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The Placer herald., 1858-12-18
Democratic Committee for Placer County.
Attemnt to Break Jail.

A timely discovery frustrated an attempt
on the part Of the prisoners to break out Of
our County Jail on Thursday last. By some
means the prisoners had obtained a short
iron bar sharp at one end, and with this sue
ceeded in digging hole nearly through the
outer jail wall. The prisoners being per
mitted access to the front Jail room and the
passage leading to the cells, during day
time, the noise of their movements and con-
versation prevented their work from being
heard; but upon the officers making the
usual evening inspection Of the prison the
mischief was discovered 1t is thought the
prisoners only awaited later hour, the ap
proach of dusk, and just before being lock-
ed in their cells, to punch on. the few re-
naming inches of wall between themselves
and freedom, and make their escape Very
much to their disappointment their plans
were disarranged by the vigilance of the off
GERS. As the following day had been fixed
for the execution Of Martin Rodriguez whom
the Governor has respited until the l4th Of
January, it is believed the attempted escap-
ade was mainly for his benefit.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

R The session of the California Legis-
lature will commence on the 3rd of January
two weeks from next Monday.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

FAvoRs.-To Bob Hanson we are indebt-
ed for the first and full supply Of Eastern
papers by the Sonora
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

DEATH OF EDWARD PoLLocK.-Mr. Edward
Pollock, the talented and popular writer
died on Monday, in San Francisco. His
contributions to the press of the State are
familiar 10 all California readers.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

The Grand Jury of Nevada county have
indicted or presented report does not
say which-the Treasurer Of the county for
mafeasance in office
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

To Mr.. HAZEL we are also indebted for
the latest Eastern papers, delivered at an
early hour.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

MULArToEs.-The New York Day. Book
gives the following as the proportion Of mu.
lattoes to the black population in the subjcin.
ed named States: In Alabama, there are I
mulattoes to 100 blacks; in Connecticut, 80
to 100 blacks; in Arkansas l6; in Illinois,
IS; in Georgia, 5; in Indiana, 80; in Ken.
tucky, II; in Maine, Gl; in Maryland, IS; in
Massachusetts, "a; in louisiana, "a; in Mich.
igan, 76; in Mississippi, 7; in New Hamp.
shire, 54; in North Carolina, l2; in Ohio,
l29; in South Carolina, 4; in Pennsylvania
40; in Tennessee, 10; in Wisconsin, 81; in
New York, 10; in Virginia, II.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18
Important from the General Land Omes.

If the following points are borne in mind,
much inconvenience and loss will be avoided
by those who purchase and locate bounty
land warrants. 1t can be depended on 4.
correct, and as laid down in the department
at Washington:
Patents for bounty land locations are il.
sued in the exact order of the date of loc..
ton, and are sent to the district land Office
for delivery, unless before the transmission.
a party files, in the General Land Office, tho
duplicate certificate, when the patent will
be sent to such address as the owner NAV in.
dicate
Where the duplicate certificate is lost the
patent will be delivered when the patentse
files in the General Land Office his affidavit
stating the facts of its loss, and that it was
not assigned by him, and that he is the pres
ent bona tfde owner of the land.
Where an original warrant which had
been assigned is lost, and duplicate warrant
is issued in lieu of it, new assignment must
be endorsed thereon from the warrantee, or.
in default of that, decree of title mast bs
obtained from court of competent jurisdic.
ton, and transcript thereof appended to
the duplicate warrants.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18
MARRIED.

At Yankee Jim's. November Path. by the Rev.
KERR
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

SENT TO STocKroN.-Yesterdey Deputy
Sheriff Stewart took an insane man to the
Asylum at Stockton. His name was J. S.
Millet, and was from Dotan's Bar in this
county. Insanity has been hereditary in his
family.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

RoBBERY.-The cabin Of Perry & Co.,
near Lauraville, two miles from Auburn, was
robbed on Thursday, in broad dayli ht, of
clothing, blankets, etc. to the value Of some
$500. The owners were at work in their
mining claim, short distance from the
cabin, but were not apprised of their loss
until evening; when returning from work
they found the door broken down. and all
the valuable contents Of the cabin stolen.
The country, just at this time seems unu-
sualv infested with scoundrels, whose pres
ence are made known by the number Of
depredations lately committed by them. \
watch should be kept upon suspicious char
acters, lurking in the towns and mining
camps, with reference 70 placing them with
in the reach of justice if caught in rascality
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18

