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FIFTH REGIMENT NEW YORK sTAE MI.
LITIA

COL G. schwazwaeder, of the Fifth regiment, is about
to emulate the patriotic spirit displayed by the City
Guard In anordipg adequate force, in case Il amy
emergency, to garrison harbor deences lie has
made application to the Secretary OF War for permission
TO take hs entire regiment down 10 Fort Hamilton and
drill them AZ the coast The Ffth regiment s
clsssed M ali artillery organization For the past year
they bsve been making numerous accessions to their
ranks Az incentive TO still further e1rts by the
under his command Col Schwarzwaelder has offered
prempm, To consist of massive gold mccall, 70 ne
given 70 the member Of this regiment who shall Obtain
he largest number Of recruits between this time and the
October INSPECTION
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surssg CoJsvr. cLAss i72 JpLs - 1851
s., 8, 81, 81, 81, AZ, 80, 81. SO, d, 66, SO, 8.
10, "a, "A, 10, Is. Of, %, 81. 70, 80, AZ, q.
rhATCE BROADBENTs A 90.
Managers Wilmington, Delaware.
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Dr. March Copsipuss 90 Apply hts Hadi.
ca Cuse Truss Nh susceas In eHecr pernss.n eurrs OF
hsrnsA. rupture NARsB Coz
IN vsssv NJ "
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, THE EDITOR OF THB HERALD.


Complaint Agat,st the Mnss ann Mdes the SHIP Er
Austin Yesterday H-ury Jones, az the " the
Ellen Austin, made charge of cruel and unusual punish
mept sgnnst the master rs and second mates or the
ship, and they viii be brought up for examination at an
day.
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INV ioRK, JUG %, 1850.
Enciosoa are two dollars for the WHO'S MATHEWS.
few fr,sas In. writer would each consrbutc some,
II they Il crrtain that Mrs Mathews ed 10 ud II
appears that great Of citizens are similarly
impre-s.d, from the apathy exhibited IN THIS case.
Gan you 'uf'rm us " The symiathes--materml "
n~eds- cf pcppe not with the helpless family ~
q ctizT st-t-teu 20 death the dis-taryc Of high
and prsecw"rihy act. then you will lind very few will
irg ~ initiate the example " the deceased NJ Mathews
but would ally say may be shot down, ana lave
my we and family unproviied. Let t,e ASSASSIN go.
W.
TO THE KDIrOR or TBE herald.
NKw YoRE, July 20. 1890
er pleased 10 forward the enclosed Eve ioars tho
woow Nthews' fund, aud obse an old subscriber s,s
yovr Iaysr. .. ,.
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.. !ns DeIswsrs state Lotts-
oee.-Wetp kblN see. NansYvrso a. thu
ox,A wARs, KrkrucrN ssscus, s,.yr ,,r~vry~>
M onriaawAn-Fsrh. h.s No sas JUlv % is0
70, ~, ~, ~, 60, SO, II, ST. At. 81 "a. sc. ca.
DErAwAs,-C,iss ~ s4. Jul. 20 ,sSo W. VS.
5. AZ, "a, 2, So, GO, 60, 81, 81, IL, 81, 43. IL.
CirculSr sent tree OF charge by addressing .hs, -,
WOOD vDp1 70 Wun,ngon nelsxH,.
Or 10 WOOD Ennv 60 n rouis $780,.
DoiIEoToN. Perm, July ism
This 70 certify that the holder Of a ucsss
No a. So H. class no the res State Lottery drawn
June Is urder the management Of Woop Eppy Co which
combn drew the of $1,000 and that
casbed on presentation rHEoDoREM LARlk, n.
Do'tngop p. o.. Penn
wNpsos BsRYn Csry, N G.. July 10. 1850
do her~by certify that have this day received through tho
bar the full amour, Of shsre q the highest capital Prize Of
So 40 drawn Win ngtnn Del, June 1890 In woop,
FpDy Go i Delaware sat@ Lotteries In GLASS drawn
h single number pisn) The number nc Get being Tho
her ing the highest capital prize N 30 % ucks<
einR oniy eighth ticket drawing accordingly ard thai
full ~rnsu freely given BY ma n pnblsh my nams and
dence r. H. 6xrTH. Il D.
