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The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

THE LEvlATHAN TO BE OuTDrNE-A larr-
er ship than the Levia,han is already talked
of in England. |, is in'rnle ,ha, this new
monster shall carry 5000 tons more than
the Levialh hans to run faster and draw less
water. An engineer of Liverpool. named
Clare, pr"po es t" build ship 1000 feet in
length. 70 feet beam. and only 80 feet from
deck to keel. making her perfectly fiat bot
TONED. and her sides p-rfe'ty square. In
size she would be $4,000 tons.
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

EE The papers of Sr"rk1"n remark that
the Sunday law was not generally observed
in that place; that the drinking saloons
were all KEEP, open, and that there We're
more drunken men on Sunday than had been
seen on any day for ,w" months. One cigar
store WAS kept open, the proprietor ot which
was indicted on MONDAY hv another cigar
merchant, who closed his house on sunday.
Sk0teSm0N
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

PACK Mules FoK FRAZER RIVERA tr; in
Of one hundred pack mules, "a'aris"ne'i with
~ dies, and some four or five horses, crossed
the Y"lo ferry, on Friday, in charge Of Al
varez u Marks, for Frazer. They will pro-
cee,l overland, via Shasta. Yreka and jack
sonvile The train ha heretofore l,t en- used
in packing from Stockton t." the Southern
mines There were fourteen msn in the
train.
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

NEWSPAPER En- EKPRIsE.-W. II. Watson
AID William Rausnan. well known in this
city, will proceed to l}ellingham Bay, early
next week, fnd will take with them the ma
'ena's for establishing newspaper and job
office at some suitable 10, aitv in the vicinity.
We wish them all manner OF success in tIeir
new enterprise. Sac Union
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

SMELLING WoRKs.-Parties interested in
the Arizona mines are about constructing
smelling works on Brannan street, east Of
Fourth, San Francisco, for testing some of
the ore from their mines. About seventy
tons has been brought to that city, and from
appearance it is very 'ich.
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

Dsy- In West Rutland, Vt marble is oh
Iaincd which has n" superior for sculpture
in the world, and some of it has been ex
ported to Rome, ordered 10y Italian s'ulpt"rs;
it has fine grain. i works beautifully
under the chiSe In Great Darlington. Mass.
there is II flexible marble, which bends like
a how when vet
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

SUIrs ANY LATITUDE. AN old me,nh r
Of tie Pennsylvania Legislature, who ma n
tainel his seat and popularity for a num-
Der of years, always voted "no" when vote
was reror'led-''tpr," said he when asked
his reason, "when n good law passes no one
looks f the yeas and nays on it-when a
lad one does, they always do"
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

DRUSHES.-Paint Varnieh. Cloth, Hair White
ID wash, Flesh, Nail and Tooth Brushes-a full
assortment For sale " Fl. HAZEL
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12
How the News was Received in N. York.

"kansas, thanks to the true Democr.rv. is
out OF the way at least, and something, we
hope, may now be done towards legisating
for general interests.
To those who have stood faithfully and
true Trough the earlier, as well as later con-
Test upon this question, too much praise can
not be awarded. They will long he rene,n-
bered rs faithful servants of the peop'e, and
gtn' r"us!y reward ID by the true National
Democracy.
Those pr"fessed Democrats who have cho-
sen another path, and united with our "Bla.k
Republican" foes in their endeavors 70 defeat
The Administration, we shall leave for The
present to their own reflections and to an in.
d'gnant constituency whom tney have 50
base y beraved.
The passage Of the bill by both Houses hy
so handsome majority was the cause of
general rejoicing throughout the city. and
when we announced the gratifying news from
our bull tin thousands fockel to it to read
for themselves, and the air WAS rent will,
dea'ening cheers for Leconpton Kansas, the
Constitution and the Union. Kansas admit
tel, her Territorial garb will be used as Il
winding sheet for Blark "RepLblicanism. .''
Sic transit yi,ria Kansas
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12
EMPIRE HOTEL,
SITUATED BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND oRLEANs),
Auburn, Cal.
P.W. BERG ANTI. PROPRIETOR.