The Sonora arrived at San Francisco or
Wednesday, bringing passengers and mails
and news from New Orleans to the 9th O
November
The Placer herald., 1858-12-18


The Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company have refused to let DR.. WiIdman
Whitehouse have anything to do with the
cable; and distinctly refuse his offers to at
tempt to work with it. The electricians of
the company at Valentia have been dis
charged.
Meetings in favor of the reform movement
in regard to the elective franchise, hal been
held in various parts of England.
Great Britain was to have diplomatic
agent at Jeddo, and Japan was 20 have one
in London.
Hon. Benjamen F, Butler, of New York,
had died quite suddenly at Paris.
1t lis affirmed that it is the intention Of
the Emperor to no longer permit French
ships to proceed to the coast of Africa for
the purpose of engaging free negroes and
transporting them to our colonies.
In the Emperor Napoleon's letter of in.
structions to Prince Napoleon, in regard to
the investigation of the Free Negro Labor
system, the Emperor says, "if the migration
OF negroes be the slave trade disguised l re-
pudiate it,"
1t is reported that France has sent out ad
dtional ships of war to the coast of Mexico
to reinforce the feet already there.
"A second fleet was about to sail from Spair
to the coast of Mexico.
The insurgents in India bad been defeated
in q numh Of annorouoon,e
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

ar MANUFACTURES GREAT MRE.-Post-
aster General Brown was 10 Philadelphia
on the q5 ult The Pennsy lvanian says
,.ThpIe is not more industrious, devoled
public officer in the nation than the pres
rnt he a6i of the Post office department,
and iht confidence reposedin bis judge
ment ano discretion is w4lt merited. When
We recollett lli4tthis Is said Of one OF the
.uost incompetent Members OF the cabinet
of man who has made the mail system
OF the west laug ing stock, and the
Ocean mail stock jobidng affair who has
proslhued the California route TO a pri~
yate. specu alton, and disgiaced the nation
byh subordinate ppointments--it will
be easy to see how National Democratic
repu atoms are manufactured by q Grim
| eing press. [St. Louis D4mocrat.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

.esa BrsHoP SIMPSON. We regret to have
DO say, in answ.r TO anxious inquiries, that
Bishop Simpsons health has not improved
ahdt atpfesent7ihdications DO, not promise
an early recovery. Helis treaty reduced
10 flesh and in ,tattensth awi,hiulthel last
month. Knowing the deep interest our
READERS and the Church generally Tel IN
Ibis case. we have. made this statement,
tha, in connection herewith We may sug-
| gest that prayers be offered onhis behalf
| to ,he,Head Of the Churdh.y that u ,s ms
will that the prayers OF faith shall save
Itbe Sick, that He would raise. him up
according 10 His. promise PITTS Carts
tldn AdU. j shta eis
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

A TRuruFuL AND CHEAP BARoMETzR.-
Take a clean glass bottle and put in it
+mSH quantity of finely pulver'zed alum;
,hen 6ll up the bottle with spirits Of wine
The alum will be perfectly dissolved BY
the alcol ol, and in clear weather the liquid
will be as transparent as the purest water
On the approach Of rain. or nloudy wealth
er. the alum will be visible in a faky
spiral cloud in the center OF the fluid.
reaching from the b>tiom. to the sariace.-
This Is rFe'p, simple and beautiful ba-
romettr and is placed within the reach
Of sll " ho wish to procure one For sim
pEcitv Of fconstruciicu; This is altogether
superior to The frog barometer in general
use 10 Germany A-'" !'t3
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

TEE TAR1FF.-T The Richmond Enquirer
of the TIN instant. publishes very, sem
81, ,Ie article from correspondent npon
lhesubjeei of the tariff The writer. ar
,eu.s a return to the principles OF the pro
iestive p,,licy, of 1898 aud T842. Mad
ison Jsifstsou and jackson are qzoted in
fayor OF alforfling ample protection to all
he induslrisl pursuits Ofsthe country -
Il is alleged that our present financial
troubles as well as the embsrassments
Nv hich have previously afflicted the eoun-
try lave grown out Of adsparlure from the
protec,ive system. The writer strongly
urges q return to protective duties,a as the
only sure means -ofrreli4Ving5ths country
tom the preseul rdlfdculties. This we
.sd q gost is move from the proper quar-
ter aud in The, right direction. q Hss
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

