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The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

COMING HOME FoRc1BLY.-It is an inta-
nous fact that the Legislature passed an act,
and it was signed by the Governor, for the
compulsory inspection Of salt meats in San
Francisco The law has gone into full effect
and the consequences begin to be seen.
Every barrel of pork that comes to the
mines, in accordance with the resolution
passed by the Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco has marked upon its head the
price of inspection which is added to the
value of the barrel of pork, and has to be
paid by the consumer. The San Francisco
merchant formerly warranted the pork sold
to interior merchants to be sound, and if
found not to be so, the loss fell upon the
dealer in San Francisco. Under the present
law the miners take their own risk after the
pork is inspected and pay for having the
risk. Formerly if the pork was not good it
was thrown back upon the country merchant
who in turn shifted the loss upon the whole
sale dealer below. The people are thus
made in the end to pay for the folly of their
representatives in the Legislature.
We predict the repeal of the law next
winter. The object of it was not to secure
the people against imposition in the sale Of
damaged meats, for they incurred no risk be-
fore, but to provide place for some hungry
oormorant, who prefers an office to honest
employment. Nevada Journal
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12
NUMBER IS,
The Greatest Duel ON Rec ord.

An old Mississippian furnishes the follow
ing to the Woodville (Miss) Republican,:
The famous duel in which forty or more
gentlemen were engaged, in 1928, is still re-
membered in Natchez. COL Jim Bowie, the
famous fighter and inventor of the knife
which bears his name, used to spend great
deal of his time in Natchez. He WAS chal-
lenged by gentleman of Alexandria, La.
whose friends to the number of twenty or
more accompanied him to Natchez to see
fair play, knowing Bowie was desperate
man and had his own friends about him.
All parties went upon the field. The COM
batants took their places in the centre, sep.
arated from their friends in the rear far
enough not to endanger them with their
balls. Behold the battle array thus: Twen-
ty armed Louisianians fifty yards behind
their champion and his seconds and surge
ons, and opposite them, as far behind Bowie
and his seconds and surgeon, twenty armed
Mississippians. Behold the heights of Nat
chez thronged with spectators, and steam
er in the river rounded to, its decks black
with passengers, watching with a deep inte-
rest the scene. The plan of fight was to ex-
change shots twice with pistols, and to close
Will NuNcS, ociHS Will utS
own terrible weapon. At the first fire both
parties escaped. At the second the Louis
ianan was to quick and took advantage Of
Bowie, who waited the word At this Bow
les second cried foul play and shot the
Louisanan dead. The second of the latter
Instantly killed the slayer of his principal.
Bowie drove his knife into this man. The,
surgeons now crossed blades, while, with
loud battle cries, came on the two parties of
friends, the light of battle in their eyes. In
moment the whole number were engaged
in feaess conflict. Dirks, pistols, and knives
were used with fatal effect, until one party
drove the other from the field. do not
know how many were killed and wounded
in all, but it was a dreadful slaughter
Bowie fought like lion, but fell covered
with wounds. For months he fingered at
the Mansion House before he fully recov-
cred
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

CAMEL ExrREss.-The Hydraulic Press
has the following interesting item Of news:
Capt. Ager, of Downieville, and Langton d.
Co., was in town this week, and told us the
camels ordered by him from Siberia, to be
used instead of mules for the mountain ex-
press and freight business, will arrive by the
coming summer and be Immediately put up
on the road to Utah. There will be twenty
or thirty of them, of a kind adapted and
used to elevated snowy regions, and capa.
bic of carrying five hundred pounds burden
day after day. This is a splendid and or
igina enterprise, and we hope it may prove
as successful as its energetic protector be-
lieves it will
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12
N ails.

