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The Placer herald., 1862-01-11
Placer County Common School Funa
AUBURN. January 9TH. 1859

.'t ""HutTy ttn, 1860
MeSsrs Editors:-The january apportiopmert
OF the State and County School Funds to ,h.,
various Districts of the County is us follows.
Iowa HILL State S34. county Sis 36 wiso
sin Hill, State SIG, county S55 S3: Dutch III.
State S12, county S25l 10; Illinoistown S,"1, 'a.,
Sis. county S52 "a; Michigan Bmtts St". .'.c
500 So county 1928 so; Forest Hill State 81 s
county S235 SO; Yankee jim. State 81, o' So
county $lo9 80; Todd's Valley State S2O co,,'' oo'
500 IS; Mt. Pleasant. State SIS. county So en-.
Coon Creek, State SIG; county S55 "a. r. o1;; oH;
llill State SAG So county $l62 "a: Ophir CIV ou
S34 SO, county Sl2O 81; Auburn, Stoto 'se!e So1
county 1903 SO; Rattlesnake, State S29 "A con",
Sl02 "a; Secret Ravine. State $50 so umty coumty!
Sl27 80; Union, State S26 SO. county so2 40.
Rock Creek. State Sll SO, county $40 10. No.
mona Flat State $l8, county S62 SO: Van NAY, ao-
State $40, county, 500 80; Stewart Fiat, St."
%. county $50 25; Mad Canon. State soa '..e s"
county S85 so: Lone Star. State Sl9 coun.,
S66 30 Lincoln, State S24 so, county Az ~.
Dry Greek State S26 so, county S92 Al '''
The reason why the State Fund is no lo-oou
will be seen by the following statement of H.
State Board Of Education: VIII
"By an oversight, the last Legislature omit,oa
to make the usual annual appropriation for tho
payment of the interest upon the princpal of ,ho
School Fund, of which the State is Trustee. Tho
amount herein apportioned is therefore eyclns;vo
of said interest. AT the approaching session of
the Legislature the neglect will no donbt ho
promptly repaired, in which event the State Roor1
Of Education will forthwith make a supnlcmnn
tai apportonment OF the amount that NAV bc
Appropriated" A. II. GOODRICH,
Comfy Superintendent Public Schools
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AUBURN, JAN. 6, 1862.


Board of Trustees met pursuant to call of the
President. Present Trustees Andrews Mitchell
and Cove. Mr.. Cove was elected President pro
TEN.
Receipt of Britain & Co., for $3.50, for cngrav-
ing and printing Town Bonds, received and Or
dcred on file.
Resignation of A. S. Grant, as Town Clerk, re-
ceved and accepted.
Fifty dollars allowed to 7. B. Hochkiss, salary
as Assessor and an order drawn for the same.
Bill of VIM. Mcdaniel for $40 for hose, (order
ed by the old board allowed.
Bill of A. S. Grant for $37 so, for nine months
services as Clerk, allowed
On motion, the regular meetings of the Board
of Trustees shall hereafter be held on the first
Wednesdays of each month.
Bill of G. T. lesson for SIG for books, allowed
On motion, the vacancy occasioned by the le-
signaton of A. S. Grant, as Clerk, was filled by
the appointment of George l.. Anderson, for the
unexpired term.
On motion, the receipt of the President
dent and Secretary of the Sacramento, Placer Il
Nevada Railroad Company for the Bonds of the
Town of Auburn, was ordered spread upon the
minutes.
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Taxing Mining Claims.


