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The Placer herald., 1858-07-10

Voice of a Fallen Monarch.

We have great veneratlon Tor the PRINT
ing place of the Big Tree Bulletin; it is
printed on the stump of the Calaveras Big
Tree, which somebody cut and bored down
to make show of its bark and TIMBER
The great tree was thirty feet in diameter,
and of prodigious altitude. What an inspr-
ing sentry box for watchman of the people!
Think how many centuries that Colossus Of
the Wood has lifted its huge column to
heaven, stretching its giant arms mploringly
over its less aspiring fellows, pareying with
the storms of thousand years, as they raved
and roared through the sounding forest aises.
What an innumerabe company OF shrouded
dead have passed the causeway of graves
while that mighty pillar stood in naughty
and defiant isolation of grandeur with its
eternal capter of verdure! When the infant
Romulus swan the Tiber, owhen Cecrops
laid the foundation stone of future Athenian
glory, when the illustrious pilot of Israel's
wandering tribes looked over the Promised
Land from Mount Nebo, and ded-when the
grandeur and glory of Rome, Athens and
Hierosolyma passed away in the dust from
the conquerors chariot track-whie repub-
lies rose from fallen empires, and rebels bath
ed their feet in the blood of kings, when
liberty moored her ice-ship on the frozen
shores of the western continent, that forest
monarch, in youth and maturity, bent re-
verently at the close Of each eventful day
as messenger winds came in from the west,
cool and ife-inspirng from the embrace of
ocean waves. But avarce laid an axe at the
foot Of the great tree, and it fell, and having
fallen, type historian sits on its remains,
telling of its ancient nobility and grandeur,
like Martius sitting on the ruins of Carthage.
If about to write our last page, amid the
thicken;ng shadows of lfe's twilight, we
should like to be left alone in the little room
on the remains Of that great tree. We think
that in an hour so solemn, amid associations
so grand, we might utter good night to
the world, which, like the tabled song of the
expiring swan, would atone for all foregone
discordance. Trinity Journal.
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10
Atlantic Telegraph.

1t is anticipated that, by the end Of July,
there will be regular telegraphic communi-
cation between the United States and the
Continent of Europe. The line of trans
mission will be vio Newfoundland to valen-
tia, in Ireland; Valentia to Dublin; Dublin
to Holyhead, in Wales; Holyhead to Liver
pool Liverpool to Hull, on the north
east coast of England, and by Hull, across
the North Sea to Cuxhaven, at the en-
trance of the Elbe, and thence by land
to hamburg, the principal terminal station on
the Continent 1t is added that, "Mr Pow
ell one of the company's engineers, is now
in Hull, preparing for the transmission of
messages by sound-the vibrations being
produced by strokes upon fine-toned bell,
entirely dispensing with the use of the need
le"
The squadron employed for laying down
the cable is expected to leave Queenstown
(the Cove of Cork about the 10th Of June,
at which time there has, for the last half
century, been an almost uninterrupted calm
in the Atlantic. The London Times says:
bad weather. however, in the ordinary ac-
ceptation of the term, in those bolsterous
latitudes, even if it does occur, is not likely
to effect the process Of submergng after it
has once fairly commenced for the paying
out machine is so sufficiently selfactiug as to
almost compensate in its action for any sud
den rise in the stern of the vessel to the pitch
of the sea. Both ships, with the accom-
panying frigates, make all speed to the cen
tire of the space to be traversed by the cable,
which is about 80 degrees west of Green
wich. Here the splice between the two halves
will be made without loss of time
There is 1900 fathoms water where this
Joint must be made and both vessels will re-
main stationary until the splice has well set
tied on the bottom, when the Niagara will
at once steer for the New World, and the
Agamemnon return to the Old. Each will
steam rs fast to her homeward destination as
is consistent with the safety of the great un-
dertaking, so the cable will be either laid or
lost within twelve or fourteen days from
starting. The depths to which the Niagara
will have to sink her portion vary quickly
and irreguarly from 800 to $500 fathoms
or from one and three quarters to about three
and half miles; and this is the case also
with the Agamemnon's portion of the dis
tance But on the American side the water
shoals easily and gradually towards New
foundand, whereas on the British portion
of the ocean the Agamemnon will have
to surmount a tremendous riGge, which
may be called the Andes of those vast sub
marine plains of the Atlantic. 1t commen-
ces at about Is degrees west longitude, and
in the course of few miles the water sud
denly shoals from | $50 fathoms to $50 Up
this vast rocky preclpice-almost as steep
as the side of Mont Blanc-the cable must
be laid with extreme care. This difficulty
once overcome the way thence to Vaentia
becomes comparatively Of no account"
Formers PrSSs.
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10
How and where Ladies should wear Carriers
A Disputed Point Settled.

