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The receipts at tide-wnter Of flour wheat, corn
and barley for the first week in July 1860 and 1851
hare been as follows:
Flour. Wheat, Corn, Barley,
1867. $500 268, $50 ~, 100 -...
1861. 80, 100 $4,000 393,700 1900
Inc. Inc, .729 800 Inc. .166 000 Inc. 600
The aggregates Of the receipts Of the above AZ
ticles for The years 1860 and 1861, have been:
Flour, Wheat, Corn, Barley,
brls bu :, bu bu.
1sG9.. .277,6t0 2,417GM 4615,M0 78700
1861 80. s93 800 1893 900 4,762600 $4,000
, 1861-07-12
COMMERCIAL,

THURSDAY EVENING, July II, 1861.
The following are the receipts and shipments for
the pat tHenty.fout hours:
RECEIPTS Last TWxET1-FOUR HOURS.
, 1861-07-12
Dali, Review Of Chicago Market.

NOTE Quotations Of sakes gsren in this Ndrttt
Report, are understood to BE- for good c0nueFtiMe
currency, unless otheTtoise stottd.
, 1861-07-12

GECOND-HAND SAFE FOR
~ SALE-Wiidcr's nsze, good a. new, Double
Docr, with Cro5s Bar and Ped Trek. Cost 4s52- VIII
be FOLD at $50. F. II. PRATT, No. 13 Lasale street
1yl0gYSt
, 1861-07-12

II he :, e
drill aud business meeting, on this Friday
evening, as business Of great Importance will
be presented for your consideration. All new
members are specially requested to be On hand
promptly Mt P, NJ ArmoTy at West Mar.
ket Hall. ]. bIALcoM, 6ec'y.
, 1861-07-12

nRUG STORE FOR StA.. ..E-:At
~ q thriving point On the Mls5i+sipi. EIvt.. Casa
buyers can fnt good bargain Apply at once 10 Boz
2l58 St Paul Post 0d1ce. Mtnn. iye1lm
, 1861-07-12

OF these anaounss &he United States nave for
nished ~ follows: OF the wheat, IN 1853, orb
quarter Of one per cont In 1850. seven psr cest
tn 1861. thirty And one half p.s cent. OF tbs aoas
, 1861-07-12

100 CASES ToBACC0-Ths
HUI best brands In married.
EA@0Na, PTTKTE 4 HANKEE.
, 1861-07-12
1EA HHDS NO. SUGAR, CON:
1DV mon 70 ehetee Gos eale H
FARa0HA 1ffK1A HAAkHIs

r ARGE OR SNAIL ORDERS
IL for Feed 1!eal Or Fouy Elied n shozt order acd
astno lox 81 Eatua. k1S1fl 6TEFRS5 q Eo-st43
, 1861-07-12

NAHTEp.-A Steward that is capable OF Stew
arding for first class hotel or one that Is accus
toned to Restaurant stewarding preferred. Ad-
d1eEs Box 35S P, o. iy1l.St
, 1861-07-12

GARDEN HOSE Of the best quality may be had in
any quantity, fitted and ready for use. at the Rub
Der Store, lis Randolph street-KIngsbu Block.
jy8-1m
, 1861-07-12

E0O Boxes FIRE CRACKERS,
e1{J{y No. gold Chou. fnr sails By
PARSONS, PITKIN q HAHEEF,
TX Txaatk WAter k&frkk
, 1861-07-12

Personal Among the guests at the new
Sherman House are ]. #. Harrison and family,
Cincinnati; A. McAlpin, Esq, Cincinnati;
4. Chaplin, Esq, Albany, N. z; George Il.
Stone and lady. Peoria; g. N. Mead and fatni-
H. Cnincy:: Dr. Thompson Kenosha
, 1861-07-12

ITO RAIN SHIPPERSl
, 1861-07-12

T A Segar Stand to let In one Of the best es-
tablishruents in the city. Address Box 353 P o.
irft
, 1861-07-12

FIEAk OF INsAK1Tr.-A German insane
,u.n. who Lives On Blue Ielnnd Avenne, yes
.et1.y attempted to end his existence by
inmp:1g into the river at Polk street. Hc
vas rescued and taken to the station house at
tie A-mory, whcn Justice Akin directed that
le sL,rld be sent to County Agent Hansen.
, 1861-07-12