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DR.. Birrs's Nsw Trpsa~Cn,np, CIesn
ls2 Broadway,
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ClIsshSshss iitysfvs Nts-An EpDrs
rovelfy pairing ard uns'sJns,k, ,urBns bsADd. %
ar-sdwsy. neriA z. ttsvAr CO q.
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Hin's Hair Dyc so Cers-.- Depot = Bsr-
csv street and sod ~ all dfufgss inshe ongues Tor
the hair.
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oASe,sl Drawing VI Hodgss, DAvis 4
COS Consolidated rs-s,-~ 81 lsess xta--
CLsN SsS Jmy 81 isoO.
90, ), 2sl &, 20, ~, 10, 27, 81, 70.
hoD61s. DAVIS CO Managers.
Mac1p Georgia
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Green's Sbirts--Fjt Guaranteed, Styles
nprdlt msdenos by scbBe. Removed e. No Astor
House. Bsrcfy street.
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French In apssd So.ss and Shoes. or q
srrs ,syty, received By Ev8kNE FERRIS bot,
maker, 81 hssssu STREET
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Whfskey.-s. T.. sait's Kentucky Salt
aver Bourbon sold ny all drnyrtsts HE8EMAk 4 CO,
Nos I6c s99 5iI and 7se Broadway n. Y.
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Curtoas Asmosph~rfcal Phenomenon Last
Nfah0.

Night.
Shortly before O'Clock last night interesting sight
took place the upper part of the city. sup
posed to he meteor II first In the form Of
blue star, surrounded by thick mist. 1t seemed to
me from Jersey and proceeded grainaiy for
raj hupdted feet ind then, when about Forty
enth street and Broadway, suddenly changed if5
peararce by throwing out red fiery looking substance,
forming burning tail Of at least two hundred feet in
length The moment the red fire exhibited itself IL took
horizontal and increased IN speed and apparently
eytner shed itself at about the Third and Forty
seventh street This curious phenomeuon
W,nessed h, thousands large number Of people
In the streets nj Tho time, attracted ny the fire in the
Kerosene factory in Forty seventh street, which was
burning al the time.
gentleman coming from BROOKLYN between the hours
Of nine and ten last evening, gave Us description Of
atmosphercal phenomenon visible at that time, which
excited the interest and curiosity Of the witnesses to II
About quarter before two balls Of fire apparently the
size Of mans hat and having each tail stream Of
lire following It, passed from the southwest TO the north
east. rs distance Of mile above the earth.
Th' tails, seen from the earth appeared to he about
eight of ten feet in length Tbr bodies followed each
other In mt date succession. the head Vt the second
slp,g as it t. tn tail Of the first The degree
oi vtcty moderate a. To reel de the possibility
Of ihch being meteors it being, in the language e
Informant apparently little faster than the usual speed
OF o horse wbar wind there was stirring at the time
vas IL opposite cjrecon from that taken by the
tods so that they could not have been fire balloons
vas suggested by They excited considerable inter
est among the Brook nites and the passengers the
terrs and all emed % agree thst they had
any thing Of the nd before and ,ha Them u Ia.
expl,csble Doubtless some Of scientific will
soon give us an explanation Of IL.
TO THE EDITOR OF rBE HERALD.
No 2sl Hrpsos s'rREkr, July 20, 1850
most brilliant meteor visible this evening at
quarter to ten O'Clock Ny position to observe 1t wes
most favorable Enjoy ing the cool brcezcs from the
Hudson the roof Of a high house, startled by
what at drrt supposed skyrocket. Nv next ip'
precision that II the comet, and not until
Il bad fairly savted that convinced that 1t
meteor az great splendor II made it's appearance inst
Jersey city, sud taking due out
fell the side ~ the citv brilliant train fol
owec In tk wake and added greatly its splendor II
underwent q number OF changes uhep "a drst started.
which led me TO believe nrst that II n rocket, aud
Subsequent comet Its spendor enhanc ~ hv the
hrilsnry r. he cooring II assumed which is perfectly
sage. 4. L. g.
