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Hunts LDlmeDt-The most cnieaciOus
external remedy offered to the public TOR
rheum atsm, disease of the se weakness AL external
njuries A. NOkTHkOP, l39 Maiden lane
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To Southern Gsrti. mep.-~oo,

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kes-Order pupctnsly sHepded Once 17a Gressv.ca
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wheeler d Wilson's Sewing s1sDninss--.
omoe 90 broadway. New York Send to, scrcusrs
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Weeds Patent Family Sewing Machines
New ST. Price $50 Office 47 Broadway.
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French sost Haas, just Received.
9. j. PANDESSUs, agent for the manufacturer,
II. Coupin. Aix,) lS6 william street. corner Of Ann.
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Where thew viii continue 10 their orated noeeless
family sewing machines Their removal IL oaiy Temporary
and IN ver short time they will again occupy enlarged ana
beautiful prem 1t 495.
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Southern Ocean steamer Movements.
CHARLESTON, June rs, 1852
The steamship Columbia, Captain Berry, from New
oTk arrived here at the bar at nine O'Clock Friday even
|Y, At the wharf at tao O'Clock saturi lay morning.
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Dr. S. r. Tovynsend's ssrsapsrilIa


Only sYHsparla which will eecua!y eradicate diseas
rem 'te body restore beatty action to the system cleAus
he stomach, re eusie the bowels
AND PURiFY THE BLOOD.
Be very careful To til at only which has
DR.. JAMES e. ChIL1Ok'S
Certificate the cutede wrapper OF each botle,
Principal GspOt zlZ Broadway, New YORK.
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Brnrdreth,. Pms E.ert a Curative Enfiu-

Spirit Me dIun Auvertises 10 Make Gen-
tlsu.ns bss Dance hia sidewalk.
ikst's noticing AtWHiJE's 80 Broadway. you may see
his ndid cashmere ~ passing from the store
10 The hour each smiling face under IL
Taste, skl and enterprise beat Ns spirits NJ ,hst gsme.
WHITE, ZIG Broadway, under Bsrnum's Museum.
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col BROADWAY.

The Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Co..
HAVE REMOVED TEMPORARILY FROM .es TO
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07
The Different African Races.

At late meeting Of the Boston Society
of Natural History DR.. Rodichon, a resi-
dent of Algeria, in Africa, presented a paper
of great interest on the races Of that coun-
try, founded on his own observation. He
stated that there were two white races; one
inhabited the mountains, the Numidians or
BARRIERS, and the Arabs. The former were
small in stature, warlike, Independent demo-
cratic, and polygymous. They dwell in vii
lagos and plant vineyards. They are fine
soldiers able to compete with Europeans
They are not governed by laws, but refer
their difficulties to the first man that chances
to pass by. DR.. B. considers them an ind-
gcnous race. The Arabs are tall race, of
dark complexion, equestrian, nomadic, war
like, poeical and poygamous. They divide
their time about equally between fight
ing and playing lie also referred to a
mixed lace of Gurks, and the women of the
different tribes Of the country which, not
having the stamina Of the parent race, are
fast disappearing before the French. He
found in the interior of Africa Germanic
race, with blue eyes and light hair, which are
probably the descendants of the ancient
Carthagenians They are poygamous, and
unlike all other nations, the females are
sovereign both in family and State. They
also possess the characteristics of white
races-tbe enslaving of the neighboring
blacks. Eeliciana (La) Democrat
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07
The Present Condition of Sonora.

The State Of Sonora at this moment pre-
sents spectacle actually deplorable. For
long time a bloody civil war has been car
ried on between the factions of Gandara and
Pesqueira, pressing the ablebodied men into
service, distressing the inhabitants, increas-
ing taxation to an extent almost unbearable,
and preventing anything like decent pro-
gress in business, agriculture or mining
Forced contributions are constantly being
levied upon the towns and villages, and every
thing is cramped and embarrassed by rigid
military surveillance. Add to this the con-
slant forays of the Apache Indians, sweep
ING the State from the Arizona frontier to
the Gulf, punderng haciendas rendering
travel upon the highways hazardous in the
eXtreme-carrying CONSERVATION into every
hamlet, and it is almost wonderful that the
State is inhabited at ALL
AS it is the frontier of Sonora is nearly
abandoned. All along the line fine ranches
are deserted, buildings crumbing to ruins,
and broad fields which once waved with corn
and wheat, choked up with grass and weeds.
The security which is offered to life and pro-
perty by the "authorities" does not even
amount to the dignity of an apology
Sonora, at present, is no place for Amer-
cans. A poor man cannot obtain employ
ment without descending to the level of a
peon, and a rich man, while he finds no de-
sirable opening for profit is in danger of
being plundered This is the actual condi-
ton Of affairs, according to intelligent and
reliable gentlemen who have lately Travelled
through the entire State. All the labor is
performed by poems, at from six to eight dol
lars per month; as for business, there is none
to engage in. AS many Americans seem to
be moving into Sonora with the hope Of
making fortunes, we feel called upon to state,
as we have, the actual condition of things,
and urge them to pause, before risking not
only property but life, in country impover-
ished, revolutionary, and prostrated by civil
war. 1ri2Onidn.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07
A String Of Curious Facts i.

