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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-07-25
STEAMBOATS,.
REGULAR LOUISVILLE AND
.' MEMPHIS PACKET.

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aoep 2 n n9 ssRs aSwn np Ess"1ye every
saturday at Il o'clock, N. wi make regular weekly
pnps sgs ss1 sssp Ss%pes sma
Northrner Is unsurpassed for spee comfort and Safe
mail steamers Jac,h Su,ier and Telegraph No. 3,
for Cincinnati. and by Railroad thence to all Eastern
cities
Passengers going East ny taking through tickets on
This stamer will save time expense and sOto ~ hours
Connects 1T Memphis with the splendFl line of New
Wrle.nS and Memphis peckets ant the Nspolson & at
land and Tennessee River packets; at Cairo with the
ST. Louis packe-s. apse
LOUISVILLE AND HENDERSON PACKET
sT.~EsM
n fcSLsfA \ ~ SULLIVAN, will run
G. rssu% aSa sSsr.on Rsssss sstyssn rsss
ing Evansville FRIDAY and TUESDAY afternoons.
ap3i
-s-Fa74 WABASH RIVER PACKET.
KITE TIE !sRchF4; !fai fisFsNfi F. ''eaT:t + De!
regular pacse between Evansville and the different
For freight or passage apply on board. febl0
GREEN RIVER PACKET.
R-ysZss1 Roberts, having heen Just I'm
Aished with all the latest i'm.
provements, OF 300 tons capacity, fast and very light
draueht, will ply regularly in the ABOVE trade, for
which she built expressly, and solcits liberal
share Of pahic patronage. For freight passage APP
ply on board. lnhs
LOUISVILLE AND EvANsvILLE REGU.
LAR Jacket.
fCILsSk Il THE well known and fast
s45z--FsSEsSl | steamboat W. A. EAvES, Capt.
sF.k=zhD Duncan. has rc-eneIel the
trade for the season. AMI will Continue regular
trips. The accommodations for pass 81 gers of a
superior order. For freight passage apply hoard
Leaves Louisville every Monday and THURSDAY at
O'Clock. 2. m, and returning, leaves Evansville
every Tuesday and Friday at O'Clock, p. IN.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24
County Boundaries.

In many of the Reports Of County AS
SCISSORS for the current year, complaint is
made Of the Indebtedness Of county boun-
diaries, by reason of which many persons
escape taxation entirely. Living near coun-
ty lines that are not clearly y defined, when
visited by an Assessor, they claim resi-
dence in the county of which he is not an
offer. This evil has gone on from year
to year in some counties, the same parties
always escaping and annually Assessors
have pointed out the wrong, and suggested
the necessity of the State Government aft
ording the remedy. But no action has been
taken in that quarter, and there is no
present hope that the State will incur this
expense.
In Placer the same uncertainty exists as
to the correct boundaries between this and
Sutter county on the north west, and Sacra-
mento on the south, and we have it from
authority deemed reliable, that annually an
amount of property escapes or pays tax
es in the counties last named, that should
come to Placer, that would pay for survey
ing and clearly defining these boundaries.
This state Of things has existed for years,
and as yet no move has been made to cor
rect it. In waiting for the State to do
the work reliance is misplaced. Years
may yet intervene before the State fnan-
ces will admit Of an expense SO great as
the surveying the lines Of all the counties
and meanwhile much property will 60 un-
taxed. 1t would be to the interests Of the
counties to do the work OF their own ac-
count; and we suggest to the Board OF
Supervisors of Placer County, at their next
session to adopt measures to have the lines
properly surveyed between Placer and Sutter,
and Placer and Sacramento, before our
County Assessor commences the assessment
Of 1858. The Supervisors Of Sacramento
and Sutter should be requested to cooper
ate in the work, but should they neglect to
do SO, rather than fail in the business, we
believe it would be to the interest of our
county to incur the whole expense.
This matter has been long neglected, and
to the injury of our county finances; and it
is to be hoped the Supervisors will feel
sufficiently the Importance Of doing some
thing in the premises.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24
Auburn, October 2lst, 1s57.-3t