The exigencies of the times are impera
tive, they constitute what is known as the
law of necessity the higher law, than even
the Constitution. Men have been dragged
into prisons, without ever learning the
grounds of accusation; the Courts have leen
throtlle,l, and the sl:rel writ of habeas cor
puS snothered in its issue-because it was
necessary. This of course is all right, and
any one who opposes it is sure y "secesson'
tst. But now Caleb b. Smith, the Secre-
tary of the Interior, has found out another
necessity-one that very nearly interests
the people of California.
We Of California have struggled through
our checkered fortunes, of food and fire,
year after year. sending East our hard earned
gains of near fifty millions per annum, our
selves the while growing poorer and poorer,
each succeeding year, but for all this Caleb,
the astute Republican, thinks us a very un
grateful people.
Caleb is figuring for some means to carry
on the war, and he lights down upon the
miners afe the following manner:
The valuable and extensive mineral lands
owned by the government in California aud New
Mexico have hitherto produced no revenue. All
who chose to do so have been permitted to work
them without lmta ion. 1t is believed that no
other government owning valuable mineral lands
has ever refused to avail itself of the Opportuni-
ty of deriving revenue from the privilege of
mining such lands. They are the property of the
whole people. and it would be obviously Just and
proper to require those who reap the advantages
Of mining them to pay q reasonable amount as a
eOnsideration f0> the advantages enjoyed.'
Now. the Secretary of the Interior is but
q subordinate, and we know from the Sacra
mento Union that he "cannot approve any
thing which the President condemns" and
thus it becomes certain that there is settled
design to tax the claims of miners This
paper has at all times, and under all circum
stances, opposed such an idea. and we most
unhestatingly declare against it at this time.
1t may be that in this respect we have al
ways been advocating secession doctrnes.-
We did it however before secession was spo
ken Of an 1t time when the Federal Gov
ernment had nothing to do with the qnes
ton, and therefore we cannot be accused of
insinrerity in our opinions on this question.
It NAV be that we were wrong in fact. and
that the miners of Placer county ''ouglt to
pay reasonable amount As a consideration
for the advantages they have enjoyed. If
they are wiling, we have nothing 20 say
against the tax. 1t is more peculiarly their
business than ours, and we hope they will
speak ont upon the subject.
We have lived through the democratic
administrations of Pierce and Buchanan
denounced as impoliic and corrupt, by the
opposition but never before heard Of the
necessity of taxing the mining claims for the
purposes of government. 1t is new idea
for which Secretary Smith and President
Lincoln have the glory of proposing
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

TO the Stockholders of the Sacramento,
PLACER AND NEVADA RAILROAD COM.
PANT.-Notice is hereby given that an assess.
ment OF ten per cent, (hc 7th.) has been levied
by the Board Of Directors on the capital stock
of the S. p. and n. r. Il. Co. payable ON or be.
fore the 4th day of February. 1862, to BENZ AMIN
C. ALLEN, Treasurer at the Office of Wells Foreo
d Co., Auburn. All shareholders are requested
to make payment on or before that time or such
assessments will be promptly collected in the
manner prescribed by law.
CHAS. H. MITCHELL, Sccrctury
January 4th, 1861. I'm
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Stockholders Meeting.

HNilE stockholders in the Sacramento, Placer
4 and Nevada Railroad Company are hereby
notified that Il special meeting Of The Company
will be held at the Secrctary's Office in tbr town
of Auburn on Saturday. February LIST, 1862, at
the hour of II o clock, NJ. A general attendance
is requested in person or by rroXy.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
J. f. HALE, President
CHAs. II. MITCHELL. Secrctary
Auburn. Dec. 2Sth. 1SGl.-30d
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Religious Notice

Christ Church -Episcopal Rev. Arthur Z.
Hill, Rector. Service on Sunday. in The Court
House. at II O'Clock. A. NJ. ami p. VI. The pub
lie generally are invtcd to attend th" divine
services. The Sunday School Of Christ Church
will be held in the same place. to morrow. at
o'clock, ?. NJ. under the superintendent OF the
Rector.
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County FINANoEs.-T County Treasur-
er's Report in to days paper shows that on
the 4th inst there were $50, PIG, Ga County
funds in the Treasury, and only $5Go,50 of
outstanding warrants-or 500, ,G56 IA on
band over and above Indebtedness.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-11

