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EehoAR.

A good ear cannot distinguish one sound from
another, unless there Is an interval Of one-ninth
Of second between the arrival Of the two sounds.
Sounds must therefore succeed each other ct an
interval Of one-ninth Of . second In order to be
heard distinctly. Now, the velocity Of sound
being one hundred and twenty feet . second, in
one-ninth Of second the sound would travel
one hundred and twenty -four feet.
Repeated echoes happen when two obstacles
are placed opposite to one another, - parallel
walls, for example which reflect the sound sue
cessively.
At Ademath, in Bohemia, there Is an echo
which repeats seven syllables three times
at Woodstock, in England, there is one which
repeats sound seventeen times during the day,
and twenty times during the night. An echo
in the villa Smion.tta, near Milan, Is said to re-
peat sharp sound thirty times audibly. The
most celebrated echo among the ancients was
that Of the Metelli at Rome, which, according To
tradition, was capable Of repeating the first line
Of the Rneid, containing fifteen sylables, eight
times distinctly.
DR.. Birch describes an echo at ROseneath,
Argyleshire, which, Il Is said, does not now ex.
ist When eight or ten notes were played on
trumpet, they were returned BY this echo upon
key third lower than the original notes, and
shortly alter upon . key stIll lower.
Dr. Page describes an echo In Fairfax county,
Virginia, which possesses . similar curious prop
erty. This echo gives three distinct reflections,
the second echo much the most distinct Twenty
notes played upon flute are returned with per.
feet clearness. But the most singular property
Of this echo Is, that some notes in the scale are
not returned In their places but are supplied With
notes which are either thirds, fifths, Or octaves
There Is surprising echo between two barns,
in Bclvidere, Allegheny county, N. Y. The echo
repeats eleven times word Of one, two, or three
syllables; II has been heard to repeat thirteen
times. By placing oneself in the centre between
the barns, there will be double echo, one In the
direction Of each barn, and mOnOsyllable viii
be repeated twenty-five times.
A striking and beautiful effect Of echo Is pro-
duced in certain localities BY the Swiss noun.
taineers, who contrive 70 sing their Rams des
Vachas In such time that the reflected notes form
an agreeable accompaniment 10 the air itself
The Killarney notes are quite famous, and 70.
sound with marvellous cleaTness to the notes ol
bugle, Is the traveller rows from point TO point
In tho beautiful lake.
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Morals Vow.

Hear what highland Nora said,
"The earllsS son Wll not we'd
ghould all the race Of Nature die,
And none be lett but he and I.
Dor Ail the goods, for al the gear,
And eli the lands both far and near,
mat ever vAloE lost or won,
would not WeA he earlis's son"
"a maIden's vows" old callum spdke,
care lightly made and lightly broke;
The heather on the mountAinS hight
Begins 10 bloom In purple light;
The frost wind soon shall sweep away
That lustFe deep from glen and bro;
Yet, Nora, ere lts bloom be gone,
May blithsly wed the eaFlls's son."
"The swan" she said, " he lakes clear breast
May barter for the eagles nest;
The AWe's fierce stream may backward turn,
Ben Crnaichan fAll and crush KllehuTnj
Our kIlted clans, when blood b high,
Before their foes may turn and ~;
But ], were al these marVels done,
Would never we'd the eaFlie's son."
SIN IN he water Iily's shade,
Her Wonied nest the Wild swan made,
Bsn-cFualohan stands % fAst - ever,
sun downward foams the AWe's nefee river
To Ihun the crash Of toeman's steel,
No highland broke has turned The heel;
But Noga's heart ls lost and won
She's welded 70 The earlieis son
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Shades Of Evening.

Slowly, SloWiy up The vail
Steals the sunshine, steals The shade,
Evenlng damps begin 70 fan,
Z, Evening shadows are dlsplayd,
Round me, DER me, everywhere,
The sky is grand with clouds.
And athWan the evening air
Wheel the swallows home In crowds.
ehails Of sunshine from the west
Paint the dusky windows red,
Darker shadows, deeper rest,
Underneath and overhead,
Darker, darker and more van
In my breast the shadows fall
Upward steals the life Of man,
A The sunshine from The val,
From the vail into The sky,
From the roof along The splre;
Al, The souls Of those that de
Are but sunbsAms liiled hlgheF.-LOAN1 1eH0aa.
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TIE BLACK CARDS.