p w. BERGA ANTI. PROPRIETOR.
THIS large c-nvcnirnt. and first class f.:AThAHfA
l. Hotel. rebuilt upon the site of the for iIiWNM
mer "Empire.' is now open to the favor G:ilrSs,
and patronage of the public 1t has been furnish
ed with care and without regard to expense. solely
with an eye to the convenience Of all the travel
ing community; and all disposed to favor the en-.
tcrprisc whether stopping in town for day. or
remaining longer time. the proprietor assures
them comfortable home and all the h'.spitaitics
afforded by any house. To his old friends he
would say that for their former patronage he is
sincerely obliged, aud asks II continuance ot the
same =. W. BERGANTZ.
Aul urn. J,r. 2 4, '5S-my
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

MAMMOTH Fossil REMAINs.-The Folsom
Daspotch notices curiosity in The shape of
The back bone Of what many, who have seen
1t. proclaim mastodon. ian extinct animaD
which is to he seen at Wells, Fargo 4 Co s
office. 1t is II portion of the remains of IL
skeleton. laieI v found at Sailors Ba a short
distance below Folsom, by some min. rs who
were exravatng. An od tar with whom
We have r'nversed, says the Dispatch, claims
that it is the spinal column Of whale. Civ,
ing the sailor credit for his knowledge, and
our sayes, who r.am it 20 be the ver,elra Of
a nasiodon, credit for theirs. we are at loss
what u name the immense animal, of which
TINS Specimen was u part. But whether
whale or masto,lon. it is a great curiosity,
and calls forth much speculation. Here is
subject On whicl, our worthy geological cor
respondent can found new argument to
sustain his assertion, that the poles and equ-
aI"r have sometime changes! p!ares-tIlat is.
IT the bone is the remains Of a whale.
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

THE ApM1N1srRATI.N.-K Kansas, that mem
ageris of politi.al wild beasts, is at last
fenced in. Success to Democracy. Peace to
tho Union. Co@&nsbio Gesetts.
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

WnEw!-On Saturday. April the "a, two
girls, about fourteen years Of aye were ;akeu
before the Mayor Of New York, charged with
selling daguerr+otypes of themselves, taken in
a state of nudity. They were sent to the
P+ni,eniary. The daguerreoypi~i was also
arrested, and, in default ct bail, G, mmitted
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

SILK CULTURE IN CALIFoRNIA.-lt has
been frequently suggested that the climate OF
California was admiral ly suited to the raising
of tn silk worm. while our soil has been
proved to be exceedingly favorable to the
culture of the morus muiicoulis or the mul
berry on which the worm feeds Mr. NJ L.
Provost a French gentlemen. has paid par
tirular ATT, ition to the cultivation of various
k nls of mulhprrt, and found them to s,,r-
reed admirably in his extensive garl-n
at San Jose. On the last arrival from long
kong, there was a consignment of silkwor,n
eggs TO a Chinese house in this city, who are
determined to try the experiment. This is
the frs attempt of the kind ever made in
California and should it prove successful,
will doubtless find many inima,nrs. The
eggs arrived here in good condition.
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

A DELIcArE QrEsrIoS.-A legal question
a delicate, nature, is now exciting extr; :
ordinary interest in Wrs'phaa, viz
Whether husband has ,igh, to open his
wites letters. The question arose from a
suit of divorce, instituted by the husband. in
which he obtained "A d.. rec: bnt the conclusive
l,eice ct evidence was a letter from the Lo
ihario. addressed to the vie, and the contents
of whi.h would not have been known had
not the husband been So ungallanr as to hreaI,
the seal. The divorced wife at once prosecu
ted him for opening the letter, AM! the trbu-
nal Of Cnne has de,'idrd that he was
wrong and has sentenced him to pay II fine
Of ten tha'ers. An appeal is pending, the
result Of which is anxiously watched by the
public.
The Placer herald., 1858-06-12

"GoLp IS kING"-So said David G. Brod-
erick in the United States Senate, and he
certainly ought to know, for every public po
sit'on he has he d has been b. the USE of
that article-not one by the vote or wish Of
the psepk Ctssos~t CITY HsyS@S,
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LIBERTY OF THE PEOPLE.

