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The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

OPposTIoH ORGAN1zTNG.--The Washing.
ton correspondent of the Springfield Repub-
Acds conreys pregnant hint in the follow
ing:
You need not be surprised if pretty for
midable opposition to the Administration
should be organized in Congress next winter.
Many things look like it at present, but
decided success of the Federal arms before
the first day of December would put to-
fight all lowering clouds of discomfort.
Senator Trumbull Of Illinois told Mr.. Lincoln
the other day, that if the Federal forces did
not achieve decided success before winter
set in, it would be very difficult not only to
raise fresh loan in the money market, but
to oct Congress to authorize loan. This.
is doubtless exaggerated, but there will very
soon be strong party in Congress opposed
to :he further taxation Of the people. and
buncombe speeches will be made against it.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18
A BURNING Oil Well.

One of the greatest curiosities in The oil
region Just now is the burning well on the
Blood Farm, and a brief notice of which
appeared few DAYS since in our columns,
Oil was struck in this well on Wednesday of
last week, at a depth Of four hundred and
! seventy feet, the gas rushing up with great
force, and throwing stream of oil "a The air
height OF sixty or seventy feet. The ras
soon after came in contact with the fire "a
it left the wei, and in few minutes the en-
tire place WAS enveloped in sheet of LIQUID
flame. The editor Of the Mercer Dispatch.
writing from the scene of confederation
says:
The flames from the burning gas form a
circle of probably fifteen or twenty feet, as
they raise in mid air to the height Of eighty
or hundred feet. raging and rolling in
every conceivable shape, and ,ost in the
dense volume of smoke that is carried up
darkening and bottng out all view of the
heavens above. In the center rises the
stream of oil, like thu mast of vessel, re-
tanning its body and proportion for some fif-
teen or twenty feet, when it commences and
continues gradually to expand, and taking
fire from the burning gas, adds to the gran
deur of the scene. After the forco is ex
pended, it descends to the ground in show
ers of burning balls, where it keeps up a
constant blaze Of ten or fifteen feet, for a
considerable distance round the base, spots
of which are occasionally caught by the cur
rent of air, and carried up whrng round
with great velocity to the height Of twenty
or thirty feet"
The well still continues to burn, all efforts
to extinguish the flames having thus far pro.
we'd Intellectual Pittsbury Chronicle.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

WHO IS JoHN CoCHRANE?-The anteced
ents of John Corhrane, who recommended
the armng of the slaves of the South, are
not such as Democrats either admire or ap
prove. The Opposition are trying to make
the masses believe that he has always been a
consistent old line Democrat The truth is
he has never been anything of the kind
The Cincinnati Enquirer thus veniilates the
notorious john "Mr. Cochrane himself
or what he may say, are not Of very much
much consequence. He always was crotch.
ETY., vaciiating and,,uncertan. lie was one
of the Buffalo Platform, and has vihrated
since between that and pro-sIavery. He has
now taken the back shu:e, and gone clean
over to the Buffalo contrivance, and is for
placing arms in the hands of the slaves bid
ding them IN Gods name, strike for the lib
ertv of the human race His uncle, Gefritt
Smith, the notorious AboIilionist. can now
rejoice that he has a nephew in Mr.. Cochrane
who bids fair to ontstYip himself in bis anti
slavery views" Corhrane's detection will not
injure the Democratic party, nor will his re-
commentator meet their support.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

DIsCoUNT ON RErUnLICANs.-Bv sweep
ing order from the Secretary of Treasury
the subordinates in the Custom House, Ap-
praiser's office, etc, must submit to reduc-
ton commencing or the lst inst, of from
forty to fifty per cent upon their salaries.
As is usual with Government financial re-
forms it commences with the mudsis and
the apex is left undistnrhed. Collector Ran
kin, Naval Officer FarweI, tie Surveyor and
Appraiser General are left undisturbed in the
enjoyment of fat salaries, while the Iaborers
are cut down to fifty dollar per month 1t
is proper to add however, that an act Of
Congress is necessary to reach the big bugs"
while the pay of the others is within the
discretion Of the Secretary The employees
received their unwelcome "New Years"
without the least sign of gratitude but on
reflection they will perhaps be delighted
with the sacrifice they make npon the Ealtar
Of patriotism" albeit per force and right af-
ter they had been seducel into liberal sub
scrption to the government loan.
San Francisco JourndL
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

