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The Placer herald., 1860-12-22

For THE HoLIDAys.-N orcross, who is al.
ways up with the times in keeping rich Jew
elry, Fancy Goods etc, has just received his
Holiday stock, and is displaying it in attIac-
tive style for the inspection of the customers
who about these days are making purchas-
es of presents in accordance with the time
honored customs Of Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year" We cannot pretend to
enumerale the many beautiful articles he
has received, but woul! advise all to 90 and
see for themselves
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22
FRUIT TREES!

VUNHE undersigned would respectfully inform
purchasers that he has on hand lot OF
choice Fruit Trees raised by himself at his Nur-
sery near Rattlesnake Bar, Placer county, con-
ssting in part of
Choice standard Apples and Pears---One
and two years Old---Pears, Nee
tarines, Cherries, Apri.
cots and Peaches.
Also, many Of the best variety of Strawberry
Plants, Goosberry and Raspberry plants Garden
Seed and plants always on hand as the season
advances. Also. 100000 Grape Cuttings.
All my trees are grown in the mountains and
consequently better suited to plant up here. than
any brought from the Valley or the lower coun-
ties. | have raised my trees from the seed. and
warrant them not to be pieces of roots grated on.
They will be sold rs low us any reliable nursery
man in the State sells them. they are all stra ght,
from three fou tbs of an inch to four inches in
di, meter and from five to twenty feet high.
LOUIS Z. MILLER.
Millers Garlen, Placer Co., Dec. 22, lo6O.-3m
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22

The EDITORIAL PEN.-The time was when
the gray goose quill" was considered in
dspensable to the editorial fraternity, bat
that idea has long since been exploded by
elliott and the legion Of pen manufactures,
who have fairly run the honest quill away
from the editors table and the counting.
house esk Our fore fathers were cousid-
cred wise and far seeing men, and handed US
down a Constitution that is considered the
embodiment of wisdom, and he'd in rever.
ence and respect by their descendants to
great degree. But yet that instrument was
traced 10y the plebian quill, and was entirely
innocent of assistance from our latter day
fashionable and excellent gold pens And
this brings us 20 what we started out to say
that NJ. Andrews, our popular watchma-
ker and jeweler, fully impressed with the
benefit that editors and the press are to the
present age in the dissemination Of truth,
and general intelligence, and particularly to
the Placer Herald, has presented us with an
excellent gold pen and holder of the latest
and best style; for which he has our sincere
thanks and the hope that he may live n
thousand years, and flourish like green bay
tree.
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22

Ns- South Carolina seems determined to go
out of the Union without awaiting the action of
other Southern States. This is unfortunate AL.
though the South has great provocaton, and it
is possible separation may yet become inevita-
BILE, nothing should be left unlone TO effect an nd
justment of the difficulties within the Union, and
this action of South Carolina, unfortunately
tends to complicate the difficulties.
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22

~ The Legislature will meet two weeks
from next Monday.
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22

JEwELRY Fer THE HoLIDAYs.-Those who
have it in contemplation to surprise any of
their friends on Christmas and New Years
day by the presentation of tokens of love
or friendship, will not fail to notice Mr.. An.
drews' advertisement of to-day. He has
Just received new and beautiful stock of
Jewelry, selected with that care and excel
lent taste for which he is noted; and ladies
and gentlemen by calling will be enabled to
make just such selections IS they may de
sire
Mr.. Andrews will manufacture or repair
any work that may be ordered in his line,
and warrant it to the satisfaction of custom
eiS.
Call round at his stand on Commercial
streets, one door above Robert Gordon's
store, examine the goods, and purchase bar
gains.
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22
The Message,

This important document has reached
California and ere this has been read by
thousands of our citizens. We give some
extracts from it, and regret our inability to
publish it in full. 1t should be read by all,
that full understanding may be arrived at
of the present crisis in the affairs Of the
nation. Mr.. Buchanan plainly sets forth
the causes that have produced the present
unfortunate difficulties ling in sectional
agitation and the formation of geographical
parties the source of the dangers that now
environ the Union. He believes, that not
withstanding the unfortunate appearances,
the Union may be saved, and that in the
Constitution are provided the remedies by
which that instrument can be so amended
as to definitely secure the rights of every
State, and avert dissolution.
He denies the right Of States to secede at
pleasure, as that would make the Union a
mere "rope of sand" At the same time he
does not find IN the Constitution the power
conferred upon Congress or the President to
coerce any State.
He suggests an amendment to the Con
stitution, with the substantial points that
might be incorporated in il, that the slavery
agitation may he finally and for-.yer settled.
In the patriotic devotion to their country
of large part of the people, :he President
has the hope that all troubles may he adjus-
ted, and the Republic keep straight forward
in its mission Of civilization and enlighten
ment.
The message will undoubtedly give salts
faction to all who cherish a desire for the
perpetua'ion of the confederacy will
see in it that the is vet hope for an ac
commodaion of the evils complained of
The South asks but for recognition of its
rights under the Constitution and the decis
let the North accede to this, and the
storm will subside. Then erect the land
mark of definite settlement of this vexed
slavery question, throws it out of the ma
tional councils, and all will be well.
This can be accomplished if the North
will listen to the claims of justice. And
while we hope that she may, we much fear
that anti slaveryism has taken such deep
root in that section, that the people will be
unwilling to yield the privilege they have
claimed in combating slavery in and out OF
Congress.
But while ''there is life there is hope, -
and it behooves every lover of his country
to cherish the belief that all is not yet lost
In the end, if dissolution should become inc
vtable, the different States must act as their
necessities and interests dictate.
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22