About seventy years ago gentleman in
Massachusetts, then unknown and in OBJ
scurity, began to make nails by cutting
slices out of old hoops, and gripping these
pieces by common vice, headed them with
several strokes of the hammer. BY pro-
gressive improvements, Sitting mills were.
built and the shears and heading tools were
perfected but still much labor and expense
were requisite in making nails. The first
machine ever made for cutting nails, it is
said was invented by shopmate of f. /.
Whitney, called BetJamin Cochran. This
ripe old age His machine cut out tie nails
without head. Previous to the date of his
invention, (l790) nails had been punched
ont of plates by hand in Connccticu; these
also had no head. In 1910, the ingenious
Jacob Perkin and Johnathan Ellis, of Mass
achusctts, erected the first machinery for
cutting and heading nails at one operation.
In 1892, cut nails were first made in Eng.
land by machinery, two rollers with dies be.
ing employed for the purpose. One half the
impress was made in each roller when they
came in contact the blanks were fed in At
the top, and finished nails dropped out be-
low as the steam rollers revolved.
FEEDING HoRsEs-The practice Of reguA
Iating the food of horses by the amount Of
work they are required to perform, is a good
one, if properly followed. For example, n
horse when lying Comparatively idle. rs in
winter, should have less solid food than
amid the hard work Of spring and summer.
Again, if horse is about to be put to q
work of extra labor, it is we'll to fortify him
for it by little extra feeding beforehand.
But the mistake we refer to is the practice
of over feeding him an hour OF so before
putting him to work. If an extra service is
required of a horse, on any particular day,
and an extra feed is to be given him, let him
have it the evening before hand rather than
in the morning an hour or two before being
put to work. Why so? Because, if he is put
to work so soon after eating, his food does
not become digested, and he is obliged to
carry about with him mass of indgested
fodder, which is rather burden than belp
to him. If he is well fed the evening BEFORE.
the food is ssimilated-changed to flesh
and blood-and sends health and vigor
through all the system. As a general rule,
working horse should be fed regularly \
both as to the time and the amount.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12
Wjmmin's s Rights.
BY A. WARD.

pitcht my tent in small town in lnjianny
one day last seesun, & while l was standin
at the dore takin mummy, deppytashun OF
ladies came up and said they were members
of the Runcunvile Female Moral Reform e.
Wimin's Rites Associashun, q axed me il
they Good go in without payin.
Not exactly" ses | "but you can pay
without goin in.'
"Do you know who we air sir?" said one
of the wimmin, tall and ferochus looking
crtter, with a blew colt umbreler under her
arm-"do YOU know who we air. sr!"
"My impreshun is" sed |, from kur-
sure view, that you air females"
ave sir, sir" sed the ferochus woman
1--WE belong to Sosiety which believes vim
in has rites-which believes in raisn her to
her proper speer-which believes she is en-
dowed with AS much intellect as man is
which believes she is trampild on e. apoosed
d which will resist hens 4th & 4ever the
encrochments of proud domneerin man.
During her discourse, the excentric female
grabid me by the coat kollar, and was swing
in her umbreller widely over my he'd.
Il hope, marm," ses l. startin back, "that
your inenshuns is honorable. line lone
man hear in stranger place. Besides, I've
wife to hum"
"Yes," crde the female, "& she's a
la.y-G Doth she ever dream of freedom
doth she never think of THROWN off the
yoke of tyranny, q thinkin & speakin Il vo
tin for herself Doth she never think o
those here things9"
mot bein a natre born fool,' sed I, by
this time little riled, 81 kin safely say that
she doth not"
"Oh, whot-whot," screamed the female
swinging her umbreler in the air, "Oh
whot is the price that woman pays for hei
experence!'
81 don't know, marm," sen |, "the price
to my show is l5 cents pur individooul."
Sand can't our sosiety go in tree?" asked
the female.
"Not if know it," sed |.
,,Crooil, crooil man.' she cride, & bust
out into tears.
"Won't you let my darter in?" sed an
uthrr of the ecentic wimin, takin me afeck-
shunitly by the hand.
"Oh, pleas let my darter in. Shoes a
sweet gushin child OF natur"
"Let her gushm rored l. as mad as Good
stick at their tarnal noncents; "let he,
gush."
Whereupon they all sprung back with the
simultaneous observation hat was a Beest
"Mv female friends" sed 81, bed yol
leeve, I've few remarks to make; way
them we'll The female woman is l of the
greatest insttooshuns of which this land kin
boste. It's impossible to get along without
her. Had thare been no female wmmin in
the world, | should scarcely be here with my
onparaled show on this auspishus accashun
She is good in sickness-good in weIness-
good all the time Oh, wooman" | cride
my feelings worked up to high poetic
pitch 'you air an angl when you behave
yourself; but when you take off your proper
apariel g. (mettytoricaIy speaking git into
pantyoons- ns-when you desart your tireside'
& with your heads full of whimmins' rites
noshun 60 round like roaring lyons seeking
whom you may devour somebody-in shor
when you play the man, you play the
devil, g. air an emfatic noosence. My te
male friends" continued, as they were in
dignantly dcpartin, "way we'll what A. Ware
has sed."
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