In a huge tank in The Aquarial Gardens.
Boston, is young whale, twelve feet long.
weighing $500 lbs, of the species called
the white whale, which when fully grown is
from forty to fifty feet long and weighs from
four to six tons. 1t was caught in the ST.
Lawrance river, and carried over 500 miles
in a large box by railroad to Boston, being
well waterel at each station, as if he had
been locomotive EIeseems quite at home
in bis new residence. where he is an object
of great curiosity, lie is fed on fish, eating
a peck 4 her't. >. al a ,nes'.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

A Washington correspondent gives the
following as the most recent declaration OF
Mr.. Seward in relation to the war, which,
he intinates he heard from his own lips:
The effective part Of the war, on our side,
is over. There may be more Gghting-but
the less of IL the surer zoe are eot specify
peace Every battle saved-which can be
honorably avoided--is gain to the cause of
the Union. The real danger is over. If
we escape danger in our foreign affairs all
will be well.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

PusruLEs IN SMALL Pox.-lf you are ever
afflicted with the small pox, reader, and the
pust ues begin to appear, annoint them with
sweet oil and lime water, AS these are pre-
pared for burns and water scalds, and the
irrita ion will be aIayed, and the discoor'
alton Of the skin and the pitting Of the flesh
will be greatly lessanel. If you have no
present need of this receipt cut it out and
paste it in your scrap book. 1t is valuable,
and although you may never need it your
self, some Of your neighbors may.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

WHAT A CHANGE.-Speaking of the re
lease of Mason and Slidel the Bulletin saws
it will not be denied that our Government
has to all appearances changed its tone and
sentiment on this question. On the 2d De-
cemter Mr.. WelIes, Secretary Of the Navy,
in his report to the President, after briefly
stating the fact of the arrest, held this lam
guage:
"rhe prompt and decisive action Of Cap
tain Wi kes on this occasion merited and re-
ceived the emphatic approval of the Depart
ment, and If q too generous torbedrdnce by
him IN not capturing the oesseL which had
these rebel enemies on board, it may in view
of the special circumstances, and of its pa
triotic motives, be ercused, bit it must by no
means be permitted TO constitute a precedent
hereafter for The treatment of any case of
similar infraction of neutral obligations by
foreign vessels engaged in commerce or carr
ryng trade
The Bulletin asserts that Secretaries are
not wont to write without some little reflec'
ton and forecast, and it is hardly probable
that he (Wees) could have penned that
sentence without the rest OF the Cabinet
knowing what he was about. On the 81
December, President Lincoln sent in his
Message to Congress. He made no allusion
to the Wilkes affair, but after a paragraph
concerning our foreign affairs, he used the
following language which is certainly calm
enough, and which takes ground about as
high as that occupied by Secretary Welles:
at is not my purpose to review or dis
cuss with foreign States, because whatever
might be their wishes or dispositions, tho in
tegrity of our Government mainly depends
not upon them, but upon the loyalty, patri
otsm, virtue and intelligence of the Ameri-
can people.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18
THE HoURs OF SLEEP. has
undertaken to bring together practice and
theory on this subject, thus:
Custom takes eight hours;
Nature needsbut seven;
Yet Laziness takes nine,
And Wickedness eleven.
VIVA -Thera was n famous

Ly1NG.-1here was famous problem
among the Stoics which ran to this purpose:
when a man says lie,' does he lie or not?
IF he lies he speaks the truth; if he speaks
the truth he lies" Many were the books
written upon this wonderful problem. Cry
siphus favored the world with no less than
six, and Philetus studied himself to death to
solve it,
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

SAxE's LAsr.-John G. s xe, the Tom
Hood Of America, got off a bon mot the
other day considerably better than the aver
age In making sp ech at a flag raising
in Albany, New York, he concluded his re
marks by proposing three cheers for the
young gentlemen Of East Albany, through
whose lberality the flag was procured As
the cheers were about to be given, the Chair
man of the occasion amended the PROPOSE
ton o! SAKE so that the cheers went up for
the young ladies as we'll as the young gem
tleman of East Albany. When the voice
of the cheers became silent, John G SAKE
arose and gave as an explanation and apo'o'
gy for emitting to speak of the young la
dies in his original proposition for cheers,
that he thought the young gentlemen al.
ways embraced the young ladies'!
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

CoLD FEEr-lf you have cold feet inn
merse them morning and evening in cold
water, rub with rough towel, and run
about your room till they are warm. In one
month you will be entirely relieved. All
these red pepper aud mustard applications
are like rum to the stomach, relieve YOU to-
lav, but leave you der to morrow.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18
Deposition of King Cotton.