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powder prtm loh and hars A'o. tire ,nd n1r
slsr prcof sdstontd and psrio Esek epnt 9, Murray
street, eerner Of college place. ROBERT N. PATRi X
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The schooner wsshingon lrv los, which lett Eric for
fbis port week ago has been heard frou and
there longer oubt that she Ia lost, with all
board The following ~ a list or her and pas
esnxers:-fspt stephen n yalnstta, Antons Weary.
Hury House Owen Keep, Peter Sivy ard passcng'r
Cornelius Leary. Owen Keep belonged IN Buffalo, the
othere IL Erie.
Death OF Hon Breutou Halliburton.
BOSTON,, July ~, 1860.
Fl sax papers announce the death of Hon. Breuton
Halliburton, Chief Justice Nova Scotia, which occurred
90 the 10Th.
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FSusssSn's Ino N sscre, 853 Broad wa y-
cleo with cnyoseS the child Of The ei,y
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Ten Pounds OF Coffee for One Dollar
Ten pe unds superior 81 porndp finest 81 3D. You
this only CHRISTI ANsoNS, No Chambers street snt
20
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Grover 4 rs ksr'A CeSebrn ted
NOIhFIFes SFWINC MACHtkES
The hes u FOR fsnil, sewing
tqh Rroadyuay, New York
Pu ri reet
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They FpceJ tU Thfs.
They hob the price is aout the
Between ne sin hu.dred officers a navy aud
etehsrt psrv~s hive purchased recsmnypd Tate
Prsssrv VETS Ire wt'svs for md
rhnrn Our tnsht dr. insure safety and great
bELAko LIFE PRrsrRvINa COAT AND VEST CO..
No 2NNrosawHg
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Hsrr1nG's Patent Champion Fire ano
burglar Pru safes ~ Brosdvsy oorraf Of Murray ss~s
New WORT
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A11v Ard's NeedIes, Tor Wheet~s - VIII
eofF SWING NACHIks Tbe~~ Needle. msd~ by
hand the hess donss r~np~< Errrs steel snf
wAuuSpvtn survpIOt OTprRs
y tRrp NTI.w ARD. 81 Warren street n. v
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Wheeler u Wilson'S Sewing Machines.
odc. SOS FrtAhway. New yort-
Ke~Se's Ressaurant. lee Cream aud Bal
Hard Saloon IL OPENED Mt Rockswsy Tor the season
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Iir ~ the North river the point from which You
es were 10 embark for Beou Ar the bsnd ~ the
military cnfnD reached that street aalvo of artillery
burt orth. .Lile the band II the sixth regiment
playing Jstrai air, and cheer 1Ipn cheer from
the stecatots III. it.rse heat of the Gay, with the
the at ninety eisht dsgre's. DID not operate
o. rrev,Lt CIT from b st"~ne "God speed" u
tr'e military merit and Their fellow citizens Of the far
Wet.
After reaching the steamboat at pier No. North river
thr military drawn line face e. the
uut. ut pr, sent, and reuaaed Ia this order while
ihr Zynavs cuhnfkea heard the steamboat C. Saudcr
tilt. Al this u I'M the grsnd. The nrmcruus
rlat corss,inr ,s -ashsf~ s,sauboats and sail ves
o. T.. contiguous 70 tho yanderb,t were crowded with
Spectators, Ia participate in the partial ceremonies
.. The zraves Before the steamboat hncs were est
IN the "rtou- hys" exchanged betwten The spec
tsforr the dock and the military on the
Nsn.erniii ~rre quite cordial. Al hal -fns,
whshorse gave the order s osI;r the
naf Was Instantly Obey ed snd 10 lose time than II a.s
IN mo,,,n a.. tss ,,snmsr s,,aes smco,h,, into The
s'r,sw AlDttsr ssl.o ~ artillery. fired from pier M.