"And 50, Mustapha, you are to be sold to.
morrow Z" said planter named Belgrave, 70
handsome tall Mahometan negro Of the Mandingo
tribe This man, like most Of his nation, seemed,
and was far more intelligent than the mean saw
age Of the COromAnti, MOcO, Eboe, Congo, and
other tribes that were imported from Guinea.
"And 50, Mustapha, you are to be sold tO-mor-
rowf"
ayes, master; the prOyOstmarshGl has seized
me in the name Of the king, for taxes that my
late mistress owed at her DEATH"
ain your occupation as fisherman at Callia.
qua you must, take Il, have saved money;
suppose you intend purchasing your manumis-
sionl"
"HOw much, think you, will be offered for
met"
"You are an intelligent and weIl-bchaved
man; you will not be sold for less than 400 dol
lars"
al have" said Mustapha, with q sigh, "not
above $50. Nay ask favor Of your That
you will attend the sale tomorrow, and offer an
] possess for my purchase; should be sold at
higher price than can pay, yet not above what
you conceive Is my value, be pleased to buy me
yourself and l will give you no cause to repent
l."
al atpresent want no negroes but such as are
fitted for Aeld-labor; for this your tribe in gen.
however, l will be in Kingston tomorrow, and
do what can for you"
With this assurance Mustapha departed.
The next day Belgrave was at the vendue
(auctiOn1 attending The sale Of the Mandinro.
fhe first offer for lis purchase was 300 dollars.
mads hv ,he MARSHAL q Hind 81 sher;ffI In Whose
house MuStaphs resided since he was seized Al
the Ein0,s sn;t far taxes Another nerson on
nosed ne oficer's b;ddino. and amonest he rest
ReI0rave offered 36O dolisns The msrshal then
ofisred as0 for he had resolved 10 nav as hirh
Ss Zoo dCl srs for him. 40 greatly did he esteem
ths Sc.d onali,ies m tbe Mshometan RcIoTave
nov % ofIsr,d Ss doubloons: and DarceiyinS De
MARSHAL about 10 make Another a he Whispered
In his esr q tbSt he was irving 70 purchase the
slaves manumission with money that be (Slus.
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pair ,of those entertaining Indies who of
late seem 10 carry on 20 lnrgo 4 business N our
down town oiiicrs and stores IN the way Of pro-
curing subscriptions for new works selling en-
cravings Of the "Fsther Of his Country, and
other nOtabilies, and who (the lndes) are 20 ihs-
cinating in manner, 90 delightfully."- imporfunntl.
90 sweeily un-getFid-o called morning o.
tso since 81 the Office q . ycung lawyer. % IN.
duee him, as the younger expressed 4 with
charming smile. "to subscribe 70 most elegant
work, just published, % Be got up IN elegant sys
"lndeed, ladies'" said our friend q annoi;
] have no doubt Of the exeellenee q your work,
but am not in want Of anything of that kind.
10 q t. do not feel able at present to subscribe
for any works Of any description. The partner
ship OF which am : member has lately be1n 20
impFudent as 10 issue . WORK Of their 04u, and
the enormous expense attending rs issul, not %
speak Of the illustrations, Embellishments. and
ornamental ndonings with which they have seen
1t to clOthe tlie Production -snsh unNonlet cut
lay has really, for The present-in Ihel crippled
me-soSTy-6ut . Ihct--ovsFy word q ~
,"But-ah," inteFposed our outeIpuslng agoni1
"perhAps we could procure you some subscribers
fnF your work; our tsrms are quite rca1 lnabIo
What do you cal your work, siri'
"well We have not fully determined e. yel,
but guess shall let Mrs. S--~-- have her
own way, and call Il after mysslf-chaFIss
Henry" ~
The ladies' concluded they had an engagement
In the nexG block.
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An American clergyman, preaching drowsy
sermon, asked" What il the price Of earthly
pleasurep The deacon, fat grocer, woke sud
denly from sound sleep, and cried Uut Justify
" Seven and -sixpence dozenl"
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at would do anything 10 crafty you, wcult
70 10 the end Of the world 70 please you," !" sAid
lover 10 the object Of his affections.
"Well, cir, 80 there, and stay, and shall b
pleased"
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The same ladies' who would flint to soo ! mans
shirt On aclOthesline, win, IN Wallz, lovingly
Feposs their heads On the bosom of he n1m1
garment when the man is IN.
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Defer no charities tlldeafh; he whe do.s . .
liberal rather with another mans good DIN -
own. .l
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Quoth Patrick Of the Yankees: Bedhd, L
he was cast away on desolato islknd, ho would
get up the next mornin' an 20 around eollini
maps to the Inhabitants"
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A young lady ct the breakfast table was giving
lively description Of her morning walk over the
hill and Held, and, In the midst Of her happiest
fight expressed her regret that there was n0pond
of water In the neighbOrhoOd TO highten the beau.
ty Of the landscape.
In that case" replied the pragmatical pro-
lessoe In hearing, Eve could have some Of these
srtra cats drOscnedrn
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The jealous man pOisOns his own banquet and
then eats Of T.
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Tine keeps his constant Pc. and 1IsI = -
In idleness As IN employ.
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"How do you account" said north country
Of Alves) 10 sagaciOus old elder Of his session,
"for the almost total disappearance Of the ghosts
and fairies that used 70 be common in your young
dAyst"
"Take my word fort minister" replied the
old man, its owing 10 the tea; when the tea
cam in, the ghaists an fairies gaed out Weel
do mind Whan, at o our nebOrly meetings s-bri-
dals christenings lyke-wakes, an the like-we
intsTtained ane anither w rich happy ole; and
when the vera dowiest o Us used 70 get warm
I the hce, and little confused I the head, an
Weel Ct 10 see amaist onything when on the
muirs on yur way hame But The tea has put
out the nAPpy, an have remarked that BY losing
the nappy We lost bath ghaists an fairies"
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A man who was sentenced % bs hung Va
visited BY his wife, who sid: q Ny dear, uould
you like the children 10 zee you execuledi n
No" replied be. That's just like you,e eaid
she. for you never wanted the children % have
little enjoyment"
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II Is the custom in Boston. foF man n busi-
ness who fails, to remove his sign from bis door,
Many years ago one Moss Poor iailed q Boston,
and did not comply with the usual custom Of r..
moving his name During the night some toyt
took down his sign, sawed Il in two, and replaced
I, but with The name reversed. 90 that 4 nd
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30
CERTIFICATE.