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picked up in the course of our reading, from
various authorities. We think many of them
Will be new to our readers:
The difference between the skulls of do
mestic hog and wild boar, is as great as
that between the European and the negro
skull. Domestic animals that have subse
quently run wild in the forests after few
generations lose all traces of their domesti-
cation, and are physically different from
their tame originals.
1t is not natural for COW. any more than
any other females animals, to give milk when
she has no young to noursh. The perma-
Junction. produced by an Artificial habit for
several generations. In Columbia, the prac-
tice of milking cows having been laid aside,
the natural state of the function has been re-
stored. The secretion of milk continues
only during the sucking Of the calf, and is
only an occasional phenomenon. If the
calf dies, the milk ceases to flow, and it is
only by keeping him with his dam by day,
that an opportunity of obtaining milk from
COWS by night can be found.
The barking of dogs is an acquired heredi-
an attempt to initiate the human voice
Wild dogs and domestic breeds which become
wild, never bark, but howl. Cats, which so
disturb civilized communities by their mid
night ''caterwaul," in their wild state in
South America, are quite silent
The hair Of the negro is not wool, but a
curled and twisted hair. The distinction
between hair and wool is clearly revealed bv
the microscope.
The dark races have less nervous sensbili-
bities than the whites. They are not sub
ject to disease. They sleep soundIy in every
disease; nor does any mental disturbance
keep them awake. They bear surgical oper-
ations much better than the white people.
A certain piece of fungus has been known
to attain the size of a gourd in one night:
and it is calculated that the celules of which
it is composed, mus. amount to forty seven
thousand millions. If it grew in twelve
hours, this would give four thousand millions
per hour, or more than thirty-siX millions
each minute.
Animalcules have been discovered so small
that one million would not exceed grain
of sand, and five hundred millions would
sport in a drop Of water. Yet each of these
must have blood vessels, nerves, MUSCLES
circulating fluids, &c., like large animals.
One Of the most wonderful achievements
of astronomers, is the weighing of the bod
les of the solar system. 1t is certain that
the mass Of Jupiter is more than 322 and
not less than 222 times the mass of this
globe-so accurately has this work been ac.
complished. The mass Of the sun is $780,
53l times greater than tie united masses of
all the planets
The planet Saturn is composed of matter
only half as heavy as water; Mercury is con
sderably heavier than quicksilver, and a
third heavier than lead; and our globe is
twice as heavy as lead-a fact which shows
the density of internal parts.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07
ARRIVAL OF THE JNO. +. STEPHENS.
Five days Later from the Atlantic States.

