davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
rad, to shower its blessings upon all, is its

bad, to shower its blessings upon all, is its
mission.
"lt insists strenuousy on popular rights
because it believes the popular body suffi
cient to the discharge of its public duties
1t is contending for the extinction of tyranny,
for the abolition of prerogaive, for the re-
form Of abuse, for the a'nelioration Of gov
ernment, for the destruction of monopoly,
for the establishment Of justice, for the ele
vaton of the masses, for the progress OF
humanity, and for the dignity and worth of
the individual man."
This, General, is Democracy! This is
Democracy as taught bv Jefferson and
Madison and practirel by Jackson and his
Democratic successors. This is our De
mocracy-Democracy which we endorse
and advocate and worship, which has enlist
ed in its cause the loftiest intellects the tru
est patriots and purest hearts, not only of
our own loved country, but of every other
civilized country. We have told you "what
1t is will you embrace it?
Mountain Democrat.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
Proclamation from Jim Lane.

jim Lane, of Kansas notoriety, is a Bril-
gadier General of Kansas Volunteers, and
is now operating in western Missouri, and
has issued proclamation in which, after
saying for what purpose he was there, and
urging those in arms against the Govern
ment to disperse and come to him for pro,
lection IN person and property, he uses The
following language: "Should YOU, however,
disregard my advice, stern vistations of war
will be meted out to rebels and their allies
| shall then be convinced your arning
for protection is sham; and, rest assured,
traitors, when caught shall receive traitors
doom. The cup Of mercy has been exhaust
ed. Treason, hereft will be treated as
treason. The massacre of women and chill.
dren by black hearted traitors, lately, in
burning the bridges on the Hannibal and
St. Joseph Railroad, satisfies us that traitor
will perpetrate crimes which devils would
shudder to commit They shall I've blo,,ed
fom existence and sent to that hell which
yawns for their reception. The two roads
are open to you, people of Western Missouri.
Choose We between them; the one leads you
10 peace and pienty-lhe other to destruc
ton"
The news received subsequent to this pro
clamation, that Price and McCulloch were
receiving reinforcements upon every mile OF
their march, would 90 to show that Lane
ha given strength to, instea'l Of weakening
the rebellion in Missouri
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

From record Of captures by the rebel
prva,eers, carefully kept, the Journal Of
Commerce finds, that 60 vessels, of all de-
scriptions, have been taken, the value of
which cannot fall short of 100000. In
the same time, the cruisers employed 10y the
United States have taken less than SO prizes.
From this statement it appears that the
rebels without a navy have captured more
ships than the Secretay of the Navy has in
his whole bockading squadron, having had
five months to prepare and the whole means
of the nation at his disposal
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
Sierra Citizen.

LETTER FROM BALrlMoRE.-A private let
ter from Baltimore, dated September 10th,
to one OF onr most prominent citizens, states
that Gen. Mcclellan undertook to drive the
rebels from Monson's Hill which commands
Arlington Heights, with four regiments and
on being repnIsed, reinforced with ten addi
lonal regiments, when the Federal forces
were again repulsed sustaining heavy losses,
and the men commenced retreating in con
fusion, without orders, when, the letter states,
Mcclellan ordered his own batteries to fire
upon them, for their cowardIce, killing four
hundred The writer AYERS that the torego.
ing statements are strictly trne, and also
states that the Government authorities pro-
hibit the publication of all uniavorable news
Sierra Citizen, Oct. l2.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

A New SPECIES OF RYE.-A new species
of rye, Indigenous to California and remark
abe for the largeness, pumpness and beauty
of its grain, has been exhibited at Washing
ton. Mr. Isaac Newton, the new y appoint
ed superintendent for the Agricultural Bu
reau, connected with the Department of the
Interior, has received a small supply Of the
grain, and will distribute it among the far
mers in different parts Of the country. Its
yield is said to be very great, reaching even
on poor Iannd, fifty bushels to the acre
Boston Journal
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
IF MOTHER WERE HERE.