EF- Colton'a Map Of Missouri shows ali
Tie rcixts Of interest In the contest be-
tween Tie rebels and theF ederal forces. Walsh,
ratre1 ef Madison street and Custom House
Pace. has supply Of them aud all other war
r.a,e, as Issued.
, 1861-07-12
4 STOCK OF DRUGS. MEDI.

q GO Of fSiod Or Slo 1or which vaiusbis cisy pro
ps1tY n Central r. Wisconsin nov Fsatiag fos Vi to
falr figures, Or good E,id land veil lo:sted- and =
propoItion Of cash paid r la dsslIsbe legality II
Of the Drug Business AID having suitable stock,
cago, Ill. tyl1x2w
, 1861-07-12

- A~-
seized bis lever. Slowly on It's centre swung
Old street bridge, and grazing her Hmbezs the
ting shot through The bridge tender was sa~
lute6Tby her irate crew, first with missiles Of
easlier date than rninIe balls, epithets highly
favored with sacred terms used alike by very
good and very bad people
From his perch on the bridge the tender re-
joined, hurting back words and phrases CON-.
pacty put together. He threw them ~ one
would throw stones from sling. In fact he
had taken sling little earlier. Which may
veracious narrative.
He WAS stopped in his career Of high sound
ing words, by the foeman on the tug, who
suddenly let ay the "belts of war." One Of
these ainee picked up on the scene Of conflict
has been measured aud found eight inches in
length, with thread md nut, and solid
head. II should be sent to the Chicago His
torlcd Society. Thea followed two speci-
mems OF bitumtaous coal, forwarded less with
a scientific view ttan a. coallateral with thu
| bolt Aforesaid
Bridge tander raised his right hand. and
dared the foe to single combat. He would Dit
the Old street bridge against the tug, would
meet the foemen separately or Jointly, Ut any
distance, with any weapon. Would they only
come On. He asksd It as pezsoakl favor, Il
| WAS granted, for 10: turning On her cente,
sthen came the tug Of war" back again unde'
fun steam. It WAS N unexpected fkvor, sen
| sitigeness On the part Of tug boat atogethe'
unexpected. .<.~~ --..~--r-,
The bridge tender entered ! plea Of @noA
| con-tesde-e and made = hasty retreat Th'
foe held Old street bridge. The tender helt
that It would be safe for him to get out Of tn
wsy. He did 60, Tho tug held fsst to Pill
with her hawser, and her crew sWalmed ore
her aide, II that expression borrowed ho1n th'
gushing writer Of aThe Pink Pirate Of tn
feioponsssus" may Be deemed applicable Il
tae sudden and irste turning ont Of two ma
srd SEAL boy, willis tender thoughts With
In them bara Is u4ey folio Amoug tha pila
cithe adjacent lumbar Sard tho nytzE, custa
diaa. -,
TAtT fcurd lin On = Pile of Bsgtaaw I'm
, 1861-07-12

0en Bbls. REFINED SUGARS,
LDV ! r-xnrlated, ufusAed and Powdered, Il
st1-d.rd nHAltty arriving end fos sale By
FAkSQNA PITKlN HAHKKH.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
Rev, r, J. Breckinridge.

This gentleman writes to friend in rea
ton to the present political crisis as follows
1t we can escape immediate convulsions
what will occur in my opinion, will be the
gradual consolidation of the entire South, in
one opinion, and upon one man (probably
Breckinridge,) by 1864, and the permanent
triumph of the Democratic party in 1864,
by means of united South, and certain
portion, more or less considerable, of the
Northern States This is the lest result
see to be possible; and | who say this am an
old fashioned Republican, of the school of
l79s-a Clay Whig-a steaifast Know
Nothing-and never yet voted for John G.
Breckenridge, though he has stood to me
nearly in the relation of son, since his or
phanage in a very tender infancy.
1t is hardly worth while to say that Ken
tucky is and always has been. thoroughly
for the Union. and that no man is more de
voted 20 it than Mr.. Breckenridge himself
Nay he is one of the very few eminent
public men from whose lips not even hy-
po'helical case Of jus,tiabIe dissolution was
ever heard. And the dav may come when
recompense to his country for the terrible
abuse avished on him as traitor to il, will
he the sublime exercise of his great, wise
and dauntless nature in the preservation of
that very Union which the passions of men
and the violence of parties have put IN SO
much peril.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
NOTICE