The steamship Jno Il. Stephens arrived
at San Francisco on Sunday, the 1st inst,
bringing five days later news than received
by ne Overland Mail.
Summary.
The Postmaster General has sent letters to
several gentlemen, inviting proposals for car
rving mails between New York and New
Orleans and California from the 3Oth Sep
tember, 1859, to the lst of July, 1860, leav-
ING to bidders to designate their own routes.
Proposals are to be received until the 3Oth
April.
Lord Lyons, the new British Minister,
had arrived at Washington.
The trial of Sickles had commenced at
Washington.
A valuable gold mine has been discovered
near Leavenworth city, Kansas.
From Mexico news is received of the rec
ognition Of the Juarez or Liberal Govern
ment, by the Hon. Mr.. McLane, the new U.
s. Minis.er to Mexico, as the Government
de tacto of that Republic.
The Liberal forces had attacked the city
of Mexico but were repulsed. But they
were receiving large accessons of troops,
and were confident of soon taking the place.
Miramon met with signal defeat from
the Liberal forces at Vera Cruz, and was
compelled to retreat. At last accounts he
was sending troops to the relief of his beea-
guered army in the Capital.
The Juarez Government have conceded
several important notifications to the char.
ter of the Louisiana Tehauntepec Company;
have made new concessions to the Company
in property over the lsthmus and have also
extended the time fixed in the original char
ter for the completion of tie rail- osstdh across
the Isthmus.
The Mexican Liberal Government has CIV
en- an order to the Mont Storm Arms Com
panv for 5000 breech loading rifles and car
bines.
Mexico is represented to be in a deplora-
ble state of anarchy.
The late news from Europe is more favor
able for peace. Russia has proposed a Peace
Congress, to consist Of repres entatives from
England, France, Austria, Prussia, and Rus,
sia. France has assented to the same, but
there has been no official reply from England
Austria and Prussia.
In the Spanish Cortes a motion had been
for any papers in the possession of the Gov
ernment relative to negotiations between
France, England and the United States with
reference to the purchase of Cuba by the
United States.
The Government of Nicaragua has declin
ed to ratify the Belly canal contract on ac-
count Of some Objectionable clause relative
to emigration.
From South America the news is prnci-
palIy of revolutions. The city of Quito,
the capital of Eucadar, was destroyed by an
earthquake on the morning of the 22nd Of
March. Most Of the Government buildings,
churches, converts, and many Of the private
residences, were thrown down, and those left
standing are uninhabitable. Five thousand
lives were lost, and three million dollars
worth of property destroyed.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07
THE BACHELORS LAMENT.
BY Il. w. LOCKE.

Oh, dear me, wish l were married!
should have been ten years ago;
'Tis shameful that thus have tarred;
Is any one wanting beau?
I'm off to the very first bidder;
So give me jog on the way;
Here's luck for a maid or 'widder,"
Who'll bid when there's nothing to pay?
I'm not very handsome or winning,
And sometimes they tell me am shy;
Yet when there's a chance for beginning,
To strike up bargain Tll try;
I'm odd, but want to be even,
I'm sick of this bachelor life;
l envy old Adam in Eden,
Who swapped off a bone for wife,
But matters most strangely have altered
Since Adam took home his young bride;
To marry Was not to be haltered
For some pretty vixen to ride;
Miss Eve set herself right to stitching
A nice little apron or two,
But girls now are only bewitching.
When they have got nothing to do.
An acre of ribbons and laces,
And satins and silks by the pile,
The load when I'm once in the traces,
May not go as easy as "ile;'
But living alone, o, It's awful.
I'm only one half of man;
I'll have one to kiss whom it's lawful,
I've stood it as long as | can.
So step up Miss Mary or Fanny,
And give me your hand and your heart;
I'll take you without the first penny,
I've plenty to give us a start;
But, bless me, my hearts got to quaking!
I'm going right Off to propose!
I'll take the first girl that is aching
To cure an old bachelors woes.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

The Alta says thousand photographs, or
light pictures, are taken IN San Francisco by
twelve establishments every fortnight, at a
cost to purchasers of $500. Three-fourths
of the pictures are for transmission to the
Atlantic States
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

The word Arizona is derived from the Az
tee and means silver bearing. Appropriate
enough, for the silver mines of that wonder
full territory seem likely to rival in value
the auriferous quartz of California.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07
The Code Napoleon.

When Napoleon |. was forming the Code
Napoleon he astonished the Council of State
by the readiness with which he illustrated any
point in discussion by quoting whole passa-
ges, exempore from the Roman civil law; a
subject thought entirely foreign to him, as
his whole life had been passed in the camp,
On being asked by Treihard how he had ac-
quired so familiar knowledge of law, he
replied:
"When WAS lieutenant, | was once un-
Justly put under arrest. The small room
assigned for my prison contained no furniture
but an old chair and cupboard; in the lat
ter was ponderous volume, which proved
to be digest of the Roman law. AS had
neither paper pens, ink, nor pencil, you may
easily imagine this book to have been val
liable prize to me. 1t was so bulky, and the
leaves were so covered by marginal notes in
manuscript that had been confined hun
dred years, | need never have been idle. |
was only ten days deprived of my liberty;
but on recovering it, | was saturated with
Justinian and the decisions Of the Roman
legislators. 1t was thus | acquired my
knowledge Of the civil law"
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

The Mariposa GAZETTE, speaking Of lo
Semitic Falls, says that the water, falling as
it does in the form of rain or mist, when
the streams are not very high had formed
immense columns of ice, hundreds of feet
high, presenting a sight of indescribable
beauty
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

Charles Lever in one of his stories, tells
of dashing individual who boiled bis ham
in sherry wine; whereat an honest Hiberan
exclaimed: "Bedad, l wish | was a pig my
self"
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