Voluntary Certificate from Don Pedro's Bar.
Being desirous of benefting my fellow man as
much as possible induces me to come before the
public and certify to the following facts: In Ju-
ly last. l called upon Dr. j. c. Young, for medi-
cal advice. l was then laborng under dizziness
in my head very tedious pain in my back and
hips, weakness in my legs and arms, loss of men,
ory, sore eyes, palpitatlon of the heart, extreme
nervousness aad general debility; l was so bad
that was compelled to suspend business After
careful examination of my case, DR.. Young
pronounced the case curable, and commenced
taking the medicine he prescribed and the result
is that amlnow perfectly we'll to all appearances
although not so strong as l could wish, yet am
constantly gaining, and do as good days work
as any of the men in my locality The reason
for publishing the above is to counteract that
widespread rascally empricism which is stalking
with such destruction throughout this otherwise
blessed country.
REMEMBER-That DR.. j. Young's Office, for
the treatment of Private diseases, is at the cor
ner of Montgomery and California streets.
REMEMBER-That DR.. Young wants no patient
but those fully capable of approaching and dis
tinguishing the services of q regular thorough
bred physician from the paltry, unlearned and
trifing quack.
REMEMBER-That DR.. Young is the only regu-
larbred physician advertising to cure diseases of
imprudence.
REMEMBER Youngs remedies and treat
ment are entirely unknown to all others, pre-
pared from life spent in the hospitals of Europe.
and the first in this country from pure chemicals
imported.
REMEMBER-That DR.. J. c. Young gives every
attention to diseases peculiar to females.
Office, corner of Montgomery and California
streets oppost Wells. Fargo Il Co Express Office,
San Francisco Office hours from O'Clock A. NJ
to P NJ.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30
PRIVATE MEDICAL OFFICE.

HUNDREDS Of those who have contracted
III disease are disappointed of a cure by not
calling on DR.. Young at First. He will forfeit
any sum if he fails to cure any case that may
come under his care. no matter how long stand
ing or affecting such as ulcers, tumOrs, nodes,
lunches. pimples on the face and body. pains in
the bones and loins wakefulness, trembling, cop
per-colored sores, wasting of the bones, emaca-
tion loss of appetite, strength and flesh, sores in
the nose and ears, loss of hair weak eyes, itching
humors, &c. Many persons after being relieved
of all external appearances of private disease,
suppose themselves cured, but after few months
find they are troubled with various symptoms
which they never had before, and which ey find
it impossible to relieve. To all who are afflicted
in this way, DR.. Young would particularly rec
ommend trial of his skill. The symptoms with
which you are troubled are caused by taints in
the blood, which sooner or later will destroy
health and happiness. No person who has ever
had an attack of any private complaint, should
fail to consult Dr. Young, and take q few bottles
of his invaluable purifying medicine as they
can rest assured that their blood is in perfectly
pure and healthy condition, and that every trace
of disease is removed from the system.
Recent cases cured in from two to five days,
without change of diet or hindrance from busin-
or no fee. DIR. }. g. YOUNG.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30
Wicked and Corrupt Administration.