To old bachelors who know little of "mat-
ters and things" but are always dying to gel
a squnt at woman's ankle, the following
full and free description of u lady's leg, and
its uses may be interesting the more so as it
is written by female correspondent of
Western paper, who ought to know all about
it. In commenting on the much disputed
point whether the garter should be worn
above of below the knee, she observes "that
just above the knee there is no hollow or
depression in which garter could be re-
tained, no projection on which it could be
made to hold The action Of the muscles
in walking would surely dsplace an elastic
put there, as they project quite as far it got
beyond the knee pan and would therefore
cause it to slide downward until arrested by
the swelling muscle that forms the calf Of
the leg. AS legs were made before stock
ings, we can hardly suppose that this hollow
was purposed for elastics, but whether it was
or not, we make use Of it as the proper place
to attach our garters to keep our stockings
in place while on promenade. This is the
only spot where garters can be retained with
any comfort, the spot designated by nature
and mede use of by ladies who have we'll
formed limbs. Those women who resemble
men in their shal may, perhaps, tie the gar
ter above the knee, but they are exceptions
to the general rule OF course this must
settle the question, the Marquis de St. Simon
to the contrary, Notwithstanding, and at the
same time crafty all inquisitive rascas.
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10
Mr.. Layard on the Indian Rebellion.

Mr.. Layard has been ecturing in London
on the Indian Rebellion. His views are
novel-hs principal conclusions being:
"Fnst, that the insurrection was not mere
ly military mutiny, but real national or
popular rebellion; and secondly, that this re-
bellion did not originate in religious panic,
but was caused by English misrule, especi.
ally and notably by their policy of annexa-
great chiefs, their maladministration of JUS
tice, and general treatment of the natives"
Mr.. Layard said, in conclusion, that there
were two principles laid down in Lord Ellen
borough's despatch in which he entirely con-
Cured. Those principles were expressed in
the following terms: 1--WE desire to see
British authority in India rest upon the will
ling obedience of contented people; and
there cannot he contentment where there is
general confscation" These words should
be written in characters of gold, and exhibit
ed in every public place in India; and if they
were acted upon there would probably be
no other rebellion. India must, of course,
be governed in India, and as to the council
in this country, it should, he thought, con-
sist partly of civil servants, partly of military
men, and partly of natives. In Ceylon
there was a council founded on liberal and
civilized principles, the buddhist and native
halfcaste race being represented. Let them
try the experiment of governing Indian on
the same principles, and then, even if they
should lose India that would be no disgrace
to them, provided they left the country civil
lized, prosperous and happy, and, if they
could effect that by their example, he would
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10
What is Glory? What is Fame2
by wM.. MoTHERwELL,

What is glorys What is fame?
The echo Of long lost name;
A breath--an idle hours brief talk;
The shadow of an arrant naught;
A flower that blossoms for day,
Dying next morrow:
A stream that hurries on its way,
Singing of sorrow;-
The last drop of bootless shower,
Shed on sere and leaHess bower;
A rose, stuck in dead mans breast
This is the world S fame at the best.
What is fame? and what is glory?
A dream,-a jester's lying story,
To tickle fools withal, or be
A theme for second Infancy;
A joke scrolled on an epitaph;
A grin at deaths own ghastly laugh;
A visioning that tempts the e,e,
But mocks the touch--nonetity;
A rainbow, substanceless as bright,
Fitting for ever
Der hilltop, to more distant height,
Nearing us never;
A bubble, blown by fond conceit,
In every sooth itself to cheat;
The witch-fire of frenzied brain;
A fortune, that to lose were gain;
A word of praise pcrchance of blame;
The wreck of time-bandied name
Aye, this is glory!-this is fame!
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10