Fools NOT ALL DEAD.-Seven companies
left our city yesterday for the mines. Some
were we'll provided and will have pleasant
trip, others had moderate outfit, and will
probably get through in safety. But one
company embraced an amount OF iool-hardl-
ness we are panied to record. This com
pany consisted of sixteen able-boded fellows
with blankets, picks and pans, strapped to
their backs Their entire stock of provis-
ions consisted of 40 lbs. of crackers and a
quantity Of salt--the latter being barely
sufficient to preserve the former in case it
was not eaten. On being asked how they
expected to make the trip of 500 miles with
their ridiculous outfit, one of them replied:
'That's easy enough. We intend to kill
enough game and steep in barns" Verify
the fools are not all dead.
LeovenworM Daily Tines March 10Th
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

PuLU-What this capital material for
bedding is, how it grows and where it comes
from, is thus told by the S. F. Times:
"Pulu grows upon trees, which attain an
average hight of about six feet. 1t is sort
of silken moss, very light and feathery, and
is found in lots of near pound in weight,
sticking by bud in the crotches of limbs.
The trunks Of the trees are small-in fact,
mere shrubs 1t is indigenous to the islands
in the Hawaiian group, but is gathered chiefly
upon the islands of Hlo and Oahu. Upon
Hlo, some three hundred natives are en-
ployed in its collection. They receive fif
teen and twenty cents day for their labors,
and are engaged for the year round. 1t is
collected by hand, similar to the cotton boil,
and placed on mats slung from the neck of
the laborer. Then it is packed on mules to
the sea-shore, and shipped in bags to Homo
lnlu, where it is shipped to every part of the
world. There is no monopoly, excepting
that of enterprise and the legitimate en-
ployment of capital to control the article; so
puu is free to the world.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

STATE FAlR.-The annual Fair of the State
Agricultural Society, will be held in Sacra~
mento on the 18th of September next
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

A SPuNKY WoMAN.-We learn from the
Middletown Pa) Journal that woman ap
peared at the polls there on election day,
and claimed a right to vote on the ground
of being a taxpayer. She is opposed to the
doctrine Of taxation without representation"
and thinks all lady taxpayers ought to be
entitled to the elective franchise. We ad-
mre her "spunk"
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

STANDARD GoLD.-Go!i when refined from
all impurities and alloys of inferior metals,
is denominated pure, or gold of twenty four
carats, this being the standard of purity rec
ognized by the mint-master and the dealers
in gold. In reality. however, there is no
gold SO very pure, but that it wants about a
quarter of carat of this standard. The
carat is divided into IA, 1-8, lie, 1-32.
These degrees serve to distinguish the great
er or less quantity of alloy therein contain
ed; for instance, gold of twenty-five carats
has two parts of silver and one of copper,
and twenty-five of fine gold; that of twenty
three carats has halt part, or half twenty
fourth of each.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

A REMARKABLE ARrEsIAN WELL.-ln
Louisville, KY, there is an artesian we'll
which has reached the depth of 2,os6 feet.
This is not so deep as the well of the Messrs.
Belcher, at St. Louis Missouri, but the result
has been far more successful. The Louisville
well elects stream of water to the height
of 17O feet, and has flow of 1880 gallons
per hour. The water is ascertained to possess
the most valuable mineral properties, and
may be used as a remedial agent in chronic
diseases Of the stomach, liver, kidneys and
skin, and in scrofulous affections
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

THE FALL OF THE MIssIss1pPI-Th rate
of descent necessary to produce rapid cur
rent in river is very slight. A fall of ten
inches to the mile is sufficient to obstruct
navigation. 1t is owing to the very slight
descent in the Mississippi River that it is
navigable to SO great an extent. We learn
from an article in the Journal of the Geo
graphical and Statistical Society, that the
rate of descent in that river, below its juno
ton with the Ohio, is but 2.6 inches to the
mile, and from the mouth of the Minnesota
to the Ohio SIG inches The total fall, from
the mouth of the Minnesota to the Gulf,
2,l92 miles, is 744 feet; or at the rate of
4.O7 inches to the mile. The greatest fall is
between the Rock Island Rapids and the
Ohio-6.4 inches to the mile.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

DEATH OF BILLY BowLEGs.-The Fort
Smith (Arkansas) Times of March 3lst, un-
der the caption of another great man fall
en-" has the following:
We learn from gentleman who arrived
from the Seminole country, that Billy Bow
legs died suddenly, at the house of John
Jumper, on the 11th of March. There was
great lamentations and loud walings among
the people, the Semimoles. Thus has passed
away one who has been terror to the set
tiers of Florida, and one of the greatest
chiefs and Indian warriors Of the present day
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