Gg The companies of Capts. CuIum and
Brooks, left Auburn for Suttervie on Tues
day. The remaining three companies were
to have left to-day, but owing to the storm a
move will not be made, perhaps, for eight or
ten DAYS
The Placer herald., 1862-01-11

BURNS FEsrivAL.-The countrymen and
admirers Of Scotland's favorite Bard will
celebrate the one hundred and third ami
versary of his birth at the Forest Hill House,
Friday evening, January oath inst. We ac-
knowledge the receipt Of complimentary
ticket to the same through the courtesy OF
the editor of the Placer Courier.
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Agents. IN SACRAMENTO B. Il. Swecand. cor
ner Of Sixth and X streets. Henry Kirk. ll6
street. between Torh and Fifth. and r. H. Nc
Donald 4 Co., J. street, Wholesale and Retail
Druggists, are agents for the sale of this popular
medicine. Also, Rice, Coffin Co.. Druggists,
Marysvilc nov To- 3Tn.
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LARGE DEFALCATIoN.-A heavy defalca-
ton has just come to light in the office of
the Tax Collector of Yuba county. The
amount, Says the Appeal of yesterday, is
varlously estimated At $4,000 and $50, 900
and the operations are supposed to have
extended over considerable period of time.
portion of the bondsmen of the collector
are in solvent and reliable condition, and
a special meeting of the Board of Supervi-
sors will develop the actual amount Of the
defacaton, and take the necessary steps to
secure the county and bondho ders from loss.
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ics3" As it will be impossible to replace
the North Fork bridge at present, as soon as
practicable ferry will be established for tie
crossing of horsemen, express and mail
matter.
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QUINCY, Jan. 7th.-An expedition, second
TO none yet sent out in numbers, character
and purpose, under command of General
Lane, is soon to start from Fort Leavenworth
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REpAIRED-The Court Room has been
undergoing needed repairs. 1t has been
newly lastered, white washed, the seats and
desks painted and vanished, and new car
peting placed upon the floors. These i'm
provements gives the room an appearance of
nea'ness quite in contrast to its former shah.
bness.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-11

GE- The official "outs" aud "ins" of Yuba
county had "liyely interchange of senti.
ment" on Monday last-the occasion of the
retiracy of the Democratic and ingong of the
Republican officials. Champagne was in
the ascendant, and "high old time" was en-
joyed by ALL according to the Marysville pa,
perS.
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DisrncY CoURr.-1he January term Of
The District Court commences in Auburn on
next Monday. The calendar will be found
~ another column.
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y plentiful supply of pure blood is as essential
to animal life, as light. heat and genial showers
are to the vegetable kingdom When the proper
circulation of the vital fluid is impcdcd, sickness
is the inevitable consequence. the sccretions be-
come unhealthy, the liver becomes cloggcd WIN
impure bile which, forced into the system vltlates
and inilamcs the blood engendering scrou''
cutaneous eruptions, liver complaint, fever Sores
dyspepsia. consumption, NC, to purify the blood |
and speedily cure the above named diseases noun
ing is so cffcacous as SANDS SARSAPAhlLLA
The Placer herald., 1862-01-11

Ets- After secerot storms Of rain for seye,.
al months, we hal a grand snow Storm on
Sunday last, since which time several more
showers have occurred; and at present the
rain is falling heavily, more or less, with
prospect of more rain.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-11

ngs~C ALIF FORM A N S should test INC
merits of DR.. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BIZ
TIERS. While it is highly palatable as pcVer'
age, it is unequaled as a tonic and lnvlgor"'of'-
In the pursuit of fortune at the mines many p'',
sons are exposed to the attacks of complaints o'
the digestive organs, and of various kinds Oh 'c-
yer. 1t is the very article that has so long oec"
in demand at the mines. Its daily use VIII IT,
store the tone of derungcd stomach lnp'f'
fresh vitality to the digestive functions anu W ese al
the spirts. Yet the Bittcrs is the safest OF an
stimulants Let the miner who is exposed 10 n nu'
and dry. wet and cold. be certain to obtain s"P ill
ply of the genuine Hostetter Bitter ana a ne W." Nv
find it a certain safeguard to health. -ooi" "
Druggists and dealers everywhere.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-11