1t is evident that, if we 60 q few years more as
we have progressed within the last quarter OF GEN.
fury we shall have to call national convention to
pass resolutions condemning revolutionary
fathers as no better than hypocrtes and yrants. 1t
is true, they made some triHng sacrifices to get out
of the hands Of Great Britain; they even spilled
little blood here and there, Just to crafty their
pride ? hut if judge them by the flood OF light
by which our republican friends are Illuminated in
these times, their hideousness is all exposed, and
they stand before the authors of system OF gov
eminent in which liberty is yelled, and tyranny and
oppression exercise an unrestricted sway. One OF
two things is certainly true either that modern
political philosophers have COMPOUNDED liberty with
RIGHTEOUSNESS, freedom with folly and madness, or,
on the other hand our patriot fathers not
quite what they ought to have been. Their Decara-
ton of Independence was capital assignment Of
errors, and eloquent appeal to the people of the
States and the world in behafofthe confederation
but illuminated as we are in this favored age pro
,t,eiamiento in favor of freedom it sinks into
vapor compared with what is uttered every day by.
such immaculate puritans friends Greeley,
Gen Webb and VIM. Lloyd Garrison. These gem
shall do precisely as he pleases. Government with
them, is kind of stock company, in which all are
directors each owning his interest quite indie
pendent of his associates. Under this Interpretation
of our State and federal systems it is easy to that
a refusal to vote at elections impairs no individual
rights, and secures no privileges to those who do
vote. Should the majority thus refuse the conclu-
sson ia nite unavoidable that the election ia void
because it is an admitted law in American politics
that the majority must rule. 1t is true constitu
lions and laws contemplate the recognition only of
those who vote /; but then they were made before
the New Jerusalem flooded with its lights Kansas
ia the only community that has received the full ben
efts of this latter-day dispensation There,
glect of all political duties, protests against the
existence on any terms Of the federal authorities,
rebellion and revolution, are the signs which
mark it's advance and proclaim its fruits. II asks
that Congress shall be subugated that the people OF
the Union shall surrender to its naughty demands !;
that those who did their duty shall be ignored and
disgraccd, and that those who refused to do their
duty shall be elevated over them to be their rulers
We are the disciples of every vital rational reform
We believe ours is an age of irrepressible progress
that every day gives mp some new element which
wise people may devote to beneficial uses. But we
adhere to the old maxim of politics that those
who would have good government must help make
il. Political affairs with arc conducted upon the
principle Of compensations Our opinions to be re-
spected must be expressed in public as in private
affairs.
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Constitution
NEWS FROM CANTON.

The correspondent of the New York Times at Hong
Kong ntaes that certain merchants at Canton are ur'
gently advocating hoses against the Chinese for the
purpose of realizing vast claims for property destroyed BY
the Chinese the claims including the property at five
fold its value and the probable profits had peace contn
ued As instance, the correspondent mentions that
the English have claim OF s25, 900 900 for property
destroyed at Canton. where sl,50O00O would amply
cover the whole loss. j"
The correspondent also states the following els-
tive to the movements Of the English VA
1.-The English forces being gathered together near
Wangtung, below Whampoa 1t ia now confidently expect
cd that the attack will bemade Canton about the Isl o.
December The occasion of the delay until that date is hs
Admiral Seymour awaits the arrival Of Colonel Holloway
commander in-chief of the English marine forces ~
China with additional force of Marines who IL expeo'
ed now daily The force which will be congrcgated ue
fore Canton will be follows royal marines, 3ooV
blue jackets, 900 royal artillery portion OF the as'h
regiment now stationed here, together with frenen
force Of about 500 marines There will he also thirteen
men of war; carrying aggregate OF l60 guns anu
twenty gun boats each carrying from two to five guns o.
heavy calibrc.'
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THE UTAH ARMY.

We publish in another column an article from the
New York Herald relative to the army in Utah The
lofty demand of strict accountability from all officials
made by the Herald not likely to be either resist
ed or in the least evaded anywhere.
We incline to the opinion that the Secretary Of
War will be- found to assume, without The least hest
tation or evasion his full share of all responsibility
for the movement which, we believe, lie insisted
from first to last, should be set on foot
The Herald will be consoled to know that its dis.
nal forcbodings about the Napoleonic disasters
which it thinks may threaten our army are, hout
the least foundation. nc il is not fully informed Of
the entire contents Of all dispatches which re-
ceived at the War Department, we would suggest
that other reasons may prompt it besides fear Of
The Herads correspondent may probably find this
ont some day. .t
The army in Utah is in perfectly comfortable quar-,
ters with ample supplies for the men, who are in
good health and spirits. If Congress shall awake
from its catalepsy in lime to vote money to furnish
ment, the plan as devised by the Secretary of War
will be fully contaminated before dog-days. And
then, no doubt, the "best-nformed military men
now croakng into the ears of the Herald, will be
shouting hozannas to a movement which their dis
cernment will then have seen from the first was
obligedfo be successful
OREGON ELECTION. COMPLETE RETURNS. 81
The last arrival from the Pacific side brings the sub
joined official statement of the vote upon the State
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Tux sxsArn was not in session yesterday having ad