My life is SO weary,
So full of sad pain,
Each day brings its shadows,
Its mist and its rain.
There's no ray of sunshine
My pathway to cheer;
But sorrow would vanish
If mother were here.
Each hope for me blooming
But blooms to decay,
Each joy that | treasure
Soon withers away.
My dreams full of beauty,
In gloom disappear;
But soon all would brighten
If mother were here.
o lay my poor head
In her dear lap once more,
And feel her soft fingers
Stray lovingly Ger,
And catch her fond whispers
And glad words Of cheer;
But soon grief would vanish
If mother were here.
How tender her tones were,
How loving and sweet,
AS she told me of lie,
And the trials I'd meet
Yet little cared then,
But little did fear.
Far she was beside me,
My mother was here.
Now flowers bloom above her,
And winds in the grass
Breathe low, solemn dirges.
AS gently they pass;
And I'm left to mourn her,
With many tear.
o earth were far brighter
If mother were here.
But o when this life's
Restless moments are passed
Aad | 60 to abide
With the Angels at last,
Among the rich joys
Which in Heaven I'll share.
Is mother, sweet mother,
Who waited me there!
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

E1s- Last Fall there were computed to be
100000 Wide Awakes in the North, who
boastingy said they "woud take care" #
the Union, if sold Abe" shou be elected.
As the total number who have enlisted is
only about 100000, and of fully one half
are Democrats, it has Teen suggested that
before resort to drafting takes place, if at
ALL that the President call on the remaining
375, 900 of his last falls special friends and
self declared defenders. This reminds us to
ask, What has become Of the Wide Ava
kes?-We really bav'nt met a person for
these three months, who would admit that
he belonged to that once popn'ar organza'
ton. Erie (Pa) Observer.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

CAPTAIN JuDAH.-Concerning this gen
t,eman, who is we'll known in Siskiyou coun
ty, and has lately received commission as
Colonel Of the 4th volunteer regiment, The
Yreka Journal tells the following hard story
from the lips of Lieut. BonnycastIe:
"WhIe stationed at Fort Jones, in Scott
Valley, Colonel then Captain Judah, with
Lieut. Bonnycastle and the handful of Uni.
ted States sol'lers forming the garrison at
the Fort, went on an expedition against the
klamath Lake Indians and drove them into
a cave some sixty or seventy miles from
here on the Klamath river. To dslodge
three or four hundred we'll armed Indians
from this cave was 10 easy matter. The
only possible plan WAS to charge full in.o
the mouth of the cave in which av several
hundred red devils, with their rifles cooked
ready to shoot down all who attempted to
enter. But they could get out no other
wav, and Captain Judah ordered the charge
Just as the men were in the act of obeying
the order, Captain Smith arrived and rank
inc above Judah. took the command and
counterlnande'l the order to charge. Lieu!
Bonnvcas'e said it would have been bloody
charge and if lie and Judah had come out
Of 1t alive, he would have been tempted to
impearh his captain" We Judge from this
incident, that looking into the muzz'e of a
rifle does not much affect the nerves of Col.
Judah.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
NUMBER Z.
Bad News From Missouri. Rebels in
the full tide of Success.