HOLIDAYS!
4.
THE FINEST STOCK OF
JEWELRY
Ever offered in town can be found .. u.
M. ANDREWS,
Commercial street, Auburn,
CONSISTING OF
Gold, silver and Diamond W.t.h.
the best English, Swiss, and Am....
manufacture.
Etruscan, Carbuncle, Pearl, Coral. ia,
net, Quartz, Jet and Enamclled set,,
Pins and Earrings OF all style, and MAJ,
terms.
Band, Chain, Ribbon and Alumsp,.
Bracelets.
Diamond, Gold and EnamelIed Loeks,.or
all styles and patterns.
Chains and Gold Keys of all patterns.
Vest Chains OF Gold, Alumenum 4 Hair,
Gold and Coral Neck Chains Of all styles
and patterns.
Gold, Jet, Etruscan, Garnet, and Imisa.
ton Diamond Crosses.
Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Opal, Regard,
Enamclled, and Gold Rings Of all styles
and patterns.
Gold and Enamelled Buckles--Ane o.
sOrtment.
Gold and Quartz slides.
Stone Cameo, Etruscan, Gold Stone, Car
buncle, Alumenum, and Gold Sleeve But'
tons and Studs.
Gold, silver and steel Spectacle.
silver Gard Cases, Cups, Butter Knives,
Salt Spoons, etc.
Gold and silver Pens and Pencils, ofthe
best makers---a great variety.
SILK, Hair, Ribbon and Leather Goars''
Marine, Calendar and ONCE Clocks
All of which will sell at reduced prices 'of
cash. ..a
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired 'nu
warranted. ,.n
M@-All kinds of California Jewery mso'
order. ..,d
Engraving and Cutting done with ne''ne'' ''N
dispatch. =, .vnprwS
Auburn, Dec. 22d, 1S60.-1m
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22


FASHIONABLE GooDs.-Parkinson is in
receipt Of new stock of Dry Goods, and
is prepared, with more extensive variety
than ever. to comply with the demands OF
purchasers: Fashionable coaks, silks, mus
lins, carpets bonnets, shoes etc. etc., 90 to
make up the new stock, which will be sold
cheap for cash. Give William a call, and
he will show you quantities # goods suita
BILE for Holiday presents, as well as every
day purposes.
CoRREcTIoN.-Lastw week in making ac
acknowledgements Of the receipt Of the Tito
graphs, shakespeare and his friends" and
"The Village Blacksmith" We gave credit
to A. L. Bancroft d Co., Of San Francisco,
when it should have been to II. H. Bancroft
q Co.. the old established book sellers and
stationers. Persons sending orders through
julius p. Brooks, can be supplied with any
Of the popular litographs at the lowest rates.
STRAWBERRIES IN DECEMBER.- Mil
Ter, the proprietor Of the well known garden
orchard and vineyard, below Rattlesnake
Bar, has agreeably surprised us this week by
the presen alton of basket Of straw wberres
fresh from the vines. They We're of the
british Queen" variety, monthly, and of
large size Accompanying the berries were
some white and red roses, yielding all the
fragrance of June flowers.
Can the gardeners of the valies boast of
having Strawberries as large as English wal
nuts in the month Of December! If they
cannot, then Placer takes the premium.
DENTAL NorIcE.-Dr. Hamilton, Dental
Surgeon, having returned from his sojourn
in the mounta ins, where he has been on a
health recruiting expedition, has located his
office, for the next three months, at Virginia,
and is in readiness to attend to the duties of
his profession there, and in all the neghbor,
ing towns and country. Those Wishing his
services will be called upon at their residen-
ces anywhere within the county. 1t is un-
necessary to enlarge upon the Doctors pro.
fessional merits, as his long practice in the
county, attended by liberal patronage, is
sufficient guarantee that he has given sat
isfaction. The Doctor is a graduate of the
Baltimore Dental College.
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22

