The Placer herald., 1861-08-24
Collections.

\ WATERFALL. on FEATHER RIvER.-A cores
pondcnt OF the Marysvlc appeal, describing the
cascade ON Feather river. says;
These are near the head of the south branch
of tho east fork Of Feather river and, with this
geographical item. we cngcrly climbed the blum
Tor a view. pause lest my pen should reign sn-
perl,tive: but OF all beautiful pictures, the cas-
cade framed rs we saw it, between two tall pines,
was the most exquisite. The water thunders
down two hundred and fifty feet, with immense
wrcnihs of spray, and runs oil in guIgling
brook The banks on either side are almost pre-
cipitous. but rich in verdurc while the rocks
over which the torrents rolls wall up the r. yIne-
grey. majestic, sculptured, rs il by great mas
ter hand"
LAWFUL FENcE.--In addition to the law OF
1858, determining what constitutes lawful
fence, the Legislature Of last winter enacted That
where land belonging to two is enclosed ana
either owner makes partition fence to separate
The land Of one from that of the ether; the one
who puts up the fence may recover half the value
OF the same from the other party. provided that
the other has been first Notified. and has refused
or neglected for three months; to build, or to pay
for bnildng one half OF such fence
MILITARY EXPERIENCES OF GEN BANKS In cx-
amining the bogrA by of Major Gen. n. L. Banks,
the following facts are made known: mat ne
organized dramatic company OF which he was
the star = that he lcctured and made political
speeches with great success that he obtained
berth in the Boston Custom House that he went
to The Legislature. and to Congress. and was
elect. d Speaker; that he become Manager Of the
Illinois Central Railroad that he acquired great
military Knowledge and experience while Com
mandcrn Chief Of the Massachusetts Militia
-. f. JOurna/
This is the kind of a Generals elected by our Ad-
mnstration TO command an army, in place OF
such veterans as llarney, Sumner and Wool.-Er.
DlscovERIEs.-A correspondent travelling in
Plumas county, says that recently clOssing the
irnn I mi hu "A
filed with hoatihg ice. on which multitudes OF
frogs sat scrcechng with Original viGor lie
threw stones AT them, but they only screeched the
louder-'they were so unacquuintcd with man y
The place WAS one OF uncommon beauty ara
grandeur, insomuch that the traveller concluded
! to camp there for the night. But going down to
the waters edge. he discovered numerous and
altrrningly large bear tracks, whcreupon he made
smaller tracks himself.
ARE Democrats going to sustain war of In
vasion aud sul,ugation Of Sovereign States?
VIII Democrats enlist in such IL service? Defend
Washn gion and the States emtining in the I'M
ion from invasion. Let the South go in peace.
TorAJ. --fhe whole amount of mail received
since the first arrival orihe overland coach. July
18th, is 10 bags OF letters, and us OF papers.
The amount sent east So letter bags and ~ OF pal
pers The largest mail received by single coach
is 33 bags The quickest trip yet made WAS nc
compl shed in l6 days and 20 hours
LARGEST Horse IN THE ,WoRLp,-A gentle
man recently exhibited horse at Newcastle,
Pennsylvania. that weighs l.777 pounds. He is
Il bright bay horse of the Clydeslale bree'l. and
vas bred in Cumberland, England. In 1855 he
took il prize OF $3.50 ut Glasgow, Scotland, and
since his importation he has had no less than 26
prizes conferred upon him.
WHEAT.--Up to July 3lst, the amount Of wheat
delivered ut the wharv es in this place was about
81 900 sacks averaging full 100 pounds per sack,
making 1850 tors. The prices htye been gradu-
ally decreasing for the week. and are now ruling
at 81 80 and ST 81. Suisun Herald.
The Memphis .4oalanche learns from Little
Rock. Ark that Il Military Board has been APP
pointed. two millions dollars appropriated to
carry on the war, and the ontre military force OF
the State placed at the disposal OF the COnfeder-
ate States.
THE4eported death of Charles Lever, the popu-
lar Irish novelist. is contradcted. At last dates
he was in Italy. in excellent health, aud pone the
worse for H. unknown namesake, Mr.. Charles
Lever. the announcement Of whose demise led to
the mistake.
IN CULTIVATION. The county of San JOAQUIN
contains 250OOO acres Of Land in cultivation the
county of Caaver.s, 1000 acres ; Tuolumne,
II 900 acres; Merced, $4,000 Mnriposa, 2400;
rulare, $4,000 acres. The total number Of acres
in cultivation in the district of the San Joaquin
Agricultural Society. is 3l7 800.