rs HEREBY GIVEN, that the undersig gned will
Il apply to the Register Of the State Land Office
in Sacramento. on Saturday, the End day Febru
airy. A. D. 1861. for final certificate to the follow
ing pieces of land-all within the county of
Placer and State of California;: Location No. 53
Marysville Land District the south half of section
two (2) in Township No. 10 north, range No. 6
east, Mt. Dabo Meridian, containing 320 acres;
also, location No. 54. Marysvile Land District,
the northeast and northwest fractional quarters
of sections two (2D in Township No. 10 north
range No. east, Mt. Diablo Meridian, containing
54 62-lOO acres. The above lands designated by
an act passed April 23d 1858, as''State Seminary
lands" all persons are hereby requested to ap-
pear at said Office on said day, and show cause
if any, why said patent should not issue to the
undersigned, they being the purchasers of the
locations of said lands from Tobias Grider, and
his wife Eleanor Grider.
TABB MITCHELL and
GEO. L. ANDERSON.
Auburn, Dec. 29th, 1860-4w
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
LEGAL NOTICES.
A. A. Mason's Estate.
In THE NATTER OF THE ESTATE OF A. A. Mason.


DECEASED.
In PROBATE Court, Placer eounfv
IN reading and filing the petition of John Ma
" son. Malissa Wheeler and Nathaniel Mason,
heirs of said deceased. setting forth that NJ p. H.
Love, the Administrator Of said estate, has fully
administered on the same, aud that there now re-
mains in his hands the sum of Four Hundred and
ioi tyninc dollars and nnety-eigh cents. after pay
ing all the debts of the estate and expenses OF
administration. and praying for an order of dis
trlbution of said money among the heirs of the
deceased 1t is ordered, that all persons interest
ed in the estate of A. A. Mason. deceased he and
appear before the Probate Court of Placer county
at the Court House. in Auburn, Placer county
on the 2Sth day of January, A. D. 1861, at 10
O'Clock, A. NJ to show why an order of distri-
button should not be made among the heirs of said
A. A. Mason, deceased. 1t is further ordered
that copy Of this order be published in the Pla-
Ger Herald. weekly newspaper published in Au-
burn, Placer county, for four successive weeks
once in each week, before said 2Sth day of Janu-
airy. A. D. 1861.
Given under my hand. this 27th dav of Deem
Der, A. d. 1860. E. II. VANDECAR.
Probate Judge, Placer county.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
Pacific TELEGRAPH.

II is reported from Washingtonthat Mr.. Ely
of New York, has introduced an amendment
to the Pacific Telegraph Bill of last session.
Tie brief dispatch received does not conde-
scs&d TO 90 into details; but from Mr.. G. M.
Stebbins who is posted in all the movements,
| learn that the following amendments are
asked for by the Company. Mr.. Ely repre-
sents the Rochester district, where Mr.. Hi
ram Shl,y, the head of the Western Union
Company, resides, and it is at Mr.. Sibley's
suggestion that Mr. Ely has probably offered
the amendments in question: They extend
the timefor completing the Telegraph to
December, lS62-a year longer than under
the contract allowed. 1t is farther provided
that the Unite'i States shall transfer the
amount agreed to he paid into the form of
bonds payable at the end of each fiscal
year, for the p rlod Of the contract-that is,
an amour; in bonds, payable, $4,000 the
first year after the line is in working order,
and S45, 900 each subsequent year, till the
contract expires, without interest The ob.
Ject is to render the bonds negotiable, to
raise money for the prosecution of the
work without interfering with the capital of
the Company. This is questionable pro
ceeding, and will probably provoke opposi-
ton before it gets through both branches of
Congress.
1t is settled that the Ssebhins Company,
as Company, does not take any stock in
the Pacific Telegraph The Sebbns Com
is controlled by the Western Union Com
pany already, and could be required to
advance capital to luy Pacific Telegraph
stock; but although the Western Union
owns more than half the whole number
of the Slebben Company, it is under that it
will be left to the discretion o' the remain
shareholders whether they will subscribe to
any portion of the stock necessary to con
tract the line across the Plains. The "oth
er shareholders" have decided that they
will not, but their own wires will be extend
ed to Julesburyh, and there stop. If the
Pacific Telegraph is built upon that route
the work will be done by separate Com
pany.
The Stebbins Company is prepared, how
ever, to 90 ahead with the line from Fort
Smith to FL Paso, if proper arrangement
can be made with the Pacific and Atlantic
Company. now working to Los Angeles, to
continue their wires. This arrangement is
wholly independent of any government con
tract, and il accomplished at all, must be
done by individual enterprise. Alta Cor.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
Notice to Creditors.

In THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF JACOB STER-
LING, AN INSoLvENT DEBTOR.
In County Court, Placer County.
In pursuance of an order made by the Hon.
Il e. II. Vandecar, County Judge in and for said
county, notice is hereby given to all the or, dtors
of said insovent to be and appear before the said
Judge, in open Court. at the Court House in Au
burn, said county, on Saturday. the 10th day Of
February, A. D. 1861, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, of said
day, then and there to show cause if any they
can why the said Jacob Sterling should not make
a cesson of his estate, and he be discharged from
his debts, pursuant to the provisions of act for
the relief of insolvent debtors and protection of
creditors. passed May 4th 1852, and in the mean
time all legal proceedings against said insolven
be stayed, except as provided by statute.
Given under my hand and seal of
49, said Court, this 7th day of January.
l.. S. A.D., 1861.
- HENRY GOODING, Clerk.
Tuttle Hillyer atty's for petitioner.
January 18th. lS6l.-6w
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
News from China Capture of Pekin.

BY the arrival of the Alert at San Fran
cisco there is late news from China and ia
pan by way of Honolulu. Pekn has been
captured by the English and French. The
French were the first to enter the city, where
they obtained large amount of booty.
They lost ten ,ren. The Emperor with his
thirteen wives, fl into Tartary. The Off
GERS of the city upon surrendering, reques-
ted that the Chinese coolies should not be
permitted to enter the place. The rebellion
in China was extending throughout the
empire.
From Japan comes the news of the ar
rival at Kanagawa of the Steam frigate Nj
agara, with the japanese embassy on board.
The event created bat little sensation.
The foreigners in Japan are not generally
on amcabe terms with Il Ie Japs-collisions
being frequent. The French consul is report
ed to have expressed the belief that in
twelvemonth there would not be foreigner
resident in the country.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
Notice from Court TO Creditors.

NOtlce from Court to Creditors
IN THE NATTER OF THE PETITION OF CHARLES NOR
RIsoN, AN 1NsOLvENT DEBTOR.
District Court. Eleventh Judicial District. State
OF California. County OF Placer.
DURSUANT to an order of the Hon. B. r.
Il Myres, Judge of The said Court. notice is
hereby given to all creditors of the said insol-
vent, Charles Morrison, to he and appear before
the said Judge, at chambers in the Court House
in Auburn, Placer county, on the 18th day Of
December next. at 10 clock. A. NJ, of that day
then and there, to show cause if any they can,
why the prayer Of said insolvent should not be
granted, and an assignment of his estate be made
and he be discharged from hisdebts and liabilities
in pursuance of the statutes in such case made
and provided; and in the mem time all proceed
ings against said insolvent be stayed.
- Witness my hand and the seal of
l.. 7. said Court, this 10th day of No
t" vcmbcr, A. D. 1860.
HENRY GOODING, Clerk
By D. G. Scott, Deputy.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
NUMBER 20.
Standing Committees in the Senate.