"DoN'r GO A CENT ON THIS New RUM."-
Not many days since, says the Coloma
Times man who considers the Sons a good
institution for those who have not control
enough over themselves to know when and
what to drink, stepped into store on Main
street aud called for bottle of liquor. On
being asked what kind of liquor he would
have, be replied that he believed he would
have bottle Of that new kind of rum that
he had heard so much about, called "bay
rum" The next day he went to visit a
miner friend, who asked him to driuk, stat
ING that he had some of "Daly's valley whs
kew" which was very nice. "No, thank
you," he replied; 81 don't go cent on these
newfashoned liquors. got bottle of this
bay rum you hear so much about, and it
has id near killed me.''
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

A LoNG JouRNEY.-An ambrotypst OF
Hannibal, Missouri, Gossett by name' has
constructed a schooner in which he proposes
to navigate, the Mississippi from source to
mouth, and all its tributaries in the thorough
manner, taking pictures the while at every
convenient locality. lie allows himself four
years to complete the job.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

FISH CulruRE-A remarkable account
has been lately given by DIR. Clequed, to
the Paris Society 'dAcelimation, of the re-
suits of an attempt to keep salmon in fresh
water ponds having no communication
with the sea. The experiment was made at
St. Cucafa, near St. Cloud, whore M. Cote
has successfully carried on piscatorial opera
tons on a very extensive scale. The pond
chosen for the experiment in question is o.
small extent and is supplied by small
stream of fresh water, sufficient to form q
cascade. Three years ago the pond was en-
trelv empted land c,eaned out. In April
and MAY, 1866, several thousand salmon
only two months DID, were placed in with
trout, and notwithstanding the voracions ma
,ure of the latter fish, the salmon have pros
pered so we'll that few weeks ago, in the
presence of the Emperor, who takes great
interest in the artificial production of fish,
no less than two hundred kilogrammes
weight of salmon were caught by one haul
of net. This result is very surprising, but
NJ Coate states that he was far more aston
ished to find that the female salmon were
full of eggs. He adds that he saw several
epgs so highly developed that they were on
the point Of being emitted These results
which bear the stamp of high authentlcacy
prove that salmon may be produced and
reared in fresh water ponds, under similar
circumstances to those by which trout are
now so successfully multiplied in various
waters in Paris.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

If those persons who have taken up
claims for agricultural purposes will at once
fence the same, in a year from this tlme' the
increase of pasture will pay for the labor and
expense of Improvement
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

"FIenrINa INrEREsT.'-A gentleman
from Washoe informs the Pacerville Demo-
crat that in the claims which are in contro-
versy, in the silver mines, there are what are
called fighting interests" That is, men who
are noted for their pluck or "muscle," have
shares given them, in consideration of their
holding themselves in readiness to do any
amount of fghing that may be necessary to
secure the company in possession Of their
claims.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

Eg- The leading men in the oyster bust.
ness in Baltimore assert that there are more
oysters in Chesapeake Bay at present than
there were twenty years ago. notwithstand-
ing millions upon millions Of bushels have
been removed.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

ry- Rev. DR.. Potts, of New York, who
breaches abolitionism, recently sold, under
mortgage, fifty.six slaves in Mississippi. he
is one Of the pots that call the kettle black.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

Ey Cufiy says he'd rather die in a rail-
road smash up than in steamboat burst up,
for this reason: If you gifts run of and
smashed up, dar you is; but if you gita
bowed up on de boat, whar is youa"
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

Cuffy, certain colored individual, was in
doubt whether the whale swallowed Jonah,
or vice versa. To settle this doubt, he came
to brother darkey to help him out of his
difficulty. But he was inclined to be skept-
ica when informed that Jonah swallowed
the whale, and asked:
swell, look here, Sambo; whar bouts d'd
dis Jonah ive?"
After scratching his head for an answer
his opponent replied, gravely
soho, up dar in Connecticut, 'mong de
Yankees, somewhar.'
This settled Cufle's mind, and walking OFT,
he trumphantly muttered,
"I'se got 'em now; de Yankees are de ber-
nv debi on fish,"
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

The Upper San Joaquin is now being
navigated regularly by the steamer Visalla,
which plies between Stockton and Fresno
CITY,
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

Oliver Goldsmith once remarked that true
merit consisted not in mans never falling,
but in rising as often as he falls.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

Theodore Hook was walking, in the days
of Warren's backing where one of the ennis
saries of that shining character had written
on the wall, "Try Warren's B" but
had been frighted from his proprlety, and
fled. "The rest is lacking, said the wit.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12