PASSING AwAv.-The Sacramento Bee
saws that of the two hundred and five ori gin
al members of the Society of Pioneers Of that
city, many Of them now wander through the
land Of shadows, and some are acting as pio-
neers of civilization in other parts Of the
world. But few short years more, and the
Society Of California Pioneers will cease to
exist.
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10

~ GREW THE REsr."-A boy three years
of age was asked who made him. With his
little hand leveled a foot above the floor, he
arllessly replied: "God made me little boy
so high, and grew the rest"
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10

Henry NJ Rice, one Of the Democratic
United States Senators from Minnesota is on
ly thirty-fve years Of age, is native of Mad
ison, New York, and is printer.
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10

MINISTER'S TYING UP A STEAMDoAr.-A
few weeks ago, while one hundred ministers
were on board the steamboat City Of Mem
phis, on their way to attend the Presbyterian
General Assembly at New Orleans, they
found that they could not reach Vicksburg
by Saturday night, and accordingly offered
to pay the Captain if he would clay to" on
the Sabbath. The Captain demanded five
hundred dollars, which they Immediately
raised, and the boat hauled up at little
village on the banks until Monday morning.
The Placer herald., 1858-07-10

Another ''ism" has sprung up in Wor-
chester, Mass. in sect calling themselves
'Restitutionists," protesting to believe that
what man lost in the fall, is now beginning to
be restored and that everything is to come
back to its original form and purity. Their
Sabbath is observed on Saturday, and they
con6ne themselves to the use of the Lords
prayer, as alone being Of any efficiency with
the Father.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

WITHDRAWAL FROM sLAvEHoLD1No CoNpER.
ENcEs.-The Methodist Protestant Conference
at Springfield, Ohio, by a vote of 10 to 2, has
adopted the following resolutions:
ResolUed, That the indisputabe facts, the in.
auctions of sound logic, the dictates of Christian
prudence and enlightened sense of our duty to
God and men, justify and warrant this ConyeH.
ton, in the name of the several annual COME.
rences herein represented, to now declare all off.
cial connection, cooperation and official fellowship
with and between said Conferences, and such Con.
ferences and churches, within the Methodist Pro.
testant Association, practice or tolerate slave
holding and slave-trading, specified in said
memorial, to be now and forever suspended
Provision was afterward made for the compa.
ton of new hymn book in conjunction with the
Wesleyan denomination, and committees were an.
pointed to take steps for union with the Wesley.
ans, and to choose between Cincinnati and Pitts.
burg as location for the "Methodist Protestant"
newspaper.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

Bas~ The wide reputation which DR.. J. Hostetters
Stomach Bitters have attained during the past year.
beSpeaks Its excellence in forcble than
any words which offer. 1t renoyates, purifies
ind strengthens the system, and aids the stomach
performance of its functions. 1t is regarded all
as sovereign specific, and, therefore, to procure it in
the best possible should be the object public
We commend with more than usual zeal and confidence
believing and knowing, do that stands foremost
among the many preparations of the day. for mparting
strengh vigor and tone to the SYSTEM and
the curative powers for all similar diseases arising
from disordered stomach. In the severe cases
of cramps darh9a and weakness in the stomach
the "Bitters have been rigidy tested and always with
the greatest success.
Sept. IA. For sale by E. NYE HUTCHINSON co
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