A SHREwD FNANcIER "A certaln
church in this city being bout 10 rePIeu
sh their Sabbath S kool Library with new
aooks. wished to raise tie sum OF SOU
Tor the purpose. At the morning service
on Sunday. they appoiu I'd one OF the IN
flurn,ial brethren To fix upon a plan, In
The iutermission at noon he took his pen
ell aud marked against every members
name the sum he though he ought to give
AT the clnse Of the Afternoon srrvlce he
read the list, stating that if any ore theusA'
he had been assessed too mu''h, or moi
enough hpn1usl sp-ak Safihesitto say, tha
silence pr vailed IN The assembly, and II
66een minut.sthe sum was raised.-Set
Bedford Mercury. Iss7a2- % iso4fv 81
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21
wisdom of the Founders OF the Govern
sob ment

meat
Nothing demonstrates the wisdom and
FAR reaching foresight OF the founders OF
our republic more uumistaksbly than their
making wfite mans government. The
European rae. the pure olood OF the white
have done wonders under the working Of
our constitutional system. Stae and Ma
tonal TIE "old thirtren" have expan-
ced TO thirty two States; now stretching
scross the continent. with intermediate
territories growing to become twice that
number in the next so years. The popu-
l4tion of three millions has grown to near
ly, thirty millions. and our progress is
onward. Tire Spanish American Repub-
lies have pursued differ,nt policy. They
have gone for the amagamation OF races
che abolition Of lhs distinctions social
etWeen the Europesn and the African and
tie Indian. And what haE Teen the resnlt
4 Look through the continent, from Mexico
C4ntral America, South America, to Cape
Horn; wherever the amalgamation has
been per iected; we fDd miserable mon
grel race of mulaitoes. quadroons, negroes
Indians, hsh-breeds, and degenerate whites
uni for self government. split up into war
parties Of cur throais, issuing pronuneia-
m4n'oes. and tramplug down everything
like constitutional government. Their
manilest oestIny is 10 be overrun by the
superior whiteiace north OF Il em, and that
is only question Of time. Had our gov
ernmsnt b, en- founded by the Garrisons,
the Summers, the Wilson's, ,bp Phillipses,
and the Seuards' OF the present day, in
stead Of the Franklins, the Shermans. Of
the past nd had the four millions Of At
ricans, cen put on political a'd social g.
quality with tie wbi'es. We should have
pro'sbly BEEN no better off now than our
: Spanish American Leighbors who are fur~
|, tte- down on the continent American
Citizen. 1 100
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

The FRASER RIVER GOLD MIsEs-Bishop
Scott OF the Methodist Church. writing
from the vicinity of the Fraser river
gold mines says. n..z
II am not you know. a miner, and my
opinion is not worth much, but at any
rate have no motive To ne partial, and my
opinion is that the Fraser Iivtr IT. meni
viii prove TO brthe greatest htumhuE uni, o. o.
the age. and that many peopfS will sntfte'
even to the la 4xtremi,y This was my
op,nion before l left California, and | have
seen no reason to change II since l came
here hut much to strengthen it / fear that
some parties will have an awful accoun
to settle in regard to this atterin com
ling day.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

LARGE INCOMES IN ENGLAND.--There are
forty-six p~rs"ns in England who have IN
comes of E45O. 900 year, equI to two
millions and quarter dollars. while four
hundred and forty-four persons have IN
cpmes ranging from City to two hundred
and firtv thousand dollars year, aud eight
hundred and eleven from twenty hve .Q
6nh thousand. In ireland there IS bu'
one person who has an income Of upwards
oI two hundred and fifty thousand dollarsi
twen,v-one have incomes from r6tty thou
sand 10 two hundred and fifty thousan'
and thirty from twenty five 70 fifty thou
sand dollars. aU y5l "a sibiab n
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