The following is taken from the Atlas St.
Louis letter received by the last Pony Ex.
press:
The news pertaining to Missouri, which
goes forward by the present PONY Express.
is the reverse of favorable for the cause Of
the Union. The rebels seem TO have struck
a vein of success, and nothing but the most
vigorous measures against them can possibly
save tho State from falling into the jaws Of
the Southern Comederacv. Having taken
Lexington and secured some 5000 stand of
arms, an immense amount OF munitions Of
war; several heavy cannon, and best of ALL
for these captors,) some quarter Of mil.
lion of dollars in gold belonging to the
Lexington banks, the rebels, under General
Price, seem to threaten every portion of the
State between the Mississippi and the Kan
sas border. This is not all. They got the
best of the U. s. troops at Blue Mills, high
er up the Missouri river, and about the same
time, captured 800 Home Guards in Miller
county, about 60 miles south of Jefferson
City. BY the discontinue Of the troops
under the command of Col. MuIigan, the
balance of the U. S. forces west of Jeffer,
son City are in bad fix. Before the rebels
can be driven out, it is probable they will
lay the whole country in waste, threaten
St. Joseph and other large towns with de
moliton, and injure the Hannibal and St..
Joseph railroad so badly as to make it USE
less for months to come. There is even no
doubt whether they will not attack Jefferson
City; and, from all that is known here,
Leayenworlh and other cities in Kansas are
completely at their mercy. This picture
may be overdrawn, but it must be remem
bered that Prices army is rabble gather.
ing, flushed with victory; and perfectly des
perate as to their acts. They are now toll
eraby well supplied with arms and equip
mens, while the citizens Of Kansas and the
border have neither cannon nor powder to
oppose against the rebels.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

Rev. Dr.. ScorT The San Francisco
Herald in speaking Of the persecution of this
gentleman says:
We see it stated by a contemporary that
DR.. Scott left with $4,000 in his pocket.
His friends doubtless would be g lad were he
so rich in this worlds goods, but unfortu'
na,ely the statement is incorrect. We are
informed on undoubted authority that after
he had paid the passage money for his fam'
Iy and himself, he had not more than 80, 1000
to enter upon new career. The purpose
of the misstatement can be easily under
stood. 1t is sought to impress the public
mind with the idea that Dr. Scott was mer-
cenary, whereas his numerous charities to
the poor and his many benevolent acts prove
that he was man of remarkably un-
selfish character and disposition.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

A CArAsrRopHE.-Bd MuIrooney found
murhern' thato o the wor rold in the
hinroost and traed him under the wood,pile.
Nov Mulrooney," says Biddy, "you be
afther strrin' out the baste wild bit of
stick, while | how'd the meal bag fornint
the hole "
"Ah be the powers, an I've got him!
Now Michea, you be aflher ayin' the bag
over yer shoulder, and il's meself that'll
la,her the devils own day yleoht an i'm.
Take that, We infer rnal thafe! It's Mistress
Mulrooney herself, ,ha II be givn' ye h-l!"
"Splul VIII CIV! och, Jasus! an Micheal
Murooney, what have ye in the bag? The
breath of the baste is a drvn' the life ont o
me body! It's meself that's kilt ntirely.
Och, Mcheal, honey would ye be ai,her
hondin' meG Tme taintin', Murooney!
Out o the male bag wild him, the divil's own
child is it, an he's behavin ondacent."
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

VoLuNrEERs.-Cap F. A. Morgan left
town on Wednesday last, with the skeleton
of company for Col. Lippetts Regiment.
This makes the fourth company of Volun-
teers raised in this vicinity, and we might
add, it will probably be the last. Volun-
teering is about "played out" here.
Butte Dem.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

WoULDN'T LIKE TO BE IN HIS BooTs.-
Though we are a law abiding citizen, and
expect to pay our proportion when called
upon but still we would not like to be in
the mans boots who is to fill the office of
tax collector for Old Abe, in either of the
"ndependent principaIlies' of Tehama or Co.
lusa counties. Red Bluff Beacon.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