SHER1FF'S SALE.-By virtue Of an orde.
~ of sale and judgment decree to me drec'ea
and delivered, on the 22d day of October, A. v"
1857, issued out of the Honorable District Cour',
18th Judicial District, for the County Of Placer
and State of California, on judgment rendereS
in said court, on the 22d day of October. A. y"
1857, in favor Of B. B. Neff, and against II. We
burgh, Peter Smith, and A. Hollingburgh, for INC
sum of six hundred and forty-two dollars ana S1
cents, (S642 06,) with interest upon the sum o.
six hundred and forty-two dollars and six cen;S'
(S642 O6) from the 22d day Of October. a: AZ -
1857. until the 10th day of November, A. U. Ioo.
at the rate of per cent per month"; and ior coss'
OF suit taxed at fortyfve dollars and forty ceats
(S45 4O) have levied upon and will exposS .ss w.
public sale to the highest bidder for cash, sV ~.
Court House door at Auburn, on Monday, w
10th day of November, A. D. 1857, at the nou. u
10 O'Clock, A. M all the right, title, interest," au.
claim which the said Peter Smith, A; hol',nS
June, A. D. 1857, in and to the following w.
scribed property, to-wit: A Mining Ditch, si!uas
ed in Ell Dorado Canon, Township No. 3, LEY !..h
county California known the Elm Slide g.I n:s"S
together with the lumber and tools; said ".So D.Io
commencing at the southeast branch OF NJ Do!"Tri n
Canon, and extending down the east sde o.. Q; -
Dorado Canon, distance of about three (ol m".
to Big Land Slide, being of the capacity 10 oa.y
about two (2) hundred inches Of water, ;oge;Tsn.
with all the appurtcnances thereto peions;'e
All of which named and described proper!
shall sell as aforesaid, or so much thereof % IT,
be sufficient to satisfy tho above judgment ~. w.
getber with the costa due and to oecoms
thereon. CHARLES KING, Shst'1.
ByL. L. BULLOCK, Under Sees'h'
October, 22d, 1e57.-4w pf $50
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

RlcH DlccIScs.-We are pleased to hear
that A. D. McDonald's river claim at Rat
tlesuake is yielding good pay. On last
Saturday $500 were taken out, and the
daily prospects are after the same sort.
Twenty-Five Cinnamon are employed in the
claim, whose operations are superintended
by Alick Clink. We wish friend Mac a
continuance of the same sort of big
licks.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24
The Mountains going to tho Sea.

The mountains going to the Sea.
The river mining on the American and
its tributaries, this season. has developed
the fact that the time is drawing nigh
when operations of this character must ne
cessarily, to great extent be suspended,
on these streams. This effect will be pro-
duced by the vast deposits Of earth washed
into the rivers from the mining grounds
of the adjacent country.
These deposits have proved Of great an
noyance and pecuniary loss to companies
this summer; in many instances their depth
being from five to six feet, and even more,
upon the original beds OF gravel and boul-
ders having as much more depth, which all
have to be removed, to enable the miner
to reach the object Of his toll This re-
moval has entailed an amount of labor
and expense, that the subsequent yield
Of the claims would not repay.
Many claims, not having these drawbacks
to so great an extent, have paid handsome
ly; but we would be 10th to record, had
we the facts before us, the numerous fail
ures that have attended the labors of the
industrious miner, from the above causes,
the passing season, on the rivers spoken
Of
The mild winters that have succeeded
that of so, have aided this accumulation
in our mountain streams, which otherwise
would have carried into the Sacramento
and the bays below from year to year.
Much concern has been IN: m:nifested at the
"bogs backs" in the Sacramento, that have
seriously impeded steamboat navigation, and
are constantly becoming more troublesome,
but we assure our friends below they are
nothing to what they may expect if the
prophecies of the weather wise should be
fulfilled in regard to the severity of the
coming winter. There is an amount of
auriferous ooze that would be carried out
of the mountain streams sufficient to make
the people of the valley believe the noun
tains were really going to the sea.
We commiserate with the good people
of Sacramento upon the liquid they would
be compelled to drink, and would deplore
the obstruction of their noble river, and can
only console them with the fact that all
this sediment has | cen ''pay dirt" and the
still retains the color.
But true it is that much of this dirt
will be carried out by the floods of Sc
we're winter, and it only requires the return
of 40 or 80 to realise the event. Mining
streams would be somewhat relieved of the
superintendent earth, but we have little
hope that river mining would derive much
substantial benefit, as busy hands in bill
diggings are daily adding to the washings
that are carried to the rivers
These facts are frequently remarked 10y
intelligent miners, and the failure of the
Sacramento river in few years as a useful
channel of commerce, is an event looked
for by them as altogether within the range
Of probability. When this occurs it is
satisfaction to know that the iron steed
can supply the place Of the steamer, and
better subserve the wants of trade and
travel.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24
To Change Time of Elections.


