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seen That the nineteen thousand square miles
greater han that Of ali New England York. and New Jersey
Nebraska Is ninety five thousand miles greater
than slavehong states except California oregon
equal all New England, New York. penhy
vann Indiana 1t is possible that New Mexico and Mea
will be embraced territorial organization by Congress at the
present session. containing 2ss 600 square al New
England Ohio, Indiana and ILLINOIS, WASH
Ingop exceeds extent all New England and New York
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sThc Grand Duke Of Baden Louis born August u.s. 1924
guardianship by Teson Of insanity.
ts father Ferdinand husband Of the late queen regent
I'll september 16, 1855 ~. ,"." f". ~
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GOVERNORS or THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES
WITH THEIR SALARIES, TERMS OF OFFICE, AND THE
EXPIRATION or THEIR RESPECTIVE TERMS.
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THE WESTERN TERRITORIES.

comparative the the present States with that
territory erected into States exhibits the inter
the latter miles exceeds that o
the former superficial of the Territories organized and
Is set down follows tH .ts-aa. t y.
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TABLE EXHIBITING THE SEATS OF GOVERNMENT AND
THE TINES OF THE ELECTION OF STATE OtFICERS OF
THE SEVERIL STATES
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Statement ho,Ung The quantity Of swamp land arPTOd % he Ss0a
States up . BOA june, 1857.
Number Of quar-

Ea Of taapIropratod lands - each Of the States aad
Territories including surveyed and ustted offered and HWe
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Square miles
sTaelal area Of tho present States is as follows


To these Dacoh Is be added Of the extent which
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OFFICERS on THE CORPORATION OF
TIE CITY OF WASHINGTON.

AayiOg-James a. Borref.
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State Prison Reports.

The Sacramento Union contains the following
report of the State Prison Directors transmitted to
the Legislature on the 1st inst; accompanied by
one from Gov Weller in reference to the Prison
while under his direct management for two
months:
| EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
SACRAMENTO Feb l, 1859.
To the Senate of California;:
I transmit herewith statement showing the
expenditures of the Stale Prison during the
months of March and April whilst that insttu-
tOn was in my charge.
twill be seen shat the expenses exceeded the
appropriation made for its temporary support
S5,S13 O3. This was paid by the Board OF Direc-
tors (whO took possession OF the prison on the
] st of May), and ought to be returned 10 that
fund. The expenses were much greater during
these than subsequent months, because the con-
ditOn of the prison on the lst of March rendered
an immediate outlay necessary, and, besides, the
cost of all sorts of provisions was much higher
than during the Summer months.
Two competent mechanics, having no connec-
ton whatever with the prison, have assessed (as
will be seen from the statement hereto a;tachcd)
the value OF the necessary impro\ ements made by
convict labor during these months at Sll.344 ]3
The value of the labor of cOnvcts reported 'y
the Directors for eight months is S16,i1S u.s.
Add the labor for March and April, and we have
as inC u'tsFeSdtc Ndiuc vi tuC WIN III 'hS '0u
mon bs during which the State has had charge Of
the prison SS7,72l ST. or a monthly average OF
SS.772 2S.
Tie vo,chers referr"d 10 in my account will be
found in the Office OF the Secretary OF State, where
hey have been placed subject to the order of The
Legi>l tnce.
he whole number o" conv cts in prison when
took possession was 523. The numoer ~ n"d
over o the Dircc ors Oh the Isl OF May was 531 ,
showing al increase, during that period. OF If.
JOHN B. WELLER.
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
Too Early Fruit Bearing.

The early fruitfuIness Of nearly every vari-
ETY. of tree cultivated in the garden or or
chard of California, has already passed to
proverb. The peach in favorable localities,
always produces fruit the second year, and
the apple and pear not unfrequently on the
third from the graft, in considerable abun-
dance But there is mistake abroad among
pomologists, in thus allowing their trees to
produce large quantities of fruit, while yet
but two or three years. growth from the seed
or graft. 1t is so agreeable to obtain fruit
from trees of our own setting, at as early
day as possible, that little or no attention is
given to the effect of this extreme precocious-
ness; nor have we seen in any publication
in this State, word of caution in regard to
this propensity of fruit trees to early bear
ing, yet its effects are visible for evil in near
ly every orchard and garden in the State.
Il Experience has taught, not
only in other countries, but in California
as well, that the best apple and pear trees at
four years old, are those in which but little
else than leaves and wood have been grown;
for whilst thrifty growth of limbs is pro-
duced from year to year the grower has it in
his power to shape the tree almost entirely
to bis wishes, which is not the case when
the energies of the tree are expended to an
improper degree in the production OF fruit
California CultWist.
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
A Regiment of Giants