Ess- man who is ultra that he cannot al
low person to be Union man. deserves to be
taken to Stockton and imprisoned in the asy um
with straight jacket on.-Red Bluff Beacon
Now, let us come down to a regular old
fashioned democratic American equality aud
ask: If the above stated punishment should
be inflicted for the cause named, what should
be done with those. for example, the San
Francisco Mirror, who, protesting to be an.
tholized exponenls of the republican a l.
ministration and true Unionists incite peo
pie in peaceful and loyal State, secure in
its own all prevailing Union sentiment to
mob a free thinking preacher and to threat
en- the congregation with violence for acts
Of friendship to their pastor? And further
more, to insist upon the removal from the
street commissioners Office a man who as
sumed his privilege of voting for Mcconnell
for the governorship for that the said small
officer "s not to be trusted in consequence
of his said vote? What, we ask, should in
real good manly and enlightened American
citizenship, be done with such strong repub
lican Union admlnistralionists Like the
rebels, all they want in order to accomplish
their purposes, is to he 'et alone" But
should they be! Are they not "traitors" tc
the public peace and the worst wrong do
ers to the Union cause?
EnIeO,n YoIouronL
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

WHAT ARE WE COMING TO!-lt is said
that John Brown, Jr, son of the hero Of
Harper's Ferry, is now in Jefferson, Ashtabula
county, Ohio raising one hundred sharp
shooters to form company for Col. Mont
gomery's Regiment, in The Brigade of Gen
James II. Lane, in the Division of Gen. Ere
mont The people of Missouri utterly des
pise Brown, Montgomery, Lane anil Fire
mont, and AS long as they remain in charge
of the Union forces of that State, there will
be no end to the war Is it not well known
that the three first named are notorious
outlaws. and even the Union men Of Nilsson
ri would glory to see such scoundrels put on
of existence. If the war forces are to be led
by such awIess knaves as these men, the
Union cause is indeed in danger in Pike.
Red Bauf Beacon
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

QUIcKEsr TINE ON REcoRD.-The Over
land Mail, consisting thirty lock letter bags,
and ten newspaper bags, arrived to day at
PIacervile, In sixteen days and nineteen
hours from St. Joseph This is the quickest
time yet made between the two points by
the Overland Mail. Bulletin, 7M.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

EE- A mutiny broke out in Maine regi-
ment, in which 81 men refused to do duty
under the old plea of being only enlisted for
three months. The mutineers were arrested
with out resistance
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

The STATE FAIR--The total receipts Of
the State Fair, exclusive of the proceeds
from the ball, was but little short of $40, 900.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

GEN. SHIELEs.-By the last Pony it is le-
ported that this veteran bad declined the
appointment Of Brigadier General on ac-
count Of his health, having removed from
California to Mexico if possible to recruit it,
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

ANOTHER PoLITIcAL ARREsT.-Mr. A. Mc'
Masters. editor Of the Freemans Appeal,
late Freeman's Journal, has been arrested
and imprisoned on account of his persistent
opposition to the Administration,
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

The SUNDAY LAw.-Judge Wells, of Butte
county has decided that the Sunday law is
unconstitutional. He takes issue with the
Supreme Court.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

EE The City Council of Canton, Ohio, have
appropriated $4,000 to the propr'etors o.
the Stark County (Ohio) Democrat, for loss
sustained by the destruction of their office
by a mob.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

rE A new division of the Sons of Temper
ance has been established at La Porte
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
cWYNN's VARIETY STORE

As THE SEASON is COMING ON, persons
~ ~, IN want of good Plow, or Harrow VIII hnu &C,
'hem at Gwynn's. The ''chewers OF the wceu
e0h md the Forest Rose. Peerless, Soace, WIFI
many other brands of superior Tobacco at
J.R. GWYNN'S
septl4 Ar Store, Nevada Street, Auburn
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

N1y- More than 600 convicls are now con-
fined in the State Prison. They are we'll
clothed and their general health is excellent
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
Be il Borne in Remembrance.

