The Placer herald., 1858-01-16
NEWS OF THE STATE.

CoNTRADICTED.-The Yreka Union con.
tradlcts the report that respectable women
IN 4reka are seen occasionally buckinc al
rondo, and considers the imputation a slam
der upon the society Of that town.
The Supreme Court has STAYED the execu-
ton of VIM. Wallace, who was to have been
executed on the 18th inst, in Butte county.
CALIFORNIA MANuFAcruREs.-- speci-
mems of stone and earthenware-fullye equal
to the imported article-are being manufac-
tured at San Francisco.
UNION CAPE CLA1M.-About one hundred
men are at work upon the Union Cape claim,
and the number is soon to be increased
STAMP TAx.-The amount of the stamp
tax paid into the State Treasury from July
lst to December 3lst, 1851 amounts to
$53,003 q.
The San Francisco Globe charges upon
the Board of Education of that city, that
they receive no teachers unless of Black
Republican proclivities,
The citizens Of West Point, Calaveras
county, apprehend trouble with the Carson
Valley Indians. who have come over some
six hundred strong, and threaten vengeance
for the killing of one of their braves by the
West Pointers.
The Board of Supervisors of Calaveras
county have appropriated S400 to the i'm
provement of the BIG Tree route to Carson
Valley.
SAN FRANcIsCo Police REvENUE.-The
total amount of fines paid into the Treasury
from the Police Court of San Francisco, for
the year ending with December last amount
ed to $20,5G0 90.
The Marsviie Heyald and the Inquirer
have united, under the name Of the Daily
NeooS. Gen. Allen is the editor
Poll TAx.-Nine thousand two hundred
and seventy nine dollars poll tax, has been
collected in Amador county, since March lst
1857. This is not bad for mining county
whose largest vote ever cast was 1912.
There are nine prisoners in the Amador
county Jail.
A quartz leead of extraordinary richness
has been found near Jackson, Amador coun-
ty. The lead has been traced a mile
There are 9O3 children between the ages
of four and eighteen in Napa county.
A man named Spencer lost both hands by
the premature discharge of cannon at Co.
Iona, on the 8th inst. lie was engaged in
firing salute in honor Of WeIIers inaugu-
ration.
In the California State Senate are % sim
gle men, 10 married and three widowers
In the Assembly there are 80 single, 40 mar
ried and one widower, making an aggregate
of so candidates for matrimonv.
The [. S. District Court has confirmed
league tract OF land near Mokelumne Hill,
Caayeras county.
The people Of Folsom will move the Leg
isature this session for the establishment of
a branch penitenliary at that place. From
the frequent acts of yiIIainv committed in
that vi, Unity, it would seem that such an in
stitution WAS needed.
Henry pummer, who killed John Vedder
some time since in Nevada, has beer found
guilty of murder in the second degree.
neutrality-suspicious. for L. S, postal
service during the year ending June 30th,
1857, Sll, ,5O7,6 go Is; reciepts $S,053, ,65l-
76; deficiency, s., ,453,7lS 40.
FoorE.-Ex-Gov. Footc, Mississippi pa
per says, is about to settle permanently at
Memphis, Tenn. When does that State eject
L. S. Senator.
For UTAH.-The Volunteer Company of
which we made mention in our last, met at
the Theatre on Saturday January 9th, and