40 to NORCROSS' IL you would buy the best
~ quality Of goods at the Lowest cash prices.
The Placer herald., 1860-12-22

parties will have been willfully violated by one
portion OF them in provision essential to the do
mestic security and happiness Of the remainder.
In that event, the injured States, after having
first used all peaceful and constitutional means to
obtain redress would be justified in revolutionary
resistance to the Government of the Union.
The President says the doctrine at State
can dissolve its connection with the Union at
pleasure lis wholly inconsistent with history"
He gives his opinion that the power is not
granted to Congress or any other department of
Government by the Constitution, to coerce a
State that attempts to withdraw from the Union.
To do away with the threatened evil of dissol-
ution, he proposes that the Constitution may be
amended so as to settle the whole controversy
the special points of the amendment to be: First,
an explicit recognition of the right of property
in slaves in the States where it now exists or may
hereafter exist; second, the duty of protecting
this right in all the common Territories through
out their Territorial existence. and until they
shall be admitted as States into the Union. with
or without slavery. as their Constitution may
prescribe Third-a like recognition of the
rights of the master to his slave who ha- escaped
from one Stale to another, to be restored aud de-
livered to him, and the validity of the Fugitive
Slave law enacted for this purpose, together with
declaration that all State laws imparin1 or de-
creasing this right are volative of the Consttu-
ton, and consequently null and void.
1t may be objected that this construction o.
the Constitution has already been settled by the
Supreme Court of the United States, and what
more ought to be required? The answer is that q
very large proportion of the people of the Uni
ted States will controvert the correctness Of this
decision, and never will cease from agitation,
and admit its binding force, until clearly estab-
lished by the people OF the several States in
their sovereign character Such an explanation
would it is believed forever terminate the exist
ing dissensions and restore peace and harmony
among the States.
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rBr rHE AxERlcAs 4sD s.1losAI Irsrs.l

FARTHER Po1NT, Oct 2,-The Canadian mail
steamship North American, Capt. Alison, from
Liverpool on Thursday the Goth, and Londonderry
the evening of the 2lst ;. ssed the point to-
day, on her way up the St. Lawrence river to
Quebec.
The North American brings the weekly summary
of the Liverpool markets for the week ending
Friday, Sept. 2l
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 21.-EBy telegraph to London
derry 1.-The Brokers' circular reports the sales in
the Liverpool cotton market. for the business week
ended this evening, at $1,000 bales.
The market was quiet throughout tie week, and
prices have undergone no change.
The Liverpool Breadstuffs market closed gene
rally steady.
Messrs. Richardson, Spence & Co. say Indian
Corn was steady, and that prices had advanced Cd.
in value.
The market for Provisions closed quiet, and as
regards prices, no change can be noticed.
The advices from Manchester and the surround
ing manufacturing districts continue to be favor
able.
The market for Goods and Yarns was steady,
and prices were well maintained
LONDON, Sept 2l.-The closing quotations for
Consols to-day were 93g.
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The DAMAGE up THE RIYeR.

The steamer Vicksburg, which arrived on We'd
nesday evening, reports that all the coalboats in
the river, from the mouth of Red river down, have
gone to the bottom A stern-wheel steamer name
unknown, has foundered below Baton Rouge
Three steamboats, were blown ashore below Don
aldsonvile. One Of them was the Cincinnati packet
Stephen Decatur. At Bayou Sara the wharfboat
had been blown up the bayou, and at Baton Rouge
the wharf-boat had been torn from her moorings
and blown three miles up stream. Capt. Pickett's
Opelousas packet Silver Heels, worth sIe00O was
sunk at Carrollton, and will, no doubt, prove to be
total loss, her stern being under water to the
hurricane roof, and in danger of breaking in two.
The DR.. Batey, cattle steamer, had her chimneys,
pilot-house and hurricane roof blown off at the
Stock Landing.
From passengers who came down the river Oh
the Ylcksburg and Dixie we learn that great dam
age was done the plantations up the coast, and
number Of prostrated dwellings and sugar houses
were passed. Among the latter were Mccall
& Brothers refinery, Richard McCall's refinery,
Mr.. Loughborough's sugar house, and Mr.. Chopin's
sugar mill.
By the arrival of the steamer Lizzie Simmons,
yesterday morning from Vicksburg, we have re-
ceived the following accounts of the damage done
by the storm of the Ist inst, at Baton Rouge and
its immediate vicinity. Along the river eighteen
coal boats, belonging to the company that owned
the yard opposite Baton Rouge, were sunk, and
the Mason Mining Company lost three of their
boats in the same manner; both companies to-
gether losing nearly 10000 barrels of coal. The
steamer Uncle Ike, belonging to and owned by the
Baton Rouge and Crosse Tete Railroad Company
was sunk at the Companys wharf; no lives lost.
The boat will prove total loss.
The old steamer Natchez, used as wharf-boat
at Baton Rouge was blown from her moorings to
the opposite shore, some two miles above the city.
The steamer Henrietta was blown alongside a
barge loaded with railroad iron and the barge and
boat both sunk in short time. Two boats be
longing to the State were also sunk near Bator
Rouge. In the city, no damage to any consider
able amount occurred except the unroofng of thu
Harney House. The clerk Of the Simmons inform
us that no damage was sustained by any of the nu
merous villages along the coast, though severa
sugar r-houses were blown over.
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POLITICAL ITEMS.

