The Placer herald., 1858-04-10
Items.

re- A bill has passed the Legislature of
Virginia prohibiting the emission OF notes OF
a less denomination than ten dollars after
the lst Of August, 1858, and of less de-
nomination than twenty dollars after the lst
of August, 1859.
TO BE EXECUTED Cinnamon, the
murderers of M. V. B. Griswold, and a
white man, are to be executed near Jackson,
Amador county, on the 10th Of April.
The administration have determined to re-
lieve Col. Johnston by sending forward the
$500 troops now in Kansas, Gen. Harney is
to command them.
It is Just as sen nsible move to undertake
to get married without counting, as to at
tempt to succeed in business without adver
tisirg.
There were 43,S49 deaths in the four cities
of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Boston, in the year 1857.
There was shipped to British India from
the port of London alone, during the year
1856 and 1857, specie and bullion, princl-
pally silver, amounting to about los millions
of dollars. None of the immense amount
of bullion shipped to China and India in times
past, has ever come back 1t is boarded by
the natives.
Mr.. Stover, of the Kansas Legislature,
who was recently shot, is not dead as report
ed, but is said to be slowly recovering.
An insurance agent, doing an extensive
business in Rochester, has had the remarka-
bic fortune not to lose single risk in elev
EN- years.
George Grub was shot dead, recently, at
Muddy Run, Ky, by man named Hardesty,
whose sister he had seduced The latter
gave Grub fifteen days in which to marry
his sister, and he not doing it shot him on
the 10th.
1t is alleged that the Atlantic Submarine
Telegraph Co. is going to have uphill work
with their enterprise this year. The shares
of its stock, all paid up, are now, it is stated
offered in England at fifty per cent. discount,
and no sales are reported even at that sacri-
flee.
FATAL CASUALTY While company of
Portuguese whalers were chasing whale
into the surf in the bay of Monterey, on the
Goth March, their boats was stove in and
Capt. Joseph Francis was drowned, and sew
eral Others wers severely in iured.
Marriage is defined by some one to be-
two mods and a tivedcllar prayer.
Strawberries, of the british Queens variety
from Smiths gardens, in Oakland, were re-
Gently for sale in the Washington Market,
San Francisco.
BoGrs CoTS.-A large quantity of bogus
coin WAS found last week in an old cabin
near CoIoma.
Miss Tucker says it is with old bachelors
as with old wood--it s ha:d to get them
started, but when they do flame they burn
prodigously.
TELEGRAPH AT OKovILLE.-The telegraph
poles for the Shasta line have been erected
in OrovlIe, entering the town below the
lIuntoon street ferry. The North Coitoy-
Nun says, :he poles are up over the whole
line.
A man named Eldridge uttered a foul SLAM
der against Mrs. Wood, Of Orange County,
n. Y. She took pistol, met him upon the
street, anl with deliberate aim shot him
right in the mouth and unified his tongue
for future service That was capital shot
for a woman
TIE BEST PLACE FOR BABIEs.-" Mother"
said little three year old whose nose had
bee ''put out OF Joint by the recent arrival
of baby brother, "Mother, if the baby
should die would it go to Heaven? "Certan-
ly, responded the parent. "Then | think
Heaven is the best place for HIM." was the
atfectionate sisters conclusion.
WouLDS'r DIscouNT-A man named
Malo, of Montreal, had a note against a man
with four good endorsers, for S. $50. lie
presented it for payment, when the maker
swalloaced it. He was arrested taken to the
Police, and Doctor sent for, and he was
forced to swallow an emctic in the hope to
to make him disgorge the note-but the
note would not come up, but remained in a
fair way of digestion. Bu6alo Express.
A rich quartz lode has been discovered
on the side of the Sacramento river, near
Buckeye and Churntown, Shasta, county
1t is said to be marvelously rich. 1t is stated
that the lead has been traced about sixteen
miles.
Jurors IN SANTA CRUz-Eleven jurors in
Santa Cruz agreed to return a verdict OF
guilty by eleven jurymen who believe the
other one to be a confederate of the prisoner
and as g eat a rascal" The twelfth juror,
who was afraid Of being hung by the Vigilance
Committee if he held out concluded to yield
and the verdict was unanimous.
Nor lMpRoBABLE.-The San joaquin Re-
publican referring to the statement that some
of the members Of the Legislature amused
themselves on the lst inst. by sending each
other on FOOLS errands remarks that the
people did the same thing when they sent
/ some of the members m to lepisate for