One of our contemporaries under the above
heading, eXults over the becease of King
Cotton" and shouts aloud for his successor
King Wool" In times Of public exeter
ment common sense frequently takes nrial
flights, and 1t has done so in this case. Our
cotemporarv says, respecting cotton:-"We
have to provide substitute, and Providence,
which is liberal as we'll AS wise in dispensing
It's iavors, gives us a compensation. Hence
forth, if we be wise, wool will replace cot
tom 1t then goes on to advance proof and
argument to show that wool can he produc
ed in quantities sufficient to take the place
of the cotton we have been accustomed to
use 1t states that our annual consumption
of wool has been about seven pounds per
head, and that this may be doubled if not
trebed
We have sought in vain to obtain accur
ate statistics respecting the annual home
consumption Of WOOL but that of cotton
amounts to 3oS, ,29s, 600 lbs. But even if
the crop Of wool were to be treble,!. it
would, according to the above standard, on.
ly amount TO 100000, 900 lbs, which would
be a very inadequate supply for the quanii.
tv of cotton that ha, been hitherto required
In the port Of Liverpool no less than 1914,
49l,392 lbs. of cotton were received in 1860
and only 43,7 3,7l5,472 lbs. of wool. These
figures, showing the quantities Of cotton and
wool that arrived at Liverpoo l-celebrated
for its imports of manufacturers materials
afford, according to our notion, good com,
parative data of the two crops all the world
over.
EIo Il &c
cotton to the acre o! land has been 252 lbs
1t will take eight acres of land devoted to
sheep culture to raise the same quantity o
wool The demand for wool has generally
exceeded the supply even when cotton was
free for sale. We, therefore, consicer that
those who have stated that wool can be
raised in sufficient quantities to supply the
place of cotton, have drawn upon their fam
cv for facts.
We think we can "see through a mill.
stone ,lSt as far as any other person, but
we confess our utter inability to offer sem
sibe prediction as to the future of cotton
We know-because it is self eviden,-that
if cotton cannot be obtanei in sufficient
quantities next year, there will be great
demand for some substitute, even if its price
be double or treble that formerly paid for
cotton. 1t appears to us that flax is the on
" material that seems to be capable of sup
plyin. this want to a very cons derabe ex
tent; hence, We have eXhorted farmers to
make preparations for It's cultivation upon
AN ENLARGED scale At the same time. we
ais, urge more devotion to sheep culture
AS there will certainly he a fail demand for
all the wool that can possibly he raised.
Scientific 1merican.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

Some mise e"able fellow, probsbIy a crab
ed bachelor, has sent us the following high
ly libelous poke at married ladies:
Men dying make their wills; but wives
Escape work so sad
Why should they make what all their lives
The gentle danes have had?
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

A Woman in loveis very poor judge o'
character. She can see nothing but excel
lence. where others see nothing but shallow
ness and rottenness. Ditto on the o'her soe
with man in love-only more SO.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

One square Of Ten LINEs: [Ihls sized 1ype,J
First Insertion. ......: .:.............S2 Oo
For half a square Give linesO or less. $50. l 90
porsonal advertisements charged full rates.
ohimnry. Birth and Marriage Notices published
without charge
as-Liberal deductions made to monthlyor
YEARLY advertisers.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

An ExcIppxr ON THE "KEERs" "A young
lady from the rural districts of Hoosierdom
lately visited Chicago with her bean. Get
TING into a city railro'l car for the first
time, she took a seat, while her lover plant
ed himself on the platform with the driver
Pretty soon the conductor began to collect
fare and approaching the rustic maiden, he
said: ''Your fare, mss?'
The Hooser rosebud allowed delicate
pink to manifest itself on her cheeks, and
locked down in soft confusion. The con
ductor was rather astonished at this, but
yenured to remark once more:
"Your fare, miss"
This time the pink deepened to carnation
as the rustic beauty replied: :,
"Wal. if am good lookin' you hadn't
ought ter say it out loud afore folkS' The
pas passengers in the car roared with laughter
and and the lover coming in to see what was 60
inc on. at once settled the fare.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18

An advertisement in newspaper is like
circle in the water, continually spreading it's
self. Throw rocks in and try i.
The Placer herald., 1862-01-18
TERMS.
Subscriptions inuariodiyin advance)
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

, sounre of TEN LINES. (this sized type,)
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-10
THE NEW CALL.