The following Standing Committees in the
Senate have been announced by President De Ia
Guerra:
Committe on Claims.-Watkins, Eagon, Rhodes,
Haynes, Parks.
Finance Clark. Shafter, Ryan. Eagon. Vance
Judciary.-Sharp, Merritt Shufter, Thornton.
EdgertOn. Heacock, Watson
Elections. Thomas, Burbank Thornton, Watt,
Williamson.
Public Lands. Harvey, Denver, Hill, Franklin.
Rhodes.
Commerce and Navigation. = Ryan, Phelps,
Watson. Sharp, Haynes
Federal Relations. = Watson, Shafter, Hill, Mer.
ritt Edgeron.
Public Hospitals franklin, Hill, Williamson,
Leet, Rhodes.
Mines and Mining Interests.Gallagh agher. Watt,
Crlttenden, Franklin, Heacock, Vance. Logan.
State Prison and Public Buildings. Hill, Pico,
Ryan, Vance, DeI.ong, Heacock, Phelps
Education.-E -Eagon, Irwin, Thornton, Haynes.
Merritt.
State Library.-Leet. Parks, Burbank.
Mileage. Logan, Warmcastle, Chase.
Counties and County Boundaries. Dickinson
Thomas, Pco, DeLong Leet.
Corporations.-D belong, Franklin, Watt. Eapon.
Chase.
grcuture.-Phelps, Warmcastle, Pico, Har.
vey, Denver.
Public Prnting.-Chase, Parks, Rhodes, Har.
vey, Dickinson.
Roads and IIighways.-W shafter. Dckin-
son.
Contingent Expenses Haynes, Burbank, Parks
Thomas, Logan
Military Affairs. - Pico, Watkins, Hcacock
Clark, Crittenden.
Public Expenditures. s.--Crittenden, Gallagher.
Thomas Dickinson, Phelps.
Public Morals. Vance, Burbank, Hill. Frank
lin. DeI.ong.
Engrossed Bills.-Meritt Williamson, Heacock.
Irwin, Sharp. Gallagher.
Enrolled Bills denver, Edgerton Crittenden,
Watkins, Shafter Williamson
Internal improvements Irwin, Eagon, Logan,
Harvey. Ileacock
Swamp and Overlooked Lands. - Edgerton
Parks, Watson, Phelps. Warmcastle
Manufactures. = Parks, Lcet Ryan, Thomas,
Clark.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19

SrUpENpuous LIBEL Sur.-Snndry men,
bers of the notorious New York Legisla-
ture have commenced actions for libel
against the New York Evening Post, the
complainauts recting more than 81 editor-
al columns of that paper, and consume three
days in reading--the columns, it is charged,
averaging SO seperate libels to every one
hundred lines. Twenty five thousand dol
lars apiece are charged for the lbes,
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
Probate Notice.


In THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ADAM SMITH
DECEASED.
In Probate Court, Placer County,
DURSUANT to an order of the Hon. E. H.
IL Vandecar, Probate Judge in aud for Placer
county notice is hereby given that Monday, the
4th day of february, A. D. 1861, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, of said day. at the Court House in Auburn,
has been appointed for hearing the application
of Louis Snitger and John Smith, praying that
a document now on file in this Court, purporting
to be the last will and testament of Adam Smith,
deceased, be admitted to probate, and the letters
testamentary be issued thereon to said Louis
Snitger and John Smith. who are named therein
as Executors, at which time ard place all persons
interested therein may appear and contest the
same.
1861. HENRY GOODING. Clerk
7. II. Sibley. Attorney for petitioners.
January l2th lS61.-4w
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19

A New ENGINE OF DEsrRucrIoN. A Mr.
Dickinson has perfected what he calls the
Centrifugal gun" which is worked by steam,
and the operation of which he exhibited re
Gently at East Boston. 1t is claimed by Mr.
Dickinson that this gun will throw 500 balls
per minute, without powder or cap, AN that,
too, by turning a crank like c flee mill.
Mr.. Dickinson states that the centrifugal
gun would tear down a whole army in and
without the least risk of life or limb to
the operators. 1t is calculated to complete.
ly revolution!ze the old manners of warfare,
dispensing rongregated masses of men, on
Hood or field. its execution being so terribly
rapid and destructive IL is as fleet us the
flying artillery for offensive operations, or
can be stationary for purposes of defense,
as against Infantry or Cavalry charge. This
invention, while it has the rifle range, throws
its missiles of death with such rapidi;y that
nothing can live within its reach. 1t throws
its shots single, but continuously, and at a
rate equal to the ceaseless fire of an army of
ten thousand men. Mr.. d. intends introdu
cing his invention to the notice of the Fed
eral Government. The machine was made
at East Boston. The balls are "fed in," or
thrown into funnel with shovel. The
gun thus loads itself.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
Summons,
The Feople Of the State Of California to Jaco