ORIGIN OF TIE CAR OF LIBERTy.-Tn former
ages, when old age was honorable, caps be-
came embIems of honor.-By degrees it be-
came the badge of freedom, for none were
deemed honorable who were not free, be
had a cap given to him, which he was per-
mited to wear in public. The Cap of LIB
erty WAS simple in its form, the shape of a
sugar loaf broad at the base and ending in
a cone. This prefgured that freedom stands
on the broad basis Of humanity and runs up
to pyramid, the emblem Of eternity, to
show it ought to last forever. 1t was sim
pie, for liberty is in itself the most shining
ornament of man. 1t has none of the gild.
ed trappings that make the livery of despot-
ism. The cap Of liberty was white, emblem
attic of purity, thus showing that it should be
untainted by faction or tyranny.
The Placer herald., 1860-05-12
A Coon JoKE-AND Two oF'EM.--A mail

A Coon JoKE-AND Two oFEM.-A mail
carrier on certain route refused several
times, some years ago, to deliver the mails
at Il post office on his roue-he wanted his
pay out of certain moneys received at the
pos, Office for special purpose, and which
the deputy postmaster, in the absence, 100,
Of his senior, could not give. The carrier
desired to see the deputy's authority for act
ing as he did and appeared i'll disposed to
listen to reason. TO avenge himself, he re-
fused to deliver the mail, to the no small in
dignation of the Journal subscribers, among
Others But the week after, as he passed
along, the deputy handed him out a docu-
meat headed by the United States Eagle,
with his pinions spread, and told him there
was his authority for the cousre he had Ia
ken, direct from the Department The car
rier opened the document, pretended to
read, and handing it back, declared it all
right, and forked over the mail, and has
since left it with commendable punctuaty.
The document, however, WAS a commission
from Brgadier Gen. VIM. b. Grealhouse,
appointing said deputy to craftsmanship
in the militia of Indiana!
Telling the above to one Of our citizens,
he said it reminded him of an affair that took
place in the War of 1912. In Western
New York, poor fellow from the country
had been drafted to enter the militia and
| fight for his native land and the green
graves Of his sires." He went to anelghbor-
ing town to get legal advice, hoping in some
manner to get rid of military service. A
wag of a clerk in lawyers Office told him
| l. a. H.. H. I,E, ~ thnt
would do, and forthwith drew up a singular
document, in which legal phrases, Latin,
Greek, etc, were freely mingled, and big
seal applied, handed it him to take to the
quarters, and when the names were being
called, to step forward and cry, "Hear ye,
hear yep three times, and then present the
document to the General, and all would be
right. The honest fellow took it, and at the
appointed day appeared on drill: The
names were called over, and General Bloom,
filled with military glory, paraded up and
down the line like n turkey cock, while the
names were called. Suddenly he was ap
pslled by the appearance of a lean and lank
individual stepping from the ranks and say
ing, rs he held a document over his head:
"IIear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! !"
The man stepped up to the General and
presented him the document. The General
opened it, viewed 1t right side up, up side
down, and crossways, surrounded by his
aids, and finally handed it back to the man,
saying:
"Well, suppose it's some kind of hab-
eas corpus, and we'll have to let the fellow
go!"
The fellow made tracks quick with his pa
per, and was one of the chaps who didn't
"serve in the War of 1872"
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Fishing Tackle.