This is the tune, says the Indiana State
Journal, which all the Black Republican
organs are playing. The Federalsts COM
menced it under Jetierson's administration.
With great JUNCTION, they pronounced it
wicked and corrupt" Jefferson, they de-
carcd was an infide, Jacobin, and they
swore he certainly would ruin the country.
The political descendants of the opposition
TO the Democracy in Jetierson's dav, now
known as Republicans, Kansas shriekers, or
opposition, are now busly engaged in sing
ing hosannas to the great apostle Of Demo
cracy. What fools or what hypocrites or
both. This threadbare charge of wicked
and corrupt" has been applied by the oppo-
sition to every Democratic Administrations
But under Democratic rule the country has
enlarged its borders, and prospered in an
uneXamped degree. In the face of these
charges the people, too have manifested their
confidence in the integrity and admnistra
tive ability Of the Democratic party by con
tinuing it in power, with few short intervals,
since the organization of the Government
The charge of wicked and corrupt admins
tration comes with i'll grace from party
whose leader, Seward, has voted for every
extravagant appropriation which has been
presented to Congress since he has been a
member, and whose bosom friend Mattison,
another Republican leader, had corruption
proven upon him. Whatever of extrava-
gance, of wickedness or corruption which
can be charged against any Demo cratic ad-
ministration can be traced to opposition ori-
gin. Republican members of Congress put
their vote in market and support extravagant
thieving bills for a consideration-voe enor-
nous appropriations for the benefit Of soul
less monopoes, and then censure Demo
cratic administration for not withholding tho
anpropriations
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30

GooDs CoNrRABAND OF WAR.-A Wash
ington correspondent of New York paper
states that the letter Of Gen. Cass, setting
forth the American doctrine in relation to
goods contraband of war, would soon be
published. The view taken by England,
which enlarges the schedule of goods con-
traband of war will not be acquiesced in by
our Government. On the contrary, it will
take the ground that all regular articles Of
commerce, with the exception Of powder,
lead, muskets, ETC., and saltpeter are not
contraband Of war, and that it would be a
serious infringement Of our commercial rights
to enforce less liberal doctrine
Sac. Standard.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30
The Exact Doctrine.

The evidence that Messrs Brown, Davis
and Mason spoke out for themselves and
not for tie Democracy of the South, when
they demanded Congressional Intervention
for the property in the Territories, continues
to como to us. We have already quoted
literally from the Southern Democratic press
in this regard and now we have what is no
doubt the voice of the Democracy of South
Carolina. We quote from the Democratic
paper at Charlotte, of that State
ut seems to us that Mr.. Davis and Mr..
Brown requires too much in asking Con
gress to make slave code for the Territor-
Ii the people of Territory do not want
slavery, all the laws passed from now until
doomsday could not force it upon them, un
less powder and ball were used and hardly
then. No, the true policy of the South is
to favor non Intervention in the Territories
and leave the people thereof perfectly tree to
settle the question. II a majority elect to
abolish slavery, let it be so; or if a MAORI
ty establish slavery, we'll and good. We
ought not, and cannot do it if we ought.
undertake to force our institutions and Gus
toms upon any people. A we want is
equa TISuls anu eIual privileges, atlu IL VIZ
carry our slaves to a territory, and cannot
out-vote Free State men, why our property
will be subject to local laws to certain ex-
tent; but if those laws are in violation of
rights guaranteed by the Constitutions, the
Courts are the proper tribunals TO furnish a
remedy. We would sooner trust the Courts
than Congress with our rights"
That is the exact Democratic doctrine.
We agree North and South, the question of
slavery is removed from the halls of Con
gress by the settlement embraced in the
Kansas Nebraska bill. We agree hat the
people of all sections of the country have
the constitutional right to enter the Terri
tories with their property. We agree that
if the local Legislature shall pass laws which
violate the rights Of property, the remedy is
to be sought in the courts and it is the duty
of the court to furnish the remedy. We
agree that when the people of the Territories
shall come to make their constitution of
State government, they have the unqualified
right to form and regulate all their domes-
tic institutions in their own way; and that it
is the duty of Congress to admit such States,
whether they be slave or free. This is the
Democratic doctrine in nutshell, and it is
all contained in the Cincinnati platform.
4mador .Senhnet
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30
FABLE FOR THE TIMEs.-Ihe S. f. Ma