We want our readers and the people of
Iowa to bear it in remembrance that we told
them in advance that the success of the Re-
publican party would involve the country in
war, and that war would produce calamites
such as this country and people never before
experienced; that it would dismember the
Union; involve the people in debt, depreciate
Real Estate, destroy business, and involve
the country in universal ruin. Some of
these calamities we as a people are expe.
riencing already, and it is but a small por.
ton of others which are in store for us in
time to come.
We have suffered the Government to pass
into the control Of disunion fanatics, and we
are but beginning to reap the harvest Of
desolaton, devastation and universe. ruin
which that party has shown. And the lon
ger this party is continued and upheld in
power, the longer will be continued the
misery which its policy has inflicted upon
the country.
Aboltionism found the American people
happy, prosperous and contented; it has
sown among them the seeds of dsunon,
misery, poverty and fraterna hate, which
bids fair to end in their destruction as a ma
among us strong enough to put down and
curb this he.lish tanatacism9
Dubuque (lo,ca) Herald.
"CRusHEp BY PUBIC OpINIoN"-"IT Is
REpoRrED"-Upon known questionable au
thoritv, the Sacramento Union, that swil
trough of false reasoning, false reporting
deception, yea, vile assassin of truth, says
at is reported that the Sierra Citizen is
about to pas into the hands of the Repub
licans. For the benefit of the friends of the
CHizen and truth generally, we will state
that this is one of the Unions rehashed
"reports'-"C'us!@vd by public opinion"
says the Union The Sierra Citizen has
been established nine years, and public
opinion has favored it more during the last
year than ever before, within the same period
of time, since its establishments SO much
for the attempt on the part of,he Sacramen
to Union, in this particular instance, to place
falsehood before the people by its usual
method-"It is reported"
Sierra Citizen
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

WHAT is A REBEL2-Whoever is against
the Constitution of the United States, in
whole and in part, in spirit, or in letter. is
rebel Whoever is against any of the laws
of the Government whether they relate to
fugitive slaves or to freemen, is rebel.
Whoever insists that law OF Congress can
be violated any more in New York or Mas
sachusetts than in South Carolina or Ala
bama, is rebel Let us make clear, clean
work of our loyalty, and apply to it the rig
id rule that he who offends in one point Of
fends in ALL. ". Y Express.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
Folsom Telegraph.

CoNrRADIcrIoN.-The Republicans say,
slaves are not property; and hence, would
prohibit their masters from taking them in
to common territory, or holding them in
their passage through an abolition State.
The late act CT the Republican Congress,
forfets the property Of rebel, including sla0es,
and Fremont has attempted to practically
carry out its dogma by manum'tng in Mis-
souri, The query is, how could slaves not
have been property Immediately after its
outbreak! Will some learned Republican
enliehten uso Pacific Echo.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19

Ey A circular dated Calcutta, July 22d,
states that the employment Of American YES
sells for the present is about stopped, from the
mpossibiIity Of shippers obtaining insurance,
as most Of the insurance companies have re
ceived orders from home to avoid them alto,
eether until further orders, while the few
that will insure are so limited as to the ext
tent and direction as to preclude any business
of Importance being done.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-10-19
DemocracV.

IF Democracy have fixed and consistent
meaning and is not bundle of the veriest con
nadiciions and al,surdities. for charitys sake le
votalies tell us what it Isl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-18

Especial Correspondence of The Star
BEFORE THE ENEMY, NEAR CENTREvILLE. Fdtr-
for County, Va, July II, 1e6l-9, p. IN --EditOr
of the Star Having an opportunity to send line
to you, 1 scrawl this in d hurry on a drum head
The Connecticut regiments, of Col. Reyes bri-
gade, are here in the advance, two miles from
Centreville. Our pickets are within hailing dis
lance OF those Of the enemy's, from whom a mar
row strip Of woods alone separates US. The ene-
my's entertainments tat Centreville) are not more
than two miles from where We are bivouacke
tonight.
l presume you will have heard Of the little
skirmish MileS's command had on the other side
of Fairfax on its way hither, so will not take
time now to write Of 1t. More damage was done
to the enemy than to us. 1t was but trife, how
ever, at best. Our boys are all in high spirits,
though the forced march Of the day was a most
trying one. BY light tomorrow we shall probably
be In action, unless the enemy falls back on
Manassas Junction in the course Of the night.