The time OF holding elections should he
at a season Of the year so adpated to the
convenience Of the citizen, that, nearly as
possible, all may have the opportunity Of
exercising the right of suffrage without the
serious Inconvenience Of travelling long dis
tances to the polls or leaving their occupa-
tions at season when every moment Of
time is too valuable to be lost.
The holding Of our general elections in
the month Of September, after an experience
Of six years, has proven, so far as the mining
counties are concerned, to be wholly unsuited
to the convenience Of the people; and for the
reason that is at time when tie miners are
scattered along the livers in small commu-
mites, or in the distant hills and canons OF
the mountains, so far removed from election
precincts, that they have no voice in the
selection of officers.
At an earlier or later period in the year
the case would be different, as then the
population is drawn closer together in the
deep and surface dggings surrounding the
different towns of county. AS an evidence
of the truth of the above, it is but necessary
to cite the marked difference between the
ton in November of last year, and the vote
of the election Of September just passed.
In the former instance river operations were
generally suspended and miners had resum-
cd their winter diggings upon the hills and
flats, within easy distances Of the towns; in
the latter, river mining was being prosecut-
ed vi gorously day and night, and every
hour considered cf too much value to be
lost. To climb the ridges or seek the polls
at any Of the few river precincts at such a
time was not to be thought Of 1t is plain
this cause mainly contributed to the falling
In this county alone the vote was one-third
less than in 1855, vet no man believes there
has been decrease in population.
As long as river mining is carried on to
any great extent and the elections are held
at the time they are, a full representation of
the population at the polls can never be had
The early part Of November would be bet
ter time, but we would infinitely prefer the
change to be made to the earlier portion Of
the season-say the first Monday in May.
This would be at a time to suit all classes
the farmer, miner, and tradesman. The
weather would be pleasant, the mining pop
ulation would be in the neighborhood of the
towns, and the farmer would not be in the
midst Of harvest. Another argument in
favor Of that time, would be, that the Con-
gressionsl elections could be held in the
month Of May preceding the commencement
Of the term.
This subject is worthy the consideration
Of the coming Legislature, and we hope to
SEQ such action taken as will remedy the
evil.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

EE A writer in the Placer Courier pro-
poses to change the name Of Yankee Jim's
to something more euphonious. We ap-
prove the suggestion, and hope the citizens
of that place will act upon it. We new
er could understand why they consented
to let their town perpetuate the sobri9uet
Of ono Of the most notorious characters
ever known in this portion Of tho State.
A town meeting should be called, and
yankee Jim's" substituted by name more
10 good taste. 1t is but the work of few
bouts. Will it be done?
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

~ BY late arrival from China news
is brought Of the massacre Of all the En-
glish and American residents. some forty
in number, at Ningpo. Another English
steamer is reported captured, burned, and
the crew killed by Chinese pirates.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

From THE SHElL.-Boggs,-John c.
everybody knows him-has opened sa
loon in Parkinson's building, opposite the
Placer Bank; where he is dispensing refresh
ments to the hungry and thirsty. The fea-
ture of the institution is Shoal-water Bay
Oysters, fresh from the she'll, that disap-
pear in less than no time, from the rapid de-
mand for them. John keeps in bis bar
the liquids necessary to give proper zest to
the bivalves, and receives his friends
smiltngly.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

DxPRAvlTY.-Some hardened wretch has
stolen our best pantaloons. We hope the
rascal may have the presence of nest of
yellow jackets in tho seat of the aforesaid
every time be puts them on. He must
have forgotten that hemp was one Of the
products of California.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

MAIL FAcIL1lEs.-We received an ANA
dor Sentinel, Thursday, Oct 22d, publish
cd on the 22d day Of August last. That
paper travelled about mile a day for
about sixty days.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

There are in France 1887 printing offices
and 1862 journals. The number Of COM
positors employed in all France is about
1850. OF these Paris employs 1900.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

BUSINESS AT TSAcRAMENTo.-Ther appears
to be considerable stir at Sacramento just
now: particularly in the Rondo business.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