FABLE FOR THE TIMEs.-The S. 4. Na
tional gets Oft the following:
Upon time the ASS having found lions
skin, enveloped himself therein. The ami
NAL took particular pains to conceal his ears.
Thus disguised under the robe that belonged
to the monarch of the forest, the ass made
his appearance amongst the beasts of the
field. All fled in CONSERVATION. At last,
elated by the sensation his appearance crea
ted, and forgetting that the honors he re-
ceived were due to his false hide, he brDyed
The cheat was detected and the poor ass sunk
into his original and proper insignlficance.
Broderick and his Senatorial
robes.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30

OPPOSITION TAcrIcs.-The San Francisco
Herald is of the opinion that the entire
strength of the opposition will be used at the
coming election to secure members OF the
Legislature as it mas no hope of electing
anv one on the State ticket. 1t thinks the
opposition are ready to make any kind of a
bargain to secure triumph in the Legisla-
tura,
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30

HEAD OF NAvIGArIoN.-The Shasta Cou
rier is desrous to have Shasta the head Of
navigation on the Sacramento River. AS
the town is two miles distant from the river
tbs "head" is to be reached by means of q
"hoss railroad" built that distance,
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30
LIVERY STABLES.
UNION LIVERY STABLE,
49, BARNEY s. HARDY, a.
HNS PROPRLETORS. T+Xe

M. H0fH1I o'N' N.NN
CORNER OF EAST AND SACRAMENTO STREETS,
Auburn, Cal
WYNN. HARDY, having purchased the interest
w of S. w. Woody, the business hereafter will
be conducted under the style of Barney Il Hardy.
The "Union Livery Stable" is well stocked, and
the proprietors have added such Carriages and
Buggies as the increasing patronage of the estab-
lishment fully warrant. A continuance of pat
rcnage is respectfully solicited from the friends
and patrons of the old firm. Es- Good care and
attention paid to Horses left on Livery.
Auburn, July 10, '58my
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30
ia very important adjunct to a physcian] and
recommend my friends to do the same.
J. G. HITCHCOCK, NJ d., LII. d.

Although we are opposed to the system of ad-
vertsing for good and sufficient reas rs, still we
deem it but justice to say thet DR.. Young is one
of the most Industrious and indefatigable votar-
les of the medical science in the United States.
The Placer herald., 1859-07-30
IMPORTANT TO MINERS AND TRAVELLERS

IMPORTANT TO MINERS AND TRAVELLERS
YNHERE is no malady OF deeper Importance
Il either in medical or moral point of view
to which the human family is more liable, than
that arising from impure connections.
AS medical man, it is the duty of every ply
sician to look at disease as it affects health and
life, and his sole object should be to mitigate as
far as in his power, their bodily suffering. HUI
man rature IS at best but frail; all are liable to
misfortune.
OF all ills that affect man, none are more ter
rible than those of private nature. Dreadful as
it is in the person who contracts it, frightful as
are its ravages upon his constitution ending fire.
quenty in destruction and loathsome grave, it
becomes of still greater Importance when it is
transmitted to innocent offspring. Such being
the case, how important it becomes that every
one having the least to fear that they have
contracted the disease should attend to it at
once by consulting some physician, whose respec-
liability and education enables him to warrant a
safe, speedy, and permanent cure In accordance
with this necessity, DR.. Young feels called upon
to state that by long study and extensive practice,
he has become perfect master of all those diseases
which come under the denomination Of venereal
and having paid more attention to that one
branch than any other Physician in tie United
States, he feels himself better qualified to treat
them.
Syphilis in all its forms, such as Ulcers, Swell
ling of the Grons, Ulcers in the Throat, Secon-
dary Syphilis, Cutaneous Eruptions, Ulcerations,
Tertiary Syphilis, Syphilis in Children, Mercural
Syphiltie Affections, Gonorrhea. Gleet, Stric-
lures, False Passages. Inflammation of the Blad
der and PROSTATE Glands. Excoriations Tumors
Pustules, ETC.. are as familiar to him as the most
common things or daily observations.
The doctor effects cure in recent cases in
few days and finds no difficulty in curing those
of long duration, without submitting the patient
to such treatment as will neglect his business,
whether in doors or without. The diet need not
be changed except in cases of severe infamma-
ton. There a:e in California patients (amount-
ing to over two thousand the past year,) that
could furnish proof of this; but these are matters
which require the incest secrecy, which he always
preserves
All letters enclosing $40 will be promptly at
tended to- Office hours from A. NJ to P. NJ.
Address j. c. Young, NJ. D., San Francisco.