BARBEcuEs.-If anybody supposes the Unionm men
in the northern parishes are not thoroughly aroused
and doing their whole duty, let him read tke fol-
lowing notices of &c barbecues" to come off in that
region, as we find them in the Alexandria Consti
tutional:
There will be a Union barbecue at Goree's Mill
on Thursday, october 4th. Distinguished speakers
will be present.
A Union barbecue will be given at Winfield on
Saturday, the 2Sth inst. All are invited.
ARodter.-The friends of the Union will give a
barbecue at Hineston on Thursday, 4th October.
And StiH Anotter.-A barbecue will be given at
Huddeston on Saturday the 9Th October.
There will be a Union barbecue at Bayou Clear,
near the residence of Stephen Coekfor, on Tues
day, October 9th.
There will be Union barbecue at White Sui
phur Springs on Thursday llth October.
There will be barbecue at Porter's precinct in
the parish Of Catahoua on Saturday, 18th Oct.
We are requested to state that free discussion is
offered to all. The National Douglas Democrats,
the Breckenridge Democrats, and the Union men,
we hope will be on hand
Mr., HILLIARD AT TEMPERANCE HALL.--It being
known on Friday morning that Hon. Henry w.
Hilliard, of Alabama had arrived in this city on
his return from the North, his consent to address
| the people that evening was obtained. Though no
| time was allowed for a newspaper announcement
of the fact, and but few hours for its circulation
| by handbill, the hall was densey filled. His we'll
known captivating style of oratory, and the Incl
| Breckenridge as hopeless and already defeated
nominee OF his party, and to support Bell and Eve
rett as the only reasonable chance to beat Lincoln,
combined to interest the public greatly in his po-
sition and views. To say that he made an able and
| eloquent speech would appear superfnous in the
estimation of those who have been accustomed to
| hear him-he always makes such efforts.
| But his speech on this occasion differed materi-
ally from any other speech of the canvass, made
| by any speaker on any side. He made no COM
| parison Of platformsno charges against any can
ddate before the people OF the Sonth-no allusion
to any vote or pledge of either of them but based
his support Of Bell and Everett exclusively upon
the necessity of defeating Lincoln and the eminent
| fitness and conservatism of the Constitutional
Union nominees and their party. Mr.. Hilliard said
very truly that no well.informed man, either North
or senth could indulge the remotest hope of the
election of either Breckenridge or Douglas, and he
showed that there is a hopeful prospect of the
election of Bell and Eyerett-a certainty, almost,
OF their election If supported by united South.
He had enjoyed as lie explained opportunities for
aseertaining public sentiment in every part of the
Union, and his opinions of the contest were ma
turely formed in view of all that lie had seen and
heard, He had 40 objection to Breckenridge as a
man or as politiciaD-indeed, be announced that
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HE FLOOD BACK or 1HE CITY.


The inundation of the back part of the city be-
tween the New Canal and the Carondelet Canal,
and back of Claiborne street, (Which, as we yes
terday stated still rising the night before, and
inundating the sidewalks on Common street as far
in as Rampart,) stopped rising at about o'clock
yesterday morning. Itsoon afterward commenced
recedng, but slowly that it had fallen only three
or four inches up to O'Clock last evening.
The scene of people removing furniture, and
wading, and rowing about in skiffs, and polling
along on RATS, was as busy as the day before-the
scene being one of the greatest novelty to the
looker-on. AT those street csossings where the
streets were flooded but the banquettes dry or par
TALLY so, the people had erected rude bridges, and
appeared to enjoy life as if there were no invasion
OF the lake around them. But the people further
back, who had from one to two and three feet
water in their houses, were not SO gay or con-
tented, by great deal.
Among the sufferers, we regret to state, is our
friend Peter Cassidy, whose extensive steam-was
ing establishment on the Common street road,
was itself washed out, in manner neither pleasant
nor profitable. The machinery is entirely covered
with water and mud, and thereby rendered useless
until long after the food shall subside. Worse
than this Mr.. Cassiys splendid pen of English
breed hogs, some 500 head, were caught by the
flood, and are probably all drowned
We hope to hear of the more speedy retirement
of the inundation to-day.