feed store 900
Waite e. Co., blacksmiths l,SOO
Two other houses in Nevada 1900
Wyoming Quartz Mill 1900
Nevada Bridges 5000
And other property make total at
least 100000 to $4,000
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

Wells Fargo a. Co., continue as of old to
to furnish as with the Sacramento Daily
Union."-the only paper Of that name pub
lished in the world. And our regular files.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

COURT OF SEss1oNs.-The doings of this
Court have had but little to interestthe pub
TIC during the current week, until the case
OF the People VS.. Jack Philips was taken
hp. As the case is not concluded, and, the
examination elicit facts of interest we will
give detailed account of the trial in opr
next issne.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
w. F. N0RCR0SS,
WATCH MAKER
AND
Manufacturing Jeweler,
(SIGN OF THE MAMMOTH WATCH)
Main Street, Auburn, California.

~ Watches of every description carefully re-
paired and warrcnted Also, all kinds OF Cali
forna Jew clry made to order Jan 3lmy
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
UNION LIVERY STABLE.

BAR,NEY & WOODY, PROPRIETORS.
Corner of East and Sacramento Streets, Auburn
TlIIE proprietors have recently erected
l. large and commodious stable on the E9&l
site of the cold Crescent City Hotel" XIV
where they keep constansly on hand superior hor-
ses for hire. N.o-l.ood care and attention paid
to horses left on livery at their stable. scptl5my
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

The Pacific Express has our thanks for
divers and sundry favors, too numerous to
mention.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

The Noisy Courier, San Francisco, fur
nished us with full files of the New York,
Daily Herald and Tribune per last steamer
which fact improves their reputation, in our
estimation, of that enterprising News De-
pot
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
THE undersigned give notice that they intend
l. to organize company to be called the Mich
igan Bluff Turnpike Road Company. for the con
struction of turnpike road, near the house Of
o. W. Himrod northerly of Michigan Bluffs
Township No. 6, Placer County, and extending
thence through Birds Valley and across the Vol
cano Canon through Sarahsvile, to point on the
wagon road near the Forest shade, said county
and that they will meet at Michigan Bluffs, at the
house of E. Fndley, on the evening of the 4th OF
March, A. d. 1857, for etfecting preliminary or
ganization of the company
Il. FINDLEY,
j. N FINDLEY.
j. w. FINDLEY,
d. S. KIRNSEY,
p. SIMPSON,
W. II. KIRNSEY,
JAS. MCCORMICK,
WILLIAM CRISTY,
f2lIt GEORGE LEST
c.. w. LANGDON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
oFFICE-NEAR THE TEMPLE,
AUBURN, GIL.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21

The Indians on Pitt river have been at
their violence again, committing murders and
destroying property. Two ferry's were des-
troyed and four men murdered about Christ
mas, and the fends were still upon the war
path. If the whites get after them, some
BODY will have to suffer.
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, /

STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
COUNTY OF PLACER.
County Court Nm. George ps His Creditors.
IN the matter of the application Of William
Il George, an Insolvent Debtor to be discharged
from his debts Pursuant to ap ORDER the Hon.
James Il. Hale, Judge of the County Court afore-
said, notice is hereby given to the creditors OF
said insolvent to be and appear before the said
Judge, in open Court. at the Court House in the
town of Auburn. on che Sd day Qi March A. b.
1857 at the hour of 10 o'clock A. H. to show cause,
{ any they can, why the prayer of said William
George sbOuld not he granted.
BY order of the Hon. James y, Hale, Judge of
the County Court aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, hereunto set my band
,(---) and alix the seal of said Court, at office
us. in the town of Auburn, this 24th day
(--t of January, 1851.
a. S. CIR ANT, Clerk,
BY B. i. HIGGINS, Deputy.
Jan. 3lst--5t
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
He that Asks Equity Must Practice it.

Our neghbor of the Placer Press in re-
porting upon the action of the Board of Su-
pervisors, in computing our county indebted
ness at S79,o2S 20, on the first day of jan
1857, INDUCES in the following comment:
GAS the Board are, with one exception, dyed in
the wool Democrats and the election campaign
is over, we presume there can be no doubt of the
correctness of the report. We call particular at
tenton to the report, not only as matter of in
teresting general information, but as vndca-
ton of our statements made during the canvass
which were so broadly cOntradicted by our oppo-
nents. Compare it with the famous schedule pub
lished in the Herald. whcn solemnly declared the
debt to exceed Sl26,OOO"
In our issue of the 9th of September last
we spoke of the liabilities of this county,
made up Of warrants already drawn upon the
Treasury, and the interest thereon, also the
unaudted Indebtedness as amounting to about
one hundred thousand dollars. 1t was de
MED and we were defed to show the facts.
In our issue Of the 18th of October, we par
ticuarized as we'll as we could from the au-
horities at hand making the debt S126, 900.
In this report there was an error, and the
following week we corrected it, bringing the
amount down to about the former sum-
Between that time and the 1st of January
it is to be presumed some of this indebted
ness was paid off, as it was the season for
collecting the taxes, and yet on the 1st of
January the debt is $4,000.
1t is possible we may have unintentionaly
over estimated our liabilities, but when we
found that the Board of Supervisors were
not inclined to throw any light upon the
subject, we most religiously believed in the
general correctness of our premises, and in
deed the Press has as yet brought nothing
forward which materially shakes our faith.
We are not able to discover in the facts, a
vindicaton of the editors position upon that
question, and we submit if it is fair dealing
after ''the election campaign is over," or be-
fore its close to insist upon statements OF
ours unintentionally erroneous, and which
we corrected as soon as discovered
The Placer herald., 1857-02-21
WELLS, FARGO g. co.'s
b Y p r ESS
COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES
ROBERT GORDON

ROBERT GORDON
TAKES THIS METHOD of notifying HfA
l. his friends and the public generally. &zksN
that he can still be tpund at his old stand. on the
corner of Main and Commercial streets. with
full assortment of all the necessary articles for
Mining, Farming, Hotel and Family use
HIS EAR
Is ALWAYS WELL SUPPLIED WITH THE CHOICEST
Liquors, Cigars, sc.
And his goods, which he warrants of a superior
quality he is determined to sell at the lowest CASH
PRICEs-and delivers free of charge.
N. N.B.-ORDERS from distance promptly at
tended to.