The Placer herald., 1857-11-07
Atlantic Items.

LIBEL Sulr.-Webster Of Nicaragua Tran
sit grant notority has brought suit for
slander against r. F. Kirkpatrick and Syl
vauus NJ. Spencer. The defendents we're
committed to Jail in default Of procuring
$4,000 bail each.
MONUMENT TO GEN. SrEUBEN.-The Ger
man citizens Of Richmond, Va, held a
festival to raise means to aid in erecting
national monument in honor of Gen. Steu.
ben, of Revolutionary fame.
The Kansas Constitutional Convent ntion.
after appointing various committees, ad-
journed to meet again after the Territor-
ial election in October.
The proprietors of the Boston Courier
have received donations for Mrs. Patten,
the heroine Of the ship Neptune's Car,
amounting to $l399, which they have
paid over to the representatives of that
lady.
Canada is becoming sick of the free
negro population, Petitions are being for
warded to England to send them off to
some Of the English tropical Islands.
LOST IN HIS Own Conn F1ELD.-Mr. D.
s. Morrison, of Hot Spring County, Arkan-
sas, has very extensive field of corn, and
going into it, some days ago. it is said he
got bewildered and lost, and wandered
through the field for three days, subsisting
on green corn. He was found by his ne
groes on the fourth day.
ADVANTAGES OF GUANo.-James L. White,
one of the best farmers in Carolina, Va,
raised one hundred and two bushels of
wheat on two acres of ground. The soil
was regarded as poor, so Mr.. White ap-
piled 400 pounds of guano to the acre.
DISEASE AMONG THE TRoops FOR UTAn.-
Letters from officers in the Utah expedi-
ton state that the scuryy is prevailing to
al alarming extent among the troops, and
allege that as the cause of the numerous
desertions which have taken place recent
ly. Of three thousand cattle, which were
driven by the troops for supplies of beef
the Indians had run off one thousand
The prospects for the winter are gloomy
INCREASE OF THIRTY MILLIONS IN ONE
Georgia increased thirty millions Of dollars
last year! The State tax has, in conse-
quence. been reduced to eight cents on
one hundred dollars, or about one twelfth
of one per cent
GAS FROM PEAr-The first experiment
on this continent of lighting city with
gas made from peat was successfully tried
in Portland, Maine, last week. The light
it is stated, was clear and brilliant and few
OF the citizens were aware that coal was
not used as usual
NEWSPAPERS IN New IAMpsllIRE.-The
Manchester American gives list of news
papers published in New Hampshire. They
number forty-,hree, all of which are
wcekies, except three. Eighteen of the
political papers are Republican and twelve
Democratic.
The United States troops which have,
until recently, occupied a position in the
neighborhood of Lawrence, Kansas Ter
ritorv, have been withdrawn, it is said, 10y
order Of Gen. Harney, and will soon be
on their way to Utah. Their place will
be supplied 10y t;oops now concentrating
ut the same point from different sections
of the United States. Gen lIarney will
retain the command of this division of
the army.
CoND1rIoN OF THE MIssouRr-The Mis-
souri, River was never know to be in such
bad condition as this season; snags,
logs, sand hills and ravines are scattered
all along up, so much so that the largest
amount of sparrng, dragging and shifting
is called into requistion to get along.
Three cotton factories in Georgia have
closed. Cause aileged-high price of cot
toN.
The General Land Office has issued a
patent to the famous Pulgas Rancho, con-
tanning thirty-6ve thousand acres, imme-
diatey ON the Bay Of San Francisco.
The San Antonio Herald learns that a
regiment of Texas Rangers will be imme-
dateIy organized by Col. John P. Waters
of Nicaragua, Capt. VIM. r. Henry, of San
Antonio, and Col. Crawford, of Washing
ton county; concentrate at Galveston, from
which port they will embark to join Gen.
Walker in bis attempt to reinstate him
self as the rightful President OF the Mic
araguan Republic.
THE BIRD OF MERcY-V. G. Audubon
writes the N. Y. Herald, stating that the
singular bird which induced Capt Johnson,
OF the bark Ellen, to deviate from his
course, and was thereby the means of his
saving many lives from the wreck of the
Central America, is known as the frgate
pelican, and by sailors, as the manrofwa
bird.
A SLAYER had been captured off to the
eastward Of Cardenas. She proved to be
the American ship Mazeppa, and was said
to have on board 1900 slaves
The New York Mormon, the official Jour
nal Of Brigham Young in that city, an
pouncss the discontinuance of that paper,