CHANCE or NAME.-The citizens of Rabbit
Greek, Sierra county, have changed the
name of that town to La Porte. An i'm
rro,cment,
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

The MINr-lt is announced that the
Mint will be closed at the end of this month
for the purpose of making settlements.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

FAvoRs.-Mr. Oberdccncr, of the Auburn Book
Store, will accept thanks for files of Eastern
papers by the Panama. containing accounts of the
late disastrous shipwreck, domestic and foreign
intelligence.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

OREGON lMMIGRANTs.-The Salem Chris
tion advocate hears Of 1900 immigrants,
we'll armed on the way to Oregon. They
had fight with the Sioux at Devils Gate,
lost four men and killed 20 Indians. "Of
the 10000 or $4,000 on their way to the
Pacific, more than three times fifteen hun
dred will reach Oregon before winter sets in.
While our population is thus being increased
by land routes, the steamers and sailing YES
sells are, from week to week, bringing us fine
accessions Of population"
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24
Notice of Application for Pardon.

Notice Of Application for Pardon.
To the Hon. James Z. Hale, presiding Judge OF
the Court of Sessions of Placer county, Cali
fornia, and NJ. E. Mills, Ex-Dstrict Attorney
for said county:
y ENTLEMEN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that
" under the provisions of an act of the Legis'
lature of this State, entitled San Act prescribing
the mode of applying for pardon" passed NAY
18th, 1853, the undersigned will apply to 10:
Governor of the State for the pardon Of Nathanle!
Green, convicted in the Court of Sessions OF sa'd
county. on the oath of May, 1856, Of the crime
of Grand Larceny, and sentenced by said Court
to ten years Imprisonment in the State Prison
A. NJ. GREEN.
Auhurp Octobor o1,t yos7 a.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24
MARRIED.

On Monday evening, the 10th inst, at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. John Young, on Coon Creek, Placer
county, by Titus Ewing, Esq, Mr. JAMES E. YouSG
to Miss EMAIINE JAMES
Michigan papers please copy.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

A LARGE lEAR-Wc are indebted to
Barney Goodkind, of the Young America
Fruit and Cigar Store, for the present
Of monster Pear. The specimen was
raised in Oregon, weighs twenty four and
quarter ounces, measures around, latitu-
dinally fifteen, and longitudinaly thirteen
inches, and is moro pear than one ind
vidual would care to dispose Of Barney
has STEW more Of the same sort"
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

TRIAL or WHrHURsr. - The trial Of Marion
son at Michigan Bluffs some months since, com.
menced in the District Court yesterday. A day
and half WAS consumed in cmpanneling the
jury The evidence was not closed as we went to
press.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

HUNTIse OF A LOST MINIsrER.-On Tues
day morning last, the Rev. Mr.. Reasoner
accompanied by another person, left for
the Salmon river range, says the Trinity
Journal, in search of the remains of the
Rev. j. A. Brooks, who pershed in the at
tempt to cross the mountains to the Sal
mon in February last. Some two weeks
after the supposed death Of Mr.. Brooks, a
party Of miners instituted a search, and
were so far successful as to find the tracks
Of the missing man; but owing to the fall
ing snow and the scantiness Of their pro-
visions, they were unable to continue their
search, and returned, since which time no
trace Of Mr.. Brooks has ever been found
or heard of. The Rev. gentlemen proceed
ed as far as Parker's ranch, which they
found totally forsaken, and being disappoint-
ed in obtaining the necessary assistance
to pilot them through the mountains, were
compelled to give up the search. AS soon
as practicable the search will be renewed,
and we trust with better success.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

LUCK AT LAsT.-The Pacific Tunneling
Company, at Roach Hill, Placer county, have
been engaged in tunneling operations since
the beginning of 1885. They struck pay
dirt about five months ago, but did not COM
mence washing it till last week, the interval
since its discovery having been occupied in
excavating passages to the other tunnels for
the purpose of getting air. Last week two
men worked five days, aud one day three
men, in getting out pay dirt, which, when
washed, yielded one hundred and twenty
three ounces.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW JEWELRY!!!!

TUST RECEIVED.
- A splendid stock Of New
Jewelry at NORCROSS'. oct "a
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24
A Telegraphic Cheat.