The People Of the State Of California to Juco6
Sterling:
You arc hereby Summoned to appear before
me. at my office in Auburn, Placer county. on
Saturday. the 9th day of February, a. d. 1861, at
10 O'Clock, Il. m. to answer the complaint OF Ours
Frederick. wherein he prays judgment against
you for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars in an
action for an account for work and labor perform
ed by the said Plaintiff for you and money loaned,
at your special instance and request. together
with the costs of suit; and take notice. if you
fail so to appear and answer, Plaintiff will take
Judgment as aforesaid.
Given under my hand, this 9th day of Novcm-
ber IL. d. 1860. A. S. GRANT, J. p.
Auburn, Nov. 10. '60-3m Township No. 3.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19

A writer in the London Field tells Of des-
troylng the irritation Of bee slngs 10y apply
ing ipe' acuanha powder mixed with water.
The lnlians use this remedy for the s,ings Of
scorpions and DIR. Livingstone states that
the Africans heal snake bites with ipecacu.
anha.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19

YoUNG AMERICA The following speci
men of youthful bravado is too good to be
lost: One night Freddy had been put to bed,
and mother and Johnny were in an adjoin.
ing room. Presently Johnny cut up some
caper on which mother threatened to take
him into the other room and whip him.
Mother" said Freddy's voice under the bed
clothes, II know where | would take him
"Where?' said the mother, whose curiosity
earN
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19

Export OF TREAsURE-Th Bulletin pub
fishes table showing the expectation of
treasure from San Francisco during the
wears 1858 so and go. The amount ex-
ported in 1858 was $47,54s, ,025 90; in
1859, 47,640,46 65; in 1860, S42,325,.
GIG 20.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19
STATE OF CALIFORNIA J

I
COUNTY OF PLADER.
|, Henry Gooding, Clerk of the Probate Court,
in and for said county. do hereby certify the fore
going to be a true copy of the original order in
said matter now on file in my office.
In witness whereof hereunto set my
- hand and aflix the seal of said Court
I L.. S. this 9th day of December, A. D.
~ 1860.
HENRY GOODING, Clerk.
Tuttle x tlillyer, Attorneys
December 29th, lSG0.-4w
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19

School CnILDREN.-The total number Of
school children in the State, is, per report of
the State Superintendent Of Public Instruc.
ton, 57,47l, and the apporlionment of the
schoo! fund amounts to eighty five cents
each
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19

PENALTY OF FAST LlrE-A fast life
cannot be lived with impuniy. In this
field of waste and disorder, AS in every other,
Gods. violated law, however it may be for
gotten, never fails to assert or vndi, ate it
self The vicious die early" They fade
like shadows or tumble like reeds and ruins
into the grave-ofen when quite young, al
most always before forty. "Bloody men,"
says the Psalmist, "shall not live out halt
their, days; and the remark is equally true Of
fast men. They live unsteadily, spend their
twelve hours in six, turn night into day, or
use for ca:onsal and diss' patton time that
should be used for rest; and in their rush in
the chase of pleasure, get eut OF sight and
into darkness, while others are in the glow
and glory of life.
Many a man and many woman too, dies
thus long before their time. They keep up
so constant a steam that the boiler is con-
sumed or exploles. The machinery is
spoiled by reckless speed, and its inevitable
wear and tear.
The Placer herald., 1861-01-19

WOOL IN CALTFoRNIA.-'lhe amour. Of
wool produced in California in 1860, was
$4,000 lbs. In lS54 it was but $4,000
lbs In 1859 it was 2,37S,25O lbs.-the in
crease from 80 to go being &C Der cent.