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Nevada national., 1860-03-10
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CAuTIONI

Consumers Of RO>EBAUM's RIlTERs are caution.
ed against the many eounteiieits now anoat in tn.
matKet, especially against cheap and worthless ar
ticle called hosenehis Bittrrs, put up in th. city
by Messrs turner's bros, ~ith the avow.d intsn.
tiun Q. preyihg on the we'll earned reputation Of
kosc6aun's btIers.as remedial agent in all cases
oi dyipepsiA anu similar disrasss. The genuine
kosebaum has our nanr branded on each cora aud
our siguatHre on each label
v. b sJACCBS 4 CO.. Prcprieio,s,
sansoMc Sirtvvi.
Corner of Commercial street
San Fruneiseo. Feb. l5th lssO.-v---om
Nevada national., 1860-03-10

ss- The death of Senator Broderick has
been officially announced by Senator Haun.
Nevada national., 1860-03-10

~ Don't forget the Library Society
Lecture on Friday Evening next. by Dr.
Randall.
Nevada national., 1860-03-10

~ The Supervisors Of Placer County
have dIed the county tax for the present year
aisz.00 on the sl0o. The Supervisors Of
this county have decided upon 81 go in 500
Nevada national., 1860-03-10
COUNTY Ruisuess,

The Board OF Supervisors met at the Court
House, on Wednesday Of last week. aud
among their business ordered" thai the a.-
sessment on the taxable properly of the
county of Nevada, Tor cuuuty purposes. Tor
the year of 1860, he fixed at the following
| rates on every hundred dollars valuation:
Nevada national., 1860-03-10
Rachel M.staver vs.. Henry Mest.ver.

Rachel Mestayer VS.. Henry Mcst"yer.
o. reading and iling the affidavit herein. ior pnbli
cation aud it appearing that sufficient cause exists
therefor
Il - ordered that service Of Summsns he had in
this action by publication in the Nevada Nation
al" a weekly Newspaper, published in the County
aud state aforesaid for sixty Days. at rast, once
once a week said period.
Given under my hand, in Nevada, this I'd day of
March, \. J.. 1861
MILES sEARI-S, District Judge.
hereby ceriif, III. foregoing To be true copy OF
an Uricr ior Publication ON hle in my Office.
AtieSt-IOHN ). !. INHERIT. Clerk
Per Joseph Roberts j., iieputy.
Meredith fsnl, Atty's for Plaintiff
Nevada national., 1860-03-10

Ia VIM. Burton, the great Comedian is
dead.
Nevada national., 1860-03-10
NOTICE.
ALI. PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE
Estate of William Penberthy

Are hereby notified that all Accounts due the said
fsiae have boon placed in the hand. II the sub.
seriber for collection All psrs"ns interested are
quesied 10 make immediate avment Costs will be
added 10 their present accounts.
$. c. RICHARDSON.
Grass Valley, March, s, 1850. 3su
Nevada national., 1860-03-10
AGENTS.

Va cHts. A. CRANE IL onr sole Agent In San
raasis.s. He is empowered 10 receive sdv~rti-
...ts and receipt for the ssm-. He may he feun
at ia Montgomery street.
Nevada national., 1860-03-10
NEW TO-DAY
DIR. ROSENBAUM'S
CELEBRATED STOMACH
BITTERS!
FOR THE CURE OE

lite, any Bilious Complaints arising
from = morbin action Of the
Stomrch Bowels.
IL or THESE nlsEAsfcS YOU WILL SOON be
a relieved OF by the Of these Biters As per d.
rertion the BOTTLES. This great anti -dispspte y
the result profound and elaborate studying Of ons
Of the most celebrated physicians Of the pressnt
century. in the aecamp plishment Of which he has
freely spent both time and money. We do not hest
tate 10 affirm thai ~Le Dr. Rossnbz um : stomach
Bitiers aro used a OF Fever and Agun cannot
occur 1t has been snalyfed by the most scientific
chemists in the Msiesl Faculty, and Is PIE
scribed by nine-ienihs OF the Physicians Of th.
land. Try thens--test them--on lour sostitutior
and go your way rejoicing.
Are you dpspepiir take these stomach Bitter.
Are YOU bilious f-try one ol the bottles, aud be
relieved once
are you annoyed by indigestion or eonstii phtion 2
remove the cause by the free OF these Bitter.
nave you Fever and Aguc-cute and prevent this
DESTROY ing disease by the Tree these Btiers
Hs- The susro~iiy OF these Httsts has induced
NAM To put up spurious article. To prevent de-
eepiion Ia the future, each coIe will ke branded.
" b. JACOBS SEQ.
and all labrls will bear our signature, without
which nonc srs genuine.
". B. JACOBS co
sOls fIoprietors.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05
Apuearance of Business Street in China.