he Rags The shipping mcores IN tho v'cinis, were
dipped" ftut ADDING dignity To the cFing OF the
si.sie ~ ,ne nav toe s ss nun rouns Toe
they, too, msc- the air r-verberstc with parting
rh " the MILITARY champions
The military then msrche hack o tn ir respcc
tive atnorier the orcer n which they came Gown
pr,ad~ay spd thuscbocd the departing ceremonies 10
while writing on this subject an act ~ justice
u'stc ho'r rntr u'rr''on ~ 'o"reI Joe P'nrknev
the orrrs Il the s,xth regiment mr. their hospitality
"a uskius the tsmfoisry vst OF the 1nuavee-ther
guests pleasant Wc
10 tolote BatterdI', &C the Twelfth regiment especial
nuepdstur 20. fs bic Judicous management Of the
ztave esbibitior drill A. the Acsde@y n Music.
Toe sum q 81 $50, after p.yins all expcnsss was tho
amount ha been VIII b. rsd into the excbeQuer Of the
Hsavss
Thxuavrs win he received their arrival In Boston
BY the B~tsu Light Infantry, Crieers) apt Newton.
Tns CHALLENGE To rHE zorAvEs.
Twas highly amused this morning IN Trading the chal
et ~ Capt paul Semmes, ~ tbs Columbus Guard, "
Cop bus, Ca couch-d H. such rptemsnly language, IN
Ca Ellsworth, 1T the rhicsgo z"usve Cadets Having
been Iressni d. m of TIC Clnn bus Guars Iers than
tsu - srs cab regard this challenge only IN the
l.ht 81 bssx and expect to zee tAs columbus Guards
asc sim al kntwf dsc of ~, autOor thereof Should u
be Irved Ia have emssstsd from official sourcc, ]
would sovise cd Ellsworth 10. accept IL only such
that the vnuuisted shosd all ~ tho
victnf Transportation ard accidental neccssittss Of The
trtp 10 ths appointed reno. sycv FOR the contest.
NEW YORK CITY GUARD.
Nxw yoHK July 90 1850.
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SIX Fine shirts for -.
MOODy's rhirt Nsnufsc,ory, 2se Brosdwhy
Fancy Poe Let Cutlssy-A'LsrGe Variety
at }. a 4. 81 ANIfR's store, Nc. ksiot Hou-e.
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W bite. the Halter. AhenS.-N~~ Shwp
II ere sus~ Hats ln0o DO from auction. One dollar
ZIG
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selsssimo Mech Ties ~ 80 cent each.
PxRtGOs. 81 Mas and Si Broa way.
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BpSoklyD Photographs.-Wtlita mso~'s
Miniature rabines rmpenals and life Size r~o fo-y
- phoscgya phIc Povtraiss Taken for
-. trp I'll 81 size reduced r. toc HOLMES ouy Gallery
se6 Broadway.
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net fail h. -xabne the well selected stock Opera
Fed teners' DIR Gesses 81 the h~i makers
Cssses with the celebrated
ziar PEI biz frras for sale by sEMhoNs AGO No ot2s
troads ~. sfsrHe Honse
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Gsribalot, Victor EM~nusl. Keenan,
eayrt Morrssey Fam slich Blackhawk Hicks the Pirate
remarkable he IN paint plaster
thu Ptrepoogcal Cabinet s0s Broadway always
free visiisrs tCwiEP WE'LL phreroogists and pub
lishere
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Chicago 2ouhyer photographed n; oarpeys Gallery
yesterday, their Zouave uniform and nov on exhibition
Als Photographs Of Capt Vine Hall all the officers 81 he
st~sn ship Great Eastern We have just completed srteen
Instantaneous Sereo~cope views ~ the Great Eastern
and ere nov ready q snIply the trade ~,
wv yoRB, Jriv " iash j. GURNEy a SON.
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MILITARY EscoRr.


Engineer COPE, Sixth r. gimeut
Governors Guard sixth reg'ment) Band
staff officers, sixth regiment.
Col McIeay and stsd II the seventy ninth (Highand)
regiment. Col Je<eph Pinkney,
Commanding eecort.