The S. F. Prices Current estimates tn at
the twenty-five thousand adventurers who
went to Fraser River from California lost at
least five million dollars.
The Placer herald., 1859-05-07

SERVED THE PREACHER RIGnr-One of
the coolest items for a warm subject that we
have lately seen, and which is altogether too
good to be lost, is from the San Jose Tribune
as follows:
Rev. Moses Clampit, an eccentric preach
er of the Methodist church, south, was preach
ing in Santa Clara valley; young man rose
to go out, when the preacher sad:-
"Young man, if you'd rather 60 to hell
than hear me preach, you may CO." The
sinner stopped and reflected moment, and
saying, respectfully, "WelI, | believe would.''
went on. .
The S. F. Prices Current estimates tn at
G,,o thnncnnI nI h.,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-06-03
Especial. Attention.

WE have been receiving 20 many Goods for tbs
past three months that we have not had time 70 hll
our space in the Chronicle" We now give notice
that the following articles can be had at the lowest
prices besidcsa thousand Others not mentioned.
Pure Chemicals from Powers a Weightmans Ss-
lect Powders from the best. importers, and Patent
Medicines--a great variety
Pure White Lead, Boiled Linseed Oil Raw Lin
seed OIL Paint and Varnish Brushes superior lot
Whitewash Brushes-extra and common.
FOR MEDICINAL USE ONLY.
French Brandy, from IS to Sl4 per gal, Madeira
Wine, SO per gal, Port Wine 81 to so per gall
Sherry Wine, 81 per gall, Malaga Sweet Wine, Su-
perior Gin, Rum and Old Peach Brandy, Old Bour-
bon Whskey, 50 80 per gal, Browns Whisky, Old
Rye Whisky, so per gal.
Artists Paints and Brushes, for Grecian and other
Oil Paintings Danar Varnish Drying OH, &c. Glass
cut any size for paintings Drawing Paper, Vellum
Paper, Perforated and Tissue Paper, Drawing Books
Pencils, CTayons, &C, Music Portfolioo Writing
Desks of Rosewood Mahogany and Leather--very
handsome, Port Folios,qute variety Napoleon and
Raglan Toilet Sets Victoria Puff Boxes, Colognes-
the largest variety ever offered in this Market Ex-
tract for Handkerchief the greatest variety in small
walls by the pound Hair Oils, Hair Ressorers POI
mades, Pomatums, &c. Balls of Nun Fun, an entirely
new article, Allibaster Lilly White, &C. bay Rum,
! (St ThomasO Old Winsor and other Soaps.
Vions-warranted Banjos, Violin and Guitar
Strings, Violin Bridges, Screws and Bows, large
variety of Superior Stationery Envelopes Sc. Va
iting Cards, plain and glazed, Cloth Stretchers and
Indeble Inks Virginia and Turkish Smoking To-
bacco, Mershaum and Powhattan Pipes, Pipe Stems
great variety, from the poor mans to the Turks 1
fneassortmcnt of fine pocket Cutlery Gold PENS Rs-
zors &c, sc. -
School and Miscellaneous Books, Ledgers, Day
books and cheap Memorandums
Lamps, Lamp Chimneys, Burning Fluid Coal Oil
Alcohol sc. r =
! Hair Brushes-a very large lot and fue quality,
Fine Combs Dressing Combs Conb Brushes, Nail
Hand, and Tooth Brushes an extra lot and quality
few genuine Shell Combs, and in fact almost every.
thing in the way of Notions.
THOMAS & BRO,
Apl Is, 1859. Public Square.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-06-03
ChanoerY Sale of Land.

Len, II, johnson u.s. AnR.E. Ogburn, ct ais.
IN pursuance of an order made in this cause al
the April term, 1859, of the Chancery Court AT
GAINESVILLE will sell to the highest bidder on the
premises, ON SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1859, the
tract of land mentioned in the pleadings, containing
about fifty acres being the same land purchased by
James NJ Ogbum Of John Y. Taylor, and lies on
James Lscnby, on the north; J, b. Lisenby on
the west w. Il VI. d. Dayie, on the south; and
II. d. Trice on the east The land is well timbeled
Transferable until April LIST 1860. Note with
good security required, and Il lien retained for the
purchase money
THOS. J. MUNFORD, c. & NJ
May IL, lSj9-4w-prners fee 81.