The new call for volunteers. is for 300.
900 1t is thought by some that it will
be necessary for the government to resort
TO drafting IN order to make up the number
wanted. We do no. think tha, sucb a
course will be necessary. although it is
not impossible. II a draft should be or.
derod = ". OF course be made from the
Abolition Republican party. for did no,
President Lincoln say in his rst message
that
at is now for them the American PEG
pie TO demonstrate TO the world that those
who can fairly carry an election can also
suppress rebellion
In accordance with this statement the
u. {. RepuJlifon has said:
"All We ask Of the Democrats is tc
keep STILL and not furnish their rebel friends
IN the South with more aid and comfor
than they have been doing. and we viii
soon settle the hash for the traitors"
With these statements before US, it i:
fair to conclude that If draft should be
made it will be from the ranks of the part,
which carried The election.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-10

propriety of it. The visit Of the President
10 Gen. Scott is now believed to have EN-
braced this matter as liz chef object, and
the commence Deut of the movement soon
after the Presidents return nas consa-
qnence of Gen. SCOTS hearty endorsement
Of cClvllans plan. Il is also asserted
with much confidence. that. had McCIel-
Ian been permitted to commence and per-
fec. the movement when he so desired, it
would hive been done without The loss o.
life which has attended on i, as the rebels
We're then uuacquainted with lis intention,
and consequently. would not have attack
ed him as they did.
Com. Wilkes has been ordered 10 the
command Of the James River fio;ilIa. The
Commodore is - man OF grea. energy,
and viii doubtless CO operate y;gorousl.
and effectively with cur land forces.
WEDNESDAY,, 9.--The rebel army has
fallen back toward Richmond. and McClel-
Ian has advanced seven miles up the James
River since the 4h. TIE rebel force, ut
the commencement OF the series Of en-
gagements. is reported at 600. OGO men
5000 Of them from Beauregard's army
the whole force being under command Of
Gen Lee.
Bnrns:dc's entire army is in motion
against Richmond, and matters begin to
assume gate bright aspect. maugre the
efforts OF Secretary Stanton and his coad-
tutors.
TIE tariff till, as amended, was passed
by the Senate yesterday.
Il IS oeliesed 'ha' Congress will adjourn
on Sa'urday'or Monday next. for which
we should all lie thankful.
Persons arrived from Gen. Curtis ar.
my which is eucamped at Des Arc, on
White River-stste that. though provis-
ions are rather scarce. yet matters are not
SO bad as have been represented. Arrange
ments have been made TO afford the neces.
sary relief
The bombardment Of Yicksburg eontn
uec at last aisices.
Gold has advanced to twelve PER cent.
in New Ferk-the highest point reached
yet. If government and Tie bankers will
only pat out a fee hu ndred millions more
in paper promises. Me precious will be
likely 10 go up entirely ont Of sight.
Rumor places Com Foote at the head
OF a new naval expedition now being fitted
out.
The Rock Island Arsenal Till passed
Congress on Monday. 1t appropriales
800 900.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-10
FREE PRESS.

Ed. DEN: Here is an extract from a
private letter from an Amy officer now
fighting the battles Of his country. 1t
speaks for itself:
"Mr. - has enclosed me Plymouth
Democrat in an envelope, which is the
first paper | have received since we left
Camp Andy johnson, near Nashville.
Why 1t is cannot tell Papers come
TO the regiment every week for others, but
nohe for me.
"One thing Is remarkable. however.
see no Democratic papers; they are all
Republican. We get the Chicago Times
from the newsboys. but they never come
through the mail"
What do you think of this, Democratic
Soldiers While you are risking life and
all that is dear to you for the sake of your
country. the miserable despolism of this
Abolition administration refuses YOU the
newspapers which publish your senli-
men.s. and that Of all others who love the
Constitution as it is. and the Union rs it
Was
There ia no doubt but there are raid
ceusors Of the mails. whose duty it is 10
see that no papers but those advocating
abolition sentiments are distributed 10 I'll e
soldiers.
What an insult and injury this govern
ment is inflicting upon its own brave de-
tenders. Austrian despotism would scorn
such petty tyranny.
CONSTITUTION.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