CARLYLE. in his Life of Frederick the
Great" makes allusions as follows to some
of the large men who formed the famous
Poltsdam regiment organized by Frederick
William, the father Of that monarch:
A Po,sdam Giant Regiment, such as the
world never saw before or since. Three Bat
taons of tbem-two always here at Pots
dam doing formal life-guar'| duty, the third
at Brandenbu?g on driIl; 500 to the Baltal-
n-2,50O sons of Anak in all, Sublime
enough, hugely perfect to the royal eye;
such mass of shining giants, in their long
drawn regulari,ies and mathematical ma
nnuverings, like some streak of Promethean
lightning realized here at last in the WI gar
dusk of things!
Truly they are men supreme in discipline,
in beauty of equipment, and the shortest
man of them rises, | think toward seven
feet; some are nearly nine feet high. Men
from all countries; hundred and odd
come annually, as we saw, from Russia a
very precious wirdfall; the rest have been
collected, crimped, purchased out of every
European country at enormous expense, not
TO speak of other trouble to his majesty
James Kirkham, an Irish recruit of good
inches, cost him 9l, 200 before he could be
got inveigled, shipped and brought safe to
hand. The documents are yet in existence;
and the portrait of this Irish fellow citizen
himself who is by no means beautiful man.
Indeed, they are all portrayed-all the pri-
Yates of this distinguished regiment are, if
ANYBODY cared to look at them.
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
Modern Worship.

At church, Joe says, his manly heart
With true devotion swells,
Disprov;ng that, as some assert,
He's led there by the Bellies.
While Jane, the happiest of coquettes,
Whose eyes no sorrow dims,
Most piously employs her time
In looking for the hims.
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
The Progress of the Sacramento Railroad

The editor of the Sacramento Register
has been on flying trip to Folsom, and
thus speaks of the progress of the railroad
extension from Folsom toward Marysville:
The granite abutments of the bridge across
the American river are completed, and also
considerable portion of the wooden super
structure, which is to consist of single arch.
After crossing the river, the road ascends
the western bank at grade of forty feet to
the mile; and traverses it until the first, or
table and summit is reached, when it passes
through several deep cuts These, in addi-
ton to four trcssel brid ges, which are to
cross as many separate ravines, all occnr
within the distance of mile and half
from Folsom, and will cost more than the
next twenty miles of the road. Workmen
are busily engaged pushing it forward. A
hope is entertained that it will be completed,
and in running order, by the first of April,
1860. The bridge across the American rlv-
er is being constructed by Mr.. D. d. Kings
bury. Sacramento Register.
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
Think Gently of the Erring.

Think gently OF the erring!
Ye know not of the power
With which the dark temptation came
In some unguarded hour;
Ye may not know how earnestly
They struggled, or how well,
Until the hour of darkness came,
And darkly thus they fell.
Think gently of the erring!
Oh, do not once forget,
However deeply stained by sin,
He is thy brother yet
Heir of the self-same heritage,
Child of the self-same God!
He hast but stumbled in the path,
Thou hast but feebly trod.
Speak gently of the erring!
For is it not enough
That innocence and grace are gone,
Without thy censure rough?
1t sure must be weary lot
That sin-crushed heart to bear,
And they who share happier fate
Their chidings well may spare.
Speak kindly of the erring!
Thou yet may'st lead them back
With holy words and tones of love
From misery's thorny track.
Forget not that thou hast often sinn'd,
And sinful yet may be,
Deal gently with the erring one
AS God hath dealt with thee.
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
Morning.

But mighty nature bounds as from her birth;
Flowers in the valley. splendor in the beam.
Health on the gale. and freshness in the stream.
TBYRON
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12

STATE Prison WALL.-W. p. @. Stebbns
has commenced a suit in San Francisco
against James Smiley and j. Ii. Dali. for
$41,73e, as a balance due him as his shares
Of the profits resulting from the contract
made in 1855, for building the wall around
the State prison.
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
The Atlantic Telegraph.

A late number of the New York Times
says:
Mr.. Charles Gerhardi, one Of Mr.. De
Sauty's staff Of telegraph operators at Trinity
Bay, came to New York from st. Johns, N.
F., by the Pacific, and took passage on her
on the 9Th of January, to return to England,
himself and one or two others of his associ-
ates having been ordered home by the Drec-
tors for some purpose, as yet unknown to
them. in connection with the Atlantic Gable.
The feeling among the operators and Others,
who are we'll acquainted with the situation
of the Gable, is one of much confidence that
it will yet be put in condition to transmit
messages without difficulty. Four or five
operators, including Mr.. De Sauty, are yet
remaining at Cyrus Station, and day and
night duty is kept up; the least reflections
of the galvanometer are carefully watched,
and will be reported to the Directors. When
Mr.. Gerhard left the station, on the 10th of
December, there were constant evidences,
by currents passing over the cable, that it
was unbroken, although they were not su1fi-
GENTLY ineligible to be made out. Mr..
Gerhardi expresses the greatest confidence
that, if the present cable is not restored to
condition to be used another cable will be
laid down at no distant day. He also GER
tifes, with much earnestness, to the entire
willingness of Mr.. De Sauty to communicate
whatever is of the slightest interest to the
public relating to the line, in proof Of which
he cites several instances in which he has
volunteered to notify the New York Te!e-
graphic Agent Of the evidences Of the exis-
tence of continuity Of the Gable.
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
GARDEN SEED.