The UStoN IFS VALtE.-"Mr. -Presi
deut:. i have never calculated the value OF
the Union. know oil no arithmetic by
whioh the computation can be made. We
q, the West are in the habit OF flnoking up
on. the Union as we l. Ok upon the arch OF
heaven, without a tbought that itcan de-
cav or fall. Witt equal reverence We re-
gard the great Ordinance. Of Freedom. un'
der whose benign influence, within little
more than a half century wilderness
has been Q. inverted into an empire. Ohio
the eldest born OF The constitution and tho
ordinance, cleaves and viii cleave faithful
" to ."-[Speeoh OF Gov. Chase, Q
Ohio on Clay's Comp'omise Resolutions
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

uow 70 BE HAppr,-The Hen. William
WI, wrote to his daughter. i want TO tell
vo,,.a secret. The way to AXE yourself
nlsa,opl to others is TO show that you care
for them. The whols world is no. like the
O;Ilsr Of Mansfield, who cared for nobody
and noboiy cared Tor him. But the While
world win serve you so. if you give them
lie same canse. Let 81 persons see that
you care lor them, by showing them .ne
small lsweet cour,esies, In Eh'ch- mere . . no
alade or ostentHtion.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

- nEMr. Charles A.eDavis, Register of
the Jacksou'( (biissouri land District m
forms us that he furnished last wetk the
estimate Of vacant lands Of the Distr'c', and
found that there were. ,e99, 720 and SO
100 acres, subject to private entry. Most
of This land has been gradual d, AMI IS Of
f4rpd from la4 cents to 81 ,95 per acre =
AT the present rate o. entering. which we
understand Is from four to five thousand
acres, daily. the vacant land in the DIS
trio, will in couple Of , ears be absorbed
and the Office Jackson be coaso''da'ec
will some oihrr.b Thousands who arr
making t, ,ese entries move immediately OF
TO theland, and We may saiFly say ina
no State is p,pulstlng as rapidly as sonth
e,n Missonri.-South east Democrat.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

aa Provisions AND HOGS. The Louisville
Journal, Of Saturday. says: The provis-
ion market is very du u and prices tend
downward. The Cincin ati market is al
so dull and prices lining, We hear OF
a few Transactions in hogs in this State
for few days, their being stand off be-
tween buyers and sellers. Out West. hogs
are offered freely 4. low figures. A house
in this city was offered twenty thousand
hogs, by telegraph. on Thursday. at two
eligible packing points on the Upper
Mississippi river. at Al cents net; and We
hear Of purchase at desirable point II
| Indiana Of Eve thousand head at FIVE cents
net. We understand chat Messrs Qdigely
| & Co, Of Bowling green. Ky have con
tracted for some twenty two thousand heA'
to be packed there this winter at 6v
cents. It is estimated that full 5000
bead will be packed there at that poir
this season.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21
ESTABLISHED IN 1926
+ LANCASTER OHIO THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2l. 1855

The LOVE OF HoME-lt is only shallow
minded prelendeTs who make either dislin-
cuished ori in matter Of personal merit
or obscure origin matter OF personal re-
preach. A man who is not ashamed OF
himself need not BE- ashamed of his early
condition. 1t did happen to me- to be
BON in a log csbin. raised among the
snowdrifis OF New Hampshire. at Pc
riod so early that when h% smoke brst
rose from its rude chimney and cur led o.
yer ihs irOzsn hills, there was no similar
evidence Of white mans hshitstlo'v be-
tween IL and the se'tlemenis on the MYERS
Of Canada. It's romans stili exist; make
il an annual visit | carry my children
TO IT, and leach them the haFdships endu'
rcd nv the generations before them love
to dwsll on the tender rrcollrctions, the
kindred ties, the early affections and the
na.raiIous and incidents which mlngle WIN
all know OF tins primitive family a. ode
wept to think that none wlo then In
habil+d il arr now 4mnng the u iDg; ans
IL ever iaII in sffectioDate veDers;Ion iol
HIM who raissf il, md ef nded il agalps
saw ge violence and destruction. CHI rlsbef
all domestic C, mlorls beueath its root, ant
Through the fire and blood Of seven Year
revolul onary war, shTunk from no toll n
sacrifice, 10 serve his country and 10 r"ls
his children to a condition better h'an h'
, own. may my name aad The name OF M
post+riy be hlotted from the mtmoIy Q
; mankind. II Daniel We ster.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

eF Malice envy and slauder may he
there; but say where they are not, ano
what an Amaranthine bank that viii De
what half way resting place to heaven
ior human WEAKNESS?
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

PERILs OF BuRNING CoAL-vWhsnW M
tyncton was ret boy. thr burning o. co7l
was ceusiletrd such. public nuisance that
i was prohibited, ty.an act Of Parliament
nnd.r pain Of death; but il is singular
enough that by ,heltima,hr had been thrice
Lord Mayor Of London. l4l8. the impor,-
tation of coal formed considerable branch
OF the commerce OF the Thames; aRd al
though person was once executed Tor a
breach ofihis law, III supposed that DIS
pensation was made inWhhynet"n' s 'av",'
for from lie 6rsr opening OF the roTl lade
liz England. apd,for sgrs afler. it had RS r.,
pu,ation for making fortunes only exeeee,
ed by tina, Of The mines OF uo'conu" A"D
Peru City Press.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