The Common Council Of Marysvlle have
granted the perpetual use of Washington
Square, in that city, to the Northern Cali
forn:a (Orovile) Railroad, for the purposes
of freight and passenger depots, turn tables
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County Treaaurer's Monthly Statement

For the month ending January 4th, 1862.
Amt. cash received for Co. purposes. S32 ,S77 81
Amt cash recy'd for State purposes. l4,974 81
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n the Matter of the Estate OF Jaco0
Kaiser. deceased.
In the Probate Court of Placer C0n"9 W.
f1rDjH

IN the Probate Court OF Pfdcef Co"'|
fornia. 49,.
TT APPEARING TO THE COURl' 9yinis G 'Hs
4 petition of George A. Keehnel, the 411"'sa1. 4Ao"1
traitor of the estate of Jacob Kaiser ue.e'ht thot
praying for an order to sell til" real eS'p,' sttc
it is necessary to sell the whole OF tne 'V @ drbts
to pay the allowance to the fanny hn . Irbts,
outstanding against the deceased. ana ,;on '"i
expenses and charges of the Adm th,t all
1t is therefore ordered by the Oout.. o,r en he
persons Interested in the said estate aP1p",h dny
fore the Probate Court on Monday the io'n of of
of February, A. D. 1862, at 10 o'clock, 4, Camrt m
said day. at the court room of said Plooa.e ,ntv 0
at the Court House in Auburn, Placer cunt IT.
10 show cause why an order should not 1e M 40 rco
ed to the said Administrator to sell az ."1 cony
estate belonging to said deceased M anu 'snmccessive
of this order be published at least lolr nrnt-
weeks in the :Piacer Herald ne"sp"p''
ed and published in this county.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF PLACER -, for
|. Henry Gooding County CLERK, III promte
said comfy. and EX-offcio Clerk OF lne 20 he a
Court, do hereby certify the forego."S M Ss,ode and
true and correct copy of an order 1aa 4uy te Court
entered upon the minutes OF sa'd rio'''N
January 9th, 1862. ,rd Seal of
said 1 Prohate Court this 9th day u
(L.S. January. A. D. 1862: Z:,1c clcrk,
- HENRY GOODING' Ch'A
G. J. Hillycr, Admr.'s Atty.
Janu,ry 18th. lSGa,-ew
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BIRTH.

On Thursday last, the 10th inst, to Mr.. George
Wllment and wife a son.
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~" All diseases successfully treated.
Gss~ Open Day and Night. Read Certificates;
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Gg- The tell lie-grarh lately brought the
information, that Kerrgan, one Of the mem
bers of Congress from New York city. and
Colonel Of a Volunteer regiment stationed
on the Potomac had been tried and sentenc
ell to be shot for holding correspondence
with the rebels. In due course of mail the
charges against Kerrigan have arrived-and
instead of impeaching his loyalty, they ac,
cuse him of drunkenness and LAYING out of
camp without permission. This is the ex
tent of his offending, and if correspondents
are truthful, other Officers have the same
unpdtriotic tendencies.
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Or. Stephenson's Pain ExterninatOr..--

y new discovery in the science Of Mcdicine-a
safe and reliable remedy for the permanent and
eftcctuul cure of the Rheumatism and Neuralgia.
". H. G. STEPHENSON. NJ D..
Office. X street between Fourth and Fifth,
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INSTALLATION OF OFFcEHs. The follow,
ing gentlemen were installed rs Off ers Of
Auburn LoIgA, NJ l., |. Q. o. +. on Salnr
day evening ith ms: jacob I'eiberg, n
G.; w +. \ rcroSs, V. G.; " II. sullivan
Rec. SscY.; Gs'.W. MrCr-eiy, Treas; Thrs
Jamjsoo, WarIen; Thos. b Harper, Con
ductor; W. Z Miller O. G.; John Harwoo1,
l. G..
o. Tuesday evenin5 :, 7.h ms, the follow
ny were installed As officers of Auburn En-
campment, No. ~: Metcaif Dodsworth, G.
p; Henry Stone. II. P; Geo. McCreedv, S.
w.; jacob Fellber5, J W; w. II. Sullivan.
Scribe |. b. Leach, Treasurer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-11-20