The SENATE was not in session yesterday, having ad
journed over from Thursday to Monday next.
In the House, the bill to supply certain deficiencies in
appropriations taken DIP in Committee OF the Whole,
and discussed for the first time its merits The de-
bate during the day animated and discursve The
sketch of it in columns this morning very full
and will doubtless interest the general reader The
House adjourned over to Monday next.
bill of much interest to the residents Of the Dis
trct of Columbia reported Thursday by Mr. Sill
dell OF louisiana relating TO the issue and circulation Of
bank notes within the District The bill will be found
in appropriate place 1t accompanied by report
of great length from the select committee charged with
the examination of this subject which we shall lay be
fore our readers at the earliest opportunity. We hope
that this bill may pass and that paper currency may be
banished from the territory which Congress possesses
exclusive jurisdiction [
tabular statement showing the present strength ~
the United States army and the number OF men at each
of the military posts will be found in columns this
morning The whole strength of the army, including
officers and men, is shown be 49, 575 The table also
shows the number of companies stationed at each post
We place in conjunction the circular of the two Costa
ministers in Nicaragua to the OF Saliva
dor Honduras and Guatemala and an article from the
London Times on the capture of the Walker expedition
The circular explains at length the object of Costa RIGA in
holding the Notifications San Juan river and gives us
some insight into Central American politics. Whatever
occurs the American isthmus is of especial interest to
the United States.
we'll written communication from holder of the
bonds of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will attract
the attention of those interested in this great work of
Improvement 1t contains suggestions worthy OF
their consideration and the writer proposes immediate
action bv the bond hoders-an Interpolation which shall
secure themselves from possible probable loss
column of paper this morning is devoted to agr
cultural information which has been carefully prepared
expressly for the Union.
In their appropriate places will be found General Army
Orders No s. and the official returns of the Oregon cleo
ton.
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Mr. STEPHENS raised point OF order that the bill
WAS open further amendment for the that the
amendment of Mr. CRAwroHD in the nature OF sub
stitute
The CHAIRMAN overrued the point ON the ground
that the House divided upon the amendment to the
amendment. aUyaUVs EN8E5f #tNf
Mr.. STEPHENS appealed fron that decision.
The question taken upon the appeal and the de
oision OF the Chair was sustained vayes 81, noes So
The question recurring upon the amendment to the
amendment,
Mr.. BURNETT asked consent TO withdraw his amend
aud accept Of that of the gentleman from Georgia
Mr.. SEWARD objected until the vote war decided
The CHAIRMAN stated that he could not withdraw
his amendment tty.-tat
Mr. SEWARD moved that the committee rise which
motion was agreed to-ayes 92, noes 36.
The committee then and the House resumed its
session.
Mr. BOYCE, of South Carolina, moved that when the
House adjourn to-day, it adjourn to meet on Monday
next. ,'F
Mr. HOUSTON, of Alabama called for the yeas and
nays which not oIdered-ayes 81, nays l49--one
fifth not voting in favor thereof
The motion TO adjourn over then agreed to-ayes
95, noes 81
Mr. HALL Of Ohio, presented joint resolutions of the
legislature of that State relative TO Kansas affairs and
they laid the table and ordered to be printed
And then, motion of Mr.. WARREN, of Arkansas
the House adjonrned till Monday next
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Is THE ACT or 1854 AN ENABLING ACT.