We are not Of those disposed TO trouble
readers with the grievances we may meet
with in our calling, or parade before
the public eye the little annoyances that
frequently beset the efforts to CRAFTY the
public desire for news, but a contemplate
game played upon us At the Alta California
Telegraph office, in this place on Thursday,
calls for some notice at our hands. On that
day, understanding that the Panama had
brought important intelligence, we repaired
to the telegraphic office and after inquiries
informed the operator that we wanted the
news to issue in the form Of an extra. lie
informed us that it would be received from
Sacramento in the course of an hour and
a half, and that We could have it at that time.
He also said that the Placer Press intended
putting out the same news in an EXTRA
After time we returned to the office to
ascertain if the news WAS being telegraphed,
and was then informed by the operator that
the proprietols Of the Press objected to our
having the news as they had first spoken
for it, and that having referred the matter
to the Sacramento Office, it had been deci-
ded there that the party first asking for the
news should have it, and no one else. We
demonstrated against a course so arbitrary,
but without avail.
This is the reason we were unable to issue
an extra on Thursday, with the intelligence
of the loss of the Central America. We
asked for public news, and had the promise
Of it. We did not ask whether another
press was to obtain the same-neither did
we care. 1t was news, we supposed, that
any one could obtain by paying for it, and
it never occurred 20 us that telegraph line
was for the benefit of a single paper. We
asked no preference, never have done so,
and did no, suppose such rule was followed
We complain Of this treatment because
we had the promise Of dispatch when it
came. The subsequent refusal YVES an after
thought, ard shows that the rule had not
been adopted heretofore in this place. By
this action we will always be prevented from
receiving important telegraphic news, as we
have no confidence that an opportunity will
be afforded us at any time to bespeak the
news first. But should it so happen ever,
that we can have the preference, we will not
deter others from obtaining the same. We
10 not fear straightforward connection.
The Placer herald., 1857-10-24

Foreign.
The total number of troops sent by Great
Britain to India is 10000 men.
The English underwater had settled all
claims growing out Of the loss Of the At
lantic cable.
A slight difficulty had arisen between
France and Denmark, as to where the
Sound dues redemption shall be paid.
1t was rumored that Mazzini was or
ganzing another Italian revolution.
The Spanish Government had ordered
suspension Of the preparations for the ex-
pedition against Mexico. The question will
be settled by the arbitration Of England
and France, with Bavaria as umpire
The American horse Lecompte run for
the Warwick cup in England and was badly
beaten.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-18
The Volcano Again.

The uncertainty in reference to the Pendleton
Volcano still continues. We are Constitutional
ly incrudulous, and never placed much reliance
in the report to which we have several times al
luded but it answered good purpose during
"the snow embargo" The "hole in the ground
story seemed to us a plausible explanation OF the
alleged phenomenon, and we dismissed the sub
ject as unworthy of further investigation But
since then the Gazette has alluded to letters re-
ceived in Lexington, confirming the report, and
we learn, indirectly, from highly respectable
clergyman, of Highland county, that it is un'
doubtedly true None of these gentlemen, how
ever, haze seen the Volcano; they all testify al
secondhand, and therefore we are still in doubt
Is there no one in Pendleton or Highland, capa'
bic of writing paragraph, who will visit the
spot, and communicate to US the truth OF the
matter? We should start off ourselves, without
an hours delay, but for the incredulity which
still possesses our minds.
A Volcano in Virginia would be good In
vestment; it would certainly pay and we wish
the report may turn out true. At any rate with
a live Volcano in the country we should be en-
tirely independent Of Europe and 'the rest Of
mankind"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-02-18

not be counted without q violation of the pro-
vision OF the Constitution, it not having been
cast on the day designated by law.
Inc Speaker declared the resolution out OF
order, the journal showing that the declaration
OF the election of President and Vice President
was made Yesterday. To receive the resolution
would dlsaftlrm that fact. Besides the House
had constructively approved the Journal.
Inc House sustained the Speakers decision.
The consideration of the Kansas election case
was postponed until Saturday week.
ihe House then went into Committee on the
tariff bill.
FRIDAY.-Senate.-Mr Bell, of Tennessee.
gave notice OF bill to provide for the just and
equal distribution of the proceeds of the public
lands among the States.
a Oil was passed appropriating $4,000 to
refund the moneys advanced by MARYLAND and
Virginia towards public buildings at the time
when the seat of government was remoy.
ed to Washington. ~
House-Private bills were under consdera.
ton.