| Capitol prison on tuesday anu Cne evening No
FORE James Lyddam, 7th Virginia cavalry;
Chas. B. Davis, member Of Whites guer'llas;
A. F. Kimmel, proprietor of Kimmel House.
Washington; E. G.. Ford, citizen OF Virginia;
Jas. NJ. Catlett and W. P. glastonbury, OF
Catlett's Station, Virginia; VIM. Harnup and
Geo. Harmon, lst Missouri, deserters; Edward
NJ Lucas, formerly sutler from North Caro-
lima, who remained in charge of Virglnlan,s
farm: VIM. Garrison, John Perkins, and Snow
den Strother, prisoners of state from V1rgln'a;
NJ. w. Haskins and ". S. Hasklns, 22d South
Carolina; J. P. Jordan, 18th Virginia.
It IS understood that large force, supposed
to be designed for Gen. Banks's expedition to
Texas or elsewhere, is now being gathered at
Fortress Monroe.
The New Orleans papers are publishing the
losses of the Louisiana troops at the battle OF
Antietam. Five Louisiana regiments, compris-
ing in all 600 men, lost 323 in the action OF
whom As were killed and 27S wounded. The
Washington Artillery, four companies, lost IN
the battles before Washington, and in Mary
land, IA killed, 40 wounded and two missing.
Lieut.. Mcintosh, of the 5th regular cavalry,
has beer appointed Colonel Of the Sd Pennsyl-
vania cavalry, vice Col. Averill, also promoted.
Lieut.. Col. Sam. Owens, (of Washington
who has commanded this regiment since the
promotion of COL Averill, has resigned in con-
sequence of being thus oyerslaughed by Gov.
| Curtin.
| The proof sheet Of counterfeit plate for
printing postage currency was found in New
| York ye>terday, and immediat Fly deposited
with the United Staics Treasurer. The coun-
tel letters had suce ded in closely initiating the
lettering, with the exception Of the date, which
is in larger figures than in the genuine.
The special Washing ton correspondent of the
New York World, has some announcements
and speculations in his dispatches Of yesterday.
Among the rest, the following: 'Notwith-
standing the boasts of the radicals that they
have secured the adherence Of the President to
their programme, it is believed here that Mr..
Lincoln's forthcoming message will convey an
intimation that in some way the emancipation
proclamation will be either withheld or modi-
fed at the time appoint d for it's issuance, the
LIST of January"
It is understood that upon the re-opening of
Congress, resolutions will be passed calling for
the reports General Mcclellan has made from
time to time, and which, strangely enough,
have been suppressed in the war Office Not
only will his reports be called for, but also the
correspondence between General Mcclellan and
the head Of the War Department, and the Off
cial letters which passed between President
Lincoln and the Commanding General.
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suspend the habeas corpus, because, among
other reasons, Congress had been in session
and not taken any action upon the subject; Sc
cond, thata colonel, not sworn into the service,
may be legally in command; third, that no
proof is required to prove that provost mar
shall is what he purports to be; fourth, that
such an officer as provost marshal is unknown to
our laws. and, says the Hartford Iimes:-Ihe
fifth point was decided substantially thus-that
any man may be arrested on military authority
by provost marshal, and be beyond redress
from the civil laws that he must under such
circumstances, look for justice only to the res
ponsibe military power-to military tribunal,
or the governmental department at Wash
ington.
The Petersburg Express Of the 3lst ultimo
says:-"Gen. Bragg has, since his arrival at
Richmond, communicated fully to the P-esi-
dent all the facts and circumstances connected
with his recent movements in Kentucky, and
the President has expressed himself entirely
satisfied with the explanation. Gen. Bragg
wi return to Tennessee and resume his CON-
mand asbefole. y
Many complaints are made by the Union
people of No. ok and Portsmouth on account ct
the restrictions which are made upon the trade
and commerce of those ports, and in many IN
stances families, if they purchase suthciency
of food for domestic use, have to pay the high
est rates for it.
Prince Napoleon, during his late visit to
Aiacco, decided that the prepare ions Tor the
erection of monument to Napoleon l. shall
commence Immediately The monument IS to
consist of an equest ian statue OF Napoleon L.
raised on platform on each corner OF whlchls
to be erected statue of one Of Napoleon's
brothers.
RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONERS
find the following dispatches In the Chicago
Times:
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Nov 15.- David Shew'
ard recently released from the Old Capitol
prison, was welcomed here tonight by an IN
mense concourse Of his Union fellow citizen,
with torches, banners and music. Onthe arr-
val of the procession at the Argus building,
Mr.. Steward made an eloquent speech, IN re-
ply to welcome from Gen. Dodge, aflerwhlth
he was serenaded at the generals residence.
DUBUQE, Iowa, Nov. I'D. A. Mahoney,
editor Of the Dubuque Herald, also just re-
leased from the Old Capitol prison, arrived
this evening He was met at the levee ty
large concourse of friends who escorted him to
his residence. Quite number of buildings
were Illuminated in honor Of his return.
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Tht Alexanaria Gaxette
THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 20.