TnURsDAY, July 3.-The details thus
IA: Of the great battle before Richmond
AS taken from The different army cores.
ponden.s. are sickening in the extreme.
Our loss is reported to be about 10000;
but this is merely guessing at it. as some
put the loss much greater and others much
less.
Com. Poi.ar's fleet has commenced
hostilties against Nicksburgh.
y despatch to the Chicago Times from
Cairo announces the arrival of nine OF
Commodore Foragut's fleet above Vicks.
burgh.
The Tax and Pacific Railroad Bills
have received the signature Of the Presi.
don't
No relief has reached Gen. Curtis ar
my. 1t is alleged they are suffering in
tensely for want of provisions.
The Memphis Avalanche of the 30th
ult. publishes by protested good authori-
ty the policy of desperation adopted by
Southern leaders Their programme is to
fight to the last. aud when the worst
comes. ask to be admitted az colonies or
dependencies of England or France. al
though they much prefer the guardian
ship Of the latter power.
A Brigade Surgeon says Pope took
400 prisoners! That settles the ques-
ton!
Thirteen hundred of Prentlss' troops
taken by the rebels at the battle Of Shiloh,
have been released and sent home on pa.
role.
Advices from Salt Lake Of the 30th in
dictate trouble with tho Indians. Two
bands numbering 400 have combined in q
threatening attitude against tho settlers
Not the least annoying Of their depreda.
tons is that Of destroying telegraph
lines.
FRIDAY. 4.-Another great battle has
been fought, and from our exchanges we
deddce the following particulars
McClellan's advance is now resting IN
security at I!srdin's Landing. fifteen miles
from Richmond, where intrenchmonta me-
in course Of construction with celcrit,
characteristic Of Nc Clellan's caution. IL
assuming this position he encountered til.
determined resistance Of desperate ant
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-10
AWFUL:

Terrible massacre of men, women and
children, without distinction as 10 age, sex
or condition. SediIion, hefesy and schism
Great rebellion and indiscIimiuate murder
Of pcaceable cilizens The foundations of
the government removed, and the nation
turned mp side down. Washington City
brought to Plymouth, and submerged in
Yellow River! One hundred innocent and
suppressed Africans found murdered in
cold blood. and drowndea under the Re-
publican Office. Malicious intention of the
rufFians TO throw suspicion on tie editors
Of that paper! Gen. Mcclellan kidnapped
and concealed in Bourbon! Threats to
send dunceblock to the President, and a
foolscap to fremont! Dire and widespread
conspiracy 10 create famine, pestilence.
hog cholera. Ileuro pneumonia, the
plague. and the great fire in London.
Guy Fawkes raised from the dead, and
come 10 Plymouth, followed by all the
dead kings OF Europe to join the league!
Noodlegudgeons for picaninnies. and
spluterbudgets for superanuuaied patr-
archs! Live ]ackasses stuffed with straw.
and dead dogs barking a: them! TIE
leaders Of tie league kno,rs to tie editors
Of tile Republican. Citizons, beware! be.
ware!! of that terrible secret society dis
covered at the NJ. c. Republican Office, and
referred TO in its paper Of the Sd inst.
There can be no doubt about 1.-THE 'foun.
dations Of the great deep are about TO be
broken MP, and the world submerged.
S75, 10000 reward offered for the heads
OF the consplrators--thelr hearts 70 be
preserved for future generations.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-10
Communicated }


Mr.. EDITOR: The campaign for 1862
may now be considered opened. and the
people are very naturally AID very proper
ly looking around them TO see who shall
be their next public servants. and conse-
quently see that mary announcements
Tor the various Offices have already been
made; but. as yet. have not seen in your
paper anything concerning who shall be
our next representative in the State I.egis-
lasure from the counties of Stark aud Mar
shall; and, having of late. heard many
democrats express a strong desire that our
present Representative. NJ A. o. Pack.
a-d. Esq, should be returned. l have
thought proper to announce his name in
this manner for the office he now holds.
! see nothing in the way to prevent
bringing about such result Two years
ago the Democracy of Stark very gener-
ously selected Mr.. Packard from our
county, and very many OF them. with
whom | have conversed recently, express
preference for him to run again. In
fact there is general desire expressed
throughout both counties. so far as | am
acquainted and have been able to End out,
that the course he has taken in the legisla.
ture should be endorsed by the democracy
Of the district. Yours. truly. VIC.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-07-10

The unconditional Union men, COM
posed principally Of disunion abolliouists,
propose holding their Congressional con
vention at this place, Oh the fourth Thurs.
day In this month. 4 great many Of the
'unconditionals' are in favor of dropping
Schuyler. and nominating man who is in
reality Union man. and not merely po-
litical trickster. Whether they can be
heard IN the convention, remains TO be
seen.