The steamship City of Baltimore. arrived at
New York from Liverpool on the 2Sd inst.
The details of Elgin's Japan treaty have been
published. Great Britain is to have diplomatic
agents at Jeddo and Japan, and one from the
other side in London.
The Emperor Napoleon says that it the emlgra-
ton of negroes from Africa is the slave trade IN
disguise, he will have oft. He has instruct
ed Prince Napoleon to resume negotiations with
England, relative to substituting coolies for ne
groes.
The funeral car of Napoleon 1st has been formal
ly presented to France, through Sir John Bur-
goyne. Prince Napoleon in receiving it said that
he regarded the act testimony of Queen We
toria's desire to eface the poignant remembrance
of St. Helena, and additional pledge OF the
cordial alliance between the two powers.
The Legislature of Holland had introduced
bill for the emancipation Of slaves in Surnam and
Curacao
The conference between the Spanish minister OF
foreign affairs the English and French embas-
sailors at Madrid, promise a satisfactory solution
of the Mexican difficulty.
The French and Spanish forces had blockaded
the river Touran, in Cochin China.
Sales of cotton in Liverpool for three days pre-
vious to the 10th inst, amounted to $4,000 bales.
Market closed steady. Manchester advises more
favorable. Prices frmer.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30
CUBA.

The Washington States learns from friend,
almost direct from the Court of Madrid, and whose
high attainments and high social position enable
him to approach the highest personages of the
Spanish Court, that France has taken up Cuban
independence, and, with England, is proposing to
erect Cuba and Porto Rico into semi-ndepen-
dent monarchy, on paying a "renta' from that
island This ''renta' is to represent the interest
on national debt to be assumed by the new
monarchy in consideration of her independence,
the debt and ''renta" to be assured by France and
England as bond for the instrumentation of Cuba
to the United States
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30
THE POPE AND MISS DIX.

The famous American reformer of the treatment
of the insane, Miss Dix, gives the following in
teresting particulars of her visit to Rome and the
Pope:
Il visited the lunatic asylum, and my heart re-
volted at the sight. l did not see sick persons
whom man should pity, unfortunates whom we
should endeavOr to cure; they brutes in
chains, the dens of which seemed never to have
been cleaned. Several days after my visit to the
lunatic asylum | presented to his holiness the
Pope, who knew the object of my travels. The
Pope asked NE in the most friendly manner wheth
er had yet visited the lunatic asylum at Rome? ?
had the courage to answer, Yes; and |
WINGED that your holiness has not yet paid it
visit
Pho Mono quickly raised his head, and only
asked with expressive attentive look. under
stood him, and related to him in voice full of
emotion all the horrors and barbarism had wit
messed. L ventured, trembling within myself,
upon the bold expression the unchristian tleat-
ment of the unhappy beings. The respect-com-
handing man of Christendom listened with earnest
attention, and said briefly, after l had concluded,
Come again in a weeks time, and then left his
presence. My anxiety was unutterably great
The Protestant the stranger, had perhaps risked
too much Although | was conscious in my inner
most heart ofny good intentions, I yet passed
sieepless night and day of deepest inward agita-
ton. 1t created deep sensation when the HOLY
Father, two days after had been presented to
him. suddenly, when taking one of his drives stop
Ped before the gate of the lunatic asylum, and
spent an hour in it. The week had passed, and |
stood, l had been commando |, in the Vatican
before the Pope. Iu as grave as it was
calm, Pho Mono said to me: Il have appointed
commission charged to lay before me propositions
concerning the erection of lunatic asylum con-
formally to the rules of humanity and morality in
the shortest time possible When you visit Rome
again your just and pious wishes will have been
fulfilled l thank you for your communications
May Heaven bless you" l bent my knee deeply
moved, not before the head of Catholic Christcn-
dom, but before the wise Prince and the good man."
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

Almost everybody has heard of 'Woods Hair Resfor-
0f'pe That the word 'Restoratiye this case is no
misnomer, have the testimony of individuals whose
elevated position in the country. well as their
acknowledged and honorable character as gentlemen
render whatever they publicly in the degree
reliable Several of these have tested personally
hair preparation speaking Of and certify to
its amazing efficacy in the most public possible
Their certificates can be at the proprieor Depot
3l2 Broadway, New York, and and properly
appreciated, have hesitation in saying they will
impress conviction on the skeptcal mind Woods
Hair Restorative, is doubtless the best article of
kind ever yet produced.
For sale by E. NYE HUTCHINSON CO.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