appearance Oh OuSlUcSS OCIo0t III Vu1uds
Lawrence Oliphant, in his late work on
China and Japan has the following descrip-
ton:
The avenue of Benevolence and Love"
was more frequented, and the already mar
row streets were still further diminished in
breadth by large tubs full of live fish, bas
kets of greens, sea chestnuts, vans and BAN
boo root. Cooking stoves were erected, and
elaborately cooked vands hssed and sputter-
ed on the heated iron, titlating with their sa-
worry odor the nostril of the hungry pas
senger. Open coppers steamed and bubbled,
and delicate morsels danced on the surface;
round tables were daintly set out with pas
try of divers patterns, and presided over by
croupies, who jerked reeds in box, or spun
ball something after the fashion of roulette,
thus enabling the dinner-seeker to combine
the exhilarating excitement Of the gambler
with the epicurean enjoyment of the gour
mand, the consideration that they had cost
him nothing, adding additional zest to his
gastronomic pleasures. 1t might SO happen,
on the other hand, that one unkind turn
of the wheel of fortune sent him supperless
to bed.
Notwithstanding the apparent gradual res
toration of confidence, people for some time
continued to pour out the West Gate, with
out, however, making any perceptible dimi-
mutton in the amount of the population. 1t
was singular to stand here, and watch this
exodus, to observe the miscellaneous property
which was being conveyed by patient coolies,
followed bv anxious owners. Now q man
passed with tables and chairs at one end of
his stick, and two babies at the other; coflins
balanced pots of manuae, and men trans
ported articles which we should consider
worthless as carefully as their wives; nor,
considering the general aspect of the female
part Of the populat on, was this wonderful,
when to their natural ugliness is added the
deformty of feet and apparent entire absence
of arms-for Chinese woman seldom use
of the sleeves Of her jacket; anything more
unprepossessing than the lady part of the
community could not be well conceived
In fact, after the first novelty was worn off,
there was nothing to make a promenade in
the streets of Chinese town attractive
The foulest odors assai the olfactories.-
The most disgusting sights meet the eye
objects of disease, more loathsome than any
thing to be seen in any other part Of the
world, jostle against you. Coolies stagger
under coffins, or somathing worse, reck klessly
dash their loads against your shins; you sus-
pect every man that touches you of con-
tagious disease; and the streets themselves
are wet, slippery, narrow, tortuous, and crow
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05
NUMBER 35.
Waegery of q Texas Governor.

Governor Houston, of Texas, appears to
be something of wag as we'll as statesman.
A few days ago an officer of the State Prison,
who had held his place for six years, was
about to be removed, when he went to Aus
tin, during the session of the Legislature,
with tlatfering list Of testimonials as to his
character, and the excellent manner in which
he had fulfilled all bis functions. These we're
all satisfactory enough; but the principle Of
rotation in office overrode all other conside-
rations; the place was wanted for political
friend, and his removal determined upon
But to break the fall as gently as possible;
the Governor adopted facetious tone and
style in final interview: "You say" said
General H., addressing the gentleman on
whom the axe was about to fall, "you say
that your conduct has invariably been good?"
"Yes, SIR" "And you have been in the
Penitentary six years?" 81 have" "Well.
you have been there quite long enough
pardom you outr"
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05
A GuNpowDER PLor IN ARKANsAs-AT

A GUNpowDER PLOT IN ARKANsAs-AT
TEMPT TO Blow UP THE Town OF NAPOLEON.
The inhabitants of Napoleon, Ark, says the
Memphis Evening Argus, have been con-
siderably excited during the past few days
by the discovery of plot to destroy that
town by means Of turning upon it the cur
rent of the Arkansas River. Napoleon is
situated on a narrow strip of land at the
junction of the Mississippi and Arkansas
Rivers, and for several miles back the two
rivers are only separated by strip of ground
about four hundred yards in width. A week
or two since train of powder was laid
across this narrow point, and Monday night
the match was applied. A terrific explosion
ensued, and the earth was torn up to an ex-
tent which allowed the water from the
Arkansas River to lind its way across into
the Mississippi. Already has a strong cur
rent formed in the breach, which is hourly
widening and deepening, and from present
indications at no distant period the town will
be swept away. A planter in the vicinity,
whose interest would be greatly enhanced
by the change in the current of the Arkan-
sas river, is suspected of having perpetrated
the deed, but nothing positive is known.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