SSET'4 &c. GEN I'M
M Have receceiyed their complete assornnent-
OF Fishing Lines, Hooks and Tackle
generally call the attention Of country and city dealers %
the following
900 II genuine LIMERICK HooKs-An Sizes
$4,000 II SHEEP HEAD
10000 Chester Town FISH AND TROUT HooKs-Al Sizes.
10000 MINNoW HooKS-ESprsssly for bait
5000 Grayita.on TROUT FISH HOOKS.
3d. 900 KIRBY SEA HooKS-aIi numbers
10 gross FISHING LTNEs-CompIete.
10 SILK :. ready for use
1850 !. ASSORTED COTTON FISH LINES.
100 !. . LINEN
10 :. woRsTED, COTTON and LINENS feet.
100 . Catties' Assorted SEA GRASS LINES.
Also general Of Amateurs Fishing Lines Fancy
Coks Poles Joincd, Fishing Rods Baskets Liquor
Flasks Silk Lines Fish Knives, and everything belonging 70
amateurs Of the sport, for sale by
RoUSSET Il GENiN,
40 aptf So Canal street.
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FIsE CLoTHNG AND FuRsIsiIsd GooDs. the
palace clothing store Of Aesx Alfred Mnnroe Co.. Story
Of Camp and Streets there Il now on
aud reasonable clothing Displayed in the uaed
CIV hpys clothng department completely aud
rhnlcely ssccked Al ne rasn with goods well s,yshy
and durable fabrics which win keep The
gfslilenaen comfortable and niake look Is
ineipient An'eHican sloud furnishing
hsse dealers have vast though Tie
stock q al articles y full perhaps the shlrts De
reference Jus what ii about gen
salfeuftoa.
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HS-SingeF's Celebrated Sewing Machines.
These Machines have and improvements Fine
Sewing. and their sale is rapidly increasing They used
preference all Others at the largest and fashionable
making establishments in New Orleans alse all the arge
tells and principal boarding hundreds of private
families and give universal satisfaction. They will last life
eare warranted superior 10 every other Machine
money refunded and are warranted hree the charge
negroes, without cost for repairs or freight.
They are sodf desired trial with any all oher
Sewing Machines. WALTER BENNETT, Agent, 80 cRnp
treet, New Orleahs NIB 2pu&W
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THH FfxEIn y I.yos Sewing MACHINE ii guar.
senssd y Aifrsi Munroe u give perfect sasc
Hsn 70 every respect proYa perfesty sasfac.
lsy WHY ha money aisl ar Ill This il backing ID
prspsr but there Is risk doing it. or he
Fls Lyon e "a escsilsnt machine al arse who have
tested " cai aad examine them no eyocd 10 their
aale and exilton the Story Baidng corner fa and
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san EousTox FOR PREsrDEs We have received
= CORY 1t y nunaerousiy gned call dated Houston,
iii init, urging the friends Of Gen. Houston to
meet On the 2lst Of April instant, at the battle
ground of SanaJncinto. The occasion will be the
txeuty fourth anniversary Of that battle, but the
call seems tp contemplate some action on the Gen
Gratis claims u TIE Presidency well as the eel
n5,ra4inr, IF the i7lv
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AUCTION SALES TINS DAY.

f. Roger Co. sell at 10 O'clock at Nos As and Old Lsyee
street. between Customhouse and Bienye Streets large
assortment Of French and English dry goods.
Montgomery Smith sell at II o'clock the corner Of Re
lgious and Nun streets, furniture, etc.
Anscl Edwards sells ut early gasgh No. So st. Charles
street. general assortment of miscellaneous books Of choice
standard literature, etc.
a.5s paea
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RB-The great standard medicine of the
DAy.Bfoad and vast territory is would difficult to
find a corner in 1t where HosTETTER,s STOMACH BIT
TIERS are unknown Wherever there is yspepsiaand where
hsy in demand Nor is it for indigestion alone
that they specific Every disorder of the stomach
liver the bowels and the system yield their
influence They andote pain; they refresh
the exhausted animal powers they eounerac She morbid
principles Of disease they regulate the whole machinery
and may be justly termed the strongest ally that
brought the aid of mature in her struggles with sickness
Sold In New Orleans wholesale and RETAIL by WRIGHT
co.. n and l5 Charities street sole agents the Southern
States to whom all should be and by
gists and dealers generally everywhere ale 2p6t<W
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s5-F From the Troy Budget.-The Siege of
GoRsrH is said that of the former political divisions
this State took its from this poem
namely
9 The fees that he singly kept at bay,
outnambered his thin hairs Of SILVER GREY
We cannot yoneh for the truth Of this but
under the effects Of appcaio of Heistreeis Hair
Restorative Silver reys rapidly become lin appearance
LEAST members Of Young America
Price 50 cents and 81 per bottle. Sold everywhere.
w. H. HAGAN h CO.. Proprietors Troy, N Y.
Sold byJ WRIGHT co. q AMI l5l Ghartres street. New
oreans ale 2pm&W
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THE PANoFgIcos. The wonderful nature of this
curious psce gf mechanical ingenuity and the as
touishfng naturalness Of the moving figures and
models burning The entertainment, make the Pa
nopticon one of The most pleasing ana delightful
exhibitions that has ever visited our city. Nothing
but merit, combined with novelty, could draw such
sast crowds as are nightly convened at Armory
Halt The Inatinees al ~ o'clock have also become
i fixed and fashionable institution for large con
course Of indies are always present at these rep.
Presentations. There will be another Of these fash
ionahIe gatherings to-morrow at IL o'clock. The
Psnopticon Is cnriously elaborated work, and the
ladies' are fond of The curious, consequently they
turn ont en- naasse to witness it.