WHITE SLAvERY--The English Parliamentary
prentices in London, shows that in ordinary times
eighteen hours day is the allotted time for work
and during the height Of the season, young girls
are sometimes only allowed four hours repose,
when they are reused to resume their toll. Strong
coffee is administered, to enable them to ply their
needle for twenty hours, without relaxation. Yet
the philanthropsts Of that section the noisest
people in all the world about the horrors of negro
slavery. We should say that in a state of society
in which such hariships could be laid upon women
and tender girls, might give profitable exercise to
all the surplus benevolence of Great Britain for
hundred years to come.
According to the New York Express, the state
of things, though not so bad in New York, is bad
enough where caps are made at shilling de-
zen pantaloons at fifteen cents pair shirt bosoms
at fourteen cents a dozen, and shirts at five cents
each. There are eighty thousand working women
in the city Of New York not all working at these
rates, but vast body of them are The laborers
and clerks, according to the Express, are compel-
ed to work for nominal sums, whilst their employers
riot in wealth. Much of the desperation and
crime of large citios spring from the inadequate
rewards of labor. In our own coun r., howeve', it
would seem that if the working women were not
crowded into one city, and were willing to accept
employment in other parts Of land that is so
much in need of labor, in almost every department
of human exertion, they could all find remunera-
tive occupation.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

SUIcIDE.-On Wednesday, Nov. 10th, Simon
Rodgers, of Martin County, says the Williamson
Banner committed Suicide by blowing out his
brains with gun. Coroner John d. Latham
summoned Jury of Inquest, before which the
following facts were testified to- Wednesday morn
ing Mr. R. went to a neighbor and borrowed a
gun, which he left behind tree about one hun
dred yards from his own house. He then went in
to his house, kissed his wife and babe her farewell,
after which he went and got the gun, and placing
it to his head discharged its contents just the
right eye from which he died almost Immediate
ly. We believe these essentially the facts in
the case
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

The true way to tell good eggs is to put them
in pail of water, and if they good they will
lie their sides always bad, they will stand on
their small ends, the large ends always uppermost.
unless they have been shaken considerably, when
they will stand either end up. Therefore, bad
egg can be told by the way it rests in waterfall
ways end up, never its side. An egg that lies
fiat is good to eat and can be depended upon
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

THE UsuRY LAws.-Although Gov. Bragg de-
clnes to make express recommendation on the
subject of the existing laws concerning usury, we
infer from the tone of that portion of the Message
which relates to the subject, that he is in favor of
change We confess that the inclination of our
own mind is towards change, as We have never
been able to see why the market price of money
should be regulated by Law any more than the
market prices of Lands, Houses, Horses or any
other vendable article or ommodity.-Rote'gh
Re0i.ter.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

VALUABLE Misunderstanding the present week no
less than six of friends who have been induced to
try Prof De Graths Electric Oil for rhumaism in
sequence of having this preparation advertised in
columns, have called upon the result Of
their experiments These persons that their
rheumatic pains have been entirely cured by few ap-
pcations of De Grath's Electric OIL" and they re-
commend its to all who afflicted with of the
diseases which it is designed cure-Prou Advertiser
For sale by E. SYE HUTCHINSON co.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

VIRGINIA FINANCES. cording to the Audi
tors statement, the present Indebtedness of the
State, on account of the internal Improvements,
is S2S. ,963 63 the sinking fund is put down
at S2,615,939 %; which amount was disbursed,
during the year, in payment of interest due on
public debt and on stock redeemed.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

MELANCHOLY DEATII.-On Monday the 9Th
inst, young named Govan Early, aged
about Is years, was killed by the cavng of the
earth upon him while at work on the Railroad, on
the contract of Rev VIM Harrill, few miles be-
low town. He had ust commenced work that day
-Ruthert1rd Enquirer
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-30

ACCIDENT FROM CARELESSNES William
ston, n. c., last week, James NJ. Brown, while
carelessly handling gum fired it, the charge tax
ing effect in his mothers knee and killing her in
few hours. The unfortunate filling the
tube of the gun when it exploded.