IocAL-Under an order Issued by General
Heintz|eman, the Long Bridge will hereafter
be used only for government purposes;
Neither private vehicles nor citizens on horse
hack will be allowed to cross it, but can go by
wav Of the aqueduct bridge.-The published
statements relative to the ConvaleScent Camp,
near Alexandria, are contradlcted, and the
comn14ints declared uufounded. The weather
continues warm and rainy; the wind last right
and this morning from the South.-There WIS
j.. sale at the Commissary Opt. Depot Lou
don and Hampshire R. r., yesterday, OF con-
demned government horses, and other proper
ty: the horses, generally sold very low
Edward Calbert, Zebidee Cornwall and H. ).
Simmons of the 10th Virginia Confederate
regiment, and W. f. Williams, discharged
Confederate soldier, who were captured near
Manassas Junction, were brought to this city
last night, and confined in the guard house.
An unfortunate rencontre took place, few
DAYS ago, at King George Court House, va,
between DR.. William W. Rose and Henry
Byrd Lewis. The particulars we are not ac-
ouainted with, but DR.. Rose died few days
afterwards, and Mr.. Lewis has been arrested
On the charge of causing his death.
The cars on the Seventh street (south) pas
senger railroad, in Washington, are now run
ming to the wharf, connecting with the boats
from this place.
The roads in this vicinity have become very
had. and should the present weather continue,
will in a short time be almost impossible f)r
vehicles,
It is understood that, in the course OF a few
DAYS, delegation Of ing men and me-
chanics, repre- enting the various trades of
New York, will proceed to Washington, bear
inc with them a petition against such course
Of public policy as vii be likely to add to the
free negro population of the Northern cities.
The paper famine promises serious embar-
rassmeut to such daily journals as are afflicted
with large circulation IF the present prices
Of the raw material continue, an advance in the
price of the printed sheets is inevitable, or
they will have to stop altogether. The New
York Evening Post, to show how the thing
works, -':That such Of the morning jour
mails of this city as have circulation daily of
fifty thousand copies lose by the recent l.se
not less than one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars per year If New York daily has
circulation of one hundred thousand copies, its
loss, if paper continues at present prices, would
be at the cid Of the year not less than three
hundred thousand dollars. OF course this
would be ruinous 10 any business enterpli e"