Nehtlocks the gates Of day, the sun has passed
Gone down behind the mountains blue ana h'gn,
twilight aad Rest steal o'erthe hills At last,
And angel hang the lamps out onthe sFy'
Across the eastsrn mountains far came,
And deem ID should be happier by the ehange,
hut Place will leave the anxious heart the selne'
Bliss is in state, where'er the man may Lange'
Sunsets and ralnbows and the skye soft blue,
Earth's gl ory, and the stars, are In the nina; ~
The heart must give tho universe lis hue;
There Is no Beauty when the soul Is blind
We bear within us that which makes us oIest,
An d Heaven and II ell are carried In the breas
FOO HARRI soABuRoH, Va. Sept. 4, 1855.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

GTWhy are young ladies now days
like bells? Because you can never find
out their metal until you have given them
ring.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

A LUCKY LLow.-The San Joaquin
Republican. of August 81, thus notices an
instance Of mans luck in the vicinity oI
Columbia, California; " .
A person who had been about that town
for long time. and had never done days
work in the mines. was rereDtly driven by
lwan. Of. means to live to abtain pick ald
shovel and sally forth to try his fortune II
I'gola digging. He worked with bu! little
success for two days, but on the third he
duglup a lump of grla, nearly pure, which
weighed SEVERITY TWO POUNDS. The lucky
fellow took his piece to the office Of Wells
Fargo L. Co. in Columbia, by whom II
was valued at FoUETEEN. THOUSAND pot
LARS. The place where this monsIrou
nugget was dug is within a mile or tw'
of Columbia. =
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

A TERROR TO SLEEPERs Mr.. Edmund
Quincy Mass, at the Dtdham tree pant
ing, gave a Graphic account If the Old 'ime
Gus om Of appointing tithine men in the
churches, to be terror to dplinquents. whc
were consigned to peniren"e aud 'rihuIa
tion on the pnlpit stairs. The timing man
AS badge Of his Office. carried long stan
on the end Of which-wqs a fbx's tail, and
on the ether formida leknob; and II was
his province. wien auv Of tie c1ng'ega'
ton inaulged in somroisnre--which they
did soneiimes then, thouneh such faults
are not known in our day--to walk steal
thily alona to where the s'umherer was ST
Ting, and, IL a female, tie kle her nose witt
The fox's tail, and it male, give him
pretty su art pat on the head with the kno'
lof lis ofirial baton. The meti ot va
sery .fficacicIs 10 restoring q e s'eepers t
their ptopriaty. No such severity is nov
need d. the progress OF the times havln
extracted poppies from the sermon, an
removed the necessity for tithing m"n.-
IN. Evening Post.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

EEWhat is the difference between a
fisherman and q truant school boy? One
bats his hook and the other hates his book
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

e7yTbe Sksn-atlas N. \ Demoera'
saws that snow fell in that region on spa.
day, the 9th inst,
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

Wouldst thou not be fool in 9th
ara conreit. be not wise in thy own
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-10-21

AFFAIRS IN CHINA.--Hon. W m. B.
Read, our Minister to China. says in Of
fetal dispatches received at Washington
on the TIN inst, that after he had signed
the treaty. he made provisional arrange
ment with the Commissioners sor the ad
JUS, m snt Of claims of American citizens a.
rising out OF the difficulties at Canton. by
which portions OF the duties at Shanghe.
Fuchou end Canton, are TO be appropriated
to that end. He intended visiting duriug
the summer months such ports in Japan as
might b. accessible, and return to the U
s. by way OF Bombay in D csmber xt
Commodore Tatnall in bis dispatches Il
the secretary of the Navy, dated July ffll
after saying that the entire East lndi'
squadron would soon be- shown TO tht
japanese remarks that no better opportuni
ty could bs selected for temporary ab
sence from the coast OF China The recen
treaties termiuatin hos,ilties, together
with the swarms Of English and Frencl
ships in the rivers mus, place all foreign
interests of lawful kind in perfect sai'
" for the present. He would return wit
/, the squadron about the last of October
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