GARDEN SEED.
nE subscriber has all kind of Garden Seed
nv OF his own raising. Likewise fresh sup
tX rom the Shakers Farm in Pennsylvania
AL warranted. For sale at his store in Auburn.
-... JOHN r. GWYNN.
January 22d, 1850 "
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
CORONER'S NOTICE.
To Justices of the Peace,

lie various Justices Of the Peace OF Placer
bas 'eSanty will take notice. that the undersigned
o" "s oeen elected to the Office of Coroner OF said
ttounty; and has filed his bonds, and is prepared
", uJ ulscharge the duties OF his Office Justices
rno may be called upon 10 hold inquests will con-
hn-a M lavor by notifying the unders gned at Au-
puiA. JAMES McBURNEY,
Coroner of Placer county.
'auburn, Oct I'd, lS5s.--my
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12

~"E "Edde," said mother to her hopeful
son, as she was reading to him of Pocahon-
tas, in the history Of Virginia, "do you know
who Pocahontas was?" "Yes, mother" said
the lad whose thoughts were upon coveted
pony, "she was fast racker."
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12

Ey- A Cincinnati reporter says ofa very
elegant female pickpocket-"she rarely
speaks to any one; is alway quiet, gentle,
smiling and genteel; comes like sunbeam
and like it, also, steals noiselessIy away
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12
A Curious Case in Tennessee.

A new law in Tennessee Furnishes the
the crime of obtaining money or goods by
false pretenses, as a penitentlary offence.
some time since, poor degraded female OF
that State was arrested on the charge of
grog seller, of whom in better days she had
been liberal customer, that she had de-
frauded him out Of twenty five cents worth
of liquor by false representations The jury
before whom she was tried found her guilty,
but recommended her to the mercy OF the
Court. The Court disregardng this recon-
datiof, sent her to the penitentiary for three
wears. TO remedy such an act of injustice,
The aid of the Supreme Court OF the State
was invoked, and the Judges of that Court
expressing the opinion that the law in ques
ton was never intended to include cases OF
such petty character reversed the judg-
ment, and pass cd an order that the woman
be set at libery.
UNwRTTEN PoETRY.--Far down in the
depth of the human heart there is fountain
of pure and halowed feeling, from which
at times, swells up tide of emotions which
words are powerIess to express which the soul
alone can appreciate. Full maiy hearts over
flowing with sublime thoughts and holy
imaginings, need but the ''pen OF fire" to
hold the enraptured thousands in their spells
The "thoughts that breathe" are there, but
not "the words that burn" Natures own
inspiration fills the heart, with emotions too
deep for uherance, and with the poetry of
the heart lies forever concealed in its own
mysterious shrine.
Unwritten poetry. 1t is stamped upon
the broad blue sky; it twinkles in every star,
it mineles in the ocean surge, and gEt-
ters in dewdrop that gems the lily's bell.
1t gows in gorgeous columns OF 90,
clining day, and rests in the uno6'cared
crest Of the gathering storm-cloud. 1t is on
the mountains height, and in the tiny flower;
where'er we can see the hand of God, there
beauty finds her dwelling place.
TIE IxsAxE.-The San Joaquin RepuN'-
can says:
1t is respectfully suggested to the residents
in other counties, who wish to send patients
to the Asylum, that they cause the person
to be examined by physicians in their own
county, and that they obtain a commitment
from the County Jud ga of that county. The
expense of an examination of these patients
should not be saddled upon San Joaquin
county, because the asylum happens to be in
it. These cases are of rather too frequent
occurrence for the prosperity of our finances.
MExIco.-As the spread of our "manifest
destiny" is at no distant day to extend over
Mexico, the following table will interest by
showing the character of the people who
will become of us:
Indians. 4,006, 900
Whites. Aooo,ooO
Nogroes 5000
Mixed breeds. 100000
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 7,Ol6,O00
Ey- A Cincinnati reporter says ola very
elegant female pckpocket-"She rarely
speaks to any one; is alway quiet, gentle
smiling and genteel comes like sunbeam
The Placer herald., 1859-02-12

k%oSiHES.-Paint, Varnish Cloth, Hair, White
asso".' wash Flesh, Nail and Tooth Brushes-a full
~@so''iheAt For sale by Fl. HAZELL.