Company r, Capt Ieandet Buck, marching In two pla-
taont, each At ten flies 'front.'
detachment Of Second reetu mt, Capt Reid, any men,
dividec into two plafocus
Company A. Seventy sinth Mt {Hghlanders) Capt.
Manson, na rchrE IN hfte~u tiles front.
Chicago L,uaves
Company T. Sixth regiment, Capt Ebesbacher, In two
p,stoons, nine nes trent.
Company b. Seventy nir tn regiment Highlanders) Capt
). Nrt,fiie
Company A, .ixth regiment, capt. T. Frank, company
front OF tel Cites.
AZ the troops marched down Broadway immense
OF eoIc assembled Mt every point TO MD Rod
BY Ia the chsmpDn soldIers Ut the West At the win
d"ws Of IN, dry goods pssrrs along the
the lin faces of lsdrs who waved their
hsrckrrrhcis the miifary marched past, shie the
fefber ~ the SPECTATOR mare N. air ring with vi
Of farewell The Z,uavet marched along IN firm
sold phaianx, their hearts doubt beat
ing . hearty thank ycu'' TO the enthusi.
cit The continued
IT. ID down o.d 10 and through Battery lace
uau II rsched The Norwich sud Worcester steanbua
PR ~ the North river, the point from which You
"A go uer IN rbark fur Retf A. he. bar dsf fhe
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28
NUMBER 81.
Can We Brag.

The world is supposed to progress from
century to century, in almost everything ex-
cept morality; but how much more can we
accomplish now than has been effected in
ancient times9 Let us see:
Some thousands of years ago, one Noah,
who never saw or heard of ship in his life,
constructed an immense fiat bottomed craft,
which, considering the few tools and facilities
at his command, might well excite the won
der Of the present age. He was undoubted-
ly the greatest ship carpenter that ever
lived.
AS to balooning, where is the @ronaut
that ever ascended anything near so high as
did Elisha when he went up from Mount Car
mel one fine afternoon, and landed upon
"the other side of Jordan?"
As a monument Of masonry, the tower of
Babel has yet to be exceled; and where is
the architect and builder who can produce
a more splendid ediice than Solomon's
Temple?
Others besides "absquatulator's" pride
themselves in being fleet on foot; but let
them run down three hundred foxes in
fair chase, as did Sampson, and they may
well crow.
We have some pretty good "blowers" at
the present day, but it is hardly to be sup
posed that the best of them could have
blown down the walls of Jericho, with
blast from rams horn.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28
The Formation of Gold.

A writer in Silliman's Journal contends
that gold occurs in solution, as terchloride,
in certain earths and rocks, and by coming
in contact with chemical agents, such as iron
pyrites, or sulphuret Of iron, is precipitated
in crystals, in which form he has often seen
it. Without saying whether it primarily
occurs as a metal or not, he thus accounts for
the solution. The decomposition Of pyrites
produces sulphuric acid, which, in the pres
ence of the never wanting chloride Of sodium
(nothing more than common salt, reaer),
and a higher oxide of manganese, may Der.
ate small quantities Of chlorine, the most
powerful gold solvent known. The solution
thus formed, passing down the veins, comes
in contact with reducing agents, and the
metal is again precipitated, frequently in
crystals or crystalline forms, and often upon
gold already present. 1t is thought certain
that such changes are constantly going on,
and m this way the stores of the precious
metal may he ever increasing. The same
writer says that some specimens of auriferous
albite IA white fespalhic mineral and one of
the constituents Of some kinds of granite)
from Calaveras county, California show beau
tifully that, wherever there is crystal of
pyrites small crystals of gold are attached to
it; demonstrating that the sulphate precpi-
tated the gold previous to its own reduction
into pyrites. From this and similar facts he
concludes that gold is carried into the veins
from adjoining rocks, aud that the opinion
which considers veins the source of the gold
of alluva and diluvial deposits and Of the
SOIL is erroneous.