Mr. Senator Douglas maintains that the Kansa..
Nebraska act simply provided for the organization Of
a territorial government and was not an act author.
inng the people at the proper time, to create
State system. We would like TO know if the act Of
S54 not AN enabling act by what authority is il
claimed that by virtue thereof the people We're bound
10 submit their constitution for popular ratification
or rejection II Congress has not authorized the
people Of Kansas to frame State constitution, surely
it has not directed them at all in reference to the
manner in which they shall enact one. But Mr.
Walker insists in his letter to the Secretary of State
of the 18th Of July that he Kansas act is enabling
act In abiding 10 controversy he had at paoK
in which some declared that the Topeka govern
ment rested upon precisely the same grounds that
OF the application of Michigan. Mr. Walker reports
himself in answer thus
II showed them that in the case of Michigan the ter
rtoral legislature clothed with authority to as
sembe constitutional convention and adopt State
stitution but that under the comprehensive anguaqe
OF the Kansas Nebraska bill the territorial Legislature
was clothed with such authority by the laws of Con
gres5.
Mr. Walker is equally explicit upon the authority
of the territorial government Abiding to the To-
peka movement, lncluulnR pIpIOseu municipal
charter at Lawrence affirming the complete author
ity of existing laws, he says
A rebellion SO Ubiquitous, ana necessarily involving
such awful consequences has before sgraced any
age country
Now, il will hardly be denied that part of this
Ubiquitous rebellion" the refusal of the people
to voe-their refusal in fact, to recognise the GOV
eminent Of the Territory established by Congress
Then the paramount authority of the Legislature aud
laws thus forcibly maintained by Gov. Walker, being
established it follows that the September conSen,
ton was legal body authorized to act by Congress
and by the people of Kansas and the constitution
they framed IA legal constitution which was sub
sequently ratified and is about to be presented for
admission RIO
To refuse to admit the State under such crcum-
stances must be construed into endorsement of
tho niquitons rebellion referred to by Governor
Walker and we cannot do better than address the
opponents Of that measure in the language of Mr.,
Walker himself: "Yon are disregarding the laws Of
Congress and of the territorial government and defy
ing their authority you are censpiring to oven.
throw the government of the United States in that
Territory. ~
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WASHINGTON CITY.
SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 80, 1855

aMr JAnfs, OF Phladelpha general travelling
agent assisted by JAMS DamSs Jcns ooiliS j. hAArr hDsrsp
Willy GsrSe, r. A. yAsr, r. s. JAAs r. AsasAs, z,
A. DAVIS, h. 7. Romans.
SS-hr W. JAMES No tarrson street Cincinnati OHIO, Is our
genern collecting the Western States and Texas assisted by
THOMAS, WILLIAM h. THOMAS, fuos NJ JAMIE In A. l. cnlns
GEORGE MORRIS Receipts Of either VIII be good
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HOLE IN THE DAY KILLED. Tho famous Chippewa ehlel'
Hoe-in the Day, best known for his efforts IN ar,e''
ing the Spirit Lake murercrs, killed in duel AZ
Crow Wing Minnesota on the 18th inst His adversary
was a Mr. Giggy citizen Of Grow Wing. The cause o
the duel was insult given to Mr. @ by the chief whiN
drunk Three shots fired by each party Mr. Gsgy
receiving ball in the right side. At the second ny
Giggy was wounded in the left side It was with dlm
Guilty that he could stand up for the third fire but tn
Indian chief would not agree to settle the difficulty anu
the third fire was exchanged and Hole inthe Day was
shot through the heart H.t ...t .H.. ....a
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Deducting the force in Utah from this aggregate,
and there will be left 1853 for the other military
departments, in all but of which it is the opin
ion and advice of the ain-Chef that the troops
need reinforcement rather than dimnuton. The ex-
ception ia Kansas from which 2, 500 troops may be
soon withdrawn for the expedition against Utah
The settlement of the Kansas imbrogGo, by the
admission of the new State under the Lecompton
constitutions would allow the troops now there
to be spared. Their withdrawal and addition to
the Utah army would make up, with the | 1897 men
already there, force of $685. men TO detail
against ten to twelve thousand warlike Mormons,
fifteen hundred miles from the seat of supplies. in a
country fortified by nature Even five new regi-
ments would add but four thousand men to this
force, and give aggregate of but 1887 men TO
attack ten or twelve thousand strongly fortified, at
an immense distance from supplies
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nRPHANS FAIR removed to Iron Hall, Pennsy[
wanna avenue nccmency the weather having prevent
who anxious to do from attending the fair at
have prevailed continue
fow days more will opened Iron Hail. Tho for
marked the lowest possible prices and the
earnestly solicited Nearly $50 orphan girls
depending the result OF this effort TO what absolutely
necessary for their present wants
Jan I'd (Star&States