VEGETABLE CURIosIrIEs.-Th Sonora
Age tells us that Mr.. Benton OF that place
has a cabbage growing in his garden that
has attained the enormous hight of eight
feet. The Age says:
The stalk is about the size Of a mans
wrist, and stretches up four feet before it ex.
hibits any leaves or branches. 1t is more
than one year old, and Mr.. B. thinks as it is
of the evergreen family, that it could be
proftably cultivated for shade and ornamen.
mental purposes. The most interesting fact
connected with this remarkable vegetable is,
that the appreciating sparrow has built her
nest amongst its branches, which already
contains three little eggs. Her tedious pro.
cess of incubation will soon be rewarded by
calow brood to enliven her home amongst
the swayng branches of the old cabbage
tree. If its rapid growth be uninterrupted
for another year, we shall not be surprised
to see it appropriated by the bird of Jove
for the same purpose.
On reading the above somewhat extrava-
giant notice, we we're reminded of a similar
vegetable wonder in the garden of DR.. Hep
burn, of this town, and for the purpose of
instituting a comparison, we visited the
Doctors garden and ascertaned the history
and dimentions of his giant cabbage. This
tree, we are assured, is six years old, aud has
annually furnished supply of plants for the
use of the extensive vegetable garden. The
only trouble taken is to spade up the ground
around the tree, and at the proper season, an
abundant supply of plants spring up, which
are transplanted as they are wanted. For
three years past, the birds have availed
themselves of its hosptable shelter as an ad-
mirable place in which to rear their young
but no aristocratic eagles have yet ventured
20 disturb the harmony of the more unpre-
tending songsters which cheer the bright
mornings with their sweet mnstresly. BY
careful measurement, this tree was ascer-
tained to be ten feet and one inch in height,
and for two or three feet, the main body or
stalk averages l-2 inches in circumference.
The branches are several feet in length and
produce luxurious supply of small heads of
superior excellence for the table. If any
one can beat this curiosity in the cabbage
line, we should be pleased to hear from
them. Cdlaveras Chronicle
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

How MANY MILES PRrNrER's HAND
1RAvELs-Athough printer may be sit
ting all day, yet in his own way he is a
great traveller, Tor at least his hand is) as we
shall prove.
A good printer will set 5000 ems day
or about $4,000 letters. The distance trav-
eled by his hand will average one foot per
letter going to the boxes in which they are
contained, and of course returning, making
two feet for every letter he SETS This
would make distance each day of $4,000
feet or more than 8 miles, and in the course
of the year leaving out Sundays, the member
travels about 5000 miles. Truly this is
hand power
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

THE FLORA OF CALIFoRNIA.-A. S. lay
lor writes thus to the California Farmer:
The scientific botanist affirm that there
are as many as twenty-five species of cone
bearing trees in our State, Of which twelve
are pines, and Of these pines at least eight
species produce edible nuts, always exten-
sivey used by the Indians from one end of
the State to the other. There are also ten
different oaks, the acorns Of which continue
to be favorite food Of the Indians. The
Flora of California is said indeed to include
the wonderful number five thousand species
of plants, and it is one of the most abund-
ant, celebrated, curious, and interesting, OF
any country on the earh's surface, and con
tinues to excite the admiration and interest
of the florists, arboriculturalists, and botan
lists of the first class schools of America and
EurOpe
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

END OF Lone STRIFE.-When Bona
parte seized the Spanish throne, the colonists
of the La Plata provinces threw off their al.
legiance to it. But they only exchanged
despollsm tor anarchy. Buenos Ayres, the
province controlling the mouths Of the riv.
ers, and concentrating the most wealth,
commerce and population, undertook, also,
to arrogate the most power. The inland
provinces refused to be domineered over.
War between city and country broke out
They have been fighting each other with oc-
casonal intervals for half a century, some
times as distinct States, some times as a
constitutional union, sometimes as sube
of dictatorship. Success at first perched
alternately on the banner of each section;
but, later, Rosas, as captain general, welded
an imperious sceptre in behalf of Buenos
Ayres over all the rest. The inland provin-
ces at last asked the help of foreign bayo-
nets. England, France, Brazil, Paraguay and
Uruguay came to their aid. Before such a
coalition, of course, the power of Buenos
Ayres went down. Rosas, was exied few
years ago, and Urquiza, the leader of the in
land provinces had gradually gained one ad,
vantage after another, until finally his sway
has become undisputed. The last arrival an
nounces the formal withdrawal of Buenos
Ayres' pretensions. Hereafter the metropo-
Titan province consents to be on an equality
with the rest. The armies are to be dis
banded, constitution adopted, the debts
paid, and peace promises at last to prevail
on what has been, for nearly fifty years, the
theatre of war. Albany Journal
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