- ,>1,
The remarkable association of gold and iron
sulphurels in the quartz veins of this State,
as well as in the newly discovered silver
veins of Western Utah, and the existence of
these same sulphurets in solution or crystals
through much of our auriferous gravel beds,
would suffice TO suggest the idea of cause
and effect aud lead to such theory in ex
planaton as that presented above. Indeed, a
similar theory has been more than once tim
idly advanced by Catornans, and the un.
scientific miner has often noticed phenomena
which led him to adopt the crude notion that
gold increases or grows" The hypothesis
that the gold Of the alluval and diluvial de-
posts was distributed through them from
deconposed vein-rocks, has always seemed
to us insufficient TO account for the immense
amount of that metal which is found scatter
ed throughout the entire mount ainous region
of California, sometimes without the least
apparent connection with external c; uses.-
Generally The gold found in quartz exists
either in the form of fine threads, in parti-
Giles so minute as to be invisible or in com
binaion with sulphulets; whereas the dlu
vial deposits reveal the metal in spanges or
s,.alas Of su.h siza that IN Ieliave thew alI
proceeded from veins we must adopt the ra-
her violent theory that gold occurred in
the largest quantities and masses at the tops
of veins, which were long since wor away.
Hydroulic Press.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28

SHEEP IN CALlFoRNIA.-Froma careful
estimate, by one engaged in the business, it is
computed that there arc now 100000 head
Of sheep in this State. The largest flock,
held by any one firm, is that of Flint, Bixby
Il Co., San Juan, Monterey county, who own
about twenty thousand, nearly all of which
are American, and few bucks are full
blooded merno; among them is the we'll
known French merino buck whose fleece, Of
the growth of fourteen months, weighed 43
pounds after being washed-the certificate of
which we have now in our possession. The
business of sheep growing is considered one
of the most profitable callings in the State,
and it is n surprise to us that the total num-
Der is not three times greater than that emu
merated by us above. Fat sheep are now
being slaughtered and brought into the mar
ket for sae they command about Is to ls
cents per pound, dressed, by the carcass.
S. +. Times.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28

Horace Greeley, is lecturning in the At,
antic States upon the subject of the Pacific
Railroad, and never omits an opportunity
to praise California In Philadelphia, he
said that the naked fact that California,
though but ten years old produced enough
from her soil to feed her six hundred thou
sand inhabitants, was sufficient in itself to
prove her soil one of the most fertile in the
world. 1t was land sunny and lovely as
Italy, and destined in the future to hold
twenty or thirty millions Of our race. Yes,
California was, by nature, of rich and sur
passing beauty. and in this was yet to be i'm
proved, and he hoped her moral and her in.
iellectual greatness would not prove to be
less remarkable.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28

HARD CHARAcrERs.-An agriculturist
gives the Marysvlle Democrat pretty hard
account Of the character Of the farm laborers
whom he has known in Yuba county. He
says many of them are lazy and unfaithfu,
have to be watched constantly to get them
to do anything like an honest days work,
betray degrading mentality, exhibit an en-
tire lack of manners and decency in social
life, are hard to please, growl at good food,
act at table worse than Digger Indians, spend
their earnings at grog shops and then spunge
on the ranches for living Are these. fsI
lows the noble peasantry of California! Veri-
Iy, lack of virtue is not peculiar to the mines.
Hydraulic Press
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28
A Metal Superior to Gold.

We extracted, few days ago, from
Paris letter, an account of an imposition
practised on the Mote di Piete by an indi
vidual who deposited what was supposed to
be ingo,s of silver, but which proved to be a
baser metal. Later intelligence represents
that the affair has assumed new aspect
The "culprit" disca;ms al! gnit-declares
that lie never presented the substance as
silver, and offers to detacII from the ingots
metal of far more value than either silver or
gold, aud which will amply compensate the
amount Of the sums lent upon the ingots.-
But he insists upon the operation being per,
formed BY himself without witness. as he
frankly owns that he would rather work out
his sentence at the galleys than yield his Sc
cret to any one. The lawyers are puzzled,
and a commission, consisting CT the first
chemists, such as Depretz and Dore has been
appointed to lock into the matter. The in
ventor claims that he has discovered the
secret which the achemists of olden times
Iabored SO hard to find, the power of trans
mutng metals.