LATER FROM TExAs-By Overland Mail
we have dates from San Antonio to the 9th
of April:
Correspondence Of the Ranchero mentions
that the mail rider, who left Brownsville on
the 18th of March for the Rio Grande City,
arrived there on the goth, and reported that
when only half mile above the camp OF
the Americans, he was taken by eleven of
Cortinas' men, hurried across the river, and
taken some considerable distance into Mexi-
CO. The mail bag was cut open, and all the
letters excepting two, destroyed. So soon
as they had read these two, two men noun
ted their horses, and taking the letters, left
on galop in the direction of Victoria. 1t
was surmised that these were government
documents to some officer on the frontier.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

RENoUNc1NG Masonic OATHs TO GAIN THE
SAcRAMENr-Of Mr. Lanergan, who recent
ly died at East Cambridge, Massachusetts,
from the effects of wounds caused by the ex-
ploson of gun, the Boston Journal says:
"Mr. Lanergan, although prominent
member Of the Masonic Order, which inca
pacitates man from being strict Catholic,
was still devoted follower of the Church of
Rome, and on the day of the accident in the
absence of Father Brangan, of East Cam
bridge, sent for Father Hamilton, Of
Charlestown, who administered to him the
Sacrament. Before the performance of this
ceremony, however, Mr.. Lanergan re-
nounced the oaths which bound him to the
Masonic Order, as under no other circum-
stances would the priest receive his confess
eioo.n
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

Hrs MorHER.-Hon. John G. Bell, who
was stabbed at Sacramento, last week, by
DR.. Stone, died on Monday. When being
informed of his desperate condition, he
made a statement and signed it with firm
steady hand, fell back on his pillow, whis-
pered "Mother," and died. Oh, never more
shall that mother kiss the dimpling cheek Of
her darling boy. Her eye will grow dim
with straining to catch through the mist of
the valley gleam of the golden gates where
her boy went in-but his heart was true to
her, and with his last breath, he breathed
her name, then drifted out upon the dark
and unknown sea that rolls around the
world. Sierra Citizen.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05
KITTY FITZGIBBON.
BY JAMES N'CARROLL.

Charming Kitty Fitzgibbon sat inside the doore,
And, begOrra. b'lieve she was knitten,
Till moOnbame she spied playin thricks on the
Quite convaynient to where she was sittin.
There it danced at her feet, in clear silvery waves
Where some frolicksome shadows were singein;
For it strained through the window mixed up with
some laves
That the red gold of autumn was tingin.
And now, asst fell from the pure, starry skies,
And concealed in the shade half its flashes,
1t appeared like the light of her own liquid eyes
Couched within the soft lair of their lashes.
And she thought as she gszed on the quiverin
bame,
That herself was the one could dssimble,
For she felt that if young Padey Casey then came
That she wouldn't be in such thrimble.
And beside that she said while she looked very
coy,
Though her cheek glowed as red as red ribbon,
''Sure it's nothing to me, for | scarce know the
boy"-
So she did-that same Kitty Fitzgibbon.
But onehalf of her face was thrown out by the
light;
And twas well that the moon had discretion
For to give one the whole, would be murther out
right,
And be awkward when caught at confession.
Although fit for an althar piece just as she was,
'Twould be ticklish Pm sure, to adore her,
For when going your rounds you d be likely to
pause
Somethin longer than dacent before her.
But now light footstep draws rapidly near;
And she hears but her heart and that only;
Till full, mellow voice whispers low in her eur,
"Ktty, darling, l thought you'd be lonely"
Then, wilder she thrimbled than thrimbled the
light;
And she said that she thought twas her mother;
And murmured, half out that twas now afther
night,
And they didn't know much of aich other.
But strange after sitting an hour by her side,
While his tongue flowed in strains rich and racy,
When he got up to go, she unconsciously cried
"Ah thin, sure, sure it's not late, Mr.. Casey"
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

LADIES SHOULD READ NEWSPAPERS. 1t
is one great mistake in female education to
keep young lady's time and attention de-
voted to only the fashionable literature of
the day. you would qualify her for con-
versaton, you must give her something to
talk about, give her education with the act
ual world and its transpiring events. Urge
her to read newspapers and become familiar
with the present character and improvement
of our race.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

A PRoposmoN.-We are informed that
James Hayworth, Esq, of California, and
President of the California Stage Company,
has proposed to the Government to carry
the mails daily in four horse coaches, from
San Francisco, via. of Yreka, Jacksonville,
Roseburg, and Eugene City, to Portland, in
Oregon, for the compensation now received
by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
We hope that he may be awarded the con-
tract. Such an arrangement would prove of
inestimable value to Oregon.
Oye0On De12
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05
n1y- A correspondent of the Richmond

Ey- A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch, writing from Charlestown, Va,
saws: "Mrs. Allibone, the oldest sister Of
George w. Turner, who was slain by John
Brown and his associates, was buried here
to day, by the side of her brother. She
died at Mount Hope Lunatic Asylum,
whittier she was taken shortly after her
brothers death. She never rallied after his
murder, but continued to sink until her bro
ken spirit burst its earthly bonds and re-
turned 10 its Maker. Another murder to be
added to the Harper's Ferry list"
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

KIT CARsoN.-A western letter writer
says of Kit Carson:
When on his feet, Mr.. Carson has some
what dumpy look, the result of what the
Hoosier girl described in Mr.. Douglas as an
in ignite small legs but hs sih on horse
like king. never saw man presenting
more regal aspect than this veteran noun
taineer, when upon his favorite animal, dash
ing along like the wind
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

LEAP YEAR--A Scotch statute Of 1928
reads as follows ut is statut and ordaint
that during the reign of her mast bsst
Magestie, ilk fourth year known as leap year,
ilk maiden ladye of both high and low es-
TAFT, shall hae liberty to bespeak ye man she
likes; albyit, if he refuses to tax her to be
him wifi he shall be mucted in ye sum of
ane pounds (f1,) or less, bis estate moi be,
except and avis is he can make it appear
that he is betrothed to ane woman, that he
shall then be free."
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

IT Three hundred men could not carry
the amount of the national debt OF England
counted out in ten pound Bank of England
notes. Notwithstanding the lightness OF the
paper they are printed on.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

Ny- During the present session the Ken
tucky Legislature have appropriated twenty
thousands dollars to finish the Clay monu-
ment, and two thousands dollars for the
erection of a monument over the remains OF
Daniel Boon and his wife,
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05
Trna Grit.

During the last war with Great Britain
party politics ragged to degree almost be-
yond conception. The Federalists, who op-
posed the war, had secured most of the
militia officers. regiment of this State
was ordered to stand draft for fifty men to
90 to the frontiers when the Colonel Of the
regiment learned that an old firm and sound
Democrat had an only son. the son of his
old age, who would be Is years old the day
after the draft He Immediately counter
manded the order as to the time, fixing it
one day later On the morning of the day
an officer called at the old Democrats house
and asked him at what hour his son was
born. The old man answered him promptly
at 10 o'clock in the morning. When that
hour arrived the officer warned him to stand
his draft.
The old man suspected that his son would
be drafted, as the numbers would be arrang-
ed by the Federal officers, had FURNISHED up
the old musket he used in the Revolution
and prepared all the necessary accoutrements,
including knapsack and canteen, and with
his son drove to the rendezvous. His son
was drafted. The old man, buckling on his
equipments and handing him his musket
said: "Amos, my son, 60! do your duty; re-
member that you are the son Of Revolu'
tionary soldier, disgrace not your fathers
name If you live to return, forever fight
the Federalsts and their descendants, for
they now are and ever will be the enemies
of your country"
Amos went. He sustained his fathers
character for bravery at the French Mills, al
Stony Creek, and in the Chadagee Woods
He returned unwounded. His noble father
however, had gone to answer call in heaven
where his Great Commander, Washington
had preceded him. Amos has faithfully
obeyed the last part Of his fathers command
He fought the Federalists until they changed
their name, and he is now in his old age
fighting the Black Republicans, because, be
says, he sees in them the same earmarks o
the Federaists, and knows them to be theil
descendants in principle. He is of true
Democratic grit. New York News.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

EE- They have no old maids in Japan;
when the girls don't get married voluntarily,
the authorities hunt up husband, and mako
them marry, willing or not willing. The Ja-
panese know thing or two, if they have
heen walled in for centuries.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-05

ES- A man was arrested in Virginia a
few days since, and being informed that he'
was suspected of having been engaged in
the instruction at Harper's Ferry, replied
"he didn't know Harper nor where be kept